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BY RUGGLES & HOWARD.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1855.
VOL: VI. NO. SO!
THE ATLANTA INTELLIGENCER
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FRIDAY, MAY 4.
The Atlanta Republican tn Training.
For a political neophyte the Republican
evinces a wonderful fine conscience for the
rough and tumble work of politics. In its
report of the Democratic “rally” of last
Tuesday at the City Hall, when we take
into view the semi-rdigious character of that
Prohibition and Know-Nothing sheet, we
must say it gives us an earnest of what it
will be able to do in a short while, in the
work of misrepresenting and maligning the
Democracy. The Republican has made it
self responsible for several gross and inex
cusable misrepresentations of the meet
ing of Tuesday. We think it possi
ble that there might have been “ 30
old line Whigs,” as the Republican asserts,
present at the meeting; and that there were
“ 22 Know-Nothings,” and also that there
were “ 19 Prohibition men,” there. But
we have not the slightest doubt on earth
that this whole sqad of 71 valuable mem
bers of society were botched out of the “30
old line Whigs” aforesaid. This sounds
like very odd arithmetic, but it does not
have that sound to those as accustomed to
hear it as wo have been. The Republican
has, no doubt, done its part of such cypher
ing before and will be at it again just before
our next elections. It is said that “ figures
cannot lie,” and people yet stick to that old
fashioned notion in some parts of the coun
try, but the man that invented that learned
" saw ” “ knew nothing ” of Hindoo Arith
metic. Wo do know that some figures lie
without metes or bounds, and we give as an
instance that count of the Republican’s re
porter of the “9 scattering and Democrats”
said to be present at the meeting last Tues
day. This poor stuff, if men had not spent
money and time to have set up and printed,
would have simply been contemptible—as it
is, it may go for just what men will rate it
at.
As to the “ points mode by one speaker,
the Junior Editor of the Intelligencer,” he
admits that he did charge (and charges
now) that the Whig party North was com
pletely Abolitionized—and he here begs
pardon of his readers for repeating this
stalo fact which by this time has been
said ad nauseam. lie, the said Junior, de
nies most flatly the assertion of the Repub
lican, or his reporter, that he said that “all
Northern Democrats were reliable for the
South,” for the said Junior is not a down
right fool and does not understand Hindoo
figures well enough to make 71 mon out of
30, or to whittle down a large meeting to
“ 9 scattering and Democrats.” We admit
that the speaker asserted “ that Gen. Pierce
was decidedly Southern in his feelings,” and
we assert besides that the Southern man who
:sneers at that assertion, taken in the sense
obviously meant and understood, has a face
as blushless as a pig’s, and a heart, we fear,
about as grateful.
The other specifications in the Republi
can’s account we admit to be fair enough,
that is, “ that even Democratic New Hamp
shire had deserted him,” “ and that it was
the duty of the South to support him.”
We are at a loss to understand the motive
of our neighbor for aiding in the circulation
of a report so derogatory in its character as
that in our advocacy of the above points,
- we swore like “ our army in Flanders.”—
iNo, may the Lord forbid that we ever should
get to work at such horrid “ oaths ” as the
“our army of Flanders,” by which I sup
pose the Republican means its crowd. We
professed to state truly the language used
by Mr. Toombs, and if it was wrong in us
to repeat these words, with “ our hands on
our mouths and our mouths in the dust,” we
pray forgiveness for swearing after a man,
that the Reptd)lxcan used once to swear by
as an idol. As to the other ugly words
used, here they are in an old familiar dis-
.tich—
“You shall and you shan’t,
You will and you won’t;
You’ll bo dimmed if you do, and
Yoii’Jlbo damned if you don’t.”
Which being interpreted meant nothing that
the Democracy could do or could leave un
done would satisfy a Whig conscience, and
in our humble opinion we think the sin of
such justice as this is by long odds less ve
nal than the sin of our rhetoric in telling
the Republican of the fairness of its party.
We shall lay this article of the Republican
by in a cool place, as we shall have a use
for it, but we have little hope that the gan-
greened thing will keep. One fling of the
Republican is a rich thing. It gays that
one of the speakers “ pledged himself to
sustain any one chosen as the candidate for
the chair of State, no matter who, so that
he was only endorsed properly and mantled
in the garb of Democracy. Such devotion
should not go unrewarded—it equals that of
a Roman.”
This awkward sarcasm in a Thug paper!
If such devotion as this “ equals that of a
Roman " where can we find a parallel for
that slavish self negation that puts one’s
soul and conscience into commission, and
for that “ devotion ” that carries a freeman
for life into a political chain gang and binds
him to stay there with oaths shocking
enough to freeze one’* blood?
■ketch ef a Cali feral a Mlllteaalre.
Siam Francisco, March 23.—Never was a
community so convulsed in our young State
as it has been daring the past month. A
true record of events throughout the State,
would put the bursting of the South Sea
Bubble, and the annals of old Newgate to
the blush, and Benton’s “Thirty Years in
the United States Senate,” would be bnt a
primer in comparison of size.
Banks failing, crashing, swindling; mer
chants suspending—some from failure of the
banks, others from rash speculations, a few
from riie absorption of their whole profits
in the payment of high rates of interest, bnt
scarcely one from a mir, legitimate cause.
New systems of fraud and villany are al
most daily exposed, and always does the ex
posure come too late to afford justice to ar
rest the perpetrators. Meiggs—honest Han-
ry Meiggs—struck out in a somewhat new
line, although that elegant Wall street finan
cier, Schuyler, gave him a cue; but these
two pale before the briliant accomplishment
of the last operator—G. Hubert Sanders.
This gentleman came to our city some
three years ago, poor and meek. He hired
him a small office, engaged with a partner
equally poor, and the two hung out a mo
dest yellow painted sign, which told that
they were “Attorneys and Counsellors at
Law.” Sanders is a Frenchman, I believe,
hence he soon got a very fine practice from
his countrymen. He had married an Ame
rican lady in one of the eastern cities, a
widow, the mother of two girls; one of daz
zling beauty. The family moved to this
city. The wonderful beauty of the daughter
drew to their house crowds of admirers—
the wealth and aristocracy of our city. A
smile from the lovely fair one was a bliss to
ponder on. With increased practice in his
Tkc Fmtmre of Kmow-XotMlmglsm.
