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pitted lees than those that bare grown
wader other circumstances.
Tha analvais of soil*, ami the analvaia
cfp! aata,reqmr«s t\> ha carried on logetli
or.
Tlte cultivator needs to know the com
The right time then to mo«e is the present,
far them who read theaa remarks may be as
sured that the eery iastant the united Cen
tral American force* are *1 pel led the terri
tory—and we believe that is t.ow an accom-
plielied fnct— there will he n rush of sooth-
HIE STANDARD.)
position of the plants which he proposes «t emigration thither unparelleled ia
to cultivate, and ttie cotti|>osttioii ofth*
toil in which he pro]arses to cultivate
them,that he tnay judge of tlte adapt man
of the one tv the other, am! lie aide to
modify the soil to suit the demands of
the plant.
Last Words of the Great.
Teta ds 1‘armee. Napoleon.
1 have lgel God, my father, liberty, D.
Steel.
Let me die to tho sound of delicious music.
Ilirabsau.
Is this your fidelity ? Nero.
I must slsep no Byron
Kiss mo, Hardy. Nelson.
Don't giro np tbs ship. Lawrvses.
I'm shat if I don't belisvs I'm dying —
Thurlow.
Clasp my band, dear frisnd, I die. Att
est
God prsserve tbs emperor. Hsydn.
The artery cesses to best Hailes.
Let the light eater Goethe.
All my possessions for a memsat ef time
Elisabeth.
What, is there as bribing death. Bean-
fort.
Monks, moults, monks! Henry VIII.
Be serious. Gr-tiu#
i feel as if 1 «re myself again. Walter
Scott.
it is well Washington.
Independence forever Adenw.
A dying maa esa do aothiag eaey. Frank
lia.
Don't let poor Netty sterve. Charles II
I have endeavored to do my duty. T*y
lor.
history of colonisation in southern Intitades
The country is unequalled in richness of
egricultnral and mineral resources, tlecii
mate, except immediately on the sea coast st
particular places, salubrious, the situation
a *tch)ees for all purposes commercial, mar
iliSM, mising and planting —V O. Delta.
Bejeeted. j Far ike Standard, j fffct'Hf Blilrewd Catastrophe. ; etitutionxl, national. Union party of tL«
The new treaty with Mexico, negotiated Written after Bending the Appeal of; We are called upon to record the parties- country Mr Buchanan takes the helm un-
by our m cieiar. Mr Forsyth. has been Grave*, from fhswada fog Terrain. >»" »f horrible Railroad accident der these auspicious circumstances, and hie
rejected by the President, withunt submit- : tioB ^ to Mississippi |
ting it to the Senate. It is said by some of
| the Washington letter writers that Mr For-
Oh. cold blows the wind in that bleak; jm, 0 f j,f e
that bas ever occarred ia thia country ; at * cl * thus tar give token of a successful aud
all event*, it was attended with the greatest prosperous administration — IVathtngton
Union.
northern clime.
Tne accident took place at seven o'clock !
sytk wi*I he recalled soon, and a uior* com- t ... , . . . > ■ „ , ... „ ,
pet«nt person seat ia bia place j ,h " I WH ’ 1 W e,oud ‘ *" ** ,b * riB * j last evening, a little mure than a utile from i Correspondence ot^the Lharkst„i, Courier,
around the lone cot
Of the sorrowing exile who weepa e’er
I the city
b ** | a tram
of Hamilton. Canada West, and to j
firm Toronto, wb'cb left that city
Life in Washington.
Washington. February 4 - la sketch-
' about 5 P M. The particulars have been * n 8 rapidly the characters ol si me of the
And grieves far the dear eae who shares .peered from gentlemen who left the scene principal members af the Senate, we must
From the Washington Union
Interesting Correspondence-Senators
Toombs and Davis.
Washington, Mureli 12 1857.
The undersigned are fully aware ot the
controvert}. winch some years ngo existed
between you, aud of the uul'riendiy feeling
or alienation which it has left behind it.
Deeply regretting all this, vs have anx
iously consulted together for the means of
restoring kind and better relations between
yon.
In onr judgement, nothing remains of your
long past controversy that ought lo perj-ri-
uate enmity belweeu you or prevent a geue
roue reconciliation. We, yuur common
friends, or fellow Senators, earnestly edviee
aud desire such a reconciliation We believe
that yonr friends generally desire it. and
that it ie required ot you by public as well
as by private considerations.
We discard the idea that any imputation
can ever be made on either of you for your
asseut to the amicable settlement which we
iutead to propose. Vour kuowu characters.
| gentlemen, elevate you far above the dan
1 gerof the fear of any such imputation,
j The sul j.-ct of your controversy has long
, since been disposed of in the public mind.
! aud neither of you can feel that his churae
There is not a drop of biood oa my hand*, i , *' r * r * ,unor h « 'hereby been affected We
i CASSVILLE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING,
MARCH 26. 1857.
; MILTON A. CANDLER. EDITOR,
j B F. BF-NSEfT, PUBLISHER.
Didn’t Psy.
