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;i)f Oc'lcchlij State press,
BY E. C. & A. M. HOWLAND.
FROM OUR DAILY OF THURSDAY. FEB 24
New Advertisements.
In to-Joy’s paper, Judge Power’s offers a
O ral reward for the apprehension of a runa
,jy negro.
(iEoKU*. W. Price, who has just returned
m tlie North, advertises Dry Goods Pc.
GniEK & Freeman announces an addition to
tlnir Stock of Family groceries.
s Goodman advertises that he is prepar
f,] to take good Ambrotypes at extremely low
mW*-
Xue Theatre is still in “full blast.” See
■ v Bill for this evening. We commend Mr.
f doing and his talented company to the play-
; n g community.
The list of Advertised Letters appears iu our
paiiy of this issue, and also iu our Weekly of
today.
There are other new advertisements, to each
: 1 all of which we, invite public attention.
Yesterday wc were favored by the new
fiinicf Gkeer & Freeman, with a specimen
tile of Mint Julep, already prepared to save
tin- bar-keeper’s trouble. Os course we dis
aini any acquaintance with such things, but
w arc assured by those who have tried the ar
tiric that it is first rate. Try it.
Ir Ink' been often predicted that thj heavy glass sky
hghtti over the Representatives’ Hall in Washington
, r not sufficiently secure, Early on Tuesday last,
fr. unknown cause, a heavy pane fell from
•k> -light upon the desk and chair of Mr. Nichols,
; Ohio, who had a moment before left his seat
If he had been in his seat at tlie time of the
u enrrence there would probably now be one
less in Congress.-Ei>s. State Press.
Dr. J. P. Screven. —The many friends of our es
lei iued fellow-citizen will be pleased to learn that,
after many weeks’ confinement from serious illness,
has regained sufficient strength to leave home for
a time, with the hope of further and progressive a
memlment. He left for Florida, yesterday, on the
itesmvr St. Marys, and will probably be absent some
weds, though this will be regulated by the condition
of his health. Quite a number of his old friends ac
• in panic 1 him to the wharf, and took leave es him
»:li kindest expressions for his early ami complete
rec oery.— Xaraunuk
The Sons of Malta are to have a moonlight parade
Brooklyn, in the course of two or three weeks.—
L - ircs from other cities have been invited to join the
Mcioiun, and it is thought they will turn out about
’IO strong. They will l»e dressed in full regalia.
A’. Y. Uitpatch.
Improvement of Choc tauhatchie
River.
We sec by our Florida exchanges that the last Leg
Mature of that State passed a bill donating half of
•>. rwainp lauds on each side of the Choctauhatchie
r. for the purpose of clearing out and improving
tin-navigation of said river. The improvement is of
importance to a considerable district of country in
A.ahama, including the entire county of Coffee and
p inions of Pike, Dale and Covington, which lie more
f uvenient.to the town of Geneva, at the head of na
tation on that river, than to any other trading
mt. The stream is navagalde most of the winter,
eii with the obstructions. These, it is thought, ean
easily removed, when navigation for small boats
will be secured for full half the year.
Emigration to Libekia.—The packet Mary Caro
lina Stephens will sail on the Ist of Muy from Balti
ui re with a large company of emigrants fur Liberia.
The colonization society, it is stated, has received ap
plication for settlement iu Liberia of one hundred and
Kveßtcen slaves destined by their proprietors for
“freedom” in Africa. Os this number, L. B. Burgess.
! Burgess’ Store, Va., offers to send thirty-nine, John
F Sale, of Liberty, Va., thirty-one; Robt. Hutchin-
>. Brownsburg, Va., nineteen, W. J. Owens, of An
gina. Gil. nineteen, and Miss Sarah B. Jones, of
Charleston, S. C., nine.
Reversing the Course of Trade.—Buffalo,
claiming to be the greatest grain market in the world,
i’ just now short of grain, and Buffalo agents have
Iten in the towns up the Genessee Valley, purchasing
•ni, oats, and even barley, for that city. There is
probably half a million bushels of wheat in the eleva
’••r< at Buffalo; but other grains are short, and con
'uintr-, who have hitherto relied upon deposits made
there fruin the West, iu the fall, are compelled to go
eastward into the interior, for supplies.
Petition of Iron Dealers.—A memorial, signed
Fy the iron men of Pennsylvania, will soon be presen
ts! to Congress, praying that Senator Fitch’s bill for
the construction of national vessels aaKl buildings of
American iron may pass. It is already signed by the
leading members of the trade, ami may have 59,000
The Difference Between Mb. Buchanan
and Junes Douglas.—Hon John J. Meßea,
member of Congress from the Fifth district of
Mississippi, in a letter published in tlie Natch
ez Free Trader, says:
“I understand Judge Douglas'position to be
that the people of a Territory, in their territo
rial condition, through their Territorial Legis
lature, can exclude slavery. I understand the
position of Mr. Buchanan and the democratic
party to be that the people of a Territory can
only exclude slavery when they are lawfully
in convention to form a constitution to be ad
mitted as a State into the Union. This is cer
tainly my position. And it connot be expect
ed, with, my known opinions heretofore on
: ‘ll questions involving the constitutional rights
"t the South and the known sentiments of the
constituency I represent, according, as I be
‘■e.e it does most thoroughly, with my own,
that I will yield any position that yields a
rght of the South. I have no hostility of feei
ng towards Judge Douglas, and while I differ
with him in opinion I am not one of his abu
■ire denouncers. He will co-operate with the
democratic party, and I am willing for him to
lake his chances on his position fairly in that
organization.
Cost right Law Rki*eau—The 10th section
of the act to'eatablsh the Smithsonian Institu
bun, w hich required publishers to deposit a
' 'py of their book, map, chart, musical com-
I’”'ition, print, cut or engraving with the Li
brarian of the Smithsonian Institution, and
3 so one copy with the Librarian of Congress
i- hrary, has been repealed. Authors are now
' 'dy requiie,l to de|xasit a copy with the Clerk
'he I nitedWtates Dutrict Court, where the
' "py right i. obtained.
