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Health of Females. We quote the following from an article by Df. Wm. E. Coale, in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal: The tact that an English woman lives half a century before she begins to wane, wliile our females reach their prime mostly at a little over half that age, and'that another lustrum fiuds them on the decline, ought strongly to ar rest our attention ami induce us to examine, whether we are right in attributing all this dif ference to climate, and whether we might not find in some error of habits of early life, at least a partial explanation of the disparity. To be brief, then, after this preface—to state broadly our convictions—we think that it is a radical error to make a difference be tween the physical training of a man-child and of a woman-child before nature has made a difference in their physical being. So long as there are the same muscles to develop, the same organs of digestion and assimilation to be stimulated, the same apparatus of respiration to be strengthened—so long should the means of doing this be the same in each sex. A system ot’ physical training so planned, should, we also hold, only be varied as new functions come in to play, which, in the further developement ot the being, may require special care, and then, we allow, that this training may be modified — but then onlv so far and at such times as the demand of the last may be paramount —no longer and no further. We cannot but believe that were the physical female under 12 years of age looked upon in the light which we have placed her, and that were the course we have sketched out pursued in bringing her forward to the use of womanhood, those uses would be more properly performed and with far less wear and teurbo the general system, than that which it is now the daily pain of almost every physi cian to witness, and which, indeed, often makes her a wreck long before she had served the ul timate physical use—her crowning office as a mother. We would go farther, and say that the same error is made in her moral training also, and with the close connection in view, between the moral and physical being, this cannot be unim portant. Her moral training should be such, that, whiie it made her not less a woman, it should enable her to rise above the hundreds of arbitrary conventionalities that now in every way fetter her—that mould every thought and control every judgment —that under the names of “propriety,” “refinement,” “custom,” “fash ion,” exert an absolute tyranny over her from the cradle to the coffin. This tyranny is bro ken through, only in a few individual cases, and then by a rebellion which, for want of the very moral training that originally permitted the op pression, is often so outre in its aspect as to ex pose her to the charge of unsexing herself and to render her if not repulsive, at least the ob ject of ridicule and sarcasm. In short, we wish that woman should be taught to know her proprium and make herself fit to fill it —not as the antagonist, in the slightest sense, but as the complement of man, the other half of a beautiful unity. While the physical training we urge would never enable her to sing bass, the moral training would never fit her for the rostrum, the pulpit or the hustings; but, on the contrary, it would enable her to see clearly her unfitness for those; and still further, it would enable her to see as clearly a hundred duties around her, which are peculiarly hers as a wo man, and the full and faithful performance of which, would save her from that earking care, that discontent, most often unrecognized by herself, that listless aimlessness, that now saps the moral, and necessarily the physical vitality of hundreds of her sex—that wears them down in mind and body—that brings them sick head aches, crooked spines, flat chests, hysterics, pre mature age. Bovs, take tour Fun.- -Nothing equals a boy, except a girl. The frolicking, harum-scar um, high glee times of boyhood, happy they were. Perhaps you never broke steers and eolts, never slid down hill, over fences, across the ice on the meadow, never skated among the huge fires on the ten acre pond, on a dear win ter's night, drawing the prettiest girl in all the town after you holding on a stick. If you nev er have, you never was a boy! How many years does a man have to live to pile up tis much happiness as jumpt out of a boy in a single old-fashioned, gingerbread, molasses candy, wrestling, bat and ball playing town meeting day? Bring out your sleds and skates, roll up your snow balls as huge .as Atlas, play “tag” and make the most of your legs! The iVcffro Law of Illinois. The recent Legislature of said State have passed a very stringent law in relation to blacks. The active course of abolitionists is, no doubt, the cause for tlie need of such meas ures. Their jails and alms houses are crowded with blacks, and to piotect themselves they have found it necessary to adopt some plan to lessen the evil. We give a synopsis: Section first. A fine of from one to five hundred dollars for aiding or bringing any black into the State. Section second provides for the indictment and arrest ot non-residents who are guilty of the same acts. Section third provides against the entrance ot a bond or free black to become a resident in the State in a fine of fifty dollars for the first offense. Section fourth ordefll the culprit to be sold it the hne is not paid forthwith, to defray the expenses of the court, etc., until such expenses are paid by service. Section fifth, orders a second prosecution, if the black does not leave in ten davs. Section sixth gives to the negro the right of appeal within five days on certain conditions. Section seventh gives half the fine to the complainant, while tlie other half is to be ap plied for the-benefit of the poor. Section eighth provides tor the return of the black, (if proved to be a slave) to his master, the latter paying the costs, etc. Section ninth. If the Justice refuses to issue the warrant on a proper’ application, he shall answer for the crime of non-feasance, and be punished accordingly; but if the jury find the black not guilty under this act, the Justice may prosecute the accusing for costs, etc. Section tenth. Ever}” person who shall have one-fourth negro blood shall be deemed a mu lato. Section eleventh. This act shall take effect and be in force from aud after its passage. Approved Feb. 12, 1853. We do not doubt but that this law will work well. The people of Illinois have no liking for slavery, but they have less regard for the efforts of abolitionists who are filling the State with paupers, vagabonds, and blacks, who have been induced to run away from their masters and then thrown upon themselves. 