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of the original I niverealists in Boston, in* eluding the widowed wife of Father Murray w ,' re shocked at the first proclamation of „i'tra Uni verbalism in their midst. It is mau \i not a Christian system. And there fore while I respect some worthy men who are connected with it. I consider it quite as dangerous as the spurious Christianity of Strauss or the sneaking infidelity of the Ilar inonial phiiosophy. While 1 should like thoroughly to dissect the whole system my snaee will not allow me to discuss more than the question of the final salvation of all Aed. And this after all is your central doctrine. Let a man believe this “main point and he is not questioned as to rest of h;s creed. This is the burthen of your preaching and about the only apparent design of your Press and Pulpit is to teach that Hell is a fable and future punishment a Pagan sujier stition. And while Universalism does not teach in direct terms that men can go to Heaven without holiness, it does teach that all men no matter how they live nor how they die shall after this file be as the angels of God. Tnis very consistent doctrine may be thus summed up: You’ll be saved if you wit, You’ll be saved if you won’; You’ll be saved if you dt, You’ll be saved if you don’’. If you do not like the poetry I am sure you’ll like the sentiment. Respectfully, yours, W. J. SCOTT. KatareVgoag iu ll* Might- Night hath it3 songs. Have you nev er sto k! by’ the sea at night and hear and the pebbles sing and the waves chant God s glories ? Or have you never risen front your couch and thrown up the window of your chamber and listened ! Riston to what ? Silence, save now and then a murmuring sound, which seems sweet music then. And have you not fancied tint you heard the harp of < I>hl play ing in I leaven ? I )id you not conceive that yon stars, that those eyes of God looking down on you, were also mouths of song —that every star singing God's glory, singing as it shone its Almighty Maker, and his law ful, well-deserved praise ? Night hath its songs. We do not need much poetry in our spirit to catch the song of night, and hear the spheres as they chant praises which are loud to the heart, thong they he silent to the ear.— The praise of the mighty God, who bears up the unpiliared arch of Heaven, and moves the stars in their courses. The Personal Appearance of Washing ton. I saw this remarkable man four times. It was in the month of November, 1798, 1 find beheld the Father of his Country. It was very cold, the north-west wind blowing hard down the Potomac at Georgetown, D. C. A troop offight horse from Alexan dria escorted him to the western bank of the river. The waves ran high, and the boat which brought him over seemed to labor considerably. Several thousand people greet ed his arrival with swelling hearts and joy ful countenances; tlie military were drawn up in a long line to rec* ive him ; the officers, dressed iu regimentals, did him homage. I was so fortunate as to walk by his side, and had a fall view of him. Although only a bout ten years ot age, the impression bis person and manner then made on me is now perfectly revived. He was six feet and one inch high, broad and athletic, with very large limbs, entirely e-ect aud without the slight est tendency to stooping; his hair was white, and tied with a silk string; his coun tenance lofty, masculine aud contemplative ; his eye light gray. He was dressed in the cloth of a citizen, and over these a blue surtout of the finest cloth. His weight must have been two hundred and thirty pounds, no superfluous fl r *sh : alt was bone and sinew,and he wa k edhke a sold er. Whoever has seen, in the Patent Ollice at Washington, the dress he wore when resigning his commission as Com mander-in-chief, in December, 1783, sconce perceive how large and magnificent was Lis Ira me. During the parade, something at a distance suddenly attracted h;s attention. His eye was instantaneously lighted up as with the lightning’s flash. At this moment I see its marvelous animation its glowing fire, exhibiting strong passion, controlled by de liberate reason. In the summer of 1799 I again saw the chief. He rode a purely whit choree, sev enteen hands high, well proportioned, 1 1 high spirit; he almost seemed conscious tjiat he bore on his back the Father of his country. lie reminded me of the war-horse whose neck is clothed with thunder. I have segn some highly accomplished riders, but not one of them approached Washington; he was perfect in this respect Behind him, at the distance of perhaps forty yards, came j Billy Lee, his body servant, who had perill ed his file in many a field beginning on the heights of Boston in 1773, anil ending in 17- 71, when Cornwallis surrendered, aud the captive army, with uu<xpresibUs ehatrun, laid down their arms at Yorktowo. Billy rode a ereanv-eoiored horse of the finest form, and his old revolutionary cocked hat indicating that its owner had often heard the roar of cannon and small arms, and had en countered many trying scenes. Billy was a dark mulatto. His master speaks highly of him in his will, and provides for his sup port. Sometime during this year, perhaps, I saw ijm at Seeme's tavern, in Georgetown; the steps. porch ami street were crowded with persons desirous of beholding the man. I viewed him through a window. The most venerable, dignified, and wealthy m<*n of the town were there—some conversing with him. Washington seemed almost a different being from any of them,and indeed from any person ever reared in this country. His countenance was not so animated as when I first saw him, tor then lrs complex ion was as ruddy as if he were only twenty years old. A few months before Ids death I beheld fhisextraordinary man for the last time. He stopped at the tavern opposite the Presbyte rian Church in Bridge street, Georgetown. At that time a regiment ofsoldieis were stationed in their tents on the banks of Rock creek, and frequently attended Dr. Batch's church dressed in their costume, and pow dered after the revolutionary fashion. I at tended their parade almost every day. and on one of these occasions I recognized Wash ington riding on horseback, unacc uipsnicd by any one. lie v.