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Volume i.
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(Law Firm.)
HARRIS & HARRIS.
Iverson L. Harris, I Cii.ari.es J. Harris,
Milleclgeville, dip | Tbomasville, Ga.
march 111 w ts
K. S. UI RI U A W TI. tlcl.E\DO.'\,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
THOMASVn.EE, GEORGIA
oetl4 1!) wv
BAKER A BE.A.AET, ~
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Troupville, Loirndes Cu., Gt.
•apt ir av ts
KIGENE L,. HINES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
TItOMASVIEEE, GEORGIA ,
Office over McLean’s store. (jan26
~ join ii. dvsoi,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE next door to Dr. Bruce's, Thninasville,
Georgia. jnn.'-lv.
o 7 11. DAMELL,’
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVIEEE, GEORGIA
Office one door above John Stark s on Fletcher St„
formerly occupied by L. C. Bryan. [janl2ly
join . mgiioi.ls,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARTiSBOROT’G 11, WAI!E CO., GA.
WILL practice in AI.L the counties of the Bruns
wick circuit, and Lowndes and Berrien of the
Southern ‘ niarSloy
GEORGE B. WILLIABSOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
YYARESBOROFGH. GA.
WILL PRACTICE in the fulUnviiijj Counties f the
Brunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee; Pierce, Ware
, -Clinch, and Charlton. nuirJltf
SAMUEL B. SPEMCEK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TIIOMASVIJ.LE, GEORGIA.
WILL give his entire attention to the r prneticc of
Law, fu the Counties of the Southern Circuit.—
Offiea on the seconi floor of D. A. E. McLean’s
brick building. (jau2ooy
E. C. lIOKGAN, ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NASIMTEE F, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in tire counties of the Southern Cir
cuit, and tho counties of Dooly, W orth and Dough
erty of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware
of the Brunswick Circuits.
Flat Creek, On., Ort. 7. ts
lIIOE A MERSIIOK,
„ ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
ATTEND to all buaiueas entrusted to their care, in
the following counties, to-wit: Clinch, Ware. Ap
pling, Coffee, Charlton, Lowndes and Berrien, Geor
gia. Alao, in the-eodnties of Hamilton, Columbia,
and Jefferson, in Florida.
DAVID P. RICE. I HENRY M. MKRSHON,
jail 5 w 6iii
JAMES H. FOLSOM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
WILL practice in all the courts of the Brunswick
Circuit and in the com ts of Lowudes and Berrien
of the Southern Circuit.
References* f Cochran. Brunswick Ct.
I Judge Peter If.. Love, Southern Ct.
jan 5 ‘ „ , w ly
(Riform Practice.)
Dm. BOWER & ELLIS,
OFFER their professional services to the citizens
of Thontasville and vicinity. Calls at all hours
promptly attended to. . fej>2<>y
Br. 8 AIRE EL R. WILLIAMS,
HAY neQ located in Thomnsville respectfully ten
ders ais professional services -to the citizens of
Thmnasville and vicinity. He may be found at the
Office of Dr. 8. 8, Adams. [octiJoy
DB.fi. O. Aie\OLD
YVILIi continue the practice of Den
tistry in Thouiaaville and vicinity —tmNßJmw
Any order Jeff at the Post Office or at jj 3JLXP
Ilia Officeduring his absence from town will receive
‘’attention at the earliest opportunity, [jsnb-ly
nORHIN STfiIHERT,
Professor of music will give private lessons to the
citizens of Thnmasville and Tieiuity upon the Piano,
Melodeoo, Guitar. Flute, Vloliu, and Violon'cello.—
He may be found at Fletcher Institute from 9 a. m. to
12. Pianos tuned. (oct2ooy
ROBERT BOYIVER,
(Eatt of Georgia.) WITH
HOWES, HYATT & CO.,
No. 80 Warren St., New York.
WILL be prepared te show country merchants this
spring the beet and cheapest stock of Bout* and
nil oca ever offeree})) the Southern trade.
CP’Order* solicited and carefully attended to;
j 98 w ly
W. P. SANFORD,
CITY
Auctioneer & Commission Merchant,
THOMABVILLE. GA.
