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Fashionable Dances.
The last number of Blackwood has an inte
resting article on the subject of “Club and
in which we find some bold words
respecting the fashionable dances of the day i
“The waltz as we dance it,” says the writer,
‘‘was decent of its kind, but its character gradu
ally became changed. From a graceful rotary
motion it degenerated into a Bacchi movement, j
| similar, no doubt, to the first Thespian per
; formances, which were intended, as scholars tell
| us, to he in honor of the young Lams.”
j “You saw an infuriated-looking fellow throw
his arm round a girl’s waist, and rush off with
[ lier as if he had been one of the troop of Rom
lulus abducting a reluctant Sabine. Sabine,
i however, made no remonstrance, but went along
with him quite cordially. They pursued a
| species of bat like race round the room—jerk
i ing. flitting, backing, and pirouetting, without
[ rule, and w ithout any vestage of grace, until
I breath failed them, and the panting virgin was
pulled up short on the arm of her perspiring
partner. Ghost of Count Hamilton! shade of
De Grammont! has it really come to this?
You know, in your day, something about the
Castlernaines and others; but never did you
witness, in public at least, such orgies as Brit
ish matrons and mothers now placidly contem
plate and approve.
“This, however, called for a reform; and it
was reformed. By what ? By the introduction
of the polka—the favorite dance, and no vvon
jder, pf the casinos. View it philosophically,
land you find it to he neither more nor less than
I the nuptial dance of Bacchus and Ariadne.—
j Our mothers or grand-mothers were staggered,
land some of them shocked, at the introduction
|of the ballet in the opera houses. What would
they say now, could they see one of their fe
male descendants absolutely in the embrace of
some hairy animal—fronting him—linked to
him—drawn to him—her head reclining on his
shoulder, and he perusing her charms—execu
ting the most ungraceful of all possible move
ments, at the will of a notorious Tomnoddy ?
No doubt everything is innocent, and the whole
dance is conducted—on one side'at least—
with perfect purity of idea. But somehow or
other, these grapplings, squeezings, and approx
imations, look rather odd in the eyes of the un
prejudiced spectator; and we, who have seen
the feasts of Egyptian Almas almost surpassed
I in British ball-rooms, may jae pardoned for ex-
I pressing our conviction, that a little—nay, a
good deal more of feminine reserve than is pres
ently practised, would be vastly advantageous
to the young ladies who resort to those haunts
which they have been taught to consider as the
matrimonial bazaar.
“We abuse not dancing—we simply contend
against its abuse. The effect of it is just this,
that the most inveterate devotees of the polka
have the least chance of being married. No
man of refinement likes to see the object of bis
affections prancing wildly in the arms of anoth
er. Cupid, as the Americans say, is ‘a skeary
critter;’ and a very little matter indeed is suffi
cient to make him take wing.”
Hamilton and Knox.
ORIGINAL REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENT.
The New Haven Courier gives the following
account of the siege of Yorktown, in 1781,
whit h lias never before been in print, and il
lustrates the difference between theory and
practice:
W ith Hamilton, Knox and others, there were
present behind a redoubt of hogsheads and pipes
of sand, about 400 American troops. A gene
ral order had been given, that when a shell was
seen, they might cry out a shell— hut not to <fry
a shot , when a shot was seen. The reason of
this distinction was, that a shell might be avoi
ded, but to cry a shot, would only make confu
sion and do no good. T his order was just then
being discussed, Colonel Hamilton remarking
that it seemed unsoldierlike to halloo a shell,
” bile Knox contended the contrary, and that
the order was wisely given by General Wash
ington, who cared for the lives of the men.
. I he argument thus stated, was progressing
with a slight degree of warmth, when suddenly
spat! spat! two shells fell and struck within
the redoubt. Instant!v the cry broke out on ail
sides, “a snell! a shell!” and such scrambling
and jumping to reach the blinds and get behind
them for defence. Knox and Hamilton were
united in action, however differing in words, for
both got behiods the blinds; and Hamilton, to
be yet more secure, held on behind Knox,
(Knox being a very large man, and Hamilton a
small man.) Upon this. Knox struggled to
throw Hamilton off, and in the (Knox)
rolled Hamilton off towards the shells. Hamil
ton, however, scrambled back again behind the
blinds. All this was done rapidly, for in two
minutes the shells burst, and threw their'deadly
missiles in all directions. It was now safe and
soldierlike to stand out, “Now,” said Knox,
“now what do you think, Mr. Hamilton, about
crying out “shell,” —but let me tell you not to
make a breast-work of me again.” Mr. Mon
son added that on looking around and finding
not a man hurt out of the more than 400, Knox
exclaimed, “It is a miracle !”
