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. MsxTteo or Dibsctor. Th quarterly
anting of Via Directors East Tennesse
Md Omirijli Railroad will b bald at tlia
Company 'a uIGca, Athena, on Wednesday, tha
S3d Instant
- (Of Our friends will bear in mind that
thai la to b a meeting held at lha Court
, bona la Athena, on Monday tint, fur tha
purpose of appointing delegates to tha Gub.
rnstorlal Convention at Nashville, on tha
Sart Monday ol May.
- Coobtt Convbrtior. The democracy of
BuMlon held a Convention at the Court
house, In tliia place, on Monday luat, and no.
ttlnatrd Col. Jiia. MeCully as their candidal
for Representative at tli ensuing Annual
lection. Mr. MeCully ia regarded by miny
f hla frirnda aa a prelty strong man, and if
permitted to run without opposition will, no
doubt, b alerted. There were several other
fntlemen ready to ba aacriHced, but an fur
aa w hsr heard from them they acquieaca
in tha selection mule. A fief all, there
othiog Ilka "the office seeking the man
Read tha New Advertiaementi
lcUlly Sehorn St Horoaby'a, and Desderick
ol Lowry a.
A Rbbhrdi. Circuit Court commence
bare next Monday. Thnee of our palront in
arrears who may ba in attendance, we truat
will avail themselves of the opportunity to
all at tha "captain's offic-" and aettle.
8bttld. The difficulty between V'm. G.
Swan and the newapaper m -n at Knoxville,
baa been amicably arijuaied by the interven
tinn of ouUide pnrliea. The teim of the
Battlement, aa wa understand them, are, that
II concerned are hereafter to let each other
lone. A happy termination of what might
hare been very tragical sffair. "Bleated
re tha peace-makers."
ty It la hardly neeessery to multiply
worda with tha Cleveland Banner In regard
to tha op and down freight!. Ita Inst article
la too ailly and contemptible to merit even a
paaaing notico. Should ita editor ever lie
favored with lucid interval, which under
tha Providenco of God ia poaaible, he will no
doubt ba heartily ashamed of hit recent
oars in regard to the railroad; nnd instead
f pandering to tha unfounded, narrow and
elfish prejudices which exist ag inst such
enterprises, he will be found where he ought
to be, laboring to promote the true interenta
f all cluaaea by sustaining them. Truating
that onr neighbor may be apeedily blessed in
tha manner indicated above, wa pass the sub
ject. Snow. On Monday morning last this arc
tlon waa visited with a right ainart sprinkle
of anow, and the weather continues cold up
to the present writing. On Monday night
there waa a "killing froat," obliterating all
proapecta for a fruit crop and blighting early
vegetation generally. This "visitation" has
furnished material for the croakers, who are
already predicting short crops, scarcity of
the staple articles of fond, and hard times in
abundance. Poor devils! they forget that
Deity is over all, and orders all things for the
best. When there is famine in Palestine
there ia corn in Egypt the snow nnd frosts
that have destroyed the fruit blossom, nnd
shrivelled early vegetation, were designed to
pimnote some compensating good perhaps
to dispel some dire diaease which the dry
hacking winds were bearing to us through
the air. Look at the bright side always, is
tha true philosophy, and, if strictly pursued,
you will eeldoin be troubled with Ihe dark.
That's been our creed, and we have enjoyed
aa much sunshine aa anybody.
1ST Hon. Henry W. Milliard, formerly a
Whig metnher to Congress from Alabama,
has published a letter in the Montgomery
Journal, in which he declares his determina
tion to. support Mr. Buchanan's administra
tion. In the anme letter he signiliea that if
nomination for Congresa waa tend, red him
by the democratic party of hi district he
would not feel at liberty to decline it. It ia
impossible for a camel to paaa through the
ye of needle, but it ia not impossible to
account for the milk in the oooonnut some
times. Mr. Milliard is a gentleman of high
order of talents, of the purest morals, and
erved and voted with tha American party in
the Into Preaideatial contest. His recent nr.
Cobatic feat ia represented to have produced
eotnething of a sensation in "lha Alabnm.''
"Of" Wehopa everybody will read on the
next page "How Deacon Drown Got Sold."
There are great many Deaeon Browns in
tha world.
Fibs. A small hriok building, tbs property
of A. CI cage, together with quantity of
lumber, waa destroyed by fire on Wednesday
last
Fact. Sehorn A Ilornsby bars not only
the largest and bast assortment of Clocks,
Watches, and Jewelry of any bouse in East
Tennessee, but ten thousand other arlioles
at down ia the bills." Call atid sea.
Wautaa. Lata aeceunta repreaent Walk
ar's atar again is the aeesdant, ba having
achieved decisive and brilliant vietory over
tha opposing forces.
tyrTva8otus,sB aged aod highly
steamed aititen, died at his residenea in tha
vieiaity of Athens, en Friday morning last,
"Foam Hill." The reader will flod, on
tb next paga, beautiful little aontribution,
by Mr. Oibslow. Forest Bill is ona of the
Mat delightful spots ia tha world surround
ad with beautiful aoeaery, with a spring of
par limestone water gushing from ita baa
f volume sufficient- supply half dosea
eitise ss large as Kooxvill.
"' Bbadlit Coo-Mr. Alex. Clingan, wa
leara, received lha nomination at tha bands
f tha Deaaoerecy of Bradley oa Monday
U rprecat that wuty ia tba next Lef .
kfUtOf.
