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VOLUME 10. FALL GOODS! tmt STOCK! Cheap Pi ices aad ELEGANT GOODS AT HE COLEMAN & BOSS’ “BAZAAR OF FASHION” ll’ B liar* *n•* ft aiul r ■] .My rcrrtiriuj tlic largest 11 auU m at atlrac ive rttc* us nc*. elc**ut DRESS GOODS that ft ha* tee* mu t In**** aad privilege tu ufftr to a fort lulaUt worst. To toy that OUR STOCK IS RICH AND GORGEOUS tewed deacrlptlnfi. la a troth nail Y corroborate <l, and aaU |xg i* afadnl bt U.~ ia .Lt of the LATEST GEMS tv call aad me for t ban. aim. Our aUk af STAPLE GOODS *n never ba'ort ao con p;rtr, aad when vc add oar lIRPET DEPARTMENT, whira di-plara tcljt gr<> ai. J .‘jic, wr are pit-par ad ta aay that OUR STOCK, % * prvsrviU a sc* it a vanni a* it ‘j LARGE & ATTRACTIVE. CALL Uml aih> u the ;-.ruurt to aLo<r vim >ar rioct • RCJ63S, GOLEM Ai” & BOSS. Cotton A rnw, Saat I< -wtf. >iacua.(la Zr “Va-arry r."and “Tr'rjtat h” < if, $10(> REWAItD! HORSE STOLEN! STOI.I' ; Ir*’Tit by <t it, ll'.r t m lf# *r at Hue 41, on the *•* K >4. on l?r n cki .if tl.e I'b ln*t., a iaik bay M’ f-e. ill *hi’r • u toe i.r. * .tL jc aM *y**. taro • - Aor I > carr fd. ac4fa ate. very r u? <2 Tl.e ai- re r* * .rtl I be fuUI :ar Ua thief >*S Done with V'ktrMt Ntfitiebt to a-avic, UT I Ttu f lit iHiaitrt tajc the U’- aim.* . ml K-**_ KlittT. 11. fr/SUINGToy. TO THE PLANURS UF GEChGIA. WEST & GODFREY, AGENTS OF THE Planters’ Association of Ga., I Ft// continue to represent their friends in tks sale of Produce at Savannah. fiaHANKFt~L*nrhr utmniie of tb* td uw. Dot I Uha thlata caaioa fa lnf.-na ih Hauler* itiaapiM t ry art now mad. l. aai > tb.ni (cr the rr. uiu* Na- I tt-a. and trat ny ai.n t and t. th I att.i t.> u, s-inr##. tu r. ui Ive, a. I aa'i fa. ;■ n t ail wb< luay Jar.. tltem .1 f. ! ar withConatjnn er. aof I’oJU n, ion . Me. 4c.. or with , rd.r.for the |>n-cKnae if Fan.iiyr.nd Ih’ tat nr pptlea .V It —CinniubaitHi Iter .r of <’,4 •>*,So ieui* per bale, ad cuatoinary rate*(orother produce. I'AAO C.WE'T. JiHt’ E GoDFRET. Sa.xanah. lay r.'bflff.-to Jaa. 1.1-r. -ANOTHER WANDERER NEGRO.’ ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD! f WILL *ie Fl*▼ T*olUr for the ajtpretotu'io* ami safe 1 !eiive*b to me of tnv man who bt been M a a;tdlerrr * r or the lani tt ve moatha* ami an ntual aiuou&t j f r the e-uvietif n-f ar.r mhite nan who bart.or* Lim.— 1 J *■ > i ‘ * . - ‘ Uei aloe iMin hi*;h. I* rtmt ant auiMiiiar. iuaavttr heat v cL ts. ar.l h - mho .i *ly W iur. These ii av- usidenabte •:■ : - *fa M \ + nar be Meot.fird by *lzLl corb iiniicitint the p*iiiUfr*m h!vh (luv a* Iwu attach* and by a mere cuti cle. wj, e:i{.|*a,! fn rr. -wh burnt thirir.f hU Lu'ancy. It ia pe>babie tlut he ii hiring in the vicinity of liunio. but he mar have he** ilcontil off to >u*e d.-tunt t>v * • Lit* man. WM. LI’KST. April £2, laid—ls. (Teie*m|rh cv*py.) The Drigga’ Patent PIANO FORTE. T am now ready *o .u.wer the .ft repeats “ ho ■ makre ihe iirt FlaarwF* I anaarr, nm,na.:#ilT. DRitKin. PARMELEK a CO, of New York. 1 have 1 b-n tuning Ptan-d *5 year., and claim tv nr.deratand the inurnment Uwroaghif. 1 have bm North upeea-lr to aortiiii whusakeatne beat Phan.. 1 have ma rv.ryr ton if tAe l-rhcca Ptano, and aevermi other celebrated one., la pn<ceae< f brtaranle. The Ihnu far eictba l arkera ia two very in.,-.rtn:.t iiarMca a'., vt': volume aid ivtnra nl ton*, and a|nritr !■ r utavinc In tune. The tour I* pnalncvd aa itioch a. yawdtie like the V i-lin. there helnctwo auandlritt hoard, cunres outward*. The heavy, thick alaaka, touch, and bnce* are dime auay with, ao a chanibertafi rued foruu.l. Trr I.'.rr and .wcetuaaauf tone Id vi,la! to that of the feat Grand Piano. intone d-ymda na n newly In vrnt.il Iron Frunie. or tied t late, which au.lafn. alltkeatra a and ia entirely flee thorn the vibratory |mit o* the Intern ment. Th’ r<- la<rrvt tB., ruvemei tln lie .uai nrr us ,ut t bjur iheMri! p. thrv avt brine liable to mat orto |ar at their beartaf*. and ia the arratfrurl.t of the dampen, the *■•■#**. haem,era. lock catchrm. and every [rt of th# actlua ta made in a man t.er that cannot be excelled. The folio wlae la ftoui Thnlriere: “Mr. . B. lia -.oe—l have rxamined year r#w Plano Forte, and eurdialiv approve of lu ayetem of cor d-action; he prlnrlpien by which fiervt 1> rrvunr of vthrmtmy power la obeaiaod, l r * vrrv da.p'e and perfectly phtew | h cal. The to#* la (randand nulue. It haarre*! rapmitT for eoa tain :.{the round or ri icirr. and Ita roiuiur WUK or power, (havenever heard excelled la depth.purtir,andavntnrthrtL •wetteem. It TRAI.KKRG.'* Mr.liar certllcatee have been recetv. il frit, liotarhalk. Mrackoach. Ma- n aad many .-trier rndreni aeurta. IN# of there i a.tnam* n. mar be aeen at Meeary Vlrglea. Weefcai he able euoa bill 1 order* tot only with them pi ha• a. tmt . there of a ran Beat tatlriiv- four Urge ruaad tvmera. got h e leg.. r>f. -d. • ibvm ao arr.nged that piec e .-* be pfaynt on thou the .am* a* ea the T octave pi .- - •• be lower ho-o actra. 41*.. T*c vr* plaama afu.ra.bi. mar aad pattern, which wr will aril ...rprMngiy eheap. The Dr*.i ptaao iU U aoid at about tba a.me price* a* i-taer piano*, arc.# ding to intar. • fever. I ka> e the agracy f. r th* *.* of tar** ptaau* *ar the Mat. atOen-a'a. unfrit ftueu an) part of the >chi* wtii I* pe- B>pt r alt ended to. U. IS. KICK. jMvtw Macao. M> idwtf. HUM BIBB.!!. Pa—im ■mihi r~i “ ri ~n—mnrir*~’“ MR. RI'RGHARD hya returned from New Tack with ta* Inert aafretn B us WATCHES. JEWELRY and I'auc}’ irticli'N ever brought •* Oe—rt>. and th#* me *>w opened aad *x pu-cd • Bhie at r H*>intiful Start an Ckrrry Street, Tiro door* from the Telegraph Building, at the Sign aj the 810 WATCH, Thereto* w* ,ni** all to call anl *** the Iniert n-,*altie*. Her eetcctkma embrace RICH, RARE AKO CORGEOUO 111 ORiIAMENT* MSS, KINtiS. UKWELETJf, CHAIXA UW& OAME3J.FD k KUMONI* WATVHES, I>IAHtM, PtTVUL. UR.U-f AK- Ul MU mud dther full and ica.i aa-ta us Jcariiy, a*-nii* of new rtewi^n jß*t oaf •rfainto caTaarßcularaUfatlaniaearatnek -f Waich ?fh. ce.ebra ed m nr-, Corder>y. Hodd - . Mudda-, fvoto. hr . made mordceexieverty for aa. Wehaveaiaoua “Jf lhihyviuU, -lurget am .ud hardia t humotaeteta. * variety i# and cka— ui.et gy!t. **•'■•-* him aad PUtcd Tea hetfa PUch*ra. Gutnet* K Musical Instruments * f "” dmcripti-A. fall aad hx* at our varied atock 0 1 HII.IXM. ** alao call th* atlrnti. a of Ike !:vdoto our Mock df OOLtD Tf 4 # farrwt and led aelec 100 ever bivoght to tela market t4-Pllg|\(, Prsaptly Donr aid Uirmld. M4_Xaßl> * bUP.'iHARI>. - Mga of the Wg Vetch. Valuable Plantation for Sale. f *"T.'’