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‘‘ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON.
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Cl)t Jntflligracer.
" THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1869.
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||p The Hon. L. J. Gartrell has returned
boine.
Pub. Doe.
We acknowledge the receipt of Pub. Doc.
from the Hon. Robt. Toombs, and the Hon. J.
f. Dowdell.
jlr. W. H. De Sbong, D^wrresn Artis*.
In another place will be found, a compli-
meiitan- notice of the above named artist ta
ken from the Memphis Whig. He will be
found for a few days, at his rooms over Mr.
Shackelford’s store- Those wishing fine pic
tures would do well to call, before the time of
his stay expires.
Meeting of the Medical Society of Georgia.
As will lie .seen from a notice which appears
i„ ( ,ur columns, the Medical Society ot the
State of Georgia, will convene in the city of
Atlanta. <>n the 13th of April next. All the
physicians in the State liave been invited to
attend. The Medical fraternity of our city
have recently held a meeting, and resolved to
0 jve the delegates a reception suitable to the
occasion. A grand entertainment has been
agreed upon, and the physicians of Georgia,
coming as they will, from the mountains to
the seaboard, from the Savannah to the Chat
tahoochee. will find a reception such as will
do honor to our Medical College, and to the
whole profession of our city. Success to the
meeting.
|iT The “ LaGrange Reporter ” of the 10th
ins?., lias a short Editorial upon the “ Atlanta
Intelligencer, ” which we donut fully under
stand. We do not feel inclined to reply to an
article of the character to which we allude.—
Th 0 Editors of the Intelligencer intend to
treat their brethren of the press courteously.
\\V know no controversy for those who cannot
return the compliment. V.
Fonylii Superior Court.
At tire late sitting of Forsyth County Sujre-
lii.r Court, Isaac Ft eland, who with four ac
complices, was charged with the murder of
claiboru Vaughn, sometime last summer, was
put upon his trial, which consumed so much
,,i the time of the Court, that the trial of other
criminals, with which it is said that the jail of
that county is pretty well crowded, was post
ered until the adjourned term, which com
mences on the third Monday in April next.*—
1 i. land was found guilty of murder, and sen
tenced to Ire hung on the 15th of April next.
I8T' l he Vice President and Speaker of the
House of Representatives, together with a
large number of troth Houses of Congress, ten
dered the Hon. A. H. Stephens a complimen
tary dinner as an evidence of their friendship
and respect for hint, upon his retirement from
Congress. This tribute to Mr. Stephens, is
well merited, 'lire lower House will not see
his like again, perhaps, for half a century.
The world is not fruitful of just such men as
Stephens. The country will not let him rest
long, in his humble home at Crawfordville.
V.
Juifor Jackson and the Dahlonega Mint.
We perceive that an effort was recently made
in Congress, to abolish the U. S. Mint at Dah-
lonega. Judge Jackson, the Representative
from the Sixth Congressional District, stood
up boldly and manfully against this measure,
and was mainly instrumental in defeating it.
Judge J. is a noble specimen of the Georgia
Democracy. Whenever the principles of his
party, or the interests of his constituents are
involved, his efforts are always in the right di
rection. We trust he may lie unanimously re
nominated and re-elected.
lit RBAii fob old Wilson.—A colored wo
man. belogning to Hop Kennedy, of this coun
ty. gave birth, a few days ago, to three fine,
healthy children—two boys and a girl ; they
were all living and doiug well at last accounts.
Who can beat it ? Let us hear from our
brethren of the Tennessee press.—Columbia
Herald.
That may do very well lor Tennessee, but it
don’t head Georgia. We learn that a while
•co,non in Americas gave birth to three fine
children a few days ago and all girls. Try
again Tennessee. ^ -
nr 'lire “Augusta Dispatch” commencing
as a neutral in jsjlitics. is beginning to take
position. Gentlemen, get tar over on one
side of the fence or the other. Sometimes we
think you have Democratic tendencies and
then again we thiuk yon hav’nt. Roll up
vour sleeves and pitch in. If we are not mis-
takex the “Dispatch” is in for the repeal of
our naetralilg laws. It must be very hard to
l»e a neutral in these times. Take any interest
at nil in politics. Show your hand. If you
are a trump, we are brethren. Democracy “is
rumps.
V.
win Coantf Meeting*
We refer our readers to the account of the
above named meeting, in another column.—
That meeting talks a little different from the
‘‘Confederacy” of this place, and the Rome
‘ ‘Southerner and Advertiser.”
The Democracy of Baldwin have spoken,
plainly and promptly. Let the balance of the
Counties of Georgia follow suit, and make
ready for a “harmonious nomination.” We
want to hear from all the counties now, since
one has spoken. Call your meetings, Demo
crats. Have a large assemblage and let the
people speak. let the voice of the people prevail.
and we venture the prediction that there will
be but one candidate for Governor this year.
Let Brown counties see that Brown men are
appointed, who tvillgo to the convention and
do their work up Brown, and we shall have a
Brown Governor for two years longer.
Notice the last resolution of the above meet-
iug, and govern yourselves accordingly.
’ V.
The ScnntoralUp.
In an article, under the above heading, the
Columbus Times of the 9th inst., takes us to
task for venturing to question the propriety of
returning Judge Iverson to the United States
Senate. Candor compels us to say, that wo
regret very much to be placed in opposition to
the 1 ‘Times, ’ ’ upon any measure or movement
involving the harmony of the Democratic par
ty. That print, with a veay few exceptions,
has always pursued a line of policy with re
gard to the political affairs of the country,
which has met our entire approbation and
hearty co-operation. Hence, we regret very
much to be “pitched into.” as he has done,
just because we have ventured to express a
preference for another distinguished Demo
crat, over his favorite of the city of Columbus.
As to the grounds of our “objections to Judge
Iverson’s re-election,” our extemporary hsis
wholly misconceived them. We by no means
intended to be understood as opposing his re-
election because he was elected as a compromise
man. We only used this argument to prove
that the party could consistently dispense with
his further services as .Senator, to give place
to an abler man. without any grounds of com
plaint, for him or his special friends. If our
cotemporary’s “optics ’ had not been “at
fault,” he might have seen how the track
would be clear for “Gov. Johnson, any more
than Gov. McDonald." We distinctly stated
“as to the twe latter, (meaning Gov. McDon
ald and Gov. Cobb.) they both now occupy
high and responsible official positions, and the
presumption is, they have no aspirations tor
Senatorial honors.” That it seems, is plain
enough to be understood by any body
We were aware when we penned our article,
to which our eotemporary takes exception,
that the friends of Judge Iverson would under
take to run the parallel between him and Gov.
Brown. We contend, however, that the ea
ses are not at all parallel, for several reasons.
