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: *,;r (k K- wire wrii® ftepotter. BY WILLIAM CLINE. THE WIRE-GRASS REPORTER. P. E. LOVE & WM. CLINE,” EDITORS. “TKTSUBSCRIPTION. The Wire-Grass Reporter in publlnlicd Week ly tit Two Dau.itill per annum, in advance. All*order* for t ho It bporter, to receive attention must lie accompanied with the money. Subscriber* wishing the direction of their p*p<y changed, will notify us from what office it is to be transferred. Tho foregoing terms will be strictly observed. ADVEBTIiING. TERMS. —Advertisements will be published at One Dollar per square of twelve lines or less, for tho first insertion, and Fiftv Cents for each subsequent insertion. Those not specified as to time will be published until forbid ami charged ac cordingly. . Obituary Notices, not exceeding six lines, will lie published gratis; but Cash, at the rate of One Dollar for every twelve printed lines exceeding that number, must accompany all longer notices, Advertisers will please hand in their flavors on Monday when practicable, or at an early hour on Tuesday morning. Contract Advertisements. Tho Proprietors of the Press at Thomasvllle, In tilder to bring tbeir advertising columns within tbe reach of everyjone, have remoddled and considera bly reduced their prices below former rates. They lmvc adopted the following uniform scale for Cou tract Advertisers, which are put down at the lowest liviug rates, and can in no case be departed from.— Each Square is composed of twelve solid Brevier lines. ] squared months $5 0(l;. r > squares i) uiouthss2s (Ml 1 <• i> “ B‘OOT, 12 “ 30 00 1 “ D “ 10 00 C “ 3 “ IS (Ml 1 “ ii “ p> oo o “ fi at oo 2 “ 3 “ 800 0 “ a “ 30 00 ■2 “ f, - 11 00 0 “ 12 “ 35 00 2 “ a “ 18 00 i column 3 “ 25 00 2 “ 12 “ 20 O 0 .J “ 0 “ 30 00 3 “ 3 “ 10 00 4 “ a “ 35 00 3 “ 0 “ 10 00 i 12 “ 40 (Ml 3 “ a “ 01 00 j “ 3 “ 35 0(1 3 “ 12 “ 25 (Ml | “ 0 “ 44 0(1 4 „ 3 “ 12 00 5 “ 9 “ 52 00 4 “ 6 “ 17 (Ml j “ IT “ 00 00 4 “ 9 “ 22 00 1 “ 3 “ 50 00 4 “ 12 “ 20 00 1 “ 0 “ 00 00 5 *•_ 3 “ 14 00 1 “’ 0 “ 70 0(1 5 “ (i “ 20 00; I “ 12 “ 80 (Ml rp* All fractions of a square will be charged as a whole square. *.* No Contract Advertisement over six squares admitted to the inside may than once per month. N. n.-f This scheduleslihll not, in uny way, affect the integrity of existing contracts, 1 . All contracts lor the year, or any other specific® time, shall only cease with the expiration of tbe period for -which they were made. |-p* Business Cards, for the term of one year, will lie charged in proportion to the space they occupy, at One Dollar per line. V,* Special Notices (loaded Brevier) will be charged Tun Cents per line for each insertion. 1,. C. BRYAN, Southern Enterprise. WM. CLINE, Wire-Grass Reporter. Legal Advertisements. All persons having occasion to advertise- legal sales, notices, etc., are compelled by law to comply with the billowing rules; Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians,are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the htiHrsof ten in the forenoon and three in tin’ alter noon. at the Court house in the county in which the property is situate. Notices ol these sales must be given ilia public gazette FORTY DAYS previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property, must be given at least.TF.N iiays previous to tbe day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published FORTY HAYS. 0 Notice that application will he made to the Court .if Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negfbes, must be published weekly for tw o months. Citations for letters of Administration, must be .published thirty days —for Dismission from Adminis tration, monthly for si r months —for Dismission from Guardianship, RULES, for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers, for the full spore of there months —for compel ling titles from Executors or Administrators’,"where a bond Imsbeen given by the deceased, the. full space of three. months. rtf ’ Publications will always be continued ac cording to tile above rules, unless otherwise ordered. All business in the line of Printing w ill meet with prompt attention at the Reporter OFFIttE. SUPER!OH COURT CALKNIIAItT FAIJ. TERM, 1858. AUGUST. Ist Monday, Floyd Lumpkin I 2<t Monday, Clarke Dawson 3d Monday, Forsyth ‘ Meriwether j Walton 4tb Moud’y, Baldwin i I'hattah’o’che l Glascock i Heard Jackson ’ | Monroe a . Paulding Schley Taliaferro SEPTEMBER. Ist Monday, Appling * Chattooga Chcrohco Columbia Coweta Crawford Madison Marion Mitchell Morgan Webster 2d Monday, Butts Caaa Cofloe , -r-- Klbert Fayetto Greene Gwinnett I’lckciis ... Sumter Washington Frid'y nft'r, Pierce 3d Monday, Cobb Hall Hart Macon Newton Putnam Talbot Terrell Ware 4th Moud’y, Campbell Clay Clinch* Emanuel Leo’ Twines White * Wilkes ■ < roitpu. Ist Monday, (Carroll < Dootjf Early j Fulton - /'&!