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4 2lie Wire ©trass Hep Oder, / “ * ~ -“ \ IP BY WILLIAM CLINE. the WIRE-GRASS REPORTED? npTETiSyE^wsrciANEr __L_ EDITORS. Tvbscbiptios. Th WiuK.-ijilAMs Reporter in published Week ly it Two DOLLAR* gc{ annum, in advance. All orders for. Ilia Reporter, to receive attention nt.it he accompanied with the money. Subscriber* wishing the direction of their paper ehaoßedr-wtH-uotilV.. u* frutu. wUftJt. dtifiSh trautferred. The foregoing terms will be strictly observed. advertising. TEUMB.—Advertisements will be published it Ons. Dom.au per square of twelve lines or less, for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent Insertion. 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Notices for the sale of Personal Property, must he given at least TEN days previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate uiust bo published FORTY DAYS, i Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must bo published weekly for TWO MONTHS. Citations for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days —for Dismission from Adminis tration, monthly for six. mouths —for Dismission from Guardianship, forty days. Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub lished monthly for four most**—for establishing lost papers, for the full space of three, months— for compel ling titles from Executors or Administrators, where a bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. rV Publications will always be continued ac cording to the above rules, unless otherwise ordered. All business in the line of PRINTING w ill meet with prompt attention at the Reporter Office. SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR” FALL TERM. 1858. AI<.rST. ( Ist Monday, Floyd ‘‘Lumpkin ! 2d Monday, Clarke Dawson | 3J Monday, Forsyth Meriwether j Walton i 4th Mond’y, Baldwin | Fhattutio’cho Glascock Heard Jackson Monroe l’aulding ~ Mcliley Taliaferro SEPTEMBER. Jit Monday, Appling Chattooga Cherokee Columbia Coweta Crawford MailiKon Marion Mitchell Morgan Webster 2d Monday, Buffi Caaa Coffee Elbert Fayette Greene Gwinnett-., - Fickena Sumter Washington Frid’jr aft’r, Pierce 3d Monday, Cobb Hall Hart Macon Newton Putnam Talbot Terrell Ware 4th Mond’y, Campbell Clay Clinch Emanuel Loo Twigea “V” White aai. WiOws’ . OCTOBER. lt Monday, Carroll, Dooly Early Fulton Gilmer Gordon Taylor ) ■ Warren \ Wilkinaop j OCTOBER CONTINUED. Tuesday > riko j niter, j W**™* \ Rabun d’v after, ) 2d Monday, Charlton Fannin Huhersham Hancock Harris Laurens Miller Sc riven 3d Moudpy, Burke sr™ Camden Franklin Haralson Henry Jonea Murray Oglethorpe Puluaki Stewart Union- Worth “Xt” \ Krid’y alt'r, Wilcox •Itb Mond’y, Decatur Dekalb Houston * Irwin Jasper Lincoln Polk Tattnall Towns. Whitfield Th Zr y S ™ ir Frid’y aft’r, Bulloch Mond’y “ Effingham NOVEJIBEIt., Ist Monday, Berrien Milton Randolph Richmond Upson 2d Monday, Baker Bibb Catoosa Muscogoe 3d Monday, Spalding . Troup 4th Moud’y,Calhoau Walker I SS -r \ Mon, after, D<uigberty •• Liberty “ Colquitt “• K “ Bryan DECEMBER. lat Honday. Dado Jufferaon Tbouiaa -3d Monday, “ Com Curbs. JAMES V. BOSS’ “/ ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOMAS.VILLE, GEORGIA. je 23 ts UABBIS & HAItKIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Iverson L. Harris, I Charles J. Harris, Milledgcvillo, Ga. | Tbomasville, Ga. march 31 w ts B. 8. BURCH A WU. McLEYDOY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, TIIOMA9VILLF., GEORGIA. octJ4 19 way BAKER & BEiKSET, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Troupi'Hlr, Lowndes Cos., Ga. sept 15 * w ts IHIGEIvFI. HINES, ATTORNEY AT LAW. THUMASVIU.F.. GEORGIA, Office over McLean’s Btore. (jan26 JOHN m. DYSON, ATTORNEY AT LA W, OFFICE next door to Dr. Bruce’s, Tbomasville, Georgia. jaus-ly. G. 11. DANIEJ-L, ATTORNEY AT LAW, • SAVANNAH, GEORGIA'. Office, corner of Bull aud Bay Streets, jau 12 w ly JOHN B. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MILL TOWN, BERRIEN CO., GA. WILL practice in till the Counties of the Brunswick Circuit, and Berrien and Lowndes Counties of the Southern Circuit. mayl2oy JOHN C. NICHOLLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WARESBOROUGH, WARE CO., GA. WILL practice in all the counties of the Bruns wick circuit, aud Lowndes and Berrien of the Southern uiar3]ov ——_—_—.—_a : GEORGE I*. