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Cuxriu'Ston. S. ('% April 10, 'O4.
Mu. Kpmi#:
Wt* arrived here-j-our friend, Judex
<okl f—-Sunday evening, after about
lu erift Tour hours of travel. Wo had
Imt little travelling company—indeed
the ears \ver# almost empty —-until we
reached Augusta, consequently we had
quiet and comfortable quarters, thus tar.
At Milieu, however —the junction of the
\Yavnesboro and Central Rail road-—we
were assaulted —-nett vi and (trjfM —by a
garrulous okl gentleman, who said he
Jived at “ Mclkan” that, he was going to
“ Ml. Bean.", 1 hat " Me Bean" was distant
so manv miles, &e. lie seemed to think
ilia! cvefv bod'v ought to know where
Meßean ” was, and feel as much inter
v stsl hi "Mi Bean *as he did. \\ e lost
his Company at “Meßean,” ami if \ve
f-vor pass that way again, we hope ho
•Vdl have removed from “ Meßean.-’
At Augusta, the throng was so'great,
it was with difficulty we succeeded in
getting tickets for this place, and when
we did get them, it was still more
<-ult to get seats. There were, I think,
four posseigor ears, and all were full to
overt low mg. \\ o reacned here, how
ever. after submitting to great diseefn*
fort, without accident, and iiml that the
CoUimercial Convention, which is in pas
sion here this week, has attracted a great
nutnbrr of strangers —delegates from
motrlv all the Southern States, being in
attendance. The sessions ol the Con
vention are held in the theatre —a beauti
ful room, and well fitted for thepur
. Large printed cards, wit 1, the
names of the different States repr'sent
< <1 in* the Convention, are posted m hfter
i nt parts of the room to designate the
s >ats allotted to each delegation. The
Convention was organized this morning,
by the re-election of the Hon. W . C.
1 iuwson of (ieorgia as President —this
being the third time he has received that
honor — Li nt. Maury, first vice Presi
dent —ami one vice President and Sec
retary from each State represented—
Judge. Xisb-t being the vice President
ami James Hamilton the Secretary from
< ieorgia. A General Committee, of
three from each State, was appointed to
report business for the Convention. —
The members of the Committee from
(leorgia are Judge Xisb.-t, Nelson Tift
mid Hiram 11 >berts. 1 should have re
marked, in the proper place, that the
President, in taking liis seat, delivered
a very appropriate address, glancing at
the objects <>f the Convention, and sug
gesting items of business that ought to
engage its attention. He spoke of the
Pacific Railroad, as a work demanded
by the Wants and necessities of the times
—an enterprise that ought to be carried
through—i more extend '<l development
of our resources—mineral, .agricultural,
and manufaeturi iig—increasetl facilities
«*f tramp xrtation—improving rivers and
harbors—investing capital at home, in
•tead of sending it abroad —homo edu
cation, &e. As all of these subjects will
likely com' up, in the progress of the
deliberation of the Convention, 1 may
recur to th an, in another communication.
R.-solutions were offered by several
gentlemen, and were raftered to the Gen
eral Committee, and as thev will likely
be reported back to the,Convention, and
debated, 1 will reserve am* remarks upon
them for the present.
The Convention adjourned at three
o'clock this afternoon, as the theatre had
to be put in ons-r for some performance
to-night. Should anvthing Interesting
transpire, 1 promts -i > advis/ von.
'Charleston. I'fLfiav, April 11. '54.
Mr. Ei>dml ; '
1 give you a scepsis of the second
days .proceedings of the Convention.—
-V resolution was ( passed, this morning,
to solicit a copy/If the add'yss, deliver
ed by the President, Hon. W. C. Daw-
Lson. on yesterday, in taking the chair,
and publishing the same with the pro
«•. Hidings of the Convention. You will
therefore have an opportunity of seeing
the address as delivered.
The following papers and resolu
tions were presented to the Convention,
and all referred to the General Com
mittee. A letter from Mr. Deßow, of
the Census Department, at Washington
City, addressed to 11. W. Conner, Pre
sident of the Committee of arrangments,
upon the objects and duties of the Con
vention. A resolution, by Gov. Jones
of Tennessee, favorable to the construc
tion of a Pacific Railroad. Several
gentlemen offered resolutions on this
subject, but I was more struck with the
idea presented by Mr. Pike of Arkan
sas, iii a series of resolutions offered by
him. it was this, that the South is able,
iridepently of Northern, or General
Government aid, to construct such a
•road, and locate it where it will conduce
to the greatest possible advantage to the
Smith. The plan is, for all the Rail
road - Companies South, and all the
Southern States to unite in subscribing
,as liberally as they may feel able, as also
individuals and corporations generally.
Mr. Pike also spoke of several Indian
tribes, west of Arkansas, that would
likely unite very liberally in the sub
scription. Thus the Eastern terminus
could be located in a slave State, and
.the control of the whole enterprise fall
into the hands of Southern men. I
would send von the resolutions entire,
but arn not able to get hold of them.
The subject of direct comm uni
,<-atiori between Southern and foreign
ports, was presented in several differ
ent resolutions by different Delegates.
Slave labor, in factories—encour
agement of the introduction of cash cap
ital, and its permanent investments in
l the South-—trie mining interests of the
Southern and Western States were also
faniong the subjects introduced into the
. Convention.
Col. Tiftt of Georgia, introduced a
solution looking to increased facilities
4 communication between our seaports,
A the interior as a means of the de-
and increased prosperity of
{ ‘ ,o \)f Al>
\ % Mr. Morton of Athens, Georgia.
