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Urcro BttleßMHts in Ohio.
The following article is copied from the 1
Southern Ohio Argus. a paper published at
Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio. It clear
ly exhibits the character of the free negro
population not only there, bnt wherever
they have located a co'ony in the free
States:
AS ISCIDEST or TfTK “ irestkessibi.b COS.
FLICT.”
Mu. Editor :~I send you for publication,
if you think proper, an account of a raid
which occurred last week at the “ Negro
Camps,” received from a credible source :
Mr. Marcus PickeriDg, a farmer, living on
White Oak creek, about two and a half miles
north-west of Georgetown, one night last
week had some well-grown hogs killed on
liis premises, and all carried off but one. In
the morning, finding the depredation had
been committed on his property, he searched
about until he found the trail of the thieves,
and by the blood was enabled to trace them
to the black settlement, and to the house of
one Baker; and while examining a thicket
of bushes grown up near the house, where
the offal had been concealed, Baker came
out to him, and an altercation and collision
occurred immediately. Mr. Pickering be
ing unarmed, was somewhat damaged in
person before he escaped. Smarting under
the double provocation, be collected a num
ber of men in the vaciuity of the camps, ma
ny of them having been sufferers in proper
ty like himself, and returned armed the
next day, for the purpose of indicting sum
mary punishment on the thieves. From
what occurred, the negroes must have been
informed of the gathering of the whites, as
the advance of five men were met at the
cros9 roads near the settlements towards
fienijelniffn, lay four ntgmo atiuctl with
guns, who maintained their ground for a
short time. One of the white men, who
was on foot prior to the collision, called out
(being a short distance from them) and or
dered the blacks to give up their arms and
surrender. This they refused to do, and
from their demonstrations the moment the
mounted men came up, they were prepar
ing to fire. The latter sprang from their
horses instantly, leveled their rifles and fir
ed. Two negroes were shot, being hit with
two bullets, and the others precipitately fled
without firing, being deterred the moment
the advance dismounted, by discovering an
other and larger body of mounted men com
ing from the rear.
In the flight one of the negroes was caught
by the white man who called on them to
surrender, by the assistance of a shephered
dog, and severely puramtled. One of the
others coming up during the scufHe, drew a
revolver and was almost in the act of firing,
when Mr. . who had hold of the ne
gro, seised the pistol. He wanted to pun*
isb. but not to kill the negro.
When the force which bad been behind
came up, in the language of one the negroes
*‘Dejr jest took de camp.” But as the firing
had given the alarm, the rest of the men es
caped. None of the negroes were killed.
Baker, who was somewhat damaged by
a ball in the hip, w ™n, mi taken to
his hut and laid on a bed.
Now, however, much such occurrences
nre to be deplored, yet the query, what the
white people in the vicinity of these black
settlements arc to do, Is somewhat difficult
of sohifion.
People at a distance, unacquainted with
the conduct of these blacks, may perhaps be
astonished at such an occurrence. Let fact*
be submitted. These people were settled
in this county—the old stock by Mr. Guest;
of \ irginia. The land on which they live
wa3 purchased by agents who hell the deed
in trust, for their use, fearing that if deeds
were made to them they might isiprovident
ly alienate the bequest, and be thrown as
outcasts on the world, without anything in
the shape of property. <
Any candid man who investigates their
history since their settlement among us, will
find it to be about this:
The old negroes who were freed had been
taught to work, and when placed on their
lands went to work like their white neigh
bors, in a uew country; they built them cab
ins, cleared off their grounds, fenced them,
and generally worked tolerably well, so at
least as to make a living for themselves and
families, and were peaceable, quiet, inoffen
sive, and polite to the whites. The old
stock has pretty much all died out, and the
, present generation are a poor, miserable,de
graded, trinfling set; who have allowed their
lands to be forfeited for taxes, while the for
est encroaches on the cleared portions, in
the shape of bushes, briars, Ac. And let
any one who doubts try the experiment of
a visit, and my word for it he will, in nine
out of every ten houses, find the folkuring
description answer:
A long one story, rough hewed or round
log, hoard covered cabin, with rough board
or clap board doors, dirt covered puncheon
floors; squatty looking cat and claychimncys
minus the clay; windows stuffed full of old
rags and dilapidated hats; the cracks be
tween the logs once filled, in Western phrase
■with “chinkin’and dobbin',” in the shape of
timber and clay, or mortar, from which the
latter has long since disappeared, leaving
openings for the winds; the furniture in
keeping with every thing else —a few broken
backed chairs, three legged stools, and their
miserable apologies for beds, covered with
dingy, faded and ragged quilts. And to ob
tain a correct impression of the ajipearance
of the denizens of these hovels, they should
be seen cowering in the smoky, dirty huts,
around their scanty board, spread with the
fruits of their nocturnal visits, and clad it;
habiliments parti-oolored as Joseph’s coaL—
And as (br improving their mental and mor
al condition, it seems like a hopeless under
taking.
One fact I will state : Among the white
people who really sympathized with the ne
groes, and who honestly thought their con
dition could and ought to be improved by
teaching them to read and write, and by
disseminating sound principles of religion
and morality among them, was a citizen < f
Georgetown. Me took a great deal of iatc:-
est in founding Sunday and weekly sehoo s
among them; and at length, having pui -
chased a farm in their vicinity, moved on it,
where he still continued his efforts for their
improvement. In the course of time, how
ever, his family complained that divers and
sundry articles of household goods could not
be found, and finally one of two hogs he had
in a pen was butchered and carried off He
began to look rather serious, but still unwil
ling to abandon long cherished ideas, he
traced the thief to his home in the Camps,
and kneeling down prayed fervently for those
who had robbed him.
Time soon showed the effect of his pray -
er. That very night the other hog was miss
ing, and when the fact was disclosed to him
in the morning, in great wrath he mounted
hi* hr<e rode to Georgetown, and bought a
oowhide.
Aijoiner matter which is beginning to
have weight against the people, besides the
actual loss to individuals by their stealing, is
the addition to our taxes in the shape of
costs to the county in abortive attempts to
punish by law, and the manner in which
they escape through negro testimony. A
citizen of Arnheim, not long since, arr ste-i
some blacks for stealing flour. When th
trial came on, by black testimony they prov
ed an alibi, and were triumphantly acquired
and earned off with them the bag* belong
ing to the prosecutor, leaving him, if able, to
pay the costs.
I'be question about the black population
among us is assuming anew and gr-ve im
portance, in view of the action ol the othei
States expelling them from their borders.—
At the very time the negroes of the Camps
were flying from the rifles of their indig
nant and outraged neighbors, the benevo
lent Cumberland, three miles south ol
Georgetown, was receiving |beneath at
roof and extending the hospitalities of his
house to a number of the new importatiom
from Arkansas, from whence he conducted
them to Ripley.
