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Newspaper Page TextThk Effect of Tides. —Lieut. Davis, U. S. delivered a course or lectures recently at ll lt ' Smithsonian Institute, in which some singu lar and interesting information was brought u rth- From observation and collected informa lion lie stated that changes were constantly go ing on along our coast of the utmost importance io tlio commerce and and navigation of our country. At Sandy Hook for example, where there is now dry land there was in 1826 forty fed of water; and this the main ship channel. In 1767 there was also an open ship chan nel from Barncstablc bay to the ocean, and as late as tho beginning of this century, in heavy itornis, the seaoccasionaly made a breach over tlic same place ; but the process of construc tion under the law of tidal action, has closed up tins opening entirely, and the place is now an important part of Cape Cod. Other well authenticated instances, derived from a comparison of the recent surveys with the earliest charts of our coast, were mentioned. For example, Monomy Point is constantly ex tending to the south. Under the operatton of tiic tides, a number of harbors and inlets, par ticularly along Martha's Vineyard and Long Island, have been gradually closed and convert ed into ponds. The remarkable fact was stated that the salt water of these ponds had given place,in the course of a few years, to fresh wa ter. Another remarkacle fact is, that the bot tom of these ponds is frequently deeper than the bottom of the adjoining ocean. This fact is interesting, since it is found that the inhabited parts of sandy deserts, such as the oases of the desert of Sahara, present similar depressions, the bottom of the valley being, in some instances, below the level of the sea.— Tho lecturer also stated that these ponds, in the course of the change, become the home in suc cession of salt water, brackish water, and fresh water animals, and thus afford a beautiful demon stration of the geological formation of basins, such as those of London end Paris, in which the remains of successive races of animals are found in a fossil state. Lciut. Davis has deduced from his numerous observations the law of tidal deposites—namely, bat all deposites on the external coast arc made by the incoming or flood tide, and that the in crease of deposites is always in the line of the motion of tho tidal current. Tims, if the tide moves to the north along any part of the coast, projecting points, which may serve as nuclei, are found to elongate in a north and south di rection. This action is not confined to our coasts, but Lieut. Davis applies it to the expla nation of phenomena noticed in tho Llandcs of France and Holland. Another important deduction is, that the de posites at the mouth of the harbors and estua ries, (not rivers,) known by the name of bars, are formed from materials deposited by the o cean. The action of tide is that of the constant deposition. Degradation of the coast is the ef fect of the waves and storms of the ocean. The general of the tnetorological causes, is to diminish the the height of continents and to transport their materials to the sea, while the action of the tide is just the reverse, and tends to keep up and preserve around the coast the ma terials which have been brought down in geo logical periods. In this way the belts or land which skirt our coast have been thrown up, and even Long Island itself has probably been form ed in the same way. Sugar.— The editor of the New Orleans Bee lias examined several parcels of sugar manufac tured on the plantation of S. B. Armant, Esq., of the parish of St. James. These specimens, be says, are the result of anew process, with which he is not acquainted ; but the sugar it self, in its ordinary state, without having been refined, is almost snow-white, crisped, highly granular, and so purely saccharine as to leave no residue when dissolved in water. lie saw also a sample of a coarser character, obtained front molasses, and even the common brown su gar in use. Passports for the Isthmus. —The Secretary has written to Messrs. Livingston, Wells & Cos., in reply to their enquiry as to the necessity for citizens of this Country enibark lng at New York for the purpose of crossing the Isthmus of Panama, to ahtain passports from the Consul of New Genada at that city. Mr. Clay ton says : “The 23d article of the instrument (the treaty between the U. States and New Grenada) which gives us the