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Navigation of the Rio Grande. —The
Brownsville Sentinel contains some details of
interest about the navigation of this river, in
support of the claims to the consideration of
Government in clearing out its channel. The
river is at present navigated by steamboats to
the distance of about 500 miles, and with the re
moval of a very few obstructions it might be
rendered navigable to an unknown extent.
About six months since an expedition was fitted
outunderthe direction of Maj. W. W. Chap
man, U. S. Quartermaster for that military de
partment, for the purpose of exploring the Up
per Rio Grande, and testing its practicability for
navigation, through this cannel. The inquiry
was about the supply of the upper military sta
tions with stores and munitions. A keel-boat
was constructed, and put t under command of
llarry Love, a man conspicuous during the re
cent war,for his feats as a daring express-rider,
and who has also had much experience as a
boatman. This boat drew 22 inches when loa
ded, and with this depth she ascended the river
to Eagle Pass, two or three hundred miles above
its present navigable terminus. Mr. L. on his
return, reported that there are only two places
in the river where any serious impedimet is of
fered to its free navigation, as far up at least as
ho had been. There are two points in the river
that must be opened before they can be passed
in low stages of water —one of these, opposite
or near Guerrero, a town situated on the Mexi
can side of the stream, and the other a short dis
tance below Ragle Pass, where there is at pres
ent an American military station. Mr. Love
succeeded it, taking his boat safely over both
these rapids, and represents that a small appro
priation would open the river to steamboat navi
gation as far up even as El Paso del .Norte and
Santa Fe. An appropriation for clearing out the
river has been recommended by Sr. Mnnchaca,
a deputy to the State Legislature of Tamauli
pas, to the attention of the Mexican Govern
ment. With a small amount, the people of
that region would, in the sanguine calculation
of the Sentinel, he put into possession of another
navigable stream second in extent only to the
mighty Mississippi. It would create new mar
kets in the adjoining Mexican States and our
own newly acquired possessions, for an immense
amount of our productions. The long and ar.
duous overland travel which hasheretofore been
carried on from St. Louis, Mo., would be done
away with, and the merchants in those distant
regions would have their goods transported to
their very doors, in the light-draught boats that
would he constructed to run on the Itio Grande.
O’From the Report of the Commissioner of
the General Land office, it appears that during
the past year upwards of six millions of acres of
land were advertised for sale, and more than six
and a half millions are prepared for market, a
great part of which will be proclaimed during
the ensuing year. The Report show s that the
quantity of land disposed of in 1847 by warrants
equivalent to cash, amounts to 03,5110,1134,008,
and in 1849, to 05,482,815 26. In the first three
months of 1843, it amounted to $.11,037,1 G 0,30,
and in the first three months of 1840, it amounts
to 04,297,737,26 —showing that the increase in
the amount of land disposed of keeps pace with
the increase of population and the consequent
wants of the community.
Remarkable River. —The Florida Sentinel
contains an account of the examination by a
committee of scientific gentlemen of the river
Wacissa, in Florida, with a view of testing its
capacity for a water power for manufacturing
purposes, and the practicability of connecting it
with the St. Murks by a canal. They found
water at the head of the river thirty-two feet
above high water in the St. Marks, at Newport
The Sentinel describes the Wacissa river as one
of the natural curiosities almost peculiar to
Florida. It takes its rise, like Wakulla, in
springs of tremendous volume, forming an im
mense basin with hold shores, from which it runs
in a S. S. E. direction, in a deep and broad
6trpam, about fourteen miles, to a swamp where
most of it disappears through a subteranean
channel, by which it is discharged into the Gulf.
This river is said to contain a greater volume of
water than the Potomac or Jumes River, and
like all rivers having a similar rise in Florida,
it is affected neither by drought or fresh, afford
ing one steady, uniform and unvarying current
all the year. Anv conceivable amount of water
power can be obtained by means of the canal
proposed, and it will not only be unfailing but
unvarying. The committee arc of opinion that
more than ten times the water power of Lowell
,- an be found there at a small expense.
