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Or OMtthlij press, : BY E. C. A A. M. HOW LAW. I - ' I From tho Albany Patriot Extra. March I -th. J Homicide of the late Col. Joseph Bond. s testimony OF witnesses and judgment cl OF THE COURT. We give below the testimony of Messrs. Sei- 1 lorn and Bell—Ute former being the only wit- ‘ n ess "to the transaction when it occurred; the <■ litter being familiar with circumstantial evi- 1 dence conncc'cd with this melancholy affair. ' There was other corrobnting testimony, which 1 wo deem unnecessary to publish. The exami- < nation occupied Wednesday, Thursday and 1 Friday. The parties on both sides were sup- ' po”ted by able Counsel, and the investigation, * which was thorough and searching in the ex- * treine was conducted with that courtesy and ! fairness which is seldom witnessed in a Court ’ of Justice. Here is the testimony: First witness, Win. J. Sellers. W itness wasin Walker's field and Brown was in Bell’s field; saw a man coming, who Brown slid was Col. Bond. Bond rode near and piisoner said, “good morning Colonel.” Bond -aid “good morning; you are the rascal that whippvd my negro”—striking Brown with a -tick; Bond struck the prisoner the second time with a stick, when prisoner either jumped or fell from his horse on the opposite side.— Bond jumped from his horse and ran to priso ner. caught Brown by the shoulder, jerlced him down and struck Brown with his stick—Brown endeavoring to rise. Whilst on one knee and j one foot shot Bond. Brown, when Bond struck him the third time, called to witness “to come ' over there;” Bond said “Stay where you are, I this is our own difficulty; we will settle it. Bond, after being shot, again struck Brown : with his stick; Brown jerked loose and ran ] off; Brown ran some ten steps down the fence, I jumped the fence, ran some fifteen steps into ] M alker's field. Bond follow ed to where Brown : crossed the fence and shot at Brown. Bond ! then turned ami w alked nearly to w itness and said. “I am a dead man,” and fell—rose and ! fell again. By that time Bell’s negroes ( plough ing near) came to him ; witness then left Bond in care of Bell’s negroes. Witness had never heard of any previous difficulty between the parties; witness has lived with Walker since the beginning of last year ; witness and priso ner had been togethersometive minutes. Bond I w as some two hundred yards distant when seen ’ by w itness; witness and Brown were convers ing about Walker’s now ground, when priso ner said “it is Col. Bond.” Witness said, "he saman that I know w hen I see, but have no acquaintance with, and I suppose he has been your master”—(alludingto Brown having over seed for Bond and speakingjocnlnrly). Priso- ■ ner did not say anything to induce witness to think that a difficulty was expected. Bond rode w ithin a few yards—three or four cotton | rows of Brown, on Brown's right; Brown ' turned his horse facing Bond; Bond got oft ] between the horses; Bond and Brown both i tell when Bond jerked Brown down; Brown fell upon bis knees ami Bond upon his knees, head to head; Bond rather over Brown. Bond recovered first. Prisoner drew his pistol from I behind him w ith his left hand. Bond’s stick was a small hickory stick, some two feet long, not such a stick as was likely to produce death. If a man had been killed with such a stick,] w itness would have regarded it as an accident. ; When Bond said, “you are the rascal that ' whipped my neg-o,” Brown did not deny it— lie made no reply : they were some two or i three cotton rowsapai t, w hen salutations w ere i passed. Bond did not stop ; und as he rode up j by thesidoof Brown. Bond said, “you are the rascal thui whipped my negro," mid then struck him. The difficulty occurred in Dough- I city county in Mr. Bell’s field, on the 12th inst., ] about 8 o’clock in ti e morning. W ilucss thinks the stick exhibited is the , stick which Bond had ;is not certain. When 1 Bond struck the third blow he had bold of Blown with his left hand; thinks that in that position, a hard blow could not be struck. As i Brown jumped or fell from his horse, his hat ' was about half off. , CROSS EXAMINATION. Bond made no enquiry of Brow n, why he had whipped his negro; did not wait tor Brown to reply, Brown had no time to reply; Brown was very near where he fell or jumped oft, w hen he shot Bond, lie had not had time to getup when Bond got to him, Brown had no stick in his hand ; they were rising when Brown shot, Brown made no attempt to draw his pis tol until he had been struck the third time. — Witness was in full view w hen lhe first and second blows were struck and could have seen it had Brown attempted to draw a pistol;— ' Brown was in Bell's field superintending Bell’s negroes, lhe difficulty occurred across a lot ] of land distant from any public road; it was ome three miles distant from Bond’s “ White Bid place.” The stick produced is a stick Wry short for a walking stick, the witness thinks that the stick in a close contest could be used ! better than along one. ami thinks that it would ' require a very heavy blow to produce death. V> itne.-s states, “that the reason that he did not state on l.is examination at the inquest that Brou n asked him to come there, was that he , was not asked the question, mid that lie did not think it necessary, as lie supposed be w as only 1 to ,-tate how Bond came to his death.” * I Jes'K S. Bell’s Testimony. Witness and Brown was speaking of Mr. ' Cheek. Brown said that Cheek liad told Bond I lies upon him, and if ever be evidd get the law "I M .’ ! ‘ his side, he would make a mighty flutter. M itness Brown then referred to Check. < th* night previous to the difficulty, wit ness and Brown were together—a negro be-I Longing to Hell w anted tn purchase some to- ' hf.tco from Brown—Brown acknowledged ow-1 n_- the negro a dollar and a haff, and said, yon I k<*i exttet coWe here on Snnday and get it, as j (mayinn away. a conversation with Drown n few days ; ■ ■■ u- tv the homicide, Brown asked witness n I s laid heerd Bond say anything about his hinnii whipped Bond’s negro; witness said 1 nhe bad not. Brown ia another conversa- 1 ti“>i -aid f-.at he v. as certain tlint Bond was mad with him for having w hipped his negro. Alter Br>wn whipped the negro—witness thinks it va- the night Ik-fore the homicide— Blown sai<l tint | H . | in d taken more from Col. ■ fie than he ever would front any other man; think-that the negro was whipped on Tues- 1 dry prev ions. loown -aid tluit some of Bond's negroes might Com, Bell's plantation, that others should not t;,r permitted Bond's negroes to tome tv hi- ; iiu.titiom The negroes which, U 1 wii said should not come were father and .other to a negro :.t Bell's plantation. They were favorites wi.h Bond. " ilne-s Ims -.ml f,, Brown flint those ne •- . ought to con,.. t , t| l( . plantation. Mrs. ix .i i.