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THE-STANDARD.
<CASSV ILLE, QEO.
THURSDAY MORNING,
TMARl*H 5.1857.
MILTON A. CANDLER. EDITOR.
B F. BENNETT. PUBLISHER.
CTWCTOgM, TARE HMIcB.
Not week m Cam Courtwaay of tbe
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tolwn; v* reqoeot that they call and pay
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a favor to the proprietere, aad aa advantage
to theet payiuf. We expect to nrakv the pa
per worthy the rapport of its friends; at
least aa iatead to da oar whole duty. The
rule at charging three dollars per annua, if
not paid ia adraaee, will be strictly enforc
ed . The Standard is denoted to the interests
of Case county, aad erery eoter in the coun
ty. who is able to pay his subscription,
ought to take it. We hope onr friends will
giro ue their art stance in increasing tbe
number of ear subscribers.
me. I
a. if is
TO THE PATRONS OP THE
STANDARD.
We seme to-day before tbe readers of the
Standard as its Editor; without experience;
unknown to must of then .as a man, aad leas
known as a writer. Feeling the responsi
bility of thus assuming tbe position of Ed
itor of a political journal we shall exert
eurselrcs. to the utmost of onr abilities, to
render tbe paper worthy of the confidence
and support of the party to tbe advocacy of
I C—gwiannl Corruption Committee.
i The Congressional committee appointed to
\ investigate the charges of corruption against
certain members, have reported in favor of
the expulsion of the Hons. Gilbert, Edwards
aad Mat tenon, of New York, and Welch, of
Connecticut. The House bss since exculpa
ted Welch from the charges. All the gnilty
gentlemen are Black Republicans It is to
be regretted, by every lover of bis country,
that such men have bad their names upon
the roll of the American Congress. We are
glad, however, there was no man from tbe
South so corrupt aa to sell bis judgement
and bis vote to Western speculators. May it
ever be thoe. If we are in tbe minority, let
tbe honor of our members ever be unstained
May there never be a representative from
THE PRACTICE OF DUELING
Judging from the signs of the til
becoming quite fashionable or rather popu
lar in Georgia, to aettle all miadnderotaad-
inge according to tba Code of Honor.”
Within the last few days two duels have
been fbagbt, near the city of 8a van nab. ia
each cnee proving fatal to oae of the parties
engaged. Is it possible, that we of the Em
pire State, instead of advancing, are retro
grading. in civilization ? Tbe praetiee of
dueling is a barbarous custom, speaking bat
little for the morality of a country in which
it is encouraged. It is time that public sen
timent should be turned against it, nod men
no matter wbat may be tbsir talents, or the
position they bold in society, wbeeacoarrge
°r engage in sueh affairs, be made to feet
tbe power of an enlightened and moral pub
lic opinion.
outrage remember the day of retribution in
at baud.
Wbat is here said is intended for the good
of the principle* and party I love. It may
tbe motive of hie action*.
whose principles its columns will b* dsvo
tod. Bom of democratic parents, taught j South, so lost to all sense of honor as to
almost from tbe cradle ap. to advocate the : n,,ke money instead of good for his country,
grset principles of democracy, and couviac * r L
ed in onr own judgement of the soundness of
those doctrines.the Standard will be con
ducted strictly npon democratic principle*.
Whilst we thsll labor manfully aud enthu
siastically in the eaaee in which we ars en
gaged. we shell nee no unfair means, srg-
l*| nothing but wbat w* believe to bn the
truth, to aecumpliah onr enda. Ws shall
make ourselves tbe moutb-piece of no aspir
ing politician Wc shall battle alone for
the democracy of principle—not for the de
mocracy of offioe and of demageguism. Be
lieving that tbe success of th* principles we
advocate depeuda in a great measure upon
strict psrty discipline, ws shall devote all
Washington Items.
Th* set of Congress, increasing tbe pay of
tbe army officers, has been sanctioned by the
President.
Tbe Tariff bill, aa passed by the House,
was so amended by the Senete as not to be
acceptable, and a committee of conference
has been requested by tbe House.
Mattseou aad Gilbert, after complaining
of the action of the •• corruption committee,”
have resigned their seats. Tbe correspon
dents, Triplett and Simon ton, have been
expelled.
A bill making Angnsta, Oa , a port ofde
anr energies, and the influence of onr paper j livery, has passed the House.
to the support of the nominees of the party.
Having every confidence in Mr Buchanan
as a politician and a statesman, belisviag
that th* salvation of the Union depends ap.
an the success of the principles npon which
h* was sleeted, we shall support th* policy
wad defend th* acts of his administration
with an earnestness only equalled by oar
devotion to the Union.
la regard to the local issues of the conn-
ty, we ef coarse, feel interested, and have
enr opinions. They shall not, however, up-
pear in the paper, to the prejudice of any
part ef the county. We shall hold ourselves
aloof from all sueh issues, leaving tbe peo
ple to discuss face to face, and decide for
themselves all questions which are of inter
est alone to Cans conaty This paper is the
organ of the democratic party—not the or
gan of any man, set ef men, nr particular
suction of the county; it was establishod
alone for tbe benefit of the party, therefore
nothing onght, nothing shall appear ia its
columns which can in anywise affect the
sneosss of that psrty.
