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SUBSCRIPTION: f >r Weekly paper. Two Dollars per annum in nd in e. or Three Dollars at the end of the year. ADVERTISING: One Dollar er squ re for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. WEEKLY KATES. to co a. c© No. of f 9 g g 4» § = 5 5 D S 3 § s>qrs. r x go 7. 5 zz. 1 ..I 2 501 4 501 6 00110 00 15 001 20 00 , O J 5 0)! 80011002000 25 00 30 00 ' 3.. 7 50|!l 00|14 50|25 00|85 00| 40 00 1 4.. 10 00115 00119 00130 00 40 00] 50 00 j ... 12 00117 00 20 00 40 00 50 00 Go 00 7 ... 17 00 25 00 30 00 60 00'70 00! 80 00 S 20 00’30 00,40 00 70 00 80 00 90 00 pi ... 25 00 40 OOjSO 00180 00|90 00,100 FROM OUR DAILY OF FRIDAY, SEPT 23. Change! Change!! Change!!! In the first part of the present canvass, when the Know Nothings alias Americans, alias Opposition, organized for the conflict, they made no platform, and their candidate lor Congress in this district, Mr. Hardeman, in his letter accepting the nomination, de nounced platforms as a humbug, and began the contest with the following pledge [in sub stance, | to his party : “ I pledge myself through thick ami thin, To labor still with zeal devout, To get the outs, poor devils, in. And turn the ins, the w retches, out.” This is Mr. Hardeman’s platform, and he is supported on it by his party. The Democrats, they think, have ruled this government long enough, and they hope, by opposing the Dem ocrats blindly, to enlist under their banner their former adherents, together with a few Democrats who have been seeking place and power for a number of years, and, failing to secure it in the Democratic ranks, will em brace any opportunity that presents itself, to do the Democratic party injury. They made no declaration of principles; and the reason why they did not was that they have found out long since, that their old principles are largely in the minority, and they were afraid to change too suddenly, for fear it would drive from their support some of their former adhe rents and friends, so they have done it gradu- | ally. In the first place, they, in calling the party together for the purpose of taking steps to nominate a candidate for Governor, stated in the call, that questions connected with the rights of foreign citizenship would be set aside for the time being, and questions of greater importance take their place; but that they still cherished the principles cf the American party. But now, when their Grand High Priest, Warren Akin, has declared that he was in favor of protecting our naturalized citi zens upon foreign soil, even to the fall of the last soldier, and the sinking of the last ship, the sentiment is applauded in every Opposition paper in Georgia. This is, indeed, a political somersault. Truly, “ a change has come over the spirit of their dream !” The hated, perse cuted foreigner, whom they reviled and de- 1 nounced two years ago ; and who, it they had ' then succeded in electing their candidates, would have been stripped of their rights and privileges as citizens of the United States, and ’ made to occupy a position in society co-equal with that of the negro, they now say should be protected with the blood and money of Ameri cans 1 Fellow-Citizens, place no confidence in their assertions. What guaranty have you that they will not, so soon as elected, turn another somersault ami stand again upon their old principles ? w Again, they have become ultra Southern Kights in sentiment, [or rather in profession,] and their candidate for Congress in this dis ♦ riot. iloi*lnr<>il himsolf tlin ehsiini>i<ill nf* thn ter ate nt l!.l tnet, has declared himselt the champion of the South, and pledged himself to throw every other principle to the winds until the South has had her equality in the Union acknow ledged. or achieved her independence out of it. Another somersault both by the party and their candidate. Two years ago, the same party, in Convention, declared the Union of paramount political good, and were willing to sacrifice the rights of the South upon its altar; and Mr. Hardeman, their candidate, withdrew from the Southern Rights’ Convention, which was held in this city in 185", and in the public journals of that day declared himself opposed to all attempts to dissolve the Union, and stated that lie would stick to it so long as the stars and stripes waved ; and if elected, we fear he will change again to a Union-saver, and if a candidate in the next election, exclaim in the words of the poet: “ 1 pledge myself to be no more [med : With Southern wrongs beprosed or sharn -1 vote her grievances a bore. So she may suffer and be d —d.” Voters of the Third District! how can you, with such facts as these starin' you in the face, vote with such a party, or for such a candidate ? Southern Rights with Col. Speer is no new born fancy or passion, but it has grown with his growth, and strengthened with his strength, and he will defend her honor manfully in the Halls of Congress, if elected > and of this rest assured, that if every other son of the South forsake her cause, he, single handed and alone, will tight her battle, so long as a drop of blood remains in his veins, and will not desert tier on the first appearance of the weakness of the force with which he acts; and if fall he must, the rights and honor of the South will lose in him a champion worthy of her eause. C. The Duty of a Legislator--The Oath. In our judgment, ami according to the con struction placed upon the oath of office, a mem ber of the Legislature is obliged to vote upon questions which come before him. Otherwise all legislation could be defeated. Mr. Harde man, the Opposition candidate for Congress in the 3d district, would not vote upon the bill for the “pardonof Burton A. Brooks, of Har ris county’’—-a notorious fellow, whom many citizens of Harris petitioned to the Legislature not to pardon, and asked that the judgment of the Court might be executed. The Journals show that Mr. Hardeman was in his place when the bill was taken up and alter it passed, and did not vote. As the ayr« stood 56 am! | ti e no• ' 56—a tie vote —his own vote would have changed the result. Mr. Howard, of Muscogee, refused to vote upon the bill rela tiugto the Market Ordinance of this city, for reasons satisfactory to himselt, and. perhaps to his constituents. We quote apart of the oath of office, intending no offence to any one, to wit: "I, A. B„ do solemnly swear or affirm, * * * that I consider myself constitutionally talitied as a Senator or Representative; a'.j tl t on <i//queatiozu and measures w liich may 1 ome before me, Z will girt my rote, tw) so con duct myself. as may, in my Jtnltftncr.t, appear most conductive to the interests »f l< l prosperi ty <>t this State ” Ac. Perhaps it is best lor the State for the w bole Legislature to sit still ami not rot, upon quc»- t ons < miiug before it, allwit the ..alii make, it “ 1 r ’ ry upon the members to a certain ex tent to t. el some interest tn the proceedings of t e r Ixaly, Ihe spirit of the oath is evident b i tended for those who dodge question, mid rbift responsibility.