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Newspaper Page TextM ACON.GA. 'TaTL'RDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 13. jP>\Ve are indebted to the lion. Jos. W J.»cksos, and M. J. Wbli.borx, for sundry Speeches, delivered during the present session cfCongress. (jj-We publish on the first page to-dav, the strange and unwarrantable attack of Gen. Cass on Mr. Calhoiis, who was absent at the time. We have only time at present to invite the at tention of our readers to it. We shall endeavor ;n nolice the course of this gentleman more par. ttcularly at an early day. Meeting of the State Medical Society. This Society met in this city on the 10th inst. 1 lie President and both Vice Presidents being absent, Dr. West, of Houston, was called to the Chair and subsequently elected President. Drs. Arnold of Savannah and Dupree of Twiggs, were appointed Vice Presidents. Nine Dele gates were chosen to represent the Society in die National Medical Convention, which is to meet at Cincinnati on the 7th of May. I)r. Joses ofClark read an essay on Medical Science, which was received with respectful si lence. Asa compilation it was interesting and was deemed worthy of a place on the minutes. Dr. Jo.vrs is evidently a young man of talent, and we would recommend another channel for the flowing exercise of his genius. Several Committees were appointed to prepare Essays on various subjects connected with the interests of the profession, and one to memorialize the Legislalure on the subject of a systematic regis tration of births, marriages and deaths in the State. Atlanta was selected as the proper place for the next Annual Meeting. The usual com plimentary votes of thanks were passed and the meeting adjourned on the 11 ill inst. rr We regret to learn that the lion. Thos. C. Hackett, is at this time very low with con sumption, at Savannah, where he arrived from Washington City, last week. The Weather. —There have been very heavy rains in this section during the past week. It cleared off yesterday, and the weath er appears now to be settled, and we hope we shall have no more cold to do injury to vegeta tion thisspring. Fires were quite comfortable, however, this morning. Ty'Pho wife of the Hon. W. C Dawson, died at Washington City on Sunday last, and she was convoyed to Grecncsboro’ on the 10th inst., accompanied by her husband and daughter. [ITA. J. Miller, (VV.) lias been elected May or of Augusta, by 85 majority. The Council is composed of 10 Whigs and 2Democrats. U’Wo'take the following items from the Chattanooga Advertiser of the 10th inst. The contract with Gen. Dorr Green, for building the East Tennessee and Georgia Raii Hoad has been dissolved. We had a hard freeze in this section on the 27th ult. hut the fruit trees appear to have es caped injury. There are at present about 2,0(10 hales of cot ton here. Flour $6 per bbl ; Meal 50 cents ; Corn 35c , scarce ; Bacon 4 a 4|c. hog rouud ; Butter 10c. ; Lard sc. The Cars bring up a number of young men from Georgia, nearly every trip lately, bound fir California ; and wc notice that most ofthem are well armed and equipped. East Tennessee, mo, is sending out a number of her enterprising j Hons to the same region, who go equally well prepared to defend themselves against aggres- Mve attacks. They all intend to goby the over land route. O’ A tremendous freshet occurred in Canada, and great damage is anticipated to be the result A severe storm of snow and ruin, has been experienced at Boston, Ncw-York and Philadel phia, occasioning serious damage. The mails have become deranged, and serious disasters looked for. iCrGov. Seabrook, of South Carolina, lias tendered the appointment to the vacancy in the United States Senate from that State, caused by i ' loath of Mr. Calhoun, to Messrs. James Hamilton and Languon Curves, both of whom have declined it. The lion. 11. B. Rhett, is Token of as worthy of the appointment. Nashville Convention. The Columbia s C.)Telegraph of the Bth inst. savs that it loams, by private dispatch, that, at a meeting ' the Southern Senators in Congress held at Washington, on the 6th inst., the result was a hdl recognition of the necessity and propriety 0,1 Hie Nashville Convention, and an approval 1 'ts meeting at the time and place proposed— 'he meeting was characterized by great unanimi ' and harmony of feeling,and but four Southern Senators absent. i i On Monday last, as the cars were starting m riffin, a lad named Thomas Coppedgf. i f "U on the track and the wheel passed over his i le g, and after amputation he died on Tuesday. I Lae *st from California.