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BANIEL &. DISMUKE,
Attorneys at Law,
Will practice in the Distriot Court of the Unite* States
at Marietta.
Ccorgla.
K. It AVI KL, V ‘ D * bISMCKF.
May 5. IMS.
POPE JORDAN,
Attorney at Law,
Georgia.
WILL practice In all the counties of tlie Flint Circuit.
Mar *, 1*33. ts
’ J. 11. MANOHA M,
Attorney at Law,
ORIFFIA, GEORGIA.
May 3, 1833-ly 1
IVM. 11. F. HALL,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
ZBBULOX GEORGIA.
JnJy i. 1833. n ts
X. A. , WILLIAMS,
Attorney at law,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in the Counties composing the Flint
Circuit. By permission, refers to Hon. Hiram \S ar
See. GroenVilTe ; I>vi it. Adams. (Ireemdle ; Hon. G. J
reen, Griffin ; Hon. James H. Stark, Griffin ; Rev. \v lu
te ft Moseley. Griffin.
Juft* Tftd, 18.16. ■ ‘.\\A ly. . -
a. thbashbß, jamks m. hambßick
fitIIASIIER & HAMJ3IUCK,
Attorneys ATLAW
Mr .Gcoi^ln.
April SO. 1556 1....1y
J; TtOTI.K,. .'* -R. K- RANSONR.
DOYLES A RAN SON K,
attorneys at law,
April 1. IM6 50 • • 3m
IK)YAL t NOLAN,
Attorneys at law,
3tfD*uogh, Georgia.,
ILL practice in the counties of Henry. Fulton, Fav-
A\ ette. Coweta. Spalding, Butts, Monroe and Ncttton
**“Rrfkuhscb —Themselves,
April 3, 1H5C..-.;: *8.... 1 y
Q C . G RICE,
ATTO RN E Y A T LA W,
FAYETTEVILLE. GEORGIA.
May 13, 1856 3 ts. )
: JAMESH. STARK,
A T T 0 R N h Y AT L AW,
‘tort* Georgia.,
IT7ILL practicb Ift l.hb Courts of the Flint Circuit, and
YV in the Snprtrtih Court at Atlanta aud Macon.
Feb. 13, 1836...-41...-ly
JAREI) IRWIN WHITAKER,
ATTORNEY At LAW,
‘tkffiot front Rooms, over John R. Wallace & Bros., corner
of White Hall and Alabama streets,
ATLANTA GEORGIA.
JtnnwrSO, 1556....tf
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GEORGIA
January 30, 1856 3'J ly
HENRY HENDRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
Jackson, Butts County, Georgia
May *, IMS. ts
A~ D. NUN NALL if
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
onn'rm, Georgia.
Jane., I*. ‘fj
UNDERWOOD, HAMMOND & SON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
WILL give personal attention to’ all bnfinfcfts fcntrnsted
to tneir management, and aftfend the Sixth Circuit
Coortof the United States, at Marietta, the Supreme Court
at Macon and Deratnr, and the Superior Courts in Cobb,
Morgan, Newton, DcKalb, Fulton, Fayette, Spalding, Pike,
Cmh, Monroe, Upson, Bibb, Campbell, Cowtta, Tronp,
Whitfield and Gordon, in Georgia, and Hamilton County,
(Chattanooga,) in Tennessee. May 3,1856. ts
W. L. GRICE, VI. 8. WALLACE.
GRICE & AY ALL ACE,
attorneys at law,
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
PERSONS intrusting business to them may rely on their
fidelity, promptness and care. Dec. 10, ’55-33-ly.
GARTRELLfcGLENN,
attorneys at law,
ATT.AKTA, GEORGIA.
INFILL attendttw>Coarteln the Counties of Fulton, De-
W Math. Fayette. Campbell, Meriwether, Coweta, Car-
Cobb, and Spalding
w mnim T ARTRFLL. I LtTHRR *• btENN,
/onneriy of Washington, Ga. | Formerly ofMcDoncugb Ga.
May 1, 1855.
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From the Constitutionalist.
Letter from Hon. Charles J. Jenkins.
Augusta, Oct. 6.
