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^7a. a. gaulding & CO. “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON. * PROPRIETORS. ^gwllERIES, VOL. 2. i«*. 4 at* Wbal a Blunder. ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1859. NO 26 flu Jrtrtfigtwtr. Thursday, april 14, i859. r^sOFSUBSCRlPTION ' 7,. ii ii’KK ncr annum in advance, S6 00 PAD"y ,ier “ in advance 4 00 rtt.ffhbM.•*!»„ lt i„ advance, 200 if pa d within six months, 2 50 if l>aid within twelve months, 3 00 TR. .... ifEKKlA Dr. Boyd. V friend of ours remarked to us a few days that l )r - Boyd was not surpassed in At- r. u. in keeping a good Hotel. We agree with our friend. We sometimes, when too , v p, walk home, dine at the Trout House, ,1 we have never yet found sorry fare on the 1 i/. \\'e wish Dr. Boyd that success which j,(. go deservedly merits. V. Judge Stark mid the Duck Story. y], ,se who were acquainted with the worthy : distinguished lawyer and Judge, the Hon. ■ lW _ II. Stark (and few there he, in this sec- tion of the country, who were not) arc well ..prised of his peculiar talent for telling anec- 0 f which he had an inexhaustible fund. , L ,;,, IKl ll\ in his practice, he would come in w ., t with a professional brother, who hav- ; . a i,.pi cause, would attempt to frighten the :rt and jury with the cry of fraud ! fraud ! ! .,,!!!! In reply to such charges, the Judge . to tell the following story, as illus- j.atiw i f iiie absurdity of his adversary’s ar- , On a certain farm-yard, were to he •„tiud numerous domestic fowls. On one oc- a few of noisy “puddle ducks’’ raised .] diinu around a bunch of weeds, of snake ! :! snake ! !! accompanying the cry with usual i! i] .ping of wings. A venerable Mns- , prake. who happened to be near by, dc- ; walked up to the scene of danger, .,] „iti, a motion of the head peculiar to that ..|,j r ] " iiisK-limt, where! where ! ! where!!! Ih, .... position press are loud in their vocif- .r;Lti,.ns of fraud, by virtue of a coalition l>e- , . <: iv. Brown. John H. Lumpkin, and lkw. ll I'olib. On the first Monday in Octo- p r n ,.vi. ti, of Georgia will respond to . cliaruv. l.v saving at the liallot-box, where ! The Rome Regency. Ups is a name which for years past, has n a fricfitful - are-crow to name of the peo- • of(fiorgia. who were afllictcd with very ider nei vi s. Well, we would now ask, in what has the “Rome Regency” injure the Democratic party in the interests of the State of Geor- Wherein has John H. Lump 'll. Spurlock, ever proved disloy- •r.iocratic party? Echo answers ? It may lie true that certain individu- . - « :.■ ivv laid hold of the skirts of the so- i Regency, and been thereby car- . liiit '.nice, may not he deserving of the :; i. is . .f the party to which they profess !«■!' ii The appellation of the “RomeRe- ,v!i v." has been given to certain men, who .fit harder and stood more firmly to priii i pies of the Democratic party, than • v m a in Georgia. Perhaps we have git much. We will modify our express ing, they have fought “as hard and inly” by the Democratic party as :fi. : We have nothing to ask of the . ■ . i.. _ m y.” We have never received ■ i in. at their hands, and judging from past . . ivc need expect nothing. But we justice be done, though the Heavens We have no fears that ill the hour of i any battle is to he fought between : i' a. .■ racy and its enemies, the (rue “Rome ; . will ever he found in line, doing 1 service in the ranks of the Democratic all CMlSCk ever done prtieulan gia in gent tin or Ja: «I to the The Coalition. Ah! V's. the coalition. Something terrible Las iiiijijiene l. The country is to be ruined ; tfi.■< "v rnment blown up, and we arc all to sold to “ttie French.” So says .tome of the siti' ii press. This terrible cry of danger i is n. >t very materially disturbed the equa- r.iiiiity ot the “unshorn, the uncombed, the - the unwashed, the unterrified and ■ i iri able Democracy of Georgia,” to use i oiguiige of our enemies. Certain prints tar. • iimd the alarm, but the hard fisted yeo- i: i \ of the country—the men who fight our latth s—work our roads—serve on our juries •'I pay our taxes, lie down at night and sleep as s.mid as if no such tocsin had been sound 'd. Joseph E. Brown, the present Governor ' ■<;rgia, and John H. Lumpkin, met a few f'-vks ago in Dalton, Whitfield County, Geor- Wliether this meeting was preconcerted Mental. we know not and we care not.— fiat tie- fart is, these two distinguished Dem- in. t at the hospitable mansion of Judge i r W. Crook. We admit the fact, and ;r:i to the charge of “corruption, bargain ■ i .-ah” These leaders of the Democracy of ■rgia have been for some time alienated in liiig. on account of a misunderstanding in . ml to matters personal to them, but met in i'.ilton, as charged in the hill of indictment; i. ni a friendly interview ; talked over matters : ' ! things—came to a friendly understanding^ k.'I agreed that “bygones should he bygones.” Hurt’s the whole sum and substance of the \1 nil OM was not present at the meeting, the itii.ns of certain writers to the contrary, "aotwitlistanding, nevertheless.” Well, we ' right glad that this meeting took place, and that these distinguished Democrats made •fi. nds. We always are fond to see our polit- ; a! iriends, who are alienated the one from '' r. 1.)' personal differences, come togeth- have mutual explanations, and become I 'Rids aaaiii. We therefore assert that we r : ■ that Joe Brown and John Henry Lump- are again upon friendly terms. As to all hiis twaddle about Lumpkin’s being the can. didate for U. S. .senator ; Howell Cobb to he h 1 * * * 5 * * mdidate for President, and Toombs, Ste- I’heii- and Iverson to he ruled off the track, :t i< all ”fal de raddle and fol de rol,” as Judge A M. 1). King used to say. Certain interested parties would be glad to make the impression that the reconciliation between Gov. Brown a,| d Judge Lumpkin, involved the sacrifice of ‘•ther distinguished and worthy members of ti; ' party. We are authorized to say such is II j t the fact. We call upon those who make 'he charge, to produce the proof. We rejoice this reconciliation has been effected, and G irding to our understanding of it, we are i'f'pared to defend it against the world. Tut i 'arvass In Virginia—A private letter ■dr. Lcteller addressed tlie citizens of Taze- ••'ll Ye sterday. He is silencing all opposition ^ him w in rever he ■goes, not only satisfying .he l)em<>cracy, hut gratifying them. There j' as wide a gap between him and his compe- 11 or . *> far as statesmanship is concerned, as u would desire to see. No fears of Letch- f 8 success need be entertaind. ”—[ The A correspondent of the Atlanta American, purporting to write from Washington, assails furiously the Democratic party and Judge Iverson. In complimenting Gov. Hammond of South Carolina for his Barnwell speech, he says “you ought to have seen Gov. Hammond, when that speech of Iverson’s was being deliv ered. Amid his expressions of contempt tye.” We wonder w here this correspondent sat in the Senate Gallery when Judge Iverson made Ids great speech ? He saw what was not to he seen. We have authority for saying that Gov. Hammond left the Senate Chamber and had gone home and was not present during the delivery of Judge Iverson’s speech. We re gret ourselves, that Mr. Hammond did not hear from the lips of the speaker the senti ments of the South in relation to his Barn well speech. The writer, however, wanted to make c ipital.