In the performanee of our editorial duties
w* hope to commit few errors—we are de
termined to commit no crimes. Trusting to
• the generosity of onr renders to excuse onr
error*, we pledge ourselves to spar* ns
pains to make the Standard intcreating aa a
family paper, valuable as an advertising
medium, and reliable as a political journal.
MILTON A. CANDLER.
THE GOVERNORSHIP.
Ex-Gov. McDonald ha* written n letter to
th* editors of th* Journal A Messenger, ia
which be declines th* honor of n nomination
by the Democratic convention, for Governor.
Judge Warner has also written a letter,
ia which he says he is not a candidate for th*
nomination. Ilia friends, however, are still
working for him, and we suppose be will be
prominent before the convention.
From present appearances. Col. Gardner.
Judge Lumkkia end Judge Warner, will be
the leading candidates before th* conven
tion. They are all democrats of standing ia
th* party, aad men of ability, whs would
Tbs House has passed th* Army, Navy,
Oeeaa, Mail and Fortification bills.
Daring the session on Saturday, Mr.
Wright, of Tennessee, and Mr. Sherman, of
Ohio, got into a fracas, which will probably
result in n dnel.
The report of the Committee to which was
referred the petition for the expulsion of
Mr. Herbert, of California, was on motion,
laid on the table.
Th* vote by which Minnesota was author
ised to form a state Constitution and Gov
ernment, has been reconsidered by the Sen
ate, end passed: the amendment of Mr.
Brown of Mian , prohibiting foreigners to
vote, having been stricken from the hill.
President Buchanan arrived at Washing
ton Monday night: he was escorted from
home by the Lancaster Fencibles: his health
for a few days before he left home was not
*ery goad. It is believed that J. Glanccy
Jones, will yet accept the appointment of
Poet Master General.
FIFTY YEARS HENCE.
Bt Bev. Bishop Clarke delivered a lecture
in Cambridge n short time ago, taking for
his subject,.. Fifty Years Hence.” From a
sketch in the Cambridge Chronicle, we take
the follow extract:
Fifty years htuee the newly married
pair will step into an emporium for the sale
of honses, look over the book of patterns, se
lect on* to suit their teste and means, order
it, and it will be sent home in the morning,
put together and occupied at night. In
travelling, aa great changes will take place
Instead of the dotty read and crowded car,
there will he a splendid Locomotive Hotel,
flying over a road carpeted with turf and
bordered with shade trees, and heralding its
approach with sweet music, instead of tbe
demoniac shriek of the steam whistle, and
labaleld .Through from Boston to San Fran
cisco in four days.’ Instead of the unsightly
telegraph pole* there will be a net work un
derground, and under the bosom of the deep,
nod it will click of thoughts instead of
word*. Then tbs Electric Battery will
light nil tbe street lamps at once, enable all
th* clock, in tk* eity to keep exact time.
perform the Executive duties with honor to
themselves and to th* State. With either of j end kindle the Beacons on the dangerous
them as our standard bearer in th* coming ; rocks, where now men haxard their lives and
contest, we would have no feats as to ear j wear out their lonely daye. Then the au-
■neevss. . thor will not write by onr slow process, los-
Let the democrats of Cherokee Georgia be j '®g hit rarest faneics, bat he will sit down
at work. See that delegate* are appointed | the newest invented ehirogrepbical ia
from every county, and let them be men who ! strument, and putting his finger* on
can work, and will do it. If this is dan*, we
haven't a donbt bat wbat Judge Lumpkin
will receive th* aeminatioa.
free trade and direct
TAXATION.
keys, writs as Cast aa he can think
W* take the above from one of our
ehaqges. It gives some idea of the progi
eive rotiona of toe age. Fifty years
were content with what they saw ; noi
j they look half a century ahead, to contem-
‘ Tell it not ia Oath.’
Two colored sisters (manumitted slaves)
living in this city, desirous -of purchasing
the freedom of their mother ia Alabama,
were advised by some of their peculiar
friends, to get np a public entertainment, at
the charge of 25 cents, sad thus realise a
greater amount in an easier way than by
private charity from the bermctricnlly seal
ed pockets of the abolitionists. Well, the
poor girls worked , hard, and after giving
public notice, opened their supper at tbe
State House, last evening - —fall of hope at
prospect of doing a handsome business, and
securing their mother's freedom. We sup
pose the simple reader is beginning to won
der bow the poor girls were ever enabled to
wait on the throng of.freedom shriekers that
poured to their attainment! Where they
stoned the women and men who have been
so alarmed about Kansas becoming n slave
State! how they.received those ministers who
weekly make their desks rattle with 4 thun
ders against slaveholders! where were plac
ed the « Aid Societies ?’ and bow fared the
• Auiinidat Sleeks' who prey so loudly in
behalf of freedom ? There was really no
difficulty on that point—for none of those
persons deigned to bestow their two shilling
pieces for the restoration of this slave moth
er to her children, although they could have
easily eaten their money's worth from the
well supplied table! Only about a dozen
persons, we understand patronized tbe affair
—not enough to pay for the fuel for warm-’
ing the Hall. • There are fonr classes ia
Yale College,' said tbe ancient Professor, a
he > swept the galleries with bis eye,’ at the
famous . rifle meeting' at tba North Church
—but it is apparent that neither of them
brought their offerings to those poor si stars!