In the first plat*. Judge Iverson will have been
in office six yeans when his present term shall
have expired—Gov. Brown only Oco. In the
second place, “according to the best of our
knowledge and belief,” Judge Iverson liasnot
fully come up to the expectation of his friends
in his Congressional career, in point of ability ;
and thirdly, no unprejudiced man will venture
to say that there is anything like the popular
demonstration in his favor, as is the case with
Gov. Brown. For these reasons, the cases arc
not at all parallel. The principal object we
had in yiew, was to call attention to the com
manding talents of Gov. Johnson. Judge
Iverson’s best friends will not. in a spirit* of
candor, pretend that he is by any means equal
to Gov. Johnson, either as to talents or valua
ble party services. We regret the necessity
which has compelled us to take this position
All this controversy is premature. Our course*
however, has been forced upon us, by recent'
efforts in certain quarters, to forestall public
opinion at this early day, in favor of Judge
Iverson, merely because he made a good South
ern Rights speech, long after lie ought to have
made it. We have no war to make ujxm him.
If the majority of the Democratic Party prefer
him to any other man of our party, then are
we for him. We do not, however, believe he
is the choice of the party, and until we are
convinced of our error, our preference is for
another.
Complimentary Dinner to Judge Iverson.
We publish to-day, the correspondence be
tween Judge Iverson and a committee of citi
zens of the county of Spalding, inviting the
Senator from Georgia, to partake of a public
dinner to be given to him in the city of Grif
fin, which invitation he has accepted; the time
hereafter to be designated. This is all right,
and we hope our old friends may have a pleas
ant time of it. Judge Iverson occupies a dis
tinguished position, and his friends and admi
rers have a perfect right to manifest their ap
preciation of his talents and his public servi
ces, in any manner they may see proper, and
we would be the last to call this right in ques
tion.
“To your Tents Oh Israel.**
It will be perceived from a notice in our pa
per, tliat the Democracy of Fulton county are
called upon, to meet at the City Hall in At
lanta, on Saturday 19th inst., at 10 o’clock.
The object of the meeting we presume to be.
the appointment of Delegates to the Guber.
natorial Convention, which is to be held some
time during the ensuing summer. This is an
important meeting to the Democracy of Ful
ton. From a lean minority, our party has
very suddenly risen to a large majority, and
Fulton is now classed among the strong Dem
ocratic comities of the State. Shall she main
tain her position, or shall she succumb to the
rule of our political foes ? This depends uj>on
ourselves. If we arc true to our party and
our principles, discarding all personal prejudices
and preferences, and rally to the standard of
our party, with one heart and one mind, we
shall be invincible. Come then Democrats,
one and all, from city and country, and
let us commune together. Let there he no
laggards on this important occasion. A fair
expression of opinion is all we desire and
by this we are prepared to abide. Who says
nay to this ? We shall sec, But remember
SATURDAY 19tlr MARCH 1859. COME
DEMOCRATS ONE AND ALL ! By or before
10 o’clock.
The State Roml and Mr. Mark 1<. Roberta.
We have been furnished with the following
certificates, from which it appears that Mr.
Kellogg, did not recieve a full month’s salary
in the month of February last, but only for
the time he served. Mr. Chandler also re
ceived pay only for the time he was in the actual
service of the road. He remained in the of
fice a few days, for the purpose of instructing
Mr. Kellogg in the duties of the office, for
which he received compensation. Warwick it
will be perceived by his certificcte only receiv
ed baggage master’s wages, while serving as
conductor in the place of Fuller. Wo have
been shown the pay roll book, which corres
ponds with the above statements. We make
this publication as an act of justice to the offi
cers of the road.
Didn’t do It.
The senior editor of the Atlanta Intelligencer
emphatically contradicts the report, that lie
has recently slept with Gov. Brown. Suppose,
i'< >1 onel, you had ? You would have probably
caught nothing worse than democracy.
“Caught nothing worse than Democracy,"
indeed ! Why brother Knowles, we've had
this complaint all our lives. If sleeping with
Gov. Brown, will taint a man with Democra
cy all we wish is, that you would sleep about
a month with him. We think it would take
alxmt that lengthof time to get Know Noth-
ism out of your bones, 60 as to make a healthy
man of you, by thoroughly Democratising
Immediately in front of Mr, Stephens is the
seat of Mr. Gartrell, who represents the 4th
District. I had no opportunity of hearing
him upon any question ; and not having any
acquaintance with him until I came to this
city, which was very recently. I cannot speak
of his qualities as a debater. But he has the
character of being very able in discussion. I
had occasion to notice his business qualifica
tions, and I can say no one is more ready,
prompt, and diligent. He is the youngest
representative from Georgia, and not by any
means the weakest. If he lives, he will
adorn his State ssa “bright particular star.”
We found the above in the Washington
correspondence of the Federal Union.' From all
that we can learn, we are satisfied that Mr. Gar*
trell has given general satisfaction to his con
stituents. We are not aware that Mr. G. will
have any opposition to his return to Congress.
We had the pleasure of greeting our represen-
tivein our sanctum on yesterday- He looks
hearty as ever and seems in fine spirits. He
is devoted to the interests of the 4th district
and is ambitious to secure its welfare and cred
it to himself and thus far, we think be he#
accomplished his purpose.
Mb. Editor : In a communication publish
ed in the “Confederacy”—signed “M. L.
Roberts” 1 find these words “and tea* taken
nek during the great wash on the road and was un-
w six or seven days’’—as yard master I keep
a record of conductor’s absent time—Mr. Rob
erts absented himself on the 18th Febr. under
the pretence of sickness—in a day or two I
was directed to find Mr. Roberts to see if he was
able to take out a freight train, as the press of
freight was heavvfowing to its accumulation
during the repairs of bridges. On the first
and second attempt I coul.d not find or hear
of him—at his lodging house—ou the third
and fourth hunt I found him gambling at
cards in a liquor saloon—others had seen him
gambling at billiards—contrary to the rules of
the road—neglecting his duty and failing to
make out his report and hand over the money
for his last trip—for about 10 days—which
time he now very piteously claims pay for, and
warns his “Fellow citizens” of the great in
justice done him—particularly the “voters”—
“God help the people !” say I if they pay
such claims ! J.C. ROSE.
Yard Master W. & A. R. R.
Ms. Editor : 1 see it stated in an article in
the last Confederacy, over the name of M. L.
Roberts, that the Baggage Master who tempo
rarily took the place of Conductor Fuller,
recieved conductor's pay as l am the Baggage
Master alluded to, it is proper I should con
tradict that statement. I recieved but 28 dol
lars for the month of Febr. and not a cent for
anv extra services.
JOHN C. WARWICK.
March 10th 1859.
HT In the Terre Haute (Ind.) jail, they have
a most ingenious rascal. A few days. since he
manufactured from a fall dollar, a silver key
tilth which he unlocked the cell doors, and
tracked his way to the outer entrance. Here
he was accidently detected and his adventure
“Joe Brown.”
