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——? mr'm Til H ‘iEORGLV TELEGRAPH. of Hon. I>;i\iit PORTLAND, MAINE. The Hon Jefferson Davis having been serenaded by the citizens of Portland, .Maine, acknowledged tho compliment in the following terms: Filiowcountrymew : Accept my sincere thanks forthU mimifesUtion of your kindness. Vanity does not lead me *o far to misconstrue your »* **. appropriate tho demonstration to myself; out it is not less gratifying tome to be made tbemedium through which Maine tenders n ® ! ex P re “*““‘Tft Card to her aieter, Mississippi- foiling of profound gratification that I wibiess this indication of that national sentiment and fraternity whioh made us. and which alone can keep us one people. At a period but as yesterday when compar ed with tho life of nations,these Sta'es were separate, and in some respects opposing colonies; their only relation to each other was that of*<common;allegi ance to the government of Great Britain. So separ ate. indod almost hostile, was their attitude, that when General Stark, of Bennington wernory, was captured by savages on the head waters of the Ken- neoec, he was subsequently taken by them to Alba ny, whoro they wcut to sell furs, and again lead away a captive, without interference on the part o' J*p'edge^im in that "perilous hour to stand by 7°“* then leave to capitalists, with judgment fbarpenad j by interest, the selection of the route* ftnd the 111 Piffiv cuhie3 will diminish as did those which you over m _ MACON, GKA.. Senator Davis’ Portland Specclt— ! une when you connected your harbor" with £ | Tuesday Morning, Ang. 17, 1858. C'\nA(lisn Drovinc6j It would be to tresspnss oil I ■ ■ 1 —. . . your kindness,‘aud io “elate the proprieties of the To corrodent-The communication ot occasion were I to detain the vns concetsour which Delegate,” being received only three or four work- stands before rao by entering on the discussion of . ij 0U ra before we go to press, we regret that it tSS^^lXSiS^SSSSS'iS I «“"»> W >“ «“■ “"I". rth suggest. I came to your city in quest of health and 1 0 B, er engagements already in hand. It shall be repose. From the moment I entered it yon b*^ 1 - i p U yi 3 | )c ^ naxt week. A few poetical and other showered upon me kindness and hospitality. TJ“‘'i-, : 1 . ., . . my experience lias tauglit me to anticipa<« K ood | conmbulions arc under consideration for our next, rather than evil from my fellow-men, it h»“ »ot pre- Q orres p 0n( j en t s should send in their favors as ear- rte?e 6 beei^bestowcd. fr in the publication ,veek as practicable, as news asked in relation to my coming h»re. whether i naa mat t cri Editorial and advertisements press gjpraakfcg.gfflg-fr j distrustingnor of which you have Sontii-Wcsteru Rail Road. ‘’f f «‘ iSfection°and t solicimde-my’ wife The Annual meeting- of the Stockholders of and mvchUdrvo i they have ahared with me your this Road was held in Macon last Thursday \ 0, om- l! ^tnre d rime al when e x^m SiSgled with' the From copies iu slips of the Reports of theOf- and the arm of my infant, son has been nerved fj cers we gather the facts and figures snb- au > .j r i ...-.A ,l... r\f w.i* -hniilil burst 1 when ing colony to demand or obtain his release. aswe now are. were a citizen of tho United «««** an act or hostility to our country, impmimed °r warn in any quarter of the world, whether *’r fAiion" tho people of each and every »»<«««rtf» Wm with one heart and with one hnm a broSS’s redress; and wo be to bim »g*m st i th/. rrnit blood cried to us from thegro^d! Suchi. theftxdt ,.f the wisdom and the with ^WchourfatbOT bound contending colonies into confederation, and blended different habits and rival interests into a hamonlous whole, so that, shoulder to shoulder, they entered on the trial of the revolution, and step whh step tred its thorny path, until they reached the height of national independence and founded the constitutional representative liberty, which is our birth right. When tho mother country entered up on her career of oppression, in disregard of c.iartcr- »>d and constitutional, rights, our forefathers did not biop to measure the exact weight of the burden, or to ask whether the pressure bore most upon this col ony or upon that, but saw in it the infraction of a great principle—the denial of a common right, in de fend* of which they made common cause-Massa- chusetts, Virginia aud South Carolina vieiug with each other as to who should be foremost in the strug gle, where the penalty of failure would be a dishon orable grave. Tempered by the trials and saenn- oea of the revolution, dignified by its noble purposes, elevated by itsbrilliant triumphs, endeared to each ether by its glorious memories, they abandoned tbe eonlederacy.net to fly apart when llie outward pres sure of hostile fleets and armies were removee, but to draw closer their embrace in the formation of a morn perfect union. By such men, tthua trained and enabled, our constitution was tormed. It stands a monument of principle, of forecast, aud, above all.of that liberality which made each willing to sacrifice local interest, individual prejudice or temporary good to llie general welfare, and the perpetuity of the republican institutions which they had passed through lire and blood to secure. The grants were as broad as were necessary for the functions of tho gen eral agent and the mutual concessions were twice plest—blessing both him who gave and hint who re ceived.—Whatever was necessary for domestic gov ernment. requisite in the social organization of each community, was retained by the .-state and the peo ple thereof; and these it was made the duty of all to defend and maiutain. Such, in very general terms, isths rich political legacy our fathers bequeathed to us. Shull we preserve and transmit it to posterity! Tea, yes, the heart responds; and the judgmeut an swer*. tho task is easily performed ' It but requires that each should attend to that which most concerns him, and on which alonehejhas rightful powerto de cide and to act; that each should adhere to the terms of a written compact, and that all should co operate f-r that which interest, duty and honor do maud. For the general affairs of our country, both foreign aud domestic, we have a national Executive and a national legislature. Representatives and sen ators are chooser! by districts and by States, but their acts affect the whole country, and their obliga tions are' he whole people. He who, holding either seat, would confine Ins investigations to the mere interests of his immediate constituents, would be derelict to his plain duty ; and he who would leg islate iu hostility to any section would be morally unfit for the station, aud surely an unsafe depository, if net a treacherous guardian, of the inheritance with which wo are blessed. No one, more than myself, recognises the binding force of the allegiance which the citizen owes to the State of his citizenship ; but that State being a party to our compact, a member of our Union, fealtv to the federal constitution is not in opposition to, but flows from the allegiance due to one of the United States. Washington was not less a Virginian when bo commanded at Boston; nor did Gates or Greeuu weakeu the bonds which bound them to their several States by tbeir campaigns in the South. In proportion as a citizen loves his own State will he strive to honor by preserving her name and her fame free from the tarnish of haviugfailed to observe her obligations, and to fulfill her duties to her sUter States. Each page of our history is illus trated by tbe names and tbe deeds of those who have well understood and discharged the obligation. Have