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State
MACON, GA.
Thursday, June 3,1858.
MACON COTTON STATEMENT
Receipts in May. 185* 1,054
“ 1857 378
Increase. 781
7*tock June 1, 1858 5,358
" " " 1857 MM
Increase 1,4*8
Total Receipts to Ist June, 185858,172
•• '■ to Ist 185757,513
Increasel,ss9
There is very little demand, and pricea are tending
downward. We quote 9to 11)4 et*- as the extremes ;
jt would require a fancy article to bring the latter
price.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT?
Wo hope our readers will not overlook the
various new advertisements in to-day's paper.
Messrs. E. J. Johnston & Co.. H. Hqfn, 11. A.
'Vise, R. P. McEvoy, and others, bespeak a hear
:ng from the public thiough our columns.
It will be seen also that the “Macon Dra
matic Association’’ make their first appearance
ro-night. By all means let them have a full
house.
B-kT * W e desire to cull attention to the card
•f Hesby Yonge, Esq., Broker and Commis
sion Merchant, 195 Broadway, New York. AU
business entrusted to his care will be executed
with fidelity and dispatch. Try him.
GEORGIA NEWSPAPERS
Several of onr Georgia cotemporariea ad
vertise a half interest in their papers for
sale.
We would mention particularly the Bain
bridge Argue, a first-rate literary journal of
Southern Rights proclivities; also the Augusta
Daily Diepatch, one of the most valuable of
onr exchanges; and the Cuthbert Reporter, a
well-conducted sheet, published in Randolph
county.
We are glad to hear that Mr. A. F. Burr
has met with flattering success in getting sub
scribers for the “Independent South,” a new
paper which he proposes establishing in Qnf
rin.
On Monday Thos. C. Nisbet, Esq.,
was elected a Justice of Bibb Inferior Court
by a majority of 41 over his competitor, Mr.
Rob’t Ocsley. We are glad to hear that Mr.
Nisbet hae consented to accept. The county
has reason to congratulate itself upon the choice
ot a gentleman so eminently qualified to dis
charge the duties of the Station.
gUEERIGR COURT.
The Superior Court for Bibb county, has ad
journed to the first Thursday after the third
Monday in this month. There will be only one
case tried at the ndjourned terin, npon which
Judge Hardeman will preside, as Judge Lamai*.
d'tos not feel at liberty to do so, in consequence
of his connexion with it before his elevation to
the bench. Judge L. is justly entitled to the
moed of praise which different Grand Juries
have awarded him for his dispatch of business.
Within tha space of three weeks he has tried
more than a hundred equity and appeal cases—
five of them being for divorce—clearing the
docket ot everything except snob suits as were
necessarily postponed in consequence of the
absence or illness of counsel.
Last week Samuel 11. Wachinoton, Esq.
was admitted to the bar. Judge Lamar com
plimented him very highly upon the creditable
examination which ho sustained, and one of the
c.ty papers predicts that he will arrive at emi
nence in his profession with more than ordinary
ease and speed. We Rope to see the day when
our Cotemporary's prediction will be verofied.
er Tho natives were astonished last Tues
day by the appearance of the Telegraph with
a big “cut - ’ under its editorial head—an exact
representation of the “most complete printing
establishment in Georgia," presided over by
tho “best practical printer at the South." Our
neighbor’s industry and skill will doubtless se
cure for him an extensive fortune at no distant
day. He has the reputation of publishing the
neatest paper and doing the best job work in
the State; but where is the ancient glory of the
old Ttlujraph, where tho great political influ
ence which it once wielded among tjte “iron
ribbod Democracy?” Whore—echo hasn’t a
word to say. It might have answered,
" Gone glimmering like a school boy's dream "
gIBKHHIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OT MACON.
At a regular meeting of the above society,
held at their room, on Monday evening, 31st
nit., the follow ing officers were duly elected for
tho ensuing year:
Col. O. A. I.ochkanc, President.
Jaoxson Barnes, Ist Vico President.
Joseph Kennelly, 2nd do
Francis Kelly, Secretary.
Dksnis Daley, Assistant Secretary.
P. Crows, Treasurer.
Jons Evans, Standard Bearer
St
CHALYBEATE SPRINGS
Particular attention is called to tho adver
tisement of too Chalybeate Springs, (in Mer
ri wether county) which hare just been com
pletely fitted np by the proprietor, Mr. Ches'ey,
•who promises to leave nothing undone to pro
mote the enjoy moot of his guests. They can
be reached by Railroad from Macon to Thom
aston, thence by a lino of coaches, which will
be run daily during the season by onr towns
men, Masteuon ds Greks—making it a short,
eheap and agreeable trip. From our knowl
edge of these Spring*, we can confidently re
commend them as one of tho best summer re
sorts in the Statu, combining good water, fine
climate and many other requisites for oomfort
and pleasure. Visit them, and you will find
all that wo bare said to be true.
w We have printed a Circniar fur Messrs.
Roes, Coleman & Ross, in which they an
nounce that the Senior of the firm has jnsl re
turned from the Northern markets with thtir
third new stock of Dry Goods, purchased (in
cooseqnen ca of the latopees of the season) at a
deduction of 4o ptr cmt., and sold by them at
proportionate rates. They vouch for the above
assertion, and invite their customers and the '
public generally to call and satisfy themselves
s* to the tenth of their statement Do so, if
you wish to purchase excellent Goods at ex
ceedingly low privs.
wr A Western writer defines a widow as
‘one who know's wliat's what, and desires 1
further information on the subject”
EXTENSION QT SLAJERI
‘ The tendon Timee publishes a leading artl I
; cle in which it says that far m..ru opposition •
to the extension of slavery will be shown in
this country than abroad. nod the Columbus
Sun, in referring to the Timet article, justly
observes that the Northern and Eastern States
i will never permit any more Slave territory un
der any circumstances. Qnr extemporary of
; the Telegraph, however, joins issue with the |
, -Thunderer, ' and asserts with the utmost con
fidence that “Abolitionism will be nowhere
when it come* to a question of slavery or free- ‘
dom in opening the boundless wealth of South- 1
1 ern tropical agriculture.”