“ a sort of Peace Committee, ]
hf 0 ' S<JU M° ie s “ut of' war in the East, j
a Nuid to the disturbances there.;
‘-died.forth an eloquent j
* speakers? 1 have ever heard. The duty
i mt Railroad iron -the encouragement of
! out home merchants —encouragement of
; emigration- -the establishment ofa press
ito further the interests of this Convene
lion —the construction of a Railroad
across the Isthmus of Florida—these are
1 among the most important subjects that
have been presented to the Coin eutioji,
as vet. As I stated before, they have
all been referred to the General Com
mittee, and will be reported back to the
/Convention. I will then be able to give
vou more of their details. That Com
mittee will report in part, to-morrow,
but so much matter lias been referred to
them that it will be several days ljeibre
they will dispateli it all.
Col. d’ifft, of Georgia, ihts-msoriilng.
introduced a resolution, asking the Gen
eral Committee 1o report,, what is pro
per, legitimate and constitutional dfoftnc *
any one State haw against the unconsti
tutional legislation of the General Com
mittee. A g-mt. Leman from Marvland
moved t-be reference of this resolution
to the Supreme Court of the Id S.—
From the indications this morning, 1
think there will be an, exciting debate
on that subject when it gets properly
before the Convention—should it be en
tertained as a legitimate subject of con
sideration. on the part of the Conven
tion.
Parson Brown low, of Tennessee,
was this morning called on for a speech.
As this gentleman is a sort of u notabili
ty ' in Georgia, a hasty description of
his personal might not be unacceptable
to tew readers. He is, then, rather a
small man—dark brown hair—complex
ion a little sallow—a very sharp nose
and remarkably dnlHooking- eyes. He
is slow and languid in his movements,
and is the last man you would suspect
of act ing the part that he has acted.—
He says he :sa fair specimen of Tennes
see gallantry—that lie is, when at home,
a general supervisor—overseer of morals,
politics, religion, agriculture, and all
the ftneerests of our country. lie would
not at this time make a speech, but
would give expression to his opinion on
one subject, after the manner of the res
olutions of the Pilgrim fathers on their
arrival in this country.
1. Resolved, that Cuba "is the
Lord's, and the fullness thereof.’’
2. Resolved, that it is the inheri
tance of his saints of the South;
8. Resolved, that we are his saints
of the South.
There are other "notabilities " here,
but it would swell this letter too long—
ndeed it is too long already—to intro
duce them now. They will form the
the subject of a subsequent, communi
cation.*
ANSELM.
Spmlin§ #ILo.
For The Independent Press.
«WistJiti anel tlflfink-hunting.
BY JOB MANTON.
•‘ And now when summer comes, and winter’s sports
With winter's frosts and winter’s'cold are o'er—
■ When Reynard roams securely in the wood,
And partridge is secure from Sportsman’s gun,
Sound ye the liorn. and seek the. marshy swauip.
And from iiis covert drive the startled mink."
Some of my earliest sporting expe
rience is eonnoced with the mink. The
audacity of this minimal in bis invasions
of the poultry yard, makes him an ob
ject of peculiar hatred tot he good house
wives, of the Southern country. Many
an unfortunate lien is doomed to fall by
the burial of the shap teeth of the mink
in her jugulars, wherever there is a
swamp contiguous to the chicken-house.
As I have said, some of my earliest sport
ing experience is connected with the
mink. When quite a boy, mv mid-night
slumbers were, often disturbed bv the ;
unearthly squall of some partlet, perish
ing beneath the fangs of the ruthless in- j
truder from the thick swamps in the j
neighborhood of my father's house. — :
flow !. t hen' hurried on my clothes, and
hastened out in the yard, loudly hooping
to poor old Ponto, now no more, but
then in the prime of life —Ponto, almost
tire sole denizen of my then sparsely
populated kennel—Ponto, that hardy
cross of the hound upon the lice —that :
paragon of a thorough' hunter and good I
trailer, unsurpassed in these things by
any canine that has Come within my ken,
save, the veteran Bingwoodof later years.
One hoop to Ponto; and away he scud
ded to the scene of a vine murder, veil
ing and barking as if the fate of the whole
of dog-dom depended upon* his exer
tions. And away fled the mink at the
noise of lus charging jibe, and was speed
ily ensconced within the caverns of his
subterranean den. But Ponto follows !
his trail, and his peculiar, short bay soon j
announces the retreat of the poultry- !
yard depredator. And then came the !
negro boys with torches, arid grubbing
hoes, and exhumed the felon from his
earthly retreat. And next followed the
contest between the mink and Ponto
Jp-hieh laid the former low —not howev
er until the redoubtable beagle was as
sisted in the contest by the blows of his
shouting and exultant Ethiopian aiders
and abettors.
The mink generally chooses a dark,
cloudy, drixly night for his attack upon
the poultry. lie never attempts to car
ry off any of his victims, but merely
buries lus teeth in their necks, sucks
their blood, and hurries to another to
treat it in the same manner. None of
the desk is ever devoured; and frequent
ly, indeed, he does not take time to suck
the blood, but hurries from one fowl to
another as if in mere wanton mischief,
like the maniac dog in a Hock of sheep.
In a few minutes lie will often destroy
from fifty to one hundred chickens.
Besides occasional forage from the j
poultry yard, the mink lives upon birds,
irogs, fish, snakes, rabbits, and iniMil
upon whatever flesh he can bring Yfffti
in his clutches. He is a nocturnal wand
erer in the season when all the grass and
herbage arecut down, never going abroad j
in the day time. But when summer cloth j
cs the swampsand low grounds in a thick
coat of grass, he wunderes forth during I
the deijjf. as well as the night, in pursuit j
of his food. He limits both by sight;
and smell, When the object he pursues j
is insight, fie steals softly and stealthily
upon, his prey,.somewhat like a cat, but
more like a pointer. When it is out ox
sight, he trails with liis.nose close to the
I a sudden spring, and the chase over.
