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T(-!K CKOKOIA TELK< > RAPH.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
REGULAR MEETING.
Council Chamber, f
Macon, (ia., October 2-u. S
Trcjcnt—A. n. Adams, Major, Flondsrs, Bostick,
niooio,Johnston, Kills, Kite, Findlay.
Ahsrllt—Aid. WinM'i}'. .
Thomimil. » ot the last meeting were read and
lor llrh’..:c Ktoper reported tolls for the
lo date, eiot to,
i in- c;. . *. of Market reported fees lor the w
dale, sn
Keeper reported fees
Ittee reported ia fare
The Guard lions
week, #1 50.
The Fiuauoe Con
following accounts,
Asher Ay:, f 13 93 . L. J, Croc- A
T. & G. Wood, $u 10; B. F. Boee, 9< 1
Gregor, 630 ou . CumoeO AmTiIM 1
week,
eck to
for the
of the
., 553 t',3 ;
Mrs. Me
jcliuiont.to whom
i of rhos. a. Brewer, re-
i r be allowed to encroach
v S:ret l. 10 f«et, ami 8 feet
: Sturt pro! idi d ill' ''I' I'
"f the square int
d provide
he
rr^. r, e ld 00 ; (
The Committee
was referred the petitu
commend that Mr. Bret
in front of hi- lot« n X
in front of his lot on l'ii
ora of lota on the same
no objection within two week*, and provided »
muk< ■ c. i .. i • walk outside of the space encios
ed. Joh i-. n. Kite and Ellis, Committee.
Tin report was received and laid on the table lei
Ike pr,. out.
Tho c> m mil tee to whom vraa referred J. L- Jonc-s
r< t t to: ...sited for farthertimo to report.
Gr.i:.; ed.
"t 'a motion Aid. Elfe, ,
H, - M, That the Committee on Gas bo author-
laed to loan the use ot a Gas lamp and post to tho £?o.
Vi . stern K. K. Company, under the resolution pass
ed ia Council, Oct. 14th, 1353—tho samo to be erect
ed oa Tine Street, on said Company's lot, in such a
M ... ... -. t!:» Stru t, raid Company to erect
and pay for thu pi MMMf- '
Passed. _
On motion of Aid. Elfe,
Resolved, That tho Committoe on Gas be author-
lied to have a lamp erected on Mouth West corner
of l’ine and Fourth streets.
Passed.
On motion Aid. Ellis,
Kci lved, That a city lamp post bo placed at tho
corner of tlie alley between Thor. J. Lane and Stubbs
A Hill's off:,-o. Also, ono on tho corner of Colton
Avenue ami Cherry streets, between Winslnps
and Bowdre's A Anderson's stores.
Psssod.
On motion of Aid. Bostick,
Resolved, That tho Marshal sarve a written notice
upon Mr. J. A. Ralston, that his wooden stairway
lias remained standing on Cotton Avenue longer
than the time granted by Council, and that he must
remove the sumo in ten days time, or tlie Marshal
proceed to take it down according to previous reso
lution of Conncil.
Yeas—Findlay, Flanders, Bostick, Bloom, Jolin-
sion, Ellis, Elfe.
Passed unanimously.
On motion Aid. Bostick,
Resolved, That the Clerk of Council notify all
Taxpayers that the bonks will be closed on the 15th
Novem’ln r, and that executions will be issued against
nil persmis who fail to pay by that time.
Passed.
On motion Aid. Ellis, . ■ _
Resolved, Thst the Bridgo Keeper be authorized
to replace plank on the Bridge, whenever they aro
worn through or displaced, with such pay ns the
Committeo on Public Property may arrange with
him.
Carried.
Yeas—Bostick, Jonnston, Ellis, Elfe—4.
Nayr—Findiay, Flanders, Bloom—3.
Goune.1 then adjourned.
c J B. CURD. C. C.
,\I At ON. < '. A..
Tuesday Morning, Oct. 27, 1857
Stute of tlio
We are under obligations to Senator Iverson
for several voidable public documents this weel
among them the Congressional Globe ami App
dix for the last ao-sion.
Grand ICnil Itoud Festival.
Let ati who can spare tiincmect our frien
nt Thomaston next Friday, and unite in con
gratulntions upon flic great event they cele
brate. A happy time to them. Sec adver
tisemeut.
Til's- Audoin,
fa her new and beautiful store, it will be seen
offers new and strong inducements to lady
purchasers. The times arc so tight that w
cannot conscientiously recommend very heavy
investments, and for the same reason, Mrs
A., wo presume, will offer light and elegant
goods altogether.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
Washington, Oct. 1C.
A Steam Frigate ordered to Intercept the Fili
busters—Information of Gen. Walker’s Move
ment* Against Central America—Policy of
our Government in its relation with those
States.
Orders have been given for fitting out with
dispatch the swiftest war steamer of the navy,
for the purpose of intercepting or preventing
the new expedition of Gen. Walker for Cen
tral America. These orders, probably, result
from the report that Gen. Walker and Hen-
ningsen had arranged an expedition which was
to depart either front New Orleans or some
other southern ports. The Government, pro
bably, acted not merely upon rumor in the
matter, but upon information received in re
sponse to the circular issued from the Depart
ment of State about a month ago, addressed to
the United States District Attorneys, Mar
shals, &c„ requiring them to exercise due
vigilence for the detection nnd prevention of
any expeditions for Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
&c., in violation of the neutrality law. What
shall constitute violation of the law is another
matter, and is to be determined upon evidence
when a case shall be made before the U. S.
Courts.
About the end of August last, Mr. McKeon,
U. S. district attorney for New York, report
ed to the government that he had information
that certain expeditions were in preparation
for a descent upon the coast of Central Ameri
ca ; that money and munitions of war were
contributed for the purpose in New York
and elsewhere, nnd that men in considerable
numbers were enlisted for the object at the
South.