Indiana and the Wilmot Proniso.—lnstruc
tions. Indiana'!) two Senators in Congress —
Messrs. Whitcomb and Bright—it will be seen
by the following, are “instructed” on the “Pro
viso" subject. A few days before adjourning,
the following joint resolution passed both houses
of the legislature and is doubtless now on its
way to Washington :
“Be it resolved by the General Assembly of
the Slate of Indiana, That our Senators in Con
gress be instructed, and our Representatives re
vested, so to cast their votes, and exert their
influence, as to have ingrafted upon any bill that
ujay be passed for the organization of the terri
l°ry recently acquired from Mexico, a provision
•or ever excluding from such territory, slavery
and voluntary servitude, otherwise than in the
punishment of crimes, whereof the party has
been duly convicted.”
I hey both, we believe, as democrats, ac
knowledge the doctrine of “ instructionMr.
ri ght, though from ali ce State, is said to he a
slaveholder.
fi| 'foiiTF.n Houses. —The special committee
l ' ie Mew York Common Council, to whom
as relorred the presentment of the Grand Jury
111 '"Sard to slaughter houses, have reported that
l '' e,c ‘‘stabiishmenfs are not ■ soup en| disease,
"1 , l* , 'rcforo that it is not expedient to interfere
their existent e A committee of the
f 'l | C ,,c rs state that there . ah mt 1600 persons
“wing this hu ini-a m i t city, and yet only
r °u deaths by cholera occurred among them
1,, g *l'" p ist summer
Canada. —lt will be seen by the following
Telegraphic dispatch to the Baltimore Sun, da
ted at Toronto, (Canada,) on the first of Februa.
ry, that England approves of the course of Lord
Elgin. The dispatch says : “It is known tha t
Lord Elgin lias recieved a despatch from Earl
Gray, urging him in the strongest terms to use
every means in his power to suppress the an
nexation movement. lie also thanks him for
what has already been done ; and by way ofen
courageincnt, dclares that so long as any por
tion of the Canadian people are desirous of
maintaining their present connection with the
mother country, will be supported by the whole
power, blood and treasure of England.
The following is the official dispatch alluded
to above, received by Lord Elgin from the Home
Government:
Downing Street, London, Jan. 9, 1850.
Mv Lord —l have to acknowledge your dis
patches of the dates and numbers quoted in the
margin. * * • * * * *
It lias afforded her Majesty great satisfaction
to receive these expressions of that loyalty and
attachment to the Britisli Crown which she
trusts is generally felt by her Canadian subjects.
V\ itli regard to the people of Canada, in favor
of severing the province from the British dom
inions, for the purpose of annexation to the U
nited States, which forms the subject of three
of these dispatches, I have to inform you that her
Majesty approves ofyour having dismissed from
her service those who have signed the document,
which is scarcely short of treasonable in its char
acter.
Her Majesty confidently relies on the loyalty
of the great majority of her Canadian subjects,
and she has therefore determined to exert all the
authority that belongs to her for the purpose of
maintaining the connection ofCanada with this
Government,being persuaded that the perman
ence of that connection is highly advantageous
to both.
Your Lordship will therefore understand that
you are commanded by her .Majesty to resist, to
the utmost of your power, any attempt which
may be made to bring about the separation of
Canada from the British dominions, and to mark
in the strongest manner her Majesty’s displeas
ure with all those who may, directly or indirect
ly, encourage such a design ; and if any attempt
of this kind should take such a form that those
are guilty ofit may, according to such advice
as you may receive from your law advisers, be
made responsible for their conduct in a court of
justice, you will not fail to tliakc the necessary
measures for bringing them to account.
I uni, inv Lord, vour most obedient servant,
GREY.
To the Right lion. F.ari. of Elgin.
Cotton. —The London Times, at the close of
a long article upon the consumption and price
of Cotton at different periods, sums up the evi
dence before it as follows :
Whilst th e increase in the growth of Cotton
is supposed to he only three per cent, annually,
the consumption is allowed to have attained a
much higher ratio - And hence we may rea
sonably infer, looking to the consolidation of or
der on the continent, and to the supply of Cot
ton to he expected, not only that the present
quotations of this article are moderate, but that
unless vve arc grossly deceived in the estimates
of the crop from the United States and otiier
countries, our present prices are based upon a
firm and solid foundation, and that the coming
year is, from the general aspect of the commer
cial and political world, likely to be one of in
dividual and general prosperity.
