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COLTNCLL prgussdings.
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Aid. Findlay, V
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COUNCIL ClUMTFn, ?
'■I ..-on. Fob. 1-Ui, 1837. $
All MEETING,
ns Mayor,
Johnston, Bostick, Fife,
Absent—Aid. Flanders, Bloom.
Tho minutest of tlio last meeting wero read and
confirmed.
The Bridjjo Keeper reported tolls for the week to
date lUO.'U.
Tim Clerk of Market reported fees for tho week to
date ts.iO.
Tho Gnard House Keeper reported fees for tho
week to date 16 oo.
Tho Ordnances read at the last meeting, were
read the second time, when on motion Aid. Klfc,
Ri solved, That r. Committco of five ho appointed
by his II "nor, ’tho Mayor, to cxtunlnctho Ordinances
of Aid. Johnsl,.n and Findlay, and thnt Aid. John
ston and Findlay bo placed on said Committee.—
Passed. Eire, 1
Fl.NDI.AT, I
Johnston, J-Com.
KtROHECKER, j
AViNsmr, )
Tha following accounts wero, handed in and or
dered pnid, via: Augustas t-chwsab 635.00, Tread
well A McCardel 616.50, Ardiu Keel 625.00, Goo. S.
dli ir, Chief Engineer,SG.50,Sexton's bill 63.00, do.
60.00.
Tho Special Committees to whom was referred
the Southern Agricultural commnnication, and the
petitions of Chaa. Collins and others, asked for fur
ther time. Granted.
Thos. 1). Rico’s petition read, and on motion Aid.
Strohecker that the petition be received and the
fine remitted.
The rules wero suspended, and the motion passed.
Aid. Johnston read a petition from J. U. ft \v. A.
Eass, for permission to encioso a part of Forsyth
Street, wliicb was referred to tho Committoe on
Streets.
Tho following petitions for License to Retail Spir-
itous Liquors granted: ltiley ft Rhodes, U. T. Smith,
Tim. Mallany, Chris. Jangstcttor, J. Mnsactt, Mrs.
Munch, Wm. B. llcath and G. J. Blake’s petitions,
with another security, acccptablo to his Honor, be
granted.
Council then adjourned.
RICHARD CURD. c. c.
(From the Journal ft Messenger.]
minutes of Points,
Redded by the Supremo Court, at Haem, January
Term, 1857.
Josiaii Vinson et ah, vs. Platt &. Mckinzie.
The acceptor of a bill of exchange, cannot
be sued out of tho county of bis residence,
with tho drawer who resides in another coun
ty. Judgment reversed.
Ilincs Holt for Plaintiff in Error.
A. G. Elam tst. W. A. Rawsom.
A security who pays off a fi fa against his
principal and himself cannot afterwards take
out a ca sa against his principal for his bene
fit. Judgment reverted.
Elam and Tucker for Plaintiffs in error;
Hawkins and McKay for Def ts in error.
Renton M. AViif.eler vs. tho State.
A bond for defendant’s appearance at a Su
perior Court, to bo held on the 4th Monday
in August next, and dated 3d August, 1854.
Held, that August uoxt, meant August, 1855,
nud that the bond could not be forfeited until
that time. Judgment reversed.
Tucker and Hawkins for Pi’ffs in error;
Lyon for 3oI. Gen., for Deft in error.
Joel Hall vs. the State.
After the case against Defendant had been
called, and in order to forfeit his bond taken,
ho appeared and demanded a trial, and moved
that his demand be entered on the minutes,
which was refused by tho Court below.—
Held, error, and that bis demand should have
been entered. Judgment reversed.
Hawkins for Pl’ff in error; Lyon, for Sol.
Gen., for Deft in error,
Solomon G. Bkckom vs. Elizur Newton.
Where land belonging to an estate is sold
by the administrators, and one of them be
comes the purchaser, but the heir at law re
ceives the purchase money, aud acquiesces in
the sale, for about twenty years. Held, that
said heir, or her assignee, or vendee of said
land, could not avoid the sale. Judgment re
versed.
Slaughter for Pl’ff in error; Yason for Deft
in error.
Creditors of Spicer vs. Eveline Spicer et al.;
Creditors of A. Y. Hampton rs. James J.
Hampton, et al.
A bequest of property to testator’s grand-
childrcn, but to be held and leased by their
parents, (testator’s children,) for the support
and education of said grand-children: Held,
that the parents were trustees for said grand
children, and that neither the property nor its
rents and profits wero subject to the debts of
said parents, not even during their lives.—
Judgment affirmed.
Slaughter and Vason for Pi’ffs in error; Ly
on and ilincs for Def’ts in error.
Reiin &■ Foster vs. Wm. If. Young & Co.
A Court of Equity, in tho exercise of its
powers in marshalling securities, will not in
terfere at the instance of a junior mortgagee,
and enjoin n judgment creditor from enforcing
his prior legal lien, when such interference
nud restraint would cause delay, and involve
him in litigation, and he has offered to assign
to the junior inurtgagce his lien, upon the pay
ment of his claim. Judgment reversed aud
order awarded by agreement of counsel,
Slaughter and Hines for Pi’ffs in error;
Lyon for Defendant in error.
Gkoroe Britt rs. Samuel Hates.
When plaintiff went into Defendant’s ser
vice for a year under n contract, and before
the expiration of the time, he is discharged
without fault, held, that he can recover (in the
form of Complaint on account, prescribed by
net of 1847,) for the time he worked, at the
rates agreed to bo given. Judgment of non
suit reversed.
John Worrell, for Plaintiff in error. Haw
kins, for Defendant in error.
Justices of Inferior Court vs. P. P. Mon
roe.
Mandamus. When exception is taken to
the dccisiou of the Inferior Court, the Justices
and
and Warren for PifPs in error. 1
Slaughter, for Defu'dt in error.
Charles Martin rs. W.m.Amh i’.son.
1. An Attorney is not protected by his privil
ege, from answering as to the facts, whether
the name used as Plaintiff was iielitions—
whether the Plaintiff, if a real person,was dead,
and whether the relation of Attorney anil client
subsisted between him and plaintiff.
2. In ejectment, the presiding Judge ought
to instruct the Jury as to the demise or demi
ses to which the plantifPs evidence applies, and
that, if they should find for the Plaintiff, they
should specify in their verdict the demise on
on which they find. Judgment reversed.