we so degenerated that We can no longer emulate their virtues ? Have the purposes for which our Union was formed lost their value 1 Has patriotism ceased to be a virtue, and is narrow sectionalism no longer to be counted a crime / Shall the North not rejedee that the piogress of agriculture-in the South has given to her great staple the controlling infiuence of tbe commerce of the world, and put umnufactue- ing nations under liqud to keen the jieac$ with the United Ststes ? Shall the South not exult in the fact that the industry and perservering intelligence of tho North has placed her mechanical skill in the front rank of tbe civilized world—that our mother coun try, whose haughty minister, some eighty-odd years ago. declared that’not a hob nail should be made in the colonies, which are now the United States, was brought some four years ago to recognize oar pre eminence by sending a commission to examine our workAr|>s, and ouf machinery, to perfect their own manntsoTure of the arms requisite for their defence 1 Do not our whole people, interior and seaboard, North.JSouth, East and West, alike feel proud of the hardihood, the enterprise, the skill, and the courage of the Yankee sailor, who has borne our flag as the ocean bears Us foam, and caused the name and tbe character of tbe United States to be known aud re spected wherever there is wealth enough too woo commerce, and intelligence enough to honor merit 1 So long ms we preserve aed appreciate the achieve ments of Jefferson and Adams, of Franklin and Mad- ison, of Uamilton, of Hancock and of Rutledge, men who labored forlhe whole country and lived forman- kind, we cannot sink to the petty strife which would sap the foundations and destroy tbe political fabric our fathers erected and bequeathed as an inheritance to their posterity forever. Since the formation of tbe constitution, a vast extension of territory, and the varied relations arising therefrom, have presented problems which could not have been foreseen.—It is a just cause for admiration, oven wonder, that the provisions of the fundamental law should have been found so fully adequate to all the wants of govern ment, new in its organization, and new in many of the principles on which it was founded. Whatever fears may nave onreexisted as to tbe consequence of territorial expansion must give way before the evi dence which tbe past affords. The general govera- ment, strictly confined to its delegated functions,and the Staten left in the undisturbed exercise of all else, we have I theory and practice which fits onr gov ernment fur immeasurable domain, aud might, under a millennium of natious. embrace mankind. From the slope of the Atlantic, oar population with ceaseless tide, has poured into tho wide and fertile valley of the Mississippi. Its eddying whirl has passed to the coast of tho Pacific. From the West and the East the tides are rushing towards each other, and the mind it carried to the day when all the cultivable land will be inhabited, and the American people will sigh for more wilderness to conquer. But there is here a politico-physical prob lem presented fur onr solution. Were it purely physics), your past triumphs would leave but little doubt of your capacity to solve it. A community which, when less than 2d thousand, conceived the grand projeoi of crossing the White mountains, and unaided save by thestimuius which jeers and proph esies of fail are gave, successfully executed the her culean woik, might well be impatient, if it were suggested that a physical problem was before us too difficult for their mastery. The history ol man teach es that high mountains and wide deserts have resis ted the permanent extension of empire, and havo formed the immutable boundaries*of States. From time to time under some able leader, have the hordes of the upper plains ot Asia swept over the adjacent country, and rolled their conquering columns over Houlhorn Europe. Yet, after the lapse of a few gen- orations, the physical law to which 1 have referred has asserted its supremacy, aud the boundaries of those States differ little now from those which ob tained three thousand years ago. Koine flew her conquering eagles over the tlieu known world, and has now subsided Into tho little territory on which her great city was originally built. The Alps aud tlie Pyrenees have been unable to restrain imperi al France; but her expansion was a feverish action; her advance and her retreat were tracked with blood, and ihose mountain ridges are the re-estab lished limit,, of hor empire. trhall the Rocky Moun tains prove a dividing barrier to us J Were ours a central consolidated government, instead of a nn side in the defence of your hearth stones, and in main taining the honor of a flag whose constellation, though torn and smoked in many a battle by sea and land, has never been stained with dishonor, and will, I trust, forever fly as free as the breezo which unfolds it. A stranger to yon, tbe salubrity of vour loca tion and the beauty of its scenery were not wholly unknown to me, nor were there wanting associations which busy memory connected witli your people. You will pardon me for alluding to one whoso ge nius shod a lustre upon all it touched, and whose qualities gathered about him hosts of friends wher ever he was known. Prentiss, a native of Portland, lived from youth to middle age in the county of my residence, and the inquiries which have been made show me that the youth excited the iuterest which the greatness of the man justified, and that his mem ory thus remains a link to connect your home with mine. A cursory view, when passing through your town on former occasions, had impressed mo with the great advantages of your harbor, its easy en trance, its depth and its extensive accommodations for shipping. But its advantages aud its facilities, as they have been developed by closer inspection, have grown upon me until I realixo that _ it is no boast, but the language of sober truth, which in the present state cif commerce pronounces them une qualled in any harbor of our country. And surely no place could be more inviting to an invalid who sought a refuge from the heat of a Southern Summer. Here waving elms offer bim shaded walks, and mag nificent residences surrounded by flowers fill the mind with ideas of comfort and of rest. If, weary of constant contact with feJIow-men, he seeks a deep er seclusion, there in the background of this grand amphitheatre lie tbe eternal mountains, frowning witli brow of rock and cap of snow upon tho smil ing fields beneath, and there in its recesses may he found as much of wilderness, and as much ot soli tude as the pilgrim weary of the cares of life can desire. If he tnrn to the front, your capacious har bor, studded with green islands of ever-varying light and shade, and enlivened by all the stirring eviden ces of commercial activity, offer him the mingled c-harms of busy life and nature's calm repose. A few miles further, and he may sit upon the quiet shore' to listen to the murmuring wave until the troubled spirit sinks to rest; and in the little sail that vanishes on the illimitable sea we may find the type of the voyage which he is so soon totake, when liis ephemeral existence closed, he embarks for that better state which lies beyond the grave. Richly endowed as you are by nature in all which contri butes to pleasure and to usefulness, the stranger can not pass without paying a tribute to tbe much which your energy has achieved for yourselves. Where else will one find a more happy union of magnifi cence and comfort—where better arrangements to facilitate commerce ? Where so much industry, with so little