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' SUBSCRIPTION: . r u -... kly paw Twv Bollara P« *“““1“ >u »d- r Throe Dollan at the end of the year. ADVERTISING : Dollar per aqmre for the first insertion, and I |i> Cents for each subsequent insertion. hates. . ——__ “ io | co [ oo | o i 83 ,! g S g BI B “ ' §ig 1 g S § I b g. ? I & ? & g. sqrs. .. . J. I « | ? j • | g- ■> I 50 6 Oft 10 OH 15 00 20 00 ' " 5 00 ! 800 11 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 i 7 50’11 00114 50135 00 35 00 40 00 I in 00 15 00 19 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 I , 12 00 17 00 20 00 40 00:50 00 00 00 i ' 15 00'20 00,25 00:50 OOjOO 00 70 00 | - ; 17 00 25 00,30 00 t HO 00 70 00 80 00 ' '2D 00.30 00 40 Oo 70 00 80 00 90 00 25 00 40 Oo|so 00|80 00|90 00 100 00 ; ;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 '' ' ~~ .<: y>l< - ;. ~ 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*. Odk Gs G> 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 SUBSCRIPTION: For Dally paper, Six Dollars a ysar, iavarb advanee. . advhShbing : On. Dollar per sqsars fcr Us *rst insert! < Fifty Cents for eash enbUßasn* i"* 11 ' 0 "- _ ~ ~ D ai£t»at«i.l m m> es ia ® ' S Ho. of g ! g | I ? &in ? j 1.. .. ITo© Vos »001800 IT 00 to (h» 2.. 000120014001# 00 46 00 8. ... 12 00 15 00 18 00 W 00 88 00 40 0<» 4 .... 15 00 19 0o 22 00 80 00 40 00 50 <•<• 5.. 18 00 25 00!»0 00 40 00 50 00 oa . «... 20 00 28 00'ti5 00 50 00 80 00* TO 00 7.. 25 00 38 00'41 OO«0 22 ; 8.... 80 OO|3B 00 4fi 00 70 00 80 «0 2” 'lO ... 40 00 50 OO 40 00 80 00,80 00 100 00 - - 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
