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New York Correspondence.
New-York, Dec. 18, 1851.
M*. Editor Our City is rife with rumors and
storifs> and counter stories, in regard to Kossuth, and
his'hopes and objects in this country. It seems to be
pretty welt settled bow, however, that it is not sympa
thy in words that he desires, iu this quarter, but the
more practical and useful sympathy of dollars and
cents. And he- is being very successful, just now, in
mission, for the contributions are flowing in front
all directions, and in respectable amountß. His speech
at the Municipal Banquet did much to promote the
necessary excitement to this end. His great speech
at the Banquet of the Press, on Monday night, had
also a happy effect; and last evening, his address at
Castle Garden, in reply to the greetings of the assem
bled Volunteer#, capped tljp climax. One company
presented sh’oo(j. night several checks
were presented, instead* of speeches; and Heaven
only knows in how many places Kossuth has been
engaged to play the orator, tickets to which have been
fixed at $5 each.
The Municipal Dinner was remarkable for a disa
greeable affair, occasioned by a refusal of the company
to hear Col. Webb, and his resolution to address it.
The Police had to interfere. At the Banquet of the
“ Press,” which was only such in name, for one half
of the press was excluded from participating in it, by
those who had the control of of it, in order to enable
other persons, whom they preferred, to dine with
Kossuth, a strange matter also occurred. They say
that a portion of Kossuth’s speech, cut out by the
Committee, boldly charged Col. W ebb with being the
mouth-piece of the Courts of Austria. Sermons have
been preached heie,on Sundays, to show that Kosoath
has been designated by Providence as the man to
republicanize Europe; and one preacher, a distin
guished one, too, has gone so far as to compare his
visits here to the ** secoqtj coining of Christ!” This,
we think, with all resp<4Plo Kossuth, is blasphemy.or
little shoit of it. And these tilings amongst the calm
and judicious, are injuring the cause of Hungary.
Kossuth has gotten himself, we fear, into unfortunate
liands, in this City. Pfve result, we suspect, will be
both mortifying ami disastrous to hint, for his oppo
nents watchfully avail themselves of every slight im
prudence of his friends, and he is too confiding and too
enthusiastic to note the precipice towards which those
who are so lionizing him, are hurrying him.
Yesterday, at noon, the Prestos this City was
invited out to Hamilton Square, to enjoy a “ private ’
experiment with the so much talked about hire Anni
hilator ; and to-day. the public’’ one takes place, to
which “all the world and his family’’ are invited.
We attended the private experiment; and we candidly
confess that, prejudiced as we were against the idea ot
extinguishing a fire without water, we were not a little
surprised to find the thing done, and well done, at
that. We fairly knock under—we acknowledge the
•rn. We have, honestly speaking, seen a tank lull
*"r set on fire, and when so far completely in flames
tht we would not have given sixpence for its contents,
we have seen it extinguished in just six minutes, by
two or three small black machines, looking as innocent
as so many sucking doves. A house was to have
been burned, but was not finished, the intensely cold
weather retarding the workmen in their labors. The
house was perfected last night, and is to be the subject
of the experiment this afternoon. The tank of tar.
yesterday, however, was a satisfactory thing, for no
amount of water would have had any extinguishing
effect upon the fire, yet the Annihilator choked it as
if by magic. In future we shall be careful, in describ
ing what we conceive to be the limits of the possible
and impossible. After the Telegraph and the Fire
Annihilator, what can be impossible, on this earth ?
The Forrest divorce ease is now up before our
Court. Both Mr. Forrest and his wife are endeavor
ing to prove each other utterly faithless in their conju
gal relations. They have been a most unfortunate
couple; but the fact that John Van Buren and Mr.
O’Connor, two of the most able and ingenious mem
bers of the New. York Bar, are the opp<sing counsel,
adds materially to the interest of the suit. It excites
an immense amount of public curiosity.
Yours, &c., MiTßorouTiH.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
Buena Vista, 16, Dec. 16 1851.
Dear Citizen :—There is quite a calm in
the political world hereabout, and has been ev
er since McDonald was Cobbed out of the Gub
natorial chair, but I can’t say how lonjj this
calm will remain, as I see that Judge John
son did lately present to those democrats at
Milledgeville a series of resolutions trying to
revive old party lines, in which resolutions or
preamble he 6aid that the whigs at the North
were opposed to the compromise and the demo
crats were in favor of it. Since that meeting I
see in the ’Times’ that the demociats at Wash
ington. in caucus, voted down said compromise
and the whigs did not. I wonder what the
democrats who supported Judge Johnson’s re
solutions think now? I did not intend to say
6* much about politics as I have, when I com
menced this, and as such l will dismiss it, but
intended to speak about our village.
Buena Vista is one of the prettiest places of
its age in Christendom. It contains six Dry
Good Stores, and two family Groceries, three
Carriage shops and three Blacksmith shops,
one Tan Yard, one Shoe shop, two Tailoring
establishments, one Drug store, six Doctors and
ten Lawyers, three drinking establishments,
one Billard Table and one ter. pin Ally. Not
withstanding the generality of Doctors and
Lawyers, the place and country is generally ve
rv healthy with the exception of this year, and
there has lieen much sickness I believe every
where. The people are quite moral, and there
is but little suing going on here notwithstand
ing the quantity of applicants. I would guess
that there was about one hundred and thirty
cases set down in the Superior and Inferior
Courts during the year, and not all of them
brought by the Lawyers in this place. I would
remark that we are going to have a Literary
paper published here called the ‘Literary Vade
mecum.'’ VVhat do you think of this ‘Vade
mecum ?’ It is to be neutral in politics and re
ligion. ‘The first number will appear aliout
the first of January and is to be edited by Mr.
James W. Gaulding, formerly of Oglethorpe
It is to he a ‘constant companion.’ therefore, we
will need no other associate when we get that.
Would it not have been a good thing if such a
paper had been issued long since ? We will
have glorious times when ’Vademecum’ comes
and the Baptist College is completed here.
We have one two story brick male Academy,
and a two story Female Seminary with a colon
nade in front, and we are going to have a Bap
tist High School or College luve, and there is
no mistake, for the fire is built and burniug.—
The Baptists are ago a ln-ad sort of people
when they commence such undertakings They
have got several thousand dollars subscribed
and have got it so far on the way, that tliev
have, I understand, got the Church to take the
matter in hand and carry it out. They have
some strong personal friends, not of live Church,
who ara lendimg them a helping hand, and
not only that they have a lever to work with,
that gives them double energy, and that lever
is opposition. But I can’t say that that opposi
tion is not honorable, hut you know that such
is the life of all undertakings. I think that this
lever will carry the project through It has
iny most cordial wishes- for its quick and final
completion. Although I differ w-jtii them ma
terially in doctrine, still I hope they will suc
ceed and that soon, and Ido trust and hope it
will spring up and spread, like the mustard
seed of old, so that all the Baptist children
oan find shelter under its foliage.