*’ _ _’C*i Ime r j * Gordon 1 *•' Taylor v i W a rren > YVilkiusou ; ncTORKII CONTINUED. .Tuesday ) pike j after, ) S'yir ] Rabun d’y after, ) (2d Monday, Charlton Fannin 11 ii iH-rxhain Hancock * Harris 1 Laurens Miller 8c riven {3d Monday, Burke Cauiden Franklin Haralson I lenry Jones Murray OL'lotliorpe Pulaski Stewart Union Worth W S Frid'y aft’r, Wilcox Ith Mond’y, Decatur Dekalb Houston Irwin . ‘• Jasper • Lincoln Polk Tattnall Xvwns , Whitfield Tlmrsd’y after, )’ T,lfnlr Frid'y aft’r, liulloch Mond’y “ Klliupham IVOVEMBEK. ; Ist Monday, Berrien Milton Kandolph KichtnumV Upson 2d Monday, Baker Bibb Cntoosa Muscopeo 3d Monday, Spalding Troup 4th Mond'y, Calhoun * Walker Thutsd’y ? . , . , after, \ Mclntosh (Mon, after, DoqgheHjfe t Libert/ ) o u Colquitt 1 u o Bryan DEEEMBER. 11st Monday, Dade Jeflerson I. v , Thomas ‘dd Mouday, Lowudel U £im (tnrbs. JAMES C. lIOSS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. je 23 _ w ts . llAltltlS & lIARKIS, . ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Iverson L. Harris, I Ghari.es J. lhaitins, Milledgeville, Ga. | Tbomnsville, Ga. march 31 w ts R. S. BURCH U WM. McLE!M>On7 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, THOMASVILL E, GEORGIA. oct!4 19 way ~BAKER & IIIIWKT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Troupville, Lowndes Cos., Ga. sept 15 w ts EUGENE E. HINES, ATTORNEY AT LAW. mo m i m il ie, georg t. i , Office over McLean’s store. (jan2fi JOHN M. DVSOIM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OFFICE next door to I)r. Ilruce’s, Tliomasville, Georgia. jaiis-lv. G. 11. OAMEI.E, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Office, corner of Bull and Bay Streets, jan 12 _ w 1y JOHN IS. MILEEU( ATTORNEY AT LAW, MILL TOWN, BERRIEN CO., GA. WILL practice in ail the Counties of the Brunswick Circuit, and. Berrien mid Low ndes Counties ol the Southern Circuit. may 12ny JOHN <V ink:HOLES, ATTO RN E Y A T LAW, WARESBOROUGII, WARE CO., GA. WILL practice in all the counties of the Bruns wick circuit, and Lowndes and Berrien of the Southern n(ftr3loy GEORGE It. WILLIAMSON, ATTORN Hr Y AT LAW, WARESBOROUGB, GA. WILL PRACTICE in tlie following Counties; f tin lirunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Pierce, Ware Clinch, and Charlton. uiarJltf SAMUEL It. SPENCER, ATTO RN EY AT LAW, T IIOMASYI LLE. GEORGIA . WILL give his entire attention to the practice ol Law, in the Counties of tlie Southern Circuit.— Office on the second floor of 1). & E. McLean’s brick building. (jau2ooy E. C. HO It GAIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, XASlir/U. G EORGIA. WILL practice in the counties of the Southern Cir cuit,and the counties of Dooly, Worth and Dough erty of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware of the Brunswick Circuits. Flat Creek, C.a„OcLT. ts ~ RICE A MERSIIOIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA. ATTEND to all business entrusted to their care, in the following counties, to-wit; Clinch, Ware, Ap pling, Coffee, Charlton, I.nwiulcs and Berrien,Geor gia. Also, in the counties of Hamilton, Columbia, and Jefferson, in Florida. DAVID P. RICE. | HENRY M. MERSIION, jan 5 w fnu t JAMES M. FOI.fOB, ATTO RN E Y A T LA W, —MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA. WILL practice in all the courts of the Brunswick Circuit and in tlie points of Lowndes and Berrien of the Southern Circuit. S Ju,! X A. E. Cochran, Brunswick Ct. uuerencesj Ju( lg<c IVterJJ. Love, Southern Ct. jan 5 w lv iCarJJs. S. s. ADAMS, 1 S. K. WILLIAMS. NEW EIKM. DRS. ADAMS & WILLIAMS, having formed a Co-partnership, tender their professional services to the public. ang2s-tf 11. J. nil ICE, I R. 