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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
\ CHAPMAN & S. ROSE, Editors.
r g*” The idler is a dangerous member of society.
He becomes a pi ey to his own passions, and scourges
ethers with his vices.
UJp Col. Doniphan, the hero of the Sacramento,
is t be grand marshal of the national jubilee of the
temperance societies, on the 15th of May, at Cincin
nati.
The debt of Illinois, according to the recent
message of Gov. Ford, is *16,612,796,37. Ol thus ag
gregate, ©3,004,622 ,3 Canal debt including interest ol
the Ist inst.
£3f* Os Prescott’s History of the “ Conquest ol
Mexico,” the publishers have sold very nearly 18,000
copies. The author receives $1 50 tor eaeh copy sold.
His receipts thus far, on dial work alone, have been
therefore §27,000.
a modern writer says that the dog has been
the companion of man for more than five thousand !
years, anti has learned but one ol his vices, - aud that is i
to worry his species when in distress.
UjT A Congress of European Nations is proposed !
to interfere in behalf of the Pope. It will meet at i
Brussels in January. Besides England, France, Aus-j
tria, Sardinia, Tuscany and Spain will be represen
ted.
Mr. Coinian says that to such perfection is
agriculture carried in Flanders, that two and a hau j
acres are consideied ample lor the support of a man i
and wife and three children.
The legislature of Kentucky have fixed upon <
the first of February as the day lor electing a senator J
in Congress, to succeed Governor Metcaiie, from the l
4th ol March next.
It was once ebseived to Lord Chesterfield, ii j
the course of conversation, ;tiiat man is the only crea.- j
tuie that is endowed with the power of laughter. /
“ True,” said toe earl ; “ and you may add, perhupsl
he is the only creature that deserves to be laug. iec j
at J”
In 1840, the popular ion of Missouri as ascer
tained by nhe united fetates census, was 383,702. In j
1311, the population, according to the State enumera- 1
tion, was 511,97 ; and is now increased to 588,671. — .
Os this increase, nearly one-half ie in the city and conn- ■
ty of St. Louis. The increase of slaves is considera-1
hie. In 1846, the number in the State was 70,300, and 1
it now contains 76,757.
Hamilton C. donee, Esq., “Whig and author I
ol the famous story of “ Cousin Sally Dillard,” has*
been returned to the North Carolina Legislature, from ;
the county of Kowan, vice John W. Eiiis, Dein., re
signed.
Col. Duncan has been nominated to the Sen- .
ate by the President, for the office of Inspector General
of the Army, m the place ol Col. Crogban, deceas-!
ed.
tJF It wou:d seem from Mr. Benton’s late speech
•on lue bill to survey and sell lands in Caliiomia, that
the gold legion extends over two thousand miles, and
that the placers may be profitably worked for many
years to coma, by hosts of laborers.
LaT The custom-house officers at Chagres were
four days deciding whether the steamship Falcon was a
national vessel, aud finally concluded that she was a
merchant steamer.
Z-gT The benighted people of Chagres were greatly ;
surprised, on the arrival or the Falcon there, at the
horde ot “ Northern barbarians,” and wondered what
it was aii about.
The Loweii agent of the most celebrated piano
forte manufactories m Boston, states that he lias Sold
no less than eight pianos, during the past six months, to
gins now actually employed in the lactones ju that
city, i'ue prices ranged Itoin 250 to §350 each. t
Mr. Greeley's appearance on the tioor ol Con- ]
gress nas created quite a sensation. A Hoosier ntem- j
Vci, u*'tv took at iAnrace. walked ol!, J
muueuiiu 111 an u . *. I’ Wl . ;
verseen any thing exactly iike him out West. I’ve’
seen a man without any trowsers at all, but he wa’nt no f
body. |
Mr. Cxlbouk on the 16th inst., fell on his 1
knees in the lobby ol the Senate from a sudden vertigo, ■
but on the 17ib, lie was in his seat in the Senate.— !
He looks, however, very badly, aud is euflering from !
a continual and harrasstng cough.
The friendship of some people i like our j
shadow, keeping close while we walk m the sunshine, j
but deserting us the moment we enter the shade.
The Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, in his
annual report, recommends the complete abolition oi
tiie present militia organization in that State, and tiie
construction of anew, simple und effective volunteei
system.
Zjf” The mint at Philadelphia has coined some oi!
the gold received from Caliiomia into quarter Cagles, j
with “ Cal.” inscribed over the h;ad of the eagle.
A woman of’ sense should never take a lover j
without the sanction of her heart, nor a husband with- j
out the consent of her reason.
L After all tire excitement, Mr. Ford has finally
been inaugurated as Governor of Ohio—his majority is
declared to be 841 votes.
Gen. Cass has been elected Senator, from
Michigan, and Mr. Clay has been unanimous!}
nominated for the same station, by the Whigs of the j
Kentucky Legislature.
gjp The House of Representives of Michigan ,
have, by a vote of 46 to 17, passed resolutions, in tavoi
of Free Soil. Os course Senator Cass will comply will. >
the instructions.
£7/“ The California gold mania in said, to have j
more than quadrup.ed the demand for revolvers, at.ti j
the Manufactories are overwhelmed with ordeis.
ZIW” The stock on the Telegraph Line between
Macon and Atlanta, has all been taken. Prepara- .
lions are being made to put up the w ires immediately.
ZJj?’ A California company is organizing at Talbot
ton • they met on ‘he 20th inst.; the first instalment is
fifty dollars; to be forfeited to ihe company,iithe payer
does not go.
Z3F The citizens of Troup and Coweta counties:
have taken stock to the amount of for the;
building of a Rail Road between Atlanta and .La-:
Grange.
£ es The aggregate valuation of taxable property
in lowa, according to the assessors’ returns for 1843,
amounts to about §15,000,000, or near 3,000,000 more
than in 1847.
The Hon. Henry Clay arrived at Baton Rogue,
•on the 16th. in the enjoyment of fine health and spirits, j
He paid a visit to Gen. Taylor. Their interview, it i
is said, was most friendly and agreeable They met
and shook hands most cordially. The Presidentelect
is making his arrangements to depart for Washington,!
about the Ist ot next month, and it is said that Mr.
Clay wih accompany him.
Southern Confederacy. —The Washington cor
respondent of the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer :—
Btatcstliat the plan ofa Southern Confederacy has been
80 fur matured by a tew lenders at the Metropolis,that
Atlanta, in Georgia, lias been designated as its seat of
government.
Tolerable. —While sitting on a restorator a few
months since, we were amused at a hit made by a wag.
It was in the early season of green peas, and they
were <0 generally ealied for, that the supply gave out
“ Peas!” peas!” was the call, long alter there were
■none ieft.
“ Ah !” said the wng, throwing himself in an attitude
(I la Patrick Henry, “ Gentlemen may cry peas ! pens!
but there is no peas !” — Lynn News.
Pennsylvania Debt. —The public debt of the
State of Pennsylvania is stated, in the message of Gov.
