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HISTORY OF THE WAR OF 1813. We h ave heard through different channels, says the National Intelligencer, that Mr. C J. Ingersoll was about to send to press another vol ume of his recollections of the War of 1812, and we now learn that it will soon be issued from the press of Messrs. Carey Lea, of Philadelphia.— To those gentlemen we are indebted for the fol lowing extract from its forthcoming pages, which is certainly of great interest in itself, and which, we may add,opens a Chapter of History entire ly new to us. Mr. Ingersoll was, however, him self a Member of Congress at the time, and had free access to all sources of information, public and private, of what was then going on. Extract from the new volume of Mr. Ingersoll, outlie events of the War of 1812, now in the jiress of Lea Blanchard, of Philadelphia. “During the occasional visits of our Envoys and their suites to Paris, in the summer of 1814, preceding their settlement at Ghent, for the ne gotiations conducted there, a circumstance made .known from Paris to Washington, through one. of the unofficial attendants of the legation, de serves to he mentioned. Scarcely was Ferdinand the Seventh on the throne of Spain once more, before his Ministers conceived a design of dis possessing the United States of New Orleans. Midway between English and Spanish America, was considered the headquarters of the insur rections and revolutions, exemplified and incul cated by the former to tiio latter, of which the furnace at New Orleans, occupied by Spanish forces, might be made the most convenient ex tinguisher*. Whether the English expedition to Louisiana had any connexion with that design, lam not informed. A former French Charge d’Affairs in this country, directed to prevent the marriage of Jerome Bonaparte here, Pichon, not succeeding in that undertaking, incurred the dis pleasure of Napoleon, and from that estrange ment became gradually alienated, till at last he threw himself under th-e protection of the Bour bons. By his disclosures to one of the attend ants of the Ghent mission, our Government was given to understand that the Spanish applied to the French Bourbons for co-operation in the pro ject of dispossessing the United States of New Orleans, and establishing there a centre ofcoun teraction against all further South American and Mexican revolutions The French Government, however, did not feel strong enough to espouse so expensive and precarious a contest, and it was relinquished. “ I cannot assert that such a Spanish design was entertained in 1814 ; and am not aware that Mr. Madison’s administration was advised of it by any of his Ministers at the time in France; my information coming from another source.— But of the knowledge and assent of that Admin istration to another, as it had reason to believe, Spanish design on Louisiana, I am so well as sured as to append it to that first mentioned, though it did not occur till shortly after the pe riod of my narrative, in the autumn of 181 G. “ While Gen. Jackson was commander of the Southwestern military division of the United Slates, with his headquarters near Nashville, and Col. Jesup, stationed at Baton Rouge with the first regiment and parts of some others, in inline*- diate military command of New Orleans and the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, a respectable Ro man Catholic clergyman, Father Antoine, and Col. Piere, who commanded the seventh regi ment of United States infantry at the battle of New Orlens,confidentially informed Col. Jesup that a Spanish attempt was on foot for the for cible seizure of that city, by an army to be con veyed from Cuba with that view. The Spanish population of Louisiana supposed to be still at taclied to Spain, was sounded through some of whom Father Antoine obtained and communica ted the information. With Gen. Jackson’s ap probation, and without President Madison’s dis approval, measures were therefore taken by the American local commanders, military and naval, an concert with Gov. Claiborne, of Louisiana, Gov. Holmes, of the i\J ississippi Territorv, and Com. Patterson, who commanded that naval station, to counteract the threatened Spanish in vasion, by simultaneous seizure of the island of Cuba. While the militia weie to defend Loui siana from the Spanish invasion, all the regular forces of the army and navy that could be col lected, twenty-five hundred volunteers, under Gen. Hinds, from "Mississippi, and the same number from Louisiana, so as to constitute an army ten thousand strong, were