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VOLUME 10.
the GEORGIA CITIZEN
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A Voire from Heaveu.
ae in the light of God,
D liken** stamps 1117 brow,
the shadows of death my feet have
owl,
ltd I reign in glory now.
; jr-*k:ng boar* is here,
Jo keen and thrilling pain ;
mated cheek, where the frequent tear
3aih rolled and left its stain.
art found the joy of Heaven,
lucerne of the angel band,
icy head a crown is given,
lid a harp is in my hand ;
sic;learned the song they sing,
Vkoa Jesus hath made free,
>i;heglorious halls of Heaven still ring,
fititmy new born melody.
i jia, no grief, no pain,
■tiV in my happy home ;
lsrs re ded, mv doubts all slain,
!r bar of triumph come ;
I friends of my mortal years,
Ihe trusted and the true,
eetalking still in the vale of tears,
[wait to welcome you.
II forget ? oh, no !
lif memory's golden chain
1 bind mv hearts to the hearts below,
iii they meet and touch again.
tlink is strong and bright,
and love s electric flame
ns freely down, like a river of light, i
L lie world from whence it came.
ima mourn when another star
sw out in the glittering sky ?
INS when the voice of war
lsdtbe rage of conflict die ?
it why do your tears roll down,
ltd you hearts be sorely riven,
imother gem's in the Savior’s crown,
oamother soul in heaven.
MsteUantj.
‘sons OF MALTA!
Mxl*.nrf'f the Cfroils Mjs
iMitt f the \Vunderfill Order ’.!
tUU> MORE UR AND SELL!
From (he Zanesville Avrora.
Jiimost every town and city in
•• untrv, there is a lodge of the
t Malta. This mysterious or
s took its rise in New Orleans
three or four years ago. There
‘ t i accounts given of it*origin. It
*4by one account, to have orig
ith the army of “Walker, the
™wter,’ at the time that worthy
‘preparing to take Cuba. Anoth
I ; unt says it originated during
■ of the yellow fever, and
I * intended to divert the minds of
I *!ngiitened people, as well as to
I Ml a fund tor charitable pur- ‘
I lw ~ i uch as burying the homeless
I k ‘- if.
I ‘ it may have originated,
’ ! "Ji the order that outsiders take
’ k. as we shall presently show
the brethren, who has been
wont of an important and se-
I the iuitials ot which are J
8 J A has taken offence at ;
■ ( ‘ r - and communicated to us ‘
proceedings—pass-words,
I r-ngns, &c.
1 , Jtn titiou t to Income a member
I ‘O-S. M. (Independent Or
-I,'"ns Malta) the candidate pre
‘ himself or tliemselves in an
I r where lie meets a com
** of officers of the lodge *ho
I , 0 him out of the lodge room, ;
•rawii swords in their hands, !
kind of three barrel sheet- i
fjj ‘ ,l1 ’ vv ' H( ‘b hide their faces ; ;
■T'*rs put test questions to
pB and any candidate
£ I States or falters, is allowed j
“* rt in peace ; those who re- J
1 t Kv five d-dlars each, and the;
* Bv n turn to the lodge room
i I 1 1 ,j n the cases, and have them 1
a, If. * r
*”| a, id thus raised pays the rent
■j—.amithe balance is ex
111 charities—there are no
111 for rea„ous which will
‘ hereafter.
ten l |* e candidates are balloted
B-, *■ ‘‘‘c'ted, the tirand Conduc
/'"it to the ante-room and es
-5J a,, diilates to the inside en
JL *■’ T r - ‘ v ' lore he pounds on the
the hilt of liis sword three
inside sentinel raises a
feß-. ‘ ‘'cf officer from the inside
Cl : ' lw<l voice:
ls the cause of the hub
s’- v f r “tui c i answers: “Stran
‘lns >nto camp!” To which
■ f r t*llies : “Let’em rip”
“’ door is unbarred with a
■y!;: °f Chains and l>olts,
jM are admitted.
