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VOLUME I.
THE WIHE-ORASS REPORTER.
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(Law Firm.)
HARRIS & HARRIS.
Iverson L. Harris, I Charles J. Harris,
Milledgeville, Ga. | Thomasville, Ga.
nfarch 31 w ... ts
K. S. BUltrll & Witt. McLE^IDOJIT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ...
1. . THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA
ectlt . 19 way
BAKER & Bli .W HT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Troupville , Lowndes Cos., Gi.
aept lb ‘ ‘ w *f
F.UOENK~L. HINES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
TlfO ts my ILL E, GEORGIA,
j Office over McLean's spire. (jan36
JOHI M foVSON,
AfT TOR NE Y A T L AW ,
OFFICE next dopmtd Dr. Bruce’s, Thomasville,
Georgia. - ‘jau.T-ly,
: G. IK. DAXIELL,
ATTORN EY A T LAW,
THO MA S 111. LE, G EO R <IIA
Office one door.above Jq)iu Stark's on-Fletcher St.,
formerly occupied by L. C. Di van. [ jmrl'.’ly
john c. niciioLls,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARESnOIiOUGH, WARE CO.fGA.
WILL practice in all the counties of the Druns
wick circuit, ami Lowndes and Berrien of the
Southern —— ~innrUloy
GEORGE B. MILLIAIISOA,
ATTOR NE Y AT LAW,
WARBSBOROUGH, GA.
WILL PRACTICE in ttmfoflowiug Counties f the
~ Brunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Pierce, Ware
Clinch, and Charlton. niariiltf
HAItiEL B. SPENCER,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
THOMASVILLE. GEORGIA.
WILL givo his entire attention to the practice of
Law, in the Comities of thu Southern Circuit. —
Odlee on the secomi floor of D. it E. McLean’s
brick building. _(jnnVOoy
E. C. TIORGAff,^
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NASHVILLE, GEORGIA. - „
WILL practice iu the counties of the Southern Cir
cuit,and the counties of Ibiidy, Worth and Dough
erty of the Macon, anffTfSlfee, Clinch rind Ware
of the Brunswick Circuits. „ „
Vint Creek, Ga., Oct. 7. ts.
RICE ft TWERSIIOIY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
ATTEND to all btirincss entrusted to their care, in
the following counties, to-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap
pling, Coffee, Chnrlton, Lowndes and Berrien, Geor-
Also, in the eoanties of Hamilton, Columbia,
and Jefferson, iu Florid;)^.
DAVID P. RICE. | HENRY M. MERMION,
jan 5 v, Cm
JAfIIES IM. FOLSOM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO„ GA.
“WILL practice in all the courts of the Brunswick
Oireoit and in tbe corn ta oft Lowndes and Berrien
of the Southern Circuit.
( A. E.Cochran. Brunswick Ct.
( Judge Peter E. Love, Southern ,Ct,
jan 5 W J v y
-r .. (Reform Practice.)
|>ri. BOWER A ELLIM,
OFFER their professional services to the eitizons
of Thomssvifle and vicinity. . Culls at all hours
promptly attended to. feh2ny
Dr. SAMUEL R. WILLIAMS,
HAVING located in Thomasville. respectfully ten
ders his professional service* to the citizens of
Thomaiville and vicinity. He may be found at the
Office of I)r. 8. 8. Adams. -foctlSoy
R. E. 7 ARNOLD }’
WILL continue the practice of Den
■ tistry iu Thomasville and vicinity —lJTfjll
Any order left at the Foqt Office or at
bis O Rice during liis absence from town will receive j
attention at the earliest opportunity. [jaits-ly
T ’ lorkis sxeiaelsx,
Professor of music will give private lessons to the
citizens of ThhmSsvilla and vicinity upon the Piano,
Xelodeon, Guitar. Flo to, Violin, and Vlolon’celjo.—
He may be found at Fletcher Institute from 9 s. m. to
I#, Rami* tuned. \ (ocUUoy
ROBERT BOVINE,
sir.! . (Late of Georgia.) WITH
BOWES, IYATT & C 0.,.
No. 81) Warren St., Newt York.
WILL be prepared to show country merchants this
Wing Hie .best aod cheapest stock of Booty and
gsoQS ever offered to the Southern trade.
Orders solicited and ctrefully attended to.
9* w ty
W. F. SA.IfFORD,
CITY
Auctioneer & Commission Merchant,
THOMABVILLE. GA.
WILL SELL AT AUCTION, or privately on
Commission, any species of Mrrcbandixe,
Produgg, Stock, Negroes, Ac- {hat may be confided
to his care. Regular Auction days—every Saturday.
