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THPBSDiMf, FEBRUARY 10, 1859.
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fgf* Our acknowledgments are due to Hon.
L. J. Gartrell for Pub. Doc., which have just
arrived.
|g?° We acknowledge the receipt of a book
“The Exploration for a Rail Boad” from the
Mississippi to the Pacific, from our immediate
reprerentative, Col. L. J. Gartrell, who will
please accept our thanks for public documents
and books received from him.
Messrs. George Bronson and C. H. Chandler,
long and favorably known as faithful and effi
cient officers of the State Road, have recently
resigned their respective positions. Mr. Bron
son goes into the service of the Georgia Rail
Road, with better pay than he has been re
ceiving on the State Road. Mr. Chandler re
tires to the quiet pursuits of agricultural life,
on his farm in DcKalb County.
Fine Cigars.
We are indebted to Mr. S. H. Grafton for a
box of his fine cigars, which he has on sale at
the Store of Messrs. Clark & Grubb, on White
hall street. They arc very fine and no mis
take, and those fond of puffing the noxious
weed, will lose nothing by calling on Mr.
Grafton, and testing his cigars. Speaking of
Messrs. Clark & Grubb, purchasers will find at
their store a fine lot of family groceries, amoDg
them a lot of bacon amounting to 100,000 lbs,
Give them a call.
Our Senators In Congress.
We see that the press, generally, speak very
favorably of Senator Iverson’s late speech in
the Senate. Mr. Iverson speaks like a true
Southerner, and we have no fear that the in
terests of the South will be neglected in such
hands as Senator Iverson's. We think he
rather underrated the credit of Senator Ham
mond in New York, and the amount of North*
em capital invested in Southern enterprises.
But these are small matters. The speech, ta
ken as a whole, is worthy its distinguished au
thor.
We see that Senator Toombs has made a tel
ling speech lately. Georgia is ably represent
ed, at present, in the IT. S. Senate. Toombs
and Iverson have few superiors, and few equals
in Congress.
“Tlie South Countryman ”
For February, has just arrived in a new
dress but without hoops, r ‘ unless that band
around that sheaf of wheat will answer for one.
We see the Plow, Rake, Hoe, Fork, Harrow,
Sickle, &c., but no Hoop. Hoops belong to the
“ Industrial ” improvements of the age, broth
er Hunt, and you must hang out jour sign.
Barring the Hoops, this number is a great im
provement upon tlieprcceedingone in personal
appearance. Its table of contents is varied,
and its matter excellent. Success to Howard
& Hunt.
The “ permanent interest of mankind ” de
mand “The South Countryman ” should not
pass by our suggestion.
. A Rare Chance to get a House.
P»y reference to our Advertiseing Columns,
it will be seen that Mr. S. C. Higginson, late
of this city, has determined to sell all his real
estate here at Auction. This property com
prises some of the most desirable Residence
Lots in the city, and as this species of property
is becoming rather scarce in the Market, per
sons wishing to procure howes on easj T terms
will do well to attend the Sale. There will be
no by-bidding. Our friend S. B. Hoyt, will take
pleasure in showing the lots.
ggf' 1 We favor the suggestions of the “Sav.
Republican,” concerning those two Africans
in the Savannah Jail. We hope Gov. Brown
will take this matter in hand and do what he
can in the premises. It is better ‘ ‘much every
way,” for the blacks themselves, for Gov.
Brown, to move them to Milledgeville and sell
them under our State la\v and put the money
they maj' command into the State Treasury,
than to turn them loose or send them back to
Africa, provided the President will not inter
fere. The}* ought not to lie in Jail. They
ought not to be turned loose. It would be
cruel to send them into barbarism again, when
there are manj' who will pay for the privilege
of civilizing them. What else is left but to
sell them. They would be better off with a
hard master, than to be free or sent back “to
Africa’s burning Lands.” We venture, if the
negroes, themselves, could make their wishes
known, with the facts fairly before them that
they would choose Slavery.
“Madeline ; or Love, Treachery axd Re
venue. ’ ’ A Romance. By James Summer-
field Slaughter. Printed by C. R. Hanlei-
ter, Atlanta, Ga., 1859.
The mechanical execution of this romance
is quite creditable. As a romance writer, Mr.
Slaughter is entitled to considerable credit for
this production. Mr. S. is a j'oung man, and,
so far as we know, this is his first attempt at
writing a novel. The interest of the story is
well sustained. We read the book at one sit
ting, and several times the ‘■‘briny tear" unbid
den freelj' flowed. We think it some credit
to a book to keep the unabated attention < f
the reader, and at proper intervals, make one
enjoy the luxury of weeping. Many think a
story a poor one, and a sermon too, unless the
ej-es are moistened by the reading of the one,
or the hearing of the other. His is a hard
heart, who can read Madeline with a tearless
ej-e. Madeline has some defects, which read
ing and culture will remedy. We think the
“parting scenes” referred to at the beginning
of chapter second, properly given, would have
added interest to the Story. We wanted the
“interview” between “Carrie Dudley and Os
car.”
Tliere are a couple of paragraphs against
“idleness,” too close together and too near
alike. Our author mistakes in charging Solo
mon with saying that “money is the root of
all evil.” But we will omit fault-finding, and
conclude by saying, that with sufficient read,
ing and hard study, Mr. S. has the ability to
distinguish himself, far above the common run
of writers.
1 lie Cost of a Newspaper.
We read, a few days since, in one of our ex.
changes, the remark that it takes nearly one
dollar and fifty cents to publish a weekly news
paper. We should think it does. How anv
paper, of usual size, can be published for $1,50.
without losing money, we have not j-et been
able to discover. This secret is yet a sealed
book to us. Papers are springing up all over
the country, and in order to force out a circu
lation, offer their issues at subscription prices
ruinous to themselves, and injurious to their
cotemporaries. Thus the business of Journal
ism, in localities where a newspaper can be
supported, under ordinary circumstances, is
crippled, and to a very great extent rendered
unprofitable. Some men think it is glory and
honor enough to have the name of being the
editor of a paper. Such usually find out, by
waiting, that such honors are empty, and de
void of the capacity to furnish meat and bread
for the wife and children. The result is, that
very often the enterprise proves a failure, cred-
tors suffer, and the unfortunate adventurer
comes, pecuniarily, a wreck. It takes mon-
l o carry on.a newspaper, and it takes pat-
ge to bring in money, and that patronage
pay remunerating prices. Where this
the case, failures will always be the con-
ce. So much for publishing a newspa-
osing rates.
“ The “ Intelligencer ” has transcended, In
Its controversy with us, the bounds of profes
sional courtesy. Will they do us the kind-
new to mention who of the three editors of
the “ American ” is alluded t) by the follow
ing language ?”
The “ writing editor ” of the “American
first transcended the bounds of “ professional
controversy” when it spoke of “Orphans,* 1
“ Poor House,” “ Guardians,” Ac., in con
nection with the “ Intelligencer.”
As it is generally known who the “ writing
editor” of the “American” is, we see no
good reason why we should be compelled to
personate him by name, unless it is that he
just wants to know “who struck Billy Pat
terson.”
With the “American” and its editors we
have endeavored to friendly relations.
We dislike personalities, and only resort to
that method when nothing else will answer
the same purpose. To'be short, we have no
desire to harrass the people or our readers fur
ther by giving them long dissertations upon
the conduct of the “writing editor” of the
“ American,” and as we are not much inclin
ed to bow the bended knee to “Baal,” we
shall pay no more attention to his effusions
until he assumes a higher position in the con
duct of that journal, without it becomes a mat
ter of necessity. We shall be governed by cir
cumstances.