Johnson, at $40,42-1,736. The present liability of the
Treasury is $2,376,516 95. The estimated revenue lor
the current year is $3,851,900. The expenditures are
estimated at $3,716,600 —making the estimated reve
nue over the expenditure $135,3J0. An examination
of the revenue and expenditures, he asserts, proves the I
necessity of increased resources; and he makes the !
real deficit in four years, $248,912 19.
The Late Vintage in France.— During the year
1848 there were 55,000,000 acres o f land in France j
planted with vines, which produced 919,580,575 gal
\ | on3 of wine and 27,220,050 gollojis of brandy, estima
ted the enormous sum of 478,089,302 francs (£19,-
J2l Vjo3).- The average value of each acre of vines may
be talcenut s*3iMVancs (£2l). The annual consumption
by each individual ni France is calculated at 18 gal-
wine and 3 gallons of Brandy.
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 34, 1849.
Advance in Cotton.
BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
We stop the press to announce the arrival of the
British Steamer Canada, with Liverpool date3 to the
13th January, giving a further advance of i penny per
pound in Cotton, with heavy sales.
Col. ImaacG. Seymour.
The friends of Col. Seymour, will be pleased to
learn thathe isnow associated, : n the Editorial man
agement, of the Commercial Bulletin —one of the old
est, and very best papers in New Orleans.
We congradulate the Editorial fratenity of that city,
already so favourably known for their ability and gentle
manly bearing, upon the acquisition to their number, of
one so worthy of their confidence and esteem. To a
ri[>e scholarship Col. Seymour has added no little ex
perience in his profession. He has a clear, cultivated
head, and a warm, manly heart. He is a ready and
felicitous writer, and we let-1 confident will assume and
maintain a position at the head of the profession, even
in New Orleans—and that is saying a great deal.
We feel confident that his old friends in Georgia will
take pride in manifesting their appreciation of his char
acter, attainments and public services, by bestowing a
liberal patronage upon the paper with which he iscon
n ected. We will take pleasure in forwardnig the names
of such as may desire to subscribe.
Hunts Merchants Magazine.
The January number of this admirable work is on
our table and contains as usual, a great variety of val
uable information. On our first page will be found
an article from the American Statesman which speaks
in proper terms of appreciation ot both the Magazine
and its editor. We commend it especially to thepe
rusalofall merchants and business men who desire
to form a correct idea of the value of the work.
The Central Road.
We hear almost daily complaints in regard to the
condition and management of the Gentral Road. It is
said that the track is not only in a wretched condition,
but that the locomotives and machinery generally, have
been so much neglected by the Machinists that they
are wholly unfit to periorm the service. Whether this
be true or not we cannot aver; but one thing is cer
tain ; failures are ot almost daily occurrence and re
form is needed somewhere. Our columns are open for
an investigation of the whole matter and we will glad
Jy publish respectful communications on both sides.
Fine Georgia Pork.
Our liiend Calvin Leary of Houston informs us
that his neighbour, Thomas J Cater, a few days since
killed 75 hogs of his own raising which yielded him 17.-
00u pounds ol Fork. Fifty five of them averted 200
pounds each and the remaining 20 averaged 300 pound g
each. Th is result furnishes us a striking illustration of
the thriltlessness of those Planters who are in the habit
of purchasing their annual supply of Fork from the
Kentucky and Tennessee Drovers.
Dentistry.
We are assured that the recent improvements in
Dentistry, alluded to in the advertisement of Dr. Put
nam, are boih valuable and practical.
Cottou Receipts ut Savannah.
By the last weekly statement of the Republican the
total receipts of cotton at that port from the Ist of Sep
tember last to the ‘24ih ult. was 185,566 bales against
65,333 dur ng the corresponding period last year. This
shows an increase in the receipts at our seaport alto
gether disproportioned to the relative extent of the
crops of the two years and gives evidence ot a degree
nrosneriiv in Kavannati which cannot imt gratify
every true friend of the place.
Death of Major Stephens
Ihe Savannah papers announce the death in that
city of Major Charles Stephens a worthy and merito
rious citizen who served laithfully in the war of 181‘2
and also in the Florida campaign of 1836. He had
been for seventeen years captain of the Chatham Artil
lery cue of the very best and most flourishing volunteer
corps imlie Union.
The I'pson Meeting.
The tone ol our Upson friends is certainly very
manly and decided, and we have no doubt that,should
a crisis come, they will be sustained by the entire South
without dist'notion of party. The recent intelligence,
however, from Washington, seems to indicate a more
favorable result of the slavery question. The North is
evidently assuming a more cautious and conciliatory
course. The passage of the Pacheco claims, the virtual
r ejection of the Gott resolutions, and other occurrences
in Congress, give evidence that the better class of
Northern politicians are receding from their positions,
and that the w hole question will be passed over to Gen.
Taylor’s administration, by which it will be easily and
satisfactorily settled. The addresses of Messrs. Cal
houn and Berrien, which will appear in a few days,
will doubtless do much to calm excitement, both at the
North and South, and render any further action unne
cessary, at least tor the present. -
The .South-Western Railroad.
e understand that Mr. Holcomb, the very able and
energetic Engineer upon this work, is proceeding, un
der the lesolution of the Board nta late meeting, to let
tee contracts to the first depot beyond Flint River.
There is a prospect of placing the entire line (50 miles)
to that point immediately under contract,arid on terms
highly advantageous to the Company. The recent
action of the citizens of Savannah, in subscribing $150,-
UOtl for t e purchase of iion for the first fifty miles of
the Road, will give new life to the enterprise. It places
the completion of the Road to Flint River beyond all
possible contingency, and when it is finished to that
point it will draw the cotton from the very banks of the
Chattahoochee—from Albany, F< rt Gaines, Eufaula,
and even from the streets of Columbus. Macon and
Savannah will then receive from 40 to 60,000 bales of
cotton which now go to the Gulf, and our citizens wil)
have a practical illustration of the benefits of the South
western Railroad. Even if the Road should never be
built od p foot beyond the River, it will pay as good nil
interest as ally Road in the State,and will concentrate
the whole business of South-western Georgia at its ter
minus. The South-western Road cannot any longer be
regarded as an idle experiuitfit. Its enemies may as
well cease their opposition. It is a “fixed tact” that
the work will, at an early day, be completed at least to
the Flint; and it will remum lor those more deeply
interested to say whether it will ultimately connect the
Atlantic and the Gulf.
The Magnetic Telegraph.
We extremely regret to state that the evidence in
regard to the mismanagement of the Telegraphic line
between Washington and New Orleans, is too plain to
admit of longer silence on the part oi’ the press. The
officers seem either to have adopted an incorrect sys
tem, or they are wanting m the requisite energy to car
ry it into execution. The errors and delays are intol
erable, and unless some change is made, and that
speedily, the business public will be forced to abandon
the line entirely. The only remedy for the existing
evils, which we can conceive, is in an acceptance ot the
r cent proposition of .\lr. H aeey to lease the entire line.
