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* Bcgar and Coffee is Europe. —The Balti more Ameican copies from the Circular of a j,,irlily well informed house in London, the following statement respecting the stocks of sugar and coffee in Europe at the last I dates: Losdos, Nov. 30, 1840. I Sugar- —The stocks in the principal ports of | Europe were, ou the Ist of November, as follows: 1849. 1848. I Great Britain, tons, 130,000 132,000 I Hamburg, 9,000 8,000 iiretneu, 2,000 1,000 Holland, 9,000 12,000 I Antwerp, 8,000 4,000 Genoa, 2,400 7,000 Leghorn, 1,000 1,400 Trieste, 14,000 7,000 [ prance, 11,000 17,000 192,400 189,000 The present’stocks in London are of I!. Plantation 20,000 against 35,000 hlids. & tes. Maritaus, 89,000 “ 164,000 bags. East India, 104,000 “ 99,000 “ Manilla, Ac. 57,000 “ 95,000 “ Havana, 122,000 “ 57,000 boxes. Brazil, 9,000 “ 40,000 chests. I*. R.&C.M.12.000 “ 5,000 hhds. Coffee. —lias regained great favor. Native Ceylon, after having been down to 445. 6d. has -•.'rily advanced within the last few days. 495. Lit. has been paid to-day, and nothing is to be had under 50s. now. A further considerable advance is expected. Plantation Ceylon re mains comparatively cheap—middling to good middling has been sold at 58s. a 625. 6d. Foreign sorts remain very scarce. A Boating cargo of good first Uio has been consigned to Hamburg. The stocks in the principal European ports were on the Ist November, as follows : 1849. 1848. tons. Great Britain, 1~,00() 20,000 Hamburg, 7,500 6,500 “ Bremen, 200 2,200 “ Holland, 8,000 20,000 “ Antwerp, 5,700 6,400 “ Trieste 4,800 4,000 “ 41,200 58,200 “ Machasic’s Bank. — The following gentle men were yesterday elected Directors of the Mechanic's I3ank. Thomas S. Metcalf, Artemas Gould, Josiah Sibley, Alfred Baker, William S. Roberts, Fos ter Blodget, James B-Bishop, James B. Wal ker, Jacob Danforth. And at a meeting of the Board, Thomas S. Metcalf was elected President. Good Dividend. —The Augusta Insurance and Banking Company says the Augusta Repub lic, declared on yesterday, a dividend of 12j per cent, ou the operations of that institution for the last six months. More “Annexation” Feared by Mexico.— Don A. Canalizo has submitted a memorial to the Mexican Government, setting forth the ad vantages of occupying the island of Taberna, situated one day’s sail from San Bias, and a lit tle further from Mazatlan. This measure is ad vised in consequence of the fear entertained that it may be seized by the Americans. It is six teen leagucs'iii superficial extension, and is very .ulvantagioiisly situated for the culture of sugar cane. Salt is procurable in large quantities there, and the soil is highly fertile. ft p Two millions one hundred and seventy thousand three hundred and fifty dollars were to be paid out in Boston city on the Ist ofJanu i ary, as interest money, by the different Bank, Railroad,and Manufacturing Corporations. | Cotton Cultivation in India.—Thecxpcri lini nts at Madras, in cultivating cotton to rival I I hut of the United States, have been abandoned, [(lie London Morning Chronicle says,is a total [failure. It was zealously, and even lavishly [supported by the local government; but the late [failure of a similar experiment in Bengal, after an outlay of about £109,000, had already given fair warning of the probable issue ofDr. Wight’s | efforts in the sister presidency. The capital and mechanical skill which, since the introduction of Whitney’s saw gin, in 1793, have been brought t > bear by the Americans on the cleans ing of the the pods, have given their product an excellence which tiie Indian planter cannot ap proach. fifty years ago India shipped to England cot : ton goods.to the value of three millions sterling. [ At the present time, the process is exactly re versed, and India imports British manufactures i of American cotton to the same amount. In 1790 i America did not export a single pound. In 1634, she exproted as much as all the rest of the world put together. And in 1846, out of 467,856,274 lbs. imported into England, 401,949,393 lbs. came horn the United States ; while only 34,546,- I 1.1 were supplied by the East Indies and Cey loiij The total value of the cotton exported in Ib4.i from the three presidencies does not amount to £joo,ooo. And now the failure of the experi ments made by the Government of Bengal and Madras, with every appliance of skill and capi tal to insure success, will at any rate render it extremely dubious whether cotton he fated to resume its rank among the great staples of In dia. A Great Dive —The St. Louis Organ of the 22d tilt, tells the following- A friend tells us that in coming down the Mississippi, u shot time : igo, on a steamboat, one of the passenger one night attracted his attention by exclaiming in his sleep, “I can beat that dive any how !” Our relater immediately looked towards the man, 'vhen lo ! lie saw him tumble head foremost h'rnn his berth on to the floor. “There,” said the diver, “I touched bottom, any how,” and i then climbed up into his berth again without waking. (D- An ibolitionist was lately making a great | parade of the fact that a negro is a “man and a brother ” “Why,” cried a poor white man standing near,“yon would’nt acknowledge me as a broth er nor shake hand with me in the street, though I am the son of one of your tennants." Ihe abolitionist sloped. Facts were not wan ted It was sentiment that be could pile up to a »y height. \V*i R Charge to Austria. —A letter from () | lington states, that Col. Webb lias received lr ets from the Government, to await further i "shustinns in London or Paris, before proceed- S°n his mission. This looks rather squally. -Statistics oe f.mpi.vment.— The business I’ I ‘R active inhabitants of the United States * ms stated There are engaged in ngricul -11 r ”i P Ur suits,3,7l7,-756; in manufacturing the " rts * 75)1,-545; mercantile pursuits, , f , ' , i theology, law, and medicine, 65,236; &cl*® ocean > 56,025; navigating rivers, IC4'l' r u ’ ,n ' n ' 15*203. 'l'iiero are also *>od scholars at academis and grammar school ’ 1*845,244 in primary and common alter Armstrong, a late Presidential elector 11 liana, died at Vevay lately,aged 66. The Planetary System, as it is now Un_ derstood. —Sir J. Ilerchel has lately expressed his opinion that it is impossible any lonccr to attempt the explanation of the movements of all the heavenly bodies by attraction, as under stood in the Newtonian theory—these comets, with their trains perversely turned from the sun, deranging, sadly, our systematic views. Nor are there (writes Ilumboll) any constant r e!ations between the distances of the planets from the central body round which they revolve, and their absolute magnitudes, densities, times of rotation, eccentricities and inclinations of or bit and of axis. We find Mars, though more and istantfrom the sun than either the Earth or Venus, inferior to them in magnitude; Saturn is less than Jupiter, and much larger than Uranus. The zone of the telescope planets, which are so inconsiderable in point of volume, viewed in the series of distances commencing from the sun, comes nfext before Jubiter, the greatest in size of all the planetary bodies.— Remarkable as is the small density of all the colossal planets which are the farthest from the, sun yet neither in this respect can recognize any regular succession. Uranus appears to be denser than Saturn, and (though the inner group of planets differ but little from each other in this particular,) we find both Venus and Mars less dense than the Earth, which is situa ted between them. Tile time of rotation in creases, on the whole, with increasing solar distance; but yet it is greater in Mars than in the Earth, and in Saturn than in Jupiter.— After other remarks of the same character, he adds: “The planetary system, in its relations of absolute magnitude, relative position of the axis, density, time of rotation, mid different degrees eccentricity ofthe orbits, to our appre hension, nothing more of natural necesity than the relative distribution of land and water on the surface of our globe, the configuration of con tinents, or the elevation of mountain chains.— No general law, in these respects, is discovera ble, either in the regions of space or in the irreg ularities of the crust of the Earth. Sensations oe the Dving. — The pain of dy ing must he distinguished from the pain of the previous disease, for when life ebbs, sensibility declines. As 'death is the final extinction of copor.ti feeling so, numbness increases as death comes on. The prostration of disease, like healthful fatigue, engenders a growing stupor — a sensation of subsiding softly into a coveted repose. The transition resembles what may he seen in those lofty mountains, whose sides ex. iiihl«c;’ every climate in regular gradation, vege tation luxuriates at their base, u"d dwindles in the. appioach to tile regions of snow till its tee blest manifestation is repressed by the cold. The so called agony can never be more formid able than when the brain is the last to go, and the mind preserves to the end a rational cognis ance of the state ofthe body. Yet persons thus