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We extract the following items from the news
by the America, which arrived at Boston bn the
13th inst. bringing Liverpool dates to the 30th
ultimo.
JP Cotton had advanced Jd. from the loth to the
29th ult. at Liverpool.
The demand for corn had fallen off, and the
new duty of Is. perqr. on wheat will take effect
on the Ist February next.
The Cholera prevailed in Scotland to an a*
larnftng extent, and it existed also at the metro*
polis and the provinces.
The stock of bullion has rapidly increased, a
mounting to £15,000,000, while the circulation
has declined to about 16,735,715, exclusive of a
bout 1,000,000 of bank post bills The unem
ployed reserve of coin and notes exceeds 12,-
000,000. The funds have risen considerably,
and so far every thing give* scope for a return of
prosperity with the new year.
Money has been slightly increased in demand
and it is freely taken in at call at 2 percent. The
rate ofdiscount of first class paper is about 2J
per cent. Consols 88§ to 834
From the cotton and woolen districts of Lan
cashire and Yorkshire, there are better reports.
Manufacturers look forward to a good spring
trade, and are making preparations accordingly.
Pope Pius IX. has accepted an invitation to
visit Paris, in May next.
The latest accounts from Rome arc alarming
to the lovers ofordor. The clubs have now en
tire posse-sion of the governmr n!, and their chief
Lucicn Bonaparte,seems resolved to destroy the
temporal sovereignty of the Pope.
During a recent engagement between the
Austrians and Hungarians, a portion of the town
of Weisenburg was reduced to ashes.
Napoleon's Inaugural Address.—Thecer
emony of proclaiming the President elect was
performed by Armand Marrust, Vice President
of the Assembly. Charles Louis Napoleon Bo
naparte, President elect, ascended the tribune,
took the oath of office, and read an address.—
Then turning to Cavaignac he shook him warm
ly by the hand. The Assembly was delighted.
11 is address reads as follows :
“ Citizens and. Republicans: The suffrages of
the nation, and the oath I have just taken, trace
out for me my future conduct. 1 shall follow it
as a man of honor, and shall regard as enemies
of my country all those who shall attempt to
change, by illegal means, what all France has
so distinctly established. Between you and me,
citi/.ens and representatives, there cannot he any
real difference of opinion. Our wishes and de
sires aro the same. I wish like you to place so
ciety on its true basis to strengthen democratic
institutions, and to alleviate the miseries of that
generous and intelligent people which has just
given me such a striking proof of its confidence.
The majority 1 liaveobtainod not only penetrates
me with gratitude, but will give to the new gov
ernment that moral force without which there is
no authority. With peace arid order our coun
try can again improve, can cure its wounds, and
bring back the men that have been misled and
•calm down the passions. Animated by a sincere
spirit of conciliation, I have called around me
eupable-and patriotic men, who, despite of the
diversity of their political origin, are ready to
devote themselves with you to the application
of the constitution, the improvement of the laws,
and the glory of the Republic
“ A Government coming into power owes a
debt of thanks to its predecessors, when the de
posit* of its authority is handed over to it intact;
and, in particular, I owe it to Gen. Cavaignac to
say, that his conduct has been worthy of the
generosity of his character, and that sentiment
of duty which is the first quality of a statesman.
[Hear, hear.] We have, citizens and represen
tatives, a grand mission to fulfill. To found the
Republic is the interest of all—and a just and
firm government. 1 shall be animated bv a sin
cere desire of progress, without being reactionary
or Eutopcan. Let us be the men of our country,
not the men of party, and, with the aid of God,
we shall at least do good, if we cannot achieve
great tilings.’'
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2!).—Cotton was very
little changed this week, the quotations running
as before, namely, for Upland and Mobile 4jd ;
and fair Orleans 4|d. We close the week and
year with considerable confidence in the article,
founded upon low prices and moderate stocks,
uutli in ibis country and throughout Europe ; and
a fair crop, probably not exceeding 2,500,000
bales. 5,700 bales American have been taken
•on speculation this week, and 750 for export.
Sales ot the week, 18,390 bales.
W. & A. Railroad, &c.—The Chattanooga
Gazette of the 12th inst says : We bad the plea
sure of a brief interviews', a few days ago, with
Col. Mitchell, Chief Engineer of the State Road,
and from him learned that the work on the Road
was progressing very finely lie had just passed
over it from Dalton to this place, and on nearly
every section the work was most satisfactorily
pushed forward. It is Col. Mitchell's determina
tion to have the cars running to this place by the
first of October next. If any of the contractors
for separate work should lag behind, and indi
cate that they will riot get through in timo, the
contract will he taken from them, and sufficient
force put upon it to complete it. The early com
pletion of the work is not to bo frustrated by
any failure to finish isolated portions.
We are also informed by Col. M. that it was
his intention, in a very short time, to commence
running freight trains between Dalton and the
Tunnel, which will lessen the distance for wag
oning about seven miles, nnd avoid by far the
worst portion of the Road between this place
•end Dalton.
