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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
Is/E^-COIST, C3--A..„
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
KEallUS MEETING.
Council Chamber, /
Macon. Ga„ December 16. S
Present—A. 11. Adams, Mnyor. , ,
Aid.—Winship, l'indlay, Flanders, Bostick, Bloom,
Johnston, Elfe.
Absent—Aid. Ellis. . ,
The minutes of the last meeting were rend, and
confirmed. .... .
Tho Bridge Keeper reported tolls tor tho week
lo date, 873 60.
The Finance Commlttoe reported In favor of K.
Isaac’s bill, 830.
D. Dempsey’s proposition to pay the City Connell
of Macon One Hundred Dollars to continue the Sew
or In Bcntonville to tho comer of his ltd, and pled*
clng himst'lf to proceed Immediately and carry It
through his lot was received and nnaiwwonaly
agreed to.
AM. Bostick moved that the A«
imposed by hit Htnsor the hUtytva neon Mr-* \l*ig*r
«-t Crowning, and the fine of five doHare against Mr*.
Sarah Dies, be mnitted
Passed.
AM. Vtndlav othared the ftdktwing >
Keetdved. that the Treasurer W anthortasd to
pay Mr. I- XV. \V att One llusutrvd IMlar* on ac
count cttnirect,
I’hwL
Ota motion AM, Wwwk
Kvedrel That the asaonnt agreed upon by tho
esSeore «t tonag America Fire Company, No. 3, for
the rent of the rvvm they now occupy, bo paid by
tha CgyCVtaned. pr\<vided the contract for rent does
no* extend hevxmd 1st of May. 1636, and the amount
does net exceed Fifty Dollars.
Haw,
Oa nto;Uu» the roles were suspended, when Aid.
Btawi offered the following Ordinances
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of tho
City os Macon, and it is heroby ordained by tho an-
th.vrityofthesame: That tho Fire Companies of
Macon. Nos. 1, S, and 3, bo paid Ono Hundred Dol
lar* each, per annum, payable quarterly, for the pur-
C iv»e of paying an Engineer employed by them for
eeping their Engine and Hoee in good order. Said
Engineer to report to thoir respective Foremen, and
the Foreman to the Chief Engineer of tho City, and
no payment to be mado to cither Company without
tho endorsement of the Chief Engineer.
Head second time and passed.
Council then adjonrnd until to-night 7 o'clock.
Wednesday, Bee. 16th, 1857.
Council met according to adjournment.
Present—A. B. Adams, Mnyor.
Aid.—Winship, Findlay, Flanders, Bostick, Bloom,
Johnston, Ellis, Elfo.
The minutes of the last mectipg were read and
confirmed.
The Finance Committee reported in favor of the
following accounts, viz: W. A. Huff, 837 62; U.
Fitch & Co., $23 15, and John Jeffers, 813.
Aid. Findlay in tho Chair.
His Honor the Mayor then addressed his associ
ates in Conncil as follows :
Gentlemen :—I take this occasion to return my
sincere thanks to the board of Aldermen with whom
I have been associated for tho present year, now
drawing to a close, for the kind and courteous treat
ment to me as their presiding officer—and for the
faithful discharge of their duties as Aldermen for the
City of Macon.
On Motion Aid. Bostick:
liesolved, That the thanks of this Board of Alder
men, be tendered to Mayor Adams for tho faithful
and impartial manner which has characterized his
administration as presiding officer daring the year
now drawing to a dose.
Adopted.
On motion Aid. Bostick:
liesolved, That the Clerk and Treasurer of tho
City of Macon, Mr. Richard Card, deserves and is
hereby tendered with our warmest thanks for the
prompt and faithful manner in which he has dis
charged the duties of his office during tho present
year.
• Adopted.
On motion Aid. Bloom :
liesolved. That the thanks of this Board be ten
dered to Marshall Hiley for tho faithful and prompt
manner in which he has attended to the duties of his
office.
Adopted.
HU Honor the Mayor then announced tho resnlt of
the election for Mayor, Aldermen and Clerk on Sat
nrday last, as returned by the managers.
Council then adjourned rise die.
Attest. tt. CURD, C. C.
Macon, Dec. 16th, 1857.
Agreeable to an act of the Legislature of tho State
of Georgia, tho members of tho City Conncil elect
met and organized.
