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SUBSCRIPTION: , Fc ,r Weekly paper, Two Dollars per annum in ad- ' -e or Three Dollars at the end of the year. ADVERTISING : One Dollar per squ re for the first insertion, and F it, Ceuta for each subsequent insertion- WEEKLY RITES. _ fee te “ - g No. of o o o o e 1 5 = = = 5 = S er n* I c tr i & gqrS. • x m| a | £7- •7 50 450 6 uToO 15 001'20 00 ' 5 0) 8 00 11 00 20 00 25 00? 30 00 7 50 11 00 14 50|25 00|35 00| 40 00 4 "10 00 15 00 19 00 30 00 40 00 5() 00 12 00 17 00 20 00 40 00 50 00 GO 00 « "'lls 00 20 00 25 00|50 00|60 00 70 00 "” " 17 00 25 00 30 00 60 00 70 00 80 00 ‘ ' 0(1 00 30 0O 40 00 70 00180 00 90 00 in " i‘2s 00140 00 50 00|80 00|90 00 100 00 FBOM OUR DAILY OF SATURDAY. MARCH 19 The Weather Again. Yesterday was another unpleasant day. The wind was “a? “ ad K 8 a march bare ’” playing aH of fantastic tricks—driving the rain furiously in every direction, blowing stove-pipe hats across the street, turning umbrellas inside-out, converting crinoline into balloons and their wearers into involuntary aero nauts, Ac. Ac. In a word it was a “raw and gusty’’ , day and over-coats nnd fire were by no means un- j comfortable. Panorama. M r are requester to announce that the great w ,, r k of art illustrative of Dr. Kane's Expedi tion in search of Sir John Franklin will be ex hibibited next week at Concert Hall in this v itv. This painting depicts in the most grap hic manner the scenery, animals 4c., of the ‘ Northern regions, and exhibits in life-like style the adventures ami sufferings of Kane and bis companions. An inspection of it will prove entertaining and instructive. The State vs. Lucian Brown. We learn by a letter received from Albany just as we were going to press last night, that Ik ian Brown, charged with the murder of Col. Joseph Bond, was drirAarped by the Mag istrate’s Court of Dougherty County yester- < (lay morning. Several days were spent in ex- ! anting witnesses, and able speeches were de- I livered by the counsel on both sides. We will publish our correspondent's communication I in full to-morrow. Personal. Mr. Smith O’Brien was in Augusta yester day. Si< Washington on Monday the Grand Jury commenced the examination of witnesses in the Sicki.es ease. Dr. Milter, one of the Professors in the I JeSerson Medical College, at Philadelphia, | died at the Mill's House in Charleston, S. C. j on the evening of the 16th ins,. Hon. Mike Walsh, ex-member of Congress, was found dead in Eighth Avenue. N. York on the morning of the 17th. It is supposed he accidentally fell and broke his neck. Gen. Denver, the newly appointed commis- ! sioner of Indian Affairs, has left for California. Mr. Holt .entered upon his duties as Post Master General on Monday. Homicide. We learn that on Sunday last, a homicide was coin mitted at Bunkcrhill. in the eastern part of this city, on the person of a Mr. Moreland, by a man by the name of Grantham. We have not been able to ob tain the particulars of the affair.— Hawkiwille Ttmen. \~th in nt. Largo Cargo. The Steamer “S. M. Manning,’’ brought the lar gest and most valuable cargo for this place, that has been landed at onr wharf fur 20 years. There was .*V7 packages of Dry Goods. Our merchants are lit erally cramming their Stores with Goods. They will have tv sell at low figures, that's all.— lb. Shipping Intelligence. March 14. —Arrived Steamer S. M. Manning* Taylor—from Savannah. Steamer Isaac Scott, Cur ry—from Savannah. River very full.— lb. Important, rs True.— The rail River (Mass.) Beacon is our authority for stating '.hat the Sons of Matta, in that State, have in contemplation the building of four fast sailing olipper schoo ners or brigantines, of about three hundred I tons each, in way adapted to be nsed as I vessels of war if necessary. One is to Im* built in East Boston, one in Newberyport, one in I Fairhaven, and one at Warren, R. I. What’s in the wind A Good Servant. A lady in this city was recently praising the 2 «»1 qualities of Chinese servant, who had just left her, and whose departure she was seine- : what regreting. "Oh,” she said, “he was one f the best servants that I ever saw—lie was , clean and neat and did his work .w nicely, lie kept everything as tidy in the kitchen as anybody could wish. Don’t yon think as Ido | about him?” she inquired of a female aequain tanee, in whose house John had once lived.— “Well,” she replied. “ I only knew of one bad quality that John possessed—he would spit in the griddle to see if it was hot;” “Gracious g*..hiess 1” ejaculated John’s recent admirer, "mi.l 1 had him all this time without ever dreaming of it. Hot cakes every morning so | breakfast, too!” And the lady shuddered visibly. She had no more to say about John. | —Mirysi-ille (Cal.) Democrat. An European Tableau. The European nutions certainly just now present a curious tableau. The New York Courier pictures it as follows: Sardinia, restive to dash in upon her old . enemy Austria, eight times her size—France, • ostensibly backing her. and squaring off in reg ular ?tylefur a fight, yet ail the while talking about it in such ambiguous style as to com- : pletely puzzle every one about her real inten- . ti'>n>—her ally, England, afraid that France , H in earnest, and yet more afraid to interfere ' —Austria planting herself in the best possible | attitude to receive the shock, yet visibly shak- | mg in the knees, and beginning to talk about , yielding a point or two. Prussia standing by her con>in-german, and afraid L stir —ami the jiant Russia, himself lately thrashed so sound- * king on verv good naturedly. and quite Isp .-.cd to think it “ a very pretty quarral as it 'tan-I>.” This tableau of course cannot last ' r It is a very awkward posture for the parties themselves, ami besides keeps the world 10 a state of painful suspense. The affair uiU't take a new turn soon, yet nobody is sure w hat. The general feeling, however, is that *arin work may be expected. i. hard Randolph, a cousin of-Randolph of ‘ • i 4|»h of R<»an«»ke. died in Miami township. Ohio, • .l»f of January. Thu deceased, who was as "'“'UUi ■ ait his more culehralcd cousin, was an old ‘ r. nil i ha*F r“Hl’i on the Randolph trac, t r twenty five years, lie leaves a property! tB **' > in ..tn4, valued al SSO.IM>O to be expended in i * r and freedom of the i*la«es now owned m ll .n I- |ph family, whic h slaves are to l»e set tree ; * < i! thr eatale is not exhausted tn this purchase, • bl 4.«uce tu be applied tu lhe use and bene bi jo slave i. .SB t aft PUBLISHED EVERY SATI RDAY MORNING. VOLE M K LI. [From the Charleston J/ercury.] Washington, March 14th, 1859.