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BY W. B. RUGGLES.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, JAIL 1U AY, JANUARY 6, 1855
VOL. VI. NO. 32.
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Blakely’s Orchestral Chorus Company. , ,,, ,,
Bv reference to our advertising columns c , I,E tate uau and . tlania Bane.
it will be seen that the troupe, whose name j Soi ™ da 7 S s ‘ nce wc ? 1Iudcd to thc ” rder
heads this article, (two ladies and three ; the reception of the bills of the
gentlemen from the Boston Academv of i AtlaUta Bai * “ Payment of freight and
u • , . . . „ , , passage on the State Road,, condemning the
Music,) are to give a concert at Hayden’s , x . • , , ,
ir ,, 1 freer as an act of injustice towards the
llall on Msuidav evening, New Year s dav. „ , . , . _ _
W * Bank in this city. The last Examiner comes
lhisconJTSauv.aswenoticeby our exchang- 1 . ,, • , 0l —, ,
, A , „ - . . f I to the rescue of the State Road authorities
es, have recently been performing in Nash- ftn( j ga .
“ The Intelligencer, in its issue of the
The Blakeley’s. TUESDAY, JAN. 2.
The lovers of amusement will remember = : .
that Blakeley’s Orchestral Company will “ Red Mouthed Democrat.’’—The Editor
give one oi their Entertainments this (Mon- of the Examiner, in reply to our inquiry
day) evening, a. Hayden’s Hall. whether he was not the author of the “ Red
The extract lie-low from the Louisville • Mouthed Democrat ” articles which so
Journal, proves this Company fully entitled : fiercely assailed Governor Johnson last
to the confidence and favor of _all the udmi- Winter in the Republican, says :
uiiu savg . rers of vocal and instrumental music in our i « The Editor of the Intelligencer, in his
tille and o^her Western cities, and judging : * . f ... . . _ , city, and we trust they will be warmly greet- paper of the 80th ultimo, discovers a -‘Mare’s
from ^encomiums of the press they are 28th, makes ^outrageous and ilLnatured «i ed by an overwhelming audience.
an unusually talented company, and their j assault upon Maj. Cooper, with its usual "This‘ eel Democrat;' which appeared in the lie-
concerts well worth attending. { un&imesi and want of modesty. YV e can ^ave gnen six of t en dehghtfu 1 concerts ^ ^ ll with , Jut evcu
YVe clip the following from the Nashville j th . e ^uldhyeH^r that its ammunition J ‘^10 remain two br adducing the first point of proof. YVe be-
1 is uselessly spent. No such restriction ex- ly expected, we beiteie, to lemain two or ; o t i •
ists on the State Road with reference to the three evenings, but it seemed almost impose ‘ it ' e !t a 1 rin l P !e 111 L,lv ’ ‘ .'
Bauk of Itlanta.’’ sible to resist the urgent solicitations they to be pronounced guilty until evidence is
received at each concert to give iunt one iproducod of his guilt hence we ask t ie
American:
THE WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER.
PUBUSHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
Term*—$2 00 per annum, invariably in advance.
MONDAY, JAN. 1.
Furniture.—The attention of readers is
invited to the advertisement of Messrs.
Morgan & Kirkpatrick in another column.
Those wishing to purchase furniture will
find a very large and choice selection of ev
ery kind at their establishment on Peach
tree street. It will also be seen that such
as desire another chance at the “ lucky
bag ’’ can be accommodated on Monday
next.
The Examiner.—Our neighbor of thc At
lanta Examiner has been one of the fiercest
denouncers of Know-Nothingism in all its
phases. In fact, he has distinguished him
self above all other opponents of that order
by the bitter and vindictive onslaughts he
has, from time to time, made upon the or
ganization. The fact tiiat any party should
claim for native born citizens exclusive priv
ileges, has been a standing theme for him to
pile up the agony, and he lias occasionally
piled it up terribly high. In his last issue,
however, while rejoicing over the fact that
a Whig paper will hereafter have the Sher
iff’s advertising in this county, he says that
when the Sheriff’s office goes into the hands
of the Democracy lie shall claim thc adver
tising on thc ground that he (the editor) is
a native, born Democrat. Circumstances
sometimes alter cases considerably. O,
consistency! thou art a jewel.
By the way, speaking of consistency, our
neighbor of the Examiner is now-a-davs so
passionately in love with Gov. Johnson that
he can hardly think of good things enough
to say of him, and he thinks there is no
possible doubt that Ilcrschel V. w ill be our
next Governor. But many people about
here beliovc that the editor of the Exami-
Her is the veritable “7led-Mouthcd Democrat'’
who so bitterly denounced Gov. Johnson in
the Atlanta Republican no longer ago than
last winter. YVill thc Examiner deny the
“soft impeachment?” or will the editor
walk up to the rack and acknowledge the
corn in his next issue? YVe pause for a
reply.
Interesting to Remitters.—The Mem
phis Eagle has been requested by the Post
Office authorities of that city to caution thc
public against making any remittances
which may have to pass through the mail
on the route between Nashville and Cin
cinnati, as a great deal of money has been
recently lost between those cities. Between
Memphis and Nashville, remittances thro’
the mail will bo safe enough; it is only he-
yond Nashville that any danger is appre
hended.
The Montgomery Lottery.—The Mobile
correspondent of thc Montgomery (Ala.)
Journal relates a rather curious tale about
a negro preacher in Mobile dreaming out
prizes from Swan’s Lottery. Thc following
is his account of the circumstances :
“ Thc last drawing of the Southern Mili
tary Academy Lottery has created a pro
found sensation among thc colored popula
tion hero. One of their number, a lever-
end gentleman, called Preacher Bolling,
dreamed some six weeks since that he was
the fortunate holder of a prize ticket. En
couraged by the dream, lie went next day
to Boullenet’s, and invested 82.50, and was
rewarded by receiving from the fickle god
dess the comfortable sum of 81,500. One
would have thought him content with this ;
but no ! he determined to try again, and
purchasing the same number, has singularly
enough drawn this time §.‘i.50i*, the half of
the capital prize. YYTiefher he will now re
tire and give others a chance, report says
not.
Over eight hundred bushels of the Span
ish variety of sweet potatoes have been
raised by Mr. Edward Shepherd, on two
acres of land, near Columbus, Ga. He is
reported to have discovered a mode ,.f cul-!
tivation by which such large crops can he j
raised as a general thing.
BgL* The financial prospects in the larger
Northern cities are said to be brightening, !
ami is expected as soon us the holidays ave
over that immediate preparations will be
made for opening the spring business. The
New York papers slate that their stock mar
ket was comparatively quiet and free from
fluctuation last week, but that money mat
ters had not improved quite as much as \
might have been anticipated, owing to Abe
fact that the banks appeared indisposed to
let up the pressure in the slightest degree.