Tl" Nokhville Union says that the Cotn|4rol
■ r of feum-'weeda redeeming the isouea of Uie
J 4 ®** of Cl.ilMtrne, Taxwulll, Jefforoun and
'• nUm at |,n,. Ho that hokien ot Uta uvtca
1,1 'dies* Uuilo, r4U , now get dollar tor dollar
Dexidiuf theta to ths L'ompUoltor.
State
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY .MORNING.
VOLUME 11.
Life of a Newspaper Editor in
CALIFORNIA.
He rises nt 10 o’clock in the morning; dresses him
self, takes his hat, already pierced with three or four
bullets, and goes to the restaurant to get his break
fast. After breakfaet he returns to his office to read
the inoruing papers. He finds that he is called n
L Wretch in one, in another a liar, and in the third a
villian. He smiles at the thought of having some
thing to do, and signs his name to three challenges,
which he always carries about with him to be ready
for emergencies. These he depatchcs and sits down
to write an article, when he is sundeuly interrupted
' by some interloper whom at last he is eomjielled to
throw out of the window. At noon he learns that his
challenges have been accepted for the next day. At
threa o'clock ho goes to tight a duel which had been
arranged the day before, kills his man and returns
to d|i ner, On his way from dinner, begets mixed I
up with a riot RR<l get** some bruises aud wounds.—
When he reaches his sanctum he tiuds an infernal
machine on his table. Without manifesting the ligh
test surprise, he throws it out of the window. He
then writes a leader on moral reform—this done, he
goes to the theatre. On his way he is attacked by
three men; he kills two and takes the third to the
nearest station house. When returning to his office
at three o’clek at night, he beats a man who tries to
rob him: kills a 'log with a stone; is almost run over
by a hackney coach, and on the threshold of his
door receives two more bullets in his bat, then con
gratulates himself on having passed a quiet day,
writes till 3 o’clock in the morning; retires to l>ed,
and sleeps tramfSUx.
How an Ohio Farmer was Cap-
TIVATED.
The Lowell (Mass.( News relates the following eir
euuistaues, connected with the marriage of Miss Anna
T. Wilbur, an accomplished New England autboresss,
with a substantial farmer.
“Mis Anna T. Wilbur, of Newburyport, by her con
tribution to periodicals, attracted the attention of an
educated fanner of Ohio, who o{»encd a correspondent
with her. At length they agreed to meet at a half
way point, znd if their impressions, on seeing each
other for the first time, were agreeable, they wouhl
seperate again; otherwise, why—we’ll let her tell .the
story herself.
“I need not tell how an Ohio farmer first had his
attention attracted to an occasional contributor to the
Eastern periodicals, or what motives first prompted
him to address a note of interrogation to said writer
to be followed by mutual questions and replies, till the
parties became desirous of meeting; met, and—were
married. The annuls of romance narrate few briefer
courtships, and I may say few more sensible ones.—
No ‘meetings by moonlight alone ; no frowns of oppo
sing relatives; no jealousies of rivals or lovers’ quar
rels. Past the day-dreams of youth—by the world
around termed old bachelor and old maid—we had
not yet relinquished our faith in human goodness, or
lost fervor of feeling, which intercourse with the world
too often chills. So having fully made up our minds
that we were congenial, and we ought to love each
other, we met, and did love each other. The experi
ence of three years of married life has satisfied us
that the majority of mankind arc in the wrong, aud
we in the right. I mean to say that we should learn
to love meutally aud morally first, and personally
afterwards.
The Continent of Europe.
[Correspondence of the Cha.leston Mercury.]
Brussels, January 27, 1869.—Appended is au
abstract of a circular which I have been requested
by the committee to send to the press of the South,
aud which will explain itself.
The proposed exhibitions of continental industry
will end iu the form of great trade sales or fairs, after
the manner of those of Germany, and are destined to
revolutionize the trade of the Southern States. This
movement is in the hands of practical business men
and manufacturers, and is also under the patronage
of the government of the king. The exhibitions in
themselves will be the most bcaitiful, and I can as
sure you that the citizens of Charleston will be
well repaid for the trouble incident to holding the ex
hibition in your city. The exhibition which is to
take place in Georgia will be combined with the State
fairs, planters’ conventions, and other public assem
blages. Whether the exhibition will be at Augusta,
Macon or Savannah, is not decided. I have already
seen some of the principal articles for the exhibitions,
and am quite sure that the New York merchants will
be undersold in every article. The people on the
continent are in motion, and the rich prize of the
trade of the South will be eagerly contended for. It
is impossible tu say who will be the most successful.
Os one thing I am certain—New York, Philadelphia
and Boston, are bound to suffer severely. They
cannot stand the competion. Contending with the
cheap money of Europe, and the cheapened price
of goods, through a wholesale, direct and economical
importation into Southern ports, the merchants of
the North will have everything against them. Nor
do I believe that the Southern people will remain im
passive spectators of the struggle. They will strike
the blow for their commercial independence, by
throwing their influence and eo-operation on the side
of the direct trade movement.
The circular embraces a letter from Mr. C. G. Bay
lor dated at Brussels in December last, in which he
says he devoted his means and opportunity to the
development of a direct, reciprocal and independent
trade between the tobacco and cotton States of Amer
ica and the Continent of Europe. Such trade would
. benefit the general interests of the Southern States
and incidentally the Western and Northwestern
States also. With the concurrence of the friends of
the movement, Belgium has been selected as the
point of European operations, and with the concur
rence of leading commercial and financial influence
of the kingdom. Mr. Baylor is authorized to sav,
with the approbation and good disposition of the
Belgian Government, the long expressed wishes of
the Southern States will soon receive such aid as to
result in the realization of the practical and success
ful carryiygon the direct trade with Continental Eu
rope. There has been formed in Brussels, to nego
tiate the details of this commerce, ami to represent
the planting interest of America, a Continental Di
rect Trade Association.
