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About State press. (Macon, Ga.) 1857-18?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1859)
The State Press. - t—— ... - - . . ■ ( MACON, GA- TH JRSD AY. JANUARY 6, 1659. COTTON MARKET- Macon, Jan. 6th. There is very little doing nn<! receipts are small, ow ing to the bail state of the roads; we quote U 1-2 to 11 1-2 ns the extremes. COTTON STATEMENT. Receipts Dec. 1558..17,351 •• " <557.. . IS,7M Increase 3,*'Y' Stock Ist Jan., I<S 21.351 Increase 1.874 Total receipt Jan. Ist, IS.",*.* .73.541 •• “ "*• “ -1858...35,501 38,040 Y. JI. < . 4. The Young Meti s Christian Association will meet regularly on every Monday night at 7 o’clock. Members arc requested to attend punctually at the appointed time. V. VAX GIESEX, Secretary. ET We invite the attention of our readers to the commuiii.atioti in to-days paper on the subject of Railroad discriminations Ac. which was written for last week s issue, but unavoid ably omitted. Il is from an intelligent and respectable source, and as all parties are inter ested in the subject discussed, w e submit it without furtner comments to the public us an article containing mutter well worth of com aidvratiuu. “ NO. 1.” At the regular meeting of Protection Fire Company Xo. 1, on Tuesday night, the follow ing officers were elected: F. S. Bloom, Foreman. A. Patterson, Assistant Foreman. E. J. Johnston, Treasurer. E. D. Williams, Seen t ry. 1 >r. Castliii, Surgeon. Pope Freeman. Engineer. THE JUDGSHIP Weareunable.cuntrary t <o irwish ami expec tation, to giv* authentic returns from this Ju dicial circuit; but enough has been heard to assure us that Hon. Hexuv G. I. amah, of Biob, lias been elected Judge by a respectable ma jority over our friend Col. John 11. Gii.es, of Houston. In Bibb. Lamar beats Giles by 853 votes; in Houston. Giles heats Lamar by 6(111; and in Worth, Lamar gets 178 majority. We will publish full rupfrrt’ from the different counties next week. THE NEW YEAR Christinas week was wet, muddy and disa greeable, but on X w Year's day Xaturc was arrayed in her briglite-t dress. The Old 4 ear departed in tears, but the New was born with •miles. Tendering the compliments of the season to our subscribers, we venture to a-k them to relieve us trout the pressure of Jami ary dunt by sending in their </««'« “ inimedmte if not sooner.” 8188 COUNTY ELECTION Although it is not claimed - as has been in sinuated by certain parlies—that the ‘ State Press and John Cooper constitute the Demo cratic party of Bibb,” it so happens that the regular nominees of the Convention (John P. Cooper, for 'lax Collector, and Charles 11. Hitching*, for Receiver.) have be« n elected by the people to their respective offices, the ‘ Tel egraph to the contrary notwithstanding."— Cooper's majority is 181; Kindling' 22. These figures need no comment. Whit says onr friend and neighbor ot the "Golden Eagle!” schools. Rcad the advertisements of Messrs. Polhill. Parsons ami Danforth about the re-opening of their Schools, etc. It will be seen that Mr. Polhill Ims slightly increased his rates of tui tion and limited the number ot pupils. Tlii« is right. It is impossible to secure good teach ers without good pay; ami no teacher, how ever well qualified mr his office, can do justice to a crowded School. We may have more to say about this hereafter. ADVERTISEMENTS We would particularly notice the new ad vcrtiseinent of B. A. Wish, as wo unintention ally did him injustice last week, Lut wo will try to make amends by saying (as we can hon estly do) that lie is a gentlemanly and accom modating dealer, w ith a new store, and an ex celleid stock at very low price*. Call upon him. and xmi w ill find our statement true. — There are other new advertisements to which we must per-force content ourselves for the present with a general reference. An Important Act.—The last Macon Citi zen publishes the acts of the late Georgia Leg islature. Among them we find the follw itig: Ist. To alter ami amend the character of the city of Macon. Il is possible that an alteration and amend ment of the character of our sister city is a ‘•consummation most devoutly to l>e wished,” but we had no idea that the necessity wa-so great as to require it to be done by legislative enactment. — Savannah Nuri. January, fid. It impossible that the “cAunictcr’’of the city of Macon might- be so altered and amended ns to accrue to her advantage, but whether "leg islative enactments" could manufacture a char acter for a city infested with burglars and as sassins of whom we hear so much through the Daily Journal i ot Savannah, is a question we deem beyond dispute. We,would advise the News tn pattant to lock its doors at night and let the City of Mocon take care of itself. “A Combination and a Cast, indeed.”— H'>n. Edward Everett, Professor Longfellow, Hon. Geo. 8. Hilliard, Ralph Waldo Emmer »on. Hon. R. C. Winthrop. Gov. Banks, Hon. Josiah Quincy, J. G. Whittier, and Prescott, the historian, we see, are all to l>e present — and to speak—at the approaching anniversary celebration of the birth-day (Jan. 25th.,) of the Hcotish poet by the Boston Burns Chib. Mr. Everett is to res|>ond to the "Memory of Burns," and quite sure are we it woul be worth while travelling all the way to the modern Athens to listen to it. — Ur. DDK.I. is TED. As we are going to press, we learn from a telegraphic dispatch that Douglas has been re elected, by the Illinois Senate, a» U. S. Senator, | by • majority of eight. PUBLIC MEETING The Mayor has called another meeting of our citizens to decide upon subscribing to the cap ital stock of the Macon & Brunswick Railroad -said meeting to take place at Concert Hall on Saturday morning next, the Bth hist., at 10 o’clock. lie have no doubt that the netion of the former meeting (of which we publish the Sec retary's excellent report elsewhere) will be confirmed, and we tril.