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✓r-W ~ ‘ I was terrified. My two-and-thirty teeth rejoiced in most perfect soundness. I beg, my lady,’ said I hastily, ‘do not trouble j yourself; the pain is already beginning to abate.’ ‘ The grinder must come out,’ said Emilie with passionate earnestness; ‘ a bad tooth is like a bad conscience—it never rests, although it may be still j ior a moment. \ou cannot be secure from pain ioi hour.’ . • f thank vou very sincerely,’ said I deprecatir.gly, as 1 observed with horror how the desparate maid ,i;, w < u . tr, her case a frightful pair of pin cers. % n*t ,u will permit mo to examine your teeth. ‘ Oh,’thought I, ‘if I once open my mouth, this furious creature will have tuv whole jaw out.’ I bit my teeth as firmly as possible together, and , murmured a multitude ot'texcuses, which sufficient- i lv showed my dread of dental operations. * Dieft’enbaeh, who did not appear to listen to my protestations, drew a chair to the window, com- j manded a servant to bring water, and then, with a sweet smile, invited me to take my seat. ‘Satan himself,’ thought 1, ‘musthave led me in to this house.’ I declared again and again, that I ! ould by no means consent to the operation ; I sol- 1 tmnlv protested that it was altogether against my principles.’ ‘lt will not do you the slightest harm,’ Emilie, ‘but deutistry is one of my most favorite J studies. You will at least permit me to examine your teeth.’ It was in vain that I objected. I was in danger •of shewing myself a rank coward. I did not like , that. I refused indeed, apparently out of mere po- | liteness, to accede to Emilie’s request; but all was] of no avail —1 bad to take my place in the chair and 1 open my mouth. To my terror the Counsellor left the room, and I found myself wholly in the power of the monster. Emilie took another instrument out of the case, and scratched and scraped at my poor teeth, which was by no means the most agreeable sensation.— However, I suppressed my pain and kept still. — Then came another instrument, and then there was new scratching and scraping. I suffered like a very Job. ‘ Will you be so kind as to clear your mouth, said the operator, handing me a glass of water. I did so, and saw with horror that l spit blood. * Nothing is more injurious,’ said Emilie, ‘ than for the gums to grow over the teeth—l have corrected that evil.’ ‘ So!’ sighed I, and hoped the operation was over; but no, Emilie produced a third instrument, still more frightful than the last. ‘I will not trouble you any more,’ said I and shut my teeth closely together. ‘Just one moment!’ entreated the desperate den tist, the murderous pincers were in my mouth, and in a moment seized a tooth. A perfect transport of horror seized me ‘ For God’s sake!’ I stammered, ‘you will not but at that instant I thought that the back of my i head was off; and while Emilie held up before me a beautiful three pronged grinder, she observed with great coolness : ‘ You see it had to come out; it was already defect ive, and would have injured the others and caused you great suffering.’ 1 was more dead than alive. My tongue was in- \ voluntarily in the frightful hollow left by the tooth. ‘Allow me now,’ continued Emilie, with unaltered composure, ‘to restore the torn gum to its place.’ ‘Ah, Satan take you !’ I was about to exclaim in a frenzy, when I felt the soft linger in my mouth, putting the gums in order. While thus employed, ‘ You have two other back teetli,’ she remarked as though nothing had pened, ‘which threaten to be defective. If you please • we will extract them also, and avert future evil; as’ we are at it, we had better do our work She resumed the pincers, but I actually shrieked out and jumped out of the chair as if stung by a taran tula. ‘As you please!’she observed smiling, and care fully put by her instruments, while I continued to spit blood. Having arranged her case, Emilie with a polite bow retired, and I was left to amuse myself with reflec tions upon this new, unexpected, and extraordinary adventure. ‘ It must be confessed,’ thought I, boiling with rage, ‘never was a man treated so before, upon a bridal excursion. One of these ladies almost shoots my head off, another pulls me out my souudess teeth.’ I regarded with silent melancholy the beautiful tooth with its grand roots. I had never had the slightest reason to complain of it. [concluded in our. next.] Letter from Bishop Capers. To my Fellow-Citizens of S. Carolina:— l take the liberty of addressing you, through the newspapers, on a sub ject of a different character from what has hitherto employed me; and Ido so the more readily as my life guaranties my sincerity, and, on your part, personal good will. It is the first time that I have ever felt it my duty to express publicly an opinion on any matter of State policy. Once, indeed, during the extreme excitement which prevailed in Charleston, on the subject of nullifying a law of Congress, I met with the Cler gy of the city apart, at the instance of some venerable citi zens, to consider whether there was anything which we might possibly do, in our sacred character, to promote peace. Hut it resulted in nothing. We found nothing in our power, but our prayers for the people. Ministers of religion have little to do, at any time, with matters of the State, more than to fray for God's guidance and blessing on the people. Never theless, Ministers are men—are citizens; and it may be ex pedient, once in a life-time of three score years and more, for a minister to appear in his character as a citizen, and not as a minister. Suffer me, then, for this one time, to assert my citizenship, and commune with you, freely on the state of pub lic affairs. I am a citizen ; a son of a citizen ; born on the soil of South Carolina not long after it bad been won, in part, by the sword of my father. After an absence of about five months, on my sacred duties, in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia, I cannot express how painfully it has shocked me to be told, on my return home, that the great State measures now on foot, look solely to secession from