The donators of rifles, to f put down slavery
in Kansas,’ could not squeeze out • a quar
ter’ for th* redemption of a woman from bon
dage ! the reetoration of a mother to her
children• • Tell it not in Gath! publish it
not in tbe streets of Askelon,’ that the aboli
tionists, of New Haven refused to give two
shillings a piece, (With the privilege too ef
eating it out,) for the freedom of a slave
woman.—JVitc Haven Register.
It is evident, from the above, that the two
colored Sisters were very ignorant of tbe
ways of the abolition world, or they would
have known that they would not succeed. —
Their peculiar friends would never have sug
gested the supper,if they bad tlioughtjthat it
would succeed. When an effort is to be made
to secure freedom to a negro, abolitionists
well know that honesty is to be no ingredient
of their policy. If the above mentioned girls
had only told their peculiar friends they
were trying to carry into effect a schema by
which their mother was to be stolen from her
master, and ran off into a free state, a dif
ferent arrangement would have been made
A call would have been made through the
columns of tbe Herald, Tribune, Evening
Post, et id omnt genus of paper, upon the
freedom shriekers, throughout the land, to
rally to to the rescue of tbe poor down trod
den daughter of Ham, thousands would have
responded: the house would have been crow
ded to overflowing: prayers would have been;
offered: shrieks for freedom would have
gone up, loud and long: tha money would
have been raised: if possible the negro stolen
and ran off: the cause of abolitionism would
have been advanced ia thisway.nud the owner
would have been robbed in true abolition
style. There was one reason, and only one,
why tbe plan of the girls did not succeed,
it was rather too honest in the eyes of Beech
er, Greeley A Co. Will Mrs. Harriett Beech
er Stowe mention tbe case of the two color
ed sis lets in her next book ?
For the Standard.
lest Qerener.
Mr. Editor: Without apologising for cak
ing a place in tbe columns of your paper. 1
proceed to make n few remarks upon tbe ap- «*«■ P^aps. more suitably to
preaching Governor's election. Asyon know, ] ,fce tastes of tbe refined than I pretend to.
I have aniformly remained aloof, from any | The only as* I have for language ia to ex-
active participation in the fixing np and ar-1 P ra * n J ideas, so that others may nnder-
raagiag of tbs candidates for office. cither ] »»■** “ I orteratand them lt is hoped th*
for tbe cenaty. the district, er tbe State :
contenting myself with giving the nominee*
of tbs democratic party my serious support.
What I have to say, oa the pre^t occa
sion. may be of very little consequence: it
may have very little to do in controlling the
destiny of th* State, er democratic party. 1
may he entirely ignorant of the ruling con
siderations, for party organisation, or in the
selection of casdulatee for office. Principles
may be proposed, aad party appealed to, for
very different purposes, from nay I am fa-
miHsr with. Let these thing* be an they
■ay, the people of Georgia should know.
will be viewed ia the light
in which they are intea<Ied. Whether they
result in good or mischief, is to seen here
after. CHEROKEE.
So Bach fer not Beading th« Pipers.
We bear that a citizen of Bryan County
has recently been victimised by n Gipeey
fortaae toller «.to th* tune” of stout $1500.
As ws learn, the old gentleman was afflic
ted with rheumatism, and was superstitions
loath of Sr. Xaao
The telegraph announces tbs dsath of ihe
grant Arctic Explorer, Dr. Elisha Kent
Kane. The news received by the previous
arrival from Havana bud, in s measure,pro-
pared the public mind for this event. Tbo
considered that he Was still in tbs prism of
sariy manhood, and had go tie through pri
vations and trials thnA superhuman, it
was impossible not to hope that his soul
would still triumph, as it bad often done,
over tbe maladies of his body, and that one
of tbs most gallant and generous spirits that
ever adorned the history of maritime adven-
tnrs, might vet be spared to gather new
honors, and add other trophies, to the treaau-
ry of gcogiaphical exploration Well, it *»
all over His own hopes, and the clustering
hopes of bis countrymen, are darkened for
ever. A night deeper than that of lb* Pol**
winter has settled upon his life, nnd tbe pla-
i*t*r frolh tilnpe.
enough to Invoke the aid of a wandering
Gipsey woman who professed that with eer- j css that kuew him shall know him no more
tain charms, i.eonjurstions aud mighty mag- j But though cut off in the bloom of manhood,
and the democratic party, especially, that j ie,” she could core him of his malady j os we said some two months since, in an
thers is * sentiment in Cherokee, which from I She informed him that the potency of her , cornicing bis fatal malady, • he basdone the
neglect at one time, and contempt at anoth- j charm depended very much on the amount
er. may before long, unless timely attend-! of money he possessed at tbe time. He had
ed to, sweep over the middle aad sea board
portion of the State, like an avalanche.
It is desired not to be misnnderstoud here:
for in giving utterance to these views, I do
nothing more then express th* long pent np
sentiments of nine tenths of tbs Democracy
north west of the Chattahoochee.