Steps are now being to receive the cotton di
rect from the plantations of America, to be sold on
the Continents under the capital, in the most expedi
tious and economical manner, direct to the consumer
in Belgium, Switzerland, in the Zouvrein and in Ger
many. To meet this cotton import and impart the
character of reciprocity to the trade, and to su)»ply
the important feature of a return trade with cheap
freights, the manufacturing interest iu Belgium is
■ about t<» be organized ami through a means at once
> simple, practical, and attractive, a coinmitte has been
formed, under the administration of which will be
held exhibitions of Continental industry, taste and
nianufiv-Hiring skill throughout the Southern Stales
1 of America iu the principal towm. These industrial
exhibitions will partake of the characters of the Ger
-1 man fairs and trade sales. The goods of the Conti
nent of Europe will then, in n most attractive inan
- net. be brought, as it were, to the very doors of the
| e->uthem |»eople. at first cost., and exchanged for cot
s ton.
' Tlk- Engikih paper atates that the British
; Go verm lien t ha» not been >lu» in taking mens
# urea to profit by the Treaty concluded by
lA»rd Elgin with the empire of Japan. A corp,
of official . i» being aaaeiublcil, and w ill mun
aail torthat di.Unit region. Among tlie corug
are oeveral young men who go out expr<-*.ly
1 I lor the |Hir|MMMi ot learning tlie Japanene lan
I guag*. end otudy ing th* tnanm i . and euatuin.
> of tlie (woplit, co a. to net a. iuterpreter., ami '
r ; be otb.rwi..* maeful to Brfti.liaubjeeta aettling
in or tradiuf with khat country,
A Tiger at Sea.
A somewhat extraordinary adventure was
met with a few days ago, near Mr.ilky, which
is abont twenty miles north of Managlore, on
the const.
Some fishermen starting out very early in
the morning, while it w as yet dark, with their
hooks and fish spears in their boats, remarked
something dark in the sen, which it appears
was outside the breakers. They made up to
it to make it out in the dark. One of the first
boat load of five called out, “ a cheetah, a chee
tah I” but it was soon discovered t-o be a roy
al tiger. They rowed close np to it, and the
first man drove his spear into it, and then an
other belabored it on the hand with an oar. —
But it turned ouohuge paw
on the side oTtnemiat, which capsized it, and
with one blow with the other felled the poor
man with the oar. Man aud tiger disappeared
together; at least none of them saw more of
them. They were all shot out by the capsizing
boat, and it was some little time before they
wore picked up by the other boats. That evening
tlie tiger's dead body was washed up by the
waves, and the next morning tlie poor man's
corpse, with the nnmistakeable claw made on
the back of his neck. The others escaped un
scathed with the exception of an awkward
blow on the ankle, which one of them got from
the boat. What possessed the tiger to go out
for a cruise in this fashion, does not appear.—
M(tdrai< Athenian.
Anno Domini 1859.
This year is the beginning of the 84th of
our Independence, the 5072 d of the Julian pe
riod; tlie 2835th, since the Creation, according
to the Hebrew chronology ; the 1613th since
the foundation of Home, according to Varro;
the 2835th since the hegira of Mohaminet.—
According to the Alphonism Tables, it is the
7072 d since the oration. The Chinese, adopt
ed the Saxagenary cycles, which are now in
their 4568th year. The Talmnds make this
the 8203 d of Creation; the Septnagent, the
7660th, and the Samarian I’entetcuch, the I
6578th. Amid all the abstruse and painful i
calculations which have been made relative
to the chronological progress of the world, the
Christian era is undoubtedly the most correct
and authentic. According to that, the world
was created 5861 years ago; and we are now
living in tlie year 1859, dating from the Chis
tian era.
The Sons of Malta.
There are, perhaps, no set of men, no organ
ization, public or secret, religious or political,
that attract as much attention, draws forth as
many surmises and speculations as to their do
ings and objects, as tlie Order of the (Sons of
Malta. Having the frets before us, we here
propose to lay before our readers a short ac
count of the Order f-om the beginning.
In the year of our Lord, 1048, some mer
chants of Memphis trading to the Levant, ob
tained leave of the Caliph of Egypt to erect
a bouse for those who went on pilgrimage to
Jerusalem. They erected a hospital for the
sick in A. D. 1104. where they obtained the
name of Hospitallers. In A. D. 1118, they
became a military Order, and many persons of
noble blood entered their ranks. After the
Christians had lost their interest in the East,
and Jerusalem was taken, the Knights return
ed to Margett, and then to Acre, which fhey
defended in 1250. John, King of Cyprus,
then led them to Linnisson, which aountry
was bequeathed to them, and became their
home until 1310, in which they took Rhodes,
and the next year defended it against the Sar
acens. Since then they have had for a motto,
F. E. R. T.; furtilvdo ijjug Jlhodutn Tenuit.
Rhodes, however, was taken by Solyinan, in
1522, when the Knights retired into Caniiln,
and from there to Sicily. Pope Adrian VI.
granted them Viterbo, as a retreat, and in
1530 Charles V. granted them the Isle of
Malta.
The Order of the Sons of Malta, which em
braces so many of our distinguished fellow cit
izens, is understood to be the present represen
tative of this formerly military-religious Or
der. The hospitality which once greeted the
pilgrim on the shores of the holy land is now
dispensed with liberal handin the lodges of
American cities to the natives of every clime.
The motto remains the same as when Grand
Commander Foulqnes de Vulleret lield Rhodes
against his enemies, although some wrters as
sert that the F- E. R. T. is interpreted by mod
ern Sons of Malta as Funny Exorcist of Rue
ful Thoughts. The interpretating of the mot
to, D. M. O. I. S. L. A., which apjiears on
their initiatory tables, remains locked in the
breast of the accepted Sons of Malta.
The Isle of Malta is still in the possession of
the “Sons,” who rent it to tlie British govern
ment a place of deposit for military stores.
It is, however, contemplated by the Grand
Lodges in the Union, having the controlling
intiuence, to erect thereon a magniticent re
treat for those whom long service in the Order
and old age have enfeebled.
All “Sons” familiar with the history of the
Order, will remember that it was one of the
early Sons of Malta, Publius, who entertained
in tlie most hospitable manner St. Paul, when
he was shipwrecked on tlie Island whence
they derive<l their name. We don't know as
he held any office in the Order, but lie is des
cribed as the “chief man ot the Island.”