—Cb/uzzi<z«< " »■■■■■ —■■■mm ■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■— „—iw ■ i— — .i i ■■■ State l-lrcGu', PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. \ < )LTTM E I 1. GOOD NEWS FROM ALE DIRECTIONS. We have just returned from Cobb county. — Our friends in Cobb say that that county will ’ give Gartrell and Brown an increased tntyori ’ ty. We heard news that makes us believe that ' Cass will go tor Brown, after all the blowing of the Akin papers. Cass will go for Brown 1 in our opinion. Mark that. Fulton will go the Democratic ticket entire. Mark that 1 We have been informed, that there are ten or more counties iu North-Eastern Georgia, in which but one Anti-Brown man is running for the Legislature, mark that. Our news from lower Georgia is quite cheer ing. We have lately seen men from the mountains of Gilmer to the line of Florida from the Chattahoochee to the Savannah and all speak confidently of Governor Brown's suc cess. The question is not will he be defeated, but how large shall the majority be ? Would’nt the Opposition feel rather small, if that brag ging soeech, which has so exercised them, should be literally fulfilled, by 30,000 majority? Stranger things have happened. o Uncle Tomism Dead in England. The literary Gazette says: “Who will believe that Mrs. Stowe is now in England •? that the American authoress, who, but a short time ago, created such a sensation,is actually among us without receiving any public notice at all? The lady, however, is in thiscountry, and en : gaged upon her new tale.” How fearfully personal all that is! Mrs. Stowe —Harriet | Beecher Stowe —the manufacturer of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the sister of our Beecher—she in London and Cockneydom is not in ecstacies! Injury from Gunpowder. A lad residing on Hunt street, says the Mer cury of yesterday evening, was severely injur ed a few days ago by gunpowder. He had made a “ spitting devil,” which being too wet to ignite, he took his flask to pour some pow der upon it, but by mistake poured it upon a coal of fire, when the flask exploded burning him in the face and elsewhere, and shocking ly mangling his hand and arm.— Mobile Regis ter. The Baltimore Dispatch, of the 10th inst., says that Mrs. Matt Peel has organized a troupe of Ethiopian artists, and will soon leave for the West and South. Mr. J. T. Hnntly is man ager, and everything promises well. The same paper contains the announcement that Rumsey & Newcomb’s Ethiopian Minstrels would open in Baltimore, positively for one week only, on the 12th inst. Frost in the Fast and North. Papers from the East and North give ac counts of sudden changes in the weather—the temperature being very low. In Hartford, on the 15th, it was as low as 28 degrees half an Hour after sunrise. The towns in Middle ami Northern Connecticut have been visited by a : frost, in some places freezing vegetables per- ! fectly stiff. The tobacco remaining nucut, the i Hartford Times says, was injured. The towns in the vicinity of Boston were | visited by frost on the night of the 14th, ami the Cleveland Plaindealer, of the same date, is informed that corn throughout Northern Illinois is completely destroyed by the frosts. Historians at War.—An amusing contro versy, showing the reliability of history', (says the Philadelphia Ledger) is now carried on in I the Blackwoods and Frazer’s Magazine.— Blackwood accuses Macaulay of giving a false coloring to history and defaming the charac ters of distinguished men from political preju dice. These papers are attributed to Alison.— Frazer on the other hand, says Alison makes the most absurd historical mistakes, and his history is nothing but a budget of blunders. — This attack upon Alison is ascribed to the pen of Macaulay. It is quite likely that each has a proper appreciation of the other’s labors.— History is pretty much what the writers choose to make it, and scarcely an event re corded but is tinctured with their peculiar prejudices, predilections, and partisan opinions. When we see how public events of the pres ent day are misrepresenetd and perverted by prejudice, passion or partiality, our confidence in the accuracy of historians, who are explain ing events which happened long before they were born, must be considerably shaken. In a Tight Place. At L , on Sunday evening, fatigued by his long journey, a wagoner, with his son John, drove his team into a good range, and deter- < mined to pass the Sabbath enjoying a season of worship with the gotd folks of the village. 1 When the time for worship arrived, John was set to watch the team, while the wagoner ' went in with the crowd. The preacher hardly announced his subject before the old man fell sound asleep. He sat against the partition in the center of the body slip ; while just against him, separated only by the very low partition, sat a flashy laly, who sermed all absorbed in the sermon. She struggled hard with her feelings, until ] unable to control them any longer, then burst 1 out with a loud scream, and shouted at the ( top of her voice, rousing the old man, who, ( but half awake, thrust his arm around her waist, and cried verv soothingly: “Wo,Nance! Wo, Nance! Wo! Here, John, 1 ( cut the bellyband, and loose the breeching: ( quick, or she’ll tear everything in pieces I” )' was all the work of a moment; but the s er forgot to shout, the preacher lost the if rea j o y his discourse, and the meeting prema turely to an end, and, while de' mortified, the poor old man skulked . lwav> determined not to go to meeting atfJ' , until j, e coulJ man . age to keep his ser,>w |, v remaining awake. „.. 