11. EATON. D*S. liitici: A. EATOtf, HAVING formed a co-partnership, tender their Professional * Services to the citizens of Tlinmas ville nnd vicinity. jc23-tf m 111. W. 11. HALIi. HAS disposed of his interest in the “Wire-Grass Reporter ” to Judge Love, and will devote himself exclusively to his profession. Fie may be found at all times, when not profession ally ehgaged, at his Office opposite East side Presbyterian Olnirol, jefitf (Reform Practice.) Dr. I. S. BOWER, OFFER his professional services to the citizens of Tliomasville and vicinity. Calls at nil hour* promptly attended to. feli2oy ~ IMg. r,. O. ARNiOLD WILL continue tbe practice of Den tistry in Tliomasville and vicinity— Any order left at the Post Office or at r bis Offiecduring bis absence from tow n wdl receive attention at the earliest opportunity, jjaii.s-1 y New Drag Store. _ Drs. IttBVER A ELLIS have opened a Drug” .Store at the A stand foninTly occupied by Palmer & Bro., opposite E. lieiiiingtou’e, aujl arc prepared to furnish WS’i.'iJ Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Inks, JC \ Fancy Soaps, Ac. ass&-~23l Upon fair terms to those who may favor them with a call. To their Keforin friends they would say, that they have on hand a fresh and reliable, assortment Os ltoGillic IlCtllcillCia And will lie glad to supply them with such articles ns they may need. mnyilCoy Notice to Everybody, JYR. A. W^ALLEN’S CELERUAFED SOUTIIEIMI ILINIMENT, S A CERTAIN REMEDY tor Strains, Sprains, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Crump, Nervous Uead- Ael*e, Sore Throat, Stitt’ Neck, Tooth-Ache, Pain in the Head, ScaWDaml Burns, or any thing like erup tions on the flesh. Also, for all diseases to which horses §££ subject. Dr. Allen’s All-llealiiiß Ointment, TS a certain cure Ibr Ring-worms, Scratches iu horses, Greese Heel, Thrush, Collar and Saddlo Galls ; and all flesh w ounds. Manufactured by Dr. A. W* ALLLN, ColutubM*, Georgia. . For sale in Thmnasville, by Baum A Shin; iu Monticello, by Palmer & Bro., and in 1 rnupville, by T. W. Etlis. A. W. ALLEN. nov24 '>*’ w <r Hides Hides, Ilidss. GAAA HIDES, WANTED, lor which Eight Z U U U ('cuts in Trade will be miid, by ays - E REMINGTON THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1858. We publish the annexed sonnet, not because wc believe one word of it true, but just to show how clever some men can write, even on tbe wrong side of a question. Nothing could be prettier tliau tho present little “crow’s nost’’ stylo of ladies’ bon nets. They are only equaled by the light and airy styie-of dress—the hoop—the skirt—and all that. If tbe ladies had no more taste than tbeir be-inustaeh-’ oeii and be-shaw led censurcrs, what dowdies they would make of themselves. But fortunately for men of taste the ladies know better, aud dress as becomes then). BONNETS. Os all the charms dear woman wears, Ot all her many traps and snares, For real effect there’s naught compares, With a truly pretty bonnet; For when or wherever you elinneo to meet One that is perfectly modest and neat; You may depend ’tis proof complete That tho head has more in than on It. No matter whether she’s pretty or not, • How much ur how little money she’s got. Whether she live in a mansion or cot, ’Tis a fact, depend upon it, The woman to make a man happy thro’ life, To make a model mother and wile, Is one who, scorning the milliner strife; Wears a plain aud tastelui bounst. Now a bonnet of genuine beauty uml grace, Worn on the head iu ita proper place, . Shadow ing faintly tho wearer's face, “ Is a thing for a song or sonnet;” But one of those gay and gaudy tilings. Made up of rainbows and butterfly wings, A mixture of flowers, ribbons and strings, Is dreadful, depend upon it. - A vulgar mass of “ fuss and feather,” A little of every tiling thrown together, As if by a touch of. windy weather, A wretched conglomeration— A sort,of cup to catch the hair, Leaving the heml to “ go it bare,” A striking example of “Nothing to Wear,” Is tho bonnet abomination. It makes a woman look brazen and bold, Assists her in caUhinf; nothing but cold, Is bad on the young, absurd on tlie old, And deforms what it ought t” deck ; For look at her face, no bonnet is there, See at the side, it hangs by a hair, View it behind, ami you will