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iY, OCTOBER 21,1868. i Innmuwc Cowpany. jr’ is now completely organized, Opened an office on Whitehall street, Bolling Baker, President, and J. D. t, Esq., Secretary. They are prepared i risks at prices which are customary in section of the country. They are also epored to sell exchange on the various lead- commercial points in the Union, upon as avorable terms as any other office. The repu- ' tatlon of the officers of this company, person ally and as business men, is a sure guarantee that all those confiding their interests to their hands will he faithfully and efficiently served. This institution has strong claims upon the favorable consideration and 1 literal patronage of the people of Atlanta and neighboring coun try. We trust it may receive its just deserts in the countenance and support of all those who are interested in the gsaaral welfare of our city. Hrw Advertisements. Dr. A. Alexander, as will be seen by his advertisement which appears in our columns to-day, still offers to the public great induce ments in bis line. The variety and excellen cy of liis stock, should incline purchasers to give him a call. Mr. H. Braumuller is also in the market with his fine stock of musical instruments— He is prepared to furnish as good bargains as any other establishment in Middle Georgia.— We commend him to the liberal patronage of a generous public. Stewart & Moore offer to producers and con sumers of flic “Stall' of life,” great induce ments to call on them. Godey tor SovcmlHr. Mr. Wm. Kay has received bis usual supply , of this valuable periodical for November.— ( We have frequently spoken of the manner in which this magazine has licen conducted and §jv“ n each favorable notices of it, that it is hardly worth while for us to Kay that it comes nearer filling the ideal of a complete ladies companion, than any other work we know of. Call on Mr. Kay for copies. A II li ill bug well stuck, to,—Wntino Hank Some months since, our cotemporary of the Augusta Chronicle Sentinel, was made the vic tim of a most preposterous hoax, in reference to what was reported to him as the Wahoo Bank of Coweta. The Chronicle & Sentinel was at that time waging a war of extermina tion against all Wild < 'at Banks, and in his fury pitched into the above named fabulous con. e**m, without c\or stopping to enquire. wheth er the Legislature of Georgia had ever charter ed such an institution. The humbug was ex- posed in due time, and the editor of the Chron- ■' y, ' iicl, considered a victim. We had lost sigh of the celebrated “Wahoo” concern until y< M -rday, our eye accidentally fell upon list oi the “Retired Banks” of Georgia, in '1 liooij m’s Bank Note and Commercial Re- I'orl i flathinst., in which stands promi- hc Wahoo Bank of Coweta.” Wc gest the propriety of a change of ed itors, of the Reporter, because the present in cumbent’s greenness in reference to the “Wa hoo Bank,” shows evidently, that his journal is a very unsafe guide, in directing those in search of correct information concerning the •inking institutions of the country. Prof. Wm. J. Sasiatt, D. 1). By flic Board, which met in this city the loth ilist, this distinguished gentleman was elected President of the LaG range Female Col lege, which is one of the first Female Colleges in t lie Union. The Trustees have been in this case extremely fortunate in securing Prof. Sasnett as President of the (’ollegc. His fame and name are well and widely known through out this country as one of the most able and distinguished among the literati of the present age. As a Professor, as a Scholar and writer, Dr. Sasnett will grace the highest Collegiate jxisitions which the country can boast. LaUnuige College and its friends every- wheic may now have greater cause than ever, to lie proud ot their Institution and hopeful for a bright and glorious career of usefulness, and honor. With such a Faculty and such an able and distinguished President, no College has greater claims and brighter prospects. The Chinese Charaeter. A correspondent of the Baltimore “Patriot,” writing from China, does not give a very lau datory notice of the Celestials. Hears: The Chinese are certainly the most pt-replex- ing people on earth to deal with. There is little or no dependence, to lie placed in what they say, and every subterfuge, and cunning is resorted to, in order, to postpone definite ac tion upon trivial as well as important matters; lienee it requircssaiutly patience in order to treat with them, with a hope of any result.— The emperor [a young man not over 28 years ol age. whose intellect is already impaired by excesses. | is ruled by ids ministers. He sees no communication until it is inspected by them and all that they think would lie objectiona ble is expunged, and only such as they think will lie agreeable submitted. By this system it is easily seen how perfectly ignorant he must lie us to the true condition of the affairs conncted with his empire. As an evidence of the perfect state of ignorance in which he is kept, I will give you an instance. When the English and French demolished the three forts at the mouth of the Pei-lio-rivcr, and drove the Chinese hack into the fields, the comman der in charge o{ the forts explained his defeat to the Emperor, with the following viz:— “my regalstil the lire! attar], of the h rlxtrians, and iwmetliatelg a fter a great tide rolled in and washed m.i out oj (he forts, wet our powder, and disarrang ed all our glanx. at which time the barbarians /an- dtd in their boats ," . &fc. All of which as a matter of course, was false. They had over one hundred guns mounted, besides their match locks luidjimhlcs, hut had no arrange ments for training, elevating or depressing their heavy guns, and as natural consequence, when the gun-1 mats j mssed in by the forts, they could only hope to hit them when in range of their guns, but after that they were safe: and os soon as the allied ft* ices had lan ded, the Chinese took to their heels and tied. In short, they are as ignorant of the arFof w.r as* tit y are ol the p< w r “I the uati< ns. who are now trying to form treaties with them As a nation, the Chinese are by no means a unit in feelings or language, there is no sym pathy in tlicir comiHisition, each province has its own dialect exits in the same province. T/ic demolition of one province, and destruc tion of its inhabitants, I Relieve, would in no wise effect the others. It is barely possible that those remote would hear of it. Atlanta Inttlllgiiuir. Alter an absence of some days, this paper again makes it apjicaraiicc npon our table, and in such ail elegant suit of new “do's " that we hardly recognise it. We congratulate the pro prietors upon the improvement, and trust they will realize the fullest measure of success both politically and jieciiniarily, from it. Southern Banner. ibody will convene at the eapitol, according to adjournment, two weckB from to-morrow. A diversity of opinion prevails among statesmen and those learned in the law, as to the constitutional right of the members elected in 18o7, to assemble as a legislative body in 1858. The question has been referred to the Judges of the Supreme court of the State, a majority ot whom have decided that the legislature of’57 can again legally and constitutionally convene. We can imagine no difficulty likely to arise from this contrariety of opinion, except that in process of time, great conflicting interests may become invol ved by the legislation of the ensuing session, when the question now in doubt will be tho roughly investigated before the legal tribun als of the country. A variety of subjects of a general and public character will, in all prob ability he brought to the consideration of the General Assembly at the approaching session. The Bank question, though for all practical purposes, having become obsolete, yet the po sition in which some of the leading ones of those institutions have placed themselves, by defying legislative and executive authority, requires the intervention of the law making power, to relieve the people as well as the Banks themselves from tfie embarrassing -condition in which many of the latter have placed themselves. It is well known to the community generally, that the Bills of a ma jority of the most solvent Banks in the State are not receivable in payment of taxes. This is a source of great inconvenience to the peo ple, and though the Banks are wholy respon sible for this state of things, yet the good of the community demands at the hands of the Legislature such measures of relief, as they in their wtsdom may deem proper to enact.