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COLXJMBTJS:
Hominy Morning, February 11, l*™.
liAIiOKIT CITY CIRCI'IiATIOX*
Tho Markets.
On Saturday there was n demand for alt the
cotton offered in our market, and stiff ju ices
ruled—Middling Fair qualities ootninandlng
readily 9j cents.
We observe that the Savannah, Charleston
md N. Orleans markets were very active, and
advanced prices were firmly maintained, on
Friday and Saturday.
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Accident to Gen. Cass.
Washington, Feb. B.— General Cass to-day
full from the steps of the Patent Office, and was
everely, though it is to be hoped, not danger
ously injured. Ilis frame was much jarred,
and there is some danger of inflftmation of the
l•min in consequence of his advanced age.
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Yesterday morning an Irishman named I>i 1-
lard was found on the track of the Muscogee
Railroad, near the second station, with both
legs cut off, no doubt by the train of Saturday
night. It is supposed that lie was intoxicated
and laid down on the track. Jfe was brought
to this city yesterday morning, and received
medical treatment, hut diod a few hours alter
liis arrival.
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Our Legislature.
The proceedings of Friday reached us too
late to bn copied in full in this paper. On that
■ lay tin* House passed hills to incorporate two
banks, one in this city and the otherin Gridin;
and a)dll was introduced tonfipropriuto money
to erect a monument to lion. A. J. Miller.—
Tho Senate re-considered its votes killing the
hills to incorporate Hanks at Ringgold and
Madison; also the vote on the bill disqualifying
executors, administrators, fee., from holding
the office of Ordinary.
It is thought that the Legislature cannot
tret through with its business by the 20th inst.,
the day agreed upon for an adjournment nine
die,
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Senator Iverson made liis maiden speech in
tho Senate on the llthinst., upon the resolution
introduced by Mr. Clayton, appropriating fif
teen hundred dollars for the benefit of the
poor. Senator I. denied the constitutionality
of t he resolution.
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Selling a White Boy.
We leavn verbally Mint a good deal of excite
ment existed in Montgomery, Ala., on Friday
last, growing out of an attempt made by a
man from Tallapoosa county, named King, to
■ ell a white boy ns a slave to a negro-trader of
the city named Shepherd, with, it is charged,
tlio knowledge of the latter that he was a white
hoy. They had whipped the boy to sup
press liis assertions that lie was free; but the
deception being charged on them, they were
arrested and were under examination when our
informant left the city. He represents the in
dignation of the citizens at this flagrant out
rage to be very strong, and thinks there was
reason to apprehend that they would take the
law into their own hands and deal severely with
ilie offenders.
I’. 3.—Wo learn from the Journal tlmt the
men were hound oyer for trial in $3,000 each ;
and that the hoy gives his name us Frank
Murec, formerly of Griffin ami Macon, Ga.
The f’oroncr’s Jury held over the body of
the negro child killed in Cincinnati by the run
away slaves from Kentucky, have found a ver
dict against its mother for murder. The at
tempt to take the ease from tho jurisdiction of
tho United States Court (ostensibly to try the
murder case, but really to prevent the return
of the negroes to Kentucky) will now he urged
on the ground that this charge is one coming
within [the province of a State Court alone;
and an tit tempt will be made to detain all the
negroes as accessories or witnesses.
At Mobile (latitude 3t>), on Monday last,
many of the citizens enjoyed themselves by
daitiuy on the ice! The Evening News thinks
that when skating is witnessed in Mobile,
“where the iig and the orange grow,” tho term
“Sunny South” will become obsolete. We be
gin to think that there is some truth in the
theory of the German astronomer, that the sun
is receding from the earth.
The Irishmen on trial at Cincinnati, on a
olmvgo of getting up a Fillihustering expedi
tion for the invasion of Ireland, have all been
acquitted ; and Mr. Consul Rowecroft, (of Brit
ish enlistment notoriety) is exceedingly cha
grined and wrathy thereat.
The Prospect of Peaco.
