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SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR,
FALL TEHMi 1858. ■.
AI’GITST.
lit Monday, Floyd
Lumpkin
td Monday, Clarke
Dawson
U Monday, Forsyth
Meriwether
Walton
4th Mond'y, lialdwin
Chattaho’che!
Glascock
Hoard
e. Jackson
Monroe
‘, Paulding j
V Schley j
Taliaferro j
DEPTEffIBGII. j
lit Monday, Appling
Chattooga J
( Cherokee 1
Columbia i
• • - ‘A,-la [
Crawford 1
Madison i
Marion
Mitchell
Morgan !
Webster
(M Monday, Butts
Cass
Coder
LI hert
Fnyoftft
L re cue j
(Winfietf j
Picketts
Sumter 1
Washington ,
VriiVy sfVr, Pierce
Monday, Cobb
Hail j
Hart
Macon
J T Kewton
Putnam” j
Talbot
Terrell
Ware i
4th Mond’y, Campbell J
Clay
Clinch
Emanuel j
Lee |
Twigga ,
White j
Wilkes
OCTOBER.
tit Moudav,Carroll 1
Dooly
Ktuly
Fulton
Gilmer
Gordon
Tuylor V j
Warren j
lTUiiaioa
i OCTOBI.H CdSTIMEII.
Tuesday ? Kk
alter, y
■ ] Rabun
<ly alter, )
‘2d Monday, Chnrltcn
Fannin
Habersham
Htyieeci
•i Hama’ j
Laurens
Miller
_ Seriveu
3d Monday, Burke
Camden
Franklin ,
Haralson
Henry
{ Joues
Murray
Ogletborpc
Pulaski
Stewart
tlnion
Worth
f S. ,! ’ jt
)Frid’y ft’r, Wilcox
Ith Mond'y,Decatur
Dekalb
Houston
Irwin
c ,
Lincoln
Polk
Tattnall
Towns
Whitfield
f'S?}
|Frid ! ya(Vr, Bulloch
IMomi’v ‘1 Effingham
MOVEMIIEIL
Ist Monday, Berrien
r ~~ Milton
Randolph
Richmond
Upsoq
iild Monday, Baker
1 Bibb Is,
Catoosa
Muscogee
bid Monday, Spalding
J l roup
,Ith Moud’v.Calhouu
Walker
te'!
JMon. after, Dmighcrty
1 “ “ Liberty
| “ Colflnitt
| “ “ Bryan
DECEMBER,
(Ist Monday, Dade
Jefferson
Thomas
■M Mon &*J, Lowndei
THOMASVILLE, fiEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1858.
£i Curbe.
J tJIKh f . R©*S,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
_ je 23 w ts
HARRIS & HA Hit 18,
AT LAW.
IVERSOMwfer Harris, | Charles J. Harris,
Xlilledgeville, Ga. | Tbomusville, Ga.
mareh 31 • w ts
It. JL BtIHUA W.C Me l.i: Yl)Os7
AITOHNEYS AT LAW,
TUOMASVILL E, GEORGIA.
oct!4 lit woy
8.% U K RAHIIWIT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Troupville , Lowndes Cos., Ga.
sept 15 w ts
EHli;\E 1.. IIINLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE. GEORGIA,
Ofiice over McLean’s store. (jan26
JOHN n. DVSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OI’JTCL next door to Dr. Bruce’s, Tbnnmsvillc,
Georgia jaii,>-ly.
~ O. 11. I>ANIKLL~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
S I I ‘ANNAH, GEORGIA.
Office, corner of Bull and Bay Streets.
jail 19 w ly
JOHN it. HILLER,
ATTO RN E Y A T LAW,
MILL TOWN, BERRIEN CO., GA.
WILE practice in all the Counties of the Brunswick
Circuit, and Berrien and Lowndes Counties ol
the Southwn Circuit. mayl2oy
~ J Oil N’. SiEIIOLIi to, ~~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARESBOROUGII, WAKE CO., GA.
