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B. M. KEITH At 0. 7. BENNETT, Editor*.
“ EQUALITY IN THE UNION OR INDEPENDENCE OUT OF IT.”
TERMS—TWO DOLLARS a-vear, la Advance.
VOL. 11.
CASSVILLE, GA.., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1859.
>TO. 28.
§ttsiitfss Cwirs.
E L. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Cass-
vitle, 6a,—WiH attend promptly to all
* business entrusted to hie care.
April 14, 185?.
B H. LEfJkE, Attorney at Law, Cass
ville, 0*1—Business entrusted to his
• care wilt ‘meet with prompt and vigilant
attention, and monies paid over punctually.—
Utfic* under Standard office. Feb. 1, 1859.
¥ V. WESTER, Attorney at Law,
Calhoun, Ga.—Will practice in all the
• counties of the Cherokee Circuit. Par-
ticular attention well be paid to the collection
of claims, and to promptly paying over the
money when collected. Nor. 26, 1858.
H I,. RAY, Attorney at Law, Ellijay,
(in.—Will practice in the counties of
• Cass, Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer, Daw
son, Fannin, Union and Towns. Collecting of
debts will receive special attention.
March 10, 1859—ly.
W OFFORD, CRAWFORD & HOW
ARD, Attorneys at Law, Cassville nnd
Cartersville, Ga.—Will faithfully at
tend to any business entrusted to their care, in
any of the counties of Upper Georgia. W. T.
Wofford, John A. Crawford, Cassville; J. A.
Howard, Cartersville. July 23, 1858.
E M. KEITH, Attorney at Law, Cass-
vi'.lc, Ga.—Practices in the counties of
• Cass, Cherokee, Gordon, Whitfield tod
Paulding. All business entrusted to his care
will meet with prompt attention. Office north
of the public square; in Rice’s building.
Nov. IS, 185S.
A C. DAY, Tailor, Cassville, Ga.—
Shop near his residence—on the same
• lot. All work done in good style, and
warranted to last. Particular attention given
to Cutting. He asks a continuance of the lih-
eral patronage heretofore bestowed.
Cassville, tl i., Feb. 1st, 1859.
B ANK AGENCY.—Thos. M. Compton*
Cassville, Ga., Agent of the Rank of the
State of South Carolina, will sell Ex
change on Charleston and New York, make
advances on Produce, Ac., and attend to all
the business usually transacted by Rank A-
gents. ’ Nov. 19, 1S58.
D OCT. J. W. KINABREW, having lo
cated permanently in Cassville, offer his
professional services to the public, and
will attend promptly to every cull, day or
night. Office next door south of J. A. Ter
rell's residence, where lie can be found during
the day.—at night at the residence lately occu
pied by Rev. I). Kelsey. Thankful for past
natronage, he asks a continuance of the same.
Cassville, Oa., Feb. 1, 1659.
S TANDARD .JOB OFFICE.—The Stan
dard Office being well supplied with a
large variety of the best kinds of printing
materials, we are prepared to do all kinds of
JOB PRINTING in the best style of the art,
at short notice, and at low terms.
Particular attention will be paid to the
printing of Circulars, Blanks of nil kinds,
lllunk Notes, Programmes, Hand and Show
Rills, Posters, Ac.
We respectfully sol.cit the patronage ol the
public. All orders must be accompanied with
the c ish, or an “ acceptable city reference”
given. Jan. 1, 1339.
T
RON AND BRASS FOUNDRY AND
I MACHINE SHOP, on Georgia Rail Road,
L near Cotton Factory, Augusta, Gu.— Or
ders are solicited for Castings for Rail Roads,
nil kinds of Machinery for Gold Mines, Bridg
es, Draw Bridges. Gas Works, Flour Mills,
Paper Mills, Saw M Ms, Gin Gearing. Water
Wheels; all kinds of Smith work; Shafting
mid Circular Saw Mills, complete.
W. M. RIGHT,
March SI, 1859—ly. Proprietor.
mtlhnmni.
The Important Battle* of the Centu
ry-
Although it Ls, of course, as yet, impos
sible to enter upon any detailed criticism
of the tremendous battles fought at Ma-' Charles, 100,000.
genta on the 4th and 5th of June, yet the . , , , . .
f, , , . . , , J , .. Killed, wounded and pnsun-
telegrams already received shadow forth a os lj0l)
the proportions of the conflict in a form so
Austrians, commanded by the Ardukech j The BditOF.