WILL SELL AT AUCTION, or privately on
Commission, any species of Merchandise,
Produce, Stock, Negroes, &e., that may be confided
to his care. Regular Auctiofi days—every Saturday.
He will also pay strict attention to the
Buying and Selling of Lands.
Persons wishing to settle in our county would no
doubt find it to their interest to consult him before
purchasing, as he is fully prepared to impart infor
mation, both in regard to tbe productiveness and
present value of lands, as well as the advantages
attending peculiar locations. uiar3lbcly
JAIS. M. GRAY,
Watch-Maker and Jeweler, Thomasville, Ga.,
STILL offers his services, in his line of business, to
the public, aud especially to bis friends, f*
He bas bought out the entire interest of FZ\
Otto Lange, mtoSt
and employed him as a workman in his business.
Come and give him a call, as be is well supplied
with Tools and Materials to do you a good Job, and
as cheap as you can get any where.
ty* Office two doors below Cbas H. Remington's
Furniture Store. uiar3)tf
MOOHE & HOMAN’S
Variety Works.
THE undersigned are pre- * _
pared to manufacture in
the fewest and most fashionable
style all kinds of Furniture, \OA\\Vs-
’ Bedsteads from $5 to $25;
Side Boards, Wash stands,
Coriier stands, Wardrobes,
Bureaus—China, Red Bay
Dining Folding and
Plain Tables, Centre and Side Tables, Couches,
Trunnel Bedsteads, Cradles and Cribs,
Secretaries; Book Caes and llat Stands.
Lumber taken iu exchange for Furniture: or lum
ber made up to order in the most style.’
Also all kinds of Turning and Sawing done
in the best style. Simps located South end of Maiu
street, below Mcßain's Hotel, Thomasrille, Ga.
julyU] MOORE & HOMAN.
Carriage Manufacory,
AND BLACKSMITH SHOP.
Jk The partnership between MeLedon
& Loivry being dissolved, I respect-(( ))
>ir fully inform the public, that the bu- ™ U
sfness in ail its branches will be carr ed on as before
by the undersigned. Grateful for oast patronage, I
earnestly solicit a continuance of the same. Those
in want of Waggons.,Buggies, earriages of any dia
cription, I think—l-w-d) be able to suit, both aa re
gards quality and priee. Those iudebttd to McLen
don & Lowry will find tfieir notes aud accounts in
my bauds. Strange as it may seem to some, Tt is im
possible for me to carry outfits business without
money. Repairing done iq good sty le and on reas
onable terms.
innreii2tf) JOHN If. LOWRY.
New Jeweler, Watch and Clock
Maker.
JOSEPH JERGER now offers his services <62
to the public, ami pledges himself to give
prompt attention to cleaning repairing, and rfiy ft*
making Wntehes, Jewelry, &e. All wmk entrusteo
to him will be executed and delivered at the time
promised, and w arranted. He has no flowing enco
miums to bestow upc himself as a watch maker,
Imt relies upon the judgment of his patrons to es
tablish his skill and reputation. ‘'Terms Cash.
Office second door above the Wst Office, next to
the store of H. W. Sharpe.
Thomasville, Ga., March 17, 1857. ts
Vatu, hui mi,
COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION
No. 38 Poydrus Street New Orleans.
Refers to —
Gov. J. E. Broom, ) , ~ ,
George K. Walker, $ Tallahassee, I lorida.
Thomas Powell, Esq., ).. _ . ~, ~
R. M. Spencer. Esq., \ Ncw r,,rt ’ 1 lor.ld
. JohnJ Suelling, )
McMillan & Campbell, Honda.
(eii. W in. Baily, Jefferson County, Florida.
John G. Putmiui, Esq., Madison County, Fla
Augustus Steele? Esq., Cedar Key*, Florida,
Daniel Bell. Esq., Hniqilton County Florida.
Ed. Ketnington, Esq., ...
E. G. Ponder, Esq J 1 l'Omasville, Georgia.
Jack J. Marsh, Esq.^Duncanville, Georgia.
JA. Mclntosh, Esq., Glasgow, Georgia. , ,
Novenibei 3, 1857. ts
Manhattan Hotel,
Murray Street. JVeic York.
