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THE WIR&6RABB REPORTED
tXMAITILLB, OEOgCiIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1868.
’ “ tinAS.
Tol#gr*jjliio dutches Announce the fact
of the of the Kansas admission bill
thceufb the Senate by a majority of eight
vs tea. It ie stated that the bill wee amended
in eowe particulars, but we presume these
amendments did not materially affect its
7 **j\ “v 6000 uvdnt
Fresh venison, wild turkeys and fresh-wa
ter fish an not at all scarce in this market.
The perch are larger than we baen ever seen
elsewhere, some of them measuring as much
as seventeen inches in length. We are deei
•Miy of the opinion that this is a great
country. ‘7-^-
■ jjSjjpv. \ •.
We will furnish Blanks for Ordinaries,
Jeatfsea es the Petce, Clerks, etc., at One
Retlar and Twenty-fire Cents per Quire. -
txb aMtnur*esoMU watchman.
The press of the Thomasrille Watchman
haa been removed to Troupville, and the pa
per has re-appeared under the above title.-
We congratulate the people of Lowndes in
hairing a paper published in their midst, and
wish our friends, the Messrs. DeLyon every
happiness and success irwtheir new home.
- bklwious nanmx.
A sermon preached in Thomasvillc, Jan.
3d, 1838, by Rev. Josephus Anderson, JPre
siding Elder of Tbomasville Flori
da Oenfsrence, on this subject, and neatly
printed in pamphlet form, can be had at the
■tores of Messrs. H. W. Sharpe, end R. S.
Evans. . <.
We have read this sermon and pronounce
it both able and beautiful. It is entirely freo
•mb ell sectarian taint, and will amply re
pay a careful perusal, no matter wlmt the
pyrticular doctrines of the reader maybe.
tyilarper’s New Monthly Magaslne for
April haa boon received. The following is a
list of contents: Tropical Journeying*; Pic
toaw from Siberia, andTartary ; An Ameri
mm at Sinai; Tbe Lady of Belittle; Civili
sation snd Health; The Mi*t Over tho Vitl
leyt Bianca Meleti Mojon ; The of
tbe Worlds Hasheesh and Hasheesh-Eaters;
Namber 141; Lest; The Virgfams; chapters
17, 18,19 End 20; Monthly Record of Cur
rent Events; literary Notice*; The Edi
tors Easy Chair snd Drawer; The Private
Gallery, and Fashions for April.
td7*The February numbers of Black
wood's Magazine, snd tbe liOtidon Quarterly
have been received from L. Scott fit Cos.,
New York, who continue to publish the fol
lowing leading British Periodical*, vis:
The London Quarterly; the Edinburg
Review; North British Review ; the West
HhtUter Review; Blackwood's Edinburg
Mngasine. f?
These Periodicals ably represent the three
great political parties of Great Britain—
Whig, Tory, aud Radical,—but politics
farms only one featuioof their character.—
A organs of the most profound writers on
science, literature, morality, and religion,
*key stand, ■■ they ever have stood, unrivnl
ed in the world of letters, being considered
indispensable to the scholar and professional
man, while to tho intelligent reader of every
■lass they furnish a more correct and satis
factory record of the current literature of
the dsy, throughout the world, than can be
porfbly obtained from any other source.
~ T HOJtASVnXX.
Impelled by chills cud fevers, some twelve
years ago, we gathered together our little
family and worldly goods (which latter, by
the way, waa not at all troublesome) left our
Middle-Oeorgia home, and pitched our tent
in this town.
* At that time, the population of the place,
eld and young, black and white, perhaps
would have reached two Luudred, with rath
er dingy prospects of future augmentation.—
One of the causes of this state of things was
the (tailing of different ways by the people
es the town end eotmtry in regard to schools,
and which continued for a year or two after
•nr arrival. Happijy this fooling was com
flotaly annihilated ]t>y the establiehment of I
Fletcher Institute, and from the foundation
es tbia High School may be dated tbe im
provement of Tbomasville. Soon after this,
oar people became alive to the importance
es connecting our country with the Atlantic
by means of e Railroad, and they went to
work at H with sntb spirit and energy, thet
notwithstanding they were talked and de
layed often, yet tbe courage and confidence
they still manifested, attracted notice to our
it kept steadily advancing in popu
lation %nd improvements. At the present
time our population cannot be less than
ftwaaty-tve hundred and tbe limits of tbe
•Own are extending and expanding rapidly.