03-An account has been published in the papers, that the President elect rode from Baltimore in the baggage early way of preserving his incognito , and c n the instant the train stopped he sprang out upon the platform, in such disguise, an aid coat , hat, and face muffing handkerchief, as enabled him to pass through the crowd of eager expectants, who thronged the door*, without being recognized, though many of his personal and intimate friends were there keenly looking for him. The committees did not discover that the game had eluded them, until the seedy look ing hack, in which he had seated himseif. was on the way to tbe City Hotel.’’ A Novel- Contrivance. Tlie Boston correspondent of the Springfield Republican, finishes a sketch- of a member of the Legislature— a political opponent—as : it is said that he brings his noon meal lo the House m a leathern satchel, and, for the purpose of keeping sos repast warm, sits upon bis bag until dinner time. This >s a contrivance of Tartar origin—nnd cannot, of wmrgp, V patented in America.’ I RECORD OF CRIME. Shocking Murder.—The New York papers contain the particulars of a most shocking murder committed there oil Monday night a week ago, by a man named Neary, on the per son ot his wife. This murder is in some re spects similar to the late tragedy at Philadel phia. Neary, it appears, while in his sober senses, deliberately beat bis wife about the head with a stonecutter’s mallet and chisel un til her skull was crushed in several places, and she was rendered senseless, in which state she remained until she died. The murder was committed after the woman had gone to bed, in the presence of her three children, who were in bed in the same room. The eldest boy, about fifteen years of age, testified against his father in a firm, straightforward manner. Serious Altercation at the University of Virginia.— We are informed that an alter cation of a very serious nature occurred at Mr. Brooks’ boarding house, near the Univer sity, Charlottesville, on Tuesday afternoon last, between Messrs. J. S. Mosby and George W T * lurpin, students at the University. The latter received a pistol ball in his neck, which passed between tlie jugular vein and some large artery, and lodged in the back of the head. The wound is severe, but the attending physician does not consider it fatal. Mr. Mosby was committed to jail to await an examination.— Both the young gentlemen are from Albemarle county. \\ e have not learned the circumstan ces which led to this unhappy affair.—Rich mond Dispatch, 31a/ ult. Fatal Affray. —We learn from a gentle man who came down on the cars, that Samuel Rucker killed his brother-in-law, Wm. Smith, in Murfreesboro’ yesterday. The difficulty originated in settling their estate. — Nashville Gazette , 31s/ ult. A I’ iend. —The Vicksburg Whig publishes an account of a horrible outrage perpetrated at a wood-yard below Warrenton, Miss., on the 10th. A man named Webb entered the house of a man named Seborn, who kept the wood yard, during his absence, for the purpose of committing some outrage upon bis two daugh ters, who were alone. lie was resisted by them until one was struck down with an axe, dange rously wounded. The fiend then succeeded in mastering the older girl, and forcibly dragged her into a boat and put off’ with her. W e learn that a recontre occurred in L nion Alley this morning between W. G. Brien, Esq., and Mr. John Curry, in which each fired a pistol at the other Mr. Murray was wounded in the thigh.— Nashville Evening News. Cost of Killing one’s Wife in Miss.— We learn from a late Ripley Advertiser that Samuel V illiams was convicted at the recent term ot the Circuit Court ot Tippah county, Miss, of ‘manslaughter in the first degree’ for killing his wife, and sentenced to the peniten tiary for ten years. Mi rder in Louisa.—We learn from the Charlottesville Advocate, that the body of Rich ard W illiams, ot Granger county, was found in the South Anna River in Louisa county several days since, bearing the marks of violence, and bound with strong cords. He being evidently murdered, the persons in the neighborhood set about hunting up proofs as to the manner of his death, and finally suspicion rested upon Capt. Vm. Porter, his wife, his wife’s sister, and two of his negro men, who were all ex aminep and committed for trial. The commit tal was upon the evidence of Williams’ wife; who is Porter’s wife’s sister, and who had left her husband and was living at Potter’s at the timd of the murder. Forter is a tnan of pro perty and has been highly respected until by bad association lie had fallen upon evil courses. W illiams was a poor laboring man. The neigh borhood where the murder was committed is proverbial for integrity and a love of law and order, and a great excitement was produced by the occurrence. Mail Robbery. —The Nashville Whig of the sth hist, says: Mr. Hutchins, one of the firm of Hutchins & Cos. of Louisville, passed through this city yesterday, en route for Louis ville, having in custody Col. Levy, U. S. Mai! Agent, charged with having robbed the mail in Louisville of a package containing over $4,000. The circumstances, as we learned them, are substantially as follows: Hutchins & Cos., about ten days since, mailed the package at Louisville, (all the notes been previously branded with their private mark,) to Shapard A Cos. ot this city, and telegraphed the same. The mail arrived without the package. Shap ard A Cos. immediately telegraphed to Hutch ins A C’o., Louisville. Upon examination at that office it was the opinion of the Postmas ter, Mr. Edwards, that the Mail Agent, Mr. Levy, had taken the package. Mr. Hutchins immediately started in pursuit. Arriving in this city, he learned that Mr. Levy, after ex amining this office, as is the business of the Mail Agent, had given out that he was going to Dresden, Tennessee. Mr. Hutchins, however, for some reason, took the cars, and passing Chattanooga with out obtaining any clue to him, be finally over took him at Atlanta, Georgia, traveling under an assumed name, but unfortunately for him having in his possession an umbrella marked ‘stolen from Col. Levy.’ Mr. Hutchins on bis trip found several of the bills belongingto the package in the hands of parsons who had changed them, and actually stood beside Mr. Levy and saw him purchase a railroad ticket with one of the bills. Most of the money was recovered by Mr. Hutchins, either in the origi nal funds or in other currency. Fatal Stabbing. —We regret to chronicle another murderous outrage perpetrated in our midst. It appears that on Friday last, a young man named Burnett went to the brickyard of John D. Lebo, raised an altercation with him and finally, in the presence of his wife, stabbed him, inflicting a wound, of which lie died on Sunday morning. Burnett lied immediately, and though pursued has not bet been appre hended. Much solicitude is felt for the appre hension of the murderer, for which, with com mendable promptitude and public spirit, a re ward ot §2OO has been offered by the citizens of our community.— Knoxville Statesman. Mrs. Fili.xioue and Mrs. Cass.