— The steamship ■ ''crukue arrived at New York on the sth inst., paging nearly two millions of dollars in gold on gitig to passengers. I lie dates from San Francisco are to the Ist of larch, and were brought down to Panama by J" B(oamer Ofogon. The Tennessee was at 1 anama on the 12th A destructive fire occurred at Chngres on the 1 " t, which reduced a great portion oftlrc to 'vn to ashes. do ?.r h " dr * SRason h: ‘d commenced, and mining atlo "swere resumed with vigor. I, . 'vecticut.—l'* 10 following is believed So * lbc r<!BU K °f tho election in this State: ll "’’H W higs, 14 Loc-focos, one doubtful.— ers * ' ’ I ° ~ Is, 'A.vn. Tho Whigs have carried \V hi !!° ,ar S c majorities, which secures *u Seuatorfrom the State at tho next r * Toombs' Letter to the Governor. 1 his precious epistle is surely the most de lightful mixture of the bully and blackguard that lits been furnished by the papers throughout the country for the last three months. This we are aware, is venturing a good deal in these troublous times of all sorts of fury. But we appeal to the circumstances under which this letter was pen ned fur the corroboration of the severe censure we cast on this production. Grant if you please, that Mr. Toombs thought of the Legislature of his State and its action in regard to the Califor nia question just as he has expressed himself, yet, how importune, how indecentand injurious to tiie best interests of bis portion of the Union at such a time, to allude to that body or anything it should deem proper to say on the slavery question, in the gross and vulgar terms of dis respect he has thought proper to use. But if Mr. Toombs really believed the Resolution in regard to California was the only one ob jectionable, lie certainly did not express him selfthus last winter, in the streets of Milledge ville. It is within the knowledge ofgentlemen that upon the introduction of the Resolutions of Messrs. Gartreli. and Clavtox, that Mr. Toombs denounced them, and threatened to take the stump against them. This he was defied openly to do. These Resolutions were in a measure clear of the objections now urged by Mr. Toombs. A recollection of the bitter feeling manifested by that gentleman against these Resolutions, as originally introduced, caused many to receive the recent speech of Mr. Toombs with much distrust and with nothing of cordiality. Though many, thinking an ally from any quarter was better gained than lost in our present emergency, hail, ed this effort with the heartiest approbation. This very speech contiadcits the letter we are commenting upon and shews plainly that if California is admitted, she must be so, after the grossest injustice to the South. Take the argu' ment advanced in Mr. Toombs' letter to the Governor as true, that is, that Congress has the control over the matter of admitting new States, and then how does it contradict the Resolutions of the Legislature and shew the action of that body to be untenable. Why it docs not affect the point at all, for if it be true that Congress, and Congress alone, may admit new States, it therefore does not follow that Congress ought to admit California, smuggled in as she would be, under a rascally tissue of evasions, subterfuges and usurpations, disgraceful to the whole country and covering the agents and instigators of them with eternal infamy. We ask any candid mind to say if it he as bad as Mr. Toombs proves it to bo in his late speech, to admit California as she is, is it not a matter of grave import to the South, is not the precedent of weight enough, as applied to our general policy, to call for a discussion of this matter in Convention, and if to do nothing more, to enter a solemn protest in the name of the whole South, against this vile outrage be coming a precedent to be appealed to in future r What the action of the State in Convention would or should b -, is for no man to anticipate or prejudge, and it is nothing short of audacious in solence in a Representative of the people of Geoigia to speak of what a sovereign State pur poses to do in any emergency, us Mr. Toombs lias done. Tho history too of these Resolutions as reported, as we have understood it, contradicts most flatly