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Newspaper Page TextCtYIPBELL, & ARMSTRONG, Editors and Proprietors. TERItftS. rim jnsnizusv. vnsm-N Is published weekly, in the Darien Bank llui/ding’ Three Dollars per anuum, payable in advance, or Foi’R Dollars if not paid before the end of the year. w„ subscription will be received for less than a year, n or will any paper be discontinued until all arrear- uircs arc paitt. . . The paper will not be senttoany person out oftne State, until the subscription money is paid in advance, or satisfactory reference given. _ \dvertiseaierts conspicuously inserted at the u-nal rates. Those sent without a specification ofthe number of insertions, will be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. st ilcs of laud and negroes, by Administrators. Ex ecutors or Guardians, are required by law to beheld mi the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours often in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-House in the county in which the property is situated. , ., Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga- zette sixty days previous to the cay ofsale. Notices for the sale of personal property must be given in like manner, forty LAYS previous to the day “^Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate m '\'nficT that application will he made to the Court of Ordinary, fur leave to sell Land or Negroes, must l » -iiiblished for four months. (VrtTio.Ns for letters of Administration, must be bli-died thirty days—for dismission from Admin- miration, monthly sir months—for dismission from (/uardialiship. f°rty days. Kllf.s for foreclosure of mortgage must be pub lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers, for the full spare of three months—for com pelling titles from Executors or Administrators, wherea bond has been given by the deceased, the full spare of three months. Publications will always be continued according these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or dered. All business of this kind will receive prompt atten- tionatthe Federal Union Office. Letters on business must be post paid to entitle ; them to attention. geo. w. FISH, .Itlorncy at /.<nr, MACON GA. W ILL attend the Superior Courts of the coun ties of Bibb, Baldwin, Wilkinson, Washing ton, Twiggs, Pulaski, Dooly, Macon and Houston. Any professional business entrusted to his care, shall he attended to with all promptness and fidelity. Jan. 22, 1846. tf—34 mtm VOL. XVII,] .MfLLEDGEV/LLK, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 6, 1846. [WO. IT. Ware-House Commission liusincss. T HE subscribers having connected themselves in the above business, take ibis method to inform their friends and acquaintances—together with all others who may be disposed to send their Cotton to Grillin—that they have taken the New Ware-House, now nearly finished—corner of Hill &. Taylor streets —where they will be happy to receive all Cottons that may be sent to them, either to store or sell—their Ware-House being large there will be no difficulty in putting all their Cottons under shelter—thereby keep ing it dry and safe in wet-weather. It is also very se cure from lire—being entirely disconnected with any ocher kind of business—such as selling goods or buy ing Cotton.—They will be enabled to give their un divided attention to the Ware-House and Commission Business. GAULDING Sl FERRELL A. A. Gaulding, ) 15. F. Ferrell. $ Griffin. Sept. 1, 1846. 14 4t \V. T. A A. II. COLQUITT W ILL PRACTISE LAW in the several conn ties of the Flint circuit. W. T. Colquitt, La Grange, > A. II. Colquitt, Mar on. $ (Office in Macon.) Dec. 3,1845. tf—26 JOAES A IIOL.T, WARE-HOUSE AXD COMMISSION MERCHANTS, H AVE taken the Ware-House on Cotton .Ave nue, formerly occupied by Moultrie & Campbell. Their best efforts will be employed to promote the interest of their patrons. JOHN JONES, WM. S. HOLT. Macon, June 24, 1846. 6m—3 COWLES, NICOLE «fc Co., Ware-Mouse c ommission'mer chants, AT THE. BRICK STORK, EAST MACON, GA. A RE now receiving, and will continue to receive xIl through the Fall and Winter, a general assort ment of Groceries amt Staple Dry Goods, Consisting of Bagging, Rope and Twine, Sugar, Coffee; Iron. Nails, Salt, Bacon, Molasses; Paints, Oils, Window-Glass, Hollow-Ware; Hats, Shoes and Boots, Blankets. Kerseys; Linsey, Osnaburgs, Homespuns, Calicoes &c. With various other articles usually kept in their line, which they would invite planters to call and ex amine before purchasing elsewhere, as they are de termined to sell at the very lowest market prices. Their Ware-House is now open for the reception of Cotton, and all Cotton sent to their care, either for Storeage, Sale or Shipment, shall be faithfully and promptly attended to. William Cowles, Francis E. Nicoll, John W. Pearson. East Macon, August 10, 1816. 9—171 John M. Adams, Lambeth Hopkins, A Fair Proposition. Money refunded in cvrr.y instance where the Pills fail to give satisfaction. P LEASE try them before you condemn—you will ! then know for yourself wether they are valuable I or not. Please call on the agents and examine the testimo- j nials of citizens of your own Slate, in regard to their value. Don't forget the conditions. If the pills fail to give , satisfaction when used according to directions be certain to return them and get your money back, as the proprietor does not wish something for nothing, j Dr. Woodruffs. Fever and Ague and Anti Fever Pills 00 per j Bor. Also. DR. WOODRUFF'S Anti-BiUousvegi- table Life Pills, only 25 cts. per Box. T O A L L W II OM IT MAY CONCERN] We the undersigned, having made use of Dr. Woodruffs Vegilablc Life Pills, on ourselves or in our Families—some of us for years, and sonic as in , practice as Physicians, in the various diseases com- ! mon at the South, cheerfully give this our testimony in their favor, believing as we do that they are an in- j valuable Family Medicine—a fine Anti-Bilious Rem edy. and well worthy of a place in every traveller’s trunk and Family Medicine Chest. As far as our ■ experience goes, we have found them to act mildly,] yet efficiently : generally detenng the Stomach and | Bowel’s of all morbid matter—the prime cause of, most diseases. From the reputable standing of the proprietor as a Physiciou, and from our confidence in the utility of! the pills as a remedy for the diseases for which they j are recommended, we are induced to give our tes-| timony in their favor. Columbus, Georgia, 1845. Dr. J. M. Hill, Russell county, Alabama,; Dr. J. M. Hilliard Dr. Thomas Duffie, “ Dr. William Hall, Glenvihc, Dr. G. Mizell, Crawford, Dr. Moses Padgett, Henry co. Dr. James A. Mills, Chambers co. “ Dr. James Butler Dr. A. N. Worthy Macon county 44 Dr. Thomas Raines Barbour county “ Dr. A B. Moore, Stewart county Geo. Dr. James F. Roper, Talbot county 44 Dr. M. C. Wardlaw, Muscogee co. 44 Dr. Enoch Williams, Marion cou.ity 44 Dr. r R. Y. Rodgers, Washington county “ Ur. James W. Woodward, “ Dr. James Gaulman, Troup county 44 Chesley D. Woodward, Stewart co “ John L. Simms, Russell county Ala. ! Henry Kindred, “ Allen Burr, Girard J. T. Brown, 44 Jesse Smith. 