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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY EXAMINER.
CmcmhAuTlOlNr ’T’SlfEa !S3S:aa.33k!ri3XrK!3Fß., ■ 4560 OCKPIEH!
WILLIAM KA/
VOLUME 1.
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FRI DAY, JUNE L 1855.
THE NEW MOVE.
We are aware that wo subject ourselves to
the charge of interfering with what doos not con
cern us, when we assume to advise Anti-Know
Nothing Whigs—Whigs who sustain, and agree
with Mr. Stephens, and are determined not to
desert him—not to heed the recent move of the
Chionicle & Sentinel, echoed though it has been,
by its cotempurary, the Columbus Enquirer.— >
We do so, however, regardloss of what may be
attributed to us, for wo feel perfectly conscious of
a purity of motive which animates us in our
course, and which prompts us to leave nothing
undone, to bring about that co-operation which
will do more, in the future, for the Bout. , and
Southern interests, than any other one att on th
part of our people.
Wehave every reason to believe that > • Ans'
Know Nothing Whigs of our State, t ,
a very large majority of them, feel imp with,
the necessity of putting a stop to the p: ogress '
an Order, anti-republican in its every aspect, end !
dangerous to the South. Not confining them
selves to a view of its deleterious influence at
home, they have had the sagacity to perceive its
National tendency, and with the lights before
them, and before every descerning man, they are
forced to tha conclusion tint the success of Know
Nothiugism, will be attended by the bitter fruits
of frec-soil, and abolition ascendancy in our Na
tional Legislature and Federal Administration
Wo are satisfied, also, that there is scarcely
one Anti-K.i >w N ithiirg wh.g iu Georgia out og
a th.ijsui. < vho does nit heart and soul approve
Mr. nwphum .'-.iiirao on the graft Nit onal ques ,
ti ns bof xo the lasi'C' > t 'cai.an !up iw.ii. ,i he ■
st >od aide by side with tu g..:ia.u . ■ i,;' of th- ;
Senate, ami K.ch. r.\on, of the lion f.i sup-'
protof the great State R jhu' p. !-.• of Non-1
Intervention; and when, deserted and den'junccd )
by every Northern Whig, he suv.i.i i himseli
so gallantly, and by u well iv.n'.'ijibvrji' parlm-1
mentnry procedure succeeded in bi,.. t> ing u ’
final vote the Kansas and Nebraska bill.
To Whigs like these, it would be almost un- i
pardonable in us, then, to attribute any want ol |
* foresight as to the effect which the recent move oi l
the Chronicle & Sentinel will produce in Geor-,
ga. Ono thing is certain. Mr. Stephens can-'
not be sustained thereby ; nor can it fail to place )
him, and all who coalesce to carry it out, in n
It >p -less minority. Infact.it is just what the
Know Notnings desire- Mainly, thus far, they
hive succeeded in attaching to their Order a ma
jority of the old Whig party, and with the aid ol
reerc mt and deceived democrats, and those who I
hold off, but sympathise with them, they have ar-1
rived at the conclusion that they are omnipotent.'
Th s assurance will only make them doubly sure. I
should tho Anti-Kuowmg Nothing Whigs keep ■
up a separate organization. Hence, we do not
hesit ito to predict, that hundreds of Know Noth-'
ing Whigs; will openly advocate the move of the I
Chronicle & Sentinel; deny all allegiance to the i
Order; and yet will bo found at the polls in Oc
tober next, secretly, if not openly, balloting :.: i
the Know Nothing candidate. Judging from the
past.can any sane man doubt the truth of our
assertion 1
We therefore say to all Anti-Know Nothing
Whigs, beware of the New -Uwe.' It may nci
lie intended as a trap —indeed we disclaim char
ging it as such—bpt may ;t not prove an citec
tual one—one wh.ch will be well baited by the
Order! Time only c.in solve tho question, if the
policy recommended ly the Chronicle be carried
out. But would it not be the better policy, for
Stephens’ friends, and all who wait ghore
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE I. 1855.
) him, to wait, nt least, the action of the Conven
tion now about to assemble at Millet geville. If
| the platform there proclaimed, be. not broad
I enough for all, then all who prefer erecting an
other that will suit themjiettcr, will be at liberty
to do so. Until then, it is the part of wisdom
and patiiotism for every Anti-Know Nothing
Whig in Georgia, to withhold a committal of him
self to the policy now being urged on the banks
of the Savannah, and the Chattahoochee.
• THE STARS AND STRIPES.
We see it stated in an exchange that “the la
test novelty in connection with the Poole murder,
is the publication of an engraving of the murdered
man’s heart,as it appeared when the fatal bullet
was laid bare by the dissecting knife.”
Disgusting as is this fact, it only, in a faint
degree, illustrates the vicious appetites of a large
class of desperadoes and bullies, with their sym
pathyzers, the rag-tag and bob-tailed hangers on
of pugilistic dens, fashionable pistol galleries, and
n iiitical demagogues that infest the overgrown
viy of Naw York, and which one day, we fear,
I will cause its streets to be overflowed with blood.
