The dollar news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1854-18??, September 22, 1855, Image 1
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VOL. 2
THE DOLLAR NIWB.
tUIOJSHSD I2C SAVANNAH EVERY SATURDAY EVENING BY
WILLIAM T. THOMPSON.
TKRMB OF THE NEWS.
Dollar N*W (Weekly) Oue dollar per annum, In
Advance.
Daily Mormwj News (Morning and Rvenlng edi
tions) Five dollars per annum, bait-yearly in ad
vance.
Tri- Weekly Morning News (Morning and even
fng editions) Three dollars per annniu, in advance
Thje Apai.achioola Advertiser. —We wel
come this paper to our table, after an absence
x>f several months. The office was destroyed
by fire in April last, by which the proprietor
lost everything connected with the office.—
He has since been enabled to procure new
materials, and now makes hia appearance
with a paper got up in excellent taste, and oa
well printed as we ever saw a paper worked
on a hand press. We give the Gotten state
/roent from the Advertiser under our commer
cial head.
Tub Phoenix Riflemen.— This spirited and
Well disciplined corps commemorated the
death of the founder of the company, the late
Capt. Jonathan Olm. stead, yesterday. The
company paraded with full ranks under the
Command of their present accomplished offi
cer Capt. Wm. H. C. Mills, and marched to
the Park, where a eulogy was delivered by
Ist Lieut. C. Wilson in the presence of the
Corps and a large number of ladies and gen
tlemen. Our engagements prevented us from
being present, but a friend informs us that
the address was an eloquent and fitting tribute
to the character and virtues of tho honored
and lamented dead.
Richmond Nominations. —The Anti-Know
Nothing party of Richrnoud county, on Satur
day last, nominated Alexander C. Walker
for Senator, and Wm. A. Walton and Geo*
T. Barnes, for Representatives.
The candidates of the American party in
that county are A. J. Millbr, for Senator,
and John Milldqb and Dr. Barton, for the
the House.
Religious Revivals.— We learn that a pro
tracted meeting of nine days has been going on
At Bethel Church, (Baptist) eleven miles from
this oity; fourteen persons have joined tho
Church, and several others are seeking reli
gion. This Church has suffered for years,
for want of regular preaching, but it is hoped
that under its present araaugements, much
good will be accomplished.
The Produce Export Movement.— The
large export movement that is to take place
in breadstuffs is indicated by the fact that
freight engagements for forward delivery are
made at higher rates than now prevail. Tho
Liverpool packets from Now York, for Octo
ber and November, are already engaged near
ly full of produce.
Kansas. —A crisis is approaching in Kan
sas. The regular correspondent of the St.
Louis Republican writes thus :—“The canvass
from this time ontii election day will be excit
ing. Almost every one expects a light, and
many are preparing for it. The Free-soilers
we talking loudly, the Pro-ala very men are
Working silently.”
The Fall Trade.— Judging from the ap
pearance of the principal business streets
during the last few days (says the New York
Journal of Commerce), the sales ot dry goods
and other merchandize must be enormous.—
The fall trade seems to be fairly under way.
We know of one firm whose sales, for severul
consecutive days, have ranged from $25,000
to 30,000 per day.
Santa Anna’s Family.— Some members
of Santa Anna’s family (his sister and broth
er-in-law, passed through Louisville, Ky., on
Thursday last on their way to New York.—
The ex-President is expected to follow them
shortly.
The Recent Heavy Robbery at Sarato
ga.—General Halsey has recovered about
$14,000 worth of the railroad bonds and
other papers stolen from him at Saratoga on
the sth of August last. The diamonds jewelry
nd nioDey amounting in value to about $5,-
000, hare uot been recovered.
Tabular Statement into tub United
States. —The superintendent of statistics of
the Department of State, bus furnished the
Subjoined statement, made up from official
custom house returns, exhibiting the num
ber of passengers arriving at Boston, New
York, Bhiladelphia, Baltimore, and New Or
leans, by sea, from foreign countries during
the first half of 1856, compared with the
number arriving at the same porta during the
first half of 1854 :
Ports. 1854. 1855.
Boston 10,416’. 6,030.
New York 148,841. 78,601.
Philadelphia 7,244. 4,6U5.
Baltimore 4,41 9. 3,124.
New Orleans 23,379. 13,417.
Total 199,299. 106,515.
Showing a decrease in t ie immigration at
the above parts in the first half of the pres
ent year of 92,784.
Denmark and tub United States. —The
Paris correspondent of the Augsburg Ga*
aette says that Denmark is endeavoring to
get France to aid her in her dispute with the
United States concerning tho Suud dues.—
France wishes the dues abolished, but is not
willing to allow the United States to interlere
with the affairs of Europe. It refuses any
aid, however, till Denmark joins the Western
Powers against Russia. Denmark, it is prob
able, will not be caught in any such trap.
Tjg 1 * The Salt Lake City people have their
troubles as well as others. The United States
aoldiers have been playing the mischief
with the hearts of the Mormon girls. Brig
ham Young says they have corrupted the
morals of the women, and he threatens the
soldiers terribly if they return to play the
same game agaiu. The soldiers have gone,
and with them a number of tho Mormon
girls.
pgr The sale of the public lands for the
fiscal year ending June, 1855, have been
larger thau ever before, with the exception
of tho great yoar of speculation, 1836, when
there were in tho aggregate over 19,000,000
ncres. They have been this year 15,068,866
acres, yieldjsg to the naticual treasury $lO,-
£72,910.