But while I am speaking of the schools of
learning and other things, I would not forget
to say we have two Taverns here, one eaLled
the ‘Buena Vista House,’ the other the ’Globe
Hotel,’ and would say to those desirous to taste
the of life served up in a way that will
make the wearied rejoice and give strength and
comfort to them, just drop in at the ‘Globe Ho-1
and tmt* for younelf, tod yon wiU aay
that all I have heard of the houses that have
been under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Titcomb,
one half has not been told me. The ‘Globe
Hotel’ is on the East side of the public square,
in Buena Vista, where nature’s growth still
stands to shelter, in the summer, the sojourner
from the heat of the sun. Here is good wa
ter and no local cause for sickness. Call and
look at Buena Vista, and it will repay you for
your trouble, if you ever pass this way.
lam yours Ac. BUENA VISTA.
Yankees and Foreigners In South Caro
lina.
South Carolina ought not to be held respon
sible for all the fuss and clamor that are made
within her borders. Many of the most violent
traitors in that State, who are advocating the
policy of disunion, are natives of other States,
or of foreign countries. We learn from a late
number of that capital newspaper, the Green
ville Patriot, that a majority of the secessionist
editors in South Carolina are either Yankees
or foreigners—-New-England having produced
the most of the batch.
Now certainly it is a somewhat singular
circumstance that the most ardent Southern
men in the world spring from the Northern
States, and yet such is the truth. Men who
first drew the breath of life in the Northern
States are now the busiest of all those engaged
with their pens and tongues in the had business
of persuading others that South Carolina ought
to dissolve all connection with the other States
of this confederacy, and set up an independent
government. The audacity of such men is
almost incredible, and if there are to be any
hangings of traitors, we hope that their necks
may he those that suffer.
These renngade New-Englanders, Irishmen,
Scotchmen, and Englishmen, who are makiug
such a clamor in South Carolina are pursuing
a course which, if adopted, will lead to much
bloodshed. This they seem to understand,
for they are, of all others, those who most fre
quently declare their willingness to die for
poor, down-trodden South Carolina. A \ankee
that preaches treason in South Carolina ought
to be tarred and feathered, without even a
decision from Judge Lynch. He ought to he
punished without any sort of a trial. He is
engaged in counselling people, among whom
he has straggled hi search of fortune, to make
war on those from whom he wandered. He
is destitute of all those generous and ennobling
sensibilities that bind a man’s heart to the
place of his birth, and the spots consecrated
by a thousand reminiscences of a happy Ihjv
hood. He niU't long since have crushed all
those instincts which endear places and persons
to a generous spirit. It is not surprising that
treason or anv other crime, should find in such
a man a strenuous advocate, lie is ready for
“ treason, stratagem, and spoils.’’ for he ha*
no holy sentiments to restrain him. Such a
person is pestilential wherever he lives; and
if South Carolina were to throw every one of
the class within her borders into the sea, she
would b“ far better off for such riddance.
We wonder that the proud planters of South
Carolina are willing to he counselled by such
creatures as the Yankees and foreigners who
edit the disunion papers in that State. They
ought to know that a wretch who has banished
from his bosom all those emotions and senti
ments that good men cherish, is the worst of
counsellors. After getting South Carolina out
of the Union, by the force of treason, they
would certainly become traitors to her, and
strive to commit some most extensive outrage
and injury on her. They are not to be trusted.
A Yankee preaching treason in South Carolina
is of course a scamp, who hopes to promote
his own fortunes by taking advantage of the
misfortunes of others. To produce as univer
sal misfortune as possible, he is an advocate of
treason.— Louisville Journal.
Letter from Mrs. Thrasher.
Havana, Nov. 28, 1851.
To Hit Excellency Millard Fillmore, President of
the United States.
Honored Sir : —The unders gned, mother of Mr.
John S. Thrasher, begs leave to call your atteniion to
the following facts respecting her son. I would, in
the first place, state that he was born in Portland.
Maine, the native place of his parents, and is therefore
an American citizen. On the 16th of October, while
in the usual pursuits of his business, he was arrested
and dc ained by the police, his property and papers
?eized, and on the 21st of said month he was placed in
solitary confinement in the city prison, and on the 25ih.
in a dungeon at the Punta Castle ; and during all this
time, and until the 7th inst. I was not permitted to see
him. On the 7th he was allowed to see his friends
two hurs each day, when, to my surprise, he was not
able to inform me of the cause of his arrest and im
prisonment. On the 11th, he was informed that on the
following day he would be brought up for sentence. On
the 12th, a court-martial assembled, consisting of sev
en military officers, one of them being the President,
before whom the fiscal (prosecuting attorney) read the
several charges against him, and without evidence. lie
not being present, but under a guard of soldiers in an
other part of the building, did not hear the charges, or
know their substance. After the reading, he was
brought before the court and asked by the president
what he had fr> soy for himself in d-fenee. To which
he replied that he had been denied aeupy of the charg
cs, and not been allowed counsel in his defence; that
he asked time to enable him to bring evidence to prove
his innocence ot all crimes or charges against him
But all in vain ; and, after various questions were
asked in an insulting manner, he was again sent to his
dungeon, where, on the 21st, the fiscal, accompanied
only by his clerk, appeared before him at Ins grating
and read to him the sentence, approved by the Audi
tor of War: because‘the criminal had doue nothing to
•>,sprove the accusations against him,’ and signed by
the Captain General, without remark.
The sentence is‘eight years hard labor at Ccnta. i:i
Africa, with payment of costs,’ for the ’crime of trea
son,’ (‘ delito de infidencia.) He was then sent to
the Moro Gastle, and two days after, when I called on
the Captain General to ask that he might not be sent
away while the illness of his father prevented his see
ing him, I was abruptly told that he would sail in 36
hours’ time for Spain, and he has sailed ibis day for
Cadiz in the ship Hispano Cuba no, there to have his
sentence put into execution. The undersigned most
earnestly supplicates your Excellency, as the head of
the Government of my nation, to hearken to the en
treat’u ■of a mother, that justice may be doue. I ask
not for mercy; but that the rights of iny son, an Ameri
can citizen, may be promptly attended to, and that
such instructions be sent to our Minister in Spain and
Consul at Cadiz, as to procure his immediate release
and his return to nis country.