Surely the Timet would have been more
i careful in its remark, hud it know n that there
i was an oracle here to offset it. But bare as
l senions are not arguments, however satisfec
i tory they may be to a man wi-<e in his own
| conceit; and, therefore, we must beg leave to
i differ w ith the Telegraph unless it can assign
good reason for the above quoted opinion. The
' past is the surest means for jud irigof the fu-
I ture, and the lessons of the past conclusively
I prove that Abolitionism is too deeply rooted
i to be checked in its onward march even by in-
I tcrest or expediency. Have not the Black Re
| publicans solemnly declared their intention to
I blot ont slavery forever! Haye they not con-
I sistently practiced what they have preached,
i straining every nerve to crush slavery where
' it now exists arid to prevent the admission of
new slave States? Have they not with the ma
' lignity of devils waged this war against the
I South to the detriment of their own interests?
1 Have they not carried on this Crqspdc wifljout
| being al all restrained by motives of policy ?
Have they not with suicidal madness fought
against an institution which giyesthem wealth
and prosperity ? Have they not done this at
the risk of destroying a Union in which the
North is solely interested in preserving—a U
nion from which the North alone derives any
i benefits. These things are all true—what rea-
■ son then has the Telegraph for making the ab
' surd statement that the Ablitionists will let
slavery go Southward when they restrict it at
the West? Let it answer that, and wo will
I give it credit for greater sagacity than the
' Timet.
In fact all reasoning men must agree with
; the Columbus Sun that so long as the Union
bolds together not another foot of territory
will be added to our Southern borders. How
: ever strongly the Southern people may cling
to the Confederacy, they cannot shut their eyes
to the fact that a dissolution of the Union is
the only effectual mode of perpetuating and ex
, tending the institution of slavery. They know
I full well that the Union and slavery cannot
■ last together. It is time then to chuo.-c be-
I tween them.
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
The steamer India arrived at New York on
the Ist June, with three days later news from
Europe. She reports cottton unchanged—mo
ney market the same—breadstutfs dull, and
consols at H7 1-2.
The general news was unimportant, further
than that the rebels in India had been defeated
near Zuliingliun—many of them being killed
and 500 taken prisoners. The British loss was
I only seventy.
JUNE PERIODICAL’
j Too Juno Magazines are upon our table—
Black wood, Russell, and the Knickerbocker—
I furnishing a variety of food tor a month’s
1 reading and reflection.
We have taken occasion nt sundry times to
recommend Russell's Magazine, not solely from
the fact of its having superior claims npon
Southern patronage, but also from its intrinsic
merits. The South needs just such a periodi
cal, and it ought to be sustained. It is pub-
■ linked in Charleston, S. C., at $3 a year.
The Knickerbocker is decidedly the best of
the Northern publications. From early youth
we have read its pages, and our admiration for
it “grows with our growth and strengthens
with our years.” Fresh and genial—without
pedantry, affectation, or dullness—it may be
prescribed as medicine for a mind annoyed by
cares, depressed by grief, or bored by ennui.
I To say a word in commendation of Black
I wood, Would be “to guild relined gold.” It
i takes the had among the foreign Reviews,
i fully sustaining the reputation which it ac
quired in its younger days. It is republished
in New York by L. Scott Co., at $3 per an
nvm.
THE ST AtF ROAD
i We see some complaint against Dr. Lewis,
i the Superintendent of the State Road, because
| he lias stepped one of the trains, thereby con
siderably diminishing the expenses of running.
; We think ho is perfectly right. One train a
, day is certainly enough for any common pur
' pose, and there is no sense in running two
; when one can do all the business. If the
I freight and travel shall increase so as to de
mand the sorivces of another train, the Ductor
I will no donbt put it on. From al) that we
' can learn, we think Dr. Lewis is entitled to
i great credit for his management of the road.—
1 Corner Stone.
WESTERN A ATLANTIC RAIL RIAD 125,000
PAID IN
e are informed (says the Federal Talon)
( that $25,000 were received at the State Treas
j cry yesterday (31st of May) as the nett earn
: ings of the W. & A. R. R. for the month of
May. The new passenger Depot at Chatta
’ noogais being rapidly erected. All necessary
repairs upon the. Road are being pnsliod for
ward with great energy. All these expenses
are promptly paid, out of the earnings of the
i Road, and the sums paid into the State Treas-
■ ury are only the nett profits.
The Gove-nor i» redeeming his pledge that
the Road should pay, and the Superintendent
I is establishing for himself the character of
one of the first business men in the State.—
I The officers of the Road from one end to the
, other, are gentlemen of undoubted integrity
and fine business qualifications. Fnrther com
ment is unnecessary. Actions speak louder
than words. They a;e paying the money into
the Treaanry.
[FOB TUB STATE PRESS.]
HOMEWARD BOUND
It is ascertained from reliable authority that
several northern mechanics have lately been
compelled to leave town for parts unknown, in
consequence qf tampering with slaves and giv
ing expression to Abolition sentiments. We
are not sufficiently posted to pass judgment
Upon the parties concerned, bnt we wqqht take
occasion to remark that th er,s are piligrs of a
like ilk in this community, of whom wa shall
speak hereafter. Wo would suggest tp them
that self-preservation is the first law of nature,
and that they had bettor qnit here befqre they j
fall ir.t n the cltrtohe* of A MOB
WAR WITH iSOUJTu
The Corner Stone s»y«: •' We see th*t a great
i many southern paper* are making q.trito a stir
about the outrages pl' the British Navy upon
northern vessels; nnd are talking very strongly
about making war with England about it. For
onrscjl, we do nut feel that it is a matter in
which wa have any interest, or about w Rich we
have any care —particularly thut part of it
which they are pleased to call the “ Honor of
our Flag.” To us it is a strange sort of thing
, that a southern man should feel that it is a
matter in which he has any sort of iutare-t.
