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Newspaper Page TextR> ELLIS Ac CO., Proprietors. A .*■*-*** r •. - -■- Volume XIV* COtt'MMK, TIKXIUY, APRIL I*. t*M>. Southern Hrmluirniv In tteorglti. The- Ootintio* of Spalding, Houston. Stewart, Talbot Butts and Carroll have already potted resole lioa# ft* tht'ir meetings endorsing tlio strong .-outberti peril imt take n by donator Ivewun lu the late Congress. This speaks well to* Ueotgiu.’ Hereafter, !* R be known that Georgia will back her statesmen, who. rising above the paltry con sideration bf office ami influenced by the syren song of Union. defend their soetion at all hazard* aud to,the laet extremity. Tbe hope ful apoagisU of the wrongs infiieted upon the S>Kith are beginning to realize that the peo ple arc awakening to a sense of their depend ence upon tbe North Tor our just rights and are selling the banner <>f Southern rights and bear ing U over tbe heads of their leaders. This is as it should be- The South and her institutions, home and it” fire-ride* tlrat: and then let <mr lore spread out, like tbe circular waves from the point ol interruption on a smooth surface of water, until it compos*©* within ita boundi the whole Union. It is a matter of congratulation with all true pa triot* that while tbe speech of our distinguished Senator from Georgia (Mr. Iversou.) was consid ered untimely, out of place and unworthy of ap proval by many Southern Members of Congress, the great luas.- of the people are rising up iu loud respoase to it sentiment? and praising with one accord, him* who has displayed so much courage, refutation and* lovo of independence. Henceforth, let (foergia W the banner State in her ftppreeia tion **f sound, Southern sentiment* and let her oc cupy that portion which her chivalry and devo tion in tbe Cause of bur Constitutional right? emi nently entitle her. beulhern < (invention. •ur Mayor, Jlou. M. U. Wilkin?, has appointed the following delegates to the Southern (..'onvon thrttte assemble at Vicksburg: Hines Holt, T Bedell. W F Larkfo, W COray J N Bet hum*, Tho* D<-Wolf, J H Martin. D L Ihmher, J |HUI. J J Me Ken dree, William Dan wi€ C Oody, HJi Murdock, L ti Bowers, W 0 Hodges, D B Thompson, BA Thornton, Wiley WrtWanw. ¥ W IHRacd- W ( rowwell, ft Barnard. ThonuM Ragland, J J Martin. John A Jones. H S Estes, J K hull. K C Shorter. J W King.J L Merton, Johu Carter, H II Upping, Jaa Bivins, Jus Johnson, Potter Ingrain. A K Lamar. M J A'raw lord. J K Redd, PJ Soiume*. W A Bedell. W W tlarrnrd, J W Warren, R K Dixon, B M (iunhy. J Kyle, P Spencer. J K Ivey. John <Juin. Belij. S t'ohinau, Sain l Farrar. John Harnett. K Croft, J N Ramsey, Daniel (IrilSn, W ft Turuian. R R rioetchms. Hun. John Fur*)lb. Thi* distinguished gentleman, formerly oditor of this journal. ami lately the able Minister to the Republic of Mexico, is on a visit to his friend* nn.t relative* m ibis city. Jl is cordially greeted, and deserves well the plaudits of hhi fry men for bis faithful service* In Mexico. Thrthy Tstrti. * The following cheduleexhibits, more correctly ami speeificaHv than our laic general rejuirt, the rate of taxation imposed by the new ordinance. It wilt be i**en that the total tax on city real es tate is about 2 per cent., and the tax on personal property nd merchandize lighter- Tax ou real estate for city pungwus... w . * •< •* •• “ interest on R K bonds....<>oe ** ts . •* * debt due citiwrtte*...,.„..l*- *• sides merchandize for city purposes.. <„. l 4 <* “ o ** debt due eiti*einr'...‘" ! * ” •* personal property for city purposes * 4 “ o ** “ debt due ciiu©*i* - *This is to meet reclamation for Railroad taxes illegally <‘olfoCed in lsh*7~M.— iMily Mmqmiretx A ben PrM for the Enquirer As several of oor enterprising Georgia eotem potaviea are reporting intended improvedm*bis, we think this is a proper time U* announce that we too have anew Power Pre* in progress of can “trwetiau for the Enquirer. <for* if* making by Mtpm*. Hoe A Cos. of New York, so well known as thy most extensive and eehsbrated press inven tors in the world. It is their latest invention, and the fact that it * to >© made by them t am ple assurance that if wifi be an excellent ma chine. We need such a press to give clearness of impression ta uur paper. It will ptobobly be finished wTthiu a month. —JEayw*Ve©, April \ Hk . Frail l‘r*p—4 hemker. From an hitcHigent gentleman of Cherokee, we learn that, on the 7th iustant, there was a frost throughout the up eouutry which proved very disastrous to the fruit crop. In all probability the whole peach crop wa* nipped in the bud. and a greatportion of the apple drop. Tbc winter has boon one of unusual wildoei* and frequent rain*. The eun*e*uenee is, that the fly is in tbo wheat, which i- now beading, and damaging it vesy materially. The corn is planted but not yet visible except in a few rich spot*. From the mnlm at this stoge of the present ©top df m in Dberokw, it me pro* able that it will Jtat bean averageow.The wheat crop will scarcely be tm-re than a half - m mr . K\r*'Ullr lppelitiwM. J„l,n T. Ertur, K*|., .if thin city, h. ructirwl tl |,|Hiintmnt tr im Uy i’wti.kiirt of Iwliw. A*em. f..r C!Tfurlrt. Mr. lictf.r ho* born uni ■Monty mtud for tin ~* bjr rMt.Wn. o for tin pool thro** year* in th*> or*l* rn territory, onrl by bio notoroi BiKOt oenre o*t itroioi *<*•***-- It. will loom for tho thootre <if hi* to bom eort.v is the fotlowioK Jon* n*t tin ireit wfoho* of isony frtomt* wifi otlirot Min. Ahnivsi. or loist* L*n.o. ■ -Ti'* Knjgli.h In, nta AorowH*. with Lort Lyuin, the nw J4iiiit.r. hnord. ootorwt Cbi-*st<eht-. BJ <m WtAnWloy orosiatt, nod rooehod Auo.[...li* yrll!rdy. Lord UywM soil h, toioowipsiilod by Aopuir. orotvod at WmihMirton in the nwi. Bowmoh. HnfMJtilitenth-lit of Pol.llc Priotiu*. Inn purebormi tho fWoO new*|*mior tohltohiuoiil, *i will iwho p"**"***•” ■“ two wookr. I‘erh.p* iu imuso ill lw t linnirni. ArkiL If out. —*Th. editor ortho Wilimn,l-,n, -Aorih Corotioi* donrintt. thui. Pit* hon ho wsm uht napping lut hridsy morwin*. early “Mithor. Mltbor, tliwtsthis’ bandin’ toy. ooat iiohiM.” ■•AVliat. i>nn T “I Vtwil! co'tail!— ha-n ah ! Apltfohh Ap'il fool nail lhle n the Irrst niarorMiHin w<* henrit this motnili* nflor ireuing into the rtreot. Onoofthc pnriln* waii> “ntallW khont kaoo to a h*.p toad—who lb. ntbr ■*", oor nod. ly forbid” “* * \ uiitg America U “*>nw. ’ ; urn .1 ockfoOß** (.old Hnuffßn\ A private letter ftwn Nashville Informs tbc Itmbmond Knfuircr that tad. Audrew Jinkm-a, lm*Jug been called away to bt plantation very -uddenly W> attend t important business affaire, as well a* to bring hi* family to “The Iforiui has been ooiHjHtUwl to deter tho /urmtl /.ressa/afom of the gold bo* recently awarded by liicn to Uu. Ward B. Burnett. under the vote of the New York Regiment, until IJen. Burnett i who in Surrey or Weneral) ao go to Kmsm and Ne braska Qo place bit depots in the field, and re van M Nashville to a* Cel. Jsekrnm. in UtehftaM Bounty Ct M on tho 2th mat., to the depth of tear or five iuchff, and ho wmtbfj * eitmsely gold. ■ vmfr t fit* *T bnt(i “t*w (The (fnlrnnhu 1 ) Uccklit times. *• - :m . 9 ‘ • lion. Martin J. Crawford. The following communication we recivcd yen tordnv from a well known Democrat in (.'lay County : Messrs. Editors : I'cruut a democrat of Clay County to remark through the column- of your pajutr, that while the names of a number of good, true and promt nelit democrats in tbe 2nd Congressional District are being spoken of in connection with tbe oan didacy for Congress, yet the Democrac y of Clay County flatter themselves with the hope and the belief that the claims of our late talented repre sentative Hon. Martin J. Crawford will be in the ascendant Im*fore the nominating convention. He is emphatically the man for the time.