'lew Telegraph Lincs. l-ie nest' rn i n j on Missouri River and Mis souri, Ke nslU) an j Telegraph Companies, have v ntered into an agreement, (we see by a atch of the llth, from New York.) by’ Lvhich the former Company assumes the con- 1 , I trol of all the telegraph lines west of St. ' i Louis: and arrangements are making to ex- ; j tend the telegraph wires from St. Louis to Fort Smith, Ark., on the line of the Butter | field Overland Route, and also from St. Louis Ito Atchison mid Utah. The latter line is now ’ in operation for four hundred mile, west of St. Iziuis, and that from St. Louis via Fort Smith i» in good working order about three 11 mid red miles west of St. Imuis. Another section of two hundred miles is soon to be opened on this route. MACOXJIKOBGIA.OC'T. 1.1559. ■ri—l IBM 111 ■«i ■iiaww—a— m i ■ mwOTßmw ,■ fiwwnrri .a. jk rr Quaint Old Song. I Ye who would eave you features florid, Lithe limbs, bright eyes, unwrinkied forehead. From age's devastation horrid, r Adopt this plan : 1 'Twill make in climate cold and torrid, j A hale old man. Avoid in youth, luxurious diet, r Restrain the passions’ lawless riot; 1 Devoted to domestic quiet, r Be wisely gay : So shall ye, spite of age’s fiat, Resist decay. J Seek not in Mammon’, worship, pleasure, But find your richest, purest treasure, I In books, friends, music, polished leisure ; The mind, not pence, Makes the soul-scale by which to measure True opulence This is the solace, this the science, Life’s purest, sweetest, best appliance, ' That disappoints not man’s relian.se, Whate’er his state, But challenges with calm defiance, Time, Fortune, Fate! fter?* “ Where was Joliu Rogers burnt to death ?” said the teacher to one of the pupils, in a commanding voice. He couldd’t tell.— •’The next.” Joshua knows,” said the little girl at the foot of the class. “ Well, said tdie teacher, “ it Joshua knows he may tell.” “ Jn the fire,” said Joshua, looking very sol emn and wise. This was the last question. Injury to the Cotton Crop. The destructive storm of Thursday last, ad dod to the submerging rain of yesterday has played the wild with the cotton crop of mid dle Alabama. A ride of twenty-one miles on Monday, through the cotton growing region convinced us that the injury to the crop is very heavy. It was absolutely distressing to look upon the stricken fields, that only a few days since were rejoicing in the abundance of their harvests. Many thousand bales of cotton have been lost to Alabama planters by the disas ters of the last week. — Montgomery Confeder ation 21sL The Zurich Conference.—The latest intel ligence from this Convention is contained in the following telegraphic dispatches: Zurich, Sept., 2.—Yesterday at the meeting of the Blenipotentiares, the regulation of cer tain points relating to the limits of the Lom bardian frontiers and the sejieration of the civil and ecclesiastical jurisdiction, was taken into consideration. The Prussian Minister, ac credited at Turin, has arrived here and paid a visit to the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries. A meeting also took place yesterday of the sec i ond Plenipotentiaries, of the three Powers. Zurich, Sept., 3.—Yesterday there was a j conference of the Plenipotentiaries, lasting two hours, al which M. de Borqueney, M. de Ban ] neville, Count Colloredoand M. ie Meisc üburg i were present. The Paris correspondent of the London | 1 ini oa cfi vc* limes says: Count Colloredo persists as much as ever in his proposition respecting the debt —namely, | that Piedmont shall take upon herself tliat of j the Monte debt of Milan which belongs to j Lombardy, and also that which corresponds to 1 this province, in proportion to its population, , of the liabilities of the Austrian Empire.— | This last proposition is not. it would seem, ad- . milled by the French Plenipotentiary, and much less by the Piedmontese. The Peidmontese Government considers that , by acceding it would merely buy at Zurich a i province which owes to the victories of the i allied armies, and to the spontaneous union of j its population. The French may have suggest ed some middle term, whether successfully or not remains to be seen ; but that a satisfactory solution will hardly be obtained while Austria, persists in her original proposition. All these points are of so serious a character that a I speedy arrangement is not considered likely, and it is admitted hero that the Conference ■ may, judging from present appearances, drag : on to the end of the present month. Indicting Steamboats for Carrying Let ters.—The Grand Jury of the U. S. Onrt at , M heeling, 4 a., ba ve returned bills of indict- ! incut against Ce pt. Booth, of the Literary ; : Capt. Darlington, of the Muskingum river packet, J no. F.uck; Capt. Brown, of the Liz zie Martin, and several other steamboat Cap tains, for Carrying letters contrary to the act ot Congress, To carry stamped letters over a post route is not a violation of la*.,-, provided I the letters be deposited in a post office at the eud of their destination, where an additional charge of one cent postage is n.ade. The in dictments relate only to those who have car ried letters without stamps, sir who have de livered the same to the persons to whom they were directed, before depositing them in the post-office. Piton your Breeches.—-The other night, the Aurora. Borealis ovenspn ad the firmament, the sight was so unusual ns to excite not a tew. and some v\. re frighte 'led almost out of their wits, j iere wlts Peter R„ for instance, who we't to the door, and saw with amaze- j ’"snt the sky lighted up. and he concluded, ,!jr t the world was on tire, »nd that judgment day had come. He gazed aw hile in speecli- I less terror at tho scene, and with a yell of hor- , ror sprang into the yard,and run and screnied. This awakened hit wife, who, seeing her bus- , band running and scaeaining about the yard, called to him to tell her what >n earth was the matter. “Peter, what is tl. * matter with you?” said the astonished rife “Whitt ' makes yon rnd and set up su ch n terrible i noise ?” But Peter said never a word to' Ler. i The wife became intensely alarmed, and r. nn ‘ I ning after him said : “ Peter, oh ! Peter, ■ what do you mean 1 For gracious sake come I in thehm-e and put on your breeches.” “ Breeches the d 1,” said Peter, “what the I h Us the use of putting breeches on now. i don't you see the world's ou fire.”— l‘eteix- I bury Intelligencer. Bored oct of Jail.