declare, That the creature has broken her neck. No matter where you may Mhuee to he, No matter how many women you see, * A promiscuous crowd or a certain she, You may fully depend upon it, That age-in of the. very rarest kind, A thing most difficult to fiud, A pot for which weTong have pined, Il perfect “ love of a bonnet.” From tho Cosmopolitan Art Journal. A GEOLOGIC FANCY. Arc you wearied with business o[''politics,,? Dock your head or your heart ache ? Would you be alone? Come ! let us forget the world, with all its oppressive cares—let us mount into the rosy ear of some airy dream, and away ! up over the troubled earth let us sail, lightly ns if some silken balloon of lightest texture and most delicious motion was bear ing us to tho “Isles of the Blest,” tho sunset and evening stars. What shall our drSKm he?—where shall we go?” ’Do you want solitude, tlie most deep and unfathomable, in which you can forget that humanity existed in its happiness and pain/ Well, let us float on Alien, over the nges—back— back beyond the history of tho world as written, beyond tlie garden of Eden, far away into the carboniferous period, that"” day of the Lord, in which he created the grass of the field and the trees of the forest.— Our car of dreams, drops down slowly from its dizzy height, and we hover over a strange and wonderful land that we do not recog nize ns the same which is ns familiar to onr daily eyes as our own laud. Nevertheless, this wiki and terrible region is the very same where now’ our houses and our flower-gar dens and our streets arc placed. Terrible, we call it, and yet it is only terrible because so sublimely lonely, and because nature is marking out her vegetable problems upon so limitless a scale. This is, indoed, the reign of the vegetable kingdom.- Do you sec that mighty emerald ocean rising.aiul falling beneath us, in its waves rolling up in to mountains, and sinking into fearful val leys? That is not % veritable sea, but a prairie—and a prairie of the corboniferous era, whicli mocks the western plains that wc are wont now-a-days to, make onr boast of. The grass rises in tall sheaves of a deep aud vigorous green, that shame the loftiest of the pines which mark this dwindle age. Hark ! the roaring of ouf ocean is nothing to the deep, strange moaning of those giant plumes, as the wind rushes through them and tosses them up and down into hills and vales. What a solemn, soft, and yet most mighty music ! “ See,” you exclaim, “ this is not perfect solitude, for there is a golden boat with-)*floating crimson banner, and full of people, tossing upon the grassy ocean!” Nay, that is a gorgeous flower, whoso golden petals ride lightly upon tho wind, as its tall stem sways to and fro; the red banner is the stamen which it lifts out of its centre, and your people aro the pistils which cluster around. Twenty children might sit in its yellow cup, and splash their feet in the hon ey-dew which gathers at its base. You gaze, and grow silent, for wonder at the power of the All-Father upon you. Up—up—boat,of our dream ! or wc shall bo wrecked, against this stupendous wall.— This is the outer edge of a forest, whoso trees arise hundreds of feet above even tho wa ving grass of fcjic prairie. As wc float over it, we look down between tho branches, and our eyes follow in awe and dismay the enormous trunk that shoots up interminable lengths before ever a branch or n leaf breaks the firm shaft. - llcro then let us rest and dream. Our, car is anchored upon the topmost leaf of a tree of the forest, and we, stretched cosily upon the swaying hammock, lie and gaze adown and around, our ears filled with a murmur as of ten.thousaud oceans, tftidJSnr hearts filled with tho majesty of an urtftu isbed earth. Ah! would you tike to lie here iu a storm ? Could yon bear the sound of a whirlwind sweeping through these branches, and the crash of timbers such as these sur rounding uef The thought of it is enough to dismay even tlio* heart of a poet craving a mighty excitement. Now tho noonday stillness is creeping over prairie and forest— let us repoae upon our leaf and give ourselves up to the influence of the scene. IMPORTANT TRUTHS FOR WIVES. In domestic happiness, the wife’s influence is much greater than her husband's; for