The Sons of Malta evidently have a deep de
sign in their organization. They may some
day startle the world with an achievement so
brilliant, having nil attributes of nobleness and (
purity, which are the prime functions of tlie
Order, that all mankind will look on with
blessings and applause. Many ot wonderful
charities are known to the world, but how
many more remain secrets in the Order, and
with those that receive. Verily, it is blessed i
to gladden the desolate heart.
Tint French Extrskition Tkbatt.—The i
additional article recently MMorporated in the
extradition convention between the United
Statesand France is officially promulgated.—
it extends extradition to peraonaehaiged with
the following crimes, whetlier as principles,
neceseories or aecomplices, namely: forging
or knowingly passing or putting in circulation
counterfeit coin, or bank notaa, or other pa|a-r ,
| |>aaeiug current as money, with the intent to |
defraud any |>er*on or |xr»<>o» ; embezzlement |
' by any |M>rson or persons hired or salaried to i
the deteiuienl of their employers, when these i
' rimes are subset tu Inlaiuous punishment. 1
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OFFICE IN RALSTON’S BUILDING, THIRD STREET.
GEOKGI2A. M7ARCH 8, 1859.
Washington’s Birthday.
The one hundred mid twenty-seventh anni
versary of the birthday of Washington, was
yesterday celebrated by our Military with
their customary battalion parade, salutes, Ate,
and by our Fire Department by n proceession
nd banner presentation, more fully noticed
elsewhere. Several of the Military companies
also took occasion to commemorate the day
by enrolling their names as members of the
Mount Vernon Assnciation, and the donations
yesterday, in the aggregate, mount np quite
handsomely.— Chronicle and Sentin<d-Auyu.ita.
The CoAik Trafm.—The Havana corres
pondent of the New Orleans Delta, in noticing
the arrival of tlie French steamer Francis Ist,
with 830 Coolies from Macao, says:
This cargo brings up the Coolie introduc
tion to 30,520 delivered alive, and perished on
the way by disease and suicides, 5,614 —all in
due course of British philanthropy. In this
year many contracts tor Coolie service will ex
pire, and we can begin to calculate the pro
portion of mortality which pertains to this
system of benevolence and labor.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Arrival of the Africa.
New York, Feb. 22.—The steamship Africa
has arrived, but her news has been anticipated
by the Prince Albert.
On the sth, in London, the funds had fur
ther declined.
The London News says the Ministry have
been unable to furnish explanations of the in
tentions of Louis Napoleon.
The Tentes is convinced that France intends
to provoke a war, and urges the Government
to declare the freedom of Italy, as the only
means to prevent a war.
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. 22.—1 n the Senate, to
day, the legislative, judicial and executive bill
was under discussion, and that body was still
in session at the close of this dispatch.
The House was engaged in discussion of
the post office bill, but no action was taken
ot; it.
Col. Reneau iu Washington.
Washington, Feb. 22.—C01. Reneau, who
has become so prominent iu Cuban affairs, is
now in this city.
Mexican Affairs.
Washington, Feb. ft.—A private letter re
ceived here from Havana states that there are
two commissioners there, en route, with let
ters from Miramon to Santa Anna, requesting
the letter to return to Mexico and take the
head of the government,
New York Market.
New York, Feb, 22.—Sales of Cotton to
day 500 bales, with a dull market. Flour
buoyant, with sales of 15,500 bnrreles, and at
advancing prices. Wheat firin, sales 23,000
bushels; Southern red $1 45, und white 60.
Corn firm ; sales 21,000 bushels ; mixed 84 a
86 cents. Navals firm.
LET W e are informed that a number of im
ported Africans are ottered for sale just south
east of town. We have not had time to go
to see them, but have seen many persons who
did go, and they make just about such a re
port of them asj we hare seen in the papers
published east of this. Furthermore, we un
derstand that several have been sold to differ
ent individuals in diiferent parts of the coun
try. — Eutaw (Ala.) Whig y 17th inst.
Difficulties Experienced bt Ladies in Trav
eling.—ln no circumstances of life is common sent*e
a more valuable possession than in the vexations, dif
ficulties und perils of traveling. A woman blessed
with this inestimable quality may travel along fur
a thousand miles, with perfect comfort and ease of
mind. Ou the contrary, the weak minded and timid
female is a trial to her fellow travelers, to porters, car
riage drivers and all the various attendants at the
railway stations and other places. A woman who
will not think cooly or subdue her fretfulness is iu
danger if she goes only ten miles from home, even
' though in company, and keeps her friends in contin
ual discomfort. She is never ready when the time
fur the train to start is at hand and at last hurries
along, tormented by a vain apprehension that she
has left some important matter unaccomplished or
some article behind. She shrieks iu a tunnel, and
gets into a nervous flurry at the sound of a whistle.
She can never find her ticket when it is required : and
when she aligts she discovers that she has left her
shawl or her parasol, or her book in the car. If
such a womau sets out to travel alone, she is inevi
tably left cither standing on the platform when the
train starts, looking for her b&ggoge which has al
ready gone ahead, or she is carried off in a car where
she has in her trepidation taken her seat, but which
is going in the wrong direction. A rationally be
having woman, when about leaving home, endeav
ors, in the first place, to concentrate all her traveling
incumbrances as much as possible, under all circum
tances of quiet or bustle around her.
A Cincinnati Heiress to Sir Fran
cis DRAKE.
A widow lady, Mrs. Anna Cooper, (nee Harris,)
now a resident of our city, and a dweller in
the immediate vicinity for several years, but
formerly of New Jersey, claims to be a lin
eal descendant of Sir Francis Drake, who died
in England in 1522, or thereabout, and left an
imuiensa estate, worth some , $80,000,000,
which, after passing through several genera
tions, has at last been unable to find one of the
family upon whom to bestow itself. The sons
and daughters, uncles and aunts, brothers and
sisters, and in the whole of Britain not a rela
tive exists who can accept the colossal for
tune.
The managers of the magnificent estate have
for a year past been seeking a lineal decendant,
and. us natural under the circumstances, nu
' merous persons, into whose family the name of
Drake has entered, have made researches into
their genealogy, aud endeavored to make a
good showing fur their Drake lineage.