The Huntington Slave Case. —This case
lias been introduced in the debate in the United
States Senate on the fugitive slave hill. The
Huntington Globe notices the case of Mr. Little
as follows ;
The Governor of Maryland has taken in hand
the case of Jonathan Little, who was arrested
and imprisoned in our county jail in October
last, on a charge of kidnapping. Hon. Albert
Constable, appointed by the Governor of Mary
land as counsel for Mr. Little, and his witnes
ses, arrived here on Saturday and Sunday lasi,
under the impression that our January term of
court would commence on yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon 01,000 hail was entered
for the appearance of Mr. Little at the April
term. Mr. Little is now at liberty. The trial
of Mr. Little w ill be an enteresling and impor
tant one.
Patriotic Sentiments. — We give below, the
close of a speech recently delivered in the House
of Representatives by Mr. McDowell, of Vir
ginia,upon the slave controversy. The passage
has been much and justly admired :
It is said, sir, that at some dark hour of onr
revolutionary contest, when army after army
had been lost, when dispirited, beaten, wretch
ed, the heart of the boldest and most faithful
died within them, and all, for an instant, seemed
conquered except the unconquerable soul of our
father-chief, it is said that at that moment,rising
above all the auguries around him and bouyed
up by the inspiration of his immortal work for
ail trials it could bring, lie roused anew the sun-
ken spirits of his associations by this confident
and daring declaration : “Strip me (said he) of
the dejected and suffering remnant of my army
—take from me all that I have left—leave me
but a banner, give me but the means to plant it
upon the mountains of West Augusta, and I
will yet draw around me the men who will lift
up their bleeding country from the dust, and set
her free.” Give to me,” who am a son and
representative here of that same W est Augusta,
give to me as a banner the propitious measure I
have endeavored to support, help me to plant it
upon this mountain top of our national power,
and the land of Washington, undivided and un
broken, will he our land, and the land of our
children’s children forever. Ho help me to do
this at tliia. hour, and, generations hence, some
of the South, standing where I stand, in the
same honored Hall, and in the midst of our le
gitimate successors, will bless and praise, and
thank God, that he, too, can say of them, as I
of you, and of all around me : These, these,
are ray brethren, and this, this, oh this, too, is
my country
Means ok Arresting the fatai. Effects of
Chroloform. —An eminent Surgeon of France
relates two cases in which the inhalation of
Chroloform proved nearly fatal. lie, however,
succeeded in reviving bis patients, after all ordi
nary means had failed, by placing his mouth
upon theirs, and forcibly insufflating the lungs
by rapiil aspirations and expirations. A medi
cal practitioner in Paris states, that in two in
stances of approaching dissolution by the in
halation of Chroloform, lie recalled life by thrus
-110" two fingers deep into the throat, down to
the larynx and oesophagus ; a sudden movement
of respiration folio a ed, and recovery took place
The Voice of Louisiana. — Below will be
found an extract from the inaugural of Governor
Walker, the newly elected democratic Execu
tive :
“ Situated as we are, I think we owe it to our
selves—to our sister States of the South—and to
our northern brethren—to declare that if unhap
pily, the anti-slaVery agitation, which lias so
long been allowed to insult our feelings, should
be carried to the point of aggression upon our
rights—if the equality between all the members
of the confederacy, established and guarantied
by the constitution, should be destroyed or
trenched on by the action of the General Gov
ernmenl, then we are prepared to make common
cause with our neighbors of the slavehodirig
States, and pronounce the Union at an end. For
myself, I do not hesitate to sav, that I should
look upon the dissolution of the Union as the
greatest calamity that could befal us; but that,
great as this calamity would be, 1 am certain
there is not one of our citizens who would be
willing, for a moment, to weigh it in the balance
against the dishonor of submission. Under
th esc circumstances, concurring in the patriotic
views of my predecessor, I deem it my duty, as
the chief magistrate of one of the States, w hose
vital interests are called in question, by the
blindness of prejudice and lawlessness of fac
tion, to invite your attention to the resolves of
the people of Mississippi, and to snggest to you
the expediency of Louisiana's co-operating with
them, in an expression of sentiments, firm, de
termined and unmistakeable, at the proposed
convention, to be held at Nashville, in June
next."
