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by thi' i's a iwily'*** Kaugh anil talk with. Asto on joying the HLjrc pulling of fish out of the wafer, ■tith a hook tied to the end of along Kring, whv.tome, the idea ft all “foolish ■We were in no hurry about our lish- K and by the time we had caught w hat Ke thought would be a lair allowance ffir supper and breakfast, the sun was Hfearly set. What with laughing and Spouting to each other between times, Hpe caught only half the number we Uptight have taken, if we had attended Mpligently to our fishing, but still, we Hiad for our supper and breakfast, as ■[many as would have lasted a good sized f family several days. We paddled our bafte.au x together, and went ashore with our scaly treas ures, having compared which, and boast ed quantum suf., we proceeded to the task of preparing them for the frying pan. This was soon accomplished, and I, having boasted of my skill in the sci ence of gastronomy, was installed as cook, and entrusted with the nice and difficult task of preparing them for the fastidious palates of my brother sports men. This I proceeded to do in a style which Ude himself could not have ex celled. And reader, I wish you could have seen the savory and tender, brown mor sels, which I took from time to time from the frying-pan, and heaped hot and smo king upon a plate. You may talk of sweet odors; but not the choicest eau of the choicest perfumer in Paris —not the aroma, borne upon the perfume-laden breezes of India, can excel that dist lied from a frying-pan, over a nice bed of coals, said pan being lined with nice pieces of fresh trout, greased with a mod icum of pure, fresh hog s lard, seasoned with pure, simple salt, and sprinkled over with a small portion of nice, white corn meal. My fellow-sportsmen, at least, agreed with me in extolling the odor and cook ery of the fish—and what is more, they, I, we ail proved our faith by our works, and bestowed our attention on the fish, to the exclusion of all other meats, and we made a repast, such as the city gour mand cannot always get, and which is well worth camping out to procure. After supper, the Virginia weed was put in requisition, and, whether in form of quid, or in form adapted to blow ing clouds, lent its soothing influence, as, stretched at full length upon the clean white sand before our tent door, we abandoned ourselves to a perfect luxu ry of indolence. Then the social and companionable capabilities ofyach one came out, and the dignified 6ld forest around echoed to many a shout and ma ny a peal of laughter. The wild blaze of our pine-knot lire flared, and flicker ed, and rose aloft into the solid darkness, lighting up, with the brightness of day, a circle of a few yards, leaving beyond a thick and impenetrable darkness, and throwing many a fantastic shadow on the white, back ground of the tent. gradually the effect of the day’s con ’ turned exercise, began to manifest itself. Qne after another of the party stretched himself on the pallet within the tent, till at length, we all lay still in the silence of deep slumber. After a night of such rest as vigorous exercise, like oursot the day before, pro duces, we rose fresh and bright. Sev eral of us had, the evening before, stuck our poles in t ie bank of the pond, leav ing the books in the water, and we went down to see what was on them. I wa3 enjoying the luxury of laving my hands, and neck, and face, in the cool waters of i lie pond, when I was startled by a loud shout from W . He had gone down to draw his hook from the water, and feeling a resistance, he pulled harder and harder, and finally, after a tough struggle, drew up an imlnense Pol ly wob —as the mud-cat is here called.— Hereupon, there was a general drawing up of hooks, but no one else caught a Polly wob. Our breakfast, that morning, consisted of delicious fried trout and fresh eggs. The eggs we ate in what is notv the fashionable style—that is, we cracked one end, put in the seasoning, and ate from the shell, without the intervention of egg-glasses, which we did not have, or of plates which we did have. We loitered but a short time over our break fast before we proceeded to our day’s sport. The order of the day was thus:—in the coot hours pf tile morning, we fish ed for trout in the pond—aud later in the day we proceeded down the creek till wc came to Flint river, where we fished for mt. This part of the sport was, to me, <mite uninteresting. For my share pfit, I struggled through briars et cetera, a considerable distance down the river—tried a good many places with smai| success, finding fish were scarce, but mcscpiitpes were plentiful. Os latter curse there were but few at camp, but here they existed innumer ably, and before I had been on the river an hour, I was as |potted as if I had been Buffering under an attack lof measles.