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WARESBOROUGH, GA. WILL PRACTICE in the following Counties :f the Brunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Tierce, Ware Clinch, and Charlton. ninrSltf SAMUEL It. SPENCER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TIIOMASVILLE, G EORGIA. WILL give his entire attention to the practice of Law, in the Counties of the- Southern Circuit. — OHied on the second floor of D. & E. McLean’s brick building. (jii2o*y E. C. MOKCAN, - ATTORNEY AT LAW, XASHVILLE, GEORGIA. WILL practice in thecoiiiifioa of the Southern Cir euit,and the counties of Dooly, Worth and Dough erty of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch aud Ware of the Brunswick Circuits. Flat Creek, 0a..0et.7. ts BICE A M ERSHOV, AT T 0 R N E Y S A T I, A W, MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA. ATTEND toull business entrusted to their care, in the following comities, to-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap pling, Coffee, Charlton, Lowndes aud Berrien, Geor gia. Also, in the counties of Hamilton, Columbia, and Jefferson, in Florida. DAVID l\ RICE. | HENRY M. MERSHON, jan 5 “ w “\ Gm JAMES M. FOLSOM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA. WILL practice in all the courts of the Brunswick Circuit and in the comts of LowDdes and Berrien of the Southern Circuit. t. c (Judge A. E. Cochran, Brunswick Ct. ftcfcrcnccsj Jn f gp Feter K LovCi Southern- Ctr--- jan 5 w ly fUcbkrtl Curbs. S. S. ADAMS, I *• R - WILLIAMS NEW FIISM. DRS. ADAMS & WILLIAMS, having formed a Co-partnersliip, tender their professional services to the public. oug 25-ts R. J. RRIICE, I R. H. EATON. Drs. BRICE & EATON, HAVING formed a co-partnership, tender their Professional Services to the citizens of Tliomas ville and vicinity. le 23-ts Dr. W. H. IIALE, IJAS,disposed of his interest in the “Wire-Grass Reporter 1 to J udge Love, and will devote himself exclusive® to his profession. He may be found at all times, when not profession ally eligaged, at his Office opposite East side Presbyterian Churci. joittf i (Reform Practice.) Dr. P. &. BOWER, OFFER his professional services to the citizens of Tbomasville and vicinity. Calls at all hours promptly attended to. fb2oy DR. E. O. ARNOLD WILL continue the practice of Den tistry in Thomasville and vicinity—tmWSSsn Any order left at the Post Office or at I I P his Offieeduring his absence from town will receive attention at the earliest opportunity, [janfi-ly. New Drug Store. Drs. BOWER A ELLIS have opened a Drug Store at the stand formerly occupied by Palmer A Bro., opposite E. Remington’s, and are prepared to furnish , Drugs,, Medicines, Perfumery, Inks, Jk 1 i Fancy Soaps, Sec. ■fißßr— Upon fair terms to those who may favor them with a call. To their Reform friends they would say, that they have on hand a fresh and reliable assortment of Botanic Medicines. And will be glad to supply them with such articles as they may need. ‘ niuy'Jßoy Notice to Everybody. DR- A. W. CELEBRATED SOUTHERN LINIMENT, IS A CERTAIN REMEDY tog Strains, Sprains, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramp, Nervous Head- Ache, Sore Throat, Stiff Neck, Tooth-Ache, Pain in the Head, Scalds and Burns, or any thing like erup tions on tlie flesh. Also, for all diseases to which horses ore subject. Dr. Alien’s All-Hcalinir Ointment, IS a certain oure for Ring-worms, Scratches in horses, Greece Heel,Thrush, Collar and Saddle Galls ; and all flesh wounds. Manufactured by Dr. A. W. ALLEN, Columbus, Georgia. For sale in Thomasville, by Baum & Sliiff; in Montieello, by Palmer 4: Bro., and in Tronpville, by T.W. Ellis,, A. W ALLEN. nor 24 w ly Hides, Hides. Rides. OAAA HIDES WANTED, for which Eight -d} u lj tv *“ “ I ”'** THOM ASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1858. THX WIFE'S BLAST AGAINST TOBACCO. DY “HOOPS.” He sits in the comer from morning Gil night, ‘Tis smoke, chew, smoke, He raises at dawn his pipe to light, Goes puffing and chewing with all his might Till the hour of sleep. ‘Tis his delight To smoke, chew, smoke. The quid goes in when the pipe goes out, ’Tis chew, smoke, chew. _ Now a cloud of smoke goes up from bit throat, Then liis mouth sends a constant*stream afloat. ‘Tis chew, chew, chew. He sits all day in smoke or fog. ‘Tis puff, puff, puff; He growls at his wife, the cat and the dog, He covem with filth the carpet and rug. And bis only answer, when I give him a jog, Is puff, puff, puff. The house all o’er, from end to end, Is smoke, smoke, smoke ; In whatever room my way I wend. If I take his clothes to patch or mend. Ungratefulperfume* will ever ascend, Os smoke, smoke, smoke. At Lome or abroad, afar or near, ‘Tis smoke, chew, smoke ; His mouth is stuffed from ear to ear, Os puffing a stump of a pipe so dear, And his days will end, I verily fear, In smoke, smoke, smoke. Young ladies, beware, live single indeed, Ere