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Corospnfonrg. ■ LETTERS from NEW YORK, New York, March, G, 1851. No. v, Dear Doctor ’Tho Tribune of the 26th uit. publishes a long string of pearls from the various ’speeches of Senator j Foote, of Mississippi, against this man that man, and the oth- | er, and says that the people of the South do him very wrong id denying him a conscience. The scripture tells us some* j thing about “straining at gnats and swallowing camels.”— There is an old adage which says ‘ Charity begins at home.’ j I should like to see Greely’e definition of conscience, lie 1 wants to know if a ship should land at Charleston, with a ! load of Circassians, and offer them for sale, would not the 1 people of the the South rise in indignation at the traffic and j condemn it. This he calls selling niggers, and the indigna tion felt by the north in knowing that they are sold. This he calls abolition “conscience,” — con-scientia , with knowing. Ought not we and every nation on the face of earth to deny a man “conscience” who believes in Fourierism, Abby folsomism, Ft eesoilism, Rappingism , Abolitionism , Vcte yourself-a- faniiistn , Free-nigger-ism , and Jackassism ? This is what 1 want to know ! Do we, or can we, wrong -any man by denying him a “conscience,” who believes in all these things? Certainly not. We do him an important ser vice in telling him of his deficiencies, lie ought to thank us for telling him plainly and peremptorily that lie is the most oonsumate nincompoop that ever had existence. No man but one who is totally de.oiJ of “conscience” would make Jiimseif the laughing stock of both devils and men. And for what ? For believing or affecting to believe, in the shad ow of a shade, and calling “ end of nothing whittled out to a point”—“ conscience/’ Is this knowing or doing anything? Less than nothing. Here are set of rascals who sold to a certain species of property, who wish to get it back again for nothing ! Is this ‘‘ conscience ?” Here are a set of traitors, who make slaves of white women , and pretend to be horror-stricken at the idea of selling a nigger. Is this “ conscience ?” Here are a set of cowards, who drive the widow and the orphan into the basest poverty here at the North, and have the free nigger impudence to talk about the slavery of the South ! Yet, Horace Grcely, is the ring leader of this set of scoundrels ! I can show you beautiful young women in this city, who are compelled to work from eight o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening, harder than ever I saw any negro women work in the South. Yet, these pitiful villains go all the way to Georgia to find slavery upon which to expend their pharasaical sympathy ! Is this “ conscience?'’ Yes, this is Abolition “ conscience.” Go with me to Lowell, and I will show you beautiful girls prostituted to the basest of uses. Yet, these liars call these miserable creatures free. Instead of setting the white slaves of the North free, they make use of the most roguish and unlawful means to liberate the very property they once sold to us. These are the whitened sepulchres whose souls con tain within them nothing but rottenness, “dead men's bones, and all unclean ness x There are at least ten thousand women in this city, who have been driven to the basest prostitution by abject want. These and the the runaway niggers, who inhabit the filthiest dens of infamy, render this city a perfect wilderness of pesti lence. How do people expect to enjoy health in the vicinity of such contamination ? Vct tho Southerners here appear to mo to bo entirely ignorant uponyfliis subject. The efflu via arising from the decaying boprfcsof these half naked and three-quarters starved runaways, is enough to contaminate a city as largo as London—let alone New York. No wonder that the people here are visited annually with a besom more destructive to human life than the pestilential Monsoon of Af rica. Yet, I saw a woman the other day who had the im pudence to speak with a lurn-np-her-nose stupidity, about the peculiar odor arising from the bodies of the negr owomcn of the South. This was from one who had spent a major part of her life in the society of runaway slaves. If any body ever ltad any light to judge of the “ funk ”of a nigger, she had, from her eternal proximity to them. 1 lived in this city sev en years, and before God, during the whole of that time, I never met with a single gentleman—that is, I scarcely ever saw a single person, who did not either smoke, chew tobacco or drink whiskey. If there was single exception, in any point to this, 1 was not aware of it; and the person who was the exception, was one who had a false idea of wliatVmsti tutes a man. They do not love a man here for his Godwen genius. They have no respect for anything that is heavenly —but love him wholly and solely for the gaudy, gilded and hollow trappings which the devil has east around him. Eve ryman here is an Aaron, who cheats the beautiful women out of their gold earrings, melts them up into a Midas eared calf, and then falls down and worships it. The only God they worship here is Mammon—a collossal statue ten thous and cubits high, whose head is copper, whose lips are brass, whose legs are iron, whose feet are clay, and whose body is beset with jewels and fine gold. To this infernal Moloch they not only sacrifice theiixhealth, happiness and children, but, if there was any truthXn Christ, sell their hopes of immortali ty in the world to *come, thereby completely surrendering their souls into the fiery hands of the devil. I heard a celebrated Professor say, that a dissolution of the Union would be a very desirable thing, as it would give to the North her peculiar institutions, an J to the South hers. — This was from a Theologian, who had, I presume, read tho Constitution, and from whom it was nothing more than rea sonable to expect something good. The Boston Transcendentalists pretend to call this the Age of Gold, presuming, I suppose, that our Era is golden precisely in proportion to the amount of gold dug up out of the earth in it. Now, 1 would most respectfully ask, could any real gentleman entertain such an idea ? Did Christ, who was the most perfect gentleman that ever breathed, and c. perfect pattern of a Man, believe any such thing?