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\ ..... .--■ ■•'-**■-■• •—-'> ■- - - ; .’ . - -- BY LOVE & HALL. THE WIItE-GRASS REPORTER. V ' = -’ —i —r ¥ETEH E. Editor. Term* of Subscription. The Wirf.-Grass Reporter is published Week ly ift “two DOLLARS per annum, advance. All orders for the Reporter, to receive attention toast be accompanied with the money. Subscriber* wishing the direction of their paper v changb4, will notify us “froth what office it istobe •transferred. The foregoing teem* will be.strictly observed. Term* of Advertising. ‘Advertisements conspicuously inserted trtOne” dollar par. square for the first, and Ffty Cents for •each subsequent, insertion. Those sent without a ‘apecific.ttinn of the number of insertiona, will be pub lished until ordered out, and charged accordingly, Sties of Laud and Negroes, by Administrators, •Exectitors, or Guardians, are required by lhw to be on the firat Tuesday in the month, between the •hours of bßn iu the forenoon and three in the after- Viooil at the Court house in the county iu which the property is situate. Notices of these sake* must be ’pHr.fi in a public gazette forty days previous to •the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property, must be given at least xen days previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must v bublished FORTY DAYS. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to acll Land or Negroes, must he published weekly for two months. Citations for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days —for Dismission from Adminis tration, monthly for sir months —for Dismission from Guardianship,/oro/ days. Rci.es for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub lished monthly for four months— for establishing lost papers, for the full space of three months —for cmnpei ling'tittps from Exeeutnrs or Administrators, where a bond has been given by the deceased, the fall space of three months. Publications will always be continued according to these requirements, unless otherwise ordered. AH business in the line of Printing will meet with prorfipt attention at the Reporter Office. (La w Firm.) HARRIS & HARRIS. Iveßson L. Harris, I Charles .T. Harris, Milledgeville; Ga. | Thimiasville, Ga. inarch 31 w ts R. S. 1U Ki ll A Wkl. TOcLENOON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, THOMASI'ILL E, GEORGIA: qqtl4 19 „ way ~ MKER & BM.\ET, AT T 0 RNETS A T L AW, TroupbUlc, Lowndes Cos., Gi. *pt T?> W ts EI L. IIIXES, ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW. Xno v isriu.E, aeoi: aia , Office over McsLeun’s store 1 . (jnnW JOH\ M. l)VSO'„ A TTO RN E Y AT LAW, OFFICE next door to Dr. Bruce's, Thomasrille, Georgia. jntift—ty. <. IS. D VMFI 1., ATTO RN E Y A T LA W, .riioMAsnu,r:, Georgia Office one door above John Stark’s oil Fletcher Pt., formerly occupied by 1,. < \ Bryan* f janlily JO!l\ 11. HIU.IIK. attorney at law, MILL TOWN, HF.RRIEN CO., GA WILL practice in all the Comities-of the Hrunswick Circuit, and Herrieu and Lowndes, Counties of the Southern Circuit. may 12oy joiifTL wcuoTlsT’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, WARKSBOROUGH, WARE CO., GA. WILL practice in ALL tin; counties of the Bruns wick circuit, and Lowndes and Berrien of tile Southern murJloy (lIiOKGE B. H I[,I,IAHML>, ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, WARKSBOROTT.iI GA. WILL PRACTICE ju the following. Comities f the Brunswick Circuit: Appliiig, Coffee. Pierce, Ware Clinch, and Charlton. maCljtf SAMUEL 11. SPENCEH, ATTORN EY AT I, A W ,l THOMASVILLJC, GEORGIA. WILL give his entire attention to the practice of I Law, in the Counties of the Southern Circuit.— - Office on the suc-oit* lloor of D. <&. E. McLean’* brick building, naii2f>oy E. e. TIOKUAV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, KASHdIU.E, GEORGIA. WILL practice in the comities of the Southern Cir cuit,und the counties of Dooly, Worth nnd Doiicle •rty of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware of the Brunswick Circuits. Flat Creek, Ga., Oet. 7. ts Kir r, aim iiKSiio.V, ATTORNEYS A T LA WW - MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., OA. ATTEND to all business entrusted to their care, iu tlm following counties, to-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap />ling, Coffee, Cliarltbii, Lowndes and Berrien,Geor :gia. Also, in the