It may be said, ii. this connection, that
there are three or four cases now before the
Court in this county, (prosecutions agains:
negroes for stealing) wherein the county
will, in all probrb.lity, have to pay even
the counsel lees tor defending them, as th<
negroes are too poor to employ counsel.
Ladies are like watches-pretty enough
t) look at-niceand delicate hnnds-but
s unewhat difficult to “keep going” when
3hev get to “running” to parties and dry
goods stores. i
yfeciianic 1 * Wage.
} In the course es the remarks ofMr. John
son, of Tennessee, in the Senate of the Uni
ted States, tome days since, he called atten
tion to the following tabic, which presents
a comparative view of the wage 6 received
by different classes of workmen and mechan
ics in the slaveholJing and non-slavehold
ng States ;
FREE STA TES.
. ‘ Pee Dat.
Chicago, 111.
Painters $1 50 to $1 75
Bricklayers 1 75 to 2 00
Stonemasons 1 50 to 2 00
Carpenters 1 25 to 1 75
Plasterer* 1 50 to 2 00
Laborers 50 to 1 00
Pittsbuxg, Pa.
Painters. 1 50 to 2 00
Bricklayers 1 75 te 2 00
Stonemasons..... ... 1 50 to 1 75
Carpenters 1 37 to 1 75
Plasterers 1 50 to 1 75
Laborers 75
Cincinnatti.
Painter* 1 50 to 1 75
Bricklayers 2 00 to 2 50
Stonemasons 1 25 to 1 50
Carpenters 1 00 to 2 00
Plasterers 1 50 to 1 75
Laborers 75 to 1 00
Detroit, Miss.
Painters I 50
Bricklayers - *lO
Stonemasons 1 56
Carpenters 1 75
Plasterers 1
Laborers 87
Columbus, O.
Painters 1 50
Bricklayer* 2 00
Stonemasons 1 50
Carpenters 1 50 to 2 00
• Plasterers 1 75t02 00
Laborers 75 to 1 00
Buffalo.
Painters 1 50 t# 2 00
Bricklryars 1 50 to 2 00
Stonemasons 1 25 to 1 75
Carpenters 1 OOtol 50
Plasterers 1 50 to 1 75
Laborers 00 to 75
Lowell, Mass.
Painters 1 *lO to 1 75
Bricklayers 1 50 to 1 75
Stonemasons 1 50 to 2 00
Carpenters 1 25 to 1 75
Plasterers 1 OOtol 25
Laborers 75 to 1 00
Bangor, Me.
Painters 1 50t02 00
Bricklayers 1 50 to 2 00
Stonemasons 1 50 to 2 00
Carpenters 1 50 to 2 (X)
Plasterers 1 50 to 2 00
Laborers 75 to 1 00
.Madison, Ifif*.
Painter* 2 00
Bricklayers 2 00
StoDomasions 1 50
Carpenters 2 00
Plasterers 2 00
Laborers 50 to 75
SLAVS STATES.
New Orleans, La.
Painters 2 00 to 2 60
Bricklayers 2 50 to 3 50
Stonemasons 2 00 to 3 00
Carpenters 2 25 to 2 50
Plasterer# 2 25 to 2 60
Laborers 1 25 to 1 50
Richmond, Va.
Painters 1 75 to 2 25
Bricklayers 2 00 to 3 00
Stonemasons 2 00 to 2 50
Carpenters 1 50 to 2 00
Plasterers 1 75 to 2 25
Laborers 1 00 to 1 50
Louisville, Kg.
Painters 1 75 to 2 00
Bricklayers 2 50 to 3 00
Stonemasons 1 75 to 2 00
Carpenters 1 75 to 2 50
Plasterer# 2 OO to 2 25
i Laborers 1 00 to 1 25
Galveston, Texas.
Painters 1 r* to 2 oo
Bricklayers 2 75 to 3 0Q
Stonemasons 2 00 to 3 00
Carpenters 2 00 to 3 00
Plasterers 1 75 to 2 25
Laborers 1 25 to 1 50
Charleston, S. C.
Painters 1 75 to 2 00
Bricklayer* 2 60 to 3 50
Stonemasons 2 00 to 2 50
Carpenters 2 60 to 2 75
Plasterers 2 OO to 2 50
Laborers 1 OOtol 50
Little, Rock, Ark.
Painters 2 50 to 3 50
Bricklayers. 2 00 to 3 00
Stor.cmrsons 2 00 to 2 50
Carpenters 2 00 to 3 OO
Plateiers 2 50 to 3 OO
Laborers 1 OOtol 25
Norfolk, Va.
Painters 1 76 to 2 00
Bricklayers 2 00 to 2 50
Stonemasons 2 25 to 2 50
Carpenters 1 50 to 2 00
Plasterers 1 75
Laborers 1 00 to 1 25
Memphis, Tenn.
Painters 2 00 to 2 50
Bricklayers 2 Os Mo 3 00
Stonemasons 2 00 to 2 50
Carpenters 2 25 to 2 50
Plasterers 1 75 to 2 50
Laborers 1 OOtol 50
Nashville, Tenn.
Painters 2 25 to 2 50
Brieklayer* 2 50 to 3 00
Stonemasons 2 00 to 2 50
Carpenters 2 25 to 2 50
Plasterers 2 00 to 2 60
Laborers 1 00 to 1 25
(Georgia Historical Society.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Geor
gia Historical Society was held at tin? Socie
ty’s Ilall, on Monday evening, the 13th
ult. After the transaction of the ordinary
business of the Society, the following gentle
men were ro-elected officers for the present
year:
Hon. James M. Wayne, President.
Hon. C. S. Henry, First Vice-President.
Rt. Rev. S. Elliot, Becond Vice-President-
A. A. Smetts. Eq.. Treasurer.
I. K. Tefft, Esq., Corresponding Sec.
Easton Younge, M. D., Recording Sec.
J. F. Cann, Esq., Librarian.
Curators. —W. T. Williams, Esq., John
Stoddard, Esq., Solomon Cohen, Esq., Waae
B. Hodgson, Esq., A. A. Smetts, Esq., W.
Duncan, Esq., Dr. Wm. Charters.
Among the incidents of the evening was
the presentation, by Andrew G. Gordcw.
Esq., of Marion county, Fla., of anew ani
accurate map of “The English Empire in
North America,” representing theirrightS*l
claim, as confirmed by charters, and the for
mal surrender of their Indian friemis.—
Likewise, the encroachments of the Fre<*h.
with the several forts they have unjustly
erected therein. By a society of “Ant : -
G.illic*n.” nubliahed by an act of psriia
rnent in 1753.
