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. / ; FI£IiE. GEOiiGIA. ” £a f MOMNG, APRIL 29,1858, r Morning, the 28th, \ve had a heavy, killing frottj ssleism *arpassed in the winter. flT’We learn this (Wednesday; morning, by dele gates from the Baptist Convention, that Dr. J* Crawford was elected President of Mercer T T v University. Celebration of Rising: S* r This worthy and commend’ -** ILoage. #rinrV^.f the F i* ■’ 23d.'’ - in College, turned out in their ‘’ ** ‘L*~ * -nd marched to the College Chapel, ttstilrV* * addressed by Mr. J. M. Lennard, a pejw’ upon the exhaustless themes of Tem- *, JBemanity and Charity. The speaker por trayetl, te chaste and forcible style, the good on the one hand, and the evil on the other, which might result to society through the influence and example of a sin gle individual. His remarks were appropriate and well spoken. Mr. Lennard is a young man of talent and promise, and we trust he is destined to accomplish great good in society. Nothing is more encouraging to the friends of humanity, than to see youtig.mon in the vigor of youth and hudding manhood, striking hands with them in prosecuting hostilities against the arch-enemy of our race. Rising Star Lodge is composed principally of young men; a noble little band of clever and promis ing youths, just verging upon manhood; and wc anx iously hope that when they go out into life, they will re member the solemn oaths which they have taken, to ab stain from intoxicating drinks, and prolong the lives of temperance which they are now leading through all the succeeding years of their existence; it may be, that the destinies of uncounted thousands mil one day be deter mined for good or evil, by the influence of their exam ples in afterlife. The party given the Lodge, came ofF at night in the Female Academy, and it was a gay and chcc-rful time among the “ young folks.” We had a number of ex cellent and lovely young ladies from Madison, Greenes boro, Philomath and the surrounding neighborhood; and all, berth male and female, seemed to be in a state of gladsome revelry, and the black bird chattering oftheir chit-chat, lasted until the “dead hours” of night. The table prepared for the occasion, by the ladies of our vil lage, was beautiful, magnificent and inviting—a grand display of female taste and domestic ingenuity. We no ticed a number of cakes most beautifully and ingenious ly embossed, which reflected great credit, upon the con tributors ; others were handsomely tvreathed about with fresh flowers ; a variety of “cookery design in cake ” was contributed, hnd all these, together with nice bar becue, fat turkeys, lemonades, boiled custards, ice creams, oranges, bananas, hazlenuts, etc, etc, made a brilliant and luxurious feast. We would relish such times oftener. <. Jttr. Cee Ig again in our town, and will remain until May the | 9th. He has taken Rooms at Foster’s Hotel. -• . . V „ . ) Browalow on Dancing-. We have never seen Parson Brownlow, but if his ! physique corresponds with our ideas of him, it would be j a rare show to see him in a cotillion or a “squeezing” ! schottisch. The following from him upon dancing is ! really funny: “I am no advocate of dancing, and never tried the exercise in my life, but could not resist the temptation ; to look on at this scene, for largely upwards of an hour. My‘vulgar curiosity’ was satisfied however in seeing fifty fellows with long beards, goatees, and huge whis kers. playing the waltz or polka, with as many charm ing ladies. ‘He quadrilles—she polkas’—was the ex clamation ! One feature of the waltz got me. It was to see a young fellow, dressed and perfumed within an inch of his life, squeezing a lady tight around the waist with one arm, and with the other, ns they mingle with and cross each other in pairs in the dance, gently lifting her dress, and she occasionally raising it higher, all, however, to keep it .off of the floor, and the lady leaning up to him like a sick kitten to a hot brick! In these squeezing quadrilles, I noticed the hoops were rather in the way.” Teotnbs lirSSewSy to Strjhtitt rYcrt&lrss. The Hon. Robert Toombs, in reply to Senator Doug- \ las on theLeeomptori Qonstitution of Kansas, made one of the ablest, most convincing and Idling speeches of the session. He gave Douglas a severe, though merited rasping, and stirred up the “Irish” in a number of those “ cramming-constitution ” fellows. Touching upon a remark of the Senator from Illinois, relative to the ‘en ure by which we hold our slaves, Mr. Toombs raid: The Senator from Illinois said to the friends ofthir i measure, “ take care, I have said that you are over riding the popular will; that is the point upon which- I mean to go before the people; now take care; make up declaration in ihc bill which denies that, because, if you do so, you will be doing something ratal lo the ■lave States.” Let me say to him, “ Non tali auxilio, non defensonbu? Istis.” The slave States will take care oi themselves: Wo want no such aid. I demand r.o aid from any man from any free State for the interests of my country. We are men in our own right. We scorn our enemies, and \vc seek not their protection. We stnnd not on the law. Make the most of it; and when you come bore and warn us against declaring principles of legislation, lest they may take away onr rights, I tell you that when the laws can take our rights, they are not worth main taining. We hold them by a better and a braver ten ure. ‘ We have power enough for Iraitors at home and enemies abroad. I scorn dny man who telis me that the great right to two thousand million dollars’ worth of property depends bn legislation, on Senate votes or House votes. Sir,'l cotne of a different “stock entirely and so do my people. That is not our title. We do not .claim under it. We do not ask ibr your indorse ment in any shape. Take any law you please, and you would be derided bv the slave, if you sought to weakc-n our title to him. No. Sir; we will stand by the Con atiiution as long as you choose,'and when you choose to leave it, I will bid you an affectionate farewell. That is all I have to say. Whenever you think it is more to. your advantage and mine to quit, I will bid you good morning with a great deal of pleasure. I desire no strife between us on this point, but I want this matter understood. I want you to understand the tenure by which we hold our property. Wc hold it by tho tenute of our own States, who won it by their valor from for eign masters, and we have never transferred it. You will be enti led to it when you win it, and not till then ; and so I beg my friend from Illinois to set himself easy on that point; to give himself no concern about tbq tenure of slaves, lie may make himself perfectly easy about them. They w ill take care of themselves. “TSscy Say.” ?SI"A more sneaking, cowardly, fiendish liar than “ i hey say,” does not exist. That personage is a uni versal scapegoat for personal gossip, envy, and malice;, without form of flesh and blood, when invoked, and yet, •talking boldly in every community. The character is a myth, and yet real; intangible, arid yet clutching its victims with remorseless power. It, is unseen, and yet, from an exhaustless quiver, wings its poisoned arrows’ from nay to day, Andnomait is proof; no character, r/ilt^ X ww Paß: hopic is bulwprkcd against 1, - v Cn : ° ne bace heart wishes to assail some person s character or motives, “Thev sav” is a! ways invoked That is the assassin who strike in the cloud the Thug who haunts the footsteps ofthe offen der, and tortures from careless- word or diced, an excuse for the atile.to. tvlen dare not always reveal their own feeungs and purposes. Wi(h smiles and pretended f .ill.inouß tale is told you. and lb, fflftr stH* an author more tangible than “They snv” for h ; the slander is she creaViod of the heart bv your ride and reeking with the poison of envy and hatred and earnest with a wish to have the falsehood ‘ of ‘‘TW say bud into reality, and become current coin in tffiL community. O “They say ” werepcat, Is as cowardly as f a W and fiendish ; a phantom creation which smiles,■while lettim, loose a brood of crawl in your path, and Mast by their venom. To retail iheetpries <fi “ Thtiy say ” is to sneak behind an intangible personage, and put in circulation the - infamous inuendoes and calumnies which, from rdw material, qre forged nearer home.