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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1859.
TERM 8 OF SUBSCRIPTION
DAILY I'AFCR, per fionum in ml ranee, *6 00
TRI-WEKKLY, (H<r “ iu advance. 4 00
WEEKLY, “ “ in advance’, , 2 00
“ if pa d within six mouth* 2 50
“ if paid within twelve months, 8 00
Fourth District Convention.
We have in a former issue of our paper sug
gested the 1st Tuesday in June, instead of the
first Monday, for the Meeting of the Demo
cratic Congressional Convention for the Fourth
District. We hope our< iarroll county friends,
will take no exceptions to this, though they
proposed the latter named day. A number of
the delegates who will attend that convention
especially from this part of the District would
have to go by Rail Road, and as all the trains
do not run on Sunday, they would be com
pelled to leave home on Saturday, and there
by be under the necessity of remaining over a
day, before the meeting of the Convention.—
Those going by private conveyance would
have to start from home on Sunday, which
seme would have objections to doing. We
hope this explanation of our suggestion as to
the change from Monday to Tuesday will be
sitisfactory to our Carrol! friends as well as all
others in the District.
Air Line Rail Road.—City Council or At
lanta.— XnllomU American.
W6 regret very much to see the spirit man
ifested by our neighbor of the National Amer
ican, in reference to the issue now pending
between the authorities of our city, and those
of the Air Line Railroad. That print asserts
that “All the conditions and contingencies de
manded by the charter, and by the citizens of
Atlanta, Arne been met. The subscription list
has reached the $760,000. the “sum requisite
to authorize" the City Coun.il to pay her In
st,dment as the country subscribers have done,
are doing, or are preparing to do.” Upon
what evidence our neighbor predicates this
bold, unqualified assertion, we are not ap
prised. We are cognizant of the fact—learn
ed from reliable authority, that the City Coun
cil of Atlanta subscribed $100,000 to the stock
of the Air Line Railroad, upon certain condi
tions. and under certain stipulations. Among
those conditions and stipulations, was one that
tko sum of $650,000 should be bona fide sub
scribed by other res; onsiblc parties, before the
City Council of Atlanta should be called on to
pay any instalment on their stock subscribed.
Recently, this cali has been made, and the
City Council appointed a committee of their
boilv, to investigate the matter, and ascertain
if the Air Line Railroad had complied on their
part, with the conditions of the contract.—
That committee reported that the Air Line
Railroad had not complied—and that instead
of $650,000. required by the contract, the list
of subscribers exhibited l>v the President of
the Road, ouly showed $480,700 subscribed
outside of the city subscription. The commit
tee, however, reported that the President ten
dered to them letters, whereby it, appeared
that other subscription lists were in the hands
of other parties, showing that an additional
stock, besides that already mentioned, had
been subscribed, sufficient to reach the sum of
$650,000 In the absence of the original lists,
the Committee of Council deemed the evidence
insufficient, and reported to the Mayor and
Aldermen accordingly. Whereupon the Coun
cil refused to comply with the call made by
the Railroad Company, for the payment of an
instalment on their stock. T hus stands the
case, and under thisexisting state <.f facts, the
American makes its severe onslaught upon
our city authorities. Our neighbor says, “the
truth is, a majority of the last Council, and it.
would seem a majority of the present Council
arc opposed to the Road..’ "V\ e are authorized by
member,., of both ike present and preceding
Cornu il. to say such is not the fact. Whale -
or their opinions may be in reference to the i
sues uow pend ng between their body and the
authorities of the Railroad, we believe; they
are all friendly to the prosecution of the work
and it.- siieedv completion. Nevertheless, they
are the servants of the people, mom to guard
and protect all their interests, as far as they
are capable—acting upon the principle that
“one m.m should not be too liberal with an
other man’s money.” And we contend that
it is not only to me interest of the people of
Atlanta, but of th<- Railroad itself, that a strict
compliance w ith the stipulations agreed upon
between the contracting parties, should be in
slsted upon. In the first place, the city of At
lanta has not the means within hertfelf, to
build the Air Line Railroad. If this work is
ever accomplished, it must be done mainly by
the people residing in the section of country
through which this Road is to run. Atlanta
is willing to do her part, and even more than
her part, hut it would be an act of bad faith
on the part of her representatives, to under
take to commit the city to the payment of
$200,000, which has already been subscribed
by her authorities, and then leave the work
to provide for itself. In addition to what we
have already said in reference to the report ol
the committee of the City Council, it is due
them to say, that they had no means of ki ow
ing the solvency of the subscribers for stock
outside of the county of Fulton. In this Coun
ty, the committee are of opinion that one eighth
of the stock subscribed is either “bod or doubt
ful,” to use a bankable phrase. The reason
able presumptiou is, that a similar state of
things exists in other counties, wherein sub
scriptions have been obtained. Hence the vig-
ilencc ol t ie Council committee, instead of be
ing a subject- of animadversion, is highly com
mendable as the guardians of the finances of
the people of Atlanta. Our neighbor is pecu
liarly unfortunate in our humble estimation,
i.r giving a political aspect to this controversy,
lie says, “under the name of Democrats, they
assume the same odious and dictatorial pow
ers in our city affairs, which is assumed by the
Buchanan Administration i:i national affairs,
and attempt to override the will of the peo
ple, and if they dared, would attempt to over
come them too." What this has to do with
the controversy, we are at a loss to determine.
True, the present administration of the city
government is Democratic, and we are glad of
it. We believe the officers are honest men—
devoted to the interests of the city, regardless
of those influences which too often control
men of the opposition }«rty, and they need
not feel ashamed to be placed in association
with James Buchanan, President of the United
States. Our neiglilwr attempts to create the
impression that the “City Council” have cast
an imputation upon the “President and Direc
tors” of the Air Line Railroad, of “attempting
to deceive the city authorities ami defraud the
public Treasury.” In this we think they have
done injustice to our City Fathers. Becauso
men differ as to the fact of a compliance with
a contract, it doesnot follow legitimately that
one charges the other with fraud. We agi- <
with our neighbor that “the Air Line Rail re id
is nn important enterprise to Atlanta, as well
as to the country through which it will run.”
But at the s ime time, we contend for the mot
to of Davy Crockett, “be certain you are right,
then go ahead. ” As to the pet organs, wc must
acknowledge our ignorance as to whom our
neighbor alludes. If he means the papers
which publish the proceedings of Council, he
certainly must include himself in the catego
ry. We acknowledge ourself to be the friend
and advocate of the present City Council, in
every thing wherein we conceive they are
right. They are our political fr ends—we be
lieve they are studious to protect the interests
of their constituents, and though they bo
Democrats, that is not, in our opinion prim*
fane, evidence that everything they do is
wrong—vice vena, so for as we are concerned.
Aa to the present Democratic Administration
being ‘ ‘impositionists, and bestowing the pub
lic treasury lavishly upop partisans,” we sim
ply enter the plea of “not guilty.” Weopine
that our cotemporary will not deny the fact,
that the officers ( with a few exceptions) under
the present and preceding Democratic admin
istration of the City Government, are not as
well paid as the same officers were, under the
administration of which our neighbor wa6 the
organ.
Well, enough of this. Onr connection with
the Press in Atlanta, will testify to our devo
tion and friendship to the Air Line Railroad.
