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Jaige Benning,
ThU gentleman, though not the youngest
Jmigs of the Supreme
mi of the three distinguished barristers, who
now occupy the Supreme Bench of the State of
Gengbi.
ten; at least, if it has, we have not had the
opportunity of reading it. In the absence of
molt documentary aid, we must rely entirely
upon each information as we have been able
to gather from other sources. His excessive
modesty has prevented him from giving to us,
upon personal application, any facts connected
with his personal history, except that he is a
native of Colombia county, Georgia, and is
now in the 46th year of his age. If we had
not his own word for it, we should not have
*»!»" him to be thatold, by ten years. What
else we have to say about him, is upon our
own responsibility, and if we are mistaken in
anything relating to his official character and
wmijuft “we ask his pardon in advance.”—
As to thepersond of Judge Benning, it may be
considered impertinent in us to speak critical
ly, even bad we the capacity to do so in a be
coming manner. At the hazard of being con
sidered impertinent, we will venture to say that
he is good looking enough, not overly hand
some however, but sufficiently passable to be
admired by a good, kind and affectionate wife,
with which we learn he has the good fortune
to be blessed. Physically he is of athletic
form, and we will venture the assertion that
a good blacksmith was spoiled when Henry L.
Benning was made a lawyer. By the by, we
jtisk to be understood that in speaking of the
made of a blacksmith, we mean that it is equal
ly honorable and respectable with that an of
attorney at law or even a Judge of the Supreme
Court, and at all hazards we will say, a lit
tle more to. He, like the farmer, is the mac
who lays the foundation of all our fortunes,
whether great or small, and were it not for
these two respectable avocations, lawyers and
8npremc Courts would be of little use in our
country. But we ask pardon for this digress
ion. Judge Benning is a strong man physically,
and no less strong mentally. Though a good
blacksmith was spoiled by making him a law
yer, yet the country, under the existing state
of society, is nothing the loser by the mistake;
good lawyers and good judges being as neces
sary in their places as good mechanics, but not
more to. Well, as to the history of Judge Ben
ning—he studied law with some body of course,
we don’t know who; but we have heard and
believe it to be true, that he was for many
TrearB the partner of CoL Seaborn Jones, one
of the best lawyers in Georgia, whose daugh
ter he married, and to whom he is no doubt
indebted for much of the legal reputation, for
which the country gives him so much credit.
He was, if we mistake not, once elected Solic
itor General of the Circuit in which he resi
ded, and so far as we know, discharged its du
ties to his own credit, and the satisfaction of
the people of his Judicial District. In 1853,
if we recollect aright, he was elected Judge of
the Supreme Court by the Legislature of Geor
gia. At that time, there was considerable ex
citement in and about the region of Columbus,
in regard to what was then, and has since been
known as the Bank question. In this brief
sketch, we cannot undertake to speak of this
matter tit extenso. Suffice it to say, Judge Ben
ning was elected in the face of a strong oppo
sition on this sensation. In process of time,
some of these Bank cases came before the Su
preme Court. The subject of this notice be
came the object of much animadversion, both
from the press and from interested individuals.
We abstained at the time, from any participa
tion in this controversy, but as we have un
dertaken in this wise, to speak of Judge Ben
ning, we will say, with all the responsibility
which attaches, that he was “more sinned
against than sinning,” in reference to this
matter. The parties who were pursuing the
stockholders of the broken Banks of Columbus,
charged that Judge Benning pledged himself
before his election and while that election was
pending, that if elected he would not preside
and give any decision in a case in w'hich the
Columbus Banks were involved. This charge
we believe to be unfounded. Judge Benning
may have said, and we are authorized from
good authority to say, that he did pledge him
self that he would not sit in judgment upon
any case in which he had been counsel. If
he has not faithfully carried out this pledge,
we have yet to be informed of it. True, a
number of cases have come before the Supreme
Court, since his connection with it, in which
the same questions were involved as those in
which he had been of counsel. His duty as
an officer of the government, demanded at his
hands, that he should faithfully discharge his
duty, which he did, fearless of consequences,
and we think ns did bight. Judge Benning
Is a sterling Southern Bights Democrat. That
is enongh for his political character ; and
though he lives and hails from the selfish, Al
abama city of Columbus, we conceive, and so
dare to say, that he is an honor and an orna
ment to the Supreme Court of Georgia.
We wonder if Judge Benning remembers
what Judge Powers said to him, in the pres
ence of the writer of this article, in 1844, at
the Washington Hall in the City of Macon, at
the Democratic Mass Meeting, in regard to the
reason why so small a delegation came from
Muscogee county ?
He is a plain matter of fact sort of man.—
His decisions as reported are terse, laconic ana
right to the point, freed from those rhetorical
ornaments for which some of the decisions of
his compeers are remarkable. We have no
more to say abont Judge Benning. We have
no fisvon to ask of him, or either of the mem
bers of the Court. They have no offices to
bestow, and if they had, we know well wc
should not be the recipients of their favors.—
It is an old saying, and true as well in this
country as in the despotisms of the old world,
that “a cat may look at a king.” We may,
in the vicissitudes of human events, have our
rights, as regards property or person, brought
before this august tribunal, (which may God
forbid) yet if we should be reduced to this ne
cessity, we ask nothing but justice at their
hands, which we have no doubt wc shall re
ceive. That’s all, as Judge Floyd says.
This closes our notice of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of Georgia. Whether our
notice of them has been to them agreeable or
not, we know not and we care not. High and
elevated as they may be above their fellow
eitizens in point of official position, yet we as
an independent editor have exercised the priv
ilege of speaking of them as servants of the
free, independent sovereigns of Georgia. If we
have said any thing, unpleasant to either of
the distinguished members of the Supreme
Court, we ask now their pardon, after “we
have said what we have said,” as we did “in
advance.” The Reporter and Clerk will hear
from ns hereafter and we may not be quite so
lenient to them, as we have been to their il
lustrious superiors.
A Brut*#-A man named Perry Strickland
was, on Sunday, arrested at Girard, Ala., for
brutally assaulting a woman named Lucinda
Pace, and wounding her with a knife; the
prisoner came to the house where the woman
was staying, and commenced beating a negro
outside of the house. The woman entreated
him to leave, when he made the assault upon
her, and cot her in seven places dangerously if
not fatally.
Thtfml
string*
of 1
land'
y. we spoke
of the TiiiTggpw tjirir “superiors”—we should
have added the words “in office,” and the sen-
■kl linn bias isai “i-ri— in atf
ice,” for we by no means intended to be un
derstood as conveying the idea that the Clerk
with this we i|» coatent. We
: e pandereflb to the* morbid appetites
by cooimaRiing upon the “Aristo-
vitlw” < < Judge iam ipkin, “the
fondflijisB ft* office” etJudge McDon-
ning, but believing these charges to have bat
little foundation in fact, arid, puxffipace being
limited, we have forborne to speak of these
We now-take leave of the Su
er as regards their moral worth
or their capacity to discharge the duties of
,. , . ■. •* their respective offices. We speak of them as
His biography has never b^u wnt- the Some bsve been so il
liberal as to charge upon the Supreme Court
an excessive fondness for the “Martin Fami
ly,” that the Court in their wisdom,
could not find, among the 100,000 voters in
the State of Georgia, any men to make a Clerk
and Reporter of, ontside of the “Martin” fam
ily. Whether these gentlemen are related eith
er directly or remotely, by affinity or consan
guinity, “this deponent saith not.” It is a
matter of small consequence, whether they be
or not, so they are faithful and competent off
icers, how much soever we may be opposed to
the policy of bestowing all the “fat offices,
of the country, upon one particular family.—
But enough in the way of preface. We will
first notice the Clerk of the Supreme Court,
DR. ROBERT E. MARTIN.