He will also pay strict attention to the
Briyiii* and Selliiiig of Lands.
Persons wishing to settle in our county would no
doubt find it to their interest to consult him before
purchasing, ns he is fully prepared to impart infor
mation, both in regard to the productiveness an
present value of lands, ns well as the advantages
attending peculiar locations. mnrSlbely
~Jj±S. M. GRAY,
Watch-Maker and Jeweler, Thomasville, Ga.,
STILL offers his services, in his line of business, to
the public, and especially to his friends, ft
He has bought out the entire interest of fSq
Otto Lange. dbA
and employed him as a workman in his bnsipess.
■Come and give him a call, as he is well supplied
with Tools and Materials to do you a good job, and
as cheap as you can get any where.
OP - Office two doors below Chas H. Remington’s
Furniture Store. marJi ts
MOO HE & HOMAN’S
Variety Worka
THE undersigned are pre
pared to manufacture in
tbe best amt most fashionable WCWVn
style all kinds of Furniture,
Bedsteads from $5 to $35 ; UlHB^
Side Boards Wash stands, pIjSH
Corner stands, Wardrobes,
Bureaus—China, Red Ba v
Dining Tables, Folding and
Plain Tables, Centre and Side Tables, Couches,
Trunnel Bedsteads, Cradles and Cribs,
Secretaries, Book Caws and Hat Stands.
Lumber taken in exchange for Furniture : or lum
ber inode up to order in the most fashionable stjle.
Also oil kinds of Turning ami Sawing done
in the best style. Shops hicated South end of Main
street, below Meßain’s Hotel, ThojnaAvilfe, Ga.
julylA] ~ MOORE & HOMAN.
Carriage Manufacory,
AND BLACKSMITH SHOP.
A The partnership between MeLedon /?-N
ficjSl & Lowry being dissolved, I respect* It })
fIIHV “J'trrtTrtfl"thp~piiliiSc,‘ that the bu- ■’ U
sinrss in all its branches will be enrr ed on as before
by ti e undersigned. Gratetul for oast patronage, I
earnestly solicit a continuance of the same. Those
in wanted Waggons, Buggies, carriages of any dis
cretion, I think I will be able to suit, both as re,
gards quality and price. Those indebted to McLen
don & Lowry will find their notes and accounts in
my hands. Strange as it may seem to some, it is im
possible for me to carry on this business without
money. . Repairing done in good style and on, reas
onable terms. ‘ ‘*
uiHreli‘3tf) JOHN H. LOWRY.
New Jeweler, Watch and ‘Clock
~ Maker.
JOSEPH JERGER now offers his services ft
to the public, mid pledges himself to give
prompt attention to cleaning, repairing, and skosit.
making Watches, Jewelry, A. e. All win k entrusted
to him w ill bo executed and delivered at the time
promised, and warranted. He lias no flowing enco
miums to bestow upc himself as a watch maker,
but relies upon the judgment of his patrons to es
tablish his skill and reputation. Terms Cash.
Office second door above the Post Office, next to
_the store of 11. W. Sharpe.
Thomasville, Ga., March 17, TSS7. ts
7V A Til. IIAII i/iy
COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION
MERCECAIVT,
No. ‘AS Poydras Street New Orleans.
Refers to —
k“wK: S'™—- n
McMniaii'&'camjibdT \ Q u!nc > - Florida.
Gin. Win. Daily, JeflerHoii County. Florida.
John G. Piitnum, Esq., Madison County, Fla
Augustus Steele, Esq., Cedar Keys, Florida,
Daniel Bell, Esq.. Hamilton County Florida.
Ed. Remington, Esq., ) _
E. G. Ponder, Esq. \ TJioniasville, Georgia.
Jack J. Marsh, Esq., Duncanville, Georgia.
J A. Mclntosh, Esq., Glasgow, Georgia.
Norenihei 3, 1857. . - tC— .
illalihattnn Hotel, ~
Murray Street. New York.
IS. ST ILL open for the reception of
JL§outliern Merchants, ami the Pro- !
prutdrS are determined to spare no
pains or expense to give eutire satwlaction.
jan2fioy) 111 GGINS & FLING,.
Adams Mouse.
I mills establishment in now pernio- „ n
X nently opened fur the. itcrnmnindtk aBEHrI
lion of the public, ‘livery convenience ** I ‘ PjLc
bus been provided lor boarders and trap- MJ i -Vjs
siont customers; and the proprietor flat- ■BSESSSi
tbrs himself that he is now able to give the utmost
satisfaction. GODBOI.D, Proprietor.