My many years’ residence here gives me a knowl
edge of Spanish character, and the indecent haste to
send my son away belore the arrival of Steamers from
the United States, adds to my fears of the consequences
of even a few hours delay; it having frequently oc
curred that on a pardon or release being granted, ii
was pretended that the prisoner had died, or could not
be found, a..d he was left to linger his life in a dungeon.
I also beg that a copy of all the proceedings, which
were denied to my son, may be demanded, and that
should it prove be has been most unjustly -dealt with
(as I firmly believe) \Vt there may be also demanded
pecuniary satisfaction for the loss of his property and
his business, from this Government, which, against
treaty stipulations have Committed this gross outrage
upon him, an Amcricm citizen.
I humbly ask your kind attention to this appeal
which I cannot make in person in consequence of ihe
illness of my husband. Having the fullest confidence
that it will not be made in vain, I subscribe myself y onr
Excellency's humble servant.
FANNY P. THR\SIIER.
A South Carolina lady lately succeeded in
eapiuring a live Badger. The ‘critter’ was the editor
of the S"Uth Carolina ‘Hornet’s Nest,’ whom she
succeeded in enticing into the united of wedlock.
It is wonder though, for Badger is a strong itsunisnist.
THE GEORGIA CITIZEN
L. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR.
MACON, GEO. DEC. ‘27, 1851.
For President,
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN,
OF KENTUCKY.
For Vice-President, N
Daniel S. Dickinson, of New York.
SUBJECT TO THE DECISION OF A NATIONAL OR STATE UNION CON
VENTION.
Bibb Uoion Ticket.
FOR SHERIFF.
WILLIAM COLLINS.
DErUTT SHERIFFS.
Maj. HENRY WOOD.
WILSON HARDY.
CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.
MORTON N. BURCH.
CLERK OF THE INFERIOR COURT.
R. A. BENSON.
TAX RECEIVER.
BENJ. RUSSELL.
TAX COLLECTOR.
CORONER
DOMINICK GARAUGHTY.
To Correspondents.
The “Irish Christmas Song ’’ and a “ Life in the
Woods for me,*’ too late for the present issue.
(Krln Need of Money,
Our city customers may expect a professional visii
frommurself or Collector, in a few days, to which ii
orop.T response will, wc trust, be given, by all indebt
ed. Subscribers at a distance will receive notice of ar
rears by a red stamp impression upon their copies of
the Citizen—to be repeated semi-monthly till the ac
count is settled.
Christmas.
The day was duly celebrated in this city, by all
hands, especially by the‘Colored Institution’ who have
had a glorious lime of it. With the slave population
of the South, the last week of the year is almost a per
feet saturnalia , which they know how to improve to
the best advantage.
In consequence of the general observance of the
day, we have b< en compelled to go to press at a later
hour than usual, and hence have missed sending some
of our mails off this morning. for which default we pray
our readers to find our excuse in the occasion , which
happens only once a year.
Mayor and Aldermen.
The following is the ticket which has been nomina
ted by the Union party of Macon, foi Municipal Offices.
For Mayor, ELIJAH BOND.
For Aldermen:—L. N. Whittle. R. A. Hardaway.
John L. Jones, Wm. T. Mix, Ivaac Scott, E. J. John
ston, George Patten, E. E. Brown.
This is a capital Ticket and should be put through.
It is composed of efficient, honest and capable men, of
much experience as to the wants of the city. In the
nominee for Mayor the city will always have undoubted
bond that its affairs will be presided over with firmness,
prudence and safety. He is an unexceptionable man and
we doubt not, will make an unexceptionable Chief Mag
istrate. He will not, however, attempt to win his way
to that position, by any “DOUBLE X” operation, in
favor of an old bachelor's children, but will owe his
election, if he be elected, to the unpuruliased and un
solicited suffrages of his fellow citizens.
Os the persons on the ticket for Aldermen, it is use
less for us to speak. They are well known citizens who
are more deeply interested in the prosperity of Macon
than any other town or city, and are therefore worthy
of entire confidence and support. Let us go to work
and elect them.
Capitol on Fire! —Telegraphic despatches to
the Charleston Standard, dated Baltimore, 10 o’clock,
A. M., Wednesday last, announce as follows :
The Capitol at Washington is on fire. The Con
gressional Library is nearly destroyed, and the flames
are still raging. No water can he obtained. All ice.
Important News.
By the arrival of the steamers Kuropn and Baltic,
we are put in possession of the following important
intelligence.
Decline in cotton of l-4d. by Europa, but only 1-16
by Baltic. Sales of cotton, at Liverpol, in 111
days, 59,000 bales.
REVOLUTION IN FINANCE.
Louis Napoleon has seized tlie reins of power, and
dissolved the Assembly. He has caused those opposed
to him to be arrested, and has issued a proclamation
declaring tfie establishment of universal suffrage. He
also proposes an immediate general’ election, on the
following plans : The President ti> be elected for the
term of ten years, supported by a counsil of State, and
two Legislative Houses. Anew Ministry lias been
formed, and subsequently quiet was restored.
A despatch has been received at the Stole Depart
ment, announcing that L>uis Napoleon had dissolved
the National Assembly, taken command of (he Army,
and sent all the conspirators to Vincennes, including
Gen. Changarnier. Two members of the Assembly
wi re killed in the barricades. Paris is declared to be
in a state of siege.
The loss of (lie army during the collision was one
officer killed and three others wounded ; and fifteen
soldiers killed, and one hundred and fifteen wounded.
Fresh arrests are daily made of the Republican leaders.
Napoleon will be elected by an immense majority.
Gen. Changarnier and other generals are confined
at Havre, awaiting their trial, eherged with exciting
the soldiers to revolt. Commodore A. P. Catesby
Jones, who was a spectator near the barricade, hd his
leg broken and a finger cut off.
Prince De Joinville and Duke Dumale have gone
to the frontier of Belgium, and raised the standard of
revolt against Napoleon. Paris was perfectly tranquil
on the sth, and no signs left of commotion, except ihe
barricades left in the streets. Napoleon has issued an
address, calling on the people to go to the polls and
vote freely, and he will submit to their decision.
Congressional Districts.
According to the new organization of the Con
gressional Districts of Georgia, the following is the
Repress ntative population of each District:
First District, 87,525, —-20 Counties.
