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E?" See Third and Fourth Pages.
Cotton Bagging.—At Louisville, bugging
was selling on the 12th inst., at 17 1-2 cents,
and rope at 8 cents.
“Veritas.”
Over the above signature, our readers will
find a mournful picture of life, actual life, and
no fiction, in the “Emerald Isle.’’ We com
mend the story to them, and doubt not thai
their sympathies will be aroused, while their pa
triotism will be fired at the wrongs that have
been inflicted upon a suffering people.
State Road.
Income for September 1855.
From Freights • $58,568 OS
“ Passengers - 17.114 9.’
« Mail - - 1-395 8
$77,578 7!
lucerne for Sept. 1854, - 41.336 6!
Increase for September 1855, ) $36,242 1(
over Sept. 1854,1 |
Judge of the Supreme Court.
We insert, with pleasure, the Communica
tion of “Cherokee Georgia.” Whether Judg*
Starnes will be a candidate .for re-election, oi
not, we are not apprised. If, however, he doe:
decline a re-election, we doubt not that our coi
respondent states what is true to thefletter, that
the election of the Hon. J. W. H. Underwoo*
to fill the vacancy, will be gratifying to th.
gallant Anti-Know Nothing Democracy o
Cherokee.
Indiana Election.
Partial returns from this State, received a
Louisville, on the 12th inst., show that it ha
probably gone democratic. The democrat!
gains, as far as heard from were considerable.
We give the following items, just received:
-4|Putnam CouNTV.-Democratic Majority, 151
Democratic gain over 500.
Prague County.—Democratic maj. 600.
Tippecanoe County.—Democratic majority
300 ; gain 1300.
Montgomery County—Democratic major.
ty, 200; gain 600.
Shelby County.—Democratic.
Floyd County.—Only 62 Know Nothing
loss 150.
Wayne County.—Democratic majority, 201.
The Know Nothings are utterly routed ii.
Indiana with all their abolition fusion.
Health of Montgomery.
It affords great pleasure to see that the healt
of Montgomery is improving, although th
“Daily Journal” advises “families well situate
in the country, to remain, and await the devc
opments for a few days.” The Journal als<
says:,
“It is with unspeakable satisfaction that ve
have the power to announce the appearance ci
many old friends on whom sickness has laid it
heavy hand—among them our old/des Hoopei
of the Mail, who has had a hard tussel with th
fever demon, but is out now. but little the wor
for wear—or rather the working out of his sy
t<'m of some of the obnoxious elements of th
P dladelphia platform. Be that, however, a
1 may, Jousing is himself again, and that is gh
ry enough for one day. Among others we se
MeGibbony, Glackmeyer, Walker, Hubei
Cosgrove, Semple, and divers others good an
true, who have conquered theyellow demon.”
Pennsylvania and Ohio’l'Slections.
We present our readers with the following,
as the latest news which we have received ii
re tard to the late elections in Pennsylvania an.
Ohio.
Wo were quite satisfied several days ago e
the result in Pennsylvania, but from the new
received from Ohio apprehended the defeat •
the gallant Nebraska and Kansas democracy o
that State. Even now we have before us coi
tradictory accounts—one claiming the State b;
10,000 majority for Chase, the Abolitionist, an*
the other, as given below, by fifteen thousan*
for Medill, than whom there is in this Unioi
no man more faithful to the rights of the Rout!
under the Constitution, than he has proved him
gejf to be.
PENNSYLVANIA ANO OHIO ELECTIONS.
The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian of Wedner
day, (received by State of Georgia) is deliriou
with joy over the result of the elections in Pern
sylvania and Ohio. We give a short extra:
from its columns:
THE VICTORY YESTERDAY.
From all directions the news is pouring ii
upon us of Democratic victories, and we are s
bewildered with immense majorities and unborn
ded enthusiasm, that we are unable to foot then
up. Suffice it to say, the victory throughou
the State is a complete one. one from which th.
unholy alliance formed against the Democrae;
will not soon recover.
Pennsylvania now rides proudly and glori.
oasly in the onward career of her greatness
bearing upon her banner the glad tidings of i
large majority for the undying principles o
Democracy.
Ohio, too, glorious Ohio : where fusion an.
niggerism expected much, has also arrayed hei
self on the side of the Constitution.
The following additional returns have com.
to hand this morning:
onio SPEAKS.
Pittsburgh. Oct. 9.—By dispatch fromOhi*
we learn that Medill, Dem., for Governor, i
elected by from fourteen to fifteen thousand ma
jority.
Dilapidated Sidewalks.
Dwtmigvs to th- amount of 53.100 were, sen t
time ago, at Chicago, given to one Merring
ton, for injuries sustained by the sidewalks 01
State street, being out ot repair, by a jury v
that city. The Judge set aside the verdict, an
the cans was remanded for trial. At the new
trial the jurv were unable to agree. A Mi.
Thompson, the city Attorney, then propose*
to receive the verdict of the eleven agreeing ju
rors, which proposition was accepted by th*
plaintiff’s council—whea lo! and behold! th<
verdict returned was 86.000 damages forth,
plaintiff.
Now here is a warning to ali municipal an
thorities: but particularly should it be to thus*
of our city of Atlanta. True, our city is young
but it it is nevertheles flourishing, and its au
thorities. are by no means ignorant of the pow
er vested in them to fax the peop'e thereof, a
w.dk. however, down White-hall Street, is not
the thing it ought to be; and we would not be
surprised, some day. to hear a verdict like that
at Chicago, rendered by ajnry of onr own pit
tens. iu favor of some poor devil with a broket
leg, or a widow with nine children whose hus
baud's nock was brasen by a tumble into on*
of the numerous .lark cd’ani that snaaent the
part of the town.
Baltimore Election.
The Municipal Election in Baltimore, passed
off quietly on the 10th inst. The Anti-Know
Nothing, Democratic Party triumphed over
their adversaries by a large majority. The
Know Nothings had a majority, in that city
last year, of 2,700 votes. Twelve democrats
and eight “Americans” have been elected.
The Legislature.
On the first Monday in next month, the Leg
islature of our State will assemble at Milledge
ville. With its political complexion our read
ers are already acquainted ; and a glance at the
names of those who will compose both branches
thereof, will satisfy the people that they have
placed a responsible trust, in competent hands.
Much, then, will’lie expected of that Body as a
whole ; but much more of responsibility will de
volve upon our political friends, for they will be
in a decided majority. In all legislative assem
blies it is to that party having the majority that
the eyes of the people are turned; it is they who
will be held responsible for all the evils, that
flow from unwise legislation. True, a minority
can frequently defeat the wisest measures for
the State. When they do this, however, it
must be an incompetent majority who cannot
plainly demonstrate so important a fact to the
people, and we care little, therefore, for that
-vent of spleen” sometimes indulged in by mi.
norities, because of the defeat of their party, or
any other unworthy cause. We will not how
ever anticipate any such disposition, or course
in the minority party of our Legislature. Our
intention here, is a far different one. It is ti
inpress upon our political friends in the Legis
lature, the position they will occupy before tin
people, and to say to them they must prepare
■hemselves for a most important work. Meas
ures decided upon, should, with all prompt de
spatch, be carried out. There should be ni
waste of time, nor should there be hasty legis.