— Whenever. 1 did happen to “get a bite,” possibility of hiking a fish,-—for w|icn one of these gentry performs an opera tion, the part operated on, requires to be slapped inslantcr —no waiting then, to catch the biggest fish that ever swam. Tired at last., and half eaten up by these cursed little vampy res, I concluded to make tracks for camp; and, instead of retracing my steps to the ’road, took ■ the near cut, through Flint river swamp; went staggering along, falling into holes, stumbling over cypress trees, and at last arrived at the camp, torn with briars and perfectly worn out —arid this was my last experience in catching cat-fish in Flint river. A good dinner, and a good nap- after it, set everything to rights. Late in the afternoon, when the sun had sunk low enough for the trees to form a screen, softening his rays, and cooling his fiery heat, and the long shadows of the pines grew still longer, falling in dark lines over the water, we launched our old batteaux to try our luck with the trout. That evening I saw “bobbing” for the first time—and it is the nearest approach to fly-fishing ever practised in that re gion. It was done by the old miller, and his manner of proceeding was as follows. His tackle consisted of a sort of tassel, made of shreds of red flannel, white and black cloth, &c., in the midst of which, was concealed a good strong hook: This tassel was fastened to the end of a short stout line, and the line fastened to a large heavy rod. He got into a battean, with a man in the stem to paddle him about. As his man pad died him around the stumps and logs —likely to afford shelter to the largest fish, he stood up in the prow of the boat, “whipping” the water most scientifiical ly with his “bob." The cross old chap grew still more cross, as he passed place after place, -where he thought he would find fish, and caught none. One, ap parently a very large one, struck, but was not hooked. As the old fellow came paddling back, bare-headed, (I did not see him have on a hat the whole time I staid there.) his long grey locks stream ing in the breeze, and his horridly ugly phiz, rendered still more horrid with disappointment, I thought he looked like old Charon, returning to his own side of the Styx after having been disappoint ed of a fare. Again our camp-fire blazed, againour merry circle was formed, and jokes aiid comments on the day’s sport whiled away a short hour, when our tired limbs were again stretched for the night on our comfortable couch. A slow drizzly rain ushered in the next morning, but was of short duration, and even while it lasted, was not suffi cient to keep us under cover. By this time, all of us, with the ex ception of one or two inveterates, were tired of fishing—and while these latter gentlemen were indulging in their pro pensity, we amused ourselves, each one in his own way. Sometimes we tried a shot at the fish, seen glancing about in the flashing water below the mill —some- times at the swallows skimming along over the pond'- and dipping into the smooth water. The turtles also which came out to bask on the logs, occasion ally received a shot, until they became afraid, and only ventured to stick their noses above the surface of the water. — But even then they were not safe, for whenever a nose was seen sticking out within gun-shot, some one was sure to blaze away, sending the water flying in to the air, and surprising the poor tur tle, with what lie, no doubt, conceived to be a small earth-quake, or water quake. Sometimes, soon after a shot, a thin wave of grease would rise im mediately over the spot where the tur tle had disappeared, and spreading slow ly out, announce that the shot had told. When no greasy wave rose, we knew the turtle was unhurt. Some lazy piney woodsmen came up during the day, with rifles on their shoul ders, and we had a trial of skill at shoot ing with them, our party coming off vic torious. And thus welohied and loung ed through the day. That evening we came to the conclusion, after a canful ex amination 0/ our stock of provisions , that we had enjoyed sport sufficient, and the next morning we would strike Camp. Sure enough wc struck next morning, packed baggage wagon, and set out af ter a late breakfast. Our drive home was fully as pleasant as the drive out.