In connection with the increased facilities now
cffiircd on this route, we may mention that three
good steamboats are now making regular trips
between Knoxville and Decatur, and in a few
ays a fourth boat will bo put into the trade.—
These boats receive and deliver freight of every
escription at any point or, the river, at such a
ow tariff of charges tint no one can complain.
lM nd(lition > to accommodate upper East Ten
tiessu. merchants and farmers, we learn that a
small steamboat Ins just been completed at Pitts
org f„ r a Company who design running her
n »o\e Knoxville up to Kingsport. This will
gi'c anew impulse to business in all that section
country, nr.d will turn much trade and travel
which would not otherwise be realized.
that It? 1 ' 11 " philosopher expressed in his motto
which v.-'m 0 Wa . s **' s eßt ) tc -” Au estate indeed
but whi.'i P r !’ < * Uße n °thing without cultivation;
hours „r )'* a * wa >’ s abundantly repay the la
des,res ."’ dustr > r . and satisfy the most extensive
by ncH.lrjTV “ al, ' ,w<!d '«y waste
or laid urn n*’ i° >e ov< ; rnr, 1 wi‘l» noxious plants
u oul for diow rather than use.
From the Savannah Georgian, 16/A inst.
THE SLPKEXE COIUT OF GBOHUU.
We give below an abstract of the points de
cided by the Supreme Court of the State, now in
session in this city, as they have been carefully
reported for the Georgian.
4
Abstract of points decided by the Supreme Court
at Sarannak, January Term, 1849 *
Thomas Green, 'X
vs. STrom Chatham.
The Mayor, See., Savannah )
JJeld—l. That the act of 1825, prohibiting the
cultivation of rice within one mile from the cor
porate limits of the city of Savannah, and the
act of 1831, giving authority to the City Council
to remove summarily nuisances or causes of dis
ease within said limits, are constitutional and
valid.
2. That the ordinances of the City Council of
1826 and 1848, to carry out the above arts, were
within the authority and power of the Council;
and their acts, within the perviow of the same,
are not reviewable, upon questions of fact, bv
writ of certioari to the Superior Court.
3. That the requisition of Council upon per
sons growing rice within the said limits to de
stroy the same, was a legitimate exercise of their
power under the said acts and ordinances.
Judgment affirmed.
H. R. Jackson, for Plaintiff in Error.
F. S. Bartow and VV. Law, for Defendants.
Connerat, J
vs. > From Chatham.
Goldsmith, y
Where the wife of A (having a large separate
estate) purchase* goods of B , for which she
gives her individual note and takes a receipt in
full—which goods are used jointly by A. and his
wife:
Held —l. That the husband was not liable to
be suid for the value of the goods.
2. That a parol promise by him to pay the
nole is within the Statute of Frauds.
Judgment affirmed.
Cohen, for Plaintiff in error.
Loyd, for Defendant.
Martin, Adm’x. X
vs > From Pulaski.
Broach, Ex’or. )
There is no privity between an Administratrix
and the removed Executor of a will revoked by
the birth of a postumous child, and she cannot be
made a party to a suit pending against bint.
2. A promise to pay a debt barred by the
Statute of Limitations cannot be proved unless
pleaded.
3. A promise to have a settlement and pay
the defendant money—without specifying the
amount or character of the claims—is not such
a promise as will take a case out of the Statute
of Limitations.
Judgment reversed.
Harris &, Cole, for Plaintiff in error.
Blake Bailey, for Defendant.
Harrell &, Ilarrcll, X
vs. \ Front Pulaski.
Hamilton, Ex’r. y
I. The 3d section of the act of 1755 requiring
all wills to be recorded within three months after
the death of the Testator, is not of fnice in
Georgia.
Judgment affirmed.
1. L. Harris, for Plaintiffs in error
C B. Cole, for Defendant.
Odam, et al, Y
vs. >From Pulaski.
Carnlhers, Ailm'r, &c. y
Where a person dies intestate, leaving a wid
ow and several grand cltild re n : Held —That
the grand-children took per stirpes and not per
capita.
Judgment affirmed.
Cole & Harris, tor Plaintiff in error.
Bailey, for Defendant.
Perry &. Peck, i
vs. > From Twiggs.
Anna Higgs, y
out, and notice given, as required by the act
organizing the Supreme Court and the rules of
court, the writ of Error will be dismissed.
Rockwell, for Plaintiffs in error.
Cole, for Defendant.
Bank of St. Mary's, 5
vs. \ Motion for New Trial.
Munford and Tyson, y
Held —l. That process not taken out within
twenty days of a Term of the Superior Court,
cannot be returned to the next succeeding Term.
2. That the act of the Legislature of 1826, au
thorizing a security upon negotiable paper to
notify the holder to proceed !o collect the same,
and should be fail to do so within three months,
relieving such security front liability upon such
paper, is applicable to a case in which a Bank is
the holder.
