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£i mts mtir Sentinel.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIaT
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 28,
The American Portrait Gallery.
We are indebted to an esteemed friend for parte 1 and
7, rol. 3, of this unique production, in each of which
we find a “portrait” and “life” of • cherished friend,
and distinguished citizen.
John Jacob Sbibeu, American Minister at the
Court of Brussels, was born in Edgefield District,
South Carolina, on the Bth December, 1816. In very
early life, his father became involved and, to satisfy bis
creditors, made an entire surrender of his estate, and
freely submitted to the hardships and trials of poverty,
rather than sacrifice his honor. From th aga of nine
years until he was fifteen, the subject of this sketch fol
lowed the plow, and contributed, by his labor, to the
support of his father’s family. During this eventful
period, says his biographer, young Seibels laid the foun
dation of his character, and was taught the lesson of
enduranoe, of vigorous effort, of independent thought
and action, of plain, straight forward, manly bearing.
At the close of this period, moderate success having
crowned the efforts of his father in business, he was
entered at school, and, in four years, was graduated at
South Carolina College, lie immediately applied him
self to the study of the law, and, in 183 V, was admitted
to tho bar in the city of Charleston. In 1842 he set
tled in Montgomery, Ala., and devoted himself to the
practice of his profession. While pursuing his profes
sion in Montgomery, the Mexican war broke out.—
Nearly related, on his father’s side, to the immortal
Irish patriot, Emmet, and descended, through his moth**
er, from one of the bold partisans who waged, unequal
war with the Tories and British, iu South Carolina,
during the Revolutionary war, it was to be expeoted
that Seibleß would be among the first to answer the
call to arms. In answer to the requisition of General
Gaines, three companies started from Montgomery, eue
of which elected Mr. Seibels, by a unanimous vote, t*
command it. He hastened with his command to Mo*
bile, when a regiment was formed, and he was elected
Colonel. There were two other candidates for the
the Colonelcy, who, after the election, fouud som*
technical objections io the manner in which the regi
ment was organized, and contested his election. He,
at once, called the officers together, and made them a
short speech worth of General Jaokson : “I have oot ,:
said he, “left my family, home and business, and come
here to squabble for offioe. 1 came to serve nay coun
try ; and sooner than be the means of retarding th
march of the troops a single day, I will instantly resign.”
This he did as promptly as he had responded to ths
call of his country, and prooeedtMl at the head of hia
company to the Rio Gande, while those who contested
his election remained at home.
The call of General Gaines was not approved by the
Government. The six months levies were recalled,
During this short campaign Capt. Seibels established
his character for courage and capacity to command.
The next year, 1847, a call was made upon Alabama
for an independent battalion of volunteers to serve dur
ing the war. The uncertainty of the terra of enlist
ment, and the pitiable accounts giveu of the hardships
of the service, by returned volunteers, made it difficult
to raise the battalion. Though tho call was made in
May, it had not been responded to iu October. Morti
fied at the delay, Capt. Seibels urged the Governor to
make one more effort to save the honor of the State and
submitted a plau for his consideration. His plan wm
adopted by the Governor, and the battalion was raised.
By a very large majority, these companies elected
Capt. Seibels to command them. They proceeded at
once to Mexico, and aided in the subjugation of the
department of Orazava, where they were stationed
during the the war. Col. Seibels received, from Gov
ernor Bankhead, the appointment of Lieutenant Gover
nor and Judge of that department. The jurisdiction of
bis Court extended to all criminal esses arising among
the Mexicans, and to all civil eases where the amount
in controversy did not exceed S2OOO. Asa Judge, he
was just, firm and patient, but prompt in tbs discharge
of his duties. Two or three years after his return te
Alabama, he received from a nm*b*r of the leading
men of Orizava a most gratifying letter in which he
was assured that his memory wu cherished by their
grateful people as a just and merciful Judge, and invit
ing him to re-visit them that they might give him some
token of their high consideration.
* Though engaged from 9 o’clock A. M. to 8 P. M.,
in the discharge of his judicial duties, Colonel Seibels
was a most eflieieut military commundsr. The follew*
ing incident will prove the truth of this assertion. —
While the Alabama volunteers were iu Orizava, Gan.
Persifer F. Smith passed through the eity, and was re
ceived with distinguished honors by the officers and msn
stationed there. General Bankhead introduced Colonel
Seibels to his acquaintance with this remark: “He
commands the finest and best disciplined corps of volun
teers in Mexico, or that I ever saw.’’ Notwithstanding
the rigidity of his discipline, which bore alike upon of
ficers and meu, Col. Seibels commanded the respect
and affection of his command. j
Shortly after his return to Montgomery, Ala., he I
abandoned the practice of law, and, at the earnest so
licitation of political friends, undertook the editorial
management of the Montgomery Advertiser, the Demo
cratic organ at the seat of Government. The arduous
duties of this responsible position, he discharged in such
a manner as to win the confidence and esteem of his
Jiarty, and the respect of his opponents. In the contest
of 1850 he lead the Southern Rights column, and
though overwhelmed by numbers, he fell with his feet
to the foe.