It is the part of wisdom and prndence to
have regard for the future. He merits but
little consideration who, disregarding great,
solid and enduring principles of action, re
sorts to shallow shifts and disreputable
agencies to secure a present success. The
man or the party that so acts, only prepares
the way for a future of shame, ignominy
and adversity.
The man who, in a free country like oars,
joins a party of which he is ashamed to
avow himself a member, shows distinctly
that there is something wrong in that par
ty. He shows that he himself thinks so.
Such is the case with the Know-Nothing
parly, which professes to be temporary only
in its nature.
If its members are ashamed of it now,
when it is new and in the full-tide of tri
umph, what will become of them when, ex
hausted by its convulsive efforts and demor
alized by the evil elements that have con
tributed to give it vitality, it falls to pieces
like a rope of sand ? In that dark day the
young men who have been tempted into it
—especially the Democratic young men—
who nave talent and ambition, would give
the world to expunge their names from that
fatal roll. But that will be impossible.—
The roll will stand an endnring monument
of blindness, folly and frenzy. The Order
of which we speak willprove the grave of
many a politician. Hereafter—and that
hereafter is not for distant—the man (this
is especially true of Democrats) who shall
be proved to have joined the Know-Noth
ings and to have adhered to them until ne
cessity, not choice, forced him to leave, will
be a marked man, a doomed politician.—
Political antecedents know no oblivion—po
litical sins no forgiveness. This will be a
Easton, Pa., April 30.
Governor Reeder,, of the Territory of
Kansas, arrived heie to-day and met with
an enthusiastic reception from his friends
and former neighbors. He reached Phil-
lipsburg at noon, and was there met and
escorted to the Court House square, in Eas
ton, by a large concourse of citizens. On
arriving, at the Court House he was welcom
ed by J. M. Porter, Esq., who complimented
the Governer on the able manner in which
he had discharged the duties of his office.—■
Gov. Reeder, in reply expressed in a feeling
manner, and in eloquent terms the grateful
impression made by the warm and enthusi
astic reception given bv’so large anassmbly
of his friends and fellow-citizens. He
referred to the reports of fraud and out
rage upon the part of the slavery men in
the Kansas election, and emphatically con
firmed the very worst statement which had
preceded his arrival. He said his opinions
on the subject of popular sovereignty had
SATURDAY, MAY. 5.
Haw. A. H. Stephen*.
It ia stated and very generally believed
that Hon. A. H. Stephens has signified his
intention not to be a candidate for re-elec;
tion to Congress during the ensuing cam
paign. As the bulk of Mr. Stephens’ Whig
constituency are supposed to have joined the
“ ramshackles,” a company that he was un
compromisingly “ down upon ” in the last
Congress, he has been left in a decidedly
“ delicate situation.” Not a little curiosity
exists to know where he will be found dur
ing the-coming contest in Georgia. It is
hardly to be supposed that he will he con
tent to become an outsider when the politic
cal elements are as seriously agitated as
they promise to be for the next few months.
profession, Sanders plunged out in truly | new sin, and revolting as new. The Tories
fashionable style. His handsome daughter, ”— , ~ i: — A ~ e 11 —’
in winning suitors to herself, brought briefs
to her father, as her admirers eagerly
rivalled each other in gaining his confidence
and friendship, the better to succeed in their
suit for the daughter. Soon the family be
came noted in high circles, and some even
assigned to them the front rank among the
ton. They rode in the finest carriage in
town, had the best horses, and plunged into
all the extravagances essential to support
their newly assumed position. The beauty
married a lawyer or some wealth, a Mr.
Alfred Wheeler. The party given on the
occasion eclipsed anything of the sort ever
known in the country.
With the accumulation of business, San
ders felt it necessary to purchase the ap
pointment of Notary Public, merely to facil
itate his own practice, for he was now a
Conveyancer, and loaned other people’s
money on the best secured real estate; and
by having the authority to take Die ack
nowledgments of the borrowing and loaning
parties in his own office, he was saved the
trouble and annoyance of running here and
there to affix the notarial seal. He did the
largest business of the kind in town. French
men especially confided in him. They were
not going to put their money in banks, for
sometimes banks failed; they were deter
mined to invest safely; put their money in
mortgages upon the best improved, wefi se
cured real estate in the city,—so they went
to Sanders, and he did the business for them
all.
G. Hubert Sanders was now one of our
wealthiest citizens—certainly the most ex
travagant. He drove a span of sorrels be
fore a light buggy in the morning; a span
Of blacks to handsome rockaway in the after
noon ; and in the evening he sported a car
riage and a spanking pair or b&yB. His
office hours were shortened from 8 till 5,
down to from 10 till 2, but between those
hours he was always in his office, save at
lunch hours, when, if any of his distinguish
ed family were down shopping, he would
escort them to the ice-cream saloon, and the
skill of the catering artistes was taxed to
their utmost, in providing dainties for them.
On one occasion last year, when straw
berries first appeared in the market, it is
said himself and Mrs. Wheeler ate the mod
erate allowance of $100 worth each at a
single sitting. The stories now told of his
lavish extravagance would fill a fair sized
octavo. About two weeks ago the eldest
daughter was married to a gentleman of
Sacramento. Another magnificent and cost
ly entertainment was given on the occasion.
Young wife hunters mourned that there
were no more daughters in the family, so
that they might forma matrimonial alliance
with so distinguished a set. Their soirees
outshone those of all others. To he invitM
at Sanders’ was the zenith of bliss to all
codfiBhdom. But time works wonders. The
mutations of human life are beyond the
S ower or the prediction of man. Last week
. Hubert Sanders was arrested on a charge
of forgery, and was released upon giving
bonds in the sum of $10,000 for his appear
ance at Court to answer the charge. His
son-in-law and his partner were his sureties.
That evening he fled, and has not yet been
found nor heard of. The following day
forged mortgages and deeds were discovered
in his office, upon which he had raised over
$300,000.