I What would the great “Fathcrof his country,” ,
, the illustrious Washington, think, were he now
in tho land of the living, of the shrouding of
Poole’s body in the American flag, by un infat
uated mob. To what base uses has it come at I
last, when our National Ensign is to be desocra-1
ted in such a manner! What Americanism is
there in this! A noted bully and braggart;
the keeper of a den where congregated the vilest
and meanest of mankind to indulge in tho most !
disgusting orgies; his remains to be honored ns
have been, and will be, those of our gallant sol
diers and sailors ! Is it not enough to shock the
patriotism of every true-hearted American, and
to make him weep almost at tho degeneracy of I
) the timefe!
i But what may we not expect, when fanaticism
I and madness rule the. h ur’ When treason to ■
I the Constitution stalks forth in our midst; when
, liberty of conscience is assailed ; when men .
I pledge themselves by the most sacred oaths, to ,
I deni untruthfully with their fellow men; and
! when religious fanaticism and intolerance are let ;
I loose to obstruct American progress, and carry us
I back to the dark age of Connecticut Blu« Law
ism, and witchcraft ! What, we say, may we
not look for, when such is the order of the day,
that the Star Spangled Hanner is to bo descent- )
ted, in tho presence of thousands, by the base use )
of shrouding the body of such a creature as Poole,
the prize fighter, and keeper of a low down grog
shop in the purliens of New York city.
SLOAN AND OATMAN’S MARBLE ES-i
TABLISHMENT.
We yesterday paid a visit to this establishment,
and were much interested by an inspection of tlie
statuary marbiesipecimc.ns exhibited there to us.
We had no conception that sm h work was done
in Atlanta. In the extensive establishments of
our larger cities, North and South, wehave never
seen finer specimens of marble, nor better work
executed. It is quite a treat to visit this estab
lishment, and we advise our citizens to do so.
Among the many beautiful specimens exhibited
to us,'wo took note of a sow only. One repre
senting the figure of an Angel, most exquisitely
cut in fine marble. A monument surmounted by
a cushion with cord and tassels most beautifully
wrought. A highly finished specimen of Italian
marble, with the hatp encircled by oak and olive
branches, beautifully carved, with drapery hang
ing in graceful folds from the top. Specimens of
Gothic architecture, with wreaths of flowers stand
ing out in bold relief. Lambs sculptured out of
fine marble with life like imitation. We.also
noticed a slab, in the Gothic style, with a baso
relief figure—a mother clasping her child—most
exquisitely executed.
I n our city cemctry, these gentlemen have re
cently erected a most beautiful monument of Ital
ian marble; and they are now completing others
to fill orders from the neighboring t wns and cit
ies. Among their workmen, we are informed, is
one whose taste and skill with the chisel, arc un
surpassed in this country.
With such an establishment as this, in the
heart, as it were, of our State, where is the necessi
ty of sending orders abroad, to the North, or else
where, for monuments, or statuary for gardens,)
&c. ! We sincerely hope that our people will I
cease to do so, and that all of them in upper and )
middle Georgia, who need such work, will give I
Messrs. Sloan & Oatman a trial.
NAPOLEON A MANIFEST DESTINY
MAN.
“I fear nothing from tho hands of assassins.—
There uie lives which arc but instruments in the ;
hands of Providence. So long as 1 shall not have )
Julfi'lcd the work appointed to me I shall be in no
danger."
The French Emperor, in his address to the
Senate made use of the foregoing bombastic lan
guage, which clearly establishes his fatalist views,
and, aside from that, is significant 01 more than
a casual reading will detect.
Every American—wo do not use the in
tho perverted sense in which it is adopted by the
secret order of political jugglers—should Watch,
with a jealous eye, every movement of Napoleon;
His early recollections of this country have not
sufficiently endeared us to him to induce him to
forego the objects of his vaunting ambition.—
There can be no doubt that the French and En
glish alliance wiil not stop when it has—if it ever !
' l-'es—brought Russia into subjection, and Na-;
• On makes no secret of his ultimate intention |
interfering with the domestic policy of the )
1 United States. In his address to tho authorities '
' of London he definitely expressed his desire for '
the “abolition of slavery,” and wo may add, wheth- )
er os it exists in the feudal serf system in Russia,)
or the property system of America.
We are to infer, then, that this crusade agaiqst |
slavery is one of the “works appointed” to him. I
No doubt such a sentiment will elicit from enthu
siustie Frenchmen and from Northern abolition-)
ists. unbounded applause ; but reflecting men will
enquire, is he sincere in his hatred of slavery !!
Did he feel that he is destined to relieve oppr”s -ed ;
humanity, he would find an extensive field in
France tor the operation es his philanthrophy.— ;
) She is fur from being free, and never will be un-,
' til this boasted charm is stripped from the Em- i
i pcror’s person, and the assassin's knife shall pen-1
i etrute some vulnerable sjiot. untouched in the
I god-creating immersion to which he thus boasts i
;of having been subjected. Thousands of his sub-1
i jects are in a condition not less slavish than the )
I serf of Russia or the negro of the South; and as !
