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Tie Whklt Soft R.M. JOHNSTON, : Publisher, FOB THE strrr potblibhoto co. lEBMSCF M IDRIFIXCH i One Copt, Out Year, : • |2,00 Os* Copy, Kix Months : : l f 0() Ost Copy, Three Months : ; 75 Alvrafa In Advance. H' ALL BILLB for advertisement* in this paper are due on the first appearance of the ailTcrtiseraent, except when otherwise ar rang'd by contract. Agents for the Ann t The following gentlemen are regularly au thorized agents for the Hun : Valdosta— T. It. Smith, Quitman — 8. M. Griffin, Thomasvillb—Jos. IV. Howard, Camilla—Hon. B. F. Brim berry, Aluany— C. W. Arnold, Cptubbut Duncan Jordan, Ameiucjb—D. ltarwald, Maooh—Edwin Belcher, Moboan—Jcmc IL Griffin. Tbomahyille—John Few. Havanhah—L. M. Pleasant. Arot sTA—C. H. Prince. Fort Gains —Jno. D. Dndly.’ All Post Masters are requested to act as Agents for us. llemittanepa must he made by Registered Letter or Post Office Order, and must be ad dressed to the Man Publishing Company, Bainbridge, Ga. City and County Directory. BAINBIUDOE POST OFFICE J Departure of mails : Atlantic and Gulf Railroad mail closes at halt-past three p. in. daily except Hnndavs. l or Apalachicola and Offices on the ltiver, at 7 oclu -k a. in. Mondays and Thursdays. For Quincy and West Florida, at 7 a. Hi. Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. For Colquitt at 5 t>. m. Tuesdays. For .Steam Mills at li p. m. Fridays. Oflin- open from (la. in. to fl 11. m every da_v except Siiinlnys. Open on Sunday from Hto it a. m. Money Order bnsiiu ss from <> a. m. to 4 p. n». ' N. L. Cloud, I’. M. county officials : Hiram Brockett, - - Ordinary, Thomas F. Hampton, - Clerk. William W. Harrell, - .Sheriff. William J>. Griffin, - Tax col. Isaiah (iriftin, - Tax ltec’vr. Jacob Harrell, - Treasurer. Hebert It. Kerr, - Coroner. county commissioners : Hiram Brocki tt, Ex-Offi., Samuel S. Mann, rt E. WhigliHin, Gabriel Dickinson Owen Nixon. lUTY OFFICIALS : Daniel McNair, Chairman Finance Com. j .liu 1. Hohinson, Chainnun Cemetery Com Wm. G. llrooine, Chainnun Street Com. J. 1). Harrell, Ch inn, l ire A Health Com Benjamin F. Colbert. .1,,,. |>|i |). Woolen, Clerk of Council, The . ,1. Bruton, Treasurer, K. Uenrv Smart, Marshal, FIRE m.I'AISTMENT : Kdward 11. IVubodv, Chief Fireman, Hi, n,o >l. Johnston, Second Chief, St -i wall buxine Company : Foreman Jo)in I>. Harrell ; Secretary, Then. It. ’Wardell— -1.. ; .. a- Meeting Ist Wednesday night in each ■oath. (t.(k City Hook and Ladder Company : Fore 1, ti 1., I;,-Bruton ; Secretary, M. Kwilecki— , pag, 2nd Monday night in each I lev iHy Foreman, U. J. Williams : U'.inn Wooten licgnlar Meeting a * V'/night in each month. Will.--ivval.-- : Foreman, David Burgess ; >• \!i \. Nicholson. This company is i.• : organized, and is composed of < i. The company is not yet equip ped for service. SOCIETIES : ■f - ■ li’ raw Society : Mi O'Neal, Prest. 1 M II i’’i|\ton. Secretary -meets every Mon day niglit. I*.i:a!'ri(lgi Amateur Association : I. Cohen, F-: li :it . \V. i). Donalson, Secretary—meets «*<-nr Friday night. courts: nr V,nary's t’onrt convenes the first Monday in each month. * Professional Cards. " O. Fl<‘iinn!». J. C. Rutherford pU MMINO A RUTHERFORD, ATTORNEY'S AT LAAV. Rainbriuge, Ga. *V o:Yi,v over HmincwolTs Store. IJ.rHI.EY A RUSSELL, Attorneys & Counsellor at Caw OFFICE IX COURT HOUSE, H.'V'ill practice in the l'ataula and Al 4a} Circuit*. G. CAMTBELL, ATTORNEY at la ay Bainbridgc, Ga. A - business entrusted to my care promptly • '■ ofliee in the Sanborn Building. ATTORNEYS at law Bainbridgc, Ga. in the Court House. v , -»dH. Whitelev, .Tno. E. Donalson •Attorneys at law Bainbridgc, Georgia, •ro« c ,, SanlH.ru Building, Griffin, At the F *A'TUKy & TENNESSEE ~ STABLES, h>d for sale a fine lot Harness n« • K * l,or^-s --tv>tofM,^Vcti an early day a ou hand horses and mules, or h . l“ m °Jate public, either by * *•*» to,, k hiUl, he has not stock bet. 5 .j., 1- * 05111 order it in a few days. —l6-6 w 111 lIIIIHIII Sil i VOLUME XX. 1 tVumbr X 6. f GEORGIA MATTERS. Savannah is steadily Improving. Mrs. Oates plays irt Savannah next week. The Savannah News says some jpeople are original only in meanness. That set tles the question at once, and accounts for the News being so strongly in favor of the Constitutional Carbolic Convention. And now the Valdosta Times has a Wayeross department. * Macon Jiad three fires in one night last week. } Mr. William C. Jessup, and prominent merchant of Augusta, is dead. A young man in Macon fell in a well the other night but was rescued. The Atlanta, Savannah and Augusta pa pers tire having quite a muss over the pro posed carbolic condition convention. \ uhlosta has organized a .Minstrel troupe and enquires if some few dozen parties, balls, candy pullings, Arc., can’t be manu factured for ('hristmas purposes. The small-pox has broken out near Mil ledgeville. Governor Smith has cotnmlssioned and armed the Lincoln Guards, a colored com pany in Macon. The Brunswick Silver Cornet Band re ceived, last week, the premium of two hun dred dollars which was awarded it at the late State Fair. Cicero Goggan, of Haralson county, stabbed Mr. William J. Reeves near the heart, the Other day, because the latter, when Sheriff, once arrested the former.