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’ ppoke. The voice—at first high in tone, and swinging, as it were, in long, wave-like inflections grew gradually deejter, and more equally sustained. There was scarcely any movement of the hands or arms j on ly now and then the finger was rais ed, or the hand gently spread and waved. As he warmed in his di> course a kind of celestial grace glim mered about his person, and his pale, , thoughtful face kindled and beamed with holy light. His sentences were ; entirely simple. There was no rhetoric, no declamation or display. Yet the soul of the hearer seemed to ts- fused in a- spiritual eloquence which, like* white flame,burned all the m-rsonahty of the speaker away. The people sat as if they were listen ing to a disembodied soul. But ihe appeal and the argument | were never to passion or prejudice, or mere sensibility. Fear and hor ror, and every kind of physical emo tion, to say, were impossible in the calmness and sweetness of the assur ance of the divine presence. It was a father, whose peace was inherited, whose message the preacher brought. Like iis a lather who pitieth his chil dren, so the Lord pitieth his chil dren, said he, in tones that trickled like tears over the hearts of his hear er, although his voice was equable and unbroken. He went on to show what the children of such a father must need to he ; to show that, how ever sinful and wandering and lost, yet the fifther had sent to tell them that the doctrine of wrath was of old time; that the eye for the eye and the tooth for the tooth was the - doctrine of an imperfect knowledge; I that a faith which was truly child-1 like knew the Creator only as a pa rent ; and that out of such faith alone arose the life that was worthy of him. Wandering princes are we ! cried the preacher, with a profound eesta cy and exultation in his tone, while the very light of heaven shone in his aspect —wandering princes arc we, sons of the King. In foreign lands, outcast and forlorn, groveling with the very swine in the mire, and pi ning for the husks that the swine eat; envying, defying, hating, for getting—but never hated nor forgot; in the depths of our rage and impo tence and sin—in the darkest mo ment of onr moral death, when we would crucify the very image of that parent who pities us—there is one voice deeper and sweeter than all musie, the voice of our elder broth er pleading wi.h that common Fath er—“ Forgive them, forgive them, for they know not what they do!” He sat down, hnt the congregation did not move. Leaning forward, with upraised eyes glistening with j tears, and beaming with sympathy, with hope, with quickened affection, they sat motionless, seemingly mi willing to destroy the holy calm in which with him they had communed with their father. There were those in the further part oftlic church who did not hear, hnt their months were open with earnest attention, their I eyes glittering with moisture ; for they saw, afar ‘off, that slight, raj>t figure, and so strong was the com mon sympathy of the audience that they seemed to feel what they could not hear. The Arctic Mystery. Among the most interesting items of in telligence contained in the foreign news brought hy the Canada, we find a notice of the return of the latest expedition sent out by Lady Franklin to search for tidings of ‘ her husband. The fate of the Arctic trav eler U now fully set at rest by the intelli gence brought by the returning party. It is now fourteen years since Captain Franklin started on the great exjtedition in . search of the famous northwest passage. J His two ships, the Erebus and Terror, sailed on their adventurous voyage on the 26th of i May, 184-}, and it was expected that the ex pedition would return in about two years. One month from the day he sailed he was seen bv a whaler in Bath u's Bay. In 1848, no news having been received of Franklin, the English Government fitted out three ves sels to proceed to the Arctic seas in search of the missing explorer. In 1849, after a pro- j traded anil dangerous but useless search, the last vessel of the expedition returned. During the same period, a land party under Sir Johu Richardson, and another sea ex pedition under the veteran Arctic explorer, Sir James Boss, were equally unsuccessful. The British government then tittered a mu- ( nifieent sum, auiouuting to ooe hundred . thousand dollars, to any private expedition that should ulTord efficient aid to Sir John Franklin. In 1850 no less than eight expe ditions were fitted out, Sir James Boss again | taking the command of one of them. Lady Franklin also, in that year, fitted out the | expedition in the vessel thSt bora her name, and also assisted largely in despatching another expedition in the schooner Prince ! Albert. Mr. Henry Grinnell’s expedition also started the same year, and there were j eleven different vessels at that time search ing the Artie seas for tidings of the lost. The result of all these numerous expeditions ‘ was comparatively small. The graves of three men belonging to the Erebus and Terror were discovered, but no documents that gave any traces as to the whereabouts of the missing men. In 1853 Dr. Kane started on liis famous explorations, preceded by Sir ‘ Edward Belcher, with five ships. Although j this latter exp-dition did not find anything of Sir John Franklin, they suceood-d in res- < cuing Captain McClure, who with his ship's company, had been bound up by ice for three years. At last, as these numerous expeditions re turned year after year, without tidings of ; him in whose search they were despatched, ! the public began, with reason, to deem fur ther investigations useless. It was urged that the claims of humanity had been satis fied. tbat it was wrong as well as useless to endanger more lives in what was deemed a vain search. L*4y Franklin, however, with a noble heroism that has won for her the admiration and sympathy of the civilized world, stid hoped for her husband's safotv, ( and recently despatched to the Arctic re gions the small screw-steamer Fox, under charge of Captain McClintoek. That ves sel has now returned bearing to the bereav- i ed lady, intelligence that confirms the gen eral impression as to the loss of Sir John Franklin. Documents ivere found at a point on King ‘William’s Island, liearirigdate April 26, 1848, and stating that Sir John Frank lin died on the 11 tlx of June, 1847. liis death, scarcely more than two years after he left England, must have discouraged his companions, and it is perhaps owing to the premature removal of their respected and experienced chief that the whole party were lost U s If Sir John Franklin thus died a martvr to his zeal in the cause of Arctic exploration, he has in death done more towards unveil ing the hidden mysteries ol the Arctic seas than ever he could have done in life. Sym pathy for his fate, and human efforts to save h irn from death, have sent out more Arctic xpedition* than aver