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PAINE’S LIGHT.
THE GREATEST WONDER OF THE AGE!
M. 11. Paine’s Apparatus is described in the fol
lowing communication:
pa ink’s hydroelectric light.
Mr. Editor: —Having been favored —in company
with Mr. Iluse, of this city, Mr. Ames of Spring
field, and Mr. Merrick, President of the Gas Compa
nv of that city—with a view of Mr. Paine’s appara
tus for producing light from water, and of witnessing
the whole machinery in operation, as well as operating
it myself. I yield to the advice of my friends in giv
ing publicity to my observations. Although I have
been more or less conversant with chemistry for tin
past eight years—yet, let it not be considered that
consider myself deeply learned in these matters lx
cause I venture to write upon a subject so full of
mysteries and apparent contradictions as Mr. Paine’s
light. This article is not intended exclusively for
the scientific, but for the general reader; and I shall
endeavor to give such explanations of the appara
tus used by Mr. Paine that all can understand it.
Mr. Paine claims, among other tilings, to have
discovered a means of increasing the power of a
magneto-electric machine, to such an extent that he
can decompose water, rapidly with it; that he can
take a jar of water, and by means of the electricity
induced by this machine, can convert the whole of
it into hydrogen gas , without the production of any’
oxygen whatever. He claims, also, that by chang
ing the electrical poles, he can convert the whole of
the jar of water into oxygen gas, without producing
any hydrogen. That, after producing the hydro
gen, as above, and passing it through spirits of tur
pentine, it becomes catalized, and then wall burn
with a clear and brilliant flame ; and this, too, with
out any loss to the turpentine by the passage of the
gas through it. In regard to light, independent of
the other applications of the power, Mr. Paine claims
to have discovered a means of producing it from
water, by electricity, at a cost infinitely less than by
any mode in operation.
The above are startling propositions. Can Mr.
Paine demonstrate them by practical experiments?
The object of this article is to describe the apparatus
used, and the result of the experiments as they ap
peared to me. I shall not advance or defend any
theory.
Before giving the result of the experiments, let
me describe the apparatus. This consists of four
pieces, all placed upon a pine table or shelf, and in
no way connected with any thing else.
Mrst , A common magneto-electric machine, con
sisting of two permanent horse-shoe magnets about
twelve inches long. These were placed horizontally
on a mahogany frame, about four inches apart, one
being placed above the other. Between the ends of
these magnets were a pair of helices, and these at
tached to a wheel above that they could be set into
a rapid rotary motion. Ihe peculiar construction of
these helices, from which the immensely increased
power is said to be obtained, I will hereafter de
scribe.
Sctond, A large open-mouth glass jar, capable of
holding twelve quarts. This was a little more than
ball full of water. (We tasted the water to satisfy
ourselves that it was water.) Within this jar was
placed a common bell-glass, open at the bottom of
the large jar. The top of the bell-glass was closed
tightly with a brass cap, which extended over it, so
as to rest upon the sides of the jar. Passing
through the cap of the bell-glass were two wires,
which extended down to the bottom of the
bell-glass, and terminated in a circular metallic box,
one and a half inches long, and one inch in diameter.
This box was hollow, and perforated with small holes
in the upper part. The electrodes, or points of con
nexion between the poles were in tUu, box. Vrho wa
ter in the jar and bell-glass reached some inches
above the electrodes.
Third, A quart glass jar, half filled with spirits
of turpentine. A tube of gas pipe passed from the
top of the bell-glass, and into this jar of turpentine.
From the cap which covered the jar of turpentine
another tube or gas-pipe passed to a jet or burner,
about twelve inches from the jar.
Fourth , A common glass tumbler half filled with
water.
The above comprised all the apparatus used by
Mr. Paine, with the exception of three wires, or ra
ther flat strips of copper, by which he connected
the magneto electric machine with the jar of water.
These w ires were connected in the following peculiar
manner. The end of one wire was screwed to
the negative pole of the magnetic machine; and the
other end to the first of the wires coming up from
the electrodes through the top of the bell-glass. A
second wire was screwed to the positive pole of the
magnetic machine, with the other end terminating
in the glass of water above mentioned. The third
wire was screwed to the bell glass, or rather the
second w ire which passes through it from the elec
trodes within, and terminating in the same glass of
water, although the wires in the glass did not touch
each other. 1 have spoken of these wires —they
were not wn*i —but merely thin strips of copper,
having the appearance of being rolled out from
wire.
Now for the operation of the machinery. Mr.
Paine commenced turning the wheel in the mag
neto-electric machine, and we all looked to seo the
gas arise from the electrodes in the jar of water —
but no gas appeared. Mr. Paine was surprised—we
were all surprised. At length Mr. Ames discovered
that one of the wires, or copper ribbands, had been
detached, or had not been screwed on to the top of
the bell-glass. This being corrected, Mr. Paine again
commenced turning the machine, and instantly large
bubbles of gas arose from the electrodes, and filled
the jar in less than a minute! After taking out a
stopper from the bell-glass, and allow ing several jars
full of gas to escape, in order to expel the common
air, and prevent an explosion, these were stopped,
and the gas forced on through the gas-pipe into the
turpentine, aud through this to the jet or burner.—
Between the jar of water where the gas was gene
rated and the jar of turpentine, a jet issued from
the pipe. This was lighted, and proved to be hy
drogen gas. The flame, in front of a window was
so pale that it could not be perceived. We could
see it by placing a dark body behind it. Whilst this
was burning, the gas was forced along through the
turpentine to the other burner. Aflame was ap
plied to this, and a brilliant light was shown !
