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THE WIRE-GRASS RE^BTER.
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TOTOPAT MOlUgq. MARCH 83, 1866.
■from mad after thfa im of to# Reporter,
Mr pobKeotlon dmja will bo changed from
Tnoadaja la Wednesdaj a.
This change it *d. on account of oor
peculiar mail arrangements, and for tbo ben
efit of onr reader*. yf
m ituitio * gulfTauboad.
TU engineers of this rood bare pitched
their tents within aboot a mile of this piece,
and • najerstand’that this will bo their
bead quarters for some days.
This is cheering to as all, inasmuch as We
lmow that there is no humbug about this
uucnt n Ami.
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Sodsy, and Arthur’s Home Magaaine are
llteady at hand in their spring attire, and
an as stlsaiitirs m srer—to tbs lsdies.
AWVStA MXDIOAI AID IUIBICAL JOBBBAI.
Wa ban recoirsd the last number of this
Journal. Amongst its origins! matter is s
paper by Dr. Campbell of great interest.—
The tone and character of this Journal is
high, and it diways contains articles of later
eat to every educated man. Published at
|3 per year.
maxxoth Ttntnir
*V * to mmmtmmm
Mas. W. Oaady, Esq., baa laid on our ta-
Ua a turnip weighing fire pounds. Ho chal
lenges any body to boat it 1
i. f. HtnnrT
At tbe store of this gentleman may bo
found a lot of fine eigars of various brands,
also otbSr artielos in She grocery line too n
neroua to mention.. Cell and examine for
yourselves.
ns iatabbah mnnw nw
Sean two weeks ago wa missed this paper
item among onr exchanges. How ia this
Hr. Thompson T Was this designed or acci
dental I If tbo former, of course we have
so thing further to say, hut if the latter, we
deairo the mistake to be corrected immediate
ly, as wa priae the News very highly.
•VtlAfil OB THI SSSSI HAILHOAD
We learn through tbe Savannah Rapub-
Scan, that some fiend iu human shape has re
near the tseising of tk Ogeechee Elver.—
Everybody is indignant at such inhuman
eoudoet, but no one seems to think of any
catching the ruffian outside of the
ordinary mode. It occurs to uathat bo ought
be easily detected by keeping a trained dog
etb* ears, and tbe next time he shoots stop
the train and turn loose the dog. Our friend
T. J. Lightfoot of this county has a dog
that would catch the scoundrel and not de
train tbe care fifteen minutes.
THE SOUTHIBH UTWHIX
This paper, like tbe Phoenix trom its ash
es, re-appeared on last Thursday morning, in
aa entire new dress, and we admit that ita
appearance was truly handsome. jg
The American, party, ought to have an or-
this end of tbe District, aod we know
es no.osse more competent to conduct it titan
• Hr. Bryan. Tka party blade which be
wields to new, or rather bee grown brighter
for six monte reat, .and it glitters with his
thrusts on ail sides. Tbe democracy gener
ally gets the firet blew, then Oov. Brown
> end finally Mr. Beward. The attack upon
the democraic party was expected, but the
aaseuK upon Oov. Brown and Mr. Seward
was. not looked for. These gentlemen have
discharged their duties to the entire satisfac
tion, oi these constituents, and to the satisfac
tion of many to whom they are politically
opposed. Let justice be done, friend Lucius,
though the Heaveni fall!
Wa are truly glad that the Enterprise hat
been re-establieed, and hope and believe that
the difference of opinion which exiate between
us. will ever be manifested and argued hi
sack a manner aa to be pleaeent and instruct
fare to both. . ■ -
m UOMIAB ABB ITS COUSSX.
” Not having any taata for polities myself,
lam wot wfikaeniry acquainted with party
drill to knew what ie expected from an oi\
gau) but it ia aaid that tha course of the
Georgian baa not bees satisfactory to the
leaden of the Democratic party here. The
Morning New, although professing neutrali
ty, ia generally regarded aa a Democratic pa
yer, and ia the official paper of onr City
Council, e body unanimously Democratic.”
The above'paragraphia extracted from a
gossipping Utter to tile Bainbridge Argus,
and is a flnny attempt to injure the charac
ter and influence of the Georgian. Upon
what important measure or principle, reeog
tjaed to ha Demoeratie, bee tbe Georgian
mftrod ftom ito party t ‘ Weapprebend that
not one can be”pointed out.
