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About State press. (Macon, Ga.) 1857-18?? | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1859)
Jilt tSHrchlir «trtt BY J. < . A ' M. Th.OddF O lto‘ 1 Tk. A«p.u CO!!*™"' - rs ,h * * nh 39 -L S: . . f. liietii anuirersarv of Yesterday tto ofOdd Fel . iw.h.pn. the U:- -.;. ( . elcbrateJ the • - f that organize in' -’ occftßjon inline* '• . , , q u n ~ iprh. nerhai. •. made • The dav v ‘ F / . ! , t r r ( h< <’ who took part m \ . 10} o’clock a. m.. the : 1C ex " r - . I in d»e order laid hneofmurebv.. , u q. undei . lh e dirce-' Don of Grand M-n - '* C ’ . ■ . 1 bv the Chaplain oi re ‘7’T II l.'rdan: Address bv Past the dav. Rev. 1 ...ami Ms ’ K. •V..'. y : and ;.u ode oy then, ’d’tor the Oder, appropriate to di? OCC.1 1 n * ■Jhcapf.earanceof the Hal was quite ut . . ... . '.■ •■■"' -I for ‘ "itll ■<’. .■ one in the back j , ffhilo the out ei-softjiaL>dge and Ea rn mui-ut were tea a. 1, • • g'-1 in rem-vir- .larfcrm. The body of :ho Hall was occupied -aeipalij’ by me;.:' ••:••• • f th- Older: while a d'v number of la n-.b’l int-:re‘t to the ..;nneby their pie-i... ein '.he a’-'.eiy. We were not pre t :it durmg the entire de n-i rv of the oration ; l.i;; iw bclitV- that it -,,s mainly do ... -I .■ ■aa exp - ;1; 11 of the ob h and aims of Old Fell■ w.-hip. and a <le- • cos tlieoi’gamz tii. -a fr- m certain charges ,- de, or opinions elite:mined in regard to it. After the exerci-ei at Concert Hall, the ’.cssion was again formed, and marched n Greene to Houston street, thence into Broad, and up to Masonic Hail, where it was dismissed. Tue procession was accompanied by the Au gusta liras.. Band, which discoursed most elo quent music, mid enlivened the proceedings of tue day by the performance oi several pleas ing and martini airs. At night, the my iterii.us brotherhood par took if a supper in one vi their hidden eaves, uit'. as“nac cbicl’’ was admitted to be a “tuck in 1 notes,’of the proceedings, of course vve lunnot "prent cm. ’ V» e piesunie, however, that there was a plea: i.i.t time. and that broth ty g rod feelmg pre vaded over th “least of .i:;u and How of soul,” which it is only fair picstime wm the result of the gastronomi. c-uuion. Democratic Meeting. CoLQt ITT. G.v., April 13. A portion of the I emu .-tic party of Jluh-i .unity met in the Court 11< me iff said county to-day, for the pnrpose of appointing delegate to the Gubernatorial C invention. On motion of ii. A. Barker, the Hon. Isa..' B . h w.■ «rihd to he < h ir, and Th<l .:■■ ". Floyd, requested to ■■■ t ■ t - « -u'y. The Chairman, in e. brief manner, explained b" object of the im-. ting. ■ti motion, a c . nmittee of three, eonsistiiu i ‘.'tn. Dunn. Judge IJo'ts and S. W. Parker. ppointed tv -eiei t delegates to said C-on ion. Altera lew moments absence, N'. n, as the chairman of said committee, re r;ed the follow ing delegates, to-wit: Ge:. . Boykin, Hon. I-aue liusli. f-teplien W. Par ker. < >n motion of Gen. Boykin, upon the ad >, .lon of the foregoing report, the foliowii .. e chosen as alter:.ate del. gates, to-wit •i. 11-. Hotts, Wylcy Bird, I’i-q.. and Dr. Fe G, Sitton. On motion of ,1. It. Slo-ffie: 1, E-q., the ‘h ie s were instructed to vote for Joseph E. .1 own, for Governor—as he is our first n. .a.iimous choice, almost without any part' n-ion whatever—i.smany of our America ids say that they will vote for Ur..wi. .. ist any man in the State. On m i’ion of Dr. D. F. Gunn, it is relpv-st mt the Bainbridge Ar ms and Lnmpkii limn, and the Democratic papers, tha p"--. Ito :!• [ ’d .i-i: the proceeding . bia meeting. On motion of S. W. Parker, the meeting ad ourned, sine die. ISAAC BUSH, Chairman. Thomas S. Floyd, Secretary. A Lady Ovekboahd. —On Saturday ntorr. ■ -. while the steamship A-ign-ta was lying in -t, and shortly before her departure for New >rk a lady passenger fell overboard. She ms promptly and gallantly rescued by Mr. - urge M -Kinm-y, of this city, before she bad eived further damage than an immersion in ■ Savannah river.— ll>. Dolegatos to the Democratic BEBNATORIAI. CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN MILLEDGEVILLE ON THE 15th DAY OF JUNE NEXT. .’a divin.—D. C. Campbell, D. P. Brown, Mil ler Grieve. Oster.—C. Cox, .1. Yf. Josey, S. Beeland, O. faggart, M. H. Bush, S. 11. Hawkins, S. P. Kimbrough. M. G. Statham. lenry.—lL Warner, T. 11. McMilien, S. Smith, dsc.—John Hall, T. C. Trice, J. Thompson, 1.. Head, H. Green, S. O. Jones. burly.—G. M. Holmes, AV. C. Cook, AV. M Potter. . rris.—J. M. M ibley. Dr. Gibbs. E. Benning, W. V. McGhee. AV. T. Smith, 11. E. Moss J. Gumm Sr., Dr. Fears. H. M. King. i lor.—T. J. Kiley. G. Newsom. 11. Draue. 1.. Fagan. AV. S. Wallace. wai t.—E. F. Kirksey, AA" tn. Simins, Jan. M. ark, M. Burke, Dr, Blackburn. it.—Dr- Draue, G. Buchanan, J. E. Barks dale, D. Weathers, J. C Maud. ■u-—L. E. Bleckley, T. Connlly. Thos. Moore. : .iusou.—Dr. Fiemistcr, AV. O. 11 all, J. 1 ■ irney, M. Bloodworth, B. O’Banon, W. i A. Lee, G. AV. Payne, Jos. Pitman. Us. —E, Varner, T. McKibben, W. O. Kob fson. plwil.—AVesley Camp, Z. Blalock. -J. J. L. H.al.lii. AV. ! • AVorley, J. E. Ru*k, E. Field, T. J. Higii •wer, J. Burtz, E. C. Hardin, J. Roberts. I ’-—Phillips, J. O. Gartrcll, N. B. Green. •Bi'-—A\. If. Stewart, A. S. Crutchins, I. h'liu k, A\. A. Hawkins, AV. B. Guerry. -G. It akin, I-anc Bush, S. AV. Parker. ■ ' “ --V 1. Burke. B. H. AVright, AV. F. •’ MiUhOB. • B- AA ilkinson, J. J. McLendon, H. Biichanan. 'li ens.—h. A. 1. J. JI W (i t k , T J Bttk . I er. ’ .! -jb.-V .A. .! t(in j M j [ow j, j decks, L. Buri-er, AV. L. WillU, Dr. Sin- , cl air. i j In beginning th ir ~,u (km , t w ;, h (/) J •'huf. fat every tern. W.l up >o(lr ..p. ; Uliy. put it under! -u uu.l kev . <>ul ii out wmr on gram! j. ride J ' nmutt, all stiff lumen-b ....ui*., „„ 1 . - -r . ah on the rid- nPtt tl , „ kk Es ,. (l g. dvu t w.wr .he . „ (u # I t • —/>•//« . be... . * From the Columhua Bnquircr qf Jait Saturday . ’ Georgia Baptist Convention. Thia body assembled in ti e Baptist Church yestci day morning (22d) utlO} A.M.,the Rev. 1 C. D. Mallory delivering the introductory scr- ' men from l: t epi jtle John v. 21, “Little chil- • dren, keep yourselves from idols: amen. * — His subject was divided into three parts: let . A precious epithet for Christians—they were , the ih '.'lren of Christ. 2. An important pray- I er in a simple word, “amen.’ - The speaker alluded to the idolatries of theage among man- ] kincrgenerally, warning his congregation to keep aloof from all such; and his Baptist ; brethren in particular should beware of the ' idolatry of denominational sontiniotits. denotn- i im.tiona! success, and denominational antici p.ui ns. The sentiments were not theirs, but : Christ's: the sue. e-s wn • righth a cause for i rejoicing nnmiig; iL inselvos. but the glory was ’ G i-t's: and to Him nlono mu -t they look for I future T'-sults. Besides many fair :.nd candid , tillu .ions to importem t-. *ls es the Church, I this opening sermon contained much statistical in format ion of interest to the Bnpti sofGcor gia. Presuming It w ail'l appear in print, we < took no notes of any p- iM'in, I :it v re struck ' t with the intelligence of the num. .