We are yet in that position. We hold that
the City Council of Atlanta, should carry out
all their contracts with that institution, pro
vided the Air Line Railroad complies with the
stipulations on its part, and not without. We
regret that our neighbor has sprung this con
troversy upon our community. It is well cal
culated to injure the enterprise of which wc
are both professed friends. If he suffers his
zeal for party to injure those for whom he la
bors. let the responsibility be upon his own
head.
Minute of potntM decided by the Supreme
Court at Atlanta—March Term 1690.
John Cobb Jr. vs. the State Murderer from
Fulton.
This case was argued on Friday by Messrs.
Hammond and Blakely, for the PI’IF in Error,
and the Sol. Gen'l Th'os. L. Cooper, for the
State.
The Judgement of the Supreme Court was
delivered yesterday morning, by Judge Mc
Donald. There were several exceptions taken
by counsel to the rulings and decisions of the
court below, all of which were overruled by
the Supremo court and the judgment affirm
ed.
The Court held:
1st. It is not error for the Court, to advise
the Sheriff beforehand, to direct the Constables
in different parts of the countv, to summons
jurors, qualified to act as jurors, to l>e in at
tendance at Court, on a certain day—it ap
pearing that the Sheriff summoned jurors, in
discriminately and without reference to such
notice.
2d. It is not error for the testimony to be
read over to the witnesses Indore the jury, to
ascertain whether the same be correct.
oii. It is not error for a witness to Identify
an instrument, on saying that it answers a
previous description of it.
4th. Where the Court changes the Jury that
a witness who swears positively to a fact is to
be believed in preferanoe to one who swears
•negatively—it is equivalent to saying that
positive testimony is entitled to more weight
than negative testimony—and hence there
was no error in the charge of the court.
5th The slurg-shot, proved in this case, to
have l>een found near the spot, where the
murder was committed, was admissable in ev
idence— (though, ruled out by t ie court)
and hence there was no error in the Sol. Gen’l.
alluding to it and exhibiting it to the jury,
during his argument.
fit.h. It was not error, in the Court to allow
the letter written by Crockett, to Cobb and
Jones, advising them to confess the Crime as
he had done ; the same being offered, not to
prove the guilt of Cobh, but to render his an
swer to it intelligible to the jury.
7th. Although the evidence in thecise is
entirely circumstantial, yet it is sufficient, to
authorize and justify the verdict of guilty.
Johnson, Smith & Co. vs. Stephen Terry et al
Illegality from Fulton.
Ezzard &. Collier for plfts in error. Haygood
contra. Judgment affirmed.
Francis Irvin vs. Wru. H. Sterling. Assumpsit
from Troup.
B. H. Hill for plfts iu eiror. Ferrell contra.
Judgment aftirmed.
Henry Holsonlwek vs. Win. Martin. Case from
Fayette.
Blalock, Stone & Fitch for plfts in error. 'J'id-
well contra. Judgment reversed.
For the Atlanta Intelligencer.
Mk. Editor :—Dear Sir: In the issue of the
Southern Confederacy of this week, the Editor
writes again, and seems a little surprised at
the Auctioneers taking any notice of his first
piece. Now. I ask the gentleman if he would
not have done as we did, after coming to the
conclusion that we had volunteered our servi
ces to attend to business that did not concern
us?
We think the Auction business just like that
of an Editor—legitimate. a> d can he made
honorable or dishonorable, just as either see
tit. And the facts are. that many well educa
ted Editors fail to establish a rep"table busi
ness, for the want of other qualifications, such
:is industry, zeal, sound judgment and pru
dence ; in fact without the first and last qual
ifications, success is impossible. As with the
Editor, so with the Vendue-master, he can
make his business either reputable or disrepu
table, by possessing and exercising the same
qualifications.
I have been engaged in the business for a
number of years, and I do most solemnly
avow that I find no necessity to misrepresent
property or goods in any way, nor is there any
great internal secret or management, us rep
resented by the Editor. The charge, there
fore, is unjust, without foundation, und un
precedented in the history of Editors. True
it is, we find it necessary not to let the public
know whose goods are under the hammer, for
several reasons ; the first is, a merchant does
not like for others to know that he is hard up ;
and another is, it is nobody’s business. And
because we refuse to make known thF owner
of goods, those who have no confidence in oth
ers. come to the conclusion all is wrong. How
unjust! I wonder if Editors don’t have to
keep secrets in the same way ? Now. if I have
said at any time negroes, lands, carriages, stock
goods, hardware, watches or jewelry, without
representing it fairly, I will take it back, and
refund the purchase money. K J. 8.
DlgrKt of Supreme Coart Reports of the
State of Ctvorgln. by B. Y. Martin,
Reporter.
This work will b*‘published by the 1st <f
July, in one volume, ton! will embraee all de
cisions made by the Supreme Court since its
organization in 1845 down to the dose of the
rear 1858, and contained m about twenty-six
volumes of Reports.
The. plan adopted by the author is.
1st. A fable of all the Titles with their Di
visions.
2d. A list or table of all the cases, alphabet
ically arranged, with the volume and page
where found.
3d. A synopsis or digest under appropriate
titles, and in alphabetical order, of the decis
ion of every case. In this part of the wor#.
the author will adopt the syllabus or head
notes made by the Judge except in cases
when long recitals or quotations niav lie ab
breviated, without interfering with the sense,
nr the principle decided. *
4th. The acts of the Legislature relating to
the Supreme Court since it organization, to
gether with the rules of the SujK*rior Court.
The profession will, doubtless, learn with
pleasure that a work so useful, and for which
there is an absolute need, is in such comi>e-
tent and faithful hands. Mr. Martin’s posi
tion, as Reporter, together with his acknowl
edged ability eminently qualify him for the
task. His energy and industry are a sufficient
guarantee that no labor will lie spared to make
its execution satisfactory to the profession
(Jobnnbu* Timm.
Homicide.
As we go to press, we regret to learn that
Zichariab Brnntly, of this county, lost his life
at Isablla, Ga., on '1 hursday evening last, in a
rencounter with John Giles. John Howell and
James A. Hoy. Giles and Hoy are in the cus
tody of the Sheriff; Howell made his escape,
ran off bleeding, and is supposed to have died
in the woods.
The wounds received by Brantly was with a
Bowie knife. One in the back, another in the
in the pit of the stomach and the other above
the right knee. Not being informed of the
circumstances which led to this melancholy
affair, we withhold any comment.—Albany
Patriot.
A Kins and IU ConMtpKMM.
[“Blizzard,” a Californian, relates the fol
lowing in an epistle in which he endeavors to
prove—and doe*—that ‘ ‘anybody can write poe
try.” I is a gem, something after the man
ner of Poe’s Ravei —only more so:]
Said I, “my pretty min.
Let me have a little kiss,”
And I revelled in the bliss,
Rich and meller.
“Just help yourself to more,”
Said she, tripping o’er the floor,
And backing toward the door
Of the cellar.
I never saw the trap
Till I fell throngh it “kerslap,'
And you should have seen me “drap”
Through the hole.
Full twenty feet I fell—
How I struck I cannot tell—
But I sent up a yell,
On my soul.
