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“ You are vastly pawWte. With great pleasftaup,” said that gentleman, as he took the glass. ■** Your good health, Mr. Muffling.” Ere Mr. Muffins (as he was called bv his more favored rivalr) had recovered from- the shock occasioned by the failure of this delicate little attention, (to sa\ nothing of seeing his wine swallowed bv the man of all others for whom hecoulii he-artilv have wished it poison) Miss Dolly had finished her operation on the! apple. “There, George,” said she, “ havn’t I | done it nicely for you V’ Whatever you do must be nicely done.” j replied the favored youth. f . j -< Now, is so much like you ; i you do say the most elegant things.” j Guffins swallowed the glass of wine which j stood before him, filled again and swallowed i that filled again and would have done the j same thing, had not Buster who was watch- j lag him, proposed that they should walk. Dolly, who had caught the last word, ex- j pressed to her mauima a desire, as she had i not been out ell day, to do tie same thing— j Guffius, emboldened by what he could not J help considering a delicate hint on the part of the young lady, and perhaps rendered somewhat less diffident by the wine he had taken, asked permission to off. r the young lu- j dy liis arm. Certainly,” said Mrs. Dimple. Guffius was on his legs in an instant; cos- ‘ flag at the same time a look at his friend, j Duster, which, being literally interpreted : meant, <* what is your opiuiou of affairs j now ? ’ j .. Oh dear 1 mamma,” exclaimed Miss Dol- J ly, i. impossible 1 only think ! The idea you know!” .. Nonsense! child,” replied Mrs. Dimple, j <i there can be no sort of impropriety in your j walking with Mr. Guffins.” ..Confound her impudence!” muttered j Guffins. *< None in the least, Dolly,” slid the cap- ; tain, it is not as if—” *• Captain 0 Leary,” said Guffins, burned- j ly, as if fearful of a disagreeable conclusion j to the speech, .< Captain 0 E-sary 1 —a—j Miss Dimple and I—a—” Then turning to Saphead, he said in a taking-it-for-granted . tone and with a somewhat triumphant air. j . You leave this afternoon for M a 1 be- j 1 eve, sir?’ o Pawn my iife,” replied that gentleman, ‘halfaddressing himself to Dolly, -.pawn my life 1 hardly—l am not pntcsitively o- j Uiged but ” .i No no, George,” said Dolly, i< there is no j occasion for you to go, to-day. Come end; take one turn with this gentleman and me ; around the springs, and when we have bro't I him back again, I want you to go and roll I ten pins with r#. You know you owe me a game.*’ ... J •• I am afraid, my love,” said the consido- i rate mamma, << you will be too tired for ten pins, if you walk much now ?” j .. So I should, mamma,” eagerly replied the young lauy. So 1 think I had better . postpone the walk. Hadn't we, George ?”’ ) .•Tired!” exclaimed the Captain, ..its; mighty ridiculous for young people to talk ; about being tired. What are you made of? Why! look at .Mr. Guffins there’ He does not appear to be very strong on the pins, and yet I dare say he, even at his age, could contrive to walk that much.” Again was Guffins seized with a fit of eougli- j ing, which compelled him to conceal his face j with Ids handkerchief. • I hope, my dear Guffins,” said Buster to ; him, as they dinner room, .. I hope. ; what you have just observed has cured you j of yoar folly. 1 speak to you as a friend j and with a friend’s freedom. I noticed all j that passed, ibough, for want of an opponu- j nity, I said nothing about it. ’Tie clear I the girl loves that conceited puppy, with the ! buff waistcoat, and looks on him as an Apollo on earth, Rely on it, you have no chance. . You ha w e his black busby head, huge whis- ; kers and fierce mustacbois, together with your owu super-abundant thirty odd years j ■ iga'nst you. So, iny dear fell jW like a sen- j „<b!e man give it up at once.” .. No,” replied Guffins, *, I am more deter- | rrnired than ever. The affair has taken the j tu> :i I could have wished. 1 did not expect ! hii to surrender at first shot—l should have j been disgusted if she had done so But her , I rese.vo : her modesty ! Did you not observe • ber timid acquiescence in my invitation to a I walk.” i. Timid acquiescence, you call it ! 1 i should call it unmistakable repugnance. ” . Maid, a coyness. I tell you. Anand that little piece of girlish jp pocrisy, resov- ) ted to for th purpose of concealing her real 1 feelings ! Did you mark that ? I mean her j pretending to f refer a walk with that insig- j uifieanb, impertinent, iil-bred, vulgar scamp, j D a the ugly rascal ! Duster ; if; Hickman allows such fellows to sit at his j table, no gentleman will remain at the! springs. We'll go up at once and tell him ] so. No, no ; Georgs Guffins is uot the man ; to give in to a rivhl of that stamp. ” l ..Goonifyou will,” replied his friend, j i *‘lnt the further you proceed the more uu- j comfortable 70U will find yourself.” •* By diut of delicate attentions,”said Gus- j fins. ..11l carry her against the woi Id ’> | .. And well have your delicate attentions ; served you already !” exclaimed the consol* i iitjpluster. *. The first—-the book has turn- ! ed to the advantage of the amiable George, ; . who in spite of his own sesolute abnegation, 1 is enjoy the entire credit of it.” •1 Not he,” replied Guffins; a coarae-min- ■ ded fellow like that would be suspcc- ! ted of anything halfelegant. Though-- nhem !