We made the acquaintance of this gentle
man at the session of the Legislature in. 1845
He was then a candidate for office—Su» veyor
General, if we mistake not. He had our sym
pathies, and we believe our vote. He was
however not successful in his aspirations.—
At that session of the Legislature, the Su
preme court was organized, and Dr. Martin
was chosen its first Clerk, thus showing that
he has patriotism enough to seek and receive
office, especially if it is a good paying office,
We have no fault to find of him on this ac
count. Well, as to the Doctor’s personal his
tory, we know but little, and consequently
can say but little. When we first knew him
he was a resident of Green county, Geor
gia and a disciple of Esculapius; but finding
he had a talent for something better, he turn
ed liis attention in another direction, and
right well he succeeded. He married a Miss
Sanford, the sister of our special friend Daniel
Sanford of Forsyth Georgia, and to whose
kindness we are indebted, for our first acquain
tance with Dr. Martin. As to his age, we have
nothing to say—belonging as he does to the
same fraternity with ourself we mean the hon
orable one of “widowers.” Lest we might he
understood as insinuating that there was some
thing in this particular, not very much to the
Doctor’s advantage, we will take occasion to
say, he looks hale, hearty arid young enough
for a lady of “fifteen or twenty.” His beauty
don’t hurt him but his kindness and amiability
make ample amends for all the defects he may
labor under in this respect. He is remarkable
for his social qualities. There is not a more
companionable man in the state of Georgia—
has an inexhaustible fund of anecdote—a great
many of which are retailed by other parties
crediting him with the authorship—although,
we have no donbt he often receives more than
he deserves in this particular. He is univer
sally popular, especially with those,with whom
he will deign to associate. He has a remarka
ble fondness for the company of such men as
Joseph Henry Lumpkin, Charles J. McDonald,
Henry L. Benning, Robert Toombs Howell Cobb
Alexander Hamilton Stephens “el id omne
genus." And in justice to him we will say
there is no love lost for if we have not been
misinformed they are as fond of Dr. Martin,
as Dr. Martin is fond of them. A friend has just
suggested to us, that the Doctor has a very
good anecdote founded on a meeting between
him and Gen. Andrew Jackson, which took
place in Greensborough Ga. some years since.
We have never heard it, but hope the Doctor
will some time in the future favor us with it.
Well, we have probably said too much already
about the personal character of the Clerk oi
the Supreme court. There is one more idea
we wish to advance in this connection. There
is a certain infirmity (we will not say disease)
with which the people of Savannah are af
flicted, and which shall be nameless. We
have sometimes thought the Doctor was
slightly troubled in the same way. We may
have judged him wrongfully, if we have “we
ask his pardon in advance.” But enough of
othis. As Clerk of the Supreme court Dr. Mar
tin has for thirteen years discharged its duties
honestly and faithfully, and to the entire sat
isfaction of the Court and the country. In
this he deserves well of his fellow citizens
It is rumored that he has made a handsome
fortune out of the office, his annual income be
ing variously estimated at figures ranging from
4000 to 10000 dollars. We believe there is a
slight mistake in reference to this matter, be
cause wehaveitfroin very good authority, that
the receipts of his office do not exceed the
lowest amount mentioned viz $4000. Mr.
Jefferson is represented as once having said
in regard to office holders appointed like Dr.
Martin during life or good behavior, that “few
die and none resign.” The Doctor seems to
be an exemplification of this idea, and we find
no fault of him on this account. We close
our remarks in reference to the Clerk of the
Supreme Court, with this declaration, that we
have not written a single word or sentence in
any unkind feeling. What we have said we
either “know to be true, or believe to be true
from the information of others.” We now
address ourself to the Reporter.
B. Y. MARTIN, ESQ.
“Last, though not least,” we come to speak
of the Reporter of the Supreme Court. We
have less personal acquaintance with this gen
tleman, than any member of the Court. That
acquaintance, however, though short and par
tial, has made a very favorable impression on
our mind. As to his history, we scarcely know
anything. We have been informed by a friend,
that he is a native of South Carolina, and par
takes of the chivalrous spirit of that noble
State. He is a relative of J udge Benning (none
the worce for that) and is between 35 and 40
years of age. He appears to be a modest, un
assuming man, polite, afiable and courteous in
his deportment towards all men. He lias dis
charged the dnties of his office, so far as we
have been able to know, in a manner highly
becoming to him, and beneficial to the coun
try. His office is one of great importance. It
is his duty to report the decisions of the Su
preme Court, in which are involved the rights
of the people of Georgia, personally and pecu
niarily. He is the successor of the lamented
James M. Kelly, the first Reporter of the Su
preme Court, and of Thos. R. R. Cobb, who
was the immediate predecessor of Mr. Martin.
The present incumbent fortunately hails from
the city of Columbus, and to this fact, as much
as his qualifications for the office, we opine he
is indebted for his present appointment. We
would be glad to have it in our power to say
more, either for or against this gentleman.—
Knowing nothing under the broad canopy of
Heaven, against him, and having said all we
know in his favor, we must desist.
We now close our criticism upon the officers
of the Supreme Court. As we have add on a
former occasion, we consider them legitimate
subjects of remark, by the Newspaper Press.
We have not attempted to act the part of a
Plutarch, and have made no pretensions to
writing a biography of either of the distin
guished gentlemen, who now figure as the offi
cials of the highest judicial tribunal in the
State of Georgia. We may be charged with
presumption by some, for what we have done
in this behalf, but we heed it not. Our arti
cles in reference to this matter, have no donbt
bean read with interest by our Georgia sub*
ttangsatall.
preme Court, and shall only notice it so far as
to report its proceedings, during its session in
- .OBMiijE,. unless circumstances which we can*
leir moral worth as individuals, no j. now foresee, should make it necessary for
us to do otherwise.
[COMMUNICATED.]
“Mr. Willingham, the Editor,” (Col. Wil
lingham, we would suggest, but perhaps Editor
Willingham would be better) “is one of the
best writers of our acquaintance—wiek's a per
fect Damascene—and his trusty blade,” &c.—
[National American, 31st ult.
“Damascene—A particular kind of plum,
now pronounced Damson.”—[Webster’s Dic
tionary.
“Pa, said, the other morning at breakfast,
one of our lisping prattlers, who is fond of
eggs, and who has heard her eldest sisters trans
lating” &c.—[National American. 31st ult.
“The superlative expresses a quality in one
object in the highest degree compared with
several others.”—[Bullion’s English Gram
mar.
“We regret to learn that a horse
took fright at the locomotive, near Jonesboro,
yesterday, and running off with a wagon to
which it was attached” &c.—[National Amer
ican, 31st ult.
What locomotive is the one near Jonesboro ?
No doubt some mischievous boy attached the
locomotive to the wagon. Such things ought
not to be allowed, and we hope President
Scott will have the matter investigated.
.Snpremc Court of Georgia.
Minute of points decided at Atlanta, March
Term, 1859.
Jefferson Johnson and wife vs. Wright and
Walker. Ejectment—from Cass county.
