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“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON.
PROPRIETORS.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1859.
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Democracy of Early and Harris,
. appointed delegates to the next Guber-
,rial Convention, and instructed them to
u . for the re-nomination of Gov. Brown.—
* if \Ve predict that the next Gubernatorial
invention will make a candidate on the first
billot, and that harmony will prevail. V.
.- r y friend remarked to us a day or two
that he would have to take his advertise-
j, 0 „t of our paper. We replied, that will
r Well. sai<l he, you must send us
Ut*V€I in. •
nrc ^ds then, for we are getting more
■ rk t } ia n we can do. We took the joke and
. re ]j ev ed, and walked on, under no fear of
j.Ving tW advertisement. 'Hie gentleman re-
f ned to. advertises liberally, and is getting
ward. Printers’ ink is a great institu
te who is doing well, should advertise
V.
( onitrc'-lonnl Convention of the 4th
District.
Our Ikinocratic friends of Carroll county,
I reminniohdcd the 1st Tuesday in Juiie,
jpthc tii"'- and Newnan as the place of hold-
the Convention for the Fourth Congres-
i\.n*l District. We concur with our friends
i arndl in this suggestion. We call upon
f r j,.„ ( ],,f the Marietta Advocate, for an ex-
, ., -sion of opinion on this subject, as well as
• ir ,v other pajiers who may he willing to goin-
t ini abide by the action of that Convention.
,r. inceest the propriety of having delegates
ijipiinted l»y the several Counties, onthefiist
]„, .day in May. We know of no name like-
]vti>n>me before the Convention, except that
. , mr present able and worthy Representa
tive Hon. L- J- Gartrell—nevertheless, we
hojH? to see a full Convention.
Tlic Atlanta Mxllcal College.
The summer course of lectures in this de-
.-rvedlv celebrated institution, commences in
a f t uv davs. The prospects of a very large
arc truly tlnttering. And why should
!, .t this institution vie with any in the South
ern country, in |»oiiit of reputation ? We have
t magnificent College edifice, fine apparatus
hr the several departments, anatomical prep
aration^ and a number of other facilities of
which wc have heard, but being somewhat de-
Scicut in our medical education, we cannot
nud rtakc t< > sjieak particularly. Of one thing
we are certain ; every thing is right at the At-
liiitaMedic.il College. The professors as Phy-
.; dans, stand at the head of the list, as skillful,
.; i issfui practitioners, of long experience and
a of the first character and standing in this,
any e. immunity. The salubrity of the cli-
uate at Atlanta, make this place a most desi-
: Ad-- summer residence, and young men from
any part of this or adjoining States, will find
as'l'Mirn of tour months in our city, during
th summer, more a recreation than a task
timugh they may be subjected to much men
ial laW. We might write a volume in com-
:.-iid.iti*>ii of the Atlanta Medical College,
l ilt we forbear, for fear of incurring the dis-
fbaoireoi our Augusta, Savannah, Macon,
Nashville and < harleston exchanges.
Fur tlic Intelligencer.
Alr-Llne Railroad.
W. j am from Mr. John Blount, Chief En-
r iif the Georgia Air-Line Railroad, that
isirte. n miles of the Road has been let this
■"f iminesville, and that the contractors
riniieneeil operations—that yrouud was bro-
e last Wendesday This is good news, and
iv.s tlie determination of the citizes of Hall,
ul (if tin country of stockholders generally' to
; "li this work forward. North-East Georgia
has long felt the necessity of an outlet, and
ie-r people arc determinened to have it. They
are determined to have it in spite of the oppo
sition exhibited to it by the present City Coun-
ul »f Atlanta, and they will have it in spite of
tiiat opposition.
List year, after the people had voted anad-
ilitii •!! one hundred thousand dollars to the
•'■ ek. t'.>r the purpose of making up the sev-
rii hundred and fifty thousand required, the
i>y council delayed and baffled and raised squib
.me objections, from the time the people vo-
tfl ufK.ii it until their term expired. This
.'car. the same game is being played, but we
:mc it will be without the same result. The
i-ople of Atlanta are deeply interested in this
■'••ad- they are as anxious to have Railroad
uncction with that section, as the people of
N nh-Kast Georgia are to have it with them,
i "t she bj nst now cursed with the blight of
.Imposition admistration, which, while it
- tends to he democratic, is running rough-
I over the will of the people, ascmpathic-
*l'y expresed through the ballot-box.
I he extract above is taken from the National
American of the. 19th inst. While we have
• the time been disposed to favor this great
ii’lic enterprise by writing and talking for
■ stall times and under all circumstances, we
vc never been thoroughly and altogether
winced of the power or right to burden the
!■ "i'le with oraerous taxation, against their
We do not believe that the will of bare
D V"iities should rule at all hazards. Far
' m it. Minorities large or small, have rights
' common with other people, and those
-hts should lie respected. If wc are correct-
- informed on the subject of the vote last
"ir. tiif re were certain stipulations and con-
ici s. upon the happening of which, the
Ouincil were to subscribe $100,000. Did
: -iscontingency happen? Was the amount
5 'jfi.009 legitimately and bonafidely suliscri-
i outside of the City by stock-holders that
i i safely lie relied upon when called on to
!“ , !ul liy the projier authorities ? If so, we
torebeen misinformed.
>'e are in favor of a moderate tax—a tax
‘ciirient to detray the expenses of an econo-
•‘1 administration and no more. The mod-
at - use and control of powers delegated by
'" into the hands of the few is all right
•u pmjicr: the abuse and extravagant use of
‘t paver works to the injury and disadvaiij
-m in a majority of cases, to the donors—
At-are opposed to direct taxation as we
sd before under any and all circumstances,
; ‘lcss it meets the entire approbation of the
’’‘ile sought to lie benefitted or injured by
then we have not a word to say. The
■ iort of the committee appointed by Council
II “ik into and investigate the matter of
^ option referred to, we understand, report
' ' trse to the inferences made by the Ameri-
• !l s article ; consequently if this committee
4r ‘ correct in what they say, we see no good
. Wir ‘ wl| y the present Council or the Coun-
1 °flast year should be abused and held up
ridicule. They are doing just what
‘ • wer e elected to do—just what they ought
t l . ~ uar ding the rights and best interests of
lr constituency—the welfare and good
cit'.' < f ^‘ir alread y trappy and prosperous
ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1859.
NO 27
off in the right direction. We want to see no
conflicting^nterests brought into the work, but
a unanimity of feeling and sentiment that
will carry it through to a successful com
pletion. Our voice is for the building of the
road, bat we want it done in a way that will
redound to the best interests of all concerned.
There are enough men in [the city of Atlanta
and all along the line of the Road who are
willing to take stock, without* AVa% taxing
the people of this city. Get up the right sort
of a programme and put the proper elements
to work and the thing is done. Don’t abuse
the Council for protecting and guarding the
rights and best interests of the city, when
they are acting under oath. We may have
have more to say upon this subject at another
‘•me. JUNIUS.
Minute of Points Decided by the Su
preme Court at Atlanta—March Term
1859.
