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from the Washington Daily Globe.
the presidest elect.
The Joint Coragiittec appointed by the two
Houses of Congress to wait on General Taylor,
and inform him officially of his election as Pre
sident of the United States, and to present to him
a certificate of his election, appointed General
Jefferson Davis, a Senator from Mississippi, to
address him, who spoke as follows :
Sir : We have been deputed by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Congress of the
United States, officially to inform you that they
have in the manner provided by the Constitu
tion ascertained that you have been legally and
constitutionally elected to fill the office of Presi
dent of the United States for four years, to com
mence with the fourth day of March, 1840, and
to present to you your certificale of election, as
proclaimed by the Vice President of the United
States on the second Wednesday of February,
of the current year.
In conveying to you this evidence of the high
confidence reposed in you by the people of the
United States, we tender to you our cordial good
wishes and earnest hope, that you may find in
the Chief Magistracy the honor, the glory, the
happiness, which should wait upon patriotism,
and flow from a nation’s prosperity. ”
Many causes—such as difference of pursuit, of
circumstances, of education, or of mental char
acteristic—divide now, as they have hcretolore
■divided, the people of the United States into po
litical parties; but it is a proud spectacle to see
the conflict of opinion, after having raged with
its wildest fury through the course of a canvass,
subside into peace at the returns of an election,
and no other power ever be required to enforce
the result, than the power of that respect which
American citizens feel for the laws and institu
■tiens under which they live.
A majority of the Senate of the United States
are of the political parly which most strove to
defeat your election. I accord in political creed
with that majority. To select me under these
circumstances to announce to you your elevation
to the highestoffice in the United States, will, I
trust, be received as a token of their acquiescence,
not reluctant admission, but respectful acquies
[ cence in the decision of the people. I feel, sir,
I that I can offer you assurance that from them
I your Administration will not encounter factious
• opposition—that as far as difference of opinion
■ will permit, they will give that sincere support
I which our common interest and constitutional
[ obligations might lead you to expect.
The character of your 'election—the general
feeling of admiration and gratitude for your
long, arduous, and most brilliant military servi
ces—a life of earnest devotion to your country,
vour whole country —give high hope and expec
tation in the public mind, tliul in tuning the
Chair first held by Washington, and which is
sacred to every American heart, you will be able
to hush the winds and still the wnves of sec
tional strife—to preserve the Constitution, with
■all its harmonizing compromises—to promote
the permanent prosperity, and further illustrate
the honorable fame of our Union.
Substance of General Taylor's Reply.
The President elect, in signifying his accep
tance of the office to which he had been chosen
by the people, avowed emotions of the profound
est gratitude, and declared his distrust of the a
bilityto fulfill the expectations upon which their
confidence was based ; but gave assurance of a
fixed purpose to administer the Government for
the benefit and advantage of the whole country.
In a'luding to the fact to which his attention
had been drawn, that the chairman of the com
mittee represented a public body, a majority of
whom were opposed in political opinion to the
President elect, ami accorded with that majori
ty, he recognized in it the defence to the popu
lar will constitutionally expressed, on which
rests the strength and hope of the Republic ; and
bn said that it was to have been expected of the
Senate of the United States. He expressed an
ardent wish that lie might be able in an. degree
to assuage the fierceness of party, or temper
I with moderation the conflicts of those who are
t only divided as to the means of securing the
1 public welfare. Having been reminded that he
I was about to occupy the chair once filled by
I Washington, lie said he could hope to emulate
I him only iri the singleness of the aims which
■ guided the conduct of the man who had no par
lallel in history, and could have no rival “in the
I hearts of his countrymen.”
1 In conclusion, he announced his readiness to
I take the oath of office on the fifth of March
[ proximo, at such hour and place as might he de
| "ignited ; and fixprc* ~od to tjio his
I thanks for the manner in which the duty assign-
I ed to them had been discharged.
Telegraphed for the Charleston Mercury.
Washington, March 4, 1849.
I Congress adjourned this morning at 7 o’clock,
[after one of the most excited and stormy sittings
j in tlie liistopy of our Government. • During this
prolonged session of twenty hours, all the Ap
propriation bills were passed upon tlie reports
of Committees of Conference, with the excep
tion of the Civil and Diplomatic bill. The
Committee in that case reported, last evening,
that they could not come to any agreement, and
were discharged. The hill was then taken up
in tlie House, and a motion was made that tlie
House recede from its rejection of tlie Senate’s
amendment, which was carried—ayes 111, noes
106.
From that time, about 7 o’clock, until after
12, a most determined and embittered struggle
was carried on by the Free Sellers to prevent
tlie passage of the bill. Every motion whieh
the rules of tlie House would allow was made
to retard the progress of business, and the ayes
and noes called for on every vote to consume
time.