— Precisely the reverse—so much so, that one of principal objects in coming into the world, was to destroy the Jewish love for fiflliy lucre. If this be the fact, then, this is the most unchristian Age,that ever existed on this earth; inas much as it is the most of that Age which lie came expressly to destroy. It is true that those people go to church regularly every Sunday ; but it is not to worship God, bat to show which lias the finest carriage and the most beautiful span of hors es. These are paraded before the church door with all the pomposity of the devil's myrmidons from hell before the crys tal battlements of heaven—and precisely for the very same insidious purpose, namely to baiter it down. Yet, they are as regular in their attendance as the old Jewfovvere to the Tabernacle, whom Christ so pertinaciously rebuked for being white without, and black within. It is not the age of gold-finding which constitutes the Age of Gold; but the age of thought-producing men, which con stitutes it. That Age, and that alone, is really golden, which has, not tho least gold in it, but the least consciousness of that gold. That age is the Golden and Halcyon one which looks upon God first, then upon Man, and sees both in the respective lights which radiate from either. This is the gold en Age—the Age in which Adam lived, when the world was a young and perfect Paradise and beautiful Angels come down from heaven to dwell among men. The golden Age is not a mere Age of Gold, and nothing else —but an Age of great men —of moral men. It is an intellectual Age —an age of Gentlemen —men who would think no more of doing any thing that would be offensive to others, than of stealing. This is the rca/ Age of Gold. All other ages are ages of either brass or iron. A real gentleman is one who lives out the will of God up on earth one who incarnates the Spirit of Christ in his act ed wisdom among men; and never thinks of prostituting himself so as to make his sphere disagreeable to others. Why has a man no right to steal from another ? Be cause what the one has does not belong to the other—it is his pleasure to have that which is his happiness, and his pain to possess that which is not. But is a man’s enjoyment of his own proper God-given sphere less liis own— less his delight— than his money ? Then, why lias any man a right to insult another by smoking in his face? How does he know that it is the delight of tho other to permit a piece4)f stinkweed, with fire at one end to be a mediator between him and a fool at the other ? How does he know this ? If he does not know it, and presumes to exercise an offensive privilege, it is just as culpable in the sight of a true t gentle man, as if he were to pick his pocket. No man lias any right to insult another, any more than he lias to steal from him ; and the man who would do thA one would do the other. No gentleman would think of doinga ther—but every thing in his power to render every body Hap py- The first thing you encounter here is a fool with a cigar in his mouth. Defying any counterblast from King James, or any body else, they smoke all day and nearly night. The Hotels are full of tobacco smoke from morning until midnight. If you step into the Astor House to read a newspaper, the first thing yon know, up will step a whiskered barbarian, and puff right into your face. They thiuk a segar stuck into the mouth and empty brains the best sign of a gentlemen."* : - s ' ot only the grown men but the little boys smoke. But to i *k°w you what arrant hypocrites they all are, from the high est to the lowest, it is only necessary to say that they carry I either cloves or ginger in their vests pockets, as a toxicologi cal renovator of the pestilential breath after the disgusting op eration. They call these nasty rolls of tobacco liere--“ Se ga ws.” Most of the people, whom Willis, 1 believe, calls “ The i u ppcr Ten Thousand,” wear a little nasty looking tuft of i hair on the chin which they call a 1 Goatees /” Di<l you ever take tartar-emetic ? Well, tartar-emetic is a perfect anodyne to the vomit which 1 once received from a lady in Connecticut, on hearing her boasting of her husband’s “ Goatee !”. Von may think I am joking, but its as true as Gospel, livery thing that is forbidden by God and the uni versal consent of the most civilized people in all ages of the world, is practiced in the New England States, from the ma king of wooden nutmegs, down to raising the spirits of the unapproachable dead. ‘Hie New York Tribune is the great Egyptian shinplaster upon which is spread out daily for the contamination of the perverted minds of the vulgar, lias black-art nostrum, which like the shirt of Nessus, never eventually leaves the soul of the possessor without taking all the skin off. I do not know of any paper in the wide world, which wields such a deleterious influence. Unlike the Herald in its ear ly youth, which did not profess to be anything but an immor al medium, it pretends to be what it really is not. Like the old Egyptian priests, teaches one thing and believes a notlior ; and if you question the sincerity of this belief, all the reply that you will receive for your pains, will be a Pharis aical lengthening of its countenance by an obsequious falling down of the lower jaw, and a hog-like grunt of—“ Con science.” The editors are all Professors Necromancy, As trology,'the Flack Art, and Damnable Sciences, —all dis ciples ol Fourier, Voltaire, Aldrovandus and the Devil. — I hey believe that every thing real, in rerutn Natural, is Mythical; and every tiling Mythical, in rerum Natural , real. George llipley, for instance, will call the heartan “ entrail ;” and it you question the propriety of such an expression, all the satisiaetion that you will ever receive, will be an Epicure in tossof the head, and the following very consolatory reply —■“ Wusser thin's than that are done in the South.'’ A book lias recently made its appearance in this citv, cal led u Parnassus in Pillory,", by Molly Manners, Esq—who is the same person as Augustine Duganne; a gentleman of real genius. I will give you ail idea of the book in my next. Ileuiy James, the author of the articles in the Harbinger, in support of Charles hourier, about marriage, lectured the other night, on Art. lie is a fine logician, writes with great floridity, and is the most talented of the Tribune clique. I did not hear him. More about a good many things in my next. T. 11. C. u lt is not decent to ‘ j>ut the bottle to vour ncigh or’s mouth and make him drunken.’ Census ol Georgia—Complete. We are indebted to the Marshal of the State and his Deputies, Messrs. Edwards and Clayton, for the fol lowing table, containing the census returns of 1850, as compared with those of 1810. The returns are now complete, and show a result, which cannot fail to be highly gratifying to every true Georgian. It will he seen that the increase in the white population, (or die last ten years, has been 119,532, and of the black, 96,- — being a total increase of 216,505 — or, nearly equal to 32 per cent. The increase in the white population is also worthy of remark. It shows that our internal improvements and our manufacturing establishments have, to some extent,at least,checked emigration from the State—that our poeple are becoming attached to the soil, and that a proper and commendable State pride is being rapidly developed. -s COUNTIES. White EUn k. tjjhl I! Tutu!. V_. ~ ” Aprs I mg;’ “25iU = Utos 2950 1755 297 2052 Baker, 4360 3767 8127 2147 1779 4226 Baldwin, 3554 4698 8252 3075 4175; 7250 Bibb, 7065 5637 12702 53551 4147 9802 Bryan, .1180 2246 3426 897| 2285 3182 Bufloch, . 2841 1460 4301 2147 955 3102 Burke, 5263 1 10832 16100 4609! 8567, 13176 Butts, 4683 2805 7488 3285! 2023 5308 Camden. 2069 42 47 6316 2004 ; 4071 6075 Campbell, 5725 1507 7232 4526 844; 5370 Carroll, 8256 1100 9356 4725 527 5252 Cass, 10292 3002 13294 7381 j 2009 9390 Chatham, ! 9882 14018 23900 6801 12000 18801 Chattooga, j 5135 1680 6815 2624 814 3433 Cherokee, 11737 1157 12394 5 401! 494 5895 Clarke, j 5412 5571 10983 5603 4919 10522 Cobb, 111583 2383 13966 6630 , 909 7539 Columbia, j 3689 8272 11961 3920! 7436 11356 Coweta, 8220 5105 13625 1 7263 3101: 10364 Crawford, 4355 4628 8983 4412: 35691 7981 Clinch,* 2355 129 2480 .... ..... Dade, 2535 148 2683 1285 791 1364 Decatur, 4623 3639 8262 34781 2391 5872 DeKalb, 11407 2917 14324 8456 2011 10167 Dooly, 5586 2776 8362 3234 1193 4 427 Early, 3711 3579 7290 3120 2324 5144 Effingham, 2016 1848 3864 1633 1412 3075 Elbert, 6692 , 6269,129611 6077 5048 11125 Emanuel, 3715 962 4677 2500 629 3129 Fayette, 67221 2055 8727 4827 1364 6191 Floyd, 5208 3013 8221 3165 1276 4441 Forsyth, 7864; 1017 8881 5060 559 5619 Franklin, 9133 23 5 11518 7754 1 2132 9886 Giimer, 8232 200 8432 2441 95 2536 Glynn, 701 4200, 4901 891 4011 5302 Green, 4802 ! 8266 13068 4641 7049 11690 Gwinnett, 9030 2295 11325 ‘ 8552 2252 10804 Gordon* 5159 824 5983 j Habersham, 7674 1223 8897 7007 954 7961 Hall, 7377 1252 8629 6773 1102 7875 Hancock, 4272 7508 11780 3697 5962 9659 Harris, 6739 7998 14737;! 7482 6451 13933 Heard, 4523 2100 6923 3719 1590 5329 Henry, 9759 4968,14727 8424 3332 11756 Houston, 6136 9901 16340 4861 4350 9711 Irwin, 2888 504 3392; 1772 266 2038 Jackson, 6827 2941 9768; 5991 2529 8522 Jasper, 4352 7134 11486 492! 6190 11111* Jones, 3950 6279 10229 4417 5648 10065 Jefferson, 3806 5267 9073 ; 2877 4377 7254 Laurens, 347 1 2974 G 145, ■ 3078 2507 5595 Lee, 3033 3627 6660 j 2449 2051 4520 Liberty, 2019 5880 7899 j 1615 5596 7241 Lincoln, 2118 3780 5998; i 2527 33G8 5995 Lowndes,f 5359 508! 5867 4394 1180 5571 Lumpkin, 7992 941 8933 5143 528 5671 Macon, 4102 2961 7063 3553 1492 5045 Madison, 3770 1933 5703, 3125 1385 4510 Marion,!. 6676 3604 1028 b! 3741 1071 4812 Mclntosh, 1395 4629 6024 1318 4012 5360 Meriwether, 8192 8004 16496 8725 5407 14132 Monroe, 6820 10170 16990! 7804 8171 J 6275 Montgomery 1512 603 214.’ 1279 337 JGI6 Morgan, 3650 7093 1074:! 3461 5660 9121 Murray, 12504 1929 14433! 3896 799 4695 Muscogee, 10422 8162 18584 6939 4760 11699 Newton, 8109 5187 1329(1 7890 3738 11628 Oglethorpe, 4392 7853 12245 4506 6362 10868 Paulding, 5563 1482 7045 2102 454 2556 Pike, j 8748 4562 143 K 6595 2581 9176 Pulaski, | 4860 2840 770< 2972 2417 5389 Putnam, I 3328 7468 10796 3741 6519 10260 Rabun, t 2333 110 244- 1828 84 1912 Randolph, ; 7909 4999 12908 5586 2690 8276 Richmond, 8131 7812 162ff t 5650 6282 11932 Seriven, I 3174 3678 GBSS 2162 2631 4794 Stewart, ! 8715 7381 16090 8174 4759 12933 Sumter, 6489 3535 10324 * 4115 1614 5759 Talbot, 7817 8820 16637 88GI 6766 15627 Taliaferro, 2102 3044 5140! 2295 2895 5190 Tatnall, ; 2144 831 2975) 187 b 846 2724 Telfair, 2139 951 3093 2001 762 2763 Thomas, 4843 5160 1000?! 3810 2956 6766 Troup, 7834 9049 16883 8682 7051; 15733 Twiggs, 3590 4640: 8231 4214 4208 1 8422 Union, : 6958 278 7236 3065 871 3152 ’ Upson, 4721 4704 9425 5536 3872| 9408 Walker, 11445 1664 13109 5583 989 6572 Walton, i 6911 4089 11030 6583 3626 10209 Ware 3600 285 3385 2189 131 2323 Warren, 6317 6108 12425 5176 4613 9789 Washington 5893 5823 117 H 596'.’ 4603 1 10565 Wnvne 1090 406 149( 877 3sli 1258 Wilkinson, ! 5553; 2746 8299 4957 1885 6842 Wilkes, j 3331 1 8284,121100 3630 6518 10148 RECAPITULATION. 1840. 