situated commonly attest that there are few things in life less painful than the close. “If I had strength enough to hold a pen,” said Will iam Hunter, “I would write how easy and de lightful it is to die.” “If this ho dying,” said the niece of Newton of Olney, “It is a pleasant thing to die ;” “the very expression,” adds her uncle, “which another friend of mine made use of on her death.bed a lew years ago.” The same words have so often been littered under similar circumstances, that we could fill pages with instances which are only varried by the name of the speaker. “If this be dying,” said Lady Glenorchy, “it is the easiest thing ima ginable.” “1 thought that dying had been more difficult,” said Louis XVI. “I did not suppose it was so sweet to die,” said Francis Saurez the Spanish theologian. An agreeable surprise was the prevailing sentiment with them all; they expected the steam to terminate in the dash of the current, and they found it was losing itself in the gentlest current. Worse than a Baby-Jumper. — A German family residing in the upper part of ths city, wishing to go to church last Sunday, without their baby, left it in charge of a small boy, with special orders not to leave the child alone, for fear of accidents. Put no sooner was Mynheer and his Frow out of sight, than the hoy deter mined to take a stroll about town ; and in order to keep the baby out of mischief and out oftlie fire during his absence, the boy set the child on a table, and spreading out its clothes, nailed them fast to the dinner board. After jerking the child, and satisfying himself that all was safe, he made his exit into the street. The par ents returning before the boy, found their baby lying on its face ; and half strangled. They have since determined to take the child with them when they go to church again. [Detroit Free Prass. The Serpent. —A correspondent inquires of Major Noah—“ls there any- authentic descrip tion of the serpent which tempted Eve in Para dise to eat the forbidden fruit ?” To which he replies in the N. Y. Sunday Times : Nothing beyond what painting has given us of the representation of the serpent. We have abundant conjectures, of ancient and modern philosophers, hut only conjectures, and of little value. The impression is, that the serpent had the power of changing its appearance, complex ion, and character. De Lyra indulged in the idle conceit that it assumed the face of a fair virgin; Eugubinos thinks that the serpent was a basa lisk ; Delrio, a viper; Petrus Comestor conten ded.that the serpent walked upright like a man; and Dr. Adam Clarke considered the serpent to have been a creature of tiie ape or ourang outang kind. Our impression is, that there was no outward visible form present u hen the for bidden fruit was eaten. The serpent which tempted Eve to do wrong is the same serpent which tempts us all at this time to do what is not right—that it was the inward suggestion of a rebellious spirit which leads us all into temp tation, and that the passage in the Bible is to be interpreted figuratively, and not literally. The serpent was cursed as we curse the workings of an evil spirit within us when we begin to feel its effects, and it is this evil spirit which puts enmity between each other. The Ant Nuisance.— li is not, perhaps, gen erally known, that in the West Indies, when these littlo tormentors pay their unwelcome visits to the houses, there, a small ring of chalk will he an effectual bar to their entrance ; even making a strong chalk lino on the floor will stop their progress. The reason, no doubt, being that tile very great quantity of acid contained in the ant is so easily acted upon by the chalk, as either to cause their death, or a precipitate re treat. Those housewives, therefore, who are now duily complaining of the inroad of these little depredators upon their choicest delicacies, can put an effectual stopper thereto, either in the way above mentioned, or by sprinkling aronnd the spot on which their dishes are placed, some carbonate of soda, common soda, or any other anti-acid. ITE3IS. A boat in which two men were hunting, near Baltimore, on the 2411i, capsized, and although the men got to shore, one of them, named Jos. W. Veazy, was frozen to death. A lamentable accident occured at the Univer sity of Virginia, on Friday week, by which Mr- Wm. Haile, of Camden, S. C., was killed by a pistol ball. About 65 persons have arrived at Nauvoo, the late city of the Mormons, in Illinois, where they are to join M. Cabet, the French Socialist, who has established a Cumunity there. A little daughter of