Jtl ’ Vi’^ 1 breaks upon their
* r ‘- mis nearly dark, as
‘s'*ted by a lamp of alco
sits upon a coffin in the
middle of the room and throw* its
: Mue dickering light around upon the
I scene. And such a scene ! The mem
bers, dressed as our citizens have
! seen them upon the street, are rang
ed around the room thus one lies up
-1 on iiis back like a corpse, and anoth
| cr kneels down upon his knee be>ide
him in the attitude of a mourner.—
All i s still as a tomb around the room
except in the centre, where the coffin
lies upon the bier and the pale lamp
flickers upon the scene. Beside that
coffin, which is covered with a pa l
or black cloth, marches an old man
who carries a musket and bayonet
upon his shoulders—an old man
: whose white locks of hair hang in
j weird and tangled masses about his
neck—with his left hand he snatches
unmeaningly at his hair, and then
; mutters to himself as he turns upon
his heel with military precision and
marches back and forth, passing and
repassing the black palled coffin and
flickering light. At either end of the j
I coffiu stands a figure draped in white
from head to foot, with uplifted
hands and upturned eyes, muttering
lip from which no sounds issue, and
| nothing of the face visible but the
eyes and mouth. At one end of the
room sits the Chief—blazing in red
and gold collars, but motionless—at
the other end sits a skeleton with
glided crown upon his head, with one
bony’ hand pointing upward, while I
with the other he clasps to his flesh
less ribs the figure of an infant—at
I either side of the room sits the
S Grand Chancellor and Rec >rder.—
! Each and all a* motionless as the cos- ;
fin or the skeleton.
Around this coffin the candidates
inarch in an oblong ring, passing far
therest from the coffin and nearest to
the members and officers—thus leav
ing the old man room to pace to and
fro, up and down the room. The
Grand Conductor marches w ith
drawn sword at the head, and the
Grand Sargeant of the sappers and
miners marches also with drawn
sword at the tail of the line of can- I
didates for initiation. Three times
round the line marches—twice in
painful silence, through which noth- :
ing is heard but the clanking of
1 sword Bcnlil*ftr<li*, h they f'triko, at
! each step, the legs of the Conductor
land Sargent—during the third round
an organ or melodeou strikes up a
low, wailing, tremulous, wild hollow*
tunc, which is echoed back by the i
members in a low* death song, while i
the old man marches more rapidly, ‘
and mutters louder and louder, until
as the candidates finish the last i
round, the G. C. (as the chief is call- I
ed) says in a deep voice, “Peace, ven
erable* father ? Life is made up of
sorrow, and the world is ripening for
sorrow* greater than thine ! Peace ! !
Peace! Be still thou wounded heart!’’ j
To which all the members respond: i
“Peace ! Peace! Be still!”—then the
music stops and the old man resumes
i his quiet march.
The candidates are now arranged
around the G. 11. who questions them as
to their motive and intentions. If the
answers are satisfactory (as they always
are) the candidates are to the
chair >f the skeleton, where a person,
hiddeu behind ihe grim figure, adminis
ters an obligation to each which binds
him from the cradle (represented by an
infant!) never to divulge what he may;
there see or learn. After assuming the
obligations the candidates are conducted
back to the G. C., through the same
scene of silence and sorrow, who gives
them some advice, after which they are
conducted nut to the aute-rooin. And
this ends the fir*t scene.
SCENIC SECOND.
After -the candidates go out and the
door is closed, the members in an ia
stant spring to their feet, light up the
room, throw off their gowns, put away
the coffin, Ace., and prepare for fun. In
the mean time the candidates are blind
f.dded so that they cannot see; in this
condition they ate conducted to the door
again by the same parties as before;
the door is again rapped upon, and this
time, G. C., tays in a loud voice .
“What is it makes the alarm!’’
Ti* which the Sentinel replies :
“Friends! \\ ho will do us no harm?
To which G. C. answers:
“Bid them, Beware! Beware!
And welcome to enter here!”
To which all the members respond,
“Welcome to enter here !”
The candidates are then led in, in sin
gle file each holding to the coat tail of
the other. In total blindness they are
thus marcht-il about the room several
i times while the room is lighted brilliant
ly. All is now silence and grins—ex
cept on the part of the candidates, who ,
are sternly commanded to indulge in “No
Levity.” * They are brought to the chair
iof the Grand Commander, where they
are asked all manner of questions, touch
ing their fitness to bear arms, to swim,
to march, as to the condition of their
health, their teeth, Ace., Asc., —as to their
mcral character — whether they have
overstepped the bounds of chastity, and
soon. In order to get this information
one of the previously initiated beaJs the
line and stammers out answers to the
questions, gradually and painfully ma
king himself out a mighty bad fellow. —
The others, who are blinded and cannot
see, of course hold themselves in honor
bound to speak out the whole truth in
such a solemn place as they imagine this
still to be —as they canuot see how the
scene has changed.
