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THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1869.
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Got. Brown seems determined to kill his en
emies with kindness. Col. Benj. May, Treas
urer of the State Bond, has remitted to the
Treasury of the State, Thirty six thousand Dal
ian, as the nett earnings of the State Road for
the month of April. UPhat say the enemies
of Got. Brown to this showing f
PnMle Documents.
We are under obligation to our immediate
Representative, Hon. L. J. Gartrell, for a copy
of a “Report on the United States and Mexi
can Boundary," also a “Report of the Com
mittee on Naval Contracts and Expenditures. ’ ’
These are interesting Documents, and we ten
der our thanks to our faithful Representative
for bis kind favors.
PT* “The Electic Magazine of Foreign lit
erature” for May, has arrived. This is an in
teresting number. The next number will con
tain a portrait of Edward Everett, “as he ap
peared in the Academy of Music, on the eve
ning of the 4th of March, delivering his ad
dress on the character of Washington."
V.
Qumr ?—“Who gave us the English Com
promise, that lost us Kansas ?’ ’—National
American.
Answer.—H. Marshall and Underwood, of
Kentucky; Gilmer of N. Carolina ; H. Win
ter Davis, J. Morrison Harris and Ricand, of
Maryland. Six Southern Know Nothings the
only Southern men, who helped the Black Re
publicans defeat the admission of Kansas un
der the Lecompton Constitution. V
If the “American" would “be bettered by a
little choking," and “V.” desires to work the
reformation, he is welcome to “pitch in” at
his leisure.—[National American.
V. has administered “choke" number one—
thinks it will do good, unless the disease oi
the patieDt has run till no medicine will help
it. He will wait till anotner “choke” be
comes absolutely needed, and will surely give
it. A drowning horse is sometimes brought
to th- surface of the water by choking, and
./by not a little choking have a tendency to
raise a sinking man. We wish the “Ameri
can" too well, to allow it to sink itself by un
guarded and uncalled for statements, without
raising our warning voice. ‘ ‘The wounds of a
friend are better than the kisses of an enemy, ’
and while we may not get any thanks for our
labor of love, it don’t matter, we don’t charge
anything for it. V.
flf” The Democracy of Montgomery coun
ty, Alabama, a few days ago, held a large and
enthusiastic meeting. Said meeting ‘ ‘opposed
all schemes for the building of a Railroad to
the Pacific with the funds of the General Gov
ernment”—also “a Tariff discriminating foi
protection and opposed specific duties.” Col.
Lomax offered the following resolution, which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the only general party organ
ization, which professes to respect the rights
of the South ir. negro property, is the Demo-
t ratic party ; that the overthrow of that time-
honored party, will insure the triumph of the
Black Republicans, under whose rule it is im
possible for the Southern people to live, with
out moral degradation and imminent peril to
social Older ; and that, therefore, it is, we be
lieve, the imperative duty of every patriot to
labor zealously for the success of Democratic
nominees, and the carrying out of Democratic
principles in the administration of the Federal
Government.
The above resolution reads to our notion.
V.
V. lias dragged us into this quarrel. We
have written “more in sorrow than in anger.”
—National American.
Set down by the American as the plaintiff
in-this case, we claim the right to open and
conclude. There was no need of a “quarrel
The “American' ’ should have taken a deserved
reproof without such a burst of anger and per
sonality. V. has kept his temper and don’t
intend to get excited. A proper reply to our
Y firat article, without these personalities which
had nothing to do with illustrating the issue,
would have called forth from V. a very’ differ
ent reply. ‘ ‘Distinguished New England cler
gymen,” as well as V. think they see a great
difference between James Buchanau and Black
Republicans. The “clergymen" and V. look
upon him as a friend of the South. The for
mer would put him down for sustaining the
constitutional sights of our peculiar institu
tion. V. would honor him for faithfulness
in the premises. We guts* the “American’
hates him because he is a Democrat. V.
“He does not deny that he is a Vermont
Yankee.”—National American.
He don’t intend to. Why should be ? He
don’t like Vermont politics, but in many oth
er respects he points to his native State with
pride. He remembers the historic glory that
has gathered around the “Green Mountain
Boys" of the revolution, and is not ashamed
of his kinship to that noble band of hero
martyr's to the cause of independence, whose
names will be honored and whose fame will
endure while liberty has a lover upon freedom’s
soil.
He remembers with pride the noble achieve
ments of Ethan Allen, who, with a small band
of “ Vermont Yankees” crossed Lake Champlain
in the night, and early in the morning as
cended those dangerous declivities which the
British thought woflld protect them safely from
the invader, and in the “name of the great
Jehovah and the continental Congress” took
command of a fort well fortified with men
and by nature and astonished the nation with
his daring and success.
He remembers how eagerly the “Green
Mountain Boys," in defiance of the orders of
Chittenden, hurried to the battle of Platts-
burg, and by such deeds, “as mankind will
not willingly let die” turned victory to the
American flag, after a fierce and bloody strug-1
gle.
He remembers the battle of Bennington and
“is no whit worse” on account of the locality
of his birth, and would be no better had he
been bom in Ireland, England, France, Ger
many or Georgia. He will be content.
If he can but honorably sustain the brave
antecedents of his native State. When “the
solid phalanx of our enemies shall march up
on Southern soil, to sack our houses and des
troy our household goods”—when “the bat
tle cry” has to be shouted—when “garlands
of victory” have to l>e placed upon the brows
of heroes—when timc6 that try men’s souls,
discover who are “loyal to the soil” of the
South—when “the bravest of the brave”
have to show their courage, by deeds as
well as word*—then may the “American” or
its posterity have all they can carry to be
found in the van-guard of the army, equal to
“Green Mountain Yankees” and their des
cendants, who are already an important elem
ent in the means of Southern defence. This
constant fling at a man’s birth is extremely lit
tle It shall not provoke us into silence.
V.
On last Thursday night, the Educational
Meeting decided upon the Ivy lot as a location
for a female School. A committee, was ap
pointed to circulate a subscription Hat, upon
the joint stock plan, to be binding in the event
$15,000 shall be subscribed. The location is
an admirable one—having on it an excellent
spring, and in full view of much of the city.—
We hope this project will succeed. A female
school of high character is what Atlanta needs
and needs now. There is not a city in Amer
ica, as large as Atlanta, that has done so little
for education.
The Legislature has pud for our Medical
College. We learn from good.authority, that
the citizens of Atlanta have never given as
much as two thousand dollars to the Medical
College. Citizens of Atlanta, wake up to your
duty, and let us announce this school a suc
cess, in a few days. V.
Mrs. Stowe.
“Popular prejudice has detracted from her
fame at the South; but prejudice should nev
er be allowed to distort the medium through
which genius is viewed. We say, that in this
country of liberty, every individual has aright
to his own opinion, and surely he need not be
condemned for speaking ont his honest con
victions, even though they should not coincide
with the views of others. Earnestness has al
ways a power about it. even when we cannot
sympathize with the cause in which it is ex
erted, and Mrs. Stowe was deeply in earnest
when she wrote “Uncle Tom's Cabin.’^‘-[Tem
perance Crusader.
We are unwilling to pass the above unno
ticed. The above goes a little too far. The
“Star” shines generally steady and brilliant.
It is a fixed star, and destined to be one of
the first magnitude. We pardon this mistake
cheerfully, and hope our motives in referring
to it, will Improperly appreciated. “Popular
prejudice” has not gone so far “at the South”
as “to distort the medium through which gen
ius is viewed.” “The South” has given Mrs.
