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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
S.T.CIIAPMAN & s. ROSE.Editors.
Sabbath Evening.
by oeokge n- pkentisi*
’Tis holy time. The evening shade,
Steals with a soft control
• O’er nature, as a thought of heaven
Steals o'er the human souli;
And every ray trom yonder b*ue.
Ar.d every drop ot tailing ue#’.
Seem to bring down to human woes
From heaven a message oi repose.
O’er yon tall rack the solemn trees,
A shadowy group incline
Like gentle nurs in sorrow bowed
Around their holy shrine;
And o’er them now the night winds mow
So calm and still, the mu?ic low
Seems the mysterious voice oi prayer
Soft-echoed on the evening air.
The mists, like inc ase from the earth
Rise to a Get! hf loved,
f And o’er the waters move ns. erst
The Holy Spirit moved ;
The torrent's voiee, l lie wave’s low hymn
Seem the far notes ot seraphim.
And all earth’s thousand voices raise
Their song of worship, love and praise.
The gentle sisterhood of flowers
Bend low their loveiyeyes.
Or gaze through trembling tears of dew
Up to tiie holy skies;
And the pure stars come out above
Like sweet and blessed things oi love
Bright signals in the eternal dome
To guide the parted spirit home.
There is a spell ol blessedness
In air and earth a>>d heaven.
And nature wears the blessed look
Os a young saint forgiven ;
Oh, who, at such an hour <>f love,
C in gate on al', atound aloe,
And not kneel down upon tne sod
With Nature's self to worship God!
Oregon.
Amidst the dazzling giories which surround the n>>
State of California, the. more modest and more sul
atantial advantages which the settler may find in i.
territory ol Oregon have lately been comparative
overlooked. The placers of the Sacramento and t*
trade of San Francisco have for some time past be*
held np before the eyes cl the world as almost the o:
objects worthy the attention of the emigrant, eith
from Europe or America. This will probably cuntiir
to be the case so long as theCaiilornia excitement sh
last—which, for aught we know to the contiary, tu
be an indefinite period; but whenever this favei:
thirst for gold shall abate, and the tide ot emigrati*
shall return to its natural channels, the immense i
sources and the unquestionable advantages which O
sgon presents to the permanent settler, will again ;*
tract public attention, and draw to it the mo?t vaiuah
portion of the emigranis to the Pacific. Indeed, ev<
amidst the genera! rush to the land ol gold which t.
of late been made front ail parts of the United Slat,
there has never ceased to he a steady curtent of eut
gration constantly setting i owards the more ferule lan*
and more healthful climes which belong to the ncig*
boring territory of the North. ?.iar.y of the emigrai;
who nave gone to the mines ot Unfifornia wi 1 til*
maiely carry tiieir new-made wraith to Oregon, a;
will employ it in cultivating the soil, and develop!
the resources of now infant commonwealth.
This territory is unquestionably th* uuicr de*irab
place for the agricultural emigrant to the shores of tl
Pacific to settle in—the place where he may most m
vamageousjy plant the civic virtues and the domes!.
institutions from which agricultural li.'e borrows s
many of its most attractive charms. Here iss cliinat
most favorable to hardy and persevering industry—th
latitude which has always proved itself the true an
genial home of the highest and most vigorous mat
hood—a soil fitted to every speck sot agricultural prr
du ction, an*l a position in the gieat highway of tl
human race, from the West to the East, on the short
of an ocean that tsdestined soon to bi come the theati
ol a wide-spread commerce with every portion of ts
globe. A territory promising such natural advantage:
beneath the sway of republican institutions, cann;
long remain unoccupied in the present moving cond
tion of mankind. Its unsettled po: lions will soon b
filled up, and that, too, by settlers sach as hitherto hr.\
seldom gone forth to build up new communities. The;
will be men ot vigorous frames and sturdy seif-ref
ance—men who have gone unappalled thiough th
dreary trail of the Western wilderness, or have braver
the stormy terrors ot the ocean, that they might reac
the land of their hopes. The trials and perils whit
they will have to meet w ill but stimulate their ener
gies, and render them the better prepared for the grand
mission they have to accomplish.
We are inclined to predict for this now distant ter
ritory a magnificent destiny, the outlines of w hich wil*
soon begin to present themselves to the notice of the
world. We look upon Oregon as the true seat t
American empire on the Pacific, th - region in which
the richest blessings ci* our bee institutions are to be re
alised, and in which th-most abundant fruits of our
western civilization are yet to be gathered and enjoy
ed. All the benefi* which California may ever derive
from her stores of mineral wealth, Oregon must at
length share with her Southern sisters,and she wiifai
so be found to possess eminent advantages of her own.
Free from ttie perils and the evils which have always
so thickly beset gold-bearing countries, she may yet
reap abundant benefits from the enterprises which the
search for gold will cu!i into existence. Along her j
six hundred and fifiy miles of coas*, harbors are con- j
Btant!y presenting themselves, which promise to be 1
hilly adequate to all the wants of an extended com- j
merce ; while the undeveloped resources wh-ch exist in j
her hills and her plains, her forests and her rivers, will j
soon summon to her sett lenient* a population who will, i
at do distant day, render her the queen of the Pacific.
[Providence Journal.
United States Statistics.
Value of woollens, cottons, hemp, and hempen goods,
iron and iron manufactures, sugar, salt, and coal, im
ported during 1350, $61,335,321; duties $16,980,698
In 1843 the value of such imports was $18,201,750 ; du
ties sl3, 1*12,751.
Value of the imports for 1350 $178,136,313; exports
$151,89.3,720. Domestic produce exported, exclusive
of specie, $134 900,232. Fon-iun merchandise export
ed, exclusive of specie, *9,173,103.
Maderia wine imported in 1550,303.125 gallons ; in
1849,193,971 gallons. In no previous year since 1543
did the quantity exceed 117.000 gallon*, and in 1811
it was only 16,000 gallons In 1813 the average cost was
$2 29 per gallon ; in 1550 it was less than fifty cen*s.
Sherry wine imported in 155U212,092 gallons; in HI3
215,935; and in no previous year sine’ 1313 did it ex
ceed 77,000 gallons. The cost in 1813 wassl 33 per
gallon ; in 1850 it was 55 cents.
A Meteowst Minister ox t ift Law.—The improper
introduction of poi.tics into the pulpit by a few of the
fanatical 51 misters a* the North hasi a ei forth patriot
ic responses from a number ol their more considerate
brethren which frequently fill columns of the Northern
papers. The last Poughkeepsie (N. Y-l Telegraph
contains a Thanksgiving Sermon, preached by R* v G.
F. KrmtL. of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
which he nobly defends the Constitution and the Laws.
The following are the conclusions at which he arrives:
1. We believe that any individual who,in any case,
and for reason, forcibly resists the laws of the Unifed
States, is guilty of crime in resisting the ordinane* sos
God,and must be so considered in the consciences of
all good citizens.
2. We believe that for an American cittizen to re
fuse obedience to the law* of the United States on the
ground of their unconstitutionality, or upon the plea of
conscience, is absurd,inconsistent and fanatical.
3. We believe that if an individual persists in refu
sing obedience to the laws of the United Slate?, on the
plea of conscience, or because he is required to perform
duties which his sensibilities of feelings revolt at—-as to
be hangman or jailor—he is bound still to honor the
law by submitting quietly to the penality.