A so, the presentation, by Andr*w Low,
Esq , of a very valuable manuscript narra
tive, Containing an a<c>unt of the first set
tling of the Colony of Georgia, with a jour
nal of the voyage of the first imhnrk alien,
under the direction of Mr. Oglethorpe, and
eootinued till the consisting tho court of
RecorJ, and establishing tho government
of Savannah, with some account of the
magistrates', and some considerations on the
probability of succeeding in the said colony
under the present Constitution and plan of
government. To which will be added the
particular case of Peter Gordon, chief bai
liff of Savannah, with copies of his memo
rials, Delivered to the honorable the trus
tees,|md humbly offered to their furtkar
consideration, by their very lmmblo serv
ant, Peter Gordon.”
The above manuscript was obtained by
Mr. Low, from O. Maxwell, Esq., of New
Orleans, who received it from the late
Kichard Richardson, in December, 1834,
with the further account from Mr. R. that
this “book was given me by Mr. Oglethorpe,
sub-sheriff of the count3’ of Lancaster, at
Liverpool, “2d December, 1827, who said it
was given to him six or seven years ago by
the keeper of the records at the castle at
Chester.”
After partaking of refreshments, tho so
ciety adjourned. E. Yoitnok, Rec. Sec.
Choice Fruits.
XtJBT Received. New Layer EaMaa, Lan*n**oc, Ma*
•I adlies. and Priucena Almond*. S>wrt Or,n k e, Ckt l
SkThWrq Apple* M UJEEttY HQMM*
Fruits of Abolitionism The
New York Journal ot‘ Commerce
sums those up very tersely: Among
others it mentions tho following:
The Abolitionists have caused ma
ny deaths by violence, and sent dis
tress unto thousands of families in
the slaveholding States.
They have or will have caused the
free negroes to be expelled from
most of those States, greatly to their
injnry and distress.
They have caused the slaves tliro’-
out tho Southern States to be more
vigilantly guarded, and more severe
ly dealt with in case of insubordina
tion.
Many innocent persons are great*
Iv inconvenienced through unfound
ed suspicion. A missionary of the
Southern Aid Society writes as fol
lows:
“Only the light of eternity can re
veal the extent of the suffering caus
ed to innocent thousands by that
wretched affair at Harper’s Ferry.
May God restore peace to our couu
try, and prosperity to his church in
it.”
They have greatly damaged the
merchants, manufacturers, and the
whole population of the North, by
checking tho interchange of com
modities with the South, heretofore
so advantangeous to all concerned.
They have exposed our nation to
the direct calamities which none but
God can wholly avert.
They have shown themselves to
he without common discernment, or
else reckless of consequences to eve
rybody but themselves.
Trade with Bremen.— Wo are
pleased to notice that the merchants
of Savannah are making strenuous
efforts for the establishment of di
rect trade between that port and
Bremen. From the history of the
bark Gauss, Capt. Weiting, which
has been successfully engaged in
prosecuting trade between Charles
ton and Bremen, we can assure our
Savannah friends that such a line,
once estalished, cannot fail to be
sustained.
During the last calendar year
Oharlrston exported to Bremen
$572,648, and received in return $20,-
116, which for the service of one ves
sel, is very good. A large 1 , number
of passengers was received by the
same vessel. —Charleston Mercury.
Farmers Alarmed. —The Chatta
nooga Advertiser of the 27th inst.,
says:—Wc have conversed with nu
merous farmers throughout the
country, and without an exception,
they all unite in representing the
present stand of wheat as being se
riously and hopelessly damaged, so
much so, that acres upon acres will
bo plowed up and resown with spring
grains. They inform us that some
fields can scarcely show a spear of
grain even. We have no desire to
spread unnecessary alarm, but our
farmers are quite unanimous in their
belief that not half of an ordinary
crop will be harvested.
Hear tlie Gallant Commodore.
In a letter written to a Union con
vention in New Jersey, Commodoro
Stockton says:
In this defensive attitude of the
South, I for one will stand by them,
as a friend, to the last gasp of my
existence; and, if a dissolution of the
Union is inevitable, then 1 would
have the lines of separation drawn
along the Hudson and the Lakes,
rather than the Potomac and the
Ohio. I have no doubt that, in such
an event, the North-western States
would unite with New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and the South. I will stand
by them, because they arc right; I
stand by them, because they have
the Constitution and the law on their
side. On these bulwarks we will
plant our standard, and defy the host
of fanatics. The questions at issue
now between the South and the anti
slavery party seem to be few, hut of
great importance. The South de
mands that the decision of the Su
preme Court of the United States
shall be recognized as supreme law',
and that they shall be free to take
i their slaves into the Territories
which are the common property of
the United States.
Your obedient servant,
Robert F. Stockton.
The Syracuse Standard says that a
young lady who had lived for a number
of years in the family of the Ilev. J. B.
Benham, missionary among the Ononda
ga Indians, as an adopted daughter, and
upon whom this excellent family had long
lavished their affections and favors, has
iccently requited them for their kind of
flees toward hex by marrying one of the
aboriginal tribe. The ceremony hyme
nial was performed by the fa;her ot the
young man, Mr. Ske.iada,(who is himself
a minister) during the absence of the
Rev. missionary and his wife. So se
vere and cruel was the blow that they
at once determined to resign their charge
and leave the Mission.
Kkitt on Pennington.—On the day
the Speaker was elected, Mr. Kkitt,
democrat, of South Carolina, made a
brilliant speech. He is thus reported in
reference to the withdrawal ofSiiEKMAN.
Mr. Keitt, of South Carolina, democrat,
made a speech, in which ho nlludtd to
Mr. Sherman’s remarks accompany irg
the withdrawal of his name as a candi
date, as a mourner valedictory to his
deserting troops. That gentleman had
said the democracy was demoralized by
seeking affiliation with the elements ol
opposition to the republican parly. Pray
gentlemen, how do you stand ? For eight
weeks yon have made an effort to elect
your nomination, and you failed. You
failed in your effort to adopt the plural
ity rule. You were obliged to take down
yonr man whose name was connected
with the Helper pamphlet, and adopt
as your candidate a man w ho is in favor
of the Fugitive Slave Law as it now
stands. Let ine ask these same gentle
men whether they think by going for
a man who favors that law, and who i>
an Old-Line Whig, as he calls hunself,
they do not demoralize themselves
the affiliation 1
|ggf“An old woman, who was in the hab
it ot declaring, after the occurrence of any
unusual event, that she had predicted it,
was one day very cleverly “ sold” by her
worthy spouse, who, like many another, we
wrote of, had got tired of heariug her eter
nal “I told you so.”
Rushing into the house, breathless with
excitement, he dropped into his chair, ele
vated bis hands, and exclaimed :
Oh wife! wife ? what —what do you
think ? The old brindle cow has gone and
eat up our grmd-stone I
The old woman was ready : and hardly
waiting to hear the last word, she screamed
out at the top of her lungs ;
I told you so, you old fool 1 I told you
sol You always would let it standout of
doors!
