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(Law Firm.)
HARRIS & HARRIS.
Iverson L. Harris, I Ciiari.es X Harris,
Milledgcville, Ga. | Tliomavltte, Ga.
iuarch-31 w ‘ ts
R. S. UURCII & WM. McLENDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
THOMASrihI.E, GEORGIA.
oct!4 19 ~~ wwy
BAVEU JH HEWET,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
2ro >tpv i tfe, La w rates -Gar, Get. —
sept 15 w ts
EUGENE L. HINES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
thom isi'll. i.F. <;i:orgia ,
Office over McLoan’s store. (jnir26
JOHN M. IIISON,
A TT 0 R N E Y A T L AW,
OFFICE next door to Dr. iiruce’s, Thoniasvillo,
Georgia. jahs-Ty.
‘7 * G. 11. DANIELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TiWDtASEU.L E, GEORGIA.
Office one door above John Stark’s on Fletcher St.,
formerly occupied by To C. Bryan. [ janlOly
JOHN K. iIIILLEK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
—— - •wHTU-f * ,
MILL TOWN, BERRIEN CO., GA.
WILL practice in all the Comities of the Brunswick
Circuit, and Berrien and Lowndes Counties ol
the Southern Circuit. nmylituy
JOHN V. NH IIOLIJ,
ATTOItNEY AT LAW,
WARESBOROUGH, WARE CO., GA.
WILL practice in ALL the counties of the Bruns
wick circuit; and Lowudes and Berrien of the
Southern niaiAloy
GEORGE H. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARESBOROUGII, GA. ,
WILL PRACTICE in the following Comities f the
Brunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Pierce, Ware
Clinch, and Charlton. ; marflltf
SAMUEL B. SPENCER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
WILL givo his entire attention to the praetice-of
Law, in the Counties of the Southern Circuit. —
Office on the speoni floor of D. & E. McLean’s
brick building, i (jnn2ooy ,
E. CL 11 ORGAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ffASHr/ELE, GBORGIA.
WILL practice in the counties of the Southern Cir
cuit, and the counties of Dooly, Worth and Dough
erty of the Macon, ami Coffee, Clinch and Warc
of the Brunswick Circuits.
Flat Creek, On., Oct. 7. ts
RICE & MERSIION,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA, CLTNtJII CO., GA.
ATTEND to all business entrusted to their care, In
the following counties, to-witr Clinch, Ware, Ap
pling, Coffee, Charlton, Lowndes and Berrien, Geor
gia. Also, irt the counties of Hamilton, Columbia,
and Jefferson, in Florida.
DAVID P. RICE. | HENRY M. MERSIION, -
s -jmi 5 w fiin
JAMES M. FOESOM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., OA.
WILL practice in all the courts of the Brunswick
Oiroiiit and in the couitr of Lowndes and Berrien
of the Southern Circuit.
Inferences Cochran liruuswick Ct.
{ Judge Deter E. LovcJJyutkern, Ct.
ln 5 w “ r ‘ 1 y
ROBERT BONNE K,
(Late of fitorgia.) WITH
HOWES, HYATT & C 0„
No. SO Warren St., New York.
WJLL be prejin r<l to show country merchants this
spring the best and cheapest stock of Boots and
Boons ever offered to the Southern trade,
reorders solicited and carefiillr attended to:
Jan 86 w ly
New Drug Store.
Ty&S, DOWEft &. ELLiS HAVE
L’ opened a Drug Store at the stand formerly oc
cfpied by I’aliner & Bro., opposite E. Remington's,
and are prepared to furnish
Drug*, Medicine*, Perfumery, Inks, Fancy Soap*, be.
Upon fair terms to thoee who may favor them with
a call. To their Reform friends thev would say, that
they have cm hand a fresh and reliable assortment of
Medicines.
And will Bo glad to supply them with such articles
as they umy m*odr ■. - may2fioy
9000.
