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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1868.
Aaudnkl ZJme Klin*
By reference to our advertising columns
those in want of this very necessary article
(lime) for building purposes, can find out
where to get it. Messrs. Mackey & Sheats of
Kingston, Geo., are Proprietors, and fill all
orders with promptness and despatch. Their
lime is said to be as good as any burnt in this
country.
Wheeler & Wilson's sewing Machines.
At ihe special request of Messrs. Hotchkiss
& Lane ion, we paid a visit to the Rooms of
i hese t ntlemen yesterday, over the store of
Messrs. Beach & Root, on Whitehall street.
Wf -s v their Machines in operation and must
say. - at in our judgment, they work admira
bly. /heir machines are sold from $30 to
£!05 .^cording to quality and finish. The
adaptation of these machines to all sorts of
work, from the finest Muslin to the coarsest
negro cloth, is of itself a sufficient recommcn
datiun. They design to make attheir Rooms,
Shirts and Collars to order. Seams the same
on lioth sides. A lady will go into private
families and teach the use of the Machine, free
of charee. Call and see them work.
The Dlgiiiilonigf.
This is the title of a publication containing
72 pages, in pamphlet form. Its object is “to
calculate the value of the Union.” llie au-
riioi ih Herbert Fielder Esq. ,ofCedertown Ga.
From a hasty perusal of this work, we are pre
wired t » say that it is written in good style,
and l>ears upon it the impress of great ingen
uity 'he writer attempts to show the ine-
guality of the South in the Union the burdens
which I ave been imposed upon our section.
ami v reason why a dissolution of the ties
ind us to the Federal Compact should
pted. Without giving an expression
>n as to the merits of the arguments
Mr. Fielder, we commend his produc-
„he careful consideration of the reading
The work can he found at the Book
- - - iMr. Wm. Kay, in this City, who is
the hoie agent for the publication at the South.
It is pn pared to supply the trade at wholesale
or reta; upon accomodating terms.
whiei
be dis
of. pi
used
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Acknowledgements.
We'.ender our thanks to Mr. Geo. W. Sto-
bckrl >f Rome, Georgia, for two bottles of
Wine >f his own manufacture; one made of
>he Di 'berry, the other of the Currant. They
•re o the vintage of 1855, and were of most
i.-ligli :ul flavor. Also from the same gentle
men, i o specimens of Georgia raised tobacco,
one in die twist and the other in the leaf.—
'1 hose articles were exhibited at the late Fair
in this place and received a premium.
I’o Mr. Jamks Noble. Jr., of the linn of
Sobie .iEhlere, Floyd street Atlanta Georgia,
w ■ arc indebted for specimens “Brown Stout,”
“Porter,” “Ale” and “Lager Beer” put up by
them m this city. These articles were exhibi
ted at the Fair and were considered of asu-
I s'l it. quality, hut the original manu-
i'u-ti ,•» not being the product of Geor-
ia . i erprise, no premium was awarded. The
lov. >s of these several lieverages, are recoin-
men< • d to call at the store of these gentlemen,
w ho they can he supplied with a very excel
lent -tide of these several varieties.
Pataula Circuit.
IT * last issue of the Columbus Daily
' 'in.*3 contains a letter from the Hon. Francis
H. one of Green county, to the Hon. Wm.
A Tucker of Stewart. The constitution of
the State of Georgia, prohibits any person,
t v <>n, holding any office of profit for the time
ueh person may he elected a member of the
L rislature. Col. Tucker’s term as a Senator
expires on the first of October 1859. The
term of the present Judge yf the Pataula Cir
cuit expires at the same time. Judge Cone
gives it as his opinion, that Col. Tucker is
eligible upon the ground that if elected, liis
> f, V e as Judge does not take effect, until after
!.: Senitorial term shall have expired. All
this difficulty might have been avrided, by
the nomination of some unincumbered man
for the office of Judge. But we suppose that
our Democratic brethren in the Pataula Cir
cuit *are scarce of material out of which to
manufacture candidates for the several public
offices. If such be the fact we can help them
out of the difficulty by establishing in that
region a colony of patriotic office seekers, of
which we have a superabundance in this sec
tion. Instead of having to make one man fill
two offices at the same time, we very often have
two or three aspirants for one and the same
office. We would he glad to help our friends
of Pataula, if they need assitance in this par
ticular.
Mg). Cooper’* Ball Road Completed I
Eiowah, Ga., Oct, 19th, 1868.
To the Editor of the Cartersvillc Express :
Dun Sib.—The Etowah Bail Road has this
day been completed, and the trains are run
ning in connection with the passenger trains
of the W. & A. R. Road. This being an era
in history, the event was distinguished by the f { have more th;in their ,,f thc
firing of a salute, from ordinance made and
cast at Etowah Foundry. Mr. L. Kendrick
was our contractor, for the building of the
Road, and Eugene LeHardy the chief Engin-
neer.
As soon as arrangements are made we will
duly celebrate the occasion. Morning guns
will he fired till the celebration.
Very respectfully yours,
MARK A. COOPER,
President E. R. R.
[pf” Newspapers friendly to Georgia enter
prise please copy.
M. A. C., Pres’t E. R. R.
We take pleasure in copying the above no
tice. No man in upper Georgia, has contrib
uted more than Maj. Cooper to the develop
ment of the vast resources of that section.—
For years past he has been engaged in the iron
and milling business at Etowah, Cass Co., Ga.
His works are situated some three or four miles
from the line of the Western and Atlantic
Rail Road. This has been a fretful source of
expense to his enterprise from its very begin-
ing. He has paid out hundreds of thousands
of dollars, for the transportation of material
and manufactures, from his establishment to
the Rail Road. The completion of the Road,
mentioned in the above notice, constitutes
the dawn of a new era in the history of his
works, and we congratulate him and his asso
ciates upon the achievement of a work, which
is to contribute so much to their convenience,
as well as that of the patrons of their estab
lishment.
C'ol. Harrlnsou.
We regret to learn that Col. Harralson, the
Collector of Customs at Brownsville Texas,
died a few days ago, there of Yellow Fever.—
He was a brother of the late, Hon. Hugh A.
Harralson, of Troup.
Meddling In other Peo)'li’» Bnsiiiew.
The Know Nothing Prints of Georgia at this
time are sorely exercised ahojit “the inflneiibe
which old line Whigs we exerting in the af
fairs of the Democratic Part}-. They point to
our representation in Congress, as well as to
the Democratic Press, to show that this class
Cobl) and Jones.
Sheriff Love and Marshall Hunnicutt, left
this place on Sunday' night last at 12 o’clock,
on the Macon & Western Railroad train, hav
ing in charge John Cobb, jr., who is now un-
dei sentence of death, and Gabriel Jones, who
stands indicted for the murder of Samuel
Landrum. The prisoners were to lie taken to
the Penitentiary for safe keeping. It is under
stood that Cobh’s case will go up to the Su
preme Court, and that Jones’ trial will bepost-
poned till the fall term of Fulton Superior
Court.
The Weather.