Tbovbi.e is the Camp.—The Freesoilers in Con
gress are in great distress, because they are unable, af
ter all their blowing, to raise a storm. Wilinot, Cleave
land and Mann don’t like to resist the law, and are not
quite ready to declare their wilingness to run their necks
•■’.to tbe noose. Gidd.ngs and Roo* are courting mar
tyrdom. But they can’t be accommodated—it would
give them too much consequence. —Mobile Advertiser-
Statistics OF \* recks—The number of vessels be- !
longing to the United States wrecked during the year
ending with Jane, 1848, as shown by official documents
was 585, valued at §2,021,495. -The value of their car
goes, was §2,501,771. Total, $4,523,176. The total
number of lives lost in connection with the above, was
477. Tbe amount of losses paid by tinder-writers, on
vessel# or cargoes, was 802,3\9.—Journal of Com
merce.
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1.
BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
Transmitted fur the Journal and Messenger.
Arrival ofiht* Florida.
Savannah, Geo., Dec. 31st, llii. 35m. A. M.
The Florida hns just arrived from New Yoikin
sixty-five hours from wharl to wharf. She brings
ninety passengers, with veiy lull freight*. No news
except the advance in Cotton —all well.
Eat :r fioui Europe.
Advance in Cotton.—Just before going to press we
received, through tin* politeness of a mercantile friend,
a telegraphic dispatch announcing trie arrival of the
steamship Hattie from Liv* r,col, with news ot an ad
vance i*i Cotton ol ; to . 1. per pound? and sales id
41,000 bales.
Tin: A ttitiuiti:a Nt-ws.
The news by the latest arrivals from California is ol
quite a discoutaging diameter. The mines have not
been so productive ns loimeily ; while the Cholera is
prevailing to ai alarming extent in San Francisco,
Sacramento and indeed all along the coast. The pa
pers contain between three and iour coluAms, atinoun
c ng merely the names and residences of the deceased
ii the S;atts, for about twenty days. Nearly nil the
victims see in to be from the Northern States. Altera
can fji search, we were able to find ihe named only
oiief rom Georgia.
The Vote in California.
Below we g.ve ihe vote in the Severn! counties in
California, at the recent election, as far as heard, os we
rii and it in the Sacramento Transcript.
Ran Diego 163 j El Dorado, 2,900
M >:iierev, 375 | M irin, 104
Smti Cuira, 880 j Sonoma, 150
San Francisco,... . 3,450 | Napa 123
San Joaquin, 1,150 j Solano, 200
Taoiumi:.-, *.... i ,700 j Nolo, 107
Sacramento 3,000 | Butte, 900
S tier, 1.390 j Stiusm, 150
Yuba,. 1,163 j Colusi 20
We have no doubt that the aggregate vote polled by
the S.iite, di*l not fail short of 23 000.
Macon Sacred 91 usic Society.
A society, under ihe above title, was organized in
this ciiy on Monday last. The following gentlemen
were elected olficers for the ensuing year:
Dr. \V. T. Ligutfogt, President.
Wm. M. Roberts, Vice President.
I’. A. Strobel, Secretary.
Edward Ives, Conductor.
Tne next regular meeting of the S.teieiy, will lie
held on Tuesday Evening next, at the Methodist
Church, at 7 o'clock.
The Campbells, Again.
ji wiii be seen by uu advertisement in another col
umn that the Campbell Minstrels are on their way,and
propon? to spend a few days in trie city of Macon. It
i ;* enough to know that the Campbells are here to in
i?mr a tud and delighted bouse.
First Shad. .
The first shad ofibe season was caught in the Siv
l annab River on the l‘Jih, and bought by C. A. F.u>
oc Son for $5 ; aid served up, in appropriate style, at
the LXNim n-Ttsr, in ihi. niiy, wuk Uumuiligij to
match,on the‘2lst ult.
The City anti County Elections.
The triends of ihe Union have a delicate duty to per
form st the approaching election?. Theirenetnies, the
men who threatened during the last summer to ennjis
cute their property and to begin hanging at home,
have now changed their tactics and are seeking to ob
tain otf.ee and pow.-r under new pretence?. Every
efi’ut is now being made to induce Union men to vole
Ur one oral! ol the opposition candidate?. They are
toid that these small elections have nothing to do wilh
the great questions which agitate the country ; and yet
thetr very object is to get possession of these cilices for
the purpose oi controlling votes in future elections.—
Only a tew weeks since a Union man went to a cer
tain disunion candidate to ask his influence for the of
fice of Deputy Mirshall. He was asked his position
upon the election then pending, and upon replying that
he was a Union man, was promptly toid that he must
g> elsewhere tor support—that if they had the power,
they intended to elect none but Southern Rights men
to the city offices .’
Circumstances have since changed, and the very
men who breathed nothing but proscription before the
late election, are now gentle as “ sucking doves,” and
“billing and cooning” with the very persons whom
they threatened to disfranchise andtoliat-g! Surely,
no considerable number of Union men will aliow them
selves to be thus used. They cannot be so unwise, so
unpatriotic, os to throw away the fruits of a victory so
hardly won, merely to gratify persona! friendship, or to
reverge personal aitipithies. These arc no mere
personal e< -meats. They involve the perpetuity of the
Union,and the i ennanence of our institutions. “ The
pr ce ol itbeny is eternal vigiience,” and he who (alters
or plays into the hands of the enemy at a crisis like the
! present, cannot be a itue friend oi his country.
-V Question Answered.
Our cotemporary of the Albany Patriot wishes to
know what posiiio.i the Constitutional Union party of
j Georgia proposes to occupy in regard to the tariff and
other old party issues. Having conversed extensively
-with men ot both the oid pasties, during the late Con
| vention, we are enabled to answer, that it is the fixed
j determination of those who engaged in the orjaniza-
Irion in question^To strive for the preservation and
| perpetuity of the Union, strictly upon Constitutional
1 principles, and the principles recognized in the late
compromise.
In doing this, it is tlioir purpose to forget all old
party distinctions and issues as far as possible. Should
those issues, however, come up in Congress, or else
where,they will be adjusted in a spirit of compromise,
and muiunl concession. The result of this policy will
be to divide the whole countrj into three parties, viz :
ihe Nat trial Union Party—rhe Anoliiion Party, and
the Disunion Party. Whether the two latter will have
! any other affinity for etch other than their mutual ef
lorts, to exrite angry feeiings and promote ultimate dis
joltition remains to he seen.
Report? of the Convention.
