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THE VI I.\VIA WEEKLY EXAMINEE
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JOHN 11. STEELE, 1 W(1; . Q
CHAS. L. BARBOUR. }
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THURSDAY". ERIJItCARY. ’ L lssi “
We would call attention to the Card of Messrs
Tomlinson & Barnes, in another column, and
recommend all who are in want of any thing
in their line to give them a trial.
Hotel Arrivals.
Owing to an extraordinary press of busi
ness we arc not able to publish to-day, the ho
tel arrivals cf yesterday. To morrow’s issue,
however, will contain them, in connection with
those of to day. We hope the different hotels
will bo prompt in sending in their arrivals be
fore 4 o’clock, as we cannot attend to any coih
muuieatiou after that Ijour.
Corned.
As our editors are absent, we have no fa
cilities for catering to our editorial columns ;
yet, in our rambles on the streets, wr sometimes
see something of a local character worthy oi
notice. Among the many amusing scenes that
occur in onr busy city, we will notice one ol
an entirely original character:
Yesterday morning, as we were necessarily
passing Wiuship'sSbop, our attention was call
ed to a strange scene of commotion in a pile
of shavings. Being curious to know the cause
of so strange a phenomenon, we approached the
theatre of action, and—to our surprise—found
in the “wreck of matter,’ a man cooling off
from the last night's revelry, and shivering
“alone in his glory.” The poor teliow was so
chilled by the "North winds breath,' that he
could not answer our inquiries ; and we would
not have known yet the cause of his being “out
by moonlight alone” hud we not accidently dis
Covered a rough board at bis head upon which
some mcrcilesss wag bad inscribed these un
charitable words; "immoderatepotuob stupefae
ttus." Translating, ns well as we could, we
mentally ejaculated "dead drunk." and left.
Marriage in tub Days of Hezekiah.—Rev.
Mr. Broadns, in his lecture at Petersburg the
other evening, stated that in the good old days
of Judah, matrimony was considered a s.nc qua
non, at least, among tho ladies, and that to live
an '’old maid,” was. in the eye of t.e world
the gieatcst disgrace that could befall females-
Au instance was on tecord in the days of Heze
kiah. when seven women (rather than live un
married) had proposed to one man. and. heed
less of polygamy, were willing to become his
wives. *
L EsSf- William Blake, the inventor of Metalic
Faint, died at Westfield, Mass., on the Bth Jan.
j He was testing the practicability of making
f powder without salpetre, when the composition
1 txplodod, eaaaing lus death.
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f Advertising.
We have been in exchange for a long while
with a little Florida pine-woods paper, from
which we have gathered so little of interest,
that we have lately seldom opened it. Yes.
terday, however, we found it spread open upon
our table, and the following sensible remarks
by the editor forced themselves upon our’at
tention t
“ A sensible man says : “My confidence in
the power of advertising is such, that were I
engaged in the wood trade, I would advertise
the superiority of my kindling wood over that
of any other. If you have an article to sell,
let the people know it, and you will find a cus
tomer.”
In en 'orsement of the above, we can point
to several in the circle of our acquaintance
who , a few years ago, had nothing, and would
have nothing yet, had they not consulted
the advertising columns of a widely circulated
journal. Advertising a a science, and bound
to benefit the advertiser co long jis he patron
ire i the paper that circulates most largely in
the sphere of his business. It is a mistaken
notion with ultra politicians that they must
advertise in the paper that advocates their pe
culiar political predilections. This spirit of
party coherence is well enough while it fosters
individual interests. But it should be remem
bered that political bias is one thing, and bu
siness another. [lri confidence, the extent of
the Examiner circulation being greater than
any other Atlanta paper, sugge-'ted the above
thoughts].
Industry and Activity of Birds.—The
activity and industry of birds when they have
young is most surprising. A gentleman in
England, who had for somedays watched the
operations of a pair of titmice while feeding
their little brood, gives the following as the
result of his observations:
The parent birds began their labor of love
at halfpast 3 o'clock in tho morning, and did
not. leave off till after 8 o’clock in the evening,
after being almost incessantly engaged for
nearly seventeen hours. Mr, Weir counted
their various, returns to the nest, and found
them to be 3*75. gfcfp to 4 o’clock, ns a break
fast, they were fed twelve times; between 5 and
G, forty times, flying to and from a plantation
more than 150 yards from their nest; between
9 and 10 o’clock they fed them forty-six times,
and they continued at their work till the time
specified, sometimes bringing in a single large
caterpillar, and at other times two or three
small ones. The Germans are the finest appre
eiators of birds. It is a fact, that when the
Prussian authorities, under pecuniary pressure,
were lately about to cut down certain trees
near Cologne, which were frequented by nigh
tingales, the alarmed citizens purchased the
trees in order to save the birds and keep their
music.
The Great Invention of the Age.—S o
the Austin (Texas) correspondent of the Gal
veston News, terms a “machine” which has
lately been exhibited to the members of the
Texas legislature. He says:
’Hie great invention of the age is Gen. Cham
bres’ terra-aqueons machine; it has been pri
vately submitted to committees o, both branch
esof the Legislature, and I am credibly inform
cd that it has been demonstrated to the entire
satisfaction of al! members of both committees,
that the invention is a valuable one, and likely
to create an entire revolution in the means o
transportation. It is represented not to have
any wheels, and not to slide, and yet, by som
purticular arrangement, will on a graded roade
make forty miles an hour.
The road will be much wider than a rail roud
track, but will require no iron, and possibly
cost less than a double track. It will cross
rivers or bays at the rate of ten miles per hour.
This i d a short description of a machine appli
cable‘to both land and water. The in venter
ca ims that the same principle may be aplied
to mahincs intended solely for water transpor
tation, and that the speed some twenty miles
per hour may be obtained.
The invention may seem too extravagant for
credence, but us some men, who have acknowl
edged mechanical skill, pronounce it a vaulable
invention, 1 deem it worthy of notice.