R. H. Clark for Pl’ff in error, Hood aud Hill
for DcPt in error.
F. I. B. Brown, vs. S. W. Lee, same vs. J.
W. Perry.
These two cases argued together, involving
the same facts aud questions. Motion to set
aside judgements arc rendered against a De
fendant, it is too late to move in arrest of said
judgement, or to vacate and set aside the same
for causes and.grounds, debars the records, and
which existed and was known to Defendant at
the time judgement was entered. Judgement
affirmed.
Tucker, Smith and Crawford for Pi’s in er
ror ; Worrell and Hawkins for DePt in error.
W. Brady rs. T. C. Sullivan.
Motion in the Court below, to have judg
ment entered nunc pro tunc and motion grant
ed. Judgment affirmed. Stubbs, Hill and
Tracy, for Pla’tff in error. Sullivan, Dcfn’dt
in error.
Ex'r of Rowell elal rs. E.v’r and Adm’r of
Neues.
The bill of exceptions should be filled in,
and the transcript of the record sent up and
certified from the Clerk’s office of tlio county
in which the suit is pending, and not from the
County in which, by consent or otherwise,
the case may be heard and decided. Dismiss
ed.
Caleb H. Blood rs. E. Johnson, cl al.
1. A Plaintiff in fi fa is guilty of a breach
of injunction, who is present at the sale, and
suffers the Baliff to sell property under his
fi fa, that is enjoined, and does not forbid the
sale, and takes no steps to prevent it.
2. An order imposing a fine on Plaintiff in
fi fa, for the violation of an injunction, modi
fied so as to award the amount to Defendant
in compensation for damages resulting from
the breach of the injunction. Judgment mod
ified.
Lyon for Pln’ff in error; Hill for DcPt in
error.
YVc will Weep no More.
This is the language of every leading Fusion
Press now in regard to “bleeding Kansas.”
The last N. Y. Times contains the following
benedictions:
Kansas Affairs.—We have at length re
ceived details of the recent action of the Free
State Legislature at Lawrence, from our cor
respondents. In consequence of the absence
of some and the arrest of others, there was no
[uorum present. Gov. Robinson has with-
Irawn from politics, aud is known to be of the
opinion that the peace aud prosperity—mate
rial, social and political—of the Territory can
be best secured, under existing circumstances,
by abandoning all other attempts to resist forc
ibly the Territorial authorities, and by await
ing, quietly and hopefully, the action of Gov.
Geary, and the progress of events. Lieut.
Gov Roberts, judgiug from his letter, which
wc publish in another column, is substantially
of the same opinion. The wisest and most
disinterested friends of Kansas, both within
and without the territory, will concur we have
no doubt, in the sagacity and propriety of this
advice.”
Amen !
The Presidential election is over, there is
not another for four years, and wc cannot hum
bug the people for that length of time. Ergo,
let us drop the subject and lay low for new a
hobby.
All Lost.—A New York letter says:
‘Coming up Broadway, a few days since, I
met Ole Bull, looking so altered and pale that
I scarcely knew him. He ha3 been lying ill
for three months at a little town on the Illinois
river, and had recently arrived here, where
the first greeting was to be arrested at the
suit of a very doubtful claimant. He and bis
sou, a very fine boy, dined with us the next
day after I met him, and wo beard more of bis
recent history. Poor fellow! he says he has
lost, in our free country, all that he valued,
bis health, his money and his good name and
he is content now to seek refuge again in Nor
way.”
Cincinnati Municipal Literature.
The following is a literal copy of a resolution
lasscd in the Cincinnati Council last week,
t was written by one of the members:
“Resolved that the citty solicitor pre par an
ordinance creating the office of citty ecler and
Defining his Dutys.”
Value of the Corn Crop.
Recent investigation shows that the Indian
corn crop of the Uuitcd States is of more val
ue than any other agricultural production, not
even excepting cotton. The culture of com
has wonderfully increased of late years—its
ratio of increase being far greater than any
other product. From 183!) to 1849, ns per
census returns, the increase was fifty percent.;
Cotton twenty-four; oats twenty, and wheat
sixteen. The cotton crop of 1851 was 927,-
000,000 of pounds, valued at §112,000,000;
while the corn crop of 1850 was 592,000,000,
of bushels, which at the lowest possible price
at which it can be estimated, is of for greater
value thau the cotton crop.
We Lave the best soil and climate extend
ing over nearly thirty degrees of latitude, in
the world for corn. We can raise more bushels
per acre, and of far better quality, than can
be done in any other country. Farmers, plant
forth the facts sufficiently full, so as to enable
the reviewers to see and understand the ground
upon which their decision is made. Judgment
reversed.
l’carman and Kimbro for Pl’ff in error; Ly
on and Vason for DePt in error.
Scott, Carhart & Co. vs. Warren and
Spicer.
If a sale and conveyance of land be made,
and at tho same time a mortgage be taken to
secure the payment of the purchaso money,
held by the Court, Judge McDonald dissent
ing, that the deeds of conveyance and rnort
fjago arc to be considered parts of the saim
contract and constitute one act, nud no prior
judgment against tlio mortgager, can inter
vene and attach upon the laud, to the preju
dice of tho mortgageo or his assignee. Judg
ment affirmed. Hines for Pl’ff' in error; L.
Warren for DcPt in error.
Hardt Griffin rs. Freeman Thomas. I
If the endorser of n note, who is sued in the
same lion with the maker, pays it off in full
pending t.ic suit; held, that such payment was
:i bar tu the right of recovery, and the suit
e. .aId ill.: h ■ l.-.aine I ,.i. I to jiul
meat, for tho benefit of the endorser. Judg
ment, reversed. Slaughter, for Plaintiff’s in
error. Mri /fie." and U. j!. Ci.U'k. fur lMetid-
mt in error.
Francis t in. i.n rs. Charles W. Horne.
Where a motion is made to dissolve an in
janction upon the coming in of the answer,
which motion is refused—the Court nevcrthc-
lc:has p over to entertain another motion to
dissolve, on tiic coining in of the mended an
swer. Judgement reversed.
Boi ston rs. Rotston, cl al.