the U. States, by this State alone; that the Convention shortly to be held is in order to tliis ; and that the only question to be open there is one of time: whether to secede at once, or await the issue of the Southern Congress, and then secede. To secede at onee, or at a future time, alone, must be to secede from the other Southern States no less than from the Northern. It must be a putting of the other Southern States in fault —a sort of branding them as deficient in knowl edge, or courage, or patriotism, or all these together. They j>re involved in all respects, as we are, touching the injustice of the late acts of Coiigress. We may not hold ourseles wis er nor better than they are, but equals only ; and they are many, while we are, comparatively, few, and what, in such circumstances, will be the probable judgment of mankind, respecting our action, slionld we secede? If I may place any reliance on what lias come under my observation, during my long journey through five of the prin cipal Southern States, it is not probable that a Southern Con gress, representing the Southern people, can be had at aifo nor if it could be had, that it would do much, if anything, more than the Georgia Convention did. As to secession, I have no doubt that three-fourths of the people would oppose i it at the present time. The reason of this opposition, I have j understood to be, that they do not consider the acts of Con gress to be a violation of the Constitution, and in their opin- i ion, nothing less than should justify secession. I understand ! it to be the opinion of our -people of South Carolina, that Congress has violated the Constitution. At most, then, it is a mooted point, and not a settled fact: we entertaining one view of it, while a majority of the wise and virtuous of the oth ■ er States, greatly outnumbering us, hold the opposite. Do we owe them nothing ? Is it not even due to our own self-re spect to review the matter? Surely, we should know that wc are right, beyond dispute, before we should proceed to a final act of the most fearful import. And ought we not to consider consequences ; Patriotism demands not of us to run madly on to our country’s ruin ; and secession, by our State alone, must prove ruinous. What though no hostile army might invade our soil, the United States must and will oppose us. Charleston will be shut out from the rest of the world, her commerce perish, her merchants leave her in despair ; while from her very suburbs our Rice and Cotton shall be carried to Savannah and Au gusta for a market. Even now the rivalry of Savannah is not to be contemned, but let our State secede from the Union, and Charleston must become a desolation. Nor will the blight fall on Charleston only, but on all the State; while our taxes increased seven-fold, and the heat of the present agitation cooling oft', our very leaders,- if they should prove too proud to be found knocking at the door of the U* nionfor admission, shall join the many thousands of our po verty-stricken people in their flight from Idieir ruined homes t o more favored parts. Can patriotism demand the sacrifice ? Patriotism demand the sacrifice of the State! No, never. Let us then, fellow -citizens, review our ground. If a Convention we must nave, let it not,tp, a Convention of boys and half-made but of the wise and sober-minded.— There no battle to be fought for glory, by secession, but a fearful struggle with poverty, high taxes and hard times, with out hope of improvement and great and so','-e humiliation. — And may God grant us deliverance. WILLIAM CAPERS. Charleston, Feb. 6, 1851. 7 i Com'fijioiiii flirt'. LETTERS from \SIW YORK, NO. 11. 4 Honuropathy and the New Church, Dear Doctor: —A disc-ussson is now going on in the “ Repository ” between the Rev. De Charms, of Philadel phia, and Dr. W. 11. Holcomb, of Cincinnati, in regard to the claims which Ilonuaopathy has upon the New Church. — This discussion has extended through two numbers of the Repository, and this letter is devoted to an investigation of the merits and demerits of both writers. Galen says that “ Contraries are cured by contraries .” Contraria contrariis curantur. This is the doctrine of Ga len to which Mr. De Charms objects. Similia similibus curantur , is the doctrine of Ilahneman, to which Dr. Hol comb objects. “ Like cures like ,” is the doctrine of the llomiJßopaihists ; and “ contraries are cured by contraries ,” is the doctrine of the Alopathists. The Alopathists are right and the Ilomoeopathists are wrong. I doubt, very much, whether Mr. De Charms understands what is meant by the passage which says, ‘‘And the spirit cried and rent him sore , and came out of him!” Will he be so good as to show us, by some logical process of reasoning, why, if the incarnation of Divinity put a stop to the entering of Devils into bodies of people, that it did not entirely extirpate all dis eases ? He says, “ it is not true that one disease will cast out a nother disease.” llow does lie know tliis? Is he a Physi cian, that he arrogates to himself a profound knowledge of diseases and their cures? lam firmly of the belief, that he understands a good deal more of Swedenborg’s Theology than he does of Medicine. If a man has intermittent fever, and an epidemic comes a bout, lie will take the epidemic disease, and have no more chill and fever. If a man has syphilis and takes Mercury into liis system, it will cure the disease. Did any man ever have sy pbylis from taking Mercury into his system. If he never did, then, ‘• Like does not cure like'’ Rut in the former case, we see that “ contraries are cured by contraries' ’ I could quote a thousand instances to fortify my position, but these are amply sufficient for my present purpose. Dr. Holcomb answers his remarks in regard to 11 frozen tissues ,” by saying that the application of ice to the parts is a “ calorific remedy ” —which is the truth. This is noteu ring the disease on Homoeopathic principles, but entirely up on those of Alopathy. i Dr. Holcomb Is not in sflyli/g tbt Jli Alcohol in mania potu, is a mere adjuvant to arouse the shattered nervous system to a perception