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LOCAL. Greenville Job Office. All those who desire excellent Job Priiiting, such as pamphlets, books, bill-heads, placards, cards and posters should call upon the services of The Georgia Weekly Job Office—where every kind of Job Printing will bo ex ecuted with neatness and excellence, cheapness and dispatch. This department of The Georgia Weekly offiee is conducted by Mr. S. DuF. Lines, one of the best, if not the best, Job Printers in the South. Heretofore the citizens of Merri wether have been compelled to send all such work to the presses of other counties, but now Mr. Lines is ready and willing to prove his hand. Give him a call and we warrant more than satisfaction. Cliair-a-Table. The thanks of The Georgia WeuMy office are herewith returned to our chair-a-table fellow citizens, Maj. Hugh E. Malone and E. C. Mobley, for their presents of an excellent editorial chair and a table. May they live a century, and never want for a bed to lie on, nor a chair to sit in, nor a table well laden. May those chairs, the Major adver tises for cash, sell so fast that “Billy” may lose what he has never lost—affa bility and alacrity—in attending to the numerous customers of the Post Office store; and may the “Squire” lay all opponents on the table in brief time! We earnestly solicit the attention of our readers to the advertisements of F. O. Dannelley, J. R. Harriss, An thony & Terrell, Hugh E. Malone, William S. Lawson, David Eilis, A. D. Craver, Ellis & Simon ton, Harriss & Jacobson, A. G. Floyd, P. P. Grow, J. W. Park, A. H. Freeman, and others. These are the pioneers of Green ville home advertising, and as such we commend them to the patronage of our citizens. Let all who visit Atlanta not fail to call upon Mr. Er. Lawshe. See his advertisement, and that of T. R. Rip ley and J. P. Mason. fST* The Preparatory and Primary Department of the Greenville Ma sonic Female College is conducted by Mrs. Jennie A. Lines; a lady unusu ally qualified for her responsible posi tion, and formerly Principal of the same Department in the Southern Fe male Masonic College at Covington, Ga., and late Editress of the Literary Companion. gigp* We recommend Professor A. SCHLICIITER, Musical Instructor of the Greenville Female College, as a polite and accomplished gentleman, skilled in giving instruction in Vocal and Instrumental music with the aid of the Piano, Guitar, Harp, Flute or Violin. 'tffxF* The news of the Secession of Georgia created a great excitement in our town. Guns were fired, aflagman ufactured, houses illuminated, proces sions formed by fire light, and patriot ic speeches made by Messrs. E. C. Mobley, Win. 11. Peck, R. A. S. Free man, Judge Howard, Col. C. W. How ard, Judge Hussey and others. jggy We understand that several negroes of Greenville have been de tected in forming secret circles for gambling of late. Perhaps it would be tfellforthe matter to be looked into sharply, as something more serious than card playing may be at the bot tom of the matter. jggf” A negro belonging to Judge Kendal was bitten by a dog a few days since and died last night; but not of hydrophobia. The wound seemed to have poisoned his blood and thereby produced death. During a fracas last week at Red Bene, Jim. Jones shot a man by the name of Morgan in the thigh. Y e learn that Morgan was in the act of arresting him. The wound vfts serious but not dangerous. Jones is now in Greenville jail. jggg“ Cash paid for chickens, ducks, turkeys and eggs at the office of this paper. The Gorrilla. —Professor : “This, ladies and gentlemen, is the gorrilla, or man monkey, the greatest living curiosity in the known world. He was captured by a party of travellers on the banks of the Senegambia - stick accompaniment. Gorrilla (in dignantly,) “Jem Briggs, if you punch me agin with that stick, Xll come out and lam yer out of ycr boots.” “The Old Men of Merriwether.” The above is the title of a series of able and well written biographical sketches which we shall publish in The Georgia Weekly. Those are from the pen of a talent ed and richly educated Southerner, a citizen of Greenville, and cannot fail to prove intensely interesting to all in this sectiou of Georgia. No. 1, which appears in this issue, treats of Col. Wellborn. No. 2, in onr next will sketch the career of Francis Jeter. Among others will appear notices of Dr. Wm. Turrentine, Col. McMarth, Marshall Martin, Henry Harris, Sr., &c., &»., &c. We shall publish these excellent sketches for several weeks, and as some of the characters are still living, and the relatives of .the dead are numer ous we predict a great success. The Times. While all American minds are ab sorbed by the political excitement of the late Union, the signs of the times indicate a year of general European