-as going out to see l.is houses on Capitol Hill, as I supposed. They were burnt by the British in 1814. My youthful eye was riveted on him until he disappeared, and that forever. I was sur prised that he did n->t or.ce look at the pa rade ; so f-*r as I could discover, on the con trary, Le appeared indifferent to the whole scene. It has been my privilege to see the best likenesses of the Chits. The one, of all oth ers, most r - • tabling him, it that prefixed to the first volume of “Irving’s Life ot Washing- : ton. AH the rest wanted the animation I perceived in his features. In personal apt arance,Washington lias nev er been equaled by any n,an iu the UniteJ States. I agree with Lord F.r>k ne,wben he said that the batner ot his Country wa- the only man be ever saw whose character he could not contemplate without awe and wonder. B. Writ toere be Peace Soon? —The New York Tribune assigns these lessons as con clusive why it does not believe in the pros pect of an early peace, even though Napo leon 111. Las already entered Milan. They are, first, that the Emperor of the French lias not yet .obtained glory enough upon the of battle; second, that his political stand ing r< quires that he must fulfill his avowed purpose to drive the Austrians out of Italy; third, that the Austrians themselves are not yet reduced to a position to entertain that subject; and fourth, that there is no proba bility that England and Prussia will inter vene to compel a peace, the latter being re strained by Russia, and the former passing into the hands of an Administration whose sympathies will be with France. This of matters concisely and truthfully THE DEATH BED. There are many lien®? which can respond to tlie sentiments so feelingly and beautiful ly expressed in the folio* ing stanzas : We watched her breathing through the night. Her breathing soft and low. | s her breast the wart oj life Kept hearing to and fro. So silently we seemed to sj^ak— So slowly moved about— As we had let her half our powers To eke her living out! Our very hopes belied our fears. < hir fears our hopes belied— We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died ! For when the morn came dim and glad, And chill with early showers, Her eyelids closed—she had Another morn than ours. From the National American, June 21.d. ‘ Ability and Patriotism ” The State Convention of the so-called Democratic party, which met at Mill edgeville on the loth iust., and renomi nated Gov. Brown, passed the following resolution in reference to the present Federal Administration : “ Resolved, That we have confidence in the ability and patriotism of James Buchanan, the President of the United i States, anJ the Demxratic and national principles declared and set forth in his inaugural address and annual messages, upon the subject of slavery meets the ap proval of the Georgia Democracy.” If that is satisfactory to the Adminis tration and its friends, we do not know that we have any right to complain. We suppose it is regarded by them as an en dorsement, inasmuch as Gov. Brown, Congressmen Wright and Secretary Cobb’s Cousin, Henry R. Jackson, Em., made speeches in which they endorsed it. The President and his Cabinet have giv en unmistakable evidence of “ability,” but we rre at a loss for the evidences of Patriotism. 11c has shown the “ability” to most cruelly deceive a-d hambug the South. The Cincinnatli Platform—the Letter of Acceptance—the Inaugi.al address and the Annual Messages, all breathe the right spirit, ami so faros professions go, might meet the approval of oilier than the Georgia Democracy. But profession is all we have— we hare no practice. While professing to protect the interests and rights of the South, lie has shown the “ability ’ to neglect and refuse to protect them—to f roll ounce the expression of their confidence that he would do them , no injustice, as “harsh and ungracious” and then to w ring the above compliment out of them. No one, not even the most uncompromising of the Opposition, but what will acknow ledge the “ability” dis played in that. President Buchanan, in his Adminis tration, has shown his “ability” to ex pend and immense sum of money. His “ability” in this particular matter is on ly measured by the amount that can he raised by the Tariff by Loan Bills. We dare affirm that no Administration can be found, or will ever be placed in power, which could exceed the “ability” of the present Administration in this respect. We think we could safely have voted fi>r the resolution ourselves, under this view of its meaning. lie has shown his “ability” to let a Fiilibustering expedition make its way to a distant country, and to permit it to proceed unmolested until the leader of it declared for slavery and then he exhibit ed his superior ability by having him cap tured, brought back to the United States, and then wheedle the South into saying “that Democratic and National princi ples declared and set forth in his lnaiigu- Address and Annual Messages upon the subject of Slavery, meets the approval of the Georgia Democracy.” So ho “de clares and set forth ’ the right kind of principles and opinions, it is ail right— >o he does that and then keeps Kansas out and lets Oregon in —so he d<xs that, and then prevents the President of Nica ragua from planting Slavery in that coun try, by making a prisoner of him, it isall right, and he cm have a resolution pass ed, expressive <d the Georgia Democra cy. \ erily. Pi evident Buchanan does possess “ability,’ and r.o one will have the hardihood to deny it. But his “ability” is completely over shadowed by his “Patriotism.” That is t ran'Cendant. What other motive could induce him to spend ninety million* of dollars per annum ? If the people had had it, would they not have corrupted themselves Was it not Patriotic for the President to take all the responsibility, and, by corrupting those around him, be alone the guilty person, and sacrifice himself J < >t course, noolher motive than “Patriotism” could have dictated am such corrupt use of the public money ! it w as a decided manifestation of “Pa triotism” to foster Slavery agitation in Kan-as, and to interfere with the Illinois election. (>f course, it was patriotic im pulse, and nothing else, that caused both for party ends. It is not strange the Georgia Democracy should give its ap proval. It was eminently patriotic, t<>o, t< ask Congress to place Thirty Millions of dol lars at his disposal, to he used at hisdis , cretion. C ’tigress is imprudent—it votes away money inconsiderately, and upon improper objects. It makes appropri ations sometimes too hastily. But if the President could be the Cashier, and spend the money after due consideration and upon proj er objects, the good of the party will be promoted, and thus “Pa triotism” be cultivated aud cherished— for, be it known, there is no “Patriotism” only amongst ro-ta'led Democrats; and if one would see the sentiment manifest ed to an intensified degree It ■ will find it i in a Democratic office holder! But his “Pa.riotbm ’ shines out most i brilliantly when he a-k-i Congress to an thorize h ini to-empioy the land and na val forces, when and where in his judg ment dictates. Was ever ‘•Patriotism”! exhibited to such in extent before by any former President? With wh.it an agony of spirit did this old Federalist arrive at the conclusion that this request was de mand'd by Patriotism! He asked foron lv rbirty Miliionsof Dollars, and then he * only desired the Army and Navy to be placed at his disposal—that was all. The < treat Napoleon and his successor, Louis Napoleon, a>ko>l the same, and it was conceded. Are not they Patriots ? D.mv any one doubt their Patriotism? It France could trust them—or Russia ti ust her Czar—or Austria her Emperor, can not. the l nited State* trust her President? What an intense n and self-sacrificing “Patriotism” bums in the breast of the President ! W hat a shame it is not re cognized and appreciated ! He was en titled to the approving vote of the G_>n vunion, a