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Tub Cottos Crop. —The eontimied large re
jeipts of cut(oa have put unite a ditl'erciit a~-
poct upon tlie supply. The crop of last year
•»a» small, as compared with the previon
.4.o, and up so tbo ditle bt February 3d, this
,ear the deficit «'ass7+,OOtj bales in receipts as
compared with the last. The deficit has now
tfwn ab**rbod. and tliere is an excess of sup
ply ot 40,000 bales over last year, and the es
i mates of the crop are now 150.000 bales in
bxoess of last year, while in the United States
<s>asumption will be probably 2" j.0 r >i) bales
iaa*, making a surplus for exports of 40 >,OOO
*'dw user last year.
Fhom New Orleans.—The jfew Orleans
Vigilance Committee disbanded on th Sth.
imt issued a curd on tlhit morning, ottering
their services to the new Mayor. It was ru
mored that writs bad been issued for the ar
tist of two hundred leading Vigilants,
charged with high treason. The Mayor, how
ever, as We published in our last issue, had
put a step to'Bll further arrests and discharged
those who had been arrested.
Georgia Wheat.—ln the report of the ''er
Tork market of the 7th, we tiud in the fellow
ing remarks upon wheat:
The sales are 10,000 bushels at $1 fur red
Ohio, $1.03 for white Michigan and- Intlir.na,
$1.40 for choice white Southern, and jf1.60 for
new crop Southern white, the first of the sea
son. consigned to Messrs. Brown & Caldwell,
ir >m t'a<T plantation of George Schley. near Au
gusto, Geo., the quality very prime.
Suali a distinction in favor of Georgia wheat
is very flattering 'Dispatch.
Tub Crops.—-From a few qua -tors, we hear
•owe complaints of rust in the wheat; but
generally, we believe, our farmers Imre never
beftn blessed with better prospects. The wheat
* U nearly ready for harvest—the oat crop is in
a lorwai-d condition, and corn growing u> fine
ly an heart eon Id wish. With a continuance
of such seasons as we have had the country
will overflow with abundance. Let all hearts
be rilled with thankful:.e»s to the Giver of nil
good.— Marietta Advocate. Il th inst.
From Mexico.—The New Orleans Bee. Mac
49, states that through the kindness of a friend
It has been permitted to peruse a private let
ter from high authority in Mexico, in which
confident anticipations are expressed ot the
triumph of the Constitutional party, Mention
is made that Gen. Alwwrez, nt the bead of an
imposing torce, had taken the field, and was
marching upo.i Cuernavaca aud Toluca.
Digest or Laws.— The last legislature hav
ing requested the Governor to appoint a Com
mittee to examine the manuscripts and to re
port upon hhiQ Supplemental Digest of the
Lave oj Georgia, ’ proposed to be published
by Young J. Anderson, Esq., of Savannah. His
Excellency, Governor Brown has appointed the
Hen. John E. Want Hon. Win. Law and Ju
lian Uartridge, Esq., said Committee.—South
ern Reeve dvr.
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Sqrrntr.x Tiuds.—The Hew Tfork Evening
Day Book says:
“ Southern trade is going to be light this sea
eon. Orders are scarce generally, and the mer
chants there desire to clear up Uieir last year s
unsettled husifle-s. They have plenty of re
sources, the cotton crop will be a:i average one,
eel’t will gradually rise, l.ut a very proper
caution, that prudential course w liicli has kept
Itisir credit good for the past tew years, v. hen
other sections have been shaky, now governs
them in their views and ns tew new obligations
aril! tie contracted between now and fall as
possibly.
Imfobtaxt prom Sr. Domingo.—Boston,
Jane 10.—Advices from St. Domingo to Muy
Bid hive been received. Santana had eaptur- ,
Satnana wjth considerable slaughter and de- i
stiwjed the‘place. Presidon Baez had sent a
fleet of 20 vessels under an American otlicor,
to blockade Port au Platte, and the last advices
say it has been captured and destroyed.
Crops ix Southern Georgia.—A letter dat
ed 7th inst., says:
*• 1 have passed through the counties of Ba
ker, Dougherty. Thomas and Decatur and th ■
crops are just as good as heart could wish. I
counted on one cotton stalk eighty forms, ten
blooms, and one boll as large as a bint egg.--
stalk was taken from the plantation of
Mr. Lee Jordan."
Recall c> qvb JJixtsTEr. to France.—We
perouive, by a statement in a Washington let
ter to the Eichman 1 South, by its Editor, Mr.
Pryor, that the recall of Judge Mason is an in
evitable event. Senator Slidell will replace
him at the French Court. The writer says
this is reliable information.
Fine Crops.—Wo have never seen better
prospects than those now presented by the
crops in this section. The oats and wheat
were lost it is true, but it seems that a gener
ous providence is destined to make it up in
the great abundance of Cora, cottun, potatoes,
fruits, <fcc. The late showers coming so sea
sonably, has indeed made the prospect bound
less, and if this favorable season continues on
till July, the corn crop will be greater than
ever before.— -ThoiruMtille Eaterpritt.
Result or the Revival in Forsyth.—The
revival in this place has added to our churches
Mtnembers —Baptists 22, Methodist 13. lhe
Work is still progressing, and we humbly trust
that many more will yet be gathered into the
fold of the Great Shepherd. — Educational Jour-
From Alaßama—dhe Montgomery (Ala.)
Confederation says:
The rains that have fallen within the last
ten days, have been so heavy and continuous,
that crops arc likely tosuffer therefrom. Par
ticularly in the prairie country which is em
braced mainly in Lokndes and Montgomery,
there is apprehension that the growing crop
will be seriously damaged.
Naw Hampshire C. S. Senator—The pa
pers seems to have been mistaken in their pre
dictions that the doctrine of rotation would be
observed in the election of Mr. Hale’s succes
sor. Despatches from Concord say that Mr.
Hale has been re-elected.
Senator Douglas A rumor is current in
Illinois, that Mr. Douglas will not attempt to
be returned to th ‘Senate, but willbo.acandidate
for the House in the sixth District, now repre
sented by Col. Thomas L. Harris, who will de
cline a re-election. The rumor is not credited
in Washington.