IS STILL open for the reception of ■ssf®}
Southern Merchants, and the Pro
prietors are determined to spare no S5E£SisL
pains or expense to give entire satisfaction.
jan2ooy) ■ HI’GGIXS A FLING.
Adams House.
THIS establishment is now perm*® „ „
liently opened for thy nccommoda
tion of the public. Every convenience liiifM.
has been provided lor boardersand trail- lit! MM.
sient customers; and the proprietor flat- ABIA
-teiWllhnself that he is now able to give the utmost
satisfaction. GODBOI.D, Proprietor.
Thomnsville, Gn., March 24, 1857. ts
New Blacksmith Shop.
THE undersigned has opened the Shop at Bras
well’s corner, formerly known as v _
Win. Sharpes Blneksmith Shop, and is 2x’“’ll
prepared to do all work in his line. H 6 solicits a
share of public patronage.
nmr2:ioy JOHN THOMAS.
Yen Tailoring fital>li*liiuenl.
PETER LINDSAY,
MERCHANT TAILOR, would respectfully in
form the citizens of Thomnivillc and
surrounding country that he has opened a Ij
Shop next door to Remington’s Furniture JOT,
store, vyhere he will be pleased to wait on those who.
may favor him w ith a call. Garments of ail kinds
cut and made up in the Intest and most fashionable
sty les. Patronage solicited, roar23oy
Notice to Everybody.
DR- A. W. ALLEN'S ,
CELEBRATED. SOUTHERN
T.TTvrrvi i imt 7 ,
IS A CERTAIN REMEDY for Strains, Sprains,
Rheumatism, Neuralgit, Cramp, Nervous Heail-
Achc, Sore Throat. Stiff Neckj Tooth-Acbe. Pain in
the Head, Scalds and Bums, or auy thing liko erup
tions on the flesh. ■’ ‘ .
Also, for all diseases to which horses are subject.
Dr. Allen’s All-llenlinp Ointment,
IS a certain cure for Ring-worms, Scratches in
horses, Greese Heel, Thrush, Collar and Saddle
Galia ; and all flesh wounds.
Manufactured by Dr. A. W. ALLEN, Columbus,
Georgia.
For sale iu Thomasville, by Baum A Sbiff; in
Monticelio, by Palmer A Bro., and in Troupville, by
T. W. Ellis. A. W. ALLEN.
nov 24 w ly
To Democrats.
/~\NE of tbe first duties of a Good Democrat is to
V / support his party press. The New York Daily
aad Weekly Newt is now well established aa the
Democratic organ of New York city. It is one af
the beat newspapers of tbe day, moreover. Send
in your subscriptions. Weekly News only One Dol
lar a year. Published at 102 Naaaaa Bt., NewtYortt.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, APRIL 28,1858.
sw*n- .
From Morria aud Willis’ Home Journal.
I NEVER HAVE BEER FALSE TO THEE.
BY GEORGE P. MORRIS. ,
1 never have been latse to thee f ‘
Tbe heart I gave thee still la thine;
Though thou hat been untrue to me,
And no more may rail the mine !
I’ve loved aa woman ever loves
With constant soul iu good or ill;
Thou’st proved, as man too often proves,
A rover—but I love the still!
Yet think not that my spirit stoops
To bind thee captive in my train!
Love'a not a flower, at sunset droops.
But smiles when conies her god again !
Thy words, which fall unheeded now,
Could once my heart-strings sadly thrill'!
Love's golden chain and burning vow
Are broken—but I love thee still i
Once what a heaven of blisa was ours,
When love dispelled the clouds of care,
And time went by with birds and flowers,
While songs and incense filled the air!
The past is mine—tbe present thiue—
Should thoughts of tue thy future fill,
Think what a destiny is mine,
To lose—but love thee, false one, still!
UJistfllane&tts. *
Va HERO’S DEATH
AND SISTER’S LOVE.
THREE SCENES IN A T RAGEDY OF THE REVOLUTION.
BY A “SON OF SEVENTY-SIX,”
SCENE I.
It was a morning in the autumn of 1776.
From the waters of the East river, and New
York Bay, so lately heated by the burning
sun of summer, now rose a dense fog in the
frosty air, and up through this steam the
great blood-red sun looking fitly on the mur
derous scene about to ensue.