Present—O. G. Sparks, Mayor.
Aid. A. li. Freeman, Clifford Anderson, Gabriel
Ilni-rUon, J. L. Jones, J. DeLoache, D. T. Driggers,
J. V. Grier and John T. Boifenillet.
On motion, Aid. Jones was unanimously elected
Chairman of Council.
HU Honor the Mayor, announced the following
salaries for City officers for the present year -,
For Mayor, $1,000
For Clerk A Treasurer, 1,200
For Overseer of Public Hands, 900
For Chief Marshal, 900
For 1 it Deputy Marsha!, 800
For 2d Deputy Marshal, 800
For Bridge Keeper, with Assistant, 850
For Clerk of Market. 350
For Gnard House Keeper (with fees) 300
For Keeper Powder Magazine (with fees) 100
For Sexton, Fees.
The following officers were then ballotted for and
elected via;
For Chief Marshal, J. B. Camming,
For 1st Deputy Marshal, Benj. R. Barfield,
For 2d Deputy Marshal, Jas. B. Cooper,
For Bridge Keeper, J. H. Thomason,
For Overseer Public Hands, E. Johnson,
For Gnard House Keeper, J. B. Arnold,
For Clerk of Market, S. Menard,
For Magazine Keeper, D. C. Hodgkins,
For Sexton. . A. Brydie.
. Conncil then adjourned to meet to-morrow night,
(Thursday) at 7 o'clock.
RICHARD CURD, Clerk CouncU.
REGULAR MEETING.
Council Chamber, >
Macon, Ga., December 17. J
Present— O. G. Sparks, Mayor.
Aid.—Driggers, Harrison, Grier, Freeman, Do-
Loach, Boifeullett, Jones.
Absent—Aid. Anderson.
J. II. Thomason's resignation as Bridge Rccper,
received and accepted.
CouncU then proceeded to elect a Bridge Keeper,
and upon counting out the votes James Richardson
was duly elected.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
Sexton reports the interments for tho months of
November and December—Whites, ndnlts 16; Chil
dren 9 ; Colored adults, 5 ; Children 6 ; total 36.
Thos. II. Flint’s Sexton's bill for superintending
the cleaning up of the old Graveyard for $7, was or
dered to be paid.
His Honor tho Mayor appointed tho following
Standing Committees.
On Finance—Freeman, Anderson, Jones.
On Strtct—Jones,‘Driggers, Grier.
On Public Property— DeLoach, Harrison, Driggers.
On Pin Department—Anderson, Boifeullett, Grier.
I On Market—Boifeullett, DeLoach, Anderson.
On Pump*—Driggers, Harrison, Jones, Freeman.
On Rote Hill Cemetery—Harrison, Jones, Free
man.
On Street Eneroaekmi nL—Greer, Anderson, Boi-
fenllett.
On Gat—Anderson, Jones, Harrison.
On motion, the roles of tho late Council were
adopted for tho present
The following Bonds of tho City officers were
presented and approved, viz : A. Brydie, S. Menard,
J, B. Arnold, D. C, Hodgkins, J. U.Coopcr and Benj
K. Barfield.
His Honor, the Mayor, appointed tho following
Police, who were duly sworn in and entered npon
duty, vim: G. B. Lawrence, Captain ; Avery Odom,
H. Kent, A. D. Riddle, J. B. Sessions, Milton Rye
and YVm. A. Hartley.
On motion Aid. Jones,
Resolved, That the Mayor appoint a special com
mi! tee to examine the Plan of the New City Holland
ascertain the condition of tho several contracts for
materials and construction. Messrs. Jones, Freeman
and Harrison were appointed said committee.
On motion Aid. Jones,
Resolved, That the chairman of the Finance com
mittee be authorized to contract for the printing of
the Proceedings of Council, the advertising and other
printing matter that may be required for the current
term of the present council.
Passod.
On motion Aid. Jones,
Resolved, That a special committee be appointed
by his Honor, tho Mayor, to confer witli tho Presi
dent and Directors of tho Macon Gas Companv in
reference to their contract for supplying tho city
with Goa, and to mako such arrangements with tho
Company as they may deem necessary to securo for
tho future increased light aiul an uninterrupted sup
ply. Harrison, Boifeullett and Grier were appoint
ed add committee:
1 lie following accounts wero received and refer
red to the Finance Committee, viz:
Cixhart A Card, Alex. Richards, Mix A Kirtlnnd
and T. H. Flint.