When lie senate' asepenf. itis#t the back
jof the head/and in such a way as to
| avoid a bite from the poisououb fangs. -
: The watcr-moecason more frequently
fulls a victim to hissrkifee-eatingpropen
sities than any other specie; of tlie ser
|pc ut. The cause is apparent.. Both are
1 inhabitants of watery places, ayd the
mink does not have to travel ouLof his
| usual neighborhood to find the inocea*
| son. In the long, hot days of summer,
I these' serpents usually lie basking upon
the water’s bank, or upon some stone
I just above the waves, or on drifted - tim
ber. ready to plunge at a moment’s warn
ing into the stream just below them.—
But the mink runs his rounds, selects as
large, lift serpent at bis leisure, commits
unparalleled havoc upon the nests and
unfledged broods of the fowl which is
so delicious to his taste. He is no re
gain lev of the law of Moses which com
mands the old bird to he spared when
in the act of incubation but. is alike de
structive of eggs, young birds, and old.
If used to be the fashion in Georgia
to destroy the mink bv setting for him
traps and dead-falls of divers and sun
dry kinds. The steel-; rap did good ex
ecution, and so did a kind of box-trap
and dead-fall made of any thing heavy
enough to kill the rnirik, which is an an
imal very tenacious of life. I remember
when I was quite a boy my father’s over
seers setting a stone dead-fall for some 1
minks which had been committing dep
redations in my mother’s lien-house.—
He first employed only one large flat
stone, bating the triggers with a leg of
chicken. The mink was caught, but
being unwilling to die easy, he actually
scratched from under the rock and made
his escape. To prevent this the over
seer employed another flat stone sunk
into the ground, and sot the first above
it, baited as before. This was in the
evening. The next morning the mink
was found dead between the two stones
and mashed as flat as a pan-cake.
It is now the custom to hunt the
mink with hounds trained for the pur
pose. Any one seeing the short legs
and awkward appearance of this animal
would think him very illy adapted as an
object of chase. And so lie is in 1 lie
winter seasons when there are no grass
and weeds in which he may hide and
conceal himself from his pursuers. Run
ning but slowly he, at that season, soon
ensconces himself in his den, and falls
art easy victim to the hunter, who digs
him out and destroys him without ilili
culty. But when summer comes and
the swamps and low-lands are covered
with thick grass, then it is you may hunt
him with your dozen, your fifty or one
hundred hounds, and he will run as
long, and give you as much amusement
as can reynard in his best efforts. Nav
more—l have run a mink longer and
in stiller and more constant cry. where
there was a good thick swamp, than i
ever have a fox. The peculiar smell
emitted by our little animal makes him
easily trailed, and every dog you have,
whether puppy, or otherwise, will run
him with, ail his might from the first
moment lie gets scent of him. Hence
the continuous cry of the pack tv lien in
chase of the mink.
I have run one nearly all day in the
hottest part of summer, and failed to
catch him at last —-when if the (logs had
been pursuing any other game, a few
minutes' race would so completely have
“knocked them up” as that they would
never have recovered from its effects.—
The reason is obvious. The mink, be
ing a frequenter of places where there
is always water, through which 1m con
stantly runs and swims, the dogs also
constantly plunge info the cooling ele
ment, and are thus enabled to run a race,
one hundredth part of which they could
not accomplish under other circumstan
ces. And yet, after all, the chase of the |
mink is more injurious to dogs than any !
other in the world. The thick saw-grass j
and cane through which this little ani- i
mal runs arc exceedingly detrimental to j
the eyes of the hounds, hi addition to
this, the race is one continual splash
through mud and water, with the dirt
and sand forever in contact with the*
canine optics. And when the mink dens j
under a bank, as he is certain to do, j
when too hard pressed, it devolves up- ;
on the dogs to scratch him out, and thus j
dirt and sand are thrown into their eyes, j
Thus it is that the eyes ofa dog which I
hunts mink are almost always sore.
In hunting the mink you must start i
out early in the morning before the trail j
made by the animal the night before gets j
cold—too cold to follow. Your dog, if
lie understands Ins business, soon strikes
a trail after reaching the swamp, if there
was any mink there the night before.— 1
It is very easy to trail the animal, for he
always leaves a good scent. Occasional
ly your young clogs will evoke an im
precation by pursuing the rabbits which j
abound in the samp where you arc hunt- !
ing. But the old dogs stilt pursue the!
right trail in the middle of the stream,
along the bank, under the bank, through
drifts, and over fallen timber, blow the
trail is warmer, and now the young dogs
begin to open. Suddenly in tjio thick
grass just ahead of you, every hound,
old young and puppy; breaks out in a
most tremendous uproar. The game ‘‘is
up.’’ Onward dashes the mink through
the mud, water, saw-grass and very
thickest eanc or other growth which lie
can find, and on dash the hounds after
him as fast as the impeding barriers will
permit. But this is not very fast; for
the mink knows that his only safety con
sists in going where the dogs cannot fol
low, or if they can follow at all, at a very
slow pace, while lie glides along with all
the ease imaginable. And when the
dogs have almost overtaken their victim,
ho dodges, back, and on still rush
the dogs riot aware of the turning back
on the part of the mink. But the ex
perienced hound soon turns back, circles,
strikes the trail off, gives tongue, and
away the whole pack go again in full
cry. Many and various arc the shifts
resorted to by the mink besides dodging.
