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Newspaper Page TextSUBSCRIPTION: I' >r Weekly I'upvb I - * 0 Dullurs per aunuin iu ad- ~r Tlirc ll.dlars at the end of the yei.r. .V— — ADVERTISING: I.lie Dollar per ,<piire for the first insertion, and ' Ciiits for each •nb.enuent inaertion. ....Kb. RATES. <w w o ■ <c —‘ o .<>f i r i ii i J ■■ ■ • ■ in? 1 ? , 2 5 i 5 ■ 8001000 15 00 20 oo > '' 5 (Mi Bfmlloo2o 00 25 00 1 30 00 1 j \ 750 11 001 l-f5O 25 001115 0(1 40 00 I - ( .io oo!5 UO|IU 00 30 00 40 00 5b 00 j .12 00 17 00,20 00 40 00 50 00, 00 00 . 15 00 20 00>25 0o 50 OojliO 00' 70 00 : '.'l7 00 25 00 30 00(i0 00 70 00' X 0 00 20 on 30 00 (O 011'70 00 ,11 (Ml 9(1 00 , .2500 10 (HljoO 00)1(0 (M>|9o 00,100 00 •! OUR DAILY OF THURSDAY. MARCH 4. The New York Nows. Mi:. I. Mel.wntY, agent of the New York ( called upon ns yesterday. His object in\i-itin:' tlii? pnrt of the country is to tx f V nd the circulation of that journal. The .Yrww is a lii-t rate p iper mid is recognized as one of the conservative Democratic Organs nt the \ rth. Any one who wants a paper in that section cannot do better than subscribe to it. The Panorama of the Bible. AV. Live seldom, if ever, seen an exhibition kind which more completely filled all on ■ lations as to its merits than does this .-real and beautiful painting now exhibiting at Concert Hull in this city, The truthful conceptions of the artist, and t,i ■■ faithful execution of the work, to gether villi the beautiful sketches and picture's of thriilin-t historical events so vividly portrayed render it one of the most pleasing and instruc tive exhibitions of the age. Th. crowning excellence of this exhibition its elevating moral tone. We cordially ro'.nnnieiid it to ail as a pure intellectual briii . ,et. for we know not how an evening can be better employed than in witnessing this beau tiful and instructive Panorama Third Congressional District. The /■’■'h-ral f’/uoa, referring to the 1/iinli t , , : . -sional District and the probable can h. hit - therein, remarks that but lor the mod est! of the Editor—which is proverbial —it a. -lit name a member of the Editorial fratcr lo whom the people of the said Distric n.’.ght very properly give their support. Up on which subject We have gravely pondered. We cannot suppose —-weul.ro are modest— that this flattering allusion is intended for uur- Indeed, it is well understood that our services can not be dispensed with our pres ,r. . cation. Neither cun we suppose that our I i vc.'iued friend Major Steei.. of the Empire \ is the object at whom is aimed this coin- ■ I. in.'iitary hint—inasmuch ashe has but late- I me into the if.-tri.-t. Nw yn ean we . ffiiuk that the Fcierul I aion has our friend of ' liie Ai.ei, aZ/i Century in view—being well as sup'd that oiij last-named cotciuporary has no -1 n ations” in that direction. And tli'.s brings us, at last, to the right man. Who else can it be, if not JDWSI BUSBY d the Teleyrnph ? And why not?—| Iff i.aic h. re not only an "Old Line Whig. | .al . a "Northern man with Southern prill- : and certainly this combination of i ilitii'i” ought to : weep the field. With i: iiMoxni Cuo.xte for the first offices in the the people, and flit. Ci.ism for Congress ■ a assuredly have a "grand rally of the .” We accept the suggestion of the r ■nil I'uioH. lari ipenly for Cosby. We nail his I : to i.tir Mast-head, and call for an expres- • a >.f >|.inion from our cotemporaries. AA hat ■IIV tie li iiHHilh J'lpublirilll and the Aiiyil.itn ' b.naHit '! Will Ci.isbv do? That’s the .(uestion. And above all, will it “suit the Telegraph •■. : i tuell Let us knowjit once —will our] neighbor accept ? Mr. Stephen Masset. This gentleman will be here in a day or. ‘ . and give fwo et -uinyn only of his cole- . bated "Songand chit-chat of travel in many | "Col. Pipes” will bo welcomed in Ma ;. many friends and admirers, and we > no doubt will draw large and fasliioua- I ■ alienees. We extract the following from I tin New York A’i wj. Nunos Sxtoox. Mr. Stephen Masset - - Pipes") will repeat his original mon- ■ -e ent . i taiinneut of song, anecdote, chit- I and travel, on Tuesday Evening, and we - w"! obtain a similar crowded audience to tut of I hursday hist. Mr. M,i-set is an exceedingly clever man, a s icwd observer of character, ami an adtni rabl< deiinator of all its various phases. lie <>(« travelled in every quarter of the globe, n.mg . in rll classes of society, from the ar -'ioc.u-y and snoboerncy of Europe to the ics of Australia mid the Sepoys of In ti- hem e he bus accumulated a rich fund of i.. . .|i. mill an almost ine.xhaustnble \ ' . ol wit, anecdote, historical facts, and a- ; inutter ot nil kinds, which he has mold- . ..to an entertainment ot an admirable, I -l the same time most unexceptionable i :i "ii. He reads well and sings well, ■ in- imitations are varied and mirtli- - :. a degree. He possesses a peculiar 1 •j in changing his voice, whether in I _ or singing and a happy knack of - .. mirth with pathos, or of skipping r 1: ■ to the other without break ofcoii- AVe cordially couwMnd -Mr. Masset b t-v i atromige of the public. v \[ v Ywuk.—The New Y..rk Commer- ■r. of Saturday evening, says: • a'y market has ten ted toward greater ease ' w *> k. autl there hr. - been a decide*) decline in though they have not yet settled down to j ••ini from which the late advance commenced.— * ‘‘“’fcf ..nd tru«t companies are lending at five '- 1 * ui.d we consider that as the regular mar- . I- • . ■ r’its at lour and a half per cent., while tim»? are reported as high as six Liss paper cont lanes very scarce. In '•w days it goes quite freely at five perernt.- to six mouths' rah* at five to six I'rime single nnmeo sell at six to seven j»e. •“ • uu upward for those u«»C so well known v\< not y A< cii>em. —A little boy about ■ ;e, the Mon of Mr. Win. 11. Soiitii- ' i<. idvntally killed by a fall yester the following cirruinetaiifv* : The ; ar *, wip in a room of the second kitchen and got uiit of the window knit which evr\e<l an awning to < below. His weight being too the ’•tructue. (he latter gate way him boiuu sixteen or eighteen ' J t' iu< 4, to the brick |Mi\cnivnl * taken up Miiwicaca and wrvi akvut au hour.