Indian Coi’ncil. —The Syracuse Journal says
that a series of Indian Councils have been held
daily at the Onontlago Castle for the p»st fort
night. On Friday, 25th of January, says the
writer, was celebrated the important rite of sac
rificing the White Dog! The customary victim
was immolated on a Gaining altar, with all the
formality and circumstance of ancient usage
among the Iroquois, in presence of a pagan por
tion of the nation, and numerous white persons,
spectators. On Tuesday last, this crowning
festival of the Indian year, after a continuance
of nine days, was closed with the exciting and
wonderful ceremony of the War Dance. These
observances are continued in the midst of a
Christian community with all the reverence,
solemnity, and zeal of ancient times with a
punctuality and devotion which shows the regard
these people have for the institutions of their
fathers, and with what tenacity they still cling
to their ancient customs.
Facts Relative to Eating Sugar. —The
French people are great eaters of Sugar, always
carrying some of it about with them in their
pockets and reticules, and generally putting five
or six large lumps into each cup of coffee. M.
Chessat reports that sugar, when used as the
exclusive or principal article of diet, produces
quite opposite effects in some persons, according
to the differences in their system ; for, w hile it
fattens some, it creates bile which induces a
diarrhoea and a wasting of the solids in other
persons. The celebrated Bolivar had, by fatigue
and privations, so injured the tone of his
stomach, that he was unable at times to take any
other food than sugar, which, in his case, was
easy of digestion. His personal friends assure
us that in some of iiis lust campaigns iic lived
for weeks together upon sugar alone as a solid,
with pure water as a liquid; but. probably, in
nine hundred and ninety-nine cases out of a
thousand, this diet would soon have brought tho
person adopting it to his grave; for, on those
whose digestion is feeble, a large or exclusive
allowance of sugar adds to their grievance, be
cause the excess of nutriment not being gener
ally absorbed by their weakened system, becomes
converted to bile, and causes great debility and
wasting of the body. In seventeen experiments
made oil dogs, M. Chossat observed that, when
the sugar diet fattened them, there was a gener
al tendency to constipation weanvvhile; and,on
the contrary, when it produced an excess of bile
in other dogs, their bowels were relaxed. Why
English children suffer in their digestion after
eating largely’ of sugar-plums, comfits, &c.,is
chiefly owing, however, to those delicacies be
ing composeJ of the refuse of starch-works,
mixed with plaster of Paris, pipe-clay, or chalk,
and having, indeed, as little sugar as will suffice
to give them a palatable sweetness, and they are
often colored with gamboge, and sometimes with
red lead, verdigris, and other mineral poisons.
Everywhere, the beasts of the field, the birds
of the air, the reptiles, the fish and insects, are
found to have a great liking for sugar and honey.
Mr. Martin says he has tamed the most savage
and vicious horses with sugar, and has seen the
most ferocious animals domesticated by being
partly fed upon it. The tamers of lions and ti
gers owe their power over them chiefly to a ju
dicious use of sugar and other sorts of sweets,
and also of lavender water, and various other
perfumes, of which feline animals arc remarka
bly fond. In the sugar season, in the West In
dies, the horses, and cattle soon acquire plump,
ness and strength by partaking of the leavings
of the sugar canes, after the manufacturer lias
done with them. In Cochin-China, the ele
phants, buffaloes, and horses are all fattened
with sugar. We learn from the “ Memoirs op
l>r. Edw. Cartwright,” (16-13,) that ingenious
man used to fatten sheep on sugar. To birds
this diet proves so nourishing, that the suppliers
of the European poultry markets find that sugar,
along with hemp seed and boiled wheat, will
greatly fatten ruffs and reeves in the space of a
fortnight.
ffj 3 It has recently been decided in one of the
English courts, that payment of a bank check
may be stoped by the drawer at any time before
pay ment, and that it is no security to any third
party who may bold it,as they can neither pro
ceed against the hanker or drawer.
(O’ In an account of the recent expedition in
search ofHir John Franklin, it is stated that
they were eighty days without seeing the sun,
and had the thermometer fifty degress below
zero. They served out their rations of fifth prool
brandy by chopping it up with a hatchet, it be
ing frozen solid
Tributes of Respect to the Memory of 3lr* j
WILLIAM HE3VR* AMIEItSOS.