noise and bustle T \V here, in a phrase ao much effected in proportion to tho means em ployed! We hear tue puff of tbe engine, llie roll of tbe wheel, -tb* ring of the axe and the saw, but llie stormy, passionate exclamations ■ w> often min gled with the sounds are nowhere beard. Yet nei ther those nor other things which I have mentioned, attractive though they bo, have been to mo the chief charm which i have found among you. For above all these I place the gentle kiudtiess, the cor dial welcome, the hearty grasp, which made me feel truly and at once, though wandering far, that I was still at home. My friends, I thank you for this ad ditional manifestation ot your good will. More Trouble for the Democracy— MR. STEPHENS OUT FOR DOUGLAS! The Cincinnati Commercial, alluding to the recent visit of Mr Stephens to that city, says: “Hon. Alexander II. Stephens, of Georgia, did not hesitate to declare, when in this city the other day, tn route to the Northwest, that he was in favor of the re-election to the Senate of Judge Douglas, and he regarded the war by the President upon the anti-Lecompton men of Illi nois as wickedly foolish." Verily, there is to be no end to tho “suffer- ins” of tbe southern Democracy. Douglas turn ed traitor ,” Wise ditto, Jeff. Davis throwing up his hat for the Union, were all terrible cal amities, but now, sad to relatetheir great ieaaer m tbe House. Mr. Stephens, has gone over to Douglas !—Sav. Republican. A New Plait of Drying Peaches. Messrs Editors : As the furze which covers the peach is very objectionable in diying them with it on, and as pealing them for drying is a tedious process, and causes the loss of much of the sweetest and best of tbe fruit, a plan which will obviate both of these objections and give us the dried fruit as good as if peeled, and in fact even better, is a desideratum, the supply ing of which would be very acceptable to all who are in the habit of drying this excellent and desirable fruit for table use. A lady friend of the writer has found it out and com municated it to him and he will here describe it. Make a tolerable strong ley with wood ashes by boiling them in water—letting it stand, af ter being boiled sufficiently, until the ashes settle to the bottom, when pour offlthe ley. Then put the peaches to be dried in the, warm but not hot enough to cook them any; and ruh them in it a whila. Thon tnko them out and wash them in clear cold water. This pro cess will take all the furze entirely off, and leaves them as slick and smooth os nectarines, with nothing but a thin skin on them. Then cut off and dry as usual.—Peaches dried in this way will be found to be very sweet, and Lave all the advantages of not losing nny by the us ual process of peeling—as the sweetest part of the fruit is generally that next the peeling. We have eaten pastry made from such peach es and can speak from experience.—J. R. //., of Henry County, Tenn., in Louisville Journal. Freight Earnings of the Road fur the year en ding 31st July, 1858, were ...223,735.00 Total Earnings from Passengers —152,783.45 do do Mails and Miscellaneous sources - 15,021.71 Total Earnings 8391,540.16 Total Current Expenditures 182,762.85 Balance of Net Earnings - 8208,777 31 Permanent Expenditures on track, bridges, motive power, rolling stock, tools, &c., have been made during the year to the amount of 44,304.25. The gross earnings of the Road per mile daring the year, were -63,235.24.— Net do. 1,725.50. Current expenses per mile, 1,510.44.• Gross Earnings per mile run by Engines, §1,91.4 mills; net earnings do. §1,- 02.1 mill. Cost of fuel per mile for the Loco motives 2 3-10 cents—which is extraordinary. The increase in freight from the previous year was ouly §26,320.24—a result attributable to short crops, as the falliug off in Cotton alone amounted to 8,751 bales. The total number of Passeugers carried on the Rond, was 00,547 an average of 248 per day—aud an excess of eight per day over the passenger carriage of last year. Among the items of Freight, on the Road, arc 15,161 Bales Cotton; 2,349.221 pounds Flour; 38,516 bushels Corn; 2,446.379 pounds Bacon; 131,692 pounds of Wool; 2,037.937 feet of Lumber; 3,313 cords of Wood. The number of miles iu actual use on the Road, including the Cuthborl-extension, now open to Dawson, is 142. The location of the line to Eufaula is already completed, and the Engin eers ave now engaged upon the line to Fort Gaines. The latter diverges from the Eufau la line a little short of two miles West of Cutli- bert. Contracts for the grading, clearing and grubbing of the entire line to Eufaula were made in May last, and for the entire Fort Gaines line in June. The Extension will be opchcd as far as Cuthbert about the 1st of July uext. The force employed in the construc tion under 'the vinous cbiitracts'iiiiinEcrs , 6G7 hands, ail black, except a few workmen em ployed on the masonry. The finished portion of the whole Road has been completed at a cost (including every article of equipment for operation,) of $2,269,323.20, or an average of, §16,680.20 per mile. It will be seen, thcrc- Frsiucls P. Blair Bcatent—The TRAITOR’S DOOM—THE CATHOLIC IRISH TIIE EXECUTIONERS. It is with t-nccre pleasure that we announce to POSSIBILITY 0!' DISUNION. We publish this speech to-day, thinking it will interest our r•• tilers in connection with tbe recent gos-ip about and denunciation of j our readers, this week, the defeat of Francis P. this gentleman. Tho speech itself, consider- j Btair » t,lc Republican candidate for Congress in ed as a literary production, is elegant—class- j ^ Louis - , :' ical-in tbe style, language and spirit of the I Mr ' B , lair “ a 0 lar f °! tU ^, “ f refined gentleman ; and there is nothing in it | P? r£0nal ***&*'doubt the^ablest which would probably have excited remark on News Summary. Arrival of the Niagara. n ship XU(. ;t r.'i arrived at with Liverpool accounts to tho score of what might be styled ultra-union ism, if it had not been preceded by a speech delivered on ship-board, couched in stronger language and applying censorious terms to politicians iu the South, who, unlike Mr. Da vis, as he then stood, supposed that there was a possibility or probability of national disrup tion. There is, perhaps, nothing in the Port land Speech, which might not becomingly is sue from the fullness of a Southern heart, moved by an unexpected cordiality of recep tion, or emanate from a glow of patriotic feel ing in which tbe wish stood to some extent fath er to the thought. In any event, the unrival led hold of Senator Davis upon the affections of the people of Mississippi, and his uncommon popularity in that State, give the speech a re markable degree of political significance, and connected with the recent powerful bints from South Carolina, in speeches of Senator Ham mond, Mr. Keitt, Mr. Orr, and others, seem to indicate a change in the programme of the most distinguished leaders of the Southern Rights party, in which, to borrow the intima tions from Gov. Hammond, the watchword shall be a conquest in the Union rather than out of it. We agree with a programme of operations which shall exhaust every expedient and rem edy suggested by r an expansive patriotism be fore we resort to disunion. Dissolution is the grave of self-government. It will demonstrate the impracticability of popular self-govern ment upon any scale commensurate with the great monarchies and absoluteisms of the old world and able to’ protect itself against them and enforce their respect. After that catas trophe, governments must exist “ by Divine right,” as claimed by Kings, or by' their per mission and under their protection. The Peo ple, as