—&aruAMiA X I iTw ITBLISHED EVERY THI RSDAY MORMXG. VOl aUM I J I 1. An Ingenious but Disloyal Sin |II ( 'akoi.iman. Apropos to the recent grant of the upplica j, ' tion for n renewal ol a patent of nnea«y-elinir, t invented by uciliz.en of South Caiolimi, th< 1 I New Orlcami Uell.i gives the following store x ' a -tjuitc correct winter before hist; Jud 4* Exus, the late Senator from South ,(■ ( irolimi, was a very earnest, sincere ami t . venerable old ntleliian, who, under an ex ceedii.gly, gentle, mild and clerical exterior, concealed Slime very decided points ofeharac . ter, among which was an intense pride and n strong bins in favor of the institutions, and even the wcakneses and defects of his old State. To him. South Carolina was the beau ! ideal of everything admirable, great and good. . Her errors and defects were to him, virtues mid endowments. And. though it was not • in the nature of the good old man to hate I anything, be cherished a decided and veiv i S.uth Carolinnish repugnuuce to the institu tions, ideas and customs of New England. ' For any South Carolinian to possess any of ■ ' the ipuilities, the nccompllslitnents or tastes ol the people of that section, was, in the ‘ view of the old Senator, a serious breach of ' faith and duty to his honored and beloved i old Palmetto State. Now, it happened that .Judge Evans Was applied to l y a young South Carolinian, who had invented some ingenious mechanical , contrivance which lie desired to have paten ted. The young applicant introduced him self as the son of an old friend and felluw : parishioner of the Judge, and begged Ins favor and aid in obtaining bis letters patent. The Senator, raising his spectacles, and fixing his eyes in wonder and amazement at the ingenious young Carolinian, in ins mild but emphatic tone, interrogated him as fol i lows : “You are son ot Colonel II , of St.— Parish, tSoiitli Carolina, who was born in the said parish <” " 1 am. sir,” promptly and proudly respon ded tlie young gentleman. "Tile grandson of Ct neral II . who serv- ed under General Sumter, in the Revolution ary War?” “A'es, sir,” was the prompt reply. "Y’our mother was the daughter of Mrs. Nancy , who set lire to her mansion in the Revolution to prevent the British occu -1 pying it.” “Yes. sir,” enthusiastically exclaimed the ■ representative of one of Carolina's proudest | families. "And you,” continued the patriotic old Sen ■ tor, “have been educated at the academy > in -, and instructed in the principles, duties mid knowledge of your position, your birth and family?” "Yes, sir," modestly remarked the now im patient youth. “ Then sir,” exclaimed the Judge, in a tone of haughty firmness ami indignation, “ how dare you to turn your back upon ail the tra ditional principles, mid ideas, and customs of i your State, upon tin- sentiments and princi ples of your ancestors and your countrymen, and degrade yourself to the level of a com mon wooden nutmeg Yankee, by inventing a ' machine ?” The ingenious, but alas! high-born young I Carolinian, was so affected by the forcible ' manner in which the Senator presented the i enormity of his conduct, that lie abandoned liis application, ami returned to South Caroli- I mi with a view of standing for Congress iu his Destrict at the next election. \ Vep.yDoviiTFri. Exi>oi:semi:xt.—TlieCin cinnati Hazette says that n few days ago a bu siness house in that city had occasion to write to u correspondent in one of the interior towns of Indiana, mid in closing their letter asked the ipiestian. “What is the standing of Mr. ?” ■ In due time the correspondent replied to the I enquiry as follows: I “If your question refers to Mr. "s real responsibility to any limited amount, we an swer it is good; but to say that lie is obsti nate and mulish but faintly expresses his pe culiarity of disposition when mi account is presented. He usually pays a debt at the ex treme tiiH end of an execution, and then doles | out the cash to the constable as though he was driving a nail in his own coffin. The money shaver who took the last sent in the last car of a rail road train, so as to have the i use of bis money while the conductor was reaching him, is not a circumstance to thegrim deatli grasp witli which Mr. holds on to his I purse-strings. He to be honest, but his ! neighbors say that a tive-eent piece produces a motal titrobi.y/n- a tb it atiects his vision quite painfully!” Tl: firm concluded to close their account at “the tail end of and execution” and "drum” no more in that direction. Deep Ccltivation. —.Tl-op relates the fol lowing : A husbandman dying was dc-ir-us that his two sons should continue his business, lie called them to his bed side and thus addressed them: “Mv farm and its treasure- I bequeath joint ly tu van as your only patrimony. I charge j v.ni never to sell it. for somewhere in the ground within a foot of the surface, there are treasures buried. , The sons concluded that he talked of money that was hidden there ; so after their father’s death, with unwearied diligence they dug evc rv im hos the farm. The treasures they ex pected to find was nut there, but the ground being well stirred and loosened, it brought forth so liouutifully that it proved a real treas ure. The farmers are awarg that underneath their visible acres lie others equally valuable. Die man who di ms not improve property to its ut most capacity, is slothful iu a moral sense, if not in a physical. That the products and pro fits of the American iarins can lie doubleii by deep cultivation, is unquestionable. If the be-t American farms can thus lie increased in profit, how much greater the prqiortiou on the thousands of ps>r a. res? A little farm well tilled, is both ni tre pleasant and more prolita blc than a great farm carelessly run over. La- Imr npplieil to agriculture seldom fails of a re ward.” A Neobo Fi sriiAi. Procession.—We wit nessed an interesting funeral procession on Monday afternoon last. It was composed of soma uue hundredqr more quiet, well behaved and orderly necioc—with apparently much more solemnity than is sometiues manifested I on similar occasions by the w bites—marching slow iy t<> the grave w hen l they were to con sign firever to the dust the last remains of a 1 fellow servant. We mention this, not because 1 sueii u scene isot rare occurrence in our midst, ■ on tbe<e burial ucciuaui*, but a* an ex idcncc , if evidence there Hei d Dow be i By —tliat the -Inve Jioptilirtion in the South have their wants 1 supplied tbroug'. l life, and properly taki-n care • ui in death. A nmidwr ot white porwmis • masters aud others—were iu uttvinlaucv.— ‘ bitt nr Alt Enttrpr ■ . A Yankee Song with a Dutch TWANG. I- BY («»MET QI Ull.M. Air "Thu fhiteli Irnve taken Amstcnluin.” ie ' Hl drink.