—it ie possible, I might have cut that v little too tine. But the tecond—the wine, -that say you to that? Fifty dollars to a me, if that Saphead. or Flathead, or wliat ir his vulgar name may be, had uot awal wed it at the very moment when —. ‘lut, i il punish the fellow if I meet him a gain I’ll overwhelm him with and in that way break his heart : I'll call him Flathead!” Eleven o'clock at night, found Guffius in tho drawing ropni, seated in one corner gaz ing, with feelings of mfhgled admiration and jealousy upon his lady love, who was at ten led, as usual, by the George—his rival.— Sbc seemed as fond of tho mustachois as ever ’Jut Guffius, poor man, took it for mere mai icn coyness—an effort to bide her true feelr lugs. m ..Oit, mamma !” said Miss Dolly,, .. you * know*there is a gardener here, froth Ma con with a lot of the ckoicedpUowers r iu an* ticipa<ion"of H** F aueyjl/a.llmex.t vtAf Wo. saw them this afternoon. George insisted on buying some for me. I chose four jessa mines, four japonicar, four red roses and four such beautiful white roses! But lie could not buy them for less than eight dollars : and al though, they are such lotus, 1 would not al- , low him to give so much for thenk,, Bight! dollars, indeed ! That would be too much ” i u Too much ! exclaimed the Captain ; <, by ! tlie powers ! and I think so too. He had bet j ter save his money lor the occasion.” ) • .. Well,” said D011y,.. I lmve such a pns- \ | sion for flowers, that scatter tho read with ! | them and I'm sure vt would lead to my i | heart.” Guffins* countenance brightened ..'Come,*’ j jjaid he to Buster, .. letfius go to bed.” ™ lie wished ..good night,’’ generally._- ! j .. Good night to you, Mr. said , J he to his rival, and brought up with a sig- j in Scant .. Ahem! But no effect was .prod uc* i ; ed by the perpetration of this heart-breaking ! I rtdicu-10, .. Good R’ght, Mr. -Muffins.'’ replied Sap- | head, and there was a great laugh. j Utterly composed, bowing very low, plac- I ing his hand upon his heart, and attempting j to look—a look he stammered forth, ..May light slum Miss Dol 1 mean i may your downy pi 1 I mean good afternoon.'* Ho left the room; and as he passed out of 1 the door he fancied he heard a titter, and something about .. sheeps eyes.” When lu* reached his room he gave particular direo tious to a servant to call him at five o’- clock ! Seven o’clock next morning found him looking at the plants and flowers which Dol ly had spoken of. Those she had selected stood in a place apart, just as she had left ; them. His heart palpitated as ho beheld ! them. He paid the man his price for the flowers. 1 totally forgetting that it was considerably j more than he had naked for them, the dav J * 1 previous. j .* Now ,” said he, .. 1 have paid you hand- j somaly for those things and 1 shall expect in j return that my instructions concerning their delivery will be strictly attended to. They must be left with the young lady, whose name l shall write on a card, in the course of the morning. Should the bearer be ask ed who sent. them, he is to say he don’t know ; Ho must simply leave them aud along with ! them this card.” £0 saying, he scratched ; through Lis own name on a visiting card so j carefully as to allow of its being read, and i wrote on the other side: These the fairest j of the vegetable creation, to the fairest of! the human creation.” Then writing on an- i other card, for .Miss Dolly Dimple, he left \ the place. There, thought he ns he retraced his steps 1 to the hotel, i think my military gentle- j man, I have done your business for you j uow. The hint about strewing the path with j flowers was pretty -plain : and I have strew- j ed it to the tune of about ten dollars. The j card is ingeniously centri ved, though sen- j ding it is a bold step, certainly : but it will j prevent mistakes. At any rate. Master j ’Saphead, you shall not smuggle my trophies ! this time ..The fairest of the vegetable orea- j Gun to the fairest of the human creation.”—- i That's a touch, above swords and eppaulettes. j 1 flutter myself. A delicate attention and ; elegantly contrived.” The breakfast gong sounded. Guffins was so fortunate as to find a chair immediately opposite to his idol and next to him was his friend Buster. . Don’t you take anything, Mr.* Guffins,” 1 asked Mrs. Dimple, after he had sat fur some ! time unoccupied at table. .. I have no appetite,” he replied in a len- j dcr tone, and with a sigh. .. Then decidedly you are in love,” contin ued the lady. By the moat fortunate concurrence of cir cumstances, (fortunate for Guffins’ cause;) while Mrs. Dimple was these words ; a waiter advanced towardJ*the painty. >, l’lease ma'am,” said he to Mrs. Dimple, j a man is waiting with flowers for the ; young lady.” • * ■ J R-. i Guffins’ heart beat against his aide a# if j it would jump out. and the color forsook his L face. .. It must be a rnietukV,’’ said Mrs. Dim- j ( pie*-..they must be for one else. ’ .. No, ma’am, rep the waiter, after having been absent a moment-, .. lie is sur e* they are for Miss DulJJt.Dimple. He had a ! card which lie was to but he has lost it on the way ” Guffins’ heart sank in his b'oSorn. .1 Send Mrs. Dimple. ..\Vei will at least, have a sook atUhcm,” % j The waiter retired a moment, tJy.