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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER,
s. T.CHAPMAN A: S.ROSE.Editors.
UwroN Meeting in York.— The citizens
of York, Pa., in favor of the constitution
anti the maintenance of the compromise. henJ
a meeting at the court-house, in the borough
of York, on the evening of the Till inst.. which
was largely attended. Dr. \\ in. Mcllvaine
presided assisted by a number of vice chair
men and secretaries. The meeting was ad
dressed by Wrn. H. Welsh. Ksq.. Tlios. C.
Hamblv. Esq.. Coleman Ycilot. Esq.. of Bal
tosore/L. C. Judson. Esq., of this city. We
extract the following from a scries of resolu
tions. reported by a committee through Wra.
H.Welsh. Esq., as their chairman: —
Rssslstd, That the Union must and shall
be preserved lor the sake ot the Union.
Resulted. That the constitution under which
we live, is a contract of Perpetual Obliga
tion which cannot be abrogated without the
consent of all the States, nor altered, hut
by a majority; nor can its compromises be
changed except with the consent ot all who
by their Representatives entered into them.
Resulted , That no fear ot’ agitation ; no
hope for political aims; neither conventions
nor combinations either tor. or against slave
ry, North or South, shall terrify us from Con
stitutional grounds, nor hinder the perform
ance of Constitutional duties ; and for this,
anew “ we pledge ourselves ” mutually each
to the other, and to the whole country.
Resolved. That our thanks are eminently
due to the noble-minded and patriotic Clay.
Cass, Foote. Houston, Sturgeon, Cooper, and
other Senutprs and Representatives who. by
their untiring exertions in behalf of the Union
and the Constitution aided in allaying agita
tion and calming the madness of the hour—
and also to Webster, that pillar of the Consti
tution. who crushes with his finger of tsco'-n.
the despisers of our free institutions whether
they appear in the tbrm ot Free-soi!ers. Abo
litions, or Southern fanatics, whether they
wear the livery of Austrian Despotism, or
shroud themselves in ihe more insidious garb
ol a Mock Heroic Military’ Republicanism.
Resulted, That we will aid by the clear
force of sound public opinion, and by all legal
means to put out the firebrands of fanaticism
whether in the North, or the South, and with
that view we remind all Ministers of the gos
pel that theirs is a mission of peace, and prac
tical obedience to the laws; and we warn all
Ecclesiastical Associations that they stain not
their vestments by unholy political contact;
and that divisions of Church Associations into
North and South whereby the lines of Pro
and Non Slavery are marked meets with our
unqualified disapprobation.
Resolved. That we will know, no North no
South, no East no West, the whole Country
is ours, and the fame of our Wa-hington and
Franklin, our Jackson and our Taylor, with
the halo of glory wrought out by our army
and navy is a common inheritance which like
the glowing colors of the rising sun lints the
whole horizon of our name.
A Decided Disunions* r. — Theodore S.
Dubose, a candidate for the State Conven
tion of South Carolina, defines his position
thus:
“Inmo'hc ehvacter thin that or'adisu
nionist would 1 go as a delegate to the Con
vention, even if elected by every’ vote in the
district on the condition that I should agree
to compromse my own political creed, in the
event ot my'constituents changing theirs.—
Not all the honors that South Carolina can
bestow, would reconcile me to her union with
the North, or induce me to assume for an in
stant a false character. I am ready to assist
in loading and tiring the guns of the State,
but am tired and ashamed ol fcrpetually
getting them ready for a remote, and it seems
to me ever receding service.”
The Slave Henry Long. —Mr. Talraadge,
Jr., and the other Duputy Marshals who es
corted Long to Richmond, Va.\ have return
ed home, having safely’ deposited their prison
er in the Richmond jail. On their arrival
Henry's clothes were thoroughly searched,
when a large dirk knife was found concealed
in his trowsers. The authorities and citizens
ot Richmond and sevreal members of the
House of Delegates, now in session, express
ed their perfect satisfaction at the conduct ol
the people and authorite* of New York in re
lation to this slave.—.V. Y. Herald.
South Carolina. —Tickets for delegates to
the Southern Convention are already out in
various parts of South Carolina. In Green
ville district there is a Union ticket, composed
of members of the Legislature who voted in
that body’ against the call of a Convention,
against the appropriation of five or six hun
dred thousand dollars tor purposes connected
with the Convention.in arming the State, and
against the Increase of taxation consequent
thereon.
Senatorial Election Postponed. —The
election tor U. S. Senator in Massachusetts
has been postponed for one week, by’ a vote of
IS9 to 179. The last ballot of which wo
have any account, resulted thus: For Rob
ert C. Winthrop. 106 ; tor Charles Sumner,
who. is supported by the free soilers and most
of the democrats, 180 ; Scattering 31.
Legal Advice Extra. —The following is
tle advice of an examining Judge to a young
lawyer on admission:
“Sir. it would be idle to trouble you farther
You are period, and 1 will dismiss you with a
few words of advice, which you will do well to
follow. You will find it laid down in a maxim
of civil law, never to kiss the maid when you
can kiss the mistress. Carry’ out this princi
pal and you are safe. Never say boo to a
goose when she has the power to Jay golden
eggs. Let your lace be long and your bills
longer. Never put your hand into your own
pocket when any body else is handy. Keep
your conscience for your own private use. and
don't trouble it with other men's matters.
Plaster the Judge and butter the Jury. —
Look wiser than an owl, ana be as oracular
as a town clock, and above all, get money’. —
honestly, my dear sir. if you can —but get mon
ey. I welcome you to the bar.
Camphor Balls eor the Hands. —Cut
small an ounce ot spermaceti, an ounce of
camphor, and one of white wax ; put them in
to a couple of ounces of almond-oil, and inelt
them with a gentle degree of heat over a gen
tle fire. Pour the mixture into gallipots, and
rub it on the hands or on any part of the skin
which is roughened by the cold winds. This
preparation is exceedingly pleasant and very
healing; to render it even more so, halt a
drachm of pulverized gum benzoin might be
infused for some little time in the oil (which
might be kept hot on the corner of the stove)
before the ingredients are added. The mix
ture must then be strained through muslin
before it is put in use.
The Essentials to Productive Farm
ing.—The free use of the plow, cultivator and
hoe, with all row-cultured crops, soae to keep
down at all times, the growth of grass and
weeds, those pests which prove so destructive
to crops.
Seeding in the proper time, with good seed
aud an equal attention to time, with regard to
working of crops.
Attention to the construction and repair of
fences, so that wtial is made through the toils
und anxious cares of the husbandman, may
not be lost through his neglect to protect h.s
crops from the depredations of stock.
Daily personal superintendence, on the part
of the master, over all the operations of the
farm, no matter how good a manager tie may
have, or however faithful his hands tmiy be. as
the prince of the head of the farm, and the
use ol his eyes, arc worth several pairs of
bands.
To Fatten Fowls.— The best food for fat
tening fowls is potatoes mixed with meal.
Boil the potatoes and mash them tine while
they are hoh.and mix the meal with them just
before it is to be presented. They fatten on
this diet in less than half the time ordinarily
required to bring them to the same condition
of excellence on corn or even meal itself.
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20.
Persons wishing exchange on New York, are
referred to the advertisements of Mr. Smith and ol Car
hart Brother At Cos., in another column.
The proceedings of Council are again exclu
ded this week, because they were not received in time.
The city fathers will please give this matter some at
tention, us the pioceedings lose ail their interest by
being delayed in their publication.
Population of Charleston.
Tiie population of the city ot Charleston and suburbs
by the recent census, is ascertained to be 42,G04. The
population in 1840 wds 31,527, being an me reuse of
11,077.