— The public mind for some time past, lias been very forcibly directed to the subject of com mon sliool education. The benefits of a sys tem of this sort, are so apparent in States where it lias been adopted, that no reasonable man who lias duly considered the subject, can fora moment doubt the importance of the early attention of our own legislators to this matter. Whether the members of the present Legislature are competent to prepare mid ma ture apian to carryout the views and wishes of the people in reference to this great enter prise, remains to be seel). Wc differ, with the Savannah Republican as to the ability of the present Legislature ic take proper action in reference to this movement, Wc beiieve that there is wisdom and judgment in that- body amply adequate to an emergency of this kind, and that all will be done, that can well and safely be done, at the ensuing session to ac complish (his object which is so much desired by tlic people of Georgia. An effort will probably he made to sell or otherwise dispose of the Western .'i Atlantic Rail Road, so as to divest the Kta’e of the ownership of this valu able property. We have no idea that this object can or will he effected at the ensuing session of the Legislature, and we hope it may not be done. This groat work lias just emer ged from the pecuniary difficulties and em barrassments, which have surrounded it, since its very incipiency. The nett proceeds here tofore have been ex necessitate rei, applied to its construction and equipment, in consequence ot which a heavy indebtedness has chnstantly hung over the enterprise. The present ad ministration has paid the remnant of this in debtedness. and consequently the nett pro ceeds arc paid into the State Treasury at the rate of $25,000 per month, making an aggre gate of $300,000 per annum. This or a grea ter amount maybe relied on, for all time to come, and now when our great State enter prise is first beginning to realise the expecta tions of its friends and projectors to suffer it to pass into other hands would lie the height of folly. Our doctrine is, keep the road. This cannot die—be stolen, or runaway, but the moiiev arising from the sale, would in the State Treasury, lie a commodity of a slippery character, and of doubtful permanency. The nett proceeds may he applied to educational purposes: to paying the current expenses of the Government or aiding in the construc tion of other roads, hilt we say by all means, let the corpus of the property remain intact, let- forts will no doubt lie made to procure State aid to works of internal improvement, within our borders. While we are opposed to an in judicious and indiscriminate use of the State's aid. for purposes of this sort, yet there arc works of imperious necessity, to a large por tion of our people, which the State may satd\ aid, and is in duty bound to do. We have thus briefly alluded to the approaching ses sion of our Legislature, and the prominent measures wldcli will likely be brought to its consideration. We shall hereafter elaborate more extensively upon these various subjects, as circumstances shall bring them more pi em inently before the Legislature and the coun try. .. . lEHS > Cobb, Jr.' TtMlJUid This case was taken-? np. by. Jhe Superior Court of Fulton County, on Tuesday la«, and engaged the time of the Court until Fri-- day night, when the jury returned a verdict of “Guilty of Murder.” The feelings- of The community appeared to have been very much enlisted in the result of this investigation.— The notoriety of the homicide; the published confession and execution of Crockett—the principal in the crime, the unprovoked sacri fice of the life of an unoffending old man. (Landrum,) for the sole purpose of pecuniary gain;—all these circumstances conspired to make this investigation one of the most in teresting, which has appeared in the annals of Georgia Judicatories, for the last quarter of a century. Radford J. Crockett, Gabriel Jones, and John Cobh, Jr., were indicted at the last term of this Court, for the murder of Samuel Landrum, on the 8th day of April last.— Crockett was arrested touring the sitting of the Court, plead guilty to the indictment, and suffered the penalty of the law. Jones and Cobh continued their case, and in the interim have licen confined in the penitentiary for safe keeping. The defendants were arraigned at the present term of the Court, and chose to sever on the trial. The prosecution of Cobb has been conducted by Sol. Gen. Cooper. L. C. Simpson, Samuel Hoyt, and M. J. Ivy, Esqrs. The prisoner was defended by Messrs. A. W. Hammond and Son, Bleckley and Over by, and Clark and Lamar. From the array of counsel above enumerated the public may lie assured that nothing was wanting on eith er side to secure the ends of justice, adminis tered according to law. Judge Bull gave the prisoner every opportunity to vindicate his innocence. For four days he has patiently listened to the formidable array of testimony offered pro and con, and neither the public nor the defendant have any grounds to com plain that they have not been afforded every reasonable opportunity to make out their res pective cases. Some twenty-eight witnesses were examined by»the State. The evidence was mainly circumstantial, hut there was such a concatenation of circumstances, all pointing to the guilt of the prisoner so directly as to leave no reasonable doubt upon the mind of anv unprejudiced mind. Our engagements >toi y for Youth. the strvulle and the victory. “Johnny,”'said a farmer to bis little boy, “it is time for you to go to the pasture and drive home the cattle.” Johnny was playing ball, and the pasture was a long way off; but he was accustomed to obey, so off he started without a word, as fast as his legs could carry him. Being in a great hurry to get hack to play he only half letdown the bars, and then hur ried the cattlethrough, and one fine cow, In trying tocrowd over, stumbled and fell with her leg broken. Johnny stood by the suffering creature and thought to himself, “Now what shall I do l That was the finest cow father had. and it will have to lie killed, and it will lie a great loss to father. What shall 1 tell him ?” “Tell him.” whispered the tempter, the tempter who puts wicked thoughts into all our hearts, “tell him you found the bars half down and the creature lying here. ’ “No. I can’t say that.” said Johnny, “for that would he a lie.” “Tell him, “whispered the tempter again, “that while you were driving the cows that big hoy of Farmer Brown's threw a stone and hur ried that cow so that she fell.” “No, no,” said Johnnv : “1 nevev told a lie and I won t liegin now. I'll tell father the truth. It was all my fault. 1 was in a hurry and fright ened the poor creature and she fell and broke her leg.” Si having taken this right and brave re solve. Johnnv ran home as if he was atraid the tempter would catch him. and he went straight to his father and told him the whole truth. And what did his father do ? He laid his hand on Johnny’s head and said, “My son, my dear son, 1 would rather lose every cowl own than that my boy should tell me an untruth.” And Johnny, though very sorry for the mischief lie had done, was much happier than if he had told a lie lo screen himself, even if he had never been found out.— Messenger. Ax Advantage or Fat. On Tuesday niglit in tills city, in an altercation between a Lynch burg young gentleman and a stout gentleman of Richmond, the Lynchhurger pulled out a pistol and lodged a hall in the abdomen at the Richmonder. The shooting iron, however, was not ns murderous as the shooter's intention, for it could not send the hall through the lilt of the stout jiarty. On withdrawing the wounded man’s linen from the shot hole, the lead also fell out.—Iliih. Enquirer. sue Washington tilling Bllntl. The lovers of the sports of the turf will learn | with regret that Li/.zie McDonald, formerly Sue Washington, is fast losing her sight, and I that the probability is that she will never ap pear on tlie turf again. Porter's Spirit says that tlu conqueror of Frankfort and Charles ton, iii a race of sixteen miles, is henceforth I doomed to a dark and joyless repose in a . breeding paddock. he Bible.—It is said that the late revival ieligion has caused an unusual call for the Bible. The Wilmington Herald learns t the demand is such that manufacturers extending their facilities in order to supply demand. One maker consumes annually, lis department alone over five hundred tons vhite paper, worth from two to three hmi- d dollars per ton; forty tons of tar paper back covers : twenty thousand sheep and t s kius : over half a million leaves of gold l glue and jsisie without limit. This estab- iment employs over two hundred persons its various departments, all engaged in the nufacture of Bibles. Cotton Picking. 