WILL practice in ALL the counties of the Bruns
> ‘wick circuit, and Low ndes and Berrien of the
Southern mar 5 Joy
GEORGE It. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
~ WA,ffESBOROUGH, GA.
WILL PRACTICE in the fpHuwing Counties f the
Brunswick Circuit: Appling,Coijce. Pierce, Ware
Clim b, and Charlton. < nmrfiitf
SAM TEL U. SPENCER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TTtOMASVII.LE, GEORGIA.
WILL give his entire attention to tire practice of
Law, in the Counties of the Sniitheni Circuit.—
Office on the second floor of D. it E. McLean's
brick building. (jau2ooy
E. C. MOKGAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
.Y 1 Sill ILLE, GEORGIA.
WELL practice in the counties of tin) Southern Cir
enit,aml the counties of Dimly, Wurth and Dough
erty of the Macon, and Coffee, Cline.li and Ware
of the Brunswick Circuits.
Flat Creek,.Ga., Oct. 7. ts
KM E A MLftSIION,
A TT O R N K Y S A T L A-W-,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., CA.
ATTBNI • to ail business entrusted to tlieir cure, in
the follow ing e.uintics, tu-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap
pling, Coffee, Charlton, Lowndes ami Berrien, Geor
gia. Also, in the counties of Hamilton, Columbia,
and Jefferson, in Florida. •
DAVID P. Ktrit. | HENRY M. MERSIIOX,
jail ft w fiiii
” JAMES iU. EOLSO.tI,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA. CLINCH CO., GA.
IVILL practice in all the courts of the Brunswick
Circuit ami in the cuuits of Low ndes and Berrien
of the Southern Circuit.
D r. • ... ) Judge A. E. Cochran, Brunswick Ct.
i in 1.11 j U) jg c pi-t,.,. jr Love, Southern Ct.
jail 5 w ly
illcMeal (Curbs. ‘
S. S. ADAMS, I S. It. WILLIAMS.
NEW Film.
DRS. ADAMS <fc WILLIAMS, having .formed a
Co-partnership, tender their professional services
to tlie public. aug 25-ts
It. J. BRI CE, | H. 11. EATON.
Dim. BHK A EAT OX,
HAVING formed a co-partnership, tender their
Professional Services to the citizens of Thomas-,
ville and vicinity. je 23-ts
Dr. W. 11. HALL.
HAS disposed of his interest in. the. Wire-Grass
Reporter*’ to Judge Love, anil will devote himself
exclusively to his profession.
He may be found at all times, when not profession
ally ehgaged, at his Office opposite East side
Presbyterian Clnircl . jc'Jtf
( Reform Practice.)
Dr. P. K. BOWER,
OFFER his professional serv ices to ths citizens
of Thmuasv ille amt vicinity. Cajls at all hours
promptly attended to. W_ feh2oy
Now Drag Store.
I>rs. BOWER & ELLIS
have opened a Drug Store at the
fiWaSA stand formerly oecupieil by Palmer
A llro.'opposite E. Remington’s,
fiStf fff and are prepared to furnish
B Drags, Medicines, Tetfnmery, Inks,
JjSr T Fancy Soaps, toe. ,-y
----■g'gW—Cpon fair terms to those vv<bq'%rfl}’
favor them vyitli a call. To their Reform friends
•1,,-y would suv, that they have on hand a flesh and
reliable assortment, of Botanic Medicine*.
Anil will hipglud to supply them With such articles
as they may need. mayiiCoy
. Bank Agency.
THE subscriber has been appointed Agent for the
Bank of Savannah at this place, and is prepar
ed to discount Bills of Exchange, Drafts, &o.:
and has for sale fheeks rm New York.
jul>22) EDWARD REMINGTON.
Notice to Everybody.
I>R. A. W. AI-JJKN’B
CE LliBK AT E D SOUTHERN
IiimMENT,
IS A CERTAIN REMEDY tor Strains, Sprains,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramp, Nervous Hoad-,
Ache, Sore Throat. Stiff Neck, Tooth Aohe, Pain in
the Head. Scalds and Burns, or any thing like eriqg
tiooauu the flesh.