* rT ’ n * “T* *T ptuatoUoa ta Joaoa Couaty * oboe* Mao n. oa the Ucmuifee River, cou- Attached to th* piece t. SOO acre* Land., iriver button). Teem* om aad tar* yeaef lotiJ w ' Jfe;n porch**, vaiaobia Lauda. wfUdo toll ‘edandaxamio. th* above a* 1 am IMumtaad to aall. KOBUT lcnlt Wit. LITTLE’S VERMIFUGE. In LARGE Dottles and Yials. X Ithinir elae i* mjaired to reiiero childrea of Worm*; aad beaidea beiug one of the cheapeat and beat Vermifuge* ever off.-red to the public. Ita fre quent ue in faniilte. will nave much trouble and eipvftw. aa well aa the lire* of many children—for eight out of every ten cave* generally require it. i.iTTr.iv* ANODYNE COUGH DROPS. A certain cure for Cntd , (high*. Bronchia*, AmOuoo . /Vi fn in the II rout ■ alto Croup, Whooping Ooiighx, kc., Ac., amongst ChiUlrtn. Thi# ia n plena*ut medicine to txko, producing im mediate relief, and ia nine out of tea cane* a prompt care. It exercieea the moat controlling iniaeac* over Cough, aad Irriiatiou of the Lnoga of any re medy known, often atopping the moat violent la a few hour*, or at moat iu n day or two. Many caaea thought to be decidedly couaumptive, have been promptly cured by uaing a few bottleu. Aa auodyn* expectorant, without aatringing the bowel*, it ataada paramount to all cough mixtures. LITTLE’S FRENCH MIXTURE. Thin la prepared from a French Recipe (ia th* form* of No. 1 and S; the Ar.t for the acute, and No. S for the chronic aCkge, i and from ita unexampled •uceeoa i likely to supersede every other remedy for th* cur* of dmeneea of the Kidney* and Bladder, Goaorrhiral, Blennorrhaeal. and Leuchorrhaaal or Fluor Albu* affection*. Thia exteasive compoand Combine* properties totally different in taste sud chsraeeor fruin nay thing to be found in the United italas Fbanuacopmia ; and in point of safety and effl cionsy U not rivnUod in Aitwrica. LITTLE’S RINGWORM & WTER OINTMENT. FORTH, No. 3. Hundred* of casco of ChroaieTetters, Scald Head*, aad disease* of the skill generally, bare been cared by (hi* remedy; aad since the introduction of tba No. 2 preparation ■ being stronger’ scarcely a can* has been found that it will not eii- <omßly eradicate lo a short timo Fur th* cure of Uancerva* Sore* hud Ulcer* it la applied ia the form of pUst*rs, sud 1* aim. -t infallible in more thaa ta * haadred place* in Georgia, and ia the Southern States, they are to be had ; aad a* there ara era ups shut who are counterfeiting his remedies, by palming off their own or something elae. by using the same ur similar names for no pa lest ia wauled or secured amid the absurd patent* of the day.) let all be cautioned t* look well for th* signature of th* Proprietor, that: — aad also his name blown into th* glass of each bottl* MAT All orders ud letter* to be addressed to LITTLE & BRO., Wholesale Druggist*, llaeui, Ga For sale by K. L. Strohecker, Menard & Castlen. Mucon.and bv Mt-rcbunuand Drujj gi<U every whtre. Sepr 23 FOR NEW YORK. FAKE iIEDUCFI), ————— Freight arul P<jsrage as Lena as by any other fSTiiyVMETKi. Cabin Passage. :::: sls. B) tLe #;l#ii*nl and commodious Side u licel Steanicn AUGUSTA. 1 M) tun* (.'apt. M. 8. WoodhuU, FL RIliA, IJhJO •* “ iwtac (‘rowell, ALABAMA. 1.3U0 “ “ Geu. R. Scnenck. Ai-! Brat class Propeller STAR OF TH E SOUTH. I,luo Capt. Thomas Lyon. — These tean,*hip* belong —a. s FT i the old established and UMK t -I, .avortte line, known aa th* dßvJdlKjUvSv htcam Navigatic* Com pa- j si\ i-Av niudatioa aad fare, cannot be _JQan?~Br w”C,vnl. They are r.m, mauded by axperttneed, RUtil, careful and polite nffi<-er* a JOHN R. WILDER A QALLIK. Agent*. Savannah. SAMUEL L. MITCHILL A SON. Inly I—ts Agents, New Turk. MARBLE WORKS! J. B. ARTOPE A SON, Manufacturers of and Dealers in AND DOYILNTIC MARBLE MONUMENTS. TOMB STONES, MANTLES. FURNITURE, SLARS. &c.. Corner of !lrl and Plumb Sl. MACOX, GA. hpj ll— ts. ‘laiOH S,HONaUd On tbc Luroprnn Plao* CITY OF MIX TORE. Siiiflr llbows 50 Cents per Day. City Hall Square, corner cf Frakfort Street (Orp-ul* City Ut!L) Meals, as tLe) mss le ordered ta the spacious Rrfrc tnrv. There u a Caiit a chop and Raih kt>,ma attached to the 11-*rl N. I! - Beware of Haulier* and Ilackmem. ’ who a*> we aie lull. R. FKL.K li. Proprietor. Augu.-t 9. 18u9. SAVE FREIGHT AHD COMMISSIONS tp Carhart A Card, AL sol* soil’s ros FAIRBANK S SCALES. A FULL Aw rmeet of Platform sad Counter Scale* now A in atur* aad for sale at their price*. NO FREIGHT ADDED. OrUer, las, n for Ksihoad Ware i .use and other large Seale*. W* will wc Ihsn. pruperi) put up. may ll—ts- DR. ABBETT’S VEGETABLE LIVER AND DYSPEPTIC Modioin®. A SAFE and effectual remedy for all kind* of Liver Dli ease* and that < •rig tia’e from * Jtaeaeed state ’V Inactivity of the Uver; *l**. nl Wood Hll. ul* has! ofZeiita A rtanl. Druggf* A corner of 4d A Uherry Sta.. Maeoa. lia. and of J. N. uu*. Eaq.. near Paweravllle. Houa j ‘■ZiPii..-,, L - “ JUST RECEIVED. AT R. P. McKVOVS. n large lotof SELF-SEA LING CANS. En i ve# and Fork*. Carton and Tent Seta. AM* C PTTUHKM*, cheap for CASH. —T V~Xt G-sls Fixtures. I riHhNDAUERS. PENDANTS ami BRACKET* ofal l R,*vyl*a lart received and for toe by mlyfl-B 1, P. RO3S A C*. MACON, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1856. THE GEORGIA CITIZEN ,S PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY L. F. W. ANDREWS. Office —ln Horne's Building, Cherry Street, Two Doors below Third Street. TKRYlia:— £2.30 per annum, ill adtnncr. Adsrrtlsrincnta id the rcgu’nr charge will be One D<Mar per -quart- of one hundred words or less, f. r the first inser tion. and F\ftv Cents for each subsequent insertion. All ad vertiseiu nts not specified as to tune, will l published un ll forbid, and t liargetl accordingly. A liberal dlsoiunt allowed to those who atlvertisc by the year. LiV-ntl arrangements liiade with County Ofßccrs. Druggists, Auctioneers. Mcrchaut*, and others, who nut) wish tu make limited contracrs. I’rof.-ssioual and llusiueu Card* will be inserted un der thi* head, at the following rates, viz: For Five lines, per annum, $ .’