Subsequently the ministers from some of the
Spanish American States addressed an official
note to the Secretary of State invoking the in
tervention of the government for the suppres
sion of certain expeditions which, as they al
leged, were about to be directed from the
United States against countries with which
the United States were at peace. Whatever
•was the reply it is quite certain that this gov
ernment will enforce the neutrality laws, and
that at the same time they arc about to adopt
such a course of policy towards the States of
Costa llica and Nicaragua as will promote their
internal tranquility, and secure an uninter
rupted enjoyment of the Nicaraguan transit
to travel and commerce of tho United States
and to the whole world.
Mrs. Howland
Offers every thing in the Millinery line for
the eye of the “better half of creation."
quick, or all the latest and prettiest styles will
be purchased.
Tlie “Stale Press.”
Our new contemporary came to hand last
Thursday morning. Its stylo of typography
is unexceptionable, the selections judicioui
and the editorials fluent, graceful and pointed
Tho political press in Macon now stands
numerically at a counter balance, nnd besides
tlicso four political papers, tho Telegraph of
fice itself sends forth four other serials
that Macon is well represented in periodicals
May they all flourish liko green bay trees
Bibb Senatorial Question.
Since the publication of the correspondence c
our first page, wo aro advised, for the reasons as
signed in the subjoined letter, Col. Bass has do
dined contesting the seat for the Senate. It has
been erroneously stated that Mr. Stubbs has re
signed. Such, wo learn, is not the case.
MACON, Oct. 22, 1857.
Tims. F. Stubbs, Esq.—
Pear Sir:—Judging from the developments
the last twenty-four hours Jthat the contested elec
tion for Senator from this 'county will produce an
excitement in the community not anticipated by
me, prejudicial to its peace and harmony, which
appreciate much more highly than any distinction
whhh official position may confer, I have, after
consulting as many of my friends as I can see, de
terrnined to assume the responsibility of dropping
the whole matter, so far as I am individually con
cerncd. In taking this step I beg to throw myself
upon the kind indulgence of those friends who
have stood by and advised me, and whom I have
not had an opportunity of consulting since deter
mining on this course. If it should not merit
their approbation, I leave the matter entirely with
them, free to pursue such course as their judgment
may dictate.
Respectfully, Yours, &c.,
X. BASS.
of
, The Mormons.
It is said Brigham Young has publicly de
clarcd that be will burn Salt Lake City before
ho will submit to the demands of the General
Government.
Bank of Hie State of Georgia
This Bank announces semi-annual Divi
dend No. 74. of four per cent, in the Repub
lican of Saturday last. Queer times for Bank
Dividends.
Gens. Pillow and Scott.
Gen. Pillow publishes on the lGth, a rejoin
der to Gcu. Scott, in which the testimony of
Gens. Quitman and Worth are quoted, to
prove that the douceur of $10,000 was paid to
Santa Ana, the allegation of Gen. Scott to the
contrary notwithstanding.
A Small Leak.
Tho Herald of the 22d reiterates its state
ment that within a few years, seven and one
half millions of dollars belonging to tbo City
Treasury of New York, have “mysteriously
disappeared, and no trace remains of where or
how it went—on what account, or who received
Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.
Halifax, Oct. 21.—The steamship Europa,
from Liverpool, with datesto the 10th, 1ms ar
rived lit this port.
'Commercial Intelligence.
The sales of cotton to Liverpool for the
week were 57,000 bales, of which speculators
took 13,500, and exporters 3,000 bales fair
uplands Did., aud middling do, 9, 1-lGd.—
S*lcs on Friday 7,000 hales. On Saturday
the market was quiet. The Persia’s news had
caused a slight decline in all qualities. The
Quotations of the week.—Fair Orleans
91d ; Middling do 9 5-lGd ; Fair Mobile 9 9-
Ifld ; Middling do 9jd.
The stock on hand 300,500 bales of which
1G9.0IKI American. Flour was dull, and had
slightly declined.
Wheat was dull and quoted 2 to 3d decline
on all qualities. The corn market was steady,
at previous quotations. Banks rates had ad
vanced G per ct. Consols were quoted at 891
n 89j. The London Times says there is noth
ing raising the rate of discount to [create any
alarm. 1 he discount established also raised
the rate of interest. It says that fright alone
caused all the min that is now going on in
America. The Europa brings $03,000 in
specie.
Political Intelligence.
Violent storms have been prevailing on the
English coast. The American crisis in mone
tary affairs is scverly felt in England and
France, aud specie is being shipped to the
United States. The King of Prussia was re
ported lo he in a dying condition. The Lon
don btar says that the Governor General of
India lias been recalled. The financial pres
sure in Vienna was still very severe. Nu
merous failures had taken place. Russian
war vessels had destroyed the shipping nt
Bazaar, in Abasia. Galatz had been nearly
destroyed. Paper money in Turkoy had un
dergone a depreciation of twenty per cent.—
Accounts from India arc gloomy. Nona Sahib
■wa-s still alive, and it was feared Lucknow
would fall before assistance could arrive.—
Too slavers had been captured on the coast of
Africa, one an American brigantine named the
Faruh June.
Generous.
Some forty mercantile firms unite in a card
put forth in the Charleston papers to make
known their willingness to receive “the paper
of the Savannah and Augusta Banks at pat-
value in payment of dues and for merchandise.
The Banks of the State which pay specie
the Macon Bank of Middle Georgia, and the
Bank of Columbus, arc not included. This is
mortifying. A Macon silver dollar ought to
be as good as a broken promise to pay, even if
made in Augusta or Savannah.
From Washington.
Washington. Oct. 21.—Our government
has received official assurance that England
will not interfero with our arrangements with
Nicaragua, as regards the treaty securing the
transit route.
Wliat Money passes in Savannah—
BANK OF MIDDLE GEORGIA.