Shaft wo shall have within the next two
jmet tbe foil benefit of tbe Atlantic 6t Gulf
Railroad, is hardly to be questioned, and it is
wet unreasonable to suppose that at the end
af that time oar strength will be double what
ft ia now.
The extension of the Railroad to Bain
bridge cannot affect us injuriously, and we
(•all forward to other connections which will
greatly enhance onr prosperity. Ho one
paste ads to doabt the necessity of a connec
tion of the South-Western Railroad with tbe
Mala Trank, and any one who will bestow
proper and unbiassed reflection on the sub
ject must see that Tbomasrille is the proper
place for that connection. ‘ .
J The Main Trunk should alao have a con
nection with the Gulf as soon as practica
ble. and H requites a moment to aoe that
that connection should bo at St. Marks.-
From title port to Tallahassee there is al
ready a railroad in operation, aud to make
thin connection only requires that the gap
between this and Tails ti**ee should be filled
up. It is true that our sister Stats Florida,
haa surrounded herself with a legislative
” imperial Cbineae wall,” so fares the admis
sion of Georgia Railroads is concerned, # but
we cannot believe that sbe will persist in a
policy so suicidal to her own interests. We
believe therefore that the gaps between this
place and Albany nnd Tallahassee will be
ultimately filled up witli Railroads, and if
thin be so what is to prevent Thntnasville
from being the Atlanta of Southern Ooorgiat
With this difference however, that whereas,
Atlanta is confessedly surrounded by a poor
country, Thomaeville will be, as it now is,
surrounded by one of the most fertile sec
tions of the State.
We eoDfess to a feeling of pride and pleas
ore in contemplating the future of our town
and section, and honestly believe that
within tho next five years Southern-Georgia
will be confessedly on all hands the garden
spot of the Stats. Why should Georgians
take their families to the far West, and face
all the dangers and hardships of anew coun
try, when their own State can furnish them
with fertile lands, a healthy climate, *and
good society f For onr part we cannot see
the sense of these moves,’ and expect, when
we shall have served out our little day and
lie down in death, to be deposited in the
earth of onr own native State.
STRYCHNINE ABO DOGS. ? “
A few nights since Mr. Columbus Johnson,
Marshall town, lost three fine doga,
snd from tiie fact that a piece of beef waa
found in the yard in the morning charged
with strychnine, it is certain that they were
poisoned. These infamous acts have repeat
edly been perpetrated in Thomssville, and it
is time that public indignation at Icatf should
be expressed against them. F$ a man to
protect his own- premises against dogs and
cats, even with poisbn, carefully used, is per
haps defensible, bnt to cast it into the enclo
sures of others is shameful and criminal, —
Some time during the last year a piece of
beef was picked np in tbe yard df a citizen
by a servant, and at it looked sat and good,
he was preparing it for bit breakfast. For
tnnately the master discovered bim, and up
pon examination of the flesh found it to be
heavily charged with strychnine. Mr. John
son says that one of his children found -A
piece of bet-fin his yard on the morniug of
the death of his dogs, charged with the same
poison. v * -
Do these people, who so freely nso this
dreadful drug, know that if any human be
ing whito or black should be killed in this
way, that it would be murder in law 1 It
would bo no excuse to say that it wat only
used for the purpuse of killing a poor dog,
and that nc enmity or malice was entertain
ed against the person killed. When a dead
ly weapon or a deadly poison is carelessly
and wickedly used, the law declares that
such conduct ia indicative of universal malice,
and would hold the party guilty of murder
if death should ensue in consequence. Look
out therefore, ye strychnine users, for in at
tempting to slay a dog, you may so manage
as to get a rope around your own necks.