\\ hen a man marries a widow, who with her
two infant dau liters, is entitled to a tract of
hind, belonging t , a -,•• d hu.-baml
fiat her, anu is appointed Guardian of said iu-
f. ml-, and enters upon the land. Held, that
this is such a reduction to possession as will
transmit the share or interest of his wife in th
premises, at his death, to his heirs at law, or
*“ cioviiable by bis last will and testament.
2. But a Court oi Equity, will nut order i
land, (it Lung a large valuable eot
—1 ion in Baker county) for the pur-
. Lion, when the husband of one ol
500 V s, is entitled to a third of the cs-
Ju*t r* his wife objects to tlie sale, and such
doc 161(1 have the effect to defeat the in-
Tight oi dower ol the said wife iu the
£/*hss. Judgment reversed. Scarborough
d
thereof have tho right to refuse to sign and XT _ , . - , f
certify said exception, when it does not set cor - n - Now rs the time to get yoor machinery
and fertilizers ready to put in a good crop in
the spring. Every member of every family,
and all domestic animals will thrive on corn.
Samp, hominy, mush, corn-bread and Jonny
cake, originally called Jomney-eake, are relish,
cd by every one whose appetite is not pervert
ed. Farmers, plant corn. For early family use,
for boiling, roasting, and succotash, plant ear
ly sorts of sweet corn ; and, for a crop to last
till snow ilics, plant Stowell’s sweet evergreen;
and, for early fodder, soiling, sow an acre or
two of the sweet Chinese sugar-cane. But
plant corn any how, and enough of it.
Anecdote of Mr. Mnrcy.
The 'Washington correspondent of the Bos
ton Post is responsible for the following :
I do not thiuk I shall violate any confidence
in giving an anecdote of Mr. Mnrcy’, current
m society, though I believe it has never been
in print. It is kuown that during the enlist
ment controversy, and consequent difficulty
with the English Minister, Mr. Crampton, the
French Minister, M. de Sartigcs, exerted all
bis influence with Mr. Marcy for the retention
of Crampton. On one occasion M. de Sartigcs
was arguing before the Secretary against the
dismissal of Crampton, presenting the disad
vantages of such an act in the strongest colors,
representing the desire of his government to
prevent a ru iture, &C., in quite a lengthy ora
tion; during; the delivery of which Mr. Marcy
sat perfectly silent, dangling his watcb-scols,
as if in profound reflection upon the French
Minister’s eloquence. At length, when Sarti-
ges had quite exhausted his discourse and paus
ed for a reply, the Secretary raised his shaggy
eyebrows a little and quietly inquired, “M.
Sartigcs, how is Madame this morning!”
i'he story goes no farther in that direction,
except, as deponent believes that, M. de Sarti-
ges took his hat and never approached the
-ubjcct again, while as the world knows, Mr.
Crampton was dismissed. Lord Palmerston fum
ed and fretted, and finally has appointed Lord
Napier to come over hero in Crompton's place.
Senator Sumner.—The Washington Star
says the rumor thnt this Senator was to occupy
his seat in the Senate shortly turns out to be
incorrect. Hois to leave Boston for Europe
about the first of March. Such is positively
his design. We learn that he will sojourn dur
ing most of tho recess in France, and have now
satisfied ourself that he will hardly appear on
the stage during the balance of the lifetime ol
tlm present so- ion.
MACON , O A.,
Tuesday Morning, Teb. 17, 1057.
Governor Johnson
Arrived in Macon yesterday, and took rooms
at the Lanier House.
Weather Variety.
Two or three weeks ago, the Telegraph was
speaking of weather in the neighborhood of
zero. Yesterday wc had a thunderstorm, and
as good, substantial thunder as any politician
need ask for.
The Itoinl Street Murder.
Mrs. Cunningham was committed to the
Tombs last Wednesday. The article upon
this dreadful affair copied from Porter’s Spirit
of the Times will be found intensely interest
ing.
A Court on a Circuit,
And a very Circuitous Circuit, too.
The Supreme Court of Florida passed
through Macon, last Wednesday, on the way
from Middle Florida to bold its annual terms
in the Eastern Circuit of that State. They
go to Jacksonville via Macon and Savannah—
a distance of GOO miles, to accomplish less than
two, because there are no sufficient public ac
commodations to transport them in a direct
course across the State. That is a hard case.
The Georgian & Journal reappeared as a
morning paper on and after the 13th instant.
The Fire iu Mobile.
From the Mobile Advertiser of last Tues
day we get the particulars of the great fire
and destruction of Cotton in that city the day
before. Three Cotton Ware Houses were
burned—the Montgomery, Hunt’s, and Plan
ters, with an aggregate capacity for 12,500
bales, and all of them full. At least 12,000
bags are thought to have been destroyed, val
ued at §735,000.
Augusta Railroad Connection.
The negotiations for a Railroad connection
at Augusta have failed. The city wished ten I
thousand dollars a year for the privilege from
the South Carolina Road, and the Road was
willing to pay but six thousand.
Slave Discipline.
The Mississippi Legislature have passed a
bill prohibiting under fine and imprisonment’
tho administration to slaves of more than thirty-
nine lashes at one time and for the same
offence.
Kansas.
Tho Joint Committee of the Kansas Legis
lature have reported in favor of taking a census
preparatory to the election of a convention for
the formation of a State Constitution.
Railroads in Northern Latitudes. |
The cost of relieving the Massachusetts Rail
roads from snow obstructions arising from the
late storm, is said to have been upwards of
§150,000 within the boundaries of that State
alone. It seems to us that such facts should
put the idea of a Northern route for the pro
posed Pacific Railroad, out of consideration
entirely.
California Senators Fleet.
By California dates per Black Warrior to
the 20th ult., we learn that the California Le
gislature had elected David C. Broderick to the
long, and Senator Gwin to the short term, in
the U. S. Senate. The general news is unim
portant. No intelligence by this steamer from
Nicaragua.
Cabinet Rumors.
It is said, are all to receive a quietus on or
shortly after the 25th instant, when Mr. Bu
chanan is to return to Washington with the do
cuments, and the Cabinet is actually to be read
out. Meanwhile, we observe in the corres
pondence of the prints, a current opinion thaf
of late the scales have preponderated decidedly
in favor of that portion of the Southern De
mocracy, called by way of eminence, “ State
Rights.” It is said they will number three
out of the four Southern Cabinet appointees.
All wc desire is such a judicious course os shall
consolidate the Southern Democratic party, so
as best to subserve its own great objects, as
long as the Union can be maintained.
