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“Certainly, certainly,” cried Mr. White; “ but am 1 awake ! is it possible that there is such deceit in woman, such a mercenary spirit in man ! So you are to marry this suitor before he discovers your property, and then endure the taunts and well merit ed abuse of a disappointed foitun Imnternfl your life? Thank Heaven. lean still pro vide yon all things necessary, and shield you from such a fate. Hut it may be, Lucy, that Mr. Devereau truly loves you, and will wish to take you as you are. ’ “ I will never be his wife, father,” she answered ; “he will not desire if. 1 mark ed his air of consternation as be surveyed our neat parlor.” That evening as lie and Lucy sat at the roseclustered window, she mentioned the difference of her circumstances now, ftom what they were when she parted from him. “Yes,” he replied, “ you really look like a little rustic ; there is no taste among these country trumperies. 1 wonder you could leave your excellent aunt to drudge nftor such an invalid rustic as you call mother, there.” •• Mr. Devereau l” cried Lucy, rising from her chair with an aiv of lofty majesty, ■’ my parents are noble. 1 heir sis the no bility of truth and honor, of disinterested ness and piety. lam proud of my mother, sir: while the name of tny aunt must ever bring a pang to my heart, and a blush to my cheek. There, sir, read this letter.” Mr. Devereau read; muttered a few curses on woman ; told Lucy that she must henceforth regard him as a stranger, and early in the morning took his departure. Lucy White became in time the happy wife of her faithful Theodote Sheldon, and had reason to be proud of him as one of the first and most honored of her country’s rep resentatives. Mrs. Clarendon, after weary ing out all her fashionable relatives, was glad to find a shelter under Mrs. White’s humble roof, where she forgot her pride, and became useful and happy. Mr. Her bert Delancey Devereau very naturally fin ishing a course of frivolity and dissipation with crime, ended his career a vagabond from justice in a foreign land. Mrs. Lucy Sheldon has three beautiful daughters, who are pious, learned and accomplished ; but she resists all the entreaties of her city ac quaintances to give them a fashionable edu cation, declaring that her prayer to heaven, is, that the Lord will never return to her own lip the bitter cup which her dear mo ther once drank at the hand of an Educa ted Daughter. [M Hints to Young Farmers. — Culture of the Mind. —You know well that one piece of land, a garden for instance, yields vastly more than another piece of ground of equal natural fertility. And you know equally well, that one man abounds more in knowl edge and usefulness, than another to whom nature has been like bountiful. It is culture it is the industry and perseverance of man exerted in one case and not in the othei, and produces the marked contrast in both. The cultivator is sure to be rewarded in har vests, for the care and labor which he be stows upon his soil—and the reward is no less certain to him who devotes his leisure hours to the culture of his mind. The soil administers to our animal wants. Knowl edge not only greatly assists in supplying these wants, but is the primary source of in tellectual wealth, which dollars alone cannot give ; and when consorted with good habits, tends to refine, elevate and distinguish men above their fellows. Talent is not heredita ry. You will see, on looking around, that most of the distinguished men of our coun try have sprung from humble and obscure parentage. They aro indebted for present distiention, to the culture which they them selves have bestowed upon their minds.— The road to usefulness ar.d honorable dis tinction is equally open to you, and the time has arrived when you must decide, whether you will compete for the noble prize. If yon wislijto be prosperous in your busi ness to know and profit by the improve ments ot the agp, cultivate your mind ; for this is the great labor saving machine. If you wish to see your children intelligent, thriving and respected teach them, by exam ple, to cultivate the mind. If you would he useful to your friends and merit the confi dence and esteem of your neighbors, seek early to qualify yourselves for the duties of social life, by the culture of the mind. If you aspire to intellectual enjoyments which flow from the study of the material world from the order, harmony and beauty, which meets us in every walk, iu the manifold and won derful works of the Creator,’ cultivate the mind. But knowledge is not always wisdom, and therefore, he as set upulous in regard to your studies, as you are iu regard to the seed which you desposite in the soil. You will reap whatever