Sometimes he goes under a bank, or rail,
or any other place near the water which
would be likely to form for him a sale
retreat, emits all the odor he can, and
dives a Way under the water, rising at a
great (listrace, and making oil at full
speed. The dogs, waning up, and smet!-
itig the strong odor at, a place which
would form a good den for a mink, nat
urally think he is there, and stop to ox
anyrte. All this while the mink is myk*
JiigWKid use of fn- oppoi turnin',', for.cy*
' >vh ;u tlw ,-c A h ~11
hvaporaf'd. pr'floats off with the*wafer,
the hounds liud ofitAheir mistake and
away they go again. This is klpt up
front one to twelve hours, and the cun
ning little animal frequently then makes
his escape, or you are compelled to shoot
him to' put an cud to the race.
| Many are the races, 1 have had aft
j ter this little animal jh the summer when
! all other sport is out of the question,.
i and many a time in the future do I ex
jjicet with whoop and hound to follow
! the glorious little mink.
,J Fair. Inference.
A prosecution under the ‘’Maine
law’was on trial. The “State Attor
ney,’ who though lie was a ‘cute.chap."
was trying to make out his case through
circumstantial evidence, by showing
j that the defendant had the means of
crime in his house. He called an un
doubted ‘customer’ to the stand, a man
who would know a rum jug ‘at sight,’
and v itfi him held the following collo
quy :
Lawyer- —Mr. Sargent, was ever
yon, in Bajamiii Kimball’s bar-room?
Witness—Yes s-i-r!
lawyer—Did you see any liquor
there?
Witness —No s-i-r! *
Lawyer—Did you see anything
containing liquor there?
gMfe Witness —Not as 1. knows of.
Lawyer—Did you see any decan
ters or tumblers there?
Witness —No s-i-iy
Lawyer—Did you see any barrels
or kegs there?
Witness —Yes: l see some kegs
there !
Lawyer—Ah, ye*(exultingly,) you
did then, see some kegs? Now, sir, tell
the jury what there was in those kegs?
Witness —1 do’no; I didn't look
in.
Lawyer —Yes sir; but were there
not marks upon the outside?—tickets,
or labels, or printing, or writing of some
kind?
Witness —Yes, well there was; I
remember it neow; I veow I should
have forgot it if you hadn’t put me in
mind!
Lawyer—Oh yes, you do remem
ber; —just state, then, sir, before you
forget it, what there was printed or
written ?
Witness —Lt was different on all of
’em—none on ’em had it alike.
Lawyer—Well, sir, tell us what it
said on t-he first one you saw ?
'Witness—Well. I mostly forget
neow, but 1 blevc it said Gin on the
fust ’un.
Lawyer—Gin' Then, sir, I guess
we can find out what there was in those
kegs, if you didn’t look in. Now, sir.
tell us what it said on the next one?
W itness —Well, on that one it said
‘Ben Kim ball,' but I didn’t suppose
Ben Kimball was inside the kag.”
yTWMoving for anew trial—court
ing a second wife.
GdSTWVhat men want is not talent,
it is purpose; in other words, not the
power to achieve*, but the will to labor.
Susan Nipper says that the
Russians have an awful responsibility
resting on them for killing the Turks—
for every Turk who is killed leaves a
dozen widows.
SAW A. man is under arrest in
Trenton, charged with stealing au um
brella, lie is expected to plead in de
fence the “custom of the country.’ r
jTgTftEUiott '(Whig)has been elect
ed to the V. B. House of Representa
tives, from the first district of Massachu
setts.
ETW* 3 Revenue Cutter Campbell has
returned to Norfolk after sailing over
8,000 miles and relieving 850 vessels,
and saving four lives during her winter
cruse.
iLgT 5 The Austrian Loyd newspa
per has been suspended for several weeks
as a penalty for publishing articles against
Russia.
Advices have been received
to the effect that Santa Anna has order
ed additional troops to the Mesilla Val
ley.
KiiT The Washington Star states
that the resignation of Mr. Daniel, I r .S.
Charge to Turin, has been received in
Washington.
It is said that Mr. Pendleton,
of Va,, IT. S. Charge to Buenos Ayres,
is about to be removed. Mr. iV is a
whig.
dfegT' On Saturday, at Boston, 16
of the crew of the ship Young Blander
were sentenced to jail for 30 days, for a
revolt, and -1 others for 10 days.
S3ST 01‘ 436 deaths in Yew York
last week, 71 were from consumption;
and of 215 in Philadelphia, 26 fell vic
tims to the same disease.
YSp*lt is said that Mr. j. B. Gough,
the total abstinence lecturer, nets ,£250
a month in England by his orations.
|3T There are said to< be in Cu
ban ports two Spanish frigates, seven
brigs of war, five schooners and nine
steamers.
ET-iP The annual income of Trinity
Church corporation of New York is said
to be $45,405.
On the books at Willard’s
Hotel, Washington, is the following re
cent. entry “-Mrs. Lewis and husband
Buffalo.’’
fhiP Capt. S. C. Turner has been
elected by the stockholders to the com
mand of the steamer James Adger, run
ning between Charleston and Y. York.
fffiP A man is under arrest in
Trenton, charged with stealing an un
bre 11a. He is expected to plead in de
fence the “custom of the country.
Jyjjp * Between 12 and 1 o’clock on
Sunday last, the Beside nee of Mr. John
M. Edge at Marietta, together with the
furniture &c. r was destroyed by fire
I'iv\y 'iis no lu.survfW (>]i the* nrorfe>vtV.
SsHT*John" \Y. LJaderwood of
| Roane. Ga., lias the appoint
i meat of J uclge of the Territory of Utah,
| tender, “and him irV the President last fall.
