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•... »V miss Ki.iKi. V'Ouft.
Young Cupid went Storming to Yuteau one day
And.besought him to look tit his arrow,
Tis useless, 1 ' he cried; * you must nm'ud it, I sajr—
’Tisu’t IK to let % «t a sparrow.
‘•There's something that’s wrong in the shaft or
the dart, ' ' ’
For it flutters .juite falsi; to the hint ■;
‘Tie on age since it Unify went home to dio hw&Tt,
Audtho world really jesta at my name, i
i have straightened, I've bent, I’vo tried all, I
declare,
I’ve perfumed it with sweetest of sighs;
’Tis feathered with ringlets niv mother tnijM Wear,
And the barb gleams with light Atom young eyes;
But it tails without touching—l'll break It 1 Vow,
For therO’s Hymen beginning t 6 'pout,
tie’s complnrrri ng Tris tore! i btfrns s6 dull Wj. s J 6 low,
TiiSt a aephyr iniglit puli' it right our.”
Little V'bp''i went on with his pitiful tale
TUI Vulcan the weapon restored.
“There, take it, young sir; try it uow—if it fail
I will ask neither fee nor reward."’
The urehiu shot out, and rare havoc he made;
Tiro wounded and dead were untold;
But no wonder the rogue had such a slaughtering
trade,
For the arrow was laden with gold.
UJktllaiitous.
Village Gossip.
" WWtl ha’ thought, Mrs. l)obbs?”
“You don’t say so, Mrs. Potts.”
“Oh ! but it’s quite true. It must
► be. Besides, William heard it at the
barber’s shop.”
“ Well, now, do you know I always
had my suspicions—there was always
a something—a what-do-y ou-cal 1 -it sort
of look about tire Browns, which I
never liked, They said it was all
along the railways. But whether
or no —that’s the fact. John Brown’s
shop is shut up this morning, Depend
upon that,”
“Well; well-,” rejoined Mrs, Dobbs,
“it's no mote them. I have always said
it would come to. They always lived
above their position. As Dobbs, my
husband, often said to me—‘Nancy,’
says he, mark rny words, for all that
them Browns hold up their noses like
conceited peacocks as they are, pride
will have a fall,’ savs he, ‘pride will
have a fall.”’
“And such goings on, Mrs. Dobbs,
to be sure—suelrgdings on. Parties,
parties, parties, from Monday till Sat
urday—the best joint at the butcher’s,
the crustiest loaf at the baker’s, al
ways bespoke for the jsrowoflr'*WeJ],
they must be content with scrags of
mutton now.”
“If they can even get them. For as
Dobbs, my husband says, they will be
sold out and out—down to the baby's
gocart. Deary me, deary me!”
“Only to think. How different it
was this time last year, Mrs.
to be sure. Mrs. Brown, with her
new velvet dresses —finest Genoa—
and Mr. Brown, with his new wig—
and Master Brown, with his new pony
—and Emma Brown, with her new
'Polka Jacket.”
“And even the errand boy, witli
lace found his liar, Mrs. Dobbs.”
“l3tlt cVer.V body could see what
Was Coming-. It could hot go on so
forever. That’s what I said. But
Brown was always such a raMt man.”.
“NeVer would take anybody’s ad
vice but Itis own—there, it was no la
ter than Wednesday week, when my
husband, Dobbs, civilly asked him, in
the most neighborly way in the w orld,
if he wanted a little conversation with
a friend about his affairs, like, as they
were going back visibly —what do you
think the brute said ? ‘Dobbs,’ said
lie, ‘you and your wife go chattering
about the -parish like a couple of hu
man magpies, only the birds’ instinct
is better than your reason.’ Umph—
the brute!”
“Brute, indeed, Mrs, Dobbs—you
may well say that bird's instinct, for
sooth !”
“Bet him up to talk of reason. Had
he reason enough to keep himself out
of the Gazette?”
should not be surprised, Mrs.
though lie were to take to
drinking.”
“And as for the matter of that, my
dear—Thomjison told Green, who told
Jones, who told our Becky, who told
Dobbs, that Brown was seen coming
<out of the Whits Hart this very morn l
“forunk, of course.” , !
‘‘Well, I don’t know exactly "; but
I think it is much more likely he
was drunk, tliap lie was sober.”
“Well, well; it’s poor Mrs. Brown
that I pity. I’m sure I shan’t have a
wink of sleep all this blessed night, a
thinking of li€‘r,’ i T ,
“Poor woman, I’m sure I feel for
)ier. Not that she was ever much
better than him. They do say—but
I don’t know of my own knowledge,
you see; and l’m the last person in
the world to slander anybody behind
anybody’s back—but they do say—
not that l believe it—that before they
came to our-parish,, there were reports
*»*sort of insinuations, curious stories
Vita, I doq’t know the fights of it—
something about a cousin ot Mrs.