Stowe her proper place. She has the credit oi
being a woman of great talent, and of being a
great slanderer.
Even “in this country of liberty,” there is
“need” that- many a (man should “be con
demned for speaking out his honest convic
tions,” or rather wliat he says are honest. Men
honestly, sometimes, propagate the most dan
gerous errors, which should be frowned upon
by every good citizen. Under tire name of
“honest convictions,” men often “steal the
livery of Heaven in which to serve the Devil.”
“Deeply in earnest” as Mrs. Stowe might have
been “when she wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin,”
she kneiv that 6he was doing the South great
wrong, and has been gnilty of uncalled for and
premeditated slander. ‘ ‘Genius’ ’ she has, but
largely mixed with meanness. Mrs. Stowe
has our unqualified contempt. V.
For tlie Atlanta Intelligencer.
Cave Spring, Ga., April 26th, 1859.
Messrs. Editor* .’—Enclosed you will find two
dollars, which I presume is the subscription
price of your paper for one year. My object
in subscribing just now, is because I desire to
be potted as to the doings of the people in re
gard to Gov. Brown’s re-nomination. I have
understood that you are warm friends of his,
and I suppose you publish the proceedings of
all meetings held in the different counties,
which have for their object the appointment
of delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention.
If you have been publishing all such proceed
ings, please send me back numbers to the date
of the first meeting held for that purpose, and
consider my subscription ae commencing at
that time.
I am for Gov. Brown against the world, and
the nanfe of his friends in all these parts, is
Legion. If any one here is opposed to him, I
think he is ashamed to mention it. I am his
friend simply because his administration of
State affairs commands my hearty approval,
and I think him eminently entitled to re-nom
ination, upon the score of merit alone ; and if
he should be defeated before the Convention,
by unfair means, I shall vote for him anyhow,
if mine should be a single shot. But from what
little I know of putlic sentiment, he is in no
danger of defeat. The people are determined
to make him our next Governor, if he lives,
because they know he makes a Governor of
wt.om they are proud. The feeling in this
section for him, is almost unanimous.
Yours in haste, A. J. K.
[communicated.]
Atlanta Mineral Spring.
At a meeting of the Committee for raising
the Mineral Spring fund, on Thursday evening
last, it was requested that we make a report of
its proceedings through the papers of the city.
The Committee for collection of moneys, re
port nearly a sufficient amount to fix up the
Spring in an attractive style. Some three or
four hundred dollars is yet needed, to finish off
the work as it should lie done. Judge Haden
has given to the city, the Spring, with one
quarter of an acre of ground; and the other
three fourths of the acre will be bought by a
stock company, who will make improvements,
erect buildings, &c. $10 is the amount of
each sliare of stock. Those who are not desi
rous of taking stock, but would like to con
tribute a small amount, can do so, and their
money will go to the fixing up of the Spring it
self. Mr. Oatman is at this time preparing a
beautiful marble basin for the Spring ; and the
building committee, consisting of Messrs. Root,
Oatman, Dunning, and O. H. Jones, are now
making arrangements for the commencement
of the buildings and other improvements.—
The stockholders and other citizens interested,
are invited, and will be expected to meet Mon
day evening next at 7 J o’clock, for the purpose
of electing trustees, &c., &c., at the office of
Drs. Taliaferro & Thomas. A full attendance
is desired. This is an important move for At
lanta. Our Spring contains valuable sanative
properties, such as, in our opionion, will rank
it among the first watering places. When fix
ed up in the style proposed, Atlanta 'will be
come the resort of hundreds of invalids and
pleasure-seekers. With four commodious Ho
tels, 30 or 40 private boarding-houses, and the
most magnificent dry goods ami clothing es
tablishments in the South—model drug stores
—rolling mill, machine shops, and its contin
ual Railroad travel from all sections of the
United States, will present interests and at
tractions no where to be found at watering-
places. We are looking for crowded hotels
this summer, and by the next they will have
either to be enlarged or new ones built. All
who wish to contribute or take stock, had bet
ter do so at once while the opportunity is pre
sented. V. H. TALIAFERRO, Sec'y.
P. S. Since writing the above, we have
been reliably informed that rooms are now be
ing engaged at the Hotels, by families from
the low country. Some two or three families
have written to their friends here, to engage
them houses near the mineral Spring, where they
could have the benefit of its continual use.
V. H. T.
[ Ommunicated for the Constitutionalist.]
The Senatorial Question—Ex-Govern
or Johnson.
A Dinner of Doctors.—On the 29th of
March, four huudred doctors of the faculty of
Ptaris, had s subscription dinner at the grand
Hotel da Louvre, the price of tickets bring
sixteen francs ($3) each. The dinner was giv
en in honor of the triumph of the regular foc-
ultv of Allopathists over the HomeoputMris,
ta a judgment in their furor before one of the
French courts.
Mr. Editor:—As others have expressed their
preference for the man who should succeed
Mr. Iverson in the United States Semite, it
may not be improper for Troup county to
mingle her voice with the many who sing the
praise of Herscliel V. Johnson. He is un
doubtedly the man fig the place—the man
for the times. And although we down-trod.-*
den Democrats never have the privilege of
casting our votes for Senators,-yet, it is with
pleasure that we hear the press throughout
the State, from the sea-board to the moun
tains speaking the claims of Gov. Johnson—
speaking the claims of the man who always
sounds the note of alarm when southern
rights are assailed-i-for the man whose elo
quent voice and stalwart arms for the last 25
years, has ever-rallied the broken and di£
honoered columns of Democracy. Well may
every Geogian be proud of our Johnson.
In this part of the State he is held by all-men
of all parties—to be Georgia’s greatest stat
esman, incorruptible, unbending, a perfect
tower of strength to the whole South. Long
may he live to serve, and cast additional luss
tnre upon h’8 native State; and that Her-
schcl V. Johnson may be our next Senator, is
the united voice of
TROUP COUNTY.
4Hi* Democratic Party. '
We make the following extract from a well-
written and pomtedjpxtide in the New Lon
don (Conn.) Star of the 22d instant:
“The Democratic party has but to maintain
its organization, and keep the cardinal princi
ples of its fidth before the people, to carry the
State triumphantly at the next presidential
contest. It is the only national party that
ever did or ever will continue to maintain the
honor of the country at home or abroad, and
it is the only party that ever successfully man
aged the affairs of State.
“Hie opposition, under various assumed
names, but without principle, ijjave occasion
ally got possession of the government of this
republic ; but their reign was short, and ever
wUl be until principle, not office; becomes a
r^rrlinal virtue of their organization. We are
not surprised that this should lie so, and that
history so clearly proves it; for the heart ol
the people beats soundly, notwithstanding
sadden ebulitions or excitants are occasionally
thrown in to destroy momentarily the usual
healthy pulsation.
“The principles of the Democratic party
are invulnerable—they have withstood the
angry billows which the opposition have rais
ed from time to time, and now, after more
than half a century, are as clear and well de
fined as when the patriot Jefferson gave to
them ‘a habitation and a name.”
“It is for the interest of the people of the
United States that the Democratic party
should hold the reins of government; for it
is this party that has thus far made our coun
try great—has pursued such a policy, both
foreign and domestic, as secured order and
right at home and protection abroad. No one
wUl attempt to gainsay this with the evidence
of the past and present before them.
