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Newspaper Page TextSOBSORIi riON:'" . i I ■ • !> L*l UlUll.n '.. .. • •r Tbruu D>H •■« .i• the enJ «»f the year. i »IDV23TISIN9 : 0 „ I ..Bar l- r sqa >e fir*’ inzerti m, and . „ r f, r <>.<* "I 1 _ H ILKI.Y I' V. UM. ' i iii i 1111 •** I ? i y i ? ? I ’ I E r« s'' 4 s°l <i 00’10 no'ls 001 20 00 1 •" 5 0I 1 S 0 >*ll O') 20 00 25 00 30 00 i 2 •• - 5,1 J] 00 I I 50 25 0035 00 10 00 3 '” ]0 <)0,15 IU OOCJO 00-IO (al -50 00 12 no, I 7 Oo J 1 00 IO 00.50 00i 00 On ' ' 1 ’ (r■ J 1 | U‘ * I 00 •>’) * ' 'r i Ol) 70 00 J;'”?- , , ?i i' ' ■ 70 oI'SO 00 ' I)!i:,'l ■''! to o'l’7o IH)’-0 O'L '.lll 00 05 ii-, 40 0150 O'sooo 90 00 ton COTTON STATEMENT. Seceip t. April ISW „ .. l~:,j ~ 1,838 Increase - ocklst Mae, l' ; ' s 14,801 .. <'< 13, ‘287 Dscrease Tutal rtceipln May Ist, IS’ W •• • 0'- ”, .. .. •• j,jj 5“,U8 Increase ■_••• '' \if“ The article on the Stildmtli Selusil Cel jl’ation of this city Hiinb-iied l.y a friend lias unavoidably crowded out. It will ap pear to-morrow. The Late Tkoubi ej at Vai paua iso. - Out s, :■ on Americans. — it appears that during the lute outbreaks at Valparaiso tin most dead h and rancorous u-saults were made on the American residents by the Üb.lian soldiery. — \ letter to the New York Herald furnishes the t Taring: Mr. Horatio Gates Jones, an estimable nian.i vTisc house was entered by n gang of soid’ers ua-oiiot dead in the m'n st oi lii> tamily, and 1.-nead w as afterwards tr.,n f.xi d to the th or, ,th a bayonet. liis |.r< tlier-in law wu- inoi tjllr wounded; Ur. Bhu.ea and Mr. Alber, jinr-s, American citizens, were both robbed toil the house of the American Consul was ruddy violated. II >n Mr. B.gler, I nited. States Minister, has already a—nnd the Cid iian government that full satisfaction must be given for these cruelties and it wtts consider ed that the official clamor against our const) was revived purposely in order to direct at to.tiou from the ta< ts. The Chilians Late North Americans, owing to our having proved them to be such an inferior race in the early days ol tilt gold discovery in Calit "ftiia. .Mexican Silk. — We were shown this morn ih.-. by Mr. E. F. btepliens, of 20 Front Le vee street, a parcel ol Mexican silk, by him re ceived by the late steamer from the Isthmus of Idiaiintepec'. This curious product of .Southern Mexico grows on one ol the mo-t beautiful and majestic trees of those inimitable fore-ts, is strong in fibre and firm in staple as the silk v"ini's thread, whirls, in appearance, it much resembles, and wuiiderlully soft to the touch. .V. 11. Picayune, 2G/A. Tux Storm. — We learn that tile storm which visited our coast with such severity lust week, very destructive to the young cotton [’aits on the 1.-hmds. In some places they inre killed entirely and in others nil the leaves w.re whipped oti — Sar. L'ep. SWA. We have been informed by a farmer of the npioiiutry, that the fruit in all the border cuuities upon Tennessee is entire] v destroyed a the frost; and that the wheat is very seri ously injured.— Atlanta Conjederary. ( •tom House Appointments —Mr. Wtn. T. Goodwin has been appointed I >< puty Collector nt this port, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late John Postell, Esq., and Hillard W. Cope Ims been appointed Abstract Cli-rk—two ap]Miii.tments well deserved by long and faithful service.— Sar. Hep. Wheat in Mississippi.—The Kosciusko Chronicle says: We have been conversing with a number of our farmers during the past link, and they give us cheering accounts of their prospects for a good crop of wheat.— Wheat was never known to look better than at the present time. We are happy to learn that the fenrs enter tained of the fruit having been killed by the fir, some wee’s -iuee, are gr. tin lie s. On examination it is found to be uninjured. A Remonstrance.—The G< rmnn c't'zensof Detroit have addressed a comnmnication to the people of Massachusetts, remonstrating earnestly against the constitutional nmetid meit which requires the re-i lei c. o' adopted citizens within the State for two years after naturalization. Th y condemn this action, otthe republicans, and declare that they can not co-operate with a party which adopts such measures. An elitor says he on '’, kissed a dam sei's cheek that was covered with a pastry ot Vermillion and chalk, mu! a- a consequence, lial the Jointer’s colic fora week. Young men take timely warning We once kissed a damsel and ns a conse •inettce have been compelled to w ear nankeen britches and a straw hat every succeding win ter since. Young men take timely warning :md beware of hoop skirts, teething rings and cradles. QUILP. Qvick AVork.—The ship Georgia. Cnpt. Ve- I "Hi arrived on the 4’h in«t.. from Liverpool, '-.tba cargo consisting of 3000 sacks of salt, bs'des a large lot of hardware nnd windry • r articles of merchandise, w hich she dis (tainted, and then took in a cargo of 8.371 Tunsot cotton, and cleared yesterday tor Liver I I "’l. having cotnpL ted her unloading and re loading in the short spaceof 23 days, exclusive 01 Sundays.—Nur. I’e>>. Female Waitjus Abanoonev. —A New 'i -:k restaurant which fii't introduced female *'i.':crs, has been obliged to give them up. be i: ■••?. "Ist. the crinoline in ti« '- I locomotion ■. "n'upied too much space ; ami 2d. because t . yonng women had too many male cousins mi their guests, to whom they gave too mm ii attention; nnd sometimes forgot tn give fi'V light tickets, to the injury ot the cxehe h'lrr ol the establi'liinelit.” 'mix AtmtviNi;.—Lott'n in wngmis is f ' ng in quite freely. The total receipts of * week will pr 'Lablv rea< Ii twelve to fifteen ■ bed bales bv Sutairu.iv ni lit.—-V? ilynmery Hail. Pr'isHtso Sts Yoaa.— fuo city of X Y >rk is r the n>. >t laun rdinary trea uiuit a tbc "' utiie Bla -k R p rTi. in 1., .'-’slur.' oi the Two yari ag .. t'c.- chart r •! th» < i y wa« »" 1 ILI1 L I «• t' Cnnir; ill ■ n .'ir;- t- l>e app"inti <f’ v -.l'. -t. .tl.v t;.i. fl « ..rmr: and a VUI i I'WsM-.ftt c U.. U-.-. un.l wi'.t , r-l-ally r-'” llu ■ e.'‘ v *“g all p.'Wir i-r ■ a'nw i- t r | ul>H< ’ '•'« the tii i n t„ i. ....;* r~i ri of tin l »"<vrnui,.|ii, T o. .lie Al’ O'■' /-"/-/tc J' »Y. rk it, raigl.iy a . ~imu. rd .I;.' »' -In-w. r-, ■< |hy |t I' ;’>li wmr. an - -hr , ' , , , |,, , , l . .in I . tlx ' 'flh. 11 .Ii . . ~, - is.,. 4. *nr \- are,. i I.’*'*” Tin 1‘ . Lu- Na 1 . Wore . BW , r .