BfoWnV, a handsome man in the hab
erdashery line*, but I dare «ay it’s all
nonsense—only-, o( course* there are
some people who will talk.
“There now— who’d ha’ thought it!
Did you ever? But there was always
something very bold about Mrs.
Brown f J ve seen it often.
“What i hope is that Kmim wont
take after her mother—poor thing*-
that’s all.” i
NDh, as for that, bless you—like
parent like—but 1 say nothing. No, j
ho I nobody ever ftnrd Nancy Dobbs—
Mum i» my word—mum. What I
nay is, that people ought to keep peo
ple’s tongues between people’s tee
that’s ad. Emma Brown!—lia, ha,
fed Eord Urn
,{ What’s all this clatter abtffit?”
said gruff Fanner Thompson coming
up suddenly.
“Why, only John Brown’s slidji is
shut,” replied Mrs. Dobbs, with a Mg ;
nificant look.
“Yes, Emma Brown is just getting
married to tire wealthy Fit/. Maurice;
‘Emma Brown!—ha, ha, ha! Lord
biegs you! Eh ! Nancy Dobbs ? ’
“Bless my soul l v exclaimed Mrsi
Dobbs.
“Bless my soul!” echoed Mi’s. Potts.
“11a, ha, ha, Emma Brown ! Bless
rny soul!” Shouted the tantalizing
farmer Thompson as lie took him
self off—and the gos.sipncrs retreated
with long faces to their homes.
Principles of the Know Nothings.
As the discussion of this mvsteri
ous subject has at length readied Con
gress, and has therefore become a mat
ter of general interest, we copy the
following declaration of principles
from the “American Organ, publish
ed nt Washington City, and which as
suMrs to be the exponent of the Or
der in the United States:
OUR FRtfrTCiri.ES.
First. We shall advocate a repeal
of the laws of naturalization, or if that
cannot be accomplish' and, then such a
modification of these laws, as will pre
vent future emigrants from becoming
citizens, short of a reStdeuce of twenty
one years, after taking the oath of al
legiance to the United States, and of
abjuration of all other pbfrers, poten
tates, and prinCes.
Second. We shall advocate the pas
sage of a stringent law by Congress
to prevent immigration hither of for
eigners, who are either jumpers or crim
inals, and to send back to the coun
tries from which they come, all such
foreigners of these elasvses as may, in
violation of such law, hereafter reach
our ports ; and to require the President
of the United States to demand from
any government, which may send
hither such classes of its subjects, im
mediate and ample satisfaction for such
outrage, and a proper indemnity against
the repetition thereof.
Third. We shall oppose the election
or appointment of any foreign-bom
citizen to any office of trust, honor or
emolument, under the Federal or State
governments, or the employment or
enlistment of such persons in the army
or navy in time of tiktr ; maintaining,
as we do the opihiott, that the native
bom citizens of the United States have
the right to govern the land of their
birth; and that immigrants from abroad
should be content with the enjoyment
of life, liberty and property under our
institutions, without seeking to partic
ipate in the enaction, administra ion,
or execution of our laws.
Fourth. We shall advocate and urge
the adoption of such an amended form
of an oath to support the Constitution
of the United States , and to be admin
istered to all persons elected or appoint
ed to any office of trust, honor, or
emolument, under the Federal or
State governments, as will effectually
exclude from such offices all persons
who shall not directly and explicitly
recognize the obligations and binding
force of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, as paramount to all obliga
tions of adhesion or allegiance to any
foreign prince, power, potentate, or au
thority whatever, under any ahd all
circumstances.
Fifth. We shall maintain the doc
trine that ho ohe of the States of this
Union has the right to admit to the
enjoyment of free suffrage any person,
of foreign birth, who has not been first
made a citizen of the United States,
according to the “uniform rule” of nat
uralization prescribed by Congress,
under the provisions of the constitu
tion.
Sixth. We shall oppose now and
hereafter, any “union of Church arid
State," no matter what class of relig
ionists shall seek to bring about such
union.
Seventh. We shall vigorously main
tain the vested rights of all persons, of
native or foreign birth, and shall at all
times oppose the slightest interference
with such vested rights.
Eighth. We shall oppose and pro
test against all abridgement of religious
liberty, holding it as a cardinal maxim,
that religious faith is a question be
tween each individual and his God,
and over which no political govern
ment, or other human power, can right
fully exercise any supervision or con
trol, at auy time, in any place, or in
form.
Ninth. We shall oppose all “higher
law” doctfilles, by winch the constitu
tion is to be set at nought, violated, or
disregarded, whether by politicians, by
religionists, or by the adherents or fol
lowers of either, or by any other class
of persons.
