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triflin'! suit 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