-' .-al ucces.s I f the donomiuution c: qry ivhcr . ecially in ’ Georgia—where, starting with a single Church, ! ; the Baptists are now n: >re num- • than the ’ whole number of members in all the States 1 sixty years ago. Fir thii ueces; there was additional reason for becoming like “littleehil- I Iren’’ in humilily, for obeying the important 1 command” of the text, that, lib • ' hristians, I they might heartily respond io it - emphatic i prayer. “Amen.’’ 1 At the conclusion of thedi.-eou -c the Chair, t on motion, appointed a Committee ■ n creden- t tials—consisting of three members, when the body adjourned until 3 o’ehs-k, p. m. Commut eon Cre<lenii<ils.-~-R. M. Irwin. T. J. Burney and J. 11. Devotie. 3 o'clock. |>. ni.—Opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Gunn. Committee on credentials reported the fol lowing delegates. Apalachee.— G. A. Mathews, -1. AV. Jackson, D. If. Montcrief. Bethel.—C. D. Mallory, E. AV. Warren, C. M. 1 Irwin, J. O. Cumbie, AV. L. Crawford D. A. V’ason, H. C. Hornady, T. Muse, A. P. .Aliteh ■ll, J. F. Dagg, R. Tliorntuii, I>. A. . Cowden, ' W. X. Chuu lorn, AV. L. Mansfield. ColumLus. — C. D. AVillis, AV. D. Atkinson, •Jas. Perryman, John Howell, J. 11. DcA’otie, M. J. AVclborn, O. C. Hillman, B. I . R .T. IL Murphy, T. J. Miles, Isaac Hart. I '. ■ o'" J-.-, /0,',’.,;:. J!> .. St ; . ]>_ ' Mill, N. M. Crawford. I’. Gunn. T. J. Beck. !’. D. West, I>. G. Bleed, Wm. Williams, 11. A. Tupper, S. D. Durham, J. R. Young. U L Me- ; AViiortcr, AV P Steed, J II Stocks.on, J T ' AVinglield. ° » t Central A** >eial'„i.—J LAAarrcn.- A T Spal ling, J B AValker, J II Corley, A E Cloud. II Cogburn. T J Birney. Elen ■ Assoeiotion.— A II Bunn. AV D ; Horn, L Solomon, B I' Jessup, Geo AValker, G i R McCall. F<inl Hirer Association.— A Sherwood, J II 1 Campbell, AV G McMicheal, AE M rshall, AI) ' 5l intcrief, S S * aijipbell. Middle Asocialithii.— \ M Met all. W Coep- i t, E. \V .Solumons, G WM,.i»re, J U Edwards, J .V'ddleton, J K Copper, G W Cooper. lUtubolh.— B F Tbarp, V/ C Wiikcs, S Lan- Iriim, II Powell, T E Lan-ley, 8 Felder, 4 II 'lurk, J II Mason. > idtirri/ G Panille, H E ‘as:day. A S M irrcll, J W i‘; . un. R S Hard *ivk. L G B 1 aiiclitld. G V» Davis J Biewer, V\ F Uhaj I in, (1 S Friers n, V H Bean, -I S ' I iilin, (i i> fhuiiels, •Tji.aps B’c.v/r/71 A ciidian.— II <'arnH'd ael. WA 1 . l alLvvay. J Culberson, E B Teague, J i’ain va or, 11 E B."ii,ks. J B Da/;-. S V. Bartley. r R M >..re, \ I tv'ndrick. dame- Callaway, t B Yv ilkins n, •) E Riberu a. HrpJlnth AF'tfjcidH./.i, J E Evers-in. W Sapp, 1 I i V. Evans, G Siaplcknr, John Jenkins, W 11 IMv:D B Plumb. H un!u/i A fsoci'ilitm.— J B Dra ers, E XV Va..i‘.i, Abaer Bunam, Samuel Bi»ykin. ■'■' * Muum im.— A j 11 dines, J £ Ciark, S A F Haygood. Southern Amoe ltd ion,— XV B Daniell, il An derson. Washington Association.— XV J Harley, XV' M Verdercc, J R S Jenkins, O C Pope, A* C El ul rds. S i.vpta A isociii’ton.-X Chandler, J AA' John son, 1' P Butler, .1 11 G >ss, S AA' Stephens, J G i> bite, D G Johnson, T 15 Moss, R B Eberhart. Antioch .1/ issioaari/ Society.— AA in Edwards, AA Jewel, Lemuel Edwards. While i'iuias Miss, iweiely. —J II Kilpat i ick. Aladison Miss. Society.— G Y Brown, E E Jones, AA’ Stokes. Houston Bible Society.— Il AA’ Holtzelaw, AA' F Felder. Mitleil'jcille For. and Dorn. Miss. Sac.— J C AVhitakcr, D B Stedson. Mercer Vnircrsity Miss. Society.— L AV AVise, A B Sharpe. Bairdstown Miss- Society.-—J G Holtzclaw, C D Kimbrow, J II Kimbrow. Grecnsborouyh Baptist Miss. Society.--!! J ifr wn, V Sanford, S 15 Ju-k-on. Youny Men’s Miss. Sic. Fen field.— X M Mc- Call. Cohunbus Miss Soc —J E Dawson, T B Slade, II AA' Deuton. Ai'oiisla Bop. Miss Soc.— ll II Hickman, I! J Sibley. Auyusta Sabbath School Mi ’. A '. —R M Reed. Altera :•!. -rl se -i'.n in devi .1 .mu exorcise, Convention elccteil II II Mell Mods rator, J F Dag , Clerk and C M Irwin .Yr-istant dork. I'he following Committees -were ap pointed: Ou I'rcochiuy.— Bro. T .1 Burney. PAA Evan- J AV Rabun. J 1! DeVotio, J if. Redd. On Av- i n s—Bretln-cn -I seph AA'alkcr. J E i Dawson, G RMi Cail, T Stocks, A M Craw- I ford. • On Finance.— R L McAVhoricr, C P AVilkia soii. S Root. Received the Ibllowmging correspondents: Fr m the Alabama Baptist Convention—Breth ren J I Tickno - .-, J F Blcd- .c, -J AA" AVilliums, AV Hill. C Bag.lc, II HBa n. JC F. er. AA B J ues, R Fie, JT S Park. J M Ru t 11. C A Stainton, S 1 .endersou. Cherokee Conrention.— Brethren Barrow. W II Dyer, V.' H Roberts. Carey .—Brother Be. kom. Moot, J>ay Association.— Bia-thor It l es: LbiSMi’tir Miss Board <a Marion, . tla. —Br - , iter R T Summer?C"r. Sao’y treiirjia li-iptist Biblcaad lot AssociaEnn.— ' Br-t.'i' • S Boy kiu. Nll Sub:au .oi Son B other J , ■1 Toon. ? i. / Ass .. — Pro. W V Bluuii For Miss Board, Itichiiu.i l. I’m—Brother, DG Daniel. Invited ministers of ~ur <lononii’inti|m to I seats with us. Accepted by Brethren C K<-u-» * mdy. It AA ebli, c NGaublen. AA II t'Srk J E Minrpe. M B I.Buuoit, J O Nerin-n. I* II ct t sl the re|Kt t of Eu« i Ute C n ml:-1" I ‘ 1 re’ r.' d i„ q a pr. ~,i t , App lit* d the t 110-riiig tfirt Hm ofhold- J - ig lie Bu~itie-» mm-rbi/a >.< thi, <rm-rtt on : M tting SeaMoes frmw y a m vi I I’M. Al lariuMAU J tv X. !!:>!' > Orkv. T » aunty Msu-f. st 1LI« dHfo- I 41 via* It/., wu. kct < .wall y s|t| t iasrs U.M toe la tying slry W. si ton Ja N eipi.u. W. a -fa ...a,. U sbu tw aeavsyes O« asevaaatvvass.— H 4. , « a. ......ft...-—-.- -aa.-n.maa.aaim “TH The Georgia Telegraph and Sa- 1 VANNAII. Not long a: j our neighbor of the Golden Engle made .-. 11. in ’ trio to Savannah, mid ’ whether nc cr." tut the “.swell-head” disease I or no*, we are iiu-tblc to sny, bnt certain it is thnt the Telegraph Ims been converted from a I JZacon to a Savannah journal—being filled cul nansi.: with articles on Savannah, the Cen tral Railrond. Mr. Georg ■ AV. .Idains, &C. — Now we like S .miuih mid the Savnnnali people; we t: 1. k tin Central Railroad is a great “institution” mid that Mr. Adains is a gentleman well ijUaliiied tor the position of Superintendent of such a work—but we would rather read about something else occasionally. The Teltgru/h is. also, greatly concerned, about the sanitary condition of Savannah, and j Indulges in half a column of sage counsel for ' which our S.iimmali friends ought to be duly thmikful. AVe presume our neighbor lias got Macon “nil light,'’ a’ he don't seem to trouble himself mm-li al ■ut her affairs. AVe propose —if our town can pu iibly spare him—that be . be sent on' a to.,r through the yellow fever J cities to deliver gra'iiitous lectures on the laws ( of health. His plan for improving the condition of Sa vannah reflects tiie utmost credit upon his sa gacity. 110 propo es to tear,down all the old v.oidi-.i teiieunulb in the city! ihat, he thinks, w ill ma .a it a very healthy place.— The theory is g od, but we submit whether there would not be some trouble in currying it into practice. It is possible that the poor people ol our si-ter city mny not have asniuch eoliliik-nco a • we have in the wisdom of Mr. Clisby. and may perhaps be so unreasonable as to tlmiA taut u dilapidated house is better than no house at all. * AVhat do tiie bavanuah papers say to the Telegraph's pi .pc-ilion t Elections ia Christ Church, Ilia- j < ox. E\ iKic Monday April 25. Nathan C. Mum e and ;> ict. James Mer cer Grce.i. AVa.