Tenth, We shall maintain and de
fend the constitution as it stands, the
Union as it exists, and the rights of
the Stutes, without diminution as guar
anteed thereby ; opposing at all times,
and to the extent of our ability and
influence, all who may assail them, or
eith rof them. ,
Eleventh. We shall oppose no man,
and sustain no man, on die ground of
Ids opposition to, or his support of,
Democratic measures, or Whig meas
ures; but v/e shall oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those
who sustain our doctrines.
Twelfth. And lastly, we shall use
our utmost exertions to build up an
“American party, " whose maxim shall
be,
Americans shall rule their country 1
Gen. Gass.— ln the Sehate on
Thursday last General Cass opposed
with great force and eloquence that
feature in the enlistment bill (notv*
" tacked” as an amendment to the ar*
my appropriation bill,) which authori
ses the employment of five hundred
friendly Indians to serve against their
red brethren. At the conclusion of
his speech, Gen. Cass, was warmly sha
ken by the hand .by many Senators
wlio left their Seats to evince their
gratitude for the words of warning
and instruction that had dropped from
his lip& .V/f' -
MOM THE SOnHKK*? l?miST UESSENUXK.
liqnAoiQK, Ala., {'
October 24, 1854. f
Dear Brother Beebe: —-I some time
sincethought I should withhold my pen
from another liiic in the Messenger, but
from reading in its columns the com
munications of those 1 believe have
been taught in the school of one Jesus
of Nszareth, 1 once more feel stimula
ted to drop a word, should you think
it worthy of a place in your paper.
Beloved ih Christ-—chosen in Him—
called in Him—children of grace—
heirs of prorhise, it is to you 1 feel to
give a short address, on the subject of
Predestination, as found in Rom.
viii. 29, 80, and also in Kph. i. 5.
“For whom he did foreknow, he
also did predestinate to be conformed
to the image of his Son, that he might
be the First Born among many breth
ren. Moreover, whom he diet predes
tinate, them he also called; and whom
he called, them he also justified ; and
whom he justified, them he also glori
rified.” “ Having predestinated us
unto the adoption of children by Jesus
Christ to himself, according to the
good pleasure of his will.”
Notwithstanding tile efforts of a re
ligious and an Aminian World to cotu
found the terms predestination and
fatality, in order thereby to lead
the minds of the weak to a belief of
priestcraft’s perversion of the right
ways of the Lord and misconstruction
of plain Scripture declaration; it ef
fects nothing in that wisdom which
emanates from a growth in grace and
the knowledge of the truth as taught
in the school of perfection by Jesus
Christ, and the two terms can have no
connection whatever, for Predestina
tion is to a conformity to the image of
the Son of God—it is to call from
death to life by God himself—-to jus
tification—-to glorification-—it is unto
the adoption of children by Jesus
Christ to himself, according to the good
pleasure of his will, and relates alone
to the family of heaven—to the church
of Jesus Christ. The term is deriva
tive from Predestinate, - which signi
fies beforehand appointment of all the
heirs of eternal salvation to glory, ac
cording to the good pleasure of his
will, according as God the Father hath
chosen us in him (the Son.) before the
world began, that we should be holy
and without blame before him in love,
who are the only objects of Predestina
tion. Now will the Arminian tell us
of one single individual who was ever
Fatalized to life ? We might say much
on the disconnection of the two terms,
but, we think a word to the wise is
sufficient for them ; and although this
is a doctrine so much despised by many
in this so called day of light and knowl
edge, we wish to propound a few
questions for them to solve.
1. When did God begin to exist?
Is He a Sovereign, and is lie temporal
or eternal ?
2. Is He all-powerful and all-glori
ous, and will he give his glory to gra
ven images? !
8. Would a plan of Redemption
have existed, if God had not purposed
it?
4. Would any other plan do to save
a sinner upon only the oue God ap
pointed ?
6. Can a sinner be saved without
God’s purpose ?
0. Can ally be lost whom God pur
posed to save ?
T. If the sinner is not saved accord
ing to Predestination—if he is not sav
ed according to Election—if he is not
saved bv a Covenant, please tell us
how he is saved.
We propose waiting a while for a
satisfactory answer to the foregoing
questions, and if not given, we propose
through the help of the Lord, at some
future day, to investigate them our
self; not that we think ourself so well
qualified, but that we believe an Ar
minian cannot answer them correctly,
without confounding himself.
Yours in Christian bonds,
W. M. McClendon.
Mr. Chandler on the Temporal
Power of the Pope.
Mr. Chandler occupied the attention
of the House for an hour yesterday
upon the temporal power of the Pope
of Borne. As Mr. Chandler is a Ro
man Catholic, and a gentleman of ele
vated morality and undoubted talents,
he was listened to with marked inter
est, In terms of the strongest earnest
ness and emphasis he denied the charge
that the Roman Catholics owe any al
legiance to the Pope as a temporal
power. On this point he spoke with
an eloquence and power which called
forth an exhibition of applause in the
House which has been but seldom wit
nessed. Mr. Chandler’s remarks, sus
tained by abundant historical evidence,
ought to put to rest the charge, so free
ly made, that Roman Catholics owe
temporal allegiance to the Pope.