A meeting of the President and Cashiers of
the banks in our city, was held on the 19th
inst., aud the following manner of settlements
was agreed to:
First: They will receive in payment and
on deposit, the notes of all the City Banks,
the notes of the Bank of Hamburg aud of the
Banks of Augusta and Charleston which are
received by the banks in those cities. The
notes of the Bank of Middle Georgia, and tho
notes of the following banks and branches, so
cs, so long as they are redeemed by the
Banks in Savannah, viz: Branches of the
State Batjk, Bank of Columbus. Bank of Ath
ens, and the Commercial Bank of Brunswick.
So Savannah will, unlike Charleston, gra
ciously receive the money of four of our “coum
try banks”—tbreo of which arc paying spe
cie .' Well, that is kind!—and the least harm
we hope her in return is. that she may get
plenty of it. Up here, we storo away our
Bank of Middle Georgia funds in sly corners
of the pocket book—keep it for hollidays and
great occasions, aud use the Savannah funds
for common. The Bank of Middle Georgia is
the Telegraph’s monster, aud we are proud of
it, as of a light shining in dark times, when
light is needed. It still keeps out thirty odd
thousand dollars circulation, nnd there is no
run upon it whatever. The money is gold—
every body knows it—and therefore they keep
it ns gold. Moreover, they can't press upon
it, if they would, because the gold is there
awaiting the demands of tbc bill-holders, if
they want it.
Tin? Kiclianoutl Uobbcry.
Richmond, Oct. 21.—Upwards of $15,000
of the specie stolen from tho Custom House,
tiuve been recovered.
Law is like a sieve : you may aee through
it, but you must he considerably reduced be
fore you can get through it.
Southern Citizen.
The first number of John Mitchell's “Southern
Citizen ” enme to hand last Friday—a large, hand
some sheet—displaying in its ample columns the
highest evidence of skill, diligence and ability.—
Success to it. Published by Mltcboil k Swan,
Knoxville, Tcnn., nt *3 per annum, in advance.
Hard Times do not seem to have affected
Messrs. E. J. Jolmstou <fc Co. in their selec
tion of Goods for the Fall and Winter trade.
Their stock surpasses any of their former
efforts for elegance and extent, and is well
worthy public attention.. Give them a call.
Suspended Animation.
The New Vork papers, w e see, are discussing a
case of “ suspended animation,” which unfortu
nately terminated in a total loss of vitality. The
Bunks just now are presenting a case of "tutjKti-
</, 1/ animation,” and w o hope it will not terminate
iu the same wav.
Tlie Aduiinislration-
COUNTfi
Since the days of Monroe no administration
has won public confidence more rapidly than
that of Mr. Buchanan, while at the same time
none has held more uncompromisingly to prim
cipie. No President of the United States ever
gave so explicit and unreserved an avowal of
sound doctrine upon the constitutional attitude
of African slavery in the United Slates, as did
Mr. Buchanan in his letter of six or eight
weeks ago. A short time sinco we encounter
ed a friend direct from Washington who had
grown up under thc'sliadow of the great Cal
ltoun. He had 6pent some days in unreserv
ed intercourse with the Cabinet and President,
and his first exclamation to us was “not Cal
houn himself was ever more sound than is our
administration at Washington! Every South
ern man I have seen who has made himself
familiar with the facts is satisfied and happy
Wo Lave the most entire and undoubting faith
that every distrust towards the administration
which may yet linger in tbo minds of the fair
minded Southern Democracy is destined to
vanish before the light of truth. No act of
Mr. Buchanan in relation to Kansas or any
other matter will be found to clash with the
whole current of bis life—the avowals in bis
Inaugural and the doctrines of his New Haven
letter. The South will be satisfied.
Recent elections speak in an equally une
quivocal tone for the North. There, under
the influence of a quiet and almost unsuspect
ed reaction iu public opinion, tlig Democracy
have been more suprised at results than their
antagonists. Look at Ohio—with its huge
Black Republican majority vanished and gone
like an ugly dream in a moment of awakening
good sense and reactionary sober, second
thought! Black Republicanism has withered
liko Jonah’s gourd, and a largo minority of
tho Fremont voters themselves are now, we
believe, more than satisfied with his defeat.
In vain the more fanatical Black Republican
prints attempt to keep up the Kansas excite
ment by charges or federal military coercion
—the people see the President is determined
Kansas shall settle her own strifes and ques
tions according to law, and blatant dema
gogues prate in vain. A great reaction, auspi
cious of quiet and rest from this everlasttng
slavery agitation—if not of returning section
al harmony or better feeling—has already ta
ken place throughout tho North, and is now
progressing rapidly. The qnict, dignified-
self-reliant attitude of the administration—tbc
candor, moderation and firmness with which it
has vindicated and prosecuted its policy, has
contributed greatly to allay excitement and
give confidence to the country
Add to this, within a few weeks new, mo
mentous and startling questions of finance
have come pressing upon tbo people with over
powering weight—a weight and a vastness
which will press down and overshadow for a
while all other matters of controversy. Tho
people of the United States arc now to deter
mine whether the currency and every material
interest hanging thereon arc longer to be made
tbo sport of inflations and expansions—the
foot ball of financiers. What have the People
—what have the Democracy to say about
Banks 1 Are wc not tired of them at last; and
shall not tbc word go forth from Maine to
Louisiana to return to a circulating medium of
something more than fancy value ?
Gov. Jolinsou’s Letter
To the Savannah Bank Committeo is worthy
of the man, which is saying a great deal for it.
