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clarcd to be the President of the United States, for four years from and after the 4th of March next, and George M. Dallas Vice President.— j\Il ofthis formal mode of ascertaining and de claring what every body has known for months, is based on good reasons. But the following portion of their proceed, jugs, not being required by any law, or requi- lition of the Constitution that we are aware of, and certainly not being very necessary for the information oftlie Presidentelect or his consti- tucnls, strikes ns as carrying ceremony to an extent that borders very nearly on the confines ofthc ridiculous. “Mr. Walker was appointed a committee on the part of the Senate, and a Committee was ordered to be appointed on the part of the House to wait upon James K. Polk and George JM. Dallas and inform them of their election. HON. JAMES A. MERIWETHER. Some time since we offered a few comments on the report of the committee, appointed to investigate the finances of the State. We sup. posed at the time, that the error in that report had been corrected by the present Governor, but were subsequently informed through the •columns of the Federal Union, that it was the work of the committee themselves, which we were glad to see. The distinguished person- age, whose name heads this article, appears in print, and, in his accustomed rein, character, izes our comments as a “ tissue of misrepresen tations as to the actions of the committee,” and alleges, that all the evidence communicated by the governor to the legislature, under his call at the last session, was before the other members of the committee. [To those who are as well acquainted with Mr. Meriwether as we arc, it is useless to say that we must be pardoned for not living the statement credence until it is for tified by the testimony of some credible person. If the other members oftlie committee were to certify for him, we should like to propound to them a few lending questions, as the lawyers sav, and to know if the repoit was not written bv Air. Meriwether? If it was not signed by them, without much scrutiny, supposing that he had kept himself within the bounds offacts and fair inferences from facts, stated or not stated, in the report ? For we shall be able to show that important facts are not stated in the report over which it was necessary to leap before the amount of these bonds could be set down as a public debt. But to return to our former com ments.] When we read Mr. Meriwether’s piece in which he says we ‘‘ charge him xcith knowing that these bunds had been destroyed, and then, of withholding from the rest of the committee such knowledge," we turned to our files to see if we had made any such charges, of which we had no recollection. Wc find that he assumed what is not true. We could not know, and did not profess to know, what amount of bonds had been destroyed, for we knew nothing but What we collected from the Governor’s reply to his call,and what was matter of legitimate infer ence from it and the report of the committee.— We charged him with knowing that the bonds which were destroyed had never been issued; and we reiterate it; and the charge is sustain ed both by the Governor’s communication and the order and certificate which he has publish ed. The Governor snvs that “ bonds of differ ent amounts, but ntver issued, have been de stroyed: and the Executive order states that the bonds had “ been left in the Executive Depart ment undisposed of." The report says that “the amount of bonds was taken from a Re gistry, in the Executive Department, of bonds delivered to and receipted for by agents. In that amount an issue of 345 bonds of $250 each, signed by A. A. Park, A. M. Horton and Charles E. Haynes, Jr., amounting to $S6,250, is r.nt included.” Can Mr. Meriwether inform the country on what evidence he made the al legation that there had been an issue of these 345 bonds ? According to the certificate pub lished by him, 245 of them had been destroyed; Governor Crawford says that those which were destroyed had never been issued, and the cer tificate says that they had been left in the Ex ecutive Department undisposed of-” We charged Mr. Meriwether with knowing that the bonds which were destroyed had never been issued, and wc* have proven it, and our charge went no farther. Nor did we charge him with withholding information that the bonds had been destroyed, from the committee. Our language was “this information” (that bonds destroyed had never been issued^/“wus furnished at Air. Men Wether’s instance and if the other mem bers OF THE COMMITTEE WERE IGNORANT OF *T, it seems to us that as an upright committee man it was his duty to have informed them." A word in regard to the hundred bonds said to be outstanding. Mr. Meriwether says in one breath “ They were issued,” in the next, 11 They were not receipted for by any agent of the State.” If they were not receipted for by any agent of the State, whero is the evidence of their having been issued ? The Registry does not afford it, because the 245 bonds destroyed which Governor Crawford says were never is- suid and which the Executive order states re mained in the Executive Department, undispo sed of, aro on the same Registry, and they cer tainly, were never, in any manner, isstted.