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eening of the general bodily Jwaste which
follows the consumption of a daily allowance
of coffee, causes a saving ot r torch and gin-
ten equal to the cost of the coffee.
Remarkable Longevity.
-There now
resides, in Newark, N. J , in fall possession
of ell her faculties, a lady who has attained
the patriarchical age of one hundred and
eieren years She was also a heroins of the
revolution, and ministered to the needs of
the weary and wounded soldiers at the siege
of York town.
-- Modesty.—The Black Republican* attri
bute the overwhelming rote in the Southern
Commercial Convention, and more recently,
in the Ilonse of Representatives, against a
revival of the alavw trade, to their own Be- i
cided stand on the slavery question in the
late canvass.
Handsomely Das r The Democracy of j
North western Virginia have, ns a coupli j
meat for’his services in the late canvass, j
presented the editor of the Wheeling Argos .
with $1,000, hard cash, to enable him to ,
purchase new type and increase the effi- j
ciency of
T amfeiirg with Slates.—A man nntn-
j wd Win. ilngee, who said he belonged to Con -
; cectieut, was arrested near A leaandria.
; Vn., on Tuesday morning last charged With
1 tampering with a slave He wan carried
i before n magistrate, who committed him to
jail. The alavc was tbo 'affirmant.
who had been freed by the will of their
master, Gabriel Moore, deceased, were re
cently sent out of the State, in compliance
•their future home being Cin-
ouncee, sent in the maii to any part of the
United States, are chargeable with one cent
postage each, to be prepaid by postage
stamps. Where more than cue circular is
printed on a sheet, or a circular and letter,
each must be charged with a single rate.—
expedition, now in the Persian Gulf, intends
to do. Its definite purpose has not been
| made public either at London or Calcutta:
j It ia certain that theHotilla cannot remain
'! safely in the Gnif for any length of time, as
i there is no achorage for shipping snywhere
| along that sterile coast, except at Bashir*;
| and here the anchorage is very dangerous—
! ships of three hundred tons being obliged to
! lie in a road stead, six miles from the city,
1 where they arc exposed to the valent north-
i west winds that sweep down the Gulf. From
Busliire.it will be almost impossible for
{British troops.to march into Herat to repel
Stray Scripture.
Our contemporay of the Atlanta Penult i-
ean Discip finr * ->y s -» that every tub must
stand on its own bottom,” is scripture, will
he please inform us in what book, chapter and
verse we can find the passage. We have
read the Bible some in our time and have
net as yet come up with it—it must have
strayed off from_eur bitde, “Or our bibles
don't coroborat j
| with the law—
{einnati.
A Duel.—Ti
! day last, says
| Napoleon, Ark.
! Col lough and Mr Mason, a merchant of Na
poleon. The former was wounded slightly,
and the latter, it is supposed, fatally.
The ViCKstmaG and Jackson Sodth-
I ERN Railroads —The Vicksburg Whig, of
' the 24th, in forms us that the Mississippi
; Legislature has passed a special set to au-
I tiiorize the consolidation of the above roads
so as. to insure an early faction with the Mo-
| bile and Ohio Railroad,
j Mammoth Depot,—The depot buildings.
Bye, for Seed.
j This is the best time to sow rye ; for pas-
j tarage, it should have been sowed in Sep- j
: tember, but for seed, ■ ‘ few acre* of good i'
; land sowed now will answer a good purpose, t<
j and should not be fed down by stock. It is
hazardous policy to rely on pastured rye for
seed, the grain is usually, imperfect and the -
yield very poor.—Am. Colton Planter. t
that it is according to the scriptures? If
it be true, bow could Joshua command
lha >un to stand still ?’
* Ilnmph r quoth the doctor, scratch
ing his head. ‘ Joshua commanded the
sun to stand still, did he V
' 4 Yes,’ quoth the fanner.
1 * Well, it stood still, didn’t it ?’
4 ¥e.»
4 Very well; did you ever hear that he
set it agoing again ?’ ,
The farmer smoothed down his chin
and left—--leaving the paison and Joshua
to set the sun agoing a* their first con
venience. v
Rev Josiah Evans, an aged and vener
able minister of the Metnodist E. Chnreb,
Ml dead on the streets of Tuskegre, Ala..
% few day* ago. ‘. ■
A Cure for Cramp.
Mr C. Blessed, writing from DaUloncga, j
Georgia, to nn exchange siy«. the following ■
is a sovereign recipe for cramp in any case: ■
■« A cold application to the bottom of the ,
bare feet, such ns iron, water, rock, earth,
•r ice, when it ran be bad—tbe colder the
better. It will relieve in five minutes. If
in the upper part of your body or arms, then
apply the remedy to the hands also.”
Cat this oat and paste it in your scrap
book.
prepaid, or excluded from the mail. It is 8 "°P 8 ’ e,c ’’ “ lue p ‘
the duty of the pcst-mnsfer at the mailing Company in Savanna , a y e 881 to ®
office, as well as nt the office of delifery , ■ »oet extensive of any Ra.lroad ^mpany m
carefully to examine all printed matter, in , the United IMates^They cover 87 -ores of
order to oee that it is charged with a proper ■ g r#uad • * n co ** $408.
rate of postage, and to detect frond. At. gt. Louis, according to; the returns of the
offices where postage stamps cannot bo pro- i rcinim just taken, contains a population of
wind, post-masters are authorized to receive 180,000 souls, of which oqly seven hundred
money in pre-payment.of postage on tiansi- and fifteen an staves.