What may be tbe standing of tha Georgi
as with tha Demoeratie party ia Savannah
we know not, bet we do know that it stands
high in the State generally, and especially so
is the first congressional district.
Neither tbe State nor the district will soon
fixget the services of the Georgias ia the
of eat rone of hut year. That it should re
tain the confidence of mry Democrat in Ba
vsnab, where there are to many diversified
lllaaeeta, where the party ia in toe ascended
|m | B( j nnnnlii mnrf *
fy be disappointed, it hardly to be expeeted.
fionmov m tßoiupfiUß.
On.last Saturday night oue of our oitiaens,
and who waa aa axjdaputy sheriff, took the :
Tailakiseea stage ander circumstances that i
led to tbe strong aaapicion that ba waa laav- 1
tag for parts unknown. |
This individual was very considerably in- i
debted personally, and it it said, is a dcfoul
tar se deputy sheriff several thousand dol
lars. As to the truth of this charge however,
we have nothing to say, and it ia but justice
to aay that he lias returned.
On Sabbath morning we wended onr way
to tbo poet office, end found in front of tbe
door qulto § gathering of caimans, among
them our friond Jeff, god greet excitement
prevailing. It seems that Jeff ia one of this
individual's securities epos tho deputy aher-
HTs bond, end aa we walked op lie “ had tbe
floor,” and was delivering himself in full.—
Wa did net have the happiness to hear tbe
whole epeoeh, bat the conclusion was some
what aa follows:
“ Gentlemen I would not be sheriff or dep
i nty sheriff for ton thousand dollar* a yaar,
and I wouldn’t he constable no way you
ooald fix it. No, gentlemen, if I was elect
ed and tbe State waa to try to force a com
mission on me. I would employ tbo heat law
i yere I could find to resist it, and if that
wouldn't do, if I didn't fort myself in and
go to shootin I’ll be d—d. I was constable
i ones, gentlemen,—yea I was certain.
Soma fifteen year* ago, the country was
badly in debt and officers eonld not be bad
who would do their duty ; so they put me up
and elected me without shy trouble.
Well, tho firet case I had was to lery on a
man • horse, belonging to one Harrell, broth
er totihe follow tbe regulators bad bold of
on ilia Florida line—a regular dare-devil.—
Weil I chased him through this branch down
bore, for about -an hour, through thickets,
and briars, and mud and water, and finally
got him and made tbo levy. Well, I came
out, and my foes amounted to 62 J cents and
I had to treat to about five dollars worth of
whiskey to keep out of a fight.
Tbit waa u d—n poor speculation but my
. next case was worse. A man by the name
,of Anderson ran away,and Clabe Carroll got
out an Attachment and took me down to levy
, on his goods and chatties. Well* we went
down and hit wife would not let u* go into
the house, Clabe, says be to me, Jeff, the
smoke-house door is open, go in there and
levy. I went, but hadn't got fairly in, be
fore Mrs. Anderson bounced me.
We bad it croud and round, about and
about, over and under, when my uew hat—
a bran new hat I bad just given six dollars
in cash for, fell off, and she turned me loose
and stamped it until it looked worse than the
coon skinltbe dog shakea in the rircua. 1
seuldn’t Stand this, ao I pitched in again—not
to fight, ‘or I wouldn’t fight a woman, but to
save my bat. She thought 1 was a fighting
though and ao alia pitched iuto me also and
we had it again, round aud round, up and
down, over and undbr, —oh gentlemen', that
was a terrible time—a h—l of a time.
We turned over first, the fat stand, and
then two soap-gourds, and aa I unluckily got
my foot into the soap I fell.
I waa about to squall—she was a strong
woman, gentlemen, a mighty strong woman,
when Clabe come iu to help me. Site let
me go and picked up an old ovemlid, and
took him co-flop right in the bread-basket
and down he went. The womau thought
the had killed him, and than of course abe
1 got to be a woman again. Sho cried and
took on powerful, end the end of tbe whole
1 matter was that I paid the debt for her my
self. I come straight home and resigned
1 my constableship, and now, gentlemen, I tell
you all, if I don't resign standing security
1 on sheriff's bonds, I’ll bo d—d.”