3. That in a case where A. and B. make a
joint and several note payable to the order of 8.,
and B. endorses the same, and suit is brought
against A. and 8., as makers of such note, parol
testimony is admissible to show that 15 signed
the note as security.
From this last position Judge Nisbct dissented.
Judgment affirmed.
Cohen, for Plaintiff
D’Lyon, fur Defendants.
John Dye, ex dem. Win. Cumming]
and others, Ex'rs.
* vs. 1- Ejectment.
John Doe, t. e. Jatnes M. Butler, I
Tenant. J
Where defendant in Ejectment pleads the
general issue, and also pleads specially that he
is not in possession of the premises:
Held —That he cannot go to trial on the spe
cial plea that he is not in possession. The plea
of the general issue denies at once the title of
Plaintiff and the possession of Defendant.
Decision of Court below reversed.
Harden A. Lawton for Plaintiff in error.
DeLvon for Defendant.
Starnes & Paine, „
’ r 1 rover Ss Conversion.
r | '' s n • i From Telfair.
Calvin Quinn, y
1. Where there are two or morn tenants in
common of personal property : Held—That one
or more may sustain an action of Trover for the
same, and that in such case the damages may be
apportioned.
2 Held—That the English Laws in reference
to maintenance and champerty do not apply to
the case of an agreement between counsel and
client under which the former is to receive com
pensation from the proceeds of a suit.
Judgment reversed.
Rockwell, Starnes & Paine, for Plaintiffs in
Error.
Cole for Defendant.
George G. Fleming, Guardian, etc. Y
vs. >
Elijah Townsend. y
Where after the sale of personal property, such
property remains in possession of the vendor:
Held—l. That such possession is evidence of
fraud as against a subsequent purchaser of such
property without notice.
2. Recording the deed of conveyance in such
ease is not a sufficient notice.
Judgment affirmed.
Long, Harden &. Lawton, for Plaintiff in
Error.
D’Lyon for Defendant.
E. M. Moore and Alex. Seranton, Trustees,
&c. claimants, Plaintiffs in Error,
vs.
Rose & John Demerc, f. ee persons of color,
by prurhiui ami, A. Mitchell, Def. in Error.
1. An appeal entered hy Attorney at Law, and
afterwards ratified hy his client, with the words
added “ without incurring cost to me,” iseood
2. Administration can he taken out in Georgia
on the estate of a deceased free person of color
3 An execution issued under a decree which
had been rendered against an Executor of an
estate, upon a hill filed against an Executor and
to which legatees were not parties, cannot be
levied upon property in the hands of a legatee
which had been delivered hy the Executor.
Judgment below reversed.
Henry A Ward, Lloyd &. Owens, for Plain
tiffs in Error.
Cohen—Harden & Lawton, for Defendants
in Error.
Col. GiEOItGE CROGHAK.
This distinguished officer died last evening
from the effect of a disease resemb iog cholera,
which he suffered to remain upon him for near
two days before calling medical assistance. He
was attack and on Saturday, but paid no heed to
his complaint till towards noon on Monday,
when his symptons became so distressing that
medical aid was summoned, but no relief could
be had from the most skilful and considerate
treatment. He lingered till nightfall, in the
perfect possession of iiis fa ulties. When he
felt the hand of death upon him, he gave direc
tions as to the disposal of his body, with the
greatest calmness, entrusted various messages
with surrounding friends, and clused his eyes
forever.
Col. Crogltan was the son of Major William
Crogltan of the revolutionary war. His mother
was the sister of the celebrated Gen. George
Rogers Clark, who overran the North-western
Territory during the struggle for American in
dependence, and achieved for the United States
the title of conquest hy which that immense tract
of country, now divided into States teeming with
a thrifty and hardy population, became a part
of the confederacy. Both upon the father nnd
the mother’s side he inherited the blood of the
revolution.
Upon the breaking out of the last war, Col.
Crogltan entered the army, and at the early age
of nineteen he made the gallant defence of Fort
Sandusky. By this brilliant feat lie inscribed
his name upon the scroll of fume. lie married
and resigned liis commission soon after the
peace; hut during the administration of General
Jackson he returned to the service with the
commission of Ins ectnr General, which was
tendered to him by tliat illustrious commander
He held this offio up to the time of bis death.—
He was in bis fifty-ninth year, and leaves be
hind him a wife and family.
It was scarcely hoped that lie would live thro’
the day yesterday. It was the glorious Eighth
of January, and as the booming of cannon would
shake the chamber of death, thoughts of the
olden iime would cr.l3 over iiint and ite wouid
straightway revive, ile heard such sounds long
ago, and they spoke to him of the past. Towards
evening he weakened as the moments wasted.
He struggled through till night closed upon the
earth. The military had fired their last salute
in honor of the expiring day. When its echoes
had ceased to reverberate, the hero of Sundusky
was dust.—A". U. Picayune.