THE PRESS,
The followlnir, from that venerable Jour
nal, the PhilmMphi Inqttirtr, expresses lha
trne Idea of an indepmdtnt press. The editor
who baa not the Drmneaa to h ject what hla
judgment dianpirovs ought to resign and
turn his attention to anme employment mora
ongenlal to timid nature:
Tux Prrss. A miataken opinion prevails
In eertnin narrow minded and aelflsh quar.
ters, In relation to' the independence ol the
press. It la anile a common Ihlnir for tha
conductors of ptiblie journals In be annoyed
ov luipuaeut scriDDiere, wnn are anxious In
giva utterance to one sided or slanderous
Views, but are nnwillina- to aaaitma the re
sponsibility. When their commuiiicntiona
are rejected, they manifest astonishment and
indignation, and at once proceed In denounce
the want of independence In the preaa. These
conceited and inflated Individuals forget that
vue innepennenre par ly consists in rejecting
iu aucn iraan ana Blunder as Ihey are anx
ious lo make public. . The idea of givinif
place throuirh the columns of a n-artertahla
journal, lo every thing that la offered ..'ood,
ono ana Inailterenl is nt once silly nnd pre.
poslerons. Huch a arstem would render the
preaa the Vehicle of passion, prejudice and
calumny, nnd soon in for it the contempt
instcnd of the n spi'i t of the community.
In the great majority of cases ton, these
would lie reirniato'a of the press, are either
Vain and egotistical, or thev are mean nnd
mercenary, and seek only a aelfih object.
They will neither assume the rraponaihilitv,
hy attaching their names to their nsaertiniia
and speculations, nor hv avowing a willing,
nesa In pay any sum that may be demanded
on the advertising ayatem.
' GtonutA and 1'EsssasKit. lata num
ber of tha Nashville Union a lift American
-Im list of tht Han ha rrffirdid as good,
and also some about which it knows nothing,
After apeaking of the "Frea Banks" and the
Stock Banks whk-h are regarded ns safe, this
paper says: fiat. NncM.
It is mneh better for the people of Tennns
see to refuse the note of nil bank except
our own more rappeinlly would it be Well
for them to rrject all Qem-gia money.
The Atlanta Examiner copies this article
and add:
Now, onr dvlce to people of Georgia, in
every auction of the State, ard particularly
here, in Atlanta, is lo refuse, and on no con
dilion to receive Tennei-aee monev. let it l
good, had, or indihVent. From the Inilnre of
I enneaai e bank, our citixens have ulrendv
stiftered much. Henceforth let it be refused"
by every individual.
Now, "our advice to tha people" of both
Georgia and Tennessee, is to pay no attention
either lo tha Examiner or the Union. The
former knows nothing about Tennessee mo.
ney, nnd the latter leas about Georgia Bank:
and both could be much better employed
than in trying to injure either.
A Good Movr. The Town Commission
era of Newimn, Gn have paaaed an Ordi.
nance impoaliig a line of not less than five
nor more than twenty dollars per day upon
transient trader nnd pedlars offering gooda
for sale within the corporate limits.
Govrrkohship or Utah A despatch say
tha Hon. Fayette MeMullin, or Viruinin, has
refused the Governorship of Utah somewhat
Indignantly, intimating that he would about
as soon accept a Chnrgeship lo one of the
newly diacovered guano islands. A rumor
reached here a few days no that the rejected
tfovernorahip of Utah would be tendered
to riifttinguiahed democrat of the neighbor
ing county of Monroe.
East TEarsRB akd Viroikia Rail.
Boad. We find the following paragraph in
the Abiui'don Virginian, of the 4th inat int:
A'o Iron. We had expected to see n regu
lar train on eiuhtoen miles of the eastern end
of the Tenneaaee line by this lime, but re
gret to learn that the Company have not a
pound of iron on the American continent.
Two ship lo id started a month or two oi;o,
but they have not arrived, and the work' in
aLindiiiL' "till. The rails are laid two mil.-s
' ynmi Union. I hey would have been to the
Wotnuua hv this time, but lor the delay of
the ahipa. Tliia is the only gip now between
Niw York and Memphis.
Drath or Hon. Sampson W. Harris ov
Alabama. The Washington Union, of April
1st aaya:
It ia with deen reirrrt that m-a annn..nAU
the death of lha Hon. Sampson W. Harris
reircaeiiuiuve in i-nngresa iroin the seventh
diatrict of Alabama. He died at hi lodging
in this city on yesterday at 9J o'clock, n. m.
'Glad To.Mobrow's Subdav." W
it sUited that tha new President is nlinoet
overcme with the importunities of office-no.
piriinU who have bored him almost to death;
and that he remarked the other day that he
had nol had lime to say his prayer, and ex
pressed him-elf ns being glad that the next
day was Sunday. Where the carcass ia there
will the eaglea be; and democracy ia more
ravenous for office than the vultures for their
food.
i-if W. C. Witt, of this place, has become
associated with the Boot and Shoe Houie of
8. U. Si J. D. Stddard, Charleston, So. Cu.
We know Mr. Witt well, and any bnainea
confided to him will he promptly attended to.
t3F The article -on the nrsl page of our
paper, entitled "Condle End," should have
been credited to M.ife Illustrated."
"Parlor Vititar.' We ar- indebted to the
publishers, Messrs. Bayleas 4i Junes. Nash
ville, for several numliera of the "Parlor Via
itor- an excellent home ieriodical, and wor
thy In be teceived at every flreaide. Monthly,
nt 82,00 per annum, each nuuilier containing
48 pagra of reudable mutter. If any of our
fi nnds should wish to subscribe, wa will
take pleasure in forwarding their orders.
There is a high moral tone about the Visitor
foreign to most marlines of the present day
"Ladui Pearl," Nushville, Tenn. Febru.
ary, Match and April numbers received each
number contains 80 page of matter. An
excellent work, judging from tbe numbers
before na,and worth double tha subscription.
Price, 81,00 per annum, in advance. Edited
by Wo). L. Langdon and Sua D Langdon,
"Sub," Columbus, Oa. This capital and
spirited Daily eoioe to us this week enlarged
nd improved. It was before among tbe band
aomest and beat of our exchanges. Wa con
gratulate our old friend, DeWolf, upon such
videos of prosperous busiuts a bis pa
pr prsnt.
W The Hon. Sam. A. Smith, I announc
ed in the Cleveland Banner, for re-lctioo to
Congress,
IW blubs la New York city.
THE KI'IStWAI, UNIVERSITY.