Second “ 100,116, 12 “
Third “ 92.548, 10
Fourth “ 96.351, 9 “
Fifth “ 95,651, -12 “
Sixth “ 95,587. 12 “
Seventh “ 90,815, II “
Eighth “ 92.761. 11 “
Fire atGainsville, Ga —The Recorder gives
the following extract of a letter, dated Gainsville. 20tli
inst to one of the Representatives from Hall county:
‘We are all in great distress here, having had our
village entirely burned up, as you will learn by the pe
tition that we send you.
‘The fire broke out in a back house of the mansion
lot (Thornton’s old Tavern) and spread to the Mansion,
thence to Lewis’ store-house, Dickey's. Meek’s Tav
ern, Brown’s house, (where MeAfet lived) to Brown’s
store house, on the corner, Gray’s Office, People’s
Office and my [E. M. Johnson’s] store house, where the
fire was arrested on that side. The fire, from the
Mansion, communicated to Thompson’s house, on the
corner, Goode’s, the groceries, and to Mr. River's
house, consuming everything round three sides of the
square, all the small houses, fences, fee. &c. From
River’s it caught to the Court house, which is entirely
consumed.
tb# Boston, in England, has presented Boston, in
the United States, with some seals and documents, an
act of courtesy that has been courteously acknowledged
by the latter.
Methodist Statistics-
Since the division of the Methodist Church, North
and South, the Southern Branch has insreased and the
Northern decreased in numbers. The statistics are as
follows:
The Church members, in 1844, 732.123
In 185 L, 703,571
Decrease in 7 years, 28,552
The Church South had in 1844, 439,233
In 1851, 512,601
Increase in 7 years, 75,368
Kvssatblaua.
The New York papers are tilleJ, usque ad nauseam ,
with the idolatrous proceedings of the Knickerbocker
heathens towards Kossuth! We give a few items, to
show what jud-es people w ill make of themselves, at
certain periods of the moon’s eycle :
‘The donations to the Kossuth Fund, up to Wed
nesday last, amounted to SB,OOO, and it was confident
ly expected, that the fund would reach $50,000 before
the close of the w eek. Several subseritiona olsl ,000
each had been made. It was estimated that the proceeds
of his address in Brooklyn would amount to $14,000.
H was also, by invitation, to address the ladies of New
York, at Tripler Hall. The tickets were five dollars
each, but were already selling at a large premium.
On Tuesday afternoon a letter was received at the
Irving House from the Rev. Dr. Lilienth-tl, the Jew ish
Rabbi, inclosing S2O. It expressed great sympathy
for the cause of Hungary, and promised s further do
nation as the struggle draws near.
A donaiion of SIOO was received from Mr. Elihu
Townsend, of New York.
A lady, who is a member of the Peace Society,
sent a donation of S3O, to be applied to the relief of
the wounded in the war for Hungarian liberty.
A purse w as presented t” Madame Kossuth, of beau
tiful construction, bv a lady, and in it was a donation of
SIOO to lilt Kossuth fund. II was handed to Madame
Kossuth by a child belonging to the lady, and this ad
ded interest to the presentation.
Capt. French, on behalf of the La Fayette Fusil
leers, begged to offer SI,OOO to the Hungarian Fund.
Charles W. Dennison, of Boston, offers three hun
dred muskets for the cause of Hungary.
Legislative Proceedings.
The following bills have been passed by the Senate :
To change the penalty for larceny from the house,
where the value of the article stolen does not exceed
S2O, to impi isonment in the common jail.
To require all who apply for writs of habeas corpus,
to give notice to the prosecutor or his attorney.
To require from administrators on the estates of mi
nors, bonds in double the amount of such estates.
To amend the 7th sec., 2d art., of the Constitution
of this Slate. This alteration will vest in the Lcgisla
turs the power, when criminals come forward, through
their representa'ives, and pray to be pardoned for hav
ing wilfully and maliciously perpetrated the highest
offences known to the laws, to commute their punish
ment to an inferior grade.
To incorporate a Southern Liberal Institute at Griffin,
in Spaulding county.
To make an appropriation of $5,000 to remove ob
structions to the navigation of the Coosa river, below
Rome.
To compensate owners of unenclosed lands through
which the Inferior Courts of this Slate may order new
roads to be opened.
The bill to amend the divorce laws, so as to allow
both parties to contract matrimony, was lost.
To incorporate the Cherokee Railroad Cos.
To alter the 7th sec , Ist art., of the Constitution, by
yeas 38, nays 2. The maximum number of members
of the Representative branch of the General Assembly
is fixed at 135 members.
To prevent more effectually frauds in election", &c.,
by year 24, nays 17.
For the preservation and protection of the rights of
married women. Yeas 24, nays 17.
To repeal the act repealing the act of 1819, prohibi
ting the importation of slaves into this State, Yeas 31,
nays 7.
To amend the Road Laws of Mclntosh county.
To prevent persons evading tlie payment of Toll on
tile Plank Itoud* of ftiira (State, by passiug round the
gates, &c. N *
Tne 1 louse passed thf,following bills, Dec 20th.
For the relief of unmarried women, deserted by
their husbands. This law secures to the lady any pro
perty she may have acquited during the absence ol
her husband.
To make penal the cutting and carrying away ol
wood or other timber from lands without the consent ol
the owner.
To amend the act authorizing the Guardians of mi
nors to receive, recover and remove from- the State,
properly belonging to the wards, &c., prescribing the
mode of doing the same.
To prohibit the sale of deadly weapons, and to pre
scribe the rrmnner of carrying the same, and to repeal
1 the act to protect the citizens of this State against the
unwarrantable use of them, dec.
lily Meeting.
Macon, Deo. 24, TB5l.
A meeting of the Union party of the city of Macon,
‘convened at the Council Chamber, this evening for the
purpose of nomin .ting a candidate tor the office of
Mayor of the city. Judge T. G. Host, wot called to
the Chair, and S. Rose to act as Secretary.
On motion of L. F. \V. Andrews, Esq. Resolved,
‘that the meeting proceed to ballot for a candidate for
Mayor.
Before taking the ballot, the Mayor, J. 11. R
Washington, Esqr. addressed the meeting, declining to
accept a nomination for the ensuing election.
On taking the ballot, Elijah Bond, Esq, was duly
nominated.