SUPREME COURT, » j
Slacon, February 12, 1850. J
At the opening of the Court this morning the
dcithof William H. Anderson, Esq , was an
nmneed by Hon. C. B. Cole, wlio moved tlac
Court to appoint a Committee to draft and re
port suitable resolutions on to-morrow morning
Whereupon, tho Court appointed the lion. C
B.Coi.e, Hon. A. 11. Chaffell, Hon. C. J.
McDonald, Hon. C. B. Strong and O. C. Gib
sox, Esq.
On Wednesday morning the Committee by
Judge Cole, reported the following Preamble
and Resolutions :
Willi aIV Hf.n rv Anderson having departed j
this life since the last Term of this Court, for j
this District, vve embrace the first opportunity 1
to express our profound and heart felt respect for
the memory of our young and gifted brother.
Six months ago, Mr. Anderson appeared be
fore this Court, at Decatur, buoyant with hope
and health, and in possession of all bis bodily
and mental powers, ready to compete with the
ablest in the glorious struggle for intellectual
superiority;—he is now a clod of the valley,
a tenant of the cold and cheerless grave ! What
a commentary on the value of human pursuits
and human objects ! What a lesson to iiis sur
vivors, on the frail tenure of earthly existence,
and the baseless structure of all earthly hopes
and earthly greatness.
Mr. Anderson was born and educated in Vir
ginia, and came to this City a little more than a 1
year ago, and commenced the practice of law I
with the qiost flattering prospects. Nature had j
gifted him with a fine and commanding person, j
and a mind at once clear, comprehensive and
energetic, which lie had carefully cultivated, I
and stored with a fund of professional and gener- .
al knowledge —ln his disposition, he was trank,
friendly and sociable; in bis intcrcouse with the
world, he was in all respects the finished gentle
man. In his family, he was most exemplary,
and all that a fond and affectionate husband and
brother could be. — No wonder, then that the i
early and unexpected deatli of such a man,
should electrify a whole community, and should j
be most deeply deplored; it would ho mat- j
terof surprise if it were not so. Indifference
and apathy, at such an event, would mark with 1
a foul blot, the moral sense and feeling of any !
community. To his bereaved wife, bis death is I
truly irreparable ; in the apparent enjoyment of j
robust health, and with the prospect of many
years of domestic happiness, he is suddenly seiz- i
ed with the fatal malady that snatches him from
her embrace, and transfers him to an early grave,
hut as wc hope and believe, to a brighter and
happier world.
Most sincerely do we sympathize with the
mourning relatives of our deceased brother.— ■
Their grief can now admit of little consolation
—time alone can assuage it—a resigned submis
sion to the inscrutable but unerring decrees of an
overruling Providence, can alone mitigate its
poignancy ; the husband and friend lias descend
ed to the tomb at the threshold of his usefulness,
but in the full meridian of his talents, leaving to
them,as a rich inheritance, a name without a
stain, and a character of superior knowledge as a
lawyer, and exalted worth as a man.
Re solved, Therefore, that we deeply deplore
the early death of our young and much esteemed
brother William Henry Anderson.
Resolved, That we sincerely condole with tho
bereaved wife and family of our deceased brother.
Resolved, That for the purpose of rendering
merited honor to his memory, and of perpetua
ting, as far as it is possible to perpetuate, this
expression of love and respect for our deceased
brother; we will wear the usual badge of mourn
ing for thirty days, and request the Court to en
ter these proceedings on its records, and transmit
a copy to his family.
After the Report had been read and adopted’
Judge Lumpkin responded to them, in behalf
of tho Court, in his usual happy and felicitous
stvle.
TO.MO CIIICCHI DIVISION, )
Macon, Feb. 11, 1650. J
Officers and Brothers. —The Committee
appointed to draft Resolutions expressive of the
sense of this Division on receiving intelligence
ofthe death of brother W. li. Anderson, res- j
pectfully report the following preamble and 1
iit’Huiiiiiuiis :
Whereas, it lias pleased Almighty God in the
dispensation of his providence, to remove from
our circle, by death, our beloved brother, W. 11.
Anderson, and although prevented from sharing
the vigils of his dying couch and of paying the
last sad duties to his mortal remains, we cherish
a lively recollection of his many virtues as a
brother and friend, and mingle our sorrows w ith
those of his bereaved widow and friends, looking
to the general resurrection of those “who die in
tile Lord,” to be again united by bonds more
lasting than those of this transitory life.