— Mr. Reeves is in a very critical condition. Pendleton, of Valdosta, offers the hope that, the man who invented or composed “Mollie Darling,” may meet his just reward. We think he ought to be severly punished by being made to live in Valdosta a short while. The Press Association met. in Columbus on Monday last, hut on the opening did not have a quorum. , The Millcdgeville paper wants the carbolic convention because it thinks the capitol will be removed there. The Mayor of Griffin lias given positive instructions to report every case of carry ing concealed ‘weapons that come under the observation of the police. The Editor of the Albany News being absent, Cnpt. T. A. E. Evans is filling the chair. The foreman of the Albany News has absconded to Florida, in search of a wile. We think it time that some of the Editors were doing the same thing. Fifty Germon emmigrants bound for Abbeville county, S. C., arrived at, Sa vannah. per Baltimore steamer, last week. The next steamer was expected to bring fifty more. $?f>00,()00 was sent from Augusta last week to pay Northern debts. Tho fine merchant mill of Mr. H. L. Tra vis. near Griffin, was burned on Friday morning. Loss about s*lo,ooo. The independent says the merchants in Quit-man are generally busy through the day ehawin' sugar cane and looking/tUt for a lien man. Airs. Jane Beck and child was run over bv a dray last Saturday, and both killed. Fort Valiev is aspiring, fcdie proposes to give a ten acre lot if the capitol is re moved to that place. Albany is fixing up for Christmas. Frank Evans is going to hang up his little stocking—if he can find a clean pair. Mrs. A. M. Collins, of Albany, is dead. And now the Central ( ill / says the question of the carbolic convention is the question of the day. Mr. Frank V. Evans commences the publication of a weekly newspaper, to be styled the “Georgia Forester,” at Alapaha, on the 3d of January. The Macon Tefcgrnph calls Mr. Ste phens’ speech “a defence of inkpiit j. The Telegraph thinks that Macon has the small pox now under control. The colored brass band in Augusta went serenading one night last week, and one of the number by the name of Ike Hooper stabbed and killed another named Howard Slatterwhite, whilst they were returning home. Judge H. H. Tooke, of Thomasville, and next to the oldest. Ordinary in the State, was stricken with paralysis on last Monday, and his physicians have but little or no hope of his recovery. Maj. S. H. Spencer has been elected Mayor of Atlanta. Columbus Enquirer: There was never a sweeter or more kissable lot of girls to gether than those that attended the ball last night. Savannah *■* “Oar harbor now pay seats a perfect forest of masts for a dis tance of over a aiilo. On both sides of the river shipping ant two and three deep, some discharging, others loading, while not a few are awaiting berths to load it Albany Central City- We spent several days very pleasantly in the delightfhl little BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 24, city of Bainbridge, last week. If we had sufficient time and space, we would notice at some length, Rutherford’s magnificient horses, Sharon’s superb fare and fine hotel, Russell’s Democrat, Whitoley’s Sun, &c.. Ac., but we have not the time hor space, and the obliging proprietors must take the will for every deed, remembering that we reserve them for -‘future reference.” ITie Yellow Fever has entirely disappeared from that lively city, and business is brisk enough, though money is scarce. Miscellaneous Matters. I Adulterated Tea. —There is a 4 vigo rous outcry in England just now about spurious tea. It has been discovered that the London bonded ware-houses, at this indnient, are running over with tea which the ‘-heathen cliinee” has adulterated with sand, ironfilings, and various deleterious coloring matter. Some of the journals are calling upon the government to destroy the spurious merchandise, and to take stringent, measures to prevent additional importations, otherwise the British consti tution will be seriously impaired—or rather the constitutions will be seriously impaired —while members of the medical profession are seeking to quiet uneasiness on the sub ject by arguments to prove that iron filings, after all, are not necessarily