That the girl thought I was dying,
And at once set up a crying «
For the old man who was trying.
Not far off,
To mend a broken pump,
He turned, and with a jump
Cleared a shed, and tumbled plump
In a trough!
But what has this to do
With the story, which is true
As the gospel, old or new ?
With a hop,
He came up, inquired the matter,
‘ ‘Whence the screaming and clatter? - ’'
He had a half a mind to rap her
On the top
Of the head. She meekly pointed
Down the steps, where I, unjointed,
Lay, with grease and mudannointed.
On the floor.
“Blizzard” up those stairs was carried ;
Quite a month the “Blizzard” tarried—
In two months was “Blixsard" married—
Nothing more 1
Sports on the Tehuantepec Isthmus.
A correspondent on the Ishtmus of Tehuan
tepec. writing from Suchil, the Lit inst.,
says:
Fighting musquitoes aud rodadors, digging
out “jiggers” and shooting at alligators as
they lay wallowing in the rirer, watching the
burning forests, is now’ our principal amuse
ment here. We have also had, the last few
days, some fine “popping” at the sand hill
cranes, as in immense flocks they flew over
the town. This, however, was attended by
one serious difficulty that of “bagging” the
game, the birds being shot from the opposite
bank of the river and falling among the tan
gle vines and thick undergrowth, they were
with difficulty found. Sometimes they fell
into the water, in which case the alligators
served as onr water spaniel, though we had
frequently to put him through a severe course
of training to make him deliver up the game.
This being “All Fool’s Day,” we of course,
had a little excitement in town also. The
fun began this morning about 1 o’clock, on
the part of some of our citizens, by raising the
i ry of “mail coming, boat in sight,” S:e. The
most of those that were not too sound asleep
were routed out.
In the afternoon, the feeling became a lit
tle more serious among some of the discharged
employees of the company, who were here
waiting for the arrival of the mails und pas
sengers from California to take their depart
ure for the States. One man, having swal
lowed a little too much aguardiente, soon be
came a loud talker, and was in for a light—a
clinch was had. Other parties interfered to
stop the proceedings and a general row was
iu prospect. The result was that a revolver
was fired—one cap exploded ; one of the par
ties ran away into the woods ; the second af
ter him, hut too drunk to keep up, and finally
returned and took lodgings by the roadside.
The same writer gives the following account
of the possage of a quantity of Liberal arms
over the Isthmus:
About 1000 muskets arrived here by canoes
and passed over the isthmus last week. I
understand they were met at the La Puerta,
by the Governor, and his aid, of Tehuantepec,
with a guard of 100 soldiers and ten coaches.
These muskets were packed out from this
placejon mules, in long boxes of 12 guns each,
weighing over 200 pounds. Owing to the
length of the boxes, they were very ugly
to put upon a mule’s back, and the latter pro
tested in strong - terms against the operation ;
some would lie down, others would kick about
until they relieved themselves of the ugly
load, and a few ran away, upsetting the cargo
aud scattering the guns along the road, as the
boxes broke open on striking the ground.—
The scene was ludicrous enough, and made
great sport for the Americanos. But this was
no fun for tbo poor San Juanians. Thoy,
probably, thought like the frogs in the fable,
when the boys were stoning them “ Tis
sport to you, but death to ns.” It is said that
they wero compelled to come after them by
the' Juchiteco6. The San Jnanians have a
greater number of mules than is generally
found in other towns on the Isthmus and they
are disposed to be a very quiet people. They
are often called upon by the natives of other
towns about them armed with a few muskets,
and frightened into any demands they may
require of them.
Hince the opening of the Tehuantepec route
the Louisiana Tehuantepec Company have
received invaluable aid from the inhabitants
of the San Juan Guicbicori, in the way of
mules and provisions. They were, of course,
always paid well for furnishing their supplies,
but in a slow country like this, we are often
glad to get the common necessaries of life by
paying well for them.
• Wc are now having high southerly winds,
amounting at times to almost a hurricane,
and threatening to blow our frail buildings to
the ground. On Sunday night Col. Pratt’s
house and the Louisiana Tehuantepec Compa
ny’s Store was in danger of burning up from
the fire in the surrounding forest, owing to
the high wind. At times the buildings were
covered with sparks.—New Orleans Pwattunt.
The Sentence on tl>e Saviour.
A correspondent of the Notes and Queries
writes: “Can any of your correspondents in
form me whether the enclosed extract from
the Kolnische Zeitung, is based on sound au
thority, and what authority is ? also, where
and when was the Kolnische published ?”
Correct Transcript of tup. Sentence of
Death Pronounced aoaisst Jesus Christ.—
The following is a copy of the most memora
ble judicial sentence which has ever been pro
nounced in the annals of the world—that of
death against our Saviour, with the remark
which the journal LeDroit. has collected, and
tiit- knowledge of which must be interesting
in the highest degree to every Christian. Un
til now, I am not aware that it has ever been
made public in the German papers. The sen
tence is word for word as follows:
Sentence pronounced by Pontius Pilate, in-
tendant of the province of Lower Galilee,
that Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer death
by the cross.
In the seventeeth year of the reign of the
Emperor Tiberius, and on the 25th of March,
in the most holy city of Jerusalem, during
the pontificate of Annas and Caiphus.
Pontius Pilate, intendant of the province of
Lower Galilee, sitting in judgment in the
presidential seat of the praetor, sentences Je
sus of Nazareth to death on a cross, between
two robbers, as the numerous and notorious
testimonies of the people prove—
1. Jesus is a misleader.
2. He has excited the people to sedition.
8. He is an enemy to the laws.
4. He calls himself the Son of God.
5. He calls himself, falsely, the King of
Israel.
6. He went into the temple followed by a
multitude of people, carrying palms in their
hands.
Orders the flist centurion, Quirilius Corne
lius to bring him to the place of execution.
Forbids till persons, rich or poor, to prevent
the execution of Jesus.
The witnesses who have signed the execu
tion of Jesus.
1. Daniel Itobant, Pharisee.
2. John Zorobaliei.
3. Raphael RobanL
5. Capet.
Jesns to be taken out of Jerusalem through
the gate of Toumes.
This sentence is engraved Fd a plate of
brass in the Hebrew language, and on its sides
are the following words : “A similar plate
has been sent to each tribe.” It was dis
covered in the year 1280, .in the city of
Aquilla in the kingdom of Naples, by a search
made for the discovery of Roman antiquities,
and remained there until it was found by the
commissaries of the arts In the French Army
in Italy. Up to the time of the campaign In
Southern Italy, it was preserved in the sacris
ty of Carthusians, near Naples, where It was
kept In a box of ebony. Since then the relict
has been kept In the chapel of Caserta. The
Carthusians obtained by their petitions that
the plate might be kept by them, which was
an acknowledgement of the sacrifices which
they had made for the French Army. The
French translation was made literally by mem
bers of the commission of arts. Denon had a
fac simile of the plate engraved, which was
bought by Lord Howard, on the sale of his
cabinet, for 2,800 francs. There seems to be
no historical doubt as to the authenticity of
this. The reasons of the sentence correspond
exactly with of the Gospel.—N. Y. Journal of
Commerce.
