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S 01TTHERN TRIBUNE.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
W M . HAH K M § O X .
WM B. HARRISON, 1
*si) > Editors.
WM. 8. I.AWTON, )
miss Bremer ami Airs. Partington.
There is a refreshing siraplici'y in the
following narrative of an interview’ be
tween the Swedish authoress, and our
mvir inimitable Mrs. Partington :
During Miss Frederika Uremer’s visit
to B iston, she passed a day with .Mrs.
Partington, at her residence in the coun
try. They took an early tea, and while
at the table the conversation of Miss Bre
mer was full of that simple natural truth
which has been so much admired in her
wittings.
“Beautiful milk, which is white,” said
Miss Bermer; *‘oh, very, very white—as
white as snowy innocence—and sweet wa
ter, which is clear—clear as spotles con
science, how you do remind me of my own
far Northern home. There 1 quaffed you
—milk ! There I quaffed you—water !
and the essence of your mingled qualities
have I—oh, not a vain dreamer amid the
northern pines—spread over the pages of
my little books, saying, as I signed my
name thereto, here is an appellation‘writ
in milk and water.”
“When mingled together, the two li
quids in question constitute what is called
in merry homely England, ‘sky blue.’—
But oh; who can conceive a sky so glori
ously blue as this which bends over this
migh y western land—over its unfathoma
ble forests of pine—and itssleeping floods,
and its rocky chains of giant mountains,
covered during these cold winter nights
with blushing halos of flashing, flickering
Aurora Borealis !
“It is the land of the mastodon—of the j
ten lost tribes of Israel. The abori
gines hunt in the deep forests for the buf
falo and deer, and the eagle’s plume is
bound about the haugh'j brow of the
Sagamore.”
As little B alderskins looked at the
snow-birds, h’s aunt, Mrs. Partington,
watched him from the window. Little
Bodderskins wore a comforter, made of
worsted of red and green and blue, with
here and there a white theread running
through, so that he was not only comforta
ble but smart. Nevertheless, he could
not catch the snow-birds, and his aunt
laughed cheerfully to see his efforts.
“Bodderskins,” she said, “you ought to
put salt upon their tails.”
“But aunt,” replied Bodderskins, with
much humir, “I have no salt.”
“I will get you some, then my poor lit
tle Bodderskins,” said Mrs. Partington.
And then she went to a cupboard which
was in the corner of the room, and in
which there was no less than three shelves.
On the highest there were a number of
6poons of pewter and German silver, and
a pot of cranberry jam. On the second
was a great brown jar of pickled gherk
ins, and a paper full of curry powder, and
an old cookery book, with the covers torn
off, and two ditty towels, which last ought
not to have been put there, but into the
basket along with the other dtrty linen for
the wash. On the tliiid shelf, however,
amongst several small objects, such as
nut-crackers, an empty smelling bottle, a
B ick of sealing wax, and some pens and
ink, was placed the salt-celler.
Mrs. Partington took out a little pinch
of the white powder between her fore fin
ger and thumb, (which was, indeed, the
usual position of her digits when she took
a little salt or a pinch of snuff,) and carried
the substance to the little Bodderskins.—
“Now,” she said, “catch your snow-birds.”
Just then a flock of these pretty little
twittering birds came flying into the gar
den, and settled upon the brandies of the
old apple tree in the corner of the grass
plot. Little Bodderskins advanced cau
tiously, stretching out his hand, with the
salt between his fingers, until he came
within five paces of the tree, when, lo ! all
the little snow-birds flew away 1
"Aunt, Aunt Partington 1” said little
Bodderskins, “they will not wait until I
put sab on their tails and with that he
fell a-weeping.
“The tears of childhood,” 6aid Miss
Bremer, “are the true holy water. They
flow in pearly claearuess from ihe sorrows
of the heart, as fresh springs from the
bowels of the mountain,” Mrs. Partington
felt this. Like all matrons of good New
England, her heart is tender and true, pul
sating toils innermostiadience, with good
lantices and thoughts unutterable; there
fore she descended to the garden, and em
bracing li tie Bodderskins in her affection
ate arms, they mingled their tears together.
