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Horace Jcunison, of Newton, ftfass., obtained a verdict of s'2ooo damages, in the suit of a slander against Win. White, of Watertown.— •flic slander was an accusation of stealing tripe, jjenor Ilurbide, Mexican Minister of Finance, | retired from the office, and is succeeded by Sen. j y r Don T. Elorriaga. Mr. Julian, Congressman from Indiana, iiaJ a third attack of hemorrhage of the lungs, which it is feared, will prove fatal. At a recent meeting of the French Academy ■of Sciences, M. Arago announced that M.d'Heri court,just returned from his travels in Abyssinia lias brought with him a medicament, which he had seen employed with entire success, incases ■ofconfirmed hydropltodia. The traveller offer cJ a quantity of it sufficient for all necessary ex periment. Not long since a matrimonial alliance was for med between one of the grand-daughters of the late John Jacob Astor and Mr. de Nottbeck, a Russian gentleman of wealth and distinction, visiting this country on a mission from his Em peror. Two splendid steamers are building in En gland, for tho Cunard line. They are to be up wards of 2000 tons burthen, each, and will bo propelled by engines ofßoo horse power. They are to bo called the Asia and the Africa ; and are to be ready by the ensuing spring. The New York Albion of the 24th says that the Island of Tigrc is a valuable acquisition to any naval power. It is well wooded and water ed. It might have been purchased by the British Government for five thousand pounds several years ago. The South Carolina papers announce that Hon. George McDuffie’s health has declined so tiiat lie cannot survive much longer. Anew shipyard has been opened at Glouces ter, on the Delaware, West Jersey, where a steam propeller, a small steamer, aud a schooner are now in progress. Bishop Waugh has declined supplying a min ister to a Methodist pewed church at Cincinnati, lately organized, but said lie would present tlii ß particular request to the next annual meeting of the conference, for its decision. Laborers in the harvest field in Oregon re ceived six dollars per day during the last har vest. James A. I licks, recently of Boston, and ac ting Spanish Consul, was lost overboard, off' Bermuda, on his passage from New York to St. Thomas, whither lie was going with his family for his health. The St. Louis Era describes anew steam boat now in course of construction in that city, and •nearly ready for launching, which, it says, will the the largest boat on the Western waters, ller length is to be 317 feet, and her breadth 33 feet. (ion. G. A. Parsons has been removed from the office of adjutant general of Missouri, and Win. G. Minor, Esq., lately editor of the Jeffer sonian Inquirer, appointed in his place. Major Brawn, tho now engineer, appointed by the Emperor ofltussia, to superintend the con struction of the great imperial railway, sailed in the Canada. | Mr Lawrence, the American Minister, has ta- Ikcn a lease of Earl Cadogan’s largo and fine Linjnsion in Piccadilly, London. I Two-thirds of the Natural Bridge property in Hirginia was sold on the 3rd inst., to Col. Woo. «r,of Henry County, for SG,OOO. lie is pro prietor also of the other third. ■ Joseph Bulch, Esq., President of the Mer fcliatiu' Insurance Company, died at his residence ■at Jamucia Plain, Mass., on the 7th, in the filth (year of his age. I A duel was fought on the Gth inst ,in Arkan lsas, opposite Memphis, between Charles Irwin, lof Memphis, anil Mr. Gibson, of Somerville, I Tennessee, which resulted in Mr. Irwin being I shot in the side. I Colonel Louis de Bikkesy, one of the most ■distinguished officers in the Hungarian army, ■lias just died at Paris, in the twenty-ninth year ■ •of his age. I The Cincinnati Times states, that during the ■destructive fire in that city, the rear wall of L. ■Pugh it Cos Pork House, full out, burying a ■number of persons beneath the ruins. Their i*>mncs could not be ascertained. I A child 7-i years old was tried in Newark on B* he 12th inst., for attempting to burn a barn. Bh: confessed to the attempt, and in the absence ■"hit House of Refuge or persons to take proper leharge of him, he was sent back to the jail for jhic presont. [ David Dickerson of Sussex Cos., who enlisted [and went to Mexico, in tho company from Dela |ware, went through the whole campaign and [returned unscathed, died from the effoct eC-R [drunken debauch, on Saturday night, tho Ist., |>nst., in a stable near Georgetown. I Wo read in the Helena (Ark.) Shield, that a (•nan muiicd Henry Yerby, having been killed in ■bat vicinity, four of bis slaves were suspected, P’>d arrested. Twoofthom were subsequently the other two were tied to a tree and W ur <icd to death. I ur glaries have become so frequent in Lynn, ■^ ass > *bat it is proposed to establish a volun j§ ,Vr night-watch. ■ Iho Baron Gerolt, who lias returned to the Pnitcd States as Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia, arrived in Washington. Double Engles will soon bo coined nt the ■ ''adelphia Mint, under the act of tho last Co n l. 1 ;* Kentucky Convention have inserted an Kill' " 'a* o 'h® new Convention requiring all [ ccrs ,: nd members of the bar to take theduell- ■ n a oath. ■ M"-strawberries, a second crop, were picked ■ ‘ ain 6 °n thanksgiving day. ■ r J’ ■ "o or thro youths were drowned in the vi fcr! '° r l ' osto,; . a few days since, by falling ■ ll ’"Sb t lie ice whilst skating. l iln lle ( 0110,1 Factory of Mr. James, a* Rising ■Chi' 1 ' Vil * burned last week. Lussslo,- The Irish Convicts O’Brien, McManus, Mea gher and O Donohoc, arrived in the brig Swift, at the Cape of Good Hope on the 12th of Sep tember. She sailed the next day with them for Van Dicman’s Land. John Mitchel reached the Cape in the Nepturc on the 19th of Septem ber. Seven out of 282 convicts on the Neptune, died during the voyage. Rev. William Aikman, late of the Union Theological seminary, N. Y., has accepted the call to the sixth Presbyterian church of Newark. Col. Fremont has written to the government, signifying his intention to resign his position as commissioner to run the boundary line between the territory of the U. S. and New Mexico. The committee of the board of Aldermen of New York, reported against indemnifying Mr James 11. llackett, lessee of the Astor Place Opera House, for damages sustained during the riot. Prince Ilohenlohen, well known as a miracle monger, died in Vienna lately. A vessel called;tho “Whig,” of New York, sailing under American colors, was captured on the coast of Africa by the British man of war, Fire Fly. She had on board GOO slaves. The Detroit Tribune of the sth, has intelli gence that Lewis Cass, Jr., Charge to Rome, was very ill at the latest dates. HerrKransy, the distinguished Hungarian pa triot and vocalist gave a concert in Albany on Tuesday evening. By recent advices from Bolivia, we learn the probability of the discovery of another gold re gion. An Indian, it is affirmed, by the side of a stream in tho Andes, near the city of La Paz, picked up 14 pounds in the course of a few days. No less than 3000 people are alleged to have quitted La Paz for the scene of operations. The Hon. Mr. Van Allen, Minister of the United States to Ecuador, arrived at Guyaquil in the United States ship Falmouth on the 21st of October. The Governor of the province put at his disposal a war steamer, in which he left on the first ult., accompanied by the United States Consul at Guyaquil, N. P. Game, Esq ? He probably reached Quito on the Bth ult. On Saturday, the Ist iustant, the officers of the State Government of Lousiann, with the records, &c., were transferred by a steamboat from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, the new seat of Government. The Rt. lion. T. Bahington Macaulay was re-elected Lord Rector of the University of Glas goiv, on the lfitli ult., without opposition. Rev. Alexander T. Macgill, D. I), formely pastor of the second Presbyterian Church of Calisle, has been elected President of W ashing ton College, at Washington, Pa ,in place of the Rev Dr. McConaughcy resigned. The sale of the Pews in the