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' Mike Finck and the Bull.
The story of Mike Finck and the Bull would
make a cynic laugh. Mike took a notion to go
in swimming, mid he had jnst got his clothes off
when he saw Deacon Smith’s bnll making at him
—the bull was a vicious animal, and had come
near killing two or three persons—consequently
Mike felt rather “jubus.” —He didn’t want to
call for help, for he was naked, and the nearest
place from where assistance conld arrive was
the meeting house, which was at the time filled
with worshipers, among whom was the “gal
Mike was paying his devours to.” So he dodged
the bull as the animal came to him, and managed
to catch him by the talc. He was dragged round
tell nearly dead, and when he thought he could
hold uo longer, he made up his mind he had bet
ter “holler.” And now wc will let him tell Ins
So looking at the matter in all its bearings, I
I come to the conclusion that I d better let some
one know where I was. So 1 gin a yell louder
than a locomotive whistle, and it warn t long be
fore I seed the deacon’s two dogs a cornin’down
like as if they was seeing which could get thar
fust. I know’d who they wer arter—they’d jine
the bull again me, I was sartain, for they were
arful wenamous, and had a spite agin me. So
says I, Old brindle, as ridin’ is as cheep as walkin’
on this route if you’ve no objections, I’ll jist take
a deck passage on that ar’ back o’ yourn. So I
wasn’t very long getting astride of him: then, if
you’d bin thar, you’d have sworn thar worn’t
nothin’ human in that ar’ mix, the site flew so
orfully as the critter and' I rolled round the field
one dog on one side and one on the other, tryin’
to c inc'i my feet, I prayed and cussed. and
cussed and prayed, until I couldn’t tell which 1
did lest—and neither warn’t of no use, they were
so orfully mixed up.
Well, I reckon I rid about half an hour this
way, when old brindle thought it were time to
stop to take in a supply of wind, and cool off a
little. So when we got round to a tree that
stood thar, he naturally halted. So sez I, old
boy lose one passenger sartin. So I jist
clum up a branch, kaleclatin’ to roost thar
till I starved afore I’d be rid round that ar way
any longer. I war makeing tracks for the top
of the tree, when I hearh suthin a makin an or
ful buzzin’ overhead.—l kinder looked up, and
if thar warn’t—well, thar's no use a swaring—
but it wer the biggest hornet’s nest ever bilt.
You’d “gin in” now 1 recken, Mike, ’cause there
ia no help for you. But an idee struck me then
that 1 stood a heap better chance a ridin’ the
bull than whar I was. Sez I ole feller, if you'll
hold on, I’il ride to the next station anyhow, let
that be whar it will.
So I jist dropped abord him again, and looked
aloft to see what I had gained by changin’ quar
ters, and gentlemen, I’m a liar if thar warn’t
nigh half a bushel of the stingin’ varmints ready
to pitch in to me when the word ‘go’ was gin.
Well, I reckon they got it, for ‘all hands started
for our company. Some on ’em hit the dogs—
about a quart struck me, and the rest charged
on brindle.
This time the dogs led off fust, dead bent for
the old deacon's, and as soon as old brindle and
I could get under way we followed, as I was
•nly a deck passenger, and had nothin’ to do
with steerin’ the craft, I sware, it I had, we
should'nt have run that channel, anyhow. But,
as I said before, the dogs took the lead—brindle
and I next, and the hornets dre'kly arter.—The
dogsjyellin’—brindle bellcrin’, and the hornets
btizzm’ and stingin.’
Well, we had got about two hundred yards
, from the house, and the deacon heard us and
come out. 1 seed him hold up his hands and
turn white I reckin he was prayin’ then, for he
did’nt expect to be called for so soon, and it
worn’t long neither, afore the whole congrega
tion-men, women and children— cum out, and
then all hands went to yellin.’ None of ’em had
the fust notion that brindle and I belonged to
this world. I jist square turned my head and
passed the hull congregation. 1 couldn’t help
seeing the run would be up soon, for brindle
could’t turn an inch from a fence that stood
dead ahead. Well, we reached that fenoe, and
I went ashore, over theold critters head, landin’
on t’other side, and lay thar stunned.
It warn’t long afore some of ’em as was not
scared, cum runnin’ to see what I war ; for all
hands kvlkelated that the bull and 1 belonged
together. But when brindle walked offby him
self, they seed how it war, and one ofj’em said,
“Mike Finck has got the wust of a scrummage
once in his life!” Gentlemen from that day I
dropped the courtin business, and never spoke
to a gal since, and when my hunt is up on this
yearth, there wont be any more Fincks, and its
all owin’ to Deacon Smith's Brindle Bull.
The Elephaant Romeo.
The mournful occurrence alluded to tn yes
terday’s paper, induced us to make some inqui
ry into the special circumstances of the case,
when we learned as follows:
This elephant was landed in New York in
1846, was 30 or 40 years old, and belonged to
Bailey & Co.’s Menagerie and Circus Company.
For nearly nine years Mr. George West had
been keeper, and had him under good con
trol.
After leaving Camden, on Sunday morning,
on his way to Columbia, he showed an unruly
temper, as(it nad occasionally done, and it became
necessary to use some severity with him to con
trol him. Upon reaching a bridge, a few miles
on the road, he broke a plank and refused to
cross, and upon being pressed, struck a horse a
blow which knocked him off the bridge, ripped
him open, and killed him. He was let! around
and made to ford the creek. After crossing he
started up the hill, and was called to by his
keeper and stopped, but a few minutes after he
attempted to take a wrong rand, at a fork. The
keeper seized him by one oi'his tusk and probably
struck him, when he became enraged, and struck
with his tusks a blow which broke Mr. West’s
buck and instantly killed him. lie then threw
him up and caught him on his tusks, and kept
at it until he was completely mangled—the arms
legs, thighs and bones generally being broken,
the intestines torn out anti sculped jtealed off.