In one instance he actually mortgaged a
man’s own property to him for $4,000, and
strange to tell, the poor fellow never discov
ered it until the news of the forgeries was
two days old. To some be gave mortgages
upon the highway, tha boundaries and de
scriptions being given in the usual style.—
He also drew mortgages upon the property
of B. P. Banon, JT Parrott, Sam Brannan,
and others of our wealthy men, who never
hod a dollar upon their estates. All these
he conveyed to his victims, who paid him
their money, gave him his commission, and
went away confident in the security that
held their funds. One great cause why he
was enabled to continue his frauds so long
undiscovered, is the fact that nearly all of
his Bufferers are French, who do not under
stand our language, and who were ignorant
of the legal procedure in such cases. Eve
ry day, so far, has brought to light some
new act of his villany.
Of all our splendid rascals, Sanders has
proved himself the chief. His hew system
of robbery is entitled to the first rank in
the Patent Office of rascality, and old slyle
forgers, such as Munroe Edwards was, most
not hope for the distinguished reputation
that is so richly merited by Sanders, Meiggs
and Schuyler.—AT. Y. Mirror.
Railroad Conremtloaq
Wasshington, May 1.—The Railroad Con
vention assembled to-day, sixteen roads be
ing represented. R. R. Cuyler, President.
A committee was appointed to prepare a
schedule from Washington to New Orleans.
Another was appointed to request the Post
master General to suspend Sunday mails
without any abatement of compensation.
The Convention then adjourned to meet the
22d of May.
Got. Reeder.
Governor Reeder has arrived at Eatonton,
Penn., and was enthusiastically received.
In his speech he was very severe on the
Missourians for their conduct in the late.
Kansas election, who, he said, invaded thq
territory, armed to the teeth, and. took forci
ble possession of the polls. He said Missouri
should be called on to disavow all sympa
thy with these ruffians, if she refuse the
South should be called on, and. if the South
also refuses, the North should take the.mat-
ter up as a solemn duty.
Arrival of the Levant.
The sloop-of-war Levant has arrived at
Norfolk.
Rain. ■
After three or four weeks of anxious ex
pectation, we were favored yesterday eve
ning with a slight demonstration in the way
of run. The shower was too lig^it, howev
er,-to be ofanymaterialbeneflt totttretfops.
We hear that they have had copious and
refreshing showers a finr miles West of os.
of the Revolution, the men of Hartford
Convention memory, the blne-ligbt Federal
ists, experienced no more terrible retribu
tion than will be experienced by those of
whom we speak.
If insensible to the appeals of common
sense and patriotic virtues, they should at
least heed the suggestions of semsh interest.
They should seek a respite from their frenzy
and think calmly and gravely of their fu
ture. They should quit, and quit instantly,
a parly that in its nature cannot last, that
does not aspire to permanence, that raises
bubbles only to bnrat them, and elevates
men only to degrade them. They will fare
for better in future by submitting to the
proper discipline of a regular, well ordered
and historical party, than by seeking the
fleeting honors of this new and ephemeral
Order. The rewards of such an organiza
tion will be like
“ Dead sea fruits, that charm the eye,
Bnt turn to ashes on the Ups.”
The time will come, when those who cling
to this Order will experience a bitter re
morse. It may succeed for a time, but it
will soon fall, and when it falls it will crush
all within its unhallowed walls. It will he
a great political grave yard.
When the reaction takes place, as take
{ il&ce it must, those who are now the jubi-
ant will then be odious. In all the bitter
ness of remorse they may say, “ out, damn
ed spot,” but that spot will still remain.—
No penitence, however sincere, will be ac
cepted by posterity. Their sins cannot be
“ burnt and purged away.” For such po
litical sins there will be no forgiveness.—
The only hope and the only safety are in an
immediate abandonment of this new and
secret Order.— Washington Sentinel.
A Curious Scene In a Theatre.
The last received St. Louis Republican,
contains an amusing accountof a scene that
took place a few evenings before, at the
Varieties Theatre in that place.
It seems that Mr. Buchanan was playing
Richard the Third. In the great fighting
scene in the last act, Richard and Richmond
are described as having entered upon the
stage, evidently exasperated (not merely
dramatically, hut in downright earnest) with
each other. They cross swords, parry and
they thrust, and miss striking too, but stop!
Richard rushes, back, and then in words
somewhat similar to Macbeth when he ad
dresses Macduff, and cries,
Lay on, Macduff
And damned be he who first cries hold,
enough ;” Richard exclaimed, “Now d—n
you, come on,” and then snch real, earnest,
well directed blows as were showered on
the arms of poor Richmond, were never
witnessed in that particular scene of Shak-
speare. The blows were severe, for Rich
mond threw his sword and glove at
Richard’s feet, and then—walked off the
stage. Richard looked around, there was
no adversary upon whom to expend his
troubled wrath, and so he too disappeared;
but it was only for an instant, for back he
rushed again, to show his pluck, and the
curtain falling, shut him out from view.
The manager then came forward amidst
shouts of applause. He apologized for the
occurrence of the evening, and told them
that although tragedy had been transferred
into comedy, to the actors belonged, to the
comedy, hut to him the-tragedy.
Then entered the Richard of the evening.
A pause fn the roar of voices. “I have been
on the stage six years, have appeared in
three kingdoms—England, Ireland and the
United States, and have ever been consider
ed a good actor. I never struck a man be
fore in my life on the stage. The manager
has called me excitable. I trust the audi
ence will uphold me.”
It was then the Richmond’s turn. He
entered and said: “I am actor. ’Tis true,
I’ve not been in three kingdoms; ’tis true
again, Ive not been on the stage six years,
(Voice in the gallery)—‘nor in Ireland
either,’ but gentlemen I never before was
cursed on the stage. I received a severe
blow on the arm from Richards sword, and
bo I left the stage. If I have done wrong I
ask your pardon.”
And so the entertainments of the evening
appear to have ended.
[From the Washington Union.]
Treasury Department. —Surveyor or
Savannah.—A letter from the Secretary,
states that it is not only'the duty of the sur
veyor to report tothe collector all cases of
vessels from foreign ports entering without
a manifest, but to report all violations of
the revenue laws which may come to his
knowledge.
