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Newspaper Page Text■ u\ u *_l!weafter tli® price of this Paper will itfiXllOLLlB® per annum, if paid in advance, .Jrt'tf rtithe office before the expiration of the ’><1 ,,,, r . If left to be applied for by the \.-r , r t "’"/hi* Agent, Ttco Dollar$ and a IlaJf “La ! n every case, without exception, to ^*}j£*nd commissions. frf f , .. f.,r the TxtxoRAFH to new subscribers ^compamedwithCo.*. " nondents should be particular to direct in i Telegraph.” Persons writing to the Telegraph” in Macon, should so write. i will the letters designed for the |{P offices', go directly to their place of des- rtliTfO «ri&>3 ■»:*» los.stuO he* ittsq Jfo ! out i<- VOL. XXXII. MACON, TUESDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY 2. 1S53. NO. 19. Advertise me nts at the regular charge will be On Dollar per square of 10 lines or less, for the first in sertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent inser tion. AH advertisements not specified as to time- will be published until forbid and charged accord ingly Obituary XotiCes not exceeding ten lines, wil be published gratis ; but cask at the rate of One Dol lar for every ten manuscript ines exceeding that number, must accompany all longer notice?, or they will bo cut short. G?"TIio Telegraph goes to press at 3 o'clock, Monday Evenings. Advertisers will oblige by band- ingin theirfavors, as early as Saturday, if possible 'T'he iSTigirt -A.-ttacis. j frightened horse subside into along, stretch A 11 . WILD IRISH STORY. ing gallop, and the wind brought back a cheery A _ . . ari u iai I hallo—*Foor f ard» foor «rd awav T :• vas in lj |C beginning of December, 184- , So far> so ^ gaid j*™* Moh hc , were sitting down to dinner a er a capital sat down again, and went on steadily eating a f t ?;U.shooting-be*de* myself there were woodcock . *» . D ’ on , t ■C'ontsrf, Colonel Mobun, uml Kate, my men- Wc jj ave t h rec (luarters of m hoar yct . J knocks at 'the hall door? ofd Dan ^mebSk?’" to mU9,cr - C,ontarfl 4,r or the Spectre Ifcreman net er clam The boy to whom be spoke held out his glass i port lcmdly for admittance. with a pleasant smile. The coming peril had L Mobun'. ola Austrian servant, went not a tint upon lds freslf bea dS "' fc n 'l ornTdown hv thoZm. lt cheek-rosy and clear as a page’s in one of , «, instantly borne down by the tumult- Boacherg pictures .» v h r ..|ioi Michael Kelley, geuteman, agent Agood }j e made w ; t ], t j, e m i sera bl e • i Jczcii estates, attorney, who had followed us uninvited, (it :*olastcapamtie-. he adjp e , t eems, 8eemed i, e onljr felt safe in onr presence) and sahrage to t.ic lie g fc 1 e- a y, wko wa3 crouching in a corner, bis lank hair .,bad caught him t n n ght as bore- p| as t er ed around bis livid, convulsed face, with !U honre, intending to put him to death thc swcat of mortal fear . ,. ; :W io F cn _" 1 ‘J r ®; l *^“ r .® I 11 struck Mobun, 1 think. He laid his hand on Clontarf’8 shoulder, and spoke with kind ness of voice and manner most unusual to him: hearted fellows are justly celebra- v did not wish to hurry over the enter- in t, so confined him in an upper chntn- while they called their friends and neigh- •- io rejoice with them, carousing meantime illy below, sutler niy roof. A night attack in the | sib ao child’s P ,ay ’’ , . i vv liad como out and was leaning over thc | :v. She heard the lost words, and spoke, uc scarlet with anger. •Wo’ll quell the savage mountaineer As their Flnchell cows the game; They come as fleet os forest deer. We’ll drive them back as tame.’ Even at that anxious moment I could not jv victim contrived to let himself down I help laughing at the idea of Ralph quoting . a tV window, and ran for his life to the poetry—of that grim Saul among thc prophets. ~ f l: bouse, which, unluckily, happened tc I went in to keep up Kate’s spirits. She We- Two boys, however, saw and bore up gallantly, poor child, and I left her -ui:cd him os he entered the demesne, and j tolerably calm. She believed in me as ‘plung- ifti* whoop, to show thutthey knew where er’ to an enormous extent, and in Mohun still .f 0J j, ai i gone to ground. more. When I returned my companions were sc madeout from a string of incoherent in tho gallery. This ran round two sides of -Sections; and then he lay panting and the hall, which went up to the roof. The on- tfrtjng himself in an agony of fear. ly access to the upper part of the house was by liuBMt on the hall table, swinging his a stone staircase of a single flight. The kitch- V.jjd regarding the spectacle with the in- en and offices were on thc ground floor, otber- :i cariosity that one might exhibit towards wise it was uninhabited, relabel* of some ugly new importation of I Ralph had bis pistols with him, and his caval- i Zoological society. When the story was ry sword, long and heavy, hut admirably pois- [i be pointed coolly to the door. ed, lay within his reach. '■ .,brick that the miserable creature set I ‘I lrnvo settled it,’ hc said. *You and Con a seciug that gesture, I shall never forget, nell are to take the guns. Smooth bores are Io you think 1 shall turn my houso into a the quickest loaded, and will do for this short vior destitute attorneys ?’ said Ralph an- distance. Clontarf, who is not quite so sure A. my look of inquiry. ‘If there were no with tho trigger, is to have thc post of honor, - reason, I would not risk it, with your | and guard tho staircase with his sabre. Throw M another bucket of water over it, Connell—is it thoroughly drenched 1 And draw thc win dow up’—(these did not reach to within ten feet of tho floor’)—‘we shall be stifled else. But there will be a thorough draft when the Kfl thought that my presence prevented an I door is down, there’s one comfort. One word j a common humanity, I wonhl leave your with you, Carcw.’ wills instant, Colonel Mohun.’ He drew me aside and spoke almost in a IJrb smiled slightly, as he bent his head in whisper, while his face was very grave and ttiftus acknowledgement of her interrup- stern. ‘You, will do me this justice, whatever hap- lija t he indignant, Mrs. Carcw. If you pens. Unless it had been forced upon me, I a fancy for such an excitement, I shall would not have risked a hair of your wife’s ■happy to indulge you. It is settled then, head to save all the attorneys that are patron- . ^ck the attorney. Don’t lie there, sir, ized by thc father of lies. But mark me, if it [ i:.