— but to have made these bonds available as a <icbt against the state it was not sufficient, in our estimation, that they were signed by the Governor, and the coupons by a state’s agent. We have been at some pains to ascertain what Was necessary to give validity to these bonds, *#d have been referred, by a member of the le gislature, to the act of 1838, pages of the laws for thht year 225 and 226. It was necessary that the seal of the State should have been at tached by the Secretary of State by order of file Executive. Was the seal of the State at- t»clicd or was any Execvtivc order found for it? If the seal was attached, and they had been is- tued-from the Executive Department to the board of Commissioners, it was necessary to their.validity that they should have been signed hy Joel Crawford, Ex-president of the Board °f Commissioners. [This we conclude from jhc low and the facts stated in the order for the turning of the bonds ; and these are the impor- tant facts which we have said were omitted iti tte repot <.] Of this Air. AI. may have been ig- r, orant,but we question it. Accordingto Mr.Al’s statement, und we refer to it as we would to the Confessions of a criminal, it will be perceived fi|*t Mr. Horne had stated that he believed 'nose bund red bonds were burnt with the others. 1 may be collected, then, from the evidence now before the public, that the hundred bonds "gned by Charles E. Haynes, Jr., said by the report not to have been accounted lor, were ®® v *r put on the registry of bonds in the Execu- department, delivered to and receipted for J •'gents—-that there was uo evidence that they e re ever issued—theywero not receipted for by an agent—they had not the seal of the State attached—that they had not the signature of Joel Crawford, Esq., President of the board of Commissioners which was essential to their va lidity—that the officer, who had charge of the bond registry, was of opinion that an error was committed in the order and certificate of burn ing by which they were omitted—that this opi nion is sustained by the fact, that these bonds have never been presented at the Treasury for endorsement or for the payment of interest, and that there is no pretext for saying that the public debt is increased by their amount.— We, therefore, now say, what we did not say before, that Mr. M. had sufficient evidence be- fore him to warrant an honest man in believ- ing that the bonds were destroyed, and in this wo believe there can be no difference of opin ion among impartial men of any party. The other membersof ihe Committee have so said, when, upon a second examination, they ascer tained the facts which Mr. M. seems to have understood at the time he penned the report.— We say at the time he ptnned the report, be cause we think it bears marks of its author ship. But as this is conjecture only, we may be mistaken in attributing its paternity to him. It was written however by one of the other gen tlemen of the committee, it is manifest, that it was only upon a second examination that they understood the facts as Mr. Meriwether pri marily understood them, and they manfully ap pended the note of explanation for which they have subjected themselves to at least an im plied rebuke front their associate. We republish the resolution of Air. M., in 1843, and the Governor’s reply to the call in full, that our readers may have the whole thing before them, and also the order and certificate of burning, which Mr. Al. has annexed to his remarks. It will be seen that that part of the Governor’s communication has about as much connection with these bonds as the Alcoran. In the note of Air. M., which follows the certificate of Messrs, Sanford, Smith, and Hor ton, the same mistatement in regard to the is sue of bonds is made, and the unfounded charge in regard to the hundred bonds is persisted in. Every honest man, of every party, knows how to appreciate an individual, who bus the bold ness to place himselfin the position which Air. M. has chosen for himself, contradicted as he is by every known fact, and sustained alone by an error which, a moral community Concuring in opinion with the other members of the com mittee, will admit, is sufficiently explained. “ The following resolution was offered by Mr. Alerriwether, and agreed to i “ Resolved, That his Excellency the Gover nor, be requested to inform this House, what amount of State bonds have been cancelled and annulled under the net of 4lh December, 1841, suspending operations in part on the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. 