* ! i man entered beari ujv-Mr. Guffins’ present, j Dolly's eyes sparkled with joy, as she look- f j ed upon the beautiful flowers * j .. Oh, George !” -%he, exc|Pmed ..tiow very ; - foolish of you! It delicate attention, tru ly delicate, indeed! but yon should'nt have done it.” ‘ ‘ ; .. Done it! dotltejwlint ?enquired George. : .. Now, how ait!y it is of you to pretend as* i ; tonishment, George Sear. Take careol theta ! \y good man, oafil 1 have ftnisbei broak^ , fifct. Oh, mamma ! tb*y are mch lines'.-** ! It is very foolislt of you, George: but car ! tainly, never anything in my life gave n>e ! so much pleasure.” .. Puwn my life, Dully, I’m pawit ctly ig ; uoriint us wUth you mean.” .. You ridiuuloos creature! Where is the ! use of deriving ft, when they 1110 *the very j I flowers l adtitteU last night and which you j tried to bargain for.” I satolemsly dec/ctor*— —” .. Now—lArvr, hold your tonguo, George? aud don't deny it, unless, you'd make mo very angry. Besides,” added she with a tender look, .. besides dear George it is so completely your style of filing!” George.finding denial to bo Sll vwin, relin quished the contest. He looked at his watch* rose from the table, and announced the no cesity of his departure for the rail road. That’s something, and bo hanged to him ! thought Guffins. it And must you go to day, George ?” en quired Dolly as they left the dining room tor tho piazza, Guffins following. . Well, if you must but stop a moment.” And she turn ed to tiie man who still held the flowers and selecting one of tho most beautiful placed it in bis button hole. ..Take this, my dear George,J’or no one has a better right to it than you. And, Georgo, be suro you come back iu a day or two, for I shall be very lomjly without you.” A certain athletic Irish officer, whose uervqaojeye tjaidfwlien cndeaWring.Jo illustrate the effect pVoducod j upon him by some terrible shock; .. It threw | mo into such a state, (and candor compels I me to confess it,) that, by the powers ! you | might have knocked trie down with a po j ker!’’ ; All instrument of much less power would | have served to prostrate Mr. Guffins at hear* ; itig these words. As soon as lit* recovered i sufficiently he bolted off to the Springs. ! where his friend Buster, shortly afterwards; ) found him, seated on a bench, as pretty a ! piece of misery as any one would desire to i look at. The former at once accost.d him ] .* It is awful! truly awful! would you | holie-ve it : That rascally fellow has gone | off with all the credit ot my last gallantry, I which 1 felt sure could uot fail. They were | ray-flowers.you — ; yt yvaa 1 who seut j them.” i * 1 would have sworn it,” replied Buster, j .1 To repeat Miss Dolly’s words, . it was so - completely your style of thing.’ But, 1 ! hope you aVe now completely cured.” .. By no means An ingenious expedient Mias occurred to me: I'll try it. and don't | think it can fail, for tho deal* girl has a j great deal of feeling.” ..True,” replied Bustcv ..but not one particle for you. Bo wire, let ns leave to morrow for Macon, aud let the girl go. All your ingenious expedients, all your delicate | attentions have turned to the advantage of the interesting Saphead; and take my Word for it ” .. I won't listen to anything yon can say,” ! cried Guffius, interpreting him. .. This cun ) not fail —at least if you will second me in : it ” For sometime Buster refused to have any thing more to do with the affair : hut up- ; 0:1 Guffins’ promise that, should this next ! delicate attention be no more successful than ! the others, he would abandon his pursuit! and leave the place, he undertook to assist | him. Thus pledged ho listened patiently ; to Guffins’ instructions ; the result of which ; is yet to be shown. .* You seem agitated, Mr. Buster,” said : Dolly, who was sitting alone in the drawing ; room, w’oefi ho entered j .. Why, the fact is, Miss Dirop’e, afraid to acquaint you with it, but sooner ! or later you must know it,” said Buster, who i was almost ashamed of tho ridiculous com- i missiou he had., undertaken. .. Good heavens ! Yfhat has happened:’ : she inquired. .1 Why, this moruing, a certain gentle- j man, heard another gentleman mention your j name in a way not altogether respectful,- ! This, tho gentleman—that is to say, the ! certain gentleman could not endure. He j struck the other—a difficulty ensued and ! the gentleman, your champion, was wound ed.” .. Wounded ! who was it ?” enquired iLss Dimple. Now comes the trial, -thought .Buster.— i <■ It is one,” interest in *ll that concerns you. In short | —for the circumstances of the case compel j me to speak out lie entertains for y,uu the i most unbounded affection ; and as you al- ; ready possess his heart, he Iras authorised ] me to——” DOl ly Dimple fainted ! Buster rang l!n*; bell violently. In a moment, there was ; Mrs. Dimple, sal volatile, Captain 0 Leary, ; ; George Saphead, (who had changed his mind 1 aud did not leave) hartshorn, burnt brown i paper, cologne water and all tho visitors, i who were in hearing distance. In the midst !of all the confusion, Guffins, (with a lacka daisical air, and his left arm in a sling) en tered the room, and stood unperceived, be hind the crowd which was pressing abound . the fainter. Not a little delighted was he j to seo the effect produced by this his last : and most ingenious expedient ... Dolly, my child what is the matter?” j opted Mrs. Dimple. Folly, my angel, what is the matter | ejied George. 