The Kansas Movement at the South.—
We learn that thirteen persons have pledged
themselves to General James N. Bethuneof
the Corner Stone, to contribute SIOO each for
the purpose of sending men aud slaves to
Kansas. Tho Corner Stone says this is a
very important movement; one which, taken
hold of in the right spirit, would 3ettie the
question as to the condition of Kansas upon
slavery. Let the people of every couuty take
bold ot it, and the thing will soon be done.—
When one hundred names are obtained, the
company will bo organized. Address Jas. N.
ptthun?) Columbus, Ga,
The Atlanta Bank.
The Intelligencer of Saturday morning con
tains the statement of this Bank, and says :
“ We take pleasure in inviting the atten
tion of our readers to it, and would recom
mend a careful examination and a publication
of the principal items,to those Georgia news
papers that have proven their interest in fa
vor of the monopolies of rival institutions by
tho vehemence with which they have croaked
about “Wild Cats” for the lust year or two/
We regret that our space will not allow us
to publish this statement in full, for the ben
efit of our readers.
Tho Capital Stock is put down at SBOO,OOO.
The Banker** Magazine lias the stock of thin
Bank actually paid in SIOO,OOO. As the Pres
ident and Cashier have made oath to the cor
rectness of their st*ftementwe take it at $300,-
00t>. The circulation reaches the enormous
sum of $797,000. This circulation seems
strange to those who are accustomed to do a
legitimate banking business, where the circu
lation is always less than the amount of the
capital stock.
These two items alone make nearly $1,100,-
000; a heavy liability for an up-country
bunk. Let us examine into their assets, and
see what they havo to show’ for this liability.
Tho largest item is “ Bills of Exchange and
Notes discounted,'’ amounting to $841,224.10.
Truly Atlanta must be a place of a great
deal of business. Eight Hundred Thousand
Dollars discounted! Our Banks, to do ns
much busiuoes as that, require a force of six
or eight clerks, hut two suffice in Atlanta, all
the business being done by the President and
Cashiers. May it not bo possible that the
larger portion of this SBOO,OOO consists of the ‘
notes or due-bills of parties in Chicago, who
have this money to circulate, aud whose
notos are put in the statement iu order to
make it balance? We would like to be in
formed whether more than half of this amount
of paper is not given by George Smith, and
resting solely upon his individual responsi
bility, without any security beyond his repu
ted wealth and good name. .
The other items among the Assets, are Ex
change $135,000, specie $187,000, and specie
in transitu from Charleston and New York,
$150,000. This looks like ft good amount of
specie, $837,000, but what chance has it
against two or three such runs as have been
made upon the Bank. It is a comparatively
easy matter to gather two or three hundred
thousand dollars of thoir “promises to pay”
in Illinois aud Wisconsin, aud present them
for specie at their counter.
Perhaps the people of Goorgia would liko
to know who owns and controls this bank.—
From the statement we leurn ihat S. C. Hig-
OXNSON, the President, owns 10 shares; J.
U. Valentine, Cashier, 10; P. Strachan, and
J. A. Hayden, 10 each; and the balance of
2,940 shares is owned by George Smith. —
Arc these men citizens of Georgia—identified
iu feeling and interest with us? The Presi
dent and Cashier both came from the North
when the bank was opened. George Smith,
the master spirit, is a well-known financier
aud Wild Cat banker of Chicago, who emi
errated from Glasgow. Srptbuid. anil, settled
in Chicago while it was almost a wilderness.
He is rich, undoubtedly, but is that auy se
curity for his bank, or rather for this one of
his banks? IBs operations are very exten
sive aud complicated, both iu banking and
real estate speculations. Suppose tho At
lanta Bank should fail to meet its obligations,
to whom can our citizens look for the redemp
tion of its bills iu circulation iu this State ?
There is a law, making the stockholders per
sonally liable, but what would that avail if
Mr. Smith should choose to refuse payment
of his notes ?
We cannot be accused of having any inter
est in any of the “rival institutions,” as the
Intelligencer calls thorn, for we do uot own a
dollar of stock iu any Bank in the U. S. Our
motive in thus showing up tho Atlantajßauk is
to caution our people against what we be
lieve to be a daugerous principle of Banking,
and one which calls loudly for Legislative
action. We have selected the Atlanta Bank,
because its statement is the only one we have
seen published of the so-called “Wild Cat
Banks,” and not from any particular ill-feel
ing agaiust it. We hare some
with the officers of uearly all these Banks,
and have found thorn intelligent aud gentle
manly men. We have nothing against them
but the fact of their lending themselves to
such men as Messrs. Smith, Tucker, Burch,
and others, of Chicago, the owners of these
Banks.
We have some curiosity to see (he state
ment of the other Wild Oat Banks, particu
larly those at Griffin and Dalton.
Maine Elections. —Advices from Augusta,
Maine, show that two hundred and muety
*ight towns have been heard from. But
there is no election for Governor by the peo
ple, and the legislature is largely anti-repub
lican.
The following laconic dispatch appeared
iu the Boston Bee:
Portland, Sept. 10, IIP. M. —The Repub
licans are defeated. The Liberals are tri
umphant. Sam is slightly wounded. Sambo
is dead. Maino Law aud Neal Dow are bu
ried. Portland is in a blaze of glory.
The fusion has rosulted iu confusion to the
Abolitionists and Temperanoe Men. The in
temperate course of Neal Dow, the great
Apostle of the Maine Law, and his rash
course in the Portland riot, seems to have
satisfied tho people of Maine of the folly of
his principles, aud the danger of trusting
fanatics.
t3F“ The colored population of New York
city held a meeting on Monday evening, to
hear the result of their State Convention at
Troy. The planks in their platform are .• —
Ist. The elective franchise upon equal terms
with the white man. 2d. Eligibility to civil
office, and tho right to send black ohildren to
the public schools. As the law of New York
stauds at present, a colored person cannot
vote, unless he bo seized and possessed of
two hundred dollars worth of property.