1850. Increase. White, 407 695 527,287 119.592 Colored, .283,697 380,610 96,913 Total 691 392 907,897 216,505 ’Gordon, is a new county iormed out of Cass and Hoyd. 7 *P/4r SCn * ‘ s a * so anew county, formed out of Lowndes and Ware. 11 his apparent increase of population in Marion is owing to a change in the county lines which threw a considerable population from Stewart within the pres en limits of Marion. {The return ol slaves in Lowndes is evidently a mis take, though we have not been able to trace it out We feel confident that there ought to be over 3000 laves in that county. 11l ©S©®§ll BISIIIB . if, !:!/’§ fIP m Tg M E ifljr (fituriiiit Citiifii. C {I l t. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor. MACON, GA. MARCH 15, 1851. Macon Cotton Market.- —There lias been an im- j provemeut in prices, since our lust quotations, of an average of about one cent per pound. From 7to 9 may be quoted as extremes, yesterday. To Compositors. A steady and capable Compositor is wanted immediately at this Office. “First come, first served.” |Nif"No Letters answered. AJ IWHIH ■■ M ( lose of the Volume.-- -Next week will close the \ Ist Volume of the “Georgia Citizen,” and the occasion is a suitable one, to remind our friends that an early renewal of subscription is necessary to secure the paper, for ajiot\er year at the cash price of $2, which is extremely ]qw for sucllAt, Journal as we intend to furnish, the ensuing year. Those who do not comply strictly with the advance terms will be charged the old rate of $2,50, in three months, or $3 at the end of the year. We shall, probably take a vacation of one week after out next issue, to perfect our new arrangements for the 2d Vol ume. In the mean time, will say to a liberal-minded public, that with their continued approving smiles, their is no such word as fail in our vocabulary. One year ago we commen ced our enterprise with less than three score names on our Subscription Book; now, we have got beyond the hundreds, and if a like ratio of success awaits us, in a year more we shall count our friends, not only by the thousands but by tens of thousands! Our Job and Advertising patronage is also increasing, an evidence that our efforts to please have been successful and that a discriminating community are begin ning to appreciate the advantage of advertising in the ‘Geor gia Citizen.’ In a word, we feci more of gratitude than vve care to express for past fawors, and we can therefore look in to tli e future, with an abiSing confidence that our labors in the path of independent jAirnalism will be duly recognized and justly appreciated. * itaptrannii • Credit.-- -The article oh the first page of our last paper, entitled “Secession in South Carolina,” should have been credited to that able Journal, tho “Richmond (Va.) Republi can.” Census Table.- -AVe are indebted to our neighbors of j the Journal A Messenger for the Census Table (in typo) which appears in another column. Thank you, good Sirs,‘l owe you one.’ St Patrick’s Day b’rom the note of preparation we have witnessed, the approaching Festival of Ireland’s pat ron Saint in this city \yill be a brilliant affair A capital speech may be expected foil the day, and lots of wit, senti ment, good cliecr and hilarity, in the evening, at Washington Halt. \ CEREMONY OF LAYING TIIE CORNER STONE. At 11 o’clock on A. M. on Wednesday last,the Congrega tion of Christ’s Church in this city, assembled at the Church Lot, on M alnut Street, for the purpose of laying the Corner Stone of their new Rev .* .Stepl. of “the Diocese, would conduct the prevented by indisposition from being urcsent. m j The Rev. J. A. Shanklin, Rector If this Chtfrch, officia ted. The following was the Order of Exercises on this occasion: 1. Exhortation. 2. Prayer . 3. Lesson. Ezra iii; 8-12. 4, Announcement of the contents of the Box placed in the corner stone, viz: Holy Bible; Book of Common Prayer; Church Record of this Congregation for 1850; Church Almanac; Journal of Diocesan Convention for 1850; Spirit of Missions for March 1851 ; Banner of the Cross, March 8, ISSI ; South ern Churchman, Feb'27, 1851 ; Episcopal Recorder, March 8, 1851; List of Subscribers to the new church; Pastor; Wardens and Vestry ; Building Committee ; ~ ( Masonry—Janies I>. Ayres. Builders : -„ T , 7 „ . 7 , ( Wood —W illiams A Scattergood. City Officers for 1851 ; Geo-gia Citizen, March 8, 1851 ; Georgia Telegraph, March 11,1851 ; Journal & Messenger, March 12,1851 ; Savannah Republican, Dec. 24,1807 ; Re cord of the Ladies Association of Christ’s Church, with list of Officers and Members. INVOCATION AND RESPONSE. Rector : Our help is in the'name of the Lord. Ans. Who hath made Heaven and Earth. [The box was then placed in the cavity and the Stone ad- , justed in its proper place, by N. C. Monroe, Esq. Senior Warden, and Mr. John L. Jones, Secretary and Treasurer of the Vestry. ] Rector. “ Except the Lord build their House, their labor is but lust that build it. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. (Striking the stone three times with a hammer.) I lay the corner stone of an edifice to be erected by the name of “ Christ Church,” and to bo devoted to the scrviui of Almighty God, agreeably to the principles of the l’rotesl unt Episcopal Church, in tho United States of America, iniu-b doctrines, ministry, liturgy and usages. l “ Other foundation can no mica lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ, who is God over a'i\; blessed for evermore and iu whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins. Amen,” Rector. “ O Lord open thou our lips.” “ And our mouths shall show forth thy praise.” Rictor. “ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to tjie Holy Ghost Au3. “ As it was in the begining, is now, mid ever shall be world without end.” Rector. “ Praise ye the Lord.” Ans. “ The laird’s name be praised.” 6. Address by Mr. Shanklin. 7. Gloria in Excelsia, by the Choir. 