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BY RUGGLES & HOWARD.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY J5VENING, APRIL 19, 1855.
VOL. VI. NO. 47.
THE ATLANTA INTELLIGENCES
Dally, Tri.ywkly«a< Weakly.
BY RUGGLES k HOWARD.
W. 13. RUGGLES,
T. C. HOWARD
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Fwrtker per Steamer Baltic-
Storming of the Malakoff Redoubt.—Des
cribing the recent storming of a Russian re
doubt by the French, the London Times
says, editorially:
“It appears by the last accounts that the
purpose of the Allied generals is still fixed
on the prosecution of the siege by means of
a bombardment, 'followed by an assault.—
Two experimental attacks have been made
by the French in two different ways, and
serve to show that it is not easy to gain an
advantage over our indefatigable antagonist.
It appears from both the Russian and French
reports that on the night of the 21st of Feb
ruary the Russians succeeded in throwing
up with great rapidity a new redoubt on
the right bank of the careening harlior.
[From the X. Y. Day Book.]
Sketches of the Sew York Press.
[Continued.)
Another member of the New York Press,
almost os conspicuous as the editor of the
Herald, is Mr. Greeley, the “responsible”
editor of the Tribune. As the organ of the
powerful political faction, seeking delibe
rately to revolutionize the theory and prac
tice of our government, the Tribune is well
worthy of consideration.
Mr. Greeley has, throughout life, had the
benefit of a lucky misurderstanding of his
real character. He is a printer by occupa
tion ; and whilst learning to set up para
graphs, he also learned to construct them,
i Being originally without any other kind of
! education, especially in everything apper-
Within forty-eight hours Gen. Canrobert __
resolved to force this new position, and the j naTurally acquired'“a hatred*of them,and
attack was made before the. work had been j 0 p en ]y avows his contempt for every form
completed. A large body of French troops i 0 f art _ thinks p( , etg ought to be sent to
uad ® r Monet, advanced in the night Blackwell's Is l and _goes to the Opera and
of the 23d against tins redoubt. The Zou- j ostentatiously sleeps through the divinest
strains of Bellini and Donizetti—boasts of
aves rushed upon the entrenchments with
the utmost bravery—a sanguinary contest
ensued, which cost nearly 500 of these ad
mirable soldiers.
The Russian infantry regiments of Se-
leughinski and Volhynia, under General
Kroustchoff, defended the work with great
MONDAY, APRIL 16.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE
SHIP
ference whatever in the merits of pictures.
Finding that the reputation for personal
eccentricity, answered an excellent purpose
in giving him notoriety, he has carefully
j cherished and nursed it on all occasions—
although I am fully convinced that, in his
mivCTiiwrs u swioii steadiness, and after a severe contest the
limited to their own immediate and regular bu»L I French column was compelled to retreat.— j own inmost heart, J lio is not in the least
aou. I This unfortunate result has been attributed . aware that he is different from other men,
Professional Cards not exceeding six lines, $15 < to several causes; the disclosures by spies 1 an( j considers it all a joke in which the pub-
per annum. I of the French plan of attack, the fire of the i j| c obstinately persist
ssr®a»®5s ““-- i * zz fJsz,! a mss;
Advertisement* inserted in the Weakly paper j oatbe part of one portion of t!he assailants , p ar t 8 , Mr. Greeley occupies a position of
only will he charged at. former rate*.
SATURDAY, APRIL. 14. Crimea «ke Grave of Klagi.
—...... . . —- j For thirty centuries, this fertile land has
Be Fereigaer Eligible to oSet la Maa ! been die grave of race after race, and dy- j S „ 1H _
•aehmaetta. i nasty, after dynasty.who have invaded it ™ T°o Oft.a
Boston-, Monday. April 9. j one after another. But now it may prove j b ® under g ro «nders m Virginia attempt-, **
A resolution was passed in the Senate to- | a death-blow to many dynasties at once, and , _ pitrvy the force of the charge brought | L
day, with but only one dissenting vote, that 1 to the present monarchical institutions of! against their candidate for Governor, that he
no foreigner shall be eligible to office. ! the old world. Certain it is these never i should have said that “ the decline of Vir- \AT A QlITATr T’OIV
desperate expedition of the Emperor Louis I countr J e°uld be prosperous with a slave New York, April 12, P. M.
Napoleon to the Crimea. Why does he ■! population,” by replying that the Demo- ! The American steamship Washington has
propose to go? Because he was the author ; cratic party had endorsed Flournoy since j arrived from Southampton, bringing Liver-
of the expedition to Sebastopol, and cannot, j he uttered these objectionable words i p0 ° l dates to tho 27th ult -
" ben cbe charged the! , “’‘T? C ? U °* M * rket
taken, or France would to in insurrection, ; .iHate of the Know Nothin ^ fm Richardson s circular quotes cotton firm,
and his dynasty at an end in less than six ! candidate ot the Know Nothings for ( and unc h an ged in prices. The sales of the
weeks—perhaps in less than a week. Un- j Lieutenant Governor with having voted ! three days reached 26,000 bales, of which
less Sebastopol falls, which is very doubtful, | for the abolition of the slave trade in the j speculators took 3,000 and exporters 2,500
he falls, without much doubt. , District of Columbia, the friends of Beale ! ba les.
A revolution in France lost now would . , ,. , . , Provisions Breadstuff's remained un-
have a more damaging effect on thrones j J?™ 1 * 1 hl “ b * ur S in S tbe argument. , Ranged ' cknal^Sur is seufne aHls 2d-
generally, than that of February, 1848.—j What now wiU the country think of both j new f t 36s. 8d; Southern at 43. 4d.; new
39s. @.41s. White wheat is Belling at 11s.
10d. (a), 128. 6d. Prime red 10s. 6d. @ 11s.
3d. Corn steady at 42s. @ 43s.
London Money Market.—Consols closed at
93.
The Political Newt.
The latest accounts from Vienna state
until we shall have “ Disability Bills” pass
ed against foreigners and Catholics that in
truculence and extravagance will leave Eng
lish persecution out of sight. Of course j of the expedition to Sebastopol, and cannot,
this thing must go on just in this way wher
ever this pseado-Americanism has achieved
any thing. The temptation to test the
strength of the order will be irresistable
wherever it has secured the least foot-hold,
and until reverses overtake it, it will advance
from one aggression to another—from one
savage caprice to another, until every hust- j | b “n France and^EngUnd" were -7 seriously of these nominations and of their anti-
mgs shall become a battie ground andrevolv- | estranged, and.yet L i* brought^ theEnglish I 8 ] a very proclivities when it is proved upon
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being incapable of distinguishing any dif- \ ® rs become as necessary a household neces- to the verge of revolution.
warm rcuTnathiaa tbe i Beale that, since Tie has been nominated by
warm sympathies of the two nations m j vy . , * , „ . J
their close alliance would occasion a far I ^ 8 "’ ie ias “tiered the following
more serious effect to arise from such an j decidedly Southern opinion of slavery;
event. At this moment, too, the eyes of the ; “ The great prime cause of tho degenera-
ity as knives and forks.