First Babtist Church, Brooklyn, a few days since, produced, it is said, a surplus of $3,000 beyond the entire expense of re-building the church. A watchmaker in Liverpool has succeeded in drilling a hole through a sixpence edgeways. The diameter of the hole in the coin is the four* thousandth part of an inch in size, and barely sufficient to admit a fine hair. A revival of religion has been under way for a fortnight past, in tho Methodist Episcopal Church, at Urbanuu, O , under the ministrations of the Rev. J. S. luskip. Within the period named, upwards of 100 persons have connected themselves with the church. The church of Rev. Dr. Backus, in Baltimore, has contributed, within tho last 13 years, the sum of $150,000 for charitable and benevolent objects, or $11,538 per annum. George Lee, Esq , a merchant of high stand ing in New Orleans,died in that city on the 4th inst , aged GO. Berklioad buildings, in Buffalo, were burn 1 recently, and the fire then extended to the buildings occupied by the Courier office, the ma terials of which, with the presses, are mostly destroyed. The editor of the Kent News, published at Chestertown, Md., was married a few days since, to a lady said to be worth $50,000. The Insane Asylum at Harrisburg, is 400 feet long and averages four stories high. It is nearly roofed in. John B. Gough, the Temperance Lecturer, is in New York city, carrying on tiie good work. The Kentucky Constitutional Convention has adopted, by a vote of 76 to 17, a provision de claring that Preachers and Ministers of the Gospel shall not be eligible to a seat in the Gen eral Assembly. What word of four syllable can be spelled with three figures and two letters? Extenuate —x xo u. a. A grey-haired man. who said that he had once been a member of the Legislature of New York, and subsequently served as a Colonel of a mili tia company, has been arrested in St. Louis for a scries of petty thefts in stores in that city. 1 don’t trouble myself about other people’s business, but this is exclusively a personal f/rttrsc-onal) affair,” as the pick-pocket said, when he helped himself. llcv. Dr. Upfold, Bishop elect of the Protcs tant Episcopal Church in Indiana, left Pittsburgh on the 10th instant, to be consecrated at India napolis on the 16th. lie will return shortly and retain the charge of his parish in Pittsburgh until next spring. We see that Mr. Joiui Smohc has married Miss Susan Jnn Scaur. Susan is not the first cigar that has ended in smoke. A Connecticut family, on a visit to the South, to save postage, drew on the margin of a news paper, a child’s face, an awl, and well with buckets, &c., thus interpreted, —“ We have an infant—all arc well.’’ The trial of Ashbell Kellogg for the murder of his son, took place at Kalamazoo, Michigan, a short time since, and resulted in a verdict of acquittal, on the ground of insanity. There arc now in the British Navy List, 191 admirals, bol pc ' captains, 676 commanders, and ”000 lieutenants. Col. J Pr.igay and Major Fornet, late of the Hungarian army, arrived bv the Europa. The former was colonel under Klapka, at the siege of Cornorn. 110 was present in thirty-eight bat tles, and lias with him the highest testimonials of his valor and worth. “ Are those bells ringing for fire ?” inquired Simon of Tiberius. “No, indeed,” answered Tibe, “ They have got plenty of fire, and the bells are now ringing for water to match.” The Niagara Chronicle of the fitli inst., says that there is a rumor to the effect that fourteen American schooners have been seized for smug gling on the Welland canal. A person looking at some skeletons the other day, asked a young doctor present where he got them, lie replied, “ lie raised them.” A Collection for Poor Students is proposed to be established in Oxford, England, with an en dowment of JE30,000, a portion of which has been already subscribed. There is a gentleman out West who is so ten. der-hearted, it is said, that he refuses to take milk because he would be depriving the inno cent calves of it. “ We’ll gaily chase all care away And banish every