| w)t , ,| hil ' • ‘er..! with , lt K) V(> r.h of diamonds "th Imp e , d -p’ gjvod u uxiiLotx of d J * n h of d.UBOUdfr * E. TO lllflOSl 3XU TCI 'rr- • 'T PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. VOLUME 11. Third Congressional District. A few davs since, we copied an art’ele from the Columbus Times, predicting the triumph of the Democracts in this District, in the ap proaching Congressional election. We concur wth our cotemp irary,in believing that,with the right man and with proper energy, the banner of the Democracy can be wrested from our en emies, and made to float in victory over the field next October; and we are gratified to learn from all parts of the District, there ex ists a xealoue determination to make a vigor ous and gallant fight. We want an eloquent advocate—u pojnilar and wf.i.l-informeu poli tician—one who can, and will meet the oppo sition, prepared to maintain our party princi ples. We want a Southern Rights Demo crat, who has stood firm to the rights of the < >uth.nnd whose record isnotstnined by com promise—one who fell in 1850, and can now rise with the fortunes of the day. With such a man for our candidate, the old ord— the Gibraltar of Southern Rights in Georgia—would go out to battle, determined on victory, and would never leave the field un til it was won. These remarks are suggested by a communi cation published below, proposing one of the gifted and distinguished citizens of Macon, for the nomination. We admit the communi cation with great pleasure, and cordially invite similar suggestions from all parts of the Dis trict, in order that we may take counsel to gether, before the Nominating Convention meets. We will only add, that, while as an individ ual, we have our personal preferences, ns a journalist, we shall do all in our power, to pro mote the election of any good and true States Rights Democrat whom the party may see fit to nominate. [for the state press.] Mr. Editor:— ln the list of able and distin guished men suggested as the Democratic can didate for member of Congress, we beg the use of your columns to say a few words of the one most preferable to us. -As we are looking o"ly for victory ami the best interest of the party, we may not lie accused of any partiali ty in announcing the preference we entertain ; for the gentleman whom we regard as the ve ry best for the place, combines all the quali fications necessary for success. His name is synonymous with eloquence; for on every occasion and under all circum stances, he has proven himself an able aud gifted orator, lie has labored for the Demo cratic party all over this State, and, since his adoption as a citizen, has been one of the ve ry truest and warmest advocates of our insti tutions. In New York in 1850, he uttered language cogent, forcible and detinnt to North ern aggressionists; he trampled on their pre tensions; held up their boasts to scornful re buke, and with withering sarcasm poured out an indignant language at them. Never call ed on l>ut he has responded ably and eloquent lv : it'now phioed i<* tlio tielil 1.0 would give the opponent a whip and spur race over the I district; and amid the cheers of the Detnoc racy we believe he would ride to the stand in triumph. His name we need scarcely write, for every child in the District knows the description too well not to recognise Col. O. A. Locu rane, as the gentleman indiented. MANY DEMOCRATS, Os the Tiiiitu District. Damages for Estranging the As- FECTIONS OF A WIFE. A singular trial took place at Columbus, Ohio, last week, in which a number of ladies were called as witnesses. The following are the facts: The plaintiff in the proceedings is a young gentleman named Lucius A. Bowers. In the spring of 1858 Miss Mary E. Kent, a young ' lady resident in Licking, an adjoining county, was admired, as the sequel has proven unfor tunately, by two young gentlemen, one of whom is plaintiff in this action, the other bo ng a Mr. Aaron D. Griffin, both residents of Franklin county. Os tlietwnin the lady chose the former, and in April of that year was duly united to him in marriage. Soon after they removed to Illinois, the husband intending to commence business, and in.a short time after their arrival in the West they were followed by Griffin, who, it is alleged, induced the wife to forsake her husband aud return to Ohio.— ■ Letters from Ira A. Preston to Margaret Pres- ■ ton. his wife, to the wife ot Bowers, and other I influences brought to bear upon her are alleged ! to have assisted in her alienation, and Preston ' and wife are, with Griffin, made parties defen dant to the suit which is brought by the hits band, Bowers, to recover damages caused by the separation, thus taking from his possession the control of property of which his wife was the expectant. The case having been submitted to the jury, they returned ave.-diet in favor of Bowers of vue thousand dollars. This is probable the onlv instance on record of a man commencing • I and' successfully carrying out a suit to recover damages for the loss oi his wife s affection. i « ——- - ■ Mam factfring at the South.—A steam ’ fire engine is in course of construction at ’ Charleston. We regard this as a favorable ’ sign of the times as concerns our friends of the South. Heretofore they have not sufficiently taxed their ingenuity and developed their re s sources. Let them pay »‘>t«e attention to f manufactures and less to polities, and the rc- ii stilts must prove ot the most beneficial chatac ter. We notice with pleasure that a cotton mill is about to lie put in operation at McMin viile. Tenn. Sectionalism will soon die when i men learn the principles of public economy by practically testing them. Let the South spur ' in lii-try and ent< -prise by her capital. Good resultswill folio « for the whole country.— I Philadelphia li«j iirtr. We are pained to learn that dispatches have ■> been received by Gen. Pillow, at Columbia, ‘i informing him that his son. Gideon, is among • the missing of the passengers of the ill fated St. Nicholas, lie pawM-J through this city <>n S iturday last, on hi* »»y to the General - It plantation in Ar vamuts. lie »»• U*t aeea al -. or near the Pilot House, ami the dispatch* 4- received uy <*"• IW* lc “ v »’ >i l “ u 1 that bit b *ii'*<e House Stung to Death by Bees.