[ Washington Union.
"'*• v i* .
Remarkable Fecundity. —A ne
gro woman of Hancock county, now
just 29 years of age, is the mother of
ten children and one grand child.—
Her first daughter was born when she
was only thirteen years old ; she is
now fourteen, with her first child. The
ten children are all alive, eight
daughters and two sons. How many
at the same ratio will be her progeny
at forty ? Bhe is the property of Mr.
J. B. Culver, who has owned her from
a child.-— Sandersville Georgian.
The Erlcson.
This ship, we perceive, is still repor
ted to be getting in her new steam en
gines, which have been substituted for
the hot-air ones. It is supposed that
she will be ready for sea about the mid
dle of next month, as. 150 men are em
ployed on her. The old proprietors,
who Were said to have asserted, “ they
were perfectly satisfied with the suc
cess ot the hot air engines,’’ are the pro
prietors still, thus showing a liberal
aaraistwney in all their changes.
For Sale.
Bfeing desirous of investing all of our
means m the book business, We offer
the Office of tho Madison Family Visi
tor for Sale, upon reasonable terms,
Ljddon k Sullivan,
Madison, Gflj
Sale nil us in Bread.
In the N. Y. Tribune of the 24th
ult., there is a sensible article by Dr,
Alcoit, of Auburn Dale, Mass., on the
use of sale rat us—in which he presents
a number of facts to prove that the
use ofsaleratus for domestic baking is
dangerous to health and life, and that
it has caused death in many iusfnnces.
He mentions the case of a number of
students at Williumstown College,
Mass., who boarded in the house "of
an indigent female that used salerat
us very freely in cooking, to make
puddings, &c., light, which he believes
led to tlie breaking out of a fearful
disease among them, by tvliich two
died. Drs. Sabin and Smith, of that
place, attributed this disease to the sal
eratus in their food. He also states,
that in a family of about ten persons, it
is not an uncommon thing, in many
places in Massachusetts; to use about
a pound of saleratus per month. He
believes that sub-iuflamation of the
alimentary canal is produced by the
free use of this alkali, both in children
and adults, and that of the 300,000
children under ten years of age, who
die annually in the United States, at
least 100,000 might survive but from
the effects of saleratus.
From his statements it appears to us
that those whom lie describes as using
seleratus for cooking, to make light bis
cuits, puddings, &e., do not use acid
with it, but simply the saleratus. Now
this alkaline substance will not make
light biscuit unless it is used with an
acid of some kind. The soda and acid
unite, setting the carbonic acid gas in
the saleratus free, thus producing effer
vescence not fermentation - which
raises the doUgh and makes the bread
spongy, leaving a bitter salt in the
bread, (the tartrate of soda, if tartaric
acid is used with the saleratus). There
must be great danger indeed, in such a
free and ignorant use of saleTatus, with
out an acid, as a pound per month in
any family. It is a common thing,
however, in the country, to use sour
milk with the saleratus, and there is
not so much danger in its use when so
combined, but, we must say, that saler
atus, and those combinations of chemi
als which merely produce effervesence,
and not vinous fermentation, should
not be used in cooking. Experience
is the only way to tell what is good
and what is evil to use as food or
drink, and so far as our experience
goes, and we have paid close attention
to it for the past three years, we must
conclude that yeast alone should be us
ed for raisings in domestic cookery.
[Scientific American.
A Little Child's Prayer.
The editor of the Detroit Times says
lie heard a day or two since, the fol
lowing illustration of youthful piety :
“ Pray God bless father and mother,
and by jinks I must scrabble into
bed quick, before Mary does.”
This reminds us of an example of
“ cullud piety,” which occurred many
years ago in the suburbs of Macon, in
this State. An old negro, a strict
member of the church, would occa
sionally “go off” in a fit of incessant
singing or uninterrupted prayer, repea
ting detached portions of either, as “ the
spirit moved her.” During these peri
ods no ordinary circumstance distur
bed her equanimity, or detracted her at
tention from her singing arid her work,
but on she went, until something
aroused her ire, when she would out
rip the most profane man in the settle
ment. She was one day milking a
cow that was her equal in “ fits and
starts,” and the spirit came to the old
woman’s relief. She prayed and she
milked, and white she milkedshesung
“ When I can read mv title clear,
To mansions in the h—fi—look at
the milk!”
The refractory cow had brought a
“ side-winder” to bear upon Nancy’s
milk-pail—and there was no cream
for the coffee that night.— Columbus
Enquirer.
Counterfeit SSO Bill.
