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Journal He JStosenger. J. KNOWLES and S. HOSE, EDITORS A SI) PROPRIETORS. A. Loiigit lluvv mi'trr C airo. The following “ poem,” says the Memphis drv lanchc which we find flouting about on *Lo lit*r.i* ry tide without paternity, e rescue ftom a state of orphanage and adopt as an inmate of the house hold of “ fancy,” mkia* bold to dedicate the sen timent io oor friend Faxon, of “Southern Egypt.” Directly in the * krotch* of the Ohio and Mississip pi rift i-, upon a foundation composed of torty tro strata of quick sand and of soft black mud— Stands a city daik and dreary. Where the traveler, tired and weary, I-. met by people pale and sallow. With voices grim, and coarse, nud hollow : And their eyes looked wild and sunken, And they act like people drunken. Here at night, or noon or uioruiug, Without a irDment’s w arning, 1 he ague's cure to take you. And twill s fake you, yes, ’tail] rhahe you. I rLake with it once, you’ll shake forever. You’ll stop shaking never! It shakes the tops from off the houses, . nakra the men from out their trou eis, .-bakes the hoops trout otl the- ladies, Shakes t**e gew* g 4- from off the babie*. Shakes wrLuteVr it takes a notion. And it's ever after kept in motion ; Sooke you once ’twill shake forever ! There's work enough for u!i folks, small ones, large one*, tall folks. All take turns to hold each other. Father, mother, sister, broiher. Hold each other w hile they’re shaking, abating out quinine they're bocu taking, And they’ll shake forever after, *• To the land of the hereafter.'’ lu this valley, dark and lonety. Haunted by this demon only, The soil ia rich and mellow. Where there people, pale and sallow, Plant their corn when it is seed time, Eat their quinine when it’s feed time : Eat it lor breakfast, supper, dinner. And they all keep growing thinner. Till their bones come through their body, Till ’twont hold their whisky toddy, Then it is they’re gone forever — Yes, forever, ever ! ever ! (tint* tor Ibt- .tlautii. The Plantation. — Streak up land for Corn deep, udug the subsoil plow, and apply all the manure you c.n procure. Plant as early as is consistent with safety. Prepare land for Cotton, tin owing up deep and mellow “beds,” so as to get a good stand as early in the season as j*o..-ible. Spring Oats should now be sown—lrish Potatoes planted and Sweet Potatoes bedded out for a supply of “draws.” Fences must be now repaired, and Hedges set as soon as possible. The Vegetable Gardes. —The ope ration of the Gardener must now commence in good earnest.— in order to secure a regular and abundant supply of vegetables, the garden iua-t be pul in a thorough condition at once, let ft, however, be remember ed that the soil should never be stirred, nor any seed be planted while the ground is wet; in fact it must be drv enough to crumble easily, when raked over. See remarks of last month, uuder this head, all of which will also do for this month ; and if any crop, that was put iu before, has been destroyed by Irost, let it be renewed. English Peas may now have a careful hoeing, drawing a good ridge of soil to them, parlicuLulv on the northern side. All vegetable seeds, except Cucumbers and Mu>k Melons, may be plained iruni the middle till the latter part of this month, as Beets, Spinage, Parsni|s, Salsify, Lettuce, Turnips, Onions, (black seed) Cabbage tor succession, Ac. During the latter |>art of the month, Cabbage plains it.ay lie set out for a crop. Okra seed may be planted ; if put in rather deep iv, s.:V covered with a couple ©t inches of soil, it will be safe and ready to start as soon as the sea .-on aid permit. Plant Irish Potatoes, and if any of the former planting have come up, hoe and draw the soil up, -o as to cover them completely, and they will soon appear, again. By the middle of the month, TV ater Melons and a ‘.i.all crop of early Corn may be put in ; Adams’ Early, and White Flint Corn are the beat varieties. Now is also the time to sow Colza. Plant the seed daring the first week of February, and you may have excellent greens in four weeks. It Hot Beds have not yet beeu prepared, do it at once. Where Sweet Potatoes are wanted early in the summer. put out your sets in a hot bed, that you may have an abundance of draws to set out by the first of April. Tut Oku *tn am* Fecit Gardkx. —Set out the i each, the l*iu:u, the Apple, the Pear, the Quince, the Fig, the Pomegranate, the Grape, the Straw berry, the P ispberry, and all other desirable Limb, of fruit* and ornamental Uevs-und vines. Examine Peach trees for the worm, anl Apple trees for the bo; r, a- i dig those dc.-pcrators trout their hiding places with the f-horpe end of your knife. Heap leached ashes around your Peach trees from the “collar” to the height of 2 or 4 inches above the surface or the ground, or pour boiling water around them as herctolore directed. Work around all your fjuit trees, Stirling the ground well a little 1 art her than the branches extend, and apply a good top-dressing of manure. Cover the surface around newly planted, and all delicate tree, and shrubs, with leaves, pine straw, or loose manure, to the o-pth of lour or live inches, so that the roots may be protected. Tn>: Flower Gams.—Plant, at ouce, all Bulbs, jcL as Hyacinths, Tulips, Crown Imperial, Dahlias, 4c., i*c. Sow tender Annuals in hot beds, and prick out into open ground as soon as all danger of frost is over. Bros and trim borders; plant edging* of Box; spread gravel on gardt-u walks, and roll the surface tirmly ; plant ornaments! Hedges or screens of Arbor Vita*, Wild Olive, Euonymous, Privet, Ac. Prune Roses xnd other ornamental shrub*. Set out rooted plants, and cuttings of the Roses, Cape Jasmine, and other flowering plants. Stake all newly planted and • pliant shrubs. Prepare ground for law ns, by plow - ing very deep, (-ml soiling lb inches) manure high ly and sow a liberal allowance of mixed seed, such as Kentucky Blue Grass, White Clover, Herds Grass, Texas Musquit, Italian Ray, Ac., Ac. When sew n, roll smoothly w ith a east-iron or stone roller, and keep oil all fowls, pigs, cattle, Ac. True rhilosopk), “We regret that c have not space to copy a well written editotial from our venerable cotcmpo i ary cf the Corner Jstotie on this subject.”— Colum- bus liuit*. Venerable, indeed! The editors of the Times, getting along a little in years, would make the im pression that we arc old. Why, we are not a day over three score and ten, and our lather may be seen stepping about the streets or traveling about on the ears like a boy. It is true our hair—what we have of it, is white, and so is our beard; but haven’t we a right to dyC them as well as other peo ple * The color w hich people choose to dye them i- a matter of taste. We know a young matt whose hair was too white to suit his taste, and in his at tempt to make it Mack, he got it into a beautiful purple. We have read of another one who made it green. To our mind there is a beautiful fitness between a goodly number of years and a corrc.