The man v.’ho held out an, induce
ment, has had a sore arm ever since.
thiy"’Thc Washington Star states
I that the resignation of Mr. Daniel, U. S.
Charge to Turin, has been received in
| Washington.
We have received a number
of the South re u Watchman, anew pa
per published in .Athens, Ga., by John
11. Christy Editor and Proprietor.
idiT* We understand that Mr. Ed
ward do Stocckl, who was for many
years First Secretary to the Russian Le
gation in this country, yesterday present
ed his credentials to the Secertary of
State, and was received as Charge *d’
Affaires of his Imperial Majesty.
[ (Jnion.~\
LEW -V couple of magnificently
dressed ladies appeared in the streets of
Baltimore, one day last, week attended by
: boys dressed in livery, whose occupation
; was to raise the ladies skirts at crossings
I or muddy places.
2e€WCne of our live Yankees has
just invented a machine for extracting
the lies from quack, advertisements.
Some of them are never seen after en
tering the machine, ms only the truth
comes out.
rW " Nicholas P. Trist, so well
known as a special agent to Mexico
during the late war, is now engaged in
selling patent rights for a washing; ma
chine.
jjysfW There is an inscription on a
tombstone at La Point. Lake Superior,
which reads as follows:
“John Phillips,, accidentally shot
as a mark of affection by his brother.’’
(LiW No married woman should
ever peruse her husbatid’s private cor
respondence. Violating this good rede,
the wife of John Milboue,. of Ritchie
countv, Y a., made the disagreeable dis
covery, that her husband had courted
and promised to marry another woman,
whereupon she ‘picked up her duds,” and
returned to the home of her childhood.
The husband followed, and after some
words, knocked her down in the pre
sence of her father, Richard Ankrurn,
whohnmcarliately drew a knife, and
stabbed him to the heart."
y J The man who drives his busi
ness lias just purchased new reins and
a whip.
AJH Santa Anna has sent an order
to Messrs. Ames, the great cannon man
ufacturers of Springfield, Massac!ms.‘ts
for two hundred guns of from ten to
fifteen pound calibre each, and the pay
ment of the order, which, of course,
includes the supply of a vast amount of
ammunition, musketry, revolvers, Ac.,
is to be made contingent on the passage
of the Gadsden treaty.
The Washington National Monu
ment Association has offered a reward
of five hundred dollars for the discovery
of the parties who destroyed the block
of marble presented by the Pope.
We learn from the Newport, Fla.,
wakulla Times of the nihilist., that the
crops in that section have been consider
ably injuredby the frost.
The man who was frightened by
the bark of a tree is supposed to have
been of a nervous temperament.
Breathes there a man with soul &>
dead.
Who never to himself hath said'
I will a family paper take.
Doth for his any own and children
sake ?
If such there, be let him repent,
And have the paper to.him: sent::
And if He’d pass a happy winter.
He in advance should pay the prin
ter ? *
Singular Edict.—A ukase has
been issued by the Russia government,
forbidding Jewish women in Portland,
to wear anv kind of head-dress under
their bonnets. The rabbis arc forbid
den to marry any woman who refuses
to obey the new law.
Accidents on English Rail
ways.—During the half-year ending
81st of December, 157 persons were
killed, and 258 injured on English rail
ways.
Death’ from Drinking a Pint
of Liquor.—James Marshall, residing
in Philadelphia county, drank a pint of
liquor on Thursday last, on a wager of
SSOO and in three hours became insen
sible and died the same evening.
Distressing Affair. — A young
man named Hfiles accidentally shot his
sitser, last week, near Georgetown cross
Roads. Md.. whilst trifling with his gun.
The Mixie Rifle. —This fire-arm
has become quite a favorite weapon of
the British army board and several
corps have been furnished with them to
operate with in defence of Turkey. It
is said to carry a 'bullet 1,000. yards,
and can be used with effect at 900. —
The greatest effective distance of an or
dinary rifle is about 500 yards.
Governor’s Aids.—We under
stand that Messrs. Thomas Holcomb,
John J. Jackson, John L. Yillalonga,
and S. Yates Levy, of Savanah, have
been appointed by Gov. Johnson as his
aids, with the rank of Colonel.
The bill of legalizing dissections
has passed both branches of the X. Y.
Legislature, ‘t
Co unterfeits. —Counterfeit $lO
bills on the Bank of the State of South
Carolina are in circulation. They are
made payable to James Fenton, and are
tolerably well executed on poor paper.
Rubin, the great Italian singer,
died at Burgamo, on the 2d of March,
in his 60th year. He was the associate
of Grisie Lablache and Tmnburini, in
their greatest days.
Do our readers generally know the
reason why the Fourth of March was
chosen as the day of the inauguration'
oi the President of the United States?
It was selected* because the fourth of
March in every year, commencing from
the first inauguration, cannot coma, on
Sunday, for at hast throe hunlrod
Rabun Gap Railroad.—Contracts
on this (road have been let out from this
place, ft mile oijvxo beyond Pendleton
with the exception of about 4 miles, in
relation to which negotiations are now
pending, it is thought- that contracts
will be let out as fur as the tuunel, and
the work be in progress si! the way before
the expiration of a month.
[Southren llvjhU*.Advocate]
The Sotjthren Presbyterian.—
The Rev. W Baird, who has had the
editorial control of the Southren Presby
terian for the last- six years, lias retired
from that position. lie is succeeded by
the Rev. J. L. Kirkpatrick D. D., assist
ed by the Rev. E. Carter.
[Charleston Mercury. ]
Appointment by the Governor.
—We learn that J. Jefferson Thomas,
Esq., lias been appointed by Governor
Johnson, one of his aids, with the rank
of Colonel.