For the last two days, we have had cool
cloudy, rainy weather. The transition from
dust intolerable, to mud in reasonable quan
tities. was sudden and rather agreeable than
otherwise. The great change in the temper
ature of the air from sultriness to chilliness, is
also indicative of approaching frost, which is
so much desired in those localities in which
the yellow fever is now prevailing. We may
reasonably expect outlie winding up of the
present wet spell, a heavy frost, which will
put a quietus to the epidemic which has fo r
months past been devastating some of our
Southern cities. We may venture to congrat-
ul ate our fellow citizens of the infected dis
tricts upon the prospect of a speed}' return of
health, peace and prosperity, which has for
some time past been a stranger to their belov
ed homes and firesides.
The Main Trunk Rail Road.
For a variety of reasons, which we shall
not now repeat , we have been the friend and
advocate of the above named Road. We have
been influenced to this course by a general
desire for the developement of the vast rc^
sources of southern and south-western Georgia
regardless, so far as we are concerned of the pri
vate and local advantages to accrue therefrom
to any individual or particular section. Much
controversy has arisen among the people who
are immediately interested in this work, in re
gard to its particular location. Those having
control of this matter have made a selection
of a route passing through Thomasville. This
has given great dissatisfaction o a portion of
onr fellow citzens who allege that the directors
have not pursued the intent, and meaning
of the charter in making the location. They
have departed very considerably from
direct line from the initial point to the Wes
tern terminus thereby materially inerasing the
original cost of the Road, as well as entailin;
a perpetual additional expense in the workin,
and repairs of the Road. A route through
Early and the counties on that line, it is con
tended, would have been much shorter, pene
trating a section of the State equally fertiie
with that through which the selected route
it is to pass, and along which an amount of
stock as great or greater could have lwen
obtaine , than that which has been procured
on the lower route. The State of Georgia has
agreed to take a million of dollars in stock of
this Road. Every citizen therefore is intcrcs
ted in the welfare of the road, and has a right
to lie heard in reference to all matter concern
iug its management. An effort will lie made
at the ensuing session of the Legislature to
change the policy adopted by the Board of
Directors of that Road, and we invite the at
tention of our Senators and Representatives
from this part of the State to this subject, and
if a wrong has been perpetrated in the prose
cution of this enterprise to apply the correct-
live at once.
Frose mill Poetry by n Lady.
Tne above is the title of a neat little volume
of 200 pages, well printed and neatly hound,
liich Mr Wm. Kay, has laid upon our table.
The authoress is a native Gerogian, and as such
appeals to Georgians to sustain her, in her ef
forts to add to the store of literature. The
contents of this volume is a treasure of inesti
mahle value. The style is easy and graceful.
sentiment is tender and affecting, and the
perusal of the work is well calculated to im
prove the mental and moral feelings of the
ailer. We give below a specimen, which is
true sample of the articles with which the
work abounds. The subject is “Local Attach
ments.” and in this connection she speaks
if the
“EMIGRANTS FROM TUE EMERALD Isle.”
Even the poor son of Erin, driven from his
own green isle to seek in the land of the free
an asylum from want and priestly tyranny,
can yet look hack with “swelling heart and a
tear-stained cheek” upon the receding cliffs of
the Emerald Isle. In that degraded hut love-
land his childhood was spent; and therein
the quiet churchyard sleeps liis young wife—
she who when perishing from hunger could
still smile for liis sake.
The emigrant ship glides swiftly over the
waves, bearing him on to that land where there
work for all, and bread enough too but
who can blame him for vowing- “ I’ll ne’er
forget old Ireland! ’ ’ And as he thinks of the
magnificent forests of the New World, he ex
claims:
Meeting In Gwliunt.
Below will lie found a notice for a Meeting
at Lawrenceville, Gwinuet County, in refer
ence to the Air-Line Raii Road. We find the
notice in the Lawrencevillc News, and are grat
ified to see that our friends in the county of
Gwinnet are about to take this matter in hand
All they have to do is to face the music, in
the way of a liberal subscription for Stock, and
the road will no doubt be carried by Law
renceville.
Air-Line Hall Road. Meeting.
AH peroms who feel uu interest in the con
tructioo of the Georgia Air-line Railroad, art
l to meet at the Court House, in Law
party spoils, and an undue control over the
management of our political affaire. If we
could believe that the croakers who are thus
so vociferously crying out, “wolf! wolf!” were
actuated by patriotic motives we should feel
some respect for their officious intermeddling
in other people’s business. But when we feel
a consciousness, that motives of this kind have
not the least imaginable thing to do with their
course in this respect, we can hut consider their
officiousness as obtrusive, uncalled for, and in
the highest degree offensive to the candid, in
telligent portion of the community. The veil
with which they cover their hypocritical ben
evolence for a party which they so heartily
despise, is too transparent to hide from the
most superficial observer their insidious de
signs. They have exhausted every expedient
which their ingenuity could devise, to convince
the people that their principles and party poli
cy were most conducive to the general welfare
of the country. They have labored ‘ ‘in season
and out of season,” to create the impression
that Democracy was destructive of the rights
of the people. In these “labors of love,” they
have again and again most signally been de
feated. Disaster upon disaster lias followed
their political campaignings. The Democrat
ic party has only been strengthened and more
firmly united by their unscrupulous assaults.
Accessions upon accessions of their choices
material, have been made from their own
ranks ; Democracy has grown, and flourished
and prospered, while they as a party have dwin
dled almost into utter insignificance in point of
strength and numbers. They have become
desperate. In their castings about to find some
weapons of warfare to annoy their detested foe,
they have seized upon the pretext which we
mentioned in the commencement of this arti
cle to produce discontent and strife among the
Democratic party, and thus be able to divide
anil conquer their formidable enemy. This
attempt reflects as lit t le credit upon their judg
ment as it does upon their patriotism. They
certainly presume greatly upon the gullibility
of the Democratic masses, when they attempt
to instruct tin'in upon their rights and their
duties as party men. The rank and file of the
Democratic Party are not such fools, as to he
ignorant of the elements of which the political
organization to which they belong, is compo
sed. The antecedents of our prominent lead
ers were well known to ourselves long before
we put them in their present positions. We
did it of our own free will and accord, because
we believed them honest, faithful and capable,
and we are well pleased with our own selection.
The Democratic Party does not exist merely to
give certain favorites office. Its mission is to
carry out certain great governmental principles
upon which rests our political fabric. In choos
ing agents to execute our designs in this be
half, we are more controlled by our opinions
of the capacity and fidelity of those whom we
place in power, than by their peculiar views
upon issues which have been obsolete for half
a century. We have alluded to these consid
erations time and again, and it is useless for us
to attempt an elaboration of our views upon
them at this particular time. We suggest to
our kind hearted friends of the Know Nothing
Order, that we are fully competent to manage
our affairs without any assistance from them.
We intend to do this in our own way. When
we want an officer or an editor, we shall en
deavor to exercise a sound discretion in ma
king the selection, without troubling ourselves
to inquire whether the individual we propose
to put in position, iras an old line Whig, or an
old line Democrat. We have mainly to do
with the question, is our candidate a good, true,
faithful and honest Democrat now ? not wheth
er he was so ten or twenty years ago. Go on,
gentlemen, “you labour for the meat tbatper-
islicth.” Onr people need none of your sug
gestions, your sympathies, or your advice.
We look upon you as unsafe counsellors, and
is such we can very well dispense with your
services in this behalf.
‘‘Often in these grand old woods
I’ll sit and shut my eyes,
.lnd my heart will wander baek again
To the spot where Mary lie?.’'
Fine Domestic Jeans.