— A fine horse, belonging to the Rev. Edmond Cody, of Abbeville, Henry county. Ala., was stung to death by bees some days since. It seems he got his foot hung in a frame on which several gums were placed, and in getting loose threw down several of the gums, and was so badly stung that he died in a few hours. The War Department has bought the patent of Morse’s breach loading rifle for §IO,OOO, and is adapting 10,000 rifles to it at the Spring field armory. Canadian Cents.—J’hese coins, which ha.’C been lately thrown off at the British mint, pos sess a remarkable peculiarity. They are not only tokens of value, but also standards of weight and measure; 100 cents weigh exactly one pound ; and one cent measures one inch. Mormon Affairs.—The Mormon version rc- 1 presents the conditions of affairs in Utah to be mnterinHydifferent from the previous re ports. It ia denied that there is even a symp tom of hostility on the part of the people. They complain that witnesses are arrested and plac ed in the charge of the troops, and say that Gov. Cumming, Dr. Forney, and other promi nent gentlemen, are indignant at the course of the Court. The Mormons seem to regard Pres ident Buchanan’s proclamation as exempting parties from arrest for all past offences. Two Men Frozen to Death ln April.—lt will be remembered that the night of Friday last was very cold, for the season, though we hardly thought it cold enough to freeze any one to death, but it seems such was the case. A lumber raft on which were two brothers, named Bush, and a man named Farrell ea.nc out of Kanawha liver at Parkersburg. Ya., >m Friday night last. They were perfectly ex hausted with the labor of coming down the Kanawha and desired to lay up at Parkersburg. They had lost their rope aboard and had no boat, so they tried to obtain assistance by hal looing but n > one heard them, and they floated 1 into the Ohio, where they were found near Old Two Rocks by the steamer Pomeroy. The two brothers Bush had frozen to death, but Farrell was with some difficulty resuscitated. The Pomeroy left the rescued man and bodies of his frozen companions at Parkersburg.— i Whecliny (Fa.) Times. A Dead Wife Comes to Life and Claims a Widow’s Dower. — The Boston Journal des cribes a remarkable will case now on trial be fore the Massachusetts Supreme Court in that city. Twenty-seven years ago Benjamin La kin, a Boston pilot, married, but in a few years his wife left him, and afterwards he received notice of her death. Instead of dying, howev er, she married a Mr. John Davis, with whom she lived until two years ago. Sixteen years after the desertion of his first wife. Mr. Lakin married a lady named Louisa Gummings, with whom he lived-until the time o* his death, in October, 1857, and to whom he left all his pro pertv, amounting to 812,000. At his funeral the first wife again made her appearance, and both relict* followed the remains to the grave. The heirs at law dispute the will on the ground of illegal influence exercised by the second wife, and the first wife joins them in the en deavor to set it aside. The court has decided -hat the first wife is not entitled to dower, but to full decision has yet been reached. Remarkable ice Stratum. A correspondent gives the follow ing account of n remarkable ice stratum nt Brandon, Vt. The latter part of- last November, Mr. An drew Twombly, of Brandon, Vt., commenced to dig a well near his house, situated about a mile from the centre of the village of Brandon, on a tolerable level plain. Haying excavated to the depth of fifteen feet through sand nnd gravel, the workmen came to ground frozen solid, through which they continued to exca vate the further distance of fifteen or sixteen feet before getting through the frozen ground. At the depth of forty feet, sufficient water having been obtained, the well was stoned in the usual manner. The character of the earth was the same throughout, the whole distance, viz: coarse gravel nnd sand—the frozen por tion interspersed with lumps cf clear ice. At the time the well was dug, the surface of the ground was not frozen. Ever since the well was dug, up to the present time, ice forms in the well and incrusts the stone at from fifteen to thirty feet from the surface, and the surface of wa’er, which is thirty-five feet below the surface of the ground, freezes over ev-ry night. On several occasions, when the bucket lias been left in the well under the water over night, it has been found rccessary to descend the well, and, with a hatchet, cut the ice in order to'extricate it. Qvarentixe Convention.—The Quarantine and Sanitary Convention at New York, held two sessions on Thursday—both very interest ing and well attended. The morning was giv en to discussing the merits of quarantine sys ; terns. There was a disposition on the part of some speakers to the policy of abandoning all quarantine, and relying entirely upon the san i itary police of cities to prevent visitations of yellow fever, but tliiswas finally voted down— the whole report being remitted, with instruc tions to strike out every radical paragraph.— The evening was devoted to considering the draft of code of health laws.— Charleston Cou rier, May 2. i—m . . If we arc to believe the Italian journals, Ver , di’s new opera. Un Balio di Maschera, (on the .! subject of the assassination of Gustavus III.) . i is not only a paragon of excellence, but is cre ating a furore quite unexplained. "At the , i third representation,” says the Mil n Musical Gazette, “such a number f pieces of poetry were flung on the stage that it was covered j with them. It may be said that Verdi’s opera is performed before the pick of European socie ( ’ ty; for, besides vigilant prelates and zealous r carabineers, lords reigning highness, the fam ily of the King of Prussia. Maria Christina ami j the Prince of Wales have been to sec it.” ' Mexican Affairs. —"'e have little that is ww ' I from this dis’ra*ta4 eoanlrjr. The New Orleans I Crocrol has M.it nn T*s '<*««« to the 18th Ir in ' Brazos Santiago, which contain the report that San Vnuis lie PoU>«i had f-een taken hy tin- Liberals.— e Tba Chureh party bad inarched ant. and the Liber ' a), under Gaudalupc Garcia, ■archod in. '' , am— . . . . : B*« or car State or Geoboi*.—some most inier. siinT intellixence tn the stockholders of thh ." baak, wilt be f und in oar advi rtlsine e..l.mins thi m .ra’M<. Tw. !.e per seat speak- w. It for It:s stoct •• lliat brings it. as well as f.w the faithful nanager I* who base ebarge of the investment. Mbo would no ns like to bare shares in »ecU au isMitution ?