A Funny Commercial Transaction. —The !
Mining Register says, “it will be some tim-W;
not longer, before we shall awaken thee choes
of our quiet sanctum with a laugh so irrepressi
ble as a guffaw which has just escaped us, at a
mercantile anecdote inimitably related by a
German friend
An old fellow living at Frankfort-on-the-Main,
sent to a business correspondent at Frankfort*
on-the-Oder, a large consignment of cotton
stockings, and at the same time, to another cor
respondent at the same place, an equally large
consignment ot cotton nightcaps, the product
ot his own manufacture. He wrote to each the
price at which they were to sell, hut the sum
. esignated was found to be too large, of which
t°°k occasion to inform him. He
v ieided a httle in his demand, hut still there
v\as no ( ffer (or his fabrics. Again he writes
in lep \ to other letters of his correspondents,
naming a }et smaller amount; but weeks elapse,
■md yet no sales. At length hs wr Us to each
r e r n C!l * Vl ma^e some disposition of his
•nu actures, it they can’t get money for them,
n exc,lHne them > no matter at what
tier’ll ’ * -* Cnfice ’ f ° r any ot 9 goods. Lin.
t e instructions, the stocking factor calls
upon the nightcap agent, both unknown to each
other in connection with their principal, and
“names his views;” he wishes to exchange a
lot of superior cotton stockings for some other
goods; he is not particular what kind, as the
transaction is for a friend, who is desirous of
closing his stock.” The man at first can think
of nothing which he would like to exchange tor
i so large a supply of stockings; hut at length a
bright thought strikes him. “I have,” said he,
“a consignment of cotton nightcaps from an old
correspondent, which I shall not object to ex
change for your stockings.” The bargain was
soon closer). The stocking factor wrote hack
at once that he had at length been enabled to
comply with the instructions of his principal.
He had exchanged his stockings for “a superi
or article of nightcap,’’ in an equal quantity,
which he was assured were likely to be much
in demand before a great while!
The next day came a letter from the night
cap agent, announcing his success, and append
ed to the letter was a big bill for commissions!
As Yellowplush would sav, “Fanzy that gent’s
feelitiks!”
StwiimL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL, 22, 1853.
Death of William R. King.
Intelligence was received by telegraph in this city, on
the 19th inst., that William R. Kino, Vbe President
of the United States, breathed his last, at his residence
in Dallas county, on Monday night, the 18th inst.
Although the country had been looking for this sad
event for some lime past as a probable contingency, yet
we never have been enabled to realize fully its effects
until now that he is gone. Alabama feela that she has
lost almost her father, and her heart throbs sad and
heavily “at the portals of his grave.” For thirty odd
years—ever since her admission into the Union—Col.
King, excepting a very brief interval, lias been in the
service of this State ; which is a sufficient commentary
upon his devotion to her interest and welfare. Without
possessing the first older of talent, his high and honora
ble bearing—his ehivalrio and gentlemanly deportment
—his integrity, honesty, and loe of truth—which
leave his character without a spot or blemish, gave him
a very high rank with those with whom he came in
contact and acted ; for few men in the Senate exerted
as much influence upon all grave and important subjects
as he.
It is not necessary that we should enter into a biog
raphy of Col. King. This task was amply performed
during the late canvass, and his li e and public services
are too well known to our whole people to need repeti
tion.
Full of years and full of honors he ha3 gone down to
the grave. The places that lattly knew him, will know
him no more forever; but his memory will be long
cherished in the hearts of the people of his adopted
State, and in those of the people of the whole country.
Would that this truly good man and unyielding patriot
j could have been spared to wear the honors so recently
J bestowed on him by his grateful countrymen !— Adver-
User Gazette.
