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ATLANTA, NOVEMBER 23, 1855.
GTSee Third and Fourth Pages.
W*Wc would call the attention of our
numerous readers to the advertisement ot Mr.
Mann, which may be fonndin another column.
The property offered for pale, is located in the
Midst of the city, and well adapted to the busi
net* for which it is designed. Speculatorswill
Ind it to their interest to give him a call.
Thanksgiving Day.
It will be seea, by reference to the Procla
mation of the Governor, in another column,
that he has appointed Thursday the 29th inst.,
as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and re
quests its observance by the people of the
State. We hope the recommendation will be
mors generally observed than is usual in such
cases. The considerations so eloquently pres
ented by His Excellency cannot fail to touch
the heart of every reader, and wo wonld invite
Mpecial attention to the proclamation, with an
earnest wish that the subject will be taken up
by ministers and others, and that the day be
really one of thanksgiving and prayer—not a
mere formal observance of the executive man
date.
Book Hotices.
“Olis," Mason A Bro., New York; Wm. Kay,
Atlanta. Cloth #1.25.
This is a pleasant book, one that reaches the
heart through the medium of gentle impressions,
rather that by force of stirring incidents. It
is a book of a peculiar style; no rant, no sickly
sentiments,- nor is it of that “butter-cup and
daisy” sort, attractive only to school girls. Its
chief beauty is its naturalness, its every-day,
life-like style; no shrewd
plots. At the same time there is nothing tame
about it; nothing insipid. We like such books.
There is no powerful excitement to bring into
play the evil passions of the heart, nor, enough
sorrow to excite unnatural tears. Were all
novels like Olio, arguments against novel
reading would lose half their force.
Tub Wager or Battlb, by Henry W. Her
bert. Mason t Bro., New York; Wm. Kay,
Atlanta. Price SI.
Here is a stirring work for sluggish disposi.
tions. If any one desires to be thorough'y
aroused, let him read the “Wager of Battle.”
From a hasty glance at its contents, we imagine
it peculiarly adapted to instringing weak
nerves. Tho e who like sublime, with a smart
sprinkling of blood and thusder will find thia
as entertaining book.
Comb out Corners.—Mason k Bro., New
York; Wm. Kay, Atlanta.
A waggish gossipy book —one that raps the
knuckles of some conspicuous characters with
a politeness not loss amtiing than its sarcasms
_ are severe. It is a book of local interest,but will
occupy very pleasantly a leasure hour for the
general reader.
Milledgeville Correspondence.
Senatb Chambrb, Monday Nov. 19.
Bills Read the first Time.— M. Billups, of
Morgan—a Bill to provide against counsels pre
siding in cases in which they were formerly
employed or consulted.
Mr. Buchanan, of Coweta—a Bill to expe
dite suits in Law and Equity, in certain cases,
by authorizing plaintiffs to sue singly members
of a private association, a joint stock company,
or a dissolved corporation.
Mr. Calhoun, of Fulton—a Bill to give en
dorsers control of judgments which they have
paid off.
Also, a Bill to expedite taking cases to the
Supreme Court.
Mr. Cone, of Greene—a Bill to amend the
Ist section of the 3rd Article of the Constitu.
lion.
A Resolution passed the Senate, instructing
the joint standing committee on the Penitenti
ary to enquire into the expediency of moving
that institution to Stone Mountain.
Mr. Lawton, of Dougherty, introduced a
Resolution requiring the appointment of a com
mit'ee to investigate the labors of the Judges
of the Superior Court, and report upon the ex
pedfenev of constructing new Judicial Districts.
A Bill making a new Judicial District, to be
called the Lumpkin District.
The Athens Bank Bill was taken up in the
afternoon, and discussed at length, by Messrs.
Peeples of Clarke, Cone of Greene, Baxter of
Hancock, and Calhoun of Fulton.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, Nov. 19,
The Resolution of the Senate to take up the
election of Bank Directors, and Judge of the
Supreme Court, was lost by a vote of yeas 28;
nays 41.
A Bill from the Senate for the pardon of
Bird was read the first time.
Also, a Bill from the Senate, to authorize
the county of Dougherty to aid iu the construc
tion of a Rail Road, or Rail Roads, running
into or through said county.
Mr. Jones, of Muscogee, said he had received
some additional testimony in the case of Boyd,
which was ordered printed, as was also the de
cision of the Supreme Court in the cases of
Boyd and Mercer.
Bills Read the first Time —A Bill to incor
porate the Indian Springs Female Academy.
Mr. Terhune, of Floyd—a Bill for a new
county, out of Floyd aid Chattooga, to be
called Coosa county.
Mr. Watte, of Campbell—a Bill to remove a
certain precinct in Campbell eouaty to Pal
metto, in said county.
Mr. Phillips, of Habersham—a Bill to pro
vide for the appointment of officers and em
ployees of the W. AA.R. R. Ordered to be
printed. This Bill contemplates a transfer of
the appointing power to the Legislature, giving
the Governor the power of nominating three
candidates for the office of Superintendent,
whose qualifications shall be discussed by the
General Assembly. The Auditor, and Treasu
rer are also proposed to be elected by the Leg
islature. The Bill also provides for the appoint
ment, by the Governor of a Commiss.oner,
whose duty it shall be to hear, and transmit in
writing to the Governor,evidence in all charges
against either of the three officers so elected.
Mr. Guyton, of Laurens—a Bill providing
that parsons hiring slaves at public hirings shah
not be liable for hire, in the event of the death
of the slave, except a proportionate ratefor the
time of service, unless especially agreed to the
contrary at the time of hiring.
Mr : of Lumpkin—a Bill to incorpe- i
rate the.M lute Path Gold and Copper Mining '
Company ot N orth Western Georgia
Mr. Jones, of Muscogee— a Bill defining the '
duty of Superintendents. and requiring the pro- j
duction of the naturalization papers of foreign- :
born citizens, previous to voting.
Bills Read the Third Tinu.~X Bill for the
relief of securities of Wright. Tax Collector of i
Putnam county. The committee reoorted G-'
vorwbly. aud the bill passed.
A Bill to create a new county from Polk aud !
OarrsH. to be twlled Marabou, and attached to i
the Coweta Judicial Circuit, was reported fa
vorably upon by the committee to whom it was
referred under rule of the House, but was lost
on its final reading, by a vote of yeas 55 to
nays 64.
“ A Bill to authorize the Tax Collector of
Lumpkin county to pay over the taxes of that!
county for 1856 to the county Treasurer, was
reported against by the committee—lost.
A Bill to authorize the Governor to draw his
warrant upon the Treasury for a sum sufficient
to satisfy a judgment in favor of certain par
ties, against the Central Bank, was amended
by adding an advance to the State Printers of
three thousand dollars, and was reported back
to the House by the committee of the whole,
and passed.
A Bill to create a new county from Frank
lin was reported favorably upon by the new
county committee, but was lost, upon its final
reeding, by a vote of G 2 nays—46 yeas.
House’ adjourned until 3 o’clock this after
noon.
3 O’clock, P. M. >
The House met pursuant to adjournment,
proceeded to reading of Bills the third time.
