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TH.it Committee, of a Baker's Dozen.
T 1,,. Washington correspondent oftlie Charles-
Courier of the 2oth ult., (which we publish
-I(jinour last, without comment, the lateness of
kehuurof it*receipt preventing us at '.hat time,)
(ports thnt the Compromise Cenimittee of the
( nate are nearly ready to make their proposi
|ons of seltlemant of the slavery war, and upon
|j,basis. The California petition—the Terri.
)ri al bills —the Texan proposition, are all to be
( ied on through one and the same bill. YVe
jveseen it elsewhere stated that the fugitive
lave bill was also to travel in the same omnibus,
Btthis writer does not so state. The provisions
fllns last bill, the object of which is so vital to
5 are “so favorable and well guarded, as to
•move ALL OBJECTIONS OF TIIE NORTHERN
eoPle ” The bill as agreed upon, so amends
lie Act of 1793, that it is made the duty of the
cderal Courts in each State to appoint Commis
loners to enforce tho Act. The master of a
Snapped or harbored slave must first go before
oac of his own county courts and describe his
property, state the fact of his elopement and in
a certified form present this evidence before the
Commissioners in the State where the runaway
jgfound. The commissioners are then to arrest
sue slave, deliver him into the hands of his own.
er, li iking his bond that the runaway shall have
,ulil on his return home, on the issue presented
is the master's certificate. It is gravely stated
that these guards are wisely intended to prevent
the possibility of anything like kidnapping.—
These safeguards are all provided, of course,
against the roguery of the Southern master, he
being the only one who by any likelihood or
possibility could he at fault in the premises. It
is sa.d that Gen. Cass has tho credit (?) of sug
gesting this compromise. Whoever he may be*
he has evinced in this project, the clever inge
nuity of one who has been able by a few strokes
of the pen, to turn what was intended originally
for a grave drama, into low farce. As briefly as
possible we shall proceed to state our objections
tethis mode of quieting the complaints of the
South against one of the most serious wrongs, if
not the very worst grievance, she has ever had
to endure.
First then, we object to this bill, or any other,
ofsim lar character, that could possibly be de
nied, because it tends directly to discredit the
paramount law of the Union, and to make the
very Constitution itself subordinate to a law of
[the majority in Congress. YVe cannot escape
I this necessary implication deduced from the pas
sage of any such bill. YY'hy, if the Constitution
[of the Federal Union has not lost its power and
[virtue, should a bill, avowedly a supplemental
one,bo framed to eke out the authority of the
[Constitution which was a dead letter, without
this additional aid. A declaratory law making
the organic law more definite, clearing away any
ambiguities, is all proper enough, and clearly
within the scope of the powers of Congress. A
law too, defining the mode in which a constitu
tional provision shall be reduced to practical ef
fect is also legitimate, but never until now did
ive hear tho startling doctrine that a plain con
stitutional guaranty had to he endorsed by an
Bet of Congress before it could be effective. And
■aking this fact into view, in discussing the slave
■question, we think it among the most portentous
[signs of these evil times. YY’e submit to any
Scandid mind if in that whole charter so much
■wasted by us, there was one light more dogged
ily contested by the North or more inflexibly
■maintained by the South, than the very one of
I recapture, now to be condescendingly and frigid
lly accredited by Congress. Throughout the
[whole anxious and stormy debate that the Con
stitution passed through, what one topic was
■ more vexed, more pertinaciously elaborated in
I every manner and shape than this one of slavery?
I Nothing, literally nothing, was left to he defined
lor secured in relation to this matter. The North
j for her part of the compromise took afull repre-
I sentation of all her free blacks, and we allowed
her to restrict us to a representation of three
fifths. YVe then for our part, received assurances
“fevery needful protection in the enjoyment of
this species of property. And to prove the ah
solute certainty in which the minds of contem
poraneous witnesses as well as their successors,
to this compact, rested in regard to this whole
matter, see how quietly and effectively the Con
stitution met the present difficulty for more than
fifty years. Who ever heard until that arch
•mpostor and murderous hearted, party imp,
Seward, took station among decent people,
that there was any flaw in the constitutional
prevision that even on Abolitionist could slip
through, which entitled us to the recapture of
our fugitive slave. The whole of this thing of
raising a dust about the right of the slaveholder
to a Iditional security, is an after thought,
which it took tho vile Punic faith of our enemies
sixty years to hatch.
