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4 VOL. I. eijjc (Srovgia Citizen p|(Wig jie, every Saturday morning, in Macon, On. on the follow CONDITIONS: ~ ticuMy in advance - • S2 50 per annum if not so paid * * * * 3 00 Le-al Advertisements will bo made to conform toths following pro ven, of the Statute . 0 f ( an ,i an ,i Negroes, by Executors, Administrators and Guard* ’ “ H required by law to be advertised in a public gazette, sixty . nr erious to the day of sale. These sales must be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between r ours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the * n Mouse in the county in which the property is situated. The sales of Personal Property must be advertised in like manner for goiicsto Debtors and Creditors of am Estate must bc-pwV’-U.beil ft 1 1V that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for sell Land and Negroes, must be published weekly for four ** or Letters of Administration must bo published thirty days ■* JvmU,!on from Administration, monthly., six months —for Dis Guardianship, forty days. wjr-.reclov.iro of mortgage, must bo published monthly, for fnf | w%r establishing lost papers, for the full space of three fij, titles from Executors or Administrators whore t no-id lias by the deceased, the full space of three months. ’ prafissicnal and Business Cards, inserted, according to the follow ftr'Kale : For 4 tines or less per annum * - §o Hu in advance. A lioivi “ “ • * * i 00 “ “ - - - SlO 00 “ “ c-y* Transient Advertisements will be charged sl, per square of 12 r,*, or less, for the first and 50 cts. for each subsequent nsertiou.— ’ tbese rales there will be a deduction of 20 percent, on settlement Jvertisements are continued 3 months, without alteration. F h,,n * , -itersexcept those containing remittances must be post[ ;\.l I. fcUat fat. ol ii Cra who will act as Agents for the “Citizen’ 20 per cent, for their *roUb!e,on all cask subscriptions for "omCE oa Mulberry Street, East of the Floyd House and near the |ki}ffG'3uuuil Cnii'j. KELL AIR & BELL, AttrrdiYs at Law ami General Land Agents, Atlanta, .(-’a., Will practice in DeKalb aud adjoining counties; and in th. Supreme Court at Decatur.—Will also visit any part of the ruiuUrv for the sell lenient of claims, <j-e. without suit. If HoCNTV Lind Ct. ttys PROSUCUTKI) WITH DESPATCH. Office on White llall St., over Dr. Denny's Drug Store. z X. KCLLViI. ’ A ~ E,:, L - S. k R. P. HALL, Attorneys at Laic, Macon, tCTICE in Bibb, Crawford, llou*t**n. Epson. Dooly, Twiggs..tone!* and i’ike counties; and iu tbs fcTipreme Court at Macon, Decatur,Talbotton and America*. lfOrr’.-.s urn Scott, Carsist N. Co.’s Btouk. April 4, 1850. K. ‘? ‘MACON, GA. jy OFFICE iII'LXF. RRY STEET, NEARLY OPPOSITE WASHINGTON hall. Ma-eh 3i, is:>. 1 y JOHN 7 M. MILLED - ATTORNEY AT J LAW, SAVANNAH, GEOIwIA. Jiae 9th. lfso. l-*— oAl?ia EIJS, 3P. AND NOTARY PURLTC,—MACON, CEO. /COMMISSIONKit OF DEEDS, &c., for the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, r lexas, lennesseo, jfantiirty, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, I* lori 4*.Missouri, AW York. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Psttn strlrsnia, Ohio,lndiana, Illinois, Arkansas, Maine, &c. Or positions taken. Accounts pro’in ted, Deeds and Mort 4f3tr.'!t drawn, and all documents ami instrumentsof writing po-parod and authenticated for use and record, in any of the above States. Kksidkn'ce on Walnwt street, near the African church. I.” Public Office adjoining Dr. M. S. Thomson s Botan ic Hiore—opposite Flovd House, Macon, Juno 28, 185 ft Id —lv _ - - ‘ - ■- —ii REMEMBER! AIMLEH in your extremity that Dr. 31. S. THOMSON is . t still ia Blacon, Croorgda, and whea written to, sends Alviirinr by mail to any part of tile country. Hontgive up all hope without consulting him. June 7, IWO* 11— ts BOUNTY LANDS, TO OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS lY.i* etc ted in the tear of 1812 with Great Britain, the Indian sears ts 1790, and 183 G, and tht tear with Mex ico of 1817-8. r pilE LN’DF.R.SIDNKf) has received from the prepe r De partinent*, the necessary papers to establish nil or any .above claims, under the recent acts of Congress. He *' "• make out claims under the Pension Art, us well us * o.uars agnintt the Uuiicd rstates for Lost Dorses, llue- Dte, etc. I‘dorinatioa furnished gratis. Charges modcrflle, xi|'is ol Widiws, Heirs, &.c., particulnrlv attended to. oclU Gt JO.SKFII A. WHim r. 0. ARRINGTON, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, j Mafoti Cos., i; o ii t; i a . 