Also, for all diseases to w hich horse’s are subject.
fir. Allen’s AII-Hoalinß Ointment,
IS s certain cure for King-worms, Scratches in
horses. Greese Heel, Thrush, Collar and Saddle
Galls; aud all flesh wounds.
Manufactured by Dr. A- W. ALLEN, Columbus,
For sale in Thomasville, by Baum & Shiff; in
Montieolln, by Palmer A Bro.,snd in Tronpvllle, by
T. W. Ellis. A- W. ALLEN.
nov 24 ’ w - ly
Hides. Hides, Hides.
QAAA HIDES WANTED, for which Eight
UCM Tr “ l ’ tafaiiha.
From the Columbus Sun.
Indian Reininisciifes,
Eds. Stn :—EI the spring of 1818, the
writer was in Gen. Jackson’s army, in Flor
ida. consisting of r.esr 1.090 sen, including
regullirs commanded by Gen. Gaines; Geor
S'a malitia commanded by Gen. Glascock;
e Tennessee horsemen and friendly Indi
ans under Gen. Mclntosh. Major Thomas
Woodward and Captain Isaac Brown had a
kind of joint command with Mclntosh over
the Indians. v ,
While marching on between St. Marks
and Sewnnnee Town, distance about 100
miles, on Sunday, the 12th day of April,
we discovered fresh signs of Indians. Gen.
Mclntosh, with his command of Creek In
dians, jlnrsued them. The main army, as
was our habit, lay down in the grass to rest
and await Mclntosh’s return. Very soon
Mclntosh overtook them, and the battle com
menced in hearing of us, probably a mile
off. We could hear the firing of guns, which
continued for some time.
Well I remember ati express bore from
Mclntosh. An Indian, on foot, running,
crying out, at the top of his voice, “ Captain
Jackson, Captain Jackson!” As lie passed
us we pointed to Old Hickory, who soon dis
patched a company of Tennessee mounted
men to aid Mclntosh. The battle was fin
ished ere they reached him. Mclntosh and
W T oodward soon returned to our camp with
his prisoners, consisting of women and chil
dren, and a ic/tite. woman to our surprise.
This woman is still living in or about Ft.
Gaines. She was then Miss Stewart, and
afterwards married John Dill, of Ft. Gaines,
■who died a few years since.
For the particulars of her 6ap‘tiro by the
Indians and re-captured hy Mclntosh and
Woodward, I refer you to the enclosed let
ter, which 1 have just received from Gan.
Woodward, from which, if you think of suf-s
fteient interest, please copy in full, or make
such extracts as you choose. Since receiving
this letter from Gen. Woodward, 1 have hunt
ed up my dairy, kept during that campaign,
aud have made the above extracts., B.
Letter from Col. Woodward. ”
Wheeling, Winn Parish, La., i
June IC, 185S. J
Dear Sir : —Your letter of the 27th ult. is
as welcome ns it was unexpected. Any
thing from those I knew in early life is con
soling to my feeling in my present lonely sit
uation, particularly when it contains such
kindly expressed for my welfare
here and my happiness hereafter. Jii your
P. S.you say 1 may have forgotten you.—
Your name is a familiar ene-Ao.me, aud it is
possible 1 may not know which one of that
name 1 am writing to, but it would lie treat
ing unkindly one of the bust memories that
man ever Lad to doubt jt. If you are the
J 15 I think 1 am writing to, you
were born in Georgia, and in the same coun
ty 1 was, Elbert.
In ISIS there were two companies of sol
diers from Elbert county, Ga., one command
ed hy (.’apt. Mann ; the other by Capt. Ash
ley. You vveic a Lieutenant in onefif them.