—[Columbus Times. The above being true, the correspondent of the “American” is a very unguarded writer. Mr. “American,” you had better get you an other correspondent, who can tell, when Sen ator Hammond is in “the Senate Chamber and when “gone home.” V. Minute of points decided liy the Supreme Court at Atlanta March 1859. Sherod Sims vs. Macon & Western R. R. & C'o. Trespass from Pike. Green, Green, Stewart & Floyd for plffs in error. Moore & Gibson, Peeples contra. To make the sayings of a person a part of the res gestae, time is of the 1st consequence, anil the words must have been spoken under the favor created by the accident and in im mediate connection with it. If a Railroad uses ordinary care, to prevent accident, it is not responsible for killing a ne gro, sitting on the track, if the negro was guilty of negligence. Judgment affirmed. A. W. Turner vs. L. H. Thurmond, Trover from Henry. Doyal & Floyd for plff in error. Peeples & Cahaniss. Glenn contra. Under our registry acts, the party objecting to a deed, assumes the ones of showing fraud in the provement of a deed. Judgment af firmed. Cloud & Shackleford vs. Julian Hartridge Admr. Assumpsit from Spaulding. Green & Martin for plffs in error. Alfred & Moore contra. Books of a cotton ware house man better evidence of the weight of cotton than the hoi iks of his consignor. If Hartridge as Admr. acted as executor in his own wrong, he had a right to show a fair sale and an honest appre ciation of the money. Judgment affirmed. Elbridge Barlow Admr. vs..Edmund Stalwart Assumpset from Henry. Doyal for plff in error. Nolan & Clark con tra. Assumpsit will not lie for the value of prop erty not converted into money, but trover is the proper remedy. Davis T. Richardson et itl vs. Washington Hartsfield Award from Upson. Gibson for plff in error. Green contra. Judgment affirmed. From the New York Daily Times. Tlic* Woman who never Eats. For twelve months past Mrs. Hayes, of the town of Chester, Warren county, N. Y., has been made known to the public, through the medium of the Press, as a very wonderful wo man. The community was certified that she hail lived two years without eating. It was a very great marvel. But one greater could possibly be imagined, viz: a woman who could live two years without talking. But in the absence of the latter phenomenon, all quid nuncs satisfied themselves with Mrs. Hayes. She was not only an inexplicable puzzle, hut an out-and-out miracle. Much of her time was spent in a trance. She talked much of God and religion, and set herself up for a prophetess. Her sustenation she did not fail to attribute to the direct agency of the Almighty in attestation of her supernatural mission. Those about her were awe struck. Physicians certified to her absolute abstinence and committees that they had watched her week in and week out, the result being their positive certainty that she ate nothing. Thou sands of people flocked to see her, and went away with the settled conviction that there existed neither motive nor possibility of de ception. The witnesses of her condition were respectable and trustworthy. Who could dis believe them ? Who could suppose that the prophetess would herself deceive ? The idea was preposterous. What could a woman away up in Warren county, among the everlasting Addirondack, gain by cheating the people about the matter of her bread and butter ? The thing was out of the question. Did any sceptic ask how she could live so long without food he was informed that she did so live and was not that enough ? At length, howeveri this impressive dispensation came to an end. A committee was found of little faith. Mrs. Hayes had sent many previous committees from her presence, after long long and patient watching, filled with astonishment and con- conviction. Consequently her confidence waxed strong. She desired never to be with out a committee to observe her case and testi fy of her miraculous preservation. The other day six gentlemen were summoned to her bedside for that purpose, who were to remain with her two at a time, day and night, for twenty-one days, when, as she informed them, a great and miraculous Jchange would take place in her condition. A change, great, but not miraculous, occur red in less time. Her watchers caught her in the act of eating.« In fact they saw her rc- gailing herself on meat and crackers ! It is unnecessary to say what followed. The explosion of the imposture could not be de ferred. Certificates, testimonials and facts all blew up together. There is a strong likeness to be observed throughout the whole family of impostures. Whenever an impossible humbug is proposed as an excuse of public credulity, any one who ventures to suggest a doubt is put down by facts. There are hosts who have seen every miracle with their own eyes. To question the phenomenon is to impeach their veracity. Do you suggest the impossibility, for example of a table dancing the poker with the chair, you are put down by a shower of facts. A dozen respectable individuals tell you they saw it. The truth is that in all such cases there is nothing so unreliable as facts. The facts adduced are not facts at all. Whether those who assert them believed their own state ments is a question hardly worth deciding.— If they do, they are to be pitied. What be came of all the" facts in the case of Mrs. Hayes ? Dissipated in an instant by the apparition of crackers and cold corned beef. From the Federal Union. Democratic Meeting In Wilkinson. Irwinton, April 5, 1859. A meeting of the Democratic party was called this day at the Court House, Rev. IV iley Rogers was called to the Chair, and E. Cum- ming called to act as Secretary. On motion of W. D. Newell, Esq., the fol lowing Committee was appointed to bring business before the meeting, to wit: W. D. Newell, R. J. Cochran andG. H. Parker. Af ter retiring a few minutes they reported the following named gentlemen as delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention to he held in Mil- ledgeville on 3d Wednesday in June next, to wit: Dr. W. L. Flemister, W. 0. Beall, John F. Burney, M. M. Bloodworth, B. 0. Bannon, W. W. Lee, Geo. W. Payne and James Pitt man, accompanied with the following resolu tions. Resolved, That we approve of the measures and policy which have signalized the admin istration of Gov. Jos. E. Brown, which we deem unnecessary to mention, as they have met with the cordial approbation of almost all parties throughout the State. Resolved, That it is the unanimous opinion of this convention that the delegates be re quested to cast the vote of this county in the next Gubernatorial Convention for Gov. Jos. E. Brown. . _ . , On motion of W. 0. Beall, the Federal Union and Georgia Telegraph be requested to publish. On motion the meeting adjourned. WILEY ROGERS, Chr’n. E. Cumming, Sec’y. gy “ I’m down In the mouth, ” as Jonah said when the whale swallowed him. STAND by the president. Why should not every loyal democrat stand by the President ? What has James Buchan an done that does not tend to honor his coun try ? Not one single charge of the numerous slanders that have been cast upon the politi cal sea by the efforts of the political demagogues who have forsaken and turned traitor to the democratic part}' has been proven true. On the contrary, after all their wicked malevo lence has been exhausted our democratic Pres ident stands erect and unscathed. He is to day as he was in 185G the acknowledged head and front of the democratic party, and its members should stand by him. His policy will surely result to the advantage of the gov ernment , and time alone is necessary to vin dicate its