’ation. Between the Executive and the Legis
ative branches of the Government, thereshouh
be a cordial co-operation, the public good beinj.
he paramount consideration. To the financia
condition of our State—to our great work o
Internal Improvement, the Western & Atlantii
Rail Road ; to taxation ; to reform in our ju
liciary system ; to the Penitentiary of the Stat<
md its location ; to our Banking System am
ts aliuses; to developing the resources of Geor
ria, and encouraging their development by th*
■apital and labor of our people; the Legisla
ure should at once direct its attention. Th*
itiblic good demands it, and, assuming th*
■esponsibility, we trust our friends in power wi ]
lereafter, in all their acts, be sustained by th*,
ipproving voice of the people.
The Commissioners
under legislative resolutions by
he Governor’s of Tennessee and Georgia—Di.
fames A. Whiteside. Esq., of the former, an*.
,V. K. DeGraffenreid, Esq., of our own State—
ve were advised, some time ago, met at Nash
ville, to confer in relation to the law of Tei -
lessee by which the Western & Atlantic Rai
Road is subjected to suits in the Courts of Ten
nessee. and to determine upon such terms of nt
;otiation and reciprocity as sbafi be acceptabk
to both States.
The Nashville Union & American of the 7tl
nst., states that an informal conference was
>eld at the Executive office on the 6th instant
nd the Chattanooga Advertiser, says that,
“The questions involved in the negotiatioi
re understood to be of a delicate and highly
•m-'rtnnt charncter. inve'vine* dennlvthe into*
ia>tea of the citizens of the two Stat ej’n the r
uuuereial intercourse lulu eacu ntuo'. ’lu
i iestion of the jurisdictions of the Courts ot
I'cnnessee over suits brought aginst the West
rn <t Atlantic Rail Road in this State, is now
•"dint** before onr Snprem*’ Court at Knoxvi' l
la the case of McClung against that road carried
oy uppeiu trom Biauiey county, in winch a
■idgemeut was rendered aginst the road for tei
housand dollars, and is expected to be decide*
n a few days. Oa this account and to giv
ime for a proper examination and consideration
fall the questions and ii V erests involved, th
■ommissiouers have determined to await the
lecision of the Supreme Court, and to mee
igain at Milledgeville for further confernce be
ore making any report."
We are pleased to see that there is som*
irospect of settling a question of so importan
ind delicate a character, and trust that thc d*
ision of the Supreme Court of Tennessee wil
•rove no barrier to it. The State Road ha
uffered in more respects than one on account o
here suits, and the commercial interests of th
eople of the two States have been interrupts
o an extent not generally known, or undei
good. We hope, therefore, at Milledgeville,
he Commissioners will agree.upon terms sati.-
,’actory to both States.
[COMMUNICATED.]
The Supreme Court.
Messrs. Editors :— Permit me. if yon please,
lie use of your columns, for the purpose of ni:.
ting a suggestion to the members elect of oui
text State Legislature.
It is rumored in Cherokee Georgia, and b;
some asserted with confidence, that the Hon
Ebeneser Stains, one of the Judges of the Su
irenie Court of our State, will decline a re-clec
ion. If so. I but express the desire of a larg
lumber of the personal ai d political friends, o
if the I lox. J. W. H. UNDERWOOD, it
upper Georgia, that he bo put in nomination
by the representatives of the Democratic. Anti
Know Nothing Party, at Milledgeville, so
•lection to that office by the Legislature. N
'awyer in the State, to whom he is known, wil
t is presumed, question his ability, to discharg
the duties of that hiffh and responsible positioi
tnd as his election will be bailed with heart
icclamation in this section of the State,
rust the suggestion,'! make, will lie received fa
vorably by those on whom the choice ofa succes
so.' to the present incumbe’t devo’vcs.
CHEROKEE GEORGIA.
Mons. Godard.—Mons-Godard, whois gen
•rally considered the most accomplished a>r.
unit of the day. and whose ascensions were s
utisfactory in St. Louis, was not so snccei*f:i
•n Monday last in Cincinnati. On this occa
ion. some three or four gentleman accompu
tied the intrepid aeronaut. At first they had :
rlorions time of it. ami ami one of the local edi
ors of the city has favored the public with s
•aptnrous and glowing description of thesnperl
lanorama which stretched beneath their feet.—
After obtaining on elevation of—we don't know
vhat hight the balloon bcirnn to descend mor
rapidly than comported with the safetv an*’
comfort of the voyagers. Mons. Godard’threv
ont his anchors and used the ordinary preeau
'ions: but it seems a gust of wind drove th
ba'loon violently affairs’ an old tree, and th
whole party were thrown ont with considerah’
force. Mr. Godard had his face and his eve
considerably torn and lacerated and is covere*
with bruises. All of the party were more o
ess injured, and a Mr. Hole so much so that h
s still under medical treatment, and could no
'<e moved back to the city. The balloon d<
-ended near Waynesville a village about fift
aute* fr«a Cincinnati.— Alirrar.
[For IheAtlanta Daily I
A true Tale of 1848 in Ireland.
One bitter evening in December, 1848, if you
had walked in the neighborhood of , ,
you might have seen a ruined hovel, roofless and *
■ cierted: the former inhabitants had gone to ,
America. Enter through that breach which ,
was once a door, and you will see a few furze
bushes placed on two sticks, aud propped up
against the wall so as to make a kind of shel
ter in the corner. A few dried leaves, sticks
and grass are kindled there, near it on some
‘“-I straw lies a creature that resembles a wo
man, but so wasted by famine, sickness, and
misery, that they only who see such sights of
ten could bear to behold ; four children, from
the ages of one month to six years are huddled
close to her. Sitting on the damp, cold ground,
his head leaning on his knees, is a man, evident
ly once of a herculean frame: but now observe
him—his figure like the woman’s is a living
skeleton, the face of a bluish tinge, the lips col
orless, the eye-balls seem to start from their
sockets, and are red and filmy, the fingers which
bv t’leir shape, yon co ild perceive had once a
giant’s strength are perfectly transparent, even
the smaller blood vessels are distinguishable,
and are of a pale pink color. At last the wo
man raises herself up with effort, and parts her
lips to speak, but no sound comes forth—her
husband disturbed from bis gloomy reverie by
the slight noise looks towards her, and a gleam
of light comes from her corpse-like eyes, the
light of love and tenderness—for poverty has
but drawn closer together these hearts which
for eight long weary years, have never ceased
to love.