Charles, 90,000. It would require a master hand to
French. Austrians.: sketch with fidelity, that pcor, abused
Killed, wounded and prison- I ^ knoml as editors. As a cotemporary
ers, 18,000 20,000 , .. . , ,
Wagram—(July 5 and 6, 1809.) [ tru, Y smarts, he may bethc ‘responsible,
French, commanded by the Emperor Napo- . the ‘foreign, the ‘literary, the local, the
leon, I3o,000. I “commercial”—in cither department he is
Austrians, commanded by the Archduke the suljcct of laudation, abuse, trials and
triumphs. He must have a ready pen,
French. Austrians.
imposing that to find any parallel for this
“dance of death” we must go back far be
yond the memories of most men now liv
ing in the prime of life. The things of Killed and wounded 13 1902
Waere and Waterloo— (June 18, 181o.)
era, 23,000 28,000
.Yew Orleans—(January 8, 1815.)
Americans, under General Jackson' 7,000.
English, under General Pakenham, 6,800.
Americans. English.
which we have read with mingled wonder,
French, commanded by the Emperor Napo-
horror and admiration, in the history of ]eon 75.000.
the Empire, are now almost literally re- j The Allies, under Wellington and Bluchcr,
enacting under our own eyes. , 110,000.
The war of the Crimea itself though it ^ reI ’' h '
startled the world from the repose of years, Fi , to _ (Februafy 22 _ 23> 1847.
and indicated what war on the old battle j Amcrican s, under General Taylor, 4,900.
fields must be, were it ever opened there ; Mexicans, under Gen. Santa Anna, 19,000.
again, was yet but a sort of overture to !- Americans. Mexicans,
the great struggle of which the bitter ear- Killed and wounded, 756 2,100
nest has now begun. In the annexed com- j ■ .^-(September 20,1854.)
parativc list of the forces engaged in some j Rag|an> 51>000( viz . 25>000 Frcnch and 28 ,oo0
of the most remarkable actions of the pres- j Kn^l ‘ski.
ent century, the reader will find the means Russians, under Prince Mentschikoff, 50,000.
A TEW GOODS AT CASSVILLE.—The
IV undersigned would respectfully call the
l A alteiitiou cf the citizens of Cassville mid
the public generally to his Stock of Goods—
consisting of Clothing, Shirts, Collars, Hats,
Caps, Ac. Also, a fine stock of Ladies’ and
Children’s Bools, Gaiters, walking shoes—
with and without heels. Gents’ fine calf Boots
and Shoes; Brogans; Cloth Gaiters, Congress
Gaiters, Ac.; Boys’ Shoes, of various kinds
and prices. Also,’ Hosiery, Gloves, Ac. Keeps I
on hand a supply of Can, Letter, Commercial j
Note, Bath, fancy nnd all kinds of paper, en
velopes, ink ami pens—all of which he will |
sell cheap for cash. Call at the Post-office. j
ROB’T C. LATIMER, j
Cassville, Ga., March 10, 1859. j
W INSHIP IRON WORKS, Atlanta,'
Georgia.—I. A R. WINSHIP A CO., i
Manufacturers of Steam Engines and j
Boilers, Circular Saw Mills, on the most ap- !
proved plan, Turning Lathes, Soger Mills, I
Kettles, Mining Machinery, Mill Work, of all j
descriptions, New Styles'of Iron Railing tor {
Fences and Cenietry* Lots, Bridge Castings j
and Bolts, Railroad 'Work, Gin Gearing from
9 to 12 feet, latest improved Horse Powers, I
and all kinds of Iron and Brass Castings made i
to order at short notice. j
llaviug experienced workmen, a large and {
well assorted stock of New Patterns, and our .
facilities being superior to any Foundry in the j
State, we feel confident of giving entire satis- *
faction to those who may favor ns with their !
orders, both in regard to prices and quality of
our work.
Foundry and Machiuc Shop on Wes
tern A Atlantic Railroad.
ISAAC WINSniP | SOB’v WINSHIP ] GEO. WINSHIP. '
March 24th, 1859—ly.
B ook and tract depository
of the Georgia Conference.—The Com
mittee of the Conference met on the 16th
inst., and have permanently located a Depos
itory at Macon, Ga., where ail die Books of
onr Catalogue will he furnished at Nashville
wholesale and retail prices, and as low as they
can be bought elsewhere.