1 ‘Either these sounds, or tho burnt brown | or the hartshorn, or p rhaps. the suf -1 footing pressure of the persons about her cAcumstanco inevitable on occasions of . I nature—revived her. She opened her feyaa cand the first object she beheld was kneeling at her side. She burst iiuo a ‘mood of tears and exclaimed : •, Oh ! Georgo! -now *coufi] you be so foolish as to expose your ; flear, your precious life, on my account? Had faay thing fatal happened to you I would have | deranged ! But whereubouls are you ?’’ ’ 44__Wounded!” exclaimed George, in utter fimazoment; .1 wounded! what an ideor i Paipn my honor I* ” 44 Now dont deceive me, George; let me | know thegwornt. But your to i deceive me is so Liie yom! It is so eery del ioate! (pi: mamma! after this can you I l’fcfuso tO-4fifc ” ! 44 1 understand you. my dear child s you j have my consent.” | “4k‘ or ge>'’ said the Captain, .. 1 didn’t j think you *lad so much in you. But you are fa lifave iettow; so as to the consint by the jjpowers! I eay ditto to that And Mrs ! j. Diinf le,” lie continued in a whisper to the lady,*’ii as wo are bot.h in a cousin ling mood let us consint to marry ouo another at this same tiino.” .. Oh ! Captain!” was the the lady’s lacon ic but reply. Guffins pale aud trembling from “head to foot with rage and disappointment, was about ; to rush forward and explain all, but was ro -1 strained by liis friend 44 My dear Guffius,” said Buster, taking him aside, ,4remerobor your promise: to-mor row we leave tho Springs. Keep year own counsel, and you will appear ridiculous in j the eyes of no ouo but an old and trusty | friend? Your mgeniems contrivances have | from first to last, all turned in favor of your more fortunate rival; nor have you tire cred it of being evon suspected of tiro smallest of them If you are reaolvad to marry, say Will yon ? to the first woman you meet; for ‘roly on it, at your tinrn of life, delicate at tentions fins a humbug ” Casset/le, ilea. Mr Thackeray is about to pay a visit to United Staten tigaiil. Ho is busily ‘employ* Vd iu finishing liis uovol of the Newcomes, Niud has b.’en preparing somo uew lectures, which ho anticipates will prove popular in the United States, aud bcuoficial to his ex chequer. Hk.actji of llow. W, Tl Gotten rr.—Tho condition of this gontlemfu is becoming more critical. Hois still in Macon—it not hav ing been doomed jirudent to_ attempt his ro * rtfowiNo Spring, ns at first. iu> touted, \ % THE STANDARD. WILLIAM T. WOFFOKU, THOMAS A. BURKE, CASBVri.I.E, GEO. TIIUIISDAY MORNING: | APRIL 2d, .1855. j To Publishers. Publishers in NcW Y'ork city who may wish J their new publications noticed in the Ccmmile ! Standard, will please send copies to our address, | through Messrs. Fowler & Weli.s, 303 Broad- i way, who \v ill pack aud forward to us weekly. ; april 10—ts. To Correspondents. F. B , Forsyth, Deo.-- Your paper is sent ! regularly. We have sent you all the back i : numbers, Without charge. I *. Cass.”—We shall be pleased to bear i from yon at any time, and will feel obliged i j for the articles promised. Apologetic. | We ow our readers an apology for taking I |up so much room thw week with the story, j 1 commenced on our first page. We wore de- j i coived as to its length, and as it could not j j possibly be divided, wo are corn polled to give | i the whole of it, to the exclusion of oilier j ; matter. Ths Weather--Crops, &c. | 4. It is the merry month of M-vy,” and tho j j weather is as dry as a powder house. Wheat ■ ; has not suffered a great dc-ul, yet, but. if the \ ’ weather continues dry a week longer, that > ! crop will be a very short one, while the oat : * . . j crop will be an entire failure. Altogether j j the prospect is a gloomy ouo—op corn iu the country at any price, aud every possibility j j that the next crop will be alarmingly short, j j Books Received j We have just received a package of hooks j j from Mess Cnusnv, Nichols & Cos.. Boston, | j which has been on the way only two months. I | It took it just a week to come from Charles | ton, l.*y Combs aud Co’s Express! Great j \ expmssing, that! The books we shall no- ; j free as fast as we can examine them, j Wo have also received Putman's, liar- 1 I per s’ and GFa/rtew's Jnagazines, and Dick 1 ; ens Household ■ tl’opds, for May,—all of; ! which’ shall receive Speedy attention. j 40— Got. .Johnson and the State Road.. j It is generally understood in this Section j jof the State that ythere okists some dissatis \ faction Johnson on account of ; I the management of the Slate Road. Now, { ; let us calmly and without feelinc or pr. jti- , | dice, examine the immediate acts of the ] I Executive in relation to this great. State eu- 1 £ J terprise. At tfie time Oov. Johnson was inaugurated, there was a statute in exis tence .providing for the election of Ahc ISuperintemleyt'M the Stale Road by the l Legislature, width was repealed by that ! ; body then iu eejpyn and the appointment i ; given back totlie Executive, wiilnn a few! j days of its adjournmont. At tiie time this’ J 1 law Was passed, Mr. Youge, the Suporinien- j i dent appointed by Gov. Cobb, had resigned, j ; and left the entire ciuiti'ol of the road to ! ! some subordinate officers, who had no power I I*. , l ■ or authority to act. I In this situation of the road. Without an I 1 officer to control f its affairs, ss required by f- 1 * i j ifivr. Gov. Johnson vvas sudJeiily clothed ! i with power to appoint a Superintendent, and ; i iu discharge