That is “a word in season"—a timely and preg
nant suggestion of his in regard to the attitude
of the South in this financial crisis. One year
ago Wall street heard amidst its roar and clat
ter, the voice of Governor Floyd, of Virginia,
(now an honored member of Mr. Buchanan's
Cabinet) pleading tho importance of the South
to the commercial stability, prosperity and
greatness of the country, as a reason why she
should not be driven to the wall aud pressed
out of the Union by tho weight and fury of
Black Republican fanaticism. The illustrious
Hunter of Virginia, bad preceded him but a
few days in a similar appeal to the rural dis
tricts—a master-piece of oratory. Wall street
found an echo front Speaker Banks, and the
columns of the three great Black Republican
organs of New York city, teemed with figures
to prove that Southern trade had always been
a losing business—had ever been, on the aver
age, an injury to the city. Gov. Johnson
himself, if wc mistake not, both in Philadel
phia and Baltimore, had occasion to vindicate
the South from these misrepresentations. Then
it was the trade of the West alone which was
really .remunerative, or could add a stable
wealth to the Northern centres of commerce.
Here it occurs to us, is the true source of tho
Governor’s potent suggestions. A year passes
and how changed the cry ! The Cotton of the
South is almost the only hope of relief. The
Cotton crop must turn the balance of Foreign
Exchange in our favor—bring specie to the
country from abroad—enable the banks to re
sume, and again set in motion tho whole vast
and disordered machinery of trade ! Could
man take a day in Wall street of October,
1856, and insert it into tho middle of October,
1857, like a piece of Mosaic, wouldn’t the con
trast be striking ? It would be bard for the
New Yorkers to admit they bad ever changed
so much in thought, talk and action in one
short year!
He
of
Is
•Is
To Kctrcnclt or to Borrow.
Some of tbc New York papers complain that
the government contemplates a general plan
of retrenchment—suspension of work on pub
lic buildings and various internal improve
ments—light house system—coast survey—
ocean mails—abolition of fishing bounties, and
reduction in expenditures for army and navy,
hereby an aggregate curtailment of some
twenty-five millions’ expenditure may be ef
fected, instead of proceeding ns usual, and ef
fecting a loan to meet expenses. They cont
ain of this as a policy of “ isolation," by
hich the government simply lakes care of
tsclf—consults its own convenience—by in
directly adding to tho public distress. The
administration, it cannot be denied, have
shown the greatest possible disposition to re
lieve the pecuniary jiressuro and sustain the
ndustrial and commercial interests of the
country. All parties have been compelled to
tdtnit the wise forecast and zeal of the Secrc-
ary of the Treasury in this particular. But
must be recollected, that, after all, the ad
ministration are but Trustees, solemnly bound
administer their trust for the benefit of the
fund. They must manage it with judgment
and economy as regards the interests of the
government itself, first and foremost. Witli-
tliat clear obligation they will do all iu their
power for the business Interests of the people;
beyond it, they will not go. We do not be
lieve there will he any retrenchment of usual
and customary expenditure, not clearly dicta
ted by public interests. The “fishing boun
ties” should have been abolished long ago.
What kind of sweetmeats did they have in
the Ark ? Preserved Pairs.
Enough for tlirro Cents.
The last Telegraph bad a story of Baron
Rothschild, of Paris, caught without a son in
his pocket, in debt three sons for a ride, to a
quarri Nome omnibus driver. The Baron,
richer than Croesus and holding the sovereigns
of earth by note and bond, found himself out
of cash, out of credit and in imminent danger
of personal indignitv for a sum below estima
tion. A fortnight since, two Florida friends of
our’s, of large resources, found themselves in
a similar category. Sunnnerjourneyings end
ed, with a small “balance in baud” which, you
know, always amounts to just enough to pay
expenses home, they were about leaving New
York for the South. An acquaintance begged
them to take charge of a lady as far as North
Carolina. Col. Smith iu courtly phrase felici
tated his companion upon so agreeable an ad
dition to the party. Major General Jones was
all smiles, and made the blandest proffer of his
services. Col. Smith would go in advance to
the Jersey Ferry house, secure tickets and
check the baggage. “Just tbo thing,” said
Gen. Jones—“and take my purse,” "and mine,
too” said the lady. The Colonel would have
refused; but the truth is, as we have hinted, he
he wa3 in business parlance, “ short." If the
truth must be told, be bad enough “ on hand”
to buy only a single ticket. He took tlie pur
ses, hurried to the wharf, and after ten min
utes sweat, clamor and toil, be emerged from
tbc crowd, triumphant, with three tbrougl
tickets,three Ferry tickets and six brass checks
in his pocket.
But where were General Jones and the la
dy ? They were not to be seen in the crowd
—they must have gone aboard the ferry boat,
“All aboard,” was shouted from the boat. Col
Smith rushed for it—the boat put off.
worked bis way through the dense crawd
passengers, concern increasing to alarm and
alarm sinking to despair. No Jones, no lady
The awful suspicion came that he liad left
them in tho great Babel of New York, with
out apparel and without a cent. In franlic cn
ergy he accosted a burly son of St. Patrick
“ Have you a good, loud voice ?” “ Arrab
me honey, an’ it’s mo father’s son that’s got
that same.” “ Then get up in heaven’s name
and cry out for Major General Jones !”
Major General Jones aboard the boat!”
Major General Jones aboard the boat!” shout
ed the Irishman, twenty times, with an energy
which bepurpled his visage; but no answer
came.
Startled by the tumult, the Captain came
forward and explained. There were three
ferry boats to the train : the first had passed
—the second was the present one, and the
third would follow directly after. There, then
were two chances for the General. He might
have gone in the first boat, or lie might come
in the last. Landed on the other side, and
mindful of the extreme darkness of that Jersey
Station House, in which no mother could re
cognize her child, the Colonel took his Irish
herald along with him, and directed him to
proclaim through the gloomy obscurity of
long train of cars, “Is Major General Jones
aboard this car ?” No answer, upjto tho bag
gage cars—but as passengers were constantly
coming in in swarms, the Col. determined to
persevere iu the operation till tbe train should
start. Leaving them at this heraldry, let us
return to Major General Jones and bis fair
companion.