Later <rom Europe.
The Steamship City of Baltimore, frem Liv
erpool on the 23th ult., reached New York last
Friday. Her intelligence is two days later,
and she quotes an advance in Cotton of a six
teenth to an eighth. Middling Uplands 74d*
Sales of the last two days 10,000 bags.
Flour and Com were dull—Wheat firm—
Sugar buoyant. Trade at Manchester was
unchanged. Money was tighter. Consols 93
i to 93 |.
Political Intelligence.
It was rumored that Persia had submitted
to the demands of Englan J, but the report was
not credited. The reported burning of the
factories at Canton is doubted. It wa report
ed that the English Cabinet would be modified,
and the Aberdeen party would come in. The
Emperor of Austria had granted an amnesty
to all Lombardy. The Conference at Con
stantinople, in regard to the Principalities, has
adjourned. Turkish traps will replace the
Austrians there.
Gen. Walker Safe.
The George Law which arrived at New York
last Friday brings gratifying intelligence from
Gen. Walker. Up to 17th ult. he was well
fortified at Rivas, with a force of twelve hun
dred effective men. .
Cotton.—Middling Upland was quoted at
13J in New York last Friday. Sales 10,000
bales. In Charleston, on Saturday, 900 bales
were sold at 12 to 134. Sales of the same day
at Augusta were 1500 bales at 124 to 13.
Middling. Fair quoted nt 13.
Ferocious Assnnlt upon nn Editor.
Middletown, (Con.,) Feb. 9.—Walter S.
Carter, editor of the Middlesex county Argus,
was severely beaten here this morning by Capt.
James De Kay, in consequence of an article
in his paper reflecting severely upon the Rev.
E. Harwood, Mrs. Harwood, and her sister,
Miss Do Kay. Sir. Carter is bleeding freely
at the lungs, and his recovery is considered
doubtful.
“Seeing Monkeys."—The Augusta Dis
patch urges the people to embrace this last
chance to see Donetti’s monkeys at fifty cents a
sight. Down this way some sec monkeys
without a price.
Slave State out of California.
The San Francisco Heraltl urging the De
mocracy of that State to a careful selection of
Senators sound upon the Kansas Nebraska plat
form, says:
We have no hesitation in asserting the probability
that In lure the lapso of six years, the Senate of the
1’i.iteil .Slates " ill be ealleil upmi for the praetical
insertion of the principle ofth.it law by the admis
sion of a slave State on the Pacific coast north, of
:ai degrees and thirty minutes. Will the Senators
from California he prepared to advocate with zeal
and energy, the right of the people of such a State to
decide upon their own institutions, without reference
to geographical lines ?
The Native Article.
The ice houses on the Arkansas River have
been filled up from the neighborhood for the
first time this winter,
Col.il G. Lamar.
The writer has not been lonsr enough con
versant with political men and matters in Geor
gia to form any very strong personal partiali
ties or predilections. Any gentleman accepta
ble to the majority of the Democratic party as
a gubernatorial Candidate, wc are quite sure,
will be equally so to us, aud wc have not the
slightest dl-p -ition to push the claims of any
one to the disparagement of those of others;
or to embarrass the exercise of the most en
lightened and impartial judgment upon those
claims, by any uuduc importunity in pressing
them. It can hardily escape notice, however,
that while systematic and earnest exertions
have been made in behalf of numerous gentle
men by their friends so as to place them prom-
mincntly before the public as contestants for
the nomination, all at once and very unexpect
edly, we believe, so far as Col. Lamar and bis
immediate friends are concerned, such strong
developcments in his favor from the body of
the people seem to have taken place as to in
dicate unmistakably, a strong popular bias in
his favor in many sections of the State. We
have frequent communications on this subject,
some of which are published to-day, and copy
to the same purpose articles from the Atlanta
Examiner. The popularity of Col. Lamar has
been tested in times past on more occasions
than one. Eis record in Congress aud the
Legislature of the State will compare favora
bly with that of any of our public men, and
these is in bis character and temperament a
geneality and heartiness well calculated to
elicit just such a demonstration in his favor as
is now taking place, and to make him, as be
always has been, before the people one of the
most available of candidates.
Small Pox in Tliomasvillc.
The Mayor of Thomasville, witli a judicious
purpose to forestall the exaggerations of ru
mor by a circumstantial statement of fact, has
addressed us the communication which appears
in another column. We have no apprehension
with the precautions taken by the Thomasville
authorities, that the disease will spread or be
come an epidemic there. The alarm and con
sternation over a single case of this disease
contracted in and brought from New Orleans,
is natural enough, hut not altogether reason
able. There is not a day in the year in which
cases of Small Pox do not occur in all our large
cities, but it seldom becomes an epidemic in
either of them, although its liability to become
so must be much greater in a crowded city
than in a well ventilated place like Thomas-
villc where each bouse has its spacious enclosure.
Besides, cutaneous disorders have rarely if ever
prevailed iu that section of country. The on
ly exception we ever heard of is the measles
which is now stud to be very prevalent in the
region of Tallahassee. Small Pox, however,
though often brought there from abroad, has
never yet gained a lodgement in that section
and we do not believe it ever will.
The Supreme Court.
The Republican of tho 13th says:
.Correction of Errors.—Of the seventeen de
cisions reviewed by the Supreme Court, nt their late
session in Macon, thirteen were reversed and but
four sustained. This is not very complimeutary to
the Judges of the Courts below.
The Remains of Hon. P. S. Brooks
Were received in Augusta last Thursday
and escorted to the City Hall, where a proces
sion was formed, consisting of the military,
firemen, and civil associations, which marched
through tho principal streets and conveyed the
body to Hamburg, where it remained until
morning. The display was most imposing.
A Case of Suspended Anomation.
The Cassville Standard gives the following
remarkable, but no doubt truthful, account:
Troth is Stranger than Friction.
From a letter received by our countryman, Mr.
Robt B Tomlinson, we take tho following extract. It
is from a gentleman whose character for truth cannot
be doubted:
Bckxe Co., Jan. 31,1S57.