We have upon our table a Finnil pamphlet of 28
pages, issued from the Federal Union Office, purport
ing to lie a Report of the debates and proceedings ot
the isle Georgia Convention, compiled by A. E. Mar
-ha l. Esq. It is bad v printed, upon inferior paper,
land is lull of the most gross inaccuracies of both style
nd hie:. The speeches of some members are omit
ted, w hile the se of others ate to meagte as lo be dis
reputable, both to the Covent it it and to the Slate
Whole i and argument",are in one or two case",
entirely left out. and even the yeas and nays upon ihe
most important issues before the Convention, are rot
given ; while matter irrelevant in ii3 character, ar.d
which was not acteJ upon by the Convention, is em
bodied in the proceedings. We are pleased to learn,
that some of the speakers who have been thus grossly
misr**| orted, have already taken the initiatory steps to
have the proceedings and debates brought before the
public in a proper and authentic shape. The pamphlet
m question, contains internal evidence of either site
incapacity of the reporter, <r the mischievous design
ot the publisher. It is true, that the Editor of the Union
throws the responsibility of the work upon .Mr. Mar
shall ; but he is very careful to endorse the correctness
of the repoit. The entire pamphlet is a perlect catch
penny concern, and whether so intended or not, is a
reflection upon the intelligence of the Jriate, and a dis
grace to the mechanical taste of the Typographical
fraternity.
A Word to Union Democrats.
The disunion presses of Geoigia, finding that they
have been completed prostrated in the late election,are
now endeavoring to renew the old party distinctions
in the State. In this they are acting with double
duplicity. They are acting falsely to their old friends,
and falsely to the country.
They opened the campaign of last summer with the
broad declaration that old party lines must be oblitera
ted. Tbe, thus, released their friends front all private
obligations, and gave them full permission to choose
sides upon the new issue. They were taken at their
i xcrJ. Their old friends.lrue to the instincts ofpatri
>tism and of interest, took th* ir position, and the
result has been a triumphant victory tor the Union, and
their old, wed recognized principles.
Uo these disunion Editors, now, suppose that the
very men whom they have viliified and traduced as
traitors and abolitionists, are now so silly and so un
principled as to turn round and sustain those Who
have slandered and abused them ? Do they suppose
that they are so false to their principles aud the country
as to abandon the friends who stood by them in the
late trying crisis, aud support those who have slandered
and abused them, and who have threatened to drive
them from the country, ntui confiscate their property ?
The Union men of Georgia are not thus to be deceived,
am! the presses which nre attempting thus to mislead
them are false to the country, and to every dictate ot
patriotism and ot virtue. Their object, evidently, is to
corrupt those who are prompted to sustain the constitu
tion and the laws. They evidently wish to prepare
the mind? of the people for treason in its worst form.
Look nt the speeches recently delivered in the South
Carolina Legislature. No one of the orators there
seems to have thought of anything short ot ultimate
dsursion! The Southern Rights men ot Georgia are
perfectly identified with these men in feeling and pur
pose. The Columbus Times and Sentinel, tne
Augusta Constitutionalist, the Savannah Georgian,
Macon Telegraph and Federal Union, are nil aiming
at the same result. We care not what nviy be their
professions, they ate all disunion prints in disguise
Some of them have even boasted that their disunion
flag was still filing. ami that the Union men would yet
be forced to rally under its folds.
To our Democratic Union friends, then, we say.be
consistent—l e firm—allow not yourselvc* tobedeceived.
Rely upon the patriotic feeling of the whole country to
sustain you. Tbe North is awake. Our friends there
are about to make the attempt to put down fanaticism.
Let us wait, and see if thev cannot succeed. If we,
and they, ate mistaken; it will be lime enough to turn
disuniunists. If, on the contrary, we can build up a
great constitutional Union Party—if we can break
down the abolitionists of the North, and other disun
iotiistsof the South, and thereby save the Union, great
indeed will be our triumph. This we can do, it we are
true to ourselves and the constitution. Why should
we quarrel about Whiggery and Democracy when
we are in danger of having no government to which
to apply our favorite theories ? For ourselves, we are
free to say, that we stand ready to compromise any,
or ail, of our favorite party notions, to save the nation.
We entered upon the late campaign, with this purpose
openly avowed. Ii was proclaimed in the Bibb Reso
lutions, which we had the honor of drafting, and it ha j
received the sanction of the entire Whig party of th*j
ritate. We stand ready now, and always, to redeen;
that pledge,and call upon our Democratic Union friend |
to be equally firm and honest.
They have nothing to gain by pursuing the opposit t
course. Every man of them is marked as a victim.-j
If they return to their old associates, it will be only t l
be ostracised and proscribed. As was well reinarkecf
by a distinguished delegate in the late Convenltoi |
they are like Cortez, when he janded in Mexico. Tliei
only safety is in cutting off retreat. They must bunt
their ships if necessary, and move only forward.—-
Their old friends ate their worst, most dangerous au> j
implacable enemies. They arc only seeking to dt i
ceive, in order to destroy them. Their salvation con *
-lists in moving boldly and promptly forward with tint
great Union phalanx of the cottony; and we adjure
them, by all they hold dear ns patriots and men, not t *
falter in their purposes. A bold,united movement now
will save the country. The men of the North, and o’
the South,are awake to the importance ol tlie new
Union Organiznihn. They see in it the downfall o 1
nbolitionietn at the North; and of disunionism at th*
South. They know and feel that it is the only way t<
save the Union. If sustained by the people, this move
ment must he successful. To our Union friends, then*
we say,stand firmly by your principles, and vote lor no
man who is unsound upon the great question now agi
tating the country. Allow not yourselves to be deceiver’
into the support oi any clisuniouist for any office * f
either honor or profit. l)o this, and your principle (
will triumph, and the country will be saved. Fail lu
do it. and your principles will fail, and the Union will
be placed in greater jeopardy than during the iatt
campaign.
* Georgia sitiri sioutlj Carolina.
No thinking man can avoid occasionally reflecting
upon the comparative position and prospects of South
Carolina and Georgia. They enjoy nearly the same
soil,the same dimate, and the same natural advanta
ges. Carolina produces the most rice.—Georgia the
most cotton. Carolina has had perhaps the most cash
capital; Georgia the most industry and enterprise. In all
the natural elements of prosperity and greatness they
are.or have been, on terms of striking equality ; and
yet the developments recently made by the census
takers, show that while Carolina remains almost sta
tionary, Georgia is scarcely behind any other State in
the gieat race of prosperity and progress. The in
crease of population in Carolina for the last ten years
has been only about two per cent., while that ot Geor
gia isover forty percent.!
Now, there must be some cause for this striking dif
ference. We have seen that it is not in the climate *
the geographical position, or any material discrepancy*
in there natural advantages. Where then is the se
cret ? We believe that it consists in the defects o.
their political system adopted in Carolina, and is the
natural result oi a blind submission on the part of her
people to the tactics ofdesigning polircians. Carolina
has been for twenty-five years in a state ot quasi revo
lution. flet Constitution is anti-Deinocratic in its very
nature, and is therefore at war with live spirit of the
age. It gives to one man upon the seaboard the polit
ical power and influence enjoyed by one hundred men
in the middle and upper districts. It does not recog
nise political equality,and even denits to the peopln
the right to vote directly for the first ollicer in the na
tion. it has in it no principle of elasiicity. It giv* t
the people no power of adapting their policy to the cir
cumstauces by which they are surrounded. Such
policai system may foster and sustain a race of verd
gentlemanly aristocrats, but it can never conduce u(
the general prosperity and thrift ot any body-politic.
