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THE WIRE-GRASS REPORTER. I
RITIR |t. LOVK, IOITOR.
WEPMESPAT HOBHIKO, JIW, If*#.
ty NOTICE is hereby given to our sdverttsing
Maud*. that their ADVF.KTIBEMENTR to he
aura of late rtloo,moat be handed is by twelve o'clock
every Taeeday.
O^^abH^ tirttsrt ibTeoua
aai also, far
•rdiaarUeecClinch, and Ware.
i’ NOTICE.
TUfirm of Love 4t Hall, Proprietor* of
tba Wire- Gran Repot ter, la this day dis
solved by mutual conaeut.
P. E. LOVE,
W„H. HALL. “
June Btb, IMS.
It will beeeen by the above that the firm
es Lovb St Hall ha* been diaaolved, and
I take occaaioa to aay that the preaa, assets,
4ml, are my eacluaive property. It ia on
fliry— to diaaolvea baalneaa connection
which baa been *> agreeable to myeff r and
ae profitable to the reader* of the Rtportor?
bat Dr. Hall’s dutie* and boaiaeaa aa a phy
aiaian imperatively demanded that ba should
take tbia atep. Hay proaperity and ancceaa
attend Mm in tbo path which ba chooaea cx
alnaively te pursue. If my health aboutd
not) fiul nor my friends forsake me, I hope
•till to bo eble to anatom the Reporter.
P. E. LOVE.
COLQUITT COUHTT.
We have juat returned from the Superior
Court of thia county r.nd can truly aay that
we bad a pleaaant time of it.
The hotels kept respectively by Messrs
Faison and Wing are a credit to the county,
and gave entire satisfaction to the members
of the bar. We taw, a few miles this aide
of Moultrie, a track of one of those terrible
iuuricanaa which sometimes visit Southern
Georgia. It was about two hundred yards
wide and mnat have been very •evere.—
Not a tree was standing in the path of its
dieadfal march, but lie tall pines were twis
ted, torn and scattered in every direction.—
The occasional occurrence of thele destroy
ing tornadoes ia perhaps the greatest objec
tion that can be urged against thia country.
HaBGUHS AKD SOW.
From oar success iu fishing we are fre
quently asked where we get our tackle ; very
good hooks, lines dec can bo had at the vari
ous atom in thia town, but tbo beat tackle
can only be had of thf above firm, in Macon
Oa. Thia firm deals in these articles exten,-
siviy, atid pays vary great attention to the
•ileetlon of them, and it is but reasonable to
■oppose that they would keep on hand the
very finest and best that can be had. The
spring stock ia at present considerably re
duced, but when they replenish, an advertise
ment will appear in the eolums of the Re
porter which will giro our friends all the in
formation they desire.
RAILROAD HATTIES,
Now that the difficultiea which heretofore
snoonipassed the Main Trank Railroad have
been settled,- and the certainty of the con
struction of tbia road having been establish
ed, one people have sat dowiv contented and
satisfied. The very great importanae to thia
town and country of connecting with the
Georgia and Florida road at Albany seems
for the noare to be forgotten. It_would be
weD for ns to wake up aud reflect upon two
faets: first, , that a large portion of the coun
try North, Northeast and Northwest of
Thomasviilo which formerly traded te thia
plaee, now go to Albany; and second, that
our friends in Bainbridge are not enjoying
the same sweet slumber that we are on thia
•object, a word to the wise ia sufficient.
Lauren* Hill. May J 4. 1 BJB.
Mr, Editor s—Dear Sir: What baa be
come es the *• Wire-Grass Reporter ?” The
paper has not pome to this office, (i. e. my
pmpot—l do not know how it ia with others,)
for several mails back. I am very well pleat
ed with the paper, and that very fact would
iMka me the more anxious for it to come
regularly. I take other papers, nearer
home, which*come regularly, probably be
eaqac ilia route is more direct. 1 should
tkktk if postmasters get any more careless,
it would be dangerous to (rust the mails from
Thomaaville with a communication of ar.y
importance, as I do not kuow why it should
oomo through any better than the newspa-
and I am, sure they fail very often.
Yours with respect, Ate.
