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Tho Last of the Randolphs.
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A Southern Correspondent of tho Home
"Journal sends it the following interesting
ketch:
"Baring the V?nsm?r of 1854 I had some
business transactions which called me to th<
county of Charlotte, in lower Virginia. A
mild and lovely Sabbath morning found me
anted in one of the comfortably cushioned
pews of the village church at the Court House
As it wanted a few minutes to tne hourofser
vice my eyes wandered over the largo am
respectable looking audience assembled, am1
wan finally nttracted by a very eccentric in
dividual who was just entering?a rathor
aged man, tall, of dark complexion long
white hair waving plentifully over his shoulders,
and an equally venerable beard flowing
on his breast. His step was active and
Eaceful, his form erect and manly. But
ii peculiar actions wem-hf striking contrast
to his dignified appearance. At first I
thought huu only eccentric, but a few moments
of farther observation proved to mo
that ha whs insane.
Immediately on enterring tho pew he
knglttowairds the wall, crossed himself and,
apparently, repeated a prayer. He ihen sat
down, drew out a white cambric, doiicatcly
perfumed, wiped his brow, removed bis
gloves, stroked bis bair and beard, took up
his Bible; kissed it and road, examined his
cane, used ti is handkerchief agahi all the
time keeping himself in constant motion. I
say all the time but, occasionally, we was
passive for a few minutes?his attention apparently,
aroused by soino truths from the
1 A A 1 A! TV
matter how liowU the ragmg, unloosed fiends
of air and water?the darkness will become
light, the winds will be hushed calm, men
will look up and bless their Maker?and after
all cometh the sunshine?ihejGod given,
heavea Ue?sed, life-giving sunshine.
That the above is true of the elements of
the material universe,no one will hurdly dis
pute. That the same may he said of the
little life horizon of man's heaven will bo almost
aa readily admitted.
We care not bow rough and untowards a
face the world may exjrose to her most unworthy
and unlucky inhabitant?we care
not how bleak blow the winds of chill adversity 1
--we care not how grudgingly tho rich ho- J
stow upon their dependents the little which
is necessary to keep body and sotil together j1
??uo care not how hard the task master, i
Mini how poor the pay? how tried the soul I <
?how weak the faith?how troubled 1
the spirit?how feeble the purse if life?be 1
left?(and even after the dark shadow of the !
valley of death has been passed, is there trot
Aope'in an Eternity beyond tho grave ?)?
we care not how sore the trial*?how bitter
tbe persecutions endured?there in a God in ;
Heaven, and after all these cfoases cometh i
the sunshine. I
Thank God for the sunshine ! ilow beautiful,
how heavenly its mission, both the ma- \
terial and immaterial; the one to give life, j <
health ami vigor to all earthy thing*?to paint 11
the lily?to ripen the fruit?to vivify and ?illuminate
the vast and otherwise chaotic c
face of nature; and the oilier to lighten the I
heart*? purify the feelings?and revive the i
drooping spirit*, of the otherwise dark and I
deluded inhabitants of the earth. t
8011 of sorrow and weeping?mm; when j
the damp is on your heart, and the clottJs j
sweep over your head, do-pair not?-God \
senderh afterwards the suiishiue. \
lJaughter of want and wretchedness? I
wMwn; when the world frowns upon'"you, i
and the worldings shun theo, and pass on the t
other side?w|??*i your soul is heavy with t
.accumulated grief, and your eyes overfull i
minister?uut muse uioca were rare. 111s
countenance assumed all kinds of expressions.
Contempt, alarm, pleasure, earnestness, sorrow
and anger, flittered across it in
rapid succession. It reminded mo more
of what children call making faces, than
anything else.