— ponding number of gray hairs, and it strikes ns that there is a good deal of unnecessary trouble in a man's going through the lubor of dirtying up bis head aud beard every few days, with hair dye, iu oider to keep down the while spots that will be trying to show themselves alront him, particularly when there are always plenty ol people about to remember bow old lie is. But about the “venerable.” We dou't care l;owr “venerable” people may consider ns, or how old— provided, they don't infer therefrom that we are unable or unwilling to work; it any body enter tains any such opinion as that, let him come and stav in our office with us a week end we will con- vince him ot his error. V. c had a friend once who said that a man's age ought not to le measured by the number of years he had passed, but by the amount of enjoyments that life had afforded him. Measured by that stan dard, we count ourself a very old man. We have never had much of this world's goods or of its hon ors, but we have found life full of enjoyments ot a higher character than they could allor and us, perhaps higher than those they afford others. This world las been and is still a beautiful, and a glorious world to us. We have found in it a great many good and bcautilul things, and a grvat many good people. Bark shadows have sometimes fallen across o*..r pathway, but for the most part’it lias been umked by sunshine and gladness, and w- hare no sympathy with those who find in this world noth ing hut “a vale of tears and low grounds of sor row.” A man must be a very bad man, or very* resolutely bent on being miserable, who cannot find constantly something from which he can ex tract pleasure a ml happiness—ouieil.ing over which uhe glad and to rejoice. But enough, we had better stop lest our readets conclude that oor old age is peeping out through our garrulity. —Corner Stout, A SOU i it EE NEK Arku.U) The Ket. P. A. riuoUl, .Jot met!v Piim.-ip.il of he Macon Academy is now a reSidefttof Loekport, V Y., and Pastor of the Lutheran church of that city. We Sud, in the Lock port Journal, the fal -ouing sketch ol a Lecture recently delivered bv ■ini IM-lore the Societies connected with the Union School: “Union School Lcctcee—First or ths Course. —Rev. Mr Strobcl delivered the first Lecture ot the season course ot Lectures, at the Union School, last evening, (IslIi). The general interest in these l.ectuies may be inferred front the fact that the Hall wa literally packed before the arrival of the appointed hour. The Reverend lecturer commenced his addre.-v with some very appropriate remarks on the im portance of the study of mental philosophy. The mind being by l-ir the noblest |>art of our being, giving to man his true nobility, linking him to an gel* and to God himself, llow highly necessary and proper is it that the mind should he cultivated, not only with the vi**w to the full development of i its noble attributes, but to guard ourselves against tloe eccentricities to which it is subject, ami which so often prove fruitful sources of mischief ind unhappiness to ourselves and others. The lecturer asserted that the tniud is subject to almost as many diseases as the body, nud yet whilst the disorders of the mind were more ter rific and distressing than those which uttiiet the •iody, they had received comparatively little atten tion Amongst the mental diseases, mention was made of idkn*v, hypochondria, monomania and luna< v. The p.. oliar features ot each weie plain ly defined. The speaker then stated bis subject to be ** Id.osytteracy coti'idered as a Mental Phe nomena.” lie traced the derivation of the word, trom its Greek root and gave its literal meaning to be ,*a jxvnHaiitv .i teiuperaiuent or constitution.” she sense, however, in which he proposed to neat it was “ a peculiarity of temperament and a sus ceptibility to extraneous influences, producing cer tain mental eccentricities, or illusions of the imay i not ion.” After drawing a clear and satisfactory distinc tion between idiosyncracy and hypochondria, mo uomauia, Ac., he assumed that in idiosynmasy there was really no dethronement of reason, but simply an eccentricity of thought and behavior, occasioned by impressions cither entirely false, or only imperfectly made upon the mind, giving un due and improper excitement to the imagination, creating very often the most groundless and ab surd conceits. Stalling with the hypothesis that.idiosyncrasy is a diseased state of the imagination, the speaker showed that this mental phenomenon, was super induced by some defect in the senses which were the chief media of communication between the mind and the material world, or to false and im perfect impressions which the mind receives whilst in a morbid state. Upon this assumption the lecturer proceeded to show, that many of the eccentricities which have Im?c!i observable in individuals, that many of the superstitious, as well as many of the religious and political fanaticisms which have marked the histo ry of the world, are only different forms of idios yncrasy. The lecturer first took up the subject of witch craft. lie traced the origin of this delusion ; re ferred to the various creeds which different nation* had adopted in reference to it, and even the laws which have been enacted to suppress and punish witchcraft, but showed most conclusively that there was not the smallest particle of evidence in history, either sacred or proiane, which would warrant a belief in such mythical beings as witr/its. The speaker mentioned the singular fact that nearly all the w itches of the olden lime as well as the modern fortune tellers and spiritual mediums were women. And thus the idea of a witch, is a haggard old woman w ith sunken eyes, shrivelled ‘kin, long bony lingers, squeaking voice, so graph ically dascribetl by Southey. It is difficult to as certain why the opinion has become so prevalent that women enjoy a special favoritism with the in habitants of the unseen world. The fact however hit? become patent, that they are for the most part employed in communicating the mysteries, which a.e bid from mankind general!v. It may be owing in part to the tact, im*t women somt-utiies usmrrne to te employed iu these agencies. We have had an instance of this sort recently in our own vil lage. It seems that his Satanic majesty being in a very pleasant and communicative mood, and de *iring to pay liis respects to a distinguished divine of this village, selected a woman as the most ap propriate luedh mos communication. Whether this co incidence was in accordance with the doc trines of the “ harmonist philosophy,” or the laws of “ spiritual affinity,” he would not pretend to determine. The belief in witchcraft was treated as a cor ruption of the doctrine tf the immortality of the soul. All nations have some kind of faith iu the existence of spirits, and of the possibility of their holding intercourse with mankind, and exerting certain mysterious influences both uj>oii the body and the mind. When this opinion becomes preva lent, it i easy to perceive how the ignorant and BU|ierstitions especially, might, under the influen ces of a perverted or excited imagination, be per suaded into the belief, that they or their friends had been made the subjects of that mysterious power, wlm-li those disembodied spirits or etheri :tl essences are supposed to exercise. But w e can not enlarge on this point. M<-merisia and Spiritualism were both treated as different form* ot idiosyncraey. We have on ly time and space to make a few notes on the lat ter topic. The lecturer traced modern Spiritualism to the peculiar