” Jas. M. White.
h r ‘
We fttsqre friend White that bis paper is
nailed regularly, and in a package of sever
alat that, and if the other* get their papers
it conclusive that the negligence ie at the
postoffice to which the paper intent. Wo
are constantly receiving such letters as the
above, and it mortifies us exceedingly to
know that our friends, those who really like
and desire the paper should fail to get it reg
ularly. We have scolded and fretted about
these natters a great deal, but it seems to do
bqt little good. Our friends nay rest assur
ed that the fault is hot with ua. •
•tnnrmnui ctottvatob.
Thw Jane Number of the Southern Culti
vator is an able issue of this popular work.
. It is published st Augusta, Ga* at One
foliar per annum. To every one who plants
garden or cultlvatca an acre of land it would
my an hundred fold the subscription price.
BLACKWOOD* XAGAHHX Ml JUHE.
We have received the above Magasine
from Leonard Scott dk Cos., New York. It
contains •• Food and Drink} Antiquities of
Kertcb; Colleges and Celibacy; Zanaibar;
The Poorbeah Mutiny} Italy; Onde; and
What will Mhdo with it.”
Taat Contorts st Hall's Journal *f Health—On* DsUav
Dyspepsia and Sudden Death ; Baleratna
ruinous to Health and Teeth ; How to Eat
Temperately; Jonathan Edwards’ Weak
ness; How Abornetby cured his Dyspepsia;
Coffee Healthful; Sneezes and M Stitches ”
Owed instantly ; Dyspepsia Canting Throat-
Ail; Eloquence Made Easy; A Theft of
Reputation; A Quart of Warts; Bitea and
Stings Cured instantly; Sowing Machine
Hygiene; Impoathnme; How to Avoid Oyer
Eating; How to Get Sick? To Exterminate
Flies and Moths; “How to Eat Fraita; Ail
anthua Falsely Acenaed; Wages of Imposi
tion; One Calling; Leaahig An Providence;
Rat Delivery; Dyspeptic Bachelor; Dixon’s
Scalpel; Whitewash, Health ahd Cleanliness;
Paste and its Conveniences; Our Exchanges;
Flora, or, The Gipsy's Frolic : A Pastoral
Opera; Emigration. $
Tha numbers firotn January to June, inein
tive, are sent, post paid, for fifty cents. Ad
dress •• Ball’s Journal of Health, New York.”
uoramre the (late tease.
Our neighbor gave ns the benefit of his
views on this subject in his last issue, and af
ter reading his article carefully, we sum up
bis position as follows: Opposition to the re
opening of the African Slave Trade, right
or wrong, practicable or impracticable. To
sustain this position, ho gives tbe following
reasons:
” Our servants are happy and contented
with theirjot, but what could we expect
from a swarm of ignorant, brutal Africans
entirely ’ unacquainted with our language,
manners and religion ; and juat deprived of
a freedom similar to that of the wild beast of
the forest ?” And adds : “In our judgment,,
an Alwise Providence could not allow us to
inflict upon ourselves a more blighting and
withering curse, than to permit na to fill the
plantations of the sonny South with those
heathenish savages.”
If the above constitutes any reason at all,
why, the subject should not be agitated, our
cotemporary certainly deserves great credit
for the position he lias taken. Ignorant, bru
tal, heathenish —these aro the peculiar traits
or qualities of tbe African, againat which bis
fears have been aroused; and he thinks the
predominance of these qualities will render
them very disagreeable servants, objects of
teiror and dismay, polluting and corrupting
all with whom they come in contact. What
has become of onr cotempnrary’s humanity,
benetofrnce, charity, and nil the other Chris
tian feelings that prompt civilized men to
sympathize with, and enlighten tha less for
tunate ? Ia he not a Missionary Baptist f
What is the difference then, between sending
a few men to Africa to civilize the heathens,
aud briuging the heathens into a civilized
country, where tkostsands of teachers will
be employed in teaching them the true light ?