We wereyesterday shown a counter
feit of a fifty dollar bill on the branch
at Augusta of the Bank of the State of
Georgia, which was stopped at the
branch Bank here where it was offer
ed for payment,
It was passed upon a citizen of
Sumter county, in this State, as he
states by a Kentucky horse drover.
The bill is defective in many partic
ulars, but a neat enough imitation to
deceive a careless person. It bears
date October 19, 1849, and payable
to bearer, and is signed by A. Por*
ter, Cashier, R. B. Camming Presi
dent. The vignette is a female hold
ing a cleaver in her right hand, her
left resting in her lap —at her feet a
sheaf of wheat and a scythe. In the
distance a locomotive crossing a stone
bridge over a stream,
The plate is not artistically execu
ted.
We are requested to State that there
no bills issued by the State Bank
with such a vignette. We believe
there is such a one on S2OO bills of the
Bank of .Augusta, All the bills of
th« denomination of SSO, payable at
the branch here, are payable to G. M.
Newton, John Phinizy, Samuel Hale,
or bearer. Mr. A. Porter was not
Cashier of the State Bank in 1849,
nor is there such a person as R. B.
Camming. Mr. Geo. B. Gumming
was some years ago President of the
Bank, but Mr. A. Porter is now
President, fttid Mr. I. K. Tefft, Cash
ier. They have held their offices res
pectively for about six years.—(hnsti
tMionalist.
Wise. /
tt Wisdom’s ways you wisely seek,
frivc things observe with care:
Os whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how, and whan, and where, (
iThfe New* from Europe;
The Lews from Europe by the Pacify
ic is importiinl, extraordinary and con
tradictory. Affairs assume an aspect
promising an feariy jjstucc, and, then,
ail at once the aspect becomes more
warlike, The Allies hurry oil' re-in
forcementfl to the 01‘ilnea, while their
Ambassadors fit Vienna see the clouds
of war breaking away. The Czar ac
cepts the “four points ” as the basis of
peace negotiations, while his troops re
cross the Danube, aud enter again the
Dobrudseha, They are again on the
road to Constantinople. Western Eu
rope passed, in a tew days, from joy at
the prospect of peace; to doubt and de :
pression at the r newed prospects of a
eontiuance of the war. It is very
probable that the Czar considers he
can now make peace on more honora
ble terms than he could by delaying
negotiations until the spring* when
the Allies would put forth their whole
power to conquer the Crimea* and
perhaps force the German Powers to
make common cause with them. And
then, it may be that Nicholas accepts
the offered terms on wdiich it is pro
posed to base a treaty of peace, merely
to gain time to complete his plans of
defence and attack. A few weeks will
unravel the mystery.
As our readers iiiay tvish td have
their memories refreshed oil the much
talked of “ four points,” we re-produce
them here:
1. The abolition of the Protectorate
of Russia over the Daimbian Princi
palities, and the privileges of those
provinces placed under the collective
guarantee of the contracting Powers.
2. The navigation of the mouths of
the Danube secured according to the
principles establibed by the Congress
of Vienna.
8. The revision of the treaty of the
13th July, 1811. “in the interest of
the balance of p wer in Europe.”
4. The abandonment by Kussia of
her claim to exercise an official
tectorate oVer the Christian subjects of
the Porte, (to whatever rite the}' mignt
belong*) in consideration rs the Pow
ers giving their mutual assistance to
obtain from the Sultan a confirmation
and observance of the religions privi
leges of all Christian communities.
These are to be the starting points
in the negotiations for peace, but it is
not certain that peace would be the re
sult of negotiations commenced with
Russia’s recognition of these prelimi
nary conditions. If the Allies should,
in addition, claim indemnity for the
expenses of the war, or demand the
reduction of Russia’s naval power in
the Black Sea, Russia would scarcely
yield to these conditions.
The treaty of July, 1841, referred
to in the “ four points,” renew'ed the
ancient regulation of interdicting the
entrance into the Black Sea of the war
vessels of all nations, and the result
was that the navies of Turkey and
Russia could alone navigate those wa
ters. The object of the Allies is to
remove this prohibition, and at the
same time to bind Russia, if possible,
to refrain from such an augmentation
of her Black Sea fleet as might excite
the apprehensions of Turkey. Wheth
er Russia is yet prepared to regulate
her naval power in the Black Sea, and
her military power in the Crimea, to
suit the wishes of Western Europe, is
a “point” on which we may hang a
strong doubt. The Allies invaded
the Crimea to force this very “ point ”
on Russia’s acceptance, and if they do
not exact so much in the final terms
of peace, their expedition will have
failed of its main object. 4 The protec
torate of the Principalities, the free
navigation of the Danube, and the
common guarantee of the Five Pow
ers of the religious privileges of the
Sultan’s now Mohammedan subjects,
are minor matters, on which Russia
may readily yield to a compromise, but
the limitation of her naval and milita
power in any quarter of her dominions
is a humiliation which the Allies have
as yet scarcely succeeded well enough
to impose upon her.—iV. Y. Sun.