inert enterprise would !have done in the same time. The history o Arctic navigation, for the past decade, has been but a series of searches for Franklin, and -luring these searches Dr. Kano made his observation*, so valuable to science, and Captain McClure made the discovery of the famous northwest passage, that has been the great geographical event of the age. But for really practical uses, this discovery has 1 as yet been of no avail, and with the return of Lady Franklin's latest expedition, wepre- i suiiic Arctic navigation is over for the pres- ! ent, at least. The fate of Sir John Frauklin has long excited tlie *|MVulation of geographers, trav elers and scientific men, and suggested to poets some thrilling inspirations. In Cham ber's Miscellany, M few years ago, a fine po em on this subject app*ared, and attracted much attention. It was popularly supposed that the frigid temperature of the Arctic zone would keep the human frame from dis solution after death, and it was said of Sir John and his men that they, amid the ice bergs of that mysterious land, might still be found, “ like Egypt's kings. Each in his icebound sepulchre And pyramid of snow.” Perhaps the poetical illusion may be de- | stroyed by the recent developments; but more deeply touching than any’ effort of the poet’s pen is the story of that heroic wife, s)M-nding fourteen years of her life in efforts for her husband's relief, and at last to be only j assured that years ago he died amid all the j terrors of an Arctic winter. Thousands, all over the world, as they hear of this sad dis closure of the Arctic mystery, will breathe a prayer for the brave-hearted wife and be reaved widow, Lady Franklin.—-.V. Y. Evening Pont. A Short Chatechism for the Timer. finest ion—Who originated the now odious doctrine of Squatter Sover eignty ? Answer—Gen. <’ass, in his cele brated Nicholson letter. Who endorsed this doe-trine by voting for Gen. Cass for Presi-1 dent ? A.—The Democratic party of Mis- i sissippi. t^. —Where now is Gen. Cass ? A.—Secretary of the State under a Democratic administration. —lias he ever recanted or re-’ . pea ted his heresy ? A.— Never; but still stoutly main tains it. —When and where did the doc trine of Squatter Sovereignty next make its appearance ? A.— In the bill commonly called the Kansas Nebraska bill, in 1854. —Who supported that bill ? A.— Both of the Democratic Sen ators from Mississippi, and allot*her members in the lower House, save i one. if. —Who introduced that hill and carried it through ? A.—A Democrat hy the name of Stephen A. Douglas ! V- —Who was nominated for the Presidency by the Democratic party in IKSB ? A.—One Jecms Buchanan. —What did he say in his letter j accepting the nomination ? A.—“ That the people of a Terri tory, like those of a St<itc, shall decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their lim its.” t^. —Who supported and voted for j this Jecms Buchanan ? , A.—The Democracy of Missis sip])]'. —Who first suggested the idea that a Territory might, by unfriend- ! ly legislation, exclude slavery from i its borders ? A.—One Jefferson Davis, in a speech at Portland, Maine. G- —What did he say on that oc casion ? A.—“lf the inhabitants of any ! i territory should refuse to enact such laws and police regulations as would give security to their property or to : I his, it would he rendered more or less valueless in proportion to the difficulty of holding it without such protection. In the case of property j in the labor, the insecurity would be so great that the owner could not ordinarily retain it. Therefore, • though the right would remain, the * remedy being withheld, it would fol loxv that the owner would Ik*practi cally debarred hy the circumstance# of the case from taking slave property into a Territory where the sense of the inhabitants was opposed to its introduction !” Q. —Who was the next man to ad-’ I vanee this idea ? A.—The aforesaid 8. A. Douglas. V- —In the speech referred to of Mr. Davis, was anything said about the duty of Congress to interfere and prevent this unfriendly legisla tion t i * A.—Not a word. Q. —What then is the difference between Mr. Davis and Mr. Doug-j las on this subject ! A.—None, that we can perceive. —Can you name any other j prominent democrats, particularly ; from the South, who have advocated 1 I the same doctrine, viz : Squatter Sovereignty and non-action in the Territories ? A.—We can ; their name is legion; but, for the present, this is enough. [ Vicksburg Whig. From the Tennesssec Baptist. J I’uuctuulltj-. Every subscriber to a neswspaper should pay the cash, and if he owes . for the past years, he should make j payment speedily. Some think that \ it is a small sum ; but if all were to I fail in payment, the editor would he j ruined; and besides, he that is un-’j just in that which is little, is unjust, ! also, in that which is much. The ! journeymen in the office arc general ly ]>**or men, having dependent fain- t ilics. Paper, house rent, Ac , cost ‘ money. The man who lets his sub scription go on for two or three years injures himself us well as the editor. He injures himself by destroying the j , habit of punctuality, and injures the ‘ editor by withholding the money due. Multiply the injury of one omission by two or three thousand and the sum is immense ; then mul tiply that product by eight or ten t years. The general benefit to with holders is nothing, while the indi vidual injury is ruinous. If a man owes an editor 810 or , j 815, lie should deny himself to pay the money due, if it should cause j him to live on bread and water The dollars of some men are not , worth 100 cents. The Editor’s dol lars are only’ worth 75 cents, if his subscribers will not pay him punctu ally and regularly, compelling him to buy every thing on credit. e. Dodson. The love of children appears to us like the love of flowers—holy and innocent; and the man who is fond of them cannot be the possessor of a brutal or bad heart. From the Columbu3 Ecquirer Oct. 12. Opposition Help not Wanted ! The Time*, from Senator Iverson, dis tinctly de-claims any desire or ♦ xpcela ti*n of Opposition aid to secure his re election. It says : “lie looks to, and not outside of, ihe Democratic party for support. He has i cast his political fortunes with this or ganization, and to promote its honor and prosperity ts the ambition of bis life. Well may ihe Opposition alandott the idea that the H n. Aifrrd Iverson is anything than a loyal, true, genuine Democrat, who would prefer sacrificing himself upon the alter of his party, th-m bend to nil unholy alliance to accomplish his suceesn.” While we admit that this declaration consists w ith Senator Iverson’s < (Forts in •he political canvassju-i closed, we must <ny that it does not sustain the opinion we had sum ed from a perusal of his speeches. From them xve derived the idea that he had a higher ambition than to promote the honor and prosperity of the Democratic party ! Wc