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Randolph Sheriff Sales,
nr|M. lie soM before the Court House door in the
town ufCutlilxTt. Randolph county, on the Hrst
Tufslnv in January next, within the usual hours of
*Mlie followintr p'roperty 10-wit:
IVejt ball'd lot of land No. 308, in the fi'.h ilist. of said
flinty, and ll'* - north half of lot of land No. RIO, in the
lili Hie. of said county, and three lie roes to-wjt: ilaeli
, ( V (man about -A") years of nee. and .lane a irirl about
nine yrnrs of aite,oiki Die)’ 11 L "irl almat seven years of
ije :all levied on as the property of l.emmon i>mi to
Hlidy min.lry ll fas issued from the SiiporiorJ fourt of
niil county and Inferior Court of said comity, one in fa
tiirofThomnsCreen vs l.emmon llnntiand hovel Moore,
one in favorof 11. 11. Rohins n, vs l.emmon Ilium and
I,ukf Bless; one in favor of Isaae Witislip vs said Dunn
uni others. Property pointed out by l.emmon Diiim.
Isil f land No. 1117 in the lot li district of said county,”
Iriirtlouiis the property of David Holman to satisfy
rttiilr’ (1 fas issued out of a Justice court of said comity
in favor nt K. M. Itrown, vs David Holman. Uuv made
tnd returned to me by it countable.
fine tie<m woman about Ati years of age, levied on ns
tiie properly of Johnathan J. Julies, to satisfy one fi fa
h,inslt'roin the Superior court of said comity in favor
oflltiiiel A.klarrelt vs. Johnathan J. Jones. Property
nointisl out by IM'flTs. Atl'y.
* IVc 1 RICHARD DAVIS sheriff.
Early Sheriff Sales
“VITIM, lie sold before the court house door ill lllake-
W |v. Early comity, on the first Tuesday in January
wit, lietween the usual hours of sale, the following pro
perl* 10-wit:
l/itnl” land No. “43. in tiie 15th distriet of said county,
Irrinl on as tiie property of Moses Kirkland, and sold in
satisfy several fi las issued from a Justice court of said
MiintVui favor of James 11. Truloek, vs Moses Kirkland,
levy made and returned to me hy a constable. Property
pointed out hy S. S. Stafford Pl’ffs Attorney.
Also, at tiie same time and place, a part aflotof land
Rn. 130, in the 13th district of Knrly comity, containing
70 seres, more or less, levied on as the property ol l-.l
drills Kuluhatn, and sold to satisfy a fi fit issued from n
justice court in favorof Joseph McDonald vs said Fut
fhsm. ls-vy made uitil returned tome by a constable.
Also at tlir same time and place, a lot of land No. 30
litllic “ittih dist. of Uiirly county, sold to saiisfy a fi fa from
ItuMwin sii|ieriorcourt in fnvor of (leorge Crawford,
liovernor. tc. vs John 11. .Yiulerson et. til. levied on as
the property of said Anderson, and pointed out by S. S.
AtllTnnl nl’lTi attorney. K. W. (II 1.1. Sheriff.
Nov B—tds
CHANCERY NOTICE.
io#l Cmwfonl Kx’r. ofPolly Jenkiii*. ‘tifM.)
juklMark A. t’nnprr KxV. awl .Vurciasi I
IWykin, F.x’trx. of Saiii'iel lloykiti. tlccM.
who wm also Rx*r. of Haiti JNUv Jenkins. |
vs. jnuiforniß
John Jonea, Robert A Jones and Abraham J oovery, He
onrn. Seaborn •lonesaiid Thoniart Jones, j lief iui<l In
jtiheir John Jones h*l lhb- junction
•rt A. Jones Simeon Smith and wife, Su- j
mii Smith, Narah J Wright, William 11. j
Vrijjlt, Armen us I*. Wright am! ltohert J
fi. Wright. )
Uin entered l>\ tiie Court tlie.t tiie amendmeittn said
Itlii‘now (lied in the office of tin* ch-rk of this Court ie
illowot, and that Joim A. Jones and William W. Wriitht
Fierutorsof John Wrigiit, deceased. lie made. deVn
d*niMAsaht mil,and that each and all of aaid defen
d.nuU nirail, amwer or drnuir to said Hill as amended,
on or by the first day of Ihe next term of this court, and
that nervier of said Hill as ntnendod, Ik* perfected on
Mid Smith ami wife, Sarah J. Wright, Will nun \\ .
Wriifht, Arinenns I*. and Rob*rt K. W risjht. and
John A Jones and William X. Wright, Executor** of John
Writjht,deceased, (till of whom reside out of the county
of Mim*mjee> lv a publication of this order once a month
for four months in one of the public gazettes of the city
of Columbus, ln*fore the next term of this court,; and
that •rrviee of said Hill as amended he perfected upon
U* balance of uhl defendants hy serving a copy ot said
tmetulment upon their attorneys Messrs. Jones, Henning
tml Jones within thirty days fro in the adjournment o
tot present term oft his court.
B. HILT*, n omp. Sol.
i A true extract from the Minutes of Muscogee Superiot
Sovrmlier term 1851.
Nov. 18—m4in E. J. H ARDIX, Clerk.
AdmlnUtrators S.xle,
AUREKAIILK to an order of the Inferior court of Harri
roimtx when sitting for ordinary purposes, will be sold
lefore the court house door in the town of Hamilton on
the first Tuesday in February next, between the legal
hours of sale, two hundred and thirty acre* of laud, more ]
°r less, comprising sill the plantation where James Toler,
deceased,resided at the time of his death; also, three
<#r<x-s, consisting of two women and one child; sold
M the ftro|teriy of the said James Toler, decM. for the
beneill of the heirs and creditors of saisl estate. Terms
of sale made known s>n the and tv. WM. J. T> EH,
Nov X)-u\* ‘ Adm*r.
\DM!SISTKAT< IRS’ SAI.K— Will be sold lafore the
. I'ouft lion*** door in thetowiioft'iithliert, Randolph
rnmy, on tlx- drat Te*<l:iy in January next, if not oar
-I'r of al private sale, ttie plantation Ikfioneiue
to the estate of Solomon (• raves, deeeased, lying nil the
wtlrrs ~f AA'olfr and Nntehiway t'm-ks containing 1400
vrrMiiorr or less, 450 of which is open fresh land, un
der t(no<J fence, and line cultivation, with all in'cessary
houses ami ftiit-liniisx**, gin screw, &e. Sssld on such
hme as may suit purchaser*—and under and hy virtue
of the pmvisi ms contained in tlie Will of said deceased.
This Jtth Oct. ‘sl, I.ttt’lS rtONKKE,
it. :r avv'.s,
URAVKS.
Hot 4—arid* Jdm'rs (Vm tr.''nmmta anurru.
Administrators Sale,
‘VIM, he sold at the late residence of Mrs .Ifnrlha lilack-
m "ii in Harris county, on Friday the sixteenth day ot
hnuiry next, all the perishable property la-longing to
its- estate of the said Martha Blackmon, deed., con-ist
ins r horses, lines. cattle, corn, fishier, farming utensils,
household and kitchen furniture. &c. &e. Terms made
soown OB the day of sale. Also the plantation lobe
ttiitnl on the same day. . , .
Nov *2ll—ids* TH<l AS <;. HORN, Adm r
Adminiatrator* Sale.
Ar.UKF. AULK to an order of the Honorable Inferior
- V t'uiirt of Ear y countv. while sitting for ordinary
|wp, vv W j|| | )t . 5.51. lat the roiirt house door of said
ft-unty on the first Tiieulav in February next, between
“"mal hours of sale, lot of land nmnh.r 3-24 in the 4lli
“■•iriet ot Karlv, (widows dower excepted.! also a negro
*om:m ,„| children. Sold as the property of K.n
----f fain, dee'd. and for tlie h<*netlt of the heirs and crodi
u. Terms made known on tin-ilay of sale.