-and the first choice the democracy of this portion of the Dis trict, whom hi* party and personal friend* will delight to honor again at the ballot-box in Octo ber u<xt. Hi* name as the standard bearer of tbe Democratic Party iu the 2nd Uongre-isfonal District i* ‘’tower of strength,” and is signifi cant of irimuph of triumphant success: Like Achilles, he will he invincible to his foes, llis eon rue in Congress has been manly aud independ ent on all the questions of vital interest not only to his own btate, but to the entire Sooth and in every buttle and eoufiict which he ha? had with the hordes of Northern Abolitionist?, like au Ajax be has homo himself gallantly and sustained himself triumphantly and vigorously. An able, experienced, and well tried faithful public sCr vauf, he deserves well of hi? constituents ayd should be rewarded with a continuance of public confidence.*’ While the honorable gentleman whose name bciuD this article is the acknowledg ed choice of the Democratic Party in this section, yet the party here will support any candidate whose name nuty be presented by the nominating •on vent ion. Our party has “any quantity” of • (Uttliflcd men iu the District who while they would not eugagt- ‘fin a wild hunt after office” would net decline to nerve if selected for that pur pose. With the Hon. Martin J. Crawford as our standard boarer our color* will be borne aloft and such a rally around the old Democrat iu flag will be seen a? was never both re witnessed, and the 2nd Congressional District will poll a Democratic majority in October next, which will lie perfectly astounding to the opposition and the cry will be “TV bar JUi they come from.” CLAY COUNTY. Airmen In BarJihigton Wabhixgton, April 8. Tbr Postmaster (ieueral ha? sent fettors to sev eral gentlemen inviting proposal? fur earning mails between New York and New Orleans and California., from the Jtfeh of September, 1850, to tbe let of July, |BfW, leaving to bidder? to desig nate their own route?. Proposal? are to he re ceived until tho .Tttrh of April. Commander Calhoun has t*eou ordered to tho (‘(•maud of the sloop of-war Portsmouth, the flag ship of squadron, now fitting out at Portsmouth, N. H. W II M’ inter,, one of tho principal eon tract or? for the t’apiiolextensian and other publio build ing*, died here this afternoon. The name of The I’oiau, i* to be changed to T/ui <Jon*titut ion. Among the strangers in thaCourt this morning w>>ro Horace flwann. of Maryland, brother-in-taw •flWte. ULatw W—fc— L * **- I uncle of the late Mrs. Key. ftapt, Montgomery h appointed to command the Pacific squadron : Ua|*t. Inman to command the African squadrons Capt. Slribling tu*coui mand Urn Hast India ?quadrou; Capu Mclntosh to relieve C‘pt. Suibling at the Navy Ytarsi r Capt. Rubb to command the ?team sloop Lancaster • Capt. Deuiin to cotntnan<l the sleum sloop-Hartford ; Capt. 801 l to sucooed Capt. Dor uiu at the Norfolk Navy Yark ; Commauder Nca sou to coin maud the aloop-of-war John Adams, and Commander Hunt lo eomiaitad the sloop-of war levant. The Mexican Idtaral (iovcrninoHt has given nn order to the Jfotoi Storm Arm? ('oinjMtny for five thousand breech-loading rifles and carbine?. Carreepantir tic* of Ihr Journal of Commerce. The MeKlr*a Trial -4oHnnel Washinutox, April 7. District Attorney tmdumade a gawd impres sion in his opening address to-day. His oppo nents think, however, that be took too much pains in dressing up tbc subject, and that his duty would have been better junformed by a simple statement of the fact# of the killing, without hav ing recourse tu any of the orwnnteuta of eloquence, sh seemed to anticipate the theory of the defence, and strove te impress on the jury that there could be BO fegul-justification, and that if the justitica ratiou, to Iw set up wa* legal, they should require it to be legally proven. Mr. ttuld I* a fine, square built, athletic man of some forty years of age, with eyes siuail and grey though without the expression of keen*©* usually attributed to such optics, lie h* a broad fore head, straight black hair, and ruthvr pleasant ex juwmfcjH iilr.iilMltonhKSi Indeed, he look- more like a friend to he honorably trusted, limn like h lawyer to be depended upon. Mis cotleage, Mr. Fnrlisfe, posseeses more of the qualities usually associated with the idea of a legal praetioncr wiry, and restlessly active. Nothing seeuis to escape Ills attention, and the defence Mem so r aHse that they have more difficulty to expect from him than from tbo Government prosoeiftor. Ills voice like his person is thin and wiry, Imt hi# manner and style are nevertheless pleasant. <n Mr. Brady, of New York, rests most of the labor ofthv defence. Studiously polite to Judge. jury,<tauo*el siui witnesses, be seem* to have more faith in suavity than in Mattering. Even where be thinks the judge is wrong in the decision of -mull matters, he prefers to submit gracefully Hither than consume time and exasperate fuel tags in disputation At the same time, where maieri al principle- of I* w or evidence are involved, uone more determined than he, and lew more able to defend to tbo last .extremity, the uitWMt* o| hi* client. He is the most popular of the counsel for the defence. The counsel who, next to him, wwm to be most relied on for the deti ijcc. i* Mr. Stanton. This gentleman is in constant ‘’toMftwnieatton with the primmer, ulid sits or stands bc-idehiiu mvvl of the linae- What Mr. Brady lavishes ta lire ••susvitcr.’ Mr. tdanton make* up Hi the “fortifer.” Thaw j- no ceremouiousness about him. He comes up i<> the point with a sledge-hammer eern©stm* I which stand* ut in contrast U hi* ©oHeague# ex treme politeness, lie is just a little ftffyond the middle ago of life, but with sll the'.vigor f one of thirtv. He talks with rapid iittoraneu and great vehemence. though the rqawfer# say he might “ provefit# argument by diminishing, his word flu e*y. „ . ~ ... Mr. Phillip* wa* h mendier of ilw tilirty-thwd 4on grass from the Btute of Alabama, wlio, iu pre ference to retiring u ’ *h* SW when hfc term ex pired, remained to practice law in jffaahiagten. J ‘lndieve ht- I* an I-deralite in fkUti, though colirely real rioted t the nrgimuatlou of tho Jury. Mr. Jwho Urabam ia a well known practitioner at the bar of New York. Ho has mueh repum lion for keenneaa and nbiHty a* a criminal law ver. Hi* strong iH.intis atJd la be dfeMerttlng ond UcerMtiog tho character f the opposite pari*.-, and in ibterbtdlntc hb a/>lrosi with Hhiikeaprntn .jurttation*. He Uto make the bpouing address for the defence. Thomas Francis Meagltcr i* !**♦, well fcnowti throughout the country to need .h* riptioM here. A a oik of the junior counsel in thia oaac, he eon tout* himself with ftUKgeatiourt to bi# senior. His is the iilciiftaulert far t at (he lawyers table. Mr. HakliftV has the reputation of beiaga ktjen lawyer, ap to all Uk art* of the f>rofes*ion. He is a practitioner at tb- WashingtonW. Mr. (Jhilloo 1* a highly re*|wtablo and itUi gout loot iibg elderly gentlouiau, whose eery ap oearance is caloulated to have n favor aide mf*rs mm on the jury. He and Mr* Brady are W> stm up for thedofVi .