fatal in the tea cup. In the autumn of 1803 Mr. Bright was announced to attend a public meeting in Alnwick, and these were the words in which the editor of the Newcastle Journal referred to the event: “It is stated (says the Troy editor) that Bright, the anti-corn law agitator, is expected to visit the wool fair, which will be held at Alnwick shortly, in order to scatter the seeds of disaffection in that quarter. Should he make his ap pearance, which is not improbable, for the fellow has impudence for anything of this sort, it is to be Imped there may be found some stalwart yeoman ready to treat the disaffected vagabond as he deserves.” This “disaffected vagabond” is now a Cabinet Minister, and the principles lie advocated at the Alnwick wool fair in 1843 have long since become a law.—- Chronicle. The question of despensing with the liuiuo of (leorgetllWM for otir lister c it V, and consolidating it and all its interests with Washington, is being agitated by the citizens of the venerable suburb of the Capi tol, who propose soon to go to Congress for the change, li is earnestly hoped that the neeeded legislation mav lie promptly had that shall make it, as it should be, a part of this city. The citizens of George town are ready now to be taken in, and it will simplify matters greatly, as we are really one people, having a consolidated government, with all its interests identical. Chronicle. . Mr. Thomas A. Scott is entirely too modest, He wants only seventy-five mill ion dollars this year to complete that Texas Pacific Railroad about which so many glowing accounts have been printed in the newspapers during the last six or twelve months. In view of the financial distresses of the country, the prospective increase’of taxation, and the certainitv of smaller wa ges and lower incomes, it is to lie hoped that Congress will pause before it votes away a single railroad a sum of money equal to our entire national debt thirteen years ago. — Nat. Rep. Rather Too Precipitate, If for no other reason than because the friends of Convention foolishness desire to precipitate the issue upon the people, the calling of a Convention should be opposed by all sensible people of the State. The Chronicle and Sentinel insits that the matter shall be settled on the Ist Tuesday in January next, hardly two weeks off. Now. isn’t this a pretty proposition ? In the short space of two weeks the voters of this State are called upon to decide the most important question that has been put to them since the war, when it is a patent fact that by no possibility can one-third of the people be informed ill that time, as to what the issue is. The autocrats of the Chronicle & Senti nel will find that their scheme won't work. They may be able, by drumming up the loafers and negroes hanging around Au gusta. to get up a demonstration in Rich mond county, but it won't be worth a toss up in the big count. The cities do not control this State. The smaller towns, the villages, the cross roads, the great mass of people control it. To that tribunal we are willing to go with this question of a con vention. and the decision of that tribunal we an 1 willing to abide by. But simply the dictates of a few sore heads in our large cities who are jealous of Atlanta's pros perity, and wish to remove the capitol.wiU not have a particle of effect. Let the question be fairly, fully and ex haustively discussed, and then let the peo ple take an informal vote of instruction n|K»n it. and we are willing to accept the result. Until this is done, no high-sonnding reso lutions adopted by minimum mass meet ings will possess even the indicative quali ties, of a straw floating on a summer breeze. — Atlanta Herald. THE CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED—THE UNION AS EESTOEED. MR. STEPHENS. Ills Speech on the Salary Bill. Below we present the speech of Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens on the Salary Bill, and also annex some comments thereon from the National Republican — [Ed. Sun] Mr. Stephens, of Ga.. next addressed the House. Referring to the comments of the press upon what it denominated the “salary grab,” or “bank pay > /*eal,” lie depreciated the manner % which the measure had been characterized. He re garded the position of journalist as the highest in the land, but he would in all sincerity say to the press that in speaking to the mass of the people the greatest care should he taken in looking to the cor rectness and truth of its statements. Al luding to an expression made by Mr. Tre maine, of New York, relating to dema gogism,he said there never was a states man that was not a demagogue. To be a statesman it was naccessary that he should be a demagogue and reflect the best judgments of the people. But there