44 E. II. Rouse, Eufauia 44 Simeon Mote, Harris county Geo. Samuel Watkins, Muscogee co. 44 Eleazer MoarelJ, “ 44 A. C. Lester, 44 44 James Cook, ‘ 4 44 Simeon Beacham, 44 “ Hardy Hobbs, Harris ** Ileury Mathews, Harris 44 Wiley Williams, Columbus Ga. Attorney, James N. Bethune. “ 44 John M. Bethune, 44 4 4 Robert L. Hays, Esq “ R. N. R. Bardwell “ member of council. James R. Green, 44 Jessce L. Wood, 44 Jas. A. Bradford, Esq “ Daniel J. Rees, 44 J Arthur Gambrill, 44 Rev. W. I. Rylander, 44 F. I,. Daves, A. J. Abbott, James Paradise, James Smith, T. D. Moss, Col. A. B. Ragan, Isaac Cliatt, Stewart co. Georgia, James Dowdle, Harris co. “ —ALSO— DR. WOODRUFF’S Dyscntary Cordial—A popular remedy. —ALSO— DR. WOODRUFF’S WORM SPECIFIC. —ALSO— THE MOTHER’S FRIEND. A Value—Discovery. It will be found to be, on trial an excellent Medi cine for all ft males who expect to become mothers, and will prove of great value during that most trying of all periods of a mothers life. It relieves Nervous irritability. Acid and Nausea at the Stomach. Head- j ache, Premature Pains, Cramps, Cholic, Restless- | ness at night. Interun! Weakness, General Debility, i Ac.. Ac. A trial of this article, we think, will be all sufficient to conv ince any one of its great value. I lie above value medicines for sale by MARTIN E. EDWARDS, Milledgeville, Ga. Also by the following persons—J. R. Simpson & Co., Sparta: H. S. Beeman. Ml. Zion, Hancock co. Moses Daniel, lrwintou, Wilkinson comity ; Francis S. Johnson, Clinton ; A. It- Jackson A Co., Katon- f on : Hurd & Hungerford, Monticello ; and in the most ofthe counties of the Slate. FCP For sale by MARTIN F.. EDWARDS, Milledgeville, Ga. July 21 f 1846. 6 Francis T. Willis. ADAMS. HOPKINS & Co., WARE-HOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Augusta, Ga. C ONTINUE the business at their old stand, and give their personal attention to all business en trusted to them, especially the Storage and Sale of Cotton. Their charges will conform to the customary rates September 8, 1846. 13—lOt Valuable Lnnds FOR SALE. I/MrtHE subscriber having determined to move to 4JL the west, now offers the following lands for sale, to-vvit: 2,00$ acres in the county of Jones, whereon the subscriber lives, the improvements are a good dwelling house and outhouses all framed, cot ton screw, gin house, out houses, and cribs—all good. I,5£l acres in Baldwin county, seven miles west of Milledgeville, on the waters of Fishing creek— this plantation i consider equal to any in the county. 1,511 acres in Twiggs county, near TarversvilJe; tliis plantation is not inferior to any in the county. In my absence Mr. John Kelly will show the plant ation in Jones, Mr. Powell Vincent, the one in Bald win, and Mr. Thomas Hogan, the one in Twiggs. I have priced the places low, in order to make quick sales. Any person who may wish to purchase lands in tbiasection of Georgia, will do well to coil and ex amine the lands immediately. JOHN W. GORDON. August 25,1846. tf—12 Georgia, Jasper County. To the Superior Couit of said County. T HE petition of Edward A. Broddus, shews that he was heretofore lawfully possessed as of his own property, of an original promissory note, made by Seaborn J. Hendrick and William Maxey, a copy in substance of which is heretofore annexed. That the said original note has been destroyed by fire.— Wherefore he prays that said copy note may be es tablished in lieu of said destroyed original. The le gal notice to be first given. Calling on said makers, to show cause at the next Term of this Court, why said copy note should not be established. JOSHUA HILL, Petitioner s Attorney. COPY NOTE. On or before the 1st January next, wo or either of us, promise to puy Edward A. Broddus. or hearer, forty Dollars for value received, January 10th, 1840. S. J. HENDRICK WILLIAM MAXEY. Before the Superior Court of Jasper county, now- sitting in person, came Edward A. Broddus, and be ing sworn, saith that the facts set forth in the forego ing petition, are true, and that the Copy Note is a correct copy in substance, of the destroyed original, as nearly as he can recollect. ED. A. BllODDUS. Sworn to, and subscribed in open ? Court, this 13th day of May, 18414. J SAMUEL D. VARNER, Clerk. Upon hearing the foregoing petition and affidavit, it is ordered by the Court, that the said Seaborn J. Hendrick, and William Maxey. he required to show cause at the next Term of this Court, why said copy note should not he established in lieu of the destroyed original—they being first personally served with a copy of this proceeding, if to be found in this State, and if not to lie found, then to he published in some public gazette of this State, for the space of three months before the next Term of this Court. A true Extract from the Minutes of Jasper Supe rior Court, at April adjourned Term, 1840. This 13th day of July, 1840. 0 3m SAMUEL D. VARNER, Cl k. OCillULGEE IRON FOUNDRY AND Machine Shop, illacon, On. T HE subscribers having erected anew Establish ment, now offer to the public, inducements that they have never had before in that line of busi ness.—Mill Wrights, Gin Makers, Sec., will find it to their advantage to give us a call, we will guarantee all our work to be good, and at the lowest price—we have a good stock of Patterns on hand. A good Horse Power for sale. CHAS. P. LEVY & CO. Cotton Avenue, near Macon &, Western R. R. Depot. August 17,1846. ly—10 More New Goods. T30LKA and Coronation Robes; plain and color A ed, light and mourning, Nansook and Jaconet Muslins: Muslin Ginghatns. and Printed Lawns; Scotch and Organdie ditto; just received and for sale at the lowest prices. N. McKLNNON & CO Macon, May 26,1846. 