tho allegation of Mr. T. that this par ticular one, referring to the adinisston of Cali fornia, was the offspring of corrupt party schem ing. We have always understood that the Com mittee, by a large majority, (with one dissent ing voice, wo believe,) reported this Resolution and laid great stress upon it, many of all parties regarding the dishonest admission of California as among the most vital points in our controver sy with the North. The published speeches of Whigs as well as Democrats prove this, and how then could Mr. Toombs with a shadow of truth asscit that this ground of tho call of a Conven tion, was inserted among the enumerated causes, through corrupt management on the part of the majority. The insulting language applied to that majority, and the ascription of base and in terested motives that are contained in that letter comes with a bad grace from the chief actor in tho late betrayal of his own home, for the paltry price of keeping one man out of a Secretary’s place and putting another one in. Had Mr. Toombs done his duty on tho Com promise Bill of the Senate, this California tor ment would have been got rid of ofl'octually. The veriest fool can now see that if protection had been secured to the Southern emigrant and his property, if but for a few months, as would have been done by that bill, such a tide would have set in from the South as would have over whelmed Frec-Soilism in California. There where nothing but stare labor of some sort will answer , our more efficient and approved system would have been the first planted, hut now pro bably to be superseded forever, by some ungodly and more onerous scheme of drudgery. And wily was all this done ? Just because, to settle the slave question was to settle, in short order, the chances for his candidate for the Presidency, lie said it settled nothing for the South, and now he is 11 startling the ear of night,” with his outcry that the South is swindled, and through this very 'lerritory that the Compromise Bill would, for years, have kept open to us. After this let not Mr. Toombs arrogate to himself the place of censor morum, or charge base and cor rupt motives on any political body, for the price for which ho sold the South would have been scorned by Judas. Grate Culture at tiie West. —According to statistics acuratcly prepared by the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, the number of acres ill vineyard culture within a circle of 20 miles a round that city, is 743, under charge 0f264 pro prietors and tenants. When in full bearing they produce at tho most moderate estimate for a sc ries of years, 148,G00 gallons of wine annually. Tlio number of acres now in bearing is a little over 340. In Clark county, Indiana, there are between 150 and 200 acres in cultivation, and the culture of vineyards is steadily on tho in crease. The average quantity of wine produced •s about 200 gallons per acre, which is sold at the press at 70 to 80 cents per gallon. Turpentine Business in Georgia The Savannah Republican says : —We presume the extent to which the manufacture of turpentine is being developed in this State, is not known to our readers. If its production goes on in creasing for a few years longer as rapidly as du ring the year or two past, it will not take long to transfer the general head quarters of the tur pentine trade from North Carolinia to Georgia So far as we are informed, most of those who entered upon the business of producing turpen tine in Georgia, have had as good success as could reasonably be expected. Such however has not been the case in Barnwell district in S. Carolinia. The planters in that region seem to have been wrongly instructed in the outset, which circumstance, together with the advance in cotton has induced them generally to give over the production for the present. W e are in debted to the kindness of a mer. cantile friend, who has procured for us the sta tistics of the turpentine which ought to be pro duced in Georgia during the actual working season. There are before us some fifteen or sixieeu persons engaged in the business in Geor gia, whose entire product will amount to no t less than Twenty Thousand Eight l hind re Bar rels ! —These gentlemen are many of them per sonally known to us—nearly all of them ate our subscribers, and the information may be re lied on as accurate. To this must be added the production of seven or eight more