Mu. K. GaMptLiirsoN ;
* * * * * * * * The most surprising
thing that lias happened is, that Taltom It. Butler, a
timber getter of tjeriven’ went to Savannah since
Christmas, to sell timber, and was taken sick, and it
was thought, died. There being a boat about to
leave, his remains were deposited in a coffin aud sent
home. On opening tho coffin after its arrival, he was
discovered to smite. Medical assistance was immo
diately obtained, aud it is said that ho is fast recov
ering. He was in Ins coffin nearly two days!
New York Money Markei.
The Commercial Advertiser of Saturday af
ternoon says :
“The money market opened this weeek with
some symptoms of greater ease, but the de
mand toward the close is more active, and the
offerings at the banks have been large, and
there has been some calling in of demaud loans
by them to-day. In the rotes ihero is no
no change since Saturday last, but the mar
ket may be noticed as rather firmer. On call
the large houses find no difficulty iu supplying
themselves at seven per cent., but there is no
pressure of means upon the market. For
prime endorsed paper there is a fair demaud
for strictly first class at eight to nine per cent.,
and ten to twelve per cent, for names less
known or not so much iu favor.
“The imports of dry goods this week have
been very heavy, exceeding those of the cor
responding week of last year by more than
three millions dollars; the payments for du
ties at the custom house have amounted to
nearly one and a half millions, and the accu
mulation of specie in the sub-treasury has a-
mounted to nearly three-quarters of a million.
The exports have also been large, the ruling of
exchange considered, though an important
part of the shipments of the week is in doub
loons, of which §22G,000 were received to-day
from Havre by tho steamship Alps. In addi
tion to the foreign exports §350,000 in Amer
ican gold was taken for New Orleans on board
the Black Warrior on Tuesday.”
The Coratiptiou Committee.
A Washington correspondent of tho Rich
mond Whig says;
It is here currently rumored that three members
of the IIouso, all from the North, have been implica
ted, by the testimony given before tho Investigating
Committee, in tho chsrgo lately preferred against
Congress, of being accessible to the seductive influ
ence of a bribe. These three members are to be
heard before tho Cominitteo in their own defence,
after which the Committee will make a voluminous
report, exhibiting all the testimony taken, and recom
mending whatever action may be advisable. This
report will be made in a few days, and then we shall
see what wo shall see. Inthemeantime.it is curi
ous to note tlie altered bearing and tbo subdued de
meanor of those who havo been most prominent iu
the ranks of the lobby during the present session.—
Their usual air of bold confidence and jnuuty self
possession has given way to a meek and quiet be
havior, which it is amusing to observe. They evi
dently consider themselves ns badly-treated individ
uals. They are porhaps, believers in the doctrine
taught by the ancient Greeks, that stealing is the
most honorable of professions, provided yon are
not detected in it—and only becomes a disgrace,
when you are so unskillful as to let it be discovered.
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. 9tb.—In the Senate to
day, the credentials of G. U. Fitch, were pre
sented, together with the protest of a portion of
the Legislature.
The House passed the Pacific Wagon Road
Bill.
A “Haul” of Fisii A school of white perch
was discovered a few days ago frozen in the
ice near Swan Point, in the Chesapeake Bay,
and we learn that nearly forty bushels were
cut out. The ice was about eighteen inches
thick.—Kent A’tics.
John Mitcliel.
This distinguished Irish patriot and exile
passed through M.teon on his way home to
Tennessee last Friday. lie had delivered a
Lecture in Savannah which wc see was receiv
ed with almost unbounded applause. In re
sponse to an invitation to address our citizens
the following reply was received which, it
will be seen, merely postpones the anticipated
gratification. Macon, we arc informed, was
the first city in the Union to raise her voice in
sympathy with the wrongs of John Mitcliel,
and will hail the visit aud address from him
with sincere pleasure:—
Macon, Feb. 14th, 1857.
II. G. Lamar and others:
Gentlemen:—I feel very highly honored
by your courteous invitation to deliver a lec
ture in this city, and although circumstances
compel me to leave Macon to-day, for my
home in Tennessee, I feel it to be aduty—as
it will assuredly be a pleasure, to return at
the earliestpossibic moment, and not only com
ply gladly with your wish so courteously ex
pressed, but gratify myself by expressing in
person, my gratitude for the kindness and good
will so emphatically demonstrated by the citi
zens of Macon, at a time of trial and peril to
wards myself and my native country.
I shall, without delay, gentlemen, commu
nicate the time aud subject of my Lecture to
my friend Col. Lochranc, and am,
With much respect your ob’t Servant,
JOHN MITCIIEL.
Canvass of tlic Presidential Vote
IN CONGRESS.
The two Houses met in Convention last
Wednesday and canvassed the Returns of tho
Electoral Colleges. A question was raised
about the vote of Wisconsin the return of which
was delayed beyond legal time by a heavy
snow storm which obstructed travel; but the
objections were overruled and the vote count
ed. James Buchanan of Pcnusylvauia was de
clared duly elected President and John C.
Breckenridge of Kentucky Vice president of
United States, for four years from the 4th of
March next.
Mi*. Buchanan.
The following is a description of the Presi
dent elect from the last North British Re
view :
The New American President—Physically he
is a large and powerfully built man ; indeed, neither
physically, morally, nor politically, is there anything
little abonthim. He is above six feet high, large
limbed and of fair complexion, and, although past
sixty years of age, still shows that he was in earlier
days what tho other sex. who must be allowed to de
cide in such mattera. call a handsome man. Ho lias
the habit (that historians attribute to Alexander the
Great) of holding liis head somewhat inclined to ono
side, and sometimes partially closing cno eye. as if
to prove, what was undoubtedly tho case during his
mission in this country, that he co|ild see ft vast ileal
more with half an eye tiian all our ministers when
they opened theirs to the fullest extent, as they had
to do more than once, if all the tales be true, du
ring tho course of their “transactions of business”
with Mr. Buchanan. Ho Is halo nnd vigorous; a
Presbyterian, with more indulgence for those of
other creeds, than is sometimes found in persons of
that persuasion; kind-hearted, generous, and chari
table, as many instances reported by thoso who know
him will prove.; much beloved by relations and de
pendants ; distinguished for great prudence and sa
gacity in making his decisions, and for firmness in
their execution when taken.
The New York Murder.
An important witness was before the inquest
on the 11th, whose testimony goes far to fix the
guilt of Eckel. This was John Farrell, a la
boring mra, who on his way home, passed Dr
Burdcll’s house at 11 o’clock, on the night oj
the murder. When passing the house, he trod
upon one of his shoo strings and sat down on
the steps to readjust them. While in tho act,
a person answering the description of Dr.