Here were too flames, burning at the same time,
from the same gas—the-first, before passing through
the turpentine, burning with a pale, almost imper
ceptible light—the second, after passing through the
turpentine, burning with a light superior to any gas
that I ever saw before. When the magnetic ma
chine was stopped, not a bubble of gas would ap
pear in the jar, and the lights went out. This small
machine generated gas enough to supply a dozen
burners, any one of which I should tliinksufficient to
light a room.
Now, it will-naturally be asked, “Could not this
tremendous electrical power, which decomposed the
water, be obtained from some other source than
ihe magnetic machine ?” This question occurred to
me before I saw the operation ; and I determined, if
possible, to satisfy myself upon the subject. I there
fore, with Mr. Paine’s full permission, examined the
table. I could easily see that no wires or pipes en
tered the glass jar of turpentine, or the glass jar of
water, except the two connected with the magnetic
machine. It was therefore to the magnetic machine
that my attention was mainly directed. This ma
chine I took up, and lifted it entirely away from the
table —saw that no wires, or metalic substances w hat
ever had any connexion with it from the table. I
placed the machine again on the table, and turned
he crank, and produced the gas in the jar, in the
ame manner and with the same success that Mr.
Paine had done. Mr. Ames and Mr. Merrick did
the same thing, and we were? all satisfied, perfectly
satisfied that the water was decomposed by the elec
tricity from the magnetic machine and nowhere
else. To deny this we must deny the evidence of
our own senses. The gas was also produced faster,
by a thousand—yes ten thousand times, than we
had ever seen it before by a similar apparatus ! We
had also the most positive evidence that the gas, af
ter passing through the turpentine, furnished a bril
liant light. The gas produced appeared to be hy
drogen —we judged by the smell and the burning
—and yet Mr. Paine said, although he called it hy
drogen gas, it differed from the ordinary hydrogen.
I asked Mr. Paine why he interrupted the positive
pole by the glass of water, why he cut this wire in
two, and placed the ends in a ghiss of water ? lie
said that, unless this done both hydrogen aud oxy
gen would be generated in the bell-glass; by this
means, lie only obtained the hydrogen. There ap
peared to be no oxygen generated by the opera
tion.
As to the amount of turpentine consumed by pars
ing the gas through it, it was impossible for us to
determine in the short time —an hour—we were en
gaged in generating and burning the gas. Mr. P.
stated the gas was not carbonized , but was catalized
in passing through the turpentine by the process.—
Several gentlemen of high standing in Worcester,
a few days previous to our visit purchased at a store
a small quantity of turpentine, measuring it accu
rately, which they took toMr. Paine’s establishment,
and passed the gas, produced by three sets of mag
nets, through it for several hours, lighting the whole
of Mr. Paine’s house. The turpentine was again
measured at the close, and found to have lost but a
tea spoonful —only as much as would be lost by eva
poration, and by turning it from one vessel into an
other. A certificate was published to that effect.
The Helices. —Mr. Paine claims that, by an improv
ed construction of the helices in the magneto-electric
machine, he has increased the electrical power of that
instrument infinitely, say ten thousand fold, suffi
cient to produce the wonderful results above describ
ed. The peculiar construction of these helices were
shown to us and explained. Before describing them,
I should make a remark respecting the ordinary
helices of a magneto-electric machine. It is well
known that the power of an electro-magnetic machine,
with the ordinary helices up to a certain point, de
pends upon the amount of surface of insulated cop
per w ire in the helices. It is only upon the surface
of this wire that the electricity can be conducted.
Mr. Paine’s helices differ from the above in this:
that the wire which forms the coil is made hollow,
being formed by twisting or winding very thin strips
of copper forming it into a tube. This wire or tube
is then covered with India rubber or gutta percha to
insulate it; and then filled with water. This water
within the wire, forming the helices, is so arranged
as to be brought in contact with the current of elec
tricity induced from the magnets in the same man
ner as the wire that surrounds it. Faraday has estab
lished the fact, that a very small quantity of water
is capable of containing a vast amount of electricity;
I think he says that a single drop of water will con
tain as much electricity as a thunder cloud; sufficient
to burst oft’ the gable end of a house. Just in pro
portion as the power of the helices is increased to
induce or receive the electric current, so is its power
increased to give it oft’.
Now look at Mr. Paine’s argument. In the first
place, he has a double surface of wire exposed in
the helices—an outer and an inner surface. In the
next place, he has half a pint of water revolving in
his helices—a substance capable of containing a
thousand, yes ten thousand fold more electricity than
the same bulk of copper wire. (The above descrip
tion of Mr. Paine’s helices I have given with his full
consent and approbation.)
To this improvement in the construction of InF
Mr minims to the power <jL*j o
Magnetic-electro machine\so as to produce the woli
derful results above described. The experiments
which we saw, and in which I think we could not be
mistaken, would goto show the claim of Mr. P. to
be well founded.
I have here given a plain statement of facts, as
they were show n and explained to us; and leave every
one to draw his own conclusion. Whether Paine
can apply his improvement practically on a large
scale sufficient to light a city—whether he has dis
covered j>erpelual motion,’ whether he has discover
ed a substitute for all other motive power, and for
all other heat, as well as many other things which
are claimed for him—are questions involving more
difficulties than I feel at present competent to solve.