the rightful source of political power, may wield it under sufferance, over a few com paratively insignificant States, but the grand spectacle now be presented in the world of a popular government successfully rivalling, and imminently threatening to distance the giant monarchies of Europe in all the attributes and achievements of incntnl and moral power aud material wealth, grandeur and magnificence, will be lost forever; for it is nn impossible supposition that the experiment of popular self- government can ever be repeated upon more favorable conditions than those which atten ded the organization and establishment of the United States .of NorUi America. No, tlic grave of the Union is bound to he the grave of all rational and intelligent hope for a popu lar free government which shall contest the palur of intellectual and material power with monarchy aud autocracy; and when politi cians propose to substitute to the dismembered fore, that the nett earnings of the past year j fragments of the Confederacy, the patronage Tlic North Carolina Election The Wilmington Journal of the 13th has the following: It is now a week since the election took place in this State, and we are yet without the full returns, there being still all of twenty coun ties—not exactly to hear from—but to get the full vote of. As we have elsewhere stated, the election for Congress in the Mountain District, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Clingman, consequent upon his appoint ment to the Senate, has resulted disastrously to Mr. Avery, tbe Democratic candidate, who has been badly beaten by Vance Know Noth ing. This fact, first ascertained, led first as certained, led to the belief that there was also a large*Democratic loss on the Governor’s and Legislative vote in the counties of the Moun tain District.—This is only true in the coun ties of Burke, Rutherford and Caldwell. Over the Ridge the reverse is true. In Buncombe, Ellis gains 116 votes over Bragg’s majority, and the Democratic candidates for the Legisla ture do oven better. Upon the whole, we think it probable that the majority for Eliia iu the Mountains will be about the same ns that show a clear return upon tin? investment of about 9j percent., and this,too, under the un favorable conditions of a year of extraordinary pecuniary embarrassment, of short crops and of high waters, bringing the rivers in active freight competition with the Road. What, then, we ask is the fair and reasonable pros pect for this Road and its stock, with heavy crops—prosperous business and pecuniary times—average facilities to freight competi tors, and every additional year penetrating twenty to thirty miles further into the heart of one of the best Cotton growing sections of the United States—every mile of extension not only paying road in itself, but largely cu mulative to the business and profits of the whole line 1 We say if there is one Rail way property in the United States to compare with it in future promise and value, the number is very few indeed. It need not be better—it is good enough. The management of the Road, as we have often said, cauuot be improved up- All its affairs and concerns arc as snug as possible. It has no iloating debt and its bonded debt will be provided for with the greatest ease, by an accumulating surplus over its regular 8 per cent, dividends. R. R. Cuv- ler, Esq., President; Directors: Messrs. John W. Andersou, William A. Black, Wm. S. Holt, T. M. Furlow, Robert A. Smith. Gko. W. Adams, Esq., General Superintendent.— John' T. 1Joivkl’ii,lkt, Esq., Secretary aud Treasurer. ^-1 and protection bought by Commercial treaties. champion of the Republican enu-e in tbe Missis sippi valley, and it is well to note some of the causes which have brought about his defeat, Blair is a Southerner by birth, and not many years since was recognised as an ultra pro-slavery man, but tho divisions of the Democratic party in Missouri between Mr. Benton and his opponents forced Blair to take sides. He became the main stay and support of Mr. Benton in all the exciting controversies and issues of the rival factions, but was over-powered. The Benton party lost control of the State and <3win died into an insignificant clique who were occa sionally used by the Know Nothings to effect the defeat and overthrow of the Democratic party, Blair is not a man for minorities, and we find him four years since, elected to the Missouri Legisla ture from St. Louis, as a i/emocrat, but on taking his seat he becomes the prominent exponent of the views of the Wilmot proviso men and Eman cipationist. From this point the descent was short and easy into the dirty pool of modern Re publicanism. The campaign of ’5ti finds him a candidate for Cougress against the regular nomi nee of the Democratic party, and by playing mum on tlic great issues then before the people, he was elected. During the last session of Congress he was tho recognised leader of the opposition ; no member of the nouse of Representatives was more violent or hostile to the interests of the South than Francis Preston Blair—but lie has met his doom—a righteous retribution lias overtaken him, The indignant vengeance cf a betrayed constitu ency was thoroughly aroused, and lie has been de feated. Mr. Blair may console himself in his retirement by the hope which the New York Tribune holds out to him, that his “present defeat is but an inci dent iu what promises to be a long and bright career.” But fortunately for the Union, for the South and for Mr. Blair’s constituency, Horace Greeley is no prophet—nor the son of a prophet, In chronicling the result of the election, we should not omit to mention how Blair was beaten. The Abolition correspondent of the New York $ribune from Missouri, attempts to parry the force and effect of this deadly blow to the prospects of Republicanism in the Great West, by saying that the Irish in a body voted against Blair and for Bar ret, tlie pro-slavery candidate. We have no doubt that the Tribune’s man is right and tiiat the Irish did “execute” Blair. The Irish as a body are em inently sound on the Slavery question, and in all the severe coutcsls at the North and West, are found fighting shoulder to shoulder witli the friends of tiie Union, the Constitution and the South. AH honor then, to the Irish of St. Louis, for their gallant aud manly aid to the pro-slavery candidate in his hour of trial. It may be well to mention, jus.t here, a fact which seems to lmve es caped tiie observation of our neighbor of the Jour nal Sc Messenger. Mr. Breckenridge, the K. N. candidate against Barret, was also Auti-Leeompton, and the Tribune’s correspondent says, “the distinc tive Free State or Emancipation vote may be ac curately arrived at by adding to tiie total result of Mr. Blair two-thirds of the Breckenridge or Amer ican vote, and that it is admitted that two-thirds of the American vote is in favor of a Free State.”— What does our neighbor think of that Picture ? for tlic respect conceded to known and ac- , The Irish vote, sound on the slavery question, and knowledged force, they tacitly admit that as two-thirds of the American vote in favor of a Free a Power of the world able to protect and vin- j State. This is the way our neighbor desires to for Bragg. If so, Ellis’ majority in the State kn of »ov«i tign States, our fate might be learned I will be something like fifteen thousand! from the history of other nations. Thanks to the ' wisdom and independent spirit of our forefathers, this is not onr o.i.-o.