-.ieu -. James Rea. J. hn B. Lamar, John L. Jones, Louis N.AVhiltle ami ’A alter C. Hodgkins. Ves trymen. LA,.- N. Wiii..'. . Nathan C. Munroe and' AV alter C. IL :gk:ns, ue.egate.s to the Annual I Couii-ntb ’.i ■ 1' D.ocese, to be bold in Angus la, on . .. : V ’ . 'Miuy in June next. - Advertisments. Sec the i>. .v ; i -.-mi-uis in to-day's pa- 1 per. Tlieyph.nl i <: re special editorial no-‘ tice at another time. -a— Third Page. Refer to our third [ .we for .atest Telegraph ic news, Macon t'ol’oii Market, list of Con signees, and oilier interest ini; matter. Quick Trip. AVe pnb’i-li cl-culicie the foreign accounts by the Circosia. 11. r Liverpool dates are up to the 18th i'lpt., ai i-ording to our dispatches. There may be some mistake in the liguresl { but if they are correct, this, wo believe, is the j quickest trip on record. Tksas—Sam ilo i >x a Candidate foiiG ,v- , Ettxon. —By a priiaie let i r from Aust.a City. , Texas, to the senior editor i f this paper, we I learn that Gen. Sum. Houston is the candidate ; ,'ur Governor in that S ate, of the Independent 1 .- Ant: Convi utioii Democrats, in opposition t G o . Runnels, i-ie c.:. I.dale ok the Convention t Democrats. The wilier of tho letter, who is well posted, thinks eld San Jacinto will be elected by a heavy majority, which would not astonish us -at all. ns Gm. Ilimi.els ami the con- I ve„tion sy s'l-in nie Lot very popular in the State.— Battm. I hut.-, 2I t. Macon & Ei t . :/»v ck Rail Road. Th la work bus I ccniuiii u<-. I anti the lovutiuu completed to .. point where the crossing is to be ef fected over th..’Ocmtdgcc river. Mr. McNeil with Li c«.rp.' of Engiucci", .re making a rapid progress • complete liie location hr ibe first forty miles; kvbeu this is done, ihv contracts iur the grading and .--upvr.-l rue lure v,i;> lc cut. \> c Ivi.i ".i ii in a a. ii*or « t the Board that upon ,iu< i in•» < stimuli. . , i..e ad wiii nut- cost as much i us was firs- u . This should bo cheering news tot;. ■ pvpu i : j-iitifk and Southern Geor gia, who have it. to . i g a puled experienced eve ry inconvenience lur the a,ant us proper facilities to reach a xuuikcl fur their productions. We congratulate the people of Macon, of Bruns wick and the friends ci me enterprise generally, that the prospect fur the ♦ ariy commencement and rapid completion of the IL-.;. . appears i<» Mattering and that , a day is fast da»v;»iug avL a the influence and mo- , nopuly of th. u Ucn.;;;! Ju-gcruaut” will be shaken | to its foundation. — .'.too. y Patriot, 2lnt. MaCUN AND BuUNSWb K RAJI.nOAD. —Success to the enUrpri.-e. Brunswick has been kept down eith , er by policy ur poverty : others nave worked against her interests, wuen she ought from her excellent har bor to be a considerable city. The country around : ought to be waked up to this matter—the whole line I I ruvuked to i Hurts sis tiiis undertaking. Savannah | should not desire to monopolize everything.—Corret pundtstee (triliin A THE MOOItS. It may nut be gio :auj kuuwn that some of the ifc. t families in Soutn ( ar Una are Moors by descent j The blood of the Afric.-n soon washes out, but that < oi' the Indian ami i f ill Moor, after a half score of , generations, show i - t aiuio.-t as strongly as ever. , I'he crisp, curling black hair, dark sad eyes, long 'iiktr lashes, and -AA.ii .iiy < i inplc xion, come up gen eration a'.icr gcn<..< .»• . Many of our old liugeuot families, down to ti pre* nt day, show strung tra ces of Moorish (k < ent. When the Moors a-, f f riven out from Spain, upon the concfucst of Granada, ii.< u. ands of them took refuge in the - .uih of 1 ram e, carrying with them the art < f c utivaiing the vine and of growing silk. Hemcmbcricg their bi. ar persecutions in Spaiu, they never coni I : <no Catholics, though forced by their p- .-Ilion iu rcimuuee Mahonudanism and be come Christian . They I ; came eventually Protcs- • lauls, and when the r v- caUon of the Edict of Nantes j took place, withdrawing toleration from the Protest ant religion tl y were again driven to seek new i mts, a; I in iarg- 1 numbers emigrated to South Carolina. • | The Gaul of Cicsar’s any and of our own is of a different type from th-.' French Hugenots whose de scendants are among us—distinct in physique and in moral an I intellectual < harn* ter. A fair coniplex.cn light or rediii-h hair, ami ti disposition versatile, ide and not :» bv k.h.d < u—inconstancy in friend hip an i eumhK>, Lave been characteristic of the 14 iu! from C:> -.ir*s time down to our own. He is the wry antip hs < f the French Hugcnots, and a dis similarity so strong ami marked can only be account ed for by tracing them up to the different stock* from which they sprung. There never were a nobler or r. >re chivalrous rtveeof in. 11 than the Moors of Gren : hi, from whoui our llvgenot population are derived. With strong ami a< ivc pL.-sions, controlled by a . fi i, sense us honor u. 1 uu innate love of justice, ! and tcuij »vd by a ; i. fences and courtesy that is I inborn in their ra-e; firm and constant in friendship, t dignified, even in t .. m .'t bit ter resentment, the descendants us the Moor claim mi ration in i p.ace <*r war.—f’M* c»<d >./ Baumtr. The sickles Trial. Washington, April 22. The counsel in the Sick- | |< t case have agreed to submit the eaae to the jury arguing on the points for instructions of the Court. Tue three r maisiag rebutting witnesses were ab- , , ant lu day, and the < uurt Las issued attachment* ( agsiast them. There Is anr gs» *’. fpr »vs!onl here that a rrr- I Jis: f n t guilty nd! I i\> morrow. I Th- WirMra Trial. Wa»«iS4 Fok. AptiJ XT < G»-dev argued h »< •. >«« io lb’jaiy. I a»e wdl probouiy go to > -O ’-tf-H'.n. J<»Lu Ltok r, CK J •UWdtoJ/ II • j | The Smith’s Four Wishes—An Faster tale. In Roman Catholic counn Ils it w. nn nneienttus ' tom for the pre.i ’i r to divert l.i l c aigrcgatlon at tho close of the I. • ‘ ■ l h whnf is termed n Fabula x . i r t ■ hi■ h was usually received with shcnti of Ev t rhu ’.r.r. It wna cn sldercd that tho g o I p- upla Ia i >in irtified them selves during Lent that th it they bed begun to b discontented and ill-tempered, and the clergy argued that it was nothing more than right and proper to make a Itttlc fun for them, and thus give, as it were, the fir*t impulse to the revival c f mirth and cheerful ness. The custom prevailed in .mt countries until the beginning of the eighteenth century. Tr-m u very old volume before us we condense one of these Easter tales : Our Saviour, while on earth, was traveling with Sr. Peter. They had journeyed through many coun tries, and one day came to a place where there wa no inn, and they bccan gv.v ts "f a blacksmith. The man had a wife, who paid the utmost respect to the strangers, treating them with the best her house contained. When they were ready to depart, they wished her all that v;as ■- -od and Heaven into the bargain. Said the wi iu : 44 Ah ! if I du but go to Heaven, I care for nothing else.” “Doubt not,” said St. Pct r, •• f-r ii would bo con trary to scripture if thou shoib '.