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Urcro BttleßMHts in Ohio. The following article is copied from the 1 Southern Ohio Argus. a paper published at Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio. It clear ly exhibits the character of the free negro population not only there, bnt wherever they have located a co'ony in the free States: AS ISCIDEST or TfTK “ irestkessibi.b COS. FLICT.” Mu. Editor :~I send you for publication, if you think proper, an account of a raid which occurred last week at the “ Negro Camps,” received from a credible source : Mr. Marcus PickeriDg, a farmer, living on White Oak creek, about two and a half miles north-west of Georgetown, one night last week had some well-grown hogs killed on liis premises, and all carried off but one. In the morning, finding the depredation had been committed on his property, he searched about until he found the trail of the thieves, and by the blood was enabled to trace them to the black settlement, and to the house of one Baker; and while examining a thicket of bushes grown up near the house, where the offal had been concealed, Baker came out to him, and an altercation and collision occurred immediately. Mr. Pickering be ing unarmed, was somewhat damaged in person before he escaped. Smarting under the double provocation, be collected a num ber of men in the vaciuity of the camps, ma ny of them having been sufferers in proper ty like himself, and returned armed the next day, for the purpose of indicting sum mary punishment on the thieves. From what occurred, the negroes must have been informed of the gathering of the whites, as the advance of five men were met at the cros9 roads near the settlements towards fienijelniffn, lay four ntgmo atiuctl with guns, who maintained their ground for a short time. One of the white men, who was on foot prior to the collision, called out (being a short distance from them) and or dered the blacks to give up their arms and surrender. This they refused to do, and from their demonstrations the moment the mounted men came up, they were prepar ing to fire. The latter sprang from their horses instantly, leveled their rifles and fir ed. Two negroes were shot, being hit with two bullets, and the others precipitately fled without firing, being deterred the moment the advance dismounted, by discovering an other and larger body of mounted men com ing from the rear. In the flight one of the negroes was caught by the white man who called on them to surrender, by the assistance of a shephered dog, and severely puramtled. One of the others coming up during the scufHe, drew a revolver and was almost in the act of firing, when Mr. . who had hold of the ne gro, seised the pistol. He wanted to pun* isb. but not to kill the negro. When the force which bad been behind came up, in the language of one the negroes *‘Dejr jest took de camp.” But as the firing had given the alarm, the rest of the men es caped. None of the negroes were killed. Baker, who was somewhat damaged by a ball in the hip, w ™n, mi taken to his hut and laid on a bed. Now, however, much such occurrences nre to be deplored, yet the query, what the white people in the vicinity of these black settlements arc to do, Is somewhat difficult of sohifion. People at a distance, unacquainted with the conduct of these blacks, may perhaps be astonished at such an occurrence. Let fact* be submitted. These people were settled in this county—the old stock by Mr. Guest; of \ irginia. The land on which they live wa3 purchased by agents who hell the deed in trust, for their use, fearing that if deeds were made to them they might isiprovident ly alienate the bequest, and be thrown as outcasts on the world, without anything in the shape of property. < Any candid man who investigates their history since their settlement among us, will find it to be about this: The old negroes who were freed had been taught to work, and when placed on their lands went to work like their white neigh bors, in a uew country; they built them cab ins, cleared off their grounds, fenced them, and generally worked tolerably well, so at least as to make a living for themselves and families, and were peaceable, quiet, inoffen sive, and polite to the whites. The old stock has pretty much all died out, and the , present generation are a poor, miserable,de graded, trinfling set; who have allowed their lands to be forfeited for taxes, while the for est encroaches on the cleared portions, in the shape of bushes, briars, Ac. And let any one who doubts try the experiment of a visit, and my word for it he will, in nine out of every ten houses, find the folkuring description answer: A long one story, rough hewed or round log, hoard covered cabin, with rough board or clap board doors, dirt covered puncheon floors; squatty looking cat and claychimncys minus the clay; windows stuffed full of old rags and dilapidated hats; the cracks be tween the logs once filled, in Western phrase ■with “chinkin’and dobbin',” in the shape of timber and clay, or mortar, from which the latter has long since disappeared, leaving openings for the winds; the furniture in keeping with every thing else —a few broken backed chairs, three legged stools, and their miserable apologies for beds, covered with dingy, faded and ragged quilts. And to ob tain a correct impression of the ajipearance of the denizens of these hovels, they should be seen cowering in the smoky, dirty huts, around their scanty board, spread with the fruits of their nocturnal visits, and clad it; habiliments parti-oolored as Joseph’s coaL— And as (br improving their mental and mor al condition, it seems like a hopeless under taking. One fact I will state : Among the white people who really sympathized with the ne groes, and who honestly thought their con dition could and ought to be improved by teaching them to read and write, and by disseminating sound principles of religion and morality among them, was a citizen < f Georgetown. Me took a great deal of iatc:- est in founding Sunday and weekly sehoo s among them; and at length, having pui - chased a farm in their vicinity, moved on it, where he still continued his efforts for their improvement. In the course of time, how ever, his family complained that divers and sundry articles of household goods could not be found, and finally one of two hogs he had in a pen was butchered and carried off He began to look rather serious, but still unwil ling to abandon long cherished ideas, he traced the thief to his home in the Camps, and kneeling down prayed fervently for those who had robbed him. Time soon showed the effect of his pray - er. That very night the other hog was miss ing, and when the fact was disclosed to him in the morning, in great wrath he mounted hi* hr<e rode to Georgetown, and bought a oowhide. Aijoiner matter which is beginning to have weight against the people, besides the actual loss to individuals by their stealing, is the addition to our taxes in the shape of costs to the county in abortive attempts to punish by law, and the manner in which they escape through negro testimony. A citizen of Arnheim, not long since, arr ste-i some blacks for stealing flour. When th trial came on, by black testimony they prov ed an alibi, and were triumphantly acquired and earned off with them the bag* belong ing to the prosecutor, leaving him, if able, to pay the costs. I'be question about the black population among us is assuming anew and gr-ve im portance, in view of the action ol the othei States expelling them from their borders.