A Bill requiring parties defendant to pay
extra costs in certain cases. Referred to Ju
diciary Committee. This bill contemplates the
payment of 5 per cent, upon all sums recovered
against parties in actions of debt, on all sums
under SSOO, and 21-2 percent, on all sums over
$500; as a remuneration for collecting fees
expended by plaintiffs, in such cases.
The House was then occupied until its ad
journment with reading bills a second time.
SENATE CHAMBER.
Tuesday, Nov. 20.
The Senate met at the usual hour this morn
ing. After the Journal was read, the President
directed the Secretary to announce the Com
mittee appointed by him in pursuance of a
Resolution adopted on yesterday to consolidate
into one, all bills for the promotion of new coun
ties. ,
Os this Committee Mr. Wales, is the Chair
man .
The Secretary then proceeded with the call
of the names of the Senators.
Mr. Baxter offered a Resolution to this effect
—That all motions to reconsider bills shall re
quire a vote of two thirds of the body, or be
considered lost ; and that this be a Standing
Rule of the Senate.
Mr. Moore, of Cobb; introduced the follow
ing Bills.
A Bill to authorize John W. Grantham to
peddle in this State.
A Bill to create a new Judicial Circuit to be
composed of the Counties of Carroll, Campbell,
Paulding, Polk, and Forsyth, to be called the
North Western Circuit.
Mr. Moreland introduced a Bill regulating the
peddling of clocks in this State.
Mr. Nichols introduced a Bill to prevent the
sale of spirituons liquors within five miles of the
several Court Houses, in this State, sn Court
and election days, and within three miles of the
election precincts on election days.
Mr. Renfroe, introduced a Bill to prevent the
charge of storage on Cotton at the Warehouses
in Columbus, where it is sold from the wagon.
Mr. Lewis, introduced a Bill to prescribe the
mode of taxing costs in the Supreme Court of
this State. , ,
Other Bills of local interest were introduced
by several Senators of which we took no special
note. . , ,
The Senate then proceeded with the unfin
ished business of yesterday, which was the con
sideration of an amendment I o a section of the
Bill to incorporate a Bank in Athens.
The amendment propsaed to define the lia
bility of stockholders.
The Senator from Bulloch, Mr. Cone, asked
for an explanation of the Senators from G reene
and Fulton, in relation to amendments proposed
by them.
Both the gentlemen explained, and an anima
ted discussion took place, in which Messrs.
Calhoun, of Fulton -, Murphy, of DeKalb;
Cone, of Greene ; Cone, of Bullock ; and Pee
ples, of Clark; participated.
X*vxlAa.pD 4.1*0 nrl'hrt]({.P.VX 111 1 lit*
Banks of our State, and those which may here
after be created, is a question in finance second
in importance to no other. We could not but
admire the soundness of the views of the Sena
tor from Greene, on this subject. While tho
■ Senators, who assumed positions adverse to those
of the Senator from Greene, advocated with
ability and with great plausibility their views,
there, was, in our humble judgment, no resisting
the “knock down” arguments and facts pre
sented by the latter. In granting the privilege
of banking to a company, he was going to the
greatest, though not to an unreasonable extent,
as he clearly showed, in protecting the bill hold
er ; aud not for confining the responsibility of
the Stock holder, incase ofa failure of the Bank,
to the amount of stock only which he held.—
This is but a partial security at the best, and
although the principle is engrafted in the char
ters ot several banks of our State, which failed,
some twenty years, no unfortunate bill holder
has yet succeeded in receiving from the stock
holders of those banks, one solitary dollar.
The views of Senators Calhoun and Peeples,
were expressed with much clearness and force.
The latter went into a somewhat detailed state
ment of the origin of banking, and formation of
incorporated companies for that purpose, with
the design mainly of showing that the advanta
-1 ges were, to a considerable extent, mutual be
tween the bill and stockholder. He. however,
at the close of his remarks, moved that the bill
be recommitted, in order to perfect it, in ac
cordance with the views of its f iends in the
Senate.
The Senate then proceeded to the the House
for the purpose of electing a director for the
Bank of the State of Georgia, on the part of
the State, and for a Judge of the Supreme
Court—which duties having been performed
it adjourned till 10 o’clock tomorrow morn
ing.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Mili.edokvii.le, Nov. 20.
So much of the Journal of yesterday as re
lilted to the Bill creating a new county out of
Carroll and Polk, was reconsidered by a vote of
79 to 49.
A motion to reconsider the Bill creating a
new county out of Franklin, was lost by a vote
of 62 to 61.
A special message was received from the
‘ Governor in relation to the Boundary line case
pending in the Supreme court of the. United
States between Alabama and this State.
Mr. Jones, of Muscogee, introduced a bill to
authorize the ditching and embanking of water
course . in certain cases.
Mr. Milledge, of Richmond—a Bill to extend
, the jurisdiction of the Justices Court of the
city of Augusta to SSO.
Ako a Bill to change from Biennial to Au
. uual sessions of the Legislature.
I Mr. Thornton, of Muscogee—a Bill to endow
the University of Georgia with 8200.000 : and
’ to make the State Road, if not sold, pay 7 per!
! cent, yearly, upon that amount, for the benefit■
of the College.
' A motion to reconsider the resolution passed '
yesterday to bring on the elections of State!
i Bank Director, aud Judge of the Supreme
I Court, to-day, was lost.
; The Senate came in. and both Houses pro
■ needed to ballot for Director of State Bank. '
first ballot. — Brantley. 80: Long. 91; •
I Young. 65.
j second ballot.- Brantley, 75 : Long. 99 :
Young, 63.
third ballot. —Long. 131: Br. ntley. 97:'
Young, 1; Lyons. 1.
After the third Ballot. Mr. Long was de-!
dared elected.
| The election for Judge of the Supreme Court j
I was then brought on. ami upon the 4th ballot
' Hou Charles J McDonald was elected. The!
i Ballots stood as follows :
' First Ballot.—Chappell. 12: Hull. 26 :
.Jenkins, 96; Starke. 35; Schley. 10; Lyons!
: 27; Thomas, 1 : McDonald. 23; Blank, 2.
I jecond Ballot.—Jenkins,lll: Starke.3o: l
Lyon. 24; Hull. 18; McDonald. 11: Chap-'
j pell, 4: Schley. 3: Long. 4.
The names of Messrs. Schley, Lyon, aud Chop- j
! pell, were then withdrawn, and' Hou. C. J. >
I McDonald s was then for the first time annouu- j
I ced iu form, and was received with every maui. j
festatiou of approbation, by the members who |
then proceeded to the third ballot:
Third Ballot.—Jenkins, 111 ; McDonald,
95; Hull, 8 ; Starke, 7 ; Lyons, 16. Messrs. I
Hull and Starke were then withdrawn.
Fourth Ballot.—McDonald, 126; Jenkins,
110.
Tho announcement of the result was respond- i
ed to with tjiuuders of applause from every i
quarter of the house.
The Senate then returned, and the House!
adjourned until 3 1-2 o’clock.
Nothing was done in the afternoon.
Mr. Tliornton’s£Biil.
