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EDITED AMD PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY tUBBUO!! aV HIBBS. It E «» O It T Os the Pi\ Helen' and Directors of the East Tenncsee and Georgia Rati Road Com pan if to the Stockholders. January 1, 1*49. In conformity with the requirements of the Sth apeti nos the charter of the com pany, the president and directors submit the following as their annual report. Inasmuch as no annual report lias been ma le to the stockholders for several years, the directory have thought it proper to embrace in this report the condition and affairs of the company from the timeof the se tiement of the suit of the State against the company. In September, IS4G, that suit was decided on compromise, and a decree rendered by the Su reme court of the State in accordance with the terms of the compromise. Measures were immediately taken to revive and re-organise the company. In November, I*lo, a few of the friends ol the enterprise, among whom were some of the old board, on consultation, suggest ed and adopted a plan, which has ever since been adhered to, for the settlement and liquidation of the debts of the compa ny. It lias been eminently successful in its operations, and l>y it the company have settled and discharged debts and liabili ies of one kind or another, including princi pal and interest, something over S2OO 000. There yet remains of lixed debts and lia bilities against the company, something ovet' $30,000, to ho provided for and set tled. lit January, after the decision of the suit,a hoard of directors was elected by the* stockholders and appointed by the Governor, and entered with energy on the discharge of their duties. From lapse of time and other causes, the affairs of the company were found to be in ave y un settled and unsatisfactory condition. It was impossible, at that time, to ascertain its true condition ; and it required much time and labor to make out a satisfactory s'atoment. This examination and these labors wore, however, but preparatory. If was known that the company was largely in debt. To liquidate the debts, and revive and re-organize die company, so as to go on successfully with the work, were the duties devolved upon the direc tory. In looking to these objects, and en deavoring to make headway, the directors have been met with obstacles and difficul ties properly appreciated only by those who have known and considered them.— To pay the debts, the only resource with in their control was the sys cm of compro mise adopted. To raise the means to pay them in any other way was impossible, unless coupled with some plan for the re commencement of the work, by an issue of news ock, or something else. And to obtain new subscriptions of stock seemed impossible, inasmuch as the work hereto fore done had been at high prices, owing to the then high prices of labor and sup plies—the delays occasioned by the injunc tion of the State, and the consequent loss of materials, and the accumulation of in terest and costs—all combined, had, in the opinion of the community, increased the expenditures greatly beyond the present value of the work done: so that new sub scribers wou’d not come into the compa ny on an equal footing with tlie old ones. Here was a difficulty which could not be overcome without legislative aid. To ob viate it, the legislature, at its last session authorized the appointment of commision ei's, two on the part of the State and two on the part of the stockholders, to value the work done on the road, in its present condition, and to reduce the paid stock of the company so as to conform to the amount of their value. Messrs. Luke Lea and David A. Dcadcrick were appointed on the part of the State, and Messrs. John Crawford and David Cleage on the part of the Stockholders; who, having taken upon them the duties of their appointment, valued the work at $454,831, and reduced the paid stock of the State to $2:24,500, and that of the shareholders to $230,331 — being just one half of the original amount expended up to the Ist of April, 184S ; so tint on the 4st of April, 1848, the value <>f the work done, and the capital stock paid in, are set down ns eqno] to the sum of $154,831, and go into the present compa ny at that sum. Hence the books, ac counts and statements of the company will be kept and made out in conformity with said valuation and reduction. The report of said commissioners is herewith exhibit ed to the stockholders. 