Frtt SALE, A SPLENDID TIANO, in fine or
der, for Two Hundred Dollars. Apply to
M. STEINERT Thniuw'ille, Oa
Dr. W. H. HALL,
HAS disposed of his interest in the “Wire-Grass
Reporter” to Judge Love, and will devote himself
exclusively to his profession. ■ 1 * - •
Ha may be found at ail times, whoo not profession
ally ebgaged, at his Office opposite East side
Presbyterian Chu¥cT.” ~~~~ jebtf
Dr. R. H. EATON,
OFFERS hi* Profes.ienal Services to the citizens
pf Thomasville and surrounding country.
He has-tho advantage of two years’ practice in Epi
demic Dysentery, Typhoid -Fever, and other dis
; ‘eases of Upper Georgia.
His motto w ill be “ Punctuality and reasonable
Chances. ,f Office next door wegt of Seixns’ Drug
Store. ■ Jeß-7ui
(lltform Practice.)
Dr. P. M.BWWER,
OFFER his professional services to the citizens
of Thomasville and vicinity. Calls at all hours
promptly attended to. feb2oy
Dr. SAMUEL, R. WILLIAMS,
HAVING located in TbomaSTille. respectfully ten
ders his professional services to the citizens of
Thomasville and vicinity. He may be firnnd at the
Office of Dr. S. S. Adatns. [octljoy .
DR. £. O. ARNOLD
WILL continue the practice of Den- ..u
tistry in Thomasville and vicinity—(mSSSSSiL
Any order left at the Pott Office or at
his (Jfficeduring his absence from town will receive
attention at the earliest opportunity. £jans-Iy
W. F. SANFORD,
CITY
Auctioneer & Commission Merchant,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
WILL SELL AT AUCTION, or privately on
Cntnmtssion, any specie* of. Merchandize,
Produce, Stock, Negroes; &c., that may be confided
to his care. Regular Auction days—every Saturday.,
He will also pay strict attention to the
Ruying and Selling of Lands.
Persons wishing to settle in our county would no
doubt find it to their interest to consult him before
purchasing, as he is fully prepared to impart infor
i mation, both in regard to the productiveness and
present value of lands, as well as the advantages
attending peculiar locations. marfUboly
Celebrated Family Sewing Machines!
The Machine, Par Excellence, for the People!.’
Price $95 and S3O.
rpHESE MACHINES, FOR SIMPLI r
,_L city, durability, and strength of seam, are un
surpassed. They will be found on exhibition and for
sale at she Furniture Store of
CHARLES 11. REMINGTON,
THOMASVILLE, ga..
where all persons are respectfully invited to call and
examine jiieni. i
J. DAVIS & CO., Greensboro’, Git.
Oil AS. 11. REMINGTON, Agent.
N. B. County Rights for sale. Apply to J. Da
vis, Greensboro’, or E. P. CoN'R, l’ond Towu, Ga.
may 12 w oy
JAS. M.”OItA.Y,
Watch-Maker and Jeweler, Thomasville, Ga.,
would respectfully inform
*’ the citizens of this community that ho
still continues liis business at his Old Stand, /ATA
where he is well prepared to do all work ; "-i ,(**-
his line as good and as cheap as can be done South,
such as Repairing Watches, Clocks, Mending Jew
elry, Mounting Walking Canes with Gold .or Silver ;
and much other work in his line.
‘•lAPAsheis under many obligations to his friends
for their past patronage, he, therefore, hopes that
all those who may have work in his lino will give
him a call, mid they shall be treated liki‘ ladies and
.gentlemen. - mayPJtf
MOORE & HOMAN’S
Variety Works.
THE undersigned are pre
pared to manufacture in
the best and most fashionable
style all kinds of Furniture, y\U|-^ L
Hedsteads from $5 to $25; lUfljjsfew
Side Boards, Wash stands,
Corner stands, Wardrobes,
Bureaus—China, Red Tin ,■
Dining -Tables, Foldipa and
Plain Tables, Centre and Side Tables, Couches,
Truuncl Bedstead*, Cradles and Cribs,
Secretaries, Book Caes and Hat Stands.