We disclaim, however, any allusion to the
pecuniary embarrassments of the “ writing ed
itor” or any other member of the concern,
but merely alluded to kit entire want of capa
city to conduct any kind of business and es
pecially to write editorials in a decent high-
minded way, without resort to personalities.
If we are compelled to fight a “ skunk ” we
shall do so with his own weapons—then if we
fall; so be it.' “ Verbum tat.”
We have informed the “ writing editor ” by
note to whom we allude. If he is not satisfi
ed with that, we will give his name in our next
issue.
P. S.—Since writing the above we have re
ceived a note from the editors of the “ Ameri
can.” which seems to demand that we should
publish the name of the one, whom we have
designated as “the writing Editor of the
American.” J. S. Peterson is the one re
ferred to by the phrase “ writing Editor” and
if he insists upon our being more “specific”
he has but to notify us.
The Ca Sa Law.
We have recently seen in our exchanges,
several strictures upon the merits of the Ca
Sa Law, passed by the last Legislature. We
are constrained to differ with the writers who
have undertaken to condemn the action of the
Legislature on this subject. The act .under
consideration, provides, in substance, that be
fore a Ca Sa can issue, the plaintiff must make
oath that he believes that the Defendant has
monej' or property which he conceals. We
have, on former occasions, expressed our views
fully in opposition to imprisonment for debt.
We look upon it now, as we ever have done,
as the relic of a barbarous age, and should be
repudiated by all Christian, enlightened na
tions. Except in cases of gross and palpable
fraud and concealment, we hold that no man
has a right to deprive his fellow citizen of that
liberty which is the birth-right of a freeman.
In the language of a friend, we hold, that
“when a man surrenders all that he hath, the
body should remain intact. If there be fraud
and concealment, the act of the last session
gives the creditor his remedy. And if the
Shvlock creditor be not satisfied with this
showing, let him go to some other planet,
where, possibly, he may be indulged in his pe
culiar views.” As the presiding officer of one
of our County Courts, for several years, we
have had ample opportunities of witnessing
the practical workings of the old Ca Sa laws,
and we feel no hesitation in saying, that in
nine cases out of ten, which have come under
our observation, the remedy afforded by them
has proven a signal failure ; and in a majority
of the cases, we had good reason to believe
that the creditor was morel influenced by ma
lignity and revenge, than by the hope of ma
king the debtor disgorge concealed property.
The act of the last session, forces the creditor
to perjure himself, or pursqe his debtor under
the honest conviction that he is guilty of fraud
and concealment. The law is a good one. It
is a step in the right direction, and we hope to
see it hereafter enlarged and improved upon.
The Homestead Bill.
This measure passed the House of Represen
tatives of the U. S. Congress, on the 1st inst.,
by a vote of 120 yeas, to 76 nays. Mr. Fos
ter, of Georgia, voted for the Bill; Messrs.
Seward, Crawford, Trippe, Gartrell, Wright,
Jackson and Stephens voted against it. The
Bill provides, as we are informed, that any
person who is the head of a family, twenty-one
years of age, and a citizen of the United States,
or who has declared his intention to become
such, as required by the naturalization laws,
shall, from and after the passage of the Bill,
be entitled to enter one quarter section which
may at the time of the application be subject
to entry, at $1.25 per acre, to be located in a
body in conformity with the local subdivisions
of the public lands, and after the same shall
have been surveyed.
What reasons controlled the action of the
Georgia Delegation against this measure, we
are at a loss to determine. There may have
been objections to some of the details of the
Bill, which justified them in their opposition.
Of this we are not informed. We confess our
self decidedly favorable to the general princi
ple contained in the Bill. We hold it to be
sound and wise political economy, to furnish
our laboring population with homes upon such
reasonable terms, as will enable every family
to provide themselves with one. The effect
of this policy is to bring into cultivation our
vast domain, now lying waste and unprofita
ble, and while it promotes the comfort and
happiness of a large class of our people, it de-
velopes the resources of the country, and adds
to the wealth and power and greatness of the
nation. There is but one trade, profession or
avocation, that we know of, hut what is over,
crowded in this country. That is the agricul
tural profession. Of this, there is certainly a
great deficiency, judging from the vast em
pire which lies vacant between the “father of
waters’ ’ and the Pacific Ocean. Centuries must
elapse before these almost boundless tracts of
fertile land can he brought under culture. The
agriculture of the country is the basis and sup
port of cveiy other valuable interest. What
ever encourages and extends this, is conducive
to the general good of society. Government,
then, should foster this great interest to the
extent of its constitutional powers. This, we
conceive, cannot be more effectuaily done than
by offering inducements to the occupation of
our vacant territory, thus increasing the agri
cultural forces of our people, and withdrawing
a portion from those professions which are now
over-crowded to such a ruinous extent. We
trust, therefore, that the U. S. Senate will
amend the hill as passed by the House, if it is
defective, and that it may become a law.
Error.
In our issue of yesterday, in reference to the
vote on the Homestead Bill, we got a little be
hind the excitement, and stated that Mr. Fos
ter was the only Representative from Georgia
who voted in favor of the Bill. A moment’s
reflection reminds us that Mr. Foster is not
now a member from Georgia. We have not at
present the list of the yeas and nays before us,
and do not remember how Mr. Hill, the suc
cessor of Mr. Foster, voted.
H?° “That motion is out of order,” as the
Chairman of a political meeting said when he
saw a ruffian raising hi« arm to throw a rot
ten egg. •
We committed an error, In our Issue of Sun
day morning, when we stated that the New
York drummer, who had the difficulty with
Mr. Lee, had made his escapes Such, we have
since lesrned, Is not the foot. Both parties
were brought before the Mayor’s Court, and
fined twenty-five dollars each, whereupon they
were discharged.
“War In Europe.”
The above caption we find at the head of an
editorial article in the Charleston Evening
News, of the 5th inst. The idea of a war in
Europe, seems to have originated from a few
words uttered by Louis Napoleon to the Aus
trian Minister. This seems to have produced
a panic in the stock markets of Europe. We
concur with* the News in its remarks that “we
do not believe that the dreadful crisis of a war
in Europe so immediately depends.” Napo*
leon is, doubtless, a gasconader; makes great
threats, and produces a sensation for the time
being, which usually ends in “smoke.” This
little affair has, no doubt, been seized upon
by speculators for selfish purposes, and we
trust that the people on this ride of the water,
will not suffer themselves to be humbugged by
any such fictitious demonstrations.
“The victory of 1855, crowning the Virginia
Democracy with success, was the rallying point
upon which the Presidential contest of 1856
successfully turned, and Mr. Buchanan was pi
oneered into the Presidency through the pre
vious success of Gov. Wise.”
We clip the above from the Richmond En
quirer, of the 2nd inst. We are not prepared
to endorse all it claims for Gov. Wise, though
we must confess that Gov. W. did more than
any other one man, to stop the tide of Know
Nothingism in 1855, which had overspread the
Northern States, and threatened to overrun
the Southern States. The first point of attack
was the Old Dominion, and right valiantly
did Gov. Wise resist its onward march, hut we
are not disposed to concede to Gov. W. the
honor of pioneering Mr. Buchanan into the
Presidential chair. Mr. W.’s friends are hold'
ing his name up for the nomination of the
Charleston Convention. Sis course upon the
late Kansas question, constitutes, with us, a
strong objection to his nomination, yet, if he
should he the choice of that convention, as a
National Democrat, we cannot withhold from
him our support.
For the Atlanta Intelligencer.
A GHOST STORY.
BT W. R. H.
According to a usual habit, I found myself
wending my way, one bright summer’s eve,
towards the grave-yard in S h, and was
soon seated beneath the cooling shadow of a
favorite beach, it being my intention to spend
the remaining portion of the day in digesting
the contents of some interesting hook, or to
meditate upon the doings of the busy and un
thoughtful world without. I know not how
long I continued sensible of what I was read
ing, for, being wearj' of the cares of the day,
and overcome by the warm, sleep-enticing state
of the weather, I sank into a sound slumber.