There were no shipments of specie from that
port last week, and consequently there was
a much larger, amount of bullion in the
banks than there, lead before been for some
time.
“ The concert of the Blakely’s was well
artended on Saturday evening, and thc au-
| dience consisted of the first class of our
| community. YVe have not seen so select an
audience at a place of amusement in our
city for many a day. The performances,
both vocal and instrumental, were fully
equal to to the high reputation of the com
pany, and, if possible, better than when
last we heard them. “Thc Echoing Horn”
was one of the most exquisite tilings we
ever listened to. The imitations of answer
ing echo were complete, and their effect
most beautiful.
“ The archness, uaviette and witcheries of
Mrs. Durston in iter comic song, “YYhat they
say about Cupid,” was perfectly irresistible;
and we venture* the assertion that, were
she single, some of our young
would have tried their skill with
pid’s arrow, notwithstanding her brags
that “she would stand aside, and laugh at
their whistling by.” The Marseilles Hymn
as performed by this company, with all
their voices in chorus, and full orchestral
accompaniment, is completely overwhelming
being rendered with all the excitability of
its true national character. Its effect is
grant7, sublime. YY’c might speak in equal
terms of admiration of all their pieces, both
vocal and instrumental, but our time and
space will not permit.”
Some mischief-loving letter-writer in
YVashington has started a story, to the effect
that as soon as Gen. Houston arrives in that
city, lie will be politely requested to meet
The above is only another specimen of
tltt* characteristic evasion of the Examiner
in its lame attempt to defend the rickety
administration of the State Road. YVe can
inform rhe Examiner that the order in ques
tion did contemplate the exclusion of the
bills of the Atlanta Bank from the Road,
and that the agents and conductors were ’
instructed not to receive its bills inpayment
of freight and passage. YVe con further
inform our neighbor that its bills were ac
cordingly refused, the order for their exclu
sion remaining in force until thc Executive
and his man of the State H iad found out,
men ; by unmistakable symptoms, (hat they had
undertaken an act of oppression which was
about to bring down about their ears the
condemnation of the business community,
when they incontinently backed out of the
operation, and revoked the order in refer
ence to the Atlanta Bank. Straightway
thereafter their bellows-blower comes out
and very complacently informs the Intelli
gence,- that " no such restriction exist- on
the State Road.” If the “ ■ towers that be”
burnt their fingers and were forced to desist,
that fact does not impair in the least the
truth of our remarks when we Characteriz
ed the original act as a piece of injustice.
The forward and back movements of the j
more. Crowded houses greeted them oil
each appearance, and their success in pleas
ing every one seemed entire No Company
has ever been rec.eited by our citizens with
the same distinguished favor, and none have
better-deserved it. Their music is the be-:
we have, ever listened to. The popular
Scotch balads of the inimitable Miss Hugh
nin, the scientific violin solos of .Mr. Hub
bard. who is eer ..inly second none save
Ole Bull—the charming, laughable ducts of
the entire troupe in orchestra—all are ;f the
very highest order, and were performed in
the most pleasing .style. But we must not
be expected to specify the many attractions
the Blakely’s possess, and which have taken
such a hold upon the affections of our citi
zen.-. Their \isit will long lie remembered
by all win. heard them, and should they
ever vc -.rn, they will find the people of
Louisville ready to receive them with the
same warmth of welcome which they ever
extend to ii;e deserving."
Attempted Suicide.—We have been in-
i lined that a voting man. from North Caro
lina. went into the Merchants’ Hotel Tues-
Editor of the Intelligencer to support his in- , g rea f
terrogatives with evidence, and then we
shall be prepared with our answer to his -il
ly charge.”
From the above it will be seen that our
neighbor does not deny that iie was the
author of the articles in question. If he
was not it would have been very easy for
him to save hi- consistency by an open dis
avowal. Come, c 'r.re, neighbor, walk up to
ihe scratch and make a clean breast of it!
Plead guilty, or not guilty, one or the other!
We are not particular which horn of the di
lemma y >u take, though we would, rather
y >a would come out iiko a,man and ac
knowledge die corn,” for wo have a little
curiosity to see how skillfully you win plas
ter over the palpable inconsistency of the
matter, besides we would willingly spare
you the mortification T having it pro red
upon you after a denial. -As to your uu-in-
uation that we have ever been any thing hut
a Democrat in polities, we will not follow
[CorreqioaiU-uce ot the Atlanta Daily Intelligencer.]
Tilings ill New York.
New York, Dee. 2S. 1S54.
The halnlays are fairly upon u-: yesterday,
warm, slushy and muddy, the commencement was
inaugurated. At day men, women and children,
with soiled boots and a backsliding gait, wore
paddling up and down Broadway, the Bowery and
Sixth Avenue, with presents and without presents,
bent upon a merry Christmas. The stores vrero
closed down town, and to have the streets, Nas
sau, Wall, William and Broad quiet two days in
succession, the city seemed laboring under some
spell of enchantment, it certainly did look “blue’’
enough down town, though no doubt proprietors,
clerks and porters, eartmen and all. were having
a good time up town in spite of the hard times and
dirty sidewalks. A great many people went to
hureh and a ereat many -raid at home and ate
dinners.
rue evening the.hundred and
rial toils ga ve their pul>li< balls, maj hands
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
YVashington, Dec. 25, 1854.
The Mediation o f the United States in the
European War—Such a Thing not in
Coiijtict with our Foreign Policy of Mon-
Tntercenliou—The Pacific Railroad—Col.
Benton’s Speech on the Subject.
It is reported that the President has man
ifested a desire that mediation should bo of
fered for the adjustment of the difficulties
which have plunged Europe into war. A
day which commemorates the proclamation
of peace on earth and good will among men,
is a very suitable’ one for cherishing and
promoting any mediation which might lead
to peace. It is not improbable that the. sub
ject has been noticed, in appropriate places,
in various parts of the country, and upon
the day. There would be no impropriety
in tin offer of our mediation, whether it be
accepted or not- It does not come under
the objections to which an interferauce in
one i
that wield the hammer and ihq axe Avow ou ihe . affairs of foreign grvernuieuts is liable. All
glove and ivent t» the li-uicc. f'ppertendoui was j our diplomacy is mediation. Y\ r e settle dif-
quiet. The price- of stock- would not pay for j fioulties of other countries when we settle
any ui their splendid entertniuments costing thou- j our own. The late reciprocity treaty was
sti’i.N of dollar-. There were pleasant re-unions j distinctly a mediation between Great-Britain
of families, no doui>r, but 1 beard of no largo and i ttttd her colonies,
decided demonstration—nothing “ startling.”--
Mjss Pyuc sang in thc Bnchantrc.-:- . unmans '
hjuse and the otic" places of amusement were
wall p.v'ronized. Thus passed the initiative to
what is ranked our gay season: and if there is
and nights •_; ilu pas' • v luouitis, wo may now
be .aid to be fully launched into it.
