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MACON GEORGIA TELE G It A Jr Tbo Governor of tlio State of of New York bnj refused to deliver up (on a demand of the governor of A'nbama,) the publisher of an iu- rriuliafy paper ill N. Y. to he tried by the laws of Alabama. Th%course would be proper eir eouiifv and village—may they not lose that pri.le of military clary that always characterises the soldi r and patriot. 12. The French Nation: Wo love her as an nr.rient ally—we love her people as wo love our brothers—but wo hold them, as we hold our bro- nn»|i, would New A ork herself punish the inccn- j thers. “enemies in war in peace, friends. r i to tup.:.. i .• r ... .. diary. 13. The Fair: Loveliness multiplied by beau- T*liu Suuili docs not Wiuit the bodies of the A-l ly "? d ? ,ldcd *.° »«nia!tleness—may they enjoy , ,, .'ni'irn pleasure m the amusements of the evening. lioltnoOisl* • all tt wants is, that they should he R y Jofin AfiVfcr—The Hero of the day we cel punishable in their own Stales 1 he eyes of the ehrate : To hint was given in rare, the key of 7 whole South are now turned .towards the State . Southern States daring the last war: the 8th v oW York, anxiously waiting her movements J ;"'« "'7, 1815. proved he was not unmindful , i i r.i .. u. , of tin trust. From the military he was called by o« «bM subject. It .s expected of the tree States j ,„<• voiro nf tho , e , 0 lh(J - coininaild of tIl £ ihnt they mil pass legislative ennctmeuls to put ship of State, on board of the Constitution he ('own AboliliunUm within llicir borders. Let N. j hoisted his broad pendant, the stars and stripes Vork take the lead, and other states will follow! j of c ? unt T ; his officers and crew being com- , ... r > ■ . » . it ! no ten of strong Union men, selected ait flic bn! All her leading men ptofess tobcOpposed to Ab- , of .,, ox . f rom ? he E: „ t , t(le * V e*t. the Norrl, and olitioiiisu:—will her legislature act up to those j the Snuth, he has gone forth conquering, notwith- fejsions ? standing tho bombshells of Nullilic ttioti, Ku.ik- ism, ami other hv Ira-headed monsters, he has brought this noble ship through the storm unhurt, and on resigning his commission, may the voice j of a free people give the command to one equal pro From Washington City. A letter to the Editors of a late date, says : ••Nothing new here from France that you have j ly t'-nneious of Ills country’s honor and the pre- not si en in the papers. On the subject of Mexi- j nervation of the Union. caii Affairs, there :a much excitement. In the j 2. By Muj. Samuel Langston—Our Country: opinion of well informedpc-sons. we sh ill have J Distant he the day, that sire may he compelled to ivur with Mexico in less than three months ! un- j struggle against a nation we love drr lie impulse of some fatuity, iliat we are en- j 3. By Joseph It'. Todd, Esq.—The 8th of roursgiug the invasion, as she terms it, of Texas. | January : Mindful of the battle of New Orleans, di; hm closed her ports against American ship-j the venerable hero’s I t te annual message, es ping, ntid report says, has massacred our citizens pecially on the French question in h.rCapital, "eve our relations less hostile “ ’ * trii i France, we should laugh to scoru this “de monstration” on the part of our southern neigh bor. Tim possession of Tot is an ! tlio blockade of Vera Ortiz, would soon bring Santa Anna t» bis senses.” The person who find tbo % gnu that produced the iniforiiinnie cniusirophfc in Monroe county on Christmas Eve, (noticed in this paper \\pck Scf ore last, was Mr Salomon Ray, a brother of the carpi ntcr alluded to in that number. We hasten to make the correction, that no erroneous impres sion nny be entertained against !Mr Thom s lint n highly ingenious mid enterprising mech anic. Tin: melancholy death of Mr Woodruff, is great ly deplored, and regretted in the neighborhood where it occurred ; hut no legal steps that wo have heard ol have been taken against tiie iinfor- innr.te instrument of the homicide. The follow iug li tters exonerate .Mr Thomas Ray from nil participation in the occurrence : “CcllodkS, Jan Hi. lS-'fti. ••By request of Mr Thomas Kay I address you a feu lines to inform you of an error into which von Inve hv some means fallen, relative to a i»u- Iilirnlmii in youi paper of tho 7th inst, in descri bing \an nwful evout which to -k place in .Mon- mc rnnuty on Christmas Eve.* ,Ste. You devcrih.i Mr Rny as a carpenter by profession, an I the nine person who was nearly killed last summer by a kill front, the staging of Dr Robt (’ol’ins' netv house, which is erroneous ; fur .Maj. Thus. Kay was at wo-k in this plaeo on Mr J W i’.-r «ni,'building, until tho day preceding tint awful event von mention, and at the time ( r '!irislmas live) he was in Bihh county,*near Mr Hunter's, with his family It is hut sheer justice to .Mr Rav tint you correct the error in your next public-'. 'i‘a. that his fi-Lui-ls at a !isi-i;iec may he speedi- lv n i Ireeivcd,. Your humble serv’t. JAMES D LESTER.”, ••This will certify that I am the Coroner of M i ir.> > ronutv. a:i I eulie l an Inquest over the billy of Mr Woodruff who waskill.nl on Clubt- mis live, it this county. I’ltera were several persons present at the tune of tho accident, and Mij. I’mans Ray ^was not in the n-ighhorhohd. m ill-* tiuio as I heard of; neither was lie tho .n all - tTirged with shoaling Mr Woodruff, ven u i ler inv ban I, Jat., W I83(i MARTIN XALI like his 1’rorlamatinn t » South Carolina’s Nullificalion. and his Riotest mes-ngo to the Senate, is another p'edge of-the support of the Constitution as well as th“ honor of thenutinu. _ 4- By Joseph IV Todd, Esq.—The Hero of New Orleans : On the eve of retiring to private life, may many be his days and honorable his fame by rising genera'ions. By Capt. .4. Raldicin.