We have heard it contended in Georgia, by a
gentleman in the very first rank of his party,
Ithat the South had no just cause of complaint
kguinst the North for the laws passed recently
[against the surrender of runaways. He con
[tended that the security vouched safer! to us was
lalre act of the Government and tho Government
should extend it That is to say, a State or any
Inumber of them, can be neutral as regards ex
press constitutional injunctions and obligations.
I hat a State may contest a point—settle it to
[her advantage—firmly ratify the settlement and
i then throw tho obligation of observing this ratifi-
Icarion entirely upon the General Government.
" * ,at then goes with the oath which every State,
i upon placing its seal to our original compact of
Union, faithfully promised should bo subscribed
! b y bar Executive—h er Legislators—her Judges,
to observe and kedp every command of this high
| authority ? If this wise and compendious
inethud of creating a unity of interest and vcnc
-1 ution for this sacred instrument, was not in
truded to make each Stato the guardian and
aunisterial agent of tlilf Constitution, what good
hen could it do ? If the North just Autos a hot
'"Utost with ns in framing tho Constitution to
?' 1 llßr as regards negro slavery, should say vve
u ad,,, ityou should have back your slave the t
; n P ed ° ul of ’y° ur service to our borders, hut
■ fr! v' W ° W 1" not ai<l y° u 8 finger, hut shall
I "P°>* every man in our midst who aids in
1 CT l ° US worl< ’ ' vho ,h en shall say that tho
lrs not “f j"*! i title to obstruct in every
way the law of slave representation, and secure
to ourselves a vorn in Congrees for the two-fifths
of our negro population that have no voice there?
One evasion of this first compromise is as just
and reasonable as the other, and we contend,
that it would not be a more unblushing perfidy
on the part of the South to suborn a false return
of our slave population that we should escape
our contract in regard to their representation,
than it is now for the North to prevent our re
capture of fugitive slaves, or say that it is the
sole duty of Congress to see them returned to us
One word as to tho probable workings of this
new fangled policy. The end is threatened,
Heaven knows with sufficient signs of evil por
tent. But let this law pass and the end is at the
door. Let the Congress of the Union sav tha*
the Constitution is so weak as to need propping,
and the charm of its venerable character is gone.
YVeak as is this feeling, it is shared in by very
many yet. But when you say a “new law" is
needed, the hounds of abolition rage and destruc
tion will open in full cry. Nothing then will
stop them.
Then when the certificate in due form, so
well drawn up as to dumfound the crazy fanatic,
is presented to the Commissioner, what will pre.
vent the writ of habeas corpus from taking the
slave and the commissioner too, before their
Courts ? What fresh faction will this new law
surround the master, the official or the recusant
Court with ? Say the mob rises (and this is the
point we wish to bring our reader to,) and the
slave is taken from the hands of the Commis
sioner and turned loose—Then suppose, if it be
not ridiculous to suppose a Northern Commis
sioner would so act, that this functionary calls in
the aid of the standing military force, then what?
YVe will tell our readers what, war to the knife
and the very first effusion will efface the lust
record of our Union. YY’o do before Heaven
believe that nmong all the diabolical agencies
so rife in the land, and so active in producing
a lupture between the States, notone is half
so likely to do so, and at the shortest warning,
as such a law as it is said tho Senate’s commit
tee will report. It will bo mere child’s play to
enact this law without providing the means
of its enforcement; for then it would be as weak
and contemptible in the eyes of Northern men
as the Constitution has already proven. It will
be just as weak to think of calling on the local
malitia for aid to defend the master’s rights—
when that militia in its heart execrates the mas
ter and would gladly help his slaave to cut
the tyrant’s throat. Then we say the United
Slates’ standing force must be called on to exe
cute the law first, and then be quartered on the
people to suppress rebellion afterwards. Then
the General Government is made a party to the
quarrel and must come out best in it, or
sink below the contempt of the meanest. The
other anti-slave States would never see tho blood
of those shed with whom there was such follow
feeling, nor could the South stand still while a
cordon of States hostile to us was beleaguering
our defender. It is all in vain. The evil sprang
from a distempered moral cause, and moral re
form of the politics of the nation must save us,
if anything can. Certain it is that weak and
cowardly concessions in our part, or a preten
ded yield to us by our enemies of now and then
a dole of what was ours from the first, will nei
ther restore tranquility to the people or confi
dence in our liberties to the South.