The statement of import
those of last week, mid t
last year, based upon the
the specified articles. Thu- the goons .iu-i
by the steamer Whshiu; ■ arc valued
were
Mute tii luy
si »»•!•»' t’th: «'11( s 1
ill.,, price an 1 not,
Arrived
t three
day evening last, and asked for pen, ink and your example and skulk behind the “prinei-
paper. which were given him. Shortly after
lie left there wa • found on the desk a note
addressed to the proprietor of the Hotel,
and signed by the person above mentioned,
but whose name we did not get. The con
tents was a request that his body should be
taken to North Carolina and delivered It
powers of the 1 nd have been vastly ainus-
tu"l give satisfaction to an old friend whom j ing of ]ate . 0 n! V a little while ago they
lie severely stigmatised in one of his late j took a noti<m to {, itcU hito the Kuow-Noth-
1 ing.-, (a very praiseworthy undertaking, by
the way.) and the first da . they made off
went a clerk’s head in the State Load Office.
vea to -Not tn varoiina aim ueiivemi to a fl, u n a Democratic ticket and
rtain person therein mentioned, ^ awa"
licit lie stated that he would commit sui-f !, S ail,st Dcm, ^ s thruu -“
me of bis late
speeches—Gen. Greene wc presume. It b
intimated that in view of such tin event, ;
the Hero of San Jacinto has been baptised
and become a member, in full communion
of the Baptist Church. The story seems in
credible. Both the gentlemen in question j
are rather too old politicians to be caught in j
the act of confronting loaded pistols, in con- I
sequence of anything one might say of the j
other.
Congress.—At last accounts from YY’a-li-
ington both Houses had adjourned over to
enjoy the Christmas hollidays. Many mem
bers had left the city «uu we presume
scarcely enough were left to form a quorum.
It was Bishop Horner’s opinion that
there is no better moralist than a newspa
per. lie says:
“ The follies, vices, and consequent mis
eries ol multitudes displayed in a newspa
per, tire so many beacons continually burn
ing to turn others from the rock eii which
they have been shipwrecked. YYhat more
powerful dissuasive from suspicion, jealousy
and anger, than the story of one friend
murdered by another in a duel ? YY’init
caution likely to be more effectual against
gambling and profligacy, than the moum-
iul relation of an execution, <>r me fate of a
despairing suicide? YV’lmt finer lecture on
die necessity of economy, than (he auctions
of estates, bouses and furniture ? Only’ take
a newspaper, and consider it well—pay for
it—and it will instruct thee. '
• Shake not thy
Thou cans! lioi
The harbor of Brunswick, (
port at which a naval station
has t wen tv-four feet water on
the
ia, the
oposed,
bar at
But finding they had unconsciously jumped
into a hornet’s nest, they hastily replaced
the head and heat it precipitate retreat, ;Lo
Examiner, in the meantime, swearing that
Mac’s bead had never been off at all—that
| it was only temporal ity suspended, and if it
was ol!' the Governor was not responsible
! because lie didn’t possess too decapitating
j power. Ills Excellency, no doubt, could
j have addressed the trunkless head with as
; much truth tts Macbeth did the victim of
| his vengeance,
ry head at me,
iv I did it!”
I In the last achievement the Governor was ‘
! worked upon by certain interested parties
in Augusta, as we are credibly informed,
who vrred upon him certain groundless
charges against the Atlanta Bank, which
induced “the powers” to take up the cud-
for the Augusta and Savannah monopo
lies and run an indiscriminate tilt against
I the up-country banks. The. result is shown 1
; in another hasty rotveat.
YY'iio Steaks First?—In the advertising )
j columns of a New Y ork cotemporary we j
| find the following notice : and we have not j
j the slightest doubt that Amy and her $80,-
I 000 are by this time buried beneath a pile j
j of sweetly scented love letters :
“A young widow lady of prepossessing
I appearance, is desirous of forming a matri
monial alliance with a gentleman, lie mu-
high tide: and recently the ship Agues, of be well educated, of good disposition, and
Boston, drawing twenty-one feet of water,
and loaded with 300 tons of rail road iron,
went over the bar at ebb tide, and entered
the harbor without a pilot. It will be thus
seen that there is water enough on the bar
for the largest class vessel of war.
not over five feet ten inches in height.
Money is no object as -lie has $80,000 at
her own disposal, and no parents,
sincere in this advertisement. Communi
cations addressed to Amy, t uion Square
Post Office, will receive attention.”
ter
which
tide before morning, either with a pistol or
by poison. Mr. llurst, -.lie proj rietor, en
deavored to find one of his friends, in whose
hands he placed the note, who immediately
tv cut in search of him, and found him about
12 o'clock the same night, having in his
possession a pistol, wh'ch, upon being asked,
lie stated he had bought it to give to the
children ur home. The attention of his
friends have no doubt saved hi life for the
present. lie is laboring under great de
pression of spirit.-, brought m through a ,
severe attack of dyspepsia. YVe hope that
this notice (though no names are mentioned)
will call the attention of his parents to his
critical po-ition, .hat they may take such
measures as may be necessary in the case.
— Charleston Standard, 2*tb Inst.
Tvveaiy Mil*- Knee in Columbia, S. C.
The lovers of the sports of the Turf will
read the follow ing account of thc second
race of the kind, we are told, over run in
this country—five four mile beats. The
victor i- i wned in Nashville and has run
severa 1 races there:
CoNGAHEE -loCKEV Ol.UB Races, !
December 15, 1854. j
Font Mile Heats—Purse 8700—The
three entries for this day's race, were Griff. •
Edmondson, Ellen Ecausand Cordelui Reed. ,
Griff, was the favorite at long odds, a hun
dred to thirty being offered freely on him,
against the field. Griff. Edmondson won
Me track, took the lead, closely followed by
Cordelia Reed id. the first two miles; Ellen
Evans then made play, and succeeded in
lessening the distance between them, but
was unable to reach the horse, Griff, win
ning the heat with cm idorable ease bv
three or four lengths. Ellen Evans comma:
in second. Time 8.01.
The result of till.- heat gicatly increased
die confidence in the horse, and the race
was considered by his backers as won. Af
ter the usual delay the three started again.
Griff taking the lead, closely pressed by both
the marcs, Ellen Evans running at him
tu
ple in law that no man is to be pronounced j v - ’fy 11 wouM be paia
guilty until evidence is produced of his *”■
guilt.” We are a Democrat, always have
been a Democrat and expect always to re
main so. We have never voted any othe"
nil never wiw.»
YYliig paper.
