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VRon EUROPE.
.4 (RIVAL OF THE ARABIA.
• :w York, May 12th.—The steamship
t; ia has arrived, bringing three days later
intelligence, having left Liverpool on the 30th ,
oh.
COMMERCIAL.
But a moderate business? wn doing in cot
ton and the market had suffered a decline of
1-BJ. Ail*? id’ three days 27.000 bales, of
which 4,000 were taken by speculator} and
exporters.
Quotations.
Middling Orleans 0 5-16d.
Middling Uplands -6 1-4 L
Herman, Cox it Co.’s Circular state that
prices are in favor ot buyers, in consequence
of the continued receipt* according to the
advices brought by the Asm.
Tiie trade was well supplied, and the mar
ket closed heavy. . ,
Brotvn and Shipley quote a decline of 1-8
in the market, confined principally to the
lower grades.
C tnsols were quiet. In consequence of
the new loan of twenty millions, they declin
ed to 9 1-2, but had recovered, closing at 93
1-4. |
Tiie Manchester trade, generally, remained
unchanged.
The flour market liad advanced a shilling.
Wheat had advanced Id. to 2d.
Indian Corn advanced txL
The money market was easy, at previous
rates. Consols had declined 1-2.
General Intelligence.
The political news by the Atlantic is un
important.
The American House of Nice Brother lwd
failed, tlieir liabilities amounting to a million
and a lialf.
A large tire had occurred at Ilong Kong,
Cluna, by which 80 bouses were destroyed.
Destructive tire also at Proina, in Burundi.
The treaty of peace had been officially pub
lished. Articles o and 6 provide fora gen
eral amnesty and exchange of prisoners. Ar
ticles 7 and 8 admit Turkey under the politi
cal law and public system of Europe, and se
cure the integrity ami independence of the
territories.
Latest bt the Steamer.
Liverpool April 30. —Sales to-day 8,000
bales; Speculators and exporters took 1,5*>0
hales. Advices by the last steamer from the
United States hail no effect npon the market.
Fair Orleans 7d. Fair Uplands G 3-4d. Mar
ket closed steady.
From Washington.
Washington. May 11th.—Amos Ik Cor
wmo formerly l . S. Consul at Panama, has
been appointed to proceed to that place and
take testimony relative to the recent massa
cre and robberies. Ho will set out on the 20th
instant
Hon. Mr. Herbert is now before the Cir
cuit Court on Halieas Corpus with an appli
cation to be admitted to bail. The decision
will be rendered to-morrow.
NEWS ITEMS!
Tbe wife of Mr. Washington French, in
Attala county. Miss., presented him two boys
and two girls at one birth. Mr. French was
45 years old when he married Miss Eleanor
nenly, of Mississippi, and has been married
one year. So much lor domestic productions.
On Sunday morning, the 18th ult., the wife
of Edward Phin, of Birmingham, England,
was safely delivered of five children—three
boys bom alive and doing well, and two girls
born dead.
Grain Prospect. —The Chattanooga Ad
vertiser of the third insf.. says:—During the
past week we have been out on a rustication
turn out. We were up. around, in and through
the counties of Bradley. McMinn and Mon
roe. and had the gratification of seeing the
agriculturist prospects of those sections,
which we deem highly flatering. If an Ed
itor can In* a judge, we should say that the
wheat promises much for this season of the
year.—ln Monroe county especially, we saw
some fields that might do to brag on. The
frequency of latter showers was improving
the prospects. Oats were looking fair, but
we are inclined to the opinion that fewer
hare been sowed than couiinonT Farmers
were engaged in corn planting and were busy
at work.
Rev. Dr. Bkeckfxridgk Called to Ac
count eok Works .Spoken in a Sermon.—
The doctrine of “personal satisfaction” seems
to be gaining ground, at least in some local
ities. A fellow named Clark, in Lafayette.
Indiana, took umbrage at a sermon preached
by Rev. T. L. Breckeliridge, on last Sabbath
evening, conceiving that jiortions of it were
intended to apply to him. He, therefore
vowed vengeance on the clergyman, (who
had just risen from a sick bed,) and on Wed
nesday evening, when they met in the street
Clark imperiously demanded whether Mr. B.
had really intended any persoml allusion to
him, in remarks made in the sermon. Mr.
B. declined to answer, asserting that he was
under no obligation to make any explanation
to Clark, but advising him, “if the coat fits
to wear it.” After some further words, Clai k
shook hi> fijjt in the clergyman’s face and fin
ally, just as he was about to leave, struck
him a blow on the head with the heavy end
of his whip, inflicting a deep gash! Clark
was subsequently held to bail to keep the
peace,— Cincinnatti Columbian May, ;>.
Mrs. Ri sk, wife of Senator Rusk, of Texas,
whose death we recorded some days ago,
was a Georgian by birth, and the daughter
of Hon. Benj. Cleveland, of Habersham coun
ty. .She married Mr. Rusk in 1827, when he
was a youug and rising lawyer of this State,
and emigrated with him to Texas in 1835.
She is said to have been a lady of intelligence
and many mental and personal charms.
American Virginia Mate Con*
vcntlon.
Richmond, Va., May 6th.—'The American
State Convention adjourned bed night at 10
o’clock. Electors for the Congressional and
Senatorial Districts, and for the counties in
the State were appointed. John M. Potts,
Thomas S. Flournoy, A. 11. H. Stuart, and
John S. Carlisle, were elected for the State
at large.
The following resolutions were adopted:
First.—Ratifies the nomination of Mr. Fill
more, and endorses him as true to the Union
and the constitution, knowing no South, no
North, no East, no West, looking only to the
interest of the whole country.
Second—Endorses Mr. Donelson as a friend
of the Union, and a patriot faithful to the
Constitution.
Third—Condemns the squatter sovereign
ty of the Nebraska Bill, under which aliens
vote in the violation of the Naturalization
Laws, and the ascendancy of the atifi-slavcry
sentiment is secured in every territory that
may hereafter be formed.
Fourth—That the peraecutive spirit and
harsh invective^ - the Democratic party, is
unjustifiable ana unpatriotic.
Fifth—That the Democratic party is res
ponsible for the embarrassed condition of the
finances of Virginia.
South Carolina Democratic
Convention.
The following is the platform of the South
Carolina Democracy, adopted at their late con
vention in Columbia:
Resolved, That a proper administration of the
affairs of the Federal Government must depend
upon a careful regard qu the part of each of ita
tranche#, for the limitations upon their powers
imposed by the Constitution of the United States,
and a due respect to the reserved rights of the
several States.
2. That the principle of the equal rights of
the United States, in the view of the Constitu
tion, and of all laws based upon it, constitutes
the fundamental condition upon which the
Uuion was formed and can alone be maintain
ed.