50—tf. F OUR MONTHS after date, application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of the lounty of Putnam, when sitting for ordinary purpo ses for leave to sell the real estate ol Sarah S. San ford, deceased. HENRY M. TRIPPE, Ex’r. September IS, JS40. 15 Linen Drillings. Drapd’Ela, NO SUMMER CLOTHS—a good assortment just received by N. McKINNON & CO. Macon, May 19, 1846. 49 Cloths. (SUPERFINE and Common Black and Bluc- l>»i Black Clolhs and Cassimeres—justreceived.hy N. McKINNON & CO. Macon, May 16 1846. 49 Umbrellas, Parasols, and Sun HADES. A good assortment justreceiv- ed and for sale a! the lowest prices by N. McKINNON & CO. Macon, May 1G, 1846. 49 Bonnets. A FEW dozen new style Neapolitan Lace Bon nets; do. Misses and Children’s do. Just received hy N. McKINNON & CO. Macon, May 26,1846. 50 tf LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Georgia, Bulaski county. W HEREAS, James M . Ellis, applies for letters of administration on the estate of Henry B. Hathaway, late of said county, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased to he and appear at niy ofiice within the time pre scribed by law, to shew cause, if any, why said let ters may not he granted. Given under my hand at office, &ept. /th, 1846. 14 JOHN V'. MITCHELL, c. c. o. [BY AUTHORITY.] LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. CHAP. 10.—AN ACT to repeal the act requiring one of the Judges ofthe Circuit Court forthe Dis trict of Columbia hereafter to reside in Alexandria. See. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, Thai the act entitled “An act re quiring one of the Judges of the Circuit Court ofthe District of Columbia hereafter to reside in Alexan dria,” approved the fourth day of April, eighteen hun dred and forty-four, be and the same is hereby re pealed. JOHN W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. G. M DALLAS, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. Approved, March 24, 1846 JAMES K. TOLK. CHAP. 11.—AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to contract for the purchase of American water-rotted hemp for the use of the navy. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress Assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be and he is hereby authorized to enter into contract for a period not exceeding three years for the purchase of American water-rotted hemp for the use of the navy. Approved, March 30, 1846. CIIAP. 13.—AN ACT making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensions ofthe United States for the year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Con gress Assembled, That the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, forthe pay ment of pensions for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. For revolutionary pensions under the act of eigh teenth March, one thousand eight hundred and eigh teen, one hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars. For invalid pensions under various acts, two hun dred and twenty thousand dollars. For pensions to widows and orphans under the act of fourth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- six, three hundred and twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For pensions to widows under the act of seventh July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and the acts supplementary thereto, three hundred thousand dollars. For pensions to widows under the act of third March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, eighty thousand dollars. For pensions to widows under the act of seven teenth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty- four, six hundred thousand dollars. For half pay pensions to widows rnd orphans, pay able through the Third Auditor’s Office, four thou sand five hundred dollars. For arrearages prior to July second, otic thousand eight hundred and fifteen, payable through the Third Auditor's Ofiice, one thousand two hundred dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no widow entitled to a pension under existing laws, and claim ing a pension whose husband was drawing a pension at the time of his decease, shall be required in any such case to furnish any further evidence that said husband was entitled to a pension; nor shall any evi dence, in any case, be required to entitle the widow to a pension, when the evidence is in the archives of the Government, other than such proof as would be sufficient to establish the marriage between the appli cant and the deceased pensioner in civil personal ac tions in a court of justice: Provided, That upon are- vision of the testimony in the case of the deceased husband the Commissioner be satisfied that the pen sion was properly granted. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the fourth section of an act entitled “An act making appropria tions for the civil and diplomatic expenses ofthe Gov ernment for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, A. D , eighteen hundred and forty-six, and for oilier purposes,” shall not be so constructed as to ap ply to applications for pensions. Approved, May 7, 1846. CHAP. 14.—AN ACT to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for certain objects made for the ser- eighteen hundred and forty six. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress Assembled, That the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated to supply deficiences in the appropriations for various objects made for the service of the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, namely: Forthe contingent expenses of the Seuate, being for printing and lithographing, ordered during the twenty-eighth Congress, seventy-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Senate, being for printing and lithographing, ordered by the Senate, during the first session of the twenty-ninth Congress, fifty-one thousand dollars. For the contingent expenses of the House of Rep resentatives, seventy thousand dollars. To enable the clerk of the House of Representa tives of the United States to comply with former or ders of the House directing hirn to supply the mem bers with certain books, to wit: For two hundred and twenty-six copies of the four teenth volume of the Congressional Globe and Ap pendix, six hundred and seventy eight dollars: Pro vided, That this appropriation, or any legislation heretofore had in relation to said work, shall not be deemed to authorize any further subscription to said work, or the purchasing any further volumes thereof. For seventy-six copies of the fourteenth