Thonmsville, Gn., March 24, fc ts
* New Blacksmith Shop:
THE undersigned hffs opened the Shop at Bras
well’s corner,, forinerly known as nr ■fj
Win Sharpes Blocksmith Shop, and is
prepared to do all work in his line. He solicits a
share of public patron age.
mar23<.y JOHN THOMAS.
\cv Tailoring ÜbtabliMliinent.
PETER LINDSAY,
MERCHANT TAILOR, would respectfully in
form the citizens of Thoniasville and -sAg
surrounding country that he has opened a IA
Shop next door to Reimngtnu’s Furniture
store, where he will be pleased to wait on those who
may-favor him w ith a calf. Garments of all kinds
cut and made up in the latest and most fashionable
styles'; Patronage solicited. mar23oy
Notice to Everybody.
OR. A. W. ALLEN’S
CELEBRATED SOUTHERN
- LIKTIMEXT,
IS A CERTAIN REMEDY for Strains, Sprains,
Rhournatisih, Neuralgia, Cramp, Nervous Head-
Aehe, Sore Throat. Stiff Neck, Tooth-Aehe, Pain In
the Head, Scalds and Burns, or any thing like erup
tions on the flesh,
Also, for all diseases to which bbrses arc subject.
Dr. Allen’s Alt-Henlfng Ointment,
IS • certain cure for Ring-worms, Scratches in
horses, Greese Heel, Thrush, Collar and Saddle
Galls; and all flesh wounds.
Manufactured by Dr. A. W. ALLEN, Columbus,
Georgia. * •
For sale is Thoiuasville, by Baum A, Shiff; in
Monticello, by Paltuer & Uro., and in Troupvdle, by
T. W. Ellis. . 1 A. W. ALLEN.
nov24 w 1y
To Democrats.
/'"YNE of tin* first duties of t Good Democrat is to
support his party press. The NevyYork Daily
and Weekly News is now well established as tb
Democratic organ of New York city. ’lt is one of
the best newitpirors Os tbc day, morsorec. Rend
i’Bsroaa /aftssihet
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, MAY 12 1858.
Ulisttllantons.
From the,.Unioji and Atnerioan.
BUT LOVIIIGOOD Alt SICILY BUMS’ WADDING
BY s eor tbnSkssbb.
Hey.jGft-orgee I’ * range araog the non -
tain slopes; and on looking up to my left, 1
saw “Silt” tearing aloag down a steep point
(” heading me off,") in a long Kangaroodikn
lope, holding his flask high above his bead,
and hat in hand. lie brought up near me,
still banteriiigly shaking the half full tickler
within an inch of my face, until tlie bead
.rose to the corn-cob stopper. “ Wliar ye
gwfne ? take a suck, boss. This yers truck’s
old. I kotcb hit mises hot this tnornin fruin
lhe Btillwurm. Narra darn’d bit/of strike
nine in hit —I put that ar piece of burnt
dried peach in uiiaef to gin it culler—better
nor ole Bulliii’s plan; lie puts Dtu oose in
what he sells, an when that aint handy he
mixes n leetle of the red warter oaten a
pond below his barn—makes a powful natral
culler, hut dont help the taste any. Then
lie koirecU that with red pepper. Hits an
orful tnixtry, that ove hard-shell whiskey ove
ole Bulliu’s. He lies pisineed ni onto three
quarters ove the bcleevin part of his congii
gasbun with hit, an tut her quarter’s a guine
Hie same road, es his still-hous dont burn
down soou, ur lie peg out liesef. Haint lie
tbe durndest speciment of a walkin barril
ove g s ye ever eny how 1
Say, Georgey, dy’e see these here well
poles what 1 uses for laigs 1 Well I passed
em by each uMier putty peart tutherday. 1
put jest wunoutso, au then tuthcr, say nine
feet beyant, an then kep a doin hit. I’ll jest
gin ye leave tu go tu the devil liof harnmon,
es 1 didn’t make fewer, tracks tu the mile
an more tu the minit, than wur ever made
by iiuninn manbodv, without the help ove a
boss, since Bark Wilson beat the saw-log
frum Hie top ove the Frog nmnntain inter
the Ocoee ruver, an dove an and x’ged hit at
last. Every thing what talks and cries lies
a pint of sum soit. Ole Bulliu’s pint, is a
durned, fust-rale, three bladed, doubled bar
reled, wartei-proof hypockricy, an a onquin
chible appetite fur bald face. Sicily Bums’
pint is thru her feelers, au ways to drive
men fokes crazy. She gins them a fever, jist
es sari in cs a week at Orleans in August wud.