Not (t—wtj,. ,S \ STAFFOHD -idmr dr turn it
- Ailinlnlitratnr's sale
\v IM. bo sold on the first Tuesday in January, tea-.
‘’ before the court house door in I.umpkm, t-lewart
hy order o’ tin- Inferior Court when sitting for ordi
r,,ry purposes, serentv-flve acres of land lying and heme
in tlie twontv second district of Stewart county
“f ln ttlhe tract wherevn John Moody resided at the tim
? h, death, and belonging to the estate of said John
dee'd. .sold for the benefit of the heirs and er,sl
oetober “15, 1851. JOHS FITZGERALD, Adtn
„ Administrator's sUI ,
W'l 1. he sold at tlie residence of Thomas J. tiw
decM„ late of Harris county, on luevlav the 16th
of Dccemtier next, all the perishable pro|iem ot
decc.tvol consisting 1 <f horses, niuWs, pork ami sUck
ami harness, oneooUoii gim household and kitchen
‘"fniturc 6lc. &lc. Bold for the bene tit otthu heirs and
‘fhiitors of said estate.
bctSOuK I*. J. PHILIPS, Administrator.
Administrators Sat
A r >RF.F.ABLE to an order of the Inleilor court of
4*. Early county, when sitting for ordinaiy purposes,
oil! be sold before the court house door in Blakely, Ear”
’county. Oil the first Tuesday in January next, between
he usual hours of sale, tat of land No. 224 ill the 4th dist.
I said countv containing 3SO acres, reserving the right
’ Dower, and Emily a negro woman about 37 years of
*>■ wul lier eight children, viz: Charles a boy eleven
old, Metis'* a girl ten years old, Berslieha a girl 9
:** out, Washington a boy 8 years old, Lavinia a girl
Year! Old, Emetine a girl 5 years old, Sarah a girl 3 years
JJ' 1 -and an infant, sold as the property cf the estate of
keiibit, Fain, deceased, for the benefit of tlie creditors
•hil heirs of said es.at t. Terms cash.
_ SAME EL S. STAFFORD,
Oct 38. Adm’r. de bonis non
Administrators Sale.
\\TILL be sold on Thursday, tlie Blh day of January
* ’ next, at the late residence of John Hays, of Early
jJJJhVf, deceased, all ofthe perishable property beb n",
>K to the estate of said deceased, consisting of horse
cattle,sheep, oxen, muter,cart., wagons, corn, sod
er, household and kitchen furniture, tc. dec. Sale k
Ts?* n,m lo oi ‘y until all is sold.
rite land to be rented at the same time. Termson the
koTia-tdi
VOLUME XI. j
/”t KORGIA: EARI.VCOUNTY—Whereas Sarah Tem
.i * a PP , ‘cs to roe for letters of Administration, with
the > ill annexed, ti|>on the estate of Frederick Teinples
liite of said county deceased.
1 hi-se are, therefore, to cite and admonish all concern
d, to be and ap|iear at my office, within the time pre
cri by law. and show cause, if any they have, why,
-1"1 letters should net be granted.
(liven under my hand in office this Nov sth, ’ol.
_______ _ S. f. STAFFORD, OC. O.
AtlmlnUtrator’* Sale.
\\/ “old at the Market House in the city of
( oUimhus on the first Tuesday in Jan next: One
house and lot situated on Itridze—treet. adjoining John
< larks on the west side, and opposite John Bvards. Al
so one undivided half of lot of land No. 20T>. id and 3d
district Muscogee county. Sold as the property of Joint
V allon, and John 1). \\ niton deceased. Also all the nc-
Crovs belonging to the said estates. W.V. A1.1.V.Y,
OcUW Administrator.
ADMININTK tlolis SAI.I’,.
W".‘V, ,K ; , " I<l °? nr " t in Decemlier next
and. rOf /be M V W ,” r . T: ‘ ll>ot, ‘ , 'h Talbot eo„ under anor
<hr of the Hon. Inferior court of said county, while sitting
or ordmary pur.s.s. -, the lauds belonging to the estate
w.Vv m. 7'"? ‘'r Sill<l c0,1,,, y ‘lfc’d. containing
wlv. hundred and fifieen acres: subject to the dower of
e wmiw —aiijoinilig the lands of Joseph Brown. Rerun
inr . earcy. Mary McClendon and others. Sold for the
pu ose of making a division among tiie legatees of sail)
“tl Terms of nale made - nown on the dav or sale,
bepi -3—td v p go ll v Udm'rM
-. wen t , Adml, *trator’( Sale.
‘ll I m,| d in thc town of Buena Vista, on the
. , ‘lay of December next, thc perishable oron
erty belonging to the estate of Isham \V. Savage deceas
'•d. coiisrstmg o| hoiiseliold and kitclren furniture, a stock
ot Mednanes such as arc usually used by Botanic IMivsi
cmns. Also a stock of Patent Medicine's, tc.. and other
artre es too tedious to mention. Sale to continue from
<4j to day. Term* on the dav of sale.
Rr>l - * F. M ADDOX, Ailm’r
W Administrators Sale.
11.1. be sold at tiie residence of the subscribers on
• 26th day of December next, nil the
erislmble property of Thomas J. Ward, lat. of Karlv co
eceaserl, consisting of one Irorse, saddle, Irri.lle and snd
’ Ic bags, one line silver lever watch, one fine leather
u uuk.oue lot of books, one lot ot steam medicine, one
< .of clothing, and other articles too tedious to mention.
Nov IH—wills J. VINSON, Adin’r.
Administrators Nale,
WII.T. he sold at the plantation of the late John A.
Walker, at the mouth of the Oswiclie creek in Musco
g-e county, on Tuesday the Bth of January next, all the
perishable properity of said deceased, consisting of corn,
bidder, peas, horses, mules hogs, plantation tools and
i nplements. tc. &.c. ./ ,SEPH IV. IVOOI.FO/.K.a
Nov 38-Ms n\ o. iroi)l.FO/.K.
Adnilnlatrators’ Sale.
WII.T. tie sold on Friday - J8 November next at the
Residence of James Tolen deceased late of Harris
(’utility, all the perishable property of said deceased, con
isling of House bold and Kitchen furniture, Stock, corn
slid fodder. Imitation tools, also one two horse waggon
and gear, &c. &c., W. J. T< lI.KR, adm’r.
n oct i —w-!ds
A(1 iiikniHf rator’s Sale,
ho sold on tin* 15th of l)i*reinber nox*, nt tin*
v v resilience of Alexander Mohh <lece:isi*d, into of
Muxrogiv county, all the perishuhli* property h(*long
nie to the estate of said deceased, consisting of horsen,
mules, cattle, hogs, goats, waggons, carts, pleasure enr
r*Hge, two yoke oxn, beds and heilding, two gins, sett
black siniili tools, plaut-ition toots, n large lot or corn,
oats and fodder, wheat ami rye. household and kitchen
furniture, with various other items too tedious to men
tion. Terms made known on tlu* day ofsale.
* IcPJO MADISON SAPI* , Administrator,
Aclmliitrttr&tora
WlLEhesold before the court house door inthetown
of (’utlihert, Randolph county, on the Hrst Tuesihiy in
February next, one hundred and fifty eight acres more
or less o. lot of land No. J P 2, in the Pth distriet of said
county. Sold hy order of the lionorahh* the Inferior
Court of said county while sitting for ordinary purposes,
ns the property of Williamson Collins, deceased, In*., oi
said county. JAMES M. COLLINSJ Adm’r
Nov 26—tds *
Al> MI NIST It. A TORS - SALE.