The difference would certyiuly be in favor
of the benthen, and many of our cotempora
ry’s opponents use this us an argument in
favor of the importation of slaves. Shall
we have to set him down as a hard-shell
for protasting against itT”
We have not used this argument to sus
tain our position, however—we do not stand
in need of it. We would answer the Repor
ter by asking if the Africans are more igno
rant and worse heathens and barbarians
now, than they were years ago, when first
imported to the Union of slaves! Is there
any more danger in them now than then?—
Will it be more difficult to teacb them onr
language, religion, and how to work upon
a farm 1 Can they be a dangerous to the
South as the slaves already barer thousands
of whom, in tbe course of rears, have gain
ed a smattering of the English language,and
begin to understand something of human
right® i We think not. The object for re
opeuitig the African Slave Trade, however,
ia not so much for the benefit of Africans, as?
for the future prosperity and glory of tbe
South. Her * peculiar Institution must be
preserved in order to maintain her position in
the commercial world, and without tho im
portation of more slavcs, we do not believe
that it can he done much longer.
We take the above from the last issue of
the Enterprise, and aay to our neighbor that
we freely accord to him the right to think
and write aa be pleases on this subject, but
our opiuion is unchanged. We are one of
those who doubt the propriety and policy es
much discussion on this subject, and without
saying more ourself give the views of some
other presses. The Richmond Enquirer, al
luding to the late Commercial Convention at
Montgomery, says: t >?
** In Montgomery, ‘ direct trade’ was for
gotten : * foreign capital’ ignored ; commer
cial capital and credit never mentioned ; • com
mercial education and southern literature’
never thought of. The ‘ slave trade’ absorb
ed the entire time of the Convention,to the dis
traction of the councils of the South, and
the division of her unity; crimination and
recrimination were indulged in by one Sou-
them State against another Southern State,
until, as Mr. Scott said. ‘ the Convention had
been turned into a political debating club.’
What good could possibly result from the
discussion oj the Afrienn Slave TradeT—
Snppose the South nnited, to a man, is it
possible, without disunion, ever to accom
plish the repeal of those laws that forbid the
slave trade 7 — and do the advocates of the
slave trade imagine that the South would be
guilty of the fiu/y dissolution, to accom
plish a meusire tkat would destroy the val
ue of her now largest interest 1 Then why
continue the discussion of a question that can
never be accomplished in the Union, and for
the accomplishment of which the South would
be unwilling to dissolve the Union! Why
continue to agitate a subject that divides the
South and distracts the atteotion of her peo
ple from subject of more practical impor
tance] ‘
We can aee no goad, whatever, to be ac
complished by the continued diacuaaioa of
thia question. If tbeNcotton States are de
termined to revive the slave trade, and
..in <><> , 1 “ :
thus to destioy the value of slaves yin every
non-cotton growing State, it will demonstrate
a stljishness of whioh see have believed Sou
thern States incupsshle. If a dissolution is
to be followed by tbe revival of the (lave
trade, Virginia had better consider whether
the South of the Northern confederacy would
be far more preferable for her than the North
of a Southern confederacy. In the Northern |
confederacy Virginia would derive a large j
amount from tbe sale of her slaves to the
Booth, and gain the increased value of her
lands from Northern emigration—while in the
SHniitbera confederacy.with the African Slave
Trade revived, she would loose two thirds of
tho value of her alavo property, and derive
no additional Increase to tbe value of her
lands.”
The Petersburg Bonth Side Democrat thus
concludes an article on the same subject:
We grant that the material wealth of any
eoentry ia enhanced by the accession of la
bor. We grant that the South would be rich-!
er and stronger by the accession of slave la
bor from any source, if she produced any ar
ticle with which the other productions of the
world come in competition. But the very
isolation and peculiarity of her cotton power,
deprives the ordinary rule of wealth of its
force, aa applied to her. A free accession of
labor and consequent increase of cotton would
satisfy the very eagerness of consumption
which makes bet* strength so much to be res- j
pected, without adding one dollar to the ag
gregate of her productions in money value.
The statistics of a short crop at any time
prove this. If to-morrow it could be ascer
tained that the’ crop of tbe present year was
one million of bales less than that of the past
year—two millions instead of three—what
would be the effect ? Two bales of cotton
would bring as much as three bales were
bringing. The South would not suffer one
cent; the consumers alone would feel the
weight of the sceptre. Tho wealth df the
world would be one third less in cotton, but
the producer would lose nothing. On the
contrary, lie would get the same in money
j or more for his two bales, and get everything
else at tj;e reduced price which the world’s
diminished resources would exact.