you marry a man who uses “the weed,” Better that husbands you should ever lack 0, Than marry a man that uses tobacco. Correspondence of The South. THE DOUGLAS CAMPAIGN IN ILLINOIS. St. Louis, Sept. 15, 1858. The contest now waging in the Stale of Illinois, which is to result either in the tri umph or defeat of no less a man than Ste phen A. Douglas, for the Senate of the Uni ted States, has attracted and is attracting no little attention in every part of the Union. Seldom has a local election been looked for ward to with so much interest, seldom have politicians in so many different localities ta ken sides so strenuously, and expressed them selves so decidedly, in favor of ono or the other of the opposing candidates. This arises from the high position Judge Douglas has maintained for years past as one of the leaders and brightest ornaments of the Dem ocratic party ; his prominence as a presiden tial aspirant; his defection from the line of policy marked out by his party last winter upon a fundamental party measure, causing doubts in the minds of many as to tho genu ineness and sincerity of his Democracy ; the dangerous radical and incendiary principles ot his opponent; and the immense effect the election iu Illinois is hound to exert upon the future condition of political parties at tho North. DOUGLAS’ CANDIDACY. P 1 hat Judge Douglas would again he a candidalc for the seat he has filled for two termfe, no ono ever doubled. Accordingly, when a large and enthusiastic Democratic Convention, composed of delegates from the “whole State of Illinois, met last June in Springfield, his course was endorsed, and lie came before the people as the representative ot the Democracy of the State, and the ac knowledged exponent of its principles. He was not nominated, it is true—the Democra cy would not be guilty of-nominating a can didate for the Senate ; but it was understood that tho ensuing Legislature would be elect ed with a view to passing upon his claims for the Senate. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND HOW HE CAME TO ‘BE K CANDIDATE. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, has long been know n ns.a prominent Whig politician in that State, lie managed to get into Con gress in 1846, and like Tom Corwiu, distin guished himself by’ taking sides with the Mexicans in the war against the United States. When parties were thrown iuto a temporary’ state of chaos, after the passage of the Kansas-Nehraska act, Lincoln, togeth er with other bankrupt politicians, entered into a league for the purpose of raising up an Abolition or Black Republican party in op- position to the Democracy—the officers, in the event of success, to be distributed among the faithful, with an equitable regard to their former political status. The officers of the Legislature (Speaker, Clerk, &.c.,) were to be given to the Abolitionists proper; Lin coln, in return for his exertions in decoying the Whigs into the new party, was to be made U. S. Senator, and Lyuian Trumbull, a prominent Democrat, as a reward for per forming the like office in regard to Demo crats, was to be elected to Congress from the Alton District, and*to succeed Dougluss in the Senate next spring. * The new party succeeded in electing a majority of the Le gislature, but when they came to carry out their bargain with reference ho Senator, al though Lincoln was their nominee, his friend ‘Trumbull, by wire-working, succeeded in getting himself elected, and thus Lincoln was cheated by “ consorting with rogues,” (according to his friend J. M. Mathcny’s ac count,) and left at home, without any reward for betraying’his party, lint, when another Senator, in the progress of time, Lad to be elected, Lincoln, afraid to trust himseli again in the hands of his political fiiends who bad formerly betrayed him, clutched the matter by making the Black Republican Conven tion at Springfield, last summdr, declare unanimously, that he was their “ last and only choice” for Senator, in place of Judge Douglas. Thus was he put forward, ami now they, Trumbull and Matheny, (who warned him against consorting with rogues,) are traveling over the State together, abu sing Douglas.. These facts have been sta ted by Judge Douglas from every stamp, and have never been contradicted ; so they are undoubtedly true, and show up the cor ruption of the Black Republican party and the infamous bargains they make to secure the spoils of office. Lincoln’s platform. By the action of the various Black Repub lican Conventions in the State ot Illinois, in enunciating the principles dPtbe party, (to which Lincoln stands fully committed,) as