A. M. Woods et al vs. Nicholas Tompkins.—
Simms mad Bleckley for plffs in error. B. H.
Hill contra. Judgment affirmed.
Where A sues B in an action of trover for
negroes, and pending the suit B. hires out the
negroes for a valuable consideration. Held,
that after judgment against B for the negroes
and their hire, the same as to the hire remain
ing unsatisfied, A can recover at law against
the hirer. Held, also, that if the security of
B on appeal in the trover action, pays off the
judgment for hire against his principal, and
the principal is insolvent, such security is
subjugated in equity to the rights of A, the
original plaintiff, and can recover his bill
from their hirers.
want to
see this great enterprise] more
Tire Tattoo.—A marine, who went from
Pefham on board of one the American war
ships which for a year past has been cruising
on the Chinese coast, writes home, among
many other things, thus : Among the uncon
sidered trifles that float about the forcastle of
a man-of-a-war, one does not help observing
the “tattooed” arms, limbs and bodies of the
sailors. I sawa man stretched upon the deck,
with his breast all bare, and a big fellow, with
no compunction, but with great energy, sac
rificing the flesh with five needles tied togeth
er, with the points dipped in India ink, and
each wound in the flesh absorbing enough of
the fluid to retain a mark for life. The figure
was composed of the Goddess of Liberty, the
stars and stripes, a ship, &c. Some have a
taste for melancholy, and mark the arm with
a morento rnon—a tombstone and a weeping-
willow ; others for the villainous, and adopt
the gallows, with a culprit pendant. Some
have double hearts and love-arrows, and some
inclose in a wreath of roses the initials of a
deserted, yet hoped for sweet-heart. 'Ilien
there is the patriotic taste, with the escutche
on of the Union, and a ship of war ready for
a fight. It is estimated that, at least, forty
thousand persons in the United States Navy,
annually, arc “tattooed, with figures costing
from seventy-five cents to fifteen dollars, and
showing an annual expenditure in the aggre
gate of twenty thousand dollars !
The First Bridge over the Savannah River.
It is well enough to keep the points of his
tory generally correct, even with reference to
a bridge structure which has passed away for
the last sixty-three years. The first bridge
over the Savannah river was completed the
latter part of the year 1790 or the early part
of the year 1791. It was built by Gen. Wade
Hampton ; and portions of the posts that
sustained the bridge are still to be seen at low
stages of our river, opposite to Washington
street.
When Gen. Washington visited Augusta,
in the spring of 1791, he passed over the then
new bridge at Augusta; or, at least, in the
details of the occurrences on that occasion,
the fact of his crossing the new bridge is stated.
The bridge was washed away in the winter of
1795, by what was then and subsequently
known as the Yazoo flood, and which over
flowed the city
We make this very brief reference to the
first bridge ever erected over the Savannah
river, at least near this locality, in order that
our rising generation may know the time of
its erection and of its destruction.—[Augusta
Con sti tu tional ist.
The Human Voice—Its Effect on Animals.
A correspondent of “The Field,” says: “No
sound, however loud, whether produced by a
cannon or a fowling-piece causes the same
amount of terror amongst wild animals and
wild birds ns the human voice. I have al ways
known more grouse to be sprung by sportsmen
speaking to their dogs, or to each other, on
the mountains, in the shooting season, than
by any other cause: and it is a rule of mine
only to make use of the whistle and signs to
my dogs, such as taking off my hat, &c., and
a wicked, or cross look has often more good
effect upon a dog than a whipping. So, like
wise in snipe-shooting, one word spoken,
springs more birds than twenty shots. If you
go to a raliit-burrow to ferret, you may bang
away all day with your gun and the rabbits
will still bolt; hut once commence speaking
and your sport is over, the ferret lies, and the
rabbits submit to certain death sooner than to
move towards your voice. Patridges are so
much accustomed to the loud voice of farmers
and laborers, that, generally speaking, you
may talk as much as you like in pursuit of
them. Nothing prove the power of man
over the brute creation more than his voice.
Even in the thickest jugles, wild beasts will
skulk away if they hear him speak.”
Small Pox on the Chattahoochee.
'Die Small Pox exists on the Chattahoochee
river about one hundred and fifty miles below
this city is now removed beyond the possibili
ty of a doubt. Information is received from
old Columbia—where the diseases has made
its appearance—by means of the telegraph,
which confirms the rumors heretofore preva
lent. Twenty cases are reported at Columbia,
a small town in Henry county, Alabama, on
the west bank of the Chattahoochee and just
below Blakely, Early county, Georgia. Sel
dom in the history of this disease do we find
so many cases confined to so small a number
of inhabitants. In fact the disease is reported
to be spreading through the plantations in
Clay and Farly counties in this State. The
hope is entertained, however, that the cases
will not prove fatal, but are of a mild type,
which will leave no marks of the ravages of
the disease. Dr. John J. Boswell, of Colum
bus, than whom few physxians are more skilled
in the treatment of Small Pox, has left with
the proper nurses for the spot. The result of
his visit will doubtless be made public on his
return, so that the cummunity may be advised
as to the progress of the epidemic. In the
meantime, we wait with patience further in
formation, hoping that the roots of the diseases
may be confined to the place from when it or
iginated and that the cases may not prove fa
tal.—[Col. Times.
Death of Hon. George M. Bibb.
Washington, April 15.—Hon. George M.
Bibb, died yesteaday afternoon, at his residence
in Georgetown. Mr. Bibb was a long time
United States Senator from the State of Ken
tucky, and Chief Justice, and afterwards
Chancellor of that State, and subsequently
filled the office of Secretary of the Treasury in
the administration of President Tyler. He
died of pneumonia. He was over eighty years
of age. He was born in Virginia, and gradu
ated at Princetown, in 1792, lie has been prac
tising law at Washington since. Mr. Tyler’s
Presidency.
To Clean Moss from Fruit Treks.—The en
quiry is often made, “How may I rid my fruit
trees of the moss with which it are infested ?”
The following will be found an effectual meth
od : Save all the soap-suds after washing, and
when cold, apply to your trees with a half-
worn white-wash brush. The moss will soon
become soaked, and after a little perseverance
with the brush, will cleave off, and leave the
bark of the tree clean and glossy. Current
bushes can be cleaned in a similar way, save
that a woolen cloth should be substituted for
the brush, in applying the Bnds, and rubbing
the bush.
Three things that never agree—two cats
over one mouse; two wives in one house; two
lovers after one gal.
LITTLE BY LITTLE.
“Little by little,” an acorn said,
As it slowly sank in its mossy bed;
“I am improving every day,
Hidden deep in the earth away.”
little by little each day it grew ;
Little by little it sipped the dew ;
Downward it sent out a thread-like root;
Up in the air sprung a tiny shoot.
Day after day, and year after year,
Little hy little the leaves appear ;
And the slender branches spread far and wide,
’Till the mighty oak is the forest’s pride.
Far down in the depths of the dark blue sea,
An insect train works ceaselessly ;
Grain by grain they at e building well,
Each one alone in its little cell.