The politicians of Carolina, with great adroitness,
have managed to deceive the people into the belief th; |
th.- evils which they so sensibly feel, nre n>t ntiributnbl *
to the State, but to tbe National Government. Cui.
houti and McDuffie commenced this game nearly ihirt ‘
yeats ago, by impressing upon the people the btlu !
that their policy should he purely agricultural, an . th: ,
variety of pursuits was inconsistent with their dignitj’
and their interests. This policy, combined with trie r. vo i
lutionnry excitement gotten upbv the nulliiieis in 183i t
was the means of driving thousands and tens of thou?
bitJssway from the State,and ot checking iinmigrutioit
from other quarters. There lias been a want ot prosper* •
fy; a want ol energy—a want of security Slid coimdenc I
among the people of Carolina, which was in itself suffi j
ctent to check every tiling ike progress. IJie mint \
of her people were bent on “treason, stratagems, nil j
strifes.” Prosperity, under such, circumstances, w. s;;
physical and moral impossibility. Herein, then, iif
our opinion, consists the whole secret of the difference
in the present position and prospects ol the two States.
G* orgia has been pacific. She has relied upon
own energy and her own resouices. While bourn
Carolina has been blustering, Georgia has been toiling.
The returns of the census ot 1850 afford a practical il
lustration of the relative be n’fits of the two systems.
Georgia has won prosperity ami a good name among
her sister Stans; while Carolina has lost both in a
vain struggle to uphold an unti-R* publican Govern
ment at home and to sustain a horde of aspiring politi
cians. Carolina needs a revolution ; but she ought to
begin at home. It she would take the power from the
politicians and give it to the people—it she would edu
cate the 20,000 people within her borders, who
cannot read or write—if she-would teach her people
contentment, industry mid seif reliance, she might look
upward and onward to a higher destiny. In ten
years she would give evidence of tent-wed prosperity
and progress, which would be alike gratifying to her
people and beneficial to the country at iorge.
The Truth Well Spoken.
The Columbus Enquirer has the following remarks,
which we commend especially to our Lnion Lunds at
the present moment. 1 hey are, indeed, apples of
gold-set in pictures of silver,” and are as consonan 1
with common sense as with the true interests ot the
great Union party of the South, and of the Union :
“ When politicians, and particularly such ot them as
want offices, find themselves in a minority, they occa
sionally grow al! ol a sudden remarkably l.beral and
tolerant. Men, who in the hour of their fancied power
spoke of driving others from the .State and confiscating
their propeity, will be found when tiieir weakness is
made apparent, seeking the sweet voice* of those who
have been insulted and taunted, and begging to be tor
gotten and forgiven. Such will he the case aii over
Geoigia ; it wiii happen in our very midst. Aim lute
is exactly where we wish to see it happen. Here, as
we intimated above, is the spot where the disunion fi.tg
was first hoisted in the State; here is where the spirit
of proscription has been deeply and unfeelingly indul
ged ; and here too that spit it lias been most signally
and triumphantly rebuked by the stern, unbending
iutegrity,and fearless conduct of freemen. Tbe lesson
that lias been taught should be more fully impressed up
on the minds of those who, awhile back, eaw no
imaginable virtue in any friend of the government, no
good quality in any friend of the Union.
“ There is a feeling abroad which for a time was
scarcely believed to exist. The people of this country
could not at first realize the fact that there existed in
three or four of the Southern States n deliberate pur
i pose and systematic plan to dissolve the Union. Slow-
I ly, however, but surely, this idea impressed itself on the
tpubl c mind, and awakened'.he attention of the people
to a sense of. their danger. At first a civil man scarcely
dared to breathe a doubt of the propriety of the unholy
dibit. The fire-eaters were noisy, insolent, overbear
ing and denunciatory,and it seemed that in the confu
sion all was lost. But reason and reflection were yet
left, and the dictates of a sound judgment, enlightened
by an excited and inquisitive spirit, finally triumphed.
Have our renders ever reflected what would now be the
probable condition of this State hud the disunionists
succeeded in their efforts ? What would now be the
fate of us all ? The coarse which was to have been
pursued is said to be pointed out in a certain letter
written by Gov. Troup to one of Ins friends. The old
gentleman, it seems, miscalculated the strength of hi
disunion friends, and supposing that there would be a
majority of them in the late Convention, indicated the
course that that Convention should pursue. What was
it, according to his views, as formed on very extensive
correspondence with distinguished men in this and
adjoining States? Simply the Union was to be dissol
v* and ; every refractory citizen of Georgia was to take a
test oath to support the new order of things; and every
man that refused to do so was to be banished from the
State, and his property confiscated! flow do you
Union men like the plan?
“ We! , the above infamous plan seemed to be gene
rally understood in South Carolina, Mississippi, and
some portions of Georgia. Hereabouts, for a season,
it would occasionally show itself in the indulgence of
a species of petulant wrath, which the power of popu
lar demonstration soon cooled down. The question is
not what they have accomplished, hut w hat would the
enemies of the Union have done, if the people had not
arrested and checked them in their mad career ? They
possessed the will, but they had not the power. Now
let us pause and ask ourselves if men, bent on such
ruinous and desperate purposes, will be content with
one defeat? Will they not, if we give them offices
and power, use the influence of their positions, first to
gratify their vengeance, and then carry out their origi
nal purposes? We are speaking to the great, intelli
gent, end patriotic party with whom we have fought
this, the greatest, the most important and triumphant
battle of our lives, and we give to them the advice
which we intend to follow, to aid in his efforts to obtain
political power, no man who sought in that fearful
struggle to destroy the Government under which we
live. This is plain talk, and yet tire circumstances
demand it. It is time for men not only to talk plainly,
hut to act fearlessly in this struggle. We were told in
the commencement ot the excitement, that old parly
lines were obliterated, and that amid the warring of
elements out of which anew one wps to be formed, we
were to be hopelessly destroyed ! The earthquake
came, tame, slightly shaking the soft places of the
earth, and has passed away. We made no appeals to
old party friends, but relied humbly, yet confidently, in
the patriotism and good sense ol whigsand democrats
to bring the State, through the conflict light side up
with care. Well here she is, on the day before Christ
mas, still the Empire State of the South—proud in the
intelligence of her sons—in the beauty and virtue of
her daughters; strong in her natural resources, and
growing every day stronger by their development, and
firmly resolved to check that madness which so lately
threatened to destroy her and her lovely sisters ol the
South in one common ruin. God bless her, and hers.”
Tribute to .Hr, Webster.
The toilowing is an extract from the Address deliv
ered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Bowdoitj
Collt'ite. iVlailK l . at its* nnniversmy, in .
by the Rev. Dr. Sprague, of Albany, New York.
The discourse was on “the Perpetuity of Intellectu
al Influence,” in the course ol which lie introduced this
glowing and eloquent tribute to the great man whose
name is quoted above. The National Intelligencer
well says:
“ It comes opportunely to rebuke the reckless ani
madversions which a few of the clergy of New Eng
land and elsewhere, —some in Congress and some out,
have poured forth upon 3lr. Webster. Such a tribute
from a gentleman ot Dr. Sprague’s learning, piety and
Christian patriotism, cannot fail to Lave its just influ
ence upon all candid and sober-minded men.