Uncle Tomitudes—North and Month,
Were we disposed to do so. we might fill our columns
with details of horrible murders, at the recital of which
the hair of many of our readers would stand on end,
and their che, ks olanch with fear. It ia a lamentable
fact, that while the whole civilized world is weeping in
an agony of grief over the fictitious woes of Uncle Tom
the horrid cruelties which are of daily occurrence in the
land, are barely mentioned in the spare corners of the
daily press.
James Shirly has been recently convicted at Hollidays
burg. Pa., of the murder of his wife ; John Murphy, of
j Fall River, Mass, lately seized his wife, and aft r tying
I both her hands and feet, poured oil of vitriol down her
throat, and thus murdered her; a man named Nears,
in the city of New York, deliberately took a mallet and
beat his wife’s brains out in the presence of his chil
dren ; a few days ago a man killed two women in
Philadelphia, in the most barbarous manner. We might
enlarge this fearful listed infinitum; for every paper
that we open contains the report of some such dreadful
tragedy.
Nor is the South exempt from scenes of bloodshed
and murder. There were no less than seven capital
cases on docket at the last session of the Superior Court
at Decatur ; and our own docket will present a fearful
array at our next term. Hardly a month passes over
our lovely city that is not stained with blood.
Here is abundant food for thought, for sympathy, and
reform. In the presence of the unnumbered dead whose
blood was shed by the hand of violence, it is wicked to
spend our energies and tears over imaginary woes.
Crime has increased with fearful rapidity within a few
years in the United States, What is the cause of it?
whet is the cure of it ?
These are grave questions which address themselves
with urgent force to the Legislator and Clergyman,
and which we are incompetent to answer. Unquestion
ably the increase in tippling houses and the habit of
drinking immoderately, which has increased to a fearful
extent, notwithstanding the supposed triumphs of the
Temperance Reform, are prolific sources of crime. The
] doors of the Gin Palace are open day and night, and
even the stillness of the Sabbath morn is disturbed by
the drunken orgies of the devotees of the wine cup.
They are the only places of publio resort, and thither
the tired laborer and the homeless inhabitants of our oity
collect together where the labors of the day and week
are ended. By frequent draughts the passions are excited,
the reason dethroned, the means of living squandered,
and the poor victim of appetite falls beneath the stroke
of his companion, or reels to his desolate home to vent
his rage upon the helpless beings he has degraded and
impoverished. We have carefully noted for some time
past the precedents and circumstance which accompany
crime ; and in almost every instance the grog shop has
either been the cause of violence, or the place last visit
ed by the murderer.
If, therefore, the grog shops were closed, much would
be done to reform society in this regard. Whether it
is constitutional and right to do so, we will not now un
dertake to say. That question is not now in issue.
Much unquestionably may be done to counteract their
influence, and refine and harmonise the rising genera
tion, by a change in the manners and habits of our
pie.
Too much liberty is allowed to boys ; aa soon as they
leaoh their teens, they generally throw off paternal au
thority, and may beseeu swaggering through the streets,
in the hotels and bar rooms, not uufrequently smoking
segarsand drinking liquor, not only at night but daring
the Sabbath day—with pockets loaded with powder and
shot and pistols. The end of children bred under such
a system is inevitable ruin. Before they reach man
ho<*d, they are drunkards, gamblers, 3nd not unfrequent
ly murderers. ,
Another reform is equally needed children must
not only be kept at home, but home must be made at
tractive. A writer in the Delta very pithily says— the
secret way to close the bar, is to open the parlors. So
oial relations must, therefore, be cultivated ; tbs sexes
be broug'. t into frequent association ; s'd innocent sports
encouragt and ; nay, even the dance tolerated withih cer
tain bounds ; the taste for music and poetry careful.y
cultivated ; and above ail a reverence for femaie char
acter and love for female society sedulously developed.
It is almost impossible for a man or boy truly in io*e
with a virtuous woman to do a mean thing.
As society is at present organised, nothing ia done to
humanise the youth of the land —except at the enureh.
Each familj lives alone and shirks the amenities of life.
The father confines himself to his counter and the moth
er to her household cares. No thought is given to
social intercourse, and even the occasional visits of a
friend are not unfrequently regarded as an intrusion.
We content ourselves with giving one Party a season,
and think we have thereby done our part in the work of
social improvement. This is unquestionably all wrong.
But we are treading on ticklish ground, and must, there
fore, close this artiole with the assertion, that without a
heartier and habitufcl social intercourse, we have no
hope that our future will be any brighter then our
present.