well as by his own declarations, be is pledged to carry out all the most dangerous doctrines that have ever been proclaimed by the most radical of the old Abolition party, lie is opposed to the acquisition of auy more slave territory, and would vote against tho admiss ion of another (lave Ststo ; he is in favor ot the unconditional repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law ; he wonl&xesist the decisieuof the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case; and, moreover, declares that this Union can not remain half slave and half free, but must become wholly the one or the other. As he is a free-soiler, tho obvious inference is, that he expects to go on witli his warfare upon slavery “ until the public mind rests in the belief that it is in the coarse of ultimate ex- ‘ tinction,” to quote tiie language of his first nomination. DOUGLAS’ PRINCIPLES. On the other hand, Judge Douglas accepts the issue Lincoln made for him before bis re turn from Washington. *llo declares that he stands, where he always has stood, upon the broad platform of the National Demo cratic party. He boasts that he defended the Fugitive Slave bill before the people of Chicago! when that city was in the power of unarmed mob. Ho plants himself upon the popular-sovereignty platform in reference to the Territories, declaring tliatk4hct question of fdnvcry would not influence vote in the admission of new States, but that he .would vote for the admission of a State with or without slavery, as the people saw. fit to order it, provided the Territory had the requisite population. He denounces, with the utmost bitterness, the iuceudiary warfare of Lincoln and his party upon the institu tions of the South, by which they expect to Aholitionize the whole Union, asserting that this confederacy will ever remain as our fathers made it—part slavo and part free, each State tolerating or forbidding slavery, us its people see fit. And ho proclaims it as a fixed law of our progress, that this coun try will go on, expanding until it embraces all the North American Continent, and the is!vt of the tea ; and t hut the people of the acquired territory must have the rigbfc-toMe cide the question of slavery for themselves. DOUGLAS AND THE ADMINISTRATION The course of Judge Douglas upon tho Lccompton Constitution has been a source of deep regTct to his political friends, and has caused the estrangement of.many from him, as well as the open hostility of the Adminis tration. The Washington Union is daily filled with tirades of abuse and denunciation of the Illinois Senator, and every office hol der in the State, who dares assert his pref erence for Dougins over Lincoln, is instantly ictnoved. Anti-Douglas tickets are formed (or rather feeble attempts at formation are made) iu some of the counties of the State, and efforts are making by some in his own party to defeat him, in order that Lincoln may be elected. Yet notwithstanding these things, Mr. Douglas hat never yet uttered one word of complaint against the Adminiitta lion, but bears its opposition with the great est patience. Ho says that the slight differ ence of opinion between them upou a single subject, shall not prevent his cooperation witli the party, for whose principles lie has so long fought; that the Lecompton question is dead and a thing of the past; that he will abide by the rules ot the party and support its nominees, as well ns its princ ples; and that the nominee of the Charleston Conven tion, whether it be himself, or some other Democrat, will receive his hearty support.— Could any thing more be asked of him ? THE CANVASS. As soon as Judge Douglas returned from Washington, he published his appointments for addressing his fellow-citizens all over the State; agreeing to invite Lincoln to meet liim at ffrre place in each Congressional dis trict. His canvass wjll exteud to every hamlet in Illinois, and few there are who will not have heard 1 from his own lips his able defence of his party and principles before tlic election in November. T'lius far his can vass has been one continued triumphal march from county to county, and fiom village to village. The people flock by thousands to hear him, so that in some places it is next to impossible for him to bo heard on the out skills of the crowd. As he exposes tiie de signs of Black Republicans in his masterly manner; as he defends the Democratic par ty ; as he indulges in his withering denunci ations of his opponent, the audience sit in wrapt attention, only by the cheers and shouts of applause at frequent in tervals. The whole State is in a ferment, and never before