1 If tbe ultra moraliat should find fanlt with
1 the above speech on account of the exple
tives used, tho excuse ia that they are neces
sary to “ vindicate the truth of history.”
If those jvbo know our friend Jeff, should
’ think that they are not thick enough, they
will please let their Imaginatious supply
’ omissions.
t
) ITHAHOX CO-9CIDSBCX.
1 Soma time ago, we mentioned the tact that
a green and flourishing pine tree, against
which a gentleman was thrown aud killed,
immediately after withered and died. This
i waa an exceedingly strange eiaeumatance to
r us, end the little piece waa re-published in
• many of tha papers of tbe Btate.
’ In looking over our exchanges, out eye
| fell an tbe slip to be found below, containing
. facta of a similar nature, and’equally if not
more grange ha thoir character :
A Singula# Coincidknck. —We visited
a few days since, a spot somewhat memora
. ble aa having been the sceno of a duel be
tween two of Kentucky’s chivalrous son#.—
Tbe position ot tho duelists, about eight pa
ces, waa marked by two trees, one of winch
bean the initials of one of the parties entire
same cut into the bark, the other bears only
the initial of the last name of the other par
ty. Tbe tree under which tbe party stood
who was killed is dead, having as we are in
formed, gradually decayed from the time.—
The other tree ia singularly typical of the
condition of the surviving party, who is ndw
an inmate of the lunatic asylum, standing, aa
it does, with tbe lower branches full of life
and verdure, while ita top ia dead and leaf-;
last Strange thoughts crowded our mindi
aa we stood and gated upon the unfortunate
witnesses to an unfortunate deed. — George
town fD. C.J Journal.
Thenar* mere strangethingi in nature
than are dreampt of in or phiiosopy.
to ~ ~ ■, , - -■ --
The man who was “aaoved te teArs” com
plains of dampness of tbe premise#, aqd wish
es te taove hack again.
*9 TAX PATCH.
Mr. Ewtou :—For the benefit of Tux
Payers, I furnish you below, for publication,
an abstract from tbe Comptroller General’s
letter of instruction. The opinion therein
given baa been concurred in by good legel
authority. It ie then obligatory on mo to
utrictly oboerve it in tho discharge of my offi
cial duties. Ton will then confer a favor both
on myself sod tho Tax Payors of oor county
by giving it A publication in your paper.
Your* respectfully,
E. L. Anderson, 8.T.R.T.0.
I have been naked, if, under tbe present
Tex Act, one person can swear for and give
in the property, Ac, of another person f My
reply ia, that aa the lew now stands, I do not
think any one can legally awaar for another
nnleae be waa bona fide, and in tact an Ageut
on the Ist of April, or unless he ia in fact an
Agent, or controls the property es the time
of giving it in. That is to aay, I do not think
tbe law allows persons to give in by proxy.
A Tax Payer, however, can go before some
proper peraon, authorixed to administer an
oath, and ba can there make out bia schedule
and take the tax oath, and when be does
this and sends you tbe achdule and oath to
rether you can enter the samo, just aaifhe
gave in to you in person. But I don’t think
the law authorises any other mode of giving
iu by proxy.
Very respectfully your ob,t servant.
Petkrson Thwkatt, Comp. Gen’l.
THE SOUTHXBK COXKEBCIAL OOBVXHTIOX.
P. D. Page, Secretary for the State of Al
abama.of the last southern Commercial Con
vention, publishes a card, in which he state*
that tbe Convention is to assemble at Mont
gomery on the Becond, instead of the first
Mondsy in May next. ,
ESTATES DUHIHG WIDOWHOOD.
The Macon Telegraph thus refers to a de
cision made by the Supremo Court, lately in
session in that eity.
“A case of some interest to the ladies was
decided on Friday morning last. Savage, of
Dougherty county, diod, leaving a will which
devised his property to his wife, but iu the
event of her marriage to go to bis children
thus cutting off the wife without a shilling.—
Gen. Morgan’ the counsel for the widow’ ar
gued the case with great ability, and conten
ded that this provision in the will being in
restraint of ro> fringe, wasdWraty to the pol
icy of our law, and illegal, but the Court held
tliat a man had a right to leave his property
to hia wife during her widowhood, and cut
her off if she married—and that the Savage
will was legal.