tho one, tho first enuse—mutual lovo and con fidence—being granted, the whole comfort of the household depends npon trifles mere immediately under her jurisdiction. By her management of small sums, hor husband’s respectability and credit arc created or de stroyed, No fortuno can stand tho constant leakages of extravagance and mismanage ment; and more is spent in trifles than women would easily believe. Tho one £roa* ex pense, whatever it inny be, is turned over and carefully reflected on ere incurred; tho income is prepared to meet it; but it fs pen nies, imperceptibly sliding away, which do tlie mischief; and this tho wife alone can stop, for it docs not come within man’s prov ince. is often an unsuspected trifle to ho saved iu overy household. It is not in economy alone thattho wife’s attention is so necessary, hut in those littlo niceties which mark a well regulated house. An unfurnish ed cruet-stand, n missing key, a huttonlcss shirt, a soiled table-cloth, a mustard-pot with its old contents sticking hard anil brown about it, are severally nothings; but each can’ritiße angry words”o‘r ”ciilie”discoiiifort. Depend on it, there’s a great doal’ of do mestic happiness in a well-dressed mutton chop or a tidy breakfast-table. Men -grow sated of beauty, tired of music, are often too, wearied for conversation, (however intel lectual ;) but they can always appreciate a well-swept licarth and smiling comfort. A woman may love her husband devotedly— may sacrifice fortune, friends, family, country for him—she may hnve the genius of a Sap pho, the enchanting beauties of an Aimida ; imt melancholy fact—if with those she fail to make his home comfortable, his heart will inevitably escape her. And women live” bo entirety in the affections that without love their existence .is a void. Better submit, then, to household tasks, however repug nant they may ho to your tastes, than doom yourself to a loveless home. Women of tho higher order of mind will not run this risk : they know that their feminine, their domes tic, are their first dtit.ies. Flowers. —llow the universal heart of man blesses flowers! They arc wreathed round the cradle, the mnrrihgo altar niid the tomb. The Persian iu the far Ea6t, delights in their perfume, aud writes his lovq in nose gays ; while the Indian child of the far West claps his hands with glee as he gathers the abundant flowers—the illuminated scriptures of . the prairies. Tlie Cupid of the ancient Hindoo tipped his arrows with flowers, and orange buds are tho with us, a nation of hut yesterday. Flowers garland ed the Grecian altar, and.they hang in vo tive wreathes before the Christian shrine.— All these aro appropiate uses. Flowers should deck the brow of tho yquthful bride, for they are within themselves n lovely type of marriage. They should rest on the altar, for their fragrance and their beauty ascend iu perpetual worship before the most High. I\ a Tight Place.— A few days since, as tho walcr works company was removing an obstructed pipe, they found within it an alligator about five feet iu length. How the creature got in there became at once a mat ter of wonder and speculation. It was dead when found, but aipit was impossible for any creature of its size to get into tho pipe, no hypothesis is open even to conjecture, save that it entered from tho reservoir when young, and grew to the size at which it was found while pursuing its solitary way through the subterranean channels into which it had ventured. -Small fish, w p are assured, are frequently thrown out ot the water plugs along our streets, nnd it is probable his alli gatorship had feasted for years on tho small tenants of the iron pipes. There is noth ing more'wonderful in this than that fish live, move, and have their being iii the .subterra nean rivers of the mammoth cave. An alli gator, however, must have Bad anything but a pleasant time’ of ifLjcbnfined thus for years in an iron cell, where tiio sun could never teach him the luxury of laziness, and his palate could never be tickled by nil ad venturous swarm of flics.