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of the remote chambers, took the Prin
cess by surprise, while buaily engaged
in the homely occupation of arranging
and stowing away a quantity of linen.
But all objections the Countess could
urge were again beaten back by
er equally unanswerable argument tfr
ken from the every day life of the mis
tress of Windsor Castle. After having
gained these two important victories,
Princess Victoria, true to the auspicious
omen of her name, carried the war into
the enemy’s camp. The chambermaids,
whose proper business it is to Ciean the
rooms, discharge the duties of their po
sition in silk The daughter ot
the richest sovereign in the world decid
ed to put a stop to this extravagance. —
One fine morning she had all the female
servants summoned to her presence, and
delivered what may be considered a
highly successful maiden speech. She
began by telling them the expense of
their dresses must evidently exceed the
rate of t wages. She added that as
their wages were not to be. raised, it
would be very fortunate for them if they
were allowed to assume cotton articles
of clothing. “ In order to prevent every
misunderstanding,” the Princess contin
ued, “ I shall not only permit, but order
you to do so. You must know that
there ought always to be a difference in
the dress of the mistress and servant. —
Don’t think that I want to hurt youi
feelings; you will understand my inten
tion at once, if I tell you that ”
and now came the same unanswerable
argument from the Court of St. James.
She told them briefly that at that Court
people in theii position performed their
duties in cotton, and that she liked to be
ruled by her mother’s practice.
Extraordinary Account of Hu
man Petrifaction.
In the Alta California, es July 20th, is pub
lished a letter from a German physician at Fort
Langley, on Frazier River, which gives a de
tailed account of the death of a miner by petri
faction, consequent upon drinking a mineral flu
id known as voter of chrystalizaiion —a solution
of silica—found in a geode. The statement is
very circumstantial and very interesting, bat
ao opposed to scientific experience that it ap
pears hardly entitled to full belief As the dia
oovery, if true, is one of great interact and im
portance, we give the letter describing the case.
It will be seen thst the writer announces his
intention to transmit specimens of the petrified
body to the Academy of Natural Science in
Philadelphia for examination. If he has done
bo, we shall hear of him again:
Foar Langley, June IS, 1858.
Editors Alta: The circumstances attending
the recent death of one of my party are to re
markable that I hasten to take them down—
not merely as a caution to others, but as pre
senting tacts of tbe highest scientific interest.
The individual was a countryman of mine, a
Prussian by birth, named Ernest Fluctersptegel,
who accompanied me from San Francisco, on
my proposed expedition to the Frazier river
mines. On reaching this place I decided, up
on information received from gentlemen of the
Hudson’s Bay Company, to leave the usual
route by the river, on account of the very high
freshet, and attempt to reach the diggings by
way the great lake called alter Hr. Harrison,
one of their lamented traders, and thence by
the Lelowuts river. In ascending the lake, I
was compelled by a storm to encamp on a small
stream running down from the mountains, and
it being still early, some of the party went up
the bed of the torrent to prospect. This man
Ernest, and another, Wilhelm Fiedler, had as
cended some distance, and find no gold, amused
themselves with breaking open some geodes,
which they found abundantly.
Some of your readers mar probably have seen
these upon the waters of Lake Superior. For
the information of the unscientific, I will state
that they are rounded masses of quartz, con
taining cavities lined with chrystal, and varyiug
in size from a few inches to sometimes a couple
of feet in diameter. These occasionally, as is
often the case with single cyrstals, contain a
transparent fluid, known to mineralogists as the
water of chrystalization—a liquid charged with
a solution of the substance forming them, and
from which, indeed, the chrystals are aggregat
ed, according to fixed laws of figure, into dif
ferent geometrical solids. The quantity of this
liquid is usually so small that it has never at
tracted attention, except as a subject of curios
ity; but it appears that on this occasion Ernest
in striking one of these geodes, broke off a piece
leering a cup, which, according to the state
ment ot his companion, contained half a pint of
water. The unfortunate man, with a jesting
remark, upon the beautiful cup of chrystal,
took it up and swallowed it at a draught. Its
effects, were not immediately perceptible. He
returned toward the camp with his companion,
but before reaching it complained of a sense of
pain and weight in the epigastric and left hy
pochondriac regions
On arriving, with the aid of his companion,
he was already speechless. He had been much
heated by the walk, and had perspired freely,
but the natural warmth of the akin was now
gone, and cold beads of sweat covered his face.
Much alarmed, but not gueeaing the cause of
his illness, I laid him in bed, applied mustard
poultices to his feet and used vigorous friction.
All attempts to make him swallow some bran
dy were fruitless. His pulse was feeble, the
heart beat with violent but very irregular ac
tion, and in about fifteen minutes he expired.
On questioning his companion as to the man
ner in which Ernest bad been attacked, he in
formed me that he had drunk some water from
a yhnlmd stein, and I concluded that he had
swallowed some mineral poison, though I could
conceive of none which would have acted with
rapidity, and with such peculiar symptoms. —
Upon removing the body, and attemping prop
erly to dispose the limbs, an unusual ngidity
was observed. In vigorous men it is very un
common for the rigor mortis to appear immedi
ately following somatic death, where the occur
rence is Budden (see Von Bibra, Uebtr die
Knccken und Zcjme,) but in this case the rigidity
•et in at once, and increased minute by minute,
until in the course of two hours and a half the
whole body became as stiff and inflexible as a
board. The muscles, hr wever, were still capa
ble of receiving an indentation by the fingers,
but afforded crackling sensation or crepitation
on being pressed, as if the minute capilaries
were in a state of congelation or ossification.
A* the case seemed to be a very extraordina
ry one, I at once resolved to institute a post
mortem examination, and for this purpose re
mained in camp over the next day. Assuming
fte cause of death to have been some poison
ous substance contained in the water of the
geode, I proceeded to examine the stomach aud
duodenum. On making an incision from a point
opposite the xyphoid cartilage to the umbilicus,
through the skin, superficial fascia and abdomi
nal muscles, the knife gave a grating sensation,
and applying a lens of medium power, I observe
that the smaller blood vessels were solid and
apparently ossified. The stomach and duede
oum were then removed from the abdomen, and
OU slitting them open with the enterotome, I
found several hard masses of the size of a hazte
nut, looking like gallstones, and evidently com
posed of biliary matter, but as hard as the hard
est quartz. Kvnieaoe of food also sadstad, and
#fcifr mm ftbrttfof ra4* md
lumps of undigested potatoes, moulded to the
f>rtn of the antrum pylori, were taken out, of
Ul9 like solidity. This solidification of the owi
teufo to the stomach, of the food and the bile—
ibetf conversion, in fact, into stone, struck me
fith astonishment, the more so as to the coats
Os gtomach appeared very nearly normal.