'J he scaling or reduction of the several accounts of the individual shareholders is not completed, there being yet some eight or ten thousand dollars to be deducted from the aggregate list of paid stock on the Ist of April, 1818—the only difficulty being how to make the reduction so as not to leave fractional shares. It is believed, however, that a mode may lie adopted hereafter, that will obviate all difficulty and be equitable and just between the shareholders. A statement accompanying and made part of this report will show the present condition of the general accounts of the company. All the old unpaid stock of the compa ny has been declared forfeited, with the fractional payments thereon, except in a few cases where there are settlements to be made with the shareholders. This policy has been adopted as being absolute ly necessary to clear the books of unavail able stock—to preparo for a proper reor ganization of the company, and to avoid almost endless difficulties. It was judged •worse than useless to hold on to unwilling stockholders, and more especially so when i‘ was known that suits for the recovery of the instalments were barred by the stat- j utes of our state. And as to all who were i wiling to hold and pay their stock, it was • believed they would prefer to come in un-1 der the new organization and take new stock. The obstacles that had stood in the way of a successful re organization being prin cipally removed, the directory were anx ious to obtain new subscriptions of s'ock, in amount sufficient to enable them to re commence and progress with the work.- The directory, therefore, appealed to the citizens of East Tennessee, they being most deeply interested, to come forward and furnish the means for the cons'ruction of the road. Efforts were also made else where. Some success has attended these efforts, and we believe that when the prop er efforts are continued, the peopie will find it to their interests to become identi tied vvkh the work bv taking s'oek lib erally; and that by their n : d and encour agement the enterprise will he abundantly successful. In the meantime a proposition has been made to, and accepted by the directory, and a contract entered into with Gen. Duff Green, for him*elf and others to be associated with him, for the construction and equipment of the entire road, from the “Western and Atlantic” railroad of Georgia to Knoxville. The contract is herewith presented to'lie stockholders for their information as to its terms and de tails. It will readily he seen by an in spection of the specifications and details, that the road, when finished, furnished and equipped, according to the contract, will be one of the best in the union. It will he permanent and durable, requiring but small outlays in repairs—will be of such a character as to save, in the work ing of the road, large sums annually in the wear and tear of machinery: conse quently, will he more regular and certain in its profits, and will pay better divi dends to the shareholder? than any road constructed on a lighter and less durable plan. To adopt such a road in prefer ence to one with only one-third or one half of the quantity of iron, on a | wooden superstructure—the pronosi'ion or contract furnishing (he means for one as easily ns for the other—the directory could have no hesitancy. They adopted the heavy rail—the durable road —and in this, if in nothing else, they feel certain they will be sustained by the opinions of the shareholders. The road contracted for is a heavy and costly one, and the directors Igtve not hesitated to promise a large sum for it: but in doing so they have not exceeded the chartered means of the company, nor have they contracted in such a way as to involve the company in difficulties and embarrassments, so as at any time to lessen or retard its operations, or to suspend or curtail the business or usefulness of the road when completed.— The debt to be created is in such form, and on such time, as to he easily controll ed at all times by the earnings of the r- ad; or to ho funded and put in stock or some other form, whenever the company may desire it hereafter. In short, the directo ry regard the contract, under all the cir cumstances, as one very favorable to the company. They also regard it. as a good contract for the contractors, provided they prosecute the work with energy and des patch. This coniract embraces the raising the greater part of tlie necessary means, as well as doing the work. It is two-fold in its object, and if it can he carried out, is the very thing we needed. The payments are to he made in state bonds, $200,000; in the G per cent, bonds of the com pany, at thirty years, $350,000 , in means to be furnished by the shareholders in Tenuossee, as the work progresses, $120,000; and in the shares of the company as earned, $1,150,000. The value of these means will depend upon circum stances, and much upon their proper manage ment by the company and the contractors. To make them available, a large margin is given to the contractors, as might have been expected under circumstances. If with that margin they can be made available and kept at something like their nominal value, so much the better for the state, the individual shareholders, the con tractors aud the