Permit me to tell you the history of these
eight years. Patrick Doogan inherited from
his father a farm of twenty acres of good land,
he married when twenty-five Mary Conner, a
neighbor's daughter. She brought no dower but
*ier beauty, no riches but her virtue and her
love—this is that woman bowed down by woe.
But I remember her when she was the fairest
•girl in the barony, with a tali, fine figure, soft
black eyes, and a grace and dignity about her
which a Countess might envy. Every year
brought some new misfortune; the potato blight
ind bad markets, an absentee landlord, a hard
agent, and a fever, were too many evils for a
poor man to bear. The quarter day came round
ind Patrick Doogan had not the rent complete*
hen he, his wife, and his little ones, were
turned out to starve. The walls of his once
happy home were razed to the ground, that
night they slept on the ditch-side, but they
were happy still, for were they not together ?
They walked all the next day. getting a fen
mouthfuls of food from the people as they pas
red along. That night, a cold one. too, one ot
the children died—it was a sickly one, but was
it not the more loved on that account ? On, on
they travelled—their gaol, the work-house, some
forty miles distant. Two more children died.—
The priest of the parish through which they
were passing provided a coffin for one, but the
next day when they were far, faraway, theoth
er died; so they were compelled to lay her
down by the road side not being able to dig a
grave—but they prayed for her soul, and surely
they were heard. Soon after they came to this
ruin, where Mary laid down never to rise again,
they were still five miles from their destination
Chat day the man crawled to the relief depot t*
obtain some food, but the despair pictured in
.iis face on his return told his wife that then
was none.
He has given her a drink from that broker
cup, and she revives,—-Patrick dear,” said she
‘when my poor baby died I felt that I’d sooi
follow her; but you, acushla! you must live
l-*r the children's sake, God knows I mean n*
sin, but shure it would be better for us all t>
lie.” He bowed his head and convulsive sob
□book his frame, at last he replied: “Mary
navourneen, it would be bether as you say—
sn't it God's will?—so try to keep up youi
leart, dear, for who knows but God will sen*
something yet.” “No, Pat,” said Mary, sove
lemently that her husband looked surprised
-no it’s not God's will—we do no harm t*
friend nor foe, and God does’nt punish the in
locent. No it’s English laws that’s brough
is here, and they will be rewarded—it isn't u
done, neither—look every where, isn't even
me dying bit by bit? Didn’t you see, your
*elf, hundreds crawl from the Relief Stores ha!
nail—and was that God’s will! Oh! Patrie!
lear! my brain is burning; I’m not for thi
'■orld long, and Jemmy, too, feel his cold hand.**
*h, wirrastrue, wirrastrne! my ow’n love, Jeni
ny dear wake up, wake up and spake to me
mt one word, only one—just say Mamma t*
ne, acushla machree! Ah, no! he’s cold—bu
I’ll see you soon darling—yes soon!"
Mary sank hack exhausted, and in less thai
in hour afterwards Patrick stretched her besid*
his first born, and he felt that all he loved wa
rone—yes, for the other two children were al
nost gone. The father after his melanchoh
task left the hut telling them he would returi
s ion, the two children looked into each other'
aces and sighed a heart-broken sigh as the*
hought of their little sistersand brothers, an*
heir dear, dead mother, too. But let us re
urn to their doomed father. He took his wa'
with a last hope to the neighboring cabin, h*
•pens the door, a feeble moan salutes him—th*
ather. the mother, all are dead ! An infan
mly survives, the warmth of its scarce col*
nother has kept it alive—but. oh ! look at it
limy eye? and dewy brain! Pat Doogan glan
•es around, his hopes are vain. No food, no
■em’jlance of food, seems to have entered tha
vretched abode. He is turning away when h
ees a few grains of Indian meal, which the w* -
nan was evidently chewing when death relea.-
*1 her from suffering, he snatches them from of
he squalid coverlet, and rushes t* his two dea
ittle children. There had been a time, and tha
tot long past, when Patrick had only entcre*
hat abode ot misery to perform the last offi..
o the unhappy inmates, but now all his hop*
ire centered on a mouthful of food ! He think
igain of the relief depot, and starts in that d’
•ection, after walking with quick feverish step
or about a quarter of a mile, his false strengt’
’ irsakes him. his feet feel as if weighs were at
ached to them.
His face becomes deadly white: his head fail
orward, and he sinks, in the last agonies o
leath. on the road side. Did sable plumes wav,
iver his corpse? Did a costly pall cover hi
•maciated remains ? Did the prayers and tear
•f loved ones follow him to the cold, dam:
.wave? No : that would have been much to
rood for an Irish Peasant. Notevena grav*
•r a coffin is granted him—not even the luxur
■f seeing his dear wife and children round hi
leath bed I But. “the last estate of that man i
vorse than the first” the dogs devour him!—
A’ho has done all this ? Irish men and men o'
.rish birth, who? Ask an Irish felon;he wil
ell, in words more eloquent and wise, than 1
can. I have told a true tale. Now
friends of Ireland everywhere, shall you stand
still with folded arms and suffer a renewal of
these scenes of cold-blooded murder and starva
tion ? Answer we, no ! Then unite and make
good this golden opportunity to establish justice
and liberty in your father land. But, say some,
“perhaps such will never be the condition of the
people of Ireland again.” I answer it will, and
that very soon I Where will the expenses o
the war that is now waging by your iuveterate
enemy come from ? I answer from the Irish
tenant by direct taxation. What then the con
sequences of such an event? Wretchness, hun
ger, starvation and fam'-ne. Fellow Irishmen
in Georgia waste not a single moment but charge
home on the brutal and heartless ’foe of your
race. k
“Oh! for tha swords of former ’imea.
Oh, for the men who bore them I
When armed for right, theyst’od sub! me
And Tyrants crouched beforeWtam !”
Writas.
[communicated.]
Medical Reform vs. Yellow fever.
Messrs. Editors In the Examiner of the
10th inst., I see an extract from the Day Book,
setting forth the claims of the Homeopathic sys
tem of medicine in the treatment of yellow fever.
Now, through your inestimable paper, I wish
to state a few facts, simply in commendation of
another system of medicine, and let the facts
commend themselves to the public, and then we
shall see if Medical Reform has not claims in
the cure of yellow fever, “which all the sophis
try and old women’s notions, and theories of M.
D’s cannot bolt out.” Ido not mean any dis
paragement to Homeopathy in the few remark?
I shall make, nor do I wish to detract ym the
well earned fame of those gallant meffw£ Nor
folk. Indeed, I fully agree with in
believing, “there are remedies forjrellow fevei
as for all other fevers, and that there are produ
cing causes independent of malaria and miasma,
and that “some of these producing cause mat
be found in drugged liquors, X-e" And. I als<
■ firmly believe, the principle can® why the dis
■ ease has always been so fatal nn®r Allopathy':
treatment, is because her patients wre literal!;
I crammed to death with mercury anoHther poi
i sonous drugs. Between the two, therefore. Ibe
I lieve Homoepathy is superior to .VWbpathy, i
■ from no other cause, from the fact nrerely tha
■ she gives only a very little. But both are s<
* frail and imperfect they sink into utter insignif
icance in comparison to the beautiful fabric o
Medical Reform.