Lumber taken in exchange for Furniture : or lnm
,beT mndo tip to order in the most fashionable style.
Also’ all kinds of Turning: and Sawing done
in the best style. Shsps located South end of Main
street, below Mcßaiu’s Hotel, Thomasville, Ga.
julyl 4] MOORE & HOMAN.
’ Carriage Manufacory,
AND BLACKSMITH SHOP.
Thu partnership between MeLedon
& Lowry being dissolved, I respect-\( )l
fully inform the public, that the bu- J v
siness in all its branches will be carried Tin as before
by the undersigned. Grateful for past patronage, I
earnestly solicit a continuance of the sgine. Those
in wantiqf Waggon*, Buggies, carriages of any dis
eriptionTl think l wilLkeable to suit, both ’‘a# re
gards quality and price. Those indebted to McLen
don & Lowxy will find tbeir notes and accounts in
my hands. Strange as it may seem to some, it. i* im
possible for me to carry on thhji. business without
money. Repairing done in good style and on reas
onable terms. „
march2tf) JGIIN H. t-OIyRY,
New Jeweler, Watch and Clock
Maker.
JOSEPH JERGER now offers his services
to the public, and pledges himself to give ffTa
prompt attention to cleaning, repairing, nnd rj|t-,iT
making Watches, Jewelry, &c. All woik entrusted
to him will he executed and delivered at the time
pNtmiqed, and warranted. He has no flowing enco
miums to bestow upc himself ns a watch maker,
but relies upon the judgment of his patrons to es
tablish his’skill and reputation. Terms Cash.
Office second door nbovc the Post Office, next to
the store of H. W. Sharpe.
Thomasville, Ga., March 17,1857. ts
KITH. IIAHIiIK,
COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
A No. 38 l'oydras-Street New Orleans.
Refers to—
,;nir,i K \Vn']t"'r’ j'T.illuliiiMC,, Florida.
gatSsMj*!* m sow.
ifiiS
Gen. Wm. Baily, Jefferson County, Florida.
i John G. Putnum, Esq:, Madison County, Fla
i Augustus Steele, Egq., Cedar Keys, Florida,
Daniel Bell, Esq., Hamiltou County Florida.
■-
Jack J. Marsh, Esq., Duncanville, Georgia.
J A. Mclntosh, Esq., Glasgow, Georgia. ,
Novembei 3,1857. ts
New Blacksmith Shop.
THE undersigned lias opened the Shop at Bras
well’s eonier, formerly known ns
Wm. Sharpes BlocksmithShop, and is
prepnred to do all work in hi# line. He solicits a
share of public .patronage.
marCßoy JOHN THOMAS.
For Kent,
TjiOß the remainder of the'A’HHV tlic Office just
A Vacat'd, hi Dr V 11, m.ll npriT'Dfl
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1858.
. so*ll.
From the Southern Literary Messenger.
“ FLOBENCE VANE.”
ny pmtipnmni.irmN cook*.
“I loved thee long and dearly, ;
Florence Van<^;
My life’* bright dream, and early,
~~ lld> imqii qgliii’
1 renew in my fond vision,
My heart'* dear pain,
My hopes, nnd thy derisUm,
Florence Vane.
“ The ruin loan and hoary,
The ruin old,,
Where thou didst hark my *tory,
At even tuH, — \ • ~
That spot—the hues Elynian
Os sky and plain—
I treasure in my vision,
‘Florence Vnne.
“Tbou wast lovelier than the roses,
In their prime;
Thy voice excelled the closes
Os the Sweetest rhyme;
_*i Thy heart was as a river, ,
Without a main ;
Would I had loved thee never,
Florence Vane.
“ But fairest, couldst wonder!
Thy glorious clay
Lletli the ggeen sod under—
Alas the day! *’
, And it boots"not to remember
Thy disdain—
To quicken love’s pale ember,
Florence Vuue. v
“ The lillies of the valley t
By young graves weep,
The pansies love to dally
Wliore mqidens sleep; .
May their bloom, in beauty vicing,
Never wane
Where thine earthly ipsrt is lying,
Florence Vnne!”