Moment by moment, and day by day.
Never stopping to rest or play.
Bocks upon rocks they are rearing high,
’Till the top looks out on the sunny sky :
The gentle wind and the balmy air,
Little by little bring verdure there ;
’Till the summer sunbeams gaily smile
On the buds and flowers of the coral isle.
“Little by little,” said a thoughtful boy,
“Moment by moment I’ll well employ,
Learning a little every day,
And not spending all my time in play ;
And still this rule in my mind shall dwell—
‘Whatever I do, I will do it well.’
Little by little I learn to know
The treasured wisdom of long ago ;
And one of these days pcrhajis we’ll see
That the world will be the better for me.”
And do you not think that this simple plan
Made him a wise and useful man f
Liberal Sentiments.
George W. Curtis, Esq., delivered a lecture
last Wednesday evening before the Mercantile
Library Association at Tremont Temple, on
“Democracy and Education.” It was a very
fine effort, and listened to with marked atten
tion by a large audience. The following are
a few of the salient points made by the Speak
er, as reported in the Journal:
“Taking Luther as the great representa
tive of the Democratic sentiment, the lecturer
remarked that this sturdy old defender of in
dividual opinion thought he was only plant
ing a sapling to strengthen his fence but
it had . grown to a tree which had uproot
ed the fence, and now its umbngeous tops
were full of singing birds. He lit a candle to
light the room, but the blaze had flamed
and lighted up the world.
“Every race or class of men in history which
had been denied a common humanity, had
finally resented the denial and asserted their
own rights. It was not true that always the
voice of the people was the voice of God. Fif
ty dunces knew no more than one dunce.—
There was no magic in numbers, but a thou
sand men would better protect their rights
than one man.
“A theocracy is the ideal system. No one
doubts that the least government is the best
one ; but how shall we find the best ? The
man who carries off my spoons will not re
ceive immunity because he claims to he a
minister, nor a government to violate my
contract because it is a government.
“The people might make wicked laws as
well as the king makes them. They may en
force polygamy or any other wrong, hut that
did not make it right. And if there was any
such a thing as a wicked law, it was no more
binding, because made by a million men than
by one man. This, you say, is striking at
the foundation of civil government. Ought
we not to hear and forbear ? Was not govern
ment a matter of compromise ? While it is a
law we ought to conquer our prejudices. Let
us at least be respectable while we live ; just
smother the baby and have done with it.—
Doing right was between my God and me,
and if I should obey vour law and kill my
child to-night, I doubt if it would be a pass
port for me to heaven.
“Should the startling doctrine ever be an
nounced in this country that our government
was only intended for certain kinds of men,
then let every man look after his liberty. It
had inaugurated a despotism, and to-morrow
the hosts of despotism were marching boldly
into our doors. When we permanently dis
franchise a man, we have struck a severe blow
at Democracy. Every man had an equal
right to have a voice in the government with
you, or the President of the United States.
The speaker eloquently vindicated the
right of individual opinion, and showed how
even the admirers of Luther to-day utterly
failed to defend that cardinal right; how the
independent thinker was prayed against, how
tracts were written at him, and how his soul
was paralyzed with the slow, incessant drop
pings of calumny. But despite all hindrance
the race does and would sweep on to the trop
ics of its dreams. The lecturer launched an
arrow at the Pickwickian Christianity of the
day, and said that all the devices of science
and learning, unhallowed by virtue, would
return to plague the world. True education
developed the democratic principle. Nations
were but bridges over which humanity passed
n its grand march. If its timbers were rot
ten, it must fall. In fine, Liberty was hut
that will of God gradually making the world
His own.
Galls on Horses, «Sec.
One of the best means to prevent galls on hor
ses is to wash the part smost liable to inju
ry with whiskey saturated with alum. We find
in oue of our exchanges the following receipt
for an ointment for wounds and sores of all
kinds, and for hordes, when galled by the sad
dle or collar, and also for broken chilbnrins ;
Take of honey twelve ounces, yellow bees-
wak fourounces, compound galbanum plaster
six ounces, sweetoil half a pint. Put the hon
ey into ajar by the fire, then melt the other
ingredients and mix them together, spread
very thin on linen, and change twice every
day.
A Place where Bloomer Women are in De
mand.—Mrs. Lydia S. Hasbrouck’s Sibyl has
a correspondent in the person of Mrs. J. A.
Archibald, a bloomer woman who is travelling
across the prairies with her husband and
other adventurers for Pike’s Peak. In her
last letter she says she was in great demand
among the Indians, insomuch that though the
party in which she was, consisted of 50 men
armed with rifles and revolvers, that kept
her concealed whenever the Indians appeared
in any consideracle numbers, being afraid to
let them know that the company contained
any women. She does not seem to have liked
this concealment, and finally showed herself,
she says, being anxious to see something cu
rious that two or three of them had brought,
and says :
“Though I did n^t myself feel there was
any cause for alarm, I was sorry I had been
seen on account of the existing feeling in the
train. It was of no use to hide now, for every
Indian within a mile knew of my whereabouts.
Though there was not a shadow of danger in
such a company as ours, as many of us well
knew at the time, and as many experienced
men have since informed us it is very true that
the red men have an unaccountable fancy for
white women. My husband received very
many flattering offers for me. One Indian
wanted to trade for two squaws, who could
probably perform four times the physical la
bor that I could. Others, not quite so timid,
appro iched the wagon, and made signs for
me to jump behind them on their ponies,
hut I declined the honor in the most respect
ful language I knew of their dialect—a deci
ded shake of the head.”
The Cultivation of tiie Imagination.—His
Lordship the Bishop of Montreal, in a lecture
recently delivered before the church of Eng
land Association for young men, in that city,
says: “I believe that, in the education of
youth, it is of immense importance not to
omit the cultivation of the imagination. I am
inclined to agree in the opinion that all ro
mantic fiction, whether in poetry or prose,
which does not actually and purposely paint
and praise vice and vicious characters, and
seek to make them attractive and imitated,
acts advantageously on the mind, and espe
cially on the well eductced spirit, and most
certainly adds to the happiness of life. Lu
ther once said; ‘I would not for any quantity
of gold part with the wonderful tales, whicn I
have retained from my earliest youth, or have
met with in my progress through life.’ And
Dr. Johnson’s grand idea is universally true,
‘whatever can make the past, the distant, or
the future, predominate over the present, ad
vances us in the dignity of thinking beings.”
fg“ Seek for your children, excellence in
morals and manners; secondly in books; third
ly, in their personal health; but never neglect
health—for they cannot excel in goodness or
learning without health.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1859.
The Weather and the Crops.
This is a trite subject, but one in which our
readers have, and feel a deep interest. For
nearly four months we had rains every week
in abundance. For the last three weeks we
have had fair weather. Rain would now be of
service, especially to com and cotton. We
have had some freezes and frosts, and the fruit
in some localities, has been cut off to a very
great extent. Wheat, however, has not been
seriously injured. It looks very well in this
section, and unless some future disaster should
befall it, we anticipate an abundant harvest in
middle and upper Georgia.