philosophy of Kmaannol Sweden burg, who claimed that for 27 years he held intercourse w ith the world of tie parted spirits, and was in this way instructed in the internal ten ** of the sacred scrip tures. The claims of Spiritualism were examined, both in it philosophical and religious aspects, and the speaker maintained that its claims were not any better founded than witchcraft, and that its influence upon the minds and morals of all who embraced this delusion was decidedly pernicious. To show that it was a delusion, he quoted the re cent admissions of Br. Randolph of Utica, and Air. I’air.c of Worcester, that they had designedly imposed upon the credulity of the public, anil that their experiments had all been of the most deceptive character. Every point which the speak er touched was thoroughly* discussed and enforced by numerous appropriate and striking illustrations. The lecturer concluded with some very whole some advice to all classes aud especially to females. Many diseases amongst that sex, were traceable to some derangement in the nervous system, superin duced by the absence of physical development and thorough mental discipline. We must howev er, close this sketch ; the lecture was a verv in structive aud useful one and was listened to with uuabfltcd interest to the close. If we may judge from this effort, .Mr. S. may he ranked as a suc cessful lecturer in any section of the country. Bah Focxdation.— A correspondent of the A'ti tional lutelliyencer attributes the unhealthiness of New Orleans to the character of the ground upon which it is built. Here is an extract which is in teresting to good geologists : That great eity is built upon a forest of cypress ! The situation of the place is so remarkable and peculiar that it cannot escape one’s attention. It is on an alluvial plain, of recent geological forma tion, and of an unknown age and depth. An at tempt made here some time ago, revealed the fact that, for six hundred feet at least, the same forma tion was obtained. Rows upon rows of the stumps of cypress have been found growing over each oilier exactly superimposed, each of which layers must have taken a thousand years to form. Br. Rennet Bowler, the able editor of the Medical dour .?/, of New Orleans, iuforaied me that lie himself had observed four layers of these cvpresa ‘ stumps within the limits of the city. A GovilE.\ok with the Right SriKiT.—The Hon. Win. Burton was inaugurated last week as Gover nor of the little Stale of Delaware. In his ad dress he uses the follow ing language, which we commend to the Governors of ail States, both north aud south. It breathes the spirit we mostly nted iu our public .councils, and u[<on which de pends the integrity of our institutions ; “ Let us forever discard from our political faitli the treasonable doctrine now proclaimed by north ern fanaticism, that the Union, established by the wisdom and patriotism of our fathers, and consist- j ing partly of slave-holding, and partly of non- f slavehciding State®, cannot continue. Let us ban- i isli the fiße heresies that would inculcate the belief that these States must all become free States or all slave States, to insure their continuance iu one government ; and let us strive to allay this unhappy slavery excitement, now snapping the cords that bind n< together, by divesting it of par tisan influences, and leaving it, as we do other do mestic institution®, for the citizens of the resspec i>ve States and Territories to legulate in their own way under the Constitution and laws of our country.” As 0000 as new. —Hundreds are now rejoicing in emancipation from ik&tterrible disease Dyspepsia, who have been radically cured by using the Oxygenated Hitters, after all other mean® of relief had failed. MACON, GEORGIA : Wednesday, February 2, 1859. tOTTOV MAHKET. The receipts are very fair fair for the season, w ith a corresponding demand. Pi ices paid range generally trom lo to IIJ cents. Rorelpts of Karon. Receipts in Jan., J 859 D,5u7 “ “ “ 18*3 fe,C75 increase —1,832 Stock Feb., 1, 1853 22,040 ** “ “ Ins! 80,230 Decrease Total receipt* to Feb. 1, lssv*.S4,i>43 “ “ “ “ 1858.44,17 fi 1 ncrease —89,87 2 The above are the receipts of our market for the first five months of the seasou, by which it will be seen that we have already received in our Ware- Houses Thirty hi nr thousand eight hundred and sect nty-tiro hates more than’,'the receipts of last year at litis time, and twenty-three thousand three hundred aud sixty-three over the entire receipts of 1358—and a considerable amount is still expected, which will probably brin it to 1(8),000. It will be seen by the above figure s that Maeon is not iu the ret iodide as a Cotton Market. The stocks of goods kept by our merchants, and the accommo dations arid facilities allot Jed by them, has satE bed tfie residents of the country within the reach of our Market, that it is to their interest to make llicit -ales and purchases here. Also country mer chants, to lay in tlieir stocks iu our eity, rather than incur the expenses aud trouble of going to a more distant market. In connection with the Cotton Crop, we would say, that our fellow-citizen, Col. Joseph Bond, has no doubt made the largest ever raised by any in Georgia in one season. The amount was twenty-two hundred bales, aDd purchased by T. K. Bloom of this city, at over *1<X),000. dpThe Macon Young Men’s Christian Associa tion tender their thanks to Mr. James R. Butts, for his liberal donation of a fine Map of the State of Georgia. U. VAX GIESEX, Sec y. Telegraph and State Press copy one time. Savannah Market.— The Savannah papers rep resent a fair demand, and sales on Monday from to 12 cents. Sales of the week, 8,747 bales.— The increase of receipts in Savannah this season, at this time, is 192,789 —and the total at other Cotton shipping ports, 953,934. ACKNOWLEEGMENTS. The Hon. A. R. Wright, will pleape accept our thanks for a neat pamphlet copy of “an Address delivered before the Virginia State Agricultural Society,” by J. I*. Holcombe, Esq. We are grati fied to see a growing interest manifested by all classes, upon the subject of agriculture. By fos tering this fundamental department of industry, we best secure the prosperity and safety of our repub lican institutions. Sedition and treason, spring not up from the well tilled ground, but these noxious and poisonous plants shoot up from the cess pools of overcrowded cities and thoroughfares. It, is the fatalities not the Ciucinuatuses, that the Republic has cause to dread. V e may hereafter transfer a portion of this ad dress to our columns. ST. VALENTINE. The patrons of this saint will perceive that friend Boardman has not ignored his memory. AUGUSTA DISPATCH- Mr. Atkinson, the enterprising proprietor of this sprightly Journal, lias associated with him in its control, Messrs. I). G. Cotting and J. G. Clark, gen tlemen of newspaper experience. A MISTAKE. We learn by a letter from D. W. Lewis, Esq., published in the Augusta Dispatch, that the Ex ecutive Committee of the State Agricultural Socie ty meet in this city on the second Wednesday of February, instead of Monday, as first published. Mr. Lewis is President of this Society. PUBIICATOKS. Mr. Richards has placed upon our table “ The Ladiks Manual ok Fancy Work.”