The Washington Union (perhaps with more
reliable information than is enjoyed by those
not favored with intimations from official sour
ces) treats the reported pacific disposition of
the Court of Russians a mefe rune to gain
lime and delay the warlike preparations of
France ami Great llritnin. “As well (snys the
Ciiion) might a foreign enemy in the posses
sion of Key West insist, as a preliminary for
pacific, negotiations, that the United States
should consent to tho surrender of California,
make the Mississippi river free to all the world,
and agree to destroy her dock yards on the
lakes and at the principal Atlantic ports, as for
France and England, in the doubtful occupau
cy of tho south side of Sevastopol, to insist
Hint Russia, in order to obtain a peace she
docs not crave, must give uj> a portion of her
soil, abolish its protectorate over the Danubian
principalities, make the Danube a free river
consent to the neutralization of the black Sea,
and take no heed of the temporal or religious
rights of the Christian subjects of the Sublime
l'orte.”
The correspondent of the Charleston Stan- ‘
•lard, in liis last letter from Washington, writes: \
“Col. Parker It. French is now here and will. |
in a few days, present his credentials and <if- |
in and liis recognition as Minister from Nicara
gua. If refused, Wheeler, our Minister to
Nicaragua, will be sent home.” We have al
ready statements showing that Min
ister Wheeler not only recognized the new gov
ernment of Nicaragua, until otherwise instruc
ted, but has protested against the refusal of
our administration to receive French.
Alabama.
The Alabama House of Representatives has
passed the bill providing for a return to annual ,
sessions of the Legislature—yeas 45 nays 40.
It has yet to go before the Senate and the
Governor —the latter branch of the legislative
power being in his present mood, “mighty nu
sartiu.”
The hill to make n loan to the Alabama and
Mississippi Rivers Railroad Company, which
passed both Houses, was vetoed by the Gover
nor, and the veto has been sustained by the
Senate. Tho vote on the passage of the bill,
notwithstanding the veto, was yeas 14, nays 15.
Tho Governor exercises the veto more free
ly than any Executive within our knowledge.
He refuses his sanction to all hills of incorpor
ation, \c., where he believes the object sought
could he obtained through the courts, and to
many others conferring jirivilegos or relief
which he thinks ouyht to be entrusted to the
! courts; also to all measures extending State
aid to internal improvement, and to every bill
prohibiting or restricting the sale of spirit
uous liquors in any locality. Most of the bills
vetoed are repassed by the Legislature, but
ninny of the vetoes are sustained by decided
majorities. The probability is, that at the
close of the. session, many of the bills passed
within a few days of the time of adjournment
will fail for the want of the Executive approval.
T. J. Woolfolk’s Floride won the three-mile
race over the Charleston course, on Thursday,
beating H. C. Cassey’s Gov. Johnson, and John
Campbell’s .lack Gamble. Time, 6:04—6:07.
The second race on the same day—a sweep
stakes for South Carolina two year olds—was
won by C. T. Howell’s bay colt by Sovereign.
A Letter on Kansas.
Wc are indebted to a gentleman of this city
for permission to copy the following letter ad
dressed to him by a former citizen of a Southern
State, now residing on the borders of Kansas.
We regard it ns the most definite and satisfac
tory description of the lands of thnt Territory
—their character and present facilities for
settlement—that we have seen; and the tone
of the letter indicates that the political specu
lations of the writer are backed by shrewd ob
servation and sound judgment. The letter is
dated
Lexington, Lafayette Cos., Mo., t
January 21st, 1850. )
In reference to the lands in Kansas, 1 can
speak from personal observation of those ly
ing south of Kansas river, and by report of
those north. 1 consider that wluit is known
as tho Shawnee Reserve as by far the best
portion that is to settle south of Kansas river.
This Reserve commences at the mouth of said
t'ivcv and runs up it 30 miles, thence south 24
miles, containing about 480,000 acres, of
which 200,000 is reserved for the Indians, to
he selected by them adjoining their present
locations, so soon as the survey of the same
shall be returned. Tho rest will be open lor
white settlements. Those surveys are now in
progress, and it is thought will be completed
by June. Those lands are very desirable—
aro dry, beautifully undulating, and there is
plenty of building-rock and clear water.—
Along up tlie Kansas river there is a bolt of
timber some 4 miles wide. In this timber the
Indians will mostly select their lands, with a
view of soiling timber to the whites. The rest
is mostly prairie of very tine quality. It is
proposed to settle all of this part of tho coun
try with pro-slavery men, and there is now an
organization tor that purpose, the members of
which have indicated their claims in a definite
manner. There is plenty yet left.