We do not believe in an aggressive policy,
but we do beUeve that to be truly great we
must pursue the right, and. at whatever cost
to us as a nation, maintain our nationality
upon every nation upon the face of the earth
—whether small or great. This the Demo
cratic party- have invariably endeavored to do,
and, if prevented, it has only been through
the active agency of the.opposition.
“Ours has come to be one of the leading
powers of the earth. Does any one ask what
has made it so ? We answer, the people first,
through their agents, to Democratic party, to
whom lias been intrusted its government—
for it is well known that this party have man
aged the ship of State seven-eights of the
time since the* organization of the republic,
and have thus far originated every great meas
ure which has proved successful in continuing
our independence, or making perpetual our
happiness as a free people.
“In the events of the past we have noticed
that the opposition have steadily manifested
open hostility to the foreign policy of the De
mocratic party in every war which our coun
try has been called upon to engage in defence
of our national rights and honor, and the
blush of shame has more than once or twice
mantled the cheek of the conservative portion
of the American people as well as our Demo
cratic brethren all over the world, that auv
party should so far lose its dignity and nation
ality as to be willing to give “aid and com
fort” to an enemy. Yet that party, now en
listed under the Black Republican banner,
continues to abuse the Democratic adminis
tration for its endeavoring to protect the Am
erican people abroad, and maintain inviolate
the principles of the constitution at homo.
“But a few months since an expedition was
fitted out, and through the intelligent head of
the Navy Department economically arranged,
to demand of the Argentine Confederacy full
satisfaction for injuries to our flag and our peo
ple while peaceably navigating the Paraguay
waters ; and we all know the abuse and re
proach sought to he put at the door of the
administration by the Black Republican part
in and out of Congress. They could not so
divest themselves of party animosity as even
to wish for this expedition anything but evil.
Still this expedition went forth, and the result
proves that through this mission we have not
only secured peace, but invaluable privileges
with the Paraguay republic, are opened such
avenues to American commerce as must ma
terially advance our commercial interests.
“It has been said that ‘peace hath its victo
ries no less renowned than war.’ and the mis
sion to Paraguay affords an illustration of that
sentiment.”—[Constitution.
Atlanta, Till'usd ay Evenimg, [
April the 19th, 1859. )
An adjourned meeting of the friends of a
Female School of a high order in this city,
convened this evening at the City Hall. On
motion Col. A. A. Gaulding. Mr. Wm. Mark
ham was called upon to act as Chairman, and
on motion of Col. A. W. Stone, J. S. Peterson
was requested to act as Secretary.
The Chairman having announced the meet
ing as organized, and prepared to proceed with
business, Col. Stone, from the sub-Committee
appointed at the previous meeting to examine
and Report in reference a suitable and eligible
site, submitted the followin:
The undersigned Committe, appointed by a
meeting of the ettizens of Atlanta, held on
Saturday, the 23d instant, to consider the pro
priety of raising a Joint Stock Company to
purchase a lot aud erect suitable buildings for
a Female Institution commensurate with the
wants of our city—to select and report sites
for location of the proposed buildings, and
the prices at which the same could he pur
chased—
REPORT.
1st. That, by a sub-Committee, consist
ing of three of their number, they have ex
amined several localities in and about the
city, and find many beautiful places for the
erection of such buildings ; but most of them,
in the opinion of this Committee, are not suf
ficiently near the centre of the city, as to be
convenient and accessible to a majority of the
citizens thereof; and are therefore objectiona
ble.
2d. The Committee consider it advisable,
and almost essential to the prosperity and
success of such an institution as is proposed ;
that it be situated as r. ear the centre of the
city as is practicable; that it be located upon
as elevated ground as possible; that it be easy
of access ; that a sufficient quantity of land
be procured to give abundant room for play
and ornamental grounds ; and,
3d. That it be within reach of our menus.
Having, as we think, due regard to these
consideration, the Committee are unanimous
in recommendsng to this meeting the lot
known as the Ivy lot situate on street,
On the 22d of March, at 8J o’clock in
the morning, a severe earthquake destroyed
the City of Quito almost entirely The
churches, covenants and Government build-
ings are most of them thrown down, besides
many private residences. The houses not
thrown down are so injured as not to be hab
itable. The damage is estimated at $3,000,-
000, The deaths are reported at 5,000, but
this we believe to be greatly exaggerated. A
number of small towns to tbe North of the
capital have also been destroyed, and in Gnaj
aquiltbe shock, was felt severely and "
some damage.
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and containing five acres of land. We recom
mend the lot—
1st. Because it is as near the centre of the
city as any point where the same amount of
ground can be had, not being more than a half
a mile from the Passenger Depot.
2d. That it occupies a commanding position,
being, as the Committee think, the highest,
or nearly so, of any point in the city ; that a
building there could be seen over nearly all
the city, in full view of the Georgia Railroad,
and that there is on the lot a never-failing
spring of good water.
3d. That it is in and near neighborhoods
where board could be obtained for pupils, suf
ficiently near the Institution to be perfectly
convenient to it.
4th. That it can be purchased upon reasona
ble terms.
In consideration of the advantages which
this lot presents, this Committee think there
would be little trouble in raising a Joint Stock
Company with a capital of $20,000 for the
purpose of the lot and erection of the build
ings, provided tho same is selected.
Col’ Stone followed the above with some
verbal information as to the various sites ex
amined, and the prices at which they could
be obtained. On motion the Report was re
ceived.
A motion was then made and seconded, to
adopt the Report. A somewhat lengthy dis
cussion ensued, which was participated in In-
Messrs. Stone, Hayden, Markhan, Gaskill,
Gaulding, N. J. Hammond and A. M. Wal
lace. After which the Report was adopted
without a dissenting voice.
On motion of Col. Stone, a Committee of
seven, consisting of Messrs. A. W. Stone, J.
A. Hayden, S. Root, J, G. Wistmoreland, L.
Lawshe, W. Markham, and B. M, Smith, was
appointed to canvass the city and solicit sub
scriptions, and report progress to a future
meeting of the citizens.
Moved by A. M. Wallace, Esq., that the
shares be put at the rate of twenty-five dollars
each ; and that fifteen thousand dollars be the
minimum sum fixed upon with which to com
mence operations. Which was carried.
Moved That when this meeting adjourn, it
adjourn to meet at the call of the Chairman
of the Chairman of the Committee appointed
o solicit subscriptions. Carried.
Moved, That the proceedings of the meeting
be furnished the city papers with a requestto
publish them. Carried.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
WM. MARKHAM, Chairman.
J. 8. Peterson, Secretary.
Tit*
Refering in a recent article to-the charge of
extravagance which the opposition h urging
against the Democratic party, the Washington
States says:_
“Ifit should be granted that this charge was
well-founded, we may ask the people whether
it would be judicious to-expel from power a
party whose principles they have endorsed,
and install those principles they have con
demned ? Will it not insure the public inter
ests better to require reform, ifit be needed,
at the hands of the Democracy, than commit
them to their antagonists, whose principles
are so obnoxious, and whose practice is worse
than that attributed to the party in power ?
We say that the practice of the opposition
is worse than that of the Democracy, because
the opposition is extravagant on the principle
that it unites in the demand for more protec
tion to certain special and sectional interests.
To produce a necessity for this protection, it
fosters a system of excessive cxpenSpures. It
favors a wasteful system of iuternarjjmprove-
ments. It builds forts and harbors ut every
inlet, It favors pension laws, which require
millions. It advocates an enlarged army and
navy. It recommends the abandonment of the
national tlgmain; and all this for what? That
the expenses of the government may require
a heavier duty on foreign manufacture.