The dogs which usually aided in controlling him
were set upon him, but his motions were so rapid
thatail was done before any interference could be
made.
He then started off, aud several ineffectual
attempts were made to secure him. Mr. Bailey
the owner being satisfied that it wonld be un
safe to tni,st him again, aud that under the most
favorable circumstances there would be appre
hension and danger from him, with proper re
gard for his duty to the public determined to
have him put to deutte Rifles were procured,
and many of the citisens of Camden gave their
aid on the occasion; On Sunday afternoon and
evening, about one hundred and fifty balls were
fired into him without effect. His eyes were
shot out as a matter of safety, as he showed a
disposition for a violence. Ou Monday morn
ing he got into a pond, were after an ’immense
number of shots, nearly two hmidrod more, he
finally yielded and died.
The estimated value of the animal was 810,-
000 and the loss a heavy one to the owner.—
His conduct is deserving of high praise, as he
did not hesitate to make the sacrifice of his
private interest to tlie public safety. We trust
a generous public will amply' renumerate
him for the proper spirit shown on the oeca
siou.
We passed a short time yesterday in examin
ing the collection of animals and witnessing the
exercises, and are pleased to say, that they seem
quite deserving of the patronage of tlie citizens.
—Carolinian.
An Octagon Settlement.—A company has
been formed in New York to settle a township
in Kansas on the octagon plan. Each farm
house to front on an octagon green of park, and
lite farm enclosure to run in the rear of each
house, between to roads, and radiating from the
centre at the angles of the central octagon—
the whole ultimately forming an octagou’town.
Already four thousand sliares at five dollars
each have been taken in a company on this
plan. The capital of the company is employed
tn tlie purchase of machinery, implements and
other faeilitiw for farming and building so as
to secure to all the settlers by cooperation tl •
advantages of large capital iu commencing
their operations. Men of no capital pay for
their shares by their labor. The pioneer party
to select a site is about to start from New
York.
Terrible Railroad Accident.
Philadelphia, August 27—P. M.
The report of the terrible accident on the
New Jersey Railroad is fearfully verified. The
accident occurred two miles above Berlington
The up train waited at Burling for the down
tram, which was behind time, 10 minutes and
then went on slowly.
A vehicle at the crossing waited until the
train passed up, and then started to cross the
track. Just at this moment the engineer of the
up train hearing the down train approaching,
suddenly reversed his engine, and coining back
encountered the vehicle, crushing it to pieces,
the occupants fortunately escaping by throwing I
themselves from it. The collision with the ve-1
hide threw the whole train from the track, with i
terrible results. One car ran completely
through the next car. killing or maiming near
ly all the passengers in it ' The following are
the names of the killed so far as the have been
ascertained :
The Killed.—Catharine Bigelow, John
Dallam, D. F. Haywood, Thomas S. Meredith.
Edward M. Green, G. W. Ridgway, C. M.
Barclay, an unknown female, Edward C. Bacon
Wilson Kent, Alexander Kelly. (The above
are mostly Philadelphians.) M. J. Stoughton,
Martin Connel, of Wilmington, Delaware ; Ja
cob Howard, of Lebanon, Tennessee ; Harry
Rush, of Georgetown College; Capt. Boyce,
Uniteel States Navy, and his daughter; James
Lincoln, of Ellicott’s Milin; Charles Bottom, of
Trenton.
The wounded are said to number seventy,
Among them are the wife and two daughters
of Captain Boyce.
[another dispatch.]
The wife of Capt. Boyce of the United .States
Coast Survey wes killed, not his daughter.—
Thomas J. Meredith and John Dalam are mer
chants of Baltimore. Edward M. Green is not
killed. Charles Bnttom, of Bottom A Co.,
Trenton, had Mr. Green s Bank Book, in his
pocket, which occasioned the mistake.
More of the Killed.—Mrs. Margaret Pres
cott, of Salem, New Jersey, the wife of Rev.
Wm. Prescott ; Baron de St. Andre, the
French Consul for Philadelphia, and colored
woman named Catharine Brown, are also kill
ed.
Mrs. Barclay, who is among those killed, was
the wife of Clement C. Barclay, of Philadel
phia. She w’as on her way to Europe.
Mr. Ingersoll, son of Lieut. Harry Inger
soll, of Philadelphia, who was greatly injured,
died at Bristal where he was conveyed.
The Wounded.—The follow are among the
wounded:—Samuel Lamb, of Ohio; Hon. Wil
liam Whelan, of the Naval Bureau, Washing
ton ; Commander Joseph M. Smith and Spen
cer McCorkle, of the Coast Survey : Mrs. Har
lan, of Jersey City; Denis O’Pane, of the District
of Columbia; H. S. Hughes, Shankland Express
Agent, and Chas. W. Oldenburgh. of Phila
delphia; William C. McClay Member of Con
gress from New York, seriously wounded ; Mr.
Fisk, of Connecticut ; John F. Gillespie and
wife, of Natches, both seriously; Mrs. King
of Charlestown, Virginia; Mr. Sowerback, of
Pittsburg; John Kelly, of Pittsburg, badly;
Mr Kent of Mississippi.
Later.—The vehicle which caused the acci
dent was driven by Dr. Hunuegan and contain
ed his wife and'two children—all escaped with'
trifling injury but both of his horses were kill
ed. The driver was hard of hearing and did
not perceive the train returning. Having
seen the train pass he supposed that all was
safe.
Drs. Gaunt, Trimble, Chaloner, and Butler
of Burlington, the Brothers Bryant, of Beverly,
Lonstreet and Cook, of Bordentown, of
Reed and Stratden, Pugh and Wetherill,
of Philadelphia, were in attendance upon the
wounded, administering all the aid in their
power. The ladies of Burlington were also
most devoted in extending assistance to the
wounded.
