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FHE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
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COUNCIL Ph
Wncon, April 2nd
KMOUI.AU meeting
!’r< sent—A. ft. Adaim, Mavor,
\M. Wimlup, r'imilny, lto-iick, Bio
Strohecker.
Al-fiit— VM Flanders. IHfo.
Lie niinut,', of the last m •otin*wero re-id
on motion Aid. Ilnstiek to r.- on.-d Jer that por
: -li-rencc to removing of awnings; tflO min UK
tlii'ii cniifiriiud.
l'li** Bridge Keeperrrportod tolls for the «
date S-(1,00.
The Clerk of Mnrket reported fe
date 85.30.
The Guard Honso Keeper reported fees for tho
week te date
An ordinnnee to raise Supplies for the support cf
the eitv (loveriinieiit, for the year 1 -57, was retd the
second lime, by sections, mid passed.
The Street Committee to whom was referred the
matter relative to the Bridge in Klhcrt Street
K- port, That in -MS. \V. * M. A W. U. K. C os '
tor certain considerations, agreed to open 5th Street
from it* then terminus po ft wide to Hawthorn Street,
'•Itlime a Miiad Iti i I; Sewer already , ..mm. n, :
from its termination, to Rodgers’ Branch, to grade the
proposed continuation of :>th Street, and build a
bridge with brick abutments ‘.’0 ft. span and 30 ft.
wide.
Wo find that the liridgo was built, but before it
was filled in to the abutments or the street graded so
as to become passable, it was floated off. mid that
the small sower has nover been continued as per
agreement. We therefore recommend that the street
committee bo authorized to confer with the Superin
tendents of the It. It. Cos. relative to an adjustment of
the matter, with power to act—Adopted.
The petition of many citizens, praying a reconsid
eration of a Itesolutiou relative to wooden awnings,
—Received.
When on motion Aid. Findlay
Kesidved, That tho matter bo referred to a special
comiuilteo of Three. Fi.vni.ar, )
Bostick, >
Bloom. )
On motion Aid. Strohecker,
Resolved, That the special committeo on Wooden
Sheds, be and are instructed, to consider end report
on the propriety of causiugall signsextending across
the side walks removed.
.ALACO?*. G-A..
To the
Tuesday Morning, April 7, 1857.
Mi
Out ram. Agent of t lie Anglo-Saxon,
published in Boston, is in Macon for the pur
pose of procuring subscribers. We are ns-
Jobnstor, tired the paper is thoroughly conservative in
' tone, and well worthy of Southern patronage.
Fort Valley .Hale Academy,
ACatnlogueof this Institution which 1ms been
on our table for some time, seems to disclose
a good degree of prosperity. There are sixty-
five students in all the departments, and tho
range of studies pursued embraces tho most of
the text Books ordinarily in use up to the
second year in college. The Institution is un
der tho charge of R. E. Maranvilie, Esq., an
experienced and efficient teacher.
Mr. J. N. Cato of the North Georgia Times
has secured the Editorial Services of C'oi. J. T.
Taylor late of the Rome Southerner. The
Times is a Bound and able paper.
The Nome Southerner and Commercial Ad
vertiser arc, we arc glad to sec, united under
the efficient management of Messrs D. II. Ma
son and J. T. Riley.
'soutliern Prevs and Con-
GRESSMEN.
We beg attention to the article on our first
page to-day, copied from the Middletown Ban
ner of Liberty. The subject is ouc of great
public importance, and there should be a uui-
ted effort; of the whole country press, but more
particularly the Southern press, to apply
corrective so far as it can he done by
equalization of postage rates. At best the
country press (by which we mean to include
all published out of great Commercial Cen
tres) must sustain a very unequal competition.
They pay higher for material and labor, and
their business docs not justify the outlay for
elaborate and costly machinery, capable of
turning out many thousand impressions per
hour at a proportionly diminished expense
nor docs it permit the employment of a large
corps of editors and correspondents to give
their issues the variety, attractiveness and val
ue of the metropolitan press. Why, then, on
tho back of these, should the postage laws he so
shaped as to place these larger sheets from re
mote points in the hands of the reader for the
The Gnbematoi ial Convention
fFrom the Federal Union.]
Let the Voice of the People be heard
our eoteinporaries persist in the opinion
c,nrm
tlmt <>ur State Convention should be held in July, and
nut in Juuo. We have given oi r views of the ltd
vantages likely tn arise front an i-arlv organization
and a Convention it Jane. The Democracy are
divided in opinion ns to the day, and evil will tl >w
out oftbU division,unless an understanding be reach
ed at once. How shall the ill effects of a rntsund
standing, and tile consequent confusion, l.,* avoided,
if this division cnntiiiu.-s much lunger ! \\V nop. --,1
to the people for a si lution of the difficulty. Let us
hear from the people at once, in the several sections
ofthe State, and then tho Press can give th ir deci
sion all necessary prominence some weeks beforo
the time.
a We say, then, to the Democracy, as the Pre?3 are
divided in opinion as to the beat time to hold tho
Convention, and seam likely to continue so, assem
ble in vour primary meetings, and speak out. Let
every county speak at once in relation to this mat
ter. Let us know which day you prefer, the 10th
dat or Junk or tho iso Wkdnksdat in Ji lt. Wo
shall cheerfully abide the voice of a majority of the
party. Desiring chiefly to advance its interests, we
only need be shown in what direction it lies to take
it. Wo have said our last word upon this subject,
for some timo to come.
When have enr Gubernatorial Conventions been held 1
Gov. .McDonald was renominated, May 3d, 18-11.
Tho next Democratic Gubernatorial Conventionwas
held June 5th, 1843. Tho next, June ICth, 1845. Tho
next, Juno28, 1847: The next, July 11th, 1849: The
next. May 28th, 1851: Tho next, Juno 15th, 1853 : The
last of our State Gubernatorial Conventions was held
same rate charged upon the smaller issues of I Juno 5th, tuss. We refer to these dates, for the pur-
Com.
TJie Washington Union.
A telegraphic despatch from Washington,
under date of the 20th inst., states that Mr.
Appleton who was to have taken charge of the
Washington Union, lias been appointed assis
tant Secretary of State, and that William A.
Harris, Esq., of Virginia, is to be editor of the
Union. Mr. Appleton, although nominally
editor for some weeks, has been prevented by
ill health from discharging tho duties of the
Yea*.—Winshlp, Johnston. Strohecker, Mayor—4.1 nost.
Nays.—Findlay, Bostick, Bloom—3. I ”
The Finance Committee reported in favor of the
following i.ccouut.-', which were ordered paid, via:
Jus. A. Ralston, $99,00; McCallio A Jones, $49,00;
do $8,84; Alex. Richards, $135; John 8. Baxters,
$150; Pye A Hafer, $30,40.