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Thr Bases.—Gov. Brown has issued his
proclamation, callfrig on the different Banking
institutions of this state to have their returns
mode out and transmitted to the Executive De
partment by tiie Ist of July.
Naval Nomenclature. —A resolution was
adopted in the Senate on Monday providing
that war steamers of forty guns, shall be call
ed after the States; of twenty guns aftei the
rivers and cities, and under twenty, as the
President may decide.
Drath W Gaft. Calhoun.—Capt. Patrick
Calhoun, a gallant officer of the pnited States
army, died at Pendleton. S. C.. last week. He
had been in the service for a number of years.
He was a son of the late Hon. John C. Cal
houn.
New Coustt. —A portion of the citizens of
the counties of Berrien, Lowndes and Clinch
hteld a meeting on the 4th inst.. for the pur
po»e of taking preliminary steps preparatory
to the formation of a new county, to. be com
posed of portions of the counties named.
Post Oftioe Change.—The Postmaster
General has ehanged the name of Pataula P.
» Raadolph eonntv Ga. to LwtvW
I: 'A ■ t
Postmaster at Acoista. —The re-appoint
, incut of James M. Smythe. Esq., as posttinu-ter ’
at Augusta, was confirmed by the Semite Sat
urday last.
) t“ Henningscn ami Lockridge, two of
Walker's lillibu-t ring heroes. Lave quarrelled,
! and want totiaht. bup Henningsen says lie will
not correspond with Imekride. because he com- I
! niences hi- letters with a little i. This isn't 1
• quite equal to the man out West, who would- !
. n't vote fora certain man forjudge', because he :
spelled God with a small g!
Gen. Smith's Successor.—Gen. Harney bn;
' been appointed Brigadier General, Tier G n
Pereifor Smith de. eased, in the lace of much
and bitter opposition.
} i 7 ” The first lot of flour made from new
! wheat was sold in tlie Baltimore market to- .
day. It «'as manufactured from a cargo of new
i wheat brought from Savnminh and sold at 87 '
per barrel.— Baltimore Patriot 'Jlh.
i Levi Langdon, Esq., for nearly twenty
years post connected with the M.-'rle Advqr- ,
I tiser, has retired from tlie outmection.
7-jf” The thermometer was up to 92 de-
• gives in Philadelphia on Wednesday la-t. lhe
Enquirer complains of tiie s -dtry weather, and
! says the inhabitants are leaving tor the- country
i by thousands.
’37” The Clarke county (Tenn.) Journal Ims
; place lat its mast head the mimes R. M. T.
i Hunter for President, mid D. S. Dickinsuu for
Vice Presiilent, in 1800.
The bill providing for Ocean Mali Steam
Transportation, as previously reported, pa-sed
the Semite on Wednesday by a vote of 23 to 21.
The amount voted is about $1,5»>0,0Q0.
| ’<'7 Mr. Ktrey, the American horse tamer,
i had been demonstrating hi- powers over wild
zebra before a distinguished company in Lmi-
- don. His experiments were quite successful.
J-fT” We find in our exchanges the folio-wing
j letter from Col. LoonnxxE. of this City, who
I has been retained as counsel by Messrs. Swan
dt Co.. Lottery dealers, in the suit instituted ;
against them by Mayor Tieinan, of New York:
Macon, Ga., June 2, 1853.
Messrs. S. Swan & Co.. Augusta, Ga.
I Gentlemen: I have received your letter re-
I lative to the prosecutions against yon in Hicli
: mond Superior Court, employing me aeoounsel, i
and will appear in the eases for yon. This 1
will do mere heartily, from tlie peculiar cir
cumstances under w hieh these prosecutions
were commenced, for I see l.y the newspaper
articles enclosed, a despicable attempt resorted
to, out of this State, to influence public opin
! ion. by means of letters perverted to pnblica-
I tion by newspaper articles, and the effrontery
I of n New York Mayor presuming to interfere
I with the rights and privileges of the people- of
, Georgia. That all tlii« meets my unqualified
I disapprobation 1 need scarcely remark ; and to
! assail the impudent dictation, this unmitigated
I injustice in tlie Court House of Richmond conn- I
; tv. and hold it up to the scorn of the public,
, will not only be a professional duty, but 1 can
add a personal gratification.
An ir.tereetod zeal, or alfected indignation
I against lotteries, is no apology for attempting
■ to overwhelm men in public opinion, without
n fair and impartial trial to wbii-hnll are by the 1
law constitutionally entitled. I have examined j
the facts connected with the cn-c. mid led sat- I
' isfied the opinions p.iraded .-is infallible, are nn-
I tenable, unsustained by law, and their publica- :
tion for the reason referred to, nnjust. Tlie ,
i lottery privilege under which yon draw, was J
; granted previous to tlie act of 1833. upon which
the presentments are founded. Tlie law of
1833, by special proviso has no application to ,
lotteries previously granted. The charter of
the Sparta Academy Lottery was granted in
1820, mid thus will fall the presentments.—
i "That it has expired by its own limitation,” as ’
1 stated, I d -ny, ami will maintain. There is no
| limitation of time in tlie charter; the law ex
' pressiy and unequivocally negatives such an
I inference or construction. The gtT.nt is given i
to the trustees and to' their wccewfe in oplice, |
I not for any specified or limited time, but tor a I
i purpose to raise by lottery a «|w<-itied sum of
i money. The trustees of the Academy nrenow
through yon affecting and the '
I purpose for which it was granted, and are re- -
I ceiving their instalments for the same. But i
I these are questions for tiie court and not the I
' public to try. We will there meet and argue
I them, and I believe successfully ; and the re
| suit of the issue will evidence, that verdicts
■ Written ont or manufactured, neither suit the
' taste, temper, pride, independence or intelli
gence of a Georgia jury, who, being i-TcftM/te
I judge* of both the law ami the facts, will not
i hesitate in the utterance of their own opinions.
I and the convictions of their own judgment.
i irresi-ective of dictation from any quarter.