Tho Senate s amendment was first amended
by striking out tho words, “ West of tlie Rio del
Norte,” and inserting a provision that nothing
therein should lie construed to interfere with
i the boundaries of Texas. A substitute for the
lamendment as amended was then ordered by
IMr. Thompson of la., similar to tlie one pro-
Bposeil bv tlm Committee of Wavs and Means on
vini. ’ :lm * t *" s was carr '°<l—Ryes 110, noes
,* ’ * n *l as tints amended, about half past 12,
;>*the bill was sent to (he g enate>
*; Senate, when the bill was received,
ta 1 00t . e > r - Turney, and some others, deba
cd the right of the Senate to act in their legis
f 1 '' e c, P acit y after 12 o’clock; and this discus
sion was continued until 5 o’clock, when the
f na . ?. rcc ®fled from its amendment altogether,
p oik 1 rig fur tlie temporary Government of Cal
1 111 rn ii a ’ 8 VOte 3tJ to 10, and sent the bill to
ne Mouse, w | lo concurrcd and the Li „ wa# fi .
j “ally passed.
extern, n enate tllcn to U P ihc House bill to
lover r 1-r re y enue laws of tlie United S.ates
[ ga „ a 1 ljrn ]a, which was passed ; and a ines
t„r uJ ls rece 'vcd from tlie President at a quar-
The |,in re . seven *hat lie had signed both bills,
also h. " es J a hlisli a Home Department has
a 'ao become a law, with numerous others.
ate w-i»V h ° eXcited Abates last night tlie Sen
by a i,er ' S^ aC, '' lJ ( lve believe for tlie first time)
exchanl j"/! renco,,tro > ir > which blows were
of Misfi" be ; wce " two of its members—Foote
A sirlfti an 'l Cum , urotl “f Pennsylvania,
•he House,? 6 was enacted in
Ficklin of n ' e " of Arkansas, and
copiously * TANARUS,” B ’, In lh ® lal,er blood flowed
tied sinicabu ' thcse nm,,rs were finally set-
Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.
The Inaugural of President Taylor.
Yesterday, at 12 o’clock, General Zachary
Taylor was formally inducted into the office of
President of these United States
The ceremony, which took place in front of
the Capitol, was attended by thousands of the
assembled citizens who had there congregated,
to witness the most august and imposing spec-j
tncles that could be presented to a free people ■
the investment of the power in an individual to
exercise and administer the laws which they
have themselves enacted.
The following is the Address made by the
President previous to taking the oath of office,
on the sth of March, 1849 :
Elected by the American people to the highest
office known to our laws, I appear here to~take
the oath prescribed by the Constitution, and in
compliance with a time lionord custom, to ad
dress those who are now assembled. The con
fidence and respect shewn by my countrymen
in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate o's the
Republic, holding a high rank among the nations
of the earth, has inspired mo with feelings of
the most profound gratitude; but when I reflect
that the acceptance of the office which their
partiality has bestowed imposes the discharge of
the most arduous duties and involves the weigh
tiest obligations, I am conscious that the position
which I have been called on to fill, though suf
ficient to satisfy the loftiest ambition, is surroun
ded by fearful responsibilities. Happily, how
ever, in the performance of my new duties I
shall not be without able co-operation. The
Legislative and Judicial branches of the Gov
ernment present prominent examples of Jistin
guished civil attainments and national experi
ence, and it shall be my endeavor to call to my
assistance in the Executive department,individ
uals whose talents, integrity and purity of char
acter will furnish ample guarantees fertile faith
ful and honorable performance of the trusts to
he committed to their charge. With such aids,
and an honest purpose to do whatever is right, I
hope to execute diligently, impartially, and for
the best interest of the country, the manifold
duties devolved upon me in the discharge of
these duties. My guide will be the Constitution,
which I swear this day to preserve, protect and
defend. For the interpretation of that Consti
tution, I shall look to the decision of the judicial
tribunals established by its authority, and to the
practice of the Government tinder the earliest
Presidents, who had so large a share in its for
mation. To the example of these illustrious
patriots I shall always refer with deference, and
especially to his example who was by so many
titles the Father of his Country.
To command the army and navy of the Uni
ted States—with the advice and consent of the
Senate, to make treaties and to appoint ambassa
dors and other officers to give to Congress in
formation of the State of llm Union, and recom
mend sueli measures as he shall judge to be ne
cessary—and to take care that the laws shall be
faithluily executed. These are the most impor
tant functions intrusted to the President by the
Constitution, and it may he expected that I shall
briefly indicate the principle w hich will control
ine in their execution.
Ciio-en by the body of the people, under the
assurance that my administration would he de
voted to the welfare of the whole country, and
not to the support of any particular section, or
merely local interest, I this day renew the dec
laration 1 have heretofore made and procla med,
my fixed determination to maintain to the extent
of my ability, the government in its original pu
rity, and to adopt as the basis of my public poli
cy, those great republican doctrines which con
stitute the strength of our nation’s exislance.