Air Gardner. — My attention has been called
to the following article in the Georgia Citizen
of the 4th inst:
Mi. Jenkins.—lt was confidently stated
at Atlanta, on Thursday, that Mr. Jenkins had
lately expressed himself as now perfectly satis
fied with the position of Mr. Fillmore, and as
it is believed, would give him his hearty sup
!pdrt. Mr. J. we think, owes to himself, to say
‘as much'o'yCr‘fits own signature.’*
I have alsoljeen informed, that during the
Mass Meeting of the American Party at At
lanta, last week, it was stated from the stand,
“iliht it Was authentically reported, that Mr
Jenkins had withdrawn his late letter, and had
now'cdine to the support of Mr Fillmore.”
Silence dh my part, with a knowledge that
sueh’publieity had been given to this rumor,
would, I presume be construed into acquiesence
in its truth, lienee I reluctantly ask a place
in your columns, that 1 may set myself right.
‘Since the appearenee in the Georgia papers
(if a leading article, taken from the Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser, headed “Restoration
of the Missouri Compromise,” I have two or
three times, perhaps oftener, remarked in con
versation, subtantially, that as that paper was
published in the city of Mr. Fillmore’s residence,
and had been by him franked to the people of
Georgia, it must be supposed to express his
opinions, by his authority, and that I thought
it placed him on safe ground, for the South,
though I did not like the reasfms ‘assigned for
assuming the position'. I now add What lhaVe
not said before, that after, having circulated the
Advertiser’s editorial in Georgia, with a full
knowledge of the prevailing Southern senti
ment on that subject, Mr Fillmore, if elected
President, could not sanction an act for the
restorration of the Missouri restriction, with
out treachery to the South, of which I certiffn
ly elo not think him capable.
So much of tlie runlet 1 ‘aboVe tefef'fed fio, as
relates to life ‘withdrawal of my late letter,’
and the giVlng ‘my support to Mr. Fillmore,’
is the inference of others, unauthorized by ( any
thjtVg 1 haVe said, and irreconcilable With that
tetter, as the following eitra'cts from it abun
dantly proves: ,
‘Let our inquiry then be, first, who of the
candidates will stand firmly by us: and second
ly who of those that, will, has the fairest pros
pect of success. Self preservation demands,
that in this crisis, we vote with reference to the
great issue, and the availability of the candi
dates in the election.”
Again.
“There is, then, no reliable expectation that
the South could obtain help enough from the
North to elect Mr Fillmore.”
And again.
“lu one word, their, were this a contest be
tween Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Buchanan, and
were I assured that Mr. Fillmore would oppose
himself to. the restoration of the Missouri re
striction, I ‘would vote for him with unspeaka
ble pleasure. But, being satisfied beyound all
doubt, that it is in fact a contest between Mr.
Buchanan and Mr Frenfout; that Mr Buchan
an as President, will interpose all the power of
his administration to preserve, unimpared, the
Constitutional rights ofthe South anil the per
petuity of the Union, whilst his real'competitor
would unscrupulously trample on the former,
with full knowledge that he thereby imperilled
the latter, I say let every southern electoral
vote be cast for the Democratic nominee.
From these extracts it will appear, I held first,
that southern voters, having ascertained who of
the candidates (if elected) would maintain our
rights, should vote for that one of those, who
had thb best prospects of securing northern
Votes.
Secondly, that if Mr. Buchanan and
Fillmore occupied the same position, an 1 . u k 1
believed the contest between them, I would pre
fer the latter.
And lastly, that believing Mr. Fillmore had
not even a remote prospect of election, but
that it was in fact a contest between Buchanan
and Fremont; I desifed to see every Southern
electoral vote cast for the former. I still de
i ire the same thing-. Nb attentive and fair
reader of my letter to Dr. Willingham, could
for a moment conjecture that I would vote for
Mr Fillmore, unless my opinion of his prospects
had changed-. It has undergone no change,
but bn the contrary, has grown stronger with
the lapse of time. The most prominent devel
opement of the canvass, in the northern States,
of recent date, are the fusioil bccuring in differ
ent localities, between the American and Re
publican parties; which must, by all reasonable
calculation, insure to the advantage of the
stranger of the two—the Republican party.—
My conviction is confirmed, by these (levelope
ments, that if Mr Fremont is to be beaten it
must lie by the concentration of southern votes
upon that candidate whose northern supporters
will not fuse with the enemy.