Freshets. —lt seems, from newspaper
accounts, that the water courses in Ten
nessee and Alabama have been unusually
high during the few weeks past, and that
immense damage has been done to the
growing crops. The Cumberland Valley,
in the first named State, has been literally
destroyed by the flood. Nashville was,
on the 3d inst. pretty well surrounded by
the river, a large number of bouses on
either side of the city so far submerged as
to be entirely letianlless, and the business
of the place alm >st suspended. The Black
Warrior and other rivers in the interior
of Alabama, have been so much swollen
as to overflow the country for many miles
from their natural channels, causing great
and irreparable injury to the young cotton
within their sweep. Planters are planting
over their whole crops, as fast as the wa
ter recedes, but up to within a few days
past many were unable to work their farms.
The rains have extended across the State
of Mississippi, also, and have in many pla
ces destroyed the crop fur miles around.—
Col. 2i 'nq.
Railroad Convention. —The Stock
holders of the Georgia Kail IloaJ met in
Augusta and commenced their delibera
tions on Tuesday the 4th inst. The num
ber in attendance was quite large, although
smaller than is generally tho caso. The
Han. John P. King, President of the Com
pany, being called to the Chair, the Con
vention was organized, and the Reports
of the several Officers were considered.
From these reports it appears that the
gross receipts of the Road and Bank are
estimated at 8670,966,10, and the expen
ses, taxes, interest, insurance, e’c., etc.
aic pul down at $291,299,91 ; showing a
net gain 0f8385,066 19
The increase in receipts for mails, pas
sengers and freights, is $44,792 42, and
the increase in expenses is $32,499,09,
being a net gain of $12,392,34, on these
items alone.
From the profits two dividends of $3 50
per share have been declared, being sev
en per cent on the capital stock, and with
a balance, placed to the account of the
reserved fund, of $105,666,19. —Augusta
Republic.
The Galphin Claim. —The Washing
ton correspondent of the Charleston Cou
rier, writing under date of the 11th inst.
says : The Galphin claim Committee are,
at length, ready to report. Mr. Burt, the
Chairman, will, it is rumored, make a
separae report, disapproving of the allow
ance of interest on the claim, but not cen
suring Mr. Crawford. The other eight
members of the Committee are equally
divided, by paity ; and the Whigs rep >rt
in favor of the claim and Mr. Crawford,
and the Democratis unite in condemnation
of the whole transaction.
The Crops.—ln all quarters, North.
South, East and West, it is not within the
memory of that venerable citizen, “ the
oldest inhabitant,” that the planters’ pros
pects have been so gloomy.
The very late and cold spring, the con
tinued rains, the fact that the sun is almost
a stranger in the land, the ravages of the
cut-worm upon both corn and cotton, al
ways distructive in cool nights and cloudy
days—indeed every indication is that the
crop of 1849 will prove a long one, com
pared vviih that to he grown in ISSO. And
the day is past when there is even a hope
of such improvement as will restore even
an average prospect. This is our condi
lion, and we regret to hear that in the
great west, while they have all these things
to contend with, the overflows of a very
large quantity of the best cotton lands, had
totally destroyed other parts after being
planted.— Col. Enq.
Frost.—We hardly know what to say
of the weather of late in this latitude.—
It is certainly most unseasonable. We
were shown this forenoon a young cotton
plantwith other tender vegetation, having
unmistakable signs of frost. These articles
were taken from a garden in the city, and
the frost was last night. Only think of
frost in Louisiana in the month of May !
We did not see the frost; others did;
we saw its effects. We presume every
body knows the night was very cold
The crops have undoubtedly suffered.—
N. O. Picayune, Ith ins'.
From Havana. —Theßoyal Mail steam
er bevern, arrived at Mobile on the 10th
inst., in three days from Havana.
The cholera and yellow fever were pre
vailing to a considerable extent at Havana.