id, more especially of a Dem ocratic Convention. All these things are in accordance with a strict construe* tion of the Constitution—they all respect the powers of Congrese, and the sover eign rights of the people—tfiev are all pur.',} Democratic—n<> Federalism and no monarchical tendencies— and hence fit matters for the laudation of Democrat ic Conventions! The gin in old times, must have been pretty pure, for a small sling was toomuch for Goliath of Gath. Mr. J. Norcross, of Atlanta, President of the Air Liue Railroad Company, has resigned his office, and the American presents the name o * Lovick P. Grant as his successor. Wanted—“A Younff Man of Industry.” This meets one’s eye daily in the column of “wants; and it is as true as the Penta teuch. Wanted! Os course they are want ed—always wanted. The market can never b overstocked ; they will always be called for, and never quoted “dull” or “no sale.” Wanted for thinker*; wanted for workers; in the mart, on the main, in the field, and in the forest. Tools are lying idle for want of a young man: a pen i waiting to bcwieldeJ ; a trie to Ik- felled ; a plow to be guided; a village to be founded ; a school to be instructed. They talk about staples and great staples. Honest, industrious, able young men arc the great staple in this world of ours. Young men, you are wanted ; hut not for a doctor. No; nor a lawyer. There are enough of them for this generation, and one or two to spare. Don't study a “profession,” unless it he the profession of bricklaying or farm ing or some other of the manual professions. Don’t use tape if you can help it. It is hon orable and honest, and all that: but then perhaps, you can do better. Os all tilings, don’t rob the women. It is their preroga tive to handle silks and laces, tape and thread. Put on your hat like a man, don an apron, and go out of doors. Get a good glow on your cheek, the jewelry of toil on your brow, and a good set of well developed muscles. Wo would go, if we could; but then we were young, longer ago than we like to think, and you know when one’s old he can’t. Besides, if you become a doctor, you'll have to wait. Because you hav’nt experience, says an old practitioner: because you are too young, say all the women. If you are a lawyer and likely to rise, they’ll put u weight on your head, ala Swiss, to keep you under; or if you make a good argument some old opponent as gray as a rat, will kick it all over by some taunt or other, because you were not l>orn in the year “one.” And suit will go, until you grow tired and soured, and wish you had been a tinker, perhaps “an immortal” one, anything but what you are. ’ * Bo a farmer, and your troubles are over, or rather do not begin. You own what you stand on, “from the center of the earth,” as they used to say “up to the sky;” you are as independent as possible all day, and tired, not weary, at night—for there is a great difference bet wen these two words, if one only stops to think of it. The more neighbors you have, and the better farmers they are, the better for you. There is one thing more, young man.— You are wanted. A young woman wants you. Don’t forgot her. No matter if you are poor. Don’t wait to be rich. You need a companion while you live, :uul not after you have done living. Effort is life, and cessation therefrom, a grand and gloomy has been. So do not wait until your time is all in the yesterdays ; if you do, ten to one, if you are fit to be married. Marry while you are young, and -truggle together, lest in the years to come, somebody shall advertise Young men Wanted, and none to be had. Front the Sou. Field Fireside • A of ISeaven. BY NOVISSIMUS. It was a star-bright midnight, And a caim was on my soul. And the waves of human passion Ceased for a while to roll. And on that star-bright midnight I lingered by the sea; The wavelets kissed the pebbled shore, Murmuring their minstrelsy. And the stare grew brighter. And the water whispered low, And the winking eyes of lleaven Seemed melting iu the How. And a burning orb of glory Came floating over the blue; And from the shape celestial Shone every sunset hue. But as it came more near me. It seemed a seraph bright, More beautiful than woman, More radiant than tbe night. Then my hands I stretched out upwards, And the boon I asked was “lleaven;’’ He touched my eyelids gently, “Behold 1 the boon is given.” Far above and all around me, The spirit’s bright abode. And neath my very lootstep Grew the Garden Howers of God. And I saw then how tho angels Had ofien talked with men ; And learned the truth of scripture, That the “kingdom” is “within.” And the spirit led me gently, Where murmuring streamlets How ; And beneath the trees of Heaven Where the fruits of knowledge grow. And as tho hymn grew sweeter, I followed with the band. And the eastern sky was glorious, And lit up ail the land. And midway in the brightness, But very far above, There shone the Sun of Righteousness, And every beam was love. And as Ilt-aven’H youth assembled, (In Heaven all is youth.) The golden rays grew silvery, And every oeain was truth. And the truth lit up my being, As it lit up all ttie band; And it gave the power of Angels, The power to understand. And I saw like John in Putmos, Tho Angel ot the Sun, The Father Soul in a human form, I knew tliut God is One. And a voice came from the brightness, The “still, smell voice” of God— Go view the world of spirits. In its beauty spread abroad. And turned me with tho seraph, And we wandered by the stream, Where the pebbles are bright rubies, And the rocks of diamond gleam. And he told mo that the water Was an antidote for strife ; ■ And I bent me down to drink it, And lo! the stream was life I And I asked if rest and singing Was all tho joy above; And he answered, ‘joy in Heaven Is only found in love.” Then we went up to a temple Where the pavement was of gold With a lofty dome above it, Where a rainbow's wings unrolled. Around the jasper columns, Along the walls of pearl, The azure breath of incense, Rolled in many a curl. And a glory filled theriemplc The eye could hardly bear ; “ Ti.s here the fount of happiness?” He said, “It is not here!” Then he led me to a garden ’Mong trees with emerald leaves, Whose branches down were bending With the fruit the saints receive. And the walks were thronged with Angels In their robes of shining light, And with love to one another. Each countenance was bright. And their low, sweet songs of pleasure Were caught by birds above: As they set their harps a trembling With the melody of love. But he said tlie highest blessedness Not even here hath birth ; And the place where next he led mo Was a lowly spot on Earth. There he told a weeping mother Where her little child was gone; For the good shepherd’s purpose Was her little lamb withdrawn ; And he told her to look upward, Where the pavement blue was riven; And 10, the child was sice >ing With the holy ones of Heaven ? And we left her calm and lmppy ’Neath tho providence of God ; Ahd 1 learned the joy of Heaven, The bliss of doing good. Then again he touched my eyelids. And iny dream of lleaven was o'er! The stars were