<•.). x .. Mr. Magrnd* r i.aabut recently come to practise at due bar. Jlo favortd*ly *poken of. !lH prt of the daieoce. however, like teat of Mr. Phillip*, ceasea, I believe, with th- orgnniwitlon <*f the jury. Kt for Jadf Cwf..rd, Wforawhom tb oa j> baard, be setaM to hv* to for gtaa*bly Ofoap- TH r tm UN 0 f Tl| K S T V TIX, A\ II TH K SIIVK HKI li \T Y Q F TH K STAT KS. pointed tbe e.V|eetatiun* of the defence. Kxcept in tla> matter of cooping up llie prisoner, hi* de cisions have been marked by fairness mul impar tiality. Ho is evidently :tn old gentleman of strictly routine habits, winch he display? un>*L -atirtaetorily iu adjourning regularly at three oYlogk. Hi* great age. apparently extended be voud the three eeorc years and t*n, has not dull ed hla reasou or unpuiyod his faculties. On the contrary, he observes the case and recalls the evidence with ms much acutenos? aud eieainre* us auy of the counsel at the bar. Horace .Swann, brother-in-law of Mr. Key, and fK W. l.nrman, uncle of .Mrs. Key, were present iu Court to-day. Trial of Ran ltd K sickle? W vsiiiNUToN, April 7, Tlio fltokle? trial was continued to-day. The court-room was cron dud to cxoati*. Tbe jury as empaneled, atnl the District Attorney addre-.- ed the jury, but the counsel t*r tlio defouee declin ed to do so until tbo eloolng of tlio evidence lor tbe prosecution. Ton witnesses were examined. Their testimony was confimri to the act of killing. Thet'ourt then adjourned till to-morrow, and the jury wore taken in charge by the Marshal. Illftti Audiorltj Appealed To. In his charge to the jury in the Stephens ease, .Judge Roosevelt said, “wo have the hirjhtti o t/iority for sayiug ‘all that u man hath will he give fivr his life.’ ’’ A writer in the Roohaster 1/nrm, com rni'U ting upon thfct statement, say a: Holy writ iu forms u? that “Satan answered tbe Lord and said. ?kiu for skiu yea. all that tuitu hath will lm give for his life."—Job 2, 4. This doctrine of the Judge may lead to several serious questions. May imt an amendment to the constitution be necessary U* give to Satan In the city of New York higher judicial authority t tin a the (on rt Appeals / sh jury in criiuiuni, as well a? in civil cases, must receive the law front the Court. D a juror In the city of New York competent, who has conscientious scmples against a**cepting the Devil a? the authority ?—■ : These and kiuilcetl considerations may produce some einbnrrasmcnt In the courts of the metropo lis. . I will add, that West of Cayuga Bridge, Ha tun is not regarded by tbo Bench, nor cited by the Bar, even us respectable authority. AMICUS CURIAE. [.V. }', Jour, oj CoiHMii'i. Fugitive Slate I mm*. Phii.Ai>Ki.i'Hia, April t(. Last night evidence was adduced to show that Daniel Webster, the allegod fiigilivo slave, con tested to officer? who conveyed him from Harris burg to this city, and others, that this was his first visit hen*. The testimony, after long ar guntent, was admitted, and completely .over threw important evidence lor the defence. Tho evidence ch.?oil at midnight, and the counsel wore occupied six hours in summing up the case. The ComnilSbiuuer will render th© decision this afternoon. [MeOotid Di'pfttch.] Daniel Wehster, tbe alleged iugHive slave, w'u.s discharged by tho Commissioner, hi? idoutity not having been proven. U i>- being carried thro’ the street* on the shoulder* of oegfues, amid in tatisc exciteineut, A HiHtwMp The Houston (Texas) Tmlcyrnpk say*: Mr. Fvunpsou, (Iraml Master of Mason? of T‘-X as, bus shown u? a document which bus just come to him in the regular course of his business. It is a Masonic demit, which nunc up among others wilh n petition for anew lodge, belonging to ‘ John Walker, and dated at Lexington, Tonnes- i sec, March Bth, |A2fi, thirty years ago. It in signed by K. Jl. Tarrauf as Muster, a gcutlcuiMu counter signed by Johu A. Qrecr, a? decretory, another distinguished Texiim. (en. Turiant wa? upastD. (i. M. of the tlraml Lodge in Texas, having the office in JB|s, Col. (jrcer wft* (Jrand Master iu 1811, and Hep. Tarrant hold the neat highest elective office tbe same year, viz : tl.fl. W. A (incuinanl with Mu**e names written before ithidr owners) ever tlamght us coming to Togas, >lll# occupying the positions they din, is indeed worth preserving. (’■ksm vs. Cari>s.—The Vicksburg True Southron, says: We were cduversing.yesterday, with a gentle man who lias been a pilot upon the M'ni'toni wn tefs for twenty - lively cur*. He remarked that this (fountry owed ii great debt of'gratitude to Paul Morphy, for, that within thfclust year, eard play iug iniioiigrtcamhoat travelers in the West, hud diminished fully one-hall, and ehess had taken its place, thus supplying an iptcMectual and improv ing pastime in place of one that results in evils and evil only. Heather and trop* The L ite Coi.d Wkatiikr—- LaGuaxuk, April *'. Mu. Emtuß:—lee is king this morning, much to the discomfiture of young ’‘King Cotton.” - For the InM thirty-six hours,Old Boreas has crack ed his cheeks” in true winter style, ©killing ns to n degree indicated by the low figure of 114 on the thermometer, and by ice found on the earth of au inch thickness. lam truly thankful at heart, und glad to say to yon, that its effects upon vegetation generally i- hut slight. Fruit is unhurt—very Lender vegetation and young corn so slightly fros ted as to he barely perceptible : wheat, and other small grain, looks remarkably well. 1 ’orif bus not ffome regular and well, 6whig to frequent and heavy rains, followed by severe cold winds, crust ing tii ground a* impenetrable and hard to the voting shoot as u board. Asa general thing, our planters have put in a large crop of all the ©ere als, and nr© preparing more ground by 2f> per cent, than they had in Inst year for the staple prince, “King C'ottou.” The CliatfoiHM g Advertiser, sy* : Hrav v Frost—-We Inul a heavy frost in these pRrU mi Tuesday nigbt, which matorially injured the fruit prospeat*. The Marietta (tfe-J Advocate says : Tbc severe cold of Tuesday night, the .>th in-f., has destroyed the peach crop In this section.— Early wheat, we learn, 1* injured, hut do not know to what extent. The Athens (Or. ) Uaiincr report* lee on the night ofthe 6th iust. The Cfeala ( Fla. i fonijouiiow, say* : A LxmuH Kkmox— it at Saturday of lust week, a IciAou of extfMor*Jiuar> dimensions was brought to or office, from the lion. f> 1. Ynlee'* pbmtu xnn,on the iioiaosasMt. It measured 12 inches tu aiouinrcrvncc. the (Via.) of the sth *nyt The Real her. we regret to say, continues ex ceedingly capricious and • Hsngrocable- -emu©- times unpieß-.wiUy warm, then again, in a few hours, nncouifortnhly cold damp rainy disa greeable. The health, w IwHert, is pretty gowi—•<* little r-ickovsH in the country, but (lie town is quife healthy. The ©rrp prospects nre by no means promising. The season, hi the fiyst place, i- behind time, and Use plantar- goncmlfe brhind the Mason. The rounOg of a fofe-s “hilltug— t kßing frost ) bn* been pradi'ded on tile 2tftli ust. dlmuld fhis | prognostication prove true, we life n used up com munity. Them could not. from all mrcounts, by that time, be cotfoH -mml enough found in tbw country to plant one big plantation. W “ flfel messog*! over the f*ubu Telegraph was received n Monday, ordwring a dor,on bot ti* >,l l,agcr Bow, for ©*M*k fwt rent at Wayim# vllle. It ia impacted that the line will l work ing to l'. rnandina m x work or feu day*.— tin*, /ietHtbUoitH. _ CBI*. hswaraa.—Th. *iaat bs. y..t into • phyaical diaiinU, at Otniiimati. Masua. An* ebau, Haltor aadThomaa r,'lu.. and !■> jsirlioau ni Ikin.frt. to wbi.li.b>.wavr, they w.nl and i rua t.Udi.ir.n*'.^■. I.t wen'p-Hd, in III* n.iarM* „l Mr.Fnraiw"lappedAswibulr in tb. foaa. K.-mt..*, in a .ard, •uli.r.|unlly Hint*.l that ho did *u no account of Asachara i *altinacipr**lnii"fowa*dtwo iinprobtod radio*. )*n**.TTaii v.— fh* Prcbyiory of Hoafb Car olina wHI I*’ fhaid 01 hprin*. Church, dnui.UiU.na Tbufaifoy. the J Oh inrtaut. andlli. ■Hina will ..p".'i al 11 o’clook ou tbat la,. VV h.iv. luko iafuruiad tiiat wifobfo arranttpimuta liav. i.iiteii uiiul. for tho cnailnrlaUc acooiomcHia l!oa rfT all who way attend, and it would not bo in Mvimm With tha libaral .pint of that cotn muniiy, wo aaeb not the oaaa.