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BY SAM. P. IVINS.
ATHENS, TENN., FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1858.
VOL. X.-NO. 493.
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ATHENS, FRIDAT, MARCH , 1858.
NOTES Or THE BANKS OP TENNESSEE,
'Received by the State, Cnioa and Plantera' Banks of
Tenneiaee, at HashTllla.
By the nnUrt' Bant.
Hank of Tennessee,
Union nank,
I'lantera' Bank,
Merchant!' Bank,
Varmeri' Bank,
Dank of Parla,
Jlank of Commerce,
Bank of Memphli,
Northern Bank of Tenn.
Bank of America,
Citlaeni' Bank,
Bank of Chattanooga,
Bank of Middle Tenn. '
Commercial Bank,
Southern Bank.
llauk of the Union,
By the Bank of Tenneeet and the Union Bunt.
Rank of Tenneaaee,
Bank of Middle Tenn.
I'lantera' Bank,
Union Bank,
Bank of America,
Hank of Chattanooga,
Bank of Memphis,
Bank of Parla, '
Bank of the Union,
Rack's Bank,
Kichanga Bank. '
CHIaena' Bank,
City Bank,
Parmera' Bank,
Merchant!' Bank,
Northern Bank, .
Southern Bank,
Trader!1 Bank,
Kentucky Bank!,
New Orleana Banki.
Ail Immense Coubtrt Forty-Eight
States. We are in a fair way of currying
the number of aovcreign States, originally
13, and now 8k "dp to 48! In the first place
, there are Oregon, Kansas, and Minnesota,
whose Constitutions are already formed or
forming. It is hoped Unit they will be ad
mitted the coming winter, making the mem
bers of the confederacy 34. Then New Mex
Ico, Nebraska, and Washington, already thri
ving Territories, will swell the aggregate to
37. Four new Stntes to be carved out o
Texas, according to provisions in the tresty
of anexation, will give us 41. Two addition
at Slates demanded from the ereanow inclo
ded in California, would make 43. Arizonin
Neosho, Dncotah, and Columbus Territories
carry us up to 47 and Utah will be the 48th.
Pbicr of Comm. The Now Orleans Del
tt of the 6th Inst, "peculating in regard to
the future price of Cotton, says;
Under the superabundance of Money in
. England, it has been supposed that Cotton
would be forced up to prices that ruled pre
vious to the panic, but well-informed parties
ay, in their private correspondence, that
England can get along very well with the
usual pro rata blure 01 the crop ol the United
States, even if it does not exceed 3,700,000
bales. If such are the views entertained
Generally throughout the manufacturing dis'
tricts, the hopes of any material advance over
present rates may ss well be nban-
doned. The atubborneat! of Mr. Bull
iiroveruiui. av me same usie, we can re
mnrk that chance may force Middling up to
7 Id., or rife, here, winch will depend on
the weather, the two coming months (March
ana April,; mrnugnoui the uotton region
Washington, Feb. 34. P. M. It is gen
erally believed that an amicable adjustment
has been effete d between Messrs. Clay and
Cullum, and all parties have returned to th
city.'
The New York Post reads Senator
Seward out of the Black Republican party,
and accuses him of the most unprincipled "log
rolling" in his Senatorial career. The Post
is in John P. Hale's train.
fff The Louisville Journal is guilty of
the following: .
"According to one Washington correspon
dent, Grow struck Keitt twice in the face.
r irst the eyes hod it, and then the nose."
Philadflphia, Feb. 33. Hon. Judge
Kiine died at his residence in this city last
t'Vemng.
Tub Philosopher's Stone. It is said
thnt John Randolph once suddenly rose np
in his seat in the House of Representatives,1!
and cried out, "Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, I
have found the philosopher's atone. It is,
Pay as you go. -
John Randolph said many wise things,
but perhaps no one belter ihnn this.
"Pay as you go," and you can walk the
streete with a manly front, looking at men
in the eye without flinching. You will not
have to cross the wsy to svoid dun, or look
into the shop windows to avoid seeing a
creditor.
"Pay as you go," and when you laugh, it
will ba a right honest and hearty one.
- "Pay as you go," and when you sleep you
will not dream of bills which you can't pay,
or wake up to credits which you cannot sup
port. -
"Pay as you go," snd your home will be
your home happy, cheerful, eontented,
safe.
Tonsil between Francs and England.
M. Thome de Gsmmond, a distinguished
Frencli engineer, tins published his curious
memoir on the practicability of submarine
tuunel between Frsnce and England, after
having read it, with full acceptance, before
the society of civil engineers. The Empe
ror, to whom It was submitted, hss appoin
ted a competent mixed commission to exam
ins iha project; these gentlemen hsve recom
mended and appropriation from the treasury,
of half a million of francs for preliminary in
quiries and studies. The British govern
ment will be consulted without delay, and
Invited to Uks part in the enterprise.