Holden's Magazine.— We have received
(says the N T . Y. Mirror) a handsomely bound
volume of this cheap and popular Monthly,
which is quite as appropriate for a New Year's
Gift as one-half of the Annuals that are got up
“ expressly for the occasion.” The volume em
braces but six months-u£ the Magazine, yet it
contains a vast amount of valuable reading and
gives one a “ realizing sense” of what the pub
lisher is giving his twenty thoy-sand subscribers
at the extraordinary low price of one dollar a
year. The January number is very spicy. It
contains several carricature portraits, and poeti
cal descriptions of well known authors, that are
quite pungent and Punchy. The following are
specimens of the “cuts,” without the wood cuts.
EDGAR A. POE
With tomahawk upraised for deadly blow,
Behold our literary Mohawk, Poe !
Sworn tyrant he o'er all who sin in verse—
His own the standard, damns he all that's worse;
And surely not for this shall lie be blamed—
For worse than his deserves that it be damned !
Who can so well detect the plagiary’s flaw,?
“ Set thief to catch thiet " is an ancient saw.
Who can so scourge a fool to shreds and slivers?
Promoted slaves oft make the best slave-drivers!.
lambic Poe! of tyro bards the terror—»
Ego is lie—the world his pocket-uiirror!
N. P. WILLIS.
He’s forty-one years old—in good condition—
And positively, he has gained “position.”
Gad ! what a polish Upper-ten-doni gives
This executionerof adjectives; [ l’liruggists,
This man who strangles English, worse than
And turns Me trade to trunk-makers or druggists,
Labors on tragic plays, which draw no tiers-,
Writes under bridges, and tells tales of peers:
His subject ichey —his language sugar curds —
Gods ! what a dose—had lie to “ eat It is words !”
His “ Sacred Poems,” like a rogue’s confessions
Gain him indulgence for his worst transgressions:
His “fugitive attempts’’ will doubtless live
Oh, that more works of his were fugitive !
Fate to his fame a ticklish place lias given,
Like Mah’met’s coffin, ’twixt earth and heaven;
But, be it as it will—let come what may—
Nat is a star—his works the milky way!
Appointments toy tile President,
I>ij and with the Jidricc and consent of the Senate.
Lewis Cuss, jr., to be Charge d’Affaires to the
Pupal States, iri place of Jacob L. Martin, deed.
Andrew B. Gray, of Texas, to be Surveyor for
running the boundary line between the United
States and Mexico.
John D. Field, jr., to be coiner of the branch
mint of the United States at Daliloncga, Georgia,
in the place of D. 11. Mason, deceased.
Thomas D. Mosely, to be attorney of the Uni
ted States for the district of Middle Tennessee,
re-appointed.
Isaac O. Barnes, to be marshal of the United
Stales for the district of .Massachusetts, re-app'd.
Thornes D. Condy, to be marshal of the Uni
ted States for the district of South Carolina, re
appointed.
CONSULS.
Edward Porter, of Vn., for Tobasco, Mexico.
Henry A. Holmes, of New York, for Lnguana
de Terminos, Mexico, in the place of Eneas Mc-
Faul, jr. deceased.
M. P. Game, of Pa., for Guayaquil, Eucador,
in the place of Seth Seetser, deceased.
W illiatn 11. J. Anson, of Va., lor Chihuahua,
Mexico.
Thomas C. McDowell, of Pa., for Bahia or
San Salvador, Brazil, in place of A. 11. Tyler,
recalled.
Joseph Graham, of Ohio, for Buenos Ayres, in
the place of George J. Farfield, deceased.
AxoTiiF.it Boxapartk Ei.r.rTEn. —The elec
tion for Deputy to the National Assembly for
Corsica terminated in the return of M. Louis
I.ucien Bonaparte, the son of the late I.ucien
Bonaparte, and brother of the Prince of Caniuo
Gen. Arrighi was recommended to the electors
by Jerome Bonaparte, ex king of Westphalia, by
his son Napoleon, and by Prince Louis Napoleon,
pn opposition to M. Louis Lucien Bonaparte, a
republican.
Postal Armagrmtat u ith Great !-rftaf'.i. i
The treaty making arrangements far the post- I
ago of letters transmitted by the steamers has
been rereived by the Europa, hot we presnme
cannot be published until it lias beet: scut to the 1
Senate. We understand the following to be the
rates of postage :
Sea-postage 16 cents, paid :o the vena el per
forming the service;
English inland postage on letters, to or from
the I nited States, I Ad. or 3 cents;
Inland postage of the United States on letters
to or from England, 5 cents ;
So that a letter from any part of England to
any part of the United Slates, or rice versa, will
cost 24 emits—pre payment or not, at the option
of the sender; but if pre-payment is made, it
must be for the whole.
Newspapers will be sent in the steamers of
either country at a charge not exceeding 2 cents,
to lie pre-paid.