the Hon. Joel Jones. Mayor of Philadelphia, died on Friday last, from the effects of having swallowed a piece of ivory about the size of a button a few days previous. The ship Philadelphia, which arrived at New York from Liverpool, had thirteen deaths on the passage, and forty are now sick ou board of her. The New Orleans Bulletin of Saturday says : “The receipts of Cotton, both here snd at Mo bile, are falling off, and the present indications are such that it is generally conceded, that the higher estimates ofthe crop are not destined to he realized.” The Albany Evening Journal says that Dr. Reynolds, a man of considerable property and a bachelor, has mysteriously disappeared from his residence in Belfast, Alleghany county. One report states that ho was seen endavouring to purchase a horse, for which he offered a SIOO hill. Capt. Taylor, who was sent out some time since, by this government, to make an examina tion of tlie wreck of the steamship Missouri, at Gibraltar says she can he raised, but that the expense will be heavy. The revenue arising from the Erie Extension Canal, duringthe past year, amounted to more than $76,000, which is an excess of S6OOO over the previous year’s receipts. There is an estate in Ipswich willed by the original owner, John Sparrow to his heirs and descendants as long as John Sparrow is to be found. The male inheritors becoming extinct, the property would have passed into other hands iiad not the parent ofthe pressent holder (a lady,) with a wise forethought, christened her John Charlotte Sparrow. Some graceless thief entered a dwelling in Baltimore on Christmas morning, and stole two bibles. It is to be hoped that the thief may pro fit by reading them. Bain’s line of telegraph is now fully comple ted to New York, anil is in excellent working order between that city and Washington. The wire is sunk under the North River, and an swers every purpose admirably. Throughout the vast empire of Russia, through all Finland, Lapland, Sweden and Norway,there is no cottage so poor, no hut so destitute, hut it possesses its vapor bath, in which all its in. habitants every Saturday at least, and every day in eases of sickness, experience comfort mid salubrity. Mr. Oliver Swan, ofConneticut, had his trunk robbed of $2,500 in gold on hoard the steamer Panama, on his way from San Francisco. The stewart of the vessel is in custody at Panama The arrest of Anderson for cutting the tele graph wires has caused some excitement in Bos ton. It is naturally supposed to implicate par ties engaged in speculation. Col. Wallace, of the Philadelphia Sun, wittily says : “In Paris anew style of pocket has been introduced ours is without change."' The Lords or the Loom, &c—lt would seem from the following paragraph from the London 0..„.i. r- i , j until, imul uit, pruicUiUhioiß ui j-Aiigiuiiu arc in about as embarrased a condition as those of the United States. “The protectionists complain of their pover ty, and yet they arc feasting all over the land.— Tiny eat, drink, and are not merry. Their meet ing are graced with every delicacy of the season, and, not withstanding, their talk is starvation- We cannot understand it; for one thing is per fectly clear, that, in the midst of their starvation, they are never in want of a dinner, or at a loss for a guinea to get it!” The Illinois State Register, in copying tile above well says : “They are the same miserable set of beings in this country. They think the government was instituted especially to promote their individual interest, at the cxpence of all others. They are rich, but miserable—miserable .because they are not richer ; because they can see no present prospect of increasing at the hands of Congress the stupendous monopolies which have ever been their darling hope and unceasing object of pursuit. What objects of pity they are at this moment! Seizing members of Congress by the button upon the avenue; dogging them about the lobbies, galleries: and rotunda; running them down at their lodgings, and finally compel ling them to surrender to be talked to over cham pagne and oysters—expence paid by the pursuer, without even a bin t at a legislative quid pro quo. Verily- ‘they cat, drink and are not merry. Minute Calculations —A queen bee will lay 200 eggs daily for fifty or sixty days. A single queen is staled to produce 100, 000 in a season. A swarm of bees contains from 10, 000 20,000 in a natural state,and from 30,000 to 40,. 