If these principles be correct, it seems to
us thAt Aside fromPethcr aspects of the case,
unless the cotton planters of the South hate
competition from some quarter, all the world
is more interested than they arc in the increase
of the labor necessary to enlarge the crop—
and hence all the world needs the reopening
cf the slave trade more than they do.
[communicated.)
I. 0. 0. F.
The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the
Independent Order o| Odd Fellows of the
State of Georgia, at its Annual Communica
tion, held at the city of Macon, June, 1858.
elected *he following G ran d Officers for the
ensuing year:
R. W. G. Master, John G. Dcitz, Savan
nah.
R. W. D. G. Master, W. O'Brien, Eaton
ton. __ . .
* fi. W. O: Warden, Henry 11. Tookc,
Thomasville.
R. W. G. Secretary, George R. Barker
Macon. ; 7
R. W. G. Treasurer, E. C. Granniss, Ma
con.
HEW COUNTY MEETING IN MILL TOWN.
According to'previous notice, a large and
respectable portion of the citizens of the
counties ot Berrien, Lowndes and Clinch, as
| sembled on the 4th inst. in Mill Town, for
the purpose of takrhg preliminary steps pre
j paratory to the formation of anew county.
On motion, James Carroll was cal.ed to the
| Chair, and J. C. Lamb appointed Secretary.
1 Gen. L. J. Knight being called on,responded
! in a brief and eloquent manner, stating fully
• the necessity for forming anew county in
this section. r
A. J. Liles introduced the~fallowing, which
was unanimously adopted : •
“Whereas, the territory composing Berrien,
Lowndes and Clinch counties, is very large,
and we, residing in this section, being a long
\ distance from either Court House, and there
by experiencing great inconvenience in at
tendmg'bnr courts ; and whereas, the making
of anew county will hot, in anywise, injure
either of the aforesaid counties,and will great
ly accommodate us.
Be it resolved, That . we, the citizens of
this section, will petition the nmit session of
our General Assembly for a county, to
j be formed out of a portion of the territory
i of Berrien, Lowndes and Clinch counties.
Resolved, That a Committee of five be
; appointed by the Chair to select nine gentla
i mn, within the bounds of the contemplated
■ county, to draught a petition and define
the same. Whereupon the Chair appointed
A. J. Liles, Gen. Knight? Dr. J. W. Talley,
! D. P. Luke, and James S. Harris, who, after
retiring a short time, reported through their
Chairman, the following : R. H. Bu’rkhalter,
Dr. U. A. Rice, B. C. Ganas, James Ilarrell,
Gen. L. J. Knight, Wm. Lastinger Wm. Pat
ton, James Dobson, and A. J. Liles. !
Gen. Knight introduced the following
which was adopted:
Resolved, That shonld any opposition
manifested in the counties out of which the
proposed county is to be framed, the above
Committee be requested to endeavor to rec
oncile such opposition, as we only ask what
is right and just.
On motion it was resolved that this mee
ting adjourn to meet again Ist Friday in Au
gust, and that the Secretaiy forward these
proceedings to the Enterprise, Reporter, and
Watchman.
JAMES CARROLL, Chairman.
J. 0. Lamb, Secretary.
Mrs. Partington declares that she cannot
take np a paper now-a-days, but she sees
something in them about British ostriches in
the Gnlf of Cuba, and the president sending
ships of war to captivate them. The old la
dy thinks that Mr. Buchanan has taken a
fancy for the feathers, and wonders how he
will look with ouc stuck on bis bah
From tbe Southern Republic.
TO “RTMA ” OF THOHASVILLX, GEORGIA.
We have never met, 4o*t lady,
Thy voice I’ve neverbesrd,
And yet thy sweet Impressioned strains, ‘
Hath oft my spirit moved.
I would count it of my treasured joys,
Jo call thee friend—would be
More “ blessed,” could I wake within
Tby hewrt kind thoughts of me.
We may never meet, for I must haste
To my home, beside the sea:
Vet will I bear to that loved “ Me.”
Sweet meinoriea of tbee.
Farewell —I sigh to think our paths
Through life lie wide apart;
For thou hast won a place within
The “dark-eyed” stranger's heart.
- , Josie.
Gadsden County, May 27, 1858.