Tub Largest Known Horse.—The great
Rocky Mountain Horse, being the equinal ani
mal in the world, is daily attracting large crowds
to his place of exhibition on Camp street, near
Canal. He is 21 hands in height, and weighs
2,060 pounds. Besides his large size, he has
other qualities which make him one of the
most interesting curiosities now in tho city.—
Hs is perfectly docile, und is pronounced by
competent judges to be the most regularly
formed and handsomest horse ever seen. J uhges
ol horses, und naturalists particularly should
pay him a visit.— Sew Orleans True Delta.
In 1849, Giddings of Ohio introduced
a resolution iu the House,-declaring that a plu
rality rule tor lucelection oftopeaker, would “be
oppressive in operation, of dangerous tendency,
and ought not to be adopted and that ground
was sustained by the abolition force ui the
House, uud by their papers. Bui now Gid
dings and ah ms luilowers are zealous admirers
ol the plurality rule, and ore dciiotuiciugall who
oppose it. touch is abolition honesty.”— Con.
Patriot.
Alleged Discovery of a New Island.—
Caph CaulUlan, of the Belgian bark Inde
pendence Bel s c, informs bis Government that
on the 26 th of August lust he discovered a
small island in Ut. 46 min. S., and long. 53
deg. 43 min. \\., off the coast ol Patagonia.
Immense numbers of birds were seen flying
above the sea gross which surrounded it for
miles. It is very dangerous, as it is not de
scribed on any chart.
Ravages of IYolvbs in lowa.—The cold
weather in lowa has made the wolves unusually
courageous as well as ravenous. Two persons
have been k lied by them iu Pottawattamie,
county, one of them a young girl. She was
dragged from a house by a ferocious pack, and
' devoured instantly.
I A very small pattern of a man lately
solicited the baud of a fice buxom girl. -Oh, no”
said the fair lady, “I can't think of it for a
moment. The fact is, Tom. you are a little
too big to put into a cradle, and a little too
' small to put into a bed.”
fey- Tho “fast men” of St. Pau), Minnesrj
, ta, amuse themselves during this cold weather
I with horse races on the frwec Alisiwippi.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDA Y MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1856.
Ex-President Fillmore in Italy.—A cor
respondent of the Philadelphia L edger, writing
from Leghorn, says:
The only person who was permitted to .'and
in advance of all the rest, was a young Aus
trian officer (some 19 or 20 years old); theoth
er passengers, among whom was onr most ex
cellent ex-President Fillmore and the Duke of
Montpensier (son ofthelatt King of the French
and a capital, handsome fellow withal) had to
stay on board of an exceedingly filthy steamer;
until the police were satisfied that none of the
passengers brought inte port were likely to
give the State dange ■ or trouble. The pass
ports, by-the-by, must be handed to the captain
of each steamer at the time of your taking yonr
berth, and returned by him during the voyage,
so as to hand-them to the police c fficer as soon
as you enter the port. The police officer then
comes on board and counts off the passengers
like sheep, to see whether their number corres
ponds to the number of passports handed to
him. For the first time in my life a real fill!
buster feeling came over me, and I felt as if -
could throw the officer overboard, when 1 sawl
the ex-President of onr Republic (May God
preserve her from the fate of the Italian Repub.
lies) walk past the petty officer of the absolute
power of a petty State; in obedience to bis bru
tal mandate. The Duke of Montpensier fol
lowed with a smile, and I could not help whis
pering to him in English, that he probably
realized himself that "Ameiiea and England were
the only two free countries in the world!
Nothing, indeed, can exceed the unostenta
t’ons carriage and simplicity of the American
on his whole journey through Eu
rope. He goes and sees everything, yet no
body finds out who ho is and what elevated
station he occupied till he is gone. In Paris,
while at the Hotel du Louvre, the landlord nev
erknew his guest until some American had
inquired for ex-President Fillmore; and the
same thing occurred in Marseilles, Nizza, Gen
oa and Leghorn. When the people learned
who he was, there was considerable empress
ment to serve him, but he afforded them no op
portunity. Living in the simplest manner, and
exacting nothing that is not usua with the
unpretending and unassuming gentlemen, he
only leaves people with regret that they cannot
show him some proof of their respect, or some
attention corresponding with his station. Mr.
Fillmore has now been in England, France,
Prussia, Austria and Italy, and will have seen
all Europe before he returns to the United
States. He has everywhere been the unob
served observer of the people and their insti
tutions, and will return to the Uuited States a
better judge of European governments than th:
wholy body of unfledged diplomates we are in
the habit of sending abroad that they may be
come acquainted with court gossip and court
manners, much to the detriment of their knowl
edge and usefulness in foreign parts. The man
ner in which Mr. Fillmore travels is the only
one by which an American can really become
acquainted with Europe, and learn to love and
cherish his own country.
The Gong.—We find the following rib tick
ler in an exchange:
Speaking of gongs, a trio of old ludiee, dele
gates to the Womans’ Right Convention, lately
stopped at the Barnett House, Cincinnati.—
They had never heard a gong, and wc give
Mrs. Trodwell’s own description of it: “We
hadn’t been in our ’own rooms very long, till
jerniny criminy, of all the noises that ever did
noise—growlin, bellerin, howlin, screeching, and
rumblin up in one infernal muss of a sound I
We thought the day of insurrection had come
sure cncugh ; all were awfully frightened. Mrs.
Saffron vowed that it was Gabriel blowing his
last trump, and that he was a little hoarse.—
Mrs. Skinflint, she bounced into her bed, cry
ing out, ‘feathers is non conductors I’ Direct
ly the all-fired how’lin’ thing shut up, and then
there was a sound of folks runnin’ down stairs
fit to break their necks.