—This Friday morning. David P. Locke, who has been in jail for the last six months, awaiting hi« trial for murder, ' and - Powell, who was accused of horse stealing, have e»ca|>ed from jail. They bored through the ceiling which wa* five inches thick and through a sill some fifteen inches thick, and escaped through the roof, getting therefrom by the aid of a ro|>e. After boring so bard, bberty will be sweet. Bainbridge [ Aryut. OFFICE IN RALSTON'S BUILDING, THIRD STREET. FROM OUR DAILY OF SATURDAY, SEPT 24. Correction. It has been reported in this county that Col. L. M. Lamar, one of the Democratic can didates for the House, had returned home and declined being a candidate. We are author ized to say that this is false. Col. Lamar has not returned home as yet. b • having been de tained by sickness in his family. This report has been put in circulation by some members of the Opposition party, who taking advantage of Col. L. M. Lamar’s absence, have adopted this plan to injure him. To guard against a similar report in the fu ture, we take this occasion to say that the gen tlemen who compose the Democratic ticket, and whose names may be found in this paper, have each accepted the nomination. Our Market Report. We resume to-day the publication of our 1 Market Report, for which we are indebted to I our polite neighbor, Mr. Wm. Dunn, who has , heretofore kindly obliged us in the same way. > One citizens, as well as planters and others : who have dealings in this market, can rely ' , with entire confidence upon the correctness of , 1 Mr. Dunn’s report, for we know of no mer- , ’ chant more reliable or better posted in such mat- I ■ j ters. Having been formerly a resident of Ten ■ I nessee, he is familiar with the pricesand qual- ity of Western produce, in which our planting - | friends are particularly interested. His store < | is situated in Ralston’s Building, under the State Press office, where lie keeps constantly I on hand and sells on the most accommodating terms, Bacon, Grain, Hay and many other ar- i tides too numerous to mention. 5 oil will' t save money by examining his stock, and pur- | aliasing from him such articles as you may I weed in his line. The Circus. Spalding & Rogers spread their canvas in ' Macon, yesterday, and opened their circus to a ! 1 very large audience, who, we understand, ■ were perfectly delighted with the excellent riders, the daring teats of the various A-ell i trained horses. ponies, nudes, dogs, etc., with j all the other concomitants of the company. [ , To-night is their last performance in this citv. See the bills. Southern Enterprise. In another column w ill be found an adver- ' tlscment of the “ Old Dominion Shingle Mill,' also a favorable notice of it from n \ irginia pa,per, to both of which we direct the atten tion of our readers. This is no catch-penny | humbug, but really a valuable machine. The I proprietor cun be found at Brown's Hotel. Second District—Hon. M. J. CRAWFORD—IIIs ELECTION SECURE. The Albany Patriot, in its last issue, speak in "of the merits of the Hon. M. J. Ciiam i-oro, says: “ Asa proof of the estimation in which he Is held by those he represents, the late I District Convention unanimously nominated him tor re-election to the next Congress, and mm lor re-eiecuon io uiv him ungivss, .<o-. i as a still greater proof they are determined to | re-elect him in spite of all opposition, by an i overwhelming majority.’’ j In this connection we make the following i extract from a private letter from Dougherty county. The writer says : “It nothing should disturb our present ca ivass I think we shall be able to git e Judge Crarwfoad at leant "Oil majority. Hope Col. Spier and the Bibb Democracy ar o doing well,” The Presidency. An exchange paper gives the follow ing list of thiri-y-six statesmen, whose names w ill pro bably be presented in the Conventions of their respect ive parties for the Presidential m nnina tions. in 1860: Illin-ois—Stephen A. Douglas. Kentucky—John J. Crittenden, James Gti *h j ri<-, Job n C. Breckenridge. Oregon —Joseph Lane. Temussee —John Bell, Andrew Johnson, California—John C. Fremont. | New York—Daniel S. Dickinson, Hoi atio , Seymour. Win. 11. Seward. ■ Michigan—Lewis Cass. * Mississippi Jefferson Davis, Albert k>. j Brown. Virginia—R. M. T. Hunter, Henry A. JAisu Wm. L. Goggin, John Minor Botts, A. IL If. Stuart, Win. C. Rives. i Texas—Gen. Sam. Houston. Louisiana —John Slidell. 1 Georgia—-A. 11. Stephens, Howell Cobb. Massachusetts —N. P. Bunks, Charles Sum ner, Edward Everett. R. C. IV inthrop. 'daine. — Wm. Pitt Fessenden. Ollio —Thomas Corwin. John McLean, J. R. Giddings, Salmon P. Chase. Pen nsy Ivania —Simon Cameron. M isso-n ri—Ed w ard I lutes. Alabama —Wm. L. Yancey. The Opposition Party. Hon. A.C. Walker, in a letter, addressed to the democratic meeting, which lately assem bled in Augusta, thus alludes to the opposition, to-wit: But while they condemn the Democracy, I i have never heard that they propose to amend ‘ Democratic faults, by substituting something better of their own. Occasionally their oracle and high priest lays down the law to his disci ples, and they incontinently cry out “ great is j ' the Dianna of the Ephe-ians but at last, it . amounts to nothing nufre than “opposition.”— : I This, as far as 1 know, is the only Word in | their vocabulary, and. of course, must beeom- 1 preliensive enough to mean anything. I do believe that if the Opposition were to gain the : control of the Government to-morrow, they I 1 would be precisely in the condition of tjie un- I j. nuiiate widow who drew tho elephant in the ' I'.m -Story.—The Decatur (1a.,) Republi-! , at ii huge snake, reported bv some can says th , , , . , ‘ 'eetdong and covered with bright : to be twenty. . 7 . , . , . , ig place in that region, some spots has a bldi .. .. . , . Vof < ’htty < reek, and ha* where hi the ban , - . , . > # . . , ni of Hu<*k dinerent destroyed a good <h , . . , ..... , other day, and track'' kinds. Jfc mtcii t!*e /’ . , .... . *r a brnlge. flic ed Ut a hiding place Ufi<J . i . . , brought together brnlgc wm torn up In u croa d . ‘Ut the Miake by the ikws of lhe diwovery ; . . . ... , , uud I* Wild wa i gohv. 1 iis ti u< k upon Um- gr» to look a* if a !