— How could it be otherwise with such pleasant companions ? And, whenever conversation failed, M entertained us with beautiful imitations ofbrass-band music. a \\ e rattled into A in fine style, about noon, and separated soon after in high good humor,, each one satisfied that he had added one more to his stock of pleasant reminiscences. Special •Manure for Grapes, The wine cotmnittee at the exhibition of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, reported that of two specimens of wine, one from grapes to which a special ma nning of potash had been given, the wfhe from the grapes was “ bright, clear, and mello\v,' like an old wine.” The other was declared to be less matured in all its qualities, nor \\ ? as it (dear. The grapes themselves, from the two portions of ground, were also jiresented to the committee. .Both were delicious and well ripened, but it was j considered that those from the manured j land were sweeter, and that the pulp was safte ‘ I ” Our rospert* are dtff: “Ikcy’ for #rininal. FOR TIIR INDEPENDENT press. On ridding that Jtlrx. Stow wax at the cold-water cure. ’Tis well enough, Aunt Harriet, That you should go, and tarry at A place where limpid waters flow— ’Tis well enough, Aunt Harriot Stowe! And when you gat your body cured, ’Tis hotter lor you, bo assured, To try and doctor up your mind, And havo your evil heart refined. You are a wicked sinner, Aunt, Much given to strong-minded rant— A fulsifer of your kind, You leave Munchausen far behind. Ilaptizo your heart before you go, And leave tho water-cure, Aunt Stowe— Your soul, Aunt Harriet, surely needs Refinement from your evil deeds. May Ist, 185-I.' Sfortiiui <Ol io. FOR THE INDEPENDENT PRESS. Mr. Editor : —Allow me a small space in } r our sporting column, to sketch some of the incidents of a fishing excursion, in which I had the good fortune to be en gaged a few days since. I promise nothing of thrilling interest in these few, brief paragraphs—no wonderful achieve ment in the art piscatorial—no exciting adventure—no high-wrought picture of woodland, or river scenery—but simply a common-place narrative of what was seen and done, in a day and night’s so journ on the banks of Little River. Our party consisted of twelve men, “good and true” for such an ex cursion, and our equipments and sup plies were ample for a day’s fishing, and a night’s board and lodging in the woods. Fishing rods, boxes, buckets, bas kets of provisions, and bundles of blan kets, quilts, and comforts made up our visible outfits — “ a couple ,” as it was in indefinitely expressed by one of the par ty, was the remainder, or invisible out fit. Getting on board the cars at ten o'- clock, we arrived, in due time, within half a mile of the spot we had Selected as our head quarters, and being here de posited with bur plunder, we had no very agreeable prospect before us. It is no very pleasant undertaking to carry a heavy and inconveniently shaped bun dle half a mile over the uneven surface of a newly plowed field, and particularly when the sun is shining warmly down on one’s back. And ill proof of this, if necessary, I could produce the certifi cates of eleven responsible men, who made the experiment, in company with your correspondent. But, there is no labor, however severe, which has not its end, and thy season of rest which follows, is sweetened by the severity of the la bor, which has been undergone. And so, our walk was at length accomplish ed, and our several burdens laid aside, ■ but not until our brows were moistened with honest perspiration, and we felt and; senfee of gratitude to the hospitable trees that furnished us a resting place oh their mossy roots, and' beneath their refresh ing shade. While we are thus quietly resting and' preparing for tile active ser vice for which We have enlisted, we may take a hasty view of our surroundings. A few paces from where we are sit ting is the river, whose current, with feeble surge and moan, is foaming and tossing amid the rocks that strew its bed, as if in emulation of some mighty rapid. Anchored in mid-river, a weath er-beaten bateau is lazily rocked by the turbid waves, while two ardent disciples of the venerated Izaak Walton—one seated on her bow—the other on her stern—their backs bent submissively to the burning sun—wait silently and pati ently, for some luckless cat or perch that chance or hunger may bring to their baited barb. A 1 ittle above stretches a milldarn, over which descends a minia ture cataract with'mimic roar and spray.- On the nearer bank, perched on soffie upright timbers, stands the mill—a ma chine that grinds both meal and music— but infinitely more music than meal. It is of simple construction, and is indeed a' model of a mill, for simplicity. A few loose planks laid across some sills constitute the floor —a meal box, mill stone, and hopper, the furniture—a half dozen rough-edge planks, the roof, and as for walls, they are wholly dispens ed with, making a very airy, as well as simple structure. But we are sufficiently refreshed by this time ; so we distribute ourselves singly, or in couples, along the river bank, and— * “Boncath the quivering shade, we taU our silent stand, Intent, with angle trembling in our hand; With looks unmoved, wo lure the finny breed, And eye the hairy lino, and bending reed.” Many a little fish—“ small fry,”—be came the victim ($ our enthusiasm be fore wc returned for supper that even ing, and occasionally a ringing shout from some fortunate member of the par ty, announced the capture of one oflafg'e size. Such was our success, that before the sun went down, Charles, our cook, and Dave, his attache , were bilsilv eh • 7 gaged in preparing us a supper of fish, ‘that only an hour or two before were sporting playfully in their native ele ment. , ? As the twilight deepened, a brisk fire shed its glow on the trees around, and Charles busily tended the. fish that spat tiered and crisped so temptingly, in the inverted oven lid, in which they were eopking'-f-and at the same time, our cof fee was steaming and simmering in an oven—tjic same that was wont to be covered by the aforesaid lid. While these operations were progressing around the fire, some of our company were spreading the table cdVer—for wc did have a table cover, though no table—and distributing over it, in confused abun dance, applies that had bfien levied from several larders. Our bill of fare, as nearly as I can , give it from memory, was as follows: Ham—boiled, broiled and fried—sau sage biscuit—loaf-bread—crackers, and good, old fashioned, never-failing corn-bread, pickles, one Irish potato, (of this Spring’s growth,) cake, coffee and the fresh fish we had ourselves cap tured. All things being ready, we ranged ourselves around the table-cdver, sitting in Turk, or tailor fashion: each with his tin cup in hand with which to dip his coffee from the coffee-oven, (I Cannot with propriety say coffee-pot,) and I tell you, Mr. Editor, that none of us ever enjoyed a meal with more zest, or ever accommodated a much larger stock of provisions at one sitting, than we did that evening. All romance had vanish ed, and this was one of the realities of the excursion. And here, just let me say for the edification of your readers, that if they wish to have hot coffee, let them take it boiling, in anew tin cup, and if they can drink it in a half hour, without Scalding their tongues, they are made of sterner stuff than I am. Supper and cigars dispatched, we re sumed our fishing with tolerable suc cess. Three of the party however’— “love sick swains” —preferred a moon light ride upon the water in that same weather-beaten batteau, from which they did not refund until the night was far sppiit. Our sleeping arrangements next claimed our attention, and when our pal lets had been spfeitd, and the sleepers taken their places,- the scene was one that would tempt a Stoic to laugh.— Your' correspondent was awaked, late at night, by one of the party —the old man —calling on Dave to take his boots out and black them; and looking around, I had a fine view of the fantastic scene. Near me, lay a couple —their handker chiefs doing service as night-caps, and theft* Leads twelve inches lower than their feet. A little further off were three, with a fence rail for a pillow— two of them snoring, and the other dreamily muttering something about a “ straight,” which I could not under stand. Sitting in a corner of the fence, at a little distance, was another, : wflio, though very deaf, had been driven from his bed by the tremendous snoring of his companion. There were other groups around me, and all presented some pe culiar feature of interest. I soon, how ever, fell back into the arms of the Sleepy God, soothed by the music of the mill. Early dawn found us all astir, and before the sun was up, our stock of fish was considerably increased/ Breakfast was just such'a’meal as ought'to'follow such a supper as we had, and was dis patched with a’ hearty good w’ill. We had then about two hours more for fish ing, which was well improved. After that, the packing and bundling up, pre paratory to leaving—the dividing into shares, and casting lots for fish, occupied us until it was time to start for home,— Then that same half mile was retraced, and we soon found ourselves on board the cars, whirling rapidly homeward— each well pleased with his day’s sport, and resolved on renewing it at no dis tant day. one of the twelve. Eatonton, May 10th, 1854. Wonder if they imagined they were in a gondola, floating under the “ Bridge of Sighs ?”—En. FOR TIIE INDEPENDENT PRESS. Partridges and Pariidge- SSmiting. BY B. H. ThisTsubject, although it will appear trivial; and uninteresting to the business part of our people, is not so with all. In fact it has become a subject of much in terest in our cotinty. Hence these re marks.