M. Thome estimates the total expense nt S
pern
hundred and seventy million
large for private espitnl.
francs too
PROTRACTED SESSION. The
"knowing
ones" at Washington sxnrcaa th.
that Congress will not adjourn sine die be
fore August. . .
I
1-fT" The native Africans extract a
s.ilnd oil from cucumber seeds.
fine
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
Widnssdat. Feb. 14. 1858,
Senate. The disoussion of the bill to in
ereaie the capital of the Stats Bank was eon
tinned.
Mr. Munday offered a resolution asking the
Preeident of the Bank of Tenneaeee to inform
the Senate forthwith whether it is necessary
to the exiatenoe of the Bank of Tennessee to
increase its eapital by the issusncs of Ststs
bonds, sad secondly, whether this incresse is
demanded by the interests of the people of
the state. Adopted.
The reply of the President wss as follows:
Bank op Tknnessib, Feb. 24, 1858,
To the Senate of the State of Ttnnetiee:
Gentlemen In answer to a resolution of
the Senate, passed this moraine, requiring
"the president of the liana: ei lennessee
forthwith to inform the Senate whether it is
necessary to the existence of the Bank of
lenneseee to increase the capital Dy an issue
of State bonds, and whether ssid inereaae
aforesaid is demanded by the interests of the
people." I hsve the honor to stste that such
increase of its cspilal by the issuance sf State
bonde is by no mesas necessary to the exie-
tenoe or the Baar, that no - doubt is enter,
tsined, with its present rrrtans,'that every lis
bilitv of the Bank ean and will be met, and
leave a very large surplos for the use of the
State.
To the seeond question, the undersigned
has the honor to reply that the best interest
of the people of the State will, in his jude
ment, be at this time promoted by the pro
posed increase of the capital of the Bank.
It will enable the linnk to enlarge Its busi
nees snd incresse its profits, with but littl
or no addition to its expenses. It will ena
ble the Bank to keep out, if not increase, its
circulation, and thus (rive important aid to
the people in the present deranged state of
the money market, it win atiord tns people
a eurrencr anon which they can safely rely
in the transaction ef every business. It will
enable the Bank to afford greater facilities
in the procurement of exchange at reason
able price. It has already, since the suspen
sion, furnished more than a million of dollars
of exchange at ons per cent, premium, and
will, in the future, he able to do still more.
The increase of the capital of the Bank,
after a full and thorough examination by
Joint Committee of the two Houses of its
presenteondition, would be such sn exhibition
of confidence, in its management, and evi
dence such a determination to meet all the
liabilities of the Stste, thst it could not fail
to insure confidence among capitalists, and
promote the interest of our Internal Improve
ment Companies, whioh have been so much
injured by their inability to realize the full
aid given by the State. It would also quiet
the apprehension in the sdioining Sfstss ss
to ths sbility of ths Bank to meet its lisbili
ties, which bsvs been excited by the recent
harsh and unjust attacks msde upon it, snd
thus eplsrge tho held or its circulation and
enable the uank to inerease its business.
I hsve the honor to be
Your obedient servant,
C Johnson, President.
After some further discussion, the hour
having arrived when it was agreed that the
vote should betaken, the roll was called, and
the bill passed by the following vote:
Ay Messrs. Brsteher, Brown, Davis,
Denton, Heiskell, Hill, Menees, McConnico,
Roach, Ross, Walker, Weloker, and Wright.
18.
Nave Messrs, Bullsn. OofT. Goodner.Good
pasture, Harris, Jones, Mnndav, MoDouiial,
Keid, Travis, Whitthorne, snd Mr. Speaker
liurch IS.
In the House, the bill in lieu of the Law
Reform bill passed syes 68, noes 28. This
bill establishes the prsetioe by petition snd
answer, and abolishes all distinctions between
suits at law and in chancery.
The Tide of Immigration. It la stated
that during the preseot year, the tide of im
migration to this country has greatly dimin
ished. One of the foreign journals alluding
to the subject says:
Although the crisis In Europe may cause
many, who have the meana, to emigrate, the
same influences will decrease the emigration
of the poorer classes, snd prevent their rels-
tives in America from sending the passage
money for them over to Europe, as waa fre
quently done in former years. It must also
be considered that the European governments
slrcady begin to feel the evil consequences
or a constant emigration, and are making
strenuous efforts to prevent the same; this is
particularly true ol Prussia snd Mecklenburg,
where the people are otliomlly warned against
emigration to America, especially nt the pre
sent time. Emigration has already consid
ernbly thinned the population in many parts
of Europe, where labor is now in fair de
mand and well paid.
The Staats Zcitung presumes, however,
thnt if the number of the emigrants be less
this year than Inst, those who do come will
be of a better class than hitherto, and will
most of them Innd here with the determina
tion to engage in agricultural pursuits in the
West, and the means to put their wishes into
execution.