—Xanorwtm.Ha HrrM. * COI.UMBUB, GEORGIA. MONDAY, ADHII. 18, 1850. ( OLrMRI M, M t hNKMIAV. APRIL 13. IMP. mrrrt Tnic. B'e by tlu> hi.-a uutuhev of tire Macon M- - j tp'iipA, that sumo J’ the entAprblng mo rob ant? i of that City have embarked iu the buiuu&* of im* ■ porting their goods dirtwtly from Europe. This j is a movo in the right direction aud wo eoruestly j eoiumeml tt to (ho consideration and practice of our own pnuplo. Not, a reason, except halit, can j be giiuti for the course our merchunt?’ have al- , way* pursu.Hl. of purchasing every art icle ul met . chaudi/.o in the Northern mhvkets, The syspMo ‘ of Direct Trade once fairly inaugurated, the mon etary rotations tad ween our own and foreign mar -1 kots would immediately adapt themselves to meet thexigencies bf the ou?v\aud we cannot conceive that there would bo any more difficulty on this •cot® ihuu now exists between our Southern nud Northern cities. Whenever tiio proper iiuluec nient was created, the carrying trade, too, would wind itself to supply our uoao—die*. The ahip? which now plv between Northern and European potto could rondily lw induced to diverge from their uoeuiOoinod path and \li*chargo Iu the ports ot Savannah and Cfiiarlcstou tbo cargoes which are now landed hi Now York, lu this policy tho Suuibarn consumer is directly uud largely iutar c?Uxl. The comparative cheapness of the pri duct, under ita operation is a fact which is appa- tbo slightest reduction. Under the pros out system, tbo consumer in Urn South pays, in addition to what is necessary, tor discharging and reloading tbo cargo in a Northern port, wharfage, drayago nud other leaser contributions and the profit of tho Northern merchant. All this, and it is no immaterial item, would bo saved under the. plan of direct importation. In n political point of view tho plan is worthy of ail commendation. It would stimulate into be ing and vigorous growth a (holing of commercial ; iudc|tendence which would produce the moat oh- ! vious salutary results. It would do more. It would convince tho North that, while wo have i boon “hewer* of wood and drawer* of water” for i her until she lias grown rich upon the fruits of ‘ our vassalage, this relation is neither necessary j nor natural. The contribution which is annual ly paid by the float hem public to Northern mer- • chant? would, if withhold uud appropriated t ! home, line our Atlantic and Uulf oouri? with I princely cities and deplete the commercial empo- ! riuuis in the North to a ruinous oxtent. The pro ; jeet is feasible, and fcqniri*?, but a moderate Htnoiint of ootieeritsl notion to give assurance of its success. M'c hope that the example, of our sister city will be imltutad until itshnil he demon strated to the Southern people that Direct Trade with Eurtqa* is both praeticublc uud profitable. , The Arl/uua lApeiiUtou. Tho armed expeditious now taing nrjpuaizod iu j New Yojlc aud othor cities, with- tho ostensible j view of emigrating to Ariioun, will not he penuit- i tod to enter that Xerrifarv, special order? to thut •■fleet having been issued b> the L. S. trtieps ! Tlu l stopping ofUol. Leek ridge by Han. Twiggs is sanctioned ul Washington, and similar orders j hava been extended to Now Mexico, in order lu j preveiit the ontrune,e of these bands of marauders into that Territory . Tbe troop* uuw in New Mex ico will bp rvjmoved into Artaoua if it shouhl Im come necessary, and thoir pbujes supplit-d by oth ers from the Platte country. Rribop Kerrf This learned and pious Divine preached last ; Habbatb in the Hwtkediat Church in this city. As usual, ho spoke with groat fervor, real and elo quence. and with much of lb* unction of .the Mn- i ly Spirit, He madoa collection <d’ near three hundred dollar* lor a Southern Methodist Church iu San Francisco, Ual., whither he now jourmiys, : with ?rral Mini store of the Hospel. Ill* venc- j ruble father, than whom few ivre more aide and i devout in tbe Ministry, officiated with him in the saiuupnlpit on Sabbath lust, as also his brother in law, Dr. Mann, the Pastor of the First Metho dist Church > n this city. Etie.ATi u. In tho short article yesterday, headed “Southern ‘Sentiment in tfcorgia,” ap ; pears the tallowing - “Hereafter lot it Ims known that (leorgin will back her statesmen, who, ri , sing above live paltry consideration of office, and j iii/hinirnt by the syren *ng of Union, defend thelf section f all hazards and to the last ex- j tremity.” It should have read “Hata/taeaoeW.” OpposUlnn Furl). Mr. Hotts, the great American-whig orator, and leader of the opposition party la Virginia, is willing to associate with uuy body,to heat the Democracy. Yea, lie would take up a brother darky and carry him to the polls to got bis vote —all for spoil*! Listen. Mr. Bolts raid— “lt has not boon very long ago sinw a gentle man somewhat prominent in the ranks of Demo cracy, whom I met on the street, said to me. Mr. Bolt-, l have a question U propound to you, if you have no objection.’ Certainly md, sir. *1 want to know,* said he. *if you arc in favor of a coalition with the Block Republican party In the election es 184 MI V Mr noon MM*. mu. said f. I nox’r w*M Vwtifo RfotMUgusTApn mk ; I wmti To MAY THAT IK THEME WAS A .STATE IX Till l MoX COUI'O*KI> Ot Kit EE NIOHOKS, ANl> THE CoVSTI Ti rioN OAVK TIIEU THE Kid If TTo VoTK. I Wot t-tt ME MV It “Rl.llirPT** THRU TO MKLK HE TO ELK’ T K B I'Alitv.” | fowightcr aud apfiWc.} VkfeWa give place to the following, according to tlic well known rule among journalists, to mi mit allcoiniminicatioTis that are respectful with a responsible name attached. The author of the following 1* recognized a* a true Democrat : OvLETiioHi'K, Ha., April 7th. AV/iW* °f Tunr* : 1 see that th pfoi generally Is advocating (ho claims of the Hon. Martin J Crawford for Con gross, und it sceins to accord It to him as a mat ter of rigid. \ow, I am not very well posted on tbo politic* of the day. and he uiay have a claim, the validity of which, I may not le able to qiutilfon. Please inform the democrat* of the District, what Mr. t ‘rawford hn* done, that gives him uuy better right to the nomination, than mtwul other men In tbo District? H© muy have dope bin simple duty.but bos he done anything that entitle* hlau to a ueipatalty in the othec f With tim lights now before mv, so for from tbo Dcm'scratic party being under obbgaibm* tu Mr. < raw ford, I think that “tbo hoot Ik •# tbc other leg.” If there is anything in hi* course that abouW excite the grati tude of the district, wo would UUo t be informed. lfes|#et(uHy, A©.. A DRMyCKAX. PefBOMJ. tier. Brown, wee iu Mnopt) on lust, mid djoppod in to tbo T< hgruph fe w min ut;s, <n hi- wey to bok ul lb** iiow edllb e for Uo Blind, now nearly completed. Wc nro bound t*> say flint the tlevcrner doo* r.ot Bp|wnr at all op pressed by the weight of oMcUI ‘-ure- and rt**pm sitiilities. or lntrra*scd by the thornier bolt* ~f opposition from Atlanta or elsewhere. Ilia face has not gained uwrinkloand carriedju*t theemu swn.c iunl smiling uapcct a* ever. Kx-tlov, Johnson was aJfib in this city u fbw days last week and lfi An Friday fir MUhidge vHlc. Judge Jiove, of the Bonthcrn Ohrult, spifitt scr ctntdfgN to Mmron last wek, end Whs In the of gen on Thursday. Wo are jd. Seed to sec tbit time deals leniently with this ixeellewl mutt and funrtionury, and has left nfi mark* ygf.