*~B''ras fl. ■ OFFICE IN RALSTON'S BUILDING, THIRD STREET. MuA-C'OK, GKORG IjY, M.A.Y 7, 1859. [Fr<»m the Sydney (Australia) II« raid.] The Massacre of the St. Paul’s PASSENGERS—HORRIBLE CANNIB ALISM. The Chinese pas-enger of the St. Pauls, who was rescued by the steamer Styx, and arrived on Tue-day, has furnished ns the following ac count of the massacre ot the Cli'mese passen gers by the St. Paul, wrecked at Rossel Isl and. The ship went on shore during the night, and when she struck the passengers all rushed ot> deck, making a great outcry upon which the captain drove them all below again.— When daylight broke we landed by means of the boats on ail island, where we remained two days without any water, when some of us went on board the ship again to get some, a< also provisions. The captain left in bis boat ' with some of bis crew, and we were not dis turbed by the natives fora month alter lie was ■gone; they then came over from the mainland, distant about three-quarters of a mile, and made an attack on its. Some of us had double barrelled carbines, but we got frightened and threw' them away. The only white man left with ns, after the departure of Capt. Pennard, was a Greek, who, having armed himself with a cutlass, fought desperately ami killed a great many of the natives betore he was overpower ed. They then took all our clothing, &c., which they partly destroyed. Any valuables that they found, such as sovereigns, rings, &c., they placed in a net bag, which each man carried round bis neck. A watch particularly excited their attention, as they were continually opening it to observe the reflection of their faces in the glass. At night we were placed in the centre of a clear piece of ground, and fires lit in several places, the natives keeping a regular watch over us, and during the day they would select tour or five Chinese, and alter killing them, roast the flesh and eat it; w hat was not consumed he li ng de|vosited in their nets. Their mode of proceeding was as follows: The victims be ing decided on, they were taken out, beaten all over (excepting the head) with a kind of chib, and then d< spatched by ripping the stom ach open. The body was then cut up in small piecesand divided, the fingers, toes and brains being eagerly sought alter; the bones were then collected, and either burnt or thrown away. 1 saw ten of my fellow passengers killed in this way. On one occasion some of the Chinese took a boat which belonged to the ship, and went over to the main land at night to get some water, but never returned, so we thought they had been killed. Everyday they brought us cocoanuts or sonic w ild roots to eat, and ap peared to he quite friendly with us. This } state of things continued until I was taken off j the island. When 1 left there were only four Chinese and the Greek alive, all the rest hav ing been killed. 1 saw these five the day the steamer came in sight, but when the natives saw the boats coming on shore they took them to the mountains. I was sick and lame, and they would not carry me. so that I watched my opportunity and contrived to conceal my self among the rocks until the boat came on shore. They are very numerous, but do not appear to have any eliiets among them. They live on cocoauuts, of which there are large quantities, and a kind of yarn, which they roast before eating; but beyond a few dogs. I saw neither animals nor fowls of any kind.” Judge McDonald.—lt is with regret that we learn that the health of Gov. McDonald is ( suffering seriously from his arduous and al- . must incessant labors ns Judge of the Supreme j Court. We hope th it this may be but tempor ary. His retirement from the Bench would be a great misfortune to the State. But it ought not to be expected of one who has done as much for Georgia as has Gov. McDonald, that he should wear himself out in so laborious an office as the one which he now holds, which he accepted with reluctance and has retained as we believe thus long only from a sense of duty. —Marietta Advocate. Lost in the Swamp.—The Postmaster at Jones’ Hill, St. Francis county, in the course of a letter to us, narrates the following story, to nrove a position he takes lhat "a woman can stand more cold than a man: - ’ A few weeks ago Mr. Robert It. Jones and Mr. George Armor went into the bottom on a 1 hunting excursion. One day, after falling a i . bee tree, they heard the voice of a woman, and I upon proceeding to the place whence the cries ■ issued found a woman sitting on a log in the cane-break and a few feet train her, laying in the water several inches deep, was her hus band, scarcely able to move. Mr. Armor re ! turned to the camp, procured blankets tint! food, while Mr. Roberts kindled a fire. They ' noticed that when food was given to the female ’ she carefully fed the man by putting the bread I ami meat in his mouth, as he was scarcely a ble to move. f The woman stated that their names were . Aiken, that they Lad attempted to take "a j . nigh ent" through to Clarendon, in J/onroe . I county, but had got lost in the cane-break and > ! had been there three weeks with no food save . I persimmons and acorns. The singular part Gl I the story is, that though they had no fire du ring the time, were wet for the whole three . ’ weeks, and though Mrs. Aiken had taken ofl ( j all her under clothing with which to protect : her husband, ye' she was not frost-bitten, while ; I he was, and so badly that he was with diffieul !l ty enabled to recover so as to walk. The I place where they were found was twelve or . I fifteen miles from any house, in 1. 