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(iCjjnmitlt tic JicniincL The l*u*it*%r >tHVct'af. I'Hlunuriiu. April 6 h—The fugitive stove, Daciei I’*’ *. * iai Webster, wTr‘ed at Har gburg • :*i* <hn of Mr?, fc .zabeth .Simpfcon, of .<*u • u: ty. Va , *et free this afternoOL by j s> ( in,-- j•? er Ijcugalreth, on the testimony ctiietivot a colored uq&u named Jonee. He bad ifr itied ! *-<iag e fugitive .n Harrisburg, in Mar or Apru ol 1853; tfcat be himself was G 5 year? . i hu*- bukil a hou<e abuu’ that tune, but his r.fi ry n <•> ua?*waa poor. [The ciaur.anta coc- Prdi-'i ; e fugitive Lad been absent about eix y-ar*., A c -.<.red man of this city, James H. Smith, i- wever, volunteered to go further and U‘iti&c that beenw iianie! in Baltimore, in 184*. as a dray luan, and then in Philadelphia in 18411 or 1860, when be went to Harrisburg, where he saw him in J 853 Pepu y Martha] Jeokinr. however, rebutted this, ‘i. part, by teHiTyiDi? that Daniel baa told him, on his arrival here in custody, that he had never been in Ph la<.elphia before, as alio aidothcer Logue. One of the counsel fjri.be claimant, in his speech on the testimony, pointed out the fact that they had provsis by live tr six witueeee* from London coun ty, ♦he identity of the fugitive men, indeed, who had known him well—teveral ol them from boy h< /d—and none of the other testimony -bowed the , ootrary. or that he was not a .ugitive, yet on the CMufceed memory, a b to a brief interval cf date, the fugitive was discharged. Toe hearing was continutu ail its*, night, thus the commie*! >oer sat from four o'clock yeeterday afternoon until six o clock this morning. He eem ,j t„ perfectly paralysed at times es to what his diifieg were, and the counsel for defense availed themselves of ai: his weak points. This is his first i aee United States Commieeioner. Marshal Ytal owure in fifty special marshals yes terday, the most of whom were men of nerve and prepared for any emergency. Hundreds of negroes congregated about the court-house the first day of the trial, but chief of police Haggles summoned to bis a d *< ur hundred police ana drove the blacks out of the street. Uucrc.ia M At, the venerable of the abolitionist -, -at ofcride the fugitive all the time the court was in session. She threw her arms about his neck yes terday. and said she would rather give one hundred dollars bPrescue him than one cent to purchase him. An officer removed Mrs. Mott from beside the ne gro, but she weut back and book her old seat, which she* maintained. This morning the counsel for the defense suc ceeded in getting the commissioner to reserve his duntil four o'clock this afternoon. There were many eunnisea as to what this was done for, the principal of which was that i* might enable the friends of the negro to assemble in large numbers and tlfeei. a rescue. Every precaution had oeeu taken, however, to meet such an issue, but his die charge by the commissioner rendered all nugatory. While Mare ball Yoet was determined to maintain the dignity of the law at all hazards, he had Lev* erlbeke* made up his mind that none should ex* < 3bd him in charuy. He Lad offered SSO towards the puicha*e money, $1,300 being the amount re> ~ aired to accompli j it, ana sJi'o it necessary. The freedom shnekeis, however, could uot con tribute, as they say their consciences do not permit them to throw money away in that way. T'ie evidence for the defence was contradictory and fit the most part given by colored men of no character. Daniel, tbe discharged fugitive, waa at 6 o’clock tl;ji evening placed io a carnage and drawn through ti.e streets 0y a thousand colored men. Tney Btop pid fat tue court room and groaned, but were driven off by toy police. Manufacturing States. —The New York cor respondent cf the Richmond Enquirer compiles from maqufecturing statistics, recently sjbmitted t, Congress, dome inter*sting fact.-. The largest inauufaoliug .'State in the L’nion u> New York It counts 43,533 establishments. with a capital oi $99,- 1111,4113, and pays $134,655,676 fir raw materials, employs 133,349 laborers, at a coat cf $13,131,300, yielding total products of $'437,607 343. There are a great many large mauutacturmg establishments in the city and vicinity, embracing steam engine and iron works and extensive worki in the produc tion of light and laucy articles, including clothing, jewelry, due. Besides there are immense breweries end distilleries in t-e suburbs. Pennsylvania stands next ou the list to New York. Her yield of pro ducts amounts to $130,011310. She employs 116,- i hi, laborers, counts 4i ,6<J5 establishments, with $34 473,810 capital. Her chief establishments are those devoted to the production aud manuiac’ure of ir n. Massachusetts comes tnird. She counts 8,4-j.i erftabiishineuts, wi h $83,337,1.13 capital, con sumes $8.7,856,771 materials, and employs 165,338 iaborers at u cost o! $33,784,J 1C yielding products ot the value ot $151,137,145. Her largest products ai e yielded truui the manuiacture o! raw cotton iota cotton goods, the heaviest market for which is found in the Southern States. In 1830, there were in the United States, 131,333 maoutaciuring establishments, with an aggregate capita! ot $035,143,100, comsuining materials, chiefly • olttou and wool, to the amount of soo 1,783,31., and employing 338,040 laborers, at an annual cost of $234,957,440, and producinggoods|to the amount $1,310,648,779. Os the total products ol manulac luring industry, the Free States and Territories supplied $831,000,444, and employed 034,601 labor ers Ot the nurnoer of people at tbe North, direct ly and indirectly interested in the cotton trade, in cluding those who manufacture for the South arti cles older than cotton goods, with ship builders and sailors, importers aud jobbers of loreigu goods for thu consumption of cuttou planters, with banks, brokers, bankers, com mission and other houses, whose business is chielly supported by the cotton trnue, and the growers ol gram, cattle aud pork at the West for cotton plantations, the correspondent thinks it is not too much to estimate the population ot the Northern or Free States, of all ages and sexes, directly or indirectly, dependent upon the culture ot cotton at the South, at uot less than about 1,000,001) to 3,0110,000. — Rick. Disp. Important prom Pakauuat—Peaceailk Set tlemeni ox THE Dispute.— lmportant and grati lying intelligence Irom tbe Paraguay expedition bus been received via Pernambuco, by the British brig Anu McKean, arrived at this port yesterday. She left Pernambuco on the 10th of Match. The mail from the Southern ports arrived at Bernambu co on the 4Ui, bringing advices from Montevideo to the 16th of February, t'ie tenor of which was that the ddliculties pending between the United Slates and Paraguay had been amicably arranged by con cessions on the part of the latter Republic. The intelligence is conveyed in a report from General Urquiza, who on the part of the govern ment of the Argentine Confederation had inter posed his good office-. Ilis official report of the success of his pfTorts had been published It ap pears that the Presideut of Paraguay had offered to meet Geueral Urquiza at some point in the territo ry ol the Argentine Cons. deration, but the celerity of Commis-ioner Bowlin’s movements suggested to Urqui/.a the necessity of hastening to the capital of Pataguay if he would succeed in his commendable purpose of averting hostilities. Accordingly he reached Asuncion on the ltitn of January, and was cordially received by President Lopez. He found the government of Paraguay determined upou re sistance and a considerable armament prepared for the defence. He r. present-d to Lopez, however, tlie great strength of the United States, his coufi denco in the fraternal feeling of this Republic, his belief that our government had no desire unjustly to exercise its power upon the Southern Republics of the coniineni. To which representations Presi dent Lopez prudently listened. General Urquiza next had an interview with Com missioner llowtln, of whose unanimity and friendly but diguttied beating be speaks in terms of high commendation. To him Uiquiza represented that the proceedings of the Paraguayan government lad bceu exaggerated and its temper misrepresent ed, aud appealed to him to take into consideration the interests of that beautiful country aud the ruin which would result from war upon it. He found the Comma- loner prompt to yield to such eonside ra’ions aud generally disposed to a policy of con ciliation. The parties to the dispute being thus brought into unity of disposition, there was little difficulty iu coming to an agreement upon terms of arrangement. These are given iu documents ac companying General Urquiza’s report to the gov eruuieut cf the Argentine Confederation, but were uot published with that document. It appears that conciliatory sen'imelits were exchanged between the Commissioner and the President at the former’s reception, he frankly stating that while his instruc liens precluded him from accepting the official me diation which Brazil and the Argentine Confedera tion were disposed to offer, he very willingly ac cepted tbe personal and nou-cllioial friendly inter x invention ot Geueral Urquiza. Several conferences were held in this spirit, and “an houorablo arrangement ‘was at last effected. As we have said, the terms thereot are not publish ed. There was a tumor, however, that the basts was au indemnity ot SIO,OOO to the widow of the persons killed on bonru the Water Witch by* the guts at tbe fort of Itapiru aud $45,000 to the com pany represented by Mr. ex Consul Hopkins. Noth ug is said, by tbe rumor in question, of indemnity for tbe expeuee of the expeoition. We presume, however, that that expense is provided lor in the “honorable anangeuieut,” otherwise the United States have paid beavdy for collecting thirty five thousand dollars. Tiie accuracy of this information being conceded, the acoount received a short time ago, that Com mies oner Bowlin had consented to meet certain representatives©! Paraguay on neutral ground (at t’orrieutes) is disproved.—-V. }'. Com. AJv., 6th 7 mt. Thk Kioht or Visitation. — (Am construed by ij Imdyof Bioowuburg square, tcho knotcs nothin? whatever about politic* ) —No lady or gentleman should think of paying a visit early in the morning, the chances are the ladies are not up, or scarcely recovered from the fatigue3 of the previous even ing, or too unnerved to be visible. (N. B.— None but tradesmen cal! the tirst thing in the morn ing ) If the young ladies whom you are visiting ahouid have sheir bonnets on, your good sense should tell you uot to stop two or three hours, as you Should conclude that, being dressed, they are naturally anxious to go out. li you are aceiden tallyVbown into a wrong room, good manners should teach you not to take any notice of any arti das c f wearing apparel that may be scattered about the place, for the industrious purpote of being mended. If there is a smell of roast mutton steam ing through the house at two or three o’clock, you should believe the representations that is made to you by the mamma, that it is a hot iunceeon, and not juo'p to the conclusion that the family are din ing at that vulgar Lour. If you call and tind the young lady ot the house busily engaged in talking earnestly to a handsome gentleman in the conser vatory, or whispering iowly in a recess, or looking •‘nhdentially out of a window together, you should take the him, and rightly consider that you are one too many, by retiring as speedily as possible. If you have the right cf visiting, you should tutor your aelf to believe what the servant tells you, and rot put suspicious constructions upon his answers, by secretly believing that the family is in, when he iiatly tells you they are aii out. If you are always denied admission, your vanity should not blind you to the fact that it is highly probable that you may not bean especial favotite with the fair inmates of that establishment, and you should refrain, iu deli cacy to them, as well as out ot respect to yourself, from calling there again. Von are not unified in car: v lag the right of visitation to the extent of a peisedation. If there are children in the room, po liteness should prompt you {be you bachelor or not) to take s me Little notice cf them. If you will call some dve or ten minutes before the dinner hour, you have no right to take it as an affront because you are not invited to remain and partake of it.— 7'n nek's rocket Book for 1059. Indulgence 15 Dress.—We object to any indul gence in dress that majQplstiy be considered extra vacant. It developed some of the most dangerous propensities of the heart. “ # There is a .bann ing incident in the life of the Princess Charlotte, who was distinguished for artless simplicity. On cue occasion, a shawl of uncommon worth, and beauty, just received from India, was handed tc her for examination. The price was three thousand guineas. She returned it, saying, “In the tirst place, 1 cannot afford to give three thousand gui neas fora shawl, and, in the second, a Norwich *h*wl, of the value of half a crown, manufactured by a native of England, wru’.d become me better than the costliest article which the loom of India ever produced.*’ How many females seek for the costliest articles, and they will wear only those of foreign manufacture Poor weak soul! Princess Charlotte was an angel of light beside them. We recommend the reeder to imitate the example of a lady in one *.>t the Wading circles of Washing ton. A gentietn&n ecmpliaiented her upon the i simplicity and tasted her apparel. She replied. | •‘I am g*ad you like my dress . it cost iaet seven dollars and 1 made every stitch of it myself.” It is very evident, from the foregoing, that dress is a good or evil educator in the latmiy. As such.it demands the attention of parents, that i; may not become a ard curse to children. Perhaps the tott: role to regulate dress h*. that which Newton jtave a woman who a.*ked his opinion * Madam, no dress and so conduct yourself, that persons who Lave been in your company ehail not recollect what yi-u hnd o nd'—Haipy ILyu. & Useful Hint.