Beguiling tbe way with much pleasant con
verse, they bad arrived at the ferry house in
due season for the last boat. Now, at tbe
ferry house, every body knows there is a nar
row door, opening into a narrow passage which
constitutes tbe sole avenue of foot passengers
to the boat. At this door stands a grim toll
gatherer, sternly demanding three cents, or a
Ferry ticket representing that amount in hand
paid to the Company. It was through this
door that Major General Jones, with character
istic courtesy, was about to hand the lady,
when he was met with tbe peremptory demand,
“Tickets, sir,; six cents, sir.” Major Gen
eral Jones promptly put bis band into bis
pocket, ami the awful truth flashed upon him—
his purse was gone and his remaining assets
consisted of one solitary red cent! He reason
ed with the surly Cerberus, “A friend had
gone before with tickets for the Company.”—
Cerberus, in silent response, laid his finger to
tho side of his nose. “Three cents each, sir.’’
“But I am without money.” “Stand back,
sir, and let others pass. All aboard for Phil
adelphia and the South!” Affairs were desper
ate with Major General Jones. Jn the energy
of despair lie seized tbc Lady’s rccticule and
proffered that for toll. “No Pawnbroker’s
shop, sir; stand back, sir; can’t pass,” Mean
while, the lady, pale and affrighted, was rum
aging her apparel. Powers of good luck! from
tbo bottom of her pocket, under superincum
bent gloves and handkerchiefs, she drew forth
a battered, long-forgotten dime. Three cents
rise in cotton bad never so delighted tbe Gen
eral. He fairly flung tbe coin at Cerberus, in
indignant, defiant anger, and rushed on board.
Once there, alarm followed quickly on heels of
anger, when no Col. Smith was to be found—
Is Col. Clifford Johnson Smith aboard tbo
boat T” frantically shouted tbe General. “Is
Col. Clifford Johnson Smith aboard tbc boat ?”
yelled a delighted and mischievous wretch of a
newsboy. “Is Col. Clifford Johnson Smith
aboard the boat?” passed from mouth to
mouth in mockery. No response. No Colo
nel. Some suggested he was waiting on the
other side, and the thought gave hope. Tho
General and his fair companion plunged into
the darkness of the Station House. He posted
her beside the train, with instructions to get
aboard if tho cars started, and pursued his re
searches. Now, it happened that the Colonel
aud his Irish crier were in the middle of their
tenth round of the train, when the General
commenced at the lower end—so that the ears
of the passengers had just been relieved of a
stentorian shout for Major General Jones,
when they were saluted again with a louder
call for Col. Smith. This rotary process might
have continued till the train started, but for
tunately, the Colonel, as lie was about com
mencing his eleventh round, encountered the
ady standing iu woe unutterable beside the
eartvard car. An explanation followed—the
General was found, and after their nerves had
time to recover from the shock, a guffaw fol
lowed every glance of the trio at each other
during the remainder of the day.
Tin 1 Kansas Flection Frauds,.
CONFLICTS OF KaNS.4 - CORRESPONDENT
The Kansas correspondents seem, like Jt
hosaphat of old, to be cursed with a “lying
spirit.” Front the beginning, an amount cf
misrepresentation of facts has come to the pub
lic in the shape of “ correspondence from Kan
sas," unparalleled on any one subject in hu
man records. Tho New York Times and T ri-
bunc Lave been the fountain beads of this
mighty torrent of misrepresentation; but who
shall say the South has escaped false impres
sions, when there lias hardly been a fact in the
whole history of Kansas, the accounts of which
have not been as contrarious and antagonistic
as black and white ? Let us, for illustration,
take the alleged frauds in tho late Kansas
election and contrast the testimony. It re
lates to the courso of Governor Walker and
the United States Troops, in the late territo
rial election.
Wo copy first, from a Kansas correspond
ent. of the Savannah News, a3 follows :
“ Gov. Walker had the forces of tho United
States at his command, for the purpose of see
ing that the laws of the Territory were pro
perly enforced. He stationed a number of
troops at Lawrence with orders not to act with
out his instructions, and then went to Leaven
worth, 30 miles off, where he remained during
tho election. The Republican party took pos
session of the polls in Lawrence, and allowed
every man to vote, who would vote wiJ iV, eni,
without regard to law. One of our candidates
for the lower house went there for th&purpose
of challenging illegal votes, and though the
troops of the United States were within fifty
yards of the polls, he was very near mobbed
to death, and only escaped by the help of a
friendly free-soiler, who deceived the mob by
telling them that he had escaped into another
house in town, aud bringing bim his horse
when they went to attack him. All manner
of fraud has been used to defeat us, and that
too with the Governor of the Territory in full
possession of their intentions. Three compa
nies of troops were in my county, and we beat
the abolitionists fairly and without difficulty.”
Here, then, it is distinctly charged that Wal
ker instead of permitting the troops to vote
with the pro-slavery men, took every precau
tion to keep them iu restraint, and to allow no
interference with the abolitionists to prevent
them from polling as many free-soil votes as
they chose. Now for the other side: The New
York Times’ Kansas correspondent, quoted,
too, by the Tribune, tojsustain tho veracity of
its own letter writers, says:
“ One of our most reliable public men in
Kansas is just in from Kickapoo, who says he
was thero on the day of the election, and saic
the elephant. Governor Walker was there in
person with a company of dragoons. Now
mark the sequel. It was apparent to all that
a large force of imported voters was there from
Missouri, and Walker was applied to, aud ask
ed to interfere and prevent it. What follow
ed ? A majority of 500 Pro-Slavery votes
wero cast in a town of about 200 legal voters
and instead of Walker’s giving us protection
as a high-minded and honorable dispenser of
an important public trust, he permitted the in
vaders to indulge their most unscrupulous pro
pensities for voting, and worse still, he told the
soldiers to vote, and they did vote, in violation
of a law of Congress. This is a most unparal
leled outrage. Now let us see who will at
tempt an apology for it.”
There you have it! One say* Walker al
lowed the Freesoilers full sweep so he had to
run for his life—the other says he did the same
to tho “Border Ruffians” and left the freesoil
ers to suffer.