New Route to the Pacific —The Mont
gomery Advertiser slute-i (h it Capt J. P Levy
recently passed through that city, on his way to
Washington for the purpose of securing a con
tract to carry the U. S. mails to California by a
new rottie, which promises great advantages in
regard to speed and economy. This route pass
es through Mexico, from Alvarado on the Gulf,
to the bay of Ilutulca on the Pacific, the dis
tance being only one hundred and eighty miles,
and a navigable liver on either side of the divi
ding range of mountains, by means of which
complete water communication can he perfected
at a very moderate expense. The port on the
Pacific, at the termination of this route, is rep
resented as far superior to that of Tehuantepec.
Capt. Levy has already secured from the Mexi
can Government, the perpetual and exclusive
right of way over this route. He is an Ameri
can by birth, has had long experience in tin
Pacific trade, and is quite confident ofsuccessin
his new enterprise.
Gen. McDuffie. —The Edgefield Advertiser
of Wednesday, says, “Gen. McDuffie, in com
pany with Col. Si lgleton, passed the night in
our Village, on Sunday night last, on his way to
his residence in Abbeville Though perhaps,
feebler in health, his mind seems to have impro
ved since lie passed through here in October last.
His recollection of persons and events is better,
and his conversation more connected.”
M. Bonisco, Russian Minister, about whose
exile to Siberia so many affecting paragraphs
have appeared in the American press, returned
to this country in the Cambria.
Trade between China and California. —
A letter has been received at the Department of
State, at Washington, from the lion. John W.
Davis, American Counsel at Canton, stating the
number of vessels and the amount of their car
goes, that have left there for California.
Seventeen vessels have sailed, with $548,000
value of cargo.
This is another important link in the chain
of evidence that our territory on the Pacific is
to bo the grand depot for the trade of the East
Indies with other portions of the world.
Talents always Ascendant —Talents,when-
ever they have had a suitable theatre, have nev
er failed to emerge from obscurity, and assume
their proper rank in the estimation of the world.
The jealous pride ofpower may attempt to press,
and crush them ; the base and malignant rancour
of impotent spleen, and envy, may strive to em
barrass and retard their flight ; but these efforts,
so far from achieving their ignoble purpose, so
far from producing a discernible obliquity, in
tho ascent of genuine, and vigorous talents, will
serve only to increase their momentum, and
mark their transit, with an additional stream of
glory.
Congressional and Senatorial Districts.
The following is the arrangement of the Con- !
gressional and Senatorial Districts as fixed by '
the late Legislature :
First District. —Appling, Bryan, Bulloch,
Camden, Catham, Clinch, Effingham, Emanuel,
Glynn, Liberty, Lowndes, Mclntosh, Montgom
ery, Scriven, Telfair, Tattnall, Thomas, YVare,
YVayne.
Second District —Baker,Decatur,Dooly,Earlv,
Houston, Irwin, Lee, Macon, Marion, Musco
gee, Pulaski, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter.
Third District. —Bibb,Butts, Crawford, Jasper*
Jones, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Twiggs, Upson,
YY’iikinson.
Fourth District. —Campbell, Carroll, Coweta,
DeKalh, Harris, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether,
Troup.
Fifth District.— Cass, Chattooga, Cherokee,
Cobb, Dade, Gordon, Floyd, Forsyth, Gwinnett,
Lumpkin, Murray YValker, Paulding, Gilmer,
Union.
Sixth District. —Clark, Franklin, Hall, Haber
sham, Jackson, Madison, Newton, Rabun, YY’al
ton.
Seventh District. —Baldwin, Greene, Hancock,
Laurens, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Talia
ferro, Washington.
Eighth District. —Burke, Columbia, Elbert,
Jefferson, Lincoln, Richmond, YVarren, Wilkes.
Senatorial Districts. —As altered at the
last Session of the Legislature.