to be embarked for Havanna, whenever there was reason to be lieve that the Spanish army of invasion was coming from Cuba. Agents were sent to Hava na, aho brought back precise accounts of the state of the troops and fortifications there, of which the most accurate details were in posses sion of the American officers. Their condition was believed to be such as that they must fall an easy prey to the force intended to seize them. Should Spain invade Louisiana, it was deemed constitutional and politic to repel, by simulta neous seizure of the place of Spanish armament and departure, ns Seipio defended Rome by rnr rying the war into Africa. President Madison Was officially informed of the apprehended Spnn >sli invasion, and intended American counterac tion, and did not forbid it. It is said to have been his opinion that the Executive may law fully repel invasion, when imminent, by coun ter-invasion, without an act of Congress declar ltlg war." /-ottos Factory Burnt. —The Chattanooga azette of the 4th instant, says : “ By a letter just received, we learn that all the possessions Smedley, in DcKalb county, TJ 1 ,lma ’ Was consumed by fire on the 20th ult. ic rows of buildings was 100 feet long, consis . “ actor )') Grist Mill and Cotton Gin, ' ' 1 or »0,000 lbs. of Cotton ; cash and books, j " or /‘ °f Medicine, Post Office books, cash ceu ed in Justice of the Peaces' office, &c. ' sim ercly regret to hear of this misfortune pr| l " essrß ' Stnedley's. Useful and enter kusj ln ° l * ,t 3 r bad just gotten fairly under way in Ward f*' Un< * to reap an appropriate re 1j ur tbeir perse.veranco. But now, in a few tro le * r e *fthly possessions are all des- B „. * lo P e they may be enabled to start s ° 1,1 * ),ls ‘ ness - Such enterprising men, de d fVe assls, anec from the public, when Provi. Ia misfortunes comes upon them.” m / Vr* eiln, ' ssec Whig State Convention tnaterl <■ 23d "'t-i and unanimously noin- JO ' • Neill S. Bitovyx, for re-election. I ire in Charleston. — We regret to learn from the Charleston papers that an extensive fire occurred on Monday morning last,on Charles ton Neck, which destroyed betwoen 120 and 130 houses, a large portion qf them, however, were small frame buildings. The Courier says : “The square where the fire originated is bounded by Boundary, Meeting, Henrietta and Elizabeth streets. All the houses facing on Meeting street, extending from Boundary to Henrietta street! except a brick building at the corner of Bounda ry and Meeting streets, have been burnt to the ground; and these extending from Meeting st., on the south side of Henrietta, to within a few doors of Elizabeth street, have also been des troyed. Ihe flames were prevented on north side of Boundary street, from extending east ward, by the space created from the fire which occurred in this square on the 3d of April last. The flames crossed to the north side of Hen rietta st., and in a short space of time, the square bounded by Henrietta street to the north, Meet ing! Charlotte and Elizabeth streets, except three buildings fading on Meeting street, occupied by the Rev. Mr. Wighttnan, Dr. Gcddings and Mrs. Pyatt, and a brick house in Henrietta street, in the occupation of the Rev. Mr. Somers, and a small fame building on Charlotte-street, was one heap of ruins. During the conflagration, the roof of the se cond Presbyterian Church, in the immediate vi cinity, which was of shingles, took fire, and fears were entertained that it would be destroyed, but by the well directed exertions of the Charleston Neck Fire Engine Company, and the assistance of volunteers, this edifice was saved. The fire also extended to the east side of Eliz abeth street, burning one ortwo small houses of little value. At the corner of this street and Charlotte street, stands a large brick house, with extensive grounds, belonging to the estate of Wm. Mathews, where the flames were arrested. Several of our Insurance Companies and A gencies have suffered by this fire. It is thought that their loss in the aggregate does not exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars; of this amount the Hartford Company Agents, Messrs. Gregg, Hay den &. Cos., have risk to the amount of 8,000 or $9,000, and the Charleston Insurance and Trust Company about $7,200; the South Carolina In surance and Trust Company some 1,500 or sl,- 600; and the Agency of the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company of Georgia 1,600 or $1,700. From all the information we have been to gather on the subject, there is no doubt but that this