The Ship Worm. —Destructive as
the ship worm unquestionably is, never
theless its services could ill be dis
pensed with. Though a devastator of
ships and piers, it is also a protector
of both; for were lho fragments of
wreck and masses of stray timber, that
would choke harbors and clog the
waves, permitted to remain undestroyed,
the loss of life and injuries to property
that would result would far exceed all
the damages done and dangers caused
by the teredo. This active shell fish is
one of the police of Neptune—-a scaven
ger and clearer of the sea. It attacks
every stray mass of floating of sunken
timber with which it comes in contact,
and soon reduces it to harmlessness and
dust. For one ship sunk by it a hun
dred are really saved 1 ;: and whilst we
deprecate the mischief and distress of
which it has been the unconscious cause,
we are bound to acknowledge that
without its operations, there would be
infinitely more treasure • buried in the
abysses of the deed, and more veturous
marines doomed to watery graves.
| Westminister lice few. j
exchage says that down
in New Orleans it requires three per
sons to start a business firm; one to die
with yellow fever, one to get killed in a
duel, and the third to wind utp the part
nership business.
J. A. TURNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, EiT
tfmtoii Georgia. April IS, 1834.
H~ OUSE PAINTING, In its various branches
executed prom ply ami with despatch. Having
unumber of hands in connection with me, I am pre
pared tu do jobs not only in Putnam hut in the adjoin
ing counties. Any- communication from abroad will
reach me through the Post Office hero. lam also pre
pared to execute papetlug with neatness, ami on good
rerim.
April, W. 1854. JEFFERSON WRIGHT.
O~"K.TJUSEN&EBBY, Tailor," Eatonton, Ga.
Saop up stairs adjoining tile Printing Office.
\\ e warrant to please all who may wish a late and
fashionable style of dress.
April, IS, 1854. fit.
‘pHA. D^pSWEAILUTIf ING ENVe would
IV inform our friends of Putnam County that we
hu.e opened the largest assortment of ready-made
clothing for bpring an i Summer that has ever been in
the lhitontoa market, which we will sell upon reason
able terms. We have more, of the same good bargains
we a! way-, sell our customers. Call and examine our
stock in the Temperance I lath
Atr.il. is, reu.-tf. CONE & DENNIS.
SOM fOlhf TAIN. —ribcla water, .sparkling ami
bright, iee cream and lemonade. West. India
Fuit. il.-iyan.ua eivgars, an l alt other things general
ly fjiuul in a refreshment saloon. Every thing to
makefile summer agreeable. A saloon will !><:lifted
up expressly for the ladies. Call and get a drink of
soda water the first day, gratis, at No. 3. Carter Har
vey's Range. C. LEONARD CARTER.
April 18, IS 14. _ ts.
r PAILOiIIJI(;.-L. 11, Jordan takes this moth- !
1. od of informing his friends, and the public gen
erally, that he still eoutinues the Tailoring Business i
in Eatoutou, where he-is prepared to execute all work !
in lus line of basin-.;* in a neat and workman like ;
a manner«s can be done in the State. All work will j
be. warranted in every particular, as regards ctit, style j
and workmanship-. Snot) up stairs, over N. S. Pru
den Si Cos. Store. Thantul for past, favors lie hopes to j
receive a oentinuanee of the sum*. Ap'ril 13, 1354-ts. !
T AND IN WARE. FOR SALE.—t ‘ersons ;
J| j wishing to purchase No. 258 in the tj District of I
origioually Appiing now Ware county in the State of
Georgia are requested to eorrespon i with' f ire under
signed. J. A. TCKNER.
Eatonton, Putnam Cos. April. 18-54. ts.
A DAMS & BROTHERS, Eatonton, tin.,
invite the attention of the citizens of Putnam
ana the adjoining counties, to there large stock of
DRY COOLSanci GLOGEI.IIE. confident that they
eau please them in style, quality and prices.
Special attention will tic given to all orders. Gs-di •
paying customers will find it. decidedly to their inter- j
eat to give us a call.
April 2-3,1854.
"V 5 T A. DAVIS, Wholesale and detail Grocer; ;
V t • Sells heavy goods and produce on Cominis- i
sion. East comer Jefferson St., Eatonton, Ga.
April 18, 18-54. ts. |
,T 000 lbs. Choice IJacoit just, received on (. on
c,) • signment, and for sale low for cash, bv
W. A.‘DA VIS.
f) 000 'BUSHELS'"OfCORN Shortly to be re- j
A, • ceivcd on consignment, and for sale by
W. A. DAVIS, j
April 13, 1834. |
LINCII &. DAVIS, Hamilton, Ga,—- Dealers in
Groceries, Tobacco, Cigars, Sntvff, Shoes, llats.
Drugs-, Medicines, patent Medicines, Hard, Hollow
and "Wood wave, Cutlery, Powder and Slid, Candles,
Soaps, Crockery, Fine Liquors and Wines and vari
ous other articles. Call :uid examine before purchas
ing elsewhere. Bargains can be had.
April IS, 1334.
/‘T D. PISARSON & Cos., would call tue aticu-
V • lion ol" tile public generally to their large stock
oi dry goods, fancy and domestic, groceries, crockery,
hard-ware, Arc. Their goods arc all new, having been
recently selected with great case in the New York and
Philadelphia markets. They Hatter themselves they
can give their customers as good bargains as can be
bought in middle Georgia. Also, call and examine
our stock of ready-made Clothing. We will endea
vour to lit all in garments and in prices.
ttndrST an order of the Court of Ordinary, of the
U county of Putnam, will be sold, at. the court
house door in the town of Eatonton, on the first Tues
day in June next, within the legal honrs of sale, one
negro man named Nicholas, about six tv years of age,
the property of Celcatia G. Sadler, orphan of C. W.