sorrow, Subscribers pay your debts to-day, And we’ll pay ours to-morrow.” The editor of the N. O. Crescent, in his last number, acknowledges the receipt of a pump kin pie—a good pie—a glorious pie—in fact a Southern pie with Northern principles. The schooner Mohawk was wrecked at Os wego, on the 7th instant, and two persons drowned. The cargo, consisting of 9000 bush els of wheat, was all lost. The German Reformed Synod of Pennsylva nia, during their recent sessions were occupied jn an animated debato on the subject of the preparation of a liturgy for the use of their churches. To a limited extent, this church has used a liturgy, but the proposition was for one more full and extended. It met with some op position, which in the end was overruled and a committee was appointed to prepare anew form. A gentleman in Buffalo, sent a communica tion to Halifax, via New York, to which an an swer was received in five hours from the time the despatch was left in the office at the former place. A Correspondent of the New York Mirror, vvritingfrom London says, “on the 20th of No* vember, at the age of sixty-two, died one of the artistic lights of the age, William Etty, R. A. Like “ his favourite,” Robinson Crusoe, the painter was born in the city of York, and like Renibraut, his father was a miller. Mr. Andrew McKee, an old and respectable citizen of Charlottsvillc, Va., committed suicide on Thursday evening last, by hanging himself in his own house. Tho beautiful blue color imparted to steel in struments, is formed by grinding Prussian blue with varnish. This will not stand heat. Thirty-six vessels have sailed from the United States for San Francisco within two weeks. The Plicnix Bank in West Rhode Island was robbed lately of upwards of $15,000, in 1,2, 5, 10 and 20 dollar notes. A reward of SIOOO is offered for the robbers. The Bank w ill imme diately call in its circulation. John S. Ladd, a member of the Freewill Baptist Church, and whose reputation w as other wise good, hanged himself in Deerfield, N. 11., on Friday' week, aged fifty years. There are now 5G Polish exiles in the city of New York, and others continually arriving. The Mormons are now founding anew colo ny in lowa, about 15 miles north cf their pres ent settlement, in Pottawataniic county. The Stock of tho Charleston Gas Company is now quoted at $32 per share—the par value being $25- It is stated that the usual average yield per month of the Griffin Gold Mine in Georgia, is from eighteen hundred to two thousand penny weights. The Cincinnati Gazette states that O'Reilly’s Telegraphers intend to send the President’s Messago to tho West, at there own expense, as a compliment to the press. In Norfolk, (Va.,) population 15,000, there were only 11 deaths in November. Hall McAllister, Esq ,has recieved the ap pointment of District Attorney, for San Fran cisco. Four ships recently started from Liverpool together, and arrived oil’ New York together, having never lost sight of one another during the passage. Thomas Dun English has connected himself with the “Jeffersonville Democrat,” a paper published in Tazewell county , Va. Tho London Times, speaking in the same connection of the three mile panorama of the Mississippi exhibited in that city and the rail road to the Pacific, remarks that life indeed was short, but American art was very long. Tho Churchman says that the report that five Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church have signed a call for a special meeting of the House of Bishops, is uot true. Iu the Mayor’s Court, Providence, It. I,a ver dict of S2BOO was rendered against tho Rev. Dr. Pohlam, his son having accidentally shot a boy named Yates, about two years since, which rendered him a cripple. The salary of the Rev. Mr. Wheeler, a Bap tist Minister at San Fransisco, liu3 been fixed at $lO, 090 per annum, payable monthly and in advance. Tho’wliolo immigration this year from Eu rope, into New York, so far. amounts to 230,- -133, over 41,000 more than arived in all the last yoai. Tho Rev. Win. 11. Harrison, of Jackson North Carolina, has been called to tho Rector, ship of St. Luke's church, in New York city, to supply the place of Dr Forbes, who has joined tile Roman Catholic Oht ;i Ii About $3.