3. That we recognize, in the removal of the
Missouri Restriction upon the equal rights of
the slaveholding States, a practical acknowledg
ment of that great principle upon the part of
I the Federal Government, and deem this a pro
| per occasion to render our support and assist-
I *r.(” to the 1< nocratic party in the nomination
I *nii e,< ctkiß Ia Presidential Candidate, who
I may represent he late action of that party up
§ fvj tjua and whose claims of success
f iff ** i dej*d hot upeto a tfcmbina
tion for the spoils of office, but upon a fair pre- 1
sanitation of the great issue which is to be join
ed between the friends of the equal rights of the
States, and a strict construction, and thoso who
are opposed to both.
4. That in conformity with the request of our
sister State of Georgia, to co-operate with her {
upon this subject, this convention deems it fit ;
and proper at this time tliat in waiving for the
present all object ion to its organization and mode
of proceedings it should be represented in the
National Democratic Nominating Convention,
\j|k>ii condition, in the language of our friends / ,
j Georgia, thai the said convention shall adopt a
platform of principles which shall, among other
things in subdtanoe, embrace the following pro
positions :
1. The recognition anu adoption of the prin- j
ciples contained in the Kansas and Nebraska
act, and in conformity with those principles,
that the people of Kansas have the right, when
the number of their people justifies it, to f<*nn
a constitution, with or without slavery, and be j
, admitted into the Union upon terms of perfect
i equality with the other States.
2. That neither the Missouri Compromise, nor |
any otln r anti-slavery restriction, shall hereof- |
ter la? extended over any Territory of the L nited
States.
3. Tho prompt and faithful execution of the
fugitive slave law and its prominent continuance
j ujkui the statute took.
4. Tliat the indexible devotion to sound con
| stitutional principles of Franklin Pierce, as
i evinced in his annual message to Congrm*. and
: his adherence to the equal rights of all the j
ritati-s in sustaining tiie doctrine of Congrws- !
! sional non-interference on the question of elave
rv in the common Territories of the Union,
entitle him to the gratitude, confidence and cor
dial support of all true Constitutional Demo
crats.
5. That Franklin Pierce is the first choice of
| this Convention ibr President of the United
I .States, find that thorough identification in senti
ment aild opinion with tiie principles embodied
in the foregoing resolutions is a pre-requisite in
dispensable to our support in any candidate of
the Democratic party.
[From the Chrouicle 4 Sentinel.]
The Funeral 1‘ Judge Dawson.
Gkke-nsuoko’, May 8.
Yesterdav the remains of the Hon. W. C-
Dawson were consigned to the tomb in the
graveyard, near this town. A vast concourse
of his friends and fellow-citizens, w ith mournful
interest, assisted in the solemn ceremonies. A
( large humber of Masonic brethren, from such of
the Lodges as had received the news, of his
death, together with the Members of Bnn Mari
no Lodge, No. 34. (of which the deceased was
. member.) assembled at the Masonic Hall at 2|
o'clock. P. M.. for the purjiose of making ar
rangements for the burial.
A. A. Gauldiug. I>. G. M.. and David K. But
ler, 8. G. W. of tho Grand Lodge, being pre
sent a Lodge of Master Masons was opened in
reeees in due and ancient form, for the transac
tion of the business of the Grand Lcxige of Geor
gia.
The Most Worshipful 1). G. Master, A. A.
i Gauldiug. stated the object of the meeting, and
in an eloquent and feeling manner, portrayed
with power and pathos the prominent traits in
the life and character of the deooeed. The
cheeks of many a manly form were hat hod in
tears during its delivery. After the arrange
ments had been completed in the Hall, the fra
ternity pass* si out, and were joined by the
! Trustees. Faculty, and pupils of tho Southern
Masonic Female College, at Covington, sliout
i one hundred and twenty in numlier. dressed in
white inch with crape on the left arm. following
| in the nar of the proceadon to the house of the
deceases!. An opportunity was then afforded all
to take a final view of the lamented dead. The
Is sly was then placisl in charge of six pall-bear
ers and conveyed in the following order to tho
; Union Chun4t:
1. Tyler with sword drawn.
2. Stewards with white wands.
3. Master Maecns.
4. Senior and Junior Deacons.
5. Secretary and Treasurer.
6. Senior and Junior Wardens.
7. Mark Masters.
8. Past Masters
9. Royal Arch Masons.
lft. Select Masters.
11. Knight Templars.
12. Holy Writings.
13. W. Master San Marino Lodge, No. 34.
14. Officers of the Grand Lodge.
15. Clergy.
16. Hearse and Pall Bearers.
17. Relatives.
18. Physicians.
19. Trust, h-s. Faculty, and Pupils of Southern
Masonic Female College at Covington.
20. MernlKTS of the liar.
21. Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
22. Trustees Greensboro’ Female College.
23. Faculty and Pupils.
24. Citizens. *
! John F. Zimmerman acting as Grand Marshal.
and C. C. Norton as Assistant Marshal on the
: {art of the citizens.
The procession was very large and imposing,
such as has never been witnessed in this place.
After the vast assemblage had filled the church
to its utmost capacity, nanny could not be ac
commodated with scats, or even places to stand
within the house. The funeral services were
j conducted by Rev. J. 8. K. A xsom, of the Pres
byterian Church, assisted by the Rev. John P.
Duncnu and Rev. J. W. Talley of the Methodist
Church, and Rev. Robert Logan of the Presby
terian. Diet ingui tied Clergymen of other de
nominations were also present, and a number of
distinguished friends Iroin other counties. The
Rev. Mr. Axsom. in a most touching, forcible
i and eloquent manner, addressed the assembly.
The N. Y. Evening Post says the announce
ment of the decease ol Gov. Troup in tho morn
ing papers, reminds me of a pleasant Georgia au
i eidoto, never before in print, touching the fa
mous gubernatorial contest between him and
Clark of “along time ago;” A yellow haired
! country “cracker” boy, going along the Piney
Woods road with a basket on his arm, was hail
ed by a dashing Georgian in a buggy, thus:
“Hello, lay, what's in your basket ?” “Puppies,
sir.” “Are they Clark-ere or Troup-ers ?” “<'lark
era, sir.” “That’s right, lioy, Hurrah for Clark!”
“Yes, they areClark-ers now, la-cause they aint
nine days old. When they get their eyes open
they'll be Troup-ers.”
Illlnol* American State Conven
tion.
Chicago, May B—The American State
Convention at Springfield yesterday, endors
ed the nomination of Fillmore and Donelson,
’ and adopted the following ticket for State
officers:—For Governor, \Vm. B. Archer:
Lieut. Governor. M. S. Dunlop; Secretary of
State, Anthony Thornton ; Treasurer, James
: Miller.