It is said that the managers of the Inau-
(urttioo BiH come out tnniu three thou .- , , . , - - it-
.and dollars. Not much of a speculation,.! i° r,l ‘® “ cciJen * ®* H J ,his “ orn,n * The HZT’l we propose to speak only of
-hr.nl.i «mv Th-w , i, .La 1 ! Toronto and Hamilton Railroad it t rsects j , "°* e whom we have heard vuthcienf Ijr often
bared that Washington was not Paris aud ^ , * e * < *" **’"* ** 1 ® 0Dce b * d friends ia ; t be great Western about a mile and a half j *° cl,,cb * ,,e peculiarities of their mind and
: that every visitor at the inauguration did '
not go to dance No doubt it their tickets
bad given them a chance at an office, they
Would hare made it pay.
west of Hamilton, aud the Toronto trains , tosoner; aud, with regard to these, we hrg
And her warm heart still monraa for her j uwo t0 tbe cltJ on , he k of tilt j to disclaim all pretensions lo adjust tbtir
Great Western Company. The .train from ! coinj-arative merits and importance.
dear sunny home.
A Suggestion.
I W* respectfully suggest to every owner of
! town property iu Cassville. that they apply
j in the shape of a white wash, a small quan
tity of lime to their fencing, trees. Ac . and
„ . „ , . .... . we would like to say. paint to their houses
ed on Fridav the 2<>ili mst until the fourth ,, , .
* , .It would seem useless to enumerate the ad-
Mondny in June next, when nn adjourned , . _
J . J vantages of such a course Our town is
term of me week will fie held A number . . . .... . ... ...
laughed at for the shabbiness of its appear
ance by many who would like to see the
Where again she may gase on the scenes of j TlPonto | nSt rTeD ing consisted of a locorno- | Tbtr « * r * “'«» c ‘he Chamber whose
tire, tender, baggage car. and two passenger I bwlily and mental .meaments make so die-
her youth
Ob ! is there one voice will forbid her re- c^ctea- the latter containing about 93 per- j tinct “«* d definite an impression on the pub
Cass Superior Court,
Which was in sea-ion two weeks, adjourn-
,url *' j sons. When this train reached the junction
I just alo-vo Hamilton, it was ascertained that
Oh. no. the bright glow of our warm south-, the , r , in Tron ba(1 not Rone down l0
lie mind as Judge Douglas His figure—
short, stout and thick--would have been fa
tal to tbediriuity of the Apollo Belvidere.-
of important ca-ea Were ilwpused of. though
the inclemency of the weather prevented the . , . . .
J • place improve--and improve it must aud
transaction of much business One man
Simpson, was sentenced to the peniten
* rn 9U0 ' ( Hamilton.* as it was entitled to Jo, belore | hui '» precisely such as benefiis a man of Hr
And the breath of her flowers shedding , t he ToioDtotr.in After waiting 20minutes I peoj»ie--fur the physical classes ever look-
perfume around. i |be Toronto lr- , n Clllne 0 „
Will soften each heart. All will welcome, Ju3 , More r ,^ illDK fhe bri j se „„ the
her borne, Deej-rd'ne caual the tram lelt the
Where kind fricude will gather end plen- j lrBck> hj . m ,,p| :IC0n)Fn , ur . gv „ c h or some
ty abound J olber CBUse at,ij ran u^aiu the bridge The
. i ! force of the train kma-ked tbv bridge down
. /y ' . .“ Ur Oh. little she thought when in girlhood she I and rn(jine , nd ears and all plunged mio
’ i®’
fv
tiary for three years—offence, larceny from .
the person Grand and Pettit Jurors of the ■
spirit of anxiety to make it a pleasant vil-
Fredtrick V
ui-iy go furiher mud say that the country ex
lust week, and parties and witnesses will do
well to
tually the 4th Monday
We have many things to make Cassville g
roamed,
’Mid viue covered bowers, and bright or
ange groves,
the canal thirty or forty feet below.
The catastrophe was sudden and awful
and tbe work ot death was instantaneous
rs. nu’i ill'* nuu Siniwcrs rain vies * - , , . . ; ~ raxira iuc wvi a ui urnui w*»p luatauiainunc
remember w be ir a'.end.nce punc-i ^i T W f h ,° ii ,,,sh *° ® d “" i That tbe vows she then plighted, but too B|ld colnplete . The locomotive and tender
he 4«h Monday in June j cate thetr children Two Colleges, under surely doomed were entirely submerged— the baggage ear
I resign my aeul to God, my daughter to j P® 0 '*’ * nd he gratified to know that
j your cuutroversy has barn amicably settled
I Our proposition, then is. that all past con
»y country. Jrffersoa.
It is the lest of earth. 3. Q. Ada
Don't lat that awkward squad fir* ever n j ' ‘ ro,cr *> ’■‘•’•U ^ 1,0 U1,,re regarded by either
Gov. Geary and Kansas.
It is reported that Gov. Geary has resign
ed the Governorship of Kansas This is th*
third Governor for that territory. What is
the m*:ter? Something roust be wrong. If
iu three trials there can t be found a man
•ho ran or who will maintain the i.gn.ty j No „*.„ lbat U ;* c ^ Mr , t0 “ ke C .'",me
of bis position, and preserve the peace ot the '
country, then there must be a screw loose
j somewhere. In fact we fear there bare been
I great errors committed t.y tbe pecple of iaith
! eect ; on» of the Union. The fanatics of ■ he
the management of able professors, and in a
i ptosperous condition ; we bnve no liquor es-
i tabliehmenta or other houses of bail charac-
I ter to annoy the old, ruiu the young, end
j disgrace us abroad— but in tlirir stead we
j have pulpits filled by preachers of talents of
| the highest order, and more learned in di
vinity than the preachers cf most villages.
grave Burns.