—Gen. Carroll, of Ten- ncsise: On this memorable day. 1815, he gained for himself high military honors, which entitle him to the confidence of the American people. U. Mr. Jno. B. Murray.—Georgia: My future home, may many be the days of Iter warm heart ed sons. 7 By Mr. Edmund Oneal.—The ladies attend ing the Rail Road party : beauty and ioveliness combined. 8. Mr- Ilenry Baldwin.—Forsyth Rail Road : Success speed it on to completion —2 years, girls, mid then w * trill have Rail Road parties. 9. — Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road.—Tho Cincinnati Post of 28th nit says :—‘Col. Blind ing, the efficient agent of the citizens of South Carolina, in this great enterprise, arrived in this eitv yesterday- He has effected more in three or four weeks, than any individual or body of men ever did in the same period : he has got the Bill which wc published on the 6th in*t, passed into Law in the States of South Carolina N. Caro lina, and Tennessee, without essential variation, and wc have uo doubt hn will succeed equally with Kentucky, and for this plain reason : he will show her legislature that it is for their inter est to pas« i*. No man in the Uuited Stases un- dertai ds this suhject better than Col. Bianding. ho having beon for eight years superintendent for public works for the State of South Caro lina, and his being employed on this must ar duous and delicate mission, is a decisive pi oof of the manner in which lie executed his former “list.” Dread ful Accident and loss of Life—We lenm with regret, the fallowing particulars of a mo3t dreadful occuirence, which resulted in the death of an amiable young lady. Miss Martha AVilsox. Oa Wednesday morning last, this young lady daughter of Mr. Lurn Winso* of Effingham County with her mother and brother attended our market; on their return home the same day, (at night,) ahouf 14 miles from this city they cam ped out; a fire was kindled, and by it a bed or a place to rest upon, was pul uear the fire—the clothiug of which, after some -short'tiinc, was discovered to be on fire, together with the dress of the young lady, who immediately jumped, up. Her mother and brother heiug near by, hastened to her aid; and attempted to tear the clothing ir i n h r—in which attempt the hands of Mr. Wilson were severely burnt. While iu this art. Miss Wilson being wrapped in flames, extricated herslf from her brother and ran off. and before ho could reach her she was ii'cmliy burnt to death. AV’e understand this young lady had just reached her 18th year.—Nap. Rep. Firk and Loss of Life—-V firo broke opt on Tuesday morning at the wooden tenemeut in Bay lime, just back of Mrs. Battey’s boarding house. Air Winkler's stable, to the West soon caught, as also did the carpenter shops of Mr. Cartier and Air. Gammon and a small building occupied hy Air. John Audehest, the three on Bryan slicct ucarlv opposite the Plautcr ’ Bank, and the whole were quickly consumed. AV'e regret to state that a free negro woman HEAD aMABTEBS, GA. T .'fliUertgeritlc, San. 13, 1336. HE Commander-in-chief lias received official in- formatioi from ids excellency, JyHN 11. EA TON, Governor of Florida, that a ba.tls occurred in that territory on the 31st December last, between the Seminole Indians and a detachment of Unit d States’ troops and Militia: and that our fellow-citizens in that -X JL 1-s ACT to alter and amend the oath to be, admin istered to voters at elections in this Slate. I Section 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Represcntutiics of the Hate of Georgia in General stmldy met, awl it is hereby reacted by the authority of the same, That from ami after the passage of this act. the oath roqiuredby law to be administered to voters at e- lection* for members of the legislature and other civil territory stand in need of assistance from the patriotic ' officers of this State, shall be as follows: *• 1 citizens of Georgia. The Commindcr-in-chief, under .existing circum stances, will not ORDER the MILITIA of GEOR GIA, oranyoartof them, to inarch beyond the limits of the State Bat he earnestly invites such of the A’olunteer Corps as are willing to go 1c the relief of their suffering fellow-citizens of Florida, immedi ately to signify to him their readiuess for such service. •By order of the Commander-in-chief, BOLLING If. ROBINSON. 2t 30 Aitle-tlc-Cainp. O’ The Gazettes published in Columbus. Macon, Milledgovilie, Augusta aud Savannah will give the a- aove two insertions. 4 N ACT to amend the twenty-ninth section of ai act entitled “an act for ordering and governin': slaves within this province, and for establishing a in- - ^ risdiction for the trial of offences committed by such , S w *“ t - V ' 0 " e y«" w ‘ al " n * ,u “” '’f ffieLniied Mates, slaves and other persons therein mentioned. &io pre- 1 a,,(l 1 V* ve ""“ty iwlde , d «? this ^ f,,r th , c , ? st six solemnly sw.-:ir or affirm, (us the case may be) that 1 hare attained to the age of twenty-one years, that I have paid all legal taxes which have been required ol me, and which I have had an opportunity of paying according to law, that I ar.*-a citizen of tho United States, and have usually resided in this county for the last six months, and have considered it my home and place of residence during that period; so help uie God*” Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That where any per son applies to vote for Governor, members of Con gress, or Electors of President aud \ r ice P/esident of the United Stales out of tbc county where be resides, and the presiding magistrate shall Lave doubts as to his right to vote, they shall administer to bun tho fol lowing oath: “I, , do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I have attained to the age ol Susan Ringbiil with her child, and little negro employed to nurse the child of .-mother woman Mr IV'ilker.