Burdcll, passed into the house. Immediately
there was a cry of murder—a sound as if of a
scnffic, and a stiffed noise as if of a person
choking. Directly after, the door opened and
a man in his shirt sleeves accosted witness, de
manding why he was there, and ordered him
off. The witness afterwards selected Eckel
among a good many others as the person who
thus accosted him.
The Coroner’s verdict has been made up,
charging Mrs. Cunningham and Eckel as prin
cipals and Snodgrass as accessory to the mur
der.
New York Cottosi Market.
Middling Uplands were quote at 134 in New
York on Saturday. Sales 4000 bales. Steam
er’s new sgavc greater firmnesss to the market.
Latest from Europe.
The Europa arrived at New York, on Satur
day. The Liverpool cotton market opened
bonyant at the beginning of the week, but
fell off at the close. Prices were stiffer and
holders offering freely, but were not pressing
sales. Sales of the week sum up 01,000 bales
—Fair Uplands quoted at 7 Id, Middling do
at 74. Stock on hand 295,000 bales including
195,000 American. Money tighter with no
prospect for immediate relief. Consols 93J.
From China it was reported that the Chinese
had apologized to the Americans. Nearly all
the Canton factories had been destroyed. The
English had commenced the bombardment of
Canton and it was supposed the City would be
destroyed.
From Washington.
The Pacific Wagon Road and Minnesota
Laud bills have passed the Senate.
The Corruption Committee are expected to
report to-morrow.
Sad Case.
One of the most respected and beloved
preachers of the Gospel iu Montgomery, who
has for some time showu symptoms of aD-
proaching insanity, has at length become a
confirmed lunatic, and has been conveyed to
an asylum. It is altogether a distressing case,
but we do not feel at liberty to enter into par-
ticulors.—Montgomery Mail.
Wc learn, through a private source, that
the person alluded to is the Rev. David Find
ley, for many years the pastor of the Presby
terian Church iu that city.
Dress Warn:.
Read the following good advice: “Our cli
mate is changeable. Pleasant and charming
weather soon passes into raw and cold-taking
days, which, unless provided against, arc most
exposed. _ Pride makes the most insensible
and foolish beings which claim anything of
reason and prudence. They dress to be sick,
and half of them are, because they despise
thick and warm clothing. Away with such
nonsense, men and women, aud prepare for the
change of season. Better bu healthy, beauti
ful, and robust, thau fashionable, thin-ahoed
and flounce-dressed gentry, with a genteel
cough and consumptive look. Then dre^s
warm ! Put away your wafer understandings
and summer trappings, and betak e yourself to
thick, warm, sensible and protecting clothing,
such as souud-miuded men aud women ought
choose.”
nrdcr i
Tb
3d deal of
The con’s raised in Yorkshire in 1855,
amounted to 7,747,-170 tons ; the iron ore to
1,225,300 tons; the lead ore to 9378 tons;
the silver to 273 ounces, all showing an in
crease over the production of the previous
year.
Freights in a Funny Fix.—We learn that
the through steamer Montgomery, a few days
since, brought over 2,000 barrels of freight
from New Orlean for no ’ ing, and then paid
the freight up the railroad, as a bonus!
We do not know how much the boats now
pay passengers to go with them to New Or
leans or Mobile.—Moittg nncry .Mail.
The statement, that Roger A. Pryor, late
of the Richmond Enquirer, would soon be an
nounced as one of the Editors of the Charles
ton Mercury has been contradicted.
The Northern Freshets.
Tremendous Freshets have been tin
of the day in the Northern Ri
tomac lias been very high, and .i - i-^. -*- «* {
damage baa been sustained to property along
its line. The Susqnebannah lias lieciiimpas-
sable at all its points of railroad intersection,
including Havre dc Grace.
The bridge at Port Depo if. some four or
five miles above Havre do Grace, is carried
away. The lower part of the town of Port
Deposit has been inundated, and a great deal
of damage has been sustained along the whole
course of tbo riveri which by last accounts,
was gorged with icc, at several points, and
threatening wide-spread ruin.
Tho Delaware was sixteen feet above high
water mark, and threatening damage.
The Schuylkill showed eleven feet water at
the dam at the Fairmount Water Works. The
Hudson has burst its bounds, and been doing
immense damage. The lower part of
Albany was submerged last Sunday night, and
property destroyed to an estimated amount of
two millions, ,
The water continued rising tiff four o’clock mon-
day moruing, when it reached a point three feet
higher than ever before known, flooding tho whole
lower portion of the city as high up as Green Street.
Tho lower parts of Herkimer and Hudson (parallel)
streets are submerged to tho first story, and Broad
way is flooded from the Exchange to tlio Dclavan
llonse. Tho stores and cellars on tho West sido are
filled with water, and all tlio streets between Broad
way aud the river are navigable by boats. A large
number of cattle have been drowned.
At threo o’clock the fire bells wero sounded in
different parts of tho city, adding to the terrors of
the scene. Warren ft Son’s building, on Broadway,
and Messrs. Gilson ft Daltou’s - Dialling mills, and
Barrett’s warehouse on the pier all being in flames nt
tho same time, owing to tlio slacking of a large
quantity of lime. Owing to tho height of tho water it
was impossible to get tbo engines to tho tire, and
theroforotho firemen proceeded in boats with buck
ets and succeeded iu confining tho flames to the
buildings in which the fire originated. The glare of
tho conflagration upon the lushing waters of the river
and the devastating flood iu the city rendered the
scene one not soon to bo forgotten.
The steam propeller-Western World caught fire,
from the burning warehouse and burnt until she sunk.
It is rumored that several lives havo been lost.
Twelve canal boats, three barges, and two steam
tugs have been sunk.
Tho canal warehouses on the piers are stove in-
and the flood is making a breach through them.
Four hundred cattle in East Albany have been
drowned; also many horses stabled iu tlio lower part
of the city.
Threo wrecked houses passed down the river this
morning from some point above tho city. Two men
were seen upon the roof of one.
The Hudson Kivor railroad is submerged, and
the Central railroad is in tho same condition. The
trains are landing their passengers on the outskirts of
tho city.
No trains have left here to-day. _
At noon tho water was again rising.