I am far from denying, however, that lie can do these
things.
Yours, respectfully, G. Q. COLTON.
Jims Stans.
By Telegraph and Otherwise.
Congressional Intelligence. —The Senate is engaged on
tlie French Spoliation Bill. The House of Representatives
have passed the Cheap Postage Bill, by a vote of 130 yeas to
75 nays. This bill makes the uniform postage of letters
three cents, and printed matter, not weighing over two
ounces, one cent. News papers, delivered in the State where
the paper is published, arc charged only half cent postage. —
On magazines, 50 per cent, deduction is made for pre-pay
ment. Newspapers are free when sent only 30 miles.
Jan. 17.
The Asia reached her wharf at New York, at 10 o’clock.
The Cotton market is steady, aud prices are the same as
per Franklin and Niagara. Bread Stuffs arc unchanged,
as are Provisions also.
There is a quiet demand for Silver, and prices advancing.—
American Stocks are firm.
Baring's Liverpool Circular of the 3rd inst., quotes Fair
Upland, 7 7-Bd.j Mobile, Bd.; Orleans 8 1-8. The stock on
hand 521,000 bales. Prime Rico 19s. Coffee and Sugar
firm.
Political affairs, as before stated, entirely satisfactory, eve
ry thing quiet aud peaceful, both oh the Continent and in
Germany.
The American steamer Atlantic left on her regular day,
and apprehensions for her safety are seriously entertained.
New York Market, Jan. 19.
The Cotton market remains firm, nnd 2000 bales sold to
day. The week’s sales amount to 10,000 bales. Fair Up
lands are quoted 14 1-2, Orleans 15 1-4. Rice is active,
and 17(t0 tierces have been sold during the week, prices clo
sing from 3 1-8 to 3 9-IC. Flour and other articles unchan
ged.
New Orleans, Jan. 19.
Destruction of the St. Charles Hotel by Fire. —The St.
Charles Hotel took fire this morning, and is entiiely destroy
ed, including most of the furniture. The Methodist Church
and Clapp's Church also destroyed, together with several
dwelling houses. The Ore Is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary. The loss js very heavy.
On Wednesday last, Stephen R. Mallory, of Key West,
was elected to the United States Senate, to succeed Mr. Yu
lee. On thfe two first trials, the vote stood—Yulee 29, Blank
29; on the 3d—Yulee 28, Blank 30 ; on the 4th—Yulee
23, Blank 4. Mallory 31. Mr. Mallory is represented to us
by his friends, as a man of moderate and conservative opin
ions.— Tallahassee Sent. 21 st inst.
1 knnsylvania. —Hon. Richard Brodhtad lias been elected
• . S. Senator from Pennsylvania. He was the regular
Democratic nominee and a Union man.
I.x i raordinart Marriages.— The following occurrence
took place in London : A gentlemen, a widower left with
three sons, became acquainted with a widow lady who had
three daughters. The lady and the gentleman married, and
with the children of the two families lived together ten
years. During the last six weeks, the sous and daughters
were married to each other, and what is more singula” the
eldest son married the eldest daughter, and the others in the
!i i ii im®¥ jl - ITY i z‘* fj 3
School Teacher Murdered. --On the 9th inst., in Wavne
township, Clement Cos., Ohio, Artemas C. Mor row was
kiLecl by one of his pupils named John Dale, bv blows from
a stiek of wood. It appears that Morrow had punished a
brother o( Dale, when the latter aided by a school mate named
Groves, attacked him and beat him to death. The two boys
then fled. Dale was 21 years, aud Groves IS years of age.
Hungarians in California. —The Journal of Commerce
learns that 100,000 acres of eligibly situated land in Califor
nia, have been offered by an Ex- Aleade, on highly favorable
terms, to Mr. Briesack, a Hungarian in New York, with the
hope of getting his countrymen to settle upon it and engage
in agricultural pursuits. Several hundred Hungarians are
expected to arrive here shortly, and it is not improbable that
a portion of them may avail themselves of this offer.
1 koposed tederation.— the .Montreal Courier mentions
a rumor that the Provincial Parliament will meet for the des
patch of business on the sth of February next, and that a
scheme will probably be submitted for the confederation of all
the British North American Colonies. The measure is re
ported to have the sanction and to einanato from the sugges
tion of the Home Government.
Steamship Atlantic. —The New York Commercial Ad
vertiser says: “The non-arrival of this vessel has caused
much painful anxiety among those who have friends on board.
We have every confidence that the the noble ship is safe, be
lieving that her supply of coal has ben short, and her officers
have made for the Western Islands, St. Thomas, or some
other of the West India islands, to obtain a supply.
—i K
Important Political Movement.— Washington,
21.—More petitions for the repeal of the repeal of the fugi-’
tive slave law were presented and laid on the table.
A pledge has been signed by sixty members of Congress,
fifty of whom are whigs, to support no man for President or
Vice President, or for Congress or the State Legislature, who
is not for the Compromise measures, and against the agitation
of the slavery question.
From California. — New York, Jan. 21. —Tho steam
ers Cherokee and Prometheus arrived to-day with two and
a quarter millions of gold, and California dates to Dec. 16th.
The Falcon left Chagres on the 13th inst. San Francisco
market dull. There has been another fire at San Francisco,
and two hundred thousand dollars worth of property burnt.
The cholera has disappeared from Kingston.