—A verv hand some volume, illustrated with over 3i>o engravings by the best arti-ts. it is very bountifully bound in line cloth, with gfft sides and back ; embellish ed with eight large pattern plates elegantly print ed in colors on tinted paper. Price $1,25. Dick V i itzgerald, Publishers, No. 13 Ann Street, New York. We are not connoisseurs in such matters, but presume this work well suited to a lady of expan sive purse and elegant leisure. Mr. Boardman lias placed us under renewed ob ligations for the February number of Harper, which we have glanced over with interest. The hclect tc Mapazinc of J'oreipn Literature — W. 11. IJiowkj.i., Esq. Editor and Proprietor— for February has promptly appeared to regale us with a ib*-t of good things. It is truly refreshing to turn from the political journals occasionally to these excellent Magazines of |>olite Literature, domestic and Foreign. Nor should we omit to notice the Southern Cul tivator, with its timely hints for the short but im portant month of February, which nppenr in another column. We are glad to know that good farmers view this monthly as one of the necessa* ries of life. GRAPE CULTURE. We are gratified—and so doubtless are our read* ers—that our allusion to Col. Sullivan, last week, has elicited front him an interesting communica tion which will be found in our paper to-day. We shall be glad to hear from other of our friends upon this and kindred subjects. DEATH OF A NOTORIOUS CHARACTER. Our readers are doubtless aware that for several years the Democratic party has enjoyed but indif ferent health. A council of physicians has fre quently been called in, but still the patient has continued to decline and waste away, until—as will be seen lv reference to our columns—the Court Journal announces its death. We think it highly important that a po*t-,nartein examination should be made of the deceased, that the public may know whether Mr. Stephens was correct in his diagnosis, and whether, after ail, the patient died with the “ dry-rot.” As there is now no na tional orgiuization—(not* indeed has there been for years) —resting upon principle, it may be hop ed that the good and true men of thecountrv, dis eat ding old prejudices and prepossessions, will unite in a common effort to rescue the Government from its present jierils, and guard the Constitution from every Invasion. Now is the time to build up a great Constitutional party. ACQUISITION OF CUBA- Some idea of the magnitude and ,value of the trade of Cuba may be formed from the following statement of the New York Herald;— | “In lN>s there were imported into this port alone, front Cuba, 100,249 hhd*. and 1(16,947 bot es of sugar, 47,H34 hogsheads of molasses, and ti 1 ,416 bales of tobacco (besides thesegars), which with the honey, fruits, woods, Ac., made up a commercial value of imports iu round numbers jfl twenty-five million of dollars. l.ouixiamt Niiialor, The Xatloiial Intdliyeneer, .lan 27th, says the lion. J. P. Benjamin, Jof Louisiana, was re-elected by the legislature of the Stale, oil the 24th inst., a Senator in Congress lor six years from the 4th of March next, when his present term will expire. There hail been a protracted contest in caucus for the nomination, and when the result of the election reached New Orleans, the public gratification was manifested by the firing of one hundred guns. AS THEY LIKE. We think it was first the Columbus Time s, that auggested that Gov. ftrown should be re-elected without the interposition of a nominating Conven tion. This suggestion, we believe, was adopted by the Federal Union , and other democratic pa pers. We expressed our gratification, and the hope, that the people would for once be afforded an opportunity of expressing their choice at the ballot box, unbiased and uofetrified by party ma chinery and Conventions. It appears, however, that we have counted too largely upon the liberal ity of party leaders and papers, aud it is no.v very generally understood that a Democratic Gnberna lorial Convention will bt* held in June next. We are cut ions to know w lmt platform the de mocratic nominee will be placed ape-- —for in this matter lie usually has no choice. Os course, il Gov. Brown is re-nominated, he has to be tak**n with all his messages and vetoes annexed—upon banks, State-aid, Education, Ac.—questions which are likely to enter into the next canvass. Nor wili State policy alone divide the public mind in the next contest. Federal politics and measures —the tariff, Pacific railroad, the acquisition of Cu ba, the slave trade, and perhaps the Presidential question—these and other issues, direct and col lateral, will impose no easy task upon the next Dominating Convention. We stilt think it would have been good policy for tlte deruo-jraev to have run Governor Brown without a formal nomination. As the) like howoVt r. THE RIGHT DOCTRINE Those of our contemporaries who have mani fested a painful degree of solicitude iu regard to the course of South Americans, may find some re lief in the sentiments recently uttered in the House of Representatives by the Hon. Humphries Mar shall, of Kentucky. We have not the speech be fore us entire, but give the following extract. On the subject of slavery aud the question of Federal interference, Mr. Marshall thus lays down the doctrine of the southern Americans : “ The general government, being one of deri vative powers only, will not interfere or intervene to shape the destiny of embryo States of the Un ion ; there shall be no central influence exerted by it to incite , or prohibit , or hinder, any particu lar system of labor or any sort of political insti tutions in the Territories, further than to see that they are republican in their fomt, upon the ad mis sion of the State into the Union. It will confine itself to the honest exercise of the agency delega ted to it for the common benefit of nil the princi pals under whose power of attorney it acts. That power of attorney is the Constitution of the Uni ted States, which expresses the grants of power to the agent and the prohibitions, and the govern ment must keep within the limitations expressed, or implications necessarily springing from what has been expressed, to carry out that which is within the object of the expressed grant.” Now* who shall say that the above is not the true ground upon which men North and South ought to stand, and can stand in peace and unity. This platform steers clear of the Charybdia of Con gressional intervention on the one hand, and the Sovlia of squatter sovereignty on the other. Let us hear no more of the coalition of Americans with abolitionists. MOUSING POLITICIANS. It is generally conceded, we believe, that whilst we still have a few patriots and statesmen in the national councils, they are measurably powerless, and that the country is under the misrule of dema gogues and mousing political triminers. How ap propriate then and considerate it was, in fitting up the new Senate chamber, that suitable aeeommo a.xLio.ivj >!k/mlil bt rutuiniiiui iu mosc two “ black outs,” that they might “worry the rats which live iu the house that Jack built.” This cat- egory is thus explained by the Wash ington Stales : Tle Gluck-Cut Jljvtcry. In the Senate yesterday, during the comments upon tiie surreptitious manner in which some of the proceedings of the executive session had been reported, a very grave