OBPKEOS AND EDBYDICE.
Appropos of matrimonial felicity, liymenitil joys
and all that sort of thing, this version of the An
cient Minstrel’s descent to the “ regians below,” is
a capital jeu d’esprit in its way. Happily the au
thor, one Lisle, is now beyond the reach of female
vengenee.
When Orpheus went to the regions below,
Which men are forbidden to see,
Ho turned up iiis lyre, as old histories show,
To set his Eury.dicc free.
All hell was astonish’d, a person so wise,
Should rashly endanger his life,
And venture so far—but how vastly their surprise
When they found that he came for liis w ife?
To find out a punishment due to his fault,
Old Pluto long puzzled his brain;
But hell had not torments enough lie thought,
So he gave him his wife back again.
But pity succeeding soon vanquished his heart,
And, pleased wffji his playing so well,
He took her again in reward of his art;
Such power had music in hell!
THE BABIE.
Nao shoon to hide her tiny tae,
Nae stocking on her feet;
Her supple ankles white as anowf !5..
Or early bloskomg sweet.
Her simple dress of sprinkled pink,
Her double, dimpled eliin;
- Her pucker’.d lip and baumy inou,
With nae one tooth between. ’
Her een, sae like her mlfher’s een,
Twa gentle, liquid things;
4J Her face is like lyu an gel's face—
We’re glad she has no wings.
She’s the budding o’ our love,
A gittie God gic’d us;
We munna luve the gift ow’r weel,
‘Twad be nae blessing thus.
Hiistcllancous.
MINISTEBS TYING UP A STEAMBOAT.
A correspondent of the “ Presbyterian of
the West,” writing an account of his voyage
down the Mississippi, along with a hundred
otlier ministers, to attend the General Asocm
bly at New Orleans, thus tells what the
preachers did on Sunday:
“ The boat was the City of Memphis;
when we found that we could not reach
Vicksburg by Saturday night, twelve o’clock
we proposed to the captain te “lay to” on
the Sabbath. He agreed to it on condition
that wo would pay, the expenses of the boat.
They would be five hundred and sixty dollars
but he would take five, hundred dollars. The
money was raised and the bargain closed.-^-
We arrived at the little village of providence,
La., and the I’rovidencc which.direct* all
things seemed indeed to have directed our
course to that point to spend the Sabbath.—
On nwakening in the morning, all quiet on
board, we learned that the l'rosbytery of
Contrnl Mississippi had closed its busi
ness sessions there mn Saturday evening,
and that the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
was to be celebrated that Sabbath moving.
We, therefore, gave np otlr intended service
on the boat, and joined the congregation in
the sacrament services of the Presbyterian
Church. And precisely such a meeting, un
der such circumstances, had never before oc
curred upon the hanks of the Mississippi, and
may never occur again; one hundred minis
ters and ciders, from thirteen States and
Territories of the Union, stopping one of the
floating palaces of this majestic river, on*pur-
Kto keep lmly the Lord’# day, meeting a
bytery in session, and joining with them
and with the church in celebrating the Lord's
Sppper. . It was a most refreshing season to
our company, to the Presbytery and to the
congregation. ‘. *
Punch suggests, in anticipation of tjie title
to he bestowed upon the Queen’s pliysician,
Dr. Locock, that nc he dubed Lord Dclivcr
ns. . • • • . ‘ i
BILL fitU'l COUBTSHIP.
* I got married when I was twenty, said
Bill (lull one dtift 1 got married to Phebe
Chalk, and ail those young. Gulhi yon see
running around here, came from my lamp of
ebaik—by gH.
Bill GuH always sworis “by fU.k It
was his only oath. She was a lump of ehalk
as long one way as she was the other. BIH
Gull was always a backward, bashful youth
and some surpriso was expressed when he
got married at all.
“By gull,” said he, ffty grand-mother’s
ghost did the fob.
Ghost—jol>—how Is that?