1 Chatham. 25 Putnam, Jasper.
2 Liberty, Tattnall. 26 Monroe, Bibb.
3 Mclntosh, Glynn. 27 Crawford, Upson.
4 YVayne, Camden. 28 Merriwether,Talbot.
5 Ware,l.ownds,Clinch 2U Heard, Carroll.
6 Appling,Montgomery 30 Campbell, Coweta.
7 Bulloch,Scriven. 31 Fayette, DeKalb.
8 Effingham, Bryan. 32 Butts, Pike.
9 Burke, Jefferson. . 3 Newtou, Henry.
10 Laurens, YVilkinson. 34 Morgan, Greene,
11 Telfair, Irwin. 35 Lincolin, YVilkes.
12 Decatur, Thomas. 36 Franklin, Madison.
13 Early, Randolph. 37 Oglethorpe, Elbeit.
14 Stewart, Muscogee. 38 Clark, YValton
15 Lee, Baker. 39 Gwixnett, Forsyth.
16 Troup, Harris. 40 Pauldi’g,Cass,Gord'n
17 Houston, Pulaski. 41 Cherokee, Cobh.
18 M arion, Macon. 42 llail, Jackson.
19 Dooly, Sumter. 43 Habersham, Rabun.
20 Twiggs, Jones. 44 Lumpkin, Union.
21 Washington,Emanu’l 45 Gilmer, Murray.
22 Richmond,Columbia. 46 Dade, YValker.
23 YVarren, Talliaferro. 47 Foyd, Chattooga.
24 Hancock, Baldwin.!
IIP Mr. Wentworth recently offered in the
House of Representatives a Resolution providing
for the appointment of a select committee, to in
vestigate, among other toings, the causes oftlie
delay in the public printing ; whether adequate
prices are paid ; whether the printing is kept
back to extort higher prices ; whether there has
been any combination to break up the contract
system; whether the contractors and their secu
rities are praties to it; what profits are made,
and what alterations are needed to facilitate the
work.
O’ The Baltimore Sun says : The Report on
Land Titles in California, as made in pursuance
of instructions from the Secretary of State and
the tecretary of the Interior, by William Cary
Jones, Esq., occupies nearly two pages oftlie
Washington Republic. It is characterised
throughout with great ability. Mr. Jones has
evidently investigated the subject fully and
thoroughly,and declares that “thegrants in Cali
fornia are mostly perfect titles.” He also thinks
the stato of land titles in that country will allow
the public lands to he ascertained, and the pri
vate lands set apart, by judicious measures, with
little difficulty, and where there may be reason
to suppose the grant invalid, the Government
may direct a suit to be instituted for its nnulment.
O’ The vote in favor of Mr. Grinnell’s ex
pedition, to sail from New York in a few days
in search of Sir John Franklin, is highly appro
ved. It is in accordance with the spirit and hu
manity of the age. One of the objects of the
measure is to place Mr. Grinnell’s vessels un
der the laws and discipline ofour Navy, with
out expense to the Government. Mr. Baker
said “Sir John Franklin was a distinguished cap
tain, and had earned his title of Sir, as a reward
of merit. Gentlemen had spoken of this Expe
dition ns one for glorification So it was said of
Columbus when he exhibited the egg to the
Spanish Court. Mr. Grinnell has shown his
benevolent desire to rescue the lost navigator
from the dangers pending. YVe approved his
motives and purposes, and was willing to aid the
enterprise. It was no longer true (continued
Mr. B) that England is mistress of the sea. As
it was said that‘literature belongs to no country,’
he would say that ‘misfortune belongs to no
country.’ Ho wanted to lift the American flag
to the masthead—to send the vcssls forth as
messengers of benevolence and kindness, to the
remotest regions of the Arctic seas."
New M odf. of Raising Wheat. —Anexperi
merit been tried iu lowa, and recorded in the
Prairie Farmer, by J. A. Rosseau, where two
bushels of wheat and one of oats were mixed and
sown together in the fall on one acre. The oats
shot up rapidly, and were of course cut down
by the frost. They, however, furnished a warm
covering for the earth, and when the snow fell
nmong the thick stalks and leaves, they kep t
it from blowing away. This covering prevented
the winter killing of the wheat, and the oats
yielded a rich dressing for the crop the follow
ing spring. The result was an abundant crop,
while land precisely similar alongside of it, and
treated in the same manner, with the exception
of omitting tho oats, was utterly worthless.
O’ It is said Hon. YY’tn. C. Preston, of South
Carolina, is lingering on the brink of the grave.