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Every man is a volume, if you on
ly know how to read him.
State Aid. —Not more than two years
ago, says the Atlanta Intelligencer, Ala
bama was terribly opposed to State Aid
to railroads. She has since waked up.
On Saturday last her Legislature loaned
the ba’ance of “ the three per cent, fund”
to various railioads, as follows :
Northwest and Southwest $218,000
Will’s Valley 75,000
Alabama and Tenn. Rivers 225,000
Selma and Gulf 40,000
Mobile and Girard 50,000
Opelika#nd Oxford 283,000
Montgomeiy ar,d Eufaula 30,000
Tennessee 6i Alabama Central 40,000
Since the above was put in type, we
nave been permitted to read a letter to
Col. Win. O. Winston, from a member
of the Alabama Legislature, stating that
the above bill passed the Senate by five
majority, and has been signed by the
Governor, and is now a law. The pas
sage of this blii places the early com
pletion of the Wills’ Valley Railroad
and all its connexions beyond
gencie3.— So. Reflector.
Southern Orders. —Many of our
manufacturers are receiving large
orders from the South for articles as
were heretofore purchased from the
North, thus showing that slavehol
ders arc at last awakening to the im
portance of sustaining their friends
in preference to their enemies. Apart
from the fact that engines, mills,
spikes, and all machinery can be
made here on as good terms as at
tho North, our iron founders are tak
ing extraordinary pains to get up
their manufactures in superior style,
so as to make it to tho interest of all
sections to support them. Many of
the engines now at work on the su
gar plantations in Louisiana, were
made in Richmond and are said to
surpass those from the New England
factories in their immediate vicinity.
But machinery is not tho only kind
of work Richmond manufacturers are
getting up for the South. Some of
our saddle and harness makers are
filling large orders for Tennessee,
Alabama and Mississippi,; and our
shoemakers aro furnishing brogans
for the field hands on plantations.
Richmond Despatch.
A New Senator from California.
—The N. Y. Tribune says it may seem
strange that Gov. Latham should give up
a salary of SIO,OOO a year for $3,000,
which is the pay of a United States Sen
ator; but it should be borne in mind
that while the governorship is for only
two years, the term Mr. Latham will
have to serve will cover nearly four
years’ salary, amounting in the whole
to a trifle, less than $12,0;)0. During
his term he will travel back and forth
eight times, for which the government
allows him, in mileage, about $2,400
each term, nuking an aggregate salary
and mileage of $31,000, fur little over
three years’ service as a Senator, against
$20,000, which he would have received
had he remained two ye* rs Governor of
the State.
CtQBGIA CBBBI
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, GA., MARCH 1, ’GO.
Till: MEDICAL COLLEGE.
The Reform Medical men of Macon and
vicinity arc to have a grand time to-day, at
Concert Hall, as will be seen by a notice,
elsewhere. Tho regular Commencement Ex
ercises will commence at 10 o’clock A. 31.
at Concert Hall, when an address will be de
livered by a Representative of the first
Course of Lectures, also a Representative of
the Graduating Cluss. The ceremony of
conferring Diplomas, together with a couple
of Presentations —one of the portrait of Dr.
J. T. Coxc, on tho part of the students, to
the College—the other, that of the daguer
rotype pictures of the graduating class, in
the Fame direction, with appropriate speeches
and responses, will occupy the forenoon. In
tbeeveuing, another presentation —that of a
portrait of Dr. Samuel Thomson, the founder
of the Botanico-Mcdicul Practise, (ordered
by the College tome 18 or 20 years ago, hut
onlv recovered recently from parties who oh
tained it at tho sale of the deceased Artist’s
effects) will take place, after which Col.
Lochrnne will deliver an address on the life
and system of the great Reformer. Prof.
Loomis will deliver the concluding Address
after the other Exercises of the morning.
Os course, the people of Macon will give
their countenance to the praise-worthy etfhrts
of the Faculty and Trustees of our Home Col
lege, to advance tho interests of Medical
Science in our midst, by attendance upon
these Commencement exercises. Apart from
local considerations, the occasion, to-day,
will he full of intrinsic interest to nil who
attend. There will he good mu.;ic to enliven
the hour—as well as good speeches to feast
tke intellect—while the whole entertainment
will receive its crowning investiture, hy a
speech from the eloquent and gifted Profess
or of Medical jurisprudence, Col. Lochrane.
If he does not ransack tho Eden bowers of
Literature for the rare flowers of wit and
fancy, wherewith to weave a becoming chap
let for the brow of the old Esculspian Re
former, we havo u mistaken view of Lis cx
huberant resources.
It will, doubtless, be a treat to hear the
Colonel, under the inspiration of a theme,
teeming, as does the one allotted to him.
with noble thought, brave action, and in
doniitable purpose ; nnd none should sta\
away who can possibly find admission int<
the Hall. The Address of Prof. Loomis, at
the close of the morning ceremonies, w ill, al
so, he worthy of that gentleman’s reputation
as a fine Belles I.ettres scholar.
I<- ad.—Bishop Miles, of tho Catholic
C lurch, died in Nash ille, Tenn., on the
22d ult., from hemorrhage of the lungs. He
was upwards of seventy years of age.
Col. John 11. Irby, a well known citi: en
of Laurens Di*. So. C*., died at his resi
dence on Friday night of last week, of apo
plexy. He *<, at the time of hi* death Pr •-
ident of the Laurens Rail Road.
Coiikul at Hanover.— The Tele
graph announces that our worthy fellow
citizen, Col. John S. Hutton, has received
the appointment of Consul at Hanover, from
tho President, and that the same has been
confirmed by the Senate. Tho Colonel is a
first rate business man, and will make
capital Consul. Good l ick to him.
lUfa'lnga**.—The Democratic State
Convention met at Detroit on the 22d Feb.,
and appointed Douglass Delegates to the
Charleston Convention. The Resolutions
adopted reaffirmed the Cincinnati Platform,
acknowledged the binding force of the Dred
Scott decision, and denounced John Brown’*
raid as the act of the Republicans,
Military flnrampiiMMit.
The Federal Union tuggests a Milita
ry Encampment of all the Volunteer Coro
panics of Georgia, during the ensuing,
spring, at some central point in the State.
We second the motion, and would add
that Macon hasall the convenience of land,
water, &c. for such an encampment, and
in point of accessibility and centrality
preseuts attractions that cannot be ap
proximated by any other locality. What
say our Military to the pioposition?
We presume that the Commander in
Chief of the armies of the State would
approve the measure, and have the tx‘
penses paid out of the contingent funds \
Whether or not, we hope the matter
will be carried out.