SOUTHERN ENTEHPHISB
In the Inst issue of this paper, our neigh
bor gave us a long disquisition upon politics
in general, and the Kansas question in par
ticular. Our views on this matter are well
known, having expressed them fully and
freely heretofore, and we do not propose
therefore to give a second edition of them.
But why does our neighbor make such ter
rible and bloody thrusts at the Democratic
party t What-hare they done that they
should be abused ? It is true that various
constructions have been put upon the Kan
sas act, but the construction given to It by
the Democratic party South, and a majority
ol Democratic party North is the con
struction which is attempted to be carried out
by the Administration. The admission of
Kansas uuder the Lecompton Constitution
would and ere trust will be the practical ap
plication of that construction, and if to, why
should Southern men oppose it! The
American party has never found fault with
Southern Democratic constructions of the
Kansas act, but they bare found fault with
the act itself because it would admit of tho
constructions put upon It by the freesoilers
the North. Now we do aoMfnink it is ei
t|£t fair or just that the national Democratic
pairff should be held responsible for the er
ratle ml#'reprehensible coursjw of Douglas
aud a few others, iiinsmnch as they are still
battling f*r what we of the South, without
distinction of party, believe to be the true
meaning and intent of the Kansas Nebraska
act.
But nothing would give some of our Amer
ican brethren move pleasure than to see the
National Democratic party brokeii down and
destroyed, aud we feel sure that they certain
ly do not perceive the and iaaStrous consequen- j
ces of snch a result. There will be parties (
in sll governments, snd in order to preserve j
this government there must he at least ome ,
national party. The Democratic party is • j
national party, and the only ono at present i
existing, snd if that be broken down and;
destroyed the chances are against the exis
tence of another. * The parties lifter this
would necessarily be a Southern party and
a Northern party, and the government stan
ding between tbese, would sosn fall from the
shocks‘of'their frequent collisions,.
Our neighbor Is no Democrat and perhaps
never will be, and we are willing that be
should watch us, and if we do wrong, rap us
severely for It, bnt do not try to kill us,
friond Lucius, fur the temple would fall also
on you and your party.
’ ‘■'i .* Written tor the Wire-Grass Reporter.
TH* BLACK KilTOr.
IV I. O. i.
Mr. Editoe: —Through the columns of ,
your wide-spread and useful paper, allow me
AaAOwanuiieate to its readers an important
fact In relation to the above named little
birds. It is generally known that during
thair incubation they rerve a valuable pur
pose in chasing away the hawks from the
poultry yard, but I have good reason to be
lieve they are abundantly more valuable
in preserving bacon from the skipper fly and
all other winged insects that infest our smoke
bouses during the spring and summer months
in tjis climate. Last year for the amuse
ment of my children I prepared and fixed
npon a pole some gourds for the accommoda
tion of these little Songsters, for which in a
few hours they amply paid ua with their
cheerful concerts. By accident I placed the
pole near the smoke house, and for the want
of suitable boxes, I did not pack up my ba
con to prevent the flies from troubling it as I
bad done before for yenrs. During the
spring and summer I heard no complaint
about skippers, hairy-worms, and other pests
of the bacon. My wife remarked that she
had not been troubled with any of these
things during the year, still we did not know
bow to account for this singular exemption,
but in the fall the storm blew down my pole
and gourds, and revealed to me the secret,
for in each gourd there was from £ to a pint
of indigestible fly-skins—the excrement of
the young. So well convinced am I of
their great utility that I never expect to be
without them. ,
His excellency, Gov. Wiso has written
the following letter to the editor of the Vicks
bnrg Whig.
Richmond, Va., March 3,*1858.
Dear Sir:—My opinion is that Virginia
\ will never the remains of Washington
to be removed from Mount Vernon, except
■ to her own monument to his memory at Rich
mond. That she will if they are not re
moved, never cede Mount Vernon to the
federal government, and that she ought rov
er to do'-so.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
llk.nrv A. Wise.
PROSPECTUS OP THE SOUTHERN-GEORGIA
WATCHMAN.