persons, who have more recently begun the business in Geor gia, and of two in Florida, whose names we have, hut it is out ot our power at presantto in dicate the probable result of their labor. The same remark is applicable to the artile received by the river. We are satisfied, however, that the whole product of Georgia ar.d Florida du ring the season ending on the Ist September, will reach the figure of 30,000 barrels,of which we pul down 25,000 barrels to Georgia. This will represent a value of some eighty thousand dollars to be divided among a moderate number of producers. At the same time it is worthy of a remark that the dislilation of crude turpentine is rapid!y increasing at various points. Including tho large distillery in this city, under the charge of Young&Gamill, wc count no less than ten dis tilleries in Georgia, either actually erected or ordered, and on their way to their distillation. Tiie Slave Trade —The Charleston Courier says:—“There is said to he a growing disposi tion at Washington to annul a part of the treaty we have with Great Britain, which compels us to keep eighty guns on the coast of Africa, to suppress the slave trade. The impression is, that the slave trade is only aggtavated by the armed forces of Great Britain, France, and the United States upon that coast. If there is time for anything, an effort will be made to have our Government call upon Great Britain to annul the treaty.” Tiif. Last of the Cotton Crop.— The Alba, ny Patriot of the 28th ult. says:—The last boat load of cotton in this section of country was for warded to Apalachicola this week—about GOO bales. In all our warehouses, there is not now a dozen bales of cotton remaining, and we know of none held by planters. The river has been good throughout the season, and this with the remunerating prices paid for cotton, has been the means of forwarding the crop earlier than usual. Tiie Cane Cnor.—Tho Franklin Banner of. the 21st ult. says: We notice in many places in the parish that cane is in fine condition. The planters have, s ucceeded generally in getting a much better stand than they expected last Avinter when the seed was being injured by the worm. The injury done to the seed has not been extensive enough to do serious in jury to the coming crop this has been an agreeable disappointment to the planters. lEFCo!. Abert of the United States Corps of Topographical Engineers, has reported in fa vor ofimptoving the Savannah river. The ex ports by that channel is about $6,000,000 per annum. He estimates the cost at $330,000,and gives full particulars and a map. Great Telegraph Project. —Among the memorials presented to the U. S. Senate, was one from Dr. J. 11. Pulte, of Cincinnati, who proposes the construction of a telegraph to con nect the Old World with the New, and asks such action by Congress ns may contribute to the realization of liis project. The route propos ed is across tho continent to some point in Cali fornia ; thence along the coast to Behring’s Straits; thence across those Straits and through. Northern Asia and Europe, to St. Petcrsburgh, and the western cities of Europe. ILF Jamaica is prostrated. Os 659 sugar es tates well cultivated and productive, more than 150 have been adandoned. More than 400,000 acres ofrieli land, which in 1832 gave employ ment to 60,000 men, in raising sugar and coffee have been thrown out of cultivation. Tiif. Length of Days.— At New York, the longest day, June 10, has 14 hours and 56 min utes; at Montreal, 154 hours; at London and Berlin, 164 hours; at Hamburg, 17 hours; at Stockholm, 184 hours; at St. Petersburg!], 10 hours; and tho shortest five hours. At Tornea, in Findland, the longest day has 214 hours.— At Wanderbus, in Norway, the day lasts from the 21st of May to tho 22d of July, without in terruption ; and at Spitzbergcn, the longest day is 34 months. English Horses.