1. Eider of Judgment nune pro tunc. An or
der appointing a guardian ad litem, in 1834,
and an entry thereof made at the time only
on the bench docket and on the record, may
be entered nune pro tunc, on the minutes of
the Court in 1857.
2. Impeachment of Judgment. A party may
show that the return or entry of service by
the Sheriff is a forgery ; and that a person ap
pointed guardian ad litem never accepted
the trust; and that such person was appointed
at the instance of the informer, and thus
show that the judgment rendered in the cause
[a proceeding to condemn a return under the
Lottery Acts, fraudulent] was paid. Judg
ment renewed.
Akin for plaintiff in error. Milner and
Shropshire, contra.
Bogle and Fields, plfis in error vs. James M
Maddox, dfft in error. Proceedings to es
tablish Lost papers—from Catoosa county
1. Who proper parties. A person not a party,
nor in privity with the party to deeds, copies
of which are sought to be established cannot
intervene before petitioriand motion be made
a party defendant to a proceeding instituted
under the acts of 1799 and 1850 to establish
copies of lost papers. Judgment affirmed.
McCutchin, for plaintiff in error. Hackett
contra.
James S. Jobe vs. the State. Indictment for
keeping lewd house—from Catoosa county.
Judgment affirmed.
Sprayherry and Thatcher for plff’s in error.
Sol- Gen. Johnson, contra.
Cherokee In. and Bk’g Co., vs. Justices of the
Inferior Court of Whitfield county. Manda
mus from Whitfield.
There is no law in Georgia authorizing the
Inferior Court of a county in which a Bank is
located to levy a tax on the capital stock of
such Bank, for county purposes. Reversed.
Moore for plffin error. MeCutchen dfft in
ert or.
Joseph R. Duke vs. Enoch Nelson. Complaint
from Cass.
1st. Where vendee sells for as much as he
gives, although there is unsoundness, he is
not entitled to damages for breach of war ran
ty. Reversed.
Akin for plff in error. Underwood & Smith
dfft in error.
Snprem* Court*—March Term 1859.
Morning Session.
The case in which Joseph Senteel jr. and
Thomas Pursell were plaintiff’sin error and
William Mitchel, defendant in error, from
Chattooga Superior Court, (and the last case
on the Cherokee docket.) In this case the defen
dant’s counsel in the Court below moved for a
non-suit on the ground that the cause of action
had not supervened at the time of its institu
tion. The motion for a nonsuit, hence its ap
pearance before the Court. Jesse Glenn was
counsel for plaintiffs in errror, the defendant
being unrepresented.
The fist case from the Blue Ridge Circuit,
was one, in which Charles Long tenant in ses
sion was plaintiff in error, and George H.
Young, defendant in error. Ejectment from
Union Superior Court. In which cause the
defendant set up seven years or more, quiet
and uninterrupted possession as his defence
on the trial below. The tenant in possession
moved for a new trial, and which motion was
denied to all which defendant excepted, and
is now before the “Court of Errors” seeking
its action in the premises, &c.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Blue Ridge Circuit continued, to-wit Robert
Carnes plaintiff in error vs. the State of Geor
gia defendant in error. Indictment for a riot—
from Milton Superior Court. It appears from
the record that only one of the parties to the
riot complains of the action of the the action
in the Court below, (we say one of fhe parties)
for by the statute it takes two or more per
sons to constitute a riot. A motion was made
for a new trial on the ground that verdict be
low was contrary to evidence—which motion
was denied. The counsel strongly intimated
in his argument that in these diggins a party
might be chargeable with a riot and held
amenable to law, if he looked into the face of
another with any marked anxiety. Looking
upon the evidence as exhibited by the record,
we think notwithstanding the finding of the
Jury in the case below, no one could or should
be required to surrender the right of self-de
fence. Whenever I can find time and oppor
tunity, I will report some of I he opinions and
points decided by the Court, in the more im
portant cases which have been before them at
the present term. J. M. C.
Minutes of points decided by the Supreme
Court at Atlanta—March Term, 1859.
Jno. G. S. Weatherford vs. Joseph F. Shegay.
Complaint from Chattooga.
1st. Where a party sues out a bail process,
under the act of 1857, it is unneccessary, to
endorse the am’t swom’to on the declaration.
2nd. Where the Court is not held at the
term, to which the bail process is returnable,
the declaration may be filed at the ensuing
Term. Judgment reversed.
Walker and Taylor for plaintiff in error.
Dodson and McConnell, contra.
Jno. P. Ellrod vs. Gilliland, Howell & Co. Ca
Sa Certiorari from Murray.
1st. Where a Ca Sa was issued and execu
ted before the passage of the act of 1858, and
under that act the Inferior Court dismissed
the Ca Sa. Certiorari will lie to the decision.
2nd. Tne Ca Sa act of 1858, does not
operate upon cases pending at the time of
its passage. Judgment affirmed. Glenn &
Powell for plffs in error. Farneswarth &
Walker, contra.
Jno. L. Cohen vs. Martin Menco. Attachment
from Whitfield.
1st. The affidavit of a party suing out on
attachment must he subscribed by the party.
2nd. The affidavit is not amendable. Judg
ment affirmed.
Walker for Stansell for plff in error. Jack-
son & Johnson, contra.
EastT. & Geo. Railroad vs. Albert G. Whittle*
Motion for a new Trial from Whitfield. “
Railroads are liable as common carriers. By
special contract they may be divested of that
character , as where a party charters a car
for a special purpose; in such case the Road
is not liable for any injury that may occur,[in
the absence of negligence, &c. Judgment re
versed.
Walker plff in error. MeCutchen, contra.
James S. Jobe plffin error vs. the State of
Georgia dfft.
Held: That notwithstanding the Court has
pronounced sentence in a criminal case—still
until recorded, it is competent for the Court
to change said sentence either by increasing
or diminishing the punishment; especially
when application is made to the Judge so re
consider the matter.
Sprayberry & Thatcher for plff in error.
Solicitor General Johnson for the State.
From the State Pram.
Cuba, Fair-Id*. '
Cults, fiiir Isle, of the fair UniityVouth,
- Sweat land of romance and renown
We wait thee with a welcome, and Ions lor the day,
To claim thee as part of our own.
Our hearts are for thee,
Fair Isle of the Sea,
We sights extend thee our hand ;
Obi shall we not claim.
And unite with our name,
Thy fate and thy fortunes fair land.
Cuba, fair isle, must seek thee in vain,
Thou gem of our neighboring sea;
When wc as a nation, would gladly divide
Our wealt li and our honors with thee.
ThVn scorn not the voice,
Tiiat waits to rejoice,
When fate shall divide ns na more r
Oh! hasten the day
When our hag shall display,
Ita stars and its stripes on thy shore.
A Few of the old Blau Laws.
The following which we here insert, were
some of the ‘ ‘Blue Laws of Connecticut. They
may be quite a curiosity to some of our rea
ders.
The Governor and Magistrates convened in
General Assembly, are the supreme power un
der God, of this independent dominion. From
'the determination of the Assembly, no ap
peal shall be made.
Whoever says there is power and jurisdic
tion over this dominion, shall suffer death and
loss of property.
No one shall be a freeman or give a vote
unless he be a member in full communion
with oue of the churches allowed in this do
minion.
No one shall hold office who is not sound
in faith [!!!] and faithful to his denomination;
and whoever gives a vote for such a person
shall pay a fine of 20s. for the lirst offence, and
for the second shall be disfranchised.