Senator undertook to throw some light upon the subject by a very curious in cident which he related. On Friday lust while the Senate were in secret session, he thought he saw something in tlte gallery, and sent a messenger up to examine what it was. lie came hack and re ported that there was u trap-door in the northeast corner, over the lobby, w hose existence he was previously ignorant of, and upon further examina tion it was found that this trap-door led into a lit tle dark room which contained two black cuts ! He did not believe that it was these cats who had divulged the proceedings on that occasion ; but there might be other places where eaves-droppers coulJ conceal themselves, and he thought the Sen ate should investigate the matter. Perhaps (he workmen who built this hall might have been brib ed by someone to make nooks ami corners in which men might secrete themselves; hut at unv rate it was certain that in the northeast corner of the gulh-ry there was a cat-hole! Immediately on the adjournment of the Senate the mystery of the “ cat-hole” was explained. It appears in each corner of the gallery there are trap doors made for the purpose of allowing the workmen to go down under the tressle work of the galleries, to make any alterations or repairs. Tlte two cats which were found iu one of these places hat got in there in some manner, and probably could not get out again. They have therefore re mained, subsisting on the crumbs that have fallen from the public tattle. This is an authentic solu tion of the “ black cat mystery.” TEE DOUGLAS AND FITCH DIFFICULTY. Another of those disreputable scenes recently occurred in the V. S. Senate, by which that body is losing that high position and dignity which it formerly maintained with the people. A harsh personal altercation took place between Messrs. Douglas and Fitch, which subsequently lead to a correspondence ; for what object, the public is left in doubt. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore American, tints notices the result: “ The correspondence between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Fitch closed after the mailing of my letter yesterday, and is published this morning.’ There can certainly be no diversity of opinion that it lias reached a very lame and impotent conclusion, considering the very imperative manner in w hich it begun. It is a singular feature of this affair— which is substantially as much unsettled now as it was at the outset —that the parties who acted as the friends of the principals, or others colled in as referees, have not subscribed their names to the publication made, ns a satisfactory arrange ment. The absence of this usual attestation fur nishes the most significant commentary upon the so-called settlement.” I.arsr Sale of Cotton. The Albany (Ha.) Patriot, of Thursday says that during the present week, Col, Joseph Bond dis posed of, in that city, his entire crop of cotton ol lSf>S, amouting to over 2,2oobales. The purchase was made by Col. T. R. Bloom of Macon, and the net proceeds amounted to over one hundred thousand dollar*. This is the largest sale that u e have heard of being made in Georgia, and the largest crop of one season made by any planter in the State. This crop was raised in South-Western Georgia, and grown on tlie/ollo.ving plantations ; “Fowltown,” “Wilkins,” “Mud Creek,” “Ducket Place,” Hickory Level” and “While Hail.” These places embrace some of the finest lands in the rbato. Should Col. Bond live a few years, with his present income, remarks the Patriot, uud exer cise prudence and economy lie will, jtcrhapx, Le a rich man. The Mon. .lolm IC. Hard, The Washington Stuics of the 23th inst. savs: “Gen. Ward, of Georgia, our Minister to China, has been in this city for several days past, receiving his instructions. He leaves on the next trip ofthe Arngo, about the Ist proximo. The President has clothed him with a wide range of discretionary power, looking mainly to a further opening up of the trade of China to our people. By the late treaty the American minister is allowed u resilience at Pekin, and immediate communication with (lie Emperor. Gen. Ward hopes to secure most liberal advantages to our commerce. Already by the re ceut negotiation, it stands on a more favorable footing than that of any other nation. Senator Ivt ritonH Speech. We will insert ia our next issue, say* the South- j ern statesman, the huger poi tion of the pec- h olj S *nator Iverson of Georgia delivered ia the Senate ! of the United States, on the t'ih of the rnesent* month. We think that no apology, to our readers ; tv.ll be necessary lor publishing so niiieb of the j speech, to the exclusion of other matter, from the fact, that the Senator in ids speech presents, in uB able manner, his views upon matters that vitally effect the South, her interests, institutions and her final destiny. At fust ws thought that we would g've oolv some si ->:t extracts from the speech; upon looking over it we saw in ii so much that lol ly accorded v.itji the opinions and convictions which have forced thenoelves at and rivit.-d upon our inii.d and feelings for the last few years, we thought that v, e could do nothing better and more ac ceptable to our readerthan lo publish the part of it which we have concluded to insert in our next paper. We have paid attention to, and watch ed the course ol the able, hold, imlependunt, out spoken and feailess Georgia Senator ever since l.e tool; his beat in the United States Senate, and we feel no hesitation in buying that the course of no Senator on that floor so nearly meets our entire approbation and challenges our admiration as that of Senator 1 verson. Thus speak* an Alabama paper of our distin guished Senator. The do’bio RegisUr aL-o has the following : Senator Iverson. -The Abolition press at the North are “pitching’’ into Senator 1 verson tilth all their vim about the able speech delivered bv him |in the Senate on the Faoiiic Kailioad bill. The speech is a fine ili'urt, and we are not surprised timt it should be to such a t the New York Times, ami others of the same strips, it thorn in their sides. lie doubtless considers such notices rather in the light of compliments than otherwise. At least we do. We are glad to see that Mr. Iverson’s noble stand in favor of Southern Rights and interests are appreciated abroad, if not at home. How should Judicial Officers !>e Eleotrd f We copied yesterday an article on this subject from the Macou Telegraph, in which we found much to approve and but little to condemn. The Telegraph's emphatic repudiation of the attempt to whip the people into the support of party nomina tions meets our views exactly; but we think that the remedy w.hicii it proposes is not the proper one. It proposes that the Legislature again take the election of Judicial Officers into its own hands.