Upon the Iliooklyn side, and near the Brit
ish camp, a rude gallows had been erected,
and around this stood a rough rabble, of das
tard tories, hired Hessians, and British sol
diers. Beneath tire rope which dangled from’
the fatal beam, waj narrow and frail pint
font , w liich by a single blow could be knock
ed away.
Then out from his prison, with coarse jests
and mockeries, they led a young man—one
upon whose high, pale brow, the hand of the
great Creator had written, “ This is one ofrny
nobleniem” i
Ilis step was firm—his clear bluo eye did
not slirit k when it glanced upon the g.illews
tree, nor falter when it gazed upon (hfi fero
cious faces of his more than heartless foes
those who had denied liiin tlrd privilege of a
parting line to those whom he loved, lest they
should know how an American patriot could
die—who had even refused to let him have a
hil.le to console him iu his last hour upon
earth.
His foot was on the platform—he stood
upon its crest, and the halter was tiuozed
around his snow-white, neck.
” Rebel to your king and master, how do
you fee! now V’ said the Biitish officer—butch
er I mean—who superintended the affair.
“ 1 know no king hut tlie Kino of kings,
and He is master of thy master!” said the
undaunted patriot.
“ Are yon not sorry tlmt you have got your
self into this scrape I” continued the officer.
“ I have hut a single regret.” replied the
patriot. “It is that I have but one life to
lose for my country !”
“Knock away the platform!” shouted the
officer to the. executioner, while his face dark
ened into purple with rage, “the world shall
not know how such men die!”
T 1 o order was obeyed, and in an instant
that manly form hung quivering In the air.
Yet no sign~df agony distorted the noble fea
tuers of his uncovc.ed face; the angels from
above had sealed it with n martyr’s smile—
a smile of triumph over death aud cracky.
In silence gazed tory, hireling and foe—
in silence, until all life had le*'tt!nit patriot’s
form. Then the rope was cut, and with it
still around his neck, with neither winding
sheet or cuffiu, .tire corpse was thrust into a
shallow pit ut the gibbet's unhallowed base.
Sl-'KNB 11.
It was the afternoon of the same day.—
The officers of the British cainp were revel
ing at n grand banquet. Mo ,- rily passed the
jest, while wine flowed as freely as blood had
run a few days before. And while the revel
was at its height, a boat approached the shore.
In it ws s a yonng female, clad iu robes of
sable litre, who, as soon as her foot pressed the
shore, asked of a sentinel where she could find
the commanding officer. Her face so pale,
her form so slight, her great blue eyes swim
ming in a sea of grief, touched the rude sol
dier’s heart, for perchance lie had a wife or
sister iu a far-off land, and he pointed out to
her the house wheie the officers held revel.
She hurried ih ther, shuddeiing as she pas
sed the fatal gallows-tree, and saw the little
mound of fresh-heaped earth beneath it.
The revel was at its height when that pale
young girl entered the room. For an in
stant tiiere was’a hubh, though the lustful
ey.fi.of many a vile libertine marked the
beauties of the visitor.
“1 come,” she said, and her clear, flute
like voice trembled as she spoke, “to ask of
you the body of my murdered brother. I
iim the sister of Nathan Hale, whom ye slew
this morning!” ‘ ’ _ ’
“Peihaps his sweetheart, my pretty oue!”
cried one of the officers, with a sneer. “He
is out nt the way, choose one of us in his
stead!” , * -
“ Yes, yes, cried another. Our motto is
beauty and booty I”
The poor girl, all unused to insult, and to
rudeness of camps, and U>such chivalry as
the British showed to American women du
ring all of that cruel and merciless war, burst
into tears. In one noble heart iu that scar
let-coated throng, her sobs found a sympa
thetic echo. i
An officer sprang to Ids feet, and said :
“Gentlemen, lie who adds another itistdi
to swell the sorrows of that young lady,
makes me his foe; and you who hsve mark
ed how my sword can drink the blood of wor
thy foes, need not to he told that it kuowa
how to punish unworthy ones!”
“Well done Captain Villier. well done,
upon my soul!” said the commanding officer
with ft sneer. “You can escort the sister of
the rebel spy, hack to her boat, aud inform
her, as she goes, that her brother's body shall
rot where it lies, and his gallows shall stand
as a warning to others who may think to fol
low his example.”