11. K. Kent ton. Esq., of Hairis county, has furnished a statement of cotton picking performed by lour hands on his plantation, which surpasses anything wc have seen. The picking took place on Satur day, Oct. 2d, as follows : Henry, 657 Daniel, 551) Frank. 170 Clem, iff 3 Total, 2,158 prevented us from witnessing the whole of the trial. We had the pleasure of heaving the speech of L. C. Simpson, Esq., who made the opening argument for the prosecution. In a clear, plain and practical manner, he briefly reviewed the leading facts of the case as made by tlie evidence, showing most conelusii ley that there could he no reasonable doubt of the guilt-of the prisoner. Col. A. W. Hammond replied in a speech of three hours length, sif ting the testimony lo tlie. bottom, and made quite a plausible argument to prove that the evidence did leave strong grounds for a rcas- reasonalile doubt of tlie defendants guilt. We heard only a small portion of the speeches of Col. Bleckley and Col. Cooper, but judging from what we did bear, we feel no hesitation in saying that- those gentlemen sustained themselves well. We heard none of the speeches made by the other legal gentlemen employed in tlie case, hut learn from those who did, that they were highly creditable to those gentlemen. The verdict in Ibis case seems to meet with universal approbation among the people of this community. When rend in Court, the applause of the large crowd of spectators could not be restrained, hut- manifested itself by unmistakable signs.— The law abiding portion of this city ami coun try: and we feel no hesitation in saying these constitute the greater portion of our communi ty: are determined in a lawful manner to get- rid of all such abandoned characters as have for some time past infested this community. The diligence which our public authorities have pursued this lawless vagabond class, du ring the present year, have had a very saluta ry effect upon the moral condition of our community. Loafers and vagrants, are as scarce in and about Atlanta, as any other city of the same amount ot population in the State of Georgia. Wo say let the work of re form go oil. Let there he no relaxation ol official vigilance until every man is driven from the city and county, who does m it make a living hv some honest livelihood. Tlie Convention oi' t.'ei-iiiau {societies. This hotly, which met in New York last week, and of which A. Schumacher, Esq.. of Baltimore, was president, intend petitioning Congress for some new shipping regulations to increase the protection of emigrants during their transportation from tiie landing places 11 the interior of the United States. The fol lowing resolutions wne adopted : 1. ’lih publish in the newspapers, through out tlie whole country, as well as in Europe, warnings against buying tickets for ihe interi or of the United States. 2. To confer with the different American railroad companies on the suppression of all hooking places in Europe. 3. To ask the intervention of the Executive power at- Washington for /he purpose of induc ing the foreign consuls and ambassadors to ex ert themselves in favor of the suppression of the hooking system where it still exists.— [France. Great Bfitian. Belgium. Switzerland, partly, Baden, Wurtemlmrg, &c. , &c.] 4. To invite all German societies and other corporations tofnsnish the NewRork hoard of the Gorman Society, quarterly, with such in formation as might lie useful for the emigrants at their landing at different eastern ports of the United States. This body, in session at New York, hits pass ed the following resolutions : Resolved, That litis conference petition for the enactment of a law liy Congress for a complete protection of femal.t passengers on emigrant vessels : that the power to punish violations in all eases which occur onboard of vessels, foreign as well as American, landing at the American ports, shall he refered to the Crim inal Courts of this city, and t/iat the sexes he separated during the voyage, families exclu ded. Itesoli'ed, To petition for the enactment of a law that all ships shall he required to have a competent physician onboard, who shall have graduated, and have his diploma from a med ical college. Resolved. To petition fertile enactment of a law that the captains of vessels be required to deliver the effects of passengers who die during /he passage on board of the vessel to the agent of the vessel, and furnish the consul of the re spective States with assignment. On Monday, tlie chairman. Mr. Schumacher, Consul of Bremen, at Baltimore, .asked leave to resign, on the ground that being the only representative from Baltimore, his occupying tlie position of presiding officer was ineompat- ibl" with his duty to his constituents. The res ignation was accepted, and Mr. Kaufmanii, of New York, chosen to (ill the vacancv. To l‘nut tiie appetite for Tobacco.—A cler gyman who lor so many years was addicted to the chewing and smoking of tobacco, hut who lists entirely abstained from the weed lot- over thirty years, communicates to the Imh- pendent the method of cure which he adopted. We copy it, hoping it will prove effectual in many eases : “I had a deep well of very coni water, and whenever the appetite craved indulgence, I resorted immediately to fresh drawn water.— Of this I drank what I desired, and then con tinued to hold water in my mouth, throwing out and taking in successful mouthfuls, until the craving ceased. By a faithful adherence to tiiis practice for about a month I was eined; and from that time to this have hecu as free from any appetite for tobacco as a nursing in fant. I loathe the use of the weed in every form far more than 1 did before 1 contracted habits of indulgence.” : fW luu said hi his «oti.—Mtli Psalm. Bv Leonard T. Uoyae. Their is no God, the foolish sinuer cries, And in liis heart his Maker God defies, frond of himself, liis tlmnehts to earth cmilmed, 1 Whilst wild delusions tlitacros?his mind. lie will not know who made theorlis that tty In glorious order through the azure sky, He will not see the ronnttess worlds altove Which through the heavens in wildest grandeur Who made that twinkling star whose feelilo light Reflects its glory on the shades of night? Who bade the moon its daily current run. And with its sister earth l!v round the sun? Who mad ■ that comet, which erratic pours. Its silver light on this small orb of ours? Who spread abroad the star-lit realms of heaven • And who to them unchanging laws hath given? WIki made the hills and spread tho seas abroad ? Who reared Die mountains, if not natures God? Alt! tell tne who lit up this world of ours With radiant light, and pave ! il o'er with flowers? Did chance enact the laws to nature given Unerring laws that govern earili and m-aten : No, no. vain matt tin- Christian's God. alone Decreed ami sent them from liis loftv Throne. The ocean's moan, the wild wind's solemn wail, The howling tempest.alitt the rushing gale, Tlie lightnings Hash, the deep toned thunder's roll. H-.-aven's truth declare, and nature's God unfold. Front the Journal k Messenger. Mikoii di Western Hailrontl Company ( Macon, Ga, October 7th, 1858. \ At a regular meeting of the Board of Direc tors of this Company, held this day— Present —Isaac Scott, President. Robert Collins, JohnB. Ross, Hendlev Var ner, William A. Ross, and Nathan C. Monroe —Directors. The death of Emerson Foote, Esq., the|for- tner able and esteemed Superintendent of this Road, having been communicated to tlie Board. On motion, Nathan C. Monroe and Dr. Robert Collins, were appointed a committee to prepare and report suitable resolutions, ex pressive of the deep and heartfelt sorrow of this Board, in the loss of their esteemed friend and former valued audefficient Officer. Where upon the Committee reported tlie following resolutions, which were unanimously adopt ed : Resolved, That it-is with deep and profound sorrow, this Board learn the death of their former able and faithful Superintendent, Emerson Foote, Esq., whose social virtues, and long and faithful service in this Company, hail greatly endeared and attached him to this Board, and to its officers anil employees as well sis the community in which lie resided for many years. Resolved, That we deeply sympathise wjtli the Directors ami Officers of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company, into whose ser vices Mr. Foote had so recently entered, in their loss in being deprived liy this dispensa tion ot Divine Providence, of the services of so valuable an Officer, who had entered so taith- fully upon, and had so efficiently conducted lor the short period of liis administration, the extensive interest confided to his charge. Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with the bereaved relatives of our deceased friend, iti the loss of one, whom to know, was to hon or for the stern integrity and manly virtue which constituted him one of the noblest of his race. Resolveil. That the Secretary of this Board record in suitable form, these resolutions on the minutes of its proceedings, and furnish copies of the same to the President ol the Central Rail Road and Banking Company, and to the surviving parent of Mr. Foote. A true extract from tlie Minutes. I. II. Taylor. Sce’y. Counsellor Snap in a Tight Place.- Among the "criminal” lawyers of this city who prac tice largely in (Kitty eases, is Counsellor Snap. Counsellor Snap prides himself especially upon his skill in cross-examining witnesses, and claims that he can confuse a witness with greater effect than the same thing can be done by any other member of tlie bar. One of liis methods of doing this is to snap at tlie witness like an angry terrier, and .then so hi abuse him. lor any hesitancy or emharassment, as to render the testimonv conipanitivelv value less. A day or two since, wo were in tho Court of Quarter Sessions while Counsellor Snap was trying a case, lie had on the stand a very mild, timid and nervous witness, whose testi mony had borne strongly against his client.—- had testified that the counsellor’s client, “had no money whatever.” The counsellor, with a look, emphasis and gesture, like that of a cannibal, eager to devour a a ielim, opened as follows : “How are you so werry sure that my client had no money/ Do you exercise wigil.mce over his pocket-book l” “No sir, I knows it. ’Cause why ? He told me so.” “When did he tell yon so?” “This morning-’? “Where, sir ?” “In this very room.” “What did he say. sir? Come, no prewari- eutum. Give us his werry words.” •-] don't like to answer that question, sir." “Ha ha! So you are afraid to answer,-are you ! I knew 1 should drive you into a close corner. Come, out with it—we want no shirking here.” “Well, if I must, I must. I asked him for the loan of five dollars, and he said lie couldn’t let me have it. because you had rolllu-d him of every centof his money : and if lie didn't get out of your clutches, liis family would starve while he went to prison.” Counsellor Snap had no more questions to ask. “Prewarication” like this didn’t suit him, and in less than five minutes afterwards the foreman of the jury announced a verdict against his client. The last we saw of Coun sellor Snap, he was being collared by a coun tryman for kicking a four pound terrier across the street. Counsellor Snap should learn to hear disappointment with more equanimity.- Philadelphia V. S. Gazette. The Atlantic Telegraph.- LaUsl Accounts. Letters from Valencia report that although no improvement had taken place in the electrical condition of the Atlantic cable, the fault did not get worse, for occasionally considerable and distinct "reversals” from Newfoundland were discemable. The opinion that the prin cipal fault in the cable is near the shore, daily gained ground, although Professor Thomson's opinion was directly opposed to such a propo sition. It was supposed that something would be done towards under-running and* repairing the cable during October, which is generally a fine month on the Irish coast. Mr. Henley’s gigantic magneto-electric ma chine had arrived at Valencia and been put in to operation, and with the aid ot this instru ment Mr. Henley hoped to he able to work through the cable during some part- of each day. even if the fault should prove irrepara ble. It was the unanimous opinion of nearly all at Valencia that tlie laying of ten or t\\ eh e miles of the thick shore end of the cable would tend permanently to obviate a great many of the difficulties with which the electrical de partment of the undertaking has been inter rupted. Beyond, the continuance of experi ments nothing was (>> he done with the cable until tin- preconcerted experiments at both termini of the line had been made. —Baltimore San. Iff 3 A strange event took place near <'ol- mbia. in California says the Sa tuhhia. in California says the San Joaquin Republican ot Aug. 2<th. A person who had beenabout the town for a long time, and had never done a days work in the mines, was re cently driven by want of means to live, to ob tain a jiiek or shovel and sally forth to try his fortune at gold digging. He worked with hut |ft“ “A person who was recently called in \ little success for two days, hut on the third he court for the purpose of proving the correct- | dug up a lump of gold, nearly pure, which ness of a doctor’s bill, was asked by the law- ' weighed seventg-twopounds ! The lucky fellow y Cr whether “the doctor did not make sever- j took his piece to the office of Wells. Fargo & id visits after the patient was out of danger ?” ; Co., in Columbia liy whom it was valued at “Ho,” replied the wiGloss, “I considered j fourteen thousiind tlollars. The place where the the patient in danger as long as the Ax-tor ' monstrous nugget was dug is within a mile or continued his visits.” two of Columbia, A Christian Temple.—He who rears up one child in Christian virtue, or recovers one fel low creature to God, builds a temple more precious than Solomon's or St. Peter’s, more enduring than earth or heaven. Folly Exalted.—A fool in a high station is like a man on the top of a high mountain-~ every thing appears small to him, and lie ap pears small to everybody. |§f“ A writer in the Troy Budget, says that one dollar’s worth of sulphur thrown upon the fire in the forecastle would have saved the Austria and her living, precious freight. |jjf° There is a town in Michigan, where the churchbell is rung every day at twelve o’clock, for the people to take their quinine, as they have the ague all ronud. “[ have turned many a woman’s head,” 1 masted a young nobleman of France," Yes,” replied Talleyrand—“a wag frvni you." “Well, Jem, what is a commentator?”— “Why, 1 suppose it must he the commonest of all taters,” was the reply. Jgp The folowing good sentiment we find in tlie opening address delivered last mouth before the American Institute. "Franklin and Morse.—One tamed light ning, and the other taught it to write.” The Private CiDwtt^ThgTxxige qf TMD. of 6. F. * at Woodstowrififeterrained to have their lodge room: done up <fean and uiee, and lt was resolved unanimously that Mrs. K. should lie employed to do the job. After the' meetingtiad adjourned, the guar dian, who knew the inquisitiveness of Mrs. K., procured a billy-goat and placed him in a clos et that was kept as' a reservoir for the secret things. He then informed the lady ol the wishes of the lodge, and requested her to come early next morning, as he would then he at leisure to show her what was, and what was not to be done. Morning came,' and with it Madame K., with her broom, brushes, (mils, tubs, &e., pre pared and firmed for the'job, and found the guardian waiting for her. ‘Now, madam,’ said lie, ‘I’ll tell you what we wan't done ; and how we (ante to employ you.—The brothers said it was difficult to get anybody to do the job and not be meddling with the secrets in that little closet; we have lost the key, and cannot find it to lock the door : I assured them that you could be depen ded upon.’ •Depended on !’ said site,‘I guess I can. My poor dead and gone husband, who belonged to the Frec-Masons, or Anti-Masons, I don’t know which used to tell me .-ill the secrets of the concern, and then he showed me all the marks the gridiron made when lie was initiated, and told me liow they killed poor Morgan. 1 nev er told a living soul to this day. If nobody troubles your closet to find out your secrets till I do, they’ll lay there till they rot—they will.’ 0T I. G. Seymour, Esq., the President of the New Orleans Associated Pifss gives notice 'I thought so,’ said the guardian ; ‘and now I want you to commence in that corner and give tlie whole room a decent cleaning ; and I have pledged my word and honor for the fidel ity of your promise ; now don't go into that closet: and then left the lady to herself. No sooner had she heard the sound of his foot on the last step of the stairs, than she ex claimed : ‘Don’t go into that closet. I’ll warrant there is a gridiron, or some nonsense like the Anti- Masons, for all tlie world I’ll lie bound. I’ll just take a peep and nobody'11 lx: any wiser, and I can keep it to myself.’ Suiting the action to the word she stopped lightly to the forbidden closet - turned the button—which was no sooner done than ‘hah,’ went the billy goat with a spring to regain liis liberty, which came neat* upsetting her lady ship. Both started for the door hut it. was fill ed with implements for house cleaning and all was swept clear from their position down to the bottom of tlie stairs. The noise and confusion occasioned liy such uncerimonious coming down stairs, drew half the town to witness Mrs. K’s efforts to get from under the pileot pails, tubs, liroomsaiui '(rush es, into the street. Who should be the first on the spot lint the rascally door keeper : who after releasing tlie goat which was a cripple for life, and uplifting tlie rubbish which bound the good woman to the earth, anxiously inquired if she was taking the degrees. ‘Taking the degrees.’ she exclaimed. Tl you eali tumbling down stairs and seared to death, taking tilings liy degrees then I have them : and if you frighten folks the way you did me, and hurt them to ho. t, I’ll warrant they’ll make as much noise as I did.' ‘I hope you didn’t open the closet madam ?’ ‘Open tlie closet! Eve ate the apple she was forbidden ! If you want a woman t• • do anything tell her not to ■' ■ i;, and she’ll do it certain. I could not •• ml the temptation. The secret was there : i . mted to know it. I opened the door and • ter right in my face, and broke for the sta jump—I fell over the as vou find us, all in ,( qicd He- tarnalcrit i '.i 1 was a goner rs. with Satan at every lull, and got downstairs heap. -But, madam said the door-keeper, you are in possession of tiie great secret of the or der, and must go and he initiated and sworn, and then go in, in the regular way.’ ‘Regular way !’ exclaimed the inly, and do you suppose I am going near the tarnal place again, and ride that ere critter without bridle or lady's saddle ! No, never! I don’t want nothing to do with the man that rides it. I’d look nice perched on a billy-goat, wouldn’t 1? No, never ! I’ll never go nigh it, nor your hall, mitlier. If I can prevent it no Italy shall ev er join the Odd Fellows. Why, I’d sooner lie a Free Mason, and broiled on a gridiron as long as a lire could he kept under it, and pulled from garret to cellar with a halter, in a pair ot old breeches and slippers, just as my poor dead husband was : he lived over it. but 1 could never outlive such another ride as I took to- dav.’ Risks or'J'rsivcUing. It isstrange that wo ns a people, with our habits of calculation, do not practically regard the cost of travelling. Lite, which is the most precious outlay, seems not to enter as an ele ment into our calculations: and yet there are no people whoso cherish the adage of “time being money.” But strange to say, with all our love for one, we show a recklessness of fine other bordering an insanity, and not lessso even when life is the measure of time lost. AVe do not propose to deplore the past, hut simply to consider the question of the costs and risks of travelling. We are a travelling people, almost nomadic, and with this char acteristic, it would seem as with the Bedouins tin* consequence followed that everv railroad and steamboat company ltad their hands against its and ours against them—-mutually encouraging reclessness in our Atlantic steam ship experience. Let us prove this figures. Our Atlantic steamship travelling practical ly commenced with the first vogages of the steamships Sirius and Great Western, in 1828, From that year to the present. 18-38, it is esti mated that on tin average fifteen thousand per sons have crossed the Atlantic ocean annually in steamships, or three hundred thousand in the whole period. In this same period we have laid 13 steamships with three thousand persons lost; or the whole number who have crossed the Atlantic by steam, one in every hundred lias been lost. Nor was the greater part of this loss in the infancy of our ocean steam navigation. We have in the past four years lost three transatlantic steamships with twelve hundred lives: or allowing twenty-four thousand as the annual number crossing the Atlantic to and from New York in this period, one in every eighty has licen lost. It may he said that these losses have many of them been unavoidable. But who believes it ? And again it may be asked how it is to lie helped ? In this way : As surely as “necessity is the mother of in vent ion,” if passengers would onlv go in steamships with water-tight compart ments, tire-proof, and under good discipline, we should in no less than five years have every steamship from this port with these qualities: and the loss instead of being one in sixty, would not be one in ten thousand. To show the great risk of steamship travel ling over Railroad travelling, let ns examine tlie comparative risk per mile to each passen ger. It appears from the best statistics that in tlie last four years the risk to each passen ger of being killed in one mile was : By railroad in France 1 in 100,000.000 “ “ England 1 in 115,000.000 •- " New York 1 in 47,000,000 By Atlantic steamships 1 in 340.000 These figures protest strongly against t lie managemement of some at least ofourAtlan- steam-sliip Companies. According to these statistics a passenger could go from hereto California by Raiiroad with the same risk as to travel five miles in a steamship. Who will say that the unavoidable risks are in tins ratio? It is questionable that steamships can he made perfectly tire-proof; and if we obtain this safe ty in our warehouses, where there is no risk of life, why cannot we have it on the ocean, where equally valuable goods and helpless passengers are til risk ? Me venture to assert that a fire-proof steamship would always go full from this port while the memory of the Austria remains; and we believe that without this safety that hereafter the danger to life will enter into calculation of the cost of a trip to Europe.- Xeir Pork Courier. A French Belle a Hundred Years Ago.— Madame tie Genlis, in her memoirs, describes the taming she underwent to fit her for Pari- sain society in site hist century : “I had two teeth pulled out: I had whale- hone stays that pinched tne terribly; my feet were imprisoned in tight shoes, with which it was impossible for me to walk ; I had two or three thousand curl papers put around mv head, and I wore, for the first time in my life, a hoop. In order to get rid of my country attitudes, I had an iron collar on my neck ; and, as l squinted a little at times, was obliged to put on goggles as soon as l awoke in the morning, and these I wore for hours. I was, moreover not A little surprised w,hen they talk ed of giving me a master to teach me what I thought I knew well enough already to walk. Besides all this I was forbidden to run. to leap, or to ask questions.” .er “One of our exchanges deliberately charges that there has been considerable “wire nr The famous “Negro Plot” in tiiis city occurred in the year 1741. The city at the time contained twelve thousand inhabitants, of whom two thousand were slaves. Twenty white persons and one hundred and fifty- puHiug” lately between Great Britain and the { four negroes were imprisoned. Qf thesa, thir- United States.” : teen negroes were burned at the stake, at the Philadelphia preacher savs that a large , PteSOnt junction of Pearl and Chatham streets portion of the vouth of tlmt city, when they then out of town ; twenty were hung, one in g et to lie fifteen or sixteen years old, are in j chains, on an island in Fresh-water Pond, in the habit of staying at night from their homes. Centre street, on the former site ot the Arsen- Wc suppose that, ns soon as they get (<> i al; seventy-eight were trnnsjiot ted to foreign | consider themselves “nochickens,” theycease parts, and filty discharged.—A. 1. Sunday i to "go home to roost.”