Catalogues furnished free of expense, by
mail, if desired.
A large stock of Religious, Sabbath School
and ColTege Text Books, always on hand. Al
so, Blank Booka, Stationery—such as Fools
cap, Letter, Note and Bill paper,. Envelopes,
Visiting Cards, Paper Cutters, Gold. Steel snd
Quill Pens, Inks; Pencils, Slates, Wafers, Ac.
Sold as low as they can be purchased any
where! We respectfully ask for a liberal share
of the citT and counter patronage: Orders
promptly filled. JOHN W. BURKE, Agt.
Men 31—3m. Cotton ^rctme; Macon, Ga.
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? fcr Sewing Leather, Cloth, Negro
Silks, Liaeas^JaonMets, )£—
OetT—M
of estimating the stupendous character
which the present war promises to assume.
In comparison with the forces engaged at
Magenta, at the lowest unofficial estimate
of their numbers, the armies which con
tested some of the hardest fields of modern
history, were but divisions and brigades.
The combined forces of Bonaparte and Mc-
las, at Marengo, amounted to hardly' more
than half of the Austrian army at Magen
ta. The great field of Austerlitz, that mir
aclc of battles, as it has been called, was
fought and won by rival hosts numbering,
in all, 100,000 men. The battle of Magen
ta must have arrayed, at least, a quarter
of a million of men in hostile arms. It is
otilv in the Napoleonic campaigns of 1809
and 1812, that wc can find any armies
comparable, in numerical importance, with
those now contending to decide the fate of
Italy.
The most hotly-fought fields of the Pe
ninsula war and of the Crimea seems small
in the presence of those masses of despe
rate and determined valor. Inkerman was
fought and won by an allied force hardly
more numerous than the French divisions
which defended Montebello on the 20th of
May. Maida, that famous British battle,
which did so much to cheer the dispirited
British troops, and torc-assure.thcminthc
prospect of meeting the Continental ar
mies, was contested by forces inferior to
armies engaged at our victory of Buena
Vista.
ft is true that the moral significance of
conflicts is frequently out of proportion
with the numbers engaged. The victories
of Marengo, Maida, and New Orleans, avc
signal illustrations of this fact But the
magnitude of the interests at stake in the
present Italian war, involving, as they do,
the triumph of absolutist reaction or pro
gressive independence oh the Continent of
Europe, is not unworthily represented in
this gigantic scale of the opposing arma
ments; and if anything could reconcile us
to such terrible scenes as arc brought be
fore the imagination by the tidings of Ma
genta, it should be the consideration that
out of this carnage and calamity we may
reasonably look for the restoration of a
great people to permanent peace, honora
ble industry, and the cause of civilized
progress.
Marengo—(June 14,1800.)
French under Bonaparte, 32,000.
Austrian-!, commanded by Melas, 40,000.
French. Austrians.
Killed and wounded, 6,000 6,000
Prisoners, 1,000 4,000
Austerlitz—(Dec. 2, 1S05.)
French, under the Emperor Napoleon, 70,000.
Russians and Anstrians, commanded by Gen.
Kutusoff, the Emperors being present, 90,000.
French. Allies.
Killed wounded and prisoners, 12,000 30,000 i
Maida—(July 4, 1806.)
The British, commanded by Sir Juo. Stuart,
5,675.
French and Napoleonites, commanded by
Rcgnier, 6,-‘>00.
British. F. and N.
Kilted and wounded, 337 2,450
Jena—(October 14,1S06.
French, commanded by Emperor Napoleon,
80,000. ~
Pi ussians, commanded by the Duke of Bruns
wick. 110,000.
French. Prussians.-
Killed, wounded and prison
ers, 4.100 53,000
Eylau—(February 8,1807.)
French, commanded by the Emperor Napole
on, 85,000.
Allies. Russians.
Killed and wounded, 3,100 6,000
Inkerman—(November 5, 1854.)
Allies, nuder General Canrobert, and Lord
Raglan, 13,000, viz: 8,000 English, and 5,000
French.
Russians, undei Gen. Dannenberg, 46,000.
Allies. Russians.
Killed and wounded, 4,126 10,000
Montebello—(May 20, 1S59.)
Allied French and Sardinians, under Gene
ral Forey, 11,500-
Austrians, under Count Sladion, 25,000.
Allies. Austrians.