— By a late census of Cog land the number of horses in tiiat country Ji been found to have diminished from 1,000/ 0 to 200,000 within the last ten years ; in other words,the Railroads have dispensed with the use ofßoo,ooo horses, and these animals, as well 1 oxen, are now scarcely used for transport and thus the grain and food the 800,000 horses consumed have been dispensed with, and tiie land used for the growth of hay and grass is de voted to the growth of grain alone for the Flip ply of bread. Cotton. —A late number of the LondonTiines says, it is we fear, only too probable that the crop of American Cotton will this year be scant enough to increase the price of that roost neces sary ingredient in the manufacturing prosperity of this country; and, although the acrual defi ciency may possibly be less than is feared, yet the results will doubtless supply a suflient re alization of the contingencies which have often been described as involved in our present sys tem of action. Almost all that is said respecting the importance of our Cotton imports may he literally credited, for so vast are the interests j concerned, it is scarcely possible to overstate ! them. Nearly as much depends upon the Cot ton crop as the potato crop ; and a failure in the j lormer admits, besides, of no corresponding compensation from private charity or public be nevolence. Yet, speaking generally, it may be said, that for the whole of this staple import of England, we are helplessly dependent on two provisoes of a foreign State. Ii is this peculiar limitation of the produce which makes the case so anomalous and so full of peril. Were cotton less an article of the very first necessity to Eng lish commerce, or were it grown, like corn in ever/ country of the f|nbc,the arguments which have been taken to regulato other imports would be ejually applicable here. But the difference is this, that while our importations of corn could be affected only by a coincidence of so many and such extraordinary conditions as to he almost beyond the calculations of probability, our importations of cotton are liable, as now shown to be influenced by occurrences of the very commonest likelihood. A change of policy, a Fa lie impulse given to speculation, resolutions ol* hostility, or what many occur in any season, and must needs occur in some—a short crop : each and any of these causes may imperil tho daily bread offour milion ofour population, and deeply affect the financial prosperity of the entire empire. The ease will appear still more, extraordinary wl.en it iaremembered on what wholly artificial conditions its existence depends. If cotton, like spbes, could be only produced in certain limited districts of certain latitudes, there would ho no ait for us but in prudence and patience. As the i facts stand, however, the present limitation of the produce is not entirely accidental,but is due to none but ourselves. There was a lime when Iritiia did produce cotton ; and there was a lime, very recently, when Georgia and Carolina did not. Men still living can recollect the first iimortation ofAmerican cotton into the Liverpool mrrket, and the extent of present trade is the werk of scarcely more than one generation.— Co.ton is not indigenous nor peculiar to the Gerrgia uplands. Its cultivation was introduced in •-onsequence of our own demands, and per- I fected by the unrivalled enterprise and energy of | Anerican planters working under such stimulus. ] Grrdtially, this cotton has obtained almost the monopoly of our market; nor would there be J anything objectionable in snch a result, due,as ' it is,to the natural operations of trade, ifitwere not Lr the huge disproportions between our own j particulor demands and this solitary source of supply. Continental countries take a little cot ton ; the United States themselves take a quantity somewhat larger, and which appears likely to be incrersed; the great hulk comes to Liverpool. But fir all tho aggregate consumption, there still remans practically nothing but the crop of these still tyvo provinces, which thus, in the best of years is scanty, in bad seasons ruinously defi cient,nnd, at all times, a subject of speculation and sturce of anxious and unavoidable misgiv ing- Vesuvius.— The Washington Globe says there lias been, oflate, a magnificent eruption of Mount Vesuvius ; one without an equal for a long time. It commenced on the sth of February, and con tinue! many days. Discharges of rocks, stones, ashes, and flame, were constant and most terri fic; bat wluit was most awful and alarming, was a deltgc of burning lava, that issued from the crater, made its way down tho mountain, sweep ing ercrything before it—trees, whole forests, vinyrrds, colleges chateaux, and churches—noth ing, no matter how strong or how massive it was, could for a moment arrest its progress. It had already covered—hiding from human view for ever, probably—a considerable extent of cultiva ted