under stood his prime object be to rally the true men of the South, of all parties, for the maintenance of the rights ol their section, and that in (he prosecution of this work he was willing to denounce any party that {>.s*ailed or failed to re spect those rights. Such we understood to be his meaning in reprobating the Frecsoil object and operation of the Kansas-Nebra-k i bill, the course of th- Ariministration in favoring the Black Ueptibliran scheme in Kansas Territory, and Judge Douglas’ doctrine of “un friendly legislation'’ again* t slavery. So understanding, wc applauded his in* dependence of party, and expressed a preference fi.r him over any other Dem ocratic a-piia'it. But neither we nor the Opposition party of Geotgia have such a preference for a politician who ; has no higher ambition than the success of the Democratic party ! Judge Iverson, then, looks to the Democratic caucus alone to secure his | re-election to the Senate—‘or the de claration of the Times can mean nothing . more nor less than this. He would con ; sider a union with the Opposition as an •‘unholy alliance,” to which he will not “bend !” We, too, think that after this avowal of“///c atnb tion of his life,” an alliance between him and the Opposi • tion would he an “unholy” one, and we are glad that it is thus repulsed .and prevented. Let him !o ik exclusive'y “to lh* Democratic party f<>r support.” It will be vo y apt to let him down like . an exhausted rocket, and the rejected Opposition party, though perhaps pos sessing the strength to save him, will ‘ mock at his calam ty and laugh when his fear comet h.” nzf •>. —. An exchange, says : The number of slaves in the South who ate connected ’ with churches, is four hundred end six ty-eight thousand, o” about one scv. nth of the slave population. Say s the Bos j ton Post: “When it is considered that the ancestors t .f these slaves were so re cently degraded heathens in the wilds of Africa, these figures appear very rental k : able, especially when, ns a result of all | foreign missionary tliorts, the native heathen church member-hip in 185,} was only 180,000.” Speak Gently to Each Other. “Please to help me a minute, sister.” : “O, don't disturb me, I'm reading,” was j the answer. i “But just lmlJ this stick, wont you, while j I drive tilts pin through ?” “1 can't now ; I want to finish this sto ry,’’ said I, emphatically ; and my little brother turned away with a disappointed look, in search of someone else to assist | him. lie was a bright b<>y often years, and my : only brother, lie had been visiting a young friend, and had seen a windmill, and so soon as he came home his energies were nil em ployed in making a small one ; for he was always trying to make tops, wheelbarrows, j kites, and all sorts of things, such as boys delight in. He had worked patiently all the morning wi'-h saw and jack-knife, and now it only needed putting together to fin ish it ; and his only .sister had refused to assist him, and he had gone away with liis i young heart saddened. I thought of this in the fifteen minutes after he left me, and my la>ok gave me no pleasure. It was not intentional unkiud ness, only thoughtlessness, for I loved my brother, and was generally kind to him ; still, 1 had refused to help him. I would | have gone ofter him, but I knew lie had found someone else. But I had neglected an opportunity of gladdening a childish heart. In half an hour became hounding into the house, exclaiming, “Come, Mary, I’ve got it up, just see how it goes !” His tones were joyous, and 1 saw he hud forgotten my j petulance, so I determined to atone by un ; usual kindness. 1 went with him, and sure enough on the roof of the wood house was fastened a miniature wind wiil, mid the arms were whirling round fast enough to suit any body. I praised the windmill and my little brother’s ingenuity, and he seemed happy and entirely forgetful of my unkindness, and I resolved, as 1 had so many times before, to be always loving and gentle. , A few days passed by, and the shadow of a great sorrow darkened our dwelling. The ! joyous laugh and noisy glee were hushed, and our merry boy lay in a darkened, with , anxious faces arouud him, liis checks flu?.li ed and his eyes unnaturally bright. Some i times, his temples would moisten and his i muscles relax, and then hope would come ’ into our hearts, and our eyes would fill with i thankful tears. It was in one of these de -1 ceitlul calms in his disease that he heard the noise of his little wheel, and said, “I hear my windmill.” “Does it make your head ache ?” I ask ( ed. “Shall wc take it down t” “O. no,” replied lie, “it seems ns if I were out ol'doors, and it makes me feel better.” He mused a moment and then added, j “Don’t you remember, Mary, that I want i ed you to help me fix it, and you were read • ing, and told ine you could not? But it . didn't make any ditt'erenoo, for mama help -1 ed me.” O, how sadly those words fell upon my i ear, and what bitter memories they awak j cued. How 1 repented, as I kissed little I Frank’s forehead, that I had ever spoken | unkindly to him. Hours of sorrow went bv, and we watched his couch, hope growing ; fainter, and anguish deeper, until one week I from the morning on which he spoke of his ’ childish sports, we closed the eyes once so sparkling, and folded Ids hands over his pulseless heart. He sleeps now in the . ttrave, and our home is desolate ; but tlie little windmill, the work os his busy hands, is still swinging in tin* breeze, just where lie plats-d it, upon the roof of the old wood shop ; and every time I see the tiny arms revolving I remember the lost little Frank, and I remember also the thoughtless and I unkind word*. Brothers and sisters, be kind to enoh other. Be gentle, considerate, loving.— A’ V. Examiner. Pennsylvania Election. Philadelphia, Oct. 12. —The Opposition have been successfully in Philadelphia city, and the counties of Snyder, Lancaster, Blair, Dauphin, Alleghany, and Chester, but by reduced majorities. The Democracy are I successful in Montgomery, Carbon, Mifibn, . Montour, Wayne, Monroe, Northampton and Berks. The aggregate Democratic gain in all, except Phdadelphia, is about three thousand. ■ Georgia Inventions —ln the list of pa tents issued fdi Ihe week ending October 4, we find the following : A. D. Brown, of Columbus, Ga., assignor Sallie C. Brown, of same place—For im provement in straw cutters. John P. AlleD, of Midvi’.le, Ga.—For im provement in seed planters. E. D. Lee and Z. W. Lee, Blakely, Ga.