I’ll But it for You.—How admirably is
the egotism of parse-proud vanity taken off
by the following anecdote ;
In the interior of South Carolina there liv
ed, some years ago, an old man, very rich
and very ignorant. His only son was educa
ted at the South Carolina College, and after
graduating was sent to Europe by his indul
gent parent. On his return his father asked
him what he saw in Europe. The son replied
that he had seen a great many rare and won
derful things and many fine cities.
“Did you see any place that you liked bet
ter than home ?” asked the old man.
“Oh yes,” was the reply; “I saw London
and Paris both very fine cities.”
“Which did you like the best ?” quenied
the father.
“Paris,” replied the son.
“You liked Paris a great deal, did you?”
continued the old man.
“Oh yes, very much.”
“Then I’ll buy it for you !” triumphantly
replied the old gentleman.
Telocity of the 'Wind.
When the wind moves at the rate of one
mile an hour it is hardly proceptible, at two
miles an hour it fans us as the gentle zephyr,
and at six it becomes a pleasant wind. From
ten to twenty, it becomes high, and thirty to
fifty characterize storms from light to hard; at
eighty miles an hour it becoms a hurricane,
and at one hundred a tornado.
Chemical Elements,
The chemical elements of wood or carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen—for the harder kinds,
36, 22, and 22 respectively of each. In bitu-
minons coal the oxygen disappears. In the
anthracite most of the oxygen and hydrogen.
In coal 5 per cent, only of earthly matter is
called a pure article—at 10 per cent the. coal
called impure.
Texas—Snm Houston n Candidate Cor Gov
ernor.
Ry a private letter from Austin City, Texas,
to the senior editor of this paper, we learn
that Gen. Sam. Houston is the candidate for
for Governor in that State, Of the Indepen
dent or Anti-Convention Democrats, iu oppo
sition to Gov. Runnels, the candidate of the
Convention Democrats. The writer of the let
ter, who is well posted, thinks old San Jacin
to will be elected by a heavy majority, which
would not astonish us at all, as Gov. Runnels
and the Convention system are not very pop
ular in the State.
Taking rr Coolly.—A traveler on the Wes
tern waters tells the following ;
Mr. Barnes, wife and two children, his niece
and another young lady, with the writer,
formed a party leaving Memphis for Clarks
ville, Tenn., in the beginning cf the summer
of 1827. Arriving at Smithland, we were com
pelled to take a smaller boat on account of
the extreme lowness of the Cumberland river.
Such was found in the Nettie Miller, a very
d ice little stern-w-heelcr. We were proceeding
on our way rejoicing, when suddently we were
thrown out of our nests and brought up stan
ding in the middle of the state rooms. All
the gentlemen rushed out in dishabille to learn
the trouble, aud were frankly told by the cap
tain that the boat was badly snagged, and
would sink in a few minutes ! Mr. Barnes
flew with alarm to his wife and the young la
dies, seized his chilren, deposited them safely
in a wood boat, which the Nettie had in tow,
and ran back. Surprised not to see any of
the ladies out yet, he rushed to his wife’s
room, and fonnd her quietly washing her face
anil hands.
“Why, my dear the boat will sink in less
than three minutes.”
“Well,” she replied, “I think I can [be out
before that time.”
Dragging her along, he rushed almost fran
tic with excitement to the young ladies’ room,
and found them very quietly combing their
hair.
“For heaven’s sake 1" says he. “young la-
dies, what do you mean ? The boat will sink
in two minutes, and here you are combing
your hair !”
“Why, uncle,” says the neice, “you didn’t
expect us [to go out there before all those
youg men with our hair in this fix—did
you ?"
Railway Safely.
It apppears, from the best statistics, that in
the last four years the risk to each passenger
of being killed in traveling one mile, was; by
railroad in France, 1 in 100,000,000; in En
gland. 1 in 65,360,000; in theU. S., lin 47,-
164,000; and bv the steamers, 1 in 240,000.—
If these estimates are correct, the chances of
being killed are not so great-as most travelers
are willing and often anxious to risk, or we
should hear of more frequent and urgent re
quests to railroad companies to reduce the
speed and thereby increase the safety.
Personal.—Mr. William Kay, of Atlanta,
one of the most enterprising citizens of that
enterprising place, formerly publisher of the
Examiner, is on a visit to this city, recupera
ting his health and strength by a short relax
ation from business, and inhaling for a while,
our pure saline atmosphere. We cordially
greet him, socially and fraternally, and hope
his visit will fulfill his brightest anticipations.
--[Brunswick Herald, April 20th, ’50.
Iren, nearly pure, has been discovered in
Texas, about 20 miles west of McKinney, near
the line of Denton and Col lin ■ It apparently ex-
hists in great abundance, and large quantities
may be picked from the ground without the
trouble of excavating - A piece weighing thirty
or forty pounds has l»een exhibited in McKin
ney, and subjected to a few experiments. Et
admits of a fine polish, is soft and malleable,
is readily welded with other iron, and it is
supposed will yield about 00 per cent, of pure
metal.
Help One Another.
We must rub out and commence anew; com
mence our house upon the rock. Let us pro
tect ourselves by fostering and protecting each
other. If each little village will rear up its
own little system of home industry ; encour
age its carpenters, tailors, shoemakers, black
smiths, etc, it will not be long until we shall
begin to retain the wealth of our mines.—
[ San Andreas Independent.
|ff A great many Printers know how to
make a press smear ink on a sheet of paper,
and many of them know how to apply it so
the matter may be read tolerably well, but it’s
only now and then you come across a press
man who can present you a printed sheet,
clean, distinct, free from blots and entirely
clear of that fuzzy or smoky appearance,
which nine-tenths of the newspapers exhibit.
We say it is exceedingly rare to find such a
press-man; but our friend, Wm. G. Knox, is
just such an one; and as an evidence of it, we
refer you to the appearance of this paper. It
is considered the best printed sheet in the
State, and our young friend, Knox, is the
man who kno(ck)x it off for us. He is quite
a sninll fellow, about 25 years of age, and
was designed for slipping about among print
ing machinery, to make it work properly. He
is in the employ ot the Intelligencer Office,
and they are fortunate in getting him. All
our readers can testify to his abilities as a press
man.—Georgia Temperance Crusader.
Rnt Thing*.
Benjamin Franklin gave tins advice which
we have followed with the results given be
low :
“I would advise you to read with a pen in
yonr hand, and enter in a little book short
hints of what yon find that is carious, or may
he useful.”
The first carriage said to be built in Ameri
ca was made in Dorchester, Massachusetts, by
a man named White, for a private gentleman
in Boston. It was copied from an English
chariot, though much lighter, and was a cred
it to its maker. It was, however, found that
from the difficulty of procuring materials, and
high wages, it was expedient and cheaper to
order them from England and France.
The first stage coaeh to Boston from New
York started on the 24th of June, 1772, from
the “Fresh Water. ’ ’ It was to leave each ter
minus once a fortnight. The fare was 4d.—
New York currency, per mile. It reached
Hartford, Conn., in two days, and Boston in
two more. The proprietors promised a week
ly stage, “if encouraged.”
The first grand jury in America met in Bos
ton, Sept. 1, 1636, and presented one hundred
offenses.
The first insurance office in New England
was established at Boston in 1724.