Anti-Slavery Literature.
RENEWAL or THE ABOLITION AGITATION.
Are v/e never to have peace ? Will the abolition agi
tation uever end ? We believe not, at least until the
Southern people shall cease to wage war upon one an
other, and turn their eeriied array in full front upon
the foe.
The success of Uncle Tom’s Cabin has induced the
author to publish 80,000 copies of a “Key to Uncle
Tom’s Cabin,” which, In the language of the New York
Herald, “open* the door and discloses to our mortal
vision such scenes of herror, atrocity and heartless
cruelty in southern slavery, as are without a parallel in
the most chilling atrocities of the Romans, the Spaniards
in South America, the Turks, or the piratical Beys of
Algiers.” * * “In this view of the subject,” says
the same paper, “we apprehend the people of the South
may prepare for a more ferocious, systematic and des
peratc warfare upon the slavery question than anything
which they have heretofore experienced from the wrath
of the abolitionists. Heretofore, the war upon South
ern slavery has been more largely directed against its
political tendencies and influences in the legislation of
Congress, than against its imaginary enormities as a
social and domestic institution. But, hereafter, the
criminal records, of the South, their statistics, their
newspaper reports, their neighborhood traditions, their
current stories and rumors of murders, outrages, and
cruelties of all kinds, real or fictitions, inflicted by slave
holders and slave drivers, upon men, women and chil
dren, are to b trumped up, and, with all the exaggera
tions that may be required to render them appalling to
the last degree, they are to be published in catch-penny
pamphlets, to glut the ravenous stomachs of English
and Northern abolition ph lanthropy, and to fill the
empty pockets of unprincipled hucksters upon popular
credulity.”
—, ‘’ . ‘ 1 ‘ 1 1
“communications
FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.
Pierre Soule.
The Editor of the Enquirer fairly confesses that he
has stood by and witnessed the distribution of the pat
ronage of the Democratic administration, just aa long as
ilia human Whig patience stand it; and is now
forced to vent his bile in one yell of savage passion over
the appointment of the gallant and accomplished Soule,
of Louisiana. We are told that he has stood still and
seen the guillotine falling on the necks of his faithful
allies with “an unblincking and tearless eye;” (we have
heard of blinking eyes and blanched cheeks—but nev
er before of blinching eye or cheek ;) but now a point
has arrived when he can no longer keep silence, and
when his political virtue forces him to express his pro
found cissatisfaution at the appointment of the Minister
to Spain. Now, it ia a question for the curious to de
cide, whether or no, it is because Mr. Soule is the
“Jacobin, Filibuster and Disunionis!,’* for which he
denounces him, or is it because Mr. Soule belongs to a
aehool of Southern State R ghts patriotism, into whose
sacred portals that Editor has never dared even to peep,
that this anathema is thundered from the Whig Vatican
at Columbus, Georgia ? It ia a question, whether the
appointment of the spotless and fearless Jeff. Davis to
a seat in the Cabinet, was one whit less distasteful to
this Editor ? whether he liked the signs of the timefy”
better, when the pure and upright R. M. T. Hunger
was the first man whom the President elect/called to
his confidence, on the threshold of the great trust th®
American people had confided in him? It is Pierre Soule’s
political color that is gall and wormwood to your neigh
bor—hinc ilia lachrymqr— and he is pounced upon, and
Davis and Hunter were not, precisely because, in the one
case there was hope of making a point against a gallant
foreigner , the adopted son of this Republic ; while the
other two, in their native strength, but with no brighter
personal and political escutcheons than Pierre Soule,
stood far beyond the reash of the pigmy shafts of this
professional grumbler.