During these questions the candidates
are tried, to test their ability to swim,
to sing, to play the drum or instiuments
1 *nd it must be amusing to see staid
sober citizens lying down face foremost
upon the floor, and “striking out” as if
swiming for dear life from Florida to
Cuba; as well as going through other
tests to a similar ridiculous character.
But then, each man thinks, we suppose,
MACON, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1860.
that he must do as all good “Sods of
Malta’’ have done before him, and there
fore he goes the whole figure.
After enough of the above questions
are asked and an-wered, the candidates
take another solemn obligation having
reference to the conquest of Cuba, which
is administered to them in their blind
state, w hich each places his hand upon a
big book, which is alwayscarried in pro
cession, and which contains nothing but
the p ctures of two Jackasses, one in the
prime of life and the other in a rapid de
cline.
After this the candidates are told that
they must retire for a moment and pre
pare to go through a trying ordeal, which
will severely test their nerves and man
hood.
They retire and so ends scene second.
SCENE THIRD.
The candidates are now brought in
one at a time, still blindfolded. Each
candidate is brought in, rapidly marched
around the room double quicktime be- ■
tween two guards, and is then made to
run up a steeply inclined ladder compos
ed of rollers, which are together and
whieb turn under his feet at every step,
and make his legs fly past each other like
spokes of a runaway buggy—and when
he gets to the top of this ladder he lands
upon a platform, where stands two more
guards, who turn him about and tells
him to sit down ; he sits down, and they
give him a shove down the ladder, over
the rollers. Without any sled, he rides
this way to the bottom of the ladder,
where he strikes a springing board, just
as it is jerked up by two stout men,
which sends him with a bound up to>
wards the ceiling of the room—as he
come down, he is caught the board in a
sitting posture —one of his legs is then
pulled about so that he is astride of the ‘
board, and in this condition he is carried
around the room in a procession of the
members; while drums and gongs are be
ing beaten in a most furious manner.
By this time the candidate, blind as he
is, begins to see through the matter, and
gets scared or riled according to the state !
of his feeling*, but it is too late to stop.
After taking him round the room on
the board, the G. C. says, “let the cavern
be opened,” and at that moment the
board is loweied at one end, hoisted at
the other, and the candidate slides down :
1o the mouth of a large sheet iron cylin
der—something similar to the smoke
stack of a steamboat—and as he slides
down, a rough voice whispers in his ear, ;
“crawl for your life”—following this ad
vice he crawls through the thing, while all
hands are pounding on the outside of
it with sticks —just as he comes out, he
is taken again up the steep ladder of rob 1
lers to the platform at the top. lie is
now told to stand up straight and di- j
vest himself of all articles that will spoil
by coming in contact with water. While
he is beiug thus prepared for the water,
the members have got ready a large can
vass sheet with rope all round*!t; this is
placed behind him, and held outstretched !
by as many as can get hold of the ropes; j
as soon as all is ready, the candidate is j
thrown from the platform back upon this i
sheet, and away he goes—up and down ,
—no sooner down than up again—like
Sancho Par.za tossed in a blanket —un- j
til the members get tired tossing him, at :
which time he is let down upon a mat
trass ; from which he is lifted back upon
the platform, where he is set upon the
top roller with his feet directed towards
the bottom; an umbrella without any
covering is then hoisted and given to
him in his left hand, while in his right
hand is placed a cow bell—he is told to
hold up the umbrella and ring the bell,
and thus he sails down over the rollers
into a tub, full of wet sponges at the bot
tom Here the blinds are taken from
his eyes and he beholds himself surround
ed by about fifty persons, in their shirt
sleeves, all laughing at him.
At first the candidate is astonished,
then he gets angry, and finally be laughs
w ith the rest; and becomes a zealous
member of the Venerable Order.
He is then instructed how he is to get
into the lodge. He is instructed to come
to the outside door, sneeze twice, and
rap once, at this, the sentinel raises the
slidp or wicket in the door and candid- j
ate says, “Squi” to which the sentinel
says, “8.b,” then both say “Squibob,”
and the member enters. lie then ad
vances to the inside, door, where he
sneezes once and blows his nose, and
raps, at which the slide is lifted and the
candidate says, “Lager,” to which the
sentinel respond “Beer,” and then both
says “Swei Glass” and the candidate en
ters —proceeds to the centre of the room
where he flaps his two open hands at the
top of his head after the manner of a
Jackass flapping his ears and takes his
seat. These signs will give admission
into any lodge of the Sons in the world i
they are properly given.