— . Wisconsin CfUef. Marriage at Forr Score.— By Rev. Mr. Shippce, on Sunday, 51 arch 28th; at the residence of tfic bride m West Greenwich, Daniel Straight, and Mary Knight widow afNathan Knight, agpd.?7 years. Says the Prov. Journal, oh the above, “ We think we recorded, last Septenibcr, the marriage of a couple advanced rather beyond, (fie ordinary age of matrimonial adventure. The bridegroom, full of years, died on the 6th of March last, leaving the bride a widow at. the’ tender and susceptible age ofT7, On the 28th of the same month, as appears by the announcement above, she was again led to the altar by pßßiel Straight, who had arrived at the discreet period . of 80 years. It should he mentioned for the encourage ment of others who have delayed, from infirmity or other reason, to enter uponltllO chances of .matrimony ..that the venerable bridegroom had'.long Leon afflicted with rheumatism, but that entirely dIS M?a a^ter bis marriage, since whipH he has W -in i-r* 1 ’ dnd bbars the appearance of a man in middfe ARp. Id such is the happy consequence of mat matrimJmy at fourscore, what may not beexpecied from it at an early period ? kigiiShr complained The Lianor Inspector. f Good news! blow the hewgag! JuTonans! Eureka! | Hale Kerlumby! We are to have pure liquors todrink. ; ; , The last Legislature authorized the appointment of an I] inspector for eacn city and county in this State vhose j i duty it shall bo ferexamine all liquors, , n j i j offered for sale; and if he ‘ inepo” . *“‘“ A n ” * 1 them, thrown.,*to tO- - ‘” ! ihc si'itow) • - T ;U S 81,d b *' reU J r I , ‘ fs stuff into the l iver. Erin . i/um vivimus vivamus. After tho inspector 1 S * .nrough and labels the barrels -pit re, 4 undrngged' . ; ginooihe, then we can ‘pitch in’ and take a cocktail, • brandy-smash, gin-sling or ‘spirits straight,’ and not be troubled, an now, with red eyes and the pop-skull, after the excitement begins to wear off. o,.what a glo rious consummation devoutly to be prayed for! But unfortunately the Act does not specify anything in regard to the character of the inspoctor. But as a matter of course he must be some, one who is thoroughly posted as to the taste of a ‘pure’ article of spirits, and he is to go through the establishments, top each barrel and taste; but we seriously fear, - that unless he be strychnine proof, the redoubtable inspector will be tapped keel up ward before he taps and tastes many kegs of the pure stuff. In that case, he might unfortunately lose hie office and the enormous income attached to if, 5 cents for every ten gallons inspected. Wc once heard of a man who could tell, blindfolded, ‘•by tasting, the name of every variety of spirits, but he was finally handed a glass of pure cold water, when he gave up and acknowledged himself beaten—he had never tasted anything like it before. 1 The taste of the people j has been so vitiated bydrugged liquors, that not one man j in a thousand could tell a pure article if he should hap- ’ pen to see it; the more strychnine it contains the better ] it pleases its depraved votaries. But there is very little hope that any pure liquors tvilleverbe seen in Georgia. We will venture the assertion that there is not to-day one gallon of pure whiskey in the wWle State. Our Legislature would have shown far more wisdom if, in stead of authorising the appointment of such an officer, i (with such a salarv) it had branded the entire traffic j as a vending of the deadliest poisons, and deserving j nothing but Its scaling indignation. j We intending publishing the Act itselt, in connection | with these remains, but are compelled to defer it until ; next week. , ■'/’ : ■ “ . ■ ‘ V -.J Tlie Young. O ! could we gain the young, who have, no inveterate prejudices to combat, no establised habits to overcome; could we gain, the young, we might, after a single gen eration had passed away, shut up the dram-shop, the bar-room, and the rum selling grocery, and by shutting these up. shut up also the poor house, the prison house, and one of the broadest and most frequent avenues to the charnel house. More than this, could we shut up these licensed dispen saries of crime, and disease, and debauchery, and aeath, we might abate the severity of maternal anguish, res tore departed joys of conjugal affection, silence the cry of poor deserted orphanage, and procure for the poorde mented suicide, a respite from self-inflicted vengeance. 1 This, the gaining of the young to abstinence, would ; constitute a mighty fulcrum, on which to paint that, : moral power to raise a world from degradation, j O! how the clouds would scatter, the prospects would j brighten, and the firmament of hope clear up, could the young be gained, intoxicating liquors be banished, and abstinence with all its train of blessings introduced throughout the earth. Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Si ster. A long and exciting debate has been had in the Brit -1 ish House of Commons, not upon the war with China, the government of the East Indian possessions, or the controversy with Franco, but upon the question of a bill legalizing marriage with the sister of a deceased wife. From this long debate we take two or three par agraphs sufficient to furnish an idea of the tone ol the argument. One speaker said: Marriage with a deceased wife's sister is not known to have been prohibited in any age or country before the fourth century of the Christian era at which period the churches had widely departed irom tiie simplicity ot earlier times. The most e-xaggerated notions were entertained respecting mariiageand celibacy, and, in fluenced by the doctrines oi the ascetic Basil, Bishop of Nsw Caesarea, the Greek Church, without Scriptural warrant, prohibited marriages of consanguinity, ol affin ity, and even of spiritual ‘affinity of the seventh de gree. Another contended that the best guardian of the de ceased wife’s children would be her sister, and he could not see why the sanction of the law should be withheld from marriage within that degree. In reply to this a member spoke as follows: The honorable gentleman had spoken of this natural affection existing between a widower and liis sister-in lavr and between the latter and her deceased sister’s children. That was a holy feeling, and long might it be preserved us, but it was with a desire to maintain those sacred affections in all their purity that he resisted a change in the law. (Flear.) A woman who married her deceased sister’s husband and had children by ‘him,would naturally prefer the interests ol her own off spring