* I next made an opening into the cavity of the
thorax with the oostatome, and pushing back
0e detached sternum over the face, discovered
> the hesrt in situ, and of a natural color, but it
was as hard and as strongly resembled s piece
of red jasper, exhibiting here and there thoee
varied colors which give such beauty to that
mineral. By means of a small hatchet I sepa
rated the heart from its connections with the
aorta, pulmonary artery and vena cava, and with
some difficulty was able to break it in pieces.—
The right ventricle and auricle were composed
centrally of a solid of a dark purple color, which
was evidently the venous blocd petrified, while
the left chambers vied in the color of their cen
tral portions with the richest carbuncle. The
larger blood vessel* were ell as rigid as pipe
-terns, and iu some cases the petrified blood
coul i be cracked out from the veioa, exhibiting
a beautiful moulding upon the valves of tbe lat
ter. The lungs were noticed, on opening the
cavity of the pleura not to be collapsed at all,
the usual coutractibility, due to the elastic fi
brous tissue in their compos tion, being over
came by the rigidity of the capillaries which
kept them firm and expanded. The brain ex
hibited nothing extraordinary except the petri
faction of the blood vessels.
The contents of the lower intestines wore not
solidified, as might have been expected; the
tissues were all remarkably free from the stain
of blood, which in ordinary cases transudes
i through the coats of the vessels after death.
Before consigning to the earth the body ex
j hrtoitiiig this truly unparalleled pathological
condition, I selected portions of the petrified
food snd bile, as well as of the heart, lungs and
. blood vessels, for future investigation, and also
as specimens for preservation. I first subjected
a portion of the petrified hkx>d to analysis. The
blow.pipe had uo effect whatever, and I almost
exhausted my supply of nitric, sulphuric and
hydrochloric acids in endeavoring to find an
agent that would act upon it.
After various experiments, inasmuch as the
| petrified blood exhibited a somewhat vitreous
1 fracture, I prepared a small quality of fluo-hy
dric acid, by the action of sulphuric acid or a
crystal of fluor spar, which I carried as a stand
ard of comparative hardness of minerals; and
this, to my great satisfaction acted upon it rapid
ly. The contents ot the stomach and heart also
yielded to this re-agent, and then I became sat
isfied that silica was at least contained in the
pathological specimens under examination. I
therefore adopted the plan advocated in No.
xx, p. 142 of Constatt’s Jahresbcrichi, for the
separation of silica from its compounds. Tritu
rating some petrified blood with four parts of
carbonate potassa, I melted the whole in a plan*
tinuni crucible. This compound I treated with
water at a high temperature, until a solution is
formed, and by pouring a small quantity of this
into a te* glass, containing a few drops of hy
drochloric acid, a beautiful and transparent jel
ly was precipitated, which I at once recognised
as silica acid or silica.
The whole question now resolved itself in my
mind. The pathological specimens exhibited
evidence of the presence of silica. Os this there
was no doubt But silica never exhibits itself
in the blood in large amount though Henne.-
berg (Auualen der Chemie. No. xii, p. 239,) ob
tained it in small quantities from that fluid, and
traces of it have also been found by Van Laer
and Bibra in the bones and hair. It however
was not probable that silica would collect in
the body in such quantity as that it could be
obtained for exhibition, and consequently some
external source must have turnisned the excess.
I therefore concluded that the water ol the
geode which my companion had drank contain
•d an immec*e quantity ol silicic acid, in a nas
cent and solublo condition; that on * ii>
swallowed, it had entered, into an unu-u-il com
bination with the conjugated acids of the bile
(acting as an alkali.) and with tbe albuminoee of
the ingesta; that u lia-i alo been absorbed by
the blood, (see Suoou Cuouueche des Measchcn,)
and formed, peri.ap- a silicate of albumen with
that fluid, (acting u, uie ease as a feeble acid,)
and the usult ;. .u been a silicfication or petri
tact on 11 m substances lor which it has most
affinity.
Why should the silica of the geode acquire
properties unknown before, and take on new
habitudes? I have endeavored to explain this
to myself in the following mauner, but I ven
ture the opinion with diffidence, and a willing
submission to the criticism of the scientific
world: The man Ernest, was a person of high
ly nervous temperament, exceeding sensitive to
mesmeric influence, and. in fact, had formerly
been subjected by Baron Richeubsch to mimer
oxs experiments. I have then thought it pos
sible that silica might take on the power of new
combinations under an excess of nervous or
electric force, latent in bis system, in tbe Bame
manner as oxygen, according to the researches
of Faraday and Scbonbein, through the influ
ence of electricity, assumes anew nature under
th, fbrra of ozone, and acquires a power of en
t* n: jt c- mbinatioDs. a inch, in its ordiuary
cond; lion, .s absent. Whether this theory be
tbe true oue ot not, ihe tact* are no le*s aston
ishing or indicative of important results.
It will be seen that tne process undergone by
the different parts was unquestionably a chem
ical one; that anew substance was produced
by the chemical union of others, thus distin
guishing this case both from that injection, in
which liassagea and cells are filled up with for
eign body, and from ordi nary petrification, as it
is called, where the original matter is removed
particle by particle, and its place supplied by a
different but unaltered body. This last is the
mode to which many fosils owe their form and
substance. Petrifying springs are common in
many countries, and so rapid in the process of
replacement in some of them, not merely sub
stances which resist composition such as wood,
are thus converted to stone, but even animal
matter is occasionally found thus transformed.
But a very different agency was here at work.
It will be remembered by some who peruse
this paper, that over twenty years ago an Ital
ian chemist discovered a method of preserving
organic substances resembling this in the result,
if not in the process. He carried this invention
so for as actually to petrify different parts of
the human body, retaining in each case the col
or and apparent texture. There is still exhib
ited in the Anatomical Museum of Florence s
tessellated slab, highly polished, formed of sec
tions of the liver, heart, lungs and muscular tis
sue of the human subject, prepared in this way.
The secret of his art, unfortunately for science,
perished with its author; but so great is the
analogy of the cases, that I am led to contem
plate its rediscovery bore. Strange if an acci
dent, occurring on this for off stream, should
bring to light that which was lost by the banks
of the Amo, and the death of the excellent but
obscure Prussian miner, Fluchterspeigel, should
thus be the means of reviving a discovery so
important to chemistry and anatomy. It would
indeed be a monument to his name consoling to
his friends. But I must here cloae. It is my
intention to transmit these specimens to the
Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia,
for examination, and I trust for decisive results.
Frederick Lichtesberoer,
M. D., Ph. D
We learn lust eveiling that Mrs. Harri
son, widow of President Harrison, was not
expected to lire, and may have died during
the n ght. She i* at the residence of Hon.
J. Scott Han iiion, about twenty miles from
the ; v. Mrs. H. has been in such an en
feebled condition for a long time, that the
lact that the “old log; cabin, her homestead,
was burned to the ground, has not been
uppiiyiinjcafted t? left — Ciu, fofrife, \flh.
Bachelor Editors.
Persuaded thereto by the Junior Editor (who
is a promising widower,) we copy Miss “Mollie
Myrtle’s” article, on this dry subject, in another
column. Now, it is true, we are a bachelor
a n “old” bachelor, some are envious enough to
call ns—but we protest against being always
sinlgod out as the champion of the whole class,
and made to stand the fiercest charge of the
enemy, particularly when they come after us
with a w 'hoop and in Amazonian array. Ordina
ry courage we may perhaps boast of; but this
w expecting rather too much of a single man—
for even
‘The lion. ’*i* said, will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.’’