— New Orleans Picayune. All about a YVomax—And A Married one at that. —At Portsmouth, Ohio, they have had an amusing lawsuit. Three ladies were passing a store before which several gentlemen werfc standing. The storekeeper said one of the ladies, whose face he bad not noticed, was not Mrs. If. One of the parties said it was; another said it wasn’t. The merchant said lie would givo him if sack of coffee; if he would go and sec. lie went, saw, Returned, and said the lady , was Mrs. H. of a verity. In the morning he claimed the sack of coffee, sending over a horse and cart, when a little sack holding an ounce or two, prepared for the purpose, wns laid on the cart, and duly delivered by the cartman to tho astonished Holmes. Holmes repaired io the stoic and claimed a regular sack of cotleo; it was refused. He brought a suit; a jury was cmpannellcd'hnd rendered'a judge ment against lly.it!, ordering him to deliver ’to Holmes a filly pound sack of Java coffee, worth IS cents per pound. A few mornings since, one of our lawyers was started from his dreams of rich clients and fat fees by a loud knocking at his of tico-dfmr. He opened the door, when a “gen tleman of Africa,” —commonly known as Mariposa Jack, stood before, him. £ “Look here, Judge,” said lie, “I wants your ‘pinion on* a law pint.” “ Well, go ,ou.” < t . , “ S’pose a man brjngs some eggs to town, and hires anoder nigger to sell ’em an’ dat nigger can’t do if* and lie gibs ’em to me an’ I lose do money, kin he do any ting wid me?” The learned counsel, putting on his wisest look, informed hia) that he knew of no law to punish him, v‘ “Yah! yah 1” chncklcd Jack, “ I know'd ho couldn’t, in do fuat place— kasc de eggs was rotten any how. Judge, when duz you want your Loots LI a eked TANARUS” INHERITED PKCUUARTIKJ-A SAD STORY. ** la ono of the New England State* I know a lad, now about twelve or thirteen year* of ago, whose conditiou is a most remarkable demonstration of tbe natural law that, in eve ry cate, the child is a very faithful copy of bis parents. Tlie hoy is a natural drunkard. From his birthday to tho proaent moment, he has given all the’ outward indications of being deeply drunk; aud yet, so far as 1 kuow, or think it proiiable, he has never swallowed a drop of nrdent sprits in his life. Though in good sound health, he has never been able to walk without staggering. 1V& head it al ways upon his breast; ntid his speech is of that peculiar character which ra#rksi persons in a very low stage of intoxication. If, nevertheless, in the midst of his tnutteriugs and reelings, something is said to him in a way to pass through tho thick atmosphere of his intellectual being, nnd ponctrato his mind, ho at once rouses, like a common tippler, and gives proof enough that bo is uot want ing iu native talents, however his mental faculties aro eushrouded. His disposition, nlso, seems to be extremely nmiable. He is kind to every ono around him; aud, I may add, iic is not only pitiod for his misfortune, but in spite of his lamentable condition, re garded with uncommon interest. Ho is look ed upon as a star of no mean magnitude, obscured and nlmost blotted out by the mist in which ho is doomed to dwell, till ho shall pass from tho present state of existence to another. Now, ns I understand the law of hereditary descent, there’s Howling unnatural in the boy’B ease. Every individual ever born is govern ed by the same principle, which caused them to bo what ho hi. Prior to marriage, his fa ther had been a secret but confirmed inebri ate ; and.when tho fact became known to the gentle nnd sweet spirited being, who, but n lew moments before, had become ids wife, the revelation was made suddenly, and in a way tho most impressive nnd apjmlling. One night, when ho was supposed to he tho most unimpeachable of husbands, he staggered heme, broke through the door of his sleeping apartment, nnd fell down on tho floor in a stuto of wretched inebriation. Weeks he wallowed in mikory. During tlie next six or seven months, seeing that his domestic reputation had been forfeited, he kept up al most a continuous scene of intoxication.