Yours truly, O. A. LOCHRANE,
Counsellor at Law.
HO! FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
, The Scuthrrn Enterprise says that those who
‘ arelookiitgfor new homes would do well to visit
I Southern Georgia. “Now is the time tocome
I while the crops are in the li. his. slid every man
I can judge for himself ns to the prospecls. Al •
■ most any one can tell a good field of corn or rot-
■ ton when he sees it. but tliere are few capable of
judging of the fertility of our lands by looking
, I only at tiie soil. Don't migrate west until you
have looked at this growing section. Many n
' farmer has traveled thousandsot miles in Texas
I and picked up worse bargains than are ofl'ered
hereevery day. Tbecrops in Lowndes, wetliink
I will bear inspection, rind then lose nothing by n
I comparison with those of other counties of per
haps more reputation abroad.” We add to the
foregoing—don't feel afraid of hot weather and
sickness. Strange as you may think it you will
not find so much of either in Southern as in Mid
dle Georgia. Instead of the hot, arid summer
1 atmosphere of the latter section, you will here
| find delightfully cool winds, that have absorbed
i a wholesome moisture in their passage across the
’ ocean, which is carried by them to -everal of
I the counties west of Brunswick. Innopart of
■ Middle Georgia—and we lived there 20 years—
, | have we known of so little summer sickness as
in tlie connties from Glynn to Lowndes.—
I Brunncick Herald.
SERIOUS AFFRAY.
Wilson Rollins was shot on Saturday night
I last, says the Augusta Chronicle of the Bth inst.,
i in tlie upper part of tlie city near the factory,
Jby a man named John Johnson. The only par-
I ti'culars we hear of the affray are that Johnson,
■ who was intoxicated, was creating some dis
turbance on the premises of Rollins, who or
dered htm away, when Johnson drew a pistol
. and fired at Rollins, the ball taking effect on
. the right side and ranging downward into the
, abdomen', inflicting a severe and dangerous
; wontnl. At latest accounts the b .11 had not been
; extracted, and but little hopes were entertained
of his recovery. Johnson «as subsequently ar
rested and lodged in jail.
A Svicide.—Yesterday morning, about six
! o’clock, a woman committed suicide by throw
j ing herself into the river, near the residence of
i Lewis Levy. Esq. She wasseen by a negro man
I and woman to approach the bank, and w hen she
' cast herself from itintothe water, the man seiz
ed a pole, which was lying near, and held it with
in reach, but she refused to take hold of it, and
I sunk inafew moments. The body had not been
j recovered up to a late hour last evening.— Au
gusta Couetitutionaliet, i)th inet.
From Utah.— IV'ishington, June 10.—The
| government lifts received official advices from
, Utah w hich confinn the report that Governor
Cumming ha« been well received nt Salt Luke
i by Brigham Young, who has formally trans-
I ferred the Governorship, and enjoining iijmn
' bls followers to recognize Governor Cnmming
las the Executive of Utah. Brigham Young,
I aud other leading Mormons intend going to ;
So: —«
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MACON, GA.
Thursday. June 17,1858.
MACON COTTON MARKET
Wequoto prices 8 to 10 1-2: fine 10 3-4cts.
ADAMS & REYNOLDS.
Macon, June 16, 1858.
j ” Various editorial, communicated, and
selected articles, postponed for want of room.
THE WEATHER
We are indebted to Messrs Zeiii.n, Hcnt <k
Co., Druggists of this city, for a tabular state
ment of the weather during the week. It will
be seen that the Thernioneter rosa 14 degrees
on Monday, from 8 o’clock, A. M., to 3 P.
M. Sunday night was the coldest weather we
hrtve ever efTJierieneed in this latitude in the
middle of June. The following is the state
ment :
8 o'clcck A. 11. 3 o'clock P. 51. C oclook P. M
June loth, 76 t-9 gj
June Utb, 78 74 77
June 12th, 73 81 si
June 14th, 64 76 77
June I.lth, 69 78 715
June 16th, 73 83 g-j
ACKNOWLE33MENT.
A few days since a party consisting qf Messrs.
R, C. Smith, J. P. Smith, G. L. Vaughn and G.
C. Norris—accompanied by the imp of the
State Preet office—-went fishing about 8 miles
below town and caught more fish than they
could count; and what is better still, they were
none of yoqr dirty mud-cats but first-rate
perch; but what is best of all, they had the
kindness to send us a “string” of the very fi
nest. We hope our friends will go fishing fre
quently aqd never forget the printer,
LECTURE TO-NIGHT.
Dr. Mathews will deliver the first of a sc
ries of four Lectures on the French Revolu
tion, to-night at Concert Hall. The Subject of
the first lecture will be, Louis XVI, and Marie
Antoinette; second, the same subject contin
ued with a review ot political causes which
led to the King an 1 Queen’s imprisonment and
subsequent death upon the Guillotine; Third.
Danton and the Princess Earn hallo—Marat and
Charlotte Corday; Fourth, Madame Roland
ami Robespiere.
Dr. M. is a native of Smith Carolina, and
comes highly recommended as a gentleman
and a scholar. No doubt his lectures will
prove interesting and instructive, and it is ear
nestly hoped that our citizens will evince at
least as high an appreciation of Southern talent
a, they have heretofore manifested for every
thing coining from the North.
NEW LAMP.
Mr. R R. Hutchings has for sale at his Croc
kery Store in this city a new and greatly im
proved style of Camphene and Spirit Lumps.
They can nut only be bought cheap, but it costs
very little to burn them. See his advertise
ment.
MACON GAS COMPANY.
Ths Directors of the Macon Gas Company
called a meeting < f the Stockholders last Thurs
day evening, when a resolution was offered to
add six thousand dollars to the present Capital
Stock of s'i 1,000 —which resolution, we un
derstand, was tabled. We are also informed
that the Company is in a very prosperous con
dition. paying at the rate of 12 per eent. on
the capital invested.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mr. E. J. Johnston, it will be seen from his
notices in our advertising columns, is Agent
for several first-class Insurance Companies.—
E. J. J. A Co. are. also, agents for Rob't E.
Lannitz, of New York, who furnishes designs
for monuments, etc.