Tnat gentleman is pre-eminently qualified for the un
dertaking. He proposes to guarantee to the Stock
holders seven per cent on the investment, and return
the line, at the expiration of the lease, in good order.—
This he will accomplish by the organization of a com
plete corps ol observation along the line, from Wash
ington to New Orleans,so that, under nocircumstances,
the wires could be broken down or deranged, for more
than from three to five hours. This system will, ot
course, require close personal supervision and heavy
expenditures of money; but it is unquestionably the
only way in which the Telegraph can be made other
than a nuisance to the business public. Those who
have charge of the line at present evidently lack expe
rience, and it is extremely problematical whether,undei
the existing organization, it will be possible, for years
to come, to correct existing abuses. The fewer hands
the line is placed in, the better. It will relieve the de
spatches from the espionage of directors and subordi
nates, and thus obviate one of the most serious objec
tions now nrged against it. One thing is certain—any
change must be for the better, for we defy the ingenuity
of man to manage the line worse than it is managed
under the present arrangement. _
Mai! Robbery.
The mail bag containing the New York letters, o
the 15th instant, was robbed on the 22ud,near Opelika,
Ala. It is supposed to have contained several drafts ‘
of value ; but not much cash. The payment of the
drafts of that date, were immediately stopped by Tele
graph. The Montgomery Journal, says, that “ A
mystery hangs over the whole affair. It is supposed
that the bag was picked up by someone when thrown
out of the Stage, and that it was concealed in some
wav under a cloak, and thus conveyed away and ri
ffled.”
The State Road.
We are pleased to learn that the work on the contract
between Dalton and Chattanooga is being rapidly press
ed to completion by the enterprising contractors, Messrs !
J. D. Gray &. Cos. The Road will be opened at an
early day to the Tunnel, and between the Tunnel and
Chattanooga the track could easily be ready for the
Cars by the Ist of July. The Tunnel itself will be fin
ished by the Ist ol October. The approaches have all
been completed, and the ridge has been penetrated ,
about 350 feet on the South side, and 250 teet on the
North side ; leaving a distance of hut little over 800 feet ’
to be finished. The work is progressing finely, as the )
force has been nearly doubled, and the laborers are en-*
gaged and day at the work. The business of the)
Road the last quarter has very greatly increased, and;
no doubt now exists in regard to the completion of the!
entire line by, or beloTe, the first of October next.
Lutheran Mission.
We take pleasure in stating to the members of the
Lutheran Church and the citizens generally of Macon
that the Rev. A. P. Strobel will preach in the Council .
Chamber every Sabbath morning and afternoon, at the ;
usual hours.
liisliop Capers.
This distinguised divine preached in the Methodist 1
Church on last Sabbath morning to a large am I de- j
lighted congregation. We are pleased to learn tha t the i
Bishop’s health though feeble has greatly improve) land!
that he has still a prospect of more extended useful ness.
He was on his way to meet the Florida Confe -ence 1
which holds it annual session in Albany, Baker cc unty, ‘
during the present week.
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John M. Clayton.
Our contemporary of the Telegraph seems gr< atly!
greived that John M. Clayton, of Delaware, shi iultl ‘
have manifested in the late Southern meeting any p iar-1
ticular confidence in the fealty of Gen. Taylor to the 1
South, and thinks it was a bid for the office of Seer eta-1
ryship of State. Now, if our neighbors are sincer e in |
their professions for Southern rights, why drive ofl'f rout j
our support such men as Mr. Clayton, who carry with ?
them great influence in the Northern and Eas tern
States. Mr. C. thinks that Gen. Taylor is true to the
South—that he can, and will settle the question ol
slavery so as to preserve the Union. A majority ot the
Southern people think so too. It was under this e on
viction that they sustained General Taylor in prel er
ence to General Cass; and Mr. Clayton was rif jht,
when he declared that the causus in Washington, was
an expression of distrust of the Presided elect, and
only calculated to defeat the adjustment of the Slav ery
Question.
The Albany Meeting.
We have not heard the result of the meeting held at
Albany on Saturday last lor the purpose ot indue ing
the Directors of the South Western Company to
change the direction of the Road towards that cit y.—
We are assurred however that the Board of Dire< jtors
have no idea, under any circumstances, of char ,ging
the route. The line has been located to a point be youc
the Flint river and the contarcts have pretty gen erally
been let. In a few weeks the ground will be brol „enoti
the entire lute lrom Macon to the Flint River . It is
too late to change the direction of the road ei< her to
wards Albany or Columbus. Besides it wou Id be a
violation of good faith toward the stockholde rs to do
so. Many ol the subscriptions to the stock wei :e made
with the understanding that the road would be located
so as to cross the Flint at or near the mouth of Beaver
creek. A Resolution to this effect was passet I by the
Board, publiohoU m,h.w„rl,l, nj .in,hr it subo eriptiont
were made. If Columbus or Albany desire to ©ounces
with the road they can easily do so at some co; avenient
point at or beyond the River. At present we can no,
conceive of any inducement which could i coo
South Western Company from its pledge of honorai
regard to pursuing the route already locat sd. UY
are thus particular in alluding to this subject not only
for the purpose of undeceiving the citizens o f'Bakej.
but because we learn that considerable dissat isfaction’
already exi.-ts among the stockholders on th* preset]’ j
line of the road. A change of route now would release’
them from all obligation to pay their insta lnu -nts and ‘
might perhaus endanger the immediate comp i.ftiou oi
the work. We respectfully call the attention of the
people of Sumter, Dooly, Lee, Baker, and Decatur to
the proposed project for the improvement of the Flint
River. If a9 has been aliedged the River liasi suffi
cient water for the purposes of ordinary navigation
it must certainly have enough to sustain a.system
of slack water improvements at all seasons. This
would answer every conceivable purpose and be? ides
could be effected at a comparatively trifling exp> -nse.
Introduction ot Slaves.
We understand that Judge Floyd, during the recentt
session ot the Superior Corn t ol Bibb county, cal led the
attention of the Grand Jurors to the violation of the
existing Laws of Georgia which prohibit the intro
duction of Negroes for sale from adjacent States i. He
held the following positions:
1. That the large influx of Negroes from Mai yland,
Virginia and other Slates, tended to deprecu te the
value of every Negro already in ihe State: that i ,
greatly increased the production of cotton, and conse- |
quently prerented the planters ol Georgia from se< luring I
as high a price as they might otherwise obtain.
2. That, under the existing state of tilings, tl ie en
couragement of Negro-trading, as at present ct irried
on, was virtually paying Virginia, Maryland and Ken- j
tucky for emancipating their slaves—that, unde r the !
existing excitement on the subject, they were sen -ling
off their young Negroes to ihe South and retaining only ■
the old ones, thus securing, at no distant day, the utter’
overthrow of the institution ol slavery in those Slate s.
3. Judge Floyd further contended that the introduc
tion of slaves, as before alluded to, is at this mom* - nt j
silently hut effectually doing more towards the ultimnte ]
destruction of our slave institutions than all the efforts
of all the abolitionists and fanatics in the North—thai
it was holding out a premium to the border States to
get rid of the agitation, by selling their Negroes and ‘
becoming as hostile to the South as the fiercest fanatics !
in New England or Ohio.