you sow ; and the mind is as liable to be cumbered with weeds as is the soil. Read, therefore what tends to instruct you in your business, to establish you in good habits, and to fit you for the responsible du ties of life. Acquaint yourselves with the inventions and improvements of modern art. Make yourselves acquainted with the gen eral facts of science, with the wondrous laws by which the Almighty governs all things around us; and with the endless illus trations of laws, in the world and all its parts. The facts of natnral history will afford abun dant matter for agreeable and useful knowl edge. The plants, the animals, the miner als, the soil of your country and of other countries—the changes of the seasons the make ami composition of all that surtound you, duly observed, and made the subject of reading, of conversation, of reflection, will at once store your mind and raise’.your ideas of the wisdom and goodness of Him who form ed you such as you are. Temperance, self government, and moderation, avoidance of nil abuse of the body, are written in the Very make of the body itself. And it will heuce plainly appear, that when our Maker pays, abstain from all impurity, he does hut eay, “Do thyself no harm.” Who aims gt excellence will be above mediocrity ; who pt mediocrity will fall short of it. Tie thermometer at Belfast, Maine, ot) the 29th ultimo, stood at 12“ below zero. Roger Sherman was naturally possess ed of strong passions; but over these he at i length obtained an extraordinary control.— ; He became habitually calm, sedate, and self ! possessed. He was one of those men who are not ashamed to maintain the forms of re ligion *u his family. One morning he call ed them together, as usual, to lead them in prayer to Hod ; the “ old family Bible” was brought out and laid on the table, Mr. Sherman took his seat, and beside him pla , red one of his children, astnal! child—a child : of his old age; the rest of the family were seated round the room ; several of these ware now grown up. Besides these, some of the tutors of the college were boarders in the family, and were ’'resent at the time al luded to. His aged and now superannua ted mother occupied a corner of the room, opposite the place where the distinguished Judge of Connecticut sat. At ‘length he opened the Bible and began ( to read. The child, which was seated he | side him, made some little disturbance, up on which Mr, Slu r.nan paused and told it to be still. Again he proceeded ; hut again he paused to leprimand the little offender, whose playful disposition would scarcely I permit it to be still. At this time he gently tapped its ear. The blow, if it might he called a blow, caught the attention of his aged mother, who now, with some effort, rose from her seat, and tottered across the room. At length she reached the chair of Mr. Sherman, and in a moment unexpected ly to him, gave him a Mow on the ear, with all the power she could summon. “ There,” said she “ you strike your child, and I will strike mine!” For a moment the blood was seen rush ing to the face of Mr. Sherman ; hut it was only for a moment, when all was calm and mild as usual. He paused —he raised his spectacles—he cast his eyes upon his moth er—again it fell upon the book, from which he had been reading. Not a word escaped him ; but again he calmly pursued the ser vice, and soon after sought, in prayer, an ability to set an example before his house hold, which should be worthy of their imita tion. Such a victory was worth more than the proudest victory ever achieved in the field of battle. Short Den/s. —The days are so short at both ends, just now, that there is no middle at all —morning and night fairly dovetail to gether. We get off our roost in the morn ing with the rest of the chickens—put on our he-pantalettes—go to glass and fix the vegetation about the caput —then turn round and hump our nasal protuberance right smack against sundown. We then take a slice of bread and toast it—(that’s break . fast) —lay a bit of meat upon it—(that’s din ner) —place anotherslice of bread, soaked in tea, top of that—(which is supper)—then devour the whole, and goto bed again. Oh, these January dribblets of light, called days, are so insignificant that it’s hardly worth ono’s while to get up at all: hut lie dor mant, like a woodchuck in winter. As we heard a Paddy’ remark yesterday, “And faith the days are nothing at all, at all. Be me soul, it’s dark before it's light. — Sunday Mercury. An attempt at Murder and Robbery. —We have just been informed by a gentleman from .Milledgeville, that on Saturday night last, Dr. Taylor of this county, while travel ing after dark, near the half-way house, be tween Milledgeville and Macon, met a man, who was on foot, with a gun on his shoulder, and had passed him but ten or fifteen steps, when he was fired upon, and dangerously wounded, fifteen or sixteen buck shot enter ing his back. The assassin proceeded to rob him of what valuables were to be found up on his person, and made his escape, leaving Mr. Taylor in a state of insensibility.