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JVygACQISr, Gr-A..,
Tuesday Morning, February 15.
New Jewelry Store.
■ .'..Messrs. V. W. Skiff A Co. of Savannah, make
their debut as advertisers to-day, and are to be
found at the beautiful stand of the late lanterned
M. D. Barnes, on Mulbcrry.streeL They have
a large and elegant stock.
Foote & Jnmlon.
We invite attention to the advertisement of
this wholesale Dry Goods House in Savannah.
Rank Returns.
We leant tliat in addition to other Banks that
have amended their returns since the Proclama
tion of the Governor, the Marine Bank of Sa-
rannah and the Bank of Middle Georgia at
Maton. have also amended their returns, satis
factory to the Governor. Consequently the law
does not now prohibit the bills of these Banks
living received into tho State Treasury or for
Public dues, Ac.
Pandolflnl's Sale.
Sig. Pandoltini's salo commences to-day, and
is |>ercmjitory. 1 le has a really magnificent col
lection of sculptures—marble, alabaster, agate.
China and Bohemian glass vases and ornament
al ware in great variety, which will delight every
luly of taste, and which she should not foil to
examine. It is a style of goods never before
offered in .Macon, and of a quality not to be
found any where out of Uie great cities of the
country, and by no means common in them.
These goods ore a direct importation from Italy
—ore taken from the original cases, put together
and first offered in Macon. Go and see them.
Financiering in Oregon.
The Oregon war claims arc said to amount to
$4,449,949—the average expense per day of
every man in the field is $11.21. Laborers
were hired at $4 per day—clerks at $10—little
steamboats at $000 to $3,000 per day—horses
were shod at $12 each—bought at $550 and
sold at $3o to $50 each. Oats $7 per bushel—
peas 30 cts. per pound—pasturage $3 per day.
150 sheets drawing paper $438.75, and 75 sheets
afterwards sold at $11.25. One private held
claims for personal service amounting to $8,829.
The war was of nine months’ duration, and its
brevity was a happy circumstance. The coun
try could not have stood it long. Unfortunately
for the claims, the government commissioners
have cut them down somewhat
Editorial Personalities.
We perceive our contemporaries of the Intel
ligencer and American, at Atlanta, have been
interchanging little diplomatic notes with some
bearing on pistols, but in this case with the hap
py result of a better mutual understanding.—
Peace and prosperity to them! Without any
particular allusion to this controversy (knowing
nothing about it) we may be permitted to re
mark upon one or two peculiarities in American
journalism which arc the fruitful sources of such
difficulties. The first of these, is the universal
habit of substituting the mere personality of the
Editor for that of the journal he publishes. In
Europe the journal is an independent Estate—
holding its own consistent character—maintain
ing its own opinions; and the conductors are
often impersonal. Here, as a result, perhaps,
of the multiplicity of newspapers and their corn-
ptraiivc individual unimportance, the print be
comes identified with the leading editor, and
then, ill ardent controversy, bis entire personal
ity is dragged into the debate, and bis peculiari
ties of habit, dress or appearance—his dietetics
—the house he lives in—the number of his chil
dren, and every thing else appertaining to him
are made to furnish piquant pleasantries to en
liven a discussion of facts or principles. A few
years ago, a good deal of regard was paid to the
parliamentary rule, and it was held discourteous
to introduce an editor's name in debate; but we
think it Is mainly the evil example of the New
York city press—wherein the Herald Is Bennett
—the Tribune, Greeley—the Times, Raymond—
Enquirer, Webb, Ac., Ac., which has led to the
practical abandonment of an Editorial etiquette,
founded not only in good manners, but in sound
sense and philosophy; for where, in party con-
Snprcmc Conrt—Important Decis-
IOXS.
The Supreme Court is still in session. As we
go to press, Xa 12 on the Macon Docket is be
fore the Court. Seventeen cases are yet to be ar
gued, and among others, the Everett and Whit
field case from Houston, and Causey vs. Wiley,
Banks A Co. from Crawford. The record in
these cases are voluminous, and involve many
nice points, and the argument of each will con
sume a day, and therefore we presume the Court
will not iuljourn (before Wednesday the 23d.
During the past week, opinions have been
pronounced, among others, in the following ca
ses:
The Sheriff of Muscogee raised money on a fi.
fa. and deposited.it in the Manufacturers’ & Me
chanics* Bank of Columbus. Before Court the
Bank broke. Held by tbe Court, McDonald
pronouncing the opinion, that the Sheriff was
liable. It was the duty of the Sheriff to keep the
money, and if he placed it out of his hands, he
must take the risk. Judge McDonald said that
were it otherwise in these days of Wild Cat
1 Banks, the money of parties would be very un
safe. Tire derision seems to meet the assent of
the Bar, and will be well receiver! by the coun
try gcncrallr.
In a case from Muscogee, Scnning pronounc
ing the opinion, held, that where a negotiable
note is in the hands of a third party as collateral,
the security was relieved, if notice under the
Statute was given to the holder and suit was
not aommenevd within the time prescribed by
law.
In Cuyler, Administrator of llolford vs. Ad
ministrator of McDougal, it was held that the
administrator of the MortgagecVan, at Common
t/oversy, custom permits the substitution of | Law or under Statute, foreclose and will not be
Editors for prints, the mind of the respondent j compelled to resort to Equity. Further, tliat
tikes a more personal bent, and the temptation the proper time for Mortgager to file his defence
to offensive individualism becomes greater. ! is the term to which Rule XL Si. Ls returnable,
But secondly, this practice might not, of it tliat is the second term,
sell lead to so frequent personal misunderstand- j The Court in a case from the Chattahoochee
i.igs and collisions, were it not for a still stran- Circuit decided tliat an appeal pro forma paupe-
ger one—one which, put in the form of a propo- ris was not traversable—the appeal was good
Tlie State Fair
Is to lie held at Atlanta this year, so the Ex-
sition or enunciation of foot will challenge a - wherever the appellant took the oath prescribed
denial at once, but which is, nevertheless true, I by Statute,
to wit: tliat greater latitude is claimed and ex- J The case of McDaniel and wife vs. the State,
t reised, as a matter of propriety, in printed. was a novel one. The Grand JuTy of Dooly
newspaper articles, than any gentleman of sense • county made a special presentment against Win.
and goal manners would think of exercising in I McDaniel for whipping his wife. When the case
ordinary oral debate, or private and social con- i was called, Counsel for McDaniel proposed to
versation. Strange and unreasonable as such a 1 liavc the case settled and produced the written
lact must appear, we do not believe any obscr- consent of the wile. The Solicitor General ob-
vant reader will, on reflection, call its actual .iectcd and the Court, Lamar presiding, held that
existence in question. Menwill print language the statute authorising settlements by parties ap-
which they would be ashamed to address orally plied to cases where there was a prosecutor, and
to any baly, and will display pettishness and i not to special presentments, and refused to allow
jiassion in the newspapers, which they would! the settlement The Supreme Court affirmed
lie very reluctant to exhibit any where else.
More than this: while, in ordinary social inter- j
the decision of Judge Lamar.
Tlie case of Walker, plaintiff Jin error vs. 11 un-
ccutivc Committee decided at their meeting in 'bourse, excitement of manner and language is . ter, from Twiggs, was also affirmed
this place last week.
A Aew “Conquest of Mexico.”
The publishers, Messrs. James Cliallcn A Son,
of Philadelphia, send us a specimen sheet of a
new “Conquest of Mexico,’’ by Judge Robert A.