On motion of J. 11. R. Washington, Esq. the Chair
man appointed J. 11. R. Washington, Geo. Patten, and
R. 11. Hardaway, a Committee to wait upon, and in
form Mr. Bond of his nomination. The accep ance of
Mr. Bond was announced by the Committee, and the
meeting adjourned.
T. G. IIOI.T, Chairman.
S. Ross, Secretary.
Editorial Gleauings.
ty Geo. 11. Miles left Washington on the 17th
inst., as a special bearer of dispatches from the De
partment of State to our Minister in Spain. It is said,
they relate to the release of the Cuban prisoners and
Mr. Thrasher.
cy Two vessels have arrived at Cadiz, with ano
ther portion of the Lopez expedition on board.
The entire value of capital invested in manu
factures in this country is five hundred and thirty mil
lions of dollars. The raw material used amounts to
550 millions. The amount paid for labor is 240 mil
lions of dollars. The value of manufactured articles
is twelve hundred and thirty milliont of dollari.
Orcutt, the incendiary, whose sentence of death
was lately commuted by the Governor of New York,
to imprisonment for life in the State Prison, was con
veyed by the Sheriff of Oneida Cos. to Auburn, in irons,
on the sth inst.
KW There was a rumor prevalent at Utica, New
York, on the Bth inst., that thirty-six young ladies had
been poisoned a few days since, at the female semintrv
in the neighboring village of Clinton.
ts- The new arrangements by which the mails
and passengers are carried from New York to Wil
mington in twelve hours, work smoothly and successful -
ly, and are said to be a decided improvement.
GT The Philadelphia Ledger states that the An
thraeite coal production of the year ending with the
30th Nov.. 1851, has been enormously large, exceeding
by one and a quarter million of tons the produce of
any former year.
ty e. Riddle Esq., the U. S. Representative at
the World’s Fair, is to be presented with a service of
plate ol the value of S3OOO by th - citizens of Boston,
as a testimony of their approbation of the manner in
which he performed his duties.
or Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Webster, Mr. Cass, Mr.
Benton, and Mr. Van Buren, were all born in the
year 1782.
ty Thors are in the United States no less than two
hundred and seventeen colleges sod professional schools.
Kdtf The London Examiner thinks that the recent
visit of Kossuth to Great Britain, may prove hazardous
to the peace of the world.
ST A correspondent of the North Bridgewater
Gazette, describes an experiment tried on the Boston
and Providence railroad track, for the purpose of as
certaining if letters san be sent to a distance by means
ot atmospheric pressure. To test the practicability of
the theory, there was laid for about one mile a pipe,
through which the paper or papers were to pass. It is
said that those who have experimented are of opinion
that communications can be sent in this manner, from
Boston to New York in four minutes, and that they
ate quite sure of success. We wonder if there will be
no friction to be taken into consideration. We have
no doubt the message would be warm when it reached
its destination.
tSr We see it stated that there is a knitting ma
chine in operation in Philadelphia, which knits three
hundred and eighty stitches at each turn of a small
crank, which crank may be easily turned by hand from
one hundred to one hundred and fifty revolutions per
minute, making from forty to sixty thousand stitches
per minute, or at the rate of about three million per
hour.
tar Old Whitey, the well known charger of the
late Gen. lay lor, was in the line of procession to re
ceive Kossuth, in New York, on Saturday. The Tri
bune says:
He was harnessed to a light wagon, and decorated
with rosettes and a rich velvet cloth edged with silver,
bearing the initials T. E. J., those of the present own
er. Ihe old charger looked well, and seemed nearly
as spirited as when he bore the hero of Buena Vista
through the dangers of the battle field.”
ocr Mrs. Swis-helm says that the reason one nation
conquers another, is not owing to kind of arms they
use, but the kind of food. In her opinion, meat will
triumph over cabbage. So long as cattle and Hii.doos
feed on cauliflowers, so long will bull-dogs triumph over
the one and the Tartars over the other. When Ireland
frees lierself from England, it will be when Ireland
swaps off her potatoes and takes to pork. To expect
freedom to come from buttermilk, is as absurd as to look
for ballot boxes in Russia.
Looking at the returns of immigration at the
single port of New York alone, for the last two or
three years, it would seem that Ireland ought to be al
most totally deprived of inhabitants. The Dublin
h reeinan estimates the emigration from that port at not
less than from 5,000 to 6.000 per week.
Cttr A man in Cincinnati, lately, named Maleomb,
undertook to swallow a pork steak , w hole, by way of a
joke! The steak stuck in his throat, and before medi
cal aid could be procured the foolish follow was suffo
cated.
tw Delicious, to have a pretty girl open the door and
mistake you for her cousin. Still more delicious—tn
have her remain deceived till she has kissed you twice,
and hugged the buttons off your coat—“Ma, here’s
Chawles.’’— Dutchman.
zw Hon. A. O. P. Nicholson, of ‘'Nicholson Let
ter ‘ celebrity, is spoken of as the De niocratic candi
date for the Vice Presidency.
Dl On the 21st ult., while Mrs. Nancy Mulky, ot
Lexington, Mo., was smoking a pipe, she slipped and
fell with such violence as to force the stem entirely
through her neck, and causing her death.
I-ST* A literary treaty between Eranceand England,
for the suppression of literary piracy, has been nego.
tinted, and will in all probability be ratified. It mutual
ly affects the interests of authors, publishers, drama
tists, musical composers and artists.
nr f rederick Douglas, the negro politician and
abolition prophtt, has come out bitterly against Kossuth,
whom he regards as no better than a humbug! This
is as it should be. Frederick feels himself a little neg
lected.
X3T Ex-Gov. Morehead, of Ky., it is said, will be
Mr. Clay’s successor in the U. S. Senate, should he
resign Ins seat, as it is supposed he will do.
A destructive fire occurred in Raleigh, N. C
on the night of the Ifitli inst., by which some ten or
fifteen houses in Fayette street were consumed. Loss
estimated at $30,000.
A young man of 14 lately married a young
woman ot 13, at Albany, The bov imposed upon the
clergyman by wearing false whiskers, and the girl by
cotton breastworks.
CO” At the Banquet given by ilie press in N. Y.
to Kossuth, some of the green goslings present hissey
at the following letter from Daniel Webster:
W *n*oT9, Tlwwdsy, Dec. ll. —■ Gentlemen :
I return my sincere acknowledgements to the gentle
men of the New ork Press, for inviting me to be
present at the Kanquit to be given by them on Mon
day next to Louis Kossuth ; but my public duties ren
der it quite impossible for me to leave this city at the
present time. Yours, with entire regard,
Daniel Webster.