Each freeman shall swear by the blessed
God to bear true allegeance to this dominion,
and that Jesus is the only King.
No lodging or food shall be offered to a
Quaker Adamite or any otherjieretic.
If any person turns Quaker he shall be ban
ished and suffer death on his return.
No priest shall abide in the dominion; he
shall be banished and suffer death on his re
turn.
Priests may be seized by any person without
a warrant.
No person shall cross the ferry, but with an
authorised ferryman.
No one shall run on the Sabbath day or
walk to the garden or elsewhere, except rever
ently to and from meeting.
No person shall travel cook victuals, make
beds sweep houses, shave or cut hair on the
Sabbath day.
No woman shall kiss her children on the
Sabbath or Fasting day.
The Sabbath shall begin at sunset on Sat
urday.
None shall buy or sell land without permis
sion of the Selectmen.
A drunkard shall have a master appointed
by the Selectmen, who are to debar him from
the privelege of buying and selling.
No minister shall keep school.
No man shall court a maid in person with
out first obtaining the consent of her parents?
£5 penalty for the first offence, £10 for the
second, and for the third an imprisonment
during the pleasure of the court.
No one shall read a common prayer, keep
Christmas, Saint’s day, make minced pies,
play cards, dance or play any instrument of
music except a drum, trumpet, and jews-
liarp.
No minister shall join people in marriage,
the Magistrate only shall join people in mar
riage, as they do it with less scandal to Christ’s
Church.
When parents refuse their children a con
venient in marriage, the Magistrate is to de
termine the point.
The Selectmen on finding children ignorant
may take them away from their parents, and
put them in better hands at the expense of
their parents.
Fornication shall be punished by compelling
marriage, or as the Court shall thiuk prop
er.
Adultery shall he punished with death.
A man that strikes his wife shall piy a fine
of ten pounds.
A woman that strikes her husband shall be
punished as the court directs.
A wife shall he deemed good evidence
against her husband.
Married persons must live to gether or be
imprisoned,
Every male shall have his hair cut around
according to a cap.
Who ever brings cards or diet into this do-
mininion shall pay a fine of £3.
Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold,
silver, or blond lace above two shillings a
yard, shall be presented by the Grand Jurors,
and the selectmen shall tax the offender at
300 pounds estate.
A debtor in prison swearing that he has no
estate shall be let out and sold for satisfac
tion.
Hold on Devil.—In the early days of the
State of Indiana, the capitol was Corydon;and
the annual session of the General Assembly
usually brought together as wild a set of mad
wags as could be found in the State, who had
to rely upon their own resources for amuse
ment, for there were then few theatres, con
certs or shows.
These lovers of mischief had established a
mick Masonic Lodge, into which they would
entice such as were a little green, and take
them through a variety of ridiculous ceremo
nies, to the infinite amusement of the crowd.
On. one of these occasions, it being under
stood that a good-natured, athletic young man
about half a simpleton, was to be initiated,
the room was crowded, Judge Grass (it being
a character in which he was peculiarly happy)
had consented to act the role of the devil; and
to make the services more impressive had put
on a false face and a large paper cap sur
mounted with horns, and with some chains in
his hand, placed himself behind a screen.
After taking the candidate through a varie
ty of ceremonies he was brought to a stand be
fore the screen, and told that he had then to
confess all the crimes he had committed during
his whole life. The candidate confessed some
trivial offences, and declared that he could
recollect no more. At this the Judge came
out from his hiding-place, groaned and shook
his chains. The frightened candidate related
some other small matters, and declared he
had disclosed all the crimes he had ever com
mitted. At this the groans of the pretended
devil became furious, the chains rattled and
he shook his horns in the face of the terrified
candidate, who starting back in alarm, pried
out,
l 'H-hold on, M-m-m-ister D-d-evil, tf I m-m-musl
l-t-t-tell you, Id-d-did k-k-kiss J-j-judge G-g-grass’
w-w-wife a c-c-couple of t-t-limcs !' ’
The groaning ceased.
5, 1«69.
A Female Soldier.—At the Imperial Court
of Paris, on the 22d of January, the case of
one Herrewegan, formerly a corporal in the
Belgium army, was called on. “Present,
cried a tall, masculine woman, rising. “What
are you ?” asked the president. “An oldsol
dier!” said she. “An old soldier! You
mean, of course, a cantinierre?” “No. sir; I
was first a private soldier; afterwards a cor
poral in the 12th Regiment of Belgium, and I
have gained the decoration of the Iron Cross
for distinguished services. ’ ’ Her advocate ex
plained that, in 1830, being married to a Bel
gian sergeant, whose regiment was in the cita
del of Antwerp, she, in order to enter tire cit
adel, into which strangers were not admitted,
disguised herself as a man, and enlisted for
two years. She served so well that she was
made a corporal. Some time after the revolu
tion, her regiment, having gone to the popu
lar side, was sent to attact a house at Berchem,
in which some Dutch troops had barricaded
themselves ; and she, in a heavy fire, and in
spite of the hesitation of her comrades, beat
down the door with the butt end of her mus
ket, whereby the house was carried.
On another occasion at, Louvain, in the
midst of a combat, a large barrel of gunpow
der accidently exploded, wounding several
men; all the soldiers near fled in dismay, but
she proceeded with the greatest calm to afford
relief to the wounded ; after this affair she
made her sex known and the king of the Bel
gians conferred on her the Iron Cross. She
subsequently served for some years as cantin-
iere, and obtained a small pension. The advo
cate then went on to say that on the death of
her husband, which took plate some years
ago, she married a poor workman in Paris.—
Lately, she and her husband fell into distress,
and fhe latter became infirm. To give him
relief she, sometime ago, stole a purse from a
lady in an omnibus. Detected in the act and
with the purse on her, she was condemned to
a year’s imprisonment by the tribunal of cor
rectional police. Bat the court, though it lis
teued with great interest to the tale of the
woman’s life, was obliged to confirm the pre
vious judgment.
A Girl Printer.—A Cincinnati paper states
that a few years ago, a poor orphan applied
and was admitted to set type for that. paper.
She worked two years, daring which time she
earned, besides her expenses, about two hun
dred dollars, and availing herself of the facil
ities which the printer offered, acquired a good
education. She is now the associate editress
of a popular paper and engaged to be married
to one of the smartest lawyers in Ohio. We
would be disinclined to credit the above if we
did not have so many evidences of the eleva
ting Influence of the printing office.
«OM Baste (k» ltow. n
This popular song 44s very much in vogue,
some twenty years ago. We have heard it of
ten sung In social and convivial parties. It
has crossed the Atlantic and been song on
“Erin’s Green Shore.” The author is now a
resident in our cijy, and as it will donbtless
call up pleasant reminiscences with many of
oar readers, we re-produce it, as famished us
by the author.
A. G.
It will be perceived from the letter of Mr.
Terrill, which we publish to-day this notorious
character has decamped from his late location
in Decatur county. He had the boldness to
deny the charges made against him in the
city of Atlanta, whereupon the gentlemen
who took the responsibility of publishing the
charges against him, forwarded to Mr. Terrell,
the evidence to support those charges where
upon Jones was tak en with a leaving. We
repeat our caution to all persons concerned to
beware of said Jones. He will in all probabil
ity change his name. We have never seen
him ourself, but we understand he is very
badly pockmarked, and is very fluent in con
versation. The Masonic Fraternity will
please take due notice thereof and govern
themselves accordingly.