* so much like a whipped hound. You I comes to thc worst, keep a bullet for her! n'iff for the present.’ He had hardly fin- Don’t leave her to thc mercy of those savage i. when there came a rustling of feet out-1 devils. I know them. She had better die i/, then hurried whispers, then a knock and I ten times over than fall into their brutal hands, u-aons. You must use your own discretion, though. I It'd like to spake wid thc cunc!, av ye plasc.’I shall not be able to advise you then. _ Not a -iim here—what do you want ?’ Mohun man of them will be in this gallery till I am -,y. past praying for. Nevertheless, 1 hope and it> rant the ’toracy. YVc know that he’s believe all will be right. Don’t tronblc your- i; self to reload; Fritz, will do that for you. I •lha I'm afraid you’ll be disappointed. It’s I have given him his orders. Aim very coolly, i»rfancy togivc him up. I wouldn’t turn I too; we must not waste a bullet. You can Jibdger to you, let alone a man.’ I choose your own sword; there are several be- lissee that he took the high moral ground I hind you. Ah! I hear them coming up. Now I men, to your posts.’ lien wc will have him out in spite of yez,’ I There was the tramp of many feet, and the nhree voices cried out together. I surging of a crowd about and. against thc hall In-it!' Ralph said. ‘Meantime I am go- door. Then a harsh, loud voice spoke: : udinc; good night.’ ‘Onst for all, will ye give him up, or shall Juice that had not spoken yet, was heard I wo take him, and serve thc rest of yez as bad? a 3 shrill, • gibing accent. ‘All! then the Ye’ve got women there, too j of appetite be to ye, curnel, and make I I will not add the. rest of the threat, for m over yer dinner. It’s Pierce Delaney I very shame. I know it made me more wolf- Wgireyer ye supper.’ ish than ever I thought it possible to feel, for fta they went off. I am a good natured man in the main. Mo- The said Delaney is a huge quarryman,’ liun who is not, bit his moustache furiously, observed, 'lie represents the physical | and his voice shook a little as lie answered— «wt of terror hereabouts, as I believe I do j ‘Do you ever say a prayer,. Pierce Delaney? itunl. We shall have warm work before I You need one now. If you live to see to-mor- iiag. He does not like me. Fritz, send I row’s sun set, I wish my right hand may with «li up; he is below, somewhere.’ er at the wrist.’ Ik- keeper came, looking very much sur- [ A shrill howl pealed out from thc assailants stt Re i ia d been in thc stables, and had I and then the stout oak door cracked and qui- hjast heard of the disturbance. vered under the strokes of a heavy battering 'withe rifles and guns ready, with bullets I beam. In a hundred seconds thc hinges yield- • inckshot,’his master said. ‘YVc are to I cd, and it came clattering in. Over it leaped mucked, it seems.’ three wild figures, bearing torches and pikes, hemu’i bold face fell blankly. but their chief, Delaney, was not one of them. the powers, yer honor, I haven’t the val-1 ‘The left-hand man is yours, Carcw; Con 'd an ounce of poudther in the house. I nell take the middle one,' said Ralph, as coolly k *ttoget some the morrow morning afore I as if wc bad sprung a pack of grouse. YY bile »<te up.’ he spoke his pistol cracked, and the right hand Nina shrugged bis shoulders, whistling intruder dropped across the threshold without a cry or a stagger, shot through the cram— . he said. ‘It’s almost a pity The keeper and I were nearly as fortunate. P-somanycocksdn the lower copse this I Then there, was a pause; then a rush from isn'u. I have fifteen charges or so in my I without, an irregular discharge of musketry, Jcxse. We must make that do, loading and the clear part of the hall was crowded with r &s light.’ enemies. •to he went to a window, whence he could I can’t tell exactly what ensued. I know f*n the road ; the moon was shining they retreated several times, for the barricade nitlr. I was impassable 1 and while their shots fell •bought so; they have got scouts posted I harmlessly on thc mattresses, every one of ours Wr* The barbarians know something of I told—nothing makes a man shoot straight like -ihing, after all. Maddox, come here!’ being short of powder—bat tuey came on again uj- f groom was a strong English boy, very I each time with added ferocity. J *fnud of his master, hut of nothing else I I heard Mohnn mutter more than once in a (ath. dissatiefied tone, ‘YVhy does not that scoun- ^IcSunbeam, and go out by the back drcl slow himself? I can’t make out Dela- P k «'Ping well under thc shadow of thc ncy.’ All at once I heard a stifled cry on my IVhen you clear them, ride straight at right, and to my horror saw Clontarf dragged thc end of thc paddock. You will over tho balustrade in the grip of a giant, fc* st «scramble, f think. Keep fast whom I at once guessed we had looked for so •« hihcad-you mustn’t fall. Then make long. Under the cover of the smoke be bad of your way to A , and tell Col. swung himself up by tho bulustradc of the N. with my compliments, that I will be stair case, and graspiug thc poor boy s co lar will scad over a troop as quickly as as he looked out incautiously from Ins shelter They ought to be herein two hours, dropped back in the hall, carrying lus victim don’t spare thc horse going, but I with him. . . ... , -’ta back easy. You will be of no use With a roar of exultation, the wild beasts ['•Wiwm’t have him lamed if I can help closed round their prey. Before I had time ‘w'lllave to,risk a bullet or two as you to th : nk of what could be done, I heard close r* the road: but they can’t shoot. It’s to my ear, a blasphemy so awful that it made their hitting you. Now go.’ me start even at that critical moment, xt was Jsroom pulled his forelock as if the most Ralph’s voice, hut I hardly knew it—hoarse ■*•7 commission had been given him, and and gutter*!, and indistinct with passion, ltd. b Without hesitating an instant, he swung hini- Ralph went on, ‘go and saw the self over the bulustrade, and lighted on his f'.thst are in tho yard half through, feet in the midst of the crowd. They were half N hardly try the barred windows; but drunk with whiskey, and maddened by the ‘}* workmanlike to take all prccau- smell of blood; bnt so great was the terror of t ‘ken come back and help Frit*, pile Mohun’s name, all recoiled when they saw N furniture all np thc staircase, and l.i.n thus face to face, Ins sword bare andl his !;' h( hail near it. Line thc gallery with eyes blazing. 