After the defeat of the Southern Rights party, he
resolutely opposed all factious opposition to the expressed
will ot the State, acquiesced in the compromise mea
sures, and did more than any other man to reunite in
fraternal bonds the seatered legions of the Alabama i
Democracy. So effectually was the work done that
victory has ever since perched upon their standard.
In 1852 he was chosen one of the Presidential elec
tors for the State of Alabama, and had the pleasure of
casting his vote for Pierce and King in the electoral
college.
A patriotic administration honored itself by reward
ing his patriotic services with the appointment of Minis
ter to the Couri of Brussels, which post he now fills
with great credit to himself and honor to the country.
The inheritance of a large fortune enables him to dis
pense an elegant hospitality at this prend European
capital, to whieh all worthy Americans arc eordialiy
Welcomed.
In person, Col. Seibels is a magnificent specimen of
American manhood. He is over six feet high, slightly
embonpoint, with a piercing black eye, swarthy com
plexion and a full head of iron gray hair. The expres
sion and lines of his faoe are stern and strong, but are
relieved by a genial smile which invites confidence.
Hi* highest intellectual quality issteiHag oewunee seas#
n
and an unfaltering judgment, which always gives him
the mastery in contsata with opponents of mnoh more
shining qualities. Hia moral developments ere large.
Honesty is stamped upon evsry lineament of bis faoe
and person. He is also as firm as a roek. His friend
ships are warm and laating. He is a Democrat by
education and conviction, and is a disciple of John C.
Calhoun, as are most politicians who fi.st sew the light
on the left bank of the Savannah.
We oonolud© this imperfect aketoh es the life of this
excellent roan with the following extraot from his biog
raphy, writtsn, ws suspect, by an old friend, once high
in the confidence of the Georgia nomocracy and fitted
by hia geniws and scholarship to adorn any position,
but now resident in a neighboring State and content to
serve his Ged and country in n private station.
“No body axpeota that Colonal'Seibela has more than
fairly entered upon his earssr. The public sentiment
of Alabama is impatient at his temporary residence
abroad, and will bs ready to give him a eordial welcome
home. A gentleman, a soldier, a state: man —the
Stats of bis adoption proudly numbers him among her
most distinguished sons, and presents him“a living stone”
■ in this “Washington Monument,” more durable than
marble, of “eminent Americana quarried, it is true,
in South Carolina, but polished and engraved in Ala
bama. The inscription on one aide of it is, “An honest
i man’s the noblest work es God,” on the other, “Con
, stitutioaal Democracy/*
Iu a subsequent issue we will give some notice es our
; other “cherished friend ana distinguished citizen, ’* and
it will not be unpalatable to our readers to learn that he
was “quarried ia Georgia.”
Columbuc Local Iteics.
Fjrh.—The residence of Hon. Joseph Themes, of
the Enquirer, took fire on the morning of the 27th
inst., and was entirely consumed, together with a large
( part of the furniture, and clothing of the family. The
fire had covered the roof before it vvrv discovered and
i as the residence wee some two miles from tbo city, it
l was impossible for ear efficient fire companies to render
, any assistance. The loss is estimated at $3,000, one
, half of whioh is covered by insurance.
Aooibbnt.—We regret to learn that Mr. Charles
L A. Peabody, of the Soil of the South was thrown
> from his buggy on Saturday afternoon 24thinst., a short
9 distance frem his residsnse and very severely injured.
We are glad to hear that be is doing well and will soon
* be up again.
| Lectori. —Rev. Geo. White, author of Historical
Collections of Georgia, delivered a very acceptable
Lecture in Temperance Hall en Monday evening to a
} large andienoe upon the “Revolution in Georgia and the
, men who figured in it.”
, Hbaltb ox Walter T. CoLauirr.—lt will grati
, fy the numerous friends es this distinguished citizen,
who bes so long been prostrated by siekaeis to learn
that he was well enough to ba*removed to Macon last
, week, and that sines his arrival there he hes coutiaoad
to improve slowly. Strong hopes are entertained that
be will yet be restored to his friends and his coun
try.