000 in a hive. There are about 9000 cells in a square foot of honey-comb. 5000 bees weigh a pound. A wasp’s nest usually contains from 15,000 to 16,000 cells. Some female spiders produce nearly 2000 eggs. 2300 silk worms produce one pound of silk; but it would re quire 27,000 spiders all females, to produce one pound of web. There are six or seven gen erations of gnats in a summer, and each lays 260 eggs. A cow eats 100 lbs. of green food in every twenty-five hours, and yields five quarts or 10 lbs. of milk. Every pound of cochineal contains 70,000 insects boiled to death ; and from 600 to 700 thousand lbs. are annually brought to Europe for scarlet and crimson dyes. Lew. cnliock reckoned 17,000 divisions in cornea I (outer coat of the eyejofa butterfly each one of which, he thought possessed a crystalline lens. The spring of a watch weighs 015 of a grain ; a pound of iron makes 50,000. The pound steel* cost 2d, a single spring cost 2d. so that 50, 000 produces £415. The Atlantic Ocean is estima ted at three miles, and the Pacific at four miles deep. Public fleeting. Agreeable te previous notice a meeting ofthe Citizens of Macon, was held at the Council Chamber on Thursday evening, Jannary 10th. On motion, his Honor, Geo. M. Logan, wag called to the Chair and E. J. Stow, appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting having been stated, on motion of T. L. Ross, a Committee of Seven was appointed to draft Resolutions for its con sideration. The Chairman appointed T.L.Ross, R. Collins, R. K. Hines, S. T. Chapman, S. J. Ray, R. S. Lanier and D. S. Gregory. The Committee retired, and nfler a short interval, returned and reported the following Resolutions: The undersigned Committee having been ap pointed fur the purpose of examining into the facts connected with the late changes in the ar rival and departure of the cars at Atlanta, beg leave to submit the following Report: It appears that about two years ago the Presi dents ot the several Companies, influenced l>y the complaint of the travelling puhlic, in regard to the delays occasioned by the want of a proper connection ofthe various Railroads terminating at Atlanta, met his Excellency the Governor and the Engineer ofthe State Road,and arranged a schedule of running time, so as to prevent all unnecessary delays or hindrances at that point. Under this Schedule the various Roads con tinued to perform the service with great regu larity and satisfaction to the traveling public. Recently however, as we are informed, the En gineer of the State Road, or some other party interested, without consultation with one ofthe Companies, the Macon & Western Railroad, in violation of their rights and ofthe courtesies due to them, made such representatrons to the Post master General as to cause that officer to change the schedule of running time so as to violate the terms of the old agreement, to produce utter confusion in the inuil service ofthe country, and effectually to render the State Road almost val ueless as a meansof communication to a largo portion of the people of Georgia. If this change, were to facilitate the mail ser vice in the slightest degree, the people of Geor gia might submit to it; but the great Southern Mail is not facilitated thereby one hour in its arrival at Montgomery, while the mails between Tennessee and upper Georgia, and Florida and the whole Central, Southern and South-West ern portions of this State, are delayed twenty hours at Atlanta. Why then has the change been made ? Why are the people of the whole Cherokee country and of Western, South-West eun, Central and Southern Georgia to he com pelled to lay over from eighteen to twenty hours in Atlanta ? The Slate Road was constructed by the people’s money and for their convenience. Is it right ? Is it proper that it should be con trolled for the advantage of sectional Railroad interests, or of Stage contractors ? If it was desirable that the State Road should have a day schedule if would have been but courtesy to the several Companies to have call, oil them together and proposed a change which would have preserved the connection and pio moted the convenience of the people. We are assured by the President ofthe Macon it Western Company that the Road over which ke presides has never been consulted in the mat ter, though they have always manifested aspirit of accommodation, and have never refused to make any change in tln-ir dm!!” ? r arrival and departure, consistent with their existing ou.',Ra tions to the Department. The proposed change however attemted to he forced upon the Macon & Western Railroad Company, it is impossible for them to make without destroying their present connection with the stage lines, and thus seriously