—Y0u have prob ably noticed the publication, in the New York Tri bune-, of the report of the sale of negroes at Savannah, belonging to the estate of Mr. Pierce Butler, of Phil adelphia. This report is understood to have been made especially for the columns of that paper by the I»en of the mendacious and would-be-witty Mr. Doe sticks. It is a sensation card, manufactured for the purpose of influencing the election of a republican speaker, should an extra session of Congress be con vened; but on the non-happening of this event, to be used with great effect at the next annual meeting I thereof. The attack upon the Hon. Mr. Grow, of I Pennsylvania, by Hon. L. M. Keitt, of South Caroli na, two sessions since, has made him a hero and en deared him, beyond the puwar of language to express, to the republican heart for the audacity and pluck displayed, and has stirred within him ambitious year nings to occupy the chair and flourish the lignum vitw mallet ul'Speakerof the House of Representati ves. Doubtless be has reposed his sufferings and long ings in the tender and sympathising ear of Horace Greeley, who, with a pious regard for the promotion us hiss rieud, hastened to get up fur immediate use a few additional scenes to be inserted in the touching drama us I,'nclr Tum'n t'abin. The intensely amu sing ami killing J/r. Doesticks was despatched to Savannah with plenary powers to cull into play all . the resources us his brilliant descriptive talent, tu make the story as acceptable as possible tu the mor bid appetite of Yunkeedom. According to the in , genious story of the aforesaid author, he appeared i on the ground where the sale occurred with a list in : hi- hand, and performed the striking ami adroit ma ’ noeuvre of pretending to be there us a purchaser.— 1 What terrors be underwent, Iroin the hour he booked bis name at the hotel (and we suppose be adopted an i ssumed one.) to the hour which saw him suiely uut ' of Georgia, be does nut tell, but we cun imagine they were great —too great to leave him spirits e nuugh to describe them. We would advise the face tious Doesticks never to show himself in the city us Savannah, if be is at all solicitous about the preser-. vation of his hide; for, 1 should suppose it mure than probable if be did, be would be treated to a luxuri ous repast cf cowhide, followed by a chaw us leath ers and tar. According to the report of the Postmaster Gener al, made to the President, as tv the financial condi- ' I tiou us the Post Office Department, it appears the ! deficiency fur the fiscal yerr ending June 30, 1859, ' ' will be over Su,OUU,UOO, and the estimated deficiency i j lor the fiscal year ending June 3U, iB6O, will be over . fl 6,000,000, and that witaoul any appropriation which ' will carry ibis branch us the service beyond next Ju- | ! ly. I pon this condition of affairs, it is said, the ' President is seriously calculating us to whether an absolute necessity will not exist for calling an extra , 1 session of Congress—more particularly as he has ' strong reasons tor doubling whether the constitution al power exists by which he might order the moneys 1 accruing from postages to be used by the department without legislative action. It is believed he will de termine, during the next week, what course to pur sue —bis object being, not tu convene Congress at , once, but to advertise the mail contractors in ad vance, so as to enable them to procure the necessary credit for carrying on the service. His reluctance to calling an extra session will, however, only be overruled by a conviction of the public necessity, fur he has reason to dread the approaching meeting of the 30lh Congress, and be is nut disposed to hasten its advent. A few Senators ami members of the House still lin ger here to take a parting pull at party wires, and lake a lung ami lingering look at the field us their departure glories. lam told General Shields has, within a few days past, received a pension from the government. COMPANY ROOM, Bibb Co. Cavalry, March 17, 1859. Au Extract from the Minutes us the Bibb County Cavalry. Your Committee uffer the following preamble and resolutions : Tribute of Respect. Truly death is insatiable, incontrulable and inflexi j ble. No armour that be cannot pierce—nune so high or ennobled that he cannot subdue. Wealth with its surroundings, nor love with its shield resist bis stroke. Man follows man —gent rat ion follows generation—all must yield tu the great conqueror. But it is u. t with man to question or solve the mysteries of a mysteri ous Providence. The finite cannot comprehend the infinite. Surely, “our br.ath is in our nostrils,” and when least we expect, it flecth away ami we moulder into dust. How strikingly have these truths been recently illustrated? Fur the first time in its blstur, has this corps been culled upon to pay the last, sad tribute ot respect to a departed member. Death has claimed a victim from our ranks. We have followed . iiis remains to their final resting place, and fired a volley over his newly made grave. It now becomes our melancholy privilege to bear some testimony to , his virtues. Cui. Juskph Buni», one of its first members, nnd one of its first officers, has been called away from earth, its joys ami its sorrows. As a citi zen, the community muurn him. In all the relations of life, faithful, affectionate and exemplary—his in corruptible integrtiy. his generous liberality, his frankness of demeanor ami manly bearing, attest the guod and useful citizen, lie died as a man and a soldier should die, in the discharge of duty, in tbc de fense us the weak and dependent. The record of Lis private life becomes bis eulogy. His presence we shall miss —uur loss we feel and depiure. But I huw inestimably greater must be the pang us those whose happiness was his care, whose cumfv.it was his delight when no longer they can lean upon his arm and nestle around bis heart. Therefore be it Resolved, While wc deplore the cruel death us Col. Joseph Bond, we buw to the power that has smitten us, aud would acknowledge the wisdom aud guvdness us Him with whom are the •• issues us life and death.” Resolved, That while we wuuld not enter the sanc- I tuary of grief, we esn but tender uur warmest sympa -1 thies tu tbc bereaved family circle in this their sud den aud try ing afilictiuu. Resolved, That this preamble and resolutions be spread upuD the minutes of this corps, as suine slight testimonial of our appreciation of the character and ; virtues of uur deceased brothar and friend. Resolved, That the Secretary furnish a copy of this ’ preamble aud resolutions to the city papers for publi cation, and also to the family us the deceased. SAMVEL HUNTER, ) T G. HOLT, •Committee I. C. PLANT. ) A true copy from the minutes. Chas. R. Armstrong, Sec’y. B. C. C. Maeuu, March 17. 