11l reference to the Army and Navy lately em
ploy eu with so much distinction in active ser
vice, care shall be taken to ensure the highest
efficiency, and in furtherance of that object, the
military and naval school, sustained by the lib
erality of Congress, shall receive the special at
tention of the Executive.
As an American freeman, I sympathise in all
efforts to extend the blessing of civil and polit
ical liberty, but at the same time, warned by the
admonitions of history, and the voice of our
own beloved Washington, shall abstain from
entangling alliances with Foreign Nations in all
disputes between conflicting Governments. It
is our interest, not less than our duty, to remain
strictly neutral, while our Geographical position,
the genius of our institutions and our people, the
advancing spirit of civilization, and above all
the dictates of religion, direct us to the cultiva
tion of peaceful and friendly relations with all
other powers. It is to be hoped that no inter
national question can now arise which a govern
ment, confident in its own strength and resolved
to protect its own just rights, may not settle by
wise negociation ; and it becomes a government
like our own, founded on the morality and the
intelligence of its citizens, and upheld by their
affections, to exhaust every resort to honorable
diplomacy, before appealing to arms in the con
duct of our foreign relations. I shall conform
to these views, as I believe them essential to the
best interests and the true honor of the country.
The appointing power vested in tho President
imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as
it is possible to be informed, I shall make hon
esty, capacity and fidelity, indispensable requi
sitions to the bestowal of offices, and the absence
of either of these qualities snail be deemed suf
ficient cause for removal.
It shall be my study to recommend such con
stitutional measures to Congress as may be ne
cessary and proper to secure encouragement and
protection to the great interests of Agriculture,
Commerce and Manufactures; to improve our
rivers and harbors; to provide for the speedy
extinguishment of the public debt; to enforce a
strict accountability on the part of all the offi
cers of Government; and the utmost economy
in all public expenditures; but it is for the wis
dom of Congress itself, in which all legislative
powers are vested by the Constitution, to regu
late these and other matters of domestic policy.
I shall look with confidence to the enlightened
patriotism of that body to adopt such measures
of conciliation as may harmonise conflicting in
terests, and tend to perpetuate that Union which
should he the paramount object of our hopes
and affections. In any action calculated to pro
mote an object so near the heart of every one
who truly loves his country, I will zealously
unite with the co-ordinate branches of the Gov
ernment.
In conclusion, I congratulate you, my fellow
citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to
which the goodness of Divine Providence has
conducted our common country. Let us invoke
a continuance of the same protecting care, which
lias led us, from small beginnings, to the emi
nerce we this day occupy; and let us sock to
deserve that continuance by prudence and mod
eration in our councils: by well directed at
tempts to assuage tho bitterness which too often
marks unavoidable difficulties of opinion ; by
the promulgation and practice of just and liber
al principles, and by an enlarged patriotism,
which shall acknowledge no limits but those of
our own wide-spread Republic.
(UP VVe regret to learn that Gen. Edward Har
den, formerly Collector at Savannah, died sud
denly on the 28th ult. in Athens. He had been
appointed Appraiser of Savannah.
Col. Garnett, Chief Engineer on the Nashville
and Chattnnoogu Rail Road, has resigned his
office; for what reason we know not.
ILpDeNj C. Howard, has been appointed
U. S. Senator from Maryland, in M. Johnson's
place.
From the Boston Traveler.
Authentic Accounts front California.
Capt. William D. Phelps, late of bark Mos
cow, of this port, arrived here from California
via Panama, on Saturday morning. Capt. P.
brings a quantity of the gold in grains, in scales,
and in lumps—the largest of the latter weighing
about an ounce and a half. The amount of gold
brought by him has been much overrated in the
published accounts, though lie brings a consid
erable quantity—much !es«, liowei er, than the
lowest amount stated ($38,000.1
As Capt. P. worked personally at the mines,
which we believe was not the case with .Mr.
Atherton, his experience of the minutise of the
gold digging there is considerable. In the first
place, as to the pieces of gold that have been
reported to be found, he says the largest piece
that he has seen is in the possession of Mr. Mel
ius, and weighs but six ounces. He beard nu
merous stories at the mines of large pieces be
ing found, but in every instance where they
were investigated, they turned out to be false,
or greatly exagerated. One man wa9 reported
to have found a piece weighing several pounds;
lie went to see him, and found that its weight
was only two ounces, and that it was the pro
ceeds of an entire day’s work
As to the stories that the diggers were many
of them averaging $l5O per day, he thinks that
those who have done the best have not obtained
more than $3,000 during the entire digging sea
son. The hours of work were from five to ten
hours per day. Formerly the Indians were wil
ling to work for a trifle, but they have since be
come better acquainted with the value of their
toil. They are principally the remnants of
tribes, ana are not formidable.