Postoffice Department.—Wo are autho
rized and requested to state that the Post
master General will make known his decis
ions on the proposals received for conveying
the mails in Virginia, N. Carolina, Sooth
Carolina, Georgia and Florida for the regu
lar oontract term of four years from the first
of July next, and also on routes in other
States in the Union, established by act of
August 3d, 1854, for shorter periods, in the
hall of the Postoffioe Department, on Mon
day the 30th inst., at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Horrid Affray.—A few days since two
brothers by the name of Justice—sous of
Mr. James Justice, of Pike county, had a
personal difficulty, in which one of them
-mis so severely stabbed as to cause his
death. He lived long enough, however, to
confess himself the aggressor, and to acquit
his brother from all blame, as he acted on
self-defence.—Empire State.
Considering that the Democratic party will
undergone no change, but the conduct of he the only party unconditionally opposed
the people on^^ie border counties of Mis- to the underground order, s$^kwe not rea-
soun had astonished and amazed him by 8cma bty expect to see “Little Aleck” on
their reckless disregard of all laws, com- , r . . , , r
pacts, and constitutions. the stum P enforcin g the principles before
The Territory of had been invad- ! ^ P e °pl e °f Georgia, which he so eloquent-
ed by a regular organized army, armed to ’ fy advocated in his great speech against the
the teeth, who took possession of the ballot j Know-Nothings, in the last House of Rep-
boxes, and made up a Legislature to suit ' resentatives ? Or are we to wait for the
£e purposes of the pro-slavejy party.- | result ofthe Yir inia election before wecan
Kansas was subdued, subjugated and con- ! , ® _
quered by armed men from Missouri, but j “ av ® pleasure of hearing from the
her citizens were resolved never to give up . only Representative ” on this interesting
the fight for freedom and>the independence j subject ?
of their seiL from foreigA control and inter- : —— —————
ference. Missouri would be called upon to I
disavow all sympathy with these border ruf- ” ® nnderstand that the grand conven-
fians—and if she refused, the South would j tion of undergrounders that met in Macon
be called upon to discountenance her. i on the 2d inst., broke up and dispersed witb-
If the South refused, the solemn duty out being able to agree upon a can-
wouM devolve upon the North to take up j ^to. We learn, further, that it being
the matter, so that the rights of her sons „ . . .... , ®
who had settled in Kansas^ on the faith of 1 feared *•“* no man in their ranks would
California has no bank; the State, so far,
ignores thp existence, of institutions of a
public nature for circulating notes and tak
ing deposits. Com is only the circulating
medium of California. Even private bank
ing paper is forbidden.
The Empire State.
We orq in receipt of the first number of
the above paper, published in Griffin, Ga.,
by A. A. Gaplding, Editor. -The salutatory
ef tM Editor riiows that the paper will be
an able, firm and unfliching advocate of
Dsmoantie principles,
solemn compacts, shall be vindicated and
sustained. He declared that the accounts !
of the fierce outrages and wild violence per
petrated at the late election in Kansas as j
published in the Northern papers, were not j
exaggerated; and he concluded by saying j
that Kansas was now a* conquered country I
—conquered by force of arms, but her citi- j
zens were resolved never to yield their rights
and he relied upon the North to aid them
by demonstrations of public sentiment and
all other legal means, till they shall be fully
and triumphantly vindicated.
The Paris Presse confirms a report of an
interdiction being placed by the Minister of
State, npon the departure of M’lle Rachel.
The lady, however, solicits its removal, not
as a right, but as a favor to which she
thicks she is entitled, after eighteen years
of professional success ; in consideration,
too, of the grief she feels at the death of her
sister Rebecca. She also urges as a reason
why the favor should he granted, that she
believes she has but a few years to live, and
she does not wish to deprive her numerous
family of the l,200,000f. (about $240,000)
she expects to realize in the United States.
It is presumed that these touching reasons
will soften the heart of the Minister.
The Washington Union on Cuba.—The
Union of Saturday morning has a long ar
ticle on the state of our affairs with Spain.
It seems that the President regards the re
cent bringing to and examination of Amer
ican vessels, as violations of international
laws, indignities to our flag, and aggressions
upon our rights, which will not be tolerated.
Commodore McCauley is not to argue with
Spanish cruisers as to the right of search
or visitation, but say to them: “ You can
claim no right of search, visitation or exam
ination, of any vessel rightfully hearing
our flag upon the high seas, under any guise
or pretent, in my presence or within my
reach.” If you attempt it, the act will he
done at your peril. The Union fiirther
says, the Spanish Government have the is
sue of peace or war in their hands. If they
persist in their aggressions, war is inevita-
be able to stand before the people from
now until October without becoming “ fiat,
stale and unprofitable ” it was unanimous
ly agreed to stave off a nomination until Au
gust. Jenkins stock seems to be on the de
cline. Dawson on the contrary is quoted
considerably above par.
Singular Occurrence.—We learn from
the Hon. A. Hull, says the Athens Watch
man of Thursday last, that at his plantation,
four miles from town, on Friday last, when
the sky was perfectly cloudless, a whirlwind
suddenly sprang up, which scattered in eve
ry direction a strong ‘staked and ridered’
fence around his horse lot, raised the roof
(shingled) off his stable, sixty feet in length,
and twisted and tore up the pines in a
neighboring old field at a terrible rate.—
We do not ^ remember ever before to have
heard of so violent a whirlwind on such a
day.
Mineral Razor-Strops in North Geor
gia.—The editor of the North Georgia Times
has been presented by CoL A. D. Shackel
ford, of Gordon county, with a splendid hone
for razors, which was taken from a quarry
on his plaice, in that county. Large quan
tities, we are told, are found on the premi
ses of Col. Sh’d. Georgia is a great State.
We doubt if there be any article or mate
rial of utility or luxury from cotton and
rice up to whet-stones, that may not be
found in her limits. Here we have,indeed,
razor-strops of Nature’s workmanship, ready
for use, turned up in the mineral regions of
Georgia. Let the “razor-strop” man look
to his laurels.
The Celebrated Race Horse Lexington.
We speak by authority when we announce
to the sporting world that the Champion
Lexington, the winner of the two fastest
races of four miles, ever run in the world,
7:19f, 7:23f—and these within two weeks
of each other—has been taken out of the
training stable, and his exercise discon
tinued. He may be seen at theMetarie
Course, where he is reposing upon his lau
rels, and enjoying his otium cum dignitate.