I yet ho has done nothing to emancipate them.
) Ad this gas about slavery is but as “the sound- I
i ing brass and tinkling symbol” when wo come to :
j investigate his motives. Every energy is bent to'
) subdue the haughty Czar, and attach him to the
[ train of the young .Napoleon. He already sways
I England to and tro with every breath of his opi'n- •
. ion. and with decimated army and skeleton purse
she stands trembling in his royal presence, or ;
servilely kneels to honor the nephew of an uncle
she banished to an ignublo exile, and a rocky
prison at Helena. Proudly conscious of this hti-;
miliation of his ancestral foe, and confident of
i subduing tho Czar, he turns his exulting eyes
| longingly westward, and feels that to bring this |
I proud Republic, crouching with England and
j Russia, to his feet, would bo the happiest possible ;
I consummation of his ambition to be greater than
his uncle.
Elevated with such chimeras, his mind loses
I its balance, and becomes the home of supersti
| tious fancies such as dictated the quoted words.,
| But time wills crew his ‘ glorification spectacles;’'
I -plain sight,” and the very failure of so many at-’
tempts will ihcense men ot better nerve and su
rer aiih unintimidated by this superstitious awe.
to hurl an unerring shaft at the untouched heel
of this modern Achilles. His confidence in his
bullet proof cuticle will bo seriously impaired
rom.’ tine day when the science of projectiles
from Colt’s repeaters shall be practiced upon it
by a skilful hand.
fJS 0- Harry Gringo, author of tales lor
the Marines is Henry A. Wise jr., who
is in the Navy.
“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.’’—Jemaisos.
CORRECTION.
’ ‘lt is rumored down this May that the Po<
| Master in Atlanta was removed because of his
j being a Protestant, ami that his successor is a
i Catholic. Is this so 1 If nut, it w>?uld not be
I cut of place fur the Examiner to correct so great
< a falsehood.”
1 The foregoing is addressed to us by a highly
I respectable citizen of Greene county. It w h ird’y
I necessary for us to contradict the first portion of
' the rumor referred to, to-w lt:—that the late Pest
Master of our city was removed because he was
a Protestant* If this is seriously believed by any
well informed and unprejudiced person, we .an
i only say that he is peculiarly unfortunate in
giving credence to a rumor so absurd; and that,
in our opinion at least, the rumor has no better
foundation than the assertion our present Post
Master. Mr. Boyd, is a Catholic, and received his
appointment on that account.
Mr. Boyd is a Protestant, and not a Catholic.
THE VIRGINIA ELECTION.
“Before the cock croweth twice, thou shall de
ny me thrice.”
It is in no spirit of levity that we make use of
the foregoing words. We do.so, because they il
lustrate most forcibly, in our estimation, tho future
course of a large number of Know Nothings in
the Gid Dominion, and in our own State. Dem"
ocratic Virginia, with the aid of a number of pa
triotic anti-Know Nothing whigs, has been the
first cock to crow, and ere its clarion tones shall
be echoed by Georgia Know Nothingism will be
thrice denied by hundreds who have paid their
devotions to it in our State. And it is in no spir
it of exultation that we refer to what we antici
pate of the future, in the manner wo now do.—
Gloriously as lias Virginia sustained herself—the
Know Nothings there and elsewhere in the South,
are already sufficiently humbled, and we have no
disposition, at the present time, to add to their hu
miliation by the use of terms indicative of the tri
umph over them that wo feel and enjoy. We
have another object in view in writing this article.
It is to say to our readers that they may confi
] dcntly look for a desertion of the Order by many
of those who designed to use it as a stepping stone
ito office—in some few cases that we have been
apprized of to continue in office—and in others
to build up a new party of which they would be
i leaders. Defeat staring such as these in the face
—certain, inevitable, defeat, a change of position
, will be the consequence, as it will be with these,
! presses which have, up to this time, sympathized
. with the Order. The election in Virginia has
I settled this question for hundreds such as these,
[ and we may soon look for modification upon
modification of the rules, and oaths, and regula"
dons of the Order, to retain what it has, and to
entrap others. That spirt, however, ol vigilance
which aroused the democracy of Virginia to stand
Up for the rights ol men, and tho Constitution,
will as surely he exercised in Georgia; and that
patriotism which animated them to achieve s’>
glorious a victory, will display itself throughtout
the whole length and breadth of our State.' What"
ever form, or whatever aspect it may present to
our people Know Nothingism can no longer de
ceive. That day is past. Its prestige is gone;
its located omnipotency is reduced in Virginia,
to hopeless impotency. May that be its fate in
every State of the Union.
THE VIRGINIA ELECTION.
By the following hastily prepared table of tho
results received from the Virginia election, it will
) be seen that is running ahead of the great
i Pierce vote of 1852 :
: Cocnhes. Piehob. Wise.