— Would this remedy the evils of a party judiciary? We know by past experience that the Legislature would more generally make party tests of these elections than the people are now doing. Indeed, many of those who are now advocating a return to Legislative elections do so avowedly and explicitly because of the refusal of the people to vote lor par ty nominees. This is the course of the South- Western AV/f.v and the Albany Patriot; and our near neighbor, the Times, though it does riot dis tinctly call for a return to Legislative elections intimates that it will not strongly oppose it it the people go on voting against Democratic nominees! By a return to Legislative elections, therefore, the Telegraph would aggravate an evil against which it forcibly protests—viz : “the application of mere political machinery to this matter.” Neither do we believe that the Legislature would j elect Judges or Solicitors any better qualified lor their stations than the people would and at e doing. | We have witnessed, in another State, a fair trial of both systems, and although party politics still have too much influence there, we are confident that the Judges chosen by the people of Alabama will compare favorably in legal ability and personal integrity with any set ever chosen by the Legisla ture. The truth is, we think that, the people of Georgia in their lute judicial elections, by disregarding par ty feeling and intrigues in many instances, have given the very highest proof of their capacity to null • l.> Loot eLoice fop nnd wc hope that they will retain the power in their own hands.— Cos! ambus Jdmjuirer. We were originally opposed to giving the elec tion of Judges to the people. Rut the present system is working ho much better than we antici pated, that we are not so sure but it would do well to give the election of even the Supreme Judges to the Sovereigns. We are therefore inclined to concur with the views above expressed* by our Columbus contemporary. Tlirce men KilleJ i?i Sirtvnrl County, l'iie steam mill of Mr. Wiley B. Horton, about ten miles north of Florence was completely de stroyed by the explosion of its boiler oti the 18th inst., and three men were killed. A correspond ent of the I.umpkin l\tl!a<liu/n gives the following account : “ 1 lud rode over to the mill for the purpose of laying in a bill for some lumber, nnd had just stop ped into the mill and was conversing with Messrs. Horse and Redick Smith, bud not been exceeding five minutes, when the most awful explosion took place that I ever heaid. We wore standing not far from the saw at the time. Dorse A Smith were precipitated out into the yard unharmed, while l was knocked out of the mill-house and felled to the ground, either by the force of the explosion or by some of the living missiles from the boiler, be ing severely bruised in a number places, the whole house fell over and around me with an awful crush ; but fortunately one end of the timbers rested on the floor above and the other end on the ground beyond me, thus leaving sufficientspace for my escape. When I crawled out from beneath the talleu house, 1 saw Messrs. Dorse and Smith standing out in the yard in mute astonishment.— My appearance seemed to recall their presence of mind and they inquired if 1 was hurt, and remark ed tiiat several persons must be killed. We then went round to the furnace, and the scene which there presented itself to our vision beggars ail de scription. The charred, blackened and mangled forms of John Smith, dames Hlaekburn and John Johnson lay weltering in their gore with scarcely any signs of life. Wc dragged them out from among the rubisli and carried them to a house near by, and sent for assistance and also for Dr. Wim berly, who lived in the vicinity ; but ali creature helps were vain, as Mr. Smith died in thirty or forty minutes after the disaster, and Mr. Hlaekburn did not survive until this morning, and all three were literally scalded to death if they had receiv ed no other injuries. Mr. Johnson still survives, but without a .-olitary hope of his final recovery.” There were some fifteen persons in all about the mill at the time, and several others were injured, but not seriously. The boiler was blown, through an embankment of earth, a house and trees, to a distance of fully one hundred yards up the Hill ! It weighed between seven and eight thousand pound, and the force of the explosion must there fore have been terrific. The correspondent thinks that “ a defective boiler and carelessness’’ was the cause ol the explosion. Itaiit bridge- Drcatu r Cos a uiy, Business here, says the Georgian, is more ac tive than we ever saw it. Store-houses always crowded; plenty of money in circulation, and our Court house square every morning filled with wag ons, loaded with cotton. Oil Wednesday morn ing last we could scarcely make our wav to the Decatur House, so crowded were the streets, llcsi d ewees arc being built in every direction, besides several large and spacious storehouses. The num ber of strangers visiting this place is great ; most of them are looking after lands, and not a few of them are becoming settlers in the county. The population of Decatur has increased not less than twenty-five per cent withiu the past three years. South western Georgia has always been considered sickly by tbe people of the middle-ami upper pa it of the State ; but they were nevermore mistaken. This portion of the State is the garden spot of Georgia as regards salubrity of climate, richness of soil, society, intelligence, and, last but not least, the beauty of the fair sex. Laruk Ship vtkmt ok Nkukoes. — During the months of November and December,says the Rich mond 1356 negroes were shipped over to the cotton and rice fields of the South. Tuesday ini more were sent upon the same road ; and lot) more are now in Petersburg in readiness to be for warded to the same market. There is evidently a growing tendency in the border States to substitute free for slave labor. In view ol tbe present high price of negroes, the former is doubtless the cheapest. What will be the final result of this state of tilings, others can judge as well as ourselves. I’OR XiiK JO CRN AI. & MESSENGER. Vine Cuiturc. J/> v . Pillion-; —ln your issue of the 2<Uh Inst, you. have been pleated to mention my name in • connection with the premium offered by Nicholas Longworth, E-q., for “a grape superior to the Ca tawba, for the purposes of wine.” Without any hope of obtaining that premium, I cannot refrain from giving you my views upon the purple Soujv pernong, ;is tiie notice affords so fair an opportuni ty tor doing so. 1 must premise, however, by say ing that my know ledge and t xpe i ience, in vine grow ing is very limited. D'.i from that knowledge, I have long entertained u settled conviction, that it is decidedly toe lu st vine, and better suited to our -oil and climate, for the production of wane, than utty other grape hitherto cultivated. The Scuppernong, proper as you know, is h straw colored grape, (and very tine for the tabic,) the vine having every appearance of a native vine, commonly known as the muskadine or buliis, but like the last mentioned, it is neither, a certain or prolific bearer, and no decent wine has ever yet been manufactured from it. lam not sufficiently Informed to give you the reason why, but such is the fact. The purple scuppernong is ft seedling from the first mentioned, and is probably a mon grel or hybrid, between the two first just mention ed, to wit: the scuppernong proper and the mus kadir.o. I do not assert’ this to be a fact, but merely advance it as an opinion. Let that be however as it may, the purple scuppernong Las a strong family resemblance to both of them, while at the same time it greatly excel!