> 00 For’-even lines, do Bio For Ten lines. do 10 00 No advertisement of ti.is class will he admitted, unless paid for ia advance, nor for a leas trm than twelve moxtha. Ad vertisements lit over ten lilies will l charged pro rain. Ad vertisements not paid tor iu advance will be charged at the regular rates. t Gldi liar) \ollccs of over tenlinst, will he charged at the usul nt- s. Announcement* of candidates fur office to he paid for n the usual rates, when Inserted. Ftaleanf l.nud and \cstroea, by Executors, Administra tors and Guardians, are required by law to be adverti.ied in a public gazette, forty days previous to the day of sale. These sale* must be held on the lird Tuesday iu the niun-li. tietween the hou’sof ten lu the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house m the county in which the property is situ ated. Rales of Personal Property must be advertised In like •tanner, forty days Notice lu Debtor* and Creditor* of an Estate must he published forty days. Nut ire thrt atudica’ ion will be made to the Ordinary for leave to sell Laud and Negroes, must he published weekly for two month*. Citations for Letters of Administration, thirty days; for Dismission rotu Administration, monthly, six month*; for Di*mt**ioa from Guardianship, weekly, forty days. It tiles fur Foreclosing of Mortgages, monthly, sou months; for establishing 1 st paper*, fur the full space of tlire months; for compelling titles from executors or adnilnlstra ors where a bond has been given by the deceased, the full pace of three months. LIGHT. BY WILLIAM PITT PALM 18. Fr m th* quicken* it womb of the pr'.uial g'oom. The aul rt-iifrd lL*ck and bve. TIN I wove him a ve*t or h* E hloi* br a*t Os tl.p thr< of my z lnei hair; An i wheu <he tnd leuL of the flriuAiiiPnt A roue on iu Airy Aprs* I pei curd the hue of Its ma cMpm Mu Ana ep.4i glod ii round with ata's. I the fl wm of Ut Fden bowers, Aid llidr Ittvei of liY.ujc trieen. And mine were the iu the alnlMß eyes tis Eden's viifia queen. m Au ! when the fieurt Art <u the trus fal heart ii ud fattened i A moitAl Ape 1 1, In th *1 verv uphere of the nr<-b*rn tesr, To the tretiibai f vaith I fell. Ik ben the wtovea thht hurpt o'er* world accurned Thß'.r work f wtstii fcptd. Ard tLe Ark t loß* few, tr.eil and true, (’im foith Aiiiouv tLe dead M i htrp wiitidrmißkleniiS of my bridal beams 1 their teriori cere. At I wrote < u h • r<dl of the storm** dark acrcll Uod*A co vtnaut 01 peace ! I. .k a rail at re-t oa a hreaat, ftiserai >balo% lept ben phph*rd •wain*, n lteth‘thiii' j lain*. Their k*i.e y kpp*~ WLf a I flatbed on the r* ht the hera d< bright Os Hb y€l*b rede*-niiriß pi n, A* thev ciiauicd the in uu of a Sariour born— Joy, Joy to ue outcoat maa ! £qi al favor I how to tbr 1 -sty and low, * *ii the jut and uijußi i de*ei*4 EVn he b ind, wboac vain sphere , i*U in darkness and tears, Fbci iajt an -*e tne ktfll mm lu sf a tffcet and. Nay, tic fli.aer of the waste bv my love U embr^cßd. Ah tne roa • in ft e garden of ktiig* ; At the Clu)>aliA bier of tLe w rm i a; fear. And lo! tae gay butte fly wiag*. Tke dem.ia'e ti'orn, like a mourner forlorn Conceal* all the of her iharms. Till I bid t e bngiit hour* UiAiw the mgtit fiom her flowers, And trad the \otif a oy to her arc ! Abd wLeti tor Ray rover Nccks Lvc lor his lover And fir.Ah io L(r haiiuT rt p *e, 1 wrau the soft rest by tba Hepl.yr-faumd west lu curtaius of aiubar and lose ! From mj sentinel sleep by the night trooded deep, I ga/.r wbh uutoluiid>eiliig eye*. Hlkb th- on- furt Hsr id the mailner I* bio.ted from out Uiv sky! And gaidcd by me th otijth the mere’less tea. Though aped by ti.e hurr.cai.c'a wiua. Hi* conipaMHiCNi. dark, lone, weltering bark To tb Laveu Lome safely be brings. I waken tLt flowers In tlicl* dew*panglcd bowers. Thi bird* iu tseir diMBUw of frees. And mountain and plain glow with beauty again, A* they ta*k in the manual aheeu. Oh. If anch the glad worth of my j r *. nce on earth. Though fretful and fl.etmg the while, i hat glories moat rest on the home of the bleat, Kver hrglat with the Ihity'a roiLt! Editorial Life—▲ True Picture. Did it ever occur to you, most agree able reader, that editorial life is not an unrutiLd fcea ? D and you ever yause in i looking o’er a newspaper to think cf the ceaseless toil that is neevtwary to pro vide for you the columns and paragraphs you -easily scan ? This editorial writing —what a ceaseless tapping of man’s brains it is! No matter how he feels— the paper must be out at the appointed time, and his uiual contributions must fill tbc accustomed niche. The limited space of a newspaper col umn does not allow the editor to treat any subject at large. He must not at tempt au extended discussion, no matter what he writes about; but he is expect ed to touch on a variety of themes every week, and to just touch them—nothing more ; so that his readers may not be wearied by long articles. To write a long essay or seiies, would sometimes be great relief. Hut it he docs either, ten chances to one he will hear of it. — Once or twice, in a long editorial service, we have ventured to do thia dangerous thing. Fortunately we heard no com plaints, th >ugh we have no doubt many | wereuttend. Now and then, however, we have been complins nted by .1 broth- < er saying to us : “That was a very good article of yours in last week's paper, as far as I read ; but it was so long, 1 was called off before 1 had time to fmish it.” Editorial writing is pleasuut enough, : and easy enough to a man accustomed to it —when he has once determined what he shall write. Hut this selection of topics is not easy. For a single paper or two, any inan will find subjects at hand ; but when it comes to writing to the Mime readers year iu and year out — when one calls up the subjects already presented, some briefly, others more elaborated, either ny himself or by cor respondent-*, the difficulty of selecting so as to avoid eels-repetition, is quite ein barrassing. As to waiting till some thing suggest itself:—till it comes to you —that is out the question. The respect able but ill-named boy is at your door already. He is calling for copy. You must sit down and write at once. What if half a dozen persons in the offlee are earnestly discussing Church matters or politics? What it you are interrupted every moment or by some irrelevant in terrogatoiy, urged with singular indica tion of obliviousness of what you area bout? You must hold to the thread of an idea, if you happen to have one, and still do the agreeable to your friend ; you must write with some appearance of understanding what you arc saying, whether, in reality, you know what you are about or not; you must feel your way through, like a man walking in a narrow pass during a dark night; and having reached the end of your sheet, you may take a long breath, and turn ed away in search after soma other sub ject. And there i* no end to this, for as soon as you have succeeded in arranging for one number, the