KPOBTANT TO 088 LAST HEADERS.
It in *tn(ed by the mediate* of the forth
coming new bonnet*, that the decided new
feature is a point in the middle of the front,
slightly drooping toward* the forehead—not
raised, as last season. The inside ruche no
longer extends all round the face, but ap
pears only at the side*, making amends, by
greater fullness, for it* diminished length.—
The trimmings across the top of the bonnet
have also disappeared.
The Tampa, Fla., Peninsular says, on the
orening of the 10 ult.a warrior of Bowlegs’
party and a negro, approached the station oc
cupied by tbe friendly Indians, and were es
corted into camp, and remained several days
and then went out to induce others of the
tribe to come in. On the 27th Bowlegs,
and three others of the principle Indiaus had
a talk with Maj. Jlkctor, and he is confident
of being able to induce them to emigrate.
Under all the circninstances, says thcsrfme
paper, we feel sanguine that the “Florida
war” will soon be terminated by the peace
ful removal of the Seminole* to the West.
THE WEBKIT SOUTH.”
At the instance of many persons in differ
ent parts of the country, I have resolved to
issue a Weekly edition op the South.
I This edition will cnhtaiu the chief Editori
al and Literary artielca of the Daily Paper,
besides a variety of news and communica
tion*.
The Weekly South will be sent to a sin
gle subscriber for one year on the pre-pay
ment of S3, but clubs, of three or more, will
be furnsihed at the follow ing rates;-’
~ # For three copies.. 1...... .$5 00
• five “ 7 00’
“ too “ ...10 00
In every case the money must accompany
the order.
The first number of the Weekly Sonth
will be issued in a few days. Persons wish
ing a complete file must send tlieir names im
mediately.
mar x ROGER A. PRYOR.
* FXBFICTLT COOL.
A waggish friend of our's tell* the follow
ing whimi we do not remember to have aeon
in print:
. A certain man, whom we will call M
. was noted for possessing great courage and
presence of mind, and the grossest wife in
the neighborhood.
More than one attempt had been made to
frighten M without success; but one
dark, stormy evening, oneof his brother chips,
resolved to see if there was any scare in him
fixed himaelf up in the moat ghostly style pos
sible, and stationed himself In a lonely piece
of wood through which M bad to pass
on hia way hone.
The pretended jjhost bed hardly settled
himaelf in the position when M— —— hove
in sight and came whistling unconcerned as
usual. Suddenly the ghostly figure confront
ed him, and in a sepulchral voice commanded
him to stop.—M——- did so, and after re
garding his companion for n moment, said,
with the uttermost coolness:
“I can't atop, friend; if you ‘ are n man, I
must request you to get out of the way and
let me pass; if yon are the devil, come
along and take supper with me— I married
your litter'’
Senator Toomba has received letters, sign
ed by thousands of merchant* from the Nor
thern and middle States, urging the early
pacaage of the bankrupt bill. The feeling
among the committee is favorable to inclu
ding all banka, and thus indirectly regula
ting the currency of the country.
II 9B EOT TO 11 r - -
The aefprs of California give accounts of
an uuasMufiiumber of suicides in that State,
within a sow weeks preceding tbe departure
of the last mail. The thatof
Adolphe F. Brands, a native of Norfolk, Va.,
aged about thirty-two years, a bookkeeper in
e mercantile house in San Frauciaco. Hie
strict attention to business bad secured him
tbe confidence of hia employers; but belay
et last into habits of dissipation and luxuri
ous living, and, to support them, overdrew
his account to the amount ot 81,900, conceal
ing the fraud by false entries. This waa
soon discovered; and, though no public ex
posure bad taken place or was intended, he.
deliberately destroyed himself by taking
strychnine. Then followed, day after day,
in quick succession, a doxeu other like at
tempts at self-destruction, of which six prov
ed fatal.
The San Francisco Herald, in commenting
on this remarkable occurrence of suicides,
expresses the opinion that they have beau
caused, in a great measure, by tbe force of
an infectious example ; the publication of tbe
minute details of Bracda'a suicide having
suggested to others the same course, even in
cases where there had been- previously no
such inteution, just as the published accounts
of great crime* against others have been ot-.
ten known to cause tbe immediate perpetra
tion of like crimes.