Lad Chance.
Mr. Frey requests us to say, that if any of our
citizens wish to avail themselves of his set vices, they
must call at once and engage them. Otherwise, he
will be compelled to leave, as better inducements are
held out to him elsewhere- We have before spoken of
Mr. F’s skill as an artist. He comes highly recom
mended by the Hon. Cicment C. Clay, of Alabama,
and other distinguished gentlemen.
Public Lecture.
We trust that the citizens of Macon will not forget
the Lecture advertised by the Secretary ot the Mechan
ics’ Society lor Saturday night next. Prolessor Loomis
is well known, und will no doubt give a most interest
ing and instructive Lecture. Among the numerous
experiments ptoposed, is one illustrative of Mr. Paines
wonderful discoveiy for manufacturing Water Gas.
The Mechanics’ Library.
We understand that the Library Committee of the
Mechanics’ Society, have purchased about four hun
dred volumes ot mostly valuable stand trd works, and
that they have received in addition, about one hundred
volume* a* donations from individuals. They have
hired a Library Boom tor the use of the Society, over
the store of the Messrs. Virgins, winch w ill be lilted up
with all jtossible despatch. Much praise is due to Dr.
Andrews for his efforts in purchasing the Books in
question. lie has displayed no httlc energy and judg
ment ui their selection.
Dancing anil Waltz ug.
The exhibition ot the pupils belonging to Mr. Pos
sieux’s Dancing Academy, came off on Friday night
lust, and was really a most interesting and delightful
affair. The young M ;sters and Misses deported them
selves with great proprietyjUid gave ample evidence of
their own industry,and of the care and capacity of their
instructor. Pupils desirous of enjoying the advantages
of the Academy the secoud quarter, should enter with
out delay.
Litter from Europe.
The steamship Arctic arrived on the 23J, w ith Liv
erpool dates to the 12th inst. The cotton market, on
the Uth was dull aud drooping, though there had been
no actual decline in prices. Quotations, same as per
last steamer. There had been a decline in grain and
provisions generally, with the exception of beef, pork
and lard. No political nows, except the resignation of
the French Ministry. The steamship Atlantic not
yet heard from. In consequence of the foreign news,
cotton declined a quarter ot a cent,on ihe26ih,in New
Vvik. •
Loomis’ Grand I’niioranm of Cuba,
Which has had so successlul a career in Charleston,
Augusta, and Savannah, will be exhibited in this city
on Monday the 3rd of Feb., to continue three days.—
As Mr. Loomis formerly painted Portraits and resided
here for some time, we piedict that his old friends, and
the public generally, will go “ en masse” to see this
iamous production trout his jtencil.
St. Omers Encampment.
VVe are requested to state that the installation of the
Officers,elect, will take place in the Lodge Room ot
the Masonic Hall,on Ftiday Evening, 14th February,
at 7 o’clock. An Officer will be in attendance charged
with the duty of providing seatsior Ladies and Gentle
men who may desire to witness the ceremonies. An
address will be delivered by Col. W. T. Gould, of Au
gusta, Ga., a gentleman of distinguished reputation
and high standing in the order.
Tlie South-Western Railroad.
We enjoyed our first ride on the South-Western
Road on Saturday evening last. About twenty gentle
men left the Depot on an Iron Train at 3 o’clock. It
tan seven iniies down the track, discharged three car
loads ol iron,and returned to the city in two hours and
a quarter. The work of laying the iron is now rapidly
progressing, and will be completed to the Echaconnee
early in next week. The superstructure upon near
ly the entire route is now done, and our neighbors
at Fort Valley and Oglethorpe may expect a visit from
the steam-horse in a tew weeks.
Hand him Round.
The Post Master at Irwinviiie, Irwin county, wri:e s
us that one VV. H. Perkins, for some time a subscriber
to this paper, has gone to parts unknown leaving our
subscription unpaid and sundry other good citizensol
Irwin sadly in the vocative. ‘I he last that was heard of
liiin, was when he crossed the Chattahoochee at Co
lumbus. We hope that our frieuds of the press will mark
the man, and pass him round. He deserves *an im
mortal of infamy,” and let him have it. We have
a few more of the same sort left, whose names will be
given in due time unless they fork over the needful.
Imporlnul Irotn Washington.
The telegraphic dispatch from Washington to the
Savannah Republican of the 22nd inet.,says:
More petitions for the repeal ot the fugitive slave
law were presented and laid on the table. A pledge
has been signed by sixty members of Congress, fifty of
w-hoin are wliigs, to support no man as a candidate for
President or Vice President, or for Congress or the
State Legislature, who is not for the Compromise
measures, and against the agitation of the slavery
question, f
The flihie Cause.
We know not when we have seen a more delighted
audience than that which convened at the Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning last, to listen to a discou-se
from the Rev. Joseph Stiles, upon the character, influ
ence, and importance ot the Bible. ‘I he style of the
speaker was terse, condensed and classical, his argu
ments clear, cogent and convincin'*, and his manner
original, impressive, and peculiarly adapted to the pul
pit. Indeed, we do not remember to have enjoyed so
rich an intellectual treat tor years. It was truly re
treslflng to listen to a discourse so right in thought, so
elevated in moral tone,and delivered with such genuine
apostolic unction. We trust that our citizens,generally
will manifest their appreciation ol the effort by con
tributing liberally to the noble cause which w as so ably
und eloquently advocated.
Jenny Lind in Cuba.
The visit of the Nightingale to Cuba, seems to have
been a comparative taiiure. A gentleman just trom
the Island informs us that she was not greeted with
any striking demomtiation or parade. She was re
quired to pay one thousand dollars per night for the
Paeon Theatre, and gave three Concerts, which
yielded only about s3tiOO each. She then gave a
Charity .Concert which paid SIO,OOO. Where upon
the divine Jenny completely lost her temper, and ut
tered some very harsh notes for a Nightingale. A
committee of gentlemen waited upon tier, and pro
posed to guarantee her $30,000 to resume; but site
promptly responded that she would not sing again
it they were to offer her the whole city of Havan
nn! The stately Habanos next placed themselves up
on their dignity, and the matter dropped. Jenny, in
the meantime, was amusing herself around the city
until the arrival ot the steamer of the Ist of February
w hich was to carry her to New Orleans.
New Books.
D. Appleton & C0.,0t New York, have sent us :he
following new works, viz: Ollendorff’* Greek Gram
mar, by Kendrick; the Youth'* Coronal, by Hannah
F. Gould ; the Monthly Recompense, by Grace Aquil-
I lar; the Mechanic’s Magazine, Vol. 1. No. 1; Edited
! by J. W. Adatns, and No’s. 21 and 22 of a certain
! Dictionary, which we shall not name unless the coin
; plete work is to: warded.
We will take this occasion to remark to publishers
generally, we are not to be caught with chaff— that
if they desire to get notices from this press, they must
send us works worthy of a respectful notice. We
know the difference between valuable books and trash,
and do not deem it our duty to ourselves, or the public,
to call attention to hooks which are of no earthly value,
and particularly to stray numbers of publications which
1 are wo.se than aseiess.
Florida .Senator.
The Florida papers annouce the election of Stephen
F. Mallory, Esq., of Key West, as United States
Senator vice David Yui.ee. Mr. Mallory was chosen
by a union of the Whigs and Union Democrats. The
vote stood, Maliory, 31 ; Yalee, 23; blank, 4. He is
said to be a gentleman of eminent talents and conser
vative principles. The Floridian seems to think that
he will act with the disunionists, but this is all for ef
fect. Mr. Ma'lory is a true Union man, and w-erthy
o! the confidence ol all true patriots.