I’ll tell about it. Yon see I was about ns
green as a spring gosling, and I tbongbt Pho
be was too. By gnll she wasn’t though, blit
she knew I was. Wo had a sneaking notion
after each other, for about two years, bat we
wouldn’t havo come to any thing if it hadn’t
been for the I was too bashful in the
way of making love—couldn't aay aa macb
as boo to a goose. And Pbebc was just as
bashful at least I thought so, but she wasn't
fay a long shot. One night about half ah
hotvr after I had gone to bed, as I lay think
ing about Phebe. for I had been silting up
with her, at rather a late hour, as usual,
withonrtiringing any thing to pass—the door
opened slowly and softly, and in walked a
ghostly spectre. The moon was shiningfull
in my window, nnd I could not be mistaken.
It was all dressed in white. I .rose up in
my bed; while J trembled and the perspira
tion ran off in streams. It camo along al
tno’st to my “bod, and pointed a long bony
finger at me that went tlirongh me like a hot
iron. I tried to speak but it was no go.—-
At last a husky voice said t
“Bill Gull, I’m the ghost of your grand
mother! You must marry Phebe Chalk
right away. You have fooled away yonr
tin e long enough. Pop the question before
to-morrow nig lit, or I will appear again, do
ft Bill Gull.”
The old lady disappeared so quick that I
couldn’t tell where she went to. I didn't
sleep a wink that night. The sensations
that kept crawling over me were awful.—
I thought I felt the hair on my head turn
grey, my teeth falling out, my arms dropping
off and all kinds of queer feelings. It was the
longest night I ever experienced. Morniug
came at last. I met Phebe in the diningroom
while she was proparing breakfast. She bad
been our housekeeper ever since my grand
mother died—three years. My mother died
the year before.
-Bill what is the matter with you? said
Phebe.
“ I fpel pale” said I,
“You look pale,"said she,
“Such a night” said I.
“ Waht is the mattor, Bill?”-
“My grandmother's ghost.”
“ You don’t say so,”
“ Yes and she said that—
“ What Bill ?’’
“That I must marry you.”
“What else Bill?”
“ That l milst pop the question to-day or
sho wonld come again to-night.”
“Bill, take my advice, pop the question
and let the old lady remain in peace.”
“ I do,” said I,
“Well Bill, I’ll have you, just to keep the
old lady quiet, provided Bill—that you won’t
ask me to —to—to—si—p with you.”
“I promise for my grandmother's sake.”
After breakfast Phebe spoke to the old
gentleman about it. He said it was all right
go aheßil. Well we weift ahead, at least
Phebe did. In three weeks my Phebe Chalk
became Mt. Gull.”
“ She gulled you completely.”
Yen I found thut out and I’ll tell you how.
On the night of our marriage she went to her
room and I went to mine, it was according
to an agreement, but some how or other I
couldn't help thinking it wasn’t right, and
the more I thought about it, the more it seem
ed not just the chalk.
1 reflected upon it for hours, and more
than once I invoked my grandmother’s ghost
to appear to Phebe and turn her heart towards
me. Finally as the old lady’s ghost seemed
to lake no further interest in our affairs, I
concluded to bo ghost myself. Not witbont
a great deal ot trepidation, however, I have
often wondered at my. temerity, for there
was a totnl lack of I walked in
to Pheba’w room and stood by liar bedside.
“ Good Lord 1” said she.
“ Phebe Chalk,” said I.
# ” I ain’t Phebe Chalk,” said she I’m mar
ried and my name is Phebe Gull. Who are yen?
“ I’m your grandmother-in-law, apd I have
come lo tell you that it ain't good for a man
to be alone, especially if lie has got a wife.”
“ Well grandmother that ia what I have
been thinking ever since I came to bed. It
is a very cold night, grandmother, and you
must he very cold too, won’t you get into bed
and warm yourself.
“ I!y gully 1 1 bad a great mind to but I
was afraid.” . * “ . ,
..“No,” so id I,- I must go back to the grave
yard. Ucinember that Dill,—your husband
—is shivering'*w"ith cold alone by himself.”