rmuntry, belonging mostly to the Caron Carsimone, and the l’riuce Ottaia.no. The clitrch ofSan Felice was overwhelmed and ab sorled whilst the priest was saying mass, who, j with the congregation, tarried so long that their 1 safety was compromised, though unnecessarily, ; for the progress of the lava is so slow that it gives everybody time to escape, and if they do not, it is because their curiosity, or their negligence, is greater than their sense of danger. In the plain, its velocity is about one hundred and twenty yards per hour; of course it must be much great er when descending the mountain. Severn* persons lost their lives, and among them was Mr. Bavaro, ofDelawaro. All the time of the eruption, the city of Naples was in a state of treiuulousness, or of oscillation, winch did not ; ertate much alarm, however, as the knxw, from experience, that it portended no dan gß’- li Mr. Henry Grinnci has succeeded in pur clnsing one of the two vessels requrired in his projected exploring expedition in the Arctic sers. It is a small brig, of about eighty tons burthen, which is now lying for repairs in the Eait river, nearly opposite to the Tobacco In spection. These vessels are to be sent about the Ist of may next, directly for the shores of Wellington's Inlet and Cape Palkcr, where a rigid search after traces of Sir John Franklin j wi-I bo set on foot. One of tho brigs will be ! c r • appropriately “Advance.’’ "It i said that Sir John Franklin has been r.J. It may be true, but we doubt it. Resignation.— A certain old lady who had Ten turn 1 for sour looks nnd not very sweet * •.-• rd-; touching the various accidents of life, was ved to have suddenly become vary amiable. < ! ',Y at happy change has come over you ?” said a neighbor. “Why,” said the transformed, “to tell you the truth, 1 have been all my life stri ving fora contented mind, and I’ve finally made up inv iqind to sit down contented without it.’ Tribute of Respect to Mr. Calhoun. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, ) M acon, April 10, lgso- j Pursuant to a call of his Honor, tho Mayor and City Council, the citizens of Macon met at the Council Chamber this day at lOo’clock A. M., to take steps to pay proper respect to the memo ry of John C. Calhoun. llis Honor, the Mayor, upon thuking the chair explained the object of the meeting; when the committee previously appointed to recommend suitable action to be taken by the citizens of Macon, submitted the following report which was unanimously adopted : It is made our painful duty to make a public announcement of the calamity that has befallen our country, in the death of that great and good man, John C. Calhoun. It has pleased an all. wise Providence, whose ways are far above our ways, to take from us Ibatgrcat American states man, orator nnd patriot—a man so eminently dis- '■ Anguished for bis commanding genius and tow- 1 criug intellect—for bis lofty patriotism and self sacrificing devotion to his country, and for the ■ purity nnd integrity of his character—a man whose distinguished services in public life enti tle him to the warmest gratitude of bis country and the highest regard and admiration of every lover of constitutional liberty. One of the brightest stars has been struck from our politic al firmament, to be exalted to a purer and bright er sphere above. He is gone, but not forgotten —his name will descend to posterity linked with tho history of his country, and the recollection of his talents , patriotism and virtues will ever re j main enshrined in the hearts of the American ; people. Peace be to bis ashes—green be the turf that covers his grave. And while, as a na tion and a community, we deeply deplore the occurrence of such an event, and would drop a tear ol sympathy over his tomb, yet let us con sole ourselves with tho reflection “ that honor and immortality deck the turf that wraps his clay.” And whereas, it remains for a grateful people, in whose hearts lie can never die, to pay suitable tributes to bis memory—Therefore, be it Besotted, That we deeply deplore the death ol John C. Calhoun as a national calamity; and j wc arc penetrated with a sense of the irrepara ble loss sustained by our country in bis death, j and feel thatour nation has great reason to la ment that one so eminently useful has been cut down at a time when his country most needs his services—that while the entire confederacy can