And now, who is Pierre Soule, in whose appointment
to the Court of Spain, this Government has forfeited
the respect of the Columbus Enquirer ? By long odds,
one of the most remarkable men now moving en the
great stage of publio life in America—an unrivalled ora
tor ; in person, spirit and manners, by far the most ad
mired Statesman who sits in either branch of the Ameri- i
can Legislature ; no lees remarkable for his polished
intellect and shining parts, than he has been for his
strangely adventurous and romantic life, and his undy
ing love of liberty and right, whether in his native or
adopted country ; a man of energetic action, as well as
brilliant speech; in short, a man almost without ap
proach, whether you regard him in the character* of
orator, statesman or gentleman. And now what is the
crime of this man ? A “Jacobin,” because his hatred of,
and resistance to oppression made him an exile from his
own country ; a “Fillibuster,” because tike every true
American, he finds it impossible to behold that choice
garden of the earth, lying at our very doors, on the
highway of our domestic commerce, the key to the nar
row door which affords the only passage to connect the
Eastern & Western slopes of tHs great republic ; acoun
try, too, inhabited by a race, who are dozing away their
lives in unconscious ignorance of the mighty talent which
nature has intrusted to their care, and living under a
government more oppressive than any people even of
their own degenerate blood have ever borne ; a “Filli
buster,” we say, because he cannot look abroad upon
this peerless landscape, this necessary appanage to h.s
country, without coveting its possession, and without
wishing to open it to the march of freedom and theblesa
ings of our own institutions j and a “Disunioni; t,” be-
cause, when cowards trembled, traitors held back and
politicians trimmed, he threw himself with all his soul
into the arena of 1850-1, in defence of the constitu
tion. Too late, Mr. Editor, to talk ab >ut the disunionism
of the Southern Rights party. The light of time has
put the very ghosts of that humbug to flight, and it is a
hardened political hack, blindly confident in the gullibility
ofhis party, who in 1853, will recall to the “glimpses
of the moon” the gaunt spectres with which they
frightened the nation in 1850. There ia no proposi
tion more true or demonstrable, than that the political
combat of 1850-1, strengthened and gave permanency
to the Union, invigorated the constitution and put back
for a quarter of a century the Vandal hordes who, as
sailing from without, were let in from within by the
timid and time-serving of the South. And, if the/rw,
who composed the Southern Rights party have been
able by courage and devotion to effect this much, wnat,
I ask, in the name of God and my country, might not
have been accomplished, if the South had stood &a one
m in, in defence of the constitution and the rights of the
States! The case is a short one, and lies in a nutshell.
The North assailed the constitution and the feebler
States, the Southern Rights party rushed to the rescue
of both, and the Union party not only refused to defend
the citadel, but abetted the aggressors. Pierre Boule
belonged to the band of defenders ; his eloquence, his
political fortunes, his whole energy of soul were thrown
unreservedly into the fight—and now when a New Eng *
land President—a State Rights Democrat from the
granite hills and frozen atmosphere of New Hampshire,
comprehending the motives and appreciating the spirited
patriotism that struek bo nobly for the States of his sec
tion and the rights of the whole— what is the surprising
contrast tosee a Georgia Editor, a man born away down
in a latitude where a hot sun is supposed to breed a
natural geniality of sympathy for patriotic effort to resist
wrong and uphold the right, taking the Northern Presi
dent to task for honoring tho Southern Patriot ? F.
FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.
Messrs, Editors : —I notice in your journal of the
12th inst., under head of “Second Congressional Dis
trict,” some remarks in reference to our candidate for
the next campaign. This ia well enough, as wo should
begin to prepare for the contest. And I am glad to
know that in your editorial, to which I allude, you are
able to number in the ranks of our party such gentle
men as you have there been pleased to mention. Yes,
every Democrat, every true-hearted Southern man in
the District, should be proud of tho brilliant names of
Benning, Lawton, Tucker and a host of othere.
Now, without dictating, or saying anything at all
against the weii merited worth of other gentlemen
spoken of, suffer me to any, that hundreds of the party
in this section would be gratified to see, after the nomi
nation, every Democratic newspaper in the district
headed with (“For Congress”) the name of John A.
Tucker, of Stewart. It is not my purpose at preseni
to herald forth his claims ; suffice it to say that to the
interest of his party none are more awakened, to the
South none more devoted. But as unanimity of action
is requisite to ensure success, reat assured that if lie is
1 not nominated, the boya in this beat w ill give the par
ty’s nominee, be he who he-may, a unanimous support.
1 South-West.
FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.
Temperance Hall.