counties of Hamilton, Columbia, and Jefferson, in Florida. DAVID P. IUCE. . I HENRY M. MERKHON, jan 5 w fmi AAItIKS 31. FOLSOn^ ATT Om N E Y A T LAW, MAGNOLIA, CLINCTTTO., C.V. WILL practice in nil the courts of the Brunswick Circuit ami in the cmiits of Lowndes and Berrien of the Southern Circuit. References \ •* u ‘ 1 # e K. Crajran. Brunswick Ct. t Judge Peter L. Love, Southern Ct. Jan 5 ~ • “ w 1 y (Reform Practice.) Dr*. BOWEIt A £LLI^, OFFER their protossional services to the citizens of Thoniasvifle and vicinity. Calls at nil limns promptly attended to. ‘ ~ fehiiny r. IaHJEJ, H. WILLIAMS, HAVING located in Thomasrille respectfully ten ” dors his professional services to the citizens of Thmnasvillc nnd vicinity. He may he fonnd at the Office of Dr. 8. H. Adams. [oet 13ev K E. O. AR\LD WILT, coritihuo the practice of Den* ts s j- jtistry in Tltomnsvilfe and vicinity -rfrNßW|a Any order left at the Post Office or at his Office (lurini? bis absence from tow u will receive - attention at the earliest opportunity. [jau. r >-ly ROBERT BONN EH, ~ (r.trtc of Georgia.)’ U lTff ’ HOWES, HYATT & CO., No, BO Waiuuk St., New Ynax. WILL hc?J)repared to show country merehants this ■priugjihe best and cheapest stock of Bouts and tWmessrer nfTered to the Southern trade. C fVOrders solicited and carelallv attended to. jsn W w ly , I W. F. §AWFOR, CITY Auctioneer & Commission Merchant, . THOMASVILLE. GA. WILL SELL AT AUCTION, or privately on Commission, any specie* of Merchandize, Produce, Stock, Negroes, <kc.. that may be confided to hi* care. Regular Auction days—every Saturday. Ho will also pay strict attention to the Buying and Selling of Lands. Persons wishing to settle in our county would rro doobt find it to their interest to consult him before purchasing, aa he ia fully prepared to impart infor mation, both m regard to the productiveness and present of lands, as well as the advantages attending peculiar locations. mnriilbely WATSON’S Celebrated Family Sewing Machines ! the Machine, Par Excellence, lor the People!! Price msd (130. These machines, foe simpli city, durability, and strength of sehrn, are un surpassed. They will he fomid on exhibition and for sale at the Fffrnitiire Store es” * CHARLES H. REMINGTON, thomasville. ga„ where all persons are respectfully invited to call and examine them. J. DAVIS.& CO., Greensboro’, Ga. G’HAS. H. REMINGTON, Agent. N. B. County Rights for Bale. Apply to J. Da vis, Greensboro’, or E. I‘. Cone, Pond Town, Ga. may 12 w oy i\r. G HAY, Watch-Maker and Jeweler, Thomasville, Ga., WOULD, RESPECTFULLY INFORM ’ “ the citizens of tins community that he tit still continues his business at his Old Stand, where he is well prepared to-do all work insyudg his line as good and as cheap aa can be done South, such as Repairing Watches, Clocks, Mending Jew elry, Mounting Walking Canes w ith Gold or Silver ; and much other work in his line. E he is under many obligations to his friends for their past patronage, lie, therefore, hopes that, all those who may have work in his line will give him a call, and they shall be treated like ladies and gentlemen. ‘ g niayl2tf* MOOKE & Variety Works. “ THE undersigned are pre- - pared to manufacture In tlie best ami most fashionable style all kinds of Furniture, Bedsteads from $5 to $25; Side Boards, Wash stands, Corner stands, Wardrobes, Bureaus—China, Red a Al^||||3gHMj2jg=7 Dining Tables, Folding and . “'’ Pin in Tables, Centre and Side Tables, Truunel Bedsteails, Cradles and Cribs, : . < Secretaries, Booh Cu <es and Tint Stands. Lumber taken in exchange tot Furniture : or lum ber made up to order in tliC most fashionable style. Also nil kinds of Turnings and Sawing done iu the best style. ’Simps located South end of Main , street, below McLain's Hotel, Tli-omisville, Ga. JUtm? — -MOOirK-iF-HUMAN; - Carriage Manufacory, AND BLACKSMITH SHOP. The partnership befiVeet) MeLedon Lowry being difselvcd, I respect- M )| \ir . fully inform the‘public, Unit the bu- o U siucss in ail its brauelies will he eniT.ed on as before by tiie undersigned. Grateful for past patronage, I earnestly solicit a continuance of tl.e fame. Those in want of Waggons, Buggies, carriages of any ins cription, I think I will be aide to suit, both as re gards quality and price. Tlnise indebted to McLen don A Lowry w ill find their not,-s and accounts in my hands. Strange as it may sc.