did Judge Douglas awaken, as now, such enthusiasm in his party. There arc still a few office-holders who hold out against him, but it is exceedingly rare that a Democrat is found who is willing, by divi ding the Democratic vote, to aid in the elec tion of Lincoln. Nor must it be inferred that the Democrats of Illinois are opposed to the Administration. Far from it; they are all Administration men and they are all Douglas men; they cannot see what the Lecompton quostiou has to do with the is sues between Douglas and Lincoln. Going through the State you never hear the ques tion of Bnchanan or anti-Buchanan asked, unless you happen to pass through a village whose post-master has just had his head ta ken off, when, as is very natural, public opinion indignantly resents such a petty at tempt to crush independence of thought and action. While Douglas is creating such en thusiasm wherever he goes, it is all an up hill business with his opponent. Except when he meets Douglas, it is with difficulty that he can get any thing like a respectable crowd to hear him. Ilis infamous principles have made him the abhorred of the people of tho conservative State of Illinois, and they are only awaiting an opportunity to express their feelings at the polls. Lincoln and his managers already feel that the Black Re fiullican party is doomed to a disastrous de cat at the next election. THE DOLULAp MKKTINU AT BF.LI.RVH.LR. The reports of the great stir Judge Doug las was making in Illinois! naturally created a desire among the people of St, Louis to bear him, and a determination to gmtify HI as soon as practicable. Au opportunity of fered itself on the 10th, the day of bis ap pointment at Belleville, fifteen miles from this city. It was during our great Fair, when thousands were congregated hero from 1 all parts of the South and West: Judge Douglas was in the city for several days pre vious, and was shown every attention by |>is party, a largo delegation of. whom accompa nied him to Belleville. A?great many oth ers, particularly from tho South, also went over on the appointed day. The audience was immense, aud, although overworked, Judge Douglas made one of bis best efforts. It was admirably received by all, and none were better satiafied that! those gentlemen from the far South who had fiohorSd him with their presence, who expressed to me the opinion that in the event of Judge Dong las’ defeat, Ike South would lotas tit ablest Northern champion in the Senate. Snch are the words of men who own Uqndreds of slaves, who have at hoart the defence of the South aud its institutions, and who are con scious of the dangers to the South of the trinmph of Black Republicanism in one of the most important States of the North.— When Judge Douglas, speaking of the inev itable expansion of the Union, said, “ When ice get Cuba, (and get ,it we mutt sooner or later,) lam willing to allow htr people to say whether they will hare slavery or not, and 1 hare no doubt what their decision trill be, since they will never turn loose a million of free negroes to desolate that beautiful is land,” a shout went up from that vast mul titude which fairly resounded over the hill aud the valley. Is there auy man in South Carolina or Virginia, who promises more than that towards protecting Southern interests, and expanding Southern institutions I How many there are who would utter the same sentiments if fortuno were to place their re sidence in a free State 1 THK DUTY OP THE DBMOCBACY. Such being the state of political affairs iu Illinois, such being the candidates of the two parties, one of whom is hound to suc ceed, wlmt part should the Democracy of the Union, and particularly of the South, Take iu this contest ? Should the Democra cy, like the Washington Union, affect a “se iciio indifference,” or really, like that paper, side with Lincoln (for, while it is always abusing Douglas, it says nothing about Lin coln;) or should it, like Stephens and Orr and the New Orleans Delta, openly give him its sympathy, support and encourage ment ! Mind, the question is not whether we shall have a Douglas or an anti-Denglas Democrat, for there is not the slightest pos sibility that tho anti-Douglas ticket will poll five thousand votes in tho State, or that it will be able to elect a single member to the Legislature. The question simply is, ■* Doug las or Lincolu,” and ho who opposes one di rectly or indirectly, aids and abets the elec tion of the other. The question is, whether Vo shall retain a Democratic organization at the North or drive tho Northern Democracy from us; for thero Uno doubt that the mass of the Northern