' In fac{, southern men are very strange animals.
We have been insulted, kicked, trampled upon
i and robbed by the people of the North, and
we complain of it, and talk largely about re
-1 dress which we neyei gel, w»<l Jhe moment a
British cruiser touches a Yankee merchantman
we arc ready to fight for it. For onrself we
have no such feeling—the British and |he Yan
kees may fight it out to their heart’s content,
for aught that we care, and they may u<>t only
Board and search, hut they may take and carry
them off by the under ground rail road, and
we would never raise a finger to prevent them.
It is a matter in which the South has no inte
rest, and ought to take no part. If a war
should grow <>ut of it, and the South should
take part in it, she will have the burthen to
l>ear, and ggt nothing but kicks for it; and
after it is over, the Yankees will tell us that
they have protected us from the jjritiah. We
say let. them fight it out.”
FROM TEXAS
A friend who resides in Crawford county in
this State, bnt is now on a western tour,{writes
to us as follows;
Stesle's C'bxkr, Limestone Cocstt, )
Texas, March, 1858. £
* ’ ' The crop of cotton in Texas, is ve
ry backward, qwing to the excessive w inter and
spring rains. A great many are now planting
their newly s«d lands. “ Sodding” here is
performed by means of what is usually termed
the Carey plough, drawn usually by three
yokes of oxen—quite a novel sight to u Geor
gian. The first year after this operation, the
cotton seeds are sown broad cast, and nothing
! more is required until picking time. The pros
i pect for corn and oats is good, though late.—
Tiic rust and birds have well nigh destroyed
the wheat crop in some sections.
Texas, though a young sister State, is soon
to rival, if not outstrip, many of her older sis
ters in several points essential to a State. Her
lost Legislature appropriated munificently for
the advancepient of education, and held out
great inducement ts> capitalists to embark in
Rail Road enterprises, and simplified and made
I easy the mode and manner of acquiring valid
1 titles to land—a desideratum, for the lack of
| which, many have heretofore been wronged,
; and many have been detered from immigrating
hither.
Taking all these advantages into the account,
with her extensive territory, her fertility of
soil, her varied productions, her daily and rap
id increase of population, all under the progres
sive principle of Democracy. Texas, will, ere
long, become one of the first and foremost
States in the Confederacy.
Yours truly, J. McC. 1
REDREW OF OUTRAGES
i
The following Bill has been introduced into
the U. 8. Senate by Senator Douglas of Illi
nois—its object being to give the President
greite- power than he has heretofore possess
ed to protect onr flag against aggressions <>f for
eign powers:
A BILL to restrain and redress outrage* ii[«on
the flag and citizens of the United State*.
Re it eneeted hy the Senate and Tfaute of
Rrpreecntatieeo "f the Failed Staten of Amer
ica in Congrete aMetnbled, That, in case of
flagrant violation of the law* of nations by out
rage upon the flag, soil or citizens of the Unit
ed States, or upon their property, under cir
cumstances requiring prompt redress, and when,
[ in tiie opinion of the President, delay would lie
incompatible with the honor and dignity of the
republic, the President is hereby authorized to
employ such force as he may deem necessary
to prevent the perpetration of such outrages,
and to obtain just redress and satisfaction for
the same, when perpetrated; and it shall be
: his <‘uty to iay the facta of each case, together
with the reasons for his action in the premises,
before Congress, at the earliest practicable mo
ment, for such further action thereon as Con
gress may direct.
Congressional.
WasniNGToN, May 27. —Senate.—The bill
regulating the payment of the officers of the
revenue service was rejected.
A resolution for the removal of the obstruc
tions to navigation iu the Potomac, was adopt
-1 ed.
j The Harbor improvement bill was consid
; cred.
House.—The House passed the Civi] Appro
priation bill; also, a bill appropriating $4,000,-
000 for collecting the revenue.
The naval appropriation bill was passed. It
contains, among other item*, *2 800,000 for
the five steam sloops of war, before ordered ;
$280,000 for the Norfolk Navy Yard, and
$250,000 for the Pensacola Navy Yard.
May 38. —ln the Senate to day the commit
tee on foreign relations made a strong report,
accompanied with resolutions, against the re
cent outrages committed by English war ves
sels in thetiulf. The committee fully endorse
the Executive measures which have been ta
ken to stop these aggressions.
In the Honan the postal, army, and ocean
mail appropriations were passed.
May J 9 the Senate to-day there was a
warm discussion on the British outrage resolu
' tionj. Mr. Toombs wanted to seize and sink
the steam frigates Sty x and Buzzard.
Thu appropriations bill was thuu disoussed.
In the House the proceedings were unimpor
tant.
May 31.—The proceedings of Congress to
day arc uninteresting. In the Senate the con
sideration of the resolutions in reference to
British aggressions on American vessels was
postponed until Friday next.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
New York, May 29. —The steamship .Voeea
Taylor arrived this morning, bringing Califor
nia dates to the 7th inst.
New mines had been discovered in the
British possessions, of immense extent, reach
ing to the American territory. The excitement
in consequence is very great.
Capt. Kinny’s party had attempted to cap
ture Nicaragua, but Capt. Kennedy, of the U.
S. steamer Jamestown, took them prisoners,
and went them to Aspin w ail.