National Extravagance.
We refer our readers to an article in this is
sue, upon the subject of Governmental ex
travagance. We have been for several weeks
past contemplating this matter, and gathering
the material to prepare an article upon this
subject. While we have been more cautious,
and have never, like the “States,” denounced
the present administration, we have feared
that an honest inquiry and a faithful statement
might require us to write some hard things
against our present national executive. The
“States” “shells down the com,” and con
fesses its wrong. We admire the “States” for
its candor, and its readiness to make the
“amende honorable,” after the enlighten
ments of a full investigation. We invite the
opposition press to copy the article referred to,
and see how much they can make out of it by
a fair criticism. The case is a much better
one than we looked for. We are of the opin
ion, that this showing gives some assurance
that neither old Buck nor Howell Cobb, will
bankrupt the nation immediately. Read and
read carefullv, and render justice where it is
due. V.
Minutes of Points Decided by Supreme
Court at Atlanta, March Term, 1859.
Jesse Ward et al, vs. Matilda Allen ; equity
from Fayette.
Doyal for pltfts in error ; Tidwell contra.—'
Judgment affirmed.
Davis 0. Gresham vs. Samuel P. Rickenback-
er; certiorari from Meriwether.
B. H. Hill for pltff in error ; H. Warner con
tra. Judgment reversed.
Held, tiiat the attorneys employed by the
Escheator ought to have been allowed reason
able compensation for their services.
Win. L. Bethea vs. Geo. Prothey ; attachment
from Meriwether.
Hall and Bleckley for pltffs in error ; Ad
ams, Knight and Hill contra. Judgment af
firmed.
Wm. Simpler vs. Win. Lordetal; caveat from
Meriwether.
B. H. Hill for pltff in error ; Warner contra.
Judgment affirmed.
Held, that the verdict was in accordance
with the evidence.
Notley Maddox et al vs. Shadrick Rowe, Jr.;
equity from Troup.
Ramsey by B. Y. Martin for pltffs in error ;
B. H. Hill contra. Judgment affirmed.
Rebecca E. Stanley vs. Wm. Read ; claim from
Troup.
Ramsey by B. Y. Martin for pltff in error ;
B. H. Hill contra. Judgment affirmed.
C. L. Cunningham vs. J. H. Rice ; equity from
Floyd.
Underwood and Smith for pltff in error;
Alexander contra. Judgment reversed.
Lessons for those who like them.
Be not always speaking of yourself. Be not
awkward in manner. Be not forward. Boast
not. Angle not for praise. Do not equivo
cate. Confess your faults. Tell no lies ; not
even rhose called innocent. Listen when
spoken to. Be polite at the table. Attend
to the ladies. Dread the character of an ill-
bred man. Be remarkable for cleanliness of
person. Attend to your dress. Study ele
gance of expression. Avoid old sayings and
vulgarisms. Use polished language. Be choice
in your compliments. Acquire a knowledge
of the world. Praise delicacy. Study the
foibles of mankind. Command your temper
and countenance. Never acknowledge an
enemy, or see. affront if you can help it.—
Avoid wrangling, meddling and tittle-ta ttle.
Judge not of mankind rashly. Trust not im-
plicity to any. Beware of proffered friendship.
Doubt him who swears to the truth of a thing.
Be choice in your company. Adopt no man’s
rices. Avoid noisy laughter. Refuse invita
tions politely. Dare not be singular in a
right cause ; and be not ashamed to refuse.
Strive to write well and grammatically. Affect
not the rake. Be choice in your amusements.
Never appear to be in a hurry. Neglect not an
old acquaintance. Avoid all kinds of vanity.
Make no one in company feel his inferiority.
Be not witty at another’s expense. Be sparing
ofrailery. Never whisper in company. Look
not over one when writing or reading. Hum
no tunes in company, nor be in any way
noisy. Eat not too fast nor too slow. Spit
not ou the floor or carpet. Hold no indelicate
discourse. Avoid old habits. Lose no time
in transacting business. Indulge not in lazi
ness. Be not frivolous. Study dignified as
well as pleasing manners. Be not envious.
Show no hastiness of temper. Talk not long
at a time. Tell no stories. Avoid hackney
expressions. Make no digressions. Hold no
one by the button while talking. Forestall
not a slow speaker. Say not all you think.—
Adapt your conversation to the company.
Give not your advice unasked. Renew no
disagreeable matters. Praise not another at
the expense of the company. Avoid rude ex
pressions. Avoid mystery and long apologies.
Look people in the face when speaking.—
Swear not. Talk not scandal. Talk not of
private concerns. Few jokes will bear repeat
ing. Take the peacemaker’s part in debating.
Be not clamorous in dispute ; ’ but exercise
good-humor. Learn the character of the
company before you say much. Suppose not
yourself laughed at. Interrupt no man’s sto
ry. Ask no abrupt question. Reflect on no
order of the people. Display not your learn-
ng on all occasions. Avoid debt.
Medical College of Atlanta.
Wc refer our readers to the announcement
of the Atlanta Medical College, which will be
found in our advertising columns. When last
in Atlanta, we availed ourselves of an invita
tion to visit this institution.
We were most agreeably surprised to find
the arrangements so perfect in every depart
ment. We were particularly pleased with the
dissecting room, museum, and laboratory.—
Ample material is already in readiness for the
ensuing session. There is an air of cleanliness
and order about this anatomical room that we
have seldom observed in larger institutions.
The chemical apparatus is very extensive,
and the museum begins to exhibit a collection
of specimens, which, of themselves, might af
ford the student food for thought, for at least
the brief term which a single course of lec
tures embraces. We learn that this college is
in a flourishing condition.—[Madison Visitor.
Washington Hall.
On more occasions than one, has it been our
good fortune to partake of the good things fur
nished foT the traveling public, at the above
named Hotel in Atlanta.
But one half has not yet been told. Indeed,
were we to attempt to do “Cousin John” of
the Washingto Hall, justice, our readers
would think we were extravagant in our praise,
or that we were “puffing” him. Nothing but
a realization of the hospitalities of this house,
would give our readers an adequate idea of
its merits. We were pleased to see the large
and commodious addition which has been late
ly added to the already large and comfortable
building. Friend Gilbert will do to tie to—
we wish him and “Cousin John” a long and
happy life.—[Marietta Patriot.
Tlie Expenditures of tlie Government—
Facts and Figures for Democratic Candi
dates.
The idea is widely prevalent, says the Wash
ington States—we entertained it ourselves—
that the expenditures of the federal govern
ment are increasing every year at an alarming
rate, and that they now amount to nearly a
hundred million of dollars per annum. The
fact is far differont, as we have ascertained on
investigation, and ate prepared to prove. The
expenditures of the government tall an im
mense margin short of a hundred million, and
are rapidly decreasing, instead of increasing
eaah year.
We shall make a statement of the facts of
the subject, which will be very brief and per
fectly conclusive.