Missouri Senator.
We announce, w ith infinite pleasure, the fuel, that
the Mo. Buffalo, alias, Thos. Hart Benton, lias been
defeated tor the Senate. He was beaten by the
Wtiigs and Union Demoerats, who united upon Mr.
Geyer, a distinguished attorney of St. Louis. The
vote stood, for Geyer, 80 ; Benton, 53 ; scattering, 24.
Mr. Benton’s recent votes, upon the fugitive slave law,
prove him to be utterly unworthy of public confidence,
devoid ot principle, and an unsafe representative ot a
slave-holding community.
Delaware Senator.
The election cf Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, to tne
United States Senate, is another Union triumph. He
is a distinguished attorney, and a prominent member
of the old Democratic party, but entirely fres from all
participation in the treasonable movements <>f both the
Northern aboiitio tsts and the Southern disunionists.
He is, in a word, a good Union Democrat,and we re
joice at his success. We hope that the clay may speed
ily come, when all such Senators those who repre
sented Delaware and New Jersey, during the last ses
sion, may be left at home.
Pennsylvania .Senator.
The New York Herald says: “ The recent elec
tion of Richard Broadhead.to the Senate, trom Penn
sylvania, is a great triumph to the friends ot the Union.
There was, in this contest, no bargain or sale, or coali
tion with the free-soil party. He was elected, with
his sentiments fully kitow-n in favor of the fugitive slave
law, and he received, with one exception, the full
democratic vote ot the Legislature. Pennsylvania,
therefore, is determined not to sanction the repeal of
this law in Congress.’’
Henry Long Coming South.
The Richmond papers state that the Fugitive, Hen
ry Long, was sold in that city, on the l'Jth inst., at
auction, and purchased by David Clopton, a specula
tor, from Paulding county, Georgia, for $750. The
purchaser was required to give bonds in the sum of
S3OOO to remove Henry to the South. Virginia, it
seems, is unwilling to allow these returned fugitives to
remain with'n her borders ; because she regards them
as being dangerous, and calculated to corrupt her slave
population. Why, then, should she impose them upon
States further South ? Is it fair that Georgia mid the
other Sou hern Slates should be made the receptacles
for all the vicious and unruly negroes of Virginia, Ma
ryland and North Ca-olina? We are assured that the
number of this class sent South, the present year, has
been unusually large. One thing is certain, they are
not calculated to add either to the security of our fire
sides or the value ol our present negro propt rty. VVe
beg, most respectfully, to suggest, that it may be pro
per for the next Legislature to enquire whether the
Richmond speculators have a right to convert Georgia
into a second Botany Bay.
Dangers Ahead.
In our paper ot week before last we took occasion to
caution tiie people of Georgia in regard to the present
speculative excitement, in property, and particularly
in negroes. We took occasion to intimate that we
were, in all probability, approaching a season of pecu
niary ruinand distress, such as was experienced in 1837
and 1838. VVe stated that it was dangerous for plan
ters to purchase negroes at present prices with the ex
pectation of paying for them with cotton at present
prices. VVe stated that the Southern States were over
run with negroes front Maryland and Virginia, to an
extent which would greatty increase the amount of
cotton to be grown the ensuing year. VVe stated fur
ther, that this consequent increase of the cotton crop
would probably—nay almost certainly—cause a decline
in the price of the raw material to,say 7 or 8 cents per
pound. Our conclusion Irotn these premises was, that
the men who purchased negroes at present prices, not
only ran a great risk, but were almost certain to en
counter pecuniary destruction. This was our firm con
viction, and as the conductors of a public press, we
would have been derelict in duty had we failed to ex
press it.
VV e are not of that class of individuals who will fal
ter in the performance ot a public duty for fear of offen
ding any man or set of men, much less any class of spec
ulators. If wc have advanced erroneous opinions and
any gentleman is able to convince us of our errors, we
will be most happy to correct them. In this case, how
ever, we have only reflected the sentiments ot every
prudent, cautious ard reflecting business man in the
country. Scores of this class of gentlemen have, with
in the last week, expressed their thanks that we had
called attention to this very subject, and warned the
planters of approaching danger. VVe have not sought
to interfere with the business of any person further
than our duty as public journalists imperatively de
manded. Gentlemen who slitter themselves that our
articles are pointed especially at them, attach undue
importance, both to themseive and their pursuits.—
Having witnessed and felt the ruin and disaster, which
resulted under similar circumstances and from similar
causes, twelve years ago, it is our fixed purpose to pre
vent, if possible, a similar recurrence. If others see
proper to pursue a course which must produce univer
sal bankruptcy, and which will beggar widows and or
phans, they can do so. They can settle the matter
with themselves. For ourselves, we will not stand by
in silence and see thousands of our readers ruined with
out,at least, warning them of their danger. We know
that they will appreciate our motives, however others
tnay misapprehend or misrepresent them.
More Disunion Allieia.
VVe learn from our Northern exchanges, that at an
abolition meeting in Boston on the 18:h inst., “ George
Thompson, the notorious English abolitionist, made a
characteristic speech. He said lie blushed for the city
of Boston, and that acts had been committed there
which made it sunk in the nostrils of humanity, lie
abused the Union meeting which was held in Faneuil
Hall, President Fillmore, the South, the Church, &c.
He was frequently interrupted in his speech by indig
nant hisses and cries, and there would undoubtedly
have been a serious disturbance had the holding of the
meeting been more generally known.”
It may not be generally known tlint George Thomp
son is not the only English disunionist now engaged in
exciting the people of these States to acts of rashness
and violence. Thompson is operating only in the ob
olition wing of the disunion army. If we are correct
ly informed, there is another English ally at the head
of one of the leading newspapers in the Capita! of a
sister State. This man lias been in the United States
but a very short period, and yet he is at the head of a
press, and like Saul of Tarsus, breathes only slaughter
against the Union —he is borne down with a sense of
oppression, and in his expressions of violence, rivals
both Cheeves and Quattlebum. Yet, even in Carolina,
where “ Yankees, Foreigners and Traitors” are so
sincerely despised, this English emi-ary of treason and
disunion is deemed a marvellous proper gentleman !
There is, there must be, a significance in all this.—
Why should there be English emissaries in both sec
tions of the Union at this particular crisis! Is it not
because England wishes to sever the Union, in order
to break down the growing commercial and manufac
turing power of thiscoumry ? It is most apparent, from
the relative progress of the two nations, that if Ameri
ca is not shaken by some civil convulsion, during the
present century, she will be sole mistress of the seas,
aud drive English manufactures even out of the con
tinental markets. English influence, therefore, must
be brought to bear in favor of dissolution. Hence,
Thompson is sent as a emissary to the North, to
preach abolitionism ; while his ally councils resistance
at the South, and induces the misguided or dishonest
disunionists here to hold out the idea ol British protec
tion, in case of a rupture. VVe mention the facts ; oth
ers may draw their own inferences. One thing is cer
tain—it is lime tor the true friends of Republican insti
tutions to be on the alert. It is time, ns n cotempoia
ry has well said, to blot out old party lines and move
in solid phalanx in favor of the Union and the Consti
tution.
Mississippi —The Vicksburg Whig says there is not
a single county in the State in which the disunionists
can rely on u majority at the Convention election.—
The strongest Whig and the heaviest Democratic cotin
ties, such as Warren and Hinds on the one hand, and
Tippah and Tishenaingo on the other, are strongly op
posed to the secessionists and the schemes they have on
foot.
Separate Secession.