A Teas—It i*,* little thing. glistening
bnt a moment, a pearly drop in the window
.•f the son’, bat whe may know the »ngu«ge
^*h9 C*n.t*41 what bitter thought
hav prompted itlsJhv }
Hew Advertisements.
ITe,wall attentior. to the new advertise
TTIE .Spi i) A li i)
A Piroibyte»ian''f emale CollegeTia to be
ments in ||Is week's paper, among which established at Rome, Georgia. Tbe build-
will be found B. II. Leeke, Attorney »t law ings belonging to Col. Foucfae luve been
Burrell is a cleverTellow, and aH bneinesj pURbased for that purpose. *
entrusted to his care will beyeomptly at- -~ee. —-s—
tended 10, and money.. forked over” nssoou . A Handsome Present,
as collected A iso. Mesa /vines & Williams, OuYesiecmed friend and neighbor Tf
Carriage dealers ^and manufacturers. Car- .Carteisvigey Eld. David Sw.-be.ma.le ns
tersville, Ga .Mess J. & W, can an-1 do a jiresent of a priceless tieastwe. a few-
makeesigeod carriages or any and every days* ago, a large, handsome Dome-die
description as any body olse, and sell them IUble,&»ely illustrated wi.h numerous
ae cheap For neatness and durability are antiquie engravings, with improved ri*ad-
not excelled, north or south ; they are gen- ings,’ notes and ' reflections. There arc
THTTRSDJ&. V iliORNIN G, .tlemen who speak the truth and ceil bon- mmrv additional improved features in
JAMt^Ky 15,1857. 1 eetty.so give them a trial. Also. Messrs, this edition that are not found in the
i»r ' ' ■- " Goodspeed Bearse & Co, Importers and common plant ftlii ion. of which we
—
Tbe build-
The Wnr between Bngi&nd ui ' that'the murky cloud of war will darken ent matter; but they should be csrefnl to From the Baltimore Sun, Jan 5.
-Persia. the whole land from the Indue to the Volga, keep a supply of stamps on hand Xalfillt, XkailaMe and Unavailable.
T , , Russia's interest ia Persia is precisely that ,* — : — v i We often hear the remark, <• it is odd he
r* : t»MVr« '• itr'^s ^ lmiottal f "unce wil ^ ch B°g IanJ had in Turkey ; and the j General HeWS Items. don t get along, for he is quite intelligent.”
. . i-i ■ i •• r. .i • tP” game reason that induced England to fight Slavery in Illinois—The Chicago Yet we have always found that the persons
"in t .oar.i.-n* to w.*11c-x» it n»fiy lenu •*. , . , _ , . . . ' , ; ,
T _ ! for $ti!1an will induce Kuas a to fight Times asserts that men and woman are sola speken of ? however talented they may be,
fur rh* tt’rih. The Ct>urt,.rf St Petersburg trtry day in that State under the operation hare n« the peculiar kind of ability reqnir-
'-•n- ti> whit
»he |*retl:ctt»»n made ^
hat w-tr is brewing
Reflections, Tlivre arv j
, j acquired a great iiifluence at the Court of the Illinois law Abolition philanthropy e ,j for the business they pursue. If lawyers,
nn' sa ilie ui-puts " r nn ' 1 - ! ‘ iuee wl,en a !rea, J haafnil to discover it—perhaps ! they ore deficient in eloquence, or applica-
Reraia is speedily ad of pekcW transferred Eriv^n and at 1 tbe Per- C*' S mdate fob the Legislature.— t ion, or logical accumen; if merchants, in
Cz .r has s-ui fifty thousand country N a th cf the river Aras to Rus- E j ward Wooldridge is aonounced as the can energy, economy, or knowlodge of finance or
the lVrsfen fronUer^'u rV-panse to »'*•*. rrlatioffg^f’friendship have been pro- ' dWate of the American parly for tho Third trade ; if farmers, in thrift; if mechanics,
tbe claims of ins trewty of alliance with that the two Courts which Great Represeat:lt ; Te Dietrict, of New Orlejns. . in industry The world is full of men en-
, country Thus the danger of collision lie- Bri,ain Tain! * favored to break up - Dr,dging the Mississ.ri.-Thc cotopkny K»?ed in occupations for which they are un-
o—:— t_o —-• fitted. Nearly every person has a special
improved features in |weea Ra ^ ;ln nnJ Briligh troops is iuuui . ; Russ,an tnfluence was greatly increased at b Ju yiew , he ercction ef the gtlS pen-
are r.ot found "J ‘ be neat. How long the two nations will be at ( T ^eran by the victorious siege of Kars, in b r i(1 „ e . t St Louis have already com- talent for some one thing, Nobody has the
. . . ^ lo, imporiers. ana cotnrron plain Ftlnion, of u .i:cl, »e .ave rg . ace ,bile iheir troops are fighting on Per- ' the reeent war > while “l? 8 saD3e eTent weak ' mence d Win-to a-certain tbe depth of the ability to do everything equally well
wboes e eaers in ore.gn^m domestic not time to enumerale. Mr. S. is selling: ■ -iaB aBt f on |ho Terj borJer3 of thb | ened the power of England, not only ir. Per- ^ ^ Hence what may be called aval l ble talent is
wines, lq °.s and seg.irs. Atlanta, Ga. We tlitMtcs Hihles Iiy sul,sen pi mn, nt%6S : ^lS Indian "#ni P ire, is n proHlom =*ia, but through nil Central Asia. I- was / . h altogether relative. A planter, who thinks
would recommend t ns firm to .11 who deal ? „ d «0, acconl.ng to lin.-h lie has of gola JI V may b J h .t ,bo>- ^ the fall of this fortress that the j * ' 8 "ported from »ashtng on that he o ^ ^ #f UurC( mj ht
ra their line throughout Cherokee Georgia also a vanetv of e^ft.1 and interest,, % \ ^ > Persians made their first hostile demonstra- -State Department has tnformatton o an m- & ^ j8 ceminijr
w * “ re g,ild 10 S6 V U T, ““f m,Dg • t™** °" ,a,, . < ?i , U * el -' !,,e 1,mt . * Ve 7, ■ the strength of the British Lion, and that «« Herat, which England believes ‘ended filibustering ex F ed.ttou agatnt \ ene- , # , lis tll!ent is there .
