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From the S. C. Tcmptranct Advocate. | 'While travelling over me line roaus ui in*
Mr. Editor—You will oblige me by pub- j rj orlkj an d beholding the beautiful and produc-
snper the enclosed remarks, t ; cc farms the hills as well as the vallies cloth-
• -~ e ,u ~ j(j living green, or golden grain, my mind
would revert to the worn out fields and gullied
hills of my own State, and the contrast produc
ed feelings of sadness.
I determined in my own mind, if I should cv-
er return home, anil my life and health were
spared, that I would endeavor, with renewed
zeal, change the system winch had produced
those saddening results. The more experience
I have, and the more extended are my obser
vations, the more deeply am I impressed with
the belief, that the true interest of the Caroli
na, 1 may say the Sourthern planter, is, to raise
' all his supplies that can be produced at home,
’ first, and then as much more ot whatever he
-7 nmnnrr manv worthy and ! sources of information, and for the piesont we
While travelling over the fine roads of the prevailing l^anCe f ve wi n‘ s00 » I submit the following table, which appears to , Treasury.
lishing iu your f ,
which I made at the recent meeting of the
Monticello Planter’s Society, together with the
postscript. This request is made principally
to correct any misunderstanding (if any there
should be,) of what I said on that occasion.
Respectfully yours, &c.
W.M. J. ALSTON.
Nov. 12, 1344.
Mr. Prpsiden'T—It is natural that one who
feels a lively interest in Agricultural pursuits
when at home, should be attracted, when a-
broad, by whatever may be worthy of notieo
in the agriculture of the’ region through which
he would pass.
respectable planters, and that we
have the gratification of seeing measures adop:-
rectly under the patronage of the state.
Popular Education. r
The maxim that the people are capable of
self government, is very common place, but, it
would seem, little understood by tlie great mass
of our countrymen. The proposition, as we
have shown bv instancing the revolutions ol
England, France, and Mexico, is not universal
in its application ; and it is evident that even
the same people are not always equally capa-
ave been accurately complied, and which ex
it,000 to the Government
e the it!
crested in this matter w ill
J !■ "■I 11 ""
MACON COTTON MARKET.
Of I .
We hone die mercantile commu- i Stock on hand 1st. September,
1 Received up tp the X4tli nst.
Accordingly, during my travels of the past 1 may find profitable for market—whether it he
summer there was no subject, except one, which • c0t | 0Ili grain, hay, slock, &c., ns he may be
engaged more of my attention than the ngri-
culture, and its appurtenances, of the country ; This change in our system would necessarily
through which I travelled. I saw much to in- j brieg about an amelioration of ourlands, as well
teresf, and perhaps have gained some useful in- ’ as a “ ; ncreaso 0 f our income. We would have
formation. more time and means for making manure, and
1 propose td give the results of my observa- j p Crmnnen t improvements of every description,
lions, rather tbctil ascriptions of wliat I saw. | on om . p | ai) tatioii3. We would be enabled to
with us, | gancies with which families at the North and
All classes seem to participate in tlie inter- UicEast, in moderate circumstances, were sur
est which is felt—amounting almost to enthusi- ronn 7led; and when I saw the abundance and
L. ..n»nivl to u'lmUiiAf motAn/l to fir*- • Atinlitv rvf* nlmnst PVPfV tllincr 11PCCS-
i?si which is ilii—-aiiiuuuuug xuiuuai iu t-umuo.- rounV iea > uuu ' V,,C11 A
asm—in regard to whatever may tend to de- s[] r, er i or quality of almost every thing neces-
velopo the resources of their country. This g ' to su *pnly a good table. I shall rejoice
' - - ’ ■ — »r-- 1 ^ s J ee thc when we all can supply our
selves with as «?od food and -ra.ment as we
was strikingly manifested at the State Agricul
tural exhibition of New York. There, were
displayed the fruits of the industry and the in
vent. ve genius of an enlightened agricultural
people—contending for prizes more honorable
than those awarded for achievements in the
Olympic games. There, were to he seen the
greatest vitfiety of best specimens of the agri
cultural products of that region—of slock of
the most approved breeds—of domestic fabrics
of the loom and needle—products of the dai
ry—models of the various implements and ma
chinery used on a farm—a ploughing match,
more interesting than the feats of the Turf—•
and in conclusion, '.lie largest assembly my
eyes ever witnessed, under a vast canopy, lis
tening to one of the most profound and accom
plished scholars of New England, discoursing
eloquently upon agriculture and its votaries.