of the opiate impression.” — This is a lecture room ambiguity. He has the idea, but ’. as not expressed it in these words. | When Dr. Holcomb says that “All the noxious properties of minerals, plants and animals are caused by the influx of Hell into these substances,” lie abandons the field of medi cine, by going directly into that of Swedenborgian Theology, the very place where he ought not to be. Wiiat pathogenetic correspondence can there exist between an evil in the body and the modus operundi of Homoeopathic medicines? Dr. Holcomb can more successfully combat the medical sophistry of Mr. De Charms by joining issues with him in the peculiar doctrines/of Theology. Mr. De Charms tells us that the incarnation of the Divin ity forever closed the doors against the entrance of evil spir its into the human body. Dr. Holcomb, in joining with him in this exposition of the causes of diseases, teaches that these same “ evil spirils attach themselves to man by influx and j will not leave him.” lie says that “ when a person swallows arsenic, the spirits do not rush into the molecules of the organic, but seize up on it as an ultimate agent, by which they may work that de struction in his body which they would wreak upon his soul.” What answer ought any man in his right senses, to give o such stuff as this ? No wonder that people call the Sive denborgians crazy! Why should these evil spirits make such fools of themselves ? Why come to attack the soul and then leave it for the body? This accounts for the origin of “ whipping the devil around the stump !” Immediately afterwards he kills the above assertion u stone dead” by saying that “ a chemical antidote , by changing the form of the substance, prevents the in fernal influx." — llow can any man, who has such an incipient foretaste of the truth of the matter, talk such u infcrnal ’’ plenary non sense. Dr. Holcomb objects to Mr. De Charms’ “ precipitating toe whole of the infernal world into the mineral kingdom;” but will be tell us what difference there is between doing this awful thing and making the mineral and vegetable kingdoms belli the media by which these “ infernal spirits ” can enter man ? If, as he asserts in another place, in answer to Mr. De C. “ the evil spirits entered into the swine because they were adaptedjlo their peculiar natures , why give any medicine at all to drive them out ? Why not bring the Devil-possessed persons into the space of hogs at once, and cure them ? lie says that “ the most virulent poisons only become so by being absorbed and incorporated into the animal tissues.” Did anybody ever know the like of this before ? Put one drop of Prussic acid on the tongue of a eat, and it will die in a few seconds. Was the Prussic acid “ incorporated ” into the “tissues” of the cat? Such doctrine as this annihi late all space, and knows nothing of time—and precious little of any thing else. 1 his objection to Mr. De Charms’ doctrine of “ like at taching itself to like,” is founded in truth. The principle is not the same but entirely different. l)r. Holcomb is entirely mistaken in supposing that an ab normal correspondence between the physical and spiritual por tions of man is the cause of disease. This is ahold assump tion, made without the least proof to substantiate it. llow can he believe that the sin of our first parents had any pow er to produce such changes in the “ forms of matter ’’ as to endow them with the property of producing disease?— Where is his proof of all this? lias sin any such power ? When a man—(and particularly a Physician,) talks about spirits “ ulti mating themselves” in “ changed animal forms ,” we begin to wish that he would define himself. A distended stomach is no more the matrix for the influx of an internal spirit than a rum puncheon is. The Doctor contents himself with the truth of this hypothesis by saying that it is not contradicted by auythiug that can be found in Swedenborg.” It is a notorious fact in Logic, that if you admit the ses of a man, you must also put up with his conclusioiML'— Thus, when a man says that “ medicines act upon the tis sues,” you are bound to believe that he attributes to them some very peculiar power. But the question is, Do medi cines act on the tissues? Then, when a man says that “ medicines , thus acting on the tissues, restore the pre cise anatomical rclat'ous of parts necessary to a Divine influx of health,” all we can say is, that he knows very lit tle about what he is talking. He is right in supporting the Allopathic treatment; but so j altogether wrong in supposing that he has given anything : like a reasonable exposition of the modus operandi of medi cines. There is an intimate relation subsisting between Theology : and Medicine. The fact is, the one includes the other.— This is truth very little understood in our day. No man can be a true Physician who is not really a good Theologian. , Not a Theologian in the common acceptation of the term, : but a Minister in the divinest sense of the word. “ I Jeho vah am thy healer,” said “our father who is in heaven.”— Christ called himself a Physician. St. Taul was called The Prime Doctor. The fact is, the very name of Doctor sig ! nifies a learned man. Christ was the healer of spiritual dis eases, as the true Physicians of our day are healers of physi cal maladies. As the Egyptian physicians were representa tives of the Divine Physician in Heaven, so are the Physi cians of this the representatives of Christ upon earth.— In the prophet Ezekiel we find the following passage: “By the river of the bank thereof, on this side and on that, shall i come up every tree of meat, whoseJeaf doth not fail, neither | is the fruits consumed ; it bringetluTorth new fruits according ; to its months, because its waters jfcsued out of the Sanctuary, j and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf for medi- ‘• cine.” In the Apocalypse, the luminous Mail of God speaks of a j Tree whose “leaves” were “for the healing of the Na n J tions.'’ It was not only sustentalive but curative, in its na i ture. The fact is, Christ came upon earth as the Divine Physician, and in doing so, dignified and exalted the profes sion ; and the only real Vicegerent of God upon the earth, is 1 the true Physician. This shows the intrinsic relation subsisting between Theol- I dgy Medicine, and suggests to us the propriety of dcS ; canting upon the working of miracles, and the difference bc -1 tween [he healing of one disease and another —also, the dis proportion, or, in other words, the apparent disproportion . between the means used and the effects which they oonsuma .,,l. i This suggests to us, the propriety, also, of treating upon the relauon subsisting between the Psyche and the Pneuina which corfctitute the ajlan while in this life. But. as I have spokcu of this subject Mbewhere. I will only say Acre, that a i loss of balance in this relation is what constitutes disease, , rather than the influx >f u infernal spirits ’’ into Man. . To find out vvliat disease is. fop first know what it is that constitutes health. Health is nothing'ynore no; less than per fect life. This is just what it is Dis , is just death, and i nothing more. So that we see it is precise w*-[he opposite of 1 health. Then what is Life ? It is an aggregate sos the man ifold functions which resist death. The phenomena of life . we recognize but the exact nature of it we do nov aggregated functions owe theiiyfcxistenee to the vital relation subsisting between the Psyche and the Pnemia. —There- J fore, it is not the medicine given that cures the disease, but the life in the man that cures it —or what the old Phy sicians called the vis mcdicatrix natures. This is the whole truth of the matter : but more of this hereafter. i 7 1 T. IT. C. (TV fotgia Citip. L. F. W. ANDREWS. Eilili.th*fiery i ’ _ _ „ -fey !—c MACON. GA. FEU. V^VtSl 1 - - - NOTICE. Several favors of Correspondents, Advertisements &e unavoidably crowded out this week to make room for a press of matter in type. All such inconveniences will, however, be remedied, when we enlarge our sheet at the coni -1 menceinent of our next volume, and furnish the public with i the cheapest, best, and most readable paper in the Southern country! There is no ‘gammon’ about tliis. VV - c nave said it, and mean to do it. Although proverbial for modesty ! of pretension (hence the many impositions practised upou us,) we see no use in any longer ‘hiding our light under a i bushel’and keeping the public in ignorance of our purposes, in their behalf and of their true interests, in a matter of such i vital importance to them and to us. It is our intention, then, to do that which we have never done before —viz. to per sonally canvass for subscriptions and advertisements to this Journal. Give us only a chance, and we shall demonstrate as ! plainly as the proposition that two and two make four, that 1 it is the interest of the people of Macon, and of Georgia to sustain this Press with a liberal hand. But more of this anon. Remember that the time for taking advantage * of our reduced terms will expire by tlie Ist of April next. Present subscribers and new one who will, previous to that , date, send us $2, each, free of postage will be entitled to the ‘Citizen’for a year. After that, however, we shall not feel bound to less than $2, 50 in advance or, S3 if not so paid. ■in 111 ITIITINW Floyd House.- -Since our last, Mr. Thomas Williams has taken possession of the Floyd House, on liis own account, and is now ready to accommodate Boarders and the travel ling public, in a style of comfort and elegance which cannot be surpassed. This arrangement is a permanent one, Mr. i Williams having purchased the lease and funiture, with that end in view. See advertisement. Panorama of tuba. This is a beautiful Picture, and worthy of the liberal pat ronage bestowed upon it, wherever it has been exhibited.— Mr. Loomis is now on liis way to New Orleans, and will stop at the principal towns in his route thither. At Columbus he will exhibit, the latter part of next week, or the beginning of the week following. The people of that place may rest as sured that this Panorama is a work of much artistic excellence and truthfulness of delineation. Bounty Land Flaims. We call tlie attention of our readers to the Advertisement of Mr. Charles C. Luckic, Attorney and Agent at Washing ton city, and would say to persons having claims for Bounty ; Lands or Pensions, that by calling at the office of tlie Geor gia Citizen, they can have their papers properly prepared, and forwarded to Mr. Luckic, at Washington, and by hitn they ! will be attended to before the Departments there. I Supreme Four!.- —The Supreme Court has been in session, the present week, in this city, and lias dispatched considerable business. All the Judges are in attendance. More Amusements Coming.— -Gen. Tom Thumb, : was in Charleston, last week, exhibiting, on his private ac count, his wonderful Lilliputianism. Spencer, the celebra ted Mesmcrizer is also there, experimenting on Sorcery, Bi ology, Mesmerism, Magic, Pathetism and diabolism gener ally. Indiana. —The Constitutional Convention of Indiana, has by a decided vote excluded Negroes and Mulattocs from hereafter settling in that State, under severe penalties and pities against all who give employment to such persons. A separate vote of the people is necessary to ratify this clause in the Constitution. High Prices.— At a recent sale in Green co. Alabama, choice negro men brought, on twelve month’s credit, $1,250 to $1,350. One follow, without a trade, we are told, brought either $1,360 or 1,390. Women brought from $950 tosl,- 000. Look out for a general smashing up, next fall, if such exhorbitant prices are paid for negroes. Planters must be crazy to act so. Iwl 11k |S /n Jr m Mm if The Vincvillc Tragedy.