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- ■w’-—’ ■ *• •* .-vg—ly ■■ >'-fwi’ ;V-^-* w yic**r w - -! ■ .■'-- J * , wii vjm tjtty •■ VOLUME 10. THE GEORGIA CITIZEN 5£ PUBLISIID VERY FRIDAY MORNING BT L. F. W. ANDREWS. OrriPI — I'* Hornes Unit,ting, Cherry Strert, Two Doorw Mote Third Street. TER>!■:— #2,ftO |>er annum, In advanee. \d*triii , in<*nl U tire r**u'ar ebarse will I* On, Ihdlar K r wjiure <>f hundred word, or lew. f. r tbe rtrs* iiwcr • and ¥• Os Urnl, lor e**-h *nl**niieiil toa>rtiou. All ad tertitfni iil-i i*"t upocifialaitiilliw , a'ill Ik putili.lit*l ins'll . r .. : ,i. ami chary*® accordingly. A liberal diwmiut allowed , ;; ca h advertise by the year. Liberal irr .n*teu*ciits made with (V.antv Officers. Dniyxists Auctioneers Herchants, and *lier-. who nmv wiah to make limited contract*. |rnD-*l <nal and Hii-lnt-, < ‘aria Till be Inserted nn d,. r ttict head. *1 I* l * touowln* rates, vU: For Five lines, per annum r, on For seven fines, do. pin f -r Ten lines, do in on V at ertb-ement of this clans will be admitted, miles* paid f„j in advance, nor for a less t-rm than twelve n. ths. Ad ertbements ot over ten lines will be charged pro rata. Ad v. rti*anents nut paid lor in adraaaa will be charged at the r.tnlsr rates. . , , Obtiuarv polices of over lea linet, will be charged at the usir‘l rat-. \nnouf>runifnl ot caiHlltlates for office to be paid for a tl.e rate-s whtn inerted. wale* of Land and JVegrirea, by Fxecutors. Admlnistra ti r- and Guardian*, arc required by law to be advert; ert in a public g.zc?te, forty ‘lavs previous to the day of sale. ‘I hese sales must be held on the first Tuesday in the more h. between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, attheC'ourt-bou*. in the county in which the property is situ ated. wales of IVrsonal Property mast be advertised in like Banner, forty days Vi lice to llehior* and Creditors of .m Estate most be published forty days. Vdioe iht application will tie made to the Ordinary for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be published weekly for two months. i Rations for Letters of Admlnlstra'lon, thirty days; for rii.mis*i"n rom Administration, monthly. *is months; for IhsmisA* from Guardianship, weekly, forty dais. Holes for Korecios ing of MorUn.;es, monthly, sou r .ths; ‘or establish ng I st papers, for the full space of I hre months; for e-dnpeiling Utlra from executors or adiuii.isfr.l r- where a bond has been given hy the deceased, the full pice of three months. J-UiscclitTiuj, In lie a C lii'iwliaii f BT T. ?. ARTHUR. ‘ls he a Christian ?’ The question rtachetl my ear as I sat conversing with a triend, and I paused in theseuteuce I was utteiing to note the an swer. ‘Oh, yes; he is a Christian,’ was re plied. ‘I ain rejoiced to hear you say so. I was not an are of it before,’ said tue other. ‘Yes; he has passed from death uuto life. Last week, in the joy of his new birth, he united himself to the church, and is now in fellowship with the saints.’ •What a blessed change ! I ‘Blessed, indeed. Auother soul saved— another added to the great company ot those who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. There is joy in heaven on his account’ ‘Of whom are they speaking Y I asked, turning to my friend. •Os Fletcher Gray, I believe,’ was the re p'y- ‘Tew men stood more in need of Chris tian graces, ’ said I. “If he is indeed num bered with the saints, there is some cause tor rejoicing.’ •By their fruits ye shall know them,’ re- j sponded my friend. ‘I w ill believe his ; cia m to the title of Christian, when I see the Iruit of his good living. If he has truly parsed from death unto life, as they say, he 1 will work the works ot righteousness. : A sweet fountain will not send forth bitter waie-s.’ My friend but expressed my own senti- ! me.its in this, and all like cases. I have j learned to put small trust in ‘professionto , look past the Sunday and prayer meeting piety of people, and to estimate religious 4'iahty by the standard of the Apostle James. There must be genuiue love of the neighbor, before there can be a love of God; for ueighbory love is the ground in which that higher and purer love takes root. It is *ll in vain to talk of love as a mere ideal thing. Love is an active principle, and, ac cording to its quality, works. If the love; be heavenly, it will show itself in good deeds to ihe neighbor; but, if infernal, in ficts of selfishness that disregard the neigh bor. I will observe this, Mr. Gray,’ said I, as I walked homeward from the company, ‘and see whether the report touching him be true. It he is, indeed, a ‘Christian, as they affirm, the Christian graces ol meekness aud chari ty wiil blosom in his life, and make all the fix firound him fragrant.* Opportunity soon came. Fletcher Gray was a store-keeper, and his life in the world was consequently, open to the observation oi all men. He was likewise a husband and a father. His relations were, therefore, o! a character to give, daily, a test of his true quality. It was only the day after, that I liappen to meet Mr. Gray under circumstances fa vorable to observation. He came into the store of a merchant with whom I was transacting some business, and asked the price of certain goods in the market. I moved aside and watched him narrowliy. There was a maiked change in the expres sion of his countenance and in the tones of his voice. The former had a sober, almost sol emn expression ; the latter was subdued, even to plaintiveness. But, in a little while, tb<*se peculiarities gradually disappeared, and the aloretime Mr. Gray stood there unchang ed—unchanged, not only in appearance, but in character. There was nothing of the yea, yea,’ and nay, nay,’ spirit in his bar gain making, but an eager worldly effort to gain advantage in trade. I noticed, that in the face of an asseveration that only five per cent, over cost was asked for a certain arti cle. he still endeavored to procure it at a low er figure than was named by the seller, find finally crowed him down to the exact ‘•ost, knowing, as i e did. that the uiercaant had a large stock on hand, and could not well afford to hold it over. He’s a sharper!’ said the merchant, turn ing toward me as Gray left the store. •He’s a Christian, ttiey say,’ was my quiet remark. * ‘A Christian!’ “Yes; don't you know that he has l*ecome relisrvtiis and joined the church?’ ou re joking!’ Mot a word of it Didn’t you oliserve v subdued, meek aspect when he came m?’ r f by. yes; now that you refer to it, I do a certain peculiarity about him. “econie pious! Joined the church! Well, *m sorry.’ lor what?’ for the injury he will do a good ‘'’ The religion that makps a man a husband, father, man of business, * Wer > doctor or preacher. I reverence for it it F enuiw ’ 15 the lives of tnose who accept o testify. But your hypocritical pretend erV find execrate.’ ♦v 1 ‘ S ’ almost too strong language applied to Mr. Gmy,’ said l. C 1 a ' r . aat 13 a hypocrite?’ asked the mer- Chr^J n * D w * u> P uts on l be semblance of sess.’ D v * rtue9 w hich he does not pos- * t * ttt ‘ s w^at Mr. Gray does when he IT religious. A* true Christian dm a “ * s .^ le j us t to me when he crowd own in the price of my goods, and robbed me of a living profit, in order that he might secure a double gain ? I think not. There is not even the live and let live prin ciple in that. No—no. sir. If he has joined die church, my word for it, there is a black sheep in the fold; or, I might say without, abuse of language, a woll therein disguised in sheep's clothing.’ ‘Give the man time,’ said I. “Old habits of hie are strong, you know. In a little while I trust he will see clearer, and regulate hisliie from perceptions of higher truths.’ ‘I thought his heart was Cuanged, an swered the merchant, with some irony in his tones. ‘That he had been made anew creature.’ I did not care to discuss that point with him, aud so merely answered: ‘The beginnings of spiritual life are as the beginnings of natural life. The babe is born in teebleness, and we must wait through the periods of infancy, childhood and youth, before we can have th** strong man ready for the burden and heat of the day, or lull arm ed lor the battle. If Mr. Gray is in the first effort to lead a Christian life, that is some thing. ll t * will grow wiser aud better m time, I hope.’ ‘There is vast room for improvement,’ said the merchant “In my eyes, he is, at this time, only a hypocritical pretender. I hope, for the sake of the world, and the chinch both, that his new associates wiil lnak,* something better out of him.’ I went away pretty much of the mer chant s opinion. My next meeting with Mr. Gray was in the shop of a machamc to whom he had -old a bill ot goods some mouths previously, lie had called to col lect a portion of the amount which remained unpaid. The mechanic was not ready for him. ‘I am sorry, Mr. Gray,’ lie began, with some hesitation of manner. ‘Sorry for what?’ sharply interrupted Mr. Gray. ‘Sorry that I have not the money to settle your bill. I have been disappointed ’ ‘I don’t want that old story. You prom ised to be ready for me to-day, didu’tyou? And Mr. Gray knit his brows and looked augry and imperative. ‘Yes, I promised. But ’ ‘Then keep your promise. No man has a right to break his word. Promises are sacred things, aud should be kept religious ly-’ ‘lf my customers had kept their promises to me, there would have beeu no lailure in mine to you,’ answered the poor me chanic. ‘lt is of no use to plead other men’s fail ings in justification of your own. You said the bill should be settled to-day, and I cal culated upon it. Now, of all things in the world, I hate trilling. I shall not call again, sir!’ ‘lf you were to call forty times, and I hadn’t the money to settle your account, you would call in vain,’ said the mechanic, showing c msiderable dismroance ot mind. ‘You need not add insult to wrong.’ Mr. Gray’s countenance reddened, and he looked angry. ‘lf there is insult in the case it is on your part, not mine,’ retorted the mechanic, with more feeling. ‘1 am not a digger of gold out of the earth, nor a coiner of money. I must be paid for mv work before I can pay the bills I owe. It was not enough that I told you the failure of my customers to meet their engagements ’ ‘You’ve no business to have such custom ers,’ broke in Mr. Gray. ‘No right to take my goods arid sell them to men who are not honest enough to pay their bill#.’ ‘One of them is your own sou,’ replied the mechanic, goaded beyoud endurance. ‘His bill is equal to half of yours. I have sent ; for the amount a great inauy times, but he still puts me off with excuses. I will send it to you next time.’ This was thrusting home with a sharp sword, and the vanquished Mr. Gray re treated from the battle field, bearing a pain ful wound. ‘That wasn’t right in me, I know, said the mechanic, as Gray left the shop. ‘l'm sorry now that I said iL But he pressed me too closely. lam but human.’’ “He is a hard, exacting, money-loving man.’ was rny remark. ‘They tell me he has become a Christian, said the mechanic. ‘Has got religion—been converted. Is that so?’ ‘lt is commonly reported; but I think common report must be in error. St. Paul gives patience, forbearance, loDg-suffering, meskness, brotherly kindness, and charity, as some of the Christian graces. I do not see them in this man, therefore common re port must be m error.” “I have paid him a good many hundreds of dollars since I opened tuy shop here,’ said j the mechanic, with the manner of one who j te!t hurt. ‘lf I am a poor, hard working man, I try to be honest. Sometimes I get a little behind hand, as I am now, because people I work for don’t pay up as they should. It happened twice before, when I wasn't just square with Mr. Gray, and he pressed down very hard upou me, and talked just as yon heard him to day. He got his money, every dollar of it; and he will get his money now-. I did thiuk, knowing that he had joined the church and made a pro fession of religion, that he would bear a little patiently with me this tune. That as he ha*l obtained forgiveness, as alledged, of his sins towards Heaven, he would be mer ciful to Lis feiiow-maD. Ah, well! These things make us very sceptical about the honesty of men who will call themselves re ligious. My experience with ‘professors’ has not beeu very encouraging. Asa general thing I find them as greedy for gain asother men. We outside people of the world get to be very sharp sighted. When a man sets himself up to be of better quality than we, and calls himself by a name significant of heavenly virtue, we judge him, Datur&lly, by his own standing, and watch him very closely. If he remain as hard, as selfish, as exacting, aud as eager after money as be fore. we do not put much faith in his profes sion, and are very apt to class him with hypocrites. His praying, and fine talk about faith and heavenly love, and being washed trom all sin. excite in us contempt rather than respect. We ask for good works, and are never satisfied with anything else. ‘By their fruits ye shall know them.’ ’ Oo the next Sunday I saw Mr. Gray in church. My eyes were on him when he entered. I noticed that all the lines ot his face were drawn down, aud that the whole aspect and bearing of the man were solemn and devotional. He moved to his place with a slow step, his eyes cast to the floor. Ou tak ing his seat, be leaned his head on the pew in front of h:in, ard continued for nearly a min ute in prayer. During the service I heard his voice in the singing; and through the sermon, he maintained the incst fixed atten tion. It was communion Sabbath; aud he remained after the congregation was dis missed to join in the holiest act of worship. ‘Can this man be indeed self-deceived ?’ I asked myself as I walked homeward. *Can he really believe that Heaven is to be gained by pious acts alone. That every Sabbath MACON, (;A., FRIO AY, SEPTEMBER 16, 18 59. evening he can pitch his tent a day’s march m-arer Heaven, though all the Week he may have fared in the commonest offices of ne ghborly love?’ It so happened that I had many opportu nities for observing Mr. Gray, who, alter joining the church, became an active worker in some of the public and prominent chari ties of the and iy. He gave a good deal ot time to the prosecution of benevolent enter prises in which men of some posirion were concerned. But when 1 saw him dispute with a poor gardener, who had laid the sods in his yard, about fifty cents—take sixpence off a weary strawberry woman, or chaffer with his boot black overall extra shilling, I could not think that if, was genuine love lor his fellow-man that prompted his ostenta tious charities. In did I find any better estima tion of him in business circles; for his reli gion did not chasten the ardor of his selfish love of advantage in trade, nor make him more generous, nor more inclined to he'p or befriend the weak and the needy. Twice I saw his action in the case of unhappy debt ors, who had not been successful in business. In each case his claim was anion** ilu*small est, tut he said more unkind thines,arid was the hardest to satisfy, ol any man among the creditors. He assumed dishonest inteution at the outset, and made that a plea for the most rigid exaction; covering his own hard selfishness with offensive cant about mer cantile honor, Christian integrity, and a religious observance of business contracts. He was the only man among all the credit ors who made his church membership a prominent thing—few of them were even church goers—and the only man who did r.ot really make concessions to the poor, down-trodden debtors. ‘ls he a Christian?’ I asked, as I walked home in some depression ot spirits, from the last of these meetings. And I could but answer, no —for to be a Christian, is to be Christ-like. ‘As ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.’ This is the di vine standard. ‘Ye must be born again,’ leaves to us no latitude of interpretation. There must be a death of the old, natural selfish loves, and anew birth of spiritual affections. Asa man feels, so will he act. If the affections that rule his heart be divine affections, he will be a lover of others and a seeker of their good. He will not be a hard, barsb. exacting man in natural things, but kind, forbearing, thoughtful of others, and yielding. In ail his dea-ing-s with men, his actions wi'l be governed by the heavenly laws of judgment and justice. He will re gard tiu: good of his neighbor equally with his own. It is in the world where Christian graces reveal themselves if they exist at all Religion is not a mere Sumlty affair, b t the regulator of a man’s conduct a uong his fellow-men. Unless it does this; it is a fa'se religion, and he who depends ffiion it for the enjoyment of heavenly IV-licites in the next life, wiil find himself in e ror. Heaven can not be earned by mere acts ot piety, for Heaven is the completn- iit < f ail divine affections in the human sou'; and a man must come into these—roust be born into them —while on earth, or he can never find an eternal home among the angels of God. Heaven is not gained by doing, but by tiv >ng. A Black Republican’s Opin ion ol Douglas. The Republic—the organ of the Black Republicans at Washington—gives its opinion, briefly but, clearly, of Douglas’ last effort for the Presidency. We ful ly agree with our cotemporary that, in his efforts to swindle both sections of the Inion of their votes, the little dem agogue has failed on both, and will find himself, m the end, “sitting down be tween two chairs.” Here is the Republic’s opinion, aud we consider it a very sen-ible one : “The Douglas Doctrine. —The only thing like a consistent theory that we can eliminate from the late disquisition of Judge Dougias on the subject of “Pop ular Sovereignty in the Territories,” is this : “The Constitution establLhes slavery in the Territories, but subject to the power of the people to control it through their Territorial legislatures. lienee, in the absence of arty legislation on the ! subject by the Territorial Legislature, a slaveholder would have a constitution al right to fake his slaves into the Ter ritory and hold there. But this would be a mere abstract right , without any remedy fur its infringement ; for he holds that the courts can afford no protection to slave property until the Territorial Legislature shall pass Jaws “providing 1 remedies, and