Mr. President, I contemplated that scene—
1 may say that succession of scenes, with no or-
dinar}' emotions. I rerd not tell you l was
gratified. In that section the cultivation of
the soil, and the subjects connected with it, en
gage talents, science, capital and industry —
The result is, that whatever is undertaken, is
apt to bo well done; and prosperity crowns
their labors. The travelier seldom meets with
n poor crop, or a poor specimen of stock, of any
kind.
Every thing evinces an enlightened husban
dry. Their crops are chiefly corn, wheat,
oats, and other small grain ; potatoes, turnnips,
beets, cabbage, «fcc.; the grasses, clover, herd s
grass, timothy, &c.
There are few of the above named crops
which we may not produce with equal success,
and iu mv opinion with less labor. Our natu
ral advantages are superior to theirs. Our cli
mate and soil are more favorable to thc pro
duction of nearly nil of the above enumerated
crops, than theirs. If we cannot produce on
all our soils, and in every season, as good Irish
potatoes, we have our sweet potaloe, which is
preferable, and which they cannot grow. If
we cannot raise clover with equal success, we
have our cow-pca, which is as good, and may
be used us its substitute in improving our lands;
mid as food for man and brute ; and, what is of
far more importance, we have in addition, our
ever puixliased *from’ our brethren of the Wm
and the North. I be.heve we will then have
more wealth-more of th? retd enjoyments of
life—better roads—less haro^hip and risks to
encounter, in disposing of our P*°*
duce—in a word, I believe wc trill .-ien e .
more prosperous, and a happier people*
1 W. J. ALS’lON.
P. S. Ey the above remarks, I do not wish ^
to be understood as ascribing to the Northern
people auv pre-eminence of character—any
superiority in a moral or intellectual point of
view. ; I merely allude to their superior attain
ments, derived from an improved system of,
husbandry, and the general improvement of,
the country. My object was to show wherein
wc of the South may improve our condition,;
and enjoy all the advantages of the Northern
farmer, addedto those of the ,South' rn planter.
In those times—when the price of cotton is
lower than it was ever known, and the prospect
is that it may never be much higher—it be
comes a grave question, for the consideration
of the planter, and which every one must de-j
cide for himself, whether it is to his interest to ;
continue to increase the over-production^ of,
cotton, by planting larger crops in proportion !
as the price falls; to enable him, by the in
crease of his crops, to purchase his supplies,
which may be raised on his plantation ; or, in
stead of this, to raise nil his supplies, and then
as much cotton or other produce for market, as ;
he may he able ? ' - i
If the latter policy indicated be pursued, it)
will then be to the planter’s interest to adopt
all available improvements in farming.
Whether the Tariff be reduced or not, no
observant planter or statesman will deny, that
lar^c crops of cotton have invariably produced
corresponding low prices; and vice versa ; and
that, however much a reduction of the Tariff
mav avail ns, there is no cause which will con
tribute to raise the price of cotton so much as
to Itecp tloicn over-production. This will be
done, cither by increasing the consumption of
cotton manufactures, by diminishing the ag
gregate of the cotton crop, or by both causes
me same hid —i j - i i at v r i.
ble of self government, as is rendered apparent ’
bj the histories of the ancient republics. Such t e " cr ^>>
. -i ij .,e ««• nnnllftf the maxim. Pennsylvania,
facts should induce us
sons to regard that people only ct
government whose moral and ini
dition ensures a rightful exercise Oj
cal privileges. Tyranny is nature
one nurtured in the pure air of a r
mind its hatred of oppression, but to direct at
tention to those causes of -which it is the neces-
sary effect—to show that a revolution, the aim
of which is the disposition of a tyrant, works
no reform; that the moral and intellectual re
generation of the people from ignorance and
exemplified as we have already suggested, in-
the system of government adopted by Crom
well and Bonaparte. The people had under
gone in neither of these cases any material im
provement, and the consequence was that re
volution left them in as bad condition -as it
found them. On - lie other hand, if we reflect
upon the retirement of Washington, from tho
elevated position which lie occupied as the first
chief magistrate of a newly reorganized repub
lic, we have an evidence, not only of- the pat
riotism which illustrated the life of that truly
virtuous man, but, what was of more conse
nt!, ence to us, of a social elevation among the
heroes pf t ,,e revolution, which carried them
through a »\ong antl tr y in S war * aod whiclTa ! ils
conclusion, enriM'C? 1 them so well to appreciate
and MM*
liiblt.s the results of tin-- systems row existing
in the different states. W<- can juflge.fiom
this, to some extent of llie comparative value of
the present system of popular instruction in
Georgia. .
Whole No. of per- Proportion to
sons who cannot tcholepopulation
read and write. of each, State.