1 hat momentary panic saved two feet deem leaving spaces to Clontarf. In a second Ralph had thrown lnm ^eh. Light all P tbe lamp* *ad got] wider the arch of a deep doomay, and r^lesto lfx about; we shall not sec himself between the senseless body and its as- J^rly after thc smoke of thc first dozen sailants. Two or three shots were fired at 'Vhm you have eome to me. | toi wttbout effect; it was difficult to take Mm ’ ‘lull we go back to itinnur V in such a tossing chaos; then one man, Dela- 181 »ot ashamed to own I had little nppe- ncy, sprung out at him with a clubbed musket, ■^enhdcls, I sat down Kate had ‘At lait." wc heard Mohun say, laughing low .^room. If her courage was failing, and savagely in Ms beard, as hc stepped one w■ 1 w **h to show it ° pace forward to meet his enemy. ALlowthat p our host got up and went to thc looked as if it might have felled Behemoth was fc > Practiced c^r had wu-ht the I warded dexterously. by the sabre, and by a i b li l .ke horse which .Maddox was taking quick turn of the wrist, its edge laid the Lap- M P°* s ‘hlc. Y\ r c watched him paree’s face open in a brightscarlct gash, cx- nml.r ♦!,/» ir/im ,;n si,.;- I tending irom eyebrow to chin. Ilis comrades rushed over Ins body .furious, though somewhat disheartened at seeing their champion come to grief; but they had todcal with a blade that had kept half-a-dazen Han- * .1 nrith nftinf fir and tried to grasp Mohun by the knees and \ drag him down. 1 1 ah ! it was a sight to haunt one’s dreams, Ralph looked down on him and langhed again his sabre whirled round once and cleared a cir cle ; then, trampling down the wounded man by main force he drove the point through his throat, and pinned him to the floor. I tell j-ou I heard the steel plainly as it grated on the stone. There was an awful convulsion of all thc limbs, and then thc huge mass lay quite still. Then came a lull for several moments. The Irish cowered back to the door like penned sheep. Their ammunition was exhausted, and none dared to cross thc hideous barrier that now was between them and their terrible cui rassier, All tliis took about half the time to act that it does to tell. I was hesitating whether to de scend or to stay where my duty called me— near my wife. Fritz knelt behind me, silent and motionless: he had got his orders to stay by me to the last; but the sturdy keeper rose to liis feet. ‘Faix,’ he said, ‘I am but a poor hand at swording, bnt I must help my master, any how ; and he began to climb over the breast work. The Colonel’s quick glance caught the movement, and his brief imperious tones rang over thc hubbnb of voices loud and clear. ‘Don’t stir, Connell; stay where you arc. I can finish with these hounds alone." As lie spoke, hc dashed in upon them with lowered head and uplifted sword. I don’t wonder that they all recoiled; his whole force and form fearfully transfigured; every hair in his bushy head was bristling with rage, and the incarnate devil of mnrder was gleaming redly in his eyes. Just then there was a wild cry from with out, answered by a shriek from my wife, who had been quiet till now. At first I thought that some fellows had sealed the windows; but I soon distinguished the accents of great joy. My poor Kate! She had roughed it in barracks too long not to know the rattle of steel scab bards. YY’lien the dragoons came up at a hard gal lop, there was nothing left in the courtyard but the dead and dying. Mohun had followed the flyers to get a last stroke at the hindmost. YVe clambered down into thc hall, and just as wc reached the door, we saw a miserable crip pled being clinging round his knees, cryiug for quarter. Poor wretch! he might as well have asked it from a famished jungle-tiger. The arm that had fallen so often that night, and never in vain, came down once more; the piteous appeal edded in a death yell, and, as we reached him, Mohun was wiping coolly his dripping sabre; it had no more work to do I could not help shuddering as I took his of fered hand, and 1 saw Connell tremble for the first time as he made the sign of the cross. The dragoons were returning from the pur suit ; they had only made two prisoners ; the darkness and broken ground prevented their doing more.—Ralph went up to tho officer in command. ‘How very good of you to come yourself, Harding, when I only asked you for a troop. Come in; you shall have some supper in half an hour and Fritz will take care of your men Throw all that carion out,’ he went on, as we entered the hall strewed with corpses. ‘YVe’11 give them a truce to take up their dead.’ Clontarf came to meet us ; he had only been stunned and bruised by thc fall. His pale face flashed up as be said: T shall never forget that I have to thank you for my life,’ ‘It’s not worth mentioning,’ Mohun replied, carelessly. ‘I hope you are not much the worse for the tumble. Gad! it was a near thing, though. Thc quarryman’s arms were a rough necklace.’ At that moment they were carrying by the disfigured remains of the dead Colossus. His slayer stopped them, and bent over the hideous face with a grim satisfaction. ‘My good friend Delaney,’ he muttered you’ll own that I have kept my word. If ov er wc meet again, I think I shall know you. Ait revoir P and he passed on. I need not go through the congratulatory scene nor describe how Kate blushed as they complimented her on her nerve. Fortunately for her she had seen nothing, though she had heard all. Just as wc were sitting down to supper, which Fritz prepared with his usual solid coolness, and when Kate was about to leave us, for she needed rest, we remarked the attorney hovering about us with an exultation on his face yet more servile and repulsive than its late abject terror. •Mrs. Carew,’ said Mohun, ‘if you have quite done with your protege, I think we’ll send him down stairs. Give him something to eat, Fritz —cot with the soldiers, though; and let some one take him home as soon as it’s light. For the Georgia Telegraph. Life is a Dream, nr w. j. s. Life is a dream, a fitful spell. Which as a spectre flies; Man lives to-day in wickedness, To-morrow, surely dies. To-day our friends are with us bore. All full of life and glee, We glide down life's dim Iabaryntii, As if no change should be. To-day the grass springs up anew. The birds are blithe and gay. All nature's dressed in living green And can these fade away ? Ten thousand kinds of flowers sweet, Spread out o'er hill and dale, Ten thousand kinds of rich perfume Blend sweetly in the gale. A day has passed ! what change Is this! . Where are my friends so gay, Th8 grass, the birds, the flowers sweet, Where are they all to-day ? The grass now is no longer green, The birds have hushed their lay, The flowers lie withered at my feet, My friends, O! where are they! O.they are gone—forever gone Down to the silent grave; They've passed down life's “dim labarynth,” And none could stay or save. One by one they’ve passed away, To live in boundless bliss, Or writhe forever in endless pain, Down in that dark abyss. 'Tis ever thus we pass away As seasons roll around, lu summer's heart, or winter s chill, Down to the “cold, cold ground.” Then let us nobly act our part, And when this dream is o’er, We'll fly away to the heavenly fields, To live for evermore. From the Atlantic Monthly. Tacftfugr Ship off Shore. The weather leech of the topsail shivers, '1 lie bowlines strain and tho lee sbrounds slacken Tho braces are taut, the lithe boom quivers. And the waves with the coming squall-cloud blacken. )i>en < Is the light-house tall on Fire Island head; There's a shade of doubt on the captain’s brow, And the pilot watches the heaving lead. I stand at the wheel, and with eager eye To sea, and to sky, and to shore I gaze. Till the muttered order of “Full and by! ” Is suddenly changed to “ Full for stays !” The ship bends lower before tho breeze. As her broadside fair to the blast she lays; And she swifter springs to the rising seas, As the pilot calls, “ Stand by for stays!” It is silence all, as each in his place, With the gathered coils in his hardened hands, 15y tack and bowline, by sheet and brace. Waiting the watchword, impatient stands. And tho light on Fire Island head draws near, As, trumpet-winged, the pilot’s shout, From his post ou the bowsprit’s heel, I hear. With the welcome call of “Ready; Abou(’” No time to spare! It is touch and go, And the captain growls, “Down helm! hard down!’ As my weight on the whirling spokes I throw, While heaven grows black with the storm- cloud’s frown. High o’er the knight-heads flies the spray, As we meet the shock of the plunging sea; And my shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay, As I answer, “Aye, aye, sir! h-a-a-r-d a-lee!” With the swerving leap of a startled steed, The ship flies fast in the eye of the wind, The dangerous shoals on the lee recede. And the headland white we have left behind. The topsails flutter, the jibs collapse And belly and tug at the groaning cleats, The spanker slats, andthe mainsail flans. And thunders the order, “Tacksand sheets!” 'Mid the rattle of blocks, and the tramp of the crew, Hisses the rain of the rushing squall; The sails are a back from clew to ciew/i And now is the moment for “ Mainsail, haul!” And the heavy yards, like a baby’s toy, By fifty strong arms are swiftly swung j She hoids her way, and I look with joy For the first white spray o'er the bulwarks flung. " Let go and haul!” 'Tis the last command, And the head-sails fill to the blast once more; Astern and to leeward lies the land. With its breakers white on the shingly shore. What matters the reef, or the rain, or the squall T I steady the helm for the open sea; The first mate clamors, “ Belay there, all!’’ And the captain’s breath once more comes free. And so off shore let the good ship fly; Little care I how the gusts may blow, In my fo’castle bunk in a jacket dry— Eight bells have struck, and my watch is below. The Royal Bride. Our lady readers will be interested in the If I following description of the English Princess you say one word, sir, I’ll have you turned I Royal, from the pen of a correspondent of an out,note.’,, . ... , Aberdeen journal: ' JSSStSSSUL WJ lb. remembrance, . If i. bad been The supper was more cheerful than the din- I yesterday, of the boom of the guns which an- ner, though there was a certain constraint on nounced her birth, I was scarcely prepared to the party, who were not all so.seasoned as their find Her a full grown woman, taller by a couple host. He was in unusual spirits; so much so ; nc ijes than her mother, and carrying her- U rrilb tbc case and grace of wemanbood, not have such a bear fight once a fortnight, it It is no stretch of loyality or courtesy to call pnt him in such a charming humor.’ the Princes Royal pretty, i She is perfectly YYe had nearly finished, when, from the road lovely. The regularity of her features is per- outsidc there came a prolonged, car-piercing f ec t. Her eyes are large and full of intelli- wail that made the window panes tremble. I gence, imparling to her face that sort of mer- have never heard any earthly sound at once T y aspect which indicates good humor. The so expressive of utter despair, and appealing to nose and mouth arc delicately and exquisitely heaven or hell for vengeance. formed, the latter giving an effect of great YVe all started, and set down our glasses; sweetness. The Princess is more like her fath- bnt Mohun finished his, slowly, savoring like er than her mother. She is like the Queen in connoisseur the rich Burgundy. . nothing hut her nose. In all other respects ‘It was tho-wild Irish women weeping over I she is a female image of her father. I should their dead,’ he remarked, with perfect uncon- add) as interesting to your lady readers, that cern. ‘They’ll have more to howl for before she wears her hair slightly off her forehead; have done with them. I shall go round with I no t published back in Eugenie fashion, but the police to-morrow and pick up the stragglers, brushed latitudinally from tho temples, and Your men are too good for such work, Hard- raised at the sides above the ear in bandeaus, ing. There arc several too hard hit to go far, I (really tho ladies must excuse me if am talking and my hand writing is pretty legible.’ . nonsense, for I have not given that homage to The stout soldier to whom he spoke bent his fashion which would enable me to speak ex head in assent, but with rather a queer expres- I cathedra.) YVcll, at any rate, the Princess is sion on his honest face. fair enough to be the heroine of a fairy tale. Gad The said, ‘youdoyonr work cleanly, | and the prince Frederick should consider him Kecovcriug; Sunken Treasures. YVe are informed that advices have been re ceived at the office of the Boston Relief and Submarine Company, from Capt. Joseph P. Couthouy, commanding the Company’s Expe dition to the Caribbean Sea, dated brig Moua- gas, over the San Pedro, December 12, 1857, by which it appears that after about three months’ preliminary operations in blasting and clearing away the rubbish, &c., the divers had at length got fairly into the hold of the San Pedro, and were beginning to take up specie— several hundred dollars having been found du ring the last few days. Capt. C. says; “In my judgment here is tangible and weighty evi dence that there must be a round sum in her, when the dollars are found (like all of late) in rolls, or parts of rolls, in lumps of $15 and $20, to $90 and $100 each; it is not likely that these are merely a few scattered ones ; they must be only the heralds of the main body to which they belong.” It will be remembered that the San Pedro was a flag ship of a squadron of fifteen sails, including transports, sent out by Spain in 1815, with an army of 12,000 men, to recon- quor the revolted province of Venezuela, and that she blew up in the Bay of Cumana, and sunk in sixty feet of water. It is proved by official documents that she had on board at the time of the catastrophe $3,000,000, of which $1,600,000 were in gold. Of this large sum till now only about $400,000 have been re covered, which were obtained by means of diving bell, in the mud and sand outside the ship. This is the first successful attempt ever made to penetrate tho hull, where there is ev ery reason to believe that the bulk of the spe cie will be found, since, having been placed ir the spirit-room, just forward of the magazine and on thc same level, it would necessarily be driven forward by the explosion of the pow der, and scattered through the hold. Every thing thus far favors this supposition, as not only specie but numerous articles which must have belonged to the officers’ quarters aft, are found mixed np with pieces of wreck, &c„ in a confused mass, completely filling the hold. The brass guns that have been found are known to have been stowed in the hold before the explosion, of which there are said to have been from sixty to one hundred thousand dol lars’ worth, comprising a park of field artillery and the bronze guns taken from captured and dismantled forts. Of these, five beautiful pieces of ordinance in a perfect state of pres ervation have been taken up, besides consider able quantities of copper and other articles of value. A rudder pintle of pure copper, weigh ing over 500 lbs., had the name “ San Pedro de Alcantara” stamped upon it. The work has been one of great difficulty and labor, and only a small portion of the hold has yet been explored; but the prospect now is that the persevering efforts of Capt. Couth ouy will be crowned with complete success.— He has the very best of machinery, and bold and experienced divers. His crew are devo ted to him, and cheerfully work 81 hours dai ly, under water. He has adopted a systemat ic plan of operations, by which, with the aid of gunpowder and the submarine armor, he will undoubtedly succeed in completely de- mo'ishipg the San Pedro, and having at length fairly got into the hold, and cbmmeuced taking up specie, thc stockholders are certain ly justified in expecting a rich harvest. Boston Transcript. LOUIS MENARD, F. H. BURGHARD, Late with M. D. Bornes./Lato with Day&M.iu??enot. MENARD & BURGHARD, Watchmakers &: Jewellers, ATriLLopen at their new store, Ralston's V V Range, corner of Cotton Avenue and IK Cherry street, about the 1st of October, beautiful and well selected assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver- Yvare, Musical Instrumemts, Fancy Goods, &c., &c, An examination of which, they would most respect fully solicit, feeling confident that they wil! be able to offer everything in their liuo-calculated to please the taste of even the most fastidious; Repairing:, , of every description, executed jn a manner that will gnarnntee satisfaction, by tbc’best workmen in the in the South. They hope, by offering choice and elegant Goods and by strict attention to business, to merit a liber al share of publio patronage. " Sep 29 Southwestern Railroad. Chause of Scbedotoi SAVANNAH AND CHARLE STON STEAM PACKET LINE IN CONXXECTIOX with the CENTRAL and North Eastern Rail Roads. rpHE splendid and Fast Running SCHEDULE FOR PASSENGER TRAINS. L EAVE Macon at 1 30, a.m. and : 130 a.m. Arrive in Columbus 8 52, a. m. and 6 33 p. m., Leave 1\/TTT J" ~jr~T~/'A~r~ ~im Macon for Albany 1 30, a. m.,Arrive in Albany 8 3S, -LYuJ—I—I J.I xio _irU_ L.J ir*^ In a p. -in. Mobun. ‘It is the best way and thc shortest way in the end,’ was the reply; and so the matter dropped self a lucky fellow. Au Alabama Political Joke. They tell a good many political jokes of our Thc dragoons left us before day-break, their neighbors now occupying the ancient lands protection was not needed; we were as safe as Alabama, among them the following: An out and out party man, a landlord, who w - ® w.iasccp a I had accommodated political friends for twenty the trees till their shelter | iiW»Lu, n ke put Sunbeam to speed r '‘‘”■7at the rails. A yell ent up t; *®d wc sa.v dark figures run- in,,^hc uun uaru, aim ue i nmu t>»„»»»-—•— * ■ . »k,,. ap white in thc moonlight, but l edge, itmetthcra everywheremugm-i > • } r^.i * r ' We held our breath while sever- were drawing back, when Delaney, i ei - 0 ' u Jp , ' 11 i P*"g *1m l,s after tlir fugi- from the first effects of lu? fbai til u 1 ,J, “ • 1 1 • 7 .