For the Past.
Mr. Editor.- ilh the moat lively interest
have I read the allusions marle.lndlflTerent pa
pers, In regard to tha proposed Epienpl
University. Rev. Mr. Gay anggrala that the
Institution will be located somewhere west of
Athens. An editor st Knoxville thinks hi
city tha place. A correspondent, writing from
Chattanooga In the St. Ixiult Advocate, rep.
reaenta his urban vicinity as a rival for the
desired acquisition. But, Mr. Editor, permit
me to make another suggestion and though
the font, it may be firtl In the list when Ihe
vol of those entrusted with the location ia
taken. Mr. Gay is a man of Very disinterest
ed purpose: bis aim ia to accomplish a very
desired end the establishment of great
educational Institution. How natural that he
should ignore hie own residence, lent there
mluht exist suspicion that he was actuated
by selHali motives. But let sny one lake a
m ip of the Southern St-itea Interested in the
location let him mark the lines of railro.d
comlng np from Ihe Weal, South, Southwcat,
Rust nnd North, and will nol conviction force
itnelf upon his mind that LoudnniUhejilacrl
Should a slide occur in the railroad, above or
below, at any time, the river, at attc'i season,
offer steamboat conveyance. In point of
health, it is not below either Knoxville nr
Chuttnnnnga. And around what city nr pi-ee
will be f-nnd a richer agricultural diatrict, or
one of better building inaterinlsl
Nob Residgrt.
RockorJ, April. 1887.
Waoor Road to ths I'ACiria letter
writer from Washington state that the three
Departments of the Interior, of War, nnd ol
the Poat Office nre uniting to hii'ry forward
the construction of a wngon load from the
Miaaiasippi to the Pacific. Such a road ia an
Indiapenaihle prerequisite for a Pacific Rail
road. 1 he Department of War appropriating
8100,1)00, the "Interior" half a million, nnd
the Post Office Department contracts lo pay
8600,000 pel annum for carrying Ihe mails
over the new route.
Who Will Arswer. The Lvnchburu
Virginian, which has inoat ably and Zealously
argued the question of the publio lands,
says:
"There is no such question n distribution
or no distribution. ' 'I he issue ia, fair or un
fair distnl, u'ior! Have the States equal
rights in rcsH-ct to this proper!) t Ha a
slave State the same privilege in' the Union
thnt a Freaoil Stale hnsf Shall we defend
our own! 'I he position of the D. mocralie
leaders In this State, aa the matter now
stand, i Ihe negative of all these. ill
the people follow themT Surely they cannot
be deluded in so plain a thing a tliia; sure
ly they will not let the crack of the party
whip drive them into Ihe perpetration of an
act so absurd and suicidal a yielding up lo
our Freeaoil rivals and enemies this gr8. 1
eleim-nl of wniilih and power. If Virginia
casta this boon Irom her the net will be re
membered with amazement and cur-ea hy
that posterity whose int-resta are more in
volved in it ihun onr own."
Fioht in Washinotos. The Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore American
writes:
An affray, caused by political animosities,
took place at a resin, ut on Saioidny niehl
between Hon. .Mr. Scott, of Caliloniia, and
Mr. Tiflord, the d 'tented applicant lor the
S..n FruiiciHco colleclorahip. Blows were
exchanged and one of the combatants was
Moored.
A Srrsiblk Fathkk. Toe Sunday Atlas
sa) s that a gentleman of great wealth in New
York, but who has never cared to ininoje
much in fashionable society, recently Bellied
815,000 n year on a daughter who had mar
ried to hia satisfaction. In M-akini on the
subject to a Iriend the other day he rem irked
he was willing to do the same by his other
daughters on one condition: that they married
n-epoctahle, upright and industrious ynu'-g
men. He did not cate how poor they were if
only of this description m.d their characters
would bear investigation.
High Pricks for Slaves. A paper pub
lished in Avoyelles, Ln.. status thnt thirteen
field hand were recently sold in that place
nt prices ranging from 81369 to 8J36U.
The lowest sum was paid for a b,d ten years
ol age; the highest waa paid for a uinii thirty
one years of age. Four of the negroes were
women, nnd nine of them were U'ider twenty
year of age. Their aggregate value was
824,290.
Courtbrfritb t.'ounierlcil 8-0 bills on
the bank oil burlotte, N.C., nre in circulation
which may be detected by the ronrseneas ol
the paper nnd rooijlineaa of the rugraviiiir.
The Petersburg Express says that several of
the Wilmington notes, lost by the accident
on Ihe Seaboard and Roanoke Road, last
year, were recently paaaed upon a large coin
mcrciul house In that city.
Affrays. We learn from the Gazette
that a fearful a (Tray incurred near Chattanooga
on Thursday night last, between Ihe Dyu-s
and Fulchers. ill which several Mere serious
ly wounded, and one supposed lo he mortally.
The parties bad been to a wedding across
Ihe line in Georgia, and had made too free
use of whiskey, which was prob.ilily the
ground work of the difficulty. The wnme
paper informs' us that Patiick Huniiegan, en
gineer on the State Road, and John .Morgan
uu employee in Ihe Foundry, met ut Mailer's
grocery in the upper part of Chattanooga,
on Friday night, and g-t into a difficulty,
when Hunnegati was shot by Morgan in
three places, and wnl pmlmblv die.
Fat Orncre. It is said that the federal
offices ol New York, larue and small, involve
an annual expenditure of something like
ml,li.n ..I J..II..-U 'I'k.. -.lt .... : .... j ...
- " ii -uiirv.r is raieu III
80,340; ihe n v il officers at 46,000: Ihe sur.
veyoi at 80,900, and the general appraiser nt
V,vuu, i oc remaiuaer, quite a toriuiduble
list, range irom iU0 to fcSOO.
Hf The general assembly of the Pres.
bytvrisn Church of the United States meet
in Lexington, Ky ou the third Thursday iu
May.
Dbath or thb "Oldest Ishabitast."