Platforms, Bridges, dee.
Speaking of City improvements, we beg leave
to mention an incident which was related to
us as having occurred at the Passenger Depot,
on Sunday night last. A gentleman, in pass
ing from the cars, who had to travel over the
space unbridged, on the route to the Atlanta Ho
tel and the Trout House, fell and was seriously
crippled. Our informant stated to us that the
fault was in the officers of the State Road.—
We would respectfully call attention to this
subject, and hope Dr. Lewis will look to this
matter promptly. And while we are in a fault
finding mood, we would call attention to the
horrid condition of the plank side-walk lead
ing from the Passenger Depot to the Trout
House, traveling over which a few evenings
since, a little daughter whom we had by the
hand, got her foot hung between the planks
on this “River of Styx,” and we had some
trouble in extricating her from the difficulty.
Whether this abominable “plank road” is the
property of the owner of the Trout House, or
of the city, we know not, but it is very evident
ly in a high state of dilapidation, and should
be immediately repaired. The same may be
said in regard to the bridges on the route lead
ing from the Atlanta Hotel to the Macon &
Western Railroad Depot. It is dangerous to
walk over them. Whose duty it is to keep
them in order, we know not, but of one thing
we are certain, if it is the duty of any body,
that duty is very badly performed.
SABBATH EVENING REFLECTIONS.
“QUIT YOURSELVES LIKE MEN.”
To be anybody or not to be anybody ; that’s
the question. A question full of meaning, full
of dignity, full of material to occupy a life of
profoundest thought. To be anybody or not
to be anybody—what idea in the whole range
of the human intellect, calls with greater
force for our solemn consideration ? Here we
are, small particles of the great, infinite whole
of humanity, given but a moment, a brief,
fleeting moment, to determine whether the
general oblivion which is to envelope the
mortal, shall likewise blot out our claim to im
mortality, and we disappear unnoticed, un
known—mere sparks of the eternal fire of
mind, which old time shall soon extinguish.
This then is a question which demands imme
diate, unwavering and certain decision. If
wc do not answer it or at least try, soon grim
Death solves the problem, and we rot in ob
scurity, having been useless to ourselves,
drones in society and disgraces to humanity.
How important then, the thought shall we
continue to live and speak by our deeds, to fu
ture comers upon life's tragic stage and tell
them in words of surest meaning that we too
have labored for the pearl of great price, im
mortality ? I mean immortality in the
hearts of living, sympathetic beings, the at
tainment of which, if rightly sought is the no
blest of human efforts. And next to that mis
erable belief, the death of the soul with that
of the body, which ought to make every rea
sonable man shudder, is the consciousness that
death is the end of our influence on human
character, that we shall leave nothing after u g
which mankind will deem worthy of respect
or admiration. It were better for men never
to have been born than lo pass through this
vale of tears, breathing God’s life-giving air
and feeding upon his bounty and at last
lie down to die, feeling that he is consigning
himself to oblivion. Let this spirit’s lodgment
go whenever called, it is of minor note ; hut
1 et not its deathless part that gem that glit
ters there, receive no polish from our slothful
hands. Let not this God’s image, “the price
less and unfading jewel of eternity, this pure
and peaceful gister” of angelic hosts on high,
this God’s talent of ours go to him who gave
it unimproved.
If its influence die with the body, it surely
has had an unj ust steward. To make then the
most of one’s self, which this short life will al
low, is not only the endeavor of him who is
seeking undying fame,but seems to be the only
way that destiny has revealed to man to raise
him above the brutes that perish- For what
moots it, but shame that men possess a part
of divinity himself if nobody knows it ? Of
such it has well been said, “like brutes they
live, like brutes they die. Some when they die,
die all; their mouldering clay, is hut an em
blem of the summer eve. “To give the char
acteristic feature of such men’s lives, in short,
to tell you how they have lived and what
they have done is but to spell live backwards.—
How reckless then for men, as many do to
sport with life and call it all a dream. When
thus we hear infatuate men degrading human
nature and hence reproaching God for His su
blime work, himself imaged in clay ; we in
stinctively think of the poets truthful song
“Tell me not in mournful numbers
Life is but an empty dream ;
For the soul is dead that slumbers
And things are not wbat they seem.’’
Yes life is a solemn, certain reality to mor
tals hastening to the tomb; and to leave it
with any cheering thought, it must be man’s
stern resolve, in spite of fortune's cruel sway,
to be somebody and when he lays him down to
die, to hear some sympathizing soul whisper,
he dies, a man consoles his spirit in that try
ing hour.
“Nature has wove into the human mind
To extend ou, narrow views beyond the tomb,
This anxious care of name’s we leave behind
And give an earnest of a life to come-”
It is said that when Augustus was near the
end of life, he asked if he had acted well his
part, and when he heard, he had, it gave him
joy.
Again, life Is a telescope which we may look
through the present into futurity and see how
we shall there appear, whether we shall shine
stars of the first magnitude, diffusing life
and light around, or rest in obscurity, the
just jeward of a life spent in indolence. Now
if the lenses of our telescopes are good and
well adjusted and the dirt wiped off, then will
be our vision distinct and true and we be able
to divine in some measure our probable des
tiny. Nature has given to every man differ
ent lenses to use in his telescope. Some have
great natural refracting powers and can easi
ly bring to a focus rays which fulling upon
other lenses would produce confusion and form
no distinct image. But these lenses are not
finished when committed to our possession.—
It is left for ns to shape and adjust them and
it must be done by us or never done. Hence
all of us have the power to perfect our mind’s
eye, to extend our visual angle and the limit
of that extension, no man knows; but the
motives that dieter around ns to excite us to
extend inure lasting as eternity. Be our tel- ’ ;
esoopes large or small, each must ass his own
and use it earnestly if he would see dearly
through this day’s business. We wBl net «*d-
mit withmany that death hounds out visions.
We beletve to every earnest soul, seeking light
enough will be given to enable it to see and
be satisfied, that its labors have laid a founda
tion either upon the 'sand or upon a rock.—
And the great soul absorbing thought of life
Bhonld be to think and think to know, that
that foundation will endure. In full assurance
of this blessed immortality, Young says,
“That I have lived, I leave a mark behind,
Shall pluck the shining age from vulgar time.
And give it whole to late posterity.” To leave
a mark behind of such import, how noble!
Who would not labor as for life, to do it ? Let
no man say I can’t, therefore I'll not attempt
it. Reason common sense, nature and na
ture’s God, all cry in thunder tones, try or die
and cumber not the ground.
Let not the fruitless live, says holy writ.—
Fruit is my theme, says Bacon, and let fruit
reward my labors. Try then 0 man, and see
what you can do. To be somebody, try it,
will it, and will it, believing, and half is
done.
Believing, strike with utmost power,
Beneath the stroke, the strongest cower,
Ye mountains move, in faith declare,
No mountains longer will be there.
Yes, you can be somebody; 'tis written and
what’s writ is writ. Try it, and trying think
that,
“Lives of groat men. all remind us,
We can make our lives subiime ;
And departing leave behind us,
Foot-prints on the sands of time ”
V.