Education at the South —ln North Caro
lina common schools are rapidly increasing
j In the year 1840 they were attended by 19, ;
000 scholars. Last year the attendance was
120,000 in the State.
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Ordered to Nlrarngua.
The steam frigate Susquehnna Is ordered to
Nicaragua.
Padre Vigil.
Washington, May 14.—Padre Vigil present
ed his credentials to-day, and was recognized ns
MinDter from Nicaragua. The President, in his
, reception speech, said he would preserve the
neutrality laws.
Ruatan Inland.
In the Senate, Mr. Clayton proved by Mr.
; Crittendon that Mr. Crampton distinctly ndmlt
, ted last February's statement of the former.
He had ever admitted the British title to Ruatan
Island unfounded.
Sailing of the Persia.
TU> Pnrsla took out a million and a tail in
specie.
{From the (Southern ChrietUn Xdveeale.J
Pews la Methodist Churches—
Letter of Bishop Pierce.
Mr. Editor: An incipient evil of no small
magnitude is creeping into the Methodist 1
Church, and by plausible and even pioii3
pretexts, is seeking to modify and change a
great and vital system. * * *
In my wanderings, I see and hear many
things to deplore, and propose, if other la
bors will allow, an occasional article for your
pap* r .on existing evils and the true remedy-
To begin vtith one as yet incipient in the
Southern Conferences, but which, like al* i
evils unchecked, i$ destined to grow, and
spread, and ruin our city churches, and by
and-by, to set up itself in wealthy neighbor
hoods, even in the country —I mean pewed
churches.
I object, first, as a Methodist. It is a graft
from another tree—more distinguished for
barrenness than fruit. The graft alwa}-*
bears of its own kind, and not alter the
stock. .Secondly, because it separates the
church into cbose—crent**s castes, odious
to the genius of the country and the spirit
of Christianity. Thirdly, because being an
exception to our common plan, the intrusion
of a strange and foreign element, it produ
ces alienation, strife, discord among the
brethren.
I object as a Preacher, because it dimin
ishes my congregation—restricts me to “a
| select few,” when my busin-ss is with the
j crowd—the people. It curtails—defeat- tbe
ministry to a great extent in the work of
saving souls. For proof, read the history of
Christian denominations in the United States.
Secondly: Because it brings the influence
of wicked men into the management of
what ought to be a spiritual organization.
The pew’ holder claims the right, if not of
dictating, at least of interfering and advising,
; and the apprehension of losing his money,
gives him weight—power, where he ought
j to have none.
I object as ft Christian: Because the sys
tem exalts my rich brother and mortifies
my poor one. Seats for the rich and seats
for the poor in the house of God! The one
bought with money—the other allowed as a
favor. “For if there come ir.toyour assem
bly a man with a geld ring in goodly appa
rel, and there come in also a poor man in
vile raiment, and you have respect to him
that weareth the gay clothing, and suy unto
him sit thou here in a good place, and say
to the poor man, stand thou there, or sit
here under my footstool; are ya not than
partial in yourselves and become judges of
evil thoughts ? Hearken, my brethren.
Hath not God chosen the poor of this
world—rich in faitli and heirs of the king
dom which he has promised to them that
love him ? But ye have despised the poor.’
I believe the whole policy of pewing
churches is wrong—unscriptural. I do not
mean to say the intention of those who fa
vor the plan is wicked. By no means. But
I do believe that they err in judgment, un
der the inlhicnee of views and feelings, un
detected by themselves, which, if rigidly
analyzed, would be found far more carnal
than pi>us. Very religious reasons are urg
ed sometimes, but these conoern all. condi
tions of men, and are* as likely to be felt by
one class as another. But do the poor, the
humble, the simple-hearted, ever project
these schemes? Is not the aristocracy of
money at the bottom of it ? I knew a wick
ed man once to urge his friend to help him
build a pewed church, saying, “Let us go to
heaven like gentlemen.” Is not this the
spirit of such enterprises?
‘ Mj lionw,” .’ojj (Jcni, “alinll be cnllcd t%
house of prayer for all people,” but these
pew people build houses only for those who
are able to pay for seats, and the very few
who will do them the homage of acknowl
edging their own inferiority, “children of
wrath even aa others,” bought with the same
precious blood—all unworthy, needing par
don—let us sit, kneel, pray, sing, worship
together, without distinction.
Query: what right has anybody to specu
late upon the house of God? Is it to raise
money with more ease ? Is it to bring some
great one—some rieli one, over to our side?
Is it to shield ourselves from the leprous
touch of the common herd? No matter
why—when the house is parcelled out—
sold in fractions—men ami Women invested
with legal exclusive right-*—how much of
the building belongs to God ? Very much
of it is private property. Call me fogy—
fool—l think the new system very little
short of sacrilege.
But it is said to be a good plan to raise
money for the support of the gospel. True
but then there is no principle—no Gospel
benevolence in the plan. These men do
not give money to support the church, they
pay for their own accommodation. It is a
bargain —a trade—not a Christian gift— a
pious contribution.
It is possible that some persons may be
brought to attend upon the Methodist min
istry under this arrangement, whose pride
or prejudice might else keep them away.
To secure them in this way—is to drive off
their betters—a bail exchange. Diminished
usefulness is a terrible price to pay for in
creased respectability. After all let it be re
membered that men may be won to Christ
they cannot be bought. Whenever the
church conclude* to sell her simple Christian
economy for the sake of any man’s favor—
the patronage of any class, she ought to ask
more thAti the more premium, which they
re willing tft give for their selfish indul
gence. However high Utc rate—the trade
is always a bad one.
I might multiply objections and excep
-1 tion?; but my only object is to nip the na
! scent noxious bud, which I have seen here
and there in the garden of Methodism. To
our people, it ought to be an invincible ar
gument against the pew system, that it ar
rest* and neutralizes materially the aggres
sive power of the Gospel. This is demon
j strated in the fact, tliat in those churches,
| where it is the common plan, whenei'er any
thing is to he done —a revival to be taken and
the people. allon-e<l to pre.ss into it — then the
system is suspended. The house is thrown
, open—the embargo is lifted. The scriptu
j ral invitation, “come let us go the house of
God together,” is upon the lips of the preach
[er and members. But when they mean on
ly to go through the motions of a battle with
sin and the devil, then tha old restrictive,
! exclusive system com*s In again, and truly
nothing is done. All is stagnation—formal
ism, death.
The great ploo,—l hod almost forgotten-
It is that parents may have tlieir children
under tlieir own eye. This is more plausi
ble than solid—more specious tlian pious.