• g Lad becu dragged ul< ** a loan mho mw him cot cd up ouedu), be hiadc a heap a* Urge a? a luoUaer * btu He Never Si.oit Over. Among all the gems of Artemus Waul, the best according to I our notion, Ims never been specially picked i out. It occurs in his Wealhersfield Fourth of July Oration, and is as follows: To resume—G. Washington was a clear headed, warm-hartal, brave and stidy goin man. lie never si.oi-t over. The prevalin weakness of most pub irk mon is to SLOP OVER. |Put them in large letters. A. W.] They git filled up & slop. They rush things. They travel too much on the high pressher principles. They git into the first popular hobby hoss which trots along, not carin a t 1 whether the beast is even goin, (dear sited and • sound, or spavined, blind and bawky. Os 1 course they git tlirowd eventooally, if not i sooner. 1 _ t Reaiiy-Madf. Graves. -A Committee of the Council of Clarksville, Tenn., instructing the . new sexton in the duties of his office, informed him that it would be his province to have the 1 graves prepared in the city cemetery. He took them at their word, and went to work; j and before the misunderstanding was discov j ered. had a wholesale lot on hand. In relation to which the Clarksville Jeffersonian says: 1 “As the quantity of graves will be more [ than sufficient lor our population for some ; time to come, persons at a distance intending 5 to die before the next rain, can be accommo- ■ dated with graves at cost.” 1 Naval Reform.—lt is proposed to intro- . duce a reform into the British Navy, making retirement obligatory at a certain age, and thus secure the advancement of younger men to , posts which their nge and physical strength qualify them to till. Os one hundred Adm:- rals at present oa the active list, thirty-nine ( are between the ages of seventy and eighty- • ‘I seven, and only fourteen nre employed. Os three hundred captains, thirty-one arc about the age of sixty ; ninety are employed, and one hundred and eighty have never served afloat in their present rank. State Fair. The next Annual Fair of the Southern Cen- 1 tral Agricultural Society will be held in At- 1 lanta, commencing the 24th, and ending on the 28th of October. 1859. 1 Articles for exhibition should bo on the gronml by 10 oelock on the 24t!i. The Rail- ‘ roads will afford the usual facilities. Messrs. ‘ I W. 11. Barnes A; Co.. Auctioneers, will be on 1 the ground at times, to attend to the sale of ‘ articles. A good Refreshment and Eating Saloon on the ground. JAMES CAMAK, Secretary. Atlanta Sept. 18th, 1859. e United States Grand Lodge In- 1 DEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FEL- 1 D<»WS. 1 The Grand Lodge of the United States of ' the Indepeneent Order of ( Lid Fellows assem- 1 bled in annual communication, in the Egyp-i ' tian Saloon, at Odd Fellows’ Hall, yesterday I ’ morning, the M. W. Grand Sire. S. Craighead. 1 I linn t»t 11 u, tiic.’i- vii.tiiu • t;v. » ■- x i t 1 the etifcir, and all the grand officers present. The Xirand Lodge was opened with prayer I by the Grund Chaplain, Rev. I’.inl Repiton; ' iffter whidi the Grand Secretary announced J ’ that there were present representatives from 1 twenty-three Grand Lodges. Grand Sire Craighead presented his annual ■ report. The report speaks of the general con dition of flic Order as prosperous. It speaks : of the influence shed by the celebration of thu anniversary of the founding of the Order, and recommends that the 26th day < f April in each year be observed, as far as practicable, as a ■ day sacred and peculiar to Odd Fellowship.— After noticing in appropriate terms the deaths of several P. G. Representatives since the last ’ meeting of the body, the report refers to the system of public installations, recently adopted, as destined to become an interesting and pop ’ ulor feature of the association ; and so far bad been follo ved by profitable results. , No application hall been received for new I G."and Lodges or Encampments since the last meeting but a warrant had been issued tor an ’ Encampment in Kansas Territory. Grand Secretary Ridgeley then presented his report. It speaks < f a correspondence • with the An trian Odd Fellows, which corres pondence is submitted for the consideration of ' the body. The return of the Grand Lodge was not complete, but as far as Leard from, in British North America, there is projperity. with twelve lodges i."'’ *** Lower British Pi ovince the order has ma? increased. South Carolina, slow but decided ii. A, 'eu-vovei last year. The report states the amou/'* receiipts for the past year to have been, from Grand Lodges $9,804.81, and from Grand En campments $1,838.75. The gross receipts $11,*.120.'22, with a balance due of $5,5:15.88, making a total of $17,436.10, being an esti mated deficit of $2,713.90. Os the amount appropriated nt the last meeting, $8,210 were not required, which will leave $16,920, a sum within the actual receipts, and adequate to meet the legitimate expenses of the Grand Lodge. A session of the body was held last night, ! the proceedings of which did not trans; ire.— 1 Baltimore Suu, 2u/Zi iutt. A Doo is Pnoi’EiiTY.—Judge Russell, in the I New York Court of Sessions. Ims j i-t decided | that a man i.i indictable for stealing a dog. It . has been held by Blacks)one mid other com- ; | mentators that 'logs, being Irra uiilurif (wild ; by nature.) were not property, mid therefore i | no penalty attached to the taking of them, I except in civil suits. Hence, by this decision : of Judge Russell, the Common law is reversed. The Last fiiomSaratoga.—Jones sat bliss ' fully listening to the vob- of his adoralile i Arnbella. as it reverberated her plaintive ditty ■in the caverns of Lucerne. “ What a splen ' did voice fora hennery," be rapturously ex- ■ claimed ns her last note died into an echo.— ; -‘How so?” demanded the beloved one. in as tonishment. " Because the echo repents th' > lay.” replied the miscreant. May Tur.r all he Si sfbxdeo.—We pere» ive that among the many very fanciful no' < Jtics recently introduced in ladies’ nppnr 1, is ,i new . article of st srE.vnEUs, They bee , j-csi in bianco to those worn by geutletneu. except Hint they are made of u delicnte whi* . elu.li f»bri<, with firllel edge »bo«t one ‘ ul ,|, nud are at tm lu-I to the skirt lr butt- u» in like ntaiiner. " * .etter for a lady to >■*•.