“ If I were to select trom the intellectual nobility o(
the present day, one whose influence, especially as a
statesman, furnishes as apt an illustration of my sub
ject, as any other, I shoulcj have no occasion to look be
yond New England ; and trie name to which 1 refer
has already become so much the property of history,
that delicacy does not forbid me to allude lo it; while
yet it is so much a household word that necessity hard
ly requires that I should pronounce it. Tliat illustrious
man, nearly half a century ago, was hard at work at a
neighboring college in the cultivation of his intellect,
and he has been hard at work, almost ever since, for
the welfare of his country. 1 speak not of the distinc
tive hue of his political opinions, or ol any particular
position lie may at any time have assumed ; but, over
looking all party distinctions, 1 speak of him as an ear
nest, honest, far-seeing patiiot ; a man of wisdom and
a man oi might, great as truly in repose as in action ;
m trio ghtlul moderation,as in resistless power. I hon
or him as fit to be a balance-wheel in our political me
chanism, which shall give to each and every part of it
a steady, safe and effective operation. 1 honor him as
one who has more thaa once shown himself able to
stand up in serene grandeur amidst warring element?,
and to make his voice heard above the loudest swell
the .-tony, declare for m- -un.ry his whole country*
forever, f t honor him as one who has given additions
value vstthe privilege of being an American, and whose
name 4 have only to speak, to rebut many of the parity
calumnies ot other nations. There have been periods in
our history, when all parties have united in a tribute of
homage to his public character ; and even when he lia3
appeared on the arena of political conflict, and min
gled in the hottest of the fight, he has never stood in so
much as an equivocal attitude, in respect to either dig
nity or integrity ; and his very adversaries have felt
constrained to do him honor. His vocation has been that
of a statesman ; and there his influence and Iris honors
have chiefly centered ; and yet lie has occasionally
brought an offering to the cause ot literature, which
has given him a place among her most renowned bene
factors. The productions ol his pen, distinguished
alike by chaste simplicity and rugged strength, may
fairly challenge comparison with the moist classic pro
ductions of antiquity. His thoughts are like a chain
of diamonds, and his style like a chrystal stream.—
Even Plymouth Rock and Bunker Hill have been in
vested with new attraction by the power of his elo
quence ; and as long as the one stands a witness for re
ligious freedom, and the other a witness for civil free
dom, each will be a witness also to the majesty of his
intellect. Yes, he will live on through all coming time;
will live a continually brighter and stronger, and more
widely diffused life. And if the State where he was
born and nurtured, or the S'ate in which most of his
public life has been passed, should venture an attempt
to monopolize his fame, or hereafter to build his
monument, his country would cry out that he be’onged
to her; the world would cry out that lie belonged to
her;and these universal claims would he echoed and
re-echoed by each passing generation.”
- Another Fugitive Recovered.
The arrests under the Fugitive Slave Law are be
coming more numerous at trie North and West. The
last case which we notice occurred in Philadelphia, on
the 21st inst., and is thus described by a correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun :
“ Adam Gibson, and uHedged fugitive slave from Ce
cil county, Md., was arrested to-day, and had a hear
ing before tbe U. S. commissioner, Edward D. Ingra
ham, Esq. The alledged slave is claimed by Win.
Knight, cf Cecil county, M 1., as Emory Rice, a slave
belonging to him, who escaped in 1841, ai|d must now
be 35 years old. The prisoner does not appear to be
more than 23 years old, and trie witnesses brought for
ward in his behalf testily that his name isA-Jarti Gib
sot;, and that he belonged to the late Parson Henry
Davis, deceased, by w hose last will he was set free in
1810. A certified copy of the will was produced as
evidence of this fact. The case was argued by Wm.
E. Lech man, Esq., for l ‘ ie claimant, and William S.
Pierce and David Paul Brown, Esq?., for the prisoner.
The commissioner, deemed the evidence of identity
sufficient, and ordered him to be delivered to his
owners. A large crowd of colored persons assembled
in front of the Hall ol Ifldeptyidence, where the hear
ing took place, but they remained pcrlectly passive, and
occasioned no noise or disturbance. They continued
there up to the present time, (9 o’clock, P. M.,) in the
expectation ol secinß him removed, but to avoid any
difficulty he ha? been taken out the back way.”
The Action oi the Georgia Convention.
We scarcely open a single paper, unless it be a dis
union or abolition organ, which does not speak in the
highest terms oi the action oi the late Union Conven- ‘
tion. North and South, East and West—everywhere
Georgia is conceded to be the banner State. W e must
be excused for republishing one or two paragraphs mere
ly to show the people of the State the estimation in
which they are held abroad. The Tallahassee Sentinel
says:
“The Georgia Convention has covered itself with
glory. It consisted of 264 delegates, of the purest,
greatest, and best men of both parties in the State.
The Convention was in session five days, and on the
las; day adopted by a vote of 237 to U>, a report a- and
resolutions oi admirable lone. We have never read a
document more brilliantly illustrative of the motto of
Georgia herself,‘‘Wisdom. Justice, and Moderation.”
It is most fortunate that, amid nil the ragennd madness
of Northern fanaticism, the intense inflation and ex
citement within her own borders —the temptations in
cident tor.n overwhelming majority, an; 1 the petulant j
taunts ol an irritated and discomlitted opp ■
Contention should have put forth so noble ami mag
nairmous a paper, studiously careful to do justice
even to the North, and refraining from the slightest re
proach upon the opposition. It ;s written m a spirit oi
hopeful patriotism, and it addresses itself in a tone ol
the most manly and gentle dignity to the patriotism of
the other sections. It is just such a paper ns became
the great Siate ol Georgia to put forth, and just such as
will tell upon the better feelings and maturerjudgments
cl the oilier States. It has neither vaunt nor taunt, bit:
speaks words of truth and soberness in the language of
benignity and moderation. The resolutions speak tor
themselves. They are precisely the ground we desire
to stand upon. Upon the report and resolutions of this
Convention, Georgia takes a most exalted position.—
Physically the great State of the South, she is grente r
in her dignity, her moderation and Iter justice, and we
shall look to her with coiihdeuce for an example of
what is becoming and proper, for a vindication of the
rights of the Southern States of the confederacy. Her
influence to tltis end, is destined lobe almost control
ling-
Will it be Repealed ?
The disun ion ists, since their recent defeat, have fal
len back upon the idea that the Fug T tive Slave Law
wiil either be repealed or modified, or rendered a dead
letter, by the action of the non-slaveholding States.—
Senator Clemens, of Alabama, in a letter to the Editor
of the Tuscaloosa Monitor, speaking upon this subject,
uses the following language :
“ As to the repeal or modification of the Fugitive
Slave Law, Cret e is not the slightest danger to be ap
prehended. I do not believe any attempt will be
made to alter it. Certain it is, that there is a decided
majoiity in the House of Representatives in favor of
abiding by the law as it stands, while the Senate is
nearly unanimous. Vermont has passed seme foolish
laws, which, but for the excited state ol the Southern
mind, would be simply ridiculous. In the first place,l
have never heard of a fugitive slave in Vermont, and in
the next, her law will at once be declared unconstitu
tional by the United States Judges;but, unfortunately,
men laboring under high excrement, will not stop to
reason after this manner, and the acts of the Vermont
Legislature will be every where regarded in the South
as a dangerous aggression. It will give a fearful weap
on to those who are but too ready to shiver our Repub
lic to fragments, and weaken the arms wh’ch have
heretofore so stoutly battled for the Union and freedom.