>ld Brown that tin t nm-temne. Brown . Inegro whipped was not one that h>. idtmlml to . : # nej[r „ t| lUt ( Maki at the Towhow u ; lantalhm. Th* negro ' , whipped n „ Bls kmiitli Shop immediate- j “•» m. t bh.su ji, „ f rutM , u t». iiiouii » 1m.4 Uu , | O c oil he sppnttn led w Ullin tweuty step* ; wit- | fete* *«id tv ilivun, dvbter juurnff t»|«, and I cocked his gun. Brown said I thought you 1 were tny friend, Jesse; witness said, I have been your friend; how’ can you expect me to be yonr friend now ; Brown said, do you sup pose that you could keep me here; witness ' said, Ido not know, but one of us will have to ' die before you can get away. Brown asked several times for his horse; had sent for his horse; told witness to go to Bond. Witness | told him it was useless to attempt to get away, that even if he got away from him he could not escape ; Brown said, you do not know, (or words equivalent). We went to the house; I Brown went into the house; washed his head and laid down. Witness loaded the other bar rel of his £iin in presence of Brewu. Brown went to his trunk and got out his money.— Check was the first man who came; Brown enquired who it was—ami on being informed, Said, tell him not to say anything. Mr. Walk er, Dr. Jeffreys, und Dr. Nelson then arrived, to whom witness delivered Brown. Witness was at the house, some three-quarters of a mile from where Boqd was, when the negro brought Bond’s horse to him. Tried before Justices G. M. Duncan, M. Brin son, W. W. Kendrick and A. J. Macarthy. Warren <fc Warren—Clark & Lippitt—Lyon, Irvin <t Butler, for the State. Vason & Davis —Slaughter & Ely, for the defence. Theprisoner was discharged. The judgment of the Court was published in yesterday’s Dai ly State Press. Miscellany. A Faithful Servant.—The burning of the residence of Cupt. Henry C. Davis, of Ridge-! way, in Fairfield District, on the Charlotte and i South Carolina Rail Road, gave occasion for a I i proof of fidelity and devotion of a servant. The Winnsboro’ Register suys: “Capt. Davis had in his possession papers, I Ininds, 4c., of much value, w hich we are pleas- I ed to add wore saved, and through the instru ] mentality of a faithful servant. The latter ' caused himself to be secured around the body ] by a rope, and suffered himself to be letdown, during u temporary suspensio i of the fire, we presume, through an opening in the roof which had fallen in. Reaching the place of deposit, he broke open the drawers containing the papers, and rescuing them from the fury | of the element, returned safely.” Fatal Affray Between two Little Broth ers.—The Spencer (Owen county Ind.) Jour ] mil learns that on Saturday week tw o little boys, aged respectively two and four years, sons of Mr. A. Goodwin, of Green county, got to quarrelling as to which one should have possession of an axe. After a short scuffle the ! elder one succeeded in getting the axe, und immediately struck his little brother in the head, killing him almost instantly. Leavenworth, March 17.—An affray occur red at Halton, Calhoun county. The pro-sla very men tried to break up a Republican polit ical meeting. The assailants were compelled to retire, und ordered to leave the Territory on pain of death. Judge Halton of the Pro bate Court was severely wounded. There is an immense emigration towards Pike's Peak. Bowman vit.t.B, C. W., March 15.—Two men ] and a woman and child w ere drowned oft' Port j Darlington last evening. They were in a small boat, which capsized in a gale. Their names are Mr. Crocker, Mr. Terry. Mr-. Terry ' and child. I Extension of the South Western Rail road.—A correspondent of tho Savannah He puhliiaii says that on Wednesdav last the mail train on the South Western Railroad made its I first trip to Ward's Station, on the Cuthbert extension. It is expected that the Rond will i be completed to Cuthbert by the first of July, and that the ciizous will make the Fourth the occasion of.a celebration. The -lot KNAL.S or the Legislature.—The j Columbus Times says: The journals of the last session of the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of this State have all been printed and will lie despatched to the Executive De partment at Milledgeville in a few days. The laws, also, will soon be in readiness, and will be delivered to the proper authorities within the time prescril.ed by the Legislature. To be Hi ng.—During the session of the Su perior Court, in Chattanooga country, last week, young Whlthwith, who murdered Hall, some two years since, was found guilty and sentenced by .nidge Cook, to suffer the extreme penalty of the law, on Friday, the 22d day of April next. A Caning Alatcii in K insas.—Hx-Govern or Robinson, of Kansas, was publ cly caned in Lawreace, a few days since, by Martin F. Conway, formerly of Baltimore, another prom, inenl Free-State man. The cause of the diffi i euity is not stated. Black Eggs.—We were shown yesterday I three eggs, one of them perfectly black, and the other two very dark, from a duck owned Iby a gentleman in this city. It is supposed I that the bird woe imported by tho Blzaffercr, from Africa, but h iw it reached this city, w e ■ cannot imagine, unless it was brought here by i one of the negroes said to be located near Cie i luinbia. “Juba" can tell.— Columbia Jl Metin. Capt. Daniel Brown, believed to be the last survivor of the Wyoming masssacre. died at Wyalusing, Pa., on the 3d inst., at tho age of 88 years. Thus. Brown, his father, emigrated • from Coune ticut to the \ alley of Wyoming. 1 and was the father of 21 children, two of | whom fell in I lie massacre, and ;J1 of whom I arc now- dead. The Wheat Cror. —The Clevch-nd (Tenn.) Hanner says:—The warm and pleasant weath er for the past few weeks has ha 1 quite a sal utary effect upon ti-.e cjuiiug wheat crop. Al ' though the winter » - as unfavorable for a good I erop, the present indications are very promis ing. Where it wa - put in early an 1 good it looks very fine. The Largest Land Suit in the Woin.n.— Suits nre nl»mt to be commenced by the Cher okees, wh i were driven from Texas many years ago. for the lands granted to tlumi by Mexico. These lands compo-c the richest and the most fertile portion of Eiwtern Texas.— The Fort Smith (Ark.) Tinies, of tho late t date, says that the surviving ( herokee« have employed able counsel to conduct the business for them. Armvai. or Africans.—Tim 11.-ntoL (Ain.) Herald, of the l<»th inst.. learn* thnt two wag on hinds of wild Africans hnd jus" nrrivoi' at a pbintatiou in fho vicinity of thnt place. The Rai.ii.lsNakj Cisr —The ease of .luhn W. Brooke, a snake ium ier. who was bit by a pet rnttl«*e>take mi 'J'ueaday, bus been ii'Hie od. His I'ouditiiai Lad ion much improved yesterday. The bitu was infheted u,K>tl lhe forefinger ot the left hand. It was stated that Mr. lir «A* has Iwen known to take a vtpar and other kinds of sm»ke» aud lei them crawl down his throat, and by coughing iu a pecui ar manner bring them up eg«m limees lex, FROM OUR DAILY OF WEDNESDAY. MARCH 23 GUBERNATORIAL. Several counties have already appointed i delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention to [ assemble at Milledgeville on the 23d of June.’t The popular voice in all parts of the State— f with the exception of a few malcontents— is <■ decidedly in favor of Gov. Brown's re-nomi- . natiou. , M ben arc the Bibb County dilegntes to be , appointed ? FLOYD RIFLEMET. 