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Newspaper Page TextJiv A. A. GAULDING & CO. “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON If LEFT TO COMBAT IT.’’—JEFFERSON. PROPRIETOR NEW SEMES, YOL. 2. ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1859. NO 20 f Ije Jittclliprfr. * THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1859. ?ERMS"bF SUBSCRIPTION It ___ •---> $G 00 00 00 ifpaM within six months, 2 50 if inid within twelve months, 3 00 „ v p u’KIt per iuinnm in advance, $G r,M IVKEKI-V, l»’ r “ in advance, 4 rrrr^I Y u m smI'vancc, 2 WhrJv . > ;r*viM within six months 2 0° ;Vc acknowledge the receipt of Pub. from the Hon. Robert Toombs, gjY ••Knickerbocker” for March, is here, n ,l as usual, very interesting. The Editor’s ji.partment is unusually good. gff’The President has called an extra ses • on of the Senate, on account of important matters yet to be examined and passed upon. “Russell’S Magazine,” Charleston, S. O.— The March number is on hand. We like this magazine. May it have “lots” of subscribers, “baptist Telescope, Hendersonville, N. C., Y„l. 1. No. 5. W. A. G. Brown, Editor and Proprietor.” Mr. Way Drown must not get too waggish Baptists will not allow much waggery, even though it be (lone up Brown. We wish the “Telescope” success. We cheerfully place it upon our exchange list. Democratic Almanac.—We have received (he United States Democratic Almanac and Political Register for 1859, published by Par sons & Chapin, New York. It is a valuable reference liook, containing party platforms, mid a great variety of interesting matter on political subjects. Jf;" The war cloud in Europe is gathering in blackness, and threatening a violent storm.— Preparations for fighting ave being made all over the continent. The Demon of strife is panting for more powder and blood. The sword seems not ready to be t urned into the pruning hook. When shall the lion and the lamb lie down together? When will the na- tiuiis get tired of shedding blood? “Whose guiltless drops Are even- one a wo, a sore complaint, ’(iainst him, whose wrong gives edge unto the [swords. That makes such waste in brief mortality.” S. M. Pettingell fc Co., the well known ad vertising house in Ne-.v York, have sent $500 to Mr. Everett as their contribution to the Mount Vernon fund. '1 licy state that Bonner of the Mger has spent through their agency over $100,000 for advertising during the past year. Bonner has found out the value of Printer’s ink. He is reaping hi6 reward. A distinguish ed Grecian orator was once asked by a stu dent for advice which would give success to a public speaker. The orator cried, action, ac- l it in. action. If a business man should ask us (or advice, as to how to succeed in business, we would answer advertise, advertise, advertise. Our Hotel*. We have taken occasion at sundry times, of speaking particularly of the hotels of Atlanta. They are necessary institutions to the prosper ity of every town or city. We will stake those of our city, against any in the Southern coun- try. We were fully convinced of this fact, by participating, on yesterday, in the good things usually served up at the dining hour by our host. Dr. Boyd of the Trout House. Thishouse is well kept, and not a little of its reputation is owing to the polite attention and efficient services of Major Nickerson, assistant Hotel keeper of this house. Travelers may always expect good fare at the Trout House, as well as at our other Hotels. "I am sorry to see the position taken by the “Confederacy.” I am at a loss to know how he calculates to find so much division in our ranks. As far as I can hear, hut one senti ment seems to exist in the minds of the people —AH for Brown." The above conies to us from a correspondent in high position, and from one who has an op portunity to know much of popular feeling. Our friend will pardon us for using a part of bis interesting letter. • Tile Sovaininli Republican. This is one of our most highly esteemed ex changes, though we abominate the politics of the paper. As a news Journal, the “Republi can" has few equals and no superiors. Of one thing wo do complain however, and that is the In irrible mechanical execution of the paper.— The number received by us oil yesterday, con tained several articles which we wished to copy, but the print was so awfnl bad, neither we nor any of our printers could decipher the hieroglyphics. We could just make out enough to discover that the articles were in teresting, but could not venture to copy them. Brother Sims, send your form to Atlanta, and we will print your paper free, gratis, and for nothing. Just look at the “Intelligencer,” “The Crusader,” “The Confederacy,” “The Medical Journal,” all printed on our Steam i’ower Press, if you want to see something nice, better than anything that ever emana ted from a Savannah Press. In our issue of to-day will be found an ac' count of the late difficulty lie tween tlie “Con federacy” and “American” of our city. We congratulate the gentlemen involved in sad difficulty in escaping from the necessity of calling for “pistols for two and coffee for one.” What the men would not do a woman did. Hurrah for the women bless their souls, they arc fur peace. Whenever wc get into an Edi torial scrape that results in our being “called out” we intend to choose a woman for our S rondand then we shall have no fear of fall ing in mortal combat. Wc are emphatically a woman’s man. “O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And varial )le as the shade By the light quivocing Aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow Administering Angel thou!” Central, Macon & Western and South- Western Railroads. Guano, will for the present, be transported over the Central Railroad to Macon, or to any Station on that and the Eaton ton Road, in any quantity, to any Consignee, at $2 00 per ton of 2.000 His., and over the Macon & Western, and South-Western Rail Roads, or to any Sta tion on either of these Roads, at $1 OOper ton of 2,000 lbs., provided each Sack is marked with consignee’s name. GKO. W. ADAMS, Geri’rl Sup’t C. R. R. ALFRED TAYLER, “ “ M.&W.R.R. VIRGIL POWERS, “ “ S. W. R. R. The al>ove exhibits a praiseworty liberality on the part of the Central, the South West- tern and the Macon & Western Railroads.— Our Farmers will do well to notice the above and govern themselves accordingly. Will not our other Railroads follow suit, in order to in duce the farmer to improve his land ? Hf* “Fellow citizens 1” said a North Caro lina candidate, “I am a Democrat, and was never anything else. There are three things that now agitate the State; ThcU. States Bank, the Tariff and the Penitentiary. I shall pass over the first two very briefly, as my sentiments are well known, and come to the Penitentiary, where I shall dwell for some time!” “The Censor of tlic Intelligencer.” Under the above heading, in the “Confeder acy” of Tuesday morning, may he found quite an entei taming article in reply to our Editori al of the 27th Feb. We pass all that part about our being a “censor,” as foreign to the issue. If the editor of the ‘ ‘Confederacy’ ’ will notice our article again, he will find that we said nothing about his “being only a short time in the State,” nor can we find where the Intelligencer “intimates” any such an idea. W e make no issue with the “Confederacy” as to its “right to speak what it believes to he the wishes of the citizens of this place.” The hull that made a set