Crushed by tub Cars. — Wednesday even
ing last, just as the dowu train of cars on the
Macou A Western Railroad, were leaving
Ehstport, (tho first station below Atlanta,) a
man by the name of Gibson, iu attempting to
got on, was thrown between them and so
badly crushed, that ho died shortly after
wards.
pST The New York merchants sent off to
Norfolk and Portsmouth, on Suuday, a ship
load of provisions. This is tho proper kind of
generosity, and thoso who arc its objects are
likely to need all the relief that will be ex
tended to them before the pestilence ceases
its ravages and allows business to bo re
sumed.
pgr The American Organ aud tho New
York Express urge the postponement of the
period for the meeting of the American Na
tional Convention until aome time next
spring. The period fixed for the meeting
(22d November) by the Philadelphia Oouven
-1 tion is regarded ft* too early.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1855.
Gov. Johnson’* Speech t the Atho
nwum.
There was h crowded house Friday evening
at the Athenaeum to hear His Excellency,
Gov. Johnson on the political issues of the
day. At this late hour we cannot attempt to
give a synopsis of his speech, which we has
ard nothing iu saying was one of the most
forcible, logionl and convincing arguments to
▼h ch it has ever been our fortune to listeu.
Haring been introduced to the audience in a
T ery eloquent and impressive address
by Hon. Wm. U. Stiles, the Governor com
menced by alluding briefly to the charges
which had been made agninst him by the op
position press. lie admitted that his official
action was a proper subject of invest!?
gntion by tho people. But tho charges
been trumped up for election purposes
by persons who, while they lent their col
umns to the circulation of the vilest slanders
against him, refused to publish the truth, iu
vindication of his acts.. For Mich a press he
felt no other sentiment than sefim and con
tempt. He would nos*go iuto a detailed vin
dication of the many ‘charges* that had been
brought against him. He would merely men
tion tho matter of the appointment of Mr.
Cowar- as Commissioner and Attorney of the
State Road. He explained the necessity for,
and the economy of this officer, mul showed
that the office was created by his predecessor,
Gov. Cobb, during whose administration no
objection had been raised by the press who
now so loudly condemned him for continuing
it. The office had saved tho State some
fire or six thousand dollars a year, and he
was willing that his fellow-citizens should
judge whether he was right or wrong in con
tinuing it as ho had found it. Ho would not
attempt to reply to other charges, which had
been made so rapidly, that he had not been
able to keep pace with them, aud which
would, no doubt, continue to increase to the
day of tho election. An intelligent public
would investigate them, and if they were
satisfied of the correctness of his course they
would sustain him; if they wore not, he
would not expect their support.
Leaving matters personal to himself, he
went into a discussion of the political issues
of the day. He did not make war on the
Know Nothing Party of Chatham County, or
®f Georgia, but upon the National organiza
tion. Ho knew that many of the Georgia
lodges hud repudiated the oaths aud ritual of
the order, but that did not absolve them from
their identity with the National organisation,
whose authority was supreme. Ho knew that
his Know Nothing friends of Georgia were
iu favor of the righto, of the South—they had
adopted the Georgia Platform, but according
to the principles of their organization they had
no right to do so, and their aotiou would be
over-ruled by the national council. He con
tended that go far from beiug par excellence,
the American party, the Know Nothing
creed aud oaths were subversive of the
great principles of truo Americanism, such
us tho liberty of the press, Jthe liberty of
speech, the right of individual political ac
i thA IS - - ‘ ° r “ U “
religious freedom. He also maintained that the
new party furnished no remedies for the im
aginary evils against which it was arrayed,
and that its principles as set forth by,the Phil
adelphia platform and illustrated by the action
of tho party in tho free States, were hostile to
the institutions of the South. Ho appealed
to the men of the South of all parties to con
sider the crisis that was approachiug, and to
discarding all collateral and side issues, to
unite in one solid phalanx, as the only menus
of maintaining the rights of the South in the
Union if we can, out of it if we must. This
portiou of his speech was peculiarly impres
sive,and was delivered with an earnestness of
tone and manner that must have convinced
all who heard him of the sincerity of his con
victions. The speech throughout was emi
nently calculated to make a profound impres’
sion on the minds of his audience.
At the close of the speech, which occupied
two hours and a half in its delivery, three
enthusiastic cheers were given for Governor
Hbrsciibll V. Johnson. _____
New Corn. —We havo been shown a sam
ple of the new crop of corn, grown on the
plantation of Mr. Peter Constantine, seven
miles from this city. This lot of 500 bushels
was consigned to Mossrs. Waver & Const an
ti nb, and is selling from store in small lots at
$1.15 per bushel.
Another lot of 1000 bushels is expected
in a few days. The sample shown us is of
excellent quality. We understand some of
the same quality has been sold to Mr. 11. Gil
lum, and our citizens may therefore soon ex
pect a first rate quality of hominy from Mr.
Gillum’s mill.
We have heretofore noticed the tine quality
of’Georgia Wheat, and this specimen of the
coming crop Ol Corn may challenge compari
son with that of any State in the Union.
Georgia against the world for good crops of
the staff of life.
The New Govbrxqji of Kansas.— A dis
patch from St. Louis says : Governor Shan
non arrived at Westport on the 31st ult., and
was serenaded in the evening. He made a
speech in which he said he regretted to see
the disposition manifested in certain parts
of the territory to nullify the laws of the late
Legislature. He regarded that Assembly
legal aud the law 6 binding, a&d he should
exert his authority to enforce them. He was
for slavery in Kansas.
par Mr. Fillmore was presented to the
Emperor of the French on the 10th of Au
gust, together with nineteen other Ameri
cans. Mr. Fillmore was to have been favored
with a private presentation, and iu conse
quence was in a black ceat, but by some
unexplained accident was thrown among his
oouutrymeu, who were iu uniform, aud he
thus presented iu moro than one respect the
most noticeable figure iu the company.