T rroiZTw ZVl .J are r ,a " ^ ndjornm^r counties will | thig 0 ni ig 8ei2ed Wlth aTidl :y t0 M . was instigated by the Cabinet of St. PeUrs- e| fore unavailable. A speculating doctor
rorssAv. K. Pkicr. is our authorized al’ t 0 ftAwSf* * ^l."! ®PP? r,u,<U 3 r £ ,; h f* | new the strife. Russia has long coatempla- ‘ bu ^‘ . ... ! TUe ° f &,tttb Carol ' ,M baS ,a,d „°" might do to sell town lots, bBt is unfit to
Agent for Pickens and Gilmer counties.! Gilbert & Clarke. B. i^lLmar*' Jo^jh i ,,0r ’ ^ ' blow at British ascendancy in tho : Tlie .tifloenco^ of Russia is particularly . the table the report of the commute* on :u ^ure men's ailments, is out of place More
- ~ East, and the present may seem to her a fit seen on the Persian shores of tbe Caspian, itpenig t.ie s.ave .1 ade ^^han half the mistaken careers, which we
. ting time for assaulting her in that quarter. ^'* uf Persian port of Aatrabad, at the south- ^ Washington despatch says the consider- gee a p ou t U9> originate in uuavailahlee tal ;
The Charleston Courier furnishes the an- j ern _extremityjgf this sea, is controlled si- ation of the revision of th« tariff has been en » g
nexed interesting information of the nature most entirely by Russian commerce, itnd a postponed till the first Tuesday in January i jj. ; s therefoie, important that every maif
o^Atianf^droppilig tfccir'drowwfs'lnm- neotlj"" with"”ailver"p"u'ted'"dash"”and"”««t j and bearings of the present imbroglio among ! Th. Bn-innxr ov Impudence —The at the outsetgf li f e, should engage in that
i i v h,-i. ! irons. They are the lightest and finest one | the leading parties ^Augusta Constitu- ' !r:t - 1 Astrakhan at the mouth of the \ ulga. I- nUj| insan -, fv ;a set UD in defence«f
Horse Carrirge that is made for sale »t i ti°na!ist
W. K. Peacock is t-umftUior-
ci >ii my of Cura.
Citovr, fesQ:, of D;i!!as,
A<yt nt fi>r ,1m County
ofJdaHas, lo receive.' sttbsoripMons for
(]w: Standard.
3C2W< iNATHAS \Y rat Row is onr at,- i Winship, B S Oatman, Smith & Ezz»rd,
ibovized Agt-nl fot Gilmer and Fatmin see all their cards They are ail prominent i Light Bockawaya.
counties. businessmen—gentlemen who will do to re- ; For one Horse made as light us a Top Bug-
fs i ■ i. l^on. We are glad to see the business men gy with two seats Door on each side trimmed
First Quarterly Meeting,
. r\ t si n here find becoming awakened to their inter
The first Quarterly Meeting for the Cass- 6
ville Circuit, On. Conference, will beheld est*„by advertising themselves to the world
at Camille, Saturday md Runlar. Febrn- H«*U °n and persevere you'll build up your WOODRUFF A COS, Repository, Griffin,
ary 14,h and loth. ISoT A full attend- ci; > an '' establish a re ? u,a “ on n “ l ‘"P 888 * j
nnce of the members of tl.e Quarterly Can- * d that of an ^ ° ,her oi, y the ^"pire • ^ OrcW
, . , , State of the South. J T .. . .
ferenee is desired. ,- j Loose no time in resetting the orchard. A
parties£./
Railroad from Carter*vflle, Georgia, y " ung ', ree sLould “ ot , le p,a “ ted \ n thesam 1 e
to Jacksonvilie, Alabama. ! pU , ce w ! ere a “ oU d,sea f on * has . 9tood ;
1 j unless the earth is removed, and virgin soil
Eleetior of Town Co-nmissioners.