The Watchman, now in the sixth year of
a successful „existence, is too familiarly
known to the public of Southern Georgia to
render necessary any extended reiteration of
its principles or its positions. Its leading
object., as its motto imports, being the ad
vancement 0/ Southern Georgia, it will ded
icate all its facultit sand devote its best ef
forts to tire improvement of our own fertile
and salubrious section ; in all that can con
tribute to her intelligence, development,pros
perity and prominenee.
With a daily growing conviction tlinf
there can be no security for the rights and
institutions of the South, save in her own
power and principles, and more firmly im
pressed than ever with tho necessity of close
u lion among loyal Southern men, of nil par
ties, upon principles essential to the very ex
istence of the planting Stales, tire Southern-
Georgia Watchman will advoca'e, earnestly
and as paramount to every political consider
ation, “ the union of the South for the sake
of the South.”
The very large circulation the Watchman
already maintains in Lowndes, Clinch, Ber
rien. Ware, and the improving coterininioiis
conntry, specially recommends it as an ad
vei tising medium to merchants and others de
siring to make tlteir. business known to the
people of these counties.’ The paper will he
issued weekly, at two dollars per year in ad
vance. ♦ *
L. D. DrLYON. Editor.
Troupville, March 31, 1858, .
NESUNPTIOH IN AUQUBTA.
I. 1.l ■
The following, as we learn from the Con
stitutionalist of Sunday,wns the action of tho
meeting of the Augusta Bank Presidents in
reference to resumption. It will be seen re
sumption is not made contingent upon the
action of the South. Carolina Bauks, as sta
ted elsewhere—a statement made upon the
authority of a despatch from Augusta in the
Republican :
Whereas, A’ resumption of apecie pay
ments by the banks of Georgia, especially
by those of Augusta, in advance of South
Carolina,would at any time be inconvenient;
and whereas, a delay of that measure until
the first of June when roost of the crop will
haTe been realized upon, would materially
lessen tbe inconvenience; and as the first of
June has likewise the recommendation of
promising the cooperation of the South Car
olina Banka, that period demands our deci
ded preference. But notwithstanding these
views; be it ■
Resolved, That the Banks will resume
■pecie payments simultaneously with those
of Savannah,whether tho day fixed upon by
the first of May or June, irrespective of
what may be done in South Caroliuh.— Tel
tgrupk. “,
Sidney Smith says; “itis not true that
the world hates piety. The modest sod un
obtrusive piety which fills the heart with hu
man charities, and uiakes a man gentle to
others and severe to himself, is an object of I
universal love rind veneratiou. But mabkiud
hate the lust of power when.it is veiled un
der the garb of piety. They hate cant!
and hypocrisy ; they hate advertisers and 1
quacks in piety ; they do not choose to be j
insulted; they love to tear folly and iinpu
deuce from tbe place which should only be a
sanctuary for the righteous and good.” ,
rinTknAM BILL ASPASRId>TTHE SSHATE.
A Bill for the admission of the Stato of
Kansas into the Union.
Whereas, the people of the Territory of
Kansas did, by a convention of delegates
called and assembled at Lccoinpton on the
4th dsy of December, 1857, for that purpose, .
form to themselves a constitution and Stale
government, which 1 said constitution is re
publican, and the said convention having
Asked the admission of said Territory into
the Union, as a State on an equal footing
with the original States—
Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress Assembled, That the State
of Kansas shall be, and is hereby, declared
to be one of the United States of America,
and admitted into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States, in all re
spects whatever. And the said State shall
consist of ail the territory included within
the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning
at a point on the western boundary of tne
State of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh
parallel of latitude crosses the same ; thence
west on snid parallel to tlie eastern boundary
of New Mexico; thence north on snid boun
dary to latitude thirty-eight; thence follow
ing said boundary westwaid to the eastern
boundary of the Territory of Utah, on the
summit of the Rocky Mountains, thence
northward on said summit to the fortieth par
allel of latitude; thence east on said parallel
to the western boundary of Missouri; thence
south with the western boundary of said
State to the place of beginning : Provided,
That nothing herein contained respecting the
boundary of said IStale shall be construed to
impair the rights of person or property now
pertaining to the Indians in said Territory,
so long as such rights shall remain unextin
guishod by treaty between the United States
and such Indians, or to include any territory
which, by treaty with such Indian tribe, is
not, without the consent of said tribe, to be
included within the territorial limits or juris
diction of any State or Territory; but all
such territory shall he excepted out of the
boundaries, and constitute no part of the
State of Kansas, until such tribe shall signify
their assent to the President of the United
States to be included within said State, or to
effect the authority of the government of the
Uuited States to make any regulation re
specting such Indians, their lands, property,
f or other rights by treaty, law, or otherwise.