to those of her sister, and thus generous aflection hitherto existiug would be destroyed. The higher classes of society had really very little ground of com plaint against the present law', as with all the world to choose lrom, with ali the advantages of property and education, the hardship upon them must be very slight and inconsequential. Then as to the lower classes, the poorer people, who were herded together in single rooms without respect to age or sex, it was not among them that the hardship of the present law was felt. Among them families were more broken up, sister went to ser vice, brothers went to work,and a widower of that rank of file seldom fixed upon his sister-in-law forliis second wife. Much had been said ot cohabitation taking place between persons thus connected, but unlortunateiy lrom the miserable want of accommodation for the poor, and the lack of education, instances were too frequently known of cohabitation between even neurer relatives. Lot them once alter he law; once introduce the lire brand into families; once make the wife upon her death bed, watch every look, every smile, every word that passed between her husband and her sister; once make it a matter ot calculation with the fortune hunter, where there were two heiresses in a lain tty, how he should bring the second sister within his attractive wiles, and see what a very happy change they would have aflectedih the social condition of the people!” Mr. Lygon could not see any difierencc between the mother or the daughter by tho ioriner marriage of a man’s wile and Iter sister, yet nature revolted irom the idea of hrs marrying either ol the two former, and by what process, then, could the sister be eliminated from the category in which those two stood ? (Hear, hear.) It was not enough to say that the instincts of mankind were sufficient to justify such marriages. The instincts of mankind had ;iot restrained men from committing the most horrible crimes; yet that was no reason for general izing the infractions oi the law into a code for tho future guidance of men. Which instincts of human nature were to be consulted, the higher or the lower ? In a dis cussion which took place last session it wa3 admitted that polygamy was one oi the instincts ot human na ture, ought that instinct to be legislated for ? He be lieved it. to be the duty of Parliament to legislate for the higher instincts of our nature; and, believing that marriage with a deceased wife’s sister was repug nant alike to those higher instincts and to the law ot God, he vouid vote against the motion lor legalizing it. —(Hear.) An Interesting Slave Case.— A trial came off at Vicksburg, Mississippi, some days ago that is of inter est throughout the slaveholding sections. A man named Davenport, charged with killing u slave, was convicted of mansla'ugter and sentenced to seven years’ hard labor in the penitentiary. The Vicksburg Whig says: This waß a case of some importance to the slavehol ders. Ihe accused was an overseer, and pleaded in his defense that the slave was resisting hjs authority when he gave the blow causing death. Wo learn that his Honor Judge Ycrge.r, at the instance of the State, • charged the jury to the effect: That the slave, when otVrt>^V hr<SatC, ? ed oi ‘ cndan gcrc(i by the infliction ol cruel anu unusual punishment, had the right to resist even the master, and that Ids resistance under such cir kUfipg hlm. b ° ideation Se iceSg&r A Stirring Appeal. , Dr. Lees, in his Prize Essay, sums up oneaf the chap ters as follows: 1 “The great enemies of civilization have been enume rated, arid them workings have been revealed by the im pressive eloquence of fact's. Drunkenness, in its folly its revel, and its beastlindsa, has staggered across the vrsron ; Poverty, clothed with the innocmtcJ ami the filth oi .vice, has filed past. Ignorance, with her sightless: orbs, and her dim and hopeless children, have groped on to the darkness, beyond; Prostitution, in • ilduntmg robes of guilt, with heart on fire of hell, has gone, shrieking and mocking, onwards to the stream beneath the‘Bridge ol Sighs;’ .Disease has wilh drawn s curt&jp, that we might see its lazar victims stretched on their beds abhorred; Idiocy, with incohc* -rent gibbering and lack-lustre eye, has shown itself; Insanity, with her -multiplied children, (here ‘mopin r melancholy,’ there raving madbess,) have also come up and vanished from the sickened sight; Brutal Lust, fiercely glaring upon outraged chastity, has stalked by,’ and the fearful panorama has been closed with Crime, apparelled in garments purple with blood of victims. Were the great social fountain of these evils dried up, of civilization ! That Bhielile In Anufusta. ,! Wo Id'S fit from tho Dispatch of this morning, tho 26th j instant, that Wni. T. Ingraham, an ostoemed and re* i spectable citizen of that city, committed suicide on Sun day morning lasC Uneasiness on tho part of some of i his friends, was aroused by his,not appearing at hit? . meals, entrance was forced.into his room, where he was found dead, having shot himself with a pistol. ’ Pursuing a mnler lififficullic?. , The Bucyrus fO.) Journal spins the following yarn; j j which, however faulty in its facta, is readable aa a ro- J manoo. The editor was prompted to “perpetrate” it,! by observing in a Pittsburg paper tho marriage an nouncement of a couple who formerly resided'in Bncy* rus. The yarn is reded off in this fashion : Twelve years ago, tho bride .was a young lady of twenty, the daughter of a wealthy merchant in Wash ington, Indiana. In her father's employ was a young man named Robert , who, thc young lady being bc witchingly beautiful, as in duty bound, fell desperately in love With her. She reciprocated the altaclyncnt, and they were'betrothed. Unfortunutely, the young lady’s father entered his protest against this pleasant arrange ment, and accordingly thc young people put off the hap py day indefinitely. About a year afterwards, she re ceived a most tempting proposal, which, urged by her i father, she accepted, and to the eternal despair of poor j Robert, wasmarried. But alas for the poor bridegroom! I Scarcely three months had elapsed when a kick from a vicious horse killed him. Robert consoled the widow, and determined, at the end of a year or so, to marry her. He had too much respect for her, to press his.suit im mediately. and did not, for fifteen months, when he pro posed. To his horror, she informed him that site was : \ already engaged, and that in three months more.her se . | cond marriage would bo consummated. Two years 1 ! passed. ! In the meantime, the widow and her husband had re j moved to Syracuse, N, York, and Robert, possessed by ! some strange hallucination, followed them. Tftat:sea son, the cholera swept that city, and among its victims was the second husband. Robert allowed a year to pass, and was on the point of urging his claims, when he re ceived an invitation to her wedding! She was,to be married to her late husband's partner. Robert remon strated. The lady assured him that her present step j was not one of love, but purely of necessity, Tire part i nerghip affairs of her late lamented were in such a state j that a settlement was impossible, and to save immense I losses she had determined upon marrying thc surviving | partner. She assured him also, that her sentiments to- I wards him were unchanged, and that should she ever ’ become a widow again, she would - give him the prefer- 1 j ence. She was