We were all making for the door to run too
when something knocked at the door. We
were afraid to open, but at last Miss Saflron,
bold as a Hou, advanced and peeped through a
key hole. There we stood, shivering with fright
—just at this minute the doors opened and what
in the name of Hoggins do you think it was ?—•
TYhy, nothing but ap oor, mean, good for noth
ing, deceitful, yaller nigger, wanting to know
if we'd come to supper. “Has the telegraphic
mugnetiff exploded ?” asked Miss Skinflint.—
“Ma'am,” says he again. “Then,” says I “what
was that infernal howling about, you great,
stupid, silly nigger?” “That noise just now?
oh, nothing but the gong I reckon,” says he,
and the critter went off grinning. What a gong
was we couldn't tell, but from its voice wc
guessed it was sonic astonishing savage beast
they had tamed and let loose about the house
to sheer decent people out of their senses.
Ariel Murder Case.—ln reference to this
matter, uow undergoing investigation in Char
leston, the Charleston Standard says:
“The principal facts in this case are genera
lly known; though it may be well to mention,
for the benefit of those who may not have seen
the evidence which we published at the t'me
when the case was first examined, that the ves
sei, in the latter part of July last, was bound
on a voyage from New York to China; that
when out some seventeen days, the captain was
found dead in his berth. Upon his head were
wounds which seemed to have been inflicted by
an axe or a hatchet; his throat was cut, anil
there were two stabs as though made by a
knife in the breast. The berth in which he
was found lying, at about seven o'clock in the
morning, was saturated with blood, the parti
tion was also spattered. A hatchet was
found, with clots upon it, upon both the ham
mer and the blade, aud there was everywhere
the indication of a moat brutal and aremerseless
murder. The body was placed in a barrel of
brine, and the vessel in command of the first
Ulate, one of the parties now charged; was
brought into the port of Charleston, where, an
examination being had, the first mate, Nicno
las Wheato_ Lakemau, and two boys, George
Anderson and Henry Giraud, were put in jail
to answer for the crime. Against Giraud.
however, uo indictment has been found by the
Grand Jury, and only Lakeman and Anderson
of the ship's crew have been put upon their
trial. ”
A Centenarian.—Mrs. Catherine Ritten
who will be one hundred and six years of age
on the 18th inst, has just filed an affidavit be.
fore Levi S. Russell, Esq., of this city, in a very
important pension case now pending. The old
lady, as we are assured, although enfeebled in
body, retains h?r mental faculties in an eminent
degree. She resides in Bryan Coanty.—Sar.
Journal.
In Washington, Mo., recently, a gunsmith
named Harriison, was on a, trial for several
burglaries, which, it was charged be had com
mitted. During the trial it was disclosed that
he bad violated the person of his step-daughter,
a girl of 17, and by threats against her life had,
induced her to keep the secret. The girl’s
brother, who was present. left the Court room.!
procured a pistol’ loaded it, return to the Court;
room, placed the pistol to Harrisot/s head, dis-1
charged the pistol aud left him a life.ess corpse i
iu the presence of the magistrates. The young I
man was tried immediately; and aiecharged
from cartodj.
The W.ir inOregoM.
Letters have been received nt the Indian
Bureau in Washington, containing matters in
‘ regard to.the Indian difficulties in Oregon,
which will be sou d new and interesting. We!
extract the following:
" Intense excitement prevades the white
population of.the entire country, and in dis
-1 tricts most remote the people have congregated
' in block-houses and so-ts which they have erect
' ed for their protection. Messengers are seen
hurrying from settlement to settlement, alarm
' ing reports are everywhere current, and in the
popular phrensy the peaceful as well as the
hostile bands of Indians are menaced with ex
termination. Uio demonstrations already made
in Jack-on county aud in tho Umpqua valley
arouse the fears of the Indians in this part of
the Territory that these threats may be car
ried into execution.
“ However, the collection of the Indians at
suitable points, and the appointment of dis
creet persons to watch over them, has tended
very much to quiet their apprehensions ; but
should the present campaign in Washington
Territory and in Middle Oregon prov; unsuc
cessful, it will be well-nigh impossible to save
the Indians of this valley from the fury of the
inhabitants. Their guilt or innocence will
not be the subject of inquiry ; lhe fact that
they are Indians will be deemed deserAing of
death. They will be slain, not for what they
have done, but for what they might do. if so
disposed.
*■ * * It is useless now to speculate upon
the causes which have produced this state of
affairs. The war is upon us, and whatever its
origin, when defenceless women and children
are murdered, and the property of our citizens
destroyed by the ruthless savage, no one can
hesitate as to the course to be pursued toward
those who have assumed the attitude of ene
mies.
“ The bands now encamped at Fort Lane,
numbering 334 persons, who immediately on
the commencement of hostilities, placed them
selves under the protection of the garrison, arc-'
in imminent danger of meeting the fate so
boldly and recklessly threatened—that of anni
hilation ; and unless they are immediately re
moved the scheme will undoubtedly be carried
into effect. These bands comprise tho original
Rogue River Indians, and a part of those treat
ed with on the 18th of November, 1854, and
from their general good conduct merit a better
fate.
“ The Umpqua Indians are but litele mnre
secure ; one village having already been attack
ed bj- a body of lawless banditti, who put to
death men. women and children.”
From the above, it will be seen that a por
tion of the white population, by their lawless
deeds, have contributed not a little to incite
the Indians to commit outrages upon the de
fenceless white population i f the e Territories.
It is needless to add that the Indian agentsand
government officers stationed among these
tribes have done all in their power to prevent
the commission of these deeds of violence, and
to save the friendly Indians from the fury of
the settlers. The superintendent’s letter closes
with the following paragraph :
“ The agents in the Indian department are
almost powerless to do good. With a military
command of two hundred men to protect the
encampments, the friendly Indians mighs he
collected and kept ou‘ of the fight; but other
wise it is greatly to be feared that they will
all unite in hostilities against us. Almost eve
ry day brings intelligence of the desertion of
bands heretofore fr cndly, and the commission
of some horrible outrage on our citizens. We
need a strong and well-disciplined military
force in the country—first, to chastise anil
bring the Indians into subjection, and after
wards to aid in ridding the country of lawless
vagabonds, who have provoked this state of
affairs.”