It seems never to have occurred to tbe pol
iticians of middle and lower Georgia, that
we, in the moootains, were fit, for anything
else, than to vote; and all, from the greatest
to the least, expectant of Stare honor, speak :
of their friends in this section, only in con- j
nectioo with their capacity for voting. Meo- !
tion the claims of tbe up country, intimate
there are talents and statesmanship among
u»! and you at c stared at as if you were
green; or possibly yon may be modestly told
we should select seme one with a State wide
reputation; and further yon will he iikely to
learn that we should by all means place in
nomination some gentleman of such tried
merit and distinguished abilities as can u
nite the whole Democratic party. They will
tell you this is not the time to press tbe
claims of Cherokee Georgia : that we must,
as tbe first consideration, seek to harmonize
the party : that some one from below, who
can unite all conflicting claims there, should
be nominated: that we are all good men and
true, np here, any bow. Yes, we must har
monize : we must net be obstinate: we must
forego our partialities and centre npon some
man who can rally and concentrate th*
whole strength of the party.
This buckstoring, er bnmbnggery, or
whatever els* you are pleased to call it, has
been borne long enough. This section has
righto. We ask no favors. Let tbe Democ
racy learn that we are for once, disposed to
vindicate these rights. Of the many names
before the people for nomination, I have
nothing to say. So far as they have come
under my observation, they are all men the
State and party would delight to honor. I
certainly have uo prejudice against any of
them. Rut tliig much I wjll say: this part
of the State is entitled to be heard, and will
be heard, this time, in the designation of the
candidate for Governor: and though no pre
tention is made to that grandiloquence
which characterizes other localities, Chero
kee can present abilities, by us, considered
respectable.
Listen to the seabeard gentlemen, and yon
will soon understand that this is considered
simply as missionary ground, for candidates
at their leisure, to pass over and make
speeches, and all will go right. Now this
may have answered some twenty years ago,
but the time for such stuff has long since
passed. This, the voting portion of Georgia,
sound to the cere in its Democracy, and as
public spirited as any part of the Union,
comes forward and demands simpl# justice.
We have the strength, and if need be, will
exercise it. We have rights and interests
ns dear to ns as any other section. We have
borne with neglect until onr complaining is
construed into imbecility, or something
worse. We have, time end again, gone to
tbe polls nnd east onr suffrage for those who
were despisable to us, merely to keep peace
aad preserve the harmony of the party.
Now the people of the np country intend
no longer to be cajoled by the spurious pre
text of party harmony : they intend to see
themselves respected: they intend to have
their interest* represented by someone they
bat $500, bat in order to strengthen the
charm he came to the eity and borrowed
$1000. Tbe $1.500 was placed in the bands
of the Gipsey, who after some mummery
ver it—during which her victim was not
to look at her for fear of spoiling the eba:
placed it in a trank which was to remain
locked for a certain time, at the expiration
ef which the miracle would be wrought —
Leaving.the key with tbe invalid, with a
solemn injunction not to open the trank on
til tbe expiration of tbe time, she took her
departure. After some days, the woman
not returning and her dupe experiencing no
relief, lie ventured to look into the trunk,
where he found a bundle of rage and paper,
instead of his treasure. Of course, his
4.charmer” bad left for unknown parts.—
But we learn that through the active instru
mentality of the eity Sheriff, tbe woman and
a gipsey rogue who accompanied her, have
been arrested in Atlanta. Her trick is an
old one, and was recently played off perhaps
by tbe same woman, in Maryland and Vir
ginia. Had onr Bryan county unfortunate
been a reader of a newspaper at an expense
of $3 per annum, he would have been better
posted in the tricks ot the times, and would
not have been tbe victim of so ridiculous and
expensive an imposition—Sav JVt ws.
A Good Anecdote.
John C. Breckenridge, tbe Vice President
elect of the United States, is a nephew of
the Rev Robert J. Breckenridge, D. D.. of
Kentucky. The reverend ancle of the Vice
President is a great controversialist, a
splendid debater, and if he had followed the
law instead of the gospel, would have led
senate* os he has the church. So much is
the said uncle given to discussion, that he
would be a fighting parson if he were not a
praying one.
It so happened a few years ago that the
uncle and the nephew were candidates for
office—not the same cffice—in the same
district, at the same time. Tbe Doctor was
np for the convention to amend the Consti
tution, and John C. was running for tbe
Legislature. They were candidates of op
posite parties, and were therefore in dan
ger of coming into collision. One day they
were on tbe slump together, and tbe rever
end Doctor took occasion to deprecate all
feelings of hostility between himself aad his
nephew, who, he said, was always success
ful, whatever office he sought. and mention
ing several instances in illustration, he ad
ded: 4. And daring the war with Mexico, a
regiment was raised in Kentucky, and as
soon as it was known that Mr. Breckenridge
was appointed to its command the Mexicans
made peace!”
Yonng Breckenridge did not wait for his
turn, bat exclaimed at once, -If Uncle Rob
ert bad been appointed, they would have
been fighting till this time.”