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Fire at Florence*
In a letter from Stewart Cos., rnder date 28d March
the writer esye“The store of A* b G. Hill at fio
renee was consumed by fire at about i o-eioak #* tbs
night ot the 20th inst. The broke Ike., ware eev 1
with about SI,OOO worth of goods, for vhiah the pro**
pri*tors ars mostly in dab tar 1 to tka exertion el ta*
gentlemen who happened to bx thaw as visit, T. U.
sad Dr. J. N. Gilbert. The loss is estimated at akset
SB,OOO, It is supposed to be the work of an iao*e
diary.”
€Umuqi*s la hewntmjfvi.
The Savannah D*Uy Nms, of our
most v*ltt*hi* *tahjitg—, ad At# id# Wd *f
Wm. A. Tiompauß, iSeq., mb* is mm •*> p*o-. ri*tor
and p A ter. ll* da* ooaAnatxd Ida po#*r with tz*
ability fro#* Id* itegUußAC*, *d o*&**’ * dks ptrbUo
that there wifi fee mo *Zzlooter* ia ki •&#* to m*h*
hia war'by ad esppn.r',
The Southern Tim *, fcdlied*# at iSonf; /aaoxy,
Ala., ia a# *nfergd and imitated patina I id* Trt;-
perauci Timaa, and w ;, l da dm*att*t ca*da*tad dy
Dr. A. L'paaonb, W. IP. U-Uiftad, ##d H- C. Huffi&nd.
It ia their intaniiou to aaak* Ido I'm** ♦•family p*p*r
of high grade, p lap* and to t’s* litaxarf *•*,'! oft#*
Southar# peopl#. Th* Mitora wa fdlif *%*al to td*
work they have uudart Aen. Dr. L'pE*ib da* the
reputation of bvir'j a#* of tde ripaet tjhdi pjroJdand
aet thinkers, and meal gaautl compaaieaa in th# So*td. 1
Mr. Hilliard is the asm of tda Hon. H. W, Hilliard*
and if he inherits the ft#* parts of his ditthmuished
father, he will prove a valuable acquisition to the **wa
papers press. Mr. Hollifield i* an energeti* huaiaw?
man and hr*< had roach exparienoe in elilmrial dutirw
They have undertaken a Heroallra trsk. We hope
their success will b* equal to their cuaxita.
-nsaaaa
Ex-G*vernor Washburn, es Mrsa., baa been
appointed lecturer in th* Law Sehoel at Harvard, to
: supply the vacancy ocasioned by the rejection of J udge
! Luring.
GF* The Hon. J. C. Breoksnridgo, cf Ky., deeliaes
a re-election to Congress.
Strike of Factory Operators at Manchester.
Maschsster, N. 11., March 21.
A large number of faotory operators are on a strike
here’’ owiug to a obauge of the hoars of labor iu the
mills. A procession with musie passed tbroagh the
streets last evening. Ths motto of tbs operatives is tba
“Ten hour system,” though they manifest a desire
to work eleven hours.
New Temperance Law of Massachusetts.
Boston’, Marob 21.
The new temperance law, which imposes imprison
ment for th* first tonvictioo, passed to a third reading
iu the House to day, by a vote of yeas 285 ; nay# 42
Thirteen Boston members voted nay, sixteen yea, aau
fifteen were absent. It has already passed the Se
as te.
Democratic Mominatione—dominations for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, As., in Shod# Islands*
PaoviDßNCi, March 21.
The following nominatioss were mad* this evenieg
by the Demoeratie convention :
For Governor, Americas V. Potter, of Providence;
for Lieutenant Governor, Nicholas Browe, of War
wick ; fur Secretary of State, Asa Potter, of South
Kingston ; for Attorney Gsaeral, Walter S. Burges es
Cr-aneton ; for State Treasurer Nathan Hammett, of
Newport ; for Representative* to Congress, Eastern
district—Thomas Davis of North Providence; Western
district—Besj. B. Tbarsuu es Boykin tea.
A Slander Refuted.
We ars permitted to publish the following letter in refu- !
ttioo of the slander that Rev.jfThomas C. Benninghad;
turned Morman. It was addressed to a relative io this
city: +
New Yobs, March 21, 1855.
Dear Sir:—! received to day, from a friend in Georgia,
several notices, cut from Georgia papers, saying 1 bad join*
cdthe Mormons! I regret that any mao should be so de
graded as to put iu circulation such unmitigated and base
falsehood! But I have long known that there are men in
Georgia, who > ‘wear the livery of Heaven” the better “to
serve the Devil in,” and who arc capable of putting forth
auy slanders against me, however unfounded and base.
1 care very little for it as regards myself--but ray family
are the sufferers; and what few friend# I have in Georgia
suffer also.
You are authorized to say the report is utterly and en**
tirely false-, that I am still a regular minister of “the Gon
gregauonal Medodist Churchlia New York,” of good
standing, having been Moderator of the last Association of
said church.