— On Friday night last, ! one of tlie most horrible tragedies wc have ever heard of, was enacted in Vineville, in the immediate vicinity of this ci- 1 ; ty. Mrs. Sivinden, a widow, with four interesting children, j from twelve years of age to about three, deliberately closed ! the doors of her dwelling, and after cutting the throats of her childrenwith a razor, set fire to the house and consu med it ! The bodies of the children were entirely destroy \ ed except the skull bones, and that of Mr. S. nearly so, only a portion of the breast remaining ! From the evidence before the Coroner’s jury, which is subjoined, as well as from other information we have gathered, there can !e no doubt what ever, that the woman was partially insane. She had recent ly lost her husband, a most excellent man, and was left in ve ry destitute circumstances,which the several societies, of which Mr. S. was a worthy member, was seeking to relieve, by pro viding a home and support for the family, and the education of her ch.ldrcn. To accomplish the latter, it was proposed : ta take the oldest son, a sprightly and intelligent lad, and put him to school. This probable separation was, however, too j 1 much for the weak minded mother. She seemed wrapped up in her children, and idolized them as cherubs and angels not I fit to live upon the earth. Then came reflections upon their | present innocent stale and their future possible destiny in a world of retribution, unless they were soon taken lienee, until i she became a monomaniac, and nerved herself to the horri ble task of destroying the earthly lives of her innocent babes, that she might translate them as it were by a “ eliari ot of fire ”to those realms where angels dwell. To this end she had them baptized , a few days before, by a respectable clergyman of this city, on whom she forced a pecuniary re jfojoptyise for the service performed, but which was of course not retained a moment longer than neccessary to place the sum in afovay to be returned to the donor, in an indirect man lier. i From the testimony, also, it appears that she had not over ! looked the heinous character of the act she was resolved to | commit. She seemed to have counted the cost to herself of ! saving her children. She thought it better for one to perish forever, than for her four children wo? |o be made “equal to i the angels.” These are the conclusions now deduced from many of her previous remarks, and wo have no doubt justly deduced. The testimony of Mrs. Gamble, (nurse to Mrs. S.) is positive on this point, and leaves no room to doubt the fact, that the primary cause of the fearful tragedy is be found in false views of man's destiny, which were entertained by the unfortunate woman! “ Whoso readeth let him uuder ! stand. The following is tlie evidence before the Coroner’s Jury | and the verdict rendered : Jukoiis sworn.— -James Van Valkenburg, Foreman, W. S, Williford, It. A. Benson, Amos Benton, O. A. J. It. For *er, Edward Teal, H. It. Brown, Thomas Dougherty, M. M. Ylasori, Anderson Conner, T. Shinholster, James Harris. IfoinsNCE —Janies Harris, Sworn—This morning at 1 o’- clock,, I visited the place of the fire, having heard the alarm. : When I arrived the house was in flames. I took a piece of 1 wood anoU'orced the door, then went to the partition door and partly dpeniSAl it. Ti c flames prevented my entering. The doors were afll sUv.igly barred when I arrived. Could not distinguish am b> ;dies in the flames. Heard no sounds of voi ces in the Uou.e \ Mrs. Swindeu and four children lived in the house. I believV tin y were in it when I arrived. Have frequently heard say, that she wished she was dead, she would be better off. Have also heard her say she she would bo thankful if Almighty would take her away — money was of such little\use It. re. Margaret Gamble, swum -V\ as st the house of Mrs. S. last Monday. Had been’ thersn 1 days. I nursed her. — Have heard her say that she aV r children were to good for this world—that it Would jtter for one soul to be de stroyed than for her to raise her forty’ liidunand have them lost. Have also heard her % f she ’’ ! that the Doc i tors had got her husband’s body, and\*be would take care that they should not get her’s. Have no* . her complain !of want—knew of her having me mold ; and die necessa- I ry comforts of life. After I left her site ;Va’ 5 ! bpy to tell j jnc I need not come back, that she was fe. - w y that she lon'i) ‘acted j,,, ,ry the people Drs. Greciu and ‘J?-. >mpson *r- - f \ Rev. Mr. Shanklen, Sworni-I have bcen\ in the habit o’” visiting Mrs. Swindeu and family.’ Saw her i|asi, on Tties -1 day. Have known her two years; always considered her mind, more or less affected; heard her say, a week or so sin. .\ that it would be better for her and her children, ifkhey were all burned up. Have frequently heard her mak> -Remarks, wishing they were all dead. On Tuesday evening .|l e a-k ----me to forgive her, and to ask the people all to forgfo i h r, which I iook as evidence of mental derangement, as I vats not aware that she had done any thing to require their forpi'-i nVss. Have heard her say that she had all she required, an*! t!ry’ the ladies had been very kind to her. Saw in the firc-pUta e of the house, after tlie fire, a razor, which, from its posaio , 1 could not have fallen from the mantle piece to where I sav it * Saw her mistake Mrs. Scattergood’s child for her own, on Tuesday. Thomas Dougherty, Sworn—Mrs. Swindeu was taken sick a few evenings ago; she sent for me ; I visited her. Sho : was in bed and complained of a burning about tlie heart. I asked if she would like to have a Doctor. At first, she said she did not want any. I said I would get any one she want ed. She said a Doctor had given her husband a dose, which had taken him out of the world, and I might get the same one to give her a dose, for she did not want to live here any longer. She has made the same expression several times since. Verdict.