Amherst, » 85 136
Appomattox, 160 . 267
Botetourt, 317 300 i
Brunswick, 275 350
; Charlotte, 32 SO
; Clark, 123 34
) Chesterfield, 4-15 595
Elizabeth City, 55 12 |
Franklin, 182 200
Greenville, 101 . 146
Halifax, 691 570
Hanover, 101 200
Louisa, 147 150
Lunenburg, 215 200
Mecklenburg, 376 403
Madison, » 539 551
Orange, 53 38
Pulaski, 49 50
Powhatten, 121 289
Prince George. 191 260
Roanoke, 176 292
Stafford, 2UB 100
! Spoltsylvania, 125 14
i Sussex, 216 295
I Wythe, 282 200
| Warren, 351 234
Total, 5416 6910
5416
Wise’s gain. • 194
In three other counties the majorities stands
Nansemond, Wise 210 Scott 38 gain 218
i Princes Anne. “ 34 •• 127 « 161
I Southampton, “ 80 “ 42 •• 122
Wise’s gain, 531
Add, 494
Total gain, 1025
• These figures are flattering. In thirty conn
) ties he gains 1025 upon the Pierce majority which
|in the same counties was 5416. If there had
; been any doubt et his success, this result would
) gcem to dispel it.
....Hun. Alfred 11. C.olquit has do
' elined the nomination of the democratic
j party to represent the second Congressiott
al district of Ga.
.... Nelson F. Smith, the editor of the!
1 Pickens Republican, a Whig Anti-Know;
. Nothing paper, has been elected Mayor of
; Carrollton Ala. *
.... There are two hundred and sixty.
) locomotive engines running on the differ- ;
) ent roads irom Chicago that are housed in )
that city.
I ... .Mr. Gongh, the groat temperance
| lecturer is about to return to Auteiica
' from England, in consequence of ill'
health. . • ,
....The Planters’ (Md.) Advocate re-.
• ports the sale of 12 or 15 slaves, not very '
, valuable, belonging to E Berry, deceased,
; for 65,800 cash.
< .• ■ • Col. m. H. Polk, ot Tennessee,
declines running for Congress.
.... 1 he patriotic fund in Engalnd now
i amounts to upwards of £1,020,000.
. * .... Locusts have made their appear-
,) aneee in large numbers in Putmim county
Ga. J
Fur the Atlanta Duliy Examiner.
TO "COUSIN BELL-”
I :
Cousin, I should haw nut thee when
My heart was like a singing bird’s,
i My song had borne thee music then.
And gladness in each word.
Perchance a cheering, lay so dear
r ! To kindred hearts, had claimed thy car. ■
• I cannot wake those gay notes now.
There is a pressure on my voice,
Anil there is that. I know not how.
Forbids me to rejoice.
, ’ And binds rue, with a‘clank'ess chain.’ :
'; I try to shake or loose in vain.
1 ■ ’Tis not tho heavy tread of time,
The music of my heart has hushed, ,
■ I My days are in their fairest prime,
i Though youth's bright hopes are crushed, j
I My haunts lie not among the gay.
1 Tie ugh flow: rs are springing in my way.
It is deep grief—for I have known
The “soul’ssubduing sorrows;” yet,
I In mem’ry vision, there arc none
. 1 I’d willingly fo.get—
Though many would oil raise a sigh
! And bring sad dimness to my eye.
-i
i It is my feelings Jave grnwn numb.
And palsied, as with many’ years;
My breast has ceased to be the home
< If earthly hopes and fears;
; And Love is as a dream to me
That may have been, but may no/ be !
, ■ This earth to me is beautiful,
With skies so bright and acenes so fair,
i In natures voice there seems a spell
Forever working there;
’ I listert'to each thrilling word
: As ’twere some hidden music heard I
But why a strain like this prolong !
Cousin, farewell—it. has been mine
, i To find on earth that thorns among
Lifes fairest flowers twine—
But may thy life glide smoothly on
; Till a home in glorious Heaven is won! ,
' Atlanta, Ga. cunton. |
"REDUCING A* SWELLING."
| The case we are about to relate happened ,
I .in the practice of an old physician of our'
; acqnaiatance. It illustrates in a lud erpus ’
; wanner, the power of the imagination in i
i conjuring up the phantoms of disease;
■which vanish into the air when the truth |
"becomes known.
Deacon B was a very good mau, j
and a very fair farmer. Being constitu
tionally sensitive to the cold, it was his •
custom in cold, weather to wear two pairs \
of thick woollen stockings at the same time '
having, of course, two stockings on each I
foot.
One day he was startled on putting on j
j his second boot, to discover that., it was i
J qnite impossible to put it on This was!
i tho more remarkable since he had found i
not the least difficulty in getting ou the J
other. In alarm he pulled off the first, and ;
perceived at once that one foot appeared !
much smaller thorn the other.
To an apprehensive man like Deacon B.!
, this was sufficiently alarming. He con- j
I eluded at once that he had bitten in the ;
i foot, perhaps by s rattlesnake, and that;
! this was the cause of its swelling so fright-!
j fully
j “Run quick for the doctor.” said lie,!
i groaning with apprehension. lam afraid ‘
, it’s all over with me. Tell him to come '
immediately It’s a matter of life and ;
! death.”