The chivalrous officer made no reply to
this brutal speech, hut the hot blood mantled
his cheek and brow, at he led the weeping
girl out from among those who seemed io
have forgotteu (hut they were born of wo
man. .. ‘
As he placed her ic the boat, lie said, iu a
gentle tone:
“Be lieie an half hour after midnight, lady,
and you shall have your brother's body, it I
loose my commission for it. 1 aiu officer of
the guard, and will meet you a, the laudinig.”
Silently the tearful girt kissed tbe hand of
the noble man, and then her boatman pushed
off, and vowed away.
SCENE ill.
The midnight hour had come and passed.
Darkness slnowded eaitli and water, as with
an ebon pall. The officer stood upon the
beach, peering out into the darkness, for he
heard the dip of pars, and it was the time for
that fair girl, whose angel face, all quenched
with (ears, had been constantly before him
since they had parted
Tile boat come, but the young girl was not
alone. An aged woman, bowed down with a
grief so unutterable that it only spoke’ in cho
king sighs—a grief that had dried up even
the tear's bitter to the
shore; aud when she was met by the officer,
whose men bore the disinteied corpse of her
murdered soft, she said : *.
“The blessings of a lone widow rest on
thee and thine forever!?’
“ Lady, I, too, ysn a widows son I” was his
reverent reply, and ho kissed her tremEffiug,
hand.
. Gently they laid the body in the boat, the
two sorrowing mourners followed, aud nut
upon tlie night-veiled river the boatmen vow
ed with their precious prize.
The officer turned sadly to the guard-tent,
and there, that night, he wrote li s resigna
tion in the, British army.
Years afler, wlw>n,_ v tlie storm of war had
passed, and the sun of peace storied once
more-iipon our desc 1 ite land, Captain,—no,
Lord Beauchamp Villier*, a single man of
immense wealth, came to New London to ask
a ‘ter one whose sweet face had long b-e.n the
Companion of his dre .ms, waking aud sleep
iog—the sister of Na’lihii Hale. They poiu
ted-him to a grassy mound in the village bu
rying-grouml, which was covered with flow
ers. He stood above that holy spot, ami
watered those flowers with his teais.
EXTRAVAGANCE IN DRESS.
Mr. Stilling, in his recently published
book of travels in (Tie United States, thus
compliments our .Americait ladies on then
extravagance in dress:
” The Indies of New Orleans, like their sis
ters of New York, are great dressers; in
dyed, tlirv- deesuf American woyion gen
erally. at least of the new’ rich class, are
something fabulous in expense, taking into
consideration tlm rank and fortune Os tbe
wearers and their husbands. The dresses Os
ladies in New Orleans, I am told, (and by
New Orleans people.) often equal in richness
and expense those of the. crowned heads of
Kurope. What do you think of a creole la
dy’s dress powdered over with diamonds, hei
husband probably a cotton broker 1 Ladies
lieiiMliink nothing of expending n large pro
portion of the profits of a in a
tew dresses. Os course we must sfippost
that this is in most cases, done wbJi the
knowledge and approval of the husbands.—
He works, or speculates, and his wife wears
the spot in optma.
“ There is so-rtr excuse, or, at least, expla
nation of this, to us, astounding extravagance,
in the circumstances explained above of
American house keeping. Aa a rule, the in
habitant of an American city does not keep
house. He has no opportunity, therefore, of
displaying big wealth, ns onr pdn enue mer
chants and manufacturers do, in fiuu houses,
plHte and equipages. Neither is there the
same passion for lauded estates im America
ns with us. With land at five shillings an
acre, Its possession cannot confer social dis
tinction. The New Y’ork stock-jobber does
not lay out <£loo,ooo on land at two per
cent, to give him the entre to the houses of
lial f a dozen neighbors, who drink his claret
and laugh at him. He is making probably
fifty, perhaps one hundred per cent, per an
num. on his capital, and all this fast gotten
gain he can only display to the pn’lic in one
way—-by clapping it on Ms wife’s back.—
An American's wife is the peg on which ho
hangs out his fortune; he dresses her up
that men may see bis wealth ; she is a walk
ing advertisement of his , importance ;'the
‘‘sandwich ” announces to Broadway or Ca
nal street tliht her husband is a man of mo
ney and station. All this is very sorry work,
but I do not see that it involves any greater
absurdity than those displays of plate and
uplholstery by which our rich vulgarians an
nounce their wealth, and hide their want of
real refinement. If a slmm gentility is to be
set forth, it matters little whether it be done
through the instrumentality of the upholster
er or the milliner. The Englishman loves
his house, and he decks it out when he
makes money j the American loves his wife,
and decks her out for want of a bouse. Nei
ther h** much to boast of over tbe other; it
iathe same vulgar ostentation in different
forms.*’ Jjl , v
POHTBAIT OF A HUSBAND.