Durn her she is down on her heels now, and
walks'flat-footed at that. Dad's pint an hits
thcnnlyj pint lies got, is tu he ttie king ove
all durned fools, seuce the days of that fel
ler, the hibil reeds about, what housed so
much corn in Egypt, and lost his coat by run
i:in outen hit. Hit -tells us who wus the
best man, but leves ye to gess who wus the
biggest fool, au es tliars a bull nigger in
Tennessee, what cudn’t tell the fust pop ar
tcr bcarin it red, l wudent gin fifty ceuts fur
him Rai tin.- He besent sence emiff tu run
into (lie bouse es it wur a raiuin ded cats,
.hat’s all. My pint is in bcatin eny body
suckiii iu a big skeer, an them in beatin euy
body’s boss ur skared dog ruuiu outen it agin.
4-u*ed tu think my pint wur like dad’s, on
mixed fool; but when lie acted hots, I giu in.
Maybe when I gits bis speiiencc, an em es
old, I kin nock the hous otcu him, au be king
f.>ol piisef on his pint. Bat its uiity otisartin.
He has, never been beat yit, by eny thing
that cud talk. Now cf a feller knows what
his pint is, he kin git along, alters pervidii,
he dont swar away his libelty, tu a temper
ance socity, ur liv tu fur frum a still-hous, an
iu ni a cliuicb ur a jail. Them's my senti
ments, an l’l gin ye auu’her ove em: Meu
folks Wur made jrst to drink, eat, an fur stay
in awake in the early part ove nites; an wtui
in tu cook the vitils, mix the liquor, an help
t e men to do the stuyiii awoke. That,s bit
an nothin more, ouless its fur the wimin to
raifiu the devil at ween meals, an the men tu
play short kerds qtweeu drams, swap bosses
with fools, and file fur exercise at odd spells.
George, you dont understand life yet.
But about me swappiu these yer laigs so
fast; I had got about a fox squirril skin full
ove foiled corn juice under uiy shut, au wur
aimin fur Bill Kar’sou foot, an wlien 1 got in
site ove ole B.urn,s I seed jii onto fifty bosses
and mules bitched to his fence., lt wur Sici
ly’s weddin. v KWxn*rrid C'UpUuiw the sukil
lider; the same feller lie’s faith gin out wheu
lie met me making-soda. Now, I’ll tell you
town 110 body never seed : wuu is a ded mule
—I meapse a inule wlintji ß t died far, without
euy Ijelp ;-an tuther is a sukit riders grave.
Caze why, tile lie mules all tipn into ole
field school masters, an the she wuns into
strong minded wimin, and then they dies like
eny oyher human. An the sukit riders, them
what inarrys money, turns into store keepers;
an them what inarrys fur it an gits bit, turns
inter-politicians, and tticy dies sorter like hu
mans too. I’ll tell uthcr thing about
the varmints: they tat chickens round the
Atakit till they skates ujßb rich gal, andef ev
er one ove em lowers Ins sites onto a gal, xyiiy
she is a gal no longer, no more nor lie stays a
sukit rider. They jist hich bosses, an good
bye gal, good-bye ole sedge field, pine thicket’,
sukit, an look out tor a team of sbuttail chil
dren, a pale Oman, sharp boss tradin, an stay
ing at lipme on kollection Sundays. Now
ole Burns bed a big black and white bull,
with a ring in his nose an the rope tied up
around his horn. They rid im to mill and
sicli like with a saddle made vuten dog-wood
forks and clap boards, and kivered with ole
carpit, rope girth and stirrup leathers, with a
loop for the foot. Ole sock, as they call him,
bed jist got back from mill, an wur turned in
ter the yard, sadil an all to pick grass. I
wur a slurgin round too, out side the bouse,
fur they hedent axed me in when they sot
down tu eat. Sock nosed around till ho
found a big basket what hilt shattered corn,
an lie put in his hed tu git U. I slipped up
An jerked the handle over his hons. Now,
George, duyu no the natur ove a cow brute?
Thcvs the durndest foots oyo all the beastes.
(alters septin ove The Lovengoocl*,) fur w hen
they gits inter tribulaobuu they nose DUthin
but to shet tbur eyes, heller, an back an keep
backin. Well, when ole Beck found bis sef
in darkdess, when he raised his hod, lie made
wtm lunge sgiit the house that shook tbe dau
bin out, then he ffi!eh*e Belter mout been
heam a mils, and then Sot inter an ondendtn
sistim ove backin. A big crawfish wur no
wliar. Fust sgin wun thing, tlieq over sn
ot her, among which was.fhe bee bench, an a
dozeSi stands ove bees. This knockin dowai
tliar bench fetch out aH the bees film mad;
the wholear Wfir fiill ove em, reddy to pich
inter eny thing that moved. The haus sot
pnter alopin groun, an the yard dore wur
even with bit; so Sock jist backed in onder
t dubble hed ove'steme, a’ bfowin an a bawlin
a* tire letter ovo file brggest army ove bee*
ever seed at wun time, they fill’d the baskit,
they lodged onto his tale till it wur es thick
es a waggio lung, an strata up in the sr at
that, lookin sorter liks a ded pine kivered
with ivy. Thor wr in fact aH over im, an
at work with all thier mites, a inakin im -feel
good an hot, an improovin his temper mitely.