The down train from New York, when it
stopped was within 100 feet of the train wreck
ed by the collision with the vehicle.
New York, Aug. 31.
The Tribune reports that Mr. Gillespie, of
Natchez, had both legs broken, and one has
been amputated. His condition is critical, as
also is that of wife, who had one leg broken
and the other dislocated.
Mr. D. Heyward, of Charleston, who at first
was reported to have been killed, is doing
well.
Mrs. King, of Charleston, was internally in
jured, but is not regarded as being in a critical
condition.
23 were killed and 78 wounded.
The Cholera at Fort Riley.
From a letter received in this city, yesterday
by a son of Air. J. O. Sawyer, we are permitted
to make such extracts as have general interest
Mr. Sawyer went to Fort Riley, it will be re
collected, to superintend the erection of Govern
ment buildings at that Fort and alter tlie death
of Major Ogden, had a hard duty to perform.—
Mr. Sawyer says : "The disease made its ap
pearance about ten days after our arrival, but
caused no alarm, as there were only one or two
deaths a day. As increased, the men became
alarmed, some of them quit work, and there
was considerable panic. When Major Ogden
was taken, I kept it a secret from the men as
much as possible, but the morning following,
when they found out that the Major was dying
and that there was in the house occupied seven
persons dead and dying, the lost all restraint
aud acted like demons. They broke into the
sutler’s store, and carried out whisky and liquor
by the bucket full. They broke into the hospi
tal and commissary’s store, and threatened to
take the money-chest if they were not paid.—
There was but a limited number of soldiers here [
and they had been moved in wagons the night |
before iu the midst of all this panic. 1 was
then left alone with five hundivd men, panic-1
stricken and maddened with whisky. At this
time one of these men stabbed another and cut
his bowels open.
There was nothing left for me to do but to
save the Post and the property of the United
States. 1 took command, and did all in my
power, by promises and threats, to quiet them
until 1 could make arrangements to get arms
and ammunition, This I did as quickly us pos
sible, and then I let the men know that l wonld
shoot the first man that misbehaved. That
night I piaeed a giguxl armed with musketsand
six-shooters, and as they made up their minds
I was in earnest. 1 had no further trouble with
them. I kept a guard always mounted.-
When you remember that during this day eigh
teen died, and others were taken down sick, and
that the Post was deserted, you can form some
estimate of'Uie awful scene.
The panic has been so groat that it is irnpoe-1
sible to find on how many have died—but it is
over 50 that is, one out of every ten persons
here. If 1 were to write all night, it would lie
impossible to tell all I have had to do. The
sick conld not be attended to. nor the dead
buried. There is one fact which I wish to put
on reconl. the Americans all did their duty
when asked, and they dad no part in the depre
dations which were committed. The carpenters
were my main dependence—they stood guard,
and did all I asked of them.
This letter is dated the 14th inst.
St. Louis Hep., ‘ioth.
In the course of iui opinion delivered
by Mrs. Justice Coleridge, on the English
Bench, the action having been instituted bv a
widow to recover damages for the loss of her
husband, killed by being ran over by an omni
bus. the Judge remarked, that when passing
along a street, the side pavements were for foot
passengers, and the centre of the street was for
carriages, and those persons who wished to
cross were bound to watch their opportunity—
to use due care and caution: but at the end' or
corner of a street, if a foot passengers wished to
cross, it should be known that the centre of the
street belonged as much to tlie foot passenger
as to the carriage, and he had as much right to
tell the driver of a carriage to wait for him. as
the driver had to make him wait.
B arbadoes, —The crop of the present year is
estimated at 40.000 hogsheads. Provisions have
been very scantily planted, which will necessaril v
render the inhabitants dependent upon American
breadstufls. with which tneir market is sparingly
supplied aud prices have conaderably advanced.
A String of Mishaps.
A man named Wragg was brought into one
of the city Courts in New York for disturb
ing the peace. No witness appeared against
him, aud he was requested to tell us his own
story :
Judge—Mr. Wragg will you state the facts ■
connected with your arrest|
Mr. Wragg—Certainly sir. Last night |
about 10 o’clock I was going along the street i
quietly and ostentiously, with my mind occupied .
in profound meditation, suddenly my thoughts !
and vision were simultaneously arrested, not by
a member of the police, but by an old hat
| which was lying on the sidewalk. Now I
have a deep aversion to an old hat. In tact
1 might say that the whole world has rooted
antiphathy tool! hats. It may be because old
hats are emblematical of a man going down
the hill of adversity. Men under such circum
stances and old hats receive the same kind of
treatment, namely, kicks. Now nine out of ten
seeing that old hat lying on the sidewalk as I
did, would have given it a kick, and that sir, is
just what I did. 1 kicked that old hat, and
not only that, but kicked a /rightfully large
stone that was inside of it ; 1 felt myself failing
forward, and unfortunately I fell against a fat
woman with sufficient force to cause her to fall;
in falling she kneaked down a ladder ; one end
of the ladder struck me, the other hit a cart
horse ; the horse gave a jump, and the carman
was thrown off' from his cart ; he fell on a bull
terrier dog ; the dog give a yell aud bit the
carman, who rollen over on me; a nigger rush
ed out of an alley aud kicked the carman for
falling on his dog ; the carman picked up
a stone and threw it at the nigger, but unfor
tunately it went through the window of a Dutch
man’s grocery and fell into a butter tub ; the
Dutchman dame out, by this time I had got up
and was about to castigate a boy whom 1 saw
laughing, from which circumstance I was led
to believe that he had pht the stone in the old
hat; I ran after the boy. When he saw my bel
licose purpose he yelled out for his father. The
Dutchman ran after me, and just as 1 caught
the boy the Dutchman caught me. Sir; my
physical power was not sufficient to cope with
both. lam not a Sampson. I was vanquish
ed ; not oniy that, sir, but when released from
their grasp I was taken by three or four other
Dutchmen.