38—ts j£j)f port's CnriiiT, The Goings Forlh of God. BY OTWAY CURRY. fiOft tVALKETI! ON TIIE EARTH. TllC purling rills, - bi midnight streams before Hint glance away, Rejoicing in His presence. On the plains • wid spangled fields, and in the mazy vales, Die living throng of earth before llitn fall, V ith thankful hymns, receiving from His hand Immortal life and gladness. Clothed upon ” M burning crowns the mountain heralds stand, Proclaiming to the blossoming wilderness Tbe brightness of Ilis coming, and the power Vi” Him who ever livctll, all in all! Hod walketh on tiie ocean. Brilliantly ‘be glassy waters mirror back Ilia smiles, The surging billows and the gamboling storms £ome crouching to His feet. The hoary deep, And the gorgeous islands offer up “Htn tribute of their trea.-ures —pearls and shells, And crown-like drapery of the flashing foam. And solemnly the tesselated halls, Anil coral domes of mansions in the depths, A'D gardens of the golden sanded seas, Idond with the anthems of the chiming waves, Nteir alleluias unto Him who rules The invisible armies of eternity. Dod journeyeth in tiie sky. From sun to sun, fr -oni star to star, the living lightnings flash { zVnd pealing thunders through all space proclaim The goings forth of Him whose potent arm Perpetuates existence, or destroys. From depths unknown, unsearchable, profound, Forth rush the wandering comets; girt with flames I hey blend, with order true, in marshaling hosts Os starry worshippers. The unhallowed orbs Os earth-born fire that cleave the lazy air, Blanched by the flood of uncroated light Fly with the fleeting winds and misty clouds Bask to their homes, and deep in darkness lie. God jour.neveth in the heavens. Refulgent stars And glittering crowns of prostrate Seraphim EmbaaUlis burning Ae°“H .Tl'mi/- 11 Dread powers, dominions, hosts and kingly thrones, Angels of God—adoring millions—join With spirits pure, redeem’d from distant worlds In choral songs of praise : “ Thee we adore, For thou art mighty. Everlasting spheres Os light and glory in thy presence wait. Time, space, life, light, dominion, majesty, Truth, wisdom—all are thine, Jehovah ! Thou First, last, supreme, eternal, Potentate!” Death Amon£-4fee Flowers^ The morning dawned upp* the flowers, And found them pale and weeping, For death had entered Flora’s bowers And ’neath his touch lay sleeping, zY beauteous bud which scarco had known, How sweet life was ere it had flown. But one brigUt sun had met her gaze, And dedTd the crimson tide, j'hin heWii art, —his lingering ray 9 She saw but onoo, —then died ; And the stars looked from their thrones so high And watched the floweret—saw her die. And the violet’s beautiful eyes of blue \Vcro dimmed with tears ol sorrow, For her love for the flowVret was tenderly truo, And in sadness she grA-tod the morrow. [day And the flowers all mounvd when the new opening Told that the fair one had fljded away. And they tearfully chanted the re<j*|rn song, And the zephyrs bore the tone aloujg Sadly and slowly, And the lilies tolled each snowy bell, As they sung the lingering parting knell, Mournfully, lowly. Music. Give me music, soft sweet music, For its cadence is to me As dexvdrops to the drooping flower, Or blossoms to the bee. It soothes my fovered, burning brain, It calms my troubl’d heart. And bids, in tones of melody, Giro me nuisie. low. faint ?n And as A-, echoes In ‘•!’ tlir'diing n : Ao:v‘-s n.v I":i c a/ n. ( if i:a; , : v. iom iioj.o, Gy life's light t-<tut*c^^|HHHHHHH|[ Give me music, sad, slow And, while its sweet tones swell And fall upon the ear like words Os low, heart-breathed farewell, My thoughts on Fancy's wing shall to The dreamy past return, And muse among the relics there, “ In Memory’s sacred urn.” Give me music, mournful music, And my soul ir fervent prayer Shall rise upon the dying note That vibrates on the air. I’ll pray for those whom well I love, That their lives may pass away As calmly and as gently ns Give me music, joyful music, Let me feast upon the sound, •Til! my spirits burst the earthly chain By which it now is bound, And soars oil that triumphant strain Up to its native skies, To join with angels in the song, AVhosc echo never die*. [Z,oui*ti7/e Journal. The Shoemaker. 