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COUACIL PROCEEDINGS. CALLED MEETING. Griffin, Oct. 24, 1854. Present Aid. Johnson, Mayor pro tem. Aids. Josscy, Brown, Bellamy, Strickland, and Woodruff. Absent Aids. Cloud and Hancock The certificate of the Managers of the election, held on Saturday, 22d instant, for Mayor, to fill the vacancy oc casioncd by the resignation of Col YVYR. Phillips, was received and ordered to be placed upon the minutes. C. w. C. Vi right, Mayor elect, being present, the oath of office was administer ed to him by Judge Jason Burr, after which he took his seat. The Finance Committee reported in fa vor of the following accounts, which were oidercd to be paid: G. W. Prince, hire of hand 2 months, $36 00 Win. Cline, 6 months advertising, 14 50 \V. F. Waters, wheel barrow, &c. 675 \V. C. Buffington, cleaning wells, &c. 5 00 V. Fish, 3 months and 1 day hire of boy on streets, 54 60 J. L. Alexander, feed of mules, 4S 50; Wesley Leak, coffin, &c. for Eliza Green, (pauper) 11 00 On motion of Aid. Josscy, ordered that the Officers be paid their 2nd quarter’s sa larv The Treasurer and Marshal made their reports as follows, which were received and adopted: Griffin, Oct. 12, 1854 To the .Mayor and Council of the City of Griffin: Gentlemen : Below you will find a state incut of the funds received and paid out by me since my report of Aug. 12th up to Ist Oet. 1854, end of second quarter: To amount on hand Aug. 12, date of last report, S49S 59 To “ received since that time, 50 00 SS4S 59 CR. By amount disbursed by order of Council, street worfc'ftppropri ation to Savannah, &c. to L>t Oct. 1554, ‘ 493 72 Leaving a balance of $54 S7 The “following is the sum total of re ceipts and expenditures of the 2d quarter, eudiug Oct. Ist, 1854: To amount on hand commence ment 2nd quarter, $927 34 To “ received during quarter, lIS 75 $1046 09 CR. By amount paid out per order of Council for street work, appro priationHo Leaving on-hand as before, £ $54 87 Respectfully, &c. J. 11. Logan, City Treasurer. Griffin, Oct. 14, 1854. To the Mayor and Council Below please find statement of funds collected by me since last report to Coun cil: * „ To amount received from taxes since Aug. 12, 1554, * $66 50 To amount from Crisp’s Theatre, 15 00 SSI 50 CR. By Treasurer’s receipts, $65 00 By Marshal’s commis sion on Crisp’s show r , 7 50—572 50 Leaving on hand, $9 00 W. C. Buffington, Marshal. . On motion. Council adjourned. C. W. C. WRIGHT, Mayor. A true extract from the minutes, this 25th day of Out. 1854 J. H. Lcgan, Clerk. REGULAR MEETING. Griffin, Oct. 28, 1854 Present C. W. C. Wright, Mayor, Aids. Cloud, Hancock, Brown, Strickland, Bel lamy, Johnson and Woodruff. Absent Aid. Woodruff. The minutes of the last regular and call od meetings were read and confirmed. The following communication from the Mayor of Savannah, was read, received, and ordered to lie placed on the minutes: May r's Office, City of Savannah, ) , October 25, 1854. j lion. C. 11. JOHNSON, Mayor pro lem. of Griffin, Ga . 1 Dear Sir: The enclosed preamble and resolutions were adopted by ihe Mayor ; and Aldermen of this city in Council as 1 Fumbled, at their meeting of 18th Oct 1854. I have to request that you will do me the honor to Iy them before the City Council of Griffin, Ga. They contain an inadequate but heartfelt expression of the thankfulness of this corporation for the generous benevolence of the City of Grif fin to the sick and afflicted inhabitants of this city during the late epidemic. Very Respectfully, Your ob’t serv’t, John E. Ward, Mayor of Savannah. In Council. Savannah, 19th Oct. 1854. I'lvseut John 15. Ward, Mayor, Aldermen Van H -th, Screven, Walker and Lewis. Resolutions read and unanimously adopted: IJy Aid. Screven, seconded by A! l. Walker. Whereas by the dispensations of Pro vidence, this city has been afflicted by an epidemic of the most fatal character, and its inhabitants during its prevalence have been the recipients of the munificence and benevolence of various Public Uodics, Charitable Institutions, and Individuals. lie it therefore resolved, Tiiat tho thanks of this body are due, and are hereby ten dered to the Corporate Authorities of our sister cities for the sympathy they have manifested in the afflictions of this city, and for their generous contributions in aid of its suffering and destitqte inhabitants. Resolved, That the thanks of this body arc due, and are hereby tendered to all lieucvolent and other Associations, and to Individuals who have iu any manner con* tributed to the relief of the afflicted in this city. Resolved, That our thanks are due, and are hereby tendered to the resident physi ejans of this city, for their noble conducl during the epidemic, and to those tran sient physicians, who with professional gallantry and disinterestedness, came to the relief of the sick, when our devoted physiciaus were falling in our midst, vic tims to the faithful discharge of their du ties. Resolved , That our thanks are due, and arc hereby teudered to our devoted cler -* gymen, who have without exception, per sued their holy calling, dispensing clar ity, ministering to the sick and comfort ing the afflicted Resolved , That the thanks of this body are due, and arc hereby tendered to the Young Men’s Benevolent Association of this city for their active benevolence, and distinguished services to the afflicted, and for the benefits they have thereby, and in other respects, concerted upon this com munity. The Finance Committee reported in fa vor of the following accounts, which were Undered to be paid: F. M. Ison, 2 months hire of ne gro on streets, S6O 00 S. C. Pritchard, fixing well, &c. 150 C. E. Duke, blocks, benches, &c on Market house. 