"After the services were over I ascertained
that this gentleman was no other than the
nephew of John Randolph, of Roanoke. lie
calls himself Sir John St. (Jeorgo Randolph,
and is sole heir to his celebrated uncle. Randolph,
himself, remarked with bitterness during
bis iast days that their blood flowed in
the veins of but one single scion, and be.was
deaf, dumb, and insane. So much for human
great new*. The subject of this sketch
?although'physically and now mentally defective?had
a miud cultivated in the highest
degree. In his youth he was sent to
.Paris, were under the protection of a celebrated
abbe, he received a thorough education.
Having the capacity to receive and
the wealth to command, no pains were
spared in the improvement of his intellectual
faculties. Hut it was labor lost; for on returning
to his home in Virginia ha met with
and loved a young lady, whom he addressed
but was refused on account of his physical
defects. On becoming aware of the truth
he was plunged in the most profound grief,
from which lie was at last aroused, but?
insane.
"lie has considerable wealth, which is
managed by his friends ; and being harmless
he comes and goes as ho pleases, and is gratified
in all his whims. Wrecked as his mind
is, he still commands respect; and his peculiar
manners do not attract the attention of
his acquaintances, or excite merriment as
one would suppose. R.
After the Storm Cometh the Sunshine.
It has been said that 'every cloud has a
silvery lining,' and the person who penned 1
this truthful and poetical sentence might al- '
so have added, with equal claim to truth, i
that after the storm cometh sunshine.
No matter how hard the tempest may
rage?no matter how dense the clouds that
overshadow the heavens of God's beautiful
heritage, the earth?no matter how tierce
the wind that drift the storm, and lash the
billows of the ocean, and commit havoc-and
destruction among the abodes of men?no
with t?uv, despair then not--?tliers is a
"good Samaritan"??after the storm coraeth
the suushine.?Chicago Budget.
Fiffkting Dog Kxtraordin&ry.
Wonderful I will he the ejaculation of
some people, whilst others pernapn will invoke
toe name of Walker, oorea3tn${ a very
extraordinary story of a lighting dog related
ror auout a year past tlio Milwaukee and
Mississippi Railroad Company have experienced
a great annnoyanco to their trains by
the obstructions that have been placed upon
the track of the road in the vicinity of Fulton
ana Stoughton, and the traveling public
may have feit thoir lives jeopardized by the
same diabolical acta. Hut this far the only
result of their obstructions has been the
damage of trains, thanks to the watchful care
of conductors. Since last May the company
have had a secret police upon the line of the
road?one working as a farmer, and the
other as a carpenter?in the neighborhood
of the depredations. About four weeks ago
all was arranged for a descent upon the perpetrators,
ns designated. Thocompanv knew
vcrv well the guilty parties, but the difficulty
was to prove their guilt beyond question.
Last Tuesday night it was ascertained that
lliey had arranged to give the train another
"hist," as they term it, two of the gang being
about to leave that part of the country.
Uudcr-Sheriff Heck went out, and the watch
was set along the lino under his direction.
Just before the night train from this city to
Madison was to pass there, a man was discovered
in attempting to tear up the rati I.
but who had broken his hook in thoattcnips
Officer Heck was not far off, and the irons
were put on the villian at once. In another
section some men were caught rolling a
felled tree upon the track, about fifteen inches
through at the butt end. They had left the
limbs some length, so that they wou'd act
as braces against the ties, and placed the
large end toward the advancing train of cars.
They wore loft to complete thoir work, and
a watch set to warn the engineer of the train,
and then a descent made upon them. They
were ironed at once, and put into the very
train they had attempted to destroy, and
taken to Madison and put in jail. During
lite night two others were taken in the
vicinity of Stoughton and sent to Mndi-on
on a hand car. Six in all have beon taken
and locked up, and four of them, we believe,
were cauglit in the vcrv act. We understood
th^t the leader of this gang is a
man by the name of McXeil, and two of the
others are named Delaney. This enmity to
lllM ruilri.fil] AAinnontt niione a?i? j.f ?..n..
