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iL'iif Georgia ^clcgra|| BY JOSEPH CLISBY. TERMS.—Hereafter the rrice of this Paper will be TWO DOLLARS per annum, If paid in advance, „r remitted to the office before the expiration of the inscription yew. If left to be applied for by the publisher or hi* Agent, Tko Dollar* an,, a Hal/ j «ill be required In every ease, without exception, to I ; -,over chargeswtd commissions. ry*Order» for the TEiEoRsrH to new mbaorlbers .hould be accompanied with Cash. J Correspondents should be particular to direct in I fall ''Georgia Telegraph.” Persons writing to the j tonetie Telegraph’’ in Macon, should so write. I in this way, only, will the letters designed for the ^spcctire offices, go directly to their place of des- i ■mM v U bi UI | ^ - 4 s j j. >, s'* Lls 3 t ination. VOL. XXXII. MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24. 1858. NO. 49. Advertisements at the regular charge wil! b< Dollar per square of 10 Hues or 'V - for the f.r> .itrtion. and Fifty crate fur each subsequent :« tion. All advertisements nol sp--ii-l vs 11 ti will be published until torbld and charged acc ingly. Onircanr Notices not exceeding ten lines, bepublished gratia; but cask at the rate ot One lar for every ten manuscript fines exceed number, must accompany all longer notices will be out short. rt*p*The Telegraph goes to press at 3 jfondav Evenings. Advertisers will oblige lug in their favors, as early as Saturday, it j One they eek, ai d- ble. Aiiccdolcsof Revolutionary Times. At the battle of Eutaw Springs, the follow ing ludicrous incident occurred. The Ameri cans htul pursued the English so closely that they had tab an refuge in a brick duelling, while in tlicir haste to close the door upon the rapid ly advancing Americans, they shut out some of their own officers, who were immediately sur rounded by their captors. The Americans were now exposed to a galling fire from those witliiu the building, and they only found safety by interposing the persons of their captive* be tween themselves and the marksmen at the win dows. Among the British officers taken, was one Major Barry, who, without the slightest resistance, began only with a profound solem nity to ennmerate his many titles. ••Sir, I am Henry Barry, Deputy Adjutant General of the British army, Secretary to the commaudant of Charleston,' captain of the 52d regiment,” &c. “Enough, enough!” cried Col. Manning, in whoso hands he bad fallen. “You are just the man I was looking for. Fear nothing; yoa shall screen me from danger, and I shall take especial care of you,” and with the pompous Major held before his person, the American of- iicer secured a safe retreat. Oa ouc occasiou during the war of the Rev olution, a stranger applied at the residence of Governor Clinton, for hospitality, and was re ceived, and while refreshments were preparing for him, the Governor entered into conversa tion with him, in the coarse of which, in reply to sonic questions propounded by the host, he manifested so much uneasiness, that the suspi cions of the family were aroused. These sus picions became confirmed in their minds by ob serving him take something very cautiously from his pocket aud swallow it. Mrs. Clinton immediately conceived a plan to make him dis gorge his secret. She proceeded to the kitch en, and put a doso of tartar emetic in the cup of coffee prepared for him. The man partook of the beverage, and ere long he began to show signs of indisposition ; he grew violently sick, and the result was, a silver ball was discharged from his stomach. The ball was unscrewed, and found to contain an important communica tion from Sir Henry Clinton to General Bur- goyuo. The rann was arrested as a spy, and was convicted. He suffered death. In ouc of the incursions of the Indians upon our frontier settlements, during the Revolution, a very romautic incident occurred. The cele brated chief Cornplanter made an attack ttpon the neighborhood of Fort Plain, burning and destroying, and among the prisoners he cap tured was one John Abeil, an old inhabitant. The party had not travelled but a few miles, on their way when it was discovered that this Abicl was almost as well acquainted with their language as the Indians themselves. This fact interested the chief, and on inquiring of his captive his name, Cornplanter know at once that he stood beforo his own father! Abeil, twenty-five years before, had been a trader among tho Indians of Western New York, and in one of his visits became enamored of a squaw, and the result of his affection was tho graceful aud celebrated warrior, whom the fa ther now for the first time saw, standing beforo him. The chief had learned from bis mother the history of his parentago, and his father’s name. Tho meeting was certainly extraordi nary to a degreo; the young chief held out strong inducements to his white fatber to ac company him to his tribe, but paternal af fection did not seem so strong in the heart of Abeil ns his love for the comforts and Inxurics of a white man’s home, and so be chose rather to be restored to liberty and to bo returned to his friends. This was yielded, and he was con ducted in honor back to tho settlements. Thus singularly met and parted the father and son. Tho haughty Tarleton, vaunting his feats of gallantry, to the great disparagement of the of ficers of the continental cavalry, said to a lady in Wilmington, •• I have a very earnest desire to see your far-famed hero. Colonel Washing ton.” “Your wish, Colonel, might have been fully gratified,” she promptly replied, “had you ventured to look behind you, after the battle of Cowpens.” It was in that battle that Wash ington had wounded Tmleton, which gave rise to a still more pointed retort. Conversing with Mrs. Wiley Jones, Colonel Tarleton ob served : “Yon appear to think very highly of Coloucl Washington; and yet I have been told that ho is so ignorant a fellow that he can hardly write his own name.” “It may be the fuse,’ 1 she readily replied, “but no man better ihan yourself, Colonel, can testify that he knows how to mako his mark.” When Marion’s brigade was once engaged in battle, Capt. Gee was supposed to be mor tally wounded. A ball passed through the top of his hat, very muck tearing not only the crowu but also his head. Ho lay for many hours insensible; but suddenly reviving, his first inquiry was after his hat, which being brought to him, a friend at the same time la menting tho mangled state of his head, he 'ex- claimed, “0,1 care nothing for my head, time and the doctors will mend that; but it grieves me to think that the rascals havo ruined my new hat forever." ... Mrs. Daniel Hall having obtained permission to pay a visit to her mother on John’s Island, was on the point of embarking, when an officer stepping forward in the most authoritative manner, demanded the key of her trunk.