—“ We the Jury in the above case, find the fol lowing verdict; That the remains found are Mrs. Swindon and her four children. That the said Mrs Swindon was de ranged. That she destroyed her children with a razor, and afterward set fire to the house. (True Copy. J. W. BENSON, Clerk. The Wealthiest man! —The papers are parading j the great wealth of individuals in Georgia and Virginia, as a thing of great importance and desire. One man owns a thou sand negroes and fifty thousand acres of land and makes an nually 2000 bales af Cotton, worth, at 12 cents per pound, SIUS,OOO, and another goes still higher up in the figures, in counting up his income ! Well what of it? Have such men never heard of a certain Mr. Dives , who selfishly and boast fully enjoyed great riches while his fellow creatures were suf fering for the ‘‘crumbs ” which fell from his table, but which lie did not give them ! All these men derivo from their im mense treasures may be summed up in two words— victuals and clothes , unless they distribute their stores with a liberal | hand to the poor and needy. If they live, however, only to i accumulate, and in fear, all the time, of their riches taking themselves wings and flying away, their wealth is a curse to themselves, and not a matter of envy to their neighbors.— Let us hear no more then of tho “ richest man in Georgia*’ or Virginia, unless we are certified of the additional fact that such persons are rich in good works, and opulent in a benev olent spirit proportioned to their ability to diffuse blessing and joy along the pathway of thousands who are “ ready to per ish.” I)on\ you do ii yet, Joe !— At a fire eating meet ing in an interior county of Alabama, one of the speakers, a young man, in the course of a flaming speech, declared him self in favor of secession, and was in favor of making the is sue then. An old planter, who is fond of good brandy, was leaning up again a post, (and jnst then he needed a little sup | port) listening to the fiery orator. So soon as he heard se j cession avowed, and the desire to have it brought about forthwith, the old planter started and sung out —“Don’t you do it yet, Joe ! —wait awhile, if you please—don’t do it yet! times are too good—getting thirteen cents for cotton—waita whiie I tell you! and give me a chance to sell a few more crops of cotton at thirteen cents!” The orator was answer ed. Dead. —Herr Ryninger, who walked a wire here a few ! weeks ago, was killed the 4th inst. at Baton Rouge, La. while | performing his daring feats in that place. One of the wire supporters gave way, and he fell, fracturing his skull, produ cing death in 40 minutes. A Voice from the Tomb.— President Madison left the following good advice to his Countrymen : “The advice nearest to my heart and deepest iu my con victions is, that the Union of the States be cherished and per petuated. Let the open enemy to it be regarded as a Fando ra with her box opened; and the disguised one, as the *er pent creeping with his deadly wiles into Paradise.” Southern Manufactures. —A manufactory of) Stained Glass , such as is used for windows of public edifices, ! ] has just been commenced in Charleston, South Carolina,by i Messrs Sampson and Adams. The Odd Fellows will have | this glass introduced into their new llall in that city. The fol- ] lowing description of the process we find in the Charleston I Courier: “A general idea of the process may be gleaned from a , careful inspection of the machinery, which is simply a fur- , naee heated to a certain temperature, above which, large sheets of glass are placed, and by the action of heat upon various mineral substancesand coloring mattor, the brilliantly variegated hues, figures and landscapes, which so happily relieve the sombre shadows of the old gothic window, now a favorite relic with our architects, are tirmlv and indeli bly interwoven with the delicate fabric. An operation, re- ! quiring in its every stage of progress, the greatest accuracy in execution, the nicest adjustment of lightand shade, chemi cal knowledge, and skill in manipulation. The stained glass is in common use at the North. It gives a certain degree of soft subdued light, which those who are affiicted with weak j eyes, know well how to appreciate.” I New Invention. —Mr. Samuel Hues of Boston lias invented and patented a machine whereby the Boston Aque -1 duet may be made of essential service to many small manu- j | facturing establishments in that city. The iuvention is thus j j described ! ‘“By the employment of this machine in Boston orer most ! of the streets of which the water in the pipes has a head of 1 from eighty to one huijdred feet, it has been discovered by j Mr. Iluse that the wads would pass the meter or measurer * i with such force as to superadd an efficient power. lie has , perfected, according to the statements of a correspondent of tho Newburyport Herald , his invention and secured letters patent, aud has set his meter in operation for driving the I printing press of a daily paper in Boston. Through a two | inch lead pipe, a stream of Coehituate water is introduced in to a meter which only occupies 24 square inches. The fall of water between the Boston reservoir and this meter is about a hundred feet. This two inch stream will discharge SO gallons of water each minute, and in passing through the meter will | give a motive power equal to what is called three horse pow- j er. This is more than sufficient for driving the press. It is less hazardous than a steam engine, requires no attention and is always in readiness. I can be used where steam-engines ; would not be allowed.” True as Prcacilinff,—The late terrible accident in I ‘ \ New York—the falling of a block of six story buildings and ‘ the crushing to death of a number of persons under the ru ins lias been attributed to various causes, such as the incoin ; potency of the architect, the badness of the foundation stones, bad quality of the mortar, dec. But none of these causes |go to the bottom of the difficulty. A New York corre j spondent of au Albany paper has hit the nail on the head, j ( exactly, when he penned the following: “ The great reson why six story buildings will not stand alone in New York, is to be attributed not so much to the architects and masons, as to the owners. Unless a builder will agree to put up a palace for what a pig-sty ought to cost, his chance for the Poor House is much better than his pros pect of patronage. So long as wealth considers sixty cents worth of money equal to a dollar's worth of labor, so long should they expect to find mortar, sand, and poor bricks palmed off upon them for good ones. As usual, a law is spoken of as the only thing that will cheek these disasters. How absurd ! To insure well built edifices, we don't need the surveillance of a statute or a delegation from our eon j stabulary force. Let establishments build by day works in stead of contracts, and there will not be another life lost by ; the falling of a building in a century. It’s not law our build j ers need, but a little more liberality. Let the community stop , grinding them, and they will soon stop grinding the com | inunity. What men call villanous is very often justice wreak- I ing vengeance on avarice.” Columbus Fire Department.