11 Act u-eli y oar part, there all the honor lies. ,y The Shoenrtakir sat amid wax and leather, With lap-stone over his knee, Where, snug in ids shop, he defied all weather, Drawing his quarters and soles together— A happy old naan was jje, This happy old man was so wise and knowing, The worth of his time he knew, He bristled his ends and kept them going, And felt to cadi moment a stitch was owing, Until he got round the shoe. Gs every deed his wax was sealing, The closing was firm and fast; The prick of his awl never caused a feeling Os pain to the toe ; and his skill in healing M as perfect atid true to the kss, M’Jtenever you gave him a foot to measure, M’itli gentle and skillful hand lie took its proportion with Isa its of pleaswve, As if yoju wore giving him the costliest treasure, Or dubbing him lord of the laud. And many a one did lie save from getting A fever, or cold, or cough, And many a foot did he save from wetting, His shoeing would keep them off. When he had done with his making and mending, With hope and a peaceful breast. Resigning his awl, as the thread was ending, lie’ passed his bench to the grave descending As high as the king to rest. ‘Madam, your case is a Bcrjjt.yjiuUin.try complaint. is that V ‘lt is the dropping of tli^ — the nerves having fallen in the j becomes morberons, and the head goes tisarizen V ‘Ah, doctor !’ exclaimed the old lady,‘you have described my feelings exactly !’ A Business.--What business does your husband follow ! asked a person who was engaged in noting j the occupation of our citizens, recently, of a fewiale. Why, sir, she replied, he follows drinking rum ! The canvasser at once entered opjvosite his name ‘gentleman “Jnkpimknt in all tilings—Neutral in Noiljing.” MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1850. political. GEORGIA. CONVENTION, The following Report of the Committee of 33 was adopted, on Saturday, by a rote of 237 Ayes to 19 Nays: The committee appointed to prepare and report, for the consideration of the Convention, action an*- propriate to the occasion on which they have sembled, having carefully considered the ‘papeDjJu [erred to'Thom, and f’reelyinterchanged opinions, respectfully submit the following REPORT: The People of Georgia, responding to a Proclama tion of their Chief Magistrate, have met in Conven tion for the immediate purpose of deliberating upon a law enacted by the Congress of the United States, entitled “z\n act for the admission of California into the Union.” Were the aetion of this body limited to the consideration of that act, its duty would be easily discharged. But n more extended survey of Congressional legislation and of our Federal posi tion, is not only allowable, but necessary to a just conclusion. Wc regard the act under consideration as ono in a series of measures, each capable |of an independent existence, but all directly or indirectly ii2’ecti”or the institution of slavery; each deriving from that circumstance its cardinal interest, and all in a crisis of fearful import, connected in a scheme of pacific adjustment. ( Two of the acts in the series had for their object the organization of Territorial governments for por tions of the vast domain recently acquired from Mexico. With them the slavery question became connected by two opposite movements, the one pro posing to prohibit, the other to establish slavery in those territories by express enactment, the advo cates of these extreme measures, being alike reluct ant to leave the result dependant upon the future I adjudication of the Courts. A distinct phase of the subject was presented by the application of the peo ple inhabiting one of those territories to be adinit ed into the Union as a State, under a constitution formed by themselves, in which, for themselves, they had assumed the settlement of the slavery question. The acquisition of this territory moreover, had involved the government of the United States in a controversy of boundary, pre-existing between Mexico and the State of Texas, with which also the slavery question was unhappily complicated. Thus far, it will be perceived, no one of the pending mea sures was wantonly or gratuitously obtruded upon the national legislature tor the purposes of agitation. They resulted inevitably from antecedentincasurcs in which both the North and the South were jn^|ti ■ ■ ■ ■ ■•!• :ii< - - Y r >’ a:i'l alarming agitation wlii>-h, spri!ign^^^HHHHH| ed debate, extended beyond the halls and pervaded the public mind, will serve the peril of the day, and to suggest that the only cape was in that spirit of mutual concession, which gave birth to the Constitution, and which in times! past had adjusted more than one controversy threatj ening dissolution. I I re-open the cJ L|j J JL u 7 011^^1 hausted argument, upon the tions severally or collectively. The partizans occupying extreme local positions country, and holding diametrically opposite opinß ions upon the slavery question, in all its phases! have vied with each other in clamorous denuncial tion of the settlement. It may