Nbw York, Feb. 23. Foreign. We have
advices from Calcutta of the 9th, Canton the
39th December, and Bombay, Jan. 13th.
Colin Campbell had taken possession of
Fructkshad, which had been abandoned by
the enemy on the 3d.
Gornchpora was taken on the sixth, by
forces under Maharajnb.
The Jury Bnhadon forces' landed at Can
ton on the 38th of December. The walls
were escaloded, and tho enemy feebly con
tested the advance within the city. The
bombardment commenced at day-light.
Gough'a Fort was taken at 3 and blown
up. The Chinose continue to fire from the
ouses.
Tea considerably declined.
Outram was safely posted at Alembngh.
The peasantry were bringing supplies to his
camp.
Taki thi Papers. 'TIs sweet on win
ter's night at home, to sit by fire and tapers;
Butahl it is a wiser thing, by far, to resd the
. .. ... I
papers. Won I you resd the papers! inn i
yon take the papers! The joys of heart are
little worth, unless you take the papers.
Maidens wniting lovers true, You must
take the papers! Swains who would not
Idly woo, You must lake the papers Want
ou take the pnpersT Can't you take the
papers? Loves joy below, you 11 oever know,
Uulcss you lake the papers. . .
Iff The Boston Trsnscript snys the fol
lowing, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the
lineal simile ever written. ''The mind of a
bigot is like the pupil of Hie eye; the more
ightyoii throw upon it the moro It c,on-
tnifls."
A SOUTHERN MONARCHY.
l from the Atlanta American.
In the course of sn article on our "Sick
Sister, Mexico," the Richmond "South" in
dulges in the following strain :
"We began to write in a spirit of ridicule
at the hopeless ansrchy, pasteboard battalia,
and sham combats or Alexico.- But graver
thoughts come over us ss we describe the
double Governments snd party combinations,
whose sole object is to seize upon the treas
ure or sceptre of that beautiful but devoted
land, in what do these things diner from
our own ! Hsve we not in Kansas a Topeka
and Lecompton Government! In Nebras
ka, two orgsnized sdminintrations, with two
distinct seats of Government! lu Utah, rev
olutionary resistance to the Federal law ! In
Massachusetts, nullification enacted into a
statute and guarded by the military force of
the State? In Congress, two sectional sen
timents divided by an aisle, across which ad
venturous chsmpioos may ge upon a foray,
and return to boaat of kicks which they have
inflicted or ths Insults which they may have
given ! Have we not Donglna and Seward,
and nlns! might we not add the namea of
prominent men in our own section each
marching with his contingent of Black Re
publicans or Doughfaces to skirmish in the
IJalls of Federal legislation, and ultimately
to divide amongst themselves the honors and
patronage of thia Government!" "
Here we have a picture of a country under
Democratic role the picture drawn by a true
blue Democratic. How true to life I
Now, how does it happen that any paper In
this country feels constrslned to publish such
a confession, involving such fears! The
Democrats have ruled for years past the
laws have been made by them, nnd it was by
them they should have been executed. The
party with which tho "South" tries to act, and
the very portion of it of which it is the organ
and mouth-piece, are responsible for all of
our perplexities. One wing of the so-called
Democracy ia busy, continually, with getting
up a Union-splitting agitation, that it may
have the honor of saving the Union every
four years while the other wing is honestly
bent on Disunion, if it can be accomplished.
Between the two, the Nation is kept in a
condition almoat as feverish and uncertain as
that of the unhappy country which so largely
shares onr sympathies. ' But Mexico herself
is no more or worse demagogue-ridden to
day than we are.
But here la a sentence, immediately fol
lowing that above quoted, not quite so pal
atable. Says the "South :"
. "Verily, we may place onr hand upon our
mouth, and our mouth in the dust," and ac
knowledge thnt a Republican form of Gov
ernment ia not an infallible guarantee either
of order or liberty."
We should not attach so much importance
to this, if it were not that we saw in an arti
cle in "DeBow'a Revletv," on the "Progress
of Federal Disorganization," sentiments as
equally suspicious. The "South" and the
Editor of "DeBow'a Review," belong to the
same school. ' Each are admirers of General
Wm. Walker, and warmly espouse his cause.
Each almost openly avows "Disunion" to be
the greet cure for all the real and imaginary
ills the South is made to believe she suffers.
Each of them speaks distrustfully of the ca
pability of a Democratic form of Government
to maintain its authority and gusrantee sta
bility. If there be any cause to donbt the power
of our form of government to accomplish the
objects of government, the party with which
these journsls set but with which they evi
dently difler In sentiment hns created the
doubt. Of our Country, under Democratic
mierule, we might say
Ths Psst a blank, ths Future black
With eliinnses of a dreary track,
Like lightning on the desert psth,
Wben midnight storms are mustering wrain,
The articles in "DeBow'a Review," to
which we have referred, contains the follow-
Ing significant passages :
"The nature of our Government la such as
to render it short-lived."