>,«J00 have been raised in Ndw Or leans, within a few months, to pay a debt on the Poydras street Alethodist church. A num. her of the individual contributions, are from SSOO to SIOOO each. Ibe new Catholic Church in Taunton was demolished by the wind on Saturday afternoon, Ist inst. The walls were of brick and unfinished at the gable ends ; the roof was partly boarded. Loss estimated at $5900 which will fall upon the contractors. According to the recent census, there are 92, 471 inhabitants in eighteen counties of Iowa; an increase, in two years, of ahought one fourth It is estimated that the general census will show a population, in the entire State, of over 200,000 ; sufficient to entitle it to three repre sentatives iu Congress. Rev. Mr. Perking, Unitarian minister, com mitted suicide on Friday last, at Cincinnati, by jumping ofl'tlic ferry boat. A bill uniting Charleston and the Neck has passed both houses of the Legislature of South Carolina. On the 2Gth ult., James Jackson Jarves pres ented his credentials to the Secretary of the State, and was recieved as a special commis sioner of IJis Majesty the King of the Hawaii an Island, to the government of the United States. The Corpse of Marian, the celebrated /Ero naut, who made a baloon ascent some weeks ago from Barcelona, and had not been heard of has been discovered on the Spanish coast. The Conington (la.) Friend, of the 17th ult, says that Mr. Hannegan has tended to the Presi dent his resignation as Minister to Berlin. He was expected home by Christinas, ihe Supreme Court of New Jersey has given 1 homas E. Deacon S2BOO damages against J. S. &W. H. Slireve for back-watering the wheels of plaintiff's mills, located upon Racocus Creek- There is before the Mexican Congress, a pro position made by a citizen of the United States, to build a railway from Vera Cruz to Acapulco on the Pacific,passing through the city of Mexico’ A Daguerreotype picture of the moon has been taken by a Canandaigua artist. It was sent to the President of Harvard College. Mrs. Miller, the woman who sought to cover the disgrace of abandoning her husband and children, by leading to the impression that she hud commited suicide at tho Falls of Niagara, lias not been arrested, as it was said, at Syracuse. Among other projects for quieting the agita tion of the slavery question, so far as tho Distrct ; of Columbia is concerned, is anew one for the ) establishment of a territorial government over I the District, upon the non-intervention plan. j Several of the Jamaica papers take stroug | ground in favor of annexation to the United I States. The Bank of England has reduced its rate of discount fiom 3 to 2.J per cent. Cleveland was lighted with gas for the first time on the 7th inst The California Company, under Audubon, was 8 mouths and 29 days in reaching San Die go—s ill a long way from the gob! region. Law passed the South Carolina Legislature on the sth inst , by a very large vote, providing for the punishment oftrafickers of spirituous liquors with slaves, by public whiping for the first offence. Mrs. Julia Folio fell dead in the streets op Toronto, on the 22d ult., from over excitement in her efforts to procure bail for her son, a lad about ten years old, who had been detected, with several other youths, in the act of stealing in a garden and ludged in jail. The publishers of the Blue lien’s Chicken at Wilmington, Del., have been convicted for libel, on Zenos B. Glazier,of that plaee. At the late District Court,Fort Madison, lowa there were two and twenty-five cases j on the docket! But a few years since, that dis trict of country did not emlraceas many inhabi tants. A renin liable instance of the progress op' civilization. The annual expenses of the Royal Family of] Great Britain are estimated at abont $3,500,000. It is slated that the asual average yield per j month of the Griffin Gold mine in Georgia, is ' from