-t there will be a large assembly so as to give as full an expression as possible to the general sentiment. Let every body t in: out on the occasion. The work goes bravely on. Brunswick has subscribed $50,000 in her corporate capacity, besides individual subscription* (about $25, IM Hi) which are daily increasing. With but little exertion, within a few days, the sum of $87,- 000 has been obtained from individuals in Ma con, and it only remains fir the City to make the proposed subscription in order to insure the speedy construction of the road. We have recently devote 1 a large portion of our space to this matter because it is of par amount interest and importance to the major ity of our subscribers, mid for the additional reason that the subject has not received that at ention from some of our city cotemporaries which it deserves, hut entertaining entire confidence that the proposed corporation sub scription will be made and the building ot the Rond thereby reduced to n "fixed fact," we • will hereafter give more attention to other I matters. <OHRESI’OWEM E. As an indication of the interest manifested { in the building of the Macon and Brunswick , Railroad by the people of the neighboring I conntii s we take the liberty of transferring to j our columns extracts from the following let i tors, which although not intended tor publica i tion are calculated to show popular feeling on the subject: Twtons Coixty, Jan. Ist. Jfr. Editor'.— The first of January reminds ■ me that I owe yon for one year.s subscription, j and 1 here enclose two dollars fur which you I will please give me credit on your Looks. I I notice from your paper of late that you Lave given a good deal of attention to the Macon A Brunswick Railroad, and lam glad of it. No body but a crazy man will say that the Road will not help Macon and the different comities, ami nobody but a miser will refuse to subscribe to it. Get the road started—keep the ball in motion —and if our people don't toe the mark with liberal subscriptions, old Tw iggs is not thecounty I take her for. Our wagons are too 'low com hes for this fast age of internal im provements. Let the In n Horse plough through our fields, and onr hinds will more ' than double in value, increased taxes w ill How into the treasury and general prosperity "w ill follow. Yours truly, **♦ From Laurens comity : A friend just from Macon tells me that your people are all high up far a road to Brunswick, , I say to you, sir, push along the road, and 1 ' am certain onr people will meet you half wav. Now is the time. The planters Lave made fine crops and got good prices, hut negroes are i so high, they can't iillor.i as usual “to make more cotton to buy mine negroes.” So strike while the iron is hot. Wo Lave some spare money, and our folks would rather put it in a Railroad than anything else. It now coststoo mm h of what we make to get our crop' to market.. 1. sir, will subscribe to the road, mid : I think I can promise as much for my neigh bors. [FOB THE STATE I'UESS.] PRO-RATA RATES OF FREIGHT AND PASSAGE NO DISCRIMINATION. Equal mid Exact Justice to all parts of Georgia, | While the subject of "State Aid” to Itail ! roads has been thoroughly discussed in the . public print', the matter us di-wrimination in ' the rate* of r'reiiiht and patmyc seems, strange- I ly, to have entirely escaped attention ; and as this is of great importance to our citizens, 1 propose giving what I conceive to l>c the es- > feet oi this ru:mms policy ol cerluin Railroads ; on the interests of those wLo aided in procii ' ring some of these very charters—little dream ing at the time of the destructive use that i would be made of them in the hands of im- I scrupulous corporations. We constant!' see ' efforts made by Railroad Companies, the effect ] of which will be to build up certain cities and tear down others. The Central Railroad Com pany in its last annual Report Mreafcris Macon I in this way, if her citizens have the indepen dence to seek another outlet to the seaboard , by the construction of the MueonA Brunswick Railroad. Now this is wrong. The State of Georgia certainly never intended, in granting this Central Railroad charter mid vesting the Company with certain privileges, that tliev should tie employed in this way to the injure of a place at the terminal of the Road, which has contributed so much towards building it. Railroad Companies are as amenable* to the laws of the land ns the humblest citizen, ami when they w ork their roads sons to violate the •pirit amt intention of their charter*. then veste*l rights w ill not protect them any more than they would other law-breakers. As this i subject is now likely to attract more than usu i al attention, would it not be well if there is | any doubt as to w hat is the meaning of "vested : rights” (which is so constantly held tip to alarm the timid) that a tpecial laic be passed by the next Legislature which will dejine or eonttriee these Railroad rights ami privileges, and at the same time protect the interests of all the people against evident violation of their ( charters, as are practised by some Railroads in i charging hhjh rates of freight and passage to some sections of the State and low to others. Macon, as well as all other parts of Georgia, is interested in this movement, and the Legis lature cannot fail to see the juetice of passing a law. making the rates of freight ami passage on all Railroads in this State pro-rata. To this it must come; the people will demand it and are every d.y opening their eyes to the »«■<•<•»- ■tty of ] roteeting themselves against monopo lies of id) kinds; am! the sooner the Railroads adopt the pro-rata system, the better it will be for them in the end. TROI’P. I’ol'l l ATIOX OK PtIII.ADEI i-iiia. The North American of Philadelphia claims that the imp utation of that site now numbers 005,y27. This includes the whole county of Philadelphia which is very extensive and contains a num ber ot populous villages. Kensington, South wark. Moyamensiiig. Northern Liberties. Man ayunk. Germanton, Holtnevburg. Bustletown, Hamilton. 