In this happy state I remained, until the sun
had performed its accustomed round, and hid
den its face beneath the broad surface of the
mighty Pacific, and the “lesser” light was
mildly plowing her silvery course, uninter
rupted save by an occasional dark cloud, which
had, doubtless, broken loose from its more sa
ble mother, and been wafted by a Southern
breeze far out into the ethereal world. Thus
was the 6tate of affairs when I awoke, and per
ceiving that I was benighted, I hastily gath
ered up my neglected book and sprang to my
feet for the purpose of making my way out of
the then dreaded spot, for my mind had nat
urally turned with superstitious fear towards
the white and motionless tomb-stones, which
loomed up around me, and I eyed every ob
ject which was not familiar to me. The place
was surrounded by a high wall, and the onlj T
gate which was not locked, was some distance
from me, this I knew, and hastily directed my
steps thither, but alas ! I had not advanced
but a few strides, ere a vision met my gaze,
that 6ent my heart thundering for egress at
my throat, and chilled my very life-blood.—
Near the very gate, through which I desired
to pass, I saw a white form standing erect,
and as my gaze was rivited upon it, I beheld
it move, and with its white hand beckon me
to it. What could I do ? I could pass through
no other gate if I had dared to run, and stil}
there stood the dread apparition, ever and anon
waving his long death-like arm*towards me.
I would have cried for help, hut that I could
not speak, and, besides, knew it would be in
vain. Feeling my strength fast failing, I made
a desperate effort, and summoning all my re
maining courage, I cautiously glided towards
the gate, the perspiration oozing from every
pore, and my hair, seemingly, standing like
bristles upon my head. Thus with a perfect
whirlwind of frightful thoughts and fears
crowding through my brain, I neared the gate,
and having got a little to the windward of the
apparition, I stopped to take a careful survey
of the scene before me, and here, reader, allow
me to say, unless you have been placed under
similar circumstances, you can never feel or
appreciate the feeling that took possession of
me when I discovered that the apparition be
fore me was an old white hobse, which had
been switching his tail, little dreaming of
the misery he was causing by the measured
wa$Sig of his obedient narrative.
Exciting Election In Loailing.
Mr. Benjamin, by the skin of his teeth, es
caped defeat in his re-election to the United
States Senate—his chief opponent in caucus at
one time having come within one vote of get
ting the nomination. The Constitution of
Louisiana required the Legislature to proceed
to the election on the 24th January, and late
in that day the caucus had not selected a can
didate. The correspondent of the Picayune,
Writing from Baton Rouge, on the night of
the 24th, thus describes the finale of the
struggle:
The last ballot taken this afternoon created
very great excitement, which is even now
raging. There were 70 members in caucus,
and Mr. Sandige received 35 votes. One vote
more would have effected his nomination.—
Upon the announcement of that result, cries
were made by the friends of Mr. Gray “Let us
go,” “adjourn,” &c. The caucus then took
a recess until 6 o’clock this evening. In the
meantime the utmost excitement existed, and
the friends of Mr. Gray everywhere complained
that the conferences which had been held be
tween the Benjamin and Sandidge supporters
evinced a disposition to ignore Mr. Gray’6
claims, and by excluding his (G’6) friends
from those conferences, to defeat him at any
hazard, and they, therefore, proclaimed their
determination not to go back into caucus.—
The long and weary fight, which had grown
monotonous and tedious, thus assumed a
new aspect, and suddenly wore a lively and
dashing appearance. At 5 o’clock the caucus
re-assembled, and it was found that but two
of Mr. Gray’s friends were present. A very
exciting scane then occurred in the House.
The hour of adjournment having passed, Mr.
Pierce of East Baton Rouge, took the chair
and called the House to order. The clerk re
fused to call the roll unless by the order of
the Speaker, and in the midst of a delate as
to the proper course to be pursued, it was
announced that tne caucus had nominated Mr.
Benjamin, and Speaker Pugh entering the hall
took his seat, and the business was entered
upon regularly. During the little episode
above alluded to, the hall and lobby were
densely crowded and everybody present seemed
excited beyond fever heat. Anxious outri
ders ran to and fro as though they thought
some great outbreak of the people was at
hand, and virions of the overthrow of the Re
public seemed to flit before the eyes of timid
gentlemen.
At 8 o’clock, the Senate entered the Hall of
the House of Representatives. Mr. Philips
nomfnated Mr. Benjamin; Mr. Defreese nomi
nated Mr. Gray, and the vote stoocTas fol
lows : Benjamin 57, Gray 60, Randall Hunt 5.
Thus ended the most exciting contest for
Senator ever held in Louriana.—[Richmond
Enquirer.
18* The Quaker poet, Whittier, writes prose
as well as verse, and in both excels. The fol
lowing from his brilliant pen, we take from a
story of his,' entitled -the “Broken Hearted.”
Such reflections are soothing as the gentle
dews of heaven to our care-worn souls. We
make two selections, one from the beginning,
and one from the latter part of the story:
“It cannot he that earth is man’s only abi
ding place. It cannot be that our life Is a
bubble cast upon the ocean of eternity to float
a moment upon its wave, and then to sink in
to darkness and nothingness. Else why is it
that the aspirations which leap like angels
from the temple of our hearts are forever wan
dering about unsatisfied ? Why is it that the
clond and the rainbow come over us with a
beauty that is not of earth, and then pass
away, and leave us to muse upon their faded
loveliness ? Why is it that the stars that hold
their nightly festivals around the midnight
throne, are placed above the reach of cur lim
ited faculties; forever mocking us with their
unapproachable glory ? And finally, why is
it that bright forms of human beauty are pre
sented to oar view, and then taken from us,
leaving the thousand streams of our affections
to flow back in Alpine torrents upon our
hearts? We are horn for a higher destiny
than that of earth. There is a land where the
rainbow never fades, where the stars will be
spread out before us like islands that slumber
on the ocean, and where the beautiful beings
that here pass before us like virions, will re
main in our presence forever!”
“I have seen the infant sinking down like a
stricken flower to the grave, the strong man
fiercely breathing out his soul upon an agoni
sing death-bed, the miserable convict stand
ing upon the scaffold with a deep curse quiv
ering upon his lip. I have viewed death in
all its forms of darkness, vengeance and terror,
with a hold and fearless eye, but I never could
look upon woman, lovely woman, fading away
from earth in beautiful, uncomplaining melan
choly, without feeling the very fountains of
life turned into tears and dust. Death is al
ways terrible, but when a form of angel beau^
ty is passing off to the silent land of sleepers,
the heart feels there is something lovely ceas
ing from existence, and broods, with a sense
of utter desolation, over the lonely thoughts
that come up like spectres from the grave, to
haunt us in our midnight dreams.”
Sabbath Evening Reflections.
Friendship—how much there is included in
II Wi
that word! Without friendship, society would
be a curse and we would rather he a Crusoe on
some lonely isle, far from the face of man,
than dwell among our fellows with Done to
take us by the hand, and make us feeiafriend
is near.
Friendship—without it, my heart is barren
as the sandy deserts, of the burning zone and
if upon ourself we must bestow all our love
and weave the web of life and make no gar
ment for another, surely our life has been a
waste and worse; for many a blessing has been
absorlied and none impartial. Friendship af
fords a balm for many a wound, for while our
heart is bleeding from injuries received, the
wards of consolation, from the lips of one who
loves us, fall like music on our ear and as we
see another’s bosom, heaving with'sympathi
zing groans for wrongs of ours, we feel though
wounded, to rejoice, that there are those, who
would alleviate our sorrows and make us glad
in spite of wrong. Lotus notice some’of the
characteristic ties of true friendship.