Lord, make haste. A. Hammond.
Precious salvation. Sir J Stonehonsa.
I have sent for you (lord Warwick) to see
haw a Christian can die. Addison.
I shall ba happy. Archbishop Sharp*.
God's will be don*. Bishop Rea.
Aiacn. Bishop Bull.
I have peace. Parkhurst
Come, Lord Jesus. Burkitt.
I thaak God I waa brought up ia the
Church of Eugiand. Bishop Gunning.
O Lord, forgivs me specially my ains of
•mission. Usher.
Lord, racsire my spirit. Ftrrar, Cron-
user Hooper, G Herbert
Thy will te done. Donne
This day let me see the Lord Jesus. Sw
ell.
And it this death .’ George IV.
Curd, take my spirit. Edward VI
What! da they run already ! Then I die
Sappy. Wolfs.
Uod bless you-, my dear (Mira Morris )—
Dr. Johnson.
What I nswwit. otter with my msath, ae-
sept. Lord, fram my kawrt and soul. F.
Quarles.
Then < am safe. Cromwell.
Let the earth he filled with Hia glory.—
James Earl of Derby, Biebop Broughton.
I go to my God and Saviour. P. Heylyn.
My days are past as a shadow that re
turns wot. R Hooker.
Let ms hear ones mere those wets*, so long
my solas* and delight. Molart.
1 wish the true principles of government
carried out; ( aids no mure. Harrison.
For my coming down, let me shift for my
self (00 th* scaffold.) Sir T. Mora.
In me behold tha end of this world with
nil its raoities. Sir P. Sydney.
Hicnmgux.
Th* intelligesc* from Nicaragua again
ohangts tbe aspect of the war ia that quar
ter, and relieve* the friends of Walker from
nil the unaasinera and anxiety the inlerrop
tion of his lin* ef commnnicstiun by the sail
or* of hia toate by the Costa Ricans and
lhair allisa ef the Transit Company were so
well calculated to inspire.
Never before wsa there th* same greet so
licitude expreseed te hear encouraging news
from that quarter, for many plan ten begin
to perceive what we have long since endeav
ored t* make them un-Jeretead, that tbe true
interest* and safety of th* South are abso
lutely identified with the success of Walker's
sense.
Tbe public men of Great Britain, intent
rather upon the extension of tbs commerce
and tha iuorease of th* importance of their
of you—that when you meet, you shall re
ceive, vpeak to, au-i treat each utbrr as is
common among gentlemen
We earnestly invite, at d will confidently
expect, the asseut of each of you lo this
proposition We have proposed ibis modeol
reconciliation as beat suited, by its frank
ness aud generous aimpliciiy, to your high
characters, and as preferable, in all respects,
to any nice negotiations about points or
term*
We know that, in tho* addressing you. we
expose ourselves to the imputation ofuffi
emus interference aud intermeddliug V\r
accept that responsibility in the hope of ree
oueiiiug our Irieud*. We have no doubt,
however, that you will appreciate and do
justice to uur motives.
It can hardly be necessary, we hope, for
us to say that we have acted in this matter
of our own accord and motion, w thout
prompting from any other quarter wbatev
#r.
Copies of this letter will be simultaneous
ly delivered to each of you. and. as a single
line will suffice we request aud hope to re
ceive vour respective answer* within 1 hour
after the receipt ef this. We are, ti i y, your
friends, Ac.
A P BcTLtt,
J. J CaiTTENDCN,
Tho* J. Rusk.
J M Mason,
Ts th* Hon. Robert Toombs and Hon. Jef-
fsrson Davis.
Washington, D C-, March 12.
Gentlemen: With entire confidence in
year advice, I accept your proportion.
Very truly, your friend,
Jeffek Davis. v
Hoe*. A. P. Butler. J. J. UriUeudeu, T
J. Rusk, J. M. Mason.
Senate Chamski, March 12.
Gentleman : Your letter dated this day
waa handed to me this morning by Gen.Rusk
1 consent to the proposition submitted by you
fur llie termination of the personal difficulty
lietween Gen. Dang and myself.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
It Toombs.
M‘-s*re A. P. Butler. J J. Crittenden, T.
5. Lusk and J M. Mason.
| North have done at! in their power to force
i a free stale constitution upon ibe territory ;
'■ they have made tbe most disgract ful appeals
io the honest patriots of the North, who have
as they thought, for a good purpose, given
their money to these foul mouth traitors to
■n-nd to this territo.y a parcel of vagabonds.
who live for no purpose, caring neither for
the laws of God nor their country These
men have b en almost the only settlers from
the North ; to govern such men it would re
quire a man ol more than ordinary wisdom
and pinlence The Sou'hern S'* es have,
we Ibii k hou St y commuted a similar er
ror: doing-what they conceived du>y requir
ed Iu sending en-ig an s >o K ■-<** they a. s
worthy of all pra.se, hut in seud.ng every
■nan that could be found will ng to go. they
have filled tbe territory with many men who
had no character--in fact desperate men,
who looked rather to chance than anything
else, to work their fortune. Tne m-joriiy
o' the population of Kacsas being thus made
up of desperate men from t-oth sections of
the Union, it is not surprising to us that no
man ban been found who could govern such
a people and not be a victim to the abase of
both parties
Gov Ovary commenced hie administration
under the most favorable auspice*: tbe ter-
ritoty bad been grievously toriurnted with
a civil war. iu which even good citizens had
become involved These northern vaga
bonds who had been sent as a plague upou
the coumry. had been virtually put down :
the order loving pirt ot the population were
auxious for a term-nation ot tins disgraceful
state of things: coiu'iig at this juncture of
affairs he met with the assistance of all iliar
desired the prosperity of the territory : he
restored peace aud order, and everything
had coinint need to move on smoothly But
here tieary's abilities failed : he could put
down an insurrection, hut could uot govern
wheu there was no excitement.: lie could re
store peace, hut could not preserve it : in
fact he was more tbe stern military chief
taiu and disciplinarian than the sound, far
seeing, and prudent statesman. Ii is to he
hoped tnnt before another Governor is »ut
j one of the most pleasant and lovely towns
I in tbe South is to do » litt'e in the way ef
i improving tbe looks of the place.
