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• • - -■■■■- ' — - ■■ ■ S* A a. GAULDING & CO. “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON. PROPRIETORS. ^0 SERIES, VOL. 2. (If jifriligtim. jflfljpfiinAY. MAY 26, 185ft. OF SUBSCRIPTION T* , V oCB , (C r aimum inailvauce. $6 00 • >«> advance, 4 00 .. “ in advauce, 2 00 -pfin.V J w .,thiu six months, 2 50 ■ Jui.i within twelve mouths, 3 00 re but few lawyers front other coun- 111111 ”m r them, however, was Samuel Hall, iie« ; s f t i. e city of Oglethorpe, who has per* a lawyer, no superior, of his age, in I and who. by the way, is very strong- ;h eSl “ • of aS the nominee of the Demociat- I 1 ■ the Second District, for Congress.— k W Stone. ‘ alxive we clip from one ot Bro. Be- \ excellent letters, which he has lately :bnne )]j f()J . ),, s paper, front Perry Court. We ! Mr Hall, and cheerfully endorse the r*’,,anpliment to oue of Georgia s promi- 1 , If Mr. Crawford is not returned, ' will would make an exeJIiny .Bepreseu- uli re in Congress. _ __ v ’ now call niton V. to say if he did not, ijk »resident of Fayette county, in this -tat'-. :MiM he Vi ©ltv. advocate the doctrine that negroes allowed to testify in courts of jus- •' 'uVfvotouivn all questions affecting the T-hc-to which they l«elonged.—Motional May H. t ,iec--!it irsjH-ct for public opinion, some- call-' for an explanation. We do not . the above, from any resi>ect which we jn-fi’i the source from whence it emanated. Mire have just moved to Atlanta, and nn- have come into contact with one . „-, .m old sinners which tire city affords, ...Iw write this to put our readers in posses- .irtiof ear -hi ' n Hiis case. one-expressed the opinion in •’Fayette tliiit. in criminal cases and those only , , vvliite man has killed a negro and but dcltocs saw the killing, and where i. u- mis ether evidence in the case, it might r uic of law. to allow the negroes to ,, t]|,.( i)cuin«tanccs of the killing, without worn, and let their savings go under the , jjol'ru, ' inst/infuil testimony, for the Jury to , p for just what they considered them jtl, We also stated, that such a rule of uliili it never could convict, bv itself ■ i iit have a tendency to deter men from tilling ut-gr<M-s. without cause for the reason, :bt other circumstances, in connection with ;atA . uarrations. might be more clearly un- Jerstood. We also stated that negroes should never be braid in such cases where even one white Ts*n Inside the killer was present to seethe . 1. fertile word of a negro should never m.’in contact with that of a white person. Iks- notions were expressed around (lie r.itlo without mature deliberation, and jmifi-.it a- well as we remember by the con- ■ rsfitioii upon a case made whore a white nil had I.i!led allegro, with none hut neg- .. prt -' Hi We did not assert these positions . a (inn conviction and would not now imrinind was xv ■ ,...lilr Mai to increase the means of protect- ii, the lives ol ourslaves. UValso talkefl of the relations existing be- -.i -.ii slave-members of churches and free. remarked, that so tin- as the Bible was menied. tiie slave-members were notfor- '|.|< n a voice in (he clmreli. AYc did not Ihe • ‘contemptible’-' personalities aimed at ns, we believe proceed from the malignity of the Senior Editor, and we can say to him, not ■‘merely as a rumor,” but upon statements entirely responsible, that we have never con ducted ourself upon the slavery matter, so as to cause onr fellow-citizens seriously to con template the necessity of resorting to violent measures to punish us for our imprudence. I V in the Intelligencer of the 12tli instant. We pronounce his insinuation false, and the author of it a liar. The Editor and his “en tirely responsible” informants are equally in cluded in this denunciation. They have now the alternative presented, either to prove their charge, or stand branded before this commu- uity as willful calumniators.— [ National American, May 17th, We clip the following from the “Atlantaln- telligencer” of Aug. 30th, 1850— For the Intelligencer. Meeting or the Citizens. At a meeting of the citizens of Atlanta held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening 27th inst. the following resolution was unan imously adopted - Resolved, That the citizens of Atlanta do disapprove in toto, the language and senti ments of a letter recentlj' published in the ‘Georgia Citizen,’ purporting to have been 1 written by a citizen of Atlanta and published over the signature of “Gabriel :” and express our decided condemnation of the striking as similation to Abolitionism, w'hieli its senti ments manifest. PENDLETON CHEEK, Chairman. Fred. H. West. Secretary, lu the “Intelligencer” of same date just above, is a communication, signed C. R. Han- leiter, admitting the authorship of the Macon letter, signed “Gabriel.” When “Gabriel” wrote his letter, the “Holland House” was not completed. If we understand the matter “Gabriel” thought it was to be “a depot tor the safe keeping and sale of negroes.” \.'e quote from “Gabriel’s” letter. “On Sabbath last howev er, the heavy rains with which we were visits ed, washed away nearly one third of the Eas tern wall—thus showing (to the minds of omen believors at least ), that.Providence dis approves the unhallowed purpose for which the building is designed. For my own part. I am free to say 1 should rejoice to see it razed to the ground as often as its owner rebuilds it.” Said Hanleiter, states in explanation, that “I find but one solitary word that, were it to be re-written, I would alter ; it is the word “unhallowed.” The word disgusting would have more correctly expressed my feel ings.” “Suppose the Holland House” was used to-day “as a depot for the safe-keeping and sale of negroes.” would any Atlanta Edi tor be allowed now to say, “that Providence disapproves the disgusting purpose for which the building is designed?” Is its nearness to the Atlanta Hotel, a foundation for the above remark! How much further from the “Exchange Hotel” in Richmond, Va., are some of t he houses for the “sale of negroes” in the great slave mart- of the world ? The letter ot “Gabriel” we hear, caused “ Mr. Foote.” to feel “the necessity of asking” Gabriel “to retire from the” Telegraph Office. Macon was aroused, and Said Hanleiter writes kiag for some safe and rca- i in the letter referred to, “I learn that they had the audacity to adopt resolutions request ing the Mayor ami Aldermen of Atlanta, to ex pel me from the State.” Suppose the “Holland House” was used as a slave-mart to-dag, would the American of May 185ft, lie allowed to speak of it as “a mti- suncf under” its “very nose” as devoted to an ••unhallowed” or rather “disgusting purpose?” If so we do not rightly read this people. We say again, that we have never conducted our self, so as to cause the citizens of our place of residence seriously to contemplate the necessity of re sorting to violent measures to punish us for our im prudence. We do not care as yet, to parade the mimes of residents of Atlanta, in 1850, to prove the above charge. We can do so, and probably will, if not let alone. We have been told by a plentl v of good and true men, that all we have said. is true and can be abundantly established. But by an implication strong as fate, we have already proven our jKiiut. No man ever yet in this Southern country wrote for the press, whaf “Gabriel’ - wrote, which caused a neighboring city “(oadopt resolutions request ing, what. Macon asked, viz: Expulsion from the State” and which brought out such ac tion as was had in a public meeting by citizens of Atlanta and which caused a dismissal from the Telegraph office—without, citizens serious ly contemplating ciolenl measures. If so, we have never heard ol' such a case. Will the Senior Editor let us alone? Or shall the war “go into Africa.” We are disgusted and tired of this quarrel, but we must take care ol our character for truthfulness. V. ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1859. NO 31 allocate" their voting, but simply stated tint:: they were not lonsuited, it was a mere j .,n.-i uf policy, as with minors and women. | "V ln’licvc liiat women have no vote in the iiunagemcnt of a church, by the Bible, and | .i*7 many churches allow them to vote and we .kik'li. ic that male minors have a right to .•>vmi<l yet some are not allowed. To Hie i-st remembrance, have we faithfully reeor- i tliis i videnoe of unfaithfulness to the Nrtltll. litis is the “head and front of ourofifend- .. We desire the respect and confidence a 1-1 low-men. We intend to behave so as - are tin- respect of gentlemen. We have : iti-u this, ibr fear that some of our friends vf-.'ht surmise matters to be worse than they • illy arc. It we have erred, we have never ■ milled the world nor the church with these ■life. 'Die unprecedented and shameful at- U upon us in the American, we could not icv*-*. in we would never have noticed the 'iii* sheet. John Randolph once said of Hen- 1 I n . like a mackerel by moonlight, lie •iiiru and stinks and stinks and shines. These ittni'k*. have none of the brilliance, but all of foMitfensiveness, attributed by Randolph to ' lax. < tin respect for law—our position in'the liurcli. which we hope we shall never act so - to forfeit anil our confidence that there is I- stronger than we. will see us righted and j ivillii gness w far ;is we can to forgive even the meanest, makes us endure the slang of • Arm tit an. We do not believe that any .•|ir. t tut public opinion, or any appeals for e. honorable warfare would affect its course. “ wart subdued it. with a stick, successfully. H iuis let alone. Tic who will take the J in course, will secure the same result. Wc ! ie. xve shall sec no need to reply to the i*is (Utilities of the American anymore. We distrusted with the quarrel, which the ■Wiican liascioxvdc non us. Its violation of *!li diluvial courtesy and the proprieties which ‘ long ti. a gentleman, by its personal assault l«*u us, instead of answering our notice of its olitical error, lias led us oil thus far. Heaven >.rii,\\s, that we have desired to keep on terms "itii the American. Wc hax'e failed as all ’ i i will fail who are democrats and criticize ivtkiiig it may do. We slialI endure the •lane m the American, without further reply, ■ '-.iii do su without personal injury. We ve niily to ask. that if the American sees fit "It* to make a point, upon us, on the negro :‘ ~tioii. it will do us the justice to copy onr 'Klim statement upon that point. V. tn Kitltnv In a light Place. "Id Tom Dryer,” editor of the Oregonian iid member of the Oregon 1 legislature, says Maript sa Gazette, has at last got what his " : 'riw tongue has earned long ago. The ac- ’'*iA of his sufferings are truly graphic : ’Lasater immediately repeated and repeated trit we were a liar and blackguard whereupon did take our inkstand from the desk and ' 'led it in his face, intending it as a rebuke t Iris gross insults. More than half an hour '-H intervened, when, as we were passing '''"'ii the principal street, Lasater seized us ■ the throat, at the same time planting a Mny Mow upon our forehead, and rushed us t" the door of a store where we both fell upon itni' ojien shoe boxes, Lasater on top still gasping our throat. After a few blowshe ■inerted the thumb of his right hand into our •tft eve. and forced it almosti from its socket. Hter several fruitless efforts to insert his •nimii into our right eye, he then commen- ■ ;d pounding us on the back of the head with •i* lists. The only aid and comfort wc had the vociferous yell of—“Give him hell” 'Dig his damned eves out. - ’ “Go in. Lasa- . Temperance men and women Seals a decidedly a woman’s man (and what good emperance man is not ?) generally, encour age him in the good work by frequent solicit ations to speak to the people. His pen is a mighty weapon, as the public already know, but his tongue is a mightier. The power of eloquence is something divine—its influence is irresistible. Let friend Seals Tie called out. Let his wwee be heard in the mountains and in the plains of Georgia. He would bring clas sical lore and a wit and eloquence to the task that would gratify the souls of good men, and cause King Alcohol to shudder at its coming. , all him out, friends. He is not obliged to be still. The “Crusader” can have the ben- benefit of his dottings by the way, whilst the renowned and gifted pen of Mrs. Bryan would commend the “Crusader” to every hearth stone, if none other marked down for its pages the warm soul-sentiments as they gushed up from the pure fountain of the heart! In his perigrinations, let him solicit sub scriptions for the “Crusader”—and let every- friend of Temperance subscribe at once to the best literary family paper in Georgia. Thus much good might be done, ;md true merit find its just reward. . PIROMTk. The Revolution In Tuscany. The war panic in Europe lias disposed of—or rather deposed—ony of the European tyrants —the Grand Duke of Tuscany. His army and the people turned against him the mo ment that they foun l it safe to express their feeling. Tliis-incident more forcibly illus trates the hatred of Austrian domination in Italy than any commentary that could be written. Speaking of the revolt in Tuscany, the London Times, says:— Tuscany has declared in favor of Italian in dependence, or, in other words, has cast in its lot with France and Piedmont. Of all the Italian States the Grand Duchy has been the least misgoverned since 1815; but even there, the rulers, in the hour of trial, find a long score of arrears which they must now dis charge. Even so short, a xvliile back as 1848, the present Grand Duke might have concilia ted to himself the good will and respect of his people—for his, in truth, had never been a grinding tyrany. The farmers and peasantry of that rich valley of the Arno had lived hap pily and peacefully enough under his rule, and they remembered it to him in the hour of his need. When he absconded—-for there is no other term in whicli to describe the manner of his precipitate flight—after the events of 1848, he was recalled by the affections of his people, and tranquilly replaced on his prett-v throne. The return lie made was to fill Die Archducy with Austrian troops, and to convert it into a mere satrapy of Austria. He hail sxvorn to a Constitution—he repealed it. He violated every promise, express or implie t, which he had made in the midst of the tur moil of that eventful year. The rectionary policy of the little Tuscan court was tolerated with singular discretion and forbearance by the people. The desire to tree themselves from the despotism of Austria xvas there, but they engaged in no idle plots, and gave no excuse to their foreign taskmasters for the infliction of useless misery and pain. They had made up their minds to bide then- time, and the time has arrived at last. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1859. Col. S. T. Bailey. The bar of Macon lias been giving the above named gentleman a public dinner, on the eve of his departure for his new home in Tennes see. Col. Bailey ranks among the ablest law yers in Georgia, and is much esteemed for his many virtues and excellent qualities. We re gret to see such men leave our State. V. Hon. I'. H. Come. 1 in our trip to Griffin, on Wednesday last, we met the late Senator from Greene county, who informed us that Judge Cone could not possibly live the wi“ek out. His friends are looking for his death every day, and before this notice gets to our readers, we presume his spirit will have passed that “bourne whence no traveler returns.” Judge Cone has long been known in Georgia.,as one of the best law- vers in the State. V. A PRINTER’S EPITAPH. The War in Italy. The following telegrams comprise the latest intelligence, additional to that already pub lished relating to the warlike state of affairs in Europe: Turin, Saturday, April 30.