I remember the tiip to Fort Early that you
speak of, as I do most of what occurred in
that Florida expedition. That was a little
over forty years ago. The munes you men
tion—if the incidents connected with t! ( jeir
lives were as well known to some as they
are to myself, would afford material for a
very interesting hook. Miss Stewart (now
Mrs. Dill) you saw when Capt, Brown and
myself carried her to your camp ; you know
something of her being a captive among the
hostile Indians. And as 1 have nothing to
do to-day, and you live in Columbus among
m ny of my old acquaintances as well as rel
atives, and perhaps some of them would be
willing to hear that 1 ain living at least, 1
will give you a little of hers (Mrs Dili s)
and Mrs. Brown’s history.
In 1816 and 1817, the Florida Indians
were doing mischief, and the Government
found it necessary to keep troops quartered
on the borders of Florida. Fort Scott nnd
Fort Huso were erected to'protect the set
tlers in Early county, Georgia. That was
then anew nnd thiniy settled country. The
command of the troops was given to Cos!.
Arbncklc. He had frequent skirmishes with
the Indians under the control of Chitto-Fan
na-Chula, or old. Snake Bone, but known to
you and the whites generally as old Nelie
mathla. The present gallant Gen. Twiggs
was then a Brevet Major in tlio 7th Regi
ment ot Infantry, and was generally -the
foremost ih those skirmishes. Supplies had
to be carried from New Orleans and Mobile
by water. large boat with army
stores 4as started from Mobile Point under
the command of Lieut. Scott. Mrs. Stewart
was among those on board ; her husband,
Scrgeaty, arrVl a fine looking man at that, had
gone with the troops* The boat having to
be propelled hy oars and poles, was long on
the trip, and by this time the war had com
pletely opened. The hostile Creeks, from
various portions of Florida, were engaged
in it; among others the two chiefs you saw
hanged at St. Marks—Josiah Francis and
Ne-he-mathla Micco. They headed a party’
and watched the boats. As those on board
were hooking and jamming (as the boatmen
called it) near the bank, and opposite a thick
canebrnkc, the Indians fired on them, killing
and wounding most of those on boad at the
first fire. Those not disabled from the first
tire of the Indians made the best fight they
could, but all on board were killed except
Mrs. Stewart and two sailors—Gray, and an
other man whose name I Lave forgot, if 1
ever knew it; they were both shot, but
made their escape by swimming to the oppo
site shore. I must here mention a circum
stance that occurred on board the boat at the
time, which 1 learned from one of the men
who escaped, and also from some of the In
dians who were present. There was a Ser
geant named Mclntosh, a Scotchman, on
board whom I knew well. He was with
Colonol, afterward? General, A.
Smith, before St. Augustine, Fla., in 1812,
and a Sergeant 1n Capt. Woodruff’s Compa
ny, at the beginning of the war of 1812, and
was a favorite among officers and soldiers.—
He was an own cousin of the Indian Gener
al Mclntosh you knew, whoso grave you say
you not long since visited. Sergeant Mcln
tosh was a man of giant size, and perhaps
more bodily strength than *aS2.X have
known in our service. When be found all
on the boat were lost, and nothing more could
be done, he went into a little kind of cabin
that the Lieutenant bad occupied as his quar
ters, in whieh was a swivel or small cannon,
loaded it, took it on deck, and resting the
swivel on one arm ranged it as well ns he
could, nnd (the Indians hy this tirao were
boarding the boat with a fire brand,) he set
off the swivel whish cleared the boat-for a
few minutes of Indians. /At the fireing of
the swivel he was thrown overboard and
drowned, and this clearing gave Gray a
chance to escape. Mrs. Stewart wa* taken
almost lifeless as well as senseless, and was
a captive until the day I carried her to your
camp. After faking her from the boat they
(the Indians) differed among themselves as
to wlinse slave or servant sho should be.—
An ludian by the name of Y ellow Hair said
he had many years been sick at or near St.
Marys, and that lie felt it his duty to take
the woman and treat bet kindly, ns lie was
treated so by a white woman when he was
among the whites. The matter was left to
an old Indian hy the narno of Bux Head,
who decided in favor of Yellow Hair. 1
was told by the Indians that Y T ellow IJair
treated her with great kiudness and respect.