— For improvement in plows. Anthony McCulloch, Esq, a prominent lawyer of Blakely, Ga., and for many years t resident of this city, died oq the 24th ult Tl© Droderic and Terry Duel. Cincinnati, Oct. 10. The “Sin Francisco Times” of the 14th ulf., sa\ -\ that in accordance with our antici pations, the expected duel between Senator Broderic and Judge Terry, took place yester day morning, in a smill valley ten miles from Merced Lake. The parties went out of town the Dight previous, passing the night in separate localities. At a quarter past six. B-oderic and Terry arrived on the ground, attended by their seconds and physicians, lion. J. C. McKibben and Mr. Coulter for Broderic, and Calhoun Bonham and Thomas Hays for Terry. On descending from their carriages the parties seemed to be in best of ■spirits, neither appearing anxious or nervous as to the result. About half an hour was occupied in the arrangements. Ten paces were tnaikel off, and the principals took their positions. The seconds divested them of their outside coats, white collars, and other articles wh'ch might present promi nent targets ; also of their watches and the coin in their pockets. One of the seconds then read the code duello , which occupied a short time. Mr. Coulter then addressed the two gentlemen, saying he wished it to be understood that he should count “one, two,” after the word—“fire;” after which, he would say, “stop;” no shot must be fired after that. During this time the principals maintained their positions, and listened with composure to these details. Judge Terry stood with his head thrown slightly back, looking to wards his antagonist. E ich held a pistol in his hand, pointed to the ground. Each was dressed in black clothes, and wore a slouched hat. Mr. Broderick stood erect, but wiih bis head rather down. Tiic positions of the two were somewhat different. Judge Terry maintained that of a practical duellist, pre senting only the edge of his person, keep ing hi left hand and shoulder well behind him. Mr. Broderick, on the contrary', though at first assuming a position some what similar to that of Terry, seemed to prefer a careless and a less constrained one, and gradually presented more of his body to the fire of his opponent; he held his pistol rather awkwardly, and seeming to feel this himself, he once or twice turned the wrist of his pi9tol arm to the right w ; th his left hand, as though endeavoring to comply with some prescribed directions previously given him. From that time he did not raise his eyes un til the word was given to fire. Once his rigLt foot got a fraction beyond the line, when Mr. Mi Kibbeu replaced it. The bearing of Terry, though he assumed a more practiced and motionless attitude, was not one jot more that of an iiou-nerved man than was that of Broderick. At a quarter b-fore seven, Mr. Coulter pronounce 1 the words, “Areyou ready?” ‘ Ready,”respond e l Terry, and “Ready,’’ was uttered by Broderick. Immediately after, “Fire, one, two,” w.is pronounced in moderately quick time. Broderick raised his pistol, and had scarely brought it to an angle of 45 de grees from its downward position, when, owing to the delicacy of the hair trigger, it wa discharged, the ball entering the ground four paces in advance of him. Terry fired a few instants later, tailing deliberate aim. There was a perceptible interval in the two report?. At that instant Broderick was ob served to dap his left hand to his right breast, when it was seen that he was wounded, lie reeled slowly to the tent, and before the could reach him, fell to the ground, his right leg doubled under him, still grasping lfs weapon. Terry, upon discharging his pistol, folded his arms, hold ing the pistol-still smoking ;n hi* hands, but did not move from his position. Broderick’s seconds ran to his aid, and Dr. Lochr com menced to staunch tho wound. The bullet entered just forward of the nipple, and lodged, as was supposed, under the left ann. He was soon afterwards borne into town in his carriage. Previous to this, Terry and friends left the field, diiving rapidly into town, and started at once from the north beat h, where a boat was waiting, and proceeded to Otklarid, where they took a private conveyance to Benicia; on their arr val at Benicia, they lock an overland conveyance to Sacra mento. Mr. Broderick was taker, to the house c.f Leonidas Ilaakell, at Black Point, where he wa* visited during the day by hundred.’ of his f. iriuK tie was able to speak during the afternoon, but owing to his wounded lungs, liis articulation was generally indis tinct and unintelligible. The correspondent of the Cincinnati Times says that at fifteen minutes past nine this morning (15th) Mr. Broderick breathed hi last. Gloom and sorrow pervade the whole community. Flags are displayed at hall mast, union down. The stores are closing, and all the public buildings, and even pii vate houses are bung and dressed in mourn >"S- Glad to Hear It The Columbus Times, speaking fi r Senator Iverson, very distinctly notifies the Opposition members . < the Legisla ture, that the Senator neither desires or expects their support to secure his re election to the Senate. The Times says : “lie looks to, and not outside of the Democratic party for support. lie lias ca 4 his political fortunes with this or ganization, and to promote its honor and prosperity is the ambition of his life. W ell mav the Opposition abandon the idea that the lion. A fred Iverson is any thing than a loyal, true, genuine Demo crat, who would pr fer raevi(icing him self upon the altar of lt:a {arty, than bend to an unholy alliance to accomplish Ins stieees*.” As h* Senator belongs to that of men who can boast his zeal to party, without any* pretentions to slater man ship, a* his only claim to re-election, we are glad to learn that he does not expect the support of the Opposition. They (.refera man whose patriotism is superior to his devotion to party. The Senator ha*, therefore, no claim to their Mipporl. The Opposition should cast their Vote for a man of enlarged liberal views, ac know ledge-! patriotism and marked abil ity —such a man is Dr. Miller, of Rome —who is infinitely superior to Mr. Iver son in all the quab..cs that c-.nstitue what an American Senator shou'd be.— Chronicle tf* Sentinel. Tl>© Di'igssV Piano. The Telegraph has the following notice of tiie new Driggs’ Piano, on sale in this city, by Mr. Rice. Having heard the in strument j.layed, we endorse the sentiments, expressed of it by our neighbor. “There are, indeed, ns we think, very im portant improvements in this new piano, which merit tlie investigation of every rend er intending to purchase an instrument. The strings are secured to an independent frame work of iron, of great strength, and if the casing were entirely removed, would still remain at the same tension. Then, also, they are better and more conveniently se cured —eau be more readily tuned—and the dampers operate from below, so as to be out of the reach of accident and out of the way of the tuner. All dead wood is removed, and the vibratory surface is greater by the substitution of a thin sounding board for the heavier wooden work which would be neces sary to sustain the tension of the strings in the old mode of construction. The instru ment has consequently greatly increased power, and in fulness and brilliance of tone, id unrivfcled.” A UlNsaiisfiel Governor. It will be remembered that Gov. Brown, in his speech accepting the Dem ocratic nomination, boastingly declared that he would not be satisfied with Jess than thirty thousand najority over the best man in the Opposition ranks.