7 75 On motion of Aid- Bellamy, it was re solved, That (he Slst section of the City Ordinances be altered and amended so as to allow the City Sexton four dollars for each interment made by him. On motion of Aid. Jossey, resolved, that the Council proceed at once to shrub or clean out Hill Street to the southern limits of the city, in conformity with the petition of many citizens, previously pre sented to this body—carried. On motion, the cutting,out of said street was referred to the street committee, with the understanding that it shall not cost more than forty dollars. On motion of Aid. Strickland, resolved, That a committee of two be appointed to revise the market regulations, and report at the next meeting of Council —Commit- tee, Strickland and Josscy. On motion, Council adjourned. C. W.C. WRIGHT, Mayor A true extract from the minutes, this 31st day of Oct. 1854. J. H. Logan, Clerk. From St. Domingo The following letter appears m the cor respondence of the Baltimore American. We do uot exactly comprehend its import, for wh.le, at the beginning, the writer says, “the Dominican Congress lias ad journed and the member for that district has returned home with the intelligence that his colleagues were frightened out of the treaty,” and consequently that it was uot concluded, towards the close of the letter he says, “the Dominican Republic is willing to annex out and out,” and throws censure upon the American Commissioner, because he hesitates, and permits Con gress to adjourn [the Dominican Con gress] before he signs the treaty.” Pan Cur.isTO val (Dominican Republic,)) September I7ih, 1354. ) The Dominican Congress has adjourned, and the member for this district has re turned home with the intelligence that his colleagues were frightened out of the trea ty almost concluded with the United States. He says the British Consul, Sir Robert Thornburg, told the members not to treat with the United States, or Eng land and France would set the IJaylien ne groes upon them—or rather he said the negro army was forty • thousand strong, and would hot leave a drop of white blood upon the Island, if European influence did not hold them back. Senor also said the Dominicans had agreed that our people should be free to hold lands and mines without losing in any degree their nationality, and also the Congress had, at the instance of the American Commis sioner Gen. Cazneau, placed the mining laws in a shape to give American work men and cnpitalists the pick and rule of the mineral wealth of the Island. All Hayti is a pile of rich mines. Salt, sul phur, iron, copper or gold, is found in al most every hill. What more than such concessions as these could Gen. Cazneau ask or expect. He lives entirely among the Dominicans, and his house is always so full of officers that ho seems almost a member of the government himself. He knows the situation of the country, and he ought to be content with having negotia ted and made popular a treaty which gives to our citizens all the benefits of anew California without any trouble or expense to our government There are some famous caverns near this place, and also a mountain of copper, which all strangers come to see, for it is only twenty miles from St. Domingo City. The British Consul’s right hand man is here now, only to look at the caves, as lie says, but he is very busy telling the old women who live by picking up gold du3t after the rains, that the Americans are coming to make slaves of them, and that the colored people had better be under Hayti than the cruel Yankees. This town has had a taste of the Hay dens, and are in no liurry to have them for masters again. They saw the white women collected and tied together, and driven off in a long file by a lieido of ne groes, and no ®ne ever knew their exact fate. The bravest of them provoked their savage masters to kill them at once, but some others were known to drag out their miserable lives under the whip, like ill treated slaves, on the country patches of the negroes. No negro was responsible, by negro law, for the murder or mal trcatineut of even a mulatto, much less of a white person. The cruelties which the mixed bloods suffered in attempting to hide and protect some white families of ) San Christoval and Santo Domingo are still recounted with horror by all colors, and both whites and blacks arc afraid to have them come back again. The British Consul’s plan to hoist the Hayden flag will not work if the