We challenge examination, and it will be
found that the opposition in Congress Lave
voted for ever}’ measure of expenditure which
have been calculated to produce an increase
of the tariff. The opposition, then, is extrava
gant on principle. It deems the waste of
the public money as legitimate a means
of promoting the public interests, as the far
mer does the agents of agricultural improve
ment which he scatters upon his fields to en
hance their production.”
To prove each and every one of these asser
tions of the States, it is not necessary to go
further back, than the last session of Congress
and compare the action of the opposition upon
all questions connected with the revenues and
the expenses of the general Government,
with that of the Democratic party. Such a
comparison will show the effort of the oppo
sition during the whole session was to increase
the expenses of the Government, in order to
produce a deficiency in its revenues, which
would require an increase of its taxes, by a re
vision of the tariff; whilst the effort of the
Democratic party was to reduce the expendi
ture of the Government to its income. It will
show, too, that the Democratic party in the
last Congress endeavored to husband the re
sources of the Federal Government, whilst
the Opposition, which is now so insolent in
its charges of extravagance and loud in its de
mands for retrenchment and reform, were
urging different schemes to weaken them, by
draining and drying up the sources of its reve
nue.
The record of the last Congress is the proof
of these assertions; it will sustain every one
of them; but in illustration of the general
recklessness and profligacy and extravagance
of the opposition, we would refer our readers
to a particular portion of that record. We
mean that portion relating to the Pension bill
and to the Agricultural College hill—one of
them a scheme to increase the expenses, and
the other a scheme to decrease the revenues of
the government.
The pension bill, if it had passed, would
have required an annual expenditure of t welve
or fifteen million of dollars, for the next ten
years, to carry out its provisions. The oppo
sition sustained it, but the Democracy defeat
ed it.
Tho Agricultural College bill, if it had be
come a law, would have inquired a distribu
tion of six or eight millions of acres of the
public lands among the States; or in other
words, would have required the Government
to deprive itself, for years, of any revenue
from the public lands. The opposition sus
tained it—the Democracy opposed it, and, fi
nally, a Democratic President vetoed it.
If these and other profligate schemes of the
opposition had been carried out, the expenses
of the next fiscal year would have risen to a
hundred millions. But the Democratic party
defeated them—cut down the appropriations,
ulr ' ' -
and reduced the expenses of the government;
and yet the opposition has the haruiiiood to
charge the Democratic party with extrava
gant 1 —Constitutionalist.
Washington, April 27.—A private letter
from a responsible source, dated Bogota, has
been received here, stating that the English-
holders of the bonds of the Granadian Gov
ernment have demanded some substantial se
curity for the payment of the interest and
their ultimate redemption, and that the Brit
ish Governmefft is sustaining the demand.—
One of the propositions is that the power to
close the franchises of the Panama Railroad
shall be assigned to the shareholders.
It. is not true, as reported, that Mr. John
Savage is going out as Secretary to the New
Granadian Mission, if for no other reason, the
inadequacy of the compensation
It is untrue that Mr. Bishop, of Connecti
cut, has been tendered the Commissionship of
Patents.
Secretary Cobb, who left last night w ith his
family for Georgia, will he absent till the 10th
of May.
An additional naval force will he sent to the
Gulf of Mexico after the return of the Para
guay expedition.
There is an earnest contest for the Havre
Consulship. Mr. Vesey’s resignation having
been received. It has been offered to Simeon
Johnson, the editor of the late Union news
paper.
Assurances have been given by the Presi
dent, that tbe settlers in Arizona will be
fully protected from the inroads of the Ap
ache Indians.
The Intelligence by the setamer Tennessee
of the threaterfcd bombardment of Vera Cruz
by the British is not believed here, for the rea
son that the claims of both the English and
French governments were satisfactorily set
tled two months ago, and as on the Gtli Min-
amon was at Grizaba, wh'ch is sixty leagues
from the City of Mexico, it is considered im
possible that he could have reached the latter
place on the 11th inst.
Leavenworth, April 27.—Agents here and
at other points arc secretly urging emigration
toward the gpid regions, with the ultimate
view of forming a neuclus at Pike’s Peak to
descend on Sonora, and probably Durango and
Chihuahua. No conceited plan has been
agreed upon as far as known. It is estimated
that ten thousand men had already left from
different points on the Missouri rivei. A
company is organizing at Kansas city for Ari
zona,
Windsor, C. W., April 26.—It is ascertained
that the damage by the fire here on Sunday
will not nearly equal the published accounts.
All the locomotives can easily be repaired at a
slight expense. Only 700 cords of wood were
destroyed, and the buildings were all old and
of temporary character.
St. Louis, April 21.—The Mormon version
uf the difficulty in Utah Represent the condi
tion of affairs materially different from the
previous reports. It is denied that there is
even a symptom of hostility on the part of the
people. They complain that witnesses are
arrested and placed in charge of the troops.
Gov. Camming, Dr. Forney, and other prom
inent men, were indignant at the course of the
court, and the Mormons seem to regard Pres
ident Buchanan’s proclamation as exempting
parties from arrest for all past offences.
8, 1869.
our
|3f” Let the Democracy undertake
strength, if they will.—[Atlanta American.
The Democracy are ndt in the habit of mak
ing such very small ‘ ‘undertakings. ’ ’—South
ern Mercury.
Dispatch prom Mr. Dallas.— Washington
April 21.—Mr. Dallas, U. 8. Minister at Lon-
don, has again written to the President, that in
the highest officials in England a war in Eu •
rope is considered unavoidable.
A Misfortune Rcmldled.
We were told the other day an amusing lit
tle incident, which, if tiue, is very good in
deed ; and we do not see auj- reason to deny
its truth, particularly as our informant related
it as a fact within his knowledge. A gentle
man in the employ of a Commercial House in
New York city, in his annual .visit to the
South, stopped at Savannah. The steamer
arrived at Savannah on Wednesday, too late
for the New Orleans cars, and the stranger in
strolling through the streets of the city hit
upon the splendid rooms of the Get rgia State
Lottery, McKinney & Co., Managers, in the
new Masonic Building, Bull street. He says
to our informant, that he was impressed to
purchase a ticket. Did so, and gave direc
tions to send the drawing to the St Charles
Hotel,’N. O. The night but one after his ar
rival in the Crescent City ‘in seeing the sights’
our verdant friend was robbed of every dollar
he had—about $900. The robbery was not
discovered until he got home to his room. He
says that it was an awful remnant of a night
to him—the very longest he ever experienced.
Sleep was banished from his eyes. His heart
filled with remorse and shame ; and want was
his spectre companion—no hope was left to
bim—at last morning came, and with it chill
desjmir. He had but one friendly hope—The
Ticket—he gazed upon it and shaking his
head and soliloquilizing said, “how the sink
ing heart clings to the slightest thread !”—
The door opened, and the mail hoy from the
office stood before him. He soon found that
he had drawn a prize of a thousand dollars in
the Georgia State Lottery. \Ve are told that
he says he will look better to himself after
this.
We Are in receipt of a letter from Mr. Jesse
Green, a subscriber to our paper, at Ball
Ground, Cherokee county, Georgia, in which
the writer says the black-birds in that neigh
borhood, have become very troublesome in
deed. They go in large gangs, lighting all
through the farms in that vicinity, palling up
tho com, and devouring whole crops. They
also infest their com cribs, by thousands. The
writer perceiving the devastation, resorted to
the use of gunpowder and lead, but all to no
effect . He then resorted to the more subtle
means of poison. He put thirty grams of nux
vomica in a skillet, with about three gills of wa
ter. A half pint of com was put in this prep
aration, heat up in the form of hominy. This
was simpered awhile, stirring it up all the time.