Ove all the durned times yat ever hern tell of
wurthnr an Iharabouta. He cum tale fust
agin the ole two story mtcli clock and fotch
hit, bustih the inards outen it, the leetle
wheels wur all over the flore. Next pas lie
toch up agin the foot ove a big duhhil engine
bedstid, an rared hit onto wined an puncliin
wun ove the post thru the glais winder,-
The next tail fust experdition wilr agityi
katnkornerd cupbord, what booh kotch dar
natioa. lie smashed the glass in, upaetin hit
and then stomped every thing inter shelves
all to gibblots, a tryin tu back feeder in thnt
dereeshun. Pickil krocks, preserve jSrs vio
egar jugs, sped bags, yarb bundles, parngor
goric bottils, aig bask its, an delf were all
mixed d—d permiskusly, an not wutli a sof
tin by about a duller and a alf. Next he got
a fair pack acmes the rume agin the twtnrd
pcrtisliun; lie went thru like it had b< u pa
per, an tuck about six feet square ove bit m
splinter's’ and skrapa with im iHter the rume
what they wur a eatin. an now tbe fltin ove
bees, an dancing, an dodgin begun. *
Clapsiisw's ream war deaf ns a dogtron, an
sot at tlie send ove the tabil next-to wliar
Sock busted thru the wall; fail aind on he
cum agin her cheer, hiatin her An hit onto the
tabil. Now the sqwa-wkin, and cussin, au the
stnaßliin ovo things, mixin ove vitlils .begun.
I'hey lied sot several tahils together tU make
hit long emi£ so Jie jist ruled cm up a top ov
one Another an tbur sot ole Mississ Clapshaw
a straddle of the pjle, n fit in bees like onto
a mad windmill, with her kalikc.rcap in wun
hand fur a wepon, an a cruet frame in tuthcr;
an a kickin like she wur a -i4din a lazy boss
artet n docter. Taturs, cabidge, meat, supe,
sop, dumpling, an the track ye waller im m;
milk, plates, pies an every durned fixin you
cud think ove in a week, wer tliar mixed and
smashed like hit lied been thtu a tlirashin
ransheeu. still kep a backin ‘and
backed tbe hole pile, ole’ ornnn and all, with
five or six utlier bee filers an a few cheers,
outen the big dore ati down seven steps inter
the lane; an then he turned a fifteen hun
dred pound sumerset hisses niter em. and lit
atop ove all the mixed up mess fl t onto hi*
back. About the time he got to his feet, ole
roan Burns—ye no how fat, stumpy, an cross
grained he is env how—made a inad snatch
ut the baskit, and kotch hit. but cudn*t let go
quick enuf, fur ole Sock jist biowed, belicred
and (listed the ole stud heels fust tip inter the
ar, an he lit on ole Sock's back an bed the
baskit in bis band. Jist as soon as ole Black
ey cud sec, Ije jote off dowu the lane (tryin
tu out run the Lees) so fast that ole Burns
was feared tojry to git off; so lie jist socked
his fu* inter the rope stirups and prepare his
ses fur the durndest fast bull rule mortal man
ur otnnn ever had. Sock took down atween
the Inched bosses an the rail fence and ole
Burns a fitiu him over the hed with the baskit
to stop him, an then fitiu the bees. I’ll tell
yer he kept that ar baskit a raoovin. Fll jist
be durned of 1 didn't think be lied fore ur
five baskils. I end see that many sumtiuies
an onst; Burns, baskit and bull, scared
every durned boss and tnule'froin the feuce,
sum obsaryin bees a stopiu in each wun to
help im start fast from tbe onqvick an truble
sum place Most on em, ton, tuck a fence rail
witli em, fast onto the bridil rein. -'Now I’H
jist gin ye leve tu kiss sister Sal, es ever sich
a site wnr seed ur sich noises hern as wur iu
that long lane.. A monstrous cloud of dust
like a hurnkano hed cam a long, hid all the
hoaxes; and away abuv hit yu cud see hosses’
tnile and ends, fence rales a flying about, an
now an then a pat*Ove brite hind shoes, wud
flash in (lie sun like to sparks an away a hed
wur the baskit a sirkeling roun about at ran
dom. A heap ove braying, some nickering,