1859. Wife. Mistress and Lady. This paragraph from the German most hap pily hits the attributes of wife, mistress and j lady. It is just as true as writ: ‘ “ Who marries for love, takes a wife; who t marries for consideration, takes a lady. You are loved by your wite, regarded by your mis tress, tolerated by your lady. You have a wife for yourself, a mistress will accomodate yon, f your lady will manage you. Y’our wife will take care of your household, your mistress of , ! your house, y-uir lady of your appearance. It I you are sick, your wife will nurse you, your | mistress will visit you, your lady will inquire I after your health. You take a w alk with your 1 ' wife, ride with your mistress, aud join parties '•* with your lady. Yoyr wife will share your ' 1 grief, your mistress your money, and your lady j your debts, if you are dead, your wife will i , shed tears, your mistress lament, audzour t lady wear uiuurniug.” fur the state press. Oh that I wei’e a Fairy Sprite ! BY ROSALIE. Oh ! that I were a fairy sprite, To roam as free as air ; I’d don the winga of an angel bright, And waft me here and there! I’d rove Uic wide, wide world around, And seek each sunny isle, Where music breathes in tv'ry sound, And nature wears a smile. I’d sec the moon rise o’er the sea, And kiss its crested foam, And in light hearted melody, I’d sing of those at home. I’d gather many a curious shell, From many an ocean shore. And flowers that haunt the gloomy dell Should beautify my store. Would that 1 ba<l but wings to fly, As the young bird light aud free, I'd soar above this azure sky, To thee, my love, to thee ! I’d nestle near thy manly heart, (Mosely to thy bosom cleave; With thee I’d never, never part Each hour I’d firmly weave Around thy heart of hearts a spell Os love, divine and true, As passionate as the ocean’s swell, And pure as morning dew ! Oh! that I were a fairy sprite, To roam as free as air; I’d don the wings of an angel bright, And waft inc here and there ! Macon, Ga. FOR THE STATE PRESS. Song of the Zephyr. BY LEOLA. I’ve come from yon green, smiling vale. Where grow the Phlox and Lily pale, And passing by a fragrant dell, I slyly kisaed sweet Heather Bell ! Ne’er glancing back to make her blush. I onward sped where waters gush O’er mossy rocks with wayward glee. Far down the streamlet wild and free. I wrestled with its ripples gay, And coyly danced around its spray ’Till wood-nymphs wooed me to their bowers. Where waft the sweets of Summer flowers. Yon lofty Oak and stately Pine, Round which the Ivy loves to twine, Saluted me with graceful nod, As soft above my footsteps trod. I hied me, then, to a mountain glen. Where sings the Moeking-Bird and Wren, To gentle Oreades wandering o’er The tall cliffs, as in days of yore. There lingering long on beauty’s cheek, In loving tones I dared to speak, But Phoebus, jealous, east a ray Towards me, and I flew away. O’er hill and \ alley to this spot, Your quiet little shady grot. Where Love hath cast a magic spell, And Peace and Joy in union dwell. Beneath this soft nnd tissue wing Are sweets that to the Woodbine cling. And I have left yon verdant lea To bear this fragrant kiss to tbee ! A Girl outwits a Widow and MAKRYS HER MOTHER’S LOVE. A few diiys since we mentioned the marriage of a fair haberdasher to a young man on one of the ferries during the absence of the moth er of the girl, and wc now record another cer emony of nearly the fame kind in the same place. A middle-aged but buxom widow, who had congratulated herself for two years on her husband’s demise, had become enamored of a dry goods Clerk on Fifth Streo’, almost young enough to be her son, and had in some manner iniH'ulatcd him with the idea of being her sec ond husband. He was certainly under her influence to a strange degree and as fond of her as if she had been rosy eighteen. He vis ited the widow nearly every evening, and in variably went away more intoxicated titan lie- | fore. . Their marriage was fixed for the first of the ] following month, but in the meantime the daught rof the widow, who had been at a lioarding-school, returned. She .was her ma ma twenty years before, and so pretty enga ging that the youth naturally transferred his subscription to the latter edition, Like Viola, t “He never told bis love, but let concealment.” serve to outwit the widow, and it did. So well i was the new love affair managed, that the widow never suspected that the couple had been passion struck at sight, but on the con trary believed the heart ol Mr. Dry Goods all her own. The nuptial day was deferred, and another named, before that day came the wid ■ ow had to visit Dayton, and on her return dis i covered to her amazement, rage and horror, 1 that the Clerk had run off with Mary aud been united—as she lacked two weeks of her ! legal age—by a city magistrate on one of the Kentucky femes. The widow thought of poisoning the pair at first, but at last solaced herself over a disn of oysters and a bottle ot cherry bounce, auu ; made no attempt to interfere with Mary and uer eoutiuubal partner, who have begun house | keeping, and are as comfortable as any mar- j 2 rted couple possibly can be. —C<«cmn«/< An- ; ! . I Gas. Walkkk Afloat Aoaix.—lt is believed by i many, says the Mobile Mercury, aud positively I known to Die friends, that General Walker has gone to sea. Os his destination we are utterly iguoranu— j s Those who may know say nothing. The Government at Washington has too closely ' watched his movements not to have been instantly advised of bis departure. Whether he has gone turlu I upon the world again, alone aud unat ended, or ' i with military comrades, we know not. But, from ’ the fact that we have heard of no exeilemeni among i government officials in consequence ot dns departure, we infer that he is gone with none, or but few atten dants. , The fates have been unpropitious to Gen. Walker. 