Dare you be as explicit and deny the auth
orship of the "Red Mouthed Democrat"
articles, or will you acknowledge the fact ?
YYc again pause for a reply.
Southern Commercial Cqn tenth ex.—
The Commercial Convention of thc South
ern States, which met in Baltimore in 1851,
at Memphis in 1852, and at Charleston in
1853, adjourned from the latter city to re
assemble in New Orleans on the second
Monday of January next. The City Coun
cil f New Orleans has directed the Mayor
to appoint a hundred delegates from the j
city, and to invite the Governors of South- :
ern States and the Mayors of Southern ott
io- to visit that city during thc- session of j
the Convention.
million atul upward yet it’ they were entered, tlis
duties -■ aid. mil sold at auction; not tlurty y"
cent, would 1 c realized: •< usequentiy, .as
<■ me to seek a market, mid are not or Ured :
fixed price, consequently thc value -.f the impure.
ic American cnr.suuici
- the proceeds of thc
cargo, tvuald !«• le<? than million of dull-
whereas ha l t.h • --.line amount ol‘ good- been or
de red at ‘uxeiipr: .. or imp rte 1 m i-.• tuito ■ i
to In returned would have u_ ■ upward- w three
ulilliou- 1 . I Uc.-e ion place: atlu tia usollUo 1 •-
o -..h\ for i : le an produi itjg their legitimate
effects upon the European factories, and thousands
ol artisans will
under the Mag- •
stagnation in tr:
ply the armies v
who are not killed in
over, he compelled t
pay thc expense- wh
pelted
flics— tilH:
nd this stagi
mil
iatiio will. :
return to
b their r r
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.-iiier
nr pi
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sup
11 the end thost
fter the fieht .
the shuttle an
al master.-- lutvi
incurred in their horrible amu.- •
The new from the Crimea i
fos, between the raging wind t
and sunk twelve or nftcen i ‘
audphe hay met ami ' omh-she
to v. liioli max lie added tlie hicl
ment.
e’o
ait have shattered
he allies’ w.-sels.
i ■ of ihe Ku-sians.
ment climate, the
ESP The travel has greatly increased re
cently upon under-ground Railroads, engi- j that this is
ncered by Abolition thieves, for the benefit j neither par
of runaway negroes. It is said that large
numbers of shu’es have mysteriously disap
peared from Kentucky and Missouri, recent
ly. Several parties, numbering from three
to five, have left the neighborhood of St.
Louis, and no trace of them can be found.
It is expected that they have found their
wav into Canada.
flower uidI riiivjtlrv t.r France nii'l Ithl
liiH'lare likely not only not to tcl;e hut
to Lull victims t‘> flint finality which ccins t.
await lliorc who altemi t t*j track thc
the Benr. The situation of those hrave sohli.-is
seems ‘’ouic-!mo£ Am ;• trap, ainl t ; extric-ik'
ill ■ *c‘lire v.u vl exertion ami *.\ . ( i ’o a ■«
t Hi to take So.aIt would eer-;
treat for pv.e e. sinee
i possess any very
The London 7.
Io Kossuth :■•;•! SHY '
,va- contained iu lm
them •
much
She i> ior tin? lirst two miles, when she dropped ent appearances tlie eauv
imuni- | behind, Cordelia Reed taking her place just ■ exciting than anv other
The democrats of Y’irginia seem to bo ful
ly aroused to the importance of exerting j have just learned
themselves to the utmost in behalf of their j " ith Austria, fly u
State ticket, headed by the lion. lien- i tPe ' 1 !l ."ainst rev
ry A. YY r ise for Governor. From vari- j
ous hints and insinuations thrown out by
their re--, ective newspapers, ii is quite pro
bable tha. the whigs and knownotliings will
combine in opposition to dir. \Y. ; who
greatly lost caste with the latter party by
his late denunciation of them. From pres-
anil pernu-ii-.-nt ailvantag
in a late tiam'ier, repli-s iu
something the ..me as v.a-
last, to-wit: that a- Kngkiml lm l al.-ufl-
ed the nationality of Scotland and uefam!, it
wa- not probahh- : b :i England would iiitenere to
prevent the irptiou of Hungary. N-w, ! 'rough
the tunes docs not h;, an\ mean.-represent the en
tire public opinion of England, vet it due; repre
sent the governmental opinion. So one for all
England will nut interfere; ou the oontrarv, -,v<
Tho Japan treaty is a mediation on behalf
of the civilized world. Our protest against •
the sound duties is of the same character.
It is not only proper, in reference to our !
i own interests, bur of those of humanity
and civilization, io make an effort, though
an abortive t-ne, to arrest thc strife. But it
is said that it is how too iate ; for, on both
sides, national pride and human passions
are exhibited, and tlie battle between civi
lization and barbarism is to be fought out.
Col. Benton has’done much by his lee- ;
i tarcs' a.t the North to give publicity and pop
ularity to hi- project fora Railroad from the
Missouri to the Pacific. But Congress ap- !
1 pears to have become indifferent to it. Mr. '
i owin’; •bill and Mr. Douglas’bill nitty'’ come 1
| up for discussion on the clay to which they ;
1 wete p- s'-pon. 1. and with thc aid of the re-
| ports of the government surveys of differ-
! ent routes. But, upon no proposed or eon- ;
J eeivable plan for the construction and man- :
t agement tff the rood can Congress now i
: agree. Col. Benton hag. no doubt, made a !
favorable impressinn at he North in favor J
i of :he ronte tfirougii Kansas. The 8011th-
ern people might {'refer the Texas route or :
a middle mure. But no route will be -elect- :
od and no j'rovtsion made for a road by the .
government i<J present. Tov.
Tin: Nev. Govkrnok or i xah.— s Col. Ed.
Jeuia-r >to] fee, whohas just been appointed
(•ovoiiior (if i tail, is about fl) years oi' age, 1
a nath e i f Y irginia. and a graduate of YY T est
Pi it;’. lie '.vti ■ a captain of . rtillery in tho
Mexican war, and was brevetted for gallant
■conduct at ChcpuRcpci- and Ccrro Gordo.
.1 letter in tiio Nev. Y vk /Wsttys:
' During the whole war he was an intimate
. friend of Gen. Pierce, and was greatly in
favor with the officers and soldiers, from -
whom, on account of h:s strict observance .
of the rules of the Episcopal (Jliuivh, to
which lie belongs, and bis general upright-:
. ne s, he received the title of "the immacu- •
late .Stcptue."
v 'olonei S. is at present at Great Salt Lake
Ciiy. oi command i-f over o'iu i nited States
! troojis, ttnd it is doubtful if he will consent .
to resign ins commission in the army to ac
cept the office of Governor. He is said to
boa man of remarkably handsome and com- j
. li.anding appearance, dignified manners,
and a very ready writer. His management
of tlie Mormons is said thus far to have ,
evinced o firmness and accommodation that |
have produced favorable impression upon a
class of people not easily pleased, lie is
the first of the “Gentiles’ that lias been hon .
ored by the hospitality of Brigham Young, j
who, however, may not bo so placably dis
posed after tlie arrival of the order for his i
removal.