—Tlio Kail Ilo ul party: nb»y! liviug in the same house, were burnt to death. t!i • amusement nf iho eveninggive rise to domes-; They slept in the-up-stuirs of the tenement where in- hn.niaM - the fire originated, aud theflames had made such •persons I vent the inveigling md carrying away slaves from their masters, owners, or employers.” Passed JVfar 10, 1770. AVhereas the twenty-ninth section of said act, does not make it penal with free persons of color to harbor, conceal or entertain any slave, who may he a runa way, but merely inflicts a fine on such free persons of color; for remedy thereof: See. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Jlc- presentitlicesofthe State of Georgia in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That from and after the passage of this act. all free persons of color within this State, who shall har bour, conceal or entertain a slave or slaves, who shall be charged or accused of any criminal matter, or shall be a runaway, shall, upon conviction (in addition to tho penalty already provided for iu said section) be subject to the same punishment as slaves are under said section of the above recited act. Secy®. And be it further enacted by the authority a- fortsaid. That any lawful constable having reason to sns.mct that runaway slaves, or such negroes who may be charged or accused of any criminal offence, are harbored, concealed or entertained in the house or | months and have considered it «uv home and place o residence during that period, and have paid all legar taves which have been required of nn', and which I hue bad an opportunity, tonav agreeably to law, so help me God.” ^JOSEPH i*Ay, Speaker of thv MiniJu uf ihlprCscutatUes. ROB ItT M. t OIOL3, Prcsi ieiilof the Senate. Assented to, 22d December, 183'. WILLIAM -tCHI.F.V, Governor: 4 N’ ACT to compensate magistrates and consta bles for services required nf them, which are un provided for ty law, and have no property to scige upon for the payment of costs.' Section 1. lie it needed by the Senate and House of Represents tires of the state of Georgia in General -U- senibly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority afore said, That ft om and after the passage of tins act. mag istrates and consiables (for the county or State) shall, iu addition to the fees already allowed, receive the fol lowing fee* for services hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: Justices of thePeoc>> taking examinations of persons charged with criminal offences and witnesses, houses of such slaves or free persons of color, they or j twenty-live cchls each; :s.suiug summons to magjs- tic happiness. For the Tthgraph. EXCERPTS. Wants Wisdom wants more pupil*: Truth, more real friends; Virtue, more admirers; Hon esty more practitioners: Religion, to have less * iid of its mysteries, and more done of its duties. lVho is a true Geiitlcmmt 1—Whoever is frank, sincere, honest, generous, courteous, truly Inino- ruhlc and candid; such a one is a true gentlemen, whether learned, or rich, or a laborer. L'c who refuses to do justice to die defenceless, will often ffi: found making largo concessions to iho powerful. He i* a temperate man whose Wisdom rules hi* appetite- : he is intemperate whose appetite rule's hi* wisdom. — Every thing great is not always good; but all good things arc great. Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in deserving them. To give permanency to civil government, iho Magi.trnto must oliev tho laws, noil tho people. J progress that they never got down stairs. Tho hubaml of the woman escaped hy jumping I from the window aud was very much burnt. I There are several stories afloat, to which we do not know what degree of credit to attach. A few bales of cotton across the way,(10 or 12 were destroyed—Sav- Geo. any. of them are authorised to' enter such bouse or houses, aud make search for the said runaway or run aways or accused criminal or criminals. ’ , S !c. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority a- foresaid, That any law militating against this amenda tory act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. JOSEH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatircs. ROBERT M ECHOLS, President of the Senate. Assented to, 2fith December, 1835. WILLIAM SCIILEY, Governor. trates to attend on the trial of slaves and free persons of color, twenty-five ceius each; magistrates for at tending said trial, provided, the court consists of not more than three, to be charged seve nty-lire cents each: presiding with a jury, to the offence of iorcibie entry and detainer under the fifteenth section of the ninth di vision of the penal code, seventy-five cents; for issuing summons to the party defendant, twenty-five cent.-; drawing juiyand making out venie, fifty cents; (oris suing process under the act »o amend the rent laws of this ytate, passed December, 18z7 one dollar; Con stables attending at a magistrate’s office daring the ex amination of n person charged with a criminal offence. COUNCIL CHAMIIrX ' / Toksdav, IS)th J.uiuarv, tbSQ. } CALLED MELTINGi ^ P RESENT. 1. »■ Seytuotr, Mayor,Messr Ross, Cowies, A'igal, Higgins, Ralston and WOiiaics, .videruien. The .Mayor informed the Council that he had called them together agreeable to a resolution of the prece ding meeting, lor tiie purpose of reviewing the report of the Committee appointed at the smiie meeting to take into consideration aletter from the Mayor of .