Sadler.
LEWIS LINCII, Guardian.
April IS, 1854.
IAOII SALE.—Lot No. lU7,lst disl., Coweta; also,
. lot No. 355, tub dist., formerly Appling, now
f U are. Any person wishing to purchase either of thoi
Slots can do so by applying to the subscriber, living 8,
i miles below Eatonton, on the MillcdgcvlUe road, Don-4
Cilia’ P. O. Putnam county.
a * WILLIAM GARRARD. 1
VjUTNAJH Sheriff's Sales.—Will be sold be lor 0
A the Court-house door in the town of Eatonton*
Putnam county, on the first Tuesday in May next*
within the legal hours of sale, the following property,
to wit:
A negro woman Stsa.lv, aged twenty-two years, and
a negro boy named Sylvester, aged between 8 and 8
years; levied on to satisfy an execution issued front
Putnam Superior Court in favor of David li. Adams
against Hicks J. E. Rosser ami J tunes Rosser. Levi
ed on as the property of Hicks J. E. Rosser. Prop
erty pointed out bv plaintiff in ft. ft.
fo ’ JOHN 11. FITTS, Sheriff.
A LI j persons iudobted to \\ oudiicf Scott, lute, of
the county of Putnam, deceased, are requested
to make immediate payment, and those having de
mands against the said deceased arc requested to
present them as by law required.
J. ADAMS, Adtn'r.
March 7, 1834.
GA EOItGIA, Pulimut County.- -Court of Or
r dfiiary of suid county, December Term, 1835.
It appearing to the Court upon the petition of Mathan
Bass, Joel K. Hurt and Jorm M. Flournoy, executors
of the last will and testament of Josuih Flournoy, late
of said county, deeeusod, that they have oxccutid the
will of their said testament, by paying the debts of
said devour: ad and the legacies couiained in his said
will, and praying lobe dismissed from their said exe
cutorship.
Ordered, that nolloc of this, their application, for*
letters dismissory be published in one of too public
gazettes of this fttate for tho space of six months, and
that nil persons interested file their objection.-, if any
they have, on or before the first Monday in June next,
and show cause whv said letters should not be grant
ed on the first Monday in Juno next.
YVM. 11. CARTER. Ordinary.
YT'EOitGIA DUTNAM (10l NTV. -
VH as Nathan Bass applies for letter** of administra
tion oti the nndevised portion of the estate of Robert
Bledsoe, into of Putnam county, deceased :
These, »re, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred find creditors of said.deceased,
| Thj* Independent l I?<S u publWho-*J W-Jy h
! Eatonton Geo., at Urn prioe of 8‘2,0t) p»r annum, ttn ..-
. iiablv iii advance, except w..ere tneamoaenbor i- ; t
;in the (Laid v. freqyij-- . , '-VA
As i f s nun.: indio.Me. fit is designed to be eutirelv in
(ioivadont. b fine gove.m and atone, by (fitch rale* tv o'-
! corny, gem'.cinunltne„H find good nr>r.iL impose up-xi
every pres*. L Lopes not. however. to mistake- Heon
uou.' .e.** Gr liberty; nor <scumllousn£*« for ilWteyen-i
--ene- CJSjjt ''
Its politics will be lXr.poerutic—oftbe school of Jef
ferson.-Madison and Jackson. It however is subject
to no patty discipline which would compel it.s Editor
to sacrifice trutlmuki honor in behalf of hi* 'political
associates;- lie will always speak What lie I. It Lifts, «
One distinctive feature of t his press is that it'&llmv*.
and invites, iv discussion in its columns of all subjects
whatever, proper to fonnre-ajMpg--matter for the pope
Lar mind, (.'oinmunieations mmi pnllflealoppmcut -
are admitted upon the same terms as Communications
trou political friends. It is required of both that i hey
make their articles brief, to the point, ami free from
personality and all illiberal feeling. Religions ques
tions, as well as political, and others may be discussed.
Much of the attention of this press is devoted to
Literature and general Miscellany. In is not entirely
tilled with political w rangling and party strit’-. It ad
ditiou to its literary ;.nd miseellaneoas matter, it «*on -
tains articles on Ayrieuitnro, Ate. An.l as Geor
gians and Southern people generally are fond of th-i-f
sports, litis subject mso aid.-, in tilliugßhe columns of.;
this press.
Wiiatcver can add to the prosperity of Georgia, and
aid in developing her'resources, moral, metiuu and
physical, is contsUlered peculiarly adapted to these coi
mim.s. The cause of common school cdivotinn <y. *
“ally will he urged itpati the |icoplv of Georgia wituaib'
the ability we can continue!.
All Communications must be addressed, ([xtst-pt&l. /-
to the Editor of Tito independent Dress, J'iatontom
Georgia.
ApnglSJ-SVI. _ _J. A. TURNER.
GEORGIA HOJIEH.LiZKI'TiT. ’
A ftouthern l.iterarv and family Journal, published
at Augusta, Geo. Jaaiks M. and R.ihkim A.
Wvtk, Editors.
The Ilomo Gazette is • leveled to Literature, Art.
iSeieuce, Agriculture. General Jntetligenee, and South
cm interests. Tive aim of the Editors is to make a
useful and interesting paper, to blend the instructive
and the eutcitaining together, in such a way a* tost
cure u high degree of interest, and yet at the same time
elevate both rite Intellect and the Affection*.