Mesjsrs , Editors : —I see in your Tri-Weekly of the
16th inst., that you make an appeal to the Ladies for
aid to pay off the balance of the debt now standing
against the Hall, which debt I should be much pleased
to see paid off. My object in this communication is not
to throw any obstacles in the way that you propose, but
to correct an error that you were authorised to make,
viz.: that in the event of a forfeiture of our charter, the
Hall reverts to the Grand Division. There your infor
mant is in error—the forfeiture alluded to in article 5,
’ section 6, of By Laws of Grand Division does not con
template real estate, but only minor property belonging
to subordinate Divisions. I have no fears about a for
feiture of our charter ; we have s large brotherhood,
besides the constitutional number that are determined
to hold on and to hand the good cause of Temperance
down to our posterity,
A S. of T.
The Town Council Temperance Hall,
At flie meeting of the Town Council held on
the 22d inst, the following action was taken in re
ference to Temperance Hall :
By Aid Matheson, Resolved, That the mem
orial of the Sons of Temperance, with the re
port and resolutions of the Committee to whom
said memorial was refolded be taken up and dis*
posed.
The same being read, Aid Daniel, offered the
I following resolution : Resolved, That this Coun
cii appoint a Committee of three, to meet and j
confer with a similar committee of Sons of
Temperance and see if they will sell the lower
part of the Hull, and if so, for what price and
on what terms.
Whereupon, Aid. Wilking, offered the follow
ingas a substitute : Resolved, that the appropria
tion of 83000, asked by the Sons of Temper
ance, be referred to the people of City ; and
that the Clerk be instructed to call an election
on the first Monday in May next, for that pur
pose ; those persons in favor of the appropria
sion, voting on their ticket, “appropriation’’ and
those against: ‘tno appropiation,” said call for
an election, to be advertised in the city papers
until the day of election.
Whereupou, Aid Robison, offered the follow
as a substitute for the whole : Resolved, That
| the Council decline making any appropriation
| for the Tempesance Hall.
Whereupon. Aid Williams, offered the follow
ing as a substitute for each of the foregoing :
Resolved, that the amount arising from the sale
or granting of Retail License in this city, for
the term of four years, next ensuing, be and is
hereby appropriated and granted to the two
Divisions of the Sons of Temperance, in this
city, to be appropriated to the payment of the
debt now existing against the Temperance
Hall.
Resoved, That in consideration thereof,
the proper authorities of said Divisions shall
convey the legal title of said Temperance Hall,
to the Mayor and Council of the City of Co
lumbus, to hold the same forever. In trust how
ever, that said Divisions shall have and retain
the free use of their present Division rooms and
the main Hall shall be used as heretofore, free
lor the people, on all public occasions; and in
trust further, that the revenuesarising from the
Hall, and rented rooms shail be equally divided
between the City of Columbus and said Divi
sions.
Resolved, That the Committee on City Im
provments, meet a committee to be appointed
by said Divisions to arrange the details of said
contract and report to Council as early as con
venient.
On motion of Aid Williams the whole subject
was laid on the table till the next meeting t
Council. °
An American Ship Fired at by a British Man of I
War Steamer.
We learn from Captain Otis, of the ship Rar iet
irrived yesterday from Havana, that on his pHs>.i-> e
out from Sivannah to H ivnna, <*n the 3lst M reh
when about thirty miles to the westward (l s
Double Headed Shot Keys, at seven A. M., he db.
covered a steamer some five or six miles to tlie h e
ward, and near a hermaphtodife i>rig. The Ntemn
er was ru ning various courses, and tina'L ran down j
to the brig, and stood to the eastward ; she then
clia-igc and her course to the southward, and kept off to
the so ithwatd and westward, running on the same
, ci-urse with the ship, and being some six miles in
the leeward and from six to seven miles astern -
She then set all sand! and put on steam, and g i ie d
on the Harriet. While in chase of the ship, s | lP
fired two guns at her which fell short sometuonr
1 three miles. All on boatd the ship saw them strike
in the water. Captain Otis then hove his ship to
. and lrtu ed up his courses, and was boarded by two
, ‘-dicers from her Majesty’s man-of-war steamer De
vastation. They stated that their business was to
ascertain whether Cai>t. Ot's was carrying out the
treaty stipulations. C.ipt. O. replied that his color
! was a sufficient guarantee for him. They then in
> sisted on his showing h's napers, and after examin
-1 ing the ship and papers, finally left. Captain Otis
first took the steamer to be a Spanish war vessel
f cruising off the Harbor of Havana.— True Della.