■ (Kr Down East, sensitive young ladies take elilo
jtriform when about to commit matrimony ! The thing
is done in this way. W hen the Parson is ready, a white
handkerchief dipped in the Lethean fluid is applied to
the nose—a moment is passed in blissful unconscious
ness—and the lady is awake in the promised land !
OCT'The anniversary of thv: Birthday of Benjamin
Franklin, will be celebrated by the printers in the
Northwest, at Detroit. It has been suggested that a
copy of every newspaper now published in the United
States, be obtained for the occasion. Those from each
State to be bound in a volume, by themselves, and
placed upon a table where the supper will be given,
and after the celebration, to be handed over to some
public library.
00~ It is stated that nearly all the Ambassadors
of Europeau Powers, at Washington, have hail several
consultations on the subject of the reception ot Kossuth
by Congress, and threaten to withdraw in a body in
view of the insult thereby offered to their several gov
ernments.
A destructive fit • broke out in Savannah on
Thursday morning, in the Foundry and Machine shop
of R &J. Lacklison. Loss $20,000 and no insurance.
zw Dr. Joseph LeConte of Liberty county. Ga.,
has accepted the appointment of Professor of “ Chem
istry, Geology and Natural History” in Oglethorpe
University. Dr. L. has been a pupil of Prof. Agaziz
and is an a accomplished scholar.
A bill has been introduced into the Legislature
of Texas, giving to every person who should emigrate
to Texas before 1854, or who is now in the State and
lias not obtained land, 320 acres for heads of families,
and 160 acres to single persons; requiring them, how
ever, to settle and cultivate the same. It was laid upon
to table until the Ist of January next.
New Bills. A number of new Bills have been
introduced, ibis week, into the Legislature, some ol
which are of importance, as follows:
By Mr. Wooldridge—To authorise the loan of
money by the State to the Muscogee Railroad Com
pany, and to secure it against loss. The bill provides
for the issuing of State Bonds to the amount of SIOO,
000, without interest, and redeemable io ten years, if
the Coni|>any desire.
By Mr. Perkins—To change the 11th sec., Ist art.,
of the Constitution of sliis State.
By Mr. Milledge—To pay the delegates from this
State to the late Nashville Convention.
By Mr. Seward—To prevent foreigners from ped
dling goods, wares, &e. in this State, uuder certain
condition.
By Mr. Lane—To authorize the collection of inter
est on open accounts and other unliquidated demands.
B> Mr. Pierce—To authorize the Governor to
issue $50,000 of State Bonds, redeemable in fifteen
years, at an interest of seven per cent., to be lent t>
the Atlanta and Dahlonega Plank Road Company,
By M. McOougald—To fix the diirttioii of labor
to eight hours, in the several factories in this State.
all free white per-ona under sixteen years of age.
Also, to protect the private property of cilizeus liv
ing in cities or incorporated towns, from liability on ac
count ol the debts of said corporations.
By Mr. Jaccoway—To allow Alabama Rail Road
Companies to unite their Roads, with the Nashville
and Chattanooga Rail Road, within this Stale.
By Mr. Harris, of Mclntosh—To punish slaves or
free persons of color for slandering the character of
free white persons. The offence to be cognizable be
fore justices of tha Peace, and punishable by corporal
punishment.
By Mr. Floyd—To define the liabilities of Trustee#
—to prescribe how they shall settle, and when dischar
ged. Also, to regulate the holding of Justices Courts
allowing se# ions from day to day I*ll the docket shall
have bees cleared-
j Common Sense menus Nonsense.—Dr. F. TuthiU
delivered an address the oth.r day before the Agricul
tural Society of Suffolk county, New York, and in the
course of his remarks he touched upon “the false sharne
of labor” in the following manner:
“ The day has already cotne in our cities, that if a
man, stout as Milo of old, has a load of wood brought
to his door, and he really aeht s for the pleasure of
handing it, yet must he hire a man to pitch itjnto the
cellar while he stands idly by, nor so much ss touch a
stick of it on pain of losing caste. If a vigorous
citizen, whose muscles swell with an excess of strength,
has a load of wood lying on the sidewalk, he may as
well hang himself at once as to be foolish enough to save
a dollar and saw it up himself: yet, if the man has
pitched it in. and the grate is down, so that he shall
not he seen, we are not sure but he may saw on till
doomsday, ami no one esteem hint less a man ands
gentleman. If he curry and tackle his own horse, or
lead him to the stable when he has done with him. he
is utipardonably vulgar, lie would no sooner be caught
carrying a trunk the length of a block to an omnibus,
than stealing a body from a grave yard ; ytt he will
boast among his friends of the enormous weight he car
ries in the gymnasium, having paid a fee of thirty dol
lars a year for the privilege. And his friends applaud
the gymnastic expenditure as wise and exceedingly ju
dicious, ‘for sure,’ they say, ‘how can a man live with
out exercise? In short, labor which promotes the
ends of economy it an abominable thing; that which
advertises their imbecility is a source of pride. These
i soft handed gentry may be our sons and brothers, but
we fancy they must at times be ashamed of our com
mon father, old Adam, who farmed it in Paradise.’’
‘ * - ■ ■
MACON PRODUCE MARKET.
RETORTED FOR THE CITIZEN BT W. 8 LAWTON A. CO.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 27 1851.
i rzi.—nzz_zzz:
, COTTON, ft die 2 7|c
CORN, tp bush (sacks included) 80c 9oc
H 'Y, cwt a |,30
OATS, tp bush 55c 365 c
RYE, “ “ §1,25
BARLEY, IP bush iscarcfcand wan**di. .. $1 Tt 1.25
BACON, llams, tp ft ? , 2c Mc
Sides ’ “ “ ...12*C a 14ic
Shoulders, do. do toe 9 12te
, BEEF, in 200 ft bids.. Ԥ7 a
FLOUR, Premium, P bbl §3
° hio i 44 44 •*>,so
Fine > 44 “ 95,75
Com. 44 “ $5 25
BUTTER, tp ft ig'c ® 20c
LARD, “ “ 12e lsc
EOLS, doz 25e -a 30c
IRISH POTATOES,... .(in 3 bush, bbls.) $3 .TSO
ONIONS, P bush . •! 10 5 1 °5
FEATHERS, Prime, P ft ‘! 35c
Common, do. do 30c ® 3tc
WOOL tP ft 10c® 20c
HIDES, “ “ 8c 310 c
TALLOW, do. do 8c ® 9c
REPORT
ON THE SUBJECT OT OBTAINING WATER-POWER FOR
MANUFACTURING PURPOSES, IN THE CITT OF MACON.
