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THE EMPIRE STATE. > \ flreN * cSiiTin^^ WEDNESDAY MfiRXIXG, April 9, 1856 ‘Flic lion. Howell Cobb and the Hon. Jno. H. Lumpkin, have placed us under renewed obli gations for valuable and interesting public Docu ments. To the lion. Martin J. Crawford, we tender our thanks for a copy of the very able speech de livered by him in the House of Representatives on the Kansas contested election. Atlanta Examiner. XVm. Kay has sold to T imotiiy Ilurke, his en tire interest in the Examiner Newspaper, Job Of fice and Bind ry and his two Book Stores, real es tate and oth r property. Mr. Kay takes leave of his numerous patrons, in a neat address, published in the Examiner of Saturday morning last. The paper will be continued under the proprietorship of Mr. Burke, and will as heretofore, advocate the cause of the Democratic jarty. Know Nothin? State Council. The journals of the Know Nothing party pub lish the notice of a meeting of the State Council, to be held in the city of Macon, on the lltli inst. The object and design of this gathering of the Sachems of this celebrated fraternity, are not stat ed : bat it is conjectured by some, that the pur pose of the meeting, is to take into consideration the proceedings of the late National Council which met in Philadelphia. The notice is signed by Wm. Hone, who appears to be the hereditary sovereign of this renowned Order. It was reasonable to sup pose that the fact of this President Hone having written and published an address, in connection with the proceedings of the State Council which assembled in Macon about a year ago, upon his own authority, and without the sanction of the Council, would ere this have occasioned his decap itation. But in this we were mistaken. The State Council after a long and quiet repose, is about to turn up again, and lo ! and behold ! Wm. Hone ap pears still at the head of the concern ! Well, this is indeed an eventful period in the political history of the country, and strange things are fre qneutly happening. From the signal defeat with which “Sam” was overwhelmed in October last, andfr mi declarations proceeding from a large num ber of the subordinate Councils, that the secrecy of the Order, its signs, pass-words, See., were abol i hed, and even that the Order of Know Nothings was dissolved, the public had good reason to be as. tounued at the unexpected announcement of anoth er meeting of the State Council. Well, we sup pose it is none of our business how the Know Nothings manage their own affairs ; but it is but natural for us to be on the qv.i vive as to what our fellow- citizens of the old dark .antern dynasty are about to do, for the good of ike country. We will however, venture to predict, that they will find it somewhat more difficult to harmonize upon men and measures, than when the) were last in council at their Lead quarters. Many of them have been taught veil lessons in the school of experience, since last they met together. Their fancied nation ality as a party, which twelve months ago was the burden of their song, is now numbered with “the things that were the Northern wing of the fra ternity lias been eugulphed in the vortex of Abo litionism, and the great National Know Nothing American Party has degenerated into sectional factious, powerless for any purpose but to do mis chief. Many of the brotherhood having become disgust- and with this political monstrosity, have re turned to t:ie‘house hold of the faithful,’and are now doing go:: 1 service hi the ranks of the Democracy. We opine that the contemplated meeting of “the remnant of tkt ? ancient tribes,” will be produc tive o: melancholy reflections. When the represent a: iv-.s of a once powerful and (in their own c.-'iimaiioa,} invincible party, come to revisit the scene? of their former rejoicings, when they contrast the buoyancy of hope, and the vaunted pride of j <mwr, which swelled their bosoms twelve short months ago, with the gloom which now hangs over their future prospect?, a3 well as the present dilapidated condition of their political fa bric, will they not, in the bitterness of desponden cy, cry out Lke one of old, “0 ! that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night,” It is presumed that this meeting’- of the Council will decide whetli er or not their party shall enlist under the banner ©f Fillmore and Donaldson, and lead the forlorn hope of the approaching contest, or start new lea ders, and fight under the flag of a Southern sec tional i-urty. In either event, defeat inevitably awaits them. If they adopt Fillmore and his platform, they ar.: doomed to meet with strong op p si -ion in their own ranks. If they start anew man they are likewise divided, and will ftillan easy prey to their political alv ■: jarios, a consummation do voolly to be hoped for by every true Southern pa. triot. Stiiilns New-* f.'cm Central America. the 10th uit., Gen. aiker issued a Circular addressed to the people of Central America, de claring eternal enmity to the serviles of all the Central American