— Mht+n Teitj/ruyh. A disUnguiahotl writer says that ‘nothing aux be groat which is not rlgbt. r Will he tell a* wi*t U thinks of w grant wrong? V tllliiHi and Mary t idlege. j Tho Williamsburg (YuA says that a , plall of tha new College lias boon prepared, and I Work will spoovllly be codmeu*od. It adds : I “The *ltl walls vvß! be retained, but the extu ■ tcriur and m >-rM*r of the uew struattivu will difler J from thqso ot the old. The nmv cdirtt*e. nrrafitar ! life renowed edifice,vVlß present a front C on** I hundred and thirty-six feet, which will here lieved by two tower# i*r the tlaliivu style of areht ; toetnre. One oOiev will bo ‘nucd us an Ohserv'a ; tovy The two side views wifi present each a 1 front id’ one hundred feet. Tho altitipta of the ! icw building will be much greatc than that of pthe old building. There will ho no dormitories ! hi (Im* College, tb* Faculty hiw ing reoontly pur chased a honsu which alfords ample accoimuoda- I Hon* fi,r students, Tho interior of the College I edifice will bo conveniont. There will be six ■ large lev litre room?, each opining into ap office lor a Professor, and a Laboratory which wiQpro ?out all the modern hni>rovcim>uts. There will be h Spacious room for tin Library, and two splen did Society Hall*. Tho old Chapel will by but little altered.” Court of Coin in on Pleas NivvYouk, April 8. The Fonrtt and ITi7li Libel Suit, befoi'r Hilton , h'nrrrvt u'*t, Snthnniel /’. \Y4lii. This ease wits tried live year? ago, and the ju ry disagreed. It is an action to recover damages (laid at ten thousand dollars) for tho publication ot u libel in the Home .Journal, in which, it. is al- Icgud thoplaiutifl ‘s eondiiet in relcrcnee to his disagreements with lii? wife, and his ttpjdirOtfen to the Lcgislatme of I'ennsylvania for a divoree. was malici-mriy misrepresented, with intent to injure hi? character before the public. Defendant admitted tho publication, denied malice, and set up partial justification. Mr. John Yan Huven opened the case for the plaintlll'. giving an extended narrative of tho dif ligulties between Mr. and Airs. Forrest. Mr. James \V. tlcrard and Mr. Fanchor ap pyared for tho defendant. Mr. Forrest and Mr. W. 11. Hlako and other j t heatrical celebrities were in Court, i Mr. Willis, the defendant, was not present. Mr. ’ rierurd stated that ho was too ill to Ik< present, and that one of 111? witnesses was dead, and the j others scattered over tho earth. f flltors Please Notice. | Mr. Emroii : —As Chaiminu of- t'nunnilteu ■ appointed tocoricspniid with tho .''’uporinlcudciits of the different Knilvoud* in the .State, nu behalf ofthe Young Men’s t’lirisiian Association of Ma con. I request you to prim Urn following, which 1 j hope the papers will copy in Augusta, .Savannah, <'omnibus, Atlanta, Koine Athens, and other pla ces where there may ho a Young Men's tJhriatinn ; Association. Notirti ( tf>A**oci\Uwhh, . The Central, the Sonth-wcstem, the Augusta A j Savannah, tbc Georgia and the Western A Atlan tic ftaUromls, will pas- Delegate- to the Young I Men's Christian Convention, to lx* convened in Macon, April 2‘Mh. / th. ir ,e/*Vn ho, | providwl each Delegate presents n Card, signed ; iijr the presiding otliccr of the (’ouventiou, staling j that the len“r had been in aitendunce at the | Convention as n Delegate, and piuutod owr that i Hoad and hud /mill full Fur< >j’nny. S. IJOVKIN, t ‘hninnon of Coniinitloc. i The V oung Men’k Christian Aasdciatlon of -Macon, invite.-- her Sister Associations to send a ; large number of Delugnte*. Ample provision will | be til ado for all. | ’ State PujH-rs copy. The MlHHisxippl. Tht- V'n ksbnrg True Southron of tbo fllh iust., ] say* : At 2o'clock yesterday the Rivur had riton to wit lan a quarter ,o| uji inch of it* liyfeht he. fore j below, ill all probability, before this meet* the. i reader’s c.vc it will have fully reached this season. Such itl least are the imlicnlioti*. We hour of no new crevasse*, above or be low. The Charleston Tallalmtchian, of the 2d iuat., ; says: The river at Tillatoba landing is about 20 in h : t'H below l In; bigiiest water mark ofthe great flood iof lSotb aud rising. Most of the plantations on I the river are more or less submciyod. The iiu . pressiou is that the river will reach lost summer's i mark —if not groster. From the Mnitt©e!lo (Misrlssipil) Jouniul, of the 2d installl, wc learn that that aee> tiou of the country is flooded with ruiu. it I says : Kain Mill continne.s to flood the country. Tor | rent, after torrent coiuex the drenching showers, Idling every hole aud crevice, swelling every wa tercourse until we no longer find it practicable to ! travel except by Mourn. I'oarl river is still high er than usual, and on the rise. From present in i dicatiou* we know noi when or where it will stop j —not until the bottom huid* are all thoroughly : inundated, wc suppose. The Madi-ou (La.) G i/.ott© of the 21st, gives I us tb© following intelligence : Bayou Koiindaway has risen rapidly at this , place since Huuday last, but has not readied high i water mark of List, year, nor is it probable that j it will, unless there should be some new crcvus -1 It is thought by those in whoso Judgment wo have the utmost voidideuco, that in the immediate I vicinity of Richmond, planters will escape with , loss injury than they sustained last year. Wo ; deeply sympathise with those who are Buffering 1 from the ofleets of the flood. The breaking of While's l\e, and the con*e qiiout damage to the railroad, has cut. oft’ direct communication with Vicksburg, uud rendered it a matter of great difficulty to get freight through | from that quarter. Our citizens may still enjoy I the consoling (?) reflection, that though they con | not go to the river, it will, in all probability, soon j ootne to them. The Memphis Advocate of the 4th instant I say* : The river at thut point, Saturduy evening, wo* j oidy seven uud “c quarter Inehe* below high wa I ter mark, which is within on© ami one quarter In - oMW ofthe highest water of the present flood.— During Friday night, ami Saturday a ©onsidem hlc amount of rain fell, which will, douldlewi, ‘ have sum© effect upon the river. Vlucou A Ki'unsMlrk Railroad t omnirnrcd. ! lu the early pari, of last week, Mr. McNeill. ] with hi* Corps of Engineers and Assistants coig- I menned tHe foeuthm of tfte Macon A Brunswick Railroad. The locution has been com pi© tod te the point lit which the Ucmulgou is to be c.roswd. I Slid on yesterday the Camp was moved to the East Bank, and it is expected that tho work will I rje vigorously pr*.s©©oted until forty mile* I* ftn j i*bed. when tbo contracts for tho grading, super , structure, Ac., will le let out. Judge Cochran, j rho President, }*ft this ©Uv on Saturday lost, and ware happy to state in Improved health. JAi . j co o T'-tejrufih. Pontaiir to T’ ke liustm. We arc request -1 cd fa. state that it is uo longer necowmry to cel I feet m tba Fluted Htates any British |s.stug© up ! on letters addressed to Turks islands, and for warded ill the mnlfeto Mt. Thonui-, arrangements ’ 1 1 aving he n made l>y the British Dost Office for 1 levying and collecting such postage ou thv deliv ering ofthe letters at destination. ’ In future, therefore, the I ulted Htater postage j only Is required to fe- prepaid on letters for Turks i Islands, whichi* lt rants tb- single: rate, if the distauce docs no®exe©cd 2.-00 miles: and 20 cents II lire distance i* over 2,u0.- Wash, l.niou. Kvwt ASTi!ii Kibb.—About two years ago. a declivitous slu|H* otj rh margin of JanMa River nunr tbo rail read bridge, Virginia, WHS I'liw‘e tor u*t c U*posit of the eye dor* from the Tredegar Work*, nt Lhe instunw of tho owner of the property, Mr. JiWnoa Thoiuus, who do*ir< dto Improve it. The deposit wit* eon In,ued ti>>ui lime t.. time, until :• large level Hir face was ffirunel, uud It wus thou <lisc<mtiimc<l iu e*wno<|uene- of the 4kcorry that the wib-sliuta ofeyndum originnlly deposited luul(gutted. The whd mas-, suvetfil ftvt Mow the surface, is nr on fire, and hn* boon fTseveral months, nan,dug H settling of that purl m*r the river. Very Ultlw imoku Is emitted from this subterraneous coiubus tiou, hut the surface (* vary hot, ndin tnimy pla eoa, cracked with IlMHirea. Tlie fact that thU tire baa been progr*s*UK so long time i eerUinly a • Uttlc sxtraordiuary. Tattrii.