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MACON, GA.
Saturday, May 21, 1859.
J5gT"Mr. J. H. Brantley, agent for the State
Press, is now in Griffin, Ga.,‘nnd is authorized
to receive subscriptions and transact other
business for this paper.
To our Patrons.
Having been again disappointed by the
Mills from which we get our paper, we are
compelled to issue this number of our Weeek
ly on a sntaljer sheet than nsnal.
The advertisements which have been una- |
voidably omitted to-day, will be duly credited
on our books.
To Our Subscribers.
We hate to “dun” just as bad as we dis
like to be dunned, but necessity compels us to
call upon onr subscribers to send in what they
owe this office as soon as possible. It is a lit
tle matter with them, but a momentous one
with us.
So “ roll up—tumble up,” and pay us our
dues; and if you choose to pay us for a few
years in advance, we will vow “eternal friend
ship” on the “altar of Hamilcar,”
FOREIGN NEWS
The latest advices from Europe, announce a
decline for the week in Cotton from a farthing
to three-eights of a penny.
No change reported in war matters.
Sunday School Celebration.
Yesterday the children of the Catholic Sun
day School of Macon had a grand time at Camp
Oglethorpe. They numbered about one hun
dred, and never did the “young ones” have a
more joyous occasion. The'Priest, Rev. Mr. Ri
ley, made them a very felicitous and appropri’
ate address, and all went as "merry as a mar
riage bell.”
The celebration was arranged by the mem
bers of “St Joseph’s Society,” assisted by the
ladies who compose the teachers of the School.
Drowned.
We learn that a valuable negro man, the
property of Col. Osborne of this city, was
drowned in the Ocmulgee near town, on Mon
day night. lie w s alone in a boat, fishing,
when the boat capsized, and being unable to
swim, he was drowned. His drowning was
witnessed by a few negroes assembled on the
banks of the river.
Advertising Aerency.
Mr. J. C. Br UN. one of the editors of the
“Southern and Northern Ra : l Road Guide.”
called nmn us ye’terdav. Tie will remain in
town to-day.— his ob’ect in visiting this
section of the country being to secure adver
tisements for his publication, which is issued
monthly at Louisville. Kentucky, and has a
circulation of forty thousand copies through
out the Union. Our merchants would do well
to avail themselves of this excellent advertising
medium.
Mr. B. is also authorized to procure adver
tising and other business for the State Press
Fair in M>c-n.
Tn nn< tber cchnnn wp pnbli«b n pomtniini*
ration in rp'prpnre tn boldine in Macon tbe
propn«e l Exhibition of Gnnd« of Continental
manufacturer. The aitirl* explain** itself, bnt
the late hour nt which it w.qg received rnrnpells
n*»to postpone further remarks to another occa
sion. and content ourselves for the present, bv
directing to it the attention of our cit* author
ities and business men. who cannot fail to re
coenise the importance and advantage of ex
tending to the movers in this matter the re
quisite faci’ities for establishing an annual Fair
of the kind.
We extract Hie following remarks on this
subject from the Griffin Independent South of
the 19th inst •
° A correspondent of the Macon State Preus, speak
ing upon this subject, reminds us of what we intend
ed some time since to have mentioned—that the
Messrs. Ross of that city, have gone extensively into
foreign importations on their own behalf. This firm
is sellin? from $600.0*6 to $700,000 worth of goods
per annum, and since they have commenced import
ing dir ct. we are assured that they are able to come
into successful competition with any other house at
the South. We also learn that other business men
of Macon, following tbe example of Messrs. Ross,
have opened a direct trade with foreign markets. —
The corresponded of the Press says truly, there is
now no excuse for Southern seaport merchants not
engaging in this business, after its feasibility and
success have been demonstrated by their interior com
petitors.
The “old fogies” of Savannah would do well to
profit by the example of Messrs. Ross and others, of
Macon, as the people of the South do not care to be
made forever tributary to New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and other Northern freesoil business markets,
especially when, by the exercise of proper enterprise '
on the part of our home merchants, goods can be fur
nished them at lower rates, through a direct chan
nel.”