[
i [From the Savannah News.]
t Railroad Junction,
Under this caption the Journal and Messen
* ger concludes an article as follows :
“In this connection, we would inquire if noth
ing is to be done to signalize the completion of
! the line of Railway between Savannah and Co
lumbus. The Muscogee and South-Western
‘ Roads will be connected, we understand, by the
1 Ist of May. Will Savannah goto Columbus,
1 or Columbus to Savannah, or both come to
fraternize at Macon, or all stay at home ? We
do not know.”
1 “We are sure the citizens of Savannah and
Macon will receive more than one shout , if they
‘ vvill honor us with a visit on the first of May.—
We beg leave to remind the Mayor of what is
1 expected of him on the occasion. But if the
mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet
will go to the mountain. A trip to Savannah
would be exceedingly pleasant at that season of
f the year ; and as compromises are the order of
* the day, we propose that each city visit the
1 other by turns, and that the nuptials of the
Chattahoochee and the sea be celebrated by
? three parties instead of one: What say our
1 cotemporaries ?— Columbus Times.
We have no objection to the latter sugges
tion, especially as the season entitles us to the
first visit. Let our upland friends come to see
us no.v, and celebrate with us ti e nup.ials of
the Chattahoochee with the Savannah, and we
will visit them in the sultrv months, when it vvill
be delightful to get away from the heat, and the
mosquitoes. We expect to some of our
Augusta friends here on the first of May, and we
; would extremely happy to greet large dvlega
-1 tions from Macon and Columbus at the same
t time. We promise them a hearty welcome,
As our cotemporarv of the Times h .s said, in
’ a recent editorial, that he looks “forward with
pleasure to the time when Brunswick will be
come the rival of Savannah,’’ we would very
’ much like to have an opportunity to convince
him that though the new seaport may rival us
on paper, neither it nor any other city in the
State can excel us iu hospitality.
* ft!?” We regret from a friend that
! Mr. James C. Tvsoi| ‘fDeKalb, killed a man
by the name of Spear, during the recent term of
the Circuit Court of Kemper. The facts are
briefly as follows, as we learn them from a re
. liable source : It appears that Spear had some
difficulty about puttingup his horse in the liverv
stable, and threatened to whip Tyson about
the matter. He visited the stable several times
in a rude manner, and the last time with bis
hand on his knife, which he had taken neaiiv
out ofhis pantaloons pocket. Mr. TANARUS; apprehend
ing that he was about making a deadly assault
upon him, seized a hoe and struck him with it.
which blow caused the death of Spear in a very
| short time.— Paulding , Miss., Clarion, 2 d inst.
.
Arkansas Intelligence. —We learn from the
Little Rock Whig that 82045 hane been offer
ed as a reward for the arrest of William Rue
bottom, charged with the murder James Mur
phy, in Johnson county, Ark., on the 24th ult.,
in an affray.
Col. E. A. Warren, of Ouachita county, (form
erly of Salem, Miss.,) has been nominated by
the democracy of Clark county, for Congress
Hon, A. B. Greenwood has been nominated j
by the democracy of Benton county, for Con- j
gress in the First District.
Henry Heffiington is a candidate for Sena- (
tor from the Second District, composed of the |
counties of Conway 7 , Jnckson and White. — \
Hon. W. C Scott is a candidate for Senator in |
the same District. The Judge is a democrat.
Grand Indian Council. —We learn, says the j
Fort Smith Herald of the 2d instant; that the [
Grand Indian Council of ail the Indian tribes is ,
to be held on the South side of the Canadian. $
in the neighborhood of the Red Hills, ahoui b
three hundred miles from this place, about the I
middie of May, The Keechies came into the
Creek Nation, a few days ago, to give notice |
of the time appointed by the wiid or roving S
tribes of the prairies, It will be a grand affair g
f-'j
Articles for exhibition at the New York Crys- gj
tal Palace are begining to arrive quite freely.— ij
The packet ship Helvetia, which yesterday came
in from Havre, brought fifteen packages of good- P
to be placed in the fair. The bark Rhodes. j|
from Savannah, also broght a number of ar ij
tides.
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0A distinguished showman expresses In.-
skepticism about the legend of Joshuas blowing g
lown the walls of Jericho with a ram’s horn.— g
He has taken unnumbered horns more power |j
#il, without even being able to bring down !i|
bouse. M