Realty or disagreement in regard to the pay
for cows which tlio trains of tho company 1
liavo killed^?Milwaukee American, Nov. 1. 1
Goino to Law.?Upwards of eighty
years ago there was in the town of llatherleight,
in the county of Devon, an inn known
by the name of the Client's Arms. There was
a swinging si^n-hoard, on one side of which
Vim n nuiu stripped of his coat and waistcoat,
exclaiming, "I've been to law aod '
inve won;" and on the other side of this
ign-bonrd was painted a man stark naked.
Tying out, "Oh ! what shall I do? I have
wen to law and have lost!" The origin
vas this: Two men had a dispute about a
ittle spot of land, respecting, which tbey
oilU1 not agree. Recourse was had to legal ,
Koceedings, which ended in the verdict of a
wry. Tho man against whom the verdict 1
whs given could not pay the costs, and the 1
ivinnor had to pav alt his own. In fact, the i
oser was stripped of all his property,; the
deter was obliged to sell his little estate,
hen took an inn, and set np the above men- ]
ionod sign as a warning to others. Some |
if the descendants arc now living.
i lkk^.uL< J: :
by the Gazelle of Trieste. At the battle of
the Tchernaya, according to that journal, as
. I noted by the Po*i\
"While the striiggle was at its hottest, a
large dog belonging to Colonel Mettinann.
)ftlie 73d Regiment of the Line, broke hi*
chain, and rushed into the midst of the combatants.
Having savod the lives of a ser
geant and a soluior, and made three Rusians
prisoners"?
This two fold feat wo presume the sagaci i
ouh animal accomplished by the single act of
seizing the three Russians, who were going
to shoot the two Englishmen. He probably
managed the mattor by grasping them all
three between his fore-paws ; which he must
have been a largo dog to do; but it would
have required a still larger dog to hold three
men at once in his mouth. Without, however,
stopping to explain this little difficulty,
the Trieste paper proceeds?"he received a
j severo bullet wound in the leg, notwithstanding
which he coutinued in the fieid, and
grappliug with an officer among the enemy,j
brought him to the ground, and secured his
capture."
This clever dog not only brought his prisoner
to tho ground, but when ho had got
him there, secured him?by what means our
Trieste contemporary omits also to state ; no
doubt by tying his hands and legs together
with his own sash. It is astonishing what
dogs can lie trained to do. The reader will
bo gratified bv the information that?
"After tho "battle the log of tho animal was
carefully dressed by an army surgeon, and it
is said that ho will receive a modal, in token
of the fidelity and prowess which he displayed."
r'rl\Ora X?? V11 r*Al v*A A
akviv h iii nv/u uv; ?* (tilling PVIIIU |?i;uuiI3
who will bo of opinion that a bone, perhaps,
would have been n more suitable reward for
this valiant dog than a medal. But ho could
not have wanted bones. He had doubtless
killed a great many Russians in the eourse
of the day, and eaten all he had killed, and
a very proper meal for such a consumer are
the brutes who bayonet our wounded, and
iiro upon our ambulances removing their
own.
The breed of this remarkable animal is not
mentioned, Displaying so much bull dog
courngo and enormous strength, ho rony
rcnsonablybe prom mod to have been a bulldog
of gigantic size ; a dull-dog much exceeding
tnc magnitude of an ordinary bull.
Punch.
Great Haul of Desperadoes.
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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
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I Friday Morning, Nov? 16,185ft.
AO EXT*.
E. W. CARRj N. W. cor. of Walnut and Third-at,
Philadelphia, U our authorized Agent.
W. W. WALKER, Columbia, & G.
A. M. PEDEN, Fairriew P. O., Groenville DUt
WM. c. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville.
CAPT. R. Q. ANDERSON, Cedar FalU, GreeavdW,
tt3T Our sincere thanks are tendorod to
lion. Jambs L. Oku, ibr an elegant bound
copy of tho "Exploration for a Rail-Road
Route from the Mississippi River to the
Pacific.^
CHARLESTON ELECTION.