As to the slanderer, and his aids in retailing it, I freely for
give them, and wish them more honest and honorable em
ployment. Yours, very truly,
THOMAS C. BENNING.
The Baltimore Metfccdiet Conference—Action on the
Slavery Question.
The Baltimore conference es the Methodist Episoopal
church adjourned on Wednesday last. Before adjourn
ing, the fellowing important business was transacted —we
quote from the published report :
“Bishop Waugh then auuouaced communications Irani
the North Ohio and Wisconsin aoufersnees, imbodying a
series of resolutions iu relation to the slavery question.
“Rev. John A. Collin# speke in favor of postponing
actios en the papers until the next conference, in order to
give a naora decided and weighty expression of opinion
iu relation te the sentiments contained ip the resolutions.
* “Revs. Henry Slicer and George iiildt advocated im
mediate action : whereupon the reading of the resolutions
was called for, when the oeoferenca decided by a vote of
121 te 145 not ta have them read.
“Rev. Aquilfe A- Roeae eslled for the previous ques
tion, viz ; to postpone setion on the paper, <fco.
“The body then proceeded ta vote, and by a vote of
118 te 112 refestri to postpone its cation.
“Rov. Henry Kiiesr then moved to nonconcur.
“Pending this, however, he offered a motion to have
the communications read : which prevailed, and the pa
per of the Wisconsin conference was first read.
“It propoesa substantially to prohibit, on the part of the
membership and preacher#, ‘the baying, selling, or hold
ing human beings as sisvc.3.’
“The motion to noa-eoncur was then put *, but the
secretaries disagreeing ca to the number of members vo
ting, Rev. Themes Sewell celled for a vote by tellers,
whicb was proceeded with, esd 200 members voted for
the motion, being u unanimous vote.
“The resolutions emanating from the North Ohio con
ference were then rasd, zad a vets by tellers gave 199
votes in favor of noa-conearring, and none against it.
“They prohibit tho buying of laso, fcomeu, end chil
dren with an iutention ta ousbvc them, and require tho
emancipation of cfovui wh-ia it cab Its accomplished vrith
oct injary to them.
“Rav. John A. Collies moved that any members of
the ocaf rsneo e*. present in tho city who hzd Eot voted
en th;. slavery question: sea permitted to reooru their
votes before th*> conference adjourns.”
A unanimous vat’s esjai*i tlic &ioptio of these anti
slavery rc.ooliititi.vj is t*. this time o gratifying ciroum
staaco to notice, end tke.t gr@tifio*io l > considerably
heightened by the fact that a portion of Eastern
Pennsylvania is witbLa the jorbdi-tie* of tho Baltimore
confer sacs.
La Grange College, Florence, Ala.
The patronizing Tennessee, Memphis,
and Alabama, aoucurred in the proposition to remove this
invitation frost La Grange, Fraklia county, AL., to
Florence, the former pLe# bring isolated, which had xtl.
ways praxes* and sue*#*. The Institution at Florence
opened with fine prolate. But portioa of the Board
of Trwnaos, probably resident a* La Ore-age, have elected
a Fecnltf, from thi Ciussbarlaad Presbyterian Church,
and ***** determined to try to divert some of the Collego
f—4> from the uhsurh to which it belongs 1 Rather a
Dovai os*. Tbts*. thing* w* learn from the “Nashville
CbriatAu Atfccsftha”
College in K*:*2*. —Report r-jr* that tbo Hon. Ab
bott Im&ma&it, ot floods*, i* £oi£ ia erect a collie at
I LftChMtee &*<**&, i taaa^ri£.
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SiA Lzzzt&Lx*; gspdition,
inarch 23,1855.
Lieuissutiu J. Hsrteivfei, of t&a United C latest Navy,
Jc&a 00 {As .:jt isfyh stsaaace Msma, hez head op.
JpßwMd Uz nos* AnAo mmUi eejuduioa. *
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TBank.
S&trch 22,1835.
1 Prior, of <3eeUUA, % Covington, to
dM, t’tel c* tkd gfor stock iu the
Ksstarttf Truss ?UsA, were* not liable for the
f ymt ut thee* Stoico* it w fes dv>wn that they
cojAkiwead ta datrnnd the casblie. Vbim Aaeiaioa rsJuoev
: ths mm* *7 the hank aayrfy $700,99#.
The Wswthet aomutatei cold.
meg) c*<
From Tampie#.
&AI.TIMQRJ3, March 22,1855.
From Tampico the dates are to the 7th inst., when all
was quiet. The yew Governor General, Vega, was
making a a>nr through the nor then portion of the depart
ment.
The Canadian Militia Bill.
Quebec, Maroh 22, 1855.
The second reading of the Militia bill was carried in tho
Assembly this morning, at one o’eloek, after a debate
lasting altogether fourteen hour#, by a vote of 74 against
25—the minority being composed ia part of avowed an
nexationist*.