B XTU BOWLEGS IN HEW ORLEANS —HE IN
DULGES IH A SPREE. ~’
The renowned Seminole OfiFf seems to
be On a general bender while making bis
stay in this city. He ia a great imbiber of
! spirits, to judge from tl>6 draughts which he
gulped down yesterday, and from all ac
counts, is a most unconcionable beggar.—
He is something over the medium stature,
j will weigh about 160 pounds, has a good
sized bead, a fine forehead, and a keen eye.
He visited about the city pretty freely yes
terday, frequently the drinking wdoous par
ticularly, and winding up with a grand tour
from the True Delta office, (where hundreds
1 of the curious were gathered around to have
‘'their see”) to the Museum of Vannucbi, on
St. Charles street.
Billy has inherited the name of Bowlegs
ns a family nornen, and not a mere cognomen,
his walking members being quite straight.
We learned from Billy Bowlegs’ own lips
while at the Museum, that he had killed over
1 ono hundred men in one day with his own
hands. The waxen representation of Gen
erals Scott and Taylor, in the Museum at
tracted his special admiration. “They were
great men” said he; “ fought him mighty
hard.” As for General Harney, of whom a
visitor reminded him, he said he “made him
run like li—l, ha! ha !’* lie took qnitc a
: fancy to Mrs. Cunningham’s “ blessed baby
“’twashis little son Willy,” he said, and he
evinced his begging propensity by asking for
He was particularly earnest in his inqui
j lies about Washington, and walked np close
j to the figure of the Father of his Country
to examine it minutely. As he came out of
the Museum lie watt introduced to his Honor
Mayor Waterman, and other prominent citi
zens. —Niw Orleans Bee May 18.
„ AFFAIRS IN KANSAS/
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Affairs in Kansas, from being in a very
bad state, have become gradually worse, un
til they have reached a'climax. We have
learned from Mr. Overstreet, a well known
citizen of our county formerly, that the abo
j litionist have driven every pro-slavery man
from Liiiu county, Kansas. There were
among these several citizens of our county
wtfo'wefe warned by'them to leave in twen
ty-four hours or suffer death. They stole
every thing they could lay their hands on
that was of any value. The clothes of the
women and children were tuken and they
driven from their homes almost in a state of
nudity. The hand who was at the house
of Mr<? Overstreet, was composed of about
fifty men, all well armed and mounted, and
led by a man named Montgomery, who was
once a citizen of Jackson county and a min
ister of the Christian church. When we
have listened to the stories of these >meu
whom we know to bo honest, peaceful citi
zens, and have learned their wrongs, it makes
our blood broil to think that we are Missour
ians and will permit such outrages to be
committed on our very border. .JSucb deeds
as those vagabonds have been guilty of would
disgrace .the devils in hell.— lndependence.
(Mo.) Dispatch, May 19th.
WESTERN So ATLANTIC RAIL ROAD— $25,000
PAID IN.
Wo are informed that 825,000 were re
ceived at the State Treasury yesterday (31st
of May) as the nett earnings of the W. &,
A. R. R. for tiie month of May. The rtew
passenger Depot at Chattanooga is being
rnpidly erected. All necessary repairs npon
the Road are being pushed forward with
great energy. All these expenses are prompt
ly paid, out of the earnings of the Road,
and the sums paid into the State Treasury
are only the nett profits.
The Governor- is redeeming his pledge
that Hie Road should pay,, and the Snperin-
establishing for himself the char
acter of one of the first business men in the
State. The officers of the Road from one
end to the other, are gentlemen of undoubtr
ed integrity and fine business qualifications.
Further comment is unnecessary. Actions
speak louder than words. They are paying
the money into the Treasury.— Federal Un
ion. _ ; *
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HIGH PRICES OF NEGROES. 1
%
On Tuesday last, (sale, day,) the negroes
belonging to the estate of John Russel, de
ceased. was sold to the highest bidder.—
One man about 20 years old, sold for 81>4Q4_
One 22 years old 81,300. Negro wotnari
and two children,Bl,4so. Boy O years, over,
SSOO Girl 7 years old, over 8800. Boy
T 2 3’ears old *BIOOO. . Girl 13 years old
1,101. The rest of the negroes sold for pri
! ces corresponding with tho above. Terms
: 8 months with interest from date.
This sale does not look like the, citizens
of our county were much afraid of the in
iroads of northern fanaticism.— Exchange.
HABIT OF THINKING.