Good Advice.—in the Journal of Health
Dr. Hall advises every person who goes into
the open air from a warm apartment to keep
the mouth shut while walking or riding. lie
says:—
"Before you leave the room bundle up well
—gloves, cloak, comforter—shut your mouth
before you open the street door, and keep it
resolutely closed until you have walked briskly
tbr some ten minutes; then, if you
keep on walking, or have reached your
home, you may talk as much as you please.—
Not so doing, many a heart once happy and
young now lies in th j church yard that might
have been young and happy still. But how?
If you keep your uiomh closed and walk rap
idly, tho air can only reach the lungs by a cir
cuit of the nose and head, and becomes warm
before reaching the lungs, thus causing no de
rangement; but if you converse, large drafts
of cold air dash directly • upon the lungs,
chilling the whole frame almost instantly. The
brisk walking throws lhe blood to the surface
of the body, thus keeping up a vigorous circu
lation, making a co d impossible if you gel
home. Neglect of these bridgs sickness and
premature death to multitudes every year."
Importance of Recreation.— The follow
ing felicitous passage occurs in the admirable '
speech of the Hou. Edward Everett, at the Web- 1
sler Festival ut the Revere House last week. <
llie orator, in referring to Mr. Webster's taste ,
tor manly sports, added these words:—
The Americans, as a people—at least the 1
professional and mercantile ctussess—-have too '
little considered the importance oi healthful i
generous recreation. They have not learned the ;
reason contained iu the very word which teach,
es that the worn-out man is recreated—made ‘
over.again—by the seasonable relaxation ol the I
strained faculties. The old world learned this <
lesson years ago, and found out (Herod 1,173.)
that as the bow always bent will at last break,
so the man,corever on the strain of thought and
action, will at last go mad or break down.—
Thrown upon a new continent—eager to do the
work of twenty centuries in two—the Augio. '
American population has overworked, and is
daily overworking itself. From morning to
night—from January to December—brain and
hands, eyes and fingers, the powers of the body
and the powers oi the mind, are iu spasmodic,
merciless activity. There is no lack of a few
tasteless aud soulless dissipations which are cal
led amusements, but noble, athletic sports manly
out door exercises,are too little cultivated in
town or in country.
A Learned Theologian.—We find iu the
Louisville Journal the following flattering tri
bute to the Biblical acquirements of the editor
of the Boston Post. We are surprised that he
has never had “a call to preach”:
Our cotemporary of the Boston Pest has not
always enjoyed a high reputation as a Bible stu-!
dent. We remember, that, many years since!
the editor of the Dedham Patriot announced i
that a wag bad imposed upon the editor of the !
Boston Post the fifth chapter of Matthew's Gos-1
pel as an original article, and that its origin was ,
not discovered until the foreman of the cffice l
detected it in reading the proof-sheets. The i
■ Dedham Patriot said that the editor of the:
I Post offered five dollars reward for the discov
| ery of the author of this attempt upon the Bib-
I lical reputation of the Post. We do not know
whether the writer was ever detected.
t@f»The Democratic State convention of;
, North Carolina will be held iu Raleigh on the *
il6tad»J9fAf»iL
Ancient Slavery.
i ■ Deßow's Review for December is a very in-
I teresting number. Geo. Frederick Holmes, of
I Virginia, concludes in it his admirable essay
• 'entitled “ Ancient Slavery.” Here is a por-
■ tiou worth extracting :
• I But it has been steadily denied by the ma-
jority of modern theorists that slavery is cither
just in itself, or consonant with the laws of
. nature, and consequently, it would be illogical
to extend it to those consideration which
might, ho appropriate to natural institutions.—
• We shall not repeat a discussion so often and
• .-o fully undertaken elsewh -re, but shall content
ourselves with citing in the note below two
• testimonies from St. Paul and St. Thomas
Aquinas, neither of which has, so far as we
■ are aware, been adduced before.* We may
add too, that the philosophical demonstration
employed by Aristotle to prove slavery both
natural and just, after having been strongly
endorsed by Lord Bacon, lias been approved
even in England by his latest biographer.—
Slavery, however, is abundantly proved to be
natural by tho fact of its being spontaneous
and universal. Deviations from the rule may
occur, but they are partial and transient, and
no mere prove that slavery is not a natural in
cident of society, than illegitimate children and
foundling hospitals prove the relation of father
' and child to be unnatural; or woman’s rights'
practices and the unlicensed intercourse of the
sexes prove marriage to be an unnatural re
straint.
The relation of master and slave, or servant,
stands on the same footin? as that of husband
and wife, and of parent and child. AH admit
ot violation and abuse, but do not cease to be
either natural or obligatory ou that account.
These three great fundamental and instinctive
relations constitute the base on which the edi
fice of society is erected. Nor are these re
spective obligations invalidated by any impro
prieties in the modes of their occasional organi
zation ; aud whatever objectio :smay lie alleged
against the inception of slavery, they have
their counterparts in the objects which may
frequently be brought with even greater pro
priety against the manner in which the other
relations have been commenced.
* “ Who art thou that judgrs on Uher man’s servant!
To his owu master ho standeth or la lath ; yea, ho
shall beholden up, for God is able to make him stand.
[Rom- xiv, 4.
“Art thou called being a servant I care not for it
but. if thou inayost bo free, use it ratlior.’’
“Bro hren, lei every man wherein ho is called,
therein abide with God. [Cor. vii,2O, 24.
Miss Kiiza Logan, as Adrienne.
Miss Logan was greeted, on her benefit
night, by the largest and most brilliant audi
ence wc have ever seen assembled in this city ;
on which occasion she not only sustained her
former reputation, but great as it was. she
even surpassed it.
The character is one very difficult to mas
ter, und which but few attempt, but Miss Logan
has shown herself equal to the task; and this,
together with her many other beautiful and
powerful personations, justly entitles her to
: the proud distinction she bears, oi being the
greatest American actress now on the Ameri
can boards. She displayed the various pas
sions of the human heart with a degree of per
fection nothing but great genius and skill could
arrive nt
Her large audiences were, at times, spell
bound, as if by enchantment, and so still (a
thing unheard of before) thu : you might almost
have heard the falling of a snow-flake; and
whenever she ceased speaking, the enthusiastic
cheers and prolonged applause spoke plainly of
the great eflect she was producing.