« th'’ weight of her fi, upou r shoul- dere ll.au or /(1 J hi _ j/, , , TERMS-TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE A Western editor, whose wife lately had a baby, perpetrates the following, w hich he de nominates a CHARGE OF INFANTRY. Sound the stage horn ! ring the cow bell! That the waiting world may know ; Pnbliah it through all <>ur borders', Even unto Mexico! Seize y -ur pen, old dreaming poet, And in rhymes as smooth as may be, Spread afar the joyful tidings— Betsy’s got another baby !” Negroes in Canada. —Twenty years 9go, the census reported 3,401) colored residents in Canada West. There are now 41,00 u. The businesaof stealing them from the South, and running them otf to Canada, on the Northern underground railroads is. tilling up that conn ' try ! AS/o rrillr JFA iff. 'Hie Cincinnati Western Christian Advo< ate | has the following sensible suggestion to min-' isters: -4 I Ford to a Preacher—No matter who.— Dearly beloved—when engaged in the open ing services before the congregation—the hymn finished, and you about to offer public prayer, please just say, in a natural, though solemn ami fervent tone, ‘‘Let us pray;” and don’t bob your head and throw up your hands as if you were dodging a missle some one had thrown at you—now don’t. Lirgo Profits—The Continental INSI RANCE COM PA NY. The Continental Insurance Company of New 1 York, (says the Savannah Republican,) has declared again from the past year's business, a dividend of fifty per cent profit, to be paid to the customers of that company in scrip bear ing an interest of six per cent, annually, until redeemed. A similar large dividend was made by the sam ■ company to its customer, the pre ceding year. The Continental Insurance Com pany is one of strongest ami best managed In surance Companies in the I niled States. Hav ing a cash capital and surplus exceeding nine hundred thousand dollars, it offers great secu rity and economy to those who insure in it. Wecopy an ext; act from the New York Chron icle : “The Continental Flic Company have made their third annual statement, from which it ap pears that this company has a cash capital ol five hunere 1 thousand dollars, the amount ol assets liable for losses, exceed nine hundred thousand dollars, and the liabilities al! told, sixteen thou and five hundred dollars—thus presenting a security to policy holders, eom- Idue 1 with cheapness, such as cannot be ex celled in the I'uited Slates—a most desirable ! state of things in times like the present, when the companies are e 'iiipctiug with each other for business. S > long as lires keep all may . be well, but if such a calamity should befall us as was experienced in 1 • » and L- »->, groat fears m’ght justly be apprehended for the re sult. Ti:is Company is partially mutual, the stockholders fiirui.d: a capital as a guarantee against loss, for which they receive twenty-live .1 • • 11 . C *1 .. ' per cent, not on the premiums paid, but of the : net protits arising from the basilic-s, and give I to the policy bolder seventy-live per cent in i in scrip, having an interest of six per eent, ! which is allowed to accumulate in the hands ; ot the Company, iu« an additional security to the insur d. until the amount equals the capi tal, when the company will commence paying | off the scrip in the order in which it was rc- ■ eeived. This will present an indemnity to the I policy holler of one million of dollars, with the addition of the unearned premiums. Du ring the first year undi r the mutual principle, the Company paid to the policy holder between thirty and forty percent; the second year fifty per cent: and the third year fifty per cent. I uder this new system the company will not not insure for less than paying rates, and if there be a profit the p licy holders receive • three quarters. It is a loss to hav? .ii-crai.ee ' done for less than its costs. If it were carried I out, policies would he good for nothing, d his principle introduced into fire insurance, leaves ! it optional with the policy holder to sell or re tain his scrip; if he sell, ami a large fire comes, 1 he has got his money safe in his pocket, and | somebody besides himself has got the scrip. Wo can imagine how an individual would feel under such circumstances, and as there are par ties always icaily to buy, we think it legitimate for the holders to sell, and by so doing, realize at once a part of the profit: but whether they sell or not, the accumulation remains in the hands of the Company, pledged for the security of the insured. I nder this principle tl.e policy ■ holder receives three quarters of the entire pr.> ' fit, under the old. the whole g cs to the stock- slder, stud is most generally paid out in al •br fw u groat tire might sweep it all j '‘‘" ll ’ ’icy under a new system is far more away. . p,. • . e c-quarters of the earningo secure, because ti. ~ • . , . , . nto the capital, conse- i are retained in additi. , , . 'no, the greater the I quently the more business u ' secuity against loss by lire. , . , , , 'on of a “ \\ o are neither a prophet, nor the 1 nrophet, yet we predict a bright future tor 1 I cambinati n, when its advantages will be ap- I predated by an enlightened community, ami that the Continental Fire Insurance Company, I the pioneer in developing this groat prim ipie, will be the leading insurance Company of New | York. The people whose interests are so deeply involved, will make it s . M e want insurance at the lowest point, with a strong policy.” |T. R. Bloom is the agent for the above well < stubli-hed Company in Macon, as will be seen from its advertisement in our paper, to whica the reader’s attenti n is directed. —Et>. Sr.iT-j ; I’ur.ss. | '■ The Edgefield (S. C.I Advertiser, gts ! otl'tht following culinary item: To CooK the Em. I’i.vst Fat it.—A most 1 competent judge of everything good setpls us two of the finest specimens of this vegetable weliaxe ever actn, and accompanies it with this re« ipe for preparing the di-li : •• First, peril off the purple rind ; then slice cross way* a- when you fry sweet potatoes; then aoak two or three hours in salt and wa ter; grate over it several biscuits; add black ' pepper to taste; beat up an egg and dip cticli slice in it; then sprinkle with bread crumbs ; | ami bring them in hot. ' 1 lial must 'e good. Try it, ladle*. A married man says that a lien be fir»t married, he bud been in the happy state o* • matrimony jn*t »it months, he loved his wife to such a degree that lie tlu'Ugbt |,e could have eaten her tip, and he »«» Very sorry lie I hadn't. * X I’M BER 46 1 FROM OUR DAILY OF MONDAY. SEPT- 26 |COMMINICATKI>.] Notes Taken on the Steam-Ship, ALABAMA, ON HER LAST PASSAGE| FROM NEW YORK TO SAVANNAH. By request of several on board, one of the I seventy five that embarked, submits these few I jottings to them ami others