at the engine, had, perhaps, a right to do so. Anyhow, as the story goes, the man who commented upon the scene, made no question of right; hut, while he ad mired the courage of the animal, he expressed himself as having a poor opinion of his prudence, 1 he gravamen of our article is, that the arti cle we criticised was “premature.” We feel so yet. We have as yet seen no good reason to change our notion, and we cannot see why the “Confederacy” might not more properly, have hoisted the name of Gov. Brown at pres ent, than the “name” which it has seen fit to suggest. The Confederacy claims to hold an “uncompromising Southern Rights Democrat ic faith.” Gov. Brown belongs to what has been called “the Southern Rights wing of the Democracy.” The Confederacy admits that “Gov. Brown has made a good Executive.” We again re peat that it is Democratic usage to renominate where there has been a reasonable performance of duty. We hold that usage to be good, an 1 fraught with sound common sense and politi cal wisdom. While we believe in rotation in office, wc would not rotate too fast. If the Confederacy thinks that “Gov. Brown has made a good Executive,” and also thinks that “there will he violent opposition to his renom ination,” why not try to pour oil on the trou bled waters awhile, and see if that “opposi tion” may not lie reasoned away, and “a good executive” receive the plaudit well done, by his endorsement according to a time honored custom. How does the Confederacy know hut that it has power to unite all upon “a good Executive,” until it shall make a noble effort in that direction “for harmony and unity of ac tion f” We pass one paragraph by simply stating that Gov. McDonald, when last a candidate for Governor of Georgia, emphatically declared on the stump and in Ins letter of acceptance, that he was not in favor of “disunion.” The Confederacy asks us the following ques tion : “What is there in the prospectus of the ‘Confederacy’ that the ‘Intelligencer’ and the Democratic party of Georgia, does not en dorse !” We will try to answer the above question to the best of our ability. 1. We consider “The Southern Confedera cy” objectionable in its name, anil inconsist- ant with its motto—“Equality within the Un ion, or independence without it.” The first part of that motto does not seem to us appro priate in this connection. 2. We do not advocate disunion, provided the neutrality laws are not repealed. 3. We are not striving ior a repeal of the compromise measures of 1850. We have a faint remembrance, that all parties in Georgia —the Union—the Southern Rights, and the American—have hound themselves to abide that compromise. 4. We do not advocate disunion, provided the restrictions upon the African Slave Trade, are not repealed. At any rate, wc will not do so until the good citizens of Georgia amend our State constitution, which now prohibits the importation of Africans. 5. We are not for Free Trade and direct tax ation yet awhile. We are willing to abide the tariff a little longer, under proper regulations. G. Wc are not opposed to the aecpiisition of any more territory until the African Slave Trade is re-opened. We understand the Confederacy to take the affirmative of the above propositions. If we have misunderstood the Confederacy, we stand ready to be set right. We feel no hesitancy in saying, that the Democratic party of Georgia is with ns, on these issues. We might go to the record, hut time and space will not per mits We have no idea that Mr. Glenn disagrees with us in these statements. In reply to another paragraph, we simply say that Mr. Gardner professes to hold nocon trol over “the political views” of the present Editor of the Constitutionalist. Although “the convention to nominate has not convened,” yet the Confederacy, if we understand it, has, under the belief that “Gov. Brown cannot he harmoniously renominated,” in advance of the music, pointed to Luther J. Glenn as the man for Democratic “liarmony'and unity.” Sa vannah lias been more prudent with “her Styles.” We cannot get the aptness of the reference to Judge Whitaker, unless it be to play upon the words “adviser and counsellor.” The Confederacy was informed by this paper some days ago, that Judge Whitaker had no control of its Editorial management. Judge Whitaker is upon the record. We, without advising with the Judge, make free to say that lie is not ashamed of that record, and will he able to give a good account of his stewardship whenever the proper time shall roll around. If every man who voted against Gov. Brown’s veto of the Bank bill, is to be classed among his enemies, surely he is in a had way. If Gov. Brown should try to shoot his enemies, we opine he would pass many of “those who set aside his prerogative.” Wc venture nine- tenths of “those,” who belong to the Demo cratic party, are warmly in favor of Gov. Brown s re-election. Mr. Glenn need not in vest much in the purchase of “a coat of mail,” unless it be to shield himself from the “inflam matory torpedoes” of imprudent friends. Wc would not “consume him” if we could. We will not hurt him unless he compels us. We will do him good if he will let us. We have written what we have written, for the good of Georgia, of Atlanta, and the Democratic party, “without fear, favor, or affection.” Time will reveal whether we have erred. [ From tlio Nastrvillo Gaz-ttc. ] A Fighting Woman. The wife of Gen. Miramon, who has lately become President of Mexico, is said to be a regular trump card. She notified her hus- band—a young man of 27 years—that he must fight liis way into the Presidential chair, or she would not live with him. What a woman cannot do it is not expedient for a man to un dertake. And it is also true that what a man thinks he cannot do,- a woman will sometimes under take and do, or “break a hem string” trying. Great institutions, these women. The wife of the new Mexican President is perhaps several institutions, hut she will he hardly able to keep Miramon in the position her indomita ble will has forced him to take, Six months as President of Mexico would be considered an astonishingly long term. [Written for the Daily Mocninn News.] A Tribute to tbe Strangers: Brethren T. J. Fisher and J. M. Hrrrington, whose recent labors in Savannah have been fraught with much good. Ye men of God, a glorious theme, It is your mission to proclaim ; No fabric of an idle dream, Without foundation, void of aim, But whose divine reality ^ By the Deific mind was given To teach of immortality, Foreshadow death, yet picture heaven. Where’er you go, success attend It our ministration of the word ! The labor of your love extend The earthly kingdom of the Lord ! Still as you tell your Savior’s story _ May many jewel-souls lie given To form a cynosure of glory, About your crowns of joy in heaven. Farewell! We here no more may greet you Who turned our errant tho’ts above, Yet there our spirit, hope to meet you; Abiding still in Jesu’s love, Then shall we strike our tuneful lyres • t And lapped in bliss, resound the Giver. Nor fear when earth’s funeral fires Shall light the taper of—forever ! Q. R. S. T. Savannah, Feb. 17. 