Speaking of Monuments, reminds us of Cof
fins. Read the advertisement of Messrs. T. &
G. Wood, dealers in Metalie, Mahogany and
other kinds of Coffins, and Furniture of every
description.
Editorial Jottings.
The Supreme Court of the State of
Georgia commenced its session in Savannah
on Monday last. It will sit for tlie 2d district
at Macon on the fourth Monday in June
The Fourth of July happens this year
on Sunday. No arrangements have yet been
made in this City for commemorating the day.
In Milledgeville the celebration will take place
on Saturday (the 3d) when an oration Will bo
i delivered by the lion. M. Grieve, the reading of
i the Declaration of Independence by Hon. A.
H. Kenan, and Rev. Win. Flinn will act as
Chaplain.
We ina Ivertently neglected to state
hist week that the Obituary notice of Mr. J.
Stiles George wa« copied into this paper from
the Albany Patriot.
We understand that contracts have
I been made to extend the South-Western Rail
Road from Cuthbert. Ga., to Eufaula, Ala.,
and from Cuthbert to Fort Gaines. Ga.
;-5?“ Last week Miss Sarah Paul, a young
lady teaching school in Oglethorpe, was very
severely burned by the explosion of a cam
phene lamp while it was being filled by a ser-
I vant.
TO FIGHT OB NOT TO FIGIIT-THAT’S
THE QUESTION.
It appears that the English Parliament is
not so blood-thirsty as the American Senate.
Telegraphic dispatches give the following item
of Parliamentary proceedings:
“Mr. Lindsey asked the question whether it
was true that American vessels bad been
searched and detained by British cruisers;
and if so, he desired to know hy what authori
ty and under whose instructions.
Mr. Fitzgerald replied that no official infor
-1 matioh on the subject hud been received. He
, expressed the belief that the reports were
1 muck exaggerated, and assured the House that
Her Majesty's government were anxious that
all unpleasant relations with the United States
should be avoided, and upon the first intima
tion of complaint strict orders liad been issued
to. the English steamers in the Gulf to observe
great caution in their movements.
MESSRS. FINDLAY'S CARD
Particular attention is invited to the card of
Messrs. Findlay <fc Sons, under the head of
“special notices” in another column. This
firm is Uhi well known throughout Georgia aud
the neighboring States to require any assurance
from us that the charge made again.-t them of
infringing upon the Patent of George Page di
Co., of Baltimore, in tlie construction of their
Circular Saw Mills, is nothing but a gross slan
der. Their Foundry is one of the most com
plete establishments at the South, and deserves
a liberal patronage from the Southern people.
SEWARD'S SPEECH
It is earnestly hoped that no reader of this
paper will overlook the speech on our first ,
page, recently delivered in C-ngress by Hon. i
James L. Sewaril representative from the first'
<Co igression.il District in this State. It shows
hy facts and figures the unjust discrimination ■
made against the South in appropriations for ,
public works, and was called forth by the re- I
jeetion of the bill appropriating $300,000 for
carrying on the Navy Yard established by (he
last Congress at Brunswick, Gn. The bill (it I
is niortirying to say) was defeated by Southern
votes; for had it been supported by those 1
members from the South who opposed it, it .
would have passed by a handsome majority.
To these members Mr. Seward administers u |
deserve 1 an 1 scathing rebuke, while he gives,
due credit to those Northern representatives '
who sustained the measure. The speech, al
though an impromptu all'air, is really an able
effort, and proves the speaker to be a bold and
zealous advocate of the rights and Interests of
his native section.
JfEW OUTRAGES IN KANSAS-
Want of space compels us to postpone till |
next week the publication of two letters from .
Kansas, addressed to Dr. Thus. H amilton, n 1
well known and highly respected citizen of
Rome, Ga. From these letters it appears that
confusion still prevails in that Territory—-many
outrages having been perpetrated upon South
ern people by the Abolitionists, and the pro- '
slavery party driven from Lynn. Bourbon and !
other counties. The Free-soi]«srs are marshal
ling their forces for August, to vote against the
“proposition” submitted to them in the Com-
I promise bill recently passed by Congress.—
I They will not be blinded by the sand attempt
ed to be thrown in their eyes about “land
grants,” etc. They know full well that tlie
Congressional proposition is merely a test on
the slavery question, and consequently they
will vote against it. It appears then that
Kansas “still bleeds,” notwithstanding the
Compromise, or English Bill, which its friends
proclaimed a panacea for the ills that afflict the i
Union. The Telegraph newspaper, of this ,
city, says the Bill is entirely unobjectionable
in principle, and the Journal & Messenger
sneers at the idea of Kansas ever crawling in
to the Union. When srtch sentiments eminate
from the North, we readily understand them;
but when they are uttered by Southerners,
we smell “treason In the tainted air."
PLANTER S CONVENTION
In to-day’s paper will be found the proceed
ings of the Cotton I’lanter's Convention lately
held in this city. We hope they will be cop
ied by our exchanges generally. in order that
they may have as wide a circulation as possi
ble. The list of ConimitWes appointed by the
I President ol the Convention, lion. Howell
I Cobb, of Houston county, has been received
' too late for this issue. We will take pleasure
I in publishing it next week.
Among other things that came before tlie
■ Convention, McCombs new Patent Tie for cot
| ton bags was introduced and its advantages
| fully discussed. The members of the Conven
| tion were decidedly of the opinion that this
I tie, besides being cheaper than rope, is in all
other respects vastly superior. We, also, learn
from one of the proprietors of the invention |
that arrangements have been made for supply- |
ing the Georgia planters with the tie nex( fall. !
W33LE IAN FSEALE COLLATE
Our acknowled-'inents are due lor there
ceipt of a Catalogue of the above Institute for
the years 1857-58. This is the ol le-'t an I one ;
of the best Female Colleges in the Union, and .