-i not go to Heaven, Let what will happen thou in. i go thither. Open th}’ mouth. Did J not ? Why thou canst not be sent to h JI, where there is wailing and gnash ing of teeth, for thou ha<t not a tooth in thy bead.— Thou art safe enough : be if • id cheer.” Os course the i*ood woman was r.vcrjnyed, and doubtless took anotb. r cup on the strength of this as surance. But our Loril \ai itrous t > testify his thanks to the m tn abo, and prum’nc I to grant him four wishes. “ Well,’’ said the smith, “ I am heartily obliged to you, and wish that if any one climbs up the pear tree behind my house L ? may nut be able to get duwn again without my leave.'’ This grieved St. Peter not n little, f r he thought that the smith ought rat’, r t•> Lavu wished for the kingdom <>i Heaven; bi.t cur I."rd, with bis wonted kindness, grunted bis petition. The smith's next av.. .. was lb it if any one .“at down upon his anvil, he might no; b • . i.le to ri.ie withoiij his permission ; and the third, that, if any one crop mto his old flue, he mi_ >l not have p »w. r to got out without his con ci.t. St. Peter euid: “Friend smith, beware what tb.»u doest. These arc all wishes that can bring rbee no advantage: be wise, and let the remaining one be for everlasting life i with the blessed in Heaven.” The smith h wever, was not to be put out of Li> ' way, and thus proceeded : i •• My I’ urth wish is, that ray giv n cup may belong i to me forever, and tha’ mi. -iicali 1 sit down upon j it, no power or force may be aide to drive me away.” The last -. as . gr.i i.v', a I « -,r L’>rd ami Peter , went on their way, an I the t-mi.b lived si me years longer with his old w •ma:!. A ’ end of this time * grim Death appeared,; nd . 1 him to the uth- ! er world : •* iStop a motneni,” said :he • n.l.ii, ‘ let me just put on a clean si in; in the mean time you muy pick some of the penis fr ia y-• d r:. . ' Death climbed up tbv ti . la.; <<< hl not get down again, and was h-rted to nJ ini' io sinith'sterms, and granted him ar of tv, ny years. At the end of that p ’riod ho :;gaii’ ?.n ■ :r 1, and command ed him in thcnaineof ct. Peter ..along ivith him. S aid the sinith : “ I know Peter, t< . Sit J >v. a a little on my an vil, fur thou must be tired; 1 will just drink a cup i to cheer me, and take leave of my uld woman, and | be with thee presently.” But De t’.. - mid he anvib i and was forced to prom!'" the smith another delay lof twenty years. Wk. ■> d J.ip'd. the devil I came, and would fuiu have uni. ;.;cd ll.e t miih away * by force. ‘•Hallo, fellow !” . til the latter, “that won’t do, ' I have other letters, and wl:i- i than thou, with thy I black carte b' tn ■’/. Bitifth • i t • su-h a conjurer as to imagine that thou hast any p- wcr over me, let i us sec if thou cn-ist get in'.» ibis n i ly old flue?” No sooner said than the <lca ij.p d into the flue' ; The smith and hi men j t: t; flu.v into the lire, then 1 carried it to tiie anvil, and hi.nii’i i d away at the old | one m*»st unmercifully. lie lioaa h d and Legged and ! prayed; and at last promt- d that lie would Lave nothing to do with the smith to ail eternity, if he l would but let him go. • At length the mith’s i.ir ii n-ai gcl made his ap pearance. The businc -.a was n ... st; .us, aud be was obliged tu go. The ai;.;J c* r ' d l.im to hell.— The devil, whom he had so i. ,iil\v* iai"-rcd, was iust then attending the gate; bv looked out at the little window, but quickly shut it again, and would have nothing to do with the smith. The angel then conducted him to the gate of 11 aven, but St. Peter refused to admit him. 44 Let mo just peep in.” sai l the Smith, 44 that I may see how it looks \\auin t .■ r..” No sooner was the wicket epened than the smith threw iu Lis cup and .-.lid : 44 Thou know'st it i my property, and I must go and fetch it.” Then slipping past, lie clapp •! himself d >wn upon it, and said : • 44 Now, I am sittin* on m.v property; I should like to see who dyrcs to drive m ( away from it.” So the smith got ito Heaven a last. " ——w I M Baptist Ministky.-Tl.'- iai i us Baptist, Me thodic and I’resb.vtCTia i Ch relics in this city and G raid, were .J' - : e iu < n Sabbath, by , .Vembers of th Ba| u i C-.m eutiun assembled at this place. Theie are in the Convention quite a number of le.u-i.i- l nnd eloquent di | vines, several of vvhom we Lave had the pleas- ■ ure of hearing during the last several days.— ! Our people have bi cn grat Iby this oppor tunity of hearing the pti. h us vv- ids of the Gospel ironi lhe lip of the e men of God. AA'e notice a goodly repn .-en.u .1 n ol lay brethren, • from this and adjoining S ates, also present in , our city. The < nveuti n Las been a happy ! re-union to many friends ol termer years, as : well ascementiug many new <>i,<in iudissolu - ble bonds of triondship. iLe session has been characterized Ly liarni'jiiy and go -d w ill, while all have manifested a i-oanne.vlalile zeal in the great cause.,>l the v. jrld'.i uiiatijn. — Colum bus Times 2~>l/i. Lord Lyons, Lord Napi;; : and Lvov.—A Washington c.rre. p. nde.a : L >rd Lyons has anrh I-ani e, esse I, rather di- minutive I iii’lii-! L’‘.-I Napier evidently does net fancy his displacemt nt any disgrace. I lie is exceedingly p. pular I ' o, and most of i the stories about his iilieriiiiNui are false: but I he is not an Engl- :• tho sort of L >rd ! John Ruesell, the Earl 11 < ::: I !<>, and others I I might me:::ion. IL-ii reiine-.1, chohirly. is ■an author of L a k , l-,u mi what tree ir. his words, though n- : . 1 hi, enemies rep- resent. Lady Napier is 1. .'i g.-od and beauti ful, a genuin- Eng!-hwo,. ..n of the highest t;. pc. If you have <-.;•• 1 n; :t Brady’s photograph of Ler. y- a !:.,<■ n..tie<- I the look of pensive s.irrow u| :i 1, -. ■ e. It tells tales out of school. L>a iiuan f-1 her character, the conduct of her h‘u hand. ever kind and noble he may be ip in ! i. . ters, mu ;be gall ing. but- Nap. :ti.-. I ■■ •> IffSp.—There has just come ff tie .i'll tribunal of ! Baris a trial whii h i ii t’v . ■ ed here. : as Napoleon 111. is in: :nlant. In' IS4I he sought to ra e m i ' y in 1. nd in, bv the issue of scrip, bail . ■’ rci very of' Queen Horten -. his ; cmitl'-' cated in Hilo. A'o-.y f, ~-u' , c-m tifieatCs were negotiable: l.ut tv. I: l r im bankers, De Cooq and Temui ',I i- ame p► e -«d of a certain amount. They breught their action j to recover the money. The tribunal decreed thnt Louis Napole- a:n I • i < uld n t give sway what he had in', a t* .i ly :. Jeeri of ' the 2l»t Jm'inrv. L-' t' -;..:e family lm-1 rmouia' I ail ciao family inheri- toaee whater. Ph : it.l’ n i mt- L— Faris Cor. oj tin. ’ . . fta-- : ' <1 ’nth of < 01. 