1 The tide of fortune has turned mightily against bun of late. When fortune smiles, and lhe helping hanu i is scarelv needed, all are friends, and would help her 1 favorite to mount higher. When forlube frowns auu 1 friends are needed, Uie distressed bed as well atlempl 1 to call spirits I oin the vasty deeu. We can imagine ! ■ Gen. Walker, as lhe American shore, recede from his r view aud the "sun was seiuug un the saa. he fellow r ed m bis Hight,” to be in a biting mood to feel some s thing of the bitterness of th. poet S farewell song to r I hui “native »h<»re :** ' With thee, my bark. 11l swiftly go I j “Athwart lhe foaming brine : r Sor care what laud thou bearcat me ie, du nut again tv mure." ex- ‘ «■. ■ 1 OFFICE IN RALSTON’S BUILDING. THIRD STREET. MJYCCYN, 26, 1859. Gen. Jackson at a Methodist CONFERENCE. The Western Christian Advocate records the fol lowing interesting anecdote of Jackson. The scene ofitwasinthe Tennessee Annual Conference, held at Nashville, and to which be had been invited by a ! vote of the members, that they might have the plea sure of an introduction to him: The cominittc was appointed, and the General fix ed the time for 9 o’clock, on Monday morning. The i Conference room being too small to accommodate i the hundreds who wished to witness the introduction, one ofthe churches was substituted, and an hour be fore the time filled to'overflowing. Front scats were | reserved for the members of the Conference, which was called to order by th© Bishop, seated in a large chair in the altar, just before the pulpit. Alter j prayers the committee retired, and a minute after en tered, conducting the man whom all delighted to hon or. They led him to the Bishop’s chair, which was made vacant for him, the Bishop meanwhile occupy ■ ing another place within the altar. The Secretary was directed to call the names of the mem bers of Conference, which he did in alpha betical order, each coming forward and receiving from the Bishop a personal introduction to the cx- President, and immediately retiring to give place to the next. The ceremony had nearly been completed, when * the Secretary-read the name of Rev. James T , ! an elderly gentleman, with a weather-beaten face, clad in a suit of Jeans. aro.>e and came forward.— 1 Few seemed to know him. He had always been on a circuit on the frontier ; and though always at Con ference, he never troubled it with long speeches, but kept his seat, and said but little—that little, however, was always to the purpose. Mr. T. came furward and was introduced to General Jackson. He turned I his face towards tbc General, who said, “ it seems to me that we have met before.” 'lhe preacher, ap parently embarrassed, said :—I was with you through the Creek campaign—one of your body-guard at the battle of Horse Shoe—and fought under your com mand at New Orleans.’’ The General ruse slowly i frum bis seat, and throwing his long, withered, bony arms around the Preacher's neck, exclaimed : “We’ll soon meet where there’s no war—where the smuke of battle never rolls up its sulphurous incense !” Nev er before or since have 1 seen so many tears shed as then flowed forth from the eyes of that vast assembly. | Every eye was moist with weeping. Eleven years : have passed away since that day. lhe old heru has been more then ten in his silent and narrow home.— J The voice that cheered the drooping fight, aud thun- ' dered in tbc rear of routed armies, is silent forever.— ' The old preacher, too, has fought his last battle, laid j his armour by, and gone home to his eternal rest. The Arkansas Free Negro Bill. The Little Rock Gazette, referring to the bill pass ed by the Legislature of Arkansas to expel free ne groes frum the State, says : “They have until January, 1860, to dispose of their property, and make other arrangements tor leaving If they do not go then, it is made the duty of Sher- : iffs to seize them ami hiie them out to the highest , bidder fur one year, giving them the net proceeds of their labor to enable them to leave the State. Thu bill provides that such free negroes as desire to re- 1 main, may choose masters—the county court having them appraised, and the master or mistress they have ! chosen paying half their value into the common school fund of tbc county.” Fair Sex in Japan. The following Jeßcription of the ladiei, single and married, of Japan, is copied from a letter . writer from Sin da by the American Consular ' Agent to a friend in Washington. As you take an interest in the fair sox, you ! will expect some description of the beauties of Japan. The women of condition never make I visit (except the mother to a married daughter,) ' have no assemblages of their “ dear five hun dred friends,” nor do they assemble at the tea table/to hold their courts of censure on the manners and morals of their friends. They go nut once or twice in a year to visit some cele brated temple, but their ordiimrv devoti. ns are paid at a shrine within their houses or at a pretty Mia erected within the enclosures of their grotin s. The females of the laboring classes perform out of door labor; but they are not over worked, as in China, nnd other parts of Asia. Polygamy obtains—i. e.. a mau may have any number of “second wives.” When a female is selected as n first wife, she prepares : for her “ change of condition” by smearing her teeth with a horrid mixture which blackens t them forever, and tffso destroys a portion of the ' gums, nnd the lips sometimes remain perman ently swollen. She next shaves her eyebrows and exterminates her eyelashes and changes 1 the fashion of her hair. She has now only to bring the knot of her girdle round to the front, and all the world knows that she is a first wife, ■ the commander in chief of all the “second wives,” and the undisputed proprietress of all the children Isirn in the house. This last privilege reminds one of a similar right exer cised by the wives ofthe respectable Abraham. (Rachel aud Leah.) The second wives do not perform any of those absurd actions, const- : qucntlv they are by far the best looking in the eves ofthe To-jin or foreigners. A lady in full , Gress—i. e„ made up for mischief—is worth de scribing. Her face is thickly covered with rice flour, on which rouge —real rouge—is prettily i I placed, while lips are brought to that just i violet tinge that drives the Japanese lover ev- ' ! en to making poetry ; her robes are numerous ■ i and clumsy and the girdle is so vast in its am , plitude, that it would make a robe for any or : diuary woman ; her head is bristling with metal ornaments that look like the grandfathers ot i all the turning forks ; her really pretty feet are ! protected by neat straw sandals; when she ; walks she minces her steps as though her legs ; were tied together at her knees. Did I ever tell you of the description a young I Malay, Tumangong, of Sumatra, once gave me ( lof a young girl w ith whom he was in love ? | : No. Then, you shall have it now: “Tuan” s I said he. Tuan, she is high-bosomed and moon faced ; she has a mole on her cheek like a spot :of ambergris: her lips are like the new eut ' shell of the mangosteen ; her teeth are whiter I than the et-aiukaka flower ; her breath makes clove trees die with envy ; her hair is blacker than the night of separation to the distracted lover; her form is like a branch of willow, and j as she walks her hips move from side to side!” Found Dead. Leoinild Kass, a Jew, nnd itinerant peddler was tound dead on Wednesday evening last alsmt seven miles below Thomasville near the Tallaliassee road. A corroner's inquest was held over the body and a verdict rendered that the deceased eame to hia death by injuries re ceived from falling or jumping from his wag on, during the flight of his mules from sadden affright. The deceased had been dragged some distance tnau the appearance of several bruie e« upon the head ot the body, and |nvbably | died very eoon.