—The difference between rie every morning at six and eight in the course of DU years amounts to ‘29,390 hours, or three years. *>r.e hundred and twenty-one days ana sixteen hours which are equal to eight hours a day for exactly ten years so that rising at six will be the same as if ten years of life were added, wherein we may com mand eight hours every day for the cultivation of pur minds and the dispatch of business . Newspaper Controversies. There are so many ill-natured people in the world who are never happy unless they are in a bad bn mor. or unless they can get someone else in a bad humor, that quarrelling seems to be included among the ueceisary evils with which humanity is inflicted: Pandora's box yielded spite, envy, malice and ha tred, and these baneful qualities combine in tbe chaiacter of the quarrelsome man. The most charm ing and al’ractive element erjoymei.t in the oped fen MOlonoimn is tbe promised peace, which shall pervade be Universe but until the Millen main arrives people willsquabble about anything or nothin-'. The meanest of quarrels are political cod tiovereies Tboee who devote themaeives td this ennoble * pureu t. tear each other s eyes out—on paper heap all manner of opprobrious epithets up on each other, and all very frequently about mere aostractions which neither perty understands or cares about, the ever-present concrete reality being the securing of the spoils. A little less deoasepi and debasing are newspaper squabbles, which are get ting to be very common nuisances, but which are always unprofitable, aud we suppose very tiresome to those wbo read them. We have plenty of invi tations to engage in this an usement. Gauntlets fad clashing around us, or the cartel cemes to us in a neatly toned paragraph; sometimes we are rudely assaulted with uncourteous phrases, and sometimes the invitation to retort is addressed to us as “our respected contemporary.’ But we decline to pick up the gloves , we ignore the challenge, and conse quently our slumbers are not disturbed by visita tions from the ghosts ol those we might have de molished. Our objections to newspaper controversies are *o numerous, that the only trouble is to select examples. We profess to write for the entertain ment and possible edification of people of intelli gence, and to these nothing could be more unin teresting than petty disputes between rival edi tors. It requires more arrogance than has fallen to cur lot, to suppose the public would be amused or instructed by tbe exhibition of our private spites, even if we had any to exhibit. Moreover onr imagination is not active enough to create a rivalry where none exists. There are always sub jects inviting discussion in which sensible people are interested; and the investigation necessary to speak to purpose on these topics requires much time and labor. There is nothing easier than to write a flippant attack upon something or some body, but in our judgmenr tbe small space our crowded columns wi.l ailow to editorial matter can be more worthily occupied. Although we have do experiences to record, our observation has taught us that newspaper contests never pay They always remind us of the Kilkenny cat story. The victor in these en counters i; like one who has gained a case in the chancery suit, in which the costs have s wallowed the proceeds. Besides, victory does not often perch upon the banner of tbe decentest contestant, because be cannot get bis own consent to use the most effectual weapons m this kind of warfare. To ensure success, one must not be too delicate about the use of means. It is necessary to dis tort the enemy’s deliverances, to misquote, to give garbled extracts, and U> force a meaning into his expressions which did not originally belong to them. If a lady gets into a dispure with a vira go, the lady will undoubtedly come off second best, because she has not an unlimited supply of B.llingsgate to draw upon, and would be troubled with innate ideas ol propriety if she rad. While we wear white pantaloons and polished boots, it is not poiile to kick a pig out of tbe way, espe cially it be has just got up from his a item in the ditch. If a newspaper is to ire useful in the world it must exert more than merely personal influence, and in order to be influential it must be always dignihsd in its tone and conduct. There are pleo’y of people wbo eDjoy these ioolish controversies, but these are not the wisest or best in the community. It is no small matter to have a daily audience often or fifteen thousand people, and no man in his senses can remember his responsibility, (if he have such an audience,) and make a mounfenank cf himself. In his quiet sanctum he prepares au article which may be read by a countless multitude If be has spoken wise'y and well, hie thoughts will be copied into other journals, and he has thus an opportunity to disseminate the eternal principles of truth and right far and wide. So far as he inculcates these principals he will be a benefactor to his race, and if he should condescend to notice the impertinent open attacks and the half-hidden lcundoes which will be inevitably uaunc.ed aga'ust him, he would do it at the sacrifice of his dignity, and consequently at the sacrifice of his usefulness. His is a nobler vo cation, and he has no time or taste for pitiful con troversies. Something may be said in defence of these pa pers that do furnish this sort of mental food to their readers. It is easier to rntke personal attacks than to write on abstract subjects. Dignity seems to be an old fogy institution, and out ot place in this age. Young America is fjDd of spioe and pickles, and is uot fond of anything conservative or slow It seems manly HDd hearty to cut and slash, even if the blade “ falls uot on vulnerable crests,” or if the parly as saulted will not cut back. It is safer to deride that which one has not wit enough to comprehend, than to attempt a reply, and infinitely mure honorable than to repeat a sensible proposition. All these con siderations influence journal sts sometimes, and only age and experience and large circulation will furnish better motives. TLe abiding consciousness that ho is not writing in vain—that his utterances will find an echo ir. honest hearts, and perchance ex ert a wholesome influence upon men, when the brain that gave birth to the thoughts, and the hand that traced them will have ceased to labor--this is a sure safeguard against the folly aud the littleness of a newspaper controversy. — Baltimore American. bquEEziNu Hands.— By a Lady. —What an im merse difference il makes who > quetzes one’s hand ! A lady may twine her arm around your waist, press a k.ss on your brow, or holding your hand in here, toy with your fingeta to her heart’s content, but you are perfectly calm aud collected, and expe rience no unusual sensation, either disagreeable or otherwise. I’erchauee a gentleman wbo you dis like or feel slightly acquainted with, ventures to press your hand, you snatch it quickly away, the indignant blood mounts to your forehead, and with (lashing eyes, you wonder “how the impertinent fellow dares to do such a thing.” Rather an anti quated specimen of humanity squeezes your hand, you feel mortified for yourself aud mortified that a man of his years should make a fool of himself, that he should think you can really like such contact, and above all, that he believes it possible that you can like him, you are vexed at what he has done, and determine that an opportunity shall never be offer ed him of doing so again. To plaoe your hand confidently in that of an ac cepted, acknowledged lover, you are not excited or confused, you have ceased blushing continually in his presence; you experience a feeling of quiet happiness, a “little heaven upon earth sjrtof leel ing.” you are perfectly contented with everything ill this terrestiai world, especially your lover and yourself, aud yet withal it is a foolish feeling. You sit with arms twined around you—that manly arm which is to support you through life—a soft, rosy tint suffuses your face as your hand is clasped in his. Ah ! it is a blissful, foolish feeling. But let someone whom you like very much, not an accepted lover, but one who may perhaps be so one of these days, gently enclose your hand in his own ; what a strange, wild, joyful, painful feeling thrills through your veins, rushes to your finger ends; your heart goes bump! bump ! Surely, you think lie must hear it throbbing For the life of you, you cannot speaa. After letting your hand remain in his !oug enough to show you are not offended,gent ly withdraw it; bat perchance it is taken back again ; after a taint “don’t do so,” which is answer ed by a still closer pressure, with downcast eyeß aud a cheek, you let the tittle hand, this first earnest of other things to come, thrilling and burning with new ecstatic emotion, remain all trembling in its reefing place. Notes on the Dates, Figs and Olives in our Southern States— By a Traveller from the Easern Hemisphere. —We are won* to imagine Florida covered with swamps and everglades, yet iu reality it is what it. name purports to be a most blooming and fertile country. Unfortunately, the tropica! climate of this State oemands a mono of lift and husbandry far difierept from wliat our peopls are generally u- ed to. Thi3 is the real cause of .he disaffection which our migratory population hitherto has shown to a State whose geographical position is not less valuable lor commercial purpo ses than i's climate and soil are for agricultural A party in Philadelphia lately tried to introduce tbe cultivation of the ctffee shrubs in the Key Isl ands, but was refused by the federal authorities the cession of the lauds required. It seems the cramped state of finances in Washington does nofallow the encouragement of the home production of a produco which terms such au important item in the revenue of the Confederation. But there are other fruits already cultivated io Florida aud the neiguboring States, say the tig, tbe olive tree and the date palm, which off'-r greater chances than even the coffee on the low Key Llands. Tee F!, rida tigs and olives rank with the best of tbs olu woild, but are uot turned to a proper account, the Floridians cot yet having hi’ upon the idea to dry and pack, Smyrna tasliioc, their costly fruiis, nor to extract salad oil from their olives True the duty on figo has been lowered coneidra bly of late, but there is an item of import the Smyrna traders cannot overcome, this is the heavy loss their fruits undergo by deterioration on the voyage, and which at a fair average reaches 25 per cent. Out of a hundred fruit vessels which aunually visit the Mediterranean, two-thirds go out in ballast; this, too, weighs on the fruit. This has also refe rence to dried dates and olive oil. The date palm grows largely in Florida, bat the inhabitacte do not know how to fructify the female trees, as it is done in the East; cO these valuable palms bear no fruit. The date palm grows in Arabia in the immediate vicinity of the salt water, and on a soil peuetra'ed with alkaline matter, where nothiug elee but a few alkalini plants grow, of which a tine potasse is pro duced. Almonds, also, which unaccountably are still burdened with 30 per cent, import duty, merit an attention. Dried tigs, dates, almonds and e&lidoil might be shipped both to t.ie Eistern shores and by way of this city to the heart of the country, with an advan tage to tha producer, which would by far surpass the profits on sugar or tobacco, nay even on cotton, the production of the said fruits requiring hardly auy labor at all. The cheapness ot production of these fruits allow the Turkish Government and Arabia from two to three dollars each tree, a rather heavy taxation it would seem to us. New Orleans, February 21, 1559. N. O. Com. Bulletin. Terrible Afflicton. —ilr. Elliott Barret of Chester, who lives about a mile southeast of Ches ter village, has been afflicted for nea'.iy a quarter of a century, with a severe rheumatic complaint.— For twenty years, he has lain on his back, entirely helpless, a’ud it is impossible for him to lie iu any ether position. The coldest day in winter, as well as the hottest day in summer, when the heat is enough to peel the parched llesh from bis aching body, finds him in the same position, unable to move & particle even to rest for a moment. He has often .-aid to us, “If I could only turn over for one hour in the course of a year, it would be a great relief.’ The only motion of which he is capable, besides the organ of speech, is the movement of one of his skele ton arn>. the left, with which he feeds himself with a teaspoon, as he can move his iaw just enough to admit the point of the spoon. Vet amid his acute aud terribie sufferings, never a murmur escapes his lips, but is always resigned and cheerful; though his buoyancy does not arise from animal spirits, but a uaturai cheerfulness and constant hopefulness, tor are igioue faith sustains and gives warmth and c-teadiness to his spirits. This faith carries him through the heavy trials to which he is subject, and over the dark journey of his pilgrimage. —Glenn s \ Fall* Alt ss. A Mild W imek in England A late London ’ paper remarks of the winter and spring of 1858- ? 59 lin England : “The nightingale was heard in Eng land on the 18th of February. That is a remarka ; ble fact. It has been repeatedly heard since . so i the declaration may be believed. Over the greater | part of the pasturage of the kingdom the gra. s has | uot ceased to be green throughout the winter and : the roses and honeysuckles put ont shoots almost as soon as their latest leaves dropned All the j springfiowers of our gardens welcomes, open-eyed, i Jhe coming in of March. The elm. Lombardy, pop I lar, and thorns, have burst their buds at the very 1 beginning of the month, while the willow catkins have overhung the strean: >as in April. Apricots and peaches were in blocm above a week ago ; and in the fruit growing countries, where the cherr.es and pears are blooming already, the growers are in a state of high torsion. A toch of frost between night and morning would cost Lundred of pounds each to hundreds of proprietors. -The oldest inha bitant’ of many an agricultural district hardly re members so mild a season. He must go back nacre than twenty years for any winter that can bear a comparison with it. An Aged Jew®.—Mr. Jesse Trammel, residing in the upper portion of this District, who has httecr• ed the age of one hundred years. served all last week in Court at a Petit Juror. What is most re markable, he went through the i&bqre of jthe week ithout serious fatigue , bearing and eight ae as most men thirty years hie junior ard he is etiil possessed of good memory and intelligence. Sir. Trammel was born and raised in Union Distnct. in this State, but for a great many years p set has been a citizen cf Greenville District. Whilst a youth his health was dehcate—naaas able, however, tx aid his mother in taking care of the farm whilst hi* e .der brother went into the Whig army He is tall and eiender in form, florid complexion, grey eyes, and hair not entirely write. He always supported the character of an honest man and indnstri.'ue citixen. possessed of competent means, has led the life of a farmer, and lived in plain, tanner style. Kis habits have been temperate.