“Well, grandmother hadn’t you better go
and keep Hilly warm?”
“ No, do it yourself, or I shaJLappcar again
— rßrmcmJicr,”
I growled out tho “remember” with a
fearful emphasis, but do you think she was
frightened ? Not a bit of it. She burst out
laughing with all her might, and kept it up
ever so long,” while I stood shivering and
shaking like a pauper in an ague fit.
“Now Bill,” said she as soon as she stop
ped laughing, “dont you think I know you?”
How do you know me/
Well, enough, besides there ain't no such
things as ghosts.
Off yes thero Is though, didn.t my grand
mother’s ghost tell mo to marrysyoul
“Billy, that was me.”
“You mv gulf!” *
“ Yes Billy, that waiiuei” *
“Well, Pbobe!”
“How stupid yon are Bill, to stand hero
shaking halt frozen.”
“ W ell, go on wkh your story.”
” By-gull I have nothing more to sty.”
PBIZK EIGHT m 1,000 A BJOt.
Monday morning the news prevailed—on
the authority of the police—that a prill fight
which had been announced to come off at
Flatbush, L. 1., had been prevented by the
police. It seems, however, that the police
only prevented It in the classical sense—com
ing away beforo discovering the place. The
encounter Was for 31,000 a side, and it last
ed one hour and ten minutes. We clip fro?)
the Brooklyn Eagle of Tuesday night the
particulars;
“ The party had selected a little pht of
ground beside an old, unoccupied bam on the
farm of Mr. Pbter Debaun, about three quar
tets of a mile from the village of PbUbush.
The barn is situated on the road which leads
from Flatlands to Flatbush.
The party, to the number of fifty or sixty
arrived there a little beforo sunrise, add the
ground being staked off and surrounded with
a rope so as to prevent the crowd from com
ing too near, the principals stripped them
selvua and took their positions. The seconds,
bottle-holders and time-keeper placed them
selves in proper order, and the fight com
menced.
“ Both men were of large size nnd well
proportioned, and to the uupracticcd eye one
seemed iu as good condition as tho other.—
They went at it in good earnest, and fonght
for one hour and ten minutes, when both bel
ligerents became so much exhausted that
they could not move. The respective parti
sans of oaclt picked .them up, and wrapping
them in woolen blankets, placed them in car
riages. Tbeir faces were beaten into undis
tinguishable shapes, and their bodies were
covered with blood, so as to present a fright
ful and revolting picture.
“ Tho sons of Mr. Ryder, who owns tho
adjoining farm, saw that something strange
was going on, and, repairing to the spot, wore
surprized to find themselves witnesses of a
genuine prize fight.
_ “The stakes were one thousand dollars a
side, but as the fight.'appears to have been a
drawn one, in which one showed himself as
good as the other, the stakes will probably
be retained until another occasion presents
itself for either one or the other of the prin
cipals to show himself the best man.
“The party leftvthoir sponges, some empty
bottles, and other traps upon the ground,
which spot presents the appearnnee of hav
ing been the scone of tho slaughter of some
animals. ‘ fc
“They were not interfered with by any
one, but liqd their sport nil to themselves
and to their own satisfaction.
“ The names of the principals in the fight
are Ghas. Ross, of West Broadway, N.Y ,
and John Casey, of Troy, N. Y. Both are
large, athletic men, and able to hear any
amonnt of pommeling. *
“Tho friends of Ross claim that, there
were too many of Cagey’j friends o the
ground, or else he would have been the vic
tor ; while the friends of Casey claim that
he is the best man. The fact appears to be,
however, that both the contestants were
about equal in strength and the power of
endurance, and both were so much exhaust
ed that they could not injure each other any
more.”— N. Y. Times.
WOODEST WALLS.
The present evident necessity for an in
creased naval force, to check the aggressions
by British cruisers on our merchantmen, can
not fail to suggest the propriety of a perma
nent increase In the Navy, to snch an extent
as to give our country that protection on sen
to which our vast commercial power entities
her. and which the interests of her people
require her to assume..