On the north ot Kansas river the country is
tine any where for a distance from the Missouri
river, and 1 should suppose that anywhere at
a distance of not over 20 or 30 miles from the
last named river would hedesirablc, where un
occupied land could be found ; but this portion
is tolerably well settled already. There is a
tract of country some 18 miles from Lawrence,
called Hickory Point, that is represented to be
highly desirable. It is settled with a mixture
of pro-slavery men and Abolitionists, the lat
ter outnumbering the former. At this place
tho settlements are numerous, and 1 have just
been informed that the Abolitionists wish gen
erally to leave it, and are offering to sell their
improvements very low—say half of what they
held them at six months ago.
As to the security of negro property, that
will depend on the aid we get from the South
eru States. Thus far it is secure ; and l only
express the opinion 1 have on several occasions
heard expressed by intelligent men, to-wit,
that ‘>oo or 1000 at most pro-slavery men, who
would move to Kansas with their slaves, would
settle the matter beyond question in the fu
ture. ’There are a great many slaves already
there; and whenever these Abolitionists are
brought into actual contact with slavery us it
is, if it does not convert them, it so far modi
fies their opinions as to render them harmless.
The views of many, however, are entirely chan
ged, and they now desire to own our negroes.
There is another class of persons in Kansas
from the free States, who have gone there for
the express purpose of settling where slave
property was recognized, in order that they
might purchase. They say that white labor
iu the free States west is so unreliable that a
farmer cannotdependonit, to secure his crops.
I have no doubt but that, with moderate aid
from the Southern States, Kansas can he made
thoroughly pro-slavery. To the attainment
of this, the whole south in common with us is
prompted to action by every motive that can
influence human conduct. In my judgment,
should the disparity in the United States Sen
ate in the number of Senators from the slave
holding aud free States be much further in
creased, disunion or civil war will be the in
evitable result, unless more temperate councils ‘
should prevail at the North—a contingency
more to be hoped for than expected.
Should your friends come, I should be pleas- !
ed if they would call upon me here, and 1 will |
give them all the aid in my power. Through
out all western Missouri they will be received I
with a warm welcome. F. A. K.
Dr. Robert Henry, Professor of Greek in
the South Carolina College, died at Columbia
on the tith instant, of a congestive chill.
The Black Republican Caucus.
lu a dispatch from Washington, copiedby us
the other day, it was stated that the ‘‘anti-ud
ministi'atioii party” would hold a canons that
night at the Capitol. It turns out that this
was only a Black Republican caucus, and was
attended by 76 members of that party. They
nominated F. S. Evans for Sergeant at Al ius,
N. C. Darling for Dooi-keeper, Robt. ( Morris
l’ost-master to the House, and G. Fullett, edi
tor of the Ohio State Journal, for Printer.—
Darling and Morris were elected ; Evans was
beaten by Glossbrcnner, Democrat; and the
House has not yet been able to elect a Printer.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
t oili‘-|ion*letHf ot the Savannah Journal.
Thukhdat, Feb. 7.
Senate. —The bill to prohibit the retailing
of spirituous liquors without license, which
was lost yesterday in the Senate, was recon
sidered to-ilay. Mr. Wingfield of Putnam,
took strong grounds in favor of the reconsid
eration that the bill might be so perfected as
to become a sound, wholesome, and acceptable
law.
A bill to remove the disqualification of Ad
ministrators, and Guardians, and Executors,
from being elected to the office of Ordinary in
this State, was laid upon the table, and very
properly so, as it might have opened the way
to much fraud and malfeasance.
The Senate concurred in certain amendments
proposed by the House of Representatives to
the Resolution adopted on yesterday, for the
appointment of a joint committee, to report a
bill for the construction of a main trunk rail
way “from such point as may seem eligible to
them, on or near the eastern border of this
State, to such point, on or near the western,
as will connect the Gulf with the Atlantic, by
tho best route.” The amendment was the
words in quotation.