We have been shown a piece of Domestic
Jeans, presented to Mr. J. D. Lockhabt Sec-
etary of the Atlanta Insurance Company,
which is superior to anything of the kind we
have ever seen. It is the manufacture of Mrs.
W. S. Calloway, of Riceville Tennessee. It
was exhibited at the late Fair in this place
and received a premium in the shape of a hand
some silver Tea Pot. Mrs. Calloway is one of
the largest contributors to our State Fair. She
presented the premium Joans to Maj. Mark A
Cooper two years ago. Mrs. Calloway de
serves great credit for her .skill in making
Jeans, hut if she could only see us now, while
penning this article, with a threadbare suit of
store clothes, shivering under the effects of a
cold, raw, rainy day, we have no doubt she
would much prefer that we had been the re
cipient of her bounty, than our well fed and
well clad young bachelor friend, Mr. Lock
hart. But we will say no more, lest we he
considered envious.
The Campbells are Coming.
This favorite troupe numbering 18 perform
ers, will give four of their unique entertain
incuts at the Atheneum, commencing Wednes
lay evening next. As will he seen by the Ad
vertisement in another column. A cotempo
rary of a late date lias the Allowing in refer
ence to this troupe:
Campbell Minstrels.—Another full and ex
tremely fashionable audience, reminding one
of the refreshing looking assemblies which
graced the hall during the Thallierg & Vieux
temps era, greeted this incomparable hand
last night- The concert was more than usual
ly excellent, and impressed those who heard it
with a high idea of the vocal and instnimen
tal abilities of the Troupe.
Among the gems was the beautiful ballad
of “Shells of Ocean," sung as only’Bidaux can
sing it. Those who have a taste for sweet
and plaintive melody wil" not grudge the
time or money to listen to this cxqu&itm
ael; as we heard it last night, we could al
fancy that she soul of music was breathed *up-
on the atmosphere. Mr. Leslie was equally
fine, abd “Young America” absolutely spell
hound the audience by the jiatUoa and feeling
with which he rendered the beautiful gem of
“Hark I Hear an Angel Sing ”
The violin solo by Sig. De Vincent was hap
pily executed. The “Carnival of Venice,”
was the theme, wad the grotesque old piece,
the accord of discord, has seldom been presented
with move effect.
As to the comic portion of the entertain
menfc, it is only necessary to state that Rum-
Ncwcomb and Lehr were each in his htq>-
ifv to Urns-' who were so un*
Axt’x Catawba Wine.
Among the articles exhibited at the Fair
during the last week, we ought not to omit to
mention the Catawba Wine of Mr. Axt, speci
mens of which were on the ground and duly
tested by those appointed to discharge that
agreeable task. The opinion of all was that
Mr. Axt’s wine was superior to any of the im
ported German wines, and the fact that first
class wine could lie produced here in Georgia?
was fully established by such specimens.
Mr. Axt has a quantity of this delicious bev
erage on sale at Mr. Muhlenhrink’sin our city.
to %Piin.
There has been at all times a great deal of
talk about the independence of the press, and
the use of free pastes as bribesfor editorial fa
vor. It is evident that some men
Tbe Dalton Hoax
As we suspected, the suicide reported to
have taken place in Dalton last week of a Mr.
Walldrupe, was a miserable hoax got up by
certain parties, with most unworthy mo
tives. We treated the matter in the proper
light in our notice, and it is only necessary fo r
us to say, that no such occurrence took
place.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Ofcacrver. A Beautiful Sketch.
Mr. Boehanaii at Borne. j We select the following beautiful i j
fo, the week, *Wch apeared in yesterday’s is- Lancaster, Pa., Sept. ^1858 ;r Omrdk- romarecentiy published address of Kic >
nonai ra- sue and we Vepublish it this adorning with tinguished President has been rusticating, as V. Cook, Esq., ot Columbus. Tte*„. . r, i
Tte^n toe TLarySections, It will 1 seen the pa^mtells iis, lor a fejM* |
Health of tbo City.
Several errors occurred, in our table of deaths
abstaining from
m nt, and confering puffs whenever called for.
the largest hill of mortality for the season
another class esteem the pass as a quid pro quo anil consequently hut slight, if any, abato
paid to them for sundry services willingly ren- ment in that disease. It still “drags its slow
dered, hut for which public spirit leads them : length along,” and, without presenting a fa
te refuse any direct remuneration. Almost . tality nt all alarming, will probably continue
daily in the management of a newspaper, the i to do so until a killing frost shall put an end
editor is called to give prominent notice < f a j to the invader. The cases are now much few*
change in time table, of some excursion, of toe | Grinnumlier than they were a week ago, hut
repair of the road after some accident, to con- j their \irulence has rather lieen increased than
tradict an erroneous statement, and in various diminished.
YVliat Does Tills Mean 1
The Jefferson [Mo.] Examiner, publishes
the following charge against Senator Douglas.
We are not prepared with lights before us to
determine upon their truth or falsity. Judge
Douglas, can speak for himself. If the charge
he true, they prove that the seeds of treason
have been lurking in his bosom, long before
his erratic flight from his party in Congress.—
If false, it is his duty to make his vindication
We publish them for what they are worth, as
i fact of the practical history of the r passing
events.
1st.—That Judge Douglas declared to prom
inent Black Republicans in Washington City
last winter, that his Kansas Nehiaska policy
was designed by him, and would hare the effect to
surround the slave States with free States, and thus
chrush out slavery.
2d.—That Douglas declared that Senator
Bell, of Tenn., was the only Southern member
of Congress who understood him. He had a
conversation with Senator Bell’ in which the
latter said to Douglas, /The d d Southern
fools don’t understand you ; I do.
od.—That Senator Douglas avowed himself
in favor of emancipation in Missouri, and said
he hoped the movement in favor of emancipa
tion would succeed.
4tli.—That Senator Douglas expressed the
hope to these same Black Republicans that F.
P. Blair, Jr., would succeed Senator Green in
the United States Senate and voluntarily prom
ised to use his efforts when the proper time
came, to secure the election of Blair, in place
of Green.
5th.—That he held meetings in his own
house, in Washington City, under lock and
key, witA prominent Black Republicans, last
winter, who came at his own invitation, and
to whom he made, in substance, these decla
rations.
These are some of the charges we are enable
to make against Senator Douglas. The infor
mation upon which we make them is, we re
iterate, entirely reliable, and we cannot, there
fore doubt their truth.
Agricultural College.
At the meeting of the Southern Central Ag
ricultural Society, held in this place during
the late Fair, a resolution was passed to ap
point a committee to memorialize the Legisla
ture of Geoigia. on the subject of establishing
an Agricultural College at this place, with an
experimental farm attached. We hope our
fellow citizens will not permit tlus project to
die in its infancy. Enterprises of this sort are
very easy to he gotten up on paper, hut it
takes labor anil money to give them a tangi
ble existence. It has long been a misfortune
to tlie Agriculture of Georgia, that our plant
ers entertain a strong prejudice against what
they denominate “Book Farming.” This has
arisen in a great degree from the fact, that
the first efforts at scientific farming have been
made by men, who were wholly destitute of a
knowledge of those rudiments of learning,
which are indispensable to a successful prose
cution of the business of agriculture upon sci
entific principles. Destitute of this indispen
sable requisite those who essayed to he pio
neers in this great reform, lim e generally made
signal failures. It is as much out of the ques
tion, for a man at an advanced period of life,
to undertake to pursue the profession of plant
ing upon scientific principles successfully, as
for such a one to enter the learned professions
without in early life having laid the founda
tion for such an undertaking; by acquiring a
knowledge of those branches of learning which
are a necessary pre-requisite to such pursuits.