‘lid not stop him, though; and to cd forward, gasping out ^ curses t hatsecrnc^ nil c ? nie *»hot, just as thc horse was with a blade that had Kept ■r,fl le ^ cnce * die bitit hard, and the garian swordsmen atbaj, ami . 1 ' ** relief, “wfcoiujj ill lit y itHitiL.ii y aim w i lu juin.uii) — . , . . i 1 i W# heard the wild ruslt of the I floating on the torrent of his rushing b > saddle scouring the country, with what success the next assizes could tell. I go there again this winter for the eock shooting, but I don’t much think Kate will ac company me. years, happened to go into a nominating con vention just as they had finished their busi ness, and heard a little delegate move that “this convention adjourned sine die." “Sine die!” said Mr. G , to a person standing near, “where’s that!” “ YVhy, that’s way in the northern part of the country,” stud liis neighbor. “ Hold on if you please, Mr. Cheerman, said the landlord, with great emphasis and Cotton is Ming. A splendid specimen oi this royal production from thc plantation of B. A. Stewart, Esq., at the mouth of the contemplated Grand Junction Canal, is submitted to our inspection by the grower. It is | the Sea Island variety, and was grown on the prai- earnestness, “hold on, sir, I’d like to be heard ric, without any BorgLC. YVe are over six hundred ly five hundred pounds of picked cotton to the acre. I ^7ooUion in the county, and it’s wliar we’ve Mr. Stewart challenges the gro» ers oT U'ebestSea ^ lnet . v had nor asked an offi Island cotton in America to produce a sample equal i i „ i , . i. „ j to hK Onr friends in the cotton line arc invited have worked night and day for the party, to call and examine it. It affords another evidence aud now I think, sir, it is contemptible to go of the remit of the iiuricultural resource? in oar tc adjourning this convention if«y vp to .Sine State.— V, (>. /'’ll- ' I Dit Slow a Clitircla was Cured of Fre- UONTISX. The Hartford Times relates the following.* A Congregational Church in a neighboring State got so completely enlisted in the Presi dential contest, for Fremont and Jessie, that little attention was given to religions ques tions. The minister was constantly preach ing, praying, exhorting upon political issues— and his deacons and the laymen followed suit at the prayer and conference meet ings. Finally, a worthy old farmer, one of the staunchest and best members of the church, and a firm undeviating Democrat, was called upon to offer a prayer. 0 Lord,” said he, “ uphold the old Dem- ocratic.party, which has received Thy pro tecting support ever since the great Jefferso nian struggle. Continue to bless that old par ty which has, under Thy protection and prov idence, brought great blessings upon this Re public. If it be Thy pleasure, and I believe it will he, O carry that party through this struggle to a complete triumph. Bless James Buchanan, the tried and honest statesman, and guide him safely to the Presidential chair. Bless John C. Breckinridge, thc young and zealous Democrat, and open to him the path of duty as well as that which leads straight to the Vice Presidency. Give them victory! O, bless tho opponents of Democracy personally, but utterly destroy their fanatical and injuri ous political schemes, if it be Thy will so to do, as I verily believe it is. Bo on the side of the Democracy, O Lord, as Thou hast been for the past fifty-six years, and on the 4th of March next we shall witness the inauguration of Pennsylvania’s favorite son, and the people of this country will once more settle down in their peaceful pursuits instead of warring wickedly, section against section, interest against interest, and man against his brother. And O, I beseech Thee, especially free the Christian Churches from the political strife and bitterness which are rending asunder, destroy ing their usefulness, and turning them unhap pily, into mere political associations. Let us iear something of Thy word and mercy on the Sabbath. YVe have already been plied to full ness with political fanaticism, and our minis ter has become a stump orator against tho r-ood old party which Thou in thy wisdom bast upheld so long, and so repeatedly guided to victory, and sustained in the establishment of sound measures. O, turn his mind from these things, and direct his attention to his legitimate religious duties, or turn him over directly into the hands of the Federal or Abo lition party, and let them take care of him, and provide us with a true minister of the Gos pel. At any rate the present state of things cannot last. If politics arc to rule, I shall claim one half of the time in behalf of the Democratic party, 60 that there may be fair discussion within these walls—Amen !” This was a stumper. It was the first pray er ever publicly offered in that Church for the success of tho Democratic party and its nomi nees, though hundreds of prayers and exhorta tions had been made against thatparty. When the old man had finished, there was a silence for half an hour, and the meeting then adjourn ed. And thus ended the political preaching in that church. From that time forward the minister attended to the gospel duties and left all political questions to be settled by the people outside' of the church. Again liis so ciety prospered, there was a better feeling among its members—more Christian charity— more brotherly love. The old man’s earnest prayer was answered in more respects than one. Leave Albany 3 iO, p. in., Arrive in Macon 10 28, p in. Accommodation Train leave Macon 7, a. m., (Tri weekly,) Arrive in Albany 4 55, p. m. Leave Albany 5, a. m., (Tri-weeldy,) Arrive in Macon, 1 40, p. in. Mail Stages to and from Tallahassee, Thomas viile and Cambridge, connect with regular Train at Albany. Passengers from Columbns and the YVest, for South-western Georgia or Florida, should uake the 4 