It was moved and carried that the meetings of
Con:icil shall bo held on Tuesday nights of each
week for Ihe ensuing year.
Conncil then adjourned toTuesday night 7 oclock.
It. CURD, c. c.
Tuesday Morning, Deo. 22,JLS57.
Arrival of tlic Aslriatic.
Wc have intelligence of tho arrival of tho Adri
atic at New York on San day Inst, with dates to
tho oth. She reports more failures lu Liverpool,
and a decline In ihe Colton market of an eighth to
three-alxteentha. Sales of tho lost three days,
0000 bale.*—of Wednesday 8000,
Consols quotes) at 01|.
TTto Sin iimuili iJeorgimt.
Mr. 1 of tho Georgian, offers onc-balf
interest in that paper for snlo “to n thorough
ly eompotont luminous uinu” “on tho most ac
commodating terms." Tho Georgian has a
•rtwonty dollars I very largo circulation and advertising patron
age. nud wo have no doubt could be made the
most profitable democratic newspaper estab
lishment in tho State.
Bibb County. Superior Court.
Wo learn bis Uonor, Judge Lamar, has ad
journed the Court to the first Tuesday in Janua
ry next. Parties, Jurors and Witnesses will
therefore take notice and govern themselves ac
cordingly.
Concert of the Blind.
This came off very satisfactorily last Friday
night, before a full and appreciative House.
The troupe of unfortuna tes were all very neat
ly and tastefully dressed and went through
their unpretending role with harmony and ef
fect. They had an excellent pianist in Prof.
Vanhoutcn and a violinist of almost equal pro
ficiency in Prof. Cutler. There is a great
deal of musical talent in the school, and it is
under scientific cultivation. Several of the
young ladies have fine voices and the solos were
much applauded. The comic pieces were sung
with spirit and effect.
Music must be the great resource of these
blind, whether for amusement or snpport, and
it is peculiarly gratifying to see such evidence
of proficiency in this department. Ere long
this institution, wo doubt not, will annually
furnish competent musical instructors for our
schools and colleges.
Concert Extraordinary
“Blind Tom,” an indifferent samplcof a’Gcor-
gia*nigger,’ gave a musical entertainment at
Concert nail last week, which was a decided
novelty in respect both to the performance
audits author.
Tom is a negro boy of fourteen, with a gen
eral capacity very little above idiocy. In phy
sical conformation lie is very much after the
similitude of an ape, and he patterns strictly
after the ape in all his movements, contortions
and grimaces—his downsittings and uprisings.
His imitative faculties, which comprise pretty
much the sum total of his intellectuality, are
concentered upon music, and Tom can, in con
sequence, sing after a fashion, and thrum the
piano with great facility. Without any in
struction at all, he has caught by car all the
popular airs—plays them readily and can cvcu
give a tolerable counterfeit of more difficult
music upon once hearing it played. He carri-
caturcd operatic singing with ludicrous effect
though all unconscious of the carricature. Be
tween all his pieces he gave a literal interlude
in an impromptu dance, accompanied with
howlings and contortions more repulsive than
amusing. Tom is simply a lususnatura 1 .
Tlic Niger Expedition.
The last English expedition which ascended
tho Niger penetrated three hundred miles fur
ther into the interior than any former expedi
tion, into a vast prairie country hardly broken
by trees. This party carried a physician who
had learned successfully to combat the fearful
African fevers. Before tlic steamer crossed
the bar at the river’s mouth, lie commenced
giving fjiiimec to every man on board, in doses
of abomt nx^n 't/t. Than won given every
day, and tut " continued for sixteen weeks,
or all the time that the expedition was in the
river, and even kept up for a fortnight after
it had crossed the bar again, and was out in
the open sea. The result was that it did not
lose a man. The scourge of Africa was com
pletely disarmed.}
Too Fast.
The Journal & Messenger talks of an aver
age majority of 120! at the late City election.
If he will add up his own figures, he will see the
average majority was 50.
Augusta on Resumption.