Error Corrected—The New Con
gress.
The following article from the Chicago Times,
a Democratic paper conducted with remarka
ble ability, makes an agreeable correction of an
error. It is proper to add, however, that the
table referred to did not originate with our res
pected cotemporary of the Free Press, but with
an opposition journal, and was generally be
lieved to be an accurate estimate of the strength
of parties in the next Congress:
“A Little too fast. — The Detroit Free Press,
in classifying the next House of Representatives,
with reference to the election of President by
that body in case of a failure to elect by the
people; puts down sixteen States for the candi
date who may favor the Kansas-Nebraska act,
fourteen States for the abolitionists, aud one
(Iowa) divided. Among tlie fourteen States
set down for the abolition candidate is Illinois,
which is a most outrageous error. We have
Wood worth, Washburue, Knox and Norton
elected from this State by the fusiouists; and
Richardson, Harris, Allen, and Marshall by the
democracy; aud in the other district (now va
cant) a democrat will be elected by at least four
thousand majority. Illinois, therefore, will cer
tainly be Democratic. Wo do not stop here.
Mr. Woodworth, the member from this district,
was always a democrat until the fusion of last
fall, when by joining that party he was elected
to Congress. We think his fusion and his abo
lition ardor all expired with his election, and we
will be very much surprised, if on all questions
he does not act with tiie democratic party, par
ticularly as the men who elected him have al
ready designated his successor.”
“But the next election of President will not
go to Congress. The Democratic candidate
will get the vote of every northern State except
Kentucky. The Hiss committees aud the mur
derers of women and children will of course vote
for the abolition candidate.”
Pigeon Shooting—Mr. King's
Challenge Accepted.
New York, Aug. 25.—The challenge issued
in this day’s Spirit of the Times, has been ac
cepted by Blanton Duncan, Esq., a gentleman
from Louisville Ky. The arrangements will be
published in a future number. The match is
for 810,000, a side (20,000 the match ;) §SOOO
a side, (or §IO,OOO the match ;) to be shot at
the Red House grounds, N. Y., on or about
the 10th of September, aud SIO,OOO to be shot
at Louisville, Kentucky, at 7o double shots each,
(150 birds) 21 yards rise and 100 fall, §1250
a side is to be deposited iu the hands of the
publisher of the Spirit, as forfeit, this week, and
a day fixe I for the first great match. Much
excitement prevails at this monster match.—
Both gentlemen are of the same cast of muscu
lar power. Mr. Duncan being some six or seven
years younger than his opponent—in the neigh
borhood of twenty-six—whilst Mr. King has
tho advantage in height aud reach ; both have
a quick, hazel eye, and the movement of each,
that is impulsive movements, are similar—both
are fit to shoot for a man’s life.
Mr. Duncan has a host of admirers and
backers from the far West; he has made excel
lent shooting in Natchez previously, and his
friends are sanguine and eager to test tlieir man
against any one man living. As to Mr. King,
he has backers to §40.000 or §50,000. The
great shooting lately chronicled and performed
by him needs no further comment. He is
from Augusta. Georgia—therefore the match
will be "Georgia vs. Old Kentucky.” Both
States will be ably represented, as far as a good
shot is concerned.
Further particulars will becoming in the end
of this week. The betting here is in favor of
King, but little done. The Kentucky gentle
men will be here in a week, and they will back
their man right and left. The match will be of
the most gentlemanly order, characteristic to
each party where the love of fair play prevails!
The Boomerang.—This curious weapon, pe
culiar to the natives of Australia, has often
proved a puzzler to men of science. It is a
piece of curved wood nearly iu the form of a
crecsent, from thirty to forty inches long, point
ed at both ends and the corner quite sharp.—
The mode of using it is quite as singular as the
weapon. Ask a black to throw it so as to fall
at his feet, and away it goes full forty yards be
fore him, skimming along the surface at three or
four feet from the ground, when it will sudden
ly rise in the air forty or sixty feet, describing a I
curve, and finally drop at the feet of the throw-'
er. During its course it revolves with great ■
rapidity, as on a pivot, with a whizzing noise.— ;
It is wonderful that so barbarous a people
should have invented so singular a weapon.'
which sets laws of progression at defiance, it
is very dangerous for an European to try to ;
project it at any object, as it may return" and .
strike himself. In a native’s hand it is a for- 1
midab'e weapon, striking without the projector i
being seen; like the Irishman's gun shooting ‘
around a corner equally as straightforward. I t
was invented to strike the Kangaroo, which an
imal is killed by it with a certainty, and though
a copse interveen between the hunter and the
animal, the Boomerang comes round the corner
and breaks his legs.
N ext to St. Peter's at Rome, the mos
que of St. Sophia is the most sublime monument
of architecture, and many testify that in unity
of effect and impression on the mind. St. Sophia
is far superior. Indeed, it was designed to sur
pass ail that had been before or might come af
ter it. Justinian lavished upon it in gold, mar
bles, ano precious stones, the wealth of the Ro
man empire ; aud as he came in state on Christ
mas Eve to celebrate its completion, he raised
his hands to heaven, and exclaimed—" God be
praised, who hath esteemed me worthy to finish
so sublime a work’ Ob, tiolomon ! 1 have
surpassed thee!”
A celebrated poet at one time advertised tbas
he would supply “lines for any occasion.” A
fisherman sought him shortly after, and want
ed a line to catch a porpoise,'
Seuatoral Decency.