“ Waiting for something toliim
up.”
If ever a party deserved the name of the
“ Micawber” Party, we think the “ opposi
tion’’ party of Georgia has fairly earned the
title, by its procrastinating and tide-waiting
proclivities, and dilly-dally preparations for
active organization. It has been so for years,
and the same policy is like to become sterc
typed through a disposition to wait to see
what the Democracy are going to do 1 Now
to our judgment, thi3 is all wrong. While
we are waiting, the enemy i3 working and
by the time the Charleston Convention has
nominated a candidate for President, the
democ at c hosts will be equiped for the
fight, and prepared to ensnare the people in
to their camp. Men will commit themselves
and it is Ike rowing against both wind and
tide for the “ opposition ’ to go into the con
test, under such adverse circumstances.
The People Moving.
A Stnte Convention of the Union Party
of New Jersey, was to have been held at
Trenton, on the22d ult. The call was sign
ed by 1,500 citizens.
The National Union committee, in Wash
ington City, of which the Hon. John J.
Crittenden is Chairman, have just issued a
long and able address to the people of the
United States, in which they recommend
the Union and Conservative men of each
Stato to hold a convention and nominate
two candidates for Prcsidorit and none for
Vice-President —also to send Delegates equal
to its representation in Congress to a na
tional convention in Baltimore to Belect from
the nominees proposed, a candidate for Pres
ident and Vice- President. This address we
will publish in our next, to enable our read
ers to judge of the merits of the novel plan
proposed.
The Union men of Tennessee, met in con
vention at Nashville, on Monday of last
week, in great numbers, and passed strong
Resolutions, among which were the follow
ing :
Resolrc.d, Therefore, by the delegates of
the people of Tennessee, in convention as.
semhlod, that we will unite with all good
men everywhere, and devote all our energi 2
to maintain and .perpetuate the Union un
der the Constitution as it is.
Resolved, That that the true test of devo
tion to the Union is the practice of ready
obedience to the requirements of the Con
stitution.
They also recommended the lion. John
Bell as their candidate for President. A
large number of Delegates were appointed to
the National Union Convention, and Bailie
Peytonjand'N. G. Taylor chosen Electors for
the State at large. The lion Jere. Clem
ens, of Memphis, presided over the deliber
ations of the Convention.
Another largo Union meeting has been
held *** Now Yorlr, on a *wll inviting all
who were “ in favor of upholding the Union,
the Constitution and the laws of the Coun
try, of securing the rights of the several
, States inviolate, rosisting’all attempts to in
terfere with their respective institutions
and policy—opposed to all sectional parties,
and in favor of elevating men to office who
will administer the government in the spir
it of its founders.” Gen. Winfield Scott
was present and was loudly cheered.
North Carolina, too, is awaking to the
subject. At a Stato Convention of the Op
position Party, held in Raleigh, on Wednea
-1 lay the 22d, John Pool wiu- placed in nom
■ inatiou as their candidate for Governor, and
- the lion. Win. A. Graham, of N. C., nam
ed as their first, choico for the Presidency,
’ and the Hou. Washington Hunt, of New
York, as their second. Strong Resolutions
1 were Rdopted, pledging the support of Con
-1 sliiutional Unior/mcn of North Carolina to
‘ any conservative Union Candidates that may
1 be nominated by a National Convention.
Kentucky, also, has had a Convention,
‘ and adopted Resolutions looking to the same
1 end—the consolidation of all the Union and
conservative elements of the Country, alike
against Democratic misrule and Black Re
publican fanaticism and oggiession.
——
The Twit'S** PfQC racy .—The
, Democracy of Twiggs, have done two very
different things, at their late County meet
. ing, and in one resolution, at that. They
, “cheerfully endorsed the notion and choice”
of the Milledgeville Convention ot Docem
bor last, which appointed Cobb Delegates to
the Charleston Convention, but recommend
to said delegates to “stand by the sentiments
of the Hon. Alfred Iversoit” iu relation to
protection to slave property in the Territo
ries, under the Constitution of the United
States.
It is not supposed that Mr. Cobh and Mr.
[verson agree in sentiment on this question,
nevertheless, the Twiggs Democracy are so
accommodating that they will compromise
on Cobb as their candidate for President on
Iverson’s Platform!
Lnmpkin Palladium.—This pa
per has been suspended in consequence of
old liens und mortgages coming against the
new proprietors. We regret to hear this,
but cannot say we are disappointed at the
failure of the publication. The fact is, that
the mania for establishing new papers, in
Georgia, must necessarily end in disaster to
many of these enterprises. It is “ too much
>f a good thing,” as sure as the sun sliinos,
by day. If so well conducted a journal as
the Palladium, in the rich county of Stow
irt, could not get along without becoming
involved in debt, how can.it be expected that
otheri less favorably situated, enn live and
prosper.
The Califoriiia Senator.—Hon.
Milton 8. Latham, the newly elected Senator
from the State of California, was a passen
ger in the Baltic at New York, from Aspin
wull, on the 2Gth ult.
UTou-lutercourse.—Charleston, we
see, is getting eousiderable business from the
merchants of the South-west, but we imag
ine that a large mujority of traders will still
go to New York, to lay in their supplies of
roods for the spring trude. We arc yet in
the Union, and until our Southern cities
will establish a Direct Trade with Europe
tnd open large Houses for the sale of goods,
t is all folly to be talking of holding no com
nercial intercourse with the North. It
* good sign, however, to see that Charleston
ind Savannah are both making a move in
the right direction. Every thing must have
a beginning, and we trust that these cities
will be encouraged to persevere ia the good
work, until they demonstrate the fact that
goods can be sold by their merchants, to the
advantage of all parties.
Pa rods.
The Charleston papers are inexstacies over
ilie lyric and dramatical gifts of Madame
Parodi and her operatic troupe. She has
taken that city by storm and will soon be
in Macon to give our music-loving people
the opportunity of indulging in the sublimi
ty of harmony and the extacy of delightful
melody.
A word to tlse City Puttiers.
There is, at prestnt great scaicity of build
ing lots in Macon, and a more favorable op.
portunity will not again occur, perhaps, for
the City Government to dispose of the lot?
on the South and West CoJitm n We would
suggest that the lots lying back of the Fac
tory be put into the market, on such liberal
erms as will admit of improvement- by the
tore Lnmbie class of our citizens. All that
portion of the public domain east of the Mb
con and Westein R. R. extension and boun
ded by the curvature of eaid road, on the
NorthWvst, might as well be improved a‘
not. The upper portion couTd be advantage
ously laid off into acre lots, while the lower
from its greater uneveness of surface and
area,,would have to be laid off into fractiona-
Icts of unequal size. In the middle a Park
of several acres should be reserved and pro
perly improved. As the town is progres
sing that way, we hope that this suggestion
will prevail, and that a sale of the lots will
be immediately ordered on long time, say in
one, two, or three year payments, without
interest so as to give the poor man a chance
to create a homestead for himself. The in
creased taxation on the ground and im
provements will sufficiently pay the city for
any liberality in the terms of sale.