As there is no board of health, it is impos
sible to ascertain the number of deaths
correctly. One of the oldest physicians
states, however, that there were from one
hundred and eighty to two hundred deaths
a day, without counting the mortality u
mong the soldiers, among whom the dis
ease is most prevalent and fatal. It was
in their ranks that the disease first appear
ed, and nearly all of them have been re
moved out oi the city.
We find nothing in the papers of note.
The weather through the island had been
excessively warm At Matanzas, the
cholera was prevailing. The Havana
press is exbibi ing some alarm about the
Cuba expedition. At Trinidad, the gov
ernment was engaged in strengthening the
foitifications.
Attempted Negro Theft. —Four of
the crew of hs Ca harine Maty, < f Boston,
now lying at New Port, were, committed
to jail in this county last Saturday, on a
charge of aiding& abetting in an attempted
elopement by a slave belonging to Col.Ko
belt Gamble, of this city. The conduct
of these sailors (whites) had been disor
derly, and they were taken on suspicion
of burglary ; but upon their arrest, one of
the party, (cook of the vessel) mistakiug
the cause, confessed to have kept the ne
gro some days secreted on board the ves
sel,and sent him away a short time before,
on bearing a rumor that they were to be
arrested. Ihe negro bad been runawav
for some days and is not yet apprehended.
The vessel was just upon the point of sail
ing when this fortunate discovery was
made.— Tallahassee Sentinel, 14 th inst.
The Florida Indians. —The Ocala
Argus, of the 27ih ult. says : “By advices
from Tampa yesterday, we learn that
Gen. Twiggs, and Staff, are about to leave
for summer quarters, Pensacola. The
troops are being gradually removed from
the Nation, to more healthy points.—
Bowlegs and Sam Jones have united with
their bands and fled to the Big Cyprus
Swamp.
“It is rumoured that Gen. Twiggs is
about to resign his command. We hope
not. We have always had the highest
confidence in the ability ofthisdistinguish
ed soldier to remove the Indians—would
to God we had the same faith in the Gov
ernment.”
Western Rivers. —All the Western
rivers are reported to be very full—the
Missouri rise is coming down a month ear
lier than usual; the whole Yazoo valley
in Mississippi under water; the Missis
sippi river rising rapidly, broke over the
levee in numerous places above Vicks
burg; Rodney inundated, and land en
ough overflowed to make 200,000 bales
of cotton. The whole of the lower Mis
sissippi is threatened with inundation. —
Mobile Advertiser.
MACON, G A .
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY IS.
To Our Patron* and Friend*.
With a view of extending the circulation and
increasing the interest of the “ Southern
Tribune,” the Proprietor has engaged the ser
vices ofWn.S. Lawton, Esq., as Assistant Edi
tor. By this arrangement we hope to make our
Paper all that its most ardent friends desire it to
be, whilst its political character will remain
Democratic, S9 heretofore. We expect to give
occasional contributions from some of the ablest
writers of the South, on various subjects of gen
era! interest. In fine, if untiring industry in
catering for the amusement and information of
all classes of our readers, and a fearless defence
of the rights of the South, which are now be
ing threatened with immolation, will entitle us
to success, we shall sedulously endeavor to
merit the liberal patronge which we confidently
expect to receive.
Mr. Lawton is now on a visit to Griffin,
Atlanta, Marietta, &c., where any attention
shewn hint by our friends, will be duly appre
ciated.
O’We forward the present number of our
paper to several persons, soliciting their aid in
extending its circulation. Should they feel un
willing to subscribe, they can return it with the
name, directed to this office, as we do not desire
to force it upon any one. For terms see first
page. Postmasters can forward subscriptions
free if desired.
Important News l»y Magnetic Telegraph.
We learn that a lire broke out in Charles
ton yesterday morning, on Adger’s wharf,
which, before it was extinguished destroy
ed several stores,about four thousand bales
cotton and a quanti'y of rice.