But there are one or fling* at our class, in
Miss Mollie s communication, that we are un
willing to pass over without notice, whatever
mar be the consequences.
What thore “uglv litt'e sharp-toed, slippered
things 1 arc. we don’t fullv comprehend—hope
they have no connection with the patent baby
arrangement that some Yankee attempted to
palm off on us a few week* since. At all events,
bachelor editors or exchange panera never get
into any thing of the sort, nor do ‘the blnea’’
ever trouble them in anv war—probably be
cause they have no brooding dread of curtain
lectures to be encountered at home, or anv “re
sponsibilities” outside of the sanctum. “Who
writes their editorials when thev are absent ?’’
They have no cause to be absent, and if they
had as many wives as Brigham Young— well,
we would just like to see what kind of s paper
one of these pro terns, in crinoline would get up!
Tbe news would spread , we don’t doubt, BDd
there would be a sensation in the printing room
at least. The “headache” is also unknown to
the bachelor editor, nor is he ever “flick or
weary —therefore he can dispense with those
“angelic ministrations” hinted hi, which, the poet
informs us, leave the fair dispensers “uncertain,
coy and hard to please” as soon as we get well
again—on the principle, w'e suppose, that man
must always be kept in water a* hot as he can
hear, and when sickness alone works him up to
that point of endurance the other trouble ceas.-
es. We say nothing about “buttons” or “sweep
ing the room.” because they are trifles unworthy
of the bachelor editor’s consideration. How
ours ever got sewed on or swept out, even a
spiritualist couldn’t telL
Bachelor editors, however, are more numer
ous than Mollie imagines. The difficulty is, they
skulk away out of danger, “lie low and keep
dark, when a feminine battery ia opened upon
them. We hop that she will fire at all such
hot shot enough to drive them from their biding
places and make them come out openlv to “man
the wall’’ of old bacheloHom, now more close
ly beseiged than ever before.
The above article is from the Bachelor Editor
of the “Columbus Enquirer.”
Bachelor editors, he considers, a “dry sub
ject.” I, for one, beg to differ with him, unless
indeed, he 6eta himself up as representative of
the whole editorial corps; then I certainly agree
with him. Regarding his age. I know nothing.
He may be as old, in years, as somebody's grand
father, but judging from his gallant attack on tbe
article which he misconstrues, one might sup
pose him to be rather young —especially in the
knowledge and practice of gentlemanly- polite
ness and editorial courtesy.
He “protests against befog always singled out
as champion for the whole class.’’
How long since, has it been, that this mod
ern Don Quixote buckled on his armour to make
war on women ? and to do battle against a
shallow, which his vivid imagination construes
into the enemy,”—a whole regiment in hoops
ftnd crinoline! “But there are one or two
.lings at our class in Miss Mollie’a communica
tion.”
The editor is mistaken. Miss Mollie denies
there being even one. The communication was
written in good humor, and with great respect
for the editorial fraternity, and she leaves it to
any bachelor editor with a thimble full of com
mon sense, to say whether he can find one of
these imaginary “flings.”
Y e would just like to gee what kind of a
paper one of these pro terns, in crinoline would
get up.” The gallant editor speaks as if such
a thing never has been done. Will somebody
please hand him a copy of the Columbus “Times
and Sentinel,” dated 1852, and edited by the late
and much lamented Mrs llentz 1 or the “Nation,”
by Mr-. South wood, the authoress, or the “Ka
li and •ope,’’ by Mrs. Hicks, or the “Little Pil
■ ui, • Grace Greenwood,” or the “Ameri
can {\ Mis*.) B.t nor,” by Mrs. Prewitt
D : d he t-ver kut .. , i;, d-l g itful author of
“Recollection- < f ... r datron,” Mrs.
Gilmer, published, o e rs. a paper en
titled the “Southern Ror* l Has he for
gotten “Paul Pry-,’ -d ud oy Mi*. \nne Royal?
Does he exchange wn- u, t and -er sheet the
“Bainbridge Argus,” edned by the intelligent
Miss Annie Blount? Now all these ladies no
doubt wrote, and most of them still write their
own editorials, and very probably some of them
edited a sensible paper loDg before this “Lord of
creation” ever commenced his pothooks !
In regard to the communication the editor
did himself the honor to copy, if he will brush
the dust off of his spectacles and read it again,
he will see no mention made of the age ot
bachelor editors, as he would infer by remark
ing that the “walls of old bacbelordom are more
closely besieged than ever.” And if he will
consult some very polito editor as to his opinion
of this tremendous “feminine battery,” he will
tell him it is composed of pop guns loaded with
sugar plums. Mollie Myrtle.
Freights (o Savannah and
Charleston.
The comparative schedule'of freights
on produce from Atlanta to Savannah
and Charleston, given by a correspon
dent of the Charleston Courier and cop
ied into th? Chronicle £• Sentinel yester
day, was probably written previous to
the first of August, and is incorrect. The
rates to both cities since the Ist inst.,
have been uniform.
Flour from Atlanta to Savannah and
Charleston, 60c. per bbl.
Wheat from Atlanta to Savannah and
Charleston, 16c. per sack.
Corn from Atlanta to Savannah and
Charleston, 14c. per pack. Chronicle r£*
Sentinel , 6th.
Advertising.— The two first verses of the
first chapter of the Chronicle of Success,
read thus:
‘ Who hath sadness? Who hath woe ?
Who ! shinnetb’ the streets with gloom of
countenance and perplexity of mind ? Who
loseth the confidence and patronage of men ?
and sinketh into poverty and forgetfulness ?
He that advertiseth not —He that doth
not make himself known through the papers.
He who, by his neglect in this matter de
priveth himselt of gain and secureth to him
self loss 1 his business wisdom is foolishness.
His lack of knowledge, aye, his stinginess
sticketh out and the discerning shun him.
“Who hath gladness? Who hath joy?—
Who hath a growing business and full cof
fers ? Who payeth his notes promptly ?
Who gaineth the confidence and patronage of
men, and riseth to affluence ? He that ad
vetiseth liberally —that through the jour
nals of the day maketh himself and his bu
siness known I He hath chosen the part of
wisdom, his riches and honor increase like
the light of morning. His shadow groweth
broad. His complacency increaseth. His
frame extendeth. His happiness endureth,
and he is honored and blessed of all men.
So mote it be.
Thought He Knew Better.— A little boy,
on wak ng in the morning, was introduced
to an w comer in the shape ot n baby
- Alter glancing first at the baby
aud then at his sick mother, the little fel
low suddenly turned to his father and said
“Pa, I should have thought you would have
known better than to bring this baby here
when mother was •> nick and unable to take
care of it.”
Sleep. —Women r*-q re mor sleep than
men, and farmers less than Muse engaged in
any other occupation. Editors, r*-porters, prin
ters, and telegraph operators, need no sleep
a t a!!. Lawyers can sle<-p as much as they
c hoose, and thus keep out of mischief. Cler
gymen can sleep twenty-four hours, aud put
tkmr patrfb to Wp a w©k.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor,
MACON, AUG. 27,1858
TERMS OF THIS PAPER.