The earliest institution for savings of any
kind, was established in Berne, Switzerland,
in 1787.
The first attempt to establish a post office
system in the American colonies was made in
1693 by one Thomas Neale, to whom a royal
patent for this purpose had been issued; but
his arrangements were limited and imperfect.
The utmost contemplated by Neale was a post
office in each county, and his act ual operations
came far short of this.
Henry Cruger was the first American who
sat in the British House of Commons. In
1774 he was elected one of the two Represen
tatives of Liverpool in Parliament, his col
league being Edmund Burke. He defended
America during the Revolutionary war, and
upon his return to New York after the peace,
was elected to the State Senate, while he was
still a member of the British House of Com
mons, his term of service not having ret ex
pired.
The first Methodist chapel erected in the
world, was built in Bristol, England, in May,
1739.
The first mint in the United States was put
in operation in 1793, and from that time until
1857. the whole amount of gold coined was
valued at $481,422,078 70; value of silver
coinage $107,527,017 53 ; value of copper
coins $1,662,823 55 ; making the valuation
of the whole coinage $589,612,810 78. The
whole number of pieces coined in this time was
622,640,499.
The first iron rafts for a road bed were laid
down at Whitehaven, England, in 1738. This
cast iron road was called a “plate way,” from
the plate-like form in which the rails were
cast.
The first, actual model of a steam carriage of
which we have any written account was con
structed by a Frenchman named Cugnot. who
exhibited it before Marshal do Saxe in 1793.
The first English model of a steam carriage
was made in 1784 by Wm. Murdoch, the friend
and assistant of Watt.
The first Normal school on this side of the
Atlantic was established at Lecrington in
1839.
The first degree of doctor of divinity was
conferred at Harvard, upon the Rev. Increase
Martha, in 1602, then President of the Uni
versity.
The first agricultural association which was
formed in this country was known as “The
Philadelphia Society for promoting Agricul
ture," established in 1785. Premiums were
awarded for the improvement of certain arti
cles of domestic manufacture, and a Mr. Mat-
thewson, of Rhode Island, received a gold med
al for the best sample and greatest quantity ot
cheese exhibited.
The first cattle show held in this country
was in Pittsfield, Mass., in October, 1810, and
from that era sprang the system of agricultu
ral societies and shows, as they exist at pres
ent, in most parts of the United States—[Bos
ton Transcript.
Col. Gartrell.
Several counties in this Congressional Dis-
tric t, in their primary meetings, have recent
ly expressed themselves as decidedly in favor
of the nomination of Col. Gartroll, for another
term in Congress. We heartily second the
movement and feel confident that he will and
ought to be the man. With Brown for Gov
ernor and Gartrell for Representative from
this District, as our standard bearers, the De
mocracy will go into the contest armed and
equipped and as well prepared as on any for
mer occasion, to carry the District by an over
whelming majority against all opposition.—
Col. Gartrell as our Representative in the last
Congress, was faithful and prompt in the dis
charge cf I is duties aud watchful of the in
terests of his constituents, and as an evidence
of the high estimation of his services, his
constituents are speaking out their honest
sentiments, in favor of his re-election, from all
parts of the District. Aside from his Con
gressional services and the honorable position
it was his privilege to occupy in the House of
Representatives, his personal popularity in
the District-, is excelled by none, and he can
command as many votes outside of the Demo
cratic party, (though happily not needed to
secure his election,! as any other gentleman
within our limits. His unprecedented large
majority at the last election amply attest- the
truth of the assertion. In common, then,
with the numerous friends of Col. Gartrell, we
say with regard to him and the next Congres
sional nomination, “Well done thou good
and faithful servant, enter thou into the la
bors of another term."—Nncnon Banner Sf Sen,
tinel.
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1869.
Adultery, Fratricide and Suicide.—The
Vicksburg “True Southron,” of the 5th inst.,
has the following account of a dreadful trage
dy in Mississippi :
A gentleman from Washington county, has
informed us of one of the most shucking af
fairs, including fratricide and suicide, that lias
ever come to our knowledge. It appears that
two brothers named William and Robert Bu
ford, have been residing near Bogue Phaliah,
in Washington county, for some time past.—
The elder, William Buford, ha 1 a very pretty
wife, with whom the younger brother, Robert,
became madly infatuated. A criminal inter
course between the two, had been carried on
for some time, hut growing weary of the re
straint imposed by the presence of the injured
husband, the younger brother determined to
add to his other crime the damning one of
fratricide. On Wednesday evening of last
week, the outraged husband and brother was
murdered, and on the Sunday following, Rob
ert Buford, the double murderer, committed
suicide by taking strychnine. Ihe misguided
wife of the murdered man, with two children,
are left the sole memorials of this chapter of
horrors.
An Infant Choked to Death at its Moth
ers Breast.—A female infant, about two
months old, the daughter of a German woman,
Elizabeth Scheimle, while very greedily tak
ing nourishment from the maternal fount yes
terday morning, on Breman street, near Ham
ilton rood, strangled from the copious lacteal
stream, and although its mother did every
thing possible for the little sufferer, it expired
in less than three minutes.
The physician of Mrs. S. is of the opinion
that the child’s trachea was imperfectly form
ed, and that cause ascribes the infants disease.
Its parent swooned upon seeing the little
thing die, and again fainted as rapidly as she
was restored.—[Cincinnati Enquirer.
Death of Col. John H. Bark*.
As Col. Burks has many friends in Meriweth
er couuty, and relations in this, we extract
the following notice of his death j and sketch
of his life, from the ‘Standard’ at Clarksville,
Texas. From that paper we learn that Col B.
died in Clarksville on the 14th of February, of
Bronchitis, at the age of 52 years ; and we
loom also that he was former by a representa
tive of Red River county, in the Legislature
ef Texas. —f LaGmnge Reporter.
The Sacramento Union speaks of the Cali
fornia laurel, of which kind of wood, it will
be recollected, the government steamer, the
Toucey, lately launched at Mare Island, was
built. I his wood, it is stated, is very fine in
grain, and is compact without being essential
ly weighty. The tree is found on the low
grounds bordering on the Coast Range. It
much resembles in its nature the teak wood of
the East Indies, of which the old English man-
of-war, the Asia, with other vessels in the Brit
ish service, was constructed. It belongs to
the species of laurel known as the Red Bay
(L. Carolinionsis.) as contradistinguished from
the Sweet Bay, also a native evergreen of the
mountain regions of California.
Supreme Cohn >
The Supreme Court adjourned on last Sat
urday evening, after a laborious session of four
weeks. About 100 cases have been decided.
gff* As we are printing the “Medical & Lit
erary Weekly” for Taliaferro & Thomas and
as their next issue will not appear for several
days, we cheerfully give them a place in our
issue of to-day, to reply to an editorial of the
Savannah Republican. Y.
Mechanic Fire Company No. 9.
This Company left our city yesterday morn
ing. by the Georgia Railroad train, en route for
Charleston. They expect to be met in that
city Dy Companies from Savannah, Columbia
and probably other places. A large number
of our citizens turned out to witness, their de
parture, and to tender them their good wishes
for a pleasant journey and a happy union with
their fellow laborers in the cause of humanity,
in the city of Charleston. We hope to hear a
good report of their actings and doiugs, in the
metropolis of our sister State.