The steamer Hibernia lias arrived,
bringiug Liverpool dates to the 4th inst.
Cotton had again advanced ftom £d. to
Fair Orleans is quoted at 7j|d. Sales ot
the week, 96,000 bales—4o,ooo taken on
speculation, the balance by the trade.
tdF“Mr. Robert Cunningham died in
this city this morning, in the 7711i year of
his age. He was a native of Wilkes coun
ty, Ga., and has resided here since the first
settlement of the town we believe, having
surveyed the lots, at the time.
ICT’The cholera has recently made its
appearance at Louisville.
O’ We have been requested to state that the
Banks of this city will not receive hereafter the
Change Bills of John G. Winter, issued in the
form of Checks on the Bank of St. Marys.
New Warehouse. —VVe understand that our
enterprising fellow-citizens, Messrs. Scott,
Carhart & Cos., have purchased the lot at the
corner of Third and Poplar streets, where they
are about building a spacious brick Warehouse.
That concern we are informed sold upwards of
two hundred thousand dollars worth of goods
the past year.
Mrs. Whitaker's Poems. —This beautiful
gem has been sent us by the author, for which
she has our thanks. VVe are glad to see our
Southern people writing and printing their own
books. This talented daughterofSoulh Carolina
is a grand daughter of the Rev. Dr. R. Furman,
who was Pastor of the Baptist Church for about
forty years.
Godey's Lady's Book —The June number of
this excellent monthly is on our table. “Black
Eyes and Blue Eyes," and “Fresh Salt,” as well
as the Fashion Plates are of course beautiful.—
Published monthly at Philadelphia, by L. A
Godey, at $3 per annum, in advance.
The Masonic Journal. — We have received
the May number ofthis monthly, which is filled
with matter of interest to the craft. Published
at Marietta, by Dr. J B. Randall, at $2 per
annum, in advance.
The Advantages of Advertising. —As the
circulation of our paper will be extended to dif
ferent parts of the Southern States and especially
Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama, Mer
chants, Factors and others advertising iD this
paper, will, in all probability, have their adver
tisements and cards seen in a number of places
that they have not been heretofore.
We noticed by one of the Northern papers a
short time since, that a merchant of New York,
paid all of his first year's profits, which amount
ed to a pretty large sum, to the different newspa
pers for advertising, and renewed his contracts
the next yeur, by which time he had a very fine
business. lie continued to advertise extensively
and at the expiration often years, he was worth
$200,000, to which cause he attributed his suc
cess in business.
[L/' Judge Colquitt and M J.Cra wford, Esq.
have accepted the appointment as Delegates to
the Nashville Convention, which is to assemble
on the first Monday in J une next.
Endowment of Ogletiiorfe University.—
We learn that the sum ot sixty thousand dollars,
upon the plan authorized by the Board ofTrus
tces of the University, for the endowment of
said institution, has been raised—additional sub
scriptions, however, will be received to meet the
expenses of agencies and such contingencies as
tiiav arise
REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE.
To the exclusion of our usual variety, we give
to-day the Report from the Committee ofThir
teen of the Senate, on the Compromise question,
submitted by Mr. Clay, on the Bth instant.
If the South could be injured, without being
always insulted into the bargain—if she could
see her rights robbed from her by violence too
strong for her powers of resistance ; and not be
treated as though she was to be quieted as a fool
or a child, by a bauble, her case would not be so
bad as it is. We all heard much promised from
this great Committee of Thirteen—the crisis
Committee. We heard that now, once more and
forever, the Slave question was to be settled and
upon terms ofhonor and good faith. We now
have the budget of portentous, secret salvation
and deliverance emptied upon the carpet of the
Senate, and let us see what is our share. The
whole of California is to be admitted. This is,
we suppose, to show how the North respects the
Missouri Compromise—the territorial domain
outside of this empire State, to have governments
—that is to distinguish white folks and American
citizens not white, from Indians we suppose-
The slave trade to be abolished in the District
of Columbia, because it is right and proper to
give a sop to the Abolition party whenever ask
ed for—The stolen and runaway slaves that be
long to us are to be surrendered, if we can get
them. This is a concession that the South should
feel grateful for, and is certain evidence of a
“good day coming.”