■ we are happy to aid tint it is im v in a pros- 1
j perotw condition under an aide Faculty with ■
1 Rev. O. L. Smith ns Pre-ident. It appears
that there have been 319 Alimima since the j
year 1849, and the under graduates at the
present time number 189. The Catalogue is
executed in the best style of the typographical
art, reflecting great credit upon the Job Office
ot Mr. Lewis 11. Andrew-,, of this city, where
it was printed. We would, however, in behalf
of the fair sex, protest against publishing in
connection with the Almnme the dates of their
graduation. .Most ladies—especially single
one—are very sensitive about their age and try
to keep it a secret; but by reference to thia
Catalogue their ages may readily Ire discovered
by adding to the usual age of graduation the
time that has elapsed since they graduated.—
For instance : Miss A. B. now passes for tuien-
I ty, but by referring to this Cat ileguc it will be
! seen that she graduated in 1848, and conse
-1 quontly m Ist now be about thirty. Horrible!
I Should tliis be known, she will in all probabil
ity remain an old maid for life. In fact we
know of several curious young gentlemen that
have been making calculations from these data
as to the ages of divers ladies yet unmarried.
1 Therefore we would respectfully suggest to the
i Faculty that in publishing the names of the
graduates hereafter, the dates should hy all
means be omitted. Do, Mr. PresidetU- have
more consideration for the dear creatures.
SACRED MUSIC.
The Messrs. Everett, of Virginia, are now
in tow n forming classes at the different churches
for instruction in sacred music. They are said
I to be very successful teachers, and all who
I wish to learn to sing are advised to patronize
j them. They invite those desirous of becoming
| pupils ami the public generally to meet them
i at the Presbyterian lecture room to-night.
HODGKINS & SON.
Judge Love, Editor of the Wire Grass Re
\ porter (an excellent paper, by-the-bye, publish
ed at Thoma.-ville, Ga.,) is well known as a
j modern “Isaac Walton.” Consequently his
1 opinions are entitled to respect in every thing
■ connected witli the art of angling, and tliere.
1 fore w e make the following extract from the
1 last issue of his piper: I
“From our success in fishing we are fre
quently asked where we get our tackle; very
good hooks, lines, ike., can be had at the vari
ous stores in this tow n, but the best tackle can
: only be had <’f the above firm in Macon, Ga.—
j This firm (lliHlgkins & Son) deals in these ar-
■ tides extensively, and pays very great atten
tion to the selection of them, and it is bnt rea
sonable to suppose that they would keep on
hand the very finest and best that can be had.
The spring stock’is at present very much re
duced, but when they replemish. nn advertise
ment will appear in the columns of the Kepor-
1 ter which will give our friends all the informa
tion they desire ”
—
DRY GO3DS AT COST
Read Messrs. W W Packer & Co.’a adver
tisement of Dry Goods at cost prices. W e are
i assured that there is no humbug about this
matter. Call and judge for yourself.
IRONWORKS.
Those in want of casting, mills &c., are re
ferred to the advertisement of Mr. T. C. Nis
bet’* Foundry and Machine shop
CONGRESS ADJOURNED.
The reader of history will look in vain for |
any thing of much importance accomplished by 1 1
onr national Assembly during the session of 1
1857-’SB. After a protracted sitting—nearly 1 1
all the time being consumed in Kansas speech
es—Congress at length saw tit to adjourn on
Monday, the 14th inst.. leaving a beggarly- ac- !
count of business, the w hole of which might !
have been accomplished in twoor three weeks,
and, thereby, saved thousands of dollars to
the country. The chief incidents have been
the difficulty between Senators Gwin, of Cali- ■
fornia, and Wilson, of Massachusetts; and that .
between Senators Davis, of Mississippi, and
Benjamin, of Louisiana. In both cases dial- I
lenges were sent, but mutters were “honorably i
adjusted" before blood was spilt in either in- I
stance. We ivould have been glad if Gwin I
had treated Wilson as Brooks served Sumner, 1
but it is a mutter of regret that such true '
Southern men as Davis and Benjamin should |
quarrel at a time when all men of the South
pught to be united. These Congressional rows,
by«the-bye. have become a farce and a hum
bug—Prentice hits them off as follows ;
It is amusing to see by what expedients cer
tain members of Congress try to redress them
selves and recover their level when they are in
sulted. For instance, when Mr. Harris, the
other day, said in reply to a statement of Mr.
Hughes of Indiana, ‘it is false. ’Mr. Hughes un
dertook to retaliate the point-blank insult by
exclaiming ‘‘you arc a liar. ” What in the
world could the poor Indianian have said if
Harris had then Leaded him with, you are
a d—d liar.
TAXES.
Tlie Comptroller General of this State has
issued a Circular in which he notifies Tux pay
ers and the Receivers ot Tax Returns that the
Supreme Court has declared the following pro
vision of the Act of 1804 in full force, viz:
“ 8. Sec. vm. If any person or persons shall
neglect or refuse to give in a return ot his, her,
or their taxable property, or shall be convict
ed otfrvud, or making a false return thereof,
he. she, or they shall lie liable to pay to the
Clerk of the Inferior Court of the county a
fine of tin dollars for every hundred dollars
valuation so neglected or concealed, one-half
for the use of the County , nnder the direction
of tlie Inferior Court, and the other halt' for the
use ol the informer or informers, to be recov
ered in any Court having cognizance of tlie
s une.”— \ SeeT. R. R. Cobb’s Digest page .)
The Comptroller adds that a conviction un
der this Act does not release the party from
any penalty he, she, or they may incur from
false swearing, &c.
CAPT. DAVID R JONES
A late San Francisco paper contains the fol
lowing complimentary notice of the above
named gentleman—a brother of our towns
man, George S. Jones. Esq. He has numerous
friends in Georgia, w ho w ill be glad to hear so
good all account of him:
After a four years resilience in California.
Capt.' David R. Jones, U. S. A., leaves ns on
the steamer w hich sails to-day for the Atlantic •
States. As a gentleman and an officer, Capt. |
1 Jones has won the esteem and confidence of I
our community, and the loss of his society will
be sincerely regretted by those who have en
joyed the pleasure of his personal acqu.-iin
t.-ince. We learn that Capt. Jones will he sta
tioned at St. Louis. Mo., w here bis manly qual
ities an l polished manners cannot fail to ren
der him as great a favorite as be has been in
California.