1 rankfort, Mantati. A . are now counted in a census of Philadelphia The whole area thus included is about 155 aqaare miles MACON A BRUNSWICK RAILROAD MEETING 111 accordance with a resolution passed by th* City Council of Macon at its last meeting. His Honor the Mayor called together the eiti- : zens of the city at the Court House on Thurs- I day night. 3oth December, for the purpose of ascertaining the feeling of our citizens on that question. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the rain pouring down in perfect torrents, and the streets tilled with mud mid water, about 500 of our most respectable citi zens were in attendance —the Court House was densely crowded, and the outside Hall was also thoroughly tilled. Ihe meeting was organized by calling His Honor O. G. Sparks, Mayor of the city, to the Chair, and appointing A. G. Bostick, Sec retary. His Honor briefly addressed the meeting, stating the object of its having been called.— Judge Cochran of Brunswick, being present, was then called upon to address the meeting and made an able, argumentative and convinc ing speech, showing dearly the importance of the project—its benefit to Macon—its great im portance to the planting interests generally, and above all its ineulcable benefit to our great, glorious and prosperous State. Ihe Hon. 1 honifls Hardeman of our citv was then loudly called for, and ascended the plat form, and as he always does, made one of his telling speeches, cogent, argumentative, mid effective—proving by the statistics of the Rail Road System in the I nion, that the M.a-on and Brunswick Rail Road was absolutely nec essary to Macon, to her prosperity and happi ness, and urged the audience to give it a hear ty mid liberal support. His address was hear tily received, and applauded throughout. Col. L. N. \l Little then addressed the meet- ing in an earnest and pertinent maimer, and offered the following resolutions which were unanimounly carried. Juevlied, 1 hat the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon are hereby recommended and instructed to subscribe the of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars to the Capital Stock of the Macon and Brunswick Rail Rond Com pany, the same to be binding upon the City when a like sum shall be bona Jidn übseribed by other parties, provided the same be paid in the Bonds of the City, bearing seven per cent, interest. and provided further, that the amount subscribed by the city of Macon shall be ex pended in the construction of that part of the Hoad next to the City of Macon. Unanimous ly adopted. Hundred, That the Mayor and Council of tlio City of Macon are hereby instructed to ! grant the right of way, free of charges to the Macon and Brunswick Rail Road Company. ! through any of the streets, alleys, commons, reserves, and accrues the Ojmulgee River that may be found necessary in the location of said Road. Unanimously adopted. On motion, The thanks of the meeting were extended to Judge Cochran for his able ad dress, and City papers requested to publish proceedings ol meeting. The meeting then adjourned. O. G. SPARKS, Mayor, Chairman. A. G. Bostick. Secretarv. jIoMMI Xh ATKO.] Mr. Editor: As n sill-scriU ruml citizen of , Macon I claim the use of your eolimm.s to pro J test against the regulation iiistitute.' l y tl,e Central Railroad rcipiiring tl.e people of this place to pay and receipt for freight bvibre de livery. This puts our business men to serious inconvenience, requiring those who have ma ny shipments to go to the expense of having a ; clerk almost constantly employed in receipting for their goods. It i-mi unheard of custom— j a peculiar institution of the Juggernaut ot l monopoly, which makes might right, and dis ! criminates against its best friends simply be cause it has the power to doit. Reform is 1 needed. Let us have it, or we must seek re- I dress and protect ourselves. MERCHANT. •-if Prof. Wood. 312 Broad my. is ruining the Hair Dve trade. People will not use dyes when a natural -estoration to the original col or of the hair can be produced by natural reme dies. Dyes are artificial agents, and danger ous in their application, tint Wood's Hair Tun ic is a healthy stimulant, and causes a healthy grow th. A growth of gray hair on a young person's head is nnnatural, and to apply a col wring fluid produces an unnatural result; the color is changed, to be sure, but not through the roots of the hair. Ladies, do you see that geranium plant in the window yonder i how yellow and faded it looks? It is alive and grow ing; yet where is the beautiful, rich, dark green that belongs to it ? Gone. You can col or those leaves by an external application of chemicals, but they will not remain colored.- l>o you desire to do it naturally t Make a solu tion of guano water, apply it to the roots, mid . the plant will take it up into the svsteni, and then you will see a rich green permanent line. Professor Wood s Hair lonic works on the | same principle. The roots of the hair drink up that application, mid high health and beau ty result. Cai tion - .—Bvw are us w orthless imitation*, as several are already in the market, culled by ; different names. Use none unless the words (Professor Wood's Hair Restorative. Depot St. Louis, Mo., and New York) are (down in the buttle. Sold by all druggist' mid Patent Med icine dealers, also by Fancy and Toilet Goods dealers in the United States and Canada. The Prize Ring—Heenan and the seconds . in bis tight with Morrissey. Johnny Maekey and Aaron Jones, are at the Burnett 110 >e. I Cincinnati. The Commercial there, says that a match lias been concluded between him and Paddock. who fought Tom llyer forth championship of England lor a stake of s!