— "What do you expect to see there?” “I seek for treason,” was the reply. “ ^ ou may find plenty of it at my tongne’s end.” Governor Griswold, of Coutiecticut, was once indebted to a happy thought of his wife for iiis escape from the British, to whom he was extremely obnoxious. He was at home, hut expected to set out immediately for Hart ford to meet tho Legislature, which had com menced its session a day or two previous. The family residence was at Blackhill, opposite Say brook point, and situated on the point of laud forpaed by Connecticut river on the East, and Long Island Sound on the South. British ships were lying on the Sound, and ns the Gov ernor was known to be at this time in his own mansion, a boat was sent ashore for tho pur pose of securing his person. Without previ ous warning, thefomily were alarmed by seeing a file of marines coining np from the beach to the house. There was no timo for flight. Mrs. Griswold bethought herself of a large meat band, or tierce, which had been brought in a Jay or two before, and was not yet tilled.— Quick as thought, she decided that the Govern or’s proportions—which wero by no means slight—must be compressed into this, the only available hiding place. He was obliged to submit to be stowed in the cask and covered. The process occupied but a few moments, aud the soldiers presenty entered. Mrs. Griswold was, of course, innocent of her husband a whereabouts, though .--lie told them she know well the Legislature was in session, and that business required his presence at the capital. The house and cella, haviug been searched without success, the soldiers dep irted. By the time their boat reached the ship, the Governor was gallopin'' un the road on his way to Hart ford. One morning during the siege of Charleston, Gen. Moultrie x awakened by a more than ‘'ttlinary furious cannonading from the enemy, *°d ju»t as he leap,d irmn his bed. u camion b*ll came crashing ti.: mgh the liou-c, travor- ’mgth' entire length of the bed. tearing it to P'eces, and scattering the fragments in evi ry Jhrection. r which mi.-chict it continued on ‘1* cure»r. Crfn. Putnam is known tu have been deeid- opposed to duelling on principle. It once | liappi _ jiened that he grossly offended a brother of- j fleer. The dispute arose at a wine table, and the officer demanded instant reparation. Pnt- nam, being a little elevated, expressed his will ingness to accommodate the gentleman with a I tight; mid it was stipulated that the duel should take place on the following morning, and that they should light without seconds. At the ap pointed hour, the General went out to the ground, armed with sword and pistols. On entering the field, Putuam, who had taken a stand at the opposite extremity, and at a dis tanee of abont thirty rads, levelled his musket and fired at him. Tho gentleman now ran to wards bis antagonist, who deliberately proceed ed to reload his gun. “ What are you about to do ?” exclaimed he; “is this the conduct of an American officer, and a man of honor ?’’ “ What are you about to do ?’’ exclaimed the General, attending only to the first question “a pretty question to put to a man whom you intended to murder. I’m about to kill you; and if you don’t beat n retreat in iess time than ’twonld take old Heath to hang a tory, you are a gone dog!” at the some time returning his ramrod to its place, aud throwing the breach of his. gun into the hollow of his shoulder.— This intimation was too unequivocal to be mis understood, and our valorous dnelist turned and fled for dear life. From the London Times. Aii English Milliotiarc. Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of vanity, and pursue with eagerness the phan tom of a name, attend to the history of one richer than Rasselas,—even to the history of ono Peter Thcllusson, late of the city of Lon don, merchant. It is partly detailed in the columns of our this day’s Law Report, but scarcely plainly enough to be understood with out labor by non legal minds. It is now sixty-two years since Peter Tbel- lusson took stock of his worldly possessions, aud found that he had 000,000/. in money, and land of the annual value of 4,5p0/. Peter Thellusson bad satisfied the ordinary ambition of an English bourgeois—ho had founded a family. Peter Isaac, the son of his youth and the prop of his house, was heir to .35,000/. a year in money and land, and might claim to bo a born gentleman. Peers aud Peeresses might hereafter spring in intermediate succes sion from the lions of that denizen of a dingy little back parlour behind the Bank. The best men upon ’Change envied the rich and prosperous Peter Thellusson, who had no ob ject of ambition unsatisfied. Peter was of a different mind; he had not money enough. Let other men be satisfied to found one fami ly ; Peter was lucky enough to have three sons, and he founded three families. It was not that he loved liis sons, or his sons’ sens; but it was the hope and desire of this magnificent posthu mous miser to associate his name in future generations with three colossal fortunes. If he did not hate them; he was simply indiffer ent to every thing except to ids one cherished object. Peter Thellusson took the very best legal advice, andmaden will. He lefta few trif ling legacies, probably to show that no unnat ural antipathy to bis children tainted that will with mania. But his great fortune was all con veyed to trustees. It was to accumulate un til every mnn, woman, and child of the off spring of Peter, and alive or begotten at the moment of Peter's death, should bo defunct. No one of ihe children or grandchildren who had ever looked Peter in the face, or trembled in his presence or quailed at the sound of his harsh, hard voice, should ever be the richer for Peter’s wealth. “ And tho rich man also •died.” Twelve months after making this will, and sixty-one years from the present time, Peter was gathered to his unknown fathers.