1 never asked her auy questions as to her
treatment/ utui presume slid never knew me
from any other Indian, as Brown and myself
were both dressed like Indians. \Ye knew
long before we rc-cnptured her wlmt band
she was -with, and had tried to come up with
them bf-fore.
The most tiresome march I ever made wgip
one night in company with the present Gen.
Twiggs. He with some soldiers nnd 1 with
a party of Indians, trying to rescue her at
old Tallahassee, hut the Indians had left be
fore we reached the place. 1 shall never,
while I live, forget the day we took her from
the Indians. Billy Mitchell, a sou of the
then Indian agent, Brown, Kenduii Lewis,
John Winslett, Sam Hall and myself, were
the only white men that were with the In
dians, except old Jack Garter, my pack
horseman. The w hite men I have named
and tluv Ilitchetas under Noble Kenqrd, and
the Uchecs under tiimpoochy Barnard com
menced the fight. Shortly .after the firings
commenced we could bcar.ii female voice in
the English language calling for help, but
was concealed from our view. The hostile
Indians, though greatly inferior in number to
our whole/oree, bad the advantages of the
ground,*being a dense thicket, ami kept the
party that first uttacked at bay until Gen.
Mclntosh arrived witli the main force. Mc-
Intosh, though raised among savages was a
General, yes, be was oue of God’s make of
Generals. 1 could bear his voice above the
din of fire-arms—“ Save the white woman!
save the Indian women and children !” His
other brother, Bolin Mclntosh, was in the
crowd, as bravo as the bravest. At this time
Mrs. .Stuart was between the fires of the com
batants. Mclntosh said to me, “Chulatnila
EtnartUla, you, Brown and .Mitchell got that
woman.” (Clmlatarla Emaithla was the
| name I was known by among the Indians.)
Mitchell was a good soldier and a bad crip
ple from rheumatism. He dismounted from
iiis horse nnd said, ‘‘Boys, let me lead the
way.” We made the charge with some
lichees and Creeks, but Mitchell, poor fel
low was soon left behind, i,n consequence of
his inability to travel on foot I cau see her
now, squatted in the saw-palmetto, among a
few dwarf cabbage trees, surrounded by a
group of Indian women. There I saw Brown
kill an Indian, and 1 got my rifle stock shot
off just back of the lock. Old Jack Carter
eaule up with my horse shortly after we cut
off the woman from the warriors. 1 got
musket and used it until the fight ended.—
You saw her (Mrs. Stuart) when she reached
the camp, and recollect her appearance bet
ter than 1 can describe it.
You say you hnve Becnllic old lady, the
mother of Jack Brown. I never saw her but
once, and that was in Twiggs county, Ga.,
about the last of February, 1818. It was at
her own house. I called there to get Isaac
to go with me into Florida, as I Imd been or
dered by Gen, Jaekson to collect as many
Indians as I could aud join him at Fort
Scott. Isaac bad no horse that was Buitabl?
for tlre-trip. I left my horse with General
Wimberly, and we took it on foot to Fort
Early, trusting to Providence for horses af
ter that. When we were about to leave, the
old Indy said, “Isaac, my son,,..the Indians
killed your father and may kill you, but 1
Imd rather hear of your being killed than to
hear that my son acted the coward.” This
is all the acquaintance I ever had with the
old lady ; but I have had her history from
many that knew her well. When Isaac was
an infant, bis father, who was a fearless man,
crossed the Oconee river near wbat is known
as the. Long Bluff. The Oconee was, then
the line between the whites and Indiaus.—
Brown built him a lmusc, and was preparing
- for stock raising. He always kept on hand
a number of loaded’guns and some fine dogs.
(Rte morning about daylight bis dogs com,
menccd barking ; he opened the door to look
out and was shot dead by an Indian, who
hfid secreted himself near the house. At the
report of the gnu, the Indians raised the yell.