In his plain republican black coat we would
be williug to bet that he was tlie finest-look
specimen of an American geutlcman present
on the occasion.
The order of Know’ Nothing Protest
ants had a graud parade through the streets
of Philadelphia on Monday, with banners, re
galia and music. Twenty-seven lodges par
aded, numb-ring about two thousand five
hundred men. A number of tho members
of Win. Penn Lodge, No. 29, were dressed
in tho Indian costume, and with their faces
painted, looked as fierce as Indians are sup
posed to look. One man was dre. ed in full
Highland costume, with kilt and bare legs,
aud amused the crowd by the shrill notes of
the bag pipe.
The amount of money contributed to
the relief of the Norfolk snd Portsmouth suf
ferers is, at last accounts, about SIOO,OOO.
New Judgb for Kansas.— Stribling G.
Cato, of Alabama, has been appointed Associ
ate Justice of Kansas, in the plaoe of Judge
Klmor* removed.
Baby Biowu.Boit(in Abend of New
York.
New York has the distinction of having
inaugurated tho firstJbabv show, though it
contended that Barkcm stole the idea from a
well known Georgia auctioneer, the latter
having, in a spirit of waggery gotten up
a baby show on a small scale at oue of our
State Fairs. But whether the Georgia joke
did or did not suggest the mercinary specula
tion to that prince of humbugs, that living
embodiment of Dowu East cuteness, Barnum,
one thing is certain, JSuinum has been eclipsed
by Bateman, and IJoston is ahead of New
York in carrying the# disgusting exhibitions
to the lowest point of/41 man abasemeut. The
Boston papers giyo <>r|ttwo baby
shows that “We-IW vHKI for several days in that
city last week, one under tho auspices of Bau
num A Wood, and another managed by ono
Bateman. The Journal in iis account of tho
first named exhibition says :
Yesterday the judges, couasting of Mrs.
Lydia Fowler, of New York, Mrs. Dr, Stewart,
and Harriett K. Hunt, of this ciiu together
with two or three others who officiuied on the
condition that their names shoull not be
made public, awarded the first premium of
one hundred dollars to Zilla Marfan a SUicy,
28 months old. aud daughter of Ai*. Simpson
Stacy, of 28 Portland street, as 1“ the finest
child under five years of age.” [This child
attracted much attention during me evening,
but numbers in the Hall expressld the opin
ion that although she was ind<Ld a pretty
child, the lady judges must hafe been in
fluenced by her beautiful glossy (lack ringlets
and rich dress, in deeiding'in her.favor. Tho
award caused considerable feeliudto manifest
itself on the part of the parents otyther hand
some single babies, who were dtubtless of
opinion that theirs was tho finest ciild.
The same paper gives the following ac
count of a nigger baby-show:
Bateman’s colored b% show’ at Chapman
Hall, comprises, we should think, mfcre than
sixty littlo picaninnhs of elery hue, From the
light quadroon to the full Blooded African—
although the majority of tkern were of very
light complexion. They wfere quite as pa
tient iu tribulation as the Inglo Saxon ba
bies were, although some of'them cried lusti
ly. Nevertheless the show proved very at
tractive, and Chapman Him was thronged
with visitors throughout the treater portion
of the day. The most rerun rib blc child in
the collection seemed to be a nVight eyed in
fant whose clear olive comffcion and
straight hairg showed her to bo * Kanaka
descent. The laurels-ut Barnum aft divided
with Bateman. \
The color of the “majority” in the\ above
exhibition, would seem to support the theory
of sumo Northern naturalists, that cVnatc
exe ts a very great influence on the comflex.
ion of the human race. If things progresliu
this way—if the climate continues to hire
this effect for a few generations, we will iht
be Able to recognize our Massachusetts cous
ins. The Post says that Mrs. Partington i\
‘around’in that city at the Baby Show, aud,
was surprised ‘that, three driblets should boi
boru at a birth.’ Ike, at last accounts, hid
been expelled from the hall for teasing one of 1
the fat boys with a stick, and for ‘making ‘
mouths ‘at one of the nigger babies.’
That boy Ike is a vary bad fellow, who
seems not to havo benefited bv
SutTiostou is making \ rjrtt mnaesln so
cial as well as physical amalgamation. Tn
this she is also ahead of New York. The
Transcript says:
The new law allowing colored children to
attend all the public schools has gone into
operation, and yesterday many of them at
tended with the white children. They created
quite a “sensation” among the boys and
girls, but no violent manifestations of dislike
were seen. At’ the Smith School (colored)
only seven pupils attended the primary de
partment, aud none in the grammar depart
ment. The primary school had eighty-nine
pupils at the lust official return, and the gram
mar school eighty. Most of these children
will now attend the Phillips’ School for boys,
and the Bowdoin school tor girls, while the
May hew School for boys, and the Wells
School for girls, will each receive some addi
tions. A tew will also be scattered among
the other schools of the city, particularly at
South and East Boston.
Tlie Jiaiue ultction.