The celebrated artist, Mr. T. S. Moise, is
engaged to take his portrait, and we need
scarcely add, that it will doubtless be a life
like picture.—Picayune.
[From the London Correspondent of the National
Intelligencer.]
Literary Intelligence.
We regret to announce the death of Mrs.
Nicol, Currer Bell, who established a lasting
reputation by the publication of Jane Eyre.
The novels of Shirley and Villette are also
from her pen, and all are especially distin
guished by great power of conception and
vigorous portrayal of character. Mrs. Nicol
was the last of a family of six; she did at
her father’s house on Saturday, at Haworth,
Yorkshire. The magazines for the month
are not, we think of an average character;
Quarterly Reviews are, however, coming
out very strong, with most tempting lists of
articles. The book of the month is unques
tionably Mr. Kingley’s “Westward, Ho!”
which seems to be in every body’s hand.—
Mr. Thackeray will finish the Newcomes
next month, and then purposes visiting the
United States with a new course of lectures.
Member of Parliament Absconded.
Hon Francis Yilliers, fourth eon of the
Earl of Jersey and member of Parliament
for Rochester, has absconded, leaving debts
to the amount of half a million or more.—
The affair is said to have caused great ex*
citement in London. Yilliers was & valient
member of the Tory party, who hearing of
his operations, and fearing disgrace
would attach to themselves, had a' meeting
at which a deputation was appointed to
‘wait upon the honorable gentleman, and.
call upon him to resign his seat.’ Every
thing was arranged for the departure of the
‘deputation,’ when it occurred to one of them,
more sagacious than the rest, ‘that the diffi
culty was where to find him ;’ and this re
mark, taking every one by surprise, the
'deputation’ broke up in disgust.
A Hoax.—It would appear that Commo
dore Vanderbilt has been finely hoaxed. A
member of the committee, which wrote to
him, asking his views on the Presidency,
confesses it was all a joke to head off—
‘Live Oak George’ Alderman Briggs should
investigate .the matter. It was an insult to
‘an American.’
In the vicinity of Ogdensburg, N. Y',‘
many cattle have lately died of black foot
or hoof-all.
The s team earner Afton, with 2,000 bale#
of Cotton, has been burnt on the Yazzoo
rivsr.
’It is said that in St. Petersburg the
war party has completely got the upper hand
and that Alexander ll.’s throne would not
be worth a week’s purchase if he were to
attempt to thwart the current of national
feeling. The rich nobles, who in their
hearts long for peace, and will be the great
est sufferers by the war, ore compelled to
swell the popular cry. They offer large con
tributions, in the hope of averting a sweeep-
ing ad valorem property-tax, amounting to
confiscation.
Somebody Wanted to take Seyastopol.
—The English people despair of their old
fogy generals in the Crimea taking Sevas
topol, and the London Times suggests that
if Americans can show a way to take Se
vastopol, England will be ready to learn and
give them credit for the lesson. This is
regularly inviting proposals, and we have
no donbt that a contract could be made in
the United States which would ensure the
accomplishment of the job.
Atlanta Medical College.—By refer
ence to a card in another colnmn it will be
seen that the introductory address to the
course of Medical Lectures will be delivered
at the City Hall, on Monday next by Prof.
J. W. Jones.
We learn that students for the course are ar-
arriving in the citydailyandtheprospectsfor
the success of the College are of a very promis
ing character. We are sorry to hear, however,
that on more than one occasion young men
have been prevented fromapplyingforadmis-
sion in the College by representations made
to them by persons in our own community
that there would be no course of lectures.
The establishment of a Medical College in
our midst is certainly calculated to benefit
the place, and such manifestations of hos
tility to the enterprise argues anything hut
a feeling of interest in the welfare and pros
perity of our city.
Fire!
About four o’clock last evening, the Cam-
phene Manufactory of Messrs. West &
Glover, in this city, took fire, and was en
tirely destroyed in about thirty or forty
minutes.
Money Affairs.—The Baltimore Patriot
says: The money market continues increas
ing in ease. Our latest advices from all
quarters confirm this statement. In New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans,
and various other important points we ob
serve that capital is abundant and seeking
investment at reduced rates. A variety of
causes are now operating which induce the
agreeable hope that we wall yet find finan
cial affairs more consonant with the general
wish. True, considerable exports of specie
have taken place recently, but much of
these were to adjust old debts, and it is en
couraging to know that these are met
promptly. Our recent imports have been
confessedly light compared with other sea
sons. Speculative and extravagant over
trading has been greatly reduced, business
has assumed a safer and more legitimate
basis—hence a decreased demand formoney.
Boston, April 28.—The total loss bv the
fire here last night is not less than $600,000
on which there is insurance in Boston offi
ces to the extent of 250,000 or 330,000
The mutual offices are the largest sufferers.
The firemen continue to work at the ruins,
as the flames are not yet entirely subdued.
[communicates.]
Democratic Meeting In Campbellton.
The Democratic party of Campbell coun
ty met in the Court House, in .Campbellton,
on Tuesday the 1st of May, 1855.
On motion of Wm. J. Garrett, Wade
White was called to the Chair and appoint
ed Preeident of the meeting.
On motion of Col. Richard Moore, Wm.
E. Green was appointed Vice-President and
J. M. Cantrell, Secretay.
The object of the meeting was explained
by Wm. J. Garrett in a few pointed and ap
propriate remarks, closed, by a motion that
the President appoint a committee of five
to prepare and report business for the action
of the meeting.
The President proceeded to appoint as
follows: Wm. J. Garrett, Col. Benjamin
Camp, Wm. B. Swann, Stephen James and
Stephen Baggett.
The committee retired, and after a short
consultation reported as follows:
Whereas, a meeting of the Democratic
party has recently been held in Newnan,
making suitable preliminary arrangements
to call out a full delegation from the various
counties composing the 4th Congressional
District, to meet in convention at ^Newnan
on the second Monday in June next, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate to rep
resent us in the next Congress.
And whereas, it is necessary that the
county of Campbell be represented in a Gu
bernatorial Convention, to he held in Mil-
ledgeville on the 1st Monday in June next.
In pursuance thereof, therefore
Resolved, That we recommend the ap
pointment of Maj. L. B. Watts, Col. T. A.