1859. Hie above contains the first and last two verses of a very kind “tribute” to Elder Fish er and Harrington. We have learned from several sources tiiat the above named gentle men have done" “much good” lately in Sa vannah and also in Griffin. They passed through this place en route for their homes in Kentucky on Wednesday last. They were expected to remain in Atlanta and labor awhile, but circumstances, bej'ond their control compelled them to return to their homes immediately. They left a posi tive promise to return here on the first of May, if living, and all tilings seemed to indi cate that they were wanted. We have never heard Mr. Fisher, hut he is said to be one of the most powerful preachers in the South and he speaks very highly of his co-laborer Mr. Harrington. If they shall he permitted to return we sincerely hope they may he at tended with the favor of Heaven. Plenty of Rai n ami high Water. From what we have been able to learn re lative to the extent of the damage by tlie re cent heavy rains, we are led to suppose it con siderable. Tlie Rome Rail Road train was stop ped for several days in consequence of a breach in the Roau, which rendered it impassable.— We learn that one or two of Dr. Lewis’ “sub stantial bridges” of the State Road was swept away by the high water. It is said the old man’s now out of his element. While all went right on the road, as he found it, he was the illustrious Superintendent; but when there is an accident, the old fellow displays liis rail road ability in a manner that does not meet the approbation of his ardent devotees. The old man ought to pray for as few freshets as possible, or liis railroad reputation will get on the wane. The above editorial is from “the Southerner & Advertiser” of 24 Feb’y 1859, published at Rome Geo., Dr. Wiilburu Wofford is its edi tor and proprietor. It is a somewhat remark able production, commending itself chiefly to public attention from the style and taste exhibit ed. Tlie style is easy, flowing, loose and lim ber, the taste is certainly admirable. There is no point made in regard to the washing away of bridges and other damage done on the State Road, other than the heading of thearticle, “Plenty of rain and high water”— this rain and high water, the editor has “from what he has been able to learn’ ’ done consider able damage to the State Road. He further learns that one or two of Dr. Lewis’ “sub stantial bridges’ ’ was swept away by the high water. Now it so happens that Dr. Lewis has neither built a sub-stantial or uu-sub-stan- tial Bridge on the road. One rock bridge over Petits Creek in C.iss county, gave way. This bridge was built by II. G. Cole—See Sen ate Committees’ report. The Bi idge or trestle work over Two-run was nearly new, and a good piece of work built shortly before Dr. Lewis came on the road, and is known on the road, as one of the 20 per cent, contracts. Hie third and last trestle which gave way was the one over Ootlicaloga creek at the first cross ing as yon go up the road. This too was built before Dr. Lewis came on the rood—this particularizes the “substantial bridges” of Dr. Lewis’. The taste displayed in this production is a little remarkable. The “old fellow” maybe intended to mean my companion—my co-la bourer—my fellow in either suffering and af fliction, or in joy and prosperity. If this is the meaning, well, very well—the “old fel low” though might he construed as meaning anything else but a clever fellow, a boon com panion. Taken altogether it would hardly seem that a good fellow—a boon companion, an equal, was meant; for in very many particulars the Superintendent and Editor differs very ma terially. The Superintendent is near three score years old—the Editor not much over one-third of that, he is a young man. The Su perintendent has grey hairs, yea his hair is white by time and trouble—the Editor’s is not. The Superintendent’s eyes are dim—the Edi tor’s are not. The Superintendent’s checks are furrowed—the Editor’s arc not. The Su perintendent’s shoulders are stooping forward with the weight and cares of years—The Edi tor stands erect in all the prime of early man hood—hut there is nothing in which the Su perintendent and Editor differs more than in i that of praying for “as few freshets as possi ble.” The Superintendent we venture never prays for “few freshets,’ or many “freshets” believing that the Supreme being manages such things all right and much better than Superintendents of Rail Roads, or Editors could do. These are some of the particulars in which the Superintendent and Editor are not equal—are not fellows. In olden times, the “hoary head” was regarded in a little different light from what it seems to be "in this Edito rial. The above article is written something after the maimer, in which fast young men, are in the habit of speaking of their parents, as the old man and the old woman. Perhaps the “Southener & Advertiser” will learn a little by waiting on the “old fellow” the “illustri ous Superintendent,” to see if he does not pay the expenses of the late “freshet” and increase his payment into the Treasury for the month of March. ggp Tlie assay officer of the U. S. Mint have discovered, on making analysis of the Canadi an new decimal coin, that their several pieces do not harmonise with the standards for the same pieces in our own country, the Canadi an 20 cent pieces being worth, by the United States standard, 18 and ■§ cents nearly, and that it is consequently not interchangable with our currency, at its real value, We hear of no opposition.to Gov. Brown, and we have no doubt he will be re-nomina ted with singular unamity.—[Macon Tele graph. g^° Marriage resembles a -pair of shears, says Sidney Smith, so joined that they can not be separated, often moving in opposite di rections, yet always punishing any one who comes between them. fg?” Hon. H. V. Johnson is spoken of as a suitable candidate to succeed Mr. Stephens in Congress. Should the Democracy be unable to prevail upon Mr. S. to go before the people again for re-election, we know of no man in the 8th district we would sooner see take his place than Ex-Governor Johnson. Being a ripe scholar, a profound politician, and true Democrat, we feel convinced that no better, abler or more competent man could he sent from that District. The above we clip from the Dalton Times. While we heartily endorse everything, which our cotemporery says in commendation of Gov. Johnson’s talents, and fidelity to his party, we doubt the propriety of placing him in the position, which our Dalton friend would assign him. However honorable that position may he, there is another, though not more honorable, yet more responsible, which we should delight to see, the distinguished Ex- Governor of Georgia occupy. Wo allude to the position of United States Senator. With Robert Toombs and Herschel V. Johnson, as Senators from Georgia, the Empire State of the South, could hold up her head in the council of the nation, and with justice and pro priety, claim to he mere ably represented in that department of the government than any State in the Union. Yes we repeat with emphasis, than any State in the Union. Every Georgian possessed of a spark of candor is compelled to admit this proposition to be true. Well, says our friends of the Empire State, and probably the Columbus Times, what are you going to do with Judge Iverson ? We answer that we have no war to make on Judge Iverson. We have known him for more than thirty years ; lived in the same county with him, admired his talents and his gallantry ; felt the force of his blows against the Democratic party, to which he was then opposed, and to which we then and have ever since belonged. For many years Judge Iver son hrs been a consistent Southern Rights Democrat, hut it will he remembered, that he was elected