Several parties—one or two from this city
have even crossed the Atlantic to prove their
title; but they have all discovered that their
mime of 1 >rnke Ims descended through some
other clinnuel than the deeemiaiiis of Sir Fran
cis. A relative of Mrs. Coofier—one of the
same family, and, strange tu say, eunsideriug
bis prospective good fortune-it now in En
j gland, endeavoring to prove that “all the blood
I of all'' the Drakes it in his veins.—C'lwctniMifi
FROM OUR DAILY OF FRIDAY, FEB 2S
Mrs. Florence’s Benefit.
5 To-morrow evening this lady takes a benefit,
1 and we trust there will be a large and appre
’ dative audience. During her stay here she
1 has won golden opinions from all.
' Her versatility and ability as an Actress
' have been so highly mid enthusiastically spoken
of in every city in which she has apfieared that
L we do not deem it necessary' to reiterate the
s sentiment of the popular voice so significantly
L and favorably uttered.
She never fails to elicit the “ loud collision
of applauding hands,” and a genial good hu
mor and satisfaction pervades the house on her
' r . . .
very appearance—anticipating so much to
’ wniuse and entertain.
Iler stay with us has l>een marked by many
i pleasant and earnest testimonials of public- ap
( preciation and favor; and we hope on this
s evening our people will add an additional
murk of their regard for her by giving her a
house evidencing their admiration for her ge
s iiius and capacity as an Actress, and that Ma
con may lie fairly and liberally represented.
—
[fob the state press.)
Washington, Feb. 24.
The Senate last night passed the General
1 Appropriation Bill, and to-day the Post Route
' Bill is under discussion.
The House has rejected the Post-Office Ap
propriation Bill by a vote of eighty-sir to one
hundred and nineteen (86 to 119.) A motion
! to re consider will be made to-morrow. The
Naval Investigating Committee have made
their report.
' New York, Feb. 24.
• Cotton has declined one eighth. There is
little enquiry in the market. Middling Upland
quoted at 11 5-8 cents.
Flour firm and advancing. Wheat firm.—
Corn dull. Navals unchangod.
Savannah, Feb. 24.
Cotton'Market unsettled. Strict Middling
at 11 1-4 cents. Middling Fair, 11 5-8. Sales
f. for the week 3180 baled. Receipts 9320. In
! crease at all the ports 986,890. Stock, 65,855.
Look out in Macon for a Limping Swindler,
who passes as a newspaper collector. P.
The 3rd District.
Our cotemporary of the Telegraph in his enu
meration of the different aspirants and candi
dates for Congressional honors, failed to men
tion the 3rd.
We desire simply to amend the list by ad
ding to it the many distinguished and talented
’ gentlemen spoken of in connection with the po
sition of Representative of this District.—
' Among the most prominent are A. M. Spe.ir,
Esq., Col. O. A. Lociiraxe, Col. deGRAi iEN
ried, and Mr. Smith, of Tailrot, on tlie Demo
cratic side; and out of these, certainly a
selection can lie made combining talents and
ability that would shed lustre on the posi
-1 tion. If to be faithful, able, capable mid elo
: quent, are necessary essentials to such a sta
tion, the Democracy will find in die list men
tioned, men with all these combined and blend
ed qualifications.
On the American side, .the names of Messrs.
Alexander, of Upson, Hill, of Harris, Pee-
| pi.es, of Monroe, and last though not least.
Cant. Thomas Hardeman, of Bibb, are sug
-1 .
| gested.
With the present condition of political affairs,
I we look out for a spirited contest in this Dis
j triet, and confidently anticipate the success of
Democratic principles here as elsewhere, when
thoroughly presented and canvassed before the
enlightened and intelligent voters of the 3rd
District.
Decline in Cotton Receipts—At last, that
decline in the receipts of cotton at the Atlan-
I tic Gulf ports, so long looked and expected,
has commenced. For the week ending Feb
r ruary 18, there wns a fulling off, in coinpari-
I son with the corresponding week es last year,
some 22,<K*0 bales including all the ports. It
1 is calculated that the falling off this week will
’ be double that of the last.— Col. Tinies.
■■ ——
1
Members of Congress in the confidence of
the President express the beliof that he wil
veto the bill granting aid to the States, in be
-1 half of agricultural colleges.
I
Treaty with the Yancion Indians—By
1 the treaty recently ratified between the Uni
ted Statesand the Dncotah bauil of Yauction
Indians, this government obtains about tell
millions of acres of land. The Indian! are to
settled on a tribal; reserve, and are to have
lands in severalty. Instead of giving them
, i large sums of money, as has been the case
I eretofore with other Indians, they are to be
provided with schools, farm houses, agricul
i tural implements, and other means of civiliza
-1 tion.
Uniform to be Changeh.—The uniform of
■ the United States Marine Corps is to be chan
ged. Col. Harris, on assuming command of
the sea soldiers, demonstrated to Mr. Toucey,
the present unbecoming dress they wear, and
the Secretary highly approved of the new
’ style recommended by the Colonel
Rumored Resignation.
It is rumored that Chief Justice Taney and
; Judge McLean intend resigning tiieir seats on
the bench of the Supreme Court. Both are
, very aged aud infirm in health, the Chief Jus
i tice being over eighty years of age, and Judge
McLean over seventy-six.
A Paris correspondent to au American journal
says that Andersen is bearing generous testimony
to Paul Morphy’s powers and declares he is too
strong for any living player to hope to win more than
a game here and there. He never makes a mistake,
but as soon as bis adversary commits the slightest
blunder, bis game is gone. If a player makes a
move, “ appruximativement” correct, but not “exact
ment” the right move, Morphy is dead certain to
win. Auderseen bus also given bis opinion that Mor
phy won Id have beaten all the three great trium -
* virate —Philidor, La Bcurdounais and McDonnel. —
.