Tired Creek, Decatur, Co., Ga., J
March 31st, 1859. f
W. T. C. Campbell, Esq.—Sir: I thank you,
A. A. Gaulding and others, for your kindness
in promptly forwarding the necessary docu
ments to satisfy us of the dishonorable con
duct of one A. G. Jones, both as a Master Ma
son and a man. He knew the nature of the
evidence we would receive, therefore, before
it came, left for parts unknown, leaving a Doc
tor’s bill here and in Bainbridge, together with
his hotel bill in the latter place, unpaid. While
here, he was attacked with inflammation of his
eyes, but left and went to Bainbridge, as he
said, to place himself under a more skillful
physician. When he left Bainbridge, he said
he was going to Quincy. It has now been
near two weeks, and up to the 28tli inst., had
not done so, nor do they know where he is.—
He also said he would remain in Bainbi idge
until he proved himself clear of all the charges
made against him. There is no doubt hut
that the inflammation in his eyes was caused
from a nameless disease.
The charges and summons for him to appear
before the Masonic Lodge in Atlanta, together
with the original, has been placed in the hands
of a Masonic brother in Bainbridge, and will
be served on him properly, if he returns there
in time. Yours very respectfully and frater
nally, ROBERT R. TEItltELL.
Minutes of points decided by the Supreme
Court at Atlanta—Mnrlx Term, 1859.
Wm. Fulcher vs. Jesse Felker. Rule vs. Sh’ff
from Catoosa.
A, sells land to B, against A, there is a fi fa
older than the deed from A to B, under which
the land is sold. B, bids it off, at a price ex
ceeding the amount of the li fa. A, rules the
Sheriff foi the excess.
Held, that he is not entitled to it. Judg
ment Affirmed,
Sprayherry & Walker for pi’ll' in error. Mc
Connell, contra.
Marden H. Godfrey, plff in error vs. John T.
Godfrey dfft in error. Divorce from Gor
don.
Before service can he made by publication
in a libel for divorce; it must be shown that
the party is out of the State. Judgment Af
firmed.
Francis for plff in error. Johnson, contra.
A- K. Blackwell vs. Nancy Bird. Ejectment
from Cherokee.
1st The verdict of a jury, is not conclusive
that all the proceedings in the case were regu
lar and legal.
2nd. The copy of a declaration, with the
entry of the clerk thereon, “established iu
lieu of the original, ”—tlie record of the pro
ceedings in the case, as well as verbal testi
mony, going to show the service of the origi
nal declaration are all admissible in evidence.
Reversed.
Irwin, Lester & Brown for plffs in error.
Geo. Young, Sup’t of the W. & A. Rail Road
plff in error vs. Martha Kinney dff t in error.
Case from Cass.
This was mi action brought by the dfft in
error against the plff in error for damages, for
killing her son, (a minor) in Dec’r 1851. The
Court held—
1st. The running off of cars on a rail road,
is prima facie proof of negligence.
2nd. Negligence on the part of the injured
party doess not relieve the road entirely from
damages. How far it may affect the quantum
of damages—an open question.
3rd. Where there is negligence on the part
of the injured party, it should be token into
consideration by the jury and the damages
proportioned accordingly. Judgment Re
versed.
Walker for plff in error. Shropshire &
Underwood, contra.
David M. Davis plff in error vs. Wm. W.
Alexander dfft in error. Debt and motion
from Whitfield.
Where a case is dismissed for want of prose
cution. The same may he reinstated at the
same term of the Court, proper diligence be
ing 6hown by the plff. Judgment affirmed.
J. A. Glenn for plff’. Johnson & Jackson,
contra.
Wm. J. Keath plff in error vs. the State dfft
in error. Peace Warrant from Whitfield.
In a proceeding under a Peace Warrant,
which is returned to the Superior Court, the
defendant is liable for the cost, the only evi
dence returned by the magistrate being the
affidavit of the moving party, Judgment af
firmed.
J. A. Glenn for plff in error. Johnson con
tra.
j
(Sold.
In a late number of Hunt’s ‘Merchant's
Magazine,’are some statistical statements of
interest in regard to this precious metal. A
cubic inch of gold is worth at $18.93 per
ounce, one hundred and fifty-two thousand,
two hundred and eighty-eight dollars ; a cu
bic yard, six millions, eight hundred and
eleven thousand, seven hundred and seventy -
six dollars. The quantity of gold now in ex
istence in the world is estimated to he three
thousand millions of dollars, which welded
into one mass, could be contained in a cube
of eleven feet. The annual product of gold
at various periods has been estimated as fol
lows :
A. D. 14 $800,000
1520 2,500,000
1600 6,000,000
1800 15,000.000
1843 31,000,000
1848 46,000,000
1851 139,000,900
1858 250,000,000
The amount of gold in existence at various
periods is estimated as follows :
A. D. 14 $427,000,000
500 100,000,000
1000 40,000,000
1491 57,000,000
1600 200,000,000
1700 400,000,000
1800 1,100,000,000
1843 1,750.000,000
1848 1,824,000.000
1853 2,200,000,000
1858 3,000,000,000
Of the last named amount, $2,500,000,000
are estimated to be in goln coin. Gold coins
were issued in-England, in A. D., 1257, and
in the shape of a penny. Florins were next
coined in 1334,'of the value of six shillings.
The guinea was first issued in 1663, of Guinea
gold. In 1773, the gold coins, angels, tes-
toofs, units, jacobusses, caroluses, &c were
called in and forbidden to circulate. The pres
ent sovereign was first issued in 1817. The
following will exhibit the contents, in pure
gold, of the gold coins of different countries of
the world:
Grains.
Sovereign, England 112
New doubloon, of Spain 115
Half-eagle, of United States 116
Gold Lion, of Nether land 117
Double ounce, of Sicily 117
Ducat, of Austria " . .106
Twenty-franc piece, of France .” 90
. Half-Imperial, of Russia 91
Moidoire, of Brazil 152
Mohur, of India. *' MI *188
The Population or St. Loins.—The census
of St. Louis, lust completed, gives a total of
136,000, of which only 67,667 are American.
The Germans number 43,874, the Irish 22,018,
the English 8,461, and the French 1,887. Free
blacks, 1,672 ; slaves, 1,484. Of the latter
1,033 are females.
l Intelligencer.
i «BE »OW.”
1 llODODliUT cum*oen> n Buc Wusoir.
I Save travcl : d USn country all over,
And now to another 1’tt go,
F«r I know that goOfi marten are waiting,
To welcome old Rosin the Bow 1
In the gay rounds of delight I have reveled,
Nor shall I behind leave a foe.
And when my coaapantaas arejovial,
They’ll ne’er forget Boein the Bow.
And when I am dead and laid out on the counter,
Tii - people will all want to know—
They’ll raise up the Hd of my coffin,
To look at old Rosin the Bow !
And when that my corse it is passing,
The ladies all anxious to know ;
They’ll run to the doors and the windows,
Saying—there goes old Rosin the Bow !
Then give to me some jovial fellows,
And let them ail sociably go,
To dig a deep hole in the centre,
And in it place Rosin the Bow!
Then shape me a couple of Dorics—
place one at my head and my toe,
Nor do not forget to scrape on it,
The name of old Rosin the Bow!
Then give me a crowd of good fellows,
And let them all stand in a row,
To drink from the o’erflowing bottle,
Farewell to old Rosin the Bow t
The women with whom I once fondled,
They’ll sorrow to see me thus go,
And they ’ll heave a lone sigh as they linger,
By the grave of old Rosin the Bow I
And the stranger will for me inquire ;
lie’ll also be anxious to know,
And he’ll point to my grave as he passes,
Saying, there lies old Rosin the Bow I
Let him sleep ’neath the silent epclosnre,
Where at length we will all have to go,
And the breeze it will sigh a lone requiem,
By the grave of old Rosin the Bow !