Hence the necessity of giving our young men
the advantages of such an education as will
qualify them for a successful prosecution of
the business of hook farming. An institution
designed and prepared for this specific purpose,
is now a great desideratum in the educational
wants of the people of Georgia. It lias long
been an evil of a serious character, that our
young men, who have hail the advantages of a
liberal education, have been too much inclined
to embark in the legal, medical or mercantile
professions. A young man heretofore, has
been, and even now is, considered as “burying
Iffs talent,” who after passing through the for
mula of a collegiate education settles down on
a farm, and employs his time in making corn,
cotton, peas, wheat, oats and potatoes. This
ought not so to he. Place the business of ag
riculture among the learned professions- -make
it, in the public estimation, as it deserves to
he the most honorable oi'all pursuits, and our
catalogue of Doctors. Lawyers and Merchants,
would he decimated. All these last named
avocations are crowded to depletion—hence
so many iliastrous' failures among this class
of our citizens. The business of Agriculture
in this country, never has and never can he
overcrowded for the next two centuries. The
policy of onr peiqffc should la* against the en
couragement of what is termed the learned pro
fession and in favor of the avocation of agri
culture. Under this view of the subject, we
cannot too earnestly insist upon tlie
vigorous prosecution of the enterprise recom
mended by to e Agricultural Society. The lo
cation of such an institution at this place we
consider highly appropriate. The health ac
cessibility central position and growing im
portance of Atlanta, are facts generally ad
mitted. Added to all these, we are situated
near the dividing line between the grain grow
ing and cotton growing sections of our State,
and our soil and our climate me adapted
to the growth of a greater variety of the ;u
ricultural productions of our State, than any
other location north or south. Au experimen
tal farm established here, could exemplify the
cultivation of most of the articles which are
raised on any of the farms in the South, MA
respectfully invite the attention of tlie mem
hers of the Legislature, now soon to convene
to this important subject . We shall have in
our own Senator and Representative, Judge
W Iff taker and Dr. Westmoreland, able and
efficient advocates of every enterprise connec
ted with the interests of our city. Their action
in this behalf at the last session of the Legis
lature. has shown that they are not only able
hut willing to serve us effectually in all mat
ters in which our local interests are involved.
We expect to he ahie to chronicle a good re
port of their actings and doings at the ap
proaching session. Success to their effort
ways to advertise editorially the business of
the different routes. For all sendees of this
kind no pay is received. It is for the interest
of the roads that such notices, should be made
while, at the same time it is a convenience to
the public. The acceptance of a pass under
such an understanding of the motive of the
roads in conferring it, involves no breach of
editorial trust or duty to the public, and in no
maimer obligates the editor to conceal or ex
cuse any faults in the management of the pol-
icy of the road.
The subject is really one of considerable im
portance, not only to the parties immediately
concerned, hut to the public at large. If the
free pass system induces the press to sacrifice
its independence, it had better be abolished
entirely, for it is essential to the safety of the
traveling public that a close censorship should
be exercised upon railway management. Ac
cidents should he freely discussed ; if blame
fairly attaches to employees or directors, there
should he no concealment : and any influence
which tends to interferfere with a fair expres
sion of public opinion on such occasions is a
serious evil. Our belief is that the great body
of the editorial fraternity are above being in
fluenced by a free pass, to the amount of be
stowing unwarranted praise, or covering up a
fault in the management of our railwaj-s. We
do not believe that the editorial profession
ride free over the roads as much as some very
sensitive stockholders believe. So tar as onr
knowledge extends, they certainly do not.—
We further believe that a trip over any rail
way by the editor of any respectable and well
conduc ted paper, is of direct advantage to the
interests of the company. But it by no means
follows that everybody connected with anews-
paper should ride free any more than every
attache or employee of a hotel, steamboat or
railway company should. Those men who
have had long experience in railway manage
ment know that the very smallest proportion
of free passes are granted to newspaper editors,
they know too that it is of advantage to have
this class of men pass over their line. We
know that it is of more advantage to the com
panies in the long run than it is to the editors.
Tlie courtesy of a free pass to a journal like
ours is repaid four fold: perhaps not in a form
of a puff of the line, but in tlie more substan
tial form of experience gaiued in some new
improvement in mechanical matters or in de
tails of management, which our readers, most
of them engaged in railway operation through
out the country, get the benflt of. Tlie class
of stockholders who make so great an outcry
about free passes to editors are usually that
most ignorant, of the wl - subject of railway
management, and as ihey must open their
mouths at the meet',, s. they choose this top
ic because it is thei -dy • >ie t]-, \ can talk up
on. When stockin'!dec- l„.ic not confidence
to entrust the matter to the discretion of their
officers, they should elect new ones. A mer.
Railway Times.
The Baltimore Democracy Prepaapig for
Resistance.
The Exchange reports a movement among
the Democracy of Baltimore with a view to the
overthrow of Plug-Ugly despotism. We con
gratulate our allies on the auspicious indica
tion. They have tried every experiment of
peaceful endeavor without effect; let them or
ganize their forces and, if necessary', vinditate
their rights by an effort of physical exertion.
The stru He will he neither difficult nor doubt
ful, for the brutal energy of ruffianism is no
match for the high toned courage of gentle
men. In tlie contest the Balt imore Democra
cy will he cheered hv sympathy and applaud
ed of the country.
Yellow Fever in Texas.—The yellow fever
is prevailing at Fort Brown (Texas.) Among
the deaths announced by it is that of Brevet
Lieut. Col. Francis Taylor, of the first regi
ment of artillery.
Tlie disease continued very severe at Browns
ville, although growing milder. There were
35 deaths during the week. It was also pre
vailing at Matamoras, and at Point Isabel.
The collector of Customs (Col. Haralson) hail
died of it.
In Galveston, on the 13th acre were
seven deaths, all of yellow fevc.. On the 14th
there were only three deaths, hut of what dis-
'aosfisMoes not appear in the record before us.
At Houston, for the weekending 13th, there
were seven deaths by yellow fever.
fif* A waggish husband recently cured his
wife of divers ills in this wise: He kissed the
servant girl one morning and got caught at it.
Mrs. J. was up in an instant. She forgot all
her complaints, and the man of toe house de
clares lie has never hiul to pay a cent for ‘help’
since.
Two centuries ago not out? In a hundred
wore stockings. Fifty years ago, not one boy
in a thousand.was allowed to run at large at
, . night ; not one girl in a hundred mode h ser-
ahsent, that they misted a j vtoit oi her mother white Nhe*uent her tone in
Tilings In Sisw Orleans.
The sales of cotton on Tuesday were 8000
hales, at easier prices—middling 11|@ 114c.-
Tlie President of the Howard Association
has made an appeal to the charity of the pub
lic. He states that it commenced the season
with a fund of 887,000, which, it was suppos
ed, would he equal to the “emergency of an
ordinary epidemic. ” He continues thus :
An extraordinary prolongation of the epi
demic has introduced to their care an influx
of people from all parts of the Union, who
have madly hastened among us. against all
caution, to fill the places made vacant by the
epidemic, or in confidence that all traces of
disease would flisapj car in its wonted dura
tion.