So, then, Governor Walker, has outraged
both sides alike. We have no good opinion of
Walker, but between such correspondents, his
case would be a bad one.
The Utah Military Expedition and
WHAT THEY MAY FIND.
The 5th Regiment of U. S. Infantry, eight
Companies of the 10th and two batteries of
Artillery reached Fort Laramie on the 7th
September. Col. Crook, with six Companies
of dragoons were daily expected at Fort Kear
ny on the 5th. Col. Johnson, in command of
the expedition, bad arrived at FortJKearny.—
A correspondent in the army en route for
Utah, gives tbe Herald the following state
ment of a largo party of returning Californi
ans, who met tbe army on tbe 2d August last:
The Californians alluded to assured us that
there were 2.700 .Mormon troops at Salt Lake
City and its vicinity, fully armed and under
going a regular course of drill, and that Gov.
Young makes no secret of his resolves.
It so happened while they were at Salt Lake
City, that about two hundred of them visited
the place of worship, and listened to adiscourse
from Brigbam to bis people. It appears he
had just received positive intelligence that
troops would be sent to Utah, and manifested
much feeling upon the occasion. Using his
own language, lie said:—“I do not believe the
army will be able to reach here without my as
sistance. I think it quite probable, however,
that all the supplies will be brought in.” This
as emphasized in a tone of irony which indi
cated his intention to capture the supplies and
prevent the troops from entering the Tcrrito-
He continued:—"If the United States au
thorities send a Governor to rule my people
whom I shall approve of, he Will be’ well re
ceived," otherwise, he said, “I will send him
to hell across lots." Then turning towards
the Californians, ho addressed them as follows:
You can tell this to the people of the States
when you reach there.” Being well armed,
and feeling quite independent, one of them re
plied, “You maybe well assured wo shall tell
them.” Upon whtch Brigham rejoined, “that’s
right—that’s just what I want.”
A Ha?)!, Paper Ciirmiry.
■ T; •? • ■•:!-1.1 f .i redundant paper cir ■u’.ation are
maiiili'-a to every eve. It alternately raiser and
sinks tlie value of every man’s properly. It makes
a beggar of the man to-morrow who indulged in
dreams of wealth to-day. It converts the business
of society into a mere lottery, whilst those who
distribute the prizes tire wholly irresponsible to the
people. 'When the collapse conies—as come it
must—it casts laborers out of employment, crushes
manufacturers and merchants, and rains thousands
of honest and industrious citizens.”
The foregoing is from a speech delivered by Mr
Bachnnan,in the Senate, upon the hill creating the
Independent Treasury. The lapse of time and the
occurrences of the day bear weighty testimony to
its truth and justice; and while every man see.-,
and feels it, under present experience of disaster,
let all resolve that the evil shall find a gradual and
certain cure. We rejoice that the whole Demo
cratic press of the country is uttering one voice
upon the subject. "Without violence—with no at
tacks upon vested rights—let the policy of the
party and country henceforth be steadily directed
to the restriction, and final abrogation of all banks
of issue, ns needless, and inevitably mischievous in
their tendency. Some apology for them might
have been found in the small supply of coin whicli
existed fifteen years ago—but California alone is
yearly supplying bullion enough to meet our in
creasing necessities in tho way of circulation.
We are by no means disposed to inveigh harshly
against the management of the Banks. The Geor*
gia Banks, particularly, with few exceptions, have
been conducted with prudence and fidelity. The
general collapse has only taken them by surprise,
as i. has every business man the country through.
This was an event, as to time, almost beyond hu
man forecast. It is the inherent] vice of the sys
tem os exhibited in this sudden financial convulsion
which should warn us against and prepare us to
abandon it. Its defenders argue the question as
though it were ono of credit or no credit—while,
in truth, it is simply a question of credit on a prop
er basis, or credit upon credit. Tlie vice of a bank
paper circulation is, that it first gives an uncertain,
fluctuating, inflating credit currency as the real mea
sure of value, and credit is thereupon piled upon
that, sky high, till it topples over suddenly, and
then all is confusion and despair. A man can then
make no calculation on his assets in the way of
property, because they have all been valued by a
false standard, which has failed, and is dishonored
and gone.
And the tumbling down of these airy structures
of credit upon credit, experience now seems to
teach us to anticipate as certain results, twice or
thrice during a life time. The collapse of 1837
created what was then styled an anti-bank mania,
in which a violent opposition to banks expended
itself with a merely temporary result. The State
Legislatures became afterwards more than ever
prolific in bank charters. Disastrous facts have
now confirmed what was then denounced as a mere
visionary anti-bank theory, and the lesson should
make a deep and final impression on the minds of
the people.
Fr«i*|>p rts
The New York crr«...” ‘ 0, k.
leston Courier gives u 3 * h( ' of 'I'
It will be a silent but treinpnd r
whtch shall wrest the EtnuiroT’ " ,
ban,Is of the wily, astllt , *£•*•.
clique, which now controls it ^ :
esque contrariety of means '
An immense public spoil to
stint or scruple to the corrupt J?' k: ' ■ j
all sorts of plunder schemes for fi :
—prohibition to the temp f:ran \ “ '
thropy to the fanatic—religion
sort in that quarter for tbe pi j;i3 ’, „ 3 l -•,
an odd compound never condor ° ^
party before. Wall-street Jobe'S
Demagogues, Rochester Knocko , -
Saints, Associations, Confab ce TNJ
ries, Churches, Schools, Prayer ir,- •
litiou tea-parties, Spiritualists! p I
Speculators, Black legs and RoVdi^ ^
as they think, a congenial ,-JC T'
publicamsm, and are all pulled wjfc U; '
ate strings by Seward, Weed, G : ! ^ •
Ohio, however, with a less efficient A !
tion, wa3 pretty much in the sarne^i^
and we may learn from her exatnpl! '
er of the “ sober, second thought,”
tom fell out of Ohio Republic*#^ 'I
without a Struggle. It may happen J* I
York
“ Thc political parties arc all A
inattons this week. Tlie election uk£ ■■
second Tuesday in November
will carry
day in November. Tbe
everything in the city, andiT^
surprise many people if they should a]j i*' 1
State. Since the results in Penns*
and the more Western States have
ed, the Black Bepuhlicans have lost
aud even hope, and following the cerr. 1
the day, they are about to suspend' ™
Free Labor iu the Aorth,
The Herald computes tbe number J r
men thrown out of employment in .\' e , y‘
at thirty to forty thousand, and
number, dependent for subsistence on tt .