In the last scene, where Adrienne falls a
victim to the cruel revenge of her rival, and
dies by inhaling-thcpoison,the full heart, charg
ed to its utmost capacity, could bear no more,
and the "big tear” which stood in very eye,
spoke in an eloquence of which we are uot cap
able, of the powerful and magic influence of
her genius. • Os the Marseilles hymen, we can
not speak in terms too cxrtavagiint—suffice it
to say that the song which “woke a nation to
urms,” was sung, looked and acted by her, in a
manner which baffles description. Her triumph
was complete. .Spectator."
Augusta. Feb. 4, 1856.
Fires in New York.—Mr. Alfred E.Baker
the Fire Marshal of New York, has just pub
lished his third Annual Report. It embraces
the [K'riod between the 31st of May and the Ist
of December, 18 5. During that time fourteen
arrests were made for arson. The tables show
that fifty-two fires were traced to acts of incear
diarism. The aggregate exhibits a decrease ot
sixteen fires, in comparison with the correspond
ing six mouths of 1854 also a dimiiiuLvU in
the loss of nearly one-half, namely, 8237,037.
The Marshal has introduced an additional
column, exhibiting the amounts paid by insu
rance companies in the settlement of losses.--
Under this head, lor the last six months, there
appears to liave been paid 8160,350, or a little
over two-thirds of the alleged losses. This s
attributable, iu a measure, to a part of the loss
es not being fully covered by insurance, and
partly to insured parties claiming a large
amount of loss than was allowed by the under
writers. The report contains some interesting
suggestions in reference to the construction of
buildings, and denounces the new and peculiar
dwellings, called “ tenements.” Incendiarism
had decreased, but some remarkable cases had
occurred to which the Marshal makes reference
A Fast Youngster.—They lay agood many
charges at the doors of country pedagogues
“cut West.” It is said of one of them that re
c.ntly, while teaching some young idea, he found
it very difficult to impre.s the letter G upon
the memory of the urchin. He finally asked
the juvenile hopeful, byway of illustration,
“what does your father say to the horses when
he wants them to turn to the right I” “Hep!
get along, 2-401" exclaimed youthful prodigy,
his countenance lit up with animation. The
teacher lias since adopted a diffi ren manner ol
illustrating his subjects.
Washington, Feb. 4.—ln tire Seriate to-day
•he action of the late Nava! Board was dis
cussed. Among the bills introduced was one
! for the extension of tire period ot natural!za
■ tion.
In the House, Gen. Cullom, of Tennessee
' was elected Clerk by 126 votes to 87. pen
ding a mot ion to elect Glosbrenner. Sergeant
' at Arms, the House adjourned.
Mr. Dallas has been confirmed as Minister
to England.
To the Editot ■■ or Tn N.Y. Daily News I •
—lvan Golovin pres its bis compliments and
begs leave to state that the treaty of peace '
brought by the Arabia is nut true. It can i :
neither suit Russia nor the Allies. It is but j 1
the project of Austria. I. G. I
I N. Y. Feb. 1,1856. h
I O«r Whole Country.
. ■ The following is one of the standard gems of
f I patriotic sentiment, in these times of sectional
,•' and party strife;
Who would sever Freedom's shrine?
Who would draw the iuvidous line ?
■; Though by birth one spot b emine,
Dear is all the rest.
d
I Dear tc me t e South’s fair land—
Dear the central mountain band -
Dear New England’s rocky strand—
|i Dear the glorious West.
By our altars pure and free;
I I By our law’s deep rooted trees I
By the Past’s dread memory ;
’! By our Washington ?
By our common parent tongue,
By our hopes—bright, bouyant, young;
By the tie of country strong—
We will still be one.
THE WEATHER
i “It appears d übtful.
Putting all the crops together
' Relating to barley, wheat, and hops,
Whether the crops will weather the weather,
Or the weather wi.i crop the crops,
Who Gen. Walker is.—William Walker
was born in Nashville Tennessee, and is now
about 38 years old. His father is James
Walker, Esq., a citizen of Nashville, of Scot
tish birth, and very much respected. His
mother was a Miss Norvell, an estimable la
dy from Kentucky. Walker, after quitting
school in his native State, which lie did with
much credit and honor, commenced the study
of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania,
where he graduated. He then went to Eu
rope, entered the medical schools of Faris as a
student, received a diploma there, and after
some time spent in travel, returned to this
country, went to Nashville, and commenced
the study and the practice of the law. Walk
er is thus both lawyer and physician.
From Nashville lie went to New Orleans,
and was for some time editor of tho Crescent.
In June, 1850, he went to San Francisco, and
became one of the editors of the Herald.—
While in this position, an article appeared in
lhe Herald animadverting upon the judiciary,
to which exception was taken by Judge Par
sons, of the District Court, who forthwith sum
moned him before his court, and inflicted on
the editor a fine of 8500. This Walker re
fused to pay, and was accordingly imprisoned,
but was subsequently discharged on a writ of
habeas corpus, issued from the Superior Court,
which action was sustained by the Legislature
at its next session. The next enterprise in
which Walker was engaged was the famoiis
expedition to Sonora, with th disastrous re
sult of wnieh our readers arc as familiar as
they are with his more recent history.— U r ash.
Star.
Another Nut to be cracked at the Phii<-
adei.phia Nationai. Council.—ln
the State of Louisiana native born Catholics
are admitted into the Know Nothing ranks;
whereas, on the other hand, the President, of
the State Council of Wisconsin has just issued
a decree to the subordinate Counci s making
“eligibe tootlice Protestant foreigners who are
thoroughly trained and educated in American
principles’ You are therefore” (he says)“at
liberty to admit in y ur Councils persons of
that class who are naturalized citizens of the
U.- States and of known iutegr ty of character,
not to be exceed in number onethird of the na
tive born citizens in each Council. The ques
tion, the, in this matter, to be decided upon by
the reconstructive special Philadelphia National
Council of the 18th Febuary, is whether the
uniform law of the Order shall be the admission
of native Catholics, as in Louisiana, or the ad
mission of Protestant foreigners, as in Wiscon
sin, or both, or neither—a very interesting pro
blem.