Thought engenders thought. Placo one
idea upon paper And others will follow it, un
til you have written a page. You cannot
fathom your mind. There is a well of
thought there which has no bottom. The
more yon draw from it, the more clear and
fruitful it will be. If you neglect to think
yonrself, and only use other peoples thoughts
you will never know what you are capable
of. At first your ideas may come out iu
lumps, homely and shapeless; but time and
perseverance will arrange and polish them.
Learn to think and you will learn to write;
the more you think, the better you will ex
press your ideas.— Educational Journal.
The editor of a Western paper says that
during a thunder storm in that vicinity re
cently, a man and three -telegraphic poles
were knocked down by a thunderbolt ami
remained insensible for biff an hour. I
THE HETHODIIT CuMFXUHCE OH DEESS.
The aubject of amending tho Discipline
of tbe Methodist Church by expunging the
rule prohibiting gaudy attire and ornament
was disenssed in tbe general Conference on
Thursday. . ,
The resolution in question recommends
the striking out from the Discipline section
8. on page 108, entitled “ Os Dre*e.
Mr. Lusk was in fiavor of strikiug out the
rule, because it was a dead letter.
What class of Methodists conformed to
this rule! Go into our churches in Louis-1
ville, Nashville, Charleston, New Orleans,!
and gold was seen everywhere, in every .
form that it would be seen upon a Broadway ;
dandy iu New York. Such was the axity
of administration, that candidates would be
received into the lliurch,though loaded down
with a weight of gold under which they
could scarcely walk. Persons would be ta
_ * • _ 11 La l,n noa,l
COUia scarcely - -
ken into full connection, woold be bceused
to preach, would be recommended 10 Jb®
traveling connection, though wearing gold in |
every form. It was a reproach. It was
thrown up to os In every part of the connec
tion. ”®Why then retaiu the *ule, which was
a dead letter? That we might revive it?—
As well think of reviving an Egyptian mum
my, that had been sleeping three thousand
years? The speaker continued to declaim
in a roost edifying manner about gold studs,
and gold sleeve buttons, and gold spectacles,
and gold watch chains,and gold-headed canea,
and five hundred dollar diamond brestpina;
and his style rose to the sublimity of his
theme,and his speech throughout was fraught
with a most refreshing fervor. Methodist
preachers, he said, would hasten to meet the
rich, loaded down with jewelry, when they
came forward to join the church, while the
poor and afflicted were neglected and uncar
ed for, etc., etc.
Mr. Dtake, and Mr. J. E. Edwards oppos
ed striking out. L. Pearce offered an amend
ment. L. K. Lee was in favor of erasing it,
because it was too vague, and dictating about
dress was a delicate matter. Mr. Maffitt,said
tho speaker, when asko.itwhy he did not
preach against dress. * replied, that when 1 a
went bird-shooting.lie always tried to shoot
down the bird, and not to shoot off the feath
ers. So ministers had enough to do to j
preach Christ and him crucified.
—Other remarks were made, when, on the
call for the previous question by E. Wads
worth, the subject was indeffinitly postponed.
Bishop Soule, with reffeience to the fore
going, said; It ijr made the duty of the
preachers to read the General Rule (with
refferenco to superfluous ornament) once a
quaiter in every society, and once a year in i
every congregation. Has this been done?
•and may be that the neglect on the
part of the preachers on thia important point
in the instructions, may have contributed in
s >me degree to the increase of superfliuty of
ornament in the Church ? If this had been
carried out faithfully by the preachers, I
think there would have been an improved
c mdition of things in respect to this matter.
The brother said this section bad done no
good. I think very differently. At least
.Sitv fifty years ftgo it did good. Tbe Meth
odist of that day were a simple-people under
the observance of their rules. They knew
each other everywhere they met. They
came.out from the world, 8ir —they were
separated from the world.
THE BATTLESHAXE VS BCIEHCE.
“ Prove all things—hold fast that w hieh.U good.”
Science implies knowledge acquired by
learned research. Has discovered
an antidote to the poison of tho venomous
rattlesnake J In medical journals, and some
news papers it is heralded, that bromine, io
dide of potassium, bi-chloride of mercury,
combined, is a sovereign remedy. Armed
with this, even less vulnerable than Hercules
one may step into a den of rattlesnakes and
fear no danger. Whether such claim is of
fiction or fact, let severe experiment decide.