"Airain our form of Government invests no
individnnl or line aim permanent responsi
bility. We have no hereditary
monarchy in which the fidelity or the ruler is
fftiaranteed by his regard for his children's
throne. ' A universally diffused
responsibility u xrrespmsibuuu:
"Hiatory shows our form of government, as
compared with those in which power is most
concentrated, snd resides in a family or class,
to be unstable and transitory.
How resistless to time and change have been
monarchical and aristocratic civil institutions
when prudence hns dictated counsels, nnd
self-protection has softened the swny or in
vigorated the arm of governments."
"The better portion of the citizens of New
York city would gladly exchange their pres-
nt corrupt and debased city government lor a
wiaely adjusted constitutional monarchy."
Now, whence comes these fearful forbod-
ings! With whom do thess ill-omned writers
set! What party is in power, that the gov
eminent should have gotten into such acon-
ition as to cause this deep distrust of our
form of government on one hand, and Inuda.
tion of a monarohy on the other? The party
in power whose sets thus tend, is Democratic.
The corrupt and debased city government
New York ia Democratic ! And these
journals are edited by Democrat t They
are not only Democrats, but Jire-eattng Ue
mocralst
In their estimation, a Monarchy is prefers.
ble to our present form of government. And
as they are avowed Disuoionisls, we think it
clear thst they desire a severance of the Union
that a constitutional Monarchy may be found
ed on the ruins of the Southern fraction.
Neithor would It require any great stretch
of imaginstion to persuade one Hint this wss
an object so nesr their hesrU thst they would
assist, by virtue of their connection with the
so called Democratic party, in making matters
so difficult orsdjustment ss to produce the
result they serm to wish fori-
We might quote further and more to the
point from "DeBow'e Review," but we have
quoted sufficient for our present psrposs.
We reunrd very suspiciously "y orrt i
counsel they write, and esteem them unsafe
null's.
A FLOWER IN THE DESERT.
Here U a beautiful incident related by an
officer at Matsmoros, in a letter to a friend in
Providence, which reminds ua thst.
In ths desert there still it a fountain.
In ths wide waste tbers still is a tree,
' And a bird in ths solitude singing!
Our army wss tnsrehing into Mstsmoros,
and the officer writes :
"There waa a little incident occurred which
contrasted so forcibly with what waa going
on arouud me, thai l could Dot but be struck
by it.
"Under a tree just on the river bsnk, and
at the point where the bustle and throng of
the passage waa the greatest, a family of
Mexicans had taken shelter, who had recroas
ed to our aids the day before, and had not
had time to move to their homes. There
were some six or eight children of various'
ages; one or these a besutirul, black eyed,
graceful little creature of five or six years.
I ssw her, while the tumult snd toil of all
description rang around while arms were
Hashing, cannon rolling, men hurrying to and
fro, horses dashing at wild speed, the air
filled with ahouta and oaths, snd sll was as if
quiet and peace were banished from the earth,
hair sitting, half lying opon S grassy knoll,
her head reeling upon a whits pet dove, and
one little arm thrown around the bird as if to
protect it from sll harm."
What a lesson is taught hers! What a
picture for the painter and ths poet 1 See in
nocence personified m that sweet child! See
pesce represented in that beautiful dove!
How they stand out the bright, the glorious
figures in thnt scene, where war, with its ar
ray of banners snd marshaled men. snd gaudi
ly dressed officers on caparisoned horses.
fresh from the battle field, their hearts filled
with the swelling thoughts of the victory
they hsve won, snd all glowing with the am
bitious desire thst becomes the heroes they
have shown themselves to be how that
sweet child and beautiful dove shine with the
light, that ia from Heaven, in that scene.
where war fills up snd darkenssll the back
ground! Lati Hours. At whatever period we go
to sleep, (snys Dr. Comb,) one fact is certain,
thnt we can never with impunity turn day
into night. Even in the most scorching sea
sons of the year, it ia better to travel under
the burning aunshine than in ths cool of the
evening, when the dews are fulling and the
air is damp. Two colonels In the French
army had a dispute whether it was most safe
to march in the heat of the day or In the
evening. ' To ascertain this point, they got
permission from the commanding officer to
put their respective plans into execution.
Accordingly, the one with his division
marched during the day, although it was in
the heat of summer, snd rested all night.
The other slept in the daytime, snd marched
during the evening and part of tho night.
The result was, the firts performed a journey
of 600 milea without losing a single man or
horse, while the latter lost most of bis hor
ses and several of hia men. . '
Bi.codt Day in New Orleans. The cele-
orntion oi iiaun uraa in new urieana waa
fatal to some persons,. The Trne Delta of
the 1 7th says:
About half-past 6 o'clock ia'st even in?
milk-man, named Dennis Hickev. was fatnllv
stubbed on Fourcher by s mssquernder. He
wss placed in a cab to be eonveyed to the
Charity Hospital, but died before he reached
there. His body waa then brought to the
f irst uistnei ponce station and kept for the
iioiaing oi nn inuuesv.