States. The next day a formal Declaration of War, came from the Costa Rican Government, accompanied by an address from President Juan A. Mora, to the people of Costa f’* 3 ® * n Arms, march to Nicaragua and “ destroy that wicked phalanx which has reduced her to the moA shameful slavery. lie announces that “ all the royal sons of Guatamalu, Sansalva dor and Honduras, are in march upon that horde of bandits.” This was immediately responded to hy a formal declaration of war by Walker, against, the Government of Costa Rica. Walker’s forces are constantly augmenting, and ere this, it is pre sumable that blood has begun to flow. With the bold, daring, adventurous spirits, that have united their destinies to Walker’s standard, he will be able to maintain his position against vastly supe rior numbers, of the imbecile, degraded troops which the Central American Governments will be able to bring into the field against him Baptist Contention. W e learn that this body will convene hi Savan nah on the 25th inst. \Vo it stated that the several Rail Roads conn. ■ .{ with our seaport have generously agreed to tarry the delegates at half customary rates. Music Store. We omitted last week to call attention to the advertisement of Messrs. A. Cloud & Son, deal ers in Pianos and other musical instruments. We liaye assurances from them, that their goods will 4ge s|pld on the lowest terms which possibly can OTj.MForded in this market. These gentlemen are well known by the trading community in this vi cinity, and their names and high reputation for fair dealing, will no doubt be a sufficient passport to the good graces of a liberal public. Gotley for April, Is upon our table, a welcome visitor, replete with useful, entertaining and instructive matter. The engravings are elegant, and of the finest finish, and the whole number sustains the high reputa tion of this most popular of all American periodi cals. — —: —9l: i During Robbery. Judge Wm. Crittenden, of our county, on his return from Macon on Thursday last, per Macon & Western Railroad, was robbed of §I,BOO in cash, which the theif extracted from his pantaloons pocket by cutting a hole, and by this means ob tained the money, which was rolled up in a piece ofpaper. lie states that an irresistible propensi ty to slefip came over him, while on the cars, to which he yielded, and supposes he slept for an hour. During this time he thinks the robbery was per petrated. It is presumable that he was placed un der tire influence of chloroform, which produced the drowsy sensation he experienced. It is getting to be hazardous for a man to travel on the Rail roads with any money in his pockets. . Sweet Potatoes. The long and exceedingly cold winter through which we’ have passed, has nearly exterminated this useful esculent. Scarcely a bushel is to be found in tins whole section of country. ‘-One gen tleman in this vicinity lost his whole stock, con sisting of nearly a thousand bushels, not one bush el of 1 lie lot was saved. Some farmers have aban doned the idea of attempting .to , make, a crop of potatoes for the present year. As aft evidence of the great scarcity of this article, Messrs. A. Ik. Matthews & Cos., of our city, received a small lot some days ago, which went off rapidly at FIVE DOLLARS per bushel. It is not within the re collection of “ the oldest inhabitant” that sweet potatoes ever sold at so high a rate,, and we pre sume it will not be the case again during the life time of the present generation. We liQpe it may uot, at least. Fine Specimen of Furniture. We were invited a few days since by Prof. Geo. 11. Briggs, of Griffin Female College,’ to inspect a Secretary and Book Case, recently received by him from New- York. It is decidedly, in-our hum ble judgment. superior to any thing of the kind we have heretofore seen. The material is Walnut, most highly finished in every particular. The workmanship is unsurpassable, and the .arrange ment of its several apartments, for writing, books, papers, stationery, in fact for a hundred other things, is indeed most admirable. It was made to order, at the manufactory of R. Patten, 24 Grove Street, N. Y. Prof. B. exhibited to us at the same time, two very remarkable specimens of carving in wood, cut by Ja3. Fhleuof N. Y. One was a representation of Fredric- the Great, of Prus sia, on horseback, the other, St. George on horse back, iu his conflict with the fiery dragon. Every feature, limb and weapon is completely and dis tinctly visible through a magnifier, though neither specimen is but little over the size of a common walnut. Such examples show extroordiiiary per fection in the art of carving in wood. Melanckoiy Gccumucr. From our Savannah exchanges, we Earn that a • most melancholy suicide was perpetrated in that city on AVednesday last, 2d inst. Air. John F. Dembriski, an exile from Poland, who had been ■ driven from his native land by the recent political ; convulsions in Europe, being destitute of funds and ■ employment, deliberately placed a loaded pistol to his side, and discharged its contents iyto his