Steamer Augusta burned—Loss of Life.
We announced very briefly in our evening
edition of yesterday the destruction of the
steamboat Augusta, by fire, on the Savannah
river, about forty miles below this city.
The Augusta left here at half-past four
o’clock on Friday evening last, and was on
her way to Savannah, with a very valuable
cargo, consisting of some seven hundred and
eighty bales of cotton, five hundred and thir
ty-five barrels of flour, a lot of bran, and
other articles.
About eleven o’clock P. M., while laid up
at Eagle Point, fire was discovered in the fore
part of the boat. The progress of the fire was
very rapid, and the boat wassoon enveloped
in flames. Most of the hands were asleep at
the time ; and it was with great difficulty that
Capt. Fraser, or any of those on hoard, could
be saved.
Mr. Henry Day, the first engineer, was
drowned ; and three negro men were also
lost—two of them drowned, and one—the
cook—probably burned. The negroes are
Willis, belonging to Capt. Frazer; Will Tur
ner, belonging to Dr. Turner; and IFm. Culi-
batik belonging to Dr. Ansley, all of this
city.
The boat was burned to the watei’s edge,
and with the cargo, is a total loss. We have
been informed that the cotton was insured, a
portion in New York, and a portion in Boston;
and the flour in this city: hut there was 110 in
surance on the boiit.
It may he proper to add, that one of the ne
groes mentioned above as lost, was drowned
before the fire commenced.
The origin of this unfortunate and melan
choly aflair is unknown.—Aug. Constitution
alist.
Talbot Comity—Judge Lamar.
At the Talbot Superio r Court.
The Grand Jury, among other things, used
the following language : “And as our busi
ness relations with his Honor, Judge Lamar,
are about to close, we cannot take our leave
without expressing our gratification at the
zeal and ability with which he has discharged
the onerous duties devolved upon him as the
presiding officer of the Court.” Judge Worrill
reminded the Jury that Judge Lamar was
absent and fully concurring in the terms of
the presentment used towards him, returned
thanks for him. Col. Smith, in behalf of the
Bar, presented to the Court the following
which was signed by every member thereof,
and directed by his Honor, E. H. Worrill, to
he placed on the record :
The members of the Bar of the Chatta
hoochee Circuit, present at this term of the
Court, hereby tender to his Honor, H. G. La
mar, presiding at this term of this Court, their
thanks for his able, impartial and faithful ad
ministration of the law. and for his courtesy
to the members of the Bar.”
Judge Lamar then rose, and in a feeling
manner, returned Ins grateful acknowledge
ments for the compliment, and said that he
had not come to the Court to gain honor—as
he knew this was no field for him in such an
enterprise—for the place was usually filled by
one who deservedly stood high in ability, and
enjoyed the entire confidence of the Bar and
the people,—Col. Times.
[ From the St. Joseph Journal- ]
Great Times In Nebraska.
An Editor Oowhided by a Lady—Great Ex
citement—A Duel Bending—The Probable
Finale, etc.
Omaha, N. T. March 13th.
It appears that the editor of the “ Nebras-
kian,” took occasion to allude to the return
of one William Young Brown, Esq - , of ourci-
ty, in a late issue of his paper. The wife of the
censured man was stationed at the post offiee
to’await the arrival of the editor, and as he
was coming out of the office with his exchanges
“ Are you Mr. R., the editor of the Nebras-
kian ?”
“ I am, ma’am,” replied he.
“ I will teach you, then,” exclaimed the la
dy, “to libel my husband.” And suiting the
action to the word, she forthwith drew a cow
hide and gave him a severe trouncing.
The editor thereupon seized the lady’s arm,
and held her, when the brother in-law and
husband interfered and seperated the infuria
ted combatants. In the melee the face of
the editor was considerably scratched, but for
tunately there was no copious discharge of
“claret.” This occurred at 12 o’clock, M.—
About 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the broth
er-in-law of the lady who had chastised the
editor, happened to pass by where a large
crowd were collected upon the side walk talk
ing about the aflair, and probable result of it.
The editor was also m tha crowd, and when he
saw the gentleman approaching, he drew a
revolver and was about to shoot him, when
his opponent clinched hold of him and wrench
ed his weapon out of his hand. Cries of
“Let them tight,” “No, part them,” were
echoed throughout tho crowd, and for a few
moments, the most intense excitement pre
vailed.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
The Canvass lit Virginia.
From every source of information we learn
that the Democratic party of the State are
rallying to the support of the nominees of the
Petersburg Convention, in a manner that can
leave no doubt of their success. From those
members of the Convention, who, with our
selves had opposed the nomination of Mr.
Letcher, we are receiving letters that convince
us that the party will be thoroughly united
and that the usual poll will be made for our
candidates.
We have called for harmony, and that our
friends would rally to the support of the nom
inees and insure their election, and we are glad
to know that our call has been responded to
by very prominent opponents of Mr. Letcher’s
nomination. Even gentlemen who voted
against making the nomination unanimous, writes
us they cannot stand “Bots’ candidate,” and
that they will support Mr. Letcher. Every
friend of Gov. Wise will rally to the support
of Mr. Letcher, and, as Botts admitted, there
was no chance for Goggin without Democratic
votes, so we are able to say that no Democrat
ic vote will bo received by Mr. Goggin, and
that he will be hopelessly defeated.
Reflections of a Low Thief.
A philosophical convey, who is doing the
State some service at the Ohio Penitentiary,
breaks out in the following touching strain,
which to local of the Cleveland Plaindealer,
lucky man, picked up in the street:
My name is Jim Griggins. I’m a low thief.
My parents were ignorent folks, and my ad
vantages for getten an eddycation was limited.
I have bin to the penitentiary once afore and
sarved my time like a man. I went for prig
ging a watch. Now I’mlocked up for stealing
two or three ornery overcuts. I’m to stay
here three years, I shall always censure my
parents for not eddycating me. Had I bin ed-
dycated I could, with my brilliant native tal
ents, have been a Ug thief—I believe they call
'em “defaulters.”
Commlttid For Murder.
David P. Lode, of this county, was commit
ted to jail, in this place, on Sunday evening
last, for the murder of a negro boy, his own
property. The' particulars of the crime are
too revolting to be admitted fnto our columns.
—[Bainbridge Argus, March 23d.
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on 4RKm«may last, in the caseoT
v who was arraigned before the praJ
the Court, on the charge of steaW
Penalty, two years imprisonment^
Also, in the case of Limey Gran.,
charge of an assault witfrinte2^^
alty, one year imprisonment in uT
Prison. The above named prison l ” e 1
their guilt, thus obviating the
trials.—[Covington Times.