• which it would have been competent to make
if this act had never passed.
Sec. 2. And be it fuithor enacted, That
the State of Kansas is admitted into the Un
ion upon the express condition that said Stato
shall never interfere with the primary dispo
sal of the public lands, or with any regula
tions which Congress may find necessary for
securing the title in safet lands to the bona
1 fide purchaser and grantees thereof, or im
pose or levy any tax, assessment, or imposi
tion of any description whatever, upon them
or other property of the Unite* States with
in the limits of said state; and that nothing
1 in this net shall be construed to abridge or
infringe any right of the people asserted in
the C institution of Kansas at all. tildes to al
ter, reform, or abolish their form of govern
ment in such a manner as they think proper.
Congress hereby disclaiming nny authority
to intervene the construction of any State,
except to sec that it be republican in form,
’ and not in conflict with the construction of
tbo United States; nnd in the, act
shall bo construed as an assent by Congress
• to all or to any of the propositions or claims
contained in the ordinance annexed to tlie
said Constitution of tho peoulo of Kansas,
nor to deprive the said &ate of Kansas of
the same grants, if hereinter made, which
were contained in the act of Congress enti
tled “An act to authorise the people of the
Territory of Minnesota to form a Constitu
tion and State government preparatory to
admission into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States,” approved Februa
ry 26, 1857.
Sec. 3. And he it Further enacted, That
until the next general census shall be taken,
nrul an Appointment of representatives made,
the State of Kansas shall he entitled to one
representative in the House of Representa
tives of tho United States.,,
Sec. 4. And he it furthcrienacted. That from
and after the admission of the State of Kan
sas as hereinbefore provided, all the laws of
the United States which aro not locally inap
plicable shall have tho same force and effect
within that State ns in other StStesriif the
Union; and the snid State is hereby consti
tuted a judicial district of the United States,
within which a district court, with the like
! powers and jurisdiction ns tho district court
of the United States for the district of lowa,
shall be established ; the judge, attorney, and
marshall of tho United States for the said dis,-
riett of Kansas slialPreside.; within the same,
nnd shall be entitled to the same compensa
tion as the judge, attorney, and margliall as
the district of lowa. t _
FITLY SPOKEN.
9
Robert Tyler, Esq., in a letter to o.ie of
the New York Mass Meetings to sustain the
Kansas policy of the adminirtrntion, pfiys the
following deserved complimeuts to Mr. Buch
anan j „ ‘
“The Kansas question has been worn
thread-bare by the varied discussions through
which it has already passed, and I do not
propose to enter at large on that topic. I
simply beg permission to say, in a few.words
tbit I entirely accord with President Buch
anan in his views of Kansas affairs, both bn
the ground of expediency and law; and fur
ther, that 1 personally know him to be a
pure and brave man, a noble patriott, and a
most enlightened statesman, fully deserving
the confidence of the country. Pie not only
deserves the confidence of the country', but
in despite of tbe clamor of excited politicians,
there is no doubt lie possesses it. It is true
that in steadily maintaining the supremacy
of the government and tbo majesty of the
1a ws of the ‘United States, two leading issues
foil of embarrassment, one attended with
great popular irritation in tbe southern mind,
have conspired to ph ce him in a difficult and
trying position before the country at the very
outset of his administration. But be has met
them with an. unfaltering devotion to the
principles of the constitution and the require
ments of the. public welfare, and in my judg
ment no statesman has ever exhibited a great
er degree of firmness without presumption, of
of coursge without undue excitement, and a
spirit at one and the Mine tune more resolute
and composed.”