8. Prayer and Benediction, by Mr. Shanklin. The following are the dimensions of this new Edifice, which will be in full Gothic style of architecture. It is to be 87 by 51 feet in area—height of main building 31 feet ! —height of tower 100 feet, Bu:tresses to tower, each 4 feet I in thickness; Buttresses to main building 3 feet thick. The i tower will be surmounted with 4 pinaclcs, 15 foet high, The buttresses to main building to have 12 pinaclcs, six on each side and 10 feet high. The outer walls are to be finished in imitation of Free Stone. The interior will be divided into 94 Pews, on main floor, each 9 feet long, two galleries, Ac. The whole cost of the structure is estimated at $12,000.’ W e congratulate the Congregation on the prospect before them of having such a beautiful temple, wherein to gather the assembly of worshipping people. And we congratulate the city on having such an ornament as this will be, to the place. Although of a dissenting creed, we may be allowed, in all sincerity, to say, “Peace be within thy walls and pros perity within thy palaces.” Jtf——l Pa™ From Washington. Hugh N. Smith’s nomination as Secretary of the Ter ritory of New Mexico was rejected, Yeas 14, Nays 21. llis address to the people of N. Mexico, alledging that Slave power kept her out of the Union, was the main cause, it is said. Henry W. Hillard, of Alabama, lias been nominated for a foreign mission. Theatricals- -The Dramatical corps now perform ing nightly at Concert Hall, have won golden opinions from numerous attendants upon their performances. On Monday evening the play of the “Poor Gentlemah” was well Sustained, as was the “Lady of Lyons” on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday the popular Comody of “Paul Pry” elicited unbounded applause. On Thursday evening Kotzbue’s Drama of the “Stranger” was performed with thrilling effect. There are no major Stars of the profes sion connected with this company,but for general excellence of delineation they will take respectable rank among the sons and daughters of the buskin. So far as we have heard, there is nothing offensive to delicacy in their exhibitions, but every thing is conducted with strict propriety and decorum. To night the play of the Hunchback will be performed with all the strength of the company, as the closing enter tainment of the season in this place. Planter’s Factory.— a gentleman from Butts in forms us that this establishment is now paying its way under the judicious management ofMr. P. B. Lockwood, superin tendent. When this gentleman took charge of the concern, it was in an embarrassed and profitless condition, but now, after the lapse of a few months, the prospect is first rate of its soon becoming a lucrative business. Asa matter of con venience to the planters of Monroe, Butts, Henry, Pike, Jas per, Jones, and adjacent comities, who grow their own Cot ton and Wool, sueli an enterprize cannot be too highly ap preciated. See advertisement. ('ongress Adjourned Congress adjourned on the 4tli inst., by Constitutional provision. Several of our mem bers, perhaps all, have returned home, in good health and spirits. The Hon. Robert Toombs and Lady passed through tliis city a few days since, and the Hon. Howell Cobb, is now here, with his fami’v. On to-day, some of the personal and political friends of tlie Honorable Speaker tender him the Swmpliment of a public dinner, at the House. On the adjournment of the House of Congress an unanimous vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Cobb, for the ability and impar tiality with which lie discharged the arduous duties of that station, which was a just tribute to a worthy and distinguished Statesman. Franklin follege. —From a catalogue of the officers and students of this College for 1850, 1851, which has been sent us, we learn that the number of students enrolled on the Books of the University is 155. The total expenses in this Institution for the collegiate ygar of 9 1-2 months rang es from $159, to $lB5, Ac. ‘ IMVII A ■ Monroe County. —W. S. Norman, Mullen, James 11. Dumas and O.S. Woodward have been a}fioiii4.'d Deligates to the Gubernatorial Convention, in June next,Bf, represent the Union Constitutional Party of Monroe county.* W ilkinson —The Union party of Wilkinson will meet at the Court House in Irwinton on the Ist Tuesday of April to elect Delegates to the June Convention. NOW Post OfliCOS.—The following new Tost Offices have been established in Georgia; Oak Ridge, Meriwether eo., Cyrus J. Clower, P. M.; Noehaway, Randolph co.,Sea born J. Thomas, P. M.; Brick Store, Newton co., Isaac 11. Parker, P. RI. “Ark,” in Dekalb county, has been diseon tiaued. Home Industry. —Those who wish well to home in dustry and true Southern Independence will please notice the advertisement of T. B. English, manufacturer of Carriages, Ac. in to-day’s paper. Every establishment of this kind should receive that sort of discriminating protection which will ultimately place the South in her rightful position—that of entire freedom from selfish dependence on Northern or Foreign Industry for the fabrics we wear or the necessaries and luxuries we use. SaCFOd Music. —By a reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that we arc to have, next Friday evening, a splendid Concert of Vocal Musitf of home manu facture! The sacred Musical Society of this city, comprising about, all the musical talent of the place, and numbering near [7O m^jihe‘js 4 who h4*j a- bOmctinio under the irrsTTuction of an professor, Mr. G. W. Pratt, will unite their voices on the occasion. Having been present by invitation at a late rehearsal of this society, we were no less astonished than delighted at the advancement made in this useful science. The performances would have done credit to any Church Choir in the country. Only think of it, fellow citizens! Some 70 of the ladies and gentlemen of our town will participate in the proposed Concert—the proceeds to go towards defraying the necessary expenses of the infant as sociation. Under such circumstances who will stay away, that has a soul attuned to melody ? Those who wish, for once, to get up into the “third heaven” of rapture, and in hale the divine afflatus of paradise, should, by all means, go to