p. m. Train, or, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri days the 55 min. after 1 a. zu Train at Columbus. Trains on South-western Road, conduct with Trains of Central Railroad to Savannah and Au gusta. Passengers for Atlanta and the North-West should take the evening train from Albany, and either train from Columbus to avoid detention. First class Steamships leave Savannah on YVednesdays and Saturdays for New York. Fare—Cabin passage S25, Steerage t?8. GEO. W. ADAMS, Supt. nov 24 MACON & WESTERN RAM, ROAD Macon, Dec* 14, 1857. Eiuygg^sj csssigs CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. O N and after Friday, 18th inst., the Trains Wi be run as follows: Leave Macon 1 a. m. arrive Atlanta 8 15 a.m. Leave Macon 1130 a. m. arrive Atlanta 5 25 p. m. Leave Atlanta, 12 night, arrive Macon 715a. in. Leave Atlanta 12 30 p. m. arrive Macon 0 20 p. m. ALFRED L. TYLER, dec 22 Superintendent., ^HATS! HATS 33521x22" aSi. gr~17T~B A RE now receiving at their Fashionable Hat Store, under Ralston’s New Concert Hall, Clier- r Street, Macon, a large and varied assortment of oods in their line, consisting in part of the follow ing articles: FALL SILK HATS, EXTRA FASIIIONA- ble Black Beaver Hats, extra French Felt Hats, Men’s Cashmorette, Men’s Mantiloes. Men’s Drab Beavers, Men’s Silk Velvet Caps, Men’s Navy Caps, Extra, Ladies' Riding llats, extra fine, Otto Caps, extra, Bey’s Hats, Fine Cashmorette and 4 Fine Black and Fur Hats. YVool Hats, Navy aud Black Velvet Caps, JsaaCloth Caps from 50 cts., to 62 00. Also a*® '“largo assortment of Plantation Goods, >* Leather Hat Boxes, Umbrellas, Ac. All of which will bo sold at fair prices. Jobbers from Town or Country, can have their Stocks plenished on favorable terms, sep 29 GORDON, F. Barden, Commander,leavesSavan* nah for Charleston every* Sunday and Wednesday afternoons at 3 o’clock and connects at Charleston with tho train of tho North Eastern Rail Road going North; returnin- * '**-—* ~ and Friday of the cara ol , rives at Savannah early the following mornings:* By this route Passengers can obtain through tick ets to and from Savannah, Ga., and Wilmington, N Carolina. Having a through freight arrangement with the the Central Rail Road and its connections, all freights between Charleston and tho interior of Georgia con signed to the agents of this line wil! be forwarded with dispatch and FREE of CHARGE. J. P. BROOKS, Ag’t, Savannah. E. LAFITTE & CO., Ag’ts, Charleston. jan 19 CHARLESTON, S. C. Corner of Meeting & Queen -Slreets* T HE undersigned having became associated with this House, takes great pleasure in reminding his friends that he will he glad to see them when ever they may have occasion to visit Charleston. He feels confident in assuring them that the Mills House will in every respect be equal to any Hotel in tho United States. H. D. HARRIS, jan 19 2m BYINGTON’S HOTEL BROAD STREET, £*,23.37-, Greoj?gia. T HIS new and elegant Hotel is now open for the accommodation of thc public. Persons visiting Albany will find at this House comfortable and neatly furnished rooms (fire places ! n each room) and a table that is unsurpassed by any other Hotel in the country. Tho subscriber, grateful to the public for their li beral patronage for years past, respectfully solicits his old friends, and the public generally, to call and ice him in his new quarters. The Siagc Office for the stages running to Bainbridgc, ThomaqyiUe and Tallahassee is kept at this House. Jl L. BYINGTON. dec 22 Albany, Ga. LEONARD W. HUNT FIRM. interest and I. HENRY ZEILIN. NEW rp HE undersigned, having purchased the inte A of thelate firm of Fitzgerald & Nottingham, having this day taken possession, will continue the Wholesale and Retail Drug: Business the same stand under the name and style of 2>eilin, JS/iTaat Go and solicit a continuance of tho patronage of tho old house. We intend to keep on hand a thorough ass rlment of the best articles the markets afford in the line oi Drugs, Rlnss. medicines, Paints, Instruments, Oil, PerfomciT, Vnrnisbes, I>jc Staffs and a general stock of such goods as are found in first class Drug .Stores and hope by honest dealings, strict attention and obliging manners to merit and receive a large share of public patronage. Jan. 1,1858. [jan 12 tf] Dissolution. mUE firm of Fitzgerald & Nottingham is this day dissolved by mntnnl consent. Either party authorized to' use tho name of the firm in settle ments. Tho Books, Notes and Accounts may be found at tho old stand now occupied by Messrs. Zeilin, Hunt & Co., who are also anthorized to receive all monies due us. AH indebted are respectfnlly requested to come forward and settle. E. FITZGERALD, Jan. 1, 1858. [jan 12] C. B. NOTTINGHAM. A €ard. H AVING disposed of our interest in the Drug Business to Messrs. Zeilin, Hunt A Co., we re spectfully solicit for them a continuance of the pat ronage so kindly extended to us by thoso friends it has been om pleasure to make in the business. K. FITZGERALD, Jan. I [jan 10| C. B. NOTTINGHAM The “Beanty of England.” Miss Caroline E. Montague Baillic, who was married on Thursday to the lion. YY'illium Draper Mortimer Best, is the daughter of Lady Georgiana Baillie, and is the young lady whose extraordinary personal attractions creat ed such a sensation 8t the last drawing-room hut one, and obtained for her the cognomen of the “ Beauty of England,” her beauty and accomplishments equalling, if not excelling, that of the Duchess of Southerland in her palmiest days. ISAACS RESTAURANT, ON CHERRY STREET, UNDER RALSTON’S NEW CONCERT HALL. H IS houso is opened as a Permanent Establish ment, to provide meals to travelers and- citi zens throughout the year. He will always be prepared to furnish his guests with every variety of eatables suited to the season, such as New York, Savannah and Bruns- YVICK OYSTERS, Fish, Shrimps and all kinds of Wild Game that can be obtained. CEioicc Wines and Uquors and a general assortment of Confectionary always kept on hand, and purchasers generally, Can obtain all his articles at reasonable rates. Also a supply of DOMESTIC and FOREIGN FRUIT. Families will be supplied witii , OYSTERS and FRUIT PIES, and other (! dishes at any hour. Parties, Balls, Ac., will be promptly furnished with Suppers in elegaut style, 1 shortest notice. Savannah and Brunswick OYSTfilU by the quart, gallon or larger quantities, to suit pur chasers. oct 13 and at thc Plantation For Sale. mHE Plantation near Americus formerly owned I by T L. Holt—containing G07 acres, ltis fine ly situated, in good state of repair, with the necessa ry buildings, Ac. Terms.