Wilson, wherein the writer undertakes the bold
task of correcting the errors of Robertson and
universally conceded to be vulgar and unbocom- ‘ The case of Bryan vs. Gurr was reversed and a
ing, by some incomprehensible process, the new trial granted. This was an action of Slan-
same thing in type in the columns of a newspa- der, brought by Gurr against Biyan in Macon
per, is only spice and spirit. An ill-natured j county, charging that Bryan had accused Gun-
thrust in social intercourse which all would con-; of swearing to a lie in a case in Houston. The
demn, is a “good hit" in a newspaper—coarse Jury found n verdict of a thousand dollars against
inuendo is wit—blackguardism, invective— 'Bryan, but the Supreme Court granted a new
abuse, irony—ill-temper, sarcasm, and so on to trial on the ground of error in the cliargc of the
Prescott, into which they have been betrayed by th c end of the chapter. Custom seems to allow Court.
“monkish fabrications and thc “gross oxagge- „ “Pickwickian” construction to newspaper dia- In the case of Russell vs. Kearney, from Hous-
“ablenndcri. • i _ ... • . , ■ T. , . ,, . . . . . .. .
rations of Cortes.’’ The author’s “able and cri-
lectics, by which a thing printed shall be held ton, a new trial was also granted. In this case
i'T'v ’“r 0,0 a ' ,n "! tca in . " to mcan 80m< -‘thing less tlian it actually reads, the’ husband of Mrs. Kearney, the plaintiff ii
letter from Gen. Cass, copied in a note to the an ,i cscmp t the writer from a responsibility to j Court below, liad sold a negro to Russell—Me
Preliminary t hapter. lhc work is printed in which he would immcdiatclv be held hnl lw i».i • lit. moi.
tho stylo of I’rcscott’s Conquest, and docs credit
to thc Publisher; but we shall look in vain
through thc book for the classic purity and ele-
us, p. 20:
which he would immediately be held had lie j Kearney bad a life estate, but under the charge
Uttered thc same words orally in the presence of j of the Court below she recovered tho full value
! a few listeners. of the negro with hire.—Held by the Court that
j Now if this rule of construction were fixed, j the charge was wrong—and that she could only
ganco o rcsco t, un iss aut icr improves an ,i „ j >r0 pcrly graduated scale of measurement j recover the value of the life estate, or in thc al-
upon his specimen sheet. Forcxample, he tells | established, men might govern themselves ac- temative, the negro.
1 conlingly and collision be still avoided. But it j In Gamagc vs. S|iears, from Macon, the judg-
Pltotogrnpby—a new Discovery,
There is no branch of Art or Science—(and
this is both)—which has made suck rapid pro*
gress, as that of Photography, or Heliography,
as the practitioners love better to call it; though
the choice is immaterial—the one signifying
writing by light and the other by the sun, which
is the source of light One discovery is scarcely
made ere another treads upon its heels, in such
rapid succession, that the ambitious artist is
compelled now to be a pretty hard student, as
well as a careful and laborious experimenter.
The February number of Humphrey’s Jour
nal communicates another discovery in the art,
which is of almost incalculable value in book
making and the diffusion of knowledge. It is
styled “Photo-lithography,” and is nothing less
than engraving on stone by tbe Camera, through
thc simple photographic process. Thc light
from thc Camera, acting probably by means of
some corrosive substance covering the prepared
surface of the stone, engraves on the substance
of the stone itself a perfect impression of the
image thrown upon it, and in a twinkling thc
stone Is prepared to print the picture by the
Lithographic process, and will bear 300 impres
sions without a renewal of sun-light etching.
For example, if it is desired to procure a repre
sentation of a house or landscape, the Photo
grapher will first take his ordinary representa
tion in ambrotype and then transfer it almost
instantaneously by thc same process to the
Lithographer's stone,—thc whole being effected
as perfectly as, and with more literal exactness
than, by tbe slow and laborious processes of
drawing and engraving, and at a cost compara
tively inconsiderable. It is needless to say that
such a discover}- as this will be of immense
advantage in the cheap illustration ot works in
all thc departments of science, and in the illus
tration and adornment of books of travel, Ac.
Ac. The number of Humphrey’s Journal which
communicates -.his interesting discovery, con
tains two lithog aphic engravings produced in
this way: one is a picture of thc Texas horned
frog—another an ornamental frontispiece embo
dying a map. Both are exactly like ordinary
lithographs.
Although we have mentioned at some length
probably the crowning achievement of Photo
graphy in its economic uses to man, its progress
and improvement in portrait making is equally
remarkable. The Photographer now produces
every known representation of thc human face
divine, with a fidelity and beauty unattainable
a year or two ago. lie takes precedence of the
portrait painter, and first throws on the canvas
a shadow of tlie living image, and if the painter
fills up the outline with fidelity, thc likeness is
an exact copy from nature, and Is perfect Sci
entific experiment and discovery have adapted a
vast variety of substances to receive and secure
the Photographic image. Beginning with thc
highly polished silver plate, it has been carried
by successive discoveries to glass, paper, canvas,
copper, leather, India ruhlier—in fact, to almost
every substance, as various in kind and quality
as thc different pictures which are elaborated
by this ingenious process.
ffc would advise our friends visiting in Ma
con or resident here, who feel curious about
such matters, to spend a leisure hour at Wood’s
Gallery inspecting the progress of this beautiful
art and thc different styles of picture obtained
by it With the benefit of some observation,
we arc prepared to say there is scarcely an Es
tablishment of thc kind in the country which
will present more attractive and interesting spe
cimens, or better illustrate the progress of thc
photographic art His pictures are not sur
passed in beauty by those of any Photographer
whatever, and lie has enlisted in his service two
of the best artists we know. We liavc been
pleased to see that his taste, enterprise and skill
“Mr. Prescott's non-aequaentance with Indian j is unhappily altogether uncertain in its ciiarac ment was affirmed. .. ...
character is much to be regretted, otherwise he ter and application—depending in fact upon tlie In Brown vs. Westbrook the iudinncnt was aro appreciated, and he is meeting with ample
W Al I If 1 It *1 I'll I l*Ail liti, a, m la • J a mm . 1 ..a ft*.« .« • . . ■ • ■ > i _ * - - - - ....
would have perceived the un-Indian dress,
which the Aztecs wear in the works of Spanish
historians.”
That is most decidedly “un-English,” and we
may remark tliat the style is generally careless
and slovenly.
temper of the parties interested; and hence dif- j affirmed: Benning dissenting. This was the | pecuniary success,
cultics often arise unexpectedly, in which tlie case the facts of which we gave when tried ni
offended and offender are about equally in fault, the Circuit Court We will, for the better un-
and only some rankling thrust lias aroused one
of thc parties to a more literal interpretation
of language.
Tlie Living Epistle,
del-standing of the decision of tho Supreme
Court, briefly repeat them.
Westbrook tbe lunatic married, and after thc
We go for a reactionary movement on both birth of a child, the father was declared a lu-
Or Moral Power of a Religious life. ByRev. j these points. Let newspapers discuss principles naticand sent to. the Lunatic Asylum at Mil-
Cornclius Tyree of l'owliattan County, Virgin-1 w ‘ dl newspapers—discuss them in a proper use lcdgcvillc. Brown was appointed thc guardian
ia, with an introduction by Dr. R. Fuller. We ! a,,d significance of terms, and in a spirit and of the Lunatic, and filed a libel for Divorce
arc indebted to Rev. Samuel Boykin, for acopv ! tcm P cr admissible in every other department of against the wife. On thc trial in Court below.
of thc above work, for sale at lain Bookstore,
where Religious works of all kinds, denomina
tional and otherwise, can be found in great abun
dance.