The payments of the treasury during the
fiscal year 1857-8, were larger than during any
preceding year of peace. These payments
were ordered and appropriated for by the
Thirty-Fourth Congress, at the session of
1856 -7 ; the popular branch of which was
controlled by the Opposition, and was presided
over hy a Black Republican Speaker.
The total payments out of tlie treasury du
ring the fiscal year 1857-8 (Report on Finance
for 1857-8, p. 30,)were $81,585,667,76; of
which aggregate the sum of $9,684,537 99
was paid in redemption of the public debt—
leaving as paid on account of expenditures,
$71,901,129 79. This sum, however, does
not represent the expenditures of the year
alone, but embraces sundry items of deficien
cies which were appropriated by the Congress
of 1857-8 to discharge debts incurred in pro
ceeding years. One of these items was for de
ficiencies in printing of $341,189; another
was for deficiencies in the army service, in
curred during several preceding years, amount
ing to $1,220,000, whieli constituted an item
in the deficiency bill of 1857-8, generally
known as the Utah deficiency bill. A large
portion of the expenditure of the Utah expe
dition was paid during this year ; to wit:
about $3,855,259, which was an extraordinary
and not a regular expenditure.
Then there was the stipened paid to Den
mark for her release of the Sound dues, amoun-
to $408,731. All these and other similar
items make an aggregate of seven or eight
millions of dollars paid in the year 1857-8,
not properly chargeable to the ordinary ex
penditures of government for that year, but
which helped to swell the actual payments out
of the treasury during the year to the sum of
$71,901,129, as we havealready stated. This
explanation will account for the fact tiiat tlie
actual payments of tlie year were larger than
during any preceding year of peace. Not with -
standing, however, that they were thus swol
len,it is plain that tlie expenditures of the gov
ernment during tiiat year were far short of
the fabulous sum of a hundred millions, charg
ed liy the Black Republicans.
We come now to the fiscal year of 18-58-9,
the year in which we now are, and which will
expire on the 30th of June next. The appro
priations for this year were made by tlie Con
gress of 1857-8. We cannot yet tell what the
actual payments out of tlie treasury for tlie
year will be, but the appropriations made for
it afford a safe approximation to the amount.
The appropriations for the year, as stated offi- j
dally by the clerk of the House Committee of j
Ways and Means and published shortly after
tlie close of the session of 1857-8, are as fol
lows :
Regular Arpeopriatonh for tiie Service of
the year 1858-9.
Pension
Indian, regular
Ilo supplemental
Do deliciency
Consular and diplomatic
Military Academy
Naval
Sundry civil
Legislative, executive and judicial..
Army
Mail steamer
Post ollice
Collecting revenue from inifiorts pi
ent, additional
An act to amend an act entitled “An act au
thorizing repayment for land erroneously
sold by the United States.”
An act giving the assent of Congress to a law
of the Missouri Legislature for the applica
tion of the reserved two per cent, land found
of the State.
An act to carry into effect the convention be
tween the United States and China, conclu
ded on theSth of November, 1858, at Shang
hai.
Sundry civil—interest on moneys advanced
by Gov. Douglas.
Army—2nd section—repayment to the State
of Texas for moneys advanced in calling out
troops by General Persifor F. Smith, in
1854.
If we add $875,169 for the “indefinite' ’ ap
propriations cited in the statement to the as
certained appropiations of $41,123,854, we
shall have the appropriations for the year
1859-’60, exclusive of what we shall he requir
ed for tlie postal service, $42,000,000. The
postal bill which was lost at the close of the
session, coatained appropriations amounting
to within a fraction of $20,000,000, of which
the amount that would have been drawn out
of the treasury would have been about $12,
000,000.
The postal revenue collected by the post
master does not go into the treasury or into
the treasury estimates. Twelve millions will
paohably be the sum appiopriated out of the
treasury for tlie deficiencies and for the regu
lar postal service of the year, by Congress,
when it meets in the fall. If we add this
twelve millions to the forty-two alread ascer
tained, we shall have for the gross expendi
tures of tlie fiscal voar 1859-00, the sum ol
$54,000,000.
The recapitulation of what we have thus
elaborately explained, gives the following
comparative result :
Expenditures of 1857-’58 appropriated by an
opposition House $71,901,129
Expenditures of 1858-’59 56,974,226
Expenditures of 1859-’60 54,000,000
Tlius have we suceeded in demonsratating
the falsity of the two propositions industrious
ly asserted In’ the Opposition, to wit : that the
government approximate a hundred millions
a year, and are increasing at an alarming rate.
Both all legations are absurdly false.
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1859.
|1P The Montgomory Mail announces Thos.
J. Judge as the opposition candidate for Con
gress, for the Third District of Alabama.
V.
Southern Cultivator.
The May number has arrived. This is a val
uable monthly. The present volume has been
enlarged and greatly improved. Our agricul
tural papers are not patronized as extensively
as they should he. Our Planters are at fault
in this matter. Frequently one number con
tains an article worth more to the farmer than
a year’s subscription. Terms, one dollar per
annum. Address W. S. Jones, Augusta, Ga.
V.
$769,500 00 * 1
1.368,104 49 1
959.957, 30 j
339,595 00
91-2.120 00
182,804 00
14,508,354 23
5,557,148 07
6,134,002 61
17,145,806 46
960,750 00
3,500.000 00
.‘rman-
1,150,000 00
We learn from the official report that at
their late sessions, tlie several medical institu
tions of the country graduated eight hun
dred and seventy-eight young gentlemen ?—
Just think, how many pills will have to be
swallowed by our unfortunate fellow-citizens,
to afford business for these youngsters. We
speak deferentially, when we declare it- as our
opinion tiiat too many young men arc nowa
days diplatomizcd, either for the good of the
public or tiie credit of the profession. We
hope to sec the day when a higher standard of
medical education will be required of physi
cians than at present obtains in our country.