State Bank.
At a special meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the Batik of the State of Georgia, held
at the Banking House in this city on yester
day, the following gentlemen were duly re
elected Directors of the Branches of the Bank
for the ensuing twelve moths .
For Washington, For Augusta.
Samuel Barnett, Thomas Barret.
Garnett Andrews, J. P. Garvin,
A. L. Alexander, W. C. Jessup,
A. A. Cleveland, J. 11. Phinizy,
I. P. Irvin, Lindsey Warren,
G. P. Cozard, John W. Walker,
Geo.' W. Lewis.
For Eat'n on For Athens.
A. S. Reid, John B. Cobb,
Michael Dennis, Edward Ware.
W. B. Carter. John R. Mathews,
S. B. M irshall, R. L. M as,
B. F. Adams, Wm. G. DeLong.
(SattanaA Republican.
TOR THE STATE PRESS.
Direct Trade—The Exhibition
Messrs. Editors :—The place of holding the
proposed Exhibition of Goods of Continental
manufacture, having been submitted to me, 1
would greatly prefer Macon; accordingly 1
have written to the Mayor of the City and re
quested him to submit the subject to the con
sideration of Council. I have also written t<
j gentlemen in the City and requested their co-op
eration ; my object in thus writing, is to ascer
tain whether the City and citizens will agree to
make the arrangements necessary for the Ex
hibition. While lam waiting the action of the
authorities and citizens, will you do me the fa
vor of publisling the following extract of a let-
I ter, just received, from the Secretary of the
“Continental and Southern Direct Trade Asso
ciation.”
I am, gentlemen, very re ipectfully, Ac.,
HOWELL COBB,
“Brussels, 28th April, 1859.
Wc have the pleasure of informing you that
a meeting took place on yesterday, at the Ame
rican Legation, (here in Brussels,) ami that a
I permanent committee was formed, to proceed
to the organization of the intended Exhibition
(or Fair.) At the same time the idea was
adopted to make the choice of such a ship for
carrying the goods for exhibition, ns to make,
at the same time, an easy voyage from Ghent
to the South ; being the basis of a regular ser
vice hereafter. Besides the Manufacturers who
are to become the members of the Permanent
Exhibition Committee, were present at the
; meeting of yesterday, the American Minister
I here, (General Fair) and Mr. Bosch, our last
1 Minister at Washington and Mr. Blondeel, the
Minister recently named to go to Washington.
' All these gentlemen pledged the most eordial
1 concurrence to the affair; and we hope to lie
able to inform you, in a very short time, of the
first steps taken by the Definitive and Perma
nent Committee.”
From the New York Herald.
Melancholy Affair—A Native of
PHILADELPHIA SHOT.
. A sad affair occurred at the Clarendon Ho
i tel,corner of Eig hteonth street and Fourth ave-
I nue, yesterday morning, which cast a deep
gloom over the entire household. About seven
1 o'clock one of the guests, Mr. Francis J. G. Um
sted, a lawyer, doing business in Wall street,
arose from his bed in his usual good spirits and
I commenced dressing himself for breakfast.—
After telling his wife to arise also, he took from |
a shelf a pistol case containing a Colt’s revol
ver, and commenced examining the same.—
| Mrs. Umsted, fearing that some accident might
I liannen, requested him to put away the deadlv
I weapon, but he naid no hoed to ‘he advice. In
■ a few minutes afterwards the wife was startled I
' bv a loud report, and on snringinir to the side I
i of her husband to see if he was harmed, she
i I found him training in tho!a«t nwonies of death.
A stream of blood from the head showed that a i
I , vital spot had been touched. nnd nn-m --mm) ;
nation. Mrs. Umsted found that the ball had
entered the right temple, and had passed out
| through the cheek bone in the opposite direc- |
. tion.