—San dersvillc Telescope, ‘3rd inst. The first of the year opens for the eighth time upon us, with the Seminole within our border. He stridesupon the land and builds his camp fires as of old—his rifle is heard in the hammock and pine barren, and the bugle and the drum, the armed rider, and glitter ing bavonet, still remind us that war is in our path. Shall we hope for peace —and that the soil shall no longer drink the blood of our people, and the white man shall walk undisturbed over the breadth and length of the land 1 We may—ami the Young Sol dier of Chippewa will have hound another laurel on his brow from the land of flowers and blood— Florida. — St. Augustine News. To cure Sheepskins with the wool On. — Take a spoonful of alum and two of salt peter; pulverize and mix well together, then sprinkle the powder on the flesh side of the skin, and lay the two flesh sides togeth er, leaving the wool out side. Then fold up the skin as tight as you can and ha rig it in a dry, place in two or three days, as soon as it is dry, take it down, and scrape with a blunt knife till clean and supple. This compleets the process, and makes you a most excellent saddle cover. If when you kill your mutton you treat the skins this way, you can get more for them from the saddler than you can get for the wool and skin sep arately disposed of otherwise. N. B. Othei skins which you desire to cure with the fur or hair on, may be treated the same way. Industry. —Every young man should re member that the world always has and al ways will honor industry. The vulgar and useless idler whose energies of mind and body are rusting for want of exercise—the mistaken being who pursues amusement as a relief to his enervated muscles, or engages in exercises t lat produce no useful end, muy ! look with scorn on the smutty laborer en gaged in his toil. But his scorn is praise. Ilisccmtempt is an honor. Honest industry will secure the respect of the wise and good among men, and yield the rich fruit of an easy conscience and give that hearty self re spect which is above all price. Toil on then young men. Be diligent in business. Improve the heart and the mind and you will find the well-spring of enjoy | ment in your own soul and secure the confi deuce and respect of all those whose respect ’ is worth ajteflbrt to obtaid. B<Duni>aiißißH sa as©Ha il il Sweet pot atoe Cos fee. —Sometime ago we saw in a Memphis paper, a recommendation of sweet potatoes as a substitute for coffee. The freak took us a day or two since, to make a trial of it, by way of experiment. Yesterday morning we drank of‘the pro ceeds’at braekfast, and hope to do so this morning. A middle size sweet potatoe was prepared, and then, while in the raw state sliced. These slices were then cut across wise, so that when the operation was over the pieces were square and precisely of the magnitude of ordinary dice. These were then toasted slowly over a fire, as one does coffee. The moisture of the potatoe gradu ally evaporated, and m about the time that coffee would he prepared for the mill, the potatoe substitute wu®ready for the same process. The grinding was carried on easily and perfectly, and the grains came out pret tily from the mill. The beverage was made yesterday by the French method ofdrippitig, and we have seldom drank a cup with great er pleasure. This potatoe coffee is as strong and dark in appearance as any other, and only differs in taste from “ Havana,” by reason of a slight resemblance to cocoa. It takes very little sugar, and is a substantial, cheap, and no doubt, healthy drink. Who else tries it 1 It is better coffee than we ever drank in North or South Carolina, Georgia or Ala bama, at any breakfasting house on a route, and we would particularly recommend it to the landlady on the southern bank of the Roanoke. We hope to see our planters try it, and doubt that many who live far from or inconvenient to market, will dr well to introduce it. Poor people in tin city can make coffee for a week, with a pic ay lie’s worth of sweet potatoes. — N. (J. Crescent. Attention. —The following does justice t > the feeling of moral propriety which we tru.