The election of Commissioners of the town
of Ca svillc came off last Monday, the fol- . ' Ve “ ude,stanfl ,hat ‘ here is * alk of 8 P ro “ pelted in around it. Examine the bark of
lowing gentlemen were elected without oppo- J( ' c, i 0 , rUa “*® g a r»i* r oad rrom Cartersville lhc app i e and pear tree, and destroy tbe eggs
8ition . John II. ftiee. John A. Terrell. Wm 10 ,i c' s ^nv. e, a., m f^ct, we have re | 0 fi n3e2 ( d; sera fre the gum from around the
Madden, George I- Upshaw and Burrell II. ce.ved a communication from some one on
Leeke. The Board met and organized, and the 8ul j ect ‘ wou,d haTe a PP ?ared in
elecicd John II Rice. Cl,airman of , fie column* of the Standard, ere this, but
Board : B H Leefco, Clerk ; G L Upahpw. for th « non accompaniment of the writer*
Trensnrer; and Stepp Huberts. Marshal.
roots of the peach trees, and pour boiling
water into tiie holes of the worms that have
caused the guia. If tbe soil in the fruit or-
j chard be now manured, plowed lightly, and
, name. We wish it distinctly understood that 1 , , , .... . .,
, .. . J mulched all over with leaves or straw, the
w« publish no eommun,cation on any sub-
, < crop of fruit will le improved astonishingly
Augusta Evening Dispatch. >«. «•*«. accompanied with a resprnsiblo ; neit seagon If rabb5ti bark you lrMBi
We have received two or three numbers of name '1 he enterprise is a good one, nudjif fub their trunt9 Wltll 6oft conntrysoap-
a new but neat Daily paper, bearing the a- carn.d in effect, will doubtless pay well, Plant 0llt orc!iari , 8 of applwL , pears and
hove title It is edited and published by bo, itaffords a re y poor tbemefor specula- j |ieacbes . Select straight, well formed trees,
Simeon A. Atkinson, late or the Cherokee, turn. If meeting together and making re- ; budded orgrafted low down. Patronise only
Georgian, assisted by Then as A. Burke, soiocs would build railroads, doubtless onr , tUoM nurgOTV men thllt uke up and pack
formerly „f the Cassville Standard but more railroad facilities would long ago have boon ; tre( a wilb ca ' re , and ^ en pUnt tbem care
recently of the Family Visitor We enter ( thribled If the people in the neighborhood tuU Young trees are generally planted
Bank of East Tennessee.
a distance, many of whom have no other ac
quaintances here to write to, feel at liberty
to enclose us the issue of this bank to es-
THE TROUBLE BETWEEN ENGLAND
AND PERSIA.
It would really seem as though the Bible
prophecy, .. there shall be wars and rumors
of wars,” especially applied to Europe, for j change for them for oilier money, and of
no sooner is a peace concluded upon by a j tbl * kborly w e do not complain. But just
Congress of nations, than on* or two of the ! ^* re ' 0I, ce lot all, lef^s request all such to
same raise questions ae to interpretations of j send no c,ore - H *^ e holders of the bill can
the terms of that pence, and with a little j 8 et sojdh'og lot them where they are, they
outside difficulty to form a basis te quarrel i can do sa ’ as 33 t0 re- uru them t» this
it upon our exchange list. We hope friends of thispn-jected route want a railroad, and
Sim and Tom may have a pleasant newspa- it is quite likely they do, let tbem go to work
per career, and that flic Dispatch my meet and build it, and the coluinns of the Stand-
with 'abundant success. j ard shall be free to assist them in any way
- j they uiny think .proper. But speculation is
Cherokee Baptist College. i useless — is neitlieriustructivenorentertain-
Ttie exercises of this young and prosperous ing.
institution, wore rcsuinsd on Inst Monday. ; — =
We are proud to learn that, in addition to PaJSCIl BfOWIllOW And his Jonesboro’
the year lfififi, there are, up to this time, j Customers.
the rise or 20 new students-78 last year— j The Knoxville (Teun ) IVhig having dis-
nurobering in all the rise of 08 students — j paired of hope of ever getting any money
Tho weather is and has been so intensely , f 'om its old customers in arrears at Jones-
cold, ; that wo doubt Dot many have been de- j boro, the place where it was formerly pub-
layed who contemplate entering this institu ! lished. makes the following pathetic appeal:
tion. With such a corps cl instructors, the j ..Persons wishing to square up with us
Cherokee Baptist College is destined to out-jean now do so. ■ If, however, tii^y wish to
distance ninny older institution* It will. get off at a cheaper rale, they can withhold
only require a year or two more to convince j even these bills, and we promise during lire
the public of the fact of the assertion. Much | coming year,-to receipt them in full through
has been said by tho enemies of this institu- ! the paper, forever, and file our claims against
tion, to mislead and bias the public mm3 a- j them in the High Chancery of Heaven, and
gainst it, but it has survived misrepresents- ; let them settle with their God in the world
tion, and‘will yot stand out a beacon star to come
too deep ; the young rootlets want the sur
face soil aud not the suhsoil. Therefore
small trees are safer to plant than large
ones. In .planting out a tree, the hole
shoo’d not be dug as if a post was to be
plnuted. The hole should be dug three times
as large as the roots extend. Fresh surface
soil should he filled iu around tbe roots, and
ihe tree planted firmiy at once ; it is a bad
practice to water the roots at planting ; the
tree will hardiy get a firm hold in the
ground ; the ground should be moist, but not
wet. Much of the prosperity of the orchard
depends upon the first setting of the trees.—
Cotton Planter and Soil.