Mr. Thornton of Muscogee introduced the
following bill, providing for the sale of the |
State Road. We spread it before our readers,
as a part of the historv of the Session.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED An Act to sell the Ue.s-:
tern and Atlantic Hail Road, by converting
the same into slock, and dividing said stock\
into fifty thousand shares of the value if one \
hundred dollars each, providing for the sale of\
said stick, and incorporating a company lobe
called the “ Western and Atlantic Rail Road!
Company,'’ to provide for the organization of
the same, prescribing its powers and privileges
and pointing out its liabilities.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of Geor
gia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That the
Western & Atlantic Rail Road, its equip
ments, fixtures, real estate, houses, engines, I
cars, and appurtenances of every description
whatever, be deemed and held as stock of and
at the nominal value of five millions of dollars,
and that said stock be and the same is hereby
divided into fifty thousand shares of the value
of one hundred dollars per share.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the Governor or his
agent shall cause to be sold at public outcry, at
the Capitol of the State, after three months
notice in a public paper at New York, Wash
ington City, Charleston, New Orleans, and in
the principal newspapers of this State, at the!
time specified the stock created by the first sec-!
tion of this act, in lots of ten shares each, to !
the highest bidder. And that ho shall issue!
certificates of stock to purchaser of the same,
under his official signature, and countersigned
by the Secretary of State.
Sec. 3d, Anil be it further enacted, That
the purchaser of said stock shall pay one fifth
down on the day of sale, and one fifth each year
thereafter until the whole is paid, with six per
cent interest per annum on each subsequent
payment, which payment may he made in the
bonds of this State, or in money into the trea
sury of the State, at the option of the pur
chaser; and should any purchaser fail, or refuse
to make payment on the day specified, or with
in thirty days thereafter, the stock so purchas
ed by him or them, shall lie forever forfeited,
and the stock so forfeited shall revert to this
State, and all payments previously made.
Sec. 4th, And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty
of his Excellency the Governor, immediately
after ti e passage of this act, to give notice of
the time and place aud manner of the sale con
templated in the second section of this act.
Sec. sth. And be it further enacted, That
the monies arising from said sale, shall first be
applied to the payment of the entire debt of
tbc'State; after which one million of dollars ari
sing from said sale, shall be appropriated to
educational purposes, and the remainder to aid
other works of Internal Improvement in this
State.
Sec, 6th, And be it fiii'ther enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the purchasers of
said slock, their successors and assigns, shall by
virtue aud authority of this act, constitute a
Rail Road Company which is hereby incorpor
ated under the corporate name of the Western
& Atlantic Rail Road Company, with vested
rights and priviliges; and by such corporate
name shall be capable of sueing and being
sued, of holding real and personal property, of
contracting and being contracted with, of mak
ing all by-laws and regulations for the govern
rncut of tLo some, cvimeeted with the success
ful operation and management of said incorpor
ation.
Sec. 7th. And be it further enacted by tiie
authority aforesaid, That at the first incetin"-
of said stockholders, they shall proceed to elect
ten Directors, who shall elect one of their
number a I resident, and the same shall contin
ue in office one year, or until their successors
are elected, and at the said election, or elec
tions, each stockholder may cast as many votesl
as he, she, or they hold bona fide stock in said I
company.
Sec. 8, And be it further enacted, That the
laws of force, with regard to liabilities andl
punishment for injuries done-to said road, or
to any rights, privileges or property connected
therewith, shall continue and remain in full
force and effect.
Sec. 9tb, And be it further enacted, That it
shall not e lawful for the company incorpor
ated by this act, to give any better terms of
U s !l s l!? r 4V. On ' or (ra 'el, to any one of the
Rail Road lines connecting at Atlanta, than to
another, so that the lines of the Rail R oa< ]
h ‘. r , om . At!anta ' t 0 the Atlantic aud the
Gult ol Mexico may be placed on equal terms
so far as reacts the rates of the Company
hereby incorporated. 1
Sec. 10th, And.be it further enacted, That
the books, papers, correspondence, and funds
of said company shall always be subject to the
inspection of the board of Directors, and to
the stockholders at cadi annual election if re
quired.
Sec. 11th, And be it further enacted, That
the corporation hereby created, continue in
force for and during the period of thirtv vears
J’ 1 Al,d , be U 1 d, That' all aws
and parts ol laws that militate azninst this aet
be aud the same arc hereby repeal.
[A Y. Corresponduice of the Daily Examiner-]
John Bull-War in Prospective-British
, Pohcy-Fashions-Necessity of Annex
&”S ew and JuUa
Dean—Strange Railroad Accident, &c.
New York. Nov. 16,1855.
j Hie news by the European mail steamer is'
j ofa very interesting character. It discrilxs a!
i panic in England—caused through fear of a I
: war with this country. The late English jour-;
mils have been talking war at us most fearful-1
ly. Since the Russians beat them so shame’-
fully at the Redan, while their French eomradi s
were driving the enemy from the Malalcof, the
English have been very crest-fallen. A« there
is no possible chance for them while on the
< rimea, they appear desirous of showin-j- Louis
Napoleon that there is some nation to which
; they can give “fits.” and hehce. we are to infer.
I John Bull threatens to send a fleet into the ,
Gull immediately that our filibusterin'’-
cies may be kept in check. One English jour-!
ual gravely suggests that, inasmuch as our gov
ernment is too weak, the English ought to as-i
sist it in keeping our |xop!e in onler. The!
Irish, too, are a thorn in their flesh. It has 1
been suddenly discovered in England that tho I
Irishare forming into immense brigades and '
preparing to rush over, in onler to wrest the :
Emerald Isle from its grasp and make it free ■
John Bull has in fact, discovered a mare’s nest ■
ami is trying with all ]>i s might to put his foot
into it. The warlike toue of the English jour
nals w ill no doubt provoke considerable discus- j
ston here, but the idea of the English provoking
a war should not lie entertained for a moment.
England is afraid of us. and her present threat
eniug is but a ruse. She is afraid that in h< r!
present crippled state we may lay violent hands
upon her colonial p 'sessions t.> America Not
long before the Eastern war broke out the Can
adian Inspector General—Francis Hincks
Aient to England oq business connected with
that colony, and was snubbed by air John
Packinton io such a manner as to provoke a i
very violant letter from Hincks. The Cana-j
dian Minister was not there allowed to-speak in
the Colonial office in Downing-; street. But
in ark the change in j four years. Tho English
papers arc now discussing the propriety of.
giving the colonies a scat in the Imperial Par-1
liament—and Francis Hincks—who is by the
way mi Irishman—has been appointed to the’
Governor Generalship of Barbados*. By this;
stroke of policy, it is no doubt supposed that!
the colonies, and the Irish, will be conciliated.;
Who would suppose that the English would;
make such concessions in four years if it were i
not through fear.