— The will was opened, and created sensations which vibrated through the land in widening circles. Our law books picture to us the blank disappointment of the then living relatives, the gentle cachinnations of u past generation of lawyers, and the gaping wonder of tho general public. There were three sons and six grand sons of this malignant old merchant then alive —all destined to live the life Tantalus; to see this great pagoda-tree growing up before them, yet never pluck one unit of its fruit. The terms of the will enjoined, that when the last survivor of all the nine children and grand children should yield up his breath, then the charm was to end; tho great mountain of ac cumulated wealth was to be divided into three portious. and one-third was to be given to each of the “ eldest male lineal descendants ” of his three sons. Having thus done whit he liked with his own, and excluded all his living progeny from all benefit, he ends with a whine to the Legislature worthy of Shylock appealing a- gainst mercy—ho had earned his money with honesty and industry, and ho hoped the Leg islature would not alter his will. Of course, the first thing that followed was a Chancery suit of the fattest bulk. The common sense view of the case would have been to set aside the will, as the product of a diseased mind—a mind rendered morbid as to its disposing pow ers by dwelling upon an irrational object.— But Lords Loughborough and Alvanley and Eldon, and judges of kindred sympathies, seem to have been led by their love of art to admire the skill with which the technicalities of onr blessed real property law had been a- dapted to the object of this old trader. Per haps, also, they saw something eminently sane and matter-of-fact in this good old sordid vice of accumulation, or were excited to admiration by seeing the meanest vice of man expanded into something like sublimity in its gigantesque proportions. The litigation went up to the House of Lords, and the will wns confirmed. This affair naturally made a great noise. The Legislature took it up, and, although they would not set aside the will by an ex post facto law. they branded Peter Thellusson’^ memory with the imputation of “ vanity, illiberality, and folly;” and enacted by statute, 39th and 40th of George HI., cap. 93, that the power of devising property for the purpose of accumu lation shall be restrained in general to 21 years after the death of the testator. Persons of an arithmetical and statistical turn of mind also occupied themselves with the matter, aud, with the aid of life insurance tables and Cocker, ,hey calculated that this fund, accumulating at compound interest, could not amount to less than nineteen milliions at the moment of dis tribution, and would very probably reach the tremendous figure of thirty-two millions. But “nothing is “so false as facts, except figures.” The calculators had forgotten to take account of that unknown quantity winch must, in prac tical matters, he represented, not by the letter •• j," but by the word “ litigation.” Contem- poraneously with the Chancery suit to set asiue the will there was a cross-suit to have the trusts 0 f the will performed under the direction of the Court of Chancery. That suit is now lit) years old, and, although children and grand child arc dead, the suit is as bale and lively as it was in their earliest youth. That suit was the true heir to Peter Thellusson, aud it is still -pcndiii" his money like a frolicksomc young veung cornet. Necessarily, there were other '-uitV~ There wore suits about post-testament acquisitions of real property, there were suits nhotit advoivsous, there were suits about other matters. >o numerous that even equity lawyers, not stingy of their words, are tain to describe , hem as°-various. The careful aud improving management of the Court ot Chancery has al so -xercised its influence upon tins estate— The Yorkshire estates have participated mthat excellent system, which has been so uniform in its action, that when we see a house all wm- dowlcss and unpainted, tottering anddecaying. wc can predicate with a tone of undoubting conviction, “ That property is in Chancery.” The last survivor of the nine lives died in February 135G, and four new bills were imme diately filled. The property is now to he di vided, not into thirds, bnt into moieties. There is, however, a question raised as to who is en titled. Who were the eldest male lineal de scendants of old Peter Thellusson in Februa ry, 185G ? There are two who are eldest in point of lineage, and two who are eldest in point of personal age. This point is still sub judice. It would not be very difficult to guess how it will be decided; but that is no matter of ours, nor would it have been a matter of the least interest to old Peter Thclluson. His ob jects was to make the heap very large; he evidently cared not one lock of wool as to which of his descendants might be the posses sors. The public interest in this long line of litigation is confined to its general aspect. Pe ter Thelluson’s clever scheme has turned ont a foolish failure. No single Thellusson will stalk over the land, overshadowing our dukes and crushing our barons by the magnitude of his territorial possessions. No thirty-two mil lions of money are expanded into broad acres, where men may travel and say—“Behold the conquests “of the great Peter Thellusson.” Whether Lord Bendlesham Charles Sabine, or Augustus Thellusson divide the estate as the eldest iu lineage, or whether Thomas and Arth ur take as eldest in years, we should equally desire to be able to call up old Peter Thellus son to see the division of his anticipated ac cumulations. The Court of Chancery has so clipped and pollarded his oak, that it is not much larger than when he left it. It would be fit punishment for that purse-proud, vain, cruel old man, to see that he disinherited his own children only to fatten a generation of lawyers; that he was the dope of his own subtlety, and that his name, instead of being associated with the foundation of a house of fabulous wealth, is only known in connexion with an abortive scheme of vulgar vanity. From the Mobile Tribane. TIte Thames and Dr. McFarlane, Most of our readers are aware