privilege of passing across the Isthmus of Panama upon the same terms as the citizens of New Grenada, imposes upon us the obligation to guarantee to that Re public the neutrality of the Isthmus. This obli gation would seem to be a sufficient equivalent for perfect freedom to transmit for our citizens across the route referred to ; and it is quite pro bable that it was the impression of those who had an agency in the treaty on behalf of this government, that it secured that privilege; this Department will instruct the Charged’ Affairs °f the United States at Bogota, to remonstrate against the requisition of passports for such of °ur citizens as may embark for the Isthmus, and to endeavor to obtain the removal of any restric tion upon the communication by that route be tween our ports on the Atlantic and those on the Pacific. Counterfeiters Arrested. —The Angusta Constitutionalist says two men who had passed fo ' n on Merchants in ourcity, which it was sus pected was spurious, were arrested yesrerday afternoon, and duly committed to jail. When arrested they had in their possession a number °fcoin purporting to be Mexican Doubloous, and also spurious tow dollar and a halfgold pie ''s In addition they had several hundred dol lars, purpoting to be of Bank Notesof the Brazo f'a, Louisiana, Bank, Bank of Mobile, of the Hanks of Charleston, S. C., and a few Notes of M ' gia Banks. VVe did not learn whether the •ink Notes or any of them are genuine or coun terfeit. One of these men, calls himself James Hamilton, and the other Wm. Trawick. Both 1 tin sc fellows scorn to bn western men. One 1 them, Hamilton, hails from Arkansas. They < ”* n>c lo *l*u city on horseback. Ime Gi'i.f Stream. —At the meeting of the Scientific Association, at Charleston, Lieut, Maury read a very interesting paper on the “Gulf Stream.’' In it he described the differ ence between New York harbor, anti that of Charleston, in a commercial point of view, to to be owing to discovery made by l)r. Franklin, of the increased temperature of the Gulf Stream, over the adjacent waters. Formerly, before the influence of the Gulf Stream was known, vessels leaving England were accustomed to go far South to take the trade winds on the coast of Africa, so as to bring them direct to Charleston on the route home. In fact, at that time, Charleston was the half-way-house between Liverpool and New York. Vessels in the winter, attempting to enter New York, frequently became covered with ice, and put back to Charleston or the VV est Indies, to thaw, and remain until Spring. Now, when such a case occurs, the vessel, in stead of retreating to a Southern latitude, puls back into the Gulf Stream, where the increas ed temperature of the water so far loosens her icy covering, as to permit a safo and comforta ble continuation of the voyage to New York.— Front the examination of numerous log-books, kept by vessels sailing between New York and the West Indies one hundred years ago, Lieut. Maury bad ascertained that the average rate of sailing with a good breeze did not exceed one mile per hour, since action of the currents were so powerful and so little known, that lltc vessels were considerably carried backwards. At the period referred to, shipmasters never knew their longitude within five or ten degrees, and after the discovery of the Gulf Stream, it was proposed to ascertain, in part, the position of the vessel from the temperature of the water. In 1818, the first regular line of packets between the United States and England, was established by Jeremiah Thompson of New York. It was proposed to start regularly front both sides of the Atlantic once a month, and vessels of 300 tons were built for the service. The success of this plan was regarded by ma ny as extremely problematical, yet the unertak ingsofar succeeded that, at the expiration of of three years, a ship of 500 tons was added to the line. The trade was, however, insufficient to support so large a tonnage, and the vessel was withdrawn. Now, said Lieut. Maury, we are building vessels of 2000 tons. Lieut. Maury considered that the opening of a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama, would efieet as great a revolution in commerce as the world had witnessed. Counterfeit Eagi.es. —The Atlanta Intelli gencer says: “We noticed recently a spurious ten dollar piece, which one of our tradesmen had been subjecting to an examination. The piece was very well executed, and calculated to deceive, having all the appearances of a gen uine gold eagle from the Philadelphia Mint.