True friendship is suspicious of mere profession
of regard, for words are easily coined and may
a6 easily be expressed in professions of strong
regard, when the heart is full of hate, as when
all is love.
“ No knave but boldly will pretend
The requisites that form a friend,
A real and a sound one ;
; Nor any fool lie would deceive,
But prove as ready to believe,
And dream that he lias found one.
Candid and generous and just,
Boys care but little whom they trust,
An error soon corrected—
For who but learns in riper years,
That men when smoothest he appears,
Is inost to be suspected. ’ ’ Et*** '
True friendship is generous. S’ A friend will
be as ready- to do a kind deed as to have one
done, and generally more so, for true friend
ship is not fond of being waited on. That
man who makes’friends, merely for what he
can make out of them, to serve his own inter
est, is more to be dreaded than an open
enemy. Such'a one after he has made out^of
you all he can, is sure to prove an enemy
David speaks of sucli a friend in the following
language :—Mine own familiar friend in whom
I trusted, which did eat of my bread, lias, lifted
up his heel against me.
A selfish friendship, if we maybe allowed
the expression, prompted Judas to carry the
bag, and the moment he could make anything
bp treachery, that moment the kiss, of a pre
tended friend, is given by a devil “from the
beginning. ” Judas is but a type of all selfish
friends, and it is well to beware of them, as
j r ou would a viper ; for you may take them to
your bosom and warm them by j'our kindness,
and as returning strength gives them ability,
they will strike 3t your vitals.
“ No friendship will abide the test,
That stands on sordid interest. ”
True friendship is sincere. It [means just
what it says and'savs just!what it means. It
despises hypocrisj-. It requires trial and
watchfulness, to discover a true friend. Now
you may think, you have a friend, that
sticketh closer to j'ou than a brother, but to
morrow for some unknown and in all proba
bility, for some unreasonable reason, he will
give you a cold look of indifference, that
freezes ever}' warm affection, and causes you
to say with Job, “my familiar friends have
forgotten me.” True friendship is humane.
It sees in every human being a brother and
would not willingly give pain, to any living
thing, without a cause. Harshness is kin to
brutality and we much admire that firm sensi
bility of soul, that Cowper had, which made
him write—
“I would not enter on my list of friends,
(though graced with polish’d manners and
fine sense, yet wanting sensibility,) the man
who carelessly sets foot upon a worm. An
inadvertent step may crush the snail that
crawls at evening in the public path; but he
that has humanity forewarned, will tread aside,
and let the reptile live.”
We like to see that tenderness of soul, that
makes a friend regard the feelings of a friend,
as though they were his own, and not in
roughness deal with any brother. For a
rough friend is rather irksome.
“ The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed,
To pardon or to bear it. ”
Truefriendship is faithful, to its professions.
It is faithful to its word and it will keep its
word or die trying. No liar is capable of true
friendship, for he is void of the first element
of a friend, as he who loves not the truth,
enough to speak it, cannot love a friend so as
not to betray him. Most men (says the pro
verb) will proclaim every one his own good
ness; but a faithful yuan who can find ?
To have friends and prove unfaithful to
them, is base indeed and will soon leave the
unfaithful, in the worst company in the world,
in the company of themselves. A man that
has friends must prove himself friendly.
“ Who seek a friend should come disposed,
To exhibit in full bloom disclosed
Tbe graces and the beauties,
That form tbe character he seeks,
For ’tis a union that bespeaks
Reciprocated duties.”
Saaae Things that I Wi
bt nur wimox, aitho* or “oco boon thb bow.
“We need but little here below,
Xor need that little long!”
Some thing! tliat I would have,
Were they confetT’d on Be—
I would net give for trappings rare,
Xor of station high to be.
Good health—that I might breast the wave,
And pass thro’ weary strife,
To which we all are fetter’d to
In our career through life!
A reputation—unblemished, fair
’ As Norway’s mountain snow ;
Without a censure ou my course,
From friend or envious foe.
A conscience clear—that I had done,
Hy duties well and true ;
To reflect upon my life, and know
These things I held in view.
Domestic ties—with those I lovod,
A calm and pleasant life,
To pass along, serene and smooth,
Apart from toil or strife!
Sine qua non—that I nvght have the wherewithal
Kind charities to bestow ;
A heart to feel, a hand to give,
And soothe afflicted woe!
’Tis these I’d have, and thou might bear
Renown, and honors high.
I would not change my humble life,
Nor for distinction sigh I
The Beecher*.
A republican paper called the “Macacheeh
Press,” published in West Liberty, Ohio, pro
tests against the multitudinousarray of Beech
ers as fatiguing. For a party to have its
Beecher—one Beecher—it would not object, as
a Unitarian extravagance of that sort might he
indulged in without ending in bankruptcy.—
But it considers a whole family of Beechers
something more than the best constitution can
survive, and, (at the risk of being considered
prolane,) it criticizes them individually with a
trenchant pen. Mrs. Harriet Beecher (Stowe)
is last attended to, and in the notice of her
brain-pound heartlessness is the following an-
eciote about her last story, illustrative of
New England life, now being published in the
“Atlantic Monthly.”
“This last work has a history more illustra
tive yet ofthe Beecher’s mean selfishness. It
was promised to Doctor Bailey of the “Na
tional Era.” Our readers will recolect that
the Era first gave Uncle Tom its run of pop-
ulairty. Since then, and since the promise
made by Mrs. Harriet Beecher, certain facts
have come to her knowledge. She is well
aware that Dr. Bailey is in a state of health so
delicate—indeed precarious—that the fears are
entertained as to his power to struggle through
the winier. She knows that he is called upon
to contend with pecuniary embarrassments
caused by an attempt to publish a daily paper
in Washington, and incieased by the commer
cial distress of the last two years. One would
Buppoee that a woman under such circumstan
ces would have hastened, with a full heart, to-
the relief, of her first friend and patron. Not
so with Mrs. Beecher Stowe. She very quiet
ly drives a baigain with the Atlantic Month
ly, and very coolly gives that journal what in
justice she owes elsewhere.”
Progress and Resources of Texas.
We take the following extract from the let
ter of J. R. Sprague. It is the ablest defence
of, and sets forth more clearly and truthfully,
the resources and importance of the “Lone
Star State” than anything of the kind that we
have seen. Read it everybody :
The resources of Texas are not well under
stood hy persons whose interests have not led
them to inqure, and especially in the north
ern States, except to a few enterprising mer
chants in the commercial cities of New York
and Boston. Her soil and climate are diver
sified, producing almost every variety of
grain, fruit and vegetable, grown North and
South—all the cereal grains, the orange, al
mond, banana, fig, apple, pear, &c. As a wheat
producing country she has no superior east of
California, the average yield being about 25
and often 40 bushels per acre, weighing from
65 to 70 pounds per bushel. I have seen
while passing the northern counties—Collin,
Grayson and Fannin, whole crops of wheat that
I was infoimed would weigh 72 pounds to the
bushel, and I have no reason to doubt it. The
average yield of most wheat growing States of
the North is about 15 to 18 bushels per acre
and the standard weight of 60 pounds is not
generally attained, while the soil of Texas will
produce one third more per acre, and holds at
least 15 percent, advantage in weight, North
em Texas is well adapted for raising wheat
and harvesting is done in May, and the clay is
near at hand when she will export flour of su
perior quality much earlier than other Srates
Asa grazing country she ranks among the first
It has been ascertained that the cost of raising
a cow three years old, is 30 dollars in New
York and New Eugland, and in the Western
States, Ohio, Indiania, Illinois, Wisconsin
&c., it costs to raise a three year old bullock
about 15 dollars, while in Texas the actual cost
of raisiug a th ree year old steer to the large
stock raiser will not exceed fifty cents. Sheep
thrive remarkably well, and wool-growin L
will soon be one of the great staples of Texaa
She is already one of the principal cotton
growing States, and is hegining to attract the
attention of the whole commercial and manu
factoring world interested in that important
staple. She is a part of the great highway
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and when her
system of railroads is carried out, will be the
distributing Depot for the produce of all coun
tries that pass over ou rContinent. And rest
ing as she does, several miles on the Gulf of
Mexico, railroads must and will he relieved of
their heavy burthens by their seeking marine
transpotation at her seaports—whether they
consist of the rich products of China or the hea
vy metals from the mines of Mexico. And
here I will add that sooner or later the sea
ports of Texas will receive the products of
northern Mexico for distribution; for we have
practical evidence that even now without rail
roads hut with packmules, the article of lead
can be delivered from the mines of northern
Mexico through Monterey at Corpus Christi
on the coast of Texas at less , than two cents
per pound freight. The lumber from her vast
pineries in the East will afford profitable em
ployment lor railroads in carrying it to supj>ly
the demands in the West; and her grain grow
ing North will send its products to the coast
and receive in exchange the sugar from her
own soil.