- Truth is a principle a* eternal aa the Throne es tied. AlthougU Ui* ufton ,vcrtimHjd and subverted by error, it will finally come forth, in triumph; ihiafof brijbtlj >1 bunUbod *W, ntUMRIN, Till KMHt, JPRiL 14, Judge Joseph 11. I.umpklu This gpudonmu> name has boon meutioned in coirnuction with the Froiduncy. So radically lias ibe .Judge's views in relation to the right? of the South in tho last few yuars. that it would by a cunplinietit to the fire-vater* tb promote his interest. It merely convinves the must skeptical that the wrongs, compromises und com*bs?iou made by thy Futh. arc arouaiugthe most hope ful of the Houthern apologists in roeist turlhei iiggressiuns, and demand the lull measure of out right*. The tael that a man of Judge Lumpkin’s ability, high position, kuowu honesty of motive and purity of character should announce hiuiself at this tiuiu as “partial to that ulus* of politicians ■known as flre-aatqr*,” is worthy tho study und rellvetjou ot those, who have seen no virtue in n party, which Would dure resist encroachments even u a dissolution ui tho Union, May Judge l.umpkin long live to hold the positiou of chief Justieo of tho Huprciuc Court of this and may his strong arm be ready to dofond the South in vindication of her Constitutional rights. lion M. J. ( ranford A communication was published in yesterday ‘s issue of the Time*, rigued “Democrat.” in which the query is addressed to u#, wlmt has “Mr. Crawford done, that gives him any better right to tho nomination, than •m ral other men in the Dis trict ?” Mr. Crawford does uot claim fee sim pie title to the position of Representative from tho 2d Congressional District in this State, and is williug for any democrat to oppose him in the nominating convention. Tho gift of Hepresenta live i? with the Bentonitic party and no objection will be made to its bestowal ou one more worthy its confidence and support. That Mr. Crawford lias discharged hi? duties iu Congress with fidelity none will deny that he will yield ehoorfully to tlio nomination of another, we assert. Hi* claim? are with the party and to it, he i? willing to test tho question, whether he ?hall bo the standard bearer of the Democracy in tbo earning contest. The Counties in which Democratic meetings have boon hold in the District express a preference for ’him. Ueniocratb Meeltngs The Counties of Spalding, Carroll, Butts, Hous ton. Pike, Talbot, Webster, Sumter aud Stewart have held meetings und endorsed the Southern sentiments uttered by Judge Iverson in tlio Son- I ute. The Counties of Stewart, Sumter. Webster and Early iu the 2d Congressional District have instructed their Delegates to vote for Hon. Martin J. Crawford. The other Counties of the District have not vet held their meetings. The Pillar of Fire, or Israel In Boniluge. This is the title of anew publication which Mr. I W Pcnso has placed upon our table. It i? from the pen ofthe author of “The Prime of (he House of David,” and. to those who have read the tatter work, it would Im super rogatory t# speak in com mendation of his style. The subject of the book but ore u is, “The Bondage and Deliverance of tlie Children of Israel from the Land of Egypt,” und, from the cursory view we huve been aide to give it, ii is treated in a manner fully equal to the author'* established reputation. Like hi? first production, the narrative is conveyed in the form us letters, and those are of convenient length, uud style thal cannot foil to please the reader. We advise every body to procure a copy. Hi fell DIM rift. A lu. The following delegates have been appointed from Macon county, Ala., to attend the Demo cratic Fongrossioual Convention to assemble at Auburn mi the 2d Monday in May, to-wit : Dr W F llomlett, James Allen, Diillosn Anthony, Aiuos J ones, James Moore. James C* Boyd, JJ Blackman, Levi Jones, John Collins, .1 B Martin, Judge K Kulhnu, trillion Steusou, ii T ('rowler, Joseph Fitzpatrick, S J Hale, N Gaehett, Thmuas Muydtffo D Grave*, John S Portal 1 , Win Hall, John Barclay. t üba in Arm* From the tclcgrnphio dispatches it will he Been that Cuba is repirtal to be ill open rebellion. A lurge expedition is said to have left New York the hitter part of March, for the island, with the purpose of aiding the Cuban* to throw off the yoke of Fpanisli dominion, in a few days the truth of the above dispatches will Ih< tested. <fur reader* may expect the latest new* in reference to tbi interesting subject, in (be issues ofthe Time* from morning to morning. FlrrtlonAuguxta. Foster Blodget, the American camlidute for Mayor of Augusta, wa* elected over his deiuo era tic competitor, Dr. Garvin, twenty votes. This show* a large gain for the democrat* in this city AuguM(il> bird tun. Airoi STA, April 11. The Crity Fleet ion was conducted poiecaldy, although then- whs conaidoriihle excitement mani fested by both sides. The contest whs not h party one. It is rumored that the election for Mayor *lll be contested. The following is tho result: Maiou- Foster lilodgot, Jr. , At.hKKMKM : Ist W ahi,—John Foster, Wm 11 TutA and Jus 0 Clark. 2n Wabi— Mr.l <1 BledgCc John I> (Smith and .Stephen 1) Heard. :>h Wahu -Wib (’ Sibloy, It J 1 May and L L> Ford. Tni W'arh - Win tlihson, Jackson and A. I'slier. Vlrbslcr l)i murrar) KrtuilMflußN. Phustow, April th WM. At a meeting of a portion rs the Ocmoeratie parly of Webster county, on motion Judge Ma son 11. Hush was called to the (.‘hair and Mere dith <i. StalliAin re,|nested to m*t as Hettrelary. tin motion the following gentlcinan were |i pointed by the t hair to re|K,rt business for the in-lion of the meeting : t'bappell Oox, Itavid ti. Holgors, Thomas W. Cohii, Iteuj. tiriflinand la Tld B. 11 nrrc-11 l?Si|S. The (Committee rsportel through their Chair man the following resolutions which were ununi niously adopted. Ist. That <l6v. Brown by bis unwavering and ithciinproitiisiiig devotion to tits interests of Un people of this btHM- deserves the eommcndnlion of all good and true |Hinocrats and wn ean,-tly pi commend bis rettowliiHtion. 2nd. That our ipMfldlsto representative the Hon. Martin J. t'rnwford, fur his faithful dis charge of his duties, deserves the welcome plau dit of “well liana than good und faithful servant “ and A return to the next fongfe**. Jnl. That the “sound, true ringing wstAl” eon twined in tb“ Stajcoh of the Uou. Alfrwl fversm on the haUte KAllroad Bill meet* with our en tire np|TT*'bfttlan and that we recommend his ro oioetiuu to tin* olficc he now adorns ami say to him go on and forward and we arc with Mm oven to the last resort. (th. That Chappell Cox, J. W, Jersey, fi. Be* laud, O. Taggart, Mason 11. Bush, Samuel If. Hawkins, H. P. Kimbrough and Meredith (I. S tlhurn Ksij’rs, be appointed delegates to tho Qu'/erDAtorial Convention with, liberty to fit! va cancki and that Thv W, Cobb, Brujamin Uritfin, (. YV. Limey, David tl, Rodgers and Sol omon J. liairell Ksq’rs, are appointed delegate* to the < ‘ongrc??ionil Convention with like poja er. Mb that the proceedings be published in the paiKire of the District. On motion (liemeeting djotir#*d***>■//, MEREDITH ti.gTATHAM. Secretary. Alraragimn A Hair* WAssismcK, April Hth. Dfe#, It is undovstooil that the Cabinet have uttuni ntoualyugreed mi strong inea*unw for the solu tion of the Nicaraguan entanglement*, aud have determined that tho Fnrftgmty sqnadixm he em ployed to reinstate the rights of American citi zens. and for the protection of properly ou the Transit route. If deemed necessary, tlm muil.