conflagration, which has laid waste a larger area of ground, and been more disastrous in its results than any that lias occurred since the me morable fire of April, 1838, was the work of an incendiary. Several arrests were made yes terday, of persons said to have been connected in some way nr other with tlii3 nefarious act, as well ns in the several attempts recently made to set fire to properly on the Neck, who were ex amined before the Board of Commissioners of Cross Roads, but nothing was elicited at the ex amination, to fasten suspicion on any individual. P. S. Several arrests have since been made which may lead to the detection of the incendiaries. Counterfeiters. — A correspondent of the Pendleton Messenger states that on Saturday night, the 28th ult., two men on good horses, stoped at Col. Norton’s, in Pickens district, and in the morning passed to hint two S2O bills on the State Bank of South Carolina, signed Hen ry Trcscott, Casheir, and Edward Sebring, Presi. dent, which proved to be counterfeits. They were pursued, and when overtaken, one of them fired a pistol at the Sheriff, wounding him with small shot in the arm and breast. He was taken and secured, and gave his name as William Young. As several attempts have been made to pass these notes in the upper districts, we annex a description of them : The counterfeit bills are darker than the ornninc ‘hr f-~c. -*«* Widiir uoi.tir iimu >us g.iiuirm, .as ■•*'-*> •• a5.....g --ton on the right end of the bill turned to the cen tre, instead of the end, and on the left end in stead of the bust of a man, a sheaf; the circles in which the figure S2O is placed, is scolloped in stead of round; in the centre with the woman is an eagle. They are payable to N. R. Middle ton, under Edward Sebring the flourish is omit ted, dated January 1, 1848, numbered, one of them on both ends 316, the other 331, on one end only*, all very badly filled up. The names arc pretty well executed. They differ very materially from the genuine. A Word to Planters. —An intelligent Plan ter ( says the Columbus Democrat,) desires us to call the attention of the Farmers of the coun try to the fact which he has discovered in rela tion to the present condition of the growing coin. On examination of the stalks which appear to have defied the late severe frost and to be put ting forth blades, luxuriantly, he found a black mould or rather blight in the centre and running down to the root. This lie supposes to be the flower of the plant, or fructifying principle, from which the tassel of the corn shoots. The ab sence of this, or its imperfect state, will not re tard the growth of the stalk, but will effectually prevent the same bearing “ corn in the ear.” It will yield a fodder hut not a grain product 1 It is well then, for the planters to observe this re sult ofthe late frost and provide agninst a failure of harvest, by a general replanting of a corn crop. OUFTIie Democrats have elected 14 members and the Whigs 1 from Virginia in the thirty-first Congress. The Legislature is Democratic. Gold Pens. —lt. is said to have been given in evidence, in a trial now before the New York courts, that one hundred dollars worth of gold pens can he made from an ounce of gold, costing sixteen dollars. O’ The net profits of the “ Grand Inaugura tion Ball" given at Washington the fifth of March, were two thousand five hundred dollars, which sum was equally divided between the two Orphan Asylums of that city. O’ A Telegraph has been constructed from New Orleans to the Southwest Pass, and is now in operation, connecting New Orleans with the Gulf of Mexico. From California. —lntelligence has been received from California to the 3rd of March. The following are the most important items of news. The Alta California of Feb, 22hd published a list of arrivals of vessels at the port of San Fran cisco, about fifty in number, from various ports in the Pacific, within the week preceding-. These vessels are freighted with assorted cargoes for the California market' These arrivals, joined to those that had reach ed there a short time previously, have overstoc ked the market. All articles of merchandize have become a drug—no sales, no purchasers, and prices down to the New York figure. The paper is full ofadvertisements of stores, of goods, of ships, &c., for sale, &c. The market is full of everything in the shape of goods, groceries, and all other articles. The election for Delegates to form a Provis' ional Constitution had taken place, and meetings had been held to express public opinion on the subject of slavery, and