Ameri can Cabinet does its duty, and recognizes the Dominican Republic. But what will it say to the fair-seeming professions of friendship England is making? Or will it shut its eyes and refuse to see this impu dent effrot to negroizc eastern Hayti? It has redeemed itself from its African mas ters by its own efforts, and the United States ought either to take it by the hand in good faith, or come out honestly anil say it is willing to let the negroes take and keep and barbarize the whole West In dies. It is said althrough the Island that Gen. Cazheau demanded the cession of the Bay and Peninsula of Samana, but Benor , of the Dominican Senate, tells me that this is untrue; and the re port originated in the circumstance of the frigate Columbia going round there as soon as it had landed Gen. Cazneau, the American Commissioner, without commu nicating this intention to the authorities, Couriers were despatched by the local offi cers with reports that the Columbia -peo ple were examining the coal and other .nines, aud said they should plant the A uiericau flag before they luf t. The whole country was once offered to the United States, through the same Gen. Cazneau, when he was travelling on the island, and he refused to be the beaver of the proposition, and discouraged the Do minicans from making the offer, saying the United States would rather see them in dependent and prosperous members of the great family of American nations. This idea has got into their heads, aud all tbe leading Dominicans arc full of the Ameri can system and Pierce’s inaugural, and now this gentleman does not seem to stand up to his own programme. The Dominican Republic is willing to annex out and out, or it is willing, upon being recognized, to give to our citizens all the benefits of an additional State to the Union, without any cost or responsi bility whatever, and yet lie hesieates and permits Congress to adjourn before he signs the treaty, although it is one be has shaped out himself, and is better than any other I have ever seen for American in terests. Land that is worsli S4O or SSO an acre in Cuba for coffee and shugar, can be had here for $3, and that in healthy and con venient situations; and mining lands cqnal to the best in the world, can be had to work oil shares on the easiest and most liberal terms. Our Government and our Commissioner should not hesitate or refuse these things to our people. The Dominican Republic—Suc cess of Gen. Cazneaw—Slavery Extension. St. Domingo City, Sept. 24, 1534. It is well understood here, not only in official circles but among tbe public in general, that Gen. Cazneau, the United States Commissioner, accredited to this part of the Island of Hayti, or to. speak more explicitly, to the Dominican Re public, has succeeded in securing for the United States the right of establishing military and naval depots upon the north ern coast of the Island. Such depots are considered essentially necessary for insuring the requisition of Cuba aud Porto Rico by force of arms.— Thi3 being once effected, there is no doubt that the Dominican territory will also be colonized and annexed to the Union as a slave State. The plan I un derstand to be that Cubi shall be divided into two States, which with St. Domingo and Porto R ; co, will form four additional slave holding States, adding thereby four more stars to the spangled banner. I a.n able to state, also, that Gen. Caz neau owes his success to the shrewd and insinuating talents of his diplomatic lady, who accompanies him, hut especially to lavish bribery among the sable officials of this African Republic. Tli? Saadwicli Islands. The following is she latest newspaper account, received by way of California, of the progress of negotiations for the annex ation of the Sandwich Islands to the Uni te I States: “From the Sandwich Islands we have received full confirmation of the facts, some time since published, concerning the AnnexationTrealy. Overtures were origi nally made to the United States Govern ment to accept the cession of the islands. This was thrown out as a feeler. It was received favorably, and a special messen ger from Washington lift San Francisco some months ago on the Flying Dart to bear the response to Mr. Gregg, our Commissioner. It was submitted to the Council, in which body it was approved by all the members except Prince Alex ander, the heir apparent, and Paki, a high chief. The majority, however, de cided in fayor of annexation , and the trea ty to that effect was brought over to San Francisco in the Restless in time to be dispatched to Washington on the steamer of August Ist. Canada.— The Journal of Commerce thinks the day is not far distant when England will dissolve her connexion w ith her American possessions: “The bonds between Canada and the mother country, we are told, are becoming every year quietly and graceful'y more loosened Her desires to be left to iier own resour ces are acquiesced in and eagerly second ed by the British Parliament. The Montreal Herald, commenting last week upon the transfer to Europe of the great er part of the British troops in Canada, makes the following lemarks, which may be received as an index of the feelings of liberal minded Canadians: Sooner or later tlieir removal must have come about as the natural result of the gradual sepa ration taking place between the mother country and the colony, and of the deter mination of the former, since she has no more advantage or control in Canada, to be at no more expense on her account.