A short comparison of our war marine with
those of England aud Ifrance will show onr
mortifying inability to cope with either of
them at sea, or even to make a respectable
defense of our commerce when attacked. At
the dose of the year 1857, England had five
hundred and fifty-six ships-of-war—of which
one half were sail vessels, and the other half
screw steamers—and one hundred and sixty
two sloops-of-war. Franee had four hundred
and fifty ships-of-war, and thirty sloops-of
war. At the same time, the United States
Navy consisted of only seventy-two vessels,
comprising ten ships-ot-the-line, thirteen frig
ates, nineteen sloops-of-war, three brigs, 6pe
schooner, nineteen steamers, two steam ten
ders, and five storeships. This is the entire
force wp possess for the defense of onr Im
mense sea-coast, lying on two oceans, and for
the defence of our world-wide commerce. ‘ln
this state of lamentable weakness it is sim
ply absurd for us to expect to maintain a
successful contest with Great Britain. The
pluck of “ the Yankee tars ” is filmed m song
and we may well be proud of the ability
have Bbown to match any reasonable
number of “ the British sailors boldbut’
the bravest of men cannot do impossibilities,
and not even tire warmest admirers of Ame
rican gallantry would venture to claim for it
the power of equalizing the forces of the Brit
ish and American Navies.— Congressional
Globe. .. ‘
“ You'll liavo to bear the responsibility,”
said a mother to bright-eyed young daugh
ter of our acquaintonce, who thought of mar-*
rying without tlio maternal approbation.”
“I expect to hear several, ma,” said Fan
ny. This is onr of Prentice’s responsibil
ities.
u
A Late Bird.—“ .Nice roast goose, Sir,”
said a waiter to a fnßt young gentleman, who
had “been out” the night beforo—"nice
roast goose Sir, just up!* The young geu
tlcman shamelessly answered “So am I!”
i A Pair of-Them.—Trafalgar Square Lon
don, now bouuiiM the statnes of two Gener
als—Sir Charles Napier, and Dr. Jenner.—
The former was a General Officer; and the
latter a General Benefactor.
•, - •
A western writer defines a widow as “one
who knows what's what; and desires further
information on the subject.”
Heaven aends gtfbd figures. It is only
womans enemy-who would tempt her to
wear crinoline.
VOLUME I-NUMBER 39.
wwa tmds.
Harfbr’B Wrbkly, has made a very un
provoked attack upon the'dintlti<rui*liedSen
atoV from Ooorgto.-TliTif ft WmWW
one would expect from a northern Journal
rtf vert questionable sotwidrteis upon fltosb
issue* Involving southern rights. Mr. Toombs
can not hope to escape their dennneiationg.
Tho ability and soil with width he sgsattT
ted the combined foe of constitutional prin
ciples in the lato exciting dubatM in the
Senate, tiie .overwhelming torrent of invec
tive, he poorod down upon thd hypocrisy
and arrogance of northe(ttfe(kna ticiam most
until rally provoke of the enemies
of the Sooth everywhere Mr. Toombs ia
regarded hy the body of the northern peo
ple a an extremist ip Ms principles and
fceUnga. Finding ft ImnraXihle to #fe
his argument or withstand hi* eloquence they
mast needs resort to the contemptible strata
gem of attacking Ms iAertcter. All this is
natural enough. -%sf**l* &•■*<>. *
Dot how shall we exmess our surprise to
SCO southern papers, Georgia panels, pub
lishing and endorsing this defamation of tbetr
own Senators. We do not believe there'll,
a single raftn in the Btato who ia not jnstly
proni of out Senator’s position in the body
of which lie Is a member. All who krrow
anything of the matter know that he stands
second to none in point of ability and taihi
cnee. The pretence that the refoahl to con
sider his Bankrupt bill was founded in a want
of respect for the Senator is sheer nonsense,
known to be such by every intelligent adnd
in the land. We have beard no explanation
of the matter, bat we presume It was known
the bill coold not be perfected and passed
during this session, and it was thooght.no
necessary to discuss it now. At onr present
stand point, it does not scum to us wo could
be driven by mere force of party bitterneli
to glvo our endorsement and encouragement
to inaiduous attacks npon one of the most
gifted men Georgia has ever produced, when
it is clear these assailants are prompted by
no higher inotivo than revenge fur tho tri
umphant Inanner in which be bore down our
enemies, the enemies of his own people.