Vermont, 2,270 1 in 120
■»s 1 oth 1 in L54 .
lunuitJ,
N. Hampshire,
942
1 in 302
Massachusetts,
4,44S
• 1 in 121
Rhode Island,
1,614
1 in 267
Connecticut,
1,526
1 in 588
New York,
44,453
1 in 54
New Jersey,
4,832
1 in 77
Pennsylvania,
38,940
1 in 50
Delaware,
4,382
1 in 16
Maryland,
11,005
1 in 40
Virginia,
53,787
1 in 40
N. Carolina,
50,609
1 in 13
S. Carolina,
20,615
1 in 29
Georgia,
30,71* 7
1 in 24
Alabama,
22,592
1 in 26
Mississippi,
8,360
1 in 45
Louisiana,
4,861
1 in 42
Tennessee,
58.531
1 in 14
Kentucky,
40,018
1 in 19
Ohio,
35,394
1 in 46
Indiana,
38.100
1 in 18
Illinois,
27,502
1 in 18
Missouri,
19,457
1 in 19
Arkansas,
6,567
1 in 15
Michigan, .
2,173
•1 in 98
T J3 Ij JE Ct Jl • ! F Mi .
MACO N
TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 24. 1844.
Milledgeville.
Our neighbors of Milledgeville have long
talked of building a rail road from their city to
riity who are m -t i
We have to ask the indulgence once more
of our readers, for the absence of reading mat
ter in our columns This will not be tho case
again shortly, and our excuse now is, that our
advertising friends having all become seized
with the mania of selling out, during the Christ
inas holidays, their
.53,729
during die last week, up to 21st 6,238-
Exported up to the 14th lust. 31.123
“ during die last week by R. Road. 850-
3,790
59,807
63,757
31,979
Remaining on hand, 31,778
Tiie stock of Cotton has accumulated 5000 Bales and up.
wards during the past week. We have to report a still far
mer decline in prices since our last. Extremes may new
be quoted 2 j to 4 5-15, though we heard of one lot being
' sold yesterday at*
Freights by K. Hoad, 50c. pr. 100 lbs.
Pole Boats, 1 50 pr. bale.
... . , Who would not Iniyl
Or3 nave IB Hen unusualy j subscriber lias received again an assortment of
, . 1 " T ^ K n „ nr , 1 1 new and fashionable Goods, and expects another in-
thick upon us. In our endeavors to please j + Le with lhe nexl arr i V ai, which. with his stock 0 «, hand
them wc hone, that our country friends will will be sold at COST—15ELOW COST—-O^i at ANY
* 1 . f. 1 , PRICE, for he is determined not to be outdone m genero-
not be offended. if so, let them look to our siiy, that is to say, lie will sell so low as to saake it the inter-
advertising column's and they will find that they ; 0 "
can buy themselves rich with a very little mon- j Macon, Dec 24. is44. j
as low as
A VOICE FROM TIIE PEOPLE’* STOPS.
GREAT'CLEARING-OUT SALE OF
DRY -GOODS.
ey. Wc have never known goods
at present, and can assure them that our mer
chants are determined to give them cheaper ;
bargains than ever. I nni . .
—^; 7“ r . JL nient to carry into elTect new arrangements, to take
Christmas is comili?* ♦ place on the first of March, 1845, renders it important, ag
. 1 • 1 t_ u t r,r\r\t 1 : well as absolutely ncres'sarv/ that the entire and valuable
And It behooves all who die fond ^f *OOd j stocl . oT DRY GOODS be for next seventy days,, thrown
things to call on Messrs. Rogers & -Smith, : opoifibe markei, wbe disposed of at some price or othe^-
o 1 0 . ; Cost or no Cost. However unreasonable it may appear,
at their Cake, Candy, and Cordial reposito* j yet the subscriber deems it absolutely necessary to ntake
1 , 1 * • ! the sacrifice, in order to close up his past and present busi-
ry, where every thing suited to a dir. * * ness previous to Alarch, 1845. We have no time to par-
frolic may be had at exceedingly low pri- ticularize, but would merely say, that we have got.to d;s:
* ° J pose of a great many goods m a short time. This is to be
ces. We trust that every young lady will j accomplished by cheap prices—and the people shall have
. . . . . I _ 11 r-n these prices fer the next seventy days. Thankful for the
remind her beau where lie ma) call to 111* f avor8 Qf a benevolent public in times past, the subscriber
his pockets to-morrow, and if some shabby j takes this method to say, that a continuance of 4he same
1 . . ^ . will aid us much in elositfg up our business with despatch.
GEORGE CLARK, People’s Store.
Macon. December 24. 13
fellow should forget it, why, it will be fair
to presume that he is not fond of kisses—that’s
all. _ . 1
The Sam Jones.