3 N., IL J3W. Quite a striking illustration of woman’s lie s'votodness and powers of endurance. Little . Rock {Ark) True Democrat. L Cotton Manufactures. — The quantity of ' cotton taken by domestic manufacturers the * present year, promises to be larger than in „ any former year. Ip to the Ist of April the II j quantity taken for home consumption was iSO,- ~ I 759 bales, Is'ing no:e than fimi.OOO bales a- I head of the quantity taken in 1857, when the home consumption in the year reached iIt'I.IHX) ‘t bales, nnd 363.000 bale* more than last year “ at this time, when the total coinsiimption of “ the year fell off to 452.000 Imles. it is proha ** ble that the dome tic consumption this year ™ will reueli the large figure of 800,000 l>a!e*, , about half that Os Great Baituiu— Portland FROM OUR DAILY OF WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Fire! About 1 o'clock yesterday evening, on) city was thrown into a considerable stir in conse quence of the alarm of tire. A kit' hen at tached to a dwelling h<m*e, in the western part of the city, the property of Berry Rog ers, was consumed. Our Fire Companies were promptly on the spot and succeeded in arrest ing the flames from doing further damage, al though at one time it was thought that the dwelling and contents would inevitably be consumed. Welcome to Our Guests. At the nroper hour yesterday morning the Macon Volunteers, Floyd Rifles and Bibb County Cavalry, together with a large num ber of our citizens assembled at the L’assenger Depot in this city to receive our guests, tin Baldwin Blues, of J/illedgeville, and the True Blues of Montgomery, Ala. On their arrival they were welcomed to the hospitalities of the city by Capt. Hardeman, of the Rifles, in a neat address which was re sponded to by Capt. Doles of the Baldwin Blues and Lieut, iloltzclaw ot the True Blues. After the ceremony of reception w as over they were escorted to Camp Oglethorpe, by the different companies of our city, where re freshments were prepared lor them. The re mainder of the day was passed by them in m cial intercourse with the members of the Mu con companies and citizens generally. The visiting corps respectively number up wards of fifty members, rank and file, and we will venture the assertion, that, two more iin- I posing or efficient companies cannot he pro- I duced in the United States Army. The men give evidence ot superior drilling, and judging from the enthusiasm manifested by them, they would prove a formidable foe in the event that j any contingency should arise requiring their services. If the smiles of fair women, and the j assiduous devotion of our own citizen soldiery, i can tend to add a joy to tiie soldier’s life, and then our friends from Montgomery, and Mill edgeville, will not return home disappointed. TheMintary. The military companies will form t! em- I selves into a battailion under command of Cnpt. Smith, ami take up their line of march at nine o'clock this morning. The Pic Nic we understand comes off' this afternoon at three o'clock, when ail may expect to enjoy them selves as becomes the occasion. From tae Columbus Timesi Tho Military Yesterday. A pleasant incident in the history of the Military Companies of this city occurred yes | terd-y. The "Montgomery Blues”—a gallant ’ and well-disciplined corps, under the command i I of Captaiff L .max. reached here yesterday af ternoon, on route to Macon. By previous’ar- ■ rangemeut, they were to remain in the city un- j til this morning as the guests of the "Colum- j bus Guards - ’and the "City Light Guards.”—l Accordingly, at the pro- er hour, the two com panies were at the Opelika Depot to receive their brother soldiers. On the approach of the train, a salute of fifteen guns was fired by Capt. , Burrus. The three companies, the "Blues" in the , centre, the “City Light Guards” in front and "Columbus Guards” in the rear, were then marched into the City, down Broad Street to • ’ Randolph, aud, thence to the emeatnpment on the east common just beyond the Depot cf the Muscogee Rond. The tents of the (. olutnbu* 'Guards were already stretched, ami therein. 1 the “Blues” passed the afternoon ami night I comfortably, we hope. Anns were stacked . I and the guests invited to partake of a sumptu ous feast which had been prepared for them, and which, upon the generous invitation of Col. Mustian, was spread in the spacious freight room of the Muscogee Railroad. To this hour tho ceremony of a verbal welcome was postponed. It was here tendered by Cap- . tain Colquitt and responded to by Captain Lo max. As the military companies were retiu n- i ing from the encampment, they were saluted by the artillery of the “Blues” in very hand some style, ten guns each. The remainder of the afternoon was passed by the “Blues in their encamptmeut, in social intercourse with their comrades in arms, and others of our un titled ami unweaponed citizens. They left on the 4 o’clock train this morning I for the city of Ma on. where they will remain . a few days as the guests of the " Macon \ ohm- ‘ teers.” We learn that they had 44 muskets, ■ and. even in their undress uniform, they made I a very handsome appearance. Their ranks are I composed of some of the best material in Mont gomery ami that is a sufficient guarantee of i their gentlemanly ami soldierly bearing. Me | wish them success ami a pleasant visit to our sister city. » _ China.—The editor of the North Alabamian, at Tuscumbia. Mm. Rollston, Esq., in notic ing the reported fall of the (. hiuese empire, says: In that country the roses have no fragrance, I and the women no petticoats: the laborer has no Sabbath, and the magistrates no sense of honor; the roads bear no vehicles, and the ships no keels ; old men Cy kites, and the mag netic needle points to the South ; literature is without an alphabet, aud language without a grammar; and, to use the language of Ran dolph, the Genius of Graviation smiled at its descent, and not a ripple marked the spot where it fell. So must fade idolatry and su perstition in every dark land at the approach of enlightened civilization. A Voter.—ln Durham. Connecticut, at the election last week. Dr. Smith, an old citizen, aged 94 years, offered his vote and was chal lenged. His reply to the challenge was, "1 [voted in Durham 59 years, tl< lit vol ' f.,re you were born.” The vote passed with out further interruption. i Death of Di: Tm quevh.i.e.—Tho Ci'y of > Washington biitig* the news of the death of - Henry Alexis de Tocqueville, the distinguished French author at.<l statesman. Hews* often a member ot the I rent'll Legislative A-sembli, and in IMS was Minister ot Foreign Affair* of ' ’ the French Republic. Alter L<»ui« Napoleon r seized It! S flute |a.wer lie withdrew from pub fi lie lite, and occupied bimsell with the cotiu position of a Issik up<»n the ".flicieut Regime, in which the cause* ot the IriUch l*<'V»dnti'»li r are anal»x«-d win mcterli nmniivr. 11- “D«-hi ■. ■K ini'V in America” i- the wide-t known of h • 1 wmk* ou politic*.