Work of a lifetime, and can afford to J’®-
lie bos immortalized hi: name in the dis
covery of that mysterious often sea, beyond
tbe regions of perpetual ice, which circles
tbe Pule He has given bis name to that is
land ocean, hemmed in by mighty barriers
of frozen rocks. He has made for himself,
in its discovery, a mouument, to be contem
plated with .awe by tbe generations of men.
but to be looked upon only by spirits a* he
roic and self sacrificing as his own.*
Vo subjoin a brief sketch of hi# eventful
career, which we find in the New York Tri
bune ;
Gov. Howell Cobb.
The N. York Daily News says, of Ex Gov.
Howell Cobb’s appointment to a Cabinet of
fice :
In regard to Mr. Cobb, we believe there
will not he a dissenting opinion that no man
representing his portion of the country could
have been more acceptable to tbe whole
country, nor less likely to awaken jealous
ly of nltarism from that quarter. Of him
Dr. Kane was burn in P im.I.-lpliia in the
year 1822, and had accord ugly just enter
ed upon his 35th y -:»r. II- r.-c.-;v4-d his ac
ademic educaiiou at the University of Vir
ginia. and graduated as D.n-tor of Medicine
at the University of Pennsylvania in 1843.
Soon after that data lie entered tbe Uuited
States Navy as assistant surgeon, and ac
companied the first American Embassy to
China. With hie native thirst fur observing
the manners and customs of strange conn
tries, be visited different parts of China, the
Pbillippines, Ceylon, and the interior of In
dia. He was the first white person who de
scended into the crater of the Tail of Luzon,
accomplishing this enterprise at tbe hazard
of bis life. He was suspended by a bamboo
rope around his body, from a projecting crag
more than two hundred feet above the re
mains of volcanic eruptions. With bottles
of sulphurous acid, and other specimens from
tlie mouth of the crater, he was dragged up
senseless through the scorlm Upon this
expedition he was attacked by the Ludroucs
and savages of the Negrito race, and expos
ed toother hardships which proved fatal to !
bis traveling companion. Baron Loe, of I’rus
si». Alter this, he traversed a considerable
portion of India, visited Ceylon, ascended
the Nile to the coufinos ot Nubia, and passed
a season in Egypt. He travelled through
Greece on foot, and returned in 1840 to the
United States He was immediately ordered
to the Coast of Africa, nnd sailing in the
frigate United States, visited the slave fac
lories from Cape Mount to the River B»uny,
and obtained free access to the baracoons of j
Dahomey. Returning home in a precarious j
state of health, he recovered sufficiently 10 i
visit Mexico during the war as n volunteer, j
He succeeded in delivering despatches from j
the President to the Commander in Chief, !
escorted by the notorious spy company of 1
the brigand Dumingnez. and after getting j
the better c-f a detachment of Mexican sol- j
diers whom they encountered at Nopnlnca. 1
he was forced t» combat his companions sin
NIAGARA.
New York, Feb. 28.
The steamer Niagara arrived at Halifax
this moraining with dates to the 13th.
Cotton had advanced on freight. Steam
er’s news and tbe market was unsettled and
excited. Breadstnffs dull. Consols for mon
ey 93 3494.
Political Hews.
It was rumored that tbe Persian, and no
more troops were to be sent either to tbe
cantons or the interior of Persia.
There were troubles still brewing in Eu-
[ rope concerning the Principalities.
The London Times has a strong article
urging tbe untempoiiz ng policy against
tbeir union.
Lsrd Palmerston has admitted tbe exis
tence t»r a treaty between France and
Austria, guaranteeing the Italian pomes
sions.
The income tax has been reduced to the
amount assessed previous to tbe Russian
war.
The India mail telegraph brings Hong
Kong dates to the 13th December. Admiral
Seymour had been throwing hot shot into
Canton, but at latest dates had ceased, and
was strengtaening his position. The Cbins-t
were threatening to burn Hong Kong —--
Troops bad been sent from India.
Th; ship Kinirant, from Charleston, bod
arrived at Cremeu
Tbe steamer Illinois arrived last evening
with California dates to the 5ll>. She con
nected at the Isthmus with the Sonora,which
brought about $1,790,000 in treasure, the
bulk ilitr™: w.is transferred to the Illinois.
Toe Legislature committee reported $134-
000 were taken front the Treasury , which
the Treasurer says was paid for n bond of
the Pacific Express Company to liquidate tbw
interest on the State debt next July The
validity of the bond is questionable, and tbe
Legislature have a proposition to impeach
the Treasurer.
At a meeting of the citizens of Mariposa
it was resolved to resist Fremont's c ia.m Its
that traek
A bill is before the Senate, which, if pass
ed, will enable the-o to do so.
The Iowa bill ; Iacer company property"
was nearly destroyed by fire. Loss $150,-
000.
Mexican bnndi s are devastating the
southern countries and murdering the in
habitants. The i-her ff of I.os Angeles and
three constables went to protect the people
mid were murdered The legislature baa
1 appropiated £5,000 to assist in extermiou.
t ng the robbers.
The recent earthquake opened ibe ground
10 feet wide and mat y miles in length in the
southern part of the State
Business at San Francisco da’ll The
mines are yielding large The receipts of
gold at S.-iu Francisco are 20 per cent great
er than for the proceed ng fortnight.