The object sought to be accomplished is a
desirable one, if the proper route can be se
lected.
Two Hank Charters were slaughtered to-day
in the Senate, one for the town of Ringgold,
in Catoosa county, and the other for the town
of Madison. The mania for Ranks is about
to he crushed.
There was a considerable struggle this eve
ning upon a bill amendatory of an act to pro
hibit the manumission of slaves. Mr. Cone,
of Greene, took strong grounds in favor of the
bill, and Mr. Spalding, of Mclntosh, strong
grounds in opposition to it.
lly an amendment of Judge Cone’s all wills
and other instruments by which slaves are to
be removed, and made free by being removed
beyond the limits of this State, shall be null
and void, so far as the emancipation of the
slaves are concerned.
The bill was finally passed bv a vote of 51
to 20.
Nothing else of interest.
House or Rei'rkskxtatives.— The Resolu
tion of the Senate—mentioned yesterday in
my report—relative to the appointment of a
•Joint Committee to reporta bill authorizing
the construction of a Main Trunk Railroad, for
the purpose of connecting the Gulf of Mexico
with the Atlantic Ocean, was taken up this
morning, and after being slightly amended
was concurred in.
The use of this Hall has, on motion of Mr.
Ward, been tendered this evening, to Professor
Lee, of the Terrell Professorship—for the pur
pose of delivering a lecture on the subject of
Agriculture, &c.
The bill to incorporate the Hiwassce Rail
road Company, was resumed as the unfinished
business ot yesterday, and lost by a vote of
55 to 50.
Several bills of an unimportant character
were passed this morning.
The evening lias been devoted almost exclu
sively to a bill authorizing a man in the county
of Floyd to practice medicine and charge for
the same. It was so amended as to include in
its provisions many others, and after various
motions upon which tho yeas and nays were
recorded, passed.
If such bills as this are to consume a half
day each, may it not be asked with earnest
ness and regret, when will the present Legis
lature adjourn ‘!—There will be no session this
evening from the fact that Professor Lee lias
the use of the Ilall.
Last evening a gentleman from Kansas by
the name of White, the object of whose mis
sion is to raise pro-slavery recruits for the
ballot box in that Territory, delivered in his
own peculiar and forcible style, an interesting
address to a large audience. If Kansas is what
he represents her to be, any poor man who is
willing to fight for the interests of the South
might promote his welfare by emigrating
thither. Ilis contempt for Abolitionists was
clearly manifested—and especially for such as
have been sent to that Territory by Socictios
in non-slaveholding States with a view to the
formation of an anti-slavery constitution. He
said that the object of his friends in Kansas
was to triumph at the ballot box—but that if
they failed in this they were determined to
achieve a victory at the cannon mouth. He
urged that the Legislature would promptly aid
his enter prize or refuse to do so, in order that
he might, if they failed, go before the people
at once and raise funds by private subscription.
This gentleman is a native of Tennessee, but
emigrated with liis father at the age of seven,
to Kansas, where lie has lived for 31 years.—
lie possesses an open, generous aud intelli
gent face, and exhibits indications of health,
to which lie alluded as an evidence of the
healthfulness of the climate whence lie came.
Message of Mayor Wood—Preparations
for War.
Mayor Wood sent a message to the N. York
councils on Monday, urging upon the general
government appropriations for the defence of
the city. The Mayor evidently considers the
present condition of our foreign relations very
critical. In case of a war with England, ho
snys, New York, of all the Atlantic ports,
would be the object of assault by sea and
land, liis honor, nevertheless, goes on to say
that it is a fact that New York lias already in
position more guns of heavy calibre than Se
vastopol had at the attack of the allied armies,
or that Cronstadt lias at this time—but there
is much more to be accomplished in order to
complete defence.
From Washington
Washington, Fob. 6.
A committee of the Senate is engaged in the
investigation of the action of the late Naval
Board. Three members of the Board were in
terrogated yesterday.
Washington, Feb. 7.
Tho Senate has adopted a resolution, instruc
ting the committee on Finance to report the
usual general appropriation bills. Adjourned
over to Monday.
In the House the election for Printer was
further postponed. A resolution was adopted
authorizing the Speaker to appoint the regular
Standing Committees; after which the House
adjourned to Monday.