* either, in the quantity of the yield, and in the hardy, vigorous nature of the vine itself. Having said thus much as to the origin and na ture of the vine, 1 vviil proceed, (in as short and lucid manner as I can) to give you my reasons for believing it to be the superior of the Catawba, for wine making, particularly iu our southern section. 1. As to the cultivation. —ls I have been cor rectly informed —for I do not pretend to have bad any experience myself—it requires tv considerable outlay of both capital and labor, to fix and culti vate a vineyard of the Catawba grape. The ground must be deeply trenched and highly manured, be cause, I presume the roots run deep, and the vine is a grass feeder. Now, the very reverse of this is true as to the purple scuppernong ; the roots of which all run near the surface ; n-Jfe some times the small sprangles are seen.attached to a bone or some other favorite food which may be lying upon the surface. No deep trenching is therefore re quired, and art occasional top dressing of the soil, with muck and stable manure, and a lew bones is all that is necessary, with the weeds kept down, to insure a vigorous and healthy growth, while the vine is young, and until it reaches a sufficient size to protect and manure itself, which it will do iu the course of a few years. Again, I have been informed that great care and trouble must always attend the Catawba, iu keep ; ing it properly pruned and trimmed. Here again, 1 the purple scuppernong has the advantage : as it never needs the pruning knife. It is a great run | ner ; ar.d the only trouble you have is in trailing it properly upon your trellis work until it lias taken a ; firm hold upon the arbor, which it will soon cover, forming an impenetrable shade, wherein no grass j or weeds can grow, whilst its own humors formed l of the decaying branches and fallen leaves furnish ! es almost a sufficient aliment for the continued i healthy progress of the vine. If these positions be j true, no one can doubt that so far as the. cultivu j tion is concerned the purple scuppernong has ! greatly the advantage over the Catawba. 2. A oie, as to the yield. —l do not know the quan •j tily of gallons which an acre of the Catawba wiii yield, but we can form some estimate ot the pro duct of the scuppernong from the yield of one vine, owned by the writer : It occupied a small spot in my garden, and covered by measurement, a scaf fold thirty feet long bv ten feet wide, from that j • : vine 1 have gathered live bushels of grapes. Now one hundred similar vines might stand upon one acre of land, which will give four hundred bushels to the acre, and each bushel will yield over two gallons of pure wine. The vine Ims no enemy or destroyer among the insect tribe, nor mildew, rot or blast, to cause a failure of the crop, nor do birds destroy the fruit. And ns before said, tint knowing the yield of the Catawba, I do not know which is the most pro lific. }et one thing is certain, while the latter will fail perhaps once in three years to bear any crop, the purple scuppernong is a certain never failing annual producer. Some times’ the late frost may catch it in bloom and blights the germ, but its re cuperative energies are so great, that it will readi ly supply the loss in the later branches, and fur nish readily a full crop, so that there is never an entire failure of the crop. :h Hut, perhaps the greatest advantage which it possesses over the oilier vines is yet to bo ad vanced, and that is in the vintage: It is well know n to nil grape-growers, that the harvest is the most critical period in the wine making process. The grape must be fully ripe, when the wine is expect ed to be good—and it must not be too ripe. When the berry is sufficiently mature to commence the vintage, every thing must yield to the pressure of the demand, for all the labor that can bo had, and every energy put forth to secure the crop before it spoils by becoming too ripe, and begins to decay. This I think is one of the evils attending every species of grape 1 have ever read off, out of which wine has been attempted to be made. Now, this difficulty does not exist at all in the case of the purple scuppernong ; although the fruit commences to ripen in the month of August, it will neither fall off, decay or rot before the first white frost in Oc tober, and loses none of its rinous qualities by de caying. This gives us ample time to secure the harvest at our leisure. For these various reasons, I give it as mv decid ed opinion, that it is tV.e grape for this section, (as to how it might succeed in the climate and soil of Cincinnati, 1 will not hazznrd an opinion,) I re peat, Ist. Because the cultivation is not so laborious or expensive. 2nd. Because it yields well, and is a certain crop, neither subject to mildew, blight, rot, insects, worms or birds. tird. Because after the crop is once made, there is no danger of losing it for the want of time to secure the vintage. Tiie wine made from this grape, Messrs. Editors —one or both of you did me honor to test you are i.s capable of speaking of its qualities— and even more so than myself—though l have been toid that with connoisseurs it would not take rank a* n “ine, but would be classed as a cordial. Vet 1 was never more serious than w hen I assure vou 1 would not exchange it, bottle* Tor bottle, with Mr. Longworth, for his sparkling Catawba ; but every man to Ids taste. \\ it H great respect, 1 remain Gentlemen, your Ob’t. Serv't. THUS. C. SULLIVAN. Sleuth oi i:. Hirtlsonv. Mr. Enwaitn Birdsong, our County Treasurer, says the Columbus Enquirer of the 27 th ult., died of apoplexy yesterday afternoon, an illness of only a few hours. The deceased was emphati cally an honest and useful man, and enjoyed the implicit confidence and high esteem of the com munity in which he lived, lie leaves a large fami ly to mourn their loss ; and the county of Musco gee to regret its deprivation ol the services of a faithful and acceptable public officer. £.3?” A facetious boy asked one of his play mates, why a hardware dealer was like a boot maker? The latter, somewhat puzzled, gave it up. “Why,” said the other, “because the one sold the uails, and the other trailed the soles.” FOR TflE JOCRNaL A.NO MESSENGER. Thr Tii ca i re. JT, sir*. T.ditars —One ol your totemporaries ■ announced a few days ago the fact that a gentle mat) had succeeded in introducing, not a strolling company, but a regular troupe of Theatrical per formers into Macon. lie congratulates the citi zens upon such an accession to the attractions of the city. Alas ! that lie should have forgotten that w ; tli its advantages (if it has any) it carries much to Might and mildew the morals of our city. It was said hy a learned jurist on the British bench, that “ one theatre destroys more souls than fifty churches could save.” Let any intelligent obser ver look over the history of these “schools of mor al-,” and he will find more of fact than fiction iu the above remark. It is ul-u said that during the French Revolution, when the mo-t ferocious exhi bition of nnsanctified and ungovernable passion prevailed that the civilized world ever saw, “Thea tres increased in I’aris ft out six to twenty-five.”