■*»- vanned; in relation to the Central Rail Road and Bank ing Company of Georgia. Mbtiou was made aud seconded, ft.;; t(ie report, ol tlio Committee be received, tbe y« i- and nays being required: yeas, Messrs. Cowles, lligcins, Ross, Ral ston, Vigul and AAiiliams. Nays, none. The Vayorbeiug Chairman of the Committee, sub- l ait ted the following Report, viz: The Committee to vvtioiu was referred tlio consider ation ot the propriety of subscribing 2500 shares of the capital stock of the Georgia Ceutral Rail Road aud Baakiug Company, report, that they bavo given the subject tbe most deliberate reflection, and have ar rived til the conclusion, that it is expedient for -tho city to subscribe to the above number of shares. - Your Committee are of the opinion that, in all pro bability. the stock for srmc years may not be profitable, perhaps it will not indctiiiiily the city for the interest they will have to pay upon uie sum they will be requi red to boriow to pay the instalment*, they are. lstivv- •ver) unanimously of the opinion, that the stock Xvsll be eventually profitable, command a premium, and he of incalculable benefit to tbo public, they therefore re commend tiie adoption of die following resolution; Rtsvlgoil, That the Mayor be authorised, nnd ho is hereby instructed, to subscribe on the part of the city ■■.f Macon,to twenty-five hundred shares of the cap: It.1 slack of the Centra! Rail Road aud Banking Compa ny of Georgia. I. G. SEYMOli R. Ch’rm. JERRY COWLl'8, II. G. ROSS. C: A. IIIGGIN’S. r.LSoircd, That the proceedings'of Council sa fa:: as they relate to the Central Rail Road, together with ad tiie correspondence upon the subject, be published u the public gazettes of this city. A true.extract front tiie minutes, this 20th day o; January, 1836. JESSE L. OWEN, c. c. tit in Gi Among the now Work’s just received at tiie liookstore i f Messrs Olcott & Ells, from the ter- wit'g press of Harpers & Brothers, isonc to which "e have given a hasty perusal, entitled ••Conti, t!.'.' !).* ar.led"—n i ivel full of exciting incident*. 3’!<l impassioned scenes. Tiiep’ot is ingeniously ••J. 3rd rationally followed to its termination. 1 tie admirers of this class of works cannot fail to lie delighted on a perusal of ••tawti.” “Paul t'lric," or the Adventure* of an Enthti- e iiW," hy Mattson, is another new novel, which nny be found at ifte snn:e bookstore. Wc have R,, l Jet It i i time to look into it. IHGHTH OF JANUARY AT FORSYTH. A lirga and respectable number of the citizen* "( Mov-i'uc, assembled together at Forrjilt, on tit’ 1 8th i:i*t. to celebrate tins memorable d.iy.— A» excellent dinner was prepated by Josco Duim h'q. nt which much good feeling and social £wu* existed, Capt. John Miliar presided ?• s Pre s ; h at. ntid .Maj. Samuel Langston as Vice l*re- ‘‘‘'"t of tho day. After dinner tlio cloth wn« tcraoved, and the foliowing to ists were drank "t’.lt Iliad nod continued cheering. The vo!at|r ■ ' ^’ lasting would, have been continued, hut tiie * my, llirougb rotirtesy, gave place to the '• u | Roail party, which assembled at the sumo "ainl contimied liie aitiuscineuts ot the eve- uadi a late hour it uigiit. This party was : , :v ‘idt* 1 It: n large concourse of l.ulics and gen ■ ut. and was conducted with decorum niid utgeuicnl seldom -'xeelled in city or village. ,!1> I men Hall was hrilliantly illuniinatc-d and |i.v.(.;|. c; | lieiiutifitl appearance. Tho illium- "Vi.ut continued for about tbo space of an hour. i- The 8th of January, 1315: A memorable '• 'J i * the American penph—n inemor ibjo day : " ; ir Chief .Magistral:—may a wr ath of I tu- rr * continue- to encircle his brow. * *nr Nary. Tho handy werkm uishiji of ‘■'’■ii.rch'illicit! genius, we fear, will soon Ire cal- j (tiiii action, if this shall ho the unhappy t r- peopl for truth, we the Mag sirnre. Much uf what pisses fir lo -lt ii-ton with litt'e respect; fur it often appears to thrive mast luxuriously, where other virtues shoot up thinly and feebly; aud wc have rui gra- 'itii.le fnrllioso reformer* who would force upon tt - a doctrine which ha* net sweetened their own tempers, nr made theni better men thju their neighbors. The Charleston Market, Jan. 16. COTT'l.N.—Until the day before yesterday, a fair detnaud existed for Uptauds, and the prices of the week previous were fully su*uiucd—prime ami choice cottons taking the lead. On the morning of that day. advicos from Liverpool to the 7ih ult. were re.eivcd by the steam packet via Ncw-York, giving accounts of a very consid erable decline there. Tbo market here, since then, lias heeu unsettled, and the transactions few. although the rates lor a choice ami select article acre main! .ined, on account of ilieir scarcity.— 'I’he sales of the week have amounted t« tip- worwards of 4000 bales, particulars of which fol low:—7 hales at 12 routs—74 at 12j—73 at 13 272 at I3j—50at 14—lo st I j—18 at 14$— 528 at I4.J—-I io at 14}—30 at 14 7-8—563 ar 15— 210 at 154—174 at 15}—and 151 at 16. \Ve o- tnit quotations until the market becomes settled. .lores, and to compel druggists and apothecaries to j triulor examination, fifty reals; attending on tbe su keep arsenic and other dangerous poisons tinder lock ... ..... - • - - aud key, &c. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatircs of the state of Georgia in General As sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That from and after tbo first day of January next, any person or persons having in his, her or their employment, any slave or free persons of color in any apothecary shop or druggist store in this ’State, in the apothecary branch of their husiness, in putting up, compounding or dispensing purchasing or vending any drug or drugs, or medicine* of any description, kind or sort, whatsoever, shall be guiltv of a high mis demeanor, and on conviction thereof many court hav ing cognizance of the same, shall be lined' tho sum of om»hundred dollars for the first offence, and for every subsequent offence shall be fined in the sum of five hundred dollars, one half of said fine to go to tho iu- f inner, and the other half into tho county treasury for county purposes. perior or inf.