* n«»t \ »ur health up ini: wjnc, •mine friend, * •‘‘hall I eiitjj him mil hij* bier?” A drinks so mix h lighter the ho.;rt*grows strong, j Ami Hmi "Hcuuei «o luucu dill !<*r at* quvur. ".M ien tint.' ’tin the drink of mine own ‘Fn ler Land, In de place whvru mine ‘•lour laders” die : Uery time I ihiukb how they conic mit their cud. 1 Down .side up goes mine mug mil a sigh. d ,j 1 meets mil their ghosts a« they walks in mine sleep. (I ide awake all the time mit miuu drcams; , So I gives one "tarn kuk” mil two hgs at mine frvw . s De u 1 a.-ks her, what for dues she Muhn-ams. Y aw ’ vnt d >es you say—shall 1 take some one drinks? dill 1 ji cL as more better as good: Den T swallow mine health dat you may be well, Shust so longer «« I couldn’t stood. t **Oot in Himmel,’* I thinks how dry is the world, ■* And mine eye drowns himself mit a tear ; \ The foam is ail ‘'nix” on the g >blet of life, So I takes to the foam on mine beer. 1 thinks, vnt is friendship ? *tls go<Ml "while she last, 4 Bit she runs mil herself nil away ; > >he comes mit both end.- iu her middle, just like, I And breaks off an more brittle as clay. bo I walks mit s<>me streets down uiinesdf, ami I ot a country thia is fur a pl.ue; [thinks — , The moneys grow iui» the dirt like potatoes, Dud I runs mit some beer in mine face. Mit Re -on to dinner I s<ptat minuself down, And I thinks here is food fur "the strong:” But a thundering Dutcdiman yells "it is bush,” So T looks, and the sour krout vas gone .’ Then bun ry as bears—ten thousand I goes, Mit mine nose round and thinks 1 will “cave;” I pats myself np mit my month, then I growls— At mine face, cause mine beard is "no shave.” So mit a big sigh small as mine great toe, As I feels in mine hat for mine brains : 1 pledge you the well that is left of mine health, And mine sick to the "old scratch” 1 draino. Should a bright some-other-timc wake up mine'eyes, Ven I Lays down mine beer for to sleep; On the table—the carpet under mine lugs, Mit your spirits I stands up to speak. So I swallows your health mit a glass of beer, The water here mine stomach makes sick; Or else I would make one great pond of minesclf, And swims to the bottom just like a “brick.” Since men are but bubbles or great ones or small, And the women Busts them up with their “tin;” I will go and blow nil myself out mit beer, ‘•Yorkup Skniter” that is mine “ind.” Spirit of the Times. No Ili’R«T Allowed in Paris.—Brooks, of the New York Express, in one of his letters from Paris, writes; But it won’t do to hurry in Paris as iu New York. The go-ahead is only an Americanism. Go ahead here, and you will go into the gut ter, <>r smash up things. ’Every tiling seems to be arranged upon the slow but tuie scale, and hence a hurry ing num a sort of madman dangerous about home, and in shop dustruct • streets here as in New York, with the quick step, the wild eye, the hungry look of the police would be after you, and the carriages aud omnibusses would run over you. In New York, according to New York law, a horse gives way to a man, but in Paris a man gives way to the brute. Bear this in mind and look out before you leap across the streets, or the horse will tread over you, and make hospital provender of y< u. Don't go ahead here, then, at all. Get rid of the New York efflorescence gas, if you can, and march as other people here march, w ithout hurry, or worry, or fuss or puff. _ « Ladies* Fashions fok the Munth.—The prevail ing conditiuii of the streets nut being favorable for full j toilette, we have but a single novelty to note as the f result of our observations—Blue Garters; beyond those we see nothing new.— E.> ' hangr. Wo do not go to • >trt.ntH when observing the fashions : and if we did, our proverbial modesty would prevent us from commenting upon the apparel of r lady-’-concerning which we know so little. Our itevU informs uu -Wimllass-Elevaling* Hoop-Skirts” are greatly in vogue in these days of wind, mud and ruin. Ql LLP. Sei jo t > Occ t kllnce. —A dillicidty occur rvd in this place on Thursday, between Rob ert Lewis, and Henry Williams, in the course of which Lewis struck Williams a blow on the head with a bottle, wounding him so se- ■ verely that his life is despaired of. Ilis skull i was broken, and a portion of his brain knock ed out. Lewis Las been arrested and com- 1 mitted te jail, p, S. —We understand. Just before going to press, that Williams died last night.—( Ztc, rci/r IL'raJil. The Price of Negroid in Sot th Caboij- | na.—At the recent sale of Samuel B. Major, in Abbeville District, Mr. F. P. Robertson, the Auctioneer, sold ten negroes for the gross sum ol ten thousand aud thirty-three dollars, mak ing the average price of one thousand aud three dollars per head. Among them were two wo men, each forty’ and fifty years ot age, and one b<»y about seven years ol age. Robheks —We icarn that on Thurxfay night last an attempt was made by some thief or thieves to enter the premises ofS. ler and J. F. Jackoon, Esq. Iking discovering they made goo<l their retreat from the resi dence ot the former, but were less fortunate at ‘ Mr. Jackson’s, who fired two shots at. them f wounding one, it is presumed, seriously, from . the traces of blvod left behind them. It is to | . be regretted that they were not more fatally injured, as it would have led to a detection of the thieves, and probably have rid the city of 1 this gang of inidniglit robbers. —, i ; A gentleman applied to the Probate Court at Cincinnati, some days ag<i, f»r a license to mar ry a lady, lie was iuforiued by the clerk, that up.>n an appiicatioii made ou the previous day. a license ha I boen issued to aimtiier party to - marry the -ani" lady. A license was given to 1 the second applicaut, how< \er, and be has since married the lady. Th»‘ mother favored the ! first applicant ; tin daughter the second. I i MemfUls. —Frmn the we learn ‘ that tlmre are in Memphis fifteen Christian * Churches, divided iietwcou the Cadmlica, Prt*- byturlaiis. Epy alians. .M» th •dists. Baptists and Cbrimians. The .L ws. bKo. have a M na- * gogw** : and the <‘«tu*»|cdmi<*iit (, f a I nitnrinn J Church h in < ontemj>!»tion there. The >ame paper is infurnnwl that the aggregate - ariet paid to MiUiMcr* tu dial city, is tuhy fur* 1 tv thousand dollars. r - JA* * • e >4l W OFFICE IN’ RALSTON'S BfiLDIXG, THIRD STREET. MACON, <; EOIiG lA, Al ARC! I 12, IS5!