Killed and wounded, 900 2,000
Magenta—(June 4—5,1859:)
Allies, under Napoleon III., 110,000. (?)
Austrians, under Marshal Hess, 140,000. (?)
Allies. Austrians.
Killed, wounded akd prison
ers, 8,000 (?) 20,000 (?)
The Blind Spy—A Tale of the Spas
modic Age.
HT SVI.VESTER ANACUOONIS.il, JU.
Night upon the battle field!
In a tent guarded by five Zouaves sat
around a mosaic tabic General AVashing-
ington, Mahouinicd and Julius C msar.—
They were commanders of the allied forces
at the seige of Jerusalem. It was evident
from the appearance of the table, that
they had been playing faro and drinking
lager beer.
“Hist!”suddenly exclaimed Gen. Wash
ington pointfng his finger to his lips.
“Aha !” quoth Mahomnied, spitting out
a volume of the Koran, bearing the im
print of Harper & Brothers.
“Hum!” squeaked Julius Caesar, pla
cing his finger to his nose a la Floience
Hotel.
A Zouave at this juncture put his head
in the teat and said “the murderer of Dr.
Burdcll is discovered.”
“Then order the garrison to anus!”
cried Gen. Washington, “and let the Mil-
waukic Light Guard hold Pike’s Peak un
til the Horace Grccly cavalry charge the
Caucasians in the rear.”
“Don’t you think, General -that if the
Minnie battering-ram, such as I used with
Nelson at Trafalgar, were ordered up it
would be better,” said Julius Caesar.
“Bring in Flora Temple, and I myself
will ride to the scene of action,” exclaim
ed Mahommed. “Bring me a Colt’s re
volver and I will off.”
“Hist!” said another Zouave, putting in
his head, “it is not the murderer of Dr.
Burdell it is the Blind Spy who approach
es.” ~ /
The allied Generals fell to the grodhi
in a fit which was only relieved by the
remarkable versatility of knowledge, a
correct judgment, and considerable nerve.
If you intrude upon him, you will discov
er him writing, reading, scissoring. He
will talk, but his pen does not stop; he
spatters the ink; he fumbles over books ;
he hunts among newspapers; he grows
savage in a. “leader,” or he is learned in a
“review.” Politicians want to buy him;
needy artists ask his favorable notice; in
vented have models to show him; some
want to thank him—others desire to
shoot him. He is addressed upon more sub
jects than it was ever intended a single
mind should comprehend: and while his
journal is called by some “influential,”
“valuable,” etc. there are those who blunt
ly pronounce it “scurrilous,” and “poor.”
Swimming upon floods of excitement,-bat
tling, chafing, arguing, consenting, exalt
ing friends and crushing foes, thinking,
working, is the sum and substance of an
editor’s career. At home, he writes with
his wife at his elbow, and his child on his
knee; in the streets, he weaves out those
ideas which, in a few hours, will startle
the men who now jostle and crowd him; crossln
in his sanctum, he makes ready thunder
bolts, moulded with a pen, but more pow
erful than any ever hurled from Jove.—
He delivers lectures; he is a politician;
he holds office; he is a traveler; lie gives
a verdict upon manuscripts which arc
more precious than the apple of their eye
to aspiring authors; he helps on the op
era, he bolsters the drama; he pleads for
the poor, hesnubs the rich; he conciliates,
he defies; he arouses nations, he de
thrones kings; he is the guardian of lib
erty, and omnipotent.
Up in garrets in out-of-the-way places —
sometimes furnished like a parlor, some
times worse than a pig-pen—is his sanc
tum sanctorum, the “holy of holies.”—
Are you partial to frowns ? Do you wish
to hear a growl ? Disregard the notices
of “Editor’s Room,” “Private,” “No Ad
mittance,” and enter the'den; you ob
serve the contracting brow; you do not
know whether you arc saluted or insul
ted ; your tongue proposes to speak, and
your legs incline you to run away; a head
lifts itself; a worn pen and inked fingers
point you a seat, which it takes you but
an instant to reach but, ere you have done
so, the monster has his clutches so deep
ly in an idea, that he has forgotten your
existence. There yon sit; you try to
count the pyramids of newspapers, and
wonder if to be an editor, it is necessary- to
be savage. You see books and maps; but
you would as soon meddle with the cub
of a hear as anything in which the wild
animal before you has any interest. Del
egations of “devils,” from the printing of
fice, come for “copy,” and a great many
things going on which arc strange to you.