Large Defalcation.
Milwaukik, Feb. 6.
Kiunesou, late Treasurer of this State, is re
ported to he a defaulter to the ext ent of $140,-
0(H).
TELEGRAPHIC.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA.
COTTON ADVANCED.
PK.UK PROSPECTS IMFIiOVKU.
Suspension of Hostilities in the Crimea.
Three Months Armistice Humored.
Telegraphed for the Daily Sun.
Aval sta, Feb. 9—10.201*. M.
The new British steamship Persia has arri
ved at New York with news from Europe one
week later than the Arabia’s dates. She left
Liverpool on the 20th ult.
There was a still further advance of 1-1 (id.
in Cotton, and the sales of the week run up to
the high figure of 70,000 bales.
Consols were quoted at 90J- —showing a
further advance.
The political prospects were regarded as
more favorable for jieace. It was rumored that
an armstice for three months liad been agreed
on. Hostilities were suspended in the Crimea.
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Massachusetts Legislature.
Boston, Feb. 0.
A joint committee of the Legislature have
reported against the repeal of the personal
liberty act, better known as the act nullifying
the Fugitive Slave Law.
Secretary Mnrey’s Instructions to Mr.
Wheeler.
The New York Times understands that on
the forthcoming trial of the Nicaragua Filli
husters in that city, the following dispatch,
and numerous other papers of importance will
be read;
MR. MARCY TO MR. WHEELER.
Department or State, |
Washington, Nov. 8, 1855. J
Silt: I have received and laid before the
President your despatches numbered 25 and
26, together with tlicir inclosures. The mise
rable condition of Nicaragua is much regretted
and devolves upon this Government perplexing
duties. While adhering to our settled policy’
of leaving to every nation the management of
its own internal affairs, we have important du
ties to perform in regard to our citizens who
may be resident within or passing through its
territories. The recent murders and outrages
committed upon them iu the State of Nicaragua
must be atoned for by the authorities of that
country. The perpetrators of these crimes
must be punished ; the sufferers Indemnified,
and the families of the murdered be provided
for. Whenever that country lias a responsible
Government, a due measure of satisfaction will
be demanded.
In the present condition, of affairs there, it
is difficult to decide who lias the responsible
Government on which the demand for satisfac
tion can be made. It appears that a baud of’
foreign adventurers has invaded that unhappy
country, which after gaining recruits from
among the residents, has, by violence, overturn
ed the previously existing Government, and
now pretend to be in possession of sovereign
authority. The knowledge we have of their
proceedings does not authorize the President
to recognize it as the de facto Government of
Nicaragua, and he cannot hold or permit you
to hold in your official character any political
intercourse with the persons now claiming to
exorcise the sovereign authority of that State.
It appears to be no more than a violent usur
pation of power brought about by an irregular
self-organized military force, as yet unsanc
tioned by the will or acquiescence of the people
of Nicaragua. It lias more the appearance of
a successful marauding expedition than a
change of Goverment or rulers.
Should the mass of the people of Nicaragua
be unwilling or unable to repel this inroad or
shake off this usurpation, and ultimately sub
mit to its rule, then it may become de facto a
government, and responsible for the outrages
which have been committed upon the rights
and persons of American citizens. Then this
Government will demand and exact ample in
demnity and satisfaction from it.
The President instructs you to abstain from
any official intercourse with the persons now
exercising a temporary control over some parts
of Nicaragua, In such a dubious state of af
fairs you cannot be expected to act in your of
ficial character until you receive instructions
from your Government, but you will be enti
tled to the immunities of a Minister if you do
not act so as to forfeit them.
You will remain in the country and keep
your Government well advised of the actual
condition ot affairs therein. You will observe
great circumspection in your conduct. You
cannot retain a right to the privileges of a Min
ister if you intermeddle with the concerns of
any of the parties.
llic difficulties you have already encounter
ed arose, as it appears, from an apprehension
that you had improperly interfered in the
conflict between the contending parties.
Though the President lias no doubt that you
acted from the purest motives, intending only
to subserve the cause humanity, yet your
course was aside from that which your duty as
the representative of a foreign Government
imposed upon you. It has exposed you to the
charge by one party of interfering in the con
cerns of the other, and on this ground an at
tempt will be made to justify the restraint put
upon you.