body, lie is represented as being about 24 or 25 years ot : age, was educated for the army at St. Petersburg, • joined the Hungarian standard in 1848, was taken ‘ prisoner by the Russians, after a bloody battle, con ■ veyed to St. Petersburg, whence he made bis es , cape, and came to this country, lie arrived in ■ Savannah about three weeks ago, and in a fit of 1 despondency, committed the fatal deed above re ! corded. How many melancholy reflections are awakened in every philanthropic bosom in contern ! plating the tragical end of this ill fated young man. Educated to the profession of arms, endowed with . an instructive love of liberty, and hatred of oppres. sion, lie stakes and loses his all in a doubtful con. test. Invited by the inducements held out to the victims of despotism of all nations, he seeks an asylum on this Western Continent. On his arri val, lie finds his fondly cherished hopes of succor, blasted in the realization, becoming destitute of the means of honorable subsistence, unable to pro cure honorable employment, and too proud to beg, he rushes into the arms of death as a refuge from the ills which overwhelmed his reason and dethron ed his judgment, J f seems to us that this ought to teach a wholesome lesson to the party which has for some time past been waging a war against our foreign-born population. This young man may have fallen a victim to that spirit of prejudice which has been engendered in the minds of our people by recent political movements. If so, an awful responsibility is laid upon those who have fostered and encouraged this intolerant spirit among our fellow-citizens. This young man, doubtless, was possessed of qualifications, which, if properly encouraged, might have made him a useful American citizen, and though the surging billows of the broad Atlantic roll between the land of his nativity and that of ours, yet his devo tion to liberty may have been as ardent as ours, and he should have been taken by the hand and welcomed as a brother. The following note, in the hand-writing of the unfortunate young man, was found iu his room : Savannah, April 2,185 G. , 1 am tireil 01 lam here as a stranger.— CouW not find any employment, and my money was all gone, and so 1 resolved to commit suicide. 1 fought in Europe againt despotism, lost every thing I possessed. No bullet could find me iu the battles, and here in a Republican country l ain ob liged to shoot myself. Dear Charles, you are my only friend. Fare well forever. If there is another’ world, there we will see each other again. J. f. AV. The cause that I don’t sign my name, is because I don’t want my parents to know that! am dead. It would kill my mother. Arvery Rg l’insk, remember me. the above was in type, we learn that Mr. Dembriski died 10 1-2 o’clock last night. < u He tbat ItatlinotMusic in lis Soul,” &c. By reference to our advertising columns the reader will.perceive that J. W. Shackleford, late of the firm of Cloud & Shackleford, has opened a new Music Store in this place. AVe have given his stock of Pianos a partial examination, and so far as we are capable of judging, we can endorse every word of Air. S's. advertisement. Those wishing to purchase a good instrument rnd a fine piece of furniture would do well to coll and exam ine Air. Shackleford’s pianos. The beautiful finish and melody of tone of these instruments, will add a double lustre to the accomplishments of the per former, and bring to your parlors crowds of ad miring lovers for your daughters. New Hooks. See Alessrs. Cook & Co’s notice of now Books, just received at their Music and Book Rooms, on Hill Street. Those Wishing something new and entertaining can be gratified by calling at an ear ly day. Ra i iloiai Cos u veit lion. By reference to tlid proceeding of a Railroad meeting held in Henry county which we publish to-day, it will be seen that the 15th inst. is sugges ted as the time for holding a convention in Giffin, to take the initiatory steps towards building the Middle Ground Raiiroad. Since the meeting was held in Henry we learn that it lias keen deemed advisible to postpone the time, till .some future day in order that all the counties on the line may have an opportunity of being represented.’- ■’ - Of* for Kansas. AVe learn from the Columbus Tines &• Sentinel. that Alajor Buford left that city on’ flic morning of the 4th inst., with 130 Kansas Emigrants. He was followed on the sth inst.,-by M ■more/ AVe wish him and his gallant comrades a safe journey to the land he is going to rescue .from the foul hordes of Abolitionism. 51 bode Island Flection. By dispatch 10 the Savannah Republican, dated April 3d, it is announced “that,.the Amcricans and Republicans have elected tlieiff whole’ ticket by 3000 majority, except the Lieutenant Governor, and carried both branches of .the Legislature.”