! William Porciikk Milks, the Stales' j
Rights candidate has been elected Mayor!
over F. D. Riciiard80n, the American can- j
didato by about 420 votes.
THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR.
This most excellent Agricultural Journal
is found regularly upon our table. It deservedly
merits the high approbation and
patronage which it has received.
THE FARMER'"ANDIPLANTER.
Or course this old and valuable home
periodical continues to arrive. With Maj.
Seaborn at its helm it could not bo Qther
wise. It is to be hoped that the Stato Agricultural
Society will institute measures for
its better support.
OUR HENDERSON COTEMPORARIES.
We regret to see the deceptions which
havo recently been practiced upon these
journals by some very ill-disposed person of
our placo. Several advertisements have appeared
in their columns pertaining to new
firms and business houses in Greenville,
which in reality never existed. The Herald
and Baptist enjoy a circulation in our LHstrict
among a very large and respectable
class of its citizens, and the injury may result
more to the innocent publishers than to
those upon whom it is intended to reflect.
Wo make this notico for the benefit of onr
friends, that in future they mny guard against
similar impositions.
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.
Rain has fuller. tin considerable abundance
during the past week, and our streams,
which had almost ceased to flow, are now
affording sufficient water for the accommodation
of our grnin mills and other mechani
cal operations. At the present writing
(Thursday) the sun is shining almost us
pleasantly as if it were ft summer^dny,?
Those of our farmers who have gatnered in
their corn have now an excellent opportunity
for sowing their wheat, tho ground beiog
in fine arablo condition. The present crops
have fully satisfied the expectations of our farmer*,
and should they bo unable to extricate
themselves from debt, it will not be owing to
the failure of their labor, but abuse of the
inunificenee of a bountiful Providence.?
Corn is selling in our place from 45 to 50
cents per bushel, aud wheat is realizing $1.25
a $1.35 as rapidly as it can he brought to
market.
THE STATE ELECTIONS.
Thk returns come in slowly, but from
present indications the American party have
succeeded in must of the late electioos.
Maryland has gloriously achieved herself.
So far as heard from, the Americans have
elected all their candidates to Congress, and
have a liand-some majority in the Legislature.
It is a lesson that Virginia should profit by
in the coming Presidential election.
New York lias elected the entire American
State Ticket. The result in that State
has given a doath blow to tho administration
party, as well as to the Soward Black
Republicans, and an impetus to the American
cause, which mvst carry with is. the best
chances forjBUcceas hereafter, to the overthrow
of the ten thousand destructive isms which
have crept upon the political board in tlint
State.
From Mississippi we have only the returns
from the Fourth District, which elects William
A.Lakc, American, to Congress.
The Louisiana returns are still in doubt
The chances are in favor of tlio Americans,
although Tusodorb G. Hunt has been beat
en in the second District by Mi lea Taylor.
FUN AND ' MUSIC. ;
Our town is full of it. We have the
l4$weeney Minutrcls,'* llie "Virginia llartnoriiana/1
and any number of strolling organ
grindors. Music can now be bad "for a song"
tnd tunea a "penny a piece."
Oen. Alvovta la not going bade to
Vfealco, il is said, bat will take up his qnar- .
?r?, for the winter, at Aikou, in this 8uo$
Carolinian. * '
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Section for colonel.
The following is the kmU of Ihe election
held on Friday lart for CoboJfof the Third
Regiment, 8. C. M.:
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will raise neither a Union nor a Disunion
banner, but abide the course of erents, and
hold itself ever ready to take deliberate and
efficient means to preserve the rights of the
South and the State. A party that will
have nothing to do with National Conventions
or caucus?es, but hold plain constitu- >
tional publication doctrines to be their gnide
in federal polities A party that is determined
to have Naturalization reformed, and
suffrage purified. A party to kill off Abolitionism
in our oountry.