Such is the euphonious soubriguet, which is
usually applied to the present Governor of
Georgia, by friends anil foes. There arc some
reminiscences, connected with the* political
history of this same “Joe Brown,” which we
take the liberty of calling up, for the special
consideration of those Democrats, (few though
they he in number) who are loud in their de
nunciations of him. Aliout the year of our
Lord 1849, if we remember aright, the Demo
cratic Party of the (then) Senatorial District,
composed of the respectable anil populous
counties of Cobb and Cherokee, were in want
of a man capable of representing that 1 iistrict
in the legislature of Georgia. Among the j
many worthy and competent men residing in I
that district, “Joe Brown” was selected from j
among them all, to hear the standard of l)e- !
moeraey through that campaign. Though then j
but a young man and an inexperienced politi- |
cian, lie bore the standard entrusted to his I
care, triumphantly to victory, and all the De
mocracy of Georgia cried “amen,” his present
i Democratic enemies “among the rest.” Faith-
! fully he executed that trust. Again, in 185*2,
when the Democracy of the Fifth Congression
al District, were in need of a candidate for
Presidential elector, “Joe Brown” was thought
the most fit and proper man to lead the De
mocracy of that District, against the forces of
the enemy. He performed this duty to the
entire satisfaction of his political friends, and
was voted for by the most, or all of those Dem
ocrats who are now opposed to him. Again,
the people of his Judicial circuit, wanted a
Judge of the Superior Court to preside over
that District, and “Joe Brown” was selected
as the “most worthy and well qualified.”. His
character as a Judge, stood high in the esti
mation, even of his present Democratic ene
mies. Again in 1857, when the representa
tives of the party convened at Milledgevil’e,
for the purposetof nominating a candidate for
Governor, feuds and dissensions existed among
the friends of the rival aspirants, to such an
ularming extent, as threatened the dissolution
of the party. “Joe Brown” was the man upon
whom the friends of the aspirants united, and
he was made the candidate of the party. He
took the field, and was triumphantly* elected,
the present Democratic non-contents voting
for him, and rejoicing over his election. He
went into office without pledges as to appoint
ments. and made his own selection among Dem
ocrats. of the men who should be associated
with him in the administration of the Govern
ment. He has now been in office some six
teen months, and has administered the State
government according to Democratic princi
ples, and in our opinion, mainly in a manner
conducive to the Itest interests of the people of
the State. We ask you now brother Demo-
rats, who are hostile to “Joe Brown,” how do
you reconcile your former to your present posi
tion in regard to him ? Where is your con
sistency ! We ask you to ponder ever these
reminiscences, and in the spirit of candor and
party fidelity, return to “your first love.”
Dr Shong't Dagucrreau Duller} .
We would be doing an act of careless injus
tice, did we not call the attention of the
reader to the art daguerreotypic, as it is
managed by the skillful De Shong, of Clark’s
‘Marble Palace.’
For softness, fine drapery, and beauty' of fin
nish, wo have never seen De Shong’s pictures
surpassed. A friend, in whom we have great-
confidence, who examined, carefully, the large
collections of dagguerrcotvpes at the New
York Chrystal Palace, says that in his estima
tion, there was nothing there to equal the
pictures taken by the Artist of the Marble
Palace.
Mr. W. II. DeShong has on the third floor of
Mr. Clark’s establishment—a suit of rooms
that are splendidly furnished with fine carpets,
curtains, sofas, chairs, tables, a piano, (tire
sweetest toned thing we ever heard,) anil a
self-water-supplying wash-stand. The Ameri
can artists are allowed (in this art) to be the
best in the world andjit would not be too much
to say that in the ranks Mr. De Sbong stands
among the first.
There is a picture there of our young friend,
Charles M. Denie, as handsome as the origi
nal, with a piece ot manuscript inhisnand.
The writing is perfectly legible and distinct.
This feat has been attempted by artist in
Nashville, Cincinnati, New York and Phila
delphia, and none ever succeeded. To Mr.
De Shong, therefore, belongs the credit of
lxung the first and only one who has triumphed
over the difficulty of a quarrel between two
minutes. We would advise our friends in
city and country to call and examine Mr. D.’s
pictures and superior instruments for them
selves.—[Mem. Whig.
A Fable.
A young man once picked up a sovereign
lying in the road- Ever afterwards as he
walked along, he kept his eye steadfastly fixed
or* the ground in hopes of finding another.
And in the course of long life he did pick up
at different times a good amount of gold and
silver. But all those days as he was looking
for them he saw not that heaven was bright
above him, and nature beautiful around bim.
He never once allowed his eyes to look up
from the mud and filth in which he sought
the treasure; and when he died, a rich old
man, he only knew this fair earth of ours as a
dirty road to pkk up money as you walk
Hon. Alfred Iverson to be In Grids.
We find the following correspondence in the
Empire Slate :
Correspondence.
Griffis, Georgia, Feb. 14, 1859.
Sir :—The undersigned, acting for a large
number of your Democratic constituency in
tnis section of Georgia, and for themselves,
beg leave, respectfully, to congratulate you
upon your able, manly, and true Southern
defense of Southern interests and Southern
rights, during the present session of Congress,
before the Senate of the United States. At a
period v\ hen the sectional interests of tho anti
slavery States were being pressed before the
Senate with a power and influence almost po
tent to the desired end ; when Southern Sena
tors from other States were advancing senti
ments, regarded by the Democracy of Georgia,
as fatal to Southern rights and Southern in
terests ; the undersigned, and those whom
they represent, were cheered and encouraged,
when, through the press of this State, they
saw that you not only ably maintained those
rights and interests, but that you had thrown
down the gauntlet of defiance to their unnatu
ral enemy. Impressed with the patriotic ser
vice so timely rendered the South, in your
speech upon the Pacific Railroad Bill—in that
it has again revived their hopes, and animated
to renewed efforts the friends of State sover
eignty and State rights, the undersigned have
licen also requested, in which they cordially
join to ask your acceptance, on your return
from Washington, of a public dinner at this
place, at such time as you may designate, on
which occasion they request that you . will
address your fellow-citizens on the political
condition of the Union.
We are. Respectfully,
Your Fellow-Citizens,
Wm. Crittenden, G. J. Green,
W. J. Jossey, J. H. Reid,
Joseph Duncan, H. Johnson,
E. I J . Daniel, C. S. Westmoreland,
L. R. Daniel, J. C. Mangham,
J. A. Beeks, S. 0. Mtchell,
J. H. Steele, W. B. Nelms,
1!. A. Crawford, F. D. Dismuke.
To the Hon. Alfred Iverson,
United States Senate,
Washington. D. C.
Washington City, Feb. 25th. 1859.
Gentlemen :—I have had the honor to re
ceive your communication of the 14th inst.,
inviting me to accept a public dinner, an ad
dress my fellow-citizens “on the political con
dition of the Union,” at such time alter my
return from Washington as may be designated
by me.