shining on the sea, I stood ujKin the shore. But tlut angel will be near me, Till the golden cord is riven, And open then my spirit-eyes To the light and love of Heaven. say Joe, how d'ye do, how’s the ti>lk’s?” “l'utfy well, only the old man has got the miasma, and Sal has got an affection for some feller—how’s your’s ?” “Oh, so so, except the old man, he is getting old and infernal.” “Infirm, we suppose, was the word in tended ; but neither Joe nor his friend were “Dictionary people.” ‘ * From i the Chronicle ami Sentinel. An Opposition Candidate. Mr. Editor: —The Democratic party have assembled—have nominated a * trictly party candidate for Governor—have plactd him upon a party platform. And finally, have done all other acts and things deemed by them needful to carry forward a strictly party cauvass. It is true they have only endorsed the ac tion of the administration in a sense so quali fied. as to amount in the judgment of some, ! to damning it with faint praise. Still, they have adoptad the principles, without endors ing the action of the administration ; this is understood here as meaning only so far a departure from ordinary party action, as was necessary to get rid of Mr. Cobb in the first place, and to avoid the responsibility of the venality and peculation of Mr. Buchan an s doings in the second. It is not difficult to perceive by the action , of the Convention which put Gov. Brown in nomination, that the party, as usual, are at their old game of “a compromise of the right for the sake of the expedient.” l’ear- I fol of giving offence to Mr. Cobb and the •>fh and 6th Districts by refusing to endorse iho Administration outright; and at the same time alarmed at the signs of the times, and the indignant cry of an outraged people, who are clamorously demanding execution upon Mr. Buchanan and his camp followers— they have resorted to the disreputable trick of saying everything for the party, without a word in favor of its honored and accredi ted organ, in the hope doubtless, that the people be again eased off in the old way; allowing to each one in their several beats to fight a separate battle, for or against the Administration, as the temper of the particular crowd, or locality, may call for approval or condemnation. Our people should at once penetrate and ; tear off this unmanly mask, and require these gentlemen to put down their hands, and let the world know where they are.— Are you for or against tlie Administration ? Are you Jacob or Esau? We have heard your voice, gentlemen, it is soft, mellow, and gentle; but your hands are hairy, good hands for plunder ! Accor ding to your reso lutions, you love the creed, but hate the apostle —the result of your violent cry in tavor of that “last of the Romans,” as you | gloried in calling Mr. Buchanan a spell ago, lias eked out but a beggarly re-allirmance of a creed which has produced fruits of which you appear to be ashamed already. In view of the partizan character of the canvass now opening, the Whigs, Ameri cans and Opposition everywhere throughout the length and breadth of the land, should arouse themselves, put on their armor, or ganize, go forth to battle and to victory.— j Virginia has led off, if not with a physical victory, a moral one has been achieved. In the eloquent language cf the gifted and la mented Berrien, “Rear high your standard, free be it flung, let it unwind its folds upon your mountain tops, flutter o’er your mid lands, and catching the breeze of old ocean, let it wave over your eastern plains.” Let U3 have a trumpet call to the old mus ter ground. Let our people rally from every hill and valley in the State, and have a good i old fashioned gathering together at Milledge ville, on the 3d Wednesday in July next. It is due to right, to duty, to country, and to principle ; we cannot do otherwise than to organize as the Opposition ; there is no middle ground, we cannot disband, and give up our country : and we cannot, without I ignoring the truthfully avowed principles of a life time support the nominee of the Dem o; eratic party. We desire to guard the public faith, preserve the public credit, educate tlie masses, maintain the supremacy of the Laws, reform the abuses of the Democratic party, retrench the expenses of the Government, purify the public Counsels, maintain the re served rights of the State, support the Con j stitution, aud continue inviolate the union of these States. These are our life-long principles; to maintain them we must arouse the Opposition to duty. Gov. Brown has indeed done better than any of his Demo cratic predecessors in the management of the State Road ; he has thus far adopted the | creed of the American party; but lie dont ! go far enough—he is a keen, bitter partizan, a man with strong and unruly prejudices— | one who would consider it as one of the “leprous spots” in his existence, ever to have cast a vote outside of party lines. But will ; any man say he has done the State half tlie j service that that eminent and gifted u an, George W. CrawTord did, who was the last Opposition Gover nor Georgia Las had ? No one will say lie has! and that too, without playing the Demagogue, or making war on any great interest in the Slate; and did Joseph I'J. llrown vote for his re election, or would he have done so? We apprehend not. Why ? because he was a Whig aud Brown a Democrat! We are under no obligations to Gov. Brown for his management of tbe State road, he lias only adopted that parL cf our creed, at tlie demand of an indignant peo ple, who had been cajoled Jong enough ! about the State road and with Ben. Hill j to commit him in advance—before the peo ple. If he wants our votes, let him come | out like a man and renounce the errors of his general politics, and adopt the balance of the creed of the Opposition, and he shall have j iny vote. Before the last election, Gov. Brown made loud and lusty avowals of what he would do with Mr. Buchanan if he did not stand up to the third resolution and remove Walker, and he only wanted a little time given Mr. B. Well, two years have gone by, and Mr. Buchanan has run over the Georgia Democracy, Brown and all, and we hear ; neither from Gov. Brown nor the Conven (ioa which nominated him, one word against either Mr. Buchanan or Lis Admin istra'.ion. No, gentlemen, Brown is a parly man , j without one deviation from tho straight par ty account; indeed, a reckoning taken of his whole political life, would make “ his boohs balance to a ‘ quarter of a cent.” Let us have Opposition, John Floyd or some other good man, who will go the whole honest creed, Railroad and all. Monroe. A Roman Catholic Story. A gentleman sends the following letter to a friend in America : “1 send you a picture of the Boulogne Cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. — At the back you will see her statue, as placed over her altar in the Lady Chapel, be hind the High Altar, to the right of the j dome—the High Altar being under the dome. The story is, that she landed a great many years ago, in a fisherman's boat rowed by at - gels, and having called to some people near, she proceeded with them to a particular spot and directed to build a church there; and dedicate it to her and she left an image of , herself, to he placed over the altar. A tem porary building of wood was accordingly erected, until money could be collected to j build a stcce one. A few years since the j wooden one was pulled down, and the pres ent magnificent cathedral built on the spot. It is of cut stone; and the interior more beautiful than the exterior. Alarge number i 1 of priests are attached to it.” ‘ i GEORGIA CITIZEN, L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor. Jtf ACON, JULY 1, 1859. 