— GrtenuUt Patrux. Lenox Collection of Mnevrb Sculpture*. The doe collection of Nineveh Sculptures presen ted by James Lenox, E?q.,of tbe New Y..rk Histo rical Society was on Tuesday evening submitted for tbe first time to pubnc inspection. The precious stones were arranged against the wails ot the Re fectory, hereafter to be known a a the Nineveh room, thougn this change of name by no means in i volves the banishment of the historical chocolate and sandwiches. Toe chief interest of the exhibi tion arises finm file lact U.at these sculptures are accredited relics of Old Testament times, surviving all the changes of dynastiee ana religions, and bear * ing in imperishable characters some story of tJ.e | past. The etory is yet to be read, and farther dis coveries may be needed to throw iight upon the myarir- legends: but if is be jeved that they wut ultimately be deciphered, and made to yield a va - uable contribution to tbe treasures ot hietorical lore. The stones are known to date back as far as the seventh century before Christ, and. as the hoary representative of twenty-five hundred years, cannot be regarded witboat awe aud reverence. When the edge of these feeiinge is blunted, aad the* spec tator proceeds to apply his cold modern criticism to the subject, be finds that the Ninev.tes had very lair not ona of art. Tbe sculptures were originally intended as ornaments of palaces or the houses of wea,thy people, and are far me re elaborate than most of the decorations which find their way into the domicil of the modem millionaire. The artist, unlike the sculptors of the preset t day, cared nothing for beauty or anatomical accu racy, paid no attention to foreshortening and per spective, put no sentiments into his faces, and was ted no time on graces of attitude. The ideas that he meant to convey, whatever they were, are ex pressed in tbe symbolic adjuncts of his figures. The figures themselves are almost stereotyped copies of each other, and it is in tbe uninterpreted surround ings that the purpose of the sculptor is to be looked for. It was upon these that he lavished his utmost sktii, aud there are few chisels at this day that could do neater and cleaner work. On most of the stones the finest touches of the steel are stiff to be seen, as distinct as though they bad been made but yester day. The wonderful preservation of the carving is not due to the hardness of the material, which is sulphate of lime, but to the fact that the stones fell inward when the proud structures which they adorn ed tumbled to tbe eaith and were buried wi.Whetr laces in toe Band, wcere they remained undisturbed until their exbumauun. Thus guarded from the de structive wind3 and rains, no virtuoso could have more securely swathed and packed them away :rom harm. The stonee are thirteen in number, and illustrate a variety ot unknown subjects. Ooe bears a triple homed winged figure, standing with a fir cone in one tand, and in tue other a basket ornamented with a bas-relief of two kings, beside e sacred tiee. Another presents two small eagle-headed human figures, wl tk offerings—a tree between them, and one in the background. A third, which is a con tinuation of two adjacent slabs, contains two double borned, winged figuies,on either side of a sacred tree, presenting the mystic fir cone and basket. Upon the eandat3 ot one of the twain are traces of black and red paint. The other sculptures art generally similar to those already described, with the exception ot one bold figure winged, and con fronting a king with a patera in one hand and a bow in the other. One ot the eagle-headed species is supposed to be “Nisroeh.” luscriptious iu counei iroin or arrow-head characters run across the centre of the slabs, travelsing the figures, and the whole is surrounded by an ornamented border. The figures are of that heroic size in which ancient art eougat to express the potential attributes of gods aud kings. They are from four to seven feet bight, with exaggerated legs and arms that wouid make the for tune of a prize fighter. Tue dimensions of the atones are : breaoth four to seven leet, height e’ght feet, thicknesß six inches, and they weigh fr om one tnd a halt to two tons each. Most of tfiein were either broken in the smash which laid them low, or in tue process of disinterment, but have been put together without impairing the original design. The Lenox collection or Nineveb sculptures, as it is called, is worthy ot a companionship with that other (neglected) treasury of antiquities, “The Egyptian Collection;’’ aud it is hoped that some way may be opened for the latter to pass under the care and protection of the Historical Society.— Journal of Commerce. The Illustrious Dead. —lt was a reproach to Virginia iu former days that bo little had been done in marble or on canvass to commemorate the fame of the mighty deud. It was not until a late period that even a rude headstone marked the resting place of the illustrious Madrnon. This stain upou ber es cutcheon Virginia has recently washed off. A hand some monument has been erected there by or der of the Virginia Legislature. Tue Virginia Washington Monument reflects glory on the pi eoent as well at the past of Virginia. The removal of President MoDroe’s remains to Virginia, aud the proposition to build over bis grave an enduring me morial, showed that Virginia is determined to guard with reverent gratitude the ashes other mighty dead, and was tbe occasion of an outburst ot na tional patriotism and harmony that finked Virginia more closely than ever to her sister States, and showed that we are yet a united people. But, though much has been done to manifest her affectionate loyalty to the memory of her great men, the graves of some of her most distinguished sons still remain without a suitable monument to mark their burial place. It has been suggested, and we trust the suggestion will be remembered, and at no distant day carried into effect, that mea sures should be taken to obtain tire consent of the surviving relatives of other Virginia Presidents aud other illustrious men of the Revolutionary era to the beautiful aud commanding eminence in Holly wood Cemetery, where the body of President Mon roe is now deposited. It is not necessary that this removal should be accompanied with unnecessary pomp and expense, but the State could well afford to make a email appropriation to erect a monument over each, simple, elegant and durable, like that of Presideut Monroe. VVe should then have in Holly wood all that is mortal of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, protected fiom neglect and profanation, and rnakiug a spot more hallowed and venerated iu the eyes of Amerca than Westminster Abbey. To this consecrated ground, pilgrims might ccine from every portions of the vast Republic, aud replenish the fires of patriotism at these holy shrines, and re new upon them the vows of love and fidelity to Liberty and the Union Dispatch. Leather and its Manufactures. —The manu facture of various kinds of leather, particularly pole leather and heavy upper leather, has loDg been a leading pursuit in Pennsylvania. Tbe tanneries, which reveal themselves here and the e in ravines along the highways and by-ways of the State, some traveler has remarked, are almost as plentiful as the old-fashioned water propelled grist mills, or the country taverns. The abundance of oak, particu larly the white oak and chesnut oak, has facilitated and rendered profitable the business of tanning; and the excellence acd cheapness of oak bark, pro bably more than any other circumstance, explain the immense production of leather which finds its principal depot in Philadelphia. Quercitron bark, which is timply a product of the ordinary black oak, is now largely exported to Europe, where it com mands high prices. The distinction which Philadelphia is justly enti tled to claim in this branch of manufacture, is in the production of the finer kinds of leather. Calf skins are made of a most superior quality, unequalled elsewhere, it is believed, in this country, and not excelled by the celebrated French. One of our manufacturers, it will be remembered, entered into competition with the French and all others, at the World's Exhibition at London, in 1851, and carried off the prize medal. All parts of the West, as well as less remote States, are chiefly supplied wiih this leather from this city. But the branch of ‘he leather manufacture in which Philadelphia may fairly claim a decided pre eminence is that of morocco. At leaet one and. a half miltto-ns (1,500.000) of goat skins are annually converted into leather iu Philadelphia; and the ex cellence of quality is no less remarkable than the quantity. The goat skins are chiefly obtained from the East Indies, and three-fourths of the whole amount imported into the United States are brought to Philadelphia. The East Indian skins are small, and have ehort hair, and are peculiarly suited for ladies’ and children’s shoes. The goat skins from Tampico are highly esteemed, being large and heavy; while those from Curacoa, though smaller, are very superior, and used chiefly tor making kid for gloves and gaiter uppers. Those from the East Indies comprise, perhaps, four-tilths of the whole importation. There are about thirty morocco manufactories in Philadelphia, employing some eight hundred per sons, and producing about a millions and a half dollars worth annually. Seveial of the firms have very complete establishments for making fancy leather for shoemakers, hatters, book-binders coach makers, aud saddlers. Both Sides of the Pike’s Peak Qtestion. — The Weekly Kansas Champion speaks of the gold mines thus : “ During the past week we have had several air'vale and letters from the gold regions, and as many coutlioting reports ss to the richness of the mines. On Monday last two Germans, who formed part of the German company that left this city for the mines last fall, arrived in Atchison. One of them says the mines are a humbug, and (hat no one can make enough to pay him for his labor. He eavs that with hard work a man can make from 75 to $1,50 per day, but ‘hat provisions aud all the necessaries of life are exorbitantly high, and the small sum made by digging wifi not meet bis cur rent exf enses He reports that large numbers arc returning, and that haltthoss there are discontented, and would come back if they had any way of com ing. The other German says that the mines are rich, and that gold can be tound any plf ce, and in quantities suflicient to pay a man with merely a pick and pan from $4 to $5 per day steadily, with the prospect of striking rich “leads,'’ from which sls to S4O per day have been taken. He says that very few are dissatisfied, except those who are too indolent to work. lie reports that English’s sons, who also left this city for the mines la3t fall, are on their way back, bringing with them ovur SI,OOO in gold, which they dug with merely a pick and pan. He thinks they will be in by the eany part of next week.” A Millionaire'with Monet Enough. —Rev. Dr. Chapin's Society purchased their present loca tion on Broadway, New York, of Wm. B. Astor, for $90,000. Not long ago they sought to pay the prin cipal of the debtDefore it became due, but Mr. Astor complained that he had so much money to take care of, he would really prefer their continuing to pay only the interest as it came due. T hey are row, it seems, expecting to receive $130,000 for the property, acd will probably remove to Madison square. Municipal Election at Cincinnati. —The Cin cinnati Commercial says ; Tne municipal election in that city passed off quietly, and the returns in dicate the election of the entire Opposition city ticket, a majority of Counciimen and School Trus tees. and a majority of township officers. The ma jority for Mr. Bishop, for Mayor, will probably ex ceed 1,500. The poll was one of the largest ever had at a municipal election in Cincinnati, and there wa3 a vexatious amount of scratching. “We’ll Marks’ This Fall.” — l gave her a rose and gave her a ring, and I asked her to marry me then : but she sent them &U back, insensible thing, and said she'd no notion of men. Itoldher I'doceans of money and goods; tried to frighten her with a grow!; but she answered that she wasn't brought up in the woods, to be soared by the screech of an owl. I called her a begger, and everything bad; I slight ed her features and form: till at length I succeeded in getting her mad. and she raged like the sea in a storm. And then in a moment I turned and smiled, and cubed her my angel and all; she fell in my arms like a wearisome child, exclaimed, “We will marry this fall.” Tae New Divorce Law in Indiana. —The divorce law of Indiana, as amended, requires first, that the applicant shall nave been a bona fide resi dent of the State for one year: seevnd, abandon ment for one year : third, service ten days, or pub lication thirty days instead of fourteen; fourth, if the defendant files a crc-s petition, the suit cannot be withdrawn by the withdrawal of the ‘original pe tition ; fifth, the’oourt to decree such alimony as circums:anees shah render just and proper ; sixth, a divorce on account of the misconduct of the wife givee the husband the same title to her property as if she were dead. Anew section authorizes the opening up of decrees in certain cases within two_ years, as to custody of children and allowance of alimony, but not so as to marry the divorced pa rents. Large Discovert OF Lead. —Avery large and rich discovery of lead has recently been made in Miller county, near the month of Humphries Creek, two miles from the Osage river. It promises the finest and largest yield of any vein yet discovered in Missouri. The laud on which it was found, six hundred and twenty acres, wae bought a few months sco at almcs: a nominal price. In fact thousands of acres of the best mineral land in the State are yet open to a’ rants, or may be bought at from one to two dollars an acre. Tee specimens of lead shown to us trom this vein in Mirer county, certainly indi cate a very rich lead. —St Louis Devwcrai. Americans in Prison in Peru.— -Alexander Kobmson. who states chat he has a family in Balti more, and that he himself has served many years on board US vess sis of war, has written a letter irom Callao, complaining of his arrest and imprisonment there by the police, and übse.,aent sentence to the chain gang for eix years. The sentence, however, had not been carried ouk Mr. Booinson does not give the specific charge upon which he wee arrest ed, but complains that Me Clay, our minister, has made no effort to see justice done bim. E. M Jef lerson, of Boston, also complains that be was ar reeted at Callao and imprisoned over two years ago, and still remains iu prison, uaabie to secure either a trial or hearing. 1 Georgia Supreme Court. Mtnulc of Points decided at Atlanta, March Term, 1859. Jeff-rson Johrson and wife vs. Wright and Walk er. Ejectment—from Cass county. 