The election of a Black Republican Presi
dent, in our view would be no whit worse
than the election of James Buchanan, and we
should no more think of resorting to revolu
tion on the one accunt than the other.—[ Na
tional American.
We have often heard it remarked, that
there were many men in the South, who hate
Democracy so bitterly, that they would rather
see a Black Republican elected President than
a Democrat. Southern reader, just think a
moment of the above announcement.
Does it not head anything you have read
lately ? We were not prepared to find such a
statement in an Atlanta Paper. We noticed
the above remark more “in sorrow than iu an
ger.” How party spirit will sometimes blind
the eye, so that it cannot or will not see—
stop the ear, so that it will not or cannot
hear—harden the heart so that it cannot or
will not feel, in all their fearful impart the
duties and responsibilities of a faithful citizen •
Can it be that there breathes a southern man,
who has no choice, between a Black Republican
and James Buchanan ?
What will our northern people think, when
they see such an opinion sent out from, the
“Gate City of the Empire State of the South.”
Will not such an opinion from a leading paper
in Georgia, increase the belief already too pre
valent at the North, that a large party can be
organized at the south, which will, in 1860,
vote for a Black Republican to defeat the
Democratic nominee for President ? We do
not and cannot approve all the acts of Presi
dent Buchanan ; but be has done much for the
South, for which the South should be grate
ful and thankful.
There is a world of difference between him
and a Black Republican. If he is no better
than Black Republicans, why do they hate
him so fiercely ? Can the “American ' see no
redeeming traits in the President and the Dem
ocratic Party—a party which has carried the
Government from infancy to manhood—from
a feeble band of Atlantic States, reduced by
war ; to an Empire second to none on earth,
stretching from the Lakes to the Gulf, from
the Atlantic to the Pacilic. and holding in its
embrace the freest, the happiest, the most en
terprising, the most persevering, the most
successful people, the world has ever seen ?
From our boyhood we have heard it sung in
our ears that the Democratic party would ruin
the union. When a boy the cry of ruin, ruin,
ruin scared us, but we have heard the cry ever
since and here we are, standing “upon an emi
nence and glory covers us.” Long since, have
we ceased trembling at the maledictions of
false prophets and are now laboring under thc-
comfortable faith that, if the nationality of
the Democratic party can be preserved, the
poet truthfully sung—
“ Xo pent up Utica contracts our powers,
The whole unbounded continent is ours.”
V.
Pork—How much to a bushel of Corn.—
J. B. Cross of East Highgate, Vt., paid $1 50
for a pig, one-fourth Suffolk to three-fourths
native, of” pounds weight, April 10, 1858 ;
fed on milk and slop and 13 1-2 bushels of
com meal, made into pudding, until Dec. 8,
and then killed, and weighed 326 pounds of
pork. He says :
“The question is not answered, from the
fact that I fed some milk, but I have come to
the conclusion I got about 22 pounds of pork
f r every bushel of com fed. ’ibis I think is as
much pork as a bushel of com will make, un
less there should be a difference in the breed
of hogs. Some think there is, but I have been
inclined to think the difference is more in feed
ing.”
——— -*■ '-oos>-^-
Our Atlanta Reception.—As one of the
members of the State Medical Association, wc
embrace this the earlist opportunity afforded
us of publicly returning our heartfelt thanks to
our medical brethen of Atlanta, for the many
kind attentions which were showered upon us,
during our brief sojourn in their beautiful and
flourishing city. vVe shall never, we trust,
prove recreant to the obligations we owe them
for these tangible eviden’s of their friendly feel
ing and unbounded hospitality, and they may
rest assured, should an occasion present itself,
that it shall afford us much pleasure to recip
rocate their extreme politeness, in such a man
ner as will convince them that their efforts to
render our visit agreeable, as-well os profita
ble, have not been unappreciated. —Jfcdtwn
Visitor.
SABBATH EVENING REFLECTIONS.
THOUGHTS ABOUT MAN.
The work of creation was not finished till
man was formed. The world and all that is
therein, seems to have been built for man’s
special benefit, to display the goodness of God
towards him. The close of the 10th, 12th.
18th, 21st and 25th verses of the history of
creation, says, ar.d God saw that it was good.
But when he had completed the work of the
6 days, aud given man his dominion as Lord
of creation ; in fine, subject only to the Crea
tor himself, it is written that God saw every
thing that he had made, and behold, it was
very good. It required man’s completion, to
give superlativeness to the divine expression.
The creation of a world was a great deed—to
finish it was great: the creation of the brute
creation was greater, but the creation of man,
of a living soul, in the image of his Maker,
was the greatest of God’s great performances ;
and it was not till the completion of this last
greatest act, that it became needful foi God to
appoint a day of rest.
From the Scriptures, we &am that man was
made with two natures, material aud spiritu
al. His body was formed from dust—his spir
it is the breath of God. He is a spark of di
vinity chained to earth by a lump of clay.—
Thus was Adam’s nature, when placed in
Eden. God made him social, and therefore
gave him Eve. This last gift given ; for all
this kindness, he only asks that one wish of
his shall be granted, and that a small one.—
Alas for man, amid the glories of paradise, he
could not submit to let God rule over him but
a short time, before he must become a rebel.
Many questions may be asked of Adam before
his fall, yet few of them can l>e clearly answer
ed. We may imagine, yet we cannot tell what
would have been the destiny of Adam, if he
had remained a willing subject ; only that
happiness would have been his unfailing lot.
How long he was in his primitive purity, we
know not—probably not long. What was his
work other than to dress the garden, we know
not. It is by some thought, that he would
never have had any pain in his Eden state,
either physical or mental; that Eden was an
embryo world ; that every delight was there
in its perfection.
Adam was placed in a curious state ; wc can
not understand it fully. He was sinless, but
capable of sin. It might be asked, would Ad
am have sinned if Eve had never been given
him ? If not, then he was ruined by one giv
en to be his help, his pleasure ; yet, became
his burden, his pain. Did the Lord make Ad
am a man in body, and a child in mind ? Some
say yes, and some no. That he had consider
able sense, we know from his naming all crea
tures. Whether his mind was mature, we
know not. What intercourse did he have with
his maker before his fall ? Probably personal.
The voice of the Lord talked with him in the
garden, after hiking the fruit forbidden. Did
Adam have any Sunday like we do, or was ev
ery day alike to him ? If he had, what did he
do ? He had no books ; what was his doings
on the day of rest ? why did Adam need a day
of rest, if he never wearied ? He wanted no
Sabbath, like we do, to rest not only the body,
but to purify the spirit, and fit it for Heaven.
Adam was pure. His state of bliss we can on
ly imagine; so peaceful—no goading passions
—all calmness—no antagonism was there, till
the serpent came^ Why did he come ? why
was he allowed to come ? why tempt Eve first ?
He must have known the nature of man—that
woman was the weaker vessel; who told him ?
we may ask, but who will answer ?