-rior court while in session, for each day’s attendance, not exceeding four constables on one day one dollar each; summoning jury under the fifteenth section of the ninth division of the penal code, one dollar. See. 2 Andbe it further enacted lythe. authority afore said, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the sameas * '-.r.hv repealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the tlouse of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS. President of the Senate. Assented to, December So. 183 «. AVIf.LIAM'SCHLF.V, Gorervor. Found. f \ the streets of Macon by a servant, a sum of mo ney, which the owner can have by proving his property—apply to CHARLES CAMPBELL i MAYOR’S OFFICE, ? Citt of Savarraii, 9th Jau.1836. ( Sir—On the other side is a resolution of Council to which I ask flic ftivor that you call the attention of the Corporation of Macon. Dr. Raberwillexplain he circumstances to you, and I wouldjtpercly remark, ..at there must ba a sujscrij^'ti for 2OC0 shares by [ your Corporation or our eng^cinent must be at ari ad. I am gratified to bo abl3 to say that the. charter rive3 general satisfaction here, that this corporation has made arrangements to provide for its subscription, and that the prospect of a liberal subscription!'}’ our citr ons is good I trust that the same feeling may ex- m: .ii your city and the country' generally, and that at loa.-t the whole a mount : >c subscribed. Verv respectfully, yonr.ob't. serv’t. AV. AV. GORDON, Mayor. To the hen- the Mayor of Macon. IN COUNCIL, ( Sava-.-.v-ah. 7 fir Jan.-]?36. ) The Mavcr reported that during the progress of the hill, amending the jlait.Road charter, through the I.cg- i.dmnre,objection v.as made to it that no stock waa re vived for the City of Macon, that to obviate this objec tion. lie, the Ms - or,-gave his assurance, that if, on the •opening' of thYbooi.- cf Subs’ ription. tho City of Mac. a would sith.-crihie 'for 2'tO shares, and if, on tbe con-’cl'dation ofthe subscript^.?.*', fliat of Macon sfcomd heso-ied down, an ainoinu of - lock reserved for the citv of .Savanr.r.h. should be transferred tithe corpo ration cf Macon, winch, when added to that left to -aicl corporation after the scaling down, would give to that corporation a no tuber of shares equal to cue half toe amount retained ffir the corporation of Savannah. That if r.Cfl shares he scaled down then 333 sbarci, should ho transferred hj'tlre corporation of Savant::;!: to tiie corporaticn of Macon, end so on in proportion. On motion of Alderman Purse, [communicated, j To the Citizens of Mucon and Georgia throughout. E are now called on for tiu mjiHfu! pro- tectiini of our common coiwfrv. and as we h ive some serious cause for alarm, and a* *11 the Volunteer companies are held in readiness to march nt n minute's warning, to the borders of this Suite, nr iuto Florida, and as there is no well organised miliiia in this State for its prmce;ion against its intruders and assassins,' viz; Abolitio- nian. Judinas and Negroes: would it not be well to form cojgp’inip* in every county in the State lor the mutual protection of mir common coun try. A CITIZEN OF GEORGIA. > -I • ' . FOR TtUJ OKOROIA TKX.KOr.APH. I stood Veath iho vine ib.it so graccfultA’ hung. In fancy 'cstoeii*, nroutid the gay hall ; ^ i And steadfastly gazed on lha fair mid llie Vuung A* lightly all past in the first Central Ball. Tbe casements were clustered with ro.*e_j_in bloom And n* ilia fair dancers past down the s-ittoon, i caught thi^sofl wave of a 'plume snowy wlri^ Andjlie eye of a lady most hcamiitgly hrightc With elegance, etisc, unaffected'she lent To tlicgiy festive scene her own blandishment; Itiirliigeilt’C beamed in her nyc and its gj/mce, i.e/u a light to ilimnino the scene and tj^ dance, Aud one iu that circle has owned her sweet potv’r For his muse at her shrine lias left a choice dower. Another now jidds to her beauty that nJght A strain for tbe [>;umc su beaniiagiy bri^it. But there was auothcr, fair, graceful withal!, Intelligent too. ami tho star ofthe Bu!|a Her soft silken tresses most gracefully nnug Around Iter fair neck, and 1 saw she was young: For lightly her footsteps were heard ou »hc floor And lie who most doatod, and best could adore Was gazing, and knew that tho star of the Bali. Was Ins own, his beloved, the fairest of all. Unjortunnte Occurrence and Loss of Life.— We regret to state, that on the evening of the 23d inst. John D. Gray, Esq. the contractor for the Sr. Joseph Rail Road, was capsized iu a sloop, while blowing a gale at the East pass or Eastern entrance of Apalachicola Bay. while on his pas sage to M. Alarks. to superintend tlio public work he has there under contract. There were, at the time of the® ceurrctire, himself and four negroes in the vessel, one of whom was unfortunately drowned, and load it not been fort he great ex ertion of Captain Grecnlcnf. of the ship Supe rior, now lying at that pass, nil would, undoubt edly have lic^lust. Too much praise cannot be awarded him for tli: perseverance and exertion used at the risk of his own life upon this occa sion.—£>/. Joseph's Tel. Resolved, That the undertaking of the Mayor Jo the C , , wf.ni.t vj , . ! corporation of Macon be niid is hereby confirmed h.V-- tAU a ION.-- .u , r-oos-lie c.Mti.iiia aga it.;, j ., )is Co;ir(! nn( ; t i !:lt if said corporation shall, on thk 1 _ dt ^? C * i 10 th Mid 11 til February, suh cribe for 2500 shares of\ ther person or peisons vending nny medicines of a j ° ‘•kniso^county^as tho^ law will bo nf tt<!y cufoi- J . tcc ;. ;iU( ] t j, e KU b.-ciipiiei.' be scaled down, fhen " -h«« corporation' will tr»»*R;r3«ir-tlwt of Macon an e- P t .£1? l.« civwnMttrill f»f poisonous quality, shall uo! vend the same to any por-: CS( ^ a ^ a ' n ^ ) 0,1 souor persons of color, under the penalties aforesaid. ‘ lip i.. - TA’ ' 1 't of affairs God speed nsto tho erection ^ lie ivy ship*. Iienvy gOtis anil unyielding sea- ; ' ■ It.tcrn i! Improveuicn?. Ouf last L.