The York villa -(8. ('.) Enquirer aaya Mr.
Samuel Turner, a native of Hint district, died
at hi- residence on the 18th ull., aged 96
yeara. Hia extreme old- age had for many
year rendered him totally helpless, and al
most entirely deprived hira of the use or hia
senses. He wo, probably, the oldest person
in that diatrict.
On Satiitday following bis maiden daught
er, Sarah Turner, died at Ihe age o "J j years.
Through this long life she bad remained
alone with her father hi support and com
forter; and when her duty waa dona, "depart
ed to paa,"
itEKTINO IN MONRO K.
MADmosvikiB, April 6, I8S7.
A pertlon of the Whigs of Monro county
met at lb Court boos for ih pnrpos of
sppolnting delegates to the Invention at
Nashville In May next, to nominate a eandl
dat for Governor. On motion. Dr. W. N.
Bicbsbll was called to tha Chair, sod J turn
Pioata reqiissted lo act as Secretary.
Col. Win. lieiskell explained the bhj et of
the meeting In a brief but forcihl speech,
and concluded hy offering the following reso
lutions, whieh wsr unauiioouily adopted,
to witt
RttnlMd. That the Chair appoint a suitable
number of delmisles to the Na.hville Con
vention, thai mention the 1st Monday of .May
next, for lh purpose of nominating' s suits
hie person as the Whig candidate for Uover
nor. Rnolttd. That In the event none of the
deleitate hereby a,siluled hmild ail.n.l.
hat Ihe Hon. J no Hell and lion. P. K. Z.l
hcofTer be requested lo express the wxhes of
the Whiir of Montoe.
htmlntd. I hat If the Whlifs of this Con
gressionul District should have a t'onvention
to nominate a eandidsle for this DUtnet that
the deleifatea spiHiintrd Milder the Aral reso
lution li appointed lb delegates to said
Convention.
The Chair mad the following appoint
nient under the first resolution, to wit :
Dsn'l lieiskell. Dr. M. (!. Psrker, W. C. Nel
son, John Stnnfleld. ff-jr ' U n. Oeorge
Brown, Ilendrsonlr inis, 0,
Cannon,
llei
II
son
Michsel Hai nsrrr-- . , sTTlenrv
Donnhoo, James HainpionVrTV Laltiinore,
O. L Henderson, Joseph Divine, Jno. C. Ah.
ernsthy, Jacob I'eslerfiebl, A. Wosn, Arch.
Mason, W. W. Stephens, Thorns Henderson.
N. J. Hpillmnn, T A. Henderson, I. It Kim
broiigh, H. P. Hale, Joseph "slker, John
Cunningham, Lewis Johnson Bates t arter,
Anderton CarsoH. A. A. Humphreys, O. M.
Ilieks, John Diiffith, Jr., J C.Boyd, Andrew
Torhett, John Gains, Oarret Taylor, Jss. A.
Coffin, Aden Wimpee, and .liihimton N. Tipton
l)n motion the I'liaiiniiin and Secretary
were added to the list of delegates.
On motion,
Jlemihtd That a cosy of these prneerdings
he forwarded to tha Alliens Post for publios
lion.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
W. N. BICKNKLL, CAairman.
J a Mts Plat' b. 6Vc'y.
Awful Railroad Disastkr. On Inst
Monday, another terrible railroad nccid, nt
occurred op the Warsaw, (.'ornlng and Hen.
erdale R dlmail. A dispatch from Buffalo
New York, says the 3 o'clock train Irom
Corning came in rolli-ion uith the evening
train from Warsaw, ut Franklin stilinn. The
engine, baggage, iooking and two passenger
curs were literally demolished. Up to 6 o'
clock sixteen bodies had b en tak-n nut of
Iheiiiins of the ras. Among I hose reeog
nizel were Mr. Stetson, ot the Astor House,
New York, md -M r. Towns, nil, the million
aire of New York. No one in the necoiuino
d iiiou tiiiin killed. The conductor of the
eX res train wa at f.Hill, having no right lo
the track. He i teiribly mutilated. Fn-m
twenty lo thirty nre suppaed to lie dead.
A great nianv piaaengers weie wound d.
PrrniTUAi.isM in MASSAcuusKTTa. This
new religion is advancing ale.-dnv in ew
Knglaiul; and Is m,.r rile ysw lino in il
day of w ilcher.i!!. Ila niixiiire ofqu ckery
nnd gim qu -ckery, the caul ol' old religion's
and Ihe alaug of progress, suits h- h.tund,-.
The believer are ciaiined lo he"re-pecl hh
in nuuilier, far above niediia-iilv in tileui.nmt
found il, the most 'exclusiie' ciic'es of our
upper and literary classes. .Men inltueiitinl in
ihe church, iu political lite, in lller .lure mid
bn-iuesa, are aecrel or open belii-tcra in the
intercourse of di. iuh., died with i m lodied
spirits." 'I he Spoil ii.ihala sup(i,,rt on- week
ly pa-r.lii Boauin. The New Enjlaml Spirt
iialist, wtioae editor wna formerly a I'rc-hv-teriao
t lergtm in, w hieh cireiilale between
three and lour llioiia ind copies; anotlier lo.be
called The Itunuer of l.ighl,wi I be :ssued bv
Luiber I'othy &. Co., in April. The Maun r
of l.ithl I to be edited by n gentleman, otien
l uiorioiiH In Hie newspaper world, as Ihe
conductor of a disreputable j iimal,
A Ri gulah Nomina not for Of an. John
Dean, llie coaciiiuwo, i iiomiuated hv the
wicked D uiiH-raia as a camlid.te tor the next
Presidency. 'I'he r.i-c ,1a .,y, he h is jnsl
such a qualification, as a precediuo candi
date had, and ia Irish besides, and will cur
ry the Irish vole!
A case of Lynch l ow la-cnrred in Wisc.on
sin, iu Hnflfilo counly, mi Wedue-da.y last,
The victim was a Chippewa) Indian, who had
ahol (though not fatally) two white men, in
some tiffniy. The iieighbora collided, ad
judged the Indian lo be hung, and proceeded
to execute the -titence on the spot, hy run
liing him up to the limb of a tr e.