(Tl)i’ (liwgiit Cifiini.
E. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, GA., JANUARY 25, 1851.
To (’orrcspoisdciits. —i .hies by a ‘Sailor,’ received.
‘Lieutenant’ will oblige by sending us the Lecture on tho
benefits of a thorough knowledge of Civil Engineering, and
other pieces, arranged in Chapters of convenient length.
The B s say, mcrs <Af ent “HI have a place in our next.
F. M. C., |,i i far his exertions to increase our
circulation. Would we had a hundred such agents. Your
previous order was overlooked if received. Two copies sent
to Plains of Dura, but the name of A. Ik was not mentioned
In your letter. Shall always ’™r- ■**'a*”t
sort.
Letters from New York ft 1, received too late far the
present issue. . *
———rnirr n
The fase of Knight. —On Thursday morning, this
ease was brought up for trial before the Superior Court, and
the day was consumed in endeavoring to get a jury, ten
members of which were empantielled before the adjourn
ment of court at night. On yesterday the pnnnel was com
pleted nnd the case is now in progress. The following are
the names of the Jury :
David Monerief, John McEhrmrry, John Ilaneoek, Hen
ry Clark, Craven R. Peyton, John Buckner, John G. Mar
tin, John Rabun. Joseph J. Holoman, Ira E. Taylor, Alex.
Melrose, Wm. Monds.
Macon Mechanics’ Society.
The first of the contemplated series of popular
Lectures before this Society, will take place at the
Hall of the Tomochichi Division 8. of T. on Saturday
evening next, Feb. 1 at half past 7 o’clock, at which
hour Professor Loomis will deliver a Lecture on the
Relation of Chemistry to the Arts, Sciences, and
Phenomena of Nature, illustrated by brilliant and
appropriate experiments. Tickets of admission can
be had at the Book Stores, of the Secretary of the
Society, of either member of tho Library Commit
tee, and at the offices of the Journal and Messenger
and Georgia Citizen- Fora single Ticket, 25 cents
will be charged ; Ticket admitting two ladies and a
gentleman, 50 cts. ; Family Ticket, 75 cts.; Pupils
10 cents, each; Members of the society, regular
and honorary, with their families, admitted free.
The nett proceeds of the Lecture will be devoted
to the increase of the Library, which is designed
to be accesible to all, on reasonable terms.
To an object so praiseworthy, will not the citi
zens, generally, give their aid and countenance ?
Will not the Mechanics, of the city, especially, feel
a lively interest in the matter and take their families
and spend a profitable hour in the Lecture Boom ?
And final]}’, will not the Teachers of youth and tho
Reverend Clergy lend their influence in the advance
ment of nn enterprize of such vital importance to
the moral and intellectual health of the commu
nity ? They are ever foremost in works of useful
ness, which justifies us in an appeal to them on this
occasion.
Rev. T. Bcrminsliam.— Wel.ad the pleasure of
a call, the other day, from this esteemed Prelate, who has for
several years been Pastor of the Catholic Church of Colum
bus, and who is about removing back to South Carolina.
He is a gentleman of superior acquirements and much worth,
having by an unblemished life and faithful devotion to tho
interests of his people secured the respect and confidence of
the entire community from which he has recently been sepa
rated by the orders of his Bishop. Wherever his lot may bo
east, the good wishes of thousands will go with and to bless
him.
An American in Prison.— Edward stiff, formerly
of Cherokee eo. Ala. writes to Senator Clemens that lie lias
been imprisoned in Cuba because he carried ordinary arms,
and wished to publish an English newspaper inllavanun. —
This gentleman is well known in North Alabama, as an Edi
tor who was in many difficulties, a few years since, at his
home in that State, lie passed through Macon about two
or three months ago, on a trip of agency for a newspaper lie
proposed to publish in Atlanta. This was the last we heard
from this eccentric individual until the announcement just
made of his being a prisoner in Cub;.. In all probability, his
present trouble lias been brought about by his own impru
dence of speech or conduct.
A South Carolina Speech!— A member of theS.
C. Legislature v.as delivered of the following speech on the
motion to call a Convention in that State:
‘*Mr. Speaker, 1 have but a few words to say, mid won’t
detain you—not five seconds. It is not principle Igo for, nor
dollars, nor cents, nor newspapers. Igo for my family, my
wife Nancy and my children—and for charitable works. I
give you my word, my hat, my soul and body, and I voto for
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Macon Female Charitable Association.
At the Anniversary meeting of the Macon Charitable As
sociation the following Officers and Managers were elected
for 1851.
Mrs. \V M. GRA'i , Superintendent.
Miss ELIZ ABETH ROBINSON, Secretary.
Mrs. ROBI'. COLLINS, Treasurer.
MANAGERS.
Episcopal Church—Mr*. Wm. B. Parker, Mrs. J. L.
Jones, Mrs. Cutter. Methodist Church —Mrs. Kirtland,
Mrs. J. B. Ross, Miss Elizabeth Robinson. Baptist Church
—Mrs. S. Rose, Mrs. L. J. Groce, Mrs. Win. Gray. Pres
byterian Church —Mrs. Robs. Collins, Mrs. Robt. Carver,
Mrs. llobt. Lanier. Vtneville —Mrs. 11. Oldershaw, Mrs.
T. A. Brewer, Mrs N. C. Monroe.
From the annual Report of the Superintendent for 1850,
we gather the following statistics :
Our Association now numbers 162 members, consisting of
158 adults, 4 juveniles 42 males, and 120 females.