— The colonies must cast .about for anew phase of existence; they must make their own laws; have no courts of appeal out of their own limits; pay their own troops, if they want any; choose their own Gov ernors, aud in short, be what our Scotch acquaintances say of their houses, “self containing.” It is well these changes should not come upon us too suddenly; but come they must, and we ought to look forward to them earnestly, though boldly, aud prepare for them beforehand.” Doestick’s account of the fight be tween Mose and Joe.— Much pleased with a bit of fun originating in a jealous fireman, and- terminatiig in a free fight Fireman M ose saw Rose, his sweetheart, with Joe, the hackman; got jealous, pitch ed into him—fun —thought of Tom Hood, and went off at half-cock—thus: Enter Joe with Rose—sees Mose— Mose beaus Rose—Rose knows those beaux foes—Joe’s bellicose—so’s Mose Mose blows Joe’s nose—Joe’s blows pose Mose—Rose Oh’s—Mose hoes Joe’s rows —Joe’s blows chose Mosc’s nose—Mose shows Joe’s nose blows—Joe’s nose grows rose—Vlose Joe’s nose shows those blows—Joe goes—Mose crows. Novel Way of Getting a Living.— We see it stated, that an old man, living in Baris, near the Palais Royale, follows the novel occupation of throwing himself beneath the wheels of omnibuses, carri ages, and sometimes a dray or a cart, in order to get hurt and be paid for it by the sympathetic passers by, or prosecuting for his injuries, it is not stated which, lie has, it is said,received more than two thou sand pounds, within the past five years under this process. We think we should prefer to employ journeymen for this kind of work. Till JIMM, GRIFFIN. NDVEM3BR 2, 1854. The Cotton Crop. A good many figures have been called into requisition, and it begins to be strong ly suspected by the knowing ones that this year’s crop will be short, not reaching more than about 2,800,000 bales. The market has consequently gone up. Eight and a half is now freely given in [Griffin, and perhaps by the time this reaches most of our country readers, a first rate article may bring nine cents,’ particularly if the next accounts from abroad should bo fa vorable. Tabh aux. Vivauj Yes, a living picture; very pretty. The Young Ladies of the Synodical College want a fence around tliir Alma Mater, whether to keep themselves in or the Pro fessors out we have not inquired. They want the College enclosed, which is quite laudable in itself; and to raise funds for that purpose, they got up some interest ing scenes last Thursday night at the College, and called them by the above name. Interesting, as far as ihey were coucerned; but we hope they did not call those bearded aud mustached bipeds which they exhibited in male attire, pictures— living pictures! Leave them all out next time girls, they spoil the pictures. Unless you like them. You done exceedingly well, and looked exceedingly pretty, but them others put us to thinking of the lat ter clause of the 6th verse of the first chapter of the book of Job. The Young Ladies, we say, acquitted themselves ex ceedingly well, and the Young Gentlemen too, for that matter, but they had no bu siness there, only to help the darkies move the chairs and tables. Tbe Soia’ee. Professor Briggs aud Pupils gave tlieir first Musical Soiree for the season, at the Griffin Collegiate Seminary, on Friday evening last. There was a crowded at tendance, though the evening was lower ing. The professor and’ his pupils dis coursed some very excellent music, though we believc[there was not the same pains taken to perform every piece well. These Musical Soirees are delightful little gath erings, and add much to the social enjoy ment of this place The citizens are much indebted to Air. Briggs and his pu pils for the entertainment, and in the name of the audience, cap in hand, we make our “saiani” for the treat. Another large Potato. We havo been presented with another large Sweet Potato, from the garden of Capt. Doc. Wc believe it is of the sdc cies called “negro foot.” but it is as long as two negro feet wearing fourteens. It is as thick as a full sized Spanish potato, and more than two feet long. Them Treats. We see the Atlanta Intelligencer is al ready hunaaing over some one’s turtle soup in that city, and, as the season is fast approaching for oysters, and fish, and ham aud eggs, and the like, we awfully fear our turn will come shortly. We want to take time by the forelock, and apprize our kind friends that wc wish to be excu sed from all restaurat treats, night sup pers and the like Do not ask us, if you please. We have a most excellent board ing house, where we fare sumptuously ev ery day, (we hope we will not meet the fate of Dives for it) and do not stand in the least need of any extra feeding.