The Sexton reported the interments for the month
o( March. Adults, whites 3, Colored 5. Children,
whites 6, Colored 3.—Total IC—1 non resident.
The committee on Rote Hill Cemetry to whom was
referred the application of the city Sexton relative
to the fee* of said office, offer the following :
An ordinance to amond the 3d Section of an ordi
nance relative to the city Sexton.
The Dictionaries*
Wc are requested to invite attention to the
Dictionaries advertised to day. An impression
commonly exists that Webster’s royal Octavo
is abridged by the omission of words to be
fonnd in the quarto. This is not the case. All
the words in the Quarto arc to be found in the
Octavo, and tho abridgment is effected by
the vicinity.
Its effect is disastrous—not more in crippling
and emasculating the country press, than, as
an inevitable result, in centralizing political
influence, and in contributing to place public
opinion in the hands of a few great newspaper
establishments. Although time has yet very
imperfectly developed the actual results of this
unequal legislation, the last Presidential elec
tion furnished a startling illustration of what
it may ultimately accomplish. A party or
ganized for the most sectional, disorganizing
and unconstitutional purposes, takes up
candidate without a solitary claim to national
confidence on the score of talents, position or
pose of showing our Democratic friends, that, in
suggesting tho 2nd week in June, as a proper timo
to hold tho Democratic Gubernatorial Convention,
we were carrying out the ancient customs and timo
honored usages of the Party. Butonesinglo instance
occurs in fifteen years, where the Democratic Party
postponed its convention so iate as July. And that
was on the occasion of renominating Gov. Towos,
when there was no opposition to that gentleman—he
being renominated by acclamation, h h
lion- Henry W. Hiliiaid.
What the Advertiser styles a “ bombshell”
appears iu the Montgomery papers, iu the
shape of a manly letter of adhesion to the
Democracy from lion. Henry W. Hilliard.
We have space only for the extracts copied
below, and constituting a valuable tribute to
tho character and position of the party and its
Presidential representative. For many years
Mr. Hilliard has been the leader of the oppo
sition in that State, and his unexceptionable
character, elevated tone and bearing—his ac
knowledged talents and great oratorical abili
ties, have all united in giving him an extent
and force of personal influence not often ex
celled. The Democracy will every where cor
dially welcome him as a colaborer in tlicir
ranks; but they also feel that there is now no
apology for good men every where, who can
divest themselves of mere party prejudice, for
not adopting the same course. Is it not evident
to the most superficial observer, that events
have imposed upon the Democracy of the Re
public the guardianship of the Rights of the
States—the maintenance of tlic Constitution,
against a corrupt, lawless and fanatical oppo
sition ? All political controversy has at last
resolved itself into a mere struggle for the law
against sectional oppression and fanatical in
tolerance—for the Republic, as she stands,
against what Black Republicanism would
make her. True, we have a little third estate
.Mr.. Editor —It is v>i:h much regret X observe a
spirit of dissatisfaction manifesting itself at tho d<
termination of our city Fathers respecting, (or not
sufficiently reaped in?) the right of property holders
to erect shetli in front of their stores. The writer of
the article in the last issue of the Journal & Messen
ger, signed ‘Many Citizens,' who comes down so un
mercifully on the ‘paid organ of the City Council,
seems to forget, not only that the present City Coun
cil were not in office and did not pass that ordi
nance so much detested by, and which lias most un
fortunately not received the approving smile of
•Many Citizens;’but farther, that the paper which
be has been pleased to condemn as the unholy organ,
out of which the city fathers grin-1 their most sacri-
X’r.-m the vVaiin...
Kansas and the At3 !la j»,
While the opposition ....
attacks upon the Supreme t ; •«
reaffirmed an opinion conn : : :
s.
an opinion
zensbip which has been acti V , .
ernment during its whole i-b- ' . '
they labor with bad imaginafi^’ ' ‘
difficulties in Kansas, and short. PttJ
reference to them on the part of
tration, they studiously shin their „ ****
policy of Mr. Buchanan on this whT’ to j
itedit in his Tn*„ ! e HU
of that ordi-
ligious music, was not, at tho passu;
nance the medium through which that august body
made known its resolution and actions. And judg
ing from the tone of his communication, I am inclin
ed to believe him one of those unlucky ‘private citi
zens’ whoso interests (in tho form of shed.-.' are being
so wantonly‘voted or scribbled’ away. Hence his
disinterested kindness and zeal in supporting the
he has presented it in his Inau~Z‘.Y:
Wc beg to refresh their niemoric j;'
hu ing a few sentences from tl,;. X
state paper
easily satisfied
from
rr,, .. , from this »,
he black republic
.. , .. "hh any politic ... -
inch they cannot manuf^G L
capital; but how can they S?*' P*
cardinal feature of our Ament-,?' 11 of -
government which declares that tl, ■
majority shall rule, or that praciff^
cause of sheds. Further, beseems to forget that the | jfin of CSsw! - ?ct S
tics? Mr. Buchanan says: ’ 10
present city council are merely carrying out or en
forcing tho act of a former body, and if such be the
case, (which I do not suppose he will doubt) why
was not tho cry raised against the measure at the
time of Us formation 7 If fault there be, why not let it
rest on tho head of the perpetrators ? Really, this
looks remarkably like a display of party feeling, or
political prejudice. There was not, at the timo ot the
passage creating ‘fire limits’ in our city, a single mur
mur. Every one saw the reason of and necessity for
the thing, and it was received with general satisfac
tion. But now, when tho enforcement of au ordiuanco
of a like nature, aud entailing less hardship, is at
tempted, our ears arc assailed with the cry of private
interests sacrificed to newspaper scribbling,’ and
riton
What a happy conception, th.n ,
press to apply this simple rule—that f,t cj
majority shall goveru-to the Settlement i
turn of domestic slavery in the Territory.? 1
is neither ‘to legislate slavery into anTn- SsJ
State nor to exclude it therefrom but t , 1 ' r '
people thereof perfectly free to f orTO
> * -• ^ ownwaVjJS
natural consequence, Congress has 'Iw*’’ f
that when the Territory of Kansas sbafl r ^-i
as a State it ‘shall be received into the
or without slavery, astheir constitute- i
at the time of their admission.
‘‘A difference of opinion has arisen in r f *.,
point ot tune when the people of a
—■» j i i .. ... . ., ... ... . decido this question for themselves
When the Federal Union suggested the 10th of Knownothingism South, living in a state of ” rea ^ larnentabop is made over the Me*of beautify- ••This i 3 happily, a matter of bat Uhl.