-t will ever reign predominent in the mitnl and conduct of every American woman ; 1 “Why did you not take the arm of my brother last night ?” said a young lady to her friend, a very intelligent giri about nine teen, in a large town in New Hampshire, “ Because,” she replied, “ I knew himtto be a licentious man.” “ Nonsense,” was the reply of the sister, “ If you refuse the attentions of all licentious men, you will have none I can assure youi v “ Very well,” said she, “ then I can dis pense with them altogether, for my resolu tion is unalterably fixed.” Comfort. —People’s ideas of comfort vary. A celebrated hangman in England, showing the gallows attached to Newgate, observed to the bystanders that he had hung twenty persons on it at one time ! Someone sug gested that it was too small. “ Oh, no! bless your honor,’’said the hangman,“twenty five people could swing on that gallows comfortably /” The Comet. —A late French paper says that the brightness of anew Comet in Draco, has, up to the pesent time, gone on increas ing as to its nucleus, but there has been no increase in its tail. Its passage to perihe lium will take place in December; audit will continue approaching towards the earth until the 15th inst. From its elements, it is calculated to be the return of the same com et seen in China in 1301, it having thus made a travel, since that time, ot more than 500 years. National Peculiarities. —There are cer tain peculiarities of language which distinct ly mark the difference between an English man and an American. For instance when an Englishman wishes to offer a wager, he says, “ I’ll lay what you like.” The Amer ican, “ I’ll bet you a dollar.” “We went on a jolly spree,” says Jonathan. “We had a bit of p. lark,” says Johnny Bull. Am. —“ I’m busy now.” Eng. —“ I’m busy ;W now.” Am. —“ He’s an odd chap.” Eng. —“ He’s a rum customer.” Am. —“He g>t very angry.” Eng. —“ He got so wild !” Am. —“ Well, ye see, we went then, ye see.” Eng. —“ Well, ye know', we went back, ye know,” &c. The English generally use the word “ clever” in its proper sense, whereas we substitute “ smart;” but how the Cockneys ever come to pronounce hill, “ ill,” and ill, “hill,” and say nothink instead of “ noth ing,” is more than we can imagine.— Sun day Mercury. Legalised and. systematic Robbery. — The Deeds of Abolition. —The persons whoi are called a Vigilance Committee of the Aboli tionists at Albany, have published a full re port of their doings in relation to slaves du ring the past year. They state that they have aided about three hundred and fifty runaway negroes since the opening of navi gation last spring. Os these fugitives about 150 were men, 150 women, and 50 children. Most of them came from Virginia, Mary land and the District of Columbia, and near ly ot quite a hundred from Washington and Georgetown. These fugitives have gone chiefly to Canada, and the sum of SSOO has been expended for their hoard, passage, and expenses. A Novel Sight—Temperance among the Indians. —After the conclusion of the Trea ty with the Chippewas, on Lake Superior, a Temperance meeting was held, speeches made by the Government Agent, Mr. Stu art; by Win. Brewster, agent of the Amer ican Fur Cos.; by Mr. Platt, Attorney Gen eral of Michigan, and by a large number of warriors. A great many signed the pledge, and Mr. Brewster pledged those present that the American Fur Company would send no more whiskey into the Indian country. — Temperance has thus outstripped civiliza tion. —r""~7 — . 1 ’ There is something in the rich endow ment of a woman’s love, which exceeds all human bliss. llow low is ambition, how poor are riches, how insipid is pleasure, when void of this enlivening spirit! Love cannot be deemed a distinct passion, but ra ther the informing soul of every other senti ment of affection in the human breast. It refreshes labor, relieves care, and gives en joyment to pleasure. It not only inspires our morals, but our religion is cold philoso phy without it. ” Abolition Hi Massachusetts. —Petitions are in circulation in every town of Massa chusetts, intended to be sent to the State legislature and to congress. That to the state is to the following effect: “1. To forbid all persons holding office under any law of this state, from in any way, ! officially, or under color of office, aiding or abetting the arrest and detention of any per son claimed as a fugitive from slavery. To forbid the use of our jails, or pub lic property of any description whatever, within the Commonwealth, in tho detention of any alleged fugitive from slavery. “3. To propose such amendments to the Constitution of the United States as shall forever spperate the people of Massachusetts from all jtonndfcion with slavery.” The petition to congresses substantially the samq as the third resolution. If it wjere competent for congress to grant the last prayer, (which it seems is now most fervently put up,) and “forever seperate the people of Massachusetts from all connexion with tlively,” those good people would be at once cut off from the cotton they wear and spin—from the sugar, and coffee, and mo lasses they consume ; : and they would he de prived of the privilege which their benevo lence makes so dear to their hearts—that of clothing in coarse woollens and coarse cot tons the poor slaves from whom they would “forever separate,” cutting “ all connexion.” If congress could thus tabooMassacliusetts.if it were only forsix months, vve think petitions ofanqther strain would soon come in cargoes to congress. We are almost sorry the Con stitution forbids the experiment.