Without further comment, than to ex
press niv profound acknowledgements lor this
flattering manifestation of your confidence and
favor, and my sincere gratification at this de
cided evidence of your approval of the senti
ments uttered by me on a recent occasion in the
Senate, 1 accept the invitatioh so kindly ten
dered. I regret that it is out of my power, at
present, to fix the time at which I can
comply with your wishes. It is yet uncer
tain whether a n extra session of Congress will
not be called by the President—such a session
might interfere with any day indicated at the
present time. I will, however, as soon as it
shall be in my power to do so, designate a
suitable day. aud give you timely notice of
it. Iam, with great respect.
Your ob’t servant,
ALFRED IVERSON.
Messrs. Win. Crittenden,
W. J. Jossey,
G. J. Green,
J. H. Reid, and_others,
Griffin. Georgia.
Pay of tbe British Cabinet.
A writer in the Philadelphia Press, who pro
fesses to be well jiosted. says: Against $56,-
000 paid away in annual salaries to the Cabi
net of the United States, we have to place
$287,500 per annum, received by the mcm-
liers of the present Derby Ministry. Besides
this, the Prime Minister, First Lord of the
Admiralty, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
one or two other Ministers, have official resi
dences. though they rarely occupy them.—
Moreover the Lord Chancellor, whose salary is
$50,000 a year, receives a life pension of $25,
000, on leaving office—an equivalent for hav
ing abandoned a lucrative profession to accept
the Chancellorship, on the the uncertain ten
ure of the political ascendancy of his party ;
for the rule is imperative, in Great Britain,
that he who has once sat as Judge shall never
go back to the bar—shall never descend, as it
is considered, to plead, where he once wore
the erimineanil the coil.
The vast majority of aspirants to high office
in England are men of great wealth. In the
present Derby Ministry are only horsemen not
largely wealthy. There are Disraeli. Wal
pole, anil Lord John Manners, and the poor
est of these has at iea»i $25,000 a year private
property, over and above his official income,
England, which pays her placemen so well,
does not neglect them when “used up,” but
has appropriated a large sum, to be annually
paid away among retired ministers, after a
certain duration in office, on their own appli
cation that their pceunniary circumstances re
quire such assistance. For example, whenev
er Mr. Disraeli lias served two years as Cabin
et Minister, (which term he will have com
pleted in a few months,) he can claim $10,000
a year for life, as pension. Literally, he has
scarcely an income of his own, his wife being
the owner of large property. Should he again
be placed in office, the pension would drop
while thus employed and paid, and be resum
ed on his return to the position of a private
person.
The power and patronage of British minis
ters are immense ; but they are exercised
quietly and systematically, and the popular
press pays little heed to such matters. Occa
sionally, there are complaints of the manner
in which the patronage power is exercised ;
but the ma^s of the people, who are excluded
from political influence, take little interest in
the discussions. Ministers provide well for
their sons,nephews and relations, in the church
in the law in the army and navy, or in the
civil and diplomatic service. In fact nearly
all the younger members of aristocratic fam
ilies are quartered upon the public in some
manner. Talk about patronage in the Uni
ted States ! It is not a circumstance to that of
the British Government.
Hon. Ell S. Shorter.
We find in the last issue of the Eufaula Spir
it of the South, a letter from the Hon. Ell S.
Shorter to his constituents of the 2d. Congres
sional District of Alabama, declining a re-elec
tion. He retires in accordance with a deter
mination long since fixed not to be again be
fore the District. This purpose could only
have been changed had his vote upon the
Conference bill been made a “test of his fel
lowship” with the States Rights party. In
which event lie would have insisted upon an
endorsement of his course.
No man in Congress we believe to be truer
to the south and her institutions than Col.
Shorter, and we trust liis mantle may fall up
on one equally worthy.
He eonimences again the praetiee of his pro
fession in Eufaula—having associated himself
with William H. Chambers, Esq., than whom
a purer man and brighter scholar does not
adorn the bar.—[ Col. Times.
A Good Name.
Sometime in 1838, or ,39, a gentleman in
Tennssee became involved and wanted money;
he had property and he owed debts. His
property was not available just then, and off
he posted to Boston, backed by the names of
some of the best men in Tennessee. Money
was tight in Boston, and Bankers looked
closely at the names.
“Very good ,” said they, “but—do you
know Gen. Jackson V
“Certainly.”
“Could you get his endorsement V ’
“Yes, but he fenot worth one tenth as
much as either of those men whose names I
offer you.”
“No, matter; General Jackson has always
protectad himself and his paper, and we’ll let
you have the money upon the strength of his
name.”
In a few days the papers With his signature
arrived. The moment these gentlemen ban
kers saw the tall A. and long J. of Andrew
Jackson, our Tennesseean says he could have
raised the sum of a hundred thousand dollars
upon the signature without the slightest trou
ble. So much for an established character for
honesty. However men may have differed
with Andrew Jackson politically no man
could deny him the merit of being an honest
man.
Oar Visit to Atlanta.
The other day we took a jaunt to our neigh
boring city—Atlanta. On our arrival, at the
Depot, we were greeted by our “Bill Wiley.”
Everybody who has travelled on the railroad
the distance of Bill. We are acquainted with
no one whose services, as a Steamship, Steam
boat, Railroad or Hotel Agent, have been
more highly appreciated by the travelling
Public than Wiley's. As a matter of eourse
we were piloted to the Trout House, the ho
tel of the city. It is kept by Dr. J. D. Boyil
formerly proprietor of tbe Charleston Hotel,
one of the very best conducted establishments
at that time in the Union. The Dr. has not
only been educated in the best school, but has
had a long and practical experiences. It is
not strange therefore, that he should under
stand his business thoroughly. Here we made
the acquaintance of Maj. Nickerson. This
gentleman also was proprietor of tlieCharleston
Hotel foi many years. The Major is a perfect
brick, aud one of the most generous souls in
the world. He is a general favorite. Should
any of our friends visit Atlanta, they must on
no account neglect to make the acquaintance
of the “Major” of the Trout House.
A clean comfortable aud well conducted
public house, has much to do with the stran
ger’s first and last impressions of a place. Ev
ery city and town should therefore seek to
maintain a good home for “visitors,” and we
are glad to perceive that the people of Atlan
ta are acting upon this principal. At the
Trout House, the traveller will find, a gen
tlemanly proprietor, clever employees, oblig
ing servants and all the luxuries of a first
class hotel, together with the many little
comforts of home.
Atlanta is destined to be a great city and
that, at no distant day. We think we may
venture the prediction that its population wifi
be doubled in five years. Everything is pro
jected on a large scale and every one seems
inspired with the growing importance of the
place. If our notion lie time, all who own
real estate in and around the city ha» o only
to sit still and get rich.