No folly can be more extreme than the
notion that if the K. Ns. succeed they can,
or wiU attempt to, segregate the foreign English nation are opened, as never before, j cy of Virginians the existence iu he? midst j ^afclhe’co'nfcrenceir^unsatisia'ctorv 1 * The
population, or the Catholics either, from | tothe miserable mismanagement of affairs, j of the institution of slavery. It is slavery j allies do not insist on the (demolition of Se-
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FRIDAY, APRIL 13.
The Independent Press.
This paper has been discontinued for the
present on account of the tightness of the
times and the bad health of the editor. Un
less the credit system is abolished, a goodly
number of our cotemporaries must follow
suit.
T hen why will not the influential
who are said to have left the Zouaves to i Importance. His paper employs a great
bear the brunt, of the engagement. We many persons of considerable ability,
are unab.e to determine with certainty Amongst its contributors, is the Count de j
what amount of truth there may be in these Garowski, whose hobby is the unity of the !
statements, but it is undoubtedly true that! p an Slavonic race, and who cannot believe j
their American partisans. If the war cry,
“ down with Popery—death to foreigners,”
is now potent enough to take the under
ground party into power, the attempt will
in the next place be made to try the same
sort of discipline for the miserable, vile
loco-focos that gave those people who would
not let Whigs “ rule America,” such aid
and comfort. And why not pray ? If men
are to be suffered to simplify some of their
the Russians appear to have expected the that there will ever be any real happiness j future political difficulties by the disfranchise
attack, and had occupied the position with j j n tbe wor id ( until the dominion of the Czar j nient of one class that has occasioned
a small army, rather than with a detach- 0 f B uss ; a j s extended all over Christendom. | troub i e wbv not do tbe +hini? for the
ment in proportion to its extent. On the i Another contributor is Mr. Fry, who finds j 1^"“ ’_"_ y do the «ime thmgfor the
side of the French the force consisted of on- ; j n science of music an analogy of ere-!
arising directly and avowedly from the in* -j that has done the evil.”
capacity of the aristocracy. The people The Parkersburg News asserts that such
have lost all faith in this whole class throgh-! . ,
out the country. Nothing but some splen- I was the language employed by this man
did victory can re-establish them in even j Beale, not two weeks since, in an address to
decent credit. A decided failure, and they ' the people.
sink irretrievably. Hence England and The London Times, too, though a long
Fr T^ C Pn»l«nH W iha !^if£* i wa J 8 off to know anything about a party so I liave maintained their'positions.
iS.fu^ d m?v e am PffiLflSldiieetyth. K. N’s., sLis to L/fbr been considerable sltir.Lhing, b
bastopol, but propose disagreeablee terms to
Russia.
On the 7th of March the Russians attack
ed the entire liue of the allies before Sebas-
J topol, but were repulsed with great loss.
The actual condition of things at Sebasto
pol remains unchanged. The Russians
There had
faith. ancTwe may add, personal h 0 nor,“has ! a,8Creet as ttle ^ems to hope for ; but without
destroyed all mutual confidence among the j “ ater . ial aid fro “ tlle “ Americans " i Ltensive preparations were being made
governing classes, and each man of them | in defeating the plots ot tho “ slave power” iu Constantinople for the rceception of Na-
trusts more to his_wits than to his integrity for bringing Cuba into the Union. This all : poleon.
deserted hSolle^uestn ^hf “h^uJ S : 8eemS 9ignificant ’ but if U has J ust ha PP en ' aud 3ec , 0I ‘. d tb 5 peace
ly half a brigade of Zouaves, 1,600 strong, j ation a&d hopes to gee the time wben man . | with it, every fellow who opposed you, a
battalions of Marines,^ 2,300 strong, • k ; n( j B ball all be arranged in counterpoint, ! nuisance and a
with a chromatic melody in si:
! resent the progress of society
! fection. Mr. Dana, another c
unfortunate Zouaves fell into a regular am-; thinks thftt thc only hope of humanity
ger, and yet he is reinstated in office, direct- j «* 80 we would a little more easy if j ThetiS ^hicSSid to ^ tScriSl'
fy after having forfeited pubUc honor Be- ; sometimes K. N influences would just hap- j wiU , it is thought, occupy the Congress for
rt _ tween Lord Palmerston and the confidence pen to set pro-slavery-wise. ! several days. ' S
and 400 volunteers, in all less than 4,500 ; ad'.rematTc'^7loSy“inlix'flats,''to re"^ ; suffident r^" S o"nITn Xn IranoutW ^ \ fo^Jtote'SS We have seen ft^tated^har'with the ex- j P^eea to send 50,000^additional^troops to
The Russians were lO.OOO strong, and the j fection.^^Fr^ana, another^of the edlffi’ j R d * C ! are *^ b ? ° ur that if th ® ! B * 80me tbis was regarded as an insult put I ception of the Episcopal Church, the religi- j forenc™^^
nity re-! K - N s - triumph, their principles must, of j upon royalty, as an excuse for lus own per- , 0 us denominations of Alabama refused to ! portion.
J " ’ ' ’ Hence Queer Victoria has tried 1- I Sardinia is in tho English market fora
. . a » d l^r of^^taS^eS I f h K I f^’ ^^urce^fore 3 | ^ ^ ^ ^
highly respectable authority of the Times the redoubt and held one half of it against j tracing efc, would hold up both hands | and cursed with the fires of persecution, for i Charles Wood, it i
be more energetically exercised to bring
about so salutary and necessary a reform ?
We are much of the opinion of a gentleman
once honorably connected with the Columbus
press, when he said, by way of giving us a
warning against embarking in the risky
fortunes of tho “ press gang,” that it was
very doubtful if all things considered one
single newspaper in the State was doing
well. It is all attributable to an unprofes
sional “ cutting under ” in prices of sub
scription and advertising, and to the credit
system.