wisdom. Had not traitors to the the democratic party who were not accom modated with all the official patronage they desired, combined to defeat the wise recom mendations of the President, those recom mendations would have been followed, and the whole country would have been imme diately benefitted, while the democratic par ty would have stood forth with greater power and with more unanimity upon all the great national quesitons than ever before. But the President of the United States is ev er surrounded by a cortier of politic aristo crats as potent tor good or for evil as is the aristocracy which often enforces obedience in tho_ most autocratic governments. Each ambitious senator aud each ambitious mem ber of the House has his demands, if they are complied with, the head of the government is exalted ; if it is impossible to comply with these demands, the senator or the member may deem himself a second Warwick, and, at the sacrifice of both his party’s and his coun try’s welfare, hurl his vengful blows at the head of both. James Buchanan dared to do what his conscience dictated to be right, .and had he been sustained by the whole democrat ic party as he should liave been, that party would now have been proudly triumphant,— The President’s measures are now beginning to be properly seen and appreciated ; let us stand by him a little longer, while the rav ings of the black republicans combined with Forney’s traitors hurl at his head their mali cious lies and slanderous vituperation. This combined onset will soon fie made with re doubled effort, whfen it passes over the niche of the glorious temple of the republic amid the plaudits of his whole country, will be filled with the name of James Buchanan. Democrats stand by the President. The in- congenial mass which now appears advancing to the political ascendency are only advancing to their political oblivion. It will be as im possible for a Congress composed of such ma terials to legislate to please each seperate division of. such an incongruous mass in 1859—’GO as it was in 185G—’7. Remember this and stand by James Buchanan and the democratic party. They are one and the same. A Surgical Monstroclty. A Philadelphia correspondent of the New York Tribune tells the following remarkable story: A surgical monstrosity was recently dissect ed at the Jefferson Medical College, the like of which is unknown in the annals of human deformities. A child, seven months old, was brought to the college Hospital from the Wes tern part of the State, having appended to its left cheek a large mass of llesh, somewhat re sembling a tumor, lliis mass grew more rapidly than the child itself. At birth it was no larger than an apple, but when brought here last month it was nearly a foot long. Its surface was neither smooth nor regular, but was divided into several globultr masses, while pulsation was distinctly perceptible, regular and uninterrupted, from forty to a hundred heats per minute. It was traversed by a large artery, showing that it was largely supplied with blood. The tumor was connected to the child’s cheek by a peculiar caul-like membrane, pierced with holes, and its presence was a source of constant irritation to the child though supported by the mother’s hand. How to remove this huge tumor without destroy- ing the life of the child was the great surgical problem. The parents*** arned of the danger, were yet extremely anxious to liave the fright ful parasite taken off. Dr. Pancoast, under whose charge the patient had been placed, de cided that the use of the knife would result in a fatal hemorrhage, and determined to di vide the caul-like membrane by using a French surgical instrument, the ecraseur, which, by forcing down the skin, and bruising the ves sels thoroughly before the chain of the instru ment cuts through the mass, effectually pre vents all serious bleeding. The operation was performed in presence of an immense assem blage of medical men, students and others. The child was placed under the influence of either, when all pulsation in the parasite was observed to cease. The instrument being ap plied, the ch.'vin was rapidly worked until the parts were well compressed and afterwards very slowly. In fifteen minutes the tumor came away with the instrument, the chain having worked through the connecting mem brane, while scarcely a drop of blood followed the removal, and hut one small required a li gature. The surface left on the cheek was about two inches square, and the tumor weighed two and a half pounds. The whole operation was entirely successful, and the child lives and has fully recovered. But the extra ordinary part remains to he told. The tumor thus taken off was found to contain a living child. Fingers were seen, and a portion of a rudimentary arm. The intestines were well developed, and no doubt was entertained of its being a male child. A body, presumed to fie'the heart, contained, imperfectly formed, auricles and ventricles. The mesenteric ar teries and veins were of large size. The dis secting knife came repeatedly in contact with the ossenous matter of a rudimentary skeleton. Fat was found in large quantities everywhere. It was in fact a repetition of the Siamese Twins, only less perfectly developed. These results’ were received with profound astonish ment by the crowded audience who witnessed the operation. The case is said to he unique in the annals of humarf malinformation. From the Macon Telegraph. Democratic Meeting. Butlrr, Ga., April 5th, 1859. At a meeting of the Democratic Party held this day, the following persons were appointed to represent the county of Taylor in the Gub ernatorial and Congressional conventions soon to assemble : To the Gulxjmatorial Convention—T. J. Ri ley, Gideon Newsome, Hiram Drane, Elbert Fagan; Wm. S. Wallace. To the Congressional Convention—A. J. Col bert, W. L. Grice, Jas. T. May, Wm. J. Wil son and Daniel Royal. The meeting also Resolved, That the Delegates to Milledge- ville Convention he instructed to vote in the Convention for Joseph E. Brown as long as practicable. JOHN H. WALLACE, Pres. W. L. Grice, Sec’y. SI i wart Democracy. The Democratic party of Stewart county held a meeting a few days since at Lumpkin, and passed resolutions endorsing the admin istration of Gov. Brown, recomending the Hon. Alferd Iverson for re-election to the Senate, and the Hon. M. J. Crawford for Con gress—opposing a protective tariff, a waste of public lands, and advocating a reduction of expenditures of the actual necesieties of the government—that the South desired nothing but equality in the Union, and will be con tent with nothing else, that the Democracy of Stewart would support no man for public trust who is not a reliable defender of the rights of ihe South. Cutbbert was recommended as the place, and the first Wednesday in July, as the time for holding the District Congressional Conven- tion. The following delegates were appointed, to- wit: To the Gubernatorial Convention : E. F. Kirksey, Esq, Col. James M. Clark, Martin Burke and' Dr. J. C. C'. Blackburn. To the Congressional Convention : Dr’ I. W. Stokes, Col. B. K. Hnrrison, Hon. N. R. Halliday, Thomas Lawson, and John Willi ford- What a power there is in innocence, whose very helplessness is its safeguard, in whose presence even Passion himself stands abashed, and stands worshipper at the vesy altar he came to despoil. A OEM. The following from the pen of James G. Per- cival, is one of the most touching poems in the English language. It moreover tells the story of many a breaking heart: THE DESERTED WIFE. He comes not—I have watched the moon go down, And yet he comes not. Once it was not so, He thinks not how the bitter tears do flow, The while he holds his riot in the town. Yet he will come and chide, and I shall weep; And he will wake my infant from its sleep, To blend its feeble wailings with my tears. 