—An official bul letin confirms the fact of the passage of the Ticino by the Austrians yesterday evening at several points, but no further advance on the Sardinian territory was made during the night. Yesterday the King, accompanied by the French Generals Canorbert andNiel, visited the line of the river Dora. Turin, Saturday, April 30, 3.30 P. M.—Ac- cording to intelligence received here the Aus- j trian troops which had been concentrated at j I’avia, in Lombardy, entered the Piedmontese | territory yesterday in three bodies; one body, ■ The copy of his wrongs— as it appears, passing through Gvovellona, to j Tlie proofs of all hispi-ety are there ; to the ."outheast of Novara; a second, taking j And the fair title which to truth belongs, the road through Abbiate Gmsso, penetrated : ^ ill prove his title fair, during the night to Cassale : and a thir^f die- .' embarked this morning at States and Arona. 1 Though now in death’s em-ltrace. on the Lago Ma°goire. i A- menddering heap onr luckless brother lies. 5,30, P. M.—The corps d'armee which en- | He’ll re-appear on Gabriel’s royal chase, —j • - -"" ! And frisk-it to the skies. Here lies his/orai in pi, Beneath this bank, with briars o’ergrown ; How many cases, far un worthier, lie ’Neath some imposing stone. No column points our loss— No sculptured caps his history declare, Although he lived a follower of therm**. A member of the bar. The golden rule he prized, And left it as a token of his love ; And all his deeds corrected and roused, Ai e registered above. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1858, Hg°If our readers are as much disgusted with our controversy with the American, as we are, it is time to end it. Our only regret in the whole matter, is that we did not leave ' the American alone in the unenviable glory of ! personal abuse. We have established our ! charge against the American, and have names j which, if ever needed, we will give. Our con- | troversy with the American, has soundly con- : vinced us that it “is no whit” better in some ! respects, than a Black Bepublican sheet. It ] has already told falsehoods upon us. and we j believe wilfully. 8o far as the American is ; concerned, we shall pass it in the future, as we j would any other vile “thing," beneath the i notice of a gentleman. * V. Vincent Santonl. | We regret to learn that Uncle Vincent San- | ford, Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts j of this county, is now in Penfield, lying very i low. We hope, however, that he will soon I be up and able to return to his home in this | place.—[Greensboro Gazette. “Uncle Vincent Sanford” is one ol the very best men in Georgia. His praise is in all the tered Piedmont by Gravellona consists of 20 j battalions and eight batteries of cannon. At 5 11,80 this morning the advanced posts were at ' i Vespolate fc in the province of Novara, anil a | still more numerous corps d’armee is on its ! march from Yigevano by Mortara. j [°This is not the Gravellona near the Lago j : Maggolre. but a small town of the same name j ! between Yigevano and Yespolate. ] Saturday Evening, April 30.—The following I official bulettin has been published : : The Austrians ivho were concentrated at | j Pavia, are marching in large bodies towards j : Mortara. Gen McMahon has arrived at Genoa. ; churches. He is an excellent citizen, and a “model Christian, and we sincerely hope the i qy 0 ops have quitted Genoa en route for Ales- old Clerk of the Greene county Courts, may j sendria. be spared still longer to illustrate “the beauty !, Turin, May 1, 9,40.—There is a considers • ' y [ble movement of troops to Alessendria; the ii 0 mc-s. ; |£j n g pas gone to take command. The Aus- i trians are in forge at Novara and also at Pavia. The French infant ty and artillery continue to No decisive movement has vet been ; A Olnjiec at the Past—Battles In Europe. As a matter of interest, at present, xve give i arr iy e . the following result of desperate battles fought j made. ill Eurnne since 1 ts• ! Turin. .Sunday, May 1.—An official bulletin j 1 ‘ . i just published states that the King and his On the heights, four miles trom Salamanca, t staff left this morning to take command of the I ti-.. ■Kwiiih KiMiniawiE Yesterday evening the Austrians oc- 1 A Bear Killed. Messrs. J. R. Boyd, A. Boyd, John Scott and G. W. Brinston, killed a bear about seven miles from Waynesboro, in this county, on ihe 10th inst., weighing txvo hundred pounds.— His foot measured eight inches in length and and five in width, lie was run some time by nine dogs, and shot seven times before lie “gax'e up the ghost.” He must hax'e been an emigrant from the mountains, or one of the passengers of the Wanderer ; at any rate we think he was a stranger in old Burke.—[Waynesboro News. State Bank. At a special meeting of tlie Board of Direc tors of the Bunk of the State of Georgia, held at the Banking house in this city on yester day, the following gentlemen xvere duly re elected Directors of the branches of the Bank for the ensuing twelve months : For Washington.—Samuel Barnett, Garnet Andrews, A. L. Alexander, A. A. Gleveland. L. P. Irvin, G. I’. Cozart. For Augusta.—Thomas Barrett, L. P. Gar vin, W. C. Jessup, .1. If. Phinizy, Lindsey Warren, Johu W. Walker, Geo. W. Lewis. For led on ton.—A. S. Reid, 51ieh.il Dennis, W. B. Carter, S. B. Marshall, IJ. F. Adams. Fur Athens.—John B. Cobb, Edward Ware, John U. Mathews, R. I.. Moss. Wm. <!. De long. Savannah Repulbiran, May 18. A Fugitive Slave returned to Florida. Tlie Hyannis (Mass.) Messenger, of yester day, says that the brig Roleson, Captain Or lando, came into that port on Sunday the 8th inst., with a fugitive slave on board. The slax'e hail secreted himself on board the brig at Pcnstieola, and did not show himself until the vessel had been several days out, when he was forced to do so by hunger. The brig put iuto Hyaunis xvith the man in irons, for the purpose of telegraphing to the U. S. Marshall at Boston to be in readiness to take charge of him on the arrival of the brig at that city.— The schooner Elizabeth B., Captain Bacon, was chartered for $500 te carry ihe slave to Norfolk, Va., Captain Bicon agreed to liave him sent from thence to Pensacola. in Spain, the English and Spaniards under Wellington, totally defeated the French under Marmont, on the 22d of July, 1812. The al lies lostlix'e thousand txvo hundred men. and the French sixteen thousand. At the battle of Smolenski, in Russia, in 1812, the French loss x\-as sex’enteen thousand, and that of the Russians ten thousand. At Borodine, on the 7th September, was fought a desperate battle between the Rus sians and the French. The French lost in killed, xvounded and prisoners, fifty thousand; and the Russians about the same number.—- The survivors of the French army, from tlie Russian campaign, were not more than thirty- live thousand out of au army of live hundred thousand men. At Lutzen, in Russian Saxony, on the 2d May. 1813, the allied Russian and Prussian forces xvere defeated by the French under Na poleon, the French losing eighteen thousand, and the allies fifteen thousand men. At Bautzen, in Saxony, on tlie 21st and 22d of May, 1813, a battle took place bet ween the allies and tlie French loss xvas put down at twenty-five thousand, and that of the allies fifteen thousand. At Dresden, in Saxony, on the 26th and ! 