That these evils should have existed tor
the shortest space of time is very singular
in this sharp-witted age of progress, when
we remember how easily combination among
the fraternity, could have been effected, and
how absolute a necessity of life, a newsprint
has become to every household, that ever
once enjoyed the visits of this best of family
friends. We do not think that any mate
rial reduction in the aggregated circulation
of our State press would ensue upon the es
tablishment among us of the most inexora
ble cash system.
Indeed, it is highly probable that if all
the work we executed, and all the papers
sent out were paid for, the price of all our
newspapers, with only here and there an
exception, would be so reduced from present
charges that more papers could be sold un
der the cash system than are now sold. Is
it true, that a single wealthy newspaper in
middle Georgia has baulked all previous ef
forts made by the craft to effect this much-
needed reform ?
We veuture to say that if tho two power
ful presses of Augusta, backed by the pro
fession in Savannah and Columbus, were to
sc will it, in less than twelve months we
would sec the time when no man in our
midst would be enjoying the hard labor of
Georgia Editors without paying a valuable
consideration for it. What say you gentle
men to a Printer’s League that shall begin
to agitate for Printers’ rights and for “ giv
ing the Devil his due it is right he should
have it. Ail moralists agree in this and we
know it squares with the ethics of every
economist who “looketb not with favor up
on the face of the Sheriff.”
The Times has begun the excitement, aud
as we hold it responsible for the effect of this
thing upon tho interests of the community,
so we shall willingly accord to our cotem
porary all the honors of success, should the
words it hath spoken bring forth fruit.
Building mud Lo*n Association.
The Atlanta Building and Loan Associa
tion closed its second fiscal year on the 10th
of last month. Since its commencement
the Association lias been in a most flour
ishing and prosperous condition, fully
equalling, if not surpassing, in the success
of its operations, the highest expectations
of its friends. From the report of the
Treasurer we gather the following details of
its condition at the end of the second year:
Liabilities.
C4 InKtalmeatH on 1,734 Shares, $41,616 00
Premiums on advance* $f>0 202 38*
J5 tereit 5>00 53
Fines,
Premiums on forfeited Shares gold, 12 8S
66,482 21
Total
fearful odds when the Russians succeeded | fofavor^of conVerting the'worid into a vast j sake!* 1 Bufclet not tiTiT^ntl^’n I U ‘ terly givin | way * * A “ d j f he I W ® SUSp ® Ct the cause ’ and fear thafc the ! soon^as the ports ^f’the^Baltk and White
in outflanking the column, the marines s abara an d mankind into groups and tribes ; t ; th t their host Let them not and o n ° P 41 ^. tbat can Governor’s call to prayer, had quite too j Seas are open to enforce a strict blockade in
were separate^ from the Zouaves aud driven j of wande ring Arabs. ' ®®“ n . fc . W,th ° Ut them not | ta *® aad bold P la f F™ J ust “»»• much of the spice of Southern Rights about ! these seas.
in all directions, and the latter were com- Th alr £ ost ever y one connected with ; thlnk ** » moment that the Democracy are Without a victory Lord Palmerston must ; . t . .. Wh - I ^ •- —
pletely surrounded by the enemy. A sec-; th ; s estabHshment, has his peculiar and in-1 gulled by all this sanctimonious pother & 11 —the whoie aristocracy must fall—fall • . P aiataDle - and Knon , The California Chronicle of March 6th,
F d .time ‘hey succeeded by sheer liand-to-: curablc form of i nsanit y_a foct which has j about religion made by many who care no i from th , ei 5 w ? ak P e98 ^ T'% I chn8t,an3 we fear are to f conscious j gives the following extract of a letter, dated
®t°re of j Ied people to style It the Editorial Lunatic : more f or Christ than thev dn for AntiXihriai i a “
hand-fighting id completing the capture oi j i ed people to style
the redoubt, but no sooner had the Russian j Asylum, whose inmates, though very noisy
more for Christ than they do for Anti-Christ,
infantry fallen back, than the batteries and | a n^ queer lookin^are entireryliarinless.* ’ 7 * and wbo bav ® not ^ et S ot th® foreignkincks J former period. Already the) last failure bo-
ships opened a terrific fire upon the work, | j) a ;iy Times is the journal next' out their names that their grand-dads j fore Eupatoria has killed the ablest mon-
and rendered it completely untenable. It c i a i m j nf r our attention; and in fact, we have i brought over the sea to this pure aboriginal [ arch °{ Europe, and whether the sou of
was not till then that Gen. Monet, who was , been wanting in respect to a Lieutenant : nation. No, we are not thus to be hood- : P 6 ® 06 shall not be murdered by the son of
twice severely wounded, ordered a retreat, . Governor elect, by passing it by so long. ! winke d and we are fullv as wide awake ! 71*’ ^ h ° 8 . haU ‘ ell? If 4 any change should
and though the night was disastrous from j jr_ Henrv J Rivmond who bc^an his I 7, . .. . y 88 7™ awaK ®’ take place m France, Austria, Prussia and
the loss of many hundred lives, and the cavee ; son ,/t^eh/or fourteen years ago, i ( tho “g b not half 80 8 y about **») to , make j Italy would break out directly in rebellion;
failure of the chief object, the gallantry ' j n a subordinate capacity in the Tribune of-! our defence as our old enemy can be in his | opara would at once be rid of her shameless
displayed by the Zouaves was such that this ! fice bas r ; pen m0 re rapidly than any other | new mode of assault upon us. Amorican- ! Queen ; and from one end of Europe to the
repulse may well be ranked with their , man connected with our profession. He | ism, so called, is undefecated federal Whig- i ® tb ® r » erowns would be rolling from- the
most bnlliautachievement. _ j has already been a legislator and Speaker of gery , and it isnot after Catholics or foreign- of Louis Nauoleon to the
N.» Y.»« April 8.-A letter reeeired i “LmwTSCrfhe 1 ers - b “* •*»' *>» £■ \ OriLiW. to? ^ of P a
here from Havanna, dated the 3d instant, j and he jg gtiU under 35 Tears 0 f agc . {j e ! om and fury of a foe that has been checked , gamester. He hazards his all upon one
states that great excitement existed there i is a man of great industry—steady and pa-! and defeated a thousand times by us. We ! thr , ow °/ tk ® di ®e.- His throne came lightly,
garote SeC * UenCe ° 1 6 ret l uen use 0 1 ‘ e ! tient in his purposes, and with a remarka- ’ mean to meet this thing, we hoDe. like men 1 ?? d 80 F, b .® 18 p once f ned _> it may proba-
Extensiye military preparations were con
tinned for suppressing any revolt, and for j not of tbfl statesman . He ; 8 polite and
revolution in France, one in England I of^^ beingparticeps criminis in thc troubles
would be more apt to follow than at any
“ Kern River, February 14th :
that now environ the South, to pray much j I hn-ve discovered a rock of gold. I es-
about the matter. It appears then, that in i St* 8 ^ n0 ‘ \ e f than §8 000^000
.... . 1,. „ ’ , , | or 810,000,000, it might even be! Now,
Alabama, the church won t pray for the de- Bob, don’t laugh at me. 1 was desperately
liverance of our people. N’imporle. May 1 wild with joy. I; who had been a dreamer
be we are not worth saving, and much of j and a poor devil so long, was to he rich ! to
the time we really think so. • ! be a king! to be able to carry into execu
tion all the darling schemes which have so
Brown Dick has been beaten over ! often brought the ridicule the strick in-the-
the Metairie (N. O.) Course by Sam Letcher I muds upon me! I was at last to be able to
The race was tor a purse of $400, two mile ! g ° and c . lahl ? Eossetta under the hard
heats, and besides the annuals mentioned, j. Towards noon I got hungry. I went up
Vandyke also was entered and run.^ Brown j the side of the mountain to some pine-trees,.