community in general. It is the interest and duty of all parties, therefore, to be united in this effort, and to work together. Under such a contract the road can lie made, and the directors confidently believe it will he made—and if made, they are sure it will ho on terms and under circumstanres that will confer lasting benefits on ourseetion ofthe state. The time for doubling and hesitating, we think, is past. And we would say to each one who would openly be a friend to the enterprise, to be that friend now, for now is ths time of need. It will he observed that the contract with Gen. Green contemplates a subscription of $150,000 of stock in East Tennessee. But a small por tion of that amount is yet taken. It is hoped and believed, however, that during the construc tion of the work the amount can ho raised and made available to the contractors. The direc tory earnestly request and urge every citizen who wishes the speedy completion ofthe road, and can take shares of stock, to do so immedi ately. Agents arc now appointed and author ized to receive subscriptions, arid it is under stood they will make an effort to see what the people will do so soon as the contractors arc ready to place hands on the work at the lower end of the line. Looking to otir immediate connection with the south ; a connection with the west at an early day; and the rapid construction of a railroad from Lynchburg, in Virginia, to the Tennessee line, it is certain, beyond doubt, that our road, when finished, will do a heavy and profitable business, arid that it will pay good dividends to the shareholders. We will not doubt therefore, but that the citizens of East Tennessee, will in good time fill up the subscription required of them, and much more if it were needed. After the subscription of the $150,000 is made, there will still be oftheeapital ofthe company, unsubscribed, the sum of $45,000, which is in tended to bo used in liquidation of debt against the company, or such other e.ontingi ncies as the road may demand, land damages, &,c. The re maining balance of debts against the company must bo paid The means must in someway he provided, and this balance ofstock is reserved as one resource for their payment The company have the right by authority of their amended charter, and by grant from the state of Georgia, to construct that portion of the -oad lying within the limits of Georgia. The directory have authorized and directed the sur vcys of ihe different route* spoken of, so ns to , ascertain the proper point of intersection ivitli the Western and Atlantic railroad of Georgia; and the definite survey and location of the toad on the route selected. These surveys are now j being made hy Win. G. Bonner, Esq , engineer, assisted bv .Mr Mortis and Mr. Cole; and it is believed the points of intersection w ill he select ed, and the definite location of that part of the road completed within the present month. The change of location at Cleveland is also partly sur veyed—the practicability of the change ascer tained—hut the location is not yet definitely made. All of which is respectfully reported. A. D. KEYES, Pres't. From the Quincy Times. So;i(hoi’!i Ili-cnri slit (Is. Heretofore the Southern people have greatly depended on the north and the west, for their breadstuff's, as well as their bacon, their horses and mules. Thous ands— indeed we may sav millions have annually been sent out of the southern states for the purchase of articles which could have more profitably been made at home. The annual drain of money for Flour, Buckwheat, Meat, and other arti cles which they purchase from the nor h, has been sufficient to keep the South poor, notwithstanding the productions of our soil, our kindly climate, or the en terprise and industry of our. people. We of the south have labored—have exhausted the riches of a virgin soil—have swept away our forests, borrowed from our generous lands to the extent of their capability of lending, and then we have turned them out as old naked fields, to be still further exhausted by the burning rays of the sun And what has become of the profits of all this labor, of all this waste of the natural resources of the country ? It has all gone to enhance the more systematic industry of the business man of the nor h and the west. The western horse driver has had his portion, the hog driver has had his portion; the flour mer chant, the bacon ami lard merchant, all have had their share, and in many cases nothing is left to the hard working plan ter of the south. Now this is no good cause of any un kind feeling against ihe northern or wes tern people ; if they have had the ad dress to supply us with what we lacked and found profit in so doing, it is cer tainiy no fault of theirs. The mistake lies with ourselves, in not p oducing all those articles which ate required for home consumption. To say that the people