1 ’ At page 113 of the same Journal, will be found the Governor’s reply as follows : “ Executive Department, ) jMilledgeville, Nov. 2’Jd, 1843. / In reply to a resolution of the House of Re presentatives, asking information as to the amount of State bonds which have been can celled and annulled under the act of 4th De cember, 1841, suspending operations in part on the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. I have the honor to say, that the only evidence to be found in this Department, in relation to the subject referred to, are the accompanying certificates, which show that several Bonds of different amounts, but never issued, have been destroyed.. The amount paid by the disbursing agent, for which bonds are to be cancelled, together with the amount drawn from the Treasury by my predecessor, under his construction of the seventh and eighth sections oftlie act referred to, isS112,l38 89, without issuing bonds, the appropriations of bonds for the road have been considered as diminished by this amount. GEORGE W. CRAWFORD. Monday, 17th April, 1843. State Bonds of the denomination of $250, dated on the 25th Jan. 1S40, payable to W. A. Tennille or bearer, filled up with the name of Charles J. AIcDonald, as Governor, and signed by him, and filled up in printing with the name of Joel Crawford as President, num bered from six to one hundred inclusive, with coupons signed by A. A. Park ; and Slate bonds of like denomination and description, numbered 101 to 150 inclusive, with coupons signed by A. M. Horton ; and State bonds of like denomination and description, numbered 201 to 300 inclusive, with coupons signed by Charles E. Haynes, jr. having been left in this Department undisposed of, that the State may be subjected to no injury by the accidental use or loss of said bonds, or the coupons attached thereto, itisoidcred by the Executive, that the same be this day burned, and that officers connected with the several Departments of the Slate Government be invited to witness the burning. John G. Park, the Comptroller General, not having been in his office, the other officers of the State, viz : John W. A. Sanford, Secreta ry of State, Benjamin B. Smith, Esq. Trea surer, and A. Al. Horton, Surveyor General, were invited, and attended the burning of the bonds aforesaid. We do certify at the request of the Govern or, we attended in the Executive Department und witnessed the burning of the foregoing bonds, tins 17th April, 1843. [Signed] J. W. A. SANFORD. BENJ. B. SMITH, ALFRED AI. HORTON. States where slavery now exists. But 1 have no wish to see it extended to other countries; and if the annexation of Texas were for the sole purpose of extending slavery where it does not now and would not otherwise exist, I should oppose it. This is not its object, nor will it be its effect. Slavery already exists in Texas, and will continue to exist there. The same ne cessity that prevails in the Southern States pre vails there, and will prevail wherever the An glo-Saxon und African races are blended in the same proportions. It matters not, so far as this institution is concerned, whettiwr Texas be in the Union or out of it. That, therefore, is not my object; but it is the political advantages it will secure, preserving a proper balance oe- tween the different sections of the country.— This is my object; and is it not proper and right 1” We are not disposed to invest this matter with an importance it does not deserve, nor are we actuated by any partisan feeling in calling attention to it. And far be it from us to charge on the party to which Mr. Stephens belongs, a participation in his opinions. We disclaim any such intention. But we do desire that they should consider well the consequences of such sentiments, emanating from one it high place. Air. Stephens says ; “ I am no defender of slavery in the abstractthe meaning of which is, of course, that he considers it a moral evil! He proceeds in the next sentence to say, “ Lib erty always had charms for me, and I would rejoice to sec all the sons of Adam's family^ in every land and clime, itt the enjoyment of those rights which are set forth in the Declaration of Independence, as “ natural and inaliena ble,” if a stern necessity, bearing the marks and impress of the Creator himself, did not, in some cases interpose and prevent.” And does not this signify that as soon as certain vague ideas of present “ necessity" which are enter tained can be obviated, he will advocate the abolition of slavery ? Verily Air. Stephens seems in a fair way to become one of the Adams family himself; a worthy colaborer of John Quincy of that name, rather than the exponent of the interests, feel ings and opinions of a slave holding State, if he progresses so much faster in ethics than his constituents, for the next few years. If, as we judge from his own sentiments, he has as weak ties to his constituents in matters of interest and opinion on this question of vital importance, as he has of sympathy, passion and feeling with the “ sons and daughters of Adam’s family,” he would do well to withdraw and misrepresent them no longer. 