A man was also shot on St. Thomas street
by s mummer, but we could not tesrn wheth
er hie wound was likely to prove fatal or
not.
A man residing on Craps street, in the
Third District, murdered his wife in a freak
of passion or jeslousy, and then committed
suicide. Inquests will be held on their bodies
this morning.
A Blind Girl"Seein"a Plat. During
the performance of "The Jewess," at the
American Theatre, San Francisco, a short
time ago, a little girl attracted much atten
tion by suppressed but violent sobbing. It
wss thought nt first that sho wns a child
whose refined feelings were more susceptible
than those of others, older snd of more ex
perience in the world, and thnt she looked on
the scene ns real. But that was not the cause
of her griof. Before loosing her sight, she
had seen the play, nnd hearing thnt it wns to
be performed thnt night by Mrs. Hnyne, she
desired to be taken to the thenlre to "see it,"
Several times she whispered to her mother
"There, I remember that part; how I do
wish I could see, but it's so dark!" When
the Jewess was about ascending to the caul
dron, the child tried to took towards the
stege, but failing to penetrate the curtain
which hid the scene from herself alone, she
buried her face in hr hands, and cried with
hitter vexation nnd despair. All who knew
of the little girl's misfortune shared in her
grief and disappointment, but they could not
see snd feel the terrible shsdows that hung
about her heart, dark ss the plumee of a ra
ven. What a cheerless horizon is hers ! 1
Cost of Stow so Railroad Trains. In
s recent investigation, the President of the
Fitchburg railroad, Mr. Swift, state.! that, in
his judgment, it cost a dollar for every stop
page of a common passenger train, and lor
throuch and express trains a larger sum.
The associated railroads snperintendents and
engineer! of New England, after a aeries of
computations and obaervations, came to the
conclusion that it would not, averaging rne
railroad with another, and all traina taken
together, cost more than eight cents a atop
tar A first rnte joke took place quite
lately, in our Court Room. A woman was
testifying in behalf of her son, snd swore
that "that hs had worsea on a larmever aince
he waa born.''
The lawyer, who cross-examined her
said "You assert thst your son hss worked
on a farm ever since he waa born?"
'I do."
"What did he do the firet year!".
" milked." '
The lawyer evaporated. Hartford Con
tent,
KCT" Wii?tflna. what era in the world's
hiatory do you regard with the deepest hor
ror!" "The chol-era!" gasped Wiggins, with
a spasmodic shudder.
A PHYSICIAN'S EVIDENCE ON DANCING.
That beautiful, graceful accomplishment of
aauctog, bo perverieo oy late Hours and the
indecency of fashionable attire, has ou Ira fed
!LI. l .
many aensiuie people, anc lea them to de
prive the young onee of the moat simple snd
healthy en joy men la, because it has been
sbused. I or myself, I can testify not only to
its nesitniui, nut recuperative power. The
fortieth, nay, the fiftieth, yesr of my age
found me enjoying the life cheering exercise.
It should be one of the earliest amusements
of children, snd csre should be taken by ps
rents thst it is understood ss sn suusement
While I am on this topic, I will mention a
esse that occurred in my practice. A thought,
ful, anxioua mother, who had but three chil
dren, brought to me her only remaining child
a uaugnter. tier temperament nervous,
billious the nervous fearfully predominant
with great irritability of the system, peev
ish, psaaiotrnte, dyspeptic, sleepless; of course,
exacting, arbitrary and uncomfortable; the
poor child looked snd, old, morbid and mis
erable. She had been to school, because her
parents thought it sn amusement for ber to
be with other children.
After critically examining her phVsincno.
my, I said to her mother, "What is the tem
perament of your husband ?" 1
" J he same ss my own, she replied.
"Then the child is doubly stamped,"! eon-
tinned; "very vigorous messurvs must be
used, If you expect to restore her hesllh.
Divorce her immediately from anything men
tal, so far as memorizing is concerned, then
send her to a dancing school, thnt she rony
combine exercise with order sod melody, snd
thns some of her rough edges may be round
ed." The child her large eves open with won
der snd delight interrupted with "dancing
school ! O, how I've, longed to go; but moth
er snys it's wrong slid lesds to wickedness."
What a dileinms for a child I "Did you
ever intend your daughter to play the piano,
guitar, or other musical instruments!" said I
to the mother.
"O yes," wss the answer.
"Why," I continued, "why show such psr-
tiality to the upper extremities? The hands
are rendered happy as s medium of melody;
the feet are rendered equally happy in the
same wsy."