The number of newspapers seems to be in
creasing with the population. The • -Intelli
gencer, ” “National American,” “Temper
ance Crusader” and “Southern Confederacy.”
are severally conducted by gentlemen of mark
ed ability and high toned character. We
think these journals are the best printed in
the state. In fact their mechanical execution
cannot be excelled in any city in the Union.
The Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal,
edited by Drs. Logan and Westmoreland, is
on excellent periodical and deserves a most
literal support from the profession.
The Masonic Signet, the organ of the Grand
Lodge of this state, under the editorial man
agement of Dr. IV. T. C. Campbell, has been
very much improved in many respects. We
hope an occasion may present itself when we
shall be able to reciprocate the many atten
tions which we received from our editorial
brethren and others of Atlanta. We liave
not time nor spare for a bill of particulars ;
we can only return our thanks. In a word
“we are their humble servants to com- |
mand.”
The business men of Atlanta, are thorough i
going fellows. With such men as Win ship & ;
Howell, High, Butler & Co., Smith & Ezzard, !
Jones & McLendon, Barth & Nicolei, Dr. J. D. i
Boyd, W. M. Maekie, F. A. Williams, Er j
Lawshe and last but not least, Maj. Nickerson i
and Bill Wiley, who can wonder at the genet- !
al prosperity which prevails.
We visited the elegant establishment of Mr-j j
Er Lawshe, Watch Maker, and Jeweller. Our
very eyeswatered at the brilliant display of tine
watches, heavy gold chains, rich jewelry, &c., !
&e.. which met their gaze on all sides. Mr. j
Lawshe is a perfect gentleman, and a liberal
patron of the press.
Until our recent visit, we were not aware
that such an Artist as Mr. Maekie resided in
Atlanta. He showed us several specimens ot
his ornamental painting, which, for beauty
of design and brilliancy ot’ execution, we have
never seen surpassed anywhere. He is, be
sides, an excellent sign painter, and his charg
es are not higher than those asked by inferior
workmen, in the largercities.
Mesers. High, Butler & Co., Winship &
Howell and Jones and McLendon, are all hea
vy Grocery Dealers. These gentlemen have
extensive store rooms, well stocked with pro
visions of all kinds—bacon, flour, corn,
&c., and have, tor the purchase of goods, fa
cilities which few, excepting those in the very
large cities North, ever enjoy. These firms
are well known to our community.
The Drug Store of Messrs. Smith & [Ezzaad
is one of the finest in the city, and is well
stocked with drugs and medicines of every
description. They seem to be driving a suc
cessful trade. They fully deserve it, for they
are gentlemen whose obliging manners cannot
fail to secure for them a host of friends.
We stepped in to see our old musical friends,
Barth A Nicolia. The former gentleman is
already favorably known to this community.
They showed us a splendid stock of Pianos
of the most celebrated makers. Mr. Nicolai
obliged us by perfoiming a tine'musical selec
tion on au instrument of exquisite tone. It
was made by the celebreted Knabe, of Balti
more. We could hardly believe it, when we
were informed that the price of this Piano was
only $450. It is certainly the finest semi
grand piano we have ever seen. We think it
decidedly superior to one which we once Raw-
on exhibition, the price of which was $1,000.
In the same building, with Messrs. B. & N.,
we were shown a very extensive lot of Fur
niture. This ware-rooom is owned by Mr. F.
A. Williams, We regret to learn that a broth
er, who was connected with him in business,
died a short time since. We don’t recollect
when we have sear- a more elegant display of
furniture than is on exhibition at the estab
lishment of Mr. Williams. See the cards of
the gentlemen ateve mentioned in our adver
tising columns.
We will ou some future occasion, pay At
lanta another visit, when we hope to extend
our acquaintance among other business men,
of this go-ahead city. In the mean time we
wish them all much success. Au reroir.—
[Madison Visitor,
Pl’BUC MEETING.
Decatur, Ga., March 1, 1859.
Agreeable to a previous notice, a large and
very respectable portion of the citizens of De-
Kalb county met in the Court House, and or
ganized by calling Col. James W. Crockett to
the chair, and requesting Joseph Walker to
act as Secretary. The object of the meeting
was explained by Col. George K. Smith, inliis
usual felicitous style, which was to take into
consideration the suits brought in the Superi
or Court against many of the citizens and tax
payers of our county, by itinerant intermed
dlers. Whereupon Milton A. Candler, Esq.,
offered a resolution, which he prefaced by a
few appropriate remarks:
Resolved, That a committee of twenty be
appointed by the Chairman of this meeting to
report such resolutions, and suggest further
action as may be thought proper, to an ad
journed meeting, to be held at the Court House
on the first Tuesday in April next, und that a
general attendance of the people of DeKalb
county be requested.
Whereupon a committee consisting of the
following named gentlemen was appointed:
Rev. W. H. Clark, Hon. Berry Ragsdel, Milton
A. Candler, Esq., Samuel Potts, J. M. Bom,
F. H. Gay, Kellies Brown, J. S. Elliott, T. B.
George, Col. Charles Latimer, Hon. .Simeon
Smith, Hon. Daniel Johnston. Lodowick Tug
gle, Dr. P. F Hoyle, Col. George K. Smith,
John W. Fowler, Greenville Henderson, Wm.
McElroy, Hon. James J. Diamond and J. B.
Wilson, Esq.
On motion, resolved these proceedings be
published in the Independent Press, the At
lanta Intelligencer, and the National Ameri
can.
Adjourned to the first Tuesday in April
next.
J. W. CROCKETT, Chairman.
Joseph Walker, Secretary.
Reform Medical ('allege.
We learn that at the late annual com
mencement of the Reform Medical College i in
this city’ forty students received the degree of
Medicine—the largest class the College has
ever graduated. The catalogue just published,
showB the Matriculants in the course just com
pleted, numbered ninty-three—the Faculty
seven.
We hastly examined the other day the fine
Museum attached to tills institution. It forms
quite an attractive and instructive appendage,
and well repay* a visit. [—Journal k Messtn-
*«•
Democratic Meeting la Baldwin.
At a meeting of the Democratic Party of
Baldwin county held at the Court House this
day, on motion of L. H. Briscoe Esq., Col. D.
C. Campbell was called to the chair, and 1' r.
E. S. Candler requested to act as Secretary.—
The object of the meeting being stated, Maj.
I. L. Harr:> moved the appointment of a com
mittee to prepare matter for the consideration
of the meeting. The chair appointed Maj.
Harris, Col. -M. D. McComb, Mr.F. G. Grieve,
Dr. W. A.. Jarratt and D. P. Brown Esq., that
committee. The committee after letiring re
ported through their Chairman, the following
resolutions which were unanimously adopted:
The year 1859 is destined, politically, in
Georgia in some respects, from appearances to
be remarkable. Within the memory of the
eldest among us, the high honor of being the
Governor of the State lias never been won and
worn without a severe, and most usually a
bitter party contest.