— The funer al of Mrs Fillmore took place at Buffalo, on Sat urday afternoon, and that of Mrs. Cass at De troit, on Sunday afternoon. They were both attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends. ... .The other day two young ladies were discussing the fashions. One was in favor of having dresses with hooks-and-eyes behind, adding: “I think they are more genteel in ap pearance.” The one in favor of placing the hooks-and-eyes in front, replied: “Yes, but suppose a body marries, then the dresses will need no altering.” No. 1 fainted at the mere allusion to interesting catastrophe. .... “Those farmers who hesitate about their ability to take a newspaper, are requested to keep one more lieu than usual. The proceeds will pay all costs.” ... .Thoughts and expressions became round ed and polished by being revolved in the mind, as pebbles by being rolled in the sea. 4\ ho has a month, let him not sav to another, ‘Blow.’ The world is for bi n tvljo bus patience. ... .A boy caught a hungry dog the other day, tied him by the tail and coaxed him out of his skin with a piece of liver. P. S.—The dog is as well as could be expected under the circumstances. oTlje (Georgia Citi^cu. I*. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR. MACON, GA APRIL 16, 1853. Cotton Market. —Prices range this week in this market, at from 8 to 10 J cents. To Correspondents. letter for us from Norwich, N. Y. remains in the Post Office. W 1 ill the writer send us a duplicate, j postage paid ? | Ci? Charlie Nettle” is not bad, but he is excluded, for non-cotn-pliance with our terms touching anony mous communications. J- W. T. J ; Slade, Lee Cos. can send us money through the mail at our risk, the post-master forward* j hig the same or witnessing it being done. I*oetical Gems. —The lovers of the beautiful in the poetical art, will find something delightful in thought, expression and imagery, on our fii-st page, from the pen of our gifted correspondent, Dr. Thomas 11. Chivers. ©Mr Volume. —llow do you like our appearance, reader? Have we not improved some what in the style of our outward seeming? We did not promise a great deal, preferring to abide the judg ment of our friends, in a matter which concerns our self so nearly; but without boasting, do w r c not look quite genteel, this morning, in our new dress?— We have always aimed to make the Citizen a first class Newspaper, in matter and manner—one that we could introduce into the company of our cotemporaries, w ith out a blush at the association. And we think we have succeded. At least, we are willing to compare notes, in this respect, with any and all of our brethren, and submit the decision to the umpire of the sovereign peo ple, to whom after all is the credit due for any im provements we have been enabled to make in our Journal. For without their generous encouragement and support we could have accomplished nothing wor thy of mention. For them, therefore, we shall continue to labor, in the confident assurance that they will con tinue to recompense us according to our works. We do not mean to run out nor rust out, but forgetting ! the things that are behind, we shall press onward to the prize of our honorable calling—the just remunera tive reward for the time, means and energy devoted to our business, as well as the giateful plaudits of the community, in which we dwell. Ire Cream Saloon. —We were very agreca i bly notified, the other evening, of the re-opening of Charley Freeman’s Ice Cream Saloon, by the appear ; ;mce at our Sanctum door, of a ‘colored individual’ bearing on his arms a massive tray-load of the most delicious cream ever concocted by man’s ingenuity, as a compliment to all hands in the office. The said lux ury was duly discussed, after which a vote of thanks was passed, unanimously , to the polite and gentlemanly donor. Mr. Freeman has refitted his Ladies’ Saloon as well as Stag llall, in an elegant manner, and will i doubtless be ready at any moment, during the season, i to furnish his customers with a choice article of lee ; Cream, of most delicate flavor. lie has associated Mr. | R. A. Benson with him in business. Dentistry. —Messrs. Segcr k Arnold have open* i ed a suite of Rooms iu the building recently occupied ! by Mr. Wood its a Daguerrean Gallery, and have fitted up the same in a splendid, yea, gorgeous and luxurious manner, for the accommodation of their visitors. Their arrangements are complete for the manufacture and in sertion of every description of plate and Block work, and judging from the the specimens exhibited, they certainly have arrived at the ne plus ■ultra of tlieir Profession. Dr. Arnold is recently from New Yoik, and brings with him ample testimonials of bis aceoiu ; plishments as a Surgeon Dentist. Look Out for Counterfcitcrt. —A ’ correspondent of the Dalton Times, under date of j Cleveland, Texas, 10th April, announces the arrest in t the latter place, on Sunday last, of three Counterfeiters, who gave their names its Jos. Waters, Jos. Jones and Pierson, with several aliases. They had in their possession, when arrested, Four thousand Eight hun dred dollars, in spurious Bank hills; principally 20’s of the Union Bank of Tcnnesse, made payable at Knox j ville, and various other places; 20’s of the Bank of ; Tennessee; 10’s and *2o’s on the Planter’s Bank of Ten ! nessee, dated March 1, 1853, signed O. Ewing, Cash’r. 18. B. Fogg, P. T. Prcsd’t. These hills are mostly j well executed, and calculated to deceive many persons, j It is said that there are others of the gang who have ■ passed Southwardly, those arrested having been seen ! with others who had a wagon and a drove of negroes !in their possession. Look out for the rascals ! Governor Cobb>—This gentleman has writ ten a long letter to CoL Morris of Franklin county, in favor of a re-union of the Union and Secession wings of the Democratic Party and in opposition to the rc-opcn ing of the “Union Hotel,” as desired by our friend General Sanford, by Colonel Ilolsey, Gen. Wofford and others. The Georgian, Federal Union and other se cession prints receive liis Excellency hack with open arms and rejoice ns over the return of a prodigal son to his Father’s house. Says the Federal Union: — “We have space only to say, that the letter is frank ly and boldly written. It will place this gentleman in a clear position before the Party, and contribute great ly to the re-union and fraternal good feeling in the ranks of the whole Democracy of the State. Tile Catho lic spirit abounding in the letter of Gov. Cobh should be met by a like spirit on the part of our friends.” On the other hand, the “Recorder” dissents, and comments as follows, upon the document:— “We have neither time nor space this week to oo tice at large the subject matter of this letter, Mr. Cobb seems to he in the enjoyment of a most happy oblivi ousnoss of tire jars and feuds which now convulse the democratic party from its centre to its circumference. Neither in the Cabinet nor in the Senate—in New- York or in Georgia, does the democratic family pre sent the most loving or hopeful aspect, whilst in Ohio the Baltimore Platform