— At the very time the negroes of the Camps were flying from the rifles of their indig nant and outraged neighbors, the benevo lent Cumberland, three miles south ol Georgetown, was receiving |beneath at roof and extending the hospitalities of his house to a number of the new importatiom from Arkansas, from whence he conducted them to Ripley. It may be said, ii. this connection, that there are three or four cases now before the Court in this county, (prosecutions agains: negroes for stealing) wherein the county will, in all probrb.lity, have to pay even the counsel lees tor defending them, as th< negroes are too poor to employ counsel. Ladies are like watches-pretty enough t) look at-niceand delicate hnnds-but s unewhat difficult to “keep going” when 3hev get to “running” to parties and dry goods stores. i yfeciianic 1 * Wage. } In the course es the remarks ofMr. John son, of Tennessee, in the Senate of the Uni ted States, tome days since, he called atten tion to the following tabic, which presents a comparative view of the wage 6 received by different classes of workmen and mechan ics in the slaveholJing and non-slavehold ng States ; FREE STA TES. . ‘ Pee Dat. Chicago, 111. Painters $1 50 to $1 75 Bricklayers 1 75 to 2 00 Stonemasons 1 50 to 2 00 Carpenters 1 25 to 1 75 Plasterer* 1 50 to 2 00 Laborers 50 to 1 00 Pittsbuxg, Pa. Painters. 1 50 to 2 00 Bricklayers 1 75 te 2 00 Stonemasons..... ... 1 50 to 1 75 Carpenters 1 37 to 1 75 Plasterers 1 50 to 1 75 Laborers 75 Cincinnatti. Painter* 1 50 to 1 75 Bricklayers 2 00 to 2 50 Stonemasons 1 25 to 1 50 Carpenters 1 00 to 2 00 Plasterers 1 50 to 1 75 Laborers 75 to 1 00 Detroit, Miss. Painters I 50 Bricklayers - *lO Stonemasons 1 56 Carpenters 1 75 Plasterers 1 Laborers 87 Columbus, O. Painters 1 50 Bricklayer* 2 00 Stonemasons 1 50 Carpenters 1 50 to 2 00 • Plasterers 1 75t02 00 Laborers 75 to 1 00 Buffalo. Painters 1 50 t# 2 00 Bricklryars 1 50 to 2 00 Stonemasons 1 25 to 1 75 Carpenters 1 OOtol 50 Plasterers 1 50 to 1 75 Laborers 00 to 75 Lowell, Mass. Painters 1 *lO to 1 75 Bricklayers 1 50 to 1 75 Stonemasons 1 50 to 2 00 Carpenters 1 25 to 1 75 Plasterers 1 OOtol 25 Laborers 75 to 1 00 Bangor, Me. Painters 1 50t02 00 Bricklayers 1 50 to 2 00 Stonemasons 1 50 to 2 00 Carpenters 1 50 to 2 (X) Plasterers 1 50 to 2 00 Laborers 75 to 1 00 .Madison, Ifif*. Painter* 2 00 Bricklayers 2 00 StoDomasions 1 50 Carpenters 2 00 Plasterers 2 00 Laborers 50 to 75 SLAVS STATES. New Orleans, La. Painters 2 00 to 2 60 Bricklayers 2 50 to 3 50 Stonemasons 2 00 to 3 00 Carpenters 2 25 to 2 50 Plasterer# 2 25 to 2 60 Laborers 1 25 to 1 50 Richmond, Va. Painters 1 75 to 2 25 Bricklayers 2 00 to 3 00 Stonemasons 2 00 to 2 50 Carpenters 1 50 to 2 00 Plasterers 1 75 to 2 25 Laborers 1 00 to 1 50 Louisville, Kg. Painters 1 75 to 2 00 Bricklayers 2 50 to 3 00 Stonemasons 1 75 to 2 00 Carpenters 1 75 to 2 50 Plasterer# 2 OO to 2 25 i Laborers 1 00 to 1 25 Galveston, Texas. Painters 1 r* to 2 oo Bricklayers 2 75 to 3 0Q Stonemasons 2 00 to 3 00 Carpenters 2 00 to 3 00 Plasterers 1 75 to 2 25 Laborers 1 25 to 1 50 Charleston, S. C. Painters 1 75 to 2 00 Bricklayer* 2 60 to 3 50 Stonemasons 2 00 to 2 50 Carpenters 2 60 to 2 75 Plasterers 2 OO to 2 50 Laborers 1 OOtol 50 Little, Rock, Ark. Painters 2 50 to 3 50 Bricklayers. 2 00 to 3 00 Stor.cmrsons 2 00 to 2 50 Carpenters 2 00 to 3 OO Plateiers 2 50 to 3 OO Laborers 1 OOtol 25 Norfolk, Va. Painters 1 76 to 2 00 Bricklayers 2 00 to 2 50 Stonemasons 2 25 to 2 50 Carpenters 1 50 to 2 00 Plasterers 1 75 Laborers 1 00 to 1 25 Memphis, Tenn. Painters 2 00 to 2 50 Bricklayers 2 Os Mo 3 00 Stonemasons 2 00 to 2 50 Carpenters 2 25 to 2 50 Plasterers 1 75 to 2 50 Laborers 1 OOtol 50 Nashville, Tenn. Painters 2 25 to 2 50 Brieklayer* 2 50 to 3 00 Stonemasons 2 00 to 2 50 Carpenters 2 25 to 2 50 Plasterers 2 00 to 2 60 Laborers 1 00 to 1 25 (Georgia Historical Society. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Geor gia Historical Society was held at tin? Socie ty’s Ilall, on Monday evening, the 13th ult. After the transaction of the ordinary business of the Society, the following gentle men were ro-elected officers for the present year: Hon. James M. Wayne, President. Hon. C. S. Henry, First Vice-President. Rt. Rev. S. Elliot, Becond Vice-President- A. A. Smetts. Eq.. Treasurer. I. K. Tefft, Esq., Corresponding Sec. Easton Younge, M. D., Recording Sec. J. F. Cann, Esq., Librarian. Curators. —W. T. Williams, Esq., John Stoddard, Esq., Solomon Cohen, Esq., Waae B. Hodgson, Esq., A. A. Smetts, Esq., W. Duncan, Esq., Dr. Wm. Charters. Among the incidents of the evening was the presentation, by Andrew G. Gordcw. Esq., of Marion county, Fla., of anew ani accurate map of “The English Empire in North America,” representing theirrightS*l claim, as confirmed by charters, and the for mal surrender of their Indian friemis.— Likewise, the encroachments of the Fre<*h. with the several forts they have unjustly erected therein. By a society of “Ant : - G.illic*n.” nubliahed by an act of psriia rnent in 1753. A so, the presentation, by Andr*w Low, Esq , of a very valuable manuscript narra tive, Containing an a<c>unt of the first set tling of the Colony of Georgia, with a jour nal of the voyage of the first imhnrk alien, under the direction of Mr. Oglethorpe, and eootinued till the consisting tho court of RecorJ, and establishing tho government of Savannah, with some account of the magistrates', and some considerations on the probability of succeeding in the said colony under the present Constitution and plan of government. To which will be added the particular case of Peter Gordon, chief bai liff of Savannah, with copies of his memo rials, Delivered to the honorable the trus tees,|md humbly offered to their furtkar consideration, by their very lmmblo serv ant, Peter Gordon.” The above manuscript was obtained by Mr. Low, from O. Maxwell, Esq., of New Orleans, who received it from the late Kichard Richardson, in