_ T r „ , . . , „ .. . | t; i: i „J a„:__*L.ii a.. , | mg tho city at private expense.’ Hero wo have it | importance. Besides, it ts ajodicia!
legitimately belongs to the Supreme Ci.r?'? 5
United States, before whom it is now t! 5,
will, it is understood, bo speedily andC* **
To their decision, in common with all
shall cheerfully submit, whatever thi?
day of Juno for the Gubernatorial Convention,
and solicited an opinion of the Georgia Demo
cratic press upon the subject, the only ques
tion involved seemed to be the time when the
fullest representation of the party throughout
the State could most probably be secured.
For this end, a later day has been preferred
political isolation, and filling the function of
carpers at the democratic party. They are a
kind of sappers and miners, who scratch under
tlic walls in the inside of the fortress, while
the Black Republicans make violent assault
without; but it is not a very dignified or pa-
! triotic occupation, and the democracy have a
all iu a nut shell; somebody’s feelings aro beingpow-
erfully wrought upon through their pockets. Itather
than incur the expense ofa respectable lookingawu-
ing, they patch up a filthy wooden concern, which
lasts (in some condition) a little longer, thereby mar- I though it has ever been my individual' UD ,-,
ing the beauty of a lino edifice, and rendering the
interior 80 dark that roods cannot lie exhibited to I Xv-rritory s!iaH justify tlic fonna'ion ofs ^ ’’' '
with a view to its admission ns a State iiPntui- 1
.“‘Jit
optnim!
interior so dark that goods cannot be exhibited to
any advantage. Now I should like to know, if tho
Dublic services. With an unlimited amo nit of I a lar £ c majority of the papers, and they right to expect, with the increasing light of I merchants and property holders are not interested
I x_ al_a i ? I a a xt._xxi.__. . •• to I in thft finnonrnrtoA nml Mnnnil nrtMnpritT of citv.
tfo the Uni,
money they combine three great metropolitan
press in an ill-assorted league in bclmlf of
this political adventure. Three newspapers
heretofore personally and politically at war,
all of a sudden drop their quarrels and are ri
vals only in zealous labor for a common end.
have some reason to complain that, having
solicited an opinion, and finding it adverse,
the Federal Union should thereupon shift its
appeal from the press to the people. Upon a
different state of the case, we have no reason to
doubt that paper would have considered the
in the appearance and general prosperity of a city,
who is, or should be 7 And while tho substitution
(supposed by yon) of handsome iron awning posts
and awnings for thoso rickety old firc-trapi called
‘sheds,’ would add greatly to the appearance of the
Beit ordained. That the city Sexton shall be enti-1 omitting the long citations of examples and I g 0 gu( j<ien is the change in respect to one decision already made final and conclusive up-
p * rqoi>ite8M * coro l*H’ I authorities which are of use merely to the ot - thcm , at least—so totally in conflict with on tho mere point of the day. It has or-
For digging a grave and miking interment of a
white person, when the grave is over r.J ft. $5,00.
For the same when the grave it less than C| ft. $4,00.
For digging a grave and making interment of a
negro, $3,00.
For walling tip a grave with good hard brick,
when less thau 70u are used—per hundred, $2,00.
For the same when less than 1500 are used—per
hundred, $1,70.
For the same when over 1500 aro used—per hun
drod, $1,55,—Reid the first time.
The Special committee appointed by his Honor, to
examine locitions for a new Market House,
Rei—*
woi
critical scholar. The Octavo, for all ordinary
| purposes, will be found ns useful as,-and much
more convenient and less expensive than, the
Quarto Edition
The Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary | pai j; It seems to bare been every where re
current events, that the great mass of intclli
gent and fair minded of their opponents will
overcome prejudice and join with them against
the common enemy. The following are the
i xtracts relVm'il Hi :
The inaugural address of Mr. Buchanan I he benefitted thereby 7 would not ilia improved ap-1 the Kansas-Ncbnukn act. and tbTX*
meets my approbation. He puts to rest for- P earance of the buildings cause them to bo more judicial question arises upon the construct;?
ever all controversy in regard to his opinion as ‘ eaa-erlvsomrht after as business localities? Wouidnot I that act. he will hmv. in "rr®*
trt tlin ricrhtfl nf Klnvnhnlflprc in tKa TnrrltAnne
There is no ambiguity whatever in a
paragraphs—for the President is not"
habit of using words to conceal tbonghuj
he has here distinctly and plainly info-m j?
people of the United States that be acce-L
his guidance in territorial affairs tbatwi
nf nnnillftt* cnrnrnirrntsr ml.U. ! .*
city, would not tho owners and occupiers of stores 0 f popular sovereignty which is cmbodV^
lift hpnofiftnH 7 trnnlH nftt lli« ImnrnVPfl fin- I flm oncoe.VnKi*».el.*ri nn* j ,t ™ 3
eagerly sought after as business localities? Wouidnot
the rents proportionally increase with the neatness
-poii iuuconstruct;;;-■
that act, he will bow, iu common with all
citizens, to the authority of the SuprcmclV
not the occupants of of tho United States. Xor docs he stonhe
r their good or wares ? but, fully impressed with the imnortL?.
for
tho
- . - importance*
very spirit which giving to the law its full and fair ciecmial
turcs and allogati poc } I ^ . . ^ P act cn y settle I _ AVT) li_ • l1 x_ — — .. r i I that selfish wnrshin of the alrai-_'htv ’ ' ,p —~— 1 fo — J '* c »
.. ‘ re r ’ ? , ,, . , semble in convention to organize a -StaK! Gov- tllat sul<i3h worship of the almighty Doiiar, lias ever Territories to work out, under the coiutita?
. 1JfP • .. . , # .a-- nothing. H a few meetings be held with differ- ernment . to that tim? thc^ are ooca to bcen the check-string upon the prosperity of Macon, its legitimate results, he adds: fctUotl;s ’
by I rof. Goodrich, is exceedingly valuable to c^j^d ^ a great point gained, when the ing results, who is to adjudge the verdict as settlement bv the people of all Hie States, who I A wny. then, with all such falso notions of economy;
the composer, in the way of synonyms, and I joint influence of these three metropolitan that of a majority ; and if a few are held in are at liberty to take witfu them their proper-
discrimination of synonymous terms. Very few
are so expert in composition as not to be
presses was secured, and the reader need I some counties while the mass are silent, who is
Keport: That, afteracareftil examination, they I sometimes balked in the effort to avoid nn- i,... , „ , r , •
ul5 recommend the middle of Poplar Street, be- fl , ‘ , “ | latieal reckoning at once became fashionable,
scarcely be reminded that a new mode of po- I to say that tha few who speak shall express
Com.
tween 2d and 3d, and frouting on 3d street, ns tho
most central and suitable place for its location
WixjHir,.)
Bloom, ‘ 5
Bostick. )
On motion Aid. Strohecker,
Resolved, That the Special Committee on location
of Market House, bo authorized to obtaiu pious and
specifications for a proper building and submit them
to Connell.—Passed.