>. FROM OUR DAILY OF FRIDAY. MARCH 25. Ho Won’t Do. Yi’Htorilay m<'imiiiil to our Mnsr-lii'ml tha ■ tiaini'nf.Li'i i n Ct.isi'.v, of thi' Georgia Trlr <liu]ili. I'm' Hi prercuiatiie us thia Coiigreie<i<inul ilirli ii '. but ire find wi are cdnqielleil tn «<i-iinil him and take him down. Wo do not know w hi'tlu r ntr r Jei'inod cotemporary would ciiii- M'lit to servo if I lecte I, but as lie railed to re spend our puliki cull, w u presume, (accord ing to the old saying, •■eilenee gites consent”) that lie would mkc the otiii-e if lie could get it. But we are afraid there is no elmuee for him. . however glad wc would lie to lend him our bumble support. Nidssly seems to think “Clis by will do.” They any lie is everything and nolkiny— not even "a good.red herring"—nor even a passable Sardine. YVo are obliged to v drop him. and have eonseqnently requested friend Hodgkins to extract the nails from our Mast-head, and let our neighbor down ns gen tly as possildo. Census Takers. Tlie Inferior Court appointed yesterday, the following persons to take tlie Census of Bibb County : .1. C. C. Bl rnett, for Viuwille, the two Ci ty District* and East Macon. Wm. Bone, fur lit*ward*, Hazard, Warrior, Rutland and Godfrey's Districts. With regard to taking the Census,the South ern lltrurtirr : We learn that tlie Governor will bar printed one book for each county, giving tbo form, Ac., in which the Census Takers will copy the it returns. The Cen sus Takers are to make tbeir returns to the Clerk of the Superior Court of each county on ur before the Ist of {September ; the Clerks of the Courts arc to forward the same to the Executive Department on ur before the first of October. Acceptablo Present. REFORM MEDICAL COLLEGE. We were the recipients yesterday of a very acceptable present consisting of several bottles of wine of different brands with a package of cigars and similar articles of which Editors us a eluss are generally remarkably fond. Tlie cigars we will appropriate to our own proper “use and behoof,” while the wine, of course, will lie eji' ln i, i-ly devoted to tlie refreslnnent of our friends, who we apprehend, will not give tlie sparkling juice ot the grape much elmuee to improve with aye. Accompanying the present was a note “To tlie Editors ot tlie Sbtb- Ib-inx, with tlie res pects and g jod w islws of the Reform Medical College of Georgia; and in this connection we must not neglect acknowledging tlie receipt of tlie Catalogue of the Institution for the years 185 s fl. \Ve arc pleased to see that the College is in a wry flourishing condition, hav ing gone steaduy forward in tlie path of pros perity up to tliis, tlie twenty-first year, we be lieve. ot its existence, during which time it has been instrumental in widely diffusing tlie. principles of Reform Medical practice by means ot tlie numerous Graduates whom it has sent forth into all parts of flic country. It lias an able and accomplished Faculty, and we notice from tlie Catalogue before us that it numbers Students from almost every Sontbern State. AVe have no preference for any particular system.of medicine; but every liberalminded man will admit that whatever tends towards prnyri«■< and rcjvrui deserves to be encouraged and sustained. THE DEATH OF MR. CHARLES * THOMPSON. AYe regret to announce that this young gentleman Sou of tlie late l»r. Thompson of i A iueville, died at tlie Lanier House yesterday j afternoon. Bill Vetoed. On Satur lay last President Buchanan sent a message tn Congress vetoeing tlie Agricultural College bill. This bill makes a donation to the several Stn:os of twenty thousand acres of . tlie pubic lands for each Senator aud Repre sentative in tlie prescut Congress ; and also an additional donation of twenty thousand acres for each additional Representative to which any State may be entitled under the census of leiiil. This donation is to build Agricultural Colleges. The vetoeing message gives as rea sons for tlie president’s aetion—lst. The sear . city of money in the Treasury ; 2d. The in- I'onsisteni y of tin' bill with tlie relations of the Federal Governnn nt to the Stat s:,3d. It will operate injurious to she uew States; 4th. The doubt existing us to whether it would advance agricultural interests: stb. Its interference witli existing colleges iu tlie States : and 6th. I'lie belief of the President that Congress has not the power to dispoaj of the public lauds in the manner designated.— ExrluMyt, It is aid that the Jews us New York propose to erect a temple that will rival in ex tent aud magnificence, the Catholic cathedral now in eours" of erection in that city, there is a project also under consideration to estali li-h a <lciiend A sembly, or Board of Re]ire- , sentatives, t > take control ol Jewish interests in this country. The Paraguay Expedition. Buenos Acres dates of January 4th have 1. n receive I. Commissioner B >w)in and the Uonualore of the I . S. squadron had gone to have an interview with President Lopez, with the brigs Pjipiiiu and Perry, which would lie taken in tow at the fork of the river by tlie steamers Fulton and AA liter AAiteh. The rest of the fleet reiuaiiie I nt Montevideo. A Paraguayan steamer had gone up with a chain to place aerosa the river. A French and an Englisii Htoumer had also gone up the river, it is supposed the latter will demand indemni- 1 ty in the ens., of a British nehtsmer recently siez • <l. It is said that President I. jiez has 100,000 men under arms. Tin* opinion was our sipiad ron wn innd ‘qunte lieoause only a few of the vosso's wore ea]ial>le of as<« ndmg tlie river.— Ex. km: Ago d story is told of a lady wit who dined nt the Pre-ideut's tlie other day. and was seated a' th< table la-tween iicertain Repre-en lame from 'i enu. -see, and (tie Hon. Mr. Ituflin of North Carolina. ••How are you getting on. my dear ma lain," asked lhejoUy Iszcls-bw of tlieAA hitelii.n l'. "AV ill as could be expected . witli a Savage -ai onesiuc. aud a Butin aiu uu i the other, ’ wu« the MMuni response. The Murder of an Actor. AA'e clip the following intensely inti'restin; (! nariitivc from one of our St. Louis cxclinnge: . ol n recent date. As the accident herein de ] miled, is said to have transpired in Georgia, i | cannot iail to be of interest to such of our reu , tiers us are familiar w ith the doings at oui , •State capital, as tar Imck as 1X32. AVe can _ nht conjeehire as to who the rn-l<>r was to wlioni . it refers, but as it bi'iirs the strongest ovidenei y of being a sketch from real life, we presentit ta'the public for what it is worth : Aflanta In nrcr. r My brother L .