0! how 1 love a mother’s watch to keep, Over those sleeping eyes : that smilewhich cheers My heart, though sunk in sorrow thick and deep. I had a husband once, who loved me—now He ever wears a frown upon his brow, And feeds his passion on a wanton’s lip. As bees from laurel flowers a poison sip, But yet I cannot hate. 0 ! there were hours When I could hang forever on his eye, And Time, who stole with sileDt witness by, Strewed, as he hurried on, his path with flowers. I loved him then—he loved me. too. My heart Still finds its fondness kindle if he smile : The memory of our loves will ne’er depart; And though he often sting me with a dart, Venomed and barbed, and. waste upon the vile, Caresses which his babe and mine should share, Though he should spurn me, I will calmly bear His madness ; and should sickness come and lay Its paralyzing hand upon him, then I would with kindness all my wrongs repay, Until the penitent should weep and say How injured and how faithful I had been. From the Georgia Citizen. ’• For the Public. Letter from Dr. Green, of the State Lunatic Asylum, to Rev. J. Blakely Smith, Chair man of a Committee appointed to take up Contributions for the Asylum. State Lunatic Asylum, near Mil-1 ledgeville, March 29th. 1859. j My Dear Sir and Brother :—Yours cover ing check for SI 01 has come safely to hand, as also the box of toys, &c. We would tender our most sincere "thanks to the benevolent citizens of Macon, for their kind contributions in aid of our efforts for the amelioration of the unhappy condition of our charge. And our especial thanks are due, and are hereby gratefully tendered, to yourself and the other gentlemen of the Committee, for your active interest and efforts in this good work; and with earnest prayer that the blessings of a kind Providence may attend you all, I remain, Yours very truly, THOS. F. GREEN, Sup’t &c. Arrest of u Convicted Murderer. We understand that James Revel, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hung at the March Term of Crawford Court, but who escaped from Clinton jail last year, was recently arrested in Tennessee, and was car ried to Milledgeville yesterday, in charge of Mr. Hancock, the sheriff of Crawford county. It appears that the prisoner’s brother, Hen ry Revel, was taken up in Tennessee, on sus picion of being a free negro, and not being able to give a satisfactory account of himself, was searched, and letters and papers were found in his posses, ion which gave the information as to the character and whereabouts of his broth er James, and a party immediately started in pursuit and succeeded in making the capture. Revel will remain in jail until the next term of Crawford Court, when he will be re-sen tenced.—[Macon Telegraph, ft Notice to the Associations. The Central, the South-western, the Augus ta & Savannah, the Georgia and the Western & Atlantic Rail Roads, will pass delegates to the Young Men’s Christian Convention, to he convened in Macon April 29th, free, on their return home, provided each Delegate presents a Card, signed by a presiding officer of the Con vention, stating that the bearer had been in attendance at the Convention as a Delegate, and passed over that Road and had paid full Jure going. S. BOYKIN, Chairman of Committee. The Young Men’s Christian Association of Macon, invites her Sister Associations to send a large number of Delegates. Ample provis ion will be made for all. State papers copy. [Geo. Telegraph. Macon & Brunswick Ra.111 oad Commenced. In the early part of last week, Mr. McNeill, with his corps of Engineers and assistants com menced the location of the Macon & Brunswick Rail Road. The location is to be completed to the’point at which the Ocmulgee is to be cros sed, and on yesterdry the Camp was moved to the East Bank, and it is expected that the work will l>e vigorously prosecuted until forty miles is finished, when the contracts for the grading, superstructure, &c., will he let out., Judge Cochran, the President, left this city on Saturday last, and we are happy to state in improved health—[Macon Telegraph. China.—A great misfortune, and a very se vere loss, has just occurred to the Catholic Mission of Tonquin. The Dean of the Vicars Apostolic of the Annamite Empire, Monsgr. Retord Bishop of Acantha, has been taken away from his missionaries and his Christian flock. This Holy Prelate died of dysentery in the middle of a frightful desert, where he had fled with a view of escaping from the per secution of the Mandarins. The good bishop was attended in his last moments by the Rev. Father Charbonier, his pro-vicar. Monsgr. Retord was a member of the Foreign missions. He had been evangelizing Western Tonquin for twenty-eight years, and was raised to the prelacy in 1838. He was in fact the head of the Annamite Mission. We may have further particulars to give of the fife of this Bishop.— Univers. The Columbus Sun. The proprietor of this paper has disposed of one-third interest to R. J. Yarington, of Bar bour county, Alabama, who, as soon as he can arrange his affairs, will he at his post to con tribute to the editorial department. Sebastopol.—Accounts from Sebastopol state that only a few of the old inhabitants have re turned ; the city appears almost deserted, and commerce at an end. Formerly, Sebastopol numbered 45,000 inhabitants ; now it contains scarcely a sixth of that number. The wood huts built by the French, serve as residences for the peasants. The funeral monuments of the French and English at Sebastopol and Balak- lava are uninjured. A Fact Worthy of Note.—By taking up shrubs or plants at this time, with some of their own soil about the roots, and placing them upright in a cellar until October, then transplanting them into pots, and watering them -with a solution of half an ounce of salt ammonia; to a pint of rain water, you will have summer flowers in winter. A Useful Hint.—The difference between rising every morning at 6 and 8 in the course of 20 years amounts to 29,390 hours, or 3 years, 121 days and 16 hours which are equal to 8 hours a day for exactly 10 years: so that rising at 6 will be the same as if 10 years of fife were added, wherein, we may command 8 hours every day for the cultivation of our minds and the dispatch of business. fif* In Cincinnati a few days since a man fell head-foremost. through a hatchway in a warehouse, a distance of 15 feet, striking a barrel of lard and forcing his cranium through the head of the barrel into the grease, bury ing him to the depth of two feet, and leaving his legs sticking up in the air. Before he could suffocate he was drawn out, looking like a mammoth candle with a double wick. Neither believe rashly, nor reject obstin ately. Neither look out for troubles, nor be en tirely unprovided for them. Never accuse others to excuse thyself. Disappointed Love.—Try plain whiskey.