Pamph'ets, Periodicals, Ac , will lie charged
for each, not exceeding 2 ounces, 1 penny nr 2
cents; over 2 and not exceeding 3 ounces, 6d.
or 12 cents ; over 3 and not exceeding 4 ounces,
Sd. or 16 cents; fir all exceeding 4 ounces, 2d
or 4 cents, for each additional ounce or fraction.
Closed mails may be sent through the United
States to the North American provinces, accom
panied by an agent, at 10 cents the ounce ; and
25 per cent additional for counting by the ounce,
instead of the single letter.
Closed mails of the United States maybe sent
through the Canadas, or tlte United Kingdom,
upon paying, by the ounce, two rates of the in
land postage, and 25 per rent, as above.
These are the material provisions of the ar
rangement which lias been lately entered into
with the Britisli government.— Wash. Union.
Education.- a Dctv.— Who would suppose
that education were a thing which had to he ad
vocated on the ground of local expediency, or
indeed on any ground? As if it stood not on
the basis of everlasting duty, as a prime necessi
ty of man. It is a thing that should need no ad
vocating; much as it does actually need. To
impart the gift of thinking to those who cannot
think, and yet who could in that case think ;
this, one would imagine, was the first function a
government bail to set about discharging. Were
it not a cruel thing to see in any province of an
empire, the inhabitants living all mutilated in
their limbs, each strong man with his right arm
lamed ? How much cruder to find the strong
soul, with its eyes still sealed, its eyes extinct,
so that it sees not I Light it.is come into the
world, but to this poor peasant it lias come in
vain. Forsix thousand years, the sous of Adam,
in sleepless effort, have been devising, doing,
discovering, in mysterious, infinite, indissoluble
communion, warring, a little hand of brothers,
against the great black empire of Necessity and
Night; they have accomplished such a conquest
and conquests; and to litis ntan it is all as if it
had not been. The four-and-twenty letters of
the a'phahet are still Runic enigmas to him. He
passes by on the other side; and that great spir
itual kingdom, the toil-worn conquest of bis
own brothers,all that his brothers Itaveconquor
ed, is a tiling non-extant to hint; au invisible
empire ; lie knows it not, suspects it not. And
is it not bis wi'.lin!; the conquest of bis own
brothers, the lawfully acquired possession of all
•men ? Baleful enchantment lies over him from
generation to generation ; lie knows not that
such an empire is his, that such an empire is at
ail ! O, what are hills of rights, emancipations
of black slaves into black apprentices, lawsuits
in chancery for some short usufruct of a bit of
land ? The grand “ seedfild of time ” is this
man’s, and you give it 11 i 111 not. Time’s seed
field, which includes the earth and all her seed
fields and pearl oceans, nay, her sowers too and
pearl-divers, all that was wise, heroic and victo
rious here below ; of which the earth’s centuries
are but furrows, for it stretches forth from the
beginning ouvvhrd even unto this day !
“ My inheritance, bow lordly, wide and fair;
Time is my fair seedtield, to time I’m heir I”
Heavier wrong is not done under the sun. It
lasts from year to year, from century to century ;
the blinded sire slaves himself out, and leaves
God, continue as two-legged beasts of labour,
and in the largest empire of the world, it is a de
bate whether a small fraction of the revenue of
one day, (£30,000 is but that), shall,-after thir
teen centuries, be laid out on it, or not laid out
on it. But quitting all that, of which the hu
man soul cannot well speak in terms of civility,
let us observe now that education is not only an
eternal. duty, hut lias at length become even a
temnorary and ephemeral one, which the ne
cessities of the hour will oblige us to look after.
These twenty-four millions labouring men, if
their affairs remain unregulated, chaotic, will
burn ricks and mills,reduce us, themselves, and
the world, into ashes and ruin. Simply, their
affairs cannot remain unregulated, chaotic; but
must be regulated, brought into some kind of
order.— Thomas Carlyle.
“The Spirit and the Bride say Comf..”—
The Brooklyn Eagle has an anecdote in relation
to Dr. Welch, who officiated in Brooklyn 0:1 Sab
bath lust :
The coolness of a gentleman in l)r. Welch’s
church on Sunday night was not more remarka
ble than that of the Rev. Doctor himself, on an
occasion equally embarrassing. It is said, that
some years ago a young couple came to him to
get married, and desired to have the ceremony
performed in the church after service. The
matter was arranged according to their wishes,
and the bridal party took their scats in the house
of God ; but how much they heard of tiie dis
course it is not for us to say—we rather suspect
not much. At length the Doctor had occasion
to repeat a passage of scripture, and he did it so
impressively, nnd it contained words so in ac
cordance with the tenor of their thoughts, that it
called hack their attention. Says the Doctor—
“ The Spirit and the Bride say come.”