a unanimous sentiment against slave labor. A letter dated San Francisco, February 28th, states that the first steamer of Howland & Aspin wall’s line had arrived atSan Francisco, and im mediately all hands had left the vessel for the mines. Great apprehensions were entertained that the steamer would not be able to go to sea, for want of men to work her. By private letters recieved in Mexico, it was learned, that during the week ending the 10th of March, a schooner arrived at Mazatlan, from San Francisco, with fifteen thousand ounces ($240, 000 Jof gold on hoard from the Platers. This gold had been purchased at San Francisco, at from sll to sls per ounce. On the 18th of March, a brig and a schooner left Mazatlan for San Francisco—they each car ried seventy passengers. The news which arri ved every day was so good and so positive, tha t every one in Mazatlan was wild to go to the gold regions. New r s also had been received, that another Placer had been discovered in Lower California, which bids fair to rival in richness those on the Sacramento River. Owing to the fact that large quantities of the precious metal had been sent away as remittances to England, Valparaiso and elsewhere, gold had become comparatively scarce at San Francisco. The price of it was sls and upward per ounce; but little could be had at slo. A Mint secured for California. —The Northampton Gazette states that the Massachu setts and California company, formed at that place, start for their destination soon overland, with all the fixings for establishing a private Mint at San Francisco, with the approbation of the Government. They have in Wm. H. Hayden, a graduate of Yale College, an assayer well qual ified to discharge his duties, and machinery ca pable of coining $10,090 a day. It is their in tention, says the Gazette, to purchase gold dust at the current prices, and trnsform it into coin for circulation. Cotton. —The New Orleans Bulletin says: “ The State ofGeorgia is the Ingest Cotton grow ing State in the Union, and it is almost inc.edi ble that ‘ the small beginnings’ of a trade which is more extensive than that of any other one product, are such recent date, as to be within the memory* of living witnesses. One is slow to believe, that the man is yet alive, who bought the first pound of Upland Cotton in Georgia, and who with his own hands assorted and pack ed the first parcel for market, and yet such is the fact. “We gather from that excellent journal, Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine, some curious me moranda in relation to the rise and progress of the great staple, which as they have interested us, may likewise excite the interest of some of our readers. “Cotton is an article which was almost un known in Commerce until the close of the last century Os the two kinds cultivated in the United States, the black seed or long staple cot ton was first cultivated in Georgia, about the year 1786: the green seed or short staple cot ton, some years affer, although it had been rais. ed in N. Carolina and Virginia in a limited way prior to the revolution. The native place of the seed is believed to be Persia. The first bag ex ported from Georgia was grown by Alexander Bissent, ofSt. Simon’s Island, and shipped from Savannah by Thomas Miller, in 1788. Mr. Miller is still living in Camden county, in the enjoyment of a green old age. He was one of the first who engaged in the business of buying cotton in the Savannah market, and for a long time was the only purchaser. It came to him in parcels of from 20 to 100 lbs., and with his own hands lie assorted and packed it for market. His exclusive and great zeal in bringing forward the article, gave him very early the name of “Cotton Miller,” which he still holds in much honor. In 1792 the growth of cotton was s<j inconsiderable, or as a commercial article,deem-, ed of so little value, that Mr. Jay, in his treaty with England, negotiated that year, consented to the stipulation, that no cotton should be im. ported from America. The Senate refused to ratify the article. In 1792, the entire crop of the United States, was 450 bags : in 1847, 2,- 351,335 ! In 1784, an American vessel that car ried eight hags to Liverpool was seized upon the ground that so much cotton could not he the pro duce of the United States. In 1794. the inven tion of the saw gin, of Eli Whitney, of Connec ticut, gave a powerful impetus to the culture of cotton, and from that period its production has been rapidly onward.” Crevasse. —The New Orleans Crescent ofthe sth instant says, alarming reports