well be doubter! whether upon the broad territory of the RcpublieJ There dwells an intelligent citizen, whose judgment approves every part part of such link in this extei ed chain of adjustment. Georgia, at least, finds in it matter for objection and matter for approval. But such is likewise her opinions of our Federal and State constitution ; so is she accustomed to judge of the leading measures of every Congress, and eve ry General Assembly, as each, in its turn, labors the difficult problem of perfecting human Government, through the instrumentality of imperfect and con flicting human reason. It is not on this, more than on any oilier occasion, the part of wisdom, or of pa triotism, to subject legislative acts, under review, the rigid test of yielding either the full measure of right, or the full fruition of.anticipated benefit. The practical questions presented for consideration are these: May Georgia, comistexitly with honor, abide by the general scheme of pacification ? If sho may, then, does her interest lie in the adherence to it, or in resistance ? A brief reference to a few facts of recent .ceAirren,ce will furnish an affirmative answer to the first and most interesting inquiry. Tiie peo ple of Georgia were fully apprised that these great issues were pending before the national Legislature. Their General Assembly, being in session, and as suming to represent their opinions, took them into consideration—gave a distinct expression of their own views, and virtually required of the Congress of theLnited States conformity to Those views. Nu merous primary assemblies of the People, passed on the same questions, and whilst, in many of these, the requisitions of the General Assembly were quali fied, in none, (it is believed,) were they enlarged.— 1 hese movements belong to the history of the con troversy ; and were intended to exert an influence at the Capitol. M hether attributable in any degree to that influence or not, the result has been strict conformity to the line of policy thus indicated, save in one instance. Tlmt one is the admission of Cali fornia into the Union. Upon the expediency and unconstitutionality of this measure, separately con sidered, the people of Georgia are divided in opin ion. Surely, then, respect for the opinions of the other party to the controversy, who have so largely conformed to our views, a proper allowance, for dis agreement among ourselve, on the latter branch of this question, will enable even those, who hold the act inexpedient and unconstitutional, to abide by it honorably and gracefully. The proposition, that, weighed in the scale of in- terest, the preponderance is vastly on the side of non resistance, is too plain for argument. This act be ing in its nature unsusceptible of repeal, the only competent measure of resistance is secession. This would not repair the loss sustained, viz: depriva tion of the right to introduce slavery into California. But it would subject Georgia, first, to the addition al loss of all slue gained by the scheme of adjust ment, e. g., the provision made for the reclamation of fugitive slaves; and secondly, it would annihi late, forever, all the advantages, foreign and domes tic, derivable from her adherence to the confederacy. Jt may not be over-looked, that, aside frouakthe issues presented by tho late territorial acquisitimis, the po sition of tho South upon the Congressional record, is better this day, than ever before. Georgia, then, will abide by the recent action of Congress, herein before referred to, in hopeful reli ance that the people of the non-slaveholding States w ill yield acquiescence in, and faithful adherence to, that entire aetion. To this course she is impelled by an earnest desire to perpetuate the Ajnerican Un ion, and to restore that peace and harmony, upon which its value to herself, to her confederates, and to mankind, essentially depends. Here, if a sense of duty permitted, wo would glad ly- pause; but the signs of the times invite to a more extended review of our Federal relations, and to a more distinct avowal of the position we occupy.