war; and 1861 may witness the fear ful scenes of the last century when the clash of arms and the boom of cannon' in the Old World were echoed by the din of strife in the New. Russia, France, Sardinia, Prussia and England are all upon a war foot ing ; and the armies of two of these powers, fierce from the flush of victory in China, may exchange deadly war upon the plains of Europe upon the old question of balance of power. L, F. Blalock is authorized to receive subscriptions to this paper in Fayette county. The Evil of a Bad Temper. —A bad temper is a curse to the possessor, and its influence is most deadly, wher ever it is found. It is always a mar tyrdom to be obliged to live with one of a complaining temper. To hear one eternal round of complaint and murmuring, to have every pleasant thought scr red away by this evil spirit, is a sore trial. It is like the sting of scorpion, a perpetual nettle destroying your peace, rendering life a burden. Its influence is deadly; and the purest and sweetest atmosphere is contamina ted into a deadly miasma wherever this evil genius prevails. It has been said truly, that while we ought not to let the bad temper of others influence us, it would be as unreasonable to spread a blister upon the skin, arid not expect it to draw, as to think of a family not suffering because of the bad temper of any of its inmates.— One string out of tune will destroy the music of an instrument otherwise perfect; so, if ail the members of a church, neighborhood, and family, do not cultivate a kind and affectionate temper, there nil! be discord and evil work. A heartrending accident occurred at Norfolk, Va., on Wednesday even ing... Mr. Jesse T. Newell, finding his little son playing in the house and yard with a pistol, took it from him, and while examining it, it was acci dentally discharged. Laura (Mr. Newell’s daughter,) a beautifhl and interesting little girl of nine summers, was .seated on the steps getting her lesson, when the pistol went off) and instantly jumping up, she exclaimed, ‘K)h ! pa, von have killed me !” She fell forward, and instantly expired.— The pistol had been charged with two buckshot, both of which had entered her right breast, and perforated her right lung. The unhappy father, al most bereft of reason by the distres sing and heartrending accident, sought, in his frenzy, to take his own life. He seized a knife and made a desper ate effort to cut his throat, but was prevented. A Beautiful Idea. —Away among the Alleghanies, there is a spring so small that a single ox, in a summer’s day, could drain it dry. It steals its unobtrusive way among the hills, till it spreads out into the beautiful Ohio. Thence it stretches out a thousand miles, leaving on its banks more than a hundred villages and cities, and many a cultivated farm, and bearing on its bosom more than half a thousand steamboats. Then joining the Miss issippi, it stretches away and away some twelve hundred miles more, till it falls into the great emblem of eter nity. It is one of the great tributa ries of the ocean, which, obedient on ly to God, shall roll and roar till the angel, with one foot on the sea, and the other on the land, shall lift up his hands to heaven, and swear that time shall be no longer. So with moral in fluence. It is a rill—a rivulet—an ocean, boundless and fathomless as eternity. The last census developes the curi ous fact that, in the comparatively new State of Ohio, the entire section j once called the- wheat region , from Steubenville to Tiffin, has for several years failed entirely in the production of its great stapfe,. owing to exhaus tion of the soil. The Rutland (Yt.) Courier pub lishes a list of twenty-two names of republicans who are already applicants for the post office in that village. THE GEORGIA W EEELY. LAMB TO TOBACCO. 14 For thy sake, tobacco, I I would do anything but die! Scent to match thy rich perfume Chinese art did ne’er persurne l Roses—violets —but toys For the smaller sort of boys, Or for greener damsels meant— Thou’rt the only manly scentl” So sang Lamb, in genial lays, In the olden—golden days. Lamb—poor Lamb ! —the Doctor’s word All his soul of sorrow stirred. He must leave his darling quid, By the laws of health forbid. Had he lived in Goodwin’s day,— Seen his art take all away From his Patent Pressed —a brand No Tobacco can withstand, — Seen from must and mould how free. Goodwin’s make would ever be, — Never had the Doctor broke Those sweet bou Js of which he spoke Gentle Elia, on bis head Pilings, would have said: “ Goodwin thou’rt the chewer’s friend ! Twenty dozen now do send 1” Mind your Own Business. A lady friend contributes for the Agriculturalist boys and girls the fol lowing capital story, showing the dan ger of not minding their own busi ness : “ When I was eleven years