But a little while back and we began to think
the Constitution of these United States had been
repealed, or at best that Congress was not bound
by it. Butsee, we were mistaken, for does not
Congress now by this oompromise, clearly avow
its opinion that the Constitution is entitled to
respect, and that a rightso fairly bought as this
was, ought to be conceded—The Texas boundary
is to be adjusted. This no doubt means that
after the unfortunate admission of Mr. Webster
that a rogue’s honor could but admit it, that the
North was bound to suffer four new States from
Texas territory to come into the Union ifdesired,
there is now no way left to get round this, but to
commence tampering with this suleinn plight.
And we now will stake our existence upon this
result, that the entire North will go for the repu
diation of this ajticle of the Treaty of Annexa
tion, or for the purchase of that portion of Texas,
out of which these four States are to be carved,
to defeat this object.
We beseech Southern men who are willing to
put some end and limit to our oppression, to take
these proposed measures of conciliation and com
promise, and point out one grain of mutuality in
all this stuff. Where and in what is it proposed
to satisfy our wounded hnnor, or to give us equiv
alents for what we surrender ? In all this high
sounding patriotism of men loyal to the Union,
and all parts of it, who speaks out plain truths to
the Nortii—balks her cupidity—alarms her in
regard to her mistaken policy towards us—or
where is the impress in this report of a friendly
hand that stood up in that committee for us ?
Compromise!—The very name of it, is becom
ing as odious in our vocabulary, as the word
informer is to the Irish. It savours oftrcachery,
and now, w hen we hear it, we know it is but
another call to the plunder of the South.
We will see what Southern man shall have the
hardihood to stand up and call upon us to ratify
tiiis maudlin scheme of settlement of a grave and
vital question. The man who advises us to sub
mit becanse we are the weaker party, may live
to brew pluck enough to do us service at some
day—he is a coward but not a rogue. But, that
man, who, assuming the place of adviser, and in
the double capacity of watchman and guide, can
say to us, here is a fair basis of settlement for you,
take it as a fair and substantial one, lie cannot,
in our opinion, claim the poor meed of being
willing, though too craven to stand by us. If
this is the best that the North will do, we are
only too unfortunate in not having seen the
North do her very worst at the commencement.
Then we might have rallied. Then wc might
have seen that the distempered times were not
to be mended by fool's play. Then would that
blood which we proudly “trace back te its pares*
lake” of the Revolution have never coursed as
sluggishly as though death was in our veins.
But like men we would have spoken to men and
they should have heard ns. But as things are
now going, we will soon begin to count the cost
of resisting any tiling short of the “ abolition of
slavery everywhere.” But we gloat over the
picture of that retributive justice that one day
will come on the rancourous bigotry nfthe North
ern States, when after they have shut down the
gates with their own hands, against the tide of
Southern commerce which flows in upon them
now, the wail for our lost dollar shall go up from
amid the grass in their streets.
The Weather and Crops. —ln this section
for several weeks past it has been cold and wet,
which must have checked the growth of the
cotton plant.
Little Rock Gazette & Democrat of the 26th
ultimo, says : “The weather during most of the
week has been awful to contemplate and most
excruciating to suffer. Rains have prevailed for
many days, accompained by winds from the
north, retarding in a serious degree the advance
of vegetation. In this region, the season thus
far has been very unfavorable for the farming
and planting interest.
The Mobile Register publishes a letter dated
“Aberdeen, Mississippi, April 29, which says:
“Rain has been falling constantly ever since I
wrote you, and travelling by land is pretty much
stopped. We have had no mail here for seven
days. The heavy rains have washed out the
cotton and corn on the hilly land, and drowned
that on the flat lands, and on the whole the pros
pect is a gloomy one. There is a considerable
increase of cultivation, but nevertheless the
prospect is worse at this time than it was at the
same ttme last year. The river now covers all
of the low lands and wants only four feet of
being in the Hotel where I stop ; it is rising now
about one inch an hour.’’