imposing penalties, and conferring jurisdiction upon the courts, ! to hear and determine cases as they may arise.” r l'he mere refusal of the Legislature, therefore, to pa*s laws pro viding such remedies, and conferring such jurisdiction on the couits, will operate as a practical exclusion of slave ty, altnough the constitutional right to hold slaves will exist. “If this is not a fair statement of the doctrine advocated by Judge. Douglas, we shall be greatly obliged to any one who shall point out its error. It is a doctrine which will not be likely to find much favor either in the North or in the South. “The North will never accept a doc trine, which admits that the Constitu tion establishes slavery anywhere, in any sense whatever, or rec*'guises its existence any where, except as a State institution, existing in a State “under the laws thereof,” wholly independent of Federal authority. “The South will be as little disposed to accept a doctrine, which, while it ad mits their constitutional right to take slaves into the Territories, denies any power to enforce and protect that right. “The distinguished Senator will pro bably find himself, in the end, “sitting down between two chairs.” A Large Family.—The Nashville Advo cite, in speaking of a large camp meeting recently held in that vicinity, says that among the persons present was a church member named Lynch, a man of wealth and of great liberality. “He bore the burthen of teedieg and lodging” a large number who who were on the camp ground. This Mr. Lynch must be a remarkable man ; he has now nineteen children, and his father had thirty-two, and atone time during the last war, thirteen of his sons were iu the army. The State of Virginia, where he then lived, passed an act releasing the patriotic patriarch from all taxation. Who is Stephen A. Douglas? It is possible lh.it even in this age of j railroads, tel*graph*, and eiihghtment generally, there may be some persons who need to be inform* and on the question which heads this article. It w. uld be ail interesting ta*k to look fur an*wer ! to the fries of Democratic papers eigh teen months ago, when scarcely a voice i was raised among them to defend the traitor Douglas, against the just de nunciations of an outraged party and I people. After months of struggle and blood [ shed in Kun-as, the friends of law and order in that territory succeeded in se curing a majority in the Convention which met at Lecompton, to forma con stitution for the prospective State. The pro-slavery delegates to that Convention succeeded al*o in obtaining the insertion of a clause in the Constitution recognis ing the institution of Slavery ; and Kansas presented herself to the Cm gte*s of the United States with an rtnjit:atiou W be admitted into the federal family. Her application v as endorsed by the President, who rtc umoended that her request should be granted. Abolition ism was stirred to its very depths by the proposal to extend the area **f slave ry, and increase what they call “the ag gressions of the s!av4 power.” The Black Republican legions were set, in motion to resist the mea-ure, and all along their lines resounded the trumpet notes of defiance to the Administration, which was regarded as trie advocate ol the Lecompton Constitution. But the friends of the administration were not tew, nor backward in rendering it their support. They rallied almost to a mail in its aid on that great question—the question whether the application of a territory for admission into the I uion as a State, shall b'e granted or rejected merely on the ground that its constitu tion recognizes or prohibits the instim tionof slavery. The struggle commenc ed. The Administration and the Demo cratic party were about to achieve a tri umph. and Kansas was on the eve *>f ad mission. Bit in that cutical moment, there was one matt who', contrary t<> iff* expectations of tin s* by whom b,- hid been pelted ar.d praised, deserted the party which had been acctiMomed to took up to him as a Rader, ui cl Litre-* the weight of his great, talents on the side id its toes. There wax one man who leagued hiin-'elf w ith liie enemies of ihe South and the Constitution, in order ‘ to perpetrate a monstrous w ong < t the ; eountrvj he tv was one ruan ( w ho iden tified l irnseii with tin- B.ack Republi cans, and went over “with his lutle cli que of fieesoiieis” to the ranks of the enemy. That nan was Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois. Ilis treason was successful: the AdiDiuistrati**n wl* de le ited, and the Lecompton Constitution rejected. But his .defection was not wit nessed in silence by the party wh eh he had deserted, and the Southern people whom ha had outraged and betrayed, j A mark of shame, like th** g'arig irria riiy of the “Scarlet Letter’ had been fas tened upon the South, and she demand ed that he who had been foremost in the | act of wiong should be driven from ihe party which depended upon her aid f li lts greatest tr.umphs. And he was ex pelled from the party. At least it was declared, by those who considered them selves authorized to sp ak, that he had no longer lot and share with the Democra cy, and must thenceforth stand on his own platform, and move in his own or bit. 11l pro**f of this fact, v.e refer to the Mobile Register of 1858, which spoke as follows: “As for ourself, we do not recognise Mr. Douglas as belonging any longer to the Democratic party, and more espe cially do we rtgard him as having shown himself the enemy < f the South, whose cause he betrayed with a view to sub serve his personal ambition. We can not join the Richmond South and En quirer in deprecating aud 1 eprehending the course of the true Lecompton D-*ino cracy of Illinois, in their warfare upon Mr. Doug as and his anti-Lecompton faction. We applaud their course, whatever may be the cons* quences. A party never gains anything by tempor izing with deserters and traitors. As much as we should rej >ioe that the Illi nois Democracy should remain powerful and triumphant as of yore, we yet. h.