Thus speak the editor of tlie Madison Visi
tor, himself a doctor. If the members of the
fraternity are becoming alarmed for the low
standard of medical education, how should
the people feel, upon whom they are licensed
to experiment ? 'Tlic editor speaks truly
when .he speaks of the necessity for a higher
standard of Medical Education in i lie coun
try. Indeed it seems dwindled into a mere
money-making business generally, among the
Professors, and there is a regularand constant
contest between the various institutions to
see which can secure tlie greatest number of
students, without reference to any other qual
ifications than tlicir ability to pay for their
tickets.—[Augusta Chronicle -
$53,458,233 92
To which add :
Treasury notes 185S $20,000 00
Manufacture of arms.. ..1858 36U.OO0 00
Kxiienses Investigating
committees 1858 35,000 00
Treaty with Denmark.. 1858 408,731 44
Deficiency in printing,
Aic....'. 1858 341.189 58
Deficiency for the year IS58 9,794,209 89
Deaf, ilutub and blind,
11. C 1858 3,000 00
Expenso investigating
committee 1858 12,000 00
Clerks in Oregon to Re
gister and Receiver.. 1858 7,000 00
Running Texas ljotind-
ary line 1858 80,000 CO
Incident to the loan of
$20,000,000 5,0lr0 00 10,976,130 91
$64,434,364 13
Estimate:
Cther appropriations, hills not printed and
indefinite, including all private bills 3,565,635 87
$68,003.0000 00
This statement shows the gross appropria-
ations made at tlie session of 1858-9 ; and in
cludes not only those designed for tlie service
of the year 1858-9, but also certain deficien
cies then existing, and which were paid out of
the treasury between the passage of the Defi
ciency bills and tlie beginning of the fiscal
year 1858-9 on the first of July, 1858. The
statement embraces two Deficiency bills. —
Out of the appropriated $341,189 for printing
which was paid immediately alter tlie passage
of the bill, and is included in the seventy-one
million of dollars we have shown to have been
actually paid out of the treasury in the fiscal
year 1857-8. The other Deficiency hill appro
priated $9,904,209; of which amount, we
have ascertained, by inquiry at the treasury,
that the sum of $7,275,853 93 was paid du
ring the fiscal year 1857-8, and formed a part
of the seventy-one millions of dollars paid out
in tiiat year. The payment under the treaty
with Denmark was also made in 1857-8. In
order, therefore, to ascertain the approximate
expenditures of the fiscal year 1858-9, we must
deduct from the gross appropriations of tlie
session of 1857-8, as stated above, these sums,
viz:
Payment to Denmark $408,751
Printing deficiency, paid 341,189
Paid on the ten million Deficiency bill during tlic
fiscal vear 1S57-S ;7,375,853
[tlllz nt a Wedding;.
Probably no man now living has caused
more real, thorough, unmitigated fun and
mischief than Signor Blitz the magician and
ventriloquist. He has been made a peg, no
doubt, to hang a good many hats on that were
never worn; but we must believe stories like
this which the Philadelphia City Item tells of
Blitz at a wedding :
The other night our young friend, Walter
Dinmore, tiie photographist, was married to
tlie lovely and accomplished Miss Fisher, of
Camden, and Signor Blitz, being an old friend
of the Dinmores/ was invited to the wedding.
He did not reach there until about 10 o’clock.
After paying his respects to the bride and
groom lie took a seat in tlie back parlor.—
1’resentiy some one cried out, “You’re losing
your hoop-skirt, Madame,” whereupon the
greatest confusion ensued, all tlie ladies
grasping their skirts with a vigor that seemed
to say, “loose or not they shan’t come down!”
“Let me out,” cried the strange voice, and
then other voices hurriedly said, “Hands off.
sir !” “Miss, I love you !” “Oh, Augustus!”
“Your baby is crying, Madame!” “Kill it
with Godfrey’s Cordial!” “Murder!” “Fire !”
“Stand frem under!” “Look to the bride !”
“Poison !” “What’s the matter with Walter!”
“Strychnine!” “Arrest tlie grooms-men !”
These cries, in apparently different voices, fol
lowed each other in such quick succession
that for about five minutes there was the
greatest consternation, until Walter Dinmore
knowing Blitz of old, pulled him out of the
corner and set him to eating and drinking, so
as to give him no opportunity for the display
of ventriloquism. On his way hack, while
crossing tlie river, Blitz frightened the hands
of the boat badly ; in fact, one of them would
have jumped into the river if he had not been
held—as it is he declares the “Old Boy” was
on board the boat that night.
$5,825,774
For these items have all been once counted
in tiie seventy-one millons of actual payments
out of tiie treasury during the fiscal year of
1857- 8. Deduct this $8,025,774 from tlie $68,-
000,000 appropriated at the session of 1857-8,
and we have as the expenditures of tlie gov
ernment during the vears 1858-9 the sum of
$59,974,226.
It is maintained by the Opposition, howev
er, that there was a balance of unexpended
appropriations on the 1st of July, 1858, of
twelve or sixteen millions, which was liable
to be expended during the fiscal year 1858-9 :
and that this ought to be added to tne appro
priations for the year, in estimating its expen
diture. Tlie reply to this, however, is that
there will he a like balance of appropriations
remaining unexpended on the 1st of July,
1859, of the appropriations for the years
1858- 9, which, on the same principle, ought
to be deducted ; and that it is, therefore, safe
to take account of either, and to let the one
offset the other.
We come now to the expenditures for the
year 1859-‘60, which will commence on the
1st of July, next. These are approximately
indicated by the appropriation which have
been made for the service of that year, aug
mented, as they will he by such appropriations
as the next Congress will make for the iiostal
service, the biil for which failed at the last
session. An official statement of the appro
priations of the last session has just- been
made by the cierk of the House Committee of
Ways and Means, as follows :
APPROPRIATIONS 2d SEZSION Sifrh CONGRESS.
Support Military Academy $179,588 00
Providing for lightning streets across the Mail. 4,400 00
Expenses of investigating committees House of
Rep. esentatives 10,600 00
Regular Indi .u 1,797,368 40
Consular and diplomatic 1,047,745 00
Naval 10,627,163 55
To carry out treaty stipulations with certain
Indian tribes, and for other purposo 962,395 82
Legislature, executive and judicial 6,940,986 63
Light-house 331,507 70
Sundry civil 9,169,032 27
Army, fortifications, arsenals, roads and oth
er public works 15,289,845 76
Expenses investigating committees House of
Representatives 10,000 CO
Pension 852,900 00
A Georgian Insane.
Tlie Savannah Republican of the 20th instant,
says that M. W. Bider, a citizen of Nebraska
city, and who has relatives near Athens, in
this state, is at Memphis, in a state of insani
ty. The Bulletin of the latter city say he is in
charge of the Odd Fellows, who will attend to
his every want until his friends shall be heard
from.
Fourth Congressional District Convention.
Our cotemporary of the Marietta Advocate,
has made a prompt response to our suggestion
in reference to the Congressional Convention
for the 4th District. He agrees with us in
opinion as to the time and place—1st Tuesday
in June as the time, and Newnan as the place.
We hope to hear a similar response from that
sterling Democratic journal, tlie Newnan Ban
ner Sf Sentinel, and any other papers in the Dis
trict, who may be disposed to act with us in
this movement.
$41,123,804 21
An act to provide for the payment of the claims
of the State of Maine for expenses incurred
l-y that State in organizing a regiment of
volunteers for the mexican war.
fff’ Mr. Brown, called in at a neighbor's
and was urged to take supper, which he did,
the old lady all the while saying :
I’m afraid, Mr. Brown, you will not make a
supper ; you have eaten nothing—-do eat
some more.” After lie had stepped out,' he
heard the old lady say to her husband: ‘ ‘Why
I do declare I should think Mr. Brown had not
eaten anything for a month.
POLITICAL.
Tlie Huntsville (Ala.,) Independent sug
gests Hon. F. K. Zollicoffer, of Tenn., as a
nominee for President in 1860.
General Foote—ex-Gonernor of Mississippi
—is a candidate for Congress in the Fourth
Mississippi District. His opponent is the Hon.
O. R. Singleton.
Fatal Accident at Tunnel Hill.