Cask or Inuanitt.—Dr. Cboat, es the .Massachu
setts Insane Asylum, give, the followidg among the
causes of derangement. Another cause is the unwise |
system of educating the young; *F»»r the healthy
adult, fully developed and used to the kind of iai»ur
, is enough to try bto strength, ami in many cases u!
timately tu impair his nervous system. Yet our
young cbildren. with faculties just beginning to de
develop, with tetdies needing almost constant elereisc
out of doors, aad in the bighest degree susceptible to |
all iuflueneM. whether good or had, am cunftned
for that full period in the regular hours <4 arhuoi for
which they am often hesutee < utapelted tu sfwud suv-
I eral la preparauou.’
1 R 'll Hi I Hr**®
1 »■ x> Jv JP Si*.
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Sketches from a Northern Point
OF VIEW.
STEPHENS —OKR.
. From an Occasional Correspondent of the
N. Y. Tribune.
, Washington, Feb. 12.—1 f yon had entered
j the House this afternoon, yon would have seen a
t large group in the hall, surrounding a strange
, figure, seemingly half man, half boy and all
r mummy ; his sparse flaxen hair combed down
upon a long narrow head ; his sallow, beard
, less skin resembling shrivelled parchment; his
. guant sickly body swaying to and fro with el
. citement; his arms sweeping around in short
, angles ; his alto voice, sweet and shrill, like a
woman's pitched to its highest’ key, antL pier
r cing the remotest corner of the crowded gsl
. leries. This is Mr. Alexander 11. Stephens,
i closing the debate on the bill for the admis
| sion of Oregon.
, This whilom Whig and now strict-construc
tion Democrat, and leader of the slavery pro
. paganda in tile House, when sitting at a dis
tance, looks like a boy of eighteen, who has
been struggling nil his life with relentless chills
and fever. As he gets up to address the chair
you are surprised at the attitude of his spectre
I before you, rising nearly six feet from the
floor. The tones of his voice rivet your atten
tion. It is not a man’s voice, nor a boy's, nor
exactly a woman’s. You never heard such a
i voice before. In deelamarory passages, when
i [ swelled to its full capacity, it sounds like reci
' | tative in music, or the wail of the wind in a
> grove of pines, or, as thejong-drawn sentences
monotonously rise ami fall, like the hortatory
strains of a revival preacher painting the glo-
1 ries of Heaven, ami warning from the wrath
I to come. The gestures, angular, sharp and
impetuous, saw the air, dart forward like a ra
pier, and strike out right and left like a broad
sword. In impassioned periods, the bony,
clenched fist smites blow after blow on the
t desk; and the long skinny finger following the
> deep-set, mournful, ami now glowing eye, to
some distant object, serves an as exclamation
. point at the close of a pungent 'retort, an em
, phatic assertion, or a nervous sentence.
We are thus describing Mr. Stephens’ physi
que, because it is the basis, and a very large
| share of the superstructure, of his reputation
l in Congress and the country. We have seen
| members of the diplomatic corps, who did not
i understand a word of English, sit spell-bound
! half an hour while Steplics was speaking;
I their gnzo riveted by the look, tone and man
|-ner of the strange being below. His admirers
call him a close reasoner—the ablest in the
House. He is no reasoner at all. The argu
ment! ve t parts of his speeches are nothing
but dogmatisms, uttered in lucid language,
ami with nervous emphasis; mere assumption
' i of the premises, and assertions of conclusions,
j He studies the subject matter, knows its facts
I and so can oft prove his statements by his s i
; perior acquaintance with the contemporaneous
I data or the historical preceedents |>ertaining
to the question. But, though he greatly af
fects reasoning, his speeches show neither the
( form nor the substance of the therefore, and
hence, and because of real logic. He is a mod
el debater, in that he keeps close to the [lend
ing subject; excels in short, sharp statements;
views every matter from a narrow, not to sny
' low, stand point; dissects all questions with a
’ thin, technical blade; is a bold, bitter, self-will-
P cd partizan; exceedingly unfair in reply when
his antagonist has no clmnee to respond or ex
plain. In fine, conceive a fire without warmth ;
I or a knife cutting to the bone without draw
ing blood, ofa skeleton that shall stand up and
talk, having neither flesh, nerves, lungs nor
; lips, and you can conceive of the matter and
manner of a speech from Alexander 11. Ste
, phen*.
Mr. Stephens has been often compared to
John Randolph. Except in some peculiarities
of look and voice, he is quite unlike the uni
que orator of Roanoke. He never plays a part
nor affects singularity. Randolph always did,
even at the solemn hour when in the chamber
:of death,he traced tbe world ‘‘Remorse,’ on
j the card of his physician, Dr. Parish. Ran
dolph had an exuberant, wayward fancy, to
which he gave rein in his forensic displays.
Stephens rarely uses metaphor, either to illus
trate or adorn. Randolph revelled in quota
tions from |s>ets and dramatists, ancient and
morlern. Stephens never cites anything more
classic than Coke and Hansard. Randolph was
highly dramatic in diction and delivery ; and,
at times, his eloquence flowed in a stream beau
tiful and pietursque as his own Roanoke.
Stephens is always terse and pointed, and usu
ally dry and didactic. His valedictory to-day
was more ornate than any speech we ever
• heard him deliver before. As he put on his
! heavy overcoat at the close, all knew that it
was not the affectation of Randolph, mounting
I a jockey cap at the conclusion of his speeches,
I but was dictated by a prudent regard for a con-
I stitution long shaken by strange maladies.
-Mr. Stephens will leave Congress at the close
of his present term. Less eccentric, bnt scarce
ly less valuable to the Southern Democracy,
are two other memliers of the present House,
' who retire at the same time—Col. Orr of South
I Carolina and Mr. Letcher of Virgina.
Mr. Speaker Orr is a large, muscular man,
. full six feet high, of middle age, not fastidious
| in dress, nor scrupulously neat in appearance.
He displays a frank, rubicund countenance, a
i head sparsely sprinkled on the apex with
brownish hair, not well developed in the logi
cal region, with language full, and perceptive
j organs usually large. His air and mein vindi
' eate the soundness of the reputation he. won be
! fore assuming the chair, of being a struightfor
i ward business man, a ready, common-sense de
; ba tor, who took plain, level views of subjects,
neither carrying the line of argument down in-
I to their deep gorges, nor bathing their heights
with the hues of brilliant illustration, never as
i tonishing by.his profouudity nor startling by
j his splendor, and wholly eschewing metaphy
' sics, transeendentaiisins. and rbodomoutade.