Mr. Wade, United States Senator from
Ohio was one of the speakers at the late “Re-1
publican” meeting at Portland. The following i
is one of the least offensive portions of his 1 1
speech, which the newspapers say was “warmly !
applauded throughout
The orator turned to threats of disunion on
the part of the South, showing their absurdity
in the impoverished aud helpless state of the ■
country. Any bussiness man would kick such
a grumbling partner out of his office, and kick
him again alter he was out.
The Union was doubtless a grand thing, but
it seemed a question worth considering whether
jt ought to be preserved at the cost of the en
slavement of four millions of our fellow men.
He was no enemy to the Union, provided slave
ry could be driven to rot in its own dark do
minions. There was no freedom at the South,
for even white or black, and he would strive to
protect the free soil of the North from the same
blighting curse. There was really no Union
now between the North and the South, aud he
believed no two nations upon the earth entertain
ed feelings of more bitter rancor towards each
other than these two sections of the liepublic.—
The only salvation of the Union, therefore, was
to be found in divesting it entirely from all
taint of slavery. To suppose that the Union
can stand as an instrumentality for the propa
gation of slavery was to believe that God
Almighty is unjust, and sides with the oppress
or.
But there is a Providence who rules over the
destines of nations, for every wrong there must
be a retribution. Therefore, he was to be con
sidered the only true conservative of this Union
who seeks to purge it of slavery. The cring
ing of doughfaces had brought about these la
mentable results, and the sons of the recreants
are reaping the punishment of their cowardice.
The South had been educated into the belief that
the North are cowardly poltroons, andtheyhave
acted upon this belief in making their demands,
until the North has borne more than Quak
ers would bear. At last he rejoiced that com
prises are at an end, and the North has been
driven into a close corner, where they must fight
or be enslaved. * * * He spoke to an
Ohio audience some time since/and advocated
the delay of the appropriation bill, to starve
the Administration into yielding the restriction
of the Missouri compromise, when a person
asked what he would do if the Southern mem
bers should put on their hats and leave the hall.
He replied that he would set the dogs on them
and all the people cried, Amen. [Applause.]
He had come to the conclusion that the same
spirit actuated the Republican party of
Maine.
The Boston Courier copies this, with the re
mark that the language of the speech, aud its
whole tenor and substance, are the more re
markable when it is considered that they pro
ceed from a Senator of tlie United States.—
The Courier adds:
Wc do not know upon what terms Mr. Wade
meets his brother Senators of the South ; but
certain it is, that if he actually “believes” in
i that sentiment of his speech which we have
i placed in italics; he cannot shake hands with a
I Southern Senator without performing an act of
shameless hypocrisy.
Tlie Magicians of Egypt.
Eygpt swarms with magicans now, as in the'
days' of Moses; nor do the practitioners of the pre
sent day bring any discredit upon their renowned
ancestors, thus furnishing strong circumstantial
evidence of the truth of the inspired narrative.
So wonderful arc the prodigies they perform,
that they have been deemed worthy of grave re
cital in works on Egyptian life and manners, and
been vouched for by authors of things which
they neither explain nor account for. And some
of them not only witnessed marvellous things, but
actually learned how to perform them, and yet
were unable to give any explanation,only that
they did as they were told and the result follow
od.
There is a branch in their hidden art, employed
to bring hidden things to light which has been
practised with startling effect. In the process
various mummeries are gone through, such as
writing certain words on paper, separating and
arranging them, burning coriander and frankin
cense, and making diagrams, in the midst of all
which is deposited a few drops of black ink, which
is called the magic mirror, and into which a
boy, selected a random looks intently, and secs
anything concerning which you desire informa
tion. posting you up in relation to it to your
heart's content.
Two of the British Consuls, residing at Cairo
successively, have published tlie results of their
Own observation in relation to the matter, grav-
I ely testifying that, having used every precaution
I aginst imposition, making their own selection
I of the boy who was to reveal the mysteries of
i the magic mirror, they propounded questions to
him concerning matters in England, which it
was impossible for him to know anything about,
and received answer corresponding with facts
in every instance.
Both were incredulous before instituting their
inquiries; both repeated their interrogatories a
number of times, and put them in various forms,
in relation to various subjects, but always with
the same result; the correct answer being inva
riably given, and both continued incredulous
still, and yet thus testified to the facts.
This beats our own clairvoyants a long way.
for the letter only hit the mark occasionally—
about as often as one would naturally guess
right. I did not myself put the pretensions of
these professors of the black art to the test, being
satisfied, as I said, with the demonstrations
forced upon me in the street.
Jugglery, in all its various forms, developed
itself as the natural born offspring *r>f such a
parentage. Among innumerable feats of the
juggler here, he allows himself to be searched
from head to foot, and then submits to be bound
up in a sack, which has been searched, and from
which he very complacently makes his exit,
holding in one hand a lighted candle, and the
other a plate of sweetmeats, of which the specta
tors partake, aud in return for which they are
expected to throw him some coppers.
The,-Kink.’ —Riding through one of our
country villages a short time before our annual
election, we chanced to meet a boy with books,
slates, Ac., under his arm, whom we recognised
to be a protestant clerygyman’s son of the vill
age—when the following dialogue ensued:
‘'Well, my son, have you been to school to
day?’
•I don’t know, sir.’
‘You don’t know! but what makes you answer
thus?’
Oh. mother says 1 must follow the example of
my pious father, and that is the way he answers
when he says he don’t lie. because he says, there
is a kink in it.’
■But when I asked if you had been to school
you said you do not know. Now is that the
truth?’
‘Oh, there is a kink in it; they don’t call it I
a school, they call it the Academy’
Truly, thought I, that is a young American 1
and no mistake.