<>.- iioii. Porter's Spirit of the Times says I.s challenge to fight Heenan is accepted. Ileenrn's friends hilling deposited SSOO with the editors ot that journal for the opposite party to cover as the first instalment of the proposal be: of $2,500. Si avert inAi iHAMA.-Joab.ashivebeloiig i ing to Senator Fitzpatrick, brought his cotton crop to Wetumpka on last Saturday, and sold it to Bryan & Carter tor one hundred and sixty dollars in elean cash. This case makes a very pretty contrast to the one reported in the New York piq>era. where thousands of women and children gathered together to seek bread w here there was no bread. This is Joab's spending money; there is no med of his laying up for old age and decrepitude. The hand of a kind matter stands between him and want, and no visions of famished w ile ami starving children haunt his future.— Wetumpla Spectator. Peach Trees. The Southern Piant/r says that peach trees, in which a few ten-penny nails have be. n driven, near the root, are not subject to injury by worms. It is aup|K«ed that the salt of iron afforded by the nail is of fensive to the worm, whilst it is harmless, or perhaps even beneficial to tin- tree. A chemical writer on this subject says: ‘ The oxidation or rusting ot the iron by the sap involves ammonia, which, as the sap rises, will, of course, impregnate every part of the foliage, ami prove t-». severe a dose for the delicate palates of intruding inserts. A CASE OF SUPPOSED SOMNAMBULISM FEAR FUL LEAP AND DEATH A St. Paul (Minnesota) jiaper of a recent date, i contains the following: , We are pained to announce the death of Jplm H. Brownson, Esq., who for the last two years hast reside*! in this city, and followed the ' practice ot law. He was found dead at mi 1 early hour yesterday morn.ng. his head cut in . the most horrible manner, and ilia face bathed in gore, with his left shoulder crushed in, mid his body otherwise shockingly mutilated. In his death we are called upon to record one of the most appalling cases of somnambu lism which has ever come to our knowledge no less than a fearful leap from a window down asleep between eighty and ninety feet, to the spot where the unconscious man first ' struck the ground. Mr. Brownson has for several months past occupied one of the rear | offices in the building adjoining Concert Hall , on the west, and which i« built on the steep j bluff which ranges along the river side of Third 'tree. The entrance to his rooms from Third I street is on the second door, the building be -1 ing but two stories high in front, but in the rear it presents five stories, the entrance to the lower floor, which, however, has never been finished, being a street entrance in front.— I Looking then from the window ot Mr. Brown 'oii's office, the distanc. to the base of the ; bluff, on a level with the river, is not far T. m one hundred and fifty feet, and perhaps i more. From the testimony adduced on the inquest, ■ it app-ars that Mr. Brownson ha« long been subject to attacks of somnambulism, frequent- , ly arising in his sleep mid w andering about the room, and even venturing into the street unknow n to hitnself, until aroused to conscious ness. About six weeks ago lie met with an accident from* this cause, in which he sustain ed a severe ent on the head Ly falling down the flight of stairs leading to his office, he hav ing arisen in his sleep, lighted a candle, and w as proceeding to the lower front door, under the impression that some person w as there w ho desired admittance. To others, his friends, he had on two or three oeca'ions remarked that lie was afraid to sleep alone in his office since his brother, IV m. J. Brownson. had left forSt. Louis, w here he is now engaged in the practice of law.— lie leaves a wife, w ho, having been absent on a visit eas’, was daily expected to return. He formerly resided in Milwaukie, where he was engaged in the practice of Li' profession, lie was about thirty-five years of age. ’ Mr. Brow nson was a s uiot O. A. Brownson, Esq., editor of Brow nson s Review, mid Lad a wide tiinge of 'diolastic attainments. «|ie.;king I French. Italian, and other languages with tlu- ■ eiicy, ease mid accuracy. Many able mid ex cellent arti< les which have appeared in his fa ther’' publication have been from his pen.— He had been an extensive traveler, having made a tour of Europe and gathered much valuable 1 information. He was dressed, and probably had laid down ■ with his clothes on and went to sleep. His ■ body struck the ground about thirty feet from > the base ot the building, and then rolled a dis tance of near sixty led, where it lay, face I downward, when discovered. Among the ef ' feels found on his person was a silver watch ' the crystal broken, and the bauds stopped, iu didienting the hour at half-past twelve. He j was known to have been in Ids room at ten I o'do-k in the evening. A coroner's jury be ing summoned, rendered a verdict in aceor i dance with the view ex|iresse<! almve as to the I cause of the accident which resulted in the death of Mr. Brownson. Cheapvhss or Fkkxcii Wise.—The Paris correspondent of the New York Journal of ('ominuri’e in allusion to the abundance of the vintage say ■: "Too many of the French of the lalairing classes ol Loth town and country have tin* habit of cha-t‘-ing their wives ; a tew davs ago in the department oft!" Aim. some one congratulated ayouitg ii.ariied v. imutii of the al imd.Tiice of the vintage; she answered "how vv e si.nli be thumped tins winter! ihe hu-bmids when tin-v are more prodigal of blows: wine will le t**o cheap; • lieapnc'S mull.plies tor t.ie court: he ea-es of assault and battery, wounding, reviling.” Ac. Losi x itv or Mr I F.S.