married, and in a short time removed i with her third husband to Detrbit, Michigan. But a ! fatality seemed to pursue her. Herself and husband I were on board a steamer that was wrecked near Buffalo some years since. The husband perished, and.she es caped only through the superhuman exertions ofa friend who happened to be on board. This friend was young, unmarried, and his gallantry inspired such sentiments in the breast ot the widow, that she married him before Robert had time to claim her. When he learned the state of affairs, he was somewhat indignant, but she told him the circumstances, and managed to satisfy him with the premise that if ever,she became widowed again, ! she would most positively marry him. The lady with j her fourth husband, settled upon a farm near Bucyrus, i while Robert removed to Mansfield that he might be \ near her. In the course ofa year they removed to Pittsburg,; where the husband went into thc mercantile business I on Liberty street, residing, however, in Allegheny city. 1 Robert soon followed them, and finding employment, de termined to watch the chances closely. One day he was passing the store of Mr. , when he saw a ter rible commotion. Rushing in he saw Mr. anian- - gled corpse upon the floor. A cask of rice which was being hoisted had fallen and killed him. instantly. He j inquired if any one had been sent to acquaint his wife’ of thc sad accident. Yes, thc first clerk had just star ted. Looking once more at poor Mr. r-, to make sure that he was perfectly dead, Robert started for Al leghany as fast as his legs could carry him. The first clerk was only a trifle ahead of him, and Robert, know ing the importance of being in time from past experi ence, and fearing that the clerk had designs u >on the widow, ran like an Indian. Side by side tfiey ran, un til they reached the Hand street bridge. The clerk was obliged to stop to make change, while Robert, who paid toll by thc year, passed without delay. He reached tfie house, told thc heart-rending news, and obtained a sol emn pledge from the widow before thc clerk arrived. This time she was true to her promise, and altera year had passed, they were married. As all her husbands died wealthy, Robert is very comfortably fixed. Ilis history wi' v l show what perseverance will accomplish. TJie Bcatli>bctl off Col. Bcutosi, The Washington correspondent has the following ac count of a visit to the sick-room of the great Missourian, a day.or two before he expired. It will be read, now the “ fitful scene” is over, with melancholy interest: Col. Benton is dying. His disease, cancer of tho bowels, line made such progress that he cannot survive much longer. He suffers extreme pain, and is exhausted to almost the last degree of physical prostration. But his mind is as clear and powerful as ever, and tire high, resolute, Roman spirit ofthe old statesman struggles with indomitable energy and fortitude against sickness and weakness and the awful presence of the king, of terrors. He dies in Harness, working to the last for his country and mankind. An old and intimate friend from Missouri called upon him this morning. Benton was in bed, scarcely able to move hand or foot, and not able to speak much above a whisper. But he was hard at work, closing up his Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, which he has brought down to 1850, to the passage of the Compromise measure. He was dictating tho clos ing chapter ofthe work, flis daughter, Mis. Jones, sitting beside the bed, received it, sentence by sentence, whispered in her ear, and repeated it aloud to her hus band, who wrote it down. It was then read over to Col. Benson, and received his corrections, made with as much anxious particularity as if it were the maiden work of a young author. Resting a few minutes from his task, Col. Benton en tered into conversation with his Missouri friend. lie told him that in reviewing, the events of 1850, he was glad to find that the animosities of the past had died oqt in his heart, and he was not only ready but eager to do justice to his former rivals and opponents, fie spoke with much feeling of Mr. Clay, to whose mefits and services he had gwarded the. highest praise in what he was writing about the compromise period of 1850. In taking leave of his friends. Col. Benton said that, although there was much in his life that he regretted, he could honestly feel proud on his death-bed of his de votion to his country, in whose service he had never been faithless of negligent. Lola Montez on Gallantry.— The New York Times . of the 25th ult., gives the following synopsisof a lecture recently delivered in that city by the celebrated Lola Montez, on the subject of gallantry: She commenced by describing gallantry as begin ning with Adam, and. as influencing the actions of the greatest men of all ages and climes. She dwelt espe cially on the developments ofigallantry exhibited in’ihe c-hivalric ages, when women were not only loved, but respected ; and quoted from several ofthe irouvercs, or troubadours, of France, and the minnesingers of Ger many, to show the almost idolatrous regard in which women were held in those times. Thence she traced gallantry through ail its retrogradations of voluptuous ness and crime. She sketched the lives of Madame Do la Valliere and Madame Maintenon, mistresses of Louis XIV. and described them as flowefs growing in a mo rass. The only true gallantry of the present day was to be found, she said, in Spain. There, love was a se rious and lasting sentiment. In France, it was a fickle feeling; in England, the lover, was but a coquette of a flirt pi a man, made of nothing but hands and feet to serve his sweetheart and eyes to look on her, and was most iik his element when informing her, “My dear madam, how . well you look, and what a beautifu dressyou have orb” And she, poor soul, if not instructed in the ways of the world or of mankind in this nineteen! li century, this would effectually do the business for her. This kindofigallantry was growing meaner with the progress of time. But this game was one which the women could play as well as the men. Lord Chesterfield mafle the shameful con fession that he frequently endeavored to make women in love with him for whom he did not care a pinch of snuff She (M’ me M.) knew dozens of ladies who en deavored to make men iR love with them, and yet would not give a pincli of sriufi'for three acres of such ! This modern gallantry, with its hold and impudent lan guage of flattery, was all an abominable lie. It was but a trap to catch fools, in. Be assured, she said, these gallants will never knock out their brains for dis appointment, for the reason that they have no brains to knock out! Leaving generalities, she proceeded to speak of modern specimens of genuine gallantry, foremost in which she mentioned the lato Czar Nicholas the Prince Paul Esterhazy and Ludwig, the ex-King of Bavaria, whom she described as not only the most truly gallant gentleman in Euro| e,'but one ofthe most accomplished scholars and refined patr.ons oi art whom the old world can boast of. He was always simply and plainly dressed —in fact he never knew how to dress—and in I lie mat-. ter of old clothes and old ooats ho beats one of our most celebrated American editors. He had an old green coat which it was his boast to have worn for seven years. Leaving Europe, Madame Montez enme to talk of gal lantry us understood and practised in America. lie tvas generally deemed adult