-ui to some, it is im possible for me to curvy-on this business without money. Repairing doueiu good style and on reas onable terms. uinrrl)2tlj JOHN'IT. LOWRY. New Jeweler, Hußli nud Clock Maker. JOSEPH JERGER now offers his services to the public, and pledges himseW-to give prompt attention to cleaning, repairing, and making Watches, Jewelry,&c. All work entrusted to hiui will be executed and delivered at the time promised, and warranted. He has no flowing enco miums to besrow upc himself as a watch maker, but relies upon the judgment of his patrons to es taldisii liis skill and reputation. Terms Cash. Office second door above Tile Post Office, next to the store of H. TV. Sharpe. Thomasviile, Ga., March 17, 1857. ts YATII. I3AYI Ll\, COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION METICHTAWT, No. 38 Poydras Street New Orleans. Refers to— Gov. J. E. Broom,.?™, „ , ~, ~ 0 . George K. Walker, \ Tallahassee, Honda. Thomas Powell, Esq., ?,, ~ , R.AL-Spenccr. Esq., P ew 1 0lt > Honda. John J. Knelling, „ ?-, . McMillan & Campbell, fQ u ‘*cv, Florida. Gen. W m. Baily, Jefl'erson County,"Florida. John G. Putliuin, Esq., Madison County, Fla Augustus Steele, Esq., Cedar Keys, Florida, Daniel Bell, Esq., Hamilton County Florida. 1 Th.mn.viHe, 0 „rl.. Jack J. Marsh, Esq., Duncanville, Georgia. J A. Mclntrsh, Esq,, Glnsgow, Georgia. . Novqmbei 3, JH67. if IflanhntTnn Hotel, Murray Street. Kcir York. IS STILL open for The reception of mii® Southern Merchants, nnd the Pro prietors are deterujiued to spare no painsfft expense to give cutire satisfaction. jiiii2(loy) H I GO IN 8 A FLING, Adams H6u.se. THIS establishment isjmw perma- lb ueutly opened for the aecempicda dtS&fif, tion of the public. Uyery convenience •1 5 iuL hasbeen provided tor boarders and than- 111 I aft sient customers; and the.proprietor flat- ■'SSfiSKSSk ters himself that he is now able to give'tbe utmost satisfaction.— GODBOLD, Proprietor. Thomasrille, Ga., March U 4, 1857. , ts New Blacksmith Shop. THE undersigned has opened the Shop at Bras well’s corner, formerly known as ir H Win. Sharpes Bloeksmith Shop, and is BA ‘ U prepared to do all work in liis line. Ue solicits a share of public patronage. wargfriy JOHN THOMAS. 3 Notice to Everybody. I>R* A. W. AIsIsEN’R CELEBRATED %*> I THEIt IN Islnimbktt; IS A CERTAIN REMEDY tor Strains. Sprains, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramp, Nurvous Jiend- Ache, Sore Throat, Stiff Neck, Tooth-Ache, Pain ip the Head, Scalds and Burns, or any thing like erup tions on the flesh. Also, for all discuses to whirlfeborscs are subject. Ir. Allen's Alt-Healing Ointment, IS a certain cure for Ring-worms, Scratches in horses, Greesc Heel,Thrush, Collar and Saddle Uallg; and all fteeb wounds.: , ’ Manufactured by Dr. A. W. ALLEN, Colon, bus, Georgia. For sale ip Tboniasviile, by Banin A SbifT; in Mentieelh*, bv Palmer A Urn , ami in Tronbville, by T. W Efhs. A W ALLEN THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESHAY MORNING. JUNE 9, 1858, - l° tlr N From tlie Key of the Gulf. THX FLORIDA WRECKERB We cruse on the reef, we wind through the shoals. And sail ‘midst the rocks, where the raging surf roll*: Our swift bark can dare the wild storm in its wrath, And on w ard we go on our perilous path. We seek not for s|mila that are cast on the beach, The distress signal’s answered if we're within reach; From our moorings to succor them swiftly we dash, Mid the tempests mad roar and the lightning's keen flash. Then hurrahlet us work while ther’s light iu the *’ west, The ship on the reef gives ua scant time to rest. A proud ship rides gallantly over th main, Her tail masts roll now where she’ll ne’er roll again; For danger there brooda in the mists of the north, And the huricane, tike a mad demon hirsts forth. What avails her the compass, the chart or the helm? They’re for the winds to laugh at, and for waves to o'erivhelin; And vain 1b the seaman's skill, courage and care, When the chaos of elements sweep through the air.. Then hurrah ! let us work, &e. She strikes on tlie reef—what hope is there then ? For iron hearts quail when their foes are not men— The young wife’s wild look of anguish is there. And meets the young husband’s blank gaze of de spair. -. • The mariners laboi in vain to the last, Tho’ tbeir fears tell them truly all reseu is past. Ho •’ a sail