1 This finely drilled company paraded yester- < day in full uniform with well-filled ranks. f GEORGIA SAPTISt'cONVENTION. ' The Columbus Ewpiirr of yesterday corrects < the announcement made by several papers, ] that the Baptist State Convention will meet t j in Columbus on Friday before the Ihwl Sub- , bath in April. The announcement first ap peared in the South Haptlst, which was mistaken in the date. The Hrfuirr says . the day fixed upon is Friday before the fourth Sunday in April. District Convention. The papers in the'First and Second I list ricts nre discussing the time for holding Conventions to I nominate Congressmen. It is the business of the Executive Committee in each District to appoint lhe time and place for the Convou i Uo "' Bv-tlie-bye ’ compose the Executive l Committee tor ’lie Third Congressional Dis ' trict? Will some friend furnish us with the ! names for publication ? T-ic Sickles’ Case. It is stated that Mr. Sickle's counsel intend ed applying to the Criminal Court to com mence his trial on Tuesday (yesterday.) lhe Washington Star says: “It is intimated that the trial will disclose an amount of scandal far exceeding w hat has already been spread before the public, and bring, reluctantly, to the w itness’ stand per sons who have not heretofore figured in the newspapers in connec|ion with the affair." Mike Walsh; ' The death of this notorious ex-Congress man is involved in mystery. It was at first supposed that he fell mid broke bis neck in a fit of drunkness. His friends, however, sus pect foul play, as a watch and diamond pin he was accustomed to wear were missing w hen his body was found. The verdiet of Coroner’s inquest was that his death was caused by apo plexy. NO EXTR \ HESSION. Washington. March 21.—The government al dispatch, sent oil'this morning to meet the California steamer which leaves New York to day, states that I.<> extra session of Congress ’ will be called. The course which w ill be pursued by the administration in relation to postal service will probably be to pass the accounts and is sue treasury warrants as usual, in the place o of certificates as heretofore announced. GEN. WALKER. New Yoi.k, March Hl The Tribune'* j Washington correspondent says \\ alker’s de uarture for California is connected with a new filibustering attack on Nicaragua from the Pa cific side. It is believed he will be joined by Ilenningscn from Arizona. FOR IVERSON The New nan llaiuier in speaking ot Senator Iverson's boh) defence ot Southern rights mid interests in the late Congress, observe.-: For his fearless vindication of our rights, wo think it but ourdnty, anil just to him. that Georgia ■linnbl s 'lid hitn back to (lie Senate again.” We are pleased to learn from the Columbus ' 7’iihm that the distinguished Senator has re- • turned home “from the field of Congressional strife, on w hich he bore so gallant a part, w ith 4 his physical health and his accustomed good I Spirits unimpaired.'’ M SB 'q?“ “ Put out yonr tongue a little further,' l said a physician to a female patient, ' a little ' ’ further still.” ‘Why, doctor, do you think there is no end to a woman's tongue !" cried I | the fair invalid. i Discovery ofMysterious Sub. TEKIIASEAN VAFLTB. The following le ler, which has been forwarded I us, if re lia I be, |-rescuts some iuterevting fa-tw that nre well worthy of investigation. The parties men -1 tiuned herein arc ?aid tu l>c well known in Jackson • County : L Jac kbox, 0., Feb, 18C9. i Ti> the faUtoi' of the Enquirei':— Our village is full j. of wonder and excitement. Martin Maker, J. W. . Hugs and Washington Long, in digging a grave in the Cemctary near this village, about ten o’clock this morning, caiue to a large Hut st«»ne about tour feet " below the surface, which stopped tbeir further pro I gress until they procured iististance, aud removed the stone from its resting place of ages, when it was found to have closed the entrance to a subterranean vault. Al) efforts thus far (three P. M.) to enter it with a light have proved unsuccessful on account of the foul air with which it was filled, By means of a rake, human bones of gigantic si/e have been raisctl, rid! a small chain of silver, with coins attached tu I each eud. The coins, though much defaead by time, I have th- appearance of those in use among the Ro -1 i mans in the days of Cicero Africanus, though there were evident traces ot Lit r<»gly pl.ic devices that cat)- , ( not be dccypbercd. The uren at the cemetery hare by means of burn ing straw : made light to the vault, and though none have the courage to venture further than the entrance ’ ■ it has been discovered that there is, immediately to I the west of the opening, a chamber abuue ten feet I square, with steps, quite dilapidated, down its cast t eru side. Three other chambers branch out of this ; f one to the north, one to the west, aud the others to | the south. We are all curious, of course, to know when and P by whom these vaults wire made nml filled. Rev. Mr. Hunter and Mr. Armstrong und Dr. Knotiff. 1 have examined them as well as they could without going down into them, also the bones raked out aud the chain and coins, and all give it as their opinion j that these vaults were made by the same people who built mounds in the south eastern part of the Slate. The qu stivns present themselves to every one Wno made these vaults and filled them ? Was our country once the home of giants? (lEORfIE DaVEXPorT. P. P. —Four and a half. P. M. W. Long, nfter the straw had bur; t in the first vault fur some time, ven , tured down to make an examination, but the atmos phere was sn impure thnt he could remain there but a few minutes, though long enough to discover that the wails of the were substantially built of smooth, wrell sbajwd stones, and that there were a large number ot bums in them. Persons will arrive here from Sidney and <«to-m »rrow. and eve ry exertion wi’l be made for a thorough examination of this ••house of the dead" as soon as possible.—f'in citnwffi G. D. Another Missouri Speech. SiiiiK'liiHly has been (linking a s|>ee<'li in the Missouri Legislature—probably Mr. Pitt, who wanted tlie Bth of J’nuAry n lebmted : What do "entletnen want! J« com so dear, and hoe cake so sweet as to lie purchased only at the price of baling the State garri«oned by uiir enrinie*’ Forbid it, Jeremiah 1 Do yon want the In*titntlon« of your State red'iced to the condition ot affairs away dow n In Georgia, where n plantation eonaiat* of two overaeer* ami oi»a liigfwrt (lamghfi*.] A» tho poet “I’«l rather be along, inungy, .trat.ge t oiler d'W w ith a bob tail uu«l bei at llie mooti than m>t to m>, lLn» w tn* ow«, nt* native I State." [Great appktl**,] And 1 will defei d I l,er iualitutiuna *<> long aa gran ruui aud waler I |tv»L JUuirttl RppUuK. H From the Few York Herald. jo Memoir of Smith O’Brien. h ' Mr. O'Brien is the last of the transported w Irish revolutionists of 1848 who have coine to this country. He conies under rather different w circinnstances. They escaped from the penal t( colony of Van Dieman's Land; he has been o | since pardoned, and after returning to his native land now pays us a visit of his own free () | w ill and accord. a Il there be any virtue in royal blood, or in a | a long line of ancestors, William Smith O'Brien I w can trace bis pedigree not only to kings, but ■ N further back than any crowned head of En- I v; rope. He belongs to the most ancient aristo- 1 n cratic family in that quarter of the globe. J