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This is a return to our old terms, and will
apply to all new subscribers, as well as to old,
who have not paid for the present volume.
To Correspondent*.
pr* We thtnk it pretty nigh time that ft. A. M., of
Talbott county, forwards the money collected so r us
and for which he holds receipts. The affair begins to
look a little suspicious, under all the circumstances.
fW“ We can’t make any thing out of the “Beauty of
Nature.”
The “ Jesuits or Catholics” inadmissible for two
reasons. First, the communication is anonymous. 2dly.
Its publication will be justly offensive to the religions
prejudices and feelings of a respectable class of the
community.
EW The anecdote illustrative of Life Id a Printing
Office, or a scene over a whiskey jug, between the
“ Boss” and the“ imp of darkness,” alias the “ Devil,”
is laid away for future use, If necessary, hereafter, to
“point a moral or adorn a tale.”
Dead Heads.—We have some half hundred city
subscribers, more or less, to whom we have been fur
nishing papers, for, lo! these many years, without see
ing a red of their money ! We now begin to think it is
full time for us to stop the leak. We cinnot afford to
do that kind of business any longer. Those, therefore,
who are not served after this week may know the rea
son why they are overlooked by the carr'ev.
There are a few hundred others who have managed,
for years, to beg, bdrrow, or steal the Citicon (for read
it they will,) without ever thinking of the injustice they
thereby do the publisher. Some of this class are always
foremost in denouncing the Editor, if something is
printed that does not square with their notions of poli
cy. We should like to know o’ some plan by which this
clast could be made to pay for their reading or be de
prived of the privilege of cursing us because we do not
happen to suit their morbid tates. There Is yet anoth
er class of customers who may be called good, but who
are very “slow coaches.” They are willing to pay
able to pay—but then, they never do it! Consequently,
our business Is embarrassed and our creditors begin to
grumble that we are so long coming with a handful of
cash,to liqutdate our indebtedness. Will this class,
whose name is “ legion,” please remember that we are
in need of eyery dollar due us, and act accordingly ?
The Judgeship.— The question of the next Judge
ship for the Macon Clrc lt, is beglning to be agitated by
the Democratic papers. We hope, however. tht the
question will not be considered a party one or mixed up
with politics. And to show that we have no idea of
making it such, we are free to declare our preference
for the present incumbent, the Hon. Henrv ft. Lamar,
against the field. He makes a good Judge and *-e
might get one not so good if he is superceded This we
say, without knowing that there wilt be any opposition
to him.
Fever in Charleston.— The Mercury of the
85th contradicts the report of the Telegraph that “ the
Yellow Fever is declared epidemic” in that city, by the
authorities thereof. During the last week, there were
28 deaths, only four of whom were natives, and two of
these of foreign parentage. The only reliable reports
are those of the City Register.
Wood.—Mr. Oliver Porter has sent us a sample of
the wood which he is now prepared to deliver to cus
tomers at per cord. It is a first-rate article of round
and split Oak, Ash and Hickory, tolerably well season
ed. Now is the time for families to lay in their winter
supplies of fuel, and we think they will do well to con
tract with Mr. P. for the same.
New York Daily News.— This sterling Dem
ocratic Journal has recently been enlarged to double its
former sise and otherwise much improved. It is the
only Daily we know of, in New York, that can he relied
on as friendly to the South. It is administrx'i >n ar.d
Democratic in politics, but we do not recommend it on
that account, but because of its high tone and charac
ter as a news Journal. Daily News $7 per annum
Weekly $1,60.
Common Blunders.— “ From whence” and
“ from thence” and “ from hence” are tautological, and
therefore’ Incorrect modes of speech and writing, but
very common. And we notice something similar in the
title of a Tale, now being published in some of our >x
changes. It has the caption of a ‘ Stray Wiif."—
What kind Os “ waif” Is one that U not “ stray f ” I-onk
to your philology!
Not Even-Handed Justice !
The Columbus Enquirer ought to have a leath r med
al for its exquisitely keen sense es justice! For exam
ple, it copies a garbled report of an article of ours, not
from our ewn columns, but from those of the Savannah
Republican. Then, by special request it copies our re
ply to the latter. Then, to get even, it publishes the
Republican’s rejoinder in which we are falsely charged
with “ blackguardism,” our rejoinder to which he refus
es to insert, on the plea that personalities are Inadmls
sible ! Furthermore, it volunteers its opinion with great
profession of frankness, that we had not conducted the
controversy in a “proper spirit.” Now, let us sum up
the matter. The Enquirer has given place to two arti
cles of the Republican and one of its own, making three
to on* of ours! And this it says is fair an l honorable !
“To be frank,” Sir, we think it a miserable subterfuge
which is unworthy of a man conscious *f right. You
had no business to meddle with the squabble, at all, but
having done so, you should at least have given an
equal showing to the party of the defence as tint given
to the party assailing. This for your own sake, not
that we care much how great the odds are against us.
A C'Siapler on Suicide*.
Suicidb fmom Spiritualism.—The Waterbury (Ot.)
American records the suicide of Mr. Willis Upson, a
respectable resident of that city, and adds:
“There is a long history connected with this case, but
we neither the inclination nor the room to unveil it
here. Suffice it to say, that the modern delusion called
‘ Spiritualism’ lays at the foundation of the victim’s
destruction. He had himself, within the last few months
begun to see its fallacy, and so informed some of his
confidential friends, expressing his intention of aban
doning it altogether, and had done so to some extent.”
The foregoing carries a lie on its face. The “ Suicide
from Spiritualism” was a case of aifian who had “begun
to see its fallacy"—had ‘ expressed his intention of a
bandoning it altogether and had done so to some extent.’
In ether words, while he was a fu'l-blooded spiritual
ist, he was too happy to take h s own life, but when he
began to give it up aud return again to the “ beggarly
elements” of some other sy.tem, and had abandoned
Spiritualism “to some extent,” why then he commits
suicide ! Mirabile dicta !
But here are some cases of suicide that Spiritualism
has had nothing to do with t
On the #th inst., Mrs. Williams, wife of BeqJ. William*,
a wealthy farmer of Ohio, first hung her Haughter—a
deaf and dumb girl—and afterwards hung herself. Do
mestic trouble was the cause.
One day last week, Col. Ed. Yarboro, of Raleigh, N.
0. committed suicide by cutting his throat and stabbing
himself In the heart. No cause assigned.
Mr. Fox, of Lockport, N. Y.,a man 6o years of age,
committed suicide on Sunday morning the 10th inst., by
hanging bim*elf with a rope in an out building. He
was a man in comfortable circumstances, but feared he
should ultimately coma to want. Though lie bore the
name of a Bptritualiat family, It Is not said that he was
any relation to the “ rappers” or believed in the “ delu
sion.”