A writer in the Charleston Mercury over the signa
ture ot Burnwell, generally understood to be Ex-Gov
ernor Hammond, is urging upon the people the
importance of immediate and separate secession on
the part of South Carolina. He contends that it is the
only way to unite, or rather to involve, the South in o
common scheme of resistance to the general govern
ment. This course is also deemed essential to the
honor, consistency, and dignity ol Carolina. He says:
“ A> the last session of the Legislature an appropria
tion ot $350,000 was made lor the purchase of arms
and ordinance, and a loan of $125,000 was granted to
the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, free of
interes; for live years, upon the condition that their
vessels shou.d be so constructed as to admit of being
converted into warsteamers.”
The object of this expenditure, is thus explained by
an extract from the Report of the Military Committee:
“ If the State of South Car. lina should, at any lime,
find il necessary, alone and unaided to exercise the
INDISPUTABLE RIGHT OF SECESSION, your
committee conceive themselves warranted in the belief,
that the Federal power of coercion so recently and in
sultingly menaced against the State of Texas, would
be resorted to, to preserve the Union, unless restrained
by the demonstration of power to vindicate that right.”
The writer further says:
‘ To meet the expenditures voted for this purpose,
the taxes have been iacreased 50 per cent, which in
crease wilt produce $150,000, leaving $200,000 to be
drawn from the permanent resources of the State.”
The next position assumed is, that as an additional
tax has been levied, it will not do to remain idle.—
Something must be done says the writer. He then
asks this pertinent question:
“ Will any member of the Legislature who voted
lor these appropriations and this tax bill, upon the
ground taken in the report of the Military Committee,
go home and tell his constituents that the event upon
which alone they are justified, never will and never
should occur ?”
Here is the rub. Carolina politicians have levied a tax
of 50 per cent upon the people. They have told that
people that they were oppressed and down trodden;
and having made the allegation, it is necessary to con
vince them of the fact. As the harranguesof cross
road orators and the perversions of the press have fail
ed to accomplish this object, it has become necessaty
to endorse those allegations by the grave resolves of
a State Convention. To prepare the people for this is
evidently the purpose of the writer.
We may be mistaken ; but we cannot help looking
upon this whole proceeding in Carolina as either a
most ridiculous farce ; or as a very grave offence
against the other Southern States. It reminds us of
the corn-stalk musters and brimstone resolutions,which,
in 1844, under the reign of Brigadier General Quattle
butn, brought such a storm ot ridicule upon our sister
State. Carolina never wiil recover, in public estima
tion, what she lost on that occasion. Even the noble
and ctiivalric conduct of her Palmetto Regiment has
not been sufficient to blot out the memory of her Quat
tlebum follies. She is probably now about to re-enact
a similar farce in the face of the country and the world.
Suppose she should secede. It is questionable, as
Gen. Hamilton wisely says, whether the general Gov
ernment would gratify her with the dignity of martyr
dom. States, like individuals,can sometimes be whip
ped into distinction. It would be the policy of the gen
eral Government to remain almost entirely passive—
simply to cut off all intercourse and trade—and allow
the refractory State to repent at her leisure. In this
event, the conduct of Carolina would be farcical.
But suppose a contrary course should be pursued—
suppose a conflict should follow. Os what avail would
he t lie petty appropriation of $350,000 ? llow long
would that sum supply the demands ot an army ? It
would scarcely equip and support twenty-five hundred
men ninety days. Her additional loan of $125,000, so
boastingly alluded to by the writer in the Mercury,
would not fit out a fleet of cock-boats sufficient to ex
terminate the devil-fish in Callaboga Sound! The
whole State of Carolina has not resources enough, or
productive industry enough,aside from her negro la
bor, to sustain a campaign of three months iii a con
flict with the general Government. VVe do not mean
by this to disparage her people or to express any doubt
in regard to their willingness to sacrifice their lives and
property. Men cannot light, however, without sup
plies. These, the State cannot produce within Iter
own limits—nor has she the means to procure them
from abroad.
How unwise, how unpatriotic then, for her public
men, Iter orators and writers to be deluding her people
with idle dreams about resistance and secession ? They
must know that such a movement, instead of drawing
other States to their rescue, would cause thousands of
their wealthiest citizens to remove, with their property,
beyond the limits of the State. Only a few days since,
while in a conference with an intelligent Charlesto
nian, he frankly informed us that a movement, such as
contemplated, would not only depopulate the agricul
tural districts, but drive at least twelve millionsof cap
ital, at once,from Charleston to Savannah ! Our in
formant was a reliable gentleman, and said he knew
the capitalists, and that they were ready to remove the
moment the first actual step towards a conflict was ta
ken. Such is the actual and prospective position of
Carolina, provided the doctrine of separate secession
is carried into eflect. If the’mischief were to termin
ate with her it would be the less matter; but it will not
cease to injure and weaken the cause of the South and
Southern institutions for centuries to come. The
other Southern States ought not to allow Carolina
either to make a separate issue or to precipitate
them into a conflict for existing causes. Such a
policy would be fatal to Carolina and to slavery. If
Carolina persist in it, there is but one course for the
other States to pursue ; and that is either to stand aloff,
or to join the general Government and put her down.
VVe have had enough vaporing and gasconading on
the other side of the Savannah. It is full time that the
good sense and stern integrity and patriotism of the
country should administer to it a prudent, but decided
rebuke.
V. More Sympathy.
It will be that some two weeks ago Mr.
Hale, of Hampshire, presented in the United States
Senate, petitions for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave
Law, which were promptly laid upon the table, by a
vote of 35 to IG.
When the yeas and nays were called, Mr. Foote call
ed the attention of the Chair to the fact that several
Senators were present who had not voted.
Mr. Vulee said he had not voted, and after much
confusion, tc., obtained leave to state as his reason,
that there were resolutions pending before the legisla
ture of I lorida, instructing their Senators not to vote
on any question relating to the fugitive slave law.
Mr. Foote still insisted on the bill.
Mr. Yulee asked to be excused from voting.
Mr. Mangum asked for yeas and nays on excusing
Mr. Yulee.
Mr. Hale asked to be excused from voting, on the
motion to excuse the Senator from Florida. The pres
ent law was that all should vote, and he did not know
whether to vote for the enforcement of the law, or wait
for the “ higher law ” from Florida.
Mr. Seward said he would vote for any one who did
not desire to vote.
Mr. Foote was surprised at the harmony between
the Senators from Florida, and New-York on the gen
eral doctrine of higher law.
Mr. Berrien said the reason was not satisfactory.—
After further debate,
The Chair decided that it was not in order at this
time to ask to be excused. Every one should vote.—
He directed the Secretary to call the Senator from
Florida. The Secretary called the name of Mr. Yu
lee, but that gentleman did not respond.
Mr. Winthrop said that in the House the practice
had been to call a member, and if be refused to vote it
was a case for censute, to be acted on after the vote
was over.
Mr. Butler said he was in the same position as the
Senator from Florida, he had not voted, nor did he in
tend to vote.
The vote was then announced, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Atchison, Bell, Berrien. Borland
Bradbury, Cass, Cluy, Clemens, Davis, of 3liss , Daw
son , Dickinson, Dodge,of lowa, Douglas, Downs,Fetch,
Foote,Gwin, Houston, Hunter,Jones, King, Mangum,
Mason, Morton, Norris, Pearce, Pheips, Rltett, Rusk,
Shields, Souie, Spruanee, Underwood, Wales, Whit
comb—3s.
Nays—Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Chase, Cooper,
Davis, of Mass., Dayton, Dodge,of Wis., Ewing, Hale,
Hamlin, Miller,Seward, Smith,Upham, Walker,Win
throp—l6.
