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^’? b * ?~‘ ,r ed. there*, pltityupby iu look,
ng thorn in the face. And there is a propriety,
too, in keeping one’s nose before him, iVt I ni /„
vhero he will. A. long as .1 man follow h«
nose, it can the mill ofiiim that bo has no guide.
Two passengers, besides -• • • 6 -
On strict adbereneo, Ui bpih, they are
oends the stability of their liberties. In
!,de J7of electing delegate*, wo.ulil be raaui-
TZS oflatr. departure.from republicau-
not revolution itself, a revolutionary
V while i“ th® action of the Convention,
j£. aoparent, violation of fundamenml law
Jjoo of tire highest exercise or power.
^ Straw determined to preserve order,
i *•'j. c | r institutions, and secure their politi-
(be majority of our citizens could not.
11 of opinion, hesitate to set thoseai of re-
1 the whole proceedings.
• worse than uonseue to insist that refine-
l' u i n a constitutional way, be edi t led.
'cluidiution. it is true, contains no tirovi-
* ivilitninishiog tho number of Legffitors,
•* ,escrihcs the mode of its own ameudm-uit.
•“o action of two sessions, the Legislatio n can
f-I nower citlter to reduce the number of its
,' hr ordinary legislation, or by calling n
. ti«n. Let pledges be exacted from eamli-
;i L, jf clewed, they will vote in favor of
*1, iho Legislature with the desired ambo-
i! .,i!hat they will heart and hand go for its
Korf cxercle. Should the Gilmer party
“pi tils measure, reduction will be au effort ol
•,..k labor: for the Clark party have more to
thin loso by it, and tho smaller counties safe. Wit.
la lie sensible that tho longer it is po.tpoucd
e greater their loss.
SOUTHERN CONVENTION'.
Ih nothing the proceedings, on the 5th instant,
| “ t'"S 0 f the citizeus of Sumter District,
loih Carolina, “to take into consideration the
f “ fc , which ought to bo pursued by tin.
Idkf* titofafi in the event that Congress fail
linAe a satisfactory modification of tiie exist-
I, r„ilTUwV the Charleston Southern I’atri-
T«f the lull iustant, gives tho following iufor-
letter was received from Gen. Blair, under
Kof the —Iris April, from Washington, r .c.nn-
a Southern Convention, uuless the Ta
ta'satisfactorily adjusted, the foundation for
diet hope, ho says, is diminished but not destroy-
I since the recc'ptioii given to Mr. Clay's pro-
Xitiuui- Gen. Blair states that he has recom-
this course of proceeding to the Smith-
* members generally, mid they all concur in
hg. a Southern Convention a decide.) prefer-
ke over Nullification, except the nullifying por-
0 f our own delegation, 11c further adds,
iit if the Tariff is not satisfactorily modified,
^niil endeavor to procure a meeting (or enu-
ji) of the Southern members, at the close of the
J. Jeu, for tho puiposc of making tbchndid, n
| il minifesto to tho Southern people, setting
hour wrongs, ami pointing to the remedy a-
live indicated. 1 lo states that he has no doubt
Tits success, if not resisted by the nullifying
limbers of our own State.” The course of pro
liding is in irked out as follows: “That tins Con*
Lt.oa should meet at Columbia; tbit cat-lt
Lu shield send a number of Delegates proper-
l,,.,I to her representation in Congee**; that
l-delegates should be instructed to address a
null spirited, but respectable remonstrance
It; ingress, against nny other thau a Revenue
Lriff. presenting to that body nt tbs same time
fsllornalivo of giving tip the American sys-
ai, „r l!i it we separate from the Confederacy,
if ir.' can, forcibly if m mu:!.”