It will be remembered that this well, known
and favorite craft was sunk last winter a few
sides below thin city, by an accident which
| example, can their husbands, brothers, and fa-
been^foohsh'ly''said*bva .'ate English historian lhcrs | onge r withhold their assistance? Wo
that Washington voluntary resigne. t e | j i0 p e nQt>
crown of America. Of course . i Witli all the advantages of an earlier seltle-
Gordon. Thc fuir sex—whose conceded pri- she then met with. Since then she was raised,
vilege, from time immemorial, has been to and having been entirely repaired, left heie on
talk—have, in this instance, acted in the mat- Satuiday with a cargo of cotton. Much cred-
ter by holding a fair, and devoting its proceeds | it is due to her ownei> our indefatigable and
to a survey ot the line of road. After such an enterprising fellow-citizen, James R. Butts,
Wa
.*»
utei.1 in Lxcliungc lor Dry Gooiln,
,000 Dollars in 4Ja*lt,
ed with our political history t.e.-u renu b-1 ment; a liver equal, perhaps, to any in Geor-
.he Savannah, Milledgeville lias
the will of a single individual, but by the cem- 3U flfcred her younger rivals to monopoltze all
bined resolution 0 of a highly civilized peop'je, ! t j ie (ra de, and sunk gradually to a point of
and when it arrives at such a condition as to I mOTerc i a l importance, not greatly above'
depend upon individual character for support,
he is foolish indeed who cannot foretell its ruin.
far more importance, we have in addition, our one 7 al j n g n t the same time,
cotton and our rice. We can support all kinds 1 The reduction of tho Tariff would to some
of slock at loss expense than they. Our win- exlent very great,) increase the consump-
ters are not so severe, and as 1 have already t j on 0 f cotton manufactures. The general use |
stated, we may have greater supplies « f food. I ^ co j, on co tton bagging, instead of that dis- ;
Nevertheless they excel us. They make lar- ! c..i .m;/.!. entle.t « Kentuckv baciring.”
These facts then should teacli us to view
with more liberality the arguments adduced by
foreign wi iters in defence of their own exclu
sive systems and against the extension of the
right of suffrage ; for such extension, we do
not hesitate to say, if not preceded by great sos
cial improvement, is the worst foe to liberty.—
And as the same people are not always equally
capable of self government, we should b:- indi'
cd to inquire if the tide of civil zation with us
is advancing or receding, if the floating vote—
the many thousands of illiterate freemen in the
South—the pernicious practice of betting oh
elections—the violence of party contesia, accu
mulating as they are with the growth of our
population—are not indications of ignorance
and corruption in our social system calculated
to awaken the most serious apprehensions.
It would be interesting to trace the history
of the representative system which so essential
ly distinguishes modern from ancient democ
racy but we have already extended too much
oar speculations to dwell upon the brilliant re
formations which it has wrought in the govern
ments of Europe and America. Many cnu.
some cOgimon county sites. Why is this ? Is
it becau’.se die citizens will plead guilty to the
charge of a Iota ' want of-the energy and enter-
prjze common
10 others ? certainly the pure
atmosphere of old does not foster a
race of Beotians. The .mC.'sic of Oconee’s wa-
tera, roaring over her rocky channel where a
thousand busy manufactories be
uc ‘ surelv has not lulled them to sleep !
Is it because there is not sufficient capJttd.
Esq , and we hope that heavy freight bills and
profitable returns may reward him for his in
dustry and energy^
We are rquested to state, that John D.
Winn, Esq. is not a candidate for Alderman
at the ensuing election.
FOR THE MACON TEEEGRAPIf.
O. H. Prince, Esq.
Sir—As our election is drawing nigh, it be
hooves the citizens of Macon, to select such
gentlemen as are capable, and in every respect,
qualified to administer the city government.—
Tiie whigs have long had the majority in the
Council, and still se-ni desirous to maintain it,
and, while 1 am opposed to mingle politics in
city affairs, I would not see the opposite party
have all the emoluments of office, as has been
the case for many years. They always make
the election of Mayor, a party question, they
have ever endeavored to elect at least a ma
jority of Aldermen, in order that they might
i o -j., : give the city officers to their political friends,
that-the metropolis has lingered ? No !- ,^ erfcfore £ r> j thi „ k it incumbent upon the
Count their men of ample means, and where is j) ery20 ’^ratif Party, to run a ticket of their own.
another county which has so many ? A l'ttle ^y e ca ,, without the least doubt, elect our
energy, and a 1 tile exercise of money on tiie whole ticke', f° r no one will deny, thut the re
part of each, would raise the drooping head of j publican party C rL “* ,J majority in our city.