The Cholera was raging at Guatemala.—
The French Minister was negotiating fur the
purchase of the Nicaragua transit. It is said j
that sixty millions of francs had been subscri
bed in France for the purchase.
The hfoeee Taylor brings upwards of a mil
lion and a half in specie.
igr The London Gazette of Mav 8, an- j
nounces that the Hon. Edward M. Erskine,
late Secretary of Legation at Turin shall be
Secretary at Washington.
*aOM THE ulhA EXPEDITION
Mr Abel Gilbert, of Weston, Mo., arrived
at Fort I«avenwurth on Sunday last accompa
nied by Col. T. L. Kane, whose visit to Great
Salt Lake City, by »ay of the Pacific, his in
terview with Guv. Brigham Yuting, nnd his
subsequent appearance at Ceinp Scott, has al
ready been chronicled. Cui. Kaqe has pot yet
reported himself here, but the officers of tjiy
Dickey state, that they represent that the
Mormons were dispersing from Salt Lake City,
mid going into the country.
Brigham Young bail abdicated the Gnberna
torial Chair.
Gov. Cumming wijs met, * hen thirty miles
from Great Salt Lake City, by a denutation ot
Mormons and other*, who escorted him to the
city, where preparations were being made to
give him a grand reception as Governor of the
Territory. Mr. Gilbert come* direct from
Great Salt Lake City.
Gov. Denver was at Leavenworth City, and
reported tilings at Fort Scott as in a more quiet
state.
The telegraph despatch announcing the death
of Gen. law-imer, of Pittsburgh, by the explo
sion of a cannon at Leavenworth, is pronounc
ed a hoax.
kS«AS
St. Louis. Tuesday, Muy 25.—The Jtfpnldi
ran learns that Capt. Montgomery’s band of
robbers, in Kansas, have in contemplation the
robbery of the Indian Agenf, Jiinpny, who is
about distributing annuities to the amount of
$40,000 among the Sac and Fox Indians. The
robbers are now Concentrating on Orange Ri
ver about six miles from the Sac and Fox A
gency. Mr. Timony has asked a military es
cort from General Harney to conduct him
from Kansas City to the Agency, and protect
all parties during the distribution of the mon
ey. The officers of the Steamer Polar Star re
port that a strong force surprised Montgome
ry's band near Fort Scott, and killed eleven of
them ; but this needs confirmation.
A St. l.oqis Dispatch of the 24th instant
*ays: “Reports from Kansas in regard to the
constitutional election, state that Doniphan
county gives the Leavenworth constitution four
hundred and fifty majority—not half the vote
being [mlled. The Democrat publishes letters
from Qnindaro and Chindsrin counties, estima
ting the vote in the same at six thousand for
and fifteen hundred against the constitution.
The vote tor State officers is quite small.”
A SPANISH DON AMONG THE WASHINGTON
GIRLS.
The Washington correspondent of the New-
York Express says there is trouble between
the Spanish legation and Mr. Corcoran, the
wealthy Washington banker. An attache of
the Spanish Emba*sy has Jong been an admi
rer of the only daughter of the banker. The
father, for reasons easily conjectured by all
prudent parents, forbade the Spanish cavalier
bis house. The cavalier retired to his lodgings
and wrote the banker a challenge, but could
find no one to deliver it. On Tuesday night
last, the banker was dining with Mr. Slidell,
who occupies the next house to his own on La
fayette square. While partaking of Mr. Sli
dell’s hospitality, his servant came in, and in
formed him that two persons were hanging
about Ids house in a suspicious manner. The
banker requested hi* friend, Senator Bright,
who was one of the party, to accompany him.
and proceeded with that gentleman to his own
resilience. As he entered the hall he met his
daughter, and proceeding to the picture galle
ry, which was lighted ouly by the hall lamp
which shone through the doorway, lie found a
man snugly ensconced under the pianoforte.
Seizing him by the collar, he dragged him from
hi* hiding place, and discovered liim to be no
less a personage than the Spanish attache.—
lie discovered that the aforesaid Spaniard w as
armed witli a six barrel revolver, which ho
took from him, and then kicked him inconti
nently into the street. As lie opened tiie door
for this, lie discovered another person of the
same “tribo” lurking about the entrain c.
The di|.lomatic corps are stated to sympn
tliize with the Spaniard, and call for an apolo
gy from the banker, Imcanse, they say, the
Spaniard was there in consequence of having
been sent forliy rhe girl, bnt the citizens com
mend the decisive action of Mr. a* will ev.
ery American lather who wishes to protect his
daughter from th« machinations of designing
foreigners, reeking with the vices of the cor
rupt courts of Europe.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE SLAVE
QUESTION
The Arclibishops and Bishops of the Catho
lic Church, who recently assembled in provin
cial council in Baltimore, have issued a pasto
ral letter tn t4ie clergy and laity of that denom
ination. Among other subjects to which it re
fers is tiie slavery question. Wc make the fol
lowing extract:
•‘The peaceful and conservative character of
our principles, which are adapted to every
form of government and every state of society,
has been tested und uuido manifest in the great
political sstruggle that have agitated the coun
try on the subject of domestic slavery. Al
though history plainly testifies that the church
has always befriended the poor and laboring
classes, and effectually procured the mitiga
tion of tiie e v ils attached to servitude, un
til through her mild it passed away
from the nations of Europe, yet she never
disturbed established order or endangered the
peace of society by following theories of phi
lanthropy.