To S. T. Chapman , L. N. Whittle, and IV'm. 11.
Johnston. Esquires. Committee.
Gentlemen :—ln June, 1849, at the solicitation of
several enterprisi ig gentlemen connected with the
present Manufacturing Company of this City, I under
took a survey, to ascertain the practicability of obtain
ing from the Oomulgoe River water-power for manu
facturing purposes, with the extent and cost of the
. power that might be drawn from this source. Sur
veys and estimates were accordingly made. In the
report which 1 had the honor of submitting, I took
occasion to remark that it np|>earcd highly probable
by extending the proposed canal so as to reach the
I \V ickcd Shoals, the head, and consequently power,
, would be greatly increased, and probably without a
i proportionate increase of cost.
It appearing to be the object of the present exam
ination to de ermine the extent and cost of the addi
tional power to be obtained in this manner, the survey
was accordingly resumed on the right bank of the
River, at Wimbush’s Falls, where tbc line of 1849
terminated, a distance of 4 1-2 milt s front this Cilv,
and carried up to the head of the Wicked Sboals. n
distance of 2I 2 miles. In this distance, a fall o!
nearly sixteen het was found. This appears to be,
in many respects, a lavoiable |*oint to throw a dam
■ across the River, taking into account not only the
width of the River and its firm and bold hanks, hut
also the abundance of building stone which here offers
. itself. This point, however, lias some drawback*, as
well as advantages. A short distance above, a small
tributary, know., as Beaver Dam Creek, flows into
the Ocmulgt e. the low grounds of which would be
inundated. On the other hand, by throwing a dam
across the river, above the mouth of this stream, it
weold be lost as a tributary to the promised Canal. I
am informed, however, that in dry weather it affords
but a veiy small amount 1 of w ater. Upon the whole
it was thought best to extend- iht* survey to Flea lev’*
Sitoals, by which an additional fall of four feet is
secured, file whole length of canal being, seven- and
six-tenths miles.
At tins point it is proposed to- erect a dam which
will raise the water 7 feet above its ordinary stage.
This will require a dam of 10 feet in height. The fall
of the river from Keeley’s Shoals to Macon is a fraction
over thirty-one feet; to this add 7 sot t, to be obtained
by dain, and subtract 3.80 for the inclination necessary
to the bed of the canal, to carry forward the water
with proper velocity, and we have left say 34 toet.
From this I will subtract four feet for tbc ordinary
fluctuations in the surface of the river at Macon, and
there remains an available fall of thirty feet,
i It has been suggested that the estimated amount of
water flowing in the Ocmulgee at its low stages, in
the report of 1849, indicates an excess of caution, inas
much as a period of ten years (now twelve) was gone
over to find low water mark ; whereas it is thought
that to take tile lowest stage of the river within the
last three years, would indicate sufficient prudence.
With these remarks I shall adopt this course, though
[ have ao very reliable date with reference to the
lowest stage of the river within the last period of three
years. In 1839 the river readied so low a stage as
to attract very general notice; and many can point to
the low water mark of that year at this time.
If we assume, however, on this plan, one third
more than the result based on the low stage of 1839,
we dtall have 28.894 cubic feet of water per minute.
But I shall assume ‘26.07U eubic feet per minute,
equal to the capacity of a canal 40 feet wide at bottom,
with slopes 1 1-2 horizontal, to 1 vertical, and 5 feet
deep, with an inclination of 6 inches to the mile, which
will bring forward the water with a velocity of 110 f. tt
per minute. This gives, after deducting 3i* per cent,
leas, 1.037 horse-power, which will drive 61.000 mu e
and frame spindles, on No. 10 to 20 .\arn-, an equal
number ol each with looms, etc. ; or equal to 12 laelo
ries, of 5.000 spiiidlis each. This wou and give employ
ment to 2 DUO operatives; and if we assume an increase
of population of 80 for every 1.000 spindle*, (opera
tives. their families, etc ) wuuld add 5 000 to the pop
ulation of the city of Macon.
I have thought it unnecessary to present the item*
which enter into the e*t of the work in detail, and
►hall simply, therefore, present the cost of the und r
taking in a gross sum.
The total estimated cost of the work is $212 500.
If we assume, as in the report of 1849, the value of a
horre-power to be $57, we have as the annual income
of the canal, the sunt of $59,109. A deduction for <
repairs must be made from this, and it would probably <
be necessary, in order to insure the power being taken i
up ami employed at once, to lease or sell it at a much |
lower rate. But if we call the net value of a horse i
power $24, in place of $57, we have the sum ot *
$25,825 as the annual return upon an investment o
$212,500.
The fall may he divided into two level*, and the water i
used a second time,with advantage. Tile small branch <
which runs into the river a short distance above G**l
dard’s warehouse, may be employed as far up as I
Walnut street, as a race to return the water to the I
river. I
It will be seen that the estimated coat is about in
proportion to the length of canal, as compared with i
the project of 1849. The amount of work, however, i
will be much less than this proportion. Bgt there is i
considerable difference in the price of work at this
time and two years since ; and the catirß tje here pre
sented W predicated upon present price of labor and
provisions; though a change may he looked tor in this
respect, at no distant day.
As there are several topics touched upon in tht)
report of 1849, not embodied in this, I shall acoqmpany
this report by a copy of tb forme?.
o . .list,, win
IW-e.O lb. two r- poru, b„ t „k,re thi, lh ,
•b. P~„t r.p.-rt k. u lh ,
more mstur • consideration. See map.
Respectfully, F. P. Holcomb, Engineer
Macon, May, 1851. ’ P
Note.— Since writing the above, I have been fit
vored with a succint “ History of the Augusta CaaaL”
from its earliest inception to the present time: a p* pr
of much interest in connection with the proposed un
dertaking.
1 have not found it necessary, however, to chant?#
materially the views presented above. R
noticed, on a perusal of the paper in question that
one feature of that work would, at this day, be wSfiagW
exchanged, viz.: the oa|>acity of the canal, which w
are informed, might have been considerably increased
w ithout materially adding to the cost. The pr.,p,J
canal will not, I am confident, be found deficient j
this particular. 1 feel satisfied that with \ a A,
management, the estimate* will be found amply su (g
wont to cover the cost of the work. The idea of
making the canal navigable is not embraced in ft,
project, as the extent of slack watefr would it •
thought, be ioo inconsiderable to warrant the expense
of a lock, and other necessary additions. The' cant I
might be made navigable, however, for simply \ u o , n
length, by the additional cost of adapting the bri,k?t
to this state of facts. ”***
It appears that the total length of of the three level,
of the Augusti Canal is 9 1-8 miles ; cost, $250,000-
width at water line, 40 feit; depth, 5 feet, to bj
increased to 6 ; available fall, 41.36-100 feet; divkUd
into three levels, viz. : two levels of 13 feet, and on,
15 feet; the latter at present not used.