The writer of the article above refejp'ed to in
speaking of Dr. Leach, of Mobile. says*ffinety
■ of one hundred of his patients recovered,” and
again in an extract from the Baltimore Ameri
can says, “Drs. Dompas, Hardy and Howe
i claim to have had great success in the treatment
* of this disease, having cured nine to every one
they lost. Wonderful success, doubtless, when
compared to the purging, poisoning, treat
ment of Allopathy. But let us see how it com
pares with the “success” of Medical Reform.. Eve
ry one recollects the sweeping epidemic of Sa
vannah last year ; never in the annals of histo
ry was the fatality of that doomed city equaled
—but, yet, we will see what Medical Reform
lid even there when Allopathy, and Homeo
pathy combined, did not save one in ten. We
see Dr. Stotesbury, a graduate of Southern
Botanico Medical College—and a true Reform
Physician— when the disease was at its height
plunging himself into the midst of this mael
strom of death—and with a ‘success’ unparal
leled in the cure of that dreadful epidemic—
■ out of one hundred and forty cases wholly and
' partly treated by the Dr., only seven died and
reveral of these were considered hopeless when
first seen and one or two of advanced age and
much prostrated by chronic disease, and out of
me hundred eases treated exclusively by Dr.
Stotesbury only two died." In proof of the un
oaralleled success of Dr. Stotesbury I append
he following extract from the Medical Refor
mer 4 Review of October 1854.
Dr. Stotesbury vs. Yellow Fever.
Our profession may not generally know that
!)r. Peter Stotesbury, one of our old and firm
■eform practitioners, upon hearing of the con
inued fatality of the epidemic in Savannah, left
ns home and a lucrative practice, some 40
niles above that city, and with his own outfit
*f horses and buggy, and a servant, and an am
•le supply of the right kind of Medicine, threw
• i nisei f into the midst of the epidemic, goin?
no in the midst of the storm, and offered his
-ervices to the afflicted of that smitten city.
The Dr. after some weeks constant practice
vas attacked himself whereupon he retired near
lis house and under his own prescriptioni, re
■overed so far ns to leave his room on the 7th
lay after the attack. And byway of recruiting
•is’ strength to enable him to return to his post
if as aimed duty and charity, is now in this city,
nd upon a personal conference with him and
in examination of his books we learn the follow
ng facts in relation to his successs, which evi
lently places our mode of practice in advance
if all’others known in this country in the treat
nent of this fatal form of disease. Out of 14(1
■uses wholy and partly treated by the Dr. only se
ven die l , and several of these were considered
•opeless when first seen, and one or two of advan
*ed#ige ami much prostrated by chronic disease.
And out of one hundred cases treated exclusive
ly by Dr. Stotesbury, only two died. These
f cts’ we ha ve from the Dr. in person, and we
enow him to be a truthful man. AVe also have
i list of the names of those treated.
This would be great success even in the mild
•nd ordinary forms of disease, but when the fa
ality of the epidemic in Savannah is taken in
o the account, it is unparalleled in the treatment
■f that disease, and speaks volumes in favor of
mr system of practice. I may remark that the Dr.
•onfined himself exclusively to the usual remedies
md principles of our practice.
For such a noble and daring risk of life, the
p *ople of Savannah should ever feel gratefu..
md our profession proud.
In conversation upon th’s point, tlie Dr. re
narked that when he heard of the fatality of the
lisease, he felt just like he had heard of the lami
ng of a foreign enemy upon our soil, and was
estless until he was on his way to attack it
•lay be long live to do honor to his profession.
B.
That the people of Savannah fully appreci
ate his tru'y noble conduct, is proven by the fol
'owing note, which he received from Hon. John
E. Ward a short time after his return home.
Savannah, Oct. 19. 1854.
Da. P. Stotesbury.— Dear Sir:— l beg-you
to accept the enclosed check for the sum ofTw.
Hundred and Fifty Dollars as a small eompen
ation for the valuable medical services rendered
iv yu to the City of Savannah
’ Very respectfnllv vour ob'dt serv't.
JOHN E. WARD, Mayor.
Thus we see Medical Reform has c aims ii
the cure of yellow fever which no other system
. ver aspired to have.
The unparagonel success of Dr. Stotesbury
u Savannah, did not depend upon any chance
•or on any extraordinary talent of the Dr. hin
«lf (though, by the way. as a learned and sci
■ntific physician he is second to none in th*
'tate) but was merely the common sense course
vhich would have been pursued by any othe*
ntelligent Reformer. Any intelligent Reform
Phvsician after completing his education at th*
ooutbern RoAiucoMaLasi College, in Macon ■
would be just as capable of treating yellow ie*
ver as Dr. Stotesbury, and would be just as sure 1
of success as the laws of nature are immutable. )
My only object in penning this article is to as- ’
sist in placing the sure and steadfast principles ,
of Medical Reform into proper light before the i
people; for not only in the cure of yellow fever
but in every other disease that “flesh is heir to”
is Medical Reform paramount to every other
system of medicine; far her theory of cure is
based upon the eternal and immutable laws of
God. We neither substitute a disease of an'
other, of like nature, to cure; we leave no for
eign poison in the system for the unfortunate
victim to drag out a miserable existence, worse
than death, but cure by following the indications
of nature, the sure guide to health. Did cir
cumstances allow, I would like to show wherein
Medical Reform differs so widely from every
other system of medicine, but they do not at
present. W. J. 8.
An Astounding Fraud.
To the Editor of the Register : My at
tention has been called to the subjoined article
in the Louisville (Kentucky) Journal, of the 3d
inst. Will yon pleas to insert it in the Regis
ter, together with the following statement oi
facts.
Ou the fiirst day of this month the Bank o!
Knoxville was sold by the Company with which
I was connected, and transferred out of oui
hands to a responsible firm in the city of Nash
ville. Up to that day the Bank had issued
notes of only three denominations—one, two
and three dollars. A part of these notes are
signed, “Wm. M. Churchwell. President, S.
Morrow. Cashier” The others are signed “H
A. M. White. Presideht. George M. White.
Cashier,” and all are countersigned “Arth. R
Crozier, Comptroller.” None others are genu
ine.
The Bank has not been robbed Noslo plate
was ever in the possession of the Bank, nor was
the existence of such a plate known to any in
dividual connected with the institution, unles?
it was known to M. W. Williams, who was al
one time a stockholder in. and the President
of the Bank, but who is now a refuge fromjus
tice.
lam also informed that certain spurious cer
tificates of deposite, printed in style of the notes
of the Bank, have been put in circulation in
Cincinnati or its vicinity. The Bank has never
' issued anything of thesort.and the publicshould
i beware of them.