— The writer observes, “ One of two things is cer tain: either the spirit of the times cherished t!.e institution, or the institution fed the fires that in volved millions of people iu unparalleled crime and Mill'd mgs.” How much better were it that money thus profusi vely given, were bestowed to meet the men tal, moral and physical wants of the poor, who are ever with u--. Macon has been well taxed in tfie wav of popular uiuusemeiiU tins season. A CITIZEN'. TRI3UIE OF EJifPiCT. At the present term of tie Supreme Court, G. I, Bat ry, F.<q., announced to the Court the death of the lion. Jon.\ A. Tcceer. an attorney of the Court since its organization, and moved that a Commit* tee of three be appointed to prepare a tribute of respect to his memory. Whereupon the Court appointed Judge Geo. L. Barry, Judge Win. C. Perkins, and Col. A. Hood, the Committee, wiio made the following REPORT: The Committee appointed to prepare a tribute to the memory of the Hon. John A. Tccrer, re port— Cheeiless, indeed, would be life’s pilgrimage, if man wa* deprived of the privilege of sympathizing with misfortune, or mourning the loss of faithful, cherished trieuds. Tiie tears of sorrow the emotions of sympathy —are tiie evidences of the truth, “that no man liveth to. himself, aud no man dicih to himself;” painful but Salutary, poignant yet consolatory, and tell of the ennobling qualities of the human heart. The mournful gratification of the living, as well as a proper respect lor the memory of the dead, de inuiui-i that the names and the virtues of departed friends should be had it) remembrance, and be em balmed with the tears of regret. Friend after friend departs— Wiio hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end. With what painful emotions may the Bar of Georgia adopt this sentiment, and attest its truth. The brightest ornaments of the legal profession— names that reflected their own greatuess upon its character, and won for it undying renown, have passed itoni the theatre of their glory and their fame, to the silence of the tomb'. How long the catalogue of illustrious names! With saddened hearts and tec-lings of unutterable sorrow, we add j that of John A. Tucker—our friend—our brother, i Long associated with him in the arduous though | pleasing toils of professional life—mingling with j him in the enjoyments of the social circle—vve j loved i.iai for his virtues and honored him for his : intellect. Noble in nature—candid and sincere iu conduct —lie secured the admiration of ail with whom he associated. It were useless to speuk of him here as a lawyer ; his commanding talents have here been often displayed; lie has left the impress of bis greatness upon your records. V* e would not draw his frailties from their drear abode; let them lay buiicd iu the gloom of the ciave. lie ours the more pleasing tusk to speak ol his virtues, and hold in grateful remembrance | his noble, geneiotis nature. With what a warning voice does his death proclaim the divine admoni tion—” let him that thinketli lie standeth take heed lest lie fall.” His triumph over the difficul ties that beset his early life, vviil be a beacon light to guide aspirants tor forensic honors in the path ot success. May his sad and untimely fate ever remind them that— V* eak and Irresolute is man, The purpose ol to-day— Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. j And while they profit bv the teachings of his suc cess, may they hi ed the warning voice of his ex | ample. His surviving associates who thus bear testimony to his virtues and his worth, may he taught by the mournful circumstances of his death, that Some foe lo our u(flight intent, Finds out our weaker part • Yiitue engages our assent. Hut pleasure wins our heart. We respectfully adc that this tiibute to the memory of our departed brother be spiead ’upon the minutes of lire Court. GEO. L. BARRY, W.\l. i\ PERKINS, A. HOOD. A tiue extract from the minutes. R. E. MARTIN, Clerk. We also append the eloquent and impressive words of Judge Lcmpkik on the occasion, who said— The great and eminently pious Dr. Robert Hall, of England, in a fit of insanity, rushed from his bed into the open air. It was winter, and there was deep snow on the ground. lie stumbled aud fell, and the sudden shock on his half nuked body restored him to consciousness. He knelt down on the spow, and looking up tp Heaven, exclaimed, “ Lord, what is man!” How vividly did the death of our friend recall tins incident to my recollection. Bteihrvii of the Bar—l cannot enlarge on this occasion. 1 declare unaffectedly that my feelings will not allow if. The image of John A. Tucker lias rarely been absent from my mind since the sad intelligence of ids untimely death stunned my ears. We will cherish in our inmost souls the memory of ids r.oble stature —his great and gifted intellect —his large and loving heart—his ingenuous dispo sition—his guileless nature—his strong and sincere devotion to his friends, whom he never betrayed —bis urbanity to the Court, to the Bar, and to all —his quick apprehension, his sound judgment, his fertile fancy, his ready elocution, his many social qualities, which endeared him to every body—his sympathy with his race, which made him the popu lar favorite that lie was. Os these the grave cau not rob us. How touching, tender and thrilling, was his valedictory address to the State Senate, of which lie was a member, the last night of its ses sion. But his tongue is palsied in death ! Yeiily our days upon earth are a shadow ! Passing away —is written on all tilings earthly, W ould that I could w hisper a word of consola tion to those who were the last objects of his dy ing thoughts ! Prayerfully we cbmptend them tp Him who will not break the bruised reed, and who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb! Haynevillk, Jan. 29, 1859. J fex*r*. Editors: —By eailing the attention of the Road Commissioners, or the proper authoii ties, to the condition of the Bridge over Eacha connee, on the road leading lrom Macon to Perry, you will confer u great favor. Tin; embankment on the Bibb side is in a condition to make it un safe to travelers, ami there is great danger for a loaded wagon in reaching the bridge on the Hous ton side. If the difficulties alluded to are not speedily remedied, it w ill be impossible to pass to and from MACON. A Xkvvspapkr Editor.— A newspaper editor must, like the poet, be born to his calling, as in the ma jority of instances, no amount of training will fit a person for such a post, unless he have a natural taste and aptitude for that description of literary labor; for, although many persons are able to write “leaders” or “literary articles,” for n newspaper, few can be entrusted with its editorial control, few can scent out the libel which lurks in almost every communication, few can distinguish the report in tended to please the speaker instead of informing the nation, and the letters written to serve private interests, instead of public ends; still fewer who can tell at a glance the kind of literary or political material which w ill promote the circulation of the journal—in fact, a good editor ’s great difficulty is not as to whit lie should put in, but what he should keep out of his columns, Successful editors have not been great authors, but men of good common sense, ami their good common sense has taught them to write but little themselves, but to read, judge, select, dictate, and combine the writings of others.— ChatiUxrf Journal.