Let parents obey the Bible—teach their
children the fear of God, and by instruc
tion, discipline and example, bring them up
to obedience, reverence and duty. A child !
well taught— well governed at home, will be
lieve as well a hundred miles from the eyes
of its parents, as it will within two feet of,
tlieir persons. The good behavior, that does
not spring from principle, wisely implanted j
and prayerfully nourished, b mere eye set- j
vice. It is no proof of virtue, nor security j
of character. Rather the reverse. Those
parents who govern their children by the !
eye ar I the rod—the mere fear of punish
ment—may make—will make hypocrites,
but never can make boys and girls of tender
consciences and high principles. Restrain
on Sunday, and license all the rest of the
w-.ek is a poor apology for family govern
ment, and very slight evidence of parental
piety. The reform we need is not in church
sittings, but in family religion and household
discipline.
Methodism is a peculiar institution, chosen
of God to do great things. Veryjnuch of
her power is in her peculiarities. Take off
these aud Sampson’s hair is gone—and his
strength too. In many places we are com
mitting the same error the children of Israel
did, and for the same reasons. Samuel’s
sons did badly, and the people asked v for a
king to reign over them, tike tJic other na
tions. Congregational singing is badly led
by somebody, and we set up a choir and
praise God by proxy. Free seats are es
teemed vulgar by some people, or some
thoughtless persons defile the floor with to
bacco juice, and we put up a pewed house,
to be eyual with our neighbors. Dr. Clark
said, “keep the devil and choirs out of the
I church.” I would add organs ami pews.
For the devil none of us hate any fellowship
—I wish we had as little for the other three
These things may suit other people and oth
er systems. I doubt—but will not condemn
them. lam a Methodist, and deprecate this
aping imitation of others; especially when
we make such bad selections. Let us in
quire for the “old paths and walk therein.”
A last thought—digest it well. Pewed
churches and Itineracy will not—can not
work long together. I speak as unto wise
men—judge ye what I say.
G. F. Pikrck.
Later by the Amerlea.
Trkatv or Peace. — The London News
has a copy of one of the peace documents,
which is considered to be authentic. It con
tains thirty-four articles.
The first restores perjietual friendship be
tween the contending powers.
Second—All territories conquered or oc
cupied during the war shall be reciprocally
evacuated.
Third. —Russia restores Kars and all other
Ottoman territory.
Fourth.—The allies restore Sebastopol, Ba
laklav.s, Kamiesche, Eupatoria and Kertch.
(Fifth to eighth articles inclusive missing.)
Ninth.—The Sultan grants equality to the
Christians in his dominions, and the other
contracting parties divest them wives of all
right to interfere in the internal government
of the Ottoman Empire.
Tenth.—The convention of 1841 closing
the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles is n--af
firmed.
Eleventh.—The Black Sea is neutralized
and forever closed to all ship-* of war of any
power with the exceptions specified in the
fourteenth and nineteenth articles.
Twelfth.—Trade is made free in the Black
Sea and consuls are admitted to all its ports.
Thirteenth.—Neither Turkey of Russia are
to hold arsenals in tin* Black Sea.
Fourteenth.—A convention regulating the
the force for tin* coast service concluded in
vidually between Russia and Turkey. But
it is appended to the treaty and is unalter
able except with the general consent.
Fifteenth.—The free navigation of the
Danube to be made a law of Empire.
Sixteenth ml Seventeenth. Appoints
delegates from the various contracting (lowers
to {nit the Danube in navigable order, and
makes provision for keeping it so.
The eighteenth provides for a permanent
commission to superintend its police, whilst
the nineteenth allows each of the contracting
powers to station two small ships at the
mouth of said river.
The twentieth defines the new frontier of
B*surabia, and the twenty-first cede# and
annexes the added territory to Moldavia.
The twenty-second article continues Mol
davia and Wallachia under the sovereignty
of Turkey.—The twenty-third guarrantees to
said provinces freedom of religion rnd coni- •
merer. The twenty-fourth makes provision
toward tlieir definite organization, and the
twenty-fifth provides that the constitution
for the government/* of the Principalities shall
be framed in Paris. The twenty-sixth says
the Principalities shall maintain a militia, and
may construct defences approved by the
Porte. The twenty-seventh provides that in
case of internal disturbances in the Principal- ,
ities the Porte cannot interfere without con
sulting the contracting powers.
The twenty-eighth article continues .Ser
via a dependency of the Porte, and thetweii- i
ty-ninth gives to the Porte tho right to gar
rison it. I
The thirtieth gives to Russia and Turkey
their former possessions in Asia, with new
| frontiers marked out by the treaty.
The thirty-firet provides for the immediate
evacuation of Turkey by the allied and Aus
- trim forces.
The thirty-second allows trade to go on as
before the war, until the new arrangements
are made.
The thirty-third relates to the Aland Is
land, and the thirty-fourth designates the
time when the treaty shall be ratified.
England.— Tiie event exciting most at
tention, was the great review of the fleet on
Wednesday, the 22d ult The papers over
flow with details. Over one hundred thou
sand spectators were present on land ami sea.
| The licet numbered over two hundred and
forty ships of war, big and little, all steamers
with the exception of two, comprised thirty
four thousand horse power, carried three
thousand guns and thirty-three thousand
, men, including sixteen gun boats and three
lloating batteries, and extended twelve miles
along the water, east and west, across Spit
head The fleet formed four sqnailrons, and
performed a great many naval manoeuvres
for the edification of the Queen.
Front Culm.
The ateamer Black Warrior arrived at New
York on the stli instant, with iluraua dates to
j the Ist. Her news is not of much importance
—either politically or commercially.
An advance of from £ to 4 rl. liad occurred
on sugar. Molasses also was higher. The ar
rival of three cargoes of pitch pine, one of them
j from .Savannah, ia announced.
The scheme for Africanizing tiie Island has
not been given up. A petition has lately gone
to the Queen of Spain, asking permission to in
| trodueo 40,000 African colonists.
The following is a sketch wliich one of the
parties has givta of the proposed “ modus oper
| andi.”
1. The negroes are not to be purchased of the
negro kings, who too often make war on one
another for the sole purpose of procuring cap
tives (slaves) for tiie whites.
2. The only money allowed will be $lO boun
ty, which the negro may leave to his abandoned
family, and convince others that the enlisted
friend is not forcibly carried off!
3. As the Cokmist will have no need of his
wages, he may remit tho same through the
(Maliw SboiOy to his family in Africa. J
4. Pare that, though this may not appear 1
practicable, yet it really is so, since the inten
tion is to get the negroes from the more civi
lized towns and villages, and two dollars will
le very acceptable to their poor friends at
home.
5. The contracts now given to the Coolies are
to sene as the basis for the new African Colou
sts, and will be punctually carried out.
6. The wages to be paid to the Colonists,
which are not to exceed lour dollars, one half
of which is to be paid to the Government as a
fund for removing the Colonists to some other
quarter of the world as soon as the term of ap
prenticeship expires.