— When we go abroad and taste a slice of ham, or a cup of tea, with a friend, and i his family, or his guests, or both, as the case may be, that is altogether a differ ent matter. We go there to enjoy their society, and not for what they can give us to cat and drink If those were the only inducements to go abroad, we should sel dom leave our boarding house. So too, with sending us marriage notices for pub lication. We are always pleased to pub lish these little notices for our friends, when properly written out and sent to us, but to write that we received a “great big piece of cake” with it, is what we detest. We can get that every day in the week if we desire it, and it is much less a rarity to us than a good Irish potatoe, or a plain dish of “middling and turnips.” Don’t send such things, we do not want them.— It is no doubt kindly meant, but wc will always take the will for the deed in such cases. The Cotton Market. Our cotemporaries of the Columbus Times , in their paper qf 28th ult. take the quotations of Macon, Montgomery, Co lumbus and New Orleans cotton markets, and deduce therefrom that “ Columbus is the best interior cotton market in the world.” If tlieir quotations are correct, and there is no “under current” in the Columbus transactions, we havo nothing to gainsay their statement. Wc have re fer rel to the cotton reports of Charleston and Savannah of the same date, find “no transactions” in the latter city, but in the former good middling, the quality of the cotton carried to Columbus, is quoted at 9 1-4 to 9 3-8. Now comes the ques tion, how can the merchants of Columbus afford to give ten cents for cotton, which is sold in the Charleston market for from 9 1-4 to 9 3-8? Either they give it for one or two bales out of a load and cut down the other bales to make a fair ave rage of the whole, or another batik is to be broke, or they have some other way by which the loss is to he made good. Some body is to be deceived, if not cheated, that is certain, or every 1 cotton merchant in Columbus would soon be broke. It will not do to say they are purchasing on speculation, for in that case they could go to any other of the markets above men tioned and do a much better business.— We cannot believe that the price above stated is given for the article in Colum bus. It is rather singular too, that on the very same day and in the same paper in which cotton in Columbus is quoted edi torially at 10 cents, and’nothing else, it is quoted under the’comiuercial head as fol lows: “Middling Bto 8 1-2; Good Mid dling 8 3-4 to 9; Middling Fair 9 1-4 to 9 3-4.” But it is ea-y to quote cotton at any price. The Weather, Savannah, &s. There was a fine and copious rain in this neighborhood on Sunday and Sunday night last, which appeared to be general. On Monday the clouds cleared away, with a warm atmosphere. On Tuesday it be came cooler, and there is now prevailing a pure, clastic air, though not cold enough to produce frost. The yellow fever is slowly abating in the cities. There arc but five cases left in Savannah, and the interments from this dis ease have not averaged two per day for the last week. Tn Charleston jvinll Augusta the disease is also subsiding. It has been very destructive to life in Montgomery, but there too it appears tube giving way. We trust to have a few sharp frosts short ly, which will put the foul fiend out of Ihe way. Business is rapidly reviving in Savan nah. We take the following paragraph from a late Savannah Georgian. Business Brightening. --The presence of three steamships in port, two of which arrived yesterday morning, imparted quite a business hum to our late lifeless streets The rattling of drays, the whirl of carts, and the rapid stepping of large numbers of men having work to do, and in a hur ry to do it, presented an appearance of animation not unlike that of mid winter. We should indeed remark, that business has been gradually reviving for several weeks past, and with the commencement of November, will probably be nearly as active as ever, especially if in the mean time that long expected killing frost comes. There seems no reason to despair of the prospects and profits of the season upon which we are now entering. Indeed from the delay in its commencement, the season will probably be otic of unusual activity. Savannah, Oct. 31. It will he seen by reference to the reports of the Board of Health, that there have been no deaths by Yellow Fever for the past three days. The Kii'jw Ntrth-iags. It is very clear, notwithstanding the rapid strides the Know Nothings have made in this country, that their party is destined to be short lived. Already there is a split among them, in both the States of New York and Pennsylvania. They split in each state on the Governor’s elec tion. In the latter, it is said, some thirty thousand have at once seceded from the order. In the former it is- most probable they will fall in the wake of former ex amples in New York polities, and add two instead of one to the already numerous parties of the day, making it their spe cial business to knock each other’s heads off. The Logan Gazette (whig,) printed wc think in Ohio, thus speaks of the fra ternity: Backing Out —Not what they suppo sed it to de Corrupt Concern.