A tig its ! a Races.
The annual Racing over
, . „ . _ Lafayette i
lei; a -‘iity Has Joei: stgaeii ■> bourse is nigh at hand, commencing on
!i the latter uo'.y r •- gtatran : ,he htli of January next, and-lasting during ;
the v. eek. Thc 1 ’urses offered are not only ;
good, considering the pressure of the times, j
but very creditable, andalready t here are on i
the ground a number of the finest stables tlie I
country can produce, a number more areex- !
unongthem i
insurrection, rim
leagued as umu
P'tm
Lilli,
million of doll
now. it soeuis, then,
will
Upwards of two thirds of the members
l iie Mails. J lie Columbia Times of elect to the New York Legislature are in fa-
x esterday says: Y\e bine been informed | V or of a prohibitory liquor law. and as the
that notwithstanding Mr. Post Master Camn- ,. “ 1 „ . ,
hell's injunction to Mr. Douglass, against! new Governor ls a ! so a Maraeac > therc ls
transporting the mails bj- the South'c'aro- doubt tiiat the Maine law will be put iu op-
Iiua Railroad, they will be conveyed by the craiton in that State in the enures of a few
Road if placed in the possession of Mr. moths.
Douglass, who insists (very projierly too)
that he is warranted by his contract to ear
ly the mails in any manner, so that thev
are promptly and properly delivered at the
points designated.
If Mr. Campbell persists in his obstinacy
and churlishness, and forbids the delivery
of thc mails to Mr. Douglass, or his agenN
under his circumstances, we will be cut off
from all mail communications, no arrange
ments having been made to cany the mails
by horse power.”
Erff ' A genteelly dressed man entered a
shooting gallery in New York on Saturday,
and asked for a loaded pistol, stating that
he desired to practice a little. Shortly af
ter he received the weapon he placed it
against Ins forehead and tired. The ball
entered the brain, but strange as it may an-
pcar. the missile was extracted and he was
still living ou Sunday night, although it
was nor thought possible he could survive
much longer.
A Calumny Reputed.—It was with no
tittle surprise and regret that we learned
yesterday that thc following telegraphic
dispatch, bearing ihe signature of a gentle
man of this city, had been bulletined a day
or two sienc in the Merchants’ Exchange,
New York:
“Trust no one in Charleston.
It is true, that ill common with our sist
cities, there has been more or less string- j
ency recently in our money market, and
that some four or fiive firms have had to .
succumb to the pressure of the times, but
that the credit of our cit}' has suffered it,
the least through these circumstances we!
most indignantly deny—indeed, we know ;
of no city whose commercial interests arc
founded on a firmer basis than ours : and :
when the tempest shall have hilled, >1 will
he seen and acknowledged that the me'-
chants oi Charleston have not only firmly
and honorably withstood its blasts, but
gained iucreased contidenec with the com
munity.—Ch Cour."
Suspension of the Columbia Insurance
Company, Columbia.—YVe regret to learn
(says thc Cnarleston't'oio A/-) that at a meet
ing of the Stockholders of this Company,
held in Columbia on Saturday, it was detev-
minded to suspend business for the present,
and to receive and pay n , money until fur
ther notice. Recent losses, we learn, have
led to this result. In the meantime we would
urge all who may be insured in this office
at once to effect new politic- of insurance
elsewhere.
Music r.v Steam.—In a short time the
bellows i t the great orgaa in Tiemont Tem
ple. Boston, it is stated will iie worked. Ly
tscam. The engine ami skuhmg.avc alrea
dy set up.
BCi-., The 3ven per ous 1 it of 13,532 vo
ters in tho city of Mexico, who dared to vote
against Santa Anna’s retention in power,
have been sent to prison. \\ hat a mockery
of freedom.
jgs'.ijf*- Chicago is the greatest grain expos
ing city in the universe, having during the
past v ear exp^ted 13,720,728 bushels of
pryg^nd barley. Her expori>
Yori
bushels, those St. Louis by more than
two hundred and fifty -per cent—those ■ i'
Milvvakee nearly liiur pci cent. Turning to
the great granaries of Europe, < ‘hicago near
ly doubles St. Petersburg, tlie largest, and
exceeds Galatz and Ibralia. combined, 4,408-
727 bushels.
in tlie rear of tine horse. Upon the quarter
stretch of the last mile, Griff' still ahead,
swung out some fc-c-t from the inside, and
was closely pressed by Mr. Campbell’s mare.
v\ lien about the distance stand she attempt
ed to puss him on tine outside, but the di
rection given the horse by his rider com
pelled her to fall behind, when she again at
tempted to pa s Um on tfie inside, but tlie
rider of the horse changed his course, fi irc-
iug the mare almost against the fence, and
came out ahead by half a length. There
was a universal cry of foul riding and tlie
that
be more
hitherto
taken place in the Old Dominion.
Four bales of Jethro cotton, raised by Mr.
Thus. Raines of Crawford county, Ga., late
ly sold in Macon at nine cents per pound,
at a time when other descriptions of the ar
ticle would scarcely command seven cents.
The Jem rued remarks that the extra price
was given ou account of the superior fine
ness of the staple of the Jethro cotton, and
thiks that planters who look closely to their
ution and
again is conservative royally
against what the Hungarian e:
of I hr people*.”
There is a rumor hero tin'
tTtilltqiagos Islands from the
ment for the sum of thn
what for, nobody seems ti
we are to have a part of Uayti, the Sandwich Is
lands, and ! suppose some land from Russia, near
Bin an.: Straits, it would save a deal of iightino
if we were t • imy Constantinople, besides posse-s
ing a good place to send I lie Movmous to. Presi
dent Pierce seems an enterprising man and tha
suggestion may do good. There is no doubt but
ii i- much cheaper in the end to purchase territory
than to conquer it, and certainly, after n ailing tin-
carnage ol Alma and Inkermann, there is no doubt
upon the score of humanity.
By the arrival of 'he steamship Ucorge Law
we have late advice's from the Pacific and ono
million four hundred and . ixty-one thou-
treasure, which latter i:- very acceptable to lit
lews will, no
Stewards appointed for the purpose report- own interests would do'well to notice this bankers aod **"&•**> whib ? • he
ed lOUi ndur*' to the ?udices, who decided P mi , , . . ; doubt, qratilY vour readers i^encraliy.
nn .nin n.K- „ .i, * . c f i ’ „, A fact. J hat paper says “the diirercnee is m I 53
the horse Ll his rider'otf the track an3 theVoc-tl planted, and inthc carebestowed iu j ,Uc ki ' " a
tite heai r«> Cordelia Keed. line: the prices it commands. i , , .