But one case of disorder occurred before Capt
P. left. It was that of a negro who insulted a
Mormon woman. The people turned out, caught
the negro, tied him to a tree, gave him a good
lashing, and then turned him loose, with a threat
of a rifle ball if he misbehaved again.
The inhabitants of California, Captain P.
says, are anxious to maintuin order; but they
can hardly do it in any other way than by
Lynch law, until some regular government is
established
When several companies of Col. Mason’s reg
iment deserted to the mines, a file of soldiers
were sent after them, who in their turn deserted.
Col. Mason then started with a file of dragoons,
called the miners together, and told them if they
expected the countenance of the Government
they must help him to arrest deserters. To this
they replied that if there were any refugees
from justice among them, they were willing to
turn’out and help arrest them, but their time
was too precious to be occupied in running after
deserters. After this, Col. Mason was glad to
get back with half of his dragoons.
Agriculture has been so totally neglected that
a man who had a field containing 15,000 bush
els of wheat could not get it harvested, though
he offered half the products, and was obliged to
let his cattle cat it. Women and children, ns
well ns their husbands and fathers, had become
gold diggers. Capt Phelps’ opinion as to the
success of the expeditions daily starting from
tliis country is, that it will depend upon the
manner of their organization. There is no
doubt, he says, of there being considerable quan
tities of gold in California, but there is gross ex
aggeration in the matter.
Letters had appeared in the papers from per
sons who had no existence in California, and in
respect to vessels that had never been there.
From the Florida Sentinel.
LATEST FROM CHAGRES.
Bark H. T. Bartlktt, )
St. Marks, March 3d, 4849. j
Mr. Clisby, Dear Sir :
I arrived at Cliagres in twelve days from New
York, and my passeugers left same day for Pan
amn, all in good health and in (ine spirits
They went by diff rent routes,‘some by steam
er Orus—some by canoes. A portion intended
taking the Cruces road, while others went by
Gorgona—the latter being considered much the
better road during the dry season, (which is
from January to May). The price of passage
by boats is $7 each person. Mules can be had
at from $5 to sls each. The health of Cliagres
is good. There had been some few cases of
cholera among the natives, but the disease ha s
now entirely disappeared.
The sclir. Sovereign, from Baltimore, arrived
at Cliagres, (having cleared for Vera Cruz,)
where the Captain, Mate, and nearly all the
crew, took the fold fever; and to raise funds,
disposed of about 15,000 feet of lumber at SU)
per 1000. They are now on their way to the
“diggings.” At Panama city, the streets were
thronged with persons bound to the mines; the
hotels there are crowded—money abundant, but
provisions of all kinds scarce.
My vessel was towed in and out of Cliagres
by the steamer Orus, it being the only manner
in which a vessel can cross the bar in safetv.
Yours respectfully, ELISHA BAKER.
Agitation in Montff.al.—The Montreal
Courier of the 20th ultimo, contains a long arti
cle on a great public demonstration in that city
on the 17th, in reference to the pending bill in
the Assembly, appropriating a large sum of mon
ey to indemnify sufferers in the late rebellion.
Tlie Canadian people of British origin, are
roused to a high pitch of indignation, under the
meditated bill. The meeting at Montreal was
attended by some four thousand people. The
language of the speakers was dcnuciatnrv and
violent in the extreme. The measure alluded
to and the responsible ministry were assailed
without stint; and the ground was boldly taken
that resistance to the measure, at all hazards,
was the duty of ail loyal men. The Montreal
Herald goes so far as to predict that the monster
meeting of the 17th will be the “ day from which
the future historian may date the emancipation
of the British Colonists from the imposition of
foreign laws and foreign masters. The Toronto
Colonist, of tlie 20th, states that its private ac
counts give information that tlie excitement in
Montreal is tremendous; the feeling of 1837 is
alive again. The volunteers were to march in
order to the meeting, and other bodies were to
move in procession to tlie ground in Inige num
bers. In Upper Canada tlie feeling is equally
intense. Meetings have been called at various
places, in addition to those formerly announced.
Central Railroad. —The Savannah Geor
gian of the Bth instant, says : “The following
exhibit shows a gratifying increase in the busi
ness of this Road of $13,826 06 for the month
of February, 1840, compared with the corres
ponding month of last year.
Earnings of the Central Rail Road for the month
of February, 1840, compared with the same
month of last year.
February 1848. February 184 Q.
Up Freight Thro’. 7,602 18 18,602 25
“ “ Way 3,177 10 2,040 03
Down “ “ 4,922 41 9,105 69
“ “ Thro’ 35,646 05 34,406 21
Passage Money 4,838 55 5,307 36
56,136 38 70,012 44
Mail do 1,600 00 1,600 00
$57,786 38 71,612 44
Increase $13,826 06.
COMMERCE—AII Eloquent Extract.