0, Get Out!
The last Recorder'contains an ex
tract from the New York Herald, de
fending the Northern Know Nothings
from the charge of Abolitionism,
which the editor of the Recorder endor
ses, and adds, “We take the above
impartial article from the Kev) York
Herald, a democratic paper.” A dem
ocratic paper, indeed! The New York
Herald a democratic paper! ha, ha,
ha! Now Mr. Recorder , we give you
credit for being a “ Know Nothing
but when you gave utterance to the
above language, you knew better ;
dark as you may wish to appear on
some subjects, you know enough about
Democracy and Democrats to write
more intelligently.— Fed. Union.
Burning of the Etowah Bridge.
From a slip from the Cassville Stan
dard office of the 2d, we learn that at
about twelve o’clock, Feb. Ist, the rail
road bridge over the Ktowah river, two
miles below Cartersville, was found to
be on fire. The fire was first discov
ered on the south end, by the bridge
keeper, who could *have extinguished
it with a single bucket of water. Fin
ding the water in the tubs frozen, he
ran to the river, a distance of several
hundred yards, and on his return
found that the fire had made. such
progress as to render it impossible to
stop it An effort was made to stop
the flames by blowing up a portion of
the bridge, but it failed;
This was the longest and most eost
1V bridge on the road, its lenght being
1,920 feet, and its original eost about
one hundred thousand dollars.
For a Dry CouGii.-*-Take of pow
dered gum-arabic half an ounce ; liq
uorice juice half all ounce. Dissolve
the gum first in warm water, squeeze
in the juice of a lemmon, then add of
paregoric two drachms : syrup of
squills, one drachm. Cork all in a bot
tle and shake welt Take one tea
spoonful when the cough is trouble
some.
Female Ingenuity*
SECRET CORRESPONDENCE AND INTRIOUE:
A ytmng lady, newly mpiried, being obliged to
sliotf to it«r huSbatfd all the letters she wrote, sent
the following to art ifitifnate friend;—
“I cannot be Satisfied, my dearest, friend!
blessed as s dm iu the matrimonial state,
unless I pour into your ftknfily bosom,
which has ever been in unison with mine,
the various sensations which pervade and swell
with the liveliest emotions of pleasure,
my almost bursting heart. I tell you my dear
husband is the most amiable of men.—
I have now been married seven weeks, urn!
have never found the least reason or canse to
repent the day that joined us. My husband is
both in person and manners far from resembling
ugly, cross, old, disagreeable, and jealous
monsters, who think by confining to secure;
a wife, it is his maxim to treat me as a
bosom friend and confidant, and not a3 a
play-thing, or menial slave, the woman
chosen to be his companion. Neither party,
ho says, should always obey implicitly;
but each yield to the other by turns. —
An ancient maiden aunt, nearlv seventy,
a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady,
lives in the house With us—she is the de
light of both youhg and old; she is ci
vil to all the individuals in the neighborhood,
and generous and charitable to the poor.—
I am convinced my husband loves nothing more
than he does me. He flatters me far more
than the sparkling glass; and his intoxication
(for so I must call the excess of his love)
often makes me blush for the un worth in ess
ot its object,and wish I could he more deserving
of the man whose name I now bear. To
say all in one word, my dear , and to
crown the whole, my former gallant lover
is now my indulgent husband. My fondness
is returned, and indeed I might have had
a prince, yet been deprived the felicity I find in
him. Adieu I may you be as blest as I am un
able to hope or wish that I could be more
happy.”
Her husband reads every line, and her friend
every other line. Served lmn right. Don’t you
think she did?
John Mitchell and the Cincinnatians
The Cincinnati papers contain the pro
ceedings of the indignation meeting
held on Monday evening week, in
that city, to denounce the city Council
for tendering a public reception to
John Mitchell, the Irish exile. The
meeting also strongly condemned ma
ny of the sentiments utterred by Mr.
Mitchell since his arrival in the Uni
ted States. Tw'o or three of the
Councilmen who voted for the recep
tion, appeared at the meeting and ex
pressed their regrets, saying they had
voted without reflection.
On the same day, some hours previ
ous to the meeting, Mr. Mitchell arriv
ed in Cincinnati, and was received by
the Mayor, several of the Councilmen,
and a number of citizens. In the af
ternoon lie was waited upon by a
number of persons, when Dr. Warner,
in a short speech, said he was happy
to welcome him, but must express
his disgust at some of the principles he
had advocated. Dr. Edwards also
similarly expressed himself. Mr. Mitch
ell, doubtless tried at the catechizing
he was undergoing, promptly replied ;
There is one trait of American
character which I admire —their liber
ty ; and while I remain in this coun
try I shall take the liberty of doing
what I please.