Though bowed down by sickness, hs perserver
ingly performs the laborious duties of President
of the South Carolina College, and notwith
standing the remonstrances of friends, is con
stantly jeopardizing his life.
O’Lady Franklin, in a letter to a friend in
New York City, solicits all to disbelieve the re
ports as to her husband’s safety* which came
from various points, ns the Exquimnux report of
Inst year roaches them, and mny have the effect
of arresting the noble feelings which are promp
ting liberal measures for the rescue of Sir John
and his expedition.
Scarlet Fever in Augusta.
Tho Augusta Constitutionalist of lhe4th inst.
says:—YVehave hitherto forborne noticing the
fact of the existence of Scarlet Fever in this
city and in the vicinity, although it has been
here several weeks, as the cases have not been
numerous, and these have been generally of a
mild type. A few cases among children had
terminated fatally where the disease attacked
feeble constitutions, but we were induced to be- |
lieve that it had not shown itself as a formula- !
hie disease when attackting children of strong j
constitutions, and when the cases were treated >
promptly. Up to a very recent date it had pre.
vailed only among children. But the impres
sive and calamitous deaths within the last few
days of two lovely and interesting young mar
ried ladies, sisters, who but a short time since
were happy brides, prove that the ravages of this
tearful epidemic are taking a wider range. It
indicates also that the disease is growing more
maligant in type. It was confidently predicted
that the disease would disappear with the arri'
val of warm weather, as it only prevails in win
ter and spring, and is most distructive in cold
climates. It is unknown in tropical regions.
As the Scarlet Fever still shows no signs of
abatement, we consider it our duty to speak of
it, and give what we believe ihe true state of the
facts There arc not many cases now, nor have
there been at any one time. But when it ap
pears in a family, it generally goes through, at
tacking all, nr ni arly all the children, black and
white, on the premises. The two melancholy
cases above alluded to are the only cases of ad
ults being attacked that that we have heard of.
Children who have reached the age of thirteen
or fourteen years, are not apt to be attacked.—
A few deeply interesting cases ofyoung persons
about that age, have occurred,one of the termin
ating fatally.
So far, the spring has been unusually cold
and backward. YY’e have had few warm days,
and no really hot weather. The community
would hail a few consecutive days of hot wea
ther as a blessing, as it is confidently expected
that with it, this scourge which has brought
bitter sorrow into several families in our com
munity, will take its departure from among
«s.
In the meantime we should advise persons
not to bring children into our city to remain
any tune. Those already here may have im
bibed the seeds of the disease, and such would
not escape by a removal from the city. It may
be most prudent to remaim within convenient
reach of medical attention.
It may be proper to add that this disease is
not at this time peculiar to this locality. YVe
learn that the scarlet fever is now prevailing in
Savannah, and in some portions of the up-coun
try. YY’e hear of one important death of an
adult in Lincoln county —an interesting lady,
mother of several children. YY’e understand
that the disease prevails there chiefly among
children.
Erysipelas of a malignant type is also pre
vailing in Savannah, and has been fatal in some
cases.
The symptoms of the two diseases arc, in
some respects, similar, and we are told that
some of our Medical Faculty are of the opin
ion that some of the cases here were cases of
Erysipelas.
Health oi Augusta. —By reference to the
Report of the Sexton, it will he seen how idle
and unfounded are the reports abroad about tho
health of our city. YY’e have heard it stated that
in a neighboring county it was reported that the
Sexton had taken to their graves some 12 or 15
corpses in a single day. This is too bad. There
is usually more sickness in our tow nin the
early spring, than at most other periods of the
year, and we do not know that there is more
this than in former years. It will be seen that
during the ast 33 days, there have been but nine
deaths from scarlet fever Certainly that is a
small number for a city of about ten thousand
inhabitants. But few cases have been malignant
and most of them were mild. There has been
much misapprehension and exaggeration about
the prevalence of this disease. YY’e have no
doubt as ntany cases of this fever, in times of its
prevalence, have occttred in interior country
towns ol 1000 or 1200 inhabitants, in the same
length of time, as in this city in the last month.
YVe arc gratified to state that no new cases
have occurred for several days, and that a tem
porary alarm has given way before toe true state
of the facts. If adi VercTit impression existed a
few days since, we think it does not exist
that persons at a distance need apprehend no
danger in visiting our city.— Avgusta Republic
the 7th inst.