Mene Mene, Tekel Uphiir sin.
Mr R. P. Trippe ! the hand writing is upon
the wall, ‘Thou art weighed in the balance and
found wanting, thy kingdon is divided and giver
to another- 1 "You have persisted in voting fur
Henry A. Fuller, an Anti-Nebraska Fresoil
Know-Nothing, i.i preference to William A.
Richardson, a sterling Nebraska, Kansas Dem
ocrat' uud On- of South Carolina, a sound South,
eru politi ian. Y‘ou know very well'that Fuller
owes his present position in Congress to oppos
ition to the Kansas Ncbrassku bill. He ran
against Wright, who was a friend to that bill
and Wright was beaten on account of his ad
vocacy of that measure, and Fuller was elected
on account of his hostility to it. Yet youhav.
been steadily voting lor this man Fuller, in op
position to the bre.t mca the Democratic- party
could • ring forward, North or South. Your
uncying hostility to the Democratic p.rty, it
seems would lead you to the very b. ink of des
truction of the interests of your own section of
the country, and how much urther, God only
knows. ‘The hand writing, upon t_e wall is
against you. ‘Your da;s ore numbered’ politi
cally, aud the people of your district, will no
longer tolerate your adherence to Henry A. Ful
ler. Gather your laurels, during the present
Congress, fur another man must take ,our
place.
The Poor Qua ls. —Under the dry leaves
of the scrub oaks, and under the les of friendly
logs iu the woods, covered over with snow, or
extended stiff upon the crisp surface, is many
and many a quail, who last fall whistled “Bob
White” in a style to win all hearts. The win
ter is too severe for the charming bird. The
quails are dying in great numbers. The cold
stiffens many, and hunger stills the hearts and
hushes the music of the rest. The ground is
covered everywhere with a deep layer ot snow,
through which “Bob” cannot get at his food.—
The grain stacks are plated with ice and sleet,
and coldly refuse a kernel to the- dying bird.—
Plumpest, tightest, prettiest, most social of our
leathered game, the distress of the quails will
touch all tender and manly natures. They
should be fed whenever this is possible. While
it is a privilege to due Bob, or.bave him at
breaklust or supper, this humane attention to
him will bring its reward next “season.”—
Many a pairing, and many a nest-housekeeping,
and rearing of junior Bob will be thereby saved
and encompassed, Many a solo of sweetest whis
tling will be kept for summer and autumnal
enjoyment of the woods and brakes of the coin
ing leaftime and harvest. Many an orchestral
trotiug over dried leaves and grasses of the |
thickets by Bub in company—trailing for his |
food with the prett'est motion of auy creature'
that goes upon two legs—pattering music as he i
steps, and truting right into man’s heart while'
trotiug away from him.
Friends, let us come to the help of the quail j
I by feeding him. and abstaining from feeding on [
him. In a time like this it is a sacrilege to eat
j Bob White.— Alb. Fvc. Jour.
George Law in Albany^—Albany Jan.3o.;
—A large and enthusiastic me'teg of ilraj
friends of Geo. Law was held here this evening. I
Among the speakers were Messrs. O'Dell. Den-1
nison, Preston, C. T. Mills, of the Assembly, 1
and Chauncey Burr. A resolution declaring
George Law the choice of the meeting for the
American candidate for the Presidency was
adopted, . . .. £ (
Execution of three Murderers,
f We find in the Lafayette (Ind.) Courier of
,1 January 11, an account of the execution of
the murderers, Rice Driskill, and Stocking.
The Courier says:
At ten minutes past 2 o’clock, this day
Stocking, Rice and Driskill, were duely execut
ed by the hands of the Sheriff, Thomas J. Chis
soni—the first named for the murderer of Jofan
Rose, and the two latter for murder of Cephas
Fa renbaugh.
At 12 o’clock they were asked if they were
ready for dinner? Rice replied yes, I am
hungry, Driskill said that ho wanted agood
cold dinner, as it was the la? t: he didn’t want
to die hungry. He remarked to Rice, we’ll get
supper somewhere else, Abe. The dinners were
dispatched with great heartiness. After dinner,
each of them in turn washed and dressed him
; self for the final moment. They could not
have made their toilet with more deliberttion
and coolness if they had been going to a frolic.
Driskill, when washing, remarked through the
window, near which he was standing, to some
one outside, that he wos'gettingal llhings ready.
In putting on his shirt. Rice discovered tha‘
there was a button missing. Driskill told him
to sew it on. Rice replied that he hadn’t time.
’ Driskill nonchalantly rejoined there was an
hour yet. He complimented Rice with look
ing d—d starchy. Rice, as hejfinrMied, observed
well gentleman, I reckon there was never a
willinger soul to die than I am. Stocking said
’ nothing, but conducted himself (as lie did
throughout) with great dignity and firmness.
1 The sheriff then proceeded to adjust the fa
’ tai ropes. Rice requested that a stool which
had been placed for his accommodation on the
' scaffold might be removed, and on’his request
not being immediately complied with, he re
moved it himself. He then knelt down, inclin
ed his head foiward, remarking that he had
' seen men hung, by which we understood he
regarded that as the proper position. Driskill
on observing it, said, Abe. u.e you going to
kneel ? Rice answered yes.
He then turned to Stocking and said. Stock
ing which way is the easiest to die; kneel or
stand? I want to die the easiest way. Stock
ing replied that he should stand unless he
thought there was a danger of the rope break
ing. The Sheriff assured him there was no
danger. He therefore stood up, but Driskill i
kneeled. The caps were then drawn over the j
faces, und at twenty-two and a half minutes as i
ter two o'clock the bolt was withdrawn and •
the culprits launched into eternity.