It should be kept in mind that although „ drdnetion
of 4 feet is made from the head ol the propped
Macon Canal, to cover ordinary fluetuati*ia ~t Hie
river, still the lower level, supposing it divided into
two, (I am not sure but three would be preferable )
would be liable to occasional interruption from
water, though usually of very short duration.
To the paper on the Augusta Canal, which, with
great kindness, and evidently at considerable troubi,
ha* been furnished by the officers of that cmai,wn,
to a member of our committee, and which will b*
found accompanying this report, 1 especially him,
attention.
TO THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Macon.
Gentlemen :— Having been desired by sever*l „(
your number to make a survey of the Ocmulgee river
in the vi inity of Macon, for the purpic of anceruin.
ing the practicability of obtaining from that stream by
Cann! and dam, water power for maiifactaring purpo,-
es, and if so, the cost and other important fans nud
having accordingly given so much lime as I could s(,*r
from my other duties to the investigation of the sub
ject, 1 submit the following
RETORT.
The survey was commenced at the (ill above the
Cemetery and conducted down along the bank of ihr
river to about opposite Goddard’s \\ are In-use, but as
it w,ll be more convenient to begin with \Vtti-bu->|| ’•
falls and trace survey regularly down to the terminus
of the Canal in Macon, 1 will adopt that course.
Wmsbu-h’* falls are four amt a half miles distant
from the city, or that point in the city nhere the Csnal
terminates. The perpendicular fall at \Yiubu*li'* on
the 23rd inst was two let and six tenths. Thi* point
on the w hole is favorable lor the construction of a dam
’Die width however is considerably more tlutn at many
other points, and more than the average of the river;,
the len*th of the dam will lie 446 feet, though the
width of the river at this point i*5H feet.
Tins however is ratio r a favorable circumstance than
otherwise, as this lengih of Jam will afford such *u
••xtcnt of water way as to prevent the water in time nf
freshi ts being piled up to such an extent a* to be in
jurious to the lauds above, or to jeopard the security
of the work itself.
The In ig'it which it i proposed to raise the water by
the dam is eight feet above ordinary low water; this
will make the average height of the dam fr-un the
foundation a little less than 10 feet, the depth of tlis
water being at ordiuary low stages one foot utid acre#
tenths.
The found;.tioti for the dam is of the most favorable
character being solid rook, and the same material can
readily be obtained to enter into iu com-iruit ou.
The plan of darn is that known as crib work, aud pre
sents nearly or quite all the strength and permnuviics
jof a -lam of solid masonry, at otic halt the cost. The
exterior of tfifedator is of timber, the interior. *r eribs,
being filled with stone thrown in pfoin seuously. A*
all parts of the dam will be .-übnierged, there i-nothing
to apprehend from the decay *f the timber. Tin- up
per side and top of lltc Jam are to be planked ; and
‘then the dam is finished by formifig A breast on ths
up;er side of the dam of gravel resting against it, and
lying at an angle of 16 deg. which closes up the aper
tures in the rock Billing, and renders the whole tight
and secure.
The next matter which claims attention is
head, which is so regulate the flow of the water into
the Canal, and to exclude freshets. This will be twes
ty-four feet long, and will consist of four arches of 11
feet span, four feet high to the spring of the arches,
and 27 feet long. The upper parapet to be Carried
two feet above high water mark, and the arches or
sluices ;• be prnvid-d wit’ gale* extending to the top
of the parapet, sited with rack* and proton* for work
ing. The space between the parapets to be filled with
earth.
The CauEl, which is fluty feet wide on the bottom
and with slopes of one foot horizontal to one perpendi
cular, is now- traced along the low grounds*/ the river,
and for the greatest portion of distance through the
alluvial deposit; but occasionally along the margin or
f**ot of abrupt and rocky declivities which border on tb*
river. That part of the line through the Cemetery
is of this description, and presents in itself the greatest
obstacles of this character which were encountered in,
the progress of the survey.
After leaving the premises of Mr. Wimbosh. the linfr
lies for some distance upon the lands of Mr. Bowman.
Here the river make* a r* mat k.tide detour or bend,
which is said to be some mile and a half, or tw o utiles in
length, w hilo the distance directly ncros* is but
over one fourth of a mile; and it happens quite
Innately, that at this narrow point tin re is a depression
of hollow, through which the water flows in extrardi*
nary freshets. The survey was conducted through
this cut off. It wa* found a cut of 22 feet for a *ln>r*
distance would effect the considerable saving in ili-tiwT
alluded to. On the lower part of Row man’* premise*
a culvert will be mu *sry for the discharge of* branch
which here enters the river. To lake this into the
Cnunl would flow a considerable extent of fla’ htid
and cause considerably more damage than th* expense
of the work.
The line of canal now rkirts the foot of th-- high
land for the space of half a mile, and in dose proximity
with the river. The plan contemplates and the e**i
mates are made in accordance with it, an embanko'eid
of c- mpacl earth along the w hole length of the EE*
on the side next to the river, sufficiently strong t<> w
sist it* encrooehfitent at all stage*—the outer or rierf
face of it to be protected with rip-rap (slope wall) a* -'ll
exposed points, this bank to be two (tot above the high’
est freshet. The pier-head at the upp-r end connect
ing with this embankment will entirely exclude and
protect the canal from freshets, even of the most f" r ’
miduhle tharatier. The above is one of the poi* l '*
which it will be necessary to secure with rip-rap
or slope wall.
The line now again pursues the river flat* 00,1 ‘*
reaches the cemetery crossing two or three sins! to n
ches or ravines which may betaken into the <4all *|’ ,
1 have already alluded to the character of the £ p ar \
through the cemetery and it is too well known to n
further remark, except to observe that the bn* fIM
the immediate brink of the river, and it H 1 * n *** (
ther of those points where rip-rap work w i.l b< n
sary. The material so thtopwpoee is most • bu ”
at all points where it wilt be requwecL h th* t ‘
is encountered the deepest cat'lug. v* t 3<>
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