Freshet in the Hudson. — The worst anti
cipations concerning the loss by the freshet in
the Hudson are being realized at Glen’s Falls.
The first timber boome gave way on Sunday
last, and the logs came down upon those further
down the stream with such force as to burst
through them, and carry oft', also, a portion of
the bridge near the Falls. The number of saw
logs swept away is estimated at over 125,000,
value at more than $200,000, and besides these,
large vuantities of spruce and hemlock timber
valued at as many thousands of dollars, were*
lost. The saw logs mostly belonged to twelve
individuals, who had been accumulating them
for two years.
The freshet in the Merrimac has been very
destructive both to railroad and privato propeity
the damage being estimated ot $50,000. At
Lowell, on the 2d, the water was so high that
tho mills closed.
Suffocation. —Several persons in the Pres
byterian Church at Bennington, New Jersy, be
came unexpectedly sick on Sunday last, and
were obliged to leave the house, and several
fainted. The feellir.g of suffocation became so
general that the pastor closed the services and
dismissed the assembly, when it was ascertained
that the house was filled with carbonic acid
gas from charcoal in the furnace.
Qj*Gallson Horses may he cured by applying
white lead, rubbed on dry, or diluted wilh milk
or grease. A few applications aro sufficient.—
This will also prevent white hairs from growing
over tho wound, unless they arc the natural
color.
The Southern States —The Philadelphia
City Item makes the following just remarks :
“The Southern States, with all theirintelligence,
and with all their enterprise, are blit just about
beginning to learn the full extent and characte r
oftlie resources at their command. The fact of
their being eminently fitted to produce those
raw materials which enter into the composition
of our most extensive Northern manufactures,
and compose no small part of our ocean trade, 1
seems to have acted like a narcotic in producing
the impression that they were doing all they
were bound to do, or that they could do. This
torpor has at last gone off; and Southern plan'
ters see the possibility, nay the desirableness of
taking advantage oflhe vast water power oftheir
respective States, to produce the manufactured
article, and thus save, as in cotton, for instance,
the cost of transportation to and fro. To act on
ibis discovery is true Southern policy. YY'e an
ticipate the effect in a more independent, a more
dignified feeling on the part of the South, which
whilst taking from it its present slavish feeling
of dependence, will make it less regard the North
in an antagonistic light, and thus remove a good
part of the causes of that irritation already ra
pidly subsiding.
Elements of Insurance. —There is no sys
tem of business that so equalizes the commerce
oftlie earth,as that oflnsuraiice—apply it wiierc
you will, either to life, health, fire, or marine—
It is a tax levied for the benefit of the unfor
tunate. Every person who desires to avail him.
self of the security becomes in some sort a mem'
her of the compact. Sould misfortune bcfal|
him, he participates of all the advantages. If
lie escapes disaster for a time, his neighbor docs
not, and thus he contributes to his benefit.
Exports from Uhaleston. —YVe perceive
from an elaboate tabular statement in UieCharles
ton Mercury, of the 18lh ultimo, compiled with
that care and minuteness that characterizes all
tho statistical information of that excellent
Journal, that the total value of exports in Amer
ican and Foreign vessels,from the port ofCharles
ton, during the first quarter of the present year,
amounted to $-1,040,866, while those during
the first quarter of 1849, were only of the value
of $3,674,112, showing an excess in the first
quarter of 1850, compared with the first quarter
of 1849, of $366,754.
This speaks well for the the increasing com
mercial prosperity of South Carolina.
Horrible Suffering on the Plains. —The
Joliet, (III.) Signal says, thnt from a letter re
cently reeived in that town, it learns that six
persons from that place were recontly lost upon
the plains. lour of the lost company died,
hut the name of tho unfortunate men who foil
victims to starvation are not given. The com
pany, it seems, left Salt Lake for California, hu*
lost their way and wandered southward. After
wandering in that dreary region for months,they
struck the Pacific Ocean 400 miles South of San
Francisco. The following is an extract from
the letter.
“YVe have had a severe time of it. Four
months and two weeks we were lost in the wil
derness— wandering around and trying to find
our way out. We travelled over roads where
no white man hail ever been belbre. YVe lost
all we had—wagons, horses, oxen, cows and
every thing. Three months we had to live on
our horses and oxen. VVe killed them, and ate
them, intestines and all. Four of our compeny
starved to death. YVe were six days without
water. You cant think how much we suf
fered.
