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fci BOlGHTOJf, NISBET & BARNES, publishers and Proprietors. H. N. JOS. BOICHTOK, H. .M.HBKT, | Kdiiwn. ffct Jwitijcrit Jftforal SIniott /> published Weekly, in MiUedgerille, tin., Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson St*., I opposite Court House.) At S2 a year in Advance, (Unless in Advance, $3 Per Annum.) RATES OF ADVERTI8HG. Per square of hcelve line*. O.i, insertion $1 00, and fifty cent* for each subsequent continuance. y, ; ,. .. ;it without the specification of the nuinher of i, : , i lions will be published till forbid and charged act-or ihagly. BU'inessor Pi ofessi.jaal Cards, per year, where thev j, not exceed Six Likes - - $10 00 A !ii« n! con!met tciff be mode milk those who wish to Adrerli*’ by the fear, occupying a specified space LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land aud Negroes, by Administrators, Ex- eeu'ors or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first 1 uesday in the month; between ilie hours of Ifl in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court house in t he county in which the property is sit uated. Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga z , .“ - hi days previous to the day ofsale. No-ires fortlie safe of personal property must be giv en in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must s!.-,o be published 40 days. X ice that application will bo made to the Court of Ordinary for leaveto sell Land or Negroes, must be published for two months. ('nations for letters of Administration Guardianship. Ike., must b» published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly six months—for dismission 11-.,m Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published , - 7 fnr four mouths—for establishing lost papery, ’ i ■‘■U space of three mouths—for compelling titles Executors or administrators, where bond has been e 1 v, ti by the deceased, the full space of three months. CuMications will always be continued according to !!., -•-. the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered nttiie following RATES: Citations, on letters of administration, fee. $'J 75 “ “ dminisftory from Admr’n. 4 40 “ “ “ Guardianship. 3 00 Leave to sell Land or Negroes 4 00 Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 00 Sales of personal property, ten dayB, 1 sqr. 1 50 Sale Of land or negroes by /executors, Sec. pr sqr. 5 00 F.“trove, two weeks 1 50 For a man advertising Ids wife (in advance,). 5 00 GENERAL ADVERTISE31ENTS. J. A. & W. W. TURNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. October, 18, 1850. Eatonton, Ga. 21 1 y. COATES & WOOLFOLK tK'hrtknst unit Commission sh MERCHANTS, A UK now njwn ami prepared for the reception of C.ifionot their NEW FI UK PROOF WAREHOUSE, oi»po>ite Hardeman Sparks. We will endeavor to proveonraelvesworthy of tlie patronage of tboso who will favor hh with their business. Liberal advances mad'* on cotton when desired. Macon (in.. Sept. 21,1859. 18 tf. JOHVS T. EOWOOZN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, E ITOMOS. Oik. Eatonton. Ga., Feb. 14, I860. 38 tf. 35IS. , VERMIFUGE. In LARGE Dottles and Vials. N tUng else is required lo relieve children of W i t<; aiid beside b*»in£ one «»f th** cheapest aud b.»wt Vermifuges ever offbred to the public. Its fre- •l b-ut use in families will save much trouble and exp -ast*. well as the lives of many children—for f.jiit out of every ten ca*es generally require it. A CARD. DK. J R GORMAN having extensively used LIT- n.KS VKRB!Fl'(*E, takot pUtnsiire in saying it the mo*>t valuaMe remedy to cure children of < r knew. A dollar bottle is quite IMS Feb. ?. 1 frn. LITTLE’S ANODYNE COUGH DROPS. A certain cure for Cold#, Ctrughx, Bmnrhilis, AslUmu, rain in the Breast ; also Croup, Whooping doughs, Ac., Ac., amongst Children. This i“ a pleasant medicine to take, producing ixn- rr.ed.ate relief, aud iu nine out of Leu cases a prompt cure It exercises the most controlling influence . v»*r Coughs aud Irritation of the Lungs of any re medy known, often stopping the most violent in a tew hours, or at most ia a day or two. Many casea thought 1° be decidedly consumptive, have been j* inptlv cured bv using a few bottles. As anodyne expectorant, without a^tringing the t »wels, it stand* p.uarnouut to ali cough mixtures. LITTLE’S *5 FRENCH MIXTURE. This prepared from a Fr^ueh Recipe Go the forms of :.o. 1 aud 2; the first for the aente, aud No. '1 for the chrouic stage, • *ti«l from its unexampled fcucc-s-. is likely to supersede every other remedy f.T the cure of diseases of the Kidneys aud Bladder, Gonorrhoeal, Blennorrhceal, and Lenchorrh<eal or F : r All.us tftrtiQM. This extensive Wflinil coiuh.ues properties totally different in taste aud ciinmcter from any thing to be found in the United m - ■— rhannacoj»oeia ; and in point of safety and effi ciency is not rivalled in America. LITTLE’S RINGWORM & TETTER OINTMENT. FORTIS, No. a. Hundreds of raves of ( hronicTetters, Scald Ileads, a:; i dinmtuea of the skin generally, have lieen cured lytiiie remedy; and since the introduction of the N 2 preparation (being stronger) scarcely a case been found that it will not effectually eradicate i a short lime. For the cure of Cancerous Sores fc'id Ulcers it is applied in the form of plasters, and is a.mo-t infallible. In more than two hundred places iu Georgia, and ■ :i t; Southern states, they are to be had ; and as tiierc .ire scamps about who are counterfeiting his remedies, by palming off their own or something by using the same or similar names . for no pa- t‘*nt is wanted or secured aniM the absurd patents of tl;° day,) let all be cautioned to look well for tks • juature of the Proprietor, thud;— Q l»o his name blown into the glass of each bottle, • All orders end letters to he addressed to LITTLE & BRO., * H'bolasaJa DrugpislJu Macou. fl* ild by all Druggists in MHledgeville. HKRTY & HALL. Agents. CHEROKEE REMEDY! AX UNFAILING CURE FOR xonhoea and ail Diseases of the Urinary Organs, REMEDY cures wbei all other nreparati* uu; a »t »ir. t»x i uicb ... ~ - i - , , -. t* v uiiiiXa every oth**r compound; coutauiia# itoMI^i- i >i <. is „r N anSEOUS t'ftr'I: a« it is prepar' d ~ -U-ly US BARKS sod LKAVES sud hn. li.