Yankee, she believed, who could not win the heart of a lady, make u thousand dol lars and establish a bank with a prospective capital of $3,000,000 before breakfast; and it most frequently happened that he lost lady, money and hunk before sup per. For all thi3 she did verily belicye there was a great dcal.of honor, truth and honest love for women among the lords of creation’in America, Love in this country would dive the deepest and cotno up the drvest of any country on earth, and *vas none the worse for partaking a little ofthe DaVid Crocket stylcr The Seventeen Year Oi l Boy Preacher. The St, Louis Democrat says of yjoung Mr. Fuller, who• is pfijßpd the “JJoy Preacher,” who is aged hut seventeen years, that ho has, within the last five weeks,: delivered in Marion County fifty-four sermons, and been Instrumental in the conversion of one hundred and fifty tour persons. He lias been licensed lo preach only about two months, during which time lie Fiiis delivered upwards of fifty discourses, and two hundred and forty person's havebccn converted t lirqngh his instrumentality, it is said that he never studies his sermons or makes any notes, and frequently does not, selectdiis text untjl Uo rises up jn the pulpit to preach; and yet, it is said, no 1 two oi hie discourses uro alike, either.in point of nrgu- I men tor compos it ion ■ tlo speak.-, most eloquently, pnd j Not r;o ISad. A Boston eofemporary says that the man who stoutly j objected t.o hi* wife's learning to skat*, a month ago, j has a* length coma to the conclusion that lie is perfectly j wiflirig to’ ts( Her ‘ ‘ ■ ‘ ! ♦ ——— Ii Cause and Effect. j The New York Express has the following, which it. j heads as above: . ‘", V Mysterious murders hereabout appear to be the or : ■ der of the day. Ilumail life is. certainly getting to be j i cheaper thou ever. “ Dead mgr found in the riven” j | with stopcs hung about t’oeir necks, aiid daggers thrust in j i the sides ! IJe ad women, shockingly mutilated, bar- I rfllcd up, and sent on by railroad", right into the heart i of the city, nobody knows from where, or by whom! [ What are we coining to f Transactions like these every t other day, almost—yet, nobody ever gots hanged 1 A Bachelor's En&RAM.-A Doubtless some disappoint ! ted bachelor perpetrated thd following epigram. If wc 1 were a lady we woulcUncvor forgive him'. Men dying, make their wills—but wives Escape a work so sad -! j Why should they make what all their lives j The gentle dames have ha.'?? ! . What sort or ax Animal a “ snob” is.— Thackery ! thus daguerreotypes this animal. Thackery- ip speak- ; ing of Euglish society: ’ j A snob is that man or woman who is always pretend- ; ing: before the world to be something better—especially j richer or more fashionable—than, they are. It is one j who thinks his own position in the contemptible, and is j always yearning and striving to force himself Into one ! above, without the education or characteristics which j belong to it; one who looks down upon, despises and I overrides his inferiors, or even equals of Ills own stand- ! ing, and is ever ready to worship, fawn upon and flatter ‘ a rich or titled man, not because*he is a good man, a ] wise man, or a Christian man, but because hcTias the j luck to be rich or consequential. How to tell a Drcnken Man.— ls you wish | to ascertain whether a man is really in liquor, pur the } word “municipality” in his mouth. If he can shell t that .out, pronounce it p ain and distinct, he is sober j enough to deliver a temperance lecture, take our word | for it. The woTds National Intelligencer are even liar j der to get over, and may hi given to any one where the least suspicion is entertained that he i8“ how come you | 60.” | I Another Illinois prisoner has been defying his i | keepers, hacking his own bare arms and legs with a r;t- j I zor, declaring his intention to die by this slow torture, ; and threatening to brain, with a stove leg, any man who • should enter the cell. At sundown he threatened to cut j his throat, set tire to his cell and perish in the flames, j The keepers threw a quantity of cayenne pepper in his eyes, and thus blinded and thrown off his guard lie was secured. He then threatened to starve himself, but at ! last, accounts was penitent, and had concluded not to j | kill himself. Intemperance was his greatest temptation j , ‘ .and his only fault before his confinement. •I— I The trade in Coolies.— A Havannah correspondent I of the New York papers gives some interesting s.tatis- ! tics.in relation to thi3 trader. It appears that, since | 1817, seventy-one ships have arrivid atthatpert, bring- | ing 24,645 Asiatic coolies. The number that died on j the passage was 4,131. The,writer says: The iors cf life on the tola! number shipped actually ! amounts to 14i per cent, and whilst the number of i deaths of those brought hither in Portuguese ships 1 amounts to only 2$ per cent, the number brought in | American ships amounts to 12 per cent, in British ships t to 14i per cent, and in French ships to 13? per cent, j whilst in Peruvian ships the’ number of deaths amounts ! to 38iper cent. Who can contemplate tide vast amounl of loss of life j without i error ! Who thinks of the sufferings of the poor wretches after they arrive here without regret that ’ the flag of this country has been disgraced in bringing these “ Asiuticts” to Cuba. It is worthy of remark that tire number of deaths have always been proportionate to the length of the passage and I cannot ontii drawing particular attention to ho j fact that all these Asiatics brought here are males, not j a single female having arrived among the 24,400 and j upwards that come to this island. Is not this the-very j refinement of cruelty! A Black Retublican Organ on Lepompton.— Ob- j serve what the New York Times, an out and-out Black I Republican organ, says ofthe right of the people of Kan- j sas, under the pending bill, to change their constitu- j lion previous to 1864. It ea-ys : We.observe that sundry Republicans irfCongress take : the ground that the people of Kansas cannot change ■ their constitution previous to TBj4.. Whether they can j or not they certainly will—and there is no power in the j Tin ion or oirtef it. that can prevent them. Jf the Le compton Constitution should he adopted, it will be abol ished, and another substituted within ninety days, and that ’ without bloodshed or civil strife. There is nothing in : thc.liecortipton Constitution itself which prohibits it — and if there were. it would got stand an hoar in the way 1 of will. So fur as Kanins is concerned, therefore, wc regard j the vote of Thursday with comparative iudiScjcn.ce, It may make and unmake rue infers of Congress—build up one political party ‘nfidpnll down another. But it will not plunge Kansas into civil war, not prevent its people front snaking it,, speedily and pcirnatfqmh', a free j State. ■ j Judicial Dignity in Louisiana. —A correspondent j ofthe Brandon (Miss.,) Republican gives the following ! specimens of how justice is administered and judicial j dignity sustained in one of the Parish Couris in Loui- j siana; lie says: ‘ Speaking of Grand Juries reininds mo that the Par ish Court ie now in session? here, his Honor Kian Modg* ers presiding—old Kye—or “Ky”, they usually pal! ! him. Old Ky was passing sentence on a criminal, and ! delivered himself as follows: “Prisoner, stand up! Mr. Kettles, this Courtis un- | derthe painful necessity of passing sentence of the