No candid man can read these procedings without
being convinced that there is not only a strong sympa
thy, but a distinct understanding between tho Aboli
tion and the Fire Eating Senators in Washington.—
Why are Messrs. Seward and Hale so ready to come
to the rescue of Messrs. Yulee aud Butler, if this be not
the case? The truth is, they are ail anxious to dis
solve the Union, and hence, Southern men and aboli
tionists are alike stiiving to reopen the slavery agita
tion, because they know it will result in civil strife!—
Fortunately for the country, Mr. Yulee has been de
feated and will soon sink into merited insignificance.
Patriotic and Manly. •
The Mobile Register, pursues a much more high
toned and patriotic policy, than the Fire Eating press
of the South,generally. Wnile othershnve been en
deavoring to find fault with the conduct of the Union
Committee of New York, in regard to the Long case,
the Register speaks out as follows:
“The Union Committee of New York deserve
much commendation lor their course in reference to
the late fugitive slave case ol Long. Their chairman,
George Wood, Esq., one of the leading lawyers of th e
city, volunteered his services ior the prosecution ot the
claim ; and the committee, upon the conclusion of the
case, paid in full the bill of costs, fees, isc., amounting
to about SIOO. Long was thus returned to his owner,
without one cent,s expense, excepting a retaining lee
paid to the counsel, at the commencement of the pro
ceedings. This shows that the enlightened minds •
New Yoik are convinced of the absolute necessity <\
faithfully enforcing the fugitive law, and that they are
patriotically willing to make sacrifices for that object.
Lookout lor Robbers.
The Jewelry Store of Mr. 1). 13. Nichols, of Savan
nah, was entered on the night of the 19th and robbed
i of about fifteen hundred dollars worth ol gold and sil
ver ware, jewelry, &LC., &.C.
“ The goods consisted of silver cups, assorted pat
terns, silver forks, spoons, soup ladles, sugar tongs, fish
and cake knives, with forks, sets of silver, consisting
of knives, forks and spoons, tea strainers, 1 dozen as
sorted silver card cases 4 about 1 dozen silver Quartier
i and Lepine watches, about 200 enamelled and jet
1 brooches, assorted patterns, a general assortment of
gold snaps and bracelet settings, a few pair of ear
rings, gold pencil heads, points and bands with rings
for do.,jobbing pins, old gold jewelry, about 1 dozen
extra fine ladies fans, gold pens, and silver holders,
| port monia, &,<•.”
As there are a number of very suspicious persons at
, present, lurking about Macon, who have no ostensible
! pursuits, we would advise the authorities to mark
them. They are after no good.
The Cheap Postage Rill.
The bill which has passed the lower House of Con
gress reducing the rates of postnge, provides
1. That the charge upon all letters not over halt
ounce shall be uniformly three cents, without regard
to distance; double letters in the same proportion.—
Letters not called for shall be advertised every two
weeks, one. time only.
2. On printed matter not over two ounces 1 cent—
bound Looks weighing less than 30 ounces to be maila
ble at same rates. Newspapers in the State, where
printed, only half the above rates, and within 30 miles
free—Magazines pre-paid 50 per cent. off.
3. Three cent coin ordered to be stampede. No re
duction of present mail service, but $1,500,(>00 appro
priated to meet any deticiancy that may result from
the proposed reduction.
Union Triumph in Virginia.
As the disunionists, notwithstanding the pledges ol
Senator Mason, of Virginia, to the contrary persist in
regarding his re-election to the Senate as a disunion
victory, it may be proper to state that the strength of
I parties was recently fairly tested in the election of a
I Judge of the Supreme Court. The Washington cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sun writing on the 17th
; inst. adds the following post-script to his letter:
P. S. A general shout of satisfaction is going iP
among the friends of peace and the adjustment for 3lr’
Richard Parker, just elected Judge of the Supreme
Court of Virginia. Such acts prove that Virginia is
sound to the core.
Judge Parker is at present a Representative in Con
gress, from Virginia, and was an ardent supporter of
the adjustment measures. The vote stood: Parker,
83 ; Conrad, 31; Tucker, 11 ; Byrd, 1 ; Bedinger, 1. —
The Richmond Times observes:
“ The large vote by which Mr. Parker was elected
may be received as conclusive evidence that his pat
a-Vio ora.> > noppwiin); itic compromise measures
has given no umbrage to the Legislature or the people
I of his State.”
Union in New York.
The Albany Argus of the 15th says: “ Union reso
lutions were introduced into the Assembly yesterday,
the first series by Mr. Anihon, the Whig member from
Richmond, and the second by Mr. A. A. Thompson,
one of the democratic represent: lives from the city of
„New York. They both sustain the compromise meas
ures—those offered by Mr. Thompson, however, with
the more boldness and vigor of tone—and no doubt
more fully express the sentiment of the great mass of
the people of the State.”
The Value of Manufactures.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel notices the
fact, that the population of Muscogee county has been
nearly doubled in the last ten years. Also the further
lact that the capital invested in manufactures there has*
suddenly run up to $841,517! and concludes with the
following sensible comments, viz:
“ With a like investment (in proportion to wealth)
in cotton manufactories in every cotton growing county
in the State, Georgia would spin every pound of cot
ton she produces on her soil, thus making the crop from
two to four fold more valuable, and to that extent en
riching her own people by rewarding profitably her own ’
industry, and labor, much of which is now either not
employed at all, or unprolitably so. Why may not
this be done ? We answer, there is no good or suffi
cient reason. It may and can fe done, if our planters
will cease to invest their surplus capital inland and
negroes, and place it in manufactories which would be
infinitely more profitable, and contribute mere to ele
vate the State and render her independent. A thou
sand dollars, the price of a negro fellow, will purchase a
steam engine that will perjbrm the work of fifty
negroes, and consequently to that extent, if its power
be properly directed, increase the wealth of the State j
—give employment to the poor, and the foundation for
a system ol universal education whenever and when
ever the policy of building up manufactories is generally
adopted.”
Fugitive Slave Law in Pennsylvania.—' The fol
lowing is a copy of the bill introduced into the Senate
of Pennsylvania by Mr. McCaslin, to repeal the obnox
ious law of that State against the recovery of fugitive
slaves :
“ Be it enacted, &.c., That the act entitled an act to
prevent kidnapping, preserve the public peace, prohibit
the exercise of certain powers heretofore granted to
judges, justices of the peace, aldermen, and jailors in
this commonwealth, and to repeal certain slave laws,
approved the 3J day of March, 1817, be, and the same
is hereby repealed, so far as lelates to the 3d, 4th, sth,
and 6th sections of said act.leaving in force the Ist and
2d sections ; provided hey impose no barrier to prevent
the proper execution of the late act of Congress, pas
sed by authority of the 3J clause 2d section and 4th
article of the constitution of the United States, which
provides for the recovery of fugitives from labor escap
ing from one State to another, approved the 2Sih of
Septem her, 1850.”
A Good Sign. —The New York Legislature has ta
ken the public priming lrom the Albany Evening
Journal, free-soil, Seward Whig, and given it to the
State Register, the organ of the Fillmore Nationnj
Whig:, at Albany, and one of the ablest advocates of
the compromise measures, and of enforcing the fugitive
slave law in the fiee States.
Fugitive Slave Case. —Mr. E. M. P. Rose, of
WeUaburg, Virginia, arrived in Pittsburg on Sunday,
in pursuit of a young colored boy, who ran away from
him when he wns ten years old. The boy’s white
friends contributed two hundred dollars, which Mr.