-eii handed .... g. iH-ntticn to another. by the ( HhROKF.L IN- 1: i- <•»), i**d to the public, on it* own iiitriiiMf merits, -s Utityqnieklj and thcroughly. The l 7’* i r » x will bt- repaid by u-i'u this R..MKI)Y. in- .• H" fi>* the Uitn v <•! * fill** Quaos or * ro.ei- ■ It K M F.ItY .trike, nt the very R<H )T of t lie di-ws, : its n i„,t .imply to suspend the im.iti.Mi, butto Rr.MOt,, USE"! which It depends,—Full dina tion, in phainphlet mpme -aeh bottle. The speedy and w rmaneiit relief «r- tni.Urr, *T inaU«s«-*'»f GONOIUtha.A OLh.l.L RTRitTntE, FLUOR ALBtS (AtHITEo IN KSi.sud uttd ..a.e. of the Urinary Organs, ha. aston- n, ... ieutifi, men of the ace. This Remedy not ou!v I POISON from the SYSTEM hot INVIGORATES -NOT AFFECT the BREATH or INTERFERE CL ASS of BUSINESS, or require any deviation Irom <liet. * nitre, no asmutanee from other modi, ine, d wh-,. ENHANCES it. VALUE, i. the ENTIRE E ,.| nil NAI SEACSTASTE. beings l'LEASAM • 1CIOUS SYRUP. a.’ per ho-tle. ,,r three botfie. tor So POTTERIcMERWIN, Sole Propr.etor. ■■ 2d 138». S3 lv’r . . St. Lr,ul«. Mo llilied:, ville, by ilERTY it HALL, and all Drussirta SaiIsI.SliGXlVXl.XJB >N AND 13KASS FObNERY! t'LKY Sc FEUKOWS would respectfully tn- ir, the public that they nrenow prepared to any work in their line with neatness and des uelias SUGAR MILL ROLLS, turned or tin of anv size, from ‘ditto ISO dollars per sett, t KKTTI.ES from3tl to UdOpultons ; Saw and ill Machinery; Gin Gear of any size. ig lor House, Garden, Balconies, d Cemeteries, at Eastern Prices. id Clock Weights, Window Sill* and Cape, •t iles, and Fanning Mill Irone of all desenp- isie of the best materials. Work Warranted. Igeviile, Jan. 24,1859. 85 tf imtliern federal Union VOLUME XXXI,] M I HEDGE VIL IE, GEORGIA, TU E SD A V F E B R U A R V 19, 1861. [NUMBER 39. I860. Fall and Winter, I860, TINSLEY AND NICHOLS DEALERS IN 11 STIFLE W-M SJtliCDiaSc, HATS, & CAPS. W1TSE STREET, MII-LEDGEVILLE, GA.I Have received their SPRING AND SUMMER SUPPLIES, and respectfully solicit, not only their former customers, hut the public generally, to call aud examine their LARGE aud VA RIED STOCK. mw&m ooo&s. THIS DEPARTMENT incomplete, embracing all the Atyle** of SI I.K8, ]JIERIN©8* I>e liAINEfi, POPV.INR, French, English and American PRINTS, Arc., Ac. Lace Goods and Embroideries IN ENDLESS VARIETY, II osiery and Gloves of every quality FOR MEN, BOYS, LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN. VELVET and (LOTH CLOAKS, of various styles and prices. HOUSE-KEEPING PLAKTATIOiV GOODS. In this department they liave everything usually kept in their line at prices a little less than can be bad elsewhere. HATS AND CAPS, OF THE LATEST STYLES, for Men and Boys. BOOTS AKT33 SHOES, OF ALL QUALITIES, for Men, Ladies, Coys, Misses and Children, at low prices. CARPETINGS and RUGS, of all kinds. CLOSES, CASSI2VEEE.ES and VESTX39TGS, of ail Colors and Qualities, A LARGE LOT, AND CHEAP. 20 tf. H 5T w J* rc" P s m 5* I* as THAT ' ’ GO ^4 £rj > * ft Si O o’ ft tsd H ►-I SB p 5 c § 5 K? h-i 3 ► 2 o fie 63 R V: SANFORD'S \ LIVER 1NVIG0RAT0R; e Nerer Debilitates. T IS COMPOUNDED ENTIRELYfrom GUMS, and lias become an established fast, a Standard proved by all that have i ted to with confidence in | it is recommended, witlim the last two years hopes of relief, as the ! tificates in my possesaton ! Medicine, known and ap- used it, and is now resor- allthe diseases forwliich It has cured thousands who had given up all numerous unsdlicitedcer- shnw. IVI Tlte dose mast be — adapted to the tempera ment of the individual *** |taking it, and used such quantities ua to act © gently onthe Dowels. Let the dictates of jfc your judgment guide y in the use of the Liver I/O In vigorntor, and it will cure Liver Complaints, | BilliousAttacks, Dyspep sia, Chronic Diarrhtca, ^ 1 Summer Comnlainls, Dy sentery, Dropsy, Sour g 1 Stomach. Habitual Cos tiveness, Cholic,Cholera, 1 (Cholera Morbus. Cholera lufantum, Flatulence. j Jaundice, FemaU Weak nesses, and rnay be used J Isuecessiull^ as at; Oldtua - ry Family Medicine, It jg will cure Sick Headache, (asthousands can testify,) _ I in twenty minutes, if two MANHOOD, HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED. Just Published in a Sealed Envelope, ON THE NATURE, TREATMENT, AND RADICAL CURE OF SPERMATORRHOEA, ,,r Seminal WenkncM, Sexual Debility, NervoiiKneaa and Iuvoinntary F.nne-ioiiB, iuduriiig Iuipnteuey.aud Mental and Physical Incapacity. By ROB. J. CCLVERWF.LL, M. D., Author of the "Green Book,” Ac. The world-renowned author, in this admirable Lecture dear ly proves tmm his own experience that the awful consequen ces "I Self-abuse II,sy is- , rtectually removed without medcciue aud without dangerous surgical operations, bougie, lustrunicnt- riu-sor cordials, pointing out a mode of cure at mice certain and cffi-ctnal, l,v which every sufferer, no matter what hn eon- dilion mav bv.'mav cor.