It has not unfrequeutly also been a matter
of difficulty to ascertain the dunce of the people,
and hence the necessity which has hitherto ex
isted for conventions to collect, concentrate,
and reflect their will.
In the ranks of the Democratic party there
is no contest for this high office; if there have
been any aspirations for it, they have lieen
hushed in the general voice of the people of
Georgia. One name—one person only is
thought of—talked of for Governor. It is fol
ly, it is worse—it Would be madness to at
tempt to frustrate that will that makes itself
so unmistakably aud audibly heard.
Of the people—lie is emphatically at this
time the favorite of the people.
It will lie, we think the peeuliar good for
tune of Governor Brown, though he should
again presented by the Democratic party
for re-election—to meet with an acceptance
from the State at large, which it nevar was
the lot of any of his many distinguised prede
cessors to secure. Such an event—a proba
bility most likely to occur—is strikingly sug
gestive. Can it be otherwise than that ■ his
administration of the Executive department
has been singularly wise, prudent, just, vigil
ant, firm and energetic aud in accordance with
the pulsations of the popular heart, to have
commanded as it has done such an unwonted
popular approval ?
Of the measures and j nil icy which have sig
nalized his administration and been so much
in unison with public sentiment it-is not our
purpose to speak. Some <>f them unnecessar
ily temporary, and the questions springing
out of them have passed away—and as we
nave no wish to perpetuate divisions, tire
fruit of honest differences of opinion in rela
tion to them, we forbear the expression of any
judgment whatever as to the policy pursued.
Jt is enough to say of it, that it was calm,
temperate aud conscientious and as such was
carried out with manly firmness and a devo
tion to what he deemed the interests of the
people, and which has elicited their highest
commendation.
We cordially applaud the vigilance and firm
ness with which he has repeatedly interposed
the veto of the State constitution, when a co
ordinate department of tbe government trans
cended its legitimate powers—as also the ex
treme caution and reluctance in the exercise
of the pardoning power with which he reviews
the judgments of our Superior Courts in crim
inal cases.
Compelled by official duty to reside within
our limits, the citizens of Baldwin county
cheerfully bear testimony to the modest, affa
ble and unpretending deprotment and to the
plain simple republican habits of this distin
guished citizen of the Cherokee section of
Georgia, by which he has secured our affec
tions and esteem.
Be it therefore Resoled, That acquiescing in
the call for a nominating convention (though
we deem it unnecessary for the reason before
stated) a committee of three . persons lie ap
pointed. who shall recommend for acceptance
to this meeting delegates to said convention,
who will reflect the wishes of this county.
Resolved. That if from any cause, a vacancy
should occur in the delegation of this county,
that the same be filled by the remaining del
egate or delegates, or upon their failure to act
thereby the Chairman of this meeting, from
such persons as are known to concur in the
foregoing expression of approval of (»ov.
Brown’s Administration.
On motion, a committee of three was ap
pointed to select delegates to represent the De
mocracy of this county in the next Guberna
torial Convention. The Committee were
Messrs. P. Thweatt. L. H. Briscoe, and John
Hammond; who reported as delegates Col.
1>. C. Campbell, D. P. Brown, Esq., and Col.
Miller Grieve. The meeting then adjourned.
D. C. CAMPBELL, Chm’n. '
E. S. Candler, Sec’y.
Milledgeville, March 1st, 1859.
Complimentary Dinner to Hon, A. H. Ste
phens.
The leading members of Congress, of all po.
litical parties, have united in tendering a com
plimentary dinner to Hon. Alexander H. Ste
phens, on his retirement from the House of
Representatives. The note to Mr. Stephens is
signed by Vice President Breckenridge and
sixty-five Senators and’members of the House,
“personal friends” of Mr. S., who “desire to
express their admiration of liis character and
public services. Mr. Stephens declines the
proffered honor in the following note :
Washimgton, D. C., March 2, 1859.
Hon. John C. Breckenridge, James L. Orb,
G. E. Pugh, and others—
Gentlemen : Your kind note, tendering me
the compliment of a dinner on the occasion of
my retiring from Congress, has just been han
ded to me. For this very distinguished and
entirely imexpected mark of your personal
friendship, without reference to the terms in
which you have been pleased to sjieak of my
public serv ices, I return you my unfeigned
thanks. 1 appreciate this testimonial of es
teem on the part of so many senators or mem
bers of the House in no ordinary degree—the
more so from the fact that it comes not alone,
from those with whom I am associated polit
ically. It will ever be cherished in that re
tirement to which you allude as one of the
most pleasant reminiscences of my life. If
circumstances iiermitted, I need not assure
you it would afford me great pleasure to com
ply with your requests, and around the social
board to take that long and lrst farewell
which so soon awaits.
But business engagements previously made
require my immediate departure for home ou
the close of our public duties; this, I trust,
will. be a sufficient excuse for my foregoing
that pleasure.
Please accept the assurance of my high re
gards, and in whatever fortunes betide us my
best wishes attend you and our common coun
try.
Yours, most sincerely,
Alexander H. Stephens.
In an editorial introduction to the corres
pondence, the Washington Union very truly
remarks; “It is but simple justice to say of
Mr. Stephens that his public life has served to
dignify and elevate the body of which he is a
most worthy and distinguished member. His
country can ill afford to part with, him at this
time. His long experience, lijs excellent tem
per, and knowledge of public affairs, his
spotless integrity of character, his energy,
promptness, and great ability as a legislator,
qualify him for the discharge of high duties
and do not encourage us with strong hopes of
filling his place in the halls of Congress. We
veutnre, in all sincerity and friendship, to
say to Mr. Stephens that we regard his decis
ion to retire from public life as a public mis-’
fortune.”
Very likely Dobbs is like the United States
himself—in favor of annexation; should he
ev r cr try that experiment, he will find to his
cost, that expanding and expending are sy
nonymous.
Smart Phrenologist.—There is a phrenolo
gist in London who can tell the contents of a
barrel by examining its head. He makes his
examinations with a gimlet. *
’An Irish Judge said, when addressing a
ner:
Yon are to be bunged, and I hope it will
he a warning to you. ’ ’
HP A man the other day declared he had in
his time eaten sq much veal, he is ashamed to
look a calf in the face! We suppose he never
made use of a looking-glass.
HP Tommy, ray son,’ said a mother,' ‘do
you say your prayers night and morning ?’—
'Yes, that teat nighte; but in the day time
any taaart boy can take ears of himself.'
Legal Effect of « epeatlng Hearsay
glanders.