I repeat, I greatly fear that should Mr. Frc :
mont attain to the Presidency, the Union will
not survive his administration. And though
fully persuaded that its dissolution would be fat
more detrimental to the northern, than to the
southern States, I would deplore it as a calam
ity to the whole country and to all mankind.
But greater still would be the evil of submis
sion to the measures proposed by the Black
Republican! party.-
They ihay elect their candidate and still have
no power to carry those measures into effect.—
Some of the bulwarks of the Constitution will
remain to cheek their progress. Still,- it would
be one stronghold, carried by the enemy.—
Whilst the battle rages before it, (whilst the
Presidential election depends,) I will fiiill into
line with that arihy which is most potent for
its defence, though I never mustered with it
before, and may neter again.-
It will be said ribw, as lias been said before
with less reason, ‘yoh abandoned Mr. Fillmore
because of his supposed weakness.’ Most certa in
ly I do. As between candidates representing
opposite principles, I would adhere to the ex
ponent of my own, were he never so weak. As
between, two candidates representing one and
the same principle, violently assailed by a third
I must take the stronger of the two agreeing
with me, irrespective of personal preference—
to do otherwise would be to adopt the unpatri
otic maxim, “men not principles.”
In this canvass, I recognize but one great,
“Ko t|p coijfh'icfs oqh Jbs toMe boiwOlegs CoijiiiKnf 1$ oiiir v s.”
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1856.
overshadowing issue. Let those make the
cause subservient to their candidate who will—
I select the candidate whom I believe most ef
ficient to subserve the cause. My judgement
may err, but it has been formed against inclina
tion, and I should be false to myself—recreant
to duty, did I substitute for it that of others.
Respectfully Ac.
CHARLES J. JENKINS.
atr-
OMtuary.
Died—ln Atlanta, Ga., on Thursday Oct.
2d, 1856 “SAM,” the last surviving offspring
of civil Proscription and Religious Intolerance
aged 2 years and 9 months..
This promising boy, whilst upon the thres
hold of a long and brilliant career, has been
suddenly on,! down in the bloom of fiis youth
ful vigor, leavfng thousands of mourning
friends to wedp over his untimely death ! To
others be the pleasing tut mournful task of
commemorating his many virtues —for our
selves, our gjrief is .too fresh and overwhelming
to enter upon a ‘calm reView of the flittering
record. We shall ( dp!h'tent ourselVes by giving
our readers a few of the most impdrtaht cir
cumstances ‘of his last illness.
His health for a year past ljad been Very
delicate, owing, as fiis physicians supposed,
to the uml up and precocious expansion of his
braih,in early infancy. In company with his
parents, lie traVeled for the benefit of his health
through the greater part of the Uuited States
during tlie •pas’t two Vears. Tiie climate of
the Northern States seemed fo'r a time to infuse
Vigo'r into his ‘naturally tc-eble constitution ; but
his trip tliVough the South renewed all the
favorable symptoms, and left him in a worse
condition than when he started on the tour. —
In Virginia lie received his first attack 1 , a ltd it
Was shortly after folio Wed by constant renew
als of the malady in every Southern State, ev
en as far as Texas. Ilis parents hastening
back to the North, fondly hoped to find his
vigor renewed and strength restored by a
mote braefhg atrhosphp’re. But alas 1 how
futile are human hope's 1 . ( t
On the 22d of February .Tap t in Fliiladel
‘pliia, he was sitdde’tVly attacked with a violent
hemorrhage of the lungs, in the midst of a
large collecth hos his friends. After the vio-
IcVice 6f the attack had somewhat subsided,
his physicians found iipdn examination that
one entire lung was gone ! They prescribed a
more Southern clime, as the only hope of pro
longing his valuable life. Starting thence by
the Western Route to Georgia, he lay sick a
long time in the State of Missouri—and in
Kentucky he was prostrated by a second vio
lent hemorrhage. Carried upon a litter thro’
the State of Tennessee, he reached this place
On the evening of the Ist inst., in a very criti
cal situation. Here he met a small, but re
spectable delegation of his friends—assembled
to give him a public reception. Rut alas ! it
Was to'O late ! !he fatal disease was praying
upon liis very vitals ! and on (lie evening of
the 2d inst., he quietly breathed his last—in
tlie presence of some of liis most devoted friends
—who had followed him faithfully throiigh all
the wanderings of his short but chequered
life! We regret td say that the solemnity of
liis last moments was disturbed by the unsea
sonable merriment, of a gentleman from Jeffer
son county—whose ill-timed jests drew snides
from the attendants', even while standing
around the death bed of their Great Leader!