Soiitli-YVcfetcrn Kail Bond.
At tlie recent meeting of thc Stockholders of
thc South-Western Rail Road Company, for the
Kctrcncluuciu and Reform.
These are thc watch words in and out of Con-
the proof as to lunacy at tlie time of marriage
was clear, and the jury granted a divorce, but
decreed that ten thousand dollars should be set
gress now, and we are much amused to sec that * J, 'defor thesupjiort of the lunatic during life
thc very men, who for vears past have been ^ our thousand to the wife for life, and tlie 1»1-
pushing thc Government into all sorts of ext™- nf of “ ,c ,unaU ‘’ aD, <> unt »«g to
vagance—who have at all times and on all oeca- thirty-one thousand dollars, to be divided, share
, . , . . . . sions been the most roadv and prompt aiders: ar,d ' d,arc “hke, between the children of the
election of Director, the following exhibitor ^ abcttor8 in carrying 'through ail kinds of first and the child of second marriage—and at
he earnings of the Road was presented: ^ which the Trc was to ljc deplc . the death of Lunatic and Mrs. Westbrook, the
u»ry lilt, 1859 $319,443 73 and thc money of the people voted away to
Same period lait year,
Increase gross earuing, $117,607 33
Nett earnings for 6 months, J»n„ '39 199,834 44
Nett earnings for 0 months, Jan., '38 76,38s 73
Increase nett earnings, $113,367 72
Six months, bales cotton, Jan. '59 140,388
Six months, bales cotton, Jan.'38 39,409
fourteen thousand dollars allotted to them for
801,778 93 fill the pockets offovorites,' ari now the loudest I ,ife also ‘® e 9 ual, . v a,,,on S *»
in their professions of economy.
Who is there that lias had an eye to thc re-
tlic children.
Brown brought thc case up on motion to set
cor.1 and votes of Wm. H. Seward, that would “ ide that I“ rt of thc detTec distributing the
for a moment have supposed tliat he should take P ro P cr ty. 1 lie l ourt below refused the motion,
up thc cry of Retrenchment and Reform 7 jj ow I be Judgment was affirmed. Lumpkin and
did he vote on thc Homestead bills—thc Pen- i McDonald affirming, and Benning dissenting.
, sion bills—the Internal Improvement—thc River Jud S° Lumpkin, in pronouncing the opinion of
Increase,...................... lUles, 80.879 an ,i Harbor-tlie swindling Fire claims : Every ! the Court - ■** that in his opinion there was no
It is nt every baly s nett which brings snoh f ,. xtravai _ nc ,. am , cvcrv scheme ,, v such proceeding in Georgia as sentence of nul-
earnings as tliat
■ measure of extravagance, and every scheme by
I which money was to be made, has generally re
lity of a marriage. That whenever a separation
ccived his support—and yet he has thc face to to<dt P' acc by law in Georgia, it could only
he dares to folk about be done under the acts authorizing divorce*. In
Doings in Congress.
During thc last week Congress has been cn- join in thc hue and cry-
gaged principally in the discussion of appro-1 corruption and extravagances—and Hale, and Lupland it was different.
the increase of thc Tariffand the Wilson, and Cameron, all presenting thc same '
liberal record, unite in tlie chase.
! If thc Government is to be cheapened only by where there was no competency to contract,
Senate was a very interesting one. The speech ■ the aid of the votes of this Republican quartette, there could be no marriage, and that as a legal
of Mr. Toombs in reply to Mr. Bigler, of Penn- there will be a rebellion la-fore honest men can ; sequence if there was no competency, there was
sylvania, on the Tariff was a masterly effort, get their rights.
and we hope soon to place it Wore our readers, j We have no faith in their professions now- |
Mr. Slidcff after pressing the matter vigor- w e have carefully watched their votes and sec i I C K*1 proceeding to dissolve a marriage. ^ Judge
ously for thc last two or three weeks, succeeded no accord—no harmony—between their present ®- thought that in Georgia, as well as in Eng-
in having thc Report on thc annexation of Cu- professions and their past practices. We look j ' and - a sentence of nullity could be legally ob-
1*. of thc Committee on Foreign Relations, ta- to Mr. Hunter—Mr. Toombs—Mr. Johnson of taiueff though lie had never known arose: still
ken up. The Republican Senators manifested ] Tennessee—tlie Senators from thc Carolina®—. that was no reason why there might not be one.
great opposition to the programme, but on the Sir. Fitch of Indiana, and Senators of that class, 1 J"tlgc B. said further, that in nine cases out
motion to consider thc biff it was sustained hv to bring back the Government to the just and tcl ‘. where a lunatic extered into marriage,
a vote of 28 to 17. In thc course of thc debate
Small business for a State.
Thc papers say tliat Mississippi a few days
ago paid the President of her Central R. B,
Company $100,000 of her repudiated Planters'
Bank Bonds, the holders having agreed to con
vert them into Rail Road Stock. If that he so,
tlie arrangement is certainly not creditable to
Mississippi. The 1 >onds are foirly due in cash,
principal and interest, or they are not ducat all.
Any compounding of such obligations by a sov
ereign Stitc, seems to us beneath her dignity.
Mississippi should pay up, or stick to her alle
gations that thc bonds were illcgallv *-•* ftaliuu -
lently negotiated —- J merefore not binding on
Uic .State?
priation bilb
annexation of Cuba.
On Wcdnesilay the 9th, the debate in the
Judge Benning, in delivering thc dissenting
opinion, said, that marriage was a contract—that
, true standard of expenditure. When they unite j dl ° °thcr party knew it, and had worked a fraud
we noticed that Mr. Crittenden took occasion ' —when they sliall go to work earnestly, tiien, 1 —that usually thc incentive was fortune tliat
usually where there was no fortune a lunatic
was not apt to lie married.
favorable to thc acquisition of Cuba. Wc should
not be surprised if thc proposition to put thirty
millions at tho disposal of thc President, should
succeed during the present session. , . , .....
The Republicans aro evidently much disturli-' at the 1 ' an,cr IIousc “ Co1 - C l lcknc - v ' thar ‘ undtr his Vlc w of the law, thc whole proceed
ed, in regard to this great question—thev s.-c 1 ,cston ’ S - c * ,Ie ’ 8 fond of the famiI >’ names ’ '"S 8 in this was a nul,it y- The action was
that it meets with almost universal favoramor.g ,n - Vu fP ,!ita hc took the honored name of AH- for a Divorce—the proof was tliat the iiartv was
to say that he was opposed to thc bill, and 'and not till then, shall we hope to see the Au-
should vote against it, though he was not un- i gcan stables cleansed.
Dr. Hines.
The learned Judge might have added that in
i many instances where both parties were sane
This notorious sharper was in Macon on Sat- —if there was no fortune there would bo no
urday and Sunday last He registered his name! marriage. Judge B., in conclusion said, that
the manufacturing and commercial interests, ston
and that it threatens to become tho first and '
groat issue in tho Campaign of’60. Wc earnest
ly hope that Mr. Slidell wiU continue to urge
forward tlie bill. Let thc discussion be bad—
let tho votes he recorded, and let tlie counb v
know who is in favor of free sugar, free tobacco
and free coffee. Let us have Cuba. Tlie anxie
ty in the public mind is increasing hourly.—
Cuba must be ours.
a lunatic at the time of thc marriage—tliat un
der the law, as he viewed it, there was no nur-
i riage, and, therefore, the libel for divorce was
j not thc proper remedy. We think Judge Bcn-
! ning was right
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. 10.—In tlie Senate to day,
A <$ueor Judicial Froccctling
Has lately come off in Florida Judge Pear
son, one of thc Associate Justices of thc Su
preme Court of Florida, was absent at a late
session of thc Court in Tallahassee—and wc un
derstand tliat Chief Justice Raltzell Issued ,a
Afrit and placed it in the hands of tho Sheriff
directing him to proceed to the residence of Jus
tice Pearson—arrest him and bring him before
tho Chief Justice. Thc Sheriff obeyed instruc
tions—went to Judge Pearson, told him his bu
siness, whereupon Judge P. very quietly told
him that hc could order him to prison for con
tempt, but would not do so under the circum
stances, and requested him to tcU Chief Justice
Baltxell, hc would come to Tallahassee at bis
convenience. We should lie glad to hear mare
* of this novel proceeding.
iffr.iiiid i»Irs. Florence—Ralston’s
HALL.