The following bills were referred to the Finance
Committee, viz:—Georgia Telegraph All.E.Ball,
Agent.
Tha first quarter report of tho Keeper of the Maga-
sine, was received and filed.
Council then adjourned. R. CURD. r. c.
The Florida Everglades.
The communication copied yesterday from
tho National Intelligencer, announces a most
important fact—if fact it be—with reference to
the Everglades oi' Florida. The writer states
that the waters of tlmt immense swamp have
found an outlet through which they arc pour-
graceful tautology. Webster famishes no
assistance; but sec, from example,’what aid
may be attained from this Dictionary. Take
for a single illustration of what we mean, the
folio whig from page 142:
EX-DEAV’OR (-dev’ur), n. A putting forth
of one’s powers for some specific end.—Srx.
Effort; exertion; struggle.—Endeavor is the
widest term. An effort is a vigorous endeav
or or taxing of our powers; an exertion (lit.,
straining) is specularly earnest and prolonged
effort; a struggle is a violent and exhausting
effort (lit., atwisting or contortion) of the body.
—“Ordinary endeavors will not now avail;
every possible effort must be made; we must
strain all our exertions, and struggle to the ut
most.”
and the prospects of the presidential candidates
I were adjudged by the number of newspaper
issues in their behalf. What had happened
afforded no indicia of the future. The thous
ands of newspapers issued and sold prefigured
the result, and tho millions of Heralds, Tri
bunes and Times thrown broad cast over the
land in an overwhelming flood, left all compe-
1 tition by this mode of reckoning hopeless-
the voice of the many which may be silent ?
For our own part, and we dare assert it for the
rest who prefer a later day, we deem the mat
ter of too little consequence even to justify
much newspaper discussion, saying nothing
about an appeal to the people. We stood
ready, as wc supposed the Federal Union did,
toyield to thejudginentof the democratic press.
proper
ty of every description, and hold it undisturb
ed by legislative interference. He deserves
the greater credit for this avowal because it
was not necessary to make it; it was a volun
tary, emphatic, manly statement of his opin
ion upon a great question, very important to
us, for its moral weight.
* He is equally explicit in regard to the tariff;
and comes fully within that rigid construction
of the Constitution as to the power which it
grants to Congress over that subject, always
insisted upon by statesmen of the State Rights
school of politics.
does not every dollar expeuded on the improvement
of the city of one's residence, return four-fold to its
owner, and aro we not indirectly aiding ourselves
when aiding our city 7 If we do not place ourshoulder
I to the wheel, can we expect that wheel to roll on
ward in answer to our prayers 7 And although the
| good book says ‘the prayers of the righteous avail
ed! much,’ I nm disposed to doubt their availing
I anything in the present instance.
“It is tho imperative and indispensable dn’ml.-
government of th(; United States to secure to l,
resident inhabitant the free and i»depesd«t.m?
sion of his opinion by his vote This sacret tiTf
each individual must be preserved T^u * *
complislied, nothing can he fairer than to lear« it
people of a Territory, free from all foreign interim
ence, to decide their own destinv for tlitnwlvH
ject only to tho constitution of the United Sutar i
Here, iu these extracts, may be read, a
clear as day-light, the whole policy of the
ministration in respect to the Territories;
The Sheds Again.
A correspondent, we see. has dignified by
ing themselves in great volume into the Gulf I notice, a communication in the last Journal &
of Mexico. An arcacmbraciug many millions
of acres, hitherto submerged, is thus to be con
verted into dry earth. If so, it will probably
be found to be much the largest body of rich
land in Florida, and extending several degrees
further south than Louisiana, no other portion
of the Union will compare with it in adapta
tion to the culture of the sugar cane and other
tropical products. Under the “swamp” grant,
it is all the property of the State, and by her
internal improvement act has been pledged as
a basis of credit for the several railroad enter
prises of Florida.
Not the least important of the consequences
of the change, it may be hoped, will be tlic
facilities thereby afforded Gen. Harney for
operating against the Seminoles. The obstacle
of overflowing waters being removed, it will
be possible to reach and capture, or refusing
quarter, exterminate the savages.—Georgian
Journal.
.Messenger too mean iu conception to merit the
honor. Such purely gratuitous imputations of
mercenary motives come usually from those
who judge others by themselves. In this case,
probably, interest to the value of a shed dictat
ed the imputation upon the motives of the Tel
egraph, who has no interest at all in the mat
ter further than as a mere question of public
policy. The Council, wc see, has referred the
poiut to a committee, and whatever it does or
fails to do in the premises, is not material to
us. No improvement of the kind, however,
can be effected without inflicting some person
al inconvenienco. It is an incident which can
not be avoided—and a liability to inconvenience
which every one tacitly incurs in becoming a
citizen of any place. It is to be classed with
We would yield the matter at once, so far as
we are concerned, did we think it right that I tll ‘, s nV/T; T- 0 ?. 5 ™
It ts true the computation failed, but it only the majority should yield to the minority, or been expressed; and asserting in language re
failed, and the course of the Herald since the | if tho persistence of the Federal Union on the | markable for its earnestness and power, that
mere matter of fixing a day, were not well
calculated to awaken the impression, that there
is more in this matter than appears on the
face. The following from the Savannah Geor
gian & Journal we think suggests the due and
appropriate remedy for the division of opinion
on this subject, complained of by the Federal
Union :
In conclusion allow me to remind ’Many Citizens’| , 7
of the fact that many of our best citizens, (probably ' vl , en , 0 question is asked, with mockansiclr
as much interested in tho welfare of the city, as him- 1 and !Ilooln ^ v forebodimrs. hvfhe im™,;,;.. J
self) are ’iron-workers, canvas-dealers, wood-work
ers,’ and some few ‘newspaper editors ;’ and when
He is for the U.mo:v, rising grandly above he inten ds to commence a series of denunciations
i . . , .. • against tho Mechanical population of Macon, he
election abundantly proves its own shameless
corruption in the matter. It, at least, was paid
for the service—paid upon a just recognition'
of the great power over public opinion held by
these central newspaper establishments, and
acquired to its present undue extent almost
entirely since the late newspaper postage act
established a practical discrimination in their
favor and against the country press. Is it
not a matter of great public moment that this
discrimination should, be abolished at once ?
We join the Banner of Liberty in urgent
ly soliciting the attention of the Press to
this matter. Let each ono feel it a duty to
urge at once npon its own immediate repre
sentatives in Congress a correction of this
abuse. The facts make their own appeal, and
the Banner of Liberty has done good service
power,
it confers incalculable blessings upon theAmer-
ican people.
His personal character possesses great
weight, and guarantees a wise and conserva
tive administration of the Government—an
administration which will restore it to its an
cient dignity.