There are more of these ceremonies,
but these are the chief of them.
Os course we do not vouch for the
truth of all this, but it is probably true.
We tell the tale as it was told to us.
Gknrosity of tub Irish Servant
G els. —Dr. Cahill, in a letter to the
Dublin Telegraph, speaks of the geno
rosity of Irish servants girls here in send
ing money to their relatievs in the old
country. He has visited the different
offices in New York for the transmission
of money to Ireland, and from the statis
tics thus obtained estimates that during
the vear 1859 the Iri-h servant maids
now' working in New York and Brook
lin have sent home to their parenla
brothers and sisters the enormous sum of
one million three hundred and fifty thous
and dollars.
stranger meeting a man in the
streets of Boston, a few days since, rough
lv accosted him with, “Here, 1 want to
go to the Tremont House.” The delib
erate reply was, “Well, you can go if
you don’t be gone long.
Yankee Curiosity.
The W. 11. Milburn, in his book
called “ Ten Years of Preacher Life,” re
lates the following incident, w kich occur
red in the State of Alabama :
At another time I was on my way
from Montgomery to Tuscaloosa, a dis
tance of one hundred and thirty miles,
i We had ridden eighteen hours and stop
i ped at the town of Marion lodine. A
number of the passengers left the stage at
this plaee, and their places were taken
by others : among them were a gentle
man and two ladies, who of course occu
pied the back scat. As I was immediate
ly opposite, on the front seat, the e’der
of the ladies commenced a conversation
with me. 1 was a stranger to every one
of the party, and it must be premised
that a leather cap, linen overcoat, a fix
ture completely covered with dust (for
the season was very dry) and withal an
exceedingly dusty appearance did not
render my presence very imposing.
“ Travelling, sir ?” she began in a
voice which at once revealed to me her
New England origin.
“ Yes, madam, as far as Tuscaloosa.”
“ Ah, I see, on your way to college.”
“What! you are not going to take
courses, then V’
“ 1 left college some time since.”
“ You’ve been to college?”
“ Yes madam.”
“ W hat one V*
“ Illinois.”
“Ah, I guess that don’t amount to
much. Where do you live sir ?”
“ I can scarce be said to live anywhere
but I have been spending some time in
Montgomery.”
“ Ah, in Montgomery—do you know
the Rev. Mr. Milburn of that place ?”
“ Yes ma’am, I have some acquain
tance with h : m” I replied, with self-pos
session.
“ I had a great desire to hear him
preach,” she continued. My husband,
niece and inyrelf stopped in Montgomery
last Saturday, but unfortunately 1 was
taken very ill in the night at the hotel,
and was so sick all the next day that
none of us could get out to church. We
were Yery much disappointed.
I don’t think you missed much.
“ What do you mean, sir ?” she said
rather tartly.
Only that 1 heard him preach twice
on Sunday, and 1 didn’t think nothing of
the sermons.
“ You didn’t think much of the ser
nxms she replied with a sneer, 1 think it
perfectly disgusting to hear the young
men of the present age talk about min
isters ; that’s the regular cant ; nothing
is eloquent enough for our would be
smart young men. If an ai.gel from
heaven were to come down and preach
1 suppose you would criticise him. Your
mother ought to have taught you better,
sir, than to speak slightingly of the di
vines. I’d have done it, it 1 had been your
mother. Birch oil—birch oil, sir, is the
thing that is wanted in the education of
these times.”
“ Really ma’am,” I replied, with great
humility, I had no notion of disparaging
Mr. Milburn, or of hinting the slightest
disiespect towards the Christian minis
try.”
“ Oh, no of course you hadn’t.”
After a moment she resumed, 1 suppose
you mean to study law 1
“No.”
“ Medicine?”
“ No.”
Ah you are going to be a planter and
not a professional man ?
“ I am a sort of professional man
now.”
You a professional man—l should like
to know what profession you belong to ?
‘ I am a preacher, ma’am.”
“A preacher!” she exclaimed with
unfeigned surprise; do you belong to
any church?
“ Yes.”
“ To what church ?’’
“ To the Methodist.”