Thr folio.wing waif afloat on the sea of
reading, we clip from an exchange. We do
not know its paternity, but it contains some
wholesome truths, beautifully set forth :
Man seldom thinks of death until the
shadow falls across his own path, hiding
forever from their eyes the traces of the lov
od ones whose living smiles was the sunlight '
of their existence. Death is the great antagonist
of life, and the cold thought of the
tombs is the skeleton of all feasts. We do
not want to go through the valley, although
its passage leads to paradise: and with Charles
Lamb, we do not want to lie down in the
muddy grave, oven with Kings and Princes
fc.. 1. 1 /.II t>._. .L H . ?
ivb v/ui udu iciiuwn* jjm\? loo flftl oi n euufo h
inexoral?lo. There is no appeal or relief from
the great law which dooms us to dust We
flourish and fade as the leaves of the forest,
and the flower that blooms and withers in a
day, has not a frailer holds on life than the
mightiest mon?r?;h that ?re? shock the earth
with his footsteps. Generations of men appear
and vanish as the grass and the count
less multitudes that throng the world to-day,
will to-morrow disappear at the foot prints
on Uie shore.
In the beautiful drama Ion, the instinct of
immortality so eloquently utterod by the
death devoted Greek, finds a deep response '
in every soul. When about to yield his '
young existence as a sacrifice to fate, his beT
i r?i .1- - i ?
uivu v/inmniiuiu jujks ii mey snail not meet
again, to which he replies:
"I liave asked that dreadful question of
the hills that look etornal; of the flowing
streams that flow forever, of tl>e stars among <
whose fields of azure my raised spirit hath <
walked to glory. All weie dumb. But i
while I gaze upon thy living faoe, I feel <
there's something in the lore that mantles i
through its beauty that cannot wholly per- t
ish. We shall meet again, Clamant6e! 4
A dangerous counterfeit $50 note on j
the Augusta branch of the Bank of the <
State of Georgia, is in circulation in I
this $tate, , ~ i
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GrwnvilU Court House, . . . . 141 14
Reed's, 89 19
Jones' 02 62
Robertson's, . , . . 3? 43
Boiling's, 40 23
McCullough's, 00 10
Fnirviow, 38 01
McDaniel's, 49 7l ,
Brockman's,........... 70 71
666 370
370
Majority for McOuUouglt. . 196
From the Charleston Evening News.
The Late Election.
To prevent discouragement among our
friends abroad, we hare a word to sad in
relation to the late election here, in order to
present a few facts.
In the municipal elections of this city only
such resident citizens who have paid a
poll tax, and resident certificates of the fact,
can vote. In this instance the registered
number of these was over 2,400. Tho American
party went into the canvass with every
reasonable assurance and right to count upon
1,800 of that number. Tho registered
strength of the Order itself (although hundreds
had neglected to qualify as electors,)
and the well ascertained support of outside
friends to the party or tho nominee for Mayor,
justified the calculation. The whole vote
polled in the election was about 2,100, of
which some wero spurious?being duplicates
taken out under pretence of loss, and usod
by persons not entitled- to the certificates. '
| Thus 300 votes did not ballot at all.
Tho outside friends of Mr. Richardson, it
is well known, cave him a crood vote ; vet
bis total vote fell short about 600. Now.
two "facts bavo been pretty well ascertained,
that many of the Order ontitled to vote did
not do so, and that some actually voted on the
other side. This was clearly defect, springing
out of selfish considerations. It is also
very well known, that monied influoncc was
freely excrtod, besides promises of favor of all
kinds.
It cannot be presumed that the defection
altuded to bad any aftlnitv to tbe foreign
vote.* We venture to make one assertion,
that llio American sentiment is still alive in
this city, and that it is to day the predominant
feeling with a large majority of its citizens.