The unfortunate man never snoko a word af
ter the fatal shot was fired, but died in the |
arms of his wife ns quietlv as though death had
been produced bv natural causes. The screams :
of Mr. Umsted for help soon brought a num- i
her of the boarders to her assistance. Aph vsi- |
clan was promptly in attendance, but medical I
skill could avail nothing. Life hail fled before |
the doctor entered the room. Coroner O’Keefe
held an inque-t upon the Ixidy of the deceased
some hours afterwards, when the wife of the
deceased was examined and testified to the j
above state of facts. Mrs. Umste I also stated
that deceased was in the habit of frequently
examining his pistol for fear it might, become j
rusty, and often times handled the weapon in
such a manner as to cause her great alarm and
uneasiness. Mr. Umsted had never threaten- j
ed to destroy himself but, on the contrary, was
ij J . .
.' a man of happy temper and cheerful disposi
tion, Although no cause whatever could be
assigned for suicide, still the position and na
ture of the wound rather precludes the theory of
accident. Deceased was 25 years of age, and
was a native of Philadelphia. He had been
married but a few years. The verdict of the
jury in this case was—“ Death from a pistol
shot wound atliis own hands, but whether from
accident or design we are unable to say.”
_
Death of Prof. Olmstead.—DennisonOlm- i
stead, Professor of Astronomy and senior officer
at Yala College, died in New Haven, Conn., on |
Friday last, in the GBth year of his age. He
graduated at that institution in 1813, was
elected Professor of Chemistry in North Caro
lina in 1815, and served ten years ; (when
there he made a geological survey of that State,
the first State survey made in this country.) I
and in 1825 he was elected Professor of Math- f
ematies and Natural Philosophy in Yale Col- '
lege. On s ibjects of science, he has been a
la ge ccdtrlbuti r to the periodical press, andhis
foreign reputation as a scientific man has been
long established.
An Item for M'ife-Whhters.—Judge John
son, of Louisville. Kentucky, last week, in de
cidirg a case before him, said: “A man has
I no right to whip his wife, but should be severe
ly punished if he were guilty of such an out
rage. But the woman, on the contrary, had
the right to whip their husbards whenever
they pleased. It was a prerogative belonging ,
to them peculiarly and inalienable. He was
only surprised it was not exercised to a greater I
extent.”
North Carolina Ball Room.—“ Miss can
I have the pleasure of dancing with you the
next cotillion 1” 1
“Well, I don’t know—” 1
“Engaged perhaps ?”
“Well, es you must know, 1 aint quite done I
chairing my rawrum !” t
Resolutions.
We copy from the Messenger the follow
ing Resolutions adopted by the “ Macon
Volunteers:”
ARMORY HALL. 1
Mat 17th, 1859. )
At a called meeting of the Macon Volunteers,
the following Preamble and Resolutions wen
offered by the undesigned committee, and
unanimously adopted:
Our friends have gone. The music of tin .
fife and the muttering of the drum, have ceas
d to reverberate through the forests of tin i
Ocmulgee. The sentinel no longer walks with ,
measured tread, his accustomed line; the |
sword is returned to its scabbard, and the mus
ket to its place upon the rack. Camp Ogle- ,
thorpe is deserted, but linked with the men
tion of its name, the recollection of happy 1
hours and “social friends attuned tohappy uni
son of soul,” is engraved as with an iron pen
upon the tablet of memory.
Be it therefore Resolved, That we regard our
renewed association with the gallant corps,
the Montgomery True Blues, an occasion of no
common interest. Their erect martial carriage
—their dexterity in the use of arms, and the
rapidity with which they performed the most 1
complex inanoeuvers, have earned for them a !
reputation which will ever be revered so long
as military distinction shall command our re- j
spect and admiration.
Resolved, 2nd. That the spontaneous courte- 1
sy and kindness of the Baldwin Blnes-«-theii
noble and generous natures, have achieved for .
them, a name synonimous with ah that is hon- ■
orable, affable and refined, as genial compan
ions, and surpassed by no Volunteer Company
in the Stake, as well deciplined soldiers.