— It could be easily detected, however, by its lightness, being about seventy grains less in weight than the genuine coin. We understood that quite a large number are in circulation, and people w ould therefore do well to be on their guard against receiving them. A Singular Discovery —The Cincinnati Commercial says there has lately been dug up> some fourteen feet below tlic surface of the earth, aud more than fifty feet above high warter mark, in the garden of Capt. G. W. Cutter, an ele phant's tusk, which time and the action of ele ments have reduced to a substance, resembling chalk : it crumbled when taken out of the earth, but a portion of it entire, more than twenty inches long, is in the possession of the proprie tor of this place, just above the month of I.ick ing, opposite. The whole animal is probobly in the bank. If this proves to be a real ele phant’s tusk, which every evidence now dors, it will prove a singular zoological fact that ele phants did once belong to this country. J3PA letter from Kingston, Jam. under date of 14th ult.jin speaking of the gradual decay of that Island, says that many beautiful and pro ductive estates of 1000 acres each, witli fair im provements, sell $4 to $6 per acre, which a few years ago commanded SIOO. lO’Dy the Europa, accounts are received to the effect that Lord Palmerston had addressed an energetic not to the Spanish Government, complaining of the scandalous manner which the slave trade was carried on in Cuba, and threatening the island if his representations are not attended to. Zinc. —From an official document it appears that zinc is to be used hereafter instcaj of cop per for the sheathing of ships. Forty Aineri. can vessels have been sheathed with zinc since the first of January. The zinc, it is said, will last six years, and sometimes nine, while cop per is asserted to last only four, and yellow* mettle three years. Ziuc is 64 cents per pound, copper’ 22, and yellow metal 174- It appears that no less than 1400 French vessels are sheath ed with zinc. Homestead Exemption. —A homestead-ex emption bill lias been passed by the N.York Le gislature and signed by the Governor. Tho a mount exempted by it from seizure is a thousand dollars, and it does not take offect until January 1851. New York is now the fifteenth State, we believe, in which a law of this kind has been passed. Stealing a Negress. —Senator Morton, of Florida lias has had a negro woman, about 26 years old, stolen from him at Washington.— He supposes her to have been taken to a free State, and offers SIOO for her recovery. British Finances. —The income for the year ending April 5, 1850, was £52,795,560 — the expenditure £50,533,651. The chancellor proposes to appropriate £750,000 to the reduc tion of the public debt, and the rest of the sur plus to be disposed of in various modes of re lief. Fugitive Slaves. -The Pennsylvania House of Representatives, by a vote of 50 to 20, has passed a bill modifying tho sections of the law of 1847, to prevent the recovery of fugitives. State Agricultural Fair. — The Atlanta Intelligencer of the lOtliinst. savs:—“We learn that the Committee appointed at the last Agri cultural Fair, to determine upon toe time and place ot holding the next exhibition, have agreed upon our city as the most convenient and suita ble place for its location,and have appointed the 15th day of next August for the time. Our citi zens have acted most liberally in subscribing money to defray the expenses of creeling the necessary buildings, and granting a good lot of land on which to construct them. We feel con fidence that the gathering next August will he an immense one, and that our citizens will make groat exertions to afford every possible accom modation to the crowd of visitors who w ill be here.” Ocf.an Steamers. —The Cunnard steamers have commenced their weekly trips from Liver pool and will run on the first of May from New \orkand Boston. The Collins steamers, five in number, will commence their semi-monthly trips on the 2/th inst. and their weekly trips on the first of June. The Franklin will begin Iter trips to Havre next month and her mate will be ready in A llie fall. The Bremen lines, two steam ers, now leaves Southampton and New York once a month. The City ofGlasgow will leave Glasgow on the 16th for New York, and there after leave each port in alternate months. Gold Mines. —The gold mines in Virginia owned by Messrs. Barnutn & Cos., of Baltimore have been sold to a New York Company for $40,000. These mines have been yielding ve ry well, and arrangements will now be made to sink shafts several hundred feet, when it is cx. pected gold will be found in more abundance and in larger quantities than nearer the top ofthe surface. O’ A Chinese lady with two children arrived in New York, last week from Canton, en route for London. She is a lady of rank and very beautiful. Leather. —Tanners complain that it takes more hide than formerly to make a pound of leather, which they attribute to the quick meth od in which cattle are fattened for market. In 1793 there were 200,000 pairs of leather breech es made for the working people in England. This was the average annual supply. New cot ton sustains, corduroys and other heavy manu factures have been used as a substitute. CP The first man who pegged a shoe in this or any other country, is said to bo now living at Hopkinton, Mass. Ilis name is Joseph Walker The value of boots and shoes now made in Mas sachusetts alone is $18,000,000 annually. This means wooden pegs,—metal for pegs were em ployed among the Romans. CP The Minesota Pioneer says that at the mouth of Crow River, a navigable steam enter ing the Mississippi, on the west side, 35 miles above St. Paul, there are said to be visible in the bottom of the river, several petrifications in the shape of men and horses. Nkw Cotton Factory.— Jacksonville (Ala.) Republican says : “We have seen several spe. cimens of Factory Thread, of various numbers, manufactured at the new mills recently erected by Messrs. Burton and Mallcry in this county. Mhe Thread is pronounced by good judges to be of superior quality, and it is said that the new machinery works admirably. The w*atcr pow er is very extensive, and we understand that it is the intention of the enterprising proprietors to add to their machinery, and prebaps at no dis tant day do some species of weaving, May the proprietors reap that rich harvest of profits, which their energy and industry most as suredly deserves. Venezuela. —By the brig Abram, at New York fromCuracou,we have intelligence that the Venezuelan Congress had passed an act releas ing General Paez from confinement. Ilisdaugh ters had not been expelled from the country, as no one could be found to execute the commands It is impossible to say what will be the effect of the release ol Paez in this distracted country.— The government seems, however, to have aban doned all harsh measures. The claims of Eng land and other countries against Venezuela have been amicably settled, and there is .a prospect of a season ofcalm. O’ Dr. J. Lawrence Smith, of Charleston, S. C. who some four years since received the ap pointment of Mineralogist from the Sultan o' Turkey,is now on his return home, having ful filled his engagement with the Turkish govern ment. During Ins absence be has been actively employed in making explorations throughout Turkey and Syria, and bis labors have been dis tinguished by many very interesting and valua ble discoveries in science. A Work of Art. —The New York Even ing Post says there is now in the Custom House a copy of tho statue which an eminent French artist, Gayrard, is about to send to M Vattemare, for presentation to Congress. It is designed to embody the artist's idea of the American Re public, and represents a young female of grace ful figure and majestic countenance seated up on a bale of cotton, whose head is surrounded by a halo of thirteen stars, and who holds in her hand tho banner of the nation, surrounded by the Phrygian cap. Her left band rests on a helm, significant alike of sovereignty and mari time power. At her feet is the American Ea gle, and distributed about the ground are em blems of various kinds, such as bows and arrows, the cornucopia, the plough, a sheaf of Indian corn, &c., Ac. This model is about two feet in height, and rests upon a pedestal conceived in good taste, the sides of which will be ornamen' ted with has relief representations of prominent events in Ihe history of the United States, such as the Declaration of Independence,the Treaty of Peace of 1783, the Surrender of Cornwallis, Ac. The whole reflects great credit upon the skill and ingenuity of the artist, and when fin ished in bronze, as it is intended to be, the fig ure, some, twenty feet in height, will foam a most imposing object. The model is sent over in advance, to get the criticisn of competent per sons before the large statue to