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■ ..... , ■ —. e. . tv/,. Xuiatt .. 4‘tseiL -so . , . til. ■_!£... BY PETER E. LOTE. THE WIE-GRABB REPORTER. PETBB E. LOVE, Editor. Term* of Subscription. The.WiRE-CrHAsS Reporter is published Week ly Ht TWO Dollars per annum, in advance. All orders for the Reporter, to receive attention meat bo accompanied -with the money. Snhscribers wishing the direction of their paper chanced, will notify us from what office It is to be transferred. The foregoing terms will be strictly observed. -R Torn* Os Advertising. Advertisements conspicuously inserted at One Dollar per square for the first, and Ffty Cents for reach subsequent, insertion. Those sent ‘without a ‘•%isifW*tion of the number of insertions, will be pub tjshea uiitil ordered out, and-charged accordingly. ‘Sales of Land and Negroos, by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, arc required by law to%e held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hoars of ton in the forenoon and three in the aftcr mss. at the Court honee in the county in which the •roperty is situate. Notices of these sales must be ‘given in a public gazette FORTY days previous to the day of sale- „ Notices for the sale of Personal Property, must be tgiven at least ten days previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must fio published FORTY DAYS. Notice thftt application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for ldhve to sell Land or Negroes, must be published weekly for two months. Citations for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days— for Dismission from Adminis tration, monUdy for six months —for'Dismission from Guardianship, forty days. Boles for Foreclosure of Mortgage must bo pub lished monthly for four months— for establishing lost papers, for the full space of three months— for compel ling titles from Executors or Administrators, where ,a bond has beon-giveirby the deceased, the full space us three, months. Publications will always be continued according to these requirements, unless otherwise ordered. All business in the line of PRINTING'wiII meet with prompt attention at the Reporter Office. (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