Mr. and Mrs. Florence arc to l>c with us du
ring the present week, and we hope tliat they
may be greeted with overflowing houses* They
are unrivalled in their line, and it is rare tliat
tlie people of Macon have the opportunity of Mr. Yuice, of Florida, reported a bill making
witnessing thc performances of such artists. i provision to sustain the Charleston, Key West,
Mrs. Florence played to crowded houses for and Havana mail transportion. The tariff was
one hundred nights in succession at Old Drury : under discussion and the Senate still in session
in London, and could have played with thc
success for two hundred flights, but other j gon Sute bill was contim
yments prevented. Mrs. F. Isa beautiful! Eight o'clock, P. M.—'
same
engagements
J, | when thc reporter left thc capital
In thc House, to day, thc debate on the Ore-
i continued.
-The Senate debate on
woman—young, graceful, and perfect in thc de-! thc acquisition of Cuba lias continual hut no
lincation of all characters she attempts to act - -- -- ' J *“*
Mr. Florence, in Irish character, is without a
rival—hc has kissed tho Blarney stone—lie's
been to Donnybrook fair—thc lakes of Killamcy
—every where Irish scenery could be viewed—
where Irish eccentricity could be studied—and
our people liavc the chance of hearing and sec-
action has been determined. It is believed that
thc bill will pass tlie Senate.
In the House it is expected the bill will be
defeated.
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. 12.—In the Senate to-
, ¥ . d »F. the resolution confining the expenses of
ing what a goal Irishman an American can lho govermnent t0 §50,000,000 was debated,
Wc hear apprehensions expressed lest news
coming along tlie Atlantic telegraph wires thro’
3,000 milt -, of salt water, wiU not be “fresh”
when it get* here.
make of himself, when hc sets about it.
Go early and get a good seat
must comply with the Rule,
Some one mailed to us in Macon, last week.
but no action was taken on it. Tbe private
calender was resumed, and six bills were pass-
' ed.
In the House the Oregon bill was resumed.
tlie announcement of a marriage in Jones coun- rlie IIon ' \
an able and eloquent speech in fai or of thc bill.
Thc last one.
Among the new newspaper candidates for
public favor and exchange, which we almost
daily receive, the last one is No. 1 of “The Last
Rose of Summer,” published at Buchanan, Bo
tetourt County, Virginia. It is evidently
“valuable paper.” We copy verbatim, thc edi
tor’s salutatory to hU brethren of thc press, and
congratulate the old Dominion on this accession
to its literary strength. For thc benefit of weak
eyes all the original matter of the “Rose” is in
type as big as your finger:
To our bother Editors I have taken upon mys
If the responsibility of editng the Last Bos of
Summer do most earnestly request you to lion
or me with your exchange vou will redily
perceive by this my first editorial that 1 am a
man of unlimited talents and genus therefore
you will perceive tliat you may derive immens
c benifit by cxehangig wih so valuable a perio
tical
A|I communicators must be addresto 1
to thc Editor of thc last jfose of Summer
Tlie New Counties.
The Milledgeville Recorder, in speaking of
Butt’s new map of Georgia, has the following
very just comments upon thc folly of thc Leg
islature in uselessly establishing so many new
counties.
We have been struck with tlie size and shape
of many of tlie new counties that have been
made in tlie last few years by thc Legislature,
as shown by Mr. Butts’ Map. Of all imagine
l>le angles, (and tri-angels) shapes, sizes and
forms for counties, Georgia will be hard to beat
Some, to our eye, arc not much larger than
decent potatoe patch, and others arc so tortured
into a sliape, tliat it would make one cross-eyed
to look at them long. Now, we have no objec
tions to new counties, when there is an abso
lute necessity for it, and when said counties can
pay more into the State Trcasuary than they
take out for their members to the legislature
and for school purposes. Some of tlie counties
in thc State arc an outrage upon all sense of
justice, as the tax books show that they are a
burden rather than a blessing. And then thc
idea of one hundred and thirty-tico Senators!’—
Thinking men of Georgia ponder upon that fact
No wonder wc have such legislation. And think
of the price we pay foe it! Forty days at six-
dollars a day for 132 Senators amounts to thc
small sum of $31,680, independent of clerks,
messengers and door keeper, which amounts
from five to ten tliousaud dollars more! We
could not help being led to these reflections by
looking at some of thc small counties created
for selfish purposes by some few aspiring and
would lie legislators. *
Tbe LaGrange Reporter aud a
CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION.
The Reporter of the 10th comes to us in new ;
type. Always an exceedingly neat as well as j
spirited and able opposition print, we are pleased
to see this and other evidences of its pecuniary ;
well being. The leading article in this number, 1
following suit with the Athens Watchman, the
Atlanta American and others, upon the Tribune,
Seward, Black Republican American project for
a general coalition against the Democracy—a :
project which has already received the endorse- i
ment of tho Richmond Whig and some other
South American prints, and is endorsed with
very little qualification by the Watchman and
the American,—speaks of the Macon Telegraph
as “wonderfuUy exercised” about a scheme to
unite the conservative opposition elements of
every section to put down the democratic party.
The sincerity of tho Reporter, we fear, was
badly strained or put to the blush, when he
penned these words. Let us do him no injus
tice, however. He does except to Greeley, Se
ward & Co., as components in this conservative
opposition; but a coalition without them will be
like the play of Hamlet with Hamlet omitted.
It will reduce him to a single state—eight elec
toral votes—perhaps, if he gets them, and a total
of some seven or eight hundred thousand popular
votes. No intelligent man of any party, how- j
ever inveterate his prejudices, can blind himself;
to thc foct that a coalition of this ciiaractcr must
either embrace the whole free soil party in its
entire length and breadth—with all its destruc
tive and disorganizing dogmas, or foil to hold
out any hope of success. So thc LouisviUe
Journal and Richmond Whig admit in their re
cent diplomatic interchanges with the New York
Tribune on the matter of the proposed coalition.
They insist tliat thc Northern free soilers shall
drop or modify some of their heresies—to which
the Tribune replies by citing the last Presidential
election returns—1,800,000 votes for Fremont
against 800,000 for Mr. FiUmore, and says tliat
thc best terms the stronger party ^o thc coali
tion can concede, are that thc slavery question
shall be ignored as a test, both parties maintain
ing their statu quo on that poinl and afterward,
when victory is won, thc longest pole shaU knock
down thc persimmon.