Messrs Kelman A Co .dry goods meridian's
have failed Their liabilities unmuut ! >i
«200,000
Statistics of the Bible.
The Seriptures have been translated into
148 languages and dialects, of winch 121
hail, prior to the formation of the , British
and Foreign Bible Society,’ never appeared.
And iwmly five of these languages existed
witbont an alphabet in an oral form. The
6'St division of the divine oracles into chap-
. . , , . , ... , . . 1 ters, and verses, is attributed to bit-ido-n
ele banded in order to save the lives of his , „ r
. _ ._ ... ,1 Langton, Archbishop of Canerby 111 the raiiru
prisoners. General Tcrrnjon, General Gnonn , , , , , , , ,
r , . , .. - , „ „ lot King John, 111 the latter part of the 12th
and others, from their fury. On the return 1
ill be confidently expected that the com-
know, and who enjoys tbeir confidence: some promise* of the Constitution both in letter
Sine* the session of the Commercial Con- j f**" wonderful inveDtiona which now -
sontien. Judge John A. Jones and Gen. Be- J ***** *■ imagination. Old Fogies are I
thane, editor of the Columbus Corner Stone. I COB,ent writing th* history of the past. :
f For the Standard.
f CONUNDRUMS.
Why are the 4. young bocks” of Camville
like the American States under the old con
federacy ?
Because they ore able to contract debts,
but unable to fork over.
"'Why are the young ladies of the present
day like Gen. Jackson at the battle of New
Orleans ?
Because they use cotton breast works.
SQUIBOB.
and spirit will be his guide, and that an at
tempt from any quarter to violate that in
strument will meet in him a firm and stren
nous opponent.
. March, 1857.
A Court House Burnt—Great excite
ment—Valuable Documents Lsst’
The Court House of Macon county*, was
YoUng America takes witkin hie comprehen
sive glaan* the pool, the preset aad the fa-
tar*. Old Fogy is content, .yea, wonders at
th# advanoemeat of th* age. because he gets
the European news in thirty days; Yonng : totally consumed by fire on the 25th nit.,
4meric* dreams of talking acroes the At- j about midnight, evidently the work of aa
Inatan, as he wonld a spring branch. Fifty i incendiary, as no fire had bean ia th* Court
yuan hence, what will Young America not; Howe lor several day*. The Records of th*
kassdoas? - Clerks Superior and Inferior Courts, and
j Court of Ordinary, ar* all destroyad not a
siagl* Record saved from nay of these offi-
Wbea discovered, the stairway was ia
hav* been making speeches in different per
ticasefth* Stole, ia favor ot Free Trade
aad Direct Taxation. These gsatlsmsa ar*
both avowed disnnionieta; tbs on* writes
disunion articles, ami the other makes dis
aaioe speeches It may b* that tbs doctrine
of direct taxation ie sound ia principle, and
wsald if established be to th* advantage *f
the South ; hut we fear the gentlemen adsn-! u ** ttoM -
eato these doctrines, hopiag to'xndsa tha !
breach between the North nnd th* South,! THAT ROQUET,
rendering the dissolution of the Uaioa note ■ To return oar Acwrt-felt thanks to our !
certain The people-ought to ba cure they friend of th* fair sex for the beautiful j flame*, nnd the top of th* building falling
boqaet we had the pleasure of receiving a j *>that it was importble to sav* anything.
are right, before they adopt the views sf
whose cherished object, it serried sat,
aright be so disastroas to the interests ot the
South, and no injurious to th* cans* at lib-
srty throughout th* world.
Survey ef the Okehaekee Snap.
It is n oompliment, which
its recaption produced, as long as
lie n place ia snr heart, and
liniater delight.”
Vjld editors receive such compliments
We learn from the Serannak Gsorgiaa * i Item am* tonrosa, then w* are in .. for and
There is considerable excitement
by us, with all the j citizen*, as the greatest confusion mast be
the consequence. There is no cine to tba
perpetrator of the- dead. Mach sympathy
is fell for tbe worthy Clerk, Superior Court,
who loses many valuable private pepersA*-
Geor. 4r Journal.
Journal that th* Engineer appointed by the
last Legislature, to enrvey and explore the
Okefenokee Swamp, will complete kin work
in about, fonr weeks more. He has slrsndjr
explored sufficiently to setehlieh th* praatL
esbility of draining.this ex team** Swamp.
Th* drainage of this swamp will add svar
half a million aerss. to tha fortila lands ef
Georgia. What the samplilisa sf this grant
will eo*t,.w* can’t say it will, how
ever, bsaf hnmrtiss vain* to tbs Stats msfl
tbs penpln. -
, Sc« advsrti ament of Col. Joel Footer.
during tbs war.”
| Teocble ii* Kansas.—Accounts from
• Kansas state that Gov. Geary, having re -
| fused to appoint n Mr. Sherwood sheriff, the
; Utter insulted the Governor. An
AUGUSTA WEEKLY DISPATCH.