finished. I Act fig Railroad. — Avery interesting let ter, which we find in the National Intelligencer ot the Bth, was written by Col. Fremont to the Convention which recently assembled in Phila delphia, hi regard to the most practicable route Irotn the valley of the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. He prefers the route from St. Louis to a Pass in the Colorado Mountains, familiarly known to New Mexicans and Indian traders, several degress South of noted South Pass; tlicucc by the Great Basin to the Sierra Novada, and thence to the Bay of San Francisco. Tilts route, in his opinion, will fulfil all the conditions ol a route for a uatiodal thoroughfare, because : Ist. It is direct* The course is almost a straight line,from end to end. St. Louis is be tween 38, 39; San Francisco is about the same ; the route is between these parallels, or nearly between them, the whole way. 2d. It is central to territory. It is through the territorial centre West ofthe Mississippi, and its prolongation to the Atlantic ocean would be central to the States East of that river. It is also central to business and population; and u nites the greatest commercial point on the valley ol The Mississippi with the greatest commer cial point on the coast of the Pacific. 3d. It combines the advantages for making and preserving tho road—wood, water and soil, for inhabitation and cultivation. 4th. It is a healthy route. No disease of any kind upon it; and the valetudinarian might travel it in his own vehicle, on horse, or even on loot, for the mere restoration of health and recovery of spirits. It not only fulfils all the conditions of a nation al route, but is preferable to any other. It is preferable to the South Pass from being four de grees further South, more free from open plains, and from the crossings. Its course is parallel with the livers, there being but one (the Upper Colorado) directly crossing its line. There are passes at the head of Arkansas, in the Three Parks, and North of them, but none equal to this by the Riodcl Norte. There is no route North of it that is comparable to it; there is no prac ticable route South of it within the United States. A Little Light. —The Alta Californian of the 16tli February, contains a curious account of an affair at San Francisco, involving the right of a master to hold a slave there. It is substan tially as follows : The master, who had carried the negro there previous to the formation of the State Constitution, attempted to correct him.— The negro resisted. Tho bystandrs interfered, and took both parties before a magistrate, when the white man claimed the property in the ne gro, and contended that the State Constitution only abolished slavery prospectively. The ex’ isting rights of property were not disturbed.— This if porsevered in, would have brought up other intricate questions, whether slavery being abolished by the Mexican law, that law is not in conflict with ttie rights of protection to Ameri can property, which are coexistent with the Constitution of the United States. The magis trate seemed to hold this view, and discharged the white man, and ordered the black into custo dy to await the orders of his owner. The su preme Judge refused writs of habeas corpus for the liberation of the negro. One was at last obtained, but before it was served the master had reclaimed and taken possession of the slave, and the matter ended there, so far as we have seen any notice of proceedings in the paper. This result would indicate that, even in Cali fornia itself, the law authorities do not recog nise the force of the “senseless” opinion of Benton and others, that the Mexican laws over rule the Constitution of the United States and of themselves abolish slavery. It is stated that Gen. Briscoe, a prominent citizen of Mississip pi, and other gentlemen, have recently taken slaves to California, to test tho experiment.— Until Congress shall ratify her constitution by admitting California just as she is, the slave holders have a clear right to tako and hold slaves there. Illinois.