History gives many instances of the pre
valence at times, of such suicidal or criminal
infection or contagion. A mania tor suicide
once pervaded the army of Frederick tbe
Great of Prussia. Believing tbe fear of shame
greater than the fear of death, he caused tbe
body of au officer ot high rank, who had com
mitted suicide, to be buried in a cross road,
with a stake driven through it, on which
were iscribcd the Words, “ Paltroon and sui
cide,” and declared hia intention to punith in
this manner, every suicide. The mania eeas
ed immediately. Iu like manner, Napoleon
the First, checked a similar mania among tbe
women of a town in bis possession, by order
ing tbe bodies of all suicides to be publicly
exposed naked.
The influence of example on morbid minds
is shown by the following case, recorded by
Sir Charles Bell, tbe eminent English sur
geon: • J ) -
“ One es the surgeons qf the Middlesex
Hospital was in the habit of going every
morning to be shaved by n barber in tJie
neighborhood, who was known to be steady,
industrious man. One morning a conversa
tion arose about an attempt at suicide that
bad lately occurred,when the surgeon remark
ed that the man did not cut his throat iu the
right place. Tbe barber then casually in-’
quired where the cut should have beau made
aud the surgeon pointed to the situation of
the carotid artery. A few minutes after
wards the surgeon was alaimed by hearing a
noise at the back of the shop, and on rushing
to the spot found that the barber had cut his
own throat with the razor lie had been shav
. . ... i a.
ing hitn with. He speedily died.”
Some time since a man in New Hampshire
threw himself from the top of a high preci
pice and war killed. The newspapers gave a
minute accouut of the occurrence, and a par
ty of ladies and gentlemen, moved by curi- j
osity, visited the spot. While looking from
the height, one of®the party exclaimed: “I j
would really like, were it possible without
certain deatii, to experience the sensations of
a suicide, while falling from this cliffand I
before he could bo prevented, be threw him- |
self down headlong.
Dr. Fsquirol, to show the bad effect of the
publicity of the details of crime, relates, that:
“ a female who cut off the head of a neigh
bor's child was brought to judgment. On
the trial, all the minor details were made
public, and were fery much talked of. The
consequence was, that it produced, in imita
tion. a great number of homicidal attempts.”
Numerous instances of this kind might bo
given, to show that crime, whether against
others or against one’s self, appeals powerful
ly to the imitative instinct of mankind. So
truo is this, that it may well be believed that
the suppression of the detailed narratives of
crime that now occupy so large a space in
public papers would remove a serious hin
drance to the moral improvement of the peo
ple.
The California suicides naturally suggest
many reflections on the sin and folly of thus
ending life; but we trust our readers need
no argument to conviuce them that it is bet
ter for us to *
•* boar those evil* wo have,
Than fly to other* that we know not of.”
If they wish to make a philosophical and re
ligious examination of the subject, they will
find the universal sentiment of the Christian
world against suicide ably maintained by Pa
ley, Watts, and Clarke; while, among those
who contond for the iunocence and even the
merit of suicide in some cases, may be found
the Revs. Dr. Donne and Henry Dodworth,
of the English Church ; Madame de Stael,
in her “ Reflexions sur le Suicide aud Ci
cero, Seneca, and rnauy othdf philosophers of
the ancient world.
Setting aside as not strictly falling within
the definition of suicide what madarne de
Stael terms “ suicide of duty and devotion ”
—such as seeking certain demth in battle to
to secure the victory of one’s country, or dy
ing a martyr’s death rather than renounce a
religious belief—the chief motives to
are grief and fear of qhame. He who volun
tarily resigns life when overcome with sorrow
shows that he is wanting in that fortitude
which ennobles by teaching us “to suffer and
be strong ” Besides it is selfish (0 destroy
our ability to help others, merely to avoid in
dividual unhappiness. Religion dictates to
live more sot others than for ourselves ; and
he is recreant to his trust on earth wholde
serts his duties, defrauds others of their just
claims upon him, and brings on them loss, af
fliction, and shame, for the sake of escaping
temporary grief. He who dreads shape in
life should reflect on the greater shame of
cowardly death, not only to himself, but to
the innocent connected with him.