* and passengers wdll he escorted from sea tn sen as soon as the Transit Company are prepared to per fbrm mail sendee. Hie Mirk lex Trial. Mr. ttrahuiu tipindiided his speech fnr the de fence, and in the course of It reviewed the inter oourso of Mr. Koy with the family of Mr. Sickle*. Ilocommented In strong terms on tho libertine eon rob of tho former. Two witnesses lor the de fence Wafa examined, showiug the intimate friend ly relations of the parties up to the time of the killing. Things lu Miishlngfon As Tetei/ru/iheit to the A’etp York Paper** No desjmlchushave been received confirming the Paraguay peace new- Imt it is accepted** true by the administration. Tho outfit of the expedi tion ivosts a million, and Lopez compromise* the demand agnints him for Ut)o. Mr. Toueey concluded the purchase of the Cromwell Htearner? hob• re they .reached their destination. The Mmill vessel* of this squadron will he or dered to Nicaragua whenever relieved from Pa raguay. Non© of the Inst authorized Paraguay notes are yet waned, hut thirteen million? ul tho obi are to be redeemed before July. Through Mr. Cobh has discretion over the taw to allow six per cent, interest on New York, he ha? tie purpose of exceeding that figure. This IttvKU.—The Memphis Bulletin, of the fith but., spy*: The river, since our last report, lias remained stationary, and at five o'clock last night was at precisely the same mark u* on the* preceding eve niiig-- C : >4 inches lulu w the (load line of last yew. Busine?* on the levee wo? tolerably brisk during the day. Weather clearer and cooler than usual at this season. lu addition ta the break* ulreudy reported by telegraph al Diuumnd Iriaml and other places between that ami New Orh-uus. uo learn from Mr Booker, of the Belfast, that one ha? occurred op posite Millikan's Bead,on tho Misrisaippi side.- Tb© crevasse wins about one hundred yards wide when tbo Belfast passed that point, and in rapidly enlarging, eaiieiug immense damage to the ad joining plantation?. Tbe water at <•'land Lake, and ns for up as Helena, wu? about at. a stand yesterday morn ing. The Aleck Scott i? reported by tho same paper bard aground at the head of Whiskey Chute, hav ing probably Inktm a sheer on the pilot. She Is said to be badly situated between two rafts of; drift wood, and will la* difficult to get off. Ben 1 Deßar’s theatrical troupe are on board ©n route for St. Louis. Mr. Lotejo)** Letter. Wc have been waiting for a convenient oppor tunity to present this [remarkable production to 1 Wi.**l‘W#...J'*.Uv|H),,wU. -j/viihi***!*., ill a consistent and intelligent term, argument* upon the question of slavery whfoh should reach the eye and abide in the memory of every Southern nmu. The Kufaula Spirit q/ the .South, in reviewing it. Buys: ft is one of the umst convincing arguments, in favor of Southern slavery that wt- have read in ninny a day, and, to our miud, furnishes some glimmering hope of the dawn of a healthier pub lic sentiment upon that question til the North.— The argument i- the nforo remarkable, because it cioucs from the man who, himself, ha* sounded all the depths of abolitionism, and who, escaping from the claim* of hi* earlier prejudices, has bean able to look’at. this question of African slavery from the stand point of common sense, and true Christian philanthropy., There is a deal of hu miliutiug truth in Mr. Lov joy'* charge, that tbe .South i* responsible for much of the uusoiindnoM ofthe Northern mimlod Uii* auhieoL Until very recently, we have never properly under* bind the merit* of the slavery question.ln hls own wordiqwe gave the Uorth the false premise* ou which it rea soned correctly,ta false eunelu.sfonii. We gave away our case by concession; for if slavery a sin. a wrong, or an evil, no fair minded tuuu can renal the conclusion thut effort* ought to be umde noon a* possible to get rid of it, TUo Houtb has abandoned u position which gives up the whole question, hut it is not surprising that the North taking the premises which we gave them, blioiiM hare reached couclu.'ions which they are not so ready In surrender. Mr, Lev ©joy's letter has done more to shake our confidence in the position wc have held upon the African slavo trade, than anything which tlm agitation of that question has yet produced. Alto gether, it is a most remarkable production, und we hope every Southern man will read it. The Beat Os racy of far roll. Have appointed Brown delegates, and prefer I Senator Iverson to any other man in Georgia, for U. H. Senator. They hate a!o Bnggwfcd that 1 the next Congressional convention for the 4th ; District, meet at Kawaan, on thj h i .Voaduy tu June. Let that day be accepted, w say, aud let ) all delegate* to that convention bo appointed in ! May. if not bttfbre.— B'Loin ha K a ti.ttoAn llunuß.—Wi ure authoiv- j feed from uu nnquesliouahlf *oore to say, (says 1 the Jacksonville Fla. Standard,) that Mr. Davis, | while on his recent visit to Charleston, went from ( hank to hank, depreciating the securities of alt the railroads in the Slate, excepting the Talla- ! hussec and St. Murks road: und that tlte effect, of I this conduct ou tbe part ot Mr. Davis wa* such that the banks of Charleston would uot negotiate , for the [•ond* of the roads whose securities were tints depreciated, at 20 cents ou the dollar. We ! are, moreover, anthorlwtd t say that if Mr. Do- , vi* denies these statement* they can be pruven. ‘The new*pa]MT of your party ntxj a perfect nui- ‘ Baud’.’ said a polUlchinto hi* opponent. ‘That's 1 list what thieves think of magistrates/ replied ) the other. j A certain, periodical asks wbaf Kuropean na tion will first hurst into a flume. We expect the Dutch wtl[ (hey or© always smoking. A priest said to a peasant whom ho thought rude. You are better fed thun taught.” - -Wlnmld think T wu*,’ replied the clodhopper, 4 uu I fewil* myself ami yon tench niv/ Wheat in Missisiukpi.- -The Kosciusko Chron ‘ kde, of April Ist say* t We have tieen convaraiug with a nuutW of our , farmer* during the ie*r week, and they give us cheering account* of their pro*pctß for a good crop of wheat Wheat was nnver ktnww to look better than ut the present time. W are happy l learn that the fear* entertain’ ed of the fruit having been killed by the froene some weeks Minee, are groundless. On examine- j ti'*n it is found u be aninjured. Laxh Mkahi ng. - Every fanner should have a i rod liieoanr©, a light, stiff polo, just sixteen and a 1 half loot long, for measuring land. By a little f prsetic© Im* can left u to step jnsl a rtni at five steps ( which will answer very well for ordinary farm work. Ascertain tim number of rod* in widthaml length Ufa lot you wish to .'measure, and multiply j •Hi© uamber by tb* olhcrand divide by Iff®, ami you have the number of nerve; “* DM* *|Uura rede make a square acre. Tfyoi. wish to lay off one square acre, mensorc 1.1 rod- upon each side - This lacks one rod of fell measure. - - m* i A Fact Worthy ok ffoft.—Bjr taking up slirafo or plant* at this time, wllh some of their own soil about the roots, and placing them up right in a collar until October, then transplanting them into pots, and watering them with a solution of be'f au ounce of salt ammonia to a plot of raki wafer, you will bare #iunmr flowars i* win- , tar. I PEYTOff H. COLQUITT. ( Witm> . JAMES W. WA&KEH. t Number 16 • 1 Later Iram Mexico Ni u OitbKAxs, April 11. By the arrival of the ?toaun*hip Tunessee, from N cm Cruz, April 0, wo have hitor Mexican news] Mr. Me Lam* lias reeoguiaed the government rei.resontad by Leo. Juarez. tleu. Mitamon wo? at Orizaba. ‘’ Own. BoUultado mode an uusueeemful attack “U rho Capital ou tiie 2d Inst, The fighting was | sever* and there were five hundred killed on | each side. | l llllhMsters in Motion -Our -Trmrl fiallrtf-Tke 4fi ml Hist rattan thargert with Aiding If The (’ouriey tie* Ktnt* l r mm again notices a j ?