1. Enter of judgment nu nc pro tunc. An order appointing a guardian ad litem, in 1834, and an entry thereof made at the time only on the bench docket and on the record, may be nunc pro tunc, on the minutes of the Court in 1857. 4. Impeachment of judgment A party may show that the return or entry of service by the sheriff s a forgery ; and that a person appointed guardian ad litem, accepted the trust; and that such person was appointed at the instance of the inf rnuer, and thns show that the judgment render ed n the cause (a proceeding to condemn a return under tbe lottery acts, iraudnientj was paid. Judg ment renewed. Bogle & Fields, plaintiffs iu error, vs. James M. Maddox, detendant in error. Proceedings to establish lost papers—from Ca toosa county. 1. Who proper carries. A person not a party, nor in privity with the party to deeds, copies ot which are sought to be established, cannot inter vene before petition and motion, be made a party defendant to a proceeding instituted under tne acta of 1799 and 1856, to establish copies of loet papers. Judgment affirmed. James S Jobe vs. the State.—lndictment for keeping slew i house—from Catoosa county. Judg ment affimed. CheroKee Insurance and Banking Company vs. Justices of the Inferior Court of Whitfield county. Mandamus from Whitfield. There is no law iu Georgia authorising the In ferior Court of a county in which a bank is located, to levy a tax on the capital clock of such bank, for county purposes Reversed. Joseph K. Duke vs. Enock Nelson. —Complaint from Cass. 1. Where vendee sells for as much as he gives, although there is unsoundness, he is not entitled to damages for breach of warranty, Reversed. Wm Fa cher vs. Jesse Felker. Rule vs. Sb'fl'. from Catoosa. A, sells land to B ; against A there is a fi fa older than a deed from A to B, under which the land is sold. B bids it off, at a price exceeding the amount of the fi fa. A rules the Sheriff’ tor the excess. Held, that he is not entitled to it—-judgment af firmed. Sprayberry \\ aiker for plaintiffs in error : McConnell, contra. Harden H. Godfrey, piaintiff in error vs JobnT. Godfrey defendant in error. Divorce—from Gor- Qon Before service can be made by publication in a libel for divorce , it must be shown that the party is out of State. Judgment affirmed. Francis for plaintiff in error; Johnson contra. A. K. Blackwetl vs. Nancy Biid. Ejectment— from Cher.kee. 1. The verdict of a jury is not conclusive that all the proceedings in the case were regular aud legal 4. The copy of a declaration, with the eritry of tbe cletk thereon, “ established in lieu cf the ori ginal,” the record efthe proceedings in the case, as well as verbal testimony, going to show the service of the original declaration, are all admissible in evi dence. Reversed. Irwin, Lester ie. Brown for plaintiffs in error. Geo. Young, Sup’t. of the W. &. A. rai.road, plaintiff in error vs. Maltha Kinney defendant in error. Case from Cass. This was ar action brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error for dam ges, lor killing her aon, (a minor) in December, 1851. The Court held— 1. The running off of ears on a railroad, is prima facie proof of negligence. 2. Negligence on the part of the injured party does not relieve the load entirely from damages.— How far it may affect the quantum of damages—au open question. 3. Where there is negligence on the part of the injured party, it should be taken iuto consideration by the jury, aud the damages proportioned accord ingly. Judgment reversed. Walker tor plaintiff ineiror; Shropshire & Un derwood contra. David M. Davis plaintiff in error vs. Wm. W. Alexander defendant in error. Debt and motion— from Whitfield. Where a case is dismissed for want ot prosecution, the same may be reins ated at the same term ot the court, proper, ditligence being shown by the p'aintiff. Judgment affirmed. J. A. GlenD, for plaintiff; Johnson & Jackson, contra. Wm. J. Keath, plaintiff in error vs. the State, defendant iu error. Peace warrant—from Whitfield. In a proceeding under a Pesos warrant, which is returned to the Superior Court, the defendant is liable for the cost, the only evidence returned by the magistrate being the affidavit of the moving party. Judgment affirmed. J. A. Glenn, for plaintiff in error; Johnson, contra. Jno.G. S. Weatherford vs Joseph F. Shegay.— Complaint from Chattooga. lßt. Where a party sues out a bail process, under the act of 1857, it is unnecceeeary, to endorse the amount sworn to on the declaration. 4nd. Where the Court is not held at the term, to which the bail process iu returnable, the declara tion may be filed at the ensuing Term. Judgment revel sed. Walker and Taylor for plaintiff in error. Dodson and McConnell, contra. Jno. P. Ellrod vs. Giililand, Howell & Cos. Ca. Sa. Certiorari from film ray. > Ist. Where a Ca. Sa. was issued and executed before the passage of the act of 1858, aud under that act the Inferior Court dismissed the Ca. Sa., Certiorari will lie to the decision. 2nd. The Ca Sa act of 1858,does not operate up on cases penning at the time of its passage. Judg rneut affirmed. Glenn & Powell for plfts in error. Famswartb & Walker, contra. Jno. L. Cohen vs. Martin Menco. Attachment from Whitetield. Ist. The affidavit of a party suing out an attach ment must be subscribed by the party. 2nd. The affidavit is not amendable. Judgment affirmed. Walker & Stansell for pl’ff in error. Jackson & Johnson, contra. EastT. & G Railroad vs. Albert G. Whittle. Mo tion lor anew Trial from Whitfield. Railroads are liable a3 common carriers. By epecial contract they may be divested ot that char acter ; as where a party charters a car for a special purpose; in such case the Road is not liable for any injury that may occur, in the absence of negligence, &c. Judgment reversed. W aiker pi’ll in error. McCutehen, contra. James S. Jobe pl’ff iuerror vs. the State of Georgia, deft. Held : That notwithstanding the Court has pro nounced sentence in a criminal case—still until re corded, it is competent for the Court to change said sentence either by increasing or diminishing the punishment; t specially when application is made to the Judge to reconsider the matter. Sprayberry &. Thatcher tor pl’ff in error. Solicitor General Johnson for the State. Henry Mosely pill, in error vs. the State, dft’t. Ma licious Mischief from Gordon. It is not necessary to prove ill-will of defendant agsinstthe owner of the property destroyed, but if the destv ction ot proper ty was wanton and unprovoked, the Jury may infer malice. Judgment afiiimed. Wofford, lorplff. in error. Contra, Sol. Gen. Johnson. Jesse Couch plff. ,in error vs. the State, dff’t. Keeping open Tippling House on Sunday. A de mand for (be trial at a previous time having been made and the Judge having refused to place said demand on record, at a subsequent term, a motion to dismiss the ca 66 will not succeed. Upon the re fusal of the Judge to place upon record, the refusal should have been excepted and taken up to the Su preme Court. Judgment affirmed. Underwood &, Wofford for plff. in error. Contra, Sol. Gen. Johnson. Joseph Sentei plff in error vs. Wm. Mitcbel, dfft. Complaint from Chattooga. Though a special contract has not been complied with, whatever has been done under the contract and accepted, must be paid for. Affirmed. Glenn for plff. in error. Contra, Dabney. Eiiahs King plff. in error vs. Hubbard Baker. Mandamus fr -m Forsvth. The Ordinary, under the statute of 1857 should pay all school accounts tiled and approved pro rata as far as his fund will exiend without any regard as to the time when the service was rendered. Judgment affirmed. Hansell by Brown & Underwood for plff. in er ror. Charles Long, tenant &e., plff. in error vs. G. H. Young. Ejectment from Union. Judgment af firmed. Francis for pill, in error. Brown, Martin &. Reid, contra. ABbury Carnes plff. in error ve. the State. Riot from Milton. Held, that the verdict was not con trary to evidence. Judgment affirmed. Brown for plff. in error. Sol. Gen. Johnson, con tra. Paster Fleming, adm’r. plff in error ve. Wm. H. Collins, dfft. in error. Equity from Gilmer. Re versed. Walker for plff. in error. Coiiier, contra. Jsese Ilumpries vs Asa Hendricks. Trespass from Paulding. Held, that the evidence supported the verdict oi the Court below and this court will not disturb it. J udgmeut affirmed. Bemiett Lawrence AdinY vs. Allen Phi [pot, Guar dian, Equity from Floyd.—Held, that there was Equity iu ihe bill, which has been sworn off and the Court below properly refused to dissolve the injunction. Judgment affirmed. Printup for Pl’ff iu error. Underwood, Chilosm &. Waddell, contra. A Sliands & Cos. vs. A. Howell & Cos. Debt from Lumpkin.—Held, that, the appearance by counsel in a case amounts to a waver of service. Where Defendants appeared by counsel iu same action in another State, a certified copy of the pro ceedings of said case is prima facie evidence of service. Judgment reversed. Irvin and Lester for pill’s in error; Hansell. contra. John Lee et. al, ve. John Cato’s orphans. Eject ment from Gilmer. —Held, that, C purchasing from B without notice, takes a good title, although B's deed was recorded, with notice to B that A held an older unrecorded deed Judge Banning dissenting. Judgment, reversed. Irvin & Lester for Pfffs in error. Walker & Underwood, contra.— lntel. Ship Building. —The Journal of Commerce says : —Little is now doing in the ship building bu siness at this pert. Such a stagnation in this branch of industry has not been known for many years. A few ferry boats in process of construction, but an. order for a steamboat or a sailing vessel is a very rare occurrence. All this is, of course, owing to the falling off in freights, and until occupation can be t'euud lor scores of steamboats and sailing ves sels now tied up at the wharves, the ohipyards will continue to be idle. There is just now a slight im provement perceptible in the freighting business. Counterfeit Bills. —We were shown this morning a despatch from New-Orleans, stating that the country is flooded with counterfeit ten dollar bids on the Citizens’ Bank, New Orleans. Look close for tbem ; it if supposed that the counterfeit is well executed, else this intelligence would not have been set abroad by telegraph at private ex pense.—Montgomery Mail , 2d. The Daily True Delta, April 1, notes the follow ing difference between the genuine and the coun terfeit : First: in the counterfeit the upper part of the letter J, in James of the President's signature, is heavy and apparently blurred. In the signature of the Cashier, in the genuine notes, the O, iD Rous seau is distinct, while in the counterfeit the name is sometimes Reul, Rul. Ac. Iu the genuine plate, on the right of the word Ten. are two lines, and on the outer line is a dot. In the counterfeit there is no dot. Th= most important difference, however, between the genuine and coucterfeit notes is in a comparison of the back- of the notes. The genuine note, when turned back upwards presents but about the sixteenth of an inch of white margin, on tbe right hand side, while toe counterfeit has a white margin of a: lea-’ f. quarter of an inch. The mar gin on the back of the counterfeit note cannot be curtailed wit: ■. u~ c r-.cing the front of the note. A Bac h el i. e \\ oes. —What a pitifui thing an oid bachelor it, with hie cheerless house and rueful phiz, on a bitter cold night, when the fierce winds blow, and the earth is covered with a foot of enow. When the fire is out ard in -hnering dread, he slips beneath the eheets of Lis lonely bed i how he draws up his tots, still encased in yarn hoee, and buries his nose neath the chilly bed clothes, that his nose and his toes, still encased in yarn hoee may not be fr- ze. Then he puffs and,blows, and swears that he knows no morial on earth ever suffered such woes, and with an’s and oh's, and with limbs nearly froze, to bis slumber in silence he goes. In the mem when tbe cock crows, and the sun’s just roße, from ’neath the bed clothes pokes the bachelor's nose, and es you may suppose he hears the wind blows, and he sets the window all froze, why back neath the clothes pops the poor fellow's nose, or if from the bed be rose, to put on his clothes, he'd surely froze. A writer in Household Words thus describes t e personal appearance of Napoleon III: —“ He is grizzled, cadaverous, and lame id the left hip, and labors to conceal this last deiect. ‘ His walk is awk ward. He turns out his toes, and leans heavily on the strong stick which he carries in his weli-gioved hand. He is carelufiy dressed, but, though his coat fits him very accurately, he has nothing of the air of a perfectly dressed man. His figure is not improved by the cuirass which his coat will not oonceai. Every step he takes is studied, while his eye scans every passer by with a look which has something uncanny in its expression.” Operations of the Philadelphia Mint. —The gold coinage at the United States Mint for the month of March, was $ 119,519 The silver coinage was SIOB,OOO in half and quarter doiiar pieces ; $•27,000 worth of cents were also corned, making tbe entire value of tbe Coinage for the month $254,519, covering 5,095,557 pieces. The deposits of coin for the mouth amounted to $177,775. i SOITHEBN jCI'LTIVATOK. Published by W. S. Jones, at Augusta, Ua. Terms . One Dollar a Year. The Southern Cultivator is one of the cheap est and most valuable publications we receive It is issued monthly, each number containing 32 large ■octavo pages, and ueatiy printed. Wm. 8. Jones of Augusta. Ga.. is the publisher, and Dr. Daniel Lee and D. Redmond, the editors. The Cultivator is now in its seventeenth volume, with a very large and rapidly increasing circula tion. It should be on the table of every planter. Subscription only one dollar a year. Natchez (Miss ) Courier. The Southern Cultivator —This valuable Ag ricultural journal, published at Augusta Ga., aud edited by Daniel Lee and D Redmond, is on our ta ble Tbe last number ie unusually interesting and instructive. Each Department is well filled and should be carefully read aDd then filed away for fature reference. —Chattanooga Aarertmer. The Cultivator has been considerably enlarged —containing now 34 pages reading matter in each number whilst its outward appearance has been greatly enhanced by a neat, substantial cover. We are indebted greatly to the Cultivator for ma ny of the selections in our Agricultural Columns. —Pontotoc [Miss ) Examiner. The Southern Cultivator.— This monthly for April is now before us. It is devoted to Southern Agriculture. It contains much that is cf incalcula ble benefit to the farmer and planter. It is edited with much ability by Dr. Daniel Lee and D. Red mond, Esq. —Rutherford Telegraph. Southern Cultivator.