of the south cannot raise horses, mules, and hogs, sufficient for their own necessities, is as much as to say that their lands won’t grow corn—which we all know to he untrue. The truth is, the soutli has been kept poor by unlhriftiness, by conceit rating her whole energies upon one branch of industry—the production of cotton. The consequence has been, that when the sea sons have been favorable, and the price gone down The planter gets no remunerating price for his labor; perhaps lie is left in debt for the hoists, ands r the bacon with which he fed his hands. Well, is it any better for the planter when ihe crop is scant, when the drought or the caterpillar reduce the yield of his lands, to the smallest amount—and the price of cotton per consequence rates high? High pi ices under such circum stances do not briug the planter out of debt. The only effectual relief of the south ern planter is, to enter upon a sy tern for the production of all his necessaries at. home. In the article of breadstuff's, of ff ur alone—the people of the south ern states, are still tributary to the north in vast amounts. And there is no need of this, the southern soil grows wheat of the finest quality; southern industty if properly directed, can convert it into the finest (lour. Then why will the south ern planter continue to labor in his cot ton field, to grow cotton, to he sold for p ices which they do not pay for the food consumed by the hands which make it, and the expenses of forwarding it to market—to say nothing of the waste of capital, and the waste of lands, tncurred in the business ? There is something wrong in this business. Our neighbors in Georgia and South Carolina are beginning to understand these matters better, and have ceased to import dour, to aver y great amount. The Geor gia flour is equal to any manufactured in any part of the world. The extensive railroad enterprises which have been go ing on in Georgia and South Carolina, by bringing the producer and the consu mer nearer to each other, have stimula ted ag icultural industry in these states, in a very great degree. The railroads have opened to the inland planter an ea sy channel of sending his produce to market, which otherwise must have re mained on his hands. When the Geor gia and Florida Southwestern Railroad from Macon to Pensacola, shall have been completed, the people of this section of country will he furnished with flour on much better terms, from the interior of Georgia, than they now obtain it via New York or New Orleans. And what is bet ter still, the money would be retained at the South. An 01. l writer thus describes a talkative female: “I know a lady who talks so incessantly, that she won’t give an echo fair play. She ha’s such an everlasting rotation of tongue, that an echo must wait till she dies, before it can catch her last words.” 41 lion the Count do Grammart, of gallant memory, was on his death-bed, his wife read to him the Lord’s prayer; and when she had con eluded, he asked lier to read it again, at the same time inquiring by whom it was written. A poor man once came to a miser and said, “ I have a boon to ask.” “So have I,” said the miser; “grant mine first, then will I comply with thine." “Agreed.” “My request is,” said the miser, “ that you ask tuc for nothing.” From the Succnnah Republican. Finances of Use Stale. It lias been made the duty of the Gover nor of the State, since the law went into operation authorizing the Legislature to convene only once in two years, to appoint a Committee during the year that there is no session, to examine into the condition of our finances and to report upon the same. The gentlemen appointed on this Commit'ee for the year just passed were G. 1). Phillips, Joint P. King, and W. 11. Mitchell. We learn from their Re port, published in the Federal Union, that on the 21st October. 1847, there was in the Treasury a balance of $362,251 50 That there was received into the Treasury from the various sources of revenue during the fis cal year end ng the 20th Oct. 1848, the sum of $367,585 60 Amounting,together with the aforesaid balance, to $729,837 10 During the same fiscal year there was paid out of the Treasury $364,249 37 Leaving a balance of $365. 