The Washington Star thus explains the re
sult of the lute electiou iu Maine. The editor
says:
The Know Nothings of Alaine abandoned
the “order” en masse, shortly after the Phil
adelphia Convention, on account of the failure
of that Council formally to abolitionize the
party. Republicanism is little more iu Maiue
than Know Xothlngism, with an additional
(abolition) plank m its parry platform. But
the advantage of having all that was left of
Know Nothmgism, combined with Abolition
ism’ and intemperate temperance, was not
sufficient to suvo the ship in Maine, when
sober second thought came to the rescue of
the people's senses. The result is a Waterloo
defeat tor the isms, one aud all, though tho
non-slaveholding States all seut iuto Maine
every available Abolition Know Nothing
spouter who could make the trip, blatherskit
ing preachers, lawyers, members of Congress,
Senators—all hied thither who could go, as
they looked to the result iu that State us the j
grand event that was to inaugurate the pres- j
tige of the new party.
We ask our readers to keep a bright look
out for what is soon to happen in Ohio. It 1
will be found, or we are greatly mistaken,
that Chase’s fate has been foreshadowed in j
that of Morrill.
The Portland Argus in an article ou the
election says;
We do uot forget however, that our victory
is not au exclusive democratic triumph. Our
noble allies, the struight wings, deserve all
praise for the generous aud determined sup
port which their patriotic love of the Union
aud their contempt for the present adminis
tration of our state affairs has induced them
to render our cause, aud with them we glad- |
ly share the honor of our success/
To tho friends of tho Union, to the conser
vative constitutional men of the country, and
especially the people of the South there is in* j
deed something encouraging and hopefull in ,
the result of the election in Maine. Wo are i
encouraged to hope that the triumph of tho
Wells party in Maiuo is the beginning of a .
reaotion in public sentiment in the free States
where the fruits of fanaticism have been so
abundantly reaped—that it is tho rousing of
the conservatism, the patriotism, the true 1
Americanism of the country, without distinc
tion of party, to put down the fanatical incen- 1
diaries who threaten to subvert the Gonstftu
tion and destroy our political Union.
83T The Board of retired officors of the
navy has been affirmed. Two hundred and
one officers have been removed, including
taree captains, six commanders, nineteen
lieutenants, nine masters aud twelve past
midsbipmen dropped entirely from the rolls.
The names will soon be published, through
the comnmudauts of the navy yards.
Bounty Lands in Texas.— Those persons,
or their heirs, who served iu the revolution of
Texas in 1886, are entitled to about 2,000 acres
of land, within the limits of that State, and
those who served in any of her wars since
1830 are entitled to 640 acres.
Advance in Powder.-— The Pittsburg Gaz
ette notices an advance of fifty cents per keg
in powder, aud a large advance in Saltpetre,
caused by the continuation of the European
war, which has caused a largo export de
mand for the article. The Gazette quotes
blasting at $4 and rifle at $5 25,
f For the Dally Morning New*.]
Head* and Faces.
CHAPTER NO. HI.
The sentimental exquisite has a modus ope
rands which is emphatically peculiar to him
self, which none can successfully imitate or
affect, and powerfully illustrates the ancient
saving of Virgil, “ Non omnia possurnue j
ofnnes.”
Superfluity in taste, and extravaganoo in
fancy are the chief characteristics of this ox- \
treme point of human nature. His physical I
organization is singular in the extreme. Iu ;
the upper story, where brains should be , there i
is a remarkable developement of vacuum, >
which is the grea f k-j .!• *the curiosity, and J
most butia/uctordy j
disposition to mines on the toes (which is pe
culiar to dandies), and strongly argues the j
want of brains to keep them down ou their ;
heels.
Tho diagnosis of this species of insanity
are as follows:
Deficiency or contraction of the coronal and i
frontal upper story, and a wonderful deve- j
lopement near tho mesial region of the vertex j
and latnbdoUlal suture . Visible signs: Ex
tensive shirt collar, mammoth cravat, gold- •
headed walking cane, woolly or scattered
moustache, nondescript coat, gold chains,
rings, aud kid gloves in profusion. An in
fallible cure for this conspicuous malady
might be found in the following recipe :
1 grain of the essence of common sense,
2 do of self-examination,
3 drams of self-abasement,
4 do of industry.
Well mixed, and a wineglass-full every three
hours, until a cure is accomplished.
The opposite extreme to refined dandyism,
is low loaferism, a few ot which, the most
natural specimens, may be seen every day.
The most conspicuous points of such are,
lethargy, gluttony, filth, vulgarity aud gen
eral disgust 1 Diaguoeis—a want of action
in the osseous system, a tame, unmeaning
countenance, a coat of many patches, arms
loosely suspended from the shoulders, toes
ad libitum, tho muscular system very relaxed,
especially about the lower jaw, which is very
convenient for the noble purpose of whiskey
ingthc system, and making extensive exper
iments in yurniug exercises, the hair, beard,
corners of tho mouth and brim of tho hut,
all have a dirty and downward tendency.
Infallable recipe:
1 ounce of self respect,
2 do of energy,
4 do of self-denial,
2 grains of understanding,
3 do of patriotism,
compounded and prepared—teaepoonful threo
times a day for one week.
The next curiosity is Verily Verdant, Esq.,
who is readily recognized by all who are
“posted” in matters of human nature. .In
‘treating this subject, (“not with whiskey,”)
jt will be found that circumstances are more
frequently to blame than nature ; greenness
or verdancy being tho result qf limited i
means, moFe- |
Incan'S or sucli iire \ ."T'j at a considerable
distance. The principle characteristics of such J
are : marvelous staring, asking many ques- j
tions, expressing great astonishment, a drag
heeled walk, hat turned up in front, short !
pauts and long boots, making free with other j
people’s conveniences, such as usiug their j
hair brush, comb and tooth brush.
A remedy for such defects are a few pages
of Chesterfield, close observation, a visit to
Paris, polite society, and geueral education.