lO.ierini as the Tariff is, we mnst confess, tlint
I in it semis much less an evil than separation,
u its eouroinittant* of standingarm.es. Iron
rbrtuicaiioni, cordons of cnstom-hou*e <>Hi
Ir,, iliplinintic agents, and national govern-
:»n. The following extracts from n letter writ-
i liv Mr. Jelfer-on, under date of “Philadelphia,
Inc I, 1193,” to John Taylor, arc in point:
••it ii trn,! that we are completely under the
dim of Massachusetts and Connecticut, mid
lit tbry ride very hard, cruelly insulting our
l.vi.'i. as well cxhaust.ng our strength and sub*
It.we. lint if oa a temporary superiority of
lion.' psrty, the other is to resort to u scisiou
I the lu on. .no federal government can ever
L-u If to rid ourselves of the present rule »>f
|n.vcv.n.-tt, and Connecticut, we break tho U-
o. m l the evil stop there? Suppose the New
lijliul Stales alone cut off, will our ustitrca be
kngvd! Are wo not men still to the South if
I 'sa i l null all the passion* of mru? Imtncdi-
14y, we sh ill see a Pennsylvania and a Virgi-
Ii piny arise in the residuary coufed-.-r.icy, and
public mind will bo distracted with the same
spirit. What a game too will ilia one par-
[bive in their hands, by v-tertinlly thro.-s
y other that unless they do so mid so, they wilt
in their Northern neighbors. Jf wo reduce our
bin to Virginia and North Carolina, iinmedi-
P ! y titecuaiUct will ho established between tho
i-'<sentitives of these two States, and they will
1 by breaking into tlicirsimple units. Swing,
kr.-furo, that an association of men who will not
pwcl with one another is a thing which uever
r< existed, from tho greatest confederacy of na*
s .Inara to a towu meeting or a vestrv. seeing
l we must have somebody to quarrel with, 1
1 ruber keep our New England associates for
p)purpose, than to see our ItWkermg* transfer
's to ethers.”—Jefferson's H'orks, vol. III. ptges
llriferion was a close observer of nature, and
ntantted wilb the main springs of the heart.—
will disagree with man and association with
pinion in every land aod under every form
'government, lu the South, the seed of dis-
on have uot to be sown —it is long since they
t vrjjlnteu—they are already largo plants of
owns growth. The leading parties in Geor-
t tail Snath Carolina entertain the most ma-
Pjiut feelings towards each other; and against
rwioiaiistu tlcj majority in North Carolina nre
•'tq'c.l; while Virginia is within convulsed by
■'i t k U0 ? l ' ni1 ’ Uie mountains mid plaius, nml
oy tli: must, discordant principles. VFhul-
per may be tha iudidatiou of Alabama, her si-
nlices her completely within tho nawor
tiy \, ** cru ritatos, and ii is commercially nod
", a J , * ,elr interest that slio should go with
.*• bo tLnl a bouillon. Confederacy could
Picompr«(i-n,| moro StaWstlmtt Georgia, South
’■oir.ii, Noriji Carolial, and Virgiui i, nmong
an Ilia principle of cohesion is almost nominal,
»» powerful as a whirlwind.
L*'*m secession is prefer.tblo to uutlifien*
nmough both nro tho same in the conclusion.—
dridains disguise, and premouisbas
its if. '?* risks and couscqticnces;
lisii “• under the garb of peace, con-
L. *2* torch and d igger, procl iinmig safety,
fui;, a . or rier, lint treacherously precipitating its
L ** 'l' 10 rpufusioii,' nuurvby ond war. In
c.,'; 1 or politics, wo prefer tho lofty isle to tho
u«a ruck,
Lpt iT,^. t . de !Ia coh TEtSOnAPB.
‘‘ETlLKtJ FROM A MACON MAN.
. No. 1.
I Dri* q M ill Stage, May 3,1832.
Itk I } , you desire a history of my tra
in? itTi.‘^ 1 ** dil * E ,vu one; though confident
[ 7ni i ."| Ky to f ani ^|, nU y thiug novel’or in-
I u‘ f. 08 * tour so limited, hud so Bthsustcd
frbilikZ precoding nuristi, as rplno -v^ill be»
83 • re * ' w Uoxo so few can sneered, in.
fi* u latt '«:ling tdqr, I truitiijn willlnvc
. • .. . myself, the driver and
snndrj mail bags, comprised the freight. A word
here about the stage. As it is possible you may
some liny become traveller yourself, let me drop
a word, on behalf of Uncle Sam’s carriages.
I iiere are no conveyances in the world like these:
thev whisk you through a journey in u twinkling
—they shake up your blood, and shakedown your
dinner; ihey work humors out of tlie body, and
ideas into tbo head. Above all, they assist diges-
lorn—which is of the highest importance to a tra
veller, as ir enables him to enjoy all the had 'eat
ing as well as the good eating he meets ou tho
road: a traveller should have au appetite for nny
There were three passengers, I have said, in all
—a very proper complement. A greater number
might retard oiir progress; a sandier might be no-
would want to trust himself alone
with a single passenger on a public highway? h u
might ho a robber, or murderer, lint with two,
thorn's less danger: either would be nfroid to ho-
ititiVl an attack upon you without the co-operation
hf tile other—ntidnco-opcrntiou would bo equal
ly h i/.ardoti* to propose. With two fellow pas
sengers, tiicrefore, you may sleep insecurity..
Tho Bridge groaned au adieu, as the stage roll
ed away; mid the faro of the Oemu'geo, hitherto
so, serene, so placid, appeared-swelled and agita
ted!- 41 ow stick manifest grief docs affect oue!