: Catching her husband’s alarm, the good i
; wife hastened with all speed to the doctor,
and told him that her poor husband was
■ in a dreadful state, and might not be alive !
I when they got back.
Os course the doctor made all haste to i
; the dwelling.
■ Arrived there, he found the poor man ;
J surveying‘Lis doomed limb in a most woe I
i begone nianuer.
I “Doctor,” said he, “I have sent for
i you though I don’t tbinkyou can do nittcli:
for me. I’m afraid it's all over with!
: me.”
j “What’s the matter?” inquired thedoc-;
tor anxiously.
“Just look at the foot, doctor. Sec how i
it is swelled. It’s nearly twice as large ;
'as the other, and its keeping on swelling ■
' While my wife has been gone, I’ve watch- \
, cd it grew larger ”
This was undoubtedly a figment of the '
: good deacon’s imagination, for certainly ■
j the limb’was not a particle larger than i
s when his wife departed. j
, “Let me see it,” said the doctor.
; He pressed upon the swelled limb, .nd I
■ thought it felt rather peculiar.
“I can form no opinion of it till t’mj
I stockings are stripped off,” said he.
He accordingly proceeded with grcsit*
■ care to pull off the first stocking.
"I always Wear two,” exclaimed the
I deacon, as he marked the doctor's look <x :
, surprise. '
“And how many more ?” queried the
i latter, as after taking off two, one was
| found still remaining.
A light flashed across the Deacon's d..r-'
kjened luind, as, snatching the limb from ■
i the doctor, he hastily proceeded to strip'
| tho other foot.
D was as he anticipated. The t,wd pairs
; of st ockings had been unequally distriou,
I ted; one having been placed "on one foot,
; and. three on the other. Hence tho in
oveased size of the latter.
The good man was so elated at his won-;
I detrful escape from danger, that he ord r-.
i dt-Tcd a bottle of his best currant j
wine, in which ue drank so many i
: that he became a little oblivious.
■ A Slight Difference.—A paragraph
| has been going the rounds strung that
; nearly 5,000 cows have died in Trumbull
. county, Ohio, by starvation. The Warren
j Chronicle says that the figures are too
I high, by at least 4,800. The story was
j probably started by some speculator in
. ’ beef.
1.... The oat crop in Central Georgia
promises well since the late rains.
VIRGINIA ELECTION.
WISE’S MAJORITY 10,000!!
V/e qiv-' bft.iw all the accounts received by us i
of the Virginia clectio:.. The following is from j
' our Northern info';
Richmond— Flobxoys majority 985
Alexandria, (city and county) do do 491 !
Lynchburg, do do 47'J ■
Fredericksburg, do <l<> .104 1
! Norfolk, do do 3GO j
! • Petersburg— Wise’s majority 33 j
Hxai'EßS Fuiutr, May 24.—The election as ■
j fix as heard from chow that Flournoy, Beale. |
Pattun and Bote-for, will carry Jelfersun county i
■by 3J majority. Yales, Deni, has about 70-mu-1
’ jority. and Hawks Dctn. and Turner, Am. will be [
elected.
■ WixcuESrEß, AL y 24.—The whole Democrat-
i ic ticket has been elected in Frederick and Clarke ;
j counties, and the State has in all probab.lity gone i
; for Wise.
■ A telegraph dispatch from Petersburg gives the ’
t following reported majorities for Wise: , I
Dinwiduie, b'O; Prince Edward, 77; Greens-J
i vilie, ISO; Prince George, 250.
By the following, which is all brought by the
i Western mail, we are gratified to iearn that De- ;
: mocracy is triumphant. The Nashville Union j
I says : I
Louisville, May, 26, 9A- M i
Wise is unquestionably elected. Major
ity quite large—probably 10,000 ' :
Louisville, May 26, 12 M.
i Virginia election returns indicate from
5,000 to 10,000 majority for Wise.
Louisville, May 26.—4 o’clock.
Thirty-four counties, some imperfect, !
’ give Flournoy about 3000 over Presiden-;
tial majorities. If the vote is large he.
must overcome 12,000 in the balance of !
’ the State. Wise received a despatch from ;
i the Richmond Enquirer, saying that his
majorities in the South XVestern counties .
are astounding. Il is generally believed
' that Wise is elected by 10,000. Bocock, ■
i Milson, Good, Powell, and Smith, are |
I elected to Congress, Botelcr (American is ‘
. probably elected over Faulkner, in the
i Eighth district.
I ° |
Richmond, May 25.
; Wise’s Majorities.—Wythe 200, Pu-,
I laski 50, Roanoke 292, Boutourt 300,;
Franklin, 200, Appomattox 267, Halifax >
570, Lunenburg 200, Charlotte 30, Pow
; batten 289, Meclenburg 403, Warren'
' 234, Madison 551, Orange 38, Clark 34,1
! Southampton 80, Prince George 260,!
I Brunswick 350, Sussex 295, Elizabeth
' City 12, Chesterfield 595, Stafford 100,;
; Spoitsylvania 14, Amherst 136, Louisa'
; 150, Hanover 200, Greenville 146, Prin-j
cess Ann 34, Mansemand 210.