— Ihomaenlle {Ga.) hnlcrpruK I iMt. I FROM OUR DAILY OF MONDAY, MARCH 21. Albany G»., March, 1859. The conclusion of the trial of Lucien Brown for the killing of Col. Joseph Bond I wrote at length yesterday and gave you a synopsis of the speeches of Mr. Ely and Slaughter for the Defendants and Messrs. Clarke, Lyon and War ren for the prosecution*. This morning the ar gument was concluded on the part of the de fendant by Messrs. Vason. who made an elabo rate, able and happy effort. Suflice it to say, j the speeches on both sides were worthy es j forts of able and learned lawyers. Mr. Vason closed his argument at 11 1 4 o’- j dock this morning, whereupon the court ad i journed to au adjoining room and returned in a few minutes, w hen Justice Macartliy arose and in a feeling, eloquent and impressive man ner delivered the opinion of the Court, to a breathlesss, silent and crowded audience of more than two hundred persons who were anxiously waiting to hear the same, which was as follows ; “A good and worthy citizen has been depriv ed of an existence in this life, Joseph Bond. He who was with us but a few days since, is no more ; we trust in a better and happier l sphere. ’lls a melancholy reflection to be j tints suddenly deprived of n friend whose no ble soul and generous spirit won for him the admiration of all pleasant and refined society. Beloved by those who knew him ; respected and esteemed even by him, at whose hands it I is charged he was slain ; these thoughts bring with the occurence, feelings of profound sym pathy aud melancholy sadness. The accused feeling a consciousness of inno cence, comes forward and bows in humble sub mission to the recovered dignity of the law ; aud while he pleads but for simple justice, the friends of the deceased ask nothing but what is right at the hands of the law. Such examples are worthy of consideration. Let us profit by the lessons before us. The State, vs. Brown. —Murder. —It is the unanimous order and judgment of this Court, that, under the testimony, the defendant, Lu ' cien Brown be released from further attend mice in this Court, and that he be discharged I from custody in the above stated case. After the conclusion of w hich a slight ap ! plause by rapping, went up from the audience, which was promptly checked oy the Co:.rt. Thus lias one ot the most exciting trials that 1 ever witnessed, passed off. Fhc city is now crowded with persons who have congregated here to hear the result ol the investigation. Should any further steps be taken in the i matter, you will de posted by your COKKLsI'UNDENT. We regret that the letter to which our cor I j respviiileut alludes, did uot reach us. — State /-rem. Death or the Oldest Max in I’ennstlyax - j 1 u. —Titumhy Sweeney, aged 122 years, died in Fairview township, Butler county, on the ! 27th ult. Mr. Sweeney was born in the year j 1737, in Caralmn, parish of Ardfert, county [ i Kerry, Ireland, and emigrated to this country [ |in 1837, being then one hundred years old. — ; i lie was never known to have had an hour’s | sickness; having the full use of all his faculties i to the last, with a delicacy of hearing and a j quickness of perception that w as really miraeii ■ lous in one w ho had jourue>e<l so iar beyond | ' the allotted bounds of earthly existence. His ■ last day on earth was spent, as usual, at the 1 genial tireside of his daughter, Mrs, Nolan, surrounded by affectionate grand-children ; and ' nothing occurred to warn them that in the j j sleep ot the night the patriarch was to sink silently and at once into the deeper slumber of ; the grave. — l‘itMnir<i Post. Congreesi-Extra Session, Washington dispatches state that a Iqng Cabinet i i Scssi >n whs held on the 17th t<> consider the question > of calling an extra session of Congress, and a major ity of the members were oppoacd to jt. On this sub ' ject the Washington Staten remarks : “An investigation of the accounts ofthe Post Office Department reveals facts that it is six million dollars i j in arrears ! After his disclosure an extrs session is j 1 absolutely indispensable. By no expedient whatever i is it possible to sustain the service unde surh a burden j of indebtedness without an appropriation from Con * gress. We repeat, an extra session is inevßatable, , anti at no distant day. The country will l*egin to regard the failure of the Post Office Appropriation bill as a fortunate rather than calamitous circumstance, since it is the ocea sion of developing the miserable mismanagement ot , the Department, and so suggesting the imperative , necesity of reform.” Reduction of the Senate. We see that several papers in the State are agita j ting the question of the reduction of members of the Georgia Legislature, and cs|>eeialiy, the reduction of the Senate. We have, in an article or two before, given our views upon the subject, and are glad to see i that the question is beginning to assume a shape that will make itself felt in the next electieu. The State Treasurer, Mr. Trippe, in bis report of October, JBSB, i estimates the expenses us the Legislature and its offi censor 1859, at $114,000. The estimate is near abuut right, as the Treasurer in his report could nut foresee the creation us new counties, aud the addition of twelve members to the Legislature, at six dollars 1 per day fur forty days, mailing the neat little sum of ! $2,880. To those who are in the habit of visiting the Capi tol during the sitting of the Legislature, and observ ing the workings of that body, no argument need be adduced to convince them that the Senate should be reduced to at least one-half, if not uue third, of its present number. As it nuw is, the Senate does not leel much, if any responsibility for its own action ur the action of the house. The creation of the Senate was a weti conceived idea in legislation, as that body was intended as a cheek upon tue Representative branch, in days past, it was more of an honor to . be a Senator than a Representative ; now, there is n , ' distinction in Georgia whatever, as one branch is j abuut upon an equality with the other, and Zoy roil ' ing the order of the day with both. We hear noth ing nuw of grave and dignified Senators in contra I distinction from the supposed noisy and confused scenes of the House. Often have we heard it remark ed within the last few years, that the house was the most orderly body of the two. The reason it obvious and the argument conclusive, from the fact, that Sen ators were looking too much to local matters, instead of directing their undivided attention to graver mat ters of State, leaving petty local affairs to be acteu upon by the other branch. Such, however, will al ways be the case so long as we have a Senator from each county in the State. But reduce the Senate so as to have a Senator to represent three or four counties, and immediately there will be a change tor the bet ter, both in the Senate and for the State at large. Will the common-sense people take the matter in hand, and apply the correctives.