Other gentry come in, who glance con
temptuously at yourself. They seat them
selves, and you hear nothing but scratch,
scratch, with gold pens, steel pens, and
goose quills; they pull at their whiskers;
they clear their throats; they look up at
the ceiling; they help each other when
their ideas run aground; they write and
rewrite; they expunge and amend ; they
become cheerful, if their productions
please them, and crusty, if they do not—
Now, remember that this mental toil must
go on by day and by night, when the
dizzy with sickness, and the heart
Iry with sadness, that it entails study,
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
Ancient Babylon.
Very little is recorded of the early his-
[ From the Pennsylvanian. ]
President Polk's Views,
. . „ , j On territorial popular sovereignty are
tory of the city of Babvlon. Its founda-, , , ° „ .
. J very plainly expressed in the following
tions were laid, it is supposed, by Nun- . . , ... , . ,
. , „: .extract from his last annual message to
rod, great grandson of Noah, not long af- p onoTess .
ter the dispersion of Babel. It stood on 1
both sides of the river Euphrates, on an
even and extensive plain. It was sur
rounded by a wall incrfciblc as it may
i “The people of the acquired Territories!
t WHEN ASSEMBLED IX CONVENTION TO FORM
State constitctions, will possess the sole
and conclusive power to determine for
. .... ... themselves whether slavery shall or shall
height, eighteen m thickness, and sixty . . ....
., ... , , not exist within their limits. If Congress
miles in circumference, Ionium
seem, of three hundred and fifty feet in
an exact
This
shall abstain from interfering with the
square fifteen miles on each side, a ms .. .. . . - . ..i
^ „ , ,.. question, the people of the territories wi.»
massive wall, was made of large bitumin
ous brick, so firmly cemented, as to ren-
be left free to adjust it as they may think
proper ■
der it perfectly solid. An enormous ditch
.• ...... . , , . , , „„ , States into the Union.
lined on both sides with bricks, and tilled , , . . ..
, , i This was sound doctrine then, (in 1848,i
with water, encompassed the whole city , . . .... , . .
, ’ , . * . , : and it ls still and must ever continue
—the size of which may he nearly esti-: . , r , ...
, - * , * - . ‘ sound, so long as the Constitution remains
mated from the fact that the walls of the , ■
, . , , , : unchanged ; for it is the only doctrine on
city were composed entirely of clay taken ... ...
* r * ; this subject consistent with the Constitu-
°“ ® 1 , , , , ,, tion. It is the doctrine of the compro"
Thc city was entered through the walls . .... ,
, ... , . , .. rnisc of the Kansas Nebraska act of 18o4,
by one hundred gates, twenty-hvc on
each side, composed of solid brass. Be
tween every two of the gates, were three
towers, ten feet in height, also one on
each of the four corners, and three be-. , ,
; whole country.
tween the several corner towers, and: „ „
,, . ,, , I These views of President Polk are in
the hrst gate, making m all, three hun-
, , , . ’ ° . i perfect harmony with those of Henry Clay
dred and sixteen. From the gates on r J . , _ ,
., , , ..... and his colleagues in the Senate of 18o0,
one side of the city to those on the ■ . r . . ...
., , . , . . 1 as expressed m tlielr report ait tins sub-
oppositc side, went streets one hundred j. *
and fill}'feet in width. These fifty streets ^ eC ^_^ S 0 °" s ;
of the national conventions of ’52 and ’56,
i of President Buchanan’s Inaugural Ad
dress, Silliman’s letter and message^
The true principle which ought to reg
ulate the act of Congress in forming a
territorial government for each newlv-ac-
quired domain is to refrain from all legis-
rirts of l at ' on on the subject of slavery in the tcr-
! ritory acquired, so long as it retains the
territorial form of government, leaving it
each other at right angles, divi
ded the city into six hundred and seven
teen squares. The houses stood on these
squares, a short distance from each other,
facing the streets. The central p;
these numerous squares were laid out in
gardens, walks and yards, and occupied.
- . . .. „ to the people of such territory, when thev
for many vacant spaces, not more than | r r - ’
half the garden was built upon. Next to
enterance of the Blind Spy! Taking! rcsearch and thou e ht ? that the.themes are
from his pocket a bottle of Hair Dye, he
sprinkled it and said, “My master, So
crates, bids you surrender, or he will
send you all to Mammoth Cave as prison
ers of war, each, toting a barrel of lager
beer.”