that a certain question of local interest is now the topic that is absorbing tho attention of the leading city of the world. The "Silver Thames,” whose waters, “The’ deep, yet clear, tho’ gentle yet not dull," have been made clas3ic,by the poetry of half- a-dozen generations, ha3 suddently acquired an unrivalled reputation in another line. _ “Old Father Thames,” in fact, has earned his title to that paternal appellation, by evincing him self the illustrious patriarch of bad smells. . All London is holding its nose. The fetid river has no respect for persons or places. It breathes its ungrateful incense alike into the nostrils of the court and the commonalty. The proudest peer that sits in the House of Lords finds the “slovenly, unhandsome,” stream thrusting itself. “Betwixt the wind aud his nobility." Parliament House is near the bank of the river, and the legislators of Great Britain are sorely harrassed by excess of perfume. The Chancellor of the Exchequer astonished sedate speculators, not long ago, by rushing franti cally ont of a committee-room, with his hand kerchief to his nose. Even the Qncen was driven, lately, iu return from a boat excursion to Deptford, to make more liberal use than usual of the bouquet that she held in her hand. Punning People say that the British capital has changed places with Frankfort on tho Oder. Delicate people faint if brought too near the wa ter. Fish put into the water grow sick and suf fer themselves to be caught by the hand. Men who fall overboard from barges or bridges are drowned or poisoned in two minutes. The fabled horrors of the Dead Sea are surpassed by the actual realities of tho stream that flows beneath the wiudows of the British Parliament on one side and is overlooked by those of the Archicpiscopal residence at Lambeth on the other. The question may very naturally be asked, why this outbreak upon England’s olfactories all of asudden on the part ot “Father Thames?” There Las been no such loud complaint before the present season. The only answer furnish ed to the query is, that the sewerage system of London and other English cities has been grad ually perfected, (as it was supposed,) of late years, at immense cost. Tbe filth, which was formerly collected in cess-pools aud absorbed by the earth, is now conducted entirely into the bed of the river. The Thames—which in this country would be rather an insignifi cant stream, and which in comparison with tbe Mississippi is a mere brooklet—receives even above London the drainage from a population of seven hundred thousand people, and at that city its pollution is augmented by some two and a half millions more. Its volume dimin ished, before it reaches London, by the im mense supply drawn from it for the use of an increasing population. In addition to these causes, tbe summer has been unusuily low, so that the banks are left reeking and steaming with all sorts of abominations. The current is so sluggish, that much of what is borne down with it is again brought back by tbe tide and thrown npon these polluted shores. It is esti mated that at feast one fourth of the dark and filthy fluid that passes between the banks of the river comes from the sewers, and this vile compound is continually, “churned up” and exposed to the rays of the sun by the small steamers and other craft that are constantly plying to and fro. But the most singular circumstance connec ted with this state of affairs, and that which is more especially interesting to us in this part of the world, is the fact, that under this com plication of excessive heat, drought, villainous smells, the health of London has not only suf fered, but is actually better than is usual at the same season. Wo quote from Mr. Walsh, the well known correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, who refers to a report made by Dr. Letheby, chief of tbe Medical In spectors of London: "Notwithstanding the bad condition of the river, the health of the metropolis has been un commonly good. I he fact is illustrated, not merely’ by’ the mortality returns, but by the still more significant returns of sickness. Re turns have been collected by the medical ofll- cersof health throughsut the whole of the cap ital, and these show a great falling off in ihe proportion of zymotic diseases. Dr. Letheby does not pretend to account for these striking tacts, so much at variance with the geucral idea and the tenor of other accounts from offi cial sources.—He supplies various scientific conjectures. Perhaps the offensive smell ot tbe vapors from the Thames has no lethal ac tion on the animal system. ihere is no ne cessary connection between had odors and pois onous " miasms. Some of the most pestilential places in the world give no evidence of poison by their odors ; while, conversely in London, the atmosphere is charged with the most hor rid .-tmk^ without it= being dangerous to health, or at any rate productive oi fe» era. Dr. McFarlane, ot New Orleans, who is well known as a zealous advocate ot the theoiy that tilth has nothing to do with the origin or propa gation of yellow fever, points to this as an ad ditional evidence of the truth of Ins positions. Much as tliis idea has been opposed mid ridi culed, we must say that the experience of our owu and other cities presents many features that tend strougly to confirm it. The question is altogether different from that of personal clean liness, with which it is sometimes confounded, nor is it contended by any’ one, (as we under stand it,) that any sort of filth is wholesome but merely’ that its agency in the creation of epidemics has been greatly exaggerated, if it has any at all. [Correspondence of the New York Herald, July 16.] Tlie Comlitou of Hie Mormons. Last Sabbath the teachers were sent round to command the people neither to buy from or sell to the Gentiles, not to work for them nor to hold any communication with them. They even went to the poor washerwoman of Judge Eckels and subjected her to the same order. The poor woman was receiving four times as much for her work as she could get from her own people. She bitterly lamented the de cree, but obeyed it. Many others of the saints obeyed it; but the majority of the people arc beginning to dare to disobey- They have tra ded right on this week at the Gentile store?, just as though no order had been