December, 1834, with the further account from Mr. R. that this “book was given me by Mr. Oglethorpe, sub-sheriff of the count3’ of Lancaster, at Liverpool, “2d December, 1827, who said it was given to him six or seven years ago by the keeper of the records at the castle at Chester.” After partaking of refreshments, tho so ciety adjourned. E. Yoitnok, Rec. Sec. Choice Fruits. XtJBT Received. New Layer EaMaa, Lan*n**oc, Ma* •I adlies. and Priucena Almond*. S>wrt Or,n k e, Ckt l SkThWrq Apple* M UJEEttY HQMM* Fruits of Abolitionism The New York Journal ot‘ Commerce sums those up very tersely: Among others it mentions tho following: The Abolitionists have caused ma ny deaths by violence, and sent dis tress unto thousands of families in the slaveholding States. They have or will have caused the free negroes to be expelled from most of those States, greatly to their injnry and distress. They have caused the slaves tliro’- out tho Southern States to be more vigilantly guarded, and more severe ly dealt with in case of insubordina tion. Many innocent persons are great* Iv inconvenienced through unfound ed suspicion. A missionary of the Southern Aid Society writes as fol lows: “Only the light of eternity can re veal the extent of the suffering caus ed to innocent thousands by that wretched affair at Harper’s Ferry. May God restore peace to our couu try, and prosperity to his church in it.” They have greatly damaged the merchants, manufacturers, and the whole population of the North, by checking tho interchange of com modities with the South, heretofore so advantangeous to all concerned. They have exposed our nation to the direct calamities which none but God can wholly avert. They have shown themselves to he without common discernment, or else reckless of consequences to eve rybody but themselves. Trade with Bremen.— Wo are pleased to notice that the merchants of Savannah are making strenuous efforts for the establishment of di rect trade between that port and Bremen. From the history of the bark Gauss, Capt. Weiting, which has been successfully engaged in prosecuting trade between Charles ton and Bremen, we can assure our Savannah friends that such a line, once estalished, cannot fail to be sustained. During the last calendar year Oharlrston exported to Bremen $572,648, and received in return $20,- 116, which for the service of one ves sel, is very good. A large 1 , number of passengers was received by the same vessel. —Charleston Mercury. Farmers Alarmed. —The Chatta nooga Advertiser of the 27th inst., says:—Wc have conversed with nu merous farmers throughout the country, and without an exception, they all unite in representing the present stand of wheat as being se riously and hopelessly damaged, so much so, that acres upon acres will bo plowed up and resown with spring grains. They inform us that some fields can scarcely show a spear of grain even. We have no desire to spread unnecessary alarm, but our farmers are quite unanimous in their belief that not half of an ordinary crop will be harvested. Hear tlie Gallant Commodore. In a letter written to a Union con vention in New Jersey, Commodoro Stockton says: In this defensive attitude of the South, I for one will stand by them, as a friend, to the last gasp of my existence; and, if a dissolution of the Union is inevitable, then 1 would have the lines of separation drawn along the Hudson and the Lakes, rather than the Potomac and the Ohio. I have no doubt that, in such an event, the North-western States would unite with New Jersey, Penn sylvania and the South. I will stand by them, because they arc right; I stand by them, because they have the Constitution and the law on their side. On these bulwarks we will plant our standard, and defy the host of fanatics. The questions at issue now between the South and the anti slavery party seem to be few, hut of great importance. The South de mands that the decision of the Su preme Court of the United States shall be recognized as supreme law', and that they shall be free to take i their slaves into the Territories which are the common property of the United States. Your obedient servant, Robert F. Stockton. The Syracuse Standard says that a young lady who had lived for a number of years in the family of the Ilev. J. B. Benham, missionary among the Ononda ga Indians, as an adopted daughter, and upon whom this excellent family had long lavished their affections and favors, has iccently requited them for their kind of flees toward hex by marrying one of the aboriginal tribe. The ceremony hyme nial was performed by the fa;her ot the young man, Mr. Ske.iada,(who is himself a minister) during the absence of the Rev. missionary and his wife. So se vere and cruel was the blow that they at once determined to resign their charge and leave the Mission. Kkitt on Pennington.—On the day the Speaker was elected, Mr. Kkitt, democrat, of South Carolina, made a brilliant speech. He is thus reported in reference to the withdrawal ofSiiEKMAN. Mr. Keitt, of South Carolina, democrat, made a speech, in which ho nlludtd to Mr. Sherman’s remarks accompany irg the withdrawal of his name as a candi date, as a mourner valedictory to his deserting troops. That gentleman had said the democracy was demoralized by seeking affiliation with the elements ol opposition to the republican parly. Pray gentlemen, how do you stand ? For eight weeks yon have made an effort to elect your nomination, and you failed. You failed in your effort to adopt the plural ity rule. You were obliged to take down yonr man whose name was connected with the Helper pamphlet, and adopt as your candidate a man w ho is in favor of the Fugitive Slave Law as it now stands. Let ine ask these same gentle men whether they think by going for a man who favors that law, and who i> an Old-Line Whig, as he calls hunself, they do not demoralize themselves the affiliation 1 |ggf“An old woman, who was in the hab it ot declaring, after the occurrence of any unusual event, that she had predicted it, was one day very cleverly “ sold” by her worthy spouse, who, like many another, we wrote of, had got tired of heariug her eter nal “I told you so.” Rushing into the house, breathless with excitement, he dropped into his chair, ele vated bis hands, and exclaimed : Oh wife! wife ? what —what do you think ? The old brindle cow has gone and eat up our grmd-stone I The old woman was ready : and hardly waiting to hear the last word, she screamed out at the top of her lungs ; I told you so, you old fool 1 I told you sol You always would let it standout of doors! - Every man is a volume, if you on ly know how to read him. State Aid. —Not more than two years ago, says the Atlanta Intelligencer, Ala bama was terribly opposed to State Aid to railroads. She has since waked up. On Saturday last her Legislature loaned the ba’ance of “ the three per cent, fund” to various railioads, as follows : Northwest and Southwest $218,000 Will’s Valley 75,000 Alabama and Tenn. Rivers 225,000 Selma and Gulf 40,000 Mobile and Girard 50,000 Opelika#nd Oxford 283,000 Montgomeiy ar,d Eufaula 30,000 Tennessee 6i Alabama Central 40,000 Since the above was put in type, we nave been permitted to read a letter to Col. Win. O. Winston, from a member of the Alabama Legislature, stating that the above bill passed the Senate by five majority, and has been signed by the Governor, and is now a law. The pas sage of this blii places the early com pletion of the Wills’ Valley Railroad and all its connexions beyond gencie3.