injuring their travel. Be it therefore Resolved , That His Excellen cy , the Governor; the President of the Georgia Rail Road Company; the President of the Ma con and Western R. Rond Company, and other parties interested in the transportation of the great Northern and Southern Mail, he re quested to meet at an early day, and arrange such a schedule for the various roads terminat ing at Atlanta, as will remedy the existing evils, and prevent future delays and hindrances to the mail service, and travelling public at that point. Rcsolvrtl, That the State Road was built by the money of the people of Georgia for the general good and convenience, and ought to be so managed as to confer equal advantages and benefits upon all.—lt is therefore, improper and unjust in those having control of it, to instigate or assent to any change of schedule which will deprive one half of the people of the State, of its benefits and subject the travelling public to onerous delays and expenses. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet ing he signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and be transmitted to the Post Master General, and that our Senators and Representatives in Congress, be requsled to urge that officer, either to adopt the new schedule, to be adopted by the Governor and Presidents of the Roads, or to restore the one which was so successfully run during the last two years. The Resolutions were discussed at some length by- W. L. Mitchell, Esq., Chief Engineerof the Western and Atlantic Rail Road ; S. T. Chap man, Esq.; Isaac Scott, Esq;. J. A. Nisbet, Esq.; and Col. DeGrafTenreed; and adopted. On motion, the proceedings were ordered to be published, and tiie meeting adjourned. G. M . LOGAN, Chairman. E. J. Stow, Secretary. “ Words are Things.”— Yes, and sometimes very dangerous things, too. They are like firearms, and should be handled very carefully. Have a care of your words, or you may hurt somebody when you dont mean to. A man’s “grub” may depend upon bis neighbor’s gram mar, and accusations of horiblc sins may grow out of nothing but syntax. A w-ortliy clergy man once came near loosing his “living” in this way—and a man’s living is the next thing to his life. It hapened thus : The minister’s name was mentioned in terms ofculogyone eve ning, at a social geathering in his parish, when a person present, solemn faced, waggish fellow, of convivial habits, observed that he quite agreed with the rest in their praise of Mr. A. “We have often drunk brandy and water together,” said th ebon-vivant, “and I consider him one o*" the pleasantest fellows I ever knew ! ” A pretty compliment to a clergyman and a teetotaler! The story got to the deacons, and the deacons brought it up in the church. The parson was arraigned, and confronted his accus er, who declared that what he said was strictly true, but was obviously misunderstood. “It is a solemn fact,” said the witness, “that yourcxcel lent minister and myself have drank brandy and water together—but then, I drank the brandy , and he drank the water And that was the whole story that had made so much disturbance in the parish, and had well nigh ruined the parson. —Boston post. The State Temperance Society of Kentucky lias sent a letter to Father Mathew, inviting I him to \ isit that State. A Good Toast. —At the A liuivcrsary celebra tion of the University of Pennsylvania, numer ous sentiments were drunk, among which was the following : Woman—A mistress of Arts, who robs the Bachelor of his degree, and forces him to study Philosophy by means of “curtain lectures.” Franking Pun ilf.ge.— The Postmaster Gen ! oral lias decided that Postmasters have the privi i lege of franking letters to publishers of news papers conveying money for subscriptions, or the ' names of subscribers when the Postuiuster is j agent for the publisher, and his agency will be presumed from the fact that he franks them. Council Chamber, > Wednesday Evening, Jan. 9, 1850. J Present—The Mayor. Aid. Ayres, Collins, Ross,Dibble, Sliinholsery Sparks, Babcock, and Carhurt. The Minutes of the last Meeting werercad and confirmed. The Keeper of the Magazine made the fol lowing report of Powder in Store, viz : 217 whole Kegs. 87 half do. 70 quarter do, The result of the Election on Saturday last, for .Mayor, Light Aldermen, Clerk and Treasur er, for the political year, 1850, as returned by the Managers of said Election, was announced by llis Honor, the Mayor—from which it ap pears that Geo. M. Logan was elected Mayor That Thus. J. Sliinholser, Wm. Dibble, Robert Findlay, Z. T. Conner, Henry