10. Men are to be preferred to women and in
all cases where the latter are brought out. only
two dollars wages are allowed. The children
lioru of the colonists receive no wages until they
are eighteen, at which time they will be allowed
the same as their parents, provided they consent
to enter into an obligation for ten years; if not
they are to he sent out of the country.
13. All the expenses incurred in seeing to
the faithful observance of these articles by the
; agents of the Spanish Government will be paid
by the Company.
GEORGIA GITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, GA MAY 17, 1856
Nncon tot lon Market. —Our mar
ket is very dull. We quote 8$ to lU$ extremes.
Trincipal salt** 91 to 10$.
To Correspondent**.
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two years’ subscription.
“Sweet** to the Sweet.” —•Several
of our coteniporaries have recently been the re
cipients of special favors, in the way of choice
flowers, strawberries smothered in sugared
cream, \<\, and must needs gloat over thtir
blessings, very much to the engendering of envy
in the brents of their less fortunate brethren of
the Press. To judge from the frequent rhapso
dies on the subject, we are bound to believe
that the strawberry “crap” in Georgia, this sea
son. lias been unprecedentedly rich, remarkably
delicious, and incomparably prolific! Indeed,
our imagination has been so titillated with the
extravagant eulogies which we have seen of the
exquisite flavor and superlative quality of this
favorite fruit, that our mouth has incontinently
watered in sheer sympathy with the scene so
vividly portrayed to our mental sense. But,
alas! it has only been aglow of sympathy with
out any practical realization of enjoyment. We
have not yet regaled our palate with any of these
notable specimens of the Homy tkedliny or the
Peabody Hautboy. In fact, all that we have
tasted have had such a decided silvery flavor
that we cannot say that wo have yet any dis
tinct notion how a genuine, rosy, fully-developed
strawberry would affect our gustatory nerve!
As the mathematicians say it is a case of ”Q. E,
—something yet to be demonstrated!
, j City Legislation.— Our “City Fathers
seem to be wide awake in the matter of provi
ding ways and means tor making tins city a
wtijm-reil of a jilaee, in every sense of the word
morally, physically and financially, so far at
least as Legislation will accomplish these desira
ble objects. For example, they have ordained
that the people shall pay S6OO a year to our
new city .fudge, for helping his honor the Mayor
to keep the peace of the corporation! They
have also ordained that all existing obstructions
to the streets and pavements, such as fences,
porticoes, porches, outside stair-ways, Ac., shall
tie removed, and all future obstructions shall not
be permitted. This last item is prospective and
should be enforced, but we do not see how ex
, isting obstructions, which have been suffered, for
years, to grow into the force of law, by reason of
the negligence of the authorities to suppress
them in the beginning, can now tie removed
without more cost, vexation and ill-feeling than
the thing is worth. There are, however, ob
structions, every where, which should be aba
ted, promptly, such as piles of boxes and bar
rels, chicken-coops, building materials, Ac., that
encumber the side walks, and are an endless
source of annoyance to the citizens, to say no
thing of the inconvenience and hazard to the
ladies, who are thus prevented from spreading
themselves in a way that fashion prescribes, from
fear of a “disruption of every tie” which binds
them to their Dry Goods 1
Again, our City Fathers have put their veto
upon the canine race, unless staled with the
“Almighty Dollar,” in the manner and form pro
scribed. This is perhaps well enough, as the
race of worthless curse, that make night hideous
with their dismal veilings, will, it is to be hoped,
thereby, be materially lessened in number.
But to crown the work, (corona opus,) the
City Council have now before them an ordinance
to prohibit cows, calves and bulls from running
nt large in the streets! For Taurus we have no
favor to ask. He should not have the “freedom
of the corporation,” as he is a noisy, brawling
fellow—very like to a jiot-houso politician after
rising from a champagne l'rolie—but we would
plead with our City Fathers in behalf of poor
niuley and her yearling progeny'. What is to
become of these if they are to be “cramped,
cribbed and contined” to a few feet of enclosure
or stall! Yea more, what are the poor people
of the city to do who havo heretofore been al
lowed to pasture their single milch cow upon
the public domain, during the summer months,
if you take away from them this immemorial
privilege ? And what will become of the in
fantile race of humanity who now draw their
chief sustenance from the lacteal secretions fur
nished them from this healthful source 1 Havo
the City Fathers no “milk of btunao kindness”
in their hearts that they should thus meditate a I
fatal blow againgt the “babes and sucklings ” of!
Macon ? Or has the said milk been curdled into j
whey by long “dry nursing?” We pray them
to pause in their wrath, against the “mush and
milk” of the children, for it is plaiu as ojxn and
shut, that un ordinance prohibiting cows from
the streets will be tantamount to a prohibition i
of milk in the poor man's coffee and in the poor
woman’s Young Hyson, as well as an interdict
of this necessary article in the nursery of child
howl ! Let not such a crying evil be commit -
ed!
ReNpoiiMlbllltlet* of the Pre****.
—Some people have queer ideas of the duties
and responsibilities belonging to public Journal
ists. For example, a writer in the last Journal
& Messenger, signed “Citizen,” intimates that
the Press does not sustain our best social inter
ests or meet its high responsibilities, if it does
not join him in vehemently denouncing the
amusement of Cock Fighting and all who visit
such places, as ‘‘without the pale of ordinary re
sjwctabitity.” And our reverend brother of the
“Messenger k Journal” endorses this sentiment,
by denouncing “the periodical exhibitions of the
cock pit” with which we are afflicted, under the
conviction that did he longer remain silent he
would be “direlect,” (Quere ? derelict,) in his duty
as a Journalist.” Now, this, by implication, con
veys a censure uj>on other Journalists who do not
think they are called on to interfere with the
pastimes of any class of the people. F’or our
own part, we have never witnessed a regular
Cock Fight or a Horse Race in our life. We
have no taste that way, but we are satisfied that
such coarse and wholesale denunciations of these
things are not according to sound philosophy.
While we, therefore, are not the apoloyists of
such exhibitions, we are certified that many
very respectable gentlemen are in the habit of
frequenting them, merely for amusement, with
out dreaming of thereby losing caste among hon
orable and respectable men. Besides, admitting
that Horse Racing and Cock Fighting are illegal
and demoralizing, so are many other things con
nected with our social relations, but it does not
therefore follow, that Editors, particularly those
comparatively strangers in the community,
should institute a crusade against evils which
exist, while the Ministers of the Gospel on the
one hand, and officers of the law on the other,
are derelict of their duty in the premises, or find
themselves unable, by moral and legal suasion,
to correct public immoralities. In plain lan
guage. while we hold ourselves ever ready to
whip dishonesty and rascality with the lash of
scorpions, we cannot be dragooned into the de
nunciation of our fellow-citizens for their parti
cipation in what may be considered the estab
lished “institutions of the country.