—Each Mate having sole charge of iu local in:. r,~t* and domestic affairs, the prob leu which to others has been insoluble, to ns is made easy. Rapid, safe, and easy communication between the Atlautic and the Pacific wilt giro co-intelligence, unity ol interest, and co-operation among all parts ofour continent wide republic. The net-work of railroads wiiich. binds the North and the South, the slope of the Atlautio and the valley of the Mississip pi together, testily that our people have the power to perform, in tbit regard, whatever it is their will to do.—We require • railroad to the State of the Pa cific for pr<«eut uses; the time no doubt will come — when we staff have need of two or three, it may be more. Because of tiie desert character of the inte rior country, the work will be difficult and expen sive. It wid requiro the efforts of an united people. The bickerings of little politicians, the jealousy of sections, must give way to dignity of purpose and seal for the common good, lithe olject be obstruo- by contention and division as to whether the te to be selected shall bo northern, southern, ,1 Tim Lr-ginlntiirc. As was to have been anticipated, and, indeed as the Democratic papers predicted, tho main effort of the opposition has been directed to the Legislature, and, from various causes, all being Hummed up iu Democratic divisions about men, they have obtained a partial success, so far ns being able to make some gains goes. These gains may decrease the Democratic ma jority in tho coming Legislature to more man ageable proportions, they will fail to make any impression, or to offer one ray of hope to the auxious aspirants after senatorial honors. O, Father Abraham, surname;! Vena'ble, but you KctriDMlve Justice. \f Among the acts and doings of the S. W. Rail Road Company at its annual meeting, last Thurs day, was a general vote of thanks to their efficient corps of officers and a special raising of the sala ries of John T. Boim-inurr, Esq., their able and gentlemanly Secretary and Treasurer, and W. T. Brantcy, Esq., their trusty and indefatigable Au ditor of accounts, and Chief Clerk in the depart ment of supplies and material. Let those gentle men submit in all composure and resignation, for they have not yet got all they deserve. Sleeping Rooms. We have been asked to invite attention of Bachellor’s and others to the sleeping rooms advertised by Mr. Weed, under the assurance that they are very commodious and airy- great deal of sleep in them. The Right tEiing at lust Mr. J. II. Banks, of Forsyth, has hit it. ex actly, and we hope lie will live to see every Nor thern carrriago in Georgia driven out of use, by those of his own manufacture. See. his ad vertisement, which by the way, was accident ally omitted last week. The Empire State and the Atlanta INTELLIGENCER—CHANGE ALL ROUND. Opening the Griffin Empire State of last Thursday, wo find a great change announc- nll round. Col. Gaulding goes to Atlanta as one of the Editors and Proprietors of the In telligenccr, and the Empire State has been transferred to Messrs. J. If. Steele and V. P. Sisson, Col. Steele taking charge of the Edi torial Department. We welcome the veteran back to his accustomed vocation, and wish all the parties the best success in their undertak ings. < Rock Island Paper Mills. 'Hie President wants motes—Oin motes—and the man who offers to drawl them nut of his neighbor's eye or gin house a cent per pound is a public ben efactor. Wo hope his desires will be gratified to the fullest extent. oentral. the handwriting bon the wall, and it re-1 r—i , ... quire# liitleakiil to see that i :iiure L the interpre- KlI bad for you, nut it serves you right, you tation of tin; i i-i ription. You an- a practical pto- °"glit to have had better luck and been better i n ‘ " • " is that com. -tto be avoided! I Democrats. Woe is me, Albania ’ By taking the queslir altogether. Let the ( From llie Sarannnh Republican. Statistics of Monroe County. Mr. EiUOrr: I take the following from the Tax , , , . , , r . Receiver's Digest for the year 1858, of Mouroe ooun- navc brought your pigs to a hail market, ty: Father Abraham, you have sold yourself elicap, j ^ and have not got tiie money. And you, com- j “ panions in affliction,Messrs. Arrington, McRae ! <• and Sanders—Linn B. .Sanders,—we sort of but it serv No. of Polls 952 Children, from 8tol5 825 ** “ Professions 30 “ “ Free Negroes. 1* “ “ Staves. 9,636, value 94,997.371 Land. No. of acres '.36,798 92,239,861 Money and aolvcut debts ts pr. prop ( DUt ofthu hands of politicians "Vernini nt give such aid as it i ■ ndi r tin- ■ • nn|i:iiiv which filial! li-t t.-rifibl.- mid advantageous plan. Cuffoe, i.s that tho second l>tdl ?” i, dtit’s de second ringin’ ob do fuss bell, ot no second bell in Ilis hotel.” Wo bahn Aggregate value of whole property. . ...99,739,218 1 Properly to each poll 10,230 j But one man returns over one hundred thousand l dollars in the county. No county ill tho world where j the Property i- more equally distributed. Yours truly, . s. ' diente itself, popular government is gone. But while thus, on the broadest principles of philantbrophy, deprecating dissolution, it seems to us mere folly to pronounce it impossi ble. It is a political possibility, because the National Government has, in point of fact, no efficient self vindicatory power against a single State. If one State chooses to go out of the Union, whatever theories may be advanced to the contrary, we hold that in practice the pow er of the Federal Government can never res train her. The government was created by public opinion, must he upheld by it—and is altogether inefficient against any such embod iment of hostile opinion as woidd be represen ted by a State of the Union. And to suppose that it can he maintained against the settled convictions of a whole section of the Confeder acy, that it is a trespasser upon clear political rights, is absurd. Dissolution is also a possibility infact. Look at events in the most favorable light we can, and that very aspect of affairs upon which tho highest danger to its permanence was predi cated by all the sages among its founders, is actually upon us. We have in the North a distinct, sectional, geographical party, victoejg ous over all others, and avowing a predeter mined purpose, not only to administer the government as it stands to the prejudice of the other section, hut to shape, amend and alter it for that purpose. That is the Black Repub lican programme, which announces as a settled purpose the abolition of the federal basis of representation and the reorganization of the fed eral judiciary. He refuses to be guided by tfie lessons of all experience, who supposes that encroachments of this character arc limited by any tiling else than the want of power, or that this kind of tyranny would at last leave sub mission tolerable to the most patient and spir itless. These are pressing dangers to the perpetui ty of the Republic, nud the most obvions policy is to conciliate all the elements of conserva tive opposition to meet and crush them. The only existing point of concentration is evident ly the Democratic party of the Union, because outside of that party, in the whole non-slavc- holding section, there exists not a single or ganized opposition to the plans of t he section- alist. It is a lamentable fact that iu all those States, Black Republicanism, ncithcrfimls nor recognizes any other organized or active op ponent. The Democratic party, then, must be the point of concentration ; and if this be so, every conservative man ought to act with it. Those most apprehensive of dangers, mi<l who see dissolution most imminent, uuless they desire the. consummation, ought to he the most zealous in co-operating with it— the most sedulous to avoid crippling it by dis organization and schism. And what of the Southern opposition to it ? What of those, who deni in small trash about Douglas ? Who edify their readers with profound discussions whether Douglas or Crittenden be the worse ? And who carp and pick flaws from year’s end to years’ end, for no earthly purpose conceiv able, except to cripple the power of the Dem ocratic party for tho common good ? If they cultivate an “intense American sentiment.” We mnst confess in this instance we prefer^ the in tense Irish sentiment. The British mail stea Halifax on Tuesday la ;t, the 31st ult. Liverpool Cotton Mcrktl.