How light soever the heart may feel at parting,
where no eord*j»re broken, no ties severed; it is
vastly different, tv hero affection lias woven her
lunslics around it, and a thousand associations are
linked with its existence.
Macon, with its hustle mid business, its wealth
and its commerce, was now left behind. I’hc
stage dashed through the suburbs—(passing the
polite Solomon Humphries on tho left, mid the
Irov ning fort Hawkins ou the right)—swept
through Walnut creek, now enraged nud foaming
like a war horse—and flew over the hills aud
plains with the speed of a hurricaue.
“Get up! lazicsl—hip, huy, my dandies," vo
ciferated the driver, as lie crack'd his whip and
thundered through the streets of Clinton, frighten
ing the little hoys from their marbles, and attract
ing the belles to their windows. “Gee up! aud
ba-daru’d to you!” aud pop. went t'to whip! llow
stage drivers will swear! aud with what authority
they do speak? After a congressman, wiio so
mneh to be admired as a stage driver? who so iu
dependent ns lie? who so much gazed after: and
who h is so much responsibility on his hands?
Notwithstanding its proximity to iMacon, which
threatens to swallow up every village in its vicini
ty, (as .Saturn is said to have devoured hi* own
offspring for fear of their oue day becoming his
rivals,) Clinton still holds its own, and is a place
of considerable notoriety, from the wealth and re
finement of its inhabit,nils. As die public site of
a large and rich country, it coiniuauds-a good
siiarc of trade and mechanical enter prize; mil is
considered altogether ns one of the healthiest and
pleasantest villages in the state.
The stage allowed lime to breathe a moment
white opening the mail at Furl vide, a salubrious
ami romantic site,—renders d stiil more rum uitic
by those aucient mounds aud fortifications from
w'bicit tho villa received its u :iae. Common as
those ancient works are. iu all parts of the state,
too many associations are connected with them
to prevent the scenes of their location from being
lost to.the memory.
The stars wore lit, when wc entered Milledge-
vide. How quiet aud peaceful this renowned me
tropolis appears now. No excitements, no angry
debates, nowadays— no Imt speeches, ns threat
ening* of cold lead, iu these times! Who, that
had seen it some five or six months ago, the nois
iest, the most consequential little city in the uni
verse, could have believed such a change possible?
It is now as mild ns o cradle—mulling is drunk
stronger than soda water—and no cue speaks a-
bove his breath—even the tavern beds are afraid
to make a noise! (Tiie village belle: however,
are said lo be ns saucy as ever.) Ilow muck of
this metamorphosis is owing to recent editorial
nud political diatlgcs about Mtlledj.evdlc, it is not
proper for me to stop to inquire. And as the
stage is waiting, 1 «i!i hasten ou.
[If my descriptions of places cud histories of
tilings arc brief and uns itisinclorv, 1 cnmitt htlp
ir—my progress is too rapid to allow me to make
inquiries or r. c-i - c answer*. Nor is tin re much
IHO, so long ns Wellborn's Map mid Sherwood's
Gazetteer are found on every desk. Besides, 1
would rather he thought too brief, than found fa
tiguing!}-diffuse—winch, whenever my letters be
come, you are requested to burn them without
roniliug'.] , ,
Tho village of Sparta was wrapt in n slumber
as deep ns that which has for age* hound its an
cient namesake, ns ottr vehicle glided through its
streets; mid tlio few who were wakeued by the
detonations of tho coachman's whip, had hardly
time to uutio their nightcap* before silence and
darkness again reigned. W o reached Warrcutou
just in time to detect the sun in a very immauncrly
trick: the wicked roguo was peeping into their
windows, while many of the good people were
indulging theinsoivcs iu bed! A lew however
were up aud stirring, early h* it wna; from \\ liuii
I formed a favorable opinion of their habits, tint-
wilistauding their politics. Aristocratic princi
ples, 1 find, generally iuduce a baldt of luxury
aud laziness, altogether incompatible with genu
ine republicanism. Tho “Rare! Cabinet" should
recollect this. m . . .» , „ ,
White watting hofo far breakfast, we fell in
cmnpuuy with ouo of tho contractors ou this lino
—who, though apparently possessing souud sonso
and good information, was a most iiucoiisciounhlo
Taritfito and Clay mao. This geutloman resided
iu tho District of Coluinhia, and knew of every
thing that had occurred there.for tho last teu
yearn. Among other rccitable rolotioui, wm"i
most accurate ono of the causes nud history of Iho
dissolution of tlio lato Cabinet. It was wonderful
to hear! 1 wns uot able to find out. whether the
election of Heuiy Clay or tho regulation of tho
singes, was the ofiject of his visit to tho south.