'J 1,,, i - 11. j io tt, L i IDS >y |e«ra nu m live and landing c>l-xsu auu gnu;- bar <4 tov bat us Uurt citjr. Jj£T“sVo invito special attention, Jo an able | and patriotic article from tho Albany Patriot. It had the ring of the true metal, and contains ideas and sit" rc-tioi s ■'•veil worthy the consid- j ciation ci Southern tnen. We purpose com-: mcmingupon it in cxtuiso hereafter. The Bum n Revenue. —The British rev- ; * ci.uc return- fir tho quarter ending March 31. I showt a deerea ;o of -C -'20,000 upon the curree. j ponding quarter of last year which is more' than accounted for by the reduction in the in come tax. Tho result < n the whole financial vear is a net decrease of £2,400,000. But for | the falling off of nearly £'>,ooo,ooo in the in- ■ come tax, there w uld Lave been a positive in crea ein the revenue of 2,500,000. The cus toms returns how an increase on the year, of fully £1,000,000. Frost. —Early risers report frost at the ■ Springfield plantation, y< cn’ay, in the near vicinity of the city. Wc have not learned that there was any within the city limits. Our in former thought there In. I not been enough to injure vegetation.-. So.-. Aries. [ j" 11 ibert !<• Diable has been played at * the Grand Opera, Paris, four hundred and sev ' on times, and has bn tight ahi ut eight hundred thousand dollars to the tri afT.i v. Os this, the authors, Meyerl ecr, Scribe, Germain and De lavigno, have received only eighteen thousand i six hundred and eighty dollars. Acquitted.—The Fede.al Court for the . Northern District, the II m. McQueen Mcln t< sh presiding, has I ccn holding its session at , St. Augustir.e ii rtv me days past. Our read r ers will remember t! at uncial <f cur steam ' boat Captains were prosecuted before this Curt, upon the charge of employing negro pi lots on their boats. Cap's. Win. T. McNelty, ( late of the Win. Scaia-- k : James Freeborn, of the St. Muys; L uis JI. Coxettcr. of the Ever , gladoa; Jacob Bro-k, of the Darlington, and . J. O. Dinah of the James Burt, have just been arraigned before the Court upon the above I I charge, tried and acquitted. Since writing the nl.ove, we learn that ver ' diets were found against C ipt. Brock, owner c ' of the steamer Reliance, and Capt. Toombs, of the steamer Alt in. The former w.'.s fined SIOO, and the latter 8500. — Jicksonrille (Fla.) *■ I , Standard, 21s/. - Mrs. Sickles’ Confession. ” ■ New York, April 16. r Th tin Editor of lhe Aftc York Times. — In ■“ justice to an unfortunate woiuai , allow me to ® state that the con!es.-ion of Mrs. Sickles, appa rently written with a cool and almost heart t less deliberation, was indeed the result of a long and severe effort nt self-control. She had previously made three severe efforts at its Q i ■'imposition. and failed through the violence *. ot her emotions. By a resolute nerving of her self to the task she was finally successful.— Written, t< o for In r Ims’ mid’s sake, and with '■ a truthful spirit o' ripci itmee. she thought of no one and nothii' else lut ot her own guilt, which she ur.s «ii’iing to put in the darkest ,i hiies. Like Adam, she might Lave said, “1 uas tempted, and therefore did eat.” But she I. choose to be her own accuser, and thus mak< y i m> attempt to palliate her on n guilt by thtow '* ' ing it upon the author <>: her ruin. These are 5 facts, and the;, place her in nn attitude of truth ful heroism v> hich may claim for her some kind . consideration. ■ The publication of that confession has filled i Mr. Sickles’ heart with the most poignant ' grief Repeatedly he refused urgent solicita ■l ' lions for ucipy of it. While the counsel were ■ pleading for it as evidence, it was laid on the II i table, and there copied snrreptiously, without 1 the kiiii-.iledge of the defence or client. Mr. e j 8. heard soon after flint it was being reported I New York, at.d sent word to the telegraph „ j office for its snpprci sion, but it was too late.— < Thus the public will exonerate him for nn ap - parent unkindness to I.is wife, whom lie has ’ thus far treated with tin parallelled tenderness. Charity. ' [We publish the above because it comes to us from a gentleman of the highest character., and perfectly conversant with the circumstances I of which he writes. — Editor Tinies. | b Adit.tky, Fratricide *jnd Suicide.—The Vicksburg "True Southron,” < f the sth inst, " j has the following account of a dreadful tragc- ! dy iu Mississippi. II i A gentleman from Washington county, has ’ informed us of ene of the most shocking affairs, 1 ! including fratricide and suicide, that has ever come to our know ledge. It appears that two brothers mimed William and Robert Buford, have been residing near Bogue Phaliah, in Washington county, for some time past. The f elder, William Buford, had u very pretty wife, I with whom the younger brother. Robert, Lc j ' came madly infatuated. A criminal inter course between the tw ■, had been carried on 1 for some time, but growing weary of the re* . traint imposed by the presence, of the injured , ' husband, the younger brother determined to I add to his other crime the damning one of frat ricide. On Wednesday i veiling of last week, the outraged husl and mid brother was mur-I , ' dered. and on the Sunday following, Robert j , Bufi rd, the double muidcrer, committed sui .i i ide I y taking slryi l.nine. The mi-guided .l ife of the murdered man, with two children, ! arc left the sole memorials of this chapter of i ‘ j horrors. An Amiable Amusement of the ■ i LION. , Among tlie nuwerous 1 ariul stories with which Gerard, the French Lion Hunter, regales his readers, we find the tkecrip’ii n of a trait in the character of ( * the king <4 beasts : Th.) li »n treats a mm very differently from any ; animal that he is accustomed t» kill for f■»<»<!. If he 1 ■ kill, a person who 1 is fired at him, he never cats the ’ ■ dr. Il b?n;eets in LL nightly pr unenade a man well cL tlie lin burnout 4, his ■•xperion c shows him i that he is uot a marau ler, ai 1 h- - may cither kill j | : un for ib-.d, or if the fan y happens to take him, he J will kiil him by Lar, Hide by little, just as a pas I time. *• In the first case, ko will give him barely time to say Lis pr. yers and then bounding on him will crush bis Load with a single hi e, instead of strangling him, as hr is arcust'med to do with other animals. “ In the sc ..nd he sometimes will bar the passage of the i;n.•»rtni h ■' dow by lying down bc : re Li:u, and then h. will walk by Lis tiue, purring ■ and showing bis teeth like a tiger. Sometimes be ( makes bcli ve to go away a i l l-'.ive him alone, mid ! then making a long detour, be will <onev.il himself : along the path, uud charge at him with a roar.— Sometimes htferouch s down like a cat, and bounds (on bis victim, who giv hims< If up lor lo«t, hut the j : .niali/er < uly kn cksh movvrwith his paw,or walk i.ig nruind him strikes him in the far-, with a blow j i vali.iil, r, m Li- tn oscular tail. At lust the victim . m •cuiuh.-' Io the agi»u. that i* greater than a thou- . .* .a l death**, and dio of wry Lar. ••The pastimes of thelin. which, a> one ran well ' 1: .have never Leeiiti Id l-y the v idiia himself, are | i p .rted by hi.'comrade--, .va . i i'i-g* .cinncompany, t o Lt .«;*r ty Ly flight, by taking refuge <*n recks or i ’.i. v?. wile the pour s"ul tl nt was captured, too < uu« h frtjhfrnod to imitate lLair example, died before 1 J t .r or’ nf terror, while tn y cmi ldo nothing for i * L.s relief but pray to the Prophet, who only heard * wh«-u it wm too late savt. “Tluse ii tack a, eo horrible in their faaeinati<>n j Uave giw ac« itait» r tuLlan* u ut pnw.f to the uidwr- I Bi lly .