— So. Reflector. Southern Orders. —Many of our manufacturers are receiving large orders from the South for articles as were heretofore purchased from the North, thus showing that slavehol ders arc at last awakening to the im portance of sustaining their friends in preference to their enemies. Apart from the fact that engines, mills, spikes, and all machinery can be made here on as good terms as at tho North, our iron founders are tak ing extraordinary pains to get up their manufactures in superior style, so as to make it to tho interest of all sections to support them. Many of the engines now at work on the su gar plantations in Louisiana, were made in Richmond and are said to surpass those from the New England factories in their immediate vicinity. But machinery is not tho only kind of work Richmond manufacturers are getting up for the South. Some of our saddle and harness makers are filling large orders for Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi,; and our shoemakers aro furnishing brogans for the field hands on plantations. Richmond Despatch. A New Senator from California. —The N. Y. Tribune says it may seem strange that Gov. Latham should give up a salary of SIO,OOO a year for $3,000, which is the pay of a United States Sen ator; but it should be borne in mind that while the governorship is for only two years, the term Mr. Latham will have to serve will cover nearly four years’ salary, amounting in the whole to a trifle, less than $12,0;)0. During his term he will travel back and forth eight times, for which the government allows him, in mileage, about $2,400 each term, nuking an aggregate salary and mileage of $31,000, fur little over three years’ service as a Senator, against $20,000, which he would have received had he remained two ye* rs Governor of the State. CtQBGIA CBBBI L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor. MACON, GA., MARCH 1, ’GO. Till: MEDICAL COLLEGE. The Reform Medical men of Macon and vicinity arc to have a grand time to-day, at Concert Hall, as will be seen by a notice, elsewhere. Tho regular Commencement Ex ercises will commence at 10 o’clock A. 31. at Concert Hall, when an address will be de livered by a Representative of the first Course of Lectures, also a Representative of the Graduating Cluss. The ceremony of conferring Diplomas, together with a couple of Presentations —one of the portrait of Dr. J. T. Coxc, on tho part of the students, to the College—the other, that of the daguer rotype pictures of the graduating class, in the Fame direction, with appropriate speeches and responses, will occupy the forenoon. In tbeeveuing, another presentation —that of a portrait of Dr. Samuel Thomson, the founder of the Botanico-Mcdicul Practise, (ordered by the College tome 18 or 20 years ago, hut onlv recovered recently from parties who oh tained it at tho sale of the deceased Artist’s effects) will take place, after which Col. Lochrnne will deliver an address on the life and system of the great Reformer. Prof. Loomis will deliver the concluding Address after the other Exercises of the morning. Os course, the people of Macon will give their countenance to the praise-worthy etfhrts of the Faculty and Trustees of our Home Col lege, to advance tho interests of Medical Science in our midst, by attendance upon these Commencement exercises. Apart from local considerations, the occasion, to-day, will he full of intrinsic interest to nil who attend. There will he good mu.;ic to enliven the hour—as well as good speeches to feast tke intellect—while the whole entertainment will receive its crowning investiture, hy a speech from the eloquent and gifted Profess or of Medical jurisprudence, Col. Lochrane. If he does not ransack tho Eden bowers of Literature for the rare flowers of wit and fancy, wherewith to weave a becoming chap let for the brow of the old Esculspian Re former, we havo u mistaken view of Lis cx huberant resources. It will, doubtless, be a treat to hear the Colonel, under the inspiration of a theme, teeming, as does the one allotted to him. with noble thought, brave action, and in doniitable purpose ; nnd none should sta\ away who can possibly find admission int< the Hall. The Address of Prof. Loomis, at the close of the morning ceremonies, w ill, al so, he worthy of that gentleman’s reputation as a fine Belles I.ettres scholar. I<- ad.—Bishop Miles, of tho Catholic C lurch, died in Nash ille, Tenn., on the 22d ult., from hemorrhage of the lungs. He was upwards of seventy years of age. Col. John 11. Irby, a well known citi: en of Laurens Di*. So. C*., died at his resi dence on Friday night of last week, of apo plexy. He *<, at the time of hi* death Pr •- ident of the Laurens Rail Road. Coiikul at Hanover.— The Tele graph announces that our worthy fellow citizen, Col. John S. Hutton, has received the appointment of Consul at Hanover, from tho President, and that the same has been confirmed by the Senate. Tho Colonel is a first rate business man, and will make capital Consul. Good l ick to him. lUfa'lnga**.