One of the go-ahead ladies of this progres
sive age, thus writes of her husband to the
Boston Olive Branch. It does aesm s pity
that such a woman should have been caught
in the same net with such s man as this ladv
describes her husband to he—lint auch acci
dents do happen occasionally. Wo shonld
like to have “Solomon’s” opinion of bis
wife;
Mn. Editor.— ls you could only see my
husband, Solomon Still weather! It is my
firm conviction he will be the death of me.—
I am naturally a happy, bright, energetic,
warm hearted, chain-lightening, impulsive
woman—born after stages were exploded*
and in the days of railroad* and steam en
gines. I’ve (lie most capacious heart that
ever thumped against a silken bodace; can
hate like Lucifer, and love iu proportion, and
bo eternally grateful to any one who is kind
r to tne. Now, 8-o-l-o-m-o-n is a perpetual
calm. Nothing ruffles him, nothing disturbs
him. Mount Vesuvius couldn't make him
hurry; be does every thing, mercantile and
matrimonial, by rule, square and compass.
Were the house on fire, he would stop to
take tbe lint off his coat, and brush his teeth,
before starting. If I ask him a question at
breakfast, I never get an Answer till after
tea. He walks around the house with a
noiseless, velvet tread, like a superannuated
pussy cat. Should the children in their
play kuock over the tea-table and its contents
be looks quietly up from bis book, and spyl,
“A-i-n-t y-o-u r-a-t-b-e-r r-u-do, ’ e-h-t-T
d-r-e-n I”
One summer evening in the country, as lie
sat ou the grass smoking a cigar, it occured
to me whether any thing short of an earth
quake would (tart him op; so I placed along
string of crackers behind him and then touch
ed them off; and as I atn a living woman, he
never so much as winked. Yod should see
him getting ready for church, as he pares and
polishes his finger-nails, lays every hair on
Ids head over its nppropiate bump, sprinkles
a drop of cologne on the tiorllf west corner
of his pocket-handkerchief, and ties the bow
of that cravat for the for -ticth time. I nev
er saw S-o-l-o-m-o-n excited.
I never heard him laugh; be don’t know
the luxury of tears. Now, it I only could
get up a domestic squabble! (thunder clonds
clear the atmosphere, you know,) bttjits no
use, tried to stir him on politics, butJbe’s
on the fence, had at leave jump one way as
another. I've put on the sulks, and bean dis
tant and dignified—l tell yoa he likes it; be
sides, you couldn’t freeze him colder than he
is. I’ve been loving and petting him; its a
waste of omunition, lie cant he thawed out.
Its my solemn belief ho was originally inten
ded for an old maid, but by some horrid, mis
take-lie's my husband, I could double
Cape Horn while he
oh, when ibacoroner’s jury sits on me won't
the verdict be —“ Dieu of excess of still
weather/” •
.v- 1., .. ....
HUNGER AN IMPULSE TO LABOR.