The columns of the paper coutaiu Historical and'
Domestic Romances, Pictures of Social J.ifc, bkt-tehes
of Biography, Ctioiec Bootry, Entertaining Aucodote*,
Bcienttfte Memoranda, Agricultural and Industrial ar
ticles, the General news of the day, ami all Folitical
Intelligence of any importance. Ikisides a great v.tri
etv of articles on all these subjects, the. Gazette will Iv
particularly adapted for Family Reading. It is pub
lished for the Rome Circle, imd tdie .Editors feel'tn.it
they have fully redeemed their pledge to make it all
a Home Newspaper should b»—entirely free from I'o
litieal bias, and high-toned in character.
Grateful for the liberal encouragement which has
been extended to pur efforts to build up at the South
u Literary and Family Journal of high character, we
shall increase our exertions to justify this public con
fidence, and make the Gazette still more worthy of
general patronage.
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Address 8m vtii o. WnvrE, Editors Home Gazette,
Augusta, Georgia.
THEGSATUItDAY K.VJgN|N<4 I’OSI . “
U.N)UVAI.eIJ Alt RAY OF TALK.NT.
The Proprietors of l‘ost in again coming before
the public, would return thanks for tile generous pat
voltage which has placed them far in advance of every
other Literary Weekly in America- And, as the only
suitable return for such free and harty support, flit ir
arrangements for 1334 have been made witu a degree
of liberality probably uucqualctl in the history of
American newspaper literature. They have engaged
us contributors for the ensuing year, tne following bril
liant, array of talent and gemuus ; Jf. -t. Swithtiorth,
Ji.'nm\Wi) JiehncU, J/. \ Lhniim, Graec (//•<<>/» I,
Fanny Fern.
In the first paper of January, we design e-Mninvue
ing an Original Aovlct, written expressly for our col
umns, entitled The liridf of lhr- tVd:krtun% by .Em
erson Bennett, author of ‘ Clara Morlund,’; Ac. Tins
wo design following by another called .7.nV
by Mrs. Nary A. Denison, author of “ Gertrude Kus
seil.” Ac. We have also t!ic promise of a number of
Sketches by Grace Greenwood. Mrs. SotUhwortJi will
also maintain her old and pleasant connection with tlm
Rost. Tne next story from Jicr gifted pen wilt be en
titled Muuamth*. Avxm.u:; nr. tih. >.vvaL Vow, by
Emma D. E. N. Southworth, anthur ot the " i.0.-i,
Uoire.vs,” ept. And luM, but not ii.auit, we ,nv author
ised to announce a series of articles from one who has
rapidly risen ve.n high in popular favor. They will
be entitled a June S*;e!e<s of AWc/twt, by Fumy Frn ,
author of “ Fern Leaves,’’ &c.
\\ tj expect to coiu'.ii'.mce the Skethes of Fanny Fern
as well us uu.' scrur-s t»y t Iraes Grceuw 00-. l in the early
numbers of the- Gaging year.
Engravings, Foreign < onv-.pondeuve,- Vgrieultur
al articles, Lie Ncwl, Congressiotvd reports. nic
kels, eet., ii'so sliall be regularly given.
Gncap Postage.—'The postage- on the Post to any
part ot the. Rimed Stales, -w.icn paid quarter!) • t
advance, is oulv ‘id <• -m* a vnar.
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ing the publshcrs'ov letter, (post paid.)
THE PEOPLE’S JOURNAL,
Bplcndid Engravings, only ot) cents per Volume.
The illustrated record ot Agrieulturi, Mechanics,
.Science, and C-cful Knowledge, published monthly j|
by Alfred E. Beach. IN cry Number contains :;•> large I
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por, and protWly illustrated wit’t engraving.-, fnm 1
mg m the end of each half year, a Splendid Volume 1
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gant Engravings, the entire cost being oulv Haifa PE- r
lar.
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people of every profession, will find In the People’;, |
Journal a repository of valuable knowledge, peculiar |
Iv suited to lueir respective wants. • -
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ALFRED F. BEACH,
No. 06, Nassau St., New York i uy.
southern cultivator,
rou 1854.
1 The Southern Cultivator, a nioiitjyly. Journal,
l dovoted exclusively,to tne impi-ovemcr.it oi Soouicm
Agriculture, Horticulture, block Breeding,' Poultry,
Bees, General Farm Economy, Ac. llitutrited wit,,
numerous elegant, engravings.
The Twelfth \\lumc Greatly l&tpiwd, Otmtusums la
January, 18.il.
The Cultivator is a large octavo of 32 pages, formin'-
n, volume of 384 pajjuaiuthe .year. It contain .a m-icu
greater amouut of reading matter than unv simitar ,
publication in the Mouth—embracing, in addition t *
the current agricultural topics of the day, Valuable
Original Contributions from many of tie: ino.l i*i*, ‘!• -
; gent and practical i’lmitera, Farmers and H-jitieuliu* '
I ulists in evorv jwotion of tin: South and ,Bomhwtt
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TllFT*ilfTTs!fi 4 LykTeullF?r
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end.) Blackwood’.* Edinburg Magazine {, Troy.
Tho present critical r>tito of European affairs will '
render thc.se publicitiou unusually interesting dur»i<*gV
the 1854. TU-y wnl occupy amiddle i-roiui ibetw .. i.
the hastily written newa-stour.. crude, -spoghluiivu;,,
and flying rumors -,f the daily .tounul, and the p-.||,-
dcrous Tome of the future hi dorian, written utter Un
living interest an.l cxdtoment of Uto great political :
j events of the lien iu.dl nave pci.vs-.1-away, it j s t >-
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scribers, about as soon as they can b.- furnished wuu
the foreign copies. Although this will nnidyc awn-y
large outlay on our part, tve shall ■•bntinuy, u< furnis’Ci
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