old, my mother removed to the country. Our nearest neighbor was a minister by the name of Wayland, who in addi tion to his ministerial duties, owned and cultivated a large farm. One night my attention was attracted to a bright light in one of the upper rooms of our neighbor’s house. In a mo ment I saw the wife fly past the un curtained window, closely followed by the husband, who was armed with a huge fire shovel—round the room she went, still pursued, and as I listened breathlessly, I thought—nay I was sure, I had a scream. I hastened to my mother, and told her what I had seen, and we both looked out, but the light was gone and all was quiet. Not withstanding my mother’s judicious warning, “to say nothing about it to any one,” before .school was out the next day, I had confided it to my bo som friend, and in a week halt the village knew it, and a great talk it made, I assure you. Finally it reach ed the ears of the deacons, who at once proceeded to investigate its truth. My mother looked grave arid troubled when they called, but con scious of having told only the truth, I met them fearlessly, and related what 1 had seen. Then they left, taking a “bee line” for the minister’s, to call him to account. With many apologies they made known their errand, when to their surprise the minister burst in to a hearty laugh. ‘Wait a moment,’ said he, ‘till I call Polly. You see that night I found a big rat in the meal "chest, and came down for the shovel, and bade her hold the light, while I killed him. Finding Ho .other place to hide, the—raeoal-tonk refuge in the folds of her dress, and-’she ran screaming till I managed to dislodge and kill him.” I have ever since been careful not to repeat an unfavorable report about my neighbors, at least until I know the whole truth. A Pretty' Experiment.— Professor Rogers has solved the problem of see ing through a millstone. In a paper before the Scientific Association at Newport, he says : Take a sheet of foolscap or letter paper, roll it up so that the opening at one end shall be large enough to take in the full size of the eye, and at the other end let the opening be not half so large. Take it in the right, hand, holding it between the thumb and the forefinger, place the large end to the right eye, and look through, with both eyes open to the light. You will see a hole through your hand. If you take it in your left hand and hold it to your left eye, it will be the same. You will, in both cases, be astonished to see that you have a hole in your hand. The illu sion is most complete. From this and other experiments, he concludes that an impression made on the retina of either eye, canuot of itself enable us to determine on which retina it is re ceived, and that the visual perception belongs to the part of the optical ap paratus near or within the brain, which belongs in common to both eyes. A German thus describes an acci dent : “Vonce, a long vile ago, I vent into mine abble orchard to climb a bear three to get some beaches ter make mine vroy a budding mit: and ven I gets on the tobermost branch I vail from the lowermost limb, mit one leg on both sides of the fence, and like to stove mine ontsides in.” A Louisville paper has some an swers to correspondents. Here is a a sample ! “Jenny.—Ministers are not more addicted to dissipation than men of other professions. A few of the Kalloch type take gin toddies and liberties with females, but the great majority of them are as good as law yers ami doctors. If you want a true Christian, marry an editor.” A letter from Stephen Battey, of Topeka, Kansas, to a gentleman in Providence, R. 1., where he formerly resided, states that a woman and Jicr five children had been found dead from starvatiou in that vicinity, and that there were many families with not a week’s provisions on hand, or any means to get more. The following beautiful stanza is copied from a young lady’s album : “ fare made, wen I B hold ure fase, tfe gaise in two ure azhure ize, my love is warmed in 2 a blaize, & thauts with in my baznm rize 2 big for mi week tung 2 utter which leeves mi hart awl in a flutter.” FAC SIMILIE OF THE ORDINANCIj Tlia convention has directed its Secretai! to have the ordinance of Secession, with aj the Signatures to it, photographed, so as t be a/ac simile of the original documenl The public will no doubt be glad to possei Buch a memento, as we presume that aft< the number of copies required by the Cot veution are furnished, 'here will ho no lim gyr*!"' publisher, who will be authorized ( satisfy the demand at his own expouse. Southern Recorder. ARSENAL AT AUGUSTA. Captain Elrey, the officer in com man, delivered the Arsenal i ear Augusta to Gol Brown ou the 24th ult., ■be latter causir a rdbeiptjo be given f r all the public pro! erly, which is to be accounted for in a