—
Telegraphic Intelligence.
jl'l.oM Ot'lt EXCIIANOES 1
I 1 r 11
The steamer .Voru Sentia hits arrived with
. Live po 4 dates to June 2nd.
Commercial.
, I.ivei:?ooi. CorroN MAKKur.—The sales for .
file past three days have been light, but prices 1
' have remained firm and unchanged.
Liverpooi. Bkeahsti fi s Market.—Flour i
was reported very dull, an 1 q iotations barely I
maintained.
I.oxtioN Money Market.—No change re
-1 ported in money. Consols, on the Ist of June,
‘ w ere qouted at 97 3-4 a U7 7-8.
General News.
The interference and searching of American
I vessels find ,-ittraete ’ acme attention in the
' English Parliament.
Later intelligence had been received from In
dia. Kooer Singh, of Arrali notoriety, had
been defeated, and it was reported that lie was
dead.
The rebels have been driven from Azingbur.
The telegraph cable fleet sailed on Sutmulay,
the 2'Jth May.
Foreign News.—The accounts per Arago are
to the same date as those published last Sun
day per the Novia Scotian. Their statements
of the cotton market are contradictory, as will
he seen by comparing the following accounts
brought by the latter ship, w ith those in tliis
morning’s paper:
“ The sales for the past three days have
been light, but prices have remained firm and
unchanged.”— Republican, \6th inst.
LATER FROM MEXICO
New York, June 13th. —The steamship Ten
nessee has arrived with late dates from Vera
Cruz. The Government has imposed a forced
loan on the capital of foreigners. Affairs look
quite gloomy.
Congressional.
Washington, June 12.—The President to
dav sent a message to the Senate, calling the
attention of Congress to tlie low condition ot
tlie funds in the Treasury. He also suggested
the propriety of a prolongation of the present
session.
The Senate has passed tlie fifteen million
loan and ocean mail bills, and refused to allow
the terminus of Collins' line at Southampton,
instead of Liverpool.
Adjonrnnient of Congress— Extra Session of
the Senate.
Washington. June 14.—The Post Office bill
. passed both houses, but the Light-bouse bill
1 failed.
Congress adjourned to-day, but the Prcsi
' dent has issued his Proclamation convening the
■ Senate tomorrow on Executive business.
TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.
Memphis, .lime 14. —Thesteamboat Pennsyl
vania exploded on Sunday last seventy miles
below this ei4y. She took tire and burned to
the water’s edge, it is supposed that the kill
ed and missing passengers will number one
j hundred.
CAIBO DESTROYED BY THE FLOOD.
St. Loris, June 14.—The city of Cairo is
1 overflowed, and the houses are either sinking
or floating away. All the streams tributary to
! the Mississippi are rising.
The Trial of Gen. Walker.—The New
Orleans Delta says: There are signs of a se-
I rious disposition on the part ot Government to
I bring its whole resources to this prosecution.
! Capt. Chatard, of the United States sloop-of- :
I war Saratoga, whose l«st place just now would
1 be in the Gulf, looking after the Styx. Buzzard i
and such like British craft, has been ,
sent a good way for aud is in tlie city ns a wit
ness for the Government. Various other w it- |
nesses have also lieen summoned tor the pros- !
ecution. among them S. F. Slater and Mason |
Pitcher. It is considered probable that the j
1 trial will not be entered upon the day as ap- I
I pointed, bnt postponed a few days longer.
COTTOH PLANTER'S ASSOCIATION.
This body met in the city of Macon, on the 1
Bth inst.. pursuant to adjournment. The asso- I
ciation was called to order by the Chairman. '
Gen. Rutherford, and the proceedings of the ,
previous meeting having been read and approv- '
ed. the Chairman delivered a very appropriate
address. The Association then proceeded to
eleet officers for the ensuing year, when the
following gentlemen were elected by acclama
tion : Hon. Howell Cobb, of Houston, Presi
dent; Gen. B. H. Rutherford and Gen James i
W. Armstrong. Ist and 2nd \ ice Presidents; ;
Judge ThaddetisG. Holt. Treasurer, and Thom- ■
as J. Cater, Esq., Secretary.
The President on taking liis scat delivered a ;
handsome and appropriate inaugural address,
and rend a highly interesting essay, setting 1
forth nt length, the objects of the Association. f
and the great benefits to be derived to the
cotton planters of Georgia ffom concert of ac
tion Ac.
A number of planters from the cotton grow- )
ing counties became members of the Associa- '
ciation. Col. William M. Davis, of Houston j
county, introduced a series of Resolutions rc- I
ferring to committees of five members each, the ;
following portions of the President'scopipiuni- j
cation: Ist, “The Cotton Power;” ?nd, “The I
Cotton Power asan American Power;’’3rd, “The I
Cotton Power as a Southern Power;” 4th,
“The Cotton Power as a Union Power;” 5 th,
“The Cotton Power as a Peace Power;” 6tli,
“The Cotton Power, as an anti-Abolition Pow
er 7th " The application for a Bank Char
ter;” Bth “Appointment of Agents for the
purpose of receiving, forwarding and selling
cotton in the several markets;” 9th, On the
operations of the plantation, such as raising
stock, preparing cotton for market, Ac., Ac.
10th, ” Direct trade w ith foreign countries.”
G. L. D. Rice, of Houston, introduced the fol
lowing resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That Isaac C. West, Esq., of Hous
ton county, a member of this Convention, be
and he is hereby appointed Agent for receiv
ing, selling and shipping cotton for planters, '
for the cities of Savannah and Charleston.— i
Said Agent shall not be allow ed, in any case, |
to charge exceeding fifty cents per bale, for any
cotton consigned to him.