— Well, the Opposition, at a very late pe riod of the canvass, nominated a man wholly unknown as a politician out of his immediate section of the State. Gov. Brown, alarmed, by the rallying of the Opposition in his behalf, gave up his resolution not to participate personally in the canvass, and was constantly on the move from Milledgeville to Atlanta to bolster up his own claims or to furn ish informal ion for attacks upon his op ponent. He attended courts, too, and ‘flew around” actively in the prosecu i lion of the canvass. The result is tha ! ! Col. Akin, though an utter stranger to the larger portion of the S ate, and though he had no opportunity to expose in most of the counties the humbuggery of Gov. Brown's railroad management, lias reduced the Governor’s boasted ms jority at least one third. Os course Governor Brown is a greatly dissatisfied inan. lie cannot feel himself to be worth more than six ty-two and a half cents in the dollar, for that is about all that he “brought,” on the modest valuation assessed by hiin se'f. llis stock has depreciated more than thirty and a third per cent., and e ,; en its present nominal valuation is fictitious and Villi a downward ten dency. Decreasing dividends will rap idly .sink it, as deferred claims have to be met out of the profits, until the whole people of the State coine to the conclusion that i hey have been “done B-owa” and repudiate both the G vern 6;’ and his party. — lb. Black vs. Douglas. —We have received a second edition of Judge Black's review of Douglas's Harper Magazine article, to which is attached, in the form of supplement, a re joinder to the Wooster speech of the Little Giant. Os the latter the Washington Star thus speaks: “ Judge Black’s rejoinder to the Wooster speech of Senator Douglas, published in Thursday's Constitution, isdestined to obtain as wide celebrity as his original utter de moliahment of the copy righted essay. This last article from Judge Black’s pen meets fully every allegation of Mr. Douglas against his “observations,” except vituperations with which the Illinos Senator assails him personally, in the blindness of his rage. If there was anything whatever left of Mr. D’s squatter sovereignty demsgogism, Judge Black has ceriainly, in this last article, ut terly exploded it. He makes Mr. Douglas, by the bye, himself prove that he did insist on the doctrine that a territorial Legislature may lawfully confiscate slave property brought into the Territories, anil shows that i iu denying the fact with assumed indignation Mr. Douglas lias entirely abandoned the substance of what he contended for as being , the rights of squatters in Territories, in the copy righted essay. Or, in other words, that Mr. Douglas is now trying to wiggle back wards out of his dilemma, through the hole hy which he entered into it with such a flourish of trumpets and superabundance of theatrical appliances to enable him to carry popular opinion by storm ere the doctrines upon which lie professed to stand could be ! duly scrutinized for the better information of the public unlearned in the law. Early County must iiavk Africans.— We are reliably informed that a number of the most influential and wealthiest citizens of Early county, (hi., have subscribed the sum of ten thousand do’lars or more, for the special purpose of assisting to lit out a ves sel to proceed to the coast of Africa to pro cure African negroes for the subscribers. It is also thought that men of wealth in other adjoining counties have subscribed liberally to the same enterprise.—[Bainbridge Geor gian. Cider. Old friend, accept this Lottie— Your mouth then open wider. First to imbilie, then to exclaim. By George! what glorious cider! Perhaps some fair young damsel. Whose looks have tie's* lielied her, Will not object, to take *fc\vig. When you are down I*—cider. And if she thus indulges Von may then have to guide her: But she will say its owing to The stuff which is in—cider. Axon. I’citrfiii Whirlwind—Clilld cur ried oil’ a suite. Further particulars concerning the late whirlwind in Chowan and Perquimans coun ties, N. C., assure us that it swept till over that section as a perfect besom of destruc tion. A poor widow, a Mrs. Ashly, and child had their house thrown about their head like straws in a hurricane. She herself is so mangled that her life is despaired of. The child was carried to a distance of a mile, where it was found by its lamentations. The child is expected to die also. People were roused from their slumbers to tind their oot tages torn into atoms as by a bomb of de.- struction, and themselves glad to escape with maimed limbs and stripped of every comfort of life. Cotton IlalNi-<l since July. A young friend of ours, who litis been passing some pleasant summer weeks among the Mississsppi plantations, came into our office yesterday afternoon and laid upon our tsblo some (amides of cotton on the stalk and in the boll, which was grown on Mr. Cammack’s plantation, in Issaquena county, Miss. It is of tlie kind called the “little brown Mexican,” and the peculiarity of the specimen to which we are alluding consists in the fact that it is the growth of only a few weeks. The plantation on which it was raised was submerged, anti was not clear of the water until July, since which time the cotton has been planted and cultivated. It is cotton of line staple, and looks well.—.V. O. Picayune. Florida Election. The election in our sister State, Florida, is over, and there is no doubt, from all the data in our possession, that the question of annexation is forever settled by an over whelming vote. The probable result of the election for Supreme Court and Associate Judges is as follows: Chief Justice, —Charles 11. DuPont. Associates —William A. Forward, D. S. Walker. A young married lady of our acquaint ance, whose union has not been prolific of “little darlings,” has suspended ou the wall, in her bed room, directly over the bed, a neat little picture, underneath which is the following quotation from scripture: “Suiter little children to come unto jne, and forbid th -oi not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.” It is related of the French family of the Duke de Levis, that they have a pic ture in their chateau in which Noah is represented going into the ark, and car rying under his arm a small trunk, on which is written, “Papers belonging to the Levis family.” A Nice Point.