- It is quite natural that there should be some interest felt in the partridge, since it constitutes about all the spfti't we have. My object is to' prevent its extinction; and tills can be done without legisla tion, or game laws. As it is, the partridge is bcsciged on every hand, and its enemies are daily’- increasing. Every boy has his Pointer (or hall’ Pointer, which is a thousand times worse,) and if the way which has been commenced is carried on much longer, there will not be partridges enough left to keep familiar the sound of “Bob White.” And all the knowl edge that posterity will have that there ever existed such birds, will be legen dary. , *. Now if these suggestions I make will be but complied with, there wjll soon be a bounteous supply of the bird I am seek ing to protect. Too early hunting should be omitted ; for in the month of Octo ber there can be twice the number of birds kjlled, that could be in any other month. For they are then in poor feath er, weak, and have a kind of butterfly motion, (not having strength to give ve locity,) and their speed, instead of being accelerated, becomes retarded until they fall; and cdSr* as easily picked up as shot. You will find a groat many that arc large enough to shoot’ in October, which can be killed very easily from the cause just stated. Well iii'may be said, why not shoot them ? There would be no reason to Urge, if the shooting were confined to the large birds. But there are a great" many who call themselves sportsmen - ), * and shots, that think they have accomplished some great feat, if, in a half a day they bag twenty poor little things, which as they rise, give a kind of chirping noise ; a thing they never do when in Full feather, and which is a sig nal of distress, and for protection, though unheeded by the hunter. Dogs are becoming too numerous.— Every man wants a dog, and most of them arc such us if I had the disposi tion of them I would prefer drowning. Pointers should never be permitted to run at large during the summer. For they destroy scores of young birds, and never fail to pay their respects to a nest. • Besides this, you can never have a prop erly broken dog when allowed to go in to the fields without his master. They are apt to get into such habits as would cost them their lives. Your mon grel half breed, sheep-killing things should be shot by every sportsman with as little compunction, as their owners do the chirping birds. I will close this article by affixing a catalogue of my hunts from the 3d of October, to the 26th of November: — Departure. Return. No. Bevies No. Birds. Oot. ", ±y, o’el’k. o’el’k “ “1 “ “1 “4, 8 “ “10 “ “ “ 1 “ “3 “'4,4 “ “5% “ “ “4 “ “13 “5, 9 “ “12 “ “ “0 “ “0 “6, 3 “ “ 5 “ “ “ 3 all too small, “1 2 3 “ “ s)£ “ “ “ 3 “ “ “ 9 “15 3 “ “5 % “ “ “ 0 “ “10 “' 17 1 “ “5% “ “ “ 0 “ “11 “20 21 1 “ “5 “ “ “0 “ “12 “23 10 “ “5 “ “ “10 “ “34 “25 W 2 “ “ 5 “ “ “ 0 “ “17 “26 9 “ “ \y t “ “ “3 “ “5 “20 2 “ “ r>y “ “ “7 “ “32 “28 9 “ “4 “ “ “8 “ “16 Nov. 31 “ “5 “ “ “0 “ “11 “5 3 “ “ 5 “ “ “ 4 “ “12 “8 11 “ “4 >4 “ “ “5 “ “9 “1011 “ “5 “ “ “12 “ “20 “14 9 “ “ ;>y “ “ “6 “ “21 “16 9 “ “5 y “ “ “7 “ “23 “13 2 “ “5 “ “ “1 “ “1 “20 3 “ “5 “ “ “1 “ “2 “25 9 “ “5K “ “ “8 “ “ 9 “24-9;«< “ 11 5% “ “ “9 “ “20 “258 " “ “5% “ “ “12 “ “44 “2610 “ “4 “ “ “11 “ “24 The Legislature 4'f Jjotrisiana and ilfr. it&itchel. The following interesting correspon dence we copy from the New York Citizen: Although 1 it is our general practice in the Citizen to decline the publication of complimentary addresses to the Edi tor, we cannot deny ourselves the plea sure of giving the following correspon dence to our readers, as it lias been a source of pride to. us. Baton Rouge, La. Mar. 80.1854. Sir, —The undersigned have been appointed a joint committee, on the part of the Senate and House of Ricpre-' sentatives of the State of Lousianan to transmit to you the accompanyihg reso lutions,- unamiousfo adopted by both branches of the General Assembly. In the peribfinance of this agreeable duty, and iif Conveying to you the senti ments which originated and led to their adoption with such entire unanimity, we beg leave to say, that while we cherish the warmest sympathy for all who have made patriotic sacrifices for the emanci pation of a nation from political tyranny and oppression, and are ever ready to receive them to our homes and hearts, the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, in adopting these resolutions, have been actuated mainly by a high sense of your enlightened and just poli tical principles, as specially indicated by your able defence in the midst of a fanatical opposition, of those great con stitutional rights, and those national and fraternal sentiments, which are calcu lated to unite and harmonise the diversi fied interests of the country, and to ce ment the union of these states, on the perpetuity of wlyeh repose the highest hopes and dearest interests of man kind. . With these views and feelings, in the discharge of the duties assigned'to us, in the name of the people of the State of Louisiana, we'invite you to the freedom and hospitalities of our capital, and avail oufselves of