YVriLli be sold on the first Tuesday in Decern her next
tv during the usual hours ofsale. before the court
house door, in the town of Cuinining,in tlu* county of Fot
Hvtli the following lots of land, to-wit: lot No. P3, flrs
district, first section, and lot ‘lOl, third district, linU ses,
on, formerly Cherokee now Forsyth couuty. Saul lands
sold ns the property of Wm.fl. Walker, late of Harris
countv deceased. li Off F./i T H r KL F> EJV", A ilvi'r.
Sept io ‘l* MISS <) (JR fF. WALK EH Anm't .
AdinlnUtrnt rlx’t* Sole,
WILL he sold on Tuesday the £!d of December next,
at tlu* late residence of Win. K. Russell.late of Musco
gtn* County dt*ce:ised. The personal property belonging
to the estate of Raid deceased, consisting of corn and
fodder. Horses, Hogs, Cattle, Farming C’ensils, Household
and Kitchen Furniture, &c, &c. Also a portion of the
land will he rented for the next year. Terms made known
on tn** <lhv of sale. .MARY KT’SSELL, Adin'rx.t
nr ‘.ilv to coiilitmv from iltiv to dav until ail is sold.
NovO- bis _ ~
Administrators Sale.
WII.T. lx* sold tivlorv tliv court house lioor lit the town
of l.iimpkiu, ou tiie Hr t Tuesday in February next,
agreeable to an order of the interior court when sitting
for ordinary purposes, a negro boy named Gilbert, aged
nine years. 8o!d to pay one ol‘ tiie legatees of James
I’.irker. deceased. JAB. It. SMI TH,
Nov 89—Ids Adm’r. de bonis non.
Adniinlstrators’ Sale.
WT’II.r. Ik* .<dd at the Market House, in the city or
> ‘ Cohimlnis, on the first Tuesday in January next,
: reealdy to an order of the Inferior Court of Muscogee
i • unty silting for ordinary purposes, a negro boy by thc
name oftliles, about thirteen years of age. Sold as the
; p roller I v of the estate of Martin J. Kendrick, dec’d.
Nov r. -Id# IV.II. >■ HF.no .Id’ll'r
VDMIN'IsrR ATI IRS S ALE—Will he sold at the
plantation of Solomon Craves, late of Randolph
countv deceased, on Tue ‘ay tlie sixteenth day of De
cember next, all the perishable property of said deceas
ed, consisting of horses, mules pork andjstock hogs, oxen
and cattle, farming utensils blacksmith tools wagon and
hiirmss, cotton gin, household nul kitchen furniture,
thousand to fifteen hundred bushels of corn, todder, oats,
peas, &c. Ac.
The sale to continue from day to day until all is sold.
Terms made known oil tin- day of sale.
There will also l>e offered on the same day at private
sale, the plantation of said deceased, consisting ol'fonrteen
hundred acres of land, 400 to 4.70 acres of open fresh
laud, under good fence, with all necessary out-houses,
gin screw, Ac. Its advantages lor health and production
rminot lie surpassed in this section ot the r*t.u!e. It wid
lie offered low and upon such terms as purchaser* may
desire. LOEIB CONEKE,
It. CRAVES,
('. CR WES,
\ ov 4—wt Is .Hm'rs sum testimmfo arr
Actmtnist rAt or’* sale.
Wild. 1> sold on the first Tuesday in January next, in
Lumpkin. Stewart County, lot of I .and 113 intlie -23d
district of Stew art, as tin- property of 11. Jones deceased,
nld hy order of the court. C. DEL A1 ‘N EY,
V 0,.. J. E. C .4011 ET, Adm
Executors Sle.
WILL be sold at the residence of Joseph Wilson, late of
Talbot county, deceased, on the-23rd December next, the
lierishable property of said deceased, consisting ol one
road wagon, two mules, one yoke of oxen, one ox cart
one set of blacksmith tools and many other articles too
Its lions to mention.
Nov B—wbls WILLIAM F. ROBERTSON, Ex r
’ Executors Sale.
xx ILI/be sold before tin- court house door ill Blakely
II Early county, on the first Tuesday iii.lanuary next.
lietween the usual hours of sale, lot ot land No. one hun
dred and twenty-one in tlie 4ili dist.of Early county, and
Smart a negro man, Amy a negro woman, Sarah a ne
gro woman, and Amv a negro girl. Sold as the proper
ty of William LewisVor the benefit ofthe heirs and ac
cording to said testators’ will. Terms made known on
he dav of sale. Ocl2B. I> AA'ID I*. LEWIS, Ex-’r.
EXECUTORS sale.
sold at public out-erv, on Mondavi‘2-2do!
\\ December, at the market house, a tiegroj fellow
named Limerick, al.ont 4-2 years of age. Sold a* the
property ofthe e-tnto ->f Samuel •• ltippey, .dec and. for the
j.cnefit ofthe heirs. Terms on dav ot “ale
0 Nov go tits I’.t.lJ All Sll PPEV Ex r.
Cotton Lamls For Sl.
nv virtue of an order ofthe court of ordinary, of the
county of Columbia, in the State of Ceorgia. we will
offer at public sale. 0.1 the first Tuesday in February
next, tie fore the court house door, in the county of Ran
dolph, in said State: ...
Two thousand acres of laud, more or less, lying in said
county, on the Chattahoochee river, part low grounds,
and part hills—and sold for the benefit of the heirs of \\ .
ll.Torrance,late of Baldwin county, deceased. Terms
onMac ot sale H.V. J. /ff/0//f.s, I Cuunlmlifi.
Nov -29— Ids .f.VO. M. THOM.I -S S
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
\l.l. persons indetited to tlie estate of Joseph W ilson,
. late of Talbot county, d>■ceased, are requested to
come forward and make payment, and those iioldmg
claims against said estate arc requested to present them
duly aiithenticaleil w itliin ihetimo prescribed bv law.
Nov 14 wtit WILLIAM ROBERTSON, Kxr.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
VI, L persons holding claims against tlie Estate o-
A'oung Daniel, of Talbot county, deceased, arc heres
bv notified to present them for payment within the time
prescribed hy law : and those who are indebted arc re
niiostod to come forward and make payments.
1 Nov B—Wftt TIISfPH KWOtr.V. 44m e,
| ‘our month* after date application
l will lie made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Talbot County whilst sitting as a court of ordinary, for
leave to sell the east halfoflot No. 83 and all “V*o!^l<J
-84, in the 15th district of originally Muscogee, now Tal
bot countv, as the property of Benjamin C Mitchell, minor
OctM. ’ ANDREW P, MITCHELL Guard
I-xonr months after date application
4 w j]| pc made to the Inferior Court of Marion county
when sitting for ordinary purposes for leave to sell the
real estate of Isham AA'. Savage, !te of said county, de
eased, and a negro girl belonging to said estate.
Oct 17, 1851.—w4ra C. F. MADDOX, Adm r.
I’tonr months after date application
* will be made to the Honorable Inferior Court ol har
lv county, w hen siding for ordinary purposes, for leave
to sell the real estate of Mary Ann Sheffield, minor heir
of Bryant Sheffield, dee'd. for the benefit of said lieir.
Nov 8 w-m JOH.Y C. SHEFFIELD Guar.
I , Oltr months” after date application
J’ will be made to the honorable the Interior Court of
Harris Countv, wnen sitting for ordinary purposes for
leave to sc II the tend and negroes belonging to the estate
of Jgnes Toler, late of said couutv, deceased,
ot .-mcs , WILLIAM I. TOLER,
Sep. C, 15551. Administrator of James Toler.
months after date, application
4 will be made to the Honorable Inferior Court of
Stewart county when sitting ‘orordinary purposes, for
leave to sell a negro boy belonging tt) the estate of James
Parker to pay one of the legatees.