were two kinds of demagogues, the genuine one, the real statesman, arid the sham demagogue. The genuine one leads the people, the sham panders to their errors and prejudices. The real demagogue rea sons and consults with the people. lie feels the popular pulse,understands it, and if feverish administers the remedy. The sham falls in with the fancy of the patient. He cited Chatlftun as the greatest states man of England, and recited an anecdote showing his anxiety to consult and know the popular sentiment, and by his elo quence brought the masses to his support. As to the responsibility for the measure, he said that the analysis of the votes he had seen showed about an equal propor tionate Democratic and Republican sup port of the measure. He sustained the po sition taken by Mr. Tremaine, that the committee had left it for each Congress to fix the pay of its own members, and de clared it a wise provision. In the early days of the Government some of the brightest ornaments of the country had voted an increase of their own salarv. Were they, he asked, “salary grabbers?’’ Without referring to the question of pedienev of the act, he maintained that those who voted for the increase had a perfect constitutional and moral right to vote for the retroactive feature, and no stigma could rest upon them. Ilad lie been a member of the last Congress, whether he voted for the bill or not, he should have drawn the back pay. If the press doubted the expediency of the act, let them say so, and not attack the moral ty or virtue of those who thought it ex pedient. A representative in the hall of Congress ought to be a man rrf mental calibre, intellect, education and training, to command the highest wages, He said the railroads the value of brain labor, and many of them paid ten to twenty-five thousand dollars for the best brain labor. So with master mechanics and other skilled labor. There was scarcely a merchant with brain and skill of a high order that did not make from ten to fifteen thousand dollars. There was scarcely a lawyer, eminent in his pro fession, that did not earn ten or fifteen thousand dollars, and there was scarcely a profession or occupation where brain and skilled labor would not return an equal in come. The science of government was one of the highest allurements. Every body had an interest in good government. The laws passed here affected the interest and the pocket of every c itizen. '1 here was required here the highest order of in tellect. and there was a vast deal of labor and thought demanded. lie held up the honors and emoluments of office when held by men of correspond ing ability as an incentive to the education of the rising generation, saying that the poor man, on his three dollars a day, would make the greatest sacrifices to ed ucate his son and raise him above his own sphere. He said that when he was a member of Congress in former days, he had never received a dollar beyond the al lowances of pay made by law. He had collected in claims over half a million dol lars. hut had never accepted any commis sion. There were, he declared, numbers of capable and honorable men who would not come to Congress because they could nt afford it. and he argued that the countrv often lost valuable sen ices ow ing to the lack of compension. In a former Congress, when he* expect ed to return, and therefore was uninflu enced by anv personal feeling, he had, when tlie total expenditures were only eightv millions, given his opinion that the salaries of Representatives should be 810,- 000. and of Senators §15,000. Ihe ( hies Justice of the Supreme Court at least Soi».- 000. the Associate Justices 825.000. the President 8100,000 arid foreign ministers at least twice what they are. He considered the abolition of the franking privilege as being far the most unwise feature of the whole measure. No government could last unless the people understood its nature and were devoted to its principles. They must have informa tion relating to the action of the Govern ment, and the Constitution had wisely provided that the action of the Govern ment should be open to them, and lie ie garded the franking privilege as one of the great instrumentalities of a free republi can government to add to the enlighten ment of the people. The debate on the salary repeal was continued throughout yesterday. Al though the members were inclined to wearisomeness over its prolongation, the able presentation of the case? by Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, and the ludicrous scenes which interspersed the addresses, enlivened the House and created a re newed interest in the proceedings. The knowledge that the late Vice President of the so-called Confederate States intended to defend the action of the American Con