And while the Convention (nor any member I
of it) is to be held responsible for the acts of j
said Agent, the Convention does not hesitate |
to recoimnen said Agent as trust-w orthy and {
competent in every respect, to do ample jus- 1
tice to such planters as may entrust their bu- .
siness to him. And tlie Convention hereby
express the desire that planters shipping their
cotton to either of the above markets will pre- ■
fer their appointed Agent, and thereby give fa- j
cility to the objects of the Convention.
•tad it is further Resulted, That said Agent :
furnish (nt the regular meeting in June next.) ,
an account, in the form of a report, exhibiting
i the numlier of bales received, the number 1
sold, and the numlier shipped, and to which 1
I ports, and generally all particulars relating to
his Agency.
Mr. Havis, of Houston, intradneed the follow
ing resolution :
Resolved, That the office of Treasurer be, ami
the same is hereby established ; and that the
Convention proceed forthwith to the election j
of said officer. That said officer shall hold his
office until tlie regular election of tiie other ,
* permanent officers of (lie Convention.
I It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to re- ,
; eeive nil moneys ordered to be collected by lhe i
: Convention; to pay out all sums audited and i
I passed bv the Committee on Finance, and to
* • t I
|>erforni such other duties as may from time to 1
. time, be required of him.
Judge Holt, ot Bibb, moved the follow ing:
Resulted, That a Standing Committeto con- j
sist of five members, be appointed, w hose du- '
ty it shall be to examine the Constitution and
| rules of the Convention, mid suggest such
amendments as to them may appear proper anp
necessary.
Major Belvin, of Houston, proposed the fol
lowing motion :
Resolved, That the respective Cotton-grow
ing counties of the State of Georgia, be and
they arc hereby earnestly requested to form
county Associations, auxiliary to thia Conven
tion, and adopt such measures as w ill secure
their constant representation, in each and all
of the sessions of the Convention.
Mr. William F. Brown, of Dooly, offered the
following resolution:
Resulted, That the President have, and lie
is hereby invested w ith tlie power, to fill al)
vacancies which may occur ir. any of tlie Com
mittees during the vacation of the sessions of
Convention, upon his being informed of the
existence of vacancies in any of the Commit
tees.
Mr. Cobb, of Houston, proposed the sub
joined :
Rcsched, That Messrs Rutherford, Arm
strong, Buss, Corbin and Judge Holt, be and
they are hereby appointed a Committtee of
Invitation, whose duty it shall be (in the way
and manner they may deem best.) to invite and
solicit the attendance of Delegates from the
respective cotton-growing States, at the meet
ing of this Convention to be field on the second
Tuesday in September next.
Mr. J. V. Price, of Sumpter county, brought
to the notice of the Convention a minia'jtre
bale of cotton, prepared with “McComb's Iron
j Ties,” which gave the members entire satisf.ic
| tion, as to its efficiency Ac.
Mr. Havis, of Houston, moved tlMii.the pro
ceedings of this meeting lie published in the
Stite Press at Macon, and such other papers
as are friendly to this enterprise.
Five hundred copies, in pamphlet form, of
the addresses ot Gen. Rntherfonl and Col. IL
Cobb, were ordered tube published.
The Association then adjourned to meet
again in the city of Macon, on the second Tues
day (Uth) in September next.
HOWELL COBB. President.
James W. Armstrong, Secretary pro tern.
The Mexican Protectorate is the Senate.
Senator Houston pressed hi' project tor ex
tending a protectorate over tlie republic of
Mexico to a vote in the Senate Wednesday
lust with the following result:
Yeus—Messrs. Clingman. Fitch. Hale, Hous
ton, Johnson of Tenn., Mallory, Polk, Pugh,
Rice. Simmons, Slidell. Stuart, foomhs, I rum
bull, Wade. Wright. 16.
.\avs—Mes-rs. Benjamin. Bigler, Bnxler
-1 ick Brow n, Camden. Clark, t lay. < ollamer,
Davi' Dixon. Durkee. Fessenden, Foot, Fos
’ ter Green, Hamlin. Hammond. Harlan,' Hunt
ler ’ Iverson. Jones. Kennedy. King, Mason,
1 Pearce. Reid, Sew ard, Thompson of Ky., Wil
' son and Yulee —30.
Walker. —The indictments against Walker,
• for violating the neutrality law have been nol
1 prossed.
Wc were shown to day. says the Augusta
Constitutionalist of the 2d, three nuggets of
gold from the "Columbia Mine," on Little Riv
er, in that comity, weighing together four thou
sand one hundred and fifteen pennyweights
and estimated to be worth three thousand sev
en hundred and three dollars and fifty cents.
They were the product of eighteen day’s
work.
11A RKI i:i». *
In Bibb county on the 8d inst., by the Rev. Mr.
Moncrii i', Mr. W'Alias G. Mohklst, and Miss Mart
A. Williams, all of this county.
DIED,
At Macon, Ga., on the 6th ult., after a long and
painful illnt-iN, Mrs. Lucia M. Bkown, consort of Dr.
W. T. Brotfn. Aged 2" years, nine mouths and two
days.
In Griffin, tin? 10th hurt., Townskm»S., infant son of
Mr. Nathan and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Weed, aged 1 year
uud 10 days.
At her reaidedee in Griffin, on the night of the Bth
inst.,verv suddenly/ Mrs. I'iu dence P. Chapman, in
the year ot her age. Disease supposed to be an
affection of the heart.
Suddenly, at bis residence four miles north of
Gnflin, on the 7th inst., Wm. F. Smith, id the- year
of Ins age. Disease an affection of the heart.
I At bis residence in Wilkinson county, Ga., the
ninth day of March last. J. O. R. Hogan, in the43nl
j vear of his age. He was several vears previous to
his death a consistent member of the primitive Bap
tist Church, and at the time of his demise was serving
| the church at Pleasant-plain in the capacity of
I clerk.
Departed this life on the morning of the sth inst-,
after an illness of 2"> days of Typhoid fever, at the
residence of his father in Wilkinson county, John
Thomas Mvrkisox, oldest sou of George M. aud Eliz
abeth J. Murkiaon. in 20th year of his age. He has
left many friends and relations to mourn bis loss,
“ Be ye also prepared, for in such an hour as ye
knoweth not the son of man coineth.