The total receipts iu the Treasury, embracing the balance
left from last year, amount to $230,47
Total, amount expended $11,67
Balance on hand $ 18,80
During the present year wo havo relieved twenty families,
and provided a regular monthly stipendary.
The Lecture of Professor Loomis, last week, yielded over
S6O in aid of the Funds of the Society.
Important to Mechanics.
A motion has been made in Council that the Committee
on I’ublie property be authorized to employ, by the year, a
t competent Mechanic, st a salary not exceeding $350, to
work under the direction of the appropriate Committees.—
We would liko to see that competent wliito Mechanic that
wilf take this liberal offer, of one dollar per day or there
abouts, when lie can get $2 per day, as easily as falling off a
log ! In sober earnestness, we would ask, on what princi
ple of public policy is it, that printers’ fees and mechanics’
wages generally are razeed by Council fifty per cent below
the regular price of work in the city ? It will be perhaps
well for the mechanics to have a stronger representation in
the next Board, if this unjust discrimination against them is
continued by those in authority. Let them see to it.
superior fourt.- -The Superior Court of Bibb Cos.,
tlie lion. James 11. Stark, presiding, is now in session, in
this city. The Criminal Docket is a very heavy one, and if
cleared, will necessarily retard or postpone much important
civil business before tlie Court.
W 110 is lIC ? —Who is that ‘Old Union Democrat,’
that talks so finely in the Messenger to the Union Dem
ocrats, about their position, prospects &c. ? Hear his ad
vice to his brethren :
“We are asked to forget all their insults and injuries;
all their harsh epithets and slanderous names, and go back
quietly into a family from which we have been forced to
separate, because we were patriots and loved our country,
and refused to follow in the lead of a few factious politicians,
who not being permitted to serve in heaven, were ambitious
to rule in liell. For this the LTiion Democrats have been
villified and abused—have been scorned and scouted—have
been called traitor and tory —have been threatened with all
sorts of vengeance, from an “ immortality of infamy ” to the
more summary penalty of “ Black Jack and Grape Vine.’’
This is the correct doctrine, but we do not think that tlie
Union Whigs are pursuing the proper course to perpetuate
the organization of the Union party in this county and city,
however desirable the consummation. For example:—when
the Union Whigs in Council voted $125, per annum, to an
unprincipled press that has abused them nnd the party they
represent, to the extent stated in the above paragraph and
more, it was a stretch of courtesy to an implacable enemy, at
the expense of a faithful friend and Union Democratic ally,
which cannot easily be blarnied over by the honied words
of “an old Union Democrat.” Moreover, a permanent
treaty of friendship between the Union Whigs and Union
n>w.,<ratg. J><! brought about by any sucli injustice;
and we wai-nall interested that a repetition of the wrong iToncT
will bo deemed sufficient evidence that the truce between the
old parties is hollow and insincere, on the part of the Union
Whigs, and will be treated accordingly.
“Taken in and done for.”— On Thursday eve
! **ing hist, at the Rook Auction in this city, we were most
egrcgiously placed in the category set forth by the caption to
this article. On looking over the assortment of Books, with
a view to cull out the choicest treasures of Literature, on pri
\ ate account as well as in fulfilment of a commission entrust
ed to us, we chanced to spy a little volume beautifully bound
in the style of annual offerings and entitled “OUR DAY,
by J. o r. Adams. ’ On opening what appeared to be a
gem, our eye caught the heading of a chapter entitled “ the
gallows shall be cast down,” that induced us to think well of
the book, written by an old acquaintance and one we had
much respect for, in “ days lang syne.” Accordingly, we
bid a quarter upon it, when offered by the auctioneer, de
spite his insinuation that its contents were decidedly Junky,
and it was knocked down to us. On an examination, how
ever, of the work, we soon discovered that we had got
much more than we had bargained for. A more vil
| lninous abolition publication we have never seen.. The
■ contributors to its pages arc the notorious Theodore
| Parker, Horace Grcely, Rev. Henri/ lfacon, and oth
ers of that kidney. This is the warpjj f the whole product
and it* oiling is composed of a few unexceptionable papers
on Capital Punishment and Intemperance. Among other
rich and odorous articles, we find a poetic eulogy on that run
away negro, Fred. Douglass, by the Editor, J. G. Adams,
aforesaid, which for high-wrought bombast is unequalled.—
Faugh 1 the whole thing is a stench in onr nostrils. We
look upon “ Our Day,” as a fair and whited sepulchre, beau
tiful without and of rich investiture, but within, “full of
dead men’s bones,” and all uneleanness. We cannot keep
it on our premises. Wo will not let the public have access
to its polluting pages. What then shall be done with it ?
Ah ! we have it. After tearing the Icavcsto in shreds and
frazzles, ivo will have it publicly offered as a burnt-offering
before the auction throng the night of the day on which we
write this notice, (Friday.) And such will be the inevitable
fate of all like incendiary publications that may chance to
reach us by mail, or otherwise.
A Thief Caught.