Scpli-W WM SMITH Aimr.it touts tom.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, rmWJEaMJttJDfW.I TUESDAY. DECEMBER 9 1851.
J *
and onthasiastio Democratic Meeting
at the Capitol
Milledgeville, Nov. 25th 1851.
A portion of the Democratic Party of
Ueor ; ia, consisting of members of the
Legislature and gentlemen from every
part cf the State, having met in the Rep
resentative Ilali in obedience to a reso
lution adopted at a preliminary meetin° r
of the party.
On motion of Col. D. C. Campbell,
Hon Joseph Day Jones tvas called to the
Chair, and Messrs. A. E. Cothran of
Wilkinson and Jno. C. Burch of Murray
were requested to act as Secretaries.—
The Chairman explained in a few ap
propriaie remarks the object of the meet
ing and i eturned his thanks for the hon
or conferred upon him.
The proceedings of the preliminary
meeting held on tho 13th ins!., were
read.
1 lie following Report and Resolutions
were then read by the Hon. 11. V. John
son, the Chairman of the Committee ap
pointed at the preliminary meeting, to
draft a Repoit and Resolutions for the
consideration of this meeting.
Report.
On the 10th of December 1850, the
State of Georgia assembled in sovereign
Convention, to consider her duty, in
relation to the series of measures
adopted by the last Congress, known as
“the compromise,” and deliberately de
cided, for the sake ot the Union, to ac
quiesce therein. That decision, bv the
late elections for Governor and mem
bers ot the General Assembly, ha# been
ratified by an overwhelming majority
of the people. It stands recorded, as
the solemn judgment of the State in the
premises from which there is no appeal
and to which, all her citizens are hound
to render a loyal obedience. What
ever differences of opinion have exis
ted among the people of Georgia in re
lation to the expediency and wisdom of
that decision, or however animated and
excited the controversy at the hustings
and at the polls, patr otism and pru
dence both suggest, that these should bo
consigned to the “tomb ofihe Capulets,”
and that the future shou and find them un
ited as one man, upon some common
platform for the maintenance of the
rights and honor of the State the integ
rity and prosperity of the Union.
Fortunately for the people of Georgia
the decision of the Convention already
alluded to furnishes a ground upon
which all can rally, tor future action ,
without any sacrifiice of principle, and
with strong hope of effecting something
f.r (lie prosperity and harmony of
our common country. We allude of
course to the following resolutions of
that Convention, to wit :
“That the State of Georgia in the judge
ment of the Convention, will and ought
to resist, even(s a last resort) to a dis
ruption of every tie which binds her to
the Union any action of Congress upon
the subject of slavery in the District of
Columbia, or in any places subject to
the jurisdiction of Congress, incompati
ble with the safety, domestic tranqui ity
Ihe rights and honor of the slavehold
ing States or any act suppressing the
save trade between slaveholding States
or any refusal to admit as a State any
tei ritory hereafter applying, because of
the existence of slavery therein or any
act prohibiting the introduction of slaves
into (he territories of Ulali and iYew
Mexico or any act repealing or materi
aly modifying the laws now deforce tor
the recovery of fugitive slaves.
That it is the deliberate opinion of this
convention up on the faithful execution
of the Fugitive Flave Law by the) proper
authorities depends the preservations of
our much loved Union.”
These resolutions look to the future.
The one defines*'the Rubicon beyond
which Congress must not pass; the oth
er insists upon the faithful exe ution of
the “Fugitives ave law,” by the proper
authorities, as ittdispensible to the
reservation of our much loved Union.
Upon their passage in the Convention
there was little if any diversity of opin
ion. They dubtlessforme 1 the controling
consideration upon which so large a
majority have ratified the action of
the State Convention. They still
have the sanction and approval of every
true hearted Georgian. Here then, the
people of this State may and ought to un
ite, first to see that Georgia “take no step
backwards ,” and secondly, to enforce the
strict observance, by the Federal Gov
ernment of the line of policy which the
State has thus solemnly prescribed, as
indispensible to her continuance in thc
Union.
If these positions are Avell taken, Avhat
attitude should Georgia assume in order
to give the greatest ellicacy and moral
weight to Iter action 1 i'diall shj stand
alone or seek an ally in theapproaching
Presidential election? In the present
emergency as in all others isolation is
impotency. Single handed shecan nei
ther control nor direct tlie great tide of
popular sentiment or federal policy.
To whom then shall she look for an.
alliance? In some quart rs, it may be
urged that she should look alone to’ her
sister States of the South; and thatstand
ing aloof from all association with any
party at the North, they should unite in
casting theirvote upon a Smthern candi
date lor the Presidency. Judging from
the recent elections in the South, and
the exhibitions of popular sentiment
upon the national issues, Avliicb the
Presidential election Avill necessarily
present such a union of the Southern
Stales is scarcely possible. An unsuc
cessful attempt to secure it, Avould but
result in that with which Ave have been
already too often mortified the exposure
of our weakness, Avhile it successful, it
Avould ultimately prove unavailing
againstthe combined poAver ofthe North
and West.
The union of the South however, must
always be a great desideratum Avbich
cannot be too highly estimated] Whe
ther for sectional action or for co oper
ation Avith other portions of the Union,
upon national questions, it is of the ut
most importance. Truly then should
Ave seek an alliance with our sister
States of the South. We should invoke
harmony and encourage it by all proper
means. But avc should never look to
an alliance with them alone , except in
cases Avhere our safety and interests
imperatively demand sectional action.—
Do existing circumstances present such
a case ? While submission or resis
tance to the Compromise was the issue
before the Southern States it was purely
a sectional question for them to detei.-
mine for themselves, and furnished an
instance in which ihey might properly
act as a section.
But noAv this questiou has been defin
itively settled. All the Southern States
like Georgia, have determined to ac
quiesce in the adjustmentmade by Con
gress. Therefore, there no longer ex
ists any.reason for combined sect'onal
action by the Southern States. Their
decision has converted the Compromis
emphatically into a national question.—
Being national, it is equally the policy
duty and interests of the Southern States
to stand united not for sectional purpos-
“THK UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOYHIIBIONTY OV TII H STATES.**
es, but to co-operate with all men in
every part of the confederacy in order
to give, efficacy and finality to that set
tlement. Whilst therefore Georgia’
should seek an’alliance with her sister
Southern States, it should not be with
them alone with the view to run a
southern candidate for the Presidency
and thus to prolong a needless and fruit
-1 ss section strife but to bring in the field
all the : r moral power to direct the tide
of contest so pregnant with the fate of
of the South as well as that of the Un
-0 ).
To whom then should Georgi a look
and—if united and agreed with her in
these views—to whom should the South
look for an alliance 1 Fortuneately
there is a party in the North and West
who indicate a willipgness to consider
the Compromise as a permanent and
final settlement of the slavery controver
sy to enforce the faithful excution of
the Fugitive. Slave Law and to oppose
its repeal or material modfication, —
That party is the national Democracy.
It they will take this stand openly bold
ly and unequivocally in Convention,
interest, prudence and patriotism all
suggest the wisdom ot uniting with them
in the nomination and election ot a
President who will enforce and carry
into effect that polcy which alone can
save the South from utter ruin and the
Union from disruption.
lu antagonism to that party at the North, stands
the whig part}-. They are utterly hostile to the
South, in all their tendencies, sympathies and prin
ciples. W ith them, we can hold no communion,
tolerate - no alliance. They would dry up the
sources of oar prosperity,to aggrandize themselv. s:
and to feed the morbid appetite of greedy, blind
abolition fanaticism, they would arm our slaves
with the bludgeon and faggot to murder our fami
lies and burn our dwellings. Our only contact with
them must be in strife of arms’ on the arena of
political warfare, and it is best to unite with any
party who, from whatever motives, will stand by
u3 in the feartul contl.et. For victory vouchsales
security to us and will convert our allies into firm
and trustworthy friends.