We have been informed at rather a late day
of a fatal accident at Tunnel Hill. On the
24th ult., two men, John Hughes, a citizen of
he district, and Hugh Raney, an Irishman,
were instantly killed. It appears that por
tions of the fixture and earth at the top
Shaft No. 3 gave way, falling on these per
sons with the above unfortunate result.—
Keowtc Courier.
Death of the Oldf.st Man.—We have re
ceived says the Montgomery Udvertiser, the
following communication from a correspon
dent at Covington in that State.
Tlie oldest man in the United States, and
probably on the whole globe, is dead. We
have to announce the death of “Pa Ciesar,” an
old negro man not less than 130 to 140 years
of age, who died in Covington, on the 8th of
this month. It is said tiiat he was, over a
hun.’red years ago, King of a tribe of negroes
in his native land. He has been confined to
his bed for upwards of 25 years, and although
notable to step for that period, he retained
the fu/t possessfcin of his senses up to the last
minute of his life.'
“Female Weakness.”—Tin's complaint is
very prevalent just now. It shows itself in a
desire for hundred dollar shawls, and those nice
looking young men, who peddle tape, with
their hair curled. It is a weakness that usu
ally comes on at the age of eighteen, and is
very apt to terminate fatally—to a husband’s
pocket book. The cure is to spend less for
bonnets and more for books—in other words,
to put something in the head as well as upon
it.
9Iasoulc Signet & Journal.
The March number of this valuable Period
ical is on our table, and we have examined its
contents. It is worthy of the Editors—Judge
Lawrence and Dr. Campbell, and of the Grand
Lodge of Georgia, whose organ it is. The Ed
itors both wield the pen of “a ready writer,”
and tlie “Signet and Journal,” under their
auspices, is destined to become a useful and
popular periodical. Every Mason iu the State,
as well as in the neighboring States, who is
able to spare two dollars, should become a sub
scriber. Then the “Signet and Journal’ ’ would
“go on prospering and to prosper.” It is
neatly printed by C. R. Hanleiter, Atlanta,
Ga. Price $2,00 in advance.
minute of points decided by the Supreme
Court at. Atlanta—march Term, 1859.
Macon & Western R. R. Co., vs. Wm. N. Mc
Connell ; notice from Fayette.
B. II. Hill, Tidwell and Wooton for pltffs in
error ; Huil anil Connin’, Calhoun & Calhoun
contra. Judgment reversed.
Held, that a Railroad, where it has long had
and needs a wood-yard, has the right to pile
wood to the extreme limit of its right of way,
and also has the right to judge of the amount
of wood needed at any one place, and lie who
builds so near, as to suffer by an accidental
burning of railroad wood, does it at his peril.
Wm. Coleman vs. the State ; assault with in
tent to murder, from Fayette.
Whitaker, Overby & Bleckley for pltff in
error; Sol. Gen. Cooper, contra. Judgment
affirmed.
Diskin Holcombe vs. the State ; forgery from
Fayette.
Whitaker, Calhoun & Son for pltffs in error;
Sol. Gen. Cooper contra. Judgment affirmed.
(©“The following communication from an
old whig, concerning the management of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad, will be read with
interest:
PLANTER’S HOTEL, )
Columbus, Ga., April 20,1859. j
To the Editors of the Times.
Gentlemen : Notwithstanding I am a citi
zen of another State, and an entire stranger to
the people of Georgia ; still, I hope it may
not be considered as undue presumption on my
part, in offering for consideration, the opin
ions of an humble individual, upon the mer
its of your Governor.
Since visiting Georgia, I have hail occasion
to pass over the Western & Atlantic Railroad
several times, which afforded abundant oppor
tunity for thorough information upon the
merits of its system of management and the
character of its employees, which is all we re
quire in order to arrive at a correct conclusion
as to the capacity and worth of those in chief
authority. During a stay of over two months
upon the line of the road, I have had the
pleasure of making the acquaintance of two
of the officers only, Mr. Le Hardy, the Engin
eer in Chief, and the agent at Chattanooga.
Here, I would remark, that a loss of either of
these gentlemen, to the road, would indeed be
n, loss to the State. The Conductors of pas
senger trains are very attentive to business,
remarkably polite and courteous to passen
gers, without being olistrusive. The engin
eers are among the most intelligent and ca
pable to be found, and the same may be said
of the other responsible operatives. The ma
chinery and rolling stock seem to be kept in
ood condition, and under the management
of Mr. Le Hardy, the road bed is rapidly as
suming a number one condition. I do not
wish to be understood as pronounci »g the
management of the State Road as perfect in
every particular, but I will make this assertion
without fear of successful contradition, the
Western & Atlantic” is tlie best managed
Railroad that I have seen, as yet, south of the
Baltimore and Ohio, ’ ’ notwithstanding I have
traveled over a great portion of the Southern
Roads, .mostly in Virginia, Kentucy, Tennes
see and Georgia, anil have been for some years
familiar with their different systems of man
agement. And not only these, but having
examined, at different times, the principal
Roads in New England, the Western and Mid
dle States, I can also state, that there are
numbers of roads in those localities, that are
conducted in an infinitely inferior manner,
when compared with the Georgia State
Road.
The writer of this, having spent the great
er portion of his life in connection with the
management of Railroads, feels a degree of
security in expressing his opinions upon that
subject, at least. And certainly no one will
accuse him of an attempt to award undue
praise to either Governor Brown or Dr. Lewis,
when he states that he has ever been an un
compromising Whig, and at this time, most
earnestly desires, “and expects to work for,”
a re-union of the old whig party. But para
mount to all party considerations and political
preferene, that high-toned honor which
will ever frov’n upon that class of place-hunt
ers, whose only road to the goal of their de-
sii4s, lies over the virtues and merits of their
opponents. But I am happy to know that
it is not my whig friends who are attempting
to take undue advantage of Gov. Brown. If
there is a whig in the State who can defeat the
present Governor, I say let him run by all
means, provided lie will pledge himself to
continue the policy now practiced upon the
State Road—that no man shall be either em
ployed or dismissed simply on account of his
political preferences, but that every one shall
stand on his own merits; and never permit the
road to become a political gambling machine,
whereby the interests of the people mu-t suffer
in order that the party in power may rule. It
is doubtless a departure from this old rule in
politics, that has made the Western & Atlantic
Road a solitary instance ol good management
upon either a Railroad or a canal, when under
the control of a State Government.
I have heard certain individuals complain
ing of the little bit of assistanac, or rather
favors, that Maj. Mark A. Cooper has received
from the Western & Atlantic Road. Well, all
I have to say in reply to such is, that, for ev
ery dollar that Maj. Cooper has so far received
from the State, she will eventually get Jive in
return. I wish there were five thousand more
Mark A. Cooper’s in the South. If there
were, all our talk of “Southern independence”
would amount to something. My opinion is,
tiiat we had better have fewer “Conventions”
and more manufacturing Associations, l>y
which means the great mineral regions of
Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, which is
more than equal to that of the entire North, could he
made available.
The Martinsburg Republican contains a song
dictated to Bob Ridgeway and Mr. Botts, from
which we extract the three following verses.
Says Bob, “we now will sink or swim,
Grogging around, Grogging around.’’