O A party Inn, ting in Angelina county.
Texas, lately found Iwo hundred bodies in a
cave, entirely petrified and dressed in n style
neither Europ, an nor Indian. O the wtiist
of one w a found a buckle of gold, almoal
three inches in di -meter, iuihedd, d in Ill-
body. 'I he features were li"l Hindi sunken,
the eyes parity cmscit, nod even tr, c. s of the
eyebrows con d Ih. seen plainly.
Dkatii or l'i ori Bsi n I uomv. We learn
from the I'lisciiliioaa Observer that Michael
Tuomy, Professor of Geology, Minern'ogy,
die., in thn I nieraity of Alabama, died til
his residence its Tuasaloosa on Ihe 301 h u't..
of nit a If, ction of the heart and lungs, in the
Slat year ol his ago,
From the n-ci.ril oi tne l'eusin Bnrenn.it
apaar llial llie land w irrnnt issued sine,
the first law passed, will (II for alaive 68,-
000 000 ncr. s ot land. The act passed since
retirii ry lutli, IH4H. huve granted more than
lllty unlllolisot tin amount.
The Union State Treasurer report the
amoiinl lo tin-several deH,siti, ilea siilj et to
nratl on in.- list -itiireli.iil SU4.7 J J.8 J I
A KlLLIBO Fhost IB Tfxas. A private
letter fiom W luiiloii, Texas, to Ihe edi or of
Ihe Greensboro' (Ala.) Beacon, aaya there
wa a kl ling frost in thai vicinity on the
l'Jth of March, and that I'ollon, Corn, and
vegetation generally, waa laid low,
The American I'olonixation Stwietv five
notice, through the Kev. W. Mcbiln, its
nnaiinai neeretarv, thai Ihe ahio Alary l ar
olioe Siewnrl w III anil from - Baltimore the
11, and from Norfolk Ihe Silt Mav nexi,
sod will touch nt si the polls in IJIieria.
Appiieaiion inr ireigni, and ealon and slii-r
age passage, should lw made immediately ut
the Cnloniz lion Office.
ALBARf, March 81 I he New Yoik horse
won he r ce of UK) miles over Ihe AMuuiy
horse; making it in Ji hours. The A'hsny
horse was only s qu .rt.-r of a mile behind.
y l,i,d warr ,nisaresie-,dv. We quote
N w York sales: 160'a r.d 80's f 1 per acre;
130'b and 60' 98 ceola pu cr.
TRIM. OF LKB, IN WASHINGTON.
Tb trial of Ood rid je f, la for the nine.
Jar ofDivl l H'im,resilted in an orqililal,
ra staled by telegraph.' Th teatimoiiy won
rather favorable to l.ee. . Hume aem nol
only to have used very instiling language,
hut to havs used more violence than at first
supposed; that th- shooting may have been
not so much In excitement or anger as In so
titul self defence. - x
. Wm. II. Thomas a witness said: . - ,
Think Hitnie, after Inquiring or le if he
wa still ol the opinion lhat lie picked bis
poc-et, used this exprsslooi '- t dd von
last night I would meet you. In hell.' y-e
responded: -I told voii where In meet me."
I'hinka, after some fn ther conyers.tion,
Hume addressed liee, "Yon d d little
simple" nnd wa i'lleirupled by Col. la-e.
who remarked, "Well, well, sir, I do nol
wish to ban ly word with yon." Think
1 1 nine afterward ned this expression:
Consider bow unreasonable yoo sre, to
think thai 1. a man who hive hitherto home
such a reputation for honesty njtd iutcgriiv,
and who hnv been iu Ihe habit of treating
money Ihus lightly, that should slenl a
pocket Itotik from such a man a you." I:iyiu
emphasis mi the word "yon." Home hi ruck
la-e several blows ill quick succession, three
or more
It was also proven thnt Hume had that
morning, on his way to the Pension office,
I ght Ihe cane with which he attacked le,
for that very purpose, that it waa such a one
th.it a blow from il might ki I any man: nnd
at the force used wa such that the ferule
as broken off in the attack.
Tall Writiso. lr. Ooo-k, who, with
tier tiiish.iod. is editing a new light p per,
which has recently ci urn 'tied hlaz ng.or
blowing forth spiriln ilim at Auburn, under
Ihe till-of" I'he Spirilu I CI .rioii," gets In
this height nt the he id of her editorial col
umn in her last nuuilier, in discoursing upon
the "Grandeur of M in' Destiny "
Progress is the wand ol divinity.
Mutt at the present is tossed on the fiery
a of aifilating tln'tl-'lit, w hose btirniitif bii
lows, reatlea ever, still lilt him higher and
high, r. He shall at length attain that lofty
altitude ol being, the zemlli ol' character, in
which lie ia se f poised. The fiery tongue
fl mes of agitation ah-ill nol deairoy mm;
they shall only lick the poison alime of er
ar and ignorance, leaving biill more pure
ml free. In Ihe Chaiiot of De-llnv he
ali.dl roll over heav n' highway, paved xitll
st. rry world-; he annll b arn the lore of the
oitiv'-rse; lisi to the running music ol mu- d
ed Hpli res and walk till) tula as Christ
walk, d Ihe water.
A BusstitEss Man. Among the many
triilhlul paragraphs afloat on llie sea of Id
lers, none m liuer than the following from
the Now Orleaua Picayune:
I he man who does nol take a newsn.iner.
(and pay for it.) might aa well relite into a
mu asiert; for be ia ihcompeli nt to com,, in
III 'd with a man who does. Ki,d the hi
graphics of our most successful in rclmiils
II I it will lie discovered Unit r, ndinn the
liewsptipeis. and dv, rlising in ih in. liter.
ally coislllu'ed tne Insi up.ui which Ihey
reel a tneir iniigniticeni lioiun. a. It is
inijinssilile to lie ii uewspuper re ,I r mid tint
to lie iiitell'geut, The daily lite ot the whole
norld is wr;tien don I herein. Iiilebigeitce
hv railroad, steamship mid telegraph, hurries
ov r the litid end llie sen, and Ihe editor,
with his nun-ting pen, records il for the
pub'ici-ye loreer.