The following from the Courier illustrates
this :
On Monday last a gentleman coming into
the city from Osyka, found himself sitting vis-
a-vis with a company of strangers in whom he
became interested. On inquiry, he found the
party consisted of four yonths from Kentucky,
going to New' Orleans to seek their fortune.
“ Are you not ataid of the fever?” said our
friend.
“We did not know the danger when we
startei 1, ” was the reply.
“I advise you,” said our friend, “to take
the. return cars for Jackson, or you will doubt
less soon he occupants of our grave yard.”—
“We had rather die than go hack,” was the
answer:
They came. Our friend followed them to
their boarding house, and watched their fate
Three of them have lieen buried : the fourth
cannot survive.
Tlie Young Men’s Christian Society had t rea
ted 1668 eases up to the 19th inst., commenc
ing August 27.
Tlie Orescent gives the following account
of a duel :
Two citizens of respectibility, one of them a
hank teller, settled a difficulty with small
words at the Metallic, yesterdy morning
Both wounded ; one being pinked twice, and
the other receiving an accidental wound by
his sword being knocked out of his hand by liis
antagonist. His sword went up whirling, and
as it came down gave him aii ugly cut on liis
forehead. The seconds then interfered, and
the difficulty was settled without further com
luff.
gif’ Some musical publisher or teacher once
wrote or said “that the art of playing on the
violin required the nicest perception and toe
most delicate sensibility of any art in the
known world.” Some country editor com
menting on the same, says “’Hie art of pub-
lisliing a country newsnajier and making it
P»y, heats toe art of fiddling higher than ■
kite.
In view of the large number who died during
the week from causes not peculiar to an un
healthy atmosphere there is no ground for
discouragement in the aggregate mortality.—
Still, the exhibit shows an unusual amount of
sickness, and that it would he the part of pru
dence in such of our citizens, as are absent
and are not compelled by any emergency in
their business affairs to return—especially
those who are accustomed to spend their
summers abroad, or at the North—to re
main where they are for the present. To such
there can be no security until after frost.
We have received numer >us letters
of late, from absent friends asking our
advice as to the propriety of return
ing to the city: their family physicians
would be the safest counsellors on that point;
hut, whatever our opinion may be worth, they
have it above. In view of t-lie advanced state
of the season, the day will certainly soon ar
rive when they will be enabled to return to
their homes and business without the slight
est risk of life or health.—Sav. Republican.
We are indebted to the kindness of a friend,
says the Col. Daily Sun, for permission to make
the following extract from a letter written by
Maj. A. B. Ragan, U. 8. A., to a member
of his family in tiffs State:
Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, (
September 7th, 1858. )
Tlie Mountain Buck brings news tiffs morn
ing of an other engagement which a portion
of Maj. Garnett’s command had within the
Yakimahs. Lieutenant Crook with 60 men
attacked a large party of Indians, killing six
wounding an indefinite number, without the
loss of a single man. Another party of Indi
ans were heard of, and Capt. Fraser sent- after
them, but they got notice of his movement
and decamped in haste ; Capt. Fraser pursued
them three days, hut finally lost tlieir trail
and had to give up the pursuit. Maj Garnett
thinks the liostiles arc now cleard out of the
Simcoe and Yakimah county, and have made
the best of their way to the Black Feet coun
try in the Rocky Mountains and into the Brit
ish possessions. Maj Garnett lias pushed for
ward to Okcnagan, where he will probably
form a junction with Col. Wright's command
against the Spokans anil Pelloose, or else whip
them out on his own account, should he not
meet with Col. Wright.
Nothing has been heard from Col. Wright
since he crossed Snake River on the 24th lilt.
Tlie presumption, therefore is, that the Indi
ans have hurned the giasss to embarass and
retard his movements anil retire to the moun
tains. If he had had any engagement he
would have sent an express with despatches to
Gen. Clark at this place. I believe, after all
the great demonstrations by the Indians, the
whole tiling will turn out nothing more than a
grand Indian hunt, a good man}' will, he
caught in tlie chase, and the rest will be trail
ed to their dens and holes in the mountains,
early in the Spring and dragged out.
(Signed.) A. B. RAGAN.
Ladies Should Read Newspapers.—It is a
great mistake in female education to keep a
young lady’s time and attention devoted to
only the fashionable literature of the day. If
you would qualify her for conversation, you
must give her something to talk about—give
her education with tiffs actual world and its
transpiring events. Urge her to reai 1 the news
papers and become familiar with the present
character and improvement of our race. His
tory is of some importance : but the past world
is dead, and we have nothing to do with it.
Our thoughts and our concerns should be for
the present world, to know what it is and im
prove the condition of it . Let her have an in
telligent opinion, and he able to sustain an in
telligent conversation concerning the mental,
moral, political and religious improvement of
our times. Let the gilded annuals ami poems
on the centre-table he kept a part of the time
covered with weekly and daily journals. Let
the whole family—men, women and children
read the newspapers.
A Wife’s Power.—The power of a wife for
good or evil, is irresistable. Home must be
the seat of happiness, or it must he forever un
known. A good wife is to a man wisdom,
courage, strength and endurance. A bad one
is confusion, weakness, discomfiture and des
pair. No condition is hopeless where tlie wife
possesses thinness, decision and economy
There is no outward prosperity which can
counteract indolence, extravagance, anil folly
at home. No spirit can long endure bad do
mestic influence. Man is strong, his heart is
not adamant. He delights in enterprise and
■ action ; but to sustain him he needs a tranquil
mind, and a whole heart. He needs his moral
force in the conflicts of the world. To recover
his equanimity and composure, home must he
to him a place of repose, of peace, of cheerful
ness, of comfort: and liis soul renews it:
strength again, and goes forth with fresh vig
or to encounter the labor and troubles of life.
But if at home he finds no rest, and is tlier
met with had temper sullenness or gloom. -.
is assailed by discontent or complaint, hop
vanishes, and he sinks into despair.
_ two of us
Walked out. about a mile from tlie city, to his
which is a short dis
hway, does not ex-
ou approach very
near. A sloping lawn, enclosed by a plain
fence, and nearly covered with forest trees,
lies in front. The dwelling is of brick, two
stories high, with a colonnade portico, flank
ed by a wing on each side, ot the same higlit
and materials. One of these side buildings
contains the library, the other is used tor do
mestic purposes.
Mr. Buchanan's retinue, at Vi heatland con
sists of a house-keeper, a female servant and
a little boy; the latter came to the door to
answer our call, and in a moment, before we
hail time to enter, the President himself came
out, and cordially greeting us, conducted us to
the parlor. Heat once entered into a tree
conversation, which he commenced by asking
to the state of religion in the several places
of our residence. Then followed a minute ac
count of that peculiar inclination of his head,
which has often been noticed by those who
have attempted to describe him. ’ihe sub
stance of the account is, that his eyes aie not
males, one being short, the other long-sighted.—-
■phis he thinks was always the condition of Ins
eyes, and occasioned, early in life, that later-
nal curvature of his neck, which is a noticea
ble feature of his portly physique.