I He traces his ancestry very distinctly to ' 11 Brien Born (or Borlioime, as it is generally ‘‘ written,) King ot Ireland, who defeated the I Danes in a pitched battle at Clontarf, and *' I, Brien traced his line to kings before the birth of Christ. His brother, formerly Lucius O'- Brien. Bart, is now Lord Incliiuqin. lie was 1 among the first Protestants of rank ami in fluence who joined the famous Catholic Asso- , • 1 ciatioii, w hich, led by O'Connell, resulted in the achievement of its object. Catholic eman- ‘ cipation, in 1829, was conceded by the Duke ' 1 • t of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, the minis ters at the time, to avoid the alfernative of a j' civil war; for it was found at the Clare elec tion of the previous year, in which O'Connell * was elected, that the Irish soldiers in the Brit- ' isli army could not be relied on, and that, in i ' the event of a struggle, they would join the , ' side of their religion ami native laud. Yet 1 ( Catholic emancipation was of no manner of benefit to the people ; it only enabled the sons I of Catholic gentry to rise to distinction at the ] 1 bar, w ear the envied ermine of the judge, and ' gain a seat in the British I’arliament, where, I ever since 1829, the Irish Catholic members ' 1 have proved most untrue to the interests ot ' their constituents, and seemed to thank God ! 1 they had a country to sell. The principal et- ’ feet, indeed, of this measure w as, that it bene- ' fitted Mr. O'Connell himself, his family and retainers, who were either sent to Parliament 1 or obluiued from the government some of the 1 best places in its gilt. It had another effect. It made the Catholic priests loyal to the Brit ish government; their chief object was ac eomplisbed in the exaltation of their religion, and the bishops were always able to get their nephews and other relatives good berths, through the influence of O'Connell und other Irish members. The arch agitator bad found ont the secret of his strength—intimidation of the government w ithin the limits of the law. lie helped the whigs to turn out of office the tory administrations, and, in return, demanded their patronage. Il tiny did not give him all he wanted, he threatened to turn them out also, by voting with the tories himself and his parliamentary " tail,” or by abstaining from voting at all on important ministerial meas ures, which Was attended with the same effect O k’onnell and the Irish members in his in- , terest, though they were only a (Mirtiou of the one hundred and five who represented Ireland in a House of Commons of six hundred and fifty -eight members, heht the balance of power the w big und tory parties being evenly divid ed. In order to gather the masse* around him. he was ever agitating for this reform and that, and collecting large sums of money from the people, who called him “ The Liberator." His plan, he said, was to take whatever he could get of the debt of justice due to Ireland. He was glad to have it paid by instalments, however small. Smith O’Brien did not like O'Connell or his ways, nor did O'Connell like him. The two men were cast in entirely different moulds; besides, O'Connell did not want to see any man prominent whom he could not use as a tool. In 1828, O'Brien, in bis twenty-fifth year, was' elected tin mber of Parliament for the borough of Ennis, chief tow n of the'county of Clare, the great scene of O'Connell's ti iuuqdi. Tn the influence of his brother. Sir Lucius O'- Brien, the chief num of the place, and not to O’Cunneli; w as he indebted for his election. — Indeed, such was his independence, that in 1833, when he was solicited by the liberal party to bi coined candidate uunin tor Parlia ment, and this time for the county nt Lim erick, he consented only on the express con dition that O'Cnniiell's name should not be as sociated with bis in the canvass. He wished to be elected or rejected on his own merits, and would give no pledge w bateveln spite of this disadvantage he w as triumphantly return ed. without expense to himself. In I’arlia- ■ nie.it he showed the same independenee. In 1835, on the qnesti m »f the dissolution of the Legislatiie Chambers of Jamuiea. which was a Cabinet measure, he voted contrary to O’- Connell and his tail, and against the whigs. By his single vote the question was decided— the ministry was defeated by a majority of one. The premier. Lord Melbourne, resigned, and Sir Robert Peel was siinimoncd to take . his place. He was much abused by O'Connell and his friends for uniting with “Orange Peel and the enemies of Ireland.” But O'Brien promptly appealed to his constituents, who completely endorsed his course. M e should mention that at the time of his first election, Le fought a duel w ith the re now ued Tom Steele—a gentleman of the coun ty Clare. whose mind was considerably de ranged in after years—a sort of half made buf foon. He became a "fidu-t ArhnteY' to O'Con nell, who used to call him his Head Pacifica tor; and lie. on the other hand, used to say that if O'Connell told him to sit on a barrel ot gunpowder and blow himself up. he would obey him. At the election referred to, he said something offensive about .Mr. O'Brien's fami ly, which that gentleman pronounced “a lie.” An immediate hostile meeting, was the conse quence. Tw o shots wet*‘ exchanged w ithout any bloody effect. Steele, however, had a narrow escape; both skirts of l.is coat were perforated. O'Brien demanded a third fire, to which Steele's second, O'Gorumn Mahon, ob jected, and said: “If you will have another fire, it must be with me.” “Very well,” re plied O'Brien. O'Gorman Mahon wns a “crack shot,” and it was considered certain death to fight him. The ground wns measured and pistols loaded. O'Brien was perfectly coo] and calm, and ut the word “ready,” a curl of con tempt, peculiar to hun w us observed on his lip. Shots were exchanged. O'Brien was not touched, but a ring on the finger of his alver sary's pistol han 1 was shattered. It required more titan ordinary courage on O'Brien's part to fight these duels, for there was an excited election multitude present, and had O'Brien killed cither Stu;le Mahon, who were then the most popular men in the county, he would 1 have been torn to pieces, us d Esterre would ( have been, brnl he killed O'Connell, instead of O'Connell killing him. After starting one ooeioty after another, and collecting "rent” and “tribute" in all, O’Connell ’ ( set on foot the •jPreeuraor Association.” the , object of w hich he said was to give tlw British t government and Parliament a last trial, and | see whether they would "render justice to Ire- , land." by passing “eleven measures," which ( be enurucrated in his political programme.