Now wo admit that there is a strong prejudice
prevailing against secret political associations,
oath-l>ouiul political obligations,
and the intermixture of religion with politics;
and in which we have shared. So far
as these constitute Know-Nothingism, the
verdict is against it, and to that extent and
purport it may be deemed defeated in onr
city. The organization to sustain these
points will no doubt disband itself. From
its ashes a new party will arise?a genuine,
public, undismayed American party. A
party disconnected in origin and association
from all Actions. A party devoted to State
Rights and undying opposition to alienage,
as its two Cardinal iu?nfitnont? A il..t
From AppltetonV ?Qrtuun?nts of Memffej. *
"Sister, there is a strange man by the well"
cried Bttie Lotntta. c
MI see, it ift only s soldier,n added the *
aunt. \
Sister Marie siorhfld. Frencoi* w?*
a soldier," the reflected, iiut this a
grief of three year's standing, and though
she sighed, she found it possible to give her
mind an abrupt twiri to some other object. H
Thsre he sat by t&e well, n traeel-worn 9
and siin-brvvned soldiec. ' A patient gentle- *
man; he seem:*!, too, as one that had borne j
and sufTered too many great hardships and !
griefs to be lightly moved by trifles. Courage
and fortitude render some men defiant !
and unbelieving?they had influenced this '
man Into kindness and silence.
Possibly the fatigues of the day's journey
had wearied him into apathy, for ho gazed !
on the parent* and children earnestly, yet
said nothing. 1
"A warm evening friend," quoth the old ?
man. Marie said nothing, but gave him a 1
pitcher filled with fresh water. He drank 1
eagerly, and returning it with thanks, gazed .
again into her fa<^T with a steadfast and
somewhat sad air.
"You are married ?" he enquired, yet in a
tone which gave no offence.
MNo," said Marie.
"So pretty a girl never wants lovers," romarkod
the soldier to the parents. This was
a compliment, but it was conveyed with such
a tone of son bre wisdom, that the old poo
Ele nodded as if the cure himself had upoen
it.
"I do not know whether I have a lover i n
the world," repliod Marie. And she replied
in a grave tone. For a jesting conversation,
on such a subject, and with a stranger, this
was a strange manner for carrying it on.
"Perhaps, then, yon would bo glad to hear
of Pierre Basil," said the soldier.
"lie is dead," answered Marie, her eyes
filling with tears. "Why do you talk so I"
Here the old gentleman, who posted behind
Marie, had been intently scrutinising
the stranger, winked to himself with on eye
of satisfied sagacity, nodded, smiled downwards
with the right corner of his mouth,
and laid hi* hand on the old lady's shoulder.
That touch said distinctly :
"Ilush, keep still.! Here's something
coming off."
"Not yet," replied the soldior to Marie?
meaning tlmt 1'iorre Basil was still alive.?
"Not yet." And looking intently in her
brown eyes, he added :
"Don't you know me, Marie f"
There was no fainting or oxtrnvagaiit joy
manifested. Both had seen and suffered too
much for that. But Mario claspod her arms
around her old lover's neck, and kissed him,
and as her tears ran down his cheek, she
whisperod :
"Pierre, lf^vc always been, and always
k. a 1.2? ? '
n Hi 1*3 UllltU.
The Latest Lady's Invention.
The "patent petticoat liftei" ? the great
centre of attraction at tho exhibition in the
Crystal Palace in New York, and is thus |
described : There are four small pulleys at- ,
taehed to the waist under tbo dress, ovor
which are rove small cords, one end of which '
is attached with pins, severally to the front,
rear and sides of the skirt, at about the (
height of the knee. The other ends tor- 1
minate in loopa, which are led into the (
pockets on either side. If a lady wishes to <
go up stairs, she pulls loop No. 1 in the
right pocket, and instantly the dVess rises
in front, so that the ascent is made with per- t
feet grace. No. 2 in the left hand pocket
elevates the rear in the same manner, nnd '
all nulled nt once lifts all the skirts knee
high I All these pulleys, loops, rove cords,
<kc., show that woman i? determined to \
hrAVA llmf if ? ?1 *
r.v.v ...... .1 sue as IIIU Hl'HXW* TeSMI, '
she will bave the stoutest rigging. But 1
what is the use of this "lifter?" Upon "
the basis of the uncontradicted philoeo- 1
pineal adage that fingers were made before '
forks," we should prefer the hand to raiso a 1
lady's dress, when it is necessary to achieve *
such n gcttin' up stairs." 1
Freak of a Lunatic. ,
We mentioned, a short time since, that [
Dr. Headen, of Floyd county, had been sent <
to the Lunatic Asylum, Staunton. \
The Salem Remitter states that when Dr. <
Stribling was called to attend the trial of |
Graham, at Wytheville, he left with Dr.