of this trust selected Maj. Jae. | !F. Cooper, whose reputation as a good Rail ; Road llnvuagcr. was generally ! and lus uppoiutmeut gavq general satisfac ! tion to all p;fi*tfirs at tho time. With tiie j j appointment of:Maj Cooper and a Treasurer j j and Auditor, Gov. Johnson’s control over; | tho Road ceased; for, legally, he lias no; ] more control over, the management us the 1 ; road than the humblest citizen of the State, j except iu appointing and removing these of- | j fleers. • Now, has ho been fortunate *irt | ! selecting them ? If he has not, he is only j j to blame for a mistckq iu judgment, and ; should not be held responsible for their acts ‘ | unless charges have been brought against 1 ! them which he has refused to hear. | tlince tho burning of the Etowah Bridge, ! ! much complaint has been made against j | Maj* Cooper, ou account of tho contract for | i conveying freight across the river, and he, | j together with the Governor, has been severe ; ; ly censured, but so far as the latter is | ; coucctlied, wc kuow it to be unjust, for he i | did not know of, nor could he have ever been ‘ ; consulted Upon the subject, as tho contract j was olosed two days before lie ever heard of i ; it. If this contrac,t was wrong, should Gov. j ! Johnson Jje held responsible for it ? No one ; j will say so. But bo is blamed for not ro- j moving Maj. Cooper !-—would it- he justice ter. j that officer to do sc without a direct charge | made tyul sustained ugaiust him of some act which proved him to be unqualified for the station ho holds. No charge, so fur, as we have heard, has over boon made against Maj. Coopor, but if there should be, and the pfdof sustains \l, .we feel no hesitancy iff saying that Govx Johnson will remove him at onc’G —for even his political onennee give : him credit fqrr tfcruesty and firmness. Now, wo tfo'uld >n>t bo understood as mean- i ing that Maj Cooper has shown himself unfit for tho office he holds; our object is simply to bow unjust it is to hold Gov. | Johnson for his acts, when by | law tho former lans complete control of the \ entire rnansgemant of the road. If Gov. j Johnson has shown himself unfit for the ex ecutive obair, lot him be tried for his own j j conduct before tho voters of Georgia, hut do ; | not nvake him answerable for tho sins of nu- ! other, Whom the law has removed from under liis control. It is understood that tho Supreme Court of Maslaohusetts is of tho opinion that the new liquor law of that State is oougtltutiou j al.’ Attorney* General Clifferd ontcrtaiua a j similar opinion. 1 ‘ Congressional Convention. I Some weeks ago, wo suggested Tuesday ■the 12th of June next as a suitable time, i aud Calhoun a's the place, for the frieeting of i the Convention to nominate a candidate for . Representative to Congress for ’this district ! We have not yet heard from our friends of | the .Rome Southerner, as to whether they l ure favornble t 6 our suggestion. We beg ; leave ty call their attention to the matter, I again. . In another column, give place to a j oeinmiinicatfon from ‘a Polk courity cor res ! pondent, recomuiending the name of Col 11. Fielder, Os tfia't coiftity for the corisidera j tion of the Convention. We have never j expressed a preference foi* any one, nor do :we think it proper to do so. The nominee of ; tiie party, let him be who le may, will re- I oeive our cheerful and hearty support. — | What we most desire is harmony, and we j sincerely trust that all personal preference? j will be lost sight of in tho desire to secure I the triumph of the principles of the party —■ ; Soil of the South-Work for May. The May number of this excellent agricultu tal work is on our table. We should like to scO it in the hands of every farmer in Georgia. Such Works are of incalculable service to the country and deserve a liberal support. The Woik lor the Month is so full of interest that wo cop’ it entire: .. Wo have now arrived at the most do lightful season to the Southern planter.— Winter with its frosts and blights lias passed away. Sun and showers, growing crops and plenty of work have come on with tire change. 4. Hard licks and a heap of them,” should be the motto now. After a long se ries of preparations, of planting and re- ; planting, we have, at last, the Whole ground before Us The conflict nicy be fierce, but need not be long It is better to crowd on i the steam for a .short race, than to drag! along through the whole summer. A few weeks of extra exertion will soon put the! crop in condition to be easily and pleasantly j managed. Plows aiid hoes should, there- . fore, be kept actively moving. coax cr-Li t-RE. .. The corn crop is nofr hastening on Rap idly, aed should not be Checked in its I growth, either by neglect 05* injudicious i managetm nt It rarely recovers from tlie . j effects of either. We think that, as a gen ; oral rule, deep and close culture With the j i plow is yet admissible and advisable-. The j roots are spreading, and nefid ‘soft aud loose earth, easy of penetration, and from which ’ supplies of food may be obtained. Such | plows should be used as will most effectual : jly accomplish this object. A little -sos! j feartli should be tumbled about the roots oi • tiie crn, so as to cover all the small grass, and afford protection against the increase ot i the summer heat, yet. wc no not think it [ advbf'tble greatly to increase the depth of 1 earth': lias a