-gisla- r "'-i* done great good fit Georgia. AAe lac, but a spirit of enterprise, to exalt o«r! sniclbgcuce. .ic.intv, nnd grace have all hung >o equality with any Suite iu the Untmi. A token an l gift for the fair aud ^Ire \ m ug. ^ , ■*' E'lne.iiion. The risinggohcration bids fair OjsGAR. Let them praise the gay plume and iho beauty who wore That pure snowy Ostrifn, I own she is fair ; Yet there was another t!ie star of the room, .More brilliant by far than the lass of tha pfun: Itt theeyc brightly beaming, on tho brow atj * nil —~ Of tire features of she tk« bclloof the i’all. See.'3. And be it further enacted by the authority a- foresaid, That nothing in this act shall be so con*triied, as to prevent druggists and apothecaries frotneinpldy- ing any negro or free person of color, iu that branrh of their business which does not require them to open their drugs or medicines, or compound or dispensing tbe same, but they maybe permitted to employ said [ persons to perform the laborious part of their work, j under the immediate direction and control of some white person. Sec. 4. Andbe it further enacted by the authority a- foresail. That all laws nnd part* of laws, militating n- gainst this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOSEPH DA A', Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. Assented to, December 26, 1835. 20 2» AVILMAM SCHLEY. Gurernnr. Bills of tt,.. e u a a » e > N Savannah aud New. York, at sixty and ninety days, will be discounted by Jon 14 30 REA" & COTTON. Experiment on a drunkard.—Ignition of hum an blood.—A'» experiment wes recently made-in Berwick. Me by a student of medicine, nu the blood of a common driiukara. The sot had pro bably swallowed two gallons of rum, during tho previous five days, during which time lie hail ta ken littl- or no food. The student remarked to him that he was in duuger nf perishing hy spon taneous combustion, and stated that Ins blood .vas su much eiicuin >ered by alcohol that it could be ignited, tlio drunkard asked to be Med. A pint of blood was lakeu from him. A bowl contain ing this blood was handed to one of the specta tors, who ignited a match, and on bringing it in contact with the contents of the bowl, a confla gration ensued, burning with a blue flame for the spare of twenty five or thirty seconds. ftSarried. At Cullodensville, Monioe County, on flic 10th inst by the Rev. Charles Ilardy, Dr David Kendal] of Up- sou county, to Mrs Louisa II Steele ofthe former place. Ai» Yankee, tricli teas there—nor deceiver vile; Nor fraud of coquette praeflbed long in guile: I caleJ ' whereupon itshall be the duty of tho sheriff, to But honor, truth, sincerity, combined. I deliver such persons of color to such pretended owner, Two genial hearts in b v-fi-but if the person claiming to be the owners or propri- 1 otors of such person or persons of color fail or refuse JwlCCla ; to give bond and security as aforesaid, the sheriff shall A N ACT more effectually to protect free persons of color, and to point out the mode of trying the right of freedom. Whereas, free persons of color are liable to be ta ken and held fraudulently and illegally in a state of slaver , hy Avickcd white men, and to bo secretly re moved whenever an effort may be made to redress their grievances, so that due enquiry cannot be bad into the circumstances of their detention and their right to freedom; for remedy whereof, Section I. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the stale of Georgia in General As sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That itshall and may be lawful for any jus tice of the Inferior court of any county in this State, upon tho complaint of any free person of cr-lor, that he, elie or they are fraudulently and illegally' held in slavery, to make due enquiry into all the circumstan ces of the case, and if. upon <nch an examination, the justice si all be satisfied that there is probable ground to beli>-vc that such complainant or complainants arc improperly and illegally held in a state of s.UvcrJr, it shall be hi? <jhitj to oiiicr such person or persons into flie-ctistody of the sheriff of die county, until the pre tended owner or owners sha 1 enter Into bond with good security, for double the value of such person or persons of color, not to remove nor attempt to remove such free persons of color from tho conuty whore this examination is held before the cause is finally adjudi « Jackson. Hutts Gov-.tv, Jan. J.'i, iridlj. JDr. IF/n. Ii. Simpttoee R ESPECTFULLY informs the vicinity of Jack- son. and ths public generally, that lie has located bimtelfin south Ea.-t Co-mer opposite Asa Mann’s in said village, where he will attend to all business iu Ills line, viz: the Practice of iffedicine, Sur gery, Midwifery, Dentistry, Sc. lie flatters himself that he wiil he aide i#»ivs gene ral satisfaction to all those .who may favor him with their patronage. He a Isofeels grateful for past fa-or* conferred upon him, aud expects a continuance of ihe same. 3t 30 F JLaiup Oil. fUjTGallon* »V'iu(-r strained Lamp Oil very handsome—just received aud for sale by II. & J. tlHOTWi'LL. . Jan. 14. 30 Opposite the Central Hotel. Just received pr'<*rk Bags prime green Coffee 25 hlids st Croix l*. R. and N. O. sugar 6 Boxes Loafsugar ]<i hhde jAloia’ses 50 bids N i. (turn 30 “ superior Whiskey Jamaica and st Croix Runt Ilo!. Gin, Cog. Brandy Sperm and Tallow Candles, soap, starch,Chocolate, fire aiso Salt, Iron-Castings, Bagging, Eaie Ro;tC, together with a couiple.e assortment of M'nncy, nnd Staple JOrtf Gcotln. Jan. 21, 30 E. RUSSELL. monntof its -took sufficient to make the corporation of Macon a stockholder to flic amount of one half retain ed to this corporation. Resolved, That this report and r-'-o’-ttion he copied and transmitted to the corporation of Macon. Extract from the minutes. M. MYERS, c. c.__. UR months after date application will he made to the Inferior court of Stewart conuty whoa sitting lor ordinary purposes, for leave to sell flu: land and Negroes belonging to tho estate of Al exander Nelson. Into of said county-deceased. 