The men h, nt, it there was bul one news
laiper in the laud, mid Ihe cat of it waalwo
lll.nl of Ilia g in, he Would be obliged to be
a Miihsc.riler or retire Irom luisine-a. The
oewap.perain tin-coin, in is llie ag, nt nhich
ev.-ry person consults when he wi-lostubin
sell, A man m tins couiilrv may hac
ne-riyall the in ril, t ilent ,n,l cheap goods
iu llie world, and ihey will he of no ..vail or
profit lo him unless tin- fact is known to the
people. Theie is no other -iV iilihle way to
ii-seioniT'iv nun iiiiiiriiiniiiiii man nv llie
pre. II ia only iieveasarv lo give a litil-
s, r'n.iiH red ction to mis mutter, l be rn-
vim-- il thai Ih - business m ,n who know-
how lo Use the press is buniiit to aucceed.
:
The Washington correspondent of the
Ex ler News I .otter savs ih (J,,,-, Vierce
lout had the good sense to avoid ext-nvagance
iu me I'res'iieniial mansion during Ins term
of flice. and 'he cousi qiietic in, he retires
with one hall hi four years' salary in his
pocket a -nfficieney to make n'm comfortable
tor many n "wet d.ii," lid protect him from
Ihe disagreeable lieeesity of depel d ug upon
llie ' iiiicerlniiiliea of the l" fur his daily
bread.
The Ijeeomptoii eorn-Hpondeiil of the De
niocial sari the K I'maa eelisiia takeis nr
working iiufairli passing ov, rsome Heigh
liorhoods, and not Inking half the actual res
idenl. There is loucli quarrulling lM-twe. li
the Squatter nnd the l.ni l Assoc! ,iin In
dlfferelil parlaof the Terriloi v. The Depu
tv tl irsh I arrestiu persons' eng.ig, d with
po Iticnl ofl'iiicea during Ihe Hummer
Nkw YotiK, April 4. The steamer Asia
tins anived with Liverpool dale of the 81st
nil.
I.ivfiifool. March 21 Cotton was quiet
nt iiiich itiged rates.
lire 'daloff were very dull at a decline of
K in Flour and -J.,3.1 in Wheat
Money lighter.
P-irM in nt would probably be dissolved
"lithe 231.
The ttiird meeting of the Neufeh atel Con
ference would be held 'mmediutely, in d Ihe
instructions lee. iced by ll Piommj Envoy
were f .vor ab e to peace.
Austria threatens to suspend diplomatic
rel .lion wiih Sardinia, mid the latter ia ex
pending large sums In fur ilientioin.
England ha ad fficii'ly with Japan, nnd
two hiii(lili ships hid occupied Nagtiskl.
The Mexican Envoy had arrived at Madrid
Russia bad demanded an explanation from
England iu regard to the lauding of 3000
Pole in Circassia, who had been liltud .out
by their English sympathiser.
Washington, April l.-The administration
ha determined lo aend a Minister Plenipo
tentiary to I Inns.
The American Republican ticket la aup-
pnsed to be elected ill Connecticut. ,
The Democrats have gained ona member
of Congress, in electing bsinuel Arnold, in
tb Second District.
Two additional Naval Courts nf Enquiry
have been ordered to he instituted at Wash
ington, and none lo b" he d I where,
AU0USTA. April 7. I'ollon There la
calm in ihe M ket. No change In price.
tau.jii i, . -a. "
ajiooir jr lot 1,1 if, cenia.
CharL'sT.-n. April 1. Rile of e, .(ton this
morning only so bales, at 13 to 1 1- Market
quiel. . . . x
Naw Yori. Anril 6 Potion mirket firm
with w.ha ol S.000 bales. Mixed corn, 67
cent Flour declined 6 cents.
UTWIien it happeua (hat man cannot
bear jok-, it ia not becauae h i weak lo
th back, bat In 111 fine abov Ik
A DESPERATE VIL1.IAN.
The Texas State Gaz-tle ha an account
nf the rapture st Wsco, In Ih il State, of "Bill
Johnson," a notorious desperado. He had
fled from 8-n Antonio, charged with aerime,
and his hiding place was discovered. The
Gazelle yss " '
The Sheriff soon received from 8nn Anto
do, n e pi i for Johnson' arrest. It was
found that he h oi taken up hi quarters lor
resistance nt Bl.itikcnanip'a storehouse, nnd
wa armed Willi nix double barrel. en shot
gun, doubtless provided for hhn by accom
plice. Kchels. the deputy Sheriff, broke
dow n the door nt the entrance, nnd the party
nmtiloned aa Ihe Sheriff pe, attempted
to enter two abreast. Johnson wns seen
standing like a furious lion, in the buck part
ol the . store room and shot into the "pile,"
aiming a center shot but It was a little to the
right, and Ihe arms of nil those on Ihe right
aid 1 we-e shot, ,n l their roal nnd clothing
literally lorn lo phees. Tube earmark re
ceived three buck shot in the arm, young
TliomnaMon Keren, nd Kichb berger one.
The report of the guns soon brought to
Ihe spot a large number of ebizeiis who
knowing thai John-mi had sivretlv Several
aid- r and abettors, came Well armed with
shot guns rifle nnd pistol. Johnson re
mained in Ihe boils.-, first firing nut of the
Iroot .and afterward changing hi position to
the back door, and for some lime keeping up
a lite upon the citizen. - Finally he made a
desperate effort to retreat, and running out of
Ihe back door with a alio: gun and aide arms,
he attempted to gain ihe river.
On hi retreat, he turned upon hi pursuer,
nnd Inking i.im nt Mr. Buchanan, wound, d
him Iu therlghuihigh.hlp.and near the knee.