The merchants of Augusta held a meeting
last week and appointed a committee to wait
on the Legislature and urgo them not to fix
an earlier time for resumption by the Banks
than next June or July.
Bill Increasing Salaries.
We are sorry to sec this bill has failed in the
House by a large majority. It ought to have
passed. The judicial salaries, particularly,
should be increased, and the general concur
rence of the press in the propriety of such a
measure, would, we hoped, - remove all appre
hension of its becoming an electioneering hob
by-
The Adriatic’s Performance.
The new steamship Adriatic was passed by the
Europa COO miles out of Liverpool, and probably
reached die city on the 3d. She left new York the
evening of the 23d November, and has therefore
made her passage in ten days.
Ben. Ileningscn
Was in Washington, from the South, last
Tuesday, with Col. Lockridgc. They were
perfectly posted upon Walker’s affairs and had
no doubt of his success.
Case ofJohn Black.
The bill commuting this unhappy man’s
punishment to imprisonment for life was lost
in the Senate on the 14th. A motion to re
consider prevailed next day only through the
casting vote of tho President The morning
was consumed in a discussion of the bill and in
the afternoon it was again lost by a vote of 48
to 50. On Wednesday, another motion to re
consider was made by Senator Stubbs of this
county, which prevailed and the hill finally
passed.—Yeas 5G, nays 44. A long and doubt
ful straggle. In the Senate, a constitutional
question arose upon it—whether the power to
pardon vested in the Legislature carried with
it the power to commute. The President
of tho Senate decided nay, but was overrul
ed by that body. We doubt very much the
policy of the exercise of the pardoning pow
er by the Legislature. It attaches more pro
perly to the Executive functions of the Govern
ment—it is a burdensome duty to devolve up
on the Legislature,—and its proper discharge
involves so much examination and discussion
of facts, precedents and principles in both
Houses, as to be attended with great expense
of time and money.
Alabama Banks.
The Legislature of Alabama, has legalized
the suspension of the Banks of that State, un
til the 15th November next.
Another Steamboat Disaster.
The steamer Col. Edwards took fire at Borland’s
wood landing on Red River, about nine miles be
low Alexandria, on tho 12th instant. She had on
board, at the time of the disaster, about eighty
passengers, seventy-five in tlic cabin, most of them
for Shreveport and above. Her cargo consisted ol
1,100 bales of cotton, fifty-five head of cattle, and
seven horses, all of which is a total loss, with the
boat.
The fire broke out at half-past 5 o’clock in tho
morning, opposite the boilers. Its origin is un
known. The Edwards was tied to the bank and
taking on wood nt tho time. The progress was
fearfully rapid. Within tho space of three minutes
the whole boat was in flames. Tlic only way of
cscapo wa3 by jumping into the river from tho af
ter part of tho boat, and thus many more lives
were lost. Tho number is believed to be at least
twenty. Among the fist wo notice the name of
“ J. J. Varner, of Cobb county, Georgia.
Sfiiutor Douglas’ Speech*
We are Indebted to Senator Douglas for a pam
phlet copy of Ids speech on the 9th, and wc read
it with Infinite regret to find him out of place, as it
■eoma to us—at issue witli the Democratic party
and with tho,Administration, whoso patriotic aim it
is to put an end to this tiresome, dangerous and
xciting question in the shortest and most direct
way, by admitting Kansas at once, as a State of
lie Union, with full power and responsibility of
shaping her own Constitution and settling her own
controversies as a quarrelsome and litigious popu
lation will best admit. The country is wearied out
with their everlasting broils, and it is mortifying to
find Senator Douglas in a quasi co-operation with
fanatics and political schemers and agitators whoso
base intrigues and treasonable insubordination to
lawful authority have fanned this quarrel and kept
it open so long, and who do not mean it shall be
quieted if they can help it.
It would be folly to deny that this speech is able
and plausible; but it is not like the Douglas of yore,
with a giant grasp of great principles and substan
tial facts—a noble disregard of quibbles and small
matters; it is the giant groping about for excep
tions—stooping to special pleading—taxing his in
genuity to make out a case.
First, he colors and perverts the Message to soft
en down or evade an issue with the President—lie
misrepresents the position of tho Administration
into ono of almost entire indifference about the
fate of the Lecompton Constitution, when the PrcsL
dent, so to speak, has put all his stakes upon it
and declared that its rejection by Congress will
involve years of discord, and possibly civil war.—
That was not like Senator Douglas.