And Mrs. Chadwick, wife of Mr. George Chadwick, of
Peeksklll Hollow, Putnam county, N. Y., recently cut
off her hand, between the wrist and elbow, whilst labor
lng under religious excitement. She had recently been
frequently heard to say: “ If thine right hand offend
thee, cut it off” The wound is a terrible one, and her
recovery is doubtful.
Random Thought*.
bM There is vastly more Devil-worship in our day,
than there is of God-worship, and the greatest Devil of
all is that ol Sectarianism, whose throne is based oq
the scarred hearts and shaking bones of humanity !
Only let one of the victims of this tyranny make a
struggle for deliverance and the whole tribe of Devil
worshippers will raise a tumult that has uo parallel
short of that heard In the Inner courts of Pandemoni
um!
E# “My doxy Is orthodoxy and your doxy is hete
rodoxy,” is the sum aud substance of all that religious
controversialists have ever offered, in shape or sem
blance of argument, in favor of what they are please to
consider the “ authorized standard ” of Faith. Tills
standard varies, moreover, according to the education
of the individual. If bo.-n in the Sultan’s dominions he
Will probably consider the Moslem religion the true
standard ; if In Ghiqa, Qoqfucius is his “ standard,”
and if in Borne, the Pope. To eaoh of these all other
divinities are as “ stiange gods.”
It may be right to “ visit the sins of the fathers
upon the children, even to the third and fourth genera
tion,” but when the principle 1s reversed and innoceut
parents are held responsible for the sins and tudiscretlon*
of their children, and held up to public Infamy, there
for, the man who does It is more of a hyena in his na
ture than a human, because of the wide spread ruin of
which his act is the cause. It is the wantoness of cruel
ty to expose to public gate, the ** skeleton which is in
every house.”
tw “ put of the abundance of the heart, the mouth
speaketh,” saith the Scripture. Hence if you hear a
man discourse upon a woman’s charms with an unctu
ousness of ideality, set that man down as a licen
tious person. If he talks of “ dogs” he has something
of the canine affiuities, and if he spreads himself on
tyrkey-gobUrs, set him down a* one who lustetL more
m &90W MftWT Iftttb
Increase of Catholics.
The New York Herald, speaking of the re
cent ceremonies of laying the corner stone of
St. Patrick’s cathedral in that city, takes occa
sion to compare the present condition of the
Catholic Church in this country with what it
was fifty years ago, in the following manner :
“ Fifty years ago there wore in the whole IT.
States one diocesa. two bishops, sixty-eight
priests, eighty churches, two ecclesiastical, in
stitutions, one college and two female acade
mies. At that time the entire population of the
country was seven millions. Assuming the pre
sent population of the country to be twenty
eight millions—five millions more than the cen
sus of 1850 showed—it would follow that we
had quadrupled our population in the last half
century. Had the progress of the Catholic
church barely kept pace with the progress of
population, there should be at the present day,
on the basis of the foregoing statement, four
dioceses, eight bsihops, two hundred and sev
enty-two priests, three hundred and twenty
churches, eight ecclesiastical institutions, four
colleges and eight female academies belonging
to that denomination. But how do the figures
actually stand ? “Why, in this single arch-dio
cess, they are more than doubled, as we show
ed by our article yesterday. In the whole Uni
ted States, instead of four dioceses (which a
proportionate increase would have given) there
are forty-one; instead of eight bishops there are
thirty-nine, and two apostolic vicars; instead of
two hundred and seventy-two priests, there
are eighteen hundred and seventy-two ; instead
of three hundred and twenty churches, there
are two thousand and fifty-three, besides eight
hundred and twenty-nine stations; instead of
eight ecclesiastical institutions, there are thirty
five; instead of four colleges, there are twenty
nine; and instead of eight female academies,
there are a hundred and thirty-four. In other
words, taking the number of priests and of
churches as a basis of computation, the Catho
lic church has increased within the last half cen
tury, seven times as fast as the population.”
The “Herald” attributes this extraordinary
growth of Catholicism to two causes—first and
principally, to the immense immigration from
the Catholic Counties, of Europe, and secondly,
to the greater “conservative character of Cath
olicism over Protestantism! This last reason
will hardly pass muster. The fact is that the
Catholic Church does not “ discountenance ab
olitionism and all other “isms,” as the Herald
asserts, or else all the North Western States,
where the German Catholics are the predomi
nant class, would not be anti-slavery as they
are.
But the fact is equally clear that Protestant
ism is not advancing in proportion to Catholic
ism in this Country. There is not that unity of
purpose and effort among the pretestant sects.
Nor is there that imposing system of externals
in Protestant worship, which are so well calcu
lated to arrest and rivet the attention of the
masses of the population. Whatever the cause,
the effect is manifest. Protestantism, in this
country, is split up into hundreds of conflicting
sects, all taking, or professing to take their doc
trines of faith and practise lrom the same source
of inspiration—the Bible. But there is no uni
ty—no charity in the religion of these sects —at
least not enough to save the most of them from
the condemnation of enlightened reason. There
are too many little Popes in every society or
denomination, who lord it over the consciences
of their fellow men, with a tyranny more oppres
sive than ever was exercised by the Supreme head
of the Catholic Church over his subjects. And
the consequence is that the Protestant Church
has become a stumbling-block in the way of
thousands. Its theology has lost its vitality,
its spirituality and its efficiency. Men become
disgusted with its materialistic jargon and un
charitable proscription, and become Deists and
Infidels, or else are captivated by the pomp and
splendor of “ Mother Church” and betake them
selves to its communion as the “ark of safety.”
To show how the Catholic Church operates to
impress its importance upon the public mind,
read the following account of the ceremonies,
before alluded to, in laying the corner stone of
the new Cathedral of New York, which is esti
mated to cost a Million and a half of Dollars.
“ The procession, at four o’clock, moved up
Fifiieth street, towards Fifth avenue, and
thence to a spacious platform erected for the
clergy, in the following order:
1. Fifty members of the different Conferences
of St. Vincent de Paul, five abreast.
2 Acolyte with holy water vase.
3. Processional cross between two acolytes
carrying lighted tapers.
4. One hundred boys in red cassocks and
surplices.
5. The Right Rev. Bishops, in cope and mi
tre, attended by their chaplains.
6. The Archepiscopal Cross, borne by sub-
Deacon in dalmatic.
7. The Most Rev. Archbishop, with assistant
ministers.
8. The Archepiscopal insignia bearers.
9. The Reverend Clergy, four abreast, in cas
sock, cap and surplice.
10. Fifty members of the different Conferen
ces of St. Vincent de Paul, five abreast.