burden of another is upon you, from the first week in Jan uary till the last in December. But to the writing if editorials is to be added the agg egate of o’her duties. Here is correspondence well meant and full of sensible sayings. But it is badly written, perhaps badly spelled, perhaps poorly put together. You must go over it. on must dash an unnecessary word here, and put in an omitted word yonder. \ou must be a grammarian for the writ er, whoeiiher has never leurned grammar, or has permitted himself to write with ’ out revision, you must in short, prepare j his irregular composition foi the press, and, when you cannot make out precise ly what he intended to w rite, guess at it, and let your readers have the benefit of your guessing. To read a newspaper for passtime is a very inviting employment. Hut here are twenty received by the morning’s mail. You take the scissors in hand and glance over them. What a treat would these be to some people-people w ho have leisure to n-a i them through. But your business is to se'ssorise. You are looking for scraps. Here is one, but you had it in your paper last week. Here is another, but it is too sectarian. Here is a third, but it is one of last year’s creation that has lodged a while ou the shores of for getfulness, and is now swept ngxin on the tide of news to float until it can find another standing place. After another , hour or two of search, you gather up the re;-uit. It is your column of clippings, from the exchanges. W hat a search for I so meagre a reward. W’ell, done? See, there is a roll of proofs. ‘The fype is set, and the foreman w ishes to make up the form. — Here is a letter up side down—there is a word )ou never saw before-—here is a sentence without meaning. W hat are! you to do ? Look at every letter, read every line—mark every intended cor rection, and send it back to be printed af ter your alteration shall have been made. You must do this ut once. ] Mays are dangerous. You must not tako Haifa day, for it. Drop every thing y<u have I before you, and read your pr .of’s. The ! press will be wailing for you, and unless you are in time, your place will beta- j ken by another, and your issue delayed Happy the editor who, when his sheet is out, dots not .ind a dozen errors that he cou.d not find bcfoie. Thrice happy he ! who, besides all this, does not find many that he did not see still glaring upon him iu all their ugly deformity and pro voking calmness, despite of all his care. lia It. U. S. Journal. [Fromtbe Memphis AvaUncheJ Tlii* Arkansas Traveler. In the earlier days of the Territory of Arkansas, when the settlements were few and far between, an adventurous traveler from one of the old States, w hile traversing the swamps of thut portion of the country, gets lost, on a cold and rainy day, in the autumn of the year. After wandering lill evening, and despairing of finding a habita tion, while searching for a place to camp, strikes a trail which seems to lead somewhere, and also hear* in that direction the noise of a fiddle. Accordingly he takes the trail and soon discovers, ahead of him, rising above the timber, a light column of smoke, which he knows comes from the cabin of a squat ter. As he approaches, he finds it to be a log cabin, ten logs high and about ten feet square—one side being roofed, and the other only half covered with boards. He also sees j the proprietor seated on an old whiskey barrel near the door, sheltered by few hoards which the eaves, play ing a tune, or rather the first snatch of a i tune, on an old fiddle. After surveying the habitation and sur roundings of’ ‘cotton-head’ children, the traveler ridea up to see if he can get lodg ing, when the following dialogue ensues.— The booster, however, still continues to play the same part over and over again, only •topping to give short, indifferent replies t the traveler’s queries : Traveler.—‘Good evening, sir !’ Squatter.—‘How d’ye do, sir !’ Trav.—‘Can I get to stay all night w ith you ?’ Squat.—‘No, sir.’ Trav.—‘Can’t you give me a glass of something to drink ? I am very wet and cold.’ Squat.—‘l drank the last drap this morn ing.’ , Trav. —‘I am very hungry ; ain’t had a thing to eat to-day. Will you let me have j something to eat ?’ ‘Squab—‘Hav’nt a darned thing in the house. ’ Trav.—‘Then can’t you give my horse something V Squat.—‘Got nothin’ to feed him on.’ Trav.—‘How far is it to the next house ?’ j Squat.—‘Stranger, I don’t know. I’ve never been there.’ Trav.—‘Well, where does this road go to?’ j Squat.—‘lt’s never been anywhere since I’ve lived here. It’s always here when Ii get up in the morning.’ Trav.—‘As 1 am not likely to got to any other house to-night, can’t you let me sleep in vours. and I’ll tie my horse to a tree and do without anything to eat or drink ?’ Squat—‘My house leaks ; there’s only one dry spot in it, and me and Sal sleeps on that.’ Trav. —‘Wbv don’t you finish covering your house and stop the leaks V Squat.—‘lt s raining.’ Trav.—-Well, why don’t you do it when it is not ruining !’ Squat.—‘lt don’t leak then.’ Trav.—‘Well, as you have nothing to eat or drink in your house, and nothing alive about your place but childrea, how do you do here, anyhow V Squat.—‘Putty well, I thank you. How do you do yourself?’ Trav. —( After trying in vain to extract gome satisfactory information from him.) — ‘My friend, why don’t you play Ihe whole of that tune V Squat.—(Stops playing and looks up for the first time.) *1 did’ not know there wm any more to it. Can you play the fiddle, stranger ?’ Trav.—‘l play a little, sometime*. ’ Squat.—‘You don’t look much like a fid dler (handing him the fiddle.) Will you play i the balance of that tune ?’ The traveler gets down and play* the tune. Squat.—‘Stranger, come in. Take half a dozen chairs and sit down. Sal, go round into the holler, where I killed that buck this morning. Cut off aome of the best pieces aud fetch it and cook it for me and this gen tleman directly. Raise up the board under the head of the bed, afore you go, and the old black jug I hid from Dick, and give ui some whiskey ; I know there’s some left vet. Dick, carry the gentleman’s hone round to the *hed, and you’ll find some fod der and corn there. Give him as much as he cuu eat. liuru me, stranger, if you can’t stay as long as you pleas- 1 , and I’ll give you plenty to eat and drink. Hurry, old woman. | If you can’t find the butcher knife, take the , cob handle or granny's knife. Play away, j stranger. You shall sleep on the dry spot to night’ After about two hours’ fiddling, and some conversation iu which the squatter shows his characteristics, the stranger retires to the dry spot.’ The Immortality of tlie Spirit! Picture to the eye of the mind a mid night summer scene. A majestic river ■ is rolling by, peacefully rippling on its long journey to a distant ocean. It washes the base of a lofty bluff, against which a ceaseless volume of waters mur murs in comparatively silent depths as it passeth on to fulfill its destiny. A neighboring village lies wrapped in the still repose of night. All is hu-hed. No sound is heard, save the occasional bark ing of the f lithful housedog, the distant tinkling of the roaming cattle bell, or the rippling, tremulous, yet deep rolling of the waves. Nature seems quieted in profound repose. The sun’s rays are long since gone. The new infancy of silvery moon hath also sunk to rest. — The sky, however, is clear, and the firma ment is spangled with heaven’s own rosary, the gems of brightness from un told and innumerable worlds. Yon vil lage shows no light save the dim taper, where an angel spirit on earth is watch ing—perchance thedeuth bed of all that is dear to her, that light of the chamber of mortality in sad contrast with the bril liancy of the starry host. Or, it may be, a faint gleam is burning before a Chris tian altar, betokening in its ardor the quiet yet z alous waiting of a soul to go tar beyond those stars. Wrapt in contemplation, a mortal rests upon that bluff at tint lonely hour. God has blessed him, perhaps, with the happy intercourse of a lovely family ; and hath also given him the means of enjoying that solitude. Solitude, did 1 say ? It w.xs an error. To the educated intellect, the m*nd is never less alone than when unaccompanied by cither mortals.— Through darkness the beauties ofcrea tion stib surround him. llis soul is not only con-c oii* ■ 1 the fragrance of the floweret he ha oru-hed in reclining <>n the gras-, but in ar. instant it extends its unlimited rang, beyond the regions of the starry spheres of heaven. That mind recognizes one important fact, Tempora mulanlur el nos mutamur cum ill is. All nature —all matter, Is in com stant change. The articles composing the gram of wheat, after burial in the ground, arise anew in a brighter form. The muterial of which our body is crea ted is utterly gone and recreated in eve ry period of seven years, dhe foe’ us be comes the infant, the youth, the man.— All its first particles ure thmgel, yet there is an identity. There is some thing within which recollects the past and early years, notwithstanding the change of matter, the chemical elements of mere earthly body. What does this recollection —this identity teach us? Oh. ye unclothed, y* naked spirits. Hear this my sotil speech! Tnou, that Talkest to thyself. wh:t art thou! Know ye what ye are? Know ye what Thou shalt be,’when thi* dress, This sleeping frock fall off thee, Lika a garment torn to pieces? Whence Contest thou? Where goest thou? And AU is darkness before and behind Thee? Knowest thou that we are? Or what we shall tie in eternity? Tell us olt! tell us, what is death? True it is, the figure of this world passjth away, yet that inner being, not of this world, must still exist; it must continue. But, how easy does God’s holy world reply to this question. God breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.— Here originated the image of (rod con tained in these earthen vessels. And when the earth shall return to the dust as it was, the spirit, ( spiritus animus, the breath of life,) shall return to him who gave it. Our husk of wheat shall assume a higher form. Non omnis mortar !— Then, turn once more to the reflections of our philosopher in the midnight scene. Will he not exclaim— Observe thi* midnight glory i Words on worlds un told! Unspeakable nmnzc! Redouble thi* amaze Ten thousand add ! and then, ten thousand more, < tne soul out weighs them all! and calls Th’ astonishing magnificence of unintelligent Creation, poor! Wc know that ifour earthly house of this Libernacle be dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not mane with hand*, eternal in the heavens. Now, lie that has wrought for us the self-same thing, is God, who also hath given us the earnest of the spirit. That breath of life cannot die. No! Shall it not, if we will live with pure hearts and lives, by his blessing, out of our present chry salis existence, Soon from ttiis cell of clay Burst forth a seraph in the blaze of day. A Question in Optics.—At College, the senior class was under examination for degrees. The pro fessor of Natural philosophy was badgering the boys in optics. The point under illustration was that, strictly’ and scientifically speaking, we see not objects but their images depicted on the retina. The worthy professor, in order to make the mat ter plainer, said to the wag of the class, “Mr Jackson did you ever ac tually see your father? ’ “No, sir,” Bill promptly’ replied. “Please ex plain to the committee why’ you nev er saw your own father.” “Be cause,” replied Mr William Jackson, very gravely, “he died before I was horn.” There is a phrenologist up town who can tell the contents of a barrel by ex amining ita head. The lady who mended her dress with the “thread” of a discourse, hung it out to air upon a steamboat line. The m*n who was run over by the wheel of fortune, is supposed to be io jured for life. Stir Beautiful poetry, such as this, is rarely found in .he colun it ■ of a newspaper. It is sweetly, brauti ly sad.—Eds. lUllstix. Written for the Memphis Bidl*tiu. B Adi Dvnu. Raise my pillow, husband dearest— Faint and fainter comes my breath; Ami these shadows, stealing slowly. Must, I know be those of death. Sit down close beside me, darling, Let me clasp your warm, strong hand; Yours that ever have sustained ine To the borders of this land; ForyourOod and mine —our Father, Thence shall ever lead me on, Where, upon a throne eternal, Sits His loved and only Sou. I’ve had visions, and been dreaming O’er the past of joy and pain; Year by year I’ve wandered backward, Till I was a child again. Dreamed of girlhood, and the moment When I stood your wife and bride— llow my heart thrilled with love’s triumph In that hour of woman’s pride! Dreamed of the<—and all the earth-cord* Firmly twined about my heart— Oh! the bitter burning anguish When 1 first knew we must part. It has passet]—and God has promised All thy footsteps to attend; He. that’s more than friend or brother, He’ll lie with thee to the end. There’s no shadows o’er the portals Leading to my heavenly home— Christ hath promised life immortal, And ’tits He that bills me come. When life's trials wait around thee, And its chilling billows swell, Thou’lt thank Heaven that I am spared them, Thou’lt then feel that “all is well,” Bring our boys unto my bedside ; My last blessing let them keep— But they’re sleeping—do not wake them— They’ll learn soon enough to weep. Tell them often of their mother, Kiss them for me when they wake, Lead them gently iu life’s pathway, Love them doubly for my sake. Clasp my hand still closer, darling. This, the last night of my life, For, to-niorrow, I shall never Answer, when you call me “wife.” Fare-thee-well, my noble bust,and. Faint not ’lieuth this chastening rod; Throw your strong arm round our children, Keep them close to thee—and God. Memphis, Tain., Aon. ;Ut. KATE. From the Philadelphia Bulletin S'.li in3t. .Tfagiiificcut l iio;i Demonstra tion —tiraud Gathering at Jaynes’ Hull, Philadelphia.