Later From California.
Nsw York, Marob 24. 1
The steamship Geo?ge"Law, with advices from San
Fruueiseo, to the lat inst., has arrived, at New York.—
She brings 318,000 dollar# in gold. Amoug her passen
gers is Col. Fremont.
The House us Messrs. Wells & Fargo has resumed pay
ment. Maasra. Adame. A Cos., have filed a petition of
iusoivesey showing in their schedule SIOO,OOO io their
favor. Robinson & Cos., was a clear failure.
Suicide of Col. McQiung.
New Orleans, March 24.
Col. McCiuag, the well known duelist, committed sui
cide at Jacksou, Mies., on Saturday.
It will be remembered that Cos!. MeClung, served un
der Gea. Taylor duriug the Mexican war. and at the tak*
iag of Monterey grstaiiy distinguished hitnsdf. During
the bailie he received a #eveii.- w<>urni.
Col. Benjamin C. Yaucey is suaoanced in the Corea
River Argus as a candidate for State Senator from Chero
kee county, Alabama, ot the ensuing election.
The l Central American Expedition — Col. Kinney
Read Out of the Party. —Tiler* is trouble in the camp
iof the Central American liberators Tha secretary of the
company anuoun ee in the advert!# ng columns of the
Herald that “a’l power and authority heretofore conferred
on Col. H. L. Kinney has been revoked.” The secretary
further saj# that there •*# no fa lure ort the pert of the
e. mpaay to comply with tie con'rae? with Col. Kirmev.
Whai‘# the muter ?
The u*x ! Foreign Neteo. —The Atlanta i# the -teamrr
a w due. Her day o* sail og w&a the 10th inst., anion
tho 10th, she has been out She had rived
at New York on Saturday afternoon, which is rhe date
of our !#t despatch from thm city. Our Cotu b t cor..
respondent iniurms us that the Northern line i* down ;
again. This s almost univ*really tjj ya%e whenever im
ietylSigase* j# expected.
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Mobile Races.
’ Bascomb Course. — Thursday , March 22,1835 —Jockey
Club Purse —Two mile beats—s4Go.
Mr. A. M. Sprague’s (Capt. J. W. Miner’s) ch. c.
Leßoi, by Belshazzar, out of Veracity, by Pacific,
3 years 01d... .i ‘••„•••• 1 1
Mr. H. H. Olivers ch. g. by Margrave out ot Odd
Stocking, 3 years old (withdrawn) 120
Mrj*W. L. Nunoalee’s c. c. Frank Waters, by Mar
grave, dam Maria Black, 3 years old.. 3 dis.
Time, 3:18-3:48.
Saturday, March 24. Jockey Club Puree S6O0 —Three
Mile Heats.
Col. T. B.'Goldsby’s br. c. Brewn Dick, by Mar
grave, dam Fanny King, 3 y. 1 1
•Col. John Campbell’s br. m. Mary Taylor, by Sove
reign, dam Clara Howard, 5 y. o 2 2
Mr. A. J. Minot's ch. c. Sam Letcher, by Wagner,
dam Medoc,3 y. 33
Time, 5:49*. 5:56*.
Death of Hon. James L . Rhett. —The Charleston
papers announce the death of this gentleman, which oc
curred in that city on Thursday 22d. Mr. Rhett was in
tbe fifty-eighth year of his age. The Mercury states
that Mr. Rhett has long tilled an honorable place in that
community. During bis many years service in the State
Senate, he was among the most patriotic, faithful and in
fluential men of that body. Asa member of the Bar he
held a high rank, both lor his ability and lair dealing.—
He was, in his profession, aa in his private life, a gentle
man. But his b it and most shining qualities appeared
in sooial life. Never was there a more genial man, or
one who had a better faculty of diffusing the warmth and
light of a cheerful nature over the circle of bis friends.
War Transferred to Poland. —lt has been suggested
and extensively credited, that §materisl change is to take
place in the plans of the European belligerants for the
ensuing campaign. There being little hope that any de
cisive blow can be struck in the Crimea, the war will be
transferred to the Polish frontier. It is said that all the
talk about the Emperor Napoleon’s visit to Sebastopol is
a mere ruse to divert attention—that his real thoughts
are directed to a different field, and that the coming
spring will re-open with the withdrawal of the allied for
tes from the 6eige and their concentration on the western
Russian frontier, should not peace be made before.
Ship from Savannah Lost. —We regret to learn at
the office of Mr. E. A. Soullard, consignee that the Br.
ship Infanta, of St. John, Calhoun, master, cleared from
this port for Cork, on the 9th es February, with a cargo
of 500,000 feet of timber, is lost. The captain and crew
arrived in Charleston yesterday, in the ship Harkaway.
from Liverpool. Vessel and cargo fully insured in New
York and St. John, N. B. No further particulars are
given in the dispatch which made the announcement. —
Sav. Georgian.