27th of August, 1815, the allies were defeated i by the French. The loss of allies was about twenty-five thousand in killed, xvounded and prisoners, and that of the French about twelve thousand. At Leipsic, in Saxony, in October 1813, a desperate battle was fought, xvhich lasted three days, and the French were totally de feated by the allies. Napoleon lost two mar shalls, txventy generals and sixty thousand men. 'Hie allies lost one thousand seven hun dred and ninety officers and about forty thou sand men. At Victoria, in Spain, on the 21st of June. 1815, the English and French fought a battle, in xvhich the French lost sex'en thousand anil the English free thousand one hundred and eighty men. At Toulouse, in Fiance, Wellington defeat ed the French under Soult, on the 10th April, 1814. The French loss xvas four thousand seven hundred ; allied army’s loss four thous and live hundred and eighty men. At Ligny, in France, a battle occurred be tween the Prussians and French on the 16th of June, 1815, two days before the battle of Waterloo, in which tire Prussians lost fifteen thousand men, and the French six thousand eight hundred. In the indecisive battle tit tjuatre Bras, in Belgium, on the 16th of June, the day before, that of Waterloo, tlie allies lost fix-e thousand two hundred men. and the French one hun dred and fourteen. ir Gov. Brown has appointed Dr. Samuel D White, of Milledgeville, Ja Trustee of the ,'corgia Lunatic Asylum, in the place of Dr. “Uiliufcoij Fort, deceased. [COMMUNICASEW. J JOHN II. SEALS. (i)ad, indeed, ought the xaliant soldiers of the cold water army feel, to knoxv they have such a bold advocate, such an intrepid Crusa der, as Jonx H. Seals, to lead them omvaril against the tyrannical forces of the demon of inhumanity. It is evident that grogshops are the greatest evils tint afflict the xvorld : and it is a source of gratification to see such a man as “friend Seals’ ’ foremost in the ranks of tlie virtuous, battling lievocally fort ic beautiful and good, against the insidious wiles of those disgusting nuisances. I had the pleasure of listening to an address of Mr. Seals at the eelebratien of the Knights of Jericho, in Atlanta, on the 14th instant, and xvas rejoiced to be assured by the manner and tone of the address that Temperance in Georgia has at least one able defender. Indeed, I am aware it is a vital living, moral principal, xx-ith thousands of true representa* trees, “friend Seals” being one of them—and truly a host within himself. When I see a man of such versatility of talents dex-oting his time and talents to the cause of Temperance, the liand-maid of virtue. I loxe to praise him ; especially xx’lien he “shares the spirit of independence’ ’— “Nor Leeds the storm that howls along theskies.’' Seals is one of the fexv in this xvorld xvho is not afraid to speak out plainly against the contemptible business of making drunkards and vagabonds. In his speech on the occasion referred to, he asserted in unqualified terms, and I think truthfully, that he xvho favors the license of grogshops from mere policy, hoping thereby to be promoted to office, or flame, is a contemptible creature. Of rather small physique, and not accused of much beauty, at first sight his personal appear ance does not raise in the beholder any extra ordinary emotions—but like all truly great men he grows better, and better looking, up on acquaintance. Some of the xvould-be-wit ty liax e even gone so far as to say that the Editor of the “Crusader” xvas nearly as ugly as his associate, Veazy. For my part, I con aider the disparagement as to both, the de- tr.-ietion of envy ; for they are courteous and manly in their deportment, and withal pretty- good looking. When Seals rises to address his audience his high commanding forehead, aud intelligent, brilliant eyes promise something worthy at tention and his hearers soon become spell bound by his touching appeals. He must be heard to be fully appreciated. He has the happy faculty of pleasing his audi ence whether grave or gay—interspersing wit and fun with sound logic and unanswerable argument. There is a certain class, however, he always displeases, to wit: Keepers of grog shops and their accessories—those who foster the mo6t disgusting nuisances that infest the social compact . Death of Dr. Snffohl. Another one of our old citizens has gone, i On the evening of the 13th instant, Dr. S. J. ! Saffold, for thirty-five years a successful prac titioner of medicine in this place, exchanged the scenes of earth for another state of exis tence.—[Madison Visitor. army. cupied Novara, and then made further adx-ance towards Vercelli. ’The French troops left ’Turin this morning for Alessendria. Other troops have arrix-ed from France with two bat teries. Vienna, Saturday, April 30.—Nothing im- j portant is known from the seat of war. The French minister, M. de Bonneville, was to quit Vienna this morning. Count Buol has forwarded circular notes to the foreign go\-- eruments, stating the diplomatic and political reasons for the declaration of war by the Em peror. An order of the day to the army by the Emperor, has been published to-day, and numerous military promotions have been made. Piedmont—Turin, May 2.—The following official bulletin has been published to day. i he Austrians have concentrated their force on the SeSia, hut no encounter has yet taken place, No movement has yet been made by the Austrians on the right bank of the river Po. Turin Sunday evening.—The folloxving offi cial bullettin has been published : 2,000 Austrians occupy Mortara, and 400 infantry and 50 cax alrv Novara. No move' ment has been made towards Vercelli. Tlie Austrians in large numbers have quitted Pia cenza, aud proclaimed a state of seige. They ai>pear to have concentrated their forces on | tlie left banh of the Po. Gen Bonat died on j Saturday hist at Susa of an, attack of appo- | plexy. | Paris, May 2.—The Press, of tliis ex’ening j announces that a movement similar to that | xvhich lately took place in Florence has just j occurred in Parma. The Grand Dutchess has ] taken, her departure, after having instituted a ! Council qf Regency. The new government j lias expressed its adhesion to Piedmont, j Turin, May 2.—Tlie official Piedmontese Ga- j zette publish au account of the late ex-ents in i possession | Tuscany, drawing the conclusion that prove j l^st. tin- unanimity of feeling entertained by the From Meek's “Songs of the Smith." The mothers of the South. Tlie mothers of the South! In the lurid mom of battle, W hen from the cannon’s mouth, Came the thunder’s deadly rattle Their fair and fragile forms Shrank not. in terror from us. But—rainbows on the storms— Still gave us freedom’s promise ! Then pledge to-niglit their memories bright, Our noble southern mothers ! Who in the strife—maid, matron, xvife ; Stood by their sons aud brothers! On Camden's fatal plain. At Eutaw and Savannah, Tlie star of freedom’s train Was beauty’s woven banner Throughout the night of woe. The flag xvas still resplendent, And many a son fell low To keep its folds asceudant! Then pledge to-night their memories bright. Our noble southern mothers! Who in the strife—maid, matron, wife— Stood by their sons and brothers ! Oil, yes! we’ll keep their names Embalmed in song and story. Those lion-hearted dames, Who cradled freedom’s glory ; And should the strife of war E’er tinge again our waters, We’ll find our hearts to cheer, Those matrons in their daughters! Then pledge to-night their memories bright, Our noble southern mothers ! Who in the strife—maid, matron, wife-- Stood by their sons and daughters! Murrell, tlie land Pirate. The Memphis Appeal says thst Shaxvnee Vil lage, where John A. Murrell and his clan had their head-quarters, has been coverted into a farm, and Ls cultivated by Dr. McGax-ock. The old log huts of the gang may still be seen, but they have fallen greatly into decay and are covered xvith moss. The old Syca more tree under which they held their coun sels, was hloxx-n down in 1856, and has been removed to make room for the plough. Last summer a “mill;” as the natives term it, was plowed up, which was used by Murrell for manufacturing the bogus one dollar. The financial machine was sent to Washington, where it noxv occnpies a place in the archrees of the Cajxttol’s curiosities. Murrell, it may be remembered, served twenty years in the Tennessee Penitentiary, xvorkinjc as a black smith. On being released, he xx-andered off into East Tennessee, where he lived blit a short time, and died of consumption, the disease being doubtless constracted in prison. His grave is in the neighborhood of Bon Air Springs, upon the Cumberland Mountain.