Resolved, 3id. That our acknowledgments
are due to the Floyd Rifles and Bibb Cavalry,
lor their hearty co-operation in contributing
in every way to render the stay of <>nr special
guests, the Montgomery True Blues, pleasant
| and agreeable during their late sojourn in Ma
| con.
Resulred, 4th. That we shall ever hold in
grateful remembrance, the ladies of Macon
and Vineville, for the sumptuous Pic Nic ser
ved up by them in honor of the Military. To
the married ladies, we present our thanks for
this magnificent display of their enthusiasm,
and as for the unmarried,
We wish them no better fate (if they choose')
I Thau to live a long life an<l then die with the lilues.
Resolved, 5. That, Messrs. Grier, Ross and
Wingfield, (the Committee on behalf of the la-
I dies) are entitled to our sincere thanks, for the
| invitation extendedto onr trnests and on’s Ive’.
an-1 for their courtesy towards ns on that oe-
I nasion.
Resolved. fith. That to hi« Honor the Mayor
I andthe Citv Council, we are indebted for the
' rnnnv favors bestowed nnon ns during the En
i camptnenf—and esneciallv for their gratnit-
I ous and very liberal donation towards defray-
I ing the expenses of the same.
Resolved. 7th. That, to the Marshal and Po
| lice of the city, we tender our acknowledg
| ments fortheir energy and promptness in ren
j dering their services when called on.
Resolved, Btli. That we highly appreciate
I the favorable notice of the military by the press
I of the Citv. and especially the efforts of the gen-
I tlemanly Editors of the Daily mid Semi-Week
ly to fur 1 ish the Encampment with copies of
: their papers during the week.
7iV.ioZreJ.9th. That the thanks oftlie corps are
I specially due to those Honorary and Pav mem
j bers who e camped with us—and also to those
who assisted by their liberal contributions.
Resolved, 10th. That, the wounded of the
Montgomery True Blues have our heart-felt
I sympathy in their misfortunes. Truly it was
I the only cloud which shadowed the otherwise
: incessant sunny events of the week when the
' sad tidings flashed upon us, that three of the
| most gallant of our guests were named as the
' unfortunate victims. But while we deeply de
! plore the occurrence, we rejoice in their own
1 assurance that they are still True Blues, as
their presence in the ranks of their honored
■ company will ere long attest.
Resolved, 11th. That we regard the unex-;
peeted compliment of honorary membership i
conferred by the Montgomery True Blues on
the members of our corps who accompanied
them home, an act of the highest honor, and
will serve as another link in the chain to bind
■ us still stronger together, so long as a vestige
i of the name of Montgomery True Blue or Ma
' eon Volunteer remains.
Resolved, 12th. That, these proceedings lie
I published in the Macon, Montgomery and Mil
ledgeville papers.
Lieut. BUTTS. ]
Sergt. WOODRUFF, |
Corp]. HILL, !- Com’t.
Lance. Corpl. EINSTEIN,
Private BATES, J
The Florida Railroad Controversy—lm- •
portant Opinion.—We learn, from the Talla- '
I hassee Floridian, that Judge Law, of this city, I
has given to the Internal Improvement Trus- ?
tees of the State of Florida, a written opinion j
that it is likely to settle finally the long con
troversy in that State in reference to the pow-!
ers granted by the aet creating the Trustees, '
and providing a general railroad system for '
the State. It has been maintained that it was ■
necessary for all the Trustrees to sign the cer-'
tificates, preliminary to the issuing of the '
bonds of the State, and that the refusal of any
one of them to sign, will vitiate the bonds.— i
Judge Law’s opinion is adverse to this con- 1
struction. He maintains that a majority of
the Trustees may lawfully give the certificate, |
to be signed by themselves or their attorney,
thereto duly authorized. The Floridian says
the opinion is marked by an extraordinary de i
gree of research and ability.— Savannah Re
publican.