G. Ross, Ilenj. F. Ross, Wm. Collins and Janies M. Green were elected Aldermen, —and that A. R. Freeman was elected Clerk and Treasurer. On motion of Aid. Sparks, Resolved, That the Members of the Council now about to retire from their official duties, tender to llis Honor, Geo. M. Logan, Esq., their thanks for his uniform, kind and courteous de portment towards them during their term of of fice, and also, for the able, impartial and inde pendent manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office and station. Passed unanimously. Council then adjourned sine die. Attest A. R. FREEMAN, c. c. COUNCIL CHAMBER, > Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1850. j Council Elect met and organized. Z. T. Conner was elected Chairman of Council Principal Marshal John B. Camming. First Deputy Marshal. —Geo. J. Lunsford. Second Deputy Marshal —MilesG. Stevens. Bridge Keeper. —John Fanes. Sexton. —Bertrand Tessereuu. Clerk of Markert■ —Stephen Menard. Keeper of Magazine.— Wm. E. Babcock. llis Honor, the Mayor, appointed the follow ing Standing Committees for 1850: On Finance —B. F. Ross, Conner, II G.Ross. On Streets.— Conner, Findlay, Sliinholser. On Public Property.— Green, H. G. Ross, Con ner. On Pumps. —Collins, Dibble, B. F. Ross. On Market. —Findlay, Dibble, Green. On Fire Department— Sliinholser, Collins, Findlay. On Rose Hill.— ll. G. Ross and J. M. Green. Council then adjourned until Friday next, at 7 o’clock, P. M. Attest. A. R. FREEMAN, c. c. COUNCIL CHAMBER, > January, 11, 1850. J REGULAR MEtITIXG. _ Present—The Mayor. Aid. Conner, B. F* Ross, Findlay, 11. G. Ross, Collins, Dibble, Sliinholser, and Green. The Minutes of the last meeting wero read and confirmed. A Petition Irom John Knight for permission to put a Chain Pump in the Well near the Washington Hall, was granted. The following Bonds were presented and ap proved, viz: A. R. Freeman’s, J. Eanes’, Geo. J. Luns ford’s, Stephen Menard’s and W. L. Babcock's. The Bridge Keeper presented the name of Victor Menard as his assistant, which was ap proved. On motion, Alex. Richard’s hill for extra work on Pumps in 1848, was referred to the Pump Committee. On motion of Aid. Dibble, Resolved, That the City Council will not from this date, pay storage on any Powder that it may have in the Magazine at this time, or at any fu ture time. A Petition from Sundry Citizens asking Coun cil in framing their License Ordinance, for 1850, to reduce the rates of last years Retail License— was presented to Council'by W. K. DeGraff’en reed, Esq. The Petition was received and referred to the Finance Committee. Ori motion. Resolved, That Proposals be received at the next Regular Meeting of Council, for winding the City Clock until the 15th of January next. Also,forthe City Printing until the 15th Janua ry next. The Finance Committee reported the License Ordinance—which was received and read first time,when on motion, the rules were suspended and the Ordinance passed. A Proposition from Jas. A. Ralston for ex change ot ground to open or widen the street through Lot No 8, S. W. Range, was referred to the Committee on Public Property. Council then adjourned until Friday ncx!. at 7 o’clock, P. M. Attest. A. R. FREEMAN, c.c. MACON MARKET, JAN. 12. COTTON—The demand has been active du ring the week, and prices have almost duily ad vanced, owing principally to the short crop and a speculative feeling. We quote 10$ a l]so. principal sales 10$ a lie., with rather an up ward tendency. 1 Cotton Statement —lleceiptsof Cotton into the Warehouses in the month of Dec. 16,450 Amount received previously, 43 461 Total receipts in Warehouses, 59,931 Receipts by Macon and Western Railroad pre vious to December, and forwarded, 14,748 Received in December and forwarded, 8^335 23,083 Making entire receipts this season, 83,014 Stock on hand Ist September, 3,628 86,642 Stock of Cotton now in tbo Warehouses ac. cording to actual count, 21,207 bales. Cotton shipped by Central Railroad to Savan nah from Warehouses in December, 11,393 By Steamboat, 43^ . 11,831 Total amount shipped this scasan, 65,435 bales. Receipts by Macon and Western Railroad in December, 9,393 bales, of which 8,335 were sent to the Central Railroad, and 1058 to the Warehouses. Female Seminary. MRS. WM. 11. ANDERSON, respectfully informs the Public that she has effected un arrangement with the Trustees, by which the uso of the Bibb County Female Academy has been obtaiued for her School. j >n *2 I—ls To Kent. a. a A fine new Dwelling House, with a Brick basement, situate between the i==?Jtßiljb County Female Academy and CoL Holt's new residence. Apply to LANIER A ANDERSON. j»» 12 I—it Superior Tens. •**A splendid lot of TEAS, both if ** reen and Black, warranted line, I 5jL|R 1 just received not from the Canton Tea Company of New York, at W. FREEMAN’S Cheap Store, Cherry Street, dec 1 f Notice. 