volume of the Register of Debates, s°ven hundred and sixty dollars. For one hundred and fifty-eight copies of ‘ Con tested Elections,” seven hundred and ninety dollars. For two hundred and nineteen copies ofthe fourth and fifth volumes of the Documentary History, sev en thousand forty-three dollars and ninety-one cents: Provided, That this appropriation, or any legislation heretofore had in relation to said work shall not be deemed to authorize any further subscription to said work, or the purchasing any further volumes thereof beyond the number authorized and required by ex isting contracts with the publishers. For contingent expenses in the office of the First Auditor, three hundred dollars. For contingent expenses in the office of fourth Au ditor, five bnndred dollars. For contingent expenses of the office ofthe Secre tary of the Treasury, for publishing notices as requir ed by acts of ihe twelfth of October, eighteen hun- •dred and thirty-seven, and the seventeenth of June, •eighteen hundred and forty-four,one thousand dollars. For compensation to the superintendent of the Past Office building for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, two htin- «Jr«d and fifty dollars. For additional salaries of the District Judges of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, from the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, two thou sand thiee hundred and ninety-four dollars and nine- iy-seven cents. For defraying the expenses of the Supreme, Cir cuit, and District Courtsof ihe United States, includ ing the District of of Columbia; also for jurors and witnesses, in aid of funds arising from fine, penalties, and forfeitures; and likewise for defraying the ex penses of suits in which the United States are con cerned, and for prosecutions for offences committed againut the United States, and for the safe keeping of pnsocers. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For expenses incurred, and to be incurred for the support, clothing, and medical treatment of the in sane paupers of the District of Columbia, one thou sand tfc ree hundred and twenty-five dollars and sev en ty-n; dc cents. For reimbursement of the Philadelphia board of underwriters, for expenses paid and to be paid by them in maintaining the light on the Delaware break water from the first of July, eighteen hundred and forty-four, to the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and forty-six, one thousand six hundred dollars. For outfits of charges des affaires to Texas, Austria, Peru and Venezuela, five hundred dollars; and that the proper accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby autiiorized and directed to allow to William H. Stiles, Charge d’Affaires to Austria, his salary from the tenth day of May to the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and to pay the same out of any unexpended balance of the appropria tions for salaries of the Charges des Affaires of the United States. For outfits of the late Charges des Affaires to Peru and Venezuela, and Charges des Affaires to Naples, Holland, New Grenada, Sweden. Portugal, Den mark. Belgium, Sardinia, Chili, and Buenos Ayres, fifty-four thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, thirty thousand dollars. For payment of invalid pensions under various laws, seventy four thousand dollars. For payment of pensions under act of July four, eighteen hundred -and thirty-six, oue hundred and two thousand dollars. For payment of widows’ pensions under act of July seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and the acts supplernentery theieto, one hundred and three thousand eight hundred dollars. For repairingthe State Artillery ofthe State ofLou- isiana, injured in the service of the United States in Texas, d uri ng the so in mer and fall of eigh teen h u ndred and forty-five, one thousand five hundred and sixty- six dollars. For payment of four companies of Texas volun teer? and two compauies of Louisiana volunteers, in cluding the supplies required hy liie quartermaster’s department, sixty-nine thousand two hundred and six dollars and sixty-eight cents. For transportation of officers’ baggage, thirty thou sand dollars. For the transportation of troops and supplies of the army including baggage of troops when moving either by land or water; freight and ferriages; the pur chase or hire of horses, mules, oxen, carts, wagons, and boats, for the transportation of supplies and for garrisou purposes; drayngc and cartage at the sever al posts; hire of teamsters; transportation of funds of the pay department; expense of sailing public trans ports between the posts on the Gulf of Mexico, and procuring water at such posts as from their situation require it; of clothing from the depot at Philadelphia to the stations of the troops; of subsistence from the places of purchase and from the places of delivery, under contracts, to such places as the necessities of the service may require it to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small arms from the foundries and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, and fron tier posts, six hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Forthe regular supplies of the quartermaster’s de partment, consisting of fuel, forage in kind for the au thorized number of officers’ horses, and for horses, mules, and oxen belonging to the quartermaster’s de partment at the several military posts and stations, and forthe horses of two regiments of dragoons and of the four companies of light artillery; of straw for soldiers’ bedding; and of stationary, including com pany and other blank books for the army, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the pay and quartermaster's departments, and the printing of de partments orders, army regulations, and general re gulations, one hundred thousand dollars. For amount required for the support of the Dis trict of Columbia for the fiscal year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eleven thou sand nine hundred and forty-nine dollars and sixty- four cents. For refunding certain dutiescollected under the act ofthe thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and forty- two, entitled “An act to provide revenue from im ports, and to change and modify existing laws impos ing duties on imports, and for other purposes,” con trary to the terms of the convention of eighteen hun dred and fifteen between Great Britain and the Unit ed States, :n fulfilment of the agreement lately enter ed into by the Government of the United States and Great Britain, one hundred thousand dollars. For compensation and mileage of Senators and members of the House of Representative and dele gates, the same being rendered necessary by an in crease in the number of Senators and members of the House of Representatives, twenty thousand dol lars. For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For salary of the commissioner to reside in China from the first of April to the thirtieth of June, eigh teen hundred and forty-five, one thousand two hun dred and fifty dollars. Approved, May 8, 1846. CHAP. 15.