this Concert. AVe can safely warrant them an entertain ment, tenfold worth its cost. J T f 4 Soil of the South No. 1 Vol. 1, of tius in/w - monthly, from the press of the Columbus (Ga.) S> reached us. It is an Agricultural Journal of 16 Quarto pages, just commenced under the auspices of the Mjusoogfce and Russel Agricultural Association and under the (editorial care of Charles A. lVabodv, Ksq., and Col, James M. Chambers, and is handsomely gotten up by publisher, Wm. 11. Chambers, Esq., to whom all communications are to be addressed. From a personal acquaintance with all these gentlemen, wc have no doubt whntxvrr on the subject of their qualifications for the work eomraiUed to their hands. Air. lVahody commenced his editorial career at our instiga tion and for the Agricultural of the Muscogee Democrat. Afterwards he was connected for a year, with the same deportment of tho/CoUimbus Enquirer, in both which positions ho ncquitt/A himself, in a highly creditable manner. Col. Chamber?s a wen. It by and extensive planter, ‘of much practical expedience and intelligence in the pursuits of agriculture, and byTngs. also, not a little of that enthusiasm to the editorial wu/k which is so essential an element of suc cess in any busin<r>s. We wish abundant success to the “Soil of the South” its worthy Editors, and would recommend every Southern planter to send a Dollar for the same. It wifi be money well spent, without question. nrflnnDß awtimw PriZ/F Medal. — Mr. Dwight. Drown of Clinton, has left wiui us, for public inspection, the Silver Medal awarded UyEim iu October last, by the Maryland Institute, for his In vention of the “Eccentric Progressive Power Press.’’ On one side of this testimonial, enclosed in a raised wreath, is the following inscription : “ Awarded to A. D. Brown, for Eccentric Progressive Power Press, Oct. 31, 1850.” On the reverse is the figure of a Female, representing Jus tice, holding a poised scale on her brow with her left hand, her right holding a sprig and resting upon across, with various emblems of Commerce, Mechanic Arts and Agriculture strewed around. On the circumference is the following In scription ; “Maryland Institute for the promotion of the Me chanic Arts, liultimore.’’ We are glad to hear that this Press of Mr. Brown is gradually working its way into the favorable notice of the planters, several having been put up in the adjacent counties and after due trial pronounced to be the neplua ultra of Cotton Presses. In every case but one, (and that was owing to some mistake in the size of the chain required and the inexperi ence of the workman employed to construct the Press) Brown’s machine has given the most complete satisfaction. No inducement would prevail on those using it to do with out it, since they have tested its superior merits. As the in dividual l ight to use this press is only $lO each, and as it is applicable with slight modifications to the packing of Hay, Cotton, Tobacco, Hemp, Cheese, Bale Goods, Printed sheets, &c., it is destined, we think, to be extensively introduced into every part of our wide spread country. On the Tramp. —Thirty-one Fugitive Slaves left Portland, Maine, on the sth inst. for St. Johns, New Bruns wick, and there were more of the same sort left at Port land, who mean to die before they will be taken back into slavery. The Portland people offered all protection, if they would stay. A State Carriage - --We ltrtd llie opportunity, the oth- | er day, of looking into nnd examining a Thousand Dollar Carriage, which one of ohr wealthy nabobs has lately procur ed for his own family use. It is truly 0 Splendid affair through out, having been gotten up with that royal magnificence which le so appropriate to an American Sovereign , of ample means and exquisite taste. The vehicle must have been made with an eye and car to the greatest comfort of the lady of such a sovereign, and with special consideration to She luxurious ease of her majesty and all the little majesties that may occasionally take an airing in it, yet without any of that glarishness of dsplay, which so often betrays the par venu. Among other peculiarities of this carriage it lias a contrivance in lieu of the common Carriage folding steps, which is a patent labor-saving ‘open and shut’ contraption of singular convenience and ingenuity. By means of springs and hinges, the step is let down and closed up simultane ously with the opening and shutting of the door, to which it is attached, yet entirely out of the way of the occupants o f the vehicle. There is also a gutta pereba tube running on one side of the carriage, with a mouth piece concealed in a tassel at the inner end, and an ear piece at the outer, which opens on the front, dose to the car of the coachman, with whom it is designed to iacilitate easy communication and instruction. This carriage, we understand, was built at the North, its present owner being a distinguished gentleman of the Fire- Fating School of politics, who, whatever way be the theory which plays around his head, has no difficulty, it seems, in the way of a practical appreciation of the refinements of social life, no matter whence procured, whether the product ol Yankee skill or domestic ingenuity ! Rock Island Factory, —From the Columbus En quirer of the llth, we learn that this Factory has commenced the manufacture of Foolscap and Letter Paper of a superior quality. This is another nail in the coffin of northern fa naticism ! An immense sum ha*--’ el > yearly sent to the north, for the various qualities iJ\ jn common use, whiclj bad better have been kept at , . Let the Bock Island Factory go ahead, and provide Folio Post and other descriptions of letter press printing and commercial paper, as soon as poasible. Their printing paper is excellent, the best we have ever used—-more uniform in its weight and color; their wrapping paper is also good, though not quite smooth enough for the pen. A little more experience will however remedy all defects and enable us to be independent entirely of the North, in this branch of useful manufacture. Precept and Practice.