not but lament the loss of so distinguished a statesman, we fee! that such an affliction falls with peculiar severity upon the heart of the South ;4tnd that we are called upon to mourn tho decease of our ablest champion and most de cided and reliable friend. Resolved, That in honor ofliis memory—in gratitude for his services and grief for his death, steps be taken by the City Authorities and citi zens to have a Eulogy pronounced upon his life, character nnd public services, at sucli a time and place as may bo designated by a proclamation of his Honor the Mayor; and a committee of five persons be appointed to select a suitable individ ual to deliver said eulogy, and make till other necessary arrangements for the occasion. Resolved, That the citizens be requested to wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of 30 days, ns a mark of their respect for the vir tues of the illustrious Senator while living, and as a feeble testimonial of their regret for bis death ; and that a copy of these Resolutions he forwarded to the family of the deceased by his Honor tiie Mayor, and that tho same he publish ed in the city gazettes. The Hon. E. A. Nisbet then arose andpass ed a short, but touching evlogium on the char acter and worth of Mr. Calhoun. Under the third resolution the Chairman ap pointed the following committe, viz; Hon. A. 11. Chappell, Col. It. A. L. Atkinson, Rev. S. I. Stephens, John J. Jones nnd S. J. Raj, Esqs. Upon motion, the Mayor and City Council were added to the Committee ; and the meeting ad journed. GEO. M. LOGAN, Chairman. James A. Nisbet, Scc’ry. Golden Solidi. —Two fine golden solidi of Theodosius the Great, and his son Arcadius were lately found in Lanyon quarry near Pen zance—the first minted at Constantinople, and the last, instead of the name of the mint, having tiie letters O. C. in the place, which is held to signify that tiie coin is of the purest gold. The dates belong to the latter part of the fourth, and beginning of the fifth centuries, when the Cat. sars reigned. Singular Phenomenon.— The New Orleans Picayune says : —“Tho passengers and officer* on the Peytona, from New Orleans for Louis ville, observed a very singular phenomenon as the boat was passing Nepoleon Ark, on Sunday morning, the 17th tilt ,during a shower of rain. The atmosphere was of a muddy yellow color, and the rain had the appearance of liquid sul phur. The rain, as it fell on the deck of the boat, left a thick skurn like sulphur floating on the surface, a large portion of which was gath ered by the passengers for the purpose of having it analyzed. The rain was accompanied with much lightning, and at one time the entire horizon was filled with viiid flashes of elec tricity darting in all directions. In less than fif teen minutes the rain ceased nnd the skies be. came bright and unobscured. ’’ A New Moving Power. —For some days crowds have been collected on our quays, watch ing and commenting on the novel construction of a vessel which has suddenly made its appear ance in our port, and is well calculated, as we must own, by its appearance, to excite the curi osity of which wo speak. Figure to yourself a boat without masts, without chimney—with no traco of sails or of steam—with not oven the shadow of an oar,and yet the vessel glides rapid ly on as if some invisible spirit directed its movements ! Be Port dc Marseille (the name of this strange boat) is the invention of a French engineer ol the name of M. Licnticr. It is worked by means of simple lever. If bis prom ises be folly realized, who can estimate the vast results of this discovery to our navigation r— t currier dt Marctillt. Growth of Pearls. —The New York Journ— .il of Commerce says: Pearls are deposited in the interior part ofshell-fish, which may be made to deposit this in the form of drops or globoler, instead of spreading it naturally over the inner surface of the shell. This art of causing the pearl oyster to deposit its secretion in this way, has long been known to the Chinese, who hav® practiced it with great success and very consid erable profit, producing bv its means pearls of good size. The celebrated Linnaeus discovered the method of effecting this, and is said to have disposed of the knowledge to some of the pearl dealers for a large sum. Almost every species of bivalve shell-fish secrete this matter more or less plentifully. The union ofour common fresh water