He wns at last brought to Ihe ground by the
shots of Ihe p irty In pursuit. He was found
o he ah. a through the centre of his brensl
with a rifle bullei. He had also received a
buck h--t iu hi- mouth wh'ch lodged in his
neck. It was ii- tight th ! he wou'd die In a
few mioiit, ,nnd he w left there reliictnntlv
by the clt:z n. who were so exasperated at
him. that under other circouistiiiices he must
have been thrown into the Brazos river.
Ilia friends earn- to his relief, and carried
him to Blanki-nship & Baker's grocery. The
Sberff learning this fact, and ascertaining
that his wound were not inorliil. ngain took
marge of him, and he wns carrh d to Ihe
Drury Hotel u- d-r iruiird. These ev- nts
tr.nspir'd on the7th inst. On the samenighl
he feigned well that death's hand was
upon him, that mi,e of the guard ielt to warm
Ihen selvs by Ihe fire. He soon r"e, seized
a gun and fir- d it Mr Gr (tin. but missed him.
The latter relorningthe lire, breaking hi jaw
bone. It was thought nt hist nceouiils that
he would noon die of hi wound. The
Hounded citizens, we learn, are doing well.
It i- id that ihi desperado had already
killed aeven men before the present awful
tragedy, mid Unit one of the number Wns his
own f .ther.
Sf.nsiblr Idf.as about Mil. John Dean.
The Providence Jrmil has the following
very aeiisihle rein.nks on the Boker and De.
nn marriage:
"The papers generally take Ihe purl of Ihe
young people and rejoice over the decision.
which is doubtless cmr.ct and Inevitable,
since ine marriage n i taken place. l lie
act III t the girl's father occupies such a So
cial position na to make so unequal a match
especially distressing, seems lo give n Beat
to the comments :hat are made upon the nf.
f ir. and it is thought lo be exceedingly fun.
oy that it rich man's daughter has run away
with one ol her lather's m'rvvnl. We dou'l
ce Ihe fun of il. We know it is a very old
'ogi.bul we never could g-1 over the idea
Hint children owed sonic duty lo their par
en'n.sonie return for Ike unwearied rare of
their nurture and education, and for tin- nf
lection that hn been lavish, d upon them,
irom th- rr idle to the altar; and slo- who al
lows n girlish f niry lo carry nwnv hr jndg
no in. ao f r as iimrrv a man that is no
inatu'i lor bet, nnd whose union with her
will bring distress upon her whole fninilv, i
eith rstr,iige'y tnlniu il'-d, or she is utterly
unworthy of the love which she deserts."
Nominations in Viiiginia. Th Hon.
John S. Millson was nominated hy the De.
mocrntic Conventii n nl Norfork, on the 25lh
inst , for re eh cion to Congress,
The Hon. Charles Faulkner was nominated
for re-election by Ihe Deimicmlio Conven
tion al Winchester on Ihe 25th inst.
tThe Boaton Post say there are curi
ous goings on with spiritualism at Ellsworth.
The spirit of a d, censed husband communi
cated to bis widow thai be wanted a spirit
ual heir through n medium of the circle, and
in due time it was forthcoming. The infunt
i regarded with great reverence by the be
lievers.
J- A young girl in Henry county, III!
nois, who bad received some harsh treatment
Irom her mother, Ielt her parents house, a
she Maid In go to school. She wa missing
for several day, and her mother supposing
her lo have gone lo some of the neighbor,
made no search for her. On Ihescveuleenlh
day after her absence, she waa found sus
pended by the limb of a tree, within a half
mile of her home.
fdfTThe Knoxville Whig learn that
lion. Win. II. Snecil is fast rec vering from
hi late severe ind'Mposition, and i expected
to arrive at his home in Knoxville during
the present week.
l-tf 'There i a kind of nhvsl.urnnmv to
tile lilies of bonk, l,, less than ill the inc -H
ol men, Ik w hich nskllllill observer will us
well know wliatlo.-exputlr from Ihe on as
me oilier.
I.FOtsLATtVK J. R. Woolfolk announces
himself ns n candidal-lo represent Madison
roiiiny Iu the lower brunch of the next Gen
ernl As-cinbly.
Washington. April 8,1. Route Agent
anil small roal .Master are not to be remov
ed except fer uood caiiMe."
Charles II. II inpsieuit ha been appointed
iiim-ior oi me i.Miiiornia .nun.
Thur Charity "Mory, do yon not in
lend tn give a dollar lo the foreign missions
Ih a year!- said a wife nl a minister to a poor
shop girl. "No," replied the noble girl, "
see every day in our street, children as far
from being what Ihev should, a any young
heathen are; and if I huv anything to apare
alter my poor sick mother is laken caie of, I
ahall give il to lh heathen ut home those
whom the priests and th Levitea paaa by on
the other lido."
Ir this Car Fits Wiar It. Ther I
no difference between making m fain im
preuion and telling downright falsehood,
The intention in both is la deceit, and th,
guill is Ihe same. ' - '
!-!" I lop. Win. II, Polk writes a not to
Hie editor ol Hi, Union and American, de
dining the use of hia name ass candidal for
( inventor. A Unil -d Slates Senator is to be
elected by the next Legislature of Tennessee.
tazfTh want of goods Is easily repaired,
but th poverty of th soul Is irreparubl.
Tut Ntvr Gov R bob or Kansa. Hon.
R. J. Walker rem tn b animated by th
right sentiments, in assuming th Governor
ship of Kansas. Ila aaya, ie hi letter to th
President! . .
"I understand lhat yon nnd your Cabinet
concur in Ihe opinion ixpressrd hv me, thnt ,
ihe actual bona fid resld.-nlof Ihe Territory,
by a fair end regular vote, inn ffeeted by fraud
sod violence, iiioal be permitted, in adopting
their Slate Constitution, In decide for them- I
elves what shall lie their aiwial Institutions. I
This la the great fiindannntnl principle of th
art of Congress, organizing that Territory
affirmed hy Ihe recent decision of the Su
preme Court of the United States, and la in
nccordunce with Ihe views uniformly enti r
tslnrd snd expressed by me throughout my
public career.