—AN ACT to repeal a part of the act entitled “An act supplementary to the several laws for the sale of public lands,” approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress Assembled, That, from and after the passage of this act the seconff proviso to the act entitled “An act supplementary to the several laws for the sale of the public lands.” approved April fifth, 0118 thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, which is as follows, viz: “That no person shall be permitted to enter more than one half quarter section of land under this act in quarter quarter sections, in his own name, or in the name of any other person, and in no case unless he intends it for cultivation, or for the use of his im provement. And the person making application to make an entry under this act shall file his or her affi davit, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, that he or she makes the en try in his or her own name, for his or her own bene fit, and not in trust for another,” shall be and the or locations of lands now suspended in the”General Land Office, because made contrary to the restric tions in this proviso, shall be and they are hereby con firmed, provided they are in all other respects fair and regular. Approved, May 8, 1846. CHAP. 16.—AN ACT providing for the prosecu tion of the existing war between the United States and the Republic of Mexico. Whereas, by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between, that Government and the United States: Sec. 1. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress Assembled, That, for the purpose of enabling the Government of the United States to prosecute said war to a speedy and successful termination, the President be and he is hereby authorized to employ the militia, naval, and military forces of the United States, and to call for and accept the services of any number of volunteers, not exceeding fifty thousand, who may offer their services either as cavalry, artil lery, infantry, or riflemen, to serve twelve months af ter they shall have arrived at the place of rendezvous, or to the end of the war, unless sooner discharged, according to the time for which they shall have been mustered into service; and that the sum of ten mil lions of dollars, out of any moneys in the Treasury or to come into the Treasury, not otherwise appro priated, be and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of carying the provisions of this act into affect. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the militia, when called into the service of the United States by virtue of this act, or any otheract, may, if in the opin ion of the President of the United States the public interest requires it, be compelled to serve for a term not exceeding six months after their arrival at the place of rendezvous, in any one year, unless sooner discharged. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said vol unteers shall furnish their own clothes, and if cavalry, their own horses and horse equipments; and when mustered into service shall be armed at the expense of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said volun teers shall, when called into actual service, and while remaining therein, he subject to the rules and articles of war, and shall be in all respects, except as to cloth ing and pay, placed on the same footing with similar corps of the United States army; and in lieu of cloth ing every non-commissioned officer and private in any company, who may thus offer himself, shall be entitled, when called into actual service, to receive in money a sum equal lo the cost of clothing of a non commissioned officer or private (as the case may be) in the regular troops of the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said vol unteers so offering their services shall be accepted by the President iu companies,battalions, squadrons,and regiments, whose officers shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by law in the several States and Territories to which such companies, battalions, squadrons, and regiments shall respectively belong. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Presi dent of the United States be and he is hereby author ized to organize companies so tendering their servi- cos into battalions orsquadrons, battalions and squad rons into regiments, regiments into brigades, and brigades into divisions, as soon as the number of vol unteers shall render such organization, in his judge ment, expedient; and the President shall, if necessa ry, apportion the staff, field, and general officers a- tnong the respectivo States and Territories from which the volunteers shall tender their services as he may deem proper. Sec. 7. Ana be it further enacted, That the volun teers who may be received into the service of the United States by virtue of the provisions of this act, and who shall be wounded or otherwise disabled in the service, shall be entitled to all the benefit which may be conferred on persons wounded in the service ofthe United States. Sec. 8. A”d he it further enacted, That the Presi dent. of the Uuited States be and he is hereby author ized forthwith to complete all the public armed ves sels now authorized by law, and to pnrehase or char ter, arm, equip, and man such merchant vessels and steamboats as, upon examination, may be found fit, or easily converted into armed vessels fit for the pub lic service, and in such number as he may deem nec essary for the protection of the seaboard, lake coast, and the general defence of the country. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That whenever the militia or volunteers are called and received into the service of the United States, under the provisions of this act, they shall have the organization of the ar my of the United States, and shall have the same pay and allowances; and all monnted privates, non-com missioned officers, musicians, and artificers, shall be allowed 40 cents per day for the use and risk of their horses, except of horses actually killed in action; and if any mounted volunteer, private, non-commission ed officer, musician, or artificer shall not keep himself provided with a serviceable horse, the said voluuteer shall serve on foot. Approved, May 13, 1846. From the Tallahassee (Fla.) Journal. PERMANENCE. We have often thought that one of the greatest obstacles in the way of the develop ment of our country’s resources—one of the most dangerous enemies to its progressive prosperity—is to be found in the absence of that which, for want bf a better name, we call the principle of Permanence. Go where we may, how few do we find who feel that they wee settled. Every one is talking of moving—every one believes that he will move at no distant day. Few devote them selves to the labor, however little may be required, of surrounding themselves with sources of comfort and pleasure, which they cannot carry away with them. A sense of pride and honor, too is weakened—many caring very little to establish p character for integrity and uprightness, which will soonbeleft behind. To the same feeling, it would be reasonable to attribute a neglect to some extent, of the mutual kindnesses and sweet charities oflife—which, under other circumstances, most would lee! called upon to practice if for nothing else, to se cure the good will of those with whom they and their children are to spend their lives. One of the most baneful consequences of this unsettledness is seen in the abuse of the soil. The present is the ail-engrossing thought. All that can be made must be made immediately, without any regard to an almost sinful waste of the energies of the land. The most exhausting modes of cul ture resorted to—the fixed intention of the planter being to emigrate as soon as the soil loses its fruitfulness. The little atten tion, which, given to manuring and judi cious husbandry, would secure even im provement, is denied—in a few years, fields, once clothed with the richest crops, are left a desolate waste. One might suppose that a sort of kindness, even for the dull, 6ilerit, inanimate earth, (which nevertheless docs sustain life,) would save it from such treatment. To our friends, thus hacking and killing the acres which have fallen to them, merely for temporary gain, we wish we could offer a remonstrance which would not be despised. This earth was not intend ed for one generation, but for many. Des pite Father Miller’s prophecy, we think that the signs are that it is to stand thou sands of years yet. After we are all gone, others will have to make a living on this planet. Time will be when God’s creatures going on multiplying will have replenished the whole earth. The farm which thou, my friend, art now heedlessly killing, may be necessary to keep alive future genera tions of thy own descendants. The Crea tor has given it to thee to possess in thy day—after thou art gone, he intends some one else, as Carlyle hath it shall get existed on it. For really thou didst not make thy plantation; (called thine through courtesy,) nor was it made for thee alone, but for the generations of men who should successfully fill up the years with their lives. - n i*innrl others let us say this: You have supplied yourselves with homes the very choice of those you could get. Go to work, resolutely determined not to mar and abuse the Creator’s gifts. Rather by a little attention increase the fertility of your lands, than take the very life of them by cruel usage. Determine to multiply a- round yourselves (with proper care, it will cost little,) comforts, and sources of in nocent pleasure. Beautify your grounds with fine trees, in whose branches birds may sing, under whose shade the cool breeze may play. A little labor given when you have leisure, will, in a few years, support an orchard, a garden, a vineyard, which will please the eye, and gratify the taste, with an offering of delightful fruits and flowers, and vegetables. Suppose even that those who plant should not live to gather the crop —it will be there for those dearer than one’s own life—for one’s children. Even should you emigrate, your work will not be lo9t, even in a pecuniary point of view. There will be a reward in the increased price which the place on which this labor has been bestowed will command. The profit, to speak of nothing else, we verily believe, is clearly in favor of our argument. Take a case. A man has a thousand acres of land—he goes to work, determined to make each year all the money out of it which he possibly can, intending at the end of twenty years, or earlier, when it is worn out, to leave. He has his rewaid—he makes mon ey rapidly, for awhile—afterwards not so rapidly, at length realizes very little—at last, he or his son has to leave the old home, selling it for nothing. Another with his thousand acres, pursues the opposite course —does not realize so much yearly gain from his crop as the first, but secures all the while an abundant return—fertilizing, in stead of impoverishing his plantation—with the corafoits which has gathered around him, he finds at the end of twenty years that his laud is worth twenty thousand dol lars. Who is the richer of the two, even in money] Then moreover, he who felt all the while that he was permanently set tled, has surrounded himself with friends who love him & whom he loves, has no occasion to sunder himself from old and tried neigh bors—to break the ties which bind to fa miliar objects, now infinitely dear from the familiarity of their faces—but may spend the declining years of a useful life in the enjoyment of the comforts which his long- continued efforts have gathered around him. Consistency—Be a consistent man, consis tency is a jewel. While you condemn a slight fault be not guilty of a greater. There are those who can apply lauguage terribly severe to a neighbor who break the sabbath while they do not hesitate to slander and overreach. A man never appears so like a fool, as when he sees and condemns moats in others’ eyes, while he has beams in his own. POETRY. [for the federal union.] JTIy Fanny. Who is it makes my heart go thump, And ’gainst my ribs my liver bump, Much sweeter than a sugarlump? My Fanny. Who is it makes me act the fool. Forget my books, neglect my school, And makes me