Mistress Brown drew her lifeless husband
into the house, shut the door, and commenc
ed firing at the Indians, and succeeded in
driving tbem'off. They soon returned, and
set fire to a board shelter attached to ttye
house. She climbed up the wall on the in
side, and with a basin -of milk extinguished
the fire ; and while in the act of ponring the
milk on the fire, with her arm projected
through the logs, the Indians shot at and
broke lief shoulder. With one arm and the
aid of a small boy, the son of one James Har
rison,,she succeeded the second time in driv
ing the Indians away. She then escaped
across the river with her children, A com
pany was collected and repaired to the iionao
and they said it had not been a sham fight,
for they found the white man in the house
shot dead, and not for from the house two
dead Indians, and not fur off on their trail
was discovered signs as though they had been
dressing wounds. Now von can account for
Isaac Brown’s being a soldier as easily na to
account for Lexington and his half-brother
Lecompte, being race horses—it's in the
blood. ‘ The hoy that was with Mrs.
was the son of James Harrison, who was a
man of groat daring and had suffered tnuch
from the Indians, and they in return had suf
fered much from him. Ho was tho mhn thstt
killed the father of the present speaker of the
Creeks, Ilupoitlilcyohola, and was known to
the Indians as Efow Tuscanugga, or I>og
Warrior, and to the whites as Davy or Da
vid Cornels, I expect, was the cause of more
mischief done to the whites by the Creek In
dians than Any tuau that ever lived in the
natiou. He was troublesome daring the Be
volution and long after. While Seagroves
was sent, Cornels sent him word that he
wished to be at pence, and would meet him
at Colorain, not a grant way from Bt. Mary's
Seagrove unfortunately let it be known that
he was ex figuring a visit from Cornels. < Har
rison heard of it, collected a sow men, and I
expect Brown's father among the rest. All
had suffered long atid much from the depre
dations of Cornels aud his men ; they knew
bis path ; they watched it closely and one
dny as he approached them with a white Hag
Harrison killed him. So ended the life of
the most bitter enemy the whites over bad
among the Creek ladiaus, Sowunoka Jack
excepted.
By the time you get through what I have
here scribbled, I reckon you will he a little
cautions Jut w you write to your old Indian
acquaintances who have little else to do than
sit and think over old times. You aay you
reckon I am now an old man ; you are right
Time, the common loveler of our race, has
uot passed mo unnoticed, and accqrd'mg to
the course of things it will not be A grpaf
while before I am turned over to tho terror
of kings. Ifyousee Jack or Tbacker How
ard, tell them lam living. May you live as
long as Suits'your convenience. Uespectful
iy, THUS. J. W<)OD\VARD.
HOW •• OEOBOH” BKCAHJk liiXOTALLKB.
A short time since, a young man living ir.
Ogdensburg, X. V., whose name we shall
call George, took to drinking rather more
than usual, and some of bis friends endeav
ored to cure him. One day when he was in
rather a loose condition, they got him into a
room, and commenced conversing about de
lirium tremens, directing ail their remarks at
him, and telling him what fearful objects,
snub as snakes uud rats, were always seen
by the victims of this horrible disease. When
the conversation had waxed high on this
theme, one of the number stepped out of the
room, and from a trap that was at let a
large rat iuto tbo room. None of hisJrieuds
appeared to see it but the young matt who
was to he the victim seised a chair and hurl
ed it nt the rat, completely using up the
piece of iuruiture io the operation. Another
chair shared the same fate, when his friends
seized him, and, with terror depicted in their
faces, demanded to know what was the mat
ter.
“ Why, don’t you see that cursed big
rat ?” said lie, pointing to the auimal, which,
after the ntauuer of rats, was making bis
way around the room, close to the walls.
They all saw it, but all replied.that they
didn’t see—“there was no raid’
“ But there it is 1” said ho, as another chair
wont to pieces, iu an ineffectual attempt to
crush the obuoxiuos vermin.
At this moment they agnin siezed him,
and after a terrific scuffle threw him down in
the floor, und, with terror in their laces,
screamed:
.** Charley, run for a doctor. V’
Charley started for the door, wlien.Oeorge
desired to be informed “ what tho devil was
ftp.’’