Commencement of the Louisville Riot.—;
We extract the following from the Louisville |
Courier:
Captain Thomas, a highly respectable and j
intelligent citizen of Madison, desire us to state
that before any difficultv had commenced, he;
was passing down Market street, aud saw a j
ahead of him three decent, genteel appearing I
I rishmen, who tn-r.ed off at T onto sreet. Reach-.
ing Main he obseived a man ran out and knock ;
one of the Irishman down, while the others were |
! chased across the street into a house, and then j
I the firing commenced from the windows.—This,
Captain Thomas says, was the commencement
I of the whole trouble, growing ou* of an unprovo
i ked assuit upon an Irishman who was quietly
1 passing along tlie street.
K ansas. —The legislature of this Territory, in
' arranging the machinery of popular elections.
■ has established the tir.-t core system of voting.
■ and allowed but one precinct in each county.
I One of these counties is said to be as large as
‘ the whole State of Kentucky-
Mr. Charles Dummer, late clerk in the Trea
i »ury Department at Washington, has been ap
i pointed Collector at New York
Bov Devoured bv a Wii.d Beast.-Llic Free
American (at North Adams, Mass.,) of last
week, announces that a boy was devoured in
the woods by a beast, suposed to be a bear
or panther, in Woodsord, adjoining Readsboro’,
the week previous. All but head and feet (the
latter encased in his boots) were eaten by the
animal. Near the remains lay a fishing rod and
line, aud a small string of fish. His name was
Jones.
Kinney and Walker.—Col. Kinney is said |
to be at Juan with about twenty men. half of;
them sick, aud the rest "lying around loose,’’
ragged and in a most wretched condition. This
contradicts entirely the story that came byway
of Panama, which represented him as doing
very well and gaining reinforcements. That
story, it will be remembered, was told by one of
Kinney's men. Walker is lying off at Realjo.
He anil Munos don’t agree. His prospects arc
represented as very shabby.
Last Year’s Cotton in Texas. —The Hous
ton Telegraph of the 20th ult., says a large por
tion of the crop of last year in the upper country
is yet to come in. About one hundred thousand
bags, valued at §4,000,000. is yet in Middle and
Eastern Texas, where it has been ready for mar
ket from_eight to twelve months. The interest
already lost one half of the cotton growers of
Texas, on the short crop os 1854. is only abont
$400,000. '
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rjIHIS Company effects Fire Insurance on
| Buildings, Goods, Furniture, &c.,and Inland
Insurance 3n Goods by Railroads, rivers, &c.
Also, Insurance i»n LIVES. Serins as favorable I
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DANIEL PITTMAN, Agent,
Sept. 2-’sc-dwtf Atlanta Georgia.
C. F. BARTH.
PIANO FORTE TUNER AND REPAIRER
Atlanta Ga.
WARRANTS all his work, and ;
never tails to give satisfa A •
tion. New Pianos made to order,J “ s J 1
tuning by the vear done at reduced prices.—
Owing to his frequent absence, all city orders
should be deposited in the Post Office. Or- .
ders from any part of the country promptly at
tended to.
- ’
Notice to Soldiers.
IWILL PAY the higest Cash price for one
Thousand Land Warrants. Those having
warrant* to sell would do well to give me a call ;
i at Roswell Factory, Cobb county Georgia, or to
■ U. L. Bright, of Atlanta, Ga.
JAMES J. VALGHN. I
june 11, ’55 dwly
E. co J. F. REYNOLDS,
i Commission Merchants.
Decatur Street, Atlanta, Georgia,
: Have cr hand a general stock of Family
i y Groceries, a fine lot of Bacon and Lard
‘' a article of Cheese andMackerr
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oct 1-2 55 dwtf
CONSUMPTION
SUCCESSFUL!.Y TREATED BY
luliuiation of Medical Vapors!
BY
JOHNSON STEWART ROSE, M. D.,
of the Royal College of Physi
cians, and for years Senior Physicians in I
the London Koya! Infirmary for Diseases of the ’
Lungs.
In this age of progress, medical science has
contributed her full share to the gcpcral welfare,
and that which shines resplendent, the brightest
jewel in her diadem, is her last and greatest gift,
Medicated Vapor inhalation,
In the treatment of Consumption ami kindred .
affections. The most absurd notions, narrow
minded prejudice contemptible ignorance, and
unblushing quackery, have long existed in the
treatment of Consumption. Men of skill and re
putation as physicians have prescribed nauseous
I compounds to be taken into the stomach, to cure
' disease of the lungs, while the brazen faced quack
j held up his nostrum as the only star of hope for
the consumptive—if only enough of it were swal-
I lowed. The stomach, where disease exists,
I being the receptacle of all this, is soon rendered
i unfit to perform its functions, and the health thus
I materially injured. All must see tlie abaudity,
| the positive injury of such a course; the disease
j is in the lungs, not in the stomach; then why, in
| the name of common sense, do you not apply
• medicine directly to the lungs? The advantage
of Inhalation in Consumption an’d Throat Dis
eases is, tiiat medicines in the form of vapor are
applied directly to the lungs where the disease
I exists; the stomach is thus left free to aid in re
! storing health, by administering it to healthy, J
| life riving food. There is no case so hopeless
| that Inhalation will not reach! The means, too,
; arc brought within thercnch of all, the manner
of administering the Vapors being so simple, that
the invalid is never required to leave home,
where the hand of friendship and affection
tends so much to aid the physician’s efforts.
The Inhalating method is soothing, safe and
speedy, and co sists in the administration of
medicines in such a manner that tney arc con
veyed into the lungs in the form of vapor, and
produce their action at the scat of the disease.—
Its practical success is destined to revolutionize
the opinions of the medic 1 world, and establish
the entire enrability of Consumption.
I earnestly appeal to the common sense of all
afflicted with lung diseases, to embrace at once
the advantages of Inhalation, and no longer ap
ply medicine to the unoffending stomach. I
claim fur inhalation a place amongst the priceless
gifts that nature and art bath given us, that “our
days may be long iu the land,” and and as the
only
Ark of Refuge f r the Consumptive.