—Wo learn that many persons in this vicinity have announced ■ their determination to withdraw from the “Know Nothings.”— They say the institution is not what they supposed it to be. One of the most influ ential of its members has been heard to say that it is a “corrupt concern.” Multi tudes who have been seduced into member ship bv motives of curiosity, by persuasion of friends, or otherwise without proper consideration, will soon desert it. For their own good, for the good o:’ communi ty, they cannot quit too soon.” Again the editor says: “Meetings of the Know Nothings.— There was a meeting of the Know Noth ings in this place, every night last week. They are determined to carry the election this fall, but they will fail. We have nev er witnessed, from any cause, such univer sal and bitter opposition, as the people of the country, of every party, manifest to wards this Order. The people of Logan comity will never consent to have their elections controlled by men who meet at midnight, in sentinel guarded rooms, and, under the sanction of awful and blasphe mous oaths, conspire to grasp and wield power more terrible than the autocrat of Russia.” Lost Art. —ls we may credit a story told in the Jesuits’ Letters, the Chinese have lost a curious secret. They knew formerly how to paint their porcelain with fishes and other creatures, in such a man ner, that these figures never appeared to the eye till the vases were filled with li quor. — Exchange. This art, or at least the productions of it, have been in existence within the pre sent century. The figures are brought out, wo suppose, by the heat of the tea or coffee. The writer, when a boy, saw a snuff box of this character. The lid was opaque when cold, but holding it over a candle, as it became heated, it developed a very striking picture. A Wife killed by her Husband. We understand that a man by tho name of Bird Fowler, living about two miles from this city, shot his own wife on last Friday night. At the time we are writing, the unfortunate woman still lives, but her wound is considered mortal.— Fowler was arrested, and is now confined in the county Jail.— Macon Telegraph. For the Georgia Jeff-’rsoivan. ( Mu. Editor: —Among the original com-j positions of Mr. Patterson, I find the fol- [ lowing “soliloquy,” which had a peculiar meaning at the time it was written, and which some acute persons may even apply at the present day. For Mr. Patterson did not write for one day, but “for all time to come”—and very little of what he did write will not be applicable now, and for the future. As Ido not bore you with vapid original contributions, I trust that you will the more readily admit into your columns the genius-tinted effusions of ray lamented friend. SoJilatj:;y (not 31 ticlis til’s.) BY W>l_ PATTERSON. Thou nrf too like the spirit of the Devi!—down ! T'iy horns so sear my eyeballs, and ihev tail. Thou other brass hound brow is like the first : A third is like the former. Mid Poets, Why do ye show me this ? A fourth ? Start c >ni tnon sense ! What! will Ihe line strcich out till Ihe crack Ol doom? A fifth? I’ll see no m >re ! And yet. the sixth appears who hears a peo Which wdl make many more: and soin : I 3no That two fold rhymes and treble metre* carrv: Horrible sight! Aye! now 1 see *1 is true. For l he ink-spattered printer smiles upon m n , And points at them, Git eout The most remarkable feature in this wonderful production of unaided genius consists in the closing apostrophe. Oh ! how applicable to those printers’ bores, moonstruck visionaries and addle-pated rhymesters. My eye has just lit upon another choice specimen of Mr. Patterson’s poetic genius* He seldom deigned to employ his pen in Acrostical Love Ravings; but when he did, oh ! how incomparable were the strains swept from the silver strings of his melodious lyre ! The “music of Nature’ only can compare with them: the soft ca deuces of the screech owl’s song, gently borne on the wings of the twilight breeze from the black gum svyarnp shortly after “P iseton hi 1 his fi.iry s eeih ruined up, And hitched them ’nc.it h the We.*!.” as was beautifully sung by an asylum bard —the tender symphonies of the s iw-mill’s stream as it rolls its tiny waves over some captivated puncheon, or caressingly kisses the inviting saw-dust bank; the boisterous merrimeut of the spring branch cascade, as it leaps laughingly from root to log and pitches in head long glee into the embra cing pail; these, and the other multifari ous melodies of Nature, elsewhere descri bed, alone his Muse felt in the slightest possible degree inferior to. But to the poem. Acrostic. BY WILLIAM PATTERSON*: Pour forth for mr, Apollo, strai ts that •.we I In melting numbers from toy polished shell ! To wit, the lavs of L >ve. song- of cm >yrcan lire, Yet melting down to softness from thy lyre. To her Pd sing, wh >se bright celestial dun m3 Have lured me often Id her angel arm* ; Kach kindling glance of whose subduing eyes, Proud as a conq’ror gazing on his pr z-i, Oft swelled my heart, as to its depths they stile, Or thrilled with exiaetcs my raptured sou 1 , Reveal to her, in this impassioned song, My deep devotion and affections stro ig !’ Unless you do, Apollo, just as sure as sin, Some other bard will slipliis verses in, Fclips ng me, lor like the girls, you see She will he sure to think he’s a poet no matter how trashy his verses may be. Apart from the intrinsic merits of the poem, its metrical arrangement, rounded periods, and soft-melting* cadences, the sentiment embodied in the Acrostic will surely meet the sympathetic approval of all newspaper readers, particularly those —but mayhap some ill-judging, malicious minded person, may impugn my motives, and call this an attempted burlesque upon your many tale nted contributors, instead of a design to rescue the name of the gift ed but unfortunate Patterson from umne nted oblivion. I will say no more. The pub'ie and posterity will do him justice. W. F. W. Escape of David Wright fi*o;n Mus cogee Jail. On the night of the 2fth instant, David Wright, against whom two indictments for murder are pending in Muscogee Superior Court, one of which is of a very aggrava ted character, made his escape from jail, accompanied by a negro boy, Andy, the property of John Miller llecd, of Ala bama. Wright was confined in one of the upper rooms of the jail and was secured by a log chain to the floor. There were two doors to the room —the inner one an iron gra ted door secured by three padlocks—-the outer one a heavy wooden door with sheet iron cover, fastened also with padlocks. It is the custom of the Jailor to leave the outer door unlocked—-why ? we are una able to tell, as with this door unlocked there is easy access to the prisoner from the passage, in which the negro boy Andy was turned loose, through the grated work of the inner door. The south window of tho passage opens on a low shed, easily reached from the ground, and is secured by long bars of iron, which a strong man can easily wrench from their places by a heavy lever. It will thus be made appa> rent how the escape of Wright was effect ed. lie doubtless procured a file and skeleton keys through the open grated door of his dungeon from Andy, who got them, in all probability, through the south passage window, from some friend on the shed. With these instruments lie sawed his shackles asunder, and unlocked his prison door. lie was now in the passage and nothing obstructed his escape but the long single bars of the south passage win dow. The heavy outer door of Ills cell was just the instrument now needed for this purpose. Being unlocked, he and his coadjutor lifted it from its hinges, thrust it through the bars of tho window, forced them aside, slipped through the opening, got upon the shed and escaped. It was the easiest thing done in the world, and if he had not escaped, lie would have been the veriest dolt on the face of the earth. We presume the matter will undergo judicial investigation, and to tho law we leave the parties concerned in this escape of a prisoner whose arrest caused the life of a sworn officer of the law, and who would have boon hung instantly by an out-’ raged community, if the strongest assu rances had not been given that in his case, at least, the requirements of justice should be satisfied The Sheriff has offered a reward of $390 for the apprehension of Wright.— Columbus Times. The Planters of Hamilton and Harris counties recently held a meeting, at which they passed resolutions insisting that the rule recently adopted by the cotton ship pers of Columbus, requiring planters to pay 25 cents storage on cotton, be abo lished by the first day of November, and incase it is not, they have resolved to sell their cotton in other markets. Muscogee River Ents. Gen. James N. Bethune, Commissioner ‘ of the State of Georgia, offers for sale* at the hour of 11 o’clock, A. M. on the first Tuesday in December next, before the court-house door in the city of Columbus, anti county of Muscogee, the interest which the State of Georgia has in the lands on the Chattahoochee River, aud on the western bank of said stream abovo the city oi Columbus, and within the li mits of the county of Muscogee—com mencing three hundred yards below tlie foot of “Lover’s Leap,” and selling the same in parcels or lots extending along said river and its banks, as follows) to wit: I’lie first parcel or section to commence at the beginning point before named, and extending up said river to a point three hundred yards below the paper mill at Rock Island, supposed to be in distance about one half of a mile. The second parcel or section extending from the point last named to the most southern portion (as seen at the lowest annual sta;e of the water) of the Islands upon which rest the abutments of the bridge called the Fac tory Bridge, a distance supposed to be less than one-half of a mile. The third par cel or section extending from the p tint