These arc the only possible terms of a coalition
which South American papers, who have not
yet come heartily into it, but hesitate—(now
nibbling at the cheese and now looking at the
trap)—call a union of the “conservative ele
ments and when wc come to criticise the tl-
ments— the ready answer is, look at your own
“Van Burens, and Cochranes—they are no bet
ter. If you act with them, why should not we
coalesce with Seward V" Rut if our opposition
contemporaries can blind themselves with such
sophistry, they wiU find it hard to blind thc peo
ple or bring them by it into a political intrigue to
place the government of this country in thc
bands of fanatics whose fundamental dogmas
are—no more slave States—no more slave ter
ritory—no fugitive slave law and thc abolition
of slaveiy in tlie States as incompatible with the
existence of free labor in the North.
But if the slaveiy question were thrown out
of thc account altogether, our contemporaries
might freely acquit the Telegraph of any thing
like a hope or fear that the democracy is in dan
ger of being supplanted by anything resembling
a conservative opposition on any subject It is not
alone on thc slavery issue tliat the Democratic
party embodies now tlie only organized conser
vatism of tlie country; and wc think it would
puzzle thc Reporter, the Watchman, and the
American to illustrate the conservatism of their
branch of the opposition upon any solitary point
of public policy within thc last five or six years.
Where lias it been displayed 7 Upon wliat
poinl at what time has there been a single or
ganized illustration of the traditional position of
thc old Whig party, by those who claim to have
built upon its ruins 7
For the Telegraph.
The Dying Wife.
5 ou need not close the shatter, love,
’Tis not the evening's breath,
That thus bedews my forehead cold;
It is the damp of death.
But rather draw the curtain back.
That I may look my last,
On that familiar scene so dear,
In da} s forever past
Tis sweet to hear the merry birds,
And see the flowers in bloom;
While from the fields, tbe soft Spring air,
Comes freighted with perfume.
And see how safely o’er the lake,
That little sai 1-boat steers;
While like my fragile barque of life,
Its destined port it nears.
And yon, dear Church, 'tis just a year.
Since there I stood your bride;
While on my cheeks a glow of joy.
With timid blushes vied—
And while our hearts, in unison,
Beat time with love’s own thrill,
A harmony yet nndisturbed,
Though soon wiU mine be still.
And there’s my Mother’s grave, where I
Have mused and wept for hours,
And felt while scattering violets,
That hopes oft fade like flowers.
And look! a prospect glorious.
Gleams through yon veil of sky;
Oh! dearest, but for leaving yoa.
It were not hard to die.
But don’t grieve thus ; we’ll meet again,
Where we no more shall part—
Where, though there is no marriage tic,
Heart may be linked with heart.
I do not say remepiber me,
For that I know you’ll do;
Nor change, nor time, can conquer love,
Like yours, so warm and true.
But I do ask that thoughts of me,
May not be always sad;
Think sometimes of an angel wife,
Whose bliss should make you glad.
And if you should in future yeais,
With sore temptations meet,
Let my name be a talisman,
To stay your wandering feet.
But hark! I hear seraphic strains,
In heavenly concord swell;
As all else fades, the sky grows bright—
I’m going, love, farewell.
EVA LIND.
For tho Telegraph.
Mb. Cusbt:—The Liverpool correspondent
of the Savannah Republican, in his last letter,
January, 21st, (per Asia,) says your prices are
looked upon as foolish, if your crop is to exceed
34 millions of bales. The same writer, in his
own estimate ot positive consumption, shows that
a crop otless than 3600,000 will not meet the
actual consumption of the world. Here are his
own figures:
Assumed conaump'n of Northern States, 700,000
•• * of the continent, 1000,000
ProbsWe consumption of England. 1,900,000
Usmanmr or the Soitii—Gam News!—
Thc Winchester Home Journal of tlie 3d inst
says:
“ A letter from Bishop Polk, of Louisiana, , ,
informs us that lie and Bishop Elliott have be- me, however, which 1 shall shortly pub-
gun the work of raising the endowment fund for perhaps in tho Richmond Examiner, would
Religious Views or Mr. Calhouu.
Richard K. Cralle, the biographer of Mr. Cal
houn, publishes a statement in reference to thc
religious opinions of the great Carolinian, from
which we extract as follows:
Hc was never connected with, or (to use the
vulgar phraseology) “belonged” to any of the
denominations of theso-caUcd Christian Churcli.
His understanding was too exalted, too clear
and truthfully trained, to yield a blind obedi
ence to tbe miserable dogmas of the present po
pular creeds. 11c looked to liis Maker, and not
•. „v..k anu pernaps wicKeu men, ior ms laith;
nor did he trust the mighty interests of the fu
ture to the preposterous, yet pleasant inventions
of councils, conventions, or other religious cau-
cusscs. Hc thought for himself determined for
himself acted for himself; and, doubtless, never
dreamed, in life or in death, of shunning respon
sibility by seeking shelter behind any mental
intercessor. He certainly never confided in the
salvatory virtues of Priest’s prayers, purchased
at two cents a piece—nor in the imputed right
eousness of his Lord and Master—in itself, infi
nite—nor on original election and predestination
to heaven—nor on “justification by laith only”
—the most awful delusion tliat ever took pos
session of thc human mind-—nor on “irresisti
ble grace,” and the final perseverance of thc
Saints, viz. ourselves—that sweet yet deadly
morsel in thc mouth of sinners—nor yet in tlie
moral invulnerability resulting from being sous
ed, heels over head, in a horse-jKind, somewhat
after the manner adopted by tlie mother of Pa
ris, that pest of Troy.
To all these inventions—inventions tliat have
sowed iniquity throughout tlie Christian orb—
he bowed in silence; but his head and his heart
were far from them. He looked to tlie com
mandments of his Creator, as prescribing tlie
rule both of faith and of life; and never have I
seen a man who, in mortal infirmity, so seldom
violated them. I might, indeed, well use the
language employed by the biographer of Charles
Jas. Fox, and there were many points of strong
resemblance between these two distinguished
men, in respect to this whole subject: “ Though
Mr. Fox was no formal religionist, yet thc es
sence of religion, which centres in charity, was
thc predominant sensation of his heart If re
ligion consist in doing to others as we would
they should do unto us; if it have any connec
tion with a holy endeavor to preserve peace on
earth and good will among all men—then we
will venture to say tliat Mr. Fox, who never
made any show of religion, was, in fact, one of
thc most religious men of the age.”
This language is eminently descriptive of the
religious character of Mr. Calhoun. He made
no outward show of the conventional sanctity;
but regarded religion as an irresistible and es
sential property of the inner man, and not the
mere outward fiicultv of the face, knees, liands
and tongue. But notwithstanding the identity
of his views in this respect, you were misin
formed when told that he was a “Swcdenbor-
gian”—a term of reproach very self-complals-
antly applied by our bishops and other clergy
to designate thc Lord's New Church, of whose
peculiar tenets they are, confessedly, very pro
foundly ignorant That Mr. Calhoun ever adopt
ed these peculiar tenets is unknown to me. It
is true that he was very fond of discussing such
subjects in his leisure hours! and often made
tlie philosophical views of the Church the sub
jects of our evening conversations. Yet I am
by no means authorized to say that he ever
considered them as articles of religious faith.
The truth is, his time was too much engrossed
by the never-ceasing labors of his public life to
admit of this. I have, indeed, heard through
one of his distinguished friends—a member of
Congress from South Carolina—that, in his last
illness, he expressed strong convictions of the
truth of the doctrines, but this may be rather
ail inference than a fact. His last conversation
For the Telegraph.
“ The next Democratic Convention.
WHEN & WHERE SHALL IT MEET?”