« era iiu 1 U ’ivt in the power of th* lioa.” SV<»RM Al N’tfcFol.R. - *•/ f‘4 ti* Hi —A «1 -pat k da* i Mori . x A| ui 2’4, smyt: file’ • wa* hli avy •t.'»riii l»rr>- from lim mi dh w -t. Th••*!' | Iww Broth w « Ipa ill I! li.’plo I Ua. C apUiu Jarvlw I a >1 Mm uimu wut u U4U* J. A • , . /.-.-cl. , 1 . ..... ■ ■ ——- ..... . '■ i ■ ■ From the Albany Patriot. An appeal to Pai’ties—Can the UNION BE PRESERVED? ’ At present tl-.e American party is compara | lively small in num! ers, consequently there , arc but two formidable parties in the Union— | which are the Democratic and Republican par ' ties. The Republicaus are a unit, while the Dem .-retie party stands divided. We have in . ttr ranks Northern men with Southern feel ings—Northern men with Union feelings, and Southern men with I nion and Disunion feel ings. The Northern Republicans are the vio lators <>f the Constitution, and destroy every bond of peace and union which exists between the two sections, while the Southern Rights party ask nothing but what is right, and are disposed to submit to nothing that is wrong. The Republicans or Jboliiionists were, a few years since, insignificant both for numbers and influence—so mu< h so that even their right of petition was almost treated with con ternpt by Congress. Since then, by their un tiring efforts and perseverance in an illegal and unrighteous cause, with miserable but eun i ning and skillful leaders, have become the ; most formidable party now existing in the Un ion as to numbers, and we may soon fear as to power. The National Convention soon to as semble in Charleston, will (dioose from one of these parties a candidate for President o the United States. The question here arises, will they die. -e a true Southern man, and in such event, will he be nipportqj and elected ? From all the signs of the times before us, we cannot flatter ourselves with the hope of such a fond reality. Every move and every meas ure made, doubly assures us the antagonistic and hostile feeling of the North against the rights of the South; her sect onal feeling and Interests are directly against us. She stands Cady to plunder the South of her rights in ev ery important measure. The passage of the Fugitive Slave Law was a humbug and an .utrage on S..uthern slaveholders; the Kansas bill was not much better, while the Oregon bill is nothin to b. ast of. The North having the votes, the next lufringement. we may look or. will be the passage of the Northern Pacific Railroad bill, which to crown will be an in l fringement intolerable and insufferable. The North with ! er sectional fanaticism is deter mine 1 to expand and extend her area to the xclu’-i n of the s ave territory, while the South ! s driven, powerless, to confine its limits with -1 I in a compass oo small for protection, and thus i -nrrounded with Free States, will give them a b able opportunity to plunder our property nt heir option. Si uthern Right? Democrats and S uthern ights Americans, are you prepared to sub mit to further encroachments like these ? Are you. like the I’nionloving spirits of the age, prepared to sell yourselves in eternal bomlage by submitting to every wrong, insult and in ttry that t an be heaped upon you to the morti fication and disgrace of your country? We . rust not, and believe that the day is fast I dawning when you will be called upon and will stand ready to demand redress for past grievances and submit to nothing but what is riglit and just in the future. At your hands alone, and with a spirit of unfaultering deter mination to pursue this course, can the Union j be preserved. If you fail in this, and our just rights arc again infringed on, then wc say, let ( the terrible necessity of a dissolution of every tie that binds ns to the Union follow! for such t result will give you equal rights and justice in a Southern Confe leracy. The late speech of Senator Iverson on the Pacific bill, presented our rights in their true and proper color. His thunder made the halls of the Capitol shake und the strong frame of the mighty foe falter and tremble. They still stand aghast and tremble with fear. That -peech was manufactured from solid granite— let us not be afraid to erect a stupendous struc ture of Empire uixm it: an Empire of freemen which will prove as durable as time itself! The South now feels herself as a caged lion —she knows not her strength. Once cut loose her binding shackles and throw her alone on her own resources, and she will in a short pe riod prove herself the most civilized and pow erful nation on the globe. I- riends of the South ! let us no longer stand divided. JV e appeal to you to unite as friends and patriots in a common cause, having the protection of the Constitution and the interests ■>t your country alone at heart. “ The night is ! spent and the day is at hand” when we should stand by our rights in the Union, If wc fail - in this, our disgrace will swell so high that it will overshadow the snow-capped mountain; therefore, let us stand prepared to meet every unjust encroachment with firmness und deter mination to check its further progress—and should wc fall in this attempt, let us fall with i our face to the emmy ! It is our earnest de sire to preserve tl.c Constitution and the Union in its original purity, but when wrong after wrong and in-ult alter iu-ult is heaped upon us to our detriment and disgrace, we say—let this : fubpi-of government tumble to the dust, and - be buried in eternal oblivion ! Americans at Rome.—The registered list i of Americans r.t Rome on the IDtli March was ( very long, ami included the following: New Hampshire.—Hon. F. Pierce and Mrs. Pierce. Virginia.—Madame Branda, C. R. Grandy, Mrs. Hugh Ray Scott. Georgia.—Mr. George Jones and family. Baltimore.—Dr. and Mrs. P. R. Hoffman, C. W. Brush. , , New Orleans.—W. A. Bell. leiitieswe.— Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Yeatman, Miss l-.i win, Mirs Bell, Mr. Williams and fiun i ily. South Carolina.—John T. Rhett. I . S. Cm ut. —All of Saturday morning was taken up in the trial of J<dtn Paul, charged : with passing counterfeit coin. The verdict of the jury was ‘ not guilty,” The Court then adjourned until Tuesday morning next. —.Stir. Ae».v. From the Savannah News. The Gaorgia Baptist Conven- TION. This body met with the Baptist Church of i < 'lumbus, on Friday, the 22nd inst., as we | learn from tiie papers of that city. Rev. C. D. I Mallory preached the introductory sermon at ; halt-past ten o’clock, from Ist John, sth chap, 21st v. The follow ing committee on creden tials was appointed : C. M. Irwin, T. Burney, and J. 11. DoVotie. The following officers of the Convention wee elected: Rev P Mell, Moderator, John I- Dagg, Clerk, und C M Irwin, Assistant Clerk. lhe following standing committees were then appointed : On PrearAinrr.—T J Burney, G W Evans. - J W Rabun, J 11 DeVotie, J K Redd. O.i /iunnefi‘— Joseph U alker, J E Dnwson, 1 G Ii McCall, T Stoeks, N M Crawford. Oh <s._R S McWhorter, M C Wil- kitiM>n, S Root. A mmiberol correspondents presented them s •; ll ■ of the executive committee read, ami referred to a .peelal eotntnitk-e; | .... i the cou.eation .i ijourtwd until Saturday , i lliorninp al nine orlorit. i Diet ■ ui< Mdlii ■ r rrs . utly died 1U Lei. d'->. huviag |n p rry valaHt al 'tOU.UUil.