— If that fails, the style is to write letters “to the press” and take poison. Don’t try to blow your out brains—that can’t be did. HP An exchange says that the girls in some parts of Pennsylvania, are so hard up for husbands that they sometimes take up with Printers, Lawyers and members to Congress. FRIDAY, APRIL 15,1859. CtssYllIt Standard. The last “Standard” announces the fact that Col. E. W. Keith has become connected with the Editorial department of that paper. Attempts to Frighten. Some of the Know Nothing wire-pullers and disaffected Democrats,'have in a very myste rious, knowing way, been endeavoring to cre ate the impression that a formidable opposi tion will be made to Gov. Brown, in the ap proaching Gubernatorial Convention. We are very much disposed to laugh at this idea. So far as meetings have 1 eeu held by the Demo cratic party, in the several counties of this State, there appears to be but one voice—all for Joe Brown. How in the name of common sense, any man, be he Know Nothing or dis affected Democrat, can honestly entertain or ex press an opinion, that Joseph E. Brown will not be the nominee of the Democratic party in the next Gubernatorial Convention, we are at a loss to determine. One will tell you that a certain County will send anti-Brown delegates. The next mail brings you intelligence that the Democracy of that County have spoken, and Brown delegates have been appointed.— What the Democracy of the several counties in Georgia will do, which have not already spoken, we do not pretend to say, but we ven ture the assertion that not more than jJi’c coun ties (if even that number) will send anti-Brown delegates to the State Convention. So the friends of Gov. Brown need not be scared, either as to the result of the nomination or of the election. Tlie Medical Party at the AVashington Hall. We might write a column, in detailing the actings and doings at the Washington Hall, on Wednesday night last. Who is the proprietor of the Washington Hall ? John J. Thrasher, better known as “Cousin John.” Well, on the time above mentioned, “all the world and the rest of mankind” 'assembled at the above named celebrated Hotel, in commemoration of the annual meeting of the Medical Society of the State of Georgia. A splendid entertain ment was gotten up by the Medical fraternity of Atlanta. The Washington Hall was the scene of operations, and “Cousin John” was the caterer for the occasion. We will not give our pen the indulgence to write of this festival as it deserves ; for our renders would not be lieve half we might say in reference to it.— The crowd was numberless—the dance was most magnificent—the music by the Fulton Band was first rate—the supper exceeded any thing of the kind we have ever seen in Atlanta—-tlie company of ladies especially, was unsurpassed in point of beauty and loveliness, and every thing was in superexcellcnl style. We did not think such an exhibition could be gotten up in the city of Atlanta. Tlie Doctors were dis tressingly numerous, hut as they footed the hill, we have no right to complain. Mr. P. J. Immel prepared the confectionaries, cake, &c., and that is enough of itself to establish the fact that everything was right. - The festival is not yet concluded, and we shall speak of it hereafter. Medical Convention. ThuRSDAY Morning, 10 o’clock. City Hall. Met according to adjournment. Minutes were read and confirmed. The rules were sus pended to allow the presentation of the fol lowing names which were addedt o the list of new members: H. S. Davenport, Gordon. P. M. Tidwell, Campbell. F. M. Brantley Meriwether. Hunt, Gordon. L. H. Gordon, Munroe, On motion, the following committee was appointed to ask of Dr. Logan for publication, a copy of his valuable address. Com. Dr. Bur ney, Coe, and Dean. A motion was made to raise a committee of 5 to investigate and report upon Dr. Powell’s pocket formulary. After some discussion pro and con, the motion was withdrawn. Dr. J. P. Logan, Battey, Roach, Joseph Jones, Boyd, Taylor, Burney, were appointed to nominate delegates to the Ame rican Medi cal Association. On motion it was determined, that this so ciety shall be known in the future as the “Medical association of the State of Georgia.” Dr. Harris of Chatham sent an apology for not reading an essay according to previous ap pointment. Dr. Hams will be expected to present his report at the next session. Dr. Ford sent an apology for absence—the sub ject of his essay and that said es«iy was com pleted. Ordered, that said essay he accepted by ihe association and printed with the essays that shall be read. On motion a com. of 5 was appointed to re vise the by-laws of the Association. Com.— Dr. Meire, Oliver, Banks, Battey, H. F. Camp bell. The following names were reported and ac cepted as Delegates to the American Medical Association : Drs. West and Sullivan of Savannah. “ Doughty and Robt. Campbell, Augusta. “ Nottingham and Broome, of Macon. “ Means and Alexander of Atlanta. ‘ ‘ Stanford and Flewellen of Columbus. “ MeClesky andCarleton of Athens. “ Roach, of Pulaski. “ Stephens of Albany. “ Hillyer and Battey of Rome. “ Daniels of Meriwether. “ Burney of Forsyth. “ McAfee of Dalton. “ Ridley of Troupe. “ Banks of Pike. “ Brown of Cumming. “ Miere of Madison, A resolution was passed authorizing the above delegates to fill vacancies. Dr. Campbell read an interesting essay writ ten by Dr. Doughty, on the effect of climate with an effort to show what climate is best adapted to the wants of the tuberculous inva lid. or ’consumptive. Dr. Doughty does not think the West Indies, a good place for the consumptive. The atmosphere is generally too moist and dense. Florida has a very agreeable climate and presents some attractions to the consumptive but is too moist and has other objections. Dr. H. Campbell read a synopsis of a report upon Quinine, from Robert Campbell, of Au gusta. 1, Quinine does not act primarily upon the nervous system. Adjourned to 2J o’clock. Y. Bailing Out.—The Mississippi river having encroached on the row of houses in front of the wharf-boat, and the water being some eighteen inches deep on the floor "of a room in the rear of a building occupied by one of our German friends, on Sunday last he employed four men to bail it out with backets. After four hours diligent and hard work, he be thought him to measure the water and see how much they had reduced it—when lo! it was just half an inch higher than when they began. He then abandoned the job, saying was no use to work against the Mississippi ver.—[Vicksburg- Whig. ty widow editress of the Ashland ‘Kentuck ian,’ in reply to a correspondent who asks her if she wears hoops, exclaims : “Hoops, indeed ! why, ice don’t wear anything else !' ’ The italics are her own. We suppose she tells the naked truth.'? In these parts, a woman who does not wear anything else hut hoops, would he a consider able show. We would give as much to see such an one, especially if the hoops were held up by tapes, as we would to see Van Am bush’s Menagarie. A woman with nothing else hut hoops on, would certainly he a very strange looking animal, and in the possession ofBarnum, might make a fortune in a very short time, by exhibiting herself as oue of the wonders of the ninteenth century. Neverthe less, there is something about a calico dress that always strikes our fancy, hoops or no hoops. For tho Intelligencer. Tbc Language of Flowers. On this topic so much has been said, written and sung, that had not the senior Editor of the “Intelligencer,” in his acknowledgment of “Miss Kate’s beautiful boquet, placed us in a position from which we could not safely retreat, without exposing ourselves to his cross-fire, we should certainly have declined the conflict. The flowers which compose this splendid boquet. are denominated in the books “the joy of the shrubs which bear them,” the stars of the earth,” and the “alphabet of the angels.” Flowers speak the language of love; they cluster ’round all the avenues to the heart; they take strong hold of the affections, and utter forth from nature’s flowery beds, the boundless benevolence of Deity. Our earliest thoughts wander in flowery meads and hang upon the lilies of the valley. And Thompson gives us a single glimpse of a fair and bonnie spot where fairies might hold their revels.