of termination last mentioned, to the north ern line ot the fractional lot upon the east side of said stream, on which is located what is called the Columbus Factory, a distance supposed to be nearly one mile Each of the succeeding parcels or sections being so much of the length of said river and its banks as would be embraced with in the north and south boundary lines of any and each fractional lot on the east side of said stream extending west. H®"* Terms of sale—one-third cash, one third in otic year, one-third in two years from the dates of purchases. Death of Governor Burt. A telegraphic despatch, rrcHved by us yesterday, and dated St. L >ui-*, Octo ber 25 , states that the Hon. F. Butt, re cenlly appointed Governor of Nebraska, had died in the Territory on the 18.li instant. We sincerely regret to announce this news. It is but a few weeks ago that Governor Butt left his home in Pendleton to assume the duties of the honorable and responsible office to which he was ap pointed by President Pierce, in fine health and spirits. Mr. B. was one who, in public life, discharged the various duties which he assumed with ability and fideli ty; and as a I hi"d Auditor of the Trea.su-. ry, which office lie res:gted to accept his recent appointment, h.id won the com mendation of all who were familiar with his business habits an 1 qualifications.— This announcement w 11 be sad news to fits relatives and family, and to the many frien.ls who have known him in his na tive Slate.— Columbia Carolinian. St. V VERY AND THE UxiVERSA LISTS The New York Herald says : “The Fniversalist Convention, which has been in session at Philadelphia tho past two days, adjourned yesterday. A resolution renewing opposition to what they are. pleased to term the “sin of American slavery,” and deploring the re peal of the Missouri compromise, excited a lively debate, and was finally adopted, notwithstanding the strenuous exertions of the delegate from Baltimore, who based his opposition on the sensible ground of the impolicy of interfering with individual affairs of members of the persuasion in the South, to the detriment of the spread of their religious principles.” We understand tha t the members of the Universalist Church south of Mason and Dixon’s line have subsequently cut loose from thetr northern brethren, and formed a Church South, following the example of the Methodists aud Baptists. A Li ver and Stomach’ Complaint— — IVondeiful Efficacy of Iloilo way's Pills Th e son of Mr. Thompson, National School Master, Stokely, had been in most precarious way for upwards of three years, and at'last bee line so consumptive as to he. apparently in a dying state. Three fistulous sores formed in his chest,, so that the stomach usually rejected both food and me Heine. Mr. Robert Calvert,, Chemist, Stokely, bears testimony that by the use of Holloway’s Pills the voutli is now nearly cured of all his ailments, his appetite and digestion being g >od, besides rapidly regaining strength and flesh; yet, he it remembered, this suffer er was at Death’s door; is not this truly extraordinary? Carlyle. Friend Ayer:—ln this age of quacks, charlatans and mere windy, gaseous pretenders to heal, who blow at every street corner, and in the face and ears of all men, their loud, blaring Jeri cho tiumpets and other noisy boisterous win.! instruments of marvelously twisted brass, in such a woefully sham ridden epoch as this, I say, it is comforting, nay even cheering to the earnest well wisher of his race to know there has arrived in this world a genuine P.lf'sician—to light once more upon something besides mere Sangrados and Don Mercurial Jalaps, with their phlebot imies, poisons and warm water. Your Cathartic Pills and Cherry Pec toral, carry us forward to Ilalcyou days; to millenial Pharmacopoeas, when Sci ence, deep diving down into the princi ples ot things, shall, with infinite cunning, bring out the genuine E.ixir V.tae: for of a truth there is manifestly enough some what of that same Lfe Essence in your subtle vegetable distillations and com pounds. You realize to us the visions of those paintulfst, smoke dried Alchymists— bootless seekers—dreamers among retorts and crucibles touching the Quintessential hidden Virtue of- the Universe, which should antidote distemper, and break for man the Wheel ofTime Dyspepsia and Indigestion —These great scourges of our people cannot be too well understood, or the means of averting or curing them too highly ap preciated. The person who discovers any means of cure or alleviation, confers a benefit upon bis fellows, and is deserv ing of honor. ‘This desirable consumma tion has been achieved, and not only may dyspepsia be cured, but it may be pre vented, by the use of “Hoofland’s Ger man Bitters,” prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia, which medicine is spoken of in terms of the highest com mendation by thousands who have tested its efficacy. It is perfectly innocuous in its nature, and possesses the valuable pro perty of improving the health of the ro bust as well as restoring the health of the sick.—2t