Entertaining these views, it is my purpose
to give a decided support to Mr. Buchanan’s
administration. The time has come for the
mast make up his mind either to hear unpleasant
things orremove himself beyond the reach of them
At least so thinks An Anti-Shed Han.
Gubernatorial Convention again—The South to unite, and surely no fitter occasion
Federal Union in its last issue, proposes that
the question as to the time when the nomina
ting Convention shall meet, be submitted to
the people to decide,
We cannot see how this course will reme
dy the difficulty, nor any good reason for
troubling the people^' upon a subject that can
so easily be settled, without them. A large
majority of the press throughout the State,
influenced by the best of motives and reasons,
have decided upon the second Wednesday in
in embodying them iu its article upon this snb- July, and we hope that the Federal Union
ject.
and Atlanta Intelligencer will not agitate the
for il; ever appeared in onr history; an able,
long tried,_ eminent statesman from one of the
most prominent non-slaveholding States in the
confederacy, has bcen elected to the Presiden
cy; and he announces to the nation at the very
moment when he is about to enter upon his ad
ministration, his purpose to conduct the gov
ernment upon a basis so constitutional—so
sound—so wise—and so conservative, that ev
ery right which the South has asserted in all
her struggles for thirty years past is sure to
be protected; and every principle that she has
insisted on will be upheld. Her interpreta-
Kansas—Secretary Walker Gover
NOR.
The report of Hon. It. J. Walker’s appoint
ment and
question farther, but will unite in endorsing tion of the Constitution is adopted, and her
1 " the decision, •
[Correspondence of the Charleston Courier, j
Washington, March 28.
The Reporter of the decisions of the Su
preme Court, Mr. Howard, will embrace in his
next and forthcoming volume of Reports, the
opinion of the Court and its several members
in the Drtd Scott case. The opinion of the
Court, as read on the 5th inst., by Chief Jus
tice Taney, has not yet been tiled; but, I
learn, that the venerable Judge will be ready
to file it this day. His opinion does not cm-
brace all the points in the cose, but the opin
ion of Justice Nelson covers those questions,
and the two together form the opinion of the
Court—that is, of seven out of the nine Jus
tices.
'Dio dissenting opinions of Justices McLean
and Curtis were filed on the Oth, but copies of
the same had been previously furnished for
the press, and they were both printed aud
published in Boston, New York, Ac.
No one of the opinions hnvo been yet pro
mulgated officially from the record. An ab
stract, faint and imperfect, of the opinions
read by tlic Chief Justice and Justice Nelson,
was published, as taken by reporters for the
press. A resolution was offered by Mr. Ben
jamin, in the Senate, for the publication of
twenty thousand copies of the series of, opin
ions, and it was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary, and was reported back. The
only means through which the opinions will
be officially made known is the regular reports
of Mr. Howard. Ho expects to get out bis
next volume very soon, it being complete,
with the exception of the opinions in the Dred
Scott case.
Justice Curtis and McLean stoic a march
upon tlicir brethren of the court, by a prompt
promulgation of their dissenting opinions,
which have reached thousands of renders iu
the Northern Mates, who will never sec How
ard's Reports.
To the great gratification of tho administra
tion. Mr. Robert J. Walker has consented to
go to Kansas, as Governor, at least for a short
time, and for the special purpose of restoring
tranquility iu that territory. lie did not
yield to the solicitations of the President aud
the many city regulations for the prevention I of Kansas,
of disease, abatement of nuisances, security the following appears in the New York Evening
against fire Ac., all of which impinge more or I Post as a synopsis of his letter of acceptance
less npon private rights for the common wel
fare, and it is the part of the good citizen to ac
quiesce in them with cheerfulness. The Coun
cil should legislate for the public weal, and re
ly confidently upon public judgment to sus
tain them; and intelligent legislation to this
end will be sustained, however for a time it
may conflict with the views of those who sus.-
tain a temporary inconvcncnco from it.
2nd Wednesday In Jnly.
acceptance of the post of Governor I week enumerated the Democratic
i, seems to be fully confirmed, and J ,~ s Georgia which have expressed
1 themselves clearly in favor of the 2d Wednes
day in July, as the day for the meeting of the
Gubernatorial Convention. These were the
Augusta Constitutionalist, Savannah Georgian
and Journal, Atlanta Examiner, Georgia Ban
ner, Thomasville Watchman, Cuthbert Report
er, South-western News, Georgia Telegraph,
and to this list we may now add the Cassvillc
Standard, and Albany Patriot. The Standard,
we believe, was originally in favor of a day in
theory of the government is inaugurated.
If we refuse our support to such an admin
istration, and our sanction to such principles,
what administration can find favor with us?—
For the Georgia Telegraph.
iffy Trip to Kansas, or the Joys and
Sorrows of a Campaign Life,
nr s, q. lapigs, m. d.'
Sketch I.
Comically Romantic, nutl Romantically
Comic.
"This is a traveler,Sir; knows men and
Manners, and has plough’d up the sea so far,
Till both tho poles have knock’d; has seen the sun
Take coach, and can distinguish tho colour
Ofhis horses, and their kinds.”
With all the patriotism that ever animated man’s
breast, the ardor and buoyancy of youth I listened
wfth attentive ear to the syren voice that beckoned
me onward—the pulsations of the ebbing tide within
my veins quickened—my head grow dizzy—I reeled
and fell (wasn’t intoxicated pon honor) but to awake
from a lethargy that told but too plainly that I was a
victim to that destroyer of all human hopes—the
Kansas Fever.
When X would seek my couch,—(it was a bedstead
—but it matters not I’m only writing) and when
balmy sleep was mine, I would dream of tho far
west; its very air teeming with odors delicious to
the nasal appendage—its prairies tinselled with
flowers of every hue—its forests pregnant with sweet
music from myriad songsters—its rivers, channels of I ment of which they themselves constitute t
and gloomy forebodings, by the opposition^-
tors, “What will the administration do akj
Kansas ?" wo wonder that they do not fisda
abundant answer to it in the explicit langus?
of the Inaugural. The administration, bero;l
all question, will act towards Kansas prw*-
ly in accordance with the principles enunciated
by Mr. Buchanan from the eastern steps of tb
Capitol on ths 4th of March. The affairs «f
Kansas, like those of every new Territory,re
quire to be conducted with honesty, andryr,
anti wisdom. The organic act prescribes, h
the most part, the mode of their administn-
tion. Within the provisions of that act. self-
government should undoubtedly be secaredu
the settlers there, at all hazards, and %
should be protected, whenever necessary, t-
gainst insurrection and violence. “ It is tie
indispensable duty of the government” (vert-
peat again Mr. Buchanan’s well-weighedword-j
“ to secure to cvt>ry resident the express*
of his opinion by his*vote.” The truth oft!*
statement no good citizen will deny, wherers
he may reside, or to whatever party he be
longs, for no such man can reasonably refuse te
others tlic immunities which he claims forbia-
self. The majority cau only be ascertained
by the exercise of free suffrage, and it is a me.t
mockery to hold elections if only half tie
voters can be permitted to attend the polls.