“Oh, I beg your pardon,” she said ;
“I thought from your appearance you
must be one of the Comeouters. We are
just from Boston, where we’ve been vis
| iting our friends ; and they’re a dread
, ful lot of people, that wear long hair and
look very frowiiy, and are called Com
eouters. I don’t know where they come
from, but I can guess where they’re go
ing to. 1 thought you must be one ol
ihein.” Then, bethinking herself, she
repeated, “To the Methodist church? I
see how it is. Young man,” she pro
ceeded with great solemnity, “envy and
jt-alousy are the meanest passions that
rankle in the human bosom, and I am
afraid that nothing is more common than
for young ministers to have such feelings
towards their elders and betters. Let
me warn you against indulging that, for
it looks to me very much as if you had
suAi feelings towards the gentlemen ol
whom we have been speaking. You are
just beginning life ; get rid of them, or
they will ruin you.”
“I am very much obliged to you for
your good advice, but really 1 am not
aware that I am the victim of these bad
passions, and Mr. Milburn is the last
man in the world of whom I would be
jealous or envious.”
“You may think so; but oh! the heart
is deceitful and desperately wicked.”—
She then went on in a more cheerful tone,
“May 1 take the liberty of asking your
name ?”
“Certainly, madam ; my name is Mil
burn.”
“Ah !” she said, “any relation to the
gentleman of whom we have been speak
ing ?”
“To tell you the truth, I am not aware
that there is any other person of that
name in Montgomery.”
“ Are you the pastor of a Methodist
church there ?’’
“I am; and you must allow me to
thank you for the manner in which you
have defended me from myself.”
Soon after we reached Greensborough,
where we went our several ways, and 1
mw them no more.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, GA., FEBRUARY 23, ’6O
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important consideration. For
ample, a AVholesale Drj r Goods Mer
chant along side of a Gro
cer or Hardware man, sends to his
customers 100 copies or more of tlio
paper containing the advertisements
of himself and his neighbor, and his
heighbor does the same to his cus
omers, will not each person served,
be thus introduced, directly, to a
profitable customatvery little extra
cost!
4th. This mode of Advertising is
the cheapest and most effective. The
price of Advertising in a Daily pa
per, one inch space, par annum is S2O,
in Weekly $lO. Suppose the Daily
has a circulation 0f6,000, weekly, or
150,000 copies in a year. Os the week
ly not over 50,000 to 75,000 on an av
erage. Now, by Advertising in the
Monthly Commercial Advertiser, 20,
000 copies per month, we give the
sum total of 240,000 copies per year
-sth. The Commercial Monthly Ad
vertiser is not intended to supercede
the use and advantage of the Daily
or AY eekly Press. These have their
value, and are indispensable to the re
tail trader and for all local communi
cation betw'cen the merchant and
the people, but in comparison with
the mode now proposed, Daily Ad
vertising to an audience of from three
to five hundred persons, and they al
ways the same, is like comparing a
Dime to a Dollar. One is the neces
sary and convenient small change cur
rency of commercial life—the other
is the Bill of Exchange or SIOO note
in use by bankers and AYTiolesale
Jobbers!
To every man, who gets this pa
per, we say, please examine into the
merits of the plan proposed. Meas
sure it by the yardstick of interest.
Sample it by the pocket-nerve gim
blet, weigh it by the scales of an hon
est and reliable traffic, and if there
is any virtue in “PRINTER’S INK - ,”
we venture to say, that no one will
regret a large investment in our en
prize.
JBi@“ Orders respectfully solicited
! from the Merchants of Charleston,
I Columbia, Augusta ,New York, Phil
adelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Savan
nah, Griffin, Atlanta, Chattanooga,
Nashville, Memphis, St. Louis, Lou
isville, Americus, Columbus, Mont
gomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Cin
cinnati, <&c., &c.
JteT’lf possible, the first regular
monthly issue of the Georgia Citizen
Commercial Advertiser will be forth
coming on the 10th of March, ensu
ing. Let Advertisers send in, as
soon as possible, that we may ar
range and display their favors to the
best advantage.
N. B.—Persons can be served with
the Advertiser at the rate of 50 cents
per annum, in advance. The read
ing matter of the paper, about four
columns, or a column to each page,
will be rich, rare and racy—a corn
pend of current news, wit, anecdote,
&c., &e.. well worth the cost of the
paper for a year.
Professional Cards* — If the young and
middle-aged gentlemen of the Bar, in every
County of the State of Ga., desire to become
ravorably known throughout the Common
wealth, they had, each, bettersend us $lO,
and take it out in advertising their locality
and Circuit of practice. They will find money
in it as well as fame.
