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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 iiluffiliw to th* Standard will bo ia at- tolwn; v* reqoeot that they call and pay for their payer ia rtvaaee. It will be quite 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! 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