— The Country requires repose. Vain, utterly vain, are all concessions that fail to terminate this section al controversy. Through our Representatives in the Halls of Congress, wo have long combatted tho aggressive spirit of Representatives of the non-slave holding States. But tho sources of this turbid stream lie beyond* they arc to be found in the midst of their several constituencies. Wo deem this an appropriate occasion for the sovereign people of Geor gia, to ‘’oiumune with the sovereign people of those States. Wc would address to them the language of calm and frank remonstrance, rather than of de fiance or menace. Wo would recall them to the faithful discharge of their duty, as confederates, by an appeal to their reason and their moral senso. We would premise a few suggestions to the oppo nents of slavery, which time does not permit us to elaborate. Slavery was introduced into this coun try by the enterprize of Old England and New Eng land.lt was maintained in tho latter during the greatest purity, when the spirit of an aus tere^NHfcicompromising religious faith not only regulated social intercourse, but controlled tho ope rations of governiflent. It was discontinued only when experience had proven its want of adaptation to the soil and climate. It has been retained at the South by resoji of the fitness of our soil and climate to its employment. Under its auspices tho Negro has been seeded, beyond contingency, in the enjoy ment of phy*aUx)mforts unknown to his trans-At ■ !::: iVf; ‘ln"nL insane it is that measures of W progress there. Desiring to be craK understood, in order that incalculable evils mays arrested by a timely return to the early policy of tl\ colintl T we rcst ,lot remonstrance The practical re sults aimed at by theseare,, First , aboli tion of slavery in the DisSft of land never would have cedVa part of her territory 9 nor transferred the jurisdick£ver a portion of her citizens, had she supposed theSjNfial system would be revolutionised against their a state poli cy established in the heart of her material ly variant form, and hostile to her ‘oH?- Such an act therefore cannot be consummated, Njhout bad faith to her, and to Virginia, whose territory is co terminous, in tbe determined resistance of which they are entitled to the co-operation of their South ern confederates. Secondly , that kindred measure, sometimes threatened of abolishing slavery in the military posts, dock yards, and other free holds ot the General Government, lying within the bounda ries of the slaveholding States. These possessions were ceded to the United States for purposes of util ity and convenience in the geDerous confidence, that they would not be used to tho detriment of tbe ced ing States. Thirdly, an amendment of the acts or ganizing territorial governments for New Mexico and Utah, whereby, slavery shall be prohibited in those territories. Fourthly , the passage of an act for the suppression of the slave trade between the people of tiie slaveholding States, which we regard as an officious and unconstitutional interference with state policy. The rejection of some of these mea sures at the recent session of Congress, comes within the scheme of adjustment, and materially influences the decision of Georgia. One other subject challenges our especial notice. It is the threatened repeal of the recent act for the reclamation of fugitive slaves. That statute was demanded, as an unquestionable constitutional right, and as a remedy for a grievous and growing evil, and therefore cannot be surrendered. History bears testimony to the importance of this subject. It mingled in the earliest discussions upon the formation of the American Union. It com manded the profound deliberation of the framers of the constitution, who assigned it a prominent place in that instrument. They ordained, that “no per son held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, and escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up, on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.” It is universally conceded that this provision/*os inserted to meet the case of fugitive slaves, ana that, without it, the slaveholding States would tfot have entered into the Union. No candid will controvert tho proposition, that it is binding alike, upon the states as sovereigns, upon their officers, executive, judicial and voluntary as sociations us individual citi zen of the any obstruct in to the emanating from any of earl history of the Confederation, the nited States bdjfcmo’thattlie drt^^^H^^Bpeopie tee I :’ al ‘’'’ °’ a-hin gt. i it. 10,1 ( RADLE OF A MBgnHflPm • ’ Every where, East, North, banishment from the high places You owe the country this lustration. — Georgia, her choice is fraternity and Union, with constitutional rights—her alternative , self-pre servation ; bv all means which a favoring Provi dence may place at her disposal. To the end, therefore, that the position of this State may be clearly apprehended by her confeder ates of the South and of the North, and that she may be blameless of all future consequences— Be it Resolved by the People of Georgia in Conten tion assembled, Ist That