The transportation of the mail liolweeu \\ ash-
ingion city unci Now Orlcnni employ* 200 team*
of-four horses caeh-bosidos extra horses, aver
aging one for each team—in all 1000 horses. The
keeping of llieio horses amounts to 130 dollars a
piece annually. A driver for each team, whoso
Imaid and wage* aro worth 400 dollars per an-
num; ten or fifteen agents, who receive salaries
of 1000 dollars.oath; besides the interest on the
capital cmpioyod iu horses and carriage*. A
pretty oxpjtJsivo business for Uuclo Sam.
P If.my pen was as well paid as Uncle Sam a
coach bprsos, it inigbl go on M fast. But ns it is
Philippi”—o» ^
L1C^5|E?j'*pIlO>l A MACON-aiAN.
a* .•-■Ve'.Hi ■■ .. 'VxWi..- i
;. 'T-. • • t-.' Augvita. Mav5-»il85B.
•-Beaw Sir—Tbi rein wu falhag'ma;-ria.r,*rts.
Ki'torarrr- : Adgttrir. VvkW*
wus nokointur over, .(ftun I sallicd.fvrtli, .to takj
a view of the enterprise, the prosperity and the
magnificence around me. Nor can I speak iu
terms oftoqlbigh admiration of this beautiful belle
araoug dfieY—though like all hello* she has her
share of jealousy. Her appearance, as she stands
on the vtestern bank of the Savaniiah.wjtb “one
foot pu tbo laud and the other tin. the water,” her
shadow, coveriug n square mile of ground; her
eye grasping at tho whole Stato, nud her bauds
laying hold of every coruer of tho world—is as
imposing ns it is beautiful.
Augusta every where looks thrifty and business
like. Tho buildings aro mostly brick, mauy of
them elegant, chaste, and Dro proof. Sundry
splendid churches, with their tail spires pointing
to a better world, give ono n favorable opinion of
its morality; and two large market bouses, well
supplied with meats, vegetables nud fruits, aro
iiicoutvstible evidence of its health. A lino mar?
bet bouse, tbo, affords a striking example of the
civilization of the place—as bowels for good liv
ing do of its salubrity. • They must boa reflecting
people who aro so provident for their stomachs.
The savage pays no regard to his eatiug or "drink
ing: it is your intellectual muu w ho uuderstauds
the value of these tilings.
Tlio people of Augusta have also ears for mu
sic! This fact I arrived at by a train of reason
ing you will admit to lie quite’conclusive: they
have a regard for posterity! An ear for music
brings men into the society of females—the society
of fcmalcs iuduccs what? a love for posterity, to
ha sure. Let our legislators cultivate a taste for
mud:. 1 may also venture to nllirm, from a sim
ilar ratiocination, that the ladies of this city aro ve
ry beautiful. True, I have seen but few—but no
matter: l have seen tlio men. Aud you may take
it as an axiom, that, wherever the females arc
haodsome nud,accomplished, the males.are sure
to ba well dressed and well behaved—such is the
influence of the softer sex upon them. Where
there is no female society, there is a retrograda-
tioii iu civilization. 1 would sooner depeud upon
a corps of huudsome wniuon to reform a com
muiiity, than upon all the missionaries iu the
world.
The amount of business done in this market is
great. About ISO.OUO bales of cotton are brought
Iiere annually; aud a proporiion.il quantity of mer
chandise. The population of Augusta is about
twice that of Macon; and about twice the a-
mounlof capital is employed here that there is in
Macon. But Augusta it less democratic: there is
a great appearance of aristocracy in the manner
some people as well as houses stretch up thoir
heads above their neighbors, But this is the case
of ail cities of the ago of Augusta.
A bridge (similar iu fashion to that over the
Ocmulgee at Macon,) about 325 yards in length,
supported ou 18 or CO piers, connects Augusta
with Hamburgh. This is a low, level place, in
clined tc ho sickly. About tho same, proportion
of business comes to Hamburgh, us goes to East
Macon. Very littlo cotton 1 am told crosses the
river.