— So. Rtcorder. A Slaver Captiired. We are indebted .aye the Albany Patriot ot the 18th tu»t., to the Pout Master at Apuiachi cola tor the follow lug note: Afalacuicola, Fla., Marcii,l6th, 1859. , “ Junior Albany PUlrtiui:— 'lhe Bark A'. A. i ftairiiMp., wa» taken l»y lhe V. S Meaiu.fup , I'uea on the 15tn itukant in the Bay ot bl. I JoKph, without pkfMMl and full outfit ot a slaver, bbe ha» L. b. Officer uu board and u i beid m a pnae.” i Press. (COMMUXICATED.) Macon Academy for the Blind. Through the courtesy of Mr. Williams, the kiud hcarted and accomplished superintendent, I was ]»er mittcd, last evening, in company with several friends, to witness some of the exercises of the pupils of this humane and benevolent Institution. Net er have I been so feelingly impressed with the claims of this most pitiable class of persons, and with our obliga tion to provide for the necessities of their unfortu nate condition. We were much gratified with the evidences presented us that ‘.hey were kindly cared for in this Institution, and that in it they have a I h 'me, and the benefit of many facilities for instruc tion in those studies, and accomplishments calculated to amelorate their condition and render them cheer ful in life, and to excite within them proper emotions of the joys of heaven ! We were highly entertained. It was, indeed, a treat to the senses, and a feast to our love of good musics X/I'he pupils seemed really cheerful and happy, and exhibited fine proficiency in their studies. Little girls Eight anti Ten years old would turn readily to any desired chapter and verse in the Bible, and read fluently, work out difficult sums in Arithmetic, and sing to the piano as correctly and sweetly as they could possebly do under the influence of perfect vis ion. In fact the proficiency they exhibited, in Music was quite astonishing. They really performed well —making fine music. What an accomplishment for the blind! Shutout from all the beauties of the ex ternal world, they have within themselves the ele ments of self enjoyment, and entertainment to their friends. They cannot sec to admire the beauty and symetry of nature, but they can enjoy nature’s music, and contribute to its melody. The superintendent and bis la<ly seem to have won the confidence and affection of the pupils, and seem to exercise a parental care over them. We congrat i ulate this Institution in having such amiable and efficient persons to preside over its delicate trusts.— The new edifice now being erected by the Board of Trustees—through the liberality of our state legisla ture—is in rapid process of completion, It is large and amply commodious, and will be an ornament to our city, and to the State—reflecting credit upon the building committee and the architect. The ap propriation was a worthy one, the work has been faithfully executed, and Georgia should feel proud of her ••Academy for the Blind.” It will afford am ple accomodation for all the unfortunate subjects in the State. Let them ct/me and be educated, and realize for themselves that life, after all, is Dot so 1 dark and gloomy, but possesses charms even for the blind. J. 1). 8. Macon, Mar. 18th LSS9. Extra Session of Congress. The Washington press speak of the extra session as au inevitable event. The Post Office Department it appears, is six inill.ons of dollars in arrears, and it is considered utterly impossi ble to maintain the service without an appro priation. There are hundreds of small con . tractors to whom the Department owes sums averaging, it is supposed, $5,000. Their means are limited, and to enable them to comply with their contracts to convey tiie mails, they must j have their money. So Congress must come back, to do what they have left undone, if they can possibly quit their political schemes king enough, and bring themselves seriously and earnestly to work for that purpose. There is one.consoiution in the emergency ; and that is. if the Federal Legislators are compelled to re turn to their unfinished labors, they get no more pay for it than if they bad finished them decently, and in good time, before the adjourn ment. - llichmuud Dispatch. Washington Gossip. A dispatch from Washington, dated the 16th gives the following items of gossip and news : The Inion says there is no reason to believe thattho French or Englishf, ivcrmnent-meditate any interference with the political concerns of Mexico. Capt. Turner, the American Com mander, agreed with the French and British Commanders, that all should land together if necessary, to protect their respective citi zens. Spain declares that she has not the remotest idea of subjugating Mexico. The United .States have no objection to one or twenty canals in Central America, but mean that contracts existing with our citizens shall not be violated, and such canals shall be open ed to all commercial nations, and not be con trolled by one power, especially European. It is ascertained that the Post Office will be | four and a half millions in arrears by the end of June. Our Government is officially assured that Britain is not pursuing a tortuous or disho est course in Nicaragua. She meditates two trea ties, of which one is for the abandonment of i the Mosquito protectorate. Our Government approves the general principle of both. A complaint has been lodged with the State I Department against the British consul at Galveston for refusing to give a clean bill of health to the American ship, Thomas Watson, being actuated by feelings of petty malice. The owners of the Watson nave preferred a claim ! of ten tliosaud dollars against the British Gov ; eminent. it has been decided unanimously, that an ex tra session of Congress is necessary, but the time is undetermined, will probably be about the middle of August. The Grand Jury have found a bill of murder against Sickles, but it is not decided respect ing Butterworth's complicity. The Secretary of the Treasury has approved the following grants of public lands under the - acts of Congress. The Dubuque and Pacific . Kail road Branch 1,152,000 acres. The lowa . Central Railroad 631,000 acres. The Missis ’ sippi and Missouri Railroad, 354,000 acres.