— fitchmond Dispatch, April r ■ d IKBiHk mt * C" "’ Let me Die Quietly. “Bo still—make no noise—kt me die quietly.” Vice Pkesioext Ktae. “ Be still1” The hour of the soul’s depart ure is at band ; Earth is lading from :ts vis ion. Time is gliding from its nreseut 1 Hopes that cluster around young life, that swell in the bosom of ma hood, have fallen from around it like the forest leaves, when the frosts of au tumn have chilled them unto death. Ambi tion, with its hollow pn raises, and pride with its lofty looks, have vanished away. The world with its deceitfulness ; pleasure, with its gild ed temptations, are gone; and alone, in utter destruction of all that time promised.it must start on its solemn journey across the valley of the shadow of death 1 “Make no noise!” Lot the tumult of life cease. Let no sound break the soul’s commu nion with itself ere it starts on its returnless flight. Trouble it not with accents of sorrow. Let the tear stand still onthc cheek of affliction ; and let not the wailing of grief break the sol emn silence of the death-scene. Let it gather the accents that come from within the dark shad ows of eternity, saying to it, come home. A far off music i- cues floating to it in the air.— ’Tis the sound of the heavenly harps touched by viewless fingers—mar not the harmony by the discord of earth. . “Let me die quietly?” The commotions of i life, the strife and warning with human desti . nv arc over. Wealth accumulated must be scattered; honors won must be resigned : and I all the triumphs that come within the range of I human achievements must be thrown away. The past, with its trials, its transgressions, its accumulated responsibilities, its clinging mem ' cries, its vanished hopes, is rendering uptoth>- ; future accounts —disturb not the quiet of that ’ awful reckoning. Speak not fading memories, I of affections whose objects perish in their love liness, like the flowers of spring, or wither, in a slow decay. Talk not of an earthly home where loved ones linger, where a seat will soon be vacant, a cherished voice hushed forever, or of the desolation that will seat itself by the hearthstone. The soul is at peace with God; let it pass calmly away. Heaven is opening ujsm its vision. The bright turrets, the tall spires, the holy domes of the Eternal City, are emerging from the spectral darkness, ami the glory of the Most High is dawning around them. The white throne is glistening in the distance, and the white-robed angels are beck oning the weary spirit to its everlasting home. What is life that it should l>c clung to long er ? What are the joys of the world that they should be regretted ? What has earth to place before the spirit of a man to tempt its stay or ’urn it from its eternal?— Albany llegider. Due.'"*®* i. Accidkst. —Last Sunday morn ing. three children <>t Jacob Ilotl'man, who re , sides on N. street between Fourth and Filth, were dreadfully scalded by the upsetting of a pan of hot water upon them. One, a girl 12 years of age, was seated by the stove in which the pan was placed, holding an infant six months old. Her brother, a little fellow al eight years old. passing round the stove struck the handle of the pan mid threw the scalding water over himself ami the others. The infant * has since died, atid the others are in a critical ' condition, the bov is not expected to live.— ■ The parents arc in very humble circumstances, ' and the ai l of charity would be well bestowed libs//. Stn>. —— Democratic Meeting in Bibb. Pursuant to the call made liy the Chairman i ofthe Democratic executive Committee of Bibb I county, a portion of the citizens assembled nt 1 the Court House, on Tuesday, the 3d inst., for I be purpose of appointing delegates to the ap- I proaching G übernational, and Congressional 1 Convention. The meeting having been called tv order, i James Pean was called the Chair, and John Lamar, requested ,o act as Secretary. The 1 Chairman having explained the object of the I meeting, Col. 11. IL DeGraffenried, P. Tracy, I T. R. Bloom, Wm. G. Harris and Wm. C. Wil ! son, were elected by acclamation, to represent the county of Bibb, in the Guberuational Con- I vention, in June next. On motion of Col. DeGraffenried, the incet ! ing procet Jed to ballot, for Delegates to the ‘Congressional Convention, and on counting ■ out th” votes. Cd. L. M. Lamar, S. Hunter, Wm. F. W'elbornc.John J.Gresham,. E.U. Row land, and C. A. Tha.pe, were declared duly 1 elected. P. Tracy offered the following resolutions, ■ which were passed. Kemdeed, That both delegations are hereby , authorised and instructed to fill any vacancy, which may occur from the resignation of any ' srentlemau who has I ecu elected by this meet- • I mg. Hesoleed, That the proceedings of this raeet i ing be published in both of Democratic papers j of this city. There being no other business, the meeting was on motion adjourned sbieib’c. Jcnx Lam.vb, Sect’y JAMES DEAN, Cha n Mysterious Death. A farmer named McElwee, living in New Garden township, Chester comity, Pm, wns found dead in his wagon on Wednesday of hist week, with a bag of potatoes on fiis head. Me ' El wee was scon with his wagon on the turn -1 pike, near the “Stone Bridge," which is a milt from his home, on Monday night; tin tic plain tanec who was with him, parted w ith him al the Stone Bridge. This is the hist that wa: ’ seen of him until Weil esday morning, whet the wagon and horses were discovered in i 1 neighboring wood. J/i Elee was found dead— his body in the wagon, his legs projecting out in front, and a lag of potatoes, as before stated I resting on his head. The horses could ncilbei f go backwards or forward, as one wheel of tin f wagon had slid off of a culvert in the road, am | the axle resting on the culvert, anchored i i fast. In this situation the horses were loun. "i Jiarnt-od to the wagon—having been withmr ‘ drink or final from Monday night. The caw is a very my-teriotia one. Ou Monday even - ing. it will be remembered, it was very tlarl and there was a heavy rain, accompanied will " thunder and lightning. How the Imm-s Imp |H-ned to leave the main road. nrd to po> if through a gate way into a private lane can no U iwofl TERMS—TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE. NUMBER 28. From tbo Columbus (Go.) Times, April 30. Late News about the Small Pox. As the Times has many readers in eastern Alabama, as well as South-western Georgia, no apology is needed for recording the latest intelligence from the small pox region. There ’ are at present, as we learn from reliable am ! tlmrity, about forty-six cases in and about old Columbia. Henry county, Alabama. The dis ease Ims spread a little, the new cases being ! confined to the county of Early, in Georgia, ( rather than extending out in AlabamdJ The country contiguous to the disease is under strict quarantine regulations, and the panic is more or less subsided. Old Columbia has , been changed into a hospital for the patients; its denizens having camped out a few miles from town to avoid the contagion. All per sons attacked with the epidemic are sent to Columbia to receive medical treatment upon the first symptoms of the disease. Drs. Flake, Cooke, and Hays, are in atten dance upon the sick, and doing much to re lieve them aud effect a cure of their disease.