I” 111 Ulvitti
At these words the bride looked out from un
der her long eye-lashes, and inquired of her be
trothed if they must go. lie looked hesitatingly
for a moment, but as the Doctor was just then
making one of bis impressive pauses, lie took it
for granted that the bridal party was called for,
and they all marched out of their seats and pre
sented themselves before the altar. The Doctor
was taken all aback for a moment, but be soon
comprehended the movement and its cause ; and,
coming down from the pulpit, without a smile he
proceeded to tie the knot; which having done,
lie dismissed the happy ones to their seats, and,
stepping baek into the pulpit, finished his dis
course.
Taking a Tract.—The N. O. Delta says: A
colporteur opened the door of an Irishman’s
shanty in the Second Municipality, and putting
j/i his head, in a very pious tone asked the owner
of the domicil, who happened to be in at the
time, “ If lie would accept of a tract of the Holy
Land,” meaning, of course, tin essay on that in
teresting portion of the world. “ Yis, bejabers,”
was the reply of the Hibernian, “a houl section
if yo give a good title deed. But I should like
to know if there is much of it prairie, or if new
settlers are subject to the agur there?”
Ei.ements ok National Wealth.—Burke
considers the stock of materials by which any
country is rendered prosperous and flourishing,to
be —its industry,its knowledge or skill,its morals,
its execution of justice, its courage, and the na
tional union in directing these, powers to one
point, and making them all centre in the publie
benefiit.
True magnanimity does not consist in never
falling,but ill rising every time we fall.— Gold
smith.
DIRO,
At New-Porf, Fla., on the 23d ult. Mrs. Mary
Ann, wife of Georgia S. King, of that place, in
the 29th year of her age.
The deceased was possessed of alt those vir
tues that adorn her sex. Ol’an amiable disposi
tion, kind and benevolent, she was endeared to
a large circle of relatives and friends, among
wlinni her decease lias created avoid which can
not be easily filled.
Council ( iiaiulici , )
January 17, 1849. J
SPECIAL MEETING.
Present—The Mayor.
Aldermen Ross, Ayres, Babcock,Carbart,Col
lins, Dibble and Sbinliolser.
Absent—Alderman Sparks.
The Finance Committee Reported having re
ceived from the Editors of the “Georgia Tele
graph,” and “Journal «fc Messenger" jointly to
publish the Minutes nnd other matter as tnav be
ordered, atHlic rate of 374 cents per square to
each paper;—and a proposal from the Editors of
the “Southern Museum," to publish the same
matter at 3 cents per line, or 30 cents per square, j
On motion of Aid. Babcock,
Resolred, That the proposal of Harrison ,
Myers, Editors and Proprietors of the “Southern
Museum’’ bo accepted.
Upon a call for the yeas and nays, the vote
stood:
Yeas—Aid. Ross, Bab :ock, Dibble,Sbinliolser,
Nays—Aid. Ayres, Carbart, Collins.
Council then adjourned to Friday next, at half
past 6 o'clock, P. M.
Attest, A. R FREEMAN, c. c.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, )
January 19, 1849. J
REGULAR MEETING.
Present—The Mayor.
Aldermen Ross, Ayres, Babcock, Carbart,
Collins, Dibble, Sbinliolser and Sparks.
The Minutes of the last two Meetings were
read, when, on motion of Alderman Collins, so
much of the License Ordinance as relates to the
Ball and Pin Alleys were reconsidered, and the
sum of S2O, for each Alley substituted in the
place of S3O.
The minutes wore then confirmed.
The Bridge Keeper reported Tolls for the
weekending this day, (Jan. 19,) $194 25.
On motion of Alderman Collins,
Resolved, That the proposals of the “ Georgia
Telegraph,” and “Journal &. Messenger,” for
printing, he accepted hy Council, in addition to
that of the “Southern Museum.”
Which n.-iKSCiI.
The Committee appointed to examine the
Magazine, reported the Powder on hand, and
recommended some improvements about the
magazine. TIIO report was received and re
ferred to the Committee on Publie Property.
A complaint of a Nuisance was made by sun
dry citizens, said ,to proceed from the Rooms
of the Southern Botanical College, was received
ami II is Honor the Mayor instructed to have the
same abated forthwith.
On motion of Alderman Sparks,
Resolved, That His Honor the Mayor, or in
his absence, the Chairman of Council, have full
power and authority to try all the cases brought
in the name of the Mayor and Council.
On motion of Alderman Ross,
Resolred, That the Committee on Pumps he
authorized to contract for keeping the pumps
and wells in the streets in good order during the
present year, and report to the next regular
meeting of Council.
M. E. Ry'hinder and J. B. Ayres were elected
Engineers and Fire Masters of the Fire Depart
ment for the present yea'.
Council then adjourned to Monday,6s o’clock,
P. M.
Attest. A. R. FREEMAN, c. c.
Stop tlic Runaway.
j, _ Runaway from the subscriber, living
ZiC* in Houston county, on the 2d instant, a
Negro Man hy the name ofJEFFERSON.