Doctors Briggs and Ashley, two eminent and
experienced physicians of Trotipville,
jected to a severe test this remedy claimed
as infalible. Having procured a rattlesnake
near Bix feet long, and bavirig ready the fa
mous remedy, they caused a small dog to be
struck twice by the snake. The first was a
slight wound on the side, the second a deep
incision^—one of tiie fangs of the snake pen-;
etrating low, in the rear of the left shoulder,
and near the region of the heait. The ther- %
inometer at the time was at
than one minute the dog manitestetl symp
toms of great uneasiness and distress—an
three minutes it staggered and fell—in four |
minutes one south ounce of the medicine was j
administered—in fifteen minuted from the’
time of the bite, th r e fourths of an ounce
was given at regular iutervals. No appar
ent effect was produced The dog lay mo
tionless and seeming insensible, breathing
laboriously. The breathing became gradual
ly more feeble, and in one hour and twenty
five minutes from thk time of the hitc the
dog died. This was a severe but fair test
of that much extolled remedy. The bane
triumphed over the antidote. This test may
prove the famous remedy a fallacious one, or
it may prove that when the rattle snake
strikes some more vital part or
great vital organ, no remedy may avail
against the poison. Science must gain new
knowledge—doctors must yet experiment
and investigate, id search of the antidote.—
Tiie rattlesnake, mortal foe to life to the dis
comfiture of science sleeps on the battlefield.
—Southern Enterprise.
BADLY UNFORTUNATE.
Neal, in his ‘ Charcoal Sketches,’ describes
a character who speaks of himself somewhat
as follows: t ’’ j
To my notion, this ere, is a hard case. If
I tries to mosey along through the world
without sayin nothin to nobody, it wont do,
wont come of itself) Uke the man you
owe the money to—you are obliged to step
and fetch it. If I come fur to go fur to pad
dle ray tub quietly down the gutter of life
without tramping agin the curb stone on one
side, I’m sure to get aground on the other,or
to be- npsot somehow. If I tries little spol
iations such as boning things, I’m sartin to be
kotched; and it and I goes pardners, as I
does with tipps, it wofit do—he’ll speckilate
and bust, and I’m sure to be smashed and
sifted through.
Tho steamer Arctic yesterday took in her
compliment of coal. She will leave to-day
on her cruise to intercept the Styx and other
British cruisers in the Gulf and off the coast
of Cuba. She has a crew of 52, and 3 guns
(besides small arms in abundance.
miiniu nffimnr ih rwtnu.
Taking a narrow path, I crossed through
some dense underwood, and all at once*!
stood on the banks of tho Wakulla Bpri n .
There was a basin of water one hundred
yards in diameter, almost circular. The
thick boshes were alamort growing to the
watber’s edge end bowing their heads under
the unrippled surface. I stepped into a
skiff and pushed off. Some immense fi g ] )ei
attracted my attention, and I seized a spear
to strike them. The boatmen, laughed, and
! asked me how far below the surface E
posed they were ? I answered about four
! feet. He assured me they were twenty fro®
| me, and it was ao. The water it of the most
marvelous transparency, I dropped an or
-1 dinary pin in the water, forty feet deep, and
saw iu head with perfect distinctness aa it
lay on the bottom. As we approached tbe
center, I noticed a jaggish, grayish limestone
rock beneath ns, pierced with holes; one
seemed to look into an unfathonahle depth.
The boat moved slowly on,and now we bong
trembling over the edge of the sunken cliff,
and far below it lay a dark, yawning, an !
fathqjnable abyss. Fiom its gorge comes forth
with immense velocity, arriving river.
Pushing on just beyond its mouth, I drop,
ped a ten cent piece into the water, which is
there one hundred and ninety feet in depth,
and I saw it clearly shining on the bottom’.
This seems incredible. I think the water
possesses a magnifying power. lam confi.
dent the piece could not be seen so distinct
ly from a tower one hundred and niney feet
high. We rowed on toward the North sida,
and suddenly we perceived in the water tbe
fish which were darting hither and thither,
the loug flexible roots, and the wild itixori
ant grass on the bottom, all arrayed in the
most beautiful prismatic hues. The gentle
swell occasioned by the boat gave to the
whole an undulating motion. Deathlike still
ness reigned around, and a more fairy scene
I never beheld.