30 THOMAS. S. CUAPPi LE, t , Vt!mr ' s . Jan M. WILI.tAM NELSON. S' 1A OUR months' after d .te application Wilt be made ii 1 to tiie Inferior court of Twiggs county sitting or ordinary purposes for leave to soil alot of land in arroii county, drawn by the orphans of Robert Reyn- iMs late ofsnu! county. .' tan. 10 '.0 THttilAS q CT?AP'.'"t T ,n■■ -r 1 71UUR inuutli - all, ' line;. u ; -;‘inkL.ou w... •*-. m—.e 1 to the Inferior Court of Gihh couiitv when sit ting for ordiunrv purposes, ior leave to sell tho real c- -tate belonging to Cam’!"-- spruce, a minor ■ JAMES W. GREEN, Guar; Jan. 18. 30 At Milledgovilie, on the 1 lt.'i inst. of pulmonary eon- | rotaiu him, her or .them, in his possosfion. sninption, Mrs. Lucinda Hunt, consort ol Wilkins) Sec. 2. Andbe it farther enacted by the authority a Hunt. Esq. in her twenty-ninth year. Her calm aud foresaid, That it shall be the duty of the jnstice of the virtuous spirit departed inpeace. being sustained by a inferior court before whom the examination is had, to N the Srst Tuesday in March next, before the •njf court house door in the town of America*. Sum ter county, within rlio legal hours of sale, will be sold the undivided interest of Benjamin Reyiioar in two NEGROES, also, On the first Tuesday in April next, wilt Ire Rind within tho legal hours of sa'e, in the town of Tul hottnti, thirty three acres of land of lot No. two hundred and forty', in lfi-lh district as the real estate of Benjamin Reyttour, under order of tho Inferior court of Talbot county when sitting for ordinary purposes. Jan 7,1836 80 GIDEON POWI.EDGE Adm’r, t'< the honorable flto Inferior Court of Pike ounty. .v'.mu s’.ttFi' fsrorli i try puroDsts, fir leave to scllall the Esfiate of John Johlisra deceased. J. 5HENHET !' LfA (’•’ AV. WELLS, 5 Zcbnlon. Jail. 15, 183-i y* ■ 3Q_ j''• x:t I in the finer arts, litciature has already .’’ Cil ber wings to soar aloft anil hn k with dis- '"t the muddy dykes and druiusof ig.ior- 'ii! 2JjjJ *upcr*iii!oa. By the biig Octavio nt Baltimore, from Xa.tsau the folliMV.ing account is given of the reasons for , . the sdizaw»,'l»y.a British aimed vrs*el, of the -A- “'ijiiingtoit: This name fills all hosbmsj wic.'ic.io hi i# from New York, bound with cini- On the 10th December, a brig from Nctv York hound to Texas, with 175 passengers, arrived at Eb nthcra. when some ofthe passengers went on shore, saying that they were lost, and inquired tli? name of litre island They then lr...k some articles forcibly, and paid for others, and treated the iiiltubitatiis rudely.; the news having arrived at Nassau, that they had pillaged the Islam, the srhr. Anna was armed and sent down with sold iers, but before she arrived, the brig had sailed— a Bri'isli Brig 6f war via* tlicnscm in |>ursuit of the brig, who overtook aud brought horinto Nas sau— tbe passengers were landed and pu in pris on. but the captain stud crew of the hrig were not molested. The passengers were to be tried, aud those who committed the outrago would be detai ned ; the others would probably rc-cnthark^ind Musketeers: An honor to our tho brig proceed ou her vdynge to Texas. j.' 1 "Mriotitm nnd love <>f country. ,'l ®' < -'f*n , t aud llaniiltou: Both had friends '-ii* f 0,l> eaemics. The Arrericati people i l ’ r -v< r fee! proud to acknowledge them us - 1 ‘"adcllatisin* iu onr political firmatnciit. .Aad.viv Jacksnn ; Mild and pacific in the :, ff' !l, '» of llie nation, wc ferl 111 Ihu direction that he may givo to tho question. , -"'Vpiunr rirhloy: Able and vigilant in tbe It .’f °f bis official station. f : <' < f i 011 ’ Dow much d«t tho pco- r„,' 'eorgia owe to this man for the prospc 10 p ,d ! ,ion ,,r ,h « Siite ? four ** ,,:, dfr«>m Forsyth to Stvnnnah: In i,„ r ^ r .. ,r ’ die products of the industrious Far m'*, •«training upon cars to our ancien H nu . c , h Wwd Sar.auuah. MoBroo Muskc *'>ttcli 8 joyful hope in her KEDi.EM. R. At his residence in Monroe county, on tho 14tb inst. DpritroTgc A. Brown, late of Milledgeviile, in the 57th ear of Ins age. Departed this life on the 11 th inst at the residence of j her father Thos. Swift Ksqr iu Morgan county, Mrs Harriett T. Furtow, consort of James W. Furlow, of Monroe county, iu the 19th year of her age. Thus she was cut off in the bloom of youth, when she was just beginning to occupy a stand iu society which pro mised to be one of great brilliancy and usefulness. Her amiable and heavenly disposition had rendered her donbly deaf to her husband; her humane and kind treatment had rendered her beloved by her servants, and her --(Table deportment had generated an affection- ute regard in the bosoms of all who knew her. Her death hus produced a chasm in her tiereaved family which time cannot fill, and imposed a load upon the r )*|SoHl ‘t V* re - * \ n i\HJY* iS Sf OILS. I ,-Jb 'O Kegs While Lead, . AP 1 Cj 150 Galls, Linseed Oil. 3b do Whale do 100 do Lamp do. 150 do Spirits Turpentine, ’Jg , Copal A'artiish, Furniture Varnish, Litharge. Chrome Yellow, Chrome Green. Umber, Ivory Black, Prussian Blue, \ r enni)lion, India lied. Pans Green, Verdigris, Sinalts all colours White Frosting, Venetian Red. flpanisb Brown, Red Lead,'Yellow Ocre, Whiting, Glne, and Gold Leaf—Jqmt received and fir sine by nov. utl. 1835. 15 CHARLES CAMPBELL. Fire proof Btiildinga, corner of Mulberry and Second Streets- • Toil Eon Cherry street to rent, adjoining the S' Telegraph Office Inquire of the pr.ititqrs. r iducc tho statement to writing, and to return the same to tlio clerk of die inferior conn of the county, who shall docket the a.