—Philadel phia Ledger. The Mormon temple atNauvoo, the most spacious building in Illinois, has been com pleted. Its cost was rising Joe Smith is now erecting another building on a like scale of cost and splendor, as a public hotel, to he called the “ Nanvoo House.” The scathing exposition of his knavish im postures seems to have very little effect upon his success. “Come, gather round the blazing hearth, And with reflection temper mirth ” THE HOUR FOR PRAYER. I loved to steal awhile away From every cumb’ring care, And spend the hours of parting day In humble, grateful prayer. How quietly the still hour of twilight steals on. The sun’s last golden ray, which lingered so long upon the Eastern moun tains, as “if parting were sweet sorrow,” lias disappeared. The last rosy tint is fa ding from the evening cloud. A deeper shadow settles over the valley. One by one, night’s unwearied watcher’s shine out in the “ far off” depths.” The bird folds its weary wing within its little nest. The murmur of the bee is still. “ The busy hum of man” is hushed. For a brief space the restless world repose. It is the hour of prayer and meditation—the Sabbath of the day. “A!! is so stiil, so soft in earth and air, You scarce would start to meet a spirit there, Secure, that naught ofsvil could delight To walk in such a scene on such a night.” It breathes its own blessed quiet over the Christian’s spirit, and disposes him to deep and earnest comrnunings with himself, and with his Father. The world loses its hold upon his heart—wealth, pleasures, honors, earth’s vain array, seem now but what they are—illusions, fleeting shadows, cares and vexations, which perhaps too much occupi ed his mind, and ruffled his temper during the day, now sink into their real insignifi cance. He lifts his eyes to the magnificent firmament above him, and feels he is but a speck, an atom, in the vast creation; he thinks of his immortal spirit, and the price less ransom paid for it, and knows it out weighs the worth of worlds. Then serious, but pleasant thoughts pos sess his mind ; the rapid flight of time; how soon its last hour shall have struck for him ; and his ransomed spirit, breathing its last prayer, and dropping its frail tabernacle, shall use to its blissful home in heaven. Oh, what light breaks upon the tomb! what an effulgence of glory beams beyond it. His is indeed the common lot, “ ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” and the clods of the valley are piled upon his once living, breathing form. But what then! It is only the senseless clay which moulders there : death cannot touch the immortal spirit; that is not shroud ed in the grave. But the twilight fades, darkness gathers, a deeper silence pervades all nature. It is to him the “still small voice” of his Father, and he “ wraps his face in his man tle,” and bows down to prayer. There is a power in the voiceless elo quence of the hour, even for the worldling. Its gentle influence, like a messenger from Heaven, breathes on his unquiet spirit, and the warring elements within are hushed.— Unwonted thoughts press upon his mind. — The bubbles he has just been so eagerly pur suing, seem now but bubbles. He throws hack a hasty glance to wasted weeks, months, years, that arc gone like a vision of the night, never to he recalled. Life, life ! oh, what a vapor ! ’tis a quick ly passing dream; toil and care, jealousy and strife, hopes and fears, a weary struggle for some unsubstantial good, have made up almost its sum. Ah, how seldom are its early promises fulfilled ; even if the world spread all its gifts before men, yet they are transient as the morning dew. Yes, the Christian has chosen “ the better part;” his hope shall not fade away. Well, well, when I reach that envious elevation ; when 1 have gathered a little more wealth; when I have brought a few more worldly schemes to a successful termination, then my affections shall loose their hold upon the world ; I will be a Christian. Ah, how many have such promises and such reasonings beguiled of Heaven ! Youth and Marriage. —Youth is easily attracted and decided soon. It forgets that the fanciful preference of a moment may not safely determine the