from the shore they decry thro’ the mist ■’ ’Tis a wrecker! They’ve come—they’ve come to assii-t. Then hurrah! let ua work, Another bark floats on tlie still glassy son, Scarce a breath in the air, yet rooks on tier leo, The Gulf-current carries her sluggishly on. What danger is here, whnt risk can she run ? The treacherous flood bears her ou to the shore, Her terrified crew see all safety is o'er. Iu vain are their efforts—she strikes on tlie reef, 1 A crash ! they arc lost without speedy relief I Then hurrah! let us work, &c. 1 Let not landsmen sneer then at the wrecker’s bold : — r ~— .life;- ‘I H_ . .. ... .. * He warts not with man, but with the dread strife Os the storms of the South, from which many w ould shrink, And leave, ’mid the billows, the hapless ,to sink. With free merry hearts from our haven we sail— Float on thro’The calm, or speed on thro 1 tlie gale— And from tlie deep sea many sutf’retf we save. Then hurrah ! let us work, &c. Key Wt St, Florida. “ ■ Ulistclhuicoiis. PARSON BBOWNLOW ON HOOPS. * Parson Brownloiv, in an editorial corres pondence to tlie Knoxville Whig, dnfed at Nashville, in noticing the attendance of la dies ut the ‘General Conference of the M. E. Church, thus discourses upon hoops; “ I must, in conclusion, he permitted to say a few words about She many beautiful Indies inattendance at this Conference. I'he spring time of the year, the attractions of Nashville, the modes of conveyance, and the wealth of many of the Southern Methodists induces them to come here wit|i their wives, nnd sisters and daughters; and added to the resident ladies here, I have never seen so many beautiful, elegant and lovely women together ou any occasion. 1 have gazed upon them as they have gracefully glided by me on the pavement —as they have ascend ed and descended the several iligbts of steps in the cnpitol—as they have been seated in the galleries, and at church, and still the wonder grew,’that so much silk and so many hoops should encircle the angelic forms of so many lonely and beautiful women ! All I regret is that skirtdom is still expanding, and iucreasmg the distance between man .and woman! At one moment I felt like exclai ming, “Oh that I were a boy again!” The next moment I felt indignant at the hoops, and feel willing to join a regiment of good men in a vigorous assault upon the rattan, whalebone, cords, brass and steel, that have put asunder what God hath said ought to be joined together! Oifly think of the display on our streets, in the Btate capitol, at church and in the parlor, of the graceful and undulating skirts, looming up all around one, fascinating,charming atjd swinging to and fro like so many things Cf iife! ’j\ik about the grandeur of a first class steamer, or a train of cars propelled by steam ! Give me a train of hooped skirts , under the folds of which are so many licing, breathing locomo tives, standing five-feet ten inches in slippers, fired up by the blood of warm hearts, and puffing and blowing with,love, kind words, and winning smiles, and I will show you a sight tliat would run a young man crazy, raise a dead bachelor to life, and make an old widower commit suicide !’ “ l cannot trust myself'upon this glorious theme ; I must desist or go crazy , s ’ POOH LIVUtO. A good Methodist minister at tho West, lived on a very small salary, whs greatly troubled at one time to get his quarterly in stalment. He had called on'tiis steward a number of times, but Lad each time been put off with some excuse. His wants at length becoming urgent, he went to his steward and told hiru lie. must have his money, as his fam ily were suffering for the necessaries of life. “Money!” replied the Steward—“you preach for money ! I thought you preached for the good of souls.” “Souls !” replied the minister ; I can’t eat souls, and if I could, xt would take a thou sand such as to make a decent meal.” Parson B, was a truly uious man, and at the graces which usually followed the whole family reverutljr knelt, except the paison’s brother; who kept twisting until finding no end to the thanks, be broke in witbt Cut it, parson — cut it abort: the eows are iu tbe garden playing h—II with tbc cab All IDIAX. RURAL HOUR. BY BDWAKD KVBRRTT,*. A* a work of aft, I know few thnge more pleasing to the eye or more capable of affor ding scope and gratification to a taste for The beautiful, than