The circulation of the Bank is based upon a
deposite of State Bonds in the hands of th*
Comptroller of the Treasury, and its genuine
' notes are as good as the gold. R snoetfully
f John L. Mosss.
i Late Cashier Bank of Knoxville.
Bank Knoxville Notes.— A little excitemeni
' was occasioned on Tuseday evening and Wed
' nesday. by the appearance in the money an*
f buisness circle of this city, of an unusual amount
ot -bran new’ SlOnotesofthe Bank of Knoxvill*
Tenn. Tiiey were off**red by a young man jus
' from that place, but who was rais d and has
> relations in this city. A number of purchase.-
] were made, and the money used in p lymer it;
. and several hundred dollars were discounted
by a broker at 7 per cent, for Missouri b ank
’ n >tes and gold.
* The matter created but little suspicion until
s after the young man’s departure, when it earn*
j out that he had acknowledged to an old aic
. quaintance of his, that the money had been sto
leu, (by another person, not by ’himself). an*l
that the Bai k could not know'of the robbery
? for three weeks to come. It is said that h*3 of
. fared this acquaintance $2,000 of the monor to
goin with him and help exchange it, adding
’ that he had SIO,OOO moreofit which lacked thi
■ officers’ names and which he was going to Lex
i ington to have filled up by a high offiicer of thi
. Bank, who was to meet him there for that pur
3 p* se.
Telegraphic despatches were sent to ’Paris
1 and Lexington to have him arrested, but webc
i lieve with ut success.
t f There i< no doubt, of the genuineness rift! e
nnhs, but we are not advised whether the fi lliv<r
’ j u> of the notes circulated here is certainly geir*
u ae or not.— Knoxville Register.
The Record of Know Nothing Infamy.
The Cleveland Piaindealer makesup tlie re
cord of Know Nothing infamy as follows :
“It has weakened in the American people
their reverence for the ballot box, by teaching
aud instigating bands of men to violate and
trample it iu the dust.
"It has weakened in our citizens the love oi
republican institutions, by familiarizing them
with organizations subversive of republican
principles.
“It lias poisened society, and has difl’us'.d dis
trust, suspicion, and hatred throughout the so
cial circle, by administering oaths binding oi.
the taker, even in his social
“It has arrayed one portion of our fellow-cit
izens in deadly and lasting hostility to the ottlio
and has thereby planted the seeds of future riser
and bloodshed.
“It has checked the growth of liberty in
Europe, by putting tn the mouths of its des
pots arguments against the freedom and toler
ance of republican institutions.
“It has profaned the sacred home of religion,
by an appeal to the weak and miserable pre
judicns of faggot-burning fanaticism—violated
in its letter and spirit the teachings of the Bi
ble, scorned the ordinary promptings of a gen
erous soul, the humanity and the feelings o!
mercy.
“It has taught men to think lightly of trea
son to the general government, by administer
ing oaths to violate the constitution, by the in
troduction of religious _tests and the tests ol
birthplace.
“It has been false to the prosperity of the
great West, by attempting to drive from our
midst those enterprising men who have in part
built its public works, tilled its fields, and been
a controlling element of its rapid and astonish
ing increase in wealth and population.
“It has weakened the bonds of society and
shaken our government to its very foundation,
by the instigation of numerous and blood}' riots,
repeated violations of the purity of the ballot
box in Cincinnati, Louisville, and Kansas, the
destruction of valuable property, the most atro
cious murders of innocent men. and the burn
in? in flames of weak and defenceless women
and children.
“It has struck a heavy blow at government,
religion, society, morality, anil everything that
honest men and republicans hold dear.
“Such is the brief history of that short-lived
but desperate organization—the Know Noth
ing party. It is spnrneii in the bosom of every
honest man. It lives in the fi’ars of every
mother, and every child in the land can recount
its horrors. History and tradition will hand
down to posterity its intense iniquity. Its nam*
will be Anathema. Let its misdei ils go down
to succeeding generations in the condensed and
expressive phrase. ‘Tlie infamy of Know Noth
iugism.’ ”
What Next.
This is the question which the English pa
pers are busily discussing. Having taken the
south side of Sevastopol—what next? Shafi
we hold on or let go? We have heard of a
man holding a bear by the paws, with only u
'ree between, who debated in his own mind a
precisely similar question. We never heard th*
sequel. ’ Shall we hold on or let go ? A most
important inquiry.
H iving taken Sevastopol, the Allies are at a
loss what to do wi h it. Should they take the
whole Russian army prisoners, they would b<
equally a' at a loss what to do with them
They cannot feed them. Civi ization forbid
that they should kill them. They rnn-t let then
go. again to turn up at another Sevastopol. !•
the meantime, the expenses of the war continue
and increase, and on top of them must come ai
immense additional expenditure for bread, cans
•d bv short crops.
We dare say that England and France, not
withstanding the success at Sevastopol, would
be willing to make pc-ace with the Russians on
reasonable term’. But it may be doubted
vhetber Russia is in as pliant a mood. The
bear, robbed of its whelps, is rot the most amia
ble of animals.*—RtcA Despatch.
Mr. Mason at Norte Dame.
We are not disposed to credit the statement,
which we see in some of the newspapers, that
Mr. Mason, our worthy and accomplished min
ister to France, was in attendance in his repre
sentative capacity at the lute Te Deum at No
tre Dame, in Paris, in honor of the fall of Se
As the representative of a neutral power, if
seems to us impossible that Mr. Mason could
have overlooked the impropriety of such an act
so far as to comprumit his government by his
attendance in his representative capacity. Ii
i.s hardly to be supposed that he will allow the
allusions to the occurrence in the public prints
to pass without explanation, and, therefore, w*
shall assume either that the statement of his at
tendance is unfounded or that he has a plausi
ble explana ion for whatever course he <lei*med
it proper to pursue. It would be a coincidencr
much lobe regretted if it should turn out that
whilst Mr. Mason was giving additional eclat
to the celebration of the fall of Sevastopol in
Paris, the editor of the London Times should
be inditing sentimentsand suggestions like tin
following:
“A few years ago the Americans seized a
province of their weak neighbor; an all'ance ol
France and England was projected, which, i*
carried out. would have involved the Union it
a long and dangerous struggle. The Russiatn
occupied a similarly-situated territory; the alii
.nice was comp ete, is most powerful, and may
Inst to infere in the affairs of a trans-atlantk
Turkey.”
Our government has maintained a strict nett
trality iu regard to the Eastern war, but oui
|>eople cannot overlook such threats as tbosi
made by Lord Clarendon and the Emperor Na
poleon, and now repeated by the London Times,
and they cannot fail to give a decided directioi
to American sympathies. We repeat that w*
diall regret exceedingly if Mr. Mason shall hav*
forgotten the relation of strict neutrality t*
which his government is committe in the man
ner indicated in the newspapers; but, until mor
■ correctly advised, we look with confidence to n
: satisfactory explanation of the occurrence.