Augusta appears to bo iu a less moving dispo
sition thau formerly. Then, it was (eared that
the city would move out of town entirely, so
strong was the propensity to get up street. Busi
ness has now got hack to its appropriate stnud.—
Many of the public buildings in this place arocost-
ly and splendid. The Hotels are probably not
surpassed in the limited States. But you arc too
familiarly acquainted with this city yourself, to
render a minute.description at all interesting.
in taking a viewoftlta public buildings, 1 came
to the City Hall, and was charmed with the rich
dress of white clover that covered its yard—so
different from any thing 1 had beloro seen. In
deed, tiiis rich fodder is growing very freeju all o-
vor the city nud commons, interspersed wini Ber
muda and oilier grasses. It has come up spon
taneously, aud keeps spreading. This fact is
worth mure to the Slate of Georgia than the rich
est gold mine: It is the generally received epin-
iott, that the clover does not succeed at the south
—tiie ri d f bflrcvc docs not. But the white is
much fitter for pasturage, and if it can accommo
date itself to cur lands, wc shall have; tto excuse
for mean beef, aud rank butter.
Building material* are about ns dear Iiere asm
Macon. Free stone is found iu the neighborhood,
which is beginning to be considernldy used.—
Cannot the'due and grey limestone or marble of
Habersham and Franklin comities be brought
down the river and' iisc-d lo advantage? *0016
.poeimens 1 h ive seen from those quarries receive
a beautiful polish; and the quantity T nut told is
iuexbaoitibie, “'If the expeuso of qttarryiiig 1
transportation is not extravagant, Augusta might
beconu: oue of tho handsomest cities iu the world.
If our I’cnit uitiary system is ever re-established,
I would suggest, that the convicts he employed nt
those quarries.
Experiments have been made with vineyards
to a small cxieut iu this neighborhood, which
have succeeded admirably, home experiments
have also been attempted with the white mulher
ry, and the silk worm, but they aro genet ally a
bundoned.
There is no scarcity of editors, hanks and pro
fessional men hero. And, from the number of cot-
tuu buyers in the street, oue would suppose tuo
ucy was equally plcaty.
Garden Seed.—For articles, under this name,
upwards of twenty thousand dollars aro annually
carried from our State; tho greater part of wliicli
might, by a little attention on the part of our ci
tizeus, lie kept in circulation amongst us. Most
garden plants, except of tlio brassica tribe, mature
in our climate; aud cabbages ihemsclvds. by being
sown aud shaded early in autumn and protected
from the severer frosts of winter, will seed, and
teed well, in spriug. It might be more difficult
to succeed with broccoli and cauliflower, but, ns
they aro little used by the farmer, tho difficulty is
less to be regretted. The artichoke, kidney and
polo bean, beet, cucumber, egg-plant'‘or Guinea
squash,' endivo, lettuce, melons, nasturtium, ok
ra, union, parsley, parsnip, pumpkin, ganleu-poa,
red pepper, pie-rhubarb, radish, spinach, squash,
and tomato, being nil natives of warm countries,
arrive nearer to perfection in the South than in
coldor climates. Their seed, raised in Georgia,
being also acclimated, sprout sooner and bear
more ubundautly than those grown in tho North.
As it looks ridiculous aud is iu fact waste for per-
sdhx to bo purchasing front • distenco articles
which they c.iu produce cheaper nud of hotter
quality arhomu, we would ndviso our neighbors,
whilo tho season is npproaebiug. to preserve thoir
seed and save their rnouey. Wo counsel not in
the spirit uf the uumauly and iliilmral apothegm,
nothing good or useful comes from beyond the
1’olom.ic; but with a single eye to economy in
expeujiture aud the promotion of liorticulturo iu
our tltate, firmly boiiuviug that "a penny saved
is a penny gained.” Should our citizens conti
nue to iuduigo their sloth at tho expouse of tbcit
pockets, tbo establishment of a few nursery nud
soed gardens in the vicinago of oar principal
towns, would bo sources ol wealth to tneir pro
prietors, save considerable sums to tho country
and furnish a constant supply of good seed for
the. gardener and farmer. -
At a largo and respectable meeting of the citl-
zeus of Houston county, bold at the Court House
iu Ferry 00 Tuesday tlio 1st of May, for the pur-
note of taking into consideration tue propriety of
nominating u Delegate to attend the preliminary
Convention to tntet in Miikdgcvillo on Monday
the 7Rt instant, tn make arrangements for calling
n St ate Coovcatiuu to reduco the number of mem-
tfcriofctfia .BjitgUfegtillttK*. James H. ICiGta'.
Esq., was called lo tbo Chair, and U. V. iversou
Esq., appointed Secretary. It was then on mo
tion.
Resolved, That it is expedient that this meeting
appoint n Delegate to represent the Coanty of
Houston in tho contemplated Convention,
Resolved, That Dr. David Jameson be appoint
ed our’Delegste. >h ’
TAMES H. KILLEN, Chairman.
Rf.xjamik V. Iverson, Secretary.
05“ Papers which have published the proceed
ings of the meeting, signed rihadrnck Deuuord us
Chairmau, will please republish tbo above.