were circula ted in town yesterday concerning a Crevasse, stated to have taken place the night before, on the plantation of Mr. Sauve, 15 miles above the city, in the parish of Jefferson. The opening in the levee is said to be 70 feet and its depth 6 feet, with the water pouring through it in a stream of tremendous magnitude. It is appre hended that if the opening be not immediately filled, the city cannot escape inundation. Gen Twiggs’ Sword. —The sword for Gen. Twiggs, authorized by the resolution of Con gress of March 2d, 1847, was presented to him by Col. Andrew Porter, of the Rifle Regiment, at St. Louis, on the 27th ult. SM ALL POX. Weekly Report of the Board of Health for the Iron Works and Cartersville, ending May Bth 1849. Iron Works. Cartersville. No. of new cases, 3 none. “ “ »«<*! 5 none. 11 14 deaths, none. none. It is observed that there are three new cases reported to the Board this week, these three werecases the week previous, but unknown to the Physicians, or the Board. They are all con valescent at this lime. It is observed also that there is no case reported sick at Cartersville. For that place therefore, the Board arc able this week to present a clean Board of Health—the Board are likewise encouraged that in a week or two more they may be able to present a like re port for the Iron Works. A true extract from the Minutes of the Board, this Bth day of May, 1849. M ARK A COOPER, Chrtnn. Joasmlv James, Sec'y. Central Railroad.— The Stockholders of the Central Railroad held a meeting at Savannah on the Bth inst. and resolved to increase the capital stock of the Company by an issue of $450,000 of new stock, to draw eight per cent, interest, on the same terms as the previous issue of $500,000, to be disposed of at the discretion of the Directors. The following statement shows that the up and down freights for April, 1849, exceed those of 1848 in a ratio of over 100 per cent, whilst the net earnings of the Road for April 1849, exceed those of the corresponding month of 1848, by $30,917 51.- April, 1849. April, 1848. Up Freight, $16,118 49 $ 8,288 21 Down do 37,874 22 15,103 50 Up Passage, 2,844 16 3,033 70 Down do 2,738 08 2.228 98 Mails, 1,600 00 1,600 00 $61,171 90 $30,254 39 30,254 39 Increase, $30,917 51 Council Chamber, ) Jlai 11, 1849. j REGULAR MEETING. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Ross, Ayres, Dibble, Shinholser and Sparks. Absent Aid. Babcock Collins and Carhart The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. The Bridge Keeper reported Tolls for week ending this day—sßß 85. The Committee to whom was referred the petition of Thomas L. Ross, Postmaster, recom mend that tiie horse belonging to or used by the Clerks ofthe Magnetic Telegraph Office, he re moved forthwith from before the Post Office door. SPARKS, 1 BABCOCK, j Committee. The Street Committee report in favor of Shin holser Sc \\ hitehurst’s work on the Streels for First Quarter ending the first day of May, and recommend that they be paid S6OO 00. The Report of the Board of Health w;i9 receiv ed and referred to His Honor the Mayor, to have their recommendations carried out. To the Mayor and Counril of the City of Macon • Gentlemen:—l notice by the Assessors' Book that my House and Lot is estimated to he worth S7OO. This valuation I consider too high, and appeal to you to reduce it. The property is greatly impaired in value on account ofthe con dition of the Street near the Lot, being gullied so as to endanger the enclosure. 1 should be glad to sell it for less than the valuation. 1 would respectfully ask an examination of the place before the Tax is levied. Very respectfully your obedient servant, HENRY ABEL. The above Lot being assessed by the Assessors, is considered by the Council as correct as it could be assessed by them ; and therefore cannot re duce the amount assessed by them. GEO. M. LOGAN, Mayor. Macon, Slay 11, 1849. On motion of Aid. Ayres, Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorized to make a Deed to Ben jamin F. Ross, Esq , to a Fraction of Ground on Orange Street, adjoining his Lot, as now laid out and surveyed, in lieu of a Deed to be made by said Ross to the Mayor aud Council, for a part of the opposite Corner of said Ross’ Lot, as now surveyed—This exchange being made for the purpose of straightening Orange Street. Adopted. The Engineer of the Fire Department’s bill for expenses at the late fire—amount $45 88— passed. Hall & Brantley’s bill for Buckets lost at the fire—s3 50—passed. The Committee to whom was referred an Or- | dinance for the encouragement of Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts in the City of Macon, j report : 1. That the Ordinance proposes to exempt from taxation for and during the term of ten years all capital invested in lots, buildings, stock manufactured, and machinery immediate ly employed in the manufacture of the articles specified, viz. Cotton, Wool, Iron, Flour, Silk, Paper, Leather, Shoes, Hats, Agricultural Im plements and Machinery. 