—Sa_v s the Larieaster (Pa.) Examiner, w e have numerous reports of mules attaining tin sge of t >rty. fifty or sixty years of age. and Col. Middlvtoii of South Car olina slated some years ago that he had oue at work on his plantation eighty years old ; and w e have seen an account of a mid* in Ireland, certified to have been at work since 17"7, making over one hundred and fifty years old. This, is of course, a wry uncommon ago, bat w e are satisfied that with proper usage, mules would commonly attain to about forty years, being serviceable to the last, and this should be counted as one ot the elements of their value. Si hmkhoeii Artiiieuv.— A few days ago some residents ot Long Branch. X. J., w hile surveying in the vicinity of the beach, at an uncommonly low state of the tide, found five large brass cannons of Spanish manufacture.— it is thought they were either lost or throws overboard during the revolution, but there is neither record nor tradition of the loss of any w ar vessel in that neighborhood. AN ACT To collect interest on open accounts in this State, utter they are due; and to tix the time when accounts shall fall due, when the same is not agreed upon by the parties. Sei . Ist. The General Assembly of the State ofGeorgia do enact. That all accounts in thi' State, made after the first day ot Jan uary next, shall be held and considered as beeoniitig due <>n the first day of January next, after such accounts arc made, unless a different .lay is agreed upon bv the parties ; ami that all accounts, alter becoming due as atoresaiii: shall draw interest at seven per cent, per annum; and shall be placed upon the same footing, as regards interest, that liquidated demands are. Sec. 2d Repeal'conflicting laws. Approved Doceml'er loth, 1858. RAILROAD DISASTERS Columbus Dec. 31. —The train due here this morning from Macon ran into a culvert near , Columbus that had been washed out. killing two of the train men. and breaking the jaw of the engineer. t The train going tow arils Macon, and having I twenty-nine per-ons on board, including the i train men. tell through a bridge sixteen miles from Columbus, killing seventeen persons.— . The follow itig bodies have lieen recovered : , two Misses Grice, of Salem Ala; a lady and , three children of Texas ; two unknown ladies • of Calumbus; and W. 11. Snell one of train f hands. There are other bodies not yet recov ered. Among the twelve saved were the con ductor of the train, Mr. Snell. Dr. Phillips of Ala.. S. M. Blake of New York ; a gentleman i from Texas ; a gentleman from Ala ; and four I 1 others wlu.se names were not ascertained. The Cost of Ten Days Congressional Idle- Ac.a, the Washington corresjKindent of the Baltimore Sun, states that the cost to the peo ple of this week's Congressional idleness, in the-liape of pay and mileage to members, is sHO.ihhi or $3iH) to each member. The entire cost for the session will lie $1,150,000. I ri der the per diem sy-tem the r.i-t would have been s4s'i.noo, with more service, because there were then no adjournment' over tor more than three days, on account ol the stop I .ag< • of pay. —Th e St a tee. Central R. R. & Bankino Co.—lt will la seen from our list ot sabs, before the Court House, yesterday, that sixty-six shares of tin •to. k ot this Company were sold at the high price, us one hundred and nerentren dollart per •hare '. Sat. Hep. i-fd" The negro who killed Thoma* Bagby ! 1 Jr., of thia comity, w ill ba hung tomorrow. I LAWLESS DOINGS IN KANSAS The Jefferson Citv Examiner learns from a reliable source that Fort Scott, Kansas, on the night of loth was attacked by the outlaw Montgomery, at the head of 200 men, and the town taken and some live or 'six persons kill ed. The object ot the attack was the release of one of Montgomery's men, who w as confin ed under an indSrtment for murder. It is fear ed that the town was entirely destroyed. It is reported that a band of thieves and as sassins front Kansas entered Vernon county, Missouri, ami killed David Cruse, and stole a lot of cattle ami horses. About the same time two parties, under Brown and Montgomery, entered Missouri, on the Little Osage river, and stole a negro woman, took Win. Lane prison er. and carried him into the Territory, but re leased him the following day. An express had been sent to the Governor of Missouri for as sistance to protect life.and property. — Ex. CITY SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MACON 4 BRUNS. Wl< K RAILROAD In order that our citizens may act ttnder ' stahdingly ami know the mode of proceedure in making this subscription in a legal form, we copy for their information, from the charter of I the city, the section under which it will have to be done, which reads as follows: Be it further enacted. That the said May or and Council shall have authority, on the re commendation of a majority of citizens in pub lic meeting, to subscribe for the stock of rail roads or such other internal improvements, or of such as may be for the interest and advan tage of tin city of Macon, to borrow money on the faith and credit of the city to pay the same and to impose a special tax to meet such debt so created : Protided, That the special tax be ing authorized, shall not exceed one-half of one per cent, in any one year; And Provided, The aggregate amount of indebtedness of said city hereby authorized, shall not at any one time exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Passed December 28, 1853. PROCEEDINGS OF MACON PROTECTION FIRE COMPANY NO 1. At the regular meeting of this Company held at their room on Tuesday night, the 4th inst., the follow ing Preamble ami Resolutions were introduced by W- S. Ballard, and unanimously adopted : Whbbe.is. the Almighty Ruler of Human Events has by a sudden dispensation withdrawn from our midst our frieml and brotlu-r. lit <;u T. Powei.i.