(the youngest of clev- . of us,) was t-wennty-seven years of age at the I time he was cut off from the land of the living. . He is still remembered by many Georgians ns ( an actor of great promise. Possessed of u good person, handsome aud intelligent face aud . graceful bearing, lie was very popular where ever lie appeared u,i in the stage ; and being of a very genial disposition and pleasant man ners, his society was much sought after in pri vate life. A\ here and how my brother became acquain ted witli AA illiam F , his slayer, I have never learned. They were together ata drink ing saloon at die capital of Georgia, on tlie night of the 12th of Nevember, 1X32, and words passed betwwen them on some trifling subject. My brother was warned by a friend, a mem ber of the Georgia Legislature, tliat F was a dangerous man—that he was armed, and would use his arms, and he was adv ised tn avoid him, but avoiding danger was unfor tunately, what my brother never thought of doing ;so he remarked to his friend, that if F wanted anv tiling of him, he might come on—he was ready for him, and at the same time pointing to the handle of a pistol, loaded witli jiowder only, as it afterwards iq>- peared, which he happened to hate in his coat pocket. Tlie remark, it seems, was eomniuiii catod to F , mid Cventuallysaved his nock from the halter. At the time, aud until the trial of the murderer, two years afterwards, I knew nothing of these particulars. The fol lowing 1 knew. F came to him appear- ently in a friendly manner, and said, ■Come, let us settle this matter,’ at the same time ma king a movement towards the bar. My broth er, supposing the little difficulty they had had was to be amicably settled, acquiesced, saying, ‘very well— with ull my heart.' ‘AVhat will you drink ?’ asked F , ‘A glass of por- ter,’ replied my brother. ’1 take Brandy,’ said F , and they both were served. As they replaced their glasses on the counter, af ter drinking, F cooly remarked—‘This is the d—d rascal who insulted me at Eaton ton ; then drawing a pistol from his bosom he crietl, in a loud voice, ‘Clear the way, gentle men !’ Two reports, so nearly together that it has never been know n Which was first, were now heard, and my poor brother fell, shot through the body, and mortally wounded.— AATien he sawF drawing his pistol, he instnctively seized upon his own, and it went oil'in his pocket before lie could draw it forth. No one, to my knowledge, has over been a bie to solve the inening of the words, ‘You are thetl—d rascal who insulted me nt Eatonton.’ My brother had never been iu Eatonton, except to puss through it, and had certainly never met F— there. My supposition is, that pos- sibly lie might, at some time, have had a diffi culty in Eatonton with some perron, aud filled with liquor, ns he was, ho might lune imayiii eil his antagonist f resent at the moment—or that having had a difficulty with some one nt Eatontou, he pretended to think that my bro ther was his opponent in that difficulty, and (having no other) gave this as a reason for shooting. 1 have not heard tiiat he ever gave, or attempted to givo any explanation of the exclamation. At half past twelve in the morning, I was n .wakened, at my hotel, and informed tliat my brother was shot. 1 dressed myself, and fol lowed the messenger to the fatal spot, a mile disiant. when 1 found my poor brother welter ing in his blood. The murdarer had fled, aud it only remained for me with the help of friends, to convey my brother home and see him die —the medical men informing me there was no hope of his surviving more than a few hiurs. The poor fellow retained his senses at tlie last, But gave me no particulars of tlie cause of the difficulty. AV hen asked who shot him, he an swered distinctly, ‘William F ,’ but when desired tu give 'he particulars of the quarrel, lie said impatiently, ‘AVe had no quarrel— it is all nonsense—let it go.' Alsiut three o’- clock lie breathed his last, having suffered great pain for three hours. No one lias ever known, no one can ever know, the agony ids brother experienced, then and for years afterwards; but that is not a part of the history of tlie case. The comer’s jury brought in a verdict of willful murder’ agaiust F , and the gov- ernor offered a reward for his apprehensiiffi, but he was not taken. During the summer, while I was absent from the State, he deliver ed himself up, aud upon such evidence as could then be procured, he was admitted to bail in the sum of twenty .thousand dollars, to appear and stand a trial upon the charge of murder In the meantime he had retained the whole bar of the country, so that I was compelled to go to the neighboring county of Bibb, for a lawyer to assist the prosecuting officer when, ever the trial should come on. I bud never seen F , to my knowledge but knowing almost every body by sight, I was fearful on my return to the State in the fall, that I might perhapssA«/.' //««<?.< him. I'liis dread liauuted inc contiiiuslly, and made meveiy sliy of all persons 1 did not actually know by name. There were persons v.lio tiionght that when I should meet tlie murderer of my brother 1 ought to shoot him down like a dog. < niters, , and by far the greater number, thought I was doing my whole duty by prosecuting him <>•: the indictment found against him iu the Supwi i or Court. I will not pretend tliat I fiad not strong i tom plat ions to follow tlie advice of those who ' tlioiiglit 1 ought to take tin- law into my own i hands; but without eonsideriiigtlieprobability of toy being killed, instead ol kiifing. should 1 I alienipt to liecuiue my brother s avenger, die 1 idea of taking life under any cir<uiu»tuiie«-». i could never, for any k-ngth 'if tune, be enter i laiaed by me. The slayer of my younger Press. brother was a rich man. The chances, knew were against a conviction ; but my min >K was made up to pursue the murderer to th e . extent of the law and no further. it I am now going to relate a little accideii j. which may possibly interest the believers i ir mesmerism. During the fall of is:;:;, M;iju 1- Ward was shot by Mr. McComb, in an ultra) 11 one night, at the latter's hotel; and it was sup ■e posed the major would die of his wound, whirl it happened to be on the vely same spot, appa i- rently, where my b.other received Zu's wotilii the year before. This all'ray wus the etibjec •- of eon.ersation every where the next morniii; e after its occurrence. 