law i upon you, sir. This Court ha’s no doubt,’ Mr. Kettles, j but what you were brought into this scrape by the use of intoxicating liquor. The friends of this Court, al! knows that es thar isany vice this Court abhors, it is in temperance. When this Court was a young man, Mr. i Kettles, it was considerably inclined, to drink: and the | friends of.this Court, knows, that this Court has tiater- ! ally a very high temper, and if this Com” hadnot stopped short off. and stopped the. use of intoxicating liquor, I have no doubt, sir, but what this Court, sir, would have been in the Peniteiiinry or in its prove !” Another case was before court. An overseer who had been discharged, brought suit against his employ er for the whole year’s wages, alleging that he had been discharged without sufficient grounds'. “Old Ky ” charged the jury ns follows: “ The jury will take notice that the court is well ac quainted with the nature ofthe case. When tlie court first started out in the world, it followed the business of overseeing and cf there is any business which the court understands, it is bosses, mules and niggers—though the court never oversecd in its life for less than 600 dol ors—and tin's court in hoss racin’ was always naterally gifted—and this court in running a quarter race whar trie bosses was turned, could aflers turn a boss so as to gain 15 feet in a race—and this court well -recollects that on a certain occasion in the Parish of Wcet Fclisia na, it was one ofthe conditions’ of the race that Ky Rpdgers should’nt turn- nary one of the basses /” Another case .was up, and two lawyers got into a fight —one of them a preacher ©four church. Old Ky called lus i!y for the Sheriff. “Mr. Sherd’!—Mr. Sheriff!! .Take them, men to jail! I’ll he drot cf this Court will have her dignity insulted in this manner!” j Now, I have given you some items taken down on n Louisiana Perish Court —ail facts —"sketchesfrom life” —and the half has not been told. The Parish Court is a show worth forty of “'Everett's Varieties my show was like the menagerie that King Darius exhibited to Daniel. It did’nt cost R cent to take u pofp. When you’ve seen old Ky Rodgers you’ve seen the elephant, and not till then. Rti>naui: at tic Federal Capital. Washington i3 becoming even more famous titan the • great commercial metropolis, for its deeds ot violence and murder. To such an extent has this deplorable condition of affairs progressed, that Congress has be come alarmed for the spfyty of its own and been forced to .devise means of protection. A corres pondent of tfio Philadelphia Bulletin thus refers to the matter, and the difference of opinion in regard to the remedy: Both Houses of Congress, to-day/have been engaged in discussing Senator Brown's bill, to provide tin effi cient force to restore, quiet to our city. One opinion has been expressed by men of all parties. All agree that the city is the prey of usr.nSHns, highway robbers mid incendiaries. Some an opinion that the Fedora! Capital is, a: this moment, the worst governed city in the world. Others, more patriotic, say it is only the worst fu the Union, Senator, Douglas hinted that tho ci ‘Ken's would organize a vigilance coni mil tee and I liang the rogues; if something was not immediately done. Iverson (Ga.) said the remedy was to make , Washington-a military station, and hunt the ruffians, down with troops. This suggestion brought to his feCt Sam Houston, of Texas. Laying down his jack knife and the fragment of a sluiigle, which iie continually whittles, he launched out in it manner-good to hear— denounced the day when Janissaries should rule the cap ital and the President he furnished with a Pre tori an guard. Halc(N. H.). thought the hour had about come for removing the ecu! of government to some civilized part of the country—to Concord, for instance. .Critten den (Ky.) feared thin auxiliary guard wan too like tho spirit of Banquo—4oo suggestive of the corpse of 25 guides which swelled into t lie 50.00 U Imperial Guard, i. A good many other gentlemen were, severe'on the . Pjoiorjans, Bomcofihcm being palpably oblivious; ns to the nature of that-tmteh abused corps. A gimilardcbatb occupied the House.. Finally the .bill; wirii amend- j ,moms, pnsiroil. 1 \t* ; • Uis stated tliui,-on the -?2d ol F’lbruafy, a-51,- Lord .- John list3si-i i 1 - dufonti'd oil Lheko- KiitgM; motion, and resigned. On (Tie 23d of Febru.i, /. L £ ;2. ■, i d John ; RusseU’e adniinietration \v"bs finally brokeism..-) On 1 ! the 22d of February, 1655, Lord Pate*w#st@’-gßdrnlhis- I j tration was broken up by the retiromoni of nr^B ce j- (rs . { a*l on tho 22d of February, I&Y9, Lord j; fWiitlen for tho Georgia Temperance Crustder.] Friend Seal* t X’ ,;r.p you and the rotuiors of ray sketches of nsmfc*f,or rambling sketches, wii! conclude l ave caught tfeo tzdiiiig epidemic—“mcntfAex sen benii”—in the iSSC-r; Tifidont form; but believing earn estly in the osd sr A.vt nvnquam tentes, aut per fee—J. shall ppobay v sand “ a few more of the same sort,” unless by the veto power vested in the presiding gsrJsa of fb.3 Crusader. But preamble aside. Returning from How Orleans, I found tho friends of the Sunday-school cause in Mobile had made arrangements for another lecture at the fourth Presbytcnaifcliurch, where I had the pleasure of talking'.onco moro to the dear children of that city. This was my last meeting in that place ; and o few days after, Lidding adieu to be loved kindred and many valued friends, I stepped on board the fine, steamer St." Nicholas, bound for Cahaba. the former capital cf Alabama. -I visited tliat place to pay my respects to two of its citizens, (relatives of ono ol the dearest frior.de l have in my native State,) but while there, had delightful meetings with the children at the Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, ; and I can truly gay if tho kind friends there were as much gratified with the lectures ae I was with my visit, ; lam content, l rom Cahaba I passed up to Selma to | fulfill my engagement there, found the Sabbath-school ! children all on the “ qui viva” and I met a warm reeep | lion. Selma is one of the most enterprising towns in I Alabama. As one evidence of this, I will mention it j sustains two well conducted daily papers. It is also | well stocked with good stores, and deals largely in that ■ staple which rules tiie world—cotton. I next visited ’ Marion, about twenty-six miles from-Selma, where I , lectured several times on the subject of Sunday-schools, j and once, by request, to the students of Howard College. ! My next visit was to Prattville, (a thriving village ! seventeen miles below Montgomery.) where I was kindly received and held several meetings. Prattville i was named in honor of one of its enterprising citizens, j Daniel’ Pratt, who has long been engaged there in the \ manufacture of cotton gius, on a large scale. He came j there a poor man, but I am glad to learn his industry I has been rewarded by an ample fortune. He is one of • the very few men of wealth who seem not to forget they ! arc stewards for God. I regret very much that in con | sequence of his absence I did not make his acquaintance, j as, judging from some facts I learned, he is one of na ! fare's noblemen. A few miles from Prattville stands i the iittlo log-cabbin in which he and his estimable wife j lived when they first moved to Alabama. Now, they ! occupy a beautiful mansion, attached to which is a gal | lery of paintings superior to many