Next, ho assumes to point out a “fundamental
error” of tho President’s, in‘the assumption that
the Nebraska bill and the principle asserted ifl it,
require that only tho slavery question should bo
submitted to the people ; and ho expatiates at
length on the phrase “domestic institutions” ns ap
plicable to every thing net national and Federal.—
Unfortunately for him, tlic connection in which
this phrase occurs in the act, Shows that it refers
primarily and exclusively to slavery—i. e. “it be
ing the true intent and meaning of this act not to
legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to
exclude it therefrom, but, to leave tlic people to
regulate their domestic institutions," Ac., showing
that tho whole attention of the legislators was di
rected to this single point. And who docs not
know that such was literally the fact ? Nobody
thought then, or thinks now, of assuming to dic
tate to n Territory about its schools, railroads, ju
diciary, banks, Ac., which tho Senator brings in
to illustrate his argument; but Congress did as
sume to dictate about tho domestic institution of
slavery, and it was this and this alone at which the
declaration of non-intervention was levelled.—
Moreover, the question was not then entertained
of hote the people should decide this domestic ques
tion—whether by popular vote direct upon tho
Constitution itself, or in the election of delegates,
with full power to frame the Constitution. The
point was that they, and not Conyress, should de
cide : and the power to decide carried with it, by
necessary implication, the right to fix tho mere
mode of decision. All this theory about the Kan
sas Nebraska- bill requiring the submission of the
Territorial Constitutions cither in whole or in part
directly to the people, strikes ns as mere after
thought. Tile true point was that the people
should decide, and an honest interpretation of tlic
principle of the hill doubtless requires that the ev
idence of such a decision shall be plain to them
selves and satisfactory to Congress. This clear,
the principle of the bill is vindicated, and it matters
not, so far as that is concerned, whether tho “Do
mcstic Institutions” of tho future State have re
ceived their shape in preliminary discussions and
votes upon the election cf delegates or on a direct
question of approval of the Constitution. The lat
ter offers, as a general role, more unquestionable
evidence, and in its application to tho case of Kan
sas, as she stands, there is force in requiring it; but
we see no reason for supposing that Congress, in
the Kansas Nebraska bill, meant to impose any
new or extra Constitutional rule on tho Territories
seeking to become States. They were simply to
lie left as they had always been—with full power
to make and ratify their own Constitutions in their
own way, with the understanding that they (and
not Conyress, by XVilmot provisoes and Missouri
restrictions,) were to decide the slavery question
for themselves.
Next, Senator Douglas impeaches the legality of
the Lecompton Convention. It was not held in
pursuance of on enabling act of Congress—that
(the Toombs bill) having failed. It was not, like
the Topeka Convention, held in defiance of the U.
S. authority, and therefore, unlawful—but being
held without anthority of act of Congress, it was
simply a peaceable.assemblage of citizens, under
the Constitution, petitioning for redress of grie
vance, and be sustains this position by quoting at
length the opinion of Attorney General Butler in
the Arkansas case.
Now, the Judge Douglas of a year ago would
have laughed to scorn the eduction of the mere
opinions of a .Government law officer against the
facts going to constitute the Lecompton Conven
tion something more than a primary or mere pop
ular meeting—the act by Territorial Senate and
House, dnlv legalized federal agents, calling it—the
laws providing for the election—the sanction of the
U. S. Territorial Governor—the proclamations—the
efforts of tho government agents to secure a full
vote—tho provisions civil and military to protect
the polls and tho whole array of circumstances
committing the government to it and holding it
out to tho people of Kansas and to the world in
advance ns a legal, Constitutional Convention, witli
full powers over tlic subject matter of their convo
cation. Attorney Butler’s opinion and Judge Dou
glas’ theory arc only mere afterthoughts.
Lastly, the Senator pleads at length and with in
genuity against tlic hardships and inconvenience
of smothering tho pojralar voice upon every point
except the single one of slavery. Ho denounces
tlio whole movement in no measured terms as
trickery and jugglery, to defeat a lair expression of
the popular will—as a fraud upon tho non-inter
vention principle, and he compares it to the storied
canvas of Napoleon for the office of First Consul
when he told his troops to vote os they pleased,
but if they voted against him they should be shot.