O*A number of gentlemen in Savannah have
had a splendid vessel built to suit between that
port and Liverpool, called the “-State Rights.''
That i« right —may she always have her pendant
on tha breeze.
THE CENSUS BILL.
The House of Representatives has passed the
Census Bill, by which the number of members
is fixed at 233, only three more than at present.
The Secretary of the Interior has to apportion
the members according to population—and the
President has powerto order the taking of the
census hereafter, in case Congress should fail to
pass a law for that purpose.
We object to the scope given to the present
Census Bill, first, because we think it a great
stretch of the original power conferred by the
Constitution upon Congress and altogether out
side of the purposes intended by a National Cen
sus—because it is unnecessarily expensive—and
because, the machinery is so cumbersome by
which we obtain the returns, they are never re
liable after we get them. The first objection is
enough, though no doubt the bare idea of such
an obstacle being placed in the way of the grand
statistical table, so much coveted by Northern
economists, will appear very farcical and very
contemptible.
We remember a few years ago, Mr. Marsh,
of Vermont, one ofthe best educated and well
informed among the Northern members in Con
gress, in reply to Mr. Rhett, on the Tariff,
sneeringly observed, in reference to the consti
tutional objections proposed against protection,
“that he never knew constitutional scruples to
confine any man in a mad house or break any
man’s bones.” And there cannot be a doubt
that he forcibly and truthfully expressed in these
few words, the whole Yankee theory ofour form
of Government. Satisfy a Northern statesman
that any measure whatever is profitable, and for
the life of him he cannot understand the irnpoli.
cy ofdispensing with constitutional restrictions
for the nonce. Does it “ promote the general
welfare,” answers all objections, and no danger
is ever anticipated from this doctrine of expe
diency, which, as it dispensed with tho Constitu
tion to-day in a non-essential point, may to
morrow dispense with it altogether.
If we remomber rightly, the celebrated chick
en census of Mr. Van Buren, that beat him in
Georgia for the Presidency, was not compulsory,
but all returns of the chicken roost were volun
tary contributions to our national pride and in.
formation. But the present bill, is on tho “stand
and deliver” principle of the brigand and the
“perfect, true and full ’ account must be render,
cd of the flock and herd—the basket and store—
of your “free soil” and the fruit thereof—of what
is in the house and what is out of the house—alii
all must come out under the penalty of thirty
dollars, alas. We have had our fears quieted)
however, as to this aforesaid thirty dollars, by
an ingenious friend, who has calculated that at
two hours per head, which will be the shortest
time, in which the return can be made, at loco
motive speed, it will require eleven hundred and
sixty six days of twelve working hours each to
get through with our county. This may be ob
viated we are aware, by tho Deputy Marshals’
running us down and impounding the sovereigns
until enough can be got together to give in by
platoons. But such a medley as this table will
shew after it is heaped together at the cost of
tens of thousands of money, has never before
startled this earth. The plan by which we could
collect the cheapest, most reliable and perfect
statistical table that ever was obtained by any
civilized people, is disregarded, because it is so
divested of all fuss and parade. Let every State
make out her own table, excluding questions a s
to items that she is not interested in, and every
two years instead often, through our own Tax
Receivers, we would have a table as perfect as
we can ever hope to have one. Then each
county could see at a glance what its Receiver
had reported and ifany serious errors had been
embodied in the report, one week would never
elapse after its publication before it would be
detected and exposed. Look then at the saving
of expense. Avery small per cent, added to
the present commissions of our Receivers would
satisfy that class of officers for their extra labor.