1 i.iii Yon will confer a x.ivor upon an o u subset-
tlicir despondent ci.y, and ,„.ke bar look IP ! ber, onewiw lias io»ff Macon, by
publishing the following names, as suitable
gendemen to administer with fidelity and abili-
without a blusb, among the other fair towns of
Georgia#
Now that cotton is so low as scarcely to re
munerate the planter, there could not be a more
auspicious time to agitate the question ol tiie
rail road. If'six individuals even—whom we
more enlighiencd one, and they ore constantly
making improvements. Wc should therefore,
to this point, direct our energies, both individu
ally, ami as a society.
In this connexion I may remark, that one of
their most important improvements is, in the
use of the plough. There is nothing upon
which the success of thc agriculturist depends
more, than the proper use of this implement.—
Of the truth of this, the Northern farmers seem
to be fully aware. The best models of the
plough, perhaps, in the world, are to be found
in the Northern States. The most experien
ced and successful furmera there, I was told,
will not use any but a large-sized plough in
preparing their lands for planting. These nic
drawn by at least two horses or oxen. Thc
lnri.er-sized plough, used for breaking up land,
requiros four horses or oxen. Those first men-
tioned will turn a furrow 14 inches wide and 7
nehes deep. The last mentioned would of
course turn a deeper and broader furrow.
To deep and thorough pulverization before
planting, as much as or more than to manur
ing, mn°v be ascribed the greater abundance of
their crops, in comparison with ours. J Ins
abundance supplies them with the means of
supporting, in the best order, all kinds of stock.
There is nothing of value, that their farms
can produce, or contribute to support, which
docs not receive that attention necessary to
n se it to the highest degrees of perfection.
Permanency of improvement is regarded
more bv them than by us. Their buddings
and their fences—whether of wood orof stone—
are mado to endure. Often times the traveller
meets with well built stone houses and fences
made of split rock, laid in mortar, as a mason
would build it. . T .
Fhev know too the value or good roads. At
is no uncommon thin-to see one horse in a cart
drawing a load, which it would require four
horses in a wagon to draw over such r° a ds as
we are compelled to put up with, between Mon-
ticcilo and Columbia. Wc have to contend
with no greater impediment to prosperity than
the want pf good roads; and there is no sub
ject which requires the attention of the people,
of Agricultural Societies, and oMhe Legisla
ture more than the amelioration of the roads,
and of the Road law. There is nothing better
calculated to deter the enterprising stranger
from settling among us, or to induce our worthy
citizens to emigrate, than the dmiculiies which
our roads present, in travelling, and in the trans
portation i f produce to market.
1 1 only repeat what has by others been ra-
marked, when I say that the condition of the
roads of a country may be viewed as an index
of the degree of advancement ot a people in
the attainment of comforts and refined enjoy
ments of civilized life. K this be true, we have
*rop!a room fin improvement.
the general practice, by cotton planters, of
raising all their supplies that can bo raised on
their ^plantations, would contribute more than
any thing in their power, to tho curtailing of
the o^rcuntc of thc cotton crops.
The effects of a diminished crop by all
would be an increase in thc price of cotton, j
and their supplies furnished at home, at a less j
cost than that at which they could be purch- J
ased. W - }• A -
Professorship of Agriculture.
A Professorship of Agriculture lias been es
tablished in Amherst College, Mass., and the ,
Professorship conferred upon Alonzo Gray, I
author of «• Scientific and Practical Agricul
ture.” This is an important establishment,.
and will no doubt serve to advance ibis most |
useful branch of industry in that State ; and
could every such institution in tho Union be in- j
duced to follow the example, great good w-ould
be the Tcsult. Of what unbounded advantage
would such an establishment be in the South ,
Carolina College? The young men of that
institution, principally the sons of gentlemen,
owning large tracts of land, and who are in
some future time to have the management of
them, would, with the advantages to be derived
from such an establishment, be prepared to
enter upon their duties with a scientific knowl
edge ofagriculture, which would doubtless ena
ble them to enhance thc value of their posses
sions, and become benefactors to the Slate at
large. . .
Agriculture, being one of the sustaining arts
of life, cannot have too much attention bestow
ed upon it by our Legislature. Let but one
half ofthe labor now bestowed upon Medicine
and Law, by our young men, be given tosearch
out the hidden .treasures which science is cal
culated to devclope in matters pertaining to
husbandry, and the beneficial result would be
incalculable. Thousands of acres of land now
uncultivated, looked upon as sterile, and cast
aside, might then be reclaimed and made of
more advantage than ever may result to a ma
jority of those who engage in other less profita
ble pursuits, now generally preferred.