—“l can’t bear chil dren,” said Miss Prim, disdainfully. Mrs. Partington looked over her spec tacles mildly before she replied : “Perhaps if you could you would like them better.” Second Methodist Church, —The Seo onil Methodist Church in this city was ded icated on Sunday the 9th inst. Rev. Dr. Lovick Pierce preached the sermon for the occasion, assisted hy Dr. Alfred Mann in the exercises. The church is a beautiful piece of archi tecture, and accommodates about five hun dred persons. The pulpit is arranged with taste, and the rich colored glass in the win dow, in its rear, has tine effect. This congregation will have a choir, as the first Methodist church, and theladies and gentlemen will sit together, llather an in novation upon the old established rules and customs of Methodism, but one which car ries with it many advantages. Besides, it meets the sanction of all, and more especially the Pastor, Dr. Pierce himself, who has been a minister of the Methodist Church for more than half a century. The second Church has been built, of course, from the pressing necessity of another charge for so large a congregation as that which worships from Sabbath to Sabbath in the old Methodist Church. In his sermon, on the Sabbath, Dr. Pierce was justly severe upon those visitors of a church who have so little regard for the con venience of the fairer sex. much less the want of gentility, as to spit streams of tobacco up on the floor. He is the Pastor until the as sembling of the Conference. Servico will be held in this Church at 10J a. in. and 8i p m. every Sabbath. The Methodists of this city are well pleas ed with their Ministers. At a future day, we expect to allude to the other Churches in process of erection, and the acceptability of the Pastors in charge. Columbus (Gn .) Times. Reduction. We hope that the Legislature just elected says the Columbus Enquirer, and we hearti ly join in the seutiment, will not shirk the question of reducing thenumberof members of both its branches. We regard it as the most important and desirable measure of re form and retrenchment that it could accom plish ; and though it was not made an issue in the late elections, the general expression of the popular voice has been decidedly in favor of reduction. The present system of representation is manifestly unjust, and is needlessly expen sive as cumbersome in legislative action. At least a dozen counties, on the 3d inst., fell short of {tolling 300 votes, and quite a num ber more exhibited less than 400. Each of these counties bus a Senator and Represcnta tive, while the many counties casting from 1500 to 2000 votes each have a Senator and two Representatives. The inequality is glaring and outrageous. It utterly disre gards the principle of representation accord ing to numbers, and substitutes in lieu a system of representation by corporations.—- It gives to the citizen of AVilcox or Wayne ten times the political iuflucnce exerted in the councils of the State by the citizen of Muscogee or Richmond. There is no democ racy, and only a spurious republicanism in it. We advocate, and we believe that the popular sentiment demands, a thorough reform. Discovery of More Mammoth Trees.— A grove of mammoth trees even larger than sho.se of Calveras, which have become so cel ebrated as California wonders, has been dis covered’ill an unfrequented part of Maripo sa county. The largest tree in the Calveras group was one hundred and live feet iu cir cumference. In this more recently discov ered grove, a tree was found measuring one hundred and fourteen feet in circumference. The grove contains six hundred of these monsters —none others of them, perhaps, quite that large—but all of them of approx imate proportions. These trees grow on the south fork of the Merced river, about thirty miles southeast of the town of Mariposa.— One of the trees, one hundred feet from the ground has a circumference of sixty-six feet, and a braucli measuring eighteen feet in cir cumference. Negro Calculation. —The circumstan ce- of the assassiiion of President Goffrard’s daughter, are highly illustrative of the effect of independence upon the African. For more than sixty years Ilayti has beeen inde pendent. and is relapsing more and more every year into the savage condition of the country front which its population came.— The plot was got up for the assassination of the President, but as he keeps himself safely ensconced in his palace, the conspirators murdered his daughter, in the expectation that lie would rush frantically forth, and fall into tlieir snares. “ The father softened,” perhaps, “ but the nigger was resolved” to keep out of harm's way. It is clear that dar’s no use fool in wi’ dat child. X. O. Crescent. Educational Monthly. Anew pull cation is announced to be commenced shortly iu Atlanta, Georgia. It is to be called the Educational Monthly, and published und<T the auspices of the E luca tional Institute of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It will b • about the ’ze of Harper’s Magazine, says the Atlanta Ameri can, and contain fifty pages of readirg mat ter. The fust number will be published in November; but the Tolurne will commence with January, 18G0. The price will be two dollar? a year. All communication a for the present, be addressed to Rev. J. Knowle-q Editor, Macon, Ga.— Chron. if Sentinel. The Slave Question in an Episcopal Convention.— Mr. John Jay, a delegate to the Convention of the Episcopal Church of the State of New A'ork, introduced in that body, which is now sitting, a memorial de nunciatory of the incipient efforts being made in some parts of the country, favoring the reopening of the slave trade. The ob ject of the lnemorulists was to obtain some action on the part of the Church to “en courage a sound Christian sentiment on the subject, and to stay the growing evil.” The resolution to receive tho petition and refer it to a committee, was lost bv a loud and emphatic “No.” A Fatal Affray.—On Monday last an altercation took place in Louisville. Winston county, Mississippi, between M. J. Aaibo rough and Sam. FAssett, both young law yers, and citizens of the t Lee, in which Yai borough was u s’antly k lied. A mis undt-rstanding occurred between them some days previously, in the police court of that county, about which Yarborough posted Fassett. On the fatal day they met, when Fassett demanded of Yarborough a retrac tion, or amends for his course towards him Yarborough thereupon drew a pistol, when Fassett drew his also, and fired upM n Yar toiough four times, three of which took effect, instantly killing him, one shot taking effect through the heart. Fassett surrendered to the officers of the law to await an examination. A Chance for a Pun. —Tho baby pre mium at tho ChioOgo Fair, was assigned to Mrs. Teresa Understock, for having three children at a birth. The remark we were about to make on the lady’s name is so ob vious, that we leave the reader to supply it. * Mobile Mercury. A duel was fought between Carter Ran §dph and Commodore Childers, both of Greensboro, Ala., on the Bth instant, near the Misgsippi line, as we learn from the Ma tion Commonwealth. Childers was dangt P ously wounded GEORGIA CITIZEN. L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor. MACON, GA., OCTOBER 21, 1859. Post