who may have a 1 i lesire to know a little of what is enjoyed and ' what endured on the broad seas, in cairns and I storms, in heats and colds. We were a happy company when the gallant craft snapped the ' . link that i>MU>d its hull to a New York wharf, and until her fore and aft were extravagantly j playing at see-saw when a united murmur arose from t lie closely built ami ill ventilated rooms |on either side, above and below. Those who permitted themselves to indulge in this exqttis- I lite pleasure, the involuntary humiliation of i utter depreciation of self, brought on by an over indulgence of sea life, were by no means \ slow to express their ideas of seas, boats and ■ j crews, borne swore, others praised God that ! they were no worse off; some groaned, others i took it calm while the old craft plodded on at the rate of two to four miles an hour. I Morning revealed the dreaded elements of the sailor wvtiiiout, ami those the passenger < nuHilr to turn to an aeeouid within the o< van steamer. Pans, bowls and even the , whole floor were not inviting things, nor did I one itnow or wish to know his nearest friend. 1 Pain vas out of the question, but feelings of I our utter disregard and utter worthliness were not, for the richest mid poorest vv ere on Hie same level, only the latter had not so much to think of. “Old CapJ Ilatterrs,” they said “always brings :i storm and drives us out to leave ourselves to the God of storms.” To individualize a little: one uhl lady, the sick est of us all, wondered what made ’em make such a I oat, why she came by it, never ketch her on it again she knew, crew didn't know nothing or cared lor her nor nothing else,” Ac. Another thought certainly the old thing would go down and sink him at every pitch, head Would surely burst open ami with his hauls pressing it together he would cry at ev ery Leave, “oli, lordy ! oh,lordy!! Toenum- < rate nil would be too revolting and long. We i weathered the "old cape," ami the waves still ' rolled high, one by out. we came out on deck | lid the hist di-turbed stomach made a desper ate effort to hold the dry cracker it had re luctantly moistened. Vi e anchored seventeen mile.s from Savannah to await the ebbing tide. The whole was told; each spoke and every | one felt the full force of every expression, and , feit too die consolation that he was not the only one that hud enjoyed the supreme delight of a sea-luring man. Conjectures and infer ences were drawn from the surroundings by our newly initiated northern friends, and eom- I Bunts were made that gave rise to a little si lent merriment among those better acquainted with our foreground. To sum up ths whole, we imd a long and tedious voyage and stormy. Some were sick who had followed the sea tor i years. But one or two escaped the mortify-. I ing prostration. Hoops and hooped skirts have no place on a boat. We hope for modes ty sake that some will take the hint at this sug j gestiou. Most ot us 'landed and after some bustle and .difficulty proceeded to the more westly and northern part of the South. We came to Ma , con whose Depot is the Zien/ regulated institu tion of the kind in the country ; it is second to none, and we are proud to say that we were never so w ell attended and eared for at any like plaeo though our travels have been over seventeen States. We hope sister States and northern companies will imitate. We must here express our preference for the Southern , ; conductors. Their equals are found nowhere, . . in care, energy, courtesy to ladies especially, and in a thorough knowledge ot their business ami die responsibility of their place. Our ln-au iilealof a Conductor is C. C. , (we are . unacquainted with his whole name) from Ma con to Atlanta, night train. We take the liberty to make a digression and say a word for schools. < fur attention has been called to the Female College at Forsyth, where may be seen near ->ne hundred and fifty bright faces, and as many minds opening to receive the truth. We can not forbear lending our whole influence for ' the furtherance of such institutions. Wetrust the parents will visit their daughters and en courage them and those tinder whose charge they have placed them. We must not omit to speak of Montpelier Farm School, under the direction of the eminent President, Martin, 1 the influence of whose labors have extended throughout the State and the South, and 1 whose success as an instructor and disciplinari an lias been unparalleled. lie spares no p iins to thoroughly educate and impress the mind of the young man with the importance of a i thorough knowledge and use of science as ap . plied to agricultural purposes and to call out * the exercise of his faculties to the best possi , . advantage. Near fifty young men, in one ' regulated family as we ever saw, are 1 r -ssein nnda model family it is too, I JHhrougl’ his "‘ ,rt!, y and eftieie,lt l ‘ e, l”“ate , We trust that the J-«-?islature will look fav- I orablv upon this l..sti,"- tlie li: ' Ltrumentality of which tl « l«»d may attmn to the highest possible State ot cult.vahonmU.ts section. Life Now-a-Days. Life is but a ’f””’ —°* rsef : One is *' Age. ’ the other " Primo . l |> and dow n the hill our course is : in ponies”—“’make your time. B. ylmod pli -r the whip if pleasure : V ..uthfull fot’y giv ' the stroke : Afuuli •".! g ads them at his leisure. Let 'em rip,” " they're tough as oak. • 1! c *a ' tin re." the stakes we'll p'.. lot; To tkc tria l let enre be s nt: Time. • l«. "Whip in socket, Give 'em String, and let 'em went. ’ Un the -l.umy road to fifty, *• Priiu i* dr ,wued in Lethe • striata. •• Ag. i- k.'t l one, old, unthrifty : Life thin pi '» v> " b"r*' •’ Ar "f. «r<»• quite unsteady, I Keels and slat ken- Io bis pees 1 st Kteka tl.l l.ui ket” ale ay road) I » i,0., Hup Ualb ulus tbe ract. - - SUBSCRIPTION: For Daily payor, Six Dollars a year, invariably in advance. ♦ , advertising One Dollar per square for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent ineortlon. KVI'FIS. " 3 io » <o g N °- ° f § i I i I a § a p g. g. g sqrs. S" 8 f" f" & I • 1.. 500 7 001 900 18 00117 00 20 00 2.. 9001200 14 0018 00 25 00 30 00 3.. 12 011'15 00'18 00 25 00 33 00 40 00 1 4.... 15 0<»;19 00122 00 30 00140 00 50 08 ' 5.... |lB 00:25 00 30 0" 40 00,50 00 60 00 ' 6.... 20 On 28 00 35 00 50 00'60 00 70 00 7.. 125 00.33 00’41 00160 00170 00 80 00 8.. 30 00 88 00 46 00 70 00'80 00 90 00 I 10....