prospects of a life. It is unmindful that, looking to this world merely, occasions will come for which the graces of the ball room are no sort of pre pnrntion. It rashly takes the eyes which ran sparkle in their morning brilliancy, for those which will weep meekly in sorrow, and kindle with a steady encouragement in the midst of care, and hold a light which can cheer, when all other light on earth has wax ed him. It is so wild as to mistake the flat terer of the hour for the same being who will be the ministering angel of sickness and decline. It needs to be reminded, that if there is any engagement in life, which is not to be formed under the arbitration of caprice, it is that which is not dissolved, till the parting shall come at the laden bier, and the open grave. It must be conjured to re member that if there is any step in lift; which requires beyond others to be made rever ently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, prayer fully, and in fear of God, it is that step which day by day is the most inconsiderate ly taken.— Dr. Palfrey. . Wedded Lore. —Oh, conceive the happi ness to know someone person dearer to you than your own self—some one breast irto which you can pour every thought, ev ery grief, every joy ! One person, who, if all the rest of the world were to calumniate or forsake you, would never wrong you by a harsh thought or att unkind word ; who would cling to you the closer in sickness, in poverty, in care, who would sacrifice all things for you, aVid for whom you would sacrifice all; from whom, except by death, night or day, you can never be divided ; whose smile is ever at your hearth ; who has no tears while you are well and happy, and you love the same. Such is marriage, if they who marry have hearts and souls to feel that there is no bond so tender and so sublime.— Buluer. A Word, to Boys. —Begin in early life to collect libraries of your own. Begin with a single book ; and when you find, or hear of any firstrate book, obtain it, if you can. Af ter awhile get another, as you are able, and be sure to read if. Take the (test care of your books ; and in this way, when you are men, you will have good libraries in your heads, as well as on your shelves. MEns@©HEsumyo PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AT THE VERY LOW PRICE OF TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS TER ANNUM —ONE DOL LAR AND FIFTY CENTS FOP. SIX MONTHS ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. MADISON, GEO : SsiinriSay, January £4, 1843. { =* Mr. Jackson Barnes, Book -seller and Stationer, East side of .Mulberry-street, Macon, is our duly authorized Agent in that city. (U 3 Mr. W. T. Young, of Eatonton, Put nam County, is an authorized Local and Traveling Agent for this paper- TRAVELING AGENTS. The following gentlemen are authorized Traveling Agents for the “Southern Miscellany.” Mr. William M. Day. Mr. Russell J. Miller. Mr. Lvford A. Chaney. Mr. A. ill. Gresham. Mr. Avington IF. Harper. Mr. Jared E. Kirby. COTTON MARKET. ( The arrivals for several days past have been large. Yesterday, more was offered than usual. A slight decline is manifested in consequence of accounts from the markets below. Principal sales are from 4to 5| — G cents has been paid during the week for choice, though about 4J is the average for fair cotton. Columbus, Jan. 11. —Prices range from 24 to 5 cents. COTTON CROPS. The following statement shows the num ber of bales of cotton received in Madison, during the months of September, October, November and December, contrasted with the receipts of the same months, in Greens borougli, in 1839, the year of the great crop. Greensboro’ 1839. Madison 1842. September, 124 1,859 October, 799 4,557 November, 6,238 5,688 December, 6,G22 4,920 13,783 17,354 Difference in favor of 1842, 3,571. ELECTION. An election will be held at tbe Court House on Saturday next, for five Commis sioners of the town of Madison. We mean no disparagement to those gentlemen who have served during the past year —for ought \vc know, they have given general satisfac tion ; but we take this occasion to remind those who may have this honor thrust upon them, that there are certain little matters which will require their attention, and which they must not neglect if they desire our vote next year. We have reference to sundry bad places in our streets, and roads leading out of town, among the more jyinspicuous of which is that ugly hole on the western side of the Court house square—one of the most convenient places imaginable for a stranger to break his r.eck on a dark night —tbe street leading to Beaver Tail, and that pokerish lookinggully in the Greensborougb road,[near Mr. Johnston’s Garden. We hope the selection will be made with an eye