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VOLUME 10. the GEORGIA CITIZEN ’ - , E P jTEST FRIDAY MORNING BT w. AND B B W S . , Home's Building, Cherry Street, ‘j’ ,! yJ,, !)>*>r* below Third Street. ‘. 30 fft annum. In lOiirr. I* i- A t!>-> m char** will be ot D-M.ir iptnllf m* • f i ~Jr < d wvr.it nr test, f..r tire fln-t iuacr prp* ft r i-rei >u‘u-iMt Insertion. All a4- *■*” ‘•\vA <r —'** m to ttrnn. will be published ull -fC® “* -,_7vx>irdiniCiT. A liberal discount allowed • • • -c the v-.r. jje * .eutsmsde withCeontv Oiler re Dmeeiw .. *,rvku>u, and olhera, wbo may wish to tnake , i. 1 and lin'd**•• Card* will be inserted un f"*T ’jttM'.owia rales, *U: <*••:. , r j i:<ran..Mß, •* ’■'■■'‘r, a,, *T T „„ 10 oo admitted, unless puiil i •- a less t-rra I baa twelre amllis. Ad ’ ’ v! , , teii lines will be c iaord pr- rati. Ad pail lor in advance wil. be charged at the Notices f v*r lea lintt, will be cLarged at the .emenis for office to be paid for a HjounreoK* ~ , lt ,i an 1 Ne.-roe*. by Fiecutors. Ad-ninistra j , . ire required by law to be advertued in a ..- ■ ■ ■■-■ MtdMl tolbt day of sale. 1 hese ti'M n the arst Tuesday in the ni-nh. between ;„ n t n the foren siu and three in the afternoon. 1 s ai the county in which the property Uatu- p rn onal Properly mast be advertised in like , ** n, Debtors and rrdltora of an Estate most be vi*'iWion wUI be made to the Ordinary for . Land and >egroes. must be published weekly for j si for liters of Aiimintotra lon, thirty davs ; for t* l1 ’ . administration, monthly. Six months; for : ” frnu OuardianaWp, weekly, forty days. , if,* Kirrrliwiiu of Mortaa jrs, monthly, sou 1 , ijiens, for the full space of thre : . milling titles from executors or adiuioistrx- . M baodkm* been giv*u by the deceased, the full months. 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 Change of day of Publication. Hereafter the Weekly Citizen will be is sued ou Thursday, feach week. Advertise ments inserted in this issue, to a limited ex tent, at the usual rates. The 11th v< luiie of the Weekly will be the taper for those, in town and Country, who wish a Journal well filled with the choicest reading that the age can furnish. Prioe $2,50, invariably in advance. Send in your orders at once, so that we may regulate the size of our is sue. We shall have new type and new heading, and shall put forth renewed ener gy in advancing the interests of our customers and patrons. From the Georgia Citizen Advertieer of the 18th. OUR SUPPLEMENT. We take the liberty of sending this copy of the Georgia Citizen Advertis er to many Merchants, Manufactur ers and Dealers, in the various cities and towns of Georgia, with a view to enlist their good wishes and influ ence in behalf of the enterprise. — We also send to some of the business men ofNew York, Boston, Philadel phia, Baltimore, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville and St. Louis, for the same purpose. By reference to the Pros pectus in another place, our terms of advertising will be easily learned by all parties wishing to use our col umns as the medium of an introduc tion to the people of Georgia and the South. On page will be found four tsoverul and din tint t sizes or adver tisements with prices annexed,viz. sl, S2, $3, $4, notices, embracing so ma ny inches of space, respectively, so that any advertiser, at home or abroad, can easily see what his Ad vertisement will cost him, before he sends it, and can “ cut his coat ac cording to his cloth,” or, in other words, can send tlie needful amount of money to pay for its insertion one time or oftener. IfeTltemember that the price stip ulated of one Dollar for one inch space of a single column will ensure the publication of the Advertisement one time in tlio regular Weekly issue of the Citizen and onetime in the Month ly Advertiser, of which an edition of Twenty Thousand Copies will be issued Monthly ! This will amount to §l2 per inch for 12 months ly insertions, by which the Advertis er will reach over 240,000 persons, and at a low’ calculation over a mil lion readers, for it is but a moderate calculation to suppose five readers of a paper for every copy issued. jfcay* Advertisers occupying 24 inches or a single column of the pa per, for twelve months will be enti tled to 25 per cent, deduction on these rates. jfay-Thnse taking the same space for half a year, will be entitled to 20 per cent deduction on the above terras. Hegf-Nn advertisements inserted in the Monthly Advertiser without the cash accompanying the order or a special contract in reference thereto. advertisements received from Newspaper Advertising Agen cies, North, without the cash, in full, as per aforesaid rates. AYe prefer to let the merchant who advertises di rectly with us, to have all the bene fit of the discount. Some of the advantages of this mode of advertising by the AN hole sale Dealers, of every grade, are as follows: Ist. They get the largest circula tion in quarters most useful to them —to wit, among the country and , village Merchants and traders, to every one of whom, in the whole State of Georgia, the paper will be sent, as soon as wo can get their names and address. 2d. The Advertisement can be changed monthly and be properly II lustrated, so as to make it novel and attractive to every reader, and not take its place back, in an out of the way corner, by fresher or newer notices. 3d. Any Advertiser can buy as many copies of each Number as lie may choose, at 81 25 per hundred, to send to his customers. And this on themrtual assurance or “ help one an other” plan, w ill be found to be an 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