Democracy, particularly in tho North-west, are in tho same category with Douglas, and if we kick their leader out of the party, we must expect the’ rank and file to go with him. They all say that they are willing to forget the past; shall we, then, break up tho party, now that our pros pects arc so fair, simply to gratify onr desire to punish men for entertaining different ideas upon an obsolete issue l It would be just as foolish ns if we were to excommunicate all the old line Whigs in -the -party simply be cause they ouce favored a United States Bank. It is to be hoped, then, for the sake of the harmony and integrity of the party, that we shall hear of no moro opposition to Douglas from the party outside of the State of Piiioi*. If tho same course is taken by the party at large as that adopted by the Union and the Administration, wliilo it will not harm Douglas to any considerable ex tent, it will seriously damage the prospects of the Democratic party of the country. If Mr. Buchanan and the Union, for some un accountable reason, are ambitious of being subjected to tlie mortification of a disastrous defeat in Illinois, by following an ignitfatu u* in the shape of an *’ anti Douglas” ticket, the whole Democratic party need not be caught in any such predicament. . Yours truly, • W. A. S. COTTON AND SVrftß CBOFB. The financial editor or the New Orleans ‘Picayune of the Ist instant, thus discourses of the incoming and Sugar Crops.— The large advantages enjoyed in New Or leans to learn tho exact state of tho crops over a large portion of the cotton and all the sugar growing region, give those remarks much weight and importance: The incoming cotton crop is attracting more attention now than any other subject. It has commenced arriving in quantities, though in consequence of sickness the re ceipts do not come forward so Freely as lire ex pected. The weather has again cleared off beautifully, and picking will now progress with great rapidity. This week it will be general all over tbe country, whilst last year it did not begin until the sth of September, andfnothing but very remarkable weather during the latter part of October and nearly the whole of November, brought out the crop so well. The advantago we now start with is that even.in the event of an early frost, say the 20t h of October, we can make a crop of 3.150,(100 to 3.200,000, whilst if it should hold off to as late a period as last year, we may hare a growth of *illy 3,400.- 000 and upwards. But these are mere cal culations, and should go for nothing, as the plant is still exposed to serious injury from other causes. All that we can aay is that tbe prospect continues well, despite the casu al complaints that reach us of boll-worms and caterpillars. Nt> doubt they will do some barm in cer tain localities, but tbe caterpillar must have become a very different insect from what it was in 1848 if it can stand tbe contiouoas hot sunshine of this summer. We bear that the rains of the last two days have proved of immense benefit to tbe sugar cane. They could not have come mere opportunely. Tbe plant a thriving magnifi ■ iiifPHr VOLUME I-NUIBErSS. - * | f • • “ I ' l ■ , 11 CHINA THHOWH OPEN. . Under tbe terms of tbe treaty rr-eeettr mutt its! with Cbins hy the French an i British pwTrnmeaU, the Umpire is to he thrown opes to the trade ofaU foreign powers, the Christian religion is to he toter ated, and diplomatic agents am to he received. As we anticipated, there is no restriction of Its stipule tioas, but our country shares e,*S!v the advents** withfthose who hero done all the S.fctfcc deed all the’ Ifplomacy. T'ke iiew ‘furiTTClpwss American interests, moral and materi al, will he among the first to bq affected by this re-adjustment of tho relations of tho 4'liincsc Empire with the outside wortcD WUhout over-estimating, in anticipation, the specifications of tho treaty in question, it is not assuming too much to say that out merchants and missionaries are about to hlMj opened up to their enterprise and seal a wide and more promising field in tbe East, thorn they have ever had before. The “Greet Wall” which has shut in the Central Flowe ry Land from pretty much all intercourse with tho outside world hundreds of yea past, is now. intact, leveled with the ground ; and with such an inviting prosper before them, we are prepared to witness, enr long, such an infusion, through British and American instrumentalities, of AoglotßaJten intelligence into the anciont and,decrepid institutions of China, as Will gradually pre pare the way for such a wholesale revolution in the habits, manners, customt, Aod traditiou