wc hold tho American Union, secondary in importance only to the riglils and principles it was designed to perjietuate. That past associations, present fruition, and future prospects, will bind us to it so long as it be the safe guard of those rights and principles. the thirteen original parties to , foe con tract, in a narrow beltyM'hilo their separate interS^^|* n embryo, their pceuib* tendencies scarcely developed, revolutionary trials/and triumphs, still green in memory, IJund Union impose ble without Com promise, the thirty-one ’ of this day, may well yield some j what, in the conflict of opinion and policy, to preserve tint Union which lias extended the sway of republican govern ment over a vast wilderness, to another ocean, and propor tionally advanced their civilization and national greatness. Thirdly, That in this spirit, the State of Georgia has ma turely considered the action of Congress embracing a seri of measures for the admission of California into the Union, the organization of territorial Governments for Utah and New Mexico, the establishment of a boundary between the ! latter and the State of Texas, the suppression of the slave ! trade in the District of Columbia, and the extradition of fu- I gitive slaves, and (connected with them) the rejection of pro | positions to exclude slavery from the Mexican territories and : to abolish it in the District of Columbia; and whilst slm does not wholly approve, will abide by it as a permanent adjust i ment of this sectional controversy. Fourthly, That the State of Georgia, in the judgment ot this Convention, WILL AND OUGHT TO RESIST, EVEN (as a last resort,) TO A DISRUPTION OF EV ERY TIE WHICH BINDS HER TO THE UNION, any action of Congress, upon the subject of Slavery in the Distaictof Columbia, incompatible with the safety, domestic tranquility, the rights and the honor of the slaveholding States, or any act suppressing the slavo trade between slaveholding States, or any refusal to admit as a State any territory hereafter applying, because of the existence of slavery therein; or any act prohibiting the introduction of slaves into the territories of Utah end New Mexico, or any act repealing or materially modifying the laws now in force for the recovery of fugitive slaves. Fifthly, That it is the deliberate opinion as this Conven tion, that upon the faithful execution of the Fugitive Shire ; Law by the proper authorities depends the preservation of ! our much loved Union. [ Synopsis of the Report of tlic Secretary f the Interior. “ The report commences with a summrry of the varied and important duties devolved on the Department; alludes to the vagueness of the act of Congress which created it, and recommends further legislation to de*tj with precision its ; duties and powers, and also to remedy the incongruity in the law in reference te its designation, j “It recommends the creation of the ofiice of Solicitor of | the Dejiaitment to decide questions of law upon appeal; bis action to be subject, however, in all cases, to the revision of the Secretary, “ The estimate of the next fiscal year exceeds that for the present $1,728,070,73. The causes of this excess the S. retary fully explains, examining the estimates item by item. “ The whole number of persons now on the pension-rolls of tho United State's, is 19,755. But of these, many are probably dead. The whole number who have drawn pen - Buis during the first and second quarters of the calendar 13,079. The number of deaths reported within the ■JHH^^ncinrk s under the law to provide ■ jl r < l al W iL-h'iirr;,.]! r-.uiß ufactorv of ordinance and <1 chain cables, steam eugines, afl mid preparations are i;i progress toefl rolling copper, and establishment lonfl score of economy as to furnish a per for sheating vessels than ean Proposals have been invited for aH I doek basin and railway on the PaciflH expedited with all practicable It is estimated that, independent* fixtures, machinery, Are., at the t-xHjtt on liand for the construction, sels are equal in value in round resources of the country in timber, every species of naval supplies, creased according to our The Secretary notices that government rely upon tin construction and repair f r 1 ms reasons which tie assigns-SHH s’nall be done as at present, un lct^BjsJo s iTinnent officers I[e treats at^Bß9H| tiori, what naval force do we i\lß’ <1 action to “ th captains, bo with c<iiTs)e t :idin_r modi;i is left to Congress to decide, of officers shall designate ih jH’ recommended, “to provide may decline in capacity f.-r j an nation or from other cause, active list, on terms both jun a |^R§|| ISO. 39.