— His remains xvere disinterred, and decapitated, and then placed back. The skull is noxv in ot' one of the Medical Colleges Internal Improvement Convention. In our yesterday’s issue, we gave a short ar tide from the Albany Patriot., suggesting an “Internal Improvement Convention,”, and “Atlanta as the place, and the first Wednes day in August as the time for it to he held.” Iu all free countries, all measures affecting j extensree interests of the people, have ever ; been subjects of public conventions and con- j sultations. And. indeed, iu a free country, | but little, if any, progress can be made in pub- | lie improvements, without such consultations j and discussions. Under the rule of despots, I such meetings are either prohibited, or are use- | less if held. We see no good reasons xvhy the | subject of farther internal improvements in j Georgia, should not be one of further public I consultation by its friends. Not more than i one half of the territory of Georgia, and not | more than one half of her people are, as yet? f accommodated xvith the “Great Modem Agen cy,” and notwithstanding the early embarka tion and progress in Railroads in Georgia, the State is by no means as yet, sate against the rapid strides and growing competition of ad joining States. 'The strife is a noble and glo rious one for this “Great Modern Agency.”— Beginning xvith individuals, it extends from them to villages, from xfillages to cities, and from cities to States and national divisions, and all results in the promotion of the best in terests of the world. “We suggest Atlanta,” says the Patriot, 1 ‘as the place for this Con vention to be held. ’ ’ We would ask too, what say the people of Atlanta to this proposition ? We would suggest that a meeting of the citi zens be called at an early day, to moke the necessary arrangement for the Convention, as suggested. V. population of the cause of national indepen- ■ Tit*- ( huoket Georgia t>npii*t Convention denee. The King of Sardinia has accepted the military dictatorship of Tuscany solely to facilitate the co-operation of the Tuscans in the war of independence, and also to protect public order. The Sardinians in Venice have placed themselves under the protection of the Russian Consulate. Wheat—Three Crops from one Sowing.— An experiment has been successfully made by Mr. Wm. A. Elder at Indian Spring in Butts county, in the growing of xvheat, xvhich is deemed as remarkable as it is extraordinary. Has any one else ever tried it in Geor gia' At Waterloo the total loss of the allies was j He has now growing on his plantation, near' We clip tlie folloxving from tlie Waynes boro’ Nexvs, of May 17tb : Homicide.—It is reported here that a Mrs. Gibbs hung her husband in Richmond county, near the Burke line, on Saturday, the 7th in stant. The particulars, as are rumored about the streets, are these : That Mr. Gibbs xvas intox icated and in a quarrel xvith his xvife, when she ' told him he ought to be hung ; lie answered, j that she had better hang him, and stood up- | on a chair and dared her to do it; xvlien his j wife fastened a chain around his neck and over j a joist in the house, then knocked the chair I from under him, which resulted in his death. Internal Impro\ t emext Convention.—The question of State aid in the construction of railroads, excites a very deep interest in Geor gia. For several legislatures it has been dis cussed, and different plans hax'e received a strong support, showing that if there could be unity among ail their lriends. State aid would triumph. Noxv, in order to bring about this | necessary concentration, xve propose that a convention of all the friends of State aid, ol Georgia, in any shape, be called. We suggest Atlanta as the place, and the first Wednesday in August as the time. What say onr Atlan ta friends to tliis, and xvliat say the people of Georgia ? It is worthy of consideration, xvheth- cr it would be better to liave the convention composed entirely of the friends of State aid, or to give its opponents a seat and hearing al so.—[Albany Patriot. Arrest of an Express Employee. Mr. N. Marroncy, was arrested by the Uni ted States Marshal for embezzlement of the funds of the Adams Express Company, and du ly committed. The particulars, so far as ascertained, are as folloxvs : Mr. Maroney has been an employee of the Adams Express Company, at Mont- "01 cry, Ala., where lie had lived on a high scale xvith a lady known generally as his xvife. At Philadelphia, as the report goes, the mar riage ceremony was performed for tlie oouple and thcnewly-mad husband and wife repaired to this city and engaged passage for Europe. Meanwhile was sent to New York, a war rant obtained from a United States commis sioner and placed in the hands of a deputy marshal, who succeeded on Wednesday m ef fecting his arrest. Mr. Mamrney is accord ingly spending his honeymoon in Eldndge street, instead of on board an ocean steamer. —Nem, York Evening Poet. May 14. Forney’s Press, of the 12th inst. , contaiiis the marnageon the 7th inst., at Philadelphia ofNathanMarroney, ofMontgopjery, Ain., to Maria B. Irving, of Philadelphia. sixteen thousand six hundred and thirty-six men. Napoleon’s xvas about forty thousand. Neither the Austrians nor the Prussins can derree much encouragement from history to engage in a war xvith France. The French troops have only been matched in these xvars by tlie English, the Spaniards and tlie Rus sians—scarcely by the last named. Tli<-*Ro!ul over Mount Ccnis. As this road will soon become famous as tlie route of the French army into Italy, the fol lowing description given by a correspondent of tlie N. York Times, xvho recently passed over it, will be read with interest: The road ox er Mount Cenis is macademized throughout its xvhole extint, and is wide and in perfect order, consisting of easy grades. On the top of the mountain there xvas much noxv, but most of it xvas remox'cd from the road—a work of great labor, as the cuts in some places xvere ten feet deep, and the snow so compact that its sides xvere perpendicular. The diligence xvas several hours in passing through this region of snow, and it xvas snowing at the time, and extremely cold. On Monday and Tuesday of this week it rain ed hard on the west side of the mountain, and it was feared that the passage of troops xx-as. impeded by fresh suoxx’s. The journey ox'cv the pass is no pleasant affair, ex - en to one who occupied tne protected seats of a comfortable diligence—such xvas my fortunate position— what must it be to soldiers on foot xvet xvith sex'ere rains, and incumbered with knapsacks and arms. The pass is 6,825 