—The Democratic State Convention met at Detroit on the 22d Feb., and appointed Douglass Delegates to the Charleston Convention. The Resolutions adopted reaffirmed the Cincinnati Platform, acknowledged the binding force of the Dred Scott decision, and denounced John Brown’* raid as the act of the Republicans, Military flnrampiiMMit. The Federal Union tuggests a Milita ry Encampment of all the Volunteer Coro panics of Georgia, during the ensuing, spring, at some central point in the State. We second the motion, and would add that Macon hasall the convenience of land, water, &c. for such an encampment, and in point of accessibility and centrality preseuts attractions that cannot be ap proximated by any other locality. What say our Military to the pioposition? We presume that the Commander in Chief of the armies of the State would approve the measure, and have the tx‘ penses paid out of the contingent funds \ Whether or not, we hope the matter will be carried out. “ Waiting for something toliim up.” If ever a party deserved the name of the “ Micawber” Party, we think the “ opposi tion’’ party of Georgia has fairly earned the title, by its procrastinating and tide-waiting proclivities, and dilly-dally preparations for active organization. It has been so for years, and the same policy is like to become sterc typed through a disposition to wait to see what the Democracy are going to do 1 Now to our judgment, thi3 is all wrong. While we are waiting, the enemy i3 working and by the time the Charleston Convention has nominated a candidate for President, the democ at c hosts will be equiped for the fight, and prepared to ensnare the people in to their camp. Men will commit themselves and it is Ike rowing against both wind and tide for the “ opposition ’ to go into the con test, under such adverse circumstances. The People Moving. A Stnte Convention of the Union Party of New Jersey, was to have been held at Trenton, on the22d ult. The call was sign ed by 1,500 citizens. The National Union committee, in Wash ington City, of which the Hon. John J. Crittenden is Chairman, have just issued a long and able address to the people of the United States, in which they recommend the Union and Conservative men of each Stato to hold a convention and nominate two candidates for Prcsidorit and none for Vice-President —also to send Delegates equal to its representation in Congress to a na tional convention in Baltimore to Belect from the nominees proposed, a candidate for Pres ident and Vice- President. This address we will publish in our next, to enable our read ers to judge of the merits of the novel plan proposed. The Union men of Tennessee, met in con vention at Nashville, on Monday of last week, in great numbers, and passed strong Resolutions, among which were the follow ing : Resolrc.d, Therefore, by the delegates of the people of Tennessee, in convention as. semhlod, that we will unite with all good men everywhere, and devote all our energi 2 to maintain and .perpetuate the Union un der the Constitution as it is. Resolved, That that the true test of devo tion to the Union is the practice of ready obedience to the requirements of the Con stitution. They also recommended the lion. John Bell as their candidate for President. A large number of Delegates were appointed to the National Union Convention, and Bailie Peytonjand'N. G. Taylor chosen Electors for the State at large. The lion Jere. Clem ens, of Memphis, presided over the deliber ations of the Convention. Another largo Union meeting has been held *** Now Yorlr, on a *wll inviting all who were “ in favor of upholding the Union, the Constitution and the laws of the Coun try, of securing the rights of the several , States inviolate, rosisting’all attempts to in terfere with their respective institutions and policy—opposed to all sectional parties, and in favor of elevating men to office who will administer the government in the spir it of its founders.” Gen. Winfield Scott was present and was loudly cheered. North Carolina, too, is awaking to the subject. At a Stato Convention of the Op position Party, held in Raleigh, on Wednea -1 lay the 22d, John Pool wiu- placed in nom ■ inatiou as their candidate for Governor, and - the lion. Win. A. Graham, of N. C., nam ed as their first, choico for the Presidency, ’ and the Hou. Washington Hunt, of New York, as their second. Strong Resolutions 1 were Rdopted, pledging the support of Con -1 sliiutional Unior/mcn of North Carolina to ‘ any conservative Union Candidates that may 1 be nominated by a National Convention. Kentucky, also, has had a Convention, ‘ and adopted Resolutions looking to the same 1 end—the consolidation of all the Union and conservative elements of the Country, alike against Democratic misrule and Black Re publican fanaticism and oggiession. —— The Twit'S** PfQC racy .—The , Democracy of Twiggs, have done two very different things, at their late County meet . ing, and in one resolution, at that. They , “cheerfully endorsed the notion and choice” of the Milledgeville Convention ot Docem bor last, which appointed Cobb Delegates to the Charleston Convention, but recommend to said delegates to “stand by the sentiments of the Hon. Alfred Iversoit” iu relation to protection to slave property in the Territo ries, under the Constitution of the United States. It is not supposed that Mr. Cobh and Mr. [verson agree in sentiment on this question, nevertheless, the Twiggs Democracy are so accommodating that they will compromise on Cobb as their candidate for President on Iverson’s Platform! Lnmpkin Palladium.—This pa per has been suspended in consequence of old liens und mortgages coming against the new proprietors. We regret to hear this, but cannot say we are disappointed at the failure of the publication. The fact is, that the mania for establishing new papers, in Georgia, must necessarily end in disaster to many of these enterprises. It is “ too much >f a good thing,” as sure as the sun sliinos, by day. If so well conducted a journal as the Palladium, in the rich county of Stow irt, could not get along without becoming involved in debt, how can.it be expected that otheri less favorably situated, enn live and prosper. The Califoriiia Senator.—Hon. Milton 8. Latham, the newly elected Senator from the State of California, was a passen ger in the Baltic at New York, from Aspin wull, on the 2Gth ult. UTou-lutercourse.—Charleston, we see, is getting eousiderable business from the merchants of the South-west, but we imag ine that a large mujority of traders will still go to New York, to lay in their supplies of roods for the spring trude. We arc yet in the Union, and until our Southern cities will establish a Direct Trade with Europe tnd open large Houses for the sale of goods, t is all folly to be talking of holding no com nercial intercourse with the North. It * good sign, however, to see that Charleston ind Savannah are both making a move in the right direction. Every thing must have a beginning, and we trust that these cities will be encouraged to persevere ia the good work, until they demonstrate the fact that goods can be sold by their merchants, to the advantage of all parties. Pa rods. The Charleston papers are inexstacies over ilie lyric and dramatical gifts of Madame Parodi and her operatic troupe. She has taken that city by storm and will soon be in Macon to give our music-loving people the opportunity of indulging in the sublimi ty of harmony and the extacy of delightful melody. A word to tlse City Puttiers. There is, at prestnt great scaicity of build ing lots in Macon, and a more favorable op. portunity will not again occur, perhaps, for the City Government to dispose of the