— This is but another instance of the fraternal feel ings existing between the Abolitionists and Know- Nothings of the North. “How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in uni ty.” The Abolitionists and Know Nothings com bine together to put down the, Democratic Party yet we are told every day by Southern presses and politicians, that the foreign-born population at the North are all Abolitionists. How ungrateful in them to unite with the Know Nothings, their dead ly foes, to crush down their devoted friends, the Democrats ! 1 [communicated.] A hard winter has passed away/and with it the lives of many good citizens. The poor have suf sered greatly in many places for the necessaries of life. In divers instances, their distresses might have been relieved, but were not. AVe are all de pendent creatures —one upon another. AVe need the assistance of each other. Even the rich at times, cannot get along well without the services of the poor man. In the affairs of life, there must be a reciprocity of feeling, and every man’s suc cess in business- no matter what occupation he engages in—depends to a very great extent upon the confidence reposed in him by his fellow-citizens. AVithout confidence, few men have ever been known to prosper in any thing they undertook. Want of confidence has kept many a poor fellow's nose to the grind stone all his life—a mere serf—an out cast from society. AH men are said to be “born equal.” Intellectually this may be so. Pecuniari ly we doubt it Men of the greatest renown and distinction have risen from the most common walks in life ; but they were taken by the hand ami assist ed up the hill of adversity—not scoffed at and held in derision by their more afflent neighbors. In th jse latter days, it has almost become dis reputable for a man to work. A poor man, a me chanic, unless he be in the confkknce of some of the upper-ten-dora, might as well pull up his stake s as to try to support himself and family in decency and respectability, unless he has some other resort in times of scarcity besides his trade, if he is com pelled to come in contact with the rich man. AVe • contend that the laboring man, the mechanic if you please, has as many claims upon society as the merchant, the lawyer, the Doctor, or any body else. Unfortunately for many a poor man. the prevailing sentiment seems to be, “if poor, he must be kept so,” and if “flat of his back, ho must not be allow ed to get up ” Great error this. The world was not made in a day, and if the accomplishment of any object cannot be effected to-day, it may he ob tained to-morrow, ’fry—keep, trying ! AVliat if the world laugh at you, never mind that—every thing will work out right, if you apply the proper means. But to be more specific. There arc a class of men in this, as well as other communities, who are dependent upon their daily labor for a support for themselves and families. Without, something to do to gain a livelihood, they must suffer. They dont like to beg— cant .stand that— notions too exalted. They arc t too poor to move away —couldn’t go without running away, and their notions of right and wromgf tvdn'h allow tlnm to pursue that course. Live thoy must', .at least as long as they see any body else is living, They are human beings, no matter if they are poor—cant help being poor—didn't make themselves so - (some, ho doubt might have been better off if they had acted differently)—but on the whole, they, be long to the great human family, and must live qut their time on the earth. How are they to live ?■— By the sweat of their brow—by being employed by those who are able and willing to pay them for what they do. Suppose now and then you can get a job of work done at a less price by employ ing a negro mechanic, what of that ? Niuetin.es out of ten, it is not more than half done. AVould it not be .better to give it to the poor white man ? It. puts bread into the mouths of his little children --puts shoes on their fyet, and shelters them from the cold stormy winds of winter. Every man, be it known, has a right to ‘do ashy pleases with his own- to learn his negro a trade if he prefers it ; yet there must be mechanics of the white popula t on, and they must live, if not by their trade, up on the cold charities of the world, which is a hard master. Look at this question, fellow-citizens of Griffin turn it over dissect iFin ulf its. purls, and we feel satisfied that limes will be better among our working classes. They are willing to work at fair prices even at what darkies Work for, (many of them,) but they can’t get the work to do. What i money the poor white mechanic gets, he spends in J ’ the city lor something to eat or wear. His earn- j logs are kept in circulation. iI A different state of affairs should exist in our midst. Let us help each other, and see if we don't get along better, ever keeping in view “that he who giveth to the poor, lendeth to the Lord.” Citizens of Griffin, look to this important sub ject. It may be well for you to do so. Some peo ple in your midst are already suffering because they are not able to get employment. If employ ment is to be bad, give it to these men— at least try them. Mark well what we say, for we are in earnest —there are people in your community who are suffering for the necessaries of life, that