It has been said that the party to whom alone
the South can look for an alliance, is the Northern
democratic party. We too are democrats. If they
will be true to us upon tho issue above designated,
we can well trust them on all other questions oi’
Federal policy. Thc very name of Democracy
awakens a thousand pleasant memories. It re
minds ussof many a glorious victory, achieved for
tho gooJ*>f our wide republic. It calls up the
cherished names of Monroe and Madison, Jeffer
son an 1 Jackson, Polk and Calhoun, Buchanan
and Dallas, Stockton and Butler and a host of il
lustrous men who have battled in the cause of re
publicanism. Jt is synonymous with all that is
glorious in the career of tiie past, all that is grati
fying in the prosperity of the present and ali that
is hopeful in the events of the future. The histo
ry of our republic is the history of the great demo
cratic party of the United States. The principles
of democracy are the principles of our constitution;
and it is upon them alone that this government
can ever be successfully administered. Whenever
they have been in the ascendant—exhibiting their
efficacy in a strict construction, restraining the
Federal Legislature within its proper sphere of
delegated authority, in recognizing and respecting
the reserved sovereignty of the States—we have
been happy, fraternal and prosperous'. But when
not in the ascendant, or when obstructed in their
legitimate operation, the fruits have been unequal
taxation, odious protection to favored classes, de
ranged or bloated currency, popular dissatisfac
tion and sectional strife. If then, the Northern
democracy will stand with us upon thc position
which Georgia his taken, we cannot only unite
with them cheerfully, in the approaching Presi
dential election, luttour common democratic sym
pathies, ‘tt render it a union ol friendship and
brotherhood.
It is not to be forgotten, in this connexion, that
tile diversity of opinion, in relation to the ‘Coin
promise,’ lias ieJ to the formation of two parties,
uuder the different names from those, by which
tho old parties, into which the State was formerly
divided, wore known. Tho Southern Rights par
ty is composed almost exclusively of democrats,
and the Constitutional Union party of a combina
tion of a portion of Democrats, with the almost
entire m iss of Whigs. But tho question which
produced these new organizations, having been
definitely an 1 finally settled, it would seem that
neither patriotism nor sound policy, demands their
longer continuance. Why then, should not the
whole people of Georgia, nt this crisis, when har
mony and unanimity are so important, unite as
one man, in sending delegates to the Baltimore
Convention, to co-operate with that body in such
action as will guarantee future security against ag
gression and ag union, an t the nomination of candi
(iatos, who shall not only he true republicans, hut
also sound upon the slavery question in all its as
pects. So grave and m mie-itous is this consider
ation, that it is earnestly hoped, that no step will be
taken hy any party lit the State, which wdl pre
vent a consummation so devoutly to be desired.—
Tnis object may be easily accomplished, if prn
denee and patriotism, shall control the spirit of tac
tion. To attain it, is there auy sacrifice too great
to he made? Or however great the sacrifice,
where is the man or the party of men, who will
be nnwilling to make the offering upon their coun
try's altar? In all tlie ranks of the Southern
Rights party, it is believed that there is tint a sin
gle man who e patriotism is not equal to the duty.
The resolutions adopted by the Gubernatorial
Convention of that party fully embodied the Re
publican principles of 17911; and the unanimity and
zeal, with which the}’ were advocated in the late
campaign, furnish tin ample guaranty, that every
man, will rally to them with enthusiasm, even
though they should be inscribed upon a Demo
cratic banner. Xor ougiit it to be doubled, that
th > Union democrats, true to their long cherished
republican instincts, true to the best interests of
the State, and true to themselves, will return to
tlie serried ranks of their old brethren and allies,
from whom a temporary question has temporari
ly separate ! them, as soon as they shall see their
time-honored Hag again unfurled to the breeze.—
And what may we not expect of the Union
Whigs? Their leader has already announced, that
the Northern Whig party is denationalized and
that the South can expect nothing at their hands.
These, too, must ‘tail into ranks,’ if for no other
reason, than that they will have nowhere else to go
The whole State should be represented iu the
Baltimore Convention if it may he—the Democrat
ic party must be. But while we march forword
boldly and firmly, lo the’accomplishment of our
i<atriotic policy, let us do nothing to widen the
chasm which! divides the people of Georgia, i o’h
ing calculated to sow the seeds of bitterness and
strife. Let us pour oil upon the agitated waters.
Let patr o ism s lenei the voice of faction! Let us
so act, that if Georgia shall not not be represented
as a unit in the Baltimore it thall
not be our fault.
The adoption of the following resolutions is
therefore recommended as expressive of the views
of this meeting :
Resolved, That the question of submission to
the Comptontise is settled in this State; and that
it is the duty of the people, for the future, to unite
as one man, in the indexible determination to
maintain, to the letter, the position which Georgia
has taken against all future aggressions by Con
gress upon the institution of slavery.
Resolved, That,in view of the indications giv
en by the Northern Democracy, to consider the
slavery question as finally settled by the Compro
mise, to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law and to op
pose its repeal or material modification, Georgia
should be represented in the Baltimore Conven
tion, to co-operate in such action by that body and
the nomination of such Candidates for the Presi
dency and Vice Presidency, as will give vitality
and efficacy to the Compromise, sectsre safety to
the South and harmony to the Confederacy.
Resolved, That we recommend the Demo—at
ic party to hold £ Convention nt Milledgc.iile, ai
as early a day as may be conveLien- and rxped: ai
to appoint delegates to the Ealtihiore Convention,
and that, a committee of nine be appointed by the
President of this meeting, to confer with t-.e
friends of this policy ia ever} part of ti-s Cio
designate and publicly announce the iajr lor the
assembling of each Convertti.m.
On motion of Mr. Tift of Baker, the Report tad
Desolations were unanimtmsly adopted.
Ge. Hugh A. Haralson being called for res
ponded in his usual eloquent and effective style.
Judge Colquitt, upon a aaU made tar khw replica
in such a manner as only Judge Colquitt can re
p!y. ] lis masterly effort was greeted with frequent
j rapturous applause, and was a triumphant
vindication of the time-honored principles of De
j moeracy and of his own political (ourse.
j The following gentlemen were appointed the
i committee required by the last of the foregoing
resolutions to-w.t:
Mibb —R A L Atkinson. S T Bailey.
Baldwin —D 0 Campbell, B S Jordan.
Richmond— Jas Garduer, Jr
Cobb— C J McDonald.
t herokee —Joseph K Brown,
Chatham —Tlios Purse.
Fie —L C Mercer.
Ike meeting then adjourned, tint die.
JOSEPH DAY.Ch’m.
Arthur E. Cochran, \ c
Jolin C. Burch, | Seo’ies.
WE ONES DA ,
Flam Roads.—Col. John G. Winter has
I consented to address the citizens of Colum
: bus, this evening, at Temperance Hall, on
the subject of Plank Roads.
There has been a great Democratic
! Meeting in Milledgeville, Jos. Day Esq. in
the chair. H. V. Johnson read tho commit
tee’s reporl, and Judge Colquitt and Gen. II
A. llarralson, addressed the meeting. It rec
commends a convention to appoint delegates
to Baltimore Convention.