a well shttatod and well culti vated farm. The man of refinement will bang with never wearied gaze on a land scape by Claude or Salvator; the price of a section of the most fertile land in the West would not purchase a few sqnare feet of the canvass on which these artists liavo depicted a rural scene. But nature has forma and proportions beyond the painters skill; lier divine peucil touches the landscape with liv ing lights and shadows nevor mingled on bu pallet. What is there on itbe earth which can more entirely charm the eye or gratify the taste than a model farm f It stands up on a southern slope, gradually rising with vn riagated ascent, from the plain, sheltered from the north-west winds by th woody heights, broken here and there with moss-covered boulders which impart variety and strength to the outline. The native forest has been cleared from the greater part of tho farm, but a suitable portion, carefully tended re mains in wood for economical purpoaes and to give picturesque effeqt to the landscape. Tlie eyes range round three-fourths of the horizon over a fertile expanse—bright with cheerful waters of a rippling stream, a gene rous river, or a gleaming lake—dotted with hamlets each with its rrodest spire—and if the farm lies in the vicinity of the const, a distant glimpse from tho high grounds, of the mysterious everlasting ifti completes the prospect. It is situated off the high road, but near enough the village to be easily ac cessible to the church, the school-house, the post-office, the railroad, a social neighbor or a traveling friend. It consists in due propor tion of pasture and tillage, meadow aud wood land, field and garden. A substantial dwelling, with every thing for convenience and nothing for ambition— with fitting appendage of stable and barn and corn crib and other farm buildings; not forgetting a spring-house with a living foun tain of a gravely knoll a position wjell chosen to command the w hole estate. A.few acres on the front and on the sides of tlie dwelling set apart to gratify the eye with the choicer forms of rural beauty, are adorned with a stately avenue of noble solitary trees, with graceful clumps, shady walks, a velvet lawn; a brook murmuring over a pebly bed ; here and there a grAAd rock wliose- cool shadow, at sunset, streams across the field, all displaying, in the real loveliness of nature, the original of those landscapes o£ which art, in its perfection, strives to give ns the.counterfit presentment. Animals of select breed, such as l’aul Potter and Moreland and Lindseer and Rosa Bon heur never painted, roain the pastures or fill, the hurdles and the stalls. The plow walks in rustic majesty across the plain and opens the generous bosom of earth to the sun and air; nature’s holy sacramept of seed-time is solemnized beneath the vaulted Cathedral sky ; silent dews and gentle showers nnd kindly sun-shine shed their sweet influence on the Teeming soil; springing verdure clothes the plain; golden wavelets, driven by the west Wind, run over the joyons wheat-field ; the tall maize flaunts in her crispy leaves and nodding tassels—while we labor and while we rest, while we wake nnd while we 6leep, God’s chemistry, which we cannot see, goes on beneath the clods; myriads and myriads of vital cells ferment with elemental life; germ, stalk and leaf, and flo.wer and silk and tassel, and grain and fruit grow up from the cqpimon earth; the mowing machine and reaper—mute rivals ol human industry— perform their gladsomo task; the well piled w ag<¥i brings home the ripened treasnre of the year; tlie bow of promise filled, 6pnns the foreground of tho picture, and the gra cious covenant is redeemed, “ that while the earth remaiuelb, summer and winter, heat and cold, and day and night, aud seed time and harvest shall not fail.” ” THE CORAL BEEFS OF FLORIDA. At the last meeting of the Bostou Natural Historical Society, Prof. Agassiz gave an fc uount of his recent visit to the reefs of Flor ida and his explorations oLcoralline growths. He estimates the rates of coral growth to be only a few inebes in a century, a tenth or a twelfth past lessthan has been hitherto Sup posed, and supposing the reef rises from a depthof twelve fathoms,he would calculate its age upon its arrival at the surface of the wa ter to be about twenty-five thousand years, and tho total age of the four