ISOO to 2000 penny weights. Some of the ablest inen in Texas are coming i Out in support of the sited taken by Governor Wood, iu his message, relative to the Texas boundary, and the State’s right of jurisdiction over Sautu Fe. Bartium has recently introduced into his Now j York Museum, anew wonder in the shape of a ] Black Greenland Whale, fifty feet in length, and which weighed, when taken, seventy tons! j It is a leviathan of the deep, and atiracts thou-j sands of visiters. Tho Constitution adopted by the people of' California is the same nearly, as that ofNew York and several of our States. The cholera has been very fatal among the Indians in Northern Wisconsin, lately. About , sivlv of the Menomonies have died since Octo ber 15th. It has been aggravated by their im prudence and intemperance. Ten new steamers are now being completed at i Rtsburg. Seven of them arc of the largest class. A Jury in *\c\v York gave in a verdic t of sl,- , OOl) damages last week, ngani.'d ll lIIJU ' or " n ] ting a letter in which he called n respectable j woman an improper character. It is thought that the railroad in Broadway, New York, iscortain to be built. Many of the 1 previous opponents of the project have changed their opposition into approval. Mr. Xenophon Argvros, Greek envoy to the I United States, is now on his way to his country, j His object is to conclude a commercial treaty j between his Government and ‘lie United States. The trial of Nathaniel Childs, at St. Louis: charged with embezzling a large amount of gold coin belonging to the Bank of Missouri, has ter- j minated in the acquittal of the accused. Capt. Cannon, of the steamer Louisiana, has! been acquitted of all blame in the matter of the explosion oft! vessel. Thomas Moore, the Irish melodist, is, we re gret to learn, still ce fined to Jus bed by severe indisposition. Klapka, the Ilung; m General, by the way, is expected here by l Ist of January. Airan gomenla «ro already t .mg to i;ive him such a welcome as he einilie tljr and«». i ves. Council Cimitilier, } DtcxMHKii 28, le 19. j REGULAR -MEETING. Present—The Mayor. Aid. Ayres, Babcock , Carhart, Ross Dibble, Sliinliolsur aud Sparks. Absent—Aid. Collins. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. The Bridge Keeper reported Tolls for tho week ending ibis day, $174 50. The Committee on Public Property respect fully report adverse to the Petition of L. J. Groce, Agent, for a part of the Street to enlarge his lot on Spring and Magnolia Streets. Thu report was received and adopted. The Finance Committee beg leave to report in favor of the following Bills and recommend tiicir payment, to witj Win. Scott’? for $75 00.— Charles Collin's for $lO 00. Tho Committed also beg leave to report ad verse to the Bill of Justices Court lor $5 50. Shinholser A- Whitehurst's Bill for Sewer in Cotton Avenue, amount $2 GO, parsed. Bills referred to the Finance Committee, viz : “Southern Museum,” and “Georgia Telegrflpk. Shinholser & Whitehurst’s Bill for the Fourth Quarter’s Contract on Streets, was received and ; referred to the Street Committee. The Street Committee to whom was referred the Petition of R. A. L. Atkinson, and E. A. Nisliet, report adverse to the Petition. Win. Collins’ Bond us Street Contractor for ISSO, was received and approved. A Communication from George A. White was received and on motion, it was laid on the table for the ballanceof the year. The Committee on Public Property report the following Resolutions, and recommend their adoption : ttesolrrd , That the Macon Manufacturing Company he permuted to close the Alley be tween Lots Numbers Twelve and Thirteen, on the South-Western Two Acre Lots in the City of Mac in, and tui ti er, that the said Company have leave to extend their Lots recently pur chased from James A. Ralston, up to the line of the advanced trouts of the two acre lots. Ileso'ved, That the Spring Lot below tho resi dence of James A Ralston, be conveyed to the said Manufacturing Company for the purpose of their using the water from said Spring, leaving an Alley of Thirty