has been openly repudiated by those pure patriots that rejoice in the name of Demo crat,*aud with whom His Excellency would have union men of the South affiliate. The Union Whigs will hardly follow him to such a banquet, aud although va rious considerations may induce a few Union Demo crats to amalgamate with secessionists, we believe the great mass of them ill keep aloof from all such dis cordant associations. ,r The “Banner” - likewise dissents from the arguments of the Governor, but we have not room for ks strictures. Suffice it to say that the schdsm among the Union De mocracy is now complete—the “disruption” is to til. Well, we confess, that we are not sorry enough to erv about it. It is just what we expected, when the Union Democrats slabbed off from the C. U. Party, and were followed by the Fillmore Whigs. The difficulty was that the Union Party was two large. It had that de sirable clement “size,” but there was too much size to be prosperous! There were too many March gentle men in the crowd, of the “Collin’s Ram” breed of politicians! What else then could have been expected but a quarrel among the aspirants for fame and office? On the other hand, the Whigs are no less disrupted than the Uniou Democracy. You might as well at- | | tempt to mix oil and water as to mingle the antago- j j nistic qualities which once made up the great Whig i j Party of Georgia. The Punic faith of one wing to- I wards the other has left a rankling sore in the minds of the latter, which it will take time to heal. Our im pression then is, that the Southern Rights Democracy will be able to sweep aM before them, in the ensuing campaign, especially if the surrender of Gov. Cobh and his friends is received with that cordiality which will inspire confidence in the Union men, and banish from their minds the idea of meditated treachery on the part of the Secession Democrats. That party will then become, in its turn, the party of “‘size" —a fact which the superior instincts of His Excellency have perhaps enabled him to discover far in advance of his compeers, and which same instincts will serve, also, to keep him in an available position, when another com ing Revolution casts its shadows before! We shall see. OUR BOOK TABLE. Our table literally groans under the burden of the Literary Feast, which is spread upon it. We have only time and space for a brief mention of some of the items. Here is ‘ Graham's Magazine ’ for May, with its ple thora of 128 pages letter press, beautifully illustrated and splendidly printed. Next is Godcy for May, with its 70 contributors and 40 engravings. Iu thU No. also, Mr. G. has given a plate of colored fashions which the Ladies admire so much. Next is the Southern Ladles’ Boole from New Or leans, edited by Mrs. L. Virginia French, containing a portrait of Jlames 11. Caldwell, Esq. of that city, and a fine engraving of the new St. Charles Hotel. The Book is printed at tlie office of the NL 0. Daily True Delta, and is a beautiful specimen of typography.— Success to this Journal of Southern Literature. In addition to the above, we have before us the Water Cure Journal and the Phrenological Journal, for April, from the prolific press of Messrs. Fowlers k Wells, New York. These-are most excellent and use ful works and should be in the hands of every family in the land, as the daily study of men, women and children. And last, for the present, we have received a file of the back Nos. of the ‘ lllustrated New England Culti vator’ Geo. P.. Burnham, Editor, and R. B. Fitts & Cos. Publishers. This isai magnificent Family Journal, devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics, Ru ral aud Domestic Economy, Literature and General In telligence, at §2 per annum, in advance. We will be obliged to the publishers, for the Nos. from January to April. Will exchange with pleasure. A iVeail While Ulan. —“Aboutthe mean est thing we have seen a white man do lately, we wit nessed the other day. A well dressed person stopped a newsboy, took one of his papers of the evening edi tion just printed, walked leisurely up the street a full square, glanced over every column on the page and saw what was news and what was’nt, and then handed the paper back to the boy, saying, “I believe I won’t take it. ” That’s what we call the concentrated es cence of—we can’t find a word strong enough."— N. O. Pick. Do you call that mean, Mr. Pick? Why we know of more than one cliap in this burg who makes it a common practice, not only to borrow the Citizen, but to carry it ofF, after borrowing it, without paying a cent, tlie year round, for the privilege of reading—and then to turn round and fulminate his maledictions against the Editor! We are tempted to spell the names of one or two of these gentry, but do not like to tarnish this our virgin sheet of VoL 4, with any im purity, whatever. ‘LinkedSwretnew long drawn outJ —Parson Brownlow having been presented with a half barrel of New Orleans Syrup, thus gloats over the sacharinc luxury: “ Now, it would do a hungry man good to stand by our table and see us roll a pan cake over and over in a plate of this Syrup, and then start it with railroad speed, i the way of all the earth.’ But it would ren der a fellow more solid comfort, to unite with us in the operation. It is a great matter to know men and to know how to suit each one’s taste. Had these far see ing and truly clever gentlemen presented us with a half barrel of Liquor, it would have been ill-timed, but the Syrup!—why, reader, we are at home now— we arc perfectly in town with a pocket full of rocks! ” Wi<iliing to Vamose.— “Tlie proprietors of the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser k Gazette wish ing to engage in other pursuits, offer their printing es tablishment for sale, for cash or its equivalent. ” Secession Doctrines don’t pay, it would seem, out in Alabama, or the above offer would not have been made. No wonder “other pursuits” are more attractive. But wc wish to enquire, if the Proprietors mean to sell out their principles as well as their press? We would not take the latter as a gift with the encumbrance of the former. The I-'ast Alabamian -The Editor of this print takes except ato oui . 0 mragraph, in re ference to Capt. Abert.-Oi .’ is ■ ■ 11, as a candidate for re-election to Cong ,J; -‘d Congressional District of Alulmma, a “We again reassert P-at 0 , rcrombie stands where he stood ‘durii g rim ‘ate vass’—a Union man to the heart. Tin C-.iv/. , i aware that the Whigs have not cast a iuli tote Capt. Abercrom bie was elected upon the Union ticket, aud the Whigs in this section have come to the conclusion, honest con clusion that Gen. Scott was no candidate, and have therefore determined his vote as null and void. There is not a Union man in the District but will accord him his support, and the ‘incorruptible’ Whigs will stand up to him to man. It will take a mighty clever follow in any ‘point’ of view, to beat the man who hits ever held, maintained and followed Republican principles, and stood up to the Union party in every emergency. Wc have our doubts very much, whether any ‘clever’ fellow will oppose Capt. Abercrombie, as his opponents sadly feel his popularity, and are afraid to venture again. To wlmt party does the Georgia Citizen now belong ? We ask for information.” Wc did not intend, ‘Joe,’ to be meddling with your affairs, but since you have become sponsor for the Cap tain and make a special call upon us, to ‘define our po sition,’ we cannot resist the courteous invitation, and ! will therefore speak a word or two more on the sub ject. The not casting a full Whig vote since the elec tion of Capt. Abercrombie, on the Union Ticket, has nothing to do, apprehend, with the apostaey of that gentleman, in the late Presidential contest. We say apostaey, because we know of no other word to ex press the fact, that Capt. A. the veteran Whig of Ala- 1 buma—the inflexible Whig—the incorruptible and j pugnacious advocate of Whig measures and Whig men, ‘ for a quarter of a century or longer, up to last sum mer, did, at last, repudiate the nomination of the Na tional Whig party and refuse to support the gallant old Chieftain, Winfield Scott, for the Presidency. But this is not all. The HOll. gentleman seems himself to have had an idea that lie had made a misstep on that occasion, and is fearful of the consequences, in that he now refuses to submit his claims to a re-nomination, to his regular Party Convention, but has announced him- J self a candidate, ‘ nolus volus,’ whether he is the nomi nee of a convention or not. What docs this mean, I Mr. Alabamian, but a doubt as to the support of the ! ‘incorruptible Whigs’ of the District, on the mind of ; the Captain? True, the Union men and Whigs will probably support him against a Secession Democrat, under the circumstances, but this will not. prove that his popularity has not waned some since the events of last summer. If he dkl not so believe, why inn inde pendent of his party nomination ? He has blocked the game upon bis own friends, by this course, and has not given them the opportunity of passing a verdict upon his conduct. Notwithstanding, then, the lauda tion of the East Alabamian, we must be permitted to continue to doubt the alledgcd fact of Mr. Abercrom bie’s unabated populaiity in his District, until lie sub mits his claims to a regular Convention and receives its nomination over all other gentlemen of his party. ; That will be the first test of his popularity and the second will be his re-election by a majority equal to that received before, over his Democratic opponent. Now a word as to our position, Mr. Alabamian.— Our present locality in politics is oh a given point on j the ‘imaginary great circle passing through the poles and perpendicular to the equator,’ or in other words, on that meridional position which is the ‘highest place or point of any thing.’ And we are exceedingly in different whether we shall descend from our elevation to mingle in the coming strife or remain where we are, till the storm beneath has passed. We say this, be cause, at the present writing, flhere are neither princi ples nor measures at issue in this State, and we do not care to ‘go a warfare at onr own charges’ for men who are either indifferent or obnoxious to us. Are you answered, Mr. Alabamian? P. S. Since writing the foregoing, wc notffce that the Whigs of Macon and Butler counties have held meetings and appointed Delegates to a District Con gatssional Convention, in the usual manner, to nomi nate a candidate. Will Capt. Abercrombie meet the issue of popularity there or will he not? If not, let us hear no more, Joseph, on that head. Onr Extra.— With this number of the Citizen will be sent an Extra, directed to the personal and particular consideration of each individual subscriber and reader of this paper. We are going ahead, and wish to travel on the rail-way of our progress with as much ease and with as little friction as possible. Will therefore be thankful for enough of the lubricating substance to accomplish the object in a pleasant man- I ner. Memphis Commercial Convention. —Gov. Cobb has issued a circular inviting the people of Georgia to assemble in primary meetings, at such times and places as may suit their convenience, and appoint delegates to represent this State in said Con vention. His Excellency thinks this a better plan than for him, as Executive, to make such appointments, and he is impressed with the conviction that a sufficient interest will be felt among the people, themselves, to ensure their action upon the subject. Well Put. A writer in the last Sandersville Georgian introduces an article in favor of the Reform of the Liquor traffic, with the following home-thrust interrogatories, which we commend to the special no tice of all concerned, especially our * Lsthmaelitisk ’ friend, General ‘Comer Stone*: Are you acquainted, Mr. Editor, with a sober, intel liigcibt, and respectable citizen, who would vote to have a grogshop located in frout of his family dwelling, and for it to remain as long as the owner chose to keep it ? I presume not. Then ought such a citizen to vote for it to be placed before his neighbor’s house ? V\ hv is .it that even drinking men do not like to have these lawful establishments near to their dwellings? Why ? But on account of the disgusting scenes that are too often enacted at them—from the demoralizing influence which they exert—and from the loathsome examples of human depravity, which unfortunately, too often occur. I should think that these were suffi cient to convince any reflecting mind, that the Traffic in Spirituous Liquors, and the laws which sanction that Traffic, especially in retail, are not only immoral, but are sinful, are a violation of the first principles of political economy, and at variance with the principles of the Bible. Not So. —A writer in the Savannah Georgian, over the signature of ‘Honesty,’ in discussing the sub ject of the petty Larceny of certain newspaper Editors, acquits the ‘Georgian’ of the crime, but says that ‘it extends throughout the whole Southern Press, to a greater or less extent, and is nn evil that loudly de mands a remedy.’ Mr. ‘Honesty* is too whole- sale in his allegations. We protest against being classed with those who are in the habit of directly stealing the la bors of their cotemporaiies, or of indirectly doing the same thing, by ignoring the source whence the news is derived, or dressing it up in the form of a letter or telegraphic dispatch to the press of the pilferer! It is astonishing how some of these Journalists are able to keep so many correspondents in their service—but the fact is patent, that no event of the least public impor tance can happen any where in Georgia, but their Lynx-eyed correspondents at once seize hold of it and send it all the way to Savannah or elsewhere, as the case may be, in the twinkling of a bed-post. The only thing curious about the matter is, that in most cases, these special items of news are not published in these enterprising Newspapers, till after the country Journal nearest the scene of event has had time to reach thorn, by Railroad, and convey the same intelligence! Vive la humbug! Too Much of a 4oo<l Thing. —The tootings of a flute, the grinding on a Harmonicon, and the ding-dong of a church bell, may, by their continui ty of sounds, become wearisome if not painful to the ear. Why is it necessary for that African individual who officiates at the Bell-rope of the Presbyterian Church to prolong each ringing indefinitely? It has Income a nuisance to the neighborhood, especially to those of weak nerves and on a sickbed. Do, Mr. Janitor, spare us the infliction of 25 minutes ringing when 5 will suf fice to gather the flock. Hc.tr Klim ! —“Unfortunately for the south, she is in far more danger from the spirit of submission than that of secession. In every contest with the north, she backed to the wall ami submitted to indig nity rather than disturb the public peace. This is know n at the north—northern politicians presume up it—aye, even boost that the south cannot be kicked out ot the Union. Secession doctrines are, therefore, a bugbear which even children and old women laugh at —dry bones w hich excite terror only when they are rattled in the dark. No wonder that the brave men of the Journal d’ Messenger have proudly scorned to engage in the silly amusement, and that those who are busy in it, arc the butt of ridicule even of the Georaia Citizen .” * We copy the above from that rabid partizan print, the Columbus “Times and Sentinel, ” on the subject of the ‘New’ Union Party’ proposed to be formed in Gcor | gia, chiefly for the confession therein contained from one of the High Priests of Disunion, that “secession doctrines arc a bug-bcar which even children and old women laugh at—dry bones which excite terror only when they are rattled in the dark. ” That has been our private opinion, for some time, Captain, of the whole secession movement —its blood and thunder principles—its “coffin” paraphernalia and its “fire-cat j ing” demonstrations. We did not expect, however, that one of the players on the “dry bones” would | have confessed the cheat and hypocrisy, so candidlv j and at so early a day. TJio “ Unit” Cabinet Mr. Marcy has resigned the post of Secretary of State. Mr. Cushing, ; the Attorney General, takes Marcy’s place, and Mr. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy, takes Cushing’s place. I Commodore Stockton has been appointed to the Navv 1 Department in Mr. Dobbin’s place. James Buchanan has been confirmed as Minister to England. Mr. Benton, it is reported, has been appoint- i ed Minister to France, audit is thought that Marcy will get a foreign mission. Cotton from Columbus.—We learn that the first lot. of Cotton—36 bales—ever received in this city, by railroad from Columbus, arrived on Tuesday evening j last consigned to Messrs. Wells & Durr. It is expected J that the receipts from that quarter, the next season, will reach a high figure.— Sar. Rep. 14th. The Savannah Georgian. —ln this pa per, of Tuesday morning, appears an extract of six lines from our last paper, simply announcing the sale of the Howard Factory, Columbus, w ithout comment. In the same paper of Wednesday morning, we find the following:— “Rkv. John E. Dawson.—We regret that in pub lishing a report of the sale of the Howard Factory, in Columbua, taken from the Georgia Citizen, some re- j flections upon the gentleman whose name stands above, I inadvertently found their way into our yesterday morn ing’s edition. Nothing could be further from our feel ings than any disposition to give countenance to those imputations. Personally, our acquaintance with Mr. Dawson is slight; by reputation we know him well; j but whether judging from our personal acquaintance or from his established reputation, we must say that we know scarcely any one who approaches more nearly our beau ideal of a Christian gentleman than lie. That j lie is capable of doing anything unworthy the character either of a Christian or of a gentleman, w e do not for a moment believe. ” Now’ the question arises, did or not the Sav. Georgi an publish any refections from the Citizen upon the Rev. J. E. Dawson, tliat required such an apology?— If it only published the six lines which we find in that paper of the 12th inst. there was no need of the above, i unless to lickspittle the reverend gentleman. If, how - ever, the whole of our article was copied, the Georgian may be excused, for its retraction of the publication.— We fear, however, that his “ beau-ideal of a Christian Gentleman” will not thereby he exhonerated from the refections which his neighbors and fellow-citizens have generally placed upon the transaction referred to, and the prominent part which the Reverend gentleman took therein. If a minister of the gospel leaves the pulpit to speculate in Factory Stock, he must calculate to take the losses as well as the profits of the operation. He that wears a black coat into a lint room, must not ex pect its glossy sheen to remain undiinmed and untar nished ! But apart from this—we are of the opinion that no man can justly be considered the “ beau-idea! of a Chris tian gentleman” who is ostentatious, vindictive, and su percilious, unless the Pharisee of olden times was the type of meekness, humility and self-abasement. Texas Route to the Pacific.—“Acor respondent of the Cotton Plant, (a paper published at Washington City,) writing from San Antonio, Texas, on the Ist ult. says: “I have just learned that a very important bill has been put through the Texas Legislature. The bill grants to the Barings of London, the right of way from Hous ton, Texas, to the El Passo. They ask i'or no land nothing but the right of way. Their agent, Mr. Chats worth, has pledged the faith of Barings, and forty mil lions of dollara, to carry out the matter at once. They intend carrying the road to the Pacific, and it is un derstood the Mexican Government are prepared to grant the right of way over their territory. If Con gress does not favor the road, the Pacific terminus will be made more to the southward, and on Mexican soil. ” Sad Occurrence.