. A nice afternoon school received the little
girl, who grew in health and harmony every
month as she followed the hygienic rules
prescribed for her. Dancing is a healthful,
besntiful, graceful recreation, and !a a not re
sponsible for the abuses that luxury has
thrown around it The vulgarism and the
excitements or the ball room hnve no more
to do with the simple enjoyment of the dance
than the rich wines and sumptuous banqnette
of the gourmand, in whom they induce dis
ease, hare to do with the temperate repalts
thnt satisfy thejjatural wants of the body.
Dr. llarrvt A. Hunt. .
Southern Mail Route to California.
We are informed (ssys the Memphis Eagle,)
that the mail contractor, on the overland
route to California, will convey the mail
across tho Mississippi bottom, by the Mem
phis snd Little Rock Rail Road, if it ia com
pleted to the St. Francis River early this fall,
This can be done, we are told, by September
next. Then, the great mail for Arkansas,
Northern Texss, and pointa beyond to the
Pacific const, must take this route. The Post
Office Department should consider this new
route in connection with the mail lettings
which are to come off next month.
A Newsboy a Gml. The Cairo Delta
snjs: "A good looking newsboy, apparently
about sixteen years old, has been for some
time traveling upon the cars between Cairo
and Centralia, vending literature successfully,
But last week, at Centralis, it waa inadver
tantly discovered thst the good looking
newsboy wss a girl (or woman) of some
twenty odd years of age. Her disguise had
never been suspected. She had trsveled with
the other boys, played billiards, smoked se
gars, swore, snd drank whiskey, as easily and
naturally as a newsboy might be expected to
do. The reason of her disguise we do not
know. Her career as a newaboy has been
ended." '
Pretty Fair. The Cleveland (Ohio)
Rerinler ssvs: "Whether Queen Victoria's
red petticoats will become a fashion in Ameri
ca Is vet to be known. It is certain, however,
that the attempts of aome of her male prede
cesaors to introduce their red coats into thia
country, did rot succeed."
r$T The Herald's Washington correspon.
dent says : "The Senate committee on Ter
ritories will report against the admission of
Oregon at this time, on the ground that shs
hns not sufficient population, that no urgent
necessity exists for hor immediale admission
snd that her citizens do not desire it.
New Yorjt, Feb. 84. The correspondent
of the Times snyi thnt a reconciliation hns
been partly effected between Robert J. Walk.
er snd the President, snd it is asserted that
the late Governor of Kansas will no- longer
be found in opposition to the !econipton
constitution. -
$500 Reward -Governor Brown of Geor
gia has oflered a reward of $500 for the sp
prehennion of any person or persons engaging
in moving the switches on the State road, or
otherwise causing, or attempting to cause ac
cidents on the same. ' ,
Breach of Promise. A young man, mil
ler by trade, stole a horse, wss arrested and
imprisoned. As his trial drew near he ac
knowledged the (rime, remarking that he
committed it for the purpose of getting rid
of the constant importunities of a woman
whom he hsd promised to marry, but did not
love, lis preferred Imprisonment to matri
monial bonds, thns showing that of two evils
he chose the les. ' .
Explosive Population. The following
names are ssid to be in the Cincinnati (Ohio,)
Directory:
M.aars. Gnnn. Cannon, Pistol, Fliaee,
Shutee, Bullitt, Shot, Muakelt snd U. Til
lory. KXf We observe that Col. McMollin,
Govornor of Washington Territory, hns sp.
plied to the Territorial legislature to obtain
a divorce from his wife, who still resides in
Virginia. He onee failed in similar sppll-
cation befnre tho Iz-gisiiiture ot irginin. j
Origin or Odd-Fellows. It haa been
snpposed by many that the origin ef the so
ciety of Odd-Fellows or rather the organ!,
xation as an association wss of a eosnpara
tively modern date. They will be eemewhst
surprised, however, says the Cincinnati Times,
to learn that its origin dstes aa far back aa
the time of Nero, and waa eatabliahed by
the Roman soldiers in the year 55. At thst
time they were called "Fellow-Citizens,"
The present nsme wsa given them by Titus
Ctesar, twenty-four years afterwards; and
they were so called from the singular char
acter of their meeting, and from their know
ing each other by night or day by means of
mystical signs and language. At the same
time he presented them with a dispensation,
engraved on plate of gold, bearing different
emblems of mortality. In the fifth century,
the Order waa eatabliahed in the Spanish
dominion, and in Portogal in the aixtli cen.
tury. It did not reach France and England
until the eleventh century. It waa ihaj es
tablished in the latter century by 'John De
Ne vile who, assisted by five knights lrom
Frsnce, formed Grand Lodges in every quar
ter of the globe, and, by ita usefulness and
benevolent ehnracter, commands the respect
snd countenance of all who are acquainted
with ita nature and purposes. Those upon
whose information reliance may be placed,
give credit to Baltimore for first introducing
Odd-Fellowship into the United States, and
to Grand Sire Thomas Wildey, still living
among us, belongs the honor.
fcSf The attempt to remove from Keitt
the just disgrace of being fairly knocked over,
reminds of a passage in the testimony in the
case of the Commonwealth against Borrow
castle, for an affray, tried at Boston some
yesrs sgo : . ,
Counsel Did you see William Borrow-
castle knock the man down!