"I anticipate B peaceful settlement of this
question, by an appeal lo the Intelligence snd
patriotism of the whole people of Kansas,
who should sll participate freely and fully In
I hi decision, nnd by a majority of whose vol
the drteimiontion must be made, a the only
tiroper mid constitutional mode of adjustment,
contemplate no appeal to the military pow.
er. In hope that my countrymen i f Kansas,
from every section, will submit to a decision
ol this mailer, by a full and fair vole of
m jorilv of Ihe people. I will an, then, and
endeavor thus to adjust these difficulties, in
the lull confidence, an atrongly exinesned by
vou, lhat 1 will he sustained hy all your own
high authority, with the cordial co operation
of all your Cabinet."
Foot Racb For Onr Thousand Dollars.
Wa learn from th New Orleun TrO
Delta that an affair of this kind came off on
the 20th ultimo., on llw Union Course, be
tween Isaac T. Shute, of Tennessee, and
Samuel Banks of New Oi leans, both report
ed to be very fast runners. The distance
was 1 no yard, and Ihe race wns for a purss
of 81-000, though a large sum of money was
lost and won besides, a great many persons
being in attendance. Shute was evidently
the best runner, as he shot ahead of his op
ponent from the jump, and led him in the
race to the goat, coming out five yards, ap
parently with ease, nnd in 10 seconds of lira.
Disclosures op a Liquor Dkalrr. Mr.
Delevnn, President of tha N. York Stats
Temperance Society, In his recent address
in the cnpitol in Alabnny, dwelt mainly on
the now prevalent adulteration nf liquors:
"Within a few weeks," he said, "it has
come lo my knowledge, that a person whos
conscience levolb d nl his eioplovnient, in
large liquor establishment, ha Ielt II f:ir
more innocent nnd creditable business. He
Ml ted thai it now only took ten, some say
four gallons of pure whiskey to make a bar
rel of the whiskey of commerce. To these
are added rainwater, ramphene and arsenic,
the latter lo restore the bend destroyed by
water. He stated also, that brandy made to
imitate the real French brandy, and of mate
rials of the most poisonous character, waa
sold at 84,00 the gallon, costing only 23
cetii. Thai all kinds of wine Were imitated
so closely, that Ihe best judges could not
disciimioate; costing but a trifle, nnd sold st
price lo Hint customer, t m higher llie
standing nl the customer, and the more par
ticular ns to his wines, the higher the price
to satisfy him a to quality. The most eel
ehratcd brand w ere made use of, and the
n line of the most celt drilled European deal,
er giv, n, aa the source of anpply; and Euro
pean dealer, be il known, are not much ba
hind, hut not much in advance of tha Atner.
ican trader, in Iheir adulterations."
He quotes an advertisement from n chemist
in New York, who U now 'prepired to turn
inhyt icririnx for every kind of liquor," and
the best Cogn .c brandy, etc., etc., is produced.
A Hatter on Heads. A New York hat-
ler w ho trades with all parts of the Union,
says thnt Virginia and the West, rn States
require larger hats than the other States.
New England heads are the same size aa
those of New Yorker. Kentuckiana hnv
Ihe largest head; Floridians the smallest.
The average Atneiioan heads is a "long oval,"
exactly Ihe same shape na the Irish. Tha
English heads is long without the "ovnl;'
Hie German wear hut "approaching in shape
on irregular square. Th butter seems to
think the American head ia diminishing ia
size.
f E. Z. C. Judaon, known aa "Ned
Buutline," has been converted and reformed
by spiritualism. A spiritual paper, giving an
account of the conversion, nays that "he wa
brought to his knees, and melted like a child."
Ned will muku an excellent upoallo of th
new fuilh.
fcT It is slated Ih it Ihe Costa Ricana
have offered a reward of 820.(100 tor the cap.
lure ol Gen. Walker, or 810,000 for hia
head. Walker will probably manage to any
himself, his head and the expendiure of th
money of Ihe ostu Ricun.
Thb Manufacture- or Bonnrts. "What
becomes ol ull the pins!" is a question often
naked und seldom answ ered. Some facts that
we b urned the other d ,y led us to nak.
What become of ull Ihe bonnets! At th
factory uf .Messrs. Carpenter, in Foxborough,
.Mass. more than ten thousand bonnets sday
nre made mid thrown into the market. For
more than twenty miles around about the
peopleare engaged in Ihe woik, nnd have
agent nil ner the world collecting material
and disposing of their uiiiutifuclurc. Port,
land Paper.
tdrfThe Lecompton (Kansas) "Union of
lOih of March, says; "Since lb opening of
navigation, between six hundred to ona
thousand emigrant have arrived In th terri
tory. 'They come us peaceful and permanent
sei Hers on thcirown hook and not aa vug.
abond, under th dictation of aid concerns.
It is estimated that upwarda of two hundred
thousand will mak borne iu Kansas this
summer''
l-ff" The private Income of Great Britain
is eatimalrd three hundred and fifty million
sterling By th last census It appears that in
Ireland ther were six millions of Ruman
Catholics, and about tw o millions of Protest,
anta of evry denomination. England has
eleven Roman Catholic colleges. The income
lax had been calculated to yield, in Ireland,
four hundred and sixty thousand pound
sterling; the Irish orator, Mr. Whiteside,
complained In Ih House of Common that
"it bad drained from the country more than
million three hundred thousand."
"The silent eye Is often mora pow
rlful conquerrr than the noisy tongue.
Scolding wives will plcaau past thl on
their looking glass. ,
HWA person who lells you of th fault
of other, intend to tell' other of yunr
fault. Have a rare how yon lialcn.
far" Th town council of Athena, Geor
gia hr voted thst bodies of suicide hall
b gl vn U tb physicians for dlMMtkm ,