— The Christian Index, of the 7th inst. gives the following account of an unfor tunate occurrence which took place at Penfield, on the 4th inst. by which a student of the name of F. W. Janes came to his death from a pistol shot, discharged by his fellow student Ben. F. Willet, from Bibb coun ty:— It gives us much pain to record a sad exception to the order of our peaceful village, and the propriety of deportment whieh has distinguished the students of our Uuivereity. On last Monday evening, about sun set, Felix W. Janes, a regular member of the Fresh man Class, and Benj. F. Willet, a student on trial in the same class, were, with some of their fellow-stu dents, amusing themselves at play. A slight alterca tion having arisen between Janes and Willet, the lat ter drew a loaded pistol from his pocket, and presented it in a threatening manner. How far this was done with the criminal intent to inflict injur)', will be a sub ject of legal investigation, and we, therefore, abstain from expressing an opinion; but it is certain that in the issue, the pistol was discharged, and Janes re ceived a wound, which proved fatal in less than 24 hours. The event has greatly shocked our community. The Printer’* Strike ‘Tvpo,’ a corres pondent of the Montgomery Advertiser, savs tliat ‘there has not been a general strike for higher wages’ among the Printers of Montgomery, but they, in fonn ing a Typographical Society, established prices of work at sl4 per week, or 40 cents |*>r thousand cm*. The Journal office not recognizing the Society, its hands refused to work till the Proprietors should come to terms, which they finally did. This, says ‘Typo’ is the only strike which has occurred there. What ‘Typo’ further says a>>out the ‘Citizen’ office and the system ol ‘ratting’ is foreign to the issue, so far as we arc concerned. We have had loss to do with the manufacture of incompetent workmen and employ fewer of them, than, perhaps, any other office in the South. We have no apprentices and have al ways paid the highest wages in this State, viz: 37 1-2 cents per thousand for composition. The ‘responsi bility ’ of the evil, therefore, of worthless, half-taught and incompetent workmen, docs not fall upon our shoulders, Mr. ‘Typo,’ your insinuation to the contrary, notwithstanding. The other insinuation that we arc not & practical Printer and therefore incapable of judg ing of the qualifications of Journeymen, is a story that will do to tell to Marines, but will not be credited, a moment, by those who know any thing about our to pographical education of more years in the business, than ‘Typo’ probably has been out of his swaddling clothes! ‘Teach your granny to suck eggs,’ will you ? Ala. Journal w ill please copy this article if the Ad vertiser does not. Encourage Skill and Industry The Brothers Carothers who have purchased Mr. Ry landcr s Blacksmithing Establishment, arc represented to us as skillful and faithful workmen in their line. One ot them Ills been iu the employment of Mr. T. 11. Plant for several yeqgr, and executed a part of the Iron Work on the Buggy of Mr. P. which took the Pre mium at the late I’air. See their advertisement. NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS. j ....In the good old God-fearing days of the Puritans, printers were treated with some thing like tiie respect which was their due, as is 1 evidenced by the following extract from the an ! cient records of the Commonwealth ; “Stephen Day being the first that set up printing, is granted 300 acres of land where it may be con venient, without prejudice to any town.” .... A dispatch to the Alabama Journal an nounces the arrival of the Hon. W. R. King, at Mobile, April 11th, from Mantauzas. He was in a low state. ... .Some loyal John Hull,has departed this life, bequeathing the neat little sum of $250,- 000 to Queen Victoria ! Three distinguished Ladies, or the wives of three distinguished men, have lately deceased, within a few days of each other, viz;—Mrs. Fillmore, Mrs. Cass and Mrs. John C. Rives.— The latter was the wife of the Editor of the ‘A iwhington Glole, and died very suddenly. ... .The New Liquor Law, more stringent than the first, has passed the Legislature of Maine, by a vote of two to one ! .... Rhode Island has chosen a Democratic Governor and other officers as follows: For Governor, Thillip Allen. “ Lieut. Governor, Francis M. Diamond. ” Secretary of State, Asa Potter. “ Attorney General, Walter S. Burgess. “ Treasurer, Edwin Willbur. For Congress.—l. Thomas Davis. 11. Ben jamin B. Thurston. ... .Dr. G. W. Baskin, of Mercer, Pa. was attacked by some unknown person on Satur- j day night last, near bis dwelling, and received I a wound inflicted with a bowie knife, which proved fatal in a few minutes. A young mar ried man has been arrested on suspicion. .. . .The Chattanooga Gazette learns from a correspondent, that the entire Road from At lanta to this City, is being laid anew, under the control and superintendence of the energetic and able Engineer, George G. Hull, Esq. Gen. Marshall Dead. —A telegraphic dis patch, received at St. Louis on the 2d inst an nounces that Gen. Thos. Marshall was killed in a street fight at Maysville, Kv. The rencontre is understood to have boeu with one of his ten ants. The deceased was a Brigadier General in the Mexican war, and a prominent member of Congress from Kentucky, First Congressional Dist.—A writer in the Savannah Republican suggests the name of Dr. Clias. 11. Guyton, of Dublin, as a suitable candidate for Congress in the First District. New Hampshire. —Four Editors have been elected to the Legislature, viz: Mr. Rix, of The C(x>s Democrat , and Mr. Whittemore, of The j Nashua Gazette , to the Senate, Mr. Carleton, of The Newport Argus, and Mr. Adams, of The Granite Fanner , to the House. Santa Anna Elected President.-—Advices have been received at New Orleans from Mexi co to the 19th wit., from which we learn that Gen. Santa Anna lias been elected President of that Republic. ... .Two hundred and twenty-three doctors were manufactured by diploma, and cast forth ‘to seek whom they maywlevour,’ at the Phila delphia medical college, on the 9th inst. Lord, preserve the poor people! ... .lion. James H. Shirk, the present in cumbent, announces, through the Griffin Jef fersonian, tliat he is a candidate for re-election to the office of Judge of the Flint Circuit. — Though a Democrat, he does not offer himself as a party candidate. .... Col. B. F. Hardeman, of Oglethorpe county, is recommended for Judge of the Nor thern Circuit. ... .Green peas, raised at West Cambridge, Mass, were sold in Boston, on Saturday week, at the rate of S2O per bushel. .... A lot of fifty negroes belonging to Mr. Jones, were sold at Carrolton. Miss, on the Ist March, and commanded a very high price,— Not unusually likely negro fellows brought from $1,300 to $1,400, and one woman sold for $1,375. Boys from ten to twelve years of age brought from SBOO to $1,200, and girls in pro portion. In the language of a cotemporary, “this may do to raise cotton at ten cents, but will not do when tho staple gets below it/’ .... .He New York Dey-Rx* lowing severe, but witty epigram ou ft, J"’ | of Uncle Tom’s Cabin : utli > j When Latin I studied, my Ainsworth m h„ , I answered my teach* that Sto meant I For IN,"*" 1 ’ 1 Bh °, al<l nOW g ’ Ve aaoth I For Stowe means, beyond any cavil, to lie’ I .... A Connecticut dame, the nioihe r large family, was one day asked the number ‘ 1 her children. “La, me !” she replied r , , 1 to and fro, “I’ve got fourteen, mostly Ml girls!” ‘ - I wood, should a body whale a body—jf a ii could ? * * j . • • • - The Rev. Mr. Baker, of St Luke’s R timore, has joined the Catholic Church \ The Rev. M. C. White, of the M ■’ dist mission in Fub-Chau, China, sailed ~, • 16th of January for New York in the s ]■;•"! t B. Palmer. Mr. White returns in con* 4 of the long continued illness of Mrs. White * with the hope that a'sea voyage will Re I ducive to her health. The results of the election held in () I necticnt, on Monday the 4th, is entirely [w 1 era lie: For Governor. Thomas 11. Seymour. “ Lieut. Governor, Charles H. Pond. “ Secretary of State, John P. C. Mati> I “ Comptroller, Rufus G. Pinncy. For Congress—lst District, James of Hartford Cos.; 2d District, Cohn M. i soil, New Haven Cos.; 3d District, Nathan Belcher, New London Cos.; 4th District, On gen S. Seymour, Litchfield. ... .The Editor of a newspaper out towinj ! Lake Champlain, has discovered a wav of ke ing eggs from spoiling. His method is, toea; them while they are fresh !