The table to guide them in their duly could be
published by a few papers, and thereby avoid
the expense of printed circulars—and after the
returns came in they could be published for the
use ofthe whole country by each State, and at
one-thousandth of the prc?ont cost. By this plan
the whole wealth and resources of this great
country could he known as often as every two
years at farthest and with so little “noise and
confusion,” as to excite no remark. But then
what would become ofthe printer at Washington
who, poor fellow, would not get this job of tons
of printing—and then are there not now some
thousands of Deputy Marshals very complaisant
at their prospect of snug little commissions ?
The Next Congressional Election. —The
last Legislature altered the time of holding the
election for Members of Congress in this State,
so that the next election will take place on the
first Monday in October, 1851, for Governor,
Representatives to Congress and the State Le
gislature. The present arrangement of the Dis
tricts will be found in another column.
Canada. —A French paper published at Mon.
trenl, Canada, announces that the population of
that city, at the present time, but slightly ex
ceeds in number the population of 1844. This
arises neither from want of space to build on or
tenements to inhabit. At the present moment
Montreal has more than eighteen hundred emp
ty tenements. Could any other fact more start
ling and conclusive, be adduced, to illustrate the
withering influences of a foreign government
which undertakes to legislate for its colonies.—
Let any one look at the geographical position of
Montreal, let him take into view its large sur
rounding country, and consider depth, expanse,
the course and outlet of the noble river that
sweeps before it, and then point out, if he can,
any natural cause for this stationary condition-
The admission of American vessels to the St.
Lawrence, even supposing Canada to continue
thereafter, for a while, its foreign allegiance,
would quickly effect an entire revolution in the
commercial spirit of Montreal, and make it what
it was meant to be, the giant and life-giving heart
of that immense region.
ITT No rain has fallen at St. Croix since De
cember, and only half a crop is looked for.
Congressional and Senatorial Di
The following is the arrangement ofu
gressional and Senatorial Districts ass
life late Legislature : *
First District.— Appling, Bryan, fi
Camden,Chatham, Clinch, Effingham E
C.lvnn, Liberty, Lowndes, Mclntosh |) 0
ery.Scriven, Telfair, Tattnall, Thomas'"
Wayne. ™
Second District. —Baker,Decatur,Dooly
Houston, Irwin, Lee, Macon, Marion’]
gee, Pulaski, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter
Third District. —Bibb,Butts, Crawford
Jones, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Twig.,
Wilkinson. " '
Fourth District. —Campbell, Carroll, C,
DoKalb, Harris, Fayette, Henry, Merit,
Troup.
Fifth District. —Cass, Chattooga, Che
Cobb, Dade, Gordon, Floyd, Forsyth, Gwii
Lumpkin, Murray Walker, Paulding, G,
Union.
Sixth District. —Clark, Franklin, Hall, R
sham, Jackson, Madison, Newton, Rabun,
ton.
Seventh District.— Bald win, Greene Han A
Laurens, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Putnam
ferro, Washington.
Eighth District Burke, Columbia, F.l
Jefferson, Lincoln, Richmond, Warren,\\'E
Senatorial Districts — As altered atfl
last Session ofthe Legislature.