Very clearly this is not Mr. Buchanan’s idea
of free suffrage, or popular sovereignty. 0«
of the greatest securities in this countiy for
obedience to the laws is that all our cltizeat
assist in making the laws, and that they ca-
not rebel, therefore, except against a goven-
The whole proceeding is said to have been a
surprise on all sides. Mr. Buchanan, in Mr.
Walker’s presence, was lamenting the difficul
ty of finding a suitable appointee, when the
latter remarked that did his own private affairs
permit, no appointment would be more covet
ed by him, as affording a rare opportunity to be
of service to the country. The office was then
IVI,.,, -111 T , rnusra Jiumuijiiau suiigsinrs—iisrnm, uikuiitooi uicm. v, nuitu llliy UlCinseiVCS COUSllUlic •
i i d 3 ,, t? i y 0ld ‘ 1 ever flowing wealth, aud its whole bosom containing j part. Where many participate IP the law-mai-
wc withhold from Mr. Buchanan; after such hi(]den r(; ? urces . that re<iuir0 but n pas3ing i„g power, and have always afair opportuui-j
an expression of his sentiments, our support, & ’ > v 1
what encouragement do wc offer to the states
men of the North to vindicate our rights? The
decision of the Supreme Court of the United
States in the Dred Scott case, establishes our
rights to enter the Territories with our slave
from civilization to cause it to yield fruits fit ouly I to agitato for a repeal of statutes which they
[ for tho gods. I could see myself “solo monarch of I do not like, they have no excuse for becoto;
property, and hold it without molestation, but
this will not scatter the Free Soil party; nor
will it put an end to the controversy.
all I surveyed” abounding in wealth, and in the far
distant future, my name associated among the deliv
erers of my country. Behold in the sequel how vain
are man’s hopes.
A Daily Paper in Iffncon.
We have often wondered why our Macon friends
hnd no daily paper. It is one of the most flourishing
cities iu tho South, and, we should think, a first rate
location for a daily. A Macon correspondent of the
Richmond iVa.) South, however, speak* of a con
templated daily in that city, which is the first inti
mation ws have heard of such a thing being on foot.
He says:
The experiment of a daily paper is to be mado in
Macon by Josefh Ct.isnr, a ready and practical
writer on political subjects, amt who bss probably
had equal experience as a journalist to that of any
other gentleman at present connected with the press
of onr State. Macon, with s population of nearly
ten thousand, as great a proportionate capital per
haps ns any city in tlie South,«large trade, extent 1 vc
manufacturing interests, and a system of improve
ments making toward* the seaboard, might afford to
rapport a daily press. The new paper is to be of
Democratic principles.—Augusta Ihspatck.
And this is also “the first intimation ice have
.. ... , ... . June, but has gracefully yielded to the wishes
pressed upon lnm with such urgency that he | of $hc Wfl ^ ^ hopc thftt our
was prevailed onto accept it. He isjusttheman it • i
I -a .nan of indomitable courage, constancy and I respected fnends of the Federal Union and
heard of such a thing being on foot.” A doily
in Macon, which must hear unaided the tele-
graphic expenses, now divided iu Savannah and
Augusta, for example, between several papers,
will bo a very costly experiment in proportion
to any probable income it will offer; and tho
projector ought to have a long purse and bo
prepared to bleed freely.
A. II. Stephens.
The Savannah Republican gleans from the
New York Expros* a rumor that Mr. Stephens
is to be appointed Minister to tho Court of St.
James. In that case, wc shall be sure the
Queen lias at least one able man in her domin-
otlicr public men on this subject, until he had | i$ns.
secured the aid of Mr. Frederick Stanton, of
as his Secretary.
BCC
Tenncsse
bmdlyi
Mi i ton vs. Pork.—Physicians recommend
mutton ns the most wholesome meat—the easi
est digested, and best suited to invalids, while
pork, as every body knows,istue most unwhole
some lii'i-li eaten. In England mutton is a fa
vorite dish, and wo apprehend it is to tins, ra
ther than to roast beef, that the Englishman
owes his robust health and ip«y complexion.—
Our people eat too much pork and too little
mutton. And yet, ns a cotemporary well re
marks, “mutton can be produced pound for
pound at less than half the price of pork; yields
more nourishment when eaten, and keeping
sheep does not exhaust a farm to the extent
feeding hogs does. Shccpcnn be kept during
the winter on hay and turnips, or mangel
wurtzel, or sugar beet, while hogs will not do
without at least somo corn.” Wc would like
to see in the papers fewer accounts of big pigs
mid more fat sheep —Portland Transcript.
lx
L
Bronchitis and Cough, which so often
terminate fatally in our northern latitudes, arc
cosily arrested in n majority of cases if recourse
is had tetbe Wild Cherry preparation of Dr.
Wiatnr. Abuudaut evidence of this fact has
beeu given.
Singing;.
A New York paper says: “A few Sundays
ago, at one of our suburban churches, the choir
sang a hymn to a tune which comes as follows
“My poor pol—ray poor pol—my poor polluted
heart.” Another line received the following
rendering: “And iu the pi—and in the pi—
and iu tho pious ho delights.” And still an
other was sung: “And take thy pil—and
take thy pil—and take thy pilgrim home.”—
[Er.
Tliis reminds a friend of a certaiu good old
fugue tune which once, with a particular, hut
unfortunate, adaption was made to intertwine,
"Oh, for a man—oh, fora man—oh, foraman-
sion in the bkics” from the soprano, with a re
sponse from the other parts of "Como down
sal—como down sal—come down salvation
from above.”
application—a man of prudence, tact and trans
cendent ability. He has assumed an arduous
task, and do what he will, must, in the natnre
of the case, retire from it with a diminish
ed popularity. His business will be to hold
even scales; but neither party in this case will
be satisfied with short of down weights. Wo
arc gratified with the appointment, and believe
Mr. Walker will be able to fill it more satis
factorily than almost any other man iu the
country:—
Robert J. Walker’s letter of acceptance of the
Kansas Governorship was finished last evening. In
it he assures the President, to whom it is addressed,
that he has been induced to change his determina
tion to decline the office by tho Executive's assur
ances of the importance of tho mission, and of his
own peculiar fitness forit. He reiterates his belief in
In the Soundness of the principle of “popular sov
ereignty” announced in the Kansas-Ncbraska act—
a principle, in his opinion, constituting the basis of
ali free government, lie maintains that it mnst yet
hnvo triumphant and beneficent operation in Kansas,
and that it wonld be folly to swerve from it, or adopt
■uiy substitute for it in the government of the terri
tory. For himself, the new Governor declares he
shall insist on the right of the majority of the people
of Kansas to settle their own instilationf, and be
shall resist any attempt of ontside influences or of a
resident minority to impose a constitution or a code
(‘flaws abhorrent to tho will of tho majority.