A Snake Breaking a Man's Ribs.—A most heartrend
ing transaction occurred at Madison, Ind., on Tuesday
last, to a gentlemen named McDonald. He was admir
ing a beautiful collection of every description of reptiles ©n
exhibition there. He foolishly attempted to handle a large
snake, when said snake coiled around hie body, and, with
his entire strength succeeded breaking three of Mr.
McDonald’s ribs.
It has been mentioned, as a proof of the sincerity and
amity subsisting between the courts of Vienna and Paris,
that the request of the Emperor of the French to have the
mortal remains of hia relative, the Duke of Roichstadt,
transferred to Paris, was immediately acceded to by the
Emperor Francis Joseph.
Snoto and Frost. —At daylight on Thursday morning
the ground was covered iu this city with snow, which
commenced falling a little altar midnight. Yesterday
morning there was a slight frost. The day was clear,
bright and pleasant, and propitious for vegetation.
The Dalton Times, mentions a heavy fall of snow at
that place on last Sunday morning, succeeded by white
frosts the next two mornings. Stern winter seems reluc
tant to relax her hold. —Augusta Constitutionalist 24 th.
A ear load of cottoa near Peters Mill on the Georgia
track was set on fire about 2 o’clock P. M. on Saturday
lest, perhaps by a spark from the engine, and the lager
part of it cftQsumed or seriously damaged. —Atlanta In
telligencer, 2 6th.
Mr. Charles B. Knowles, nephew of Sheridan Knowles,
has been gazetted to an ensigney, without purchase, in the
77th foot.
Thß University of Edinburgh is hoping to induce Profes
sor Agaseiz to accept its vacant chair of natural history.
Mr. Wm. Mitchel, & brother of John Mitchel, has in
vantad a typs setting machine. It has already had a fair
trial, &ud succeed in printing a book at about ha If the ordi
nary coat of composition, it was employed to print the
new octavo volume of George Bancroft, the historian, an
nounced by Harper and Brothers. An extensive printer is
eo satisfied with the manner in which the machine works
that ha has ordered five of them for his establishment.—
One es them will be sent to the Paris exhibition.
Lifts to Law Students.
Question. What is the difference between a fine and a
recovery ?
Answer. A fine is for getting drunk ; a recovery is the
feeling you come to experience when you find jreurself in a
station house.
Q. What animals come under the description of
‘‘Game V’
A. Timid witnesses, and female defendants.
Q. When is it necessary to commence a fresh suit 2
A. When the other has become too ventilating or seedy.
Q. What is a release 2
A. To exchange the society of your ugly aunt lor that of
your beautiful cousin.
Q. What is a clerical error 2
A. Preaching a three hours’ sermon.
Q. What is the settlement of a conveyance t
A. When an omnibus smashes a small carriage.
Q. What are breeches of trust 2
A. Trowsers procured on tick.
Q. What are incumbrances ?
A. Poor relations.
Q. What ia a mortgage in possession ?
. A. An uncle.
Q. Mention some of the principal law books which you
have studied 2
A. Hoyle’s law of Whist, CribbagC, d&c., &c.
Q. What are original writs ?
A. Pot hooks and hangers.
! Q. What steps*would you take to dissolve an injunction 2
| A. I should put it into some very hot water, and let it
| ramain there until it was melted.
Q. What is on original Bill ?
A. Don’t know, but think Shakspeare is the most origi
nal Bill on record. That will do this lesson.
Bank Bobbery—Unparalleled Audacity.
The Branch of the Bank of the State of Georgia in this
place, says the Wilkes Republican 23d inst., was entered
through the front door, opening on the Public Square, he
tweea seven and eight o’clock Wednesday morning last, and
robbed of fifteen thousand two hundred and twenty-five
dollars ia bills, all of which are payable in this place. The
Teller had just been in the room and removed the till from
the vault to its usual place in the counter preparatory to the
day’s business, and retired to breakfast, locking the side
door leading into the passage, after him, and euppo*ing the
front door secure.as'it had been locked the evening previous.
A negro boy whose business it is to sweep out the banking
room eveiy morning while the Teller is present, has been
arrested, and confesses, that by agreement with a white
man, the night before, he secretly turned the key in the front
door while sweeping. The robber, ali this white, was se
creted in the privy st the corner of the budding, and but a
tew steps from the door. As soon as the bell raug for
bieakiast he emerged from his hiding place, entered the
budding, secured his booty, and effected his escape unseen.