wonderful facility in [ sending out new roots to adjust themselves i to the wants of the plart't, aud its demands I upon the t-unshine. WLie open furrows. ! near the foot of the stalk, are injurious, nor tdu we think it best to have they* at all, in j the cultivation of corn. An surface, or i nearly so, is best, as the roots run shallow, i and m e ueucssarily exposed iu crossing u deep open furrow, ia well prepared lauds, , and with good culture up to this time, if the ! plows now do all which they should, but little Will be left, to be done with the hoes But there are compare lively feuv plantations , in such Condition ns to leave the work per fect, without a little help from the hoe. It We have no trees, nor stumps, nor roots, nor j rocks, yet there will be bent and tangled; stalks, which Would be relieved by a little; attention. ■ * ‘A-jref. ■* V”- . | cum iv ATioN -,covids. The cottou crop is how supposed to be well started, and some work already done in its culture. To regulate the stand, and keep ; back the grass is now the chief objects of] care, for if the preparations have been good ; the plant is not yet needing much cuitiva- j ticn. A little Work with the plow, is, how- ; ever, necessary, for the two-fold object pi j Clearing and slightly stirring tho earth about j the roots of 1 lie crop. Il is very difficult j to say what plow shall now be used, as the j condition and character of the land must \ determine what will In* host in each case. — ; ! Spcod, and the dustruction of the crop ot j i young grass uovr up, ore generally control- j ling considerations, with tho largest and host facilities which the plow may afford to j the Great skill may be used with a suitable plow, in making the hoe work and all this is needeef for the keeping clea*. aud bringing to. a stand in good time, so; nftinj’ acres as nee usually put in cottou. With land which is light, and has beet, well ] bedded, and is pretty free from j rocks, the Mississippi Scraper is an admira- ! *1)1 e implement. The turning the j bar next the drill, is a great favorite with ; the masses, while with others, noshing is! like the sweep, aud now and thou meet j nub an 44 old fogy,” who holds to the scoot- , er plowing out and out. As wo have al-* ready intimated, our opinion is,-that no one | plan should be pursued, under all cireum- j stances, but should be varied, to suit the j peculiarities of each Case. is now very; generally agreed, that for jhe good of the i crop, it is not necessary to do more than side . the drill, in the early working 01 cottou. It ] is important, therefore, that some plow j should be used, which would cover and keep 1 the grass in check, ia the iniibLcfot tirej ow. 1 We suggest, that in stiff bands wbiclMUte in- j clincd to bake, when tjie turning plow is] usod, that the ridge, on which the. cotton stands filter such a working, should ] not bo left long, without havjng a covering of soft earth thrown back. Tho wind and ! the sun, without such relief, dries tufd bakes j ; it until tfie pi aft t is soon checked in its j i growth. The hoes fifollow, and sometimes : precede the plows*, reducing first to bunches, > : of from two to four stalks, as soon as j I possible afterwards, proceed to bring it to a j I stand, of oue eulk in a place. This is the 1 Lgcueral method of procecdure, while a few (persons hold to tho old notion ot bringing to: ] a stand, at tin* over Much care ji required in the use of tho boo, that the j plant, uow very tender, may not bo bruised ; aud skinned-, uad left to dwindle and din. In tbo groat haste to pass over a largospape, and get over sobu, much damagfe is done in this way, causiug bad stands, and tho culti vation of a large amount of land on which no plants are growing. We kuow of no er ror more common, or which needs to be more j guarded against just at this stage of tho ’ work. The distance which is to bo given, as Iwe fovvo so often remarkud, must depend up a-:.—. - sm. on the character of the soil, giving to rich land great distance, while on poor land the width of the hoe is quite sufficient. A slight interlocking of the branches, when the plant is at maturity, is all thfit is desired. the SWEET POTATO-. In this month, mainly, must this crop be started However well later plantings, un der favorable circumstances, may do, our | experience and observation have been deci ! dedly favorable to early planting. The slips not only live better, but generally the pro duct of the crop ia greater. Lose no time, therefore, in bringing this very valuable j ’crop forward. Let the lahd bo very tlior ; o'ughly prepared, broken deep and well pul ! vemed. If the hills or drills are freshly ! made, Very little rain is necessary, this ear ; >y in tire season, to justify a planting, espe- i ! cially if the slips are set out deep, and late ! in tfie clay. Nothing but the bud ought to ] j be left uncovered. THE WHEAT HARVEST. | Tht wheat crop is not a very large item J 1 m our cotton growing country, but it is not j i therefore the less important, that it should j ibe well saved. No better flour, with proper ’ care in harvesting, can be made, than that 1 which is produced by Southern wheat, and i ! ground in Southern mills It is how a very ■ i generally received opinion, that to make the j : largest yield, and the finest flour, the Wheat i | ought to be cut before it is dead ripe When I in the dough stage is perhaps the best time 1 for harvesting. This done, it is then of in- : ! dispensable importance, that it never, after ; : cutting, be allowed to be wet with rain. Let ; ] it be threshed soon, sun dried, and then with ; ] such in ills as we have in many parts of! ] Georgia, we may have all which the most i j epicurian taste may demand, in the way of i ! go al flour.” | Democratic Meeting. Cassvili.e, May 3, iB6O. J I A large number of the Denied ats of Case < : County met this day in the Court House, for j the purpose of consulting together arid de- j j termining on tiie best mentis of bringing out 1 ! candidates for the Legislature, and other- 1 wi.