| The first thing, which is so cheap that
none need fear the expense, is to give their
J premises a thorough white washing with
1 me B-sides the very dec.d^jl improvement
in the appearance of thing*, every one
knows that lime, aby ale-orbing poieouon*
malaria, is productive of health, especially
wheu I reel} used 0o“ dollar spent in this
way tuny save you twenty in the end. W*
ft el confident if our citizens could see their
rucloruree as others see them, they would
spend a little in this way. There is no dan
ger of losing anything; it will add to tbe
value of your property, and contribute to
tbe prosperity of t>-e place. We hope our
suggestion will be acted upon—ta the bene
fit of tbe town
Another Invention.
We are rather inclined lo be Young
American in our notions, favoring all the
iiiiproveineuts of the-age. but (lie latest
dot in the inventions of tin- day, of use
among th-- fashionable and simple ln-ad-
e-l part of dial's creation we can’t ap
prove. This is to have looking glasses
mi the inside cover of jiravcrIss-ks ftotn
wh'-c'i all the prayers of sort).- ladies and
sin k lu-aded gents are tend. U hen wo
men are not satisfied with pinning upon
<heir hacks a|i{iarei mure s owv than a
pienvock's tail spread out to a cirenni-
i'r-1 ce more ridiculous than beautiful—
painting their faces and fixing upi their
faces and fixing np their hair with as
much cate a.- if this whole destiny -le
|-ended upon their impression that that
-lay’s visit to their »h<rw 5ox.(t|ie (’hiircli)
would make tip-on some whisk, raiido
g-etsed headed, fashion loving sp-etul-
hii t. who lives ups-it the hard earnings
of a white headed father — hut must take
their locking glasses with them to the
honse of dod. to piatiipn r fheir vanity,
then indeed are they becoming faithful
subjects of l-is Satanic, ttiajes-v.
entirely submerged
A sad separation, e heart bleeding partially so The forward passenger car
wound. j , 0Pne( j U p W ar-J and sunk *•> deep that the
! floor was hut a few inches above the water
Oh, we of Ibe South have hearts gushing and Etery 0D ,j i; , ,.. r per »l.ed—all
W! * rn1, j by drowning of cours*. Tar rear passenger
And can truly rrjoics ia 1he wanderer* ! cn r tested upon an end, and was about Imlt
return.
For we. too, are erring, then come, quickly
come
To our fair aunny south, to thy dear fa
ttier'* borne.
i submerged Most of the p-nseergers in the
i-ar of this car escaped —the remainder were
drowned
Ol the passengers only fifteen or six
teen are accounted for. It is nearly cer
tain that 80 persons have perished by thi*
Oh, hie thee from winter, from enow, wind . ca iamify
and sleet
Oh. baste thee to where tbe bright water*
meet :
There kind friends await thee, oh! hasten
away.
Wait nut till death claims tbes his own
Iswlul prey.
» » «
Cassville. March It*. 1857.
dadditi o-ukl of comsc la- h< m-fitled anil
might -lislurl- she conuregmion and lilt*
pir- achcr vviih t-.ioir familiar r-qmdU, hut
_ I if was all innocent, and was a pleasure
to K.ius-ts, that the government wiil inqu-re j , f( !|1( ,, her tI) „ t „„ to ob .
'File d»v
lias been, when women carried their frod- .
i-s to chinch-then little images of their ‘ *"’ 1 ' b * 1 w,,h ™ ld
Rail Road Meeting.
At a meeting if the citizens ot Fairmount
end vicinity, in Gordon County, on tbe 7'h
inst , iu pursuance of p-re«ious notice to that
effect, to take intoconsidrratisD the prolicy of
some immediate action in regard to a Kail
Road chartered by the Legislature of Geor
gia '» 1854. described in the charter es s
Rail Road from some point on the Western
A Atlantic Kail Road, between Marietta and
Calhoun, jto be determined by a majority of
the stoek holders.) and thence tbe mo:-t p.rae
ti cable route by way of Ell-jay in Gilmer
County, to, or near the month of Fighting
town creek, in said county, at or near the
copper imues, James M. Erwin waa called
to the chair, and Df. R. L. Brgie appointed
Secretary.
On motion of J IV Pri chelt a committee
was ap-paiinted to draft resolutions express
ive ol the sense of the meeting, and to sug
gest subject mailer for its consideration :—
the following gentlemen were app-ointed vix.