The Model Man is aB distinguished as any
other that we have refered to. He has digni
ty, without pride ; a sense of honor aud ap
probation without vauity and affectation;
his tastes such as becomes times and sea- j
sous; never so much interested in him- i
self, but finds time to interest himself for j
others ; is liberal, but uot a libertine ; con
demns nothing but what he has examined
and ropred to be wrong; speaks, but uot
without thinking; is a business man, but
not a busy-body ; loves all the ladies, reads
his bible, pays his debts, and takes the
papers.
Naval Reform.-—The President yesterday
signed the order under which the Secretary
of tho Navy will carry out the decision ot the
Naval Reform Board recently iu session in
Washington. The report is said to recom
mend a grout number of reductions, retire
ments and dismissals. It is not the inten
tion of the President or Secretary to publish
the document in the form of a general order
or otherwise ; each officer whose position is af
fected by the decisions under the Report of
the Board, will be privately informed of the j
result. The Washington correspondent of j
I the New York Courier says :
■ It is stated among naval officers, that Com
j niodore Stuart, now, I believe tho senoir of
ficer of the Navy, is to be retired on full
pay, and thus divested of command. This I !
can hardly believe. The Commodore has t
| been in active service during many years of j
the long period which has passed since the
performance of the glorious achievements on
which his lame rests. But whatever the facts
may bf in this particular case, 1 learn that
many changes in the personnel of the service
will be made which will startle the Navy, aud
create no little sensation in the country.
The London Timas of August 28d,
j has a very gloomy record of the war. “We j
, are in,” it says, “for another winter cam
paign and it adds of tho attack :
“ So, that great day, that dreadful day of ]
; which it may almost be said, in comparison ;
1 with all the other conflicts ot human passion j
] and outpourings of human vengeance, Dies {
j ira, dies ilia, luce splendent et favilla, is still .
! indefinitely prorogued, and nobody can say in
. what month it will come. We only kuow ;
! that tho longer it iB postponed the more j
dreadful it will be, and still wholly uncertain
|iu its rosults. But there is, iu our opion,
i one certaiuty about it, and that is, whether
? we take Sebastopol or not, we shall still have
!to winter in our present position. When
i Sebastopol falls into our bauds it will be a
* mere heap of ruins with all the horrors of
the charnel house. With the enemy still in
possession of the north side, tne south side |
will only be the front of our own attack, as ;
bloody and wretched as our present advanced j
trenches. So that whether we take Sebasto
pol or uot, we shall btill have to occupy tho
heights throughout the ensuing winter. ’
Tents, we aro also told, will not do tor win- j
ter, aud the 50,000 huts promised are not uu- ;
der way, and the army canuot be well hutted j
before Christmas. The editor nevertheless ;
coaeluJcs:
“Wo are still for pressing ou the siege
with the utmost expedition, and with all the |
means iu our power, aud preparing with
even lavish provisions for all the thousand
contingencies of a winter campaign. Above
all, let thevo be no doubt as to the means of
communication from tbe camp to the harbor,
which must bo—as it has all along been—our
only base of operations.”
They are about toting steps for the
erection of anew Methodist Church at Colum
bus, auother place of worship being necessary
to afford accommodation to the increasing
umbers of that denomination in Oolumbu*
1 For the Dally Mornlu< News. J
Mantpniatlona on Varlouu Heads.
BY DR. J. HAYNES.
Learning, Knowledge , Wisdom. —To learn
is one thing—to know is another; and to be
wise differs from the tw o former. All that
live und move have innate powers by
which they learn to imitate their predeces
sors in those things they individually suppose
to bo for their personal advantage. The phy
! sical senses are tbe instruments by and
j through which we lc<irn; and must invariably
] be exercised before anything can possibly be
known.
| The intellectual faculties r.vexhosc powers
| by and through which we knowingly uuder
fetxtru/’ ahe tuntcre *m-d those objects
the senses observe.
j * The moral seutiments are the superior fa
culties of the mental organization, and are
designed to direct the intellect and the senses
to the observation und investigation of those
objects and subjects that shall prove the most
useful and satisfactory, both for tho present
| aud future—which is wisdom.
j Learning not only implies something to be
i learnt., but the possession of senses, by and
! through we learn.
Those who are born blind or dumb can
never be taught the beauty of color nor the
harmony of music. The ability to learn,
therefore, depends on the perfection of the
•enses; and the facilities for huewing depends
ou the powers to investigate—which is learn
ing. Learning is the commencement and the
process of examination, and knowledge the
conclusion.
There is, doubtless, n great difference in
individuals, in the degree of perfection of the
physical senses and iulelUctual faculties
which each one may possess, and to which
may be attributed the cause of distinction iu
the human family.
The degree of native instinct, aud the pow
er to conclude correctly from the exercise of
the physical senses, differs widely in both
man and animals.
The idea of men being born equal, is ab
surd iii the extreme, And alike opposed to
philosophy and theology. Probably in no one
respect can it be said that two individuals
are equal and alike. Even the right, or priv
ilege to enjoy physical life, differs considera
bly ; not only in the estimation of two indi
viduals themselves, but in the judgment of
the community, one man’s life being of more
value sometimes than teu others. So that it
scarcely can be said, that two individuals are
equally entitled to live. Here we may re
mark, that those who prate so loudly on the
equality of human nature, and the right to en
joy the same privileges, one as another, find
no foundation iu nature for this assumption,
but a uiost decided argument on the oppo
site side of the question.
Shakspeare and Burns are fair samples of
Dossess great powers of instinct,
or inale ability to understand the nature of
things without much investigation, or what
know things as they ahf alters with much
learning know nothing, ami might be pro
perly termed educated fools; i. e. have less
natural judgment and originality than others,
who like parots learn words and sentences
without comprehending what is implied or
suggested.