Witness William Borrowcastle niivht do
such a thing.
Counsel Answer me directly. Did you
see Borrowcastle knock him down!
Witness 1 cun't exactly ssy thst I did.
The Court State, Mr. Witoess what you
did see.
Witness Well, I saw William Borrow
castle take his hand sway from the man's
head quick, snd then the man fell down right
away I . .
Damon and Pythias.-It is said that
Messrs, Gales & Seaton, of the National In
telligencer, Waahington, partners for forty
five yesrs in the publishing business, have
never had a difference of opinion on political
questions, snd never a jar or misundeistand
ing of any sort They hnve never known s
division of interest; from their common coffer
each hns si ways drawn whatever he choose
snd for thirty years past, there has never been
a settlement of accounts between them.
"'tW Lord Brocghnm'e son,- ao4 who
yet a minor, nnd consequently dependent np
on his father for support, hss been noted
somewhat of late for his sttertinn to a young
actrea in the French theater. His father re
cently wrote the following Iscnnie epistle
"If you don't quit her, I'll stop your allow
ance." To which the aon replied "If you do
not double it, I'll marry her." The aon will
enjoy a seat in parliament when he becomes
of age.
The meanest man in the
world
who it he! why the man who, after enjoy
ing the privilege, with hia wife nnd children.
of rending the newspaper every week, for
months snd years, and obtaining therefrom
instruction and amusement leaves town
for no ons knows where without settling
for hia paper, and compelling the Pout m ia
ter to order it stopped. The next meanest
man is one who fails to psy for. his paper
without running away.
f-$T" A beautiful inscription, It is anld, mny
be found in sn Italian graveyard: "Here lien
Etelln, who transported a largo fortune to
Heaven in sets of charity, snd has gone thith
er to enjoy it."
Ej?" A company wss organized In New
York Inst year, which contracted wilh the
underwriters and shipping owners to keep
the harbor free of ice during this winter, nt
200 par day. There hss not been ice
enough in the harbor to cool a julep, but the
company receives lis 200 per day, while ita
ice-bonts lie idle at the wharf.
Go ItBoots Balmoral in the Shads.
Many of the ladies of this cily have adopted
sn srticle of dress ao sensible nsto deserve a
commendatory paragraph. We do not speak
of the flaunting "Balmoral," wilh ita myaie-
nea of scarlet snd sable, hut simply ot Aura
topped calf skin boots, surh as are used by
their masculine congeners. We observed
yesterday several ladies tripping ' bnldlv
through the muddy thoroughfares to church,
their dainty little feel well and securely en
cased in the coverings mentioned. Ctnctn
noli Timet.
VW Modesty ia s handsome dish cover,
which makes us fancy there must be some
thing very good beneath it. .
A Free SiiHT. Speaking of lions, said a
hardshell pretfeher, discoursing of Daniel in
the den of lions, "There hs sot all night,
looking st ths show for nothing; It didn't
cost him a cent
Life or no Citizen Safe. A Cincinnati
"local," the other day, sndly in want of an
item, announced thnt three policemen had
killed a muakrst On the levee, whereupon a
German contemporary translates:
"Wert Amos Krat was yesterday fiendishly
murdered by three scoundrelly policemen on
the levee. The life of no r oreigner is safe."
fjf" The New England Courant Benja
min Franklin's newspaper In 172(1, contain
ed the following advertisement :
"Jus published and mild by the Printer hereof.
" llooped-Peilicoats Arraigned snd Con
demned by ths Ught of Nature and Law of
God. Price 3d."
fjf Selfishness robs Its own grave, sells
Its bones to the doctor, anil Its sonl to the
devil!
How a Truant Husband was Found.
The Bloomington (Illinois) Pantograph tells
a good alory of one of ita citizens who nought
afto servant girl, and found oie in the per
son of his deserted wife :
"On Saturday, the 32d inalant, Mrs. Mary
S. Rich, agent of the "Woman's Protective
Emigration Society," arrived at the Western
depot from New York, in charge of between
seventy snd eighty voung women, some twenty-five
or thirty of whom were intended for
this place. Early in the morning a married
man f this eity, went to the depot and in
quired for Mr. Rich. The married mnn found
Mrs. Rich. Ths married man told Mrs. Rich
he wanted a girl to do house work. Mrs,
Rich asked the married man who he was.
The married man satisfied Mrs. Rich that he
was all right and that the servant girl would
be well treated in his family. Mrs. Rich then
asked the married man to walk into the room
where the young women were. The married
man walked Into the room. Mrs, Rich told
the young Indies thst the married msn wanted
s girl to do housework. One of the young
ladies then walked up to the married man
and said. 'I'll go wilh this gentleman; I've
lived with him before: he's mv husband f .