—The sales of Cotton for the week were 38,000 bale3, of which speculators took 2,000 and exporter 5,000 bales, leaving for the trade 31,000 bales. The market declined during the week 1-16d on tho better, and l-8d, on the lower qualities. London Money Market.—Consols had improved and were quoted at 96 1-8. The sales of Cotton in Liverpool ou Friday, July 30th, were 8.000 bales; of which speculators and ex porters took 2,500 bales, and the market closed steady. The authorized quotation are— Fair Orleans 7 ll-10d I Mid. Orleans 6{d “ Mobile 65 1Cd •- Mobiles.. 6 13-lud “ Uplands ..7jd) “ Uplands..6 U-lSd The stock on hand was 667,000, of which 587,000 were American. Manchester advices were favorable and prices were quiet and steady. At Havre Orleans Ties ftrdinairc was quoted at 105 fraoces. The weather has been favorable for crops. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 10,000 boles, with a firm market. The English Parliament was rapidly windiug up its business. The Goodwoood Cup was won by Sauaterer. The only American starter was Charleston, who came in last but one. Dates fromBombay to July 3d had been received The re-capture of Gwalor is confirmed. The fugitives were hemmed in, and the British gained a brilliant victory near Lucknow. Tiie rebels loct six hun dred. -Ur...*,, Eii,y. Curious C oi„ci„,„ rc ^;, truijnnctm tn v.no is realized at Trinitv Cabie that binds three continents, Eur—' “ and America, together. The i Afri ct name is singQi*.). plicable to the fact. Soon Asia will be add f .s f lp ' trinity, and there will be an electrical" lilc ' the globe.—A T . Y. Herald. fe nle “"and Laying tiie Corner Stone We are authorized by Mr. R. to announce that the ceremony of laying the Corner Stone in the middle of the new ‘“Tilietudlem Block,” in Cherry Street, will come off at 9 o’clock, precisely, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday, pro vided it is neither dry, wet, bright or cloudy and don’t rain. Seats will be prepared for the Ladies under a beautiful canopy composed of the blue ethereal expanse, and gentlemen nre expected to stand outside. ITIacon Merchants, Georgia Belles, AND SO ON. That charming feminine correspondent’ “ M. J. W.”oCthe Washington Union, Charleston Courier, &c., writes to the Union from the Rockbridge Al um (Va.) on the 6th instant as follows: Near the entrance door a young mother is hold ing a chubby hand soothingly between her own, and singing with a faint, soft voice a little lullaby hymn, tiie child nestling in her bosom and sweet ly sleeping. In another direction the handsome member of a celebrated mercantile firm in Macon, Ga., is surrounded by a circle of our belles, who are listening to a searching criticism on the genu ineness of a “ point-lace” handkerchief which has been submitted to his critical eye. This gentle man, of the firm of “Kein and Brother,” is wide ly known as tbo “Stewart” of the South, his im portations being confined entirely to ladies’ ward robe. Right under our window (most provoking- ly interrupting us every ten minutes) are the beaux of the “Rockbridge Alum,” a refined and gentle manly young lawyer from Montgomery, a hand some young widower from Tallahassee, Fla., and a stylish new-comer—a Mr. 1L—from Savannah, Gt., who is already a bright particular star with our belles. Apropos of this State. It has certainly sent most lovely women and most interesting mas culines to the Rockbridge Alum this summer; and children, too, sweet little Annie T., from Augusta, with her silvery, care-free, heart laugh, which we love so to hear from children, and whose exquisite performances ou the piano made our idle belles blush for very shame; and Mr. Cobb, with his in teresting family. Ah! Mr. Secretary, you stand high in the world as a wise politician and as a suc cessful "publicman," but your brother 1ms looked above even that, his beautiful life showing that there is a higher need than mere worldly suecess. Georgia may well bo proud of this to us very inte resting laiyily. Timitcl nuclei’ the Alps. The mails, per steamer America, bring ac counts of the commencement, some months ago of the “Alpine Tunnel” connecting Modena and Bardonichc on opposite sides of the Alps, which their towerjto a height of 4,000 English feet, nearly a mile high .' Its length will be 8 1-2 English miles. From the great height of the mountains, it can only be worked from the ends. By the ordinary means, hitherto employed, 36 years would be required to com plete it. By the use of drilling machines, op erated by compressed air, the work, it is esti mated, will be completed in six years. These machines have been in use four months, and were believed to be the original invention of three Sardinian engineers, but it now turns up that Brother Jonathan “leads the van” in this as in many of the grand inventions brought out as original in Europe within the hist ten years. Rkt.unino Lkttkus.—The people of New Orleans have initiated an important movement by circulating a memorial to Congress asking for an act to punish people who deliberately u _ retain letters taken from the post-office by bad a plan to propose to the" country or a j mistake, or who get possession of those be chance to execute it, one might conceive u I longing toothers through a similarity of name. The memorial cites cases where great damtigc has resulted by this abuse of privilege. There is not a city in the country, perhaps, in which we do not find duplicated names without num ber, and those who ave so unfortunate as to bear a name common to others are sometimes greatly annoyed by the loss of letters or de lay in returning them to the post-office after they have been taken out by mistake. A peii- practically available rallying point for the pat- ' alty is required to enforce the return of all riotic conservatism of the country. It must ; such letters. meet tiiesectionalists and battle for s;:!uv;n a 7, . cy with them. Aud toe contest is not for a i r0 m China are to the 1st of June, and contain foil day nor ayear. Querulous gentlemen com- i accounts of the capture of the forts in the 1M Ho. plain that tbe promised peace is deferred, l.et v ' - them ask it u. the illack Republicans if they patriotic solution of their course. But while they find fault, they have nothing to propose— neither of doctrine nor measure, so that their opposition in its best light is merely factious. We care not a bean straw for any party, furth er than in our best judgment it may subserve a useful purpose to the couutry; but concede all they allege and still it must be obvious that the Democratic party must furnish the only choose, for there can be 110 peace except upon 1 concession of mutual rights. Negotiations having failed, tlin CTiiiiese w tacked on tholpth of May by tin- English and French, and the forts captured with much loss. Tho Chinese fought well. Ninety-eight guns were captured. The loss of the enemy is supposed to he very heavy. The Sparta Times publishes the following marriage notice: “Married iu Madison county, Ar., Joseph Rogers, formerly of Sparta, aged ninety-tiro years, to Miss Nancy Chandler, aged25 years—By this marri age Mr. Rogers becomes brother in-law to his grand son his grandson having married his wife’s sister some 15 or 20 years since. A singular anlaogy of tbe relationship can be traced from this marriage, as the old man has great grand children. We head our cotemporaries this timejon tho marriage question. They may knock under and take down their sign un til furthes dispatches from head quarters of the army of occupation.” Drowned.