Office. —Our Post Master gives notice thaj tlte hour of opening the Post Office on Sundays, will heueeforth be between 12 it. and 1 r. il, and at no other time of that day. The Daily. Owing to some unavoidable delay in get ting out our circulars, in reference to the Daily, we have concluded to give a few days further time for the returns of subscription and advertisements. If the people of Ma con desire us to go on with this enterprise, let them say so, during the present tceek, aDd we will commence the Daily on Monday next. Otherwise, we will relinquish the field to another with more energy and means than we have to bestow Ujion it. Os one thing all subscribers to the Daily may rest assured, It’ commenced, the paper will be continued for the yeur, or the money paid will be refunded to each sub scriber, at a pro rata standard of adjust ment. We will add, that the prospect of success is better than we have before koown it, and we are satisfied that there will be no difficul ty in the matter, if the business men and citizens, generally, will improve the present opportunity of giving the project the need ed projectile motion. Advertisers in the Semi-Weekly and Weekly who desire to transfer their favors to the Daily, will please give early notice of their wishes on this subject. spiritualism. As an item of news which will be, per haps, interesting to some of the readers of the Weekly Citizen, weannounee that Dr. Geo. A. Redman, tho celebrated Test Medium, of New York, will be in Macon, early in November, when all persons wishing the opportunity of per sonally examining into the merits of the Spiritual Philosophy, or of receiving in telligence from the spirit world can be gratified. Dr. Redman has been visited by many of our own intelligent citizens, while in New York, and we have heard of no instance where he has failed to j convince the most sceptical of the truth ! of spirit intercourse between the two spheres. As his stay will not be pro I traded, unless his time is fully occupied, j thusedesiring an interview with him will 1 take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. Dr. R.is a brother of the Baptist order, and a gentleman of excel lent repute as a man and a citizen. He j is the author of that remarkable work called “ Mystic Hours” or the results ot his experience as a medium, a few eo- j pies of which will be on sale, in few days, at this office, price §1,25 ots per copy. We will add that we are authorized to make arrangements with the friends in adjacent towns and counties of Georgia, for a visit from Dr. R , provided sufli eient inducements are offered by respon sible parties, to this effect. Applications may be made directly to the Editor ! of the Citizen. “ Opposition North and South— Coalition/ 1 The Columbus Times waxes wroth at the declaration of the Richmond Whig that the Opposition party “should vote with boldness and u ith all cordiality for the very blackest of Black Republicans for speaker in prefer ence to any Democrat whatever.” We have not seea the Whig and cannot therefore say what were the conditions, under which that influential journal proposed a “coalition” between the oppositions, North and South, in the election of Speaker, but if it is of the same character with the coalition proposed by its namesake of East Tennessee, we should denounce the measure as unworthy of any honest Southern Opposition member of Con gress. True, the Democ-aey in times past, refused, absolutely, to form a coalition with Southern Americans, in the election of a Southern democrat, (Aikin of South Caroli na) to the speakership, because tbe latter was not the caucus candidate of the Demo cratic party, nevertheless, that is no reason why the Opposition should unite with the Black Republicans for any thing. Neither would we have them vote for any unsound National Democrat. But if the Democrats will put up some good Southern man for the speakership we think it would both be the duty and policy of the Southern Opposition to aid in the immediate organization of the House, by supporting such candidate for Speaker. And the same remark will apply to the Presidential candidacy of next year. Should Douglas or another like him be the nominee of the Charleston Convention, the opposition should bring out a candidate of their own, and fight the battle on their own hook, against both the Republican and Democratic candidates, because of the simple fact, that there is no essential difference between Doug las and the “very blackest Republican ” that lives within the limits ot the Confederacy. If then, the Democracy wish the aid of the Southern Opposition in the struggle for the next Speakership and Presidency, let them see to i r , that we can give them that aid, without dishonor or a sacrifice of prin ciple. Landmark Banner and Cherokee Bap tist This is the title cf a Urge and handsome ly printed paper, just commenced at Home, Ga., and to be devoted to the cause of the Baptist church, or rather that wing of it repres< n ed by Elder Graves of Nashville. It will, of course, be the advocate of the anti-affiliation doctrines of that sect—for, as we understand the term, a “Lu dmok' Baptist “will not affiliate with Pedo-Baptists either in their own or Baptist pulpits.’’ lie is an ultra, tlose communion and exclusive Christian, and will have nothing to do, reli gions! v, with any other class, even with those who bear the appellation of Baptist. The fallowing constitute the editorial corps of theLandmaik Banner: Rev. J. M. Wood, editor; 11. C. Ilornaday, Americas, Ga., L T. Doyal, Griffin, Ga., J. J . D. Renfroe, Tal ladega, Ala., D. F Everett, Florida, Corres ponding E liters; Jos. S. Baker, Fla., Trav eling Correspondent. Libel Suits. A Telegram from New York dated last Thursday, says that the President has noti fied Forney of the Philadelphia Tress, ol an intention to bring suit against him lor libel. We suppose there is no truth in the story, but it some method could be invented to restrain the horrible excesses ot the po litical newspaper press in attacks upon per son&l reputation, tbe cause of truth anu goQu manners wouid be advanced. If Gov. Brown should take into his head to institute suit on all libellous matter published against him during the late canvass, the C-onrts would have their hands full. — Georgia Telegraph. And what rousing damages would bis excellency recover, on the old Eoglish law, of “the greater tbe truth the greater tbe libel l N The Election of liar4eman... Our Third Street neighbor has tbe followin'* sentence in an article replying to the ‘■Coinin'! | bus Times,” in reference to the late contest in this District: “ Had noiCapt. Hardeman in his mare’* os I heen obstructed by a bootless Gubernatorial eai.v.iss—bad lie, as was desired, fbugLtsole ly under tho Amt banner, without tl e unn e Hiing and indefinite insignia. “ Oppo sition,” he would have secured a more si *, nal victory.” ° We have heard this same idea advanced before, by way of apology or excuse, of <.