Therefore Resolved, That in the death of bro
ther \V. 11. Anderson, this Division lias sustain
ed a „reat loss, and the Order has been deprived
of one ofits brightest ornaments and most zeal
ous advocates.
Resolved, That as a mark of our high esteem
and respect foi the memory of our brother we
will clotheour Hall m black, and wear ourselves,
the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That a Leaf in our Record Book be
dedicated to his memory.
Resolved, That a copy ofthe above preamble
and Resolutions be transmitted to the Widow
of our deceased Brother ; and that the gazettes
ofthe city be requested to publish the same.
Submitted in Love, Purity and Fidelity.
W. S WILLIFORD,)
A. R. FREEMAN, > Committee
It. B. LESTER, >
Sugar Cane. —The St. Augustine Ancient
City, of the 26th ultimo, says : We have recciv
cd «r.d now hsvc in cur office, wlicre the curi.
pus are desired to examine it, a remarkably fine
specimen of the Sugar Cane. It has 31 joints
and measures 16 in length and has tasscllcd.
This cane is from a crop of canc planted by our
enterprising fellew citizen, Capt. Hanliam, on
the margin of the Sebastian River near the
bridge and which will yield, the Captain informs
us, at least two hlids. to the acre.
The most remarkable circumstance in refer
ence to this crop of cane is, that it is an experi
ment of Capt. Ilanhains to test the quality of
our pine lands covered with the saw palmetto,
apparently the most barren and unpromising
1 soil of any. The land was prepared by extract
ing the palmettos by an ingenious invention op
the Captains, and correcting the sourness of the
soil with lime. The experiment has proved en
tirely successful and demonstrates the fact, that
there is probably no description of land in Flori
da that will no*, with sufficient and proper man
agement, yield the most abundant crop of sugar.
It may be added that the saw palmetto thus re
moved as nuisance contains as large a proportion
of tannin as the best English Oak hark, and it is
believed it will bocome a profitable article of
exportation at no very remote period.
Lard and Oil Manufacture. —There are
upwards of thirty large establishments in Cin
cinnati employed in the manufacture of lard oii,
which is accomplished by divesting the lard ofj
one of its constituent parts —stearins. The larg
est ofthese, whose operations are probably more |
extensive than any other in the United States,:
has manufactured heretofore into lard oil and
stearine 140,000 pounds monthly, all the year!
round. It is calculated that 11,000,000 pounds]
oflard will be run into lard oil this year, two- !
sevenths of which aggregate will nmko stearine,
the residue oil, say about 24,000 barrels of 42
gallons each. Lard oil, besides being sold for
what it actually is, is also used for adulterating
sperm oil, and in France serves to materially re.
duce the cost of olive oil, the skill of the French
chemists enabling them to incorperate from
sixty to seventy percent, oflard with that of
the olive.
Improvement in Telegraphing. —A new
improvement is announced by on accomplished
operator, in which he is enabled to control two
recording pens at another station, working them
independently or together, at will, with a sin
gle wire. This enables him to form an alphabet
with a double row of dots and lines, in such a
manner that all the letters are of equal length
and none of tliam exceeding the length of3 dots.
This uniformity obviates the chief difficulty
which has heretofore been experienced in the
application of a key-board to telegraphs. The
inventor believes, that with a proper machine
for working it, (which is now being construct
ed) from 200 to 300 letters a minute can be re
corded with ease and mathematical correct-
Light of the Glow-Worm.— That the glow
worm emits her light to lure her lover to her
power is but a poetic fiction ; for the insec l
shines in infant state, in that of tho larva, and
when in its attrelian condition. It appears from
the observations of naturalists that these insects
never exhibit their light without some motion
of the body or legs ; from this it would seem
that the phosphorescence was dependent upon
sorno nervous action, regulated at pleasure by
the insect, for it certainly has the power of ob
scuring it entirely. If the glow-worm is crush
ed, and the hands or face are rubbed with it,
luminous slreuks, similar to those produced by
phosphorus, appear. They shine with greatly
increased brilliancy in oxygon gas and in nitrous
oxide. From these facts, (asks Mr. Hunt, in his
charming work, entitled ‘The Poetry of Science,’
just published,) may we uot infer that the pro
cess by which this luminosity is produced, what
ever tt may be, has a strong resemhluncc to that
of respiration ?