4th July. To give all lands an opportunity of participating in the celebration of our National Independence, on Monday,there will be no Semi-Weekly Citizen issued on Tuesday, the sth. To Correspondents. B- L. Oliver, lute of Fort Valley, owes $1 25 on subscription. Will lie please send to or call at the Captain’s office and settle! The Postmaster at Thomasville, Ga., sends back a copy of the Citizen, which has been sent for a year or longer, to J. H. Ta tum, witli the following announcement writ ten on the margin : “ uncalled for, and don't know any one of the name — P. M.” Now, we would like to know of the said Postmas ter, who has been receiving the paper ad- dressed to ,1. 11. Tatum for 15 months past! i If no one, what has the Postmaster been about, that he has not given previous notice of the paper not being taken out of the office? We pause for a reply. So many instances I of this kind are constantly occurring, thatit | is time an example was made of some of Un cle Sam s officials, who pay no attention to j the duties of their station. Notice to Advertisers, &c. We are now making out our Semi-annual advertising bills, from the Ist January 1859 | to the Ist of July, proximo, and a collector t will wait upon our customeis, in a few days, ; for the purpose of exchanging receipts for the money. We shall also make a call upon Subscribers still indebted for subscription to the Citizen, and would earnestly ask a lib eral response from all concerned. Some pressing engagements must shortly be met and we need our own to enable us to do so, and continue our business. Estate Advertising. Our friends having the management of es i tates, as Administrators and Executors, are entitled to have all advertisements connect ed with their duties as such, through the Court of Ordinary, inserted in papers of their own selection —and they will oblige us by exercising this privilege in favor of the Georgia Citizen. Thanks. —We are under renewed obhga tions to the polite and attentive Agent of Hardins Express Company, in this city, for late newspapers from California and other places. The “Iverson Dinner,” by the Democracy of Spalding County, will take place at Griffiu on Thursday, the 14th proximo. Everybody is in vited to attend. —► Woman's Name Book of In-trnrtioo.— If the gentleman who sends us a notice of this work for publication, will have the courtesy to send us a copy of the book itself, we will give it such notice as we think it may deserve, after perusal. Wo cannot copy and thereby endorse something we know nothing about. A Select Party. The last Journal & Messenger thus defines | its position : “ Cautious in regard to the material out of which we are endeavoring to build up a great party of principle, we felt it due to the Opposition—due to our new allies, and due to ourselves, that the position of those par ticipating in this new and patriotic move ment should be well defined.” The “ cat is out of the hag ” now, cer tain ! The American party is disbanded— the new Opposition party don’t suit and is repudiated—cause why? Only think of it—our neighbor is endeavoring to build up a great party of principle! .Jerusalem ! But won’t that be a “ party of size ! ” If our neighbor has not yet selected a name for his new party, we would respectfully sug gest that it be called the “ oily Gammon, Know-less” party. It will boat the Know- Nothings, and not half try ! Let Every County be Represented. We regret to notice that several of the County Opposition meetings have neglected to appoint Delegates to the ensuing Guber natorial Convention. They seem to have entertained the opinion that it is entirely useless to oppose tin* Democratic nominee, j and hence adopt the “masterly inactivity” policy in reference to the canvass. In our judgment this is all wrong—yea, more, it is suicidal to the interests ol our Congression- i al and Legislative candidates, because its efleet will be to neutralize the action of the Opposition, in regard to the latter, and en sure our entire overthrow. The principle is ! the same—and if we let the Governor's elec tion go by default, why not let the Repre sentatives to Congress and the Legislature , go after the same fashion ? In this connection wc regret to see that i the Columbus Enquirer, one of onr most re liable prints, is disposed to urge the policy J of forbearing to muko a nomination in op- ! position to Brown, because the Democratic j Convention did not present a national issue, j But is this not a delusion and a deception on i the part of the Democracy? True, they ! have only approved the sentiments of Mr. Buchanan, on the slavery question, as set ; forth in his inaugural address and messages, j and ignored all his acts and measures. They , will, however, contend that they have en dorsed the National Administration, and will claim Brown’s election on that ground, with or without opposition. Let a suitable I candidate be placed in the field, and let him ■ canvass the State on this and other questions, and thus compel the Democrat ic nominee to show their true position. If they are silent as to the National Administration, we would force the issue upon them, that silence gives assent to the measures of that administra tion, and hold them responsible before the people for the justice of these measures to | our section. Why, it is simply ridiculous to allow such a miserable creature a.-- Brown, to get upon the stilts of his own self-importance, and i brag upon being elected by 30,000 majority, without appearing before the people, in sup port of the platform on which he has placed himself, or in defence of the measures of the National Administration, to which he pro fesses to yield his allegiance. No, no, gen tlemen, it would be recreant to all our prin- I ciples, and unjust to a minority of 50,000 people of the State, not to present for their sutfftiges, a man whom they would delight to honor as a candidate for Governor. As a matter of mere party expediency, we sav, then, let us have a full convention on the 3d , Wednesday of July, and let us have a can didate who will lead our forces to battle.