He was a thoroughly-informed member, spoke
often and cogently, and gave clow attention to
the current business of the Houoe.
As n presiding officer, Col. Orr. in respect to
mere capacity, is fully equal to the average of 1
S|»-aker» for the last thirty years. Familiar '
with rules and precedents, |astieut and g<rsl
natured. not skillful iu keeping g'«*l order, i
| but prompt in dispatching business, with a .
TERMS—TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
JST UMBER 20.
t loud, ringing voice which breaks in u[>on the
contusion on the floor like the seream ofa loco
motive approaching a depot, nnd not graceful
in the ehair because he will always keep swing-
9 ing the gravel in his hand and rolling a cut of
Virginia “ honey-dew” like a sweet morsel tin
j der his tongue.
’ Dinner Etiquette.
I In a city where there is such a constant
, round of dinner parties as there is in Wash
ington, it is rather surprising that there it
. among ninny of those who give nnd accept in
vitations to these hospitable re-unions such a
t want of knowledge, or at any rate a want of
k attention, to the proper usages or etiqnette on
. such occasions, some of wjiich we propose to
. notice.
, The principal rules and observances with a
. formal dinner party are: 1. A prompt an
swer. If the invitation is declined, the an
swer, it possible, should be given the same
day ; nnd, even if accepted, should not be de-
. layed longer than twenty-four hours. A gen
i tieman's table is of course limited, and he nat
i urally wishes it to be full; and, where the in-
• vitation cannot be accepted, be should have
the earliest opportunit of fillingy np any va-
. cancy.
2. The answer should be decisive, yas or no.
There should be no contingency in the reply,
i such as that the guest will come if he is well
enough, or in case he does not leave the city,
&c. Such answers are in very bad taste, as
l well as annoying to the host. If there is any
i doubt ns to the ability of the party to attend,
it is his duty to assume the responsibility of
such doubt by declining, ami not to throw it
on the shoulders of the host.
3. Punctual attendance is another duty of
■ the guest. To keep a company of fifteen,
I twenty, or more, waiting for a tardy guest,
amounts to something very near akin to inciv
i ility to both the host and the punctual guests,
to say nothing of injury to the viands from
' not being served when ready. Hungry peo
ple, too, are very apt to make remarks on the
delinquent who is detaining them from “ the
east.”
4. When an invitation to a formal dinner
party is once accepted, an apology should nev-
i er be sent except for a serious and substantial
i cause. Where such a cause unexpectedly oc
curs, the earliest notice should be given to the
I host. A business engagement, unless unex
pected and unavoidable, is not a sufficient rea
son ; and no such engagement should lie vol
untarily assumed after an invitation had been
■ accepted that would interfere with the latter;
nor is a slight indisposition a sufficient cause,
; for a person who 'is well enough to oc
cupy his chair at a dinner table, where he
i can eat and drink just as little *s he pleases.
5. It is bad enough, after accepting an in-
1 vitation, to send an apology the day previous ;
it is still worse to do so on the day of the din-
1 ner; but it is “flat burglary,” after accept
’ ing, neither to send an apology nor attend.—
■ One who wilfully acts in that way is fully en
' titled to be excused from any future invita
i tions. It is absolute rudeneks, if not some
thing worse. It not only keeps the company
waiting, but disturbs the whole arrangement
of the guests at the table, and obliges the host
to re-arrange it, at the last moment, to his
i great inconvenience and annoyance, and at no
little risk, in the hurry of the moment, of inak
i ing errors and creating confusion in seating a
large party.
It is of course perfectly in order, when a per
son is invited to dine with the President, to
I send an apology to a previously accepted pri
vate invitation for the same day, giving the
I reason for so doing.
The Diplomatic Corps always postpone a
dinner for which they may have already is
i sued cards, when they receive an invitation
: from the President for the same day.
Some, who are considered good authority,
! say that an invitation to the gentleman and
his lady authorizes the former to decline fnl-
■ filling a previously accepted invitation to him
self only, to a gentleman's dinner. This, how
ever, is a mooted point, but the practice is gen-
> erally in favor of it.
5. A proper attention to dress and personal
appearance is a matter of ordinary res|>ect
both to tbe host and his company. A frock
coat at a large formal dinner party, and par
ticularly If ladies are present, is as much out
of place as it would be at a ladies’ soiree, or
as would be a soiled shirt collar or an unshav
en stubble beard. There is the less excuse for
this, for it can only arise from sheer thought
lessness; for of course no gentleman who fre
quents good society is unprovided with a suit
able dress body coat. A gentleman should
never enter a drawing room on these occasions
in his “vernacular calf” without having it
covered with a suitable pair of gloves.
But the host has his duties in connection
with a dinner party as well as the guests.—
One of these is pro|>erly to select his company,
so as not to bring together at the same table
those who may lie on unfriendly terms w ith
each other; to have them of the same circle
and known to each other, at least so far as the
residents of the place are concerned ; for, of
course, this cannot l»e the case as to invited
strangers. If, however, circumstances or over
sight have brought to the same table parties
who are not on speaking terms, care should be
taken to separate tl.em when seated; and if
the host is ignorant of the relations between
parties, or has any doubt on the subject, it is
bis duty to ascertain the fact before placing
them at the table. Nothing is more awkard
than for parties to be next neighbors at a ta
ble who are not on speaking terms ; and still
worse, as we have known to be the case on
more than one occasion, for a gentleman to be
seated between two, with both of whom he
was on bad terms, and thus never to exchange
a word with either his right or left hand
neighbor during a sitting of two or three hours.
Attention and tact are therefore required in |
making up a dinner party, and ia properly ar
ranging the guests at the table.