—We regret to announce the deatlp by drowning, of Dr. Wm. Kay, of this county, which sad event occurred on Friday evening last, tho 6th inst. lie was, in company with other young men, bathing in Sanborn’s miff pond, near Attapulgus and, it is believed, ventured too far out into deep water, and his companions being engaged in playing with each other at the time, failed to iiear his cries for help. When they found him he had been drown ed perhaps three quarters of au hour.—[Bainbridge Argus. The First Dispatch at Last’—The following despatches are said to have been exchanged to-day by the Uueeu and President Buchanan, but we do not well see how it was possible, as our Halifax cor respondent informs us that no despatches can be transmitted for several days:— Windsor Castle, August 6, 1858. Duesn>Knt Buchanan.—Dear Sir:—As you will- not permit me to “visit” you, allow me to dropyou a line. Faithfully yours “Victoria Rehika.' KELLY OF PRESIDENT BUCHANAN TO THIS QUEEN. “Washington, August 6, 1838. My Dear Madam:—It is iny impression that you have dropped enough of your line already, ami that you are running the thing into the ground. Post. “Yours, faithfully. “James Buchanan.” To be Kohl.—William Bodie, f. m. c., belongin. to New York, is advertised in the Brunswick (Ga.) Herald, to be sold on the first Tuesday in Sep tember next, by the Sheriff of McIntosh County, Georgia, for cost, and au attempt to inveigle a slave from that county. Bodie is a sailor on board a New Yoik craft, loading with lumber at Darien, Georgia. He was clearly convicted of his crime, and sentenced by the Mayor of that city.— Sayanhah Neics. Unanimity by n New Method.—The Louisi ana Baptist says: “In all matters pertaining to the reception of members, there ^should be unanimity. The minority ought to be heard, and, if found unrea sonable and obstinate, cut them off, and then re ceive the worthy applicant, if the church deem him so, rather than bring strife and contention into the church. Central American Aflfairs.—A Washington dispatch says, that some months ago, when the Pres idents of Nicaragua and Costa Rica jointly met and amicably arranged the question of the boundary between the two countries, they also prepared an address or appeal in the names of their respective governments and dispatched it to those of France and Great Britain, inviting their protection and as sistance against the United States. Our govern ment has, in consequence, proceeded to act, iu such a manner as will plainly but firmly indicate to al 1 foreign powers that the United States will not con sent to their interference in Central American affairs, nor to any measures which may have the effect of injuring our interests in that quarter and obstruct the transit routes to and from tiie Pacific. The gov- ment will act in accordance with the Monro'c doc trine. Bloody Murder in Cobb.—The editor of the Augusta Dispatch writes from Marietta, August 8th. “A horrible tragedy was perpetrated at Powder Springs on Wednesday last. A Mr. Duncan was kill ed by Mr. Lingo, his brother-in-law, in a most cold blooded and fiendish manner. “Duncan ran away with Lingo’s sister, about three months ago, and married her, at which Lingo threat ened to kill him ; and on tbe day the fatal deed was committed, lie puplicly avowed bis purpose, and started iu pursuit of it about the village. Duncan a. voided him, and asked by-standers not to let Lingo reach him, as he had threatened to take his fife. But Lingo persisted in following him up, with a drawn sword cane, when Duncan, finding that he could not get away from him, fired a pistol at him. A scuffle then ensued, in which Duncan was thrown down, when Lingo stabbed him several times, causing his death in a few seconds. Lingo is in jail in .Marietta, chained, and the jail is guarded.” Decatur nut! Iho Itluiu Trunk.—The people of Decaturh eld a meeting in Bainbridge on tho 17th, and nppoiuted a Committee to propose to the Di rectors of the Main Trunk to put thirty miles of’the Road under contract, s /ro»i Bainbridge Eastward, on condition that tiie citizens of Decatur would raise fifty thousand dollars additional subscription, in the event of an unfavorable reply the Committee were instructed to caff a meeting of the Stockholders as soon as practicable. California Nowhere.—A Dahlouegncorrespou dent of the Savannah Republican asserts that the gold ore now being gathered in the Fields mine is worth a thousand dollars per bushel. Yellow Fever Iu CItiirle»toii.—The Telegraph on Saturday announced several deaths from yellow fever in Charleston. Ceorjjin gold Mines— 1 The Marietta Advoeateof last Friday has seen a letter from tho Gold Diggings in Lumpkin County, in his opinion entirely reliable in which was stated that a vein had been discovered worth $3,000 per square foot, and that tiie owners were realizing from 9250 to 9300 per day, from it, by beating up the rock, in which the gold is imbedded, ii a common spice mortar, and washing it out. And one of the proprietors said he “could stand off twenty yards from tho diggings and see tho gold sticking in the rocks.” Marvels of ilic Cubic I.nyiug—The New York Herald, in commenting on Mr. Field’s diary 3ays: “The progress of tho ships after their separa tion in raid-ocean would seem to have been regulated by some agency other than that of humau intelligence- They ran nearly the sune distance and payed out nearly the same leDgth of cable day. by day; and on the 3d of August we find each vessel reporting the same depth of water—two hundred fathoms. The calculations with regard to tho length of cabi-l re quired are found to have been wonderfully exac'., as the following will show:— Length of cable on eacli : Ship :::::: :::::: 1,100 miles Payed ou? by the Niagara: : : : : : 1,016 “ Payed out by the Aga memnon :: 1.010 Distance run by the Nia gara :::::::::::: 882 “ Distance run by tho Aga memnon 813 “ I.rr Court House.—At an election held i» this county last week, for the purpose of obtaining the voice of the people in the location of their comity- site, tiie town cfStarkvillereceived a majority ?f ’ • over all other places. , From the Southern Planter is Use Chinese Sugar u a „ e ... TO HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS ’ We have seen (says the Valley Farmed erat statements going the rounds of tbi Sev ' pers, to the effect that horses and cattlo Pl ' number of instances, have been eating the seed of the Chinese su^ b ? But the most conclusive cases of tho°iF CaDe ’ detailed in the Ohio Farmer, by W T are Veterinary surgeon, in Ravenna, Ohio facts as related are suataniially these- llle A farmer in Portage County, Ohio a quantity of the Chinese Sugar can„ . saved the seed and blades. In .? nC ’ ^ raised and the winter these were fed for two f,° U [ SC cf two valuable horses. Having -—• to a few miles, the farmer took one oTthe to ride. At first the horse appeared s playful, but when about a quarter of 1 an ,‘ ! from home, he became suddenly iil • i,; , Iai,e fell, his legs and body were drawn limbs became stiff and greatly bloated il;,iT body and muscles. He was finally got (!! ' ‘ a sweating profusely. He remained in tbi* “ e ' dition during the day. With careful r “' ment, after twenty-four hours, the i n tZ , bloating began to subside, hut his muscle*, mained bloated for about fi-.