Case of James Parsons, Jr. •'
An act has recently p >ssed the Legislature of
Virginia, for the relief and protection of James
Parsons, Jr. The facts of his case are briefly
as follows: He. followed into Pennsylvania a
slave, the property of his uncle, and having
overtaken liim. the slave was forcibly rescued
by a mob, and Parsons himself maltreated; und
after being brought before a Justice of Peace,
was ordered to jail, unless he could find bail to
appear before the Quarter Session on the fourth
Monday in January, ult. Parsons, after some
difficulty, found two gentlemen to become his
security, iu the penal suni of 82,000. It is
now argued, tbat if Parsons stands his trial,
such is the venal character of a Pennsylvanian
court and witnesses, that he will bo convicted
ol' “kidnapping," and sent to the Penitentiary.
This act, therefore, authorizes tli Governor of
Virginia to pay and discharge all costs, charg
es. fines or penalties which Parsons, or his se
curities may have incurred in the premises; and
makes it his duty to test the validity of the law
of Pennsylvania, und the proceedings in court,
against James Parsons, Jr., and his securi
ties.
Mr. Parsons has gone to Pennsylvania to
stand a trial, and the Governor of Virginia has
appointed John Randolph Tucker, Esq., his
Counsel, on behalf of Virginia.
The correspondent of the Savannah
Georgian, from Millidgcville, thus notices a
brilliant Entertainment at th: Executive Man
sion on last Tuesday evening:
Milledgeville, Jun. 30, 1856.
There was a brilliant assemblage at the Ex
ecutive Mansion last evening on the occasion
of a bridal party givea to a son of the Gov
ernor, who Inis just assumed tho full comple
ment of his humanity by marriage. Sonic three
hundred invitations were issued, but owing to
the inclemency of the weather not quite hail
attended. Those present however, formed a
select gathering, in part, of the beauty and fash
ion, wit and wisdom assembled at the State
Capital. It was indeed a gay and festive scene
in which poor mortals cheated the old rea]X:r
of dues, and the winged hours flew past likesec- ,
ond*and unnoted. There was a smile on every ,
face, joy in every eye, tlere was presented un
array of fbrnule loveliness that would move an
anchorite; there was soft voluptuous music ,
that moved the heart to sweet emotions, or set
the worshippers of Terpsichore to min ling iu
the mazes of the dance ; there was a sumptuous 1
supper table covered wi h all delicacies uny ep
icure could wish, and lastly there wus the pre
siding genius of the bouse whose magic influ
ence, like the sun light upon the landscape,
throws a charm over all it reaches, the Govern
or’s amiable and talented lady.
Mrs. Johnson, rs you know posseses more
intellect than whole armies of Woman’s Rights
agitators. To a wonderful imagination aud a
i. ell stored mind, she unites a fine command of
brilliant language, thus combining all the re
quisites for a brilliant conversationalist. This
is the charm which brings to her side where
ever she may go a group of rapt listeners, who
hang upon every word. Such is the churm of
intellect when exhibited iu the female form.—
Like De Stael, tdl gentlemen prefer her com
pany to the most fascinating of belles.
<««*>— - |
The Missouri river is frozen over to the depth <
of three and a half feet at St. Louis. The Mir- |
ror of that city says:
“On the Illinois side, but some considerable ;
distance from the shore, were pitched several i
canvass tents, at the entrance of which were .
placed boys, hallooing out, ‘hot coffee,’ 'hot j
whiskey punches,’ .Torn and Jerry,’ ‘whiskey ,
slings,’ &c. Some of the ‘ ancy,’ too, and spor- ]
ting characters had their faro and roulette ta
bles iu full blast. At the end of the ice road |
at the other side is placed a large board with i
the inscription, in monster letters, ‘Mississippi t
avenue.’ This was the great centre of attrac
tion, as in this immediate locality everything (
was to be found to stimulate and heat the in
ner man.’ Thousands of skaters might be seen
gliding in'every direction over the ice surface, t
Bovs and girlsj young ladies and their loving «
. swains, old men and their better halves, negroes ’|
of all variety of shade, from the pure Africa
jet to the light brown, swelled the immense t
' gathering, and comp etely covered therivor op- fi
| [>osite the city. Sets were formed on the ice r
and dancing kept up until a late hour at night.” e
—s«• r r - u
ggU The municipal election in Middletown, c
Connecticut, on Mouday last, nsulted in the „
complete success of the democracy, who elected 'j
their Mayor, eight of the nine Council-men, g
and three of the four Aidermen. The election v
was hotly contested, and the vote one of the r
largest ever polled in the city. For Mayor, r
the vote stood —Edwin F. Johnson, Democrat, r
234: Benjamin Douglass,opposition, 218. Mr. a
Donglass has been Mayor of the city for sever- „
al years past, aud was, it is stated by local \|,
press, the strongest candidate tbat could have l r
been presented ou the anti-Democratic side— • &
combining every shade of the opposition. I n
WM. KA / PROPRIETOR
NUMBER 27.
I [Prom the Augusta Constitictionalist.']
Destructive Fire.
f About twelve o’clock on Sundhy fiIJM, a
fire commenced its ravages, in this city, oil tho
East side of Chew’s Alley, and continued its
' desolating course for about three hours, j’he
weather was very cold, which dotcred many
persons from emerging from their residences;
and the quantity of burning cinders and flakes
i of fire, wnieh filled the air, and were borne off
by the wind, caused num bun eif chireps to re-
L main about their own neighborhoods, io pre
vent the occurrence of other fires. Roofs of
honses, as well as combustible materials, Were
ignited in the first ward, several hundred yards
below the principal scene of conflagration, but
' were, fortunately, noticed aud arrested. 'J’he
■ wind was from the West, and uccmaoually
blowing strong, which rendered tho fife in a
great measure unmnnagenhte. But the gallant
I'renen of the city, when tLs ftiry of the flames
seemed to mock their offer ~,, their
energies, and battled with . .-aging element
' "u-.'l? ? vas subduPd - T! 'iremon had no
child s play on Sunday nigh! I deserve great
praise for their devoted Ber'.' ._3.'