—the first memlier <leeeused since the organization of our corps —therefore t»e it, Rk.«ot.vi:i>, That appreciating his worth and many -..eial qualifies, mol deeply lamenting histleath we deem it due both to him and ourselves to give some public inauifcstatiou of our profound regret at hie loss. Rtisotv co further, That we hereby tender to the family and friends of our deceased brother our heart felt sympathies on this mclaneboly occasion ; and bo it also resolved ilia* a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of the det-eased. Resoi.vud, That a copy be furnished to each of the city papers with the request to publish the same. Tub Dcpoxt Wr.t.t. at Lo’ i.-', ii.i.k, Kex tccky.—J. Lawrence Smith, professor of chemistry in the i.'niversity of Louisville, has recently made an interesting report upon this work of art. We copy as follow s; "At the iLqitli of !.*»'>■» tect. a siiiid rock was ■ reached, doubtless of the lower Silurian, ami 97 feet 'leper tvas i neomitered the fir-t stream of water whi li reached the -ustacc. This flowed wut abundantly ami with much force i’he quantity not being sufficient, the boring was continued. Alter this it was unnecessary to use the bucket to take out the materia! detached by the borer, the force of the water bring up the fragments very readily. The water increased in quantity in going deeper the increase being more marked at 1.879 feet, and still more at 1,900, w here pieces of rock weighing an ounce or two came up w ith the water. The water Wicreased every ten or twenty feet to the depth of 2.030 teet ; here a very hard magnesian limestone was encounter ed, 0 feet in thickness. After which the sand rock reappeared, and for the next 5o feet there was no increase ot water. ‘■From the urgent request ot many citizens of Louisville the boring was now stopped to give a fair test to the medical virtues of the water that was pouring forth at the rate of 230 gallons per minute, or about 330,000 gallons in 24 hours. The water by its own pressure rises in pipes 170 feet above the surface. "The Imritig was accomplished in Iff months, and the depth reached is 2,0811 feet, which depth we can better conceive of by referring to corresponding heights us rep esented by spires in our city: imagine seven such spires as that of the Catholic Cathredral piled on each other.’’ The water is very analogous in composition t<> the far famed Kissingen water of Bavaris, and of Blue Lick in Kentucky. JERSEY PRINTER STARVED TO DEATH IN NEW YORK The I’lninficld Gazette, in alluding to the death in New York recently, of Mr. L. R. Blanchard, a first class printer, says : ••We knew him personally, having worked in the same office with iim many a day. About three years ago he published a paper in the city of New Brunswick, called the Middle sex Independent. He then worked on the New Brunswick Fredonian, but work failing there, he went to New York to seek employ ment, leaving his wile and three interesting children remaining in New Brunswick. About every two or three weeks he would return to New Brunswick to see his family. A short time ago. his prolonged absence from his home alarmed his w ife to such an extent that she went to New York for the purpose of seeking him. ami with the assistance of several friends, and alter two or three days search they sue ceeded in finding him in a garret in that city, where he had lain unwell and uncared tor. not being able, to help himself. It is supposed he had literally starved to death for the want ! of the common necessaries of life. When found be wa* >o near dead that he lived but a day longer. This occtired in a city that annual ly spends from eight to ten millions to govern it. This, we would say, is the field for our Missionary Societies to labor in. Hoop. False Hair, High Heels and Matri mony.—An act was introduced into the En glish Parliament in 1770, “that all women. ( of w hatever age, rank, profession, or degree, whether virgins, maids or widows, that shall, from and after such act, impose upon, reduce. ; and betray into matrimony, any of his majes ty’s subjects, by the scent*, paints, cosmetic* wudie*. artificial teeth, Jalae hair. Spanish , wool, iron >tays, hoops, high heeled shoes, bolstered hips, shall incur the penalty of the law now in force against witchcraft and like' mixleineauor'* and that the marriage, upon conviction, shall stand null ami void.’’ Good Story.—The following story is told of lemmy Maher, who ha* so long been the gar- ’ dener of the Presidential mansion in Washing ton : The Pre**idm; had heard rumors that Jcmmv • i wa< accustomed to get drunk, ami be uncivil to the i i»itor* at the White House, so one bright morning he Mimtmmed him into hi* presence to receive hi* <li*mi*eal “Jemmy, ’* said the President. *1 hear bad stories about yon. It is said yon are constantly drunk and uncivil to vimtor*. Jemmy wa* puzzled for a reply -at lust he said: “Mr. President. ba | dad. I hear much worse stories alnuit you. but do you think I believe them 1 No, by the puw- i I er*, I know they are lies,’* TiieUixo.