-e days an 8 a suddenly subsided, leaving a large high up on the back part of tlm fore This continued to swell to the size of a ca ii ’ remaining for four weeks, then mattered discharged and began to disappear. Abom- hour after returning with the horse, the ' ner started for the same place with the °ih er. After proceeding about three quarters nf a mile he was taken almost precisely a9 it first. The commencement, continuation nr " gross and termination of both, were aim identical. A neighbor of the adjoinin', f a “ £I had a horse that eat the seed and leaves f two or three days, while grinding the stall* and was similarly affected, for about ;he length of time, with swelling in the same malf ner. Mr. Pierce examined this case on tl fi fnll° f f ri ebrUary, i and d f SCribe 1 S the Edition of all of them, and concludes by saying-,/ seed did not mature, was frosted and lean, "■ mould when fed. We have no idea that this grain, when ma tured and sound, is poison, or iu any wav : n ". jurious to domestic animals, any moreth-m In dian corn or oats. That, aud kindred varie ties of the millet family, have been cultivated aud eaten by man and beast for ages. I) at any of the cereals that have been wet and be come mouldy aud in a partial state of decom position, when dried and fed to horses or cat tie, have frequently been known to produce disease and death. We have known a num ber of instances of the kind, hut the precise symptoms we do not now remember. Onefof our neighbors, some years ago, lost a valua ble cow from being fed on oats that had hem wet and become mouldy and partially rotten. And so we have heard of other instances where cattle had been fed on corn in the same condi tion ; aud we have no doubt it was this chains that the sugar cane seed had undergone, that caused the mischief in each of tbe cases refer red to. Died Poor. “ It was a sad funeral to me,” said the speaker “the saddest I have attended tor many years.' “ That of Edmonson !” “Yes.” “ How did he die!” “Poor—poor as poverty—his life was one ion- strugglo with the world, and at every disadvantage. Fortune mocked him all the while with gold promises that were destined never to know fulfillment." “Yet be was patient and enduring,” rerasrked on- of the company'. ‘iPatient as a Christian—enduring as a msrtjr," was answered. “Poor man! He was worthy of a better fate. He ought to have succeeded, for he de served success.” “Did he not succeed?” questioned the one who had spoken of his perseverance and endurance. “No, sir. He died poor, as I have just said. Noth ing that he put his hand to ever succeeded. A strange fatality seemed to attend every enterprise.” “I was with him in his last moments," said the other, “and I thought he died rich.” “No; he has left nothing behind,” ms applied.— The heirs will have no concern as to the adminis- tration of his estate.” “He left a good name,” said one, “and that is some thing.” “And alegacy of nobledeeds that were donein the name of humanity,” remarked another. “And precious examples,” said a third. “ Lessons of patience in suffering; of hope in id- versity; of heavenly confidence when no sunbeam; fell upon his bewildering path,” was the testimony of another. “And high trust, manly courage, heroic fortitude " “Then he died rich!” was the emphatic decisrs- lion. “Richer than the millionaire who went to bis long home the same day, a miserable pauper in ad but gold. A sad funeral, did you say ? No, my friend, it was ratlier a triumphal procession! Not the buri al of a human clod, but the ceremonials attendnut on the translation of ao angel. Did not succeed !— Why his whole life was a series of successw. In every conflict he came off the victor, and now the victor's crown is on his brow. Any grasping, soul less, selfish man with a share of brains, may gather in money, and learn the art of keeping it; but no: one iu a hundred can bravely conquer in the battle • of life as Edmonson has conquered, and step forth from the ranks of men, a Christian hero. No, no: he did not die poor, but rich—rich in neighborly love, and rich in celestial affections. And his heirs have «n interest in the administration of his estate. A Isrge property has been left, and let them see to it that hey do not lose precious things through false mates and ignorant depreciations.” “ You have a new way of estimating the weslth ot a man,” said the one who had at first expressed sym pathy for the deceased. “Is it not the right way!” was answered.—'"inere are higher things to gain in this world thzn wesM that perishes. Riches of priceless value ever re ward the true merchant, who trades for wisdom, buying it with the silver of truth and the gold 01 love. He dies rich who can take his treasure with him to the new laud wiiere he is to abide forever, and he who has to leave all behind on which l- e ' placed affection, dies poor indeed. Our Irieuu Ed monson died richer than a Girard or an Aster; monument is built of good deeds and noble t rain pies, it will abide forever.— T. N. Arthur. The Niagara and the Agamemnon.—A reerti letter in the Washington Union, from on board steam frigate Niagara, says: . . Captain Trendy, of the Agamemnon, entertain but little hopes of his ship; at one time he . _ up for lost, and made preparations tor her. On our way to the rendezvous we fell in awful gale ; it blew fearfully: the old .NoV „...od it manfully, site behaved to tha ? n,ircs *' ’' turn of all. Capt. Pready says that, without a y ception, she is tho finest ship he eversuw. au edly the best seaboat. The English people »r< . jealous of her. They said she was noth 81 .j than ginger-bread work from beginnmgto e . ^ will prove to them thoir mistake. The Ag»m “» is their erack ship-tbe finest in the English 1 ^ 1 forgot to sav she shifted her mam coil oft •<» “ , were sailing in company togefficr until itocew,^ she then squared away, and steered a different c (| ^ going off before the wind. He knew d A 0 ; s i something was the matter, but, as she di ulI( j er any signal of distress, we kept our own rovat/ ^ h closed-reef lUHintopsailar.dforetopinastst.. ■■ ■ / very little steam. ; A Couple Sold* A few days since, we chanced auction sale of damaged dry goodi, W" j fc. were spirited, aud the large crowds of mute males were vielng with each otht -Jj doic-’i when a pair of bed blankets were P ut "1 ■ '.; , ot .-r, bids were raised for them. The mhMi however caught tho highest bid, «ha thiuk, one dollar, from a female, » ho » ^jj mined to liavetbein.atany price: whoii. e - ?iJlJ say ’going,’ a male voice, from thn opi H - tho room, cried out, “Dollar fifty.” . , ■ ,.H, n wing her “Two dollars,” echoed the woman, t wt . r ,- way through the dense massoflemsie u m>n separated from tho males by.along covert which, the glib-tougued*uuetionsry ' ^ | 1B fro with the goods._ 1 urmng to the ofoiioin* commenced anew his sterotyped vocuou the and amusing figures ot speech, till <* finale. “Two fifty,” nodded the man, „ “Thank ye, sir. Going at two fifty- “Three,” screamed the woman. “Four,” replied the man. ,„, n :n"to th e Go the fifty!" said tho auctioneer, turanw^ roman, with a half-suppressed sm.de on hi»s her visage. A nod from the woman. Wouldn’tRunTheRisk -A! purchased a gallon of mountain dew. 1for w com . mere business-like label, wrote his name up™ vt .„ . mon playing card, which happenedl to be A of clubs, and tied ft to the hand e of the , s Two preoocious boys jumped from ■ new bridge piers at Nashviiilc. a fe" “- 1 . 0 of ninety feet, into hurt. the water and