Suspension of the Bank of Eng>
LAND.
The Philadelphia Bulletin declares its be
lief that an early suspension of the Bank of
England may be apprehended, as the result of
commercial embarrassments and Bank sus
pensions in thc United States, which cut off
the supply of specie from this side of the wa
ter, while an immense drain Eastward is ne
cessary to meet military expenses in that quar
ter. Tbe Bulletin says:— “England will have
many millions to pay to this country, during
this year and next, for our cotton and produce
of all kinds. To do this with specie, and at
thj same time carry on thc war in India, will
be an impossible thing. During the week
ending Sept. 26th, which is thc latest week of
which wc have a report, the bullion in the
Bank amounted to £11,570,088, or $56,380,-
440. The late shipments of specie to the East
have been at the rate of half a million sterling
per week, which has been about compensated
for by the receipts from the United States,
Australia, Mexico and South America. The
demands of thc East will be largely increased
just as the supply from abroad is reduced
about onc-half. In this way a few weeks
would suffice to drain the Bank.”
Snow in Maine.
Snow fell in Maine, in the vicinity of Port
land, last Saturday week.
Government Bcceipts.
A despatch dated Washington 23d inst., an
nounces thc Government receipts for the week
ending at that date to be only about 400,000,
and only $10,030,000 in the different deposi
torics, subject to draft. These figures show
stronger than words thc paralysis of trade.—
Tho Government will be forced to resort to a
loan at an early day.
Kansas—Subtaisson of the Cousti-
■ % TUTION.
It i3 announced in a despatch fromWash-
gton to the New York Press, that, "Infor
mation has been received from an official
source, to thc effect, that the Constitutional
Convention of Kansas will submit the Consti
tution to the people of the territory for ratifi-
ation or rejection.”
An Account Three Miles Long.—The
last quarterly returns or account of tbe busi
ness of the New York city post office, which
was received at the Department in Washing
ton in a day or two after the close of the quar
ter, if stretched out page by page continuous
ly, would make a string of paper quite three
miles long. Who read it !
Gov. Ferry of Florida.
In reference to Governor Perry’s inaugural
address the Florida Sentinel says :
From this document, it appears that thc peo
pie of Florida have found in Governor Perry
firm and zealous friend of tho various Rail-
ads projected in the State, someot which we
c happy to know, are rapidly progressing to
speedy conclusion. IJis views in reference
the disposition of the lauds pledged to the
support of these enterprises and upon which
the chief reliance for their successful prosecu
tion depend, wc regard as eminently practical
and judicious. As a member of tlie Board of
Trustees, lie considers it his imperative duty
to see that the fund is faithfully administered
for the benefit of thc system, and to this end
will advocate the appraisment of the lands at
such prices as will tend to facilitate their sale,
and induce emigration and settlement. These
views appear to us to be dictated by common
sense and sound economy.
The National Intelligencer estimates the
surplus likely to accumulate in the National
Treasury by the termination of the current
fiscal year, at the enormous figures of $50,-
OOU.OUO! There is now a surplus of twenty
millions, and the expenses of the current fiscal
year are estimated at fifty millions only;
while its revenue is expected to be eighty niil-
lions.
Iowa.—It is reported that tho new Iowa
Legislature is Democratic, thus securing a
Democratic United States Senator iu place
of Hon. George W. Jones, Democrat, the
present incumbent. The victory on the Sen-
atorship being assured, the result on Gover
nor,, &c.i s of far less consequence.
Getting: otr Cheaply.
Tho Athens Watchman charges upon tho
Democratic party the entire responsibility of
present monetary panic and all its concomi
tants of suspensions and failures ! That is
letting us off Jog cheap. Austria and Prussia
are bankrupt—the banks of Eugliuid and
France are about to suspend—a murderous
war is going ou in India—China is in a blaze
—the Dutch have taken Holland—the cotton
crop is short—a big fire in Chicago—the Black
Republicans are used up—stocks are nowhere,
and there have been frightful disasters by
land and sea. Why not charge the whole to
the Democratic party and make one account
of it ?
More PInE*nglyism Apprehended.
It is stated that Gov. Ligon, of Maryland,
apprehensive of much violence and bloodshed
in Baltimore at thc approaching State Elec
tion, has asked the assistance of a Military
force from thc United States Government.—
Thc request has been denied, for the same
reasons assigned in refusing a similar applica
tion by the Governor of California, made du
ring the reign of thc Committee of safety.
Sickness iu Decatur County.
Thc “Bainbridgc Argus” comes to us upon
a half sheet—on account of the illness of all
bands. The Editor says:—“There is a large
amount of sickness in the county—more than
has ever been known before—the result doubt
less, of the heavy aud protracted rains which
fell in July and tho early part of August last.