Feet between said Lot and the Lot of Ralston. Provided, that said Com pany shall not he allowed to build any houses on said lot. AYRES, v ROSS, \ Committee. SHINHOLSER,) ’J’he above Report was received and adopted. Council then adjourned to Friday next, at 7 o’clock, P. 51. Attest, A. R. FREEMAN, c. c. Ur' ’l lie Friends of THO JJ VS Ii A ii Ii V and DAVID J. DAVIS, announce them as candidates for the offices of Sheriff'and Deputy Sheriff' for the County of Bibb, at tho election on the first Monday in January next. ! nov 17 51—ts j ID' We liavc been requested to j announce 11. <4. JETT Id ICS, ns a candi j date for re-election to the office of Clerk of tho j Itifctior Court ofßibb County, at the election in January next. j nov 17 51 —ts I tD’SAMLUEL ATI4.INSON is a , Candidate for Clerk of the Inferior Court of Bibb ■ County, at tho election in January next. nov 10 50— * 1! j Wc Dave been authorised to announce IN C. biIEiCWODI), as u can didate for Tux Collector oh Bibb county, at tin; election in January next. nov 24 52—ts (LT We have been requested to i announce JAMES IS. BENNETT, as a j candidate for Coroner of Bibb county, at the election on the first 51onday in January next, dec 15 3—ts D JESSE iliOStiUM is it candidate for Coroner of Bibb County, at the Election in January next. nov 10 50—ts D’Tlie friends of G£O ECG EM. LOilAUi , announce him as u candidate for re-election for the office of Mayor of the city of Macon, for tho ensuing year. dec 2!) MANY VOTERS. Notice. A LL persons are cautioned against trading for xA. a certain pronaisory note, for Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars, signed by myself, and dated on the 30th of February, 1849, and payable by the first day of January next, to Mustian &. Mott, or order, as the consideration for which said note was given has failed, and [ will not pay said note until the consideration is fullv complied with. i). DEMPSEY. Macon, December 29, 1849. 5 3t Quirk time ! quick time I! Daguerreotype portraits taken in from three to twenty seconds, at the Cook Il.ici'tlmriN It oo Sts, Millb"erry St., near the new Hotel. Also, in operation, the new and most astonishing improvement in the art : that of executing two correct Likenesses of one sub ject, side, front, or back views on one Piute, at the same sitting. Single Pictures taken at re duced prices. Hours for operating are from 9 A. M., to 4, P. 51. Likenesses taken as well in cloudy, as in fair weather. The Public are respectfully invited loculi aud examine tho specimens. Instrucliohs given in the art. J 51 HART, Jr list. dec 29 Sous ol' Teuipcruuce. Tomocuichi Division No. 1, will celebrate its Anniversary and the introduction of the Order into the State, THIS (Saturday) EVENING —th of December. Tim Members of Tomocliiehi Division, and all others of tho Order, whose convenience it may ::iit, are invited to assemble at Ti;Mfi.KA.scn II LL, on Tillß SATURDAY EVENING, at h o'clock, where u Procei ,on will be f.u i ! in . proceed to flic Baptist Church, at which place art Oration will be delivered bv Brother J.E. Wu.i.r.TT,.of Pcnfield University The PuLlk arc i. spectftilly invited to attend. J K. II \ K MON, 5 .1. G. ROGERS, Committee E. SAI BSttl liV, V of •I.C. GILBERT, 51 I>. j An;,r: S°- P. A. S’l it HILL, J ■Journal .Messenge r aud 'Eel. graph * opy dec 29 42t Si tbit County Academy. i rriHE EXERCISES in the Male Dkpakt- I me XT of this Institution will be resumed on TUESDAY, the FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, at 9 o'clock, A. M. A competent Assistant ! has been engaged, and every effort will he made to render the Avndemy worthy of public confi dence. I'. A. STKOBEL, Rector. I ** 4—:*t j Wanted to Heut, or Ptirdiaxc. • i A comfortable Dwelling House in a | a pleasant and convenient part of ike city, Jl-ifl.pur particulars anplv at this office dec 22 ** 4—tl buperioi' Teas. A splendid lot of TEAS, both r: ■,ifjji Green and Black, warranted fine, M just received not from the Canton 113.;*,: Tea Company of New York, at W. FREEMAN'S Cheap Store, Cherry Street, dec 