Hunger is one of tbe beneficial and terri
ble instincts. It it*, indeed, tbe very fire of
life, underlying nil impulses to labor, end
moving [fun to noble activities by imperious
denmiids. -Look where we may, we see it
ns the mnlivk power which sets tbe vast array
of hummi machinery in action. It is hunger
bicli brings these stalwart navvies togetliei
.n orderly gangs to cut paths through moon
lains, to throw bridges across livers, to inter
sect the bind with the greAt iron-ways, which
brings city into daily communication with
city. Hunger is the overseer of those men
electing palaces, prison houses, barracks, an
villas. Hunger sits at the loom, which, with
stealthy-power, is weaving the wondrous fab
tics of cotton and silks. Hunger labors ni
the furnace am) the plough, coeicing the na
tive ii’dnlcnce of man into strenuous and in
cessant activity. Let food he abundant and
easy of access, and civilisation becomes
impossible; for our higher efforts are depen
dent on our low'er impulses in an indissolu
ble manner. Nothing hut the necessities of
food will force man to bthor, which he hates,
and will alwfiys avoid when possible. And
although this seems obvious only when ap
plied to the laboring classes, it is equally,
though less obvious, true when applied to all
other classes; for (lie money wc all labor to
gain is nothing but food, and the surplus of
lood, which will buy other men’s labor. If,
ip this sense, hunger is seen to he a benefi
cent instinct, in an other sense it is terrible
for when its progress is unchecked, it become*
a devouring flame, destroying all that is no
ble in man, subjugating bis humanity, and
making the brute dominant in him, till finally
life itself is extinguished. Reside the pic*
tnre of tiro activities it inspires, we might
also place a picture of the ferocities it invokes.
Many an.appalling story might be cited, from
that of Ugolino in the famine-tower, to those
of wretched shiprecked men and women who
have been impelled, by the madness of star
vation, to murder their companions that they
might feed upon their flesh.— Blackwood.
TSAR ALIGHTS.
The following which we find in tbe Colum
bus Times dt Sentinel,is a matter of do small
interest to our horticultural friends, and to
the public generally : *f A disease or an iosect
too small for microscopic vision,is destroying
many of our finest fruit trees and causing
some alarm among the cultivators of orchards.
For a long time, this disease or destroying
insect was confined to a northern climate,
but it is now transferred to a southern soil
and threatens great destruction- The finest
pear trees wither and djfe in a few days. We
are informed by oar friend, R. J. Moses,
Esq.,’ of tliia city,who has the finest orchards
in the country on Esquiline Hill, that the
symptoms of decay are first observed at the
ends of tbe leaves, which soon turn black
and tbe blossoms fade. Its progression is
downwards towards tbe roots. It is beyond
doubt contagious and spreads rapidly, l'bs
best remedy is to lop off the limbs f the
tree,when its leaves are being tinctured with
blackness or cut the tree down immediafely
and barn it, so as to destroy tbe insects.**
NUMBER 82. ”
MED FALNEBMfW.
A correspondent asks ns for information
of the family name and coßiiectionojfLord
Palmerston, the late British Premier—whe
ther Itis title it anew creation, and #byla
it not in the House of Lords.
-The family, name of Lord r, Tmiirst*si in
Henry John Temple. The title of Palmer
ston is Viscount Palmerston,is Irish, although
Palmerston himself is of a very ancient t?ng-
Ikffi family, the same as that of wbiefc’ le
Duke of Buckingham is a member in at fe
male line. Tbe Buckinglianta retain tbs
name of Temple as a part of their compound
surname, which is Temple-Nugent-Bndgea-
Chaudoa-Grenville. Tbe common nni SM'ti
of these families ia a Mr. William Temple,
who was secretary to Lord Burleigh jp the
time of Queen Elisabeth, but the Temples
trace their descent farther baek to the Earl
f Chester,and Lady Godlva, the heroineof
the old legend of peeping*Tom of Coventry.’