all the Cherokee country Error -ceases to
ba dangercras when reason is left free to com
bat it.
a And to leave all without exonse, we far
ther agree to take Shanghai chickens, hoop
skirts, boot jacks, broom corn, baby jump
ers, fishing tackles, patent medicines, suck
ing pigs, Dozen-cabbage, *13 ‘clothes, colt's , ^ Stfltes Senator from Rbode Islutl(1 .
revolvers, second hand tooth brushes, gingf r
cukes, parched corn, circus tickets, or any
other article found in a country retail
store.” -
Wo fear that our contemporary of the
New Book.
\ Love After Marriage.'" and T'lirh.- 11
other choice MovneJirttes of the Hrar r •
by Mrs. Caroline Lee Hcntz, author o P
Linda. Rena. Planter's Northern Bride'
Marcus Wnrland, Robert Graham, etc ,
etc. Complete in ona large duodecimo
volume, neatly bound in cloth, for one
dollar nnd twenty five cents, or in iwo j below will get a bill of sale, to ali such be-
volumes, paper cover, for one dollar.— { f ore they leave this world : lie will, doubt-
Copies of eilher edition will be sent, free [ t . gSj obtain a judgnnent.
of postage, on - eception of the money, to any —
part of the United States The work is now | Show me tl Democrat Slid 1 will S&0W
in press, and will bo ready to forward by j yOH & Liar,
th* 31st instant. Mrs. Hcntz is undoubted- J The Knickerbocker Magazine tells the fol
ly one of the best, if hot the very best writ- j lowing .. good cue
ers of the age. hnt to seo her name in con-
The exports from the United States last
year, to Russia and her possessions amount
ed to $GSG,4(5, against only $153,445 in
1855. Our imports from Russian ports on
the Baltic aud North seas last year, reach
ed $330,581, against $296,113, in 1855.
Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, the
illustrious ..sore head,” has been re-elected
by the Ilousa of Representatives of the Leg
islature of that State,-United States Senator,
by a Ttd3 of 333 to 12 scattering.
James P. Simmons has been elected Uni-
A Scene near Borne.
It was supposed that with the introduc
tion of railroads, the trade of brigandism on
the high road would be at end It appears
IVhig's claims will not avail him anything j not to be the case, however, in the Papal
in the wor d to Conte, as the old /ocA ew from States, as the following paragraph from tho
upon, they commence another war. Eng
land and Russia now stand in the position
of twe belligerent individual*, who have
party wise settled ail their public disputes in
a general conference of brethren, but now in
private they have a duel on their «wn as
count, though it is true that their shots pass
through aud kill the body of a third party,
who had no hand ia manufacturing their
pi^tended peace That third party is Persia
-The ground tor the recpective positi /Ci of
the two duelists, Messrs. Bear avid Bull, is
on Ihe one hand the Caspian -Sea shore, and
on the other that of the Persian Gulf. Dur-
iug the fight, Herat 8t:.nds at oue side, as a
perfectly disinterested spectator, {though it
is the pretended cause o! quarrel,) fur not
being its own owner at present, it cares but
little who it may belong to in future. Per
sia alone received wounds from bulb parties,
aud as Turkey was In the late war, she will
be the principal sufferer in the end.
The ostensible object of this war, waged
by England upon Persia, is to punish the
Persians for besieging the independent city
of Herat, i& We-d Afghanistan, in violation
of treaty obligations. Afghanistan is divi
ded into three independent chieisbips—-He
rat Cabaol, {Cr Cabui,) and Kandahar. Tiro
plea insanity isset up in defence«tHunting- pursuit lor which he is most competent.^
ton. the New York forger, and to, strength- j Work, then, becomes a pleashre, instead of
en it, his counsel states that his operations a task. If every member of society was in
Our numerous acquaintances residing at jn forgeii papcr> during the year amounted j his right place, doing that thing for which
to nearly $20,000,000. ] he was specially fitted, happiness would bS
A Washington dispatch, of-Wednesday ; tar more general and the aggregate wealth
hurt, to the Charleston Standard, says the | of the community vastly greater. For not
recent treaty with Great Britain, relattvc ! °»lj "<>“' d idleDess ^ feIt t0 be the curse
. r. . i i <- i ; which it is. but fortunes, at least a compe-
to Central Ainenan affairs, has uccn appro v- : r
ed by the Senate.
Free SurraAGE in Nis rii 4 Cnm'Ai-ina.
—Tbe free saffrace bill 'ms p.vcd both
branches of the North 0ar<> : :i‘i legislature.
market The hank here, as well as its two
brandies, have suspended payment, and as
we have good reason to believe, will never
resame again. From 15 to 20 cents on the
dollar, ie the most offered for the money.