Impressed with the importance of these views, His
Honor called the attention ot the Grand Jurors to the i
provisions of the Penal Code and other existing Laws,
and reminded them that it was their duty to notice any
violations which might have occurred within their ju
risdiction. “ By the penal code of 1833 the introduction
ot slaves from other States is strictly prohibited, except
to residents domiciliated and to those moving into the
Slate with the view of becoming residents. The pen
alty is §SOO for each slave illegally introduced, and
hard labor in the Penitentiary for not less than one nor
over four years. The Code even prohibits, under a
penalty of §SOO for each slave,any one from purchasing,
hiring or receiving a slave thus illegally introduced.”
The more recent acts upon the subject perhaps mod
ify the provisions of the penal code in some degree, but
they are still stringent enough lor all practical pur
poses. We fully agree with Judge Floyd and the !
Editor of the Federal Union, that the laws ought to be j
rigidly enforced, and that the existing traffic ought to !
be entirely broken up. One of the principal advantages |
arising from this course to the Southern States is, that i
it would force the current of Negro emigration to the !
West, and thereby strengthen the institution in the I
border States of Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.
The Savannah Subscription.
We had merely time last week to mention the fad
that the City council ot Savannah had passed fiivoi
ably upon a proposition to change the character of tl.e
subscription made last winter by that city to the Somh
Western Rail Road Company. It will l>e recollected
that the city then subscribed the sum 0f5250,0C0 in the
stock of tlieCentral Company. It became evident
that the throwing of that amount of stock upon the j
market would have a tendency lo depreciate its value
and thereby to injure both the road and the city. The
Board of the South Western Company therefore pro
posed to accept in iieu of the former subscription an
equivalent in Bonds of the ciiy of Savannah which
could easily be disposed ol at par value and which
would therefore be available for immediate use in the
purchase of iron. The City coimcil expressed an opin
ion favorable to the change and referred the whole
matter to the people who in public meeting with only
two dissenting, voices passed th following resolutions
E< solved, That the Mayor and Aldermen ol the j
City be an i they arc here: y authorized and requested to
make a present subscription to the stock ol the Souil.
Western Rail Road Company of $150,00 in lieu of the
subscription heretofore promised— provided.
1. That the subscription be payable in Bonds of the
City, bearing 7 per cent interest, payable hall yeaily. j
2. That these Bonds can be used to buy Iron lor j
the first 50 miles of the South-Western Rail Road, and
be only used for that purpose.
3. That the city retain a lien on the Iron until the
Road shall be ready for its reception. On the com
pletion ot the Road in sections of ten miles, the lien on
the Iron for these sections may be relinquished.
4. The city of Savannah to be allowed, by the
South-Western Company, interest on such portienol
the subscription as may be in advance.
5. That the Central Rail Road Company and the
South-Western Company, by their respective Boards,
shall pledge themselves by resolution tosee that the,two
roads are joined as soon as the same can conveniently
be done.
Raffling for a Woman.
A young girl residing in the upper part of the city
wasnot long since desperately attacked with gold fe
ver. The Sacramento and its precious sands were ev
er before her mind, but though handsome and of un
blemished reputation, she was entirely without the
means of accomplishing her wishes. Days passed and
yet she seemed no nearer securing a passage to Califor
nia than at first. Fortunately at last she became ac
quainted with a party ol young men who were going
out on board one of these vessels bound for San Fran
cisco. They wished a cook, and at once agreed to
raffle for her. The amount paid for chances was to
b j given to her, and the fortunate fellow who
won,was to marry her, before leaving the city. If
she did not lam y the person on whom the lot fell, then
she was to pay her own passage out, and under the pro
tection ol the vvfiole party was to cook and wash for
them. The money was accordingly paid, and the girl
raffled. Tnere was one person whom she hoped would
win,but the fates were against her choice. A little
shoemaker won her. The girl would not marry him,
but true to her promise, she wrote a farewell letter to
her fiiends in Connecticut, and then took passage with
her comrade adventurers. — N. Y. Sun.
Fertility of Ohio Lauds.
The Chillicothe (Ohio) Advertiser, in referring to
the yit Id of ninety odd bushels of corn to the acre, on
the farm ol PrancisP. Blair I ,in Prince George’e co.,
Md., states that Mr. Turley, of Scioto county, Ohio >
lost year raised one hundredand sixty bushels upon a
single acre ; and Mr. George Loughrey, of Adams
comity, this year raised fifteen hundred bushels of shelled
corn upon eleven acres, or an average of one hundred
and thirty-six and one third bushels to an acre, for the
whole field.
In Ross county, Ohio, the premium offered by the
Agricultural Society lor the best acre of corn iscoupled
with the condition, that the yield shall be not less than
two hundred bushels to the acre !”
A Singular Cave.
The following account is given of a cave in a lime
stone chain of hills, not iar from Sun Sebastan ; “ In
the year 1838, p Mexican, Don Juan Flores, perceived
the hidden entrance to a cave. He entered, but see
ing inside a council of Indian warriors, sitting togeth
er in the deepest silence, he retreated and told, it to
his companions, who, well prepared, entered the cave,
together and discovered about 1000 well preserved In
dian corpses squatted on the ground, with their hands
folded below their knees ; they were dressed in fine
blankets, made ol the fibres oi lechuilia, with sandals
made of a species ofliano on their feet, and ornamen
ted with colored scarfs with beads of seeds of fruit,
polished bones, etc. This is the very insufficient ac
count of the very mysterious burying place. The
Mexicans suppose that it belonged to the Lipans, and
old Indian tribe which from time immemorial has
roved and is roving over the Bolson de Mopinie.”
United States Commissioner to China. —The fol
low ing extract of a letter from Commander Geisigner
to the Navy Department, confirms the report that the
difficulty between Mr. Davis, our Commissioner,and
the Ch incse Commissioner, has been satisfactorily set
tled : “ 1 had the - pleasure ot leuring from Mr. Davis, two
hours after our arrival in the Preble, that the Chinese
Commissioner had addresm-U him u most sansrticioiy
communication, restoring the previous understanding
between them, and appointing the 6th instant (Octo
ber) for his reception.”
An Incident in (.old Digging.
Dr. Jett relates one circumstance that came under his
S observation that is rather ludicrous, and shows theavar
j ice of those in pursuit of the lucre, even in a land where
its abundance knows no limits. A party of some twen
ty or thirty were exploring a dry ravine that led to a
mountain supposed to he ricli with the precious ore ;
when near its base they came suddenly on a spot which
glittered like the tirmainent in a clear night, with
gold dust and ore ; caused by the washings from the
mountain. In an an instant every man threw himself
- upon the ground where lay scaiterred the treasure, and
sprawling out his arms and legs, claimed a pre-emp
* tion to the surface that lie could cover in this way.—
The title was regarded by each as good, and the aver
age yield to the whole party in a very short time was
upward of three hundred dollars.
COMMUNICATED.