distiirct concen tric reefs of the southern extremity of the peninsula to b®. one hundred thousand years. Prof. William B. Rogers said that tho phy sicical conditions could not have differed much in this regiou a hundmd thousand years ago from what they now arc, and consequent ly that such a calculation could reasonably be made upon the data accumulated by Prof. Agassiz. If these scientific gentlemen, whose opinion stands so high in tho scientific world, be correct, we are glad to bo able to inform your readers that they need not fear, “for the coral reefs cannot possibly blockade tbe Gulf for many thousand years yet. Dr.d). F. Weinland called attention to a fact observed by him while in Hayti, which would seem to involve n more rapid growth of some kinds af corals than is generally ns sumed. He there noticed branches of a spe cies of Medrepore from three to five inches above tbe surface of the water, which most hare grown during the short winter of three months when the water is high.— Ex. Henry Ward Beecher is great at taking tip collections. At tbe old John street Church on one occasion, they wanted to. make an ex tra raise. Mr. Beecher, elegantly addreSkcd the new converts and finally asked those who had experienced religion in that church to bold up tbeir fight hand. Naarly all tbe right hands were raiaed instantaneously.— “Now,” aay s Mr. Beecher, “ put that band in your pocket when the piste ie passed I round.”’ They did so, arret kept them there! THJS WOMAIT WHO UTSS WITHOUT SATING. I Hoiern! letter* have been published re specting this extraordisry esse of suffering; they are important to scientific men end painfully interesting to all. The following is written by Kev. 8. P. Williams to the, Christian Advocatet “Mrs. Haynes is not'yet dead. I hare seen lie several times, and site! reading all that has appeared in the Advocate in regard to her, venture to communicate a few thoughts upon her case. Before §l)6 passed in this pe culiar mid afflictive Condition, her health was for some time extremely poor. Bbe ate but little, snd that little occasioned a considera ble amount of suffering. Sometimes it threw her iuto spasms. For nearly a year before •be ceased to take refreshment altogether she lived wholly, or nearly so. upon the juice of dried raspberries, until that became a source of suffering. Then, for a time, she, took Occasionally a small quantity of cold water ; and it is nearly a year-sinoe she swal lowed nny liquid to the knowledge of any one. Indeed 1 have no doubt that a tea spoonful of liquid put into her mouth would be the occasion of her death, unless tbe spas modic action of her throat should expel it.— Any person to see her ten minutes must be satisfied there is no deception in her case.— Hct head and shoulders, one or tbe other, are in perpetual motion. She is frequently thrown forward until the is nearly doubled together, and theti tbe bead thrown back, and her neck literally doubles, and tbe body forced back, and the whole face, chin and alt, entirely buried in tko pillow. This is done several times successively iu less than I take in writting it. The last time in the series ths face will remain nearly buried in the pillow, and she does not breathe for ten or fifteen minutes.— Once sbo remained sixty-two minutes with out breathing. When this is over and the spasm passes off she struggles for breath, And her head is rolled from side to side al most with the velocity of lightning for a moment or two; the face becomes red with the rush of blood to the head and the skin quite moist with perspiration. Then the spasm subsides into a gentle motion of tbe lit and shoulder, keeping time, as one would think, with the action of the heart. The pulsation of her blood about the chest, neck, head and arm, though exceedingly delicate, are quite regular. Her. hair does not grow, tier -is it Worn off the bead, as one would nai urnlly suppose, except a little just upon the crown. The action of the liver is entirely suspended, of. course. Tlie action sod state of the lungs are perfectly healthy. They have been thoroughly examined by skillful physicians, with the aid of a stethoscope, and are supposed to be peafoct. Her nour ishment is wholly from the atmosphere.— The lust nutriment, indeed tbe lest swallow of water she Vas kuown to take was in the last of June, 1857. The last time she was known to be concions was last December.