587 73 During the interval from 28th Oct., to the 28th Nov., 1848,the receipts and disbursements make the balance on hand • $459,555 96 Os this amount there is vnat al able the sum of $257,935 50 W iiiclt being deducted, leaves of available as ses $171,620 46 The Commi tee recommended that at least SBO,OOO of the last mentioned sum he appropriated to the bonds which were is sued for the extension and completion oi the Western Sc Atlantic Railroad, if it he found that its completion will thereby be expedit’d. The Debt of the State is put down at $1,903,472 22. During the last fiscal year it was reduced $178,098 SS. In reference to the Central Bank—the Committee go on to the say : “Without adverting to the state of ac counts between the State and the Bank, now generally well understood since the Reports of Committees of 1546 and’47, the Committee will proceed to shew, as nearly as their examination of the Books, papers, debts, and funds of the institu tion, have enabled them to do, what are the liabilities of the Hank, and its means of meeting them. LIABILITIES. Outstanding 8 pr cent Bonds, $266,693 80 Issue of 7 per ct Bonds—Act of 1847, 214,000 00 Standing to cred it of individuals, 33,190 9S To Bk. State Ga, 20,987 53 To Bk.ofAugus a, 637 85 Bills in Circulat'd, 19,000 00 Amounting to $554,510 16 RESOURCES. Cash balance consid’d good, $66,329 *6O Heal Estate, 500 00 Notes, Bills, and Specie, 298,000 CO Amounting to $364,829 60 W liich being deducted, leaves adeficitcf $189,680 56 “This deficiency varies somewhat from results arrived at by previous Committees; and such must ever he the case, where es timates are founded on data constan ly changing. The conclusion, however, we think a safe one, tha the ultimate deficit of the Bank, will be from 175 to 195,000 do lars.” The t tal amount of assets of the Peni tentiary, including materials and munufu- - tured articles on hand, is stated to be $56,- 705 77. Favorable mention is made of the condition anti management of the Lu natic Asylum. The average number of inmates in the institution during the past year was 89. The report con hides as follows : “As the Western & Atlantic Railroad has become very intimately connected with the financial interest of the State, the Committee, at the suggestion of Your Excellency, proceeded to inspect its con dition, look into its management, and en quire into the progress of the unfinished work, in the hands of the Contractors.— They take great pleasure in stating that the finished Road is in excellent condition, its management reduced to admirable sys tern ; and all responsible officers seem to apprec ate, properly, the responsibilities of their position. “The unfinished work is also progress ing well. The difficulties encountered in the tunnel, have been overcome, by the ski 1 and energy of the Contractors, and if not impeded by difficulties before alluded to, the Committee believe, that the whole work will bo finished to Chattanooga, be fore the meeting of the next Legislature. “The corttli ion and prospects of our State, may well he envied among her sis ters. No Sou hern State holds a position so commanding, or presents stronger claims upon the public faith. With light taxation, increasing resources, and a great internal improvement on the eve of com pletion, ami worth much more than her en tire debt, she has, and will continue to have, a large annual surplus in the Treas ury, which may he employed as a sinking fund for the purchase and extinguished of her debt long before its maturity.” Sir William Draper claimed to he descended from Pepin, the French Kins, and traced the ped igree thus-.—Pepin, Pipkin, Napkin, Diaper, Draper. | Kcpart on Use Cholera. The following Report of the Committee appointed hy the Medical and Chirtirgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, having been made, and adopted hy the Faculty, is now, in pursuance of a resolution of said body, presented to the authorities of eaclt city, town, and village in the State of’Ma ryland. In the opinion of the committee, so clearly has it been ascertained that humid ity, with impurity of the atmosphere, pow erfully predisposes to the extension of the poison of Cholera, that it is almost need less for them to adduce acts to prove it. The commit ee have concluded, howev er, hat it would not he altogether inap propriate to mention a few circumstances connected with the subject, and have se lected for their purpose some of the con clusions arrived at by the Sanitory Com missioners of Loudon. After an investigation of the facts con nected with die introduction and spread of Asiatic cholera over Europe in 1832, they make the following statement: — “That, under proper circumstances of cleanliness and ventilation, this disease seldom spreads in families, and rarely passes to those about the sick, under such favorable circumstances, unless they hap pen to he particularly predisposed. It will not therefore, he necessary, where there is space, and where due attention is paid to cleanliness and purity of air, to separate members of families ac ually af fected bv the disease.” After this statement, the commissioners proceed to say, that their investigations have conducted them to certain important conclusions, some of which bear directly upon the matter under consideration, and will, therefore, be embodied in this re port. The first conclusion is, that the mode of invasion of cholera in the various cities of Europe has been everywhere st ikingly uniform. It has almost always made its first