The study of Botany, and of Chemistry,
should be considered of paramount importance
to every cultivator of the soil; and how can
thc youth of our country be bett- r employed
than io reaping the advantages of Professor
ships of Agriculture, in the principal Semina
ries of learning in the State ? A knowledge
of Chemistry enables the cultivator to exam
ine into the nature of soils, the food an; I func
tions of plants, and also to make a proper ap
plication of manures. Such knowledge is in
dispensable, and though prejudice bus for a
long time prevailed in our State against agricul
tural knowledge derived from books, we hope
the lime has come for an abandonment of the
ses have been assigned as having co-opornteil name—in Baldwin, should, with lheir
i.._ producing the cornparatively wnproved Mate ncg , oes> luke hold of itf t | ie work would
be done, and their labor be recompensed ai
well, i! r.<>t better, than by raising cotton ut pi'e
of modern civilization ; but to those who are . - . , . , , ,
familiar with the history of the popular branch- be done, and their labor be recompensed as
es of European governments ii must be appa
rent, that to tbe right of representation which
was fundamental with the feudal system, and
as widely disseminated as the hordes which is
sued from the ojpeina gentium, political liberty
is mainly indebted for its trophies. 1 otitis
principle of German freedom, we trace the ori
gin of tjie Cortes, the States General, the
House of Commons, and in our own govern
ment especially it has produced the most won
derful results. It stimulated the patriots of
the revolution to successful resistance, and the
mode of representation generally adopted, ena
bled them to form our present unexampled con
federacy of republics. Without the represen
tative system our union could not exist for a
moment, and it is almost inconceivable, how
Georgia, with its present state of society, and
without this modification of democracy, could
escape those effects of popular turbulance
which proved so disastrous to the ancient re
publics. But, on the other hand, we should
not place too much confidence in the efficacy
of this principle ; it has been perverted, and
even with us has not always answered the end
for which it was instituted. It does not pre
vent our people from becoming as ignorant a
the serfs of Rus
strokes his be
graded and ensl _ ..
bondage ; and if our present social system is gja, the camp fires of emigrants to that lei nto
permitted to consummate its legitimate re- ( .y werc S o numerous as to remind him of the
suits—this, with all other checks and w j icn ihe «Newpurchase” and -“Thu Al
ly the affairs of the city.
FOR MAYOR.
Col. A. P. POWERS.
FOR ALDERMEN.
ROBERT. COLLINS,
JAMES SMITH,
JOHN LAMAR,
JAMES DEAN,
STERLING LANIER,
JOHN D. WINN.
Dr. JAMES GREEN,
R. K. PARKER.
sent prices.
Let a r.iil road be constructed, and Milledgc-
ville would at once Ivcomc the mart for all of
Baldwin, a portion of Jones, Putnam, Jasper,
and Hancock, at least; and would not this com
pensate stockholders and owners of real estate
in the town for their outlay ?
We hope the fair ones will not cease tlicir
labors in the cause, but continue the agitation,
until their other halves will be glad to build the
rail road, .and if need be, a half dozen factories
of cotton bagging besides, in order to appease
them. Let them vow that the music of their
tongues shall only be drowned in the clatter of (Jj|s OfflcG.
the wheels of the first car across Fishing creek, 1
and they will have a rail road certain.
9111
Two large and commo
dious rooms over John
JL. Jones Co's Store
also two smaller ones.
For terms apply to
J. L. JONES & CO
13
Tobacco.
The citizens of Florida are all excitement as
to the culture of tobacco. Tho article has
borne such a good ptice during the present gfFtisfaCtOrV
year as to have made it more profitable than
Dec. 24, 1844
OVERSEER 1
A man who can bring
F OR which the highest prices will he given in Good*—.
for instance, heavy l ine quarter RlafiKets 75 eta.. Lea*
vy Red Flannels 20 cents a yard, heavy Brown Shirting,
13 yards for One Dollar, high colored Me ri mack Prints
12$ cents a yard, fine Blue, Black, and Brown Broad
Cloths -$2 50 per yard, fine Muslin de Laines 20 cents a
yard. Our stoek is large and desirable, having nearly all
of it been purchased this fall.
Country .Merchants and Pedlers are particularly invited
to call. People's Store under Washington Hall.
Dec. 24—13 GEORGE CLARK.
G EORGIA. Houston County.—Whereas A. D. Keu^
drick applies to me for letters of administration on the
estate of Ferney F. Imboden, late of said county, dec’d :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to
shew cause (if any they have) why said letters should not
be granted. Givon under mv hand this 24tb Dec. 1844.
BRYANT BATTON, C. C. O.
Dec. 24—13—30d.
Council Clwtmher, I
MACON. Dec. 20, 1844. J
REGULAR MEETING.
Present—The Mayor.
Aid. Collins, Rylander, Ross, Holmes. Ellis. Denton
F reeman.
Abseut.—Winn.
The minutes of the last regular meeting were, read and
confirmed.