The now “Insurance Hank of Columlus,” char
tered at the last session of tho Legislature, has
already commenced business, nud we have seeu
several of tbeir bills in circulation. The plates
of the different deuomiuntious are superbly en
graved; nml while gazing ou the fiiia nud deli
cate texture of tiie paper, wo could not help ex
claiming, what a beautiful lining they would
form for an editor's pocket!
This bank was chartered sriilt n capital of three
hundred thousaud dollars, of which one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars have already been paid
in, and the stockholders, we understand,- nre in
dividually responsible for tho notes of the hank:
so that the credit of the institution is placed up
on n firm aud secure footing.—Columlus Demo
crat, 12 th iiu laict.
On Monday, the 7:b instant, (says the Colum
bus Demociat) at a 'incctibg of the stockholders
of the Insurance Hank of Columbus, James C.
Watson, D. M'Dougnld, James Wadsworth, L.
C. Allen, nml J. A. Hudson tvere choscu direc
tors of this institution—and nt a subsequent meet
ing of the directors, James C. Watson wn»«-
lectcd president, and Burton Hepburn, cashier of
tlio bank. , Tho hank will go iuto business imme
diately.
This is the third bank already located in ottr
flourishing town, nml wc have sonio hope, a
Branch of the Bank of the United States will he
located in Columbus; then wo shall have mouey
Of us.
SavarrAn, May 0.
'Fire!—The Cotton on board tbe steamboat
Pendleton from Darien, lying nt Bolton’s wharf,
took fire yesterday inoi-uiug about S o'clock,
which together with tbe boat, was entirely des
troyed. As soon ns tbe fire was discovered, the
boat was cut loose, the passengers and crew, so
rapid was its progress, haring barely time to effect
their escape to tho shore, tihe drifted with tho
rising tide, then half flood, along[tho line of ves
sels from the wharves, from which she was shov
ed off with tho pules, about half a mile up the
river, ou the other side, when, by tiie exertions
of Capt. Pock, she was tnado fast to a tree, but
the rope burning, she was swung off nud was n-
gain secured by tbe anchor dropping from the
fastenings. She continued burniug for three
hours and a half, and on the turn of the tide agaiu
threatened danger to tbe shippihg, which was ar
rested by tbo steamboat Georgia lakiug the flam
ing mass in tow.
We It ivo never seen destruction more complete
—the cotton, (UOl. bates; and every thing on board,
oven tho baggage of the passet gers being des
troyed, together with 'iho vessel and machinery
The cott011, except 56 bales taken iu at liutvkius-
ville, was received on hoard from Macon, at the
forks of the Ocuucc and Octnulgee rivers. The
boat, on which there was no iusurancc, was own
ed by Mr. U. S. Griffin, of Griffinsville. Capt
Feck does not kuow the origin of tho fire. The
vessel arrived about IU o’clock, and at 12, as usu
al, before retiring, he went iuto the fire room and
other parts of the boat, to seo that all was safe.
The lYudlctou brought a flat In .tow, containing
239 bales, (which. #f. course, was saved) makiug
bags, on which, as. near hs we can lonru, tho
following insurance existed: ' -
GIt) bates Ocean In mrauce Co. Boston 818,300
• 23 " .Marine & Fire“ “Charleston, CGU
;W “ Augusta Insurance Company, 034
Total less of cotton, about 830.U-JU.
Since tho above was in typo, we loam that 277
bales of that insured in the-Boston offico was in
the flit, consequently its loss was about 810,090.
Savannah Georgian.
FronlUrWar.—A brush with tho Indians, who
were removed lasVycar from tbo State'of Illinois
to the west side of the Mississippi, , and who have
lately returned, in a hostile manner, to thejr for
mer rcsidcuco - is tiuticipntcd. Col. Atkinson,
with the U.JS. troops under his commaud, from
Jefferson Barracks, reached Rock Island, in tbe
Mississippi, on the 10th ult. and Gov. Reynolds,
of Illinois, had issued orders to Brig- Gcu* Neale,
to raise a battalion of GOO men, to meet at Beard
towu ou tiis—Id ultimo to assist in driving black
Hawk and his party beyond the limits of tbii Bute.
Central Bank of Georgia.—Mr. Thomas Foard
has beeu, by tho Governor, appointed a Direc
tor, iu place of General James C. Watson, re
signed.
lyUiiatn D. Bulloch was, on tbe 8th instant,
re-elected President of tho Dank of the Stale of
Georgia,
Colonel F.dward F. Tattnall has been, by the
President ol tho UuiteiLStates, appointed appraiser
of goods iu the part of Savauaati, in place of \V,
J. Hunter, resigned.
A now Post Offico, tinder the name of “Davis,
tor,” (says tho Columbus Enquirer of tho I2tb
iustant) has been established in Talbot cuuniy,
ou ibo mad singe route from Talbottou to Mauou,
aud twelve aud a huff utiles from tho former
pUce, of which Gardrex 11. Davis is Post Alas
ter.