No man therefore can know, without learning
some kiud; but much might be learned with
out being known. Learning is prior to
knowledge, and knowledge is prior to wis
dom. Nothing is known without the exercise
of the senses, in connection with the reason
ing faculties, aud this might be properly cull
ed learning.
Knowledge is a correct estimate of the na
ture and importance of things, a sure aud cer
tain perception of facts aud existence. Wis
dom is the right and proper application of
both learning and knowledge.
Gen. Scott’s Back Fay.—The Charleston
papers have a dispatch from Washington, an
nouncing that the buck pay as Lieutenant
General has been disallowed to Ueu, Scott by
the War Department.
New York Politics.—Fred. Douglass has
been nominated by the Liberty Party of New
York, to the office of Secretary of State, and
James Parham, another negro, to the office
of Attorney General.
Grain Arriving at Chattanooga.
The Chattauooga Advertiser of Thursday
says
The activities iu the wheat market still
keeps its briskness. The James Williams ar
rived lust evening with 2000 bushels, and the
Black Hawk with something over a thousand,
i When we remember that these boats are
j making two aud threo trips a week and equal
ly as heavily laden, some idea can be had of
the quantities up the river. Life at the depot
is active, in storing what comes in by wagon.
This day there are from 75 to 100 car loads of
j wheat waiting to be shipped over the Suite
! Road. There are not sufficient engines to do
| the amount of business accumulating from
( the grain crop.
j We noticed a sale of 1000 bushels of old
corn a few days since at 60 cents per bushel.
As yet but little new corn has made its up
pearauce in market. But when once the corn
market does open Chattauooga will be no in
considerate granary. We anticipate a heavy
fail trade in graius and produce geueruily—
can’t be otherwise, it is in the country aud
through our city it must find its way to mar
ket-
Mibb Ellen Brinrn. —We find in the Musi
! eal World, New York, the following tribute to
the “ South Carolina Alocking Bird.”
! “ A lark has been nestling incog, among us
j for many months, but industriously aud suc
\ ccssfuly attuning her notes, under the admira
ble instruction of Papa Badiali. Papa is about
! to leave for Italy, and tbe charming lark will
| soon desert us for her home in the sunny
I South, to remain only a short time, however,
for she has been pluming her wings for a for
eign flight, and will soon speed to Ituiv, and
appear there as an American Prima Donua
befoie.her advent here. Happiness, and tbe
success she richly merits, to the gifted Ellen
Brenen.”
Maine Klectton.
I A telegraphic dispatch from Portland dated
: 11th inst., says :
j Returns hare now been received from 160
towns, showing tho following totals
! Morrill, Republican, - • • 29,155.
i Wells, Dem. and Maine Law, - 26,069.
| Reed, Whig, 6,22.
j A majority of the Senators and Represen-
I tatives are probably Anti-Republican. The
| election for Governor will probably be close.
I Additional returns have been received,but
1 they do not alter the complection of the vote.
I Worrill, tho Republican cundidate still leads
off; but tho vote received by the Whig candi
date will prevent any election by the people.
There are a majority of Anti-Republican
Senators and Representatives sleeted, so
that the majority will probaby select Reed or
Wells for Governor, when the Legislature
meets in convention for the purpose.
A man was killed in Clark Cos., Ar
kansas, on the 29tb ult., by a child nine or
ten years of age. The child’s father was en
gaged in a fist fight with another man. when
the child ran up and Btuok a knife in nia ad
versary, tiffing him almost instantly.
NO 10
From Trial.
Tho steamship Mexico arrived at New 0f
loaus from Gulrcitou, on the morning of tha
12th, with Galveston papers ot the bth.
The Civihau contains a long letter from
Geu. Houston, iu reply to Gen. Lauiur, Gvu.
Sherman, aud Judge Burnett, as tn tue ho*
uors of ihe victory of San Jacinto.
Tee Galveston News, of me 3tb, sayaihert
is u strong probubi ity that \\ ara ui elected
to Congress in the Eastern District. Denton,
JeUei&un, and Uruugc Counties are yet to be
heard from, in an but three counties tut
vote is as follows: Ward Evans
Ward's majority, so far, 160.
Crosby is 952 votes ahead of Field’s, for
Lund Commissioner, and nine counties to be
heard Iroin. J
A gentleman who had just /st\ir.ned tram
a j.mrn. h Bead
counties, informs tbe that
tht Cotton crop has sutler ad i/m the excessive
ruius. Tho boils are rotting ou the lower
part of the ou niuuy plantations, aud
ihu caterpillar was doing considerable dam
age in some places. However, it the rum*
were to cease now, a lair crop would be
made.
As to the health of Houston, the Telegraph,
of the 7th inst. says:
The yellow fever does not seem to prevail
to a very great, extent, although there is con
siderable sickness iu the city and vicinity,
chiefly conliued to strangers and uuaccu
mated persons. The sextou’s report shows
seven deaths trout yellow lever, iioui August
odth to {September 7ih, inclusive, nearly all
toreiguers. From present indications we 0 O
uot look lor uuy increase iu the disease-
The sumo paper, iu relation to the weathW?
and crops, says:
The weather has Improved since tbe last
week Iu August, and the prospect is uovr
belter tor tne cotton crop. It was thought ft
lew days of dry weather Would urrcoi tht
tendency to rot. The worm has garany,
so lur us we can learn, disappeaieU,
destroyed by the dreueuiug raiut. Very ntut
damage was done by them, aud it is now lots
late lor them to do much injury even to Ult
young cotton.
A Raftsman’s First View or a Loeox®*
tive.—The lollowmg must be aa old story,
but, if so, it isgood enough to “pass” a “set*
oud reading
At a most delightful country town in Net?