Texas is in her infancy, hut she is growing
in moral, physical and political strength, and
will soon stand a giant State in the South.-
Her population is rapidly increasing, and the
inhabitants avail to the importance of eariy
development of her resources, and ere long her
influence will he felt in every department of
agriculture, manufactures and mechanics; and
although she was conceived in anarchy and
born in a rebellious struggle for Political Free
dom, her moral and intellectual powers are
subjects of admiration. So will she continue
under her present liberal views of education.
Her educational fund is $2,000,000, 3,000,000,
acres of land, and ten per cent, of the reve
nue of the State. The last Legislature made
a liberal appropriation for the endowment of
a State University of the first class, and if I am
informed aright, this Institution will be an
improvement if possible upon the model schools
of learning in both the Old and New World.
The design is to present her youths with n fin
ished education, and during the Lecture season
American scholars of every class—Lawyers,
Doctors and Divines, Poets and Painters, Ora
tors and Statesmen, manufacturers, tradesmen
and mechanics, will have free access to her Li
braries, and without expense share alike the
knowledge acquired under her hospitable
dome.
That Texas will be a manufacturing State is
certain, for she is pregnant with material for
manufacturing purposes; such as cotton, wool,
hides, coal, iron, lead, &c., with unlimited
water power to propel maelienery. The cli
mate will allow of white labor, and I think I
may venture the assertion that in a few years
San Antonio, Guadaloupe, Blanco and San
Macros rivers, will drive machenery rivaling
the spindles of New England—and why ? Be^
cause the manufacturing capitalist will dis
cover that Texas will be a more profitable
theatre for his operations. It costs less to
live, and operatives of the North will seek
employment where their labor is better remu
nerated, and where they can enjoy the advan
tage of a mild and healthly climate and where
they can occupy a social position equal with
the merchant prince or sovereign planter. In
Texas the laborer is wort hy of his hire, and in
social position he stands upon his moral worth
and is Dot a menial like his class, or hired
“help” in Massachusetts. Nor is there a pau
per in the State. The luxuries of life are at
his command—wild game of all kinds in abun-
dancejthe brook trout in her mountain streams,
and oysters in her bays equal in her quantity
to the best Saddle Rock oyster in New York.
The grape grows spontaneously, and a superi
or quality of wine may be had for tho simple
cost of manufacturing.
Though Texas is an infant State she posses
ses the elements to sustain an Empire—nay,
she is an Empire within herself. She has ca
pacity to yield more bales of Cotton than is
now produced in all the cotton-growing States
of the Union. She can supply the whole
South with first) quality of flour one month
earlier than any other grain producing sec
tion. Her natural pastures are extensive
enough to supply the inhabitants 6f every
city in the United States with superior quali
ty of beef at an actual cost of raising less than
one cent per pound. Her streams can fur
nish water power for all kinds of hydraulic
purposes to an indefinite extent. Her thou
sands of hills and valleys are covered with
herds of horses, cattle and sheep, while the
herdsman surveys his flock grazing with joy
and satisfaction. Her mountains, hills, val-
lsys, plains and streams, form landscape
scenery surpassingly picturesque and beau
tiful—and the traveler, while pursuing
his journey from hill to hill, or mountain to
mountain, is enchanted with the ever chang
ing scene as a child with the transporting
powers of the kaleidascope.
J. R. Sprague.
Annul Con-reattoaTof tbe Georgia Air Line
Rail Road Company.
Gainesville,.Hall Co., Feb. 3, 1859.
The stockholders of the Georgia Air Iioe
Railioad Company, met in the Court House
and organised by calling Col. William Turk,
of Banks County, to the Chair, and D. G.
Candler was appointed Secretary.
On motion of E M. Johnson a Committee
consisting of Messrs. E. M. Johnson, G. G.
Thompson, A.Paterson, Minnyard, Sanders and
Mr. Light, were appointed to examine proxies
and determine the votes authorized to be cast
by each proxy.
On motion of Dr. Rivers the reports of the
officers were called for, whereupon the Presi
dent of the Company, Mr. J. Norcross, sub
mitted his report, which was received and ap
proved, and, from which, it appeared that the
amount received on installments in cash or its
equivalent, is, as far as can be ascertained from
partial returns, about $9081,00
In bonds of the city of Atlanta, $5000,000
Discount on same 10 per cent 500,000-4600,000
Total $13,581,00
EXPENDITURES:
Survey under Mr. Worrell $2,198,22
« and Location under Mr. Blunt, 3,588,49
“ “ Morse 3,648,51
Outfit and other items 1,531,49
Compensation to the President 1,500,00
Hon. A. II. Stephens.
We understand from a reliable source that
the Hon. A. H. Stephens has written letters,
to friends, in this District, in which he posi
tively declines a re-election to Congress. This
announcement will be received with regret by
the people of the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict, and throughout the State and the Union.
The South can ill afford to lose tho services of
so able and eloquent a man. and the public
councils of the country will feel the loss of
such a statesman.—Constitutionalist.
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. 4.—In the Senate to-day
hills were reported to form territorial govern
ments in Arizonia and Dacotah. The Com
mittee rejected the Colona territorial bill. The
Land Committee reported favorably to the
Hoinstead hill; and passed the bill for the re
lief of the Mobile and the Ohio Railroad. Se
veral private bills wore passed, and among
them one for the relief of the owner and crew
of the brig General Armstrong, was passed hy
a vote of 23 to 11.
$12,466,71
Leaving a balance on hand, subject to’lnedifi
cation Irom returns yet to be made, of $1,114,29
E. M. Johnson, Esq., read a statement of
collections and disbursements by him, as agent
of the Company in Hall county.
On motion of Jno. E. Brown, the Conven
tion proceeded to the election of President and
ten Directors for the ensuing year. Upon
counting the ballots it appeared that Mr. J.
Norcross was elected President of the Compa
ny, and that Messrs. E. W. Holland and L. E.
Bleakley, of Fulton ; Thos. H. Jones of Gwin
nett ; Raymond Sanford, of Milton; George
Kellogg, of Forsyth ; Minor W. Brown and
E. M. Johnson, of Hall; John W. Pruiett, of
Banks; Thos. Morris, of Franklin; and John
McCurry, of Hart County, were elected Direc
tors for the ensuing year.
On motion, of Col 0. Thompson, it was
Reiolved, That the Georgia Air Line Railroad
must not be abandoned, and that we are in
favor of the hoard of Directors going ahead and
letting out contracts as early ‘‘as practicable
Resolved, 2nd. That we request the Directors
of the Company to compel the collection of in
stallments on stock when called for.