The man who returns good for evil, is as a
tree which renders its shade aud fruit even to ,
those who cast stones at it.
Miscellany.
A Btsnop Trdstino in a Sion.—The facts
in regard to tbe breaking up of a Methodist
Conference in Texas, and the expulsion of
Bishop Jones, have already been made public. '
but there i<< one incident in the affair which is
not generally known. When the Bishop was
cornered by the mob he resorted for aid to the
Masonic sign. The Rev. I. Blackford, in a
eport of the Conference to one of our Metho
dist exchanges, says: “The Bishop had, in
ibe hour of extremity, given the Masonic sigt»
the rabble dispersed, and the Conference was
i permitted to dose its session.”— Montgomery
■ Advertiser.
Restiti tion. —The Huntsville (Ala.) Advo
cate understands that D. Johnson, the County
1 frea-urer, has received from Bishop Cobbs.
, the sum of restored to the public funds
by some one who became, years ago, wrong
fully possessed of them. The Bishop says it
is useless to attempt to discover the source
from whence the money comes. The unknown
per-on now makes restitution through the
Bishop. To err is human —to make amends
■ forthat error is almost divine, and is what is
not often done in this life.
Another Homicide.—On Saturday last, at a
i justice court ground in the upper part of this
j county, one Jesse Peters stabbed and killed a
Mr. James West. Wc learn that Peters tnd
I his own son were fighting, and that West in
; terferred to part them; whereupon ho and
Peters got to fighting, and West got the better
|of that fight. Bnt afterwards, Peters catnc up
f to him with his knife drawn, and urged the
I difficulty on West, an 1 eventually stabbed him.
West was quite a young man perhaps not over
21 years old. Once more say O temporal O
mores!—Fayetteville Literary Casket.
Goers and Comers.—On Saturday last New
York parted with and received an unusually
large number of persons for and from the
oceaik The steamship Bremen took out 280
passengers; and the steamship Galway 230;
510 in all. The Adelaide, from Glasgow
brought 400 passengers; the Star of the West
100; the Monarch of the Seas, from Liverpool,
no less than GOO; the Daniel Webster, from
London, 190; Emerald Isle, 796; the ship
Republic, from Bremen, 232 ; ship Dr. Barth,
from Hamburg, 61—altogether 2,379 addition
al citizens were added to the Union on Satur
day by this port nlone.
One of the Beds.—A lady of Richmond.
Va„ has recently been presented with a nov
eltv, imported from Geneva, in the shape of a
mnsicial bed. which receives the weary body
and immediately “laps it in Elvsinm.” It is
so ennstrnefed flint, by means of hidden me
chnnism, a pressure upon the bed causes a soft '
nnd irentle air of Anber to be played, which I
continues lonir enouali to lull the most wake
ful to sleep. At the head is a a clock, the ;
hand of w’ ich beintr placed at the hour the
v, t-ln t<> arise, when the honr arrives I
the bed plays a march of Spontoni, or some '
other thunder and lightning composer, with
drums and cymbals, and in short, with noise
enough to rouse the seven sleepers.
The Weattif.i: and Crops.—We are now
having most congenial weather for the growth
of all kinds of produce. The corn is looking
finely, and cotton is “coming out” amazingly.
The planters have had a fine time to clean out
the grass; nnd with a shower of rain a week
for the next two months, there will not be no j
happier or more contented man than the hus
bandman.—Jfoiit. Confed.
Movements of the Great Chess Champion.
On Saturday evening Paul Morphy paid a visit
to the Union Chess Club, at their rooms in
Grand street, where he played two games, at
the odds ot the knight, with Mr. lador, the
President of the Club, and at the same odds
with Mr. Bereke, one of the finest players in
the city. Mr. Morphy easily won all the
games. The room was crowded with specta
tors, and considerable interest was evinced by
the numerous company.—A". K Xeivs.
City Mortality.—The following is the
weekly report of deaths in the City and Coun
ty of New York from the 7th day of May to
i the 14th day of May, 1859: Men, 77; women
71; boys, 120; girls. 111. Total, 379. Adults.