— i 1 lie Alabama and Florida Railroad, 395,000 . acres. Fire at Knoxville.—A fire broke out at ! Knoxville, about 1 o'clock on Wednesday mot tling, in Powell’s China Store, which was con sumed with several other buildigs, including that occupied by the Branch Bank of Tennes see, the stores of White & Williams, McClung & McMahon, Beard A Sharp, and the office of Adams' Express Company. We have no par ticulars as to the origin of the fire or the a mount of loss. Early Vegetables,—The Columbus Sun of Thursday says: “Mr. Fleming, gardner for Mr. John C. Ruse, has placed upon our table a basket containing Beets, Cabbages ami En glish Peas, which is a little earlier than any thing we hat e yet seen. Mr. Fleming author ised us to say that he is now cultivating the second crop of Spring turnips.'* Nomisatiox—The Tennessee Stale Coa teuUuu met in Nashville on Thursday last, and nominated <^>v. Isham U. Harris fur To siecUuu to the Ou ernatvriai vhair. TERMS—TWO DOLLARS IX ADVANCE. NUMBER 23. The Lounger. The Late Nuptial Scene. A few years ago, as the Lounger was one evening lounging in the French Comedy, where ■ Rachel was playing Thisbe in Victor Hugo’s 1 play, he was thrilled, upon raising his eyes to ‘ the Presidential box—it was before the Em pire—by seeing the very living image of Na- ‘ i poleon Bonaparte. I | He stood in the front of the box, his arms L behind him; his round, smooth face, with the Byronic brow, turned full to the stage; and l for a moment the resemblance was as perfect as resemblance could be. Then the figure ■ moved. Behind it stood the old Jerome, Na poleon’s King of Wurtemberg; and it was clear that the apparation of the Emperor was ! ' only his nephew Napoleon, son of old Je ■ roine. It was in the early days of the reviving glo l ry of the Bonapartes. The saturnine and sly l Louis had been only a few months President, I but was doubtless already plotting in his heart how to subvert the republic—a plotting against . [ which Lamartine had warned the Assembly.- But France was generous—and hundreds of Frenchmen are dying in Cayenne. B ith the rapid rise of the house the Prince Napoleon—who as a son of old Jerome, the heir-apparent, stood alarmingly near the suc cession—rose also. He advanced in every thing but honor and public respect. His name has been for the last seven years a proverb of infamous dissoluteness even in Paris. Prob i ably there is not a man in the world who re spects him. Certainly there is not a woman, r But his cousin the Emperor, whose ambition is Napoleonic, has long seen that a coup was possible in Italy. That country has been heav ing in chronic restlessness; and the most rea sonable expectation is that it will gravitate to , ward the most liberal and able of its estab- I lished governments, even if it were monarchi cal. That government is the Sardinian. The I Sardinian king burns to be King of Italy. It lis a tradition ot the house of Carignan. And the King lias no son. But he has a daughter, Clotilde, fifteen years old. Here were the family considerations which Louis Napoleon could digest at leisure; and the political combinations of the Continent he probably understands quite as well as any man in Europe. So last year the King of Sardinia ■ ■ went to France, and was sumptuously feted ; , and this year, on the 30th of January, in the Sardinian, capital of Turin, the Prince Napo leon—a fat man of fifty, the grossest roue in Paris, the nephew of the Corsican adventurer . 1 —was married to the oldest Princess of the , i royal old house of Savoy, a modest girl of fif teen. Os course it is only a move in the astute im perial game of Louis Napoleon. The old kings and princes of Europe become puppets in the hands of the Leicester Square refugee, as he plays for power. >he lives of French subjects . and the happiness of all Italian girls are equal ly at his mercy, and are equally sacrificed. W hat a shame upon our common humanity that a criminal like Louis Napoleon, who has hesitated at nothing atrocious and nothing mean—whose undoubted ability is no more an excuse for his career than uncommon skill ex cuses forgoing or stealing—a person who. as a private man, with only a shadow' of the crimes he has committed resting upon him, would be shunned by every decent and self-respecting man—should be able to go beyond his own country, and drag into his toils a pretty, ino cent princess, by mating her with a cousin of his own, noted only for his vices, and who would be kicked out of any club of decent . gentlemen if he were not a prince of the impe rial blood. ; Because Louis Napoleon has made himself Emperor of France by means that no honest man would employ for any purpose under heaven, we need not suspend the judgments of our moral sense. Thei • is no denying the supreme success with which he has managed his game, but there is certainly no denying the knavery by which it lias been achieved ; and that which would be knav'sh in the poor est foreigner shinning about Leicester Square and contriving to get a dinner, is not less so in the same fellow contriving to get a throne. If the men of France choose to submit, it is their own affair. But the wanton Sacrifice ot j a poor little Italian girl ought to move a | world's pity.— Harper's Weekly. Pat’s Evasive Answer. j Patrick O'Niel, before he became joined in ho ly bonds of wedlock, was in the servic of Fath !l er Conley. One day the Priest expected a call from a Protestant minister, and he wished • some excuse to get rid of him. So calling Patrick, he proceeded to give ome instruc- \ tions: “Patrick,” said he, “if that minister comes . here to day, I don’t wish to see him.” . ' “Yis, your reverence.” “Make some excuse and send him away.” “What shall I tell him?” "Tell him I am not at home.” “Would you have me tell a lie, your rever- > | ence ?” “No, Patrick, but get rid of him some way, give him au evasive answer.” “An evasive answer, is it! I will do it.” 1 “You understand me. Patrick?” “Av course, your riverence.” The matter thus arranged, Father Conley retired to his library, and Patrick went alsiut his duties. Aliout dusk in the afternoon the Priest came out.of his room and found Patrick i in unusual good spirits. “Well, Patrick, did the minister call to i ’’’ "Yes, Sir.” “And did you get rid of him ?” “1 gave him an evasive answer.” “An evasive answer, Patrick ?” “Yis, yer riverence.” “What was it?” I I e “He axed was ye in, and I tould him was his grandmother a monkey ?” I Tint Soltiiekx Cokvbmtiox.