We have had very disagreeable weather du- j
ring the past week. The rain fell continaally |
for several days, and the lowering clouds were '
as cold as tho looks they engendered in the ■
promcnaders on our streets. White hats have :
vanished and the black angular, stove-pipey j
things called by that name succeeds. The la-.
dies have already put on furs and only lack the!
streak of blue and red upon the nasal organ to j
have a most wintry appearance. A fashion i
has been introduced this Fall which if carried j
into general use, will endanger the country j
The English ladies were obliged to abandon it j
as they lacked the necessary room on their lit- i
tie island. There is a better chance for it here I
however. I allude to the hoops in tho under i
garments of ladies. In moving along the street
from the waist downwards, they have the charm
ing appearance of a barrel of jelly. They have
about them so many different kind of springs,
that if a person by any accident runs against
them, the rebound sends him either on his back,
or into the middle of the street To let ons of
them pass, it is necessary to turn into the next
avenue. If the fashion becomes general it will
■ be absolutely necessary to obtain both Cuba
- and Canada for the males, as the females will
! certainly require all our spat® territory.
King Solomon, in a moment of inspiration,
once exclaimed, “In the making of many books
there is no end.” This Fall we ars having a
deluge of literature. A few good and many
indifferent books are announced. “Religion in
all Ages” is the title of a work by a lady, that
ie very valuable for the amount of information
condensed from otlwr writers into her volumes.
■ In her opinions, the lady herself may differ from
I many of her readers, but her lucid style and the
j many facts adduced will make ths work sought
! after as a book of referencs. A gay, spark
ling, gossippy work has just appeared from the
! press of French, Nassau st., entitled “Crotchets
I and Quavers, or the Revelations of an Opera
- Manager.” The author is Max Maretyck, the
I present musical director of the Academy of Mu
sic. From his position, he has been enabled to
become possessed of some very amusing inci
dents in the lives of many of our most celebra
ted singers and performers. It is going off rap
idly and is well calculated for fire-side cheerful
readings. The Lectures delivered by Thackery
are to appear very soon. They do not possess
much historical value, nor are they either espe
cially witty or sarcastic.
Rachel has left the Academy of Musie. She
complained that it was too large. She is now
playing at Niblo’s Gardm. Julia Dean is at
the Broadway Theatre, andplays to good houses.
It is a matter of some interest, to notice the
difference in the style of tlese two ladies. If
Julia is not so good an actress, she is a bet
ter woman ; and her acting is, in the opinion
of many, in no wise inferior.
GEORGIA.
[Correspondence of the Landon Tinies.] ;
Scientific Engineering.
September 29.—The contrast between the
actual'proceedings of the allied armies since
the 9th of this month and the fivered dreams
in which the public at home, as represented by
the press, arc indulging, is as striking as it is
painful, The Russians, so far from flying in
discomfort, over boundless wastes, are calmly
strengthening their position on the North side.
The face of the country bristles with their can
non and their batteries. As I write the roar
of their guns is sounding through our camp,
and occasionally equalsethe nois of the old can
nonades, which we soundly hoped had died into
silence for ever. There is no trace of any in
tention on their part to abandon a position on
which they have lavished so much care and la
bor. They retired from the South side when
it became untenable, shaken to pieces by a
bombardment which it is impracticable for us
to renew. They have now between themselves
and us a deep arm of the sea, a river, and the
sidesofa plateau as steep as a wall. We let
them get off at their leisure, and looked on,
much as we. would have gazed on the mimic
representation of such a sane at Astloy’s while
the Russian battalions filed in endless column
over the narrow bridge, emerging in unbroken
order out of that frightful sea of rasring Are and
smoke, which was tossed up into billows of
flame by the frequent explosion of great for
tresses and magazines.
What tine our generals woke up and knew
what was going on I cannot tell, but it is cer
tain that they did not as a body distress them
selves by any violent efforts to get a near view
of theenemy’s movements early in the morning,
It was late in the day when Fort Paul blew up.
At about 5;30, as well as I can recollect, that
magnificent work was shaken violently, heaved
upward, seemed to fly into pieces—tlie break
ing masonry and embrasures emitting sheet of
white smoke lighted up fin-—and then collapsed,
as it were, into ruins. The mine missed in the
first instance, but, so cool were the enemy,
so perfectly satisfied of our inaction were
they, and so convinced they had awed us by
their tremendous energy in destruction, that
they sent across a boat with a few men in
her, about 4 1-2 o’clock in the evening, who
quitely landed and went into the fort, and
were seen by several people in the act of en
tering, in order to prepare for the explosion,
which followed immediately after they bad re
tired.
Spies have, however, informed the authorities
iu the mest positive marfter. that the Russians
were prepared to retreat, and had all in readi
ness to cover a retrogade movement in case the ’
fleet succeeded in forcing a passage, and the I
Allies evinced a <1 termination of throwing their!
whole force agin-t the north side. Their field ■
guus and guns of position*were al! in readiness ’;
and were strengthened by a very large corps of i
cavalry, which would hold our infantry in check. I
and our cavalry could not, of course, get over >
the water in less than several days, nor could it j
gain the heights es Makenzie unless thejinfantry I
had previously established themselves there. l
Everything was foreseen and calculated and the :
Russians were in hopes that they might catch '
us at a disadvantage amid some of their forti-'
fied positions. in a difficult country, and retrieve i
their past disasters, or. at all events, make a
masterly retreat. But when they saw that all]
was hesitation, if not confusion, in the army of j
the Allies. they recovered their courage, started '
ti e situation in the face for one nomeut and 1
the next were busily employed in making the'
best of it. and they have now erected such bat
teries as to shut up the harbor to our present
navy and to rendetßany attempt to sross it as
rash as it would be undesirable. Yesterday
they finished a new line ot batteries, to-day we!
begin I" make some reply.
Sickness in Ohio.—Several parts of Ohio
are raid to be afflicted with sickness unpurali
cled in th ■ history of the State. It is not con
fined to particular 1< callties, but appears to be'
general—on the hills as well as in the valleys, in '
towns as well as iu the country. Za central
Ohio where the chills were never before known.;
they Lave been shaking the people most eerdi- I
ally. “ j
«.
Greeneville (Tenn.) and French j
Broad Railroad.
M e are pleased to learn, through a source I
perfectly reliable, that the work on this Road '
is rapidly progressing, and that the friends of
the enterprise aro pushing it forward under the
most favorable auspices.
In Tennessee and Kentucky the work is Ixj
iug vigorously prosecuted. The Tennessee Com
pany have let out contracts for thirty miles
grading, towards the North Carolina line, which
will terminate within 110 miles of the road in
South Carolina, touching at Spartanburg;!
which, when completed and the connect iou is I
made, will bring us into immediate communi-!
cation with the net work of the roads in East!
Tennessee, already built and in course of con-,
’struction. This connection, when made, either
by Spartanburg or Greenville, will command
the best and easiest pass in the Blue Ridge—in
fact, the only one capable of being overcome
without a tunnel or stationary motive power.
The company in North Carolina, whose duty
it will be to fill up the gap referred to, closing
at the line of this State, are to be organized
! this day, (the 14th instant,) and it remains to
I be seen, whether the people of South Carolina,
i through their legislative capacity, will aid the
1 enterprise by appropriations similar to those
[ granted to like enterprises, and thus inau-rarate
: one of the most complete, if not the completes!,
I chain of intercommunication between the sea
i board of South Carolina and the rich and tecm
| ing valleys of Tennessee and Kentucky.
I It is to be hoped that the financial condi
i tion of our treasury department will warrant a
liberal appropriation to the furtheranee of this
enterprise, which is of equal importance to the
people of the State as the Rabun Gap, or any
other similar work already begun.