1 had been to see Majo Ward, and attentively examined the wound s to when 1 saw, in a public place, a circle o a men engaged in discussing the probablities o 1 Ins recovery or death, describing the situutioi i- of the wounded man. and discoursing general 5 ly ot the affray, 1 stepped into and made on< -of the circle. A man exactly opposite to mi - was making some statement respecting tin situation of the bullet-wound in Major Ward . I did not know him; but when ho finished . speaking 1 said: ‘You arc mistaken ; 1 know . exactly the situation ot the wound—it is just ? here’—placing my finger on his velvet vest; | and 1 here declare that I felt a shock as ot r electricity, which made me start as if receiving a heavy blow. 1 don't know that Ac felt a a shock ; but he started buck as if struck too, and we were both seized by the bystanders and dragged away in separate directions. I in- I stoutly became aware, before a word was spo ken, that it was my brother’s murderer whom [. 1 touched with my finger. He knew me well enough; and prompted by his guilty c<m scieiice, be thought 1 was about to avenge my brother's murderer on the spot. ‘That is F 1' 1 said to those dragging me away, ‘Yes,’they replied; ‘but come along; let the law take i>s course. You shall not attack him here ; he is alway s armed, aud you are more likely to fall than he.’ ‘Gentlemen,’ 1 replied, ‘let me go 1 release me! 1 have no idea ot acting as you suppose. I did not know him. Now 1 do and shad avoid him as i would a serpent.’ On my word they released me. Casting my eyes tow ards the group of which F form- ed the centre. 1 took a good look at him, so that 1 should know him again. He was very pale. After various postponements: the cause was set for a trial in the winter of 1834. By the advice of my consul General Beall, of Macon, 1 underwent an examination, and was admitt. ed to the bar. so that I could assist at the pros ecution, having travelled from Montgomery, a distance of nearly three hundred miles, in the dead of winter, and over the worst kind of roads for the especial purpose of endeavoring to convict this man. In the course of the trial—the particulars of which 1 am not going to record—l became aware for the first time of the fact that my. brother bad shown a pistol, when warned by a friend to avoid the recontre with F , and expressed himself‘heady for him.' I felt very certain then that there would be no conviction of the murderer : it would be urged upon the jury that the affray amounted to a duel, nothing more ; and so it turned out. Having been denounced by an attorney for the defence ns one eeekiny the life of the defen dant by this prosecution : while on the other hand, many warmhearted Georgians having ex pressed surprise that I d d not take the law into my own liands.and shoot the slayer ofnty broth er ut sight, 1 felt it to be my duty, on this oc casion to set myself right before the court ami jury, which 1 did in a speech of perhaps twen ty minutes, w herein my position was clearly defined. A prosecutor- —made so by the law. by my near relationship to the deceased—it was my duty to use all legal means to convict the prisoner : but beyond this I should not pro ceed one step. Should the jury acquit or con vict there was the end of my mission. My closing remarks were addressed to the prison er. who sat with his counsel w ithin four feet ot where I stood, a table only dividing us. ‘Whatever may be the verdict of this jury,’ I said,‘you William F , are convicted ot murder by your own conscience. You know that my brother intended you no harm—that it was not in self-defence you discharged your pistol at his heart. Before God and man 1 charge yon with basely murdering my young brother. Yon tremble now and turn pale at the charge. Your peuee of mind is gone— never—never to be recovered. The sleep of the inuoceut w ill never more be yours. Yov AttE a Murderer; and I tell you here in th s crowded court room at this hour of midnight, that, whether convicted or Requited here, you will ever more carry the mark of a homicide upon your brow ; and from this time forth in . this world, you will never sleep again.’ 1 left the court-room, aud sought for rejsvse, which my journey aud the exciting scenes of the trial had deprived me of, for three days I and nights. YVhon I awakened, late on the fol ! lowing day. 1 learned that the murderer had I been acquitted aud was at large. Two years passed away. 1 had left Georgia immediately after the trial, aud now returned to its borders (Columbus) to attend to some business unconnected with my profession.— 1 I Some Indian disturbances, in the Creek Nu ‘ 1 were anticipated, (this was the spring of Iboi’i,) ami having concluded the business which took me there, it was my desire to ai id the night travelling in the stage, from the I Georgia liue in returning to Alabama, to Elli- • I ott’s, thirteen miles from the Chattahoochee river. Failing to get the conveyance, I was . turning to leave the stable, w hen I was accost ed by u stooping, miserable looking individual, wearing a slouched hat and a great coat who I held out his hand to me and greeted me by mime. Supposing he was a former acquaint ance whose save 1 had forgotten. I was aliout ’ king his hand when, just as my fingers ton ” ebed his, 1 felt a shock, exactly like the on* ' heretofore s|v»ken of, ami I started back, ex claiming. “You are F 1” I felt it was the - murderer, tlmugh not in the slightest degree ’ reM-mbling that individual as 1 had lust seal II him. f "Yes.'' lie answered. feebly, and al temp* in; 1 4 to lieeome u-.r me. “I «« William F ■, Mai « 1 haw been long seeking you. I heard yo< I. were in-re, ami I have coma ir-m «i; piare <s |iurpoM- to see you. Do not refuse what I hail * , task.” TEBMS—TWO DOI.LAKS IX AhVAM’E. X I 'M BEK 21. 1 I ciinnol very well describe my feelings.