the bellerin ove the bull, elnttcrln ove ratlin
hoofs, au a monstrus rusliin sound made up
in theuise. I swar ole Burns can beat eny
mart on yenth a fi'in beese with a baskit.-
Jist set him straddle ove a mad bull an let
thnr be plenty ove bees so as to excite ole
man. Btray hosses and mules wur taken up
all over the country, an yc cudn.n go a mile
eny corse an not find buckils an stirups straps,
ur smnthif) belonging to a ridih boss. __
Now about that lious ther wur s gooff lime
ginerally. Fellers and galls loped outen
winders, they roled outed tbe dores in bunch
es, they dome the chimleys, they bid onder
the hous, they tuck to the thicket, they roled
in the wheat fields, lay down in the krick,
an sum tuck it out in good ole runin toards
home. Sicily, she squatted in the spring up to
her years, an while she wur drowudin the
mess ove bees under her coats, 1 went to her
sez, I “you’vgotan utlier new sensashuu
lipint ye?” “Oh, Sut, the hominable insex
they're {is burniti m up!’’ “Gin era sum so
dy,” sez J, “in broken doses—that’ll cool em
off,” Bhe shot fire at me outen her eyes an
I thot I’d best go. Clapsbaw crawled under
a chaff pile in the barn an tuck it out In sigliiu
angi oauiug. Sicily aod him didnt sleep to
gethe fur ni onto a week, an all bccase of
them ar .bot-fooied boujinable insex. Tbar
warnt an oman or gall at thaiwr wedin, but
what tliar stocking and frocks wer to tied fur
two ur three days. s)eea ant wus on wimmin
titan men folks, eny how, ttyej’ bev a sorer
chance at en; specially-F they’ve got pn
hoops. Ove all toe durned misfortinat wed
dins that has happened since Adam maned
tliat old heifer what wur to fond ove talkin
tu analxs an eatin appUx, doua till now. ktmi
wun ove Sicily Purus an Tasson Clapshaw,
wua the durndest wust wuu, fur nne, disap-’
pintment, brakin tiling*, skare, trubil, Inriia
an vexashuti ove spirit. They wont gee jo
get her, mine that; got too bad a start, f
Yon MlntyUmfr to listnu now bow ole
Burns finished hi* bull rWe, and how I .cure
tu do that lofty specimen ove rnnim I’ll
tell that agin. Es eny body axes arter me
tell em’m over in Fanin. on my way tu Pah
lonega, fur sum on em will kilt me es they ,
katch ran. Hits an orful thing oeorgc, tube
a nalrnl born durnd foot. You’ve never spe
r eneod hit, liev yet Hit he* made power
fully agin our family; an nil owin to (fail. I
nrter jist bnst'mjr bwl open agin a’ bluff ove
rack*, an wud do hit rtf I Wftrnt $ cussed
coward. All pendence 1* in these vere fafg.
—dyesee em ? Es tkey dont ffiH, I may turn
human yet some day; that is sorter human;
enuf to be a squire, nr skoal cumisbinur.—
Es I wur jist es srtwrt es I m mean an or
nary, I’d be President n e a Wild Cat in a
week. Hes liquor ri* what jrott’ve been/
Much on hand?
ur urrsLUQjnT witness.
Not many years ago a criminal was fried
in an adjoining county, in which one Brin
was a material witness set the Btate.
The charge was that Foster made an attempt
to kill one 8, with a four pound weight. Jjen
was a stout strong man, with huge lungs,
and not in the habit of refusing a social
drink with a fiiend. Ho was only a tolera
bly good Matured fellow when he bad “ a
brick in his hat,” and feasted on tjie details
of a fisticuff with great relish. Ben was
called up by tbe Staid, and politely request
ed to tell nil he knew about ft. Afteruqnnf
ing himself round a time or two, and adjust
ing Us quid, be begau in bis pecailier nasal
voices 1 ,j... : , :
“ Well we all went to the gulp—-there wqa
a big crrtwd tliar—some was drinkin’ and
some won’t—l was, Judge, sortar Ib my
self. Nsel is a good ftdler, Judge, but he
aint smart; U% went to Jackson oust, etui |
his daddy got out of sight, nnd he wheat
abmi(jjwing every man he met, ‘ VVbar’s dad
dy?”’-—-
“ Go on, Mr.——, tell us nil about*thb
fight.”