. i»— 1 i :n.i; snrwUinff*. J.hi* times lire too ‘iiili
>.o<.
The race \. a.-= now a very doubtful one,
and although (k-uelia had the advantage
of tt heat, few were willing to give anv odds
upon her. The start for this he-.-.f was a
very fair one, and both mares dashed oft'
Humanity in the City.—In this new i
n of all
tabbing
hooting. The times are too dull to indulge
tlie legal luxury oi’ a, kick or a row, and comsc-
’ bout our entire
| qucutly peace and quiet prevail
has again realized the expectations, of his
many admirers—that lie has given us a
side by side, and seemed unwilling r<> nart-great book. The sermons which fill this
company, running; lock and lockfor the first
three ar.d a half miles, Cordelia Be- 3 gen
erally a neck ahead, but now and then com
pletely covered by Ellen—ou the quarter
stretch of the last mile, Ellen succeeded in
obtaing a slight advantage, and man famed
it to tiio stiin_,, winning the last only bv
one length. Time, 8:14.
Three I.cats had already been mu and
the race was doubtful as ever both having
v;in a lie?.;. Ihe advantage which Ellen
had gained last heat not being considered
decisive, since she had to contend against a
YY agner, whoso owner declared would can
tor as long as any other nag in the world.
The result justified his opinion. The start
was perfectly fair and the heat very similar
throughout to the last one, thc mares run
ning together in a most friendly manner,
until the last qu
took tlie lead for some distance, but was un
able to maintain it. Ellen Evans gaining
slowly upon her, succeeded in locking her
just as theyreaehed the string. The Judges
decided that it was a dead heat. Time
Jutle
volume, are written with immediate ! dcr s .i!in
reference to his own city, and tlie every-dav ' stocks (22) -how
Daring tho j.ti^l year there i.tive been lnum-hod
at this port ll 1 ) vessel.-, with :i tonnage of 70,-
111, i ; ... tL-se being steu-oers and the remain-
rhe present number ui> the
e -.-rea-e ill ISf-b computed
-t -lllllll;
t every -day !
scenes of New York life, but they arc filled | ; ' !C - vcf,r
with truths that belong to ail places—3Ir. ! ,,
Railroad from Griefix xo Covington.—
< hapm has a aue, earnest soul, which finds = An adj()Urned me eting will be held in Griffin
in the scenes that lie along his daily walks (fa., on the first Tuesday in January for
sufficient materials for his masierfy eloquence, 1 the purpose of considering the property of
and in the direct appeal which he here makes connecting Covington with Griffin by rail-
to our “humanitv.” we believe that he will '' vu 3 - ^ ie committee who hate the matter
, , , " ‘ i in charge, suggest that “tuts road, it built,
i... muo i guot - - vvill be th.e means of liringing about a oon-
No one will read these eight sermons, j nectioii, railroad, between Griffin and Co-
without feeling that the\’ have made him I Iambus, and thus form thc most direct line
bettor, and that there is in them, a true ; of travel between ihe north and thc soutn,
philanthropy, which rises alien e all narrow ; fKrough our State. a hey a\so_ add that
- A , - , . . I ‘-the prospect of an early completion oi the
c-ocus. and which commends itself to every , MoW | e fe^irard Railroad suggests the h.i-
\\ c would congratulate the publish- i p 0rta nce of prompt action on tlie subject
\\ itr T-*iirpimnrl-; tlm.f tViov li:iv#> ’ .>.nin«r il.o •
heart.
rter, when Cordelia Heed ers (De YYitt and Davenport) that they have j feeing the shortest and most direct route
given us so rich a volume, and that they ! between the cities of Charleston and Mo
have sent it out in a dress worthy of the | and , consequently, between the two
content- ' ! great termini of nothern and southern travel,
| New York and N. Orleans, tlie project is
Mr. John Jones, formerly a collector f-v I one weft worthy the consideration ‘of all
on or near tins lino of com
iixieen miles had now been run and both fy'-'-uguma “ iiu,ui ut;c
res were evidently much distressed, still broken by the falling of his horse, at Alex-
tiiose residin'
munication.”
"Hen. YVhitfield. the delegate to Con
gress from Kansas is said to be about six
. I'cet five inches high in his stockings : is of
powerful proportions, has a fine, open coun
tenance beaming with intelligence, and is
about forty years old. He is a native of
Tennessee, and is by nature and education
qualified to lead the pioneers of a new
country.
SgL. Col. Bentoi: has been engaged lately
in delivering lectures in the northern cities,
upon his project for a Kail road to the Pa
cific. The shock which the monetary sys
tem of the world has lately undergone, will
postpone the formation of the scheme to an
indefinite period.
Price of Lagos; at tile North andSolth.
Jt is strange that while there is such a de
cline in price of white lab at the North,
there continues to Le a scarcity of slave la
bor at the South, where prices are exorbitan
tly high. The last Norfolk Aran .-ays:
' “In both town and county, servants of
different ages bring very high prices.
“Corn-field” hands readily command $150.
in the citv, cooks and house servants arc in
great demand, the prices being $50 to $75.’
Thc New York Eryrc. s refers to ti late
sale of slaves in Virginia, where, a woman,
and a child eight months old, brought
$1,310, and says it is like the ground,”
and must produce a re-action. It adds:
“$1,310 for a negro woman and child
gives an interest, at 7 per cent, of $91 <0—
and this, with life insurance, 3 per cent.,
$3'J 3U taxes, doctors’ bills, and clothing
and food, must run up the cost of such a
negro to at least $225 per arntm. Notv we
pay for our woman scran Is from
per
, A . * l' —* .7%,— ............ II ....... ... ..Itll
lciem-e in case any one should attempt to . the woman if they were given to u«. The
rob .inn. Shortly after his mother called South cannot, then, it is certain, stand for
him next morning, she heard five report of; any length of time this sort of competition
BQL- Nearly five hundred men, compris
ing some from each of the mechanical de
partments and laborers, were discharged
from the Norfolk Navy Y’ard last week.—
Only about eight hundred remain in the
Yard.
The YVeatheu.—YVe had another decided
touch of winter on Thursday night, thc
mercury ranging considerably below the
freezing point. The weather continued
most uncomfortably cold yestcreav.