1 Chatham. 25 Putnam, JasperH
2 Liberty, Tattnall. 26 Monroe, Bibb 9
3 Mclntosh, Glynn. 27 Crawford, UpsnH
4 Wayne, Camden. 28 Merri wetherTa9
5 Ware.Lownds,Clinch 20 Heard, Carroll 9
6 Appling,Montgomery 30 Campbell, Co9
7 Bulloch,Scriven. 31 Fayette, DeKalM
8 Effingham, Bryan. 32 Butts, Pike ‘ ®
9 Burke, Jefferson. 1.33 Newt( n, Henry ■
10 Laurens, Wilkinson. 34 Morgan, Greene,!
11 Telfair, Irwin. 35 Lincoln, Wilke®
12 Decatur, Thomas. 36 Franklin, Mad®
13 Early, Randolph. 37 Oglethorpe, Ell®
14 Stewart, Muscogee. 38 Clark, Walton 1
15 Lee, Baker. 39 Gwinnett, F«rsJ
16 Troup, Harris. 40 Pauldi’g,Cass,Goil
17 Houston, Pulaski. 41 Cherokee, Cobb 1
18 Marion, Macon. 42 Hall, Jackson I
1 0 Dooly, Sumter. 43 Habersham, R a (J
20 Twiggs, Jones. 44 Lumpkin, Unionll
21 Washington,Emanu’l 45 Gilmer, Murray. I
22 Richmond,Columbia. 46 Dade, Walker. I
23 Warren, Taliaferro.,47 Floyd, Chattooeal
24 Hancock, Baldwin.)
The Southern Telegraph The Mo®
Tribune says: “A meeting of the stocklio®
ersof the telegraph company was held in N®
Orleans on Saturday. Mr. Alexander, tfl
president of the company, was present, ail
gave an account of its proceedings.
From his statement, it appears that durij
the nine months of his administration, the |
receipts from the Line has amounted to s6®
258,39. The expenses had been less than sso|
per month, and the Treasurer reported the s|
of $31,835,60, applicable to the payment of i|
old debts of the company. The Company w|
now nearly free of debt, only a few bonds |
maining unpaid. The amount of stock issufl
is about $570,000, and the receipts of the lil
may be estimated to average $ 10,000 per monS
when kept in good order—while the expel
ses would hardly reach 5,000. The directl
contempla e putting up a second wire beiweJ
New Orleans and Mobile on new posts, prubl
hly during the coming summer. Tli*- rol
would be about SSO per mile, or $10,0(10 forth!
whole improvement. The company is in treat!
with the directors of the New York and Wasll
ington Telegraph Line, for a reduction of toll
between those two cities, and there is a stronJ
probability that it will he succesful.
Liability or Hotel Keepers. —The Nes
York Coinmmercial gives the following repot
of a case recently tried in that city :
Needles Needles vs. Howard. — Suit agains
the proprietor of the Irving House to recove
the value of a package. The plaintiffs are men
chants at Baltimore. One of their firm beingitt
New York, bought a package of fine goods a
Jaffrey’s store, and directed it to be sent to tht
Irving House, where he put up. The good
not being there next morning, Mr.NeeJles wen
to the store of Mr. Jaflrey to inquire the reason
ttnd was told that they had been sent at 11 o''
clock the day before. It was denied at tin
house that they had been left.
The porter of .Mr. JaffVey proved that he lefl
the goods in the office of tile Irving House, ot
the counter, at 11 o’clock in the presence of Ihe
two clerks; that one of them,who was within thd
counter, said it was all right. After Mr. Need
les called to know why they were not sent, the
porter went up to the Irving house, saw the
clerk, and told him that he had laid the good*
upon the counter in his presence, while he wal
talking to the other clerk,who was about leaving
for Wall street.
The clerks both testified that no such bundi#l
had been left there ; that if it had it would havi
been entered in their package book, and would
have been sent to Mr. Needle's room, but that
there was no entry, and, therefore, they were
certain it could not have been delivered, because
they had never known an instance of such a»
omission. They also stated that 36 packages
had been left there, and entered in this way,o»
that day.
The court charged that an inn-keeper is l u *
hie for all packages sent to his house and l*lj
under the eye of the person having charge o
the baggage; that if the rule were other"* 86
great mischief might arise from the dishonest)
of servants, or persons lingering about the &
tahlisliment, and the want of vigilance and cstf
on the part of landlords to protect the baggafi®
of their guests, they having so much better op
portunity ofcarc in respect to it than they th £nl
selves. If the jury in this case are of op* m 0“
that the package was delivered on the count**
under the eye of the clerk, the defendant is re*
ponsible. Verdict for plaintiffs for the price o
the goods.
Fire in Huntsville. —We learn frow
Huntsville, (Ala ) “Southern Star,” that a
broke out in that place on the night of th*
inst, which destroyed property to a great amou
Two squares and a half were consumed by
devouring flames. The
Caldwell House, the Democrat Printing - '
Stores, Frivitc Dwellings, &' c " ere con ' u