—> I ■ Having tatted in thia, as id'aourae he expected, i be I'oumiettced, or rattier reviled, tii* repeal ' a a git atiuu in lft4o, ai,<l be oompelled the Dublin i liOeral paper* Ui uuiue out for the uo-aaure by i ihreeteaißf t« <*vvu»e« theta, tad tv Hart rt»»l , oumala. The movement did not make much ai leadway till 1842, when the Dublin Nation ci vas started—a brilliant weekly newspaper, e< rliich became the principal < rgan of the Ke- ! p >eal Association, but breathed a warlike spirit, a rhich O’Connell condemned in public, in order V o guard himself from prosecution, though many 1< >f the people thought he secretly liked its tone. | h In 1843, were those tumultuous assemblages i c* >f the people in various parts 6f the country fi Milled “monster meetings,” held in the open 1 lir, which sometimes exceeded in numbers the j h whole population, men, women and children, of I 1 New York. O'Brien kept aloof, but took ad- i v vantage of the circumstances of the lime to v make a strong appeal to Parliament for justice, n He made a very able speech of live hours dura- 1 lion, in which he depicted the wrongs of Ire- j a lam!, and asked for a committee to inquire hits | t the condition of the country. After a protrac- ■ 1 ted debate of five days, the motion was refused, [ 1 by a vote of 243 to 104. I ’ O'Brien then retired to the continent of Eu- ] f rope for travel and to recruit his health. Mean- j 1 time, tho monster meetings appeared so furmi- 1 dable and so dangerous to “the integrity of the * British empire,” that tho government deter- 1 mined on prosecuting the leaders. The meet- 1 ings were generally held in places having his- i 1 toric associations which would call forth the 1 anti-English enthusiasm of the people. The last of them was called for Sunday, at Cion- ■ 1 tars, near Dublin—thememorable battleground : ■ of Brian B >rohoime with the Danes.—which was regarded as highly significant, especially I when taken in connection withone of the songs of the Nation against “the Saxons,” which had these lines: And we’ll give them a touch of Brian Boru, Said the Shun Van Vocht. Here the government made their stand. They had a large number of troops in the garrison of Dublin, and issued a proclamation on Saturday evening against the meeting. < (’Connell was cow ed. and from that moment his movement was retrograde. He issued another proclamation, warning the people not to moe., w hich, how ever, was too late to meet many, and he sent Tom Steele to disperse them. The troops were also on the ground. O'Connell shrunk from a collision. lie was at the same time arrested, together with his son, John O’Connell, Thomas Steele, T. M. Ray, C. G. Duffy, proprietor of the Dublin Nation, now in Australia, a tree man; Rev. Thomas Tierney, Rev. I’. J. Tyr rell, John Gray, proprietor of the Dublin Free man's Journal, and Richard Barrett, editor of the Dublin Pilot. They were indicted, not for high treason, which requires proof of “ overt nets,” but tor a conspiracy to subvert the Brit ish government in Ireland. By a jury of the "true blue” sort, a verdictofguilty was return ed. O'Connell, to the amazement and dismay of his followers, submitted to the sentence, and walked into prison on the 30th of May, 1844, but promised to come out soon again, and cau tioned the people ngainst arming. He appeal- I ed against the sentence to the House of Lords, the last Court of Appeal in Great Britain. It was at this critical moment that O'Brien, with his usual chivalry and scorning of person al danger, joined the movement. He had just returned from the Continent of Europe, and said lie saw no country half so miserable or ill , governed as his own. He waited on O'Connell in prison, gave him the hand of reconciliation, ; and presided at the next meeting of the Repeal Association. O'Connell hailed this as an •• event,” praised him. of course, and said “he did the best possible thing a’ the best possible moment." Meantime tho “rent” poured in and swelled to an enormous figure, but was all devoured by O'Counell's harpies. By the de cision of the H >use of Lords the sentence was reversed, on the ground that tho trial was not fair, and I. >rd Denman pronounced it “a mock erv, a delusion and a snare." It was suspect ed that this result was brought a'*mt by a col lusion of O'Connell with the government, on condition that we would gradually let down the repeal agitation. Certain it is Ire cameout of prison an altered man th >ugh l.e receive I a j grand triumphal procession. Ilia course was henceforward marked with great vacillation, and lie supported the whig government in Par liament, and got all the places heci uld for his relatives, friendsand dependents, and proclaim ed his agitation purely peaceful, and that i “the liberties of a nation were no. worth one drop of human blood.” This, and perhaps the ambition of the young men whom he overshad owed to play first instead of second fiddle led to a private quarrel and then open rupture, which ended at last in secession of tho "Young Ireland" party from the “Old Ireland,” and the establishment of a rival organization called I the "Irish Confederation." Before this step, however, at a great meeting in Dublin, attended by delegates from all pnrtsof Ireland, and frum the principal municipal corporations, O’Cmi nell solemnly signed a pledge administered to him by Smith O'Biien that he would never abandon the repeal movement till it was suc cessful. How he redeemed it, ail know. Smith O'Brien, who at first kept neutral be tween Young Ireland and Old, at length joined the lighting or Young Ireland party. To Riis lie was chiefly led by O'C Hindi's shameful abandonment of a compact. It was agreed in tne Repeal Association that no Irish member of Parliament would take part in any British matter, but only in questions relating to Ire land. The speaker summoned O'Brien and John O'Connell on an English railroad com mittee. O'Brien refused to attend, and was imprisoned in a cellar of the House of Com mons, but laughed at by the O'Connells and Co. On his release, however, ho made them laugh the other side of their mouths, for he was received by the pe >ple with a perfect ovation throughout the country. Meantime the plot thickened. O'Connell sickened and died in Genoa, in May, 1847. John Mitchel, who had been one of the edi tors of the Nation, and not deeming that jour nal oreven the Young Ireland party fast enough for him. started the I’nited Irishman, and form ed what he afterwards named a “party of one.” He called on the people to arm for a struggle, and told the farmers that they could have the lands which they held at a rent from landlords as free farms if they only fought for them.— ' He called on them and on all to strike for a Republic. This was going rather far for tho stomach of O'Brien, and he did not like it, though he said little publicly. Meantime the French revolution broke out. and all Europe was in a blaze. The Iris i. too, caught fire, and Young Ireland fanned the flame. A depu- | tation was sent to Paris to congratulate the successful revolutionists. Lamartine received them coldly, and, from fear of England, held out no hope of succor. This deputation inclu ded W. S. O’Brien, who. on his return to Par liament, was assailed as a traitor. He made n fierce and haughty reply, hurling defiance, and . then returned to Ireland and talked Isddly'— O Brien, Mitchel and Meagher were now prose cuted for seditious Speech< and held to bail An entertainment was given to them by the * Young Ireland party in L merick, where more sedition and treason were talked, and a report of the apeeche* having iqq eared in Mitchel’s own |Mpcr, ba was arrested underuu act which > luoi just passed making sediU Us language (el- I ouy. But we should mentum that Un building • where Hie