Tbe first dignity of the Immediate aaeee
tors of Lord Palmerston was that of Engtsati
Baronetcy in the last century. The tit|a of
Viscount Palmerston was first conferred upon
the grandfather of thrf psbseot Lord. Hals
the third Viscount Palmerston. We eamtdt
answer tbe inquiry “Whether be bas any in
tensive family connection among (he British
aristocracy. We rather think that bia ka
drod are mostly with the gantry, so called,
his relationship with tbe Backingbams being
very distant. He married the dowager CotriT
tees Cowper, widow of a former Earl and
mother of tbe Earl lately deceased, of a eem
siderable family besides; but Lord Palmec
s!on bas no children. Lady Palmerston fu
the sister of the late Lord neboarne.tbe well
knows Whig and Reform Premier, who MM
in 1848, and is a lady remarkable fur baflffl
ant powers of mind and fine address. We
have not the date of bu birth at band, bat
we believe be was born abont 1784 andls,
therefore, about 74 years of age. * “
Lord Palmerston sits in tbe House of Corff
mons, as piember for tbe borough of Tiver
ton. He is not in the House of Lords km
cause his title is Irish and not English. All
the members of the five Engliah orders of
nobility—dukes, marquises, earls, viscount*
and barons—have a right by birth ta sfefh
Parliament as peers. Tbe Irish or Bcotek
peers who sit there have also Engliah titles,
secondary to their higher Irish title, by
which they are commonly distingaiabed,’ Or
have been cltosen by the nobility as rvprih
•entatives. Ireland has twenty-eight repre
sentative peers and Scotland sixteen. Smite
of the names we aee mentioned most fre
quently in the proceedings of the of
l-ords are of Irish and Scotch peers, by tbblr
Ififth titles, but when they are not repreagfi
tative peers this is only a title of courtesy in
the House. They have inferior Engltsb. ti
tles, by virtue of which they are member*
of the House. The Earl of Aberdeen, |n
Scotland, for example, sits aa an English
peer by an English title of Lord Gordon ;
the Duke of Argyle, aa Lord Suedridge,
the Puko of Athol as Lord Strange; (be
Marquis Claaricarde, in Ireland, aa l ord
meriiill; tbe Marqnis of Londonderry Is
Lord Vane in England. The new Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland ia the Earl of EHlfl
tonn in Scotland. His English title is Lord
ArJrosaan. There are many others, ordiaa
nly addressed by Irish and Scotch tides.
#ho have nevertheless inferior English titles,
not often used, by which they have a right
tosh in the House of Lords. Lord Palmer
ston has no English title and therefore bob
no right to sit in the imperial Parilstnenfjfe-
No English peer is a member of tbe House
of Commons. The names of many lords
are in the lint of members, as, for example,
the Eatl of Surrey, the Earl of Mnigntvfe,
Earl GroftVenor, Lord: Stanley, Marquis es
Blnndford, hut these are not peers—bat tbe
sous of peers, who are addressed, in courtesy,
tiy the second title of the father. The Earl
of Surrey is the eldest son of tbe Duke of
Norfolk; and would, be designated ia |sw
only os the Honorable Mr. Howard,commoe
ly called Earl of Surrey. Tha present Earl
of Derby sat In the House of Commons Sk
iing the lifetime of his father as “Lord Stan
ley, (by courtesy,) but when tbe then minis
try wished to strengthen them selves m tbe
House oi Lords they made him a peer by
the new title of Lard Stanley of ftrhrnrtsffin.
which merged into rite elder title whetr bis
father died ; and his son is now in the
of Commons as Lord Stanley (by courtesy)
And not Lord Stanley of Btckentaffe.—M
O. Picayune,
~ THE ATLANTIC TELEGEAFJL
S> * k ■
The London Times announces that tbe
general programme es the second, and, it fat
to be hoped, final attempt to submerge tbe
Atlantic telcprnph wire, bas already Seen
decided on. Tbe 400 miles of cable ordere4
to replace the 384, which were lost last au
tumn off Valentis, have been completed, aujl
it is intended, in order to make better provis
ion for casnalities, that an additional 3$Q
miles shall at once be proceeded with. The
Agamemnon and the Niagara are the veaeelq
again to be employed in tbe attempt to lay
the wire, and the opperation will, this year,
be commenced in the middle of June, in
which month it is aaid, there are five or aix
consecutive days daring which a gale iu the
Atlantic was seldom or never known to oeet|R
The line will be joined and laid from the cen
tre of the ocean, the Niagara taking her end
of the cable to Ireland, and the Agamemtmf
conveying hers to America. Tbe’W.l
daily expected at Ply month, where sue will
take on board, at the Keyliani Dockyard,
1,600 miles of the wire. *l/;
On this occasion the cable will not
piled away in one huge mass, bnt will be dis
tributed equally in the fore, midship and af
ter-part of the vessel, in these eoila of s<Hi
miles each. Aa soon as tbe wire has beflife
stowed away, the two steamers Will proceed
into deep water, wheiu* number of e*pes
lantkCa. a.