Douglas* or Cobb.
We think that the Georgia Delegation
at Charleston Convention will be a Unit,
in favor of the distinguished gentleman
at the head of the U. S. Treasury. The
opposition to the action of the Democratic
Convention of December has measurably
subsided, and what, at one time threat
ened to prove a serious breach between
the ultra Democrats and the Union wing
of the paity is likely to blow over with
out doing much damage to the integrity
of party tactics and party combination
In the event that Mr. Cobb should be the
choice of the Democratic Convention in
stead of Douglass, whose star i-i row in
the ascendant; we presume the old Union
men of the State, generally, will not make
any 9eriou3 opposition to him. He car
ried the State or.ee by 18,000 majority,
over his Democratic competitor, for
Governor, and though he since then “fell
from grace,” as it were, and offended ma
ny of his old supporters, still he would
be far preferable to Douglass with all
sound constitutional men of Georgia, if
placed on the track against a Black
Republican from the North.
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. 27.—The House pass
ed the pension and West Point appropria
tion bills.
Ex Lieut. Gov. Ford of Ohio, was elected
Printer by a majority of one.
In the Senate, Mr. Clay of Ala., from the
Committee on Commerce, reported adverse
ly to the erection of a Custom House and
Marine Hospital at Apalachicola.
Senator Davis, of Miss,, presented resolu
tions from the Legislature of New Mexico,
in favor of the organization of Arizona ter
ritoi v.
Senator Toombs replied to Senator Doo
little, of Wisconsin.
The Navy Increase bill was taken up and
the Senate adjourned.
■.ate*! by the Luropa,
Hattie with the Moors.
Boston Feb. 24.—The latest advices, re
ceived from Queenstown, stato that Tetnan
had been stormed and carried on the. 2J in
stant, after a sanguinary engagement. The
, camp equipage, artillery and camels of the
Moors were captured. The Moors fought
with the greatest bravery in that and the
previous engagements.
The Italian news is conflicting. The Au
[ strians had sent maDy Venetian prisoners to
distant fortresses.
The Europa’s mails were too late for the
’ evening train.
From Washington.
Washington, Feb. 24. —lathe Senate a
’ joint resolution was offered to authorize the
Texas Rangers to defend the Rio Grande
frontier, but was laid over.
Mr. Fitzpatrick presented the petition of
Carlos Butterfield for a contract to carry the
’ international mails from the United States to
the different Mexican port*, in connection
1 with his ex sting contract with the govern
ment of Mexico; he also reported a bill for
that purpose.
The Homestead bill was made the order
i for Thursday n* xt, after which the Senate
adjourned till Monday.
In the House, Mr. Carter of Now York,
endeavored to introduce resolutions of cen
sure against the Executive and thg Congres
sional Committee, for neglect of courtesies
towards the New York Seventh Regiment,
during the recent visit of the latter to Wash
ington.
Three votes were taken for Printer. Oa
the last ballot, Ball & Glossbrener tied, and
there were many scattering votes.
The President’s Message was debated, af
ter which the House adjourned till Mon
day.
Vii-ginaOpposition Convention.
Richmond, Feb. 25.—1n the Opposition
B*nte Convention which assembled on the
22d instant, the Committee reported against
a party organization at the present time—
that the Federal Government had no right
to interfere with slavery—reiterating the
Compromise of 1850—advocate retrench
ment and reform—denouncing the Republi
can? —favoring the Union—approving the
address of thejNational Union committee on
ly so far as its recommendation of the ap
pointment of delegates to the Baltimore
Union Convention. A minority report was
made which recommeuds the entire address.
No action was taken.
Impressment of an American
Citizen.
Nkw Orleans, Feb 24.—Advices* have
been received from Havana to the 20th inst.
A Spanish-born American Citizen had been
claimed by the Spanish authorities for mili
tary services, and required to furnish a sub
stitute or pay SI,OOO. Consul llhn de
mand'd his release, but it was refused,
whereupon the man paid the SI,OOO under
protest. The correspondence has been
transmitted to Washington.
Sad Accident.—On Thursday eve
ning of last week, Miss Eliza Reid, of
this city, was most shockingly burned,
by her dress catching fire. She linger
ed until Tuesday morning, when death
relieved her sufferings.— West Point Cit
izen, 2 2d.
man was arrested in Virginia a
few days since, and being informed that
he was suspected of having been engaged
in the insurrection at Harper’s Ferry Ye
plied “hedidn’t know Harper’s nor where
he kept his and and old ferry.” lie was
acquited.
Go down upon only one knee to a
young lady. Il you go down upon both,
you may not be able to escape quick en
ough in case of the appearanoe of an
enraged father.
DEBORAH LEE.
AN EXCELLENT PARODY.
’Tin a doz f -n or so of years ago,
Somewhere in the Wc.-teountree,
That a nice girl lived, as ye Hosiers know,
lly tire name of Deborah Lee ;
Her sister was loved by Edgar A. Poe,
Blit Deborah by me.
Now I was green, and she was green,
Asa summer’ssqua-di might tie.
And we loved as warmly a* other folks,
I and my Deborah Lee—
With a love that ihe lasses of Hoosierdom
Covered her and me.
But somehow it happened, alone ago,
In the neueish V. est eountreeA
That a chill March morning gave the shakes
To my lieautiful Deborah Lee:
And the grim sterndoetor(cursehim) came,
Anti t>ore tier away from me—
The doctor and death, old partners they—
In theagueish countree.
The angels wanted her up in Heaven, •
(But they never asked for vie, )
And that is the reason. I rather guess.
In the agueisli West eountree.
That the cold Marea wind and t he doctor and death
Took off my Dels.rah IjOC—
Mv beautiful Deborah Lee—
From the warm sunshine and the opening flower,
And took her aw ay from mo.
Our love was as strong as a si v-horse team,
Or the love of folks older than we,
And possibly wiser than we—
But death, with the aid of doctor and steam,
Was rattier too many for nio ;
He closed the peepers and silenced the breath
Os my sweetheart, Deborah Lee :
And her form lies cold in the prairie moud,
Silent and Cold—oli, me!
The foot of the hunter sliall press her grave,
And the prairie’s sweet wild flowers,
In their odorous beauty around it wave,
Through all the sunny hours,
The still bright summer hours;
And the birds shall sing in the tufted grass,
And the nectar laden Bee,
With his drearj- hum on his gauze wings pass—
She wakes no more to me!