lanquet was given to these pruaaru- t ted gentlemen, was assailed by an < »'< ’ mnelbtr 1 mob at the instigation of a priest, and the w hole t affair broken up in a riot, which rendered it '■ t necessary for the troops of Um garrt»>n to in- t t«rp>iee to sate ths lives ofthe guests. O'Brien | whv Hi»d7 nwbed mts Uh Uudwit X |ht n < is if desirous to die, was badly injured, and es- 1 •apeed death only by a miracle. This gave - ■ourage to the government to crush the inci pient revolution. Mitchel was tried,convicted, <( and sentenced to fourteen years transportation. , With all his boosting, and the vaunting of the ;l leaders of tho Young Ireland party, they let ~, him pass through the streets of Dublin to the a convict ship without striking n blow. The con- p federate clubs, which bo and other lenders in It Dublin told the world were well armed, either I* had no arms or were very loth to use them. g This was in May, 1848. and it was said the fight would take place after harvest. One step more was wanting to crush the rebellion. Purlin- |, merit suspended the habeas corpus tut in Ire- I „ land, which gave the government the power of i arresting till persons on mere suspicion, and ’ throwing them into prison without trial. We believe Sir Lucius O’Brien, bro. of Smith O'Bri en, voted for the bill. This spread terror, and ! the leaders tied from Dublin into the country in ' all directions. Smith O'Brien proceeded to the ' mountains of Tipperary, and his object appears to have been merely to avoid arrest till the ( country had time to rise. But the police and ( the troops were sent in pursuit of him, and a , collision took place between a large body of armed police and O'Brien and his -followers, at the house of widow McCormack, in Ballingary, which was magnitiisl in a New York journal into "The battle of Slievenamon (alias Slieve- 1 gammon), at which the British army were an nihilated.” He there exposed his life in the : most reckless manner, by going up alone to the J windows where the police were and demanding thgir surrender, which they refused. Sum after tiring commenced on Isitli sides, and some of O’Brien's nica were wounded. It is said that one of the leaders wanted to shoot him. because he would not allow him to set fire to the ! house, to which O'Brien objected on the score of humanity to the widow and children. He finally marched away with his few followers, and was uit arrested. When they w anted him to seize the fat oxen of the landlords and kill them, he refused to do so. and said he was no ' robber. The priests drove away his followers and prevented others from joining him. He was reduced to the necessity of sleeping in the fields, for he was unwilling to commit the peas- \ entry, who offered him shelter at the risk < f be ing transported, for he was now a proclaimed outlaw. Wearied with this state of things, and see ing no prospect of success, he was proceeding home, where lie expected to be arrested, but was arrested on his way at a railway station, tried, and convicted of high treason, and sen-: tence 1 to be "hanged, drawn and quartered.” The sentence was commuted by the govern- ■ merit to transportation for lite. He made an attempt toescape in a boat from Van Dieman’s Land, but was betrayed. He would not ac cept a oarole, as he thought it would interfere , with his right to escape. He was kept a pris oner on Maria Island, appropriated to the most desperate convicts, lie was finally pardoned in 1854. In this city, in December of that i year an address was voted to him at a public 1 meeting, w Inch was presided over by the May or. On his return to Ireland, he traveled on the continent of Europe, and published an ‘ able book in 1855, at Biusscis, on “The I’lin ■ eiples of Government." His pardon was un conditional; no ripentance, and no promise | of amendment could be extorted from him.— Since his return to Ireland, he has taken no part in any political agitation in that conn'ry, and recently expressed his strong condemna tion of such secret organizations as tue l‘h<r- i nix Society. Mr O'Brien was educated in England—first, I at the celebrated Rugby school, and afterwards I at Cambridge. The consequence was that his ' accent is very British, nod whether it be from the same cause, or from constitutional tem i pcrament, or partly from both, l.is manners | ' have more of the coldness, mid gravity, and) stiffness of the English character than the, warmth mid sprightliness of the Irish, it is • very hard to excite his mirth, mid rarely, in deed, has he been seen to smile. liis bearing has considerable hauteur in it. His figure is tall and commanding, mid he is a well formed, athletic man, but his features are by no means i handsome nor cast in the nristocrntic mould of the Briti-h stand', which is famed tor pro ducing fine faces. His dress, though neat and clean, is of a very plain desciptioh. He Ims considerable powers for parliamentary debate, but his ability lies more ill the matter than the manner. He is no ilmimgogue. He has great firmness—even .to stubbornness. His character for personal honor and integrity stands by far the highest of all those men who have figured in the recent history of Ireland. — He has ally.ays been e-tecmed the Irish Bayard —Sanxet xan.i rejiroche. By the death ot ! his mother, a short time ago, Mr. O'Brien in herited 4 property worth tour thousand dollars per annum. He is altogether, perhaps, worth twenty thousand dollars per annum in real estate. He is titty-six years of age, and his oldest son is just twenty-one. Humorous. “Bill, spell eat, cat, rat, lint, bat, with only one letter for each word.” " It can't be did.” “ What! you read the report verbatim pho netically. and can't do that?—Just look here ; 1 C 80 cat, r 80 rat, h 80 hat, b 80 I at." £■l7“ One gentleman said to another, at a ' law iu-tbe-ueck-dressed party, ‘Did you ever see such a glorious sight before?' ‘No, said he: never, since 1 was weaned.” “Is your bo se fast,” inquired a Ver mont horse-dealer. " Beats all creation."— “Good bottom ?” “lie's nil bottom. "Muy, 1 drove him so far one day, that it took me two days to get him back again, I J-f#"" ‘Come here sissy." said a young man to a I.tile girl to whose si-ter he was paying his addresses; ‘you are the sweetest thing on earth.’ •No I ain't—sister says you are.’ The question was popped the next day. “bseeby the papers," said Mrs. Par tington, looking over her specs at Ike, “the Judge says that Fugitive Slave bill is a statute. 1 know’d the Greek Slave was a statute, but I thought the Slave Bill, who ran away to be a purgative, wastleali and blood like other peo ple.” 2-i?” A tntor lecturing a young man for his irregular conduct, added with great pathos, ' “ The report of your vices will bring your laih ers's grey hairs in sorrow to the grave." “1 beg your pardon sir,” replied the incorrigible, “my father wears'a wig.” *-t 7 " Rev. Thomas Whitmore tells n story of his having attended church recently to hear an eminent divine, and the subject of the morn- . Ing’s discourse was—“ Ye are children of the devil.” He^altended the same church in the ' afternoon, when the text was "Children , obey your parents.” HiiMicinK at Fatsttevii.i t. — We have been 'j informed, that ou Saturday last, .Martin Me Kenrn was killed in the tow nos Fayetteville, • tin.. Io a blow on the heiwl w ith a iiiti lier, said 1 Imiv bwti thrown h/ VV. G, WrttluorehMid, I'ruiii wv t tli« aUne nniiir<liait4*ly m.ht I but arrlfad at after M« Kraru 1 ■ dr fed. Till* U about all kaihrd of th* |«arUcuiar» <4 Uua tualaurl»<».y trauaactiou.