An Interesting Problem. —A ques
tion for casuits is likely soon to conic tip for ad
judication in the Courts, which involves a meta-
I physical problem of no small interest to the age.
’ The case may be thus stated. An individual ol
! high standing in the State and Church attaches
himself, voluntarily, to a Mutual Loan and Buil
t ding Association. ll© signs his name to the
constitution and rules, and becomes a co-partner
in the concern. Time passes* on, and the said
dignitary needs a few thousand dollars to save
l his property from the hammer of the Sheriff. He
j goes iuto the market—bids for the money of the
company to which.he belongs, and, through too
I much confidence on the part of the Director}-,
obtains it. by thousands. Up to this time, his
1 conscience has caused him no compunctious
pangs, at the usurious usufruct lie has enjoyed,
’ at the expense of his fellows, but suddenly a
change cornea over the spirit of his dream. Hav
ing gained his purpose, he affects to think that
Mutual Loan Associations arc only swindling de
vices, any how, and that every honorable man
is justified in cheating them, if lie can! So
straightway he betakes himself to a counsellor
J learned in the law, for aid and comfort, in his
; emergency. True, lie has got the money of the
Association, and used it. hut then he is unwil
bttj to countenance so great au evil in the land
tisunj, ami lias determined to resist a foreclosure
of a mortgage on his property or a return of the
| “wages of iniquity.” So stands the ease, and the
question arises, by what code of moral ethics is
lie governed who after projxtmy by a swindle in
which he was an interested copartner , pleads his
piety and conscientious scruples, in order to avoid
making restitution to those he has himself deliber
ately and
i eiarv of the country have to pass upon the ques
: tion, we shall only give it as our opinion, that
the wider such yum elastic Christianity prevails
in any community the more slippery are the mor
als of the people!
Hanna*.- Tlu Nashville Gazette has the
: following significant paragraph in reference to
the prospects of making Kansas a slave State:
Y’e have ollen said the coutest between the
North and the South, sot the settlement of the
; Territories, was most unequal, all the odds being
on the side of the former. Especially will this
j lx.* the ease so long as foreigners are allowed
equal rights and privileges with our people. A
letter from Kansas city, dated the 17th April,
says that a party of Georgians. 30 in uunilxr,
i had arrived there the day before, and that on
the same day 50 arrived from Rhode Island and
150 from Ohio. Emigration from the east, av
erages about 100 daily —while about that num
ber come weekly from the Southern States.
What’s In the Wind, Now f— The
Alabama Journal, an Anti-American Old Line
Y big Journal more than intimates that Mr
Fillmore will be killed off. unless lie is run as
plain Mr. Fillmore, without being the candidate
ol any party or the exponent of any platform
of principles! That Journal says of Mr. E. as
follows:
“Let him be run as Millard Fillmore, and on
the principles declared in practice in his Admin
istration, testing his views and principles by the
plain and enduring record of his acts, not by
vague generalities on paper.
Mr. Fillmore, running on his own merits and
on his own principles, as tested by his Adminis
tration. will concentrate all the elements of the
Opposition, and his success is certain. Give him
a had name, or the name of an unpopular fac
tion. and he is beaten beyond perad venture.—
Ihe policy for the canvass is manifest, and it is
to he hoped that his advisers will be true as well
as sensible men. They can elect him by a course
ol policy which reason points out, or they can
deteat him by forcing him to take a position
which will drive the masses from him. It is to
be trusted that wise councils may prevail.”
In our opinion Millard Fillmore, nor any otli-
er man, can run, successfully, as an itulejttnde/tf
candidate for the Presidency, and with the pre
sent lights before us, lie has no earthly chance
of 1 icing elected President, with all the combin
ed aid of the American party and the Old Line
Whigs. If the latter then repudiate Mr. Fill
more because he accepts the nomination of the
Americans, which party the “Journal” intimates
is an “unpopular faction,” they may as well save
their breath to cool their broth as to hallo for
him. We can tell our Alabama cotemporary
that Mr. Fillmore cannot “concentrate the op
position,” unless the impracticable and stubborn
Old Line Whigs will come up, manfully, to the
aid of the American Party. Detach Mr. F.
from his present position as the candidate of the ,
latter, and we do not believe he can carry a sin
glo State in the Union.
Georgia*!* Claim* to the flee
Pre*ldenc The Washington City Sen
tinel, ( Hard Anti-Pierce Democrat) throws out
the following bait to Georgia Politicians:
“This great State, as modest in her pretensions
as she Ls great, has claims upon the Democracy
second to none other. She lias also a galaxy of
sons, any one of whom would do credit to any
State, and to the whole Union. When the
question of the Presidential Candidate shall have
been settled, if a Northern man lie selected for
it, we look forward to see foremost among the
prominent for the Vico nomination, a son of
Georgia.
“Georgia has received less notice from the
Federal Government, less of what is called fede
ral patronage, than any other State.”
m
Removal of the Court HorsE in Macon
County. —We understand that the question has
again been submitted to the people of this coun
ty, and that it has lieen decided by a majoriiy i
of fifty votes, that it remain at Oglethorpe.— .
Macon Messenger.
Polltltui Facts and Specula
tion**.
The political atmosphere begins to brighten
up, sufficiently, to allow of a pretty shrewd
guess as to the final winding up of the grand
battle soon to come off for the Presidency. The ,
fogs are being dissipated and the positions being
taken by the serried hosts of the three contend
ing Armies are in a state of rapid development.
Let us see what is the state of parties and what
the signs of the times, at this stage of the
game.
And first of the American Part}-. New
Hampshire has repudiated Messrs. Fillmore and
Donelson and apjxdnted Delegates to a Free
Soil, Anti-Nebraska K. N. Convention in New
York on the Pith of June. Massachusetts has
split in twain, some fifty of the late Convention
of the 6th inst. having lxilted with the view of
co-operating with the N. Y. Convention! It:
New York, the like state of chaos exists, which
will lose that state to Mr. Fillmore, beyond per
adventure. The Convention of the 12th June
is called on the basis of opjtosition to the Phila
delphia nomination, and will concentrate all that
opposition hi favor of another candidate, if it
does not result in one grand fusion between
these Northern Nnow Nothings and the Black
Republicans, which is extremely probable. In
Pennsylvania the tide has turned against the
Americans, the Democracy having gained 12,000
votes in the late Mayor's election in I’hiladel
phia, over the vote of last election, when the
Americans succeeded by 8,000 majority. Penn
sylvania may therefore be set down as lost to
Mr. Fillmore, and so may New Jersey and Dela
ware.