sett i ment # between Georgia and the Uuited Stati Government. Four field pieces, and abol 22,000 muskets and rifles, besides a larj quantity of powder, grape shot, cannon ball We., came into the possession of the Stal The military companies which bad been ci; dered out for the occasion were not requiri to act offensively, as the terns of agreemel tor the surrender of the Arsenal and pub| storos were respectful on both sides. —ln corder. TEXAS GONE FOR SECESSION. New Orleans, Jan. 27 —The returi frcTfii" the Texas election indicate that t| State has gone for immediate secession, lj an overwhelming majority. Toronto, Canada, Jan 24th. —The T] ronto Leader announces positively that ts English Government intends toacknowl d? lie independence of the Southern Oonfede,; acy, as soon as foi m. and. Mn.ucDoiiViu.ic, Jan. 29th —The Co* veution refused to-day to re-consider t'j revenue ordinance, adopted yesterday. \ resolution was introduced, giving tl Governor power, under certain circuti stances, to make reprisals, and also, to gra* letters of marque and repri-al. Tabled, i The address to the citizens of the SoutS and of the world, upon the causes of Geo*! gia’s secession, was adop'ed. An ordinance, declaring it the fixed polift of the State to guarantee security to the pJ manent investments of citizens of all I , Spates, was adopted. The Convention lias adjourned, to m(§ at Savannah, at the cal! of the PresiderS Hon. George W. Crawford. Washington Affairs -Ahraiam Li’ cola on the Ciisis. Washington!, Jan. 28. Mr. Lincoln b| written private letters here, urging coueila lion and compromise. lie indicates- thl the border State resolutions afford a reasoa able ba-is of adjustment. Immediately ter the- Electoral vote is counted by Col gresr, he willjannounce his vewlully ou’ti crisis, M The friends of the Union are greatly el couragcd by tho resj orises Jo Virginia’s jjjl positions. In the Senate tc-dny Mr. I'ouglas intrg duced amendments to the fugitive slave las which, it is considered, will thoroughly aS 4«iih-ctu*ll;\ j) obviate ailfe«tl>jaßt.u>na jjto tl statute. Secretary Djx has instructed the corf Blunders of U. S. ‘revenue cutters, if they vessels are attacked to make the best po s ble defence, but ,if overpowered, they mij run their vessels .ashore and blow them uS He has also applied to the Governor m Louisiana in behalf of the patients; askifl him to revoke.the act of seizing the Gc® eminent Hospital at New Orleans, and dti mobstrating _tho act.as_barbrnous and df graceful. ' 1+ Washington, Jan. 29.—0n the ISts the steamship James Whitney, arrived!. Fort Jefferson, Tortugas, with Arnold’s /§■ tillery. They will remain at the Fort a*, garrison. Capt. Brannm’s Artillery is at Foil Tit) lor, Key West. Both Forts are prepared to sustains".* -siege- 1 Louisville, Jan. 27.—The Legislatfi* have ap.pointed Commissioners to go | ; Washington ou the 4th of February Among them are 8.-ll,_Guthrie, Wyckiifp Morehead and J. B. Clay. TALLEHassEE Jan 21. —The Conventit* adjourned to-day to meet again at the calf ' the President. Hon. S. K. Mallory v# appointed by the Governor and confirm;; bv the Senate,Judge of Admirality at l\j- West, vice Marvin, removed. Butin Ilouoe, Jan 24.— The Louisia** St ile Convention ass mbled here to-dayi;;-. Ex-Governor Mouton was elected Preside! - ' and a Committee of fourteen appointed? * report an Ordinance of Secession. Tfj Convention then aJjourne 1 until Thursdfe Since the above Louisiana has secc<fj§ iftlmost unanimously. ' n St. Louis, J.n. 25. — A special dispa«; from Jackson, Miss., says that the Con vRj tion elected seven delegates to the Mcßf gomery Convention. The Convention passed an ordinance!,) raise eight regiments. Jeff. Davis 4c\ elected Major General,] Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 22.—The o®l vention to-day adopted resolutions recall® the Alabama Representatives in CongrjM and authorizing the Governor to app(B commissioners to Washington. ’ v A workman who left Fort Sumter Thffl day, reports that eighteen of bis cotnrfjfl (all laborers) will' leave this morning. H says that, the determination of the ialioH not to do any fighting is fixed and gen® Our reporter learned from him rnofl fact of som ■ siguifieancs , that all the -m men and children will be sent off tosdaj® This looks like getting ready for warm wfl pVercury Louisville, Ky., Jan. 29.