— At a recent meet ing of ilia Fire Department of Columbus, the following per -1 sons were o’er thill officersifor the ‘present wear : - I ClnefEngineer, A. Porter; Assistant Engineer, J. L. Morton; Foreman of No. 1, J. B. Strupper; Assistant Fore | man, Win. Snow; Foreman of No. 2, 11. T. Hall; Assistant | Foreman, J. Barrenger; Foreman of No. 3, T. P. Larrus; Assistant Foreman, W. Salsbury. Look at this!—ls this paper you are reading vour own? Oli, no ! Just borrowed it a few moments of neigh bor F. Then why not borrow your neighbor's hat, coat, j boots or breakfast ? The one is just as much his as the oili er. No Brian has a right to read a newspaper unless he pays f.>r it; if lie does, he is sponging on his neighbor, and defrauds I teleprinter out of his labor.— Exchange. Vila If Factory.—Maj. Wm. J. Howard has eom ,i 1 a manufactory, in Macon co. Ala. of Chairs, mad of Southern wood, such as Magnolia, Walnut,Maple, Beech, &c. \ re-Elected.—Gen. Cass has been re-elerted I to the Senate by tl|e Legislature of Michigan. Gen. Cass voted for adl the measures embraced in the compromise, and his re-C‘leeti*vi may bo considered as au endorsement of his course bv Michigan. V —— Rip I ail WidlklC,—N. Carolina lias at last awaken ed to the justice ofNextendiog the right of suffrage toiler peo ple, the “Equal SufiYage Bid” having been ordered to be en rolled in the Legislature. Heretofore, a large class of the citizens of that State \have been excluded from this prized privilege of freemen mV coo sequence of not having the ne cessary property qualification. Rascal at La rare. ne .James R. Smart alias Sami. 1 R. Smart is advertised by Andrew Young Secretary of Al leghany Lodge of Ancient York M uons, Blairsville, Union j county Ga., as a swindler at kirge. Said Smart has been 1 expelled from the institution oK Masonry into which order jhe smuggled himself by misrepresentation and lying. His real name is said to be James Srtr.art Reid. He is a thief, 1 counterfeiter and jail-bird, about! 6 feet login slender make, walk erect, grey eyes, silvery hair} and about 50 years of age. Look out for this Smart fellow! \ Graham’s Magazine.—\v e en*.W the following notice of the March Number of GeaHam, wlhtsh we find in the Philadelphia North Americrn and United SniKr* Gazette: “Graham's Magazine, for March, is entitled, inXthe pub lisher's notice accompanying it, ‘a surprise number/! and it well deserves the name. It makes its appearance in an equal ly novel garb and attractive character—without “pictures,’ (unless we should characterize as such a few very finely ex\ euted wood-cut illustrations,)- —without even a fashion plate these customary ornaments being, for once, substituted by literary matter —original. Amerean, paid-for literary mat ter (it cost, we learn, $1500,) 144 pages of it, too—just at many as Harper’s New Monthly and the Internatioii .1 Magazines devote to selected matter, not paid for, from the British periodicals. The intention of the publisher is obvi ous and praiseworthy—the result singular and successful. — ■ There are no less than fifty different original papers in th* j number, presenting a great display of names of popular A*| meriean writers, and as gret a variety of subj Ats handle m| It is, in consequence, a most attractive and excellent number, * superior in interest and general merit to its foreign riva|i§fl| this month, and deserving the approbation which should a.- j taeh to national spirit and liberal expenditure. W care sure ( that the popular verdict will be in its favor, as we are equal y sure that an American magazine, conducted on suc-li a plan, is, in its beneficial influence on American literature, of more j worth than all the reprints, of or from British periodicals, in the world.” Valedictory. — The Editor of the Piekensville, S. G, Republican, retires from the editorial chair with the follow ing vote of thanks and ‘good bye’ to his readers: With my warmest thanks for the kind patronage of friends i whose favors will never be forgotten, there is now nothing > left me but to take leave, which I will do like the chap at the quilting. He made his awkward conge and said: ‘La dies, as I don’t know every body here, I say, good bye to you all, Miss Nancy.”’ Very Respecfully, Nelson Smith. Advertising. —Advertising in readable newspapers of large circulation ‘has enlarged many a small businesi; has revived many a dull business; has recovered many a lost business; lias preserved many a iarge business ; has created many anew business.’ A Clerk in one of our mercantile establishments writes to his friends at home : “ I have a plaguey fine time of it now-a-days—very little work to do— our firm don't adver tise /” U D—n the types —Shakefeare.” The word “dissertations” in yesterday’s editorin’ should, of course, have read dissertations.”—Montgomery Atlas. The word ‘‘Shakepeare’’ should of course have read ‘Shakespeare.’ Its no use to d—rt the types, which, by the by, are more sinned against than sinning. Put them rightly in position, and they will stand their ground as long as there are “faces’ on their “bodies.' —Savannah News. True, but you should not have put your types Mr. News, in such a position as to spell Shakspeare with one more letter than belongs to the name ! ‘ln course’ you should'nt.— O'a , Citizen. Francis Pigg has strayed off from Indianopolis, leaving Mrs. Pigg and the little piggs to hunt their own feed hereafter. We’ll do our share towards pen-ning him. The Washington Union says, that ‘the course of President Fillmore lias, so far, been generally com mended.’ The proof a of a pudding is in the eating; The proof of a woman is in making a pudding; And the proof of a man a in being able to dine without’ one.— Punch. Hibernians in Ittuscil. A meeting of Irish citizens was held at the Council Cham ber of this city on the evening of Thursday, 6th inst., and was numerously and respectably attended. On motion of Mr. A. R. McLaughlin, lion. G. M. Logan, was unanimously called to the chair, and Mr. C. Mulhollond appointed secretary. Tho objects of the meeting having been explained by Mr. McLaughlin, on motion of Mr. Jackson Barnes, s commit tee was appointed by the chair to draw up resoimiens for the action of the meeting, The following resolutions were adopted : Resolved , That, in view of the increase of Irish population : of this city and neighborhood, we deem it advisable and right to unite together in the proper celebration of the *p | proaebing anniversary of Ireland's Apostle, and to make suitable preparations for the formation of a lliliernian So ciety. Resolved , 2 d'ly, That a committee of five le appointed j by the chair to make all necessary arrangements for carrying into effect the foregoing resolutions. Ou motion of Osborne A. Lochrane Esq., the committee | was appointed, namely : Jackson Barnes, Mich’l. Cunnian, A. R. McLaughlin,. John Hogan, Dr. J. O’Leary. And, on further motion, lion. G. M. Logan, was added to the committee. During the meeting O. A. Lochrane Esq., having been called upon, responded in an-eloquent and brilliant speeclv which elicited frequent demonstrations of interest and ap plause. Rev. Mr. Quigley was called upon and replied in an able and felicitous manner, referring to the national festival in such terms as enkindled the patriotism and excited the feel i ing of every Irishman. The committee selected O. A. Lochrane Esq., as orator ; for the occasion, and this gentleman accompanied hit accept ance with some appropriate remarks. On motion of Mr. McLaughlin the meeting adjourned. Well may the Irish rejoice in the object and harmony of this assemblage! We hail it as the dawning of a bright and hap | oy day for them. COLIN MULIIOLLAND, Secretary. Macor-sFH). 1851. -r - •* Grand Tnion Celebration. £5?” The approaching Anniversary of the Birth-Day of George Washington, will be celebrated in this city by the friends of the Union, with appropriate ceremonies. Washington’s farewell Address will be road by Samuel Hall, Esq., and an Oration delivered by Abner P. Pow ers, Esq. after which a dinner will be served at the Lanier House, at half past 2 o’clock. The following gentlemen have been appointed as commit tees for the occasion. Committee of Arrangements.—Robt. Collins; W K. DeGraffenried, J. M. Kibbee, C. A. Ells, L. F. W. An drews, John B. Lamar, Z. T. Conner, T. R. Bloom, W. B. Johnson, Joseph Bond, T. G. Holt, Isaac Scott, C. P. Levy, J. B. Ayers, J. 11. R. Washington. Committee of Correspondence.—A. 11. Chappell, James A. Nisbet, Samuel Uall,S. T. Chapman, J. W. Arm strong, Robt. S. Lanier. SSO PREMIUM! The Editor of the Citizen will pay Fifty Dollars for the best Original Tale founded on incidents which have occur red iu Southern history and on Southern soil. Said Tale must not exceed six columns of our Editorial type, and must be sent in, (with the name of the author in a separate envelope.) on or before the 20th of March, in time for the first No. of our second volume. All the contributions sent in which are deemed worthy, will be considered our property, and will b* published subsequently in the Citizen. A committee of Lit erary gentlemen will be selected to decide what contribution is entitled to the Premium. HARRIED, In Wynnton,on the sth inst., by Rev. John E. Dawson, Dr. James F. Bozeman, to Miss Evelina A., daughter of Col, James M. Chambers. On the 3d inst., by R. J. T. Little, Esq., Col. BvNCAN Car, so Miss Flizabeth Thomas, all of West Point. On the 6th inst., bv Rev. W. M. Crumley, Wm. J. Kel let, to Mrs. Emma Norman. DEED, At Quincy, on the 26th ult., Mrs Ersr L. Bradwell, late consort of Jacob Bradwell, Esq. This afHicting dis pensation of Providence took plaee in the midst of her young and numerous family, over whom it has cast a gloom not . easily to be removed. * The deceased leaves five children, all tender in years, with no mark of the cold world upon them, and who will miss a | mother’s tenderness and counsels. She leaves a husband ! for whom she has cared, and with whom she walked life’s i p*ih for twenty long years. He stands alone and sad, with a j jp|ts loss upon him, added to which are a thousand new cares, new thoughts and troubles. She leaves numerous and w arm friends who mourn her loss nVul deeply sympathize with her companion and family; ami uyi a wei >ok back and behold her departing moments, we feel that tlttlC* “•■•'not hers, but her husband’s, her fatni- E * enrravr. I the . Bd<!< a tlarge degree all those qualities which sCi ,u i K> r an< j an d eminently in the B J e admired was the manner in which •gv and even Death himjelf* indeed we i a1! force of the sacred language, ‘Blessed the Lord.’ Her last and lingering mteet to die .’—Tal. Sentinel. I Jut Macon on the Bth inst., Mrs. Ann Eliza Carver, wife | ©f Rl da-rtf irver, and daughter of Major James 11. Ha rd way J m the thirty-seventh year of her age. Bi r about eighteen years Mrs. Carver was an exampla ry j*nembvT of the Presbyterian Church, illustrating, by ber daisy w alk and conversation , the graces and spirituality of a I demoted chi :Stian. Asa daughter, she was all that doating part nts could desire her. Asa wife, she was a bright and | shin ing model of the domestic virtues ; ever meek, affection ate sand gentle. Asa mother, it was her constant study to train up her little ones in the paths of rectitude, and to rii ‘iil; l their infantile characters for usefulness in this life, anil hapfr.aess in the life to come. In a large circle of friends and ! acquaintances, she was tho centre of attraction and love; •betiding upon them, whilst living’ the sweet incense of kind and gentle affections, and leaving, with them, in death, the cbesrisheti remembrance of her undying virtues. \ A FRIEND-