to his'present position as a compro mise man. The contest was between Gov. Cobb and Gov. McDonald. The had faith of a few Democratic members of the Legislature, defeated the election of Gov. McDonald, as we then thought most unrighteoufly, and still think so, and we are supported in this opinion by Gov. Cobh, himself— Gov* Mc Donald’s—then competitor. To produce har mony in the Democratic party, Judge Iverson was taken up as a compromise man. He will have served out his term of six years on the 4th of March 18C0. This we think ought to satisfy him, and he should in a spirit of mag nanimity retire from the field, and leave tbe way open to Gov. Johnson, Gov. McDonald, or Gov. Cobb, as the Democratic party may choose, the one or the other, unless there should he an unmistakeable popular demon stration in liis favor as is likely to he the case with regard to Gov. Brown. In that case then we are for Judge Iverson. We are for the nominee no matter whom he may he. As to the two latter, they both now occupy high and responsible official positions and the presumption is they have no aspirations for Senitorial honors. Hence the track is clear tor Gov. Johnson, if Judge Iverson has the magnanimity to retire, which wc hope he has. We have penned this article in no spirit of opposition to Judge Iverson. With a few exceptions, wc approve his course in Congress; hut we hope to he pardoned, in saying that he h.os executed the mision, to which he has been appointed by liisj party, and he ought to retire with cheerfulness. [From the Southern Confederacy.] ( COMMUNICATED. ) Mr. Editor :—In your issue of the 25th inst., is an editorial suggesting my name, upon the happening of certain contingencies, as a can didate for Gubernatorial honors. Fully and gratefully appreciating the kind manner in which you have spoken of me in your paper, allow me to say, that my name cannot, under any circumstances, with my consent, be used in the convention which is to assemble for the nomination of a candidate for Governor. • Yours very truly, LUTHER J. GLENN. Connecticut Politics. Tlie two parties in Connecticut have com pleted their tickets for Governor and Repre sentatives in Congress. The election will take place on the first Monday in April. The fol lowing are the nominations; FOR GOVERNOR. Republican. Democrat. Wm. A. Buckingham, James T. Pratt. FOR CONGRESS. Dist. 1. Dwight Loomis, Alvin P. Hyde, “ 2. John Woodruff, Samuel Arnold, “ 3. A. A. Burnham, R. S. Baker, “ 4. Orris S. Ferry, Wm. D. Bishop. Abdication of tbe Emperor of Haytl. The negroe Emperor of Hayti, on abdica- ion, caused the following proclamation to be made : Haytiens ! Called by the will of the people to govern the destinies of Hayti, all my care and anxeities have constantly been for the welfare of my citizens and prosperity of my country. I held hopes that I could have re lied on the affections of those who elevated me to that supreme power, but the late events that have taken place do not permit me to doubt the true sentiments of the people. I have too much freindship for my country to hesitate in sacrificing myself for the good of all. I abdicate, and have only one wish—that Hayti may be as happy as my heart has al ways desired. Done at Port-au-Prince, January, 1859, in the 56th year of Independence. [ Signed.] FAUSTIN. Tax Payers Meeting. The proceedings of this meeting, held at the Court house, on Tuesday last, will be found in another column" The resolution requesting the Clerk of the Superior Court not to copy; and the Sheriff not to serve, the processesof informants, unless the costs are pre-paid, was designed, we suppose, to apply to suits brought by parties out of the county. We believe those officers have no option in the matter where the parties bringing suit are resident in the county. The duty is doubtless an unplea sant one to those* officers, but if the law makes it imperative no personjshould attach blame to the Sheriff and Clerk for conforming to its requisitions. The meeting was a very fall one and indicated pretty clearly the indignation of the people of this county at the interference of outsiders in the affairs. Tlie Inferior Court of this county, as will he seen by the card of its judges elsewhere, disa vows any complicity with the parties bring ing these suits, and declares its intention not to be responsible for any costs that may be ing curred in their prosecution. We have heard'of Judge Lumpkin’s decis ion being cited as authority for these prosecu tions, but we have it from a gentleman who conversed with the Judge upon the subject, that he does not justify the ’wresting of the law to purposses of private speculation and whole sale extortion. Nor does he countenance the system of espionage which has been adopted in these cases.—[ Ind. South. ' Some one sats of the Newspaper.—“Salu tary as a physician, edifying as theparsot, re freshing as the morning dew, fragrant as the floweite, and punctual as the milk man, drops in upon the vacant or weary man, morning or evening—the daily newspaper. A great institution! Mighty product of the toil of ed itors, reporters, correspondents aud compos itors!” We insert the following correspondence in our columns to-day, at the request of the friends of the parties;— CORRESPONDENCE. Atlanta, Feb. 26th, 1859. Editors of the “National American” : Gentlemen :—Please inform me which of the three Editors of the “American,” assumes the authorship of the article in your paper of the 24th inst., under the caption of “Enormous Southern Rights Champions.” Respectfully, James P. Hambleton. P. S. This note will be handed to you by my friend, Dr. B. M. Smith. J. P. H. Atlanta, Feb. 26th, 1859. James P. Hambleton :—Sir: I am the au thor of the article “Enormous Southern Rights Champions.” James S. Slaughter. P. S. This will he handed to you by my friend, Dr. Ralph B. Badger. J. S. S. Atlanta, Feb. 27tli, 1858. Mr. J. S. Slaughter :—Sir: In the article of which you avow yourself to he the author —under the caption of “Enormous Southern Rights Champions”—there were certain words quoted “O Lordy !” “O Lordy!” evidently re ferring to some covert allusion, which the wri ter did not choose more definitely to explain. Believing that the use of these quoted words were intended to he offensive to me personal ly, I replied as I then felt, in a manner that, according to all established usage, closed fur ther controversy on my part, and left the onus on the author of the article in the “Ameri can” to treat as he might deem best. You have chosen to rejoin to my reply, through the columns of the “American.” Here, so far as my own position might have been con cerned , the difficulty could have stopped. But I waive all precedent and usage, and demand forthwith, peremptorily and explicitly, wheth er the words quoted and referred to above were intended to allude to me. James P. Hambleton. Atlanta, Feb. 28th, 1859. James P. Hambleton :—I confess myself somewhat astonished by the demand in your last note. I do not know by what extraordi nary process of reasoning, you arrive at the conclusion that the words ‘ ‘O Lordy, ” “0 Lor dy,” &c., should be intended as offensive to you, and still more am I at a loss to conclude why you should take the liberty to denounce a man as a “dastard” and an “abolitionist,"’ &c., for the use of the words “0 Lordy,” “0 Lordy.” At the time the article was written, I did not know that the words to which you refer could be deemed offensive by any man. Bi^, you