*e, stating the nnincs of the parties, &c. which shall stand for trial the first court alter the same is docketed, unless either party, for Want of evi dence or other sufficient cause, should raovo* to contin ue the cause, which may be done for ono'tterm and longer. Sec. 3. And he it further enacted by the authority a- foresuid. That tbe inferior court shall cause the parties to make up an issue involving the complainants right to freedom, which shall be submitted to a jury as in o- thercases; buteither party being dissatisfied with the verdict, shall be permitted to nppeal to the superior court without givinj; bond and security ns in other ca ses. Sec. 4. Andbe it further enacted by the authority a- fo re said, That should the complainant, upon tbe find trial of thecasa, succeed in obtaining a verdict in his ftivor, the court shall order snch persons of coler to be set at liberty, and a guardian to be appointed as is now regnlated by law. TD3EPII DAY,' ■■*, Speaker of the Houseof Representatives. ROBERT M. SCJI0J>, President of the Senate. Assented to, December 2n, 1835. WILLIAM SCHLEY. Gorernor. SUGAR, COFFEE, Ac. HHDS. prime St. Croix Sugat!fJJ>" 20 barrels N. Orleans do 100 do Canal Flour, 100 do Howard st. do 125 pieces Hemp Bagging, 30 bags Cuba Coflce, 20 half qr. casks Malaga Wine, 50,000 Havannah Scgars, of tiie best quality. For sale by Jan. 14 80. REA <& COTTON. O N Thursday tbe third day ot March tuxt. will i;e ’ sold at tbe late residence of James Anderson, late ofBmts contitvdeceased, all the personal estate cf said deceased, consisting of cotu and fodder, cotton, cattle aud hogs, sheep and horse* # plantation tools, Household and Kitchen Furniture, m_id various other articles—on the same day will he hired-one Negro boy belonging to said estate,and also on tile same day will ba rented about 14 acres of cleared land! Terms made known ou the dav of sale. Jan. 21 1836 30 l ilF. ADMIN1 TRATORS, gf w S 11, .t , u> ". -v in .vp.’il next, agrufatuo to on order of the Inferior Court ofMorgnn coun ty when sitting for culinary purposes, will be sold iu the town of Forsyth Monroe county, the Negroes be longing to the estate of Thomas Summerlin Into of Mor gan county deceased, consi.-ting of one fellow Ilyal, 25 or 26 v’ears old, nnd h*s been working at the Tan ner’s trade for a number of years, a woman, Mary »- bout 30 years old aud a giil Mariah, 13 years c'd— sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said de ceased; terms made known on die day of rale bv ho Jan. It! 30 ADV.IMSTRATORV Gt ORlil.i : ’ 7 Uut.il 1 oi ORIJ1NA/{Y, Crawford Courty. J adjourned term, Jan 11. I T appearing to the Court from the petition cl Win McDonald, that W'm Lacey deceased, late of Monroe county, did on flic twenty-first day of Februa ry 1829, make and execnto liia bond conditioned to tuaketifles to lo>l No, 116 in the Tth district of Leo comity, when tiie plat and grant is ft.hen out, and it further appearing to flic Coart that said Bond is com plied with so far as taking out the said Grant: now this is ft* notify the administrator ef thft said Wm La cey and allparliesconcerncd, that the said admin:*!ra tor will he ordered to make and execute title* to said Lot of land according to the condition of* said Bond, unless good and sufficient cause he shown to the con trary in ii:-- term required by law : it is further ord< - red that three month* notice of this order he published by the clerk ofsaid Court, in one of ‘he public Gazetts of the state, and in two other public places insaidcoun-1 ty ofCrawford. _ _ J A true extract from tho minutes ofsaid Court. • Jan. ll, 18:M :i0 WM. II. BROCKS, c. c. o. i i 3*0 0 X'rirvti’siK Jout; at thiv. O»i»cor^ its E18T of Tellers reuiaimitg a: the i'osi Cilfice at fSL Clinton Georgia, on the first day of January, »83l* . John S Aderhold jLonu Bryant, Kedick Basitnote, U lit :u Ecrdl, uinttil Blow, Ainjffi'dti F Billtiigsica, Jun es Ltintcs 2.-iiarriel Bird, Clark EJautflord, -Hhos itnrrell, G- C Brooks, Joseph Byiuint Janies A CoI .-uian.'VV Candler, John Cr.ne, James ’M Cole, Y Camden i d n: d lliittma?, William Denning, John Davis 2, John Dumas C;;as ,'v Eliis Harrell 1 tower.-, W A. Franks ■ Fftaris. Goare A, Aiien Green, Jonn Glover 2, -Mi.-s ai.try viiitiin. Darnel Gunn, Jatbcs Gilpin, JP«J— er Hitwkiii* 2. Columbus llaiuner Authuuy Johnson, \V ilkms jackscii Wm Key Jobutfi; Lewis, Janies Lcwerry, V* in P vv Leon ard, M T Lord. Arthur Lieeree*. John E Lester 2, Daniel McCloud 2. Aron M.ller, ’i hpnias Miller, i'iimnns M.irsiiail, Eliaebelli Nelson, Kirk McDaniel*. Elizabeth Moore, AI A Marshall, George Miller* Enoch Nichols, Dick T Oclaiii. Spiva-Ow* n* Burton Fault Aim B Fnihps. G R. il l’lulips Clea*.tiit S Pulterson. Jascpn rintottey Win R Smith, John anus, James Simes, Jo’.n Smith. J uni js Suiuncc, Elijah SioaUwood,..Moses smith, Au gustus Sturgis, John Simmons,. John Stillwell, Mari ah. Smith “b- Jofi,n ft Todd. Maryan Ti.cr.ipson, Julius Turner Win Vanganett .> ■, i . .... John Wendell,- Andersen \Ycekcf> J Robt Woodall, Travia A Weaver John S Zachery. JAMES SMITH* P. M- :/V ,c i\G niHii liy .iic li .uie ol James powers, :i- M. bout 21 or 2’* y'ear.s of ate* florid WKupiqxten* id-;lid fficc, ’ bj’lce: high, had on a ste. 1 mixt frock coat, and a fur cap—borrowed a horse c. ddlft. bridle' and martingales of mo an tbe b’fcib Eve. w juiit he said to Forsyth. Ilcn.-i.-’.and was to be back by thus 1st i- ..f. bnl rii.'ibitA has l.cen berrd ol h m vince.—. Tho horse was a rtr.-i! hrrwn ! nr?c wi-Ts v.d: tc sr.ctl v on his rump, 7 or eight years old. The s:dd'o vv as tg. new ore. with 1 ra.-s sthrupri. The 11 idle ard lr.avtln-- galesiffWack leather.’ A-reward of Ten Dollars wilF ho r>«*d for the borse. and Tun fur tbo thief if 'stolen* Macon. Jan 7. 29 J<)8I’IMi WAINWKIGTIT^ ■ PAli^liAO. OUST. Painting, plain cud ornamental* either in flu-city or couutry. Chairs ruj-aitrtevt and. gilded. ■ ornamented. Lookingglass i orhnaizcJ Signs painted, aud Fancy eription - will bu done by eppiyirv; to J. ii.A-W. S. rr.: 18. Cotton At-ntc. M i f.j.rf; gff. ‘ ' if '..'1 .’. •tin! • ■ i :■» ui! i iv uuti:- Stork ei C»n-:d<t *1 ch cornpri- • cstov'ery arflete Mtitctl to th<-». wall io ext 1 . Nr y Merchant* ur.d Piunirr* will da* It). 21 Jt AVI» RALSTON*-