148; children, 231 ; males, 197; females, 182;
colored persons, 7. Increase this week 1 2.
The Widow's Mite.—A poor woman in the
western part of the State, sometime ago, gave
I Rev. Asa Bullard half a pint of chestnuts for
the Massachusetts School Society. Bullard
sold them at auction at a festival at Winches
ter soy (5. They were returned to him, and
he lias continued to sell them over till they
I have realised $37 50 and a part still for sale.
The “Pulaski Times.” published at Haw
kinsville, in this State, announcing the arrival,
1 in that town, of Col. Howell Cobb, of Houston
county, says : “ Col. asked for a stick
. and copy, aud taking a stand, proved, to our
, astonishment that he is & practical printer.”
There arc said to be from five thousand to
six thousand inducticled priests in Paris alone,
i many of whom have become either waiters or
I cabmen.
The sword of Gen. William Prescott, worn '
I by him at the battle of Bunker Hill, has been
presented to the Massachusetts Historical So
ciety.
Why is the Ohio river like a drunkard t
Because it takes in the “Monongahela,” goes ;
past “Wheeling,” gets a “ Licking" at Cin
cinnati, and “ Falls” at Louisville.
The substance of a verdict, of a recent cor
oner’s jury on a man, who died ill a state of
inebriation, was “death by hanging—round a
rum shop.”
The United States Government recently
gave an establishment in Massachusetts an or
der tor so many swords that it will take two
years to manufacture them. What's going to
I be cut up? •
A number of graves have been found in Mo- !
notigaliela county, Pa., containing humau skfl
etons eight feet in height, aud various orna
ments of exquisite workmanship.
A fanner in Texas is reported to have thir
teen thousand acres of land, twelve hundred !
horses, eight thousand sheep, and six thousand
eight hundred head of cnttlc.
Among a lot of thieves recently arraigned at
the Tombs, were Thomas Jefferson, Julius Cte- ;
■ar, (black) Jonathan Edwards and Daniel |
Webster, What's in a name?
A man who was blown up, in a steamboat
explosion on tlio Mississippi, lately got a ver
dict of fifteen thousand dollars damages for
personal injuries. He claimed fifty thousand
dollars.
The quantity of proof-spirit produced from
the bread annually consumed in London, is
three hundred thousand gallons, the spirit es
enping during the process of baking.
A Russian merchant announces the sale in
his warehouses, at Odessa and Sebastopol, o
-7,351 tons of iron and cast iron projectiles,
picked up in tho Crimea after the war.
A recent passenger from California, a Cor"
uish miner, brought with him to New York
one hundred and fifty pounds of gold dust, val
ued at $60,000.
There is a man in Tennessee who has lived
twenty-three of the last twenty-seven years of
his lite in the Penitentiary, and his eldest son
has just been sentenced to twenty-one years’
imprisonment.
The number of cigars and cigarettes consum
ed in France in 1857 was as follows: Havana
and Manilla cigars 36,086,500; cigars made in
France, 481,071.500; cigarettes, 6,478,000;
total, 523,636,000.
There are in the city ot Boston one hundred
and seven persons, copartnerships and corpo
rations that arc taxed upon a quarter of a mil
lion dollars and upward, and whose aggregate
wealth is $44,683,500. j
There are over 100 cases of mea-les iu the
town of Castine, Me., at tbe present time.
In Nebraska City, N. April 30, hail
stones fell measuring over six-inches in diame
ter.
The Morphy Testimonial.