“ For myself, 1 do not mean to be driven from the
Union by any thing Vermont alone can do. It is not
the first time she has exhibited treasonable propensities.
* * * Happily the State is so utterly insignifi
cant in numbers, wealth, and influence, that her efforts
to sever the bonds which hold us together need excite
no other feeling titan that of contempt. 1 *
; 1-'. v, ri *u, \t ivi► iS i’i iv A t 1 rreeponilent of ifhe
Springfield Republican says:
The students of the Medical School in Boston, have
been thrown into a ferment by the admission of a ne
gro into the school, and the application of a female for
the same privilege. They held a meeting, and were
unanimous in their vote against the latter, while the
vote stood 13 to 20 against the former.
(Correspondence Journal and Messenger.)
New-York, Dec. 20, 1850.
A week ago, 1 thought winter had set iw, in earnest
but we have had another warm rain, and no snow, as
yet, in this city. The North river,however, was much
obstructed by ice last week, and the boats to Albany
got along with difficulty. The mildness of the season
is, of course, quite favorable to the poor. You cannot
have an adequate idea of how man} houseless heads
are in the streets all night in this “ multitudinous wil
derness,” New York.
The station-houses shelter a great many. These
police posts are, in other cities, called wateh-houses ;
usually, they contain an office, provided wh desks,
scats, clubs, rattles, etc. Here, at night, the captain oj
the station sits in state, with bis book of entry and re
turns before him. In an adjoining room are the beds
of the watchmen, say twenty-five or thirty, who rest
thereat night, until aroused by the relentless rattle of
the captain, they turn-out to relieve their fellows on
duty. The basement is divided by plank partitions,
into small cells, well whitewashed all over, and pad
locked. These are for drunken victims. In the base
ment hail, are about a dozen troughs or cribs on the
floor. These are bunks for vagrants, but they must
make rather hard and cold beds in the winter, os they
are devoid of hay, straw, or any tort of clothing
However, bat! as they are, there are numerous applica
tions for them by homeless wanderers in this great city.
There is usually a yard, and a strongly barred and
tiotyed lock-up in rear of the building I have described.
There is, I think, a station-house to every ward in the
city. The pay <>i otic day and night police amounts to
about half a million dollars per annum. The offices of
captain and assistant captains, of the police, are con
sidered desirable, being easy, and are usually bestowed
on political favorites. The policemen all wear a brass
star on the left breast. Their ord<r rs to wear this
badge in full view ; but some who dislike duty,or de
sire to appear like gentlemen cf leisure, contrive to
conceal the star.
Y ou have before heard bow eloquently some of our
most distinguished Clergymen, in their Thanksgiving
Sermons, denounced the fanaticism of abolition ; 1 re--
juice to add, that although the Methodist Churches of
the Nor.h have been so foolish as to break the bond
which united them in Christian fellowship with their
denomination in the South, some of their preachers
strongly deprecate the disunion.
When such pious, eloquent, and patriotic ministers of
the Go.-pel as Drs. Spring sndCoxe, declare from their
pulpits that it is the duty of all Christian men to set
their laces and their voices against abolition, you may
be sure that the mess ol those who have acquiesced to
abolition, even it they have net advocated it,
will stop and reflect ;and repent. Dr. Spring said,
weii, “ It is not for the South to secede ; they obey the
constitution.” It is for these who are insubordinate to
secede, and seek some other country where the laws
suit them better.
Business is very quiet, and the times are hard. I
notice some failures among the dry-goods retailers.—
Change is exceedingly scarce. Anew fine of Omni
buscsrwhich cannot obtain a license to take fares, has
in each of its stages a box labelled “ contributions for
the poor;’ into s which the passengers drop their six
pences, which, of course, comes ultimately to tire
pockets of the proprietor?.
Fears are entertained that the Tripler ll.ill is not
safe for a large audience in case of fire.
Mad. Bishop, who lives with Bocltsa as his wife
end has the hardihood to give, what she c dis,“ Sacred
Concerts,” in ’lripler Had, Sunday Evenings, is not
veiy successful.
The holidays are upon us, with fire usual rich display
of gifts, &o. X
COMMUNICATED.
County Officers.
Next Monday is the day of Election for our Tax Col
lector and Receiver of Returns. Remember that JOHN
T. WOOTEN and SPENCER RILEY, are the only
good and true Union preserving men in the field for
these “Offices. To the polls then, to the [rolls, friends of
the Union, and give them rHift^
COMMPICATED.
Messrs. Editors:— 1 notice in the Telegraph yester
day, another Ticket tor Aldermen, recommended by
“ Many Voters;’ which, like its predecessors, 'appeals
to be disconnected with tbe Mayoralty.
Now, there Is one thing that sttikes us ns rather
singular in this matter, and it is this e.ther thejire
eating candidate of“ all parties” for Mayor, is afraid
of a connexion with the Ticket gotten up by his friends,
or his friends areatiaid to connect with him. This
would seem to imply a want of confidence on one
side or the other, flow stands it gentlemen?
bO.vl £j.
To the Union 3leu of Macon:
It appears from the last Telegraph, that the Fire-eat
ers arc keeping up their meetings. After the patriotic
action of the Convention, it was to be hoped that the
agitation would cease. But it seems that it is to go
< n, and so it must be met.
Rally then, Union men, upon your ticket at the City
Election on Saturday next. Vou have a most excel
lent ticket, composed of business men, and represent
ing every interest in the city. Vote the ticket —the
whole ticket. Let not our opponents gull us into the
support of their men and then crow over us for being
so verdant.
There wiil be many very important questions before
the next Cny Council, sucli as lighting the business
streets, a proper system ol drainage of the city, and.
above till, that of building plank roads. Our trade is
m danger of being diverted, and we should turn our
attention to plank loads. To do this we need just
such i Board as is offered to you for your support.
: Bum out, then, and “jut through-}our men.”
UNION.
LIST OF DELEGATES
To the Grand Union Met ting proposed to be held at
Washington City on the That February next.
At a meeting of the Constitutional Union party of
Georgia, held in the State-house at Miiledgeville, on
Friday night the J3rh ins'., on motion of Mr. Alexan
der, of Muscogee, it was
Resolved, That the President of this meeting he,
and he is hereby, authorized and requested to appoint a
representation on the part of the Constitutional Union
party of this State, to consist of the number ot
one fipni each county to the great Union meeting pro
posed to be held in the City t f Washing on on tee 22d
of February next.
List ol DelegatesnppoTited by the President.