“ Faithful to the teachings and example of
the apostle, she has always taught servants to
obey their masters not serving to tiie eye mere
ly, but as to Christ, and in His name she com
mands masters to treat their servants with hu
manity and justice, reminding them that they
also have a Master in Heaven. We have not.
therefore, found it neccessary to modify our
teaching with a view of adapting it to local
circumstances. Among us there has been no
agitation on the subject. Our clergy have
wisely abstained from all interference with the
judgment of the faithful, which should be free
on all questions of polity and social order,
within the limits of thu doctrine and law of
Christ. Wo exhort you, venerable brethren,
to pursue this course, so becoming “the min
isters of Christ and dispensers of the myste
ries of God.” Ix-t the dead bury their dead.
Leave to worldings the cares ami anxieties of
political partizanship, and the struggles tor as
cendency, and tiie mortifications of disappoint
ed ambition. Do not, in any way, identify the
interests of our holy faith with the fortunes of
any party ; but, preaching peace and good will
to all mankind, study only to win to truth the
deluded children of error, and to merit the
confidence of your flocks, so that, becoming all
to all. yon may gain all to Christ.”
CONGRESsfoMAL WIT
During the proceedings of the House of Rep
resentatives yesterday m Committee of the
Whole on the private calendar, the committee
found itself without a quorum and accordingly
rose. In the House, npon a motion to adjourn,
it was ascertained that the Rouse was without
a quorum. The roll having been called, the
names of the absentees were called for ex
cuses. Upon reaching the name of Mr. Bur
roughs of New York, Mr. Morgan, his collea
gue, said “he had married a wife and could
not come.” Mr. Hoard, another colleague, as
soon as he could be heard, moved that the gen
tleman be excused, as he was absent on urgent
business; which motion was received with
roars of laughtsr, iu w hich the Speaker joined,
and several members suggested that it was
■pressing business” that detained the honora
able gentleman. Mr. Leiter, of Ohio, stated
that he had paired off; to whioh s{r. Florence
responded by saying that he had paired off
with a woman. Mr. Leiter rejoined that he
believed it to be a "proper pair.” It is need
less to add that the gentleman was excused. —
7'iu'an.
Orville Gardner, the converted pugilist,
lias been set up in the shoe business by his
friends in New- York. Instead of beating his
enemies he will now boot his friends.
If Orville Gardner had been an honest labor
er instead of a disreputed pugilist, wonder if
anybody would have "»et him up ”
News Items.
Tjjs Bjp.jh Place of Washington.—Gov ;
Wise, during bis recent visit to the county of |
Westmoreland, completed the negotiations (or
the transfer, to the Stale, of the birth-spot of
Washington and the burial place of the Wash
ington family. Mr. Wilson, the proprietor of
the Wakefield estate, consents to give up an
acre of ground, comprising the site of the bouse
in which Washington «ip born. Thia men
wijl be enclosed with an iron fence, and an ap
propriate monument erected on the spot. T»e
negotinfion includes the right of way across
the plantation, to the mad and to the vault;
and this latter place is also to be enclosed and i
improved.
Tim Sbcmtahy of State of Tennessee, a ;
Defaulter—-fl 23,000 of State Bonds missing.
Much excitement prevails in Tennessee in re
gard to the alleged defalcation of the Secreta
ry of State, to the extent of orar SUo.OOO, and
the disappearance of $823,000 of Exchange
Bank Bonds.
An investigation is being made by the com
mitttee of tfi.e last Legislature, and it is believ- ;
ed that an amount of fraud and rascality will'
be discovered, unprecedented in the history of
that State.
A young man named Mosely, is said to be
implicated in the stealing of the Bonds. He
has fled from the State. It is also rumored
that Mr. Spence, the President of the Bank,
never deposited the Bonds with the Comptrol
ler, but issued his circulation without the prop
er amount of Bonds being delivered at the
proper department. The w hole affair is wrap
ped in mystery.— Atlanta Intelligencer.
Liability of K aii.ro aus.—TheJudgesin Vir
ginia are ruling against the farmers who claim
damages from railroad companies for loss of
cattle (killed by locomotives) left in an open
field, through which the railroads run. The
Fredricksburg Herald says, "theenhanced val- I
ue of land contiguous to railroads, the convent- :
ences to the planter, mid the damages awarded I
him in the construction of the road through
his premises, certainly justities him in going to |
the expense of fencing in his property so sit- i
uated. ’
Swan's Lottery.—We learn from our ex
changes that the Mayor of New York sometime
ago discovered that this lottery was probably a
bogus concern. The matter was privately in
vestigated. and the result of that investigation
was that a special messenger has been sent to
the Attorney General of Georgia to inform him
that it is a fraudulent concern, and the allega
tion was found to be correct. It turns out that
a charter tor the *’ Sparta Academy Lottery”
was granted by an act of the Legislature in
1826, and has long since expired, it was upon
this that Swan & Co.’s lottery was based. —
[ Exchange.
Confirmation. —The ordinance of confirma
tion was conferred upon twenty-four appli
cants, at the Episcopal Church in this city, on
Wednesday night, Kt. Kev. Bishop Elliott offi
ciating. After the confirmation, Bishop Elli
ott preached a most able mid practical sermon
from Daniel, xii, 13: '* But go thou thy way till
the end be; for thou shall rest and stand in
thy lot at the end of the days,” which was in
tended for the comfort and encouragement of
those who had thus made a public acknowl
edgement of religion. We regret that the
Bishop's stay was so short, as few men stand
higher in the ministry, either for piety or tal
ent. — Col. Sun.
Behind the Age.—Mr. Leonard made a
successful balloon ascension from Montgomery
last week. He states that while " up," and
but a short distance from the Capital, he was
shot at three times by a Minnie rifle—in the
hands of some one who probably took the re
nal navigator for a mon-ter "man-bat, and
no doubt a descendant of the same family
which ran out to stop the lust high-preseure
steamboat they saw going down the river, mis
taking it for a run away saw-mill—and first
c<’Usin to the man who roused up the whole
neighborhood to hunt the big panther, on hear
ing, for the first time, the modern steam whis
tle.