the occasion to add the ex pression of individual consideration and respect. M. Ryan,- ) Committee on the ,T. G. Deßussy, f part of the Senate. F. 11. Hatch j- * ) Committee on the G. 0. Mc Whorter, > part of the House D. Corcoran, ) of Representatives To Mr. John MiMid. Editor of the Citizen, New York. RESOLUTION INVITING JOHN' MITCHEL TO TIIF SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE. Resolved, by the Senate and House of representatives of the State of Louisia na. in Generaly Assembly convened, That the distinguished patriot and exile, John Mitchel, in consideration of his exalted character; his pre-eminent abili ty, and just and expanded national sen timents,'as particularly exemplified in his late letter on the subject of South ern institutions, be and is hereby invited to the seat of Government of this State. Be it further resolved, etc., That a committee of two members ou the part of the Senate, and three members on the part of the House, be, and they are hereby appointed, to transmit a copy of these resolutions to John Mitchel. . (Signed) Jno. M. Sandidge, Speaker House of .Representatives. (Signed) Robert C. Wickliffe, President pro tern, of the Senate.- Approved .Match 16th, 1854. (Signed) P. 0. Herbert, Governor of the State of Louisana. Baton Rouge, Office of the Secre tary State. t certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original resolutions deposit ed in this office, given under my hand and the seal of the State, this twenty first day of March. A. D. 1)854, and of the Independence of the United States, the seventy-eighth. Andrew Herron, Secretary of State. Reply. To the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of liepresentatives of Louisiana. New York, April 7th, 1854. G enter men, —Your very kind and courteous letter has just been received, enclosing a resolution of the Legislature, which extends to me the distinguished honor of an invitation to the hospitali ties of your State capital. It is indeed a distinction wholly unexpected, and L fear hardly merited; but it were affecta tion to deny that it has given me the keenest pleasure, and will always be remembered with pride. My warmest thanks are especially due for this high and authoritative re cognition of the cause of Irish nationali ty,' for which cause I, as well as many better men, have for years endured the most curious refinements of malignant vengeance at the hands of our country’s enemies. And now tim.t the corrupt Parliment, press, and administration of England arc eagerly heaping deadly in sults and calumnies upon the names of their intended victims, it is, to me at least, much more than a compensation that I am ad pressed with fraternal respect, and my hand is grasped in friendship by a higher and prouder race of freemen than Europe has know for two thousand years. The course which I have taken as a journalist, on some questions of vital public interest, and which has had the good fortune to meet with the marked approval of the Legislature of Louisiana, was dictated solely by my own long-set tled opinions and feelings. The ungen erous imputation which has been made —that I took that course in order to court and flatter the South at the ex pense of the North-—the North where I have made my own home—must, to Southerners appear irritated enough. And even those who make such a charge must themselves disbelieve it for ob vious reasons. In truth, I took- no thought of South or of North at all—of sectional intererest or geographical paral lels of latitude; but, on a great ‘question of social polity arising for discussion, I felt myself entitled, and indeed bound, (having undertaken to conduct a jour nal at all,) to deal with it plainly and independently. If my conclusions differ from those of the several politicians, orators and philosophers of these parts, perhaps it is because I have drawn mine from some considerable study of history and politics in ancient and modern times, and not exclusively from the newspapers of Old England—the lecturers of New England, and the Gospel according to the apostles of “ Progress.” Once for all, I refuse to believe that human wis dom and virtue were born about the be gining of the nineteenth century —were cradled in Exeter-hall, —were suckled, like the twins of Rhea Silvia, by a'slifc wolf, (or strong-minded female,) —and have reached their highest development and bright, consummate blossoming in a “Garrisonian” of Boston, howling against the Union, as a dog bays the Moon. You will not condemn, nor wonder ! at the zeal of a stranger and refugee, for that Union. In mjr ease it is not unnatural.' To me, from my Childhood, the United States has been a sue run Unity,—one and indivisible, —the com pletest, grandest achievement and mon ument of the wit and courage of Man in modern times. The admiration