HT The New Orleans Crescent relates that
a gentleman who has just returned from Califor
nia, having been absent from the States about
fouteen months, states that when he reached
California curiosity' led him to visit a grave-yard,
where he found only c/cncn graves ; nine months
from that ho followed the last remains of a
friend to the same grave-yard, and during the
time intervening between the two visits there
had been no less than Jourtccn hundred pesons
interred in the same yard. YVitli these facts be
fore us, can we wonder why it is that so many
of us arc disappointed in not receiving letters
from friends who have left our fiiresides on an
adventurous visit to a country where both “for
tunes” and “graves” are made with such extra
ordinary rapidity.
[UP The Committee of Investigation in the
Galphin Claim, are pursuing the most rigid and
searching system ofinquiry, not only into official
facts, but in regard to everything attending the
passage of the Bill in Congress, and its allow
ance before the Executive Departments.
O’ The YY’ashington Monument is to be gra
ced with a Latin inscription. A cotemporary
thinks it would be much more appropriate to in
scribe it with the language of its builders, and
the one that YY’ashington himself spoke.
Cure for a Ring-worm. —John S, Pkinner,
the editor of the Plough, the Loom and the An
vil, furnishes the following receipe which he
says is infallible, for the cure of ring-worms.
Heat a shovel to a bright red—cover it with
grains of Indian corn—press them with a cold
flatiron. They will burn to a coal and exude
an oil on the surface of the flatiron with which
rub the ring-worm, and afler one or two appli
cations it wil be Uilt as dead as Julias Ciesar.
Ashes to Corn. —A correspondent asks the
editor of tho Genessee Farmer, which is the
best method of applyiug asheß to Corn ? Should
it be put in the hill when planted—on the top
of it after planting—or after it comes up? And
what is the quantity to bo applied, eiter way
of leached or unleached.
To which the editor replies: The above are
questions of considerable importance. Last
season wo injured a crop of corn, or rather saw
it injured, by the application of ashes and salt
in contact with young tender plants. These
were thrown with the hand on each hill. Had
the application been made as soon as the corn
was covered atplanting, spreading the ashes and
salt over considerable surface, no injury would
have been done, while the fertilizers would have
been extremely beneficial.
MACON MARKET, MAY tl.
COTTON—The late European accounts bar*
stiffened prices in our market, although there
is very little doing. Sates have been made at
from 11 to 11} cents, during the last few days,
and in one or two instances at lljc. for choice
lots. YVe quote 11 al2 cents—principal sales
11. J a 11J cents
NOTICE.
\LL those interested are hereby notified that
Four Months from this date,'l shall apply
to the Honorable Inferior Court of Bibb county,
when sitting as a Court of Oidinary, for leave
to sell the Real Estate belonging to Mortimet
II G. Nixon and Calvin YV. Nixon, minors, situ
ate at Vinevillo, in said county.
JOHN ft YVI.NN, Guardian.
may 11 18—4 m
The IteiiiiuKtou Bridge.
THE monopoly for Counties and Rights for
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
be warranted for a term of years. The cost of
these Bridges will always be from one half to ten
times less than any other Bridge, including the
cost of right. Address
J BEATTIE, Jr,, Agent,
Floyd House, until the first of June,
april 27 16— ts
SPRING iIILDICINE.
OYRUP OF SARSAPARILLA. Person*
!*7 desiring to escape the Fevers of the Slimmer
Months, would do well to make a free use of
this Syrup as a beverage, being a pleasant puri
fier oftlie blood. For sale low by the gpllon or
bottle, by J. 11. & W. S ELLIS,
may 4 |7
To Physic funs.
rMHF. undersigned have prepared for the con-
J- venience of tlioso who do not wish to have
recourse to Patent or Quack Medicines, the fol
lowing, according to tlie “Formula of the United
States Dispensatory," being the base of popular
Remedies, viz : Syrup of Sarsaparilla, Syrup of
Wild Cherry, Syrup of Seneca, of Ipecac, -
Syrup of Stillingin, or Queen's Delight ; Extract
of Bochu, Saturated Cherry Pectoral, by the
gallon Or quart, sold loW by
.1 11. &. YV. S. ELLIS, Druggists,
Near the Corner of Cotton Avenue,
may 4 Cherry Street, MacotV, Ga.