— Even a “ forlorn hope” does not always re sult in discomfiture, and nobody knows who is elected till the votes in the ballot boxes are counted. The views of “Monroe,” a correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, which will be found in another f place, have the ring of the pure metal about them, and as such are commended to our brethren of the Opposition. Joe Brown is strictly a party man, and an “imposition” i party at that, and as such, ought to be op posed, and, if possible, beaten. And we have faith to believe the latter is quite pos- j sible, if we all go to work in earnest to bring about the result. * I The 24th in Amedeos. lii company with a large number of the brethren of the “mystic tie,” we left Macon on Thursday last, to participate in the Ma sonic ceremonies appointed to take place in Americus on Friday, the anniversary of St. John the Baptist. On arriving at the Ma con depot, we found that the new and ele gant car recently erected at the 8. W. B. U. shop, in this city, under the direction of Mr. Frank Alley, master builder, had been set apart for the use of the Fraternity, and was well filled with passengers bound for the celebration. On the way down accessions were made at every station, to our number, so that when we arrived at our destination, at the early of the morning, and disem barked from the train, Jhe scene presented was like that of a camp-meeting broke loose after having had a good time generally. The display of crinoline was considerable, many of the “wives, daughters and sweethearts,” of the fraternity, having been added to the , multitude then and there debouched from the train. At an early hour on Friday, the brethren convened at the new and beautiful Lodge room of Americus Lodge, No. Id, preparatory to the formation of the proces sion and the exercises of the day at the Col lege grounds and the Church. The Grand Lodge of Georgia, and the St. Diners Com mandery of Macon, also convened in separ ate rooms, the latter, in the appropriate in signia of their Order, and acting through j the day as escort to the procession, made a line appearance, and were the “observed of all observers.” When all was ready, the procession was 1 duly formed, under A. S. Cutts and Samuel ; Dawson, Esqrs., Chief Marshals of the day, I assisted by several deputies, and marched to the College grounds on the south side of the 1 city, where an innumerable throng of peo i pie, estimated at several thousands, werecol lected to witness the ceremony of laying the ! j Corner Stone of the Furlow Masonic Fe -1 male College. This was done by Past Grand Master and present M. E. G. 11. P. Philip T. Schley, Esq., of Savannah, assisted bv the officers of the Grand Lodge present, in following order: Ist. Music hv the Choir—Mark Master's Song. 2nd. Ceremonies in laying the Corner - , Stone. 3rd. Address bv M. E. 11. P„ Philip T. Schley. 4th. Music by the Choir—Select Master’s I Song. This ceremony over, the procession was again formed and proceeded to the Metho dist Church, where the following exercises took place: Ist. Music by the Band. 2nd. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. 11. C. Hornady. 3rd. Music by the Choir—Chorus, Crea tion. 4th. Address by the Orator of the day, Bro. Thomas Hardeman, Jr. sth. Music by the Choir—Chorus: “Joy, joy, freedom to-dav.” 6th. Benediction; by the Chaplain. The address of the Orator of the day elic ited universal commendation, for the elo quence of its delivery, the beauty of its lan guage, and the glowing and impressive power of its thought. It was a just and appropriate tribute to the principles of the Order, and its inestimable agency in the cause of education and benevolence. i The music of the Choir, also, elicited un bounded applause. It was a brilliant per • ; formance by a coterie of amateur ladies and gentlemen, who have recently been receiv ing instruction under Prof. Taylor, an em inent and gifted instructor of the divine art, in that and other places in South Western Georgia. Too much praise cannot be be stowed upon this Choir, for the valuable ser vices rendered by them on this occasion.— They lei.t the enchantment of song and the witchery of their harmony to the scene, which, without their aid, would have lost ; much of its attraction and interest. After services at the Church, the proces \ sion again formed and marched to the Ware House of Messrs. Cutts and Johnson, where a splendid banquet awaited the multitude. There were over 400 Masons in procession, from some 28 Lodges, and this number was swelled by the addition of some hundred or more ladies, who were marshaled by Grand Marshal Dawson, in the post of honor—the rear of the Grand Lodge—and in that order were conducted to the entrance of the din ing saloon, when the procession opened, right and left, and allowed the ladies to pass through into the building, to the place set apart for them—the gentlemen closing up j the long array. All assembled, they at once proceeded to discuss the various substantiuis and delica- j eies spread upon the tables, until all were satisfied, and many baskets full were still left as the debris ot the feast. In the evening the new Masonic Hall was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies,'and the whole was concluded with a picnic and hop, which last was kept up (we understand, for we did not stay to witness the finale,) un i til the small hours of the subsequent morn ing. Truly, this was a gala day, both for the Fraternity engaged, and for the good | people of Americus, who spared no pains to j I give eclat to the interesting occasion. Gen Bethune Triumphant! From a list of cases decided by the Su- j ] preme Court, as reported for the State Press, 1 we clip the following:— No. B.—James M. Bethune vs. James M. Hughes—in error from Muscogee. Judgment reversed. The Court deciding that the act of 1858, authorizing the City Council of Columbus to establish a market and make rules and regulations for the sam*. did not authorize thesaid Council to prohibit the sale of marketable articles during mar ket hours at places other than the market. Bethune and Martin for Pl’fft. in error. Peabody for Deft. A Trip to Atlanta. We much regret being unable to accept the polite invitation received the other day, from Thomas Dougherty, Esq., to accom pany himself and party on a second trial of the new Locomotive, Emerson Foote, with the new passenger car from the South Western Railroad Shop, which left Macon on Wednesday for Atlanta, and returned yes terday. The Locomotive was the first ever built in Macon; it was built at the Macon & Western Railroad Shop, and it is said to be a creditable specimen of the skill of all con cerned in its erection. The following description of the machine is taken from the Telegraph of Tuesday:— “ Its extreme length of boiler is fiften feet nine inches. Diameter of waist 38 inches— square furnace 42 cubic feet—B6 flues of inches diameter, and 10 feet one inch long, the iron workmanship of Mr. I’. Payton, the ingenious boiler-maker of the Company. She has 4 driving wheels of 5 feet diameter —spread truck—crank axles—cylinders of twelve inches bore and eighteen inches stroke —inside connections, and she is furnished with an iron foot-plate all around, of about 18 inches width with a light and tasteful pol ished iron rail on the outside, a perfectly safe and convenient footway to the runner or his assistants. To our mind, no more ! tasteful or convenient pattern of an Engine could be devised. Uer pumps, steam-cocks and gauges, embody many new and ingeni