^L R. Kamsaur. W P F*tn. W E. Carter,
Dr. Ii. L B gleand J. W Pritchett
The committee having returned from their
deliberations, submitted the following pre
amble and resolutions for tbe adoption of the
meeting :
W hereas the people in this section of the
country, and of the entire country between
this and Ell jay and Ducktown. have long
been d»«piy sensible of the great necessity
of. and the great advantages to be derived
from a railway commnnication with some
point on the Western and Atlantic R. Road,
The Becent Affray ir Kansas.
The Lecompton correspondent of the Sr.
Louis Republican g.ves the details of the i*
i!!?!! <i rt ,o ui,w - i{ e,,u]d ^ <*
■•(her custom* more disagreeable; hut to
go w far as to make Churches drcsoi-g
rooms, is too ii-.uch. too sinful, 'no dam
ning, mid if fashion is not only to make
the mothers of the land, sisters to barrels
• " ■ i hilt fit .subjects f-.r hell, then indeed, is it
° “ that not only the christiau world, hut all
acier ol tins seemingly luriiuieut people.ami ,
gi e them « man more cap-ahieol filling such
a reepMuaible. important and delicate office.
D might lie well to consider the propriety
of sending another Northern man. Gov
Geary gives it as Ins opinion that the terri
tory will be a s-ave State, and from the
grown out of the assault made up-on the at
tachea of Go*. Geary, and fijally up-on the
Governor himself, by one W m. 8. Sherrard,
vho ha-l been refused the appjoinimeut ot
eountry that the encouragement of utopian 1 Sheriff of Douglas county
cent affray at that place It seems .o have j character ot her late legislature, his op.n on . f rilllM | ilVf , u riiv in „ lass ’ inst
ffrown OUY Ol tllC BMlilllt nmdp infill toff Ut- > lauins anl I liinnilml It ■ a m-rrnnf titrate* * a . ®
Death of In. David T. D ney.
We learn from the Washington Unioe
A meeting of j and especially ol the American c-lonie*. : that the ll-n David T D-sney died suddenly
scheme# fee tbe civilisation of the interior j ciiixens of Hie county w-s subsequently held ■ shows the necessity ot tbe Executive officer in that city a few days since
seems well fuuuded If he is correct, their
Governor ought lo he a man of like p-ejudi
ces. else the territory will yet be the scene of
many disorders. The history of the world
the ruinous progress of the age.
generally, end honestly and candidly be
tiering, (from'our knowledge of the various
routes Wi.irh have been propjose-i, and sc
from our knowledge of the circumstances of
the pieople living along tbe lines of th* veri
on* routes, as regards their comparative a
bilitiee to build a Rail Road) that the most
practicable, eligible end profitable route for
eaid communication, would be to start from
Cartersville, and run up a level, rich and
fertile valley to Fairmount in ordon Co ,
thence through a natural and convenient
gap in the Ramsaur mountains, one mile
north of Fairrrount, on to Talking Rock, ie
Pickens Co , thence across Talking Rock
val-ey and ap Town Creek to Ell jay in Gil
mer County; and confidently believing, al
*o, that the people along the said route are
ready, willing and anx'ous to subscribe the
When tbe train ran off the track some pier-
son. supposed to be the conductor, cried out
••jump!” and lie, the baggageman and
barkeman did jump, and were saved. VVe
are also told that a female with a child,
jumped from the train just as it plunged in
to the chasm, struck upa-u ibe ice below, and
was soon alter seen climbing up the bauk
There were but few ladies on the train, and
ibis is said to lie the ouly one saved
Among those on hoard w-s Samuel Z m
nprrman. the great Railway k.ng o! Canada
aud be |>er sii-d. IDs death will tie ad sas
truus blow to the business luteiesis of the
province.
The d saster created great conversation
at Hamilton, and the citizens ol that piacr
flocked io the seme of tbe accident to aid iu
remuving the bodies and assisting the injur.
•1. The at er are md. ed, few. while the
former can t>« counted by scores.
There Was a draw in ibe bridge to ena
l-le vessels to go up the Derjardins Cunai
to Dundas. Tne bridge np-p-eurs to have
been a trail structure to be thus easily des
troyed.
We have just been told that Mr. Muir,
Super-nietident of the II-ml, and iheb'ou
dueior. were standing on tbe rear platform
of the train when Ibe cars left Ibe track
The engineer gave tne signal to brake, when
tbe conductor cried out ..jump'' B-nh hr
and the superintendent jumped off. , nil ear
ed their lives Tbe eugiueer was lost.
Settlement of the Sac ioaal Iua<.
The democratic party :s now enjoying He
greatest triumph —uot merely that they
have elected iheir candidate* and secured
j tour more year* of parry ascendency in the
ex-curve i-ranch of the gorernu-ent. hut that
their victoty lias been won »u the most mo
mentous issue that ever divided tbe public
mind, and that their pol tical triumph has
hern confirmed and endorsed by the highest
judicial tribunal known to the constitution
If the sectional question l>e not now settled,
then we may despair ot the rput-lic, We lie
lieveit is settled.and that henceforth section
alism will cease to t-e dangerous elrmeut iu
oar political contest* No issue was ever more
directly aod squarely made than on which
Mr. B-icbanan was e'ecred. The result was
an unmistakable popular judgement againet
sectionalism, and in favor of. a broad, con
servative. constitutional nationalism. The
questions involved in the canvass could not
have been more fairly and directly made and
maintained : and it the success ot the demo
cratic uominees did not se'tle those que*
lions as fully as a popular deciaion could
settle any question, theu it is idle to reiy
on propular elections as tests ol p-li'ica! pr.n
ciples.