issued. There has been no perceptible falling off in the trade, ns compared with last week. Brigham rented the stores to Gentile mer chants at exorbitant prices, then commanded the people not to trade with them—an act of a prophet. The great trouble with the people is that they have certain worthless picture pa pers, sometimes called bills, instead of gold. I have seen the poor, pitiable, ragged, degraded creatures go into the store, price clothing, and when they came to pay for it have nothing but Brigham’s “shinplasters,” which are not worth a cent on a dollar. When told that that stuff would not be taken, they bung their heads in disconsolategloom, said they bad no other, and walked sadly off. Sometimes a poor man would beg them just to take enough paper to let him have cotton for one shirt. The negative would send him off thinking. Perhaps be might in his heart damn the Gentiles, but more proba bly he would say to himself/ “When our money was taken from us and this stuff given in its place, I thought it would come to this.” • » * * • • • • Colonel Kinney’s Mosquito grant has been purchased by J. M. Harbin, Esq., of Califor nia. Mr. Harbin is a notable character ; since early boyhood he has been travelling the wild, and barbarous parts of the American nent. Without any education, he has achiev ed an independent fortune; lie is a bold specu lator, and has transacted hundreds of thou sands of dollars of business without a clerk; he is one of the landed aristocracy of California, has a princely establishment there, &c. He proposes to sell the grant to the Mormons for three millions of dollars, if they will take it; if not, he will move down upou it himself, es tablish an agricultural and commercial colony of industrious people npon it. Leaving polit ical wrangling for others, he will go in for material prosperity. It is quite possible, how ever, when Brigham finds how things are work ing here, that he will buy the grant and leave this Territory. It is a matter of some impor tance in this connexion that a prophesy of Joe Smith has been found among his old papers, which says that tbe saints must return to Jack- son county, Missouri, through Central Ameri ca. How convenient these prophesies and rev elations are! I believe that Gov. Cumming has certified to the existence of the territorial library here intact. The library has heretofore been lock ed up so that no one could get access to it. Report had it that the Mormons were making strenuous efforts to obtain iO lies of the books they had burned, so as to restore the library. This week Judge Eckels, wishing to consult some law books, demanded access to the libra ry. Tho demand was finally complied with. Dut of eight catalogued hooks that he called for six were missing. Such is the condition of the territorial library. Some of the books in the library of Judge Styles and Mr. Williams were nut burned, and have been used to res tore the territorial library. The return emigration from the South ceas ed several days ago; still there are a great many of the inhabitants of this city who have not yet returned. Perhaps the church don’t want some of them back. Out of those who have returned, many of-tliem have not got half their things back. Gen. Johnston took his army with its supplies and munitions of war, the sutlers’ trains, and all the camp fol lowers, from the mountains to tbe cast of us. passed through the city and advanced beyond the Jordan, in one day. It took the Mormons more than teti days, exerting themselves to the utmost, travelling day and night, sending back relays of teams, &c., to get back to their homes even as poorly as they have done. Nev ertheless, these arc the people who were to run away from the army—carry three years’ provisions, and hide in tops of the mountains where the army could not reach them. The fact of it is, the army could go where this peo ple could not dream of going, and three times as fast. It is incomprehensible what bragga docio this people have shown, and how little facts support their loud talk. A Couple Sold. A few days since, we chauced to stumble into an auction sale of damaged dry goods, where the bids wire spirited, and tho large crowds of males and fe males were vieing with each other in their offers, when a pair of bed blankets were pnt up, and a dozen bids were raised for thorn. The puzzled auctioneer, however caught the highest bid, which was, wo think, one dollar, from a female, who seemed deter mined to have them, at any price; when, ere be could say -going, - a inale voice, from the opposite side of tho room, cried out, "Dollar fifty.” “Two dollars,” echoed the woman, elbowing her way through Ihe dense mass of females who wero separated from the males by along counter, upon which, the glib-toogued functionary walked to and fro witli the- goods. Turning to the other side, he commenced anew hissterotvped vocabulary of choice and amusing figures ot speech, till he touched tbe finale. "Two fifty,” nodded the man. “Thank ye, sir. Going at two fifty.” “Three,” screamed the wurnau. “Four,” replied the man. Go the fifty C said the auctioneer, turning to the woman, with a half-suppressed smile on his small, so ber visage. A nod from the woman. “Four fitly I'm offered; go me tho five. Come, don't be afraid; they're worth double the money. Go the five 1” “l'es, and that’s all.” Sold to Cap’n Smith, for five dollars," cried the knight of the hammer, almost bursting with uncon trollable laughter. “Smith!” exclaimed the woman raising herself on tiptoe, to catch a glance; • Captain Smith! what, my husband ! Why, you good-for-nothing mnn, you've been bidding against vou^own wife! Ob, you im pudence! but 1 won’t nave them in the house!” How lo tell a Lawyer. A few years since, a gentleman, being beyond the limits of his neighborhood, inquired of a portly ne gro it the road he was travelling led to a certain place. Cufi'eo gave the required information, but seemed curious to know who the stranger was, us well us bis occupation. For the fun of the thing the traveler concluded to humor Ebony a little and the following dialogue ensued: ••My name is . and as to the business I fol- low.il'you ure at all sin irt, you can guess that from For Philadelphia, New York, Ac. FROM Savannah and Charleston. *53 CABIN PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA....613 