Dick was all odds the favorite, but was nor i in. the sides of which the squirrels had plac-
only beaten, but also distanced on the first ! ed acorns in holes made by woodpeckers in
be*! A greater dteappoimtacat than *. | i£SSj»Z TZ iS£ S
them with fine pepper-grass growing along
failure could not well be imagined—to those
11 P -j.,,., • ,. | noi 01 uie siaiesman. ne is pome anu „ „ , .. _ ■ I “““ I who remember his recent triumphs upon side of aspring. I went back to the rock
meeung and destroying fallibuster expedi-; plausibl0) and posseS ses the virtue of duly German8 * Catholics or Jews, are tobe war- : doubt but that his failure to take Sebastopol the Washington Course and his victory over 1 and staid there till three o’clock, studying
tions should they reach the island. Ma ®y j estimating the valuo of brain work. Doubt- red upon because they support our cause, ; ^ ould mvolye all these consequences, but ~ ' ’
houses were converted into drill rooms,, by | S'mhlfs paid more money
to writers,
arms.
red upon because they support our cause,, *. . ■
then we are with them to the bitter end. let I tb e re * s no sufficient body
* I aF AvnnainnnAj nLln -,..1.1! 1»_ J • .
*108,098 21
Aj&rkLr
Lpans hfeurtd by Mortgage, *106,120 16
Exponscn, 1 777 4c
Hue from Defaulters,.. ’isi aa
Cash on hand
Total.
*108,098 21
The total profits for the two years amount
to $64,704 76, equal to $37 32 per Share-
making the present value of each Share
$61 32. The average rate of premium re
ceived for advances during the two years is
56$ per cent. By comparing this report
with that submitted by the former Treasurer
on the 4th of November last, it will be seen
that the average rate of premiums bas not
been changed by the operations of the last
«ix months.
JGT-The Savannah Morning News has
passed into the hands of W. T. Thompson
Lsqr., who is now the sole editor and Pro
prietor. This journal is conducted with
marked ability. We wish Mr. Thompson
much success.
Bountv Land Applicantb.—Important
Decision.—The Commissioner of Pensions
has made an important decision, in which
he draws a distinction between distant and
actual service in time of war. The decision
is to the effect that a person who was in the
military or naval services of the United
States during any of the wars in which this
country has been engaged since 1790, is not
entitled to bounty land under the act of
March 3, 1855, if he was not at the Mat of
war.
„ •<•* Senor Pinto, lately “garrotod” at
flinliiMil^g^ f0rtuae
The arrival of the steamer United States,
from New Orleans, caused great alarm, it
having been previously reported that she
hod landed men and munitions of war at
another part of the island. She experienced
inconsequence, many inconveniences during
her stay in port.
Boston, April 7.—The joint committee
of the Legislature, appointed to investigate
the matter of the late visit of a committee
of the Legislature to the Roxbury Nunery,
held a session this morning. The editor of
the Advertiser appeared before the commit
tee and affirmed to the truth of their pub-1
lished statement. It was finally resolved j
by the committee to examine the inmates of !
the institution, and also the members of thc I
committee who made the visit.
The Halifax Chronicle of April 1st says: !
“Yesterday morning the brig America ar- I
rived from Boston with a complement i
of recruits, about 90, principally Ger- j
mans.
may Political dis- ! °*" ex P er * enced , able, republican leaders in
been m existence; than any other paper in j f ran chisement must work civil and social i under whom 1,16 pe ° ple C ° uld Safely
degradation, and we are not going to stand From the only spot in the civilized world,
by and see this brought upon men, all be-
cause they have been our friends and allies
in the establishment of a certain polity and
of certain principles. You must, gentle
New York has done in ten.
The secret of the success of such men as
Mr. Raymond is one which we ought to
study and, if we can, imitate. It is self de
nial. He seems to have learned in youth,
the great lesson which even middle age
teaches to so few of us : that success in life
depends upon one or two faculties, carefully
watched and developed, and in the virtual
suppression of the rest of the character.—
As society is at present constituted, enthu
siasm, cordiality, friendship, appreciation of
the beautiful, and true criticism for the sake
of art alone, are insuperable articles to sue- . ,, .. . . „ . , „ , . - - -
cess. Mediocrity, in every department of * we F u that their tortune shall be our j exigencies of peace
life, bands its forces together, to create a j fortune and their fate our fate.
unagitated by these events, we may behold
them without emotion, because of the firm
basis which republicanism gives to our in
stitutions in the hearts of the whole people, i
The best thing for the interests of this
men, take us Democrats all in a lump, all j country, would perhaps be for the European
for better or all for worse, and until you j powers to make peace at Vienna, all things
satisfy us how foreigners and Catholics who : remaining just as they are. Then England,
act with us politically can be enemies tothe France, and Russia, too, would all retire
i;i . . I wounded and humbled, quietly to contem-
liberties of our commoni country without our ; plate the horrorg and fol ? ies J^ and en _
being participators in this same wickedness, i large the liberties of the people to meet the
-Philadelphia Ledger.
defence against genious. And it is right to
do so. Without this combination of inter
ests against it, Genius would trample medi
ocrity into the dust.