— u»«» ». dill" for harself ei.« Juwwi twat she sLvndd be buneu M {Miiat but, | - .a . .. From the Cithern Culiicatur. Hints for the Month of May. • - The Plantation.—May is one of our bus iest months on the plantation, and no one who desires to make a good crop can afford to lose a moment from the field now. Corn, if not already brought to a " tand," must be properly worked at once ; first "run ■ ning round,” clo.e to the row and deep, with I a long " bull tongue,” after which keep the ground stirred between the rows, as often us once ev ?ry 10 or 15 days, running quite " shal ! low” with a harrow, cultivator or a hor-e Hoe. followed by hand hoes to clean and mellow i the space between the hills. Do not break any roots, or use the turning plow, at all. in work j ing this crop ; siirfaee-nlture. after the first i working, being the proper mode. Cotton must be brought to a “ stand,” and ’ scraped and moulded, without delay. The moulding must be done as soon after scrap ing as possible, so that the roots of the young plants may not be left exposed to the scoreh ' ing effects of the sun. Oats, Rye, and perhaps Wheat, may be cut ! in some places, the last of this month, and tin ground, afterwards planted in Sweet Potutov > "draws,” or Cow Peas. * Cow Peas should be now sown broadcast or drilled, in deeply plowed and well manured ’ land. If intended for hay, the land must b» rich; if seed only is desired, moderately fertih land will answer. Sow Peas, also, broadcast to turn under as green immure. Sweet Potatoes should be planted exten 1 sively, as heretofore recommended. Select : rainy or a cloudy day, or the cool of the even “ ing (from 4P, M.. till sundown) for setting j your "draws”—dip the roots in a butter o water thickened with fine rich soil, make hole with a pointed stick (“dibble”) —set tin "draws” deep into the mellow ground, am press the earth firmly around them. s ‘ Sow Corn in drills for fodd :r—opening tin ( ! drill wide and deep with a long shovel, .•in scattering the corn along in it at the rate ol ’ about 3 bushels per acre. It mly be out whei in the tassel, and feed green, or dried for win ter use. Sow, also, Chinese Sugar Cane, loi fodder in the same way, and try it for liny.— It may bo cut two or three times, but if a)lowe< p | to stand, it will mature its seed if planted evci ■ as late as the middle of June or Ist of July.— | Make the ground very deep and rich, as pre | vionsly directed. The Vegetable Garden.—Transplant Egn Plants, and continue planting Snap Beans even 10 or 12 days. Hill up Bush Beans, before blooming, tt keep them up-right when bearing. Work carefully around Melons and Cncmn bers with a pronued hoe—prune the vines s. as to distribute the fruit equally, and it tin striped bug is troublesome, try the effects <> . sprinkling the vine with weak camphor water which is made by tying up in muslin, a pice t of gum camphor as large as an egg and infus I ing it in a barrel of rain water. To preven the wind from bundling up the vines, throw .• 1 shovelful of dirt upon them, here and there. - The main point, however, in this month, is tin proper thinning of the crop. Never leave but n two, or, at most, three plants, of Melons, Cu cumbers or Squashes in each hill. t All vegetables will be greatly b nefitted bv a judicious thinning, for a crowded growth i just as injurious to them as if they were ever grown with weeds. Hoe and stir the soil frequently around youi plants, and, whenever you possibly can, mulch ’ them ;it will improve them wonderfully. s Plant out Tomatoes towards the end of thi j. month for a late crop, and nip them down un ] til the early patch is giving out; then let them j Ro to fruit, and you will have plenty until frost. Sow Cabbage seed the latter part of thi ! month, for fall and v inter use. Flat Dutch and Bergen are the best. Try, also, the gen ! nine “ Buncombe” seed, if you can obtain it. Transplant Leeks—they will be fit for use all next winter. It you are raising Onions from the black seed, thin out the rows and transplant. Such transplanted Onions will come in late, and last till Christmas. Finish cutting Asparagus by the middle o this month, or the Ist of June, at farthest. Continue to plant Okra, Squashes and Mel ups of the different varieties, Lima (or Butteri Beans, Sweet Corn. Transplant the Tomato. Pepper, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Wc.. Plant Carrots, Beets, Salsify, Parsnips, Ac., for a succession. Now is, also, the proper time to feed your plants with liquid manure, [say one pound <>.' Peruvian Guano or two pounds of hen manure dissolved in 10 gallons of water.] Once a week is enough, and give plenty ot pure water aflei the application of the manure. lhe Strawberry patch should receive a good working with pronged hoes, to avoid injuring lhe roots. After thus loosening up the soil, replace the mulching, and there will be lit th trouble with the weeds for the remainder <> '.the season, if cultivating solely tor fruit, tin ' runners must be scrupulously kept don n. Weeds will now begin to infest your garden and must be ruthlessly destroyed at their first appearance. The Orchard and Fruit Garden.—Destroy Catterpillnr's nests wherever found on youi fruit trees. If the branches are crowded ot over laden with thickly-set fruit thin out on. half of it. and the remainder will be cnougl Iwtter to pay for the trouble. Dust over the Plum and Nectarine trees with a mixture of quick lime, ashes ami sul phur, while the dew is on the leaves, to des troy the cureulio. The Flower Garden.—Shade, water, weed cultivate and mulch your flowers and notice the general directions for last month in this department. Ihe Japanese Minister's Visit to thi United States.—The Japanese minister t" ratify the treaty recently made with the Unit ed States, accompanied by a large suite, is ex pected at Washington in June next. The I S. steamers Mississsippi and Powhatan hav« gone to Yoddo to take tliem on board, whe. they will sail to San Francisco, and by th Panama route to New York, and theme lo railroad to Washington. On both sides of tlx continent they are to be received with wel come mid with honor. Lieut. Habersham, ii n letter to the Philadelphia Ledger, says tin Mississippi sailed from Hong Kong for Yedii on lhe 14th of February, and would be fol lowed in a few days by the Powhatan.— Sa. I St irs. Tufx-i ae from a Wreck.