22 tf. It gives me pleasure to say also in answer to your allusion to the active interest always man ifested by Gen. Jackson, in behalf of Texas, that I had a letter from him, a short time since, in which lie still expresses the same interest— been for several years 1 he still looks upon the reannexation of Texas ,n ‘ to the United Slates, as a measure of vital im portance to the security and happiness of both Republics ; and one that the people ought not to allow to be defeated. He considers that the inhabitants of Texas are entitled to the benefits guarantied to Louisiana by the Treaty with France of 1803 ; and that annexation is hut a restoration of former rights, and a fulfilment of obligations whicli the Treaty of 1S19 with Spain ought never to have disturbed. But independent of, and above these consid erations, he regards the will of Texas, made free and national by the valor and prowess of her own citizens, and declared in favor of an nexation, as constituting an appeal to the Uni ted States which cannot be resisted. This po sition of Texas, remedies the errors of the Treaty of 1819, and reopens the door for the communication of the pledges contained in the Treaty of 1803, and restores to the valley of the Alississippi, its unity in surface, in popu lation, in government, in defence, and in future against foreign influence. With these views the General is still san guine of the success of the measure of reannex ation, and awaits with confidence the fulfilment of the popular wish, by those charged with the administration of the Government. I ant, Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, A. J. DONELSON. DIED, In this city, on Monday evening 17tli inst . nfter a pro tracted illness of five months. Mrs. ELIZABETH W1M BERLV. wife of Thomas Wimberly, it: the 36th year of her age. The deceased was born in Burke county, ami has n Macon. She has left a hus- n their irreparable loss. She died in full hope of a blissful eternity. J OSEPH III. MARVIN, is my authorized Agent during my absence from the State. smee.n B. R. WARNER. FOR SALE. T HE “ Lawshe Place/* f 13 miles, from Road—containing -000 Acres of Jhand, with good dwelling and other houses well suited tor, and occupied several years as a Tavern. The location is a good one for the business. The price is $1500, in divided and liberal payments, or less if made to a]>proaclj a cash basis. Address Samuel Rutherford, Knoxville, Ga., or apply to the undersigned in this place. Macon, Feb. 25—It J. RUTHERFORD. Messenger will copy. So. 53, Norik Water Street, one door below Arch, Street, PHILADELPHIA, IMPORTER OF FOREruX * DEALER IN EVERT DESCRIPTION Iron and Steel, Locomotive & K. Road Car Axle*, a superior article, all sir.es; HEAvY IRON FOR MA CHINERY, REST JUNIATA IRON, assorted sizes; W ROUGH T I RON S I* IK E S. and every variety of fas tenings for Kail Roads, ihe most approved putterns, 4c. Ac. Feb. 4—19—91.. $200 REWARD. W HEREAS a most atiocious murder was committed in the vicinity of Forsyth, on the night of the 20th January, 1845, upon the body of Robert P. Baldwin, a citizen of Monroe county.; I hereby offei a reward of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS for the apprehension of the murderer or murderers, or any one concerned, or knowing to the diabolical act. There is no clue left by which the perpetrators of this inhuman act can be traced, but the ab sence of the handkerchief and cap of the unfortunate man— the cap was a common fur cap, and it is not recollected whether the handkerchief was cotton or silk. As the citizens of this county have also offered a reward of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, as an additional re ward will be offered by the Governor of the State, so soon as he receives official intelligence of the murder, there is a strong inducement for every active and humane citizen to be upon the alert and ferret out the murderer. SAMUEL B. BALDWIN. February 25, 1815. 