Messrs Editor ;—l see in the Telegraph, a call for
a meeting of the friends ol President Polk, to invite him
visit Macon,on his return to Tennessee. Mr. Polk it will
be recollected sanctioned the Oregon Bill, containing
the VY'ilmot Proviso, and thus acknowledged the con
stitutionality of that infamous measure. Mr. Polk, is
to be feted and flattered while Messrs. Stephens and
Toombs, are denounced as traitors tbe South ! Con
sistency, what a jewel! TROUP.
The Fisherman.
BY JOHN SAXE.
There lived an honest firsherman,
I knew him passing well,
Who dwelt hard by a little pond,
Withm a little dell.
A grave and quiet man was he,
Who loved his hook and rod;
So even ran his line of lile.
His neighbors thought it odd.
For science and for books, he said
He never had a wish:
No school with him was worth a fig,
Except a “school offish”
The single minded fisherman
A double calling had—
To lend his flock in winter time
In summer fish for shad.
In short this honest fisherman
All other toils forsook,
And thougli no vagrant man was lie,
He lived by “hook and crook.”
All day that fisherman would sit
Upon an ancient log,
And gaze into the water, like
Some sedentary frog.
A cunning fisherman was he,
His angles were all right,
And when he scratched his aged poll
You'd know he’d got a kite,
To charm the fish he never spoke,
Although his voice was fine,
He found the most convenient way,
Was just to “drop a line.”
And many a “gudgeon” of the pond,
If made to speak to-day.
Would own, with grief, this angler had
A mighty “taking way.”
One day, while fishing on a log,
He mourned his want of luck, ?!
When suddenly he left a bite,
And jerking—caught a duck.
Alas, that day the fisherman
Had taken too much grog,
And being but a landsman. too.
He couid’nt “keep the log”
In vain lie strove wiih all Ins might,
And tried to gam the shore ;
Down,down, lie went, to teed the fish,
He’d baiten ofi before,
The moral of this mournful tale
To all is plain and clear;
A single “drop to much” of rum
May make a watery bier,
And lie who will not “sign the pledge,”
And keep the promise last,
May be, in spite of late, a stiff
Cold water man at last!
The Old uud Xeiv Year-.
I heard a sick man’s dying sigh,
And an iiifaqt’a idle laughter;
The old year went with mourning by,
The new came dancing after.
Let Sorrow shed her lonely tear,
Let Revelry hold her ladle ;
Bring boughs of cvpress tor the bier,
Fling roses on the cradle ;
Mutes for to wait on the funeral stale,
Pages to pour the wine,
And a Requium for Forty-eight,
And a Health to For-ty-nine. j
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The Vole on the Recommitment.
The Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore (
Patriot, speaking of the vote upon the question to re- ‘
commit the Address reported by Mr. Calhoun,.to the
Convention of Southern members, says:
“ It is very much to be regretted, for the sake of a ,
dear understanding of the positions taken by the gen- ;
tlemen who attended ‘hat meeting, and the particular i
reason which influenced the votes they gave on the
propositions submitted to it, that a full report of the
proceedings wi h the speeches, had not been taken and
secured. The public would then understand, properly,
why the meeting was held, why some gentlemen at
tended it, and why the Address reported by the Com
mittee, was recommitted.
“ The vote against laying the address on the table
was not a test vote as to whether it or any address
should be adopted. Some gentlemen voted against
laying it on the table, not because they approved of
the tone and character of the address, but because thy
were unwilling, even on such a matter, to present the
South as divided in i'S counsels and tillable to agree
upon any thing. It was (or this reason that Mr. Ber
rien moved to commit it, and it was for this reason that
Mr. Hilliard, of Alabama, voted against laying on the
table and for recommitting. They hoped that in this
way the address may be stripped of its offensive char
acter, and changed from an address to a section to an
address to the people of the whole country.
“This is, beyond all question, the only patriotic
ground. If the South has suffered from the encroach
ments of the North, if she is even threatened now with
a denial of an equal participation in the advantages oi
the Union, and of the right to emigrate to territory con
quered by the gallantry of the whole Union —and the
cry of some fanatics gives reason for saying and fear
ing that this is so—still it is the duty of every repre
sentative of the South, who is truly a friend of the
Union, to take care that he does nothing which will
warrant his being charged with a spirit of exelusive
ness or persecution toward the other members of the
Union. Hence the course taken by Messrs. Berrien
and Hilliard and others. Their course carried the
1 meeting with them,and held the matter open to be con
trolled by further developments. If the address had
been laid on the table, by a vote of the meeting, a por
tion of those in attendance would still have signed it,
and sent it out. What would have been the effect of
this movement of a section of a section, no one can !
say.”
Important Gold News.
The New York Post does not seem to think that fa
ther Ritchie stated the whole truth, when he denied
that the Government had suppressed information in re- 1
gard to the golden treasures of California, and asks the
following significient question, viz :
“ Has any member of the Government heard that
Lieut. Warner was sent out by Gov. Mason to the mi-’
ning region, with seventeen men, provided with mules
and equipments, to explore the Sacramento river, and
that, ut the end of two days, the party returned and
handed over to Gov. Mason, as the fruit of theexpedi-’
| tion, $980,000 in gold.”
Accumulation of Gold.
We clip the following paragraphs from the New Or
: leans Daily Crescent, of the 23rd instant:
“ We have been shown private letters of late date, |
from the Pacific coast which give some new and exci
ting intelligence in relation to the stores of gold accu
mulating in California. They state that $2,000,000
worth of the dust was at San Francisco, waiting for
transportation. The greater part of it will probably
be taken by the mail steamer California. The Eng
lish steamer Pandora carried away $300,000 in dust.
“ Another letter completely contradicts the reports of
disturbances at the mining districts. The writer states
j dial excellent order prevails, and there had been but
’ two or three petty depredations since operations com
| menced in the region.
“A letter from a lady of New York, dated at Pana
ma, Nov. 27, speaks of the comfortable quarters in
which she is living, while wailing the arrival of a ves
sel for California, and makes not the slightest reference
to an unusual crowd of adventurers. From this we
may inter that the former reports in relation to the
thousands starving there, were greatly exaggerated.”
Thomas Butler King.
We heartily concur in the suggestion which has been
made of this gentleman,as a proper person to fill the
post of Secretary of the Navy. Indeed it would be
and iftlcuk to find any other man to whom all eyes are
turned, ns the man for the Navy Department.
It has been truly raid of Mr. King, that he is thor
oughly American in his views—liberal in his feel
ings—devoid of all sectional bias—well informed
in all that concerns the maratime interests of the
country—enterprising—industrious—and possessing ev
ery quality des:rable in a cabinet minister.
Although we desire Mr. King’s appointment for the
reasons above stated, and not because of any local bias
in his lavor ; yet we cannot be insensible to the fact
that the commercial interests of the Southern ports, and
the proper improvement of Southern harbors and naval
stations, have ever received at his hands unremitting
attention; and should he be selected by Gen. Taylor
for his Secretary of the Navy, we may safely expect
that these interests will not suffer. — Apa. Gazette.
Methodist Church Property Question.