“ Well, as I was sayin', Noel wanted the
sow, aod was afeared lie couldn’t bay bar
without gittin’ somebody to stand for him.
and I told hint es he’ff make me safe I'd do
it or die ; and he paid he'd pawn his gun,but
iiit waa at Wingate’* shop to be fixed. I
told him ‘ All right, Noel,’ nit shan’t break
squares with os, no how.’ /.Well. Noel he
bid three- dollars and a dime or a quarterjand
I can't say which, in the positive” —,
“Go on, si rdf you please,about the fight.*’
“ Well give me time to bring it round right.
Well, Noel didn't gft the sow, because John
Wall bid more'n she was wuth. Well then
a cow was put up, and Foster bid ten dol
lars and a quarter, nnd she was knocked off’
to him. Foster snid he only bid twn doHitrs.
and S. said lie bid ten and a quarter. They
got to disputin’, and I thought enough was
said for a man to fight on, but Foster took
They kept on jowerin’ and at last 8. told
Foster he’d lie es he'd acrupulale.—
Foster said he’d bo es he’d eon.boli
ente from what lie said. Well, about this
time I felt dry,and wont over tot he doggery
with several, and we all tuck a.stiff drink.—
I tuck inme with sweetnin’, Judge. Well
Noel Hales seemed hurt about tint gittin’tha
sow, so I sav*. ‘ Noel, let’s haste some music
to mnke us fuel better.’ Sex lie, * Ben. J
know you are a friend to me, and es you’ll
get Abo l.ard to play “Cotton-eyed Joe,”
i’ll treat to boss a pint.’ Well, in this tiu-e
wo lionm the fn over the way, and went
out, and who should we sea bat 8. lying
down mi the pizzer, end Foster as pale os
skimmed milk. Sez I ‘Men’ let’s b ive a
fair fight.’ Some oue said, ‘ Ben, they’ve al
rnadv fit.’ ”
“fdr. ———, did you seethe fight V’
‘• Well, I can't say I did nor I can’t tay
I didn’t. I mouglit, then again I mought’nt.”
“Do you recollect nnything about it, Or’
were you in a condition to recollect ?”
“ Well, squire, you rather gofrune tliar.—
The fact is I sometimes git discombobolated, >
and rrty demembrance aiwt very clare; but
one riiiig Fm sure of. Jndge, and that is No
el treated ; es he didn’t I’ll be !”
Here the State informed him that he conhl
stand aside, and the Court not happening to
hear the oath, the witness was permitted to
retire amid the surpressed laughter of the
whole Court room.— Brandon Republican.
TELEGRAPHING.
Improvement follows improvement in this
wonderful fluid of science. Edward High
ton, Civil Engineer of England, has recent
ly obtained a patent for first sending tele
graphic messages both ways thiongh one and
the same wire at the 6ame instant, without
in any Way interfering with each other; sec
ondly, for preventing the destruction of a
wire in the sea or under ground ; aod third
ly, for mending a telegraphic wire in mid
ocean without raising it out of the mud.-
New telegraphic instruments have also been
constructed intended for tbe use of railroads,
fire alarms police stations.
The instrument is fixed iu a. small box
provided with.a, dd usd pointer. The al
phabet is marked on tha dial, and around
the latter keys arranged iu a circle. A mer
it claimed for this invention is that any per
son, without previous experience, can readi
ly receive and forward messages. On touch
ing a key, the pointer mores to the corres
ponding letter on the dial. The power em
ployed is electricity, and ell dock-work em
ployed is dispensed with. An ordinary tick
et agent, conductor, or engineer, or any per
son who can read, can operate with the In
st rtimeaLw irwdilyee** aceompUetmd tele
grapher
■ ” /. r'. !* Yinttro SipßDEt
Two yob tbs of 19 have been sentenced to
hard ktmr In the penitentiary fnrJlfe, hi New
Orleans; John Daily,far the mwrder es Girie
’ murder of Loteuzo Dow, f. m. . ** *
~V N TJMBEK 84L>
” General Bam Houston ia said to be the
only member of the Present Congress
waa also nwmlier thirty five years aVn,
JLi/
WTieo r<aw®ru Lverwi rormcn onu of tne
three hundred constituting that Wy.^
There are ammo slight inaccunchu jgfthia
statement, (pajajtjie N,JjL PicajynmJu al
though not material. The Congrats, In
which (loneralHeutton andjMY. Everett <m
■when together, m that of lllwr'fll,
note than thirty years ago, bet not, thaay.
tiro; and the whole mi in bar of prtgi
was 261, and not 300. It ia of that Am
grass that JCleneral Houston wa* the My
member who is a member of this Coigresh.