Robert Allen, a New York butcher, on ...
retiring; to bed recently, placed a loaded pis- per month—which averages only
tin under Ins pillow fortlie purpose of self- annum. Childern wc would not take
it was impossible to decide who should have
the purse without another heat, and who
would be thc winner no oneeould tell. The
time of this heat was necessarily very slow,
and during the greater portion of it thc
mares seemed merely to gailop. Ellen Ev
ans took the lead but was beaten under thc
■string of the second mile. She succeeded in
passing Cordelia Reed on the back stretch
of the third mile, but was again beaten un
der the string, she again succeeded in pass
ing on tlie back stretch of the fourth mile
but was again beaten under the string.—
Cordelia. Reed winning the heat and race.—
Time 1113.
The Massachusetts Bank, Boston, was
chartered in 178-4— seventy years ago—and
it i-- the oldest bank in the State of Massa
chusetts,'and with one exception the oldest
in the United States—tho Bank of North
America, in Philadelphia, being the only
•mo chartered at at?earlier date.
amlria, Ga. last Wednesday, while ridi: .
race with a friend. He only survived n lev
moments after the accident.
■ Death or Ex-Gov. DoRR.-Thuuias YY.Dorr
whose connection with a sort of political rc-
hellion in Rhode Island, some years ago,
’ rendered him notorious, died on Wednesday
, T . T i morning last, after a long and'painful III-
Important Decision or the Insurance ; a ’ ° 1
llOsS.
Companies.—The New 1 ork Supreme Court!
has recently declared the division of notes Texas L\nds— Emigration.—A corres-
of Mutual Insurance Companies into class- pendent from Guadeloupe county, lcxas,
es illegal and void: consequently assess- ; writing on business, adds the following post-
meats made by the.-e companies, discrimi- i script:
Rating between these classes, are of no ef-
;; „vau- ■ ported by the first of no t week, a
[he - Col. Boyden & Cheatham’s string, with Au- j
gusta’s favorite Highlander, at its head, j
Col. Moore's string, with the Maul of Or- j
leans and Magrath at its head. Mr. Young’s
string, consisting of Ned Black, John Hop
kins and others, and Col. IS. Williams, with •
his three colts.
From present appearances wo have every i
prospect of a good week’s racing, and sue!) ;
of our country friends as have time, and are '
fund of the sports of the Turf, wc think can
enjoy themselves during the week by paying j
our city a visit.— Augusta Constitutionalist. :
Tin. Monster Lump of Gold in San j
Francisco—Tile Largest in hie YVorld.— ;
! Au immense lump of quartz gold lias been |
4 in j found in Calaveras County weighing 101 i
pounds, or 2,507 ounces avoirdupois. Esti- j
mating it to contain 20 pounds of quartz I
; rock, which is a large allowance, in the !
opinion of experienced persons who e.xamin-!
ed it, the actual weight of the gold in it will j
be ill pounds, or 2,250 ounces avoirdupois |
i tho value of which at $17.25 per ounce, j
; would be $38,0 iii. This is the largest nug- j
; get of pure gold ever found in California or j
in the world! It was brought down to this !
! city yesterday by Adams and Co., and will !
. Lo shipped to the Atlantic Slates in thestea-!
mer to day. The proprietors of it were so
excited by their good lack that they sat up
beside their treasure night and day on its
way here. Mr. 1’erkins, one of thc Gompn-
; ny to whom it belongs, states that it was tn-
I keu out in Calaveras county, on YVednesday
evening 23d, just .ls the Company were
i about quitting work for the day, lie would
not give any particulars in regard to where
the claim is located, except that it is in the
county above named. The company eon-
; sists of four Americans and one Swiss. Mr
i Perkins belongs to Lexington, Kentucky,
and for the past two years, although he has
labored hard, was not very successful, never
having more than $2(J0 at any one time du
ring that period. The length of this im
mense mass is about fifteen inches, and its
width from live and. one half to six inches.
! As one side is extremely irregular and une
ven in its -formation, it is difficult to arrive
at the exact thickness, but it will probably
average four inches. The other side is al
most Hat and presents a solid mass of pure
gold; the only quartz perceivable is on tlie
upper or ragged side, and some pieces are so
!< osely imbedded in the precious metal that
with the aid of a pointed instrument, they
, might be easily removed. The whole mass
at some period, has a apparently been in a
i fused state.
Breaking Through the Ice.—QnTuesday
afternoon last, at Albany, N. Y'. the Hudson
River Railroad Sleigh, containing twenty
passengers, broke through the ice while
' crossing the river, submerging thc horses,
sleigh and passengers. Au, however, were
rescued—Mrs J. Reynolds and niece, of
, Hudson, and Mrs. E. YY. Wilson, of New
York, just as they were sinking.
feet, and will probably not be honored by
the makers. This is a most important de
cision, and will be very extensively felt in
the business world.
‘Our country j Western
up with great rapidity.
Texas) is iiiling
Jenny Lind.—Rumor says that this great
The population artiste has been applied to by Lumloy to
coming in seems to be of the best class, (not open his next season, and that.she has asked
‘first families, ) but men in easy eircifeastan- for a little tirne for deliberation’. Her. own
ces, ancl who know the value of. good land, j ig boIh ed to be
Produce is abundant at lair pne
A dispatch from YVashington says there [ Beef *24 to 3c on loot, and Potatoes 50 to 75c
... . - • - -- U( j L
owing entirely
Corn I luc;i ,B oouvcll to uo against re-appearing m
orcra, but her husband (who is very avari-
British Shids of War at Grevtown.—
The YVashington Union of yesterday says:
By a private letter from Grey town dated
December (itli, we learn that two English
_ the Pennsylv
nia Legislature as their candidate for Unit
ed States Senator.
uo ’■ ed in London, she drew great houses and
is a report in that city that the Rev. YV. Tif- , per busin 1.
limy, of Carlisle, is to be supported by the S20 per acre, .. _ . _ „
Know Nothing members of the Pennsylva- quality, and amount of improvements on it. , ma j 0 vast profits ; but now she would be
Excellent farms can oc bought hero a tins • t ud l uJ d b calmer criticism, I
time, with some improvment, nfc siu nor . . . . dt- , •"
acre.
It is said that ihe committee on foreign
relations of Congress will report in favor of
making the Government of die Hague rev ,
The writer consider and modify their action in the Gib-
$k> pet ( | on q think that Jenny Lind will re-appoar
in opera, says gossiping London-correspon-
LtiY’ There is a Washington rumor oi a ’-(ont-i of’fie New York Sunday Times.
negotiation pending between Austria, Spain pfT' Although Clark has been officially
and the United States, tho facts involved iu • declared Governor elect of New -York, the
the weapon, and on entering tho room found in labor; and. the cost of the negro slave ; frigates are lying at that place J .
him lying dead, with a bullet iu his head, j must come down decidedly down: and bonce adds, that the object of this visit by English j son case, even if coercive measures become . which, it is said, will be ’made public in Albany Atlas contends that Seymour is le-
He had accidentally shot himself. | we give the warning, ‘stand from under.” I vessels is uot known. * i necessary for that purpose. i about a fortnight, i gaily elected by 243 majority.