T&o hundred conversion have taken place I
in Lebanon, Tenn., during the revival now
in progress is that place.
” - THSgJbiad ROME. N
Mr. Thomas Kingsto*. who fur several years
has followed the business of patting up light
ening rods, which,#f course, requires steady
nervcslnd .v firm brain, met With an
recently* by which bnt for the mow singular
p. c settee of mind or rather supt* natural instinct
he wbuld have fallen from a dizzy height and
been dashed to pieces. He is compelled to
Climb roofs,-uver chimneys, and np spires, and
fix a rod! with perfect coolness nnd precision
hundreds of feet above the level of the earth :
On the occasion to which we refer, Mr.K
bad ascended St. Paul’s Cathedral, whose
spire is about two hundred and thirty-five feet
high, near broadway, and gone to the
very top, where having left his ladder below
lie clung by bis arms and legs fastened the
last tooth of the rod and attached its point—
quite a heavy piece of metal—securely, as
he supposed, to the cross surmounting the
steeple. He had just completed this difficult
and dangerous task, watched by a number of
persons in tbo streets below, aud wtiile look
ing nt the woik and experiencing that satis
faction which results from hazard passed and
labor accomplished, of a sudden something
lx a y struck him and made his bram reel un
till be could hardly see. Instead of losing
his hold nt onco, as would seem to have been
the natural and inevitable result, he clung with
a power beyond himself and superior to his
own, closer and instinctively to the spire.—
He knew not what had occnred, and to his
confused sense it appeared that the steeple
was tumbling; or that some strange canse was
about to bring the vast structure to the
ground
Some forty seconds——an age to him must
have elasped before he sufficiently collected
his scattered thoughts and subverted con
sciousness to know that the entire upper part
of the rod lmd fallen upon his head, causing
the blood to trickle over his forehead nnd
nearly blind him. He was in a dreadful per
plexity and most dangerous position. He
feared if he moved he would go cleaving the
air to a terrible death upon the stony street
below and at the same time lie knew he could
not in the disordered state of the nerves, and
his increasing weakness, retain his grasp,
more the result of fate than of feeling, much
longer. If he stirred he might fall; if he re
mained he certainly would ; and so determin
ed to make at least an effort tor his life, he
moved on6* foot very cautiously, then his
arms, and then moved the other foot, and af
ter half minute of exertion, aud the greatest
danger, lie touched the topmost round of the
ladder, and in a few seconds more was inside
the steeple nnd safe. ~
Then it was Mr. K.’s great courage a*d
strength forsook.him ; Iris nerves and muscles
relaxed; fie grew sick unto death ; his knees
gave way, his vision swain, and he sank upon
the platform motionless and insensible. He
must have lain there half an hour before lie
could rise an walk and did not recover from
the shock for more than a fortnight afterwards.
-.-The people gazing np at him from the
streets describe the scene as painful*nod ex
citing in the extreme. When they observed
the rod fall, a thrill of horror ran through
their hearts, and two women swooned away,
for they expected to behold hint the next
moment dashed to pieces at their feet, Desti
ny had ordered otheiwise, and Mr. K. still
pursues li)a dangerous avocation; but ho says
if he were to live a thousand years he never
would forget the intense horror of those cen
tury-liko moments when lie seemed to hang
upon the air mote titan two hundred feet
above the earth, snd to bo momentarily de
cending to a dreadful death.— Vinciwhatfi
Enquirer. -
From The Mnnclu-sterAKng) Guardian, Feb. 25.
FIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS —A SKETCH
OF THE “FANCY”—A FANCY SKETCH.
About four o'clock in the morning, Mr.
Disraeli crossed theHousc to speak with Lord
John Russell, and something occurred during
his stay which induced him to object to the
address of n Ministerial speaker on a point of
order. Upon this Mr. MT. Baines--ealletr
out, “Why don’t yon go over to your own side
hang you, if you want to object? What bu
siness have you on this side anyhow ?’’ Mr.