—. Seek the banks where flowering elders crowd. Where scattered wide tlie lily of the vale— Its balmy essence breathes where cowslips hang— The dewy head, where purple violets lurk— With all the lovely children of the shade.” And in tlie earliest days of May, when sun ny flowers expand themselves and scatter their perfumes in the air ; see how the very infants seize with eagerness on every straggling flower. They bound about and ramble amidst flowery fields like young fawns ; they gather all they come near; they sit among them, sort them, sing over them and caress them till they perish in their grasp. Flowers constitute earth’s poetry ; they are to us the signs, the symbols, the types and memorials of our joys, our sorrows, our hopes, aud our triumphs; and I trow, the “Senior.” would for a brief space, go and cull these golden fruits of truth—go and gather these brilliant flowers—and perhaps—too, in soft and silent whispers would he saying: we will rove hand in hand in some earthly Eden, some flowery Paradise even there, we will let no flower of spring pass us there we will crown the lovely Maiden with garlands of roses, ere they shall he withered and gone. Nay more, we will roll back the great tide of time and with “Tasso,” roam again through Syrian lands, where soft perfumes diffuse from every flower. But enough, we were just speaking of “Kate,” anil her charming boquet, its flow ers and what were they? Let’s see—the rose, the tulip, the lily of the vale, the vio let. the wild honeysuckle, the daisy and the dandelion : and as these—put up—arranged by soft and delicate fingers, met the enrap tured gaze of his “Seniorship,” he could only exclaim in earth’s inspired poetry.— Sweet roses and carnations gay, Have but a summer’s reign ; I mingle with the buds of May, And join December’s train. A simple unassuming flower, ’Mid showers and storms I bloom ; I'l! decorate thy lady's bower, Aud blossom on thy tomb. COL. GAULDING’S CLASSIC FRIEND. Atlanta, April 14 1859. Minute of Points Decided by the Su preme Court at Atlanta—March Ttrm 1859. Seymoure Puryear, Claimant, vs. Tlios. C. Nisbet, Claim from Henry. The acts of 1834, and 1854, requiring the claim or demand of Mechanics, &c., to be re corded within three months, in order to con stitute a lien, or repeal, pro tanto, the acts of 1841 and 1852, relating to enforcing such liens, and one purchasing the property, be fore the claim is recorded, if the same is not recorded within the three months, will be probated against said claim or lien.—Judg ment reversed. Doyal, for plaintiff in error, Alford, con tra. James L. Johnson, vs. Martha C. Martin, Assumpsit from Spaulding. Alford & Beck, for plaintiff in error. Dan. iel Dismuske, & Phelps, & Cabaniss, contra. Cloud. & Shackelford, vs. Charles L. Dupree. Trustee & Claimant, Claim from Spaulding. The declaration or sayings of the defendant, or fi. fa. who is the husband of the cestue que, tust, and while in possession of the property, made before Judgment or commencment of the suit, may be given in evidence for claim ant. 2 Bona fide creditors under the act of 1847, requiring marriage settlements, to be recor ded within three mouths, are (Creditors who have giveD credit on the faith of the property contained in the settlement. Judgment af firmed. Daniel, Dismuske, & Alford, foi plaintiff in error. Doyal, Phelps, & Cahaniss, contra. From the Empire State. Democratic Meeting in Henry County. In pursuance of a call published in the “Em pire State,” a portion of the Democratic party and friends of Joseph E. Brown, of Henry County, met at the Court House, on the first Tuesday in April, to nominate delegates to the next Gubernatorial Convention, to be held in Milledgeville on the 3rd Wednesday in June next. On motion, Jno. A. Smith was called to the Chair, and E. S. Tomlinson requested to act as Secretary. On motion, the following gentlemen, James M. Hambrick, S. H. McMillen, W. H. Green, A. A. Lemon and Reuben Kelley, were ap pointed by the Chair to select names of suita ble gentle .ien to represent the County of Hen ry in said Convention. The committee pre sented the following names, viz: Hendley Warner, T. H. McMillen and Sydney Smith, as delegates ; which report was received and adopted. The following resolutions were then offered and adopted; Resolved, That- each delegate appointed shall have the power to fill his own vacancy, in case he cannot attend the Convention. Resolved, That the integrity of his Excel lency, Gov. Brown, bis upright and just ad ministration of the State government, his prac tical and economical management of the State Road, his manly and bold protection of the people’s integrity, not only merit his contin uance in office, but command the respect and admiration, and should meet the unqualified approbation of every true Georgian. Resolved, That the delegates appointed by this meeting, are instructed to cast their votes for Joseph E. Brown, and to stand by him to the last in the Convention, and to use all hon orable means to secure his nomination. Resolved, That we will abide the decision of the Convention and support its nominee. Onmotion, the “Empire State” was request ed to publish the proceedings of this meeting. The meeting then adjourned. JOHN A. SMITH, Ch’n. E. S. Tomlinson, Sec’ry. Guy Hall, 3 o’clock. Met according to adjournment—Dr. Logan in the Chair. Proceeded to ballot for Presi dent. On counting out the ballots, Dr. Col ley of Walton was declared elected. Dr. Rid ley of Troupe was elected 1st Vice President, and Dr. Coe of Fulton was elected 2nd Vice President. After a fruitless ballot for Secre tary and Treasurer, the rules were suspen ded, and Dr. B. O. Jones of Fulton was re ceived into the Society. On the 2nd ballot Dr. Thomas of Fulton was elected Secretary and Treasurer. Rules were suspended, and Dr. Paine, of Cobb was admitted to membership. Dr. Logan made, on retiring from the Chair, the following excellent address : Gentlemen of the Medical Society of the State of Georgia : In retiring from the honorable position as signed me, by Ihe partiality of your body, at its annual session, held in Madison, in April, 1858, I would do great injustice to myself, and fail to be properly responsible to the ob ligations imposed, did I not take the brief op portunity to express the high sense which I entertain of the honor conferred upon me, and the humble but earnest zeal, with which I have sought’ to sustain the trust confided to me. At the close therefore of my annual service, and in accordance with the usage of such as sociations, I trust I may he indulged in a few reflections which I regard as not inappropriate to the present occasion. I congratulate you, gentlemen, upon the^ull attendance which marks our present session. The pi ofession from the various aud wide extended portions of this great commonwealth is more largely represented upon this floor than it lias been upon any similar occasion for years past, and I would fain hope, from the unusual interest which you have manifested by your attendance upon this occasion, that it is the dawn of a brighter era in the history of the Medical Society of Georgia. - Almost from the seaboard to the mountains, from the hills and the