Excursion Tickets good for returning, up to January 1,1859,.... S'35 Tickets from Phi adelphia to Niagara Fulls, furnished by the Agents at Charleston and Savannah SS The well known first class side-wheel Steamships ISLeystone State, CAPT. C. P. MARSHMAN, and State of Georgia, CAP 1. J. J. GARVIN, Now form a Weekly Line for the North, leaving Charleston and Savannah on alternate Saturday*, as follows : The Keystone State, from Charleston, August 14, 513th; Sept. 11th, 25th ; Oct. 9th, and 23d., Ac., leav ing Philadelphia the alternate Saturdays. The State of Georgia, from Savannah, August 7th, 21st; Sept. 4th. 18ti; Oct. 2d, ICtli and 30th, Ac., leaving Philadelphia the alternate Saturdays. For safety and comfort, having superior STATE ROOMS, these Ships are not surpassed by any on the coast. One hundred miles of this route on Delaware River and Bay—two nights at sea. FOR NIAGAF.A FALLS, THE LAKES & CANADA SHORTEST AND CHEAPEST ROUTE. This Lino connects at Philadelphia with the Great Northwestern Railroad Route through to Niagara Falls or Buffalo, in 16 hours from Philadelphia.— Through tickets, with the privilege of stopping at Philadelphia and intermediate points, tor sale by the Agents in Savannah. ... Faro to Niagara or Buffalo, 622. Elmira, *21 to Canandaigua, S22. : C. A. GREINER k CO., Agents at Savannah. T. S. k T. G. BUDD, Agents at Charleston. aug 3 3m SCHEDULE ON THE South-Western R. R. OVER WHICH PASSES THE GREAT NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS MAILS. Two Daily Trains between Macon Sf Columbus. ON AND AFTER JULY 29th, Leave Macon at 11.45 p. m. and 9.45 a. m. Arrivo at Columbus 5.35 a. m. and 3.45 p. m. Leave Columbus 4.00 a. m. and 3.45 p. m. Arrive at Macon 9.50 a. m. and 9.18 p. m. Daily between Macon, Albany and Dawson: LmiTs M„con 11.as p. m. Arrive In Albany 6.85 a. m. Arrive at Dawson 6.00 Leave Albany 3.00 p. m. Leave Dawson 1.40 p. m. Arrive in Macon 9.18 p. m. Tri-Weekly. Down: Monday, Wednesday and Friday—Up: Tues day, Thursday and Saturday. Leave Macon 7.12 a. m. Arrive at Albany 4.32 p. m. Arrive at Dawson 5.20 p. m. Len vo Albany 6.20 a. m. Leave Dawson . Ar rive at Slacon 9.11 p. m, Trains to Columbus form a through connection to Montgomery, Alabama and Augusta, Kingsville, Wilmington, Savannah, Milledgoville and Eatonton. Post Coaches run from Albany to Tallahassee, Baiubridge, Thomasville, Ac., daily ; also, tri-week - ly from Dawson to Cuthbeit, Fort Gaines, Ac. Hacks ran six times a week from Fort Valley to Perry, Haynesville and Hawkinsville, and tri-week ly to Knoxville, Ga. I Passengers for points below Fort \ alley, should I take the Day Traius from Augusta and Savannah to avoid detention in Macon. For other points take ei ther Train. , First class steamships leave Savannah for New York, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Passage in the Cabin 815, Steerage 86. , Through Tickets can be procured from Bail Road Agent* at Montgomery, Columbus nnd Albany via Savannah to New York, by Steamships, in Cabin, as follows: Montgomery 826; Columbus 823 ; Albany §24 25. GEO, W. ADAMS, aU g3 Superintendent. GEORGIA Mastic Roofing- Company, PROPRIETORS OF RUSSELL'S PATENT Fire <Sz> "W"a/ter JProol MASTIC ROOFING ON CANVAS. HAVING purchased the right to use and sell the above ROOFING for several SOUTHERN STATES, we are now prepared to do ROOFING or SELL RIGHTS to use the same. This roofing is adapted to new or old BUILDINGS, steep or flat roofs and can be put over Plank or old leaky shingle3,Tin or Iron Roofs :• it costs about half the price and is much better than Tin—is not affected by heat or cold and is impervious to wa ter ; it is fire proof, and it is the bait roofing ev er invented for STEAMBOAT DECKS, Rail ZiFLoci-cl Oars, Bridges, &c. &c. It is warranted to give entire satisfaction. 1? or further information apply to Drugs, Medicines, Paints Dyes, Patent Medicines, Spices, Oils, Vavtiisltcs, Pci turnery. itraiidy mid Wines, For Medical purposes, and all »riic!< -■ in tlic line, can be found strictly pure :.i tin- Drug So ’. • ot / F.ILIN, IIL NT * Co. Opposite the Telegraph Building, Macon, Ga. june 22 ’LIG-jaT!" LIGHT!! LIGHT!! SPiierr gas: Burning - Fluid. A nd caxiphlnk. t->1 <-v may 19 ZRILIN. HUNT a CO. jan!9tf FREEMAN A ROBERTS, or A. P. CHERRY Macon, Ga. Important to Planters! THE INGERSOLL HOOP XjOCIS., Pil/J Tip. 2 my rppea CUttfc *\N ranee—ca n’t you see that 1 ai timber cutter.” i a boss,; Aq overseer, then V So, sir, you no look lik” one.** What i»a.y you to my beiu^ a doctor /" Don’t tliink so'busi, day don't rx«ie in sulk Well, how do you tlnuk I will do lor ;i j fin I took than any “I sorter spec's you is d:\t, sir.” ‘•Pshaw, CulUe, you are a greater fool th you for—don't I look more hue a lawyer thing else l” *‘So strive. Bub, you don't dat.” “Why, (Jutfee 1 “Why, now you see, boss, ise bin ridin' wid you fur morn a mile and you haint cussed any, aud a lawyer aheayt cuCar Ctorleslon Courier, MACON A WESTEBN It AIL itoul O N ani after Thursday, 15th July, the Trains «vil, be run as follows: Leave Macon at 12 night. Arrivo at Atlanta i.lo A. M. Leave Macon at 10 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta 4.00 P. M. Leave Atlanta at 12 night. Arrive at Macon 7.15 A. U. Leave Atlanta at U A. M. Arrivo at Macon 5.00 P. M. Tho night train will not be run on Sundays. The 12 night train from Macon connects with th« Wes tern and Atlantic Road for Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, at 12J5P. M„ with Georgia R. R. for Augusta, at 10 A. M., and Atlanta A W est Point It. K. at 10.15 A. M. The 10 A. M. train from Macon, connects wnh the Western k Atlantic H. R. at 8.40 P. M.. and Georgia R. U at 12 night; a-id AtlantaA West Point R. K., at 12.5 A. M. , _ The completion of tho Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road, makes this the most pleasant aud direct route to tho ■Virginia Springs, Through Tickets to which may be lmd at Atlanta, lor 826 25, including Stage fare, 67 00, nnd to New York for 832 00. ... ... Further information may be had in relation to this Routs, on application to the General Ticket Office, ALFRED L. TYLER, aU g 3 Superintendent. will yon go North, when you can «lo better South! & HL&SBSSSSS MANUFACTORY & REPOSITORY, FORSYTH, GA. H AVING purchased the entire in- -^551 tcrest of the late firm of Banks, Wilder k Co., I invite the attention of the citizens of Forsyth and surrounding counties to my extensive arrangements for manufacturing Top and no Top BUGGIES, ROCKA.W Alb, CAR RIAGES. PHJETONS, Ac., Ac. I am constantlv r-ceiving additions, not from the North, but from my Work shop, to my stock on hand—of three or four buggies per week—which combine elegance and finish with lightness, strength and duralutilu. Orders for nny sort of Vehicle, Harness Ac., are most re spectfully solicited, which shall bo promptly sup plied, and all engagements for work punctually mot. 1 have constantly on hand n large assortment of Uar- ntss. . , Repairing done at short notice and all work war ranted. _ J. H. BANKS. aug 6 1858. 