Nothing about this truly great man is more
wonderful than the ease and simplicity of his
manners in private life. He throws off all re
serve and makes his visitor feel quite at home
in his presence. While we sat there a rough
laboring man walked in without a c<«it and sa
luted the President, "Good morning, sir, ’
anil handed him some newspapers. The ‘rich
brogue,’ betrayed the man's nationality. Mr.
B. replied with a calm smile, -'Thank yra."
took the papers and the man left.
A more pleasing instance of tiffs freedom
from ostentation and pride, was his manner
at church on the preceding Sabbath. He
walked from his residence, which must be two
miles, as the church is in the opposite suburb
of Lancaster, and came a little after the ser
vice began. His feet were covered with dust,
and the perspiration was standing on liis Ion -
head. No stir was made in tlie congregation
he quietly entered his own pew, and engaged
in silent devotion. A psalm-book was handed
to him, and he at once participated in the song
if praise. He seemed greatly interested in
the sermon, which was indeed worth} tlie at
tention of kings and all others in authority, ;ls
well as of all under authority. It was based
on the passage, “almost thou persuadesl me to
lie a Christian,” and beside, possessing extra
ordinary merit as a piece of composition
was delivered with eloquence and power.
After church the President walked devout
ly, anil entirely unattended, through the
streets of Lancaster. Wliat stranger, looking
upon that solitary pedestrian, apparently obli
vious of self, and not expecting admiration,
could have imagined that lie was the t’hiet
Magistrate of tiffs mighty nation!
Whatever judgment is formed ol' Mr. Buch
anan’s public policy, or of liis political opin
ions, there can he no question as to his purity
of character, the humility in his deportment,
and the sincerity of his religious prolessions.
Long and pleasantly will we remcnihertlie
20th day of September, as the day spent with
the s;ure of Wheatland, at liis ow n home.
VISITOR.
Codk, Esq., of Columbus, Texas ^
ncation and Influence of Woman ’ if ***
we must needs cm- j touch the heart of the reader. \V ( . ■ i ^
our res- j stumble upon so well expressed an j<i*. •" 111
« of us ! man’s true mission: 1,1 *o-
“I fancy a young man just'emends f
the bright elyseum of youth, and tom,:,.
tho ionraev of life 147,T.,...* . . ,7 Jlm «Wl(:j,
the journey of life. Honest, nohl,. -m,i v ?
flm ln'iiarl i '
—the broad world to his warm hopes; ■ tfe|
future scene of affluence, fame and hn -
Under liisactive energies, business
and as a consequence friends
him
Ere long, he meets a sensible
girl, who wins his heart, and who Jo mi4
truck Inin in tpturn Wo , '^-1
From the Xew York Journal of Connnerc
Keen pit illation by Figures.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
We learn, says the Montgomery Advertiser
of the 21st inst-., that on Saturday night last,
as the day train of tlie Alabama and Florida
Raii Roail was returning to Montgomery, while
at one of the termini near Fort Deposit , a Geor
gian, who evidently was intoxicated, got on
the train, and was ordered off in consequence
of having no money with which to pay liis
fare. He afterwards clung on to tlie hind
most car, and was again put off, and probably
fell on the track, when the next train passed
over him. The accident was not known until
the arrival of the second train at the Mont
gomery depot, when blood, matted hair, and
a handkerchief were found on the cow-catcher.
The next return train from Montgomery stop
ped at the place w here the man was put off the
previous train, and found that negroes had ta
ken the corpse to Mount 'Willing Station. He
was horribly mutilated—having both his legs
and one aim cut off, and his head mashed.
His name could not he learned. This is the
first accident on the Alabama and Florida
Rail Road, and one for which no blame can he
attached to any of the employees of the Road.
A Young and Handsome Widow Tried Tor
Murder—Exciting scene in Court.
The case of Martha Morgan, a very hand
some young widow, charged with the murder
of Alex’r Allen, a constable in Johnston coun
ty, N. D:, was tried in Raleigh on tlie 8th
inst :
The charge was based upon the following
circumstances : Some months since, Allen,
toe constable, forcibly entered her abode and
unlawfully levied on the effects of the scanty
household, for the purpose of selling the same.
She remonstrated and importuned him to de
sist. Regardless of her entreaties, lie persisted
in taking possession ot'her furniture, and added
insult to injury, by heaping upon her a volley
of abuse, which was but too well calculated to
arouse toe sentiment, “if you have nature in
you bear it not. ’ ’ Being without a protector,
and feeling deeply aggrieved, in a moment of
frenzy, she seized a shot gun and shot her jier-
seeutor down.
At nine o’clock the prisoner entered the
courtroom, accompanied by two young and
interesting children. She is evidently not over
twenty years of age, and appeared greatly agi
tated. Though much depressed, and very
naturally, under such trying circumstances,
the traces of beauty were quite apparent in
her youthful countenance. On entering the
room, she enlisted, the sympathy of the entire
court, and after the evidence was adduced, no
one apprehended her conviction. Oonsequent-
lv, in a very short time, the jury came into
11 l . *11. —
the court with a verdict of not guilty. The
result was received by an immeifse concourse
of visitors, who were impatiently awaiting the
return of the jury, by one universal outburst
of applause—the opinion of Judge Cain well to
the contrary notwithstanding. The influence
of women lias lieen in all ages irresistible—
still is and always will he — especially if she In-
young and handsome.—Chat. Advertiser.
A Fatuee Murdered by ius Daughter.—
An occurrence of a truly horrible nature trans
pired in the town of Johnson, Mahoning coun
ty, Ohio, a few days since, by which an aged
and respectable gentleman named Robert
Hamiltou lost his life. It appears that he had
a daughter named Catharine, who was deran
ged, and that entering his room in the morn
ing,’and while he was yet asleeji, she struc 1 -
him several blows on Jhe head with anaxi
fracturing his skull a8ft~produeiug 1
■***•*> <»«« at once secured, aud t
-n»re she now re- f
States.
Missouri
Arkansas
Vermont
Maine
Florida
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
NEXT CONGRESS.
Dem. Opp.
OLD CONGRESS.
Dem. Opp.
6 1
20
15
31
51
45
Showing a Democratic loss of fourteen mem
hers. The twenty-three States not included in
tiffs table, are represented in the present Con
gross by eiglitv-nine Democrats and sixty-five
OpjHisition men including ‘South Americans.
Should they return members of the same poli
tics to tlie new ('ongress, the aggregate would
stand as follows :
Dem.
Already elected 31
To be elected 89
trusts him in return, He doesn’ t stonT 311 *
what tlie world will say about the Ln ^
case he marries her. Not he. The l ' , ‘
kicked out of doors, and the man dot
to he the architect of liis own ham.in!?"**
dosen’t stop to inquire whether the
er is rich in lands aud sie ves and coin •
marries her for that most honest and’,,n )'*
phic of all reasons—because he loves her
builds his home in some quiet
green trees wave tlieir summer glories
where bright sunbeams fall. j],.,.,. .
Mecca of liis heart, towards which h^ i
with more than eastern adoration. H .
"Teen isliuid in the sea of life.'whir* k*
come! Here,
of existence,
from the troubles and
he finds solace
the
and sensible without vanity. Friend*^
betray him, and foes may oppri '
Car*,-j
towards home his weary footstc - ! !t "^
aia. J.
turn,
en hfc atv,
projierty—
hislmftid
Opp.