A public meeting has been called for the relief of
the sufferers.
The streets aro in the greatest excitement.
Several alarms were sounded again at noon.
The families rescued from the flooded districts aro
landing from flat boats at the post office steps
The water is still rising as this dispatch is sent off.
Tim lumber districts aro all overflowed, and much
lumber has been swept off.
The city of Troy is nearly overflowed, and the
bridges in tho neighborhood are in danger. One
bridge from up the river floated down against the
Troy bridge this morning.
The freight depot nt Green Island has been burnt
by slacking lime.
The trains are all suspended, and business is en
tirely stopped.
The water commenced receding Tuesday
afternoon.
Westward, tlic Gcnessee at Rochester was
carrying away bridges and buildings over the
Falls.
Chicago, Feb. 10.—The freshet consequent upon
the recent thnw has done immense damage in this
vicinity to railroads, bridges, telegraph wires, mills,
ftc. On Friday, at Aurora, two bridges, saw-mill,
plnning-mill, carriage filetory nud large quantities of
iumber were swept off. It is feared that several lives
havo been lost.
Tho Rock Island railroad bridge nnd the Morris
bridge are gono. Also tiie Miciiigan Central railroad
bridge at Vpsilanti nnd tlio bridge at Niles, togeth
er with several tri er the St. Joseph’s nnd Kalamazoo
rivers.
Both brandies of the Chicago roso several feet on"
Saturday. Tho southern portions of this city are
submerge!!, hut the river is now foiling. The dam
age done to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail
rends is estimated nt 6100,000.
In New Eugland much damage had been-
sustained along the course of the Counccticut
and other streams. Derby on tlic llousatonic
had been in great part destroyed.
Ikust AH
nun-
From tho lialtiinoro American.
’ Great Freshet in the Potomac.
Washington, Feb. 8.—The experimental
trip of the steamer Powhatan yesterday had
the effect of so greatly weakening the ice in
the Potomac, that the whole mass below the
Long Bridge gave way at 12 o’clock last night,
and at ebb tide this forenoon that above mov
ed, breaking some of the bridge many feet from
the line in several places. The vicinity of the
Bridge has been tlirouged all day by thou
sands of spectators.
About 5 o’clock this afternoon, the ice from
the Potomac at Little Falls broke away, aud
came down the retiring current in immense
masses, piling it mountain high above the cause
way, aud carrying three or four hundred feet
of the trestle work away of that portion of the
bridge between the centre masonry and tho
Virginia shore. It also moved the heavy frame
work on the piers in the channel several feet.
When the fog roso tho whole river above pre
sented a magnificent, spectacle. There were
two distinct ridges, varying from five to thirty
feet high above the centre masonry of the
bridge, and the ice was gorged as far as the
eye could reach.
On the arrival of tlic cars on tlic Virginia
side, the passengers, about thirty in number,
walked tip the tow-path, and crossed the aque
duct at Georgetown, arriving here in it sorry
plight. Their baggage was forwarded via the
Little Falls Bridge, blit it is rumored here
that a portion of the causeway, connecting
that structure with the Virginia shore, is im
passable.
The steamer Powhatan is not yet up, and it
is announced that she is below gorged in tue
ice, hut it is more probable that she is prevent
ed by the dense fog aud the floating icc from
making her usual time, Should she not arrive
in time to connect with the Northern cars in
the morning the Mount Vernon or Baltimore
will take her place on the route.
1 learn that tho steamer George Page, own
ed by tlio Orange and Alexandria Railroad,
will he ready in a few days to make the con
nection between Washington and Alexandria.
Tremendous Freshet at Albany.
Albany, Feb. 9.—There was a tremendous
flood last night, causing damage to the estima
ted amount of two millions of dollars. The
city throughout the night was the sceuc of ut
most confusion. Laborers were working all
night removing goods in the stores, in the
lower part of the city to the second stories,
where it was thought they would he safe; but
at cleveu o’clock the water began rising rap
idly, aud the workmen were obliged to desist
and run for safety. The water continued ris
ing till 4 o’clock this morning, when it reach
ed a point three feet higher than ever before
known, flooding the whole lower portion of the
city as high up as Green street. The lower
parts of Herkimer, Hudson, and the parallel
streets, were submerged to the first story, and
Broadway was flooded from the Exchange to
the Delevan House ; and the shores and cell
ars on the west side were tilled with water.
All the streets between Broadway and the
river were navigable by boats. A large num
ber of cattle were drowned. At three o’clock
an alarm of fire was sounded in different parts
of.the city, adding terror to the scene. War-
lvn <Sr. 3m d Ir.iiUiiig.i, in Br,..idw::y, Gi’v-imV
& Daltou’s planiug-mills, and Barrett’s ware
house on the pier, being all in flames at the
same time. These fires were caused by the
slacking of lime, aud owing to the height of
the water it was impossible to get the engines
to the fire; therefore, the firemen proceeded
in boats, aud by the use of buckets confined
the fire to the buildings in which it originated.
The propeller Western World took lire and
stink at Barrett’s store, and it is rumored that
several lives were lust. Twelve canal boats,
three barges, and two tugs were sunk. The
eapal warehouses on the pier are stove in, t lie
flood making a complete breach through them.
Four hundred cattle
downed, as won: many
ower part of the city. Throe w^'.TV 1 it
lapsed down this morning j",.
wo men were .seen upon the roof of one-'t'd
V.ili tlic liud -on river and Central ■' 1
re submerged, the trains landing the j!"
:n-s on the outskirts of the city; and 4
lave been despatched from here yet (j i’, :
J A public meeting has been called V, i
tef of the suffcrcts. w “*i|
The streets at neon were in the ,, r
state of excitement. Several alarms,?,!
were sounded. Families from the (Iq?,
trict were landing from fiat boats at tl ^
office steps, and tho water was still risi„~ e H
lumber districts were also overflowed a>
The city of Troy is nearly overflow.]
tlic bridges are m danger. Oac bridJ’ ?
up the river floated down, entire, ■>„,?„ 1,1
Troy bridge. The freight depot on n 11,1
Island was burnt by slacking lime. ^
were suspended, aud business wis
stopped.