1 yr Macon Flour Mills. "\T7"E are manufacturing, daily, fresh Flour, Meal VV and Grits, which enables us to fill orders * Our Bran and Shorts mixed, which is the best and cheapest, cow nnd other stock feed, that can be bought, we still sell at GOcts. per 100 lbs. Persons ordering 1,000 pounds at a time will heal- lowed Sets. per too lbs., deduction. Broken wheat for chicken feed30cts. per Bushel. Wheat cleanings for cow feed 15cts. per Bushel. JAMES A. KNIGHT, Agent. City papers please copy. aug 10-tt. PLANTERS ATTEND ! The Rock Island Paper Mills Co. COLU.MBU8, GA., W ILL pay ONE CENT per pound for one hun dred thousand lbs. of Gin Motes, In quantities to suit sellers, gathered without dirt or whole seed, done up in bales tod delivered to any of the Hail Road.* within one hundred miles of Columbus, or from nny greater ui.-stance ; but the extra transporta tion beyond the hundred mites aforesaid, will be de ducted from the price. Tho sacks and ropes will be returned to the owners, and delivered at the same depot whence the Motes are shipped at the expense of tho Company. * , , ... . Shippers should mark the bales with tlieir names 80 that there will be no difficulty in identifying the owners *s the packages arrive at the Paper Mills Warehouse. , , Please take rarrond Receipts, and send the same to tin- Rock Island Pam-r Mills Co., Columbus Ga. ut , 17 c . JOHN G. VV INTER. Prt-s t. Lia/ncl for Sale. I OFFER for immediate Bale 4iOU ucr, » ot good J Farming Land. : t OO Cl. i: A It HI* AND IN CULTIVATION. I he place lies on the road leading from Poudtowu to II u-uavista. tcur miles from the former place. Q,„„l DWELLINGS, GIN HOUSE, screw. ind all other buildings necessary ou a well appoint- "Vdd’reL J. II. BIVINS, - Pondtown* in iv 11- Feat tiers i000S^ sie “ y '”^— may 4 " BEARDEN A GAINES. IRON COTTON TIE. I N all the heaviest Cotton regions of the great South West, the INGERSOLL HOOP LOCK, with the common Hoop Iron Band, has superse ded every other method of securing the Cotton Bale. Time and space would fail U3 to give the numerous certificates of Cotton Planters, Brokers. Warehouse men, Insurers, Compressers and Shippers, showing beyond a doubt, that the days of Rope binding are numbered, aud tbo immense advantages of the Hoop Lock and Iron Tie. Their econuiny wherever tried, has been conceded in these points : 1. They «avr twenty to iliiriy tlollur.-i con in baling material on every one hnmt.cil Ilng>. . , 2 The fastening, is much more expeditiously ap plied, and much more convenient tor tho compress. 3. It is a perfect safeguard against loss of Cotton from the bale. 4. It is nu almost absolute accurity ngain«t Fire. Fire applied to b iles thus bound, as shown by actual experiment, will smoulder without Jlamr, tweuty hours without spreading, aud allowing plenty of time for easy extinguishment. 5 It i* ait absolutely secure fn,telling. In actual experiments made in Montgomery, bales thus bound were pitched down forty feet perpendi. uiar from a house-top, upon a brick pavement, without perceptible effect. 6. It is perfectly simple.and requires no machinery at all in tho application. Any Common hoop iron of proper width and thickness, (which is about inch wide, and a scant sixteenth ot one inch thick.) and of any requisite leDgth to suit the bale, is taken in the hand, one end passed through the opening, from tbe under side, of one end ot the under part of the lock to the length of about one inch, and then bent over the end of the lock. Tho other end ot the hoop is then passed round the bale and drawn through a loop or opening in the opposite end rt tho lock, andtuen beut in the same mannerastbe other. The button is then turned hack to its place over them, and the hoop is fast on the bale, and the bale may be moved if desired. 7. It holds the package in one-fourth smaller com pass than rope—thereby rendering it easier to han dle, and cheapening freight. These facts and advantages are certified to by leading Warehouse men. Planters, Shippers and Bro kers in testimonials too numerous to be cited or spec- ified in this advertisement. Iu Montgomery, the leading Brokers aud Buyers, after the most satisfac tory experience and tests, unite in the following a- greemeut, which will leaveno doubt on these points: We, the undersigned. Cotton Brokers and Buyers, of Montgomery, Ala., agree and give notice that we will pay full prices for Iron Bound Cotton, if fasten* edArab tbe INGERSOLL liOOl* LOCK, al though we are aware t int it will weigh 1( lbs. more per bulo than Rope-tied Cotton. HARRIS A JOHNSTON. C. C. FOSTER, J. S. BYINGTOM. M. A. CHlsHOLM. From Savannah, we copy the following engage ment made with the Compress Establishment of Mr Lamar : . SaVASXAii, July 22J. 1333. Messrs. Freeman A Roukuts. Macon, Ga: Gcn<«.—1 have agreed with Mr. Beattie, Agent for Inger.ioll's Hoop Lock, that I will compress Iron bound Cotton, fastened with said Lock, upon the same terms as Rope tied Cotton. This arrangement to last for one season and longer, unless I give notice of my wish to discontinue the arrangement. Respectfully, Ac, C. A. L. LAMAR. The Gcorjfia Iron Lock Company, comprising tile undersigned, respect fully invite the attention of all engaged m Cotton growing, or the Cotton trade, to tins interesting and impor .,nt sub ject. To tho Cotton planter-, particularly, they be- lieve they are presenting a matter of peculiar inter est and value, and either of them will he glad to fur nish any further information, or particular applica tion may be made to the Secretary. J. K WINTER, I T. A. HARRIS, DUNLAP A HARRIS.! FREE M vN A ROBERTS T. A. HARRIS, Secretary. Macon, Aug. :! . 