— A Second .Vlectiug on Chestnut 81.— • Teas of Thousands of Persons Present. Speeches by Messrs. J. 11. layer soil, Judge King, 11. M. Fuller, J. Randall, J. Hazle hurst, Robert ‘l'yler, K. K. l‘t ice, B. 11. ltrncster, Charles Inqersoll, Col. Page, Ex-Mayor Yaux, E. )l. Horn, C'o!. Ra n ken, W. Bann, Ben}. Gerhard, J. C. Bui lift, 11’. A. Edwards, Isaac Qebhart, and others. Tim Union rally at Jayne’s Hall, last evening, proved to be one of the most tre mendous gatherings of the people which hat been witnessed iu this city for years.— Counting by heads, tens of thousands of people were either within the hall or ns neur it as the vast multitude could get. In the morning, salutes had been tired, Hags raised und placards and transparencies ele vated in various parts of the city. In the evening, the bells of a number ot churches and engine houses were rung. By 7 o’clock the doors of the hull had been opened. The decorations were quite handsome, comprising on the front of the building a huge transparency with the names of all the States, und the Keystone at the head of the column, with the inscrip tion, “The Union and the Constitution.’' — On either side of these transparencies were gas jets burning brightly—one for each State of the Confederacy. Within the vast Hall the scene was im posing. The upper gallery has recently been removed, thus increasing the space and seeming to add to the height of the immense room. At the Carpenter street end of the Hall, the semi-circle of boxes was beautifully adorned with double festoons of fiags, extending along the whole length of the pannels. in the centre, just behind and above the seat of the President, was a por trait of the Father of this Count jy. On the right and left of this picture, and draping it in their folds, were the National and State colors ot Col. Lewis’s Ist Regiment Penn sylvania Volunteers. Disposed about the hall, and pe idant from the boxes, were many flags and banners, which thus added a gay and brilliant aspect to the scene. Among them were no less than four flags belonging to the Scott Le gion. Two of these flags were borne in the battles of our country during 1812, aud were seen waving over the ranks of our country men at North Point. The other two flags of the “Legion” were truly magnificent and costly. They were presented to the “Le gion” in the city of Mexico. A handsome banner was presented to the Committee of Arrangements by Mr. Wm. A. Edwards. It figured among the decora tions of the Hall. THE CROWD AT THE HALL. We have never seen anything to surpass the rush to Jayne’s Hall. As soon us the doors were opened, thousands ot persons (toured up the stairs in a solid column, mor* like a mighty army than u gathering of ci vilians. Every trade, profession or occu pation hud its representatives, and the spir it sparkling from their eyes and vocal in their speech was hearty, enthusiastic and national. At the hour for organization the \ crowd was packed aud jammed clear up against the platform, and the crush was dangerous to weak ribs. OFFICERS. Mr. James S. Gibson, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, called the meeting to order, and on his motion the fol lowing officers were selected to preside: President—lion. Joseph R. lngersoll. VICE PRESIDENTS. lion. J. Campbell, Hon. II M. Fuller, “ J. Randall, “ H. M Phillips, “ 1. Haxleliurst, “ KliK. Price, “ Wm. B. lteed, “ Peter McCall, “ G. S Intro wood, “ G. M Wharton, “ Ellis Lewis, “ John C. Knox, “ Kicbard Vaux, “ Edward King, “ James Page, Morton McMiehael, und sixty or seventy others. SECRETARIES. J. W. DcCoursey, Simon W. Arnold, and somo thirty others. The following gentlemen were selected as the Committee on Resolutions : Hon. Wm, B. Reed, Hon. Edward King, Hon. Josiuh Randall, John Welsh, Charles Macalister, Benjamin Gorhard, Esq., Hon. George Bharswood, Peter McCall, Esq., Stacy B. Bancroft, John C. Bullitt, Esq., William C. Ludwig, Richard C. Dale, Eli K. Price. THE RESOLUTIONS. lion. Wm. B. Beed, Chairman of the Committee, ottered the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted : The citizens oi Philadelphia, assembled in general town meeting, desiring, at this juncture, to express an earnest sympathy with their fellow-citizens of Virginia, re cently threatened with an attempt to pro duce a servile revolt, have 1. Resolved, That the longer the govern ment of ihe Union exists, with its manifold and inestimable blessings, the more is it con secrated bv the affection and devotion of those who’ as we do, “know North, no South, no East, no West, but one common country,” whose integrity the Constitution alone secures, and wht>se varying interests the Union harmonizes and protects. 2. Resolved, That, in the judgment of the citizens of Philadelphia, this sentiment of fiJe'ity to the Union would be fruitless, did it not imply an obligation, implicity and practically to recognize every duty which tho Constitution prescribes, and obey and carry honestly into execution, all laws of Congress, enacted under the Constitution. 3. Resolved, That no part of the Consti tution of the United States, or of the laws of Congress, are more obligatory on the cit izens of the Republic, than those which prescribe the duty of restoring under judi cial process, fugitives from labor, anc that all attempts or combination, to defeat or frustrate those provisions, and all State legislation to the same end, are condemned by thejudgment of this community. 4. Resolved, That in view of what has re cently occurred in Commonwealth of Vir ginia, the citizens of Philadelphia disavow, as they have always done, any right or wish to interfere with the domestic institutions of their shiter States. 