The following description ot the chess-men
which is to be presented to Mr. Morphy upon
his return from Europe, appears in a New
York paper:
The white pieces are of solid silver, and the
black pieces of solid gold, standing upon bases
of cornelian—the metal being covered in all
cases, with elaborate and delicate workman
ship. The Pawns, Bishops. Queens nnd Kings
are all human figures; the Knights are horses
I rampant: tlie Castles are elephants, each with
a lioudah upon his back, surmounted by a
spread eagle. The white Pawns are Gothic
I belligerents, with clubs and helmets, and are
. dressed in skins, with the horns of the animal
’ projecting from their heads. The black pawns
I are less barbaric soldiers armed with the
' shields and short sword of the Roman legion
ry. The Bishops evidently belong to the
church militant, being stalwart warriors, with
elevated swords, buckles, hemlets, and even a
pair of Mercury’s wings. All the royal person
ages bear globes or balls upon their heads in
place of the crowns, which lie unused at their
i feet. Upon the shield of the wiiite King is seen
1 the motto “Liberty.”
I The chess-board is a splendid piece of work
manship. and artistically inlaid with ebony and
mother-of-pearl. The border is made of silver
and will exhibit at each corner, encircled in
wreaths, the letters “ P. M.,” the initials of
the greatest chess genius that yet ever lived.
The sides of the border are chased and beauti
fully designed.
On the first side are seen one pyramid in the
foreground and two in the back ground. Two
allegorical figures denominated Sphynxes lie
in bold relief at each angular base of the front
pyramid, and on its face are engraved the
names of the following eminent chess players;
Morphy. McDonnell, La Bourdonnais, Lopes,
Phihdor, Szen, Bilgner, Petroff, Kieseritzky,
Von der Lasa, Anderssen, Lowenthal, Harr
witz, and Lange.
The second presents a shield, with the arms
of the State of New York, and a sphinx at each
side.
The third illustrative pf a shield surmount
ed with a wreath, and surrounded with flags.
At the top of the shield is seen the inscription,
“To
The fourth side is surrounded with shields
and lances. In its centre is almost a spliynx,
coupled with the names of the testimonial
| committee.
B£i?”Paul Morphy arrived in New York from
' Europe on the 11th inst., by the steamship
' Persia. He played several games of chess at
. the New York Chess Club the same night,
winning all of them, of course. He will re
main in New York a month prior to his re
turn to New Orleans.
No Wonder!—A Japanese nobleman, upon
being shown a fashion plate in an American
I magazine; was much startled, and exclaimed:
I ‘How very fat your women are!’
Weather, Crops, <kc.—Contrary to the pre
' dictions of the weather-wise, as to the dryness
. of the month of May, we are happy to chroni
; cle a very profitable successsion of showers a
round the village, beginning on Monday even
ing and continuing through the night and
Tuesday.
Our accounts from the wheat crop of the dis
trict are generally favorable to a full average
yield. The frost did hut little, if any, injury
to it, and we hear no complaint as yet of rust,
though it is for it to escape what occurs nearly
every year, to a greater or less extent.
All other crops are doing reasonably well;
but the season is not sufficient far advanced to
speak of the them. Tho premise, however, is
good.S. C. Spartan.
Albany and Brunswick Rail-
ROAD.
The people of Albany held a meeting on
Inst Saturday, when the following resolutions
were passed:
Whereas, the representatives of the Bruns
wick & Florida Railroad Company have ex
\ preened their intention to enter immediately
upon the continuation of their Road, from its
I intersection with the “Main Trunk” Road to
' Albany if the citizens of this section shall give
responsible encouragement and aid; and have
requested that Delegates be appointed to at
tend a meeting of the Stockholders of the Com
pany at Brunswick on the 12th inst.. for the
purpose of conferring upon the subject—there
fore.
Resolved, That the chairman appoint ten
Delegates to attend the meeting at Brunswick,
; on the 20th inst.. of tho stockholders of the
Brunswick & Florida Railroad Company, whose
duty it shall be to ascertain the condition, in
; tentions aud prospects of the Company, and at
a suitable time after their return to report to
| a meeting of citizens tv be called by themsel
i ves at this place.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this meet
! ing, every interest in this section would be
benefited by the proposed Road, and that the
business and profits of the Road would be
| greatly increased by its connection with Al
! bany.