The Western Christian Advocate and the Methodist
Expositor announce that eminent counsel have
been consulted on the power of the book agent
under authority of the General Conference, to submit
the question of the division of the Church, prop- i
erty to arbitration, and are advised that they cannot
legally do 80 w ithout the consent of the annual con
ferences. The Expositor publishes an official notifica
tion of the commissioners of the Northern Division of
the Church to this effect. It is directed to the Rev.
Drs. Bascom, Green, and others commissioners for the
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Such a decision was probably expected by the South
ern division of the Church and hence the commence
ment of a suit for the recovery of their share of the
property. Preliminary measures for Jhe prosecution of
such suit have, we believe been taken by the Southern
commissioners, who are now in Washington. It is un
derstood that they have engaged the Hon. Reverdy
Johnson of Baltimore, Wm. P. Meredith, ofPhila
pelpliia, and Daniel Webster of Boston, with w hom wifi
be associated another, whose name has not transpired
but he will probably be elected from some Western
state.— N. Y. Com.
(Georgians lor California.
We clip the following from the N. Orleans Picayuue
of tiie Pith inst:
A party of gentlemen left this city on Wednesda y
last, on the U. S. steamer Telegraph, for Brazos, on
their way to California, composed as follows: Whit. D. .
Carhnrt, S. D. Melville. R. S. Freeman, and J. H. ‘
Barkley, all of Georgia, and B. J. Bell, of Floric'a
They will proceed by the way of Matamoras, Montery i
Parras, and Durango, to Mazatlan, and thence take
shipping to San Francisco. The party is composed of
the right spirits to traverse Mexico with impunity fvom
cowardly ladrones or wandering Catnanches. We 1
wish them all success in their California enterprise.
More Developments.
i he Netr I ork Herald of the 24 inst, announcer the
receipt of very important intelligence from Caliavnia. j
The editor says ;
“We cannot hesitate to declare that, from the state. i
nients made by our correspondent, there are strong rea-j
sons for believing that all the government officers nc w in ‘
California are digging for gold, night and day, and that
when they leave that country many of them wiilpri >ba.
bly be worth a million of dollars. Governor Mt son
and all his officers, men, males, and wagons, with the
exception of two or three men who were obliged to re
main at Monterey, at head quarters, have beeu tl iree
•times atthe gold diggings, up the Sacramento, engaged
in the most active maimer, iucollecting the metal, w hich
wa3 found in the greatest abundance. Our coriesi >on
dent also states that lumps of gold ©f a pound wt ight
have been frequently found, and peices can he dug c ut of
crevices of rocks; that is is the most wonderful coi miry
ever yet discovered. In confirmation of these 8 ate’
meins, he writes, by e private letter,, under hie own sig
nature, which, if known, would command the beli sf of
the most incredulous community the sun -evershone
upon. V\ e also learn that Col. Stevetreoo, formerly of
New York, is figuring wonderfully in California. His
regiment is disbanded, and the whole of .them are now
engaged in the gold diggings. Oar correspondent is op
opinion that should operations go on in tneecune rmtio
they have begun, upwards of one hundred milUoms of I
dollars will be annually collected iu CalifammJ ”
Bright Bovs.— We learn that of the forty-eight stu
dents who were entered at the West Point Military ‘
Academy last July, twenty of them failed to pass the i
January examination, and have got their.ditsHuaialj
Brooklyn Eagle.
COMMUNICATED.
TIIOMASTON, 27th January, 1849.
At a large public meeting of the citizens of the county
of Upson, (which had been called by a preliminary
meeting, held prior to this,) for the purpose of taking |
into consideration tiie action of Congress upon the sla
very question, Mr. Robert Collier was called to the
Chair and Mr. Travis A. D. Weaver appointed Sec
retary— when Gen. Evans arose and explained the
object of the meeting, in a short and concise speech,
and Mr. Matthew H. Sandwich then arose and offered
the following preamble and resolutions for adoption :
When, in the course of human events, the power of
Government becomes subversive of the rights of the
people, it is the most sacred duty of freemen to redress
the wrong ; and it is no less than the highest privilege
of government to anticipate coming evils, and in all
forms proper to stay their perpetration. Now, the slave
holding States, in common with the free States, are
membeis ol a Union, formed in a spirit of compromise, :
on the principles of equity. Our fathers were patriots,
and to blaze the way through a wilderness of tyranny i
to gran eur and glory, they originated for us a Union,
whose base was this spirit and that principle. That
Union is as dear to us as “ the ruddy drops which warm
our hearts” its dissolution would be “among the
greatest calamities which could befal us, but not the
greatest. Submission to the insatiable cravings of anti
slavery is infinitely greater than all our blessings in the
Union.” It would demoralize the constitution of our
whole society: it would let loose, around our fire-sides,
our altars, th • fiercest butchery and bloodshed the world
c ver witnessed Beginning with a tew despised fana
tics, iu loss than the qunrter of an- age it lias grown a
giant, fierce, fiendish, and already mighty ; and all the
time the syren song has been chanted in our ears, “ be
still —all is well.” This we used to hear from those
who feigned to he our friends iu the enemy's land ; hut
now the note is struck in our very midst, and that too
when every man that dare • to show the “ spirit and
principle ” that made the Union, among our enemies,
is already struck down. Yes, we are dictated to, to
“ be still,” while our enemies are beleaguring us in open
day and a bold front—while they are actually attacking
the last outposts of our rights. The North is united,
and no candid man will deny it; we will be united too.
And we, the citizens of Upson county, irrespective of
party, and regardless alike of the taunts of friends and
the threats of enemies, are
Resolved, That on the Slavery’ question we are one.
Southerners, slavery men.
Resolved, That we learn with deepest gtief that any
difference, either in opinion or action, exists among our
members in Congress.
Resolved, That we shall see, with deepest humilia
tion, a division among the people of Georgia upon this
question, so vital, and rapidly assuming a position on
which we must triumph or be conquered.
Resolved, That we believe the institution of African
slavery, as it exists among us, one that has elevated a
large race from most degraded barbarism to a good de
gree of civilization, while no other institution has made
a tithe of its progress, (and many have been tried.)
i Resolved, That there exists on no spot on this green
earth a nobler race of white men than exists in its
midst: the statesman, the soldier, the divine,the Chris- j
tian, attains his fullest growth with all its “evils”
brooding over him.
Resolved, That we pledge “ our lives, our fortunes
and our sacred honor,” to main'ain our rights as equals
in this Union,by resisting,” peaceably if we can,” the
encroachments*! the Government of the United States
upon slavery, and “forcibly if we must.”
Resolved, That the enactment of the Wilmot Pro
viso below the compromise of our fathers, (the Missouri
compromise)—that the interference of Congress with
slavery in the District of Columbia, or with the slave
trade among the States, or either of them—will dissolve
the tie that binds us to this Union.
Resolved, That we respectfully submit to our follow
citizens in Georgia, that her voice, from the sea-board
to the mountains, upon this vital subject, should be
heard, unmistakably heard, throughout our w ide-spread
Union.