Southwestern S£;ji!s-o;«r Extei-
GREAT MEETING. ‘' IS,
Macon was full of strangers last weet_-
egates from Randolph aud Clay counties/
Georgia, and Barbour county, in Alaliam. *
a meeting of the Southwestern /
company, to perfect arrangements to eju
the Road to Cuthbcrt, Fort Gaiues andj
faula, Alabama. The company made
liberal propositions for an extension ( 0 qJ
bert as long ago as last July, and, sofa...
Cutlibert and Eufaula are concerned, „ c *
derstand they are fully complied with. 7y
delegates brought tlic requisite stock sul4
tion and §192,000 in cash. Fort Gaines, u
ing initiated her movement somewhat!-'.
was not quite ready with tho’cash, but fi
ample subscriptions of stock. Her fin, ,•
compliance with the Company’s term -
therefore extended to the 1st and, in eu.c ?
cy, to the 15th of next mouth. There bL
ever no doubt that all thearrangementi nil
perfected. •
The road will be extended from Sea-:
City to Cuthbcrt, in Randolph county ^
there fork—one branch running to i; E; ,!
and the other to Fort Gaines. This will
than double tlic length of the road—foe?
its capital stock from §1,300,000 to three nil
ions, and add immensely to its business.
The Eufaula branch aloue, it is supr-.-
will contribute yearly sixty-thousand bales *■
cotton to the freights, and from Eufaula it?
doubtless be cawed onward and. pencil
some of the best cotton regions of AU. m
The South-western Railroad is already ta^
tbo best, if not the very best, Railroad st«i
in the Country, and a future of largely inm ;i I
ed prosperity seems openi ng before it. It t2|
be seen the directors declare a scmi-subl
dividend of four per cent, to-day, lcsidcsa&
ing largely to the sinking fund of the coup,
ny.
From the Thomasville Watchman 11th imt
Onr town has been honored tho past wtff
by a visit from C. F. Wellcs and Mr. ScMjtte.
the President and Engineer of the linmsiid
& Florida Railroad. The former gentlcra,
by invitation, addressed a meeting of the citi
zens on Thursday 5th inst., iu relation tori
condition of the company and the course tb
intend to pursue. lie informed the people
Thomas, that the Brunswick company woo. 9
not extend the road one foot beyond llicCre-.
otherwise than dictated by the special inters
of the company, unless the people West i
that poiut contributed strong nud immedia
aid to its extension to Thomasville. He chu*
ed upon the people of Thomas infidelity v
their pledges to the Brunswick Road, a
threw upon them the responsibility of deb
the progress of that Road fer twelve moaii
As .Mr. Welles asserted that he did not ca
here to solicit funds for the support of the a*
patiy, the object of liB, it is fair to infer, n
to obtain a direct stock subscription iu lies/
the conditional notes previously given. Hr
far he succeeded in this, we have been turn'-
to ascertain, as the adjourned meeting olid
at his suggestion was never held owing tori
rumor of small-pox. Wc do not endorseri
charges of Mr. Wcilcs against the contricui
and people of Thomas, yet wo deemitb/f
that our citizcus who have contracted to be-
the road from Thomasville to the Alapabaj
should go to work promptly and cnergetia "
Candor nevertheless constrains us toavo*:~
were our fellow-citizens now untramelM
these conditional notes and contract cbbj»
tions, they coaid, in onr opinion, invest tic
capital aud labor with greater safety undo/
certain advantage in a Railroad connects;
Thomasville aud Albany.
I’rtming.
There is, perhaps, no subject iuhorticctaB
so little understood as the principles
which pruning is founded. The object it H
pruning fruit trees is chiefly to hasten or re-1
ulatc the crop of fruit, and iuduco or reriiB
the development of wood growth. With i ^
reference to the former, more depends np<*B
summer pruning and disbudding. Trees**9
frequently barren from excessive wood grovri ■
which is weakened by pruning during saa-1
mer. It is a well-understood fact, am®,’!
scientific cultivators, that summer pruiffl,’ H
wcakcus and winter pruning strengthens w
wood growth. Hence the practice of nunetj -
men in priming young trees after thcseasw'B
growth is completed, to increase their lunw- r
ance.
Trees that have arrived at a bearing state I
if properly managed during growth, tvc&1»S
probably require no wiutcr pruning, un:*=r
the removal of large and misplaced branchy I
In the abstract, it seems a negative prat** 4 1
to encourage a luxuriant growth, and them* j
it down iu winter. It is quite possible ton--" F
age trees without having recourse to
pruning, unless for special objects, as altwf
alluded to. It certain that much injury i» “j L
llictcd by the indiscriminate use of the saw 1
pruuiug-knife, at this lime, especially on jo^’ I
bearing trees. , I
Make it a study, next season, to disbud* 1 1
summcr-prunc all growing trees, so that )*
may weaken and cheek the wood; pra*{
such trees now increases their future wf[
since, by’ diminishing the branches after u*
fall of the leaves, the roots gain greater f* 1 *
poudcrauce. On the other hand, it h^note I
necessary to prevent weakness from overbeff' L
ing. Since the introduction of the dwawsP
system, by grafting on weak-growing et 0 "'
this error has been Lieu neatly committed- P
Itb*
unprofitable trees have been the result
also had a tendency to throw discredit 0B ^
system, by those who, from want of k nCI ';'
edge and experience, liave beeu unsueee***®
iu cultivation.
There are many kinds, naturally of S ' C "A
growth; grafting them on slow-growing
induecsftHtfulncos, and represses wood g/ ) j
to an injurious extent. Such trees s “ . 1
have every blossom picked off that oppe*® I
spring; all growth carefully retained ^"ij
summer, and pruned down in winter
treatment will,bo followed by iucrcasi
which may be maintained by taking *
crops and continued good cultivation
ho much depends upon individual B
ties in trees, that it is difficult to form • B
ite rule that would serve as a safeguard
unitiated. Close observation, extended e
nonce, and, at tlio least, a slight know*
of physiology arc indispensable requsit®
successful cultivation ot fruits.—L-.
i
The Guta Goad Safe- :
Our delegates appointed to m- >•* 1:
at -Macon, on the loth ii:st.. i--:t this
with the necessary’ funds to seeuro tl-- 1
sion to this place. Our citizens ha'C < ;
nobly- to the work, and there n->w
doubt that we are to have a Road : 11 '
tied tact, and ere many men ths wt
the heavy tread of the “ Lou horse
einity. — Cuthbcrt Reporter.
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