- -If all b/oody-minded Fire-Eaters of Georgia and South Carolina would follow the example of Mr. Cavew, of the Charlcston-Alurcury. as giv- PD in the following paragraph, they would do more to promote j the true independence of the South than all the Conveu fjpns ever held, from that of Lucifer and his tribe of fallen in Pandemonium, to the latest edition of the Nash villc V'onvention ! ‘Tlyft- J°* ,u D. Carew, editor of the Charleston (S. C) New York, on his return from Boston. Jle has bwen trveYi.wg East Vo ptocu.ts workmen for his large shoe manufactory, which has recently been opened in Charles ton, on sol extensive a scale as even to astonish the Lynn shocmen.A JT!e Cheap Postage Rill. q> postage bill, except in regard to the three cent >es not go into operation until the first of July next. The new rate on single letters not exceeding half an ounce is three c nts i repaid, or five cents if not prepaid, for all dis tance ui ‘ r three tnousand miles. Over three thousand miles, do ‘ ble those rates. The #‘ tfon authorizing the coinage of a three cent piece goes in f ! <-‘ e immediately. The fallowing -ohedulfc shows the rates on newspapers in advances per qu;: rtt r, ud ’er the new law: Semi. Tri. Milorf. M eekly. Weekly. Weekly. Daily. Under jlO Sets. 10 15 23 Over T’- under 300 10 20 30 50 Over 3r (l —under JOtm 15 30 45 75 Over. 1 poo—-under *OOO 20 40 GO 100 OvtJooi) /< 30 .60 90 150 ‘ Si weekly /apers pass free of postage within the county ; u]A they Vfa published. Papers not over 300 square J inclW, one-f<),urth there rates. Thu on monthly and semi monthly newspapers the same, -A prs/porhon lo the number issued, as on weekly pa pers. yf BJsn!. f’ jfefctrs Arrested.—O. M. and John Tkur mayf-’ < - nier PostmasH r.t Thurman's i’. O. Mar: >ti eoun- • ty/ ‘iynncmSßk Arrested on the 4th inst. by Dr J J l/urne\t, of the P. O. department,charged with jrobbei ,ff the United States Mail, passing through that office, and taken to Nashville for trial. Upwards of S4OO of stolen money was recovered. The younger Thurman confesses all, but the elder (the PjM.)"denieji. - - - Still Another. —A young man of the name of Brown was arrested at Augusta, last Saturday charged with having, at various times abstracted money from letters passing through the Post Office of which he was a Clerk. He has been ta ken to Savannah, to await his trial before the next United States District Court. The sum total of money stolen is over SIOOO. Brown has confessed the crime. Yet Another. —A young man by the name of J. Vasscr. Jr., has been detected in abstracting a letter from the New Yolk Post office, containing Railroad Bonds to the amount of SO,OOO. lie was a clerk in the office, and has confessed his guilt. JIIIUHIiD, At Oak Bowery, Ala. by the Rev. John Starr. Robert A. Smith, Esq. of Macon, Ga. to Miss Catharine A. Dowdell of the former place. SECOND AND LAST ENTERTAINMENT. 11, BEIHPSTER, Compeer of the “May Queen,” “Lament of the Irish Em igrant,” the “Blind Boy,” See. respectfully announces that his Second and Last Entertainment in Macon, will be given at the Lanier House, THIS EVENING, Saturday March lath; when he will sing another selection of his most popu lar Songs. Particulars of which, may be seen in Bills at tlio Lanier House. Mr. Dempster will accompany his Songs on a fine toned Piano Forte, manufactured by Knabe & Gaelileof Baltimore —kindiy loaned for the Entertainments by Mr. Day, Concert of Sacred Music, r |MIE Macon “Sacred Music Society,” will give a Concert L on FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, in the Presbyterian Church, under the direction of Prof. G. W. Pratt. A choice selection of A lithems, Chorusses, Songs and Duetts, will he performed. Tne proceeds of the Concert are to be appro priated to the promotion of Sacred music. Tickets 50 Cents—to be had at the Bookstores, and at the Store of the Messrs. Virgins. mar 15—It* Tomochichi Division, No. 1. r'l'NHll Members of the Tomochichi Division are notified to meet at tlieir Ilallon Monday Evening next, at 7 o’clock, to unite with heCadets of Temperance in Public Celebration. Jt is to lie hoped jthe members will manifest their interest in the Cadets, by a full at tendance. m 15—It J. A. BREWER, K. S. St. Patrick’s Stay- March 17 th, 1851. Persons desirous of joining the Procession, are requested to meet at the Council Room, at 10 1-2 o’clock, A. M. precise ly. The procession will move exactly at 11 o clock to Concert Hall, where an Oration will be delivered by O. A. Loobrane, Esq. Seats will be reserved for the Ladies. The citizens goner- , ally are invited to attend. mar 15-lt THE COMMITTEE. 7ce7 ICE!! ICE!!! ri'tJlE subscribers thankful for past favours would iuform I their numerous customers and friends that they are now prepared to furnish them with ICE in any quantity at a low price, All orders from the country will be filled without de lay. C. A. ELLS &. SON. ttgoismis AT CONCERT HALL LAST NIGIIT OF THE SEASON. * SATURDAY EVENING MARCH 15, Will be presented the play in 5 acts, called The Hunchback! Wiffi the whole strength of the Company. Dancing by Mademoiselle Fanny. To conclude i Laughable Farce of Slasher and Crasher! Admittance 50 Cents. Choice seat* taken durin - t j, e . 