clams, often produce very pretty pearls. The great secret of making these creatures and« posit pearls, is to disturb the natural process, by placing a small piece of pearl next to the shel| and the mantle or membrane that covers the bo dy. This forms a nucleus, and is made to in crease by the deposit of pearly matter over it. The Encyclopedia Britannia gives the follow ing as the method of producing pearls: “The shell is to be opened with great earo, to avoid injuring the animal, and a small portion of the external surface of the shell is scraped off. In its place is inserted a spherical piece of mother of pearl, about the size of a small spot or grain This serves as a nucleus, on which is deposited the pearly fluid, and which, in time, forms a pearl.” (LF Associations are the bees of the imagina tion, and wundering through nil nature, may be said to distil honey from every fair object on which they alight. Why docs a rich and wftfm complexion, and a glowing cheek, call up in stantly in our mind the idea of joyous health and pieasant-lieartaduess ? Less because we have been accustomed to see that complexion attended by such qualities, lliau because it con nects itself with the idea of summer, and all its fruits and flowers, and merry sports, nnd light amusements, and a thousand memories of hap py days, nnd thousands upon thousand still of otiier things of which we have no consciousness, hut which are present to sensation, though not to thought, nil tiie while that we are gazing upon a ruddy choek, and thinking thaltiio plea sure is derived from the while and red alone. Enlarging the Capitol. —The Gommittea on the Public Buildings, in the United States Senate, have agreed to recommend that the capitol at Washington be enlarged by an addi tion of 150 feet on each end for new Senate and Representative Chambers. MACON MARKET, APRIL 13. COTTON—The market lias been dull during tho last week, and we have no material change in prices to note. We quote Good Middling II cents. Cotton Statement. Stock on hand, Ist Sept., 1840 3,628 Received in Warehouses to March I, 'SO, 81,858 Received in March, 3,411 Received and forwarded by Macon and Western Railroad to Ist March, 36,952 Received and forwarded by do. in March, 2,952 Total receipts to April 1, 1850, 128,801 Deduct Stock on hand Ist Sept. 1849 3,628 Total nett Receipts to Ist April, 1350 125,173 Total Receipts to April 1, 1849 147,309 Decrease of receipts this year, 22,136 Stock on hand, April 1, 1849 22,356 Stock on hand, April 1, 1850 15,806 Decrease in stock 6,550 Receipts in Warehouses in March, 1849 5,302 Receipts in do do March, 1850 3,411 Decrease of Receipts in March 1850, as compared with March, 1349 1,891 SILKS, Satins, Batiste and Muslins, all tiew styles, just received and for sale by april 6 LOGAN & ATKINSON. NAPOLEON CAPES—A new and superb article. Parisian ditto, of every style and price. Just received by april 6 LOGAN & ATKINSON. MOURNING GOODS—Mourning Silks,Mut lins, Lawns, and Batiste, a large assortmant just received by april F> LOGAN & ATKINSON. LOTUS, CASSIMERES, DRAP DE yJ F.TF.S, and summer stuffs of every quality, just received by april6 LOGAN & ATKINSON. CJuunl and Maltimorc Flour. I 111 BBLS. Extra Superfine FLOUR I. * F 25 bbls. Extra Family Flour, very choice, just received and for sale low by april 6 GEO. T. ROGERS. Mercer Potatoes. 1 A BBLS. Mercer Potatoes, very superior, iAJ in fine order, just received and for sal* very cheap by “ GEO. T. ROGERS, april 6 Fresh Fish, Crabs and Shrimps, VERY Night from Savannah, at J inarch 3(1 W. FREEMAN’S ONE Thousand Pounds fine old American Cheese, for sale very low at march 30. ' W. FREEMAN’S. Cigars, Cigars. Thousand Cigars various brands— among them are some genuine and most ele gant Cigars. Lovers of a good article will bs certain to get it at W. FREEMAN'S. march 30 Porter. CPEN Casks of Byass’ celebrated Potter for L sale by W. FREEMAN. march 30 Wanted Immediately, r P WO OR THREE JOURNEYMEN CAB!' i NET-MAKERS. None except good wnrh n*nn, nnd such as arc willing to make themselvea useful, need apply. WOOD & BRADLEY, ort 20 47—ts Fuintiß Semiiiary. ■AFRS. WM. II ANDERSON, respectfully informs the Public that she lias effected an arrangement with the Trustees, by which th* use oftl/o Bibb County Female Academy has been obtained for her School, jan 2 J —ts OWAI MS PAN ACT A— For srde hv ~~ tF march 9 E 1, STKOHECKLR, M D.