Mb. Editob:—In your paper of the 8th inst.,
you called attention to thc subject of tlie meet
ing of thc next Democratic Convention—and
as you seemed to be on thc “wrong track,” as!
to the Chairman of thc Democratic Committee,
I had determined to advise with you as to thc
matter, but thc “Constitutionalist" has very
correctly and properly put the matter right—
The Hon. John E. Ward was appointed by the
President of the Convention, Chairman of thc
Executive Committee, and as, according to Par
liamentary usuage, the next man on thc Com
mittee acts as Chairman in thc absence of thc
Chairman, and as Col Ward is now and will be
absent from the State for a year or two, thc Hon-
Peter E. Love is now the Chairman. I trust
3,600,000
So you see, according to thc Gent's own fig
ures, it will require 3,600,000 bales of Ameri
can Cotton to meet the consumptive wants of
the world. To be more plain—England, thc
Continent and thc United States will not only-
take, but spin up every pound of a crop of3,600,-
000 bales before, or by January next, (I860.)
He further says, “ Wlien thc demand and sup
ply appear to be on a level, they are content to
settle down on 7d or 14c J>er pound, for a price;
and they can well afford to do it." Yet this
same correspondent, in the very next sentence,
says “I must confess myself attached to GJ as
an average price for Mid. Orleans, in 1859. This
writer tells us thc manufacturer of England is
willing, and can tcell afford to pay Td. for Mid.
Orleans, and yet hc is attached to, and wishes
to sec Mid. Orleans reduced to 6Jd. Mark thc
gentleman’s language. He does not say they
can afford to i»ay 7d., but they can veil afford
to pay “d. He employs language tliat leaves
no doubt as to their ability to pay 7d. for Mid.
Orleans or Upland fair. 11c uses a term that
makes thc profit to tlie manufacturer enriching
and plain at 7d. for fair Upland. The same wri
ter says the raw material will be controlled by
the price of the manufactured article. If that
be true, fair Upland ought to be worth in Liv
erpool to-day, 7Jd., for seldom has the produce
of the manufactor been more renumcrative. The
rise in cotton fabrics has been constant and
strong. There has been a steady gain in prices
of all classes of cotton goods in British Manu
facturing Districts. Large shipments have been
made to all parts of the Easl especially to In
dia, and the latest advices from India inform
us that invoices from well known shippers, sold
to arrive, at an advance of 30 to 40 percent—
What does this scramble for goods in India
show 7 Why, that the supply Is far short of thc
demand, and that the India demand for goods
at Manchester has not abated, neither has the
price declined. Such at least is the statement
by the Asia, up to Jan. 21st
Here I leave the Republican's correspondent,
and pass on to show there is nothing to be fear
ed because of the probable extent of the crop.
Give the probable receipts of New Orleans, Mo
bile and Texas, as 2,600,000, then put thc At
lantic receipt at 1,000,000, Florida at 200,000,
and you have a crop of 3,800,000. The proba
ble consumption of American Cotton by Eng
land will be 200.000 bales. The Continent of
Clipping* of News
We understand that the
fy the laws, L]i->n a conference, i ‘|
tial to the performance of their dutva
retary or Clerk should be allowed tw' I
Governor concurring in the suggest ‘«
pointed, subject c the ratification oft;
ral Assembly, Co’. B. B. DEGasi-nssT
city.—Fed. Vtvhm.
A Prettt Conceit.—Wc yesterin
the parlor of a fr end, a very beamifj
It is, of course, the fancy of a lady,
of the burr of a pine tree placed in’, t ,
half full of water, and from between t?
ent layers of the burr are shooting it
blades—bright, beautiful refresh^,
little thing, we have seen nothing \if x I
ed us by its beauty and novelty.
cret is this—the burr was found drTt.«
thc different circles were sprinkled’* l
seed, and it was placed in a wine -vB
water in as above. In a few days tS
and nourishment gave thc burr lift
the different circles dosed and bin- t 1°
themselves tlie grass seed, and a ft* ;1 V
gave to thc seed also life, sprout ami n
and now a pyramid of living green, 1 ff'
ly relieved by tbe hue of tlie burr. tii
—as pretty and novel a parlor orn*,-D(
have for a long ’.vhile seen.
Tin; Highest Yet.—Tlie IIuntsril] e
says: “Six negroes, belonging to
Wm. Rogers, deceased, were sold on
last in Marseille, on twelve month's^ ,
boy 21 years old sold for $1,6:;
years old for $1,669, one 38 years oldfc
one 34 years oil for $1,550, one 2s
(unsound) for $1,000, and an old
Total $7,361—an average of
■m
-koung lady—Jr 1,
Europe 100,000, the United States 800,000, and
you see at once if thc crop docs not exceed 3,-
600,000, that cotton is at the present prices low.
Thc receipts at the Atlantic ports, is, up to tlie
12th January, 684,000 bales. To make a mil
lion, they will have from this time out to get
316,000 bales. Docs any sane mail believe that ?
All tliat is necessary to insure the planter 12
to 14c by June, Is to hold his cotton or keep it
home, for the necessities of the Manufacturer
and mankind require and need all the crop of
1859. COMMERCE.
$160.
227.
Cocksev Zoology.
here’s a beagle. Mamma, (reproof?® t
hcaglc! Oh! you lsignorant pff. M|
howl. Keeper of thc menagerie (nj^jatfc
—Axes parding. mum; ’tis an ’awklpip
Some Brooklyn preachers arc bdngjcv™
castigated by the religious press. 1' f th
an Intelligencer of last week has the: .Acute
We understand that there is a
young Beechers growing up in Br.j
the genus ape. They wear turned J
collars, draw their hair back so as u ^j_
cars, talk slang and fustian with grtan^J
of tongue and violence of gesture
there are no less than three pulpits
now supplied with young clerical
out-Beechcr Beecher in his extrata.
have little of his strong sense and p | ie a ,
ty. They remind us of what Dr. Kor_-4 OQ i
said: “When thc Almighty made
respectable animal was produced;
man makes an ape of himself he u J
tcmptible.”
Already fault Is found withiiwuenj
States Senate Chamber. " Mr. Hak,a j
plead for an exteasion of the room to J
of the building on the end and on I..J
so as to hare thc advantage of wise]
fresh air. He also said that another J
been developed’and tliat was if “a i
upon thc roof we cannot hear,
said “the case at this moment I th.:
most unhealthy, uncomfortable, ill-
place I was ever in in my life, and mil
suffering daily from the atmosphere.
Sending Newspapers and Pabphu^^
rope.—Persons who send newspapers fall >
phlcts to Euroiic should be careful : 11, d
close them in wrappers, as it subject,
letter postage, generally so high
are refused by the persons to whM ea it
directed. A gentleman just returned fc
land informs tlie Philadelphia Lc ite I
saw baskets of American newspaper^
plilcts. in one of the English post ofi
had been thrown aside on this accoutiBK,,
newspapers are tied around with i tl
twine or cord they will go as well j,i
wrapper, and Die postage is then tl* £
price lor newspapers. Thc fact
newspapers and pamphlets fail to retdK^! t |
in England and France, to whom thr|S|, e
reefed, may lie accounted for in this iSC; V(
The Adams' Express Robbery.—llMnl «
P. S.—I have just read a statement of supply
Judge Love will take immediate action in the i and consumption of Cotton by a Manchester gen-! S r » -li--'-, Feb. II Maroney.tlic -lgcntd
matter, ami learn the sense of the Committee j tlcman, who thinks the continent of Europe will the*^recentrobWv fortv i
as to the time and place of the next Conven- j consume 120,000 bales of 100,000 bales of A- dollars, and whose examination has’
tion, and that hc will give notice accordingly. ! merican cotton.
For my own part, I think tlie tiin$ and place
suggested by the Constitutionalist altogether {
For the Telegraph.