Jersey culled Bordeutowo, the Doiawart
makes a short turn to tho westward, and has,
in consequence therooi, worked lor itseil
quite a deep b.y ou the Jersey shore. This
bay from iu being protected lroui the winds
and “out of the ude,” is a favorable harbor of
the raftsmen who annually come dowu that
noble river by hundreds, bringing ucrca of
lumber, much of it trom the very source of
the river, iu the State of New kork. Now,
early iu the spring of 13—, when the Gum
deu A Amboy Railroad was first put iu
operation, (the railroad, bye-the-byt, ruu
rouud the edge of the above mentioned bay,)
a certain Sam Suns, with a youug man wno
rejoiced iu the name ot Ichabod Twodle,Cains
down the river ou a raft ot white nine board*,
und about 3 o’clock, of a cold, blustery, cloudy
night, were busily engaged securing the rult
iu the übove-meulioned bay, when Ichabod
was startled by a sort of beichtug, rumbling
noise ; he turned to 6uui, and with a Juug,
grave luce, almost whispered—
“ What is that ?”
Sam shook his hoary head.but spake not-th*
sound came nearer, but nothing was to b*
.yen : the occupants stood suit iu amazement^
eyes’ iu the** cfirectloV * sound.’ whett
round the point below, rabt three hundred
yards from them,came a thiug—a very demon,
belching out smoke aud fire, uttering the
most horrid groans and sbrieks.
••Oh Lord l oh Lord 1” shouted Ichabod.-
“Sam, Sam, give me that axe l here come*
the devil ! Give me the axe you darned looil
Lord! Lord l Lord! Will the toika to hum
ever believe that l come down hero to tide
water to bo tuck right off by the old
devil!”
Ichabod whirled the axe round his head m
regular back wood fashion, und stood hi*
ground like a man ; but ou came the devil ap
parently straight for the ratt. On, how tn#
sparks flew (tney bad not iben tuveutea ih*
patent spark catcher). Ichabod lookeu round,
old Sam was making lor the out-shore side of
the rail; there was no time to thiuk about it,
it was freezing und cold, and the ice a#
floating in small cakes dowu tbe river; but
Ichabod, dropping the axe and stugtng out—
“ You will have a darned good swan to catch
me l” made oue jump to the side of tbe ralt,
and another overboard, aud struck out like ft
man for the Pennsylvania shore, at least &
mile distant.
Iu the meantime Sam, ia ruuniug acroi*
the rust in his fright, caught Ins foot, aud
down he went. Lie got looked rouuu, th#
devil bad passed, und was pulling aud blow
ing up the hill beyond,
Sam called Ichabod back, and tha pro*
ceeded to tbe tavern, where they related ttieir
Adventure, much is the amusement of their
tel low- rafts meu.
Protestant Sisters of Charity.—lt is re*
ported that quite uu extensive movement isl
new on toot, among tbe ladies attached to
some of the Episcopal churches in the city of
New York, to found a religious *nd charita
ble order, similar to the sisters of charity.—
They have already provided u bouse, wher#
tho ladies, (who must be single to belong to
it) meet, and after appropriate religious eX°
ercises, spend their time in making up
ments for the poor, and projecting plaus to
supply their necessities. There are no vow*
taken as yet, nor is auy peculiar dress worn, -
as they above all things desire uot to be con
spicuous. Among them, it is said, ar#
youug ladies moving in the most wealthy and
fashionable circles in New York society. Th#
movement is confined to what is known a*
the Puseyteor High Church Episcopalians*
The Journal gives what it calls a very
fuuuy scene iu Wednesday’s paper. W#
commend tho following to the editor’s cou*
sideration j
Scene —Back Room qf a Know-Koth*i%g
dwelling—Enter tittle boy much excited.
Little Boy—Ob, pap, get your guu quick;
and come out here. There’s u great big Irish
man down in the alley, euttug u watermel*
lon. The prettiest shot you ever taw ; com*
quick.
Kuow Nothing—Hush, sonsy, don’t makt
a noise ; there’s two Dutchmen conaug
down th# street, and I think I can get them
in range aud tumble them both with oue shot.
—LouuviUe Democrat.
yr The Intelligencer publishes an abl*
communication from a disinterested civilian,
explaining aud approving tho action of th#
recent Naval Reform Board. We quote th#
following synopsis from tho commuicatioa
above referred to;
There have beeu dropped from tbe roll* of
the navy,
Three captains, six commander*, nineteen
ieuteuunts, twelve passed midshipmen, and
nine musteis.
There have been placed on the retired hat*
ou “furlough pay,”
Fifteen captains, at $1,250 per annum j
twelve commanders, at $;*00 do ; forty-uiu#
lieutenants, at s6oo do; two passed midship
men, at S3OO do; three masters at S3OO do.
There have beeu pluced on the retired list,
or “leave of absence,” pay—
Seventeen captains, at $2,500 per annum p
twenty-one commanders, ut SI,BOO do ; Eight*
een lieutenants, at $1,2.>0 do; fifteen master**
at S6OO dr.
The Washington Star say* ?
There exists at this moment, in this city,
more excitement with reference to the un
published list of the 201 retired navy officers*
thau oue can conceive who may not be fa
miliar with the service, and those who are thft
friends and associates ot its officers. We ar#
beset on all sides to publish the list, which
we would gladly do, were it within < ur reach,
and we felt we might spread it before th#
word without a breach of confidence on our
part.
IStf* A party of fifty first-class mechanic*
lettSyracuse, New York, on Monday last, for
Kansas. They ar# engaged to work on go 1 ?*
ernruent buildup* mt *9?* isavenvyorth*