—Prentice. \ Times. j Fro the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian (.let; 6th Good Mew* from the Interim:. We have the mxit cheering newtt from the tRut. “strangers should keep away from New Orleans until there is. marked statement of in the different districts. Tlie old camp-fires are blazing brightly, and the true party men active and energetic, while many of the oppo sition, disgusted with tlie naked pretences of tlie black republicans, are determined to sup- jMirt the nominees of the democratic party in the coming contest. In tlie sixth district the chances arc decidedly in favor of Mr. Man- ley, the regular candidate for Congress; in the Lancaster district Mr. Hopkins will beat the notorious Thaddens Stephens; in the Bucks and Lehigh district Stokes L. Roberts will be chosen by a decided majority; from Schuylkill wc have most gratifying intelligence as to the prospect of Col. Dewart; in tlie indomitable tenth region the majority will exceed that of any former year by several thousands ; a let ter from a very intelligent democrat in the interior of tne State informs us that the elec tion of Cyrus L. Pershing, Esq., in the Blair Congresssonal district, is almost certain. We also learn that General Henry D. Foster lms even-prospect of success in tiie Westmoreland district, white it is highly probable that wc should elect two democrats in the hitherto black republican twenty-first and t wenty-sec ond districts. In each of these districts a can didate of the most unexceptionable character is presented—Andrew Burke from the twenty- first district and John Birmingham from the twenty-second district. The Erie and Craw ford district may also he carried by the de mocracy, on account of a fierce war which is now raging in that district between the two wings of the black republican party. As tlie contest now stands in tiie State, there is nothing to warrant the supposition that we shall not have as full a democratic delegation in the thirty-sixth Congress as we have in the present. As to tlie State ticket, that, we think, is safe beyond the possibility of a doubt. Out- own counties will run fully up to their usual mark, some increasing by a large vote, such as Northampton, Lehigh and Monroe, while in many of the strongholds of the opposition the majorities will fall to a ruinous extent. Dau phin will decrease, so will Tiago, and Susque hanna’ and Erie, and Crawford, while in Alleghany the scale will he turned in our favor by fifteen hundred or two thousand votes. All it needs is labor and co-operation on the part of the -democracy of (the State, and tlie victory will he thorough and complete. the fever, of which they will be duly advised. Tlie epidemic is now sustained by new-com ers.” Tin- Morals of AIHli-tlon. ‘Sweet,” says Shakespeare, “are the uses of adversity, •Which like tlie imul, ugly :iii(t venomous. Wears yet a precious jewel ill its hand." (hie of our own writers remarks : "But for the sorrows of the heart, where would be the affections and^their strength ?0u virtures, like certain aromantic herbs of the forest, only give out their sweets when then- leaves are bruised and trampled. He who lias never felt sorrow, we may well assume, has never known love : since the most precious affections of the souie arise from sympathies at need—that are seldom known till they tire sought, and never sought till they are felt nec essary to sooth an intinuity or satisfy a want." The same writer sa\ s : “M'ere it not for the tears that fill our eyes, what an ocean would flood our hearts! Were it not for the clouds that shadow our landscape, how insolent would he our sunshine !” Exlrnui-ilinnry Alfuir—$l,MtO,‘JOO TmkisSi CmiriHy Cotiiiti-rli-ilt-il in -\cu York i>y a Woman. An extraordinary case of counterfeiting the bills of the Turkish Bank is detailed in the New York papers. It appears that a Mrs. Ne- vasti arrived tit Syria a short time since, on her wiiy from Liverpool to Constantinople.—- The custom house officials as usual proceeded to examine her baggage. The first, trunk which was opened was found to have a false bottom. A further search was made, and oth er trunks were found to be made in the same manner, and to have carefully packed in them forged notes of twenty piastres, to the total amount ot 1,230.000 piastres, made up in packets of 1,000 each. The lady herself, was afterwards searched, and there were found carefully sewed in Iter under garments. 30.000 piastres of the same notes. The lady was im mediately taken into custody, where she con fessed that she had 600,000 "< ’aitties” printe ! in New York, and had passed off a great- num ber of them in Constantinople. The intelli gence was transmitted hv telegraph to New York by way ot London, and on Thursday the police at tested Mr. Harrison, a job printer, amj found about $400,000 of the “Caimes” in his office. 'ITie Courier says: From liis explanations it became evident that he was entirely unaware of the true character of the job lie had lone for the Turk ish lady. He said that he recollected her cal ling upon him about the 1st of July, under the name of Madatuc Zaifnum, and engaging him to print a large quantity of -what appear ed to lie labels, at $1 per thousand, exclusive of the cost, of dyes and engraving. Site called several times to see the proofs, and at last be came satisfied with the paper and impression, and ordered G00.000 to lie printed. She eva ded his inquiries as to the nature of what he was printing, hut finally said they were la bels. Site paid him $1,700 in cash and?a note for $300 in payment for the job. On the 2Sd of July she had tlie ‘‘labels’' transferred to the Astor House, and that was the last he saw of her. He had not the slightest suspicion that what sin- called “labels” were pieces of Turkish money. He supposed them to be labels to he used on some nostrum or article of commerce of Eastern origin, from there be ing Chinese characters upon them. His work men were detained as witnesses. The ‘Caimes’ found on tlie premises of the printer were tlie refuse sheets which Mrs. Sevasti rejected.— Tlie COO,000 "Caimes” which she carried to Constantinople were worth 20 piastres each, and the piastres being valued at 40 cents, the entire quantity of paper money was worth S4.S00.000. Mrs. Scvesti is a native of Mol davia and is supposed to he connected with an extensive gang of counterfeiters in Tur key. Mr. Harrison has published a card, narrat ing the circumstances of liis connection with the affair, which seetns to leave but little doubt of liis innocence of any criminal knowl edge or intent concerning it. Tea and other Plants.— pendent of the New Introduction of The ’Washington cor York Herald says: In addition to the measures taken some months ago to introduce the tea plant into the Fnited States from China, inquiries havelieen made by the Patent Office, through Mr. Meade, ottr Minister to Brazil, for obtaining tea seed from that country, where it lias been success fully cultivated for thirty years. Measures are ab..ut being taken, through the Naval Expedition to Paraguay, to intro duce into the United States the mate, or Para guay tea; also a valuable medicinal plant cal led nurd, believed to he a sure specific against the bites of venomous insects or reptiles, and a peculiar kind of honey-bee, which htiildson branches of trees instead of in hives or trunks of trees, as with the common bee. lie. H. W. Hi-own. In our advertising columns a notice of dis- olution of co-partnership appears, which we re gret to see, for the reason, that it preceded the removal from our city of Dr. H. M’. Brown, long one of Griffin's most valuable physicians, and a most estimable citizen. The Doctor has gone to Atlanta, where a larger field is open before him. and as one of the Professors of the Medical College there. At his removal, there is one general feeling of sorrow in this com munity. AVe trust that his loss to us, may prove a gain to him. both in regard to success in the practice of medicine, as well as in at taining fame its ;i teacher of that most noble of Arts, the healing of the sick. In losing Dr. Brown, we are pleased to see that his estimable co-partner. Dr. S. H. San ders, still remains in our city, occuping t/<o old stand, and will continue the practice of medicine.— Empire State. Careless Words. ‘Oh, dear!” exclaimed Nellie Martin, as she came in from school, and threw her books down on the table, “I do think a lioarding- school is the worst place in tlie world!” “Why,” replied Mabel Lee, her room-mate, ‘I thought you liked it ever so much; you said you did, yesterday.” “Well, I thought so then, but I don’t now; for the girls are all the time making unkind remarks about me—and I mean to sit down now and write to my mother, and ask her if I may come home.” A slight smile spread over Mabel’s counten ance, as she rejoined: “I suppose you never say anything against the other girls, do you?” “No, indeed, not as they do, I’m sure.