His remains liaVe been carried to Washington
City, where they Will lie ill State in the Porti
co of the Presidential Man-ion, until the 4th
March next, when they will be interred with
all the impo.-ing ‘ceremonials of the otdei 1 of
wlli’ch lie was the Illustrious Founder. For
that mournful occasion, we have received the
following Programme of the palt that our State
will take of the ceremonies.
. Chief mourners—Millard Fillmore, of New
U*ork; Andrew J. Donelson, of Tennessee.
Assistant Mourners (for Georgia)—Hon.
W H Crawford, of Lee; Col. R. 11. Hill of
Troup.
Sub mourners —Hon. F S Bartsw, of Chat
ham; Dr II V M Miller of Floyd.
Committee on music (mournful) —II P Bell
Esq:, of Forsyth: J RParrott, Esq., of Cass;
Col. A R Wright, of Jeffers'dii.
(Mourning) Committee on platforms—Hon.
Washington Poe, ofßibb; Hon. E II Baxter
of Hancock; Hon. C Peoples, of Clark.
(Mourning) Committee on oaths-Col. AR
Wright of Jefferson; Hou. E NT Hill; of Troup;
II P Bell of Forsyth.
(Mourning) Committee on grips-J R Par
rott, of Cass; Col. Joshua Hill, of Morgan;
Col. L Lamar, of Liucoln.
(Mourning Committee otl passwords-llon
Bin Law, of Chatham; Hon B II Overby, of
Fulton; R Sims, Esq, of Decatur.
(Mourning) Committee on Dark Lanterns,
(To carry the Lanterns),- —Geti: G. W. Gordon,
of WhitOeld; Hon. W Brown, bf Marion; Rev.
Joshua fcnowles. of Bibb.
f Mournining) Committee on Dofk Lanterns
(to light the Lanterns) Hon C Pedples of
Clarke: E G Cabanis, Esq:, of Mbn roe; Cosl 1
Joshua Hill, of Morgan.
(Mourning) Committee Oh dafii lanterns (to
extinguish the lanterns over the grave) Dr. II
Y M Miller of Floyd; Hon E II Baxter, of
Hancock; Hon. Washington Poe of Bibb
Committee on Epitaphs—Col. R II Tatum,
of Dade, Col J J Word, of Cass; Col. A R
Wright, of Jefferson.— lntelligencer.
Cool Shotting. —Under this bedding, the
Crocket (Texas) Printer, of the 20th inst., has
tho following :
“Two men, named Rigsby and Robbins- at a
whiskey shop, in the northeastern portion of
Grimes county, got to quarelling ; both had
rifles ; Rigsby up with liis and shot Robbins,
who fell mortally wounded, but as Rigsby turn
ed off ctitsifljj him,- Robbins took aim at him
as he lay on the ground, and shot Rigsby
through the heart. Both died almost instant
ly revenged in death.”
Your Change. —The late Dr. Khox, of Dar
per, while enterteining, one day, a few of his
clerical friends at dinner, happening, rather un
ceremoniously to help himself to some vegeta
bles upon the table by using his fingers, was
told by one of his brethren, that he reminded
him of Nebuchadnezzar, when the Doctor im
mediately replied, “Oh, yes, that was when he
was he was eating with the boasts ”
Three weeks Later from Nicaragua.
Arrival of the Tennessee.