1 I SELLING OFF AT C OS I’ ! find Store forlltcnt. fIMIE Subscribers having learned by sad cx -I perience that they have, by entering the mercantile business, “missed their calling,” now offer their GOODS at cost , for the purpose of seeking some humble retreat in the less frequent ed paths ofliterature. L. J. & A. J. ROBERT, Cotton Avenue,between Messrs. Bray and Fitch's dec 8 2—2 One Hundred Dollars Reward, UJ ILL be paid for the apprehension and de livery to tho Jailor of Bibb county, of THOMAS BURGE, of Marion county, who killed Riciiahu Altman, of Crawford county, in this city, on the 14th of November. GEO. M. LOGAN, Mayor. M aeon, Nov. 24, 1849. 52-3 t Northern Butter. i)A FIRKINS PRIME BUTTER, of tho I ....ii i.„ . ; i ....... i’.ii fresh from some of the best dairies nt the North. Just received by W. FREEMAN, doc 8 Wanted Immediately* rinvo OR THREE JOURNEYMEN CABI- I NET-51AKERS. None except good work men, and such as are willing to make themselves useful, need apply. WOOD & BRADLEY. • net 20 47—ts Notice. fIQIIRTY DAYS after date, application will I lie Hindi! by the undersigned to the City Council of Macon, for a Lease to a Lot ofGrouud situated on the East end of the North West Commons, immediately at the junction of First and Wharf Streets, extending Westward to tho line oftiie Alley iu Square Sixty-six, (GG,) and Nortluvard to or near the llivcr—to be used for the Southern Botanic Medical College and Botanic Garden. And also, for leave to occupy a small portion of the rear of said Streets. 51. S. THOMSON, dec 1 I—st Notice. rpiIIRTY DAYS after date application will T he made by the “ Macon Manufacturing Company,” for permission to close the Alley between the Two Acre Lots, Numbers Twelve and Thirteen, on the South West Common, and for a Lease of the Lot on which the Spring is, near Mr. J. A. Ralston’s. JOHN J. GRESHAM, nov 24 52—5 t Oysters, lTesli Oysters. LMNE, Large, Fat, Fresh OYSTERS, will bo « received every night and sold by the Pint, Quart or Gallon, at such prices that every body must have some. The Oysters will he received and must be sold nt sonic price or another—so all you lovers of good Oysters, walk up and get a few, at W. FREEMAN’S, dec 1 1 E3attis, Butter, Syrup, Ac. /"I INCINNATI Sugar cured HAMS \J GOSHEN BUTTER New Orleans Sugar House SYRUP A few Jars of very white Leaf LARD. All of choice quality, just received and for sale by GLO. T. ROGERS, dec 1 Cherry Street. Sundries. OPF.RSI OIL and CANDLES O Kio an and Java Coffee Crushed and Powdered Sugars Champaigne and Madeira Wines Nuts and Crackers of all kinds Sardines and Lobsters Pickles by the Jar or Gallon Codfish, Mackerel and Sliad Superfine Wheat and Rye Flour Fine Starch, Mustard, Tapioca Spices, Chocalate, &c., at W. FREEMAN’S Cheap Store, Cherry Street. dec 1 1 Tt:sc C lie wing Tobacco. C 1 11. &S. LILIF.NTHAL’S well known 1 • superior fine Cut Chewing TOBACCO, in papers and cans. Also, various brands of Chewing Tobacco—some ofwhich the knowing ones say cannot be beat. Also, various brands of CIGARS, which are just good enouch. For sale at W. FREEMAN’S Cheap Store, Cherry Street. . dec 1 1 New Bice. 19IVF. Tierces of prime quality, just received and for sale by GEO. T. ROGERS, dec 1 1 New YorkSteum Uellneit Cumlics V STILL Larger assortment of CANDIES, just received and for sale as low as any Candies in Town,at W. FREEMAN’S, dec 1 I Apples ami Mercer Potatoes. k BARRELS in fine order, for sale by Si 1 dec I GEO. T. ROGERS. iliickwtieat, Ac. j I W I SACKS Fine Buckwheat I VM * 50 boxes new crop Raisins 25 do superior Cheese Just received at W. FREEMAN'S. dec 1 I Canal amt Baltimore Flour. 1 Ajk WHOLE and Half Barrels FLOUR. I 5 M * Just received and for sale low by dec 1 GEO. T. ROGERS. Clieese. 'ey BOXES of superior quality, in large and / -) small boxes, just received and for sale by dec 1 GEO. T. ROGERS. Cuba Molasses. Aj v HDDS, in line order, just received and S' ' for sale low by dec i GEO. T. ROGERS. Single Horse Dra>. \ SINGLE HORSE DRAY and HARNESS u V nearly new, tor sale cheap by dev 1 GEO T ROGERS.