“Up!” said they, “why, you’ve got the
delirium tremens!”
Charley opened the door to go ont, when
George raised himself to his elbow and said,
“Charley where are you going?”
“Going for tho Doctor J” rejoined George;
“for whntl” -
“For what?” repeated Charley, “why,
you’ve got the delirium tremens !’’
I?” repeated George. “How do you know
I’ve got the delirium tremens 1”
“ Easy enough,” says Charley ; “ you’vo
commenced teeing nils.”
“ Seeing rats!” said George, in a’ sort of
musing way; “seeing nits. Tbiuk you must
be mistaken, Charley.”
“ Mistaken ?’’
“ Yes, mistaken,” rejoined George. “ /
ain't Ikt man—l haven’t teen no rutl”
The buys let George up after that, and
from that day to this he hasn't drank too.
much liquor, and hasn't teen no rats—not the
first rat.— Boston Courier.
HEWIPABEH DEAD HEADS
Railroads occasionally complain of dead
heading, but no institution suffers so much
from it as the press. A sensible writer says :
The press endures the affliction of dead
headism from the pnlpit, tire bar and the
stage, from corporations, societies and indi
viduals. It is expected to yield its interests;,
it is required to Vt ve strength to weak insti
tutions, eyes to the blind, clothes to the na
ked, and bread to ftTSSiungry ; it is asked to
cover up infirmities, hhle weaknesses, and
wink at improprieties; it is expected to her
ald quacks, bolster up dull authors, and flat
ter the vain ; it is, in short, to be’ all things
to all tnen ; and if it. looks for pay or reward,
it is denounced as mean and sordid. Tirere
is no interest under the whole heavens that
is expected to give so much to society with
out pay ar ihauko as iue press.
No man can do any thing against his will
said a metaphysician. “ Faith,” said Pat,
“ I had a brother who went to the Statos
Prison against his will—faith an’ he did.”
A lively Hibernian exclaimed at a party
where Theodore Hook shone as the evening
star, “ Och, Master Theodore, bat you’re the
hook that nobody can bate v**
VOLUME I—DUMBER 60
a wabriob QtrxKß m.i.vn xm mu*’
An Indian letter In the London TimfeaAn
ooences the death of *R*ince (Qneent of
Jbaßsi. St the Imnds of the MTEJ
Gwalior. Tboogh but 83 ream of age, she
“ the great Kosri*n
Catherine m her administrative power*, and
upon the death of the late ruler at Jhantf
was called to the throne. The writer says •
Not lacking eh her spirit or ambition, she
accepted the offer, and for a time ruled well.
Btft the spark had struck the train—Bengal
was In flame, and now or never was her time
to gain that independence from the British
yoke her ancestors had lost. We know
what her first steps were—the blook of fel
low creatures hear witness to them; and
fhoogh well-meaning men have endeavored
to show, and I sincerely hope with truth,
that the atrocities attributed to her wen
greasy overrated, they still admit reluctant
ly that then poor creatures were cot to piec
ea. Henceforth, of course, it was war to tho
kwife. She became the very soul of tbo
movement in those parts. Her forts #ere
strengthened, her men gathered together in
masses, stores laid In, and every proparatfon
made for siege or fight.
For herself, alio dressed in male attire,
for greater convenience in the saddle or fi-riit •
was armed to the teeth, formed .a small bui
devoted body guard of picked horsemen, at
the head of winch .lie appeared to be almost
übtquuona. Wm there a flagging tbo nesea
-9ary fervor— she was ou the spot to rally and
l ? ro i Usa - Was there the voice of disaffec
tion beard—she, by her presence, turned it
to shouts of joy. Was there danger on the
rampart walls, and men hang back in fear I
there, sword in hand, she led the way. and
braved the (ary of the fiery storm. Jhanai
overwhelmed, site found her way with her
body guard to Gaipee. Here the determin
ed will was seen, here the Minespirit shown.