J. A. M.
Departed this life at his residence near Monticellor,
in Jasper county, on the 28d ult., Reuben Jordan,
Sr., aged sixty-nine years, a highly estimable citi
zen.
swTiTl. XOTH'ES. -
TO THE PI
AND ESPECIALLY THOSE PERSONS INTERESTED
IN CIRCULAR SAW MILLS.
The undersigned have been fur several years past
constructing aud putting up, when thereto required,
Circular Sap ATdh, propelled by steam and wa-'
ter; and we state morf positicely that the im
provements are our own, and not an infringement
upon any Patent whatever. One Frederick M. Harts
horn, representing himself to be tho agent ot one
| George Page, or George Page A Co., has, as we have
been informed and believe, repeatedly stated in the
hearing of oar customers, that we were infringing
| said Patent—thus deterring persons from dealing
■ with us, for fear of troublesome and expensive litiga
tion ; and byway of jgiving plausibility to this state
ment, has said to divers persons, that suit had
I been commenced against us, or one of us, for dam
• ages, for the infringement of said Patent. We have
not been sued and do nut expect to be, and will be
always prepared to respond to any suit that may be
1 brought.
This is to inform all persons who require such,
work that we have commenced suit against said
Hartshorn, returnable to the November term 1858 of
Bibb Superior Court for damages for thus interfer-
, ing with our business. To those desiring to order
mills from us we would state that we take upon our
selves all Risk and Damages that any one may sus
tain by the use of our Circular or Upright Saw Mills
by suit or otherwise in favor of said supposed patentee,
ami we are fully prepared to show by proof in Court,
that we have not couimitted any infrigement on the
Patent of Mr. Page or any other person.
R FINDLAY A SONS.
Macon, June 17th, 1358.
Card.
“ LET THE GALLED J ADE WINC E.”
We hare ever been averse to propagating newspa
per controversies, believing that ail j crsonal matters,
even when of interest to a conimunity, should be ad
justed by the parties immediately concerned ; but as
we are coerced into the performance of a disagreea
ble duty, we whall not shrink from the responsibility
and shall ever be prepared to abide by lesullipg cun-
; sequences be they what they may.
In one of the public journals us this city appears a
j “ Card" over the signature of I). B. Woodruff, who.
i in replying to the communication cf “A Mob,*’ in
forms “ the public,” that, white we intended our re
marks as refering to every Northern mechanic in lhe
j city, that his shop was particularly individualized.—
i There must be “ something rotten in Denmark," or
why this unwarranted conclusion? Upon the part
I of D. B. W. this is a mere presumption, gotten up for
the purpose of enlisting public sympathy in be
-1 half of the individual or individuals “ homeward
1 bound.”
D. B. W. informs ns of the departure of a “ French
man, " and assorts that he was “not an abolitionist.'*
■ Captain Edmonds, alia* Emonds, alias Lemon, may
j or may nut have been a French Canadian, but does
his nativity protect him in setting at defiance our
laws ? We opine not. Let him come from the ice
clad bills of the North—from the tropics, or
' from another continent—be he Jew or Gentile—Know
Nothing or Democrat—so long as he submits to our
laws and sustains our institutions, |he will be pro
tected by populi universally. Upon the other
hand (of which we have had an illustration,) should
even a satire of the South rebel against her institu
t.ons, his lifeless body will dangle from the nearest
tree while Horace Greely and his cohorts will sing a
requiem over departed treachery.
As to the “ Northern mechanic” (alluded to in our
previous communication) not being an abolitionist, fjfe
fact is too palpable to deny ; but in reference to the
“personal matter ofTivalry” concerning “a woman
in the case,” we have only to say that notwithstand
ing onr partiality for the female sex, we were not
aware that a “ woman” was “ in the case,” nor do we
believe that a Southern woman (even colored) would
associate herself with an abolitionist. Never having
bad the honor (!) of feasting our eyes upon the aboli
tionist Captain above referred to mid Laving no ac
quaintance with his companions, that “ personal
! matter of rivalry" can only exist in the imagination
of “ Messrs. Ross’s superintendent.” As to the above
charges, however, we w ill permit the “ instigator”
j (whoever he may be > against whom they are directed,
• to reply or not as he deems best.
1 I). B. W. states that he “ never employs abolition-
ists and never will,” but how can he tell whether hie
employees are abolitionists or not? Surely a twelve
month’s residence in the South will not eradicate
principles that have been instilled into men from the
very cradle; if so, why did not a residence of fifteen
or twenty years change the opinions of Wm. H. Sew
ard the great “ head and front” of the Black Repub
lican party North ? But this does not argue that
Northern men are arrayed in opposition to the insti
tution of slavery, for while we have cases of trust
worthy Northern men, we are not ti be wheedled,
bribed, or - bullied” into the belief that we have no
enemiys in our camp, who desecrate the soil upon
which thev live; and therefore it behooves us to boon
the alert, for it is a well known maxim “ there’s not
sy nuich danger in a well known foe, as a suspect
ed friend.” Will I). B. W. inform us why the indi
vidual in whom he has assumed so much interest,
was escorted to the depot by so many friends?-
And why did those friends evade a vigilance commit
tee composed of sixteen members—of whom lam not
one? Stand not upon the order of replying, but re-
• ply at once.
The design in penning the prior communication
was to arouse a dormant community tu a sense of
their duty and not to injure the business, as has been
stated, of any individual or number of individuals;
but “ if the cap fits” any other person than those
that arc “homeward bound.” they are welcome to
wear it. And in conclusion we would inform “Messrs.
Ross’s superintendent” that “bullying" is not charac
teristic of Southern inf n, nor is it our vocation ; neith
er will we be harangued into bandying words about
facts, all of which we stand prepared to defend and
rubetantiate by qualified witnesses, and a resort to
any satisfactory and honorable adjustment if de
manded of us in a courteous manner by respectable
men.
Again we would advise all interested parties di
rectly or indirectly conee.. xi, to look out for