will work when they can get it to do. A MECHANIC. Railroad Meeting in Henry. A respectable portion of the citizens of Henry county, met this day (April Ist,) in the court house, at McDonough, Ga., for the purpose of tak ing further steps in tne projected enterprise, which for months has been under contemplation,!, e., the construction of a Rail Road from Columbus via Hamilton, Greenville, Griffin, and McDonough, to Covington, Ga. On motion, Judge Smith was appointed Chair man, and G. M. Nolan requested to act as Secre tary. After the object of the meeting was briefly ex plained, on motion, the Chair appointed Messrs. Stell, Thrasher, Lemon, Varner and Callaway, as a committee to report business for <he meeting. The committee made the following report: Resolved, That the citizens of Henry county feel a deep and earnest, interest in the success of'the project of building the Middle Ground Rail Road, extending from Columbus via Hamilton, Green ville, Griffin and McDonough, to Covington, Ga. Resolved, That the citizens of Henry county are prepared to construct her pro rata part of said Road, or subscribe for a sufficient amount of stock to grade and equip the same. Resolved, That the meeting appoint 21 delegates to represent this county in the Railroad Conven tion called to meet in Griffin on the 15th day of April, 1856, and that said delegates be instructed to urge the commencement of operations at the earliest practicable period. Resolved, That the following individuals be, and they are hereby appointed delegates to said Con vention, to wit : • A W Turner, A A Lemon, L T Doyal, Q R Nolan, John Stilwej], Charles Walker. LII Turner, W If Turner, 11. Tomlinson, A C Sloan, J A Smith, A It Brown, J A Thrasher, A W Walker. T I) Weems, J II Low, ,T M Speer, J F Varner, John Bryan, E L Gresham, L M Tye. The resolution's of flic committee being unani mously adopted, the meeting, on motion, adjourn ed, after ordering the proceedings to be published in the Griffin and Columbus papers. J. A. SMITH, Chairman. G. M. Nolan, Secretary To the Public. As the Rev. J. 0. Simmons has seen proper to try to garble his connection with the circulars of J. T. Smith, by inferentially misrepresenting the charge against him, and puts forth four enumerat ed “facts” by which-he wishes to be adjudged at the bar of public opinion., we havethought proper to exam in those “facts,’ and see how they accord with a high toned Christian duty. In his introduction to his four ••facts,” he states that lie had “been represented a3 having been guilty of very improper connection with certain circulars,” (the circulars of J. T. Smith.) To make good that representation, we refe- to his 4th fact, in which he verbally acknowledged that he sacrificed Ins regard for morality and piety to the interest of J. T. Smith. lr, his Ist and 2d “facts,” he fulfills the Bible proverb, ‘-'the v/icksd flee when no man pursucth.” We did net charge him with any connection with Smith’s business, nor the bringing of letters of in troduction to any person in Zebulon. Why then did he attempt their refutation, and to tha f end ap pend the certificate of Dr. Smith ? Our opinion is, that it was for the purpose of misguiding public investigation—to screen his “ministerial person” from a public verdict, that lie justly merited, and to place his accuser in a false position. Our charge against Simmons was that he brought a package of circulars .to Zebuion, knowing what its contents and object were, and to that intent aiding J. T. Smith in Ids demoralizing occupation. It has been argued that the bringing and delivery of the package through the solicitation of Smith, was no infraction of his’moral or Christian duty, and could in no wise aid Smith in Us business. Our reply is that the handling of those circulars by so high a funlionary of the Church as an Elder, was perfect license to all of his followers to do the same ; and observation proves that all parties, po Utica! and sectarian, arc disposed to follow in the illustrious footsteps of their leaders; making their example serve for weal or woe, vice or morality.— But would it not have looked better, and more in keeping with a professed follower of Christ, to dis courage such a business by all means in his power, than to serve as the carrier of circulars with such unwarrantable pretensions as those ofA. T. Smith? Had lie claimed protection under the mantle of hu man imperfection, and plead that he failed to give the.-subject its due consideration, as many thought before hiss communication was published, we would have been more charitable towards him ; but that communication is of itself sufficient to convince the more skeptical and confiding part of our communi ty of the justice of our charge, and his incompati bility with true Christian piety. llis 3d and sth “facts” are to our minds contra dictions. , In his ml he says that be refused to bring Smith's circulars, and deliver any message or in struction whatever about them. In his 4th lie says that he reluctantly consented to bring a scal ed package as he was on his way to Tuibotton.