The steamship Tennesse, Capt. Stoddard,
from San Juan del Norte, via Key West, arri
ved at New York yesterday morning. The
Tennessee arrived at San Juan on the 22d
Sept, sailed on the same day and left Key
WeStou the 27th ult.
The news from Nicaragua is three weeks la
ter than that lately received by way of Pana
ma, and is important .... •.
Affairs in Nicaragua arc assuming a favora
ble aspect, the. utmost confidence in the stabil
ity of the Walker government prevailing.
The ajrmy under Geo. Walxer now consists
ofaboiitlGOO Americans, besides native troops
all m good health and spirits.
News having been received at Granada a
short time since, that a party of men averse
to the government were occupying a Ranehe
at Sail Jacinto, Gen. Walker despatched a
party of forty men under Lieut. Col McDon
ald to attack them. Col. McDonald attack
ed thun, but finding the party too strong to
warrant an assault, retired with a loss of six
men killed and seven wounded. Leaving a
small number to watch the euemy, lie returned
to Granadk with the remainder of his troops
On receipt of the news at Granada a party
of citizens, numbering about sixty men, head
ed by Lieut Col. Cole, Assistant Quater Mas
ter, Gen. Lieut. B Milliken, and Mr. Wiley,
Marshall, volunteered so go and attack the
Ranehe, and having gained the consent of Gen
Walker, marched to the spot
The Ranehe was a large abode house, pierc
ed with loop holes, and surrouiided by a heavy
stonewall. Col Cole divided his men into
three‘parties, of twenty each 1 , and attacked
the hoiVse a*t three diflei ent points, and succeed
ed in driving them from the enclosure into the
house, and was then repulsed, with a loss of
fifteen men killed, wounded and missing, in
cluding the three commanders in the killed.—
The loss of the enemy was about one hundred.
Their whole force was estimated at foul: hun
dred, , ... , ... . , |
At the time our informant left Gen Walker
was about dispatching a body of artillery to
make another attack.
Ex-President Rivas is entirely defunct, not
being acknowledged by any party.
Leon is still in possession of tile opposite
party, with a small force of natives, Ilonduri
ans and San Salvadorians, all in a deplorable
condition Doth from sickness and starvation
Desertions from their ranks are constantly ta
king place, and of the few remaining from
twenty to fifty are dying daily of cholera.—
Wa iker has uit off all means of their obtain
ing supplies
The fate of I>r. Divingston, wlio was arrest
ed by Rivas, is not yet certainly known, but
it is generally supposed that he has been exe
cuted.
Tiie cholera is still raging in Costa Rica
President Moro recently reviewed his troops in
the Plaza of San Jose, and addressed them in
a brilliant speech On putting the direct ques
tion, if they were ready to invade Nicaragua
and dHve the Americans out ? they answered
emphatically “No; but if the Americans came
there to fight, they would defend their coun
try.”
The Tennessee left at San Juan del Norte
her British Majesty’s ship Orion, 91 guns; Im
perieuse, 51; Cossack, 22; Archer, 20; gun
boats Intrepid Ami Victor, 9 guns each. Dai
ly expected; ships Aarrogaur, id guns and
Tarter, 22; gunboat Pioneer, 9 guns. The
Tennessee was visited by the officers of the
squadron
Key West was perfectly healthy; weather
cool With northerly winds prevailing.
AttttY Affairs.
El Nicaraguense of Septertibci 1 13 contains
the following items: Company B. Capt. Melien
of the 2d light Infantry Batallion, is at present
situated in Managua: A letteh ftoni that place
states that all the boys are well.
The Lev. Mr Wheeler, agent of the North
American Tract Society, took occasion last
Sunday, while the rifle battalion was on parade
to distribute a number of Bibles among tlie of
ficers and privates of the battalion. Maj. O’-
Neal was in command of the parade, and after
Urilljhe ordered the troops to rest on their arms
while the drill was taking place. Each officer
and every third soldier received a bible. — [Ex
The Hoop Skirts.
But the skirts ! Oh, Venus de Medieis !
how can we embrace them all ? Positively
there is no getting around them in one effort !