— The Morgan County Journal says that the little county of Hardin contains iron ore enough to build tho Pacific Railroad fifty times over; and tho adjoining counties of Galla tin and Salina could furnish the State with coa* for a thousand years. Pope County has mines of iron which are of a kind easily prepared for the furnace, being the brown haematite. Har den County is also rich in solid bodies of lead ore, which is almost pure galena. Zinc is also found in great qualities in this some region, and frequently in the same mine with the lead. The ore is that called zinc blend—being a sulphuric of zinc. Silver Mines of Mexico. —The Vera Cruz Locomotive says that the product of the silver mines of Mexico, for the year 1850 will not be less than thirty millions of dollars. What be comes af it all? Mexico is always hord up, al ways poor, publicly and privately ; always on the blink ot bankruptcy. This is said to be a larger sum than ever before extracted in one year from the mines. The years 180-land 1805, were very productive, but the quantities extrac ted did not reach thirty millions; it was about twenty six. New Yorkers Emigrating to Virginia. — A Washington letter in the New York Tribune says : An old acquaintance from Virginia, men tioned to me casually this morning, that many farmers of wealth and skill have sold, or are sel ling out, lands on tiic banks of the Hudson, at $52 to SIOO per acre, moving into Virginia and there buying choice locations at $7 to sls per acre for improved estates. lie said it was not usual for them to employ slave labor in raising corn and market vegetables. (O’The lowa Republican says that not less than ten thousand citizens of that State were a bout to leave it for California in the course of two or three weeks. It adds: lowa must feel the loss of so many able bo died men leaving tho State at one time. And when we take into consideration that, on an av erage, they will take with them not less than five hundred dollars each, it will be prcceived that wo have reason to fear the acquisition of California is not calculated to be any immediate benefit to our young State. And were it not for the constant and rapid influx of emigrants from other States to this, the loss would be felt to a much greater extent. But we have no doubt, from what we witnessed last fall and and from present indications, that the increase to our pre sent population will he from thirty to fifty thou, sand during the ensuing season. (O’ The election of Speaker cost tho United Sates about 00,000. The Louisville Democrat says:—“ Corn ought to be 1 igh when a Cobb bears such a price.” Cotton and I’iiii .anthropy. —The Baltimore American states that the philanthropy which was once so rife in England in behalf of negroes held ill slarery has so fur subsided now that ma ny of those who were once loudest in their de nunciations of America for retaining the in stitution of slavery in those States that chose to have it,would now gladly see our slavclioiding territory and slave population in the South largely increased. The English philanthropists,adds the Ameri can, want more raw cotton, and they are de pendent upon the United States for that article and they have learned from the example of Ja maica that negro labor will not produce cotton or anything else very abundantly, unless it is under the control of masters. It may happen, in the course of time, the American justly observes, that some of our A crican philanthropists, engaged in tho cotton manufacture at the North, will discover that ail institution which produces the raw material up on which their business depends is entitled to B ome considerations at their hands, and that it would better for them to cease to be mannfac, turers when they are ready to set out as fanatics. IFF The immigration of foreigners to the shores of Calilornia bus continued throughout the winter, and the opening spring finds the in flux there none the less. They come from South America and from the English colonies of the South Pacific, from China and from the Hawaiian Islands, (though in fewer numbers) and are the same hutorogcncous mass of gold diggers, composed of persons of every rank and station in life—of all characters and complex ions. Bread on thf. Waters. —A Swiss boy of re markable promise was refused by bis father the necessary aid for prosecuting studies for which lie had a strong predilection. Tho good pastor of the parish in this emergency came forward and furnished tho necessary means ; —the boy was sent to the University, and in the course of time rose to the highest eminence among scien tific men. His name has no superior in his de partment. Many years had past away, and the Swiss boy thus befriended was now, with place and pay equal to the distinction which his studies had won, resident of this Western world. lie lived solitarily, amid plenty and luxury. But rever" ses had come upon liis ancient friend, the bene factor of his youth. Religious persecution had visited his native Canton, and the Swiss pastor, now an old man, had been driven from his flock, without home or the means to procure one.