— To refuse to bring them, and yet bring them, de mands an explanation for which he would oiler the flimsy pretext of a seal. To our understanding tiie inference to be drawn from his 3d and 4th facts, is that lie would scruple not. to indulge in vice, if hv could but seal it Rom the pubiiic gaze. By what process of reasoning can lie expect to exhonerate himself for doing that indirectly, or under a masked seal, that lie would refuse to do directly, or expos ed to the public eye ? Such is condemned by all sound philosophy, a ml wo are sure that there is no religious creed that can tolerate it ; nor can he ex. pect to accomplish his aim, that of making the public believe that he knew Hot the contents of the sealed package, ‘'cautions” as he was to speak of “circulars” in his 3d fact, and a ‘ sealed package” in his 4th. ZEBULON. American Union please copy. An Abolitionist Shipped from Charles ton.— The Courier of yesterday, states that Mr. John Kedzio, who had been some time in the city as an agent fora patent filter, left on Sutnrday for ihe North, under the advice of several citizens. He had been corresponding with a paper in Rochester, N.Y , and had taken occasion in his from to indite some abo liti on views. For the Empire State. Young Men : Once more, and I am done. See you not, how your native State, the South, is calling on you to go west, ‘ far beyond the mountains, that look so distant here ?” What is the object ? The preservat on of that mag nificent system of civil Government, the Fede ral Constitution and Union of the States Who would not make any sacrifice for this National purpose, Liberty’s last anchor, in the political tornadoes, which will sweep away from their foundations, ancient and worn out dynasties. Our Government am! its Institu tions, are peculiarly those of Christianity ; therefore blessed of Heaven. In the old States, all places of honor and profit, of every profes sion, are already filled There is no longer room for aspiring youth. But in t e Far West, there is ample space for all honorable and hon est enterprise tor the farmer, mechanic and sturdy laborer, and for the evangelical mission ary. Where the Gospel goes, light and liber ty, science and industry, follow—domestic hap piness, and a bright view of mansions in Hie skies Young men, Bishop Bcrkely, longtime ago, said, “The Star of Empire westward takes it> course.” ’Tis true. Do you follow it, and be independent ? Pull off your mittens, and put on felt and stitch downs, and tear not of your success. To chee your solitary hours, take with you a banjo, and sing and play “Bonnie Jane” and “Tin-pretty girl I left behind me,” my favorite man-fies while in service iu the day of “Auhi Lang Syne.” “Os all the airts the wind and ies biaiv, I dearly like the West, For there the. Bonnie Lassie lives, the Lassie I low best, These wild wood-? grow, and rivers roll, and many a liil between,” &e. Young men, ihesc and other words have been written to yon entirely in the spirit of kindness and sincere esteem bv your aged friend. SE FT AG INT A U N US. P. ‘I. Bauxu.w and ms Failure. —On the 13th ult., Mr. P.T. Barnum was put under examination before Judge If oilman, in New York, relative to Iris property, at tile suit of Gushing <!fc Go., who hal obtained judgment against him. The New York Mirror says : “liestated that the sale of the Museum was a bone fide cue ; lie bough! it for $12,000 and sold it for $24,000 to Messrs. Grcenword & Butler, lie expressed his willingness to do any thing the Com t ordered, if in his power, to discharge his liabili ties. He staled-.that in Jaoo last he was worth $500,000 above all his liabilities ; lie had spent $50,000 per annum oy Bridgeport, where his real estate was principally situated. lie agreed to ac cept and endorse Ihe paper of the Jeromes to a little over $106,000. He continued to do so. as he supposed, for renewals ; but, to his amazement, he found his name on their paper to the large amount of $450,000. “Mr. Barhuin further stated that he did not con sider himself a bankrupt, as he hoped to pay all his personal debts ; but if inability to pay the clock debts be considered a failure, then he had failed in January last. Tie did not consid* r himself Halve for these debts, he said, because some of the insid ers of those drafts were the very persons who in. <3need him, by fraudulent representations, to en dorse the paper ; others had bought the paper at 25 to 26 per cent discount, knowing that he had given his name without, receiving a farthing’s va lue. The amount of mortgages and judgments on his New York property was $141,500 ; the furni ture, plate, &c., at Iranistan, were sold tor $2,000. “The assets in his. possession at present were $31,500 Crystiil Palace first mortgage bonds ; 678 j lots in Cypress Hill Cemetry ; a bond against 11. D. Beach for $12,000, for money placed in hispos-i session in California ; also a claim against Dun-1 can, Sherman & Go., for atonic $17,000, growing j out of Owen D. Munn’s injunction against the j Crystal