And why : Because, the assignment of reai
estate fur the benefit of the Bank, r-RUFEns
certain creditors, and when these are secur
ed, it is manifest that little or nothing will
be left for distribution among the note-hol
ders. The bank ie broke, and the failure is
but it has yei to be '• :ttif.id‘’.y ths pecplc in
August next.
tenet. wuul.Lbe nearly universal. Success
always at ten Is him. whose heart is in his
prob sssHn. M ni wixk harder for love oT
their | ursu'.t than they do even for love of
m:»n-*y. Tibs is abundantly proved by the
privati-os which travellers voluntarily ens
counter, by the nights of studying which
Wealth 0 J‘ tui: United Stai e-— l he mea v f eciencemndertake. and by the hereu-
aggregate value of the real end personal es- ; j ean i aborg „(,ich poets, historians, and otli-
tate in the Uniled States is set down, by the er Horary men emlure with no hope of ad—
Secretary of the Treasury, at 5.11 318,0,1,- , e q U . lte pecuniary reward. Tbe ordination
071, an! the population at 26,904.312. j 0 f Providence doubtless was that work, at
Emigrants for Nicaragua—A dis- J first man s task-master, should become even -
patch from St Louis says that Colonel Ti j tuully his mistress The ideal of society, if
s, of Kansas, arrived there on the 17th in- | ever the human race attains it, will witness
no .nconsiderab.e one. With these distinct j S { llIl t > ona hundred men, en route for j ao suc i, thing as unavailable talent; for
avowals, ws hope there will be no necessity I Nicaragua.
for our alluding to tho subject again. , .. ,0,1. ,i, pr o
0 l Forthe week ending on the lota there
A noxpi/le Whig. ! , . , - ,
, ... . — were 233deaths m Philadelphia.
Ihe above paragraph Irom the Knoxville
Whig, a journal published in the same town j At thfe !ate ,n
where the Bank of East Tennessee flourish- j° 3 ’ ,he Democrats elected their ewt.re tick
ed, is well worthy the attentive considers- !«*' turni “? 0,u li,e I ,reaent ^emnuents, who
tion of the people of Georgia, especially iu j 3re Know-Nothings.
all that section of the State where Tonnes- i It is said, that in proportion to the pupu-
see bank bills circulate. The Bank of East ! I ation. there is more-smoking done fti New
Tennessee was emphatically a ,. cue horse ! Orleans than ia any other city in the world.
Bank,” which was doubtless bought by its
owner, Church7.’ell, with u view to make a
desperate Speculation, wit-i tiie hope of cav
ing his falling fortunes He was reputed a
man of considerable wealth, arid held iu his
possession a large amount of property, but
city of Herat is the fortified capital of the ! ** now hollered he was insolvent when lie
official paper of. Rome, j>f the 13,h of No
vember last, will sufficiently attest :
nection with » work)*is a sufficient guaran- , h>w, walked iuto a Broadway saloon the
tee of its merits It is published by the ! other day, where they were talking politics
We learn that the railway train between
Frascata and Rome wits stopped by a party
of brigands who, at night, imitating the sig
nal for the stoppage of the train, brought it
to a bait. They immediately secure! the
engineer and firemen, Mud then, after "de-
A tall, green sort of a well dressed fei- ; Inching the locomotive from the cars, pro-
far-famed publisher. T B Peterson, No 102
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, to whom or
ders must be sent,-
ccedcd with perfect impunity "to rifle the
pockets and baggage of the passengers. A
brigand was stationed at either ead of the
Agricultural Works.
*.u a high key, and stretching himself up his
lull height, exclaimed, .. Where are the ! cars with loaded muskets, while their fel-
Deuiocrats ? Show uie a Democrat, gentle- j lows, armed to the teeth, farced thepassen-
men, and I'll show you a liar^l” In an in- 1 gers to deliver up their ^Valuables. As the
stant a man stood before the noisy enquirer, j people of the Roman States are not allowed
American Cotton Planter atid Soil of the ! in a warlike attitude, and exclaimed : “ I to carry arms, they are at the mercy of tbe
South, for January, is before us. The Soil j am a democrat, sir!” .. You are? Well, j brigands who go armed to tbe teeth, and
of the South, former'v published in Colum- just step around the cornqp.with me and I'll ! who, with a.knowledgc of this fact, do not
bus, Ga . and American Cotton Planter.
Montgomery, Ala., have been merged, form
ing one of the most complete and useful
agricultural monthlies now published.—
Published in Montgomery. Alabama, at $1
per annum in advance. N. B Cloud, M D.,
Agricultural Editor; Charles A. Peabody.
Horticultural Editor Every body that has
anything to do with tbo soil ought to take"
t.
Plough, Locm and Anvil; or American
Farmers' Magazine—a neat and interesting
•J —- r r — — ■ *• •• . witu, wtut •.r.uuw w
show you a fellow who said I couldn't find a | hesitate to assail people in their houses.—
democrat in the ward ! Aint he a liar I { After this incident, it is to be hoped the
should like to know !'
chielship of that name, containing about
forty thousand inhabitants. Its situation
makes it tiie key of North western Iodia —
The ciiy originally belonged ,0 Persia, and
was the capital of the empire founded by
Tamarlaue in 1715 the Afghans captured
it. The Persians recovered it in 1731, and
in 1749 it was again taken hy the Afghans.
Persia has always desired to regain its pos
session of the city, and for that purpose laid
seige to it in 1838, but without success; and
ain iu lb-56 — when in September lust, the
city of Herat capitulated to the Persian ar-
my.