lot? on the South and West CoJitm n We would suggest that the lots lying back of the Fac tory be put into the market, on such liberal erms as will admit of improvement- by the tore Lnmbie class of our citizens. All that portion of the public domain east of the Mb con and Westein R. R. extension and boun ded by the curvature of eaid road, on the NorthWvst, might as well be improved a‘ not. The upper portion couTd be advantage ously laid off into acre lots, while the lower from its greater uneveness of surface and area,,would have to be laid off into fractiona- Icts of unequal size. In the middle a Park of several acres should be reserved and pro perly improved. As the town is progres sing that way, we hope that this suggestion will prevail, and that a sale of the lots will be immediately ordered on long time, say in one, two, or three year payments, without interest so as to give the poor man a chance to create a homestead for himself. The in creased taxation on the ground and im provements will sufficiently pay the city for any liberality in the terms of sale. Douglas* or Cobb. We think that the Georgia Delegation at Charleston Convention will be a Unit, in favor of the distinguished gentleman at the head of the U. S. Treasury. The opposition to the action of the Democratic Convention of December has measurably subsided, and what, at one time threat ened to prove a serious breach between the ultra Democrats and the Union wing of the paity is likely to blow over with out doing much damage to the integrity of party tactics and party combination In the event that Mr. Cobb should be the choice of the Democratic Convention in stead of Douglass, whose star i-i row in the ascendant; we presume the old Union men of the State, generally, will not make any 9eriou3 opposition to him. He car ried the State or.ee by 18,000 majority, over his Democratic competitor, for Governor, and though he since then “fell from grace,” as it were, and offended ma ny of his old supporters, still he would be far preferable to Douglass with all sound constitutional men of Georgia, if placed on the track against a Black Republican from the North. Congressional. Washington, Feb. 27.—The House pass ed the pension and West Point appropria tion bills. Ex Lieut. Gov. Ford of Ohio, was elected Printer by a majority of one. In the Senate, Mr. Clay of Ala., from the Committee on Commerce, reported adverse ly to the erection of a Custom House and Marine Hospital at Apalachicola. Senator Davis, of Miss,, presented resolu tions from the Legislature of New Mexico, in favor of the organization of Arizona ter ritoi v. Senator Toombs replied to Senator Doo little, of Wisconsin. The Navy Increase bill was taken up and the Senate adjourned. ■.ate*! by the Luropa, Hattie with the Moors. Boston Feb. 24.—The latest advices, re ceived from Queenstown, stato that Tetnan had been stormed and carried on the. 2J in stant, after a sanguinary engagement. The , camp equipage, artillery and camels of the Moors were captured. The Moors fought with the greatest bravery in that and the previous engagements. The Italian news is conflicting. The Au [ strians had sent maDy Venetian prisoners to distant fortresses. The Europa’s mails were too late for the ’ evening train. From Washington. Washington, Feb. 24. —lathe Senate a ’ joint resolution was offered to authorize the Texas Rangers to defend the Rio Grande frontier, but was laid over. Mr. Fitzpatrick presented the petition of Carlos Butterfield for a contract to carry the ’ international mails from the United States to the different Mexican port*, in connection 1 with his ex sting contract with the govern ment of Mexico; he also reported a bill for that purpose. The Homestead bill was made the order i for Thursday n* xt, after which the Senate adjourned till Monday. In the House, Mr. Carter of Now York, endeavored to introduce resolutions of cen sure against the Executive and thg Congres sional Committee, for neglect of courtesies towards the New York Seventh Regiment, during the recent visit of the latter to Wash ington. Three votes were taken for Printer. Oa the last ballot, Ball & Glossbrener tied, and there were many scattering votes. The President’s Message was debated, af ter which the House adjourned till Mon day. Vii-ginaOpposition Convention. Richmond, Feb. 25.—1n the Opposition B*nte Convention which assembled on the 22d instant, the Committee reported against a party organization at the present time— that the Federal Government had no right to interfere with slavery—reiterating the Compromise of 1850—advocate retrench ment and reform—denouncing the Republi can? —favoring the Union—approving the address of thejNational Union committee on ly so far as its recommendation of the ap pointment of delegates to the Baltimore Union Convention. A minority report was made which recommeuds the entire address. No action was taken. Impressment of an American Citizen. Nkw Orleans, Feb 24.—Advices* have been received from Havana to the 20th inst. A Spanish-born American Citizen had been claimed by the Spanish authorities for mili tary services, and required to furnish a sub stitute or pay SI,OOO. Consul llhn de mand'd his release, but it was refused, whereupon the man paid the SI,OOO under protest. The correspondence has been transmitted to Washington. Sad Accident.—On Thursday eve ning of last week, Miss Eliza Reid, of this city, was most shockingly burned, by her dress catching fire. She linger ed until Tuesday morning, when death relieved her sufferings.— West Point Cit izen, 2 2d. man was arrested in Virginia a few days since, and being informed that he was suspected of having been engaged in the insurrection at Harper’s Ferry Ye plied “hedidn’t know Harper’s nor where he kept his and and old ferry.” lie was acquited. Go down upon only one knee to a young lady. Il you go down upon both, you may not be able to escape quick en ough in case of the appearanoe of an enraged father. DEBORAH LEE. AN EXCELLENT PARODY. ’Tin a doz f -n or so of years ago, Somewhere in the Wc.