Appling—Jacob Moody Jefferson—P B (’onnelly
Baker—John Colley Jones —R V Hardeman
Baldwin—A H Kenan Laurens —C B Guyton
Bibb—A P Powets Le— S D Irwin
Bryan—S Bud Liberty—J S Bradwell
Bulloch—Peter Cone Lincoln —B F Tatum
Burke—John Whitehead Lowndes—L J Knight
Butts—Brittain Butiill Lumpkin—A W Redding
Camden —Henry Bacon Maco.i —W H Robinson
Campbell—W M Butt Madison— Rll Bulloch
Carroll—T Chandler Mclntosh—('has Scalding
Cass —L Tumlin Marion—John G Stokes
Chatham —R R Cuyler Meriwether—H Warner
Chattooga—M3lontgomery Monroe—.l S Pinckard
Cherokee—J R Wikle Montgomery—J G Conner,
Clark—Howell Cobb Morgan—N G Foster
Clinch—Beni Simmons Murray—A VI Turner
Cobb—V J Hansell -Muscogee—M J Wellborn
Columbia—E S Harrison Newton—J N Williamson
Coweta—R W Sim3 Oglethorpe— G R Gilmer
Crawford--W A MatihewsPriuldinst—E D Chisolm
Dade—G Stephens Pike—P B Cox
Decatur—J P Dickerson Pulaski —N McDuffie
DeKalb—Clins Vlurphy Putnam—J V Meriwether
Dooly— B R Hamilton Rabun —O Coffee
Eariy—J H Jones Randolph—Win Taylor
Effingham—G VV Boston Richmond—J W Jones
Elbert—T VV Thomas Scriven— A Kemp
Emanuel—E Swain Stewart—J M Clark
Fayette—J O Dickerson Sumter—VV H Crawford
Floyd—L S Printup Talbot—A F Owen
Forsyth—Arthur Kiwin Talliaferro— A H Siephens
Franklin—Thos Morris Tatnuil—G W Collins
Gilmet—E VV Chastain Telfair—VV VV Paine
Glynn—J II Cooper Thomas—T L Gatlin
(Jordon—A A IIooJ Trcuj—E Y Hill
Greene—VV C Dawson Twiggs—ii Hughes
Gwinnett—T VV Alexan- Union—S T Jamieson
tier Upson—Thos Reall
Habersham —J VV II Un-VVnlkei —TG McFarland
derwood Ware—J Full wood
Hall—VV .1 Peeple3 Warren—T L Latimer
Hancock—E H Baxter Walton— Francis S Colley
Harris—G Osborn Washington—R VV Flour-
Heard—T G Wright noy
Henry—LJ Glenn Wayne—S C King
Houston— C T Woodson Wilkes—lsaiah T Irvin
Irwin— J L Wilcox Wilkinson—James Jack-
Jackson—S P Thurmond sou
Jasper—E A Broddus
The Voice ot Connecticut.
An enthusiastic Union Meeting was held at Bridge
port, Conn., on the 20th instant, presided over by Mr.
Harioll, tile -Mayor, and a large number ot Vice Presi
dents. The principal speakers were Air. Andrews and
Air. Girard. Strong resolutions were passed. The
first declares that the formation of our Government and
its administration had been conducted in a spirit of
compromise and concession, and that upon its continu
ance depends the progress of civil and religious liberty,
and free government throughout the world. The
second declares that the Government can only be dis
charged by obedience to the laws, until properly
repealed. The third affirms that the compromise
measures of the last session of Congress were lair and
tyqufiafoe, and meet the approval of the meeting. The
Fourth avers that the Fugitive Slave Law is in accord
ance with the Constitution, and contains merely the
provision necessary to carry into effect the stipulations
of that instrument, and the meeting was pledged to
support it. The fifth declares opposition to ail agita
tors of the subject of slavery, or for the repeal of the
Fugitive Slave Law. The sixth expresses thanks to
Clay, Cass, Webster, Fillmore, Dickinson, Foote, and
others, for their patriotic exertions on the compromise
measures, and the adjustment of questions endangering
the perpetuity ol the Union.
A committee of safety was appointed, consisting of
twenty-five citizens.— Washington Republic.
Union Meeting.—The great Union Meeting at
Utica, New-York, was presided over by Hon. Hiram
Denio, and composed of leading men of both political
parties. It was addressed by Hon. Samuel Beardsly
and John A. Spencer, who spoke eloquently in favor of
the Union and of putting down sectional agitation. A
committee was oppointed to draft resolutions for the
adoption of the meeting, two of which we copy:
Resolved, That inasmuch as the constitution of the
United States provides that no person field to service
or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, and es
caping into another, shall, in consequence ot any law
or regulation therein, be discharged from such service
or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party
to whom such service or labor may be due, we are in
favor of maintaining that provision, no less than its
others, in full force and effect; and Congress having at
its last session passed an act for that purpose, we are
; also in favor of upholding that enactment, without
change or modification,until time and experience shall
demonstrate the necessity of further legislation to guard
against evasion or abuse.
Resolved, That we deprecate the existence of fac
tions, North or South, led on by aspiring demagogues
i or heated fanatics, who counsel resistance to the laws,
and preach the dangerous doctrines of nullification
and disunion ; that we declare our attachment to the
constitution and the Union, and our firm deterinma
| tion to support the laws.
| The resolutions were passed amid gteat applause.
A Voice irom Maine.
1 A Union meeting was held at Bath, in the State of
i Maine, on Monday last, which was the largest ever
held in the place, and enthusiastic in the highest de
! gree. Wii.liam D. Sewell presided, and there were
j many Vice Presidents. Governor Hubbard attended
and addressed the meeting. -Speeches were also nfade
jby Geo. T. Curtis,of Boston ; Nathan Clifford, E. W.
j Farley, Charles Andrews, M rnassab Smith, and David
i Bronson. Lenars were read from Senator Bradbury,
Hon Lewis Gassy George Evans, Daniel Goodenow,
Rufus Choate and Judges Tenney and Shipley, ail in
favor of the object ol tbe meeting. A series of reso
lutions were unanimously adopted, which are for the
Constitution, the Union and Peace, witho: t agitation.
That i:i reference to the Fugitive Slave law is as io.-
jows:
“ Resa'ved, That we hold the late law in relation to
the fugitive from seivice to be constitutional; that as
one ol tlie peace measures it should be fuily tested ;and
and that resistance to a legal enforcement ot that law
or any cry oi “ repeal,” would call for the indignant
frown of every true friend of his country, as it would
be in entire disregard of the political ugh:? and inti
rests of the whole people.— II ashing!on L itiou.
Falling of the 21of.se Suor. Roctc. —Tire Niagara
Falls Iris, says a portion of the rock at the Horse Shoe
Fall, on the Canada side, fell with a tremendous crash
a week a go. first Tuesday. The part which fell was
about ten rods long, by four rods wide. It carried with
it a canal boat which had been lodged upon it for some
time. The Iris says, it seemed “ providential that it
fell at t^ai3 season of the year; for it is precisely the
spot where so many continually passed to behold the
waters of the ca'aract, rushing territicaiiy over their
heads, that is now tilled with the iiuge m.isSes of rock,
which have fallen.” The appearance /of the fulls is
said ttot lobe the lea3t impaired. |
The Ohio Legislators andU. S. sl\atof. —The
Legislature is occupying its time in casing unsuccess
ful ballots for a United States Sena>* in tfiepiaceof
Thomas Ewing,whose term expires in March next.
Ttie chances ot an ejection durinp the present session
are very slim. The Legislature l oted down, 38 to 33, a
proposition instructing their in favor of a
repeal of ihe fugitive law.
The Texan Boundary.
President Fillmore, on the 14th inst., “ sent a mes.
sage to the House of Representatives containing th
official announcement that the State of Texas had ac.
ceptecl the offer tendered her for the cession of a pa rt
of her territory to the United States. The |
expresses again the President’s approval of the com
promise measures passed at the last session, and hi
determination to uphold them.”