In Maryland, the Old Line Y’liigs are playing
the “Rule and Ruin” game, having resolved in
Convention that “no Whig who had attached
himself to the Democratic or to the American
I party should be received as a Delegate.” Also
that they “will cling with inflexible integrity to
their Whig principles” in the coming Presiden
tial canvass. Os course, then, Maryland will
go for the Democracy. In Virginia, North Car
olina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, the Americans
will probably do something, but not Ixtter than
• last year. In Alabama and Arkansas it is a
forlorn hope, as Pike, Shortridge and other lead
ers have repudiated P’illmore and Donelson, and
even Percy Walker intimates that the fight will
lie sectional, and that in such event he will stand
w ith his section.
In Georgia, we have, as yet, no organization.
A State Convention lias been called in this city,
on the Bth July, for the consideration of the j
question, as it will then lx presented to us. and j
we can scarcely entertain a doubt, that, if the
Black Republicans and Northern Nnow Noth
ings shall have by that time, coalesced, or have
put into the field, two candidates against the
Democrats, and have placed themselves on the
issue of Slavery and anti-Slavery. it will be the
dictate of duty and patriotism, on the part of
Georgia Americans, to waive their own princi
ples, for a season, and unite with that party that
promises most surely to defeat the Northern
sectionalists. We therefore approve of that call
and hope that the Convention will lie a full one.
The time of meeting, too, is correctly placed
after the action of all the opposing Conventions,
so that we shall be able, as Americans, to act,
with our eyes wide open to the probabilities aud
possibilities of the future.
Among the Democrats, there is, at present’
much commotion. Their nominating Conven
tion is close at hand and the signs are palpable.
Mr. Pierce is evidently in the ascendant. He
will, we think get a plurality on the first ballot,
but not a two-third vote. Neither do we think
that Douglass or Buchanan will be able to se
cure the nomination. Pennsylvania and New
Jersey will go for Buchanan. So will Delaware
and Louisiana. New York will go for Fierce
if the “Softs” are admitted, but not otherwise.
Virginia, South Carolina. North Carolina. Geor
gia. Alabama, Ac., will go lor Pierce. It how
ever, llnebanan does not get the nomination.
Pennsylvania and perhaps other States in liis
favor, will lx lost to the Democracy. As to
New York and the New England States—we
have no ith‘a that either of them, except per
haps New Hampshire, will go for the Democrat
ic nominee. It is indeed evident that the chief
strength of said nominee will lie in the South
and one or two of the Western States. With
out Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New York for
him the election must go to the House, provided
a third candidate is run In- the Americans with
even partial success.
Finally, those precious scamps, the Black Re
publicans, either with or without a fusion with the
Northern Nnow Nothings and Free Soil Demo
crats will be a formidable and dangerous party
in this race. They have already succeeded in the
election of Speaker of the House and are every
day growing more powerful, unscrupulous and
desperate. They have taken their position not
only against any new Slave States in the Union,
hut against the institution of slavery itself and
will have to lx met on this sectional issue and
beaten, if the Republic is to be saved from dis
union and anarchy. Let the reader ponder on
these things aud prepare himself for the conflict,
Let him lay aside all else that is impracticable
and visionary, until the supreme law of safety
aud existence is as tirmlv established as are the
everlasting liills. We speak as uuto wise met.-
Judge ye.
Newspaper Change.-The Savan
nah “Georgian” has been united with the “Jour
nal'’ of the same city, and is now published by
M essrs. Hilton A Cos., under the title of the
“Savannah Georgian & Journal.” Our friend
Jesse Wright, Esq., seems to have been unfortu
nate in his purchase of the “Georgian” and has
had but a brief editorial career of it—having
been effectually punched out of a concern,
which he undoubtedly bought in good faith, lx
fore lie had hardly time to get comfortably warm
in his scat! “Such is life.”
Georgia lews Item*.
JngU’The Atlanta Intelligencer of the Bth
inst., gives intelligence of the serious illness
of Dr. George Philips, member of the Legis
lature from Habersham Cos., at his residence
in that county.
It is expected that the Thomaston
and Bartlesville Rail Road will be completed
in all this year. The grading being (unshed,
the timber lor the superstructure being pro
vided, and the money lor the iron raised.
George Walker Esq., of Pulaski Cos.,
is engaged in the laudable enterprise of bo
ring an Artesian Well, with good prospects
of success.
The drought continues in places, in West
and Sonth-West Georgia. At Ft. Valley and
Columbus, they are suffering for rain, utdess they
have got the blessing within a few days juir-t.
Z3T H. B. Gardner, who was wounded at
the time his brother B. R. Gardner was killed
in Sparta, died on the 4th inst. Johu 11. San
ders is charged with the stabbing which proved
fatal.
The Cherokee Georgian mentions the ar
rival at Marietta of the Her. Mr. Hutchins, a
Baptist clergyman, ofForsytli, Cos, Ga.. in posses
sion of another man's wife. The woman (Mrs.
Cain) has a husband in California. Hutchins is
65 years of age, and leaves behind him a wife,
children and grandchildren, ne made over his
little property te his Lawful wife. The guilty
parties have gone west. Hutchins (says our co
temporary) has been in the ministry 25 years,
and has probably baptized more persons than
any minister of the Gospel in the State during
that period.
CSP The Supreme Court of Georgia was in
session this week at Milledgeville, probent Jud
ges Benning and McDonald. The Docket was
light—only five cases being docketed Monday
morning.
ZW On Tuesday, the 6th inst I
of laying the Corner Stone of n„. . *
of the State Lunatic Asylum, 0 f J* -
off at Milledrrcville, under the \]
R. W. Acting Grand Master,
Address by M. E. Wm. T. Gould * Hi
£*"The Hon. 11. Hall McAllkJ ** j
ma, is at present on a visit to hi,
Savannah. He is now Judge of the °r >1
In the El Dorado State.
Th ° Oohmibus Times of the in,,
says: Heavy rains have fallen iw,, Nl
i Orleans. Mobile. Macon, and general] *1
out upper Georgia, but as yet a
bums up this immediate section of
cry day or he.,, ,lou ds 1
| nzou but shy off to some more
, For some days past the atmosphere hzl H
| P” red wtth hail - >™t gives no promi^i
i having been notified by telega *
ed himself at the Railroad depot and
rival of the cars from Macon,
a young man named P. M. Smith,
I robbed the trunk of Fredericks
| Macon - of 8200 in gold. Upon the *
Smith was found $lB5 in gold, and a ’
i * keleton keys. He is a young man aw!
: 18 years old with an intelligent e xp r
\ countenance but we fear he is aleadv a **
i ed rogue. —Grijfin Union.
DT The Marietta Georgian, 0 f tt
i says: The Episcopal Convention of the ,
of Georgia convened in our city on
! The opening sermon was preached bvV *
1 Clark, of Savannah, and the exercise w® „
tinued until Sabbath, when eight person c
jto lx confirmed. We are gratified to W*
j ‘he venerable Bishop is enjoying his q^.,.