——
Temperance The .State Temperance S.cie
of Auburn, N. Y., hits passed resolutions that
the friends of temperance throughout the State
be urged to vote tor the convention to revise |
the Constitution in November next, with the
view to the insertion in the new Constitution
of a clause prohibiting the use of inebriating
liquors as a beverage.
Death Calszii by Jessamine Flowers,—A
child of Mr. Jerod, four years of age, living on
the Western Branch, in Norfolk county, was
poisoned soinu days since by sucking the flow
er of the yellow jessamine. The little one died
in an hour utier taking sick. The parents
would not have known ttie cause of the sudden
death of their child but for a playmate, who
said it bad been sucking the flower which is
said to be a deadly poison.— Norfolk Herald.
Tin; British Fleet on iue West India Sta
tion. —The British have on their West India
station a fleet of ships of twice and a half the
number of guns of the American squadron,
even including the vessels now under orders
for the Gulf. They have seventeen vessels in
all, twelve of which are steamers, carrying in
the aggregate, 357 guns.
An Offset to “ British Outrages'' in the
Gulf.—The British screw steamship Saladin ar
rived at New Y'ork on the evening of the 12th
inst., from Kingston Jamaica, with sixty-one of
the officers and crew of the I nited Slates steam
frigate Susquehanna, who were left sick of yel
low fever at Kingston. Twenty-two died at the
hospital in Jamaica.
Privateering.—On Sunday night last a
staunch clipper-ship left New York without
taking out any clearance papers. She bad on
board forty five picked men. Her destination
or business is not known, but it is rumored
that she will act as a privateer. This is taking
time by the forelock.
Nicaragua.—Gen. William Walker lias left
for Mobile. It is understood that he was
quite successful here, and that quite a number
of influential and wealthy gentlemen have be
come interested in the movement. — Montgom
ery Mail.
Gov. Cumming in Sait Lake (,'ity.—The
Boston Journal publishes a letter from Fort
Bridger.stating that Governor Cummihg,in com
pany with Col. Kane, entered Salt Lake City on
the Bth of April, and was welcomed by Brig
ham Young with a speech, to which he re
sponded. The letter is dated April 15, five
days later than previous advices.
Cincinnati. May 20. -Connelly, convicted
of harboring fugitives, was refused a new trial
and sentenced to 20 days confinement in the
common jail, and fined $lO.
The Turf in England.—Wo learn that
*’ Charleston” and ” Prioress” have both been
entered for the Goodwood races, which are to
come off on the 29th ot July next. Both ani
mals are said to be in fine condition.
Another Great Flood is the Western
Rivers. —Dispatches from St. Louis announce
another rise in that quarter, and the Illinois
again at flood height—even higher than ever
—and over its banks in every direction.
rr-A clerk in a drug store in New York city
was committed to answer a charge of causing
the death of an infant by putting up laudanum
in place of paregoric, which had been ordored 1
for it.
iutT” In boring an artesian well at Louis
ville, a depth of 1700 feet has been reached, ■
and a jet of salt water now rises fifty feet into ,
the air above the earth’s surface.
ACTION 0« THE SLAVERY QUESTION UNANI
MITY OF THE METHODIST CONFERENCE BISH
OP PIERCE'S SPEECH
The General Conference has passed, with re
markable unanimity, the substitute for the Al
abama resolutions, thus wiping out from the
book of Discipline all reference to the subject
ot buying and selling slaves. According to the
constitutional la.w of the church, three-fourths '
of the annual Conferences must concur in this
action, but there cannot lie a question as,to the
result. The vote stood—Ayes 140, noes 8—
absent 3.
After the vote Bishop Pierce made a few
remarks of a most impressive character. He
said:
Mr. President, I desire to nmke a few re
marks, calculated, perhaps to allay the feelings
of this body in relation to the action just had.
The design of the Alabama Conference in orig
inating that resolution, and of the Annual Con
ferences which have supported it, is misappre
hended by some. The wbuje philosophy of
the proceedings seems to be ffiunded on the
fact that it is not the province of the Church
to decide any question wit); reference to Afri
can slavery. The South Church maintains that
slavery is not a subject of ecc.lesiastical legisla
tion. The single olyect was, that while we
disclaimed the right of legislation upon that
subject, we wish to make'the Discipline conform
to that profession. Thf> Conference, by its
action this morning, has not parted with its
authority, or the authority ot the Church, over
its members, in any respect. Every member
of the Church claims to bea loyal citizen. We
declare here that African slavery is a purely
civil institution; and there is no reason for
alarm about losing church control. If we turn
to the 23d Article of Religion, we shall find
there that the Church retains its proper author
ity over its members with reference to the
subject. We therefore, by this act. simply
maintain our original position—that of having
nothing to do with the subject of slavery more
than any other civil matter over which the
laws of the country are extended. I beg the
brethren therefore to be easy. There is noth
ing here to warrant any construction looking
towards a repeal of the laws of the United
States in regard to the African slave trade.—
There is no occasion for sensitiveness, nor for
any legislation on the subject anywhere else.
No harm has been done to anybody to-day.—
We have only set ourselves right on a vexed
question ; and we may safely defy all the ef
forts of our enemies, North and South to dam
age the Church for taking a clear position up
on this subject.— Virginia Democrat.
AN ORDINANCE.
To raise supplies for the support of the City
Government of the city of Macon for the
year 1858.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council
| of the city of Macon, and it hereby ordained
by the authority of the same, That the rate of
Tax on persons and property in the city of
Macon, on the first day of January, shall be as
follows:
Sec. 1. That the sum of 25 cents poll tax
be imposed on each and every white male cit
izen, between the age of 21 and 60 years.