— Why, if I said one-half as many things about Gertrude Leland as she does about me, I should be ashamed to show my face any where.” “Well, Nellie, suppose you and I each take a piece of paper, and write down every slan derous expression that we hear each other use this evening, and at nine o’clock compare our papers.” • “Well, I am willing, but I don’t believe we shall have anything to write, at any rate I guess your paper will be blank. If you would only try it with the gills in the next room, there would be some fun in it.” “Take care, Nellie, oi l shall have to com mence immediately.” The evening wore away, and nine o’clock arrived. As soon as the first stroke of the bell was heard, Nellie pushetUsiide her books say ing: “Now, Mabel, let me hear what you have to say; you must read first, because you have the longest list. I rather think you have not much to-niglit; it seems to me that your pen cil has done nothing but write all the even ing.” “And it strikes me that your tongue has done nothing but run, run, all the evening.— But I must begin, or we shall not he in lied in season. I have—let me see—one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten breaches of the ninth commandment against you on my paper.” “Not so many. I know, let me hear.” “In the first place, when you opened your books to commence studying, you said you thought Miss idine was the crassest teacher that ever lived, site gave such long and hard lessons.” “Oil, yes! I remember that; hut it is the strongest expression I have used, is it not ?” “AVe will see. Then you asked me if I in tended to keep my two silent hours this even ing; I told you no. not until to-morrow morn ing; upon that you called Mrs. an un feeling creature for requiring ns to keep them all. Soon after that the fire needed some at tention. You went to the wood-box for some wood, and accidentally tore your dress on a nail that w;us sticking on the inside of it- - You declared that the next time you had a box sent you from home, you hoped your brother would have nothing to do with nail ing it up ; the Tittle scamp,’ I think was the epithet you used. “You sat down to mend your dress, but could not find your thimble; i reminded you that yon lent it to Fannie yesterday, and you replied that you wished she had been at the bottom of the Real Sea before she came in here borrowing your things. I could not help smiling then, for I remembered that you bor rowed hers a week ago, and lost it, and she was obliged to use yours instead. Aliout 8 o’clock, Sarah came in to ask you where the history lesson commenced: you told her: liut no sooner had she left the room than you ex claimed. ‘I hope I shall never he accused of following her example; she had better keep her ears open when the lesson is given out.— I believe she always hears with her elbows.’ Our lamp went out a few minutes ago. You called the lady with whom we hoard a ‘stingy old woman,’that could not afford to supply us with decent lamp oil.” “Oh, Mabel! did T really say that? I don’t remember it. AATiy, how wicked it was. _ it was entirely my fault that the lamp did not burn well: fur when I sealed my letter, 1 play ed with my sealing wax until 1 had nearly covered the wick with it. AA'ell, please don’t read any move tome, for I am heartily asham ed of myself, hi future I will try and keep a strict watch over my tongue, and over mv thoughts, too—for I suppose 1 should not say anv such things if I did not think them first.” As Mabel lay in bed that night, thinking over the events of the day, tiiis verse came in to her mind: "In the multitude of words there wantetli not sin: hut he that refraineth his lips is wise.” Here Ik Sc.mct Iiiug to Think of. The number of languages spoken, is 3.0(14. The number of men is about equal to the number of women. The average of human life is about 33 years. One quarter die before tlie age of 7; one half ljcfore the agaof 17.— To every 1000 persons only one reaches 100 years. To every 100 only 9 reach G5 years; and not more than one in 500 reaches 80 years. There are on earth 1,000.000.000 of inhabitants. Of these 33,333,333 die every year, 7.780 every hour, and GO every minute —or one for every second. These losses are about balanced h v an equal numlier of births. The married are longer lived than the sin gle, and above all, those who oliservc a sober and industrious conduct. Tall men live lon ger than short ones. AA'omen have more chances for life previous to tlie age of 50 titan men, but fewer after. The number of marria ges are more frequent after the equinoxes— that is, during the months of June and De cember. Those horn in spring a re generally more robust than others. Births and deaths are more by night than by day. The number ot men capable of hearing arms is calculated at one fourth of the population.—Ex. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP AFRICA. Cotton Qviet hut firm. MANCHESTER ADVICES IJNFAV0Rah Lk CONSOLS ADVANCING. New York, Oct. 15.—The steamshiu A f • has arrived with Liverpool dates to COMMERCIAL. Liverpool Market.—Sales of eotUm ,t„.- IP \VP**lr oil OOO Koine nf nil.L.1. UflUg the week 41,000 hales, of which , 1 cam fcr,.t /• "-'tor took 1,G00, hnd exporters (1,500 Kales demand had slackened, but holders were fi 1 owing to reports of damage to the - n " owing io ic[M ii is oi uamage 10 the crons 'f sales on Friday were 8,000 bales, of speculators and exporters took 1,000 1,-a " K ’ The murket closet! firm. The antharitl quotations are for— ‘ ZMj Fair Orleans 7£d. I Mid. Orleans.. “ Mobile Tilled. Mobile W. •‘ Uplands 7>bi | Uplands'..’””"'^ 6 ' 1 The stock in Lioerpool was 498.000 tow which 428,000 were American. "* Manchester advices were unfavorable— S0| were slow of sale, but prices were tiuehane i At Liverpool, Naval stores were ■' " ni - Provisions did’. ,ina > amj Consuls at London quoted at 981 fa 93.3 money and account. ’ " r GENERAL NEAYS. No news about the cable; shares in tho it ntic Telegraphic stock were buoyant, at th,„ hundred and eighty to fonr hundred ari l twenty pounds sterling. Ul1 The Spanith Government has sanction*,! the importatian of cotton seed into 1'uKi ' The political news is generally unimport ;mt Mute Marriage Service in the Kpiscoi. Church.—It is seldom we hare witnessed L beautiful a ceremony as tlie marriage of \|j”' Ellen L , of Boston, to Trust, of pj,^ delphia, son of the well known negotiator j the Treaty of Giiadahmpu Hidalgo. wl,j,.| took place on Tuesday in the pretty riarisi' Church at New Brighton, S. I- Tj[ e i,,.^ couple were both mutes—deaf and dumb f roill infancy. The Rev. .Air. Irving very slowly tind emphatically read the service, which Mr Galludet translated liy signs, with wundc-rfiii fidelity and rapidity, the bride and groom i,-. I (eating these signs as they were indicated K their clergyman. Several times tin- sign-luti- gttage lingered after the wuril-langnagx h a ,| ceased, and then the silence which reigned in the church, and the breathless interest whiff enchained every spectator, was almost tn\, ful.—X. Y. Express. 10m “Great Events in 1858.”—Under thishc a .| the New Y'ork Observer ranks fiou-thin s follows: 1. Tiie revival of religion, the most extensile and thorough ever experienced in tin- United States. 2. The triumph of the American Tract Su ck-tv, the greatest moral victory of Truth mvr Error achieved since the Reformat ion 1M i.l n Martin Luther. 3. The successful completion of the elect fi, telegraph from Europe to America, tin great- est work of human perseverance ami ent,, prise. 4. The opening of China to the eommen of tin* world, and free toleration of tin-1 h t j. tian religion throughout the Empire. Yi-lloiv FYver. TlKMltMths iii Mobile In>111 yt*il«*w lever. f„j the 24 hours ending, at 6 o’clock on s UD( j ai evening, were 10. The deaths ftotn fever f« r the week ending on Saturday evening, were25 tin excess of 20 over tiie previous week. There were, during Monday and Tueslav eleven interments in Savannah, six (,t ii/.iff, were of yellow fever patients. 'The interments for the week were thirty-two. fifteen of whiff, were caused by vellow fever. A AA'ike’s Power.—’The power ofawiforfe good or evil, is irresistiple. Home must lie the seat of happiness, or it must he forever unknown. A g- od wife is to a man wisdom, courage, strength and endurance. A bad one is confusion, weakness, discomfiture, and despair. No condition is hopeless where the wife possesses firmness, decision and economy. There is no outward prosperity which can counteract indolence, extravagance, and folly at home. No spirit can long endure had do mestic inffuenc. Man Is strong, his heart is not adamant. He delights in enterprise and action: hut to sustain him he needs a tran quil mind, and a whole heart. He needs his moral force in the conflicts of the world. To recover his equanimity and composure, home j Macon “for tlu must l>e to him a place of repose, of peace, of 1 cheerfulness, of comfort, and his soul renews its strength again, :uid goes forth with fresh vigor to encounter the labor and troubles of life. But if at home he finds no rest, and is there met with had temper sttlleness or gloom, or is assailed by discontent or com plaint, hope vanishes, and he sinks into des pair. Sharp Practice. The Oneida t liiet relate? that two young bucks of Stoekbridge. start,,| one Sunday on a trip tni lin,'on. Tlie u.