We can only say it Is the work of the Lord;
he doeth what seemeth to him good, in the ar
mies of heaven and among the Inhabitants of
earth. The devil came; woman fell; Adam
followed; God was
the garden blasted. All nature was stamped
with the motto, “in life We are in the midst of
death.” Whatc change? All creation was
corrupted, because man Sinned. Before, puri
ty end order was doubtless everywhere; now,
coiffhsion wild is all around. The gold is
mixed with sand ; the diamond glitters in tho
mud ; the good things of life must be obtain
ed by grasping them as they fly. Life is now
labor mixed with pain. Who knows what
must have been the convulsions of nature,
when Adam * ‘bit the apple ?” Who knows but
the earth burst her. bands of beauty, and let
the spirit of darkness corrupt her to the core.
We pretend to see system in the bowels of the
earth, but how is that system convulsed ? The
geologist's layers of rock are thrown into such
grand confusion, that it takes ages to work out
a system, and then some antagonist, perhaps,
will pull it down in a day. We feel now that
we know something of geology, but another
generation may look on us as fools. How were
the seeds of death sown in Adam ? did he feel
the change ? why did net he tell it to his
children, they to theirs, and they to us ? Af-
the fall, his previous state must have been as
a dream. If he remembered it, how deep must
have been his regret at his loss. He was told
he should die ; he now feels he must. Did he
understand the saying, that the seed of the
woman should bruise the serpent’s head? if
not, he could have seen nought hut woe be
fore him.
He had obeyed the serpent, and now he
must grovel in the dust with him. In all this
transaction, was Adam the representative of
his posterity ? Is Adam’s sin imputed to his
children? In a physical sense. Adam must
have been the representative of his seed, or it
was pre-j udged. The law was established that
like should beget like. The earth was cursed
before posterity came. They came, and found
the world a wilderness instead of a paradise,
and all for Adam’s sin. Disease was in their
svstem, and they brought it not nor could
they hinder it.
Eve was told, in sorrow thou shalt bring
forth children, and we ate so made that the
child could not but sympathize with the moth
er. The ground was cursed for Adam’s sake
in the garden, and that curse clings to the
ground yet. Whether he was our federal head
or not, all things come upon us as though ho
was, and what is the odds to us. If we be
lieve it —yet wc know that we arc judged ac
cording to deeds done in the body: - ‘By the of
fence of one, judgment came upon all men hi
condemnation. By one man’s disobedience,
many were made siuners.” They did not
make themselves sinners ; they were made sin
ners, and that by Adam. Adam was not on
ly the first man, but he held in his hands the
destiny of his race. He sinned, and with that
sin brought all our woe. Those who are afraid
of the phrase, imputation if sin, say we get the
consequences but are not judged for the sin.
Imputation of sin does not mean that we must
be sorry for Adam's eating “the apple.” hut
that, in virtue of our descent from Adam, we
are guilty of the same.
An author says, imputation is the attribu
ting any matter, quality or character, wheth
er good or evil, to any person as his own, or
the treating him according to the character
which he thus sustains. We may not be ac
cused of ‘‘eating the apple,’ ’ hut the apple is as
sociated with rebellion, and are not we treated
as rebels from our mothers' wombs ? Are not
we looked upon with suspicion, in virtue of
our descent ? No one will deny that we inher
it depravity from our origin, and with that de"
pravity is there not a pre-disposition to sin,
and are we not pre-judged in consequence ol
that pre-disposition ? Sin was introduced by
Adam. We are called free agents, and yet,
can we live without sin ? Has not Adam bound
it to us, so that we can never leave it till
death ? Adam let the devil into us, we can
never entirely drive him out. We may curb
him by divine aid, but he will pester us till we
die. Inheriting this devil we sin, and we are
considered sinners before we sin in virtue of
our inheritance. And if we eat not the apple,
we are considered as though we would eat it
if we had a chance. Wc were looked upon as
sinners ’ere we sinned—coming from sin. Is
this imputation ? If so, we are an imputation-
ist.
We look upon the doctrine of imputation
and non-imputation, as verbiage. What mat
ters it whether we are condemned because we
came from Adam, or because we do what we
do in virtue of our descent, and are judged for
what we do ? It is as broad as it is long. Bv
Adam we are sinners and not of our own
choice, yet wc act as soon as we can choose, as
though sin was our preference. We are total
ly depraved : we have fallen from a height
which we can never regain by our own energy.
We were thrown from that height by' Adam,
We are clean gone, and we should look for
help, rather than how we got where we are.
We are conscious of our loss somehow, and we
should strive to be conscious of our salvation,
and we know of but one way to get it—we had
better leave what is behind, as it is enveloped
in mist, and press on to the perfect day where
all will be made known.
“How poor, how rich, how abject, how august.
How complicate, how wonderful is man :
How passing wonder He who made him such ;
Who center’d in our make such strange extremes.
From different natures marvellously mist,
Connection exquisite of distant worlds !
Distinguish’d link in being’s endless chain !
Midway from nothing to the Deity.
A beam ethereal, sullied and absorpt:
Though sullied and dishonor’d, still divine !
Dim miniature of greatness absolute!
An heir of glory : a frail child of dust!
Helpless immortal! insect infinite !
A worm ! a God ! I tremble at myself,
And iu myself am lost! at home a stranger ;
Thought wanders up and down, surpris’d, aghast,
And wondering at her own; how reason reels !
Oh ! what a miracle to man is man.”
V.
Fortheinun,-”*
Hans. Bottom:—Our attentioni^r;
called to an editorial in the Savanah W
llcan which wo feel necessarily, fle ^
from us a notice. The 'article.exhibit^
tleness and want of manliness, which
in truth be taeated with silent contemnt
as we have; just launched our little bark ^
the tide of editorial life we would probalto
ourselves injustice did we permit k this
of misrepresentations and false insinuati*
circulate among the people without ^
tions. This article professes to be a n ^
the first issue of the Medical & Literary
ly and headed Medical paper. ec * -
This wonderfuleditor sets out withth
lowing startling announcement: '
wish our medical ’ friends every- , SUCce , e *’
have no personal knowledge of or alia - ^
themselves we cannot resist the COll ^T 8 * 0
that physicians would do better to sti
their physic and let newspapers and *’
cal colleges alone.” (italics ours.) it ther^
follows that a man who happens to bee *
physician is forever ‘afterwards 'unfitted *
any other avocation of iife, especially -
ism. This overwhelming argument will d ^
less have its affect in'all coming 1
„ , ^ n'-• | erati,..
upon those who may contemplate an all -
with the healing art. As to the point i^f
latter clause of the above quotations-* '
medical colleges” we must confess we are i n t ;
dark. Will this genius ot the Republican '
lighten us. What in the name of common s -
does the man mean ? What under heaven]
the Medical & Literary Weekly to (] 0
new medical colleges ? The object of the
cal department is but to teach the people th -
great hygenic laws which tend to pr onir 2
their health and prolong then - lives and t
throw a damper upon the wild-fire mani:>
the day—quackery and to convince the
pie upon scientific truths, its ruinous and dan
rung influences. Is this the feature for wf.jp
we are misrepresented ? or is it because we r Tl
pose in connection with that, to give the p>
pie a pure literature—which feature - of
per is altogether lost sight ot by this Impair
editor in his fidget and flurry about moli^
colleges. This is certainly the mostuaj^
unreasonable, uncalled for, and illiberal d».
tices ever conceived. We have never knowV>.
ly given this editor cause for his venom. \y.
have no knowledge ofhim. either privatelyf,
publicly save the little appreciation and ij.
fluence of his paper in the State. o ur
seems to be attacked first because it is eility,. -
by Doctors, in the next place because ther»
are new medical colleges in tin- country
we expect if the whole truth was known!*,
cause it is issued in Atlanta. This rerf
must have beep the reason of theendursemeE
of the Chronicle and Sentinel, for noente.
prise however worthy ever had its origin it
Atlanta which met bis approbation. It iraj
not have been because we are doctors fork
once professed to be one himself.