*art- j ily hope they will continue to repudi I ate all affinity with Mr. Douglas and his followers, at least until these latter shall have made confession and atonement for their late treason, and placed themselves j fairly and unequivocally upon the plat form of the D* mocratic party m connec tion with the Kansas question.’’ The Montgomery Confederation, al*o, joined in denouncing him, and in point- i ingout Stephen A. Douglrias as a deserter j from, and a betrayer of, the Democratic ; party- It called loudly upon the friends i of the Administration to rally to its sup port against “Douglas and his liuie clique of frecsoil Democrats.” It gloat ed over the flagellation which a Rich mond paper had administered to Doug las, and gloried in the fact that Piyur had “< Topped him, branded him, and turned him loose to the scorn and indig nation of the South !’’ Has Douglas changed since then 1 Has he receded from the position which he th* n took in opposition to ihe Dem ocratic party and the South ( No ! not one inch, lie stands to-day where he stood in ’sß—where he stood w hen the Confederation denounced him as an ene my of its own section, and an ally of of the Biaek Republicans—the most bit ter assailants of that section and its rights. And yet, oh, jewel of consisten | cy, and embodiment of patriotism ! it is 1 now willing to support for the Presid*-n ----|cy that very man—the enemy of the j Souih—the traitor Stephen A. Doug ■ LAS ! If the question then is akrd—who is Stephen A. Douglas ? L*>t it be an swered—he is ihe man who, according to the C'tifi and ra'ion. was in 1858 ‘ckor PEI>, •mtAXDP.n. A NT) ‘turned loose to toe SCORN AND INDIGNAHON OF THE 8•■CTII !’ [Afoul. ( Ua.) Daily Advr. Gov- B own and the Fan'*s. K KLIMT BEFORE THE PEOPLE That Joseph E. Brown, notwilli ! standing all his bluster against the ! Banks — his Veto of the Bill intended lor their relief, and his efforts to i crush them and cripple the t'om ! mere-** of the State, by bis senseless war upononrcurrency, weretly coun- I srled with certain Hank officers as to the mode of evadintf the Late passed by tne Legislature over hi-* veto! K EEP IT BEFOR ETI [ E PEG PL E. That this infamous transaction was first publicly charged upon llis Excellency Joseph E. Brown, fully two weeks ago, and as yet neither j the Governor or any of the papers in bis interest have dared to deny its truth ! KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE, That the charge referred to IS TRIE! and that we have in our possession a verbatim copy of the original letter written by His Excel lency to an officer ol a Bank, in which, “as a personal friend, and not as a public officer,” the Governor gives bis opinion us to how the Law may be evaded, and actually pre serhes the form of the oath to be taken ! KEEP IT BE FORE TIIE PEOPL E, That such is t o man who asks their suffrages for re-election to the office of Governor of Georgia. Will the people continue him in office? We do not hesitate to answer, NO ! —A tfahta A merican. The Mdwankie Wav* Contains an Re- Count of a Siil*r who, after a five years cruise, return* and t<> that city. We i*-t til News tell ihe lialiai.ee oftlie st.<ry ; Ile left a wife it* and two * h.ldreri u hen he w*nt away, and the lust fliiffg on his return was to seek < ut hi* family. He found iheiu in ih • ffd Ward, a'id af *-r kissing h : • ‘ ‘fe, saw wi hMsioi isliment that his cm dr.-n, like sheep in the Et-f, had doubled in ihada-t five years, as in the place of two there were now f) nr, a*id one quite simll. He looked at ms wife. lie then l- lit Ins babies. Then at his wife, who stood silently by. Ba k and forth, from one t<> the other, lull five minute* h gaz- and, then broke out with, “ Well, Mary for a small woman, without help , you ve raised children amazingly l For the Girl* to Read—A good wife exhibits her Kve for her husband hy try ing to promote Ins welfare, and by attendi go* hi* comfort. A poor wife ‘my and ars uni m v loves’ her hu-band, arid wouldri’nt sew a but ton on his ih'.rt to keep hint from fre*z ing. A sensible wife looks for her comfort and at home, a si I y one a broad. A wise girl wottld win a lover by practicing those virtue* which eciread miration, wfiii u personal charms have fa.il* and. A fintpie girl endeavors to recom mend hereell’ y the exhibition <>l frivo lous accomplishments and a mawkish sentiment which is as shallow a* her mind. A good girl always respects herself, and then fin e always possesses the re spect of o hers. - Important Discovery. —One of the startling discoveries of the age has ju*t been made, and its effect, up* n the com mercial affairs of the world cannot be foretold. We allude to the late dis covery in the process of making or smelting of anew metalcallOi the Byrne ore, or Bvrne metal, which has bent named after the inventor. This metal is of such a nature that either an imita tion of gold or silver can be produced which would defy detection by more th m niiiestenths ol the dealers m waresmm ufactttied ot pure g"ld and silver. Ihe rno*t astonishing part of the discovery is that of being so valuable as to be us* and in the manufacture of every article in whioh gold or silver can be used. New Native Fine —On th** grounds of C *l. Bull, near Charleston, S C.. not far from th*’ house, is a pin* —Pinus glaber of Walter, who described it ab* ut 100 y * ars ago, since w hich it has been strangely overlooked by botanists. It is a well mirked species, is there called the S .rue.- pine, attains a height at least 100 feet, and a diameter of more than 3 feet, a-s I have tested by measur ing. It is abundant in ‘ho vicinity of th-* Ashley, where Col Hu 1 and lap* n't part <fa day riding through the woods, searching for the largest. Mr. R.ivenel, the botanist, fir*t re discover, and it a few years ago, hut it ha* not been described in our modern Floras. [Country Gentleman. Attack ox a Baltimobk F.ditou.—A Baltimore despatch, of tt.e 2olh says : Henry M. Fitzhugh, < ne of the proprietors of the Daily Exchange, a paper which has been fearless and unsparing in its denuncia tions of the brutal rowdy duns of this city, was assailed in nn omnibus this afternoon hy n notorious ruffian named Paul Placide.