Jiwi. He is forty or forty-five years old, light
brown complexion and very intelligent. He
can read and write, and will doubtless attempt
to pass hiinseif off’as a free man. He was for
merly a Patroon on the Oi rnnlgee River, and
will no doubt make his way to Darien, Savannah
or Charleston.
A liberal rewa'd will be paid for his appre
hension and delivery to me, or his confinement
in any Jail so that I get him again. Any infor
mation respecting said boy, will bo thankfully
received, and can be addressed to the undersign
ed at Busby villc, Houston county, Ga.
JACOB \V. BASON,
jan 20 B—ts
Central Kailrotix! ami Hanking
Company ot Georgia.
SAVANNAH, DEC. 5, 1848.
DIVIDEND No. 12.—A Dividend of $3 nor
Share on the Stock o/mis Company (other
than the 8 per cent. Stock,) has been declared
this day, payable on and after the 15th inst.
* GF.O. J BULLOCH, Cashier.
Holders of the new 8 per cent. Stock will be
paid the Fourth Semi-Annual Dividend, on and
after the 15th inst.
dec 16 3—st
Great llettiiclion in M*rires at
IS A > C It O F T ’ S .
ONE THOUSAND YARDS Fine Mouslin
lie Lain, at 124 cents per yard
2,000 yards Fine Ginghams, at 15 cents per yd.
5,000 do Calicoes, at 6.j to 8 “ “
a i. s o :
200 pieces Kerseys, at 10 a 124 “ “
500 Negro Blankets, at 65 a 75 cents each,
jan 13 7^
NEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS!!
,#f nJIJ%'CKOFT’S , Cotton Avenue-
SELLING OFF, at and under A'cic York Cost.
Dec 2 1— ts
Tin Manufactory.
1311 E undersigned respectfully informs the
. citizens of Macon and its vicinity, that lie
is prepared to execute all orders in the TIN
MANUFACTURING LINE, with neatness
and despatch. IlisShop frontson Second Street
opposite the Marine Fire Insurance Bank,
lie offers for sale a Set of Tinner’s Tools.
THOMAS K. JONES,
dec 2 1— ts
BLANKS.
A LARGE assortment of BLANKS, such as
Blank Deeds, Attachments, Attachment
Bonds, Garnishments, Siibpmnas, Executions,
Summons’, &c. For sale at the Office of the
SOUTHERN MUSEUM,
Corner nf Hit,!nof and Fifth Streets.
dec l 1
[Corrected Weekly, for the Southern Museum.]
NAILS—
Wrought, 19 a 20
Cut,-Id to 2<R! 5a 5A
OILS—
Sperm $1 a 14
Faßstran’d,7s a I
Linseed,Ant.Bs a 1
Tanner’s, 50 a 60
OSNABURGS —
Per yard, 7 a 9
PEPPER—
Black, 10 a 124
RAISINS—
Malaga,box, 2 a 24
Do half do 1 a 14
Do qr. do 87 a 1
RICE, lb. 4 a 44
SUGAR—
Muscovado, 6 a 8
St. Croix, 8 a 10
Havana,w. 84 a 94
Havana, h. 7 a 8
\ N. Orleans,6 a 8
Loaf, 104 a 12-4
Lump, none.
SALT—
Livcrp’l,B’k,l4a If
Turks Isl’d, b. $1
SEGARS—
Spanish, M .20 a 30
American, 5 a 10
SHOT—
All sizes, fil-i a 1|
SOAP—
Am yellow, 5 a G
TALLOW, 9 a 10
TKAS-
Soucbong,so a 75
Hyson, 75 a li
Gunpowder,7s a if
TOBACCO—
Manufac’d,s a 12
Cavendish,3o a 50
TWINE, 20 a 25
Seine, 13 a 20
SPIRITS—
Brandy, C. $3 a 4
Dontes.do. 62 a 75
Gin, Hol'd .14 a 2
Do. Am. 40 a 50
Rum, Jam. 2 a 2.J
N.England,3B a 40-4
Whiskey, 25 a 28
Western, 31 a33
Baltimcre,3s a o 7
P. Brandv,6o a 75
WINES—
Madeira, $0 a
Tcncriffb, 1-4 » 2
Malaga, 60 a75
Chnuipaigit,d. 0 a 00
Port, 14 a 24
BACON—
Hog round, 7 a 8
Hams, lb. 8 a 9
Shoulders, 5 a 6
Sides, 54 6
BAGGING—
Dundee, 17 alB
Hemp, 17 a 18
Gunnv, 18 a 20
BALE ROPE,IO a 11
BREAD—
Crackers, 8a 10
BUTTER—
Goshen, 22 a25
Country, 15 a2O
CANDI.fcS
Sperm, lb., 35 a 36
Tallow, 124 al7
CHEESK-
Goshen, 9 a 10
COFFEE—
Cuba, none, $ a 9
Rio, 7.J a 84
Java, Ha 1“|
COTTON, lb. 5 a 64
CORDAGE—
Manilla, 12 als
FISH—
Mackerel,No I,lla 12
No. 2. 8 a 9
No. 3, 64 a 7
Codfish, lb 6 a 8
FLOUR—
Canal, bbl 7J a 8
Country, 1b.34. a 3J
FEATHERS,3O a35
GLASS—
Window, 44 a54
GRAIN—
Corn, hush. 35 a 40
Wheat, none,
Oats, 30 a 35
Peas, 50 a 75
GUNPOWDER
Keg, 6 a 7
IRON—
Swedes,east 44 a 5
English, bar 4 a 4.j
American, 4.J a 5
Hoop, 7 a 8
Sheet, 8 a 10
Nail Rods, 7 a 8
LARD. 64 a 7
LEAD—
Pig and bar, 6 a 7
LIME—
Stone, bbl, 2.J a 2]
Cherokee, I] a 14
LUMBER,M 10 a 124
MOLASSES—
N. Orleans, 35 a 40
Hav. sweet,27 a2B
MACON MARKET, JAN. 20, 1849. *
COTTON.—There ha* been a fair demand
during the week, and sales to a considerable ex
tent liavo been made—principally at from 54 a
5| cents. The receipts continue to a fair extent.