Madame de Stael thinks it is not cowardly
to die by one* own hand; for this, she thinks,
is to wholly overcome the fear of death. On
the contrary, it is fear that causes man to
seek death, as a refuge against the ills of life,
which he soars even more than the King of
Terrors, else surely he would not seek him.
We agree with the poet, that
- “Whe* *0 *•* Wsadtskmeats es life are gone,
Tn* coward shrinks to death, the brave live oe.”
It is only the brave who can walk boldly
on through the battle of lHe, struggling man
fully with its caret, until death is swallowed
up in victory.
%ome seek death, because they feel that
they are a useless burden to the world un ’
profitable drone#, that do no good to man
kind. and bad better lhy down their weary
load, that bo man care# to see them bear.—
Such a feeling djaprovea itself; for a consci
ence ao tender cannot fail to exert a useful
influence, if only by tbe force of good exam
ple. in this eelfish world, where men are far
more apt to think themselves poorly reward- (
ed tor their labor#, than to believe themselves
without amission on earth, aaid deserving
nothing trom mankinl. The great Milton,
in his blindness, and seeming uselessness,
yet sustained always by a reliance ou the
just Providence of God, taught that there is
no condition in life without ita usefulness,
either active or passive ; and, while deplor-i
ing hia state, that debarred him from the ac- j
tive service of God, and wliiie longing to 1
emulate th*e active rtrinisters of His will, he
uttered the grc&t lesson, •
“ They also serve who only stand and. wait
and ao believing, he was content to take up |
his burden of life again, and perform, ns bei-t ■
be could, the duty imposed on biin by his I
“ great Taskmasterand well did he fulfil j
that passive duty. |
Let him whom grief, or shame, or humility ;
tempts to Voluntary death, learn, then, to live
for others, if not for himself, and thus truly i
for himself, and for tbe future, if not for the
present.
FLOEIDA.
Thirty-seven years ago to-day, the United
States ratified the cessation of Florida to this
country by Spain. It was sir named from ,
its gorgeous vegetation. Ponce tie Leon, the j
navigator, though lie had found the lost Par- i
adise. Here the Laurel and Magnolia rise a
hundred feet, milk-white flowers, a foot in di
ameter, are bfown like globes of snow.—
Here are eight varieties of oak, including the
live oak for ships. The Cypress throws up
a Btem to the height of 80 or 90 feet, and then
spreads out into a fiat horixontal top. and looks
iu the distance like a green canopy hung up
in the air. Orange groves and olives, and
rich flowering shrubs cover the landscape,—
Winter never comes. Yet Florida is a slave
’ State. —Jamestown (iV. Y. ) Journal 9th
ult.
Tiue, every word true. And we presume
our northern cotemporary don’t mean to in
sinuate that because Florida is a £lare State
she is any the worse for it. If so lie is might
ily mistaken. Slavery is what keeps soul
and body together in this sunny clime.—
Without it we. would be left to starve, else
migrate to the editor’s own icy regions. If
he don’t believe it let him come down hero
I And try it a twelve month or so, and-we’ll
guarantee that his notions will undergo a rad
ical change. Sfavery will go and exist where
it can successfully compete with Free Labor
—and if it can’t do it in this latitude we
would tike to know where it can. — Jackson
ville Rep.
’
BENATOB IVEBSOH.
AYe met to-day a gctleman recently from
i the City of Washington, who saw this distin
guished Senator and conversed with him uponj
our Kansas relations, arid the duty of tlm j
Soutli in connection therewith. We are grati
’ fled with the intelligence derived from this
| source, tßat~he is determined to uphold and
defend the rights and honor of the Soutli;
against all odds and every hazard. Ilis po- j
aition thus reported did not strike us, nor.
will it afreet our rendersijwith surprise. We |
have not forgotten how nobly lie. Imre himself j
in the memorable contest of 1850, and with j
i what zeal and energy he lent the vigor of his
arm in defence of Southern honor. We shall
doubtless hear from him at an early day more
directly and explicitly.— Tunes <s• Sentinel.
THE CAMELS AT LOS AHGELES.
Los Angei.es, Jan. 21, 1858.