ileaden instructions relative to the position
that he wished him to give to some of the
inmates of the Asylum ; this, he expected, 1
would give both employment and satisfac- 8
tion to the Dr. in his absence. But, in this 1
Dr.Stribling was mistaken; for, vory short- c
ly after his arrival at Wythe Court House, 1
Dr. Headen also appeared, and, going to the
Register, entered "1. Headen, of the Wes- (
tern Lunatic Asylum." When nsked why '
he had come, he stated that he had come to 1
watch over Dr. Stribling?the Dr. hnd told \
a lie on l?im by saving he was insane, and '
bo did not know by* il>ai he might eo.i-??
thero and swear to one that micrht An<l?n<y?r I
the lifo of the prisoner. We learn that the ?>r. *
deported himself very well while there?was t
frequently in the Court House, and seemed t
to take considerable interest in listening to t
the testimony, When Dr. Stribling got c
ready to leave, he had to procure' the arrest
jf Dr<Hcadcn, before he would go with him.
Georgia Legislature. j
Millkdobyiltx, Ga.f Nov. 7. c
The Legislature of tliis State mot on Mon- 8
lay, and organized by the election of Dem>crntic
officers. The Governor's message was
lent in on Tuesday. It is very voluminous, 0
ind is chiefly devoted to State matters. IJe 0
-ecoipmends the Legislature to provide for
be calling of a State Convention in case rj
3origreas refuses the admission of Kansas i
nto the Union on account of being a slave- .
lolding State, in which case he advises a ,
tisruption of the Union, but ho hopes that
he mitriotiaro of the North will avoid such t
I calamity. . J *
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It is a trite sayiug that tie pCUilftli
an redeem tie ttitesl slilfcct from?ft?U.
teas. A str^ef^innttmtion of uim aSSnH*
ninod in the fulKnvingobservation by H&ury '
Vard Beochor on the dry sml hackneyed
ubiect of interest. How vividly he paint*
he'miseries of debt I what biting
iie words?what pith and pregnancy in the
enleocoe ] Ifa *eys: "No blister draw*
harper than interest does. Of all industries
lone is computable to that of interest. It
vorks day and night,f?dr weather and foul.
t ha* no sound in its foot steps, but travel*
list. It gnaws at a man's substance with
vith invisible teeth. It binds itidustepr< '
la film, as'a fly is bound upon a spider's Web.
Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him
land and letting liihi hang irjWti tile fatal
nesh until the long-legged interest devours
iiin. There is no crop that can afford to
lay interest money on a farm. There la bat
>ne thing raised on a farm like it, and that
s the Canada thistle, which swarms now
plants every time you break its roots, Whose
ilossoms are very prolific, and every flower
'ather of a million seeds. Every leaf is an
iwl, every branch a apcafi and -every single
ilnnt is hko n platoon of bayonets, aud a Hold
nil of theut is like an armed ho-t. The '
whole plant is a torment and a vegetable
nine; And yet a farmer had better mako
lis bed of Canada thistles than attempt to
ie at case upon interest.