2. Your Committee are of opinion that, as a general rule, Taxes ought to be imposed impar tially so as to bear as equally as possible on all classes of citizens and every species of property; and that this rule ought to be departed from on ly under considerations of high public utility, effecting the general good and permanent wel fare ofthe community. 3. The proposed exemption from taxation of capital invested in ccitain classes of Manufac tures and Mechanic Arts, cannot be regarded as partial legislation, because its effects will be to benefit all classes of citizens —those who are not exempt quite as much as those who are—the real estate holder, the Merchant and Mechanic more even than the Manufacturer and the capitalist. It is plain that unless something is done to change the existing tendency of things, Macon must, at an early day receive a severe check to her prosperity ; and her real estate must suffer a serious depreciation in value. Rival towns and rival interests are springing up bn every hand, and the receiving and forwarding of Cot ton and other agricultural products have in a measure ceased to bring permanent prosperity to the place, or support so more than a select few of our people. Our customers are leaving us for other markets and we must adapt ourselves to our new circumstances, or make up our minds to allow' Macon to dwindle down to the dimen sions of a second rate country village. Our re sources, the advantages of our position, our pride and our interests should all forbid such a policy. Our only hope then is in a change of pursuits. We must become manufacturers and sustain our own mechanic interests. There is no reason why this should not be done. On the contrary every permanent interest domands it. Your Committee believe that the passage of the proposed Ordinance would have a most salutary influence in bringing about this desired state of affairs. 1. It would not only retain within the City limits the capital which is already here, and which we are in danger of losing, but it would attract large suni9 from the country for investment at this point. There are parties now known to be waiting with the means in hand, ready to in vest them, the moment they get the assurance that they will be freed from the burthens of taxa tion. 2. As only the capital immediately employed in Manufacturing, <fce, is to be freed from taxa tion the income from the houses and lots owned by the parties and occupied by their operatives would materially tend to 9wcll the present means of the Treasury. A company, say with SIOO,- 000 capital, would employ directly and indirect ly from from 200 to 300 persons who would re quire for their accommodation some 35 or 40 houses. It would be useless to go into a calcu lation to prove that the City Treasury would gain more in this way than it would lose by the proposed exemption. 3. The immediate effect of the establishment of Manufactures, which would necessarily follow the proposed exemption front taxation, would bo to increase the demand for houses and conse quently to enhance the value of real estate. It would also, enable Council to dispose of a large proportion of the public domain in such a way as to replenish the Treasury, and greatly tn di minish if not entirely extinguish the City debt. 4. The establishment of a general system of Manufactures in Macon would give constant and profitable employment to our Mechanics of eve ry class, and would give to that portion of our people that position to which they are so emi nently entitled by their industry and enterprise. I'hc Manufactories would also employ hundreds of youths who are now growing up in idleness and vice, would give them the means of an hon est livelihood anil ultimately enable them to be come profitable customers to our merchants. From these and many other considerations, your Committee have arrived at the conclusion that the Ordinance in question, ought to receive the sanction of this body, and therefore recom mend its passage. AYRES, ) DIBBLE, \ Committe SHINHOLSER, } AN ORDINANCE To encourage the business or Manufacturing and the Mechanic Arts in the City of