5. Resolved, That they reprobate, in the strongest and clearest terms all attempts, whether by invasion, secret instigation, or the promulgation in any form, of fanatical opinions, to excite servile insurrection, or to arouse those who are lawfully held in servi tude to do violence and bloodshed. 0. Resolved, That, looking merely to the past, they delibeiately express their appro val of the recent administration of justice in the Commonwealth of Virginia, by which, according to the forms of law, strictly ob served, the commission of a great crime has been judicially proved, and the punishment awarded by law to that crime has boon in flicted. 7. Resolved. That it is a simple matter of duty, to express the scase which the citi zens of Philadelphia have of the energy and fidelity with which the Executive au thorities of Virginia have discharged, from first to last, the painful and responsible du ty which the emergency imposed. 8. Resolved, That the Executive of Penn sylvania, in promptly surrendering, on the requisition of the Governor of Virginia, those fugitives from justice who sougnt re fuge within our borders, discharged his duty to the Constitution, and for doing so merits, and has received, our hearty approval. 9. Resolved, That the prompt suppression in the first instance, of the Harper’s Ferry outbreak, is now, and it is hoped will al ways be regarded as a most marked illustra tion of the value of the Union, and the etli cieney of its Executive authorities in furn ishing, on the spot, and at a moment’s no tice, the military means to suppress a local and dangerous revolt, and relinquishing to the State authorities the vindication of the violated law. 10. Resolved, That earnestly assuring our brethren of the South that there exists among the people of Pennsylvania a deter mined spirit to assert and maintain the Con stitution of the Union, aud the rights of the States under it, we ask in return, confidence, and that dignified moderation which confi dence and patriotic sympathy inspire. 11. Resolved, That these resolutions, em bodying the sense of a vast majority of the citizens of Philadelphia, without distinction of party, signed by the officers of the meet ing, he published in all the newspapers of Philadelphia and Washington. Speeches repb-te with patriotic eloquence and devotion to the Union and the consti-’ tution, were made by Hon. Jos. R. Inger soll, Judge King, Henry M. Fuller, Charles J. lngersoll, Ex-Mayor Vaux, J. Randall, and a number of others. We shall give one or more of them hereafter. liiuendiary Publication* ill tlic Mail. YV e invite attenti n to the following letter of the Postmaster General, as containing in formation highly important to postmasters aud the public generally at the present time: Post Office Department, December 5, 1859. Sir : I am in receipt of your letter of the 2d instant, in which, after referring to the opinion of the Attorney General of Y’irginia sustaining the constitutionality of the statute of the Stale, denouncing, under heavy pen alties, the circul&uou of books, newspapers, pamphlets, &tending to incite the slave population to insurrection, you ask to be in structed as to your duty, in reference to such documents, should they be received through the mails for distribution at the post office of which you have charge. The statute alluded to is in the following words: Sec. 23. If a free person write or print, or cause to be written or printed, any book or oilier thing with intent to advise or in cite negroes in this State to rebel or make insurrection, or inculcating resistance to the right of property of masters in their slave3, or if he shall, with intent to aid the purposes of any such book or writing, knowingly cir culate the same, he shall be confined in the penittyitiary not less than one nor more than five years. “Sec. 24. If a postmaster or deputy pos master knew that any such book or other writing has been received at his office in the mail, he shall give notice thereof to some justice, who shall inquire into the circum stances, and have such book or writing burn ed in his presence. And if it appear to him that the p-rsons to whom it was directed subscribed therefor, knowing its character, or agreed to receive it for circulation to aid the purposes of Abolitionists, the justice shall commit such person to jail.” “If any postmaster or deputy postmaster violate this section, he shall be fined not ex ceeding $200.” The point raised by yonr inquiry is, wheth er this statute is in conflict with the act of Congress regulating the administration of this Department, which declares that ’’if any postmaster shall un'awfully detain in h;s office, any letter, package, pamphlet, or newspaper, with the intent to prevent the ! arrival and delivery of the same to the per son or persons to whom such letter, pack- i age, pamphlet, or newspaper may be ad- ! dre?sed or directed, in the usual course of the transportation of the mail along the route, he shal’, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisoned for a term not ex ceeding six months, and shall moreover be forever thereafter incapable of holding the office of postmaster in the United States.” The question thus presented was fully de cided by Attorney General Cushing in the case of the Yazoo City post office. (Op inions of Attorney General*, vol. 8, 459.) He there held that a statute of Mississippi, in all respects analagous to that of Virginia as cit ed was not inconsistent act of Con gress quoted, prescribing the duties of post masters in regard to the delivery of mail matter, and that the latter, as good citizens, were bound to yield obedience to such State laws. You are referred to luminous discus sion of the case for the arguments urged by that distinguished civilian in support of the conclusion at which he arrived. The judgment thus pronounced has been cheer fully acquiesced in by the Department, and is now recognized as one of the guides of his administration. The authority of Y irgin ia to enact such a law rests upon that right of self-preservation which belongs to every government and people, and which has nev er been surrendeied, nor indeed can it be. One of the most solemn constitutional obli- NUMBER 37* nations imposed on tlie federal government is that of protecting the States against “m ----surrect o 1,” and ‘’domestic violence”—of course, none of its instrumentalities can be lawfully employed