If the Legislature of our State will appro
priate a sufficiency to lay down the superstruc
ture to the line, and put on the running stock,
the work will be accomplished.
A correspondent, writing from North Caro
lina. referring to this enterprise, remarks:
“By an appropriation of this sort, the most
unquestionable guarantees of good faith toward
the State will be given ; for you will see that
j the distance being ascertained, and the track,
as a precedent condition, being prepared ready
for the superstructure before the State is called
on to appropriate anything, no uncertainty ex
ists as to the amount to be subscribed, or danger
that the funds of the State will be expended
without completing the road, and securing all
the banefits to be realized from such a connec
tion. We are willing to accept aid upon these
terma. We know the ground to be occupied,
and our resources; and confidently believe that
the persons interested along the line, and south
of us. are able to grade the track, if your State
will do the balance.”
The importance of the enterprise is well un ;
derstood, and, we doubt not, properly appreci
ated. by the mercantile community of this State,
who look forward with much anxiety to its com
pletion; when the superabundance of the produc
tions of the soil of those fertile valleys in North
Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, will be emp
tied into the lap of South Carolina, whose sea
port town will become the great exporting and
importing mart for the people of the West, and
wc trust that the efforts which will be made
thia winter to secure aid for the successful pros
; ecution of the work, will be crowned with
success.— Carolina Times.
The News by the Empire City.
The steamship Empire City, with the Cali
fornia mails to the 20th ult., has arrived at New
York. The Herald gives the following synop
sis of her news:
“The advices from San Francisco are no later
than those received by the Northern Light on
Sunday last, but we have interesting news from
New Granada, the South Pacific, and Austra
lia. Our Panama and Aspinwall dates are to
the 3d inst. The New Granadian legislative
assembly adjourned on the 22d ult., after pass
ing several important laws and greatly modify
ing the tonnage tax bill. The isthmus was ex
ceedingly healthy, but some heavy showers of
> rain had been experienced, t’anama was
j crowded with visitors and passengers. The
I mode of assessing baggage charges on the rail-
I way was much complained of. In Aspinwall
1 the newly organized government was likely to
i break down soon. High rates of rent were in-
■ juring trade.
“From Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, we
have dates to the 15th and 18th of August.—
In Melbourne an association to receive the
opening of the Crown lands was beilis formed.
: The agricultural prospects of the country were
quite favorable, but the markets were very dull.
Flour ruled from £35 to £4O sterling per
ton. The demand for gold exceeded the supply,
and it is an important fact that the article was
taken at £4 sterling per ounce, when the par
price in London ruled at £3 16s. 10 l-2d.
“From the South Pacific we have advices
dated at Valparasio, September 29, and Callao.
October 16. The Chilean Congress had ad
journed, and an extra session was to be had for
examination of the civil code.
“Several attempts at revolution had been
made in various quarters since the departure of
Belzu from Bolivia. In the north they had
been promptly suppressed. In the south agi
tation was still rife. In Peru the question of
religious toleration was creating much excite
ment. Confusion and turbulence reigned at the
Chinchas. A government Amazon gold expe
dition had reached Pancortumbo; had pros
pected with some success, and did not expect to
leave there for six months. Having found that
they would have to build launches, and not
having received as good treatment as their gov
j eminent orders should have insured them, they
had sent back for more explicit instructions.—
An attempt had been made to arrest Meigs, the
California defaulter, in Chile, but he succeeded
in escaping to Buenos Ayres.
“From Carthagena we learn that the ■ work
on the canal was going on favorably. The peo
ple there were in a wretched state of poverty,
and daily locking out for the return of Santa
Anna, who was reported to them as being worth
twelve millions of dollars. The ex-Dietator
had already lent a portion of his funds, free of
interest charge.”
The following incident is related of the
late Mr. Webster’s courtship. He was then a
young lawyer in Portsmouth. N. 11. At one
of his visits to Miss Grace Fletcher, he had.
probably with a view of combining utility and
enjoyment, been holding skeins of silk thread
for her, when suddenly he stopped, saying.
‘■Grace, wo have thus been engaged in tieing
knots; let us see if we can tio a knot, one which
will not untie for a lifetime.” He then took a
piece of tape, aud, after beginning a knot of a
peculiar kind, gave it to her to complete. This
was the ceremony aud ratification of their en
gagement. And now in a little box, marked
i by him with the words “Precious Documents, ’
I containing the letters of his early courtship.
■ this unique memorial is still to be found. The
knot has never been untied.
Sa- Mr. Arnott, the eminent British inven-,
tor and mechanician, has invented a new fire-1
■ place for dwellings, the principle being that of!
supplying the fresh fuel at the bottom instead j
of heaping it on top of the fire. The coal is in
a box. nearly air-tight. I elow the fire: tiie tar.!
vapors and gasses produced by the decomposi .
tion of the coal pass through tiie incadescent!
fuel above, and bum on reaching the air. while!
fresh fuel is supplied bv pushing the coal from 1
below. The draught is regulated by a single
valve, and the useless escape of heated air up
the chimney diminished. The fire burns quite
free from smoke, the burnt air is safely earri’ d ;
away, and fuel economized. The invention may!
be easily adapted to existing fire-places.
■Wisconsin Election.—Private and publish
ed accounts all go to confirm the belief that the;
Democracy of Wisconsin have achieved a most ’
brilliant victory at the recent election. The j
re-action in public opinion throughout tne State!
is as remarkably as it is gratifying. A corres
pondent of the Washington Union, writes: 1
■lowa county, which last year gave four him- 1
dred and ninety free-soil majority, now give*
400 democratic majority.
Cxrr'A lady advertises in the Glasgow Her-.
sud that she wants a gentleman for breaklast
and tea. That cannibal.
An Eccentric Character.
The Ohio, Statesman gives the following a<_-1
count of an eccentric prisoner who has now been
confined in the Ohio Penitentiary for thirty
years, and who was sentenced for life. He was
sent from Butler county, for murder in the 2d
degree-—and was in jail some two years before
final conviction and sentence. He is about six
ty years of age. large frame and very portly,—
He has been a man’of powerful nerve and sin
ew, perhaps the strongest man ever in the pris-!
on. But for the last ten years he lias been suf
fered to remain idle, and amuses himself in ta
king care of the bear, deer, peacocks and other
fowls about the yard. He has been, up to that
time, a very hard workingman—chopped wood ;
in the fields adjacent to the prison—during nil
the time of building the new penitentiary—and
claims to have bossed the job. For several
years the mind has been failing; he claims that
the State owes him for all the work he has done
and says he will never leave the prison until it
is paid—amounting, according to his estir ato.
to $4,444. Hu insists that the State shall
board him until the last cent is paid, and refu
ses to leave his old quarters.
He has occupied the same cell for a great
many years—has fixed it up to suit himself,
with all manner of traps, including an old-fash
ioned suit of citizen’s clothes, which lie some
times puts on, struts about the yard in grand
style with his cane, demanding a settlement of
his account. He makes toothpicks of a very
fine appearance, and is permitted to sell them
to visitors. His hat is of the old-fashioned
bell crown high top; and when he gets on his
citizen’s coat and pants—the latter being quite
too short and close fitting—he presents a ludi
crous appearance. One day a quail had got
into the yard, and was caught by him ; and im
mediately he started to the office to show it to
I the warden, having never seen one for thirty
jyears. It was a great curiosity to him. While
! in the office the warden whispered to the guard.