Mr. Raymond is a demagogue, in the best
sense of the term. He has no tastes—no
personal vanities—no caprices—no preju-
Know noth-' d * ces— “ no passions—no resentments—or, if
Loui8viLiiE, April 9.—The .vu Un , , , , - •, ,,
ings swept the city by a tremendous major-! be has ’ be . n ® ver P ernilt9 , tbe . nl f t0 a PP/ a i-.-
ity Barbee is elected Mayor, and all the H ® se ® u,s ® b e possessed of but one faculty
municpal officers, except one School Trus-! T tbe fa F lty °f f uccess ' IIe doesn t
tee and two Councilmen, are Know noth- j ^ meamng of luxury-never was guilty
ings. Anti-liquor carried by a large ma- I ^ an ® scess 111 b,s b fe-and never said or
jority. The election passed off quietly.
Murder In Emanuel County.
We are pained to learn through a private
source, that three citizens of Emanuel coun
ty, Cuyle Mosely, Matthew W. Williamson
and Samuel Williamson, were killed in a
flight on Monday of the last week. The
origin and particulars of the difficulty have
not come to hand.
We only know that rifles were the wea
pons used, and that Sainuol Williamson
received three shots through his body.—
Sav Jour and Cour.
Green Peas in Charleston.—The rain
we mentioned as falling when we went to
press on Friday morning, continued with
little intermission, until nearly noon on
Saturday. Yesterday was a bcautitul day,
and the gardens in the vicinity of the city,
which had been suffering from drought,
will shortly yield a profusion of vegetables
for our market. We saw ou Saturday, on
one gentleman's farm, over fifty bushels of
very fine peas that will be ready to be pick
ed in a day or two.—Courier, Monday morn
ing.
Brown Dick Victorious.
New Orleans, April 10.
Brown Dick won the 3 mile race, beating
Arrow in two heats. Time 5m. 33fs. ana
5m. 28s.—quicker than the time of Lexing
ton in bis great race last week.
Lecompt will probably recover, but will j
not run against Lexington on the 14th in-
stant.
_ not directly calculated to ad
vance his own. interest aud strengthen his
own position. Capitalists, and old fogies of
every sort, have “ confidence ” in him, and
advance a hundred thousand dollars at a
day’s notice, to “ set him up in business.”—
They, too, are right. lie will never betray
them—because it would destroy himself.—
IIo is like those bulbous roots, which, by
plucking away all the leaves and flowers
bestowed by nature for their embellishment,
are forced into an unnatural growth and
size—but, though you make even a Presi
dent of a small potatoe, it will neither be
ornamental nor sublime—while its value as
a potatoe will be entirely destroyed.
Connecticut Election.
Hartford, April 2.
The returns from nearly thirty towns,
show that Ingham, (dem) leads all others
for Governor. Minor, Know Nothing, leads
Dutton, Whig, very largely, and will fall
but little short of Ingham. There will be
no election by the people.
Thus far we have returns of 26 democrats
to 21 Know Nothings and whigs to the Leg
islature, with the strong Know Nothing
Districts to come in.
The First Congressional district is doubt
ful. In the Third district, Dean, Know-
Nothing and whig, is elected by a large
majority.
Iowa Election.
The returns from the election in Iowa
show the success of the Whig State officers
by a larger majority than last year.
Wisconsin Election.
Cole, Whig, is elected Judge of the Su
preme Court.
Gun-Shot Wounds.
A Hard Case.—The Atlanta Republican j v A writer on the above subject in the New
of Thursday makes the following notice of! Y °Tk Say8 >L * e %
♦Ln r ® . . That a ball can be turned from its course
tb ® ^f® ne ®5° at P re8 e nt by comparatively trivial obstacles is often
prisoned in this city. We concur fully in shown. A trifling inequality of surface, or
what I should do. I could not resolve. I
then went to my camp about eight miles off.
The folks wanted to know what was the
matter. I said I had wounded a buck and
got lost in chasing him. The next morning
1 found that my horse had been stolen. I
bought some provisions, another revolver,
and a pick and shovel and pan, and went
back. About 50 yards from the rock was a
trail upon which miners passed every day,
and I was afraid to work in the day. At
night I went to work to cut off a corner of
the rock, but i soon broke tho pick so that
it Was useless. 1 could find no chisel or
hammer.
People got suspicious of me. Several
the suggestions of our neighbor. The fel
low should be turned out and sent away
from the city. It is reasonable, also, that
the law should be so modified that free ne
groes coming into the city should be official
ly notified of the existence of the law a few
days before being subject to arrest:
“We understand that a free negro man
who was ignorant that he would be required
to pay a tax of $200 if he settled in this
difference of density, is sufficient to cause
great divergence. An instance is known
where a bullet entered the side of the head
passed around beneath the scalp and fell
out upon the opposite side, as though it had
passed directly through the brain. In an
other instance, a bullet struck the ‘Adams’
apple,’ passed entirely round the neck, and
lodged in the orifice by which it entered.—
A soldier being struck in the right arm, the
ball was found beneath the skin of the op
posite thigh; and in another, who was
j wounded in the ankle when running, the
city, came to this place, and is now in jail,
condemned to be sold for this tax. We say ' aax ie1 wnen re
that this is a hard case, and we call the at- bu “ et 7™ found abo T e tbe tpee.