Does the Chronicle & Sentinel considers
endorsement and re-puldication of this unis
notice in accordance with editorial etique;;. -
Wc have perhaps sufficient knowledge of he-
mail nature to conceive the prompting or i
narrow, selfish and contracted soul. Thisn,
tice of our paper goes on thus': “The wl;.
thing however works in a circle; the lair,
number of medical colleges augments tk
number of doctors beyond the wants of tit
country and the latter baingcompelled tofc
in some way foi lack of patients getupmor ;
new medical colleges for the purpose of makk
themselves lecturers or go into the newspy
per and periodical business, all tending:•»
make more doctors."
Will the Republican or Bro. Jones gives
| the connection of the above “sensible■ nnm
with our paper and its objects. Tonsil-
idea of the newspaper business tending to maL-
more doctors is quite a novel aud ridiculous oik.-
It must have taken an immense e Hurt of lit
brain to have brought forth such a huge imp.
If the editor of the Republican intends to in
timate that we for “lack of patients” have bees
getting up “new colleges for the purpose of iiiehn
ourselves “lecturers” or forced "into the noap
per business’' he intimates what is wholly un
true and without the shadow of a found,itk.
If he feels concerned he can ascertain by ref-:-
ence to the profession or the people of A:-
lanta our positions as physicians and as rib
zens. Such accusations as the above, hau;
no connection with what it purports to ctitlfe
aud being ignorant of our private charaiteii.
for he says, “we have no knowledge ol them
selves"—looks, we must say. little andundis-
nified. “Sensible remarks” hey bro. Jones. Why,
sir, Atlanta is still improving ami our Mice
perfectly good. The Medical & Literary Weekly
is but one among the many new tiling of os:
city.
We believe the experience of all intellige:
observers will justify us in saying that ri;
an individual from sheer envy or malice,
tempts a blow at an honorable competitor his
own heart receives the wound of the rob
ing thrust.
In conclusion we would say that we ham
ever ignored newspaper controversies and b
lieve the people and the press will justify
in making these statements in our oc
defence. TALIAFERRO cc THOMAS,
Editors Med. x I.it. Weekly
The Georgia Baptist Convention.
This body met in the Baptist Church of
Columbus, on Friday, the 22nd inst., as we
learn from the papers of that city. Rev. C. D.
Mallory preached the introductory sermon at
half-past ten o’clock, from 1st John, 5th chapt
21st v. The following committee on creden
tials was appointed : C. M. Irvine, T. J. Bur
nev and J. H. DeVotie.
In the list of delegates we find the follow
ing from this vicinity :
Hapzibah Association.—J. E. ltverson, W.
Sapp, G. W. Evans, C. Stapleton. John Jen
kins, W. H; Davis, D. P. Plumb.
Augusta Baptist Missienary Society.—H. H.
Hioknuin, H. J. Sibley.
Augusta Sabbath School Missionary Society —R
M. Reed.
The following officers of the Convention !
were then elected : Rev. P. Mell, Moderator,
John F. Dagg, Clerk, and C. M. Irvine, As
sistant Clerk.
The following standing committees were
thenjappointed ;
On Preaching.—Brothers T. J. Burney, G. W.
Evans, J. W. Rabun. J. II. DeVotie, J. K.
Redd,
On Business.—Brothers Joseph Walker, J. E.
Dawson, G. R. McCall, T. Stocks, N.’M. Craw
ford.
On Finances.—R. S. McWhorter, M. C. Wil
kinson, S. Root.
A number of correspondents presented
themselves; the report of the executive com
mittee was read, and referred to a spe cial
committee; and the convention adjourned un
til Saturday morning at nine o'clock.—Augus
ta Constitutionalist.
I.oixl John Russell on ’Washington.
The first volume of “The Life and lisss
Charles James Fox,” by Lord John Russell.h>
just appeared in England. The London paper:
say his Lordship has dwelt with hissubje>:;-
i a fragmentary, almost incoherent nwnner.-
j His first volume is a commentary, and liffie
l more. As a commentary, however,
j characteristic, and the concluding passage*
| perhaps, the most characteristic of all:
“Before taking leave of the American Fr.
| a few words may be allowed on a topic where
j there can he little difference of opinion.-
; George Washington, without the geniusotfr
' lius Ctesar or Napoleon Bonaparte, has a :i
purer fame, as his ambition was of a inl
and holier nature. Instead ot seeking to®*
his own name or seize supreme power, in-*■
voted his whole talents, military and civil, o
the establishment of the independence, a--
the perpetuity of the liberties of his ownco-r
try. In modern history no man bats “'y
such great things without the soul ofsel*-
ness or the strain of a grovelling amoin'.-
C'ivsar, Cromwell, Napoleon, attained a hi--*
elevation, but the love of dominion wa* •
spur that drove them on. John Hamp-■
William Russell, Algernon Sydney, way
had motives as pure and an ambition as
stained ; but they fell. To George m ?
ton nearly alone in modern times has) •
given to accomplish a wonderful reteiu
and yet to remain to ail future Ilim '
j theme of a people's gratitude, and an e
pie of virtuous anil beneficent power.
rhose mind way" 1 '*
Iff?" “Illustrated with cuts !” said a young
urchin, as he drew his pocket knife across tho
leaves of his grammer.
“Illustrated with cuts!’’ reiterated the
schoolmaster, as he drew his cane across the
bock of the young urchin-
ffT" The Hon. John S. Kaskie, has receive!
the nominaticn for re-election to Congress for
his District. Mr. Dejarnette.s name was not
submitted to th£ convention, he having an
nounced his intention of running as an inde-
pendant candidate.
of stock quotations, was asked ;t few
how old his father was. "Well,', saiJte>
stractedlv, “tho old gentleman 13 4 U . ^
eighty, but there is every prospect tna .
reach par. and possibly in: at a premia
Early.—The Troopviile [ Lowndes co- i.
Watchman of the 19th inst,. says • . $
A com tassel was yesterday oroug
from our garden.
William Bedeord George is no m° re '. j
died at the residence of his father, hen
George, in this city, on Friday’ the -
Aged 11 years ami 4 days.—[ Aim .
ot.
w* At a hotel in New York recen^
old gentleman come down stairs m ‘ cJj .
of the clerk whether he had any . sU p.
dies. Being informed that he.cou u^
j plied with tallow dips, the old B
'said: . I*#: 1
“Then I wish you’d give me s ‘ m
something that I can blow out, toi ,^ t
blasting away wind at that cuffi® 0
(meaning the gas burner) till t'
ieft me.” . kept' 1 *’
The clerk, by spasmodic e “°'’’ j 0 f if
countenance ana ordered up a poi®
to No. —