On motion of Jno. W. Pruiett, Esq., the con
vention adjourned.
W. TURK, Chairman.
D. C. Candler, Secretary.
We are informed that great unanimity and
a resolute determination prevailed among the
stockholders to go forward with the work—
this in fact appears from resolutions adopted.
On the 4th the Board of Directors, in answer
to the demands of the stockholders on the east
end of the line, ordered the work to be im
mediately let out, commencing at the Savan
nah river, depending for the cash payments on
the installments of that part of the country
east of Hall County. They confirmed former
resolutions in regard to this, the western, por
tion of the Road, and adopted the following:
“ Resolved, That an installment of ten per
cent, is hereby ordered on the stock of the
Company, to be paid on or before the 1st day
of May next, and that all stockholders, who
do not pay the cash by that time, be and are
hereby required to give their notes for such
installment, and all former unpaid install
ments hearing interest from date, and no note
to run for a longer time than four months.”
Messrs. Minor W. Brown and L. E. Bleak-
ley were appointed 3 committee to examine
accounts.
We are informed that the note feature in
the payment of installments is no new thing
in Railroad operations, and is adopted to ac
commodate stockholders who do not wish to
take contracts, but wish to pay their install
ments in work hy the day or month, also to
give greater certainty to the officers and con
tractors of the means to be relied upon for pay
ment for work.
$5,OUU Reward—Robbery of a County
Treasury—$18,000 Stolen!!
We learn by an extra of the Coshocton Dem
ocrat, of Saturday, that on Friday night last
about one o’clock, the Treasury of Coshocton
County, Ohio was robbed of about $18,000.
The Court of Common Pleas was in session,
trying three men for a recent burglary in Wal-
honding. A large number of witnesses from
Dresden and the western paitof the county
had just been discharged, and to accommodate
such of them as desired to go home on the 11
o'clock train, the Treasurer had, unfortunate
ly, as it now appears, kept his office open to
cash their orders. He was about closing his
office, when three men entered, one of whom
asked the amount of tax on a lot in West Car
lisle, a town near which several of the witness
es reside. The Treasurer turned to get the tax
duplicate, when suddenly a large shawl was
thrown over his head, his arms p'uioned, and
his body forced to the floor. He was instantly
gagged, and his arms tied behind him with a
cord, his legs also tied and his eyes keptbilnd
folded. He thinks one man locked the office
door and stood sentinel ; one stood over him,
while the other took the keys, unlocked and
robbed the safe. They then relocked the safe
and took the keys with them, locking the of
fice door and taking that key with them.
All this was done before the arrival of the
eastern train of cars, as Mr. Ketchem heard
them come in after the robbers left, and they
had time to get upon the train. Mr. Ketchem
remained in this painful condition for a long
time before lie worked the gag from his mouth.
When he did, he commenced hallooing for
help—hut people were generally in bed, and
it was near 1 o’clock when he was heard hy
Hiram Taylor, who aroused the Sheriff, and
breaking in the door found the Treasurer tied
upon the floor, nearly exhausted, liis face
black from the effects of the gag. The cord
had cut into the flesh of his arms—his legs
wore so benumbed he could scarcely stand, and
he would have died before morning unless re
leased.
The Treasurer is unable to describe hut one
of the men, the one who spoke to him, who is
about thirty-five or forty years old, straight
whiskers overall his chin, high cheek bone,
gentlemanly in appearance, and about five feet
nine or ten inches high. Such a man has
been noticed in attendance on this trial, and
no doubt belongs to the same gang. We
learn that a reward of $2,000 is offered for the
robbers and $3,000 for the recovery of the
money.
Improved Fire Arms.
We have just examined a new model “rifled
carbine,” on Sharp’s principle, with Sharp’s
Primer” attached, which has been submitted,
as we understand, by the Sharp’s Rifle Manu
facturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, to
the honorable Secretary' of War and the chief
of ordnance for examination and approval.
It is very perfect as a small arm, and the
mechanical arrangement and workmanship
urc of a character that reflects great credit on
the company and Mr. Lawrence, their master
armorer.
It differs from the former model in several
important particulars.
The slide or breeeh-pin, is at' right angles
with the bore of the barrel, and, when closed,
is flush witn the receiver, and admits of the
use of a cartridge with or without cutting off
the rear end.
The gas-cheek is constructed deeper, and
with a greater lateral surface, and is of course,
stronger and more durable.
It lias a most ingenious application for
charging the primers and for shutting them
off, so that they lie harmless in the priming
magazine—an invention that perfects the
Sharp’s primer.
An entirely new, snug, and simple rear bar
rel-sight is attached, graded from 100 to 800
yards, and is considered by many incompara
bly the best tiling of the kind yet invented.
The lock is a perfect specimen of its kind,
and the tout ensemble of the whole thing com
mends itself to the admiration of every sci
entific artisan.
We understand that it is the intention of
the president £of the Company to deposit it,
permanently, in the Military Committee room
of the House, where the public, in general
ond contestants in ’paticular can examine it
at their pleasure.—The Slates.
The closing passage of Prof. Mitchell’s lec
ture, at New York, on Tuesday evening, was
delivered with thrilling effect. After speak
ing of the unfathomable distances which no
telescope can penetrate, lying far beyond the
system in which the earth revolves, and yet
filled with independent systems of infinite
numbers, he said:
“{Light traverses space at the rate of a mil
lion miles a minute, yet the light from the
nearest star requires ten years to reach the
earth, and Hershel’s telescope revealed stars
two thousand three hundred times further dis
tant. The great telescope of Lord Ross pur
sued these creations of God still deeper into
space, and having resolved the nebulae of the
Milky Way into stars, discovered other sys
tems of stars—beautiful diamond points gut
tering through the black darkness beyond.
When he beheld this amazing abyss—when
he saw these systems scattered profusely
throughout space—when he , reflected upon
their immense distance, their enormous mag
nitude, and the countless millions of worlds
that belonged to them, it seemed to him as
though the wild dream of the German poet
was more than realized.
“ God called man in dreams into the vesti
bule of heaven, saying “come up hither and
I will show thee the glory of my house.” And
to his angels who stood about his throne he
said, “ take him, strip him of his robes of flesh;
cleanse his affections; put a new breath in
to his nostrils; but touch not his human
heart—the heart that fears and hopes and trem
bles.” A moment, and it was done, and the
man stood , r ready for his unknown voyage.
Under the guidance of a mighty angel, with
sounds of flying pinions, they sped away from
the battlements of heaven. Some time on
the mighty angel’s wings they fled through
the Saharas of darkness, wildernesses of death.
At length, from a distance not counted save
in the arithmetic of heaven, light beamed
upon them—a sleepy flame as seen through a
hazy cloud. They sped on in their terrible
speed to meet the light; the light with lesser
speed came to meet them. In a moment the
blazing of suns around them—a moment the
wheeling of planets ; then came long eternities
of twilight; then again on the right and the
left appeared mere constellations. At last the
man sank down, crying, “ Angel, I can go no
further, let me lie down in the grave, and hide
myself from the infinitude of the universe, for
end there is none.” “ End there is none ?” de
manded the angel. And from the glittering
stars that shone around there came a choral
shout, “ End there is none !” “ End there is
none?” demanded the angel again, “and is it
this that awes thy soul ? I answer end there is
none ):o the universe of God ? Lo, also, there
is no beginning!”
Washington’* Religion.