The Paris correspondent of the New Yorl
< 'ontmercial Advertiser_refers to the subject a*
follows :
“Whilethe Danish. Swedish, Belgian, Bava
t ian, Saxon, Wurtemberg, all the South Amer
ican and other ministers, remained at home, a
became the representatives of neutral thougl
friendly governments, Mr. Mason, the represeii
tatives of equally neutral and friendly Uriitei'
Sta'.es, attend with the envoys from the allie*
powers, and front such shilly-shallying States n*
Austria and Prussia. Among the American
whom I know there i? but oi e opinion, and tha
‘iiergetieally condemnatory of Mr. Mason
course. It is hardly to be supposed that foi
tn act that might produce political conseqnenc
Ik* would plead the frivolous pretext of a cur’.
«ity to see the sight. The goverment took e
necial pains to show that it understood the dil
•eient pisitionsof'thediploniaticcorps.byomii
ing all mention of them from the list of ex pee
ted company published beforehand in the Mon
teur.”—Wash. Union.
The Port of Hamburg—lts Commerce. &c.
—A correspondent, writing from hambuiy
Germany, under date of the sth ult., stab’s tha
the direct imports to this port from the Unite*
States show a great falling off from 1 ist season :
ind that most American vessels brought cargoe.
(mostly-sugars) from Cuba, destined via Pra
da, for Russia. The exports have also beet
much less than last year, but few America:
vessels leaving for home ports direct—most <*
them leaving in ballast for English ports t*
load coal or iron. Several ships took, at lov
rates, long charters to South American ports.
The number of emigrants for the Unite*
States from this port, it is said, will hardly l>.
half as large as last year; and he adds: “Then
lieing no Ameiacanshiping houses nt Hamburc
I it will always be difficult for our flag, as tin
regular Hamburg passenger lines must first bi
filed, to participate fairly in this trade,”
Col. Kinney.- We published some day*
once (says the New York Courier & Enquirer,)
the substance of an account of the orgiinizatio*
>f a new Central American Government at Sai
fuan. with Col. Kinney at its head. The ae
•cunt was contained in the Central Ameren*
—a paper just issued at San Juan as the organ
ol Col. Kinney, and oi course the proceeumgi
and prospects of the Col. we-e represented in
glowing colors. The Washington Star of Mon
lay evening, however publishes n letter receive*
>v its editor, which puts a different face oi
Kinney affairs. It says that the meeting by
which Col. Kinney was elected civil and md'-
tary Governor of San Juan, was attended only
by three real residents and property holders o
the town, and some Jamaica negroes. The
Spanish residents did not attend, and have pro
ested against the authority of Kinney. Th*
English Consul and also the Capt. o’s 11. M
ship Eurydice. at anchor in the port us San Juai*
refused to acknowledge the new government
Martin was absent at the time, but has sinct
returned, and states that he shall still exercis.
the jurisdiction given him some time ago, as h*
holds ‘hat it has not yet been annulled. Kin
ney’s force the letter states, is raggen and him
rry. and no recruits belonging at San Juan
have joined him.
The Seal of Georgia—The Gentleman’s M.i
gazine. London. July 20,1732, hasthef*>llowin;
as to the colonization of Georgia ;—**The Trus
tees establishing the colony of Georgia met .
when the Ld. Vise. Perceval produced a certifi
cate from the Ld. Ch. Baron of the Exchequer,
that he had qualified himself as presidint, by tn
king the proper oaths. His Lordship then ad
ministered an oath to the several Trustees pres
ent. who ordered a common seal to be mad
with the following device: on one side two fig
ures of rivers restsng upon unrs. representing
the Alabama and Savannah, the boundaries
of Georg’a; and between them the genius of thi
colony, s-ated, with the cap ot liberty upon her
head, a spear in one hand, and a cornucopia on
the other; with this motto: Colonia Georaw
Arig. The reverse is to be silk worms at work
with this motto: non sibi sed al is. The leader
minister and others, of the congregation ol
Swiss Protestants, who are going to establish
a town on the river Savannah, attended the
Crustees, who ordered a library of books to be
?iven to the minister, for him and his successors
and a handsome sum of money, to assist ’em on
their voyage and their first arrival”
From the Federal Uniin.
The Speakership—Hon. Wni, 11
Stiles.
Now that the Democracy have achieved a
glorious victory, the responsibility rests upon
them to theshape the Legislature of the State
with wisdom and prudence. Momentous ques
tions. affection the most vital interests of the
people, will be up before the Legislature for
iction. Amongst others, our Federal relations
the St ite Road and the Supreme Court, are
p eminent.
Prompt, skillful and experienced presiding of
icers are essential to prudent and judicious leg
i-lation. It was the privilege of the writer to
-it one session u der the administration of Spea
ker Jenkins, and although differing from that
gentleman politically. I cheerfully bear t s'kno
tty to the salutary influence, which his efficiency
as a presiding officer ex -rted upon the business
ofthe session. In glancing over the members
elect to the Legislature, a number of names pre
senting themselves, from whom an excellent
presiiling officer may be selected in the Senate.
In the House, one name is seen pre-emminent
in qualifications for the Spenkersmp. It is that
if Hon. Wm. Stiles. This gentleman’s tact
aid talent and great experience in deliberative
bodies. present strong claims for the post. His
familiarity wi'h Parliamentary Law must be
conceded, and on all these accounts, in addition
to his personal worth his name is respectfullv
•submitted toonr friends, witlout the slightest
intention to disparage the claims of any other
gentleman.
Middle Georgia.
Health of Savannah.—The report of the
Bean! of Health show the death la«t week to
have been 13. of whom seven were children
- -rtaiuly a very favorable state of the public
aealth.
Texas News.
We have Texas paper to the 22d ult. We
take tlie following from the advocate of Sep
tember the 22d. On the 29th August, Frank W.
Petmesky. and Mr. F. C. Jones, with some wo
men and childern, were besieged in a house by
some fifteen Indians, and after a fight of about
an hour, in which the women moulded bullets,
uid the dogs rendered valuable assistance, th<
Indians left, with some five or six wounded. On
the 30tb August, near Fort Merril on the Medi
an. two men were attacked by four Indians ami
a white man. One by falling from his horse, a*
f dead, escaped; the other was overthrown at d
killed, and when found, his tongue was drawn
out of his head. The son of the Rev. Mr. Me
Ghee, spoken of in our last, was riding in com
pany with a Mr. Rector; when attacked, they
attempted toescape, but they threw a lariat ovei
the boy, a-*d dragged him from his horse. Rec
tor came near being caught by the lariat, bu’
■.•scaped. A few days since a few Mexican
were attacked by Indians in the vicinity of tin
Attascosa. near the Medina. They caught on*
of them, tied him to a tree, and went for theii
horses, when he unbound himself and escaped
Near Fort Chadbourne, two men, Davis an*
Hodge, were surrounded by Indians, and in fiuhi
ing their way out, Davis was killed. Ou the 25tl
>f August, a company of twelve men from tin
Medina pursued an Indian party to the Balance
where they overtook them, killed two and wound
nd three. They found a man murdered on theii
rout. A man was killed by Indians en th*
Medina on the rancheof’Mr. Baruthers,Septem
ber sth. Companies have been raised to pursu*
the Indians in most the above cases. Govern
■>r Pease had arrived in Simi Atonio to devisi
means to protect the frontier.