— When she comes out of these long spasms she seems to cry for a moment, like an infant in distress. At such times her husband thinks she may be conscious. It is most distressing to hear it. Bbe is not above the ordinary laws of disease. She has recently had a thorough case of tbe mumps, precisely as others have them. Her nails upon liar fin gers, like her hair, do not grow at all. PUttOUUUHE IH MACH For many years tbe attention of the agri culturists has been turned to the improve men of animals—cattle for milk or meat, sheep for wool or mutton, have been the subject of much discussion and anxious care —but the idea of breeding fish seemed at first to he a wild project, a venture into a realm which beyond tbe control of man. Successive experiments have, however, prov ed it of such great practical value, that pis ciculture has now taken rank with the other food providing branches of industry. Tbe establishment of piscicultnre wt Hu ningue, in France, erected originally as a vast laboratory for the experimental study of artificial propagation, has been referred to the controllers of bridges and roads, and on-’ der the protection of Government tbe etfab lisbroent has been so successful that Jt-'bids fair to be the menus of repeopfingjdfthe riv ers of Fraucc. Besides supplying the demands of socie ty at home and abroad, the Jestablisbrnent has been able, during tile lusty ear, to deposit 1,500,000 young eels in’ the waters of Sb logne, and the result has been all that could be desired in proof of the usefulness of the measure. During the present year the ponds in many of the departments will be furnisi)- ed in like manner. But there is a scheme on foot for even a greater undertaking— that is, of creating a maritime pisciculture by extending to the sea tliat system t>f artificial propagation which has, until this time, been confined to bodies of fresh water. As this is a matter of na tional interest, Mr. Coste has been authoriz ed by tbe French Government to visit the sea-sliurc, the fishing posts, and to use all possible means of gaming tbe. information necessary to the success of tbefiudertaking M. Costc will make each fishery the subject of a separate book, aud “that upon tke oyster fishery is ah early before the public. ‘1 his fishery has falleu into ruin, and the author proposes that the old beda shall be replenished -and new ones planted, until the whole coast of France will be one long drain of oyster hanks, only broken at those points where the mud will prevent tbeir-foundation. These hanks are to he divided in such fash* ion, that each bed shall be visited .only once in two or three years. Asa. further means of preventing the exhaustion of the hanks, it is proposed to postpone the opening of the fishing season from the month of September, as is uow the custom, until February, when the young oysters cauoot be injured by the removal of the old. Charles Lamb, when a little boy, walking with his sister ro a graveyard, and reading the epitaphs, said to her: *• Mary, whererare all the twitghly people buried*'* Volume moimber 3& I wanucT ot columbia-wxt **ta*u*d- Hon. W. O. Goode, of Virginia in a re cent speech in the Federal Hons* of Ropre sentatives, thus recites tbe history of Gpf, tablisbment of the teat of Government at Washington. It #lll be n6w, pcrbaps*tj some of our readers) ’ 4 5?Sm At the bloee at the #ar of the Revolution, w hen our arms were triumphant, when the power of Britain was overthrown, aoA victo ry had perched upon onr banners, the army which achieved tide glorious triumph. eras left in a state of destitution. The tuneLl come when that army had to be dubao ded, and the veteran citizen soldier return to bis long neglected home, But be wis without pay—without ,a cant of money n bis pocket—far away from his home; all fet tered and torn—all wearried and worn—he was to be disbanded and turned loose onou tbe world, without eves a settlement of ac counts. Hu kaew not what allowance weald be made for biae by tbe country whose few mies be bad conquered, and whose libertyJM had achieved. Groat and extensive discon tent prevailed, and there waa danger of a general mutiny. Never was tbe address & General Washington pot to severer trfeh; but be firmly essayed tbe task, and hia ef forts wore crowned with success. The spirit of patriotism was