of that singular and mytcrious psopti, as can hardly fail, in due time,-tU’briSMpKi into a closer and more fritndly relationship than they have yet cared to maintairtiVifh tbe rest of the human family. Tlie Chinese, it is unnecessary to say, are by’fio meat# a barbarous people. They have an ioteifo genre and a learning of their own far above the average of the other Asiatic race. The scholarship, intellectual attainments, and diplomatic skill of some of their high man darins are proverbial; their religion i* of a milder and more benignant type than that of the Brahmins of British-Inata. Our direct acquaintance with this people within the past ten years has been sensibly extended by theirextensive emigration to tbe gold mines of California, and the result of that acquaintance, wo believe, is such as ffl produce by no means a mean impression of their aptitude for a higher degree of civiliza tion. Our countrymen on the Pacific, gen erally speaking, have treated them well, and (hough wo are informed that the Chinaman rarely, if ever, emigrates back to his own country, yet, as it is almost impossible that rumors of that friendly treatment have not reached his native land, we may flatter our- selves that there are prepossessions there in our favor which will enable us to take an ear lier and more effectual advantage of tbe trea ty concessions than our Engnsh or French competitors, whose belligerent demonstra tions against Canton, and other acts of hostili ty, keep alive for a while themoilunpleas ant reminiscences in tbe Chinese mindv ; :. In this view, then, we bare at the start an appreciable advantage over the English, the French, and the Bussians; and, what is more, the ndvautuge has been obtained without any warlike demonstration to speak of. Onr point is carried without expenditure of blood or treasure. We have had onr atan-nf-war at Ilong Kong and Shanghai, in tbe Yellow Sea and up on the Pci-no, to be sure, but. with the exception of s few shots exchanged at the taking of tbe Barrier Forts, and on ono or two other accessions, we bare fortun ately never been compelled to bring their batteries into play. So that, as far as tho United States is concerned, peace here both won a victory no less glorious than the war of tho allies; for we see by the telegraphic dispatches that these tatter are to be allowed nothing moro than we have gained, and that to neither is reserved privileges, commercial or otherwise, which we are not eqnally .to share. They are to be indemnified for tho expeuses of the war, but that is alt. AN AXE TO GBIHD—OEIGIN 0T THE TUN “ When I wa% a iittle boy/’ says Dr. Fraofol lin, “ I remember one cold winter I was ac costed by a smiling man with an axe on his shoulder.” “My pretty boy,” said be, “ has your father a grindstone!” “ Yes sir,” said I. “Your a fine little fellow,” said be, “ will you let me grind my axe on it TANARUS“ Pleas ed with the compliment of the “fine little fel low,” •• (J yes,” I answered, •* it is down in the shop.” “ And will you, my little/eilow, said he, patting me on the head,,“get me a little hot water !” Could I refuse ! I ran and soon brought a kettle full. “ How old are yflsi|jj|r what’s your nameT’ continued he, without waiting for a reply. “ I am sure you are one of the finest little fellows that I aver saw; will you*just turna few minutes for ine!” Tickled at the flattery, like a fool, I went to work, and bitterly aid I rue the day. It was anew axe, and 1 toiled and tugged till I was almost tired to death. The School bell ra%, and 1 could not gut away ; my hands were blistered, the axe was sharpened, and he turned to me with, “ Now, you little rascal, you’ve played truant; sand for school or you’ll rue it.” Alas! thought f, it is bard enough to tarn the grindstone this cold day, bnt to be called a little rascal, was too much. It sunk deep in ray mind, and of ten hnrifl thought of it since. Wben'T see a merchant over polite to bis customers, beg ging them to take a little brandy, and, throwing bis goods on the counter, thinks I, that man has an axe to grind. When I see apian flattering tbe people, making great profession of attachment to liberty, who is in private life a tyrant, metbinfes, look; out good people, that fellow would set you ing a grindstone. When -|.,srf#i*m hotst ed into office by party spirit, without a sin gle qualification to render faint respectable or useful, alasf deluded people, yoa_ are doomed for a season to turn <t be grindstone fora booby. *• ” . A Western editor having pnbliwjca iwttj I ] f 1 rinr* H a mmu) ttnrtftw It* 4v _ wo>u. matters upon the public ----- ; > .AL-iS?-.