A method not only rational, but simple, safe and
officious.
To many of my professional brethren through
out the Union I tender my acknow ledgements
for thdir frank and manly course in testifying to
the merits of Inhalaticn. I shall be pleased to
co-operate with them in offering to the afflicted
the blessings of medicated vapor inhaliation in
the treatment ot Consumption.
One word for myself, in answer to those
claiming to have introduced the practice, and to
the tribe of imitators who, with brazen impudence
claim it as their own. I both wrote in favor of
Inhalation and practiced it 16 years ago. The
apparatus then used, with the medical agents
employed,achieved only a partial success; I there
fore did not claim for it then those miraculous
powers which a long practice has since enabled
me to give to it. Proof of this may be found in
my work published in 1840.
I Applicants will please state if they have ever
. bled from the lungs, if they have lost flesh,
have a cough, night sweats and fever turns,
what and how much they expectorate, what the
condition of their stomach and bowels. The ne
cessary medicines, apparatus, &c., will be for
warded to any part.
Terms:—Five dollars c >nsultation fee. Balance
of fee payable when patients re .ort themselves
convalecc-nt.
Recommedaticn y Physici us
VV o the tinderuigned practitioners iu medicine
cheerfully and heartily recommend Dr. Rose’s
method of treating disease of the Lungs and
Throat, as the best and most effectual eucr in
troduced in the medical practice. Our convic
■ tions are based upon having several of our own
patients, confirmed consumptives, restored to
vigorous health, after a few months treatment by
Dr. Rose. In the above named diseases the
application of medicated vapors, inhaled directly
intothc Lungs, may bejustly considered a great
boon to suffering humanity, rendering Con
sumption a perfectly curable disease.
i Dr. Rose deserves well of the profession for
his unwearied labors in bringing the Inhalating
. method to such a degree of perfection.
RALPH STONE, M. D.
JONAS A. MOTT, M. D.
CYRUS KINGSLEY, M. D.
Wm. B. AUSTIN, M. D.
.1 ORVILLE UPSON, M.D.
GAVIN WETMORE, M. D.
Dr. Rose's Treat se on Consumption.
Price sl. Address
JOHNSON STEWART ROSE,
Office 831 Broadway, New York.
N. B.—The new postage law requires pre
payment of letters. My correspondence being
extensive, applicants, to eusure replies, must en
close postage. letters must be regis
tered by the Postmasters—such letters only will
be at my risk.
September 8 d&w6m
Opening of New Store
AND
NEW GOODS!
THE subscribers beg leave to inform the citi
zens of Atlanta and surrounding country
that they are opening a large and well selected
stock of DR\ GOODS, Clothing, Hats, Bouts
and Shoes, in the Holland Building under the
“Examiner” office. They most respectfully ask
the public to call and examine their stock before
purchasing elsewhere; feeling assured that they
cannot fail to please, both in PRICES and
QUALITY. v . KAUFMANN’ & BRO.
Atlanta, Ga, aug. 24,’55 dim
Arrivals and Departures of the Mails
from Atlanta-
EORGIA Railroad arriv. s 3 A. M
T “ “ Departs P. M.
Atlanta & LaGrange R. R. Arrives 5| P. M.
*• “ “ Departs 3J A. M.
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“ “ ’ Departs 9A. M.
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Departs 5| A. M.
Mails for Georgia Railroad closes at 4P. M.
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Mails for Atlanta LaGrrnge R. R. close at
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Atlanta, August 18 d3m
For Sale,
TIHE very desirable lot on Peach Tree
street adjoining the residence of W.
P. Orme. Also for rent or House b "t : 'l
and lot formerly occupied bv John B. Gordon,
Esq ,on the same street Terms made easv. Ap
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july 12’55 dt
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OF MEMPHIS TENN.
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Orders tor single Mills, or propositions for
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A. A. SMITHWICK, Gordon Springs, Ga„
And J. B. GORDON, Atlanta, Ga.
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Wc have seen one of the above Mills on exhi
bition in Atlanta, and take pleasure in saying
that it grinds rapidly and good Meal, to our en
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.1. L.STEPHENS,
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W. T. FARNSWORTH,
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Dr. E. C. Williamson, t Sandersville,
Gen. T.J. Warthen. ’
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A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE. —Agreeably to
J;\_an order of the Court of Ordinary of For
syth county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in
October next, before the Court House Door in
the town of Cumming, Forsyth County, within
the legal hours of sale, the following lots of land,
viz; Lot No. 362, 431, 432, 434, 435 and 504.
excepting a portion of lot 504, that hus been
deeded to John Pasco, and a portion of lot 431
has been deeded to J. M; Sdcuders, and lots No.
502, 506. 503, the last named Nos. containing
thirty-three and a half acres, more or less, all
lying in the third District and fourth Section of
liow Forsyth County, all sold ns the properly of
Moses Lc .better, late of Forsyth county deceas
ed, and for the benefit of the heirs and creditors
of said deceased. Terms made known. on day
of sale, the three last named numbers sold sub
ject to the widow’s dower, this 13th August,
1855. (wtf) JAMES MILFORD, Adm’r.
SI ITE Us uauAGU—FORSTTH CO.
VIZ HEREAS, Bailey F. Julian, administra-
W tor upon the estate of Calib Ellis late of
said county decased, applies for letters of dismis
sion from the administration of said estate. —
Therefore, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, are hereby cited and admonished, to file
their objections, if any they have, in my office,
in terms of the law, otherwise letters of dismis
sionary will be granted the applicant at the No
vember term next of the Court of Ordinary for
said county. H. BARKER, Ord’y.
April 281 h, 1855 dwtf
Rule Nisi,
Libeljor Divorce in Union Superior Court,
John B. C. Allison, vs. Mary Ann Allihon.