Sec. 2. That the sum of $3,00 be imposed on
each and every white male citizen, between the
age of 21 and 45 years, and on each and every
male slave owned in the city, between the ng?
of 21 and 45 years, as a commutation tax for
I road duty.
Sec. 3. That the sum of SIO,OO be imposed
I on each and every male slave of the age of 16
years and over, and the snm of $6,00 on each
ami every female slave of the age of 14 years
' and over, whose owner or owners reside out of
I the city, hired in the city, at any time of mak
' ing the return, the return to be made and the
tax to be paid by the person hiring.
Sec. 4. That the sum of 40 cents be imposed
on every One Hundred Dollars value ot Reul
Estate. Stock in Trade, Horses. Mules, Slaves,
Household and Kit. ben Furniture. Musical In
struments, Carriages, Wagons ami Vehicles of
all kinds.
Sec. 5. That the sum of 0,00 be imposed
on every practising Lawyer, Physician Den
tist, Daguerreotypist, Dancing Master, Broker,
Cashier, Bunk or Insurance Agent, either re
siding or having an office in the city.
Sec. 7. That the sum of 50 cents b? imposed
on every One Hundred Dollars value ot Goods,
Waro«, Merchandize and produce, other than
Cotton, sold on commission by ary person
in the corporate limits of the city, and the
sum of one per cent, on all sales at Public out
cry by Auctioneers; except sales of Ileal Es
tate. Negroes, and Bank or other Stocks; upon
which 25 cents on every slllO value shall be
imposed. Returns to lx; made and the tax to
be paid quarterly on the Ist day of April. Ist
' day of July, Ist day of October, aad Ist day
i of January , to the City Treasurer, and in ca-w
of failure to make such returns, the delinquents
shall be fined Ten Dollars per day until they
comply with the requirements ol this Sec-
I tion.
Sec. 7. That the snm of 20 cents shall be
i imposed on every One Hundred Dollars value
of capital used for Banking, Insurance, Brok
erage or Exchange business, and money loaned
at interest, except the Stock of Building and
Loan Associations and Bonds of the city.
Sec, 8. That all Warehouse Merchants or
Factors who receive and sell Cotton, and
charge Storage and Commission on the same;
within the city, shall pay a lax of Fifty Dol
lars.
Sec. 9. That each Agency of a Banking Com
pany doing business in the city, shall pay
Five Hundred Dollars, and each Agency of
an Insurance Company shall pay Thirty Dol
lars.
Be it further Ordained. That the City Treas
urer open the Books at his Office, and receive
upon oath, the Tax Returns, from the Ist of
April to the Ist of August, ami that ail who
fail to make their returns within that time, be
double taxed.
Be it further Ordained, That all Ordinances
or parts of Ordinances militating against this
Ordinance be, and the same uro hereby re
pealed.
On motion Aid. Anderson
Heeolted. That the committee on Fire De
. partment be authorized to negotiate with Dr.
! E. L. Strohocker, and ascertain what the build
ing now rented of him by tlx; city as an En
gine house, with the ground on which it
stands, can be purchased for, and report.—
Passed.
Council then adjourned.
RICHARD CURD, C. C.
STRENGTH AND HE ALTH RESTORED.
Mr. Jehu Davidson, living ten miles above Pitts
burgh, on the Pennsylvania Canal, says "When I
commenced taking Bierhave's Holland Bitters I could
hardly walk. Now, I enjoy excellent health.”
HEADACHE AND DEBILITY.
Mr. Silas Liscomb, of Birmingham, says :
" I have found in 80.-rhare's Holland Bitters a rem
edy for Headache and Debility. My wife has also
used it with the greatest benefit."
Mr. A. S. Nicholson, of Pittsburgh, also remarks
that he has experienced much relief from its use for
headache.
MARRIED.
In this city, on the Ist inst., by Rev. S. Landrum,
Mr. James Smith to Miss Georgia S. Clakke, all of
Macon.
J-?f“ City papers please copy.
OBITI ARY.
Dibd, on 35th inst. at bis residence, in Macon coun
ty, Mr. John C. Rodgers, in his 70th year, after a
long and painful illness. He bore it w ith patience,
was never heard to murmur. Hy is gone! \o more
on earth will his voioe be heard. \\ e have bid him
farewell, but we feel assured that his soul is gone to
rest with God. in the spirit laud. The deep, dark,
damp vault of the grave contains ail that earth
lv to us. A vacuum is made in hearts, which all
the treasures of the earth can never fill. He left a
wife and children with a number of friends to mourn
their loss. They can find comfort only from Him who
will be a " husband to the widow and a father to the
fatherless.” A short while before bis spirit departed
be was asked if he felt prepared to meet his Judge, to
which he replied, he was perfectly resigned to the
will of hie Maker. Uia last moments were calm and
peaceful. H S P
Christian Index pleaae copy.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NEXU'AK .MI.'STANG LINIMENT? =
lis wonderful eflecls and consequent popularity
perhaps no article in the history of the Materia MeJ
tea, ever acquired the same patronage, was subject
to the same number of severe and different teata, and
met with so few failure as the Mustang Lihitnent It
has justly been styled a Panccea for all eeternal
W ounds, Cuts, Swellings, Sprains, Bruises or Erup.
tiona on Man or Beast. It is so far a medicine of sur
prising virtue, that Physicians are compelled to pre
scribe it; and from some remarkable cures of thion
ic and Distorted Rheumatic cases it bus naturally at
tracted much attention from the first scientific minds
of the age. No family can aflord to be without a
bottle of the Mustang Liniment in the bouse. Be
ware of imitation*.
The genuine is sold by all respectable dealers
throughout the world.