to the remedying of those evils. “ citizen’s party.” The party at the American on Tuesday evening last, was a very pleasant affair The attendance was numerous, and among the invited guest were many from the coun try and neighboring villages. As is sure to be the case when youth and beauty are as sembled, the dance was introduced, and ihe poetry of feeling found vent in the “ poetry of motion.” The cotillon was kept up with animation and spirit until a late bout, when —such is the witching influence of Terpsi chore over her votaries—they adjourned to the following evening, when the dance was again tenevved. We hear tbe supper spoken of in the high est terms of praise, by all who partook of the good things prepared for the occasion by the gentlemanly host, whose kind atten tion and generous hospitality contributed not a little to render this one of the most agree able parties of the season. Among the decorations of the table, was a beautifully ornamented cake, which at tracted much attention. The skill of the ar tist, we are told, cante near affording a stri king illustration of the power of beauty, for, notwithstanding it was made to eat, there was no one who had the heart to volunteer a hand to mar such loveliness. The pain ful duty of applying the knife was, howev er, performed, officially, by one of the man agers. The second evening passed off very agree ably, and the company separated to remem ber with pleasure “ The Citizen’s Patty.” THE EARTH-QUAKE. 1 he earth quake noticed in ourlasf, seems to haye been very generally felt throughout Georgia aud Carolina. We have seen ac counts of it in Charleston and Columbia, S. C., and in Milledgeville, Augusta, Wash ington, Griffin, and Pineville, Ga. We have heard many anecdotes connected with it, such as the following, which occurred iti Madison., A staid old bachelor who “ lived all alone by himself,” had, lying upon the window-sill near his bed, n dried venison ham, from which he was wont occasionally to appease his appetite. A neighbor’s cat had taken a liking to the same dainty morsel, and had on a former occasion committed extensive de predations upon it. Our worthy bachelor was snugged away it) bed —the quilt nicely tucked round his reclining form,his red night cap drawn uponhis head, with his nose peer ing out as it should, and his toes exactly in the right position—and was just dropping off into one of those unconscious slumbers which come at such times to relieve the dull monotony of a bachelor’s thoughts, when he was suddenly aroused by the perceptible moving of his bedstead. Quick as lightning the thought of the cat and his favorite haut e!) flashed across his mind, anti as suddenly he spiting upon his haunches, exclaiming — “ Hist cat, you !” Jle sat erect a few moments and gazed round the room —the door was shut, and all was still. No cat had invaded his apartment, and the haunch was reposing undisturbed on the sill—so he threw himself again into the arms of Morpheus. Poor old bachelor—his rest was broken no more that night, hut he never dreamed that his cat was an earth-quake. . “THE MAGNOLIA” For January is received. We have only had time to glance through its pages and note the titles of the articles. In typograph ical execution the work will compare with any magazine of the country, and is highly creditable to the press of Messrs. Burges & Janies. We anticipate a rich feast in the perusal of this number, from the inviting bill of fare spread forth upon the cover. We will take pleasure in noticing the contents when we have made ourself acquainted with them. TIIE ELECTION. Returnsfrom sixty-two counties have been received, which gives Mr. Crawford 20,629, and Mr. McDougald 14,470. Crawford’s majority G,159, which will probably not be diminished by the remainingcounties. What a commentary upon the odious doctrine of legislative instruction, against which may not only be urged the instability of tbe instruct ing power, but the tendency which its exer cise would have to destroy the character of the American Senate, and to defeat the vety object sought to be attained by the wise and patriotic framers of our Constitution. We hope soon to sec this pernicious heresy tfis carded by all pat ties. (tT 5 * W. Gilmore Simms, Esq., Editor of the “ Magnolia,” recently paid a visit to the capitol of Alabama, where he was compli mented with the degree of L. L. D., by the University, arid a public dinner by the liter ati. The following regular toast was given on the occasion : Richard Henry Wilde and Augustus 13. Longstreet of Georgia—Names dear to the lovers of Southern Literature. The classic elegance of the one, and the inimitable hu mor of the other, have placed gems of unfa ding brilliancy in the coronal of the South.