On Wednesday evening last, Deputy Marshal Wood, as
sisted by two citizens, arrested a man who answers to the de
scription of W. A. F. Allen, advertised 14th January, in the
Columbus Enquirer by Charles S. Gaulden, of Lumpkin,
as a negro thief, Src. About the 28th of December last,
Allen came to this city and put up at Mr. Beasley’s House,
for several days, having with him a negro man of the de
scription of the one stolen from Mr. Gauhling. He rode
in a covered Buggy and had a fine horse, both of which
were probably stolen. On his return here on Wednesday,
he was without the negro and had plenty of funds, and the
presumption, therefore, is, that lie lias sojd the negro in this
or one of the adjoining counties. The negro is named
Abram, is about 25years old, fully six feet high, weighing
100 lbs.—alittlo light complected, small feet, hands, and eyes.
Had on and with him, when stolen, a white woolen linscy
sack coat & pants, a broad cloth sack, and a pair of coarse
boots and shoes. On Allan’s arrest he jumped into the
buggy at. Mr. Beasley’s door and put out, but he was follow
ed into V ineville by the citizens before mentioned, in anoth
er buggy,and finding himself too hotly pursued, he left his
vehicle and ran through houses and across lots, and finally
took refuge under a building from which he was dragged and
conveyed to prison.
On his way to jail he offered SIOO, to each of his captors
and gave Marshall Wood S2OO to let him slide. He had
also three or four hundred Dollars to give to his counsel, and
the latter took out a writ of Habeas Camus returnable be- j
fore his honor Judge Stark, on Thursday morning at 7 o’clock, !
but the J udge having heard the circumstances postponed a
hearing till half past 12 of that day.
In the mean time a Telegraphic dispatch was sent to the
Sheriff of Muscogee who replied that the right man Allen
was in their hands, and to hold on to him. * This fact and
other circumstances appearing on the examination, he was
remanded to prison to await the coming of the Sheriff, from
whose custody he lately’ escaped, on some other charge.
The money in possession of Alk-n consisted mostly of new
bills of the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank, which item
may furnish a clue as to the purchaser of the stolen negro.
This ease and others which have transpired, recently, au
thorize us to conclude that there is a well organized band of
thieves prowling about the country seeking the opportunity
to commit depredations, and against whose swindling devi
ces the public should be on their guard. Macon is however
a poor place for successful robbery, so long as we have such
energetic officers as Wood, Shaw and others to hunt up
thieves and vagabonds and bring them to justice. Rogues
had better give a wide berth to this locality if they wish to
thrive by their roguery.
Georgia Rail Roads.—The following table of the
Rail Roads of Georgia in operation and progress, we clip
from the- Messenger and Journal of Wednesday :
1. Central Road from Savannah to Macon,
completed; 191 miles.
2. Georgia Road from Augusta to Atlanta,
completed, 171 ‘i
3. Macon and Western Road from Macon
to Atlanta, completed, 101 “
Western and Atlantic Road from Atlanta
to Chattanooga, completed, 140 “
5. South-Western Road from Macon to
Oglethorpe, nearly completed, 51 “
G. Muscogee Road from Columbus to Fort
Valley, on South-Western, m progress, 71 “
7. Atlanta and West Point Road from At
lanta to West Point, in progress, 85 “
8. Milledgeville Road from Gordon to
Miiledgeville, in progress, 18 “
9. Eatonton Road from Miiledgeville to FMt
onton, iu progress, . 22 “
10. V> ilkes Road from Rouble Wells to
Washington, in progress, 18 “
11. Athens Branch from Union Point to
Athens, completed, 39 “
12. Burke Road from 80 mile Station on
Central Road to Augusta, in progress. 56 “
Total, completed and in progress, 963 miles.
Manufacturing C apital es Muscogee , —F’rom
the census returns of Muscogee we find that the amount of
capital invested there in manufactures is —and that
invested in the manufacture of Cotton and Wool is $493,000.
The population of the county is IS,G23 —that of the city $5,-’
942. So good an example of enterprize should have its in
fluence upon other counties jitid cities of the Commonwealth.
There is the element of true independence in it which is tan
gible.
More Enterprize.- -We see it stated in the Albany
i Patriot, that our old friends Capt. W. J. McCallister of Co
lumbus, purposes to build one or two boats, the ensuing sum
mer, to ply regularly between Appalaehicola and New Or
leans. Other parties propose to construct a light draught
boat to run between Albany Ga. and Appalacbioola. When
these project.® are carried out and the Rail Road to Oglethorpe
is finished, we see no reason why that route from Macon to
New Orleans will not bo the most pleasant and speedy that
ean be devised, between this place and the Crescent city.
The greatest difficulty in the way will be the land freight from
Oglethorpe to Albany or Chattahoochee This however we
hope to see obviated, by the construction of a plank road
from Oglethorpe to some point on the Chattahoochee river,
where said river is always navigable. This done, said route
must command a large share of tho travel and grocery trade
between this State and Louisiana.
A Union Democrat,— a correspondent of the Flor
ence, (Ala.) Gazette thus gives his opinion of the Ultra Dis
unionists ot the country. That he uses great plainness of
I speech,” will hardly be questioned:
“ Abolition, nul.iiieation and disunion are three tilings I al
. ways despised. I fought in the wars of 1812, ’l3 and ’l4, to
uphold a,d sustain ties l nion, and have been a strong Union
! man ever since, and a full bloodid Democrat, and will be b itli
ias long as I live. Druthers W liigs and Democrats thruugh
~4 l >.> (J-!i li1 down your flags and stack y< nr
arms, and come over to the 1 niou side, amigo wttfi us,amT
we will do thee good. A man that would advocate a dis
solution of this our glorious Union, must have his heart
washed with lampblack and dog's grease, A man of that
character could not get a meal's victuals or a bed to sleep on
at my house. My dogs should not bark at a man of that
character, l! 1 was to catch a buzzard eating the carcass of
a disunionist, 1 would shoot it. They are the last of all God's
creation—fit for nothing but to be winked at by negroes, kick
ed at by mules, gored by bulls, and butted by rams.”