Since the foregoing was written w# have
received the official peoeeedinga. They
will be found in another column.
t-W~ The attention of the afflicted is invi
ted to toe testimony of Gen. E. Hull, volun
teered in behalf of Dr. DegrafFonreid’s Rheu
matic Liniment. We have thank, Heaven,
no ; ,rheumatism ourself (except in the pock
et, and our subscribers could cure that in
stantaneously and miraculously by just drop
ping a letter in the. Post Office, with one
year’s subscription enclosed) but to those
who have, it costs but little to try the Doc
tor s discovery. He believes in it and “no mis
take. 1 ’ If it is half as curative in its powers
as the Doctor's faith is firm and fixed, it will
disenthral all tho limbs of Christendom of
red flannel, and send all the Curutelios into
Coventry. We are not given to puffing things
except cigars—butdtis only thejsober truth &,
what we hear almost every day, that Dr. De-
GrafFenreid’s remedy has acquired a very re
markable celebrity in a short time.
We hope all ot our Rheumatic subscribers
will try it—and all the rest will mail to us a
year’s subscription for thus acting the good
Samaritan to the afflicted—we being afflicted
for the want of it.
And, now query ? is this our puff or the
Doctor'si wejhave sought to enconomize time
and “kill two birds with one stone.” Our
readers can sift tho puff—the Rheumatics
can send for the liniment, and the sound send
us our money.
l-W fYo learn from the Louisville Cou
rier that Francis P. Blair Esq., is on an elec
tioneering tour for General Butler for the
Presidency.
J-gs” The total population of the State of
Indiana according to the late census return is
988,419.j0f whom 2b0)0 are Indians and 10,-
788 colored.
53?” We see it stated that a proposition
has been made for Governor Cobh, ar.d the
Legislature of Georgia to pay a visit to Sa
vannah next month.
The President of the Altna Insurance
Company of Utica says, that the Company
have lost five thousand dollars more in ma
rine risks, than they have received from pre
miums.
E3F” The report furnished hy telegraph
from*Ncw Orleans that Mr. Letcher had inti
mated to the Mexican Government that this
Government would not support the claims of
the American company claiming tho Garay
Grant for the Tehauntepee route, is now de
nied.
WHERE TO GO.
The Athens Banner writes an editorial perora
tion to Mr. Toombs’ speech,in which it is express
ly denied that Mr. Toombs said the Constitution
al Union party would not be represented in the
National Democratic Convention. On the contra
ry, says the Banner, Mr. Toombs said there was a
great “likelihood” that a similiarity of principles,
interests and -dews,would bring Constitutional Un
ionism and Balt more Democracy together.
The coalition party in Georgia is evidently
“seeking” — it is up for “Cowes and a market’
and to sell itself to the highest bidder; and ye’
all ths penny-a-liners of its press : vaunting its 1
independence and actually being
choked with indignation because the South
ern, Rights party, coufessing.itself defeated by the
popular voice tin past issues, proposes to uuitc with
one of th* National parties in the very terms of
the proposition submitt-s? hy the Union party to
the people, and by the people, decided.
A late movement in Boston will perhaps g : vea
new tune to the views pis the_ coalition. Mr.
Websßr has been nominated for the Presidency,
by a Massachusetts Convention as tho “Union"’
candidate. This may open a market in which the
“coalition” can make a good bargain. If Mr.
Tootnlte should, perchance, drag Mr. Cobb into
the support of the great Federal expounder, it
would be worth the while to take a peep at the
countenance of the Editor of the Washington Un
ion when the news is first broken to him.
The Athens Banner imforms the world and the
“reet of mankind” of another important fact—to
wit: that the Vice Presidency has no eharnt* for
Mr. Cobb ; and this in reply to a nomination of
that gentleman to that office, by an Alabama pa
per. It chances very unfortunately for Southern
Constitutional Union Patriots, that there ia only
ens Presidential office to fill and that it is qnite
imiooseible, for Mr. Cess, Gsa. Fears, Cen.
Tooaibs and sever J others to occupy the White
Jlo'j&u all at ths same time.
GIRARD AND MOBILE ROAD.
We are plet-sed t* be able tv state that’ an [ar
rangement h&s hear mala lr which the first
tw aty r.nls3 of this great rre.k will be c.-amen
eel inmieaiate?/ ead eo.rrp!eted !lr r. t year*. —
Tlie *?kfc2:its# vretk, g.„Amgae.i •'-tc.rfcwe.
teTC, cm the Tew** 7i*sa 3!'e.d ts
hare agreed to cemamkirmtei tkAr *_Lrts txj obli
gations on ths first twwnts *•&•*, saasmebsin*- at
Girard and thus pasha bat throng k at
once. Jfhtß is the right spirit and the right poli
cy. v* vav ts da • tkhtj, is it.
ij porta XT if True.—The Philadelphia
Pennsylvanian, the Washington Union and
the Richmond Enquirer, publish the Ath
ens Banner’s version of Mr. Toombs Mill,
edgewlle speech as an “important develop
ment.” We beg leave to amend and say,
“important, if true.” Col. Robert Toombs
is a’very uncertain politician and our cotem
poraries will permit us, who know him bet
ter than they do, to warn them that Mr.
Toombs’ definitions of position arc to he taken
cum gruno satis. He will go into the Dem
ocratic convention, provided he cannot do
better. \Y c fire-eaters once in a time, had
Mr. Toombs much more decidedly and firm
ly committed to our cause,about the period ol
his “Discord” and“ Hamilcar” speeches than
he is now committed to National Democra
cy. But ho did not stick. There is no moro
reliance on him now than thore was then.
Look out, gentlemen, that he doos not fool
you and that, there is not a Wing eat under
this Democratic meal. He is quite as likely
to support the Webster ticket as the Demo
cratic ticket, and we think, more so.
The D einoeratic State Convention
of Ohio is to assemble at Columbus on the
Bth of January to appoint delegates to tho
National Convention.
COMMUNICATED.
PLANK ROADS,
Mr. Editor : — At the request of some of
my country friends who desire to be en
lightened as to the effect of Plank Roads, *“
reducing tho expense of transportation, I
have promised through your columns to make
such a report as I have been able to obtain
from tho limited sources of information to
which I have been fortunate enough to obtain
access.
In order to condense this communication,
I shall write, rather of results, than of the pro
cess through which they arc obtained.
Thc philosophy of Plank Roads and of
Rail Roads is the same—it is the production
of a road that, hy its smoothness, reduces the
amount of friction which has to bo overcome
in moving thc load.
Upon a Plank Road an ordinary Horse can
draw Four Bags of cotton with thc same
case he can draw one Bag upon the ordinary
roads of the country.
lie can carry the load at the rate of three
miles an hour for ten hours, or 30 miles per
day, and do it continually for months at a
time.
Thia of course saves J of thc animal pow
er now used hy the Farmer in getting his
crops to market, and enables him to employ
his teams in other useful ways about the
pljuit-ntion.
It nlo snyf** wear and tear of waggons
and harness, because the Plank Road is a
smooth surface, there are no ruts or hub
deep mud to be jerked through. The load is
carried by a smooth, steady, easy pull from
the beginning to the end of the journey.
With Plank Roads there is no such thing
as being prevented by wet seasons and bad
roads from getting the crop to market. The
Plank Road is as good after a heavy rain as
it was before. A common road has to be
worked by the farmers in the neighborhood
through which it passes, while it is cut up by
everybody travelling from a distance al
though they contribute nothing to its repair-
The Plank Road keeps itself in repair by
ts tolls, and everybody passing over it, never
imind from how great a distance, bv the pay
ment of tolls helps to keep the road in order.
The rule is in fact reversed ,for the only per
sons who need no/ pay for keeping up there
pairs of a Plank Road, are the farmers who
live in its neighborhood. They have but to
become stockholders and their dividends will
largely exceed their tolls.