gress drew a “large house,” and the ex pectation of hearing a candid and fair an alysis of the question was not deceived. The speech, which extended beyond the twenty minutes allowance, was philoso phical in character and worthy of the brightest encomiums. A thorough states men. he did not descend to vulgar parti sanship, but attributed the increase to in dividuals acting collectively, irrespective of political affiliations. Undoubtedly no more able defence of the questionable in crease has ever appeared, and‘its signifi cant virtue is the complete extermination of the responsibility of any single political association for the legislation which has provoked so much displeasure. Mr. Stephens strikingly exemplified the penu rious custom of our Government in its pay ment of public servants, not forgetting that the best talent should command the best remuneration. Advanced in years, and physically incapacitated for any ex tended strain upon the system, he remain ed standing dliring the delivery of his ad dress, the shrill, clear notes of his voice piercing the furthermost recesses of the hall. It could not be styled a participa tion in debate; it was rather the outpour ing of the mature thoughts of a man thoroughly versed in the theory of gov ernment, and one willing to impart a por tion of his knowledge for the guidance and benefit -of Among the ■pleasing ream res 'or-TTtw--prrTTtre- ■preseTTTPtT was the indulgent treatment spontaneous ly awarded by the dominant party, and the conspicuous desire of all to conduce .to his comfort and well being. The conclusion of Mr. Stephens’remarks was the signal for a hearty and general congratulation, each member happy in the thought that a complete .exoneration from any base or mercenary motives had been obtained from one rich in experience and learning, and devoid of any unworthy trait of char acter.—Kali on al Rep uhl icon. Judging- By Faces. A man’s character is stamped upon his face by the time that he is thirty. I had rather put my trust in any human being’s countenance than in his words. The lips may lie, the face cannot. To be sut'e, “a man may smile and smile and be a villain;” but what a smile it is—a false widening of the mouth and creasing of the cheeks, tin unpleasant grimace, that makes a close ob server shudder. Rascal is written all over it, somehow. Among the powers that are given us for our good, is that of reading the true character of those we meet by the expres sion of the features. And yet most peo ple neglect it, or doubt the existence of the talisman which would save them from dangerous friendships or miserable mar riages. and, fearing to trust a test so in tangible and mysterious, act in defiance of their impulses, and suffer in consequence. There are few who could not point out an actual idiot, if they met him, and many know a confirmed drunkard at sight. It is as easy to know a bad man as either. If you are afraid to judge in this way, I am not. We are all bad enough, it is true: but the special cases are as plainly marked out as though they were branded on the forehead. The miser wears his madness in his eyes, in his pinched features, in his complexion. The brutal fellow shows his brutality in his low forehead, and prominent chin, and bull neck. The crafty man, all suavity and elegance, cannot put his watchful eyes auU snaky smile out of sight, as he does his purpose. The thief looks like nothing else under heaven; and those who led unholy lives, of which we may not speak, have so positive an impress of guilt upon their features, that it is a marvel that the most ignorant and innocent are ever imposed upon by them. Perhaps it is the fear that conscientious people have of being influenced by beauty, or the want of it, which leads so many to neglect the cultivation of the power which might be brought to swell perfection; but face may lie beautiful and bad, and posi tively plain and yet good. I scarcely think anv one would mistake in this way; and 1 aver that when a man past the earliest vonth looks good and pure and true, it is safe to belivethat he is so. and to trust him; and that when the countenance is evil, the heart is probably evil also.