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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. One Copy, per annum, invariably in advance $2.50 Five Copies, in advance SIO,OO 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. SPECIAL NOTICES. PROSPECTUS. On or before the Ist week in October next, the undersigned will commence the publication of a Semi-Monthly paper, to be devoted to the rational discussion and dignified defence of the doctrines of SFIHITU^IjISM, Provided 500 cash paying ■subscribers are previously pledg ed. Tne title of the publication will be the Christian Spiritualist —and will contain four super-royal folio pages in each num ber. without advertisements, except notices connected with the subject. The following are the terms: One copy per annum, invariably In advance t l 50 Four copies for 5 00 Twenty copies, to Clubs ;. SO 00 To show how easy the above pledge can be given, let 25 re spectable gentlemen come forward and advance #2O each, for 20 copies of the work, and the thing is done. Address L.T. W. ANDREW*. aug j; —ts ‘ Macon, Ot Baldness Cured.—For real worth. 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Don’t be drag ging through tbs spring, faint, sleepy and listless because your blood is loaded witl bile. Don’t wear the headache, heartburn and their kindred disorders, because your stomach Is foul. Don’t parade yourself around the world, covered with Pimples, Blochea, Ulcers, Sores, and all or any of the unclean diseases of the skin, because your system wants cleanring, Don’t show yourself about, lean, haggard and caved In, because your stomach and bowels need strengthen ing Into healthy action, Ayer’s Pills set these things right as surely as water quenches fire. They purify the body and blood, and restore their functions lDto healthy activity, wni Ji you can feel as quick as they are taken. They are the one great medical wilder of the age, recognized by all who know their virtues, and many thousand know them. Take the Cherry Pectoral for a cough, and the Pills for all dernage ments requiring a purgalive medicine. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer, Practical Chemist, Lswell ’ Maw., and sold by all Druggists and dealers Ip meoiciny i throughout this seciiop. aug 6 -2k Moatetter’a Hitters.— At this season of toe year, when the digestive organs are weakened and debilitated by a constant and over use of vegetables and fruits, i it is absolutely necessary that a good and pure tonic should j be used to keep off Chills and the usual fall fevers. A new , stimulus will not do; It must be a genuine invigorating tonic, and we are fuliv satisfied there is nothing in the whole cata logue of medicine that will at all compare with Hostetler's Celebrated Bitters. We arc glad to know that the principi drug stores in this city are supplied with Hostetters great remedy— Louievillc Times. _ A LADY OF OUR ACQUAINTANCE, Mes. TTowel,l l, No. IS Stanton Stbeet, New Toss, Was troubled with liver complaint for a long time, and after tryiug many remedies, was advised to try Dr. M'LAXFS Celebrated Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros., of PitD burgh. She did so, and says that with ope box she was effei • t.ua!l>’ cured. Indigestion, stoppage of the menses, costiveness and gener al irregularity of the bowels, are all diseases originating D the same prolific cause, as is also that dreadful scourge, I'.' j pepsia. Those who are afflicted with any of the above en. merated diseases, may rest assured that the source ot all tm ma'adies is in the liver, aud for its correction the best rein ever offered to the public is Dr. M'Lane's Celebrated Li' ll Tills. Try them The money refunded If not satisfactorj ■ Purchasers will be careful to ask for Dr- S ‘ LANE’S CELEBRATED LIVER PILLS, manufacture** by FLEMING BROS, ol Pittsburgh, Pa. There are oir er Pills purporting to be Liver Pills, now before public. Dr. M’Lane’s genuine Liver Pills, also . brated Vermifuge, can now h* had at all r*pec“"7 thnsf rior, Kont