’ The Revtolntlon In Pern.
The steamship Bolivia arrived at Panama
on the Gth inst., bringing 31 passenger^,
§350,000 in treasure, and the British mails.
Our dates are from Valparaiso to the 15th
from Callao to the 25th, and from Guyaquil
to the 30th November.
From Peru the news is interesting. YVe
learn from a private letter, datedTslay, 20th
Nov., that Domingo Elias gave battle to Gen
eral Moran near Arequipa. The former had
1,200 men, 1,000 of whom were either killed
or'wounded, and Elias narrowly escaped.
The government troops under General
Echinique were daily losing ground, and it
appears to be the general opinion that they
cannot hold out much longer against
Castila, who had approached close to Lima.
Parties of disappointed Americans contin
ue to return from the Amazon in the grea
test distress, and all of them give the same
discouraging accounts regarding the discov
ery of gold iu that region.
The Peruvian papers, even the Callao
News, appear to be all perfectly shackled
regarding politics, as not a word they say is
in reference to the present aspect of affairs.
’Fiie Progressu of Guayaquil assures us
that the Bolivian Congress has authorized
President Belzu to carry on war against Pe
ru, and has also instructed him to increase
his army to 0,000 men, independent of the
national guard, which is to be organized at
the same time.
We learn further that Belzu had banish
ed Gen. Hacho, and twenty other persons of
note from thc country.
Another Calumny Refuted.
At the request of many of our subscribers
we republish the subjoined paragraphs
which appeared on thc fourth page of
YYedneseay’s Courier, in our usual synopsis
of the state of the money market.
The Montgomery, Ala., Mail of Thursday
says:
“ Intelligence was received here yester
day that notes on the Banks of Camden,
y he raw and Georgetown, South Carolina,
were no longer redeemed in Charleston,—
This news created some distrust among
bankers here, and some of them, in conse
quence, reject the notes not only of the in
stitutions named, but all of alt interior South
Carolina Banks. This is suicidal policy.—
There is not e\en a rumor that these notes
are not redeemed at their own counters.—
Until then, it is creative of unnecessary
distrust, and promotive of very bad conse
quences to use them.”
We are deeply indebted to the Mail for
its prompt defence of our Banking Institu
tions. and can assure it that wc have e: ory
reason to believe that they arc beyond sus
picion. The stockholders are liable to
double the amount of their subscriptions,
and there is no instance, we believe, on
record of any bill holders ever having suf
fered from the failure of a bank in this
State, consequently the citizens of other
States need have no fear relative to the pro
duce of accepting any of our promises to
pay.— Eds. Courier
l’o this we would merely add that the
notes of all our interior banks are taken
freely not only at the banks in this city.,
but by our citizens throughout the State-,
and for our own part, we shall he mast hap
py to receive as many as may be sent us in
payment for what is already due us, or for
few supscriptions.— Charleston Courier.
fTlic Hmmted Bachelor.
A 1‘AP.ODY,
Once upon a midnight stormy, n lone bachelor At
torney
Pondered many a curious volume of his heart'«
forgotten lure:
YV liito he nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there
came a tapping,
As of -omo one gently rappiue, rapping at hi.-
chambor door.
“ Tis the spirits and ho stoned, “nipping at my
chamber door.
“Oh! for help! I'm frightened sore.
Then into his chamber flitting, not even once per
mitting
lie should fly into the closet, or, should get be
hind the door-;
Came the ghosts of fond hearts h ikon, (with many
a ring and other token.]
And they sat thorn-down beside him on the dusty
' book-strewn floor,
8at them down amid the volumes (if most venera
ble lore.
Quoth the Lawyer, “What a bore!”
“Ic must be something serious this is certainly
“Mysterious,
Quite nn ‘advent’ of the Spirits'—resurrection
con amove
But, I understand them mostly,”—here there came
a rap so ghostly
That he could no more descmble ns he had done
therefore,
And bis face grew pale and paler, and ho started
for the door,
Down lie fell upon the floor.
Then therc came a clatter, clatter and his teeth be
gan to chatter
As the ‘Spirits’ gathered round him ami aecused
him very sore,
IIow with handsome face all smiling,and with win
ning words beguiling,
He had charmed away the sense of fair maidens by
the score,
And each lass had fondly fancied that 'twas her
lie did adore,
Quoth the Lawyer, “Nevermore.”
Startled at tho stillness broken by reply so aptly
spoken,
For the answer, strange euough, quite a relevan
cy bore,
They began a noisy rapping, sort of spiritual clap
ping.
Which tlie lawyer thought could bo butafaskiou-
ablo encore,
And, again, as if his soul in that one word he would
outpour,
Did ito groan out, Nevermore.”
Presently, his sou I, grew stronger, besitnting then
no Ginger,
“Oh,” said he, “Sweet ‘spirits,’ truly your for
giveness I implore,
On my kuces to every ghostess who Love has play
ed the hostess,
I will promise then to leave me ?” hero lie pointed
to the door,
Rappod the Spirits, “Nevermore.”
“Be that word our sign of parting,” said the hapless
wright, upstaring,
“Ilic ye hence into tlie darkness, seek ye out some
distant shore
In the noisy camp of forum, in the lonely sane s««c-
tonim,
Such ghastlyly, grim, ungainly guests were never
seen before.
Leave-jay loneliness unbroken,’’ here he opened
wide tlie door,
Rapped the Spirts “Nevermore.”
So these vixen guests of evil, 'Spirits’ still, through
most uncivil,
They will never leave the Lawyer, though in tears
he may implore
At his falso heart ever tapping, they are rapping
rapping, rapping.
And ho wishes, oh, vainly, that his haunted life,
life were o'er,
And ho often sighs, “Oh. could I but recall tho days
of yore,
l would jt in, ah, Nevermore.”
Tho YVashington Star states, that the
Patent Office being constantly in the receipt
by mail of sums of $30 for applications for
patents, which, coming from all quarters of
the country in local bank bills, cannot be
deposited in the Treasury of the United
States, was in the habit of depositing the
notes in thc banking house of Selden, With
ers A- Co., (hawing out at times, as required:
so that when the house tailed the patent of
fice had some §7,000 on deposit in that way.
The Star adds, that as the government is a
preferred creditor, thc money will be recov-
ered.
Mr. Macaulay, the historian, is said to
have made an important discovery of a
mass of Stuart papers, relating to a period
immediately anterior to the death of Queen
Anne. This will delay the appearance of
his new volnmes-
MAKSIE1).
In Monticello, (.la., on the morning of the 21
ult., by the Rev. A. E. Cloud, A. W. Jones,
Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Sarah, youngest daughl
of Maj. J. Pearson, of the former plant