Com Mill. —We are gratified to learn
that Mr. Boifeuillett and Mr. Elf are mak
ing arrangements to put into immediate op
eration a Steam Corn Mill on a lot a little j
west of the South-Western Railroad Ma
chine Shop. We wish every success to so
important an enterprise.
Transfer of Advertisements.
All advertisements ordered for the
Semi-Weekly will be continued in the
Weekly and the Supplemental Adverti
ser till the time expires, unless anew
arangement is made.
Illustrations. —We are about sending for
a supply of the latest and most tasteful Cut
and Designs, wherewith to show off tho ad
vertisements of our Customers to the best
advantage, and will take pleasure in order
ing any special illustrations for the use of
our advertising friends of Macon, if they will
so instruct us, at an early hour. We have
some beautiful Specimens from which to i
make selections suited to almost, every class
of business.
Swindler —Hand Him Around.—
One who called himself Charles Elliott
in this city, and acting as agent for two
others, has gone South, professing to be
a great violinist. He swindled a num
ber of us of considerable bills and left
for Charlottesville, Ya., and other South
ern cities. He is a stout thick set indi
vidual, with a round head, full face and
a small black moustache. We presume
his purposes are not commendable at
least, llano him around ! —Alexandria
Gazelle.
A New Douglas Paper. —A newspa
per has just made its appearance in New
Orleans, called State 1 light Louisianian,
it places Stephen A. Douglas at the head
of its editorial columns, as its candidate
for the next Presidency.
The Beaver Argus records jnarriage of John
Col wru, only three feet h'gh. >’<* wonder he wan
ted to get spliced.
For the Georgia Citizen.
‘Judge Douglas & His Friends.
Mr. Editor: A correspondent of the
“Daily Telegraph,” over “Monroe.” asserts
that every Douglas Democrat in the House
voted for Mr. Itocoek, Millsonor Hamilton.
AVell, if they did vote for those gentlemen
for Speaker, the record does not show it,
I ak “Monroe” if Haskin, .Reynolds, Hich
man, Schwartz and Adrian were not elected
as Anti-Lecompton Democrats, which
means, as “Monroe” kno>.-s, Douglas Dem
ocrats. Again, did Mr. Horace F. Clark, a
Douglas Democrat of New York, at any
one ballot for Speaker, vote for either Mr.
Uocock, Millson or Hamilton ? No, and
“Monroe” cannot show from the record,
that ho or any one of the above named Aii
ti-Lecompton Douglas Democrats did vote
for either of the three named gentlemen for
Speaker. Monroe ought to have told the
people that John W. Forney, the Black
Republican candidate for Clerk, and elected
as Clerk of the House is an Anti-Lecomp
ton Douglas Democrat, the editor of a Doug
las paper in Pennsylvania, and that Horace
F. Clark of Now York, who voted for Mc-
Lernand of Illinois (another Anti-Lecomp
ton Douglas Democrat) for Speaker, voted
for John V. Forney a Douglas Democrat
and Black Republican Clerk of the House
of Congress.
Judge Douglas and his friend Adrian a
Douglass Democrat, “stood fast” by your
,‘color8,” and so did the whole Douglas fam
ily, or Anti-Lecompton Democrats, eight in
number. If these Douglas Anti-Lecomp
ton Democrats had voted for either Mr. Bo
cock, Millson or Hamilton, the Democrats
could have elected either, for “Monroe”
knows that the Southern Opposition mem
bers stood ready to elect either, whenever
the Democrats could control or concentrate
the Douglas Anti-Lecompton Democrats on
Mr. Bocock, Millson or Hamilton. Anoth
er thing it would be well for “Monroe” to
tell the people, that when Mr. Pennington
was elected, the Democratic candidate for
Speaker (Mr. McLernand of Illinois,) could
not and did not receive the votes of such
Democrats as Crawford of Georgia, and
Clopton of Alabama. And why? You
know, “Monroe,” it was because he is a Ter
ritorial Free Soiler, that u, a Douglas
Squatter Sovereign Democrat f Illinois—
the same as Logan of Illinois, from whose
speech you havetaken and published extracts.
You say when Dan’s and Briggs “two
Americans” went over and electedPenning
toD, Speaker, “every Douglas Democrat
stood fast by our colors.” Then if j'ou r
position be correct, Messrs. Crawford, Clop
ton, Pugh and others did not “stand fast by
our colors,” for they did not and would not
vote for Mr. McLernand for Speaker.