-:e promoting the interests of the party. : On motion of H !i. Leake, Esq , Maj j Nicholson was called to the chair, aiid Mark ] A Harden appointed secretary, i Ou motion ol Capt. Wofford a committee of j | five, viz: Capt. W. T. Wofford. B. II Leake, ! j Esq , Maj. John S Rowland. Samuel Me- j ! Dow, E-q-, and Maj. Thomas G, Barron was i j | appointed to r< port t-nainess fur the meeting. ] i The committee after a short absence pre- j i sen ted the following preamble and resol u j : tiuns, which were imanittKihsly received: i i Whereas we tho J* .nt,craf of Cass, in or- 1 ! dcr tj advance Sire p'lucipleS of our pariv, > 1 deem it expedient to hold a Content.on for 1 ! 1 | | the purpose of selecting suitable candidates ; to represent us in the nekt Legislature Be it therefore Unsolved; I 1. Thai, a Convention of the L eurocrats ot’ ■ Cass County be held iu this place on the Ist j j Tuesday iu July nest, composed of ten dele- i ! gates from each Militia district,Tb nominate j ; suitable cavidid.-ites for the next Legislature j i 2 That the Democracy 61 Cass county be ! ; requested to assemble in mass, at said Con- j ; tention. to oetf lor themselves that the de’.o ! I gates so chosen conduct the nomination fair- j ! ly. and in accordance with Democratic usa- j i 3 That m view of the excitement now cx ; ] isting iti the public mind on account of the I recent national insults received nt the hands j of Spanish officials at Havana, we stand rea ! Jy to sustain .lie President in the most ■ • j efficient steps he may take ty protect our I honor and secure the permanent interests ul ! ! tho Goverumcbt. | Pending the passage of tfiese resolutions, ! the meeting was addressed by Capt. Win, T. j Wofford, J no. A Crawford, E,q , Muj/jThos. j U. Adam llill. * i On motion of M >j. Barron the proceedings j l Were ordoled lobe published in the Cass- 1 | vi/le after which tire meeting j f was adjottrned sine die. NICHOLSON, Cfiairnnn. j A Secretary. * > % ■ Prohibition Meeting^; j .. I'.vsjville, Tuesday, May 1, 1866. | ! a meeting of the Prohibition party of ; j Cass couuty, held at the Court House to- j i day, C<d. J'el Foster was called to the) .i'liair, and A C, Trimble, Esq., requested toi ; *nct as secretary. ST On motion of Hr Wat. 11. Foltofi, the] j chairman apjaiinied the following gentlemen j a committee to prepare business for the eon- j ; sideration of the meeting: Dr. Felton, Rev. i J. Mi. Harris, Rev. C. A Crowell, E. D. ; ! Cheshire, Esq., and James S. Erwin, Esq. ! j The committee made the following report, ; ] which, after being strougiy advocated iu a j j few pertinent and eloquent remarks by Dr. | ] Felton, Rev J. W. Harris, and Beujatuin ’ Brant ly, Esq., were unanimously adopted: ; Resolved. 1. That the Oiefids of Prohibition adjourn i j until tire Ist Tuesday in July, when they j 1 will re assemble to consider the propriety of] ] filling the vacancy in their ticket. ] 2 That in B H. Overby. Esq., we recog- j | nise tiro intelligent, patriot, the pure, incur- j ! ruptible citizen, tho firm and consistent; ! Prohibitionist, and wo cheerfully endorse] ! his nomination, ! The Rev. G. \V, Tnmlin and Elisha King,-] i Esq , the present were then called upon to express their views, ] | and to define their position iu regard te> tlfo 1 present canvass. In answer to this call, j they made a very happy and decided ro- j i spouse. Ou motion of Dr. Felton, the following! ; gentlemen were appointed a committee to | invite B II Overby, Esq. to visit this place I and address the people on the subject of ] Prohibition; Dr. Felton, Rev. J. YV. Harris ; and Thomas Sullivan* Eeq, j On motion tho above proceedings wero or -1 dared to bo published in tfie Cassvi/le | Standard, and all other papers iu the Slate, j friendly to the cause of Tcmperanoo, are re ] quested to copy. JOEL FOSTER, Chairman. A. 0. Tnraxui.®, Secretary. —a 1 *— Not St>.—Sbtpe papors have given curren cy to tho idea that under the uow postage ! law, it is necessary to pro-pay letters ad- J ] dressed to tho heads of Departments, other ; officials at Washington, aud to members of Congress. This is uot the fact,, for the now law makes no chaugo as to the franking privilege, aud letters can therefore still be f forwarded free of postage p,x heretofore \ WRITTEN FOR THE CASSVILLK STANDARD % Lines to the Bride. Young buds and myrtle blooms Festoon the wall, White gleaming angel bulla Droopingly fall, j Balmy winds floating ; Thro’ fragrant leaved bowers ; Lift, lightly the ‘ Bridal-wreath,’ * Outturn of Flowers.’ Sweet, ofi! ye Flowers, Waft your rich tide On wings of the Zephyr, Around the pale Bride. Softly the light falls On tel* fair brow; Holy ! oil, speak not!