|40 00,50 00,60 00'80 00,90 001100 00 [From the N. Y Evening Post, Sep. 19.] The “ Friends of Humanity”' in COUNCIL.” An “Overcoming Evil” Convention assem bled on Friday, in Buffalo, intending to hold a session of three days. During that time they proposed to show the chief evils which afflict humanity, ami to prescribe a method of over coming evil with good. Among those who were present were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson Davis: Dr. IL I. Hallock, of New York ; Henry C. Wright and Stephen S. Foster, of Massachusetts : Parker Pilsbury, of New Hampshire; William Den ton, of Ohio; N. W. Clark and Rev. .Mr. Pee bles, of Michigan: Mrs. Amy Post: Mr. Giles B. Stubbing; Mrs. Bond: Mr. L. L. Curtis, and Frederick Douglass, of this State. The most noticeable speech was made by Davis, the “The Poughkeepsie Seer,” who spoke against the church. The church prop erty in the State of New York, he said, amount ed to thirty-one million four hundred and eighty thousand dollars. Ministers were annu ally paid in salaries two million four hundred thousand dollars. The Anieiican Bible So ciety had thrown away on Bibles, during the last thirty-two years, five millions of dollars. In that time they had manufactured one bun dred and fifty cords of Bibles. Then again he begged his hearers to look at the American Tract Society. In one year it distributed three hundred and thirty-four thousand nine hun dred and twenty tracts in Boston, at a cos of seventy-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dol’ars and forty-six cents. In the same year the New York Society expended nearly one million of dollars for home and for eign purposes. In view of all this, Mr. Davis lifts his eyes and hands in horror and ex claims “The whole weight is five hundred thousand time heavier than the Carol'Jugger naut.” The other speakers, Pillsbury, Hallock and others, repeated their tedious harangues a gainst the opinions of the multitude to thin houses. Dickens’ New Story. The ixmdon correspondent of the Charles ton Mtreunj speaks as follows of Cuari.es Diikexs' new story. fie says: “ Yen know, of course, that Dickens is pub lishing a new story in his new periodical, .I'7 the Year Hound— the successor of Huns; hold H'ordn— which he extinguished in a fit of pique with Bradbury and Evans, the publish ers, who held a fourth share of the work.— The destruction of Household Bori/s was little less than an act of insanity, mid, like other tilings Dickens lias done—outside « hat lie lias written —docs not show much of the "learned spirit of human dealings.” The feature of the new periodical so far, is the tale ol “ Iwo Cities;” in the last numbers the author has at tempted to do tor Paris what he did for Lon don, in painting the “riots of ’bO,” as they arc called. Helms produced a description of the taking of the Bastiie, which may pair otf with the destruction of Newgate in Zi’m/vc, tlomg.h the first was a much greater event. Feri,.ups, therefore, till the incidents are better known, end tbe novelist comes with more disadvantage after the historian. But j again I am inclined to question the wisdom or I policy, in Dickens, of taking up the subject al all, tor he is inevitably compared with Carlyle, who has gone over exactly the same ground, she result ot the comparison is. I think, that the facts, as treated by the historian, are far more impressive than in the hands of the ro mancist. Carly le's de. cripti ili of the hull ot the Bastilo is one of the best pieces of vivid nrrrativeiu the language; and t has theadded merit of being even minutely correct. Dick ens has trietl to make a m nature j a.utirg ot the event; he has not allow id l.imselt canvas enough, and the effort is singularly weak.—- Independently of tins error in judgment, which will often cause a luilarc in executing what is badly selected, the story di es not appear to have told on the public of Dicken's readers.— You don't bear it talked of: ami lie liim-iif is rather ignored as a topic of i-onveisat. n late ly ; lie committed a terrible blunder when Jio obtruded Iris matrimonial squabble.-, on the world. Bulwer, to do him justice, avoided this, and left the exposure to the lady, who did it " with a will.” Both stories are sad ones, and ask a veil from charity. But the l ooks of Dickens are seldom criticised, except with un qualified praise, that he can w ell afford to have a failure noted.” Tho Education most Needed— LEARN TO LABOR. The question is often asked, why is it that so few people are successful in business, and w by property finds such an unequal distribution? This man, they say, received the advantages of a good English education, and that man was educated at one of our best colleges. Both have been industrious, honest rnd economical, and yet neither of them has been successful ip business. Why is it? asks the New )o;k Express; and that journal proceeds to point out the cause, and in the course of its remarks observes: The idea too commonly prevails that a mere knowledge of books is the lie .-inning and 'em! iof education. The sons ana daughters, especi :- Uy of the rich, grow up with this notion in their beads, in idleness, as it were, with little idea of the responsibilities which awaits them. Their natures revolt at the mention of labor, not dreaming that their parents before them obtained the wealth they tire now so prou 1 of jby industry am! cc >nomy. How many young I men, college bred though they may be, arc pr pared to manage the estates which their fath ers possess, and v, Li. b it may have required a lifetime to acquire ? I low many young women ‘ though having acquired nil the knowledge m l : graces of the best sc ho ils, know Low to do I what their m. thers have done bes. rethepi. m.d which the daugliteis may yet be emu eik.l to I do nt some period of their lives? The chil i dren of th • poor have to labor or starve, ami as far that goes they are educated to Ik- pi ne- ' tical. The education that sc. fY-at lai or and en courages idleness istba w orst inur.y for r girl, manor woman, lu.-tead of euobling it *1 . grades; it open* up the road to ruin. Ti e edu cation which direct* u* to du what we are fit cd to d i, that respects labor, tbnt inei;h t. s industry, hone ty, nod fair dealing, ami that ' - trip* u» of »e!li*line«s, I* the education we do Uved, and that wldch must Income the pre vailing system of the country Indore we can Im M pi<».A 1 ' either In pgy or pto-piroii*.