Ah! never more to me!
[spring.
Though the wild birds sing and the wild flowers
She wakes no more to me.
Yet oft, in the hush of the dim, still night,
A vision of beauty I see.
Gliding soft to my bedside, a pliantorn of light,
Dear, beautiful Deborah Leo—
My bride that was to be.
And I wake to mourn that the doctor and death
And the cold March wind, should stop the brealh
Os my darling Deljorah Lee,
Adorable Deliorah Lee;
That angels should want her up in Heaven
Before they wanted me !
A writer of sporting articles called at
his printer’s and accused the compositoi
of not having punctuated his poem, when
the typo earnestly replied, “I’m not a
pointer —l’m a seller .”
Small Creatures. —Among the papers
published in costly* style, by the Smithson
ian Institute, at YVashington, is one of the
microscopic plants and animals, which live
on and in the human body. It describes
quite a number of insects. The animal which
produces the “ itch,’ is illustrated by an
engraving about half an inch in diameter,
which shows not the ugly little fellowV
body and leg?, but his very toes, although
the animal himself is entirely invisible to the
naked eye. When Lieut. Berryman was
sounding the Atlantic Telegraph, the quill
at the end of the sounding line brought up
mud, which, on being dried, became a pow
der so find that, on rubbing it between the
thumb and finger, it disappeared in the
crevices of the skin. Oa placing this dust
under the microscope, it was discerned to
consist of millions of shell, each of which
had been the abode of a living animal. These
have been sinking down through the water
to the bottom, and will no doubt form, in
the course of ages, an extensive range of
either silicioas or limestone rvjck. The pro
gress is similar to the one by whieh strati
fied rocks were formed in ancient geologic
periods.
Loafer* in a Printing Office
The composing room of a Printing Office,
says the Printer’s News Letter, is not the
place to tell long stories, or argue points in
metaphysics— read ye lonnyers, und be ad
vised.
A printing office is like a school; it can
have no interlopers, hangers on or twaddlers
without a serious inconvenience, to say
nothing of loss of time, which is just as good
as gold to the priuter. What should be
thought of a rrißn who would enter a school
an., twaddle first with the tsacher and then
with th onhoLu; interrupting the discipline
of one and studies ot the other l Ana yet
this is the precise effect of the loafers with
the course of business—distracts the great
attention which is necessary to the good
printer. No gentleman will ever enter it
and presume to act a loafer. He will feel
above it, for no real man ‘ever sacrifices the
interests or interferes with the duties of oth
ers. The loafer does both. Let him think,
if he never has, that the last place he should
ever insinuate his worthless and unwelcom
ed present is the printing office.
Georgia Military Institute.—The
second session of this Institution for the
present Academic year commenced on
the 20ih inst. The number of Cadets in
attendance is unsually large for the begin
ning of the first week, about fifty being
piesent on Tuesday last. The number
for this session, it is thought, will be
nearly a? large as during any previous
year, and no doubt is now entertained of
the complete success of the Institution.
The Boardof Trustee?, on Sat urday last,
elected to the chair of Chemistry Augus
tus B. King, of Tallahassee, Fla., a gen
tleman said to be well qualified to give
satisfaction in a station of so much im
portance, having heretofore filled this
post in other colleges. — Marietta Advo
cate.
Man and Wife Murdered in Gordon
County. —Early Tuesday morning last.
Mr. Robt, Thompson and his wife were
both found dead at their residence, r.ear
lteeacea, in Gordon county, their heads
having been horribly beaten with a
sledge hammer. Mr. Thompson had
been dragged out of his house, and was
found in the yard ; his wife was found in
bed, weltering in blood. It is thought
the deed was perpetrated by some in
carnate fund, hoping to get a consider
ble quantity of money, but he succeed
ed in getting only $75. Mr. Thompson
was a merchant and is said to have been
a very respectable and e'ever gentle
man.—Atlanta Locomotive 24//.
What a fine thing it is that each mother
thinks so well of her baby. We cannot
help smiling at this over admiration, which
-e sno defect in the little so r t bundle of pink
flesh and white cambric. We listen as the
pretty lady, duly arrayed in an elegant dis
habille, recounts the peculiar excellencies o'.
her new treasure ; and we can see nothing
more beanti’ul and interesting than a happy
smile of perfect content with which, as the
nurse hands out the b*‘>y, the convalescent
turns back the blanket and d’scloses the
little Lee and tiny arms. What if the
mother’s eyes were not so enchanted ; what
would become of ail the unlovely babies ?
what would be the fate of those unsightly
little monsters that are born in this trouble
some world ?
It is a delightful weakness, this inordinati
affi ction, we will not degrade it by the name
of instiuct, but allow it the noble one ol
affectionate j i lgm-nt Ttie generality ol
mankind may take comfort in the thought
tha*, however unloved and unappieciatea
they rnay have been, each one was, for and
time, at least, and to one person, the most
attractive, the most interesting aud the most
important of the human race. Beautiful
manifestation of a glorious nature is this in
stinct of maternal love! From the highest
to the lowest order of creation, fervently
may we bless Gid for such a tran-cendent
gift. No elevation of rank, no degradation |
of sin, can extinguish the spark; and
though it be perverted or exaggerated, still
there is ever in its partiality, patience, self
denial and self-forgetfulness, a holy beauty
that must compel respect.
W IIITEFIELD A SLAVEHOLDER — The
Westminister Review states that W hifce
fieid, the great revivalist preacher, was
at one time a slaveholder in Georgia,
being at his death the owner of fifty
slaves, men, women and children, vhom
he left in his will to the Countess of
Huntington.
W ill you fend me vour w
ri, peitdl, Gc..!-.-
..I Ler b olher, .via, „„ 51.i1,,, “ J C '''S
p“*i!e Fide ol the tab!**. 0 Ht Ui9 0 ,,.
George drew the k'!,ifc f rcrn ~
\ nd P !,shod >t rudely toward-h “ 3 M
ore same t.me, Now don't cu* v ym ?i
off j° ur
The knife fell upon the door , ~
was evening, u took Mar ysor ’ ar,! as it
and it, and her brod er l 0
?'stance. He was studying ? :r ° f as
-'n * or the next day, ud k ,nt f
much engaged with it. At
a nd;.n and;. Wdl 1 ara that lesion i 3
And now wi l you pl e;iSl) tA show i
0 do.tilts sum. be'oreyon study
ad Mary, wno had been Lr *
pnzz'mg over a sn, n in ’ ,e
ippeared to her very difficult “
i on are big enough ’
1 should think Miss'Marv wJ^A 0 " 0
Let me see. W t thk!; ,
You must be stupi if ¥O ,. e n.