m inciting, even in the remotest degree, to the very crime, which involves in its train all others, and with the suppression of which it is especially charg ed. You must, under the responsibilities rest ing upon you as an officer and a citizen, de termine whether the books, pamphlets, news paper’s, &a, received by you for dissribution, are of the incendiary character described in the statute; and, if you believe they are, then you are not only not obliged to deliv er them to those to whom they are address ed, but you are empowered and required, by your duty to the State of which you are a citizen, to dispose of them in strict confor mity to the provisoes of the law referred to. The people of Virginia may not only forbid the introduction and dissemination of such documents within their borders, but, if brought there in the mails, they may, by appropriate legal proceedings, have them de stroyed. They have the same right to ex tinguish fire-brands, thus impiously hurled into the midst: of their homes and altars, that a man has to pluck the burning fuse from a bomb shell which is about to explode at hi feet. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. HOLT. Mr. Cn arles A. Orton, Postmaster at Falls Church, a. Pcplit (Slavery) Agitation. —A Hew Haven correspondent of the Hartford Cour ant says that the Rev. Dr. Bacon, in his Thanksgiving sermon administered a whole some rebuke to what he denominated an “ unmanly, unpatriotic, unchristianlike spirit manifested at the North in regard to the tragical affair, at Harper's Ferry.” He spe cified three particulars in which we were in the wrong. “First—ln deriding the fear occasioned by the invasion. Second—ln blaming Virginia for maintaining her laws. Third—ln sympathizing with the insurgents in their unlawful act.” On each of these points the Doctor spoke with much plainness and solemnity, and nearly all of the large congregation present felt that the reproof was .justly deserved. The Parker, Cheever and Beecher pulpits have done much within the past few years to stir up an intensely bitter sectional feel ing among the people of the North. But, as the Hartford Times observed, political preaching is begining to work its legitimate effect. Conservative men are beginning to withdraw their countenance and support from pulpits in which the place of the gos pel is supplied by politics. Political preach ing will eventually bring every church, which tolerates it, into the condition of the Church of the Puritans—dependent upon foreign contributions to defray its current expenses. The Harper’s Ferry affair is one of the fruits of pulpit politics, and Dr. Bacon in rebuking the North, for its course in re lation to it, has dealt to these fanatical cler gymen an admonition which they will do well to heed. Beecher on Free Negroes.— How are the free colored people treated at the North? They are almost without education, with, but little sympathy for ignorance. They arc refused the common rights of citizen ship which the whites enjoy. They cannot even ride in the ears of our city railroads. They are snuffed at in the house of God, or tolerated with ill-disguised disgust. Can a black man be a mason in New York? Let him bo employed as a journeyman, and eve ry Irish lover of liberty that carries the hod or trowel would leave at once, or com pel him to leave. Can the black man be a carpenter ? There is scarcely a carpenter shop in New York in which a journeyman would continue to work if a black man was employed in it. Can the black man engage in the common industries of life ? There is scarcely one in which he can engago. He is crowded down, down, down, through the most menial callings, to the bottom of so ciety. We take them, and then refuse to allow their children to go to our public schools. We tax them, and then refuse to sit bj r them in God’s house. We heap upon them moral obloquy, more atrocious than that which the master heaps upon the slave.— And. notwithstanding all this, we lift our selves up to talk to the Southern people about the rights and liberties of the human, soul, and especially the African soul. A Romance of tiif. Plains. —The Fort Scott Democrat announces the arrival of a Cheyenne chief, rejoicing in the startling soubriquet of “Wild Bill.” Though a white man by birth, he has always lived with the Indians. Hi* visit to Fort Scott was on the score of “love.” In a “Pike’s Peak” train he happened to See a woman with whom he proceeded to fall in love after an expeditious manner. She reciprocated, (so runs the sto ry,) and it was mutually agreed that tho chains of wedlock should be forged at Fert Scott. “Bill” was true to his word; the fe male wasn’t, f “At lovers’ vows Jove laughs.’) No Miss “PiKo’s Peak” was to be found, and the naturalized red-skin was forced to return to his wonted haunts “disconsolato and alone.” Quite pathetic, isn’t it ? Arr Insurrectionist Arrested in Alex andria. —A mun named J. H. Thompson, was arrested in Alexandria on Friday even ing, charge! with obtaining money under false pretenses. He has since turned out to lie one of those concerned in tue Harper’s Ferry affair, and is recognized by Mr. Mitch ell, who is nuw engaged in business in this city, and was one of Brown’s prisoners at Harper’s Ferry. It appears from the evidence, that Thomp son has shaved off his beard, and had bis hair cut close : which rendered a pretty close inspection’necessary to identify him. Thompson is now in jail, and Justice Sum mers of Alexandria who had him arrasted, telegraphed on yesterday evening to Gov. Wise, for authority to summon Mr. Wil liams, the watchman at the Bridge at Har per’s Ferry. It will be investigated. A requisition is to be made upon the Governor of this State, under the Fu gitive Slave law, for the surrender of H. R. Helper, author of the Impending Crisis, and Professor Hedrick, expelled from North Car olina University, where he held a Professor’s chair prior to'conferring the degree of L. L D., on Dr. Buchanan. — New Yorlc Cor respondence of the Independent Democrat. The Supreme Court. In the House of Representatives, on Tues day, Mr. Ely, of Dougherty, offered a reso lution that tho matter of abolishing the Su preme Court be referred to the Convention of the people to meet in ISGO, which was adopted by 24 majority. The Southern Re corder states that this was a substitute for that of Mr. Gibson, of Richmond, who had offered a substitute to repeal the act of De cember 10, 1845, and all other acts organis ing the Court Fanct Balls.—Sugar coated pills,