The Kansas frec-soilcrs, with even half the num
bers they claim, could have gone to the polls lostf
spring and elected just such delegates as they pre
ferred and made a Constitution to please them, i
they could please themselves. But not In a fac
tious and treasonable spirit—with a dominant pur
pose to scout and contemn U. S. authority in tho
Territory—with tho sworn determination to force
the Topeka Constitution which Mr. Douglas styles
“unlawful” upon tho people and the government—
against tlio earnest entreaties—tho begging, hu
miliating importunities of Walker, representing
the Federal Government—they staid away from
the polls and let tho election go by default. And
even now they threaten and bully and bluster. They
threaten civil war if the Territory is admitted un
der tills Constitution, and they even threaten by
force and violence ,to prevent the people of Kan
sas from voting upon it 1 Arc these the innocent
victims of federal oppression to excite the sympa
thies of Mr. Douglas ? Ah, how, a short time ago,
be would havo scathed them for their intolerable
insolence—their treasonable, turbulence 1 They
will neither take a lawful control of Kansas, or per
mit others to take it; and when the Administration
and the Democracy propose to turn them loose
under a government which they can change in
three months, if they pleaso, they are ready to
fight at the tyranny of being compelled to have
things their own way.
The whole speech of Mr. Donglas conveys to our
own ; mind irresistibly, tho impression that he is
doing injustice to his own better judgment in tho
course he is pursuing.
Southern Direct Trade Company.
A bill is before the Legislature constituting A.
H. Colquitt, of Baker ; Howard Tinsley and S. P.
Myrick, of Baldwin; Joseph Bond, Robert Collins
and John B. Ross, of Bibb; James M. Reynolds,
of Burke; Mark A. Cooper, of Cass; A. S. Atkin
son, of Camden ; Hiram Roberts, Janies P. Screv
en, Charles F. Mills, Noble A. Hardee and Robert
A. Allen, of Chatham; E. L. Newton, of Clarke ;
Charles J. Munnerlyn, of Decatur; William C.
Daniel], of DeKalb; Joel Crawford, of Early; D.
H. B. Troup and George N. Phillips, of Glynn ;
Richard Peters, of Fulton; Richard J. Willis, of
Greene; Thomas M. Turner, of Hancock ; nugh
L. Dennard, of Houston; David A. Reese, of Jas"
per ; Hayden Hughes, of Laurens ; Jacob Rokcn-
baugh, of McIntosh; John B. Walker, of Morgan i
Indian Fights in Florida.
The Florida volunteers arc doing §ood ser
vice. It will be seen from the following, co
pied from the Jacksonville News of tho lGth,
that they are effecting what regulars could
never do—keeping up a sharp pursuit of the
Savages—attacking them in their fastnesses
and keeping up a system of annoyance which
will hardly fail to bring them to terms.
Wc regret tosce that Capt. Jons Parkhill
has been killed—a gallant young fellow, whose
high spirit and reckless bravery, could not fail
to render him a conspicuous mark for an Indian
rifle.
Cape Roman, Fla., Dec. 2, 1857.
I wrote you a few days since, and alluded to
a scout then in contemplation after. Indians
Chambers, of Muscogee ; Willis Willingham, of
Oglethorpe; George Walker, of Pulaski; Andrew
Reid, of Putnam; John Bones, John Millcdge,
Henry J. Moore and William M. D’Antignac, of
Richmond; Thomas E. Blackshear, of Thomas;;
George Heard, of Troup; Henry Bunn, of Twiggs
Robert Toombs, of Wilkes; Richard F. Lyon, of
Dougherty; Willard Boynton, Lovcrd Bryan and
James Clark, Sr., of Stewart; James Harrison, of
Randolph; Robert Ricks, of Clay; William M.
Brown, of Marion; Wade S. Cothran and Charles
H. Smith of Floyd; and their associates and suc
cessors, a body politic and corporate under the
name and style of the “ Southern Direct Trade
Company,” for tho purpose of encouraging and
carrying on a direct exporting and importing busi
ness between tho ports of this State and ports be
yond the limits of the U. States, with a capital
stock not exceeding three millions in shares of
§100 each. It provides for a