—Much ha* been said and written in favor of the noble and manly artot self-defence. As art, it is certainly deserving e.f some con sideration, since it is a healthful recreation, and it is well that one should know how to ' defend himself from a pugilistic attack. It would, doubtless, be better if our people would i cultivate the art more than they have, and that where pistols and knives are now used the fists should be substituted. The principles which have become attached to this art are also in its favor. You are not ]>ermittcd to strikeyour antagonist below a certain mark, ami you are disgraced if you hit him when he is down. Contrast this with the governing principles in a rough and tumble fight in most ' parts of our country. The contestants kick, I bite, gouge, and inflict all the injury in their power, deeming it perfectly fair to jump upon and stamp upon the one who may unfortunate- I ly be thrown down. The more Civilized resort I to pistols and knives, anil when the former 1 has failed to do its work the latter is resorted to when scenes worthy of a slaughter house is frequently enacted. In England the prize fight has for a long ; period been an acknowledged institution. I There the most respectable persons have not hesitated to countenance it. The champion’s belt hnsbeen a goal which immense numbers have striven to reach. The names of Crib, Spring, Ward. Byrne. Caunt, and others, are almost as well known here as on the shores of I England. Here, however, public opinion has always discountenanced the ring, and the fights that trke place have been gotten up by “the I fancy,” and have come off surreptitiously. | Disgraceful and brutalizing as are these fights, ; as revolting as they may be to persons pos- I sessed of any of the kinder feelings of our na- ! ture, is it not a fair question whether the ring, ! governed as it has been in England by certain most rigid laws, has not kept the masses in that country from engaging in disgraceful encoun ters similar to those which so frequently occur among us?—,Vnr York Courier. I Corns.—We stated in anoth r number that the simplest, safest, most available, and conse quently the best cure for corns on the toes, consisted in three operations : 1 Soak the feet in hot water for fifteen minutes, night and morning for a week. 2. After the soaking, rub a little sweet oil on the corn, or any other mild form of grease, with the fingers for about five minutes. 3. Cut a hole in one, two or three thicknes ses of soft buckskin and bind it on the toe ; so that the hole in the 'buckskin shall receive the corn. The object of the water and oil is to soften the corn and parts adjoining ; the object of the buckskin is to protect the eorn from pres j sure. In a very short time the corn will become painless, and will subsequently full out itself, as it is a growth, and is pushed upward and outward by the more natural growth beneath. It is thrown out of the body by the action of the parts, as a splinter ora crushed bone, as being no longer a part of the body. If any thing else is done to the corn, it should be sim ply picked out with the linger nail, as cutting makes it take a deejier root, and dangerous bleedings sometimes occur, (jur object was to recommend something which we know to be safe, practicable, and efficient. We stated further that the original causes of them, to wit. pressure with a tight shoe, or friction with a loose one, would cause them to return, and even more ready than at first, becnil-e the structure of the skin about a corn i* malformed for life, and would no more become entirely natural than a finger would grow again if cut off. So, when a person has had the consump tion ami gets well, he cannot be said to be perfectly cured, because it will always remain with deficiency of lungs; the portion destroyed never can be replaced, yet by making the re mainder of the lungs work more fully, he may have even better health than fleeter bad before. Thus, it is literally and strictly true that corns and eonsumplion are never cured— because their very existence depends on de struction of the organization and s.instance of a part of the body to be replaced. There are corn doctors and corn salves, some of which lai ter are of very powerful con stituents. They do remove the corns, but for no longer time than the plan we have devised ; while ours has the preference, as costing no thing. and being wholly without danger. Itemcdies are valuable for the multitude in proportion »s_ they are safe, cheap and at tainable. If corns are pared down, from that time their base become more deeply rooted, and in old age blacken, gangrene, and ultimate death ' Therefore we advise the prompt treat ment of corns as above. It may be months before they return, but when they do, the same treatment, will always be effectual and always safe. — Halle e Journal of Health. A I’tcTfHE of New York.—A letter writer of Naw York relates the following touching incident: The next day w e accompanied a friend on board one of the Southern steamers. After seeing him comfortably located for his short voyage, and bidding him "Good speed,” we hastened on shore among the last lingering leave-takers, but after tiie last hawser was cast off, to the consternation of every one, a woman sprang from the boat. A dozen hands were extended, and landed her safely on the dock. She was perfectly calm, and with a slight bow of thanks to her deliverers, turned around for a last look at the now fast receding vessel. In an instant she was overwhelmed with uncontrollable grief—the most agonizing passionate grief. Sympathy was offered, and we soon learned her history, hi her own lan guage, made eloquent by grief, she said : T am a stranger, and alone. My husband has gone South, he can never, never return. They will make his grave far awa’ - , and I shall not be there.” And with tears and sobs she tur ned away. A gentleman near me said, ‘Mad am, why did you allow it in his feeble health ? Why did you not go with him.” With a dignity of sorrow that silenced all comments, she said, "Sir, I had not the means.” What a world of meaning was con veyed in a short sentiment. At one ghmeeyou saw the whole. The true heroine, fitting out her husband for his last voyage, with the un dying hope that lasts with life, the privation, you could see it in her scanty robe and pinch ed look, that bad evidently known of happier days, and the despair that followed, as, her hist sail duties accomplished, she looked at the insatiable ocean, bearing on its restless bosom one for whose quiet and comfort she had sacrificed all. Here was a scene from a drama, more powerfully portrayed than “Zer lina,” but the toot lights were missing, and the gay decorations gone ; the only music, the requiem of the win 1 through the ocean’s leaf less forest, and the careless surgings of the waves. No entranced audience, ready to crown tliequeen of the hour with thornless roses but a group of laborers, each with their own caresand sorrows. Such is New York life-- ’ the sad and joy oils *o blended as to to form the , light and shadow of the picture, that other wise would be incomplete. God help the poor unfortunate that form the shadow. An Arab Magician.