22—It Tbe lion- Alexander II. Stephens’ opinions on Slavery. We make the following extract, verbatim, et literatim, from the speech of the Hon. A. H. Stephens, delivered in the House ofltepresen- tatives, on the 25th January, “ the joint resolu tion for the annexation of Texas being under consideration.” We find it in a supplement to the National Intelligencer of the 10th inst., and presume it has been published after a careful revision by the author, as is usual when speech es are published at length. Wo ask of the political friends of Mr. Ste phens, a careful perusal of his opinions on this subject, and if he is a faithful representative of their opinions? Here follows the extract we allude to: “This acquisiiion will give additional power to the Southwestern section in the National councils ; and for this purpose I want it—not that 1 am desirous to see an extension of the “area of slavery,” as somejgentlenr.en have said its eflects would be. I am no defender of sla very in the abstract. Liberty always bad charms for me, and 1 would rejoice to see all the sons of Adam’s family, in every land and clime, in the enjoyment of those rights which are set forth in our Declaration of Independence as “naturul and inalienable,” if a stern necessity, bearing the marks and impress of the hand of the Creator himself, did not, in some cases, in terpose and prevent. Such is the case witlqtlie Gen* HUGH jflcLEOD. We perceive by the reports of the proceed ings of the Congress of Texas, that this talented gentleman is sustaining the leading part in the councils of that young Republic, for which his brilliant talents so eminently qualify him.— When Texas shall be annexed to our Confede racy, it requires no second sight to foresee that he will be an ornament to the American Con gress. Below we transcribe from the “Texas Na. tional Register” a correspondence between General McLeod and the Hon. A. J. Donel- son, our Charge d’Affaires to Texas, in which Gen. M. takes occasion to return his thanks to the venerable Hero of New Orleans for inter posing to obtain his liberation from the dunge ons of Perote. There is a pith of expression, and withal that unerring evidence of its coming from the heart of the grateful writer that com mends it to the reader. It was our fortune to have s^en a copy of the letter of General Jackson to Santa Anna, which effected the release of Gen. McLeod, the original of which was written at the request of Mr. G. B. Lamar of Savannah. The feel ing eloquence of Gen. Jackson’s letter well deserves the gratitude manifested by Gen. McLeod's. In another coliimn we republish from the “Galveston News” another letter from Gen. McLeod, inasmuch as it explains the cause of misunderstanding between President Jones, and General Duff Green. CORRESPONDENCE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,) 5./ Washington, TEXAS, January 21, 1845 Hon. A. J. Donelson, United States Charge d'Affaires : Sir: When I was a prisoner in Mexico, and without a hope of release from any exertions of my own Government, your venerable friend General Andrew Jackson whose name is the synonyme of chivalry, addressed a letter to General Santa Anna, then President of Mexi co, to which I have since learned, I chiefly owe my liberation. To express my gratitude to the brave old warrior, is beyond my powers of language.— Such acts carry with them their own rewards, which, to minds like Ills, are higher than any encomiums of men. But I beg you to tell him I am grateful, and will never forget bis kind ness towards myself and comrades. The high and patriotic position he now oc- cupies towards this young Republic, demands the concurrence of my respect as a citizen, with my gratitude as a man. May he long enjoy a green old age, to rea lize the most grateful reward a patriot can re ceive—the voluntary homage of a nation of freemen, whose histoi^ he adorns. I am, Sir, with the highest respect, your obedient servant, H. McLEOD. REPLY. Washington, Texas, Jan. 21, 1845. To the Hon. H. McLeod, &c. : Sir—I have received your eloquent note, re ferring to the interposition of my friend and relative, General Andrew Jackson, in effecting your release from the prisons of Mexico. It will give me great pleasure to carry it to him, because it cannot fail to contribute to his hap piness to know, that, his exertions in the sacred cause of humanity aro so justly appreciated by those who were benefited by them. I Was present when he wrote his last letter to Gen. Santa Anna, in which he made an ap peal to him in behalf of all the prisoners of Perote. Whether that letter had any agency in effecting the liberation of those prisoners I have not learned ; but there could have been no stronger appeal; none, presenting in more delicate and forcible terms, the necessity of such an act of clemency, to shield the character of Gen. Santa Anna, from implications of in difference to the sanctions of enlightened, and Christian moderation, in the exercise of power. FRENCH OPINION ON ANNEXATION' Wc make the following extract from a long article taken from a French paper, which we find among other matters in the last arrival from Havre. However it may be the policy of Monsieur Guizot, to truckle to England, we have not the least doubt thut thjs extract embo dies the true sentiments of the French people on the subject, and that Frenchmen would leaugue with their ancient enemy, to prevent the United States from growing in strength and importance, is preposterous. Their motive for aiding us in our struggle for Independence yet actuates them. Our increasing importance as a naval and commercial power, they look upon as a check to the imperious sp’rit of England, and consequently advantageous to them.