The corn thus prepared, was placed on the top
of the cribs in different places. The birds
came in crowds, and in the course of an hour
or two, twenty-four hlack-hirds were picked
up in a dead or dying condition. We have in
“days long syne,” heard that nux vomica, was
death on black-birds, and in case ar.y of our
readers should he similarly afflicted, they will
know how to get rid of the nuisance.
Challenge Accepted.—The English cham
pion, Tom Sayers, has accepted the challenge
of the Benicia Boy to a tight for tbe champi
onship. The wager is £200 aside, and in ad
dition, Sayers offers a bet of £500 or £1,000
that he will win. The time for the fight may
be fixed for any period after the settlement of
three affairs that the English champion has
now on hand.
SABBATH EVEMSG REFFECTIOSS.
HEAVEN.
Heaven Is the country where the saints’ in
heritance lies. It may he of use to us, for a
short time to consider some things that the
Bible teaches concerning Heaven ; for to enjoy
it hereafter, wg must know something of it
here.
The word Heaven is used in various senses.
Among pagans, Heaven is considered the
abode of the celestial Gods.
Among the Hebrews, three heavens are ac
knowledged—the air, or aerial heavens, the
firmanent in which the stars are supposed to
be placed ; and the heaven of heavens or third
heaven, the residence of Jehovah. These
three heavens of the Hebrews, probably com
prehend the most, (if not all) of the meanings
of the word heaven.
The most important meaning and the one
the Christian most delights to contemplate is
to consider heaven as referring to “that part
of space in which the omnipresent Jehovah is
supposed to afford more sensible manifestations
of his glorv.” We have used the definition
of Webster. We do not like all of it. That
word “supposed” ought not to be there. We
do not only suppose that Heaven is the place
where the omnipresent Jehovah affords more
sensible manifestations of his glory, hut, we_
knoiv it as much as we know’ any truth, re
corded upon the sacred page. The language
of the Bible is explicit aud emphatic upon
this point. The apostle John, in his copious
description of the new Jerusalem, tells us,
that “the throne of God and the lamb shall be
in it, and his servants shall serve him ; and
they shall see his face, and his name shall he
in their foreheads. And there shall he no
night there, and they need no candle, neither
light of the sun and they shall reign forever
and ever.”
The Christian is to be where God and Christ
are to be as upon a royal throne, setting in
majestic grandeur, and he is to dwell eternally
about that throne, serving them. He is also
to see them. He now lives by faith and not
by sight; but soon, very soon faith shall be
swallowed up in the sight of the eternal God
head. “Blessed are the pure in heart,
they shall see God,” and they shall have “his
name written in their foreheads” and dwell
forever and ever, in one eternal day illumined
by the effulgence of the sun of righteousness
where there “will he fullness of joy and rivers
of pleasure forever more.”
‘- O Lord, the well of life so pure,
Doth ever flow from thee,
And in thy light thy saints are sure
F.ternal light to see."
Such is the heaven of the Christian and it is
not founded upon a supposition, but upon the
word of God. Whether heaven has a locality
or not, the most sensible manifestations of
God’s glorv are in it, and if not a locality, he
is equally manifest in every part of the uni
verse. This suggests the inquiry whether
heaven is a place ? No one will deny it to be
a stale of happiness; hut is that state enjoyed in
any particuiar place, where more manifesta
tions of his glory are not seen than in any
other place ? We think there is, but where,
we cannot tell.
The Savior says, “in my Father’s house are
many mansions ’. if it were not so I would
have told you, I go to prepare a place for you
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again and receive you, unto myself;
that where I am there ye may be also.” In
Hebrews also we read, “For Christ isnoten
tered in the holy places made with hands,
which are the figures of the true, but into
Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence
of God for us. ” Burkett says of this passage :
Positively, he is entered into Heaven itself,
the place of the peculiar residence of the pres
ence, majesty and glory of God. We learn
from this verse that the tabernacle is the anti
type of heaven, and as it had its place of pe'
culiar manifestation of the glory of God, so
the real heaven, w’here the Godhead sits
throned in glory and majesty and might.
Paul says, our great high priest “is passed
into the heavens’ ’ and that ‘ ‘he entered once
into the holy place” and “is set on tue right
hand of the throne of the majesty in the hea
vens.” He entered into that “wdthin the
veil.” As in the tabernacle there was a place
“called the Holiest of all” where “the cheru-
bims of glory “shadow” the mercy seat” and
as the “mosaic tabernacles, in which the wor
ship of God was performed, according to a rit
ual or divine appointment, were probably a
representation of the universe, it is probable
they were set up in order for the purpose of
teaching us this important lesson,—that the
whole universe is the temple of God; thatin this
vast temple there is the most holy place, where
the Deity resides and manifests his presence
to the angelic hosts who surround him. ’ ’ Such
Is the language of Mackuight, and he adds fur
ther, “that the Deity resides in the particular
part of the universe where he makes his pres
ence known to his intelligent creatures by
some transcendent visible glory, is a notion,
which (as the Spectator of>sen'ed No. 580) has pre
vailed, not among the Jews and Christians
only, hut among the Greeks and Romans also,
who spoke of their Jupiter as residing in Olym
pus surrounded with inferior deities among
among whom the muses were represented as
singing around his throne.” In short, the
idea of their Gods inhabiting a particular
place, having prevailed among all nations,
whether barbarous or civilized, the universal
agreement bf mankind in such a nation is, we
think, a proof that they derived it from tradi
tion or that it is a dictate of reason. Either
supposition shows its truth, and being con
firmed by revelation, why should it be called
in question ? Into this most holy place, the
habitation of the Deity, Jesus, after his ascen
sion, entered as the apostle assures us, Heb.
9. 12. and by presenting his crucified liody
there chap. 10 10 before the manfestation of
the divine presence, called the throne of the
majesty in the heavens chap. 8 1. he offered
the sacrifice o£ himself to God and opened
heaven for their reception in the body, after
the resurrection and judgment,
Heaven must be a place, or where are the
bodies of Christ and Enoch and Elijah or where
will be the bodies of the saints after the judg
ment? Matter is there and must have a
place, and that place is particular and limited,
or it occupies the universe and the gulf be
tween Abraham and Dives, is not to show us
that there is a place for the saved, separated
from the damned. Jacob’s ladder had or.e
end on earth, the other in heaven; Christ as
cended into heaven ; Paul was caught up into
heaven.
The nanus of Heaven, argue a place, par
ticular, wad limited. It is called a “garner;
the kingdom of Christ and of God; the Father’s
house; a heaveniy country; a paradise; the
new Jerusalem ; a city; a better country.”
It may be said that these are all figures.—
True, but are they not figures of a place ? Are
they figures of a state ? or are they not rather
the figures of a place, where the saints state
of joy is perfected, “where the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are ot rest”—
where there shall be no more communion
with sin, for all the workings of iniquity have
been banished to hell—‘ ‘prepared for the devil
and his angels.” If a place of torment is set
apart for the lost, shall not a place of joy be
prepared, where God shall reveal those glories,
which the heart of man never conceived, and
where Christ shall be sun as he is. Although
where virtue dwells there is heaven, in a cer
tain sense; yet, the celestial city is a place to be
sought, by travelling the straight narrow path
and in that city sets the Eternal on his throne
of glory who seeks not that city never will
see that throne, or the dazzling glories that
surround it. Heaven is that better land so
beautifully characterized by Mrs. Hemans in
the following poem
“1 hear thee speak of the better land
Thou callest its children a happy band ;
Mother ! oh whore is that radiant shore ?
Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ?
Is it whore the flower of the orange blows,
And the fire-flics glance through the myrtle boughs.
“Not thore, not there, my child.”
Is it where the feathery palm trees rise.
And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ?
Or ’midst the green islands of glittering seas,
Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze,
And strange, bright birds,on their starry wings.
Bear the rich hues of aj glorious things?”
“Not there, not thore my child !”
Is it far away in some region old,
Where the rivers wander o’er sands of gold ?
W’here the burning rays of the ruby shine,
And the diamond lights up the secret mine,
And the pearl gleams fortii from the coral strined ?
Is it there, sweet mother, that bettor land?”
“Not there, not there my ehiid.”
Eye hath not seen it my gentle boy !
Ear liatn not heard its deep songs of joy;
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair—
Sorrow and death may not enter there ;
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,
Far beyond the clouds and beyond the tomb,
It is there, it is there, my child !”
V.
[to be continued.]
Icebergs.
Few sights in nature are more imposing than
that of the huge, solitary iceberg, as regardless
like of wind and tide, it steers its course over
the face of the deep, far away from land. Like
one of the frosts giants of Scandinavian my
thology, it issues from the portals of the
north, armed with great blocks of stone
Proudly it sails on. The waves that dash in
foam against its sides shake not the strength
of its chrystal walls, nor tarnish the sheen of
its emeral caves. Sleet and snow, storm and
tempest, are its congenial elements. Night
falls around, and the stars are tremulously
from a thousand peaks, and from the green
depths of “cavernsmeasureless toman.”
The visible portion of an iceberg is only
about one-ninth part of the real bulk of the
whole mass; so that if one be seen 100 feet
high, the lowest point may, perhaps, be away
down 800 feet below the waves. Now it is
easy to see that such amoving island will often
grate across the summit and along the sides of
submarine hills; and when the lower part of
tlic berg is roughened over with earth stones
the surface of the rock over which it passes
will be torn up and dispersed, or smothen and
striated, while the boulders imbedded in the
ice will be striated in turn.
Insurance Companies.—Speaking cf insu
rance companies, the Albany Standard says ;
The business has become one of the very
first importance, and yet an insurance compa
ny is quite a modern idea. The first case of in
surance to be found in the English reports is
in the 6th of Coke’s R 47, and the English
statute passed recognizing or regulating this
sort of contract was the 43d Elizabeth, which
gave it greater validity and effect. Life insu
rance is of more recent date than maritime in
surance, and cannot be said to be in great suc
cess anywhere but in England aud America.
Most of the continental nations of Europe for
a time would not tolerate life insurance, al
though it has been allowed hi France, Naples,
Florence, and some other parts of Europe.—
The continentals have generally held it against
public policy and good morals to allow it, on
the principle enumerated in the civil law’, that
the life of a free man is above price. So there
is hut three Life Assurance Companies in all
France, and though they have always been
prompt and remarkable for their honesty, they
have by no means succeeded in such a man
ner as such worthy conduct on their part
merited.
The first life assurance association formed
in England, was the Mercer’s Company of
London, in 1698, who settled $14,850 per an
num as a security tor the yearly payment of
$150 during the lif of any widow whose hus
band had, during health subscribed $500.
But this company did not prosper, as it disap
peared with another of like character, about
the year 1800, though the operations of both
companies were very extensive. It was ad
mitted that these societies had been formed on
a wrong basis. The next life assurance com
pany formed in England, was the Amicable
Society, in the year 1706. At the present
time there are in Great Britain over one hun
dred life assurance companies. The first life
assurance company formed in the United
States, was the Massachusetts Hospital Life
Insurance Company, incorporation perfected
1818, but there are now over fifty Life Assu
rance Companies in our country.
Mike Wars ft and ms Brothers.—The Mem
phis Avalanche has the following interesting
reminiscences concerning the brothers of the
late Mike Walsh:
Tbe children consisted of four brothers and
a sister, of whom Mike was the youngest,
that had been scattered in all directions upon
the death of their father. Mike alone remain
ed with his mother. A most singular fatality
befel them all. One of the brothers was shot
in a duel, across a tabic in a Southern city ;
another fell by the side of tbe brave Cecket at
the massacre of the Alamo ; the third brother
was burned in the Ben. Sherrod, and the sis
ter perished in the ill-fated Lexington. The
mother soon followed her children, leaving
poor Mike to meet a death, under the circum
stances, more terrible than any of the rest.
Never Dispute About Trifles.—Never!
even though you are certain of being in the
right. The truth will come to light soon or
later, and then your opponent will not only
respect your wisdom, but admire your forbear
ance. Therefore, whenever you hear any one
disputing upon the part of legalised lotteries,
anil he denies there is any chance of drawing
a prize, let him have his own way ; but you
have the good sense to send $10, $5, or $21,
to Wood, Eddy & Co., Wilmington, Dela
ware, or to the same responsible and legalized
firm, Augusta, Georgia, and you will insure
your chances for a capital prize, or its propor
tion. Should you secure it, your disputant
will acknowledge your wisdom by following
your example. Wood, Eddy & Co. are the
successors of Gregory & Maury, and the old
established firm of S Swan & Co.
idnll
A correspondent of tho New York Century
gives a pleasant account of th* early days of
John Marshall, who became the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court. The following picture
of the young man is given :
*Tn the spring of 1775, a number of the Vir
ginia troops who had participated in the battle
of Great Bridge, tarried, on their journey
home, at the g6od town, of York. Among
them was a young man of twenty, who be
came a great favorite with the gentlemen and
ladies of the oorough. He was tall, slender,
with sparkling bright eyes, and lips which
wore an habitual smile. In his walk, his
simple and winning gestures, were observable
that characteristic called “thorough-bred.”
In person he was far from presenting a very
imposing appearance. His dress was plain
and somewhat the wtrse for wear; his slouch
hat was actually shabby—he plainly paid not
the least attention to his personal adornment.
He had another suit which he sometimes wore,
no doubt to the terror of his nervous young
lady friends. This consisted chiefly in a rude
cape decorated with the tail of a buck—a
leathern belt sustaining a tomahawk and
couteau de chasse, and a green hunting shirt,
with the words, “Liberty or Death!” in large
white letters on the bosom. It was the Uni-
form of the “Culpepper Minute Men,”, in
which corps the youth held the post of lieu-
'tenant.
Tarrying thus, in the fine spring days, at
Yorktown, he became a regular visitor to the
houses of the old gentry who at that time
made the borough an attractive spot, illustra
ting it with all the charms of former manners
and refined festivities. Among other friends
whom the young lieutenant made, was Mr.
Juquelin Ambler, Collector of Customs for
the port, and afterwards Treasurer of the new
commonwealth, when his incorruptible integ
rity secured for him the noble name of “The
Aristides of Virginia.” With the whole
household of the worthy Col. Amoler, the
youth soon became what was then called “a
great toast,” but especially did he manage to
find his way to the heart of a little damsel
only fourteen years ofgage—Miss Mary Willis
Ambler by name. He read poetry to the la
dies in his sweet voice filled with melody and
pathos, waited on shem with the grand, sim
ple gallantry and knightly elegance of the old
regime, and endeared himself to one and all
by his kindness and dignity.