— Mr. F. d r ew a revolver and fired three times, the bait taking effect in the hand and arm of his assailant. The affair created consid erable excitement. ■'“Jim Jackson and John Underwood will he Geutgi*’ 3 brightest light-* in the next Cpngr. s?. We say this not. to disparage olheej but it’s true.” —Horne Southerner. Yea. and a iruuth that slum and t-e Lumiii atiug to every Georgian.—Ed Rki\ In Austria n<> nan is allowed tn mar ry who can’t write his name. If such a law was enacted in this counrrv, the breed *>f Democrats, at least of legiti mate ones, would pretty nearly run put in some sections. Gov. Brown and the Banks. No mail can deliberately sot t > i work t deceive the people ami build j np a false reputation for himself. without meeting, sooner or later the ( day of retribution. It is in the or der < f Pro vide net* that the guilty ! shall not go mnvhippe I of justice.— ! Their sins will find them out. and ! they wi 1 be called to nice them, in the presence oi an injured people. The whole course of Gov. Brown in Iris apparent war upon the Bunks of Georgia, Ims been characterised i by the most unprincipled duplicity and unin itigated fraud lie Las hob! llimseb up to the people as th ir env oi*, denounced the honest men who control them as guilty of perjury and fraud, and lias boasted of his achievements in bringing them to terms and compelling them to obey tlie laws. W’o have known all along liow disingenuous and hollow-heart ed were all su.-li boasts ; and though it has been in our jower at an* day to expose the iniquity, we have pre ferred to wait until the accumulated proofs could be made to stand forth as the sun at noon-day, and over whelm the deceiver. That day has arrived, and we begin the disgraceful exposition to-day with an article from the Atlanta “American.” The editor speaks with the letter oi brow n befo e him, and defies contra diction. Let the voters of Georgia read it, and hlush, that such a mau was ever allowed to desecrate the Executive Chair of this noble State. We have < ther evidences of this game of duplicity, which- we shall bring forward before the public shall have recovered from the shock o, the present exposure. We may add that we have no kno* ledge of the letter which has fallen into the hands of the “Ameri can” editors. If a similar on** ad dressed to t* e Ba* k officers of this city, we feel sure that the suggest on with regard to the time of making < ut their returns, only met t e scorn it deserved. —Sav liege Lyncti Law in K \-ti cky.— Jes sie Williams an old and wealt'y eiti zen of i aldwell county, who has been under guard at Princeton, charged with murder, stealing and crue t io his slaves was taken from the jail on Thursday night, and after being car ried off a distance of seven miles, hu gby a party of citizens. His two sons, John and .James, who a e also guiltv of numerous crimes, escaped death by absconding. About the same time Dr. Si gleton, and Messrs. Mansfield, Morse arid Strangmal, sup posed to be connected with Williams in his villanies, were severely punish ed mid ordered to leave the county. Georgians in Canada. Montreal Gan ada, ) Aug ..s 2D u, 1850 Mr Editor: —Y<ui wn; p **xse pub'i-h ilie olii’ivmg 11 **i]i*-s, as a list of Guo/gums Irom Lome. ( v in M >i*tr* .*i: M B Clayton, M cun; Dr C B Xotinghnrn. Macon; Miss S II Noting! am, M-on; W J Eve jti.'t Ihdv, Augusts; Miss E It E-*-. Att ansta; R A R-i -, P un in co; M ss AC R *il, Putnam co.; MissJ F li-irl. Troup co.; W \V Titi v-t-r, W H Tarver ami lady, M*ss \ II Hardaway. F O Vs piberly, J C Solomon, A V Bacon, all of Tu *g. s ceutvy; D A Jo da ■, Baldwin co.; M E K-e * , M P lGnow, G. llusMey, Dr T"1 vt-r Dilla’d, A R Harper, WW B *rt, YV R GigritH’.ar, of Glynn unity; Mrs. Cul er, M .-s Glider, M Tharp, J T Col li* r. R E Hose, 0 K. Webber, U. 8. A.; Mks M C W ebber, A Hung* tf.*.-*i and son, J N. Eli.vv is and lady, A T Newsome arid laoy, P A Herd and lady, Miss Ware, Mi-s B ii, M s* Cox, R G Humbbcr, J Fain, A Sander son, W r Ilovv md. <tc.. T. D. [A ugustn Constitutionalist. The Slave Trade.—The Sr,. Aiqms* tine (Eia.) Ex.-iiiuri* r n -erts positively Unit cargoes of A ricen negroes nre con stantly landed in ih • United S ates, and I publishes a copy ot an agreement enter ed into between n Rhode Bland captain, one M'l'er F. Wickham, commanding brigg Favorite, and a tri m on th * African ena-t, tor the delivery of eighty “fair and merchantable negroes. ’ ihe Ex aminer a ids that tins cargo has be-n safely landed on the Southern coast, and the negroes found a ready market. Commercial Intercourse between the United States and France. — Tl Department at Washington is row prepar ing some interesting smti-ri’ al tables relat ve to the United Stales aud France, exhibi iny, by comparison, the amount if du i< s pmd by em*h on the imported products of the o-h r These tables, it is und* rstoo.l, ere designed to facilitate the regulations of a Unity be tween the two countries, bv which oar com mercial mt-rests w ill be extern-ed. Etcnrn District.—Bp*- king of the con test -iu this Hi'trict, the Augns'a Di-patch savs; “Cos Wright is making large gait s n Wtikes and OgietR >rp, to our certain kuo*l edge, and sun iar r* ports reach us from all parts ol the Di-t.’ict. ’ Our own private informa'inn from jhose counties entirely corroborates the statement of the Dispatch. . A Good Tick t. —The Opposition in Clatke O'unity, have nominated Cos!. Jno. Billups for the Seiia’e, and Thoma** W. Walker and Elward P. L .mpkiu, for tue House. The ticket is sure io be elected. The prospect is that ihe next Georgia Legislature, especially the Senatorial branch, wt I be the ablest that has convened in the Stale tor twenty y-ars. The widow ot Mr. Austin D. Moore, who recently died in F orida, leaving SISOO a year, recently app- aled to the S u regate ot New Yoik to set, aside the wifi, on the ground that the Lws ol Florida give a widow one third *>f the property. The Surrogate ha* decided in her favor. The estate is worth $300,000. ~ ■ —. Frost in Massachusetts. D -.ring the nights ol the 29tn am. 30;n ult. there were liuht trouts in various parts **f Ma-sachusetts. No ii j uy has been done to the com or buck wheat crops, however. Will he Stick to it ? Col. Speer, in Inss;*--oh hi Gnlfiu, ?