The sermon by Archbishop Hughes occupied
about twenty minutes iD deliver}-, after which
the ceremony of laying the corner stone, accord
ing to the rites prescribed in the Roman Ponti
fical, was proceeded with, the multitude all the
while remaining uncovered. The anthems,
psalms and other portions of the service were
chanted by the clergy and a choir of one hun
dred boys. The ceremony was closed with the
Pontifical benediction and a grand Te Deum. —
The offerings on the occasion amounted to thou
sands of dollars. Everything passed of in or
der.”
n iss ITlargaret Fox.— This youDg
Judy, now 21 years of age, a younger member
of the celebrated Spiritual Family of Rochester
N. Y., about five years ago, or when she was
sixteen years of age, at the request of a friend,
gave up spiritualism, and was placed at a pri
vate school near Philadelphia, (probably of the
Catholic persuasion,) where she remained seve
ral years. Recently, she has joined the Catho
lic Church in New York, with considerable pub
lic display, and forthwith, some of the Swiss
corps of hireling editors pronounce it a recent
case of renunciation of Spiritualism because she
believed it to be the offspring of the Devil! This
does not look probable, as her sister, Miss Katy
Fox, and other members of her family, who are
still Spiritualists, are said to have been present
at the ceremony, which would not have been
the case had they been the subject of Miss Mar
garet's denunciation for remaining firm in their
faith in tho Spiritual doctrine.
On the same principle, moreover, every con -
version of a protestant clergyman or layman,
(aud they have been numerous, of late years,) is
to be considered as a renunciation of the Devil
or the doctrine previously hold. The N. York
Express says that the “ Holy Catholic Church
alone has power to cast out Beelzebub.” When,
therefore, Bishop Ives and others renounced
Episcopacy and became Catholics, that opera-
tion was, we presume, performed upon those
gentlemen I And so on, to the end of the chap
ter, Certainly the “ fools are not all dead yet,”
or such bald nonsense as this would not appear
in rospectable prints! The truth is, that there
is no occasion to renounce Spiritualism to be
come a good Catholic or a good Protestant. On
the contrary, some of all these classes have be
come Spiritualists, and are better Christians,
the further removed they become from the ma
terial and earthly surroundings of the “creeds
and commandments of men.” Indeed, to our
judgment, a Christain Spiritualist is the highest
type of the Christian character, aud Jesus Christ
the great author and exemplar of the Spiritual
Faith! It pains us, then, to see the bitterness
with which professing Christians assail a doer
trine which partakes more of the essence of Di
vine Inspiration than any thing ever before re
vealed to mortals.
Brigham Young AnmcATKS. —The Indian
Bureau has received a communication from
Brigham Young, in which he says he wi!j
give way to Dr. Forney, and close his office
as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Utah.
He asks lor an allowance of thirteen hundred
dollars, to reimburse him for food and pre
sents to the Indjans, in order to conciliate
and keep them in check until the peaceful
results following the advance of the troops
could b explained to them.
The Supreme Court.— We regret
to see that meetings are being held to de
nounce the Supreme Court and especially
Judge Benning, for his recent course in cer
tain bank cases adjudicated before that tri
bunal. We thmk that Judge Benning has
erred in the opinion that Bank corporations
.are not liable for their debts after the expi
ration of their Charters, unless it is good law
that the estates of deceased individuals at
death are also released from all liabilities pre
viously incurred, which will not be preten
ded. But we are not prepared to denounce
Judge Benning as a corrupt official or un
principled Judge. On the contrary, we be
lieve that there does not exist a purer and
more honorable man in the State. We say
then, let the Legislature remodel the Su
preme Ceurt and correct the abuses of which
it may be capable, but do not destroy the
tribunal.
Thanks.— We are indebted to Dr. J.
C. C. Blackburn, of the Lumpkin Palladium,
for the courteous manner in which he noti
ces the recent assaults upon us, for opinion’s
sake. His views will commend themselves
to the right-thinking and candid, who be
lieve that even “error may be tolerated, if
reason and common sense are left free to
combat it.”
Don’t do it !— A “lover of Spirits” In yesterday’s
“ State Pres.” who affects to be a friend to Spiritualists,
while he tries to thrust the secret blade of Joab into
their vitals, should not meddle with the religious dream
ing of old negro women. Take away their dreams and
visions and you destroy all the religion that some
white people ever had or ever will have, say nothing of
the darkies! Besides, “Lover of Spirits” must have
been “ tight” when he asserted that none but believers
are permitted to receive spiritual communications. It
is the receipt of such communications that converts
sceptics and infidels, when nothing else will.
Tlie Telegraph in 1 §56.
Twelve years ago, Mr. Pettitt, a member
of Congress, from Indiana, opposed an ap
propriation of 4,000 to the magnetic Tele -
graph Line between Washington and Balti
more, because, he said, he “looked upon all
Magnetic Telegraphs as miserable
fit for nothing. Nobody who did not un
derstand the Potowattamie or some other
outlandish jargon could know what the tele
graph reported.”
Probably in twelve years from this, the
Spiritual Telegraph will be quite as well un
derstood as the magnetic is now.
Lieut. Maury’s Oplnioli.— On
the 28th day of Marchlßo7, Lieut. M.F. Mau
ry gave the following opinion of the proper
time for laying the Atlantic cable :
“Perhaps it would be wise for the steam
ers not to join cables until after the 20 tli of
July. I think between that time and the lOtti
of August the state of both sea and air is usu
ally in the most favorable condition possible
and that is the time which my investigation
indicates as the most favorable for laying
dovm the wire." — C'in. Com.
Mr. Dawson in New York.—The New
York papers of Tuesday and Wednesday
contain notices of the Mount Vernon Ad
dress of A. H. H. Dawson, at Clinton Ilalb
on Monday night last. From the reports in
the Express and Tribune , it appears to have
been the same one delivered here in two in
stalments, and afterwards published.
The Express says: “The audience was
very small, but the lecture was well received
by those present.” The Tribune says: “Mr.
Dawson closed amid much applause.” It
seems that the Atlantic Cable was laid at a
bad time for Mr. D., as the jollification over
that event had an effect on the size of his
audience, besides rendering those present
rather impatient.— Savannah Xews.
A Noble and Liberal Sentiment.—Con
demn no man for not thinking as you think.
Let every one enjoy the full and free liberty
of thinking for himself. Let every man use
his own judgment since every man must
give an account of himself to God. Abhor
every approach, in any kind of degree, to
the spirit of persecution. If you cannot
reason or persuade a man into the truth, nev
er attempt to force him into it. If love will
not compel him, leave him to God, the
Judge of all.— Wesley.
We would commend the above to the
prayerful notice of some of the Wesleyan Jour
neymen exhorters and street-wranglers, of
these parts, whose chief vocation seems to
be the making of mischief by their intolerance
of speech and conduct. They belong to the
l 'gobler ” or “ bow-wow ” breed of noisy braw
lers, with whom it is unprofitable to contend
under any circumstances.
From the Lumpkin Ga. Palladium.
The Georgia Citizen and it#
Coteniporaries.
We regret very much to see the defama
tory articles published in the Savannah “Re
publican” and re-copied in the “Journal &
Messenger” against Dr. Andrews, and those
who believe with him. The conduct is un
fair and reprehensible in the higeest degree.
Dr. Andrews has as much right to enter
tain and express his religious sentiments as
have the editors of the “Republican” and
“Journal & Messenger,’’ and should be left
free in the expression of those sentiments, —
His belief in spiritualism cannot possibly in
jure any man : it will not subvert good mor
als nor prove disastrous to the public weal,
why then the necessity of provoking the
Doctor into a defence ofhimselfand brethren ?