— France will never be our enemy in such a quar rel, if England dtiooses to make one of it. From Le Commerce. Texas—The U. States and England.— The Constitutiohnel affirms that the English Government is employing every effort to pre vent the annexation of Texas to the United States. In this fact we concur. The same journal avers, that the English cabinet have, in order to prevent this dreaded event, procured instructions to be sent from Paris to our Minis ter at Washington, to oppose the veto of France to the annexation of" Texas. We do not doubt that in Washington, as elsewhere, our diplomacy is made to subserve that of England. It will nut fail to second the efforts of England to awaken the independence party in Texas, and strengthen at Washington the paUy opposed to annexation. It will tend to apprise Mr. Tyler and his cabinet of the dis pleasure such an act would cause to France.— But. in these proceedings theic is a long dis tance between an absolute veto and threats of an armed intervention. Mr. Guizot has so ef fectually cleared this distance, that he has push ed compliance towards England to absurdity. Threats of this sort may well, indeed, pro voke the just scorn of politicians in the United States. They know France well enough to*be aware that there are combinations which in this country are rendered impossible by pubjic opinion. A un : on of our forces with those of England, to burn the ports and ravage the coas's of America, is certain of this kind. Ad mitting that our naval forces were obliged, by the laws of discipline, to obey orders of this na ture, can it be supposed thut the French Cham bers would tolerate such a violation of all tbe rules of sound politics, and that public opinion would not put ah obstacle thereto, by some ir resistible demonstration? Mr. Guizot then would have offered an empty menance to the United /States, ridiculous in their sight, und most culpable in regard to France. Was it not enough to pursue a course on the Texas question opposed to our permanent interests, and to resent, in any shape whatsoever, a mea sure which in augmenting the power of the great American Republic, is perfectly consis- tent with our true policy? It was neither through a blind haired of Great Britain, nor through a sentiment of gene rosity towards an oppressed people that France contributed to the freedom of the English colo nies. She had the instinctive apprehension that it was for her own interests to secure an ally on the opposite coast of the Atlantic, which sooner or later would contribute to redeem the ocean, and overthrow the supremacy which England arrogates on that element. In order to remain faithful to our previous policy—in or der that it may render the fruits expected from it—it is necessary that the United States should fulfil their destiny—that they should spread on the sea-board of the Atlantic, and that beside them there should not form any petty States as vassals of England. Since Mexico has been unable to retain Texas, it should, then become an integral portion of the great American con federation. MESS1SS. KEFiVIL it 1IENUY, FROM LONDON. Will sir* two Soirees mid Fashionable E nter- tainuieuts in Macon. At the COUNCIL CHAMBER, this Night and To- Morrow Night. A MAGNIFICENT PANORAMA of theHEAVENS consisting of 10.000 feet of Canvass, will illustrate up wards of 20,000 objects of the Universe and the immense PLANETARIUM, which has been constructed under the superintendance of Sir John Herschell, will be exhibited each night. By this mechanical contrivance, the wonderful order and laws of the Planetary Bodies, both primary and secondary, are seen by the spectator at one glance, covering 200 feet. In this display oftlie Solar System, the proper motion ar.d po sition of oar Earth and Moon, with the other Planets in the Stellar Universe, gives to the mind a more correct idea of the complicated motions of the Solar System than years of patient study. The Chemical Diorama of 40 scenes of the HOLY LA YD. and other places of Historical interest, will be exhibited, the whole accompanied with Astronomical and Historical remarks For further particulars, see other bills. Doors to be opened at 7 o'clock, and the entertainment to cormuece at half past 7 o'clock. Price of admittance 50 cents, children half price. DU* Tickets to be had at the‘Floyd House, or at the Washington IlaJJ February 25, 1845. - 22 It o >* 2 fr • 2 W £ I £1* q JX 5 = © 3 ® O - S- 9 2. W • Cl S3 ©I. 3 ® » 7T 5 * » jr 3 to os e - a <Z> = a- VI *< <1 o a. u> —. 