*'d h* wo id not support IXuiiLs, n‘ non mated at Cimrlrstou. Mr. GarXted, <>i the 4ti Disirct Ires said the same ttdng : and Sen ator Tounff s<-ays he will not suck to hi* as ee tion. The question now f*>r tin* people ot til- Third District is, will Col. Sp or stick? We think l e will not, but w li yet r-nppor Douglas. The reason why we thit k s**. i* tins. Cut. Spe* ris so wed*ted to his par ty ihit he can s* e in tlin g wiong in it. T e leaders of that party premised the peo ple of the South, Koisas, d'riiey would S'.p port Buchanan. The people put confidence in the promise, ar.d voted for ‘Buck, B eck, and K iri* X>w * Very body knows that instead ts Ivins;**, rie* Eng'i-h Bill is all the S uth. got aud Col. iSp* er is slid trying to and lend the same pai y leaders. His at tael uncut is too strong tor hts party to per lint him to condemn eveu th t swindle, and a man who can endeavor to smo ch over such a p ilpa'ile cheat as that was, runras ly find some license to withdraw his Mj-ctions to Doug'as, when the m*t cutnes and he has to support him or quit !. s parly, Tue people of ttje Third i) strict mr.y. then, set it (1 ovn as certain that, ev-ry vote (hty cast lor Col. Speer, isa vole, indirectly, for D uglas, and it will woik in this way : In ail reasonable probab lity, the n*-x* elec non oi President will go to the Home of Repres* tuiitives. And snpposc the contest should be between a Nortnem R publican, Dougi. sand Wtn. C. Riv**p of Virginia, as tin* oppositionist, can any one doubt that Mr. Sp er, elected as a democrat, will In si tale t> go lor D>mi>!las iu that case? No on**, can reasonably d*-übt it. Then ir you vote f -r Speer, yon are indi rect y supporting Douglas. [Amrican Union. Stock of Sugars in New York. —The stoeh of sugars, now in New York, is said to consist of 73,000 hinds., 23,000 boxes, and 70,000 bags. The Poet., of Thursday evening, savs : i bis is a larger supply than wc anticipated, and consequently, some holders are anxious to realize, and have i ielded Ito J iC. to-day to effect sales. The anticipated liberal supply, both of hogsheads, boxes and bags yet to come forward before the close of the season, with stock now on hand, leads many to believe that we shall enter the new year with a very considerable surplus of stock, iff I prices do not in the mean time rule so low as to induce very free eon sumption. Protection to Naturalized Citizens.— A Case in Posjt—By me i.*t amvni frem Eur.pc we find tht; Iu 1 -wmg, winch will be received with pleasure by all classes of cii z ■’ s, especial y bur G mi m friends, says 1 the R ehmot.d E qmrer : The Americ n ambassador, Mr. Wright, has o'u.-nn* and from tb*‘ Prince R ‘gent of Prussia full pardon for Franz Hoff nan, of Cnicago. Mr. Ib'ffrnan leit Prussia when lie was twenty yea's old, without, having !u fill- and hi* military service. Wnen be re- j turned a short lime ago,‘ be was imprisoned, | and senfot.ced to p-*y a hea'.y fine, (for, i.f retard for the United S ate-, the Prince R - gent has annulled ill se prn shtnents. Oaytno In.—The Brown Democ racy, so light-hearted and gleeful only a month or so ago, are now i sorrowful and dejected ! The Akin aphrevitis, which has swept off so many of their late gallant associ- j ates, is after them also! So long have their faces grown within u week j past, that we learn our Barbers have been forced to exact an additional j half-dime for shaving them! —Atlanta 1 American. A Son of Marehnl A! edonidd, one of those great captains who filled bi rope with ri'eir renown during the career of the firet Napoleon, is now residing in India. He is represented as a g*-rnl*-man ot wealth aud standing. His son, and of course the grand son of the Marsh *!, now resides in St. Louis, lie is a young membiT of ti e bar, ol fine person ,1 i*pp-arance, and stated to be premi sing m Lis profession The metnoiy <t L ip* z was duly observed yesterday by the Cubans resident in this * ity. A morning cannonade, aso'emn mass at the Cathedral, guns fired every fit eeu miniitis throughout the day, and, J*n even ing cannonft’h —th* so _w*-re tbe s ghts aud sounds which spok - to the cty of ore ot Cuba's Crushed In pc*, and her new h< pes ol the better day comm?. [A’ O Orfsent, Sept. 2. Com. Stewart—C’ m. Cuarirs Stewart, the sen : or captain of the American navy, and, one of the most illustrious of its com m*rulers, lias returned from *his European tour. Tbe venerable captain, we learn, with all the weight of eighty years upon bisbrow, j looks as active and as crave as when h** trod the decks of the Old Constitution, nearly fifty yeais ago. The New York Hehald ox tiik Person alities of the Press. —“The go* and taste and cultivated intel ig*-r)ce of our times con demn the gr*t fi. anon of a prurient curiosi ty through ihe medium of the press, and no journal that has ihe le.'.st pretensions to ie so co.b.lity ventures out of us way to in dulge it.” Sickles offers to Resign. —The N. Y. Evening foist says : “It is understood, tha f upon certain conditions, wiiah have b n i’ulv cons dered by h personal fr end?, Mr. Si kies w ill Yii’uninrily surrender his claims to represent the Third Congressional Dis trict ol N-w York.” Sad Yacht Accident. —Oo the ev*ning of the 31*t ult., during a squall of wind, t; w yacht E :d;>, owned by Mr. R svelt, of New Yo lc was cap* zd in the Sound. Two y< ting Indus were drowned, one o* whom was Miss Ju :a Waterbury, daugh'er of Lawrence Waterbury, ot tnat city, and the other Axis* Craven. Scotland—Tne grain crops in Scotland are light, ad wifi be rather b low the aver age, but rhe qnali y promises io be very fine. H *rv*-st has commenced in s me of the di-e tr.ct*. Ihe potato crop i- gX and ad free from riis-a.se. The hen in g tribe y, at latent dates, was a failure. A Good Sentiment.—The Troy Budget say*: “An independent piess may be ot : Set vice to its friend*, but a mere instrument. k* pt tor a time by or© man et and t en y j a'.other, until it pollutes and ci.easesali who 1 touch it.” v - NUMBER 25- Tlie Swindler who Carried off 15 Ladies. W ashington, Sept. 2, ISSB. The man who recently b'ought lrom I Piiihuielphia to New l'oik filteeu young la de s, under pr. teuce of taking tlnm South as school and music teacher.