— The scholar lost no time in transmitting to the venerable gentleman an invitation to share with him, his purse and table ; the invitation was ac cepted, and, added to the pleasure of having given to the world a man of science, the Swiss pastor had the happiness of proving in his own experience the truth of that Divine promise, “Cast thy breatl upon the waters, and thou slialt find it after many days.” Phenomena of the Brain. —Dr. Wagan,in a treatise on tho “Cluality of the Mind,” make g the following remarks ; “One of the most inconceivable things in the nature ofthe brain is, that the organ of sensation should itself lie insensible. To cut the brain gives no pain, yet in the brain ulonc resides the power of feeling pain in any other j'art of the body. If the nerve which leads from it to the injured part be divided, it becomes instantly un conscious of suffering. It isonly by i-ommunicn tiou with the brain that any kind of sensation is produced, yet the organ itself is insensible. But there is a circumstance more wonderful still.— The brain itselfinay be removed, may be cut away down to the corpus calasum without des troying life. The animal lives and performs all the functions which are necessary to simple vi tality, but no longer lias a mind. It cannot think or feel. It requires that the food should be pushed into the stomach where it is digested, and the animal w ill ever thrive and grow fat.— We infer, therefore, that the part of the brain, the convolutions, is simply intended for the ex ercise ofthe intellectual faculties, whether of the low degree called instinct, or exalted kind bestowed on man, the gill of reason.” O’ The Diario de la Marisa says that Pa van a is over-run with American travellers of loth sexes. Their number is so great that many have not been able to procure accommodations in the public liousesof tliccily. St. Louis Election. —The Whigs triumphed at the late municipal election in St. Louis by about 500 majority, electing their Mayor, Re corder, and two.thirds of the Aldermen. (O’ Powers’ statne of Calhoun is one of bis noblest works. It is wrought from a vein of the finest marble, long unknown, but rc.discov covered by himself, which it is supposed was worked by tho old Etruscans. Powers is now engaged upon a statue nj Franklin, for the city of New Orleans. Telegraph Line. —The whole length o* telegraph w ires on the Continent of North Amer ica is put down at not less than 10,000 miles O’ The citizens of Memphis, by a vote of 806 to 104, havo decided on subsribing $500,- 000 to the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. O’Tee two most precious things on this side of the grave are reputation and life, yet the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the meanest weapon of the other. O’lf the springputs fortli no blossoms in the summer there will be no beauty, and in autumn nofruit—so, if the youth be trifled away witout improvement, riper years will be contemptible, and old age tnisereable. New York Testimony. —An instance of what is life ill Now York is given in a report of a criminal trial ia that c<ty last week Judge Oakly said “that witnesses there can be procur ed to prove anything; and unless it is admitted to give evidence of their character, there would be no safety for any man.” It is to be presum ed that snob an opinion does not coma from an experienced judge on any but most satisfactory grounds. It is appalling as to the dangerous degeneracy of the great commercial emporium. Baltimore Hun. MACON MARKET, APRIL 27 COTTON—The market has improved during the last week, and sales have been made at froirf a half to three-quarters of acent per lb. on the prices of the previous week. We quote 10| a 11} cents'. Tlic ICcmiiiKloii Biid^r. MMIK monopoly for Counties and Rights foi 1 single Bridges, for sale, accompanied with drawings and instructions complete. When it is desired a competent Mechanic, in structed by the inventor, will be sent to direct the construction ; in such cases the Bridge will he warranted fora term of years. The cost of these Bridges will always be from ore half to ten times less than any other Bfidge, including tile cost of right. Address J BF.ATTF.E, Jr, Agent, Floyd House, Until the first of June. april 27 16—ts. IV tinted 1 m uteri lately. \ NEGRO WOMAN, to Cook and Wash A for a Family in the city. For one cotnpe tent to do the same good wages promptly paid, will be given. Apply at the “Tribune" Office, april 27 <lnick Heath !