Greasing Carriage Wheels. —Tho best
composition that can be prepared to relieve car
riage wheels and machinery from friction, is
composed of lard, wheat flour, and black lead,
(plumbago.) The lard is to he melted over u
gentle fire, and the other ingredients—equal in
in weight—may bo added, till tile composition
is brought to a consistence of common paste
without raising the heal near a boiling point.
One trial of the paste will satisfy any one of its
j superior quality.
GRAND EXHIBITION!
New i’liisinplis of American Art.
T N OSSETER’S Magnificent PAINTING, The
IA Return of the Dove to the Jirk, or the Tri
umph of Faith—and MIRIAM the Prophet ex
ulting over the destruction of Pharaoh’s Host,
will he opened on MONDAY, 18th ; TUES
DAY, 19th ; WEDNESDAY, 20th ; & TIIURS
DAY, 21st FEBRUARY, 185 ft, only, at the
NEW CONCERT HALL,
A T THE FLOYD HOUSE.
(EpDoors open from 9 o'clock, A. M., to 12,
M.; and from 2to 5, and from 7 to 10, P. M.
each day.
(O'Lectures given at half past 3 and at 8
o’clock, P. M.
O’ Tickets only 25 cenls—Children and Ser
vants 15 cents — To be had at the Bookstores,
at the Hotels and at the Door,
feb 1C 6
1850. FASH STORE. 1850.
PTMIE subscriber is now receiving a Stock of
L STAPLE GOODS suitable for the coming
season. Among which will be found a great
variety of Brown and Bleached Cottons from J
to 12-4 wide.
Linens of all widths, from 4-4 to 12-4.
Damask Table Diaper, 8-4 and 10-4.
Damask Napkins and Dollies, Huckaback and
Scotch.
Diapers, Furniture, Dimity and Fringes.
Together with a general assortment of all
kinds of Goods usually kept in a Dry Goods
Store. The public are invited to call and ex
amine before making their purchases,
feb 1G GEO. W. PRICE.
Eiiibtoiileicil Window Furtalus.
JUST received a large assortment. Also,Crim
son, Blue and Drub Worsted Damask,
feb 1G G. W. PRICE.
Fancy Rackets,
\ LARGE assortment just received, and for
- sale by
feb 18 GEO. W. PRICE.
!
Paints, Oils, Ac.
I U3T received, White Lead, dry and in Oil;
‘f Chrome Green, Indian Red;
do Yellow; Venetian Red;
Prussian Blue: Spanish Brown;
Van Dyke Brown; Lamp Black.
Also, on hand a good usxoriment of Paint
Brushes, and Window Glass, from Bxlo to 24x
3ft.
As the season is approaching for painting up,
I the subscriber would call attention to the above
Stock, which is offered upon reasonable terms.
E. L. STROHECKER, M. D ,
feb 16 Successor to J. C. Gilbert & Cos.
Fine Perfumery.
I UST received a supply of choice and delicate
•I Extracts for the handkerchief, among which
\ may be found
Jockey Club; Patchouly;
Jenny Lind; Millefleur, West End;
Bouquet de Caroline;
Vanilla; Jasmin, &c., &c.
I Also, IL\ IIRY’S TRICOPIIEROUS and OX
MARROW POMADE for dressing the hair,
I with a general assortment of Toilet and Fancy
I Articles.
feb 1G F. L. STROHECKER, M. D.
I O WARM’S PANACEA—For sale by
! O feb 16 EL. STROHECKER, MD.
MACON MARKET, FEB. IG.
COTTON—The market has been rather dul|
since our last report, and prices have rather de
clined since the receipt of the foreign accounts.
We quote 11 u 111 cents—principal sales 11| a
114 cents.
Cotton. —The receipts in the United States
up to this time as compared with last year, give
the following result:
Decrease at New Orleans, 81,310
“ at Charleston, 25,139
“ at Mobile, 91,926
Increase at Savannah, 9,094
“ at N.Carolina Sc Virginia, 2,749
“ at Florida, 21,155
“ at Texas, 2,531
Total decrease, 162,846
Total stork on hand at all the ports to date,
511,338, ugainst 516,378 bales at same lime last
season.