Naval Force of the U. Statf.s. —In Commission.
—Ships of the line, 3; razee, 1 ; irigates, 7 ; 5100p.,.-j
war, 14; brigs, 4; schooners, 4; steamers, 7; store j
ships, 6—total, 46.
In Ordinary.—ShipsoT the line, 4 ; frigates, 3
ot war, 4 ; schooners, I ; steamers, 2—total 16.
Repairing and equiping.—Sloops of war 1; steam,
ers, 5 ; store ships, 2—total, 8.
On tire Stocks and constructing.—Ships of the fine i
4 ; frigates, 2 ; steamers, I—total 7.
More Gold—A writer in the Florida
states that gold in large quantities had been taken from
the bed of th; Alapaha River, near Carter’s Ferry. j n i
Lowndes county, Georgia. It has been ascertained to *
be the pure article. Some two hundred persons are 1
engaged in extracting it from the rock.
Slavery Movement in California.— The N. y j
Tribune says that private advices from California stai e
that many of tbe capitalists in that State are makim,
a move for a change in the Constitution oi California
so as to introduce African slavery.
cy The census for Ohio, as far as taken, indicates
that the population w ill be about 2,l3o,ooo—being aa
increase of over 41 per cent, on the population of 1840.
The city ot Albany is tiie great Bailey market
for the Northern and Eastern States. During the pres
ent year at least 1,330,000 bushels have bees shipped,
valued at $1,000,574. Including tbe quantity usedby
the breweis of Albany itis supposed that nearly 2,000,.
000 bushels reached that city during the year. The
average price was 76 cents per bushel.
Clergymen in Florida. —A bill introduced into
the Florida Legislature to amend the Constitution of
that State, so as to allow Ministers of the Gospel to
hold office under it, was lost in the Senate by a vote of
11 ayes to 7 nays—two-thirds being necessary to in
passage through either House. •
The Dogs.—An exchange paper says that the num
ber of dogs in the United States is computed at three
and a halt’ millions, and that the expense of keeping
them is equal to that of keeping twenty millions of
sheep, or two millions of cows. We think the cost of
keeping the dogs is overstated—unless the writer in
tends to include all the puppies, and that would make
the estimate a good deal too small. The current cost
of supporting .these animals is immense, while the
“returns” are nothing but indolence, impudence and
imperials— Boston Post.
A bill has been introduced in the Arkansas
legislature for the removal of all free negroes from the
state.
EJp The Cherokee people iiave memorialized the
legislature of Arkansas,praying the speedy enactment
of efficient laws for the suppression of the sale of in
toxicating drinks, by citizens of that state, to the citi
zens of Indian nations on its border.
A Card.
Mr. Editor:—As 1 have recently been informed)
that my death lmd been published in a Georgia paper
some few weeks snree, this will show that it is a base
falsehood, fabricated without doubt to carry out some
evil design. I can scarcely believe that Mr. Charles
E. Ruir.ph could have had it done, as strange as his
conduct has been for some time past. Os what advan
tage my death could be to any other person or persons
than to him, who was and is my husband, I can not
conceive. I, therefore,cau but think that some of those |
busy bodies who took such an active part in aiding to i
sever the dearest ties of nature, have done this,with the
expectation —once conveyed, perhaps—of getting some
part of that which is justly mine. Besides, this will in
dicate to every reflecting mind, the great probability,
amounting to a possibility, that the one who foveas
one falsehood will invent many more; and consequently;
that tiie report ol rny insanity and other basetales .shook]
be treated with contempt as utterly without any tuna-1
dation whatsoever. With the expectation and hope
that the author or authors of these lies, if known, will
be treated as they deserve by those who have regardto
my welfare, i thus publicly give denial to all report
concerning myself or mv conduct.
ELIZABETH E. RU-MPH.
December 27th, 1850.
Since the above was written I am convinced try
husband had it done ; he did net divide with me asfe
has been telling it from place to place.
ELIZABETH E. RU-MPH,
ft wife of CHARLES F.RUMPJI-
Messrs. Editors :—Bite following ticket will fe
supported for Mayor and A iderrnen, at the approach
ing Municipal Election, by tbe Union men of Macon.
For Mayor.
J. 11. R. WASHINGTON.
Aldermen.
C. B. COLE,
T. G. HOLT,
JOHN L. JONES, ‘
L. N. WHITTLE,
SAMUEL F. GOVE,
Z. T. CONNER,
CHARLES A. ELLS,
CHARLES P. LEVY.
For Principal Marshal.
JOHN B. GUMMING.
A. R. FREEMAN is a candidate for.re-election as
Clerk of the City Council at the ensuing election,
dec 13 2:*
11. W. SHAW is a candidate for Deputy Mar
shal of Macon, at the ensuing elect.on in January,
dec 11 37
We are authorized to announce Dr. L. L< STI.O*
IIUCKF.K as a candidate for Mayor,at the election j
in January next. dec 4 25-4i*
WILLIS H. HUGHES is a candidate for chief
MaishaL of thiscitv at the ensuing election,
dec 17 ‘ 2t
J. W. ADDERHOLD is a candidate for Deputy]
Marshal of Macon, at the ensuing election.
dec 4 SC-It*
WARREN D. WOOD is a candidate for Deputy
Marshal ol Macon, at the ensuing election,
dec 4 3S-4t*
JAMES B. NELSON is a candidate for Deputy
Marshal at the ensuing election for city officers.
dec 4 26-1 i*
GEORGE J. LUNSFORD,is a candidate for Dep”
uiy Marshal, at the election in January next, dec 4
{j£p RICH VRD A. CAIN is a candidate for re*
1 lection, as Tax Collector of Bibb county, at the en
] suing election. [jan 1 40]
ur WILLIAM HOLLINGSWORTH i* 3candi
dates for the office of Tax Collector of Bibb county.
H. E. RICHARDSON is a candidate for Depu:?
Mar: lial ot Macon,"at the ensuing election in January
doc It 37-4 V
The lriends of H. J. COOPER announce him a? 1
candidate for Deputy Marshal at the ensuing eiect. ■
O s
dec 19
Wc are requested to announce LAWRE> 1
CHERRY, as a candidate for Principal Marshak 81 ,
the election in January nest. dec 25
BENJAMIN RUSSELL is a candidate for re elec
tion, as ‘l ux Receiver of Bibb county.
SPENCER RILEY, Esq , announces himself to’ -
friends and fellow citizens ot Bibo county as a L
date for Receiver of Tax Returns,and would be gra
ful for their liberal support. ’
tw JOHN T. WOOTTON is a candidate for tb
office of Tax Collector of Bibb county, and w “
thankful for the support ofhis old lriends, and ns “
new ones as can consistently give him a lilt.
2 l-*sep 11
MACON COUNTY UNION CANDIDATE*
JOHN M. SMITH, of the HamburgE
the Union candidate for the office ot 1* one
and Collector of Macon county, in OPP° Jf t ‘ o ns,acd
who has acted against us in ad 01 .ifo. rj n ion P art s
particularly in the iecent election- yiouc ß ?
are therefore requested to come out on then.
’ in January ard do their duty. VOTERS
due 1