It is now very dry and the atmosphere coo!,
aud pneumonia prevalent.”
bor at “the enormous figure of
and ffty thousand." Sajs that print :
“What is to become of these peuoa A
thc long, cold winter that is at hmj t *
It is right, while giving the mechi-;,
working classes of this city credit fora r" t
standard of morals than the average of ti" L
abroad, to remember that they are m •
tool W !"»"*<«« and the pMaWMjriZ?
ture. We cannot expect them to be ic-fiTi
terrible reflections, then, does this . !
their winter suggest—when we bear ha
within a few hundred yards of the tenea
where they are starving there will be cun
to tlie roof with flour, and beef tndpoii, J
much further off, banks with safes fuil of T-
How frightful the picture becomes whenveS
er reflect that thc police force of the citv i
be utterly inadequate to repress a htmar -
bent on plunder and on food for their'
families! and that a crisis might arrive
military companies, composed of the v
class of citizens, and as resolute as tier bar
ways been found tn the performance of then
might be compelled to deluge the sreea.
blood and fill the gutters with corpses is
preserve peace and order! These are hard*
to realize, yet the rising and the setting of te;
row’s sun are not more obviously written hit
ture than they.”
The Herald, as we think wisely,
mends a prosecution of public city wi
furnish employment to these masses,aJh
them out of starvation aud mischief. Lt
South rejoice over at least one of the t.
sneered at “beauties of African shtej
that it can admit no such fearful
of capital and labor as t his dreadful
contemplates. Sambo and his flock tn
of a living, no matter what turns up. ii
the necessity of husbanding one's m
becomes more apparent, so Sambo rise t
in importance and demands increasedcin.
attention.
So. Mutual Fire? Insurance Co.
ATHENS.
We have the tenth Annual RepTt at:
company, which exhibits receipts for the;
ending 1st September $242,567 77. I: II
ditures, including $186,307 67
amount to $218,406 98, ltaving a bak?
$24,160 79 profits—all of which bite:
passed to the sinking fund. The
rates its present means $118,075 36, nit
show a total of outstanding risks a
to $10,005 240. It has been a di-rc
year, but by withholding divide .
strength of the company has been meat
\Ye look upon it as one of the most a
corporations of thc kind in the countiy.
M. Boardman, Agt. for Macon.
Tlie Buck Track.
A curious movement of the underground
emigration is taking place. Canada, which has
bccu the city of refuge for runaway negroes,
is beginning to spew them out. The thrift
lessness and wretched morals of tho blacks
have proved too much for Canadian philan-
throphy. Thc Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer
says that the steamer Telegraph brings back
from Canada, ou every trip, families of negroes
who have formerly iled to the Provinces from
thc States. They describe the life aud con
dition ot the blacks in Canada as miserable in
the extreme. They are principally from
Canada West. Ohio and Michigan are likely
to have large accessions to their negro popu
lation from that source. The Canadians have
hown a disposition in their Parliament and
in every day transactions to discourage the
negroe population coming to or remaining in
e Provinces.
This is tho beginning of a movement which
will be followed by important results. The
runaway negro population will be thrown back
upon the free States, and the same causes
which induce Canada to get rid of them, will
operate iu Ohio, Michigan aud other nou-slave-
ldiug communities. The proprietors of the
under ground rail-road will soon discover that
it won’t pay, and that will put an end to their
philanthropy.
The Bank oi Columbui
Our respected contemporary, the Ce-
Enquirer, complains of us for omitt?; ;
Bank of Columbus from the tabular sta::-
of the condition of the Georgia Backs
appeared in the last Telegraph. It i: -
pened that the friend who prepared tbs
for us could not lay his hand upon the
ment of the condition of that Bank, n®-’-
we find it, aud were therefore forced t •
the name of the Bank. This tact
will apologize for the seeming neglect 1
should have been stated in cnmf’c:: ■
publication of the table. That table,
way, was copied by our friend of tbco-
and Messenger, without credit to the
graph, and has been recopied from theJo**
aud Messenger, with a credit to tW W
by nearly all the newspapers in Geor;-
Business in Savannah,
The Republican of thc 23d instant,
"Yesterday was, by long odds, thtfcjg
day of thc season. .More mono) *** I
than we have seen for weeks, the
et was suddenly inspired with
though prices were unchanged “ - ,
ceding day’s operations, about as
article changed hands as did forse r ,
previous. As matters htTe takffl
the right direction, it is to be hope<
duce will now commence to ftp
ness assume something of an air ot -
is great room for improvement in
Our “Comparative Statement, P u ". f
morning, shows that we have_n’ c __ i ki
liluL »* O I
the 1st of September,
cotton, against 51,915 bale*for ! a-, j/t
last year, making a deficit ofJorj>. .
sand two hundred and /'/'••<•'.’/;•••• , 1
"While our shipments to 1 "
• iJrrab.v
They are fond of titles in the East. Among
his many other high-sounding titles, the King
of Ava has that of “Lord of Twenty-four Um
brellas.” This looks as if he had prepared
himself for a long reign.
nGreat cry and little wool—An Ethiopian in
fant, just born.
by the way, is an mcor.s- , rfvwr;
been about a third greater than
shipments to northern ports (mma ,
the largo body of the crop,) ha«
bales, against 25,136 bales for nt —
last year, making a difference 0
sum/, five hundred and two ta ( • .. p,
ta furnish us the means ot arm, 6 j *
thing like a probable estimate®*,;
amount of the present crop am , *_• '■>
our financial derangement, thisstf*
conjoint agency in bviugh'o a ° u
affairs.
As before stated, we have a l w ^ fit
ter tilings lor the future. B^ ^
nWT 1- I it PoClfiff v 11,1 . • ,
: |
from our
havi
Weekly Review,
..1 .. Kkar.i nlan for u ...
settlements, we pr.
presume, p r ;T -v
nmodation oftbet -
•oartWJ
I
What is more beautiful a “*!J^ er goff'
the fit tie child’s idea of tee
sleep ?” n ot eP?
Bishoy Otcy, of Tennessee, 1
'jocent a»nr
illustrated
I
l CI1I1L.OOVX V ie jjl. : ■
to the cultivation of innocent • l,in 1 , v (it • |
pleasant disposition is years : v
lowing remark of his ; “ 1 hirt ,' &
came to Tennessee with my
wile,
and a horse aud sulky. 1 jjjJ c ' ■
are long since gone, bat
remain u good as new^