51
65
120
116
Showing a Democratic majority of four mem
bers. Of the Democrats, six or eight are anti-
Lecomptonism will show itself, they will he
checkmated by the South Americans, who on
such questions will vote with the Democrats.
It is evident, however, that there is to he a
spirited contest for the ascendancy, and no
man can say positively which way the scale
will turn. All will depend upon the future,
and much on the approaching election in the
State of Few York.
A Husband Rewarded.—In France the So
ciety for tlie Protection of Animals does not
enjoy r that popular respect which it deserves,
the small wits of the capital indulging in end
less jokes at its expense. The last joke is to
this effect :
A countryman, ai med with an immense club,
presents himself before tlie President of the
Society, anil claims the first prize. He is ask
ed to describe the act of humanity on which lie
founds liis claim.
“I saved the life of a wolf,” replied the <^nin-
tryman. “I might easily have killed him
with this bludgeon.” and he swings liis weap
on in tlie air, to the intense discomfort of the
President.
“But where was this wolf?” inquires the
latter, “wliat had he done to you
“He had just devoured my wife.” is the rc-
piy-
Tlie President reflects an instant and then
says. “My friend, I am of opinion that you
have been sufficiently rewarded.”
Ri-iiegailc Democrats Looking Y]>.
We cannot conceive what the opposition
press would do if it were not for renegade Dem
ocrats. All tlieir stock in trade isnow derived
from Foote. Forney and Douglas. Every Bro
ken down Democrat staggers into the Douglas
party just as worn out houses drag theif weary
hones into hroonistraw fields, and nearly even-
old Democratic hater favors toe “Little Giant,’
with a vain hope that a new party will be ger
minuted through liis disaffection. Douglas,
Forney and Foote are great men with tlie op
position at present. They lick up the stale
twaddle of these factious Democrats—in fact,
they furnish all the arguments which the op
position now use against the Administration.
But the schemers and intriguers will all be
vanquished bv the unconquerable Democracy.
Judge Douglas will soon occupy the same po
sition which Van Buren and other deserters
sustain towards the party. His infanticide up
on the Kansas-Nebraska bill has put him be
yond the pale of all Democratic society. His
attack upon the Droil Scott decision has wean
ed from him every true Southern heart. No
matter what may lx* the result of tiic approach
ing election in Illinois, he is politically dead.
If defeated, he will be heard from no more ;
if elected, he am only succeed in rallying
around him a scanty hand of disorganizevs.
made up from the froth and scum of all parties,
who would he hissed away from tlie doors of
any convention. He struck a daaperate blow
for power. Instead of serving his ^party, lie
sought to subdue it. He thought himself nec
essary to its existence : aud he demanded to
lie its ruler, or its destroyer. The art of the
gladiator has recoiled iqxjh himself and it is
well.-— Memphis Araltrnche.
Jjg” A Mr. Pea has been iud :
ng Iffs wife and children
„ **- - *
Take a Pacer for Your Wife -A friend
says an exchange* tells us a story in relation
to one of our subscribers which contains a
good moral for husbands, anil furnishes a good
example for wives, which is not unworthy of
imitation upiler similar circumstances :
The subscriber refered to, said it had been
his intention to call at the office, pay arrears,
and discontinue his paper. His wife very
promptly asked: “Why do you wish to dis-
tiaue your paper ?”
‘Because,” sold the husband, “1 am so
much away from home, on business, and have
so little use in taking the paper.”
“Yes,” replied she, R may he hiit little me
i^o yooi hut ft is ofgteat ate to me. 'I remain
-t home, while you discontinue the paper,
will go straight to town and sui*vriba for
If."
wiirnic
luc
4.
there beams upon him the gol«|,. n
welcome, the clouds lift from his
bruised heart is restored, mid thestro n ,
made who’ . I see the man fall hit,,
tv. Creditors seize his property '
stares him in tlie face and lie- is aviffd.-q, ”
hands as a ruined bankrupt. Win
all go—friends, credit and
stricken and penniless, hej
home. Now docs the wife desert him
Nay verily! When tlie world alia
persecutes the man, she draws ,
side, and her affection is all tlie
cause the eei! days have mine upon hj,
The moral excellencies of her snni qj ‘
rior.to the disasters of fort aim. Anti w!
sees the limn sit mournful aud /
like Tteniii'.tocles By the HniiM-liniil (T:'
Adinetlins !iers is the tu,k to enmr/n'
and console. She reminds him that nW
tune has oft overtaken tlm wisest
that all Lsnever lost while lu-u
survive , that she still is near
and to encourage him. Thenumlistei
courage rallies, and the shadows tie,-
heart ! armed once m
of life. Industry and
fortunes s
ing
sun! the 1*
niters fii
ci impetcnc
return, am
■ hii
”i) him.
li
tis
the
Pale
Tlie Printer and Ills Types.
’ihe following Ir-autiful extract, from the
pen of Bayard Taylor, the traveling printer,
we commend to the emit everywhere :
Perhaps there is no department of enter
prise winise details are less understood by in
telligent people than the "art preservative --
the achievement of types.
Every day, their liie long, they are accus
tomed to read the newspaper, to find lault
with its statements, its arrangements, its
looks: to plume themselves upon tlie discovery
of some roguish anil acrobatic type that gets
into a frolic and stands upon its head ; or
some word with a waste letter or two in it -
but of the process by which the paper is made,
of tlie myriads of motions and thousands of
pieces necessary to its C' imposition, they know-
little and think less.
They imagine they discourse of a wonder,
indeed, when they speak of the fair white
carpet woven for thought to walk on. ot rln-
rags that fluttered upon the hacks ot the Beg
gar yesterday.
But there is something more wonderful still.
When we look at the hundred and titty-two
little Boxes, somewhat sliaden with the touch
of inky fingers, that compose the printers'
case.’—noiseless except the clicking ot the
ty ties, as one By one they take their place in
t he grow ing line—we think we have found
the marvel of the art.
We think how many fancies in fragments
there are in the boxes, how many atoms of
poetry and eloquence the printer can make
here and there, if he only lias a little
chart to work by, how many facts in small
handfuls, how much truth and chaos.
Now he picks up the scattered elements un
til he holds in liis hand a stanza of Gray's
Elegy or a monody upon Grimes “all Button
ed up before.” Now he “sets” a “puppy mis
sing,” and now “Paradise Lost;” lie arrays a
Bride in "small cars,” and a sonnet in "non
pareil:” he announces that tlie languishing
"live,” in one sentence—transposes the word
and deplores the days that are few and "evil
in the next.
A poor jest ticks its w ay slowly into tin-
printer’s hand like a clock just running down,
and a strain of eloquence marches into line
letter by letter. We fancy we can tell tlie
difference by hearing of the ear hut perhaps
not
The types that told a wedding yesterday,
announced a burial to-morrow—perhaps in
tlie self-same letters.
They arc elements to make a world of--
those types are—a world with something in it
as lieantiful as spring, as rich as summer, as
grand as autumn flowers that frost cannot w ilt
fruit that shall ripen for all time.
The newspaper has become log Book ot the
age : it tells at wliat rate the world is run
ning ; we cannot find our "reckoning with
out it.
True, the green grocer may build npa pound
of candles in our last expressed thoughts. But
it is only coming to base uses, as its letters
have done times innumerable.