We have ever despised that class of sectarian
bigots who can see no good thing emanating
from those who differ with them in politics
or religion. Such characters are more dis
tructive to the peace and harmony of socie
ty than public violators of the law. Because
such men wield a considerable influence, and
from their pharisaical whinings they iuduoe
the belief among the unsuspecting that they
are marvellously correct, both in politics and
religion ; whereas it not unfrequently hap
pens, judging from the fruit which these po
litical or religious zealots bear, that they are
totally deficient, both in sound politics and
evangelical religion. We do not believe our
selves, in spiritualism, but can never so far
forget ourselves as to speak disrespectfully cf
those who do embrace this doctrine, We
are honest in our political and religious seu
timentg, and are charitable enough to award
the same honesty to those who differ with
us. If more of this spirit was exhibited in
those who, from their position, arc necessa
rily compelled to controvert the sentiments
of their peers, there would be more harmony
in the world and more genuine religion in
the differrent churches.
An 111 Wind that Blows no Good. —As
the Mississippi river recedes the overflowed
lands show heavy accretions of soil of irregu
lar thickness, acoording to position, the thick
est being made in eddies, or where the wa
ter has been stagnant. To many planters
this will be a rich compensation for the loss
of crops by the overflow. In several cases
there are large additions to the cultivatable
soil by the filling up of the swamp lands.—
In one ease the retiring of the waters has
assured to one planter a rise of three to five
leet from this alluvial sediment, upon his
back lands, adding fifteen hundred acres of
the bijst soil to his plantation. Two, three,
and five hundred acres are mentioned as
cQmmop accretions from tbU source.
Telegraphic Jokes.
The Nashville Daily Gazette is responsi- 1
ble for the following :
The Queen's Dispatch. —Windsor Palace, j
Aug. 13,1858. —Old Buck—Dear sir: I take
my pen in hand to inform you of my healh,
which at present is very good ; and permit i
ine to hope that these few lines will fiud j
you enjoying the same blessing.
Although “Old Pam” thinks you treated
me shabbily, fin making such a fuss about
the right of search, lam disposed to overlook
and be on visiting terms with you. But for
some little matters, which you do not under
stand, but which keep me confined a great
deal, I should visit you iu person—but, for
the present, this must suffice.
Albert sends his respects and desires me to
ask you about the tobacco crop in America.
Please answer with dispatch. Victoria Rex.
P. S. —The cliilden are all well.
The President's Reply —White house, Aug.
13, 1858.— Dear Little Fie.—Your line of
this date is before me. I am delighted to
hear of your good health and hope it may be
continued. Saving an attack of office seek-
ers, lam tolerably well, I thank yon.
Your desire to peep into my vessels I at
tribute to woman’s curiosity, and have not
thought of the matter since. Your amia
ble desire for peace does credit to your sex,
and finds a responsive chord in my own bo
som. I hope that you and I may never quarrel.
I have all my life endeavored to avoid collis
ion with women. By acting entirely on the
defensive, I have thus far, thanks to a be
neficent Providence, been successful. I can
stand anything but being searched. That
can’t be did.
My kind regards and sympathies to Col.
Coburg, and tell him that the tobacco crop is
just middling,
Yours, Ac., James Buchanan.
And a correspondent of the New York
Times says that there is a rumor that there
was a postscript in the communication of
Victoria to our President, which was omit
ted in the publication. It is as follows :
“You will oblige me by expressing your
self cautiously in replying to my telegram,
as I wish to avoid giving Albert any jealous
or unpleaseant feelings, which would, you
know, very naturally be created by my spark
ing with a bachelor.”
President's Reply. —“The'Western world
readily adapts itself to European examples,
and particularly to such as are furnished by
persons of exalted birth and station. I hope
yours will be imitated by others of your
sex, although your communication, owing
perhaps to its novelty, was the most shock
ing I ever received.”
A Better Time.—The Boston Transcript
says: “There can be little doubt that those
who have bravely withstood the gale with
out lowering their colors, will shortly see
better times and brighter skies. The stag
nation existing for the last ten months, in
its depressing effects, has prevented produc
tion in the great sources of wealth until re
cently. Asa consequence, consumption
never stopping, a market has been gradually
forming. “It is an ill wind that blows no
body any good.” The wrecks that dot the
ocean of trade are so many beacons of safety
to after adventurers, not only in the advanta
ges afforded by example, but from the fact
that the pecuniary destruction of every in
dividual carried down by the vortex, decreas
es the disagreeable rivalship of trade. With
the enlarged home demand, the diminution
of means of supply, and the easy terms upon
which capital can be obtained, why should not
the season be one of profit to large classes of
traders, and to many descriptions of man
ufacturers.'’
Georgia Academy for the Blind.
Professor W. D. Williams, late of Emory
College, has been elected Principal of the
above Institution, aud has accepted the
office, vice Rev. W. N. Chaudoin. resigned.
He will assume the duties of his office on
the Ist ot September, when the next session
of the Academy will commence. Telegraph.
■ ———
The Court atßurksville, Ky., recent
ly gave a verdict against the owner of a dis
tillery. for the value of a negro man, lor ha
ving’ sold the black a jug of whiskey, on
which the slave became intoxicated, and was
in consequence drowned in attempting to
swim on horseback a swolen creek. The
accident was proven to have occurred from
the drunken folly and mismanagement of
the slave. There is a law of the State which
makes the seller of liquor to a slave liable
for all the consequences from the use of the
liquor by the negro. This verdict, it is
thought, will have an important influence in
arresting the sale of whisky to slaves.
Capt. Joseph Hamilton, for many
years in the Charleston and New York and
Savannah and New York trade died of yel
low fever in Charleston on Friday last. The
Mercury says—
In all relations of life Capt. Hamilton was
much honored and respected. In private
life, suffice it to s%y that he was a devoted
husband and a fond, affectionate father. In
his profession he was ever one of the mo3t
popular captains in the passenger trade—a
friend to all and of all. Generous in his
sympathies, and high-toned in his bearing ;
to know him was to esteem him. He leaves
many in our community who lament his de
parture and will cherish his memory.
Mexican Grant of Land to Americans. —
Col. Robles, Mexican minister, is now in
New York. It is a little singular that whilst
he denounces the reported grant 0f39,000,000
acres of land in Sinora to a company of
American adventurers as a swindle, the re
port should have gained currency that he
has, after consultation with Comonfort, ad
mitted the validity of the grant The rumor
of the hour is that this grant has changed
hands, and has passed under the control of
a New York company. It is stated that Mr.
Latsen, the most active agent in the busi
ness, has sold out his interest for $20,000.
to Mr. Samuel Strong, of New York.
[ Courier.
Prices for Slaves. —At Mecklenburg C.
H. Va, on the lath in3t., about a dozen ne
groes sold at very satisfactory prices. A
negro man and his wife brought $2,000. A
negro boy about 12 years of age, brought
$951 —and the rest sold in like proportion.