Mr. Charles King’s recent Historical discourse,
before the New Y ork Chamber of Commerce,
concludes with the following eloquent and clas
sically beautiful tribute to the commercial pro
fession, as one of the most powerful of the agents
of civilization :
“ If what has been said this evening shall
tend in any manner to revive interest in tlie
Chamber of Commerce, I shall derive the high
est gratification from being, in some bumble de
gree, associated with such a rivival, for I, too,
was bred a merchat, and never cease to feel j
proud of being associated with a profession
which is the civilizer, the refiner and the libera
tor of the world. The Genius of Commerce is
indeed well symbolized on the Seal of this Cor
poration, by the God Mercy, with his winged
cap and his soul-compelling 'caducous Tlie old
Greek Mythology, full as it is of hidden wis
dom, and typical of higher things, has in some
of the attributes ascribed to Mercurv, well fore
shadowed the nature and conquests of Com
merce, for it, too, is fabled of the youthful
Hermes, robs Neptune of his trident, Venus of
her girdle, Mars of bis sword, Vulcan of bis for
ges, and even Jupiter of his sceptre. It is Com
merce which covers with its ships the subject
sea, which sweeps over the globe for materials
to adorn beauty, which seals in its scabbard the
red sword of War, and cultivates Peace and the
arts of Pence ; which lights the fires of the me
chanic arts, and last and greatest of all, teaches
inan no longer to bow down before the idols of
his own creation or in skies, but looking erect
to heaven to walk among his lellow-nicn as an
equal, while walking humbly and devoutly be
fore the true and no longer conjectural or un
known God. It was the distinguished feature
of those who formed this association,and of their
immediate succcssots, that they filled the must
interesting portion of our history, when com
merce was rising from its cradle and taking the
first steps in that grand progress, which is al
ready the marvel of tlie world, and which is yet
advancing. At such an epoch every moment was
important.—Events, at other seasons tlie most
trivial, were now momentous, casting forward
shadows of dark and solemn import. Nor were
the men of that day limited in their reward to
that which the eye of faith alone could discern
—for many were the instances where the indi
vidual pioneers lived to enjoy in real fruition the
harvests earned by their industry and furecast.
A young German was found among the number,
pursuing within the solitude and depths of tlie
primeval forests of New York, the trapping of
the beaver upon its remote and then almost inac
cessible waters. That individual lived to be
pushed before the advancing wave of civiliza
tion inward and inward, and yet farthet inward,
thro' tlie great range of inland seas to tho ut
most extremity of Luke Superior, and thence
onward to the Rocky Mountains, and still borne
on by tlie wave, surmounting them till he was
sliecked only in his progress by the shores of the
Pacific. This humble German boy, thus urged
on from ocean to ocean, stands (und his memo
ry will long endure) as a type of American pro
gress. The field of liis earlier achievements—
tlie Seneca Lake—then a solitude a waste, is
now gemmed with gardens and temples of science
and religion ; and in this city, his final abode,
and resting place and sepulchre, and provided
the means, through the munificence of that
young trapper, of building, furnishing and main
taining a public library, on a magnificent scale,
free to all, and which will bear to all time the
name of John Jacob Astor.
NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE.
The New York Commercial Advertiser con
tains an interesting letter from an intelligent
Frenchman, residing in this country, from which
we make the following extract:
Some of your New York papers make not a
few mistakes w hen speaking of Louis Napoleon.
Some represent him as a young man. As lie is
in his forty-first year ( he was born in 1808,) it
will hardly do to call him a young man, unless
in imitation of the Oriental and primitive style
of the Old Testament, which in one place, if
we may believe some critics, speaks of Isaac be
ing a “ lad ” when he was about forty years old !
Another paper says that the Emperor Napole
on am! the Empress Maria Louisa were sponsors
at tlie baptism of Louis Napoleon. This is
wrong. It was Napoleon and Josephine.
How wonoerfnl the ways of God ! All Na
poleon’s schemes of personal aggrandizement
were scattered to the wind. He divorced tlie
good, tlie loving wife of his youth and married
an Austrian Arch-duchess, in order to gratify his
ambition to leave his throne to one who should
lie Ills son. That marriage was tlie cause of his
ruin. The son whom he so much desired, and
to whom lie would leave his crown, died while
a youth, in the palace of his Austrian grandfath
er. Not from poison as some have asserted, but
probably from disease of which exeessive indul
gence and care on the part of that grandfather
laid the foundation. Before the birth of that
son Napoleon had thought of making this same
Louis Napoleon—the son of his brother Louis,
( then King of Holland,) and of Hqrtense, the
daughter of Josephine—his heir. How wonder
ful ! The grandson of Josephine is chosen the
first President of the French Republic, u bile the
son of Napoleon sleeps by the side of his grand
father in the Church of tlie Franciscans at Vieu
na!