In the last volninn of Gray’s Massachusetts
Supreme Court Reports there Is a notable de
cision. It seems that a woman uttered a slan-
of another, and, when sued for it, her defence
was that she only repeated what was currenly
reported; that she had no malice, mid there
fore was not liable to an action. Judge Thom
as gave the decision. The story, he says, ut
tered or repeated by the defendant contains a
charge against the plaintiff of a nature to de
stroy her reputation. It was' 'a false charge.
It is no answer in any form to say that she on
ly reported the story as she beard it. If the
story was false and slanderous, she mnst re
peat it at her peril. There is safety in no oth
er rule. Often the origin of slander cannot he
traced. He who gives it circulation gives it
power of mischief. It is the successive repe
titions that do the work. A falsehood often
repeated gets to lie believed. A man cannot
say there is a story in circulation that A. poi
soned his wife, or B. picked C’s pocket, and
relate the story, and when called upon to an
swer, say 1 “There was such a report in circu
lation; I but reported what I heard—had no
design to circulate or confirm it, for two plain
reasons—that the repetition of the story must
in the nature of things, give it currency ; and
the repetition, without expression of disbe
lief will confirm it. The danger is of an obvi
ous one, and long sinee pointed out; and it is
that bad men may give currency to Slander
ous reports, and then find in that currency
tlicir own protection from the just consequen
ces of a repetition.
From the States.
Letter from Europe.
Geneva, Feb. 12, 1859.
Europe breathes freely once more. The
Emperor Nai»oleon has spoken and is quiet
again. When, six weeks ago, he incidental])*
expressed his regret in conversation that the
relations between France and Austria were
not so good as formerly, what a blaze of ex
citement there was from the shores of the At
lantic to the borders of Tartary. It was kin
dled by a single breath from lhe same source
it is allayed. In his speech to the Senators
and Deputies of France, the other day, lie ex
claimed : “Away with these false alarms—
these unjust suspicions—these interested ap
prehensions ! Peace, I hope, will not be dis
turbed.” Whereupon, all is quiet again.—
Europe is re-assured; the public mind is re
lieved; stocks revive, and men are again going
quietly and confidently about their own busi
ness.
Total Depravity.
The following horrible tale is from the St.
Louis Democrat. Read and shudder ;
At Mayer’s hoarding house, on the east side
of Second street, between Poplar and Almond,
an unusually merry wedding came off on Tues
day night, and the dance was prolonged till
past one in the morning, The bride and
groom then repaired to their apartment, but
—horrible xisu ?—the lied and bedding had
been sacrilegiously stolen from the nuptial
bedstead ! Some vindictive wretch had gained
felonious ingress at the rear, and effected a
robbery unparalled in the history of matri
mony. It is conjectured that so fell vengeance
could only have l»oc*n devised and executed
by some disappointed lover of the bride.
“Lives their a mail with soul so dead,
Who never to himself lias said,”
The scamp whe stole that bridal bed
Deserves to live and die unwed.
With maidens old to punch his head.
Wife, Mlgtresa and Lady.
This paragraph from the German most hap
pilv hits the attributes of a wife, mistress and
lady. It is just ivs true as writ :
Who marnes for love takes a wife ; who
marries for consideration ta * es a lady. You
are loved by your wife, regarded by your mis
tress, tolerated by your lady. You have a
wife for yourself, a mistress for your house
and its friends, a lady for the world. Your
wife will agree with you, your mistress will
accommodate you, your lady will manage you.
Your wife wili take eave of your household,
your mistress of your house, your lady of ap
pearances. If you are sick your wife will nurse,
you, your mistress will visit you, your lady
will inquire after your health. Y’ou take a
walk with your wife, ride with your mistress,
and join parties with your lady. Your wife
will share your grief, your mistress your mon
ey, and your lady your debts. If you are
dead your wife will shed tears, your mistress
lament, and your ladv will wear mourn
ing.
Tlie Post Office Bill.
The difference between the House and the
Senate of the Post Office Bill could not he rec
onciled, and that important hill was lost. The
House insisted that the increase of the rates of
postage was a revenue measure, and could not
therefore, he originated in the Senate. The
Conference Committee endeavored to compro
mise the difficulty by originating a new hill,
but the strict constructionists of the Senate
objected, under the rules, to the second read
ing of the bill and thus defeated it. The ef
fect is to deprive the Post Office Department of
its appropriations. All the General Appropri
ation Bills were passed. The provision which
the Senate had attached to several bills, in
creasing the rates of postage and abolishing
the franking privilege, were rejected by the
House.
Stephen* Girard ox Advetising.—The fol
lowing hit of advice by ‘Stephen Girard, the
Philadelphia millionaire, is worth remember
ing by those who want purchasers for their
wares:
“I have always considered advertisihg—
liberally and long—to he the great medium of
success in business, and the prelude of wealth.
And I have made it a rule, too, to advertise in
the “dullest times,” a long ex]>erienee having
taught me that money thus spent is well laid
out, as. by keeping my business continually
before the public it has secured me many sales
that I would otherwise have lost.”
How to Pond* a Man.
‘Judge, you say if I punch a man in fun lie
can take me up for assalt and batter)* V
‘Yes, sir, I said that, and what I say I re
peat. It yon punch a man you are guilty of a
breach of the peace, and can he arrested for
it.’
'Ain't there no exceptions ?’
‘No, sir, no exceptions, whatever.’
‘Now Judge, I guess you are mistaken—
suppose, for instance I should brandy punch
him, what then !'
‘No levity in court, sir; Sheriff expose this
man to the atmosphere. Call the next case
up.’
HP Daddy, said a hopeful urchin to his pa
rental relative, “why don't our schoolmaster
send the editor of the newspaper an account
of the lickingB he gives the boys f’'
“I don’t know, my son,” replied the fond
parent; “but why do you ask such a ques
tion ?”
. “Why this paper says that Mr. B. has tan
ned three thousand hides at his establishment
during the past year, and I know that old
Grimes |has tanned onr hides more’n twice
that many times—the editor ought to know
it.”
Democracy.—“A sentiment not to be ap
palled, corrupted, or compromised. Itknows
no baseness; cowers to no danger; it oppresses
no weakness: Destructive only of despotism,
it is the sole conservator of liberty, labor and
property. It is the sentiment of freedom, of
equal rights, of equal obligations—the law of
nature prevailing the law of the land.”
An Editor in Indiana was attacked by a
man for some personal grievance, andsavs,
“To avoid injuring him, and prevent his in
juring us, we got out of the way.” It seems
to us the Editor had the best of it, for in^e-
treating he must have hacked out—his
enemy.
An Exchange says, “If one swallow don’t
make a summer, will some friend please tell
us how many do f We give that up; blit can
tell him that a good swallow of Whisky genus
js often the preenrsor of a fall. i
HP ‘I'm losing flesh,’ as the butcher said
When 1m saw a man robbing his cart.
[From the Washington States 4thi nst.]
Another Special Mes
sage.
At nine o’clock last night the President of
the United States transmitted to Congress the
subjoined special message :
Washington, March 3, 1859.