There
This gentle- : stock and eoiiinici.ee th*- work as swii as tbe
are MW fuily sJite to th* altered con- j at which the attack upa-u the G--vernor was j agreeing in seuinuent and feeling with n j man was for six years s Representative of j books are opiened to give them an opprortuni
ffition of affair* in Central America, nod in- j publicly condemned, and his official action ! maj-ji ity of the pieople tor whom he acts. -
tkith ideas net only d fferent, but antago
nistic. it is imptuesiMe fur harmony long to
sxitl between the governor and the govern j (ban office, sup-puled the Kansas-Nebraska • ity tbe great advantages which would inevi
ed, and without tbia harm -ny there can be measur*. and wae driven from the pmition tahly result from each a communication, by
Stead of throwing obstacles in the way of the' unqualifiediy approved Tbs res-iluiions be-
asubliskm—t *f slab I* and enlightened gov
ernment in Nicaragnn, nr* eager ta have it
naderatood that they has* authorized no in
terfhranev ef any kind with the pnrtira new
engaged in n conleet.eny thing but doubtful,
for th* supremacy in that beautiful and fer
tile region of tbe earth.
Thin Inta declaration ie probably drawn
from them by what they knee even, and the
•cnviction they cannot but entertain of the
hepeleesnen of expecting from the wretched
meogral races wbc inhabit th* Staten ef Cen
tral America any good result ehould for
tune smile propitiously epee them even for
‘ the State of Ot-io. in the Congress of the U- j ty-: and whereas, also the Legislature of
I fitted States. He was ena of those noble .-Georgia bas placed it completely within onr
i. who in 1854. loving their country more power t-rsecure to ourselves and our p-oster
wiih double sfi-cuon upon u leader who
represents in his own person, ilie qualities
U|>ua which they rely His pthysiogomy,
too. ia rather stern and heavy, and if you
ever bad any hint that there was a vein cf
.ccrimony in his character, you can see no
indication of it. unless you tali to itnag n-
• ng what expression that keen eye will take,
and that heavy eyebrow »u<J that fi-miy set
mouth, when he is be-al-o mg the Republi
can | any Bui wl-eu he rises to speak, you
soou led uew irival are tX'einals in com
parison with genuine al-il'ty. You listen,
hut a few moment* before y-u forget every
thing. excepit that a man of ability is beturo
yon. lie is a bold and independent speaker,
and has the power of trilling his hearers
tmougb and :(trough—indeed rapid.ty and-
bo dtiess of thought are his inseparable at-
tr.Lur- s He sir kes on all the hard, strong;
points of his sul ject. til- they ring again. —
His language -e the perfect org n of his
mind —always sharp-, rind clear, and strong,,
and knotty ; nuver soft—seldom l-enniiful.
1l-scenes ot strife or danger—where cour
age is proved, and energy exercised, i.td
fortitude taxed — tins gentleman would speak
and moved the leader and superior.
It is tne natural fate of such men to Le
misunderstood and he ma.igned. There ha»
I arm the last two years raised agains: him
a storm of rebuke and niisrrpreset-tation.—
Public meetings havedenuuerd ins ambition,,
yorthern speakers have held bun up lo
scorn, ns the very embodying of national e-
vrt — armed with abilities only to delude,
and snccessful only roruin Northern jour
nals have p.ure i an incessant hail of acei -
saiion tgainsi him. Bu> with the whole
storm ot unpopular ity roaring around lom
he sternly p-ersues Ins course, breasting the
storm, et-mhalling the surge, and fl-nging
hack to l-is assailants his calm -.< nteu-pt,
stern wrmb. or stinging ridicule.
A portion of our country foresee in Inin
future President, witli the ..White H-nse
io prospective, as much h'S tun re us ilie
.. Tmlieries” that ot tl-e Imperial inlant. or
.. Winsd-r Castle’’ that of the l'-in--e of
Wales. Yet there are those win- very much
doubt the realization of this tor are
This geiitlem-ni is one of the self-made
men of oor count ry. whose elevation is in
itself a proof ot the admirable nature of our
Constitution, which allows the lowliest t.e
rise to its distinctions, while it compels ills-
iottiest to laln-r and compete for those which-
are ti-e most covet erf, t-ec.iu-e they arr de
rived from tl-e trust of count lyin.-n ar-1 »_
'•l-ieTed by tbe dunes which the sense of re*
ps-r-sihitiiy entails. It is a glorious fucS
with which ure rml-alnied the sprier- ->f out-
national greatness ihat 1. re tiu-re ern no.
boTr Sis ot Caste, no terms of descent, no-
-J'-pthsso low ih »t enterp-r se cannot rise out
of them, no height so exalted that geniu»
cannot attain them The J--L.es heneb,.
I ie Senator's s- at ai d the pres : d nt'» chair,,
are attainable tor the poorest ami iiumhlesr
child the land. No her-d t.-iry gallery
leads to llieui; on y the '-road roa>l nl the
people. Nopileil up wealth, no stnt'oni
reaches as high as the spiritual plane up. n:
which every huuiau being stands hy virtue
of his intellect. This illustrates the nobiesx
privileges and the proudest supremacy en
the face uf tbe globe.