tention of the citizens to it, that such action I. A soldier at Waterloo received a musket
may be taken by the Council as will prevent i bal1 u F n tb ® ac f® wbicb 8 P bt ®Rf n l tbe
the consummation of an act, as unjust and ! f bar P .8 e °O be 7° ne - pari the bul-
oppressive to him as it would be discredita-11? 1 wa V I ®* nedlate ^ extracted 5 and as Con-
ble to the city. The negro did not know j ‘ l u nenta u l troops sometimes fire split balls,
the law—he could not read it—and as his I th ® oth ® r P art nat b®™* found, this was
coming here was not an offence against mor-1 8 “PP° sed to be s “ cb an , m8 ^ nce - v . 1 Tb ? man
ality and worked no harm to any one, we I d ' ed u P on J the • 1 J S tb da 7 fro ™ bleeding at
call upon the Council, who are men of char- ' tb ® ° ose aad mouth ; and on dissection, the
acter and humanity, to “ loose him and let ! P 188l ?£ Portion of the ball was discovered
him go.” And we would suggest such an I u “ bedd ® d b J ^e side of the jugular vein,
amendment of the law as would require no- i wbicb had lnflamed aud burst -
tice to be given by some one of the officers ' the same battle a pocket, containing
of the law five or ten days before a person | two ® v ® francs pieces and two copper coins
shall be again incarcerated under it. was d'ivnn lac «t,.i
was driven into the owners’s leg, and ex
tracted after some days. Three pieces of
coin were removed from the leg of a Hano-
*i,„ „„ ii.„ rr , r, . varian soldier five days after the battle. As
the cars on the East Tennessee and Georgia he phased neither money nor pocket, they
KftllPAOn run tn n nmnf i.nlir ! • x 11 __ r» * ■■ 1 *
We learn from the Knoxville Whig, that
Twelve Hundred Bales of Cotton-
Burned.—A dispatch from Somerville, Ten
nessee, to the Memphis Whig, states that j Toe Peach Crop.—We have closely ex-
Messrs. Nixon & Walch’s cotton shed, at j amined a very large peach orchard, and find
Brownsville landing, on Hatchie river con- j tke fruit entirely killed. We are convinced
taining 1200 bales of cotton, was consumed i , tbe cr "Pj. n Geor S ia }. 8 . a total *' ailu J' e j Th ®
by fire on Saturday night, 24th ult. 1 loss ° f thls m0St del,cl0US and wholesome
Ominous Event.—A grave event has just
occurred at Moscow. The large bell of the
tower of Ivan Yelik, in the Kremlin, fell to
the ground at the moment when ceremony
of swearing allegiance and fidelity to the
new Emperor was going on, and by its fall
crushed nearly 100 persons. For a people
so supersticious as the Russians', this disas
ter has appeared a most sinister omen, and
the letter which gives an account of the
event states that the effect on the public
mind has been that of great consternation.
The Larqe8t Clock in the World.—The
largest clock, it is said, that was ever con
structed has recently been finished by Mr.
Dent, for the new houses of the English Par
liament. The dials are 22 feet in diameter;
they point of the minute band will therefore
move nearly 14 inches every-minute. The
K ndulum is fifteen feet long. The hour-
11 is 8 feet highland weighs 15 ions,—
The hammer weighs fbdr hundred: weight.
Tbe dock, an a whole, ir eight times* as
luge Ms fall ffiied
fruit for two successive seasons, must be re
garded as a public calamity. Peaches may
justly be considered “an element” in our
provision crop, and when they are out off,
the injury sustained is not a matter of taste
only, but a particular question of dollars
and cents.—Fed. Union.
The up country crop has partially
escaped and there will be in this latitude a
very fair supply of most cf our fruits.
Eds. Int.
A Deep Spring.
On Lake Prairie, Iowa, there is a spring,
the bottom of which no plummet has ever
yet sounded. It has a false bottom abont
three feet from its surface, through which if
a 20 foot pole be thrust, it will sink under
the sand composing this ernst-like layer,
and in a moment after its disappearance
will bound up'again on the surface.
Death of Joseph Lawton.—Joseph Law-
ton, tbe senior partner of the firm of Law-
ton k Co., died in Charleston, Thursday,
egad 60.
Kailroaa run to a point distant only seven- j evidently came from a comrade who was
killed beside him. The pain from a gun
shot wonnd is said not to be sevrre, bat Mr.
Guthrie a distinguished British surgeon,
who served through the Peninsular war,
and was himself wounded, states it other
wise. The pain, he affirms, is like a dead
heavy blow, and it causes great mental dis
turbances.
teen miles from Knoxville, and that the
contractors are pushing on the work with
energy.
fi^Mr. Crisp, the able and successful
manager of the Georgia Theatres bas arriv
ed in Charleston, says the Courier, with his
full corps, and will open the Charleston
Theatre on Tuesday evening for a short en
gagement.
Hon. E. W. Chastain writes to the editor
of the Cassville Standard that he is willing
to abide the action of a convention of the
Democratic party of the Fifth Congression
al District.
Toe Western Indians.—It is positively
stated, that Gen. Harney will soon march
from St. Louis, with four thousand troops,
for the purpose of punishing the depreda
tions committed by the border tribes, within
the past year. We hope he will do bis work
thoroughly.
England’s National Fast.—The Euro
pean Times irreverently remarks that the
fast reminded it of the clown in the fable,
who called upon Jupiter for help instead of
manfully setting about the work of helping
himself. So much, however, resulted from
it, that the opinions expressed in the pulpit
of every cathedral, church, chapel, and dis
senting chapel, proved to be favorable to the
war.
Death.—Walter R. Jones, President of
the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of
New York, died suddenly on Saturday morn
ing. A meeting of merchants was held in
the afternoon to express their oonoern, and
sympathising with the family.
Beavers. in - Virginia.
[FVowi the Piedmont Whig.]
We learn from a letter in the Southern
Planter written by Richard Irby, Esq., of
Nottoway, that his land is so infested by
beavers, that he is unable to keep it dry.—
They have made as many as twenty dams,
on hia property, which they build.up again
as fast as he polls them down. They have
even built a dam acrose the Nottoway river,
which no freshet will remove, though they
had to transport the trees a mile or more.—
It apperas that they are also very trouble
some in Sussex and Southampton. This is
extraordinary news to us, ana if it were not
gravely stated, and gravely endorsed by . Mr.
Baffin, we should be inclinedto look upon it
with some suspicion. This number of the
Planter was issued about the first of April.
“ Mercury,” the well posted up Washing
ton correspondent of tne Baltimore Sun,
S 'ves the following “first rate notice” of
e monster trip-hammer at our navy yard:
“ Quite a large force is employed under
Mr. Padgett in fixing the mas»ve machine
ry, which is connected with the tremendous
trip-hammer in the foundation. The anvil
block weighs 45,000 pounds, and tho frames
ton tons each; but Mr. Padgett and his men
moved them about as easuy and ssfhly aa
they would a barrel of floor, (hie hundred
tons is the power of a foil blow from this
young earthquake there is to be built an
appropriate bouse, eight feet in width, by
one bandied long."
Sam Letcher himself at Mobile. But thc
fact cannot be disputed. Yet, as some re
lief for this failure, it must be said that he
was. not in good condition, and that the
Course was exceedingly muddy, and that he
cannot run in the mud. The time made
was l:56i—2:02.
[For tho Atlanta Daily 'Intelligencer.]