— The number for April came to hand on Tuesday, in very good time. The Cultivator is now in its i*th volume, and is a ster ling, well established monthly. It is published at Augusta, Georgia, by Wm. S. Jones, at the low price of $1 s year, in advance. No farmer should be without it. We intend to give copious extracts from its ample pages, in our next issue, appropriate to the month of April Political Revival in Tennessee. As we anticipated, there was a glorious gath ering of the Opposition in Tennessee last Tues day, by whom there was manifested the utmost enthusiasm and soul-cheering harmony. At an early hour the Representative Hall waa crowded to overflowing, evincing that the people fully ex pected something unusual in the way of hearty concert of action, and rousing speeches. And they were not disapnointed. Tire roil of delegate’ numbered over three hun dred, embracing the flower of tbe opposition, and animated to a man by a spirit of determination to succeed The meeting was organized by call ing upou that veteran leader, Hon. Neil S. Brown to nreside, supported by several talented gentle men as Vice Presidents, and an able corps oi Se cretaries. Then a Committee, of which Hon. F. K. Zolhcoffer, Representative iu Congress from the Nashville District, was the Chairman, was ap pointed to draft Resolutions. The Committee was composed of the following gentlemen ; F. K. Zollicoffer, Dr. John W. Richardson, W. H. Wi.-ener, L J. Polk, J. M. Quarles, Jere Cle mens, J. H. McMahon, Thomas Rivers, D. R. Thomas. J M. Morrill, 3. B. Cook, K B. Brab son, John M. Fleming. W. B. Reese, Jr., and W. C. Kyle. While the Committee was out, Hon. Jere Cle mens, of the Memnhis “ Eagle it Enquirer,” was called for, who responded in a lengthy and able speech. Ex Governor Foote, of Mississippi, was then called upon, who declined addressing the Convention until its business was concluded. W. G. Brownlow, of the Knoxville “ Whig,” respon ded to an enthusiastic call by begging to be’ ex cused from speaking, but promised to do his whols pait in writing. We invite a careful reading of the Resolutions adop’ed by the Convention. They embody the sentiments and doctrines of those passed by the Virginia Opposition, and very probably indicate the principles on which tbe Opposition in Georgia will plant themselves iu the coming campaign— as well as foreshadow the platform upon which the Opposition throughout tbe Uuion will unite iu the Presidential contest iu 18CU. Above all, we earn estly solicit the Opposition iu Georgia to notice the unanimity of the Convention in the adoption of the Resolutions and the outburst of enthusiasm which attended and followed the nomination of John Netheilaud as the candidate. Unappailed by the power of numbers, and unsubdued by former de teate, they go out upon the field full of spirit aud hope aud a faith in obtaining a victory that forcibly reminds one of the days of 1840! We hail the prompt and harmonious action of the Tennessee Opposition, as an augury of success, and hope and believe that such spirit of determination must and will triumph. God grant that it may be so, and that the spirit of defiance and ambition to gain a decisive and glorious victory may cross our North ern boundary, and, communicating from heart to heart,descend from the mountains, and sweep to the sealioard, uutil the entire Opposition in G eorgia shall be aroused to action, shake off their lethargy, and, determined to conquer, go forth to the battle with the same firmness of purpose aud whole souled en thusiasm which animates their brethren of Tennes eee.—Atlanta Amer. On re assembling in the afternoon, the following action was had : Gen. F. K. Zollicoffer, from the Committee on Resolutions, reported the following declaration of principles: The people ofrennessee oppose to the Democra tic party declare : I. That the Union, as established by the Federal Constitution, is the surest guaranty of the rights and interests of all sections of the country, and should be preserved. 11. That while we w 11 maintain with unwavering firmness, our constitutional rights iu relation t_, slavery, we believe that the further agitation of the question tends to no practical good to any portion of the country, and should therelore cease; regarding the principle as settled, that the people, when they come to form a Constitution and establish a State Government, shall decide the question for-them selves. 111. That we are opposed to direct taxation and in favor of the adoption of a tariff adequate to the expenst sos an economical Administration of the general government, with specific duties where ap plicable, discriminating in favor of American in dustry. IV. That the Uffted States should accept the Is land of Cuba at any time when it can be acquired consistently with the national honor, and should oppose, to the last extremity, its transfer to any foreign power. V. That iu the disposition of the public lands, otherwise than for governmental purposes, Tennes see aud all the old States are equally entitled to re ceive a proportion with the States and Territories where they are located. VI. That we are iu favor ot a reasonable exten sion of the period of probation now preecribed for the naturalization ot foreigners, and a more rigid enforcement of the law upon that subject—the pro hibition of the immigration of foreign paupers and criminals, and the prevention of all foreigners not naturalized from voting at elections. VII. That the recommendation of the President that Congress shall confer upon him the war-making power, and subject the Army and Navy to hie con trol, with the demand for enormous appropriations oat of the public Treasury, to carry out his views ; coupled with the reckless extravagance, waste of the public money, and corruption practiced under the present Administration, deserve the unqualified condemnation and rebuke of the whole country. VIII. That we are in favor of a sound and well regulated banking system, the issues whereof shall, by being payable on their face at the place whence issued, be convertible, at the wiil of the holder, into the precious metals. IX. That we favor the maintenance, inviolate, of the public faith, by ihe prompt payment, at what ever sacrifice, of the puhlio debt, and no further increase of it unless for some object of indispensa ble public necessity. X. That we here pledge ourselves to use our ear nest exertiocs and united influence to overthrow that party, which, having brought the Government to bankruptcy ard filled the whole land with dis cord, have now, themselves, caught the contagion, and agree in nothing but a desire fur dominion and are bound together by no tie except “the cohesive power of public plunder.” The resolutions were received by acclamations; and J. B. Heiskoli, Esq., ot Hawkins, said that as the resolutions had been spontaneously ratified without the foimality of putting the question, he would sug gest that we proceed w.th other business. The Übair said if there was no objection the reso lutions would be considered as adopted. (Loud Applause.]. Col. J. H. McHaiiOD, of Shelby, said that there was but one more email bit of work to be done.— He proposed the following: Resolved , That we recognize tne unmistakeable preference of the Opposition party all over the State for John Ketherlsnd, ted hereby ratify that preference by nominating him as our candidate for Governor cf Tennessee. The resolution was received with the most deafen ing and long continued applause, and uinety-and niue for Netherland. The formality of putting the resolutions was dispensed with. Dr. Brownlow was then called for, but declined, and Tbos. J. Campbell, Esq , of Bradley, responded to a call, and accepted the nomination on behalf of John Nethcrlanrf. [Liudapplause.] Col. Camp bell addressed the Convention briefly, and his re marks were received with loud applause. Gov. Foote, of Mississippi, was then loudly call ed for, and ascended the staud amid hearty cheers. Gov. Foote addressed the Convention in reference to the corruptions of Government at leDgth and with great ability. His chargee of fraud and cor ruption were strong, mentioning names, but made under a full apprehension of the responsibility. Gen. Quarles offered the following resolution: Resolved , That the President of this Convention be, and he is hereby empowered to appoint an Executive Cbmmittee for each Grand Division of the State, consisting of from three to five, as he may deem best, with the power to appoint County Committees in each county in their respective di visions Dr. John W. Richardson moved the appointment of a Committee of live to notify Col. Netherland of his nomination, and request his acceptance.— Carritd. Gen, Quarles here responded to a loud call from the Convention, in a short but energetic and pun gent speech. John F. House, Esq., of Montgomery, responded to repeated calls in a speech ot great power and abounding in strong points against the corruptions and inconsistencies of the Impositioniste. The President announced the following committee to announce to Col. Netheriand his nomination: J. W. Richardson. A. M. Looney, J. B. Cooke, W. G. Brownlow and George L. Holmes. The Convention then adjourned to 7] P. M., to meet again for the purpose of hearing more speech es. Correspondence Baltimore American. Washington Letter. Washington, April 5,1859. The result in Connecticut falls like a wet blanket upon the Administration, and is a most emphatic rebuke io Mr. Secretary Toucey. If members of the Cabinet felt any real deference towards that “ popular sovereignty” which they are accustomed to declaim about so lustily, not a man of them would consen* to bold efii 3e, after being repudiated as they nave been, by their own constituents aud the country at large. Michigan is against General Cass : Connecticut is against Mr. Toucey ; Penn sylvania is against Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Black ; Georgia disclaims the position of Mr. Cobb; Missis sippi rejects the whole policy that Mr. Thompson is compelled to adopt in Administration. The Demo cracy of Kentucky, which Mr. Holt represents, sus tain Mr. Douglas’ position against that of the Presi dent. And in Virginia, Mr. Letcher, the regular candidate for Governor, gives aid and comfort to Mr. Fiovd by openiy assaulting every measure the President recommended. This is the way the peo ple manifest their regard for the Administration. A British Cabinet would resign upon the failure of a eingle measure before Parliament. The orders sent to the different Navy Yards to prepare the ships which are lying there for sea is only a feint on the part of tne Administration.— Similar requisitions were issued heretofore, and they have not got off jet- Even it’ they were ordered to Nicaragua everybody knows the President would take care to cramp the commanding officers with instructions wtich would render their presence in effective. He has a nervous tremor about respon sibility that is rather inconsistent with the Jack sonian element which the incumbent of the White House aff-cta without much expenditure of courage. This Central American business will end in bluster ** The postage on letters to Buenos Ayres from the United States via England, is reduced from 45 to X cents, and pre payments required. This reduc tion proceeds from our postage treaty with England, which gives us the advantage of aii such arrange ments she may make with other countries. North Carolina University.— The catalogue of the aboTe institution has just been published. There are at the Umver ity this year, 456 matricu lates, a larger number than the previous year. Os these 93 are Seniors i 103 and union); 119 Sopho mores ■ 95 Freshmen ; 46 Partial Course Students ; 23 Law Students ; 76 Scientific Students. 278 of the above are from this State; o 9 from Tennessee, 28 from Louisiana. 26 from Miaemippi, 21 from Alabama, 15 from South Carolina, 15 from Texas, 14 from Georgia. 8 from Virginia, 4 from Kentucky, 4 from Florida, 2 from Arkanse", 1 from lowa, and 1 from New-York.—HVtn ingtonJonr. WEEKLY Collide & Sentinel. AUGUSTA. GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. AP’L 13, 1859. Wioe.’Sefirs, &c. We bare teoeiTed from Messrs. Baldwin &. Seed. Grocers and Commission Merchants, of this city, various samples of Wine, Whiskey, Segars’ Sic., all cf which are pronounced by a committee of investigation, to be very good. Messrs. B. A: fl are both young men of well known reliability and integrity, have but recently opened business on their own account, and are endeavoring to meri f ~’ and obtain a share of patronage from the interior. They will be found prompt and attentive to buei. ness, accommodating in their terms, and reliable in all their engagements. Give them a trial. Counterfeit Bills. Thursday we were shown two five dollar bills, purporting to be on the Union Bank of South Caro lina, at Charleston, W. D. Clancey Cashier, and Dan'l Ravenel President, both of which were counterfeits. They are printed in blue and pink, and pink and other colored inks. The engraving is poorly executed, particularly the stalk of cotton on the left, and the figure of Justice on the right hand ends, and the heads of the five first Presidents sur mounted by an eagle in the centre of the bill. The Bank has no such plate, and the bills cannot de ceive any one who is familiar with engraving or much accustomed to handling money, while they are well calcnlated to deceive other;, who are less versed. A Freeze. Afltr a sudden change in the temperature on Tuesday, the thermometer reached the freezing point y< slerday (Wednesday) morning, and ice was formed in this city. As yet we have heard but little of the effect produoed on vegetation, and we dread to hear from the country, for we fear much damage his been done to the wheat crop, and also to fruit’ Grapes, we presume, are entirely destroyed, and we think it probable the peach crop has fared little if any better. Corn, we fear, has also suffered much, and may, iu some localities, be entirely de troyi and. Very little if any cotton is up. The Election. The following is the result of the election yester day for Mayor and twelve Members of Council.— Though animated, the contest was quiet, and pass ed off', we believe, without the slightest distur bance : MAYOR. Bi-odget. Garvin. Ist Ward 200 147 2ud Ward 91 140 3rd Ward 113 136 4th Ward 228 192 635 615 Aldermen. First Hard. John Foster 182 1 W. H. Wheeler IC3 W. H. Tutt 188 Jas. Henderson 160 J. O. Clarke 182 I ,) E. Macmurphey.. 