Somebody wss very much astonished when
the young lady found her nosbsnd, arid
another somebody looked very pale when the .
msrried msn found his wife."
Mrs. Perry. The followingis sn extract
from a li ter written by Mrs. Perry to ber
mother-in-law, after the death oftba Com
mi'dore:
"The ways of God are dark and intricate
but they are doubtless just; my beloved
husband haa gone from me, but hs has left
a name to hia country and children that ia
without a stain; he was my guardian anitle
on earth, snd will, I trust, continue, one in
Heaven. I line may soften the anruisli I
now feel, but can never efface from ay heart
his virtues his kindness, and his affection
towards me. My love and repvet for hia
memory will always lead me to act as if he
were present with me. To his children I
shall devote my future days; the world has
now lost ita greatest charm, and I look for
ward to,a reunion that will be eternal and
Imperishable. On me hns devolved great
snd important charge, and my first prayer to
Heaven was for strength snd discretion to
to manage them as to make his children
useful and virtuous members of society."
Civs it to 'Em. Dr. Andrews, of the
Georgin Citizen, ia down on those editors
who hsve been publishing part of a atory
from the New York Ledger, at. 3 cents a
lino. We are glad there are some editors
who refuse to deceive their renders sud sd
vertise for a Northern man for notMng.
We notice the stories in many Seutliern pa
pers and we'll wager our best hat that not
one of them would advertise for us at thst
price. Yet this is nothing inoro nor less
thnri nn advertisement, which they publish
for nbont one-third what they would chnrg
their neighhbors and friend! We wnnld be
very glad to get even 8 centa a line for our
reading matter, but we prefer to mnke oar
OjWn suleclion, end not smuggle in an ad
veretifement for a Northern man, where we
should put something interesting to our rea
ders. Them's It! Southern Mercury
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Schoolmasters. In a suit reported In
the Law Journal, in the Circuit Court of.
Floyd county, brought by pnpil againat a
schoolmaster for excessive punishment it
was decided by Judg Fulton that a achooU
master stands in the place of a parent to
wards his pupil during the hours of school;
and that the schoolmaster may inflict rea
si noble and moderate correction upon his pu
pil for mixconductt provided there be pref
er cause, snd the instrument nnd extent of
the chastisement be not improper or exces
sive. The teacher must net in good faith in
relation to the cause; he must believe that it
requires correction; the correction must not
go to the length of permanent injury to
health, nor must it disfigure the child. It
must not be inflicted to gratify revenge or
malignity, but to reform the offender.
A Cure of Cancer.-We are satisfied that
we are but expreasing tho general gratifica
tion felt by the community, in announcing the
return of our neighbor, Mr. Alexander Ram
say, looking unusually well nnd in ths enjoy
ment of fine health. For sumo yesrs, Mr. R.
hns been suffering from s cancerous affection
on the noae. . With the experience of II. F.
Slonn, Esq., of Pendleton, before him, (who
had been cured of a like disease) he placed
himself under the treatment of Dr. Gilbert in :
Charleston. This treatment has been attend
ed with gratifying success. The part affected
has been healed, disfiguring slichtly thetirrht
side of the nose. , Thnt the cure may be per
manent is the earnest wish of Mr. itsinany'a
nnmerona friends and acquaintniices.-AeotoM
Uourter.
How to Curs a Cold. An exchange
gives the following recipe:
An excellent remedy for a cough caused
by a common cold is as follows: Take a half
pint of sharp vinegar, place in it sn egg with
out being broken, allow it to remain forty
eight hours when it will be found thnt the
shell has been completely dissolved by the
scid; then break np the egg in the vinegar,
add half a pint of honey, which being well
mixed, will be ready for use. Take e spoon-
ful for a dose several times a day. It is said
thnt it never hss failed to produee relief.
An Important Fact. Tho editor of the
Horticulturist gives his readers this fset
which ought to sink deeply into the Mluda
ofthe American people: "It cannot be too of
ten repeated that the tendency of our people
ia too much given to non producing employ
ments. Ease of body Is sought before sheer
fulness of mind. ' Sedentary occupations are
nor so healthful as those In the open nlr.
If statistics sre to be believed, it Is residents
of the country who enjoy the grsstest s
mount of physios! health. Cities notoriously
epreoiate even the human stature. An at
tentive observer for forty years may safely tny
thnt in cities families rapidly run out and
disappsor the only permanent ones firs th-
landholders. Strange ss It may seeni lhi ia
evidently the story of America n ii thirl:.
ly settled Europe."
tJf Dafllel Webster wss once asked ?,y
a young law student if there wsa any ror-tt
In the legal profession for young men
"There ia alwoys room In the upper slory of
any profession for those who 0-w Veaeq It,"
was the reply. ki-