— When at tho end of this period, it was told him that lie was “ the husband of a mother,” he reeled and staggered on without abate ment. Months passed away ; but there occur red no change in the habits-of tlie poor ine briate. It was at once discovered, however, that there was something singular iu the appearance of the child. Wben'it was three months old, there began to bo some strange speculations respecting it among the people. At the age of six months theso speculations had settled down into a very general opinion, but not a word was said to the disconsolate woman, who had also begun to have her owd forebodings. At last ns sho was one even ing looking upon her child, and wondering what could be tho reason of its strange con duct, tho terrible idea flashed upon her soul —"my child is a natural drunkard 1” She shrieked aloud ; and her husband, who hap pened to be within hearing distance, came to her. She fell upon his neck, and exclaimed, “ Dear husband, our little George is born a” ——. She could proceed no further, but swooned away in her husband’s arms. From that hour the father of the boy ne ver tasted a drop of spirits. The sight of his eyes and the henvinj-s of his heart entire ly cured him of his-.habit. lie seldom looks upon his unfortunate littlo George without shedding n tear over that sin which entailed upon him a life of obscurity and of wretched ness. He has lived, I rejoice to add, so as to redeem his character; and he is the father of five children, all of whom aro bright, and beautiful, and lovoly, excepting only the one whose destiny was thus blasted. FIRST MEETING OF A NEGRO WITH A BEAR. Reading an interesting article respecting the habits of the bear, a pretty* gooq story floated up to tho surface, related to me some time since, by a friend, the Colonel, who had spent most of his fortuno and life in the woods of Florida, now years gone by, which I will attempt to relate— the truth of which you may depend upon, as I heard it direct from hia own lips. The Colonel had a black fellow, Dick, a good natured,.happy creature, who, one morn ing, was strolling through the wood, whistling and roaring os ho went, when suddenly he spied an individual as black as himself, with much more wool. Dick looked at hia new friend, and tlie bear (on his rump) at his. Dick’s eyes be gan to stick put a feet. Wlio’s dat ?” cried Dick. “Who’s dat?” again cried Dick, shaking all over. Bruin began to approach. Dick pulled heels for the first tree, nnd the hear after him Dipk was upon the cypress, and the hear scratching close after him. Dick moved out on a limb, and the bear following —till tho limb began to bend. “Now see here, Mister, if you come any furdcr, dis limb broke. Dcreldcrc! I told you.” As Ilick had said,’ the lituh broke, nnd down came hear and nigger! “Here, ypp black dobil. 1 tolc you so; dis is all your fault.— Yer broke ycr neck, and I’ll just takeycr to Massa Colonel!” Povvkb ok Gm.i). — l\ person writing from Ban Francisco, relative to the gold dig covcrics on Frazer’s river says ; er **•-** “ We liad a revival licrc, but Fraser river knocked it cold. People care less apparent lv just now for Salvation tlinn gold. The coroner o&lhis city complains that tic new diggings lave put an end to tbc suicides. Several literary and political gentlemun of tliis city hare been infected, aud bayo gone Off to dig tire shining ore ; they have forgot ten to sigh for the land of Migiton, where the yetlow orange blase amid tie dark green leaves.” , It is a remarkable fact that, however well, j o mg ladies may be versed in grammar, very few of theff. are able to decline matrimony VOLUME I—NUMBER 51. From the Montgomery Mail ” AHOTHIH HAI-mjL, JOtL “ A short yarn was spun to os last evening, of and concerning the experiment* in milling of a couple of friends of ours, new or lately sojourning for health and pleasure at the Talladega .Springs. It is , unnecessary to give die names of those gentlemen, W for convenience we will call them, respective ly, John and Joel. They, it may bd re marked, have great similarity of tastes, and among other pcnclinuU, are very fond of fishing; and overy body knows that the id cinity of Talladega Springs offers fin® op portunity to the skillful knight of the fly. Thus, John and Joel— there being no s ligious services at ths Springs that day— went oat. Sunday before last, to the mill af Mr. P , s mile or two down the srnok. with a view to a dinner of small trust and bream. With them went their Invited most Mr. Smith, and “ Miles” contrived thorn down s bottle or two of wine. The party was snug; the wind was pro pitious ; and the flah