—
Accident in LaGrange. —We learn that a
little boy the son of CoL Augustus Fannin,
of LaGrange, while handling a shot gun, a
few days since, in that place, was severely
wounded by its accidental discharge. Three
fingers, we understood were blown off, and
one eye perhaps entirely blown out. This
should be a warning to parents as well as the
boys,
An Agreeable Surprise. —A surprise vis
it was made by the Congregation of the Park
Presbyterian Church at Newark, N. J., to
their pastor, Rev. Dr. Rowland, on Monday
evening last. It was the twenty fifth anniver
sary of his wedding day and he was present
ed with a purse of $550, all in specie. A
poem was road by a member.
Threatened Indian Invasion of Texas.—
The Galveston Civilian, of the 12th instant
says that a letter has been received from Mr.
A. C. Love, a gentleman entitled to the ful
lest credit, stating that a grand Camanche
Council has been in session a short time since
above the great Salt plains on the Arkansas
that Pa-ha-u-ka was making a powerful ef
fort to combine all the Camanches against
Texas ; that seven tribes had met about
three weeks ago. Usages and Kioways had
been invited to take part with them aud
share the spoils equally, all of which was to
avenge themselves for their defeat by Cap
tain Ford. They will not bring their fami
lies peat; the frontier*
Three Days Later from Europe.
Arrival ok tue
ANGLO SAXON.
Quebec, Ang. 23.—The Anglo Saxon ha*
arrived with Liverpool dates to the lltb
insL
The sales of cotton in Liverpool for the
three days were 24,000 bales of which spec
ulators took 3.000 and exporters 1,800 bales
The market opened buoyant and closed qui
et and 3teady. Consols are quoted at 9(U
a 955, *
From China.—The allies had advanced un
opposed to Tientsin.
Three Days Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL of the
COTTON UNCHANGED.
Halifax, Aug. 25—The British and
North American Royal Mail steamship Can
ada, Capt W. J. C. Lang, arrived last night,
from Liverpool, with dates to Saturday after
noon August 14th.
Commercial.
Liverpool Cotton Market.— The Brokers
Circular reports the sales of cotton, for the
week to be 45,000 bales. Speculators took
1200 and exporters 5500, leaving to the
trade 38,000 bales. There had been no dis
position on the part of holders to press sales,
but quotations were nominal.
The sales on Friday were 7,000 bales, of
which speculators and exporters took 2,000
bales and the market closed dull.
The authorized quotations wore :
Fair Orleans 7£; Middling Orleans 7d •
Fair Mobiles 7 7-164; Middling Mobiles 6
15-16d; Fair Uplands 7Jd; Middling Up
lands, (no quotations.)
The stock of cotton on hand was 635,000
bales, of which 555,000 were Ameri
can.
Stata of Trade. —Manchester advices
were favorable; prices were firm and the
demand for manufactured goods was encour
aging.
Harvest Prospects. —The weather had been
very favorable for crops, and the harvest be
ing well advanced shows the yield of wheat
to be good.
Liverpool Breadstuffs Market. —The circu
lars report the Flour trade very dull, at rath
er easier prices but quotations are unchan
ged. Wheat was very dull at from Id. to
2d. decline. Corn was buoyant and all qual
ities had slightly advanced. The quotations
were 58s. a 60s. per quarter.
Liverpool Provision Market. —Beef was
dull but prices steady. Pork was quiet but
the Market was bare of American. Bacon
was steady with an improved demand.
Liverpool Produce Market.- -Sugar was
buoyant at an advance of 6d. a Is. Coffee
was firm. Rice was quiet and Carolina quo
ted at 17s. a 19s. 6d.
Liverpool Naval Stores. —Rosin was stea
dy at from 4s. 2d. to. 4s. 3d. Spirits of Tur
pentine was steady at 40s.
London Money Market. —Money was un
changed. Consols quoted at 96 $ a 96|.
The bullion in the Bank of England had
decreased £102,000 sterling.
Liverpool Wednesday Noon , Aug. 14. All
the markets are reported quiet and unchan
ged. The sales of cotton to-day were 6,000
bales.
John M. Gibbs, a printer, formerly of
Georgia died in Tallahassee, Fla., on the 17th
inst., aged about fifty years.
IVtARPtIED.
On the 19th inst., by the Rev. C. M. Irwin, Reuben C.
Shorter, Esq., of Columbus, and Miss M. M. Bumstgad, late
of the Georgia Female College.
DIED,
In Lexington Ga., on the 10th inst,, George T. Landrum,
Esq., in the 29th year of his Use. He graduated at Franklin
College in 1851, and since been engaged in the practice of
Law. His death is a great bereavement to his friends and
deeply deplored by tie citizens of Oglethorpe county. He
was tne youngest brother of Rev. S. Landrum, of Macon, Ga.,
and also of Dr. Wm. T. Landrum, who graduated last sum
mer in this city.— Atlanta InUllitjencer.
Afflictive Bereavement.
Pled at the Larierre House, Philadelphia, on Wednesday,
Mrs. T. E. Munroc, wife of Nathan C. Munroe
of this city. Her remains were brought to this city and in
terred in the family burying gTonnd, in Rose Hill Cemetery,
on Thursday the 19th instant, surrounded by the weeping
and bereaved family and a large circle of surrounding friends,
upon whom this crushing blow has so suddenly fallen.
Mrs. Munroe left her home a few weeks since, attended by
her son-in-law, Col. John S. Hutton, of Savannah, and accom
panied by her litle son, for the purpose of placing him at
school at the Moravian Institute at Nazareth, Pennsylvania,
having been much attached to those faithful Christian people,
among whom both herself and several of her children had
been educated. The party embarked at Savannah for Phila
delphia on the Steamer State of Georgia, on the 24th of last
month. In passing down the Savannah River the steamer
was run into, through great carelessness or recklessness, b 7
the steamer Huntsville, of New York. The crash produced
by the collision upon the nervous system of Mrs. Munroe,
who was sitting on deck in full view, and but a few feet from
the scene, produced such a shock as entirely prostrated her
strength, which she never regained during the voyage. On
her arrival at Philadelphia she was placed in the care ot sev
eral of the most experienced of the medical faculty of that
city.and soon so revived as to promise a speedy restoration; but
God’s Providence did not design it to be so. After a few days
her worst symptoms returned—a congestion of the brain
seems to have followed the reaction of her system, and sbe
sank quietly and apparently unconscious into death, and her
pure and lovely spirit returned unto God who gave it.
Mr. Munroe. as soon as he was informed of her dangerous
condition, hurried to her bedside, but did not reach her until
death bad already done its work, and though strangers’ liands
closed her eyes and smoothed her pillow, she had every care
which skill and kindness could bestow during her brief illness.
Thus has passed away, in the midst of her usefulness, a pure,
lovely ana Christian spirit. Though quiet, pnobstrusivo ano
unpretending in her gpntle maimer and intercourse with her
family and mends, -he fulfilled all the duties of wife, mother,
relative, friend and Christian, with a faithfulness rarely equal
led, and which will long be remembered by the afmcttd
friends and mourning family in whose hearts, though they
sorrow not as those without hope, this crushingblow can nev
er be healed.— Telegraph.
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