But he ia far fcoaa being the eely aertdslgg.
member, and there is at least one awmbipgf
this C".ngrc*s who> was jn Congress long put
vions to 1825. Mr Crittenden, the venera
ble Senator from Kentucky, waa in the ftei'i
ate in 1817, more than forty years Jigmt
Hanston left Congress in 1827, and did sat
corn* hack till 1846, having been ‘not o|g
out of Congress, but for the most pert ou/t pf
the tJnion, brought back, if all Accounts of
Its ahteannexatien coquetry with Erigfiim
bo true, rather against bis own will.
That Congress Contained a great many
men who have since acquired great repeti
tions. end occupied the highest positions in
the country. Four of Ks members—VAii
Bnren, Harrison, Polk, and Buchanan—*fcfe
aiuee been elected President. Two—&iefa
ord M. Johnson and Win. E, King—-ham
the senith Os Ills popularity and the highest
vigor of Ms intellect. The eccentric M
dolph occupied the seat Which at tha afohhat
wai fitted by Job* Tyler} ArfUlf
hSSKhßf4wivß
ate—men whom Idrgb ‘Classes of devotWl
trioeds aawvbithigly strove ta elect to the
Presidency, Benton, then a giant among
orators and statesmen, waa in the Senate fcje
wn. llaync, of South Carolina,
yodng, and so deeply lamented; Forsyth,
whomever had a superior as n debater fit ttib
Bcaato, after wards Secretary of State arid
minister to Spain; Louis MoLatta, wfimrkf
chine, successively, Swrptary of State and
of the Treasury,and, minister to England;
Levi Woodbury, afterwards Secretary of the
Navy, of the Treasury, and Justice* of the
Supreme Court of the United States
,ln tlie House, besides McDuffie aud ffrun -
ilton, and Philip P. Barbour—men who hare
left great reputations unconnected wmi, pub
lic station—there wfeie Edward Livingsfda,
of LoawiaaArßeeretary of State nndwthri*
tn to France; Wm. C. Uivea. of Viegtoia.
also minister to France; Andrew Steven
son, of Virginia, minister to Euglapd ; and
though we unmeltim lost, ribtthe least con
spicuous, Mr. Everett himself, whose namo
had already become widely known for *fae
scholarship, and who baealne, successive!)!,
minister to England and Secretary of State.
Tt was a remarkable body, that uicluded
these men. Vefy fah of too members £t
vive, and of the whole fiat President Birch,
anan is the only one new hr pobiitr HA>, *-
cept.ng General Honaton. Mr. Buchan*
wob, however, a man |f mark then. Geq.
Houston was only, known for some eccentric
ities, which soon after made him notorious, if
not famous sand bis titles to distinction,dTOft
ever tlieyiaris, were earned en another Mi
thnn in the councils of service of thp United
.States. ■ ... , aV ( *1
In looking over the list of members af
this Congress, as published in Nlfa’s Kegis
ter of December, 1825,. we notice a carious
circumstance. Tlifc list contains llii futt
names of every 1 member t>( the House
Representative* but one. There weak hew
member from Tenntisqfc .WjwiML ckricUtit
name could not be found out by the compi
ler; and so he pnt him down thus:
Polk. Twenty years afterwards this db
scure gentleman, of whose identify there
’ was so much question in 1825, was elected
President trf the Uuited State*. „ t
OWMMT Os TIB WIMWItW. -
We take the following from the N. O.
Picayune of the 23d pit.. from vjiigb it ap
Sears that the damage from the late ovser
I nWof the Mississippi .lias been decidedly
exaggerated by btitefeMed parties: ‘
The aceoujot* that bar# come to bead
within the last day or two in selatiun to so
rivers are’ more satisfactory, and it would
seem that the anticipated injury from the
overflew will not turn out quite so serious aid
waa first apprehended. From perusal ye*;
1 tenlay of several letters frop reliable plsu
ters residing at Lake Providence and above
in the parish of Carroll, and at Oreearftl*,
Mississippi, ere ere gratified to find that life
riser at the former place has receded full
four feet and at the latter five feeti whilst it
is believed that the second rise coming frjiq.
the upper rivers cannot force, the water again
1 1 the great height h attained a fortnight age.
In the parish of Carroll W bear that no dam
age of consequence baa baas dona, aad the
injury further up is likely to be remedied in
part now that tbe river ia receding within
its banka and will permit the planting of tbe
overflew land generally by tbe Ist"*wi My.
With a good seami> ill foe plantation* oe 4b(|
Mississippi that base beeu submerged,. ■
turn out well. So much stress h*y been laid
on the inundation by money Thnilbts,* as to
riseto the tutfrielbn tbal it U done with
the view of embarrassing negotiation* and
exacting rate* of interest entirely ili'niijjf
tinned to tip *4* rs cppiul elaam&M!
>V nether this be the case or not, one
wy certain—that the engagements prednSa
jrtO, u,uK .nil it