169 Second Ward. S. I>. Heard 145 I Wm. J. Rutherford. Ih7 John G. Sledge 122 Jas. W. llurch 95 John D. Smith Ml | Wm. P. Lawson 67 Tiurd Ward. L. D. Ford 130 I B. Conley 118 It H. May 179 W. D. Bowen 128 W.C. Sibley 137 | Fourth Ward. William Gibson 250 I Edward J. Walker..2lo John T. Miller 227 Wm. H. Goodrich...2o9 Aylmer Usher 217 | Wm. H.Saiisbury...l7B ■ The Chess Match. The second game of the Chess match between the Chess Clubs of Augusta and Charleston was commenced last evening, Ciarleston (Black) having the first move. We give below the progress of the game : BL ACK—C H ARLESTO N. W HITE—AII G UST A. 1— Pto K 4 Pto K 4 2 P to K B 4 P takes P 3KB t, QB 4 PtoK B 4 4Kt toQB3 Qto KR 5 check 5 K to ii square P P 6 Kt takes P PtoQ B 3 7<l to K 2 K to Q square 8— X Kt to B 3 Q to K 2 9 Q Kt to K Kt 5 Q takes Q check 10— KB takei Q KtoKsquaie 11— Q Kt to K K 3 K to KB 3 12— P to Q 4 P to Q 4 13— QKt takes P Bto Q 3 14— KttoQ3.-d The playing will be continued to morrow eve ning. A Presidential Ticket.—A correspondent of the “Independent Press,” published at Lake City, Florida, duly impressed with the idea that we live in perilous times, and desirous of doing something for the salvation of his country, makes the follow ing nomations for President and Vice President. The reader, we think, will concur with us in the opinion, that the Democracy have the faculty of making Presidents out of very ordinary material. Such a suggestion will aßtonish those who know the North Carolina changling: T. L. Clingman, for President. S. A. Douglas, jor Vice President. Mr. Editor—l have long entertained the desire of suggesting to the American people the propriety of nominating the gentlemen, whose names head this article for the office of President and Vice President of the United States. This is a ticket, it seems to me, that must commend itself to the ap probation of the people as well as the politicians. Attempted Assassination. —We learn from the Thomaston Pilot of the 7th inst., that Dr. A. T. Shackelford, of that town, was fired upon on Fri day evening of last woek, by a negro man named Phil, (as it is supposed,) twice iu rapid succession; the second time a buckshot or ball taking effect in the dootor’a leg, just above the knee. The only cause for the act seems to have been anger at the doctor for wishing him to do some trifling errand The negro has been arrested and is now in jail. Religious Discussion. —A religious discussion to take place in Calhoun, Ga., on the 18th inst., between Rev. Russell Renneau, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Elder G. M. Thompson, of the Primitive Baptist Church. Such men are in great need of a single spark of true religion. —Ed. Chron. & Sent. Agricultural Society at Abbeville, 8. C. The citizens ot Abbeville are moving in the matter of an Agricultural Society at that place, and a meet ing to effect such organization is to be held on the 25th inst. Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, Attorney General of the United States, arrived at Charleston in the Keystone State, from Philadelphia, on Thursday. Obituary.—Logan McKnight, a well known merchant of New Orleans, died suddenly in that city on Saturday evening last, aged 34 years. Obituary —We notice in the New York papers that Mr. Alexander Aiken, of Savannah. Ga., died in that city on Friday last, in the 48th yeai of his age. Southern Medical &. Surgical Journal,— The April number of this valuable Medical periodi cal is promptly on our table, containing its usual va riety of original, selected, and editorial matter.— This i9 one of the most popular journals in the South as its increasing subscription list daily attest, and it deserves to be so Iron the fact of the talents and industry of its able editors, who epare no pains in making it an interesting and instructive work. We cordially commend it to the Profession at every way worthy of their patronage. It is edited by Professor H. F. Campbell, and K. Campbell, M. D., and published in this city by J. Morris, at $3 per annum, in advance. Accident. —We are pained to annoimee, Bays the Columbia Guardian, that Mr. Robert Joyne of this District, at bis plantation was, a few days ago, leaning upon bis gun, and tbe load was acci dently discharged, taking effect through his body. Tbe wound is considered very dangerous. An Incident. —At the conclusion of Arthur Na poleon’s Concert, night before last, says the Colum bia Times ofWednesday, Gen. Sethune's little blind negro boy pianist, Tom, went upon the stage and played with considerable skill, Napoleon's fantasia of the Bohemian Girl. Napoleon and his Troupe were delighted. Therese Buener, a Swiss girl, hardly sixteen years of age, has been arrested in St. Louis, for cutting the throat of her new born babe with a butcher knife, and then throwing the corps s into a vault.— The only reason assigned by the prisoner for this unnatural act, was the disgrace of being known as the parent of au illegitimate child. Gold in Arkansas. —A correspondent, writing from Wesley, Arkansas, says that a short time since s fanner living in Madison county killed a tame turkey, and, on dressing the gizzard, found a lump of yellow gravel which attracted particular atten tion. It proved to be almost pure gold. Since this discovery the whole region has commenced to prospect for gold in—turkey’s gizzards ! Accident to one of the Galway Steamers.— The Bremen ship Tuisko, which arrived at New York on Sunday last from Rotterdam, spoke on the 13th ult., in lat. 44 03, lon. 41 40, the screw steam ship Prince Albert, hence March 4 tor Galway, pro ceeding under sail, having lost her propeller. Earning his Mileage. —Ex Senator C. H. Smith, who recently died in Indiana, was first elected to Congress in 1820, He rode on horseback to Washington to take his seat, which journey occu’ pied seventeen days. The tax levy in the city cf Baltimore, for the year 1850, is one hundred cents on every hundred dol lars worth of taxable proyerty; ninety cents for city purposes, and ten cents tor tbe use of the State There were 426 deaths in New York last week. The Hon. James B. Clay has positively decli ne< * to allow himself to be a candidate for re-election to Congress. English Newspaper in Constantinople.— An English newspaper, called the Levant Herald, has made its appearance at Constantinople. This is tbe first English newspaper that has been pub lished in that city. Pennsylvania Canal— The Pennsylvania Ca nal has had the water let into it its whole length. Navigation has been resumed for several days on the Cpper Juniata Division, and in a few days boats will be passing along at all points. The Postmaster-General has concluded an ar rangement with Mr. Vanderbilt for the transport* tion of tbe United States mails between New York and Southampton, from April until November.— Steamers are to leave on alternate Saturdays from New York, and on Wednesdays from the ether side. The compensation is to be the sea and Inland postages. The Cotton Destroyed.— Tbe number of bale* of ootton burned by the late fire at the Planter* Press in New Orleans, was 4,469. Speech of Dr. Lewis. On the occasion of a presentation of plate to Mr. C. H. Chandler, by the officers and the employees of the State Road. Dr. Lewis, the Superintendent delivered the following speech. The Doctor's statements will exercise the thieves, who fingered the income of the road, before he went into power, and possibly (a very difficult matter we oonfess) suffuse the cheeks of the Democracy with a blush of shame for the admirable manp,gement of the road! under the administration of Gov. Johnson. By the way it always occurs to us, there is some thing “ rotton tn Denmark,’ when we see or hear of officers and employees of a public work press using plate, &c., to boss workmen, which it would be wel* for the head men to look into, and Dr. Lewis might probably direot h ; s attention to the mtter with pro fit to the State: Gentlemen : —l cannot say, as others who have preceded me, that I have not been in the Labit of public epeaking ; but I can say, that 1 have no ; ;• e tensions to being an orator. I have no other use for i cords but to communicate ideas. I rejoice at this meeting that we are paying a tribute of respect to a young man who has made bis way up in life on his own merits -, and, Gentle men, it has been one of the greatest pleasures of my life to see young men making their way to for tune. I could by giving them a helping hand. With Mr. Chandler iny intercourse has been agreeable, and nothing, to my knowledge, has evei oconrred productive of anything unpleasant between us. He has quit office voluntarily, ana carries with him my best wishes for his future prosperity in life. Someihing has been said of the success of the pre sent administration of the road as compared with former administrations. Much allowance should be made for the early administrations of the Western Atlantic Railroad, on account of the imperfect condition of both the road bed, and deficient ma chinery upon it i great mistakes were also made both in the location of the road and the curves on the road, but its location was made in a compara tive wilderness, and the means of gathering infor mation of the topography of the country was chief- ly from the Aborigines. When I came upon the road I was uot induced by pecuniary considerations, for I have enough of the goods of this world to satisfy the wants of the few more years of my earthly stay. I have through life (I say it without boasting) been a working men, hence I have a competency. Bat I had a di ene that t hie g .eat State work should succeed, aud I have thrown into its service every power of body and mind which 1 possessed to obtain this result, and I can say of a truth, that I have put in at least 17 hours of the 24 eacL day, upon an average, iu la bor fori ts success. But, Gentlemen, whatever of success has attached to my administration, I do not take the credit of—l attribute it to those mainly with whom I have been associated. Two of the great elements of suocess in a Rail road are a good road bed aud good machinery upon it; to make money, you must have both ,- without both money cannot be made. But, gentlemen, there is a higher consideration than money in tLi.- matter—there is a mo.a- obliga Lou far out weighing ail monied considerations, and I say to you, in ail frankness, that if Gov. Brown was to require of me to pay money into the trea sury irrespective of the safety of the travelling pub lio, I would resign in an hour. Money can tbe made without a good road-bed and good machine ry. In getting both I think I have been fortunate. I am not much of a believer iu the chapter cf acci dents—this is a world of cause aui effect; to have a good road and good machinery, good men must have charge of these departments, I have, I think, been fortunate in these particulars. When I came upon the road, the upper part es it (I tell but the truth) was in a wretched and unsafe condition. I put a man in charge of it who had been in my em ploy for the greater portion of 15 years, and 1 said to tim. “sir, you must put this road iu good condi tion, I’ll pay for it; work all the men you can work to profit, / don't restrict you as to number. If you get men who don't work to please you discharge them. You must put the road in order.” The su pervisor on she lower end of the road I chose from the rank and file. A man, who, a few years ago, was a poor Irish boy working on a railroad in the lower part of this State among the swamps, but 1 thought I saw that nature bad marked him for a man, and I am not disappointed. As to those in charge of tbe machinery of ths road, I feei that it would be indelicate in me to speak, as they are here present; but I may say, that we have had no serious break down in consequence of ma chinery, indeed, no break down at all, I am satis fied, in the departments of machinist aud carpenter. My great aim has been to get business men ; I have not taken men for either their religion or poli tics. I have been careful to se ect men for their business qualifications—men generally who started “flat-looted'’ upon the earth and made the first step on the ladder of fortune and fame themselves and, Gentlemen, it has been my ambition to let all the young men on the road know that while I adminis tered the road, the way to advancement was open to them, and I take in no outsiders for conductors while 1 have young men among the train hands who deserve the place, ana while I do this I am equally decided in discharging at once, and without ceremony, any who do not do their duly. Gentlemen, there is one other topic upon which I beg your indulgence while I make a tew remarks in regard to it, and that is the worth of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. A gentleman who has proceeded me (yourself, Mr. Editor,) has spoken of it as a jewel, yes, gentle men it is a priceless jewel to the Slate of Georgia. Not one man in five hundred knows anything com paratively of the worth of this great State work. 1 must confess that until I came upon the road as its superintendent, although I had much to do with it, that I had formed no just or adequate concep tion of its worth. Gentlemen, the day is not far distant when, (if no great calamity befalsour coun try,) if neither war, pestilence famine, or intestinal commotion should befal us, that the gross income of this road will be one and a half millions ; remember this—remember it when I may be sleeping in my grave, and one and a half million of work can be done by it; I would be glad to undertake it now, with Ihe men who are associated with me I could do it. But, gentlemen, I am trespassing on your time, (cries of go on, go on,) there is one nioro subject connected with this matter, of which I will speak, and that is, what is to be done with the money arising from the road , this is beyond my control, but it 1 could know when I am passing sleepless hours of anxiety about its success that it was to en ure to the eduoatioual benefit of the rising genera tions, I should be content—yes,gentlemen,! should, could Ido it, work 20 hours of th s 24, and to the amount of the profits of the road, add, (if Ihe State of Georgia needed it) my own salary to educating tne rising generation—for what will it avail us, though, we have climate, territory, everything in nature, if we have not intelligence. Without a knowledge of our rights we shall never be prepared to defend them. W< have, gentlemen, a great, a “ goodly heri tage,” shall we have intelligence and virtue to hand it down to our posterity! One word more, we have a government of Constitutional law, couldnot I know, that the proceeds of the Western be Atlantio Rail road, would go to teaching our children their rights under it, I would not on y labor on cheerfully, but would teach at all times the doctrine of maintaining this law, cost what it might. Mobile and Ohio Railroad. —The Mobile Ad’ verliser sayslt will gratify our readers to be in. formed that the work upon this important roads not really at a stand still, as many have supposed, but that arrangements have been made for resum ing track-laying so soon as the weather, which has been very£unfavorable