* FROMOUB DAILY ,0F THURSDAY, MARCH 24 Mr. Nath am Weed, Hardware Merchant of , * hia city, has kindly sent us a specimen bag of the • Honey Blade Hungarian Grass Seed,” which he has for sale. Editors arc generally too poor to own land, ind as we are no exception to the rule, we have giv- } i*n the seed to a friend, the owner of many broad | iKToa, who pTtniHes to give it a fair trial and report , progress. Meanwhile we would advise Planters to 1 get Home of the seed and try it for themselves. A peck of seed, we are told, will plant an acre, and the ' grass will be a great saving of corn and fodder. Tho Journal and Messenger. Our jwnliowi neighbor trios to be very witty in ( his paper of yesterday about the Democracy. Ilk puns ' are aimcious. but the D.-mocralH* party has stood things just as bad, and wo shall not be surprised if it survives the jokes of the Messenger. The 3d Congressional Distrit. In connection with the names publiahed in our last issue, wj omited unintentionally, that of Col J. A. Pringle of Houston county, who has been suggested by bis many friends for the nomination. Thus speaks the Empire Stub. W e believe that Col. Pringle has no aspirations for a scat in Con gress, he prefers to serve the public at home. We think he would make a tine Secretary of the Senate. What says our friend Steele to that proposition?— Col. Pringle was an officer in the late State Senate and afterwards compiler ot the Laws of the last Ses sion. lu both positions he sustained himself hand somely. We nominate him fur Secretary of the Sen ate. We find the above in the K'dercd Cnion.— Thcie are few men in the Sta'e a* well quali fied for the position of Secretary of the Senate as Col. I’uixi.i.e, ami none that ive would rath er see elected to the post in case the present worthy ineumlient slum Id not desire a re-elec tion. We understand that Col. Tf.riu nf.'s friends in his District intend urging his claims for Congressional honors. [eOIIMrMC.ITED.] Sons of Temperance. Tomiehichi Division No. 1, Sons of Temper ance, located in this city, having been reorgan ized by some of its old members, they earnestly request all old Sons of Temperance, n liether of Tomiehichi Division, or of.-iny other, to come forward and aid in sustaining a Temperance organization in our city. We cordially invite any and all, who may i feel willing to join ns, and assist to dethrone Old King Alcohol—(that is taking its thou sands to the grave annually) to come forward at once. We earnestly invite the Clergy, as well as the members of the various Churches : in the city, to give us their aid and support in putting down this great vice in our midst. , Ami we call upon the Fathers and Mothers to help us to save the young ami promising youths of the country, mid to do battle in this great ami good cause. Come one, come all. We meet for the present at Odd Fellows’ Hall every Friday night. 7 1-2 o'clock. Macon. Marell 21>t, 18511. [foh the state press.] The Streets. Vr. Jiuicl'inil: I am surprised to find the intelligent editor of the Citizen opposed to the City Council's grunting to citizens the privi lege of moving their front fences out eight or ten feet. It the fences are all moved out on a line, will not the appearance of the streets be 1 improved; or rather do you think the zigzag, ' or in-and-out appearance that the front fences in many of the streets present, beavtifi t. ? Besides the Citizen is, 1 know, in for econo my. if the fences are all moved out on a line, it will almost reduce the expense one-third of i keeping the streets in order. How? Why, ten l feet on each side of the streets wiii become the side walks and that will make twenty feet less for the city to work atffl keepnp. Good sense, economy mid beauty, al! suggests the proprie ' ty of moving the front fences out on a line. MACON. • News Items. The Fitii. Di e:, it Neu Orleans.— It has been stated that lidwar.l 1. mquet. a cotton broker of Neu Orleans, was killed in a duel on Friday of last week' by Emile liir.art. epoj i ratic criticomhe ZteMr. Mr. IL bad a few days before fought a duel with L. Piaciile Canonge, operatic critic of the C\iuri r. in which the lat ter receive! three balls tin- ugh his clothing.— After that meeting Mr. L icquet. friend < f Ca •longe, challenged H. The : • Ihe weapons were shot guns. 1 ade.il with balls, and the distance was forty paces. At , the first fire .l/r. L icquet was struck by the bull of his antagonist in the left side, near the region of the heart, which passed thorugh the i opposite side, causing his death almost instant ly. The ball of Mr. L icquet. striking the ground several yards in front of Mr. Hiriart. richotted in such a manner as to inflict a stnn niug wound on his breast, causing him to fall, but. on examination, it was found not to have penetrated to anv dangerous extent.” I ll.gh Waters.—Some of the bridges on the railroad between Dalton ami Chattanooga were injured by the high water last ive k. so as to temporarily delay the passage of the train. The town of Troupi illc, Ga., has been com pletely shut out from the iv..> 1 1 by high waters, for nearly two weeks, and the 110/<7i«m«. of Tuesday, says: "The ‘i.eauty and chivalry’ of the village have been solacing the iedimn of hopeless incarceration, in boat excursions over the swollen ami occasionally imionlit waters until recently encircling Troupville." fitg" In noticing the statement that a num ber of Africans had beeen anested in Telfair county, the Columbus Sun, of the 18th inst., says : We saw Mr. C. A. L. Lamar, of Savannah, at Fort Valley, on Wednesday hist, on his way to Hawkinsville, where the aforesaid Africans had arrived, fir the purpose of claiming them and taking them into possesion. lie reached Hawkinsville Wednesday evening. We shall learn the result in u few days. jfaoz A public meeting was held in Appling county on the 9th inst.. at which resolutions were passed, condemning the existence ol laws prohibiting the importation of negroes from Africa. gtajy The Savannah Ihjnihlinin. of the 21st inst., wavs that ulmin eighty miles of the Cuba telegraph line is completed. Mr. 11. R. Pierce, a ran of Dr. L nick Pierce, died at Fort \ alley, Georgia, on the lith lust. Rules for Travelers, The following rules are imjiortant 11 trail ers, and are not as widely kmnrh as could be desired . It has been lately decided that applii iu>ts fir tickets on railroads can bo ejected from the cars if they do not offer the exact amount of their fare. Conductors are not bound to make change. Alt railroad tickets arc g ww| nntil used, nnd condition* “gnnd for this day only,” or other wise limiting the time of genuineness, areof no account. Passengers who lose their tickets ean be o joctcd from the ear* unless they purchase a *oe<md on**. Passenger* arc L< utid to observe decorum in the car* ; and are oblige.! t > comply with nil reasonable deinat*'!