became a passion; and the passion led me far, and cost me dear: but the dearer it lias cost me, the more jealously and proudly I cherish now my old faith and hope; now when the banner I gazed on so long from hopeless distance, with “the desire of the moth lor the star,” gleams and waves above me at last. May the colors of God’s bow be tom assundcrere the Stripes of that majestic banner. I beg, gentlemen, that you will con vey to both Houses of the legislature my warmest acknowledgments of their good ness: and assure them that I shall en deavor, at an early day, tot avail myself of their invitation, and l visit Baton Rouge. With sentiments jof high con sideration, I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, JOHN METCHEL. tflliliU'Cll. Good Material for aiLawver.— Little Eddy, on his way tdschool, fre quently loitered by a small aream which he was obliged 1 to pass to (witness the gambols of hisplaymates wide bathing, the water being of sufficient depth in some places for that purpo®. Fearing some accident might bfcfa|i him, his mother told him never to' venture near, and in strong terms not into the water. One day, however, being over come by temptation and tin; urgent so licitations of boys older than himself, he yielded to their importuhit es and his own wishes, and for an hour filtered in to their aquatic sports,- fight heartily.— But as ill luck would have it, while dress ing himself, by some mismanagement he put on his shirt wrong side o|| entirely unoticed by him at the timfe; but the quick eyes of his mother defend it, and divined the reason at once, before re tiring she called the little b |>y to her side to repeat his little praye While on his knees she took the oj jortunity to reprove him for disobeying her com mands: 11 Edmund, how is it that tile buttons are on the inside of your shirtfeollar ?” “ I don’t know. Isn’t thatphe wav mother ?” “No my son. You have disobeyed me. lam sorry to see. You hive been in swimming, else how could vfeu have turned your shirt?” The little boy felt that his meper had spoken the truth, and was for ainoment silent. However, a satisfactonlexplan ation as he thought, soon oceii-red. With a triumphant look and befij voice he replied : “Mother, I—l—guess I turn|fit git tin’ oyer the fence.” A constable pursued a thiK w ho took refuge on a stump in a Iwamp and pulled the rail after him ors w hich he went out. The constable nrnJe the following return: Sightable—feonver sable—nqn est comatible—in swjbip Um up stumpum-—railo." j Government of Geprpia. t Governor —H ERSCItEL V JOHNSON, of Bald win: * life Secretaries —Willian Steele af Baldwin, B. B. De- Graffeuroid of Muscogee, and I*l H. Briscoe ol'Wal ton. Messenger —L. R. Polhiil of Baldwin. Secretary of Slate —Elihu P. Watkins of Henry. Treasurer —John B. Trippe of Putnam. Comptroller General —Ezekiel S. Candler of Car roll. * Surveyor General —Pleasant M, Compton of Bald win. State Librarian —Win. IV', Carr of Baldwin. Military Storekeeper at MUlmgeville —Matt C. Butts of Baldwin 1 “ “ Savannah —Tristriam Verstilfo •of Chatham- Prevalent of Senate —JohnD. Stcll of Fayette. Secretary of Senate —Hugh M. Mooro of Sumter. Speaker of House of liepresentatives —John E. Ward of Chatham. Clerk —Wm. T. Wofford of Cass Principal keeper Penitentiary —Wm. Turk of Frank lin. Assistant Keeper —W'm. U. Anderson of Coweta. Book Keeper—W m. A. Williams of Cherokee. Inspector —James Polk of Madison. Physician. —Dr. Toralinfcm Fort of Baldwin. Chaplain.—Hex. George McCauley of Baldwin. Trustees of the Lunatic Asylum —Dr. Tomlinson Fort, Dr. B. A. White and B. P. Stubbs. Resident Physician and Superintendent —Dr. Thos F. Green. Superintendent Western and Atlantic Railroad— James F. Cooper. Treasurer —Gen. Wm. B. Wofford Auditor —James Spulloek. Judiciary. SUPREME COURT FOR THE CORRECTION OH ERRORS. First IHstsict —composed of the Eastern and Mid dle Judicial Circuits alternately at Savannah and Augusta, on the 2d Monday in January and June. Second District —composed of the South Western and Chattahoochee Circuits, alternately at Columbus and Arnericus, on the 4th Monday in January and second Monday in July. Third District —composed of the Coweta, Flint and Macon Circuits, alternately at Macon and Decatur, on the 2d Monday in February and August. Fourth District —composed of the Western, Chero kee and Blue Ridge Circuits,'at Cassvillo on the 3d Monday in April, and at Gainesville on the 4th Mon day in October. Fifth District— composed: of the Northern, Ocmulgee and Southern Circuits, at MilledgeviUe, on the 2d Monday in May and November. Judges of the 1 Supreme Court —Joseph flehry Lumpkin,' of Athens; Ebenezer Starnes,' of Augusta'; and Henry L. Henning, of Columbia Reporter- —Thos. R. R. Cobb, Athens. Clerk —Robert E. Martin, Milledget ’He. JUDGES OF SUPERIOR