The robbery was discovered a iiitie over an hour alter it
oceured, vet all attempts to track the vidian failed. We
doubt if the annals of crime famish a more darino ad
venture.
John Mitchell, Esq.
.1 bn Mitchell, known as the Irish patriot, reached our
city last week, and took rooms at the Coleman House.
He baa a wife and five children, and comes to settle in
lids vicinity permanently, as he informs u>. liis wish i
u purchase a ‘arm, not tar distant from this city. Mr.
Mitchell is a small man, rathe r spare made and is. we
should say, about forty yeats of age He is genteel in
hs di ess, ta-h.r easy in his manners, and, iu she absence
of any inform.vtou on that point, we shook! say he has
ben well raised. Wes.e noth ng in his Lee indicative
of superior talents, and in Ids conversation, he is mild
and prudent, so Ur as our observations wend— Knox
riilt {Term ) R h;g.
[FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.]
TIIE LAMENT.
BY MRS. C. A. t. —OF COLUMBUS.
I’ve seen sae mony changfu’ years
On earth, 1 am a stronger grown,
I wander, in the ways of men,
Alike unknowing and unknown.— Burns.
Old home of my childhood, still tcmdly 1 love thee,
How sweet was the jasemine that shade J thy door;
Oh! when shall I wander again in thy woodland?
Hope murmuring answers, ah, never, no more.
The friends of my youth, ’neath the green earth are sleeping
Their memories are graven deep in my heart’s core,
No more shall their smiles beam a welcome upon me ?
My yearning heart answers, ah! never, no more.
The bloom from my roses, old Time has been stealing,
They wilted and died when their spring-time was o’er;
Will they ever again shed their perfume around me?
The grave, mocking, answers, ah! never, no more,
How often since then, have my eyes ached with weeping,
Bright youth was a dream, broken long years ago;
Shall 1 e’r be again in its rosy light sleeping?
Faint echo breathes sadly, ah! never, no more
Many seasons have passed, since hopes downy pinion,
And joy’s waving plume, have a bright color wore.
Can they ever again find a home in my bosom?
The dim future answers, ah! never, no more.
How I long for a home to be always immortal,
Where the roses of youth in etornity fgrow;
And the sweet bads of hope, never more to bo blighted,
Where, loved ones are parted, ah! never, no more.
From the Savannah Georgian.
TOWN OF SANDERSVILLE IN RUINS.
IMMENSE LOSS OF PROPERTY.
Court House, Post Office, Gentral Georgian Printing
Office, Masonic, Odd Fellows and Knights of Jericho
Lodges, with records, consumed.
Thirty-five Buildings Destroyed,
Sandersville, si, P. M. 21th.
My Dear Punch : —We have just been visited by an aw
ful conflagration. At about one o’clock to-day, a tiro
broke out in the wood shop of Mr. Rentroe, in the Western
edge ol the town. A high wind prevailing from the West.
It thence communicated with the house and carriage shop
of Mr. Itenfroe, thence to the dwellings of Mrs. Skrene,
Maj. Brookins, Mr. Carter, the store of Lazaron & .New- .
nan, the dwelling of Gen. Warthen, the store of Haines &
Bro., the store of Brown & Webster, of Z. Brantley, ot
J. T. Youngblood &, Cos , and the dwelling ot Dr. llanos,
on that side of the street.
It crossed the street near the commencement of the fire,
burning the dwellings es Ainsworth and Capt. Long. The
The Court House was also consumed, together with the
County Recoids, save part of those of the Ordinary and
Inferior Court. Major Brookins, notwithstanding his house
was on fire, saved the greater part ol the Ordinary’s papers
and records.
1 endeavored to save the Records in the Clerk’s office of
the Inferior Court, removing them to our printing office,
thinking that that might escape, but it was consumed with
all our printing materials save some three cases of type. —
Onr office was in the building owned by the three orders,
Ma a ons, Odd Fellows and Knights of Jericho. Not a ves
tige ol their records saved. The tire then communicated
to the dwellings of Mr. Newnan, Mr. Z. Brantlay.and Mr.
T. A. Wicker, consuming everything. On the other side
of the square, the Jail, the Hotel owned by Mr. J. Brantly,
the store of Amesworth A. Siager, Drug Store of Mr.
Kinchlet, all consumed.
On the east side oi the square the store of Mr. Gray, of
Hardie A, Wicker, of Mr. Northington, the dwelling of Mr.
Pouruell, all consumed. Not one dwelling left upon the
square. On the street leaving the town on the north side,
the dwellings of Messrs. Harris, Gen. Jermgan and hi3
son, and the dwelling of Major Bangs, all consumed, to
gether with all the out houses. Very few goods were saved.