“Holy” Wedlock at Atlanta.
They have n grand way of doinir up matteri*
lown in Georgia. The election now is over
lie work of Temperance seems to be fully com
pleted, the cause of humanity vindicated an*
the mission of love consummated. The peopl*
inve all been reformed, intemperance has passe*
out of existence and King Alcohol knock* *
rom his spiritual throne. Why depict th*
■vils of liquor, when they are not there; win
ulvocate tea-totality and moral obligation wliei
ill duly appreciate them; why preach refornta
ion from the master Rum. when his bend an*
tail are drove in? Why publish a Teniperan*
oaper, for the elevation of mankind, when th*
■lection is all over? In true beenvolence <
mart and soul, our temperance cotemporary o
the Atlanta Republican seems to be very mud
Impressed with some logic, we presume, similm
to tl e above, lor we notice that a marriage o
is paper has been celebrated, with the America i
Discipline, which t vo are henceforth “one fiesl
md one bone,” Know-nothingism and Temp*
•anee-ism are made man and wife. We hav*
long suspected that there has been some seen *
intercourse betwen the parties before this publi*
ceremony—such, we beleive, has been charge*
ind proven, but this public demonstration re
nevi’s all doubt upon the subject, and we cann<*
but rejoice that the parties have had the bold
less and principle to come out, and ocknowledg
the truth and sin no more. Wecare not whethe
t was a matter of necessity or expediency, w*
idmire open, plain unvarnished principlas," am
if they must be set foitli, let them be done ae
•oiding to the “lights of science,” as Coopei
he novelist, justly remarks.— Chat. Advertise,
Latest Dates from San I'y mcisco.
The Know Nothings have generally, succeed
d in carrying the State.
The Uncle Sam had arrived at San Fran
•isco. She lost 120 out oI'CSO passengers bi
•holera. The popular vote on the Maine Lai*
was opposed to ils adoption.
Three fires had taken place. Loss at Marys
ville $7,0(10, at Weaversville $200,000, Grins:
Valley $350,000.
The folio * ing is'the ticket elected:
Governor: J.Nee'y Jolnson.
Lieut. Governor: R. M. Anherson.
.T-«t’c*’ Supreme Conrt: (short term)—Hug!
C. Murry.
.ni-i* Supreme Court: (short term'—Da
vid S. Terry.
Comptroller: George W. Whitman.
Treasuror: Henry Bates.
Attorney: W. C. Wallace.
Surveyor: John A. Brewster.
State I’rioter : James Allen.
The Kow Nothings have a majority ofl or
1 in )he Senate, an I about 20 in the Assembly.
The new admini ra ion goes into office on
New Yaar’s day. Ne*rly all the miningcoui.-
ies, particularly those in the north, went foi
lohnson. Son Francisco and the southern
■oast counties of Santa Barbara, Loa Angeles
Ban Diego, and San Bernardino (Mormondum)
went for Bigler.
The total number of votes cast in at Sai
Francisco was 12,724.
The Chronicle says “the election passed off
is peaceable as usual in California."
The passengers on the Uncle Sam assert thai
nstead of 120 more than 200 deaths occurred
iu the steamer.
From the Nashville Union <V American.
i The Vcte for Governor in.Tennes
n see.
We have published the official vote for Gov
ernor Gov. Johnson's majority is 2157, or 104
less than two years ago. This is reduced ma
ioritu which the know-nothings talk about I
As they had bragged of their ability to beat us
from ten to twenty thousand, they are very ea
.' *ily consoled when a reduction of the democrat
1 'c majority from 2261 to 2157 affords sue!* con
r solation.
' The vote is the largest ever cast in this Stat*
—exceeding that given in 1853 by 8250. Th*
democratic vote exceeds that given for Gov.
Johnson in 1853, by 4.078; and the know-noth
ing vote is 3,182 larger than the whig vote in
a 1853.
' Col. Gentry gained on the whig ma
' jority of 1853, in East Tennessee, 1858
' Gov. Johnson gained—
-1 In Middle Tennessee, 1161
' In West Tennessee, 593 1754
Net gain for Gentry, 104
Gov. Johnson's vote is increased as follows :
In East Tennessee, 634
In Middle Tennessee, 2,070
In West Tennessee, 1.374
Johnson's increase, 4,078
Col. Gentry's vote is increased over Maj.
Henry's as follows:
In East Tennessee, 2,489
i In Middle Tennessee, 912
In West Tennessee, 781
Gentry’s increase, 4,102
1 The total vote of tlie State is 132 841.
—P. S.—Yesterday there was a correction
allowed in the House of 10 votes in the vote of
■ Giles county, increasing Gov. Johnson’s major
ity that amount. The official majority for
: Governor Johnson is, therefor 2,167 —only 94
' less than two years since.
*9" The following extract is from a letter
date-t New Orleans. May 9,1855, from an offi
cer in the army to the Commsssioui-r of Putents:
“I send you herewith some seeds for distri
bution. used here in the bite of the mad dog.
It is considered as an effectual remedy in the
I parish of St. Bernard of this state, and the cures
which are stated to have been cfilcted from
their use are certainly very remarkable. I n
gret not being able to give you their botanical
name, but the plant is a tropical one, coming
from Mexico—l believe from the department ,
of Tobasco. The seeds are called here, ‘graines
covtre la rage' and are used as follows:
“Three of them are broken up or ponnded in
to small pi* ces, and put into wineglass of the best
sherry (Xeres,) and allowed to steep for about
24 hours, and then being well stirrtd up, swal
lowed by the patient, The dose is repeated I
three times a day for about 9 days, when the i
person or animal may lie considered as cared, 11
am to'd that even dogs that have been bitten i
by a rabid unimal have been cured by this I i
1 treatment, or by putting a larger quanity * f 1
these seeds in their food.
“The seed must be soked in water 24 hours
before planting, and the plant must be protec- t
ted from the rays of the sun whiie still young r
and tender. It resembles much the okra plant v
aud should be planted latent die spring.”
MAIL ITEMS.
Stanfield, Mass., Oct. 9.
Fire.—The extensive Gold Chain Manufac
ory of Messrs. Rumville & Shumway, was c* m
detely destroyed by fire this evening. Loss
ieavy. There was no insurance. Sixty work
nen have been thrown out of employment.