(in tones just so that the convict could hear him.
I to lock the door and keep him out, so that the
State would get clear of paying tho debt. In
I a twinkling the old man was on bis feet, and,
I fleet as a deer, he fled through the door to his
I cell, before the officers was aware of his inten
, tion. saying, as he wen off that he never mad?
■ a house that he could be locked out of!
! He came to the prison under the name of
I John Phillips, but for a number of years has
; called himself Aaron Crouder, and flies into a
| passion the moment the name of Phillips is
I inentione lin his hearing. He is very healthy,
though growing feeble, never is sick—never
troubles the hospital—pretends to be a doctor,
and often feels the pulse of the officers to see if
they are well, and prescribes some simple reme
dy for them. During the prevalence of the
cholera, brandy was prescribed in small quanti
ties for the convicts, but he would never taste a
drop, and says he never wifi.
j He gives an account of his arrest and eon
j vietion. He says it was all about a woman.—
j Her man abused her—he took her and her things
into a wagon to take her to her people ; her
man overtook them in the woods, and a fight
ensued, in which her man was killed. Crouder
says he could not help it: he would fight, and
he was the strongest. That’s all 1
I He knows of no relatives living—and has no
accurate idea of his state after his death. He
is kind, docile, afid rather inclined to be sociable
but has been, sometimes, a hard case tomanage.
Sometimes, now, he gets a little wild, and scolds
bitterly—but an offer to buy a toothpick, or
trade for anything, puts him in a good humor.
His case is a lamentable one, and it is ques
tionable whether he ever becomes better pre
pared for death than when sentenced, though he
has suffered more than death in hia thirty years
of dying. If turned out fifteen years ago, he
would no doubt have liehavcd' himself, been
some comfort to himself, and thought more
about the future.
A New Disease.
During the last cholera season a newly arriv
ed Dutchman made his advent in the city of
New Orleans, andset in quest of a boarding
house. He inquired of the first one he saw, if
they had the cholera in the house ? The reply
was • Yes.’ and Dutchy moved his boots.’ He
asked the same question and received the same
answer of three or four other. Finally he found
a landlored who assured him that he had no
cholera in his house, aud there the Dutchman
concluded to tarry a while.
The landlord was a pious man, and a 1 ways
hail family worship before separating for the
night. Accordingto the custom, therefore, the
family assembled for prayer. During the pro
gress of the exercise, the pater familias groaned
and up popped Dutchy, with—
‘ Oh, Lord! vot ish ter matter?’
‘ Nothing,’ said the host, and scriptures went
on. In a short time the landlord groaned again
and again, Dutchy started up. with eyes like
saucers, saying—
‘ Oh,mine Got! dere is something the matter
mit you.’ .
‘ No,’ sai l the landlord, adding byway of
quieting the Dutchman, ‘l’m a Presbyterian,
and it is the habit of the most of the members
of the church to groan during religious exer
cise.’
Up jumped Dutchy with his hat in hand, and
scuds along the street at a spceed that wonld
shame a 2:40 racer. Seeing a physician's sign,
he called a halt and told the Doctor to run
quick to No. 8, street.
• What’s the matter there,’ said the doctor,
‘have they got the cholera?’
• No, but mine Got in Himmil! da has got
tier presbyteries—mure worsens der golera.and
der landlord vill die mit it. before you kits derc
if you don’t run quick ’
Salt Lake Mail .—The Salt Lake mail ar
rived last night under charge of Mr. Chas. Gil
key, making the trip in thirty days. He re
ports that provisions are very scarce iu Salt
■ Lake City. The trains of Mormon emigrants
i were arriving daily, when lie left, in pretty good
condition. Williams' freight train will not
I reach the valley this winter. Owing to the
j danger from lhe Indians in the mountains, and
i to prevent white men from furnishing them
j arms and amuuition, the traders in all that
| country are ordered to repair to Fort Laramie,
i aud reside there during the winter.
: Gin. Harney intended going into winter
i quarters soon on White River. Considerable
I snow had fallen in the mountains, and the ice
j on the Platte was some ten to twelve inches
thick. Plenty of water and grass on the route
in. The party br< light in three passengers.—
The Indians are considered very dangerous on
the route. This party travelled without an
escort.
Gen. Sumner’s command, which bad started
to reinforce Gen. Hurney, have been ordered
bac to Fort Leavenworth, where they will re
main during the winter.
It is said that Gen. Harney, will spend the
I winter in the States—the elements on White
rive- being too severe for his health.—lnde
• pendente Dispatch.
Bni’i Mermaid Burnt.—Through an extra
I from the Apalachicola (Fla.) .Advertiser, we
! learn that on the Ist inst., the brig Mermaid.
Capt. Thayer, from New York, was burned to
I the water’s edge, while laying at anchor in Ap
' i bay. The vessel had arrived the
previous day and came to anchor some miles !
! down the harbor, the Captain taking the pa-.- 1
! sengers up to the city in a yawl. At midnight, j
and while the master and lioats crew were yet!
absent, anoke was discovereil issuing from the 1
! main hatch, which was removed, when flames >
! burst forthwith great violence. Withdiffi-|
cully the mate aud five men saved the chronoin- ‘
eter a«d of their clothing. At seven
o'clock next evening the wreck sank in ten feet'
water. The brig was ten months old. owned 1
by B. Richards. Esq., ot New York, aud val-'
tied at 820.000. She was loaded with an us-1
sorted cargo, the value of which is estimated
at from 875.000 to SBO,OOO.
At Medina, N. Y., reccently'a young I
man 23 yvurs of age, who had been deaf anil
dumb . .nee bis ninth year, was taken with vio
lent spasm of the chest about a week ao’o, and
after throwing up a small quantity of blood
found tb ,t that his hearing and power of speech
were entirely restored.
NaturalJßet’Ourees of Nicaragua.
Wc have partaken ofa great variety of fruits
and vegetables which are indigenous to tho
soil of Central America. Among the fruits
are the orange, lemon, limes, banana, coci’anut
cocoa plum, alligator pear, guava, plantain,
papaya, marmion, rose apple, grandilla, water
melon, cantelope. bread fruit, citron, and a va
riety of others which we have not yet become !
familiar with.
Those of the vegetables that we have seen
consist of cocoa, a species of our potato, ochre
yam. sweet potato, peas, Lima, French, and
vauillu beans, squashes, pepper, pumpkins, Ate. ■
Wc have no doubt that a portion, if not all.
of the products of the United States can be !
cultivated here. We notice many fruits and
plants similar to the growth of Florida and the
more northern States, but they are more ma
tured and in a greater variety.
The cactus grows to a gigantic height, and
the sensitive plant exhibits in a marked degree
its peculiar characteristics. Beautiful roses, in
great variety of their species, grow wild and
luxuriant.