A farmer living 30 miles from Columbus,
with a Plank Road connecting with this point
is as near the city as the farmer who lives
miles off, separated from the city by a com
mon country road—for the farmer 33 miles
off, with a road over which he can haul
four times as much with the same power,
might start even with a farmer miles
from the city who had f o waggon over a com
mon road, and he would have his crop in
market in exactly the same time, with
wear and tear of stock, than the farmer living
7* miles distant. This would increase the
value of his lands just ai much as they would
be increased by building a city of the size of
Columbus within 7$ miles of bis farm. That
proximity to cities increases tho value of
farming lands is a truism on which H ts n*
necessary to argue. Doubters however, may
have a practical illustration of tho fact bv
seeing Columbus lose its trade and them
selves forced to a more distant market—to
effect this not very desirable result, rcrpiircs
only a little more lethargy on the part of our
enterprising merchants.
The cost of Plank Rial varies ft >rn §ls
03 to 82 00 per mile, dependent on the faec
of the country in reference to the grading an,}
the price of lumber in the region through
which the road passes.
Experience has shown that wherever tri
ed, they have paid handsome dividends, vary
ing f'om 10 to 50 per cent, and Mint the build
ingof one road has been the premise of ma
ny more. But five or six years have elapsed
since the first Plat k Road was built in the
United States, and such has been their val
ue as an investment that there arc more miles
of Plank Road now in use in the United
States, than there are of Rail Roads. They
are buiit within ourselves, labor and lumber
being the only material used, and both of
these are abundant at the South.
Thoy will snpply us with cheap means of
transportation, where on aeconnl of the cost,
Rail Roads never conld have penetrated:
as for instance, the contemplated roads from
Colimbus to Greenville, o.d from Coin tabus
to ecrzfy. that the length ia 70
mile* and the oost yrr rjlu thej will
eost I# 146 066. A &. Road the c=m tfistaMe
would costOne Million, tho me v. ill paw
the ether would involve the Stockholder* in
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ruin. The one would take 5 years to builil
the other can be built in twelve months.
The one would accommodate the great trav
eling public, the other will accommodate ev
en body that chooses to travel, from the
swell head in his carriage and four, down to
the less ostentatious, but u*>re useful citizen
in his bull cart. But Ido not mean to de
tract from Bail Roads, they have their pur
pose which they alone can fulfil. The Mus
cogee Road is an illustration of this truth.
While a Plank Road would not fulfil its pur
poses—it will not fulfil the purposes of a
Plankßoad.
A Rail Road will increase the amount of
business done in a given place, but it will
concentrate it in a fewer hands. The wag
gon trade now done here will be diuded out
among some half dozen villages to scat
tered along the line of Rail Road. With the
loss of this trade we must lose our small
dealers, and when wo lose them wo lose an
important element in what constitutes a city.
The Plank R ?ad i:i connection with the
Rail Road, will increase the waggon trade
and make Columbus what she ought to be,
an important inland city—The R lil Road by
opening her communication with tho Atlan
tic will make Columbus “a market,” the
Plank Road by drawing the - surround
ing country nearer to tho city will make it
the point to which the waggon trade will
concentrate; so that tho two improvements
acting favorably upon each other, will soon
enable us to realize those palmy days
which at present we sigh for in vain.
In conclusion, I will say that the practica
bility of Plank Roads will soor. be tested.
I expect during this week to present to the
City Council a responsible list of subscribers
to the amount of $ 10,000. If they will then
carry out the wishes of their fellow citizens
by making the subscriptions in Bonds for
$30,000, both the Stewart and Greenville
roads can be commenced by the Ist of Janu
ary and at least 20 miles of each put in oper
ation for the next Fall’s business.
Yours, &e.
R. J. MOSES.
Government Finances.—Thecorrespend
ent of the Charleston Courier writing - from
Washington 26th ult. gives this flattering
picture of the U. S. Treasury.
“The President and the Secretary of the
Treasury will be enabled to lay before Con
gross, a gratifying statement of the condition
of the Finances of the Government. The re
venue for the last year, ending June 31th,
was fifty-one millions, —two of which were
from the public lands, eight millions of the
public debt, have been extinguished during
the year, by purchase of the U. S. Securities,
at market value. Mr. MERBiiTH,iI will be
recollected, at the beginning of the 31st Con
srren.,, gave it as his opinion, that a loan would
be necessary fir the service of that year.
The president, In Ins Message, last. Decem
ber, stated that the portion of the public debt
falling due within two years,must be provided
for by loan, or otherwise. The revenue for
the next year,will he larger than for the last,
and the public debt will be rapidly diminish
ed, even if tiie ordinary expenditures of the
Government should be increased to forty
millions.
THE LEGISLATURE,
tin the 20th ult. the following elections^took
place by the Georgia Legislature :
Judge of the Macon Circuit.
John L. Gresham.... 29 12
John L. Stephens.. .52 54
Abner P. Powers 70 92 elected.
Judge, of the Hint Ridge Circuit.
John W. 11. Underwood 71
David J. Irwin 87—elected.
Jit Age of the Coweta Circuit.
Edward Y . Hill—Elected without opposition.
Judge of the South-Western Circuit.
Wm. 11. Crawford 33 42 37
Win. Taylor 42 54 93—elected.
John H. Jones 34 30 25
Peter J. Strozicr..ls o—withdrawn.
RicliM Kims 15.... 10 “
Angus M. D. King 10 8 “
I‘or Solicitor General of the Macon Circuit.
Georcgc W. Norman 45
Philip Cook oo
U in. K. Do Gratfenried 73—elected.
For Solicitor General of the Blue Ridgr Circuit
\Y m. J. Lewis. .. .7—withdrawn.
Jas. G. Ratcliff?.. 25 32.. . 27—withd’n.
A. K. Blackwell.. 13—withdrawn.
James < Jaston 7.... 1
E. I). Chisolm. .53... .03 00. .70—elected.
A. R. lvellani. .37 47. ...49.. 03
Fire at Dalton.— Passengers arrived
yesterd y. report that a destructive fire
broke out in Dalton on Thursday night,
on the main business street We could
learn no further parliculars.
Augusta Constitutionalist.
Christiana Treason’ Trial.— The trill
<)t the Christiana Rioters, was to commence
in Philadelphia yesterday. The disagreement
between the Pennsylvania U. S. Attorney, and
the Counsel appointed by the Governor of
Maryland, had not been’ settled, and’ Mr.
Urvnt will only attend the trial of the cases
to report the proceedings to the liovernor
of Maryland. A letter from Philadelphia
says:
I hear from the vicinity of Christiana, that
an intense feeling on the subject of these
trials pervades the community there, gener
ally in favor of the prisoners.
A gentleman who has been in that neigh
borhood for the purpose of procuring evi
dence for the government, tells me that he
found it almost utterly impossible to hire a
horse, or to obtain any accommodation
or assistance whatever.
Another Building Fallen. —ln Cin
cinnati, on the 21st. anew four story
brick building fell, carrying eight or
nine men who were on the scaffold
along with it. Three of them were dan
gerouly injured, and several others
slightly hurt.
to Galignani, the Em
peror of Russia has just ordered 6000
carriages to be builtforlhe different rail
ways in his empire, in order to facili
tate the conveyance of troops.
(Kr a correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce, writing from Fredrick,
Maryland, says that a fearful hurricane passed
over that section of the country on Saturday
last, carrying away fences, trees and build
ings. It is supposed that over twenty thou
sand pannels of fence were destroyed. It
appears that throughout the entire North a
very severe gale prevailed on Saturday. In
Halifax, Nova Scotia immense damaga was
dcueto the wharves and shipping. The
vessels %/eia driven against each other and
distracted, while Several were sank.—Great
destruction wee also fleae to the fishing es
tablishments and veasels on the coast.