COTTON RECEIPTS— MACON.
Receipts and Stock to May l s / u-, 1
Stock Dl May, fKifi, . .
Received in April, I*o*s, . . tt
‘ “ “ 155, - - .i,
Total Receipts to May, 1-56. • - l 5! k
lsK . *
MACON & WESTERN RAILROAD
Received in April, 4,325 bales—of which It*
through to Savannah, and 600 to Macon Wire-hr’ ’’
Total receipts this season, 51,402 bales.
SOUTH-WESTERN RAILROAD
Received from Columbus, and depots
April, 5,281 bales—all through to Savannf ,
America, and depots, 3.517 bales—2sl3 thjw ‘
vaunah. and 1,304 to Macon. Total reeeiDMl,
road, tliia season, 197,660 bales.
j
j
Hail, wedded love ! by gracious Heaven fan
At once the source and glory of mankind
’Tis this can toil and pain and grief a-siue.
Secure our youth, and dignify our age
On the 15th inst. I.y the ler. Jarr.t- •
Samuel S. Dunlap to Miss Mary Ann E. Rurc*
Macon.
Priuter’s Fee “0. K.”
Such is old Time, who takes on trust
Our youth, our joys, our all we hare,
And pays us but with age and dust;
Who in the dark and silent grave.
When we have wandered all our ways,
Siiuts up the story of our days.
DIED, in this city, of Consumption, on the meres* f
the 12th inst. Mr. Henry M. Weed, (soa of the latt! j
B. Weed) aged about 24.
DIED, in this city, on Wednesday evening 7th i j
Mrs. Ann Saulsbury, aged 76.
Mrs. Saulsbury was a native of Maryland, battat ]
last 24 years had been an esteemed resident of this a
She was a most worthy and exemplary member oft
Presbyterian Church, and was sustained in kerUittr
and hours by the consolations of the Gospel.
DIED, in Macon county, Ala. on the sth inst. li
Mary Ann Moultrie, -wife of Briggs H. Mouitrie, tow
ly of this city, aged 45 years. Her remains werektwg
to this city and Interred in Rose Hill Cemetery oti
9th inst.
DIED, in Clinch county, on the 26th day of Aprs,
6 o’clock, P. M. at the residence of S. W. Sk
Mrs. Roxana, wife of Col. Wm. M. Nichols, and dm*
ter of Col. R. and Mrs. Mary C. M'Comb, of Xiie%
ville, in her 19th year.
DIED, in Columbus, on the 7th inst. at the read#
of her father-in-law, Mrs. Annie G. wife of Jane
Slade, Esq. aged 20 years and 9 months.
111 l IWIIW IH II ll—>!■■■
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
(OI KIL CHIMBEK HI U.!fr
REGULAR MEETING.
Present—BENJAMIN F. 11088, Mayor.
Aid Jewett, Philips, North, Jones, 1 ,
Strong and Bostick.
The minutes of the last meeting were r. ; . I
firmed.
The Britlge Keeper reported tolls for
date, 47S 5>U.
Market Fees for two week* to date, fIS (
The Finance Committee reported in favor of *
Rainey’s account for hire, $34 37, and J. H. Cher
Co’s, account, $S 76.
On motion of Aid. Jewett,
Resolved. That the Chairman of the Street Coeut*
he authorized to have constructed a foot bridge da
4 feet wide and 15 feet long, with brick abutrnents.it!*
the branch in Forsyth Street, leading from the C?
Vineville, at a cost of not exceeding SSO, Adopted
Committee on Pumps Report. That the Pumpofpe'’
to Mr. R. Beasley’s has no water in it, and recount®
that the Brick be taken out and it be ting deeper * |
thought practicable on an examination, it tobefiW:
and anew one dug. W. R. PHILLIPS, Chaintd.
Adopted.
On motion of Aid. Jones,
Resolved, That G. S. Obear, Chief Engineer •( * I
Fire Department be, and Is hereby author'ied to on* •
or purchase SUO feet best leather Hose for the u*’ I
said Department. Adopted.
An Ordinance to prevent Bulls, Cows, Oxen.
aud other cattle running at large within the City i®-
was read first time.
Inasmuch as the act of the Legislature organ* l *®
City Court of Macon, directs the Council to dtsup®
the place where said Court shall be held,
Resolved, That said Court be held at the OurtH”
in the City of Macon, until the further order of Coot-
Adopted.
Council then adjourned.
Attest. V K
SPECIAL NOTICES
ATTENT^^^gNS:
A CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN PART**
of all such persons as favor Iheir Principe* ‘
policy, will be lield in Macon on Tuesday the Btb
next, at 12 o’clock, to consider of the approachtnf “
I idential election, and such other matters as
thoufrht conducive to the interest of the State sod *
Union. Each county to send a number of deleft’" 1 .
<iual to the number of its Senator and Repressfl* 4 "’’
in the Legislature.
By order of the Executive Committee.
Macon MaylT—td ,
Hi:( KNO> NEW VOIIkG’
AI. W A V S be obtained at the Mw
turer’s Rank of Macon.
aprl4—tf
MRS VANDERBILT,
No. ISS Suffolk Street, sets of
DR. M’LA\E*S CELEBRATED LIVKR P> l1 ’
Being unwell, and not knowing whether it P rocec ”
from derangement of the liver or merely hysterc*- ‘
was persuaded to purchase a !>ox of Dr. M'LaneG
er Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros. Pittsburgh, ‘
fore I had used them all, was entirely relieved. ‘ “
now enjoying perfect health, and cheerfully reccrc®--
Dr. M'Laue's Celebrated Liver Pills to all simil* r f
dieted.
New York, March 25 1552.
mayl7—
will be careful to ask W® .
LANE’S CELEBRATED LIVER PILLS, manufat “
by FLEMING BROS., of Pittsburgh, Pa. There are
er Pills purporting to be Liver Pills, now before the F
lie. Dr. M’Laue’s genuine Liver Pills, *l*°ld* ce ‘
ted Vermifuge, can now be had at all respectab-’
stores. None genuine without the signature of
FLEMING BRO
may 17—It
LOST. ,
\FINE DIAMOND RING, between
Holt’s and VintviMe, or in front of Mr--
for which the finder will be liberally rewarded .
log it at Col. Holt’s, or Georgia Citiien Office
maylT—tf
ARTHUR'S PATENT SELF-SEALING
FRUIT CA> T s
For sale by B. A.
mayl7—tf Sole Agent for Paled‘S
LEAD PIPE AND PD® 5
LEAD Pipe, Cistern and Well Pomps, ju*
and for sale by #• A ’
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