are welcome to make the most of them. After your false and malicious article, I am under no obligations to you. This will be handed you by my friend Mr. V. P. Sisson. J. S. Slaughter. Atlanta, Feb. 28th, 1859. J. S. Slaughter :—Yours of this date has been received, in which you state you “did not know” that the words twice quoted in your article in the “American” of the 24th, could be deemed offensive; but you fail to explain why those words were quoted and that twice in the same article. Your note is otherwise un satisfactory, and requires me to request that the correspondence which is pending between us shall he pursued outside of the limits of the State, at some point which you may des ignae easy of access in South Carolina. James P. Hambleton. Atlanta, Feb. 28th, 1859. Jas. P. Hambleton :—I cannot conceive by what principle of honor I should he expected to repair without the limits of the State to close a correspondence in which I have de clared that at the time the objectionable allu sion was made, I had no idea would give of fence to any gentleman. Yet as you seem bent on wreaking your vengeance upon me, I waive all further objections, and will meet you with pleasure. My friend V. P. Sisson is authorized to ar range the preliminaries. James S. Slaughter. Atlanta, Feb. 28th, 1859. B. M. Smith, Esq Jas. S. Slaughter and myself will be at West Point (a point easy of access to Alabama) on Wednesday Evening, March 2, 1859, to answer any demands you may have against us. Yours Respectfully, V. P. Sisson. At this stage of the controversy, Rev. Lew is Lawshe, ,» and John M. Clark, Esq., asked that the correspondence be placed in their hands for an amicable adjust ment, which being consented to, the follow ing award was submitted to tlie parties :— Atlanta, March 1st, 1859. Gentlemen:—After examining with much and anxious care, the correspondence, we observe that communications (marked Nos. 3 and 4) seem to us to contain all that is material in this controversy. And upon a careful review of these communications just indicated, we decide that the disavowal by Mr. Slaughti r, of any personal application of the words, “O Lordy, 0 Lordy,” complained of by Mr. Ham bleton as “offensive,” is a sufficient and satis factory explanation, and that with no proprie ty can Mr. Hambleton press a further expla nation. We also decide as a condition, that so much of the communication of Mr. Slaugh ter (in No. 4) expressed in this language, “But you arc welcome to make the most of them. After your false and malicious article, I am under no obligations to you,” be withdrawn. We solemnly declare as otir opinion, tiiat on this basis an honorable adjustment can be con stituted, and that a hostile meeting is un necessary and uncalled for. John M. Clark, Lewis Lawshe. To Messrs. J" }! " [ Seconds. This award was received by Dr. Smith as satisfactory, hut rejected by V. P. Sisson— whereupon the following note was submitted by two of the above named gentlemen:— Atlanta, March 1st, 1859. Dr. B. M. Smith and V. P. Sisson : Gents:—We are in receipt of your communi cation, and simply reply that as our arbitra tion is not accepted by both parties, we decline any further action. Respectfully, Jno. M. Clark, Soon after the receipt of this note,, the par ties were arrested by an officer at the instance of Miss Laura C. "Badger, (a sister-in-law of Mr. J. S. Slaughter) and while they were un der arrest, the following note was placed by Rev. Lewis Lawshe, in the hands of Dr. Smith, and was received by him as a satisfactory ground for the amicable adjustment of the dif ficulty, and the parties were forthwith dis charged without bonds . Atlanta, March 1st, 1859. Mr. Lewis LaifshR -.—Dear Sir: We thank you for your kind interposition. Mr. Slaugh ter has alrcaiy denied that the use of the words “0 Lordy,” “0 Lordy,” were intended as offensive, and was utterly unaware of their application to Jas. P. Hambleton or any ono else. Respectfully, V. P. Sisson, For the Intelligencer. Washington, D. C., Feb. 28,1859. Editors Intelligencer :—One of the most horribje tragedies ever witnessed by this com munity, occurred on yesterday about 3 o’ clock. Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, Member of Congress from the city of New York, shot deati, Phillip Barton Key, U. 8. Attorney for the District of Columbia. The high standing of the parties, the cause of homicide, the day upon which it was perpetrated, the cool and deliberate man ner in which it was done, all conspires to pro duce a degree of astonishment and horror very rarely witnessed here or elsewhere. The shoot ing took place at the comer of Lafayette square nearly opposite the President’s House. Mr. Key and a Mr. Butterworth were talking to gether, when Mr. Sickles approached, calling Mr. Key by name, and said, “You scoundrel you have dishonored me,” and fired. The first shot missed. Key then seized his assailant, and they straggled to the middle of the street, where becoming disengaged, Sickles fired an other shot, which took effect in the right thigh. Key took shelter behind a tree box, Sickles following and firing the third time. This shot penetrated his body, and is no doubt the one that produced death. A fourth was then fired, hut it glanced off Key’s body doing no dam age, but the work of horror was already ac complished, and the victim immediately ex pired. The cause of this tragedy was the illic it intercourse of Key with Sickles’ wife, who was in the habit of meeting him at houses of ill fame. Sickles had received an anonymous letter informing him of his wife’s infidelity, and designating Mr. Key as the guilty para mour—this put him ou inquiry, as well as the alert—the result of which was a full confession of the guilty wife, and a detectiou of Mr. Key walking near his house and waving a white handkerchief as a signal, as he supposed, to his faithless wife, whereupon he went forth and ‘'slew him." Daniel E. Sickles, as you are doubtless aware, is one of the most able and influential Democra tic members of the present House, and is withal, a ready and fluent speak er, of fine personal appearance, and docs not seem as if he were more than thirty-five years of age. On the other hand, Phillip Barton Key is the son of the author of our National Ballad, “the Star Spangled Banner,” and is therefore the nephew of the venerable Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was married several years ago, has several children, but has been a widower for some time past. He had’ been, in his youth, very handsome, but dissi pation and high living had left their impress upon him. He was a man of a high order of talents, and bore among his acquaintances, the character of a high-toned, chivalrous gentle man. He was appointed by President Pierce, District Attorney, and retained by President Buchanan. I presume that Mr. Sickles was thoroughly" convinced of the guilt of the parties, before lie took his fatal revenge. And if it shall prove true that the deceased was guilty of tlie charge, there will only exist one sentiment among all men of honor, and that is that he lias met a deserving fate. “MARS.” Atlanta, March 1st, 1859. Mr. Lewis Lawshb :—Dear Sir: Your kind ness is duly appreciated as a mediator, and you will permit me to say that the note of Mr. V P. Sisson on the part of Mr. Slaughter, in the matter of difference, is entirely satisfactory. Yours Respectfully, B. M. Sima ♦This gentleman requests that his Dame may not ap pear. ; A Vert Prolific Spouse—Tvcinly-eme Cnil- dren in Twenty-two Yean.