A singularly good fortune seems to have fol
lowed the family of poor Josephine. Her son,
Eugene Beauharnais, married the Princess Ame
lia of Bavaria, a woman of excellenf character,
who lives still at Munich, respected by all. And
after having served in all tho campaigns of iiis
stepfather, with distingushed reputation for eve
ry virtue, as a general of the highest rank, and
wealing for a time the title of King of Italy, he
ended his days in peace in Bavaria,while Napo
leon, Prometheus-like, was chained to the rock
of St. Helena, there to die.
Eugene Beauharnais left two sons and four
daughters. Tlie oldest daughter (called Jose
phine, after her grandmother) is now Queen of
Sweden. Nor is there a happier Queen in Eu
rope, or one more beloved. The second daugh
ter was tlie last wife of Don Pedro,late Emperor
of Brazil. She still lives, and wears tlie title of
Duchess of Braganza. She is a beautiful woman.
The third is married to a German Duke, whose
name and title I do no, recall at this moment.
The fourth was not married when I saw her and
her mother with one of her other sisters, at
Stockholm, on a visit to the then Crown-Prin
cess of Sweden, ( now its Queen, ) in tlie sum
mer of 1836.
The elder of the sons of Eugene Beauharnais
married the presenl Queen of Portugal, but died
a few days or weeks afterward. The younger,
the Duke of Leuchtenberg, married the eldest
daughter of the Emperor of Russia, and is a
great favorite with Nicholas. And here we have
the son of Hortense elected the first President
of France ! This is wonderful. “ God is great,”
say the Mahoinmedans ; God is just also, as
every page of the history of mankind would
teach us, if we could or would but read it aright.
Let us hope that He will deign to guide and
bless the grandson of the injured and good Jose
phine as the President of France, and make him
a blessing to that country.
New Camphor Solution. —Sir James Mur
ray proposes anew vehicle for holding camphor
solution, which may be exhibited in doses con
siderably greater, and with less irritation, than
it has hitherto been given. The vehicle pro
posed is liquid magnesia, which ho considers su
perior to almond emulsion, or alcohol.
Council Chamber, )
March 9, 1849. J
REGULAR MEETING.
Present—Tho Mayor.
Aldermen Ross, Ayres, Babcock, Collins,
Dibble, Shinholser and Sparks.
Absent—Aid. Carbart.
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read
and confirmed.
The Bridge Keeper reported Tolls for the
weekending this day, $133 60.
Wm.M. Morton's claim for attendance as wit
ness at court, was referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
E. B. Weed’s bill referred to Finance Com.
mittea.
The Sexton reported interment* from the Ist
December, 1848, to Ist of March, 1849, three
months—l 4 whites and 8 blacks.
The petition of J. T. Wootton and others,
was received and referred to tlie Pump Commit
tee.
The Street Committee were granted two weeks
further time to report upon R. Bassett's account
On motion of Aid. Collins,
Resolved , That a Special Committee be ap
pointed to examine the ditches running from tlie
City through the State Reserve, and if in their
opinion the health of the City requires that they
should be opened and cleared out, that they
cause it to be done at as early a day as practicable.
Committee appointed were Aid. Sparks, Bab
cock and Collins.
Alderman Shinholser offered a resolution for
rebuilding and keeping in order the reserve in
the rear of H. Fitch Sc Co’s Store—which was
read and referred to the Committee on Public
Property.
Council then adjourned to meet on Friday
next at 7$ o'clock, P. M.
Attest. A. R. FREEMAN, c. c.
MARRIED,
In Troy, N. Y., oil the 19th ult by the Rev-
Mr. Baldwin, Mr. John L. Eki.ls, late of Macon,
Ga., to Miss Margaret E., daughter of Thomas
J. Richards, Esq. of tlie former place.
ID* Telegraph and Journal and Messenger
please copy.
UIEB,
In this city on the 3d inst., Mrs. Eliza Cath
arine Barnes, in the 38th year of Imr age.
county, Ga , but removed to this place several
years ago. For a long period slje was a consis
tent and faithful member of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, and she has left a bright example
to her surviving relatives and friends, of the
power and efficacy of the religion which she
professed. In her dying moments she bore a clear
testimony to the fact that she had not followed a
cunningly devised fable, but that Jesus, w hom
she w< rshipped, was able “ to make a dying bed
feel soft as downy pillows are.” Her spirit, we
doubt not, is now enjoying the approbation of its
Creator in the realms of everlasting bliss.
Great Uargains for Alarch, 1849.
fPHE Subscriber will positively close his
A business by tlie first of April. Those wish
ing for great bnrgains in SPRING GOODS, will
please cull ibis month.
New Goods, Just Received.
WILL BE SOLD AT ANY PRICE .
Remnants of Jaconet Muslins
Do. do. Cambrics
Do. De Laines
Do. Calicos and Ginghams
Swiss and Jaconet Edgings and Insertings
Lisle and Thread Edgings ; Swiss Musliu
Checked Cambrics ; Irish Linens
Table Diaper ; Bombazines ; Alpaccas
Black and Colored Silks.