In regard to this matter the President will
hereafter take such a course as is dictated bv
a regard to your rights as a public functionary
of this Government.
Orders have been issued for some of our
public shijis to visit the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of Nicaragua.
They will have instructions to look to and
protect the persons and property of our citi
zens, hut there should be no misapprehensions
as to the extent to which they have a right to
interfere. The commanders of such ships
have no right, except in very extraordinary
cases, to send forces to operate on land, and in
no case could they be permitted to take part
in the couiiiets of the contending parties with
in the limits of the country.
They can, and should protect, our merchant
vessels from illegal seizure and pillage, and
afford an asylum to our citizens who wish to
escape front scenes of violence and bloodshed,
and secure a depository for their property.
Bould the officers of the national armed ships
sent to the coasts Os Nicaragua confer with you
as to acts proper for them to do in any emer
gency, you will be careful in the advice you
give them. Acts of war cannot be committed
without the authority of Congress. Repelling
threatened outrage upon our citizens or shiel
ding their property from unjust seizure, or
protecting their persons, are not acts of war.
They arc exertions of power not inconsistent
with the relations of peace.
1 am, sir, very respectfully,
Y our obedient servant.
[Signed] W. L. MARCY.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. 1
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Council Chamber. February J, iK.ji s ’
Council met pursuant to adjournment:
sent, Hon. F. G. YYilkins, Mayor—Aid.’g!,; ‘’
den, Chapmaii, llall, Harris, Lee, Thouij ISl 'i 1
Pease, Jones, Slade, lluuley aud Ligon.
From the certificate of the Managers of ti„M
election held iu the 6tli ward on Saturday \ I
2d iftst., for one Alderman of said ward, j (J , M
the vacancy occasioned by the removal m
Aid. Mcrshon, it appeared that John G. Ik,! I !
nel was duly elected, who appeared, I
after taking the oath prescribed, before |,!l
honor the Mayor, took his seat. (
In reading the Journal of the last ineetii:-
Aid. Ligon gave notice that he should mov,” 9
reconsideration of so much of the action 1,
said meeting as regards the freedom of th! 3
bridge to Geo. Gullcn. Aid. Thompson guy, 1
the same notice in regard to the Bridge V., I
tract of Sannuis and Rooney.
The Journal of the last meeting, was then ■
approved. 1
By Aid. Chapman: The Committee on.\ ( .. J
counts beg leave to report that they hati j
examined the accounts of T. K. Wynne f J
$60.95, of Gas Light Company for $484.1* ■
; of .1. R. Hull & Gft for $62, ami find tlieitl
as far as they can ascertain, correct.
F. S. CHAPMAN
J. W. PEASE,
R. H. HARRIS.
On motion received and accounts ordered t m
be paid.
By Aid. llall: The Finance Committee by, Ji
leave to report, that in pursuance of their in 3
structions, they called at the Agency of tin I
Marine Bank the Ist inst., and were informal
that the note of the City Council of Columbia !
given to .Messrs. Patten & Mustian for tlieitl
loan of $26,000 was not considered as dm |
until the 4th inst.; and further that they tin J
day called at said Agency and offered the fui |
amount of said note, which was refused on I
the ground that Messrs. Patten & Mustiatl
considered the note null and void according t j
their contract, and that they considered the
amount (20,000) as the first payment on sa: |
contract. Aud further, in relation to the loan!
from Mr. John King, falling due on the Is j
inst.: Mr. King lias agreed to extend tin-1
time 30 days, at the same rate of interest a<|
the old loan. 11. T. HALL,
WM. Y. BARDEN.
F. S. CHAPMAN.
On motion received.
From the City Physician: To his Honor thel
Mayor, and Gentlemen of the Council—
I am gratified to state that a full report
from all the wards has been received, which i?
as follows:
In the Ist Ward I report two cellars on
Oglethorpe street, one owned by Col .Jones,
the otlier by A. McDougald; these cellar
hold stagnant water, and require to be repaired,
so as prevent an influx of water during rails.