Beaten, but not conquered, she rapidly fol- .
lowed tho clever move of Tantia Tepee oa
the Gwalior, previous to which, from the at
tack on tho fall of (Jalpao g_bo had
foughb-no leas than six actions against eur
forces, commanded by Bir Hugh Bom in pee-
TANARUS; . A ,? hc !: ,ro 8t Jha,wi > “b was always
Hist at Gwalior, and even at the last, feir
r°, r< , in . h “ nd ’ w * ,fin struck by a shell from
mabeiba wine—whebjc u- comextbojl
A travelling correspondent of the Ncjr
Hampshire Patriot, writing of Madeira, says :
“Mi. March, United .States Consul at Ma
deira, i a native of the fine agricultural town
of Greenland, Now Hampshire, whose am
pfo and tflmeifubMpiiaPy amazed other* a#
well as thyselfl It was absolutely princely,
ut t!i time it was without ostentation
and bowt. Not only he keep a free table,
spread with all the delicacioa of the island, at
Itis iibtise ont of tojvn, bnt he kept an open
house in the town, where ample rooms and
chambers were at the disposal of our party
with attendants to do the waiting, and ser
vants to provide, our breakfast. Indeed, we
were, lord, of alt we surveyed, whether hoyr
beds, servant*, fruits, book# ©r food, Mr.
March has been for many year* lare#ly en
gaged in the wine culture and wine trade, in
which he has made a princely fortune, I
wish that all the “wine bibbers, pnblieirts
ami i liners,” would remember the state -
‘Bent Mr. March made to mo, that not five
pi;“'t rtf wine are now made a year In all the
island of Madeira. And yet it it abrihdoat
hi tho United States, and as sleficioat a#
abundant. The American crop never fails,
though blight and mildew have killed all tho
vines in Madeira. Strychnine does not tail
either, if the vine does.” . % -''Wf*
THE HICA3A6UA HBEMWlt—a WAN CLOUD
It wilj be seen by extracts wiiicb wp give
elsewhere from the French and Englisbjour
ntris, that a strong feeling of excitement has
been awakened rn France and England by
information received there to the effect that
the United States had sent vessels to the
watnrH ~f Nicaragua, t? coerce tlie govem
meat of tliat republic into a refusal to ratify
the’ centrist made with Ur. Felix Belly for
the opening of an intcmceanie ship cnnal.-
Llffat intelligence was also agravated by a
report of anew fillibnstering expedition be
ing fitted, out by ’Walker against the gtatajf
Central America. Wbile entire faith seems
not to havo.been given to this intelligence,
the papers, nevertheless, improve she occa
sion to read lectures to the United States op
on, its characteristic of annexation,
and to notify us that we naod not take any
open or secret means to possess oursblves of
the Isthmus of Nicnmgha, inasmuch as the
marntirne nations of Europe would hot for
moment tolerate such an assumption on ow
part.
In connection with the subject we also
find in tho Ftench papers translafmas of the
letters that pissed between our Mjmster.’ltf.
Lamar, and the Nicaraguan Minister of For
eign Affairs, in rehktioa to the Belly couinset.
W o give translations of these doenmenta.—
In the reply of Senor Cortez, 1 the Nicaraguan
Minister, it is declared that that Government
regards as null and void the two contracts
made with American citizens for opening the
Isthmus route, and that the mission of Geo.
Jerez to Washington was to cause the prin
ciple of justice to prevail with our govern
ment.
We Sre likewise informed that Mr. Lamar
lias demanded from Nicaragua the snm of six
millious of dollars, as indemnificatiou for leas
of American lives and property during .the
fillibustcr war; that he waa fofmolstod
against Costa Rica a further demand of two
millions on the like ground, and that he pur
poses making similar demahds upon Salvador
and Guatemala.
if there be truth in the** statement* and
meaning in these threat#, the sooner we brash
up out military and tnvnl
ter. We must either withdraw; our preten
sions or prepare to sustain them.—Arte York
The industrious people of Key West am
making a fortune out of prepared tnrtlesoup,
put up iu hermetically sealed cans, which
toy mod to distant parts, v -i ri