. . , . , ,, , Mr. Clisby:—Thc impression has been made
appropriate, andqierhaps be ter than any other, ; ^ ^ rc J of Cott<m in Macon from the lst
and I hope it will be immediately adopted by i . ,, i14l , _ 1C) _ A , ...
hope it will beimmed^tely adored by, tothelltho f Feb llrch
the Executive Committee. The last >\ ednes- . . . r ’ . . r * r
, . . » * . • . a . A ; not so. Tbe receipts of cotton, at Macon, from
day in June ls about thc usual time the Demo- L. . . . Al e » J u- i
. • I. i uai • at the lst to thc 11th February, 18o9, fall behind
cratic party have generally held their Conven- ., , . j . . « * **
1 , J1 : , , , ft a thousand or fifteen hundred bales of the re-
lions and while the Americans have been beat-; ^ ofl858i from the l8t to the luh Februarv .
mgabout fro... Macon toMdledgeYTllc almost as My n ^ the ^ of Fcb
often as thev chance their nnncmlcs. or nrofes- . * ....... . . ... _ .
often as they change their principles, or profes-
sions, the Democracy have always assembled at
Milledgeville, thc old regular meeting ground.
As thc thing thus far has tvorked very well, I
hope tho Committee will “ let yvcII enough
•Imc,” and mat the question as to Yvhcrc thc
ConvcnDon will meet, Yvill not be raised any
wherc, but that all will agree upon Millixlgc-
villc.
But there is one view that l wisli to present
to our friends, al this time, that may lie produc
tive of much good, if adhered to by thc Democ
racy, in their Y'arious county meetings, and it
is this: Although wc are to have a Conven
tion, (and it is right that there should be one
too,) it is universally conceded that the people.
or ninety-nine in one hundred, at least, of the
Democracy, are favorable to thc re-nomination
of Gov. Brown. Our present able, energetic and
efficient Governor lias not only thus won upon
the confidence and regard of his own party, but
his course meets with thc approval of four-fifths
of the opposite party, and when nominated, if
any American or dissatisfied Democrat differs
witli me in opinion, just let him, or them, get
their ablest and best man in their party or fac
tion, to run against Gov. Brown, and thc way
they will be enlightened after thc lst Monday
in October nexl icill be a lesson long to be re
membered by them, and all others who think the
people arc fools and have no discernment, and
who are hard to believe. But to return. AI-
1859, will fall short three thousand bales of thc
receipts*of February, 1858. FAIRPLAY.
For the Pulaski Times.
Railroad Meeting-.
Hawunsville, Fcb. 5, 1859.
At a meeting of the friends of the Fort Val
ley & Atlantic Railroad, held at Die Court
IIousc to day, Jos. Can-others teas called to the
Chair, and Charles T. Lathrop requested to act
as Secretary.
P. F. I). Scarborough having l>cen called up
on, explained the object of tlie meeting to be,
thc appointment of delegates to the Railroad
meeting, at Perry, on the lGtli inst, and mov
ed that the Chairman appoint twenty-five gen
tlemen as a delegation to the meeting at
Perry.
Upon the adoption of which motion, the fol
lowing named gentlemen were announced by
the Chairman as thc delegation :
Dr. C. Clarke, Jas. S. I-eithe,
G. R. Coicv, Wm. M. Oliver,
M. McCormick, Wm. O. Baskin,
C. T. Lathrop, Alex. Everett,
S. Mcritt, J. M. Brown,
S. M. Manning, J. I. Anderson.
O. C. Horne, Wm. J. Fountain,
Wm. M. Mayo, Morris Pollock.
R. II. Brown, B. N. Mitchell,
J. J. Lowry, Dr. M. T. Fort,
T. L. Tavlor,
T. B. Howell
eyi
C. M. Bozeman,
Wm. D. Conner,
B. W. Brown,
On motion of O. C. Horne, Joseph Carruth-
ers and P. F. D. Scarborough were added to
thc delegation.
though Gov. Brown is thus popular-and Is f °" moti ?P of Dr ' C ,’ P*!* 0 ’ H"?- ? Ct i° n
, j , , , .. • r nieeting was ordered to be published m
already looked upon as the nominee of the Dcm- ,hn .v. i
already looked upon
ocracy for the office of GoY-emor—still there joumed.
may be a few who do not like him, or care for
the welfare and harmony of the Democratic par
ty, and who may desire to attend thc Conven
tion with the view of kicking up some fuss, and
producing division, &c., and hoping thereby to ;
muster upas much as one-third in a squad, with
the hope of defeating Gov. Brown’s nouiinaUon.
Under these circumstances, then, and as thc
people generally “ with one accord,” are for the
.re-nomination of Gov. Brown, would it not be
well enough for them in their primary meetings
appointing delegates, to instruct their delegates
tcho to Y'ote for. In this ivay, tlie people would
not only have their will fully carried out in the
nomination of the man, but it would keep out
all mischief makers, of the character above al
luded ta Knowing that they could not accom
plish their desire, by throtving in extraneous
matter and bringing up discordant and unneces
sary and mischievous matters, they would stay
the “Pulaski Times." The meeting then ad-
Josepu Caructiikks, Clim’n.
C. T. Lathrop, Sec’ry
on for some days before thc Justii
has been bound over for trial at ner|
thc Circuit Court of Montgomeiy cob
William and Mart College Hus
tersbcrg, Va., Feb. 8.—William ami
lege, at Williamsburg, with extensitj
and laboratory was burnt at three i
morning. It was the oldest instil
country, founded in 1092, (not oldei
than Harvard.) and had a library <t
thousand Y'olumes. Thc insurance
twenty-two thousand dollars.
The Milledgeville Recorder coniaia
newspapers published in Georgia, tisl
which is sixty one, or nearly one paper]
two counties, and several besides, au
established.
Thc Washington correspondent o( tin, tlic|
says tliat there is a painful rumor fin
which connects thc name of one of ia
diplomatists now in Washington withal
far more complimentary to his succesaJ
try than to his morality.
Tlie current coin of life is plain, s
We drive a more substantial and Uuiii
with tliat tlian Yvith aught else.
The end op celibacy-.—Sigh.
When is a fish like a bird 7 Whes
a fly.”
Mliy is an egg like a horse. Bed
not usuable Dll broken.
Character of a cook.—She msls ;
everything—except mutton.
New You.
Heavy Snow Storm,—There 111- m
snow storm here since noon to-day. .’*n t f
is six inches deep and is still falling he4. r
Caction.—Be careful to keep a
stantly before the fire a room in which
ladies. The present extensive
made to catch sparks, and arc liable to
by red hot cinders that are apt to leap
grate.
OCKRICCLCM FOR THE LADIES’ COU.VCI’
girl who intends to quality for marriafj
go through a course of cookery. I n!
ly, few wives are able to dress anythii
themselves.
A Domestic Recipe.—To cure scamM
of good nature one ounce; of thc herjj
your own business,’ one ounce—mil
a little cliarity for others—and two
sprigs of ’Keep year tongue bet'
j teeth.’ ”
i Tho Washington correspondent of
I more Patriot relates the following
Senator Chesnut’s wife, which funu?
r i
From the Pulaski Times.
Railroad Meeting; in NVilcox.
Ahbeville, Ga., Fcb. 7, 1859.