— nd There was the slayer of my |s«ir hmther'Atand lie mg abjectly beflire me. with his hands clasped as if in supplication. I confess my first aensa llt tions w <-re those of pity ; but conquering them in us unworthy to be entertained for his |s-rson I ~r waancxl templed m Strike him down with mv , arm, and spurn him with my f.sit. After a p. moment's hesitation I made up niy mind to ,| ( leave him as soon as possible, and thus get out of the way of temptation. i( l “J want nothing to say to you or do with , t ,V ol b I said, and brushing past him walked p , over into the broad, sandy street, determined ” to avoid him at all hazards ; but though I did not hear his stejis, I felt he wus following me. )( - Stopping in the centre of the wide strees, I . turned suddenly, and sure enough, there he w aa. cluee Uy me, iu the supplicating attitude I as when I left him at the stable door. Looking into his sunken eyes, I asked angrily. “Why do you follow me ?” I shall never forget his K despairing look as he answered, in a deep and lv solemn voice: “I want you, the brother of the man I slew, to shoot me—-here—right here.” ' Shocked beyond measure by his words and 4 manner, both full of earnestness, I scarcely ■ knew what to say or do. II “No," at length I replied, “it is not for me ° to punish you.” ,l “Ah !” replied he, quickly, “it is notynousA ’ imnt I ask you to inflict—that I have received already, in full measure ; but it is vengeance I wish you to take—vengeance for your brother’s murder, and upon his murderer ’” 1 Observing I did not immediately reply, the * miserable wretch continued : "Yes, his murderer—you called me by the right name when you spoke to the jury, two years ago. lam a murderer ? I know it now ! s I'hen, 1 endeavored to pursuade myself that I committed the deed in self-defense ; but I soon e found out it was not so. You said at the trial, i 1 would never sleep more—and I never have!” “It is true,” said he, “perfectly true, what I say: not once have I slept since that terrible : night when you spoke to me in the court-room. 1 have closed my eyes at night, as usual; I I have steeped my senses in brandy : unconsci ousness took the place of sleep, but that blessed sleep you drove away that night has never re turned to me for one moment. My life is a. i bnrthen to me. I pray you, in God's name, and in your murdered brother s, to take it— take it I” Though not a tear dimmed the homicide’s eye, mine liegan to moisten, and I felt it incum bent upon me to leave this man before he should perceive mv weakness. Summoning all my firmness, 1 said—“ Ask forgiveness of that God i whose name you invoke. Let your future life I be such as to prove the sincerity of your repen tance, and” “No, no!” he said interupting me. Let me I die by your hand ; ZAe/i 1 feel that there may I be some hope for me— then your brother may forgive me.” I could endure this scene no longer. Turn ing suddenly fr- m him. I walked away, leaving him standing in the middle of the street. “I will die to-night!” were the last words I heard him utter, and when I reached the cor ner, I turned and saw the miserable creature standing in the middle of the street, with his hands clasped as before. I started for home in the stage that night, being the only passenger. The driver’s name was Green. About six miles from the river we stopped at a log cabin, in a swampy hollow to water the horses, and saw a party of a dozen ' or more ofCreek Indians executing the war. "I will die to-night!” said the murderer, and * he spoke truly. About a month after the ' events 1 have been relating,—when the Indian disturbances had been quelled, and the mail ' could come through safely—my friend James ’ Kivlin, of Columbus wrote me at Mobile as fol -1 low-: “The very next morning after you left Co .lumbus, the liody of your brother’s murderer was found at his country place pierced by a dozen rifle bullets, and sealpod—-the first vic t . tim of our little Indian war.” • , —— ' i , The Washington City Tragedy. I A despatch dated YVashington, Feb, 27th, t gives the following fuller and more detailed r account ot the terrible tragedy which occur- I red in that city on Sunday : The community this afternoon was thrown t into a state of intense excitement by the shoot ing and killing of Philip Barton Cey, U. S. At t torney of this District, by Hon. Daniel E. Sick les, member of Congress from New Y’ork.— g According to report, Sickles becoming con vinced of the truth of rumors of the intimacy u of Key with his wife, resolved to redress the wrong, his wife, as it said, having signed an ;1 acknow ledgement of his guilt. Mr- S'ckles, about 2 o’clok this afternoon, discovere-l Key making signals from or near I Lafayette Square. He (8) left the house, g which is nearly in front of the Executive man [. -ions, and met Key, who was conversing with j Mr. Butterworth of N. Y’ork. He charged Key with having dishonored him aud destroy tt ed his domestic peace, and shot him with a J revolver, one ball entering his left side and e lodging under the skin of the opposite side. - Another ball took effect in Ids right thigh i- near the femoral artery. if Key fell and emplored Sickles not to kill « him. The third ball was in the right side, d glancing from the body. Death ensued in a e few moments. i- The body was taken to the National Club e House, and a jury of inquest summoned. Their ■s verdict merely stated that “the death occur i* red from the effects of pistol shots fired by li Daniel Sickles.” After the act was accoinplshed, Sickles went •' to the residence of the Attorney General, who i advised him to deliver himself into the bonds of the Officers of the law, which be (übae quently did, and was conveyed to jail. The further examination will take place to- r- r morrow. Kt J The high ]Hnition of the partiea in this trag n i-dy has eMsed the most unusual excitement. , The city is full of rumors, some stating that I the ill)mmry le-tweeti Key and Mrs. hh-kies 4 ■ has existed lor m -4y a year. and that Mickles I 4, I orev omly remoustmtad with his wife agaiast ' ; her mjudh ions conduct and requested Key to I o j diwoutinne his visits, but notiiiug can Imi rail ! | ed on till a judicial investigsti-m is held.— Ki j SUBSCRIPTION Fur Daily paper, 8U DoUms » year, in vs advance. _______ jLDVM&ISING: One Dollar jier square for the firet m , Fifty Cunts for each sabsoquent fo«erti<w. ~ DAILY BATts. ii i i »r<- ? I t S f T ~. Too Y 6o( 9 00 18 Ou 17 oiij 2.. 9 00 12 00 14 00 18 0025 0< 8.. 12 00 15 00 18 00*25 00 33 o<i 4.i 4 ... 15 00 19 00 22 00 30 00*40 O 5.. 18 00 25 00 80 00 40 00:50 oft «C ' 6.. 20 (Ml 28 00 35 00 50 00,60 <>U w 7 . 25 00 38 00 41 00 60 <*> 70 00 80 00 8.. . . 30 00.38 0O 46 00 70 00 HO 00 90 00 10 . 40 00|50 Oo 60 00 W* 00 90 OftHlO On ■MMHl■■■■■ Direct Trade. Wc arc iu«lebt4i<l Us Hnn. MeWBLLL COBB,President J of the Planter'?* <’on ven lion, for a copy t-e i- following interesting cuminunicati<>n on the subje t il of 1 tired Trade between the Southern jHivt 8 ar. 1 I Eurofte: v Knr«M«Ls. 3d February. t Sir .