—Yesterday afternoon the wife of Lawrence Veingartner, a grocer, corner of John and Richmond streets, who has been married to her husband 22 years, pre sented him with his 21st child. Such a female would people a territory in a very limited pe riod. She is immense. Who can surpass these figures ?—[ Cin. Enq. OCR SAVANNAH eORHESPOVDEXCE. Savannah, March 2, 1859. Messrs. Editors:—My letter this time must necessarily ho short, as there is absolutely nothing of interest transpiring in our city.— The IT. S. Marshal has advertised the Wanderer for sale on the 12tli inst., aud beyond this there is nothing new in the slave trading line. Even the News has had little to say about it recently, contenting itself with copying the letters of Dr. Lee and articles from John Mitchell’s Citizen. In reading these letters from the State University I could hardly be lieve that their author was tlie same Dr. Lee who formerly edited a “silver grey” whig pa per at Rochester, N. Y., and whom I recol lected as assistant editor of {the Augusta Chronicle Sf Sentinel in 1852, when your corres pondent was a journeyman in that office.— Times change and people change with them, and it is a singular fact that the most violent editorial advocates of the re-opening of the slave trade, (in Georgia at least,) are n rives of Northern States. I have been much pleased at reading the speech of Hon. James Jackson, which you published, particularly that part denouncing the * ‘higher law’ ’ pari y among us. I believe he has expressed the sentiments of a very large majority of the people of the South, the opinions of a few editors to the contrary notwithstanding. We had the Campbell Minstrels here last week, hut their performances show a great falling off (to my mind) since I last saw them. Last night Mr Stephen Massett, better known as “Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville,” gave his first entertainment before a large audience, at Ma sonic Hall. I had expected a much better performance than he gave from the very fa vorable notices in papers of all parts of the country. He has a good voice, but speaks so fast that the words run into each other and much of the effect is lost. The closing part was a de scription of a scene in India, including the blowing of the Sepoys from cannons. The word-painting was very good, with the ex ception of a slight discrepancy. He spoke of the gunners standing by, with their matches lighted, ready to touch off the cannons to which the mutineers are bound; and after giving an idea of the scene and the breathless silence which prevailed, he went on to de scribe how at the word “fire,” the hammers descended on the caps, and the mutilated fragments of human bodies were seen flying in the air. Now, although I am i*ot a • ‘son of a gun.” yet the science is not altogether un familiar, and I was puzzled to understand what use the gunners had of matches when the guns were fired with a percussion lock. A large sale of negroes is taking place to-day at the Race course. Nearly four hundred and fifty, belonging to Pierce Butler, the late husband of Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler, are to he sold. I learn that tlie average price thus far is about $700. This sale has attract ed a large number of buyers from all parts of the country, and the competition has been quite spirited. Prices rule high, and it is probable the parries selling will be well satis fied. At the Court House sales yesterday South western R. R. stock brought $96 per share, Central $117 ; and Savannah, Albany and Gulf $51. Bank of Commerce sold for $99:50 and $100.; and Mechanics’ Savings Bank $86 per share. I saw no other Bank stock of- lered. The New York celebrity John C. Heenan; otherwise the “BeniciaBoy,”) has been here and gave an exhibition one night last week, at $1 admission. A large number were pres ent, among them persons calling themselves respectable. He went over to Cliarlcsston on Saturday night, hut returned yesterday, and I believe intends leaving for New York on the Alabama this evening. He is a fine looking man, altogether wearing too much the ap pearance of a gentleman to he engaged in such a business. He advertised to give exhibitions in Mobile and Montgomery, but in both places the city authorities interfered, and prevented it. Such was not the ease here however, a id he was so much pleased with his first Bhow that he contemplated giving a second one and reducing the price to 50 cents. Afterwards it was reported that he had given over that idea) and was going back to N. Y. this evening. The commencement of the Oglethorpe Medi cal college came off last evening, when the degree of M. D. was conferred upon 13 stu dents. The ad cun&cra degree was given to 10 and the honorary degree to 6 more among them your cotemporai y of the Lumpkin Palla dium—Dr. Blackburn. The weather is miserable—-suicidal—damp, dreary and dismal. The Theatres closed on Monday night on account of it; last night was a little better, but to-night will probably be worse. Yours, &c., W. Congressional. Washington, March 2.—The Senate, last night, passed the naval appropriation bill; and to-day, were engaged in discussing the mis cellaneous appropriation bill until the hour of recess. _ In the House, a resolution was passed resto ring Commodore Stewart to active service as the Senior officer of the navy. The House also disposed of the Senate’s amendments to the army bill; and refused to repeal the restrictive clause in the English- Kansas bill. The ocean mail bill was re-con sidered, and again rejected. Wednesday Night, 10 o’clock.—Both Hous es of Congress are still in session on the appro priation bills. Orient * 1 Cooking. Monsieur As Soyer, the celebrated French cook, who went to the Crimea, during the Russian war, writes to the London Times an account of his investigations into the Moslem cookery, as he found it in the kitchen of the Sultan, at Constantinople from which we ex tract the following: ‘ ‘They have many dishes which are indeed worthy of the table of the greatest epicure, and I shall not consider my Orental mission terminated to my satisfaction till I see in the bills of fare of France and England their puree de volaille au res tomates et coucombres and puree de Bahmia arometisee a la creme by the side of our potages a la Reine, Portue, Jullienneandmulligataw’ney ; near our white- bait, red mullets, turbots and salmon, their fried sardines, bar fish, gurnets, sturgeon, red mullets aux herhes, oyster palaff, mackerel, salad, &c; and with our roast beef, saddleback of mutton aDd haunch of venison, their sheep, lamb or kid, i ousted whole, and the monster and delicious kebab; by our entrees of su preme de volaille, salmis and vol aux vents, their doulmas kioftee, sis kebabs, harharran bouton, pilaff aux cailles, &c ; with our veg etables, their Bahmia fried leeks and celery, Patligan bastici, and sakath kabac hastici; with our mecedomes, jellies, charlottes, &c., their lokounda, Baclava gyneristi, ekmeka- tive. Their coffee, iced milk sherbet—in fact, all their principal dishes—might, with the best advantage, I e adopted and Frenchified and Anglicized : not so their method of serv ing, in which they mix sweet and savory dish es throughout the repast; and less likely still their method of eating with their fingers, though aftgr several trials I must admit that it has some peculiar advantages. their sauces being