Now either the Douglas Democrats or
these Southern Democrats did not stand fast
by the Democratic colors, which do you
say ? You can, as you have done, Mr.
“Monroe,” ostracise the Southern Dem
ocrat* who would not vote for a Territorial
Free Soil Douglas Democrat for Speaker.
Monroe will oblige rne very much if he
will in his next inform the people cf this
fact, “but for the stupid obstinacy of three
North-Wesxebn Democrats, Mr. Smith
of North Carolina, wouid have been elected
Speaker. They would not vote for him be
cause he was supported by Americans. Do
you know who said that, “Monroe ?”
Well, I will tell you, the correspondent of
the Savannah News dated, Washington,
Jan. 31st, 1860, as good a democratic paper
and authority as is in the State. Again, in
your next, “Monroe,” tell the people that
Davis of Maryland and Briggs of N. York
“two Americans,” cast their votes persis
tently and all the while for Southern men
for Speaker, and never did vote for a North
ern man until the responsibility was thrown
upon them to choose between a
Territorial Free Soiler and a man, who ac
cording to Mr. Keitt of South Carolina,
“was in favor of carrying out the fugitive
slave law,” does not believe slavery to be
cneossarilv an evil; is a firm supporter of
the Union, and an advocaf i laying aside
all subjects that may disturb he public tran
quility. In addition to this, ho has ex
pressed the sentiment that he has “no ob
cction to the introduction of slavery upon
any Territory where the soil and climate
would make it profitable. ’ ’ Such, ‘Monroe,
are the political principles and sentiments of
the man the “two Americans” voted for.
I ae not the apologists of the “two
American*” nor the defender of Mr. Pen
,nigton neither am I his advocate, but the
eloquent and bold Keitt of South Carolina,
“did justice though the heavens should fall.’
Has Judge Douglas at any time said, that
slavery was not an evil? He has uniform-
Iv held that slavery was an evil. He has
said, time and again, it was no greater
wrong to exclude slavery from the Territo
ries than whiskey. If whiskey is an evil
aixl ought to be excluded, then slavery be
ing an evil ought, too, to be excluded from
the Territories., He said “it was no wrong
to Southern rights to exclude slavery from
the Territories” —such is “Judge Douglas
and his friends.”
Richardson of Illinois, in 1850, held the
sain® opinions, and did while a candidate
for Speaker, abandon them only for Terri,
torial Freesoilism, tho thing Mr. Calhoun
I termed “Squatter Sovereignty,” and “more
I monstrous than the Wilmot Proviso.”
LOWNDES.
fashionable young lady lately
went into a store in Norfolk, Va., enter
ed into an extended examination of its
contents, and then bought a dime’s worth
of thread, which she rqeuested to have
delivered at her house, a mile distant. —
Tbe polite proprietor assented, procured
an express, which on arriving at the
house, was backed up to the door, the
tail board lowered, and all the motions
incident to express business gone through
with, including the collection of fifteen
cents, the usual express.
If yon wish your life to end well,
ftpond it well.
NUMBER 46.
Receipts*
To Get Rid of Motiis. —We know
of no infallible method. It is said if
certain offensive substances are placed
whore they are wont to lay their eggs,
during the months of May and June,
they will be repelled. A few drops of
oil of wormwood sprinkled on an oil
cloth and then laid in a chest of draw
ers, will drive off most all insects. —
Camphor gum scattered along and under
the edges of carpets, in the crevices of
furniture, and among the fold of clothing,
is rather disgusting to moths. W here
they have already burrowed in carpets,
sprinkle a little water on the infested
spots, then lay on a sheet of brown pa
per and apply a hot iron vigorously.—
Vinegar would perhaps be more effica
cious than water. The steam generated
will le too much for the moths. But
both of these applications may injure the
color of the carpet.
Golden Pie. —Take one lemon, grate
the peel, and squeeze the pulp and juice
into a bowl—be sure to remove every
seed—to which add one tea cup of white
sugar, one tea cup of new milk, one ta
blespoonful of powdered starch, and the
yolk of three eggs well beaten; pour
this mixture iuto a nice paste crust, and
bake slowly. B?at the whites of three
eggs to a stiff froth, and when the pie is
just done pour it over the top evenly,
and return it to the oven just to stiffen,
not brown. —New Yorker.