W. G. BANCROFT,
march 10 J 5
SPRING GOODS,
.IT II .1 .Y CII O r TANARUS" S .
OW opening Fine Ginghams at 124 cents
Fine Muslins at 124 cents per yard
Fine Prints at 10 cents “ “
Irish Linens at from 50 to G2.J cents per yard
Bleached and Brown Shirtings and Sheetings
Cotton Yarns, Osnaburgs, &c.
march 10 15
Just Received.
A BEAUTIFUL stvle of French Prints, for
sale by ' G W PRICE,
march 3 14
Sheetings.
AND 12-4 SHEETINGS, of su
™® perior quality, for sale low by
march 3 G. W. PRICE.
Just Received.
* LARGE and beautiful assortment of Paper
Hangings and Fire Board Prints, for sale
by G. \V. PRICE,
march 3 14
Cash Sales.
THE Subscriber at his old stand one door
from the Washington Hail, on Second
Street, has commenced receiving his Stock of
STAPLE and FANCY DRY « 001)8,
and having adopted the Cash system for the ex
press purpose of selling good Goods cheap, he
invites the public to give him a call before ma
king their purchases. G. W. PRICE,
feb 24 13—3rp*
Hosiery.
}UST Received a large assortment of Ladies'
and Gentlemen's HOSIERY, of the best
descriptions,forsale low by G. W. PRICE,
feb 24 13—3m*
Spring Prints. Just Received,
LJER Steamer Cherokee, a handsome assort
. ment of SPRING PRINTS, of the
latest stvie and fashions. G. W. PRICE,
feb 24' 13—3m*
Great JKcelnction in Prices at
BANCROFT’S.
ONE THOUSAND YARDS Fine Mouslin
De Lain, at 124 cents per yard
2,000 yards Fine Ginghams, at 15 cents peryd. ]
5,000 do Calicoes, at 6| to 8 “ “ j
also:
200 nieces Kerseys, at 10 a 124 “ “ i
500 Negro Blankets, at 65 a 75 cents each.]
jan 13 7 |
Gunsmithiug.
THE Subscriber having purchased the entire
interest of Mr. E. S. ROGERS, in Lie
above business, is prepared to carry it on, on Ilia
own account,at the old Stand on Cotton Avenue
Double and Single Barreled Guus , Rijles
Pistols, Powder, Flasks, Shot Pouches, Caps
Powder, Shot, Lead, &fC.,for sale.
All Work done with neatness and despatch,
and warranted. Terms Cash.
THOMAS M. EDEN.
dee 2
AT BANCROFT’S,
NEW GOODS for Servant’s wear, at one
fourth the original cost.
leb 19
[Corrected Weekly, for the Southern Museum ]
NAILS—
Wrought, 19 a2O
Cut,4d to 20d 5 a 54
01LS-
Kperin. $1 a 1
Fall stran'«l,7s a 1
Linseed, Am. Bs a 1
Tanner’s, 50 a6O
OSNABURGS—
Per yard, 7 a 9
PEPPER—
Black, 10 a 124
RAISINS—
Malagn,box,2 a 24
Do half do 1 a 1J
Do qr. do 67 a 1
RICE, lb. 4 a 44
SUGAR—
Muscovado, 6 a 8
St. Croix, 8 a 10
Havana,w. >B4 a 94
Havana, b. 7 a 8
N. Orleans, 6 a 8
Loaf, 104 a 124
Lump, none.
| SALT—
Livcrp’l, s’k,l4 a 2
Turks Isl’d, b. $1
SEGARB—
—a 3ft
American, 6 a 10
! SH UT
AH sizes, sl4 a 1|
SOAP—
Am vollow, 5 a 6
TALLOW, 8 a 10
TEAS-
Souchong,so a 75
Hyson, 75 a 1£
Gunpowder,7s a 1$
TOBACCO—
Manufac’d,s a 12
Cavendish,3o asst
TWINE, 20 a 25
Seine, 18 a 20
SPIRITS—
Brandy, C. $3 a 4
Domes.do. 62 a 75
Gin, Hol’d 14 a 2
Do. Am. 40 a 50
Rum, Jam. 8 a 2.J
N.England,3B a 404
Whiskey, 25 a 28
Western, 31 a 33
Baltimcre,3s a 37
P Brandy,6o a 75
WINES—
Madeira, $2 a 24
Tcneriffe, 14 a 2
Malaga, 6() a75
1 Champaign,d. 0a 00
I Port, 14 a 24
BACON—
Hog round, 6 a 7
Hauis, lb. 7 a 8
Shoulders, 5 a 6
Sides, 6 a 7
BAGGING—
Dundee, 17 alB
Hemp, 17 a 18
Gunny, 21 a22
BALE ROPE,IO a 11
BREAD—
Crackers, 8a 10
BUTTER—
Goshen, 22 a25
Country, 10 a 15
CANDLES—
Sperm,lb., 35 a 36
Tallbw, 124 al7
CHEESE-
Goshcn, 9 a 10
COrFEE—
Cuba, none, 8 a 9
Rio, TK a .S’
Java, 11 a 124
COTTON, lb. 5 a Os
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 7-4 a 8
Country, 111.3-4 a 3|
FEATHERS,3O a35
GLASS—
Window, 44 a 5-4
GRAIN—
Corn, bush. 35 a 40
Wheat, none,
Oats, 30 a 35
Peas, 50 a 75
GUNPOWDER—
Keg, 6 a 7
IRON—
Swedes,cast 44 a 5
English, bar 4 a 44
American, 44 n 5
Iloop, 7 a 8
Sheet, 8 a 10
Nail Rods, 7 a 8
LARD, 6.J a 7
LEAD—
Pig and bar, 6 a 7
LIME—
Stone, bbl, 24 a 2|
Cherokee,
LUMBER,M 10 a 124
MOLASSES—
N. Orleans, 35 a 40
Hav. sweet,27 n2B
MACON MARKET, MARCH 10.1849.