!• ire on the Central Road.—We regret to
'•arn that five car-loads of cotton, containing
6j bales, were burned about 25 miles from the
i y early yesterday afternoon. It is believed
—a S * ,ttr * C froma P assin l? ,rain -
Settlement of a Dispi ted’Point.—ln refi r
nce f t xv with the Secreta-
*7 ar ’** | e Administration issues a notice
hat all orders from a Department are to be ur>-
leretood as having the sanction of the I’rwident
vulld ’'“hunt such sanction being ex-
it is a curious fact that there are five hun-
Ired verses in Mathew’s Gospel that are also
n Mark’s; more than three hundred verses in
Luke, and about one hundred and twenty tl tt t
ae also in Matthew. Nearly one half of the
Gospel by Matthew is to be found in Mark, and
•note than one third of the Gospel by Luke is to
*e found in Mark or Matthew.
A Young Coquette.—A friend asked a pret
ty little child of six years old, “Which do you
*>ve the best, your cut or your doll ?” The lit
le girl thought some time before answering,
.nd then whispered in the ear of the questioi.er,
’Hove my cat the best, but please don’t tell n.y
loll! ” J
Right about Face.—The Washington Un
on announces the fact that the Hon. Mr. Ethe
idge, of Tennessee, was elected to Congivss un
ler a pledge to entirely change his policy, as a
member upon the Nebraska bill, against which
ie xoted on *ts enactment; and also publishes a
•Hter Iroui the Hon. Air. Watkins, of the same
Mate, the successful competitor of the Ik v. Mr.
i a)lor, wherein that gentleman makes it plain
hat he will act with the Democratsin the ueAt
•-■ougress.
New York, Oct. 11.
1 he expedition sent in search of Commander
board lIW FtlU DCd WiUl h * m UUd purty 0,1
<. mee ol the party died. The remainder are
nore or less frost bitten.
Last winter was unusually severe in the Arc
ic regions. Many ot the natives died from ex
josure and starvation.
No traces whatever of Sir John Franklin.
I he steamer Union, trom Havre, has arrived
mt brings no later news.
ibe sloop-ot-war Cyane has arrived, from a
*ruise in the Gull Stream.
Cotton drooping— sales of 800 bales.
Suicide in the Bridal Chamber.— Miss
Jara Hawkins was found dead in her bridal
*res*s and chamber, near Natchez, Mississippi,
*ll the 2d ult. Alter being dressed by her
iridesmuids, she requested luem to retire for a
uort time, and when they returned they found
.er lying lifeless upon her couch, withan empty
nil. which hud contained prussic acid, still
lasjied in her baud. She had adopted the dea
..eraie alternative of self-destruction rather than
uarry a man sin* could not love, in uoedieuce
o parental authority.
it you observe a gentleman with his arm
■ round a young lady, it is morally certain that
■ivy are not uiurriui.
I he reason why many ladies dodge an offer of
larriage, is because the question is popped at
ueui. r ‘‘
Captain Ingraham, of the U.S. sloop-of
‘Ul Louis, is in town. We understand
hut the medal voted him by our citizens, as a
estinionial of approval of his conduct in the
■xoszta case, is to be presented to him, at the
.verett House, on Thursday evening. N F
i.xpress. ° '
A Hit. Abd el-Kader, while in the French
apital as a prisoner of war, has been amusing
nmsclf by writing a book. In the intrixluct ■
e says that the learned men of Europe, hum
earned their researches so fur, and rcachiii so
i igh a degree of perfection in all the branch* s
it human knowledge, do not think of elevatiig
heir minds towards the Author of all thine",
towards God who rules the universe by a su
ircm wisdom. "Never.” he says, “are they
u ard to speak of the Divinity in their comer
al,d never is He spoken of iu theii:
Some rascals appear to be busy at wot k
I weating and boring gold coins. This fraud
nay be defeated by every honest person refusing
o receive any piece of coin so tampwed with.
11 not refused at once, the practice will become
-o general that in a short time the banks will
eject all such defaced pieces, and those who
, receive them will be left to bear the kn.
■Washing Silver Ware.—lt seems that
touse-keepers who wash their silver ware wit h
■map and water, as the common practice is, do
tot know what they are about. The proprie
•or of one of the oldest silver establishments in
he city of Philadelphia says that “housekeep
■rs ruin their silver by washing it in soapsuds ;
1 t makes it look like pewter. Neverput a par
ticle of soap about yoursilver; then, it will re
rain its original lustre. When It wants polish
take a piece of soft leather and whiting and rub
it bard.”
Thanksgiving in Virginia.—Gov. Johnson,
>f Virginia, h*ut recommended and set apart a
•lay of thanksgiving and prayer, in view of tl c
ibatement of the awful pestilence that has des
olated two of the cities ofthe State. The Gov
ernor disclaims all authority to require or con
trol in the case, but simply recommends th t
til the people unite in rendering homage and us
a day to be religiously observed, in freedon fr< m
'msiness or care, and with a proper feeling of
humiliation and reverence.
&s>"■ A farmer in Elkhart county, Itidana,
writes that he planted his “one acre more” in
potatoes, and now it appears all his neighbors
Jiil the same. The consequence is, that pota
toes us fine us ever grew, ure nominally worth
ifteen cents a bushel, but the market"there it
not sufficient to take up one half the crop, and
lie asks, what are we to do with them?
Whiskey Punch and Rattlesnakes—The
Madison (WisconsinlJournal contains the fol
lowing, wnich is well worth remembering :
“We are informed by Dr Ward, that the
child of Mr. White, that was bitten by a rattle
snake last week, has recovered. The remedy
used wus so simple and attainable by every one
that it ought to be generally known. The hand
which wits bitter, and arm were envelop* d in a
p iiilt’ce of moistened ashes, and the child was
made to drink freely of whiskey punch.”
JSF- Mrs, Elizabeth Randolph, belived to lie
the oldest inhabitant of Western Carolina, died
in Yaucy county on the 21st ult. The Asheville
News snys she was born in 1747, and at the
time of her death in her one hundred and ninth
year.
Charleston and Savannah Rah.iovd.—
We learn from the Cbnarlcston Mercury, the
Board of Directors have determined to'bridge
the Ashley river at or near the old Ashley Fer
ry, about, ten miles from the city. The stream
is 'here but 5(10 fret wide, and a bridge will be
of no serious cost. The further result will I e
to locate the depot on Cooper River .alongside of
that of the N rfh-cartern Railroad. The Mer
curij cons’dvrs this d clsion of the Board to be
eminently judicions. and that by it they have
added immencsly to the prospects of the early
* ampletiou of the undertaking.
[From the Savannah Journal Courier.]
To the Point.
Wc do not know that any body ever exempli
lied much a few well chosen worils may convey,
more clearly than did Gov. John Rutledge, tn
his note to Col. Mouitrie commandant at Sul
livan’s Island, as the British fleet wasapproach
ing. Wc give the whole of this document be
low:
Jvne 28th, 1776.
Dear Sir: Gen. I>ee wishes you to evacuate
the fort. You will not without an order from
me. I would sooner cut off my hand than
write one. JOHN BLTLXDGL.
Gob- Mo luai*,