75 cents. For particulars see Bills of the day. ° • NEW YORKIRAMoSTIro-iJ' - Dry Goods at New York Prices rpHE Subscribers beg leave to Inform the Ladies of u I vicinity that they have just opened with an entire Sn <* Dry Goods titlusivcif —which will be sold as low for <- a ‘ a ° fk <>f York. The Stock consists in part of the followins; *>■* Silks: Barege (le Laines; Tissues; Bareges; Lawnr.Mudi ‘" lli t'oTd. Canton Crape and Black Silk Shawls: Prints- cVlicr ‘ ns ;, acon t; Bleached Domestics, &e. &c. Also a full assortment If ces; Gloves: Ribbon*; Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs- Si - ery; case and Bosom Linens, warranted pure; Table LireiJ v Rn °* Collars, <Xpes and Under Sleeve*. &c. to which vitc a call Wm£?L%K!Jri. Cotton Avenue, next door to Messrs RkbaiAe of the firm, being in New York doir • i Books,o, T. execute orders within 12 dajs. ’ ‘ DS bu ". '< • wm b, smsmir <g®~ HEALERS IN WJS-WIB, No. 4 Triangular Block, A RL now receiving large additions to their present Stoekforth XX spring and Summer Trade. r -lor the I'lui 10—,111 Mason & Dibble's Omnibus Line, ” E O'turr, our thanks to the travelling r. ’ c an<l ,fie citizens generallv, for*!), llberal |*atronage, and would inform them ,' 7 ‘ a * 1 hat our splendid new omnibusse*, with -and careful drivers, will continue to nin for the accomm - tion of the citizens and persons stopping at the Lanier House tIT left at the tinier House, or at our Stable, strictly attended to “ -- la3r - 15 ~tf MASON fc UiniiLE. Clear the track for llaker!! NEW OMNIBUS LINE. WIXsIiIAM r. BARER, who lias ,OD * cracked* whip in this rnmmutntv f r others, begs leave to inform lu 3 Heni. Srr"3a~.-Tand the public that he has pure-ia-** a neat and tidy Omnibus, and is now prepared to accoimuoAupagses gers on his own responsibi ity. His omnibus will c< uey tmvetlert between the Rail Road Depots, tlie Washington Halt aou i*j e House, and elsewhere about the city, on application being wade to either of these Hotels, ‘•gpw-d, comfort aud safety,” t!, f ~n ß. ciples of the new line, and if they are not “done- upbramC the proprietor's name is not Baker! A share of the public pxtmaaje H respectfully solicited. m 13-ts W'.F.B. h, t, Bsaxt^s, 7 Manufacturer of Carriages, Buggies And every description of Vehicles. CiIORNER OF FIRST and MULBERRY STRBEIH. nearly oppo.it* J the new brick Methodist church, Macon; begs ien| t- to ten- ‘ t|Bi'ow.',i tin- rXinui*. pi .j.t,-Tsa t i traveller- o tbit hu. if Bnsiness. Carriages made to order, of tlie b.-sf .mi” i a L v m un> j sired style of workmanship, and w arranted to be put up in a* good and substantial manner as notbem work, and on tire most rcaonable i tenns. proprietor of this inanufactor}- personally suj crim.-nds j the executi >n of all work entrusted to him, be Halters himself lliat he | w illpe able to give general satisfaction to the public, both as to the i quality of the work anfljUi* prices cliarged. ! mar 15—fy • B.T. p. : FIGS iTIGS! 1 7 ABOXES bn* Nap--s Figs. Just received |*er toamcr Alal-ama, t ” / aluiforsaw by m |5 C. A. ELI.* S k t*oN. FLFiFLOUR! “7 A BARRELS Premium Flour. Jflst received and for sale bv *iU by mss U. A. ELLS k SttN. , POTATOES! POTATOES! t A A BBLS. of Mercer and Yellow Potatoes, in fine orJer asi for IV/U sale by m 15 C. A. ELLS & SON. “* r TEAS! 4 FRESII lot of Teas. Just received from the Canton Tea Com i>any, assorted kinds, and for sale by C. A. ELLS & SON. HAISIiVS. O BOXES of fine fresh layer Raisins. Just received per ft.anier, ) and for sale by ml 5 C. A. ELLS kH *V fOMOKESS WATER |i | l)OZ. Fresh Congress Water. Just received from the spriig Jm\) v/and for sale by m 15 C. A. EELS &• SON. PORTCR!PORTER! | /A CASKS fine London Porter for sale by IV in 15 C. A. ELLS & SON. ENGEI7& IITTIXHFit. ~ VBE now opening at the stand lately occupied by Joseph Engel, Cherry Street, Macon, a large assortment of CLOTHING, STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, JEWELRY, WATCHES, &c. *J-c. which will be sold Wholesale and Retail at reasonable rates. They will receive weekly supplies of Goods through the season, and as they have a house in Philadelphia, they will have better facili ties than usual for obtaining Seasonable and Fashionable Goods. The public arc respectfully invited to give us a call and look at our Stock, before purchasing elsew here, mar 15—ly E. &. E. PLANTER’S FACTORY, BUTTS COUNTY,GA. r TMIE undersigned would respectfully inform his friends, Jl customers, and the public at large, that he is now pre pared to manufacture LINSEYS, of a most superior qnality of which he will always keep a large supply on hand for the accommodation of purchasers. Planters having their Wool forwarded ill a washed stite, Nvith or without burs, to L. WILSON, Agent, Forsyth, Ga. can have the same manu factured into cloth of superior quality, at the rateot $1 for six yards. Where 1000 lbs. of Wool ure collected at one place, it wiil be conveyed to the factory and returned in Cloth, free of expense to the owner, and w-arranted to give satisfaction. 0“ Our Wool Cards being in fine order, we are also pre pared to Card Wool Rolls in a style not to be surpassed in Georgia. Those patronizing this factory will remember that they will not have any trouble with their Wool, exceptto wash it. Thev need not pick out the Burs. tUPA large sup ply of Wool Rolls always on hand, and the highest market prices paid for Wool. Letters addressed to L. M. Wilson, Agent, Cork, P. O, Butts Cos., will meet w ith prompt attea tion. B. P. LOCKWOOD, mar 15 Superintendent. / 1 KOKIill, Maron County.—To all whom it may concern. Application will be made at the next term of the Supe rior Court of the County of Macon, to admit to registration the name of liarbary Curtis, a free woman of color, said Bar bary” Curtis, is dark eempledled, about five feet high and a bout 16 years of age. mar 15— It* Wm. W. CORBITT, c. s. c. GRAND AND BRILLIANT GEORGIA STATE LOTTERY. CLASS 14. D. PAINE & CO. Managers Scheme 2 Prizes of $30,000 —0 Prizes of $5,000 12 of $.>,500; 100 of SI,OOO, kc. kc. Ticketsslo, shares in propor tion. Draws on Wednesday, 19th inst. CLASS 93. 1 Prize of $4,500—1 Prize of $1,250. Tickets sl. Shares in Proportion. Draw s 20th inst. CLASS 9. 1 prize of SIO,OO0 —1 Prize ol $12,49') 1 of $5,000; 1 of $4,000; 100 of $.000; 100 of 500; See. Tickets $10,00; shares iu proportion. Draw s Saturday-2d in-• For sale at the Lucky Oliice. formerly kept by C. B. Patterson near the Pott Office. WM. SHIVERS, Jr. A£d >