4 I.E persons lire cautioned against trading lor FV. a certain promisory note, for Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars, signed by myself, and dated on the 30th of February, 18*49, and payable by the first day of January next, to Mustinn A Mott, or order, ns the consideration for w hich said note was given has failed, and I will not pay said note until the consideration is fully complied with. D. DEMPSEY. Macon, December 29, 1849. 5 3t Dental Card for 1850. PUTNAM So DOIMON, OFFICE NEAR C. A. ELLS & SON, MULBERRY ST. All operations Warranted. f|4F.ETH Extracted and Temporary plates im- L mediately inserted, to be worn during the period of absorption without extra charge. Tiie result ofthe use of jYew Materials, ('Hills Stopping,’ prepared Silver, Cadmium, &c.,) for plugging much decayed Teeth,has so farexceded our expectations, that we now urgently recom mend their use wherever Gold cannot be firmly packed. It is a fact conceded by all writers on (he sub ject, that the prime cause of decay and irregu larity in the Teeth, originates at the time of shedding the first set ; therefore, we propose to give tlio required attention to all Children who may be placed under our charge, for five dollars a year ; this will include Polishing, Extracting, Arranging, Ac. Superior Dcntrifice and Soft Brushes for dis. eased gums, constantly on hand. Dentists Instructed in New Improvements con nected with the Plate department on reasonable terms. C. S. PUTMAN, HENRI DORION. jan 5 6 —ly Quirk time 1 quick time!! DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAITS taken in from three to twenty seconds, at the Cook Daguerkf.an Rooms, Mulberry 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 hack views on one Plate, at the same sitting. Single Pictures taken at re duced prices. Hours for operating are from 9 A. M., to 4, P. M. Likenesses taken as well in cloudy, as in fair weather. Tile Public are respectfully invited to call and examine the specimens. Instructions given in the art. J M HART, Artist. dec 29 Northern (timer. AA FIRKINS PRIME BUTTER, of tha r well known quality received every Fall, fresh from some of the best dairies at the North. Just received by YV. FREEMAN. doc 8 .Wanted Immciliatcl)') rpWO OR THKi':£ JOURNEYMEN CABI -1 NET-MAKERsT'ShIHG except good work men, and such ns are willing to nialle - ‘}^? ,n *«l ve * useful, need apply. WOOD & BRADLEY, oct 20 47—ts Oysters, Fresh Oysters. Large, Fat, Fresh OY’STKRS, will ba received every night and sold by the Pint, Quart or Gallon, at such prices that every body must have some. The Oysters will be received and must be sold at some price Or another—so all you lovers of good Oysters, walk up and get a few, at W. FREEMAN’S, dec 1 1 (lams, Butter, Syrup, &c. ( 11NCINNATI Sugar cured HAMS GOSHEN BUTTER New Orleans Sugar House SY'RUP A few Jars of very white Leaf LARD. All of choice quality, jos» received and for sale by GEO. T. ROGERS, dec 1 Cherry Street. Sundries. Q PERM OIL and CANDLES O Rio and Java Coffee Crushed and Powdered Sugars Champaignc and Madeira Wines Nuts and Crackers of all kinds Sardines and Lobsters Pickles by the Jar or Gallon Codfish, Mackerel and Shad Superfine Wheat and Rye Flour Fine Starch, Mustard, Tapioca Spices, Chocalnte, Ac., at W. FREEMAN’S Cheap Store, Cherry Street, dec 1 1 Fine ClieivitiK Tobacco. ("1 H. & S LILIENTIIAL’S well known J • 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 enough. For sale at W. FREEMAN’S Cheap Store, Cherry Street, dec 1 1 New Itice. I7HVE Tierces of prime quality, just received and fur sale by GEO. T. ROGERS. dec 1 1 New Fork Steam Refined Candies A STILL Larger assortment of CANDIES, just received and for sale a* low as any Candies in Town,at W. FREEMAN’S, dec 1 1 Apples anil Mercer Potatoes. BARRELS in fine order, for sale by dec 1 GEO. T. ROGERS. Buckwheat, dec. 1 AH SACKS Fine Buckwheat LUU 50 boxes new crop Raisin* 25 do superior Cheese Just received at W. FREEMAN’S. dec 1 1 Canal and Baltimore Flour. -* WHOLE and Half Barrels FLOUR. J t M ) Just received and for sale low by dec 1 GEO. T- ROGERS. Cheese. hZ BOXES of superior quality, in large and / rj small boxes, just received and for sale by dec 1 GEO. T. ROGERS. Cuba Molasses. A IIIIDS. in fine order, just received aud r for sale low by dec l GEO. T ROGERS.