1 ; . v Evans, ‘ Harris's" & 00.. Factors & Commission Merchants, BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA., R ENEW the tender of ilmir services o tho Plan- tern of Georgia, and the »4foinin£ States, and will continue to sell Cotton at fifty c* sts per hah*- Orders for Bagging, Rope, and other tuppli* s, nlied promptly and at the lowest market rat--, ». id liberal Advances made when doin d, 0:1 Cotton in store. Wm. M. D'Aatignac, j .\ AN< ’ Geo. \V. Evans, ! U .lst. \ . Uauiu^. Savannah, July 20 * ’ - um . ISAAC HAYDEN J THOS WOODWARD. Sale and livery Stable. H AYDEN A WOODWAUu are now prepared to fumi.-li their friends -nd the public generally, with good safe Ibo-i -LJLt.Lj. and new as well as tasty Buggies, Carnages, »ee , m complete order at the shortest notice. The-y ure determined to give- satisiaction, il strut personal attention to busine-:.- and reasonable Cn>-li 4-rice. will enable them to do -o. ; : y* iJ.ors-.-s fed and kept by the day, wrekoi month. Drove r-toek aLo accommodated at re.-,- .■.enable prices. Mulheiry Street, io-xt to i.nitery Office, Macon, Ga.a'-’ 1 AEVV ma t. STOKE. ALEX. A. MENARD, RALSTON'S BUILDING, CHERRY ST.. MACON, GA n AS just received and is now opening a fresh stock of Drugs, Hclicinca, Chemical*, ^5 Inslrnmeiil*, Oil*, yg 7 Perfumery, 4& Palrnl Medi cine*, Pbnrmaccuticn I Prepcriiiiou*, Ac. My Drugs have been selected with strict refer ence to their purity ai d quality ; they are fresh aud may be fully relied on. 15?* Order* Fnithfillly Executed. .T 1 XfiT Physicians’ Prescription* and Famil) Medi cines put up with neatness and accnrai y. at all hours of the day or night. A large lot of Artificial Teeth just received feb 24 If JUST BECEIYED. 25,000 ISSKSSSXTSL A. A. 31ENARD. Druegiat. mantillas: max m illas: E very style of the above article, at prices tosuJt purchasers, can be obtained ut uxny 4 KUsS, COLEMAN A RO^S . R O E H li A V £ ’ •> HOLLAND BITTERS. THE CELEBRATED HOLLAND REMEDY FOR DYSPEPSIA. Disease of the Kidneys, LIVER COMPLAINT, weakness of any kind. FEVBR AND AGUE, And the various affections consequent upon a dis ordered STOMACH OR LIVER, CtUCn as Indigestion, Acidity of ihe Stomach, O Colicky Pains, Heartburn. Loss of Appetite, Despondency, Gostivenoss, Blind and Bleeding Piles. In all Nervous. Rheumatic, and Neuralgic. Affec tions, it has in numerous instances proved highly beneficial, and in others effected a decided cure. This is a purely vegetable compound, prepared on strictly scientific principles, after the maimer of the celebrated Holland Professor,* Boerhave. Because of its great success in most of ihe European ritutes. its introduction into the United States was intended more especially for those of our fatherland scattered here and there over the face of this mig t.v country. Meeting with great success among them, I now offer it to the American public, knowing tint its truly wonderful medicinal virtues must be acknowledged. It is particularly recommended io those persons whoso constitutions may have been impaired by the continuous use of ardent spirits, or other forms of dissipation. Generally instantaneous in effe.-t, it finds its way directly to the seat of Ilf , thrilling nnd quickening every nerve, raising up the drooping spirit, anil, in fact, infusing new health and vigor in the system Notice.—Whoever expects to find this a beverage will be ilisappoinlcd; but to the sick, weak and low spirited, it will prove a grateful aromatic cordial, possessed of singular remedial properties. CAUTION: The great populari j of this delightful Aroma has induced man.) imitations, w hich the public, should guard ag dust purchasing Be not pertiusdrd to buy anything else until you have given Unei have’s Hoi- land Hitters a fair trial. One bottle will convince you how infinitely superior it is to all these imita tions. Sold at 61 per bottle, or six bottles for 85, by the sole proprietors, 1IEXJAJIIX PAGE, JR, ric CO., Manufacturing Pharmaceutists aud Chemists, Pitts burg, Pennsylvania YiF Sold in .Macon bv E. L. SI i.’OHlv lvUR -5c CO., Z El LIN, HUNT i CO.. GEORGE PaiNE, and Druggists generally, throughout tin, State. lniylS DELIGHTFUL TO THE EYE And accessible lo the Purses of the Dili & WfflRMM’S NEW STOCK OF SPRING AVI) SUMER GOODS, JUST RECEIVED, Silk, Beiiigc, Ginglians, Cambric and margravine HOB!E@. Printed Jaconet, Swiss and Organdie MUSLINS, of every grade ; Bordered Prints, Expan sion Skirts, French Lace and Chan tilly Lace HVTstiri'fcillsiLSS-* Domestic Goods ul every description. Head Dresses, Gloves, Hosiery, Cor sets and Articles for the Toilet. All of which being purchased late in the season, can be offered at a great redac tion on former PKICES. MORE LIGHT ! TUST RECEIVE i >, a lot of the hot and 1 te-t 1m- •j provemeut in FLUID GAS LAMPS, d cidsdly tile besi light yet invented. Call and m v them, as they are only to be seen to be at pri-.-i n.-'l. 3 K. R. HL’(THINGS, june 15 Next to M 1 > ---<n -• RUMOVAL. E. WINSHIP "VYTILL remove to h. Sauh-berry > <o.l .-I.-in ., next \\ door tu Strong A Wood r mi the i.-t where he will be pr.-;>ar.-,l to exhibit .-id-of • ] ,'r_. >1 and ill -$ fashionable Stocks ot Ciotbing uver offerci in Macon. - [-1 Dili $100 Reward. mVVENTY DOLLARS KEU' .RD w.li he paid J. to any one who will apprcln ml mm c.mtin. in a IV sal'.- Jail in the State, mat 1 ill r. gi i 1. in my boy, JOHN, who ranawav from mu the of De cember H-t. He has a bright yetloSr aonq-K-xion, not -i mulatto.) is about 5 feet 11 inches high, about 35 years old—rut ber slender in form. 11 u sujmo- - -U to be loitering in th.- neighborhood <•! the j : ..na tion of the 1 ite \V. ltnim-s. in Houston com. > .— : IUI1TY DOLLARS in addition will b- paid n-i evidence sufficient to convict any one o the offence of harboring him. Np-Address me at New Agencv, Taylor county, C-i SAil b P. CORBIN, aug 3—tf LEGAL FOiiMA TT I tf E toTVw Edition ut --LEGAL FORMS,” PL lor sain br Ihe single copy >•-.- qu unify. Any one wishing a copy bv mm, cm, I h* e rent 'iv enclosing the subscriber Ihe pr.eeol the B—k, gXjXZiT* “SJiiliuW ~prTim TIN cTTnksT - 4 SMALL LOT OFBLiCK A I) l Ul.‘ - RED PBIYNXG tYKS, in... Um celeb, ..led rmiufact ry ol the .MATHERS, it- «' -v" ' t -u the Telegraph Office.and will be sold low for Cush. ap.27