Skirts have swollen to that extent of fashion
that no door is wide enough for them to pass
through, without considerable squeezing Heal
belles of thfi fashion ilotV seeill like niovitig bells,
literally So that mallets and men have to steer
well in the streets, else they will run against
ropes, hoops, bag matting crinoline and the
deuce knows what, which completely take up
the sidewalk and inhabit the dress.
girl, by Jove, she seems ndwhfefb ! Tlie othei 1
day \v£ happened to See two of the dumpy kind
of the moving “bells” of fashion going along
the street, ala painter style—hands clo*e and
skirts out. At forty paces distant they seemed
like ininature pyramids of silk, at twenty, we
smelt cologne water and other essences; at teri
paces, a little lump like a bonnet was disetrna
ble at the top of the skirt pyramid; at three
fiaces distant we heard the imbedded voied Os ai
female in the dress; at two’ paces, we disco^ei 1 -
for ringlets of slim appearance, resembling cat
tails dipped in molasses; twtf eyes of and
absurd expression, like boiled onion's, ftps like
unto thin sandwiches with a bit of discolored:
meat sticking out, thin and dry,- and cheeks
rough with mccufum (Chinese coloring,)—
Positively this is all that could create in us
the impression or imagination that the above
things, dry goods, &c., formed a woman. We
moved aside and went on otir way rejoicing
that such was not our share, to say nothing of
our future ‘ ‘better half.”— Examiner.
The attention of trangressors is invited to
tho following little piece of psalmody:
We had a dream the other night,
W hen all around was still—
We dreamed we saw a host of folks
Pay up their Printer’s biltl
Gordon County Molasses-Important
Discovery.
We recently visited the model farm jn- this
neighborhood and found the urbane proprietor,
Mr. Peters, engaged in a uovel enterprise.
He, with his hands, was employed in making
superior molasses, or syrup from the s(al ks of
sugar millet, or what most persons would call
chicken corn—it is of that genus, if not the
same.
He had planted a quantity of it for fodder,to
feed his cattle upon, and being of an enterpri
sing'turn, fie determined to experiment on this
millet, and has succeeded in making an excel
lent article. The stalks being stripped of
their fodder are crushed between two iron
cylinders which are turned by a crank drawn
by two mules, the juice rims in a reservoir be
neath and from thence Into buckets, Which are
emptied into large boliers. and being reduced
by boiling to about one filth becomes ail excel
lent syrup lit for table use. We were ’inform
ed by Mr. Peters, that although Viit Tittle at
tention had been'paid (6 its cultivation, not
intending to make such use of it and it was
raised upon inferior laud, yet from the experi
ments already made, lie expected to average
about 320 gallons of syrup per acre. This is
doing a profitable buism ss. lie intends ano
ther year to plant 100 acres belieVemg that
on good ground with proper cultivation it
might yield from 400 to 500 gallons per acre.
Sixteen stalks will yeild one gallon of juice
and 5 gallons of juice one gallon of thick syurp.
Two mules and two hands will press out juice
enough for 100 gallons of syrup per day. We
call the attention of farmers to this important
and valuable discovery. We have seen the
operation, and we have tasted the syrup, and
know it is no humbug.
Its manufacture is in the power of every
farmer, and what a saving of expense, when
syrup is now selling at 7u cents per gallon, the
syrup is that much extra, for you have the
fodder aud the seed besides. Instead of im
porting, we might export it in vast quantities.
Calhoun (Ga.) ‘Statesman.
Nicaraguan Affairs.
Advices from Nicaragua of August 30th,
state that Walker remained quiet. Leon|liad
been abandoned to the invading army, which
numbered 1,500 troops. Dr. Livingston had
been released and sent to Han Salvador.
The peop.e of Soinoto had risen against the
Leon faction, and assassinated several promi
nent partizans, including Joaquin CRomorro
and Auguatine Hernandez.
Walker had issued several decrees, and
amongst them one modifying the Transit G rant
to Morgan & Cos., and another declaring the
property of the Accessory Transit Company
forieited to the State.
A rumor had reached Aspinwall of a revolt
among Walker’s troops, 40 of whom refused to
do duty. It was said that Walker gave them
24 hours to reconsider ; at the end of which
time, they still refusing, were led out and shot.