We quote as extremes, to-day, 5 a 6| cents.
CORN—3S a 40 cents per bushel.
MEAL—4Oc. per bushel.
REEF—3 a 4 cents per pound.
EGGS—IS a 18 cents per dozen.
PORK—34 a 34 cents per lb.
POTATOES—Sweet 25c. per bushel. Irish
do. $1 a 14 do.
PEAS—SO a G2c. per bushel.
FOWLS—IS a 20c. each.
HIDES—7 a Bc. per Ih.
FODDER—62 a 74c. per hundred pounds.
TALLOW—B a 10c. per lb.
SAVANNAH, JAN. 17. Cotton. —There lias
been an advance in this market during the week
of j cent. Sales of the week sum up 8,231 bales
at from 5$ to 7jc—principal sales at 64 a G4c.
The receipts here to date aro 156,424 bales,
against 48,793 bales same lime last year. Stock
on hand 42,938 bales against 11,233 last year.
The receipt* at all the ports to date, were
1,096,837 bales, against 710,”>88 bales same time
last year. Sto-k on band 442,279 bales, against
323,527 bales same time lust year.
quotations :
Ordinary to good ordinary, 54 n 6
Middling to good middling, 6J a 6j
Middling Fair, : 6| a 6J
Fair to good Fair, : 64 a G|
Good Fair, : 64 a
COLUMBUS, JAN. 13.— Colton.— Price* 44
to 53. A lot of “Fair” Cotton sold at 60. on
Saturday.
cotton statement:
Stock on band, old Cotton, Sep
tember 1,1848: 1,725
Received this week, : 4,179
Received previously, : 36,926-41,150
Total, 42,830
Shipped this week, 2,872
Shipped previously, 23,121-25,993
Stock on hand, 16,837
AUGUSTA, JAN. 17.— Cetten -Severallarge
crops were disposed of during the week at 6j< .
that would class barely fair, and some small | *r
cels of choice Cotton at 64 a 6Jc. We quote 5.J
a 64 —principal sales at 6 a GJc. The sales of the
w eek amount to 6,689 bales.
CHARLESTON, JAN. 18— Cotton—TUc
transactions yesterday were not as large as the
day’ previous, but a good business was done in
the article. The operations of the day amount
ed to 1,410 bales, the previous prices were fully
sustained. We quote 5| a 7c—principal sak-8
6| a 6] cents.
Now Book and Job Printing Office,
CORJYER OF WALNUT AND FIFTH
STREETS, MACON, GjEORGIA.
rjIHE uudersignod, Proprietor of The South'-
J- ekm Mismt, respectfully informs the
Public, that he has an extensive assortment of
A'cic and beautiful PRINTING TYPE, and is
prepared to execute all orders in the Printing
line, with tioatncss and despatch, and upon the
most fararablc terms—such as—
BOOKS, CARDS,
CIRCULARS, HAND-BILLS,
SHOW-BILLS, BLANKS,
PAMPHLETS, LABELS, <r.
HARRISON & MYERS.
Macon, Jan. 13, 1849.
Gunsmithing.
rjIHE Subscriber having purchased the entire
JL interest of Mr. E. S. ROGERS, in t'tc
above business, is prepared to carry it on, on li its
owtr account,at the old Btand on Cotton Avenue
Double, and Single Barreled Guns, Rifles,-
Pistols, Poicder, Flasks, Shot Pouches, Caps,
Ponder, Shot, Lead, b,-e.,for sale.
All Work done with neatness and dispatch,
and warranted. Terms Cash.
THOMAS M EDEN,
doc a I—ts