on exhibition in our j large cities, thus evidencing the taste of th’- proprietor | for the fine arte. As Mr. Pratt’s charities aro well I known, I take the liberty of stating that hs has built ! and furnished, at his own expense, a beautiful and com | modious edifice for public worship, which ha has pre j sentedto the Methodist denomination, j Mrs. Pratt, his excellent wife, is a lady well worthy I to be called a hclp-mcet for such a man, and for the ben ’ eftt of some of the novel-reading, sentimental young 1 ladies of the present day, who imagine a husband valu | able only as a convenience to pay board and milliner’s bills, I will state that when Mr, Pratt first commenced the manufacture of gins, his poble-lmarted wife did not deem it beneath her dignity to lend a helping hand; and ! hence, was wont to wield the paint-brush in beautifying ! her husband's workmanship. Such a wife is a priceless ‘ jewel. “Long may he Share existence with her, and gain i Sparks from her love’s electrifying chain.” From Prattville I went to Montgomery, gave them four lectures and passed on to Tuskegec, where I spent nearly a week lecturing to crowded houses. Tuskegee ! is a beautiful village, and I found its inhabitants warm i hearted and generous. I shall not soon forget their j charities or hospitality. After leaving Tuskegee, I I made no stop until 1 reached Palmetto, in this State. | Thence I proceeded to Decatur, where I met a kind | greeting, and found a Union Sunday-school of long | standing. Decatur is such a quiet town, that (fatigued j as I was with constant labor) I felt very much like “tie j ing up” there to rest awhile, i “ Far from the mad'ning crowd’s ignoble strife;” I but love and duty urged me onward, and by the time i this reaches you, I hope to be “ Where there are looks and tones that dart Art instant sunshine through the heart.” ; - W. R. H. I irifcilaedist €onfcrnco and Anti-Slavery, j New -York, April 23.—Tho Methodist Conference to day passed a aeries of anti-slavery resolutions, by a veto of fifty-one < o thirty-five. Coffee in New Orfeant. I New Orleans, April23.—The Bio coffee trade was * buoyant yesterday at from ton to eleven cents. “teantboat Btirat- anfl. Lobs of Lite. ; St. Louis, April 23.—Tho steamer Ocean Spray, inn ■ race with the Hannibal City, too!; fire to-day and was i burnt to the water’s edge. Nine lives were lost, inclu ; ding two ladies and two children unknown. The steamer Star of the West caught fire-from the flames ofthe etcean Spray, and was klso destroyed. | The name of the post office at Birdsville, Burke j county, Georgia, has been changed to that of Homier* ! con. ! | i J&Wrhe Chronicle (j- Sentinel, of yesterday morning learned from passengers by the Georgia Railroad, that the “Pioneer Paper Mill,” near Athens, was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. Tribut i es H aspect. Your committee on the demise of sister Julia Rogers offer the.following : Baldwin Raiford Division mourns to-day ! Tho sun of prosperity has often and most brilliantly illumined ourpathway since our banner first enrolled in the breezes of Heaven, bidding defiance to the cohorts of Bacchus, and cheering and nerving the hearts of the Cold-water Army; but to-day we mourn ! A visiting sister, young in years, but old in the.virtues which adorn the female character, has gone to the “ house appointed for all liv ing !” Resolved, That Baldwin Raiford deeply mourns tho loss of sister Julia Rogers, because of the nobleness o; her Christian character and the beautiful example of her life among us. Resolved, That our hall and its fixtures shall be draped in mourning thirty days in sad memory of our sister, and that our Recording Scribe be directed to fur nish Mrs. Rogers a copy of this paper, that she and her surviving children may know how we condole with the mi and how our hearts mourn lor the loved and the los.. WM. HAUSER. } MILLEDGE MURPHEY, -j Com. NELSON W. MURPHEY. J JOHN J. McCROAN, R. S. min mm* , ————— mm m[t ~, “ The Bloom or blight Os all men's happiness.” On Ihe evening of the 17th instant, by W. W. Moore. Esq., Mr. William P. Johnson, to Miss Celia Ann Johnson, both of Taliaferro county, Ga. In Griffin, on the lath instant, by Rev. J. 11. Camp bell, Jesse M. Campbell, Esq., to Miss Mary K. SVarke, daughter ofthe late Judge Starke, ail of thtu c.ty. ; Near Eatopton, .Ga., nt the residence of Judge Wil liam A. Gorley, on the 22d instant, by Rev. A. T. Spnlditig, Mr. Oscar A. Peeples, of Madison, Ga., to Misg Jennie Gorley. At the residence of the bride’s mother, on tho eve ning ofthe 11th instant, by the UoY. J. 11. DeVotie,Mr. Fielding W. Acee, to Miss Martha Jane Kirven, ali of Columbus, Ga. ; On the 15th instant, at tho residence of the bride’s fa ther, in .Washington City, by the Rev. Bishop Pierce. Mr. Dudley M. Dußose, I2sq., of .Memphis, Tenn., to Mjss Sallie Toombs, only daughtcrof lion. R. Toombs. At tho residence of lion. Waters Briscoo, in Monroe. I Walton county, Gi|.,on Tuesday evening, tiie 30th ol | March, 1858, by Rev- Willoughby Hudgins, Mr. John j Prior Edwards-, to Miss Jennie Johnston, formerly ol | Wyoming, I.uzerne county, Pennsylvania. On Wednesday morning, 11th instant, bv Rev. Jesse ! Ln-Hibcrth, iMr. Wm. W. WooDBL'Ff, of Floyd County, i to Mass F.mer W. DevetTj oi’ Polk county, Ga. On Thursday evening, 15th inat. by Rev. JesseLam berfh, Robert McKiNypt .and Harriett Swilling, all of Gordon county. y OiLSunday nioniing, ißth irist. in Rome, Ga by Rev Jcsf!e, , lsmhrnh, M Davis and Tt'RifissA Spraogins. On the 15th inst by'liev J C Simmons, THoiwas Mot leyman, oi Augusta, and Miss Matty A- Crumley, daughter of tho Rev W M Crumlov. On the 11th ultimo, iu DoKnla co by Elder James M Donald, E. T. Mosely, awl Saraii Jane .Mkp po\. in Americus, on tho lßtb irjsi by Elder II C Hornndy, Charles G Jolfbe. of Meriwether, and Ainacie M Anslev, _of*he fprmei place. aame.J 1 * Ayr ricu., on the lath inet tlem Jo- I : NEWS-HOME AKDTOREIGN. FOREIGN NOTING * jt Halifax, x\pril 23.—Tho British arid North Ameri an Royal steamship Canada, Opt. W, J. C. Lang, has ? arrived with Liverpool dates to Saturday, April 10th. Commcrclnl. LLuerporl Coitov Market. —The sales during the week l ending tho Bth inet’.’ iriclusiveVwcro 77,000 bales. The ; market had been considerably excited, ami all qualities | of cotton had largely advanced, but the demand subse [ quentiy foil off, and the market closed quiet at anail -1 vancc of ito id. on.the business of tho week. Breads tuffs and Provisions Markets. —Business in those departments was inactive SECOND DISPATCH. j Halifax, April 23.—The Cotton market opened early in the week at aii advance of Hd to i]d. particularly on the lower and Middlingqhalides, but at the close ofthe week the market had become settled at id. to id. ad vance. During tho week speculators took lt.OOOnnd ex porters 8,000 bales, leaving to the trade 55,000 bales. Sales on Friday were 5,500 bales, and quotations wero i barely sustained: Fair (Orleans T.fd. j Middl’g Orleans fi ]5-18d. !’ “ Mobile 72d. “ Mobile 6 13-l Gd. “ Uplands 7*d. 1 “ 1 Uplands OjJ. The stock in Liverpool wa3 432,000 bales, ot which 326.000 bales were American. Manchester advices were unfavorable, as but little enquiry existed, aiid prices were barely maintained. F lour was quiet, and slightly declining. Wheat was firm, but. all qualities had eomewhat dc ; dined. Corn was dull, and Rice heavy, at a trifling decline, j Navals were firm but dull. Latest — Liverpool, Saturday, 4 o'clock P. M. —The i cotton trade was Hull to-day with sales ol G,OOO bales. General News. i Bombay dates to the 18th March had been received. | It is stated that the rebels were fleeing from Lucknow, ; and nearly al! the city was in the possession ofthe Brit ish. The calvary and artillery had been pursuing tho fugitives. The fighting had not been very severe, and the losses were consequently small. There had been a panic at Calcutta, but the fears of an outbreak had proved unfounded. The China and European news by tnis arrival is un intorosting. Late from Mexico, New Orleans, April 23.—Advices from Mexico have been received up to the 11th inst. Juarez with his ministers was at Coluna, and Parrodi was at Lagos. HOME AFFAIRS. Ketvs from AYavlilagtoa. Washington, April 21, —Mr. Reed, Commissioner t<y China, has been instructed to bear in mind that this Government is not at war with that country; nor does it seek to enter the Empire for oßier purposes than the proßecution of lawful commerce and the protection of tho lives and property of American citizens. Washington, April 22. —1n the Senate to-day, Dr. Rhodes, tho young English surgeon, (who so promptly andcheeriully relieved i he American seamen on boara tho United States frigate Susquehanna, who were sick with the yellow fever at Jamaica,) was courteously invited to a teat in the chamber. Mr. Seward ot New York, presented the reply of the American Te.egraph Company to the recent memorial oi Mr. A. Kendall. The reply relutea (he allegations against the American Comoany, and denies that any monopoly exists. The matter was letemd to the Judi ciary Commitiee. The memorial of the American Telegraph Company represent* that such a law as petitioned lor by Amos Kendall will conflict with past State legislation, delay business, render responsibility uncertain, and unjustly deprive the remonstrants of rights secured by contract; and ol legitimate Iruits ofthe vast outlay by the Ameri can Compnay in the hazardous Atlantic enterprise — lhat their contract of connection with (he Newioundland company is such as has been universal among telegraph lines in the United .States, And that while the At-- I lantic company has been highly favored in being per j mitted the use of ships of the Navy to lay the Atlantic | cable, it is proper that it should be known that no money ! aid has as yet been received from any government. The relations between this country and Paraguay j wero discussed. ’ A bill was introduced to authorise the construction of a telegraph line from Memphis to San Frnnei&co. The consideration of the deficiency bill was resumed,, but no action was taken. In tho House, a bill was passed donating five million j acres of the public lands for the benefit of agricultural ; and mechanical colleges—the donation to be allotted j .pro rati to the several States. | Mr. English, from (he Kansas compromise commit i tee would be ready to report to-morrow. 1 The old-soldiera’ bill was discussed. April 23.—1n the Senate to-day a message was re ceived from the President, in answer to an enquiry in relation to tho slave end Coolie trade, and French apprenticeship system. The message was referred. The deficiency hill wan discussed. The report of the Kansas Conference Commiltec was presented and is still under debate. In the House, by a vote of one hundred and eight <o one hundred and five, the action on the report of the Kansas Conference Committee was postponed until the second Monday in May. A motion to reconsider this vote is pending, end a spirited contest is anticipated to morrow ASplit in tlae Doatacracy of Illinois. Springfield 111., April 22.—The Democratic conven*- tion oftnis Statc has divided into Ad ministration and Douglas wings and have adopted different resolutions. The Administration wing made no nominations. Market Itrporls. On the 21st inst. at New Orleans. 9.000 bales of cot ton were sold at 11*1 to Ilf cents, wi h a firm market- Sugar firm and corn GG cents. 22d, at the same place, 8,500 bales at Hi middling* —tendency to advance. Coflee, 10 a 11c. At Mobile, 22d, sales 3 5G9 —middlings ilg—firm— receipts of the day 750 hales. 23d, at Charleston, 2,400 bales at full prices. 23d, Savannah, 2G7 bales—market firm. > 23d, Mobile, 2.500 sold at Ilf for middlings—market firm and advancing. Sales for the week 16,000 bales— receipts 7,500 against 2,500 same week last year. Re ceipts of the day 340 bales—stock on hand 95,000. 23d, at New Orleans, sales 800—receipts for the week 62,000 and receipts lor the week 22,000 bbics. Stock on hand, 348.000 bales. 23d, New York, 1000 bales were sold. llllli GF.OV33, & BAKSR’B SX£ ■?..ics>CsA&gEL<3&s3 TANARUS) EASONS wlij- the Grover &■ Baker Machine *•-’ >s universally preferred for family sewing: 1. It is more simple and easier Kept in order than any other machine. 2d. It makes a senm which will not rip or ravel, though every third stitch is cut. 3d. It news from t,vo ordinary spools; and thus, oil trouble, of winding thread is avoided, while the same machine can be adapted at pleasure, ly a mere change of spool , to nil varieties of work. 4th. The same machine runs silk, linen thread and common spool cotton with equal facility. . r >th. The seam is ns elastic as the most elastic fabric so that it is free from all liability to break in washing, ironing or otherwise. Oth. The stitch made by this machine is more beau titul than tiny other made, either by hand or machine For sale by THUS. P. STOVALL April 29-ts Augusta, Ga.. - sold privately before that time, the PLANTATION belonging to i he estate of John 11. Broughton, late of Greene count v and upon which he lived at the time of his death will be publicly sold, on the first Tuesday in NOVEMBER next, at the court house ol said county. Said plantation is pleasantly situated, about two miles front Greenes boro, and contains about Seventeen Hundred Acres. ! >’ same will be sold m a body or in parcels; as may be lor the bearinterest of the estate. Those wishing to purchase will be shown the plantation bv either of the executors. Terms : Equal payments with interest, in one, two and three years. Possession to bo given on 1-bw Ist of January. 1F59. JOHN T. BROUGHTON, ) , JACOB L. BROUGHTON,] Ex rs ‘ April ?*>, 183 ft Greere Sheriffs Sale, WILL be sold before llie Court-housA <Jo6r fn the city of Greenesboro, on the Ist in L>’ e next, be'ween the legal hours of saleri'.he foiiowimr property, to-wit: ® unc negro nmn by the name of Dennis, about 45 rears old, ol dark complexion; also, ono-half interest in 3(15 acre# of land in raid county, known as the Woodvillc place : all levied on by virtue ol sundry Justice’s Court f M issuing from the Jtfstice s Court of the 138th dist. Wbbi VOr T D . av , lson & F ox ’ ior &c.. James 11. Whit law. Levied on and returned to me by James Brook, constable, Apri. 6th, 185 g. y One negro girl by the name o, Etna lino, of dark com plexion, about 12 years- old: levied on by virtue of a fi fa issuing frorQ the Inferior Court of said county, in v lavor of William A. Colclough, bearer, vs. Pinkney J. 1 poiiited pm by said Tuggle, April.: _ • misbmCwJ ( Greene mortgage Sheriffs Sale, t A (it he same place y on the first Tuesday in July next. Ojfce negro man by the name,-of Dennis, about 45- yeaA old, 0 i dark complexion i levied on by virtue of a morj.age//a issuing from the Inferior Court of said .eoafriy, nl favor of Mlham R. Cox vs Ja'mea H. Whit. poin:cd out iu raid mortgage. April