outbreak in the lowest and dampest part of the city attacked. They verify this statemen hy references to tit. Peters burgh, Dantzic, Berlin, Mascott, Breslau, Warsaw, Paris, Sunderland, Carli le, Manchester, London, and England gene rally. The commissioners remark, that it is the combination of humidity with impu rity of the atmosphere, which so powerful ly predisposes to cholera; cleanliness seems to he capable of counteracting the effect of mere humidity ; the scrupulous cleanliness of the inhabitants of Holland was probably the cause of the comparative exemption from cholera which that country enjoyed. These statements are sustained by our observation o the introduction and spread of cholera in our city, and the cities gen erally of tiro I’ni'ed States. In Boston, where very extraordinary sani ory meas ures were adopted, the disease did not spread to the same extent, nor was it any thing like so latal as in the other cities of our country, where no such precautionary steps were taken. It has also been well established, that wherever cholera finds the conditions of increase, a very small amount of the poison is sufficient to cause its rapid ox elision. No better example of this fact can he pre sented than that of certain regiments in India, which were attacked at a certain place, and continued to he a tacked during their march through an affected district, and at a period of time too rerao e to al low us to a tribute it merely to an incuba tive period unusually prolonged. An able writer gives the following explanation of these circumstances : YY herever the poi son oi clto era meets with its conditions, it will propagate itself; these conditions seem to be furnished in a high degree by ihe effluvia and emanations of camps, or bodies of men ; the poison, once intro duced amongst such a body, finds in the moving camp the necessary conditions, as easily, and as abundantly, as in the sta tionary city. In this latter statement, the committee cannot altogether agree with the author; it may be true when applied to some cities, but it certainly cannot be true of many others, and especially of our own at litis particular time. The Sanitary Commissioners remark further: that certain physical conditions promote both the intensity and the exten sion of cholera. These conditions may be comprised iri impure and humid air, in nutritious food, excess in ardent spirits, tobacco, and fermented liquors; unsuita ble or insufficient clothing, sometimes ill-contrived dwellings, and defective ap plinnees for the regulation of warmth, or protection against cold. In another report the Commissioners make the following statement : The chol era districts, the typhus distric s, and the influenza districts, are the same ; and the local conditions which favor the spread, and increase the intensity oftbese, and all kindred maladies, are everywhere similar. Die proof of this is found in 'he fact, that in the districts in which we have already shown that cholera princi, ally prevailed, and from which typhus is rarely, if ever, absent, influenza was twice, and in some instances four times, as fatal as in the m ire salubrious parts of London. Without troubling the authorities any longer with these details, the committee would respectfully suggest the following, as the most expedient and effectual sani tary measures which can (in their opinion) he instituted,Mo mitigate the violence of cholera in cities and towns. They would recommend that steps be immediately taken by the proper authori ties of every city, town, abd village in the State of Maryland, to cleanse and keep clean every street, lane, alley, yard, privy, cellar, or other place where filth may have accumulated in their respective juris dictions. 1 he more effectually to accomplish these ends, they would suggest to such authori ses die adoption of measures similar to those instituted in Boston on the approach of the cholera to this country in 1832, viz: the dividing of the city or town into wards, or districts ; to appoint, as a board of san itary commissioners, three or fi e respon sible individual.' from eaclt ward or dis trict, whose duty' it shall be to visit and in spect every house, yard, privy, cellar, &c. in their respective districts, at lons' once in two weeks. Should they ft any time, o in any place, find impurities of any des cription, which can be removed or cor rected, they shall immediately order such correction or removal; and upon a failure to comply, within twenty foui boms after such no ice has been given, they shall pio ceed forthwith to have the impur ty re moved or corrected at die ex ense of the property owner. The c mmittee would recommend, also, the appointment of a number of physicians to aid the physicians of the dispensaries, in attending upon the poor of the city, when cholera shall make its appearance amongst us. To the citizens generally, the commit tee would most earnestly recommend the constant and rigid observance of the fol lowing precepts, as die best means of avoiding the cholera, or, if attacked, of conducting the disease to a favorable ter mination : Ist. The da ly use of chloride of lime, as one of the best disinfecting agents for all damp or badly-ventilated places, priv ies, See. 2d. The maintaining of a healthy per spirable condition of the skin, by the reg ular emp oyment of the tepid bath, or sponging the person with tepid water, at least once in two or three days; and the preservation of a uniform warmth of the surface, by changes of clothing to suit the varia ions of temperature. 