Disraeli retorted that the floor was free, and
was returning to his seat, when the “gentle
man from Leeds” tiiet him, and asked in a*
ruffianly tone, what lie meant by that answer,
adding, “.I’ll ftbqw you, you d—d conserva
tive puppy.” “The representative of Buck
inghamshire answered, “ You may think what
you like, but let ine tell you, no beggarly
lawyer shall here tQ bnlly over lie as
he does his witnesses,” “ We'll see about
that,” said Baines, and seized him by the
throat.
A.short and uneventful round was termin
ated by the in.erference of friends; but pres
ently Mr. Baines rushed at Disiaeli again,
and seized hint n second time, when lie re
ceived from the successor’ of John Hampden
a well planted blow under the left ear, which
which faiily sprawled him on thcj&floor. A
dozen Ministerialists ran towards the combat
ants, some, doubtless, to keep peace, others
to have a hand in the fight. Grey of Mor
peth, Williams of Kars, Willson of the trens
uay, and the Ellices, father and son were
prominent in the scrimmage. The Anti-
Ministerial inen sprang in one body to the
rescue. Foremost came Mr. Bright of Birm
ingham, a very athletic nnd compact man,
who bounded in tbo centre of the excited
group, striking right and left with tremend
ous vigor, l’akiiigton of Droitwich, and
Samuel Warren of the Northern bar, were
equally ready for action. Roebuck kicked
wildly at the shins of the veteran Premier,
Akroye of Huddersfield, appeared to have
lost bis head iu the confusion and taken tbe
wrong side by mistake.
For a minute or so it seemed as though we
were to have a kilkenny fight ou a magniffi
cent scale. Turner of Manchester had hold
of Disraeli, when Bright struck him a severe,
blow supposing that lie was hurting that gen
tleman. Turner supposing it was Graybam
that had struck him, dropped Disraeli, and
struk out at the Baronet from Carlisles. The
Lennoxes (Henry and Alexander) fpund
themselves rather closely engaged with
Alfred Padget of Litchfield, and Jiis brother;
Clarence of Sandwich. General Thompson
caught up a heavy stone ware spittoon, with
which to brain any one who might seem to j
deserve it; but, fortunately, did not get far j
enough into the crowd to find a fitting ob
ject for his vengeance. The Speaker yelled
and rapped in vain; and the Sergeant-at-
Arms marched to the scene of action, mace
in hand, with no great effect. The melee was
not quelled until Fox of Oldham, clutching
the hair of Mr.—, apparently for the ‘
purpose of drawing him into chancery found \
fthat the luxnrtant wig of hi* antagonist cams
\jM in hia left hand, while hi* right fist expan
ded itself with • tremendous force against the
&mre§i*ting air. Tbe laSghter excited by’
this incident terminated the battle. t
| TXB SCULPTURE OFHABIT.
Did you ever’ watch a sculptor nlowly
fashioning a hu pnn countenance ? It is not
moulded at onco. It ia not atrtu-k out at R
Single beat. It is painfully and laboriously
; wrought. A thousand blows rough-cast it.—
Test thousand chisel points polish and perfect
it—put on the fine touches, and bring out the
features atid expression. It is a work of lima;
bnt at last the full likeness comes out; and
stands fixed forever nnd unchanging in the
solid marble. Well! so does a man under
the leadings of the Spirit, or the teachings of
Satan, carve out hia own moral likeness.—.
Every day he adds something to the work.—.
A thousand acts of thought, and will, and
• deeds shape the feature and expression of th
soul—habits of love and purity, and truth
habits of fall-hood, malice, and uncleanness,
silently mould and fashion it, till at length it
. wears the likeness of God, or the image and
superscription of the Evil One. — Plain Paro
, chial Sermon*.
Urchin Snimnarj of Ildus,
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COUBT HOUSE BURNT.
We learn from tho Columbus “ Enquirer”
that the Court House nnd all the Records of
Lee county were totally destroyed by firo
on the 19th inst.
RUT LOVENGOOD.
The amusing sketches called the “But_
Lovengood Stories,” are written by Cspt,
George W. Harris, Postmaster at Knoxville
Tennesee.