Agreeable to noUce, the citizens of Wilcox | py instance of a graceful recognition
county met at Abbeville, on Monday the 7th j years ago. Major H , who was|
* nst - . _ j passenger with Mr. Chesnut and his <
On motion of Smith Turner, Geo. R. Reid i homeward- bound European packet, l
was called to the Chair, A. A. F. Reid reques-! recital of a story to them, in which b
ted to act as Secretary. j terrupteff and, no opportunity occurri
A Committee of five was appointed by the ! conclusion before the termination of j
Chair to appoint Delegates to meet the citizens sage, the voyagers became separate-
of Houston ami other counties «t Pem- on *he y 0 rk, and remained so until a day or 1
when the Major waited upon his former
tanccs to welcome them to Washing:
first greetings Over, Mrs. Chesnut, *
of pleasant expectation, said; “N
H , pray relate us thc remainde
of Houston and other counties at Perry on thc
16th inst, consisting of the following gentie-
mcn: N. McDuffie, S. Turner, S. I). Fuller, A.
A. E. Reid, and Wm. Brown.
The Committee return the following:
Wc, the citizens of Wilcox, feeling a deep in
terest in having a Railroad from Fort Valley to
Brunswick, or some other point, hereby pledge
ourselves to use all means in our power to forward
the same. And ye further pledge ourselves that
out of the convention—and none hutthe “true I wo wiU not be found lacking inuring our means
, e ... - . ., .. , „ . . t m promoting tbe same. As such, we appoint
and faithful vvould attend. I merely throw tbe following delegates to meet our friends in
out this view of the matter to our friends,^ for i Perry, on thc 16th :
their consideration. Of course I liavc not the Sani’l D. Fuller,
remotest idea of such a thing—still, I am free j '!• Jj- I ko *2 ncr ’
to say, that should a majority, or two-thirds of;
the University of thc South, and are meeting
with the most decided encouragement In one
week over seventy-five thousand dollars was
subscribed. The best of feeling seemed to pre
vail in behalf of the University, and its friends
are more confident than ever of its success. In
short time we will publish thc “Address of
the Board of Trustees of the University of Die
South, in reference to its choice of the site of
thc Univorsitv."
ty, without a signature. Having been twice to
imposed upon by fraudulent notices of this kind, 1 The bill is the same as it came from, . .... . r _ . .. — . . .
we repeat that all such announcements must, the Senate. The House passed the bill by , refuge from the excited mob, on board of a steam- °* Uuba, the currency, tariff, internal
be accompanied by a responsible name. j eleven majority. 7 |er under thc charge of the French Consul. j meats, trans-contmental nil road,
Hayti News.
New York, Fcb. 12.—The correspondent of
the New York Herald publishes the details or
the revolution in Hayti It ls stated that Geffard
entered thc Capital on thc 14th January. The
city surrendered without firing gun.
The Emperor Solouque was compelled to take
seem to lend some color to the impression.*
Latest News from Ilayti.
Charleston, Feb. 11.—Tlie brig Eliza Nelson
lias arrived at this port from Kingston, Jamaica,
wiUi dates from that Island to the 26th January.
Solouque having abdicated his position as Em
peror of Hay ti,had arrived at Kingston on alBrit-
ish ship and placed liimsclf under the protection
of tho British flag.
tho Democracy, in their primary meetings, pre- ) q. Rcj, b
fer sonic other to Goy-. Brown, as their next W. H. BroYvn,
Governor, highly as I regard him, and essential: J- F. McRced,
as I think his re-election would be to the pulic j das -, F-, " ilcox,
interest and welfare of thc Democratic party,;
still when the I<arty speaks in its convention, '
I feel that I but speak thc sentiments of Gov..
Brown, and his host of friends, when I say 1
am for its nominee. I am a “Brown man," but
I am A DEMOCRAT FIRST & LAST.
A. A. F. Reid, Secretary.
Monster Ox.—A large ox is now exhibiting
at thc stable of Archer & Ca, on Ellis street—
i,. East - Life ._ Vmong * l 1 * Ln e h rr‘ of the kindwe have ; l^n^'^fo.Hnroffhis
lfowrbast life. -inion b }ctsecn. He measures 17 feet from tip to tip, !, vont h of ir it is written—
the .Mayor, Yyas the case of a j U ovcr 10 feet around his bod v. andwefobs3.6<H> a i* “, , H5£ n ,r. •
Did not Relish
the matters before uie Mayor, yvos toe casc ot « i 3 over 10 feet around his bod v, and weighs 3,600
fine looking mulatto girl named Harriet Hall a | pounds. He was raised by John Harding?Jr.,
manumitted slave. She on being made ‘ free, j of Davidson county, Ten? and is now owned
went off to the State of Massachusetts thinking i bv JIr . Kusscl of ' thc 8aul ’ u Stote „ c is to ^
that there she would enjoy tlie luxury of being tjjjen from here to Charleston.—Augusta
as good as Die best of them. After being “down ; Chronicle
East” for a while, she found that all Northern «»
freedom talk and higher-law declamation are j A new gun has been invented in Newcastle,
story.”
Steam ox the Canal—It is su'Jj
Buffalo Commercial that there *rr 1
steam canal boats built and in procO
. _ . struction for thc coining season of n*9
As such, we appoint | t i, c Erie Canal.
JrvExitE Precocity.—A little
| city Yvas holding a very animated
! with one of about its own years, i
; since. A portion of it was overba
i appeared to l«c a dispute as to wlut^
j ers could da’’ After naming over 5 *
i itorioiLs acts of which their maternii- ]
| [able, the ope in question put an ;
' dispute by claiming: “Well, there>
niy mother can do that your’scanV*
■ can take every one of her teeth out at a
; Haven .Yeips.
Epigram IVrilten after (Icing lci ^_
This law, they »ay, great nature's
I That causes ever must produce ■
In me behold re\-eree great nature s g
j All mj effects lost by a single cause.
A Highland stone states that
pours1
Wm. Man.
Fred. Fairclo.li,
1*. Dostcr,
A, A, F. Reid,
I). L. McCall
Charles Harvey,
Wm. Barton, ’
Josiah Kean,
Jno. McDuffie,
Thomas Warren,
James E. Coney,
GEO. It. REID, Cluiir.
“A youth of real worth lies baneil • j
Who had jast attained his
Yet in that time snch wisdom has r £
That Death mistook 17 for 71-
Thc fanners of Wisconsin who
their finis to tbe various toilrcs®*!
a league to resist the foreclosure
gcs. Some 3000 or 5000 persons l"
league, bound together by secret o*
The Whig General Committee met in New
York on Friday night A resolution was passed J nothing more than a bogus gold tliat glitters.— I England, and satisfactorily tested at Shoebury- - T - D —, 0 ~j — _,
declaring tliat it was inexpedient further to agi- Harriet soon began to sigh for her “Old Yirgi- ness, Die projecting power of which completely signs, grips and passwords. M
tate the slavery question. A committee of five nia home,” which, Yvith all its faults, she loved j distances that of any piece of ordinance hitherto in g of thc league it was determi^J
were appointed to correspond Yvith distinguished ' still. Consequently, she returned to this city, | known. At an elevation of thirty-three degrees, I violent measures thc attempts to *”1
members of the Whig party, and ascertain their • but as the law forbids manumitted slaves to re- it has sent a 82 pound shot a distance of UtiOo No Old Maids in Jafan.—
views upon our foreign relations, the acquisition main here, she was arrested and made to give ’
of Cuba, the currency, tariff, internal Improve- . security in $500 that she would leave the State
4_ ’ — — A j and not return again.—Richmond Enquirer.
yards,
, or mope than five miles. The same are allowed in Japan. Every no- 3 fj
range has been attained by a nine-pounder p one legal wife and as many Se(0D“ ! j
weighing 16 cwt, of similar construction. j moans will allow him to support- ''