Macon. Whereas, it is, the obvious policy of the City Authorities, to foster and encourage Manufactur ing and the Mechanic Arts; —and whereas, it usually requires some years to enable persons embarking in such branches of business, to get under way after commencing operations. Sec. 1. Therefore, Beit Ordained by the May or and City Council of the City of Macon, That tiic uUiiuings and Stock iu Trade, hereaf ter used and employed immediately in and about the business of Manufacturing, by any Individ ual or Company, of Cotton, Wool, Iron, Flour, Silk, Paper, Leather, Shoes, Hats, Agricultural Implements, and Machinery, within the Corpor ate limits of the City of Macon, shall be exempt from taxation, for and during the term of ten years, from the passage of this Ordinance.— Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall exempt from taxation, any goods, wares or mer chandize, which may he kept for barter, or sale, by any person or company as above, excepting only fabrics and articles o's their own Manufac ture. Sec. 2. And be it further ordained. That noth ing shall be considered Stock in Trade, as the words are used in the first Section of this Ordi nance, hut the Capital Stock, or money used by any Individual or Company immediately in the the business of Manufacturing, and the necessa ry machinery, and fabrics manufactured. Sec. 3. And be it further ordained, That no Tannery, or other biancb of manufacturing, cal culated to prove a Nuisance, or interfere with the Health, or comfort of the Citizens, shall be established within the business District of the City, or in any place by which the neighbours will be nnroyed, or their health and comfort in terfered with. Read first time, May 11, 1849, and laid over until the next regular meeting. Council then adjourned to meet on Friday next at 4 o'clock, P. M. Attest. A. R. FREEMAN, c. c Newark Cider. "M BBLS. Newark Refined Cider, just re ceived and for sale by GEO. T. ROGERS, may 12 Cherry Street. tieorg’ia and New Orleans Syrup. IST BBLS. of very superior quality, for ** SB |e by GEO. T. ROGERS, may 12 24 Congress Water. BY the Box or at Retail. Just received di rect from the Springs and for sale by may 12 GEO. T. ROGERS. London Porter. ¥N Quars and Pint Bottles, just received -B- and for sale by GEO. T. ROGERS, may 12 24 Smoked Herring. HJ BOXES, a very choice article, just rc ™ ceived and for sale by may 12 GEO. T. ROGERS. Cuba Molasses. IHIDS. of the best quality and in fine * order, just received and for sale low by inay 12 GEO. T. ROGERS. Flour, Meal, Corn, BACON —Hams, Sides and Shoulders; Lard; Irish and Sweet Potatoes—in store and for sale by J. S. RICHARDSON, Cotton Avenue, march 24 17 City Tax Notice. THE following is an extract from the Tax Ordinance, passed on the 27th ultimo : “ Be it further Ordained, That the Treasurer give notice in the gazettes of the City, that the ooks for receiving Tax Returns are now open, and the same wiii be closed on the iotil day Os JUNE, Next —and no extension of time given All defaulters thereafter will be double Taxed.” Office at the City Hall—open from O to half past lii o'clock, every day, (Sundays excepted,) where Returns must be made. A. R. FREEMAN, Treasurer, may 5 23—6 t Notice. THETwo Lots recently surveyed on the Hill in front of Major N. Beal's, containing a bout One Acre each, will be sold at Public Sale on Saturday the 2d day of June next. Terms —One-third cash ; one-third Ist of Jan uary, 1850; one-third Ist of October, 1850. A. R. FREEMAN,C. C. may 5 23 Notice. ESOLVED, That from and after this &i, date, no person or persons shall be al lowed to Icaveinany Street or Alley in the City, any Trash or Filth of any kind ; except on Wednesday and Thurday of each week.” A. R. FREEMAN, C C. may 5 23—It [ Corrected Weekly , for the Southern Must uni ] BACON— lloground, 6 a 7 Hams, lb. 7 a 8 Shoulders, 5 a 6 Sides, 6 a 7 BAGGING Dundee, 17 alB Hemp, J 7 a 18 Gunny, 21 a22 BALE ROPE,IO all BREAD— Crackers, 8a 10 BUTTER— Goshen, 22 a25 Country, 10 a 15 CANDLES— Sperm, lb., 35 a 36 Tallow, 124 al7 CHEESE— Goshen, 9 a 10 COFFEE— Cuba, none, 8 a 9 Rio, 74 a 84 Java, 11 a 124 COTTON, lb. 5j a 6J 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, Lib! 74 a 8 Country, 1b.3.J a 3j FEATHERS,3O a35 NAILS— Wrought, 19 a 20 Cut,4d to 2Cd 5 a 54 OILS— Sperm. $1 a 1 Fall »trao’d ( 7s a 1 Linseed,Am to a 1 Tanner’s, 50 a CO OSNA BURGS— Per yard, 7 a 9 FEPPER— Black, 10 a 124 RAISINS— Malaga,box, 2 a 24 Do half do 1 a 14 Do qr. do 87 a 1 RICE, lb. 4a 44 SUGAR— Muscovado,6 a 8 St. Croix, 8 a 10 Havana,w. 84 n 9.J