Majorities for Flournoy.—Augusta j
i 1410, Albermarle 150, Carolina 95, Bed-1
i ford 200, Henrico 212, Culpepper 85, i
; Pittsylvania 650, Charles City 85, Buck
; ingham 70, Loudon 1400, Bocock and j
i Hancock 74.
Seven Days Later from Europe-
i ARRIVAL OF THE
AMimCA.
Cotton advanced J penny.
• The Staamer America arrived at Hali-:
j fax On Thursday with one weeks latter ad- j
i vices from Europe.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
The mafkethad advanced one quarter)
I penny. The sales of the week reach ]
j over one hundred thousand bales.— )
) Breadstuff's were unchanged. Com had )
> slightly advanced. Provisions study
I Consols 88.
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
The news from the scat of war is very j
! meagre. Affairs at Sevastopol are un
i changed. Some trival success are report-1
ed in favor of the Allien. The general i
• belief is that the war will be’of long dur-:
'■ ation, and without the hope of assistance .
! from Austria.
i Several extensive failures are reported
I at Sevastopol.
LATER FROM CALIAORNIA.
The Steamer George Law arrived at
! New York on Thursday with California
dates to the Ist iust, and one million three I
! hundred thousand dollars in gold.
.In adjournment of (he Legislature had )
| been postponed one week, but nothing
I had been done in relation to the Senatori-.
; al election.
The legislature passed a bill levying a'
! tax of forty dollars on every Chinese ani-
• ring in the State.
The mining accounts are favorable.—
j The markets had improved, but prices I
' were low.
VIRGINIA ELECTED.. ;
I The reports from the Virginia.’ election
)are favorable to the Know Nothings.
New York, May 25.
! Cotton.—The market is unchanged ;
‘ Flour advanced twelve cents. Ohio SID,-:
137 to 810,62. Corn 81,12 to 81,11.
| New Orleans, May 23.
i Cotton. —The market is quiet and firm.
' The sales for the last two days arc 4500
i bales. Middling 10} to 10|.
i New Orleans, May 24.
■ Cotton.—The market is unsettled.—
Sales to-day 4,000 bales
1 NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
! The New York Journal of Commerce i
■ of Tuesday evening says:
* The steady flow of specie towards this i
.; city, while it has made money plenty here ,
in spite of demand for export, has crc-
i ated greater stringency in oilier markets.)
! and we have now borrowers from • neigh- i
i boring cities, who are willing to pay 6 a
•7 per cent. for the use of capital. This
*has giv< n the money market a little more
; animation, but without inducing any in
; creased butiness on New York account.
■ Foreign exchange closed steadily at 110
; .i. 110 J for leading signatures on London,
the 'utter an extreme rule; 5.131 a 5.111
) j on Paris.
‘ • The s'isck market opened this morning
' j nzeut in many descriptions was lost toward
! ‘ ilmb elose.
1;
} .... Four American ships recently sail-
x ed from Marseilles, France, with troopo for
, tlAp Crimea.
SLEIGH RIDING EXTRAORDINARY.
Docsticks writes to the Detroit Adver- i
! tiscr a letter about sleigh riding, from |
; which we make a specimen extract: ;
! ■ Agreed to go, put i>u my tigbest boots, )
I ami got rcaly—time came, sleigh arrived, i
I got in received a promiseious introduction ;
I to seventeen young ladies by the light of 1
a street lamp, fim ml a place for my feet I
i among the miscellaneous pedal assortment I
)at the bottom, sat down, held on with!
I both hands and prepared to enjoy myself. ■
| Altera great deal of whipping of the spir-1
, ited Horses, and some curiously emphatic ■
I observations by the driver, we pot under!
way.—Driver (an enthusi .=tic Hibernian
■ with one eye) took the middle of the street!
i resolved to give the road to nothing, met)
; <i gent in a cutter he didn’t turn out, we ;
| didn’t turn out, collision ensued, young |
man got the worst; Lis hat was smashed, j
i and his delicate person left in a snow-bank:;
, his horse started hit against a lamp-post,
| then ran away, distrbutiug the ruins of the ;
i cutter along the road leaving a piece at;
) every corner and telegraph pole, until ■
i there wasn’t enough left, in any one spot i
i to make a rat trap—finally dashed through
. the show window of a confectioner's shop, i
) and being brought to a stand-still by the j
shafts sticking in a soda fountain. Meta
■ a charcoal cart, run against us and distri- j
i bated a shower of pulverized nigritude I
) over the company, to jhe great damage of 1
| theclean linen of the gentlemen, and the '
. adornments generally of the ladies cspe-:
1 cially those little white rosettes which they i
. had tied on the backs of their heads, and i
dignified with the fabulous title of bonnets 1
! Met a.stage sleigh, got jammed with us i
and during the three minutes preceding ■
j our violent extrication I had leisure to i
! take particular notice of the inmates.
i Now, even in ordinary times, any kind '
, of a omnibus is a purely democratic, insti- ■
i tution, but an omnibus sleigh, containing, 1
I ordinarily, anywhere from fifty to a hun- .