The effect of this true and just re
buke, it is said, was electric. It was
received with a burst of laughter by
the lookers-on and had the effect of
putting an effectual stopper upon the
speechifying. Dr. Shumard of Ar
kansas, intended to make Mr. Mitchell
a speech, which would have been all
right on the “Alabama plantation ne
gro” question, but the explosion of
this sudden bombshell thrown into the
camp made the whole party “vamose
the ranchin double quick time, leaving
Mr. Mitchell alone. In the evening
he partook of a complimentary banquet
at the Burnet House.
During the progress of the banquet
several bricks were thrown into the
room, through the windows. Fortu
nately however, no one was injured.
The police seized two of those engaged
in this outrage, but they were rescued
by their comrades. Three others
were arrested in the morning, and fin
ed $5 and costs each, instead of beiug
sent to prison.
Similarity of the Toys and Games
of Different Nations.
I was amused here by watching a
child playing with a pop-gun made of
bamboo, similar to that of a quill, with
which most English children are famil
iar, which propels pellets by means ofa
spring-trigger made of the upper part
of the quill. It is easy to conclude
such resemblances between the famil
iar toys of different countries to be ac
cidental; but I question their being
really so. On the plains of ludia, men
may often be seen for hours together
flying what with us are children’s
kites ; and I procured a JeWsMiarp
from Thibet. These are not the toys
of savages, but the amusements of peo
ple more than half civilized, and With
whom we have had indirect communi
cation from the earliest ages. The Le
pehas play at quoits, using slates for
the purpose, and at the Highland
games of “ putting the stone,” and
“ drawing the stone.” Chess, dice,
draughts, hooky, and battle-door and
shuttle-cock, are all Indo-Chinese or
Tartarian. —llimahyian Journal.
The Iron Duke’s
the curiosities at Apsley House, a resi
dence of the Duke of Wellington, is a
truckle bed on which he slept. “ Why
is it so narrow ?” inquired a friend •
there is not room to turn in it.”
“Turn in it!” cried his grace ; “ when
ouce a man begins to turn in his bed,
it is time to turn out.”
REPORTED for THE COLUMBUS KXQCIUy^
Minute of Points,
DECIDED BY the SUPREME court
GEORGIA, AT COLUMBUS, JANUARY
term, lboo. ‘ Y
Executors of Everett vs. Town* —from Taylor
\V lien the Complainants m au Eouitv on,. ,
eutireiy to sustain by evidence » mlt
ol their case, the Court may withhold the* lloll
Iron) the Jury, and dispose of the cause. Tu
to justify such interference by the Court m3
such an one that tbo Court would errant "*
.3652* ,o “ nd “ «* <5
Scarborough A Hunter, for Plff’s in Error
L. B. ,South A B. Hill, for Deft, in Error. ’
Molynemc tt. at. vs (Jollier— from Dougherty.
An executory agreement to receive a small,
amount iu discharge of a larger, is not enforced
unless there be a benefit to tho creditor or t*'
meat to the debtor. If there be- a legal possfo !'
it/ of benefit to the creditor," the agreement i
valid,
Morgan & Scarborough, for Pill - . Clark A
zier for Deft. 1
Hamrick et. al. vs. House et-. al, —from Lee.
1. The General A use ruby have the right to
change the location of the of Justice in uuv
County in the State, and they do not thereby vj
late any contract or interfere with any vested
2. If the Act removing the Seat of Justice pro .-
yidcs for compensation to the lot holders al the old
site, this compensation need not be paid befor* iu«
removal.
Hawkins, for PI ft. Lyorm A Johnson, lor Deft/
Watkins, Chappell & Cos. vs. Smith—from W
doipb.
1. Where, in entering an appeal, the Clerk mis
takes the name of one of the parties, the appeal
will not be dismissed, but the mistake uiav be cor
rected. And this may bo done without 'tin con
sent of the Surety on tfie Bond.
2. Iu order to exclude an Attorney at Law from
testifying in a cause, it must appear not only that
he acquired his information dunny the existence
but also by reason of the relationship of Client ami
Attorney.
Tucker A Beall, for PUT. Hood, for Deft.
Creamer <k Gresham vs. 'Shannon —from Sumter.
Where a Trader kept no Clerk, and his original
Book ot Entries is destroyed, a transcript from such
book, made by himself, and proven by his own
oath, its net admissible in evideuee.
Tucker A Beal, for PUT. Hawkins, for Deft.
Brady vs. Hardeman A Hamilton —from Sumter.
Where there is no origiual process auuexed to
the petition, and a waiver of “copy process” oulv,
a verdict and judgment rendered iu such ease is
absolutely void.
B. Hill, for Plff. Dudley, for Deft.
Dunn vs. Crazier. Admr., Ac.—from Randolph.