vallies, and from the borders of surrounding Stales—from the North and the South, the East and the West, you have come, gentlemen, to the Railroad City of the South, where, in a few years, a large anil busy population, actively engaged in per forming their partin the great drama of civili zation, has taken the place of the wilderness and the savage. Permit me to hope, gentlemen, that your organization,—the representative of a science and an art, fraught with so many of the blessings of that civilization-may receive a new impulse from the striking illustration which is here furnished of the rapid progress of an age which will constitute an era in the history of the human race. The place and the occasion are appropriate, from which to derive a new impetus which shall inspire us with new zeal and a more ac tive and determined purpose to keep pice with the rapid progress, which is so signally characteristic ot this age in almost every de partment of science and art. We have come up this day from the extreme Ixirders of this great and sovereign State to fraternize with each other in a fresh act of homage to our venerated calling, and to com mune with and strengthen each other by new vows of devotion to the claims and an advance ment of a profession, which has for its end— the noblest earthly object—the relief of suf fering humanity. We have come up to show and acknowledge our allegiance to the honored organization, whose wisdom and authority we recognize as the supreme law to every true medical man within the broad limits of the noble common wealth to which we, this day, declare our de votion, and recognizing no “higher law” in a political point of view (except so far as power may have been derived from direct delegation) than that found in the government of our sovereign State, so we know no absolute con trolling power, in a medical point of view, beyond the limits of their organization. How ever, we shall ever feel inclined to respect the moral prestige and influence of all lfigh pro fessional bodies. Thg annual meetings, then, of your society, gentlemen, are occasions of no ordinary or trivial character; an investigation into our scientific and ethical position, pressing with full force upon us, with none the less force certainly, because we have united for the gen eral interests and advancement of medical science, with tlie professions of a vast conti nent what is called the American Medical As sociation—an organization confined within its legitimate sphere, of vast and growing importance ; perverted, from what should be its true purposes and objects on entering upon a crusade for the correction of abuses, wheth er real or imagined, in the ramifications of medical affairs within the jurisdiction of State organization, destined to a speedy dissolution. But, gentlemen, it is the precise epoch at which we have arrived in the world’s history aud in our own history, which imports a pecu liar interest and importance to medical inves tigations. The accumulated knowledge of the past constitutes the lofty elevation from which a wider panorama opens to succeeding generations. We hesitate not to affirm, that this is not the less true in reference to the science of medicine, than in regard to any other branch of human knowledge. Notwithstanding the efforts of those who adopt a profession or follow in the wake of some one or another of the protean forms of modern empiricism and medical folly com bined with the slanders and detractions of some in the profession who keep up the stere otyped cry of the defects of American medical education and the inferiority of American Medical men—their own professional charac ter the result of this system—notwithstanding I say, the existence of those who either do not know or forget the direction of the march and progress of civilization, and are ever look ing backwards to tho decaying institutions of Europe, for models worthy of imitation and praise, and who can see no good in the pres ent or hope'm the future, it is yet true, that medical science is progressive and to no small extent is this true, as the result of the labors and contributions of your own countrymen— without multiplying examples (which it would not be difficult to do, if the time and the occa sion permitted it) it is only necessary to refer to the recent brilliant achievements of Sims and Bozeman, (not only Americans but from your own South and both from your ad joining State, Alabama) developed in the case of the former into that noble institution the Woman’s Hospital, New York and invtke case of the latter, into a triumphant tour through Europe compelling au acknowledgement at last, that European may learn something from American medical men. ‘Yes, gentlemen, from your very homes as it were, from your very midst have arisen men who will be hailed as benefactors by every intelligent female, until the latest generation,* to whom the sad calami ty shall befall, for the relief of which they have accomplished so much. I do net consider it inappropriate to the present occasion, and I cannot forbear to de clare, gentlemen, that it is only lately that the meed of praise and reluctant adoption has been awarded an American idea in the hospi tals of Paris. We are informed that S. Shuck- ley of New York, late assistant Surgeon in the United States Army, and author of a valua ble publication on the birds and animals of Oregon Territory, has carried to Paris and pre sented to M. Nelaton the distinguished Prof, of Chemical Surge ry at the Hospital of the Faculty, an apparatus for fractures now in common use in the hospitals of the large Ameri can cities, the successful (and to him aston ishing) results of which in the New York and Philadelphia Hospitals he utterly refused to acknowledge. He however placed a fractured leg at S. Shuckley’s disposition, who applied the American apparatus, and the result was so remarkable as to perfectly convert M. Ne laton'to the American method. In the mean time Dr. Suckley obtained from Dr. Guilder Buck an authenticated copy of the results of the treatment of fractures in the City Hospi tal, New York, with this apparatus during a series of years, and presented the report to Nelaton, and in view of the extraordinary re sults'them obtained, the eminent Surgeon of the Faculty Hospital, whose influence is said to be more powerful than that of any other man in the Faculty of Paris—was obliged to yield precedence to the ‘American system,” sad since this time has used none other in his hos pital. And thus, gentlemen, examples might wv*w uvvvaxuJ W OUOWUU the position, that, it is far more true now than it was at a former period, when Caldwell of Kentucky, and Paine ofNew York, came to the defence of the American medical profes sion, and established that American medicine nothing to fear from a just comparison with that of the old world. While I would urge upon yon by every con sideration amnected with the belief of suffer ing humanity, connected with the assumption of the office of physician, the great importance of using every means in your power to advance our science, and especially your ownindividu- al skill in the treatment of disease, I shall never unite with those in the profession who vilify and abuse American medical men and the ‘‘American system of medical education,” so long, as I have the most reliable authority for stating and so long as I believe that in practical knowledge and skill in the treatment of the diseases belonging to their country, the regular physicians of the United States are superior to any medical men