After many a struggle. Judge Douglas
bas readied « table land, from whence ha
can look down, raluiiy on the path hefe ra
him. The p-oor hoy. self taught, seifs.ded
sided, has risen to the security of intellectu
al power
Who Wants Monty?
The polite managers of the Fort GaipiV*
Academy Lottery invited our presence yei,
| terday. to witness the p-ayoi'-nt ot the qn-r-
as hut one tiling needed to give to ter ticket of the Fifty Thousand Dollar
the result in the presiduntial conieet the . Prize, in Class No 2l> drawn on March 7• h.
force ol apt absolute nod final settlement of : The lucky holder of the fortunate ticket No.
ing read, Sherrard cam* forward sud said
the committee who had rep-erted them, and
every man present who endorsed them, were
liars, cowards and scoundrels ” A Mr j nothing but strife, sod fiually civil war, ie he adorned by th* tide of faoaticiaui which ! granting • charter for the same, and requir-
the sectional issue That iliing was the
I judgment of the Supreme Court in confirma
tion of the democratic doctrines which bad
received the popular endorsement The dv-
Sbef-pard, who resides on s claim near Le
compton. remarked that he was neither n
liar, • coward nor a scoundrel, and that he
endorsed the resolutions as right : whereup
on Sherrard drew his rrvolrer aod comtnenc-
every country so circumstance*!.
We fee- confident that Mr Buchannn will
I ing on :y a sum of two hundred thousand dol-
swept over almost the entire North
The Washington Union, in spjeaking of hi* ; (are lo secure the organisation of tbe com-
coosider •bene things, and if he does not ap- ; death, says: A truly wise and great man pany, and th* commencement of the work,
point Gor. Geary's successor fr-m the South, ’ hes fal’en.” For the country to be dep-r.ved we, the pieople ot this vicinity, feeling n deep
i will select a man wt-o will see the necessity of such n man at any time, is a great mis- ! and abiding interest in this matter, and be-
ed firing upon Sbep-pard, wounding bun and justice of acting in conjunction with tbe fat tune, but at this particular time, when lieving Fairmount to be the most central and
‘*'tt Shep-j-a d drew and snap-prd four ■ Territorial Governiurni, exerting en influ- ‘be last great rff -rt is Iming made to save convenient point for s majority of those in-
saps, and the filih shot hit Sherrard Tne ; once over them aud the whole people winch tbt Union—when aholition is making pwe tereated. do therefor*
p-eopie. of course, became much excited, and i will contribute to tbe happ-iness and pros- bop-e) her last and death stroke to biot from j Jlewlee, 1st That we bold a meeting at
suveral shuts were fired, wheu Sherrard and jpwrrty of the territory and tbe per-ce of tbe the catalogue of nations the name uf the Fairmount in Gordon County, on tbeseeond
S brief period ; and henceforth then, it is Sbep-p-ard both tell, apparently dead, and . Union ' “ '
Able te presume, now that Walker has ~‘ke affray was fortunately ended. Sher.ff !
re established his eemmunicatiens, that the
war ie ut an end, end that the country so
recently the then!re ef a savage contest with
A barbarian bent, will rap-hlty be visited by
numbers ot ear largest planters seeking new
homes for themselves and their families It
in sneoeptibls in n high degree of lb* most
remunerative development, and no eenatry
•n the fisee of tbe glebe st this moment can
compare with it, as • Md for the industry,
intelligence sad the skilled labor ef ear So.
States N jw then «• tbe time. When tbe fin
est land* can be bad for • sang, far ear
yonag and enterprising planters to simt the
eenatry and secure choice locations, for. in
• chart Urns, tbe chance wilt be lest, ae there
•ee seneee ia op-eralien at this moment, in
Me Country, eanrtinned, tee. by men in high
plaoee, whiah will make removal le Jfteera-
gnn dwrable te kumlreJe that at this me*
meal da wet even eenicmplate each i thing
«e within tbe region «f pemib!e twain.
19 515. wae a gentleman from the village of
Pa I Diet to. in the neighboring county of Camp
bell. named 8 B. Watts, a merchant there.
Anxinne te ere wliat kind f s look a man
Jones made a narrow rscapie, as it is said a
bail cut bis guard chain in tno. J. A. M.
Jones bad been arrested as one uf 'he p-ersuus
who fired upon Junes.-and held to bail in flee
I house ad dollar*
It dues not app-car that th* affair bad any
thing wore than a personal importance, and
the Rt-p-ublicaa concludes, not only Irani its f ...
. .. 7 , — rank* ae high
published e-rrespoodCac*. but tram other
and private intel-igene* that tbe peace ef
tbe territory ie ia no danger of being dm
lure .
i American States—then indeed ie it aealam- Saturday in April next, and invite all per-
j ity which every patriot in the land must la- ' suns feeling themse'vse interested te be pre -
ment He lought his last battle tor his i sent and participate ia the meeting.
eisiou iu the Bred Scott ease has 'ornished could have who w.is suddenly put in ponses
the closing and clinching confirmation nerd sion of twelve thousand five hundred dollars .
ed, and henceforth scetiuual fanaticism c»n-' we accepted the invitation W* are sorry
not maintain ii* warfare without arraying we did. for we were forced to wear a m »t
itself distinctly against th* constitution — 1 enviously lugubrious countenance when v*.