Mr. Obadiah C. Gibson arose and sustained the above
resolutions with a lengthy, able and argumentative
speech. After Mr. Gibson got through his speech, the
Chairman arose, made a few very pertinent remarks,
and gave in his adhesion to the resolutions.
The resolutions were then put upon their passage,
when they were unanimously adopted.
On motion, it was requested that the papers in Macon
publish the foregoing proceedings and resolutions, and
that a copy of them be sent to our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress.
On motion of Mr. John J. Cary, aiteranable speech
by him, the meeting adjourned.
ROBERT COLLIER, President.
Travis A. D. Weaver, Secretary.
HOUSTON LODGE, No. 35. )
Perry, Ga., January 19th, 1849. \
At a Regular Meeting of ttie Lodge on this day, the
following Preamble and Resolutions were adopted:
Since our last regular meeting, one of our number
has been removed from our midst—our Great Master
has seen fit in his good pleasure to summons our broth
er James M. Kelly to quit the level of time for “ that
undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveller
returns.” He breathed his last on Wednesday the 17th
instant, in the 55th year of his age, after an illness ol a
week. During a considerable portion of his sickness,
he labored under slfi/ht delirium, and was apparently
unconscious of hia approaching dissolution. Thus,
suddenly, and almost without previous warning, has he
been called to his great account. We who survive
him, have by this event been solemnly reminded of the
truth, which as Master Masons, we have been taught
before, atid which we should ever remember, that “ man
dieth and wasteth away: yea, man givetfi up the
Ghost, and where is he 1 As the waters fad from the
sea, and the flood decayeth and dryeth up, so man lieth
dow’n and riseth not up till the heavens shall be no
mo re.”
Our brother has at last reached the level of Death,
From which no hand of flesh has power to raise him.
It is unnecessary for us to write the history of his life
or to pronounce an extended eulogy on his character.—
That task will be more appropriately performed on
some other occasion. Suffice it for us to say, that, as a
citizen, he has long maintained a prominent position
anaong his fellow men, having for several years occupi
ed a seat in the Legislative Councils of the State, with
h onor to himself and satisfaction to his constituents.—
J Tor the last three years of his life, he tilled the office
of Reporter of the Supreme Court. For the manner
in which he discharged the arduous duties of that of
fice, he received the approbation of the Profession in
general, of his own State, and of several eminent
Judges of other States.
Asa member of the Bar, he posse-sed fine legal at
tainments, which,wiih his kind disposition, and urbane
deportment, commanded the respect and won the es
teem of his brethren, and tor many years secured him
a lucrative practice. Though of a gentle and amia
ble temper, he always studiously regarded the rights op
his clients.and puisued their interests with untiring en
ergy and perseverance, and never dispaired of success
while any honorable means could lie used to seenre it.
In all the relations of life, he was distinguished for his
kindness and integrity. He was a kind neighbor, a
generous and fuilbful friend, an affection husband, and
a humane master.
He was emphatically a self-made man, and his ca
reer is a remarkable and encouraging example of what
patient, industry, and untiring perseverance can ac
complish. But his career on earth has ended, and his
example lives only in the memory of his relations and
Friends.
Having interred his remains with the solemn cere
monies peculiar to our order, nothing is now felt for us
to do for him, but to inscribe upon the Minutes ol the
Lodge this sad memorial of his death and of our lose—
to testify our grid for the death of our brother by
wearing the usual badge, and to tender to ids bereaved
widow our sympathy and condolence.
Resolved, therefore, That as an evidence of our
sorrow for the loss of our brother James M. Kelly,
we will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty
days.
Resolved, That the Secretary transmit a cop. of
these procer dings to the widow of our departed broth
er, and tender to her our sympathies tor her sad be
reavement.
Tiie above is a true extract from the Minutes op
Houston Lodge, No. 35.
B B ATT ON, Secretary.
General Taylor.
The Louisville Democrat of the 15th says:
We tegret to learn item parsuigers on the steamer
Webster, that the Pitsidetil elect,has : ten indisposed
forseveial days past, w ith a Ftvcre attack ot the in
fluenza. Airs. Taylor where health is impaired, it is
teaudwill be unable to accompany tiie Genual to
Washington City. Col Bliss and his lady, however
p ’o with the General. They contemplate leaving on
o, raboutthe 10th proximo.
DTiciH] Documents.
Extract of a letter from Thomas C I
■ Consul, and now Navy Agent, of
toths Secret !ry of State, dated .
veniber 16th, 1848. - lon!er ay,\, j
“ Ttie digging and washing for gold c-i.i
crease on the Sacramento placer, so f lr 1 5
number of persons eftgaged in fi e :
size and quantity of the metal da.,y obui 1 •’
had in ray hand several pieces of ‘ 1 v
weighing from one to two h Wr ' ’* fl
good authority that pieces hare been fJ, , u ‘
16 pounds. Indeed, I lnv> heard of orle _’ * -
weighed 25 pounds. There are inany ‘■ .
cer, who in June had not SIOO, now in
from 5 to $ which they made b J
anl trading with the luii ms. ‘ Sev- ra [ j ‘ t
made in m. A common calico shin, or T*'*’ ***'’
dollar, his been taken by an India* for g ?\. ,a
i to size; and a half to one ounce of 1i?
I $16 —is now considered the dhc- ol v'M-sty,
i3to 10 o mces is the price ot a blanket gi,” ‘’
several days in succession wan. a ,j * 3 :a ?
; common remuneration for a gokl
, workover a month at a time, as t:,e f ‘.
1 great. Front July to October, onelhaif J 1“
hunters have been aiflictej either with °
vcr,orthe intermittent fever, an J 1)
| the placer during those months
those diseases. There have not, however LT ***
fetal cases. The gold is now sold from th,’* *
| aginary piece in size, to pieces of one putn p‘“
at sl6 per troy ounce for ail the pi lrp ise3 -- n w ”
but those who are un Jer the necessity of r ° ‘ “
pay duties to the government are obiipei ( 13 0
10 to sll per ounce. All the c >in m Calit' 0 a^°? )l t " ru:r >
Ito be locked up in the custom-house as T y
our Congress is in force here in remrd to itT
money. “* receipt
“ The placer ,s known to be tw, or three hunj,
miles long; and as discoveries are connamlv
made, it may prove 1,000 miles in length-,,,
not counting the intermediate miles yet un ‘'J ‘
From five to ten millions of gold must be ‘
this and next year. How many more years -?°”
of things will continue, I cannot say Yn „
derwhy 1 continue my corre^peadence! i a ;
! fro:n habit,and your many remarks of the invr.T*’
| take in my letters.” ?0 *
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independent.