Rose consented to accept for his liberation.
Henry Long'at Auction.—The Richmond Whig
calls attention to an advertisement of Messrs. Palli
um!) & Slade, announcing that they “will sell on Sat
urday morning, the 18th inst., at 10 o’clock, a likely
young man 25 years of age. He is an experienced
tavern servant, having graduated at one of the princi
pal hotels in New York.”
COMMUNICATED.
Messrs. Editors :—I notice in one of your recent
papers, the names of several gentlemen suggested as
suitable candidates for Governor at the ensuing elec
tion. They were all good men and true —worthy of
the distinguished position—and perfectly competent to
perform the duties. There was one name, however,
which 1 was sorry to see that your correspondent omit
ted. I refer to the Hon. Absalom 11. Chappel. He
struck the first effectual blow at the hydra headed
monster of disunion. Hisletterwas the text book of the
! campaign, and his distinguished ability and extensive
experience, admirably fit him lor the discharge of the
duties of the station. I fully concur in the views ex
pressed by your correspondent. I believe that the can
didate of the Union Party should be taken lrom among
the Union Democrats, and that the se'ection should be
made with great care and unanimity. I have no per
sonal preferences—will support any gentleman who
may be selected, and only mention Mr. Chappell’s
name to supply an omission, and as an act of justice to
a distinguished citizen. BALDWIN.
Mechanic’s Society Lectures.
The first Lecture, of the present series, will be deliv
ered at the Hall of the Tomochichi Division, S. of TANARUS.,
on Saturday Evening, Eebruary Ist, at 71 o’clock.
Subject — The relation of Chemistry to the Arts,
Sciences and Phenominn of Nature, illustrated with
brilliant and appropriate Experiments.
Ticketsof admission can be had at the Book Stores,
of the Secretary of the Society, of either member of the
Library Committee, and at the offices of the Journal
ty Messenger and Georgia Citizen. Single I icket,
25 cents; admitting two ladies and a gentleman, j 0
cents; family Ticket, 75 cents; Pupils, 10 cents.
Members of the Society, regular and honorary, with
their families, admitted free.
The nett proceeds of the Lecture will be devoted to
the increase of the Library, which is designed to be
accessible to all, on reasonable terms.
DAVID TOUCEY,Secy.
ini iii'H nii r~** ~ii-iVTvnw.
SAVANNAH MUTUAL INSURANCE COM
PANY.
C. P. Rich ardsone, Pres*t. 1 Jas. A. Norris, Sec.
TRUSTEES.—C. P. Richardsone, 11. F. Waring
Hiram Roberts, Henry Lathrop, H. D. Weed, N. B.
Knapp, I. W. Morrell, E. E. V’ ood.
The undersigned, Agent for the above Company, is
prepared to take risks against Fire, on buildings, stock,
Are., on favorable terms. E. 13. WEED,
dec IS 38-Jy Agent.
COMMERCIAL.
Cotton Market.
Owing to the late foreign news, and its decline in our
sea board markets, there were but few salesyesterday,
and none that we heard of over 12 cts.—extremes from
9 to 12.
The decline in New-York, as per telegraphic
despatches, was from one-fourth to three-eights of a
cent., and fair cottons quoted at 133 to 13L
MARRIED,
In Fort Valley,on the 15th inst., by Rev. G.W. Per
sons, Dr. William A. Mathews to Mrs. Mary Beau
fort Everett.
In Lee county, on the 23d inst., by the Rev J. D.
Mathews, Maj John H. Pope, to .Miss Mary Fran
ces Gilbert.
DIED,
At Tallahassee, Fla., on the 9th inst . of consump
tion, Mr Charles Ingram, a native of B:bb county,
Ga., aged 49.
At his residence, in Putnam county, on the seventh
inst., Peyton Holt, Esq., in the seventy-seventh year of
his age.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
JANUARY 16,1351.
CAT.LED MEETING.
Present—The Mayor.
Aid. Gove, Holt, Whittle, Conner, Jones, Ells, and
Levy.
Absent —Aid. Cole.
His Honor the Mayor stated that he had called the
Members of Council together for the purpose of hearing
the follow ing report:
MACON, 16th January, ISSI.
To the Honorable the Mayor and Council:
Gentlemen —The undesigned Committee appointed
by the City Council, on the 27th day of September last,
for the purpose of arranging the details of an agreement,
then about being entered into with the Rail Road
Companies, for the right of crossing the liver, and con
necting the roads within the city—beg leave to make
the following
REPORT:
That on the 7th day of June last the Presidents o
the Central Rail Road', the Southwestern Rati Road,
and the Macon & Western Rail Road Companies,
made an application to the City Council, to purchase
from them the right of extending the Rail Road across!
the river, and connecting them at some common depot
in the city, and offeriegto pay for the smie tae sum of
Five Thousand Dollars as an annual tax.
This propo-ition was referred to a committee of
Uouncil and lirld under consideration until the 271 h
day of September, when it was reported Coun
cil and then agreed to, and accepted, reserving the right
of the Council to tax the property of the Railroad
Companies the same as other property ol a similar
kind in the city. And with the further condition, that
the same should be appioved by u majority of the legal
voters of ti e city; and this Committee w. s then appoin
ted to arrange ttie paiticulars and details ot the agree
ment. Accordingly the Committee met Mr. Reynolds,
who was acting on the part of Rail Road Companies,
and he exhibited the profi es and surveys, of the ground
to br occupied in making raid crossingand connection,
to wit: branching from the Central Road a short dis
tance below their depot and curving into and crossing
the river opposite Sixth street, running up Sixth street,
to the Southwestern Rail Road Depot on square 79,
anp making,at present a passenger Depot in Mulberry
street, near the Court House square. And trom the
Macon &. Western Road, running through the city
common,from a pointashort distance above their pres
ent workshops, crossing the Columbus Road back of
the residence of John D. Gray and Robt. B. W ashing
ton, and down the bottom of Rogers’ branch near
Troup Hill, and curving into the Southwestern Rail
Road. And to these routes the committee see no ob
jection and therefore give theircon-ent.
But believing it to be of great importance to the in
terest of the city, that some agreement should be em
braced in this contract in relation to freights, so that
her citizens may be protected from injurious discrimi
nations in favor of other places, we have devoted some
jitne and attention to that particular subject, and learn
through a sub-committee appointed for that purpose,
that said Railroad Companies have assented to the fol
’ lowing amendment of their proposition of the 7th
June, 1859, to wit:
“ That it shall be further agreed, that after said
crossing and connection takes place, the rates of
freight between Griffin and Savannah, and between
Oglethorpe and Savannah, shall always be at least one
tilTii more than between Macon and Savannah, so that
no improper discrimination shall be made against Ma
con, in favor of these places ”
All of which is respectfully submitted, and the com
mittee beg leave to be discharged from lurther consid
eration of the subject.
GEO. M. LOGAN,
ROBERT COLLINS,
ASHER AYRES,.
J. H. R. WASHINGTON.
I Alderman Jones laid before Council, a paper signed
by sundry citizens of Macon, giving their assent to the
proposed Railroad connection as follows, to wit:
*• J he Railroad Companies having agreed to give
the city of Macon, an annual sum ol Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000) tor the privilege of crossing the river,
and uniting the Roads within the city ; and ihe same
having been accepted by the City Council, subject to
tiie ratification ol the people of the city, we therefore
give our consent, and advise the same. Provided, it
shall be further agreed, that after said connection
takes place, the through rales of freight between
Griffin and Savannah and Ogle'horpe and Savannah,
shall always be at least one-fifth more, than between
Macon and Savannah, so that no improper discrimi
nation shall be made against Macon in favor ol these
places.”