—The Vicks ' j burg Southron says: “We are informed by | a letter received here yesterday, from the chair i man of the executive committee of the South - era Commercial Convention, that after mature ■ | consultation, the second Monday in May next. . die Mli of tiie month, has been definitely tiled ■ upon a» the day fur the aaaetnbling of the Cun- i VVbtioa.” j SUBSCRIPTION: For Daily paper, Bi * DoUars * T 9ar ’ invariably in advance. ADVERTISING: One Dollar per sqnare for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. daily mates. ■ 1 _ to oo o» to U No. of B § g f | g £5 £5 D S 3 sqrs. j? & S F .« g. ■ ’ ‘ I I 1.„.~5 00 7"0b~9 00 13 00 17 00 20 00 2.. .. 9001200140018 00 25 00 30 00 3.. 12 00 15 00 18 00 25 00 33 00 40 00 4. . . . 15 00 19 00122 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 5.. 18 00 25 00i30 00:40 00 50 00 60 06 6.. 20 00(28 00 35 00|50 00 60 00 70 00 7. ... 25 00 33 00 41 00 60 00 70 00 80 00 8.. 30 00138 00.46 00 70 00;80 00 90 00 10. . . . 40 Oo 50 00 60 OO'XO 00i90 001100 00 FROM OUR DAILY OF TUESDAY. MARCH 22 New Post Office. A new Post Office has been established in Baker County, about ten miles from Albany. It is called Bond's Mills P. 0., and Wm. Cox has been appointed Postmaster. MENAGERIE. It is hardly necessary to call attention to the advertisement of the Menagerie which will be exhibited in Macon next week, as it is display cd conspicuously enough to attract the notice of every reader. This exhibition is spoken of in the highest terms by the papers wherever it has appeared. It embraces in its extensive collection animals from every country and every clime ; and be ing entirely divested of the vulgarities of the Circus and similar shows, it is patronised by persons of the utmost refinement and strictest morals. Nothing is more interesting than to see rare specimens of animal creation, and we confess for one, we look forward to a rich treat in vis iting this Menagerie, which is said to be the largest and most complete in the country. PAKADEN. Our streets were enlivened yesterday after noon with the sound of the drum and fife, and ou looking outof our Sanctum window we saw the Macon Volunteers on pa ade, in full feath er, Lieut. Bitts, commanding. They went through a variety of manoeuvres in creditable style, and presented as usual a tine military ap pearance. They will have to "do their best” when the Montgomery Blues come, for the lat ter company is "hard to beat” in drill and dis cipline. On the same evening Ocmulgee Fire Compa ny No. 2, Foreman Ells, paraded the princi pal streets and exercised their Engine, etc. — This company, like the rest of the Department, lias never been found wanting when there was need for its services. All honor to our brave Firemen! M W THE NORTHERN DEMOCRACY ON THE ACQI IBITION OF CUBA. At a large and enthusiastic meeting recent ly held by the New York Democracy in old Tammany Hall, a series of resolutions were in troduced and adopted with acclamation, de claring that “the policy involved in the acqui sition of Cuba, harmonizes with all the tradi tions ot the Democracy in the past, is rendered advisable in the present, and is an ultimate ne cessity in the future.” We quote the Lmt re solution : He**deed, That tbe bond of mutual advantages and int. rests between tbe Vnited Btales and Cuba makes it iinjierative upon the former to u •« al. just exer lions and make all reasonable sacrifices for tbe liberation of the latter; and that any attempt on the part of any European Power, other than Spain, to intermed dle in the settlement of the terms ou which the island is to be liberated and annexed, should be regarded as an act of domineering international dictation to be resented and set aside in whatever .manner and at whatever cost the circumstances should render neces sary. Jfemvcracy. like ike Ude. will Hot back at the bidding of ««y Jiing. (Applause.) Filibuster speeches were made by various distinguished gentlemen, among whom was Senator Bbows, of Mississippi, who boldly de clared that Cuba was wanted for the extension of Slavery. The following is an extract from his speech : “ He commenced by declaring that Cuba must and shall be ours. (Lend applause.] Tbe decree bad gone forth, and there existed nowhere on earth any Power to revoke it Tbe question was, by wbat means should we make the acquisition ? Three modes bail been proposed. First, by purchase : that be re garded as the most honorable. Second, by conquest; that he regarded as the most certain. [Applause.] Third, through the agency of that mysterious man, known in the political nomenclature as Filibuster ; that he regard as the most probable. [Applause ] But whether by the one or the other, or by all of these agencies combined, he would say again that “Cuba must and shall be ours.” This movement in the metropolis of the Un ion is significant of the popular sentiment in all parts ot tho country, on this highly impor tant question. “ Sale or seizure” w ill soon be the watchword both at the North and the South. So mote it be. Death of Hon. Mike Walsh. New York, March 18th. Various reports have obtained currency as to tbe cause of the death of the Hon. Mike Wal«h, but tbe verdict of the Coroner’s in quest was that his death was caused by ap oplexy. Extra Session of Congress. Washington, March 19th. The Sti'lee newspiqier says that the decision regarding an extra session of Congress him been postponed. The cabinet, however, are silent on tbe subject. A later dispatch says that the extra session matter lias not been decided. The cabinet are discussing the practicability of using pay certificates, in the absence of appropriations. The matter will be decided by the 26th inst. Death of an old Georgian. It is with sad feelings we record the death of Mr. Hardy Bryan, Sr., formerly of Thomas ville, bnt for several years past, a highly res pected citizen and planter of Natchitoches Parish. Louisiana. He died in Mobile, (Ala..) of small pox, while tn his way from Bruns wick, Geo., with aliout one hundred slaves for his plantation in Louisiana. It is not known where he caught the disease, nor was it belie ved he had it until too late. Mr. Bryan had passed through Thomasville aliout two weeks previous to his death, on his way to his Geor gia plantation near Brunswick, and it was on ly at the latter place, we understand, be felt any symptoms of disease. Throughout his life of near 6<l years, he had enjoyed general good health, and his death fell with crushing force upon his large family and numerous relations. Thumanrille (Ga.) Enterprise, \'dth tnet The Columbus Sun of the 18th inst. says; We understand that a gang of thirty Afri can negroes arrived in our city yesterday on the four o’clock train. Very true : Tbs man that doth no papor taks, Grudiug two dollars ui>c« a tear M ill nrttft • Luaba'id ihmLf Bsvauw his W&cu M ,„ kIMJW t , _ o lag on is ths World, sad iua ebiMrtu Jm ssry igaoraal appsar. 14 Tbe last hue IB rather too long fur g guol I Jingle, but tb« tovrsl |g gab lime.