Mr. Bancroft, the historian, our present vln
England, has in recent researches found in !*
Paper Office of the British Govemnaen', coicus,
dence that the old North State was the first toirov ’
the cause oi our collonial independence-da,
first proclaimed in that State in .May. I“j j, *“
hitherto been a disputed point, but it
beyond dispute. Mr.’B in a late letter to Mr LT
of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, says:
A glance at the map, will show you that m -J,*
pays, the traffic ot that pan of North Camiinaioot,
southerly direction, and people Jn Charleston
sometimes even in Savannah, knew what
on in “Charlotte Town,” beloic Governor Mari ’
The first account ol ‘the extrno: ‘inary re r , ‘
the people in Charlotte Town. Mecklenburg conn’
was sent over to England, by Sir James Wrfeht, - I
governor of Georgia, in a letter of the 20th of J u ,l
1775. The newspaper thus transmitted is sull ~..1
served, and is the number 4% ot the South Cani l
Gazette and Country Journal, Tuesday, June 13, j~ I
I read the resolves, you maybe sure, with revere, I
and immediately obtained a copy of them; think
myself the sole discoverer. 1 do not send you ;a
copy, as it is identically the same as the paper *s
you enclosed to me; but I forward to you a transcr
ibe entire letter oi Sir James Wr ght.
The letter of Sir James Wright, reterred mhy
Bancroft, closes as follows: “By the enclosed r,<j
your Lordship will see the extraordinary re-,• -
people ot Charlotte Town in Mecklenburg : . ,
1 should not be surprised if the same shoud bed j.
everywhere else.”
Appointments of the Georgia Coufereuct,
Augusta District. —Jo si ah Utnt P
vami’ah : Wesley Chapel, J. E. Evans:Andrea'?!
el, Chas. A. Fulwood; Chatham, J H.L'iarve
field: W. Graham, Jacksonborough; W D Lusei
Scriven Mission, Lewis J Davis, Waynesboro.
James Jones, William R. Foote ; Burke Mission, A
J. Jit ynoJds, Louisville, D. Biadjoci M -
Alexander Avret, Augusta ; G. Jefietson ¥- . -
Colored charge, J. B. Smith, Columbia; Jo V.
Knight ; Mission, Jno. S.Dunn,Lincointon .R L:•
Washington ; J. H. Echols, Wiikes; A J. Urr, \C
renton ; F. F. Reynolds, Sparta; W. P Arovi
Hancock Mission, A D. Smith.
Athens District.— R. Renneau, T. £.—Arts
Jesse Boring ;Coioitd charge, J. 8. Kty.Lridu
W. 11. Evans ; Oglethorpe Mission, A. Wngtn ka
kmsvilfejH P Bitchlort, J. L Gibson ; I acton Mi
sion.D. Williamson. Eiberton ; John C. Cane *
C. Simmons, Jr. Mission, Stephen Shell, Ala®
Caleb W. Key ; Kingston Mission, Jno. ‘I
Covington ; Mefetiah H. fiebbaui, Monroe ;ta
Crawiord ; Madison county Mission, Allen 1:3
W. J. Parks, Agent American Bible Soc ety, l*s
F. Pierce, and A. Aleaus, O. L. bin lib, and J.M *
nel, Prolessors in Emory College.
Gainsville District —Jackson P. Turner 1 -■
Gaiusvuie ; John W. B. Alien, Lawreucev.i.e ..■*
T. Smith, Clarksville ; W. J. Cotton, Dabiourp
B. Wardlaw, T. S. Haiwell, Clayton Mise.uu.A
Deavours, Muiphy Miesion ;M. D. Clomz, H *-•’
Mission ; J. i>. C, Quniian, tiiijay ; A C. bun*:
M arietta District—. 4. T. Jla> n. T l- 1 -
etta ; C. K. Jewett ; Marietta Circuit, J. B. Cui
Mcllan,Cassvnfe; J. 11. Cainwell, Rune , J k ‘
Floyd ; ‘I homas H. Whitby, Ooibcaioga ; 8. J 3
tah, Spring place; W. A. Simmons, Bade M
T. A. Bell,LaFayette ; E. H. Cooper, SuniiatnJ
J. 11. Ewing, Van Wert's Mission ; F. Bird, P #1
t-pring Mission : B. A. Smith.
Lagrange District —Jim. B. Payne P.
grange ; M.H. White, Greenville ; J. W lx;
C. Qutliian Zebulou; R. Stripling, Griffin ;J “ ;
ton, McDonough; Morgan 1 eliah, Dtcaiar::
Yarborough,A.M. Wynn, Newman; N. Ju.-;
J. Myrick, Franklin ; R. Bingham, CatruW
E. Lucy, Fayetteville ; A. Dorman.
Macon District.— John ll'.GlerinF. E-M 3
W. R. Branham ; Colored tliaige. J. M- M* l *
Vineville ;W. M. Crumley, Miiiedgeviile “
Crumley, Milidgeville ; W ilt-y G. Faiker, & !tr
Isaac Boring, Clinton ;F. W. Baggeriy,
J. Blakely Smith,Forsyth ; John PDuncan, G 1
McCarrel Pueritoy, Fort Valley Mission; l siu =*
woody ; Fort Valley Missnn ; r lh<s. C. G®
Perry ; Geo. Blight, W. H. Ellison, President.
H. Myers, Protessor in Wesleyan Female
Macon, Ga.
CuLAiiiii s District. —Locic I met, P
luir.bus ; Samuel Anthony; Colon and
H. McQueen, Talbotton ;N. D. Maithev?
E. W. Reynolds, 1 Lcmasion ; Sidney ■'*
Hamilton ; T.F. Pierce, Albert Gray,
W . Twitty.Cuthbert; Joseph J . Turner
Janies M. Austen, Statksv.lie ; Young 1 1
rion ; Daniel Kelsey, Lanier ; G W Craven,
icus ; J. T. Talley ; Chattachocbee Mi" l
Brooks.
Jeffersonville District T. D Lov<i
Jeffeisonville ;N. Ousiey, W . B. Mchan,
Jos. D. Adams, Saiuieisvilfe ; Mi non C.
J. T. Johnson Vienna ;E. L. Stej l i*- * f
R . A. Connor, Hinesville and Darien ; J
I er, Dubim M ismou ; ‘lc fce srp) Aed,
I sion ; Alex. T. Gordon. A- h- i t'’ -”
red lo tiie Mississippi Conference. JF -
1 elected Piesident of Centenary Ci"<
j Smith, transferred to the Louisiana Lon*l
- iu the Goiti
The Boston Post receives from Mr. J- s; .
following extact oi a fetter troiu b* *
Francisco. Its stateinenis have an a ‘ r
yet there may be truth in tbein. h e ... v
ions, however, will probably be
large cargoes tiave gone out. j kl? . ■
“A state of distress and suffering P r ‘
as the world probably never beiore .
90 eager to get gold that they oni) 1 * £ |Ur ; ,u -
here. Thousands upon thousauos ;
bringing no provisions wiih theui. i
tiieir supplies from what coulo .■*’ ° ‘ 1 ..
none here. All rubbed 1 :*
supply brought from abroad is , ‘ eari^ usini ... *•
h in. r.*da have already died, an- *w eac!i t .-8
die irom starvation, and by me 1 haw p
Sickness rages as famine increase*— _ anti ,i y
co.ne demons goaded 10 insanity o> gr. -
nave any regard lor a tirother, for (
some provisions to San Frauctsco a.
I die of ftqrsation.”