“In the maintenance of this purpose he calls npon
the patriotic and intelligent citizens of Kansas for
their support, expressing a confidence that they
will submit to that peaceful arbitration of tho ques
tions in dispute among them, which is provided by
the constitution and laws of tho land. He assure s
them that he goes out to liis labors with the expecta-
that no appeal to arms will be needed to snstain the
action of the civil authorities.”
Atlanta Intelligencer will follow suit with the
Standard and yield the point.
Democratic State Convention.
This Convention should bo held at such time as
will be most convenient to the people of all parts of
the State. The 2d Wednesday in Jnly is recommend
ed by several papers, nnd we now join in that recom-
dat ion. This will bo the 8th of J uiy, nnd will give us
a canvass of nearly three months. There will be no
Courts in session at that time, and though some of
onr friends will be absent for pleasure or business,
they may well entrust the nomination of our next
Governor to those who remain.
One word as to tho man. Onr first choice shall bo
the choice ofthe convention. Let them select a man
with reference to his character, principles aud quali
fications without regard to tho section of the State
in which ho may resido; and. in our opinion, every
Democrat will rally to the polls, to secure the triumph
of his principles, aud the good of his State.—Albany
Patriot.
Conventions.
The second Wednesday in July is the day which
The party which elected Mr. JJuchanan to
tho Presidency, has achieved a great triumph
over the enemies of tho South; it has rescued
the constitution from profane hands, and driven
back tho reckless myrmidons who threatened
to destroy the Union; and so long as that par
ty maintains its proud position, and adheres to
principles announced in the Inaugural Address,
lam prepared to co-operate with it. It is a
national party, numbering among its leaders
throughout the non-s!aveholding States, some
of tho foremost and most conservative states
men of which this country can boast.
I could not consent to assume any position
which would place ntc in opposition to Mr.
Buchanan or in antagonism with his political
friends, for they occnpy tho very ground upon
Early one morning in the spring time of life and
also in the spring of tho year I procured a trunk,
cost estimated at about threo dollars; in that trunk I
packed my ambition, hopes ofthe future and the re
mainder of my old clothes, consisting in part of one
pair of old boots, two shirts and a half, ono pair
pantaloons nearly new, and a coat slightly worse for
wear, and ono or two more articles which my modes
ty forbids ino mentioning, together with the utensils
of my profession-n surgical case, several doses of Cal
omel, Quinine, salts, cct.
Determined as I was to arrive at distinction in the
law-breakers or attempting to overthrow Iff
islation by violence. Mr. Buchanan entbrttf;
in his policy the true rule of action, when I*
advocates, at the same time, the right to Tote,
and the duty to obey. Aud the rule of actio*
which he has announced no man need douk
that he has firmness enough to abide br h
practice. _ But wc anticipate no necessity f*
any practical enforcement of this rule; for*(
rely upon the intelligence of the people to jp -
serve their own interests, both in the Terna
ries and in the States, and we will not antici
pate any new disturbances iu Kansas or else
where. Undoubtedly, it is the policy of o®
opponents to induce the general belief that
such disturbances are likely to occur, and v*
Liciermraea as 1 was to arrive at distinction in me even now immincut: bufc we alncerdy trait that
armyafKanw.Hstrehased * numberless quantity | in th!s respect they will not be successful, and
-''■ that all good citizens will extend to the rest*
small arms, intending to complete my murderous
work with the weapons in question that I had left un
finished with tho healing art.”
Leaving tho home of my fondest affections with
the blessings of friends, I arrived in Leavenworth
with feelings none the less hostile to abolitionists in
general, and Jim I,ano in particular—got off tho
dents of Kansas that confidence in their gen
eral love of order which is justified by the his
tory of the last few months, aud by that tribute
to their character which is contained in Got*
ernor Geary’s address.
which I have stood in asserting the rights of stately Stoamcr aud took a bird’s eye view of things
early enough,
irtions of the State than an earlier day, and we are
isppy to see onr friends so easily agreeing upon that
timo.
In this connection we would suggest that the Con
gressional Convention for thufifth district be heldthe
12th oi Jane, at Calbonn. This ha* been the usual
time and place for tho Democracy of this district tn
hold their Congressional Conventions, aud it is after
the Spring Courts. Is there any objection to this
time 7 Vritat ear onr friends in other parts ofthe dis
trict 7—CassviUe Utandard.
the pcop'e whom I have had the honor hereto
fore to represent; and so far from being dis
posed to recede from it because they have
planted themselves there, I feel encouraged to
hold it, with if possible, still greater fidelity.
There is not in Mr. Buchanan’s Inaugural
Address, a single sentiment, which is in con
flict with my votes and speeches during my en
tire term of service in Congress.
If, then, I were to become a candidate for
Congress, I could not consent to oppose Mr.
Buchanan’s administration; nor would I accept
a nomination if it were tendered me, which
seemed to commit me to such a course. I am
sincerely friendly to it, and it is my purpose
henceforth to co-operate with its supporters
cordially and earnestly.
arouml—"had my eye pooled” for the enemy—pick-
odup a rock with tho evident intention of knocking
somebody down—walked up to a man with red flannel
Latest Foreign News.
The Asia with Liverpool dates to the lfith.
arrived at New York on the 30, and the Con-
shirt and with an air of self importance placed myself I st itution, from Liverpool OU the 17th, arrived
From Nicaragua ami Wallccr.
Accounts by the steamship Texas to the 18th
give Walker another lease of life. His forces
were in good health mid spirits and his attack
upon San George and repulse of the Allies at
Rivas was confimcd.
It was rumored that Canos had'mado overtures to
Walker; also that ChiUon had raised a body of men
in Leon, nnd was about to join Walker. President
11 i V ^ :l-> 11:1 • 1 In • Il ;1" ;1 s.i Hat
ridge had been reinforced by the Texas, nnd was con
fident of taking San Carlos. Walker bad burned a
portion of tin-town of Sail George. Tho allies had
been defeated by Henningsen, at Rivas, with great
slaughter. I bey retreated t" Messnva. Tin- Hrdi-h
steamer New Grenada had been robbed by a Peru
vian wnrsteamer.of thirty thousand dollars in specie.
Mrs. Partington is iu Macon, and her friends
will be sorry tolcarn. is in a destitute condition.