Lasham and Wesley Camp as delegates to
attend the Convention at Milledgeville.
Resolved further, That we recommend
that the President, assisted by the Vice-
President and Secretary of this meeting,
proceed to appoint three efficient and suita
ble men from the Democratic party in each
Militia District of said county as delegates
to attend the Convention at Newnan for the
purpose of nominating a candidate as above
Resolved further, That we request that
the proceedings of this meeting be publish
ed in each Democratic paper in the 4th
Congressional District.
BENJ. CAMP, Ch’n. Com.
On motion, the report and resolutions
were unanimously adopted.
The President, Vice-President and Secre
tary then proceeded to make the appoint
ments and announce them as follows:
Campbellton District—A. Austell, W. B.
Swann, Wm. J. Garrett.
Old 9th Dist.—Belford Luck, John M.
Wood, Wm. Genings.
Chestnut Lodge Dist.—W. White, Ste
phen James, S. Baggett.
Pumpkintown Dist.—I. Garrett, Col. B.
Camp, N. Harrison.
McLarin’s Dist.—S. B. Watts, E. L.
Jackson, T. J. Camp.
Sand Town Dist.—J. M. Cantrell, W. G.
Campbell, Jno. McWilliams.
Dark Corner Dist.—S. R. Heartsfield, G.
McLarty, W. P. Clinton.
Good’s Dist.—I. M. Parrish, S. II. Neal,
J. F. McLarin.
On motion of Col. B. Camp, the appoint
ments were unanimously confirmed by the
meeting.
On motion, the meeting adjourned, sine
die. WADE WHITE, Pres.
J. M. Cantrell, Sec.
Campbellton, May 1, 1855.
' Cocoa Mad Chocolate
Applied to beverages, the term Cocoa de
scribes a decoction, which is used like
Coffee, rejecting the issolnble port of the
bean, while Chocolate is employed to desigr
nate a preparation like gruel, the whole of
which is adapted for consumption. The
former is prepared for market by depriving
the bean of its husk, and crashing it to
fragments. The latter, after being roasted
over a slow fire, is either beaten or ground
in the bask, with starch, sugar or other
similar ingredient to a paste; or when the
finer article is sought to he manufactured,
is shelled after roasting, and ground with
sugar, and a flavoring of vanilla. Where
vanilla is too expensive, cinnamon and
cloves are substituted ; hat a single pod of
vanilla is sufficient for a pound and a half
of cocoa. Chocolate is also variously form
ed into confects, to be eaten in the solid
state, and when properly made, they are
alike wholesome and profitable.
Like tea and coffee, chocolate operates
upon the human system with exhilarating
and sustaining effects; and though it does
not in the same degree influence tne nervous
or intellectual life, it supplies nutriment to
the body in much larger proportion. Its
predominating ingredient, indeed, more
than one half the weight of the shelled bean
is fat; while it contains also a large pro
portion of starch and glnton. It diners
from milk, to which it bears the closest re
semblance of all varieties of human food,
according to Prof. Johnston, chiefly in the
S eater proportion of fat which it contains.
the Chemistry of Common Life, the fol
lowing comparison is instituted between
milk evaporated to dryness, and the dry
cocoa-bean:
Milk. Cocoa-bean.
MONDAY, MAY 7.
[From the New York Mirror.]
Capture of Havana.
I am astonished at the frivolous manner
in which some simple people talk of taking
the Moro Castle and the city of Havana.—
Thereare thousands in the United States who
have been induced by the press to believe,
that this celebrated fortification can be
taken with a few hundred soldiers. This
is a gross fallacy. All our navy, and 20,000
soldiers, would find full occupation in ma
king the attempt.
The English government, in 1762, fitted
out a very large fleet, with transports con
veying 10,000 soldiers, to attack Havana,
which was captured after a siege of 22 days,
with a loss of over 10,000 men.
For the benefit of those who never read
or heard of this famous siege, I abridge an
account of that event for their information
—hoping the press will republish it for the
enlightenment of the masses on this inte
resting topic.
In the year 1762, 19 ships of the line and
18 frigates, with various smaller vessels of
war, and some 200 transports under com
mand of Pocock, and 10,000 soldiers, under
Gen. Monckton, arrived off the Moro Castle,
with the avowed purpose of capturing that
celebrated fortress. The army landed to
the eastward of the Moro, without opposi
tion, and immediately besieged the fort.—
Five thousand men were employed in the
attack, and five thousand in covering the
siege and protecting the parties engaged in
procuring water.
The hardships endured by the troops in
carrying on this siege was incredible. The
earth or soil was everywhere so thin, that it
was with difficulty they could cover them
selves in their approaches. The want of
water was also very distressing. The army
was obliged to fetch water from a great dis
tance. So scantry and precarious was the
supply procured with great labor, that they
were obliged to have recourse to what the
ships could afford. The heavy artillery had
to he dragged a long way over a rough and
rocky shore. Under the painful circum
stances the men in great numbers dropped
dead, with thirst, heat and fatigue.
The navy aided the siege by placing their
ships of the line in position, and bombard
ed the fort for seven hours without intermis
sion. This divided the Spanish forces, who
were now compelled to defend themselves,
at the same time, on the land and sea side!
The troops in the fort (situated, on a rock
one hundred and twenty feet high) defend
ed themselves gallanty; and the F.ngUah
suffered severely, and in order to save their
ships, were compelled to draw them off out
Casien or gluten - 35
18
Fat - - 24
55
Sugar or starch,.&c. 37
23
Ash, or mineral matter4
4
100
loo
The union of milk and chocolate in the
preparation of the domestic beverage, is
practically a skilful chemical adjustment,
by which the excess in either of one of the
nutritive ingredients, is made to compen
sate the deficiency in the other. The result
is an eminently nutritive mixture, of great
virture to support the bodily strength and
sustain the nervous energy. It is apt to
disagree with delicate stomachs, and persons
of weak digestion, fond of the cocoa flavor,
should use only the simple infusion, made
by boiling the bean, crushed into fragments
after being roasted and deprived of its husk,
drinking it with sugar and milk, like cof
fee.