NVaiitrsl Immediately,
riUVO OR THREE JOURNEYMEN fcABI-
X NET-MAKERS. None except good work
men, and such as are willing to make theniselveS
useful, need apply.
YVOOD & BRADLEY,
oct 20 47—ts
Wanted Immediately.
4 NEGRO WOMAN, to Cook and VY’aslt
-l \_ for a Family in the city. For one Compe
tent to do the same good wages promptly paid,
will he given. Apply at (lie “Tribune” Office,
april 27
NEW BOOK-STOUE.
TACKSON BARNES is now opening A large
eJ Stock of Kooks and Stationery,
on Mulberry street, third door dbovb Shotwell's
old corner, where he will be happy to see hia
former customers.
Tea'-hers and others in want of School Books
and Stationery will find it to their advantage tot
call, as he is determined to sell at small profits,
for cash.
Having made nrrangmenti in the North, lie
can supply to ntJer any Boohs in Law, Mcdlcino,
Theology, or general liteiature, and on terms
which cannot fail to satisfy.
march 30 12
Jf. Barnes’ Book Bindery,
I S again in operation, and he is prepared to
make to order Blank Accoirilt Books
ofany pattern and style of Itiridftng from the
linen paper. LAW and MUSIC BOOKS bound
in the best mnnner.
(Uf* Mulberry street, third door above Shot
well’s old corner.
Macon, March 30. 12.
Quick. Death I—or Bed Esig Bitae,
]S the name ofa pseparation recently indented
. for the destiuction and eradication of those
abominable pests, bed bugs. Although its effect
upon other animals is harmless, to bugs and in
sects its rank and penetrating t. dor is as surely
fatal as is the noxious vapor shed out from Java'a
poisonous tree. Prepared and sold by
april 27 E. L. STROM ECKER.
Lemon Sugar.
SCPERIOR to Lemon Syrup,and nearly equal
to the fresh Lemon, for making Lemonade.
Directions : Add one large tablespoonful 6f tho
Sagar to a half pint of water. Stir it well, and
a beverage is produced, inferior only to that
made from the fresh Lemon. Physicians in- the
country will find this preparation a valuable
substitute when the fresh Lemon cannot be pro
cured. Prepared and sold by .
april 27 E. L. STROHECKER.
Pure Cod Liver Oil.
ANOTHER Lot of Kushton’s Genuine Coif
. Liver Oil just received. The increased
demand for this pure preparation, and the flatter
ing accounts from Physicians and others, of its
efficacy in reviving Pulnionic and Scfofulous
affections, fully sustains the high reputation ac
quired ot the North where it lias been fully tested,
april 27 E. L. STROHECKER. M. D.
SANDERS’ Roach, Rat and Mouse EXTER
MINATOR.—FamiIies pestered with these
destructive little animals, can be rid of the an
noyauee by using a box of the “Exterminator.’'
Price 25 cents. For sale by
april 27 E. L. STROHECKER.
Fresh Congress Water.
HAVING made arrangements with the Pro
prietors of the celebrated Saratoga Springs,
I shall be prepared to furnish tire Water during
the season, fresh and in good condition. A lot
just received and for sale by
april 27 E. L. STROHECKER, Drnggiat.
Ute rccr Potatoes.
1 Mercer Potatoes, very Superior,
J.v* in fine order, just received and for sal*
very cheap by GEO. T. ROGERS.
Fresh Fish, Crabs, and SlirimpSf
I A VERY Night from Savannah, at
J march 30 W. FREEMAN’S.
ONE Thousand Pounds fine old American
Cheese, for sale very low at
march 30 W. FREEMAN’S
Muslin sleeves and cuffs—a new
and beautiful article, just received by
april 6 LOGAN & ATKINSON.
Canal and Baltimore Flour.
-J -| /\ BBLS. Extra Superfine FLOUR
J_..Lx' 25 bbls. Extra Family Flour, very
choice, just received and for sale low by
april 6 GEO. T. ROGERS.
Linen Sheeting.
1 M LINEN SHEETlNG,extracheatr
»ctl3 GEO. W. PRICE.