We console ourselves by thinking that one
can make of that newspaper what he cannot
make of living oaks—a Bridge lor time—that
lie can fling it over the charm ot the dead
years anil walk safely Back upon the shadowy
soa into the far Past. The singer shall not
end liis song, nor the true soul be eloquent
:uiy more.
The realm of the Press is enchanted ground.
Sometimes the editor has the happiness ot
knowing that he lias defended the right, ex
posed tlie wrong, protected the weak : that
lie has given utterance to a sentiment that is
not lost- -a sentiment that has cheered some
body's solitary hour, made somebody happier,
kindled a smile upon a sad lace, or hope oil a
heavy heart:
He may meet with that sentiment many
years after it may have lost all traces of its pa
ternity, but lie feels an affection lor it. He
welcomes it as a long aBsi-nt child. He reads
it as for the first time, and wonders il indeed
he wrote it. for lie has changed since then.
Perhaps lie could not give - utterance to tlie
sentiment now- perhaps he would not ii ‘lie
could.
It seems like the former self calling to its
parent, and there is something mournful in
its tone. He begins to think—to remember
why he wrote it—where his readers then, aud
whither they had gone—wliat lie was then,
and how lunch he had changed. So lie muses
until he finds himself. ^wondering it that
thought of liis will continue to float after he
is dead, and whatever he is re.ill} looking
upon something that will survive him. And
then comes tlie sweet consciousness that there
is nothing in the sentence that lie could wish
unwritten—that it is a lietter part of him a
shred from the garment of immortality lie
shall leave behind him when lie joins the "in
numerable caravan," and.lakes liis place in
e silent halls of death.
Again the scene shifts, i
ed weak and wast' d on a h
Tlie anxious wife anticipate-
necessity. Softly her !'< . \ ut
pet, and gently her hand pi
brow of the sufferer. Tiiou:
gives token of her own vot
ing. yet through the long watches i { eji
turning night, her vigils Lpt l..|;
loved one’s conch. At last, disease It
uers the f u tress of life : and tie- pin-
solemnly warns his path-lit that detith
preaching. He feels it t : and C
words of love ami trust an- addnss-’;
who is weeping beside his dying Bid.
-in truth the last hour is come. lima,
is a lit time to depart ; l'.»r the
himself lias died npou timer,-ai .
am, and rosy clouds Bear hitn to Li-.
Behind the western hills’! \r,-v l;l..
of the dying man. weeping iff,-inteat,!
men stand : while the ininisKi
the holy| words of promts •: - -I
urrcction and the Lite, saitli the L iff.
believed on me. though he
shall lie live; anil wlios.i liveth andLL’
in mi', shall ii< '.er .‘iff 1vtL
marks the passing moment.', ntid
sick man’s Breath is ebbing atvav -
t he rloinl waters am iv
ways of life. And now
on the victim’s brow,
its last pulsations, tin
tnrnsin one full fatev
upon the trembling i
him; a mit re the q irit
gels hem the pale w it.
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Number of Lodges within thejm
posi
the Oriler.
1 erritorief
umbia, Nc
Islands, et
549 : number of di
members 176.700 (a s
previous year): nnrnl
which includes all ths >
of the Union, the Distri
ra Scotia. « anada Wff-:.
mi
iths 1.
28.151 ; widowe 1 families
mount paid for the relief of famflie
55: amount paid for the education
children. $11,287 06 : amount p;;
Burying of the dead. 807.564 70 :
auual receipts. $223,585 08. Tl:
of appropriations for menhers, v
pBans. is $440,259 22.
Statistics of Encampments, tl:
of the Order : Number, of Envat:;;;;
No. of initiations. 2.755 . N .
No. of members, 23. 319 ; No.
releived. 93 : amount paid for tl.*
triarchy, $28,171 10: amount ;
lief of widowed families. S2 111 1
paid for the burial of the dead.
amount of annual receipts. Sited
Gross amount paid for the tvli
[including*Patriarchs], widows,
cation, and funerals, the nmnr
$476,955 16. -Bedtmm A
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i California Industry.
j State, a variety of industrial
j lieen developed to a remind
California. Indeed, but few o;t
! surpass her in some respects,
i an address recently deliver. .:
| eluinics' Institute at San Iff ;:’ •
I been enclosed in California si:.
: ricultural purposes, upwaois
' acres : and there have Bn n .
j inc mills, at a cost of two at:
I of dollars: also, 175 saw mill?.’
) 000, which are now not only
! home demand, but exp> rti:., •
of lumber annually. WT it
there have been construct-. ;
canals and flumes for mining:
cost of more than’ $12,000.-“/
eight hundred miles inc. ■ ta
in addition to these there Ba
150 quartz mills.lthe machii
valued at $2,000,000. hesiff -
extensive and valuable work-
refineries, metallurgical worl
which there are twenty, of
dent B> supph tlie Stnt*-. ■
mills, coiiluge manufactori- >
in id machine shops. -
Tlx-
The venom
of Virginia, t
the session ot
UfV. Sisliop
[.Ie and estecim
at present itii
conference non
.tie
Hanging In Grerusboraiiglt.
Tiic boy Thornton, convicted as accessory to
the murder of Mr. Jones, in Green county, qn
Mr. Hart’s plantation, was hung on yesterday.
A large concourse of people assembled to see
the awful spectacle.
o t.ltl
at t!
A Rich Joke.—The Norfolk < Vu.) Day />W
tells a good joke about a party of four fast j
young men in that city who haul is 1 a baker's ;
wagon, one night last week, a mile or two in :
the country for mischief. After being fagged {
out they determined to end their devilment by |
upsetting the wagon in a pond. Imagine their j
astonishment, however, when just as they
were about to upturn it an unknown voice I
front the inside said : “Hold on gentlemen, ,
suppose you take this wagon back to the city, S
again”—;md, when still further, officer Nel- j
son, of the police, jumped out and collared-! __
the ringleader. After a short |vuiey toe offi- j ovef£lowing; when the
cer got in, tb^Upcda hitched themselves up, i off to preach a third tin
hauled him l*»ek to town and each pakl:» fine j death e» the i« e’:'k-
and costs. The policemen had ov etoeard them 1 as strong *ud \ is*' 1 '’
making up the plot and had jumped in and j beseemed tiL “s; as e»
got Iffs ride free grotlB fits nothing. ^ but aiiaif s : ‘
On liis way from Chili
Missouri conference. In- 11
ington. in that State. Ot tl
spiindent of the NushviH -
writes as follows:
Notwithstanding n
holding tlieomfer.uie*
of two or threedav- tow -
high waters and difficult
scented in good health su*
reailv to receive the head
numerous tricuds and rektt
residing .iii tins i ieinity. s
him in large numli'rs. .t)B->
by the hand and wrtemi"
heart mthis tar off land.
After a pleasent day
tried friends, the siiBbatli 1
j>ers having lOVnouiii
was early —
hear once more lids lain
deliver liis message tqth ii -
ing sermon was wiusualh 111
structive. The most w 1
was gjven to the last
the afternoon he again i"
ed people, with great < tk r •“
too wvie many who had
gladness in the.old !'- ■
joiced to worship with In !
The deepest feeling was
of the house. Mourner
aged grey-headed man ‘
altar, under agony of sf
At night again the cn
hi'
crowded with
a»- nr*
it
grr.i !l