ous contrivances and arrangements, elabora ted from the fruitful and inventive brain of the Master Machinist, which we could not make intelligible to the reader. He must see them to understand them. She has ev ert’ ordinary appliance for convenience and safety, and many others that are entirely original with her master-builder. Her ma chinery and decorations are beautifully fin ished—her painting is tasteful and showy, and she bears two beautiful portraits of Mr. Foote the former eminent Superintendent of the Company'. In short no neater Locomo- i tix*c ever trod the rail in Georgia, or else- j where. She is designed for pussenger ser vice, and her cost to the company, reckon ing materials and all the time employed in her construction, represents the price of such an Engine at a Northern manufactory, sav ing to the company the freight and such ex penditures for patterns as would be required in keeping the Engine in repair during her ; term of service. All the various parts of this beautiful and complicated machine, as made and finished by the original draft, wore put together without a particle of alteration, and have never been taken apart since. She perform ed to perfection in the very first essay, a cir cumstance which is uncommon in any Lo comotive shop, but here most remarkably displays the accuracy of she Master ‘Machin ist and the ability of our workmen. The Gaining Spirit. ( “ Gift book stores ” rest upon an unsound ba<is. They npcal to the gaming spirit—to the get-something-for-nothing idea, and, if they are not legally wrong, they are decep tive, and therefore morally dishonest. The buyer of a book is told that, in addition to : a volume purchased he will get a “ valuable gift” for his money. He therefore buys the book and receives, say a breast pin of the supposed value of $2, whereas, it is not ; worth 25 cents. So it is with all the gifts. They are all deceptive. The buyer is deceiv ed, and tlie seller deceives him. The busi ness must, therefore, in the nature of things, Ibe immoral. Besides, it is filling the land with bogus jewelry, mid fostering a spirit of , display among those who cannot afford to indulge in it legitimately. The business is thus doubly demoralizing, and therefore we are pleased to hear that “gift book.” and all other deceptive enterprises arc on the wane. We find the above in the “Journal & Mes senger,” of Wednesday, and copy it for the purpose of demurring to its application to the “ Gift Book,” enterprize of G. G. Ev ans, of Pennsylvania. Other concerns may be bogus, but we are satisfied that the business as originated and now carried on by Mr. Ev ans, 139, Chesiiut Street, Philadelphia, is one ot the useful institutions of the country. | He commenced the enterprize in 1854, and has succeeded in establishing himself as a successful dealer in the standard and miscel laneous literature of the age. Having had so me dealings with Mr. Evans, we are pre pared to endorse the following commenda tion of the man and his business, which we find in a respectable paper in Maryland : “ Mr. Evans originated the Gift Book Business in 1854, and his great success in it is the result of the energy, the integrity, and the liberality that has characterized his course from that day to the present. The sham concerns that have from time to time arisen, in imitation of his establishment, have now mostly perished, while he pursues the even tenor of his way, giving satisfaction to all who deal with him. The fairness and honesty of the business is not to be doubted, and are easily understood. He is an enterprising man, aud setting out to do a large business, he purchased his l*>oks in large quantities; in order to in j crease his sales he determined to give part of | his profits to purchasers, in premiums. The principle of premiums, or gifts, has been adopted in many branches of business, and, perhaps, every newspaper that has sjtoken against the gift book business has recogniz ed the principle, cither in deductions to clubs, extra copies, or gifts of engravings, &o. Evans purchases whole editions of books at the lowest figures; sells them at the regular retail prices, and gives a premium with each book ; to ever} - SIO,OOO worth of books lie apportions $5,000 of Jewelry, Watches, &c., which are given away with the books, purchasers often receiving gold watches, costly cameos, Ac. In every case of sale, Evans gives what lie pleases—and surely the most fastidious moralist can find no fault. { On the same principle, if a man buy a chest of tea, is the grocer to be blamed 1 or commended, it he give his customer a few : pounds of coffee into the bargain ? The ! question needs no reply. His encouragement to American authors, publishers and manu facturers is very great; in a single year he purchased from one manufacturer alone, $38,000 worth of Jewelry, and thousands of persons engaged in printing, book-binding, watch-making, Ac., receive employment through his agency. His assortment of books embraces the , standard works of the language, and every I department of American literature; and through his agency vast numbers of useful books have been spread through every part of the country to the great advantage of the rising generation, and in this respect he may very properly be held to he a public bene factor.” Drowned.— Mr. Vm. 11. Bouthcott, of Savannah, was drowned, on Sunday last, near White Bluff, in the neighborhood of that City, by the capsising of a boat, in which he and a party of friends were sailing. Celebration. The Eighty-third Anniversary of the In dependence of the United States of Ameri ca will be observed on Monday, July 4th, 1859, by the Military, Firemen, and Citizens of Macon, as follows; At sunrise a National salute of thirteen guns will be fired and the bells of the churches will be rung. At 8 o’clock the several companies will assemble at their usual places of meeting. At 9 o'clock, punctually, the procession will be formed at the Court House Square, under the direction of E. C. Greer, Esq., Chief Marshal, and W. 8. Ballard and J. H. Andrews, assistant Marshals. The procession will then move up Mul berry street to Second, out Second to Cher ry, down Cherry to Ralston’s Hall. Kxrreines in (he Hall: * 1. PRAYER, By Rev. Sylvanus Landrum. 2. Music. 3. Reading DECLARATioxof Independence By William M. Townsend, Esq. 4. Music. 5. ORATION, By Philemon Tracy, Esq. 6. Music. 7. BENEDICTION, By Rev. 11. H. Parks. The procession will be dismissed on Third ‘ Street, in front of the Bank of Middle Geor gia At 12 o’clock, M., thirty-three guns will be fired, corresponding with the number of States. At sundown one gun will be fired. The Citizens one and all are politely and | earnestly requested to close their 1 places of business during the exercises of the | morning, and participate in thegeneral cele bration of the day. tfcjF’ Seats will be reserved in the Hall for the Ladies. By order of the Committe of General Ar rangements. Officers elected for the ensuing quar ter in Tomichichi Division No. 1, Sons of Temperance : John R. Hill. W. P. B. A. Wise, T. Dr. G. G. Griffin, \V ,A. H. B.Treadwell, ('. 