Corn, Bacon, and provisions to a large amount were
burnt. Many families, who were possessed of a competence,
have lost all
Ruin, direful and sudden has fallen upon our towD. I
have often remembered with, pleasure, the ready promptness
of the citizens of our town, in responding to a liberal amount
to your city in her hour need
It is impossible to form any estimate of the losses at
this time. The sufferers have not as yet realized the extent
of their own losses. Many must suffer and suffer seriously,
until some lelief is had, other than they can themselves
command. Many are left with but little else than the
clothes they wear. We have not a store of any description
left within the place. It will be sometime, if at all, before
we can issue the “Georgian” again. I hope our exchanges
will continue their favors fora time at feast.
Some insurance on the goods of Sargaron & Newman,
Brown & Webster, J. T. Youngblood &, Cos., and upon
the dwelling of J. A. Wicker, and some others perhaps,
though I do not know particulars. And all 1 believe in our
office. The Insurance Company at Athens—precise name
not recollected Our schools will probably be broken up
for a time at least. Our Academies will be needep to house
the homeless. Such ruin, distress, loss, I have never wit
nessed. The whole wa3 consumed in about two hours. I
believe no lives were lost though some were in imminent
peril.
The house of Dr. Turner was saved by great exertion,
chiefly by the daring and unceasing efforts ot Mr. Tebeau
and Mr. Brady. ‘The houses of Major Brantley, Dr. Wil
liamson, Major Hodges and Mr. Mills, escaped very nar
rowly. Yours in haste,
P. C. PENDLETON.
Tbe Cradle of Calhoun.
As peculiarly interesting to all readers, and for the
purpose of preserving old reminiscences connected with
one whose name must gain increasing renown and signifi
cance with the laspe of coming years, we transfer from
the Abbeville Banner the following sketch of the old
homestead, at which the family of Patrick Calhoun first
resided, and in which John C, Calhoun first saw tho
light:
“The old homestead in which Mr. Calhoun first saw
the light, stands on the eastern edge of the beautiful tract
of country we have just partia’ly described, and which is
known as the Calhoun settlement. The plantation passed
a few’ years ago from the hands of a younger member of
tho family (why w as that ?j to Mr. John White, an intei
ligeDt. merchant of this v.llage.and is now’ occupied by h s
overseer as a negro quarter; other changes, too, and more
impressive, have come over this venerable relic of thj
past.
“The house, an object of interest for its antiquated ar
chitecture alone, was evidently once, fr its c ay, an elegant
mansion, built in the irregular, no style ord- r of the age,
having a spacious central hall, heated by one of those huge
chimneys, now obsolete, whose ample firesid- s were sym
bolical of the patriarchal hospitaliity of the oiden time. It
s situated on the brow of a hi;!, that declines gently to
the eastern bank of a l>-autifu! sream that st 11 bears the
family name ; for like most < f the residences of the pic
net rs. the site was chosen ni‘re for its cot venience to
water than for any other advantage : ami we are not sure
that this utilitarian impulse has itssened serioi sly the in*
trinsic beauty of the situation. A winding ere k, dashing
with an audible murmur over it-- pebbled bed. and hills
that stud its banks with sufficient boldness to elieve the
monotony of a wide expanse of fiat woods, sti • tohing for
miles away from the very verge ot the w< sm— ank, more
than compensate for the absence of qu iiitii fl that a too fas*
dieu* taste would have preferred.
‘‘To our eye, apart from all historic int- r* s , the:e 13
charm in the bold, rugged landscape, uuc< uth style, an!
moss-grown timbers of these venerable homes .ds of the
pioneers. We love to muse in the humid shades of their
monumental oak c , listening to the winds a- tiny whistle
through shattered gables strange rtqui-ms to ti e dead and
I departed customs of other days. The old Red House,
however, on the border of ihe Fiat Woods, is more indebt
ed for the interest it < xnots to its history, than its natural
features. Except a smai! glove of oaks, rrd decayed
Prider of-China, immediately around it, and which seem
struggling to irnpatt a scanty shade to the fiidli g takes bt~
Death them, the surrounding country is a continuous plan
•a! oil. destitute of Iciest, and in many places the worse
f**r li-ving lung since yielded t<> the cotton mil sos Man
hester and Lowed the best portion ? its primitive fertility,
l'here is nothing of the wild or sublime in scenery to oe
f“tind here, tint count ha’ e imparted, according to the po
ets. heroic grandeur to a i fly genius ; mv< rtheiess, in the
silent d< ils of the no ande■•ring ertt-k, a: and the rich verdure
of their evergreen foliage, contemplation found a genial
retreat, and doubtless toe re the i>iqu sitive mini of thefu
mre statesman imbibed much of that defp,cannot thought
fulness that t'lqirfte'.t-m and lam through hit?,