-teountree, That a nice girl lived, as ye Hosiers know, lly tire name of Deborah Lee ; Her sister was loved by Edgar A. Poe, Blit Deborah by me. Now I was green, and she was green, Asa summer’ssqua-di might tie. And we loved as warmly a* other folks, I and my Deborah Lee— With a love that ihe lasses of Hoosierdom Covered her and me. But somehow it happened, alone ago, In the neueish V. est eountreeA That a chill March morning gave the shakes To my lieautiful Deborah Lee: And the grim sterndoetor(cursehim) came, Anti t>ore tier away from me— The doctor and death, old partners they— In theagueish countree. The angels wanted her up in Heaven, • (But they never asked for vie, ) And that is the reason. I rather guess. In the agueisli West eountree. That the cold Marea wind and t he doctor and death Took off my Dels.rah IjOC— Mv beautiful Deborah Lee— From the warm sunshine and the opening flower, And took her aw ay from mo. Our love was as strong as a si v-horse team, Or the love of folks older than we, And possibly wiser than we— But death, with the aid of doctor and steam, Was rattier too many for nio ; He closed the peepers and silenced the breath Os my sweetheart, Deborah Lee : And her form lies cold in the prairie moud, Silent and Cold—oli, me! The foot of the hunter sliall press her grave, And the prairie’s sweet wild flowers, In their odorous beauty around it wave, Through all the sunny hours, The still bright summer hours; And the birds shall sing in the tufted grass, And the nectar laden Bee, With his drearj- hum on his gauze wings pass— She wakes no more to me! Ah! never more to me! [spring. Though the wild birds sing and the wild flowers She wakes no more to me. Yet oft, in the hush of the dim, still night, A vision of beauty I see. Gliding soft to my bedside, a pliantorn of light, Dear, beautiful Deborah Leo— My bride that was to be. And I wake to mourn that the doctor and death And the cold March wind, should stop the brealh Os my darling Deljorah Lee, Adorable Deliorah Lee; That angels should want her up in Heaven Before they wanted me ! A writer of sporting articles called at his printer’s and accused the compositoi of not having punctuated his poem, when the typo earnestly replied, “I’m not a pointer —l’m a seller .” Small Creatures. —Among the papers published in costly* style, by the Smithson ian Institute, at YVashington, is one of the microscopic plants and animals, which live on and in the human body. It describes quite a number of insects. The animal which produces the “ itch,’ is illustrated by an engraving about half an inch in diameter, which shows not the ugly little fellowV body and leg?, but his very toes, although the animal himself is entirely invisible to the naked eye. When Lieut. Berryman was sounding the Atlantic Telegraph, the quill at the end of the sounding line brought up mud, which, on being dried, became a pow der so find that, on rubbing it between the thumb and finger, it disappeared in the crevices of the skin. Oa placing this dust under the microscope, it was discerned to consist of millions of shell, each of which had been the abode of a living animal. These have been sinking down through the water to the bottom, and will no doubt form, in the course of ages, an extensive range of either silicioas or limestone rvjck. The pro gress is similar to the one by whieh strati fied rocks were formed in ancient geologic periods. Loafer* in a Printing Office The composing room of a Printing Office, says the Printer’s News Letter, is not the place to tell long stories, or argue points in metaphysics— read ye lonnyers, und be ad vised. A printing office is like a school; it can have no interlopers, hangers on or twaddlers without a serious inconvenience, to say nothing of loss of time, which is just as good as gold to the priuter. What should be thought of a rrißn who would enter a school an., twaddle first with the tsacher and then with th onhoLu; interrupting the discipline of one and studies ot the other l Ana yet this is the precise effect of the loafers with the course of business—distracts the great attention which is necessary to the good printer. No gentleman will ever enter it and presume to act a loafer. He will feel above it, for no real man ‘ever sacrifices the interests or interferes with the duties of oth ers. The loafer does both. Let him think, if he never has, that the last place he should ever insinuate his worthless and unwelcom ed present is the printing office. Georgia Military Institute.—The second session of this Institution for the present Academic year commenced on the 20ih inst. The number of Cadets in attendance is unsually large for the begin ning of the first week, about fifty being piesent on Tuesday last. The number for this session, it is thought, will be nearly a? large as during any previous year, and no doubt is now entertained of the complete success of the Institution. The Boardof Trustee?, on Sat urday last, elected to the chair of Chemistry Augus tus B. King, of Tallahassee, Fla., a gen tleman said to be well qualified to give satisfaction in a station of so much im portance, having heretofore filled this post in other colleges. — Marietta Advo cate. Man and Wife Murdered in Gordon County. —Early Tuesday morning last. Mr. Robt, Thompson and his wife were both found dead at their residence, r.ear lteeacea, in Gordon county, their heads having been horribly beaten with a sledge hammer. Mr. Thompson had been dragged out of his house, and was found in the yard ; his wife was found in bed, weltering in blood. It is thought the deed was perpetrated by some in carnate fund, hoping to get a consider ble quantity of money, but he succeed ed in getting only $75. Mr. Thompson was a merchant and is said to have been a very respectable and e'ever gentle man.—Atlanta Locomotive 24//. What a fine thing it is that each mother thinks so well of her baby. We cannot help smiling at this over admiration, which -e sno defect in the little so r t bundle of pink flesh and white cambric. We listen as the pretty lady, duly arrayed in an elegant dis habille, recounts the peculiar excellencies o'. her new treasure ; and we can see nothing more beanti’ul and interesting than a happy smile of perfect content with which, as the nurse hands out the b*‘>y, the convalescent turns back the blanket and d’scloses the little Lee and tiny arms. What if the mother’s eyes were not so enchanted ; what would become of ail the unlovely babies ? what would be the fate of those unsightly little monsters that are born in this trouble some world ? It is a delightful weakness, this inordinati affi ction, we will not degrade it by the name of instiuct, but allow it the noble one ol affectionate j i lgm-nt Ttie generality ol mankind may take comfort in the thought tha*, however unloved and unappieciatea they rnay have been, each one was, for and time, at least, and to one person, the most attractive, the most interesting aud the most important of the human race. Beautiful manifestation of a glorious nature is this in stinct of maternal love! From the highest to the lowest order of creation, fervently may we bless Gid for such a tran-cendent gift. No elevation of rank, no degradation | of sin, can extinguish the spark; and though it be perverted or exaggerated, still there is ever in its partiality, patience, self denial and self-forgetfulness, a holy beauty that must compel respect. W IIITEFIELD A SLAVEHOLDER — The Westminister Review states that W hifce fieid, the great revivalist preacher, was at one time a slaveholder in Georgia, being at his death the owner of fifty slaves, men, women and children, vhom he left in his will to the Countess of Huntington. W ill you fend me vour w ri, peitdl, Gc..!