Cupid’s petty tool? My Fanny. Who is it makes me brush my coat. And tie my cravat round my throat, And learn soft talking all by rote? My Fanny. Who is it haunts me night and day, And don't allow me time to pray," Nor with my mammy often stay? My Fanny. Who is it every Saturday night, That makes tne dress myself up-right, To see her in my Sunday plight? My Fanny. Who is it then that smiles so nice, Looks sweeter than a pound-cake slice And makes me court her in a trice? My Fanny. Who is it then that tells me no, And makes me shed a tear or so, And blubbering to my mammy go? My Fanny. A. BY H. R JACKSON, Colonel of the Georgia Regiment of Volunteers. Where Rio Grande’s turbid waves Roll with a current strongly fleet, We placed them in their desert graves, Beneath the many leafed muskeet. No mother bends her weeping head. Above the place where they are laid; The south wind as it mnrmers by, Hears not a sorrowing sister’s sigh; The muffled drum with measured tone, Beat the sole dirge the mourners gave; The trumpet’s mouth pealed forth alone, The “ Requiescat" o’r their grave And yet from death’s last agony, Their relics rest as peacefully, As though they had not closed their race, Far from their father’s burial place. O, Rio Bravo! when in war, Shall meet the foe our lessened ranks, We'll think of where they sleep afar. Upon thy chaparral-covered banks. Up, soldiers, up! and sternly swear, By all your souls the dearest hold, No Mexic’ plough shall run its share, Amid their freeborn Georgian mould. Rio Grande, Aug. 20,1846. MISCELLANEOUS. THE ACCURACY OF THE BIBLE. An astonishing feature of the Word of God, is, notwithstanding the time at which its compositions were written, and the mul titude of the topics to which it alludes, there is not one physical error—not one assertion or allusion disproved by the progress of modern science. None of those mistakes which the science of each succeeding age discovered in the books of the preceding; above all, none of those absurdities which modern astronomy indicates in such great numbers, in the writings of the ancients— in their sacred codes—in their philosophy, and even in the finest pages of the fathers of the church—not one of these errors is to be found in any c.f our sacred books. Noth ing there will ever contradict that which, after so many ages, the investigations of the learned world have been able to reveal to us, on the state of our globe, or that of the heavens. Peruse with care our Scriptures, from one end to the other, to find there such spots, and whilst you apply yourselves to this examination, remember that it is a book which speaks of every thing, which de scribes nature, which recites its creation, which tells of the water, of the atmosphere, of the mountains, of the animals, and of the plants. It is a book which leaches us ofthe first revolutions of the world, and which al so foretells its last. It recounts them in the circumstantial language of history, it extols them in the sublimest strains of poetry, and it chants them in the charms of glowing song. It is a book which is full of oriental rapture, elevation, variety and boldness. It is a book which speaks of the heavenly and invisible world, whilst it also speaks of earth and things visible. It is a book which near ly fifty writers of every degree of cultiva tion, of every state, of every condition, and living through the course of fifteen hundred years, have concurred to make. It is a book which was written in the centre of Asia in the sands of Arabia, and in the des erts of Judea; in the court of the temple of the Jews, in the music schools of the proph ets of Bethel and Jericho, in the sumptuous palaces of Babylon, and on the idolatrous banks of Chebar; and finally, in the centre of Western civilization, in the midst of Po lytheism and its idols, and in the bosom of pantheism and its sad philosophy. It is a book whose first writer had been forty years a pupil of the magicians of Egypt; in whose opinion the sun, the stars, and the elements, were endowed with intelligence, reacted on the elements, and governed the world by a perfect alluvium. It is a book, whose first writer preceded, by more than nine hun dred years, the most ancient philosophers of ancient Greece and Asia; the Thaleses, and the Pythagorasses, Zalucuses, the Xen ophons, and the Confuciuses. It is a book which carries its narrations even to the hi erarchies of angels; even to the most dis tant epochs of the future, and the most glo rious scenes of the last day. Well, search among its fifty authors, search among its sixty-six books, its 1,189 chapters and its 37,723 verses, search for only one of these thousand errors, which ihe ancients and moderns committed when they speak of the heavens or the earth, of their revolutions, of their elements—search, but you will find none.—From the German of Gaussen. GEORGE WILSON. A few years sinces, as the Rev. Mr. Gal' laudet was walking in the streets of Hart ford, there came ruuning to him a poor boy- of very ordinary first-sight appearance, but whose fine intelligent eye fixed the gentle man’s attention, as the boy inquired, “Sir, can you tell me of a man would like a boy to work for him, and learn to read!” Whose boy are you, and where do you live?’’ “I have no parents,” was the reply, “and have just run away from the work-house because they will not teach me to read.” The rev erend gentleman made arrangements with the authorities of the town, and took the boy into his own family.—There he learned to read. Nor was this all.—He soon ac quired the confidence of his new associates, by bis faithfulness and honesty. He was allowed the use of his friend’s library, and made rapid progress in the acquisition of knowledge. It became necessary after a while that George should leave Mr. Gallao* det, and he became apprenticed to a cabi net maker in the neighborhood. There the same integrity won for him the favor of as sociates. To gratify his inclination for stu dy, his master had a little room finished for him in the upper part of the shop, where he devoted his leisure time to his favorite pur suits. Here he made large attainments in the mathematics, in the French language, and other branches. After being in this situation a few years, as he sat at tea with the family, one even ing, he all at once remarked that he wanted to go to France.