COTTON.—We have no change to notice in
tho market since our lust. The difficulty at
tending tlie shipment of cotton still partially af
fects tlie price in favor of tlie buyer here. The
j receipts continue light. We quote as extremes
j to-day 5 a GJ cents—principal sales at from sij
to 6 cents.
| CORN—SO a55 cents per bushel,with a good
’ demand.
} MEAL—SO a s£Sc. per bushel.
| BEEF—4 a 5 cents per pound.
EGGS—IO a 12 cents per dozen.
PORK—4 a44 cents per lb.
POTATOES—Sweet 30c. per bushel. Irish
do sl4 a 2 do.
PEAS—SO a 62c. per bushel.
FOWLS-124 n 15c each.
HIDES—7 a Bc. per lb.
FODDER—BO a sl, per hundred pounds.
TALLOW—B a 10c. per lb.
—»»Q *r nimia
Private Hoarding.
MFrorn the first of March, a few Gen
tlemen will bo aceoniniodatcd with
.Boarding (without lodging,) in a respect
able private Family, on very moderate terms.
'I lie location is a central and pleasant one.—
For further information, inquire at tlie Oflice of
Tlie Southern Museum,
fob 24 13—2 t
iiii: ikuiiiAkVaiy*
_ Runaway from the subscriber, living
•Ky 5 in Houston county, on tlie 2d instant, 11
Negro Man by the name ofJEFFERSON.
-i—. He is fort)- or forty-five years old, light
brown complexion and very intelligent. He
can read and write, and will doubtless attempt
to pass himself off as a free man. lie was for
merly a I'atroon 011 the Ocmulgee River, and
will no doubt make his way to Darien, Savannah
or Charleston.
A liberal reward 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 be thankfully
received, and can be addressed to the undersign
ed at Busliy ville, Houston county, Gq.
JACOB W. BASON.
jan 20 B— ts
New Book and Job Printing Office,
In the Brick Building at the Corner of Cotton
Avenue and First Street, Macon, Georgia.
rpilE undersigned, Proprietors of TheSovTH-
X mu Museum, respectfully inform the
Public, that they have an extensive assortment of
-Veto and beautiful PRINTING 'TYPE, and arc
prepared to execute all orders in the Printing
line, with neatness and despatch, and upon the
most favorable terms —such as—
BOOKS, CARDS,
CIR CULA US, HAND- BILLS,
SHOW-BILLS, BLANKS,
PAMPHLETS, LABELS, &-r
HARRISON & MYERS.
Macon, Feb. 10, 1849.
HALE ACADEMY.
TIAIIE Rev. P. A. STROBEL, opened his
X Academy on the 22d of January, 1849,attho
corner of First and Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga.
All the brandies "of a thorougli Englisii Educa
tion, will he taught, together with Latin, Greek,
Mathematics, Philosophy, &c
Duo regard will be paid to the moral, as well
ns tho mental improvement of tho l’upils. Tho
rates of Tuition, will be as follows :
Primary Department, per quarter.... s6 00
Third Class 8 00
Second Class 10 00
First Class 13 Oft
Fire Wood 50
O’There will be no extra charges.
References — Macon, S. T. Chapman, Esq.,
Dr. Charles Thompson, Dr. E. L. Stkohecker.
Savannah, \V. II Bulloch, Lsq., Editor of tho
Georgian, and J. L. Locke, Esq., Editor of tha
Republican
Macon, February 24, 1840. 13—5 t
French Muslins.
IN Store, received by the lust steamer, anew
and handsome style of French Muslins; plain
and colored French Calicos; plain and plaid
Linen Ginghams, for sale at small profits for
cash, by G. W. PRICE,
march 3 14