The Rev. Theodore Parker, in his address on
Washington, says:
“In later years of his life, I suppose Ids
theological opinions were those of John Ad
ams, Dr. Franklin and Thos. Jefferson, only
he was not a speculative man, and did not
care to publish them to the world. ’ ’— [Evening
Post-
In the month of November, 1829,1 was in
Fredericksburg, Va., and in the family of the
Rev. Mr. Wilson, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church in that place. He occupied the house
in which the mother of Washington lived and
died. Mr. Wilson informed me that a nephew
of Washington. Capt. Lewis, who had beeu
his clerk, and had the charge of his books
and papers, and was daily in his library until
his decease, related to him the following oc
currence. It was the custom of Washington
to retire to his library every evening precisely
at nine o’clock, and though he had visitors,
he invariably left at that hour, and did not
return. He remained alone in his library till
ten o’clock, and passed into his chamber by
an inner door. Capt. Lewis had long won
dered how he spent that hour, knowing that
he wrote nothing, and that the lx>oks
and papers were as he himself hail left
them the preceding day. During a vio
lent storm of wind anil rain, and when there
were no visitors, he crept in his stocking feet
to the door, and through the key-hole he be
held him on his knees, with a large book
open before him, which he had no doubt was
a Bible, a large one being constantly in the
room. Natu. Hewit.
Bridgeport, January 10, 1859.
The writer of the above is the venerable
Doctor Hewit, of Bridgeport, Conn. What
ever opinions men may have of the proprie
ty of peering into the privacy of retirement,
the evidence is very direct and conclusive that
Washington was a man ot prayer.—[N. Y\
Observer.
Tile Trial of the Express Robbery Case
This case occupied all of yesterday, before
J. T. Holtzclaw, J. P., assisted by Justices
Bugbee and Workman. The State was repre
sented by Messrs. T. H. Watts, J. A. Elmore,
and Wm. L. Yancey ; the defence by Goldth
waite, Rice & Semple. A number of witness
es were sworn : Messrs. Plant, Superintend
ent for the South of the Adams Express Com
pany ; H. Sanford, Assistant General Superin
tendent ; Mr. Gue, as an expert; Morris, Car
ter. and Farley, Bankers, as to depositing the
packages with the Company ; and Mr. Tom
linson, (the agent of the Company, at Atlan
ta,) as to the receipt of the pouch and its con
dition at Atlanta. At the close of Mr. T.’s
testimony the C'our| adjourned till to-day 9
o’clock.
We had intended* to give an abstract of the
evidence on this trial, hut on reflectiou we fear
we might, most unintentionally, do injustice
to one side or the other. We may venture to
say, however, that the object of the prosecu
tion seems to be to establish that the money
was taken by Mr. Maroney, and that a slit
was cut by him in the pouch some days after
the money was taken, which slit is too small
to allow the passage of a package as large as
that containing the $30,000 belonging to the
Central Bank ; and they wish, further, to
negative the possibility of the packages hav
ing been tom to piecies and the money ex
tracted piece meal, by proving there were no
fragments of the wax, paper, strings, &c.,
shaken out of the pouch at Atlanta; and fur
ther, that Mr. Maroney denied, in a conversa
tion with Mr. Sanford, his having gone to the
river on a certain day, when in fact (as we pre
sume they intend to try to prove,) he did go
there. What the object of this hist is, we do
not see; how far the prosecution has succeed
ed in accomplishing their object, we do not,
at the present time, undertake to say. We
may hereafter, when we can do so more ac
curately, attempt to give the testimony.
Mr. Maroney’s deportment was entirely
quiet and proper, and his expression entirely
calm.
The examination was resumed at 10 o’clock
this morning. Mr. Hall, of Atlanta, Assistant
Southern Superintendent, was put upon the
stand ; and at the time of our going to press,
liis examination was not completed.— [Mont
gomery Mail, 5th inst.
Omy.
At a meeting of the Committees
to represent foe City Council, Fire
and other organized bodies, on the
the 7th instant; on motion of Wm n.-®*
His Honor, L. J. Glenn was called to
and B. M. Smith requested to act as wV
Whereupon, it iras moved, Try Wmm
that a committee jpf four—consisting
"" ~ * fi of
from each of the Fire Companies and
Council—be appointed by the C™,™. .
lect an Orator for the occasion. Thpfri *
Committee was appointed: 0 **°*ij,
Wm. Barnes, C. H* Wallace, J. t
and John F. Ezzard.
The Committee after a short conferc nce
ported the name of W. T. C. Campbell ’ *
tor for the occasion. 1
It was then moved, by B. M. Smith tto
Committee of Arrangements be apnoin’*!?*!
the Chairman—consisting of one from^ ^
the organizations here represented ™ ^'
Gate City Guards, and such other
tions as may hereafter wish to be
it being the duty of the Committee to 1^ -
arrangements necessary for the celeK
The Chair appointed the followin
said Committee:
Wm
B.
iratif, i
m. Barnes, Chairman, Fire Comrin»i-
M. Smith, Fire Company No. l
Dr. M. H. Oliver, Fire Company Yn 0
Thos. G. Healy, City Council. 1 * ‘*’
T. W. J. Hill, Esq., Citizens.
Capt.G. Harvey Thompson,Gate CitvP„ I
It was then moved, by Wm. Barnes ^ I
our citizens be allowed the privilege”’ *^1
day, to deposit their free offerings
mittee to be appointed for the purpo^ r 0t *l
rmrplaap of \fnnnf VnrnAn 1
purchase of Mount Vernon, the Gmveo’/u-
Casinn ^-'1
ington. The fitness of the occasion „
ceded by all, and the determination 3
to raise as large a fund as possible for thi 3
triotic object. Passed unanimously 08 1*1
Moved by James Gullatt, that Hi’s ft
J. Glenn be requested to read Wash"
Farewell Address on the occasion.
Moved that the Chairman of this m •
have the power to call the Committes t
at any time he may think necessary
The meeting then adjourned.
L. J. GLENN,
B. M. Smith, Secretary.
Gen* Scott’s Brtvery,
In a speechjdelivered at Newark, J Uc j„ er
rad, of Philadelphia, in answer to a chare
cowardice made against General Scott,
years since, as part evidence on a
Kvert!
claim. This was the evidence of asojditt
T.iinrlv’c TAnp who ufafnc) in * *
Lundy's Lane, who stated in his aftW.’!..
4i./\4 / 4 La ...» .
tliat Gen. Scott, after he was wounded rrj* I
to the line where the soldiers were stations I
“his neck, breast and arms in a gore of bl/.’ :
which ran down his leg and trickeled fron?
foot upon the ground, and said to the conunt
der of the line—“I am wounded and “J
weak. I want one of your young men to -
up behind me on my horse.” A youn" m
threw down his musket, and at’onemfi!l
leaped upon the horse and they slowly ga]W •
ed away to the main body of the army.” jtJ
excitement prduced by reading thisdocumr-
wasthriling in the extreme. The hundi^ -
present rose to their feet and gave mostrekl
ment cheers, so that it was some minutes £ '
fore the speaker could proceed.
Vandalism.
A. Rev. Mr. Sawyer has just beeu
himself conspicuously ridiculous by getting j
a new translation of the New "Testate!
Some of his translations are absurd
and prove that Mr. Sawyer should be i
with a brier for liis vandalism. For instan M
he changes “thee” and “thou.” to ‘Tot Jj
thus destroying one of the chief beauties
the Scriptures. Again, he transforms "r-JS
pent” into “change your mind,” for which;.
should “change his mind” in “sackcloth at; a
ashes.” That is one of the worst chafe;-
that could be made, for he thereby destpV a
the whole meaning of the expression.
may change his mind every hour. ;tnd suhe jj
as wicked as ever. It is a great pity thattJa
Word of God is not safe from the attacks ;*
“modernizers,” who would do much letter, ga
read it as it is.—[Wedowec Mercury.