Southern Cultivator. T-The January No. of this
popular Agricultural paper comes laden with its
\aried treasures yt scientific lore, and highly use
ful intelligence, on subjects ol interest to every citi
zen. 1 lie planters ot the South should encourage
a work so ably conducted and handsomely illustra
ted. \\ . b. Jones, Augusta, Ga. publisher and
I >r. Lee, Editor. Terms 1,00 per annum,'in ad
vance.
Abolition Charily. —A fugitive slave applied recent- |
ly to two of the leading Abolitionists of Buffalo, New York,
for aid, and received from one Jive and the other six cents,
all told ! Was not that liberal ?
Missouri. —Benton lias not been re-elected Senator
from Missouri, as yet. The twenty-sixth ballot was taken
Friday, with the following result: For Henry S. Geyer.
whig, 70; Mr. Benton 55 ; Mr. Green, 31.
The “ Union Hum bug • ** —Some of the Disunion
presses are making merry over the probable postponement of
the proposed Union meeting at Washington on the 22d Feb
ruary, and denounce it as the “Union Humbug.’’ Let them
not halloo before they are out of the woods. A National
Union Party will be formed, we reckon, soon enough for the
Fire-Eaters and Abolitionists—at all events the Union Par
ty of Georgia can go ahead and prosper, whether “alone in
her glory” or in cohoot with oilier States.
Fraud in lVood.
Mr. Editor :—W ould it not be well for council to pass an
ordinance, regulating the sale of wood, or rather requiring all
loads of wood offered for sale in the city to measure a certain
number of feet 7 say a one horse load.two fret—two horse
load four feet, Are. We are now literally swindled by some
of the wood-sellers I engaged a lot of wood and was to re
ceive two cords in five loads. I measured some of the loads
and none exceeded a third of a cord, and some measured on
ly a fourth. A BUYER.
What docs it mean]
Mr. Editor: —Can you give a poor citizen any informa
tion as to the real meaning of the voteef thanks, to the Bridge
keeper and his assistant, lately passed by the working coun- j
cd ? I find there are various interpretations given to the re- ■
solution; and as each appears plausible mougb, unless you
can enlighten our ignorance, l think its “daddy’’ should
give us more light on the subject.
Some supfto.se the resolution to he a rebuke to the old
Council, for neglect of this duty, considering it to have been
peculiarly their province to thank such of the public ser
vants it engaged, that were entitled to this distinction.
Others are uncharitable enough to snuff iu it a burlesque
on the usual vote of thanks to the Mayor.
Others, again, maintain that it is a covert censure on the
public Printers, Marshals, street contractors, and our four
legged scavengers, and assert in maintenance of the position
that inasmuch as one Council thanked the Mayor and the oth
er the Bridgtkeeper, for having property performed their du
ties, it was invidious to omit the others if they had performed
their duties, in a satisfactory manner.
I must confess the thing is too deep for my learning, and
have give it up. QUERIST.
Saturday last, the body of John McCormick, Esq.,
was found about two miles below the place where he was
drowned, and was buried on Sunday. The Masons and
Odd Fellows (of which Societies he was a leading member)
turned out at the funeral and attended his remains to their
final resting plaee.— Montgomery Ala. Register.
Alabama and Tennessee River Rail R oa(j
The .Mobile Register in calling attention to a navm
an instalment on the stock remarks: Cn *
“ The prospects of the enterprise arc most eneom-,™:
Filty-lix miles of the road, from Selma to
already under contract for construction, and arrant **
are being made to have the route from the Cooaii **
Gadsden graded at an early day. The whole road Ju *
may be said to bo upon the eve of construction. Wh s
ished, it will pour the rich products of north eastern AW
ma, and Tennessee, as from a horn of plenty, into the U
Mobile, and draw returning supplies from our port fj r
fertile and populous sections. No project bids fc r <, lit!
profitable to its stockholders, at au early day, or to
commercial benefits through our State. ‘
Counterfeiters Arrested.— Two men. named u
and Mcllroy, were arrested on Monday bust under a cha **
of counterfeiting. They were detected in pawing couniwr*
half-dollars, and when arrested several other piece* of hi!
same denomination were found in their possewi< m t! *
have committed for trial at the term of the court whuo,
mchees its session on Monday. <X)tu ‘
Arrival of the Steamship Florida—The fi D
steamship Florida arrived at her wliarf at an early fcoa
yesterday morning, having come ‘o anchor inside of
at 1 o’clock, A. M. She has thus made the trip i n 58 fc,
one of the shortest ever made. This would be equal to
52 hours to the Charleston Bar. She brings 35 cabin r*.
sengers and a good freight.
Meeting at Tremont Temple—Chaplin
Thompson.
Boston, Jan. 18.185].
Mr. Wm. L. Chaplin, the negro abductor, was rewired
last evening at Tremont Temple, by an audience of about Tut)
one th ; rd of whom were colored people. He related hi* Ro
ry and a subscription was raised towards making up the $25
000 for which he is bailed.