Palace. “Mr. B was questioned also on the 15ih as to ! his present means of living, and stated that be! took borders and had the vegitable product of the i Bridgeport farm of last summer. He had friends; who would keep him from starving, and had tend ered him money. In reply to the question, he ac knowledged that he ha , a gold watch; which he would produce if required to do so—also, a dia mond ring. Being asked if he had a piano-forte, he said yes, but it was mortgaged for ali it was l worth, as well as other furniture.” Sketches of Gen. Walker The following sketch of this rein rkable filli | buster is furnished by a correspondent to the Washington Star: W m Walker was born-in Nashville, Tonn. and i> now about thirty three years dd llis father is James Walker esq. a citizen of Nash ville, of Seot.-h birth, aid very much respect ed. His,mother was a Miss Norvell, an ‘esti mable lady from Kentucky Walker, after quitting school in his native State —which he j did with much cred t and honor—commenced the study of medicine in the University of Pehmr, ivania, where he graduated. He then went to Europe, entered the medic I .i schools of Paris as tyuudeut, received a diploma there and after some time spent in travel, returned to this country, went to Nashville, and com menced Hie study and practice!’ law. Walk er is thu> 1) th ala yer and physician. i rorti .',aishville he went to New Orleans, and was for some time editor of the ( re.-cent j In Jui e ,l8o(>, he went to San Fracisco, and I became one-of the editors o the Her Id.— I While in this position an article appeared in the Herald animadverting upon the judiciary, j to which excel tion was taken by Judge par i sons, of the District i ourt, ho forthwith sum-1 moned him 1 es-re his Court and inflicted on j the editor a line of $5 000 This Walker re-! fused to pay, and was accordingly imprisoned, ! but. was subsequently discharged on a writ of habeas corpus , is ued Inm Hie Superior ( ourt, w hich action was sustained by the Legislature at its next session. he next en ter rise m which nlkor was engaged was the famous expedition to Seuora, with the disas trous result of which your readers are as famil ial’ as they are with In's more recent history. He is besides, a man of indomitable courage am) perseverance. When a student in Phila dolphin,strange as it may seem,he was remark able for his difident and even taciturn manner general disposition. In person* he is rather under than above the medium height, and was formerly of fair complexion, somewhat freck led face, with light hair* grey eyes, high cheek bones. Tlie Borne Kail Road Pays larger dividend on the capital inves ted than any other road in the State, did you know that 2 Well, it is a fact. And if capi talists knew the excellence of our comipereial position, the rapid development of our manu facturing interests, and the exhaustless extent of our mineral resources of coal, iron, lime &e, many other dividend-paying establishments would soon be in ouccessful operation in our midst.— Rome Commercial Advertiser A Word to our Lady Headers. We take the following well Written and spicy article from the Philadelphia Ledger, and submit it without comment to our lady readers. It contains some very wholesome advice to the ladies, lor whom it is intended: Leap year has come again, when, by long established custom, ladies are Jirivileged to pop the question.’ Crusty oldrbachelors go about m terror giving a wide berth to every pretty girl they meet, which prevents the fair creatures seizing them vi and armis. Sweet lit tle creatures, from whom coy swains have long sighed in vain, pluck up your courage, and by gentle hints which are uo longer unlady like bring the modest youths to the point. Man euvering mammas, thanking their stars that leap year comes once every four years, but scarcely wishsing also that it came every year look for a fine harvest out of bashful lovers and hurry their daughters ‘into society’ that they may take advantage of the blessed time. Even papas, r .bifiug their hands in glee, re joice over the privileges of leap year as they calculate the aiinu-il cost of their daughters, cent per cent, they could make out of that money if saved. Lucky leap year ! Propi tious leap year ! The inventor of the happy custom ought to have a statue raised to him by the ladies; or, if the inventor was a woman —for we doubt our sex having sagacity enough for such a splendid coup dc main —they should honor her by a leap festival, as the ancients honored Geres. It is said that Henry IV., when he carried C ihors by assault, was in sncli a tremor of fright, it being his first conflict, that he fairly dropped his battle axe at the gate of the .town. But with all Lis physical fear lie had a Brave soul; so picking his weapon up, he turned to his i r. ops and crying “Cahors,” struck manful ly it the solid duo s. At every stroke hi* knees trembled, but still he cried, “Cahors 1” to stimulate h s men, and st 11 rained his blows on ten on ribbed oak Many a poor fellow m popping the question in s a hard struggle to keep up his courage. What shaking knees , and eha tering teeth, what fluttering hearts, what choking in the throat, what a peculiar ;ii and iud■ seribable “all overishness” seizes on I the Hr.ivest when he attempts, in cold blood, j to pep tne question to some angelic miss, udio ! is p'Tnnps s creilv as frightened as himself. | 11’ only by crying to one’s self, “now or never | ‘Td By,” just a- the great hero cried “Cahors, | Cnho. s, ’ th..t one caii muster pluck to make ! the us.