There were 367 deaths in New-Y ork 1 a‘.
week.
Elegant; Amusement ill Parts.
The long talked of fight between Lord
H. s two oWis, Iron Beak and Young, und
twelve rats, came off at midnight on’the 28. h
of October, in the drawing-room of the
Jockey Club.
The bets on the side of the rats, amounting
to £1 250, were all taken by Lord 11., w 1.0
backed his plumed champions.
The most perfect order prevailed in the
drawing-room The place of every specta
tor was assigned to him by the judges of tho
battle, whose orders were implicitly submt
ed to. JLord 11. had on his right M. Mery, the
poet of Marseilles, who while the warlike
preparations were going on improvised a
dozen strophes inspired by the singular oc
casion. =
, they were ! t ? hc lar S e ea g< <U which
in Ihe mid nti E n /; d “' ,,S P ,need P™ a table
inm ittes 7 *A e rtM ’ m in order that the
Ik. publicly MThfdish''ch
Iluil worthy suepasor of v,1,.| t’h k ’' ’ 1 ’ 7
ortho ci„b,—l,, is
US “ere disposed of, with an evident relish
and appreciation which could h irdlv Irm-
‘'So*,!
ed h.s falconer to bring in the owls ‘
Don Beak and \ wing were born in Scot
land upon an estate of Iris lordship’s, where
whic °th VearS they ia,,abit <“ d old tower, tl
T X SHr PHsed and
shades of n b !' rn ’. lea mixture ot various
t ei to n” ;-' : ‘T tal,,ns remarkable for
tluirtrm strength and flexibility.
the con.hat ‘yX T 8, > , . ,al fl ’ r
loose the twelve o ™?’ Ti °!’ < ? n,lw .°*
eeeiijiied each a sen.-ir.it ‘ bu l ,revi °iislv
c ore 1 -i„d T compartment in tho
ca ‘.and findmg themselves on the floor of
truffles r °- 0 '“- whi,e t,ie disrcsUon of tho
f eie?, o'l - o,, '^ on- ' vc re about to fill foul
, c ‘? th o-her,when William Perkes turned
a reliS.°' V •. in '° ti ' Caren; ’- At tb * moment
I)rov ; ,,iledamon Jf the spec
cries'of th h V ,ff “ f heard but the piercing
oftheowis. -S,a “ naShh ' g ° nUu beat *
Robert ?r eak . ope . ned tbe “ !,r hv flying at
MmtST tt/i r t,,cCreek - " and seizing*
Peedassl ;lm,Cll P° ,,ndßd bil com,
I tttd as a boa constrictor would do a calf
n o t,W <,b ° t Young at the
iXv Ton'i; 8 e f eCt,, ;' ,M - V <lis I ,oSl ' d of ‘he n,i-
Ji n ,q rJ ~&* the Book keeper,
a™ U , v' lan mI T Chnmouski, Rodilard
Knock V'si 1 b< i n< nnd “'isquat ahaslff..
hunir nn’t ’ n- ;l t ogether upon Young and
dil ini ~„i ii -" S c !, ' vs - Young caused Ro
d s •In ‘ ? n9,, li at ooeoossively to bite tho
1 ‘ ct " ,ant obstinately renewed
■*
a/i J Ir °” n . l ‘ : ‘ k bad slai . Voltaire
Xe seri n °T m,i,rly i ul),,nb Thotwo oulH
more . Wou J ,ded ’ but fiv ™ts only,
flm ,tT ,njl,Ped survived - The interest
of he battle was at this momenta! its height,
S:T aI T > ‘Vig-maker, who had
he to cowered in a corner as if ashamed of
himself,’ suddenly rushed upon Young,
threw him upon his side, and literally eat
sere rn 7T £ h ® owl u,tt,rt ‘ and a horrible
:ii, } ’ b , Ut 1 "., h,s d - vin S struggles tore open
he bowels ofPonlastrol with his Beak, and
the two enemies expired side by side at tho
same moinent.-Iron Beak was now singly
opposed to Tourlouron alias the Brush-maker,
the Marquis alms .Hide-your-Love,the Persian
alias the ( haffar, and prince Petulent- The
latter, who had eaten more truffles than any
other rat, was furious beyond measure.
He clung to the sound leg otTron beak, and
continued to gnaw it, while the owl killed all
the remaining rats. Os all the original coin,
hat.mts, Iron Beak, the owl, an,d Prince Pet
ulant, the rat, alone survived, both mortally
wounded, disabled, but still flashing sparks
of tury at each other from their eyes. The
judges at this stage declared the battle a
drawn one. for the present, Jbut decided that
the stakes are be handed to the owner of
the combatant that shall live the longest.
Upon this announcement, Victor Couturier
carried ofl Prince Petulant to be doctored
and nursed. William Perkes, the falconer,
took care ot Iron Beak,and the backers on ei,
ther side are now waiting with anxiety tho
result of the skill of the respective medical
attendants if the mutilated heroes.
MOBILE AA r D GIRARD R. ROAD.
Cou cil Chamber, Nov. 25.
Council met pursuant to adjournment
—present his honor the Mayor, Aid.
Brooks, Durr, Lloyd, Slade, Urquhart
and Ware.
The Journal of the last meeting was
read and approved.
By aid. IVare : The comm ttee appoint
ed by the City Council at a previous
meeting, to arrange the details with the
Directors of the Girard Railroad Com
pany, in reference to crossing the Chatl
tahoochee with said Railroad, to a depo
in the city of Columbus : Report that
they have discharged that duly, and of
fer the following contract for confirma
tion. Respectfully.
R. A. Ware. )
John A. Urquhart, > Com,
A. A. Lowthe-, )
Know all men by these Presents, That
the City Council of the city of Colum
bus, and the Girard Railroad Company
have entered into the following mutual
agreement, to wit: That the said City
Council agrees to subscribe the sum
of one hundred and fitty thousand do!-
lars to the capital stock of the said Gi*
rard Railroad Company payable in
City Corporation Bonds, bearing seven
per cent, interest, which interest shall
be payab’e to said coupany half yearly
and for which compons snail be attach
ed, said bonds running to maturity at
such times as may be agreed upon by
said City Council and said Girard Rail
road company in consideration thereof
both agree to app y the whole sum rea
ii,tea from sutu suoscription, to ttie pu •
chase of Iron for said Road from Girard
to Chunnenuggee, and shall be entitled
to demand and receive the said city
bonds from said City Council, in such
amounts and at such times as may bo
necessary to procure the Iron ready for
said'Road, upon the completion of the
grading and surperstructure thereof ; or
upon the completion of sections of ten
or more miles of said RoaJ, as may be
agreed upon by the said City Council
and the Directors ofsaid Railroad Coin
pany.
Ami it is further agieed between the
said City Council and the said Girard
Railroad Company, that the said city
council reserves the right of construct
ing Hailway Bridge across the Chattahoo
chee river, south of the ravine which
runs into said river below the present
Columbus Bridge and abutting the said
Railway Bridge on the lands of said
Company, already procured or to be
procured at a point below said ravine,
and above a point immediately op
posite the wharves on said river in said
city of Columbus ‘and connecting a
Railroad from a depot within the said
city with the said Girard Railroad on
the western bank of said river, to which
point the said Girard Railroad Com.
pany agrees to construct and connect
theivsaid Railroad and the said City
Council also reserve the right to bni and a
depot of proper size, at the spot in said
city which they may designate, and con
nect the same with said Railway Bridge
and said Girard Railroad at such time
as they may see proper to do so ; and
the said Girard Railroad Company
agree to run their engines and car*
over said Bridge and Road to said De
pot in said city, and in all respects use
the same as a part oftheirsaid Railroad
by receiving and discharging alj freight
which may bo directed to said Depcrt,