It is something worse than Inal taste to in
vite a married gentleman to a lady's dinner I
imrty and to omit his wife. It would be eon- i
! sidered very outre to iuvito a lady and omit
* the gentleman, and yet this latter would real- ;
1 ly be less objectionable : for though ia either ,
' case It would be a slight of both jmities. it ’
j would be more particularly so as to the lady j
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when she is omitted. It is no excuse tor such
an omission that the lady if in general feeble
health, or specially aiok •• *•'“ or i * n - V
other cause. They are to decide wpon the
< t nestion thempelws, aM to decline Jointly or
to accept by tbe genliomaa, which he can do
with propriety if hie wtfc was invited, but
which of course he wauid not do were she
omitted and he jwwviuaaly aware that it was
a ladies’ party. All the difficulties of the case,
however, if any such Minted, could easily l»e
obviated, if it was desired only to have the
gentleman’s company, by inviting him to a
gentleman's party.
Os course, the boat will nee that proper ar
rangements are made, by those having it iu
charge, that the different courses are served
m proper order and tn a proper manner; that
the wines eome on in regular succession, and
that the whole attendance at the table ieprompt,
regular and quiet. The serving of adin- ■ r >nd
the attendance on the table, are mo-’ mqmr
tant points in the “feast;” an .n interior
dinner, well and properly aerve t. is pret.-'a
ble to a superior one badly arrai ed and serv
ed by awkward and undrilled att- >ts •• a
hurried and confused manner.
Dr. Kitchener, in his amusing work,
chapters on dinners and dinner etiqnett,-, u’>‘- <•’
excellent rules and valuable hints, and lt.>- a
high ides of the mutual and rigid . h/wmis
of the host and guests, and win. « up by saying,
“when the invitations to a dinner party are
once given and accepted, the dinner is bound
to come eff. If any of the guests "Id lie,
that is a reasonable excuse tortheir not.
dnnee, but if the host should die, the ■ • • • ; or
is bound to give the dinner." He t’ ■ s e
doctor is about right.—Aotisuu- li -
ter.
Telegraphic News.
Arrival •( the Quaker < ity.
New Obleanj. Feb. 21.
The Steamship Quaker City arrived tiii« evo
ning, with dates from San Francisco f,
Tehuuntepcc route,) to the sth insr. >i>e
brings 103 passengers.
The Pacific steamer Stevens carries ibrv r I
a large amount of treasure and 170 pas«< (-rmr
via Panama.
Business was brisk at flan Francisco, aud
money was easy.
The news from Oregon was favoralus, and
the Indians are reported peaceable.
The Indians on the southern portion of Cali
fornia were getting troublesome, and General
Clark was about to proceed with 500 men t >
chastise them.
The Lgislature of California, by a vote of .mt
1 to 1, have passed resolutions requesting Sc ..-
tor Broderick to resign
Latest from Mexico.
Naw Oai.tAKs, Feb. 22.—Late new r ;
Mexico announces that Geu. M rumor
reached Orixaba with&,oo!> men, bound to i e.a
Crux. Great apprehensions were iel. a.- :
result.
Another Gal 4 Region.
New Oklkans, Feb. 22.—Intelligence has
been received by the Quaker City, to the effect
that gold discoveries have been made on the
isthmus of Tehaunlep.e, near Chevala.
Another Slaver Captured.
Nobfolk, Va., Feb. 21.—The bark Julia
Dean, Capt. Hedland, of Charleston, has ar
rived, in charge of Lieut. Braine, of the sloop
of-war Vincinnes. The Julia Dean was cap
tured as a slaver.
The Last of the Seminole*.
Nbw Orleans, Feb. 21.—The steamer Mag
nolia arrived on yesterday from Florida, with
Major Rector and 71 Seminoles, hiund to the
Indian Territory west of the Arkansas, These
Indians are the last of the tribe and all appear
in good health and spirits.
The Black Warriot.
New Yobe, Feb. 21, P. M.—lhe Black War
rior is still aground, and her cargo is being dis
charged. The vessel continues t.ght.
Markets.
Mobile, Feb. 23.—Sales of Cutton ycererday,
3,000 l»ales. The market is generally unrhang
cd. Sales of three days, B,(MM! I>ales. Receipts
of three days, 11,000 bales.
New Oblxams, Feb. 23.—Sale* of Cotton yes
terday 5,500 bales. The market is generally
unchanged. Sales of three days
receipts of three days, Sfi,2s<i bales, -r «r
29,250 Itales at the name time last yes -.
Nbw Yobk, Feb. 23.—The market r • t >t in
to-day is dull; sales foot up 1,000 bale-, f- ur
firm, with sales of 15,000 barrels. Whea’
quiet, with sales of 7.500 bushels, t - . ‘-m;
sales 23,000 bushels. Turpentine dui'. Il- 'i'i
firm. Rice firm.
Cbablbston, Fel>. 23.—Bales of C. t-on to
day, 2,700 bales. Prices irregular.
Ai gcsta, Feb. 23.—Cotton market dhpres. ' j.
Corn buoyant, at 85 cents. Political news of
little intereat. Tbe Southern telegraphic line
is down.
Anotubb Cam o» Aualoamativn. —There
was a great time over in BnsAlyn, on Monday
night—the event l>eing the marriage of one of
the black waiter* iff the steamer Empire City,
to a white girl. The bridal party consisted of
■even black men and thsir wives, all of whom
are white women. “Thsre is no accounting
for taste.”
Tovgu Stobv. —Singular things happen on
the railroads. The Ciucianau tlMeUe is credi
bly informed that the engine, tender, and two
or three freight cars were thrown off the track
of the Covington and Lsxiagtoa Railroad, and
after running perhaps 100 feet upon the ties,
actually yawped back aycun upon the rads, and
;«s»ed on as though nothing had hnp F .ened !
The next tnin un the road, howevor, fared
much worse. Tbe track having been spread by
the first accident, when the passenger train
came upon lhe place. th« engine, tender, and
two passenger ease were thrown off the I rack
Tbe latter were Imdly smashed up, be no aa
rious injury was <tot>s to auy of the passengMW
The supermtMutout and one p».-«,.ger rotate
«d setwal severe burns from ttot ov.-rturniag
of thvstuvs. and the firmg of the ear. Had tffie
earn ran off the side opposite, thsy must hwe
been thr/wu down a high rmUuinmnt