for the work, will permit. Iron enough has been purchased to lay the track to Okalona,.a distance of thirty milts from West Point; and but for the wet and muddy condition of the prairie lands between West Point and Okaiona, the work of track-laying would ere thi3 have been com. menced. Three cargoes of rails have been landed already, and a fourth, which, with that already here, will be sufficient to run thßroadto Okaiona, is daily expected; while a fifth cargo, containing sufficient to iron the Columbus branoh, has been shipped and is on tbe way hither. From Mr. Bald win we learn that there is no doubt of the comple tion of the road to Okaiona, and of the Columbus branch, before the commencement of the next cot ton season. The largely increased business of tbe road has given rise to a demand for mure rolling stock, and this demand will be met in time, by tbe arrival ot six first class passenger and three freight locomo tives, which have been ordered and are now in course of construction at the workshops of the Humphreyville (Mass.) Manufacturing Company. The Arizona Expedition. —The armed expedi tions now being organized in New York and other cities, with the ostensible view of emigrating to Arizona, will not be permitted to enter that Terri tory special orders to that effect having been issued to the United States troops. The stopping of Col. Lockridge by Gen. Twiggs is sanctioned at Wash ington, and similar orders have been extended to New Mexico, in order to prevent tbe entrance of these baLds of marauders into that Territory. The troops now in New Mexico wiii be removed into Arizona if it should become necessary, and their places supplied by others from the Platte country. The Great Billiard Match. —The Detroit papers announce the arrival in that city of Mr. Phelan, who is to play a game of billiards with Mr. Seereiter for $10,060 ; and the arrival of Mr. Cava nagh. who is matched against Michael Foley. They say the differences between Messrs. Phelan and Seereiter have been settled ; that the playing will be in public ; the tickets $5 ; and disposal of the proceeds to be settled by umpires after the match shall have been played. The money has been de posited for the main stake. They say that, a few days ago, Seereiter made a run at caroms of one hundred and sixty. He made a ran of one hundred and twenty daring his match with Barney Chryetal, which was considered the best on record. Jefferson’s Birth Day.— The Richmomd Dis patch says —A respected friend, who has a reten tive memory and a method in his memoranda of remarkable events and characters, calls our atten tion to the error which i3 now current with regard to both the day and the year on which Mr. Jeffer son was born. The 2nd of April has very recent ly been celebrated as his birth day—nay, as the one hundred and nineteenth anniversary of that day i the Virginia almanacs, tor two years past, having made the blunder of dating it in 1740. Mr. Jeffer son was bom on 2nd cf April, old style, which would make the 13th of April the day under tbe style of our present calendar; and in the year 1743, not ’4O. j So that the 13:h instant will be the one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of his birth. We have al ready briefly noticed these blunders; but have now before us the old almanacs, in which the memoranda of our friend are entered, and take occasion to re fer to the subject again. If such mistakes as that, in reference to Mr. Jtff-rson’s birth day, can occur whilst some of his contemporaries are still living what confidence can be put in the chronological accuracy cf old historical records—say one or two thousand years ago 7 Arrest of Incendiaries.— The Greenville (S. C.) Patriot If Mountaineer of the sth inst., states that a man by the name of James 8. Parker, who wa3 arrested and confined in jail on a charge of incen diaryism, has confessed his guilt, and implicates two others— George J. Oberle and Augustus Weber as accessories, they also have been arrested and lodged in jail. Several fires haven taken place at Greenville, ot late, and it h gatifying to know that the chief perpetrators, at all events, are secured, and will be likely to receive the punishment due their crimes. Presentments —One huudred and seventy six presentments against various parties in Memphis, for gaming and retailing liquors contrary to law, were returned to tbe Criminal Court Wednesday’ by the Grand Jury. A large msjority of the pre sentments were for reta ling liquors. Dead. —Lord Murray, a distinguished lawyer died March 8, at his house in Edinburg. He was in his 81st year, and was the last, except Brougham, of those distinguished men who reflected such lustre on the Scottish capital throughout the first thirty or forty years of this century—Jeffrey, Play!air, Sid ney Smith, Thomas Brown, Horner and Cockburn- The New Orleans English Opera Troupe are playing In Philadelphia with decided success. It is the Intention of this oompany to go to California on the 20th of the present month. New BuokN. Dictionary of the United States Congress, containing Biogiaphical sketches of its members from the ioui.dil oil of the Government; with an Appendix, compiled as a Manual of Refererce for ihe L-giblator and Statesman By Charles Lanman Philadelphia: Lippincott A Cos. 1859 A complete Dictionary of Congress, such as the present work purports to be, is invaluable as a book of reference. The information it seeks to con vey , is what every man interested in the govern meut es h s country should be conversant with or have at hand far frequent consultation. We dc net know how well Mr. Lamian has performed his task in this book, having only hastily glanced over its oonteuts ; but the arrangement of the work ap- pear? to us to be good, and perhaps there are as few inaccuracies iu it as could beexptotedjrom the difficulty cf collating the fact-. That the author has taken unwearried pains in its preparation we have no reason to doubt, aud it is right that be should have his reward. In addition to the biogra phic ’ a„ee, there is a copious Index, contain ing inn'll in istion, not to beoblained lromauy other source exc. : great trouble. The address of Vice President Breckinridge on the occasion of the Senate's letnoval from the old chamber, is given at length in the introductory pages. The publisneis have done their part of the work well, and the Dictionary is a tine specimen of book making It will undoubtedly meet wiln an extensive sale. Thos. Richards &. Son have it. The Peotle Moving.— Conventions of the op ponents of the present administration, have been held in Virginia, Kentucky, aud Tennessee, says the Macon Journal, and a call is now made by the Whigs aud all others in favor of Governmenfa Reform, for simialar assemblages in Alabama) Mississippi and Louisiana. Tbe tone of the American Press in our own State is unmistakable on this subject. In due time an Opposition Convention, we daubt not, will ba con veued in Georgia, in which we hope to witness the co opperation of all who are in favor of good gov ernment. As it will not be a “Know Nothing” con vention, we trust all those who were unwittingly mislead into the support of Mr. Buchanan, will be found again with their old friends. Indeed, we shall expect accessions from good honest, old line Demoorafs. Oar neighbor of Ihe Telegraph, and our friend of tbe Constitutionalist, should return j immediately to their first love, whilst there is room The country has especial use, at this time for old ine Whigs. A Much Needed Invention.— The Petersburg Intelligencer says :—“A very useful aud ingenious contrivanoe, ueshied lo inform passengers on rail roads of the several stations as they aro successive ly to be stopped at on tbe route, is in use upon the Rich mond and Petersburg Railroad. It consists of a wooden frame, about a foot square, whioh is attached to the roof inside the cars—one in each car —within which are two sheets of tin, on both ot whioh are painted the names of the places on the road, in succession, as they occur. These sheets o tin are wound upon two rollers, like window shades and the names upon them are seen from any part of the car. When the particular station is readied, indicated by ihe telegraph, the conductor turns the roller to exhibit the next name, and, at the same j time, strikes a little bell attached to the frame, which eerves to call the attention of the passengers to the change. By this means, novices in travel, or passengers on a strange route, who wish to be put off at a particular station, are saved the annoyance of frequently asking conductors questions, to whioh too many of them are disposed to give unsatisfac tory replies. B. A. McE voy, Esq ,of Richmond, is tbe inventor, and has, we believe, obtained a patent for it.” Mrs. M.A. Comeygs, who was lately appointed vice regent for Delaware of the Mount Vernon As sociation, has been so successful in obtaining con tributions that it is predicted that Delaware w ill make a larger donation than any other State, taking into consideration her population. Mrs. Uomeygs has organized the State with wonderful rapidity.— Iu the abort space of five weeks she paid nearly twelve hundred dollars into the Mount Vernon treasury. The Next Presidency.— I The following is the vote to which t ach State will be entitled at the next Presidential election : Delaware 3; Maryland 8 ; Virginia 15; North Carolina 10; South Carolina 8; Georgia 10 ; Ala bama 9 ; Florida 3; Texas 4 . Louisiana 6; Missis sippi 7 ; Missouri 9; Arkansas 4 ; Tennessee 12 ; Kentucky 12; California 1; Oregon 3 ; Maine 8 , New Hampshire 5; Massachusetts 13 ; Rtiode Is land 4 ■ Connecticut 6 ; Vermont 5 ; New York 35; New Jersey 7 ; Pennsylvania 27 ; Ohio 23 ; Michi gan 6 ; Illinois 12; Indiana 13; lowa 4-, Wiscon sin 5; Minnesota 3. The foregoing gives an aggregate of 303 electoral votes, namely : 183 from the free States and 120 from the slave. Medical Convention. —There is to be a general gathering of the Doctors of our State, at Atlanta, Wednesday next, the 13th inst., lo deliberate on matters appertaining to the interests aud usefulness of the profession. Tbo Temperance Crusader, of that city, is authorized to extend the following invi tation : The members of the profession here, are expect ing a general turn out from abroad, and we take this occasion to say that every physician in the State should avail himself of the general invitation which is extended, and so arrange his home affairs as to enable him to be present. The doctors of Atlanta are clever, social, intelligent and generous; no city in the State can surpass us in the ability and character of our physicians, we would be willing to guarantee a delightful time to every M. D. ivho may visit the city during the convention. We have heard that two entertainments will be given, which alone should be considerable attraction. We hope to st e the fraternity well represented from all parts of thß Slate. It will be gratifying to our doctors here, and besides, the rest of us have some desire to see what kind of looking men ye are, who are tinkering with human life. “Send us One of them Things.”—A prominent hardware house in Cincinnati received, a day or two since, the following order: things that makes such a h—l of a noise about a ho tel. We’ve opened a hotel he e last week, and want to make as much noise as anybody. Send bill. J. R. P. & Bro. P. S.—A teller hero says they call them gongs in Terre Haute. Fire at the Planters’ Cotton Press, Nf.w Orleans. —A brief announcement of this disastrous fire was given by telegraph at the time es itß occur rence. Whe find the details iu. the True Della. — It is estimated that from $250,1 (111 to $300,000 worth of cotton was destroyed by the conflagration, be sides the loss of cotton sheds, &o. Two firemen were severely injured by the falling of a wall, one of them dangerously. The Picayune thinks that cotton might be saved by the use of iron ties, instead of rope. It says : The reason that such havoc result--’ from a fire on a cotton boat or in a cotton press, is that the rope confining the cotton in the small compass of a bale, soon burns ofl, when the elasticity of the cotton causes the silky produce to swell into triple or quad ruple of its former bulk, opening its entire mass to the air, and inviting the fire to enwrap it in its de structive embrace. Secure the bale against expansion during a fire, and loss of cotton by an ordinary conflagration Is prevented. Tbie can be done by adopting the iron hoop instead of rope for securing the bales. The most cartful tests have been adopted to prove the security afforded by this substitute for rope. At the late Agrioul’ural Fair in Jackson, Miss., a bale hooped with iron was eurrounded with cord wood and the interstices filled with straw, when the whole was ignited. The straw and wood was entirely consumed and the bale was only blackened on its outer surface from which the bagging bad been burned. The fire went out without aid, and not five pounds of the cotton had been consumed. A New Mode of Applying Steam Power to Canal Navigation. —The new steam canal boat called “Blue Bird,” reached Cumberland, Md., from Alexandria. Va., on the 30th nit., with another boat in tow. The Aileghanian says ; She is propelled by an eighteen horse power en gine, attached to an adjustable feathering paddle wheel, five feet long and five feet in diameter, eo arranged that the paddles go down into tbe water edgewise and come up edgewise—not thrashing the water as they go down nor lifting it as they come up, and the wheel is also arranged that it can in five minutes be raised or lowered so as to give the paddles the requisite dip in the water according to the drafof the boat. The great advantage of th : s wheel is that it produces no lateral agitation of the water; and the paddles always acting on the upper surface of the water, produces a current immediate ly behind the boat and iu the centre of the canal. It is claimed for this wheel that it will propel an empty boat five miles an hour, and a loaded boat over three miles, and it is believed she will make this average speed with another boat in tow. Her power has as yet been but partially tested, but from present indications it is thought by many who are competent to judge, that this mode of applying steam power to the propelling of canal boats will greatly facilitate and perhaps cheapen the transpor tation of coal to the eastern market. Propeller Blown Up —Lives Saved by Wo. men —The propeller Lady of the Lake, from Cleve land to Dunkirk, blew up near Fairport, on Satur day. A deck hand named Miller, had his head blown off, and Timothy Murphy, the cook, is sup posed to have been killed, as he cannot be found The Cleveland Plaindealtr says : f The propeller had been thoroughly refitted for the season. She was valued at about $12,000, and was considered a good,, safe vessel. Capt. Williams, of tbe Prairie S>ate, informs us that about half of her cargo will be saved. The people of Fairport have done everything in their power to save the cargo and assist the sufferers. The ladies of Fairport, in the absence of sufficient male power, nobly launch ed the life-boat, on Saturday, and went inquest of those who were floating around at the mercy of the waves and picked up several of the unfortunates. Those women must be of revolutionary dtock. Foreign Honors to Americans. —At ameeting of the Imperial Zological Society of Acclamation at Paris recently, a Society counting as honorary members seventeen crowned heads, Lieut. Maury, of the Navy of the United States, and superinten dent of the Washington Observatory, was made an honorary member, and a large gold medal w&a awarded to Major Henry C. Wayne, U. 8. Army at Washington. A Cat in the Organ. —The Old Colony Memo rial, of Plymouth, Maas., says: Sunday forenoon, while Mrs. Mary Harlow was playing a voluntary on the organ in the Orthodox Church, a large cat found its way inside of the or gan some way cr other, and carefully examining all the fixtuiee, began one of tbe cat soles which that tribe of animals are so famous. The louder tbe notes of the organ the stronger were the yells of the cat; it wa thus kept up for some time, the organ ist failing to drown out her mewsic. The Union is authorized to announce that Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, has been ‘directed by the President of the United States to act as Attorney-General during the temporary ab sence of Hon. J. 8. Black, the Attorney-General, from tbe sphere of h'a deties. •Dipping Snuff.