A singular production was loft at our office
(says tl.u Bavauuuh Georgian of the 1 ill.) ou
Friday last. It is a potato stalk bearing on its
bxaucUoi three potatoes, ouo uf which to nearly
Ji inches in circumference. Tbe plant caure
Irurn the common blue Inxb potato.
Murillo, ,tha Spanish general, eolobrated as
well tor his courage as cruelty against the patri
ots of Venezuela, hied ou the. 7th of March last.
M. Bonpland, tbo celebrated naturalist, long
dotaiued in Paraguay, by the dictator Francis,
had rcachud Santa Fee, and, on the BUh March,
was shortly expected at Luenus Ayres, on bis
way to Europe.
Murder and Execution.—Wo have received a
communication trom Capt. ltudise of this place,
who wns an eye witness to tbe scene, giving au
occouutof tho singular execution, on the 4th ult.
in tbe Choctaw Nation of a uegro, for the murder
of his master Mr. James Dnvis, a white man a-
ged between 50aud Git yoora, sun-in-law of Jnmcs
Perry, n half-bred Indian. The negro aged about
20, aud bis master wore in th» woods together
gathering pino, for tlio pnrposo of taking a lire
hunt that uigbt. Whilst Mr. Dnvis was stooping
down pickiug up splits, tlio uegro with an axe,
knocked him ou the head, burut his body, return
ed’ home; aud tald that his master and himself hod
separated aud went difforcui ways, fioarch was
at length, madet some particles of bones found
and the negro apprehended. He made confes
sion, showed whete ho had concealed his master's
gun, but could assign 00 other reason for tbe act
man that an old negro had advised him to kill his
master. Ho had been raised by Ur. Davis from
a child, who was a rcijK-cuUo mau and hemaac
master. Tho negro wus tied to a stake, a pea of
pioo splia tnado around hint, sad in thi* sRustfo*
tartt alivtr—tftatestc* Fttj^r 1
J'iio Loudon Morning Chronicle makes this re
mark—“Wc do not believe there is in Europe a
population in so wretched a condition as the half
million of people who inhabit tho eastern part of
London. They live in an undrained stvamp; tho
lanes nre not even paved; the houses are damp
and offensive; aud tbo inhabitants in their ap
pearance exhibit nil-tbs marks of physical and
moral degeneracy.” ■ ■
£2arricd,
In Houston couuty, on Sunday, the 13th imt.,
by John Chain, Esq., Dr. John G. M'Kermit to
Miss Narr.issa, Daughter of Shadrach Dcunard,
Esq., nil of said county.
lu De Kalti couuty, on the 18th ultimo, Mr.
Charles Murphy to Miss Eliza /Food, both of that
county.
At Savannah, on the 9th iustant, Mordteai
Sheflall, Ben. Esq. to Miss Virginia Russell,
eldest daughter of Isaac Russell Esq. all of that
city. '
Died,
In Perry, Houston county, on the 24th ultimo,
Mrs, Elizabeth Ramsey, in her thirty-second year.
In Carroll county, on the 13lh ult., Mrs. Mary
Chapman, widow of Debora Chapman, in her
sixty-eighth yenr—a women without du enemy—
hwvirtu^
Boat Slews.
arrived,
Boat Water Witch of Darien, P. R, Yotigo Sc
Sons owners.
Boat Navigator, Fletcher owner.
Dn-ABTED,
Boat Charles Carroll, 381 bogs cotton, Camp
bell owner. ’ ; '
_ Bant Rebecca, 390 bags cotton, Melroso la
Kidd owners.
I Ice—Price Deduced.
CI-, will bo delivered, on application at tlio
icc house, during the day at 8 cents the pound.
May 18 142 1
0 „ Pamily Flour
F a superior quality, for sale by
May 13 142 C.A. HIGOIN8.
TT OST between the Baptist Church and Ellis,
JXJ Shotwell & Co. a fine GOLD BREAST
PIN, with a yellow set in it, the fiuder will confer
a favor by leaving it at tiiis office.
May 11 19
SOLO MOST HUMPHRIES,
H AS jusFrereiFeifVrem^eV York and
Charleston,.a large and handsome assort
ment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware and
Cutlery, Crockery, Hats, Shoes, Bridles, Saddles,
Medicines, White Lead, Window Glass, Putty,
l.insecd nod Lamp Oil, Iron, Salt nnd Steel,
Blacksmith's Tooitimd n variety of other articles.