To be continbed, ad ifybittnm, ad nau-
seum, in tlie 5icw York Ledger.
suggested, and must be discussed within
an hour; and you will understand why
you are not wanted in an editor’s sanctum.
Presently, however he will talk to you;
the wall on each side of the city was a
street two hundred feet wide, and fifteen
miles long, (the extent of the city) in
length. The houses were built only one
side of the street—oil the squares front
ing the wall.
The river Euphrates, or rather a branch
of it, ran directly across the city, from
North to South. A wall of the same
thickness, and similar to that which sur
rounded the city, was built on each side
of the river. In these walls where the
river was intersected by the streets, were
massive brazen gates. From the several
streets, there were gradual descents to the
river, which was crossed in boats. Through
these gates which were incautiously left
open, Cyrus and his army entered, liav-
.ing turned the course of the river, and
took this splendid city. Such are some
of the particulars which’ have been recor
ded, relative to the once “golden city,”
and “glory of kingdoms.” While her
walls were echoing and re-echoing with
the sounds of mirth and festivity, and
when to all human appearance, they
were destined to stand to the latest gen
erations, Jeremiah prophesied, “that it
should become desolated, that it should
not he inhabited, that the teild beasts of
the field should be there.”
History has since confirmed the predic
tion of the prophet Long before the
Christian era, wc arc told that it had be
came a place of “solitude,” and that it
was lying waste, and neglected.” In the
fourth century, we are informed that “its
walls served as a fence and the city a
park, in which the King of Persia kept
teild beast for hunting.” A traveler in
the twelfth century, found it overrun with
serpents and scorpions. In 1843, another
traveler states that its “ruins were so ef
fected, that there were hardly any vesti-
HAVE ATTAINED TOSUCII A CONDITION WHICH
ENTITLES THEM TO ADMISSION AS A STATE,
to decide for themselves the question of
allowance or prohibition of domestic sla
very.”
From all this in connection with the de-
cions of the supreme Court, substantial
ly covering the same point, there is no
room for doubt'as to what is the true con
stitutional national, and Democratic doc
trine in relation to the time when the
people of a territory can legally and
properly decide the question whether the
institution of slavery shall not exist among
them. It may not suit higher law and
squatter sovereign demagogues; but it
will be maintained by all who have patri
otism enough to stand firmly by the Con
stitution in all as the great street anchor
of our Union.
[From the N. Y. Daily News, July 15.J
Important Decision of Mr. Buchan
an’s Cabinet on the Adopted Citi
zen Question.
Washington, July 14, 1859.
The Constitution, this morning, con
tains the copy of a dispatch from* the
State Department, recently Sent “to our
Minister at Berlin,” on the subject of nat
uralization. The case is that of a natur
alised citizen of the United States, who is
a native of Hanover, and who, when he
le/t his native country, was neither in ac
tual service in the Hanoverian army, nor
had been drafted to serve in it, hut who
has yet upon his return to Hanover been
deprived of his liberty, and compelled to
perform military service.
The President and Cabinet concur in
the views expressed; taking the ground
that the momont a foreigner becomes nat
uralized, his allegiance to his native coun
try is severed. lie is no more responsi
ble for anything he may say or do, after
ges of them, to point out the situation of assuming his new character, than if he
♦ho Mir” By one who has recently vis-i had been born in the United States.—
the city.
ited the spot, we arc told that “there is
not now a stone to tell where Babylon
was situated.”
J. B. L
Atlanta, Ga., June 20th, 1859.
Should he return to his native country lie
returns as an American citizen, and in no
other character. In order to entitle his
original Government to punish him for and speeches upon that subject. Let the
au offence, this tm.st have been committed j Democracy keep wide awake and suni-
THE GERMANIC CONKBflUkfMir.
As there is great probability that the Ger
manic Confederation, so called, will, ere
throw the weight of its influence for Austria in
the present war, -the following table will be
read with interest, as it shows what compotes
it:
Staten.' PopoUtio* 1852.