- bin,sol! chtsplv, privately and rad ically. This'lecture will prove u lajouto thousands and thou- Sent under ecol to any address, post paid, on the receipt of two put,tage* atuuipH. l»v addn'aaiiiz Dr. CHAS. J. C. KLINK. 1J7 Bowery, Now York; Post Box 4536. F. bnra.y 3, 1*81. (?) 36 lOt. WASHINGTON HALL. This House is still open lo the public. taken at the comment ing their testimony in its j mouth with the In- (asthousands can testify,) or three toanpoonsful are W meat of attack. > All who use it are giv- favur Mix water in the vigorator, and swallow both together. Price one dollar per bottle. —ALSO— SANFORD’S FAMILY H. Cathartic Pills COMPOUNDED FROM Pure Vegetable Extracts, and put up in Glass Cases, Air Tight, aud will keep in any climate- The Family CatlmHici iPiil is agentle hut active Cathartic, which the pro- prietor 1ms used in in practice raore than twen-1 .11 y years. The constantly increas- Cl .mg demand from those who lave long used the I j Eidsarel the safetactmir which ail expreae in re ISc.nHo ;Iheir we, luie in duced me to place them « within the reach of aiL Ti e Profession well j* - | know that different t ,i thnrtics act on different Jl, (portions of the bowels Tlie Family Cathartic ence to this well estab- ded from a variety of the tracts, which act alikeon tary canal, and are good where a Cathartic is ment8 of ttie Slomach, Beck and Loirs. Costive- over the whole body, frequently, if neglected, fever. Loss of Appetite, Cold over tlie body. Rest- weight in <hc Head, all Worms iu Children or Purifier of the jpe — | Pill has, with due refer- 1 fished fact,been compoun- O ! purest Vegetable Ex- every part of thealimen- t- aud safe in all cases n |needed, such as Derange- H |Sleepiness, Pains in the ness. Pain and soreness from suddeu cold, which end in a long course of a Creeping Sensation of lessness, Headache, or Inflamatnry Diseases, Adults, Rheumatism, a blood, and many diseases | to, too numerous great _ . to whief flesh is heir to mention iu this advertisement, Dose, I to 3. Price Three Dimes. The LiverInvigorator and Family Cathartic rill? are retailed by Drnggi-ts generally, and sold wholesale bv the Trade in all the large towns. * S.T.W. SANFORD, M D-, cn ty Manufacturer and Propriettw 3 208, corner of Fulton st., Broadway, N- Y. S PECIAL arrangement will be made for the accommodation *»f the Members to the approaching STATE CONX ENTION, mid the future Semiont* of the Legislature. T’he rail's and terms at this Ilou.«e, will coiiionu to those of the other Public Houses in this city. N. C. BARNETT. Milledgeville, Ga. Dee. 15th, 1800, 30 dw. LUMPK1N LAW SCHOOL UftllE next tenn of this Institution will begin on the 1 first day of MARCH, 1861. January idtli, USfil. 35 4t. NJ E W HOTEL ! PLANTER'S HOUSE. Cherry Street, Macon Ga. T HIS HOUSE is Two Blocks from the Rail Road Depot, IN THEBl S- INESS PART OF THE CITY, and |(0;| near the Ware Houses and liolesale Stores. A Porter will be in attendance at the Depot. J- O. GOODALE, Proprietor. January 2!st, 1 SGI -85 3in”. BOARDING. H M Y HOUSE will be open for transient and regu lar boarders. JAMES E. IIAYGOOD. MHledgeville, Jan. 18th, 1H5I. 35 tf. A 1 Y HOUSE will be open for the re- 31 eeptiou of MEMBERS TO THE CONVENTION. ALL AVHO GALLON j.Sa «1 ME will be made comfortable. f E. S. CANDLER. MHledgeville, January, 4th, 1861.33 tt. ... R HALVE! CF" If y° u hsve tl,e PlLE ?,’ ^ et a Dr^C^rnnateh'* I Box of this truly wonderful St lvi a v v \v\ rfv and by using it two days its magi- ^ LVE! Seal innuence will be felt, and a per il Will follow. For sale by Hektt it Hall. PII.K feet cure A d7n in istrator's Salc. XVILL be sold oil tilt* first Tuesday in MARCH next, before the YV Ojurt House dot>r in the Town of Munticcllo Jasper coun ty, between the usual hoursoi Bale, the following property Two hundred and fortv [210) acres of land more or less, the place whereon W. C. Lorejt.y, now lives, adjo.uing lands of Samuel R. Smith, Mary Banks, aud others, lying ten miles north Also, the place known as the Watters tract, lying six miles be low Monticello. on the Macon road, containing over five hun- dred (-30«») aero* more or less, adjoining lands of Jonas H. Hol land. and other*. Also at the some time and place; Sixty acres of .and, tpe same beiug a portion of the laud whereon Samuel lived at the time of his death, adjoining lauds of « . H. Thomp son Morris Noles. and others. All the above described lauds to be sold as the property of the estate of P. P. Lovtgoy. late of Jasr r count v, deceased. Sold tor the benefit ot the heirs, and creditor, of Uid decked. Tcnn-n Un- ^ Jag. 14, 1861. SJtiii. ~{^"gee advertisement of Sanford’s Liver Invigo- rator. end Calliartic Pills, in Another column. KISSED BV MISTAKE. “Will you be at home to-ni£:ht, Hetty?” and the speaker a tall, muscular, well- looking young farmer, reddened to the very roots of his hair, as though he had committed some very wicked act instead ot asking a simple question. He was bashful, extremely so was Jo- siali Hawley; at least in the presence of young ladies; most of all, in the presence of the girl he loved. No young farmer in all the country possessed a better kept farm, or talked with more confidence among his compeers of stock and crops, and on kindred subjects. But the glimpse of some pretty face, or foot, coming in his direction, affected him like a Hash of light ning. On such occasion, he never knew what to do with his hands and eyes; and always felt like screwing himself into a mouse hole. How he ever contiived to approach Hester Thomas on the subject of bis preference for her, probably remains to this day as much a mystery to himself as it to others. But that young lady had quite an amount of tact and cleverness stowed away somewhere in her pretty little head, albeit it was set on the dimpled, inexperi enced shoulders of seventeen. Josiah was worth, in a worldly way, much more than any of her suitors; good looking, and intel ligent enough to satisfy any hut au ovor- fastidious person; unexceptionable, in short barring his excessive bashfulness, which was a fruitful source of merriment among the young people in their little circle.