-or tain presses for gi\ ing in their adhesion, i % ad e a nee., to Gov. Brown and opposing any nomi nation by the Opposition’ Party, but wo 1 ave no faith, whatever, in its truth. l n our opinion, Capt. Hardeman wottlj l, ave j lost the race, had there l*en no opp. siti on j candidate in the field for Governor, and had I had.t lere been no other Journal than our co temporary of 3rd atreet advocating his claims That he was elected in spite of the lukewurm n ss of certain presses in the contest, may be ascribed firstly, to his personal populari ty with the people, and secondly to the- ac tive efforts of his friends, aided as they were ; by the untiring vigilance of the Daily Geor i Gia Citizen, under the control of ourasso : elate, Col. R., aided by several indefatigable correspondents. This is the truth of history, and we do not intend that it shall he fulsi j tied. Tennessee. Governor Harris delivered his message to the two houses of the Tennessee Legislature on the sth inst. The fiscal condition of the State is ns follows : Received into the Treas ury from all sources from Ist October, 1857, to Ist October, 1858, $1,848,094 88, togeth er with a balance of $30,490 00 in the Treasury Ist October, 1857. The disnurse ments for all j urjwses for the same time, were $1,704,287 01, The total liabilities of tbe Slate of every character are $16,043,- G 10 00. The Last of the Muiderer* of Lan drum. Jones, one of the accomplices in the mur der of old Mr. Landrum, in Fulton County, was tried at Atlanta on the 11th, and con victed. The case was submitted on the same evidence given in at tbe trial of John I Cobh, jr. We learn from a private letter that Jones has been sentenced to the Peni ; tentiary for life. \cw Senators. The following Senators elect take tlieir seats for the first time in the U. S. Congress, on the first Monday of December next: Salisbury, of Delaware; Grimes, of Iowa; Powell, of Kentucky ; Brigham, of Michi gan ; Ten Eyck, of New Jersey ; Bragg, of North Carolina; Anthony, of Rhode Is land ; Nicholson, of Tennessee ; and Hemp tiill, of Texas. Palladium Office for Sale. Dr. J. C. C. Blackburn, of Lumpkin, Ga., offers his Printing Office for sale. The Of fice is well supplied with materials, ami has a circulation uuequuled by any paper in South-western Georgia. The Doctor's rea son for selling, is the weak condition of his eyes. This is a good chaDce for an enter prising man, with a small capital. Rebellion at Harper’s Ferry— l nited States Troops Called Out— Klood Sited. Washington, Oct 17.—Rumors reached j this city, this forenoon, that a serious insur rection has broken out at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. Tbe trains on the railroads lead- I ing there have been stopped, the telegraph wires cut, and the town and all the public woiks are iu the hands of the insurgents. At first, it was beheved that tl is story was merely an exaggeration of an affray among some Government employers at the United States Armory. Later dispatches, however, Itom Monocacy, the nearest station to the Ferry, confirm the first statement. The tre ins have been stopped on the sev eral railroads, ami the employees kd'ed. The negroes on the plantations on the Maryland side of the river have been seized, carried over, and made to join tbe insurgents. All statements concur in say mg that the town is in the complete possesion of the rebel--, together with the United States Ar mory, Arsenal, Pay Office, and the bridges. The i'.su r gents ate composed of whites and blacks, and are tupjtosed to be led on by Abolitionists. It is supposed by some that the object of plundering arm?, ammunition, and Govern ment money, is for the purpose of effecting a general rising among the blacks of Mary land ami Virgin:*. One hundred marines, with two twelve pounder?, from Washington barrack?, went up this afternoon to the scene of hostilities; and wilt reach there about 8 o'clock, r M. — They have orders to clear the b"idge at all hazards. Three companies of artillery from Old Pjiut are also on the way thither; be sides whhh six or seven companies of mili tary from Baltimore and Frederick City. Md., have offered their services, and have been accepted by the President They have gone up on an extra train. The insurgents are said to number six or eight hundred, and that they are under the leadership ot a man by the name of Ander son, who but recently arrived at the Ferry. One report from a merchant there says that most of the citizens have been imprison ed, and that many have been killed. All the roads leading to the town have been barri caded and are guarded. It is believed here to be a move of the Abolitionists. Secretary Floyd received some weeks ago, an anonymous letter, in forming him that there would be a rising, and an attempt made to capture the Arsenal; but the letter was too indefinite and impro bable to be believed. Tbe reports may cow be greatly exaggerated, but there is un doubtedly a serious disturbance occurring ai the Ferry, and representatives of the press have gone up with tbe troops to the scene of action. Additional from Harper’s Ferry. Washington, Oct. 18. —A special despatch to the Baltimore Sun, says that the Balti more troops and Marines are under the com mand of Col. Lee. The army arrived near the Ferry at one o’clock last night, and learned that the Virginia regiment and the Frederick (Maryland) troops had entered the town on the opposite side. There was a good deal ot firing heard, and it was re ported that nine persons were killed. The insurgents are in possession cf the Arsenal, but were willing to surrender. They de mand sa e conduct out of the difficulty, oth erwise they threaten to sacrifice the lives of two of the piominent c:t zens, whom they hold as prisoners. Among the insurgents are Krgg, Seaman and Brown of Ohio, and Todd ot Maine. Aaron Stephen? o! Connect cut, now dy ing, makes the following statement: The plan has been concocting for more than a year, the parties rendezvous is at a farm a •ew miles distant, which had been hired for ihe purpose, by Captain Brown, of Kan* ! notoriety uuder the assumed name of Bill Smith, , Later. —The battle last night was fought mainly by the railroad men ; one conductor was killed, and two others wounded. It is thought that the be hung as soou as they are taken. LATER FROM HARPER’S FERRY THE OUTLAWS TAKEN—ARMORY TAKEN AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET W ashington, OoL 18. — About daylight a demand was made to the outlaws to surren der which they refused to do. The Marines then forced the door of the Armory under a heavy fire from the insurgents, which was returned by the Marines, who forced an en trance at the point of the bayonet At e a few moments the conflict was over and .H of the living insurgents captured. The to unteeis tried to shoot them but were Pre vented. Ossawatonie Brown and hu were both shot, the letter u dead wd *