Opposition to Gov. Brown.
The attempt to get up opposition to the re-
nomination of Gov. Rrown, is the weakest ef
fort we have seen made in Georgia for a long
time. Not the first move is perceptible any
where in tiie Democratic ranks, and in the
opposition it is so feeble that the leaders are
afraid to test it. The American editors seeffig
how dead the friends of Gov. Brown have his
nomination, are backing down and giving it
up. The Macon Journal & Messenger says—
“We are opposed to going into a “hopeless”
and fruitless contest,” and the Savannah Re
publican re-publishes the article of which this
remark is a part, without comment.
Our highly and respected, and now, as we
trust and believe, sainted friend, Judge Stark,
among his large budget of excellent anecdotes
used to have one very appliable to the case
before us. A covey of puddle ducks had sur
rounded a tuft of high grass, and with wings
flapping and toes extended, were crying out at
the top of their voices—Snake! snake ! !
snake ! ! ! Snake ! Snake ! ! Snake ! ! !
SNAKE ! SNAKE !! SNAKE !!! An old
Muscovite drake, waddled leisurely up, and
producing his long neck into their midst,
wheezed out, with a grave and profound bow
at each interrogation, Where ? Where ?
WHERE ?
Much ado was made about the snake, a
short time ago, if the Democrats should pre
sume to re-nominate Gov. Brown, but the old
Democratic Muscovite does not believe in
snake, and appears to be very anxious to see
him if he is about.—[Wire Grass Reporter.
Items to Housekeepers*
Do everything in its proper time. Keep
everything in its place. Always mend clothes
before washing them.
Alum or salt and vinegar is good to set col
ors of red, green or yellow.
Sal-soda will bleach, one spoonful if enough
for a kettle of clothes.
Save your suds for garden and plants, or to
harden yards when sandy.
A hot shovel, held over burnished furni
ture will take out white spots.
A bit of glue, dissolved in skim milk and
water, will restore rusty old crape.
Ribbons of any kind should be washed in
cold soapsuds, and not rinsed.
If flat-irons are rough, rub them well with
fine salt, and it will make them smooth.
If you are buying a carpet tor durability,
you must choose small figures.
A bit of soap rubbed on the hinges of doors
will prevent their creaking.
Scotch snuff put on the holes where crickets
come out, will destroy them.
Wood ashes and common salt, wet with wa
ter, will stop the cracks of a stove, and pre
vent the smoke from escaping.
Green should be the prevailing color for
bed-hangings and window drapery.
Trimming Orchards.—Young orchards of
three or four years standing should be looked
over, so you may cut all branches which would
injure the good shape of the head, or which
outgrow the rest of the limbs; and this can
be takon as a rule for standards, dwarfs, or
trees trained against a wall. In prunning,
cut out first all dead wood and matted limbs,
to admit air and sun, as sim is as much need
ed for trees as for the farmer and gardener;
when this is done, cut out every shoot that
rubs against another, and remove all weak
twigs. Don’t prune too much. More harm
is done by over-prunning trees to natural
growth. Fruit may be small and poor, but
bp over-pruning it is very likely to be alto
gether absent.
Consider that fruit trees are grown for the
sake of the fruit, and not as objects of decora
tion. A skillful pruner will increase quantity,
quality, and better ripening, but one thing is
certain, the more apple trees or pear teees are
pruned, less they bear. Don’t forget to scrape
off all loose bark ani^ moss from trunk and
limbs, and burn the scraping, to destroy eggs
and insects.
Return of a Missing Man—Singular Inci
dent.—The Portsmouth (Ohio) Tribune of tlu
5th inst says :
The steamer St, Louis, bound down from
Wheeling to St. Louis, touched at our wharf
early this morning, and among her passen
gers for this place was the real Robert H. Me
Auley, who has been absent from his home
for nearly live years in the gold diggings of
California. Our readers will remember that
some time ago, a man calling himself Robert
H. McAuley and representing hismsolf to be
the husband of Mrs. McAuley, came to this
country quite ill with the consumption. Ev
en friends of the family and some of Mr. Mc-
Auley’s relations and intimate associates were
induced^to beleive that this man was the per
son he purported to be.
His wife, however, stoutly denied his
assertions of his identity, and for it receiv
ed the censures of relatives and freinds. This
morning, Mr. McAuley, in company with a
relative, started for his house which is several
miles distant from the city. His wife and
child were on their way to town at the same
time, and as they were about passing one an
other, the mother immediately recognized
the returning husband. Words are inadequate
to express the joy and surprise of tbe long par
ted ones, so happily and providentially
met.
Let there be no secrets in Medicine, or
rather no pretended secrets. The Medical
Faculty publish as soon as made, all
their discoveries, and almost all that is known
of real value for the cure of disease, has been
discovered by them. Dr. Ayer takes the hon
orable honest course, and right because it is
honest. He goes to work and invents the
best remedy which medical skill can derise for
the cure of certain complaints: then publish
es what it is and maintains his monopoly of it
solely by making it cheaper, better, more per
fect, than anybody else can. If the people
would exact this of all who offer medicines,
they would have much less trade and trash to
swallow.—[New Orleans Organ.
Almost a Cat astrophe.—Capt. Brown, of
the brig Elmira, from Cuba, recently arrived
at Portland, Me., when twenty-four hours from
Cardenas, about forty miles south-east of the
Florida capes, saw something upon the water
with an animal upon it. He changed the
course of his vessel, and as he approached the
object it proved to be a small hale of goods
with a cat upon it. As the vessel passed, the
cat jumped into the water, swam to the vessel
and was taken on board. It had a voracious
appetite, which was quickly satisfied with salt
junk. The cat was brought home, and is now
domiciled at the home ot the captain. How
it came in the situation in which it was dis-
overed, must be left to conjecture.
Shocking Case of Desertion.—The follow
ing from tho Ohio Statesman, is one of the
saddest and most shocking cases of conjugal
infidelity that we have seen in a twelve-
month :
“Instances of connubial inconstancy are be
coming remarkably numerous of late, and al
most every exchange we read has one of its
own. An individual in Sandusky, who has
been pining away with consumption for the
past year, was deserted by his unfaithful wife
on Tuesday last, who stripped the house of
everything except a cooking stove and the
couch upon wiiich the dying man reclined,
and left the city with a neighbor, who, in
turn, left a wife and family of children be
hind. The shock proved too much for the
enfeebled husband, and he died the next night.
No friend remained to minister to him in his
dying moments, except a younger brother, a
mere lad, and strangers performed the last
rites at his grave.
******.
‘ 'ftnwmAT, 2j> v
COTTON.—There is some enqni*, * *
fcutwa hear cf no transaction* of H
tance.
Cotton Statement.
(bmparittve Statement of Cotton in
Hamburg, May 1858 and I&59"
Stock on hand September 1. 1 qni
.st. 1 toAjuil li : -
Rec’d in April
Rec’d from Sept. 1 to April 1.255’4ra
Total supply and Receipts. .270 711 ^
Deduct Stock, Sept. 1 jV. ^
Total Receipts—
Increase 1
SHIPMENTS. ^
To Savannah in April 11,064
si Giiarlpstiin “ 6,
Charleston 7 ^
‘ Savan’h & Chares’n prviously215,0271^
Total Shipments 2334p
STOCK.