— Mary Kyle Dallas. I OFFICE, BROUGHTON ST., ) ! Sanborn Building. Gen, Forrests Offer. UK WILL raise five thousand volunteers. Memphis, Dec. B—-The following corres pondence between Gen. Sherman and N. B. Forrest is published to-day: Memphis, Nov. 24. Dear General: By telegram from Washington and other sources it appears we are likely to bccjpe involved in war with Spain, if so I presume the seat of war will be in Cuba. In case we do become involved, a pit the Government should re quire assistance, 1 hereby tender you mv services as a volunteer. “I think I could enlist from one to five thousi nd men who served in the Southern army during the late war, and at short notice, and who could rendezvous at New Orlearis, Mobile, Pensacola, and Key West, bitiler as cavalry or infantry. “Yours respectfully, N. B. Forest.” GENERAL SHERMANS REPLY. Headquarters Army, Washington. N. B. Forrest Memphis: Sir: Y ouj-s of the 24th is received, and T have sent it to the War Department with this indorsement : “Respectfully referred to the Secretary of War for file” among the hundreds that coiue to me. I don’t believe there will be war, for neither Gov ernmebt wants a war with Spain on ac count of Cuba. ' The bulk of the fighting would be afloat, for whoever commands the sea can have Cuba. We may not have sufficient heavy iron-clad ships, but then some could be had, and we have an abundance of good naval vessels, leaving for land forces the smaller task of occupation. No part of this will be likely confided to me; therefore I have sent your letter to the War Depart ment, which can only act after Congress declares war and provides the means for its prosecution. W. T. Sherman. sherman’s indorsement of forrest. General Sherman placed the following indorsement on letter of General Forrest: *T deem this worthy of a place among the archives, to wait coming events. I regard N. B. Forrest as one of the most extraordinary men developed by our civil war, and were it left to mo, in the event of a war requiring cavalry; I would unhesi tatingly accept his services, and give him a pro urine. hr i fight against our national enemies as he did against us, and that is saying enough. “W. T. Shermaf, General,” Tl*c Jewish Sabhatli. There is one especial feature in the inner life of the observant Jew that excites ad miration and commands respect, and that is his home on the hallowed Sabbath day. What the oasis in the desert was to the weary and footsore traveler, and the cool and refreshing spring to the parched and fainting pilgrim, even such was the Sabbath to the ill-used and careworn Jew of the middle ages. All the sorrows he might have had to bear during the week, and all the humiliations and great indignities he might had to suffer, but dared not resent, though his spirit might have been well nigh crushed, seemed to have been utterly forgotten by him as the evening shades .began to descend on the sixth day of the week, and the seven-lighted lamp, suspend ed in the hovel of his wretched ghetto , an nounced to him that the hour fyr the inau guration of the Sabbath was come, Al though time has wrought a happy change in the condition of the Jew of the present day, he still continues to welcome the re turn of the Sabbath with feelings little less intense than those of his ancestors; arid the poorer lie is the more keen is his de light at the approach of the weekly festival. On his return from the evening service of the synagogue he recognizes in his home a scene of cheerfulness and comfart. A spot less White tablecloth meets las eye, on which is placed the Kiddmil or Sanctifica tion wine cup and two Chiloth , (loaves,) to remind him of the divine promise to the bread-finder of a double portion of manna on the sixth day; and a substantial meal is spread out, however humbly the family may have fared during the other days of {he week. “A good Sabbath to you, my dear wife and children,” is his loving greet ing. The children approach and bend with reverence to receive their father's and mother's blessing, a custom probably as old as the patriarchial age. A hymn is chant ed. the burden of which is a welcome to •ministeringangels.' ( Mulache Hasshareth,) who are invited to the domestic hearth, and to preside over the Sabbath and its hallowed rites. Then the husband and sons recite the thirty-first chapter of the Book of Proverbs, portraying in inimitable language the priceless blessings that reside in a pious, faithful, and industrious wife. From sunset to sunset a perfect rest is observed, and the hours that divide the svnagogue services are spent in repasts, in visits to relations and friends, in comfort ing the sick, consoling the bereaved, and in deeds of. social benevolence. The many j stringent observances and petty restrictions ! that hedge in the Jewish Sabbath are not of the Bible, but belong to a later age. Isaiah saw in the Sabbath a day of joy and delight. A hundred years of fretting will not pay a balf-pennj of debt. Tin Wwn Soft THE SUN IS PUBUstiSb EVEtttf v Wednesday. Our Club Mute* i We desire the efforts of otir friend* in u heru Georgia in the extension of thb cir culation of the Sun ; and, in answer to the letters received daily in regard to the matter, we refer them to our Clubing Bates below ; Five Copies, one year ... Ten Copies “ * • • If Fifteen Copies . . , Twenty Copies ... |g . LArties in