feet high, nearly 300 feet higher than the famous Simplon pass,— That of the great St. Bernard, over xvhich Napoleon conducted his army before any road bad been formed is 8,200 feet. Tlie easy gradef os the Mount Cenis road, and the pro tection furnished by granite posts on its ex terior, with seven or eight feet of each other —firmly planted iu the earth, and about four feet high—indicate that a principal object, in thus forming it, xvas tlie easy and safe hauling of cannon aud baggage ox'er the line. I walked for miles over the road, in the ascent from the Sardinian side, and carefully obserx*eii its construction. The engineering difficulties xvere immense, but they have been ox'ercome xvith such skill, the ascent is uniform and easy in every part. Occasionally a level place is left to afford relief to horses lrom the wearisome ness ol a steady pull. I noticed that tlie marks of the drill used in blasting xvere nearly oblit erated, the effect of long continued exposure to severe storms, and the character of the rock, which is a soft limestone. It may be, if the history of tlie road shall ever lie ‘lost, that futvre antiquarians may contend from the obliteration of all signs o blasting, that at least no great difficulties, were encountered in its construction, even if they do not insist that it xvas formed on a nat ural bed. One is struck xvith wonder that such a great work, over high mountains, should have been formed aud finished on a line exceeding fifty miles, so completely that it exceeds in excellence any road I know of in the United States, whether public or private, and long or short. It is kept in high order, and is ascended in a brisk trot with entire safety. It seemed most appropriate, as this great road was the work of the elder Napnleon that the representative of his name should distin guish himself by using it for the march of a great army aimed at the same power which Napoleon successfully encountered soon after crossing the Swiss Alps. The shad lives but a single year. It is hatch ed in the early summer—descends the streams as soon as large enough—-feeds and fattens in the winter, at the mouth of the stream—as cends in the spring to deposit its spawn—de scends to die at the bottom of the ocean. the Spring, and xvith a lair prospect of harvest ing an ordinarily good crop, a field of 20 acres of xvheat, which is the third successive crop made upon the same field, since it was first sown by him in that grain, in 1856. In that year the ground was prepared and soxved and a good crop harvested in 1857. After cutting and gathering it, the field xvas pastured xvith horses, cattle, and hogs, until the fall, when in November of that year, without resoxving, the land was turned up by the plow and from the xvheat left on the ground of the previous crop a good average yield was harvested in the Spring of 1858, as good in quantity and quality as was usually made in the neighbor hood. The field being pastured as before xvas again ploughed in iu November 1858, without resoxving. He has noxv on this field the third crop maturing xvhich xvill probably yield an equal turnout, to either of the previous years, uo seed having been *oxvn on it since the fall of 1856. This remarkable result, of three crops from a single sowing, made xvith no labor or ex pense, except the plowing tlie field and har- x esting the product, goes fai to establish the singular hardiness of this grain as well as its pertinacity to x-egitation and reproduction, ev en, xvlien exposed to the severest cold, freezes, rains, and all other elements of this climate calculated to destroy its vegetation capacities - The xx inter of 1856-7 were perhaps, noted for their coldness, freezes and the like, as any known to the inhabitants of Georgia; whilst the best xvinter and spring hax-e been equally remarkable for mildness and rainy weather.— If this experiment is something new to our farmers as it is to us, may it not elic enquiry and the facts given induce others to try it ; and xvith equal success ? What a saving of la bor and expense in the rearing of this valuable article of consumption ; besides, what a ben efit xvould result to the lands of this countiy, if our farmers could, from one sowing, raise a succession of wheat crops and pastures, by simply turning them oxer every fall with the plow.—[Georgia Citizen. Alessandria.” This place the rendezvous of the Sardinian army, xvhither the king has gone to take com mand, is probably destined to play an impor tant part in the coming war. It is a fortified city near the eastern frentier of Piedmont, and is to the Sardinians xvhat Gibraltar is to the English, or Sebastopol xvas to the Russians. During tne reign of the French in Italy, its formidable fortifications made it one of the strongest place in Europe, but these were sub sequently demolished, leaving only the cita del. Within the past tew years workmen have been busy in reconstructing them in an ticipation of the events now at hand. In the surrounding plain, two miles distant, is Napo leon’s celebrated battle-field of Marengo.— Alessandria is garrisoned xvith several thou sand troops, and, being connected with Turin and Genoa by railway, any number can readi ly be concentrated there. To capture it would be a crowning glory to the Austrian Generals, and to lose it a deep humiliation to Sardinia. The .Southern Convention.—The Vicksburg Southron says: After a laborious session of live days, the Southern Convention adjourned on Friday evening, 13th inst., to meet at At lanta, Georgia, on the second Monday in No vember, 1860. Having acted as Secretary du ring the entire session, aud exhausted as he finds himself, the editor ot this journal cannot pretend to give, this morning, the very volu minous proceedings of yesterday. A6 is Usual, a large amount of business was crowded in the last day of the session, and the record would exceed Hie capacity of our columns, even if we were physically able to write them out.— There are many things connected with the Con vention to which we would gladly refer if we could, which we roust postpone to a more eon* venient season. at. Dalton, We are inilebteil to solue friends, who have just relumed from Dalton, for the following particulars in relation to the action of that ho ly. Ihe Convention conx’ened on Satur day last, and adjourned on Tuesday evening following. A large number of delegates were in attendance from various sections of this State, and several from other States, among xvhom xvere Rev. Mr. Pendleton, of Murfrees boro’ College and Rev. Mr. Dayton, of Nash ville, Tenn., and some from Kentucky. It xvas determined by the Convention to use every effort to have the Cherokee Baptist Col lege at this place endowed and placed on a permanent basis, and to establish a paper to advocate their interests It was not determined at what point the paper should be-published, but Cassville and Rome appeared to have the preference, and it is more than likely if the enterprise succeeds, of which there seems to be no doubt, that one ox these places will be selected. This matter has been left iu the hands of a Committee to select the place of publication. Rev. Daniel was appointed agent for the fund to endow the College. We hope that both enterprises will suc ceed. —Standard. Sold.—A sailor, calling upon a goldsmith in Now York, recently, asked what might be the value of an ingot of gold as big as his arm.— TJie shop-keeper beckoned him into a back room, and primed him xvith grog. He then asked to see the ingot. “Oh,” said .Jack, “I haven’t got it yet, but I’m going to Pike’s Peak, and would like to know the value of such a lump before I start.” Salt xvater gen tleman ordered out. Fifth Congressional District.