The vegetable productions for commerce are
principally sarsaparilla, anota, sloes, ipecacu
anah. ginger, vanilla, peruvitin bark, cowage,
copal, gum arable, ci>pavia, caoutchouc, dragon’s
blotxl, vaugo and oil plant.
'l he staple products of the State and those
which arrive at great perfection, sugar, eoff c.
! tobaco, indigo, maize, or Indian corn.rice.choe
j elate, cocoa. Among the valuable trees may
be noticed mahogany, logwood, Brazil-wood,
cedar, iignumvita?, fustic, yellow pine, silk cot
! ton-free, oak, copal-tree, buttonwood, ironwood,
j rosewood, aud Nicaragua-wood, calabash. &c
Wheat and other cereal graine flourish in
the elevated districts and Northern parts of the j
Republic.
in fact one can have any climate they wish'.
, from the atmosphere of the plains to the bro
’ ken and uiountaiuous country, which extends
i even to the coast.
The mineral resources of Nicaragua are nu
merous, consisting <>f gold, silver, copper, iron,
lead and coal. Mines of the latter are easy of
access, and within a short distance of the Sul
phur, is found in great quantities; also nitre,
sniphate of iron and a number of other mine
rals.
'Hie beef of San Juan is very good, but there
is not so large a stock as in tho interior, still
there is sufficient for practical purposes, and we
venture to say that any amount of the Durham
species could be raised here, or a few milre
higher up the coast. Wild animals abound—
such as the tiger, wild hog, monkey. Ac., all of
which are harmless, except when attaked.
The poultry is excellent, and there is plenty
of it; also birds of all kinds—parrots, parro
qnets, bullfinches, canariea amr almost every
other species that the tropics produce. We
have had the pleasure of lunching on snipe, and
can w arrant their flavor.
Fish, oysters, clams, shrimps and crabs can
; be found iu the be found in the bay and river.
The jack fish, drummer, and a species of
shcepshead, we think peculiarly fine. Clams
are round and small, but very tender and deli
cate. The cowfish is considered a great relish
by the natives, but wc have not yet mustered
courage to pirtake of this or the alligator.
[Sm Juan Central American.
Equality or States.—The Washington
Union publishes the following decisions of
the Attorney General opon important points
connected with the Ordinance ’B6 and the Mis
souri Compromise:
1. Ithua been adjudged by a long series of
decisions of the Supreme Court that the United
States never held any municipal sovereignty,
urisdiction, or right of soil in the territory of
which any of the new States arc formed, except
for temporary purposes, namely; to execute the
trusts created by deeds of session of Virginia.
Massachusetts, Georgia, and other States in the
original common territory of the Union, or by
treaties with France, Spaia and the Mexican
Republic, in the territories of Louisiana, the
Floridas. New Mexico and California.
2. It has been adjudged by the same scries
of decisions that the provisions of the ordin
ance for the organization of the Northwest Ter
ritory were extinguished by the constitution ;
or if any of them retain continuing validity,
it is only so far as they may have outhority
derived from some other source, either the com
pacts of cession or acts of Congress under the
Constitution.
3. This doctrine has been applied in lend
ing cases to questions touching the property
iu public lands, the relation of master and slave,
religion, navigable waters and the eminent do
main, and may be taken as the established lead
ing truth.
4. In obedience to the same principle, and
proceeding in the same line of adjudications, it
must have been held, if the question had come
up for legal determination, that the provision
of the act of March 6.1820, which undertakes
to determine in advance a perpetual rule of
municipal luw for all that portion of the prov
ince of Louisisiana which lies north of the
parallel of 36 deg. 30 min. north latitude, was
null and vaid aJ tncep/o because incompatible
with the organic fact of equality of interna
right, in all respects, between the old and th
new States.
The New Colln's Steamer—The Journal
of Commerce says that the most noticeable object
of tne ship yards of New York, is the mamotii
Steamer, Adriatis building for the Collin's line
in Mr. Steer’s yard, and which attracts numer
ous visitors All its proportions are gigantic,
the vessel exceeding in size any that has ever
been built in this country.' In some of its
dimensions it will not very materially from lie
United States steamship Niagara, building at
• the Navy Yard, but in the number of tons it
will be superior. The ship is entirely in frame.
! so that the deck beams aud iron braces arc be-
I ing put in.
The “garboard streak,” which extends parallel
with the keel, and is equivalent to the first
plank is also beingput on. The strength of
the vessel is in some degr e indicated by -the
fact that this is eleven inches in thickness.
I The iron braces, which will extend obliquely
across the frames, interlacing each other at in
tervals four feet, are of themselves a curiosity
and wonder. They are each fifty feet in length,
seven-eighths of an inch in thickness, and five
inches broad, weighing 750. There are three
hundred bars or “straps” of this description.
Four hundred men are constantly employed on
this ship, whose weekly wages average about
$2,400, and it is expected she will be launched
the Ist of April. She is three hundred and
forty-five feet in length, fifty breadth, and thirty
two in depth.
Kansas Free State Convention.—A cor
| respondent of the St. Louis Intelligencer writes
as follows:
An animated discussion arose yesterday on a
resolution introduced by Mr. Delahay of Leav
enworth, (editor of the Territorial Register,) in
; dorsing the Kansas Nebraska bill, and falling
back on the squatter sovereignty principle.—
This was an effort to raise the Whig and Dem
ocratic issue, and resulted in considerable alter
cation. Dr. Russell of Lawrence was the most
I prominent opposer of the resolution, and con-
I tended that by adopting the resolution the
I Convention would not only indorse the objec
tionable features of that bill, but raise a ques
j tion on the authority of Congress, to which it
' was the intention of the people of this Territo
iry to apfieal. Amendments and conuter-reso
i lutions followed each other in rapid succession;
I at one time the whole matter was laid on the
table, but it was called up in the afternoon of
yesterday, and made the special business for
next Thursday.
Medical Virtues of Parsley,—Two phv
ricians of Faris have published ave y iuipo'r- !
tant luemoir, the object of which is to make i
known the immense resources which theheab'ii" '
art may draw from the seed of parsley. The !
common indigenous plant possesses iucontesta-1
ble febrifuge quantities or properties; the de
coction of its seed may be substituted for tha ‘
of cinchona, and the active principle which ha?
been drawn from it, and which they designate
under the name of apiol, is equivalent to quiuin
in the treatment of the local intermittent lo
ves.
The Euu«l»«»r Illinois.
The Alton corrtspondi nt of the St. Louis
R publican gives II <■ following inforimitioti in
ngiird to the couipdition for | Hr ,|, j h Jifinois:
‘•The Danville Lund Office i : , about to Ims re
opened, and a multitude of him) speculators arc
on tins <ji,, ca-caccordingly . with | ah( ] warrants
uii.l the p' wtoil learn that they have got
Up maps, showing every vie nut piece of land
n that district, uud thwc tri I Ic- a Jrimindoua
rush alien .the office opens.