Silver Pie. —Peel and grate one
large potatoe into a deep plate, add the
juice and grated rind of one lemon, the
beaten white of one egg, one teacup
of cold water; pour this in a nice under
crust and bake. When done have ready
the beaten w hites of three eggs, half a
teacup powdered sugar, a few drops rose
water : pour this over the pie and re
turn to the oven to set. When readv
for the table lay a few lumps of current
jelly on top. Have these pies just cold
for dinner.
Swiss Cake. —One and a half cupfuls
of sugar, four tablespoonfuls of butter,
one cupful of milk, three cupfuls of flour
two eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, and
one and a half teaspoonful of cream of
tartar. Flavor to your liking.
To Clean Knives. —I find that taking
one-half of a raw potato, and dip that in
brick-dust and apply it to knives, has an
excellent effect in brightening them—a
desideratum to all housekeepers and
families, certainly most devouteclly to be
wished.
Isinglass Jelly. —Two ounces of isin
glars to a quart of water ; boil till it is
disolved; strain it into a basin upon a
slice of lemon peel, pared very thin, six
cloves, and three or four lumps of sugar;
let this stand by the fire for an hour;
take out the lemon peel and cloves, and
add four tablespoonfuls of brandy.
is said that an inflammatory
rheumatism may be cured by the follow
ing simple method :
Half an ounce of pulverised saltpetre
put in half a pint of sweet oil. Bathe
the parts affected and a sound cure will
immediately follow.
Story of a Voting Widow.
Madame de S was a young wiuGw,
who having lost her husband after only four
years of her marriage, was inconsolable, and
in the first burst of her grief vowed she
wo ild never marry again. If she did not
rcc'ton without time she certainly reckoned
without accidents, for, however solemn these
vows of constancy may be made, scm.ething
or another is always foned so arise which
breaks them. Three years passed away,
leaving Madame de S still a widow, al
though temptations were not wanting to al
lure her into forgetfulness of her husband
for she was still young and beautiful and
her fortune bad been increased by the acces
sion of her husband’s estate, She resisted
them all and had coldly discarded so many
suitors, their numbers had of late greatly dii
mini shed.
Oue of her intimate friends was n young
man named Octavo D . He was deeply
in love with her —if, indeed, it be not im
possible for ardent lover to conceal his
passion and pursue his designs as adroitly as
he did, love usually being too engrossing a
passion,to admit any such cool deliberation
with it I said he was haeply in love with
her, but he did avow his love. His only
ambition was, so he said, to be her friend,
and the better to cement this friendship he
affected sentiments of a Benedict. He suc
ceeded by the aid of this mask in attaining
the place ot confidant: while he enjoyed
a great many delightinl and useful moments
in consoling her grief and drying her tears
they were purchased at the price of listening
to frequent and exaggerated encomiums on
the “ dear departed,” in the style of lapidary
inscriptions.
After a long exercise of his patience, it
one day gave way so far as to hiDt suspi
cions that the deceased husband was after
all a Frenchman, and as weak in fidelity to
marriage vows as his nation, generally,—
The reception this libel met made him re
solve never to repeat another, the pretty
widow catne near forbidding him her door
and her acquaintance. He summoned anew
stock of patience to his aid, eschewed all
cavils on the departed husband’s memory
and put his trust on time and accidents—
3trongly moored must be the barque whose
cable °they do not sever ! He wajtedj but
he watched. He discovered (whose life
has secrets which friendship and enmity
cannot discover?) that this model husband
has been as frail as any other and bad found
a savor in inferior but stolen fruit deemed
wanting in that of which be was the undis
puted proprietor. T
The excessive heat of the first day or June
determined her to speed the Summer in the
country, and she noted her notary to pro
cure her a country seatm the neighborhood
of Paris. This notary was an intimate friend
rs O >tave and prompted by the latter enga-
h?r ti visita beautiful cottage at Belle
vue then on sale. She appointed a day to
vis’t it Octave managed to drop in on a
visit just as she was setting out and although
she insisted upon hi3 going with her, for a
Ion” time he refused; it is true, yielded
before she got into the carriage which was
to carry her thither. ... ~
He laughed at her the whole way tor
burying herself in the country during the
Simmer, and not only argued to prove ru
ral life unSt for everything but beeves in
tended to figure as boeufs gras in Shrove
Tuesday’s procession, and the hinds who led
them, but ransacked his memory for the