Lieutenant Beale and about fourteen cam
els stalked into town last Friday week and
gave our streets quite an oriental aspect. It
looks odd enough to sec—outside of a men
■ acetic —a herd of these huge, awkward, but
docile animals move aboiit in our midst, with
, people riding them like hordes, and brings up
. wierd aud far-off associations to the Eastern
traveller (whether by book or otherwise) of
. the lands of the moßque, crescent or turban,
, of the pilgrim, mufti and dervish, with vis
[ ions of the great shrines of the world, Mcc
, ca and Jerusalem, and the toiling throngs
that have for centuries wended thither, of
the burning sands ’of Arabia and Sahara,
where the desert is boundless like tho ocean,
-and the came) the “ ship” thereof.
’ These camels under Lieutenant Beale are
1 all grown and serviceable, and most of them
1 are well broken to the saddle and are very
gen'le. All belong to one hump species ex
-1 cept one, which is a cross betw.eeu the one
1 and two humped kinds. This fellow is
mncli larger and more powerful titan either
stre or dam. He is a grizzly looking hybrid,
’ a camel-mule of colossal proportions. These
) animals are admirably adapted to the travel
across our continent, and their iatfodiietion
by our Government was a brilliant idea, the
i result of which is beginning most happily,
1 At first Lieutenant Boale thought that the
animals were going to fail; they appeared
1 likely to give out—their backs got sore; but
he resolved to know whether they would do
■ or not. He loaded them heavily with pro
i visions, which they soon were able to carry
with ease, and thence came throtigh to Fort
Tejon, living themselves ou bushes, prickly
pears, and whatever they could pick up on
the route. They went without water from
six to ten days, and even packed it a long
distance for tbe mules when crossing deser?:<.
They were found capable of packing one;,
thousand pounds weight a piece, aud travel
ing with their load from thirty te forty taiks
per day,, all the while finding their own feed
over an almost barren country. Their dri
vers say that they will get fat where a jack
would starve to death. The “ mule,” as they
call him, or cross between the camel and
dromedary, will pack 2,200 pounds.
The animals are now on their return to
the Colorado River fur the pnrpose of cany
ing provisions for Lieutcnaut Beale and the
military escort, who, it ia conjectured, will
penetrate from thence as far aa possible in
to the Mormon country. Afterward Lieu
tenant Beale will return by the new wagou
route that be has lately surveyed, to verify I
it; and so on to Washington. He ia expect
ed to reach tho capitol before the first of
Marekrta order to lay the report before Chn
,
Ignorance and conceit are-two of the worst
qßautiea to combat. It is easier to dispute
with a statesman than a blockhead. I
Smnmaru of fttfos.
OOimUCATIMta BT THE SEBATE.
WAHi!aTON, March 12.—R. P.
District Attorney, North Carolina; C. C.
Lounge, District Attorney, Northern Di*.
trict m Florida ; J. L. Tatem, District At
torney, Southern district of Florida.
HE TIKE ILENT OFOEJT CAM.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce says
that the rumored retirement of Gen. Cass
from Mr Buchanan's Cabiuet, ia entirely
without foundation.
A bill line been introduced into the New
i York Senate to make the husband tbe ulti
i mate heir of the deceased wife, and tire wife
the heir of the deceased husband ; also, one
j to give married women tho right to dispose
. of their property by will.
COB VICTIM! FOB HCBDEB.
I- ~V -
! At tho term of the Superior Court of
Crawford county held last week, .Limes Rev
! el was returned by the Grand Jury as guilty
j of the crime of murder, for shooting W. \y t
Hnmmack and George Adams. He waa
i tried for the murder of and found
guilty, and sentenced by Judge Lamar, to
be hung On the 7th of May.— Mess. 1? Jour
nal nth
THE TUBE AT THE OPEBA.
At the representation of the “ Huguenots,”
the other evening, Mohammed Pasclia, the
I Turkish Admiral, inquired the subject of
I tbe opera. He was told that it repiesented
| two socts of Clnisfnins cutting eacli other’s
throats. Whereupon the Turk stroked his
beard and reverentially exclaimed. “ Great
is Allah, and Molioinet is his prophet!”
A LEGISLATIVE FBATEH.
The following laconic prayer was deliver
ed in the lowa House of Representatives the
! other morning, by Ilev 4 . Mr. Shine :
| Great God ! Bless the young and grow
ing State of lowa, her Senators and Repre
sentatives, tier Governor and State officers!