Vo base received the first number of this
weakly.
tad to news, literature, in* marxeu, ate.— : friends, when an attempt
Th* edits**, Mcmre. Burke A Atkinson, are terrapt it. In the melee three ef Ue*. Geu-
wbo is adverse to making tbe State gov-
at a mere machine for transferring the
earn\ags of one clam or section into the
pockets of another: come oae who does not
the Georgia and Central rail roads
as thjb only interests in tbs State: some one
who/nnderstands their wants and necessities
and/does really sympathise in heart and
feeling with them. Is there anything wrong
in ^hit } Shall we not hear the hue and cry
raised, throngbont k the middle and lower
pefrta of the State, against tbe sentiments
here expressed, as disorganizing, and there
fore monstrous ? We shall ecu. It is tbe
same old song, and doubtless will be tried
this one time more. It has sueeeeded n
rime* post, but tbs scales have, at last, fa 1
lea from oar eyes, aad we are determined t,
be humbugged no longer. Though we may
aa yet set bat dimly. I eaa toll th* Demo
cratic party, and it in proper the party
sbeald know it. thin port of th* State has
righto, that eaa be no longer deferred, and
mnet and will bt vindicated. There ia no
place ia tbe broad land where disinterested
devotion to principle sway* and controls tbe
masses more absolutely than here among ns,
art it becomes these who really have at
heart tbe interest end welfare of tbe whole j “***" b - T the,r American experience. Such an
State, aad consequently th* triumph ef De- [ 0n * "* Apr ’ **•* mctor in the fi^
of peace, lie was ordered upon the coast sur
vey under Prof. Baclie.und was thus employ
ed in the Gulf of Mexico, when he volun
teered his services to the first Grinnel Ex
pedition in 1820. He was accepted as senior
surgeon and naturalist of the squadron, ami
entered upon his duties with an enthusiasm,
sagacity, and power of endurance which an-
mirably prepared him for the more arduous
responsibilities of the second expedition, the
results of which are before the world.
In his private character. Dr. Kane dis
played a singularly lovely and attractive
union of qualities in striking contrast with
tbe boldness and resolution which impelled
him on bis career of ndrenture. The narra
tive of his expeditions present a delightful
illustration of his personal traits. In this
respect they possess tbe charm ot uncon
scious autobiography. His modest simplici
ty. hi* refined tastes, his tenderness of feel
ing, and bis almost feminine sympathies, are
perpetually revealed in connection with as
dauntless courage and Constance as ever
Bravest.—The Duke of Wellington see
ing n man turn pale as, witbont moving a
muscle, be marched up to the battery, re- I nerved heroic heart to lofty prowess. Heoce
marked: 4 That is a brave man ; he knows ! the magnetic power which he exerted over
his danger and faces it ’ The bravest men j the companions of bis enterprise, winning
have ever been those of a hightoned. finely their romantic attachment, and making him
originizing temperament, and therefore of' rtf a eenfre of light and encouragement,
an acutely nervous stricture. Csesar, Bo- : amid tbe darkest moments of the forlorn
naparte. Nelson, Washington, and all men ! hope in the Arctic seas. Whatever ihe sei
of great pnrpose aad daring were of this ] entifie results of his perilous voyage, they
nervous temperament The man who de
lights in sesnen of bloodshed, nnd is utterly
unmindful and reckless of danger, cannot
be called th* bravest. This courage is mere
ly thst ot the brute, without reason or judg-
; century or beginning of the 13tii Cardinal
Hugo in the middle of the 13th, divided the
Oid Testament into chapters as th-y stand
: in our translation. In 1091, A: hi as, a Jew
i of Amsterdam, divided the sections of Hugi>
’ into verses, as we now have them. Robert
j Stephens, a French printer, hmi previously
; (1551.) divided the Now Testament into ver
ses ns they now are
i The Oid restninent contains 39 books, 920
| chapters, 23.214 verses. 592 429 words. 2.-
728 100 le'ters. The New T'B'sm nt con
tains 27 books. 200 chapters. 7.959 verses.
I&2.2-;>3 words, 947,380 letters. The entire
; Bible Contains tk> books, 1.189 chapters, 31 -
178 verses, 773 692 words, 3.566.480 letters.
Tbe Bn me Jehovah, or Lord occurs 6,855
j times, in the Old Testament. The word Se-
j lnh occurs 7ft times in Psalms, in Habakuk
[ 3 times. The word ., and” occurs in the Old
. Testament 25.545 times, in the New T.-stn-
ment 10 694 times, in the Bible 46 227
■ times.
The middle book of ihe Old Testament is
; Proverbs. The middle chapter is the 29tb
; of Job—the middle verse 21 Chronicles, xx.
I 17. Tiie middle book ot the New Testament
; is 2d Thessalouians The middle chapters
are Romans IS 14- middle verse is Acts xvii
17. The middle chapter, and the least in
: the Bible, is Psalms ex*10, 8. The middle
line in the Bible is 2d Chronicles, iv, 16.
Tbe least verse in the Old Testament is 1st
areof mill higher significance in the ex.mple | Chronicles 1. 1 The least ver* i. ,he Bi-
they have presented of noble, persistent, dis
interested and nndismayed manhood.