The Sewer running through the flat from
Mr. Burrus’ lot to the Foundry, is partially
closed aud should be re.opened.
Not one of the nuisances of the 2d Ward,
complained of in my last report, (except tin
cellar of Col. Jones, on the corner of Bryan
and Oglethorpe streets,) have been abated. I
again report the nuisances for your prompt
removal.
I report iu tlie 3d Ward the Hydrant in front
of T. M. V&adenbcrg’s residence as In a very
bad condition, producing several ponds ofj
water in the neighborhood; also, the Hydrant
near the residence of Hr. Billing, on Randolph
street. I suggest that they be repaired imme
diately.
The 4th Ward is in good order, with the ex
ception of a vacant lot on Front street, which
is iu a very filthy condition. This lot lies be
low the Factory Buildings, and requires yoiir
earliest attention. There are two ditches in
this Ward, one in the east common, the other
on Baldwin street, which require attention,
and the mouth of the Sewer between Thomas
and Troup streets is in bad condition, ami
requires to be repaired.
1 report for the 6th Ward two ponds of
water, one iu Early street, the other near the
African Graveyard, which require to he
drained immediately.
In conclusion, gentlemen, I cannot too ear
nestly recommend, for the general health and
safety of the citizens, that all the ditching
which requires to be done for the present
year, be attended to before the approaching
spring and summer.
Respectfully, WM. W. FLEWELLEN,
Pres, of Board of Health.
On motion of Aid. Slade, received and re
ferred to the appropriate Standing Committee,-.
By Aid. Harris: Whereas, there has been
much discussion among- the citizens of Colum
bus concerning the sale of the City’s Muscogee
Railroad Stock, and there seems to he a diver
sity of opinion both among the citizens ami
members of Council as to whether this Council
is morally or legally bound to accept tlie
proposition of Messrs. Patten & Mustian for
the purchase of said Stock; and whereas thi?
Council are mere Trustees for the said citi
zens, to whom that Stock belongs; ami
whereas, Messrs. Semmes, Jones & Cleghorn
have offered $5,600 more for said Stock than
have Messrs. Patten & Mustian: Therefore
Resolved, That the citizens of Columbus being
the owners of this Stock, they, instead of tlie
Council, should decide whether said Stock
shall be sold at the lowest or highest price.
2d. That his Honor the Mayor is requested to
call a public meeting of the citizens of Colum
bus, at such a time and place as he mny deem
best, to take this matter into consideration, and
express their opinion as to what this Council
shall do in-the premises. 3d. That until said
meeting shall be called, this Council will take
no action in reference to the sale of the said
Stock.
Whereupon, Aid. Slade offered tlie following
as a substitute : Resolved, That this Council
ratify and rc-affirm the contract made with
Messrs Patten A Mustian, by the late Council,
in regard to the Stock owned by the City in
the Muscogee Railroad, this ratification being
subject to the decision of the Supreme Court,
in the case of Semmes vs. The City Council.
Whereupon, Aid. Barden offered the follow
ing as a substitute to that offered by Aid.
Slade : Resolved, That this Council take m
further action in relation to tlie sale of the
Muscogee Railroad Stock, until said Council
shall know the decision of the Supreme Court
in the case; and if said Court shall decide
that, under the action of the late and present
Council, it was a legal contract, then, this
Council proceed to confirm said contract with
said Patten and Mustian; otherwise this
Council proceed to dispose of said stock as
they may deem best for the interest of said
city; which was rejected. Yeas (o) Aid. liar
den, Harris, Lee, Ligon and Jones. Nays (7)
Aid. Runnel, Chapman, Ilunley, Thompson.
Hall. Slade and Pease.
Aid. Harris moved the adoption of the ori
ginal resolutions, which was rejected : Yeas
and Nays were required. Yeas (5) Aid. Bar
den, Harris, Lee, Ligon and Jones. Nays (7)
Aid. Runnel, Chapman, Hall, Ilunley, Pease,
Slade and Thompson.
Alderman Lee moved to lay tlie substitute
as offered by Alderman Slade on tlie table,
which was rejected. Yeas and nays were re
quired : leas (5) Aid. Barden, Harris, Lee,
Ligon and Jones. Nays (7) Bunnel, Chap-