It is for the interest of the British posses
sions in the East Indies that ti e indepen
dence of the three ohiefsbips of Afghanistan
be maintained. They lie directly iu the
paths of commerce between the Caspian and
Indus, and if they should cotue into the pos
session of Persia, this power, aided by Rus
sia, its nearest Euiopeau neighbor, might
attain an importance in the Eastern heuiis
phere which .would jeopardize the Biilish
reign in India By a treaty concluded in
January, 1853, between England and Per
sia, the latter relinquished all claim of al
legiance from the people of Herat, and a-
purchased the Bank, for which he probably
paid iu its own bills.
The majority of the Banks in Tennessee
are of the same denomination. <i one hoi‘30
banks." owned by a few individuals, gener
ally, pelhnps, speculators, and it ia not un
reasonable tc anticipate that a similar fate
awu.ts them Georgiaus, especially,should,
therefore, be on their guard, and avoid the
consequences of failure. Repudiate their
hills.
In Tennessee, unless there has been a
change very recently, Banking has never
been done on sound and correct principles.
Instead of paying out tbeir own bills at tbeir
Good —A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature of North Carolina - to encour
age r.ud promote matrimony
A Baltimore despatch says iliore was con
siderub'.c disorder in that city ou Christinas
day, but no serious riots.
F G. tfilkins. Esq , has been elected
Mayor of Columbus, Ga.
Hon James Mebaffey, Representative to
the State Legislature from Jefferson City
has resigned. Judge Wm Forshey offers tc*
fill the vacancy.
For Nicaragua—-Cel. Moncosas, of the
Nicaraguan army, left ' 7 ew Orleans on Sun
day, ou the steamer Texas, with 500 emi
grants.
Gen. James Gadsden, late Minister to
Mexico, arrived ou the steamer Isabel at
Charleston, on the 15th 11 It.
Tbe Hon Lncious Q C. Elmer, of Cumher-
eaeh man will be in his right place Binl for
each uian there will be a place.
It must not be supposed, however, that
all, at the o^set of life, are capab e of
judging what is the pursuit most proper for
•them: A large proportion of the unavail
able talent o! Ihe world has become so be
cause of some boyish preference for a par
ticular profession. A lad reads of strange
countries, of voyages of discovery , of itdven-
tnrous explorers, and forthwith nothing will
satisfy Inin till he goes to sea. and is ruined
perhaps lor life. It is not a passing whim
of this description which ought to be allowed
to determine the choice of an avocation —
The opinion of a p in iit, wtio has seen the
world, htl-.i v;ho has studied ihe child s char
acter, should correct the too Ini-tv leinlen-
cio.s'of -an imaginative yiulh. Thousands
uf iii-ii, ore new starving at the law, might
have in ole exe lb nt farmers, u.e i imies or
merchants, nnd lived in couth rt all their
days, if iheir fathers had not yielded to a
boyish van'ty. which aspired to be a Patrick
Henry or a Daniel Webster, without ability
to eu-tam their part Men do not starve,
in general, because they are absolute fools,
hut because they follow pursuits to wh.cli
they are unfitted. It is the unavailable
character of h man’s talent which drags him
under in the wild torrent of life.
. land, is spoken of a candidate lor Ij 8 Seu-
connters, it haz been the uniform practice- ,. ,- ,
, . . r star from -New Jersey
toest&tiiich at r»no@te and inaeces |
sible places, and the mother bunk o.-.ys ou, « Tbe w * r!et feter in * , ' 9ina " nr ' abV ' J ""
th* bills of its branches, while the branches | *>'«* wsre dcat! ' 8 ,r0,a “ tl,<5
ending the 20th .ns'.
Ex-Senator Hanoegan, of Indiana wilt
pay out the issues of the mother bank. This
system of banking is not only unsound, but
pernicious, and is certain to lead to over is
sues, and the circulation of au unsound or
not readily redeemable currencj. Ali banks j sourt
should he required hy law to pay out mull
ing but their own bills. This salutary check
upon their operations would almost certain
ly secure a sound and safe currency, be-
sbortly remove to St Lou.s.and his name has
been enrolled as a member ot tiie bar of Mis-
greed never to send troops into that district 1 C3U rC whenever thus overtraded, they would
unless au army from C a bool, or from Kan | ^ ! * compelled to make their accounts good
d.-iliar, or from some other foreigu power in j w 1 f f ! -' e public The ligi-timate result would
that direction, should invade it Iu that j tw ‘ they would theu onty do business
event, the troops sent by Persia were not to j w * leB Ibcy were in a condition to da to with
enter the city of Herat,, but to withdraw to j s “ !ttl y to.lheicseives and the pabbe.
White Folks Blamed Fool?.
A friend of ours near Tampa Bay, in Fla,
rmph yed a number of Now York mechanics
to do a piece of work. It was a Government
i-eutract, n-nd required particular dispatch.
The men winked as Northern mechanics
know how to work. Old Jape—one uf their
employer's slav.-s — watched them, out of the
corner of his eye. for several days.
• : Sciirreth'mg was evidently working on his
The Secretary of the Interior has decided ! '»'»J wliicb puzzled him badly. At last ho
to grant cli i I dren of deceased revolutionary j came up to the foreman of the gang, and
widows, the amount of pensions due f-oiu j said. -..Mass diaries, what de debbil you all
the government. I ‘ or ‘ “ T " eurn ”
., , _ „ | ..Money.’’ paid Jut e, -.money great ting;
It is said the Territory of Minessota will J 1 f ...