—Ttis pernicious habit seems to be orevalent ‘o a rad extent in Marion county, Va The Fairmont Virginian says, in that town alone one firm sells lUO pounds ot snuff per annum, foe greater portion of wb,cb goes to ‘ dipping.’ In another store foe proprietor regularly every morn fog makes up hundreds of little papers of eauff, which are sold to the “ladies. Edward Everett delivers bis leoture on Wash ington at Raleigh, N. C-, on tbe 14tb inst. GEORGIA ITEMS. Singular Accident. - A little son of Mr. John Tant, residing on Wilde-atreet in this city, while running across the floor, accidentally slipped and fell, breaking a thigh bone. Medical assistance was immediately called, and tbe limb set, aud with proper care it is hoped he will soon recover. Early Blackberries.— Tile editor of tie 3a vaunah Republican had presented to him on Tues day, April sth, a number of rips blackberries. Franklin College.—Joseph B. Cummins, Esq., of tbm city, has been appointed by the two Litera ry Societies of Frankhu College to deliver “tht. an nual address, during commencement week, in Au gust next. Sulphurate or Copper.—“TheDahlonega (Ga ) Signal of the 2d instant, says: We were shown a few days since, by Wm. P. Blake, who had just returned from the Ducktown mines some beau Ifni specimens of tbe sulphurate of Copper. The selec tions, we presume, are for a Cabinet, where they will be much regarded both lor their novelty and beauty. Mr. B. informs us that these mines are daily giving evidence ct their great richness, and that the works are being prosecuted with much en ergy.” The Savannah Republican of Tuesday says : The first message over the Cuba Tehgrauh was re ceived yesterday, ordering a dozen bottles of Lager Beer,fora sick person at Waynesviile. It is ej. p Oltd that the line will be working to Fernand,La in a week or ten days. Steam Flouring Mill.— The R ire Courier says : We are glad lo learn that C. T. Cunningham aud others have completed their arrangements for erecting a fine Merchant and Custom M ill in Rome. The building will be commenced immediate .near the Foundry, on a lot now occupied uy Ji un Smith- This will boos great advantage to Rome mid the oouolry round about, both as ah ..j v.: etloi Wueat and a convenient place foe obtaii I liy supplies of Flour. The “Rome Courier” states that Mr. Whltwith, was convicted last week before the Superior Cour; of Chattooga county, of the murder of H I, and sentenced to be huug on 224 of April, proximo. We learn, says the Columbus Sen, that officer Huckeba arrested Line Sui'lh at the lv IL use in this city, on Sunday. Smith is charged wh the murder of a woman recently at Troup Factory n Troup county, (4a. The Press. —The proprietors of the Columbus Sun have disposal! of one-third imerest iu theii Daily to Mr. R. J. Yarrington, of Barbour coun ty, Alabama, who will soon enter upon his noiv iu ties. The Daily and Weekly Sun arc to i. ('en larged ere long, to about double their present size Marietta Female Collfgf..—Tbe editor of tbs’ Marietta Patriot attended an examii ati- nos the pupils of this institution on Friday evening ’art. — The exercises consisted of lnuuio nnd the reading of compositions. The young ladies ac-quitte i them selves creditably. Kuv. W. H. Ri i kkt. the Prln cipal, states the number cf scholars to be about S<), aud more are expected soon from abroad Death of Hopkins llolsey.— The Hon, l.i Ho! ssy, we regret to learn, says flioM... :i ... ,y Messenger, died Very suddenly at ‘ , ,v in Butler, Ga., on Thursday last. He had be--:-. .-• ban health for some time —supposed to k, and: psy or disease of the heart. On Thursday nip, i, ho cat quite a hearty supper, and retired to b r i, and seated himsell, as usual, iu an arm chair, resting his feet in another. Mrs. Hoisey on entering the room soon after, addressed nu enquiry to him, but receiv ed no response. Her o.i inpauiou was dead! The name of Col. Holsiy Is fami’iar to the public In 1836, we believe he was a Represenfalivt- rom this Slate, under the general ticket system, tied ha-i also filled other responsible posts. He was a demo crat of the Jacksouian school. Iu 1852 he won editor of the Southern Danner, and v.w an i,t,l loader in the Union party lio was a cleat and m ciblo writer—decided in his opinions, bu; conyii oi aud respectful in their enunciation. Asa ~< s; i he was too honest to be largely eucci sfru’..’ H ~ - was 61. Peace to bis asbes. We learn that a Mrs. Anderson, wf o resided near this place, whilst attempting tu exlinguith her dwelling which was on fire, on Srjurdav last, was so badly burned that she died in few home.—7: i faula Repress, 7th. Arrival of Prisoners— .'William A. Click,, John Uobb, Jr., and Gabriel Jones, all charged with the offence of Murder, amve-i in our city v . - e idi:y evening, in charge of the Deputy f prill’ Our Superior Court commrno.es ilt Spring a-e.ion to morrow. —Atlanta Intelligencer of Sunday. Protracted Meeting —Quite nn interesting protracted meeting hf.s been in pregr a !|, a Methodist Church, In this place, Ji.ru miy weeks. The membership of tha’ church have been greatly revived; audit is hoped that a revival throughout the town will be the rtsult.— LaG, i ng, Reporter. New Steamboat Comfany —Wo are iofoimed that anew Steamboat Company has been oi,. if.ini in our city, who propose to run the s cautu-i Onta naula regularly between this place, Ri s -ca and Calhoun. It will give Ihe people on the line great er facilities than they have ever before p ■, ,-i,d the transportation of rbeir produce .o i.ll k . and,. lum oer, &.C., to this place, the beatniaike’ in (hero kee, Ga. It will also enable them to carry up theii family supplies from here with much 1, .-'-, -,nnd with but little or no trouble.— Rome Southerner. A Ship Quickly Loaded.— -Theship Coilii ar rived on the 16th Maic.i with a load of sand, which has been discharged, and the vessel reloaded, with 3,357 bales of cotton weighing 1,6(10,(100 pounds un-1 she will go to sea this morning. She commsii ed taking in her cargo on the 21st March, a! noon, nnd Uuished last Saturday, having lost one day ami a halt besides Sundays, making her actual loru.-jig time ten days.— Sav. Republican. The Cuban Telegraph — A note from tbe op erator in this city, infora s us tin , Hym, ,j, e cable across the Satilla was compietoil \■ i,-riisy. Upon experiment, it was found to work w; , ■ml it is expected that the line wiilho completed end in working order to Fernaudica, during the coming week.— Sav/t. Rep. Heavy Cotton Bale.— Mr.A.C’ark.ofS via. Circle, writes as follows : “I believe f weighed, on Saturday last, the heaviest bale ol cotton that has: ever passed over tie Georgia Railr .4 I a per. i'ectly diy, and weighed 944 lb, ! It was nn ,j Jp, Mr. Benjamin J. Harden, cl’ V/al - r-.i-i.-.- -.t/ vd was sold to Messrs. Ship & Haralson ol thi:, ‘pl'ice and will be shipped to day (Wednesday) I, ,' ra ’ Heard A Derry, of your city. We w, uld If to know if a heavier bale has ever beer, room- ed in y our city. "—Dispatch. Perennial (uTro". —A 1-übrC’i -00 v ,u Marion eo , hlorida, has sent us aimr, u „. r of squares blooms, and young bolls, taken f,- 0 m . . of cotton that Las ii’-ed and flourudvd iu tk tc ir ’y thoughout tbe winter. They ■■■} „ t! , e , rndnot of the present year, and tee plan- ir-jm when ihey worn taken, together with a nr.mberof other-o Iho same plantation, (Mr. Jaa. A. Wigg nsj i u w six or eight leet in height. p| IB y afford evidence of the extreme mednesauf the late winter iu that lati tude. — Sav. Rep. Sentenced to bis Hung —Albert J. Lingo, found guilty of foe muit.br of Robert Duncau, nt Ct • Superior Court i3t week, on Monday morning ! ast, was brought before bis Honor, Guorgo JD. R:ne, a ?l/ eCejve< *sentonct’ of the Jaw. Tio 27 th ot May next, is the day appointed \v ilia Court, for me execution. Judge Rice's remarks to the unfortunate prisoner, and couißel to the young, were truly touching.— Marietta Patriot 6 th,. We learn a moat shocking murdn w as committed near Alatoona, an Saturday evening ltwt. One Mr. Tinsley killed a Mr. Yearwood with an axo, first splitting bis stiul! and tLen sticking it in hia body Ihe murdertT tied fer parts unknown. VV edo pot know the particulars, but learn it is another tickles fifLur,*’ but in quite a different circ *e of society.— Marietta Patriot. Air-Link Railroad.— While a:, G(uv. r villa lart week we learned that ground had actually been broken on the Air-Line Railroad and a rc-mon of ii absolutely graded in Hart county, wMle all along the line lrom Carnesviile to tbe jSavanrip.h River, and between Gainesville and Atlanta, shanties anJ being erected by the contracto rs preparatory to a vigorous prosecution of the work. That portion of !t, lying between Gaine -villa and Carnesville has not yet been located.— Athens Banmr. Odd It ei,lows* Celebration.— We iaiid that the Lodges of Odd Fellows in this city, have appointed committees, who are making arrange menta for celebrating the -10th aDnivcrrar y of the founding of the order in this country, on the 2btu instant, by a general meeting of the oic\rr in this city. The proceeding wiil consist of a procession end an address in the morning, and a Pic Xy in tiie afternoon.— Bav. Rep. A Cool Villain. —A man calling limp elf Ber nard Haas, and bailing from Augu-da, where he says he has resided tor years, was yesterday tnVd bt t ,re the Mayor for an act of coolness of which has not lately been equalled in our community. On Sur day evening last, between the heurs v - e ii/ht and Dine o clock, aa Mrs. Cornwell, wife of Mr (ieorg'i Cornwell, was seated in her reside™ e corner of Barmird and Liberty streets, quiet jy , • so reading a book, her attention wrh attracted by 8 BhKht noise. Looking up, she saw stanch g before inst 8 , r S hT looklnma ,> ‘•"ned with a brick-bat y n he “meo.ately threat. to Htrike , J( J’ if she cried out. She did cry <v a t, however, ns* alarmed the immediate neighbor hood. Two nejro men, happening to be passing by, rushed into| o them earned Marge stick, v. itb which he made a b ow at the whit* n.an s head, which, it ““‘f’, have saved foe civil authorities all further trouble in foe matter, had it not fallen ~hort of its aim. The fellow immediately took to his heels and ran up stairs, followed by the nm.ro who succeeded in capturing him. Phillip Russell, Esq., happening to be to the neighborhood and hearlDg foe noise arrived opportunely, ju„t as the negro came down with hi,! prisoner. He immediate ly took charge of foe fellow and hsrt him cor veyed to the barracks, where be was confined during foe night. Yesterday morning he. waß brought up before Hie Honor. Mayor Turner, and gave tbe account of himself which we have published at the head of this article. He was fined slfi ; n default of- payment of which he was comm'.tttd to jail —Savh Atlantic & Gulf F, A i LR oiD Company.—A meeting of the Director* of this company took place a. their office in this r yesterday, when the fol owing resolutions r /ere unanimously adopted : Resolved, the engineer be instructed to pre - pare estimates for grading the entire line of road from the Ail'jpaha to Bsinbridge. tiesolveO ‘ That the president be empowered to Put unde r contract thirty miles of the grading of foe road e Agt 0 f Bainbridge, in such manner as he may coo'dfoer best, provided the same does not exceed to.e subscription of Decatur county. Resolved further, That the President be empow ered to put uuder contract the grading of the entire lire of the road, from the Allapaha to Thcmasville. inpuch manner, and at such time as he may deem best, for foe interest of foe Company, and the; A. T. Mclntyre, be authorized by foe Board to re eeive proposals for grading through Lowndes and Thomas counties. It will thus be seen that the Board are resolved to push forward tbe great work that has been com mitted to their hands, and to complete it at the very earliest day practicable. We are gratified to see the admirable spirit that is manifested by all par ties, affording assurance that this valuable woik of internal improvement will begin to poor it- bless togs into foe laps of our people at no distant day Sav. Rep. More Counterfeit Bills.—Mr. We. W. Wag non, cf this city, informs us that a counterfeit bill on the Bauk ot fcavaLnah was lendered to him iapt night, eo poony executed and so different from the genuine that itd dpuriousnesd was readily deleted It wee a one dollar changed to a ten by tbe follow fog alterations The genuine ten has a vignette of a woman in a pitting posture ; the counterfeit baa a won,an stand lug. The genuine ten has the woul “Banh nf bavannah’ in open light-faced type , wberea foe Counterfeit has them in block type as on the one dollar bills Ihe genufoo ten has the word ‘-ten” in figures on each corner ; while the oeuoleifoit has on foe est hand corner the word “ten” printed and the letter X in the right hand corner. ’ We publish this information for the benefit „s those who handle rnuob money. For our par? get such a smafl quantity we shall not bother greariv about the difference between counterfeit inX genuine bills.-tfacor. state Pres^th