— And so, when Josiah, in liis awkward, blundering way, began to exhibit his pref erence for her in various little ways, such as waiting on her to and from singing school, constituting himself her escort when she rode on horseback to the solitary church in the woods, and singling her out. at quilting parties, Hetty took it all in the pleasantest manner possible. The girls laughed, and the young men cracked sly jokes at the expense of her timid suitor; but Hetty stood up for him very indepen dently; encouraged him out of his shyness; never noticed any unfortunate blunder; had very likely helped him along consid erably when his feelings reached the “cul minating point.” one moonlighted autumn evening, as they were walking home to gether from prayer meeting. That was just a week ago. Hetty had said “Yes,” and agreed to “bring father and mother around on the subject.” Jo siah had not been to the house since, probably feeling very much like a dog ven turing upon the premises of the person whose sheep-fold he had just plundered.— As yet neither had bad the courage to speak to the “reigning powers” on the subject; and Hetty, feeling as if she wished to put the ordeal oft’as long as pos sible—at any rate, to liave one move con fidential talk with him on the subject, said: “Mother is going to Aunt Ruth’s to spend the evening, and wants me to go. But I guess 1 won’t. - I’ve been working on father’s shirts all day, besides doing the dairy work, and Tin as tired as can be. So I guess they’ll have to go without me. Don’t come until S o’clock. I shall be through putting things to rights then, and will let you in.” Of course Josiah was not too obtuse to understand that, and forget his bashful ness so far as to petition for a good-lye kiss, which was pvemptorily refused, of course. “No, I shan’t. Do take yourself off.— Think I didn’t see you fidgeting around Sarah Jones at Deacon Badger’s yester day evening? I’ve not forgotten that, sir!” “Now Hetty ” But the appeal was broken off by a tan talizing, little laugh; and he sprang for ward to take a pleasant revenge on liis tormentress, she slipped away and ran up the path to the house, where he saw her ■wave her hand as she disappeared within the kitchen porch: and then turned from the gate and took the road homeward. The tea things had been carried out, the table set back against the wall, the crumbs brushed from the clean home-made carpet and Hetty’s work-stand drawn up in front of the blazing fire. A bountifully piled waiter of great red apples and a plate of cracked walnuts were on it, in close prox imity to Hetty’s work basket. On one side of the fire sat Mrs. Thomas; fat and fair, and at peace with all the world, rocking and knitting, and refresh ing herself at sundry intervals with a bite from a half eaten apple that lay on the cor ner of the table, and touching every now aud then in a caressing manner with her foot a sleek, lazy-looking cat that purred and winked on the rug before her. Hetty sat on the other side, sewing, and busy in thinking how she should tell her mother that sue expected a visitor. She would have given the world to be able to say in an off-hand manner that she expected Mr. Hawley to drop in about eight. But she recollected with a twingle of conscience how hard she had tried to get the old lady to accompany her husband to aunt Ruth’s spite of her forewarnings of a spell of neu ralgia; how she had also plead headache as an excuse for not going herself. And she knew her mother was quite sharp enough to draw her own inferences from these facts, and from her being dressed with unusual care to spend an evening at home. “I shall not dare to tell her now. She’ll be sure to think that I wanted to get her out of the way so I might have Josiah all to myself, and I should never hear the last of it.” And like a wise little puss she was silent. I’ll venture my word on it, you would not have wondered at our young farmer’s desperate enthrallment if you could have seen Hetty Thomas as she sat sewing by the fire-side that cold November night. Under pretext of being ready to go to her uncle’s (alhing she had no idea of do ing,) she had, just before tea, indulged in an indiscriminate “fixing up.” A neatly- fitting dark calico, with the store look still on it; afresh linen collar and a tasteful black silk apron—these were thej chief items of Hatty’s toilet; but she looked as sweet and dainty in her plain dress, as if hours had been spent in donning lace and jewels. Her rich hair, of the darkest au burn tinge, fell in shining folds close to her w r arm, red cheek, and was caught up in a cunning net behind. Eight o’clock and past! Mrs. Thomas was dozing in her chair—her shadow on the opposite wall bobbing about in gro tesque mimicry, as she nodded to and fro: now crushing the voluminous white satin bows on her spruce cap against tlie back of her chair; now almost falling forward, and her fat hands lay listlessly in he lap, and her ball of yarn bad rolled out upon the hearth, and puss was busy converting it intogordian knots. And just then came a double' rap at the door; so loud, sudden and self-assured, that Hetty started up with a shriek, and set her foot on puss’s tail, who in turn