However, I suppose I inusthtip^ 0 J*
me the pencil. 4 uu * u.e
The sum was soon explained, qnite ,
Mary* satisfaction, ami several £ *
green her as to those which folk.wJs
prevents 1 ner meeting withs -,s ! „ ‘
y. Her brotli-i U,J sot mdTn
xu.d. Ilr brother loved tohefoi ,- i’
was only hi? manner which saeii‘ e J L 1
and cross. Presently hi? mother tik 2
rewmg and sat down at the table vW
children were studying. George v-h ‘l
aie large dictionary which was in the L ‘
;sse at the farther end of the room V7P
took the lamp and went to look for it • „
mg his mother and sister to sit in ,i..i
until h's return. w d *‘ kc^
This is impolite, George, said hi, metier
•here is another Lamp upon thenuju ‘
.Inch if,'*, >?lsht ;“f
Gorg no reply, but i,
olaced the lamp, and lighted another.
hading the dictionary he returned to his ,1
:mr] hastily blew ont the lamping ..f.J
mg the extinguisher over the flame The I,
greeabre smell of the oil fille t the room
-is fllther - W!JO , near.
be newspaper, looked up and said • °
You are impolite again, my son. H w
you not after been told that it is not p i
manners to blow out a lamp i a that
I cannot always think about manner, re.
plied George, rather rudely.
Aud yet they are of great con Sf q n(>nei
George. A person whose intentions
really good, and wno desires to b? of no
to his fellow beings, may impair h ; , U sefu !
•ies.? very much by harsh and unkind mr
uers.
If we do what is right, father, I should
not think it much matter how we did i>
You are mistaken, George. I: ,
vast and ffcrence in the amount of gooi v ,m
perform. I will tell yoo little instiut*
which will show the truth of this. I v , ‘ rl i
this morning a very por woman in the
borhood. My means did not enable me 5 ;,
do a gr -at deal tor her relief, but for the! *,
le which I gave her, she appeared deeply
grateful Finding that she had (oroieny
beeu employed as a washerwoman bv a'?!,.
tleman whose office is near mine, and
[ knew to be wealthy end benevolent. I
asked why she did not apply to him fir r. -
lief. The tears came into her eyes and me
replied,
ludeel sir, I know the gentleman is vert
kind, and he has helped me belore this wr.rj
things went hard ; but indeed, I wou ij
rather suffer than go to him ; he ha, such i
harsh way of speaking to a poor body, j
kind word is a good thing, sir; it con.: t;j
the troubled heart. A penny from so;ii a
worth a dollar from others.”—[The Ltfi
Truth Teller.
A Negro’s T uciiino Pkavee —Tm
Rev. Dr. Lay; the new Mi-s onar] Ima
op of the Southwest, was a native of tin
city of Hiihmond, and married a lath ii
the neighborhood. On his return her
to attend the meeting of t h“ Genera! C :;
vention, he brought his wife with him ;i
the grent deiixrhf, nf nil tlw>
‘ispT'.tnlljy ‘efiv> old family scroll.’- I
was a great gala day among the slaveu
the household, and they expressed thei
jiy in variety of demonstrations. On
good old negro i was an “ exhort.’,
and a “ class lea or,” went ofl alone !
pray, in view of tin giad event. Hi
prayer was overheard, and this was ta
burden of it..
“ O Lord, we bress dy name £u hrml
in yoti”g misses hack to do old h n . a
gin safe an sonn. We bress dy Him
too, f (> r givin of her sicb a good li.cbii
O L nil, take care of him. Ami,
as thou hast imde him a word speaK
for thee, do thou, () Lord beaheafijt
rer to him—for Jesus sake, amen.
Church Record.
M—— in in — “
COI NCIL rilOlVbvß
REGULAR MEETING. I
Uotxru Cuuk*.
Frh.il, l‘-
Present—The Mayer, Aid. -fl
risen, Harris, (freer, Boifuiik-t, ■
Absent —Dougin rty lb Lgers. §
The minutes of the last me.-tin;’
read and confirnieJ. 8
The Bridge Keeper reported tolls tor;H
week, S9O 85. B
The Clerk of the Market reported
theweek.il 75.
The Guard House Keeper reported.
the week, 6 25.
The Finance Committee reported
vorofthe following account# ;
Cos., SO2O, Emma Wright, ,/■
Brinn, 23 31, J. IT. King. 14 40,
Kahn, 15,30, Collins A Hardy, o ‘ B
Bills llefered —W A Hut!. /CM
Abraham, J B & W A *, s
M Landour’s A Bro., L 1’ v .l ro ;f , n i
Garfield & Waterman, J W Knott- I
Harrison.
Mr. Henry Lori’s petition former _
meat on Magnolia street, wd • *
petition for an encroachment on u ■
wharf streets, were received am . B
the Committee on street tucr< •-■
Dr. R II Neshit, petition fortnej , H
of dosing the allev between h*‘ ‘ , ■
as the Todd lot ) and Mrs _
was received and referred tot S
oo Public Property. . r trile?^B
John 0. Curds’ petitionforthep^^M
making such addition of wood
(it being in the fire limits) ts ■
proper— was received and ri < M
Committee on Fire Departing’ • ■
Council then adjourned.
SPECIAL NOTICES. I
Wanted to Bent ■
rpHE undesigned wisla
-1 houav in a pleasant par l f.. . , 1” B|
ate vieiuity, uniudde fi*r f. ‘i;
will U* required on or Ik-; •. w yM
Feb. 23d ‘OO ‘
m’spni* l * l - 4, ■
There is perhaps no m.-re-e : H
happiness and comfort o* llU ”
to the same extent a# Z>v’; > o'*"Y^
Previously to tlie diseov
Oxy*i‘ and w I
There existed no medic
sering from this aide spread ■
it in any marked degree. M
The power of these fid|
disease as well as over al H
iu imperfect digestion, oi /
stomach, as well a ***** ■
yend all question. t s „f some
Its speedy and Pf‘ na recvr j i.-su® 1 "’ K
verest and stubborn ea j
firtnat ion of this fact. Tii fIIES
Coer or a Lmui non xScu
Detroit.
Messrs. S. M'. U.Wr <f f Y ( . A T-sy. ,llil ' M # I
to the Oxygenated B>uer.. 1 ■
ing the Dyspep-o - jDess id j H
dying with P->”, and i.f* dwho I’ *; . - ■
prevailed upon hr ) N>tl | t .iif<' r , H
die same med.onedo tO. |lf? ~ ■
ated Bitters. B* ] r h tinl e I haJ u ,.,j jeiio, S
lv relieved, and hv ‘“"“eU. and * ■
and a half I ■
1 k i .o.v of seyem'i
my own. which ha give# o” - , u - I
valuable medicine; U who nv.
recommend *• J® . • B
Horn .lu. UjOU. ,■