Hon. Pierre Soule has purchased a ranehe
in Nicaragua for $50,000, and was to return to
the United States by the next steamer.
Col. Schlessinger had published a letter to
the Army, denouncing Walker as a traitor, ac
cusing him of dishonesty, and offering protec
tion to all of Walker’s troops who will join
him. Schlessinger was at Matagalpa in the in
terior.
In it decree dated August 26th, Walker
states; that in consideration of $400,000, he
transfers all the property and right of the Ac
cessory Transit Company, to Charles Morgan
and Cornelius Garrison.
Revolution* in South America.—Valparai
so dates of August 16th; and Callao of the
27th, have been received. A revolution took
place in Lima, headed by Gen. Castillo, who
had some fighting in the plaza with the Go
vernment Troops under the President. The
engagement lasted several hours, but the revo
lutionists were finally subdued. —Geo cj- Jour.
A Funny Bet, but a Sale One.
A friend of ours wns an eyewitness to rath
er a singular bet, made in Nashville the other
day A noisy Know-nothing, was bantering
the company, desiring to ‘back his judgement’
by betting on Fillmore. For sometime, no
one seethed disposed to “take him up,” or (o
notice liLiil niiicli in any other way. At last,
a staunch old Democrat from Alabama, hauled
diit 1 Is pocket book, and proposed to stake one
hundred dollars; that he could mmiii one coun
ty in liis State; tliai would give Btichauan a
larger majority than any State iii the Union
would give to Fillmore. Tlie bet was taken
by the Fillmore man, and Jackson., was the
county nanted by the Alabahliaii. That coun
tv will give about tweiity-four luindrad ma
jority for tlie.Democratic ticket; and if any
State iii the Union beats- it for Fillmore, the
Know-nothing wins.— Atlanta Intelligencer.
A Characteristic Fight.— The Richmond
Enquirer stole from the New York Herald an
article fttfd published it as editorial. The
Herald copies the same article last Saturday
giving tlie credit to tlie Enquirer, and pitches
into the article in a most savage manner.
Mr Herald, did you ever read the story of
the Rev. Stephen Burroughs, who sent an old
man with a cow-hide in his hand into the wa
ter-mellqn patch for a thief, aud then sent the
old man’s sojtf in with auother cow-hide to
catch a, tlie if stealing ?
Mr Herald, we are pulling our under eyelid
down at yotu — Cleveland riain Dealer.
University of Georgia.— By a resolution
of the trustees, ten students will be educated
at the University without charge of tuition
The appointments will be made by the Faculty
on the 25th of October—one from each Con.
District, and two from the State at large . To
recipve the appointment, the applicant must be
a resident of the State, of good moral charac
ter, and unable ,to defray the expense of a Col
legiate education. lie must also be over four
teen years of age, and have pursued at least
tho studies which are required for admission to
tho Freshman Class, one term advance.
Applicants are requested to send their testi
monials, showing that they fully comply with
all the requisitions to tho President of the
University.— Athens Banner, Sept. 15.
JeHiks—s2,oo, fa
Inaugural of Gov. Gkary.- —The following
‘extracts are from Gov. Geary’s inaugural:
I Cheerfully admit that the people of this
Territory, under the organic Act, have the ab
solute right of making the municipal laws, and
from citizens who deem themselves aggrieved
by recent legislation, I w.onjd ‘invoke the utmost
forbearance’, and point put tp them a sure and
peaceable remedy. You t have the right to
ask the next legislature,,tp revise any and all
laws; and in|the meantime, as you value the
peace of the Territory and the maintainancc of
future laws, I would earnestly ask you to re
frain from all violation of the present stat
ute*- j,j... *i:; j j. , V
1 am sure there is patriotism suflicient in the
people of Kansas to lend a willing obedience
to the law. All the provisionc of the Constitu
tion of the United States must be sacredly ob
served, all ffic acts of Congress haring referenep
to this Territory must be unhesitatingly obeved
and the decisions of our courts respected. * It
will be my imperative duty to see that these
suggestions are carried into effect. In my offi
cial action here I will do justice at all
Influenced by no other considerations than thp
welfare of the whole people of this Territory, I
desire to know no party, no section, no North,
no South, no East, no West—nothing but Kan
sas and niy country.