After which Mr. George Thompson was introdatri-
Ile was received with applause and hisses, but tbe distwhaws
was not so great as to prevent his speaking. Il e *aid ; lf
blushed fur the city of Boston, and that acts had been pom
mitted here w hich made it stink in the nostrils of humanity
ITe abused the Union meeting which was held in Fanupf
Ilall, President Fiilmore, the South, the Church, 6t. 6iv
He was frequently interrupted in his speech by indignant
hisses and cries. There would possibly have been --j crM
disturbance bad the holding of tho meeting been motep*.
erallv known.
Governor Quitman and the Cuban Expe w .
tion.— The Vicksburg Whig, of the 16th, say*:-U
is rumored here that a writ from a court now in se
fiion at New Orleans, demanding the appearance of
Governor Quitman at its bar, to undergo an exani
nntion in regard to his allcdged implication
Cuba enterprise of May lastj has been received at
Jackson—that the Governor refuses to answer the
demand, and threatens to call upon the people of
Mississippi for protection, and that Judge Gholson
of the L. S. Court now sitting in Jackson, has ex
pressed a determination to use federal authority in
him vested, to execute the writ to the full par port
of its requisition. This talk of resistance and en
forcement is from the lips of rumor ; but we believe 1
it is a tact that the writ has been issued and is now 1
in Jackson. From certain arguments in a late M
sissippian, the Governor’s organ, it may readily be \
inferred that the motive in calling the Legislature
together at this time, was to plaee obstructions in
tbe way of the Governor’s attendance upon the Court
at New Orleans. W e should not be surprised if tint
splendid enigma—the extra session—were to find
its true explanation in Gov. Quitman’s connection
with the Cuba affair, llut nous verrous.
Head Rest for Railroad Car Peats.-— Mr. A
loiTToTsbeTT, of Norwalk,'Cohnl, has invented and
taken measures to secure a patent for anew improve
ment on car seats, which will be very useful and
convenient to all who use it. The improvement
eontists iu a moveable pad, for the head to reit uj
-011, which is made to lie carried by any person, and
can be attached to the back of any railroad oar seat,
Ac., and raise or lowered to the proper height for
the head, either to recline for ease or to take a com
fortable nap when travelling, or otherwise. The
rest is a pad, which slides in a sheath (folded up)
and having a ratchet cut on its rod, is held by *
spring at any and -sirabic height. It can also be per
manently attached, but its convenient qualities lie in
being portable, whereby it clasps on the back of the
car seat, for tbe benefit of all whom it may concern
Mr. Paine has received by the last steamer Lis Rnglinli let
ter patent for bis so-called water-gas discovery.. A wager of
SSOOO, proposed by Mr. Paine, that lie eotsii substantiate his
claims by experimental demonstration, bis been accepted by
a writer who signs himself T. in the Boston Atlas, with t!i
understanding that the electric circle is not to be complete—
that there shall be no possible connection between the pole*
of the battery, either by metallic, fluid, or any other electric
conductor; also, that there sliail be no oxygen generated, i*
a free or combined state ; and, further, that Mr. Paine sh*’
show to the satisfaction of the supervising committee he pro
poses, that hut one current of electricity passes through tb
fluid, by the agency of which hydrogen is alone disengaged
[AT. Y. Gour. <J- £?•
California Senator.— We learned yesterday, fro™ *
friend just from California, that Judge Sid. Ileydenfc'Jt)
formerly of Russell county, in this State, is a candidate before
the Legislature now in session, for tbe office of United State*
Senator from California, and that there was a strong proba
bility of his election.— Advertiser and Gazette .
———I
The new post office law which has just passed tin
House of Representatives, and will, it is thought, pass
Senate, fixes the uniform rate for half ounce letters at 3 cert*- h
Newspaper are tree within thirty miles of the place of [> ■
lication. Printed matter not over two ounces, one cent, d* I
newspapers delivered in the State where printed, halt's I
Fifty per cent deduction on magazines when prepaid. Tin* ■
cent coins have been ordered, and three cent stamps a? tu * I
issued. - - w
A pamphlet published in Mexico states that the income
the elergv of that country amounts to $20,000,000 per sr
num. They are also in possession of landed property np
resenting an enormous capital. The revenues of the Gener
al Government itself are stated not to exceed s6,ooo,ow
llit Them Again.—An exchange declares that he
wou Id cheat the printer j Mould rob a crying babv of
gerbread or a church of counterfeit pennies—lick the be: ‘
off a blind darkey’s last slitter, —pawn his grandmother
specks for a drink of whiskey —steal acorns from an oM *’*•
and the elothes from a scare crow to make a respectable f
pearance in society.
The Atlanta and Dahlonega Plank Road Comp*®?
been organized by the election of Barrington King Presi*® u
and George 11. Camp Secretary. The route has bee®* 1 ’
veyed, and the prospects for building the road are bettef
they have been.
Tax on Xf.gro Sellers.— There is a proposition *
the City Council of Richmond, Va., to lay heavy .
those who are engaged in the sale of negroes. The os
ble object is to increase the city revenues ; but the op
js expressed that the taxes which it is in cc>ntenipiaiJ |,n
pose are are so large that the trade will be driven aA’ ‘
that market. The present income of Richmond lro ® .
business of buying and selling slaves, is estimated to
000 per year.— Sav. Rep. ,
From the last annual report made by the
siouerof Indian Affairs, it appears that there 1
the State of N. Y. 1000 Indians, having
ti vet ion 1600 acres of land.