A Good Excuse—A man has decliaed
being n candidate for office in one of th*
| new States because he is not a legal citixen;
National Favors Reelprocatsd.—England j has never paid a tax or any other debt,
ha# long been in the habit of supplying Atner- ; owns no property, can’t read nor write. »
,bn.,, b . l0 ,, |„, h „ , mr a
! “■ *>“>■• -
back some of these English rogues,greatly per-
can't leave home for fear they will abuse
their mother.
| ble is John, ix, 86. The Hhb chapter of $J
j Kings and Isaiah 17, are the same In the
; 21*1 verse of the 7th chapter of Ezra are nil
j the letters of the alphabet, I aad 1 being
considered as ona.
Tbe preceediug facts were uscertai tied by
a gentleman in 1718. Also by an English
gentleman redding at Amsterdam, in 1779;
and it is said to have taken each gentleman
nearly three years in the investigation.
Holloway's pills may be taken with per
fect safety by both sexes, sad all age*, their
moeracy. to look to it art so* that this part
of the State has justice don* it.
moms robbery, perpetrated in May. 1855 of : Th * air line railroad has been organised effect being mild yet positive; tboir search
" P* rt ! some sixty thousand dollars in gold" ban and I ** T lh * el * clio “ 01 ,h ® following gontlemen : in B Properties renders them invaluable for
W# can ! eo , ll> eti route from London to Paris, by the : I,orBTO,< > ° r Fulton, President; L A.
XtSrf"1*-"■ “-r.ii.i^rn o!fT 1 ',* r
°^**' '*** *^ ***** '* *** { rioted in tbe London Central Criminal Court
tree positraw of this country. Ever since the
which robbery have lately been tried and eon* I *• J rtson, of Jackson; John Sditt, sr , of
Madison ; Col. The* Morris, of Franklin;
It is » neat art tasty sheet, dero- < tion meeting was held by Governor Geary's
wn. literature, the markets, Ac— j friends, when an attempt was made to is.
•**, Usama. Burk* A Atkinson, are
both gcatiema ef much experience in edito- ry's party were wounded, art Sherwood I
rial writing. V* predict a successful future i was killed. There was great — r n* in
for thnir paper, art heartily recommend it the Territory, art Gov. Geary’a renidcM*
to the reading public of Cherokee Georgia as | was guarded by the military. A general
n paper worthy rf patronage. ; fight ia anticipated
See ad ret tinea cat of Howard Association, j See advertisement of At Med. College,
establishment of the District system wo have
hosw treated in nil thing*, excepting to vote,
no if wo hod no o*«nmunity of interest in tbs
grant Democratic family, through oat th*
State: aa if oar share had been fully art
definitely smigusd ns in th* Fifth Cnugres-
| mount District: aad as if it was sheer offi-
eioBsaess ea ear part to meddio with or ooa-
ecra oanelsm aboat oay State matter, what
ever. Is this not tree ? I will net stop to
prove it The manner ia whiah this coaa-
**7 was dragooned ia ’Fifty two is too re
cent to bo repeated, art too flagrekt toamd
i> last retire Lst those who ptsfetrntod that
later Pacific.—Mr. Hancock, a worthy
citizen of Princess Anne, Vo., in walking over
his farm, near Cape Henry, discovered a bottle,
Maj. Wm. R. Poole, of Hart, Director# ; 9.
B Haygood, of Fulton, Treasurer.
Hon A. J. Doaelaon, who was a candidate
0P ?’ ^ ^ the Vice Prrtderey. was robbed on th* 5
Pt ° ta - 1 iMUnt - —** Boone,
! fr °* NMh?in *' #f »New Orleans,
1a „ ** “H* ««««l-d, December 25th.! of fonr thousand dollars, sad a gold watch
1855; steamer Pacific; piston-rod broke, and
fore and mainmast gone; send ns. aid imawdi
otely; oat of previsiMis-^amengefs dya« With
rtrvatioq. Jftpnl Bcmt>
Waiter oa honed steamer Papfla
As th* Pacific did not leave Liverpool on her
last long trip until the' 2Sd of .Tannery, 1854, i
iw-m mns*\o t bra*. »
Oa# interesting fact was stated by Prof.
Henry, n few days ago—that among th* sci
entific asac of the United Staten, he knew of
hat on* man who profemod infidel prigpi-
plee!
See sdyetftsedtent sf Gris* Mill*.
tbe extermination ef every disease, particu
larly liver and stomach complaints; billions
disorders, and indigestion As a purifier of
tbe system, They are unequalled, and tbeir
virtues in cases of termination of bicod to
tbe head, and asthmatio complaints, can
not be too highly commented on; in short by
n perseverance with throe admirable Pills,
there nr# few complaint* which ean resist
their extraordinary inflneng*.
Helm bold’s Highly Corcektuatep
Extract Buchv, i* prepared directly ac
cording to tbe rules of Pharmacy aad Chem-
iptry, and is ’.h# best art moot active pre
paration which cas bo mad* for tbe enr* of
Direaoe* of tbo Bladder, Kidneys. Gravel,
Dropsy, WoakneM, A#. Read tbe advertise
ment hr another column, beaded ffOnihold’s
‘ Genuine | , rpriarnt;op.