— Bravo. .... DeKalb Superior Court is at Decatur, Judge Hill upon the Bench. ’T, understand that there are only seven in jail fa murder, and only about fourteen or fifteen it all who are confined on criminal charges. B % presided at the perpetration of all these offencs, —Atlanta Repub. Weather—Crops.—We had cool mom ings in the early part of this week but no fra< or injury to vegetation. The weather is not fine. Cotton planting is nearly completed, and much of it up. Corn is being worked ora and looks well. The river continues in g boating order.— Albany Patriot, Bth. ....Thirty young married men of At. York city, under the name of the “ExeeLsior Pioneer Association,” are about forming a colo ny on the banks of Lake Minetonka, in Min nesota Territory, nine miles from the Falls ? St. Anthony and twelve miles from the tow of St. Paul’s. The Wilkes county railroad, it is I* lieved, will be finished by the 4th of Julyn-i; ... .The Bishops of Virginia, Ohio and Maine, have forwarded to the Bishop of Co*, neetieut (presiding in the House of Bishops) i presentment of the Bishop of New J.-rsev—ti third, from the same hands, within ten month and twenty-six days. A Court of Bishops called, to meet at Camden on the first day of September—a month before the assembling l the General Convention. .VARRIEI). On Thursday evening the 14th inst. bv the Rev. J. A. Shanklin, Mr. Walter C. Hodgkins, to Miss Levon i. Menark, all of this Cite'. In Milledgeville, on the evening of the 10th iart.lt the Rev. J. Bradford Smith, Mr. Creed A. Ingeax w | Miss Margaret Ann, daughter of N. C. andMit. Mai garet J. Barnett. j In Milledgeville, on the sth inst. by Her. Charier I : Jewett, Mr. Thomas Stokelv, of Carroll cou :tv, Gi to Miss Margaret Williams, of MifledgcviUc, Ga. In Baldwin, on the 7th inst. by Rev. Charic-L Jewett. Mr. Thomas B. Horne to Miss Martha, da;::..- ter of Win. R. Butts, Esq. all of B.ildwin co. In Emanuel county, on the 8d inst. bv the Rev. I Coleman, Mr. Jeremiah Coleman to Miss Raoul Bishop, all of paid county. DIED. In Greensboro, X. C. on Sunday morning, the * inst. General John M. Logan, aged about 54 voan.- The deceased was a native of Kaphoe, county l)oDii 1 Ireland, and immigrated to this country about tkrtf | years ago, during which time he has resided in the cwt ; tv of Guilford, tilling various offices of public tnis: ■ ; the county, with strict honor and punctuality. For:* last sixteen years he was clerk of the county court, de sen at each recurring term by the voters, and fillin': tit office to the satisfaction of the public. He was pro posed to dropsy of the chest, with au attack of which it ; lingered some two mouths before his decease, lie su j buried on Monday afternoon with Masonic tumors.— h trict. ‘‘Con. I.ogan was a brother of our fcilow-citizcn Get- M. Login, Esq.—. En. Citizen. SPECIAL NOTICES To Hip Rasonic Fraternity.— Ti* Board of Trustees for the Cassville Female Colley will be ready to lay the Comer Stone of the main t fiee on the 10th of May next, and all * TfrV where disjoined, are hereby invited vo attendant 1 * occasion, at Casavifle, Qa. Arrangements have be: ; made to have one of Georgia's most gifted Sons F ! - ent, as an orator, and everything in order, to na> the day one of interest. The citizens of Georgia £'■ generally invited to atteud. By order of the Board of Trustees. JOHN W. BURKE, Sec’ll. IW Tapers friendly to the cause of education ’ J please copy a few limes. A lard. Apalachicola, April 7th, 1C” Elltor Citizen: —The Fakir of Siva, Mr. J. 8. Ilaskt , has given great satisfaction in his wonderful perforin* 1 ces, fir thirteen nights in this city, and *lso^ 5 generosity in presenting to the distressed t;uni\y 0. 1 s>ea Captain, lately shipwrecked on our Coast, the rs* of One Hundred aqd Twenty Jour Dollars; tngetf'’ ; with his urbane deportment nnd gentleinanlv cond f | has won for him hero a host of warm hearted who bid him farewell with regret, and will be everrw ■■ to extend a hearty welcome should he ever revisit osr ! community. JOHS W, HUMPHRIES, A. McALPfiX, GEO. 11. BROUGHTON. BERRY LEWIS, JOSEPH LEE, W. 11. MOWER'. J. B. KENDRICK, J. J. liOZEMAY* apr Id It* LIVER COM PL AIN'T, —ThMangcrous a>’d ten fatal disease had long bullied the skill of a*- i®r eminent physicians, when the discovery of Mcl-ane s er Pills solved the difficulty, and presented to the the Great Specific fur that complicated malady which tr since attained “such widely spread celebrity for its o. 1 tainty of cure. This successful remedy was the re*® of many years’ study, in which the symptoms were n-_ rowlv observed, and arc thus described by the 9oci‘ himself: — . rj ,, “Symptom* of a Diseased Liver.— Pain in the nf side, and sometimes in the left, under the edge of f ,ibs—the patient being rarely able to lie on the lei ! pain sometimes under the shoulder-blade, frequently £ tending to the top of the shoulder—often mistaken if rheumatism in the arm; sickness pf stomach, and low apm-tite: bowels costiye, but sometimes alternate'’- lax; dull, heavy sensation in the back part of the he loss of memory, with uneasiness of having n- . something; sometimes dry cough; weariness and Jebf ity; nervous irritability; feet cold or burning, and prif* |y sensation of skin; low spirits, lassitude, with disclip’ i tion tp exercise, aj though satisfied it would be bene tie*- f In fact, patient distrusts every remedy. Have you any, or all of these symptoms? IfM-J/r will find a certain remedy in Dr. M'Lane’s Pills, may be purchased at the Drug Store. aprlt>-2t DEATH IS THE TEB.MIAATIOj But tooofien, of what, in its inception, was hffjh treated, and fatally neglected as a common cold snow-ball does not increase faster by railing, thaa _ danger from wn unchecked Cough or Cold- * inflammation once seizes upon the delicate tissue o Lungs, the progress of fire is scarcely swifter or id fatal than that of Pulmonary Disease, througn i” rious stages, to its terminus, death ! Yet it arrested iu all cases by a prompt resort to Dr. Syrup of Liverwort, Tar, and Couchalagua. 1 I vital truth, many among the first men in t- ,e j have appended their attesting signatures. ea ‘ . j testimony in the pamphlet in the hands of -'{T 1 . | You are aLo referred to the adverirtsment ia * o column- l mo