To the Senate and House of Representatives :
An imperative sense of dnty compels me to*
make an appeal to Congress to preserve the
credit of the country. This is the last day of
the present Congress, and no provision has
yet been made for the payment of appropria
tions and to meet the out standing Treasury
notes, issued under the authority of the law.
From the information which has already been
communicated to Congress by the Secretary of
the Treasury, it is manifest that the ordinary
receipts into the Treasury, even under the
most favorable circumstances, will scarcely
meet the ordinary expenses of the government
during the remainder of the present fiscal year,
ending on the 30th of June. At that time
nearly eight million of Treasury notes will be
come due, and many of those not yet due are \
daily paid for duties at the different ports, and
there will be no means in the Treasmv to meet
them. Thus the country, which is full of re
sources, will be dishonored before the world
and the American people, who are a debt-pay
ing people, will be disgraced by the omission
on our part to do our duty. It is impossible
to avoid this catastrophe, unless we make pro
vision this veiy day to meet the lawful de
mands on the public treasury. If this were
first, instead of the last session of a Congress,
the case would be different. You might
then be convened hv a proclamation for to
morrow morning. But there are now thirteen
States of the Union entitled to seventy-eight
Representatives, in which none have been el
ected. It will therefore be impracticable for
a large ma jority of these States to elect their
members before the treausry shall be compel
led to stop payment.
Under these circumstances, I earnestly re
commend to Congress to make provision with
in the few remaining hours of the sess-
sion for the presevatjon of the public credit.—
The urgency of the case not only justifies but
demands that, if necessary, this shall lie done
by a seperate bill. We ought to incur no
risk when the good faith of the country is at
stake.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Extra Session.
A 12 m. the Senate was called to order by
the Vice. President.
The proclamation of the President of the s
United States was read, convening the extra
session of the Senate.
The following new Senators were sworn
in:
Robert Toombs, Ga.; R. M. T. Hunter, Va.
H. Wilson, Mass.; A. G. Brown,Miss.; J. A;
Grimes, Iowa.; R. S. Bingham, Mich.; Jas.
Chestnut, S. C.; H. B. Anthony,R. I.; J. P.
Hale, N. H*; W. H. Sebastian, Ark.; W. P.
Fesenden,, Me.; S. A. Douglas, III.; A. 0. P.
Nicholson, Tenn.; James Bragg, N. C.; C. C.
Clay, Ala.: J. P. Hemphill, Texas.
The President of the United States was di
rected to be informed of the extra session of
the Senate.
Messrs. Bright and Collamer, the Committ
ee appointed to wait on the President, retir
ed, and reported that the President would
soon send a message to the Senate. The exe
cutive message war received, and the Sen
ate adjourned until to-morow at 11 a. m.—
lb.—4th.
Washington City News.
Washington, March 9.—The Senate will
close the labors of its extra session to-mor
row, the 10th inst.
J. Holt, Commissioner of Patents, was con
firmed to-day as Postmaster General.
Bartholomew Fuller, of North Carolina,
was confirmed as fifth Auditor.
John Pettit, of Indiana, was confirmed as
Chief Justice of Kansas.
GeogeW. Jones, of Iowa, was confirmed as
Minister to Bogota.
TiieExecutive Department, and the Su
preme .and local Courts, were closed, out of
respect to the memory of the late Postmaster
General, Hon. A. Y. Brown. His funeral
will take place to-morrow.
K New Paper.
We learn from the Montgomery Mail that a
new Family pajier to he called the Field and
Fireside, is to he established in this city by
James Gardner, Esq, to he edited by W. W.
Mann, Esq., in its literary, and by Dr. Lee in
its agricultural department. We have heard
flying rumors of such an enterprise for 6ome
time, hut the Mail gives the first definite news
on the subject. The Field and Fireside is bound
to succeed.—[Dispatch.
Monument to Andrew Jackson.—The Leg
islature of Louisiana, two years ago, appropri
ated fifteen thousand dollars to erect a monu
ment on the battle ground at New Orleans, to
commemorate the exploit of Andrew Jackson
and his brave comrades at that spot, on the
18th of January, 1815. The monument has
been carried up 70 feet, and has become a pro
minent point of attraction to the visitor who
comes from the Gulf ot Mexico. It is to be
carried up 70 feet further, making a total of
140 feet. The whole cost will be about forty-
five thousand dollars. The work is being car
ried on with great rapidity.—( Mem* Appeal.
“At a late soiree at Count de KissaleflTs a
new polish waltz was introduced, in which
each gentleman holds a glass filled with
Champagne, and the grand point is to go
round the room without spilling the wine.
8ome young Russians displayed great address
in performing this difficult feat.” That feat
cannot be performed by our Young Americans,
who have so industriously practised the re
verse as to become equally expert in spilling
the juice—inwardly.
A factious disciple ofEsculapiussays, “Most
kinds of roots and barks -are now used as medi
cines, except cube rootand the hark of a dog.”
If some physician; furnishing his own pre-
scriptions, will give us a few large doses of the 1
“root of all evil,” we are satisfied that it will j
have beneficial effect on a very common chron j
ic complaint with which we are afliicted— j
poverty.
A Young Sage.—First boy.—“I say, Bill, j
I then you ! re getting a crown a iveek now ?’ ’ j
' Second hoy.—“Well you might a known
that, by seeing all the fellows come soapin’ j
around me that wouldn’t notice me when I
was poor.”
HT‘ During a recent trial, there was a large j
number of ladies present, who caused a ge :
tie murmuring all the time.
The usher called out repeatedly “Silence !” j
when the Judge gravely remarked,—
“Mr. Usher, don’t you know better than to j
call silence when ladies are in Court ?”
gif* Mr. James Hogg was married to Miss J
Ella Bean, lately. What can be more natur
al than the union of Pork and Beans? But!
this union seems all one sided—only one bean]
to a whole hog.
HU An awkward man attempting to carve ]
a goose, dropped it on the floor. *
“Therenow !’ exclaimed his wife, ‘we’ve]
lost our dinner.”
“Oh! no, my dear !’ answered he, 'it’s safe!]
have got my foot upon it!”
fj?° A love-sick swain, desirous to inlicatdj
the extent and character of his love for the j
empress of his heart, exclaimed :
“Ah ! Miss Brown, my affections for you ia ]
as strong as—as—as—hem! as the butter they ?
gave ns for dinner !’’
The young lady was satisfied, as she boar
ded at the same house. !
The bargain was instantly struck, and they j
went in search of a Squire.
The late census of the city of New Or
leans shows a population of 138,277.
H?" The University of Virginia has at thiaj
time over 600 students.
Hr The population of Hay ti is estimated toil
be 750,000.
ggf“ Mrs. Partington says that she haai
bought ahorse ao spiritoua that he always goes]
off in a decanter.