—The I« tucky Legislature has almost”unanimovß adopted the Virginia resolutions, so mi strued as to require the Federal GovMj inent to protect slavery in all the Territ<®S now held or which may hereafter be acqfM ed South of the line of 36 deg. 30 nt-J and also the Federal (Government sL-j guarantee the right of transit for slave pi-: ' erty through the tree States. § The following alphabetical riddle is from the pen of Miss , of Green ville. We commend it to the consid eration of the Masonic Female classes. I am composed of twenty-three let ters. My 15, 13, 23, 4, was one of the or naments that embellished the gar den of Eden. My 12, 2, 14, 16, 20, the most propi tious time for improvement. My 9, 10, 1,1, whose voice we cheer fully obey. My 19, 9, 15, 18, 1, a treasure of the deep. My 18, 7,5, 11, constitutes the sixth part of the time in which the great est work ever accomplished was per formed. My 6,8,18, 20, ing was just before God. My 1, 8, 16, was a cousin of the pa triarch who had unwavering trust in God. My 15, 8, 18, 22, the voice of the sea. My 1,5, 9,8, 15, is what Adam and his gentle Eve were told to do when banished from Paradise. My 19, 5, 15, is a fleet conductor. My 17, 21, 1, is an occupant of the ocean. My 10, 18, 16, was told Peter to do while on the housetop at the sixth hour. My 4,5, 23, 17, the love of which has robbed many a cheek of its bright est bloom. My 1,2, 3,4, is a beautiful veil that well conceals the faults of others. My 9,1, 14, 23y 20, is the most be coming rouge ever seen on a lady’s face. My whole is an admonition, if heeded will make us both wiser and hap pier. A Pupil. Answer next week. Caterpillar’s Eues.—“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and if you would apply it in the case of these pests of the apple tree, as soon as the leaves fall, look carefully and you will find the eggs of the caterpillar in bands or rings upon the smaller limbs. Scrape them off, and at one blow you destroy hundreds of future, depredators. On small trees this can be readily done, and should never be neglected. Cure for Rheumatism.—Bathe the parts affected in water, in which potatoes with their skins on have been boiled, as hot as can be borne, just before going to Led. By the next | morning the pain will be much relieved, df. not removed. One application of this simple remedy has cured the most obstinate rheumatic pains.—En glish Paper. Horses and Butter. — A traveller in India relates that the horses of the Meer of Scinde are fed each morning after being watered, a pound of coarse sugar and a pound of clarified butter, which are made into balls—that the horses .eat greedily after being once used to it. The writer notes that it fattens the horses prodigiously. To Remove Oil from a Floor.— Cover the spot with hot ashes, and continue the process until the grease is extracted; or, wet the spot with concentrated ley, as strong as it can be dissolved. The way to success is to keep on trying. The desponding should re member that time and patience con vert the mulberry leaf into satin, while a handful of acorns only needs the fostering influence of a little sun shine, and a little rain, with a little ox-tugging, and a little genius, to be come a great ship. There is quite a novel excitement in U tica, N. Y. All the dry goods mer chants in the city, save John Mulhol land, agreed to close their stores at half-past seven o’clock. The senti ment created by Mulholland’s refusal is evinced by the congregation of crowds of dealers and clerks about his doors, in the evening to prevent the entrance of customers, and talk about him in no flattering terms. P. Strong, a clerk in the commis sary department, at Fort Kearney, was accidentally shot dead on Sunday last. DIED, Os ConFiimpt : on, in Fiiyetteville, Ga., on the 22d ult. ; Mrs. Margaret C. Looney, formerly Miss Margaret O. Tomlinson, aged 19 years, 11 months and 23 days. In the first flush of life, “ blessing end blessed," she has passed away, leaving many warm, devoted friends to mourn, ami a husband and little infant daughter to deeply feel her loss. To our human reason it seems hard and incon gruous and unnatural J.hat one so j'oung and so lovely and so promisingshould die ; and reason sinks aghast from the contemplation of the stern, sad reality. But Faith—loveliest of hear venly boons to mortal men—Faith with lie white wing fans the shadows away from rea sons speculative and daring threshold, “If rea son descend to the deep, Faith springs to the Day-star!” and we submit to it as the working of Him “who doeth all things well.” An or phan herself, her pathway through life was be set with many difficulties and troubles ; but ne’er complaining, she bore them all, looking away through the “mists and the shadows” of earth to a heaven of rest in the mellow dis tance. In the last struggle of life—the struggle with the “grim King of Terrors.” Maggie in deed proved herself a heroine. From the pains and the awful trials of. that last hour she rose triumphantly to the Christian’s Heaven and the Christian’s Harae. “ Her spirit set as sets the morning star, which goes not down behind the darkened West, nor hides obscured amid the tempests of the sky, but melts away iuto the light of Heaven.”