—Col. James R. Gamble, of Chattooga county, is announced' as an American candidate to represent the 5tli Congressional District in the next Congress. That Austria lias been right—just to herself and to all concerned, we think cannot be suc cessfully denied. She would have been blind not to see that the diplomacy of Sardinia xvas preparing a blow against Lombardy; that soon er or later it must come ; that Sardinia xx-as armed and arming, xvith this contingency alone in vie w arid alone possible Hence, from tlie first, she has commenced to prepare, and she only steps forward to crush, if possible, with the first bloxv. If it be right to arm when menaced, or right to fight in self-preservation, or light, xvhen tight is inevitable, to take the advantage of a firm stand, and a hard blow, then Austria is right. She fights for the trea ty of Vienna.—[The Press. It xvill bs remembered by our readers that xve a week or txvo since, represented the Na tional American of Atlanta, as saying it pre ferred an abolition President to James Buchan an. It seems we were mistaken 1 The folloxv ing is the language of the American: “The election of a Black Republican Presi dent, in our view, would be ro whit worse than the election of James Buchanan, and wc should no more think of resorting to revolu tion on the one account than the other.” The actual sentiments of the American are bad enough without our misrepresenting them—as will be seen by the above quota tion.—Soulhenier &f Advertiser. Hints far the Earners. Toads are the best protection of cabbage for lice. Plants when drooping, are revreed by a few grains of camphor. Sulphor is valuable in preserving grapes, &c. from insects. Lard never spoils in xvaim weather, if it is cooked enough in frying out. Iu feed com, sixty pounds ground go as far as one hundred pounds in the kernel. Com meal should never be ground very fine. It injures the richness of it. Turnips of small size nax r e double the nu tritious matter that large ones have. Rats, and other \ r ermin, are kept away from grain by sprinkling of garlic when packing the sheax r es. ’ The (Judergnmnd Railroad. Seventy fugitive slaves arrived in Canada, by one train, from the interior of Tennessee. A week before, a company of twelve arrived, and are now at the depot at Malden. Nearly the same time one of the seven and another of the five safely landed on the free soil of Cana da, making ninety-four in all, xvorth at the present market price the handsome sum of $94,000.—( Detroit Advertiser, “th. “Opposition Meeting.” “All voters in Fulton County opposed to the present State and Federal Administrations are requested to meet at the City Hall in At lanta, on the first Tuesday in June next, at 12 o’clock, M., for the purpose of organizing, and to select Delegates to represent Fulton county in the Gubernatorial Convention.” The above call Ls followed by some pretty plain statements, (much easier to announce than to establish) about “the present. State and Federal Administrations.” Said call is endorsed by 12 responsible lines. The charges made against the “State and Federal Administration” of “disgraceful aud discreditable practices—approaches to tyranny, anarchy or one-man power—profligate, cor rupt and poxver grasping—corruption” and various other sins too numerous to mention, reminds us of a part- of the “curse of lirul- phus,” viz:— “They cursed him at home and they cursed him in bed, From the sole of his foot to the eroxvn of his head, They cursed him walking, and they cursed him flying, m They cursed him living, they cursed him dying. Never xvas heard Ruch a terrible curse. And the result xvill be about the same as followed, in the case as cited : * “What gave rise to a little surprise, No body seemed a penny the worse. Will the Democracy survive this wholesale condemnation? “That’s the question.” We shall see. Y. [communicated, j Jonesboro, May 18th, 1859. Messrs. Editors:—In pursuance of a previous notice, the citizens of Jonesboro’ met tliis day for the purpose of making suitable arrange ments for celebrating the anniversary of the Independence of the United States, in Jones boro. Whereupon, on motion of J. J. Hanes, James Coker, Esq., xvas called to the Chair, and M. Arnold requested to act aa Secretary. Tlie object of the meeting haxTng been ex plained, on motion, a committee of five xvas appointed to select the Orator of the day, a Reader of the Declaration of Independence, and a Chaplain. That committee was composed of the Hon. James F. Johnson, J. J. Hanes, Dr. R. A. McDonald, A. J. McBride and J. C. Ellington, who having retired, returned in a fexv mo ments, and through their Chairman, made the folloxving report: Orator of the day, A. J. McBride, Esq. ; Reader of the Declaration of Independence, Hon. James F. Johnson ; Chaplain, Rev. John W. Reynol's. John C. Ellington was appointed as Marshal of the day, and James C. Hightower as assis tant Marshal. Also a Committee of Arrange ments was appointed. Said Committee con sists of J. J. Hanes, Stockton S. Fears, Esq., and Dr. R. A. McDonald. It xvas ordered, on motion of the Hon. Jas. F. Johnson, that the proceedings of this meet ing be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and forwarded to the Atlanta “Intelligencer” for publication. On motion, the meeting adjourned. JAMES COKER, Chm’n. M. Arnold, Sec’y. Opposition Gubernatorial Convention.. The Opposition still disagree about the poli cy of running an opposition candidate to Gov ernor Brown. The ‘Enquirer,’ says : “We shall very soon know what kind of an issue our opponents will force upon U6.” To which the Atlanta ‘American’ answers, as follows : “For ourselves, we do not feel like waiting for them to force on issue upon us. We prefer forcing an issue upon them. The ‘Enquirer’ certainly will not let the democratic party give the challenge, and then to appoint the time and place, aud make the rules, aud se lect the weapons for the contest. Wherein has Governor Broxvn done anything to entitle him to the support of any member of the Op position Party ?” “We have no issue to make with Governor Brown. ’ ’ ‘ ‘Let the American Convention en dorse and support him. ”—[ Sumter Republi can, (Am.) “We would go to the rack” first.—[Sav. Republican, (Am.) “We will support. Gov. Broxvn, whether nominated or not.”—[Ringgold Paper, (Am.) “Wc agree with our cotemporary of the Sumpter ‘Republican’.”—[ Bainbridge Geor gian, (Am.) Tbe Macon ‘Journal & Messenger,’ (Am.) also doubts the policy of opposing Governor Brown. Reader, this is not tbe “harmonious” democ racy ! Secretary Cobb on Mitchell. Howell Cobb, Buchanan’s Secretary of the Treasury, passed up the Road last Saturday night, and in conversation with several citi zens of our toxvn, stated that Mitchell,s South ern Citizen has done more harm to the South, than it ever could do good, and that it xvas move objectionable than a Black Republican journal, its objections being equally hateful. —-[ Knoxville Whig. Tne Men of the Times. We condense the following sketches of some of the leading men in the impending struggle from xrarious sources: Victor Emanuel n. King of Sardinia, which, bears almost the same relation to the pending European war that Turkey did to the Crimean is one of the prominent actors in the great drama now being enacted on the eastern hem isphere. The Honso of Savoy, of which he is the head, descends from the old Counts of Sardinia. The latest, nexvs places Gen. Marmora in command of the Sardinian army, ready to co operate with Louis Napoleon against Austria at a moment’s notice. Gon. Marmora is an old and tried soldier. When the Crimean xvar broke out, and Sardinia joined the Wes tern Powers against Russia, and the