—Caleb Lyon, of Lyons dnle. in his lectures on Egypt, relates some remarkable tricks that w ere performed by an Arab magician A cane was handed to the party for ins|>ectinn, ami proved to be a plain stick, on which the knots of the limbs were visible; on ret u ring it to the conjuror, however. I it becamea serpent, and wriggled about for a few minutes, ami then suddenly became a stick again. This one with the Arabs, was repeated several time*. The next trick was more startling. A black liquid was poured into the boy’s hand, and in it. as in a mirror, one of Mr. Lyon’s companions, a native of! South Carolina, beheld a rice plantation of his own State, and hi* father, who had been , dead many years, riding through the fields on horseback It is stated that adviees from Salt l<ako show that the Mormons stEl entertain an idea of emigrating, and have made a contract fur lands in the Mosquito country. Atlanta. Dec 31.-Mr Webb a bailiff, W(UI fired lit and killed by W. A. Choice, at’ noon to-day. —A public meeting of the citizens was held at the Court House this evening to deter mine whether the law should be allowed to take its course, or Choice should be hnng i m . mediately. The mob are now assailing the calaboose, and there is great Sxciteman't atutfu. our citizens. B WEAKNESS OF TIIESTOMACH AXft INDIGESTION. Another Great Cure effected by Barhate » Hol land Bittcrii The wife of Peter De Witte, living i n Holland Town. Shebcggau county, Wieconsin, suffered much from Weakness of tile Stomach luui Indigestion She had been under a physician’s care for some time, but the disease seemed to baffle even his skill, she purchased some Holland Bitters kt Olir office, which has given tone to her stomach ; her appetite and strength are returning, and we irmly believe that this is another great cure effected by your medicine. We have still to record many wonderful cures ef fected by this remedy, but bust wait another oppor tunity. One thing yon can rely upon, what we have published are from persons much reapected in our communty, and are literally true. J. QUINTUS, Ed. Sheboggan Niewabode, Sheboggan, Win SPECIAL NOTICES. BURNETT’S Cocoaine, a compoundofCocoaNut Oil for promoting the growth and preserving the Beauty of the hair. Florimel, a new and delightful Perfume for tbe hand kerchief, Kalliston. a Cosmetic for removing freckles, tan, san burn, redness and roughness of the skin, Ac. The attention of the Ladies is respectfully invited to this elegant article for the toilet. Oriental Tooth Wash, forthe preservation and beauty of the Teeth and Gums. Jonas Whitcomb’s Remedy for the Asthma. Superior Extracts of Lemon, Orange, Vanilla, Almond, Rose. Ac., for flavoring Custards, fies, Blane Mange, lee Creams, Jellies, Sauces, Ac. The superiority of the above named Extracts con sists in their perfect purity and great strength. Manufactured by Joseph Burnett, A Ce., Boston. For sale by E. L. Strohecker, A Co., and Druggists generally. Macon, Ga.. Jan. 21, —1 v Dr. Sanford’s Inrigorator informed by dis i solving gums, and extracting that part which is so luble for the active virtues of the medicine. These Gums remove all morbid or bad matter from the system, supplying in their place a healthy flow of bile, ihriyorating the stomach, causing food to di gest well, purifying the blood, giving tone and health to the whole machinery, removing the causes of the disease, and effecting a radical cure, without any of I the disagreeable after effects, felt by using Calomel ; or Mineral Poison. It gives such quick relief as to I convince the patient of receiving benefit almost as soon as the medicine is taken. We do not know of a single instance where it has been taken without benefit, and in nearly all cases a complete cure is effected by its use. It has acquired its wide popu larity simply because it does what it is recommended to do. It is constantly enlarging its circle of friends, carrying healing on its wings, and joy to the hearts ’ of those suffering from liver complaint, jaundice, dyspepsia or general debility.— Ruck** chain I ttr. For sale by ZULIN, HUNT A CO.. Maeoa, Ua. ■ dec IS iib LVOVS MAGNETIC POWDER A PILL.% For the Destruction of all kinds of Gaiden Insects, Ants, Bed Bugs, Roaches, Ticks, Fleas, Moths, KaU ’ and Mice, Ac. M hat greater trouble, in an hour of ease. Than gnawing rats, bed-bugs and fleas. Gardens can be preserved and houses rid of these pests. It was discovered oy Mr. E. Lyon, a French Chemist, in Asia, and hns been patronized bv all Eastern governments and colleges. Kefriencr can be macle wherever the silicle has been tried, ft it \ frt* from poiton, And harmless to mankind and do i mestic animals. Many worthless imitations are ad vertise*!. Be sure it bears the name of E. Lyoia —- ; Remember— ’Tis Lyon’s Powder kills insects in a trice, M title Lyon’s Pills are mixed for rats and mice. Sample Flasks, 25 ets.; regular size, socts. and fl. BARNES A PARK, dec 30-im New York. 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It may be ordered from J. Darby, Auburn. Ala., or Harral, Risley A Kitebeo, No. U Barclay St , N. T. tap<