• le re or *Kmated in tn te aaanted house
in the alley, and it ispresuan., was the work of
an incendiary.
Below, we give a report of the principal
houses and stores destroyed by the fire.
ON BROAD STREE.
lhe woden store and brief house in the rear
owned by the estate cf Zach. Turpin—insured.
Occupied by J. Renkle, in the upper tenement
as a grocery and provision store—loss uncertain
insured on goods for 81,000.
J. B. Hauzo, in the tenement below, as a
Boot and Shoo shop—loss very trifling.
The next house on Broad street, on the West
corner of Chew's Alley, was owned by Mr.
Miller, (formerly B. F. Chew's). Occupied as
a Barber’s shop iu front.
The house on the east corner of Chew's alley,
owned by Mr. Antonio I’izzini. of Richmond.
Va. No insurance. Occupied by A. P. Wert,
as a grocery store. Insured on goods for SI -
000.
The wooden house below, owned by Mr. B.
McKennon. Insured for 81500
Mrs. Bruce occupied the store irih millinery
and fancy store. She was ii sured for SI
-000.
Wooden house next below, owned hy the es
tate ot Jacob Abrahams—no iusuranee.— r '
Occupied by Diischel <(• Platt, us n liar-room.
The three story brick house, bwn'-d by Mrs.
Kinchlcy. Insured for 83.500. Oecnp'cd by
It. Ald wort h. us a grocery and us a dwellin';
I’urniture an entire loss, insured ou groceries
81,000.
ON EI.LIS STREET.' ' “•
Wooden house, owned by B. F: tthew, in
sored for SHOO. Loss about SI,OOO. Occu
pied by Mrs. E. J. Brown, Divs Maker, as a
residince. lhe loss pl,this Ind we could not
ascertain
House on West corner of Glow’s alloy owned
by Mr. Miller, was occupied by Charles Gross,
as a residence. His loss in furniture amlicloth
ingwui about 8150.
House owned by Mr. Pifeini, t>» cast'side of
Chew's alley, wns uninsured mul unoccupied.
House owned by B. McKennon, insured for
8500. Occupied by Mrs. Hadley,.a wiuo
lady. Her loss we did «iot learn. ’
House owned mid occnpi.d by Mrs. Utus.u
widow lady. No insurance. u
IN THIS ALLEY. .
Two or three families who resided iu the al
ley wc could uot. uscerlaui the luiiiies of. One
was a Basket Maker—another 'was a widow
lady and her daughter and another was Mrs.
Cahill, a widow lady.
A coiortM man. by the name of Bill Hale, a
huckster in the market, and another by the
name ol Edmund Fox, a painter, and auxin 1 one
or two colored families, resided in the alley.—
All the houses on the west side of lhe nll6y, be
longed to a Mr. Mi ler, and we understood were
insured.
lhe losses by the Insurance Officers, so far
us we could learn were :
Augusta Insurance and Banking Co.,
“bout 81,000
Hartford and Home Companies, 5,000 to 6,000
Southern Mutual, 6,000 to 7,000
If any other offices sustained a loss by the fire,
we did not hear of it.
About twenty five honses, large und small,
were destroyed, and although not costly build
ings, several wire r.eat und eoinfurluble resi
dences. Only two were built with brick ; the
balance were of wood.
The Pr.EYAL Exposition few
days since, we called the attention of our read
ers to the advertisement of M. Gauditi, 104
Royal street, announcing that he had just ar
rived from Paris with the magnificent, piano
exhibited at the Paris Exhibition, as a speci
men of the most beautiful work from tho celo
brated establishment of Mesrs, Pleyel & Co.
This morning we took the opportunity of pay
ing a visit to M. Gaudin’s store and examining
the piano. So beautiful an urticilo we feci
perfectly safe in saying has never before been
seen in this country. To attempt a descrip
tion of it, which should give a correct idea of
its tasteful elegance and richness, within tho
limits of our space would be vain. The frame
of the body of the instrument is of rich Bengal
rosewood, in itself of exquisite beauty, but so
delicately wrought as to have this set off with
inconceivable advantage. The centre of each
piece of this is panneled with solid ebony; and
throughout every part of the instrument, these
two solid portions of the frame arc inlaid with
flowering vine scrolls in woods of natural tints
—here deep green, there russet, here rich yel
low, there delicate brown, here faintly radish,
there pale green, &c., after the manner of
mother-of-pearl work. Here leaves spread out
with varied hue as the light falls on them, there
flowers with perfectly natural beauty o! color
ing, blossom uud bud, and there gentle, insinua
ting tendrils creep aud twine. The, instrument
is further adorned throughout with very rich
gilt mouldings, a pair of gilt chimeres support
ing the key-table. The chandelier attachments,
while they are of chaste elegance, arc better
managed than they are generally found.
In addition to its external beauty the instru
ment is of unexceptionable tone, and in short
in every way worthy of the distinction confer
red upon it.
Lovers of the beautiful khonld not miss the
opportunity of seeing it.
The Buffalo Express publishes a communica
tion from a corespondent at Niagara Fails’ de
scribing the pre.-wnt lienutiea of the;.Falls.
The following is an ext act:
“The spray, drifting over t lie adjacent shores,
has transformed the commonest objects in o
shapes ofsu<-h fairy like beauty as iH.,cls.-where
only conceived of in dreams. All .things ure
envloped in gleaming ice. The rook 4 that shoot
up from the far depths of the precipice are hood
ed and wrapped up in vast breadth of ice, like
monks doing homage to lhe genius of peace.
The trees are bowed to the earth with their
snowy vestments, like a worshiping choir of
white robe nuns. Every where but in the im
mediate channel of the swol.au uud surging
river the Ice King reigns supreme. Under his
magic touch Nature is viiibly idealized. Stai- '
ictjte groves, and towers of crystal, and forests
jittering with brilants and j earls, seem no
longsr a figment of genius, but a Is'aning
reality. If you would witness this dazzling
scene, come by all means soon. The vuh will
lot be regretted.
jii-jpoi v, qwa on Joa tLula lies