By law. when two or more p rsons desire the
same tract for entry, it is set up at auction,
and gi<‘b to the highest bidder. (’onsiqueutly
much of this land will thus be sold, unlessspeo
ulators form a strong combination and keep
outsiders away. Tin- lands of that district em
brace a tier ol Ix'uutiful prairie counties, lying
u'ona and ad jacent to the Wataisli, now, or un
til the Central Road was surveyed, a wilder
ness. 11 sold nt a fair competing safe, they
would bring to tla‘Government $8 p< r acre.-
Wild prairie lands in this Htato—thousands,
vs. millions of acres—are held at from $5 to
S2O per acre throughout all Illinois. At tho
present ratio of increase, in twenty years from
this time, ail onr prairie lands will lie worth
s2(l " 825 per ncro cash in Lntxl; for the idea
is now prevailing that Illinois will lie tlic brat
laiin ■ g SfaU. east of the M -sisaippi. S|s‘cu
atoi'R from t ecast and in ■ d men who w ish a
safe iuvislnieiit. nrehim.ding on warrantsto in
v.»t. in leinois lands.
l np<‘r rinnf.
Under this iuad. tho Mineral Point Tribune
publishes an account of a newly discovered
plant from s Mrs. Beaniont. of Arena, as fol-
• J discovered about two years ago a plant
that yields both cotton and flux from the same
root, and I believe 1 am the first person that
ever cultivated, spun, and knit from it. I am
persuaded that any article that will make us
good cloth as can be made from thia plant, will
make good paper; hence 1 call it ’he paper
plant. It can be planted in the Spring, and
cut in the Fall or Winter. It bleaches itself
white as it stands, and will yield at least three
tons to the acre.
“From a single root that I transplanted last
spring there grew twenty large stalks, with three
hundred and twelve pods, (containing the cot
ton)‘with at least sixty seeds in each. From
this root I obtained seven ounces of pure cot
ton, and over half a pound of flax. It is a ve
ry heavy plant, mid grows from six to seven
feet liigli."
The Tribune adds that it has seen several
samples of the cotton and flax, prepared from
this plant, by Mrs. Beamont, aud thinks that
for tlic manufacture of pajsT it will prove bet
ter and cheaper thun any other known article.
PRKTfY Women.—A pretty woman is one
of the “institutions” of the country—an angel
in dry goods and glory. She makes sunshine,
blue sky, Fourth of July,and happiiires wherev
er she goes. Her path is one of delicious roses,
perfume and beauty. She is a sweet poem,
written in rare curls and choice calico, and good
prin iplcs. Men stand up before her as so ma
ny admiration points, to melt into cream and
then butter. Her words float round the ear
like music, birds of Paradise, or the chimes of
Sabbath bells. Without her society would lose
its truest attraction, he church it’s firmest re
liance, and young men the very best of comforts
and company. Her influence and generosity
restrain the vicious, strengthen the weak, raise
the h>wly, flannel-shirt the heathen, and strength
en the faint-hearted. Wherever you find the
virtuous woman, yon also find pleasant fire-side
bouquets, clean clothes, order, good living, gen
tle hearts, piety, music, light and model “insti
tutions” generally. She is the flower of hu
manity, a very Venus in dimity, and her inspi
ration is the breath of Heaven.
fi®” “This is a very beautiful taste,” said
Mrs. Partington at the agricultural show, look
ing at the big sheep, and addressing a tall voung
man by her side. He responded ‘yes’m.” “Is
that a hydraulic ram?" she asked , wi ll great
simplicity, provoking a smile on the young man’s
face, and a loud laugh from outsiders , who
were attracted by tho black bonnet. The
young man informed her that this was a long
wooled shii'p. from which very long yarn was
spun. “Ah!” said she, ‘fyou arc very kind; but
can you tell mo if the Pope has sent any of
his bulls over here to this show?” “No,” said
lie smiling tremendously, out among the swino
is a descendant ol the great Boanerges.” Nei
ther Partington nor any one near knew what
lie meant, but he laugheil loudly, and those
outside laugheil louder than he, much to his sat
isfaction.. They laughed even louder when he
found swinging from his button behind a tag
bearing the inseription, “Vermont Boy,” with
age and weight given, but lie didn't. And Ike
was looking so innocently all the while, trying
to muke the rum sneeze by tickling his nose
with a st;a i!
ftaT’"Ah! said a mischievous wag to a lady
acquaintance of a proud aristocratic caste, “I
percive you have been learning a trade.”
"Learning a trade 1” exclaimed the haughty
dame, looking needles and pins, -indeed you are
very much mistaken,”
‘■Ob! sai the vviekivl wn , I, J thought by
the looks of your checks tha t you bad turned
painter!"
Ji, wag •' lid instanter— the lady saved
I! Item fainting by dinking aI an idly
glass of waler.
Prepare fob the ’aniahy Election.—ln
many cjunties in the .Slate the Know Noth
ings have pretended to disband their organiza
tion. and yet in every county where they have
the least chance of success they are calling vig
orously upon Sam, onci more to rally and elect
none but his d< voted followers to county offices
Let the Democrats and Anti-Know Nothings
every where be on their guard; bun is only pre
tending to let go that he may be able to get a
better hold.
Personal— Very Important.—The Hon.
Mr. Smugging, the Hou. Mr. .Snobs, the Hon-
Mr. Spatterdash, the Hon. Mr. Thingumbob,
General Longsward, ColonelQuattebum, Major
Fircup, Cuptuiu Furioao, Lit uienuul Split brain
Sergeant Pontoon, are ut present iu the city of
Mushroom.
It is rumored that Mrs. Cangshays, the ac--
complished lady of General Sangshay s, intends
to spend the winter iu Washington, and will be
accompanied by her beautiful niece Miss Addie
L mgpurse.— American Organ.
ttpj>„ Niepcce, the co-luborer of Daguere, has
after ycari of study aud experience, succeeded in
almost perfecting the art his associate discovered:
—”1 have begun,” says he, "with reproducing
in the camera obscura colored engravings, then
artificial, and lastly, dead nature, a doll dressed
in stuff of diflereut colors, uud always trimmed
with gold and sib er luce. I have obtained ull
tlie colors, and, what is niore extraordinary ami
curious, the gold and silver arc depicted with
their metallic lustre, and rock crystal, porcelain,
uii alabaster arc depicted with the lustre natural
to them.”
The Democacy of Cass County, Texas,
held a meeting on the 24th ultimo, and a point
ed delegates to tire State Convention. The 10l -
owing resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That Gen. Suu Houston, iu his ca
pacity as United Staten Senator, has violated
the coutidiuce reposed iu him by iiis constitu
ent. uiiethat iu view of ihen almost unanimous
wishes ot the people, he ought to resign his
seat, so that they might elect a man who would
become the expoueutof th ir principles aud the
defender of their rights.
A Monster Killed.—A Panther measuring
7 1-2 leet, ami weighing lot) pounds, was killed
as ter a desperate struggle, on Saturday night, the
-Oth ull., near Curd springs, Tenn , by a party
of nine gentlemen, assisted by twenty dogs.-
The struggle lasted half an hour, aud it is ile
cribed us extremely desperate. Besides the
attack el the dogs (which he resisted gallantly)
u‘: received live shots ; aud a number of blowa
rum stones, fence rails, Ac., before Le gave it
up. N one ot the men were hurt, but thrui of
the dogs were killed and several others badly
cnppM.-4(«*son (Ay) J