05 S 3 P 0% ~ ^ F £ o “ s. » _ S' o I* sf K , | Ciq 3". o' to =r O s ® o p C- K 52 rt- = “ £ 71 © © a * ft o & H o M e o o 0 3 d Tl .03 H 3 71 © *3 ft © OB H BACON & LARD. 5000 Lbs. Bacon and a Lot of fine Leaf Lard for Feb. 25 WIN3HIP A POPE. W 1 Houston April 8ale«, ILL be sold before tne Court House door, in the town ofPerry, in said county, on the first Tuesday in April next, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit r Four negro slaves, viz : Lydia, Mary, Peggy, and Tom ; all levied on as the property of Robert A. Witherspoon, to satisfy two ti fas from Houston Superior C jurt, in tavor of Larkin Griffin, one against Robert A.. Witherspoon and Samuel Dinkins, security on appeal, and the other against Samuel Dinkins, and Robert A. Witherspoon, security on appeal Also, The Lot of Oak and Hickory land, in the 11th district of Houston county, number not known, being oc cupied as the negro quarter of Hardy Durham; levied on as the property of Hardy Durham, to satisfy a fi fa frem Houston Superior Court, in favor of John Rawls, vs. Isai ah Attaway principal, and Hardy Durham as security, and three costti fas, from Dooly Superior Court, vs. said Dur ham and James M. Kelly and Wairea Scarborough his attorneys at law. Also, Lot of Land. No. 82. in the ninth district of Hous ton ; levied on as the property of Drewry Clark, to satisfy a fi fa from Houston Superior Court, in favor of Stephen R. Ham vs. Drewiy Clark. Also, A House and Lot in the village of Wilna, in said county, the lot containing one acre, more or less, being the House and Lot now occupied by Mrs. Wooten; levied on as the property of Theophilua L. Parker, to satisfy a fi fa. in favor of Charles G. Turner, against Theophilus L. Par ker and Elijah Ward. Also. Lot No. 233, in the 6th district of Houston, ad joining lands of Williamson Mims and Aden Hamilton ; leviea on as the property of James Finley, to satisfy a fi fa. from Houston Superior Court, in favor of James Smith, vs. James Finley and Elijah Finley. Fifty acres on the North West side of the branch, of Lot No. 16 in the 14th district of Houston county, levied on as the property of William F. Hardy, to satisfy four fi fas from a Justice’s Court of said county, in favor of George J. Wright, vs Wm. F. Hardy. levy made and returned to me by a Constable. WM. HERINGTON, Sb’ff. At the same time and place, All tbe interest of Edward T. McGehee, in tbe Store House and Lot, in the town of Perry, formerly occupied by McGehee and Felder, and more recently by Donald B. Jones, in the South East corner of the public square ; le vied on as the propetty of Edward T. McGehee, to satisfy a fi fa from Houston Superior Court, in favor of Reuben E. Brown vs John V. Price, «3c Co., Ira T. Hobbs and James J. Scarborough. Feb. 25 L. C. MANNING, D. Sh’fF. CANDY 6l CORDIAL MANUFACTORY, TITHE Subscribers respectfully inform the public that .m. they still continue lo carry on the Confectionary Bu siness in its various branches, at their old stand, one door ahaye li. Shotwell’s Drug Store, on Mulberry Street.— where can be found the best assortment of CANDIES, CORDIALS, SYRUPS, and BITTERS, now manufac- tuaed in this city, and superior to Northern Candies, Ac. Also, Ruisms, Figs, Currants, Preserves, Jelleys, Pickles, Nuts cf all kinds, Oranges; Lemon*, Apples, Pineapples, Pastry. &c. &e. Candies will be carefully packed in boxes in quantities to suit purchasers, and delivered in ary part of tbe city, free of boxes and cartaue. All orders from the country promptly executed at short notice. The public are respectfully requested to call be fore purchasing elsewhere, as they are confident that they can deal with them on better terms than any other Confec tioners in the city. SMITH & ROGERS. N B. Cake and Candy PYRAMIDS for weddings, balls and parties, made and ornamented in the neatest style, at short nctice. Maoon/ February 11, 1845. 20—3t A VOICE FROM THE PEOPLE’S STORE. GREAT CLEAR1SG-OUT SALE OF DRY GOODS, T IIE determination of the manager ot this establish ment to carry into effect new arrangements, to take place on the first of March, 1845, renders it important, as well as absolutely necessary, that the entire and valuable stock of DRY GOODS be for next seventy days, thrown upon the market, to be disposed of at some price ur other— Cost or no Cost. However unreasonable it may appear, yet the subscriber deems it absolutely necessary to make the sacrifice, in order to close up his past and present busi ness previous to March, 1845. We have no time to par ticularize, but would merely jay, that we have got to dis pose of a great many goods in a sbott time. This is to b* accomplished by cheap prices—and the People shall have these prices for the next seventy days. Thankful for the favors of a benevolent public in times past, the subscriber takes this method to say, that a continuance of the same, will aid us much in closiag up our business with despatch GEORGE CLARK, People’s Store. Macon^Decetnber 24. 