gave voice to her amazement and displeasure. The combined noise aroused Mrs. Thom as, aud starting into an erect position, she rubbed her eyes, settled her cap-border, and exclaimed: “Bless my soul, Hetty, what was that? Somebody at the door? "Who can be coming here at this time of the night?” “It’s not late, mother; only a little past eight. I’ll go anl see who it is,” says Hetty demurely, taking the candle from the table. “No. Here you wind up my hall and sweep the hearth, while I goto the door.” says the old lady, whose feet were strug gling in the perplexing meshes of the un raveled yarn, “Drat that cat!” And all this time Josiah was standing on one foot out on the cold porch, with his hands in his overcoat pockets, wondering if Hetty had fallen asleep, and every now and then giving the door a sharp rap by way of variety. In her hurry, Mrs. Thomas forgot to take the candle, and as she stepped out in to the little front entry, the sitting-room door slammed after her. She had her baud on the handle of the hall-door at the moment, and opening it, she suddenly found herself in the embrace of a stout pair of arms; a whiskered face in close proxim ity to her own; and before she could think about the strangeness of her situation, she received a prolonged kiss—a hearty smack —full upon her matron lips. “Oh, murder! ‘Taint Obadiah, nei ther!” She had by this time divested herself of the impression that it was her usually so ber spouse, who must have come home in an unusually exalted condition, thus to in dulge in such unw onted expression of af fection. “Get out! Get out, I say! Who are you, any how? Murder! thieves! Hetty come here! Here’s a man kissing me like mad! But the intruder had by this time dis covered his mistake; it did not need the indignant pummeling and scratching of the old lad) ’s vigorous fists to cause bim to re linquish his hold; and fly as if put sued by some indignant ghost. Hetty, nearly choked with smothered laughter, in spite of her trepidation, now came to the lescue. “I never was so frightened in all my life. The mean scamp! Who could it be? Hetty, have you any idea?” But that dutiful daughter was, to all appearance, innocent as a sucking dove. She soothed the old lady by representing that it might have been one of the neigh bors, who, having drank too much, had mistaken the house and the housewife. She searched the entry for tlie missing spectacles dropped in the scuffle; reanrang ed the rumpled cap border; wound up the tangled yarn ; stirred the fire—all iu the most amiable manner possible; and at length had the satisfaction of seeing her mother subside into her chair and her ac customed tranquility. Mrs. Thomas was fully awake now\ She had a new idea in her head, and instead of setting herself for another nap, she pur sued the train of thought and her knit ting, both at the same time, with wonder ful rapidity. At length, stopping and looking keenly at Hetty : “I suppose it’s a queer idea of mine, Hetty, but I’ve a notion that that man was ’Siali llawley.” My’ but if Hetty’s face did not fire up then! You might have lit a candle by it. These incipient symptoms did not es- o*fo *Lo wary inquisitor ‘•’Tears so to me. ’Cause those big whiskers were so much like liis’n, and the awakward way he gripped me with his great paws.” Hetty was wonderfully busy. She bent over her work aud drew tlie needle through so ouiekly that the thread snapped and then she was so much engaged in threading her needle again, she didn’t have time to answer. “I don’t believe that kiss was meant for me, after all. Wonder who it was inten ded for; and wonder if you- don’t know something about it. Hetty?” “Me, mother?’’ “Y T es, you, Hetty. Y'ou was mighty anxious to get me and pap off’to see aunt Ruth this evening; but I noticed you were slicked up extraordinary, for all you wern’t going. Now, Hetty, I’m getting old. I know it; but I haven’t quite lost my eyesight yet. I’ve heard something about this between you and ’Siah Hawley. What are you playin’ possum for? Out with it, say!” Our little schemer, thus abjured, made a clean breast of tlie matter, much relieved to find that mother “hadn’t nutliin’ agin him,” and would “give father a talk about it, and bring him round ” “But, Hetty, I want you to tell’ Siah I’d rather he’d not make such a mistake agiu. 1 don’t like the feel of liis big whiskers about my face. I don’t approve of promiscuous kissing.” ’Siah never heard the last of that blun der. Old Squire Thomas used to delight in rehersing the story whenever all the pat ties interested happened to be present. He would shake his fat sides at Josiah’s discomfiture and his wife’s tart replies, and Hetty would join him, and both would laugh until the tears ran down their cheeks. “Never mind, ’Siah,” Mrs. Thomas would say, consoling. “Let him laugh. He’d have been only glad to have been in your place twenty years ago. He had hard work to get a kiss from me then. And I hope it will be a lesson to you and Hetty agin the impolicy of concealment, and underhand doin’s of all sorts.— St. Louis Republican. — ♦— LaGrange, Feb. 2nd, 1S61. Messrs. Boughton Nisbet & Co : Gents:—In compliance with a prom ise I furnish you with some calculations in reference to the question of reduciug the number of the General Assembly, &c. This question will be entertained by the Convention when it re-nssembles ; and it will he one of importance for tlie consid eration of the people. In presenting the following statements, I hope it will not be deemed inadvisable. Y’ou will perceive a discrepancy between the present calcu lation and that published by the Legisla ture. I have every reason to believe this to be correct. The principle howev er would not be altered if otherwise. We have in the State 132 counties—301 members Senate and House—as now or ganized, the Representative population of the State being 84-5,357. This sum, di vided by 1G9, the number of Represen tatives, gives to each Representative a Representative population of 5,002 to each member. Chatham county has a Rep.