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As Attractive Lady.?The Sprrngfickl
[Mo,) Journal relates the following nngu*
!ar occuwoncc :
"Yesterday afternoon, while a hnly of thai
:ity was engaged at her household duties, a
i war in of bees entered the room, settling np>n
her head, neck and arms. As may be
?uj)|>ost'u, u?e laay was sadly frightened nod
illicitly brushing thern away, she nought refuge
in nn adjoining apartment. The winlow
inadvcrtenly left op?n, the beos immcliatcly
entered, and again took possession
if the lady, wlio finding thoy did not harm
her, and u|u*bl? to remedy the evil, quietly
went about her work, experiencing but littlo
inconvenience. The bees continued to borer
around tho lady until near sundown,
when they departed a* suddenly as tliev
inino, having paid -no attention to several
children who were in tho house the whole
lime."
Strong Words?lia.vrK Words, and.
Tut'ic Words.?The Itev. William Winans,
if Mississippi, closes a caustic reply to tlie
jreat Know Notliing slayer, Judge Longitreet,
with tho following:
"Every Southern roan who advocates a.,
continuance of tho uuLurAlizulion of foreigners
appears to mo as with a drawn dagger,
pressing the point, with more and still more
Venzy, upon tho vjjry vitula of his own interest
and safety. Every now voter, so made,
nay be regarded as another nail in the cofinofall
that is valuable in tlie iwnliar l-o
>f n Southerner."
A F40T for tub Soutu.?John Van Boon
made a speech tlio other tiny at
Sow York, in which he made, among ortijrs,
tho following declarations:
"Everybody knows that the labor of foriignors
competes with that of the slaves, and
lrives thcin out * It is true, too, that foreigners
prefer the free States, and build them
ip, to tho prejudico of the slave holding
itntes."
That this true, common sense, the observation
of all, the practice of foreigners, and
he declarations of their organs establish be,-olkI
all doubt.
Dr. Johnston and Goldsmith dining one
lay at their usual place of resort, the "Boltn-Tun,"
Fleet street; the dinner consisted of
unall legs of lamb dono npon the gridiron ;
?"Goldio," said the doctor, who took a navicular
delight in teasing tho poet?"Gofdie,
low many of these lamb-legs would it take
jo reach to the moon ?" "Ono if it was long .
jnough," replied Goldsmith. The doctor
iskcd no more silly questions that day.
Nature ! my mother nature I as the inant
in the harsh slavery of schools pines
br home, I yearn within the dark walls Of
:itica, and amid the hum of unfamiliar men,
br thy sweet embrace, and tby bosom wbere>n
to lay my head, and weep wild tears at
ny will.
Never Despair.?Seven years ago My- ;
on II. Clark kept a one-horse hardware
tore. ' In 1849 Myron H. Clark was n de?.t.
.1 MX t- " " " "
>ui; unarm. ill lOOU AiyrQD U. U?rk HW
?no of the marshals for taking the censtts qf
i one-horse vilingo, in 1866 Myron X.
JI ark is now Oovernor of New .York. Thw?k ,
>f Myron H. Clerk, and never say die. The
nan who will ho President in 1870 is now,
>robablv peddling Indie rubber ret trap*.
\gain, we repeat never despair.?A/6cmy
Tribune.
Mad Stowr.?There we* advertised to lie
old in Halifax countr, Virginia, on yeeterlay,
a mad stone tafongiitg to the estate of
ho late Satnuel Pointer, which is said to be
i certain cure for bites of mad dogs, snakes
>r spiders.
"Nimrod, can you tell me who waa ike
Irst man"Yea, sir; Ins name was Adam
?Adam?somebody. Ilia father wasn't ao>ody,
nnd he never hnd a mother? on ao?
ountof the scarcity of women, I 'spose aiuf v
liinplaster bauk smaf>king.w
Tiioa. Fkawois Mbaoiikr, Esq., th*
xile<l Irish patriot, and now a member
f the Now York bar, is about to lead.
j the hymeuial alter Miss Aeabxlla
ownsknd, of the Fifth AveAoe, New
fork. Miss A. is said to be a yemng
idy of extraordinary pixconal attraciona,
and estimated to loWfttfh about
2^000. Air. M. boa ham ^widower
who Jo of 17 njoiutaf.
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