Hat ana, b. 7 a 8 N. Orleans,6 a 8 Loaf, 104 a 124 l ump, none. SALT— Liverp’l, s’k,l4 a 2 Turks Isl'd, b. $1 SEGARS— Spanish, M .20 a 30 American, 5 a 10 SHOT— All sizes, sl4 a 1J SOAP— Am yellow, 5 a 6 TALLOW, 8 a 10 TEAS- Soucliong,so a 75 Hyson, 75 a 14 Gunpowder,7s a 14 TOBACCO— Manufac’d,s a 12 Cavendish,3o n 50 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 I)o. Am. 40 a 50 Rum, Jam. 2 a 24 N.England,3B a 404 Whiskey, 25 a 28 Western, 31 a33 Baltimore,3s a 37 P. Brandy ,60 a 75 WINES— Madeira, $2 a 24 Tcneriffe, 14 a 2 Malaga,, 60 a75 Champaign,d. 0a 00 Port, 1A a 2A GLASS— Window, 44 a54 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, 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, 24 a 2? Cherokee, Qa 14 LUMBER,M 10 a 124 MOLASSES— N. Orleans, 35 a 40 Hav. sweet,27 a2B Oats, 40 a 3;> Manufac d,5 a 12 Peas, 50 a75 ; Cavendish,3o a 50 GUNPOWDER— : TWINE, 20 a 25 Keg, 6 a 7 I Seine, 18 a2O IRON— SPIRITS— Swedes,cast44 a 5 Brandy,C. $3 a 4 English, bar 4 a 44 Domes.do. 62 a75 American, 44 a 5 Gin, Hol’d 14 a 2 Hoop, 7 a 8 Do. Am. 40 a 50 Sheet, 8 a 10 Rum, Jam. 2 a 24 Nail Rods, 7 a 8 ! N.England,3B a 404 LARD, 64 a 7 I Whiskey, 25 a2B LEAD— Western, 31 a33 Pig and bar, 6 a 7 Baliimt re,35 a 37 LIME— P. Brandy,6o a 75 Stone, bbl, 24 a 2\ WINES— Cherokee, l|a 14 j Madeira, $2 a 24 LUMBER,M 10 a 124 Tcneriffe, I.J a 2 MOLASSES— : Malaga, 60 a75 N. Orleans, 35 a4O j Champaign,d. 0a 00 Hav. sweet,27 a2B * Port, 1A a 2A MACON MARKET, MAY 12, 1849. COTTON.—There has been very little offer, ed during the past week, and prices of the previous week fully maintained. There is very little coming in from the country. Wo quote 54 a 64 cents. CORN—SS a GOcents per bushel, with a good demand. MEAL—62 a 75c. per bushel. BEEF—4 a 5 cents per pound. EGGS—IO a 12 cents per dogen. PEAS—SO a 62c. per bushel. HIDES—7 a'Bc. peril). FODDER—BO a sl, per hundred pounds. TALI.OW—B a 10c. per lb. To (lie Ladies. £Tjr"> The undersigned respectfully informs the ' Ladies of Macon, that she is prepared to alter, clean and bleach Leghorn and Straw Bonnets, in the neatest style and upon favorable terms. Also, Gentlemen’s Leghorn and Panama Hats bleached in the best manner. C A HARRISON, Corner of Walnut and Fifth Streets. apri!2B 22 Stop lit** Itiinuwny. « _ Ranaway from the subscriber, living in Houston county, on the 2d instant, a vvL Negro Man by the name ofJEFFERSGN. 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 himself off" as a free man. He was for merly a Patroon on the Ocmulgee River, and will no doubt make his way to Darien,Savannah or Chin lesion. A liberal reward will be paid for his appre hension and delivery to ine,or his confinement in any Jail so that 1 get him again. Any infor mation respecting said boy, will he thankfully received, anil can be addressed to the undersign ed at Bushy ville, Houston county, Go. JACOB W. BASON, jan 20 B—ts Mayor’s Office, Macos, (Ga.) April 24, 1849. THE Citizens of Macon are hereby notified that Drs. J. M. & H. K. GREEN, have been appointed VACCINE AGENTS for this city. Persons wishing to he Vaccinated will be attend ed to by calling at their office, nearly opposite the Methodist Church. april 28 G. M. LOGAN, Mayor. WIIO don’t lilt** good itiscuit! MR. PAYNE, Druggist, is now prepared to . furnish his friends and customers with an article of Biscuit Powders neatly put up in box es, at a reasonable price, so that all can use them and have good Biscuit, that will digest and not produce Dy spepsia. april 14 20—3 m Till .11 :i 1111 factory_. TIIIE undersigned respectfully informs the . citizens of Macon and its vicinity, that he is prepared to execute all orders in the TIN MANUFACTURING LINE, with neatness" and despatch. His Shop fronts on Second Street opposite the Marine & Fire Insurance Bank lie offers for sale a Set of Tinner's Tools. THOMAS K. JONES, dec 2 I—ts ti ii iisinitliinu;. THE Subscriber having purchased theentiro interest of Mr. F.. S. ROGERS, in t’te above business, is prepared to carry it on, on his own account, at the old Stand on'Cot ton Avenue Double and Single Barreled Guns, Rifirs Pistols, Poicdcr, Flasks, Shot Pouches, Caps Powder, Shot, Lead, h'C.,for sale. All Work done with neatness and despatch and warranted. Terms Cash. THOMAS M. EDEN, dec 2 1 Just H(*ccived. A BEAUTIFUL stvleof French Prints, for sale by ' G W PRICE, march 3 14 French Muslins. IN Store, received by the last 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 Shectinsrs. M AND l«-4 SHEETINGS, of su perior quality, for sale low bv march 3 ' G. W. PRICE.