-nuifc at a!!. Blessed, therefore, beyond I all mum lane bless.ngs are the picnics, moon | light, ranibl. s, ami especially cosy sleigh rides, ; for someone on such occasions, the question i pups itself. Yes, out it tomes, l<ke a cham pagne cork that cannot stand it any longer. He is a Imkv d<-g who gets into this high } r ssure condition. Ham or beef, or even pudding may be taken c<>ld, but popping the question, never ! We would as lief jump into i v Delaware liver when the ice was forming,, i as pop the questii n in set form and by delibe*-- I ate purpose. The wh le thing is monstrous, j T e women, who have twice the tact of onr j sex, ought to do til's business for us. They’ll jdo it, we hope, this leap year. If we were a j bachelor it. would make our month water to think of setting up iu state and have lots of pretty girls popping the question to us. Ah, the “good time is coming ‘ T Do t be prudish, ladies, we beseech you, any longer. Matrimony is the best condition j for us brutes of men as well as your charming i selves; and you will really be doing a service j by seizing all stray bachelors of this leap year, j and impounding them in matrimony Some | old rogue once said that marriage was like ! those wire rat traps, where the hollow cone, | the big end out, invited the victim to enter, !by the smell an i sLht of roasted cheese witli : in; but where, when he attempts to stave, the j sharp wires at the little end of the cone hit ; pointedly at the impossibility. The story is a I wicked libel on matrimony, which is not a rat I trap any more than yon are roasted cheese.— i The man who dont kumv what matrimony ia good for, is so far demented, and the sooner he is put into the husband’s straight jacket, the better for him. You have a proscriptive righ’ to civilize our rougher natures. Frank lin aptly said, that th sexes were halves of'a pair of sensor,and neither was good for much without the other. Children don’t know what |is good for them; neither do men always. So, ins leap year is here, make an onslooght, one j and all, on the bachelors, and let it be fierce i as a farm wile makes on her poultry at Christ mas. It’s the destiny of turkeys to be eaten, | and of men to marry the girls. Forward, i march ! v A x IN feuxal Machi.v e . —The New York Express contains ::n account of an attempt, on Wednesday,to ruin a German in that city with (the aid of an “infernal machine. ‘* The Ex | press says: ‘bout 12 o’clock on last Sunday night, Mr John Burgott, a shoemaker, residing at No. 89, “ est 46th street, was roused from his slumbers by bearing the window of his r> om open, lotated on the first door of the I remises, immeclintley aficr which a heavy substance which had been thrown in, fell upon the fl or Mr. Bnrgott, not apprehending any danger, jumped out of bed, and discovered “'hat appeared to be junk bottle lying on the floor, very near the bed He picked it up, bn had no sooner done so than it exploded, { causing a loud report, and nearly taking the ;Uf of its intended victim. The face and eyes ’ of Mr. Bnrgott were terribly burned, the right j arm was nearly torn from his body, by the ; slugs, bits of iron spikes, nails, &e., contain |ed in the infernal machine, which was nothing less than a heavilev cl urged torpedo manufac - ! turcd doubtless, to take the life of >lr. B. The j flesh was torn in the most frightful manner from several of the unfortunate man’s limbs, and lie was prostated upon the floor in a state of ;uses:bilily. The explosion was so violent that it not only aroused every person in the house and immediate vicinity, and left not a whole light • f glass in the building, but shook down par titions, plastering, and bieaking mirrors, dishes, Ac. &'*. As*soon as the frightened members of Mr. Burgott’s family could re cover their sei ses, they found him lying the floor apparently dead, and the house on fire. The flames were extinguished without much damage,and a physician called to attend the suffering victim. The Jean Baptist Baudelot, a French pyrotechnis, has been arrested upon suspicion. 1 he last invention is a ylan for cooking without fire, described in the Scientific Amer icau. ihe invention is a combination of tin. cooking dishes,placed the one above the other-, % the bottom of one vessel fitting on the top part: of the dish below. In the loner dish of ail, a small quantity of quick lime is placed,, aariHhbn . by means of a tube cold water is in&oducod > upon the lime Ch©m cal action generates, intense heat whereby the art cles on thodishes are quickly Qooked anJ ready foe the tabid.