New Railroad Brake.—Important Im- of reach of the Spanish guns.
provement.—The New York Post says :
“At. the invitation of Gouvernenr Morris,
president of the Railroad Car Brake Com
pany, a large number of railroad superin
tendents, directors, and others, went to Pat
erson yesterday in four cars of the Erie
Railroad Company, to test Creamer’s pat
ent operator. The train, was put to a speed
of 35 miles to the hour on a down grade of
forty feet to the mile, and was brought up
As soon as the Spaniards were relieved
from the bombardment of the navy, the
artillerists returned to the land side. The
fight now became very, desperate and de
structive. The cannonnade continued sev
en days; the siege had lasted twenty days,
with little hope of taking the Moro. At
this time the English received a reinforce
ment of four thousand fresh troops. Now,
inspired with new hopes, the attack was re-
newed; their ^tioSTr^ubl^ ^.d ^Tt
tiie brake, at a distance of less than 300 laat with success. “ *
feet.
$®“We see by the Savannah papers that
Gov. Johnson arrived in that City on Tues
day last, and took rooms at the Pulaski
House.
, • - . ; — — ■ ■ ■ -i
The Newfoundland papers wish: success
On the 22d day of this
memorable siege the fort was captured. The
city held put a few days and then surrende
red, to prevent unnecessary sacrifice of
life. T
The-loss sustained by the English army
and navy was horrible. -The Engliah histo
rians, aware how dearly this victory was ob
tained, prudently omitted to record the num
ber of killed and wounded. . Cotemporary
writers (not English) say, “this fort cost
England over ten thousand men.”
ive highly oi r
veto of General fierce. The journals sur-
nrise timt ' the- 'New York, Newfoundland, __
and London Telegraph Company, mav ar- ! may make tome estimate how man
range their plans in connection with the j and how many soldiers, (fillibusters,] ondls-
undertsking of Mr. Vanderbilt, instead of c lplined menf it would 1 require to captora
establishing a separate line of their own. (he Moro Castle. M.
Early Ideas of Steam Navigation.
A friend has furnished us with a copy of
the annexed letter from the distinguished
Robert Fulton, the successful introducer of
steamboats, written in the year 1811, to Dr.
W. Thornton, the then ingenious superin
tendent of the Patent Office. Four years
before this period, Fulton had constructed
a steam passenger boat which navigated the
Hudson at the rate of six miles an hour,
and yet, so long after, he still doubted that
a boat could be contrived to he driven six
miles an hour, in calm water, with one hun
dred tons on board! What would, then,
have been his amazement could he have had
a vision of such steam leviathans as the
Arctic or the Agamemnon?—Rational In
telligencer.
Kalorama, Jan. 9, 1811.
To Dr. Thornton:
Dear Sir:—Having an unfortunate bile,
and being altogether so unwell that I shall
probably not be able to go out of the house
in a fortnight, I shall bo happy to have
some conversation with you on your steam
boat inventions and experience. Although
I do not see by what means a boat contain
ing one hundred tons of merchandize can
be driven six miles an hour in still water,
yet when you assort your perfect confidence
in such success, there may be something
more in your combinations than I am aware
of. As such success would he of infinite
national importance, I should feel disposed
on the principles of patriotism to give the
essay every aid, at the same time to make
such an arrangement as would secure you
ample fortune. To prove your principles by
practice, it has occurred to me that one of
two things may be done; either that you
find some one to join you with funds to build
the boat, and, if you succeed to run six
miles an hour in still water with one hun
dred tons of merchandize, I will contraot to
reimburse the cost of the boat and to give
you one hundred and $50,000 for your pat
ent; or, if you can convince me of the suc
cess by drawiugs or demonstrations, I will
join you in the expenses and profits. Please
to think of this, and have the goodness to
let me see or hear from you as soon as pos
sible.
I am, sir, your most obedient,
Robert Fulton.
The Proposed Seizure ot Americans in
Cuba.
The report from Havana that the Cuban
authorities intend, in case of another inva
sion, to seize all the Americans on the
island—even our Consuls—is confirmed by
reference tothe Soule correspondence, where
it apperrs that when General Pezuela was
about to sail from Spain to he Captain-
General of Cuba, he made the following ex
traordinary demand of the Spanish govern
ment:
“He insisted on being allowed full discre
tion to the effect, first, that in the case of a
new expedition being organized against the
island, like that headed dv Gen. Lopez, he
might put under arrest all Americans resi
ding there, without excepting even the con
sul; and, secondly, that, should any difficul
ty intervene between Mexico and the U. S.,
he might afford assistance to the Mexicans,
either by sending them arms and ammuni
tion from.the public arsenals, and men from
the forces stationed in the Island, or any
other way he deemed expedient and prop
er.”
Breech Loading Gannon.
We saw on exhibition, in Wall-street, in
front of the Merchants'Exchange, on Tues
day, a large cannon, of mammoth dimen
sions, and apparently of tremendous death-
dealing properties.
It is the invention of John P. Shenkl, a
German, now a resident of East Boston,
Massachusetts, where the invention was
projected and completed, under the auspices
of a number of wealthy citizens in Boston.
The cannon is about six feet in length*
and weighs in the vicinity of 1,200. Its
D ualities nas been thoroughly tested, and
le invention pronounced one of the most
important of . tne 19th century, so far as re
lates to naval war&ring, for which this in
strument is peculiarly adapted.
At a recent triaTof this gun, it is stated
that a c cal ball weighing nine pounds,
was thro\- :> a distance of 4£ miles with three
pounds i f powder.
One great advantage this cannon has over
the ordinary gun, consists in the fruit, that it
can be loaded and fired fifteen times a min
ute, and only requires three mem to work
it, while the guns now in use in onr Nary
want ten or twelve men. A patent for the
manufacture of this kind of cannon has
been taken out for the’ United States, En
gland, France and Belgium.
The Denaeracy Moving.
Our exchanges from every section of the
State bring us accounts of Democratic pri
mary meetings, all of which seem to bp
characterized by concert of action, harmo
ny and enthusiasm. The Democracy of
Georgia are evidently moving, in the pre
liminaries for the coming contest, with a
unity of purpose that argues well for an old
fashioned triumph in the October elections.