Sardinian contingent was raised, ho was placed In com mand, went to the Crimea, and behaved in the noblest manner, making himself famous as one of the Generals of Europe. The Marquis D’Azeglio has figured in the quarrel very, prominently. He is the Sardin ian Ambassador, and one of the oldest tauii- lies in Piedmont and of considerable distinc tion at the present time. The firm Btand taken by Count Cavour, the Sardinian Prime Minister, to cempel the ad mission of the Sardinian Govemmei t to a representation in the proposed European peace Congress, and to enforce a recognition of the importance of t hat Power among the great na tions of Europe, has marked him as a promi nent man in view of the impending war, and of tbe part iu it which is necessarily -assigned him. He was born in Turin, August 10 1810, aud beloug to an ancient and wealthy family of Piedmont. The name of Joseph Mary Garibaldi-he who now commands the ten thousand Italian x olunteers in defence of Sardinia against Aus tria—is suggestive of Liberty, and by many of his countrymen he is revered almost «s a Washington. On Louis Napoleon—alternately the Prince the outcast, the fugitive, the piisoin-r. the pamphleteer and the Emperor—the eyes < >f the world are now fixed, as upon the arbiter of the destinies o; Europe. Francois Certain Canrobcrt, Mondial of France, Senator, xvas born in the year 1809, and belongs to au honorable family of Bre tagne. Baraguay D. Hilliers, it is announced by the Niagara, xvill command oneof the divis ions of the French army to co-operat -• with Sardinia, and is, therefore, of note iu th pres ent crisis. He was in 1849 Military Gox rnor of Rome and Commander-in-chief t.f the French army in Italy, though formerly he had been a French prisoner of war in Port 'tester castle, at a time when no parole xvas granted to any prisoner, whatever might be his rank. Count Jacques Louis Cesar Alexandre R in- don, Marshall of France, formerly minister and Senator—now named as the Major-Gene ral on the Piedmontese frontier—was -m at Grenoble, on the 25th of March, 1795. Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, who has been so energetically preparing for war, in spite of his youth and inexperience and of the Napoleon with whom he had to deal, in connection with the infuriated liberals of Italy has undoubtedly been actuated by a deter mined ambition. He was bom in August, 1830, and is consequently but nearly txvcnty- nine years of age. He is a son of the Arch duke Francis Joseph. His titles, l>esid s that of Emperor of Austria, are Kingo: Hun gary and Bohemia, King of Lombards aud Venice, Archduke of Austria, aud other minor titles. Extravagance and Corruption of (be Na tional Government—a Reminiscence. We would remind our old political asso ciates that, twenty years ago, our opponents had far more to say than they have at present in relation to the alleged extravagance and corruption of the Democratic party. This whs the great rallying-cry of the Opposition in 1840. It. was started in this State by Wm. C. Rives, and echoed and re-eelioed by his friends and partizans from one end of the country to the other. They charged that the Govern ment xvas corrupt in all its departments, and - pledged themselves to make good the ao na tion if the people xvonld but give tlie.'i the opportunity, The people yielding to i heir earnest solicitations, turned the Government over to them with a view to its purification.— The opposition party xvere thus favored with a rare chance to acquire “glory enough” by ferretting out the abuses and corruptions of preceding Democratic Administrations. They announced, in advance, that they wou'd, in due time, shock the moral sensibilities of the nation by the “awful disclosures” they xvould make respecting the frauds and specula (feu, “that had tolerated, if not perpetrated by the highest officials” for eight years prec ding. The Opposition Congress met in extra session ‘to reform the abuses of the Government and bring it hack to the palmy days of it.* pros perity.’, (We quote tlie language"of oneof their ablest men.) One of the early acts of that famous Congress was the appointm nt of a committee of three to investigate and report upon the alleged stupendous frauds which, as one of them expressed it, “had turn d the nation pale. ” The enemies of the Demoi -racy were all anxiety and expectation to receive the report of their rogue-catching committee. Weeks elapsed, and no report came;—months passed away, and still “mum was the xv* ad” of the chosen three reformers and purifvers. Finally, near the close of that extraordinary Congress the public herd something from them in the shape of a card from one of the three, preferring some serious charge against . col league, to which the accused replied in the shape of a card, denouncing his accn-eras destitute of the essential qualities that consti tute the gentleman and the patriot ! The third member of the committee withdrew from it we believe, in dignified disgust ! So that the Whig committee appointed to ferre t ont the thieves and money-changers in the temple of American liberty, never reported anything beyond the result of a rigid self-ex amination ! They found out and reported some naughty things on each other, bnt made no disclosures igaiust the Democratic party. — Virginia Index. A Happy Man. George Wilkins Kendall, formerly editor of the New Orleans “Picayune,” but who for a number of years past has lived upon his iarni, near New Braunfels, Tex.-s, xvrites thus gloxv- ingly to a friend in Boston: I have now abont five thonfand sheep, and all fine stock. Have realized o* er seventy five per cent, profit per annum on the investment since I have been here, which will do for hard times. Flocks now in healthier and finer con dition than ever. My good luck has now lasted three years without intermission. 1 went to New Orleans last Christmas time, xvit h my wife and oldest girl; was gone six xvecks, xvhich was quite long enough. I would’nt live in a city if yon would give me one. I am in the enjoyment of the very best health, and am now 10 years younger than I was ter. years ago—and twenty years gained in the life of a man passed the middle age, is something worth the while. ° ® * No such country u • this for children on the face of the earth It is never hot here—never cold, always yleisant. I have a set of good neighbors, and snal! soon have the best kind of society around me. Our position in reference to the nomination of Governor Brown. It is oue of strict neu trality. We do not favor his re-nomination, but at tbe same time we do not opp Be it.— We have done nothing to defeat it; wc shall do nothing to accomplish it; but shall main tain our position of neutrality until the Gub ernatorial nomination of the party is made.— And if Governor Broxvn is the nominee, xvith the lights before us, we shall cheerfully sup port him ; believing, as we do, that the har mony of the party and its success in the ap proaching State elections, are matters of move importance than his defeat, even if be xxas more objectionable to ns than he really is.— [Constitutionalist, May 19. “New England a Unit.”—The Republican press is boasting that New England is “a unit'' in opposition to the Democracy, and that not one Democratic representative is elected from that, region to Congress. True ; but not so novel as true. Nexv England was a unit in 1801, when Jefferson xvas elected President, New England than voting in a body araius- him; and again in 1828, xvheuGen. Jackson was elected. Now she is ‘ ‘a unit’ ’ in supp< n t of Abolitionism, and the very men who boast of this unity, profane the names of Jackson and Jefferson with the mockery of their praise —Albany Argus.