BARNES A PARK, Proprietors,
may »ix im Vork
JSf Does any of our high livers ever cat too much
dinner ’ If any have cooks who tempt their appetite
a htlle too far, I will tell a secret that will lead them
to the enjoyment of their dinners without a visit from
that gouty old gentleman—Dyspepsia. Take a doss
of Dr. Sandford’s Invigorator after eating, and you
will never be troubled with indigestion; but on the
contrary, before the next meal time approaches the
appetite will be sharpened to appreciate any kind of
food If the food rises or sours, the Invigorator will
tlx the mater right at once, for there is something in
it that, to use the expression of a ffienfl, will let a
man eat gravel stones, and take the IsvioonxTon and
they will digest. We have tried it in double doses, on
one or two occasions, for sick headache, apd it acta
like a charm.
hat we want to say to pur reader*, young or old,
is, it any thing ails you, go without delay and get a
buttle ut Dr. Sanford's invigorator, and if jt don’t
cure come and tell uh, for we want to aee one per
son that it will not henetit.—/erwy S’Aors
•an.
For sale by ZEILIN, BUNT A CO.,
Macon, G»
June 3-im
IF YOUR HAIR IS HARSH,
I se Prof, Wood's Umr bvstofatrrc
If your Hair is Gray,
I se j’rof. Wood's Hair Restorative.
If your Hair is Thin,
Use Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative.
If you are Bald,
Use Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative,
i you have Nervous Headache,
Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative.
If you have Dundrufi,
Use Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative.
If you have Eruptions,
Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative.
If you desire Glossy Hair,
Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative.
If you desire to preserve the color,
Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative.
If you desire not to lose the color,
Use Prof. Wood's Ilair Restorative.
If you want a Cheap Article,
Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative
if you admire the Beautiful Lock,
Use Prof. Wood’s Ilair Restorative.
If you admire the Beautiful Ringlets,
Use Prof. W ood’s Hair Restorative.
If you wish a Beaut g*nl Complexion,
Uso I’rot Wood's Hair Restorative.
If you wish a Face free from Pimples,
I •* v Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative.
If you r ish to appear Young,
Use Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative.
If you want testimony overwhelming.
Read the Circular of Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative.
If you want to find it.
The depot i.. oUi i Market street, Sit. Louis, Missouri.
•I- It is uls-i sold by every popular Druggist in
city and country. n . OM j
BURN ETT’S PR El* Alt ATIONS.
Cueoaine, a compound.ifCocoe Nut Wil for promuatng
Hie grow th and preserving tho Beauty of the hair.
Horimel. a new and delightful Perfume for the band
kerchief.
Knllitton, a Cosmetic for rcnvoring frerklrt, tan, kuh
burn. icdnoiAs and roughneiM »»f the skin, Ac. Thv
attention of the is respectfully invited to this
elegant article fur the toilet.
Oriental k»uth ash, fur the preservation and beauty
of the Teeth and Gnnt«.
Jonas Whitcomb's Remedy for the Asthma.
’ Superior Extracts of Lemon, Orange, Vanilla, Almond,
lUse. Ac., for flavoring Custards, Piea, Blanc
Mange, Ice Creams, Jellies, Sauces, Ac.
I The superiority of the above named Extracts con
i sists in their pertect purity and great strength.
Manufactured by Joseph Burnett, A Co., Boston.
; For sale by E. L. Stroheckci, A Co., and Druggists
i generally.
Macon, Ga., Jan. 21, 1858—ly
WM. R. N,
PORTRAIT PAINTER
Studio over Mrs. Howland's, a few Doors below the
*'State Press" Office on Cotton Avenue
Office hours, from 10 o’clock A. M., to 12X P. M,
and from to I P. M.
fi b io-tf '
NEW AMERTisEMEATS.
NOTICE.
A bL persons having demands against Mrs. Ann
Y V W Hey, lute of the county of Bibb, deceased, are
hereby notified to present them duly authenticated
and within the time by proscribed law, to the under
signed for payment.
JOHN J. GRESHAM, Executor.
June 3, 1859-fit.
DEARY YOA'CeT
195 Broadway, W. Y
BROKER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
PARTICI LAR attention given to the execution of
orders for Rail Road supplies and equipments.
Being agent for the Manufacturers of all the leading
articles, he can f»irm>h them at the Factory prices
free of commission. References.
New York- E. Whitehouse, Esq., Banker; Messrs.
Henry Colt k Son ; Chas Day, Esq.
.Macon—T. K Bloom, Esq.; Dr. Robert Collins.
Savannah--Wm. Duncan, Esq.
june 3-ts
Home Manufacture.
(HAVE just received a lot of China Ware and Sehf
. sealing Cans of Southern Manufacture, also a fius
lot of French and English Tea and Dinner Setts—al
so, a line lot of Tea ’1 rays, line Knives in Setts, Plat
ed Forks. A large lot of Lamps. consisting of Fluid
Gas. Camphine and Oil, All of which will be sold
very cheap for Cash. K. P. McEVOY-
jun<» 3-2 t
RALSTONS HALL.
First appearance of the
Mffll DBAMATiC EHfflll
r r , HE Manager would respectfully inform the citi-
1 tens of Macon, that the Association will give a
series of light entertainments during the summw
months, which he hopes will meet with public favor
and as the receipts are for a good and charitable
purpose, he trusts that the undertaking will meet
with a hearty support. He would also state, that he
has secured the services of
MRS. ALLEN,
MHS. YOUNG,
MINS ST. CLAIR.
MR. ALLEN.
THURSDAY EVENING. JUNE 3
The performance to commence with the laughable en
tertainment, in three parts, of
Don Caesar de Bazan.
To conclude w ith the Laughable Interlude of the
Rough Diamond.
ADMISSION SO C ENTS.
Doors open at to 8 o’rlock. Curtain will
rise at o'clock, precisely. piur S