—fir t ‘ Uud claims her no-io {’ Brightly her pure vows Float thro’ the air; Trembling to Heaven, In Love’s holy prayer— Oh ! only for tnet! Fondly rising above, Oh ! only fur thee ! Is that prayer of 3cve. Gaze on hc-r fondly, Not only today ; Nobly she gives Her whole Ffe aw.iv. Ob ! gaze on h’er fondly, 4 ‘lhy beautiful one;’ The same in life’s ending As when 4 it begun.’ I Cass Ville, April 30, 1855. SIIAN'A | WRITTLN rOR THE CASSVILLE STANDARD Organizafotm, It is a well established ni!e of action -1 (and one of the polioy of which there cab I be no difference of opinion) with men asso j dated together to accomplish any object, ; that to ensure success there should be con j cert of action. This is especially the case j when applied to political organizations. For ! this reason it is generally a priimiby object ! ot the enemies of a political party, particu- I larly if that party has a large majority, to j create, if possible, divisions and dissensions j among its own members. ] This object is at this time attempted to be i accomplished by the enemies cf the Demo j crntic party They know that if the Democ racy will only remain united and true to j itself, it need fear no enemy. Hence, the ] most strenuous efforts are made to induce ! DtUiocrnts to forsake their own party, and 1 join other organizations antagonistic to it. I YVe are sorry to sax* that there are also ] Democrats, or at least men who have here j to fore acted with the Democratic party, who j for the promise of office have united with our j opponents, aud re now willing to act the l part of a Judas towards tht-ir tor their friends, j The worst emlhies that tiie Democratic par- I ty of this district has ever had, have been ] those who Vei*e at bne time connected with | it, and who had. to a considerable extent; the confidence cd the put-ty, and who wheh li.i-y tinught it'would best subserve tbeir . selfish rut -'oses to do so. basely us tempted :to betiay it. We t;a.-a that no true Demo ’ oral will permit Lituself to be used as a tool i to accomplish tfie purpose's of our former po j Utica 1 opponents, nud of the renegades from ! our own party wa<> are now acting in concert ! with them. i We tliink that no man should b-* supported ; for office by Demoeiut*, against wi. ;u tht-rs * j is any ground for suspicion of having noted in bad f.ai'h tv.Wi.tde i,;s j arty li eD ] umcracy, if it would at aid defeat, sbeuld i organize in such 11 W.- v as to cuuceiitrate tiiS j entire strength ol tire- j srty, upon those wire j may be selected ns our siaudurd “t carers in | the a{ | roaching mmlest. Hie most practi ; cubic way of doing this, is in our opinicu, through the meltuiu of u (.invention. There are aspirants for high office in ties district, whom, if it werejjeecssfty, vu-evuid name, who now have much to sj about the corruption and unfairness of tiie Convention ! system, ‘ wire, until they submitted toeir claims to a Convention, and failed to receive tjre nomination were themselves ita warmest advocates. The people will, wc think, kucw put the proper estimate upon the i conversion of these latter day aaiuts. YVo are aware that Conventions gotten up j in the way in which they have Sometimes | been done iu this district, have not always ■ heeu a fair expression of public opinion, but ’ when the Delegates from Lo different ccun* i ties are fairly appointed, coming as they do, j directly from the people, they coustitute, we : think, as fair and impartial an expression of | public opiuiou as can be obtained. Cass The Next Congress. Cmiah Town, April 23, 1155. j Bailors of the Standard: As the Democratic party have resolved to’ ! hold a Convention to nominate a candidate ; to represent the stb Congressional district, let me suggest the name of Herbert Fielder ; os a suitable gentleman to be nominated at | that Convention'. lie is a vary worthy ; young man, possessing the first order ot tab j ent, arid a Douvorut in the true sense of the 1 term. Polk. Another American Arrks+td in Cu ba. — A letter from Havana states that somo days siuoe a gentleman named Duncan, a citizen of the Unitsd States, was brought to that city a prisoner. Ho had returned to St. Jago from Muriel, and was 4, looking about” at liis leisure, when lie was arrested and questioned us to his occupation. He re plied he was merely 4, looking about,” and was told 4 that was very suspicions,” a®d that lie must proceed to Havana as a pris oner. YVhcn brought there, he was taken before the Captain General*, who forthwith set him at liberty. Freeman Hunt, Esq., the editor and pro prietor of the Merehauts Magazine, is pre paring for publication a collection of bio graphical uotices of the liv sos some of the most eminent merchants of America. Robbery.—Mr. J. C. Culpeper, ofForts mon'tli was robbed ou Monday night at his own residence while asleep of §6OO in gold- Goorge YV. Coleman, was arrested ns the thief- llenry Clay Mo'rKVMEwf.—?ir. Hindi ton of Cincinnati, has - over one httncfrojlcom petitors! secured the contract for biftldk’H the Henry Clay Monument in Lexington, Kentucky. Arrested Fourteen years after Tj s Crime.—John J. Jones has been arrested* 1 Dockland, OhioTor’ the murder of 11. McG r ’ die, which he committed at YVeat Point/B years ago. $94,000 have teen-subeoribed for fori the erection of a College in . Greensboro,’ |M” and it is confidently expected that the k*® 6 will be increased to a hundred thousand The bloomers have beou obliged ti P ut their dresses low in tire neck to avoid !p>*- jftfstak.cn for meu-