One feature that (characterizes the proceed
ings of almost every meeting which has yet
been held, is the firm and unqualified man
ner in which they place themselves in un
compromising opposition to the principles
of the new underground organization. The
time-honored doetrines of the Democratic
party are broad enough and strong enough
to carry us victoriously through the politi
cal conflict about to ensue, without an iota
of concession to the new fangled and exotie
heres.'is which are attempted to be dissemi
nated among the people, and we have no
fears for the result, when they shall be again
put to the test before the independent voters
of Georgia.
The “squatters” in Kansas, recently held
a meeting and nominated the Hon, David
R. Atchison of Missouri, for the Presidency,
and the Hon. Isaac Toucy, of Conn., for the
Vice Presidency.
Removal of Judge Losing,—The Boston
Courier, (Webster paper,) speaking of the
then anticipated, but now consummated re
moval of Judge Loring, by the Massachu
setts Legislature, said: “The shield of the
Constitution may be placed before Judge
Loring, but his adversaries will pierce
through it. He must take the chanee of
every man who holds offioe under a popular
government; for the time has come when
radicalism in temperance laws, and radical
ism in abolition laws, and radicalism in
‘Know Nothing’ laws generally, must pre
vail in Massachusetts for a season. We
shall have an opportunity of seeing whether
they can prevail in the future.”
Gen. Wm. O. Butler, of Kentucky,
declines the Democratic nomination for
Congress, and denounces, as a slander, a re
port that he has any sympathy with the
Know-Nothings.
The^citizens of Chicago held a meet
ing and resolved to make collections for the
support of the police wounded in the late
riot in that city.
*SL. Brigham Young has published a
manifesto, in which he indicates that Mor
mon policy in Utah will not yield to the
United States or any other authority.
Distribution of the Bible in Georgia.
—Rev. G. J. Pearce, Agent of the Augusta
Bible Society, has made a report of their
doings the Last year. Twenty counties have
been thoroughly explored. In these twenty
counties they visited 20,262 families, found
8,272 families destitute, and supplied them
by sale and gift, gave 4,671 poor children a
copy of the New Testament, and put into
circulation 10,958 volumes. Since Janua
ry, 1852, seventy-five counties have been ex
plored, In these they visited 75,750 fami
lies, found destitute and supplied 16,170 of
them, gave 18,645 poor children a copy of
the New Testament, and put into circulation
45,820 volumes.
The Last of Sontag.—Accounts from
Hamburg of the 3d inst., mention the arri
val of the Danish brig Juno, Capt. Bohn,
from Laguna with the remains of the Coun
tess Rossi better known by hermaiden name
of Henriette Sontag, who, it will be remem
bered, died of the cholera while making a
professional tour in Mexico. The corpse,
which is preserved in three coffins one with
in the other—was forwarded by railroad to
Berlin, in the first instance, where the
widower was accredited formerly as the
Envoy of the King of Sardinia.
Rain.—Wo had a glorious rain on Thurs
day evening, preceded by a heavy storm of
wind which sent the dust whirling through
the air in columns so dense as to obscure all
other objects. Our streets presented the
appearance of a solid mass of dirt, from the
ground to the house-tops. The rain which
followed has completely saturated the earth
and revived drooping vegetation.—Griffin
Union 5th, inst.
. . Oar AUaateFt>4q»ps».- j i D ' ; .
Almost proverbiri has bewme^the stir,
Her’Su ess men seemaSvtMo eveiy ae$na
calculated to attract trade frOm tkevp’OOti*-
try. They visit the oounfey,- mingle nrith
the people, sand out handbills and advertise
, * ; v , in tiie paperswdtiiaU^eBstityihstMialmoet
After reading this aecount, an American incredible. The oonseqimnee.i*—as TTl%t: •
— —~ ^ be expected, when the up-country towns are “
doing absolutely nothing to counteract these
influences—the trade of Atlanta is rapidly
increasing.—Cherokee Georgian.
Wo have later advices from Great
Salt Lake City, but they contain nothing of
importance. Brigham Young still ruled in
Utah, The Indians had become remarkably
docile, and the emigrant trains crossed the
plains without molestation.
The Maine Law.
The following amendment has been made
to the Prohibitory Liquor Law in Maine:
“If on expressman, cartman, porter, or
any other person, shall carry a bottle, or
cask, or demijohn of wine or other liquors,
to a gentleman’s residence, he is subject to
a fine of twenty dollars and cost for the first
offence. For the second offence, a fine and
costs, and thirty days’ imprisonment for the
penalty. If any man carries in his own
baggage or about his person a flask or any
other vessel containing liquor of any sort,
to be used by him, the party doing so is made
liable to a fine of thirty dollars and thirty
Whatever the temporary feelings of indi
viduals or of communities may prompt, no
sensible man can believe that suen an
enactment as this can keep its place perma
nently on the statute book of any American
State. No zeal for Temperance or any
other good cause will ^arrant so gross au
invasion of personal rights, and such extra
ordinary penalties for such constructive
offences, as those therein provided. Such
legislation is morally certain to defeat its
own ends. It will inevitably create a reac
tion which will not stop with remedying the
evils that provoke it, but will frustrate the
objeot aimed at by the Probitory Law.
True wisdom would dictate an opposite
course—such a course as should conciliate
instead of alienating public favor, and en
list on its behalf the good sense and moral
feeling of the public at large.—N. Y. Daily
Times.
Trial in the Oaks, in Motion.—An ex
ample of summary j ustice was afforded yes
terday on the Providence & Worcester Rail
road. A man who once was tried on a
charge of obstructing the same road was a
passenger. He refused to surrender his
ticket to the conductor, alledging that he
would ^not trust him with it. No persuasion
could induce him to give it up, and the con
ductor waited till the train had passed into
Massachusetts. Soon after a constable and
ajustioe of the peace came into the'ear.—
Mr. Garfield Mated'the case; the justice is
sued a writ, the constable served it; the
case was duly tried, the cars going all the
time at the rate of 25 miles an hour, the de-
» - * "aed five dollars
nine
tram reached Uxbridgo,
. . to take his c uoe, pay tbe fine
Mr :>®* thelattar and learnt
nssoa that the next time he 0 nude*
to impose on a railroad company, he
most do it in Rhode Island, as the laws of
other States do not allow them.—iVocidence
Journal.