(*cret Hllibuutcriug expedition against Cuba, which tire t ow irr announced a few days ago, and ni reply to the \\ nshington I'nion, contends that the expedition is a fixed fact, and Its organization is already complete. At least #n ves**4, it s*y* boa sailed with “omigrauU,” so u|(d, and mi rul Utbore are icudy to depart when the signal i i given. The ptau of operations i? a* follow*; The filJiiiuster? are to disembark at u point on the sooth sfdc of the Island) they then inU*u(l to i seize Puerto Priueipi, and there ostablish tbem i selves. By the aid of their agents, they oaleutata i to (treat© au insurrection In different parts of the ’ Island. The Courier wry foolishly contends that this secret enterprise is secretly hut indirectly encouT agd and unfed by parties connected with the . Admin is tratiau.— B'uAisgto (Slate;. 1 Man Found llcad. R w learn that the dead body of a man named Jamc? Tfillis, who has hfeiTtofi.ro kept a bar-room just outside of the city limits on th© Hamilton read, was found in bis yard yesterday, it is sup- * posed that ho died during the preceding night us apoplexy. -Ln-fnirer. Firemen** (elehratlon. Next Friday our Fireman will celebrate the momentary of the organization a* the Macon Fire Department. Atlanta Fire Company No. I, we uo informed, will make a visit to otr city tbe ?umeday. We cau assure them a most cordial reception.—.l/u cot* State I‘rtmm, April LI. BtalinpN and Hark©tors. Bishop Andrew cefatrihute? nu article to the last Southern Methodist Quarterly Review. on Uifcbcp M'Kendreo. The closing paragraph is in these words; 1 greatly admired aud loved Bish op M’Kendrcc. hut 1 am pretty sure that iu on© thiug he erred : he utjht not to have lived auUUitU •m old biu hr/nr. Th© Opening of the Trnffr. Even th© Northern newspaper*, anye the South ’ * ,H fVlieew, ar© now finding thcmxelve* forced to . discuss the African A correspondmit ! of the fJowmn rittf Athi rtieur (N. Y*.) sy# — 11 wa* declared in the House, in debate* du , ring tbe late session, by nn.ro than one Southern member, that the law proscribing the slave-trail* hs piracy could not be enforced, and that no roan in tho Kouth would ever be convicted under that j law. This;r,ay be true. No one ha* been yet 1 subjected t< it pcnultie*. No man is likely tube hanged for piracy under the law. Even Gaptara | Townsend will get dear, and bo will Font. Cor -1 it. . _ • ■-’ **& fofote Hiuhlv I m I‘ohtant KRoii M k xleo. -Ws bare I the satisfaction touuuoiince the defeat of th* anny I oi tbe despot Miramon, before th© wall* of Vera j l'tot, and hi* retreat upon the city of Mexico, where we venture to predict he will arrive <lf at ! all! in very *ry plight. Tims the Kuropeon j party hu* met a check in it* designs upon Amer j n an IhlctPSts in Mexico which will serve to make ! their euufferee and sympnibiser* in this eonntry ) aud government pause and consider. All honor , uvisHßt hmmHM"’"'"-’- — M eatier Predlettoa. Although we have no faith in the prediction* of Thomas, the Almanac- maker, or any of the weather fraternity, we will publish the information of a correspondent (Mr. J. Royal, of White Rock, Illinois.) who professes to be aid© to 1 furetek the weather “iw year in advance for any l locality where there in au almanac calculated.— illerc is tbe prophecy : “The first half of April will lie wet, th© last half fair: the first week in May will b© wot. the balance fair: the first half of June will ho fair, (he lout halt changeable; July will begin uud end with a few day* of clnfiigcubie weather, leaving tbo middle of tbe month dry; August will have ! a groat many wet days: {September will set in fair, hut tbe balance <>t the mouth will be ebange tiblo, the lost part being wettest; Ootuber ebange -1 able, i;iadually increasing to wetness; November, like the preceding, only Comma being fairer and ending wetter: December, tbir weather.” t>n this, we are told, we may rely, with th© ex j ccptwii of .September, whoro there has “to be added tbo extra stormy weather, caused by the ■ sou crossing the line.'’ This truly <l|ien<U oa j tbo prevailing winds at the time: it the winds be ’ southerly, tho month will lie wet; if northerly, it will be as dry a* if the sun were at it* extreme distance from tbo line. —. Scientific American. Improve* it it. —Wc n.dieod yesterday that workmen wore tearing down the four or five di lapidated uii an ties at Burras’ corner’on Broad at., near the Market-bouse, atid we understand that Mr. Kankix intend* to build Kriok bouses in their 1 a toad. Wt* also learn that be will put up in the roar of the.-, buildings on Frawlurd street aud extending back to Oglethorpe, a largo ware house, Woicb Dillard* Dowell k Cos. have already confect ed to nscupy. it will take the place of a livory *te ; hie, hlacksuiith shop, Ac., now ou Crawford street. T'bi* will be u great improvement of that part of the city. It wus, in fact, the shabbiest-look ing part of Broad street, and greatly needed ren ovation. When a better look lug Market house is pot up. quite a change will have been effected in (hill neighborhood, hinynirer. From the Atlanta Amrrieau. Minute es Point* Decided b) thr Huprrme Con It al Atlanta March Term, I*ML Frederick t'abot vs. Nathan Yarborough t al. I Equity from FloyiL Held, when too Court below refuses to punish for contempt, this Court will not iKferfero, unless . there has been flagrant wrong committed. Judgment affiuued. Mitchell for plaintiff in error, vs. Underwood; ’ and Smith contra. Mayor and Council of Rome va. Frederick M. I Cabot et al.—Fr ie Ftoyd. Held, that tht diartcr of the city of Rome oi \ lows ta- May -r and Council of said city Ut ions ! iroot l<*t imU'ttng of water works, j Judgment n(firmed. Shropshire ana Underwood for plaintiffs to error. lien, i H. Stephen* of Omrgta. AtCrawfurdsvilte, a vUlago on one of tho plnjr ’ ridgi-s of tiuorgia. in on uaproteuding and sumo- M whot h-solutc-looking house flPrla> I'takhtM may well l*e, for no fair and kimlly house-unthr ever made it shine and smite) dwells one of the choicest ami r*mt spirits of our hemisphere.— IV • litlifill oud almost boyish looking, yet stricken i bv mortal malady—one who has made a “eoveu i ant with death,” yat whose veius ore full of (lie most genial life; with the cold hand clutching at ; his vitals, yet with a laugh dear and ringing as the tnarriuge'beU; hi* thin face is and deathly hue, M- Mazing lamps. If )<>u are his friend, he is geutle aud atfeeHoiiur’ as a H**i+ M if blsoiK-m.v, ho will itavagreat plessure in stand ! itig opposite to yon, at any distamw that nmv Ha arraiigeiM-tu whU-h oaso you Und Utter look sharp, tor he ieotHd us an oyster:—a student and Hue philosopher, u luhori-ii’ aud ©uusewmtiva* | legislator, a puwertul lawyer, and a zealous wpjjT. livatorof grain** (('Mtawhaa4 B©upperoag) fur he bus fiiiili in 1 h” virtues of wiutn -a generous , friend sud a patron of humble merit—for the . which many pnaywvs and blessings arise ftadf.g “v t iling on his behalf— u noble imagin Uve oeu* 1 tor—yst not of the Charles Philßjis school us ■lrish viatory” by ay means, his teste being tm* highly educated tor (hut spec tee of Hgmalote - stub is Alee under 11. BtepkeikS.— Citikmit. ‘ llk IT (jr|-.a* Adapt your umau* to your ends. I>oo‘t waste , ymr time ia trying to pUd .up eels with a pair w ’ perhsiw a vain uua or woman cannot be atom j oomn’tly defined than as afoot iu feraentalioa. Thedelecis of women spring front their weak’ , ness or their sentuddHty; the detests of UHm mm from their egotism aud their bsrshaaoa. | There is nothing wore univeranßg aenwaendad than a flue day; the reason Is, that jmople e*u | (Ml 41 wHbotK sov|. . u