Also 100 pieces heavy Ilcmp Bogging.
His old customers aud the public in general are
invited to call.
East Macon, May 18,1832. 20-2w*
Macon Mineral ‘'KTatcr
ESTABLISHMENT.
T HE public are respoctfully informed, that
Soda Water, Carbonated Me&d, and Car
bonated Sangro, are uotv on draught at the
Fountain Room, next door below Mr. Freeman’s
store, on Mulberry street. As the proprietor has
been long engaged iu this manufacture, possesses
an unusually complete' apparatus, and is honestly
disposed to spare no pains or expense in render-
ing the establishment a useful and agreeable ono
to the community, by furnishing there cxhilerat-
iug, health promoting beverages as pure and per
fect ns thoy aro made in tho Northern cities, ho
liopos for the couutehnnco of his fellow-citizens in
general. To tbo patronage of the ladies he looks
forward with some confidence, from the peculiar
adaptation of the uxo of these fluids to the preser
vation and improvement of their health, aud the
deep interest they have in every proceeding pro-
motive of tenipcrnnro.
K. B. The Fcuutain and Pipes nre doubled
lined with block tin, and no metallic taint possible.
_Mayl3 142 3tw .
Just received
Q HL hhds St. Croix, l’oito Rico, and New
Q&OiP Orleans SUGARS
130 bags Cofieo
35 barrels Molasses
70 his Northern Rum, 60 do Whiskey
30 b|» Gin
25 quarter casks Malaga Wino
Cognac Brandy, Holland Gin
Jamaica Rum
15 quarter chosts Tea, 40 kegs Nails
20,000 I ba Iron
German and English blistered Steel
5,000 lb: Castings
Powder, Shot nnd Lead
Domestics, nnd n General Assortment of
_ „ SPUING GOODS,
Cutlery, Hats, Shoes, Boots, Ape.
For sale by GEORGE JEWETT.
May 10 1-12
COTTON BAGGING,
OR CORSI0RHERT.
T HE subscribers hive ou tho river,and will
receive in a few days.
„ 1090 pieces Hemp Sagging.
Tlioy have mndo arruugemeuts with their fricudi
iu Savnuuab and Cbarlestnn to be regularly sup
plied throughout tho season, aud they will at all
limos he prepared to sell at the lowest market
pricos nnd ou a long credit.
May 15 141 REA & COTTON.
Whiskey, Bacon, Salt, fyc.
fi* F*. BARRELS Daltituoro Whiskey,
Qj) 13hhdx , do do
10 hhds Molatses
15 qr casks Marseilles Wine
4 pipes Holland Gin
1500 bushels Liverpool Ground Sa!t
1000 do Alum Sait
£0,000 ibs Bacon > * -
CO Boxes Manufactured Tobacco
llhds & bbbt N. O. & St. Croix
Sugars. For sn'e by
May IS 141 REA ba COTTON.
(Mooli! Eook!! Xook!IU&j
r?pnE country may he benofited by baugii
JL formed, that a character is pa,sing abo
calling biutsclf DAVID BROWN, a Taylor, 1
bout 55 years of age: a mnn who decs uot ilcscn
tho patronage of tho public. He left this plat
and took ou clothing belonging to the subscribe
Now that public justico may bo satisfied, nnd 'th;
tbo sard Brown may be dealt with a ccordiug 1
tho siatuto in such enstr undo and provided,
hereby ofl'or a reward of tix and a quarter ctn
for the dc.ivory of him io Jackson, Butts couul
DliylO. 20-2w ROBERT C. MAYS.'
Georgia, Fayctto County.
ITKWIN SPOADL N.tolled belurn Chvtrs J. RrbL
ii inaon, Btq.. ons'sorrsl jlnury klule, shout five
years old, considerably mailed With f can ap| isiied
hy Zodock Doric and Larldii Lsudrlm et sixty-five
detbsrs, this.8t)d> 01 April, JSi2. . v
A tiue ettrcct from the citroy hunk, May 8. If32.'
20 WM. .tpDKIDC. slerb.
"PTtOUR MONTHS after(Jule, sppticalloa Mi l be
Ji' made to the honorable the Interior court of
yelte county, while Filing I'nr erdmery purposes,
furies, e te sell II. e reel oti.ste of hoberi tuarim, dw
crated, for the bbnefit of tb. l-sdrs end creditor*-9*
skid decocted. l.AkKIN BAHNETT#-*•!*>-
Mnj-9, I0». Jfc .,