The people havedecided that sectional sgilm- : saw the hap-py visage of the recipient if
tion must cease, and the highest judicial au- ' that vast amount of money To a poor ed-.
tbority bas declared that tbe people have ‘ itor. it looked like a momentary gate upon
deeided in accordance with Ihe ouustituuvo j the wealth which the owner ef Ai*'l<l>>"
Whoever now seeks to revive sectionalism Lamp realized In this instance, the Aiad-
arrays bimaelt against the eoutitution, and. din of Palmetto departed on bis wey to New
consequently, against the Uniuo. Of course York to lay in a supply of goods for the
it is tu be expected that fanaticism will rare Spring sales, feeling, doubtless, much m»rs
*nd clamor against the decision of tbe Sa- j comfortable with hie pocket full of rockv.'
preme Court. But fanaticism cease* to b* ' than if hs had gnns to buy upon credit,
n formidtble enemy when it seeks tu mess j Whilst conversing with th* managers »f
Godey'a Lady's Book, for April.
We have the pleasure this week of noiic- c,,unlr y • ,un y w * remember him ae a t».*r- j Revolted. U. That we request tbe com-1 . , , _ . .
ing this excellent publication I. contains » * 9*™* nm mid let hi. name be mieriumrra .pointed b, the Letisl.tura to £ T”* “ f i ^ ™ ""
its u-ual amount of reading matter, selected ' ni, erihed upou tbe history of bis cunatty., be present, and make arrangements for *-
by EJi-urs celebrated fur their fine literary ,,d ® b J ® d * *“ b *•*“* grant names. Clay, pening the Books and receiving subacrip
For th* beauty, excellence and ve- |'"''H'ury and Webster, to he seen and bon- | tions.
Rrtolmed. M That we request the pub
riety «f it* fasbieoable pattern*, this book ured b F vuntless patriots ret unborn.
Ik* people, sustained and confirmed by tbe ; same amount of money had he, n drawn a
great arbiter of coostitotumnl questions ! few days before by n merchant in C'-lumbu*.
Fanaticism becomes powerless sgaiuat such Mtssiss.ppi, who held No 928, in class 24--
n somhination, and banco st may smile nt 8wsn ia decided ly a great inetitution.- <i‘-
J. Glnncey Jones, of PesnsyIranis, is n
prominent candidate for the Speakership ef
«b* next Honse ef Representative). The
name ol Mr. Orr. of South Carolina, is men
tioned in tha same ounnection.
tbs madness with whisk the organ* uf black lonta Intelligencer.
. high or perbap. higher than any sr ffas^^Tw A«w*1 ) ot proceedings in tbs Caa.v.11* .TT”" . T - a *
work published in tb* country It This Maenrine ia x ' ,,d Calhosfi papers, ami that the Atlanta ^ a „ P „ * U the
mi.mA r..e .La .... * T 8 Arth9T .~t , ... * ! Conn It.. the lam dying fit uf
ie published eepectally fur tbe benefit of the aBd Virgo... F Townsmut. -A r -L.^ H M,riett> W*" requested tu eopy
lo.l,en • ess • kmw Lmlt tkoiw mtoh• | n ■ ikam
Imlms: it is thmr buuk the, ought le mtp- by T g Arthur ft Co . 103 Wnl.nt mrra*.
pmt ti. Fur three dollar, ym.gr* foil ^odelfftto It i. the bm, pnaheatum for
veins in the seMtnnce it w.H affwd you tbe ^ publ.^ i. Atrarira-only ,we
your do-mticafmra-t. keep.impost- - doller. per auum-tl. cm.fo.te comma
thnfoshumnrftb. day. ( thr,.pmt^of from the pmm ^ ram. ,be famm «fo„
which the ladies era sensible) and tbe in-
i formation it give* ef everything interesting
{tu the fair seen.
whom onr country ena baas*.
Kx P reel I sal Mirabean B. Lamar, sf Trx-
Th* Cbnttanosga Advertiser, of the 19th
net. says that spwriune or counterfort fifty ' ly adopted, upon exotica n* J. H Starr the
them.
L R. RAMSAUR.
W. P. PAIN.
W. E. CARTER.
1. L BOGLE.
1. W. PRITCHETT.
Committee.
These resolutions having been uuanimuus-
> l. aa. a a. jl. ^7 “■ “ “*>i"~ “I r.„i—.
dying
fanatical sectionalism, (t will hate the ef-
Ml of fixing puhl-e atleet ou upon the reck
OoiBf Boat.
B Washington. Ma,cch 2)*‘-
It was ramorsd st Panama that the .V'«-
wicksdnese wti.ch has heretofore impell- ister Bowlin end Commissioner Morse bad de
ed the sectional agitators to force the repub- manded tbrir pas ports in consequence of N-
lie to the very verge of disruption
! Grenada's rejection of overtures respecting
W* tael, therefore, that the -Unger is for fee settlement of Ik* Panama massacre sod.
th* present over; that sectionalism ia virin difficulties,
ally deed—that it has been crashed out t.y
the popw er verdict in tbe prestdenifol elec-
tion i and that tbe desisun of thv Supreme MeMrtmn Esq
Hon J.atnee Jackson, of Clark: R r) b* r ‘
ef Habereham. anjl Col J-
JAMES M. ERWIN. Praa’t.
R X. Bec'y.
Court bee left nothing vital in repnbfiean.- ** Sqpuat. of Gwinnett, are men tipped st
ism, aad >*• placed the democratic party ^o- 1 Demcnratic candidates fer the next Congtti*
yoed end above all competition m the esa- •» Sixth Dietriet.