Austrian Provinces, 12,919,300
Prussia, 12,937,238
Kingdom of Bavaria, 4,559,452
Kingdom of Wurtemburg, 1,733,269
Kingdom of Hanover, 1,819,253
Kingdom of Saxony, 1,988,832
Grand Duchy of Baden, 1,358,943
Grand Duchv of Hesse, 854.614
Grand Dncy of Saxe-Weimer 263,427
Grand Duchy of MacklenburgSchwerin 632,768
Grand Duchy of Macklenburg Screlitz 799,750
Grand Duchy of Holstein and Launburg 550,000
Electoral Hesse Csssel, 755,840
Dutchy of Nassau, 429,030
Dutchy of Brunswick, 267,177
Dntcliy of Saxe Coburg, 150,451
Du'chy of Saxe Meinengen, 166,364
Dutchy af Saxe Altcnburg 132,849
Principality of Anhalt Lcssan-Cothen, 111,869
Principality of Anhalt Bernberg. 52,641
Principality of Rcuss Grcitz A Schleitx 214,724
Principality of Swartzburg Rudolstut, 69,038
Principality of Swartzburg Sonderkaeen 74,956
Principality of Lippc Detmold, 107,615
Principality of Lippc Shaumburg, 89,000
Principality of Waldcck, 59,000
1’ri.icipality of Lichtenstein, 7,000
Landgarviate of liesse Homburg, 24,941
Free City of Frankfort, 73,150
Free City of Bremen, 88,009
Free City of Lubuck, 48,425
Free City of Ha libnrg 211,250
The Empire of Austria has a population of
thirty-six millions, but only thirteen millions
«f it are embraced within the domains of Ger
many, and have a voice in the Confederation.
Of these thirteen millions, only some eight
millions are Germans. The entire population
ot Prussia is some seventeen millions, but on
ly thirteen millions are in Germany. Brides
these two great powers there are thirty small
States that hare a population of shunt sixteen
millions in the aggregate. By the constitution
of the Confederation, its whole forces are to be
empl oyed in the defence of any German State
which is invaded or menaced in its possession.
The Germanic Confederation could bring to
the aid of Austria a population of thirty three
millions, and bring into line without much eff
ort a half million of regular soldiers. It is to
overawe and hold in check this immense pow
er, that Napoleon has secured the alliance of
Russia. Whenver its armies march to the aid
of Austria, the Russian armies will invade Ger
many and give it employment at home.
From the Columbus Times, 14?A inst.
The Third District,
Alexander M. Speer accepts the gage
of battle from Thos. Hardeman Jr. in the
Third Congressional District. Both com
batants are young men, both energetic,
ardent, and each very popular with his
part}'. This is the first race for congres
sional honors ever undertaken by either,
and hence the contest will, doubtless, en
list a large amount of enthusiasm in their
several behalf.
In respect to native endowment avc may
assume that they arc about equal, but in
the matter of education and severe men
tal training, Mr. Speer has largely the ad
vantage over his competitor. The for
mer is a lawyer and one of the most in
dustrious members of that laborious pro
fession. He has twice been chosen Clerk
of the House of Rapresentativcs in our
State Legislature, and could have held
the office as long as the Democracy held
the country. In the practice of law he
has become well known throughout the
District, and by his fine intellect, social
qualities and moral hearing, has endeared
himself to the people: #
He is, moreover, a Democrat of the
pure Southern Rights stamp, and will go
as far as the boldest, in defending South
ern institutions and Southern honor. In
this respect lie lias an advantage over his
opponent, lvhose ccord is not altogether
unspotted. Besides Mr. Hardeman was
one of the prominent champions of State
aid to railroads, in the last Legislature,
and the people will remember his votes
Saved by a NEwTr.APER.-A few days j while he was a subject and owed allcgi-1 mon a!1 thcir .«“***« to thc conflict ’ and
he will cut short all your long speeches; j since, Mr. R. H. Martin, who is in the J ance to that government. The offence j v i ctor 3 ‘- s their*.
he will bring you directly to your busi- j employment of J. White, Esq., as one of must have been completed before Ills ex-j Tfewmaners
ness; he will dispatch it; and you will at j the superintendents of the laborers at the j patriation. It must have been of such a | . ^ ^ ^ f| ^
once discover that necessity, if not inclina- new Washington Spring, Saratoga, being ! character that he might have been tried ! e oUowmg is an ai ic t
... * T i _ ° b i . . . , , ... , ; Godev s Lad - ,- s Book which wc think too
tion, urges him to resume his pen. In ; engaged near thc steam Dumn. hv some! and punished for it the moment of his de-; .... ...