A P Powers. E B Weed, W R Fleming, J E Wells,
E .1 Johnston, Geo S Obear, E Mausenet.Jas 13 Ayres,
T R Bloom, Payne & Nisbet, Mix &. Rutland, Jona
than A. Virgin, Sani’l S Virgin, Isaac Winship, T L
ilolt, J C Warner, J 31 Kibbee, Wm L Johnston, A
11 Wyche.J S Richardson, G J Blake, T M Jackson
&, Cos. L C Shiver, J DeLoache, J B Griffin,
Davis Smith, Jr., E A Bradley, Grenville Wood,
Washington Poe, Jas A Nisbet,Chas Campbell & Cos.,
Emanuel Isaacs, C A Ells &. Son, E D Williams, E
E Brown, B Tissereau, Juiius Peters, JohnJaujstetter,
II Worthigton, R K & J B Hines, J Barnes, S B Day.
.1 B Wiley, G. Harrison, William Fyle, Geo A Smith,
George T Rogers,L Cowles, George Smith, W S Wil
liford, D J Davis, F Plyler, M S Thomson,Treat Hines,
B Walker, Robert Findlay, Robert F Collins, Lutner
R Faught, Win Thompson, James G Shaw, George
Garbutt, E Blake Mer.-hon, Michael Kennedy, Alfred
Munson, James Wiley, John Swindelhurst, A F Rich
ards, John N Seymour, Wm Craft, L F W Andrews,
E L Shelton, Stephen Coffins, R A Sraifh#George
Horn, Win Beld ii, A C Morehouse, A F Sheerwood,
Robert Carver, May Horn, E II Tiliinghast, John J.
Allen, Basil A Wise, John S Hoge, VVm G Iloge,
Robert BClaylon, Wm A Cherry, S W Babcock, W
K DeGraffenreid, Charles Collins, G McDonald, James
Dean, David Reid, P D VVoolhopter, J P Shivers, A
T Smith, T A Goodwin, F S Bloom, R K Evans, J T
Prycc, C W Upson, R S Lanier, provided the Hotels
are protected, Alexander Richards, Thomas A Brown,
J B Cumming, W II Banks, Charles C Usher, J W
Benson, Lanier House, John P Puckett, John Eanes,
W L Ba>'cock,Calvin G Wheeler, Lightfoot & Han
ders, W C Bandy, John-McNaught, O F Adams, M
W Pope, John A Nelson, Benj Davis, VV Cowles, Dr
E J .Smith, Jo eph Qninker, Simeon LStevens, ‘I hom
os J Shinholser, I C Plant, Henry M North, Taylor &.
Ross, W C Godwin, A J. White, Win Collins, Jo in
J Gresham, P E Bowdre.DS Little,Strong &. Wood,
J II Ellis, W S Ellis, S Rose, E Bond, J H Longiey,
H K Bancroft, Thus J Moulton, J N Seymour. James
Seymour, Jas G Rogers, J K Harman, Edwin Graves,
Thos Wood, Henry L Jewett, J M Board man, Erastus
Graves, E Sauisbury & Cos., E C Granniss, Horace
Fitch &. Co.,Wm A Jovce, A Dessau, Eddy 6c La
throp , E lwin Ives, N Mclvnnon, Hall &. Brantley,
Warren Freeman, Thomas 31 Eden, L Lancton, Jas
Arnett, W V Wagnon, Patrick Kelly, William W
VVagnon, Henderson J Henly, O B Rice, Lyman H
Barnes, H W Bronson, James 31 Bivins, Tiiomas P
Stubbs, Robert B Lester, Perry H. Oliver, Carhart.
Bro &. Co-, S T C iapman, T B Oonlding, Robert
Fleming, Wilbain S King, George W Price, C W
Brown, Amos Benton, M R Rogers, Wm H Jordan,
Henry Clark,G R Barker, 11 W Tindall, Perry Dibnrd,
William Dillard, T A Brown, Wm 3lunds,John Gray,
Jacob Russell, Henry E Ball, Edmund Russell, James
H Bishop, .1 W Buboock, Elijah Boyle, George J-
Lunsford, Wm Dibble, DC Hodgkins, Richard Hook
er, J Williams, David Toucey, Henry C Freeniaiin,
T N Mason, George Jones, R P McEvoy, Freeman <V-
Roberts, Wm 31 Roberts, J J & S P Ilicharrto. Lewis
J Groce, J V Grier, Brown &. Harris, Hugh ‘1 Foweli,
Thomas R Lamar, E C Bulkley, James A Ralston,
Bray, Carhart &. Cos., William Mcrrisy, Elam Alexan
der, Daniel F Clark, B B Tyner, K Tyner, G G Stub
blefield, Nathan M Btay.H VV Shaw Thomas Gib
son, James A Knight, J C Mcßeynelds, J J Handers,
■ 1
Z Kendrick. Thomas S H int, J H Hnrdawav C u ;
1 lard, W C Carter, G G Kah, J W Aderholt, fc’jj.V ‘
sto;i, Dr James S Fish, M D Barnes, 8 Menard W r
Wilson, John E Sullivan, Conner & Taylor John n
Gray, Joseph A White, J C Edwards, B F Griffin
J VV Harris, George R. Clayton Dr. VV VV Mar*lin’
Dr R B Nisbet, W C Connelly. A J Orr, Field (£. Adamd
N Ousley <fe Son, Benjamin Fort, J 31 Cooper, Z Hc i‘
leman, John T Napier.Thomns Shinho ser, J 3litpK„n
R M Heard, 31 S B .lI.D J Eddens, Levi A Carver
George VV Wilkinson,Lorenzo VVright.PH Pond John
Springer, Ira H Taylor, H VV Bronson, Jr. Th oma .
Dougherty,Stephen McDonald, Jeremiah Kehoe VV C
Burham.John Scofield,D Sherman,C VV Raines, Rich
ard Benson. Thomas, Knight er. E S Rogers, J S Hut
ton, V A Menard, J H Damour, Wm B Watts J ‘p
Wootten Alex LeSeur pro rata, C A Irwin VVm T
(dark VV O Horst, James Smith,FO Mann.W R,
Si up* n John Chance!ey,J J VV ood, Simeon Finch
Archibald Barr. G B Benhast, P A Strobe!, John
Knight, Jeremiah Smith. EG Doyle, Oliver II Prince
B H Moultrie,ll C Coffey, EC Sherwood, C S put
man , C B Nottingham, Pulaski S Holt, John B Chain
Albert S Rose, John B Lamar, D T Dtiggers, Robert
Collins, VVm B Johnston.
It appearing from the foregoing paper submitted by
the citizens of Macon, that it is signed by a majority of
ihe voters ot the city, and is a ratification by them of .>
the termsagreed on by a former Council, as to the con
nexion of the different Rail Roads in Macon as a com
mon depot:
Resolved, That it be received as such and acomp i
ance with the resolution of the former Council, to sub
mit the same to the people of the city,and beentered on
the minutes.
Resolved, That the report of the Committee appoin
ted to fix upon the details in regard to the connextion
of the Rail Roads within the limits of the this city as
common depot be approved and adopted as the the ac
tion of the Mayor and Council of this city, and that his
Honor the 31-iyor, be requested to have a contract
drawn up embracing the terms and conditions, set
forth in tiiesaid report, and submit the same to the
different Rail Road Companies for their ratification
and signatures in due and legalforrn.