-—The AMociatioii is duly iu receipt of your * fawr informing im tbal our first cunimuni«ation had been received. We ntKice with pleasure that we have comprehended the object and desires of the Cotton Planters of America, and it is only necessary that we proceed*vith a deliberate determination to * realise the proposed Direct Trade, between the Con i tiuent of Europe and the Southern States of Amer I ica. We are now in the position to authorise you to make known publicly the pru<ra«s we have made, aud the facilities we will offer to the planting cominuni enable gs to take the lent steps for a regular , commencement. Arrangements will be taken by os, forthwith, to have responsible Agents at Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans and Galvoeton. These Agents will be authorised to advance, •ercH/y-yice per cent, on the valoe of the cargoes. The Cotton will be sold in the most economical manner, under the protection of legitimate capital, with only actual charges and a reasonable commission, The interest will be. in ail cases, estimated at the European rates. To rn spire confidence with those who may hesitate in commit ting tbeir property to our hands, we shall also, place the necessary guarantee, in the above named ports, for its safety, and prompt payment to the Planters, of their balances. We prefer to commence slowly and to enlarge our transactions, as each succeeding transaction inspires an increasing confidence, on both sides. We may remark, that our efforts in thio matter have not been entirely without opposition. It is nat ural that the established interests which now control the great staple of Cotton, should resist the danger ous in novation of placing in the bands of the plan ers of America, the entire control of mo great an ele ment as the Cotton power. But we do not see h* w we can be successfully resisted; and it is a signifi cant fact, that the opposition we have met, has mx no case, been open and avowed. The efforts against us are entirely secret and directed to the main p.-it t f shaking the confidence of capitalists, in the di.-p »m --tion and ability of the planters to act indvpA. . of the established influence. We can w-uU ■dand, that naturally, after a trade ha« ii -w channel for a long time, there must <- and relations not to be changed a. u are equally certain, that What is good h. . good security for one merchant, is also, a and a good security for others ; aud We have u J. ..J of being able, in time, to bring to me tempi. f the movement, equal facilities and induretne. confirm our position, in the estiuiation <>f plan Ths first step is to make the trial, establish nv. j confidence, and approach the more diffi u!t *jb<! sponsible features of the trade, earetully aud m w • It is unnecessary for us to say, that we seek » place the business on a lasting foundauon. and <>n« which will admit of the greatest possible develop ment. If our object was merely to establish <>i more firm in the Cotton trade, the matter would very easy, but we are in the intention to extend tbv negotiations of the “ Continental and Southern Di red Trade Associotions,” to the entire coutfuctit of Europe, so as to give to our planting fiends, the ben efit of a healthy competition. The Cotton trade of France, Switzerland, Holland, Germany an I R ir is tending irresistibly to Direct Trade, and ii a our province, t<> aid that tendency, aud iiup.ir » the essential element of a reciprocal direct exp- rt goods from the continent of Southern porta, to equal ize and represent the Cotton account. Io due time the names of our Agents will be an nounced, as also, the Dames of the Banks where the guarantee for the balances, will be lodged. We remain, Ac., BAIBIER HAUSBENB, President, JrttEM Bkiqfkt, Secretary, Continental and Southern Direct Trade Association. Hardening Talixiw Candles.—Take one pound of Alum diwioived in one pint of water and ten pounds; of tallow place them in an iron kettle: heat the mixture sufficiently for the scum to rise freely ; after carefully skimming it, stir it fiw some time, then put it away for the tallow to get cold ; when it is hard, remove all the sadiment from the bottom of it. The tallow is ready to be made into candles. Personal.—A Washington correspondent of the Alexandria Sentinel says : “It is said that Roger A. Pryor, Esq., in tends returning to Virginia at an early day, and w ill devote himself to the practice of law It is said that he will make Petersburg his place of residence.” A Youxg Lady Manoled by a Tiger.—A young lady, aged 15 years, went on Friday last, with other children to the circus, at Phil adelphia, in answer to an advertisement o children being wanted to perform in a pice soon to be produced. The wild animals which performed nightly were in the cages, and care fully stowed away and guarded, so that no accident ooukl possibly happen ; lint there was 1 a small apertur, between the ends of the cages, and a wall or partition, and the unfortunate child, in peeping around the apartment, by some means or other squeezed through this hole nnperceived by any ot the attendants.— She commenced patting the big Bengal tiger, and in a moment he put bis huge paw through the bars and clawed her in the face, and took bold of her left ann with his mouth. The child screamed, and was released in a few moments, it being necessary to use a crow bar aud pitch fork to make the monster release bis hold. A number of surgical gentlemen were soon in attendance, and under their advice it wa« deemed necessary to take the unfortunate girl to the Hospital. The performance with the animals went on as usual that evening in the presence of a crowded ao<lieuce.-A’xrAo, (;/f , Sweet Definition.—A gnrightly school girl who attends the “Central High,” where the teachers have away of inciting the pupils to understand what they say in the classes, was reading the “last of the Huggerinuggcrs ” ami stirred by the spirit ot inquiry, stimulated by her teacher, if not by natural feminine cu riosity, asked a boy cousin of bar’s the mean ing of huggermogger. John looke thaughtful for a inomeut, and then said, “PH »| )ow y (JO •» and before the incipient woman had time to make any further remark, John hud hie M „ n around her waist, ami weeding it to a gentle pressure- "That,» huy fer, and this (putting to bar’s iu aßsetionate coUisM) is ««1/ F"!” Yea,” mW the not mors than half displeased barah Ann—“and this the last of the Irnggerrouggerw- for if y VM trer to give me amHber suei. definition, I’ll box ' you ear. Tve a great mind Io tell Mr. Ilal), m I go to aelmoi, what tort of a dicto-nary yau ar« carryabout you all th« timr— . barton Trranf itp.