*Pop. .24,311 Echols “ “ “ “ 1,139 The ratio of Representation being 5,002, it would require four such counties as Echols to be entitled to one member, while Chatham would be entitled to nearly five members. If Echols with her popu lation is entitled to one member, Chat ham would be entitled to twenty-one members. I instance these as the great inequality of our present organization of the House 'I lie Congressional Districts contain the following Representative popula tion : First District,, 112,347 Second District 125,222 Thi-d District, 96.879 Fourth district 111,978 Fifth District 115.920 Sixth District 102,785 Seventh District 87,121 Eighth District, 93,104 The ratio of 5,002 Representative pop ulation would give to the Districts as fol lows: First District 22 Members. Second District, 25 “ Third District, 19 “ Fourth District, 22 “ Fifth District, 23 “ Sixth District, -.-.2o “ Seventh District, 17 ** Eighth District, 18 “ Total, — J 66 members. Leaving off fractional numbers, which would give three more members—making 169. The present Representation from the Districts as now organized is as follows: From First District, 30 members. - Soeuutl District, J28 “ Third District,.. .16 “ Fourth District,. .19 “ Fifth District 23 “ Sixth District, 22 “ Seventh District,. 15 “ Eighth District,. .16 “ The equitable reduction, according to the ratio of Representative population ol 5,002, by Districts of one half would give to the Districts as follows : From First District 11 members. Second District.. 13 “ Third District,....10 “ Fourth District,.. 11 “ ^ Fifth District,.... 12 “ Sixth District,... .10 “ Seventh District,.. 9 “ Eighth District.. 9 “ 87 Total in all, 85 members. Probably I should have offered the above instead of the amendment I did propose to the third Section of Ordinance as reported by committee, it I had then the same information I now have. The exceeding desire manifested by the committee to get some practicable plan before the Convention, is only tlie same desire manifested by nearly every one we meet. The plan was the only impediment. I offered the amendment to the third Section, satisfied it was far more equitable than the one reported by the committee. And I would still insist upon its adoption, should no other prop osition approximating equality be offered or voted down. That amendment to the third Section, if successful, would organ ise the House, with 87 members and no more—giving to the 1st District 15 members instead of 30 2d 14 “ “ 28 3d “ 8 “ “ 16 4th “ 1L “ “ 19 5 th “ 12 .< „ 23 6th 11 “ “ 22 7th “ 8 “ “ “ 15 8th 8 “ “ 16 Total — This reduction would he effectual and would result m DenetH to the fttAie. Tlie following propositions may be stated with out elaborating either. This reduction would save the State $55,000 or $60,000 per annum. In the present condition of the State economy is actually necessary. Tlie people will get better legislators, better laws, more despatch in business, and at half the present price. Retrench ment and reform in this important de partment is a necessity upon the country. Yours, J.M. BEALL. — The way to get Wealthy.—Never was money so scarce, everybody says, and ev erybody, we believe, is justified in making tlie remark. Silver may be plentiful in bank, gold may be plentiful in Fraser riv er, but neither can he picked up along the streets by men too indolent to work, or women too extravagant to study economy. They will new disceru that "Ti8 a very good world that we live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in; But to beg or to borrow, or to get a man's own, 'Tis tlie very worst world that ever was known.’ The proverb is an old one, hut just as ap plicable to our times as those of our an cestors. Poveity has not much credit in bank parlors, though wealth is frequently less reliable, unless accompanied by hon est principle. The only thing to be de pendent upon these days is industry. That is the best financial institution. It never fails. Abstemiousness and frugali ty are the best bankers. They allow a handsome interest, and never dishonor a draft drawn on them by their humblest customers. That’s our opinion of the mat ter.—Old Jonathan. Steward an (be I'wiwu—his great Pelilisn. In tlie U. 8. Senate, on Tuesday, 31st ult., Mr, Seward presented a memorial from 3S,0U0 citizens of the State of New York, and said that although the Senate Chamber was (he largest legislative chamber ever erected since the beginning of the world, except the House of Repiesentatives, this inemoiini would cover A space thirty-eight times as large as ti is chamber. Re had already pre sented a similar memorial with Z5.U0U names all urging conciliation. The committee who brought tins memoiial were the representatives of the lar gest commerce iu the world—a commerce which in any other country would be paramount to all other interests. Happily, here it was nut so. He bad been requested to support the views of this memorial, aud regretted that he had seen no dispo sition on the part of the seceding Stales and their friends to meet any practicable < ffort at compro mise on the part of the adhering States. lie how ever, held himself open to such propositions, and was rejoiced at the fraternal feeling