She lately applied to a lady friend for plain
sewing, and when the latter proposed to send
it by a servant, tho old lady gavo a “ No
ma’am” to the proposition, instanter. “ Tho
airs your ladies' maids puts on to white people
in indignant circumstances,” continued Mrs.
P., " is sassy and despiseable, nnd I wish they
wur all cmergrated to Lobelia—indeed I do.’
Ike, wo were sorry to learn, in consequence
of some of his mad pranks, had been sent to
theHousc of Collection for jubilee delinquents,
or the House of Vermifuge, the only lady
could not tell which—or, she said, it might be
tlic Organ Asylum. At all events, the police
tuk him along.
Itcceipts
Cotton Markets.—Firm in New York,
on Saturday, witli8ales7,G00balcs. In Charles-
011, same date, prices ranged from 12J to 14i,
Sales of the forenoon, 800 bales. Mobile, 4th
sales of the week, 7000 bales—receipts do.
3000—stock on band 75,000. Total decrease
in receipts at the port 93,000. Middling quot
ed at 13). New Orleans, 3d, sales 6,500, at
13 5-8 and 13J for Middling, week’s sales 28,-
000 bales. Do. receipts 25,000 against 53,000
the same week last year. Stock 252,000 against
317,000 last year. Decrease in receipts at the
port 103,000. Augusta, -1th, prices firm—lit
tle offering—quotations 13i to 14, Savan
nah, sales of Saturday, 107 at 13 5-8 to 13i-
The Decrease in Ctttton
At all the ports compared with last year is
stated to amount now to about 325,000 bales.
Hiiodc K*1:iii<1 election.
I’noviHE.Ni 1:. April 1. -The Ml ate election
in thi-i State to-day resulted in tlic complete
triumph of the opponents of the administration.
Dyer, Republican, has been elected Governor,
and very l'cw Democrats have been returned
to the Legislature. The Republicans have
elected both Congressmen.
Tlfccls of the Hotel Disease.
Washington. April 1.—A post mortem ex
amination of tlic remains of a gentleman who
died in Pennsylvania from disease contracted
at the National Hotel in this city, shows a de
posit of arsenic in the stomach. A patient now
here suffers enlargement of the abdomen from
some cause, and with marked symptoms of be
ing poisoned.
Winter lingering in the lap of Spring.-
There was now aud then to be found a bit of
ice j’esterday morning, and outside garments
were very comfortable.
The lion. Alfred Iverson, who has been de
tained in Washington City by an attack of
rheumatism, since the adjournment of Con
gress, passed through this city yesterday after
noon cn route, to liis home iu Columbus.—Au
gusta Constitutionalist.
The Hon. Robert Toombs was on a visit to
our city yesterday, and left in the afternoon
trains for his residence iu Wilkes couuty.—
Augusta Constitutionalist.
CiP Applications have been made for the
construction of wagon roads to the Pacific,
which were authorized by an act of the late
Congress, but the Secretary of the Interior lias
takeu no action in the premises. Forts Kear
ney and Laramie will not be abandoned until
autumn,
in an attitude of defence, and (having observed a re
volver peeping from under his belt) I subsided into
a calm and desired to know of him tho nearest plac
wherowe could go and worry down a few drops of
bilious liquid. W’e went—we imbibed, and 1 was
conquered; took several various sized doses of fourth
proof Camphonn—m ule numerous ineffectua. 1 at
tempts to light a cheroot at a red wig with a man un
der it—man returned fire by placing his boot in some
unknown place in close proximity to my person, or
getting * mule to kick me, and it is impossible to say
which. Went off to find redross nnd found a mud
liolo about nineteen feet wide and four thousand feet
long—mado several vain attempts to extricate my
self from tho fate that had be fallen me,—found it
impossible—endeavored to reconcile myself by re
peating in a muMCal touo of voice “Westward tlra
Star ofempiro takes its way,” all the while wishing
some star wonld take me away. Got tired liiakin
“night hideous with my yells,”—thought of tho “girl
I left behind me,” and if I should have to die iu
mud puddle prison lioose, how sho would feel when
she heard of iny latter narrative.
In my mind's eye “I saw my obituary in the morn
ing papers—“Man found in ditch, supposed to ho from
his locality* fro; o*ter in quest of harmless animals.’
Poor consolation—saw death staring me in the face-
exasperated, put my hand in my pocket to obtain
bowie knife and end my sufferings—knife gone dr
out a smoked herring—cut my throat with it two
three times, but did nt die—gave up tho ghost and
patiently awaited “what a day might bring fort]
Morning and happiness came-Jound had only lullen
into a spring three feet square—got out—went to place
where they deal ont d n at five cents a drink
—found my friend with flannel shirt—asked me what
I was doing with mouse on my eye—told him 1
fell ont ot bed—ottered n,e some western sympathy
(-turpentine Gin) which I had partook of,—we port
ed to meet again. Went to tavern—put on shirt and a
half with balance of tine clothes—told Landlord J
wanted break fast—eat with no great relish, and con
cluded west, was poor country after all—get sick if I
should stay—wrote homo to that effect—didn’t sav
anything about black eye,—told folks at homo as 1
tell you that I will write aguin soon.
Macon, March 31*t, 1837,
in Liverpool for two <5*J*
) bales, oi" which specula-
on the 2nd.
Sales ot Cotton
amounted to 12,000 bales, ot' which specui
tors took 2,500. The market closed fit®'
with an advancing tendency. The Me nS f
market was tighter—Consols quoted at 951-
’I’he general news is not important. The
Spanish expedition against Mexico, was#"
suming an imposing shape. The Sound dues
treaty was signed on the 14th. Russia,
a hundred thousand men on the shores of tbs
Caspian, aud the assistance of several chic**’
was preparing for a decisive campaign ia
Caucasus.
China*
The China mail confirms the accounts of a n
attempt at wholesale poisoning by the hiker*
of Booc fiong. v Om hundred persons w 11
been poisoned, but none fatally. . ,
A large number of junks wore collecting
the purpose of attacking Hong Kong. 'H* crt ,
were somo fears of the result, on the pan *
the English, who had applied to the Govern^
General of India for troops to aid in resists
tlic attack.
The French and American fleets were con
centrating for the purpose of affording P ri3
lection to their respective interests.
The Chinese CoiiiinL.rioncr yet demands
know why tho American ships are not orders
to keep from intermeddling with the pres*- ’
troubles. *
Instructions have been sent to the Frenc
fleet to operate conjointly with the FnS* 16
against tlic Cnincse. .
Tea was advancing, and the market g rea ‘
excited.
The remains of the lion. S. V,’. Harris, Is
member of Congress from Alabama, *•• • V
died on Wednesday last in Wa-hii:..: ” c:t -V
were conveyed through our city yesterday :1 -
ternoou, for interment in Athens.—K i “
Constitutionalist.