the City failing to get their p*s per will please report k! the office: The Bashfttlncss of Young Men iu Love, “I have been in love with a young girl over a year"—so writes a young man to the Ledger — “but never had the courage to tell her so.” His is by no means an exceptional case. There are many young mou iu the same situation. And generally the girls with whom they are in love are quite as deeply iti love with them. And yet tho young tiieri (tie afraid. Most of them are brave. They would not hesitate, fired by patriotic ardor, to enlist as soldiers. They would not quail before the foe They would Hdt blanch before the eanunon’s mouth. Yet they trombid at the thought of avowing a pds siou which is consuming them, and are hovered with confusion at the idea of speaking to the objects of their affection words Which would lie the most welcome of all heard in a lifetime. They resolve,.but the resolution sinks on the threshold of execution. They strive in vain to suinmbii up their courage. It will not come at their bidding, or it deserts them at the critical moment. What is the remedy ? Asa general thing, there is no need of a young man being in a state of any uncer tainty about such a matter. If ho has any perception, any degree of kfcterilffiSs in ob servation, lie may know, with almost abso lute certainty, before he offers himself; whether he will be accepted or not. It does not need any direct avowal to convey this information. It may be de rived front comparison of the lady’s conduct and bearing, as well as her conversation in reference to yourself, with her treatment of others ; from her preference, or lack of preference, for you ; and especially by no ticing whether it is agreeable to her for you to pay any particular attention to other young ladies. It may be learned, in short, in a thousand different ways ; arid thete is little necessity or occasion for ask ing the direct question while any consider able degree of uncertainty continues. Then, remembering that men deficient iri courage are liefer esteemed by women,and that a faint heart is out of place in a tiffin’s bosom, ask and be accepted—and be hap pyl—Ledger. Character of Abraham Lincoln. Jt is to be regretted that Mr. Charles F. Adams, in his “Memorial Address oil the Life, Character, and Services of Wil liam If. Seward,” should have permitted himself to do injustice to Abralffim Lin coln. Any attempt to colnonizeMri Sew ard by detracting from the merits of his chief weakens the eilcornilims bestowed; Mr. Adams lias claims to consideration by reason of his talents, acquirements, social position, and public service; but this esti mate of the character, capacity, executive ability, and relative position of tile. Chief Magistrate and his Secretary of State be trays a want of just discrimination and correct knowledge, of each. A great er error could scaf-'dely be committed ’than to represent that Mr. Lincoln “had to deal with a superior intellectual power” when he came in contact with Mr. Seward; The reverse was the fact. In mere scho lastic acquirements “Mr. Seward, qever a learned man,” may have had the advantage, though in this respect theft) was less dif ference than is generally supposed; while ,‘in breadth of philosophical experience and in the force of moral discipline” the almost self-taught reflective mind of Mr# Lincoln, which surmounted difficulties and disadvantages that his Secretary never knew, conspicuously excelled. In the ex ecutive council and in measures of admin istration the Secretary had influence, not always happily exercised, but the Presi dent’s wtH the master mind. It is empty panegyric to speak of the (Secretary of State as chief, or to say his suggestions, save in his own Department, were more re garded or even hud greater influence than those of others. His restless activity, oif ceasing labors, showy manifestations, and sometimes incautious exercise of able authority which the (’resident deem ed it impolitic to disavow, led to the im pression, which Mr. Adams seems also to have imbibed, that the subordinate was the principal, and have induced him to use his own words, to “award to one honors that clearly belong to another.”-— Gideon Welles iu Galaxy. Proverbs from the French. A peg for every hole. What is new id always fines A fair promise binds a (bob Well fed, but ill taught. A good candfi needs help. •'* Married to-day. marred to-morrow* A friend i« known In time of need* Fair things are soon snatched away. A handsome hostess is bad for the purse. Desperate ills require desperate reme dies. It is not the greatest beauties that in spire the most profound passion-. It is not enough to have cabbage ; one must have something to grease it. The Flint River Store* a te nUiagoff at cost for the ce«h only,.