Orr for Pike’s Peak!—Mr U’in-
Moore, a printer, and who wag ratoj 1 i
town, and learned his trade in thi»n«i 154
on Mondav morning last in 1>
Mr. Joseph L. Ware, for’the
There are few, if any better oomnrJf 901
“Bill” is, and we hope he will dfe
of the pure metal in the new El rw.P 1
he has ever dug cut of “a printer’s
May prosperity attend him wherei n- ?*"•
go. Verl *
P. S.—On Tuesday morning \r r
Haynes also left to join Messrs v
Ware of Atlanta.—[LaGrange Report
A Juvenile Body Guard.—a p
widow lady in Cincinnati, a Mrs jn e -
husband, a Catholic, died recently o'
boy from a Catholic school and sent v “I
the common school of the district 1
return home, a few evenings sine f 5
beset by his former Catholic schoolfcn
beaten violently. The next dav i
the Protestant boys of the nei’d-l * !r
armed with sticks and stones, fonn f j Jrl ‘ l ' (
selves into a body guard and saw yo,,' 1
safely home and have continued to h
since. From the children the excitom^
spread to the parents, and more * 1
suits are feared. n °^ >
Southern Manufactures.—We finri •. I
ful to print this Southern Citizen )'
Washington, upon Southern paper—W :
Marietta paper-mills, Georgia. At fir t 12 *
ed all the paper we could think of Lj*
er home ; but at last found that w
supply ourselves with better paper an I?
per, after paying freight from
Charleston, from Charleston to Baltic 1
from Baltimore to Washington, than aT*
er paper-maker could supply us -
right and just to mention this fact 9* '•!
gia ran, even now, beat the world in ' r
what would she not do if negroes w r ^
ing in freely from Africa ?- [ Southern el
zen. '•'/
The Hanging Spirit.—Jarvis Baily
er in good circumstances, residin'* at Tn
Steuben county, N. Y., a highly
man and a member of the Baptist Chtn^f f
ing settled his worldly affairs to his safe!
tion, deliberately hung himself in his
Friday last. A neighbor of Bailv’s J'
Williams, hearing of the circumstanced
through a similar operation, and was f T
the next day (Saturday,) suspended liv’-U
neck in his own bam. i :
A Man Revolving in the Wueq „ |
Steamboat.—Saturday morning, a man - J :
unknown, was driven from the short*5 i
Albany in a boat, by the severe gaie, *jy§
the oars. He was paddling along with
of hoard which he found in theboat a, ■ !
steamboat Eagle was making her downiJ
trip. Theboat drifted directly under
the paddle wheels of the Eagle, which l r tq
it to pieces. To save himself, the man
to one of the paddles of the wheel am]'J
carried up the wheel house, where he - I
badly hurt before his cries were heanl :
was very seriously though it is ho]ied
tally injured.
New York Morals Improving (?)—The J
York News speaks of the improving e-m -jl
of the morals of that city as follows; g
We are disposed to congratulate Wlr ^.M
that within one week we have had hut-fy
murders, three rapes, eight suicides, fomxi j
burglaries, one hundred and twentv-tai 5
dinary robberies, and not more than five J
dred assaults and batteries. If our cwJ
friends deem this array of offences prettrjj
midable, we can assure them tiiat it isij
ing for Gotham under the present rsjut. t l
A Jail of Solid Rock.—The people oi' Jj
houn county, Ala., are building a jail. thr|
story of which is to he of solid rock, ah jj
rock allowed therein less than three feukj
three feet wide, and eighteen inches
Every rock in the dungeon is to be d->- ij
and the outside all hammer faced. Thtid|
story is divided into three rooms: oneiiJ
geon, one for debtors, and one for femriaffi
The Alabamians of that region are det«L: i |
to have no more jail-bird flights.
The Very Latest.—The newest advtitalj
dodge at New York, was the firing ofa-cf 1
of twenty-one guns in the Park, on Tic-
afternoon, by an enterprising stotioneritMg
Row. The noise brought together a gffij
crowd, of course, and tiie great crowl vl
supplied with cards, informing the pulfi-Jf
the salute was in honor of the opening x j
shop in question, where tilings weresolik-fc
for cash. The renowned Capt. Kinder- ]'
the cannonading.
Mr. Brown called in at a neighbor'! ip
was urged to take supper, which he did. if
old lady all the while saying : I’m afraid.i@
Brown, you will not make a supper; tkL{ \
eaten nothing—do eat some more." AisB
had stepped out, he heard the old ladv b
her husband : “Why, I do declare i>:i
think Mr. Brown had not eaten anythin
a month.
Another Warning.—A child of Mr. Kt •
ney, seven or eight years old, in the bg
part of the city, died yesterday from thee]
of eating the flowers of the Yellow Jesad
Medical aid was called in, hut the pois*4
so rapid in its effects, that n filling ears?.]
could be done, and the child died in a vem| ]
moments after being taken sick.—[1*4
Dispatch.
JIT" We learn that two members of tr-.
colomini troupe broke into the trunk dig
agent on Wednesday night at the Brown
and robbed “little Pic” of seven lnz8|
dollars. They were however arrests i
made to disgorge the money.—[State Piss
The G’uthhert (Ga.) Reporter of the lia S
says: “We learn that the cars of the'
western Railroad commenced nmntj
Ward’s Station, on last Wednesday.-]
leaves a gap of only ten miles staggin?']
completed to this place, which will tew
up in J une next. The building of our if 1 1
progressing rapidly.
“ My heart is thine,” as die
said to the cook-maid.
A Loss of Three Thousand Lives-Sa-"
ganrog, on the sea of Azoff, a catastrop
curred, about the beginning of February*
which involved a loss of life unparallek-
cept by memorable earthquakes or v'tea
eruptions. It appears that some three
and inhabitants of Taganrog, relying
the promise of fair weather made by th-jf]
ial atmosphere and the cloudless sky. N'T
ed to the Azoff Sea to indulge in the sp^|
fishing beneath the ice—a favorite past®!
that region. The atmosphere continuin'-'”
the party were lulled into a feeling 0: *-j|
ty, and ventured further than usual
ice, in the hope of obtaining a good a '£'
Suddenly a breeze sprung up from
which, growing boisterous by degrees *r^
the loose snow and fine particles ot 1#“*^
directions, and before long succeeded
taching the ice from the shore.
ice field then broke into numerous / .
which with their terrified and hnium ®--J|
drifted towards the open sea. No J;
could be rendered the unhappy
frantic relatives and friends on >b- ’ j
within two hours not a sign of life
on the surface of the sea. On the » ;
day a cake of ice drifted in shore up® , ^
were five of the unfortunates—%
dead, and the other two numb and
The two latter—a girl and an old
restored by means of the usual apptop".[ J
girl, however, survived hut a tew ||
man recovered, but lost the use
—a consequence, proltal lv, of them?
by the scene he had passed through- ^
pared a written narrative oftheoccunr ^
that fearful night on the Azoff. J
By this catastrophe at least three g
persons found a watery grave.
Riches and Poverty
conceal our wealth ; but it
r. - If rich’#
nit if poor. 11
means easy to conceal our poverty- ..
difficult to hide a thousand t'oll^^, (
hole in our coat. It would be »o ‘ & j
for some individuals who have m''
opportunity of concealing their * ‘
the fact of their never possessing ^ irta
that opportunity afforded them- |jg
can readily secure by enclosing ♦ ;f|JI
$21, to Wood, Eddy & Co.,
or Augusta, Ga. These respect
will entitle the writer to a * .
quarter ticket in their great lega* , jjjw
and perhaps to the capital prize f ^
These lotteries were formerly u . y attr r »
pective management of Gregory ^
S. Swan & Co., and are securea JjbS l
from the States in which they w®
—;'N. I Tim os.
sf ' a of A. Itidgley.
Wheeling, Vo... who ran aivay
ca -lured in Cn.o last iveek,
hit mastet