Give ns a sound currency, pure water aud
undefiled religion, for Christ’s sake. Amen.
THE BEMOVAL OF JUDGE LOBIHG.
•- t ■■ “
Boston, March 11.—The vote on the re
moval of Judge Loring in the lower House
of the Massachusetts Legislature stood 127
f iu favor and 101 againsCit. The Senate has •
i yet to act on the inciter. The particular of
j fence of Judge Loring is that lie sustained
I the Constitution and laws of the United
! States in the fugitive slave cases.
P. T. B.xrnum (says the N. Y. corres
pondent ot the Charleston Courier) is not i t
all overcome by his troubles. lie is again
! actively at work and laboring with nil his
! skill and humbug in the management of the
I Museum. I hear that he is already making
1 ailangeincnt* to,rebuild his palace at Iranis
tnti, wftieti was unfortunately dcetrnyod--by
tire. Barnum and his family are nOw residing,
i iii this city,! Ere long lie will doubtless
strike upon some novel scheme by which he
:c.in again mount.the ladder of fame and for
| tune, llis adversities have taught him pru
dence, ami in fortune lie will take udvan
j tage of a very painful experience.
A EOoTE FOB THE ESCAPE OF THE KOBMONS.
St. Lons March 1. .1853.
! The leader learns from Father Desinet, a
j Catholic Missionary who lius spent many
’ years among the Indian Tribes, that on ei
ther side of the Rocky Mountains there is a
perfectly practicable and ansv route North
from Salt Lake to the British possessions.—
Father 1). has traveled the route several
tiine>* with light wagons. He gives it ns hi*
conviction that if the Mormons leave their
present location they will proceed Northward
to New Caledonia, British America, and srt
tle at the base of the Pottage mountains,near
the 40th parallel. The route is described in
detail. The country And climate is stated to
be eminently superior to that of Utah. Tho
leader calls the special-attention of the War
Department and the people to its article.
THE SOUTH! BN COMMERCIAL CONVENTION
‘ We. take from the Montgomery Mail the
following notice of the meeting of the next
, Commercial Convention.
The First Monday in May.— it should
be born, in mind that the Southern Commer
cial Convention at Knoxville last summer,
appointed Montgomery, Ala., as the place,
and the First Monday in May next as the
time, for the next session of the Southern
Commercial Convention. All the Southern
States are expected to he well represented.
Papers in the South please copy, or other
wise call attcution to the same.
\ CONGBESSIONAL.
Washington, March 17. —In the Senate
Mr. Crittenden, of Ky., delivered a powerful
speech to-day, against admitting Kansas un
der the Lecouipton Constitution. The Hall
was densely crowded during its delivery.
In the House the Army bill was discussed.
Harksts.
New Youk, March 17.—Cotton sales 800
bales market dull. Flour dull, sales 7,000
bbls., wheat firm, sales 7,000 bushels. Corn
dull, sales 16,000 bushels. Naval stores and
rice heavy.
Mobile, Match 17.—Cotton sales 600
bales. Middling 11 all}; market dull.
New Orleans, March 17.— Cotton sales
, 9,500 bales; market unchanged—sugar firm.
Freights unchanged.
Charleston, March 17.—Cotloff sales
3700 at 9} a 12} ; market easier.
Savannah, March 15—Cotton.—1525
bales sold to-day at the following particulars:
21 at 9?, 90 at 11, 79 at 11.}, 42 at llfi, 246
at Ilf, 99 at 11$, 236 at 12, 94 at 12 1-16 J
556 at 12$, 62 at 12 j.
Fun should be cultivated as a fine ait for
it is altogether a fine thing. Who ever knew
a “ funny man” to be a bad one. On the
contary is be not nine timee in ten, generous,
humane, social and good 1 To bo snre he
] is. Fun—it is a great thing: It smooths
i the rough places of life, makes the disposi
tion as sweet add rosy as a fresh maiaen’s
kiss, scatters sunshine and flowers wherever
we go, gives the world a round jolly counte
nance, makes all the girls as pretty ae June
roses, and mankind one of the best families
out. We go infer fun. The man who wont
cultivate it must keep a good sized half rod
‘between us.