manifested by the people of his Stale in these memorials. He did not fear for the Uuion, nor did he believe these difficulties would certainly be settled iu thirty, sixty or ninety days; but nevertheless, he believed they would be settled. All platforms or men that stood in the way of the preservation of the Uuion would be swept away. The question of slavery or freedom in the Territories had been greatest in 1850. The admission of Kansas, California and Oregon had reduced the question to a very narrow compass. In that part which re mained, all being slave Territory, over which a slave code extended, there were but twenty four slaves—but one for every 44,000 square miles. He did not tear slave aggression which had only carried twenty-four slaves to all that territory. Why then should he despair ol the Union? Why could he believe that 311,WfO.Oflfl of people would reduce themselves to the scoin of mankind hy the dissolution of this Union forfihia question ? This was a confederation, not an imperial government Submit the question to a Convention to be called according to the forms of the Constitution -and the world would see how thirty-four States could peacabiy adjust this difficulty. He urged aa a last resort, if other means failed, the calling of a National Convention, aceoiding to the constitu tional forms He concluded by saying that he had advised the gentlemen composing the commit tee who had brought on the memorial to go home and speak for the Union, vote for the Union, to contribute their money to preserve the Union, and when all other expedients failed, to fight for the Union . Major Anderson is considered one of the beat artillerists in the army. He is the author of the standard book on that arm of the service,’wed nt West Foint and in the Army. tkkswjl Mid AMol-kaSti. The following correspondence has been exchang ed between Schamyl and Abd-ei-kader: “Salutation to him who has made hiniaelf illus trious among all men; to him who ha? extinguish ed the Quines ot discord, and who has turn up by tlie roots the tree ot enmity which resembles the head of Satau ! Glory bo to God who has granted to his servant bis own safety, and the safety of the faith! Salutation to the intimate friend, to the just Abd-el-Kader; may the palm of glory and of hou- our flourish on thy throne .’ I kav • heard things which the ears and the entrails would reject. Hor rible things have happened between the Mussul mans and the Christians, who had formerly signed a treaty of peaco with the Kalifs. My hair baa stood on end, and the skin of my face, before smooth, has been wrinkled at the recital of the la mentable events ol Damascus. I then said evil has taken possession of the sea and of the Conti nent. No, it is not for the interest of God, but for their own, that the Mussulmans of Damascus have done those things. What bands bad the governors over their eyes ? Why have they swam in crimes? Why have they forgotten those words of the Prophet: ‘He who shall commit injustice towards a Monald (Christian ;) he uho shall refuse him his rights; who shall compel him to do what is beyond his strength, and shall rob him of his property. I, says the Prophet, ‘will be bis accuser at the day of resurrection. How fine is this expresaion.— When I heard that you had spread out the wings of mercy and of kindness to protect the Christians, aDd that you had stopped those, ichu sought to violate the Divine louts, 1 was not surprised that you gain ed the victory in th<- areana of praises. I was content with you May God be so also in the su preme day, when neither money nor children will avail you in any way. Y'ou have caused the re vival of the words of the Prophet sent among man kind by the mercy of God, and you placid a bridle on those trho violated his decrees. May tiod pre serve us from him who crosses the limits which ha has traced out ! This is why I express to you my joy and satisfaction in this letter, a bouquet of flowers taken from the garden of the poor prison er Among the infidels, by tlie decree of the Al mighty God. “ScH.aMYL, the Stranger.” Tlie reply of Abd-el-Kader is as follows:— “Glory to God ! Praise and salutation to the Prophet Mahomet, and to all the prophets ! The poor before the rich, Abd-el-Kader, son of Mouhi- ed-Diu-el-Hossaiin, to the brother in God and dear Uiemar Schamyl! May God protect us, him aud me, in the time of repose and in the licur of de parture. May peace and Divine mercy be given touxau. I have received your letter and your amiable praises. What we have done for tb« Christians was a religious duty and one of human ity. Our faith is the perfection of good qualities —it comprises all that is praiseworthy ana all that ought to be done. All these good thicks must be with us like a collar round the neck. Injustice is blamed in all nations, and its dwelling is sullied. The poet has said, ‘When the day of temptation comes man so loses his head that what is ugly he finds handsome.’ We come from God, and we shall return to Him- We live in a time when few of the faithful cause justice to triumph, and peo ple have believed that Islamism inculcates cruelty, injustice, and exclusivcuess. May God grant ua patience ! We know that you are with the Em peror of Russia, and that he gave you a reception worthy of you. Wo know that you requested him to ailow you to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Let us pray God that be may grant it. The Emperor of Russia is a great king, and he merits all the praises which have been lavished on him. 1 hope that the Sultan of Russia will shower down hit benefits on you as the Sultan of France has done on me. Eet us hope iu God. who is alone to be adored. “Ahd-el-Kaker.” [London Standard, Jan. 5, 1861, Marshal Ryndkrs on tiie Crisis—Marshal Rynders made a speech in New York the other day. We quote from it a single passage which will show where the famous Marshal is: True Democrats at the North will never fight against the 8outh. If that is treason, let them indict me for it, or if it is misprision of treason, let me be doubly indicted The Democrat who would fight against the South is more than half a Republican. If a Democratic company volunteers to go South to subjugate the South, I say to them, you are traitors to your country, and 1 trust that the destroying angel will pass over you ih the night time, like over the host of Sennacherib, and that the rising sun will look down upon the up turned faces and fixed, glaring eyes of your corpses. A voice—“You are a political demagogue.” Rynders—I won’t go on till that man is put out. Are you afraid to put him out you d—d cowardly set? [Man is put out. Three cheers are given for Rynders, who proceeds:] Who brought this trouble on our land? Not ourselves. We had no band in dissolving the Union. We did all we conid to avoid these troubles. But if warcomes, and I have to fight, I will fight to the death for South Carolina [Hurrah for Rynders!] Good Material for Soldiers.—A letter from Warrenton, Fla.., to the Pensacola Observer, thus describes a private in one of the companies : Professor Day is just six and a half feet high in bis stockings. His weight is three hundred and ten pounds and he measures seven feet in the girth. He is the tallest and the biggest man in the regiment, and is noted for his great strength as well as liis huge proportions. He his been known to shonlder a six hundred bale of cotton* and has frequently taken a whiskey barrel by the chines, raised it at arms’length, and drank at the bung bole. On one occasion he threw a mustang pony and liis rider over a ten-rail fence. For this offence he was tried aud convicted in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale county, aud fined five hun dred dollars. This remarkable man is the young est and smallest of seventeen brothers. His fa ther is two and a half inches taller than he is, but not so thick set. His brothers are taller, botnone of them.are so stout as the Professor. It is neces sary to remark that his father has been twice mar ried, and has eight children by his first wife and nine hy his present wife. The Professor i« the Principal of the Marion High School, and is a learned man in every sense of the world. He is master of six languages, and as a mathematician he has no superior. He is, besides one of the best men living and is no ted for his good nature. He never had but one fight in liis life, and then he killed a horse and nearly murdered a man. Citizenship.—A case came up before onr City Council, at their regular meeting Wednesday night, involving the construc tion of the present law of Georgia with re gard to citizenship. An applicant for the office of Vendue Master, upon being inter rogated, stated that he had only been in the conntry four months. Council decided that the residence was sufficient to consti tute him a citizen of Georgia under the late ordinance, and he was accordingly elected.—Sar. Reprbltcan. We would like to see the ebore question discussed. We have looked in vain to find the clause in the ordinance of citizenship which justifies the City Council of Savan nah in their decision. He wants to know, you know.—Mr- John Slidell, we observe, wishes to know of the Senate whether “John B. Floyd at present fills the office of »S’ccrctary of War.” We presume the next thin^ he will be saying to J. B. will be something like the Irish man in the fight to his adversary;—“Ef yure not in airnest, Jimmy, let go yure Holt.” — — ■ A Virginian on Scott.—Mr. DeJar- nett, a member of the House of Represen tatives at Washington from the “Old Do minion,” in a recent speech thus rebukes the treason of Lieutenant-General Scott. “There was a time in her history when Virginia, like the mother of the Gracchi, when asked for her jewels, could point to her sons. There they stood.—Jefferson, Henry, Madison, Monroe, and the immortal Washington. Those sons of hers, when they had spent their lives in achieving, and then defending her liberties, asked no other honor than she would givethem a tomb. She too, in this age, had been proud of another son, whom she gave to the nation as a commander-in-chief of its armies. That son I, together with her representatives in the legislature, in her name, have honored with a sword, for his brilliant achievements in arms. Little did I think, little did Vir ginia think, that tbatsword was so soon to be drawn against her who gave him birth. Here, sir, in sight of her own blue hills, in sight of the tomb of Washington, is this nngratefnl son planting his batteries for her subjugation. And though she must weep over the ingratitude of her parricidal son, the more because of her pride in the glory of his past renown, yet, emulating the firmness of the old Roman father, she will discard him forever from her bosom, and vindicate in his sacrifice, the majesty of her supreme law—the law of State sov ereignty and State allegiance.” Oliver Wendell Holmes vividly describes death thus: “By the stillness of the sharpened features bv tba blackness of the tearless eye, by the fixed- new of tbeamileless month, by the deepening 'inti, by the rontrected brow, by the dilatiug nostrils, we know that the soul is soon to leave its mortal tenement, and is already closing its windows and putting out its flree." •