-.- ..I Ler b olher, .via, „„ 51.i1,,, “ J C '''S p“*i!e Fide ol the tab!**. 0 Ht Ui9 0 ,,. George drew the k'!,ifc f rcrn ~ \ nd P !,shod >t rudely toward-h “ 3 M ore same t.me, Now don't cu* v ym ?i off j° ur The knife fell upon the door , ~ was evening, u took Mar ysor ’ ar,! as it and it, and her brod er l 0 ?'stance. He was studying ? :r ° f as -'n * or the next day, ud k ,nt f much engaged with it. At a nd;.n and;. Wdl 1 ara that lesion i 3 And now wi l you pl e;iSl) tA show i 0 do.tilts sum. be'oreyon study ad Mary, wno had been Lr * pnzz'mg over a sn, n in ’ ,e ippeared to her very difficult “ i on are big enough ’ 1 should think Miss'Marv wJ^A 0 " 0 Let me see. W t thk!; , You must be stupi if ¥O ,. e n. However, I suppose I inusthtip^ 0 J* me the pencil. 4 uu * u.e The sum was soon explained, qnite , Mary* satisfaction, ami several £ * green her as to those which folk.wJs prevents 1 ner meeting withs -,s ! „ ‘ y. Her brotli-i U,J sot mdTn xu.d. Ilr brother loved tohefoi ,- i’ was only hi? manner which saeii‘ e J L 1 and cross. Presently hi? mother tik 2 rewmg and sat down at the table vW children were studying. George v-h ‘l aie large dictionary which was in the L ‘ ;sse at the farther end of the room V7P took the lamp and went to look for it • „ mg his mother and sister to sit in ,i..i until h's return. w d *‘ kc^ This is impolite, George, said hi, metier •here is another Lamp upon thenuju ‘ .Inch if,'*, >?lsht ;“f Gorg no reply, but i, olaced the lamp, and lighted another. hading the dictionary he returned to his ,1 :mr] hastily blew ont the lamping ..f.J mg the extinguisher over the flame The I, greeabre smell of the oil fille t the room -is fllther - W!JO , near. be newspaper, looked up and said • ° You are impolite again, my son. H w you not after been told that it is not p i manners to blow out a lamp i a that I cannot always think about manner, re. plied George, rather rudely. Aud yet they are of great con Sf q n(>nei George. A person whose intentions really good, and wno desires to b? of no to his fellow beings, may impair h ; , U sefu ! •ies.? very much by harsh and unkind mr uers. If we do what is right, father, I should not think it much matter how we did i> You are mistaken, George. I: , vast and ffcrence in the amount of gooi v ,m perform. I will tell yoo little instiut* which will show the truth of this. I v , ‘ rl i this morning a very por woman in the borhood. My means did not enable me 5 ;, do a gr -at deal tor her relief, but for the! *, le which I gave her, she appeared deeply grateful Finding that she had (oroieny beeu employed as a washerwoman bv a'?!,. tleman whose office is near mine, and [ knew to be wealthy end benevolent. I asked why she did not apply to him fir r. - lief. The tears came into her eyes and me replied, ludeel sir, I know the gentleman is vert kind, and he has helped me belore this wr.rj things went hard ; but indeed, I wou ij rather suffer than go to him ; he ha, such i harsh way of speaking to a poor body, j kind word is a good thing, sir; it con.: t;j the troubled heart. A penny from so;ii a worth a dollar from others.”—[The Ltfi Truth Teller. A Negro’s T uciiino Pkavee —Tm Rev. Dr. Lay; the new Mi-s onar] Ima op of the Southwest, was a native of tin city of Hiihmond, and married a lath ii the neighborhood. On his return her to attend the meeting of t h“ Genera! C :; vention, he brought his wife with him ;i the grent deiixrhf, nf nil tlw> ‘ispT'.tnlljy ‘efiv> old family scroll.’- I was a great gala day among the slaveu the household, and they expressed thei jiy in variety of demonstrations. On good old negro i was an “ exhort.’, and a “ class lea or,” went ofl alone ! pray, in view of tin giad event. Hi prayer was overheard, and this was ta burden of it.. “ O Lord, we bress dy name £u hrml in yoti”g misses hack to do old h n . a gin safe an sonn. We bress dy Him too, f (> r givin of her sicb a good li.cbii O L nil, take care of him. Ami, as thou hast imde him a word speaK for thee, do thou, () Lord beaheafijt rer to him—for Jesus sake, amen. Church Record. M—— in in — “ COI NCIL rilOlVbvß REGULAR MEETING. I Uotxru Cuuk*. Frh.il, l‘- Present—The Mayer, Aid. -fl risen, Harris, (freer, Boifuiik-t, ■ Absent —Dougin rty lb Lgers. § The minutes of the last me.-tin;’ read and confirnieJ. 8 The Bridge Keeper reported tolls tor;H week, S9O 85. B The Clerk of the Market reported theweek.il 75. The Guard House Keeper reported. the week, 6 25. The Finance Committee reported vorofthe following account# ; Cos., SO2O, Emma Wright, ,/■ Brinn, 23 31, J. IT. King. 14 40, Kahn, 15,30, Collins A Hardy, o ‘ B Bills llefered —W A Hut!. /CM Abraham, J B & W A *, s M Landour’s A Bro., L 1’ v .l ro ;f , n i Garfield & Waterman, J W Knott- I Harrison. Mr. Henry Lori’s petition former _ meat on Magnolia street, wd • * petition for an encroachment on u ■ wharf streets, were received am . B the Committee on street tucr< •-■ Dr. R II Neshit, petition fortnej , H of dosing the allev between h*‘ ‘ , ■ as the Todd lot ) and Mrs _ was received and referred tot S oo Public Property. . r trile?^B John 0. Curds’ petitionforthep^^M making such addition of wood (it being in the fire limits) ts ■ proper— was received and ri < M Committee on Fire Departing’ • ■ Council then adjourned. SPECIAL NOTICES. I Wanted to Bent ■ rpHE undesigned wisla -1 houav in a pleasant par l f.. . , 1” B| ate vieiuity, uniudde fi*r f. ‘i; will U* required on or Ik-; •. w yM Feb. 23d ‘OO ‘ m’spni* l * l - 4, ■ There is perhaps no m.-re-e : H happiness and comfort o* llU ” to the same extent a# Z>v’; > o'*"Y^ Previously to tlie diseov Oxy*i‘ and w I There existed no medic sering from this aide spread ■ it in any marked degree. M The power of these fid| disease as well as over al H iu imperfect digestion, oi / stomach, as well a ***** ■ yend all question. t s „f some Its speedy and Pf‘ na recvr j i.-su® 1 "’ K verest and stubborn ea j firtnat ion of this fact. Tii fIIES Coer or a Lmui non xScu Detroit. Messrs. S. M'. U.Wr <f f Y ( . A T-sy. ,llil ' M # I to the Oxygenated B>uer.. 1 ■ ing the Dyspep-o - jDess id j H dying with P->”, and i.f* dwho I’ *; . - ■ prevailed upon hr ) N>tl | t .iif<' r , H die same med.onedo tO. |lf? ~ ■ ated Bitters. B* ] r h tinl e I haJ u ,.,j jeiio, S lv relieved, and hv ‘“"“eU. and * ■ and a half I ■ 1 k i .o.v of seyem'i my own. which ha give# o” - , u - I valuable medicine; U who nv. recommend *• J® . • B Horn .lu. UjOU. ,■