So great ia the quantity of water here
poured forth, that it forms a river of itself,
large enough to float boats with cotton. The
planter who lives here has thus transported
his cotton to St. Marks. Near the fountain
we saw some of the remains of a mnstodou
which had been taken from it. The trian
gular bone below the knee meaenrel six n li
es on each side. - Almost the entire skeleton
has been sent to Baruum’s Museum.
The Indian name of the fountain is beau
tifully significant. Wakulla means “The
Mystery.” It is said that the Spanish dit-
covercis sprang into it with almost frantic
joy, supposing that they had discovered lie
long sought “ Fons Juventis,” or fountain of’
youth, which should rejuvenate them after
their exhausting marches and battles.—Bal
lou's Pictorial. j
DESPERATE FIGHT WITH A WILD CAT.
A Janesville correspondent gives the Chi
cago Times an account of a desperate fight
between John Weber arid a ferocious wild
cat. Weber and a few other amateur Spor s
men woie hunting for rabbits in the woods
skirting the banks of Rock River. Webir
supposing lie- had burrowed* rabit on the
J top of the bluff, obout one hundred feet
a hovel he water, procured a stick and under
took to dislodge the game by punching.—
His efforts were too successsful, for instead of
a rabbit-* formidable wild cat sprang out of
the hole aud “ pitched in” for a fight. Web
er, not knowing the nature of bis antagonist,
was- taken at disadvantage. He. bad a knife,
and the varmint’s teeth and claws were shaip.
“ Mein Goot! du peest der fader von all rab
bit” he exclaimed as the cat made a leap at
his throat.
The bank was very steep, and at the first
onset Weber lost bis footing,and hunter and
wild cat rolled in a rongh and tumble fight,
and the cat was most at home in that sort of
a contest. The hunter gave the varmint %
few well put “ eye-openers,” but hiv catship
soon put a stop to that game by seizing Web
er's band with tils teeth and holding it fast.
With the o.her hand he then tried to throt
tle the monster, but soon found his claws
were in the way. After rolling down tho
batik a distance of ninety feet from where
the fight commenced, the hunter succeeded in
getting uppermost of hi* antagonist, when
lie hastily hollered “ murder.” This brought
one of his companions to the rescue, who
crawling down the steep bank, placed bis ri
fle 4a the varinint’s head, Kiid made a bole
through it. the wild cat then gave np beat.
It was found Weber had been hit through
the hands five times, besides numerous scveio
scratches upon bis body. The wounded
parts immediately commenced swelling in
an alarming manner, and he was visited by
dizziness and faintness to 6uch a degree that
bis companions were obliged to carry him
home., and provide medical assistance. He
was found to be severely bat not ditngeross
ly wounded. The wild cat was one of the
ordin iry Northern species, aud weighed 20
pounds; . •
BRITISH OUTRAGES.
Scarcely a day passes without bringing oi
accounts of the insolence of British officer*
in command in the Gulf in boarding Ameri
can vessels.
This thing must be stopped, or else let as
withdraw our naval forces entirely from the
ocean and make no pretense at protecting oar
commercial marine. Yesterday brought ui
the acconnt of another American trader be
ing fired into and boarded.
Captain Walker of the brig New Era, ar
rived yesterday morning, states that on April
1 tth lie was boarde4 English war
steamer; and on May Hfth had three shots
fired at him by another British steamer, but
he did not heave to for her, consequently
she did not board. The first and second
mates also state that when off Matanzas, the
first day out, tbeysaw a steamer firing at a
ship running away from the steamer—the
New Era about fifteen miles windward at
the time. “ ■,
Buch insoleuce is unendurable, and for
the honor of our country we hpo that these
British steamers with their roving commis
sions, will be sunken when ever fallen in with,
with as little compunction as we would sink
any other piratical craft. It must be stop
ped, or onr Government will be subjected to
the derision of tbe world, and our Navy the
laughing stock. We agree with Senator
Toombs in hia remarks made in the Senate
on Tuesday—that the British ship shoola
have been destroyed, or seising them, brought
their officers here and hanged them. — N. *•
Times. .
In order to livejustly, and be respected,
roust refrain from doing that we blame UJ
others. , , •