■ deed and twenty people is a most effectual
i leveller of aristocratic distinctions. In ’
i this particular vehicle, a fashionably dress'-)
. cd miss had, from necessity taken l;er seat)
iin the lap of a Bowery by, who, in his
j anxiety to make her comfortable, had put
i one arm round her waist, and one band
i into her muff. An uptown merchant was
; carrying a wash woman's baby while a'
dandy in patent-leather boots was holding )
) her bundle of dirty linen. A news boy, j
: stealing a ride, was smoking a Connecticut
: cigar and puffing the smoke into the faces
jof the incongruous assembly. A negro)
i woman was sustaining her position on the )
i edge of the slippery craft, by holding on ■
) with one arm round the neck of a clergy-)
man in a blue coat, with brass hook and i
: eye at the neck, who had a basket of po-1
) tatoes with a leg of mutton in it, w'«ch a )
! sailor was using for a shield to protect
him from the shower of snow balls fired)
by the boys on the corner—naughty boys ;
—oue hit eue of our ladies on the head, i
she made a very pretty faint, but was soon '
revived by (a piece of ice which I slipped |
down her back; one blacked the driver’s
, ouly eye, and a particularly and solidly un
i pleasant one hit Sandie in the mouth apd,
i waked him up.
Began to be sensible to the pleasures of j
i my situation; felt as if my boots were full ■
' of icewater, my nose a Crutor. water pipe,
! ends of my fingers carrot-shaped icicles
Each leg seemed a perpendicular iceberg, 1
!my feet good sized snow drifts, my head
! a frozen pumpkin, and tho inside of me i
: felt as if I Lad made my supper on a cast-;
I iron garden fence.
! Gut. to the hotcj at last, waiters rescued
. us and got us into the house, which was 1
) full of parties ahead of us. Burnt the )
i skin off niy threat trying to thaw my con-!
i gcaled apparatus, ky drinking brandy and
I Water boiling het; ladies imbibed 'not gin )
’ sling all round ad lib.turn, gentlemen dit-:
) to, Da Cnpo— r< aly for a dance; got into i
I the ball room, which was so full already)
that each cotillion Lad only a space about)
[ as big as a pickle tub—“balance four, and
you stepped on somebody's hecks and tore '
off tho skirt of some lady’s dress—“lor- :
i ward two.” r.ndyou p.’.red ycur uu.ro into:
the whiskers of the gentleman opposite.)
■’and f It his ncek tic in jour eye, and pro-)
' menade all was the signal for an animated.
bus irregular fancy dance upon the toes ;
;of the bystanders. But this quardrillej
' was voted, by come of the ladies to be too I
■ on rgetic —the truth. Is, city daucingis no I
more like a country jig than a dead march
is like a hornpipe—in the onu case the .
I ladies slide about w Ith aifcy air, as :
lif one lively step would annihilate their)
. delicate frames, and in ether, they dance;’
as if they were made of watch springs and :
) India rubber. The only way to getan or-'
i dinary city girl really interested in a.
i dance, is to hove some moustached puppy I
) put his arm around her waist, Lug her )
; close up to him,.spin her round tho room )
i till her head swims and her .stomach,
I heaves; the velocity of the motion giving i
! her dress an elevation which affords the '
spectators a fair opportunity of admiring j
I the embroidery of her head upoft his)
1 shoulder, that he may fully appreciate the I
! model artistic cut of her low neck dress)
) —these same ladies who would faint to I
■ see a man’s shirtun a efothe’s line will, in
; a waltz lovingly repose their heads upon j
the bosom of the same garment when the !
i man is in it, allowing him to take liber-1
ties with their persons for which a coun-;
, try girl would box his ears till Lis checks
' tingled.
I Towards morning the music got tired,
| the leading violinist was fiddling on the I
{ string on the wrong side of the bridge,)
and the ophichdc man unable from sheer <
: | exhaustion to convey' Lis potables to LL
-1 mouth, was pouring them into liis instru- j
|tn cut, which he bad regaled with four;
; mugs of ale and brandy smashes, and the I
. | little fifer, with his boots in the big !
' French horn, was wasting his precious'
', breath trying to coax a quickstep out of I
; a drumstick he mistook for a flageolet. 1
-! Compelled to stop dancing, ladies went to
:. a private room and repaired their damaged I
wardrobe with pins and other extempora- j
! necus contrivances, known to them alone..
-1 Gentlemen put on what hats and great'
;' coats the preceding parties bad left, paid i
. [ the bill, woke up the driver, and all Etar- j
PROPRIETOR
NUMBER 40.
, ted for home. Shower came on, making
) the ladies look like kaleidoscopes, and ta
king the starch out of their hats, and the
color out oftheir whiskers; upset females
got scattered around loose, (horses didn’t
run away, net a bit of it,) one young lady
had her foot in my overcoat pocket, and
both hands clinched in my hair, got out
us the snarl nt. last, and found that I had
traps enough hanging to me to manufac
ture a small-sized new married couple—
a set of false teeth in my fur glove, two '
pairs of patent moustaches, with the
spring broken, in my hat-band, half a
head of glossy ringleted hair in my but
ton hole, a lace collar hanging to my pan
taloons, and my boots full of puff combs.