—Al the offices of j .Messrs. Abell A Langly, bullion brokers, L ri ' don, there are now to l>e seen gold bars of the | luiue of Xll.OoO, and silver ban valued at£4,- <M»O, fished up from the wreck of H. M. Lutiiie, which was lost off the c<>a«t of Holland, on the 9th of Oetohcr, 1799. After sixty years im mersion the gold lix.k* a* fresh a* if it had p - | been taken out of ttw* bink. Tho silver I i j un lite othi-r band, have laxuiu. exu-roaliy s'. t» >-t Ida*k under tee action of alt water; and mane of the dollars, which Lave Isen all •at <l, are <*> much »rnxiad that ibt-y are Worth uni) one or us» shillings caeh. J'beG Mh c-tfUgU IfMkt Ala.. How Sermons are made. There arc probably ten thousand persons i n these United States whee chief occupation is that of sennon-makiug. As the peri.xf o f th* ' week for going forth to this battle conics, the minister begins to feci like a man awaiting a surgical opcrati n : come to it he tnu«t, how ever his leluctance may cau-e a t< n por iry fie. lay. He enters his study, takes up ms Bible i turns over its pages, an d reads out text here' aud aimtl.ert here,but all are alike sealed up or unsuited eitherto his mood or to his idea of hi* - people’s need, and hence he rises and takes . two or three rounds in his study—then 1 1# stands, aud 1 siks out of the window and feels ' a :ew tho attraction of this great Ixsik of i la •urc, walks out, looks at the leaves, the flowers, t . ihc meadows, the cattle, the clouds,and with unconsecrated thoughts gazes into the bound- I less expanse. e But still these two sermons for next Sabbath • I where arc they to come from ? He goes hack g i to his house, plays a little with tho children, i- talks a moment with his wife, fumbles the newspaper, looking here and there on iu col t umns with his eyes while his mind is wander e ng to the ends of the earth in search for those e ' IWo next Sabbath serm ns which are still i lt , n calling louder and louder for a place a -r mong the actual and experimental. He hums .1 a tune, drums with his fingers, and does n va e riety of unconscious things, so absorbed is the e 1 ntrieate machinery of his mind in the vain t, ondeavor t*. work out the problem. After these various turns, like the gyrations of a hawk be i- me he pounces on his prey, the minister rush- II es back to his study seizes his Bible convulsive i- ty, as if to force it to yield, up a text, and to g make sure of no failure this time, he falls foul c *t the first that comes to hand a« a sort of Hob- un’s choice, and at it he goes with might and e i,mn.— Keie York Chronicle, <! ‘ ‘ Blitz at a Wedding. Probably no man now living has caused a >re real, thorough, unmitigated fun and mis ,f hies than Signor Blitz, the magician and ven n riloquist. He has been made a peg, no doubt, j. o bang a good many hats on that were never l( worn ; but we must believe stories like this ’ vliich the Philadelphia City Item tells of ,i 31itz ut a wedding: Tiie othe. night our young friend, Walter Dinmore, the photographist, was married to ;. he lovely and accomplished Miss Fisher, of Camden, and Signor Blitz, being an old friend L , f the Dinmores, was invited to the wedding, le did not reach there until about 10 o'clock. After paying his respects to the bride and ~ groom, he tuoX a seat in the back parlor. Pre eatly some one cried out. "You’re losing i j your ho >p-skirt, Madame.” whereupon the neatest confusion ensued, all the ladies grasp , ng their skirts with a vigor that seemed to , -ay, loose or not, they shan’t come down!” i- "Let me out,” cried tho strange voice, and then •ther voices hurriedly said, " Hands off, sir!” . "Miss. I lave you!” “Oh, Augustus!’’ “Your H aiby K crying at home, Madame!” Kill it, w.th Godfrey’s Cordial!” ‘ Murder!” Fire!” "Stand from under!” "Look to the bride!” , "Poison!” "What’s the matter with Walter!’ i ‘Strychnine!” “ Arrest the groonis-tncn!”— i. “Fire! These cries, in apparently diff rent voices, followed each ,thcr in such quick sue- , -cssion that for about five minutes there was j, he greatest consternation, until Walter Din .. a ire, knowing[Blitz of old,pulled him outof the •orner and set him to eating and drinking, so |r as give him no opportunity for the display of I, ventriloquism. On his way back, while crose ng the river Blitz frightened the hands of the , > -at badly; in fact, one of them would have umped into the river if he had not been held is it is, he declares the Old Boy was on board the boat that night. , From our Georgia Exghanges. , Deparh ke of the WANDERER.—This far lamed schooner sailed yesterday for Havant, i carrying out her owner, Mr. C A. L. Lamar, .md a party ot gentlemen. Mr. Lamar’s object . in visiting Havana, we learn, is to dispose of 'he Banderer. She has been fitted tip with , lew and handsome furniture, and is, we dare , say, the most elegant, as she certainly is one i of the fastest sailing schooners in the Amert can waters. Whether she will become the pleasure yacht of some wealthy Cuban planter, - <>r be again despatched to the coast of Africa ■n a missionary enterprise, remains to be seen. , —Sarannah Sews 23d. Homicide.—As we go to press, we regret to learn that Zachariah Brantley, of this county, iost his lite at Isabella, Ga., on Tuesday even ing last, in a rencounter with John Giles, John Howell and James A. Hoy. Giles and Hoy •a e in the custody of the Sheriff; Howell made ■is escape, ran off bleeding, and is supposed to iave died in the woods. Tho wounls received by Brantely was with i Bowie knife. One in the back, another in he pit ot the stomach and the other above tiie fight knee. Not being informed ot the cir umstances which led to this melancholy affair, > e w ithheld any comment. — Albany Patriot, 21. Movement of River Steamers.—The Isaac ■icott, Capt. Curry, returned from Macon on Monday, and left for Savannah on Tuesday norning. lhe Comet, Cnpt. Dillard, returned from Macon to “ Nest Egg,” ou Sunday, where she > ns detaiued. for 300 bales cotton to be hauled ui. She will take the balance of the cotton "*w here, and leave for Savannah in a few lays. Thu Comet will return from Savannah I*' this place, which will probably be the last iip tor the present. — idaickinscitlc Times 21.. Brtnswick ImprovemENis.—The Episcopal uns of Brunswick have subscribed |I4OO for he erection of a suitable house of worship, and he proprietors ot the city have presented them •vith an eligible lot for the same. The Herald says the Brunswick A Florida Railroad t ompany have resolved to continue ilieir roatl beyond the junction with the Main I'runk, to Albany, , rovided a proper spirit of .oerality i. exercised by parties residing on the route. A corps of engineers left Brunswick i iiesday last, tor the pur|«>se of surveying the line. — Eiicaniiak Republican 22. The Last Cold Spill.—We are apprehen .ve that considerable damage has been done the grain and fruit crops, by the severe weather •f Sunday night last. We have in our office m oak limb; a grape vine aud some young peaches that were completely killed by the rost. and we learn that there has been more •r les. injury sustained by the farmers in this . iciiiity. Neither corn nor cotton, however, re suflii ieiitly advanced to bu materially dfe< tvsl, but we fear for the wheat crop. - JriJliH Svutk 21. Rah. Road I«ox.—On Friday last the elioouer John 11. Alien, Capt. Babcock, arriv d from I’.i.ladvlplua, with 250 tons Rail Road ii. tor th< Brunswick A Florida Rail R»*J» I ■ lliaH iirii ’i Herald, 20th. - eai - I -.i.. ii i.a at a Ma-k.— sl «• Mary Van .'lun, a " lie g<rt ab-a years uto, was su ... v. ■.m L u lie, "K irxiay, by a bill* >ujt i.a > >4 U a false lave, that she »a. three u sulo aouvulat ua, aad pa«<d I rein one fit to M* utMr» uaui tAfkA ««ni sbasi UH Wtews-i UsA