MARKETS.
Savanah, March 28th 1858.—Cotton, 421
bales sold to-day at the following particulars;
78at 11j[,120 atllj, 137 at 12, 22 atl2j.
Rev. R. L. Breck, Pastor of the Presbite
rian Church .of Macon, has resigned his charge
nnd will leave immediately for Kenjuky.
CADETS.
The following persons Imve been appoint
ed Cadets at the United States Military
Academy nt West Point, to fill vacancies
from the several Congressional District of
this State. J. B. Johnson, 2; J. S. Blount#3;
J. a. Alexander, 4 ; E. C. Arnold, G; J. A.
West, 7.
TIRE—FATAL ACCIDENT.
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We learn from the American Express,
that at the plantation of Thomas P. A. .James
C. Rankle, near Chnnnenuggee, Macon
county, Ala., on the 13th inst., a house was
consumed and five negro children burned to>
-death. Although the fire. originated in thn
day nnd thcVryueis present, yet the flames
weic so rapid and had advanced so far before
discovered, no assistance could lie rendered.
It is supposed to have been accidental.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
The Richmond Dispatch of Monday says;
“ We regret to learn that conseqnencA
of the prevalence of the University,
it has been .deemed advisable by the Faculty
to suspend the lectures until May next. As the
same disease has appeared extensively in
the Piedmont country, it is concluded that it
is epidemical, and it is hoped that in u few
weeks it wilUjJlsflpprtri”
SUHBENDEB 07 BILLY BOW LEGS.
The Mndison Messenger Ims reliable in
formation Hint Hilly Bow Legs “ lias surren
dered bis sword, and is now at Tampa with
bis whole party, waiting the consummation
of arrangements now being made, to be
transferred to the West. It is said lire ol i
gentleinaq was in a shockingly rngged and
dirty condition, when he presented himself at
Tampa.”
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ABOLISHED IN LOUIS
IANA
In the New Orleans PicnytJno of the 3'lr
we see a law abolishing capital punishment
entirely. The penalty of wilful murder, rape,
poisoning wih intent to kill, shall, on convic
tion thereof suffer imprisonment at hard la
bor for life. The fourth section enacts, that,
if any person lying in wait, or in the perpe
tration, or attempt to perpetrate any arson,
rape, robbery or burglary, shall shoot stab or,
thrust any person with a dangerous weapon
with intent to commit the crime of murder,
he shall, on conviction thereof, suffer impris
onment at hard labor for life.
The Kmpire State says “ A young man
by the name of Thomas M. Black, living in
the upper part of Henry county being out
“Coon Hunting” on Tuesday night last
came to his death in a very sudden aud un
expected manner. It appears thatfhe coon
wns up a very large tree which had to be
felled by the party in order to_catch him;
and when the tree fell a broken limb struck
Black on the head causing instant death. —
He leaves a wife and two children to mourn
his untimely end.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
We understand an nccident occurred a
few days since, on the branch road leading
from the main trunk of the P. & G. R. R. to
Monticello, resulting in the immediate death
of Mr. Wm. Ware, and a severe fracture of
a leg of his overseer. Mr. Ware and - his
overseer were engaged in conversation near
where a t'ce was being cut down, which in
falling came in contact with a leaning tree
•and was thrown from its course with the
above ‘melancholy result. —Mad it on Met
tender. ‘ - .
GEOHGIiT iILITAHY INSTITUTE
The Advocate says, that Gov. Brown
daring his visit to Marietta the present week
closed the purchase of the-Georgia Military
Institute, in coinplbmcw with an acf passed
by the last Legislature forthst purpose, ’i he
transfer to the State, has not_ been made
sooner owing to a disputed title to one of the
lots of land included in the property. ‘Phis
having been settlod af the present Court there
was no longer an obstacle to the change of
ownership, aud the institute will be'hence
| forth under Btate management. It is now uJ
flourishing condition numbering between one
hundred and twenty-five and one hundred
and thirty Cadets, and under State manage
| ment has every prospect for increased success
| and exteuded usefulness.