Gents: I see that the editor of the Re
publican and yourselves are noticing the
arrest of a free negro for coming into the
city to live without giving him notice of the
penalty. In this case you are mistaken, |
the negro, Bob, who is arrested for a fine of j followed me. One man found me sitting
two hundred dollars, has been notified time i down not 100 yards from the rock. I got
and again of the penalty, and every-effort | Xttwo “from the mat
has been made to keep him out of the city j mu d with which I washed over the rock.—
and to no effect. He has always been consid-j In doing this 1 had to get 27 buckets of
ered a dangerous boy and hence thc example t water : and just that job alone compelled
is made of him. City Marshal - a *® ^ walk 108 miles, and I was a whole
*— ' ! week about it, doing a greater portion of
Convicted.—At the recent session of the I the work at night, and sleeping in the day
Superior Court in Macon County, James ! time.
Vickhonse, alias James Vickhouse Poole, ; I am nearly starved out watching tho
was tried for stealing a negro belonging to j rock. I went to mining at Jones’ camp for
James S. Hollinshead of that county, found j a few days, and now am waiting with the
guilty and sentenced to the Penitentiary for j greatest impatience for you to come, with
ten years. ! every preparation necessary for breaking up
Vickhouse was recognised whilst passing J the boulder. After wo get it into pieces,
through Atlanta about six weeks ago, as a we can melt sufficient in cru-cribles to pay
former inmate of tbe Alabama Penitentia
ry, by a gentleman who at the time he was
confined there, was an officer of the Institu
tion, and who, suspecting that Vickhouse
could not have obtained the property which
he had about him, honestly, lmd him arrest
ed aud committed to jail. At the time of
his arrest, he had eight negroes in his pos
session—two from Florida—two from Baker,
one from Macon county and two from Cher
okee, Georgia. These negroes were none of
them stolen, but had been obtained in ex
change for others, whom he had stolen at
different times and places ; his plan seeming
all our expenses, and buy the mules neces
sary for carrying off our rock.
t am in till you come. The rock is
in sight from the trail. Before I washed it
over, I could stand ou the trail and see the
gold glitter in the sunshine ; now the dirty
yellow wash may attract attention. What
gives me the most pain is, that miners make
a short cut by passing within ton feet of the
rock, and save an ugly gully which starts
just before it. I must stay near the rock,
and I have no money and no provisions. I
have no heart to work, and when I want to
mine can get no good diggings, though oth-
to be to sell every negro he stole as soon as j er people are making plenty of money. I
possible, in order to steal him hack and sell j am very glad that the report of rich dig-
him again. By information obtained from ; giugs higher up the river is taking nearly
the negroes who were with him, all of those j evei-y body away from this neighborhood.
he had stolen and sold in different parts of
the country, were recovered and restored to j About Mosquitoes,
their owners. ^ Mr. Hollinshead’s negro was , Messrs. Editors—You are doubtless well
found near Nashville, Tennessee.—Macon I aware that the mosquito proceeds from the
Jour. & Mess. j anemalculse commonly termed the “wiggle-
O TT^. ;—7: ^ ! tail.” I took a bowl of clean water andset
. Peace Restored at Cincinnati.—-Result' oj 1 it in thc sun ; in a few days some half dozen
the Election. The disgraceful riots at Cm-1 ••wiggle-tails” were visible, these continued
Correspondence of the Southerner.
Nebraska City, X. T. )
Man* 19th, 1855. f
Editor of the Some Southerner:
Dear Sir : Supposing that yourself as
well as your readers would be pleased to
hear front this far famed country, I will
give you a brief account of the Territory
and of things pertaining )thereto.
- On the morning of the first November I,
in company with his Honor, Judge Harden
and Col. M. W. Riden, left my native and
dearly beloved State of Georgia. After we
had passed a month on our tedious but
pleasant journey, we crossed the Missouri
River and set our feet on the shores of Ne
braska. The morniug was calm and serene.
Nature was robed in her most beautious
garb. Tbe sun had just arisen and was
shedding his light over tbe wide and extend
ed prairie. He silently sent a ray among
the gras* causing the scattering particles of
frost to glitter like so many gems. After
proceeding, on foot for a few miles, we
brought up before the door of an humble
Cot, known as the “Nebraska House,” in
Bellview. The outward appearance of
things was a little disheartening, but we
found comfortable accommodations within.
Since I have been here I have traveled
over a portion of the Territory, and have
found it to exceed my most sanguine expec
tations with but one exception,—that is the
scarcity of timber. This will doubtless
prove a barrier to its immediate settlement.
The soil is of a mellow loam, varying from
4 to 8 feet in depth and of remarkable rich
ness and productiveness.
Corn, Wheat, Buckwheat, Potatoes, to
gether with all kinds of vegetables are pro
duced here to the greatest perfection.
I learn that some of our friends in Geor
gia consider it an impossibility to raise from
75 to 100 bushels of corn per acre on any
land. Were it necessary I could bring
forth the testimony of hundreds to substan
tiate tbe assertion. Wheat is produced here
from 30 to 60 bushels to the acre. In short,
the soil is not to be surpassed in any por
tion of the world. I can say that we have
no large bodies of good land here for it i*
one vast body of the richest soil.
The country is settling up very rapidly.
All that portion of it bordering on the Mis
souri river has been taken up for a number
of miles back; and on nearly every stream
there are settlements.
There are a great many Indians here. A
few days since I attended one of their dan
ces. It was quite romantic to see them
painted in the most hidious manner, dan
cing and singing and seeming to be as hap
py as the most refined societies that grace
the grandest banquet halls.
The Territorial Legislature has just ad
journed, having passed some very important
laws, among which are the Maine Liquor
Law; a law Allowing each settler to hold
•j326 aa-es of land; one locating the Capitol
at Omaha City; and also, one to restrain
Swine and Sheep from funning at large;
and others of less importance.
Instead of finding a rough and ignorant
population as is generally represented to be
in a new country, we find them industri
ous and intelligent. People are here from
all parts of the Union, and I might say,
from nearly all parts of the world.
There has been a number of Salt'Springs
discovered in different portions of the Ter
ritory, one of which I have visited; and it is
said by tho Indians that Copper mines ex
ist.
This will doubtless be one of the greatest
stock raising countries in the United States. ’
All that is necessary to carry on the cattle
raising business is, to prepare barns and
such houses as are requisite for keeping
hay, and particularly, cattle from the storms
of winter. The prairie is one vast medow,
and a person can save just as much hay as
he will cut, and that of Me best quality.
It in quite amusing for a “looker on in
Venice” to observe the rivalry existing be
tween villages, arrogantly styling them
selves cities—the proprietors of each clai
ming for )their point all the advantages of
Steamboatlandings, Railroad termini, Coun
ty oites, &c. One may lay out a town, and
the person holding the quater section adjoi
ning, will immediately lay out another giv
ing it a different name, and “stealing the
others thunder.”