COURTS. Eastern Circuit— William B. Fleming, of Savan nah. Northern Circuit —Garnett Andrews, of Washing ton Middle Circuit —YV m. IV. ITolt, of Augusta. Western Circuit James Jackson, of Monroe Ocmulgee Circuit —Robert V. Hardeman, of Clin ton. Macon Circuit —Abner P. Powers, of Macon. Southern Circuit —Peter E. Love, of Thomasville. Flint Circuit —James H. Stark, of Griffin. Chattahoochee Circuit— M. J. Crawford, of Colum bus. Cherokee Circuit —John 11. Lumpkin, of Rome. Coweta Circuit —Obediah Warner of Greenville; Blue Ridge Circuit —Davis Irwin, of Marietta. South Western Circuit—Wm. 11. Perkins of Cuth bert. Attorney-General. Middle Circuit —John T. Shewmake, Wavnes boro.” SOLICITORS. Eastern Circuit —Thos. T. Long, Darien. Northern Circuit —J. B. Weems, Washington. 'Western Circuit —Wm. J. Peeples, Lawrenco vllle. Ocmulgee Circuit —Thos. P. SafTold, Madison. Macon Circuit —Wm. K. DeGraffenried, Macon. Southern Circuit —John S Winn, Thomasville. Flint Circuit —Joseph A Thrasher, McDonough. Chattahoochee Circuit— Jack Brown, Buena" Vis ta. Cherokee Circuit —John J. Word, Cassvillo. Coweta Circuit —Logan E. Bleckley, Atlanta. Blue Ridge Circuit —Edward D. Chisholm, Van Wert. South II estern Circuit —John Lyon, Albany. Congressional Delegation. SENATORS William C. Dawson of G reene. Robert Toombs of Wilks. REPRESENTATIVES l f; t District—James L. Seward of Thomas. 2d District—Alfred H. Colquitt of Dougherty 3d District-—David J. Bailey of Butts. 4th District—Wm. B. W. Dent of Coweta. sth District—Elijah W. Chastain of Fannin. 6th District—Junius Hillyer of Walton. 7th District—David A. Reese of Jaspers Bth District — Alexander 11. Stephens oCTeliaferro, Congressional Districts. First District —Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liber tv, Mclntosh, Tattnall,. Bulloch, Emanuel, Mont gomery, Lowndes, Telfair, Appling, Glynn, Camden, V\ ayne, Ware, Laurens, Clinch, Thomas, Irwin, Cof fee and Charlton, Second District— Muscogee, Stewart, Randolph, Early, Decatur, Baker, Lee, Dooly, Sumter, Macon, I ulaski, Marion. VY orth, Kinchafoonoe, Doughortv Chattahooche, Clay and Calhoun. Third Distsid— Harris, Talbot, Upson. Pike, Butts, Monroe, Bibb, Houston, Crawford, Spalding and Tay lor. Fourth District —Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, Heard, Campbell, Fayette, Henry, DeKalb, Cobb and Fulton. Fifth District—Dado, Walter, Murray, Gilmer, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Cass, Cherokee,” Paulding,’ Carroll, V bitfield, Polk, Catoosa, Pickens and Fannin. Sixth District —Union, Lumpkin, Rabun, Haber sham,.Hall, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Walton, Clark, Jack son, Madison, Franklin and Ilart Seventh Distinct- —Newton, Morgan, Greene, Jas per, Putnam, Jones, Baldwin, Hancock,Washington Wilkinson and Twiggs. Eighth District —Elbert, Oglethrope, Lincoln, Wilkes,' Taliaferro, Warren, Columbia, Richmond, Burke, Jefferson and Seri von. Interesting Copyright Ques tion. The interesting case of Calvin E. Stowe and Harriet Beecher his wife vs. F. \\ . Thomas is now being argued be fore Judges Grier and Kane, in the United States Circuit Court at Philadel phia. The female plaintiff is the author of the romance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and the defendant is the publisher of a German translations that production in Die JtJreie Dressc, a German newspaper printed in Philadelphia. The plaintiffs seek to recover damages for this alleg ed violation of their copyright, and the question at issue is whether a copyright extends to any other language than that, in which the work is entered. This question is said to be entirely new, there being no analagous precedent in the English or American law reports. Pub lishers, and authors will look lor the decision with much interest. If this case is decided against Mr. Thomas, the booksellers who offer the French transl ation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin for sale, may bo subjected to similar prosecution We notice that La Buche Literaire , aCa nadian magazine which has some circu lation in the United States, is publishino ft French translation.—iV. Y. Com. They had something of a hail storm out in Ohio, last week, says the K Y. ' Dutchman. Some of the lumps were as large as watermelons, and made such holes in the ground that people talk of putting doors to them for potato, cellars. G reat State that Ohio. It ain't nothing else, Mynheer. The world is like a stubble-field in which the greatest geese generally pick up most of the golden grains. , Mrs Partington says notic ed that whether flour was dear or cheap, she had invariably to pay the same amount of money for fifty cents’worth. I Enter s accounts are said to be like haith, “the substance qf things hoped on and the evidence o&things not seen.”' 1