Resolved, That the construction of Railroads
and the aid which may be rendered by the
people, like all other business transactions,
are questions which are determined by the
pecuniary interests of the parties ; and judg
■ ing by thin rule, we believe that the people of
thi- section will furnish liberal aid to any
Railroad which will give them a shorter and
cheaper outlet for their productions upon the
seaboard.
The chair then appointed the following Del.
egates to attend said Convention:
Nelson Tift, W. J. Lawton, N. W. Collier,
F. K. Wright, T. F. Hampton, T. A. Janes, G.
; M. Duncan, C. E. Mallary, A. J. Macarthy
T. 11. Moughon.
The Patriot adds:
We learn tTat arrangements have been made
by the Brunswick & Florida Company, to ex
tend their Road to the line of the Main Trunk
in Wayne county, sixty-eight miles from Bruns
wick. The distance from this point to Albany
' is one hundred miles, and is nearly in a straight
line between Albany and Brunswick.
Later from Mexico.
The American Minister, Mr. McLane, ar
rived at Minatitlan by tho United States stea
mer Fulton on Sunday evening, May Ist. He
is on an official visit to the United States Con
' sul. Mr. Allen, attended by his private secre
tary. and was to return to Vera Cruz on the
4th.
No military operations of importance since
the sailing of the Tennessee.
Advices received from Degolado himself, and
information from other sources are to the effect
that his defeat was more the result of an unfor
tunate accident than of superior skill orbrave
! ry of Marqueza. His powder magazine, which
was posted between his parks of artillery, ex
' I plodod, destroying a large number of his guns.
Being out of ammunition, he was unable to
follow up the successes he had gained, and
compelled to retreat. This he did in good or
der, breaking up his camp outside the city
walls at day break on the 13th, and encamp
ing with his whole army that night only ten
miles distant. He afterwards retreated as far
as Tuluea, about forty miles South-west of the
city, and intends making the Point de Morelia
the base of future operations against the city,
which, from reliable sources, we may state,
are even now in progress.
Gen. Robles, with a small detachment (1709)
recently commanded by Miramon at Orizaba,
has taken possession of the town of Jalapa and
prohibited communication with Vera Cruz on
pain of death. Gen. Anipudia with about 1000
men has returned from his march towards Mex
ico in pursuit of the fugitive Jfiramon, and is
now encamped a few leagues distant from Jala
pa —we are daily iu expectation of news of an
engagement between himself and Gen. Robles,
as far as we ean at present judge, will end in
the evacuation of that town by Robles and his
forces.
Since the sailing of the Tennessee, two of
ficial letters to the Governor of the State, per
taining to ourrelations with Mexico, have been
published by the J/exican Minister of foreign
affairs, Mr. Ocampo; once a general exequatur,
issued to all American Consuls and Vice Con
, suls, residing in Mexico, to restore the exequa
tur withdrawn by Mr. Bounilla, Minister of
| Foreign Affairs of the central government. —
| The other official circular contained a letter
; from J/r. McLane, to J/r. Ocampo, in defense
of tbe good faith and consistency of the United
States, attacked by the parties of the central
government, forwarded by the Tennessee.
The British and French fleets were to sail
from Sacrificing anchorage near Vera Cruz on
the 2d inst.
Negro Thieves Caught.—Two men, Bliz
zard and Wooley, were arrested in this county
last Saturday night, upon the charge of steal
ing and harboring a negress, the property of
Mr. Paterson, of this county, and are now
lodged in jail to await their trial. They kept
the woman eight weeks in the neighborhood,
dressed in men’s clothing, and she was arrest
ed in the garb, in company with Blizzard, at
the time above stated. They (the prisoners)
stand a pretty fair chance to do the State ser
: vice, at Milledgeville, for a term of years.
Palladium
——
It is. at least, a characteristic story, wheth
er true or not, of an old gambler, who coming,
to the bedside of his son, in the last stage of
consumption, recommended him to “pray Use
h—11; for,” said he, “if you get well it won t
hurt you, and if you die, it will be a d—d
good thing.”