— The former, as well as his wife, lias fallen a victim to the contagion, though not danger ously ill. Miss Price, whose critical condi tion was alluded to in Dr. Boswell's letter, addressed to the Times, is gradually recover ing, and will doubtless soon be restored to - health. W ith good nurses, now much needed, it i confidently expected that the disease will not spread over the country, and the cases now - under treatment will be managed success- I fully. Clippings. Lhj" The snow on the mountains at Thorn ton’s Gap, in Rappahannock county, Ya., was so deep on Saturday last, that it had to be shoveled from the roads, in order that the wag i ons and other vehicles could pass. , BS£V' An individual by the name of Uriah Ager, u native of Fairfax county, Ya., but for . many years a resident of Georgetown, D. C., committed suicide on Wednesday. r J®“The Washington Star says Gen. Bow | man will be succeeded,as Superintendcntof the • Public Printing, by a nameless Pennsylvania I printer. I Rev. Dr. J. C. Smith, Presbyterian, to ’ wards the close of his services in Washington, • on Sunday, made a feeling allusion to the re ■ cent decease of the Rev. Dr. Johns, of Balti- - more. B£jy*The steamer Pocahontas could not leave Peter burg, Ya., Tuesday morning, because the harbor was so narrow that .-he could not turn around. So says the Express. and all kinds of vegeta bles arc becoming plenty in Charleston and Savannah, having ripened this year much ear lier than usual. i ' ; sci) A horse IGJ hands high, and weighing ■ , 1,800 pounds, is offered fur sale in Cincinnntti. 1 He seems to be a cross between an elephant I . and a steam engine. George Hull, of Springfield, Mass., ' a man of large experience, says that Indian I meal is the best and cheapest food for cows, ' I hut before feeding, the meal must be scalded. JrtrThe jewelry establishment of Maj. G. Duffey, of Alexandria, Ya. .was robbed on Tues day night, of a number of old fashioned watch ! c*. tSiy ' Sam, why am lawyers like the fishes?" “I don’t meddle with that subject, Pomp.”— 1 "Why, don't you sec, nigger, kase they are • , fond of debate.” J-t/'A private letter from Paris, received by a gentleman in New York, states that Senator , [ I Sumner, at late accounts, was in a very bad i state of health, and had gone to Rome. . Th” author of the best new novel of the i day, “Adam Bede,” is said to be a woman ' writing under the nom de plume of George Eli- the passengers by the Isabel, at , Charleston, was “His excellency the Bishop of t ' Puebla." J-fTAn editor down South reports himself I sun struck, and says he is recovering, though ‘ the blow was a heavy one—an eleven pour.- ‘ ’ <lCr ‘ j Rev. Walter Bell, of the Pittsburg M. E. . Conference, died at Cambridge, Ohio, on the f 22d hist. IL H. Mosser, Esq., one of the best citizens of j i, York county, Pa., died a few days ago. He was distinguished for his bonestv. v Mr. Joseph Battin, of Newark. N. J., ' '• has built asteain carriage. It works “elegant- ' f I ly.” £f?“Win. M. Browne, Esq., of the N. Y. ■ Journal of Commerce, has become the princi- . pal editor of the Washington Constitution. J-t/'Carl Lichtenstein, a compatriot of Kos suth, died at Boston, on the 15th inst. He was I about 3S years of age. W. Newman, Esq., fortncrly of Yir i ginin, “as been electcif Principal of Bel-Air j Academy, Man land. New Prina Dona, Alaiue. made I her appearaneein New York on Monday night, ' I hut did not reach anv great success. IS ‘ for a divorce have already I been commenced, in the New York Courts, by p I the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles. e ! L. Tabb. Esq., of Portsmouth, i- Ya., is not dead, as reported, but is reeover it j ing. is . g-j* Philadelphia is about to lay off a park ■n I from Mobile, Ala., f<,r California. a ! Bsdiff IHckcns receives for his story in the ~ New York Ledger SSOOQ cash. n j f-£?”Hon. John Letcher, of Yirginia, can ' j scarcely speak above a whisper. 1 Mr. John Gibson, an eminent citizen of j Mobile, Ala., is dead. it i.l Anotiieu Pavmkxt.—Thirty-Six llionsand it dollars were paid into the State Treasury «■ on Saturday last, by the Treasurer of the Weat- ii- vin & Atlantic Railroad, a* the earning* of k the rond for the month of April. These month th jl* payments show conclusively that Gov. p- Brow n Im* brought about a radical ro'o'iu »ueh an one ns was deairvd by the Americans paov vt I iou* to hie election for which he deserve" the ■ peojde't thagk*.*' “SUBSCRIPTION: For Daily paper, Six Dollars a year, invariably in ance. ADVERTISING: One Dollar per square for the first hwertion. and Fifty Cento for each subsequent insertion. DAILY RATES. - to * * 3“~ So.»f ! I | I I 8 sqrs. ? 5" » S’ ? » i ' ... ~5 001 7 «0| »00 13 OOJT 00 20 00 2.. »00180014001800 2S 00 30 00 8.. 12 00T 300180025 00 33 00 40 00 4 ... 15 00I1U 00'22 00 80 00 40 00 50 00 5.. 18 00|25 00180 00 40 00150 00 00 00 6 ...,20 00|28 00i«5 00 50 00 00 00 70 00 7.. 125 00'88 00;41 00 00 00170 00 80 00 8.. 