The bridge keeper reports tolls for the week ending this
day $127 33
Bills passed: 4 —
Lott Malsby’s for $11 00
M. E. Ry I a oder’a - 63 00
Edenboruugh’s for digging 2 wells 11 00
On morion aid. Ross.
; Resolved, That Elephlet E. Brown, Anns Benton, Ster
ling Lanier, George A. Kimberly, and Alexander Richards
be appointed managers to superintend the election of May
or, Aldermen, Clerk and Treasurer, on Saturday, the 4th
day of January next.
On motion Aid. Ross,
Resolved, That his honor the Mayox Le authorized to'
settle the judgment of Messrs. Rogers, Keichum and Be-
in&nt against the city at eighty per cent, thereof, principal
and interest, by effecting a sale or £rans*et to them of Cen
tral rail road Stock, the council agreeing la pay the attor
ney’s commission and costs thereon.
Resolved, That his honor the Mayor is lie; eby authorized
and* directed to cause tdbe’aold so much of the unincumber
ed stock of the Central rail road dnd Banking Company at ils
highest marker value, as will be sufficient to pay the instal
ment for the purchase of the Macon bridge, fulling dtie to
the Stale in'January next, and eighty per cent, of the claim
of Messrs. Keichum, Rogers and Be.nen: now in j jd^mpnl
against the city- and that Joseph Cumming of Savannah to
hereby appointed attorney for the city with full power »s
effect said sale, and to mak£« the necessary transfer on the
books of the Cerirrai rail road and Banking Company.
MAYOR’S OFFICE,?
December 13th, 3844. J
Gentlcmen-cf the Council: The time has arrived, when 1
by the ordinances of the city it is made my duty to report
through youVsunh matters and things to our constituency as
materially affect the public interest. At present but one.
subject presents itself, as requiringjfrom me anyconimcat;’
and that is the fiscal* condition of the city.
For full and particular information r»f the receipts anA
disbursements at the Treasury, since my last report, 1 refer
you to the Annexed accounts ol t! c Treasurer. They Avail
be found t j characterized by the usual exactness arid
curacy which distinguish that fn.lli!ai t«fi:cer.
The improved c.nr.dition of the city finances must be a
source of congratulation to the whole community. By ret-
erence to the books ofthe Treasurer and the vouchers filed
in his office, it appears that during the pres?m year we ha«*e
discharged liabilities of the city, amounting to {$35,273 15)
thirty five thousanJ two hundred and seven tv-eight dollars,
and fifteen cents. Appended hereto is ?.:i exhibit ofthe lia
bilities thus settled. This large amount of indebtedness ha»
been cancelled under most adverse and embarrassing cir
cumstances. and has been accomplished by rigid economy
in our expenditures, and the settled policy of the council
in turning out assets of every description, belonging to thc
city, that could be made available in paying debts.
The negotiation which I entered into the past summer for
the'settlement of the Bond debt of the city, has not as yet
been crowned with success. The correspondence cf tile
in this office shows an entire willingness on the part of all*
oar Bond holders, with one exception, to accede to the lib
eral proposition made them. The refusal of that individu
al defeated the consummation of the proposed arrangement
and it wrill be for our successors, in their discretion, io pros
ecute the settlement of this large public debt. While on
this subject, I must be permitted to indulge the hope that
the recent improvement in the stock of the Central Rail
Road Company, united with a prudential management of
our finances, will at no distant day extricate Macon from
embarrassments which a short time since seemed overwhel
ming.
The change bills issued b\* the city have constituted] an
annoying obstacle'in die administration Of its affairs'. Hap
py I am to say that this obstacle will not much lunger exist.
During the last and present year there have been redeemed
4 nt ,4 * mAnlo I and burnt of these change bills ($27,110 75) twenty-seven
l vol I III ’Ll III Cl I ® j thousand one liuml red and ton dollars arid seventy-five cents.
The amount remaining in circulation, scattered as it is pre-
* - | * “ ‘ ‘ - all
r
^ — O O year as IO nave maue It more ui ouuiuie uum n \ • • me amount remaining m circulation, scattered as it is pre-
ssia, or as the jMohamedan, who . , . - . tVi • I (~)1 Ills CclDciCltV lo lllclllciiTG 1 sumedto be, and coming m as it probnblv will, in small
ard’ complacently though de- a»y other staple. A passenger m the Florida Hyryy'SX- » j sums, cannot seriously embarrass in future the revenues ol
■nslaved by civil and religious | stage fi.forn.s us thi tin the.lower.Part of Geor-j a JargC bllsilieSS, Call leai’ll ' ,he A my .hank,. to your aid anS do-openutor
■ • /y* | I during our official connection in advancing the imerest. hon-
at this omce where he or, and prosperity of Macon, I am your obedient servant.