1. Where a brief of the evidence, on a motion for
anew trial, is agreed on between counsel and as
sented to by the Court, and the Rule Nisi granted,
and the Clerk ordered to enter the Rule Nisi and
brief of evidence on the minutes: Held, that the
failure of the Clerk to outer the same on the min
utes, may be corrected by an oruer to enter it
nunc pro tunc.
Hood, for Pltf. Warren, for Deft.
Curry vs. Gaulden et. al. —from Decatur.
I. Where the hirer es a slave gives a bond to
“ cause the negro hired to be forthcoming to the
owner on tho 251 h of December next/' and at tho
time specified the negro was run away, without
fault on the part of hirer, and after due diligence
by him to recover him: Held, that the hirer by
the terms of his contract, is not relieved by reason
of these iaots.
R. E. Ly od, for Plfi’. Sims, for Deft.
Hrtnnahan vs. Nichols —from Baker.
J. A creditor filed a Bill in Equity against his
debtor, setting forth his indebtedness and his insol
vency; that he had one negro; and that the debtor
was about to move away hunsellj and was seeking
to conceal the negro so as to avoid paying his debts.
The prayer was for the arrest of tho debtor and
the negro, until the debtor gave bond for the forth
coming ot hinself and the uegro, to answer tlav
judgment on the debt. Held, that Equity had no
jurisdiction iu the case.
R. F. Lyon, for Pltf. Ilood A Warren, for Deft.
Ramson vs. Cochran —from Dougherty.
1. Where suit is brought against A and B joint
ly, aud A dies, a summons of garnishmeut can not
issue against a debtor of A aud B jointly, until the
Estate of A is represented.
L. Warren, for Pltf Strozier A Spicer, for Deft.
Dinkins, et. al. vs. Moore, et. al. —from Sumter.
1. A deed to negroes concluding thus, “Signed
aud sealed, and the property delivered by tiie sym
bolical delivery of a pen-knife,” and attested thus,
“In presence of” two witnesses, one of whom
was a Justice of the Peace: Held, that this deed
was properly recorded.
B. Hill A Hawkins, for Pltf L. Warren, for
Deft.
Williams, el. al. vs. Allen, Exr. —from Decatur.
1. A deed conveyed property to trustee, for the
use, Ist, of grantor during life—2d, for the use and
benelit of A, and the heirs of her body, if any, and
if she dies without child or children, then over.—
A married, aud her husband receipted for this pro
perty as her separate estate, treated it as such du
ring his life, and in his Will gave her a pittance, al
ledging that his separate estate was an ample pro
vision. Held: First, that the creditors of the wife,
who had given her credit upon the taitli of his sep
arate estate, are entitled to be paid out of his pro
perty in preference to the Admr. of the husbaud.
Second, that A took only a life estate under the
deed—with remainder to her child or children.—
Third, that by the acts of the husband, the wif*
has a separate estate in the property.
R. Sims, for PUT. R. F. lyon, for Deft.
Roosevelt, Hyde »f* Clark vs. Shannon —from Sumter.
1. A bond' for appearance under the Honest
Debtors’ Act is complied with, if the party ap
pears at least three days before the adjournment
of the court.
Hawkins, for Plff. No appearance for Deft.
Tuggle, Adm'r., vs. Wilkinson, Adm'x. —from Lee.
1. A suit by or against an Administrator may bo
brought under the Act of 1847, to curtail and sim
plify pleadings at Law.
Hawkins, for PI If. Strozier, for Deft.
Griffin, Admr., vs. The Justices , .fee.—from Baker.
1. An Executor or Administrator may by anew
promiso continue against the Estato a liability
about to be barred by the Statute of Limitation,
though lie may not revive a liability already
barred.
Strozier, for Plff. Lyon & Clarke, for Deft.
Newspapers.
Judge Longstreet, whose views on
all subjects are sensible, practical, and
worth treasuring up, thus sets forth
the value of a newspaper.
“Small is the sum that is required to'
patronize a newspaper, and most ampiy
remunerated is the patron. I care not
how lmmble and unpretending the
gazette which he takes, it is next to
impassible to All a sheet fifty-two times
a year without putting into it some
thing that is worth the subscription
price. Every parent whose son is off
from him at school should supply him
with a paper. I well remember what
a difference there was between those
of my schoolmates who had, and those
who had not access to newspapers. —
Other thiugs being equal, the first
were always decidedly superior to the
last in debate and composition at least.
The reason is plain: they had com
mand of more facts. Youth will pc*
ruse a newspaper with delight when
they will read nothing else.”
Photographic Bills.
Mf.nv of our cotemporaries have
been describing the dangers likely to
arise from improvements in pnoto
grapy applied by a Cincinnati artist to
the copying of Bank bills. If bills are
printed of various colors they cannot
be cqpicd.— Scientific American.