-ntl, er was cool and stormy, and at Ktmx 1 Orii-t- they concluded to go fi, and "lickcr." Middl ing up to the bar. they called alntul the ime.- of what they most desired, lmt wen- i«,fonuel by the landlord that according to the Statutes oi’the State lie could not scliott the L.nt: day : “hut.” said lie, --you jtt.-i . all furs l‘>. and it'll he all right.” This was signihoiit the bucks aforesaid sharpened up their a|.|» tito for “shtitin wet." and thought in th,-ii hearts. what a jolly good fellow i.m landlord must lie. So they repaired to the dining room a;,d worried down a »h. !.- “Now. my cove,” said t take a little brandy !” “I told you I sold in* liqt comes to 2-i cents: ' .411 the words it, welistet s fail to give an idea of the gathered like a storm cloud the travellers, as one mutter ‘•You don't think we ate tl was hungry did you ?” Tlie origination of the term, tlie "1 it.-i Unit ily of Virginia.” is tints explained bv an ,x change : In the early settleiuentoftliat siat,- it was found impossible to colonize it util. -, women went there. Accordingly, a ship ha.: was sent out. lmt no planter was allowed ;• marry one of them until lie had diet piid otu- hundred pounds of tobacco for her passe.. When the second ship load came, is- one would pay more than seventy-five pounds :o. the matrimonial privilege, except it wet- 1 very superior article. Consequently, the de scendants of all those who Were sold fm .!. bundled pounds of tobacco wen ranked as fi . ti 1st families, while those who hr,,tight lid seventy-live pounds are now rank' d a- the s ond families : and the reason why no • to . m ever find any of the second lamilie-. isbe.-atis you can't get a Virginian tn admit that lie- mother only brought seventy-!!', p. tobacco. Nitre .1 we-c.x as tl iusl 1 iict 1 >se eit r acts f^ln tout lily t JAdiC iourn; isel\e t froti : out line 0 i the ' we aj grtisii 1 in la .re-itm tis jt it irtum >d Hi a be stti Cn.v ors Ait A rich man sent to call a pin-.: a slight disorder. Tlie physh fin h it hi and asked “Do yon eat well ' “Yes,” said the patient. “Do vott sleep well ?” “Ido.” ‘•Then.” said the physician. I < e you something to take all 1h.1t. i: o ti it necessarv.” Got Him There.—AA'hilc a number of laws yets and gentlemen were dining together at AYiscasset, a few years ago a jolly son of the Emerald Isle, appeared and called for dinner. Tlie landlord told him lie should dine when the gentlemen were done eating. AA"ell Done. Gallant Lit ilk Delawakl Delaware, the State Major Noah tm fit' ' ,-t when it was all AVhig. ;ot earning in L.- breeches pocket, is now all Democratic, at:-: cannot lv confined in so narrow a compass- At the recent State election the Benin fa' were successful by 800 majority- a vi ry h..r one l'or the number of voters there are in that State.—Memphis Avedunvht. Artesian AVfi.l in Macon. Elam Alexan der. Esq. . lias petitioned the City Council xclusive privilege of l“'n ; - an Artesian AA’cll or AA'ells up,m suck imea pied ground or streets belonging to the up as may be suitable for the same, with the rf- elusive privilege of the streets and lams f i the purpose of laying pipes. \i ■. on such ti-iffis j as may hereafter lie agreed upon." A Bank of Gold.—There i> a puqjeet ■ • j loot iu New York to establish a U’Jlioi 1 • 1 which shall us,- nothing but coin in itm •> - | actions. It meets with the cordial apptc- of many prominent men, among whomac 1 Martin Van Buren. Roliert J. AValkcr. ioim A j Dix and John J. Uisoco The Capital h * "y I $1,000,000. and the revenues arc to K-ficii'i ' from loaning this sum. and chargin- a very •Let him dine with us." whispctvda limb small commission, front the two.litaidu-fitl- ’ •and wc shall have some tiqi with Tire Grain Crop in Europe.—The Boston Journal tints epitomizes the information res pecting tlie European grain crop of 1858, as derived from latest English papers: In the countries bordering upon the Medit erranean, the crop is variously reported but upon the whole may he regarded ils equal to, it not exceedingtin average. Egypt will fur nish a full average. Spain and Portugal will not require any supplies from other countries. In Belgium and Holland there is an average crop: while in the Baltic regions, including Northern Germany and AA’estem Russia, the yield is below an average, although high pri ces may induce exports to some extent. In France there is a fair crop of wheat and rye. oats being inferior. The cereal crop of Eng land exceeds the average, and a portion of the extraordinary wheat yield of last year still re mains in the hands of farmers to he added to shis year’s harvest. Other hreadst-uffs are somewhat under the average. In Ireland all kinds of produce are abundant, compared with recent years. The Wheat crop of Scotland is excellent, other emits being medium, andpos- riblv below. On the whole, the United King dom will this year require smaller imports of gain titan itt ordinary seasons The supply ing power of Central Russia is not yet deter mined. of the law. hint.” The Irishman took his seat at tho table. “You were pot horn in this country said oil#. “No sir, 1 was born in Ireland.” “Is your father living?” “No sir : he is dead.” “What is your occupation ?” "Trading horses ” "Did your father ever cheat am one while here ?” “I suppose he did cheat many, sir." “Where do you suppose lie went to ?” “Tti heaven, sir.” "Has he cheated any one there ?’ ’ “He lias cheated <>ne, I ladieve. “AA’liy did they not prosecute him ?" "Because titey searched the kingdom of heaven, and couldn't find a lawyer.” The last answer spoilt the whole of the fun in the estimation of tlie lawyers. “The Babes in the Wood." Two little children of Mr. Rainier, of Deerfield, Alielti- gan, wandered into the woods near that place, and were lost on Sunday afternoon, the 2t!th tilt. The news spread like wildfire, and large numbers of neighbors commenced scouring the forest, but without effect. The search wits kept, up although believed to beho|K'less, until Tuesday morning, when the children were found, having suffered from nothing but hunger. They were aged respectively 5 and 7 years. |fp An impatient Welchman called to liis i wife, “Come, come, isn’t break fast ready ? I’ve j laid nothing since yesterday, and to morrow will be the third day !” This is equal to tlie I ' call of the stiring housewife, who aroused her maid at 4 o'clock with. “Come, Bridget, get up! Here 'tB Monday moruiug : to-morrow’s Tuesday, next day’s Wednesday—half the week gone—and nothing done yet!” tin- 0111-tenth of one per cent, on the >ubi s 1 posited with the bank, which will aheo- (Eiyable in coin. Water in the Ska. -If we would obi.-ci»»» rn h' u hvillc. 1 inst.. ms fc no rig ms n a 1 to int ui ven riled uetin: of t h «> a gb ''1 iana. tth'.V paj- 1 8, to 1 and It ienc • t he ret i and 1 giving -. Tin inued ■1 to 11 Iy Mr. 1 ami I reqiios it to tteiriv cring 1 agemc are gri • in y idea of the water which the us suppose a comm. - and the ocean. By can > , dred fat boms, or the t t: shall sec that their - -atnd the whole glob* < the high and three leet : and if we w« to one mass, we should ic-d t a globe of more than sixty 1 diameter. sea contiuns. getiara! »l<-pth :» ,»nlv twidiut JfjU A London pajK-t gives the fellowiiK remedy for two evils to which the gentler m-' arc now subjected, viz : excessive critndtne and ability to accidental combustion : !' adding to the starch used ill preparing ti'- N dresses a tablespoonful of common alum powdered state, tire starch make# tin- dies'’ stitfor, and prevents its bursting >»[" when placed in contact with an> burning ' ,|! stance." fUT A London wittios havlug told the nure j istrate ho was a pennum. was asked in wlta j part of literture he wielded bis pen. and In " ^tl plied that he jwmod sheep in the Sniitliti" ••• -1 market. •It is a solemn thing to lie married Aunt Bethany. “Yes: lmt it’s a deal iu«»re! solemn not to !«*.” said her little nice |gp* “John, did you ever bet on a b< ,rsr ^ race ?” "No. but I’ve seen my sister an old mare. A Good Hit.—Frentice says the Editoi d 1 the New York Herald speaks in praise of op beef. Probably he take* rn d pr< tt' done but we ha •• .0 iir."’- Iv takes the hid.