30 0<»;38 00 46 00 70 00 80 00 90 00 in !in nii *n aa'aa nn un no 00 00 100 00 [From the Household Words. Character Murder. Some bones have been found, whether es a rat or cat, beef bones or mutton bones, we can not say; but careful inquiry, according to the declaration of a newspaper report, has raised a doubt—only a doubt—if they are human bones at all. Careful inquiry has, at the same time, settled that they are not the bones of a particular John Margetts, who died six-and twenty years ago,' but who was declared to have been murdered in the year twenty-seven of this century. The careful inquirer knew probably of some peculiarity alsiut the bones of Margetts, whereby, though he might not be sure whether the particular Lines he was ex amining were man bones or mutton bones, he could decide at once that they were not Mar getts’ bones; and since, for the credit of the « elder gossips of North Shields, it is necessary to maintain that Margel's was a murdered man, “an impenetrable mystery,” adds the report, “once more falls over the old story of thirty-five years.” As an old story, this bit of mystery found its way into an article on Disappearances in the third volume of this journal. The puport of it is, that the son of a respectable old woman in North Shields, was trying to struggle into sufficient knowledge of medicine to go out as ship-surgeon in a Baltic vessel, and perhaps, in this manner, to earn money enough to spend w session in Edinburgh. The young man’s rrnme was John Margetts ; and he was kindly receiv ed ns a surgery pupil by a benevolent phyi cian of the town, the late Dr. Greenhow. Dr. Grcenhow had boon with a patient all night (Mrs. Gaunt, the wife of a thriving confection er,) and left her very early on a winter’s mor ning, in the year twenty-seven before named, to return home to bed ; but first he stepped down to his apprentice’s home, in one of the al leys or chares that lead down from the main street to the river, and bade him get up and follow him to his own house, where some med icine was to be mixed, and then taken to the lady. Accordingly, the poor lad came, prepar ed the dose, and set off with it some time be tween five and six on a w.nter's morning. He was never seen again. That, with the natural additions made to it by local sentiment, was a delightful bit of mystery. A small vessel Isiun l for Edinburg had that same morning sailed out of port: and thesorrowing old mother, says the story, expected her son back all her life long. None the less did she abuse loudly in the streets as n murderer, the unfortuimto pastry cook, at whose door he had left the med , icine before abandoning his home to enlist, ns it afterwards appeared that he did, in the East India Company's service. Delicious and horrible suspicion for the North Shield's peo ple! Their respectable fellow-townsman, who appeared to be an upright mnn—who went to church with the be. t of them, and paid his way —was the diabolical assassin of a doctor’s | boy. A boy of angelic character, who was en j gaged in heroic struggles, had been murdered I for the money that his body was worth by a I dewm ps.try cook, who had got up at six I o’clock in the morning, and wns lying in wait I to seize him when he came to the door with a i bottle of medicine. The pastry cook had a son practising medicine near Bradford : constables were sent off to segreh his house for limbs of the victim. Had there by chance been any dissection then under the young doctor’s hand, his father might have been sent to the gallows as a murderer. The father’s trade in N rth Shields disappeared; his pastry spoiled in his ; shop ; he did not sell enough to pay the shop rent: and it was left then for two sons, who ' had already got cniployiuent in a glass tuanu i factory, to support their persecuted parents. — : Many representations were made to the em ployers of the rons to procure their dismissal. i The members of the ruined family dared not resent and, could not lie protected against in | suit in the street. The Burke and Hare mur ders revived so bitterly the feelings of the town j against them that their house was mobbed ev i ery night; and they, innocent, kindly people, were denounced as the unconvicted Burks and Hares of Tyneside. But John Margetts was traced, and seven ■ years atter his disappearance there was held in North Shields a meeting, convened by the magistrates and one hundred and thirty of ! the clergv, gentry, and tradesmen of the town ; at which meeting evidence was produced of the ■ young man’s enlistment in the East India | Company’s service, and of his death by Chol era five years after the date of the imputed murder. Not only should the imputation then have been removed, but there hi.iild been repayn . tion made to the man ruined in fortune and t exposed to seven years of the most cruel perse ! cution by the error of his felk.w-citizcns. The ■ error had, perhaps, been pardonable ; but most j unpardonable wns the persistence in it alter all the trut h had been most publicly explained. The ruin of a family was a less matter than the ruin of a mystery. The scandal was too interesting ami fam'iliar to l«i put aside. It lived nnd spread, and even fi.und it" way into our page*, by which means an <ipp/,rtunity was given fora second public refutation of the slan der. In the fourth volume of this journal, sev en years ago. »c published a letter forwarded to us. with ci iitirniatorv documents, by u mem ber of the persecuted family, which was then struggling with difficulties into which that old slander had plunged it. How the brood of slander, though the parent has received a death wound, w ill suck up their dying mother’s blood, making her death their life, and eko herhurt their good, is an old story ; and it is an old cry that says. "God help the man so wrap ped iii error's endless chain.” Twice labelled publicly a.* a m< st cruel libel, morbid thirst for mvstery still holds the falsehood up. at the ■ I expense of innocent men's lives and fortunes. : A few lames, of w hich it is doubtful, if they , are human lames at all. are found in the course of excavation for some cellarage on ground be longing to the Mechanics' Institute. These i arc the l« nes of the murdered Margelts, cry the scandal im-nge •» of the town. Deprived o’s . comfortable evidence that they were right in I 'their suspicions, they now fall back in lie thought which is after all the dearest to their fancies : that “ an impenetrable mystery once more falls over the old story.” The sons of the I ! pemecuted household have been denied the > happiness of setting themselves in families, bl* cause they eoukl bear no other burden than . that of “Upp >rting their afflicted parents. They are Old Bachelors ; and Itefi re long, therefore, the family will have been extinguished by this . persecution ; there will remain only a nemo I, 'to leave. Experience forbids u« even now to h >pe (list an uus|a>tte<l name will b left »• tho memorial of nicn who have borne with t'hris p tisn p.itu n« ea heavy cross, and lived without ■ spot to tbetr hat'*. ’