Nebraska city is a place of importance,
considering its age. and bids fair to become
the Emporium of Nebraska. In fact, all
that portion between the Kansas line and
the Platte river is much the best part of the
Territory.
As I have now about exhausted my stock
I wili leave off for more anon.
Yours, respectfully,
J. D. WHITE.
cinnati seem to have been brought to a close.
The papers from that city, as late as Satur
day, announce a perfect restoration of peace
and order. The Commercial states that not
to increase in size, till they were about 3-16
of an inch in length. As they approached
their maturity they remained longer at the
surface, seeming to live in the two mediums
only had certificates of election been gran- ! a ir and water; finally, they assumed a chrvs-
, t ® d , t P f n L tbe democratic candidates, but | alia form, and by an increased specific gravi-
thatMr. Farranhas been sworn in as May- , ty, sank to the bottom of the howl. Here,
or, and will enter upon his duties to day. j in a few hours, I perceived short black furze
His majority is 1,333, and to show that | or hair growing out on every side of each
there could have been no great amount of •• ■ - - - 1
illegal voting as charged, the Commercial
states that the vote last October, (when the
majority for the know nothing candidate
for Supreme Judge was 6,425,) wa3 only
96 less than it is now—in other words the
democratic vote has increased 3,427, and
the know nothing decreased 3,331, making
a clear democratic gain of 6,758. °
In the 11th and 12th wards, where the
ballots for Mayor were destroyed by the
mob, the vote for magistrate is the criterion
by which the result is arrived at. The
Know-Nothings, it is said, have a majority
of the Council and will contest the election
of the Mayor and other officers. The Ga
zette, (Know-Nothing) expresses the opinion
that the democratic canaidates were enti
tled to their certificates of election, and adds
that under the cireumstances, they are glad
they have obtained them.
Thirty years ago, two boys in New
Hampshire quarrelled about a box of black
ing. To get rid of one of them, he was
sent to New York, and is now one of our
first shipping merchants, a director in a
bank ana owner of a line of steamers. A
dispute about a tin dipper, with the stew
ard of a steamboat, resulted in a law suit
that cost a $1,000, and laid the foundation
of a fortune of one of onr millionaries, who
now owns more tin dippers and steamboats
than any other one man in the-world; once
a deck hand of a boat, now the captain of
the “upper ten.” An accident made him,
•n Mount may unmake him.
until it assumed the form of a minute cat
erpillar. And thus its specific gravity being
counteracted or lightened, it readily floated
to the surface, and the slightest breath of
air wafted it against the side of the bowl.
In a very brief space of time afterwards, the
warm atmosphere hatched out the fly, and
it escaped, leaving its tiny hause upon the
water. How beautiful, yet how simple!
After the water had gone through this
process, I found it perfectly free from ani-
malculae. I therefore came to the conclu
sion tha! is ‘-y. iggle-tail” is a species of
the sha . who, having devoured whole
tribes of nameless animalculse, takes to
himself wings )and ‘escapes into a differ
ent medium, to torture mankind, and de
posit eggs upon the waters to produce other
“wiggle-tails,” who in turn produce other
mosquitoes. Pacific.
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 25,1855.
Building and Loan Associations.—The
Muscogee Loan Association held its eight
monthly meeting on Saturday evening last,
and (including previous loans there were
re-sold,) the sum of $4,882 was put up, $2-
000 were bid for at 50 per ot premium,
$3’000 at 51; $1000 each at 51}, 51}, 51},
51, and 52} per ct.—the original Bum thus
drawing the interest upon $10 000.
The Macon Loan Association, at its last
meeting, loaned money at premium* nn.
ging from 40 to 47 per ct.—being 10 to 20
per ct. less than former pramiams in that
organisation.
A New Steam Break—Has also been in
vented. On the 7th March last it was ap
plied to a train of five cars—one baggage,
one second class, and three passenger cars,
drawn by a locomotive weighing twenty-
eight tons, with six feet two inch drivers—
the entire weight of the train being one
hundred and four tons. The result was as
follows: “ On the first trial, with the train
moving at the velocity of thirty miles per
hour, the train was brought to a perfect
stop in seven hundred feet, taking twenty
seconds of time. On the second trial, with
train moving forty miles per hour, it was
brought to a stand-still in nine hundred and
forty-five feet, and twenty six-seconds of
time. On the third trial tho train was back
ed down two miles and coming up, ran the
last mile in one minute and twentyrfive sec
onds. It was brought to a full stop in one
thousand and six feet, taking twenty-eight
seconds of time, the train not running over
three mile3 per hour for the last three hun
dred feet.’)
Power of Cocoa.
Professor Johnston, in his “Chemistry of
Common Life,” states, that by the use of co
coa leaf, the Peruvian Indians undergo the
most incredible labor. He says; “with a
feeble ration of dried maize or barley crush
ed into flour, the Indian, if duly supplied
with cocoa, toils under heavy burdens, day
after day, up the steep slopes of the moun
tain passes, or digs, for years, in the sub
terranean mines, insensible to weariness, to
cold, and to hunger. He believes, indeed,
that it may be made a substitute for food
altogether.’,
Arkansas.—Corn Meal is selling at the
enormous price of $1.75 per bushel, and
scarcely tobe had at that price. We cannot
imagine what onr citizens will be compelled
to do before this summer is over. We un
derstand tbat Meal has been selling at $2,-
50 per bnshel over on White nver, and
near Napoleon. What will come next?—
We are at a loss to know.—Batesville Stand
ard.
Church without a worshipper.-—The Bos
ton correspondent of the Christain Inquirer
says that “the anomaly exists in Boston of
a church without a single worshipper, re
siding in the city, of the faith of those who
built it. It is believed that not a single
Quaker now resides in Boston. Diligent in
quiry of the Friends and of others has failed
to bring to light a living Quaker as a resi
dent ofBoston for several years.
Interesting Relic.
The Clerk of our Inferior Court, James
E. Hardman, in removing some old papers
in his office a short time since, discovered
a package containing $58.50 which had
been there since the year1847. The money
was all good, with the exception of a few
dollars oh the how broken bank of St.
Mary’s; The Inferior Court at its last ses
sion for county purposes, ordered the Clerk
to pay over the: same to the county Treas
urer, which was immediately done.—Noo
nan Banner. '
The Bukns Rioters.—Judge Cards of the
Circuit Court in Boston has decided the
indictment against Theodore Parker and
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