And Bob kissed Botts and Botts kissed him
While they went Grogging around.
Among the resurrected clan,
Grogging around, Grogging around,
Noone could see the ghost of “Dan”
It was not Grogging around.
The spirit of the gallant Clay,
Grogging around, Grogging around,
Disgusted winged its flight away,
And left them Grogging around.
We may he permitted to add to this the fal
lowing :
But soon John Letcher came the way,
Flogyiny around, Flogying around,
And Bob and Botts he soon did flay,
Aud stopped their Grogging around.
[The States.
Mr*. Sickles’ Confession.
New York, April 16.
To the Editor of the New York Times : In juf-
tice to an unfortunate woman allow me to
state that the confessfon of Mrs. Sickles, aj -
parentlv written with a cool and almost
heartless deliberation, was indeed the result
of a long and severe effort at self-control. She
had previously made three severe attempts at
its composition, and failed through the vio
lence of her emotions. Only by a resolute
nerving of herself to the task was she finally
successful. Written jjtoo, for her husband's
sake, and with a truthful spirit of repentance,
she thought of no one and nothing else but
ot her own guilt, which she was willing to
put in the darkest hues. Like Adam, she
might have said, “I was tempted, and there
fore nid eat.” Butshe chose to be her own ac
cuser, and thus make no attempt to palliate
her own guilt by throwing it upon the author
of her ruin. These are facts, and they place
her in an attitude of truthful heroism which
may claim for her some kind of consideration.
The publication of that confession has fiRcd
Mr. Sickles’ heart with the most poignant
grief. Repeatedly he refused urgent solicita
tions for a copy of it. While the counsel were
pleading for it as evidence it was laid on the
table, and there copied surreptiously, without
the knowledge of the defence or their client.
Mr. 8. heard soon after that it was being
reported to New York, and sent word to the
telegraph office for its suppression, but it was
too late. Thus the public will exonerate him
for an apparent unkindness to his wife, whom
he has thus far treated with unparalled ten
derness. Charity.
[We publish the above because it comes to
us from a gentleman of the highest character,
and perfectly conversant with the circumstan
ces of which he writes.—[.Editor Times.
Margaret after Old Buck.
Wc find the following in the Police de
partment of the Washington States, of the
13tli instant:
“Margaret Heslin was arrested by officer
Ward, at tlie White House yesterday afternoon
on a charge made against her by the door
keeper, that she was in tlie house kicking up
a row, claimihg that James Buchanan was her
betrothed husband, and insisted on being ad
mitted to his presence, that she might fold
him to her bosom as herjlawful spouse, f- he
says that the President’s father and her father
lived neighbors together in Ireland, and
that her parents had made a marri ge
contract between herself and “James,” wl en
they were yet young—an agreement having
been come to that the first female bom of her
family was to be wedded to the first male
born of Mr. Buchanan's family. The Presi
dent denies the soft impeachment, but Marga
ret is decidedly handsome and intelligent,
aged 26, and lived last at Piney Woods, KIk
Itidgc, Howard District, Maryland. I’ or
Margaret was put on board the 4 1-4 train for
Baltimore, this morning, and is utterly dis
consulate.”
A Fanny Incident.;
The appended negro story, copied from a
Southern correspondent of a Boston paper, is
not had. General C gave his black man
Sawney, funds and permission to get a quar
tor's worth of zoology at a menagerie, at t lie
same time hinting to him the striking affinity
between Siinia and the negro races. Our sa
ble friend soon found himself under the can
vass, and brought to in front of a sedate lo k-
ing baboon, and eyeing the hi bo quadruped
closely, soliloquized thus: “Folks, sure’s
you born: feet, hands; proper bad looking
countenance, just the nigger getting old. I
reccon.” Then as if seized with a bright
idea, he extended his hand, with a genuine
Southern “how d’ye do, uncle.” The ape
clasped the negro’s hand, and shook it h.ng
and cordially. Sawney then plied his acquain
tance with interrogations as to his name na
tivity and former occupations : but eliciting
no replies beyond a knowing shake of the
head, or a merry twinkling of the eye (the
ape was probably meditating the best way of
tweaking the darkies nose,) he concluded that
the ape was bound to keep non-committal;
and looking cautiously around, chuckled out.
“He, he, you too sharp for them, old fellow,
keep dai k; if ye’d jist speak one word of En
glish, white man have hoe in yer hand in less
than a minute.”
Singular Appearance in (lie Heavens.
Mr. L. C. Yale, of Norfolk, Va., speaks of
having noticed a singular appearance in the
Heavens on the 2d inst. It consisted of two
perfect rings or circles. Tlie first surroun led
the sun, anil was of common form and appear
ance, hut of uncommon brightness, and fully
equalled the rainbow in splendor. The sec
ond circle or ring, which excited curiosity
most, commer ced at the sun and extended to
the north end it add at least two-thirds of the
way to the North or Polar Star. The sun be
ing in the extreme south part of the circle or
ring, it was considerably larger than the first
mentioned circle, but not of equal brightness.
Its color resembled the Northern Lights in
their great splec dor. It was perfect in all its
parts. Where the lines of the circles crossed
each other, were spots of uncommon bright
ness. resembling sun-dogs or mock suns.
He that defers his charity until he is dead,
is rather liberal of another man’s than his
own.—[Bacon.
Death of Dr. B. A. Thornton.
This estimable gentleman, so long and so
favorably known in this section of the coun
try, expired in this city on the night of the 14th
inst., after a lingering and painful illness of
two or more months. He was one of the ear
ly settlers of this place—had long been con
nected with the Baptist Church, and by an up
right Christian walk, had drawn to himself
the kindest feelings of his brethren of that de
nomination, which his gentlemanly deport
ment secured for him the good will and respect
of all who knew him. The death of such a
man is truly a cause for deep and sympathetic
grief in the community, and is justly mourned
as a public loss as well as a private bereave
ment.—Columbus Enquirer,
Dreadful Explosion—Nine Persons Killed.
—A terrible explosion occurred at the Bri ght
Hope Coal Pits, Chesterfield county, Va., on
Wednesday morning. The Petersburg Ex
press says:
There were nine men in the shaft at the
time, four whites and five negroes, all of
whom must have been instantly killed. It was
impossible to render them any relief what
ever, owing to the impenetrable condition of
the mine from the fetid and intolerable dis
semination of futal gas which prevailed.—
Among the nine persons in the mine at the
time were known to be 2 white men, named
Isaac Farmer and George Smith. A man and
a mule employed in drawing the coal up the
inclined plane of the shaft, were found at the
mouth of the shaft, prostrate and nearly dead.
The accident produced great excitement about
the mines.
A beautiful girl—beautiful in youth and
health and purity—who wakes from sleep, at
touch of morning light, as the flowers do, with
a cheerful face ; whose first tones, like those
of the birds, are the most musical of the day
from whose brow every trace of yesterday’s
wear and last night’s caTe is swept away, even
as tlie face of nature is renowned and bright
ened by the Bummer dew—snch a girl is worth
the winning.