— or Bed Bug Bane, ItS the name ofa pseparation recently invented for the destruction and eradication of those abominable pests, bed bugs. Although its effect upon other animals is harmless, to bugs and fti sects its rank and penetrating odor is ns surely fatal as is the noxious vapor shed out from Java's poisonous tree. Prepared and sold by april 27 E. L. STROHECKER. Lemon Sugar; SUPERIOR to Lcmoti Syrfip,and nearly cqu'a! to the fresh Lemon, for making Lemonade. Directions : Add one large tablespoonful ofthe Sugar to a half pint of Stir it well, and a beverage is produced, inferior only to that made from tile fresh Lemon. Physicians in the country will find this preparation a valuable substitute when the fresii Lemon canii6t be cured. Prepared and sold by april 27 E. L. STROHECKER. I*lire Cod Liver Oil. ANOTHER Lot of Rusliton’s Genuine Cod Liver Oil just received. The Increased demand lor this pure preparation, and the flatter ing accounts from Physicians and others, of its efficacy in rclciving Pulmonic and Scrofulous affections, fully sustains the high reputation ac quired at the North where it has been fully tested, april 27 E. L. STROHECKER. M.D. O ANDERS’ Roach, Rat and Mouse ENTER O MlNATOß.—Families pestered with these destructive little animals, can be rid of the an noyance by using a box ofthe “ Exterminator. Price 25 cents. For sale by april 27 E. L. STROHECKER. l u sh Congress Water. 1 TAVING made arrangements with (he PrO- I I prictors of the celebrated Saratoga Springs, 1 shall be prepared to furnish the Water during the season, fresh and in good condition. A lot just received and for sale by april 27 E. L STROHECKER, Druggist. NEW BOOK-STOKE. JACKSON BARNES is now opening a largo Stock of Books and Stationery* on Mulberry street, third door above Shotwell s old corner, where he will be happy to *efc his o rmcr customers. Teachers and others in want of School Rooks and Stationery will find it to their advantage to call, as lie is determined to sell at small profits, for CASH. Having made arrangments in the North, h« can supply to order any Books in Law, Medicine, Theology, or general literature, and On terms which cannot fail to satisfy. march 30 ]2 J. Barnes’ Book Bindery, I S again in operation, and he is prepared to I make to order Blank Account Books ofany pattern and style of Bindnng from the linen paper. LAW and MUSIC BOOKS bound in the best manner. IFF Mulberry street, third door above Sliot weil's old corner. Macon, March 30. 12. Wsuited Immediately, rpWO OR THREE JOURNEYMEN CABI- I NET-MAKERS. None except good work men, and such as arc willing to make themselves useful, need apply. WOOD A BRADLtY. oct 20 47—ts TYT APOLEON CAPES—A new and snperh 1’ article. Parisian ditto, of every style and price. Just received by april 6 _ LOGAN & ATKINSON. MOURNING GOODS—Mourning Silks,Mus lins, Lawns, and Batiste, a large assortment just received by april 6 LOGAN & ATKINSON. / 1 LOTUS, CASSIMERES, DIIAP Dfi ETES, and summer stuffs of every quality, just received by april6 LOGAN & ATKINsON. L'auul and Baltimore Flour. II l k BBLS. Extra Superfine FLOUR Lx* 25 bbls. Extra Family Ffottr, very choice, just received and for sale low by april 6 GEO. T. ROGERS. Mercer Potatoes. I / I nBLS. Mercer Potatoes, very superior, .LI." in fine order, just received and for sale very cheap by GEO. T. ROGERS, april 6 Fresh Fish, Crabs, aiid Shrimps, |A VERY Night from Savannah, at 1-< march 30 tV. FRfcE*lAft’g. / \NK Thousand Pounds fine old American V/ Cheese, for sale very low ot march 30 W. FREEMAN’S. Clears, Cigars; IjMFTEEN Thousand Cigars various brands— among them are some genuine and most ele gant Cigars. Lovers of a good article will be certain to get it at W. FREEMAN’S, inarch 30 I *SO. fasiistoHe. T»so rpHE subscriber is now receiving a Stock of I STAPLE GOODS suitable for the coining season. Among which will be found a great variety of Brown and Bleached Cottons from $ 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 Good»- Store. The public are invited to calf and ex amine before making their purchases, feb 16 GEO. W. PRICE. A rUSLIN SLEEVES AND CUFFS-A new If.l- and beautiful article, just received bv april 6 LOGAN A ATKINSON I.turn Sheeting. ~g <&>_/■ LINI:N SHEETlNG,extracheap M ■-*: oc, 13 GEO W PRICE