, „ , xou work so op norf, Mass Uhsr'esr -.reS}
shortly apply for authority to lorm a con- r ,
Jupe, iiiou make a great deal.money:
Persian soil immediately on the return of
the foreigu troops to their own territory. In
1855, D st Mahomed Khan, efCabool, insti
gated, it is raid, by the English Government
itself, took possession of Kandahar, and af-
terwaids advanced upon Herat. The Per
sian Government, in order, as it declares, to
Chronicle ty Sentinel.
stitution preparatory to
State.
There are no lees than thirty nine candi
dates for the United Slates Senate in Miclii
| gan, in place of Gen. Cass
Effects of Coffee.
The effects of coffee upon the bwman sys
tem are said, by a writer iu Blackwood's j
j government will at least send an armed j defend its frontier province of Kborassau.
{guard with tbe railway-trains for the pro-- immediately made a hostile demonstration
tection of defenceless passengers.
in the direction of Herat, laid siege to that
city, and fiunily captured it, and, at the
Magazine, to consist in making the brain whig states that considerable excitement
more active, soothing the body generally, i exists in that vicinity among tLc Methodists
making the change aud waste of matter mneh ! - growing out of the Know Notbingism of
slower tliau usual, and the demand for food, thair preachers. In Monro* and Meigs
in consequence, mu b less. These results County the excitement iasaid to be greatest,
monthly, for" Janusrr. is upon our table, i *” P rw,m:ed T0, ‘ i the members of the church being very much
Edited and published by J A. Nash and M ; “ . * °* t ’ * " PlC ‘” 0 J" m ' D ' and a 8ub ; U “ Ce j'««K»*ed totbe preacher, a Mr. Dugan, on
P. Parish, ai $3 per annum. No 7 Beeknra. ^ ^ A *
Church Troubles.—The Knoxville j lost accounts. Persian troops were maintaiu-
•treet. New York.
iDg possession of it.
The English government has seized this
opportunity to declare war against Persia.
The Hew Postage Law.
The following is the new law passed by • *V
Congress, rendering compulsory the picpey-
meut of the postage on all traussient print
ed matter. The provisions of circulars will
be of interests
*1. Books, not weighing over eight pounds,
may be seat ie the mail, prepaid by postage
stamps at dm cent au ounce, any distance
in the United States under three thousand
miles, and at two cents an ounce over three
thousand miles, provided they are put up
without a cover or wrapper, or with a cover
The Democrats of the Second Congressiou
-•Not * great deal, J ups; spring aud, sum
mer We do well; bu; work is slack in winter
time, nnd if we get arouLd again to
and make both ends meet, and keep ,
and baby in something to eat and
and have already taken possession of the j oi ’ wrapper open at ;he ends or sidec. so that
small rocky islands of Karak and Drums, io ; their character may be determined without
the Persian Gulf, and of the small seaport ! removing the wrapper.
al District of New Hampshire, have nomina
ted George W. Morrison for Congress.
Mr. Matthew, formerly British Consn! at
Philadelphia, (from which post he was dis
missed.) has been appointed Consul at Odes-
A. B. Adams. Esq.,(Dem ; has been elect-
and a house to shelter them, we
think we have done well.”
..Spr.se you sick, Mass'Cbarles, who
cure of you?” ..Then work stops, and we get
very poor, and suffer great privations.”—
.•Dat’M do, Mass Charles,” said Jupe, ..I
touglit white folks sensible people. Taint
nuffin oi de sort. Work work, noffin but
ed Mayor of Macon, Ga., by a majority of' ffurk ’ ; S el sick and nobody take care ob’em.
J Vr bite folks blame fools Jupe work too.
100 over L. P. Strong, Etq . (Arner.)
Visit of Thalburg to the President.
Miss Sallie, come down and nurse
* j got sick
-Sigismund Thalburg. the pianist, visited ®. , _ .
0 him. Mass Bob send a boat sebeoty miles
city of Btwhire, contiguous, on the Persian
shore. Here the invaders remained at last
accounts.
T* !a lliffirnift tn imA.vm raliat tVin Dwiftok
.2. Unsealed circulars advertisements, bu
siness cards, transient newspapers, and eve
ry othsr article of transient printed matter,
/Axcrrit hooka ^ not wetehin-r over three
President Pierce cn the 17th last., by invi
tation. ard was presented with a beautiful
copy of Commodore Perry’s Expedition to
Japan! The presentation was accompanied
with appropriate remarks.
Fr ee Negroes Sent Off The Texas
Republican informs cs that fifteen negroes,
up de riber to get white doctor for him.—
Norf good ’nough for white folks, but reckon
old Jupe stay at home.” And old Jupe went
off in a state of digDified disgust at tbe folly
of white folks generally at the North, and
a particular determination to do as little
work as possible—a determination which
'* master says Jupe was never known tq
1,
Quite Logical.
old Connecticut fanner went to
1 with the following serious in*
, do yon believe in the new*
tell about the earth moving
i sun ? And do you thiuk
it is according to the scriptures? If
Joshua command
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