OUVXB W. HOLMS,
Tiie humorons M. p., who is supposed to
be the “ Aatocrat” who presides over tho
“breakfast table” in tho Atlantic Monthly,
lias seldom—oven in his fanciful verses—
given expression to more true poetry than j
found in the annexed admirable definition of
“Ancient Error:” •
Do you ever in walking in the fields, come
across a fiat stone which had lain, nobody
knows how long, just where you found it,
with tiie grass forming a little hedge a* ft
were, all aronnd it, close to its edge—and
have you not in obedience to a kind of feed
ing that told you it had been lying there
long enough, insinuated yonr stick, or your
foot or your four fingeys under its edge and
turned it over! What an odd revelation,
and what an unforeseen and unpleasant sur
prise to a small community, the very exist
ence of which you had not suspected, ant*
the sodden dismay and scattering among its
members produced by your turning the edd
stone ever! Blades of grass flattened ilosnt
colorless, matted together a* if they bad bees
bleached Bd ironud; hideous crawling crea-
tures, some of them coleopterous or “ bony
shelled”—turtle bugs, one wants to call
them; some of them softer, but cunningly
spread out and compressed like Lepiue watch*
os; (nature never loses crack or crevice,
mind you, or a joint in a tavern bedstead, bat
she always has one of her flatpattorn live
time-keepers to slide into it;) black, glossy
crickets, with their long filaments sticking
out, like tbe whips of four-horse stage coach
c; motionless slug-like creatures, larva:, per
haps more horribleln their pulpy stillness than,
even in the iofemal wrinkle of maturity.—
But no sooner is the stone turned and tbe
wholesome light of day let upon this com
pressed and blinded community of creeping
things, than all of them enjoy the luxury or
legs—and some of them have a good many—
rush round wildly, batting each other and
every thing in their way, and end in a gen
eral stampede for underground retreats from
the (region poisoned by sunshine. Next
■year you will find the grass growing tali aud
green where the stone lav—the ground bird
builds her nest where the beetle had hut hole,
dandelion and tbe batter cup are growing
there, and the hoard fans of insect angels
open and ehnt over their golden discs as the
rhythmic waves of blissfal coaciousoess pub
•ato through tbmr glorified being. :
The stone is Ancient Error* The grass is
human nature horn down and bleached of all
its color by it. The shapes that are found
beneath are the crafty beings that thrive in
darkness, and the weaker eiganiems
helpless by it. He who turns tbe stone over
is whosoever puts the staff of truth to tho
old lying incubus, no matter whether he do
it with a serious face or a laughing one.—
The next year stands for the coming tune.—
Then shall the nature which has been bleach
ed and broken, rise in all its (nil stature Mad,
native hue* in tho shunsbiuc.
Then....shall beauty light upon the soul of
men, as the butterfly, image of tbo beauti
ful spirit rising from the dust, soars from
the shell that held a poor grub, which would
nevbr have - found wings had not the stoop
been lifted.
You never need think that you can turn
over an old falsehood without a terrible
squirming and scattering of the horrid tittle
population that dwells under it.
QUAY EXCITEMMTT—YAHEJY CARAflt* it
VAtfOMM.
NoitPot.*, May 89.
The call for an indignation meeting larti
night was responden by an immense atten
dance. Great excitement has been earned
by tbe repeated attempts of abolition Tnuatil
captains to runoff slaves. i
Gapts. W. Mott and W m . Dannenberge
have boon allowed either one or tore attern
ntivc# leave instmmier, or receive a
coat of tar and leathers. ‘Their decision bes
not been mado known, but it is presumed
they will prefer to make themselves start* fat
this section. iLfj