0. M. Ballard. R. S. W. F.Brown, A C. A. McQueen, A. R. S. J. O.Goodale, I. S. S. G. Wood, F. S. J. J. Forsyth, O.S. A public installation of the al>ove officers will take place on next Friday night (July Ist) commencing at a quarter past 8 o’clock, at Odd Fellows’ Hall. The public are in vited to attend. From Washington. Washington, June 23. The impression here, among gentlemen connected with the Diplomatic corps, is that ! although the governments in Euroje are not at present in hostilities, but are desirous and hope for peace, the complications arc such that it is almost impossible to prevent a gen eral war, and that in such an event Russia will bo arrayed with France. There can be no hesitation in saying such is the feeling among the foreign corps of Di plomats here. President Buchanan and Gov. WalkeZ Washington, June 24. It is officially admitted that amicable re lations have been restored between the Pres ident and Gov. R. J. Walker, but it is de- ! nied that that the restoration resulted from 1 any political concessions on cither side. J Coliege Commencements. We give below a list of College coni, ments to occur during this and me n*-xt two months,in Georgia, wh;t his as com plete. as we <an make it at present: Franklin College, (University ofGeor gia) Athens: Commencement sermon Sunday, Aug. Ist; Commencement Dai ’ \\ tdne-day, August 4th ; Literary Ad dress, Thursday, August sth. Emory College, <lx ford : Commence moot Sermon, Sunday, .July 1 Ttfi. by Rev. J. Hamilton, of Alabanw; Com raer.ceinent Day, Wednesday, July 22<j- Literary Address, tame, day by Ilon.V A. \ is bet, of Macon. Mercer University, Penfidd : Com mencement Sermon Sunday, July |()-j, by Rev. Dr. N. M. Crawford; Com mencement Day. Wcdne-day, July I3 t j, Oglethorpe University, Midway Commencement Sermon, Sunday, J u |.. 17th, by Dr. Tallmadge; Commencement Day, Wednesday, July 20th ; Literary Address by Col. James S. Hook, ot Sandersvile. Cherokee Baptist Gdlege, Cassville; i Commencement Sermon, Sunday, J u | y loih, by Rev. S. G. Ilillyer; Literary Address, Wednesday, July 13th by Hon He. schel V. Johnson. Wesleyan Female College, Macon: : Comencement Sermon, Sunday, July lli. th, by Rev. Joseph S. Key, of Augusta; Commencement Day, Wednesday and Thursday, July 12thand 13th ; Address by Rev Dr. P. P. Neelv. Greensboro’ Female College, Gieens boro’; Commencem* nt Sermon,Sunday June 20th ; Commencement Day— W< dnesday. June 20th. LaGrange Female, LaGrange Gun inencement Sermon, Sunday, July 3d. by Rev. C. C. Gillespie, D. D., of New (>r le&ns ; Monday, July 4:h Literary Ad dress, by Prof. I. N. Loomis; Tuesday, July sth, Annual Address, by O. A. Lochranc, K-q., of Macon ; Commence ment Day, Wednesday, July 29th; Ad dresses, by Rev. W. J. Sassnett and 11• *n. B. 11. liill, of LnGiange. S u hern Female Gdlege, LaGrange; Commencement Sermon. Sunday, June 26th, by Rev. Wm. Williams. I). D., of Penfield ; Wednesday, June 29h. Ad dress to Junior Cbss, by Rev. J. T. Clarke, of Atlanta; Commencement Day, Wednesday, June 30th; Literary Ad dress, by VV. B. Reese, ot Knoxville, Tenn. Sy nodical Female G liege, Griffin ; G.mmencement Sermon. Sunday, June 26. h; Comencena nt Day, Thursday, June 30th; Address, by, Rev. D. 11. Port r, of Savannah. f assvile Female Gdlege. Cassville: Commencement Sermon Sunday July 3d, by Rev. W. R. Branham ; Gmnneneev ment Day, Thursday. July 9th. and Ad d.ess by Rev. Dr. W. H. Felton of Cass county. Marietta Female Gdlege, Marhtta: Commencement. Sermon, Sunday, June 26th, by Rev. W. F. Cook ; Gmimenoe merit Day, Monday, June 271 h and Ad dress, by liev. V. A. Gusskill, of Atlan ta.— Morning News. LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP NOVA SCOTIAN. Quebec, June 27.—The steam-hip Nova Scotian hasarrived with Liverpool dates to June 15th. Commercial News. Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sales of cotton for three days 18,000 bales, of wh : eh speculators took 1,000 bales, and exporters 3,500 bales.* The maiket closed quiet. Stale of Trade. —Manchester advices were favorable, as a better demand pre vailed, with a fair average business London Money Market. Consols dost and at 93 3-8 a 93 5 8. Havms Market Havre , June 13.—The cotton market exhibits an improving tendency. Sales for the week five thousand bales, and was quoted at one hundred and one francs The Sales for two days four thousand five huridml bales, and closed with an improved feeling. Rice dull. Bread stuffs declining, and the weather fa vorable for the crops. After the retreat of the Austrians from Bologna, the Caidinal Legate depart!d, and the Municipalities proclaimed \ ic tor Emmanuel D.ctator. The King of Sardinia publicly extoll ed Garibaldi's deeds, aud awarded him a military gold medal. The Weimar Z-itung officially an nounces that the Emperor of Austria will forthwith assume the command iu chief of the Austrian army, and that he had ordered the army to a position, which was to be occupied in the most advantageous manner. The Austrians having evacuated Mo dena, were in full retreat towards the river Oglio. Large reinforcements were about to leave France. Lord Palmerston was making good progress in the formation of his cabinet. An authentic list was expected on the day tho steamer sailed. It was rumored that Lord Elgin has been appointed to the Colonial ollic •, Cobden to the Board of Trade, and Gladstone Secretary fr India. An order had been issued for the mob iization of the Prussian army. Arrival of tin* Arabia. Halifax, June 28.—The Arabia brings the following account of the Market*. The sale# of cotton in Liverpool for the week amounted to 65,000 bales, of which speculators took S.(MX) and exjsirters 6,000. The market opened weak and with but little enquiry, but closed firm. Fair and mid dling qualities had advanced Jd lower grades were in better demand, but quotably un changed. Consols were quoted at 92’J to 92; for ac count. ex-dividend. Sales of Friday 8,000 bales, speculators and exporters taking 1,000 each. QUOTATIONS. Fair Orleans. B|d. Mid. “ 6 15-l Cd. Fair Mobiles, 7td. Mid. “ 6jd. Fair Uplands .* 7gd. Mid- “ 6i'd. The stock on hand, 631,000, of which 557.0tt0 are American. Manchester. — Advices from Manchester are favorable. Prices have advanced, and holders are asking an additional advance. .Money.—Market unchanged. The Bul lion of the Bank of England had decreased £7,OC 0. dencral Markets. —Breadstuff# dull at Thursday’s quotations. Corn and provision declining. Havre. —Tres Ordinaire cotton quoted at lOOf. Tres Las 102f. Market firm. Sales of the week 6,500. Stock 95,200 bales. From the Scat of War. The news generally from the seat of war is unimportant The Austrians were re treating, and the the Allies advancing. The French troops were being concentra ted for decisive action, and a battle was cx j pected within a week. A naval demonstration was expected in I the Adriatic. British Cabinet. j The new Cabinet is composed as follows: i Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Sir 1 Win. Gladstone, Lord Elgin, Sir Richard !Cobden, Gibson, and Granville—a very i strong government.