—One-third cash, one-third one year, one-third two years, with interest. Ap ply to T. M. Furlow, Americus or to the undersigned at Macon. JAMES W. GRIFFIN. Macon, Dec. 4 tf NOTICE. South Western Rail Road Company, 7 Macon, Ga., Jan. 1st 1858. ( rnHE annual election for President and five Direc- JL tors of this Company will bo held at their office in this city on Thursday 11th February next. JNO.T. BOlFEUlLLET, Sec. ATreas. Jan5-tllfeb. j NOTICE. 773ROM this date wo shall adopt os near as possible L the CASH SYSTEM—m- are ccmpelledto do it. From this date all articles will he priced as cash. Where credits are given (which will only he given to those who have paid us promptly) an addition will be made to the price named according to the time desired by the purchaser. . jan c tf iiai:!>;:man a crii-hn. JUST BECEiVEli. Papers Garden Mccls. 3 basil. Kcnlurliy SJliie Gin»«, A. A. MENARD. Druggist, Cherry Street. 25,000 l feb24- tf PLANTERS W HO are in want of Blacksmith’s Tools, includ ing Anvils, Vices, Bellows, Screw Plates, Hand and Sledge Hammers, Rasps, Files, Hotsr Shoe Iron and Nails, Nail Rods, Cast, Blister and German Steel. PLANTERS W HO want to boy the real Swedes Iron of any width from } to 12 inch wide. Ban! Iron, IIoop Iron, round or sqmtrolronof any size, PLANTERS W HO want 13 get a good article of Hammered Plow Steel, from 4 to 14 inches wide and made expressly for Plows, PLANTERS W HO want to get the best Cotton IIoo used —made by Samuel W. Collins, also Scovil’s, Brade’s Patent, Brade’s Georgia Hoe, Cane Hoe or Bradley’s warranted Grubbing Hoe, PLANTERS W HO want Axes of 3. W. Collins’. Bradley's and King's make, Corn Sheliers, Com Jl ills. Straw Cutters, Hames, Plow Lines, Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Rope, Shovels. Spades, Hay and Manure Forks, Rakes, Sheep Shears, Sieves, Cuitv Combs, Horse Brushes, Cotton and Wool Cards, Giu Bands, Pots Ovens, Spiders, Boilers, Sugar Kettles, Cauld rons, CARPENTERS want to buy Tools of any kind, in short, EVERYBODY "IT 7"HO is in want of anything in the Hai-dware line V V at prices to suit tho times, will do well to call at * N. WEED’S one Price Store, jan 19 Macon, Ga. Macon Flour Mills. T HESE are now in full operation, manufacturing the very best Family, Superfine and Fine Fiou.- which is offered, wholesale and -elail, at very low prices. To dealers wo can sell at figures which cannot fail to snit. Constantly on hand fresh Meal and Grits at 70 cents per bushel to dealers. GpuAlso rich Shorts for tahle use and Graham Flour. H^Bran A Shorts mixed together, which makes bet ter cow feed, at 80 cents per hundred. Bran alone at 75 cents per hundred. 53^ Wheat cleanings for stock feed, also, at 56 cents per hundred, and broken wheat 75 centsp ir hundred. AH orders promptly attended to at the mill, jan 5 JAS. A. KNIGHT, Agt. CHRISTMAS GIFTS, A T Boardman’s Book Store, a largo assortment of seasonable articles selected for The Holidays, snch as Illustrated Editions of ihe Poets Byron, Moore, Shakespeare, Thompson, Campbell, Goldsmith,Burns,Bryant,Longfellow, Herbert,Gray and Kebles’ Christian year. * World noted YVomen, Republican Court, Court of Napoleon, Women of the Bible, Illustrated, life of Luther, ■, Deserted Village, Eve of St. Agnes, ariner, Gertrude of Wyoming, Farm er’s Boy, Country Life, Illustrated Parables, Irving's YVorks, Waverley Novels and a large assortment of Juvenile Books. A new Edition of the Eolla Hooks, Setti of pleasure Books, Also Conversation Cards and Games, Tivoli’s Gammon Board*, Chess- Men, Dominoes. Papeteries. Writing Desks* Work- Boxes, Porcelain Slates and lots of other things. .DMAN. Grays Elec Ancient i dec 22 tf J. M. BOAli.I Job Trintinff Office in Florida JPow Sale. A N opportunity offers to a good Printer to purchase A. a perfectly new JOB PRINTING OFFICE, lo cated at Jacksonville, Florida. The field for busi ness is a fine one; the Office is in good working or der, being just located and prepared for work. The advertise!' desires to dispose of the establishment on account of the recent death of his partner in the busi ness. Value of the 6tablishment 81800, oil the most of which, time will be allowed, with paper satisfacto ry to parties at the North. Refer to J. Ciisby, Esq., Macon, Ga., or address C. DREW, dec 22 Jacksonville, Fla. TO MERCHANTS AND 3E3l Q 23. s» o 'iUs O O Jp o s. T HAVE a heavy stock of goods on hand, and 1 . L will sell for Cash at New York prices for 2 or 3 months. . ^ ■■ My stock comprises & good assortment of Ihnner and Tea setts, White and Gilt China, do. Granite all sizes ofsetts, Granite Ware open to pack from, lor merchants. Common Ware do.; a large lit of Gob let", Tumblers, Preserve Dishes, Ac. Castors. Plated andBrittania Ware, Table Cutlery. Also, 35 Crates assorted Granite and Common Ware. 55 Crates assorted Common Ware. “ “ Granite to be here in. January, 185a R. P- McEVOY. jan C ly PULASKI COUNTY PLANTA- tions For Sale. (SITE offer for sale our plantations lying in Pula* I t ki county, containing about throe thousand acreswbich is divided into three settlement*, each place well improved, with guod dwellings and all ne cessary out buildings. These plantation* lie seW '■> miles above Hawkinsville and two and a half miles ti. ■ Ocmulgeo river. All the .. < ■ il! 1 bought with tho plantations. All thosq wil ting bar gains would do well to call early. Teruis i ‘ ■ purchasers; for further information apply l" theuu- ■ rsigned, who ^^fcORMICK. WANTED. AM still buying Military bounty Land Warrants and will always givo the highest cash Jp_rice.^ Macon Ga.july 28iy dec 22 Diaries lor 1BGB at BOAKDMAN ...

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Georgia telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1844-1858, February 02, 1858, Image 1