. i i . <»ood to be lost a\ e commend it to oar
oners by a Railway Engineer.
Among the many lighter passages of
the war with which the Parisians amuse
ry of the cajtnre of a detachment of Aus
trians who were taken prisoners by thc
An Austrian Detachment taken Frio- summer, when the flowers are so tempt- : means slipped so that the skirt of his coat
ing, at midnight, with the glare of artifi- j caught in the cogs of the pamp. One
cial light pouring upon him, there he is— bite of the cogs on the coat, and it com-
a toiling slave. He writes of your pleas- j mcnced drawing him in pretty fast He
. .. ures—he adds to your joys. Do you ev-; had no time to give any alarm before he
t erase ves, we m e Spur e s °* j er think of his exausted brain, his fading i was brought up with a prospect of being
j life, premature death? Literature was, maimed by the cogs, but fortunately he
T , J perhaps, a passion ef his boyhood, and he j had a copy of a newspaper folded tightly
engineer^ _ e J r ^ wa J ^ f j has pursued the wicked phantom from together in his pocket, and when the cogs
came to that they stopped, throwing the
band off the pullies.
.the Austrians were en route for Peschie-
ra to reinforce General Urban, when the
year to year, finding, in the gratification
. , of a refined taste, some small reward for
Russian*, commanded by General Burning-1 engineer, whose sympathies were natur-;. ■ jntktuation.
sen, 75,000. | ally on the Italian, side, “switched off!” j * ♦
French. Anstrians.! and conveyed the Teutonicheroes into the' American Honors to Science.—It is
Killed, wounded snd prison- j middle of the allied camp. Here they j noticed with great satisfaction in Berlin
tnt Frie.Uand~(J»eS.) 35 '° 0 °; were politely escorted from the raih«y papcr^and cannot foil to be gratifying to
~ —... v- i-i carriages by the French solqiers, who,! every American heart, that at the grave
oaf^OOO.. - m ; with that politeness for which the nation: ofifanMt the United States werempre-
commands hy General Stoning- j is distinguished, saluted their enemies seated by their Ifiaistsr at Berlin and a
66,000. ' ; with “All «hno» who are going to France. reprvwntatiec from each State of the Pn-
wiD please change tars!” The feelings j ion, gathend for that purpose at Berlin
flea*. Rmsians. !
Killedandwmmfcd, 8.«o M.060. rf ^ ^ themselvesi from different parts of the Continent-
•£j*snn ) |hgofcJ|gta«» prisoners in so ignoble a manner, j The arrangement was equally creditable
. j-**
lour country.
A Girl Worth Having.—There is a'
young woman employed in the harmony
Mill, Cohoes, who, during^ n period of
years that she has beengiHMDyml in that
establishment, has saveinKuar her regu
lar wages, and from earnings by doing
ornamental needle-work, over twenty-five
hundred dollars. Yet she has found time
to study and masterJFraAch, as Avell as the
higher brandies
twenty-two yean
ing, and a vivacious.
punished
parturc. Our minister is instructed to j .... . , „
demand the release of thc naturalized cit- readers ’ for , thc ' r P™ 1 ’
; think as Godcy docs, no one will be with-
I out at least one paper, and especially the
Military Value of Rail wavs.—The j one published in his town and county.
German papers express thqir astonishment Does anybody take the same delight in
izen in question.
at the omission of the Austrians to tear
up the railroad track, and so destroy a
military means which the French have so
utilised. The Vienna Press improving
the topic, points out the feet that the
French soldiers brought out from the re
serve at Montebello, approached so near
thc scene of action in the trains, that they
commenced firing from the windows before
they disembarked.
If integrity does not make you
prosperous, it will at least keep you from
jy Every gamester 8ooner«or later,
goes the downward road to perdition, and
drags other s down the precipice with him.
reading newspapers as we do? Is there
not always something in a paper, no mat
ter how old that will interest you? Xo
matter how long we are away from home
we have every paper saved for us; and
how we revel over them! They are new
and we often find articles that wo should
have been sorry to miss. Why then
does not everybody take at least one pa
per and that paper be the nearest to you
that is, you that live outofeitiaa. Patro
nize your Printer: he is worthy of-ALfc^-
his paper makes your town wbai itBp-*
perhaps it never would be' beard of if it
were not for the paper. Then take the pn-
P<* . _ . . - • .
When you are wa'
M
med, warn jourwH.