upon the globe. So long as the large and valuable con tributions to medical science continues in tlie annual volume of the transactions of the American medical associations and the ana 1 ler yet creditable additions made through tlie transactions of the various state medical so cieties, and the constant and almost innumer able contributions to the medical journals of the country from thousands of colaborators in the practical walks of medicine, scattered throughout this vast union, convince me that at this day our science is making more rapid advances in America than in any part of the earth. No, Gentlemen, yours is not a degra ding calling, as our Psendo “reformers” would make you believe, and the assaults of trait or (to their obligations to respect and hon or their profession) within your ranks, or of renegades from regular medicine or of the horde of quacks, are only the buzzings of insects around the ascending bird of heaven. Holding these views, and in my judgment these being a very unnecessary excitement upon the subject of medical education, and believing that it is a subject that will take care of itself, and like other departments of active life under our free and libeial institu tions, and under the stimular of competition, will always furnish an amount of skill equal to the demand. Contending, as I do,that in connection with the Medical College, the societies of each state are the rightful guardians of their own local medical affairs, and are the only pro^Ses sional bodies that have any jurisdiction wl. t- ever over this subject, which is agitating the medical mind to a considerable extent at this particular period, and which has continually disturbed the harmony of the medical associ ation from its very commencement, I have thought it not improper to make an allusion to it. Allow me, gentlemen, to admit that these are unworthy and unqualified men in our ranks, not to a greater extent however than in any other calling of your conntry, the entrance of whom into the profession will not in my judg ment ever be prevented, but if by any method, certainly none holds out the remotest prospect of success, but the (wood’s report) separation of the teaching and licensing power. Certain it is that the harmony and welfare of the profes sion requires a settlement of this truely “versed question,” and holding tlie views which I do, I have considered myself at liber ty to take a passing glance at the subject. But, gentlemen, I have already stated that lam not among the croakers either in reference to the science or the art. I have already inti mated that in my judgment medicine was keeping pace with the rapid progress of every other department of science or art, life; is being prolonged; the duration of disease is being shortened; and incurable diseases have regular ly and steadily diminished—the resources of our art have continually increased; its sphere has continually widened and with all its cl gs and embarrassments, it assumes higher ground to day than at any former period of the world’s hisory; and, gentlemen, this is just what ought to he expected from the spirit of the age; truth has nothing to fear but coruts free investigation, and is established by free inqui ry. Improvement is only made by encoura ging freedom of thought—making innovations upon the past, repudiatin'! obsofete and un reasonable dogmas, however venerable for years, and yielding to the claims of truth and the light of experience. But, then, gentlemen, if the healing aet occu pies the high position to which I would assign it, the office of physician is one of serious and responsible character; it is one of lofty and imposing claims and influences, and when pro perly appreciated and its duties faithfully dis charged, is honorable in itself and a blessing to the world. But its very importance and capacity for good makes it also an instrument for evil, if not properly estimated or if un faithfully administered. It is hoped that each one of us will be responsive to the claims of our high vocation and by a faithful dis charge of duty, diffuse rich blessings upon our fellowmen and merit their respect and confi dence of the world, and ever recollect that in our most successful effoitswe are merely in struments in the hands of divinity, and it is “God who healeth our diseases and redeemeth our lives from destruction! To enforce res pect from the world, however, gentlemen, we must ever respect ourselves and cherish that spirit of harmony and peace which should ever belong to gentlemen and members of au ancient, noble and philanthropic profession.— Let us ever remember that those who malign each other, must ever expect the world to de preciate them, and that those who voluntarily degrade themselves, deserve nothing less than degradation. Let this happy “reunion” pro voke us all to love and good works to each other, that the world may cease to taunt us with the slander that selfishness and envy are the liesetting sins of the medical professson. Let our lives be guided by lofty principles and be directed to salutary ends, that whether ap preciated or not, we may aid, in dispelling the darkness and gloom, that disease and death ever hangs over our earth, and that we may aid in diffusing a grateful warmth and light, which will at once invigorate and refresh. And now, gentlemen, as the organ of the profession of this city, allow me to express the hope that this meeting may prove a gala day to the brotherhood who have assenuiled in our midst—a day of relief and of joy and of good cheer, to those whose life is one of self-sacri fice, labor and toil. Allow me in their name to extend to your entire body specially and indi vidually a most cordial welcome to our city, and the hospitality with which lam author ized to say they desire to greet you, and Which they earnestly hope you will accept and en joy. Gentlemen, it is no ordinary pleasure which I this day experience, to see many of the medical men of Georgia assembled in council. I am most happy to be with you—and now in retiring from this chair, allow me again to thank you for the honor conferred upon me, and to express the earnest hope that all your deliberations may tend to the good of our whole profession, and that the results may re dound to the honor and advancement of med ical science, and to the prosperity of our call ing. And, finally, to my excellent and honored successor, I cheerfully resign, in accordance with ancient and approved usage, the chair with which you hi ve honored me, trusting, that when in the order of providence we may next meet, he may exhibit the standard ol our profession floating higher and broader, before the gaze of the world. After the address Dr. Colley took the chair, and after the appointmentof Delegates to the “American Medical Convention,” the soci ety adjourned to 10 o’clock on Thursday. V. Georgia Mllltaiy Institute. We learn from reliable authority that the first class in this Institute, numbering fourteen students, were Court-martialed on the 6th inst,, for disobedience of orders, and all ot them expelled. Eight of them, however, were subsequently re-instated, but they refused to return, believing that they had no more right to do so than the rest, since all had been ex pelled for the some offence. We learn from the same source that the students are highly incensed against one of the members of the Faculty. From the lights before us we are disposed to side with the boys, and are inclined to believe that the Faculty have been inefficient and in judicious in their management.—[State Press.