may get employment and
abam” were the fashion of the day.
ces —all other existing institutions calculated
to promote equal freedom among us, must even- 1
tually perish umid die violence of an ignorant I V(lpl i, p , n
and'licentious people. The same passions! Northern MU.
which consummated the overthrow of all popu- | We learn by a gentleman who came nassen-
lar governments preceding us, still animate the g er in lust night’s train from Savannah, that the
people, and it is only necessary to pervert thorn p ost Office Department have notified the con-
by a chance or defective education, in ordei l" tractors 0 f the acceptance of their offer to carry
produce a similar result, and tins may as well . D , ‘ n
be produced, mediately, through the prostitu- I »«'e great Northern mail via Raleigh No. Ca.,
tion of the elective franchise, as immediately, ami Columbia. So. Ca. By this arrangement
bv the action of a corrupt and degraded pe<>- t j ie niattfrom beyond Raleigh "ill be 36 hours
plo. i longer in reaching us,.and of course an incalcu-
Wc have dwelt at some length upon the »n- ygjp degree of injury and inconvena-fice must
separable connection which exists between ihe l . . ■ . , , ,
3l -l . , , .. . , • r .. ensue' oih to tiie department and die people,
social and political condition ol every people. 1 *
We have endeavored to illustrate tins coenec- We are at a loss to know the caused tins
ti n in order to cstnldish die vital truth that the course by thc Post Master General. The mere
political system in all governments must rise or st jyjng 0 f a f eu - dollars to the Department is
fall, must fluctuate with the social. It «e ha\i no jjj (1 g io comparison with the injury sustnin-
succeeded in this we have offered the strongest j 3 „
. ; , ,i ... , pi bv he community genera tv. We are an-
induecnients to thc republican, the patriot, the - l
philanthropist, to co-operate in the introduc- , prized of the contumacy of those who control
lion of such a system of popular instruction, as the affairs of thc Wilmington Rail Road, hut
will better adapt the miud>of the whole people j s ; t not better that a few greedy cormorants
in succeeding generations to the support of our beneft b the wants of the public, than
pure but complicated institutions. In our next J
article we will present the outlines of such a
that the whole South and South West shoulc
system as tfo can gather them from die best . bo made to sutler in saving the comparatively
o;ood wasres as an overseer
O O
for next year.
It will be altogether
useless for any one to ap
ply, however, who cannot
bring the best recommenda-
cD
tions, from good farmers,
ivith whom he has last lived.
It will be time lost for
any other description to
apply.
Dec. 17—11 3t.
Cli.'iRK
'a ^yOT.'LD respectfully notify all persons
▼ T him, that it will be necessary to settle u
JAMES A. MdBKT.
Ma vor of Maron.
EXHIRIT.
LIABILITIES OK THK CITV i AID AND DISCHARGED IS 1544-
Paiil Amos UeutOQ in street contract, <kc. of 1843, $903 75
•• Pump account, 645 48
•• Incidental expense acct. 1715.04
r* Fire Department, 280 52
Bridge repairs, and Keeper’s salary, 920 4T
<■ Salary acc. of 1840, 283 82
« " ’ •* 1843, 825 00
'• Refunded Chas. Day for city lot sold him by
mistake, 136 03
■■ Salary acc. of 1844, 1975 CO
11 Burial of Paupers, 100 62
O Repairs of public property, Slc. 258 S7
a Rawdon, Wright, * Hatchs’ bill for engrnring
change bills, ^ 825 00
« One Imlfof E. Molynesux mortgage fi fa against
bridge, 3035 55
" Monroe R. R. Stock being balance due, 9123 75
" To the Stale, instalment lor purchase ofbridge. 2500 00
" On Academy fi fa against the city, 1330 00
11 S S. Ste\*ens on street contract of 1843, 313 16
- M. G. Stevens. 1844. 897 00
v City bonds issued to redeem change bills, 2722 43
*' Change Bills returned and burnt, 6431 66
$38,278 15
R. FREEMAN, C. C.
Coancil then adjourned.
Attest,
Dec. 24, 184 1.
3d f/uarler’s Report, fVom July 1 to
October I. 1844.
indebted to The Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, in ac-
the count with A.R. Freeman, Treasurer. Dr.
presentation of their accounts. Current. 1 Uueor,
N. B. All persons having unsettled claims against this • To balance from 0,1 quarter’s aept. $318 69 $580 It
establishment, will please present them immediately lor I tx 1844.
payment, ot the counter of the People’s Store. Rac’d from A. McGregor, Boat 1 ax, 40 00
’cec. 24—13 GEORGE CLARK. [ “ Res fcCotton’s let& 5d qr- i-p- e