; Righted upat last, hurried over mile-stone,
curb-stone and cobblestones till we rcach-
) ed the city, took the young ladies home,
. and was immediately after arrested by a
■ moist watchman for bciii" a suspicions
character, and only identified by my
;f> i>-nds in tho morning just in time to
keep my name out of the papers.
From the Federal Union 22d irut.
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
Minutes of points decided by the Supreme
Court of Georgia, at Milledgeville, May
Term, 1855
Roberts vs. Walker—from Jasper.
1, A., tho guardian of 8., a minor—
was elected Ordinary of Monroo county,
and the letters of guardianship thereby
abated. 8., the minor, afterwards while
living in-Jasper county, made a will and
died in Jasper county. Held that tho
Ordinary of Jasper county‘had jurisdic
tion as to the probate of the will. •
Lofton and A. Reese for Plaintiff—O.
C. Gibson for defendant.
Hamilton vs. Reese, administrator—
from Wilkes.
1, A. contracts to pay “ whatever sum
may appear to be due and payable to the
estate of B.—the committee of C., a luna
tic—the amount to be determined by an
examination of the Records of the returns
of tho said committee.” Held that in
calculating interest upon the balance found
to be due by the committee; running or
simple interest only should be allowed;
without making any rests; there being no
evidence of fraud or conversion.
T. R. R. Cobb for Plaintiff, W. Reese
and Toombs for defendant.
Willis vs. Willis; from Baldwin.
1. If tho charge of tho court is author
ized by any view of tho testimony, it ia
not hypothetical, and a new trial will not
. be granted on that ground.
Kenan for plaintiff, Campbell and Mo-
Kinley for defendant.
>l. Hall vs. S. Hall, from Hancock.
1. A will may bo set up, although the
' subscribing witnesses may give their opin
-1 ion adverse to the testamentary capacity
of the testator. Nor is it error in the
court to tell the jury that those witnesses
; may be mistaken, or may swear falsely, or
I may believe that more capacity is necessa
ry than the law requires.
2. The tenu “ credible witness” in the
Statute of Frauds means witness who are
1 entitled to their oaths in a court of Justice,
; and who mayor may not be believed, ac
cording to their character and evidence.
3. AttestingTn the presence of testator
requires the mental as well as the corporeal
presence of the testator. But it must bo
shown affirmatively, after proving corpo
real presence, that there was an absence
of mental attention, on the part of testa
tor, in order to declare against the will.
R. M. Johnston and Kenan for plaintiff,
L. Stephens for defendant.
Lindsay ct al vs. Hunter et »1, from
) Elbert.
1 An insolvent debtor files a schedule
in the Clerk’s Office, ard his attorney then
took the schedule to his office, and kept
)it theiu until Court. No application was
: made for the schedule. Held, that this
was a proper filing under the statute.
‘ 2. A schedule staling that “he had
) nothing except the articles allowed him
by the Insolvent Debtor's Oath.” Held,
' sufficient.
Van Duzcr for plaintiff, Thomas for
defendant.
A RUSSIAN HEROINE.
A letter from Kamiesch Bay, in the
! Sentino of Toulon, has the following ro
mantic story:
) A rather strange adventure has occur
red outside Sebastopol. A young Russian
woman was for some days seen walking
about the russian trenches, and sometims
at night also, with a lantern. It was
thought, as she was very tall and. of ma
jestic appearance, that she was a man in
disguise and the general-in-chief ordered
i that she should be carefully watched.—
At 6 o’clock, in the morjiing of the 28th
she again appeared opposite our lines, and
examined them with great attention; she
carried a note book and pencil in her hand,
and seemed to inscribe in it the result of
her observations. Finding, after a while,
that, she was perceived, she hurried to
wards a species of ravine at the extremity
of the French trenches. Two Zouaves
were sent in pursuit of her and succeeded
in capturing her. Being found to be re
ally a woman, she was taken before Gen.
Canrobert and questioned. She said she
had made observations of the French posi
tion for the good of her country and to
avenge the death of her husband, Boni
noff by name, who was killed at the battle
l of Alma. The note book was found to
) contain several details relative* to the situ
ation of our batteries and the number of
j guns in them ; she had also in her pocket
■ a double barreled pistol, and a letter ad
) dressed to Prince Menschikeff. She was
placed in confinement under the serveil
) lance of two sentinels; it has been deter
. mined that she shall be sent to Malta.”
no danger’c’f’ A FAMINE.
X correspondent of the Tribune calculates
' that there will be forthcoming before the
; next harvest wheat and flour to the extent
jof 1,456,000 barrels. Suppose 455,000
; barrels to be absorbed by the destitute
‘ points in the interior, we shall then receive
at tide-water one million barrels—enough,
)at the rate of winter consumption 8,000
barrels per day to last one hundred and
) twenty five days, or until the middle of
i next September.