Resolved,'.That the Mayor.be requested, to incorpo
rate in the contract with the Rail Road, Companies a
clause prohibiting said companies,from charging tolls
on the Bridge which they may construct across the Riv
er, or using said Bridge for any other than ordinary
Rail Road purposes.
The yeas and nays being called.
Yeas—Levy, Jones, Holt, Conner, Whittle, Gove,
and Ells.
Nays—None.
Council then adjourned.
Attest, A. R FREEMAN,c.c.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,?
January 17, 1851. $
Present—The 3layor.
Aid. Holt, Whitile, Ells, Gove, Conner and Jones.
Absent—Aid. Cole and Levy.
The minutes ot the last meeting were read and con
firmed.
The Bridge Keeper reported tolls for the week end
ing this day, $133 10.
Report. —'The committee appointed to consider the
propriety of establishing a night watch for the city for
the present year, have performed the duty assigned
them, and beg leave to Report.
That from all the information they have been ab'e to
obtain on the subject, they are of the opinion, that the
interests of the city requires such a watch.
The committee have not been able to draw up a plan
of organization for said watch, for want ol time, and
ask that they may be allowed until the next regular
meeting to prepare the same.
L N WHITTLE, Chairman.
On motion, the report was agreed to, and the time
granted.
‘The committee to whom was referred the ordinance
regulating the licenses of the city, beg leave to report,
that they have had the subject under consideration, and
recommend that the rates for the different Licenses re
main the same as they were last year, with the follow
ing alterations and additions, viz:
To Sec. 3. Omnibus’restricted from charging more
than 25 cents for each passenger, from any one place to
anv other place within the limits of the city, and lora
violation of this proviso, the license shall be forfeited.
Sec. 6—For badges, or permits to slaves to work
about the city as laborers, washer-women, &.C.,
If owned in the city, S3 00
It owned by a non-resident, .-20 00
Sec. 7.—For permission to expose slaves tor
sale, within the corporate limits of the city of
Macon, said slaves to be kepi .in a house or en
closure, for each and every slave so exposed by
a citizen 3 00
It by a non-resident, ... 500
On all mules or horses offered within the city
by non-residents, or by individuals for or as
agents of non-residents tor each horse or mule so
offered 1 00
On each slave, horse or mule unsold and withdrawn
from the city, one-half the amount shall be returned.
For a violation of this ordinance, the owner or agent
of said slaves, mules or horses, so violating the same,
shall, on conviction before the Mayor, pay a fine of S2O
on each slave, and $lO on each mule or horse so offer
ed.
And it shall be the duty of the 3larshal and Deputy
Marshal at all times, to ascertain the number of slaves
offered, and the names of iheir owners or other persons
having them in charge, and deliver a list of the same to
the Treasurer, and see that this ordinance be in ati ea
ses carried into effect; or report any non-compliance
to the .Mayor forthwith.
The rules were suspended, and the ordinance as
amended, passed.
A fi. fa. from Justices’ Court, Jonathan Collins, vs.
city of Alacou, was presented and referred to the Fi
nance Committee.
M. E. Rylander was elected Elngineer, and J. 13.
Ayres and W. J. 3lcEiroy, Fire 3lasters of the Fire
Department.
On motion of Aid. Whittle—
Resolved, That ihe Secretary procure a suitable
blank book, on which any member of Council, may
from time to time, emer a memorandum of any viola
tion of the Charter, Laws, Ordinances or Rules of the
city, which may come to his knowledge or information,
and that such memorandum shall be examined daily by
the principal Marshal, and it shall be considered as in
structing the Marshal to enquire into the same forth
with. Passed.
Resolved, That Charles A. Ells &, Son, be allowed
to cross the Bridge with a two horse wagon for one
year, at the same rates as such wagons are charged
when hauling wood, provided that said Ells Son,
shall use said wagon only for the transporting of their
own goods to and from the Railroad depots and their
store. Passed.
Aid. Conner offered the following resolution which
by motion was laid over to next meeting.
Resolved, That the Committee on Public Property
be auihorized to employ by ‘the year, a competent Me
chanic at a salary not exceeding $350, to work under
the direction of the appropriate Committees.
A complaint from sundry citizens ot nuisance, ex
isting on the lot of D. Dempsey near Cherry street was
received, and the same referred to the action of the
Board of Health.
Council then adjourned.
Anesi. A. R. FREEMAN, c. c.
ST. OMER ENCAMPMENT, No. 2,?
Knights, Templar and Attendant Orders. $
THE Regular Meeting of this Encampment, will be
held at ihe Masonic Hall in this city, on Monday,
the 10th ofFebrunry, at 7i o’clock, P. 31.
The fiist regular election of officers, will take place
at that time. J. 31. BIVINS, Recorder.
jan 15 42-4 1
THE HUNGARIAN MUSICAL SOCIETY'.
WILL give a few grand concerts at CONCERT
IIALL in vocai and instrumental 31usic. They
will also perform pieces in Dell Harmony, using 56
Bells, six more Bells than ever used by any previous
Company.
Admission 50 cents. Performance to commence at
half past seven.
cr- The day of commencement will be announced
hereafter. [jan 29 44—1 1]
TROUP IIILL NURSERY.
A- Twenty-Five Thousand Fruit Trees. 4-3
I OFFER for sale 25,000 Fruit Trees, all of tny own
raising and grafting upon native stocks—among
which the following varieties may be found, viz :
60 varieties of Apples,
50 do Pears,
40 do Plums,
20 do Cherries,
50 do Peaches,
10 do Nectarines,
8 do Apricots,
2 do Sweet Almonds.
Also, Grapes, Figs, Raspberries and Strawberries.
‘The ornamental department of my nursery Contains
about 10,000 ol the finest ever-biooming Roses, in more
than 150 varieties, besides many Shrubs and Ever
greens, among which are nearly all ot the latest intro
auction; also, Dahlias, and a valuable collection ot
Green-house Plants. Price:? the same ns charged in the
Northern nurseries, [jail 29-44) RQj> I ■ N ELSON.
FOIC SALT,
OR BARTER FOR RAIL ROAD STOCK-
Some valuable property in the centre of the vil
lage of Vineville, consisting of Houses and Lots. The
one I occupy will be sold, with the furniture, (if re
quired) and possession given immediately. One is oc
cupied by 3xr. Lawton as a dwelling and school-house;
possession given first October. Also, several valuable
building lots adjoining said property,
jan 29—41-8 w J._H- OLDERSHAW.
IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS i
And Others who may wish to make Investments in
City Property, of permanent value.
THE subscribers will sell at Auction, on Saturday,
ihe first day of March next, that valuable iot or
ruund No. 5, in square 38, city of Macon, known as
The old Warehouse Lot, fotmerly occupied t y Graves,
Wood ty Cos., and nearly opposite Hardeman & Ham
ilton’s new tire proof warehouse on Third street.
‘The half-acre Lot No. 5 will be divided into six .ots
of suitable size for store buildings; ail 10.) teet deep, and
vary in width from 25 to 40 feet oil i turd street.
Terms, one-third cash, and the remainder in one and
two years, with intere-t at the rate ot 5 per cent, per
UH \ lihinof the Lots may be seen at the store of Car
han.fclCo! [jan 29J SCOTT * CARHART.
BOOT and shoe making.
m SCHNEIDER & MILLER WOULD j£
inform those citizens ot 3lacon who
sire good work promptly executed, that
they have opened a Boot and Shoe Manueactor ’ •
the building recently occupied by Benjamin r. >
as a Printing Office, near Shotweil s Corner on 1 h r
Street, where they will be always *****¥’ lerm q
very best work on short notice all f,°” “TS pau
They are working men, and would be g
ronized. |[janW 44 - lm}