3d. To avoid sitting in damp, cold apartments, or permitting wet clothing or shoes to remain upon their persons. 4th. Tha intemperance in eating, and ink ing the use of tobacco, or any other habit calculated to depress the vita! powers, should be most studiously avoided. The diet should consist of plain articles of food, without much variety; mutton, beef, potatoes, car ots, rice, bread and te?, < of fee or cocoa, sh uld constitute the regu lar bil of fare. In the opinion of the comm fee, the or excessive use ' of ardent spiii s or tobacco is decidedly injurious and predisposing to cholera. sth. That as tar as practicable the bowels should be kept regular; if they are unusually constipated, they should he gen ly operated upon hy some mild purgative, of which rhubarb is the best. But on the contrary, if they should be unusually loose, it becomes a matter of grea importance, and must not l>e neg. lected. The committee ate very desirous of impressing the importance of attend ing to the least disposition to diarrhea ; for there is a ret tain period, in very many instances, before the advent of cholera, jss which the system is gradually approaching the state favorable to such an attack 1 iiis period is denoted hy the occurrence of diarrhoea; which at first amounts simp ly tf> slight looseness of the bowels, but which, if neglected, soon assumes the se rous or rice-water character. Now, if every individual, upon the first evidence of this 10. seness, \vould resort to and carry out the following measures, very many lives would he saved 8o soon, therefore, as looseness of the bowels is discovered, call upon a physician; or if one cannot be obtained, and the individ ual is an adult, take a pill or powder composed of pure sugar of lead, five gram ; and powdered opium one sou th of a grain, or a powder containing calomel five gi ains, and half a grain of opium; arid in either case repeat the dose evety hour or two, until the bowels are checked - at the same time keep perfectly quiet in bed, take barley water as nourishment, and should there he colicky j ains and cold feet, ap ply a warm mustard poultice to the ab domen, and bottles of hot water o. heat ed bricks to the eet; but l>v all means, and in every instance, endeavor to pro cure a physician as soon as possible. In conclusion, the committee would suggest, and recommend the city author i ies, to select an apothecary store in each ward or district, at which there shall he constantly kept on hand, ready pre pared, die above and similar pills arid pow ders for all poor persons who may call for them, and that such apothecaries he paid for the same hy the city. All of which is most respectful'y sub mitted. E W. THEOBALD, M. D ) M. S. BAER, M. D. v Committee JOHN I). REA DEL, M. D ) R. S. STEWART, M D , Pres. Med. and Cliir. Faculty of Maryland. W. 11. Davis, M. D., Rec. Sec. of Med. and Cliir. Faculty of Maryland. Is a tight place. —The New York Spirit says that a well-known Greek, “ Major Duply,” being asked as to the tightest place lie bad ever got into, looked reflective, took a drink, and ie plied as follows: “ Well, the first time I went down South, go ing from Natchez to Orleans, on the old Mo selle, the same that’s bursled her biler sirce, I coine across a rough, up-country sort of fellow —a varmint-looking chap, from somewhere hack of Memphis. I hadn’t been aboard long, before he and me got yoked at a game of Twenty Deck, and by- the time wo tied up at the Levee, in Or leans, I'd got pretty much all he had, (about four hundred dollars,) and had ’gin him a wrin kle, in the gineral way, into the bargain. We both stopped at the same house, in Camp street, and the first night we got there, just after supper my up-country friend beckoned me out of the liar room, and, taking me some ways up a dark alley that was next to the hotel, lie put his hand to the hack of his neck, and drew an eighteen inch howie—a perfect clear or. Gemini ! I thought he was going to diyide me, and I sung out-- ‘ Stranger, put up your scythe —how much do you want ?’ Maybe I didn’t feel better when lie broke ins mind to me, and I found out that he wanted to 1 spout ’ his knife to me for a' 1 e,l » to go to the Masquerade !”