of a thinish nature, require to be ab sorbed with a piece of bread in order to par take of them, which could not be performed equally well by either knife or fork. Their custom of serving only one hot dish at a time is not new to us, we having borrowed it from the Russians, who pro bably took it from the Turks. No nation, as yet, has been able to boast of having introduced a single innovation in the way of living of this singularly incommuni cative race, the cause of which I can only at tribute to the immense distance placed between the relative social position of the two sexes ; for while in Europe the beau sexe forms the soul of society and sociability, in Turkey they are kept in entire seclusion, and almost without any kind of education. My stay here has not only procured iue the high honor of an inter view with the Sultan, but also the advantage of becoming acquainted with one of the most useful and principal officers of his Sublime Majesty’s household, called the Hachji Bachji, or general in chief of the culinary department of liis Sublime Majesty, the Padischah, and he speaks with pride of having held that office five years with the late Sultan and Padischah Mahmoud, and has now retained it for seven teen years with his present Sublime Majesty. Independent of the private kitchen of the Sultan, he has under his command in the va rious palaces, about 600 men cooks, nnd had in the time of Sultan Mahmoud upward of 1000. 1laving expressed a wish to become ac- quainted with some of the principal Turkish dishes, and the way in which tlie dinner was served, he not only gave me the required in formation, but invited me to a dinner a la Tare at tlie new palace of Dolma Batchi. We were only four guests, including himself.— Above seventy small dishes formed a luxuri ous hill of fare, which, after the Turkish fash ion, were quickly partaken of, as the Mos lems only taste a mouthful of each dish which may take their fancy. He then informed me tiiat the repast we had partaken of was the fac simile of the dinner daily served lip to his Majesty the Padischah, who always takes his meals alone, and, as no hill of fare is made, every dish in the Turkish cookery code must he prepared daily throughout the year, and only varies in quantity according to the abun dance of scarcity of tlie provisions to he ob tained in the various seasons, so that his Su blime Majesty may find every thing he may desire within his imperial call. The Armenian cookery turns very much up on the Turkish style, while the Greek has a type of his own, which, I regret to say, is far from meeting my approbation, though in high Greek families 1 have partaken of excellent dinners ; hut the Turkish dishes were the most satisfactory, the common cookery of the Greeks being sloppy and greasy ; while, per contra, the Turk has studied the art of preserv ing the essence of all the provisions employed, which method will at all times constitute a palatable as well'as a nutritive food. State Lunatic Asylum. Near Milledgeville, Feb. 15th, 1859. To the individuals charged with taking tlie State Cen sus : Gentlemen : A material omission, exists in the law, providing for, and regulating, the taking the Census. It is not required, that a careful account).-should be taken, of the num ber of idiots,^ind epileptics, in the State; two of the classes, who under the law, are entitled to admission to tins institution: And the number of whom, in the State, it is, for many important reasons, very desirable, accurately to ascertain. In the absence of any legal requirement on this point, (the result doubtless of oversight alone,) we have supposed, that upon being solicited to do so, the Census Takers,' would also furnish this information. It is therefore most respectfully requested of those gentle men, that they will add to their forms, a col umn, for idiots and another for epileptics, (lunatics being included in the law) and take careful account of the number of such persons. The idiot is an individual who has been the subject of mental imbecility from birth. The epileptic, one who has been the subject of spasms or convulsions, for some length of time; occurring sometimes at regular, and again at uncertain intervals: In which the person falls suddenly, and is temporarily de prived of all sense. I have had an interview with his Excellency, the Governor, upon this subject, who fully concurs in the necessity and propriety of the foregoing request. A general compliance with which, will material ly promote the public interest. Verv Respectfully, THOS, F. GREEN. Sup’t. and Resd’t. Physician of the Asylum. By tlie Prtglilcnt of tHc United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, an extraordinary occasion lias oc curred rendering it necessary and proper that the Senate of the United States shall be con 1 vened to receive and act upon such communi cations as have been or may he made to it on the part of the Executive Now, therefore, I, James Buchanan, Presi dent of the United States, do issue this my proclamation, declaring that an extraordina ry occasion requires the Senate of the United States to eonvene;tor the transaction of busi ness at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the 4th day of next month, at 12 o'clock at noon of that day, of which all who shall then be entitied to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washington, this 2Gth [l. s.] day ot February, Anno Domini-1859, and of the independence of the United States the 83d. - ’ : JAMES BUCHANAN. By tlie President: Lewis Cass, Secretary of State. Bathing in the Dead Sea . A pleasant correspondent of the Boston Post writing from Jerusalem, Octob .r 25,1858, thus humorously describes his Dead Sea bath : The Dead Sea^ias nothing of the desolation which it has been the pleasure of travellers to describe ; and it seemed to smile at the se cret dread with which it inspires the pilgrim. I, of course, took a bath here, and for a swim mer who has a fancy to keep his legs as well as head out of water, I can imagine that it must be quite pleasant. My French friend, who is not alittle inclined to corpulency com plained that he could not get down into the water, and floated about,now one side up and now another, for all the world like an inflated bjadder. On emerging from the water, it was rapidly evaporated by the sun; and the salt chrystalized on our bodies gave us the ap pearance of animated sticks of rock candy; or a family resemblance to Lot’s w ife. (fT* The man who reached the height of Politeness has suddenly disappeared in a c lond. Arrival of Wm* Smltii O’Brien. Tlie “Prince Albert” arrived in the harbor at an early hour yesterday morning, with Mr. O’Brien on board. The fact was instantly made known to Capt. McMahon, of Company, I, lourth Regiment of Artillery, who, as sembling his command, proceeded to the bat- toy. where they arrived at 11 a. m., the “Prince Albert” having been for some time anchored off Castle Garden. Mr. Thomas F. Meagher accompanied them on board a barge that was chartered for the occasion, and which was quickly alongside the steamship. The meeting between the two patriots was very affecting, and after all the salutations‘were over, the Committe ef Reception, already ap pointed, arrived in the “Dr. Kane.” Owing to to the unfavorable weather, Mr. O’Brien received the Committee in the saloon. Ex- Judge O’Connor, Chairman of the Committee, addressed the distinguished stranger in appro priate terms. Mr. O’Brien in