IT appearing to the court, by the return of the
Sheriff, that the defendant docs not reside in
the State of Georgia, it is, on motion, ordered by
the court that the defendant do appear and an
swer at the next term ot this court or that the
case be considered in default and the plaintiff al
lowed tb proceed. And that this rule be pub
lished once a month for four months preceding
the next term of this court in the Atlanta Weekly
Examiner a public Gazette published in Atlanta.
DAVID IRWIN, J. 8. C.
A true copy taken from the minutes of court
of April Term, 1855, this 25th day of May ’55.
THOB. M. HUGHES, Clerk.
June 8, '65 w4m
C. W. Mabry,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Franklin, Heard
County, Georgia. Will attend to profes
sional business in the counties of Heard Carroll,
Campbell, Cowctta, Fayette, Merriwcther and
Troup. Refc ence: —'-Jon.E. Y. Hill, Lagrange
Ga., Messrs. Irwin & Knight, Marietta, Ga.;
Col M.M. Tidwell, Fayetteville, Ga.; Mr. Wm.
Dougherty, Columbus, Ga.
August 24 w6m
Lumpkin Sheriff Sales,
"VS 7 ILL be sold, before the Court House dooi
W > n fl>° county of Lumpkin, on the first
Tuesday in October next, within the legal hours
of sale, the following property, to wit:
Levied upon lot of land No. 529 in the 15th
dist. and Ist sec., of Lumpkin county to satisfy
a fi fa from Lumpkin Superior Court, in favor
of Caleb Ellis vs. Boling W. Fields.
J. B. GRAHAM, Sheriff.
aug 30, ’55 wtd
Strayed,
1/ ROM the subribcr, near Adairs-
_ ville, Cass county, Georgia, aomc JfiCSfN
1 weeks ago, a bald face horse pony, 4/ ] ”1
1 years old, all white feet. Also, a dark bay horse
mule, 3 years old, both of which have been work
’ ed. Any person taking up said estrays will be
liberally rewarded. JAMES BROWNLEE.
August 21, ’55 wtf
I ■ . ■■ ■ ■ ' ■'
Cartersville Hotel.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
BY J. SKLNNBH.
THE above house is conveniently loca
ffsansl caled, to tho Rail Road, and the table is
1 S s j“I always supplied with the best the coun
1 iry allorda. Cartersville is situated on the Wcs
tern & Atlantic Rail Road, and is pleasantly I<>
cated for a summer resort, and is most conveni
ontly situated tor persona going to Ducktown, tho
Etowah Works and Cedar Town. A good livery
stable is near at hand where horses and carriages
• can always be had.
2. ’55. wtv
ADMINISTRATOR’S BALE.—On the Ist
Tuesday in October next, will be sold
incompliance with an order of the Ordinary of
Gordon county, within the legal hours of sale.
Lot of Land No. 14G, 3rd district of Coweta
county. Sold for the benefit of the heirs of
Martin Bowles laic of Gordon county, Georgia,
deceased. Terms, on the day of sale.
OLIVER C. WYLY, Adm’r.
July 13, 1855 wtds
h7 bk aumuller,
DEALER in Pino-Fortes, MUl< ’
ic, Musical Instruments, Em
broidery and Fancy Articles, White
Hall Street, Sign of the Golden
Piano, Atlanta, Georgia.
MRS. H. BRAUMULLER, Artiste [in Orna
mental Hair Braiding. &c.
reorders solicited for Braiding Necklacas,
Bracelets, Breastpins, Ear-rings, etc.
_ August 23 wGrn
C< EORGIA FORSYTH COUNTY—Where
( as, Pleasant G. Light, administrator upon
the estate of Absalom Thornton, deceased, applies
to me for letters dismissory from the administra
tion of said estate. These arc therefore, to cite,
and admonish all concerned to be and appear at
our court of Ordinary to be held in Cumming on
the second Monday in January next, to show
cause, if any they have, why said letters should
not be granted, June 18th 1855.
11. BARKER, Ordinary,
junc 29, ’55 w2m
0 HN C. CLEVELAND. f THOMPSON ALLAN,
Indianola, Cal- J> < Lawrenceville,
hounco. Texas. J (_ Gwinnoctco. Ga
TEXAS LAND AGENCY.
J. C. CLELAND & T, ALLAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
1 THIS Agency having a perfect
knowledge of the land laws,
and general land business of the
State of Texas, will give their
prompt attention to the investigating of all claims
to lands, selling, purchasing or locating the Name.
Emigrants to Texas will find it to their interest
to employ this Agency in the purchasing of and
locating their homes. Lands purchased or loca
ted on reasonable terms, locations selected to
suit purchasers, lands bought and sold. Letters
post-paid, and addressed to either of the firm will
meet with prompt attention.
nov. 17, ’54. wly
marble’cuttTng’, ~
SLOAN <i OATMAN.
WOULD respectfully announce to tho citl
zens of Atlanta, and country generally,
that they have located here, a branch of the Mar
ble business -from their Steam Marble Works,
Nashville, Tennessee; where they arc prepared
to execute all kinds of work done in marble, in the
most tasteful manner, and the latest style. Wo
will keep on hand an assortment of Monuments,
Tombs, Tablets, Urns, Vases, Head and Foot
Stones, Marble Mantels, of the Italian, Egyptian,
Tennessee red, Varegated, &c. All kinds ot mar
ble work suitable for furnishing Graves, got up to
order, lettered, boxed and shipped, to any part ot
the South, as cheap as can be furnished in any
city in the South or West.
By calling at our Ware rooms opposite the
Georgia Railroad Depot, specimens can be seen
that will enable persons wishing marble, to judge
of our styles and workmanship.
13^ Ail orders left at our Ware Rooms will be
promptly attended to SLOAN & OATMAN
march fl, ’56 wl