HP The New York Legislature got into the
habit, one session, of passing bills*by their ti
tles, and a wag taking advantage of the care
lessness, assisted at the enactment of the fol
lowing clause in incorporating an educational
institution;
It shall be the duty of the faculty of said in
stitution, on every Saturday evening, for the
improvement of the pupils, to give them les
sons in catechism and moral philosophy, to
kiss all of the girls, and spank all of the
There are three roads out of a bad scrape—
to fight out, to back out, and to keep out; but
the last is the best.
Why is twice eleven like twice ten ? Be
cause twice eleven is twenty-two, and twice
ten is twenty too.
Adams’ Express Company.
Montgomery, Feb. 4.—The Adams’ Express
Coinpauy, paid on yesterday to the Bank here,
their respective losses by tbe recent robbery of
forty thousand dollars.
HP A Sergeant, passing along one of the
streets near the Tower of London, observed
one of his men sitting against the wall. He
was the worse for liquor, and on asking him
why he did not go home, he replied :
“Oh, sergeant! all the houses seem to he
passing me ; so I think I had better wait till
the brickbats come and then I can go in with
out any trouble.”
Squaring the Circle.—Mr. Wm. Gee, for
merly of Darlington district, but now a resi
dent of Texas contends that he has succeeded
in squaring the circle. The Darlington Flay
says, a year ago he sent his manuscript to gen
tlemen of this place, by whom they were sub
mitted to the Professors of the South Carolina
College.
Mr. Gee is now superintending the publica
tion of his solution ; the proof-sheets have
already been corrected; anil the work will
soon lie given to the public. It will issue
from the publishing house of Messrs. Walker,
Evans & Co., of Charleston, S. C.—Charleston
Cburier.
HP ‘Bob, where’s the State of matrimony ?’
‘It is one of the United States. It is bounded
by hugging and kissing on one side, and cra
dle and babies on the other. Its chief pro
ducts are population, broomsticks, and stay
ing out late of nights. It was discovered hy
Adam and Eve, while trying to find a north
west passage out of Paradise. The climate is
sultry till you pass the tropics of house keep
ing, when squally weather commonly sets in
with such power os to keep all hands as cool
as cucumbers. For the principle roads lead
ing to this interesting State, consult the first
pair of blue eyes you run against.’
Mr. Hallet, at the Webster festival in Bos
ton, said:
“If, instead of going into the law office of
Gov. Gove, in 1803, where he naturally im-
bided tbe sentiments of{ that great and k elo-
quent man, Mr. Webster had gone into the
office af Att’y Gen- Sullivan, afterwards Gov
ernor, in all probability he would have been a
Democrat; and if he bad been a Democrat,
destiny could not have prevented him from
being President of the United States.”
Mr. Ellswoth’s Will.—A semi-official
ter from Yale College, published in the Boa;;
Post giving what the writer calls "&tr|
statement” ofthe “ Ellsworth legacy,”
not anticipate anything like the “ STOO.Ow ^
talked of bv the papers—and even that,
says, cannot be obtained in twenty yeac-i
and is devoted in a way ‘ ‘ not to increase t-a
College property itself.” The writer renal
that a “portion of the amount, at least.
not left for the purpose in which the Colie|
is truly needy ’ ’—that should the a m -1
reach $500,000 it will be more than sr i
to -educate all the indigent students i: ^
ply at Yale College. This is a little like
ing a gift horse in the mouth ;” but fin ^
sent appearances, the legacy is likeb
severely litigated before anybody get
of it. Furthermore, we apprehend th i
of Mr. Ellsworth’s estate is considerall
pective—depending much on the u
price of his lands at the West.—[NewHne9
Register.
An American Pope.—Paul Morphy, mm |
knowledge to be the champion chess-fir j
er of the world, is to receive new honors. Tia
New Yoik Chess Club have decided to Jcij
him “Paul I,” and in addition, to present rift
with a splendid set of chess-men in a si- 4 -
and gold, mounted upon a board appropri. j
in cost and elegance. They will also strik- ]
gold medal for his acceptance ; besides, th
have negotiated with the American Fit 1
Company to prepare him an elaborate ms j
We hope “Pope Pauli.” will bear his newt.;*
ors with that becoming modesty which L -t
heretofore distinguished him in his txmmM
over all his adversaries.
The British Navy.—The annual retie j
the British navy, as at the 1st of Jana: .
shows that it consists of 523 vessels of
description, exclusive of 167 gun boats, ka
number of vessels in commission and
duty in all parts of the globe is 173.
are also seven line-of-battle screw steames®
from 80 to 131 guns each, in course of a :
struction, together with 15 other screw sta
ers in various stages of progress. Their •
is pronounced in a most efficient state.
as regards the number of vessels and the be ■
ner in which they are equipped.
Circuit Court—Four Negroes Sects: «
to Death—Subsequent Pardon.—On Sato*
morning Judge Dougherty sentenced the* 3
ves Anthony, Ben, Pack,; and Prince : Jj
hung on the 19th inst., for an assault wiu:
tent to kill Mr. Owen of Lowndes County fg
ten minutes afterwards his Excellency o :Tj
Moore, sent into the Court his pardon eU|M
said negroes, on the ground that they wertijW
cited to commit the assault by their or. #
this pardon was expected by the public, w:-3
opinion the Governor has aimed out.—J-:
goinery Advertiser.
Heavy Damages Against a Railroad
r.VNY.—A verdict was obtained from
jury on Friday, which may have a
effect on railroad corporations. Abo 1
years ago, Mr. Shaw, of Needham, w.u •• B
by an accident on the Boston and W W
R iilroad, and his wife, who was travel - I
him, was, at the same time, seriously
Mrs. Shaw brought an action against t ]
pany, a few years after, and got a ve |
$15,000 ; however, a new trial was g
which resulted in a verdict for the pla
$18,000. This verdict wiis set aside ^
another trial was had last year, when t.-[. 3
of thejurv were in favor of mulcting tto'fiH
pany in $‘20,000 ; hut the twelfthi man “gi
stubborn, and the jury was discharges
the recent trial it appeared that the rw 'M
damages to which the plaintiff ws*
was on the ascending scale for the jury ®
Mrs. Shaw $22,000.
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A Washington Invention. —The Hostw
pere contain notices of a wonderful
for cutting and splitting wood invents: g
patten ted by Mr. George Page, of this
It is propelled by steam. When setj
in the woods, and taking the logs just Jj
come, it will cut a cord of wood an.' ‘‘ffi
desired, and split it beatitully, tnsw e . 1 ,
minutes, and run at that rate, it ^ ^3
entire dav. Sixteen butts of wood !
i
. .g
--i
at once, the axe being driven with i®-da
•• J -iver. 'u
force, on the principle of a pilo-drii er.
may be pleased to call them, arc
plied together, by the same agenc), "
way that the outside layer protects, j -
from rain and snow, and thus faeiu - J
But enough as tou 1
seasoning process,
tion
Successor to Marshal Stewart.
J. M. Spullock has been confirmed by the
Senate as United States Marshal for the Dis
trict of Georgia, appointed in the place of Mr.
Stewart, who was removed on the ground of
not exercising sufficient vigilance in the case
of the yacht Wanderer.
About Girls.—The best things’'
cheerfulness. We don’t care how ■ .
cheeks may be, or how velvety i" ^
she wears a scrawl even her frie 11
sirder her ill-looking ; while ^
who illumes her
I
Ml
countenance
will be regarded as handsome- g ^
complexion is coarse enough to g™ .
on. * As perfume is to the rc^I
turn t/i iMtk Invftlv. Girls think o .
tore to the lovely. Girls
and yet‘^j
Time is the most precious * et r
have; it is what
brittle jewel we nave; « » w
bids largely for, when he w;inie,i i
ders it away when he gets it.