Uourdiiiß.
ii The undersigned will furnish Board
fij H and Lodging for tw oor throe Gentlemen.
—A few Day-Boarders can also be accom
modated. For terms apply to
JOHN K. IIARMON,
At Messrs. Wood &. Jewett’s Store,
jan 26 3—3 t
Bii|H'TioT Teas.
A splendid lot of TEAS, both
:»Jj| Green and Black, warranted fine,
just received not from the Canton
Ji.iit ! Tea Company of New York, at
’ ‘ W. FREEMAN’S
Cheap Store, Cherry Street,
dec 1 1
Bibb County little Academy.
IN consequence of the increasing number ot
applicants for admission, the subscriber has
employed a Second Assistant, in the person of
Mr. F. T. Polhill, a graduate of Mercer Uni
versity. Mr. P. has had several years' experi
ence as a Teacher, and is well qualified to give
instruction. A limited number of Pupils will
be received. P. A. STROBEL, Rector,
jan 26 3—2 t
Female Seminary.
MRS. WM. 11. ANDERSON, respectfully
informs the Public that she lias effected
an arrangement with the Trustees, by which tho
use of the Bibb County Female Academy has
been obtained for her School,
jan 2 I—ts
M anteil Immediately,
rp WO OR THREE JOURNEYMEN CABI-
X NET-MAKERS. None except good work
men, and such as arc w illing to make themselves
useful, need apply.
WOOD &. BRADLEY.
oct 20 47—ts
Sundries.
O PERM OIL and CANDLES
O Rio and Java Coffee
Crushed and Powdered Sugars
Chainpaigne and Madeira Wines
Nuts and Crnekers 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
Suiccs, Chocuhite,&c., at
W. FREEMAN'S
Cheap Stor», Cherry Street.
dec 1 1
Hams, Butler, Syrup, dec.
t 1 INCINNATI Sugar cured HAMS
• 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 GEO. T. ROGERS,
dec 1 Cherry Street.
Fine Clinving Tobacco.
H. & S. LILIENTHAL'S well known
vy . superior fine Cut Chewing TOBACCO,
in papers and cans. Also, various brands of
Chewing Tobacco—some of which the knowing
ones say cannot be beat. Also, various brands
of CIGARS, which ate just good enoueli. For
saicat VV. FREF.MA'N’S
Cheap Store, Cherry Street,
dec 1 1
New Rice.
ITMVE Tierces of prime quality, just received
and for sale by GEO. T. ROGERS,
dec 1 1
Cuba Molasses.
HA 11I1DS. in fine order, just received and
for sale low by
dee 1 GEO. T. ROGERS.
Oysters, Fresli Oysters.
Large, Fat, Fresli OYSTERS, will be
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 Ousters, walk up and set a
few, at ' W. FREEMAN’S,
dec 1 1
Canal ami Baltimore Flour.
1 1 WHOLE and Half Barrels FLOUR.
I lIH Just received and for sale low by
dec 1 GEO. T. ROGERS.
Cheese.
7r BOXES of superior quality, in large ami
') small boxes, just received and for sale by
dec 1 GEO. T. ROGERS.
Apples airv.l Mercer Potatoes.
v BARRELS in fine order, for sate bv
doc 1 GEO. T. ROGERS.
Ruekvriirat, Ac.
1 SACKS Fine Buckwheat
LUU 50 boxes new crop Raisins
25 do superior Cheese
Just received al W. FREEMAN’S,
dec 1 t
New Fork. Steam Refined Candies
A STILL Larger assortment of CANDIES,
just received and for sale as low as any
Candies in Town, at W. FREEMAN'S,
dec 1 1
Northern Rutter.
,H| FIRKINS PRIME BUTTER, of tin
' well known quality received ever}’ Fall,
fresh from sonic of the best dairies at the North.
Just received by W. FREEMAN.
di*c 8 *
Solace’s Fine Cut Tobacco.
SOMETHING very superior, just received
and for sale by GEO. T. ROGERS,
sept 29
London Porter.
IN Quart and Pint Bottles, just received
and forsaleby GEO. TANARUS, ROGERS,
may 12 24
■Alien khceting.
fl LINEN SH EF.TING, extra cheap
Oft 13 GEO. W. PRICE.