A Knotty Case. —‘ls. the Squire at hpjue?
enquired Fat of the lawyer’s hply, who open
ed the door at his summons. 11c was answer
ed. negatively., v
‘May be then yourself can give me the nec
essary information as well as the Squire, see’u
you are his wife.’ ,
The,lady promised to do so, if, on learning
tliq nature of thp difficulties, ..she fogiid it in
her'power, and the other proceeded as fol
lows': V ‘ ■ *
“Sppse yon were an old \ybite mare, and I
oould borrow you to go to mill, with a turn
of grist on your back, and we should get np
farrier than the first hill, wjien all at one® you
should bach up,j,ahd jjitch up, pud kneel back
wards, and break your divjUsh old heck, who’ll
pay for ye? Not I, by me sowl 1* ’ \
The lady smilingly t.old. him as she closed
the door, as he had himself passqd the scntenco
on the case, advice would be oulirely super
flous.— IV?st point Beacon.
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Tlie Merchant.
Tae following lines were written by a con
tributor to the Casket, a paper edited by th£
ladies of Bt. Anthony, Minnesota —away on the
verge of civilization —and read each week du
ring the winter months before the St. Anthony
EyceUm,;
Tare and tret,
Gross and net, . ;
Box and hogsheads dry and wet)
Brandy made,
(If every grade,
Wholesde, retail, will you trade?
Goods for sale,
Holl or bale,
Ell or quarter, yard or nail’
Every dye .
Will you buy? •
None can sell as cheap as I.
Thus..each day,
Wears away. .
And his hair is turning gray!
O’rc his books
lie nightly looks, .^
Counts his gains and bolts his locks’
By and by
He. will die— !
But the ledger book on high
Shall unfold
How he sold,
How lie got and used his gold.
Gambling in Cincinnati,—We find the fol
lowing paragraphs in the Cincinnati Gazed to
17 Sept.
“Quite a scene occurred on Monday night
at a third-rate hotel where gambling is said to
be carried on to a considerable extent. It
seems that the wife of a merchant tailor, being
stimulated by jealousy at ajprolonged and unac
countable absence of her liege lord, donned
masculine attire, and thus disguised followed
him to the gambling hell, and there made her
self known by very emphatic procedure against
the decanters and other breakable articles op
the sideboard; The husband,who has, it seems,
been bled to the amount of $1,200 within a
short time, arid who was thus brought to the
brink of ruin, took her.home and promised that
lie would ever keep away from such dens if she
would.
Two of our police officers, a few nights since,
took from a gambling den on Third Street,
clerk of one of our wholesale
who had been drawn in, dosed with bail liquor,
and then fleeced of all his money. Half inebria
ted he was still conscious that he. was, being
victimized, and this led to a row, in which he
was badly beaten. The clerk who frequents a
gambling house is an unsafe man.
Snow an<l Sleet in September ,
This is a strange announcement; but never
theless true ! for we saw it with’ on? own eyes.
It was seen also by many others, in this, place
on Tuesday last, Uffth of Sept. It is needless
to say that overcoats and fires jure in demand.
Strange—strange weather for September.—
Standard.
. —; —*• , ‘ • •
“Dr. H A Ramsay, who was recently arres
ted on a charge ol forging laud warrants in
this State, committed suicide in the jail, oC
Sparta, Conecuh county Ala., on tho 27th
ult. , ;
The foregoing juiragraph having lately ftp-’
peared in the Augusta Sentinel, tho editor .of
the paper,’ Mr. Jones, was challenged on a!-
eount of-Its publication, by a relative. of the
deceased. Having intended no offence, Mr.
Jones refused to give the required satisfaction.
Sav. Georgian.
—— r- , i
A Queer Cripplei—“Down in front ! down
in front !” shouted an excited individual whosn
view of tho fireworks or. the Common was in
tercepted by a tall chap. “Down! dowp|”‘ .
“Whist,” said an Irishman near, “dou’t be
splittin ycr trole in that way. , Begorra, its
,likely the man’s a cripple and can’t get down!
No. 25.