altogether amiable. A cosey, nice dinner of brown and crisp moun tain fish wag soon washed down with * few glasses of champagne; and then cigars, were tit. As the smoko curled languidly about their noses, Satan, (who waa invisibly jre sent, without an invitation,) suggested to John that that mill was a “slow coach,” and couldn't cut much lumber; and John ex pressed the same opinion to Joel. Joel thought differently, and so did Smith. •* Let's try her,” said “ Agreed,” said Joel and Smith. It was short work; a largo pine log lay at right angles across tlio carriage of the mill; and it was agreed to “ let her rip” through this. Accordingly, the gate was raised find immediately the stillness cif “ the grand old woods” was broken by tlio rapid. sbarp strokes of the saw. In a minute the log was brought up and the saw wont rapidly through. “Now stop her,” said Joel—and South and John essayed to do so. But the mill wouldn’t ho stopped, but wont clattering away, as hard as ever I ••••**•• “ Stop her, John, or by the Lord sholj split herself in two,"—shouted Joel."” Put all the fixtures were obstinate and refused to yield to the exortions of John and Smith.— Ou went tho saw; whilo John and Joel per- spired. ‘ 1 Presently the carriago presented some me talic obstruction to the passage of the saw, but “ true as steel,” it went against th® ob struction—nnd then the teeth fleu>. [Sods pieces of mill iron had boen left opon the carriage wny.J But yet it ceased not —up and down! up nnd down I the true steel to the dull cast iron, until suddenly a tmall Jlame broke out among the dust and splin ters near tlio point of contact. Groat G-d, John,” said Joel; “ the in fernal machine is on fire. What shall we do V’ ” Run down to the creek and bring op your hat full of water,” Mid John. Joel looked affectionately at his handsome tile, which is always kept neatly brushed, bat submitting to s dire necessity, he straightway made it a fire bucket and coinmoncea light ing tbo Dames. John and Smith’s straws were unavailable; nevertheless, they did *ll those wild, inconsiderate things which most persons will do, in case of fire, when there is no possibility of doing any good. Still that toothless saw ripped on, staging a demon song as it scraped against the dull, cast iron. And the fire kept gaming a little. Joel labored faithfully, and overy two minutes brought up his hat foil.of water and threw it upon the fire. John stood despair ingly leaning against a post in tho mill, and hollowed to hit friend, as bo seemed to paoso at the brink of the stream l — Another hat-full, Joel, for God’s sake! The infernal thing will cost us at least SI2OO apiece, if it burns I” “ Betidt my hat? said Joel; but he brought the water and poured it on. On went the devilish saw, raking, rasping and tearing itself to pieces. At this juncture, Mr. P„ the owner of the mill, having seen the smoke, came down to the mill, and with great difficulty the saw was stopped and the fire put out, Joel was grievously blown” with carrying water in his hat, and John was qnite used up with excitement, while Smith was breathless from his exertions at some lever which be suppo sed might have some iuflucncc in quieting the demon saw. , y~raa- - “ Gentlemen,” said the proprietor, Tory politely, “it is easy enough to see why too couldn’t stop the saw after you sot it a-go1n& This mill has some now arrangements widen I can easily explain—” ” For Heaven’s, Mr. I\,” said John, “an explanationt on that point / It'a the firsf fuill I overset a-going and I thall nencr start another'! Just send us your bill for tie dam ages, and let’s say no moro about it.” The/'boys” paid SdO for not knowing how to stop a taw, and that night John, in a feverish sleep, (he has that blessing, chills and fever) shouted to bis room-mate— ” One more bat-full, Joel!” —■ : •■■■*. Hath mi Suspicions. — There was consid erable excitement created in the locality of Thunderbolt road and Bast Boundary street yesterday, in consequence, of the finding of a mulatto man named Edward Wadc'in a room with a white married woman, under suspicions circumstances by the husband of the woman. Having had cause to doubt tbc fidelity of his wife, the husband determined t o wa) ch her movciuents closely/ nnd accord charged"—- Sr. ‘