*, and theu robbed | ihem of their money and baggage, wa ar • rested here to-night by Chief of Police God dard, and lieutenant of Police McHenry. He was recognized as Hiram P. L-she, he re to lore tempi r oily ernployt das a laborer in the Patent office. 15 mo ol our own I citizens had beeu swindled byiiim. H s valise contained a large number of I letters from various parts of the eouotry, the | contents of some of which showed that he bad traveled in the South, and was exten sively engaged in dishonest schemes. He has a wife living in Washington. Two large traveling trunks claimed by him are at the express office, and are supposed to con tain lui.uy valuab'es belonging to his vic tims. lie lias been committed to jail to await a requisition from the Governor of JsewYo k. L sue had no person with him when he was ane<red He took lodgings last night with Ids \\ ife at her r* science, and there is no probability that any of his victims came South with him. Crossing Lake Ontario in a Balloon. The well-known icronant, Prof, Seiner, . crossed L-ku Ontario, from Toronto, on Friday last, in Lis balloon ‘Europa.“ The : weather wa* exceedingly favorable for the excursion. Scarcely a breath of air was stirring. The sky, beautifully dear, a few white fleecy clouds, at an immense height, | fce nd alone visible, seemed, in its serene ! splendor, to invite inquiry into the mysteries of boundless space. At a quarter past four | the car was attached. ‘ The car having been ! securely fastened, the Professor, at twenty minutes past four, jumped inside it, : gave the Signal to be loosened, and up he went. The balloon was driven, at-first, southeast by east, but alter a while it appear | ed to change its course a little more to the tSouth, in the direction of Rochester, where, Prolessor S. desigt eJ to land. But be was Goomed to dis ippouiiment, and Came down I near Oswego. YYoilk for the Next Congress. The National Legislature, at its next session, twill have considerable service to perform in the way of | creating new governments, Stateand Territorial. No less than four Ter ritories and two States will ask ree- I ognition. The people of southern Nebraska, disappointed in gaining annexation to Kansas, are moving for a State government. The Gov ernor is about to call an extra session of tbe Legislature, that the work may be regularly commenced. They ! intend to” apply for admission in company with Kansas. In addition, the people of Jefferson, Arizona, Dacotah, ad Nevada, are also anx ious fur Territorial governments. Fire in Thomasville. — The pre mises of Mr. K. Braswell in the Past ern part of Thonunsville, comprising hi-residence, built some four or five years ago, and a tine ne * dwelling just finished, with out buildings, were totally consumed on the morning of the Both ult. The fire, which was discovered a short time before day light, is supposed to be tbe work of i an incendiary, Mr. Braswell having been burnt out twice before. The loss its computed at five thousand dollars. No insera nee. — Troupville Watchman. The Effects of Brandt. —Brandy some times has a singular elf ct. A lady of New Yoik leit her servant girl in charge of the 3nnimer house in Orange, N. J. Mary found a botile of brandy, and helping herself to “a little” of it, she says she “felt9o good she thought sheshoulr) like to see how she wou ! d look when dressed up as a lady. She took the p> ker and went up stair*, where she smashed in the lid of her mistress’ trunk, and put on her S4O silk dress, a SSO shawl, a s2O hat, and other apparel to match, tak ing altogether about $l5O worth of clothing and j iwelry. Thus attired, she set off for the depot, took the cars, and went to New York, where she was arrested on Saturday, on the Five Points, by officer Goulden, of the Sixth Ward. — Union GazttU. Mrjor John Biddle, a brother of the late Nicholas Biddle, died suddenly of apop'exy at the White Sulphur Springs, Vo., on Thursday, the 2oth uIL He entered the ar my in 1812, and on the close of the war was retained on the peace establishment. After many years servise on the frontier he re resigned. and fixed his residence at Detroit, Mich,, where h held several important pub lic p si lions. In his character, courage and capacity united with the most amiable social realities, and his death will be lamented by a wide circle of relations and friends. The ShortE'T Time Vet. —Says the New York Herald, of the 30th ult.: Tne United States mail steamship Colum bia, C mmodo’re Berry, from Charleston, ar rived at this port Satnnday at 3 P. M., m k ing the passage in 40£ hours, being the shortest on record. She brought the even ing Charleston papers ol Thursday, 25ih, a lull freight and heavy passenger list, hhe has also the first bale ot cotton of the new crop. Ti e commodore thus lens his form er time o’’ 47f, and confidently expects to make the passage this summer in 42 hours. Addressing Newspapers. —We have re ceived a circular giving a description and engraving of a machine for addressirgnews patieis, invented by James Lord, ot Paw tucket, Mass. The Sen utific Amere ansome months ago had a full account of it and praised it highly. The Pawtucket Gaz tte and Chronicle has seen it in operation and is eonfi lent it will arvwer the puriiose for which it is designed. Ine invention strike us ass mole and ingenious, its usefuine*?, if entire!v practicable, is evident, at least to a.l newspaper men.— AT. (cleans Pia y xnt. Ora Relation* with Central America.— The Washington States Biys th it our new minister to Costa R ca and Nicaragua, who was to sail from New York on th*-srh inst., takes out full and specific instructioi S on every subject connected with his mission. As legards tl e Nicaragua transit route we are assured that the instructions are under no ciicuinstances to consent to the mono poly, conceded to Mr. Belly, in the exclu sive right of the old transit road from Vir gin Bay, on Lake Nicaragua, to San Juan del Sur.