13 Housioia .Kortgagc Mate for yjay. r LLbe sold, before the Court House door, the Administrator’* Sale, W ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in APRIL next, before the court house door in Perry, Houston coun- ty.one negro woman named Phillis, belonging to the estate ot the late Sterling C. Williamson, deceased. PAUL 3. DINKINS, Adm'r, Feb. 25—22—Ids. * FRESH GARDEN AND FLOWER PAFEIIS freeb, Garden and Flower Seeds, Hyacinths, double and single, Tulips assorted, Crocus, Amaryllis, Gladiolus, Tuberose, - Clover, Lucerne, and Herds GraasSe.d, Ju^ received by GEORGE PAYNE. Druggist under Central Hotel Macon, Feb. 11. 1845! TO FAJI1LI ► EST OTARD. DUPUIS ft Co’s E S. al lizht COG. rj H4C, Vint a ce of 1822. Old O'PORTO, of very ; Fine CLARET- - All if JE .uperior quality, and Extra Fine CLARET- All im ported DIRECT, and warranted unparalelled ia any part of the country, constantly kept, and for sale by tire gallon by A. L. AUDOtUN, At tbe Washington Hall Bar Room. Macon, Dcc.3. 1844. t'? ~ MEDICAL NOTICE. D AT. A. PARSON8 baa returned to the city, and has resumed tbe duties of his profession. Office at his dwelling, brick -bouse, two deors above the Methodist Church Jau. 21,1840. town of Perry, Houston county, on the first Tues day in MAY next, within tho legul hours of sale, the fol lowing property to^wit: One negro man, slave, named Jacob, about thirty years old; levied on as the property of Simon Dupree, to satisfy a mortgage execution from Houston Inferior Court, in fa vor of John E. Dupree, vs. Sirnon Dupree, and transfer red to Daniel Massy, property pointed out in said mortgage. Feb. 25 WM. HERINGTON, Sh’ffi Guardian’s Sale. A GREEABLE to an order of the Honorable the Infe rior Court of Jackson county, when sitting for ordina ry purposes, will be sold, on the 1st Tuesday in JUNE next, at the Court House door in Starksville. Lee county, within the legal hours of sale, one undivided third part of Lot number one hundred and twenty-one, (121) in the sec ond district of Lee county, being the property of Middle- ton Nail, a minor, sold for the benefit of said minor.— Terms made known on the day of sale. ASA VA11NUM. February 25—22—tds* Fire Insurance. f|IHE Undersigned, Agents for the ^Etna Insurance J- Company of Hartford Conn., are prepared to taks risks on Buildings, Merchandize in Store and Cotton in Ware-houses, inthe Citv of Macon and itsvicinitv, against Fire. REA & COTTON, Ag'ts Feb 7 23 ly GEORGE CLARK ~ W OULD respectfully notify all persons indebted to him, that it will be necessary to settle up, upon ths pre»entation of their accounts. N. B. All persons having unsettled claims against ibia. establishment, will please present them immediately for payment, at the counter of the People’s Store. uec. 24—13 GEORGE CLAR.K- tJ = H M ea O! IL Cl i 3 2. s l’s ® ic-5( * s 3L 9 B S ◄ 1 £ rt 1 7> 3T s * « 3 j. « n - s 2 « g © M « ft © 5- t? a % 2 3 gd '^! {g f. *i s r s a. a J ft s ft v 5. * = SS « sr » r s n "2 n O ;j % s » 4 j* © « 99 SJ ~ s *■< ft a o a* « 5 »-• 99 5? « 2 © C II © H — d 3 e; 81 n n fi » 3 — ft 3 n 3 S 3 r m ft r 89 3 ^ a » H A 3 O 5 » S' 2 s- <9 n r o © 2! © e o v a 3 r r > a 3 50 o —J CS 5* Q- 5" 03 >3 o o £2 s 7T W c c CO CO - £L „. 'fi — c £ 2 c a •t ** -t r- SC” >3* os rj2 #>, L3 >1 hj=. w p? O Pr £ S i - a p 3 C- B 3 Sf ^ — Oq. of > a u « L 3® H ^ < » g tm d ca c o > H ft O C/3 H “4 J3 w sL P "3 3 C. B o -j r» 3 jronrnal ties Tailleurs tic Paris riHIE subscribers have just received “ L’Elegnnt’ a I Journal of the nr west Fashion« for Drapers and Tailors, reported end published monthly in J’aris, in which are many improvements in the present Styles, and which they believe will meet with general tavor. Order* for Clothing will be executed at *~ c **°^ 4 * notice. J * J. & E. 3AUL3DURY. J, & E. S, have just receive<l a fine selection oi Engixo-- and French Cloths, and Casimeres. Dec 10, 1844. 11 Wanted in Exchange foe I>ry €-ood*| 5,000 Dollars in €ash, 10 R which the highest prices will be for instance, heavy i ine quarter Blai QU . . vy Red Flannels 20 cents a yard, heavy Brown Shirting given in Goods— nkets 75 cts., hsa- Ff vy Red Flannels 20 cents a var... ■„ , _ . - 18 yards for One Dollar, high colored Merimack Print* 121 cents a yard, fine Blue. Black, end Brown Broad Cloths «2 50 per yard, fine Muslin de Lame, 20 eenu * yard. Our sto«k is ltirge and desirable, having nearly a of it been purchased this lall. ...... Country merchants and Fedlsrs are particularly invited to oall. People’s Store under Washington Hall._ GEORGE CLARK. Dec. 24—13. 1