—“Go to France?” said his master, surprised that the apparently con tented and happy youth had thus suddenly become dissatisfied with his situation—“for what?” “Ask Mr. Gallaudet to tea to-mor row evening,” continued George, “and I will explain.” His reverend friend was in vited accordingly, and at tea-time the ap prentice presented himself with his manu scripts in English and French, and explain ed iiis singular intention to go to France. “In the time of Napoleon,” said he, “a prize was offered by the French Government, for the simplest rule for measuring plain surfa ces of whatever outline. The prize has never been awarded, and that method I have discovered.” Ho then demonstrated his problem to the surprise and,gratification of his friend, who immediately furnished him with the means of defraying his expen ses, and with letters of introduction to Hon. Lewis Cass, then our Minister at the Court of France. He was introduced to Louis Phillippe, and in the presence of king, no bles, and Plenipotentiaries, the American youth demonstrated his problem, and re ceived the plaudits of the court. He re ceived the prize, which he had clearly won, besides valuable presents from the King. He then took letters of introduction, and proceeded to the Court of St. James, where he took up a similar prize offered by some Royal Society, and returned to the United States. Here be was preparing to secure the benefit of his discovery, by patent, when he received a letter from the Emperor Nicholas himself, one of whose ministers had witnessed his demonstrations at St. Pe tersburg, asking him to make his residence at'the Russian Court, and furnished him with ample means for his outfit. He com plied with the invitation, repaired to St. Pe tersburg, and is now Professor of Mathe matics in the Royal College, under the spe cial protection of the Autocrat of all the Russias! The narrative the writer has never seen published; but the gentleman who related to him the circumstances, attributed the sin gular success of Young Wilson to his integ rity and fulness.”—N. E. Puritan. Beating Fanaticism out of a Man.—The Greenfield Courier, in announcing the death at Leyden, Aug. 30, of Mr. Wm. Dorrill, aged 94, relates an interesting account of the manner in which, many years since, a strange fanaticism with which he was in fected was beaten out of him by main force. Mr. Dorrill was a refugee from the Bri tish army, under Gen. Burgoyne, and was, in 1797, the leader of a fanatical sect, who pretended to be possessed of supernatural powers and armed with the powers of the Deity, and that it was not in the power of man to hurt them. Dorrill and his follow ers abstained from eating flesh; made use of neither food nor clothing that was pro cured at the expense of life. And Dorrill assured his followers if they had full faith in him they would never die. They put off their leather shoes and had others made of cloth; or wood, and lived upon milk arid ve getables. One was a blacksmith, and he procured and used a pair of cloth bellows. They discarded all revelations, except what Dorrill received, set at defiance all the laws of man, and were governed in all their conduct, as he expressed it, ‘by the light of nature.’ Meetings were held once a week, at which their worship principally consist ed in eating, drinking, singing, fiddling and dancing and hearing lectures from Dorrill, who was well qualified for that purpose.— They had a covenant, by which they placed a large share of their property in common stock, and the blacksmith became their treasurer. In a short time Dorrill collect ed a large society, among whom were some very respectable families in the towns of Leyden and Bemardston. Massachusetts people went from all the neighboring towns to hear and see all the marvellous doings of Dorrill and his associates. At length, at one of the meetings, a good ly number having assembled, Dorrill open ed with music, and began to deliver h»s lectures. At that meeting, one Ezekiel Foster, of Leydon attended, as spectator. He was a man of good sense, of a giant frame, and had a countenance that bespoke authority. When Dorrill came to his doc trine of mysterious powers, he had no soon er uttered the words ‘no arm can hurt my flesh,’ than Foster arose, indignant at his blasphemy, and knocked Dorrill down with his fist. Dorrill, affrighted, and almost senseless; attempted to rise, when he re ceived a second blow, at which he cried for mercy. Foster promised to forbear on con dition that he would renounce his doctrines, yet continued beating him. Soon a short parley ensued, when Dorrill consented, and did renounce his doctrines in the hearing of all his astonished followers. His followers chagrined and ashamed, at being made the dupes of such a base fellow, departed in peace to their homes. Dorrill promised his adversary, upon the penalty of his life, never again to impose upon the people. Points of Honour. Col. Montgomery was shot in a duel about a dog; Col. Ramsey in one about a servant; Mr. Featherston in one about a recruit; Sterne’s father in one about a goose; and another gentleman in one about an “acre of anchovies ;” one offi cer was chalienged for merely asking his opponent to enjoy the second goblet; and another was compelled to fight about a pinch of snuff; General Barry was challen ged by a Capt. Smith, for declining a glass of wine at a dinner on a steamboat, al though the General had pleaded as an ex cuse that wine invariably made him sick; and Lieut. Crowther lost his life in a duel because he was refused admittance to a club of pigeon shooters.—Noah’ * Messenger. Strive.—You can do but little without striving. Strive to do good, to be rich, to be honored, to enter the straight gate, or you will remain a dolt while you live, and ten chances to one die in the poor house. By striving, Washington became chief Com mander ofthe American armies: by striving, Franklin brought lightning from the clouds, stood in the halls of Congress, and was re spected in the presence of kings. Striving raised Sherman from the shoemaker’s bencli to a seat beside Adams and Jefferson. Tbe road to fame—to wealth and to heaven is plain before you—strive to enter it, or you will sink and perish by the way. By striv ing men are made immortal. The Bible.—The Bible has been trans lated into, and is now printed or written ia one hundred and fifty different languages.

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The federal union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1830-1861, October 06, 1846, Image 1