In Augusta this day 33,927
“ Hamburg this day 3’0-g
Total Stock 37 297
2Te
Sew Mall Roots.
Washington, April 29—In concent
the straightened condition of the fitL.
xi r> , ‘‘“aneii
the governmen, the Post Master General 1 *
decided not to open any of the new imii ^
• xi ox„x™ v:.. ‘“ a| I rout.
Carolina Georgia and Florida, authori^
Congress in 1858. The old routs will 1 : -
tinned as heretofore.
HAVRE
Havre, April 18.-
week reached only 4,000 bales. ;
francs, and the market closed with a deer
tendency Rice closed buoyant. ™
market.
-’Hie sales of cotton
Market Reports.
Charleston, May 2.—The Cotton
has been quiet to-day, under the forei*/
ces. The sales only reached one W
bales.
New York, May 2.—Sales of cotton tf
700 bales. The market was quiet, ^
tations nominal—Middling Uplands n
Sales of Flour 21,000 barrels, at an adv*,
of 10 a 20 cents per barrel—Ohio $6 90- s/
ern $6 25 a $6 60. Wheat—sales iq*
bushels—advanced 1 a 2 cents per bushel
Corn advancing, sales 18,000 bushels-tvtc
at 72, and Yellow at 85 a 87 cents. Spi r ;,;’
Turpentine dull. Rosin dull. lUceaHir'
3 1-2 a 41 cents.
The
Remarkable Coolness.
Knickerbocker Magazine picks nj,
good many good things. In a late ni®y
we find a story which runs thus:
Judge B , of New Haven, is a taler-.
lawyer and great wag. He has a son,
graceless wight, witty and like his fat;'..'
fond of mint juleps and other
“fluids.” The father and son were on a-4
to Niagara Falls. Each was anxious to ‘-gi
a nip” but (one for example anil the othe--
dread of hurting the old man’s feelings)aJ
ly unwilling to drink in the presenceoffc
other. “Sam,” said the judge, ‘Tlpa
short walk; be back shortly.” “Allri*
replied Sam : and after seeing the old gens*
man safely around the corner, he walked;,
quickly and ordered a julep at a bar r.»,^
While in concoclo, the judge entered, and ir-
just then being back of a newspaper, and a
sequently viewing, though viewless) order;
julep. The second was compounded, s-
the judge was just adjusting his tube},:
cooling draught when Sain stepped ca;
taking up his glass, requested the bar-tej
to take his pay for both juleps from the),
the old gentleman had handed him! h
surprise of the judge was only equalledbv|
admiration of his son s coolness, and ta
claimed: “Sam / you need no julep tom
you !” Sam “allowed” that he didn't.
Sweet Potato Seed from the Bloom.
Those who raise sweet potatoes should u
the following :
Colin Wood, in the Plow the loom andi.
Anvil, says that he raised for three yearsps
sweet potatoes, of better quatity than ta
in the following way, viz :
The sweet potato vine blooms in Aug®;:
about a month thereat ter they form a pi
the seeds are then formed of about the si;
sage seed, and the same color. Theps
should be noticed and gathered when ripe,
else they will soon drop. In the Spring,
the usual time of sowing seed, I sow then;;
the same way I sow Cabbage seed. TlieYii
not come up quite as soon, but will confo
doing so through the Spring. The plant i
small and delicate in appearance, and shrii
be drawn in a wet season, with a little dins
tached to it, and transplanted. The leafs
vine have a different appearance from the;
tato usually, and the potato will be found
grow larger and smoother than usual.
I perfer this method, after satisfactory p»
tice, to raise the potato than any oilier.
(Working Farmer.
A Widower Jilted.—There can be no union
between youth and age, January and May, as
the California Spirit of the Timeaillustrates by
a story of a pretty, young girl, and a suscepti
ble widower of forty-eight, to whom, aftei a
short courtship, she became engaged. Previ
ous to the marriage, the gentleman was com
pelled to take a journey to the Atlantic States,
and for fear of accident, settled the sum of
$12,000 upon his future bride before starting.
During his absence^a tender correspondence
A Heroine.
The following incident occurred after c
disastrous explosion of the steamer St. Mi
las, the details which are now occupying!;
exchanges along the Mississippi. We qn;
rom the Memphis ‘Avalance.’
Female Heroism.—One of the most affect;
incidents of this entire tragedy occurred ist-
conduct of Miss Kennedy, a cousin of Mr. fib
the chief clerk, and one of the owners®a
boat. She was thrown by the explosion m
her stateroom into the river, and floated it
to the stem of the boat, when she caught if.
hand in one of the rings attached to th: b
and hung in that perilous dilemma. *2
death stood threatening upon either luni-
To loose her hold was to sink into thews
and to hold on was to bum with the min
which she was clinging—every moment be;
an age of alternating hope and despair,
remained in this perilous position until ®
flames actually burned the hair and skinne
her head, the only part of her body slw
the water, and that was burnt into a erst '
While this awful suspense, and suffering in
tensely from the heat, such was her prs~
of mind and wonderful heroism that, asai*-
who was worse stunted perhaps than to
by the explosion, was floating by her it
drowning condition, she seized him ir ®
hair with her disengaged hand, mid held c
face out of the water until a skiff waste'!? 1
to the rescue of both.
A Sickles Case in Xorfolk.
We learn yesterday that a singular SJk
case recently came off in Norfolk.
A gentleman liaviug occasion to suspect
fidelity of his wife, pretended to absent ins-
self from the city, aud went homeuneif®*-'
ly late that night with a friend and an"?
of revolvers. Sure enough, his worst
cions were realized. Opening his
door, with two revolvers presented, lw
either his wife or her paromour to more
he had assemble 1 a number of witoo^*
among them was the mother of the tin®”
wife. When he had done this he
the mother to take the daughter, ana
next day, having put his entire effee's
the hands of a lawyer, turned his fee* “J*
the city. The story is said to be strict!) '* -
and one of the parties is high in social 1®-
A Man without Mom}'.
A gentleman, some sixty miles fel 0iv |
Orleans, was accosted by a strung®** ?
have you any money about you ' \
was the reply. “I always make it a P 0 '
carry some money with me more or ** I
Well,” rejoined the stranger, "I
across the river ; the fare is ten cents- to
you please to accommodate me with tfe ! ^
The gentleman, putting 011 a look ot ffL '
feeted surprise, exclaimed, "Sir.
to say that you haveu’t ten cents?
I haven’t a cent,” rejoined the s fe u r- rtS
“Well,” responded the gentleman, , -g
haven’t a cent it’ll make a d—-d w ■■
ference on which side of the river yot*
and coolly left the stranger to his own
tion.
was kept up, and his bumness completed, he
.j 1—1. 'if
hastened back with all the speed of an impa
tient widower, to llnd, alas! his finance nicely
settled as the wife of his son. Like a sensible
man, he took a pinch of snuff, kissed the bride,
and resigned himself to bis fete.
Swimming Srliool-
We observe by the Philadelphia v
a Mr. Klasko, a successful traineroip“^^
exercises, proposes the erection in tn» •
a new institution for teaching the art
ming and gymnastics for both sexes. ■* ^
institution would no donbt, if P 10 ? -Ab
ducted, be of great advantage, ana
ming is one of the best of exercises,
be especially sa to weak and delicate „
and those of sedentary habits, y
would more generally encourage tnei
era in good and frequent
muscle-invigorating, ont-door hwll
would not be so often called upon to
premature deaths.
I1T President Bnchanan was 68 , vesr9
Saturday.