* to *h >w tickets. ing u[>o»i th*-platform, or otherwiw ladatii.g ( a rule of the nanpany, readers a ja-rwm liable to Is- put from the tram N . has any right to III"* qwdise more i M«uU than he has paid b>r, *•>* article left on Uie M*ai, while the owner is teiuj»>rnrily absent, eutiil** him to the place mi in* return. The above rales are ba*ed up *u legal deci; j Official Report. Os the rroceetlinys oj the Fort Valley and Brututoick Bail Jioad Meeting, held at Fort Valley March If,th, 185‘J. Pursuant to the adjournment of the meeting held in Perry, February IGth, a large assem blage of citizens from Houston and adjoining counties met to-day, in Armory Hall, music from the Perry Brass Band being the signal for order, which was called by placing Dr. E. J. Metidiec in the chair, and requesting Dr. W. I. Greene to act ns Secretary. Tho object of the meeting was gracefullv explained by tho chairman, in a few pointed remarks, after which. Reports from Commit tees were called. J. J. L iwry, Esq., reported that the Pulas ki subscription had reached SBB,OOO : he thought that Wile >x had subscribed 831.000, cr S‘?2.- i 000. Col. Cobb, reported that tl.c Iloustc n sub scription had reached $140,000. Dr. McGuhte reports that he* had correspon ded with a prominent citizen of the citv of Columbus, and that he in answer to the same, had endeavored hi throw a damper upon the enterprise. Dr. McGehee stated that he had in his possession an answer to Major Howard's letter, ami on motion it was ordered that said manuscripts be read. On motii nit was resolved that the commu nication between Dr. McGehee and Major Howard, of Columbus, be puliahed in the “Nine teenth Century. Columbns Sun. Empire State, Pulaski Time-and all the papers friendlv to the enterprise. The foil owing Resolutions were then offered by C* 1. Cobb. 1. Ue.wlred, That Dempsey Brown, Esq., Sam'l Felder. Esq., Rev. Benjamin F. Tharpe Col. Wm. J. Anderson. P. F. D. Esq., J. J. Lowry. Esq., Seaborn M. Manning. Simon Merrit Esq., Hon. Norman McDuffie. James AVilcox, Col. Cobb, and Dr. McGehee, lie. and they arc hereby appointed a General Committee, ami are authorized to exercise the following powers: 1. That six of their number shall form a quo rum to do business. 2d, To CH all vacancies which may occur in their own body, and in either, or all of the Committees heretofore organized. 3d. To meet and sit at such times and pla ces as the interest they represent may require. 4th. To make such collections of fund*, and raise such subscriptions, as the interests of the proposed Road require. sth. To have surveyed as early as practica ble, the line of the proposed Road, from the town of Fort Valley to the initial point on the Atlantic aud Gulf Road. Gth. To cull mass meetings of the people, at such times and places, as they mav deem ! best. 7tli. To cam e such publications of proceed ings in the “Nineteenth Certury.” the Pulas ki Times, and the Brunswick Herald, and oth er newspapers as they may deem useful and • proper. Bth. To receive the Reports of Committee*, and to publish from time to time, such portions or all of said Reports, as tfiey may deem pro per. !'th. Ami generally, to do and perform all needful and necec-ary acts and things connect ed with the proposed Road, and the object of their appointment. 2. llixolred, That the respective Committees heretofore appointed, be and they are l.ertbv requested, to report (from time to time as they may deem proper, anything connected with their app .intment. which they may deem use ful) to the General Committee. ’ , 3. Josolrcd, That the inviilual members of , ti e Committee app >inted to receive subecrip tions for the erection of the proposed Road, lie and they are hereby earnestly requested to urge their subscriptions to the utmost of their power ami ability, and tn report their progie s ami sni ccss to the Genera! Committee, as early as practii able. J. 4. ilc.vJial, That a mas meeting of the | <hs pie be called in the ton n of Hawkinsville, on the Secund Wednesday in May next, and when , this meeting adjourns, it adjourn to meet at that time and place. On motion of Dr. W. A. Mathews. Bix'dceil, That subscription lie paid in twen ty per cent instalments U>r the first two year-, x On motion of Rev. T. B. Russel. It.Milrnl. That the thanks of thia meeting are hereby te iderel to the P.irry Brass Band for their generous attendance, for the tasteful ami most agreeable music which tbev have to day afforded this meeting ajul that a copv of this re- Jution be forwarded to them by tin* beeretarv. < *ii mo .ion : Hexolred. That tho proceedings of this meet ing be published in tin* "N inetecuth Century. ’ Pulaski Turn's, ami other papers friendly to the enterprise. After which the meeting adjourned to meet nt Hawkinsville on the hecoiid Wednesday in May next. E. J. McGEIIEE, Chairman. W. I. Gheesk. Secretary. k From th' Federal Vuiun. Macon---aad what I saw there. Mr Dear N: To fill my promise to let you bear from me from time to time, 1 will give you a short description ot my sojourn in Ma con. I reached here a u eek since. 1 have had leisure to see the place ami suburb*. The first place 1 visited was the Rose Hill Cemete ry, *if which I had often heard; it derives it name from Mr. Simri Rose, senior Editor ot the Journal & Messenger, a gentleman of great public spirit, one of Macon's oldest citizens, aud who I learn was seventeen years endea voring to secure the place for its present pur pose, ami w hich on es not a few of its very many attractions to his gratu tons care and at tention. The natural beauty of this spot, and its locution, overhanging the Ocmulgee at the fulls, whose waters sing a continual lullaby to its sleepers, would almost indicate that nature had originally intended it f< r the resting place of those whose slumbers shall only be disturb ed by the final summons. *lt is impossible to do justice to the wild romantic beauty of the I lace. It suggested to me Hugh Miller’s idea “ that as the dynasty of tlieyft-«4 was predeter mined to !e sucicedvd ly the higher dum-ty of the reptile, by the still higher order of the ■mainni'tl. so that of responsible innn is to be succeeded by tliat of glorijbd imtuortal man.' Contemplated in this connection, us a filin’ resting piace, death would be deprived ot all its terrors. From, the Cemetery. I proceeded to the Fe male Colleg*, a large eoinmanding building upon a very elevated site, overlooking tlieelty •- an institution the very first ot its kind in the country, reflecting honor upon the State of Gi oi gia. mid highly creditable tv the* enterprise of Mneon. From College Hill 1 was templed by the iieiHitifnl prosjiect t*> vi»il the adjoining viilag * ofA’iiieville, and was more than repaid bv n nearer view of it» beuiililul private resi dence*, surrounded by pretty garden*audtaste fully shaded by ciergreeii*. *Jt is here th** uiuuy of the uetdlfiy bu*ineM Ulen of Marat’ reeule, who are entirely liee from the nummer attacks of iiiusquitms, besides breatiuiig ap'if ei aud coofi r ntino*phere. I ret'iri'**! hi • different str.. t, to the right of the College, ui '* siu Bltracied tiy a larg • Mi l baud* i In* mg iu prwvas of cm lion, lite Asylum for tl*< Blind, s*l is* 1.-101100*1, tv *liicii lliv bW* Muie, aiU* vMMlHlMJabl* libstality aiq'H pr l