his reply, stated clearlv the motives which had induced him to visit these shores. In the first place he dis claimed any political intentions. He came to study the practical working of the institutions of a free country, so that he might escape the Was produced by the accounts of prejudiced tourists. He came to see how his country men were situated in their adopted homes and he was gratified to find that the love of their native land still burned strongly within them. He wished to see once more those friends from whom an. adverse destiny had separated him. He regretted that Mr. Mea gher had not the privilege of returning to Ireland, and the policy which thus excluded him was unworthy of the British Government. He was grateful for the warm interest taken in ,his welfare while in exile, by Irishmen and Americans in this country. He was grateful for the kind reception extended to him, and while he disliked a formal demonstration, he would be happy to make the acquaintance of ail who wished him well. His stay in New York would be short, inasmuch as Congress was near tlie end of its session, and he would be obliged to leave for Washington on Sundav or Monday. He wished to see a Republican as sembly of legislators. After a tour at the South, he would proceed to Charleston, and then his course would probably take in St. Louis, Detroit, Toronto, and Quebec. He would return to this city in May. Mr. O Bricn, in person, is tall, and of pre possessing appearance. His expression is pleasing; his manner and voice sul>dued. Af ter the company returned to the quarter-deck of the “Dr. Kane,” a salute of ICO guns was fired by the artillery on shore. As the pa triot disembarked, he was greeted by vocife rous cheering by a number of Irishmen, and others, who had assembled on the pier. Af ter some more speeeh-makiug, hand-shaking, and a storm of cheers, Mr. O’Brien and his triends succeeded in entering a carriage, which then drove to the St. Nicholas Hotel’ followed hv tlie military and a procession of admirers. Mr. O’Brien will he serenaded to night.—[New York Courier, 26th ult Russian Refinement* During the late war it was no uncommon thing to hear after dinner orators—when en gaged in the discussion of the then prevailing topic simultaneously with that of an extra bottle—dilate in glowing terms upon our na • tional refinement, and the contrast it presen ted to the barbarism of Russians. Now, how ever truthful and unanswerable that assertion might have seemed to listeners who heard it during war time and dessert, there is abund ant proof before ns now that it was utterly un founded. ’i lie truth is, indeed, that in mat ters of delicacy Russia is some miles ahead of Great—and Little—Britian; as a glance at this extract front the Times will show. The wri ter is describing the carriage of the empress- dowager, as it appeared in the grand proces sion into Moscow :— “To hide from Tier the coachman’s hack, perforce turned towards her majesty’s face, there was an array of little pages who' sat out side the coach on the rail with their backs to wards the Coachman’s, and their round visa ges vis a-vis to that of the empress.” Talk of refinement, indeed ! is not this the very height of it! Coarse and untutored sav age islanders as we are, we sadly are in need of sui.h continental training, as an emollient to our ideas of what is decent, and a preven tive to their being brutish. Henceforth let our gold and silver sticks, or whoever else be charged with our state Coaches and preces sions, never be deemed capable of taking of fice until their education has been “finished” by a Muscovite. Holy Russia enlighten us ! [now our eyes are opened, we never more shall see a lady driving to a drawing room, with out looking on the coachman’s back as being in fact one of the indelicacis of the sea son. 1 et may the cynical perhaps remark, that the obnoxious sight was merely veiled from the imperial visions; whereas, had the con struction of the carriage been amended—for instance, had her majesty but condescended to a Hansom—her driver would have ceased to turn his hack upon her, and the array of screening pages might have been dispensed with. But the matter as it stood—that is, the coachman as he sat—was but a part of the great Russian system of the all-prevailing sham. Throughout their whole court circle— from the Czar and Czaress even to the lowest of officials, ever blinded by a brib.'—no one ever cares for what is going on, before their very eyes sometimes, provided they can make believe they don’t see it. Congress. The Senate passed the Army Appropriation bill on Saturday, by a vote of 24 to 16, to which Mr. Iverson, of Georgia submitted an amendment that all the States which have had or shall have refunded to them by the United States moneys expended by such States for military purposes during the war of 1812 with Great "Britain, and which have not al ready been a Bowed interest upon the moneys expended, shall now be allowed interest so far as they have themselves paid or lost such interest, to lie computed by the accounting ; officers of the treasury according to tlie prin- j ciples applied in the case of Maryland, accord- i ing to the civil and diplomatic appropriation | hill of March 3, 1857. Mr. I. explained that j the aggregate under this bill would be over j $ L.600.000, to he divided among the States of South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, New 1 York, and Pennsylvania, and the city of Bal- j timOre. In ’the present condition of the} treasury, he proposed that these payments! should be made in five per cent, stock, in- j stead of money. The question being taken, the amendment j was agreed to—yeas 28, nays 15. The House finally passed the Post Office Ap-| propriation hill, and considered the tariff! modification, and the General Appropriation] bill. j President Buchanan has vetoed the Agri-| cultural College hill, and tlie veto message] was read on Saturday, and the House refused] to pass the hill over the veto, by a vote of 1061 yeas, to 96 nays, not two-thirds. In Maine, as -well as in Massaclmssetts, the ] 22d of Febuary has been made a legal holi day. The President on the 21st instant was writ ing his vote Message upon the bill granting 7,- 000,000 acres of land in aid of tlie establish ment and support of Agricultual Colle ges. _ ’I he Democrats on the Sherman Investiga ting Committee postponed the report on Mon- day, hoping in this way to gain time, and by complicating it with the pressure of public business, prevent a thorough examination and discussion in the House. Tlie President has decided to send a short message, stating the fact that tlie Government must go to protest by July if relief be not gran ted by a reissue of Treasury notes or other wise, and that he shall convene the new Con- gres inextrasscssion. According to intelligence at the Dcp™. ment of State, received from our Minister, abroad, there is a decided conviction among the principal Cabinets of Europe that war is inevitable, and the apprehension is enter- tertained that if it onee begins a great politi cal convulsion will follow. Lunar Beaux.—Says an astronomer to bright-eyed girl when talking of the rain bows: “Did yon ever see a lunar how, Miss ?” “I have seen beaux by moonlight, if ths is what you mean,” was the sly rejoil er.

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Atlanta weekly intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 185?-18??, March 10, 1859, Image 1