diffused through tbe army as an emanation from bis sooL„ Order jras restored, tbe army dispersed, the libertffeqf America established upon a lasting fetafttid tion. At Lancaster Pennsylvania, there was a canton of raw recruits, who refused to.he appeased, and who refused to submit to bo dis banded, by the terms which were rendeaed m dispensible by the actual poverty Os ffti Gov ernment. And renting their rage, and iokr i >g vengeance, they took op tbe Una of hunch for Philadelphia, where the Contmoutal Con gress was in session. Their approach wag known at Philadelphia. Congress calld on tbe corporate authorities to provide the means of resistance and protection. The eorpdr ate authorities refered the question to tbe State authorities, and, pending tbe delay which intervened, the mutineer* bad reached the city. The house in which the kewfens were held was snrronnded by theenraged soldiery, Tbt pass ways were blockaded with fixed bayonet a, and a demand waa made on the Council, who assembled in tbe feme house, that tbe accounts should, be settled in twenty minutes; and this massage was ac companied with the threat that, unless their demands were satisfied, the soldiers fMftd be turned loose, with arms In their handsfree from all the restraints of law. .*, By some means, of which I am not dis tinctly informed, the member* effected OHr escape; and before they dispersed in coZ%- sion, they agreed to re assemble at Prince ton, and for tome time tbeir future sessions were held there. After this mortifying out. rage and flagrant insult, Congress resolved that it was necessary to establish tbe seat of Goverment In a locality and under circum stances where they might exert a power and author.ty adequate te their own protection; and this determination seems rary generally to have settled down in the public nSind.—■ At an early siege of tbe proceedings of-tlie Federal Convention which framed the Con stitution of the United States, a resolution was adopted instructing tbe committee to’ffc sert a clause insuring an adequate authority in the Federal Government fur all tbs pur poses of self-protection, which resulted in the clause now found in tbe Constitution es tablishing sn exclusive jurisdiction within this District. ...i., , i.i ■ i) fed! W? a. ▼am bavu amb rrzrszsa or oM <tfi. Tuesday a kind of gog and magog battle was enacted before the Honse in tbe persons of Henry Winter Davis and Stephens $f Georgia. So brilliant a display of repartee baa not been witnessed during this aaamau, Tbe parties were well pitted, and they were sustained by the entire strength of tbeir rcsplrffive sides of the Hall. Stephens had tbe advantage of age, of a constitution un naturally cold, yet excitable, and of a supe rior parliamentary experience. Yet, spite of all hit advantages, bis young opponent stood tot he fight so bravely that Ids (Stephens’) voice, always sharp and keen enough to cut and stab Ha war through ally mas* Ofgrosier noises, rose under bis excitement to a pierc ing shriek. He waa, moreover, backed j*p by suggestions from Way, Letcher, and Smith—(be latter two among fee ablest utau in the whole House. Davis, pot forward by the opposition as tbeir strongest man, derived little help from suggestions. Relying npoobisnativesfreegfe, be went into tbe combat alone, fought it sin, I'le-banded, and retired, if not a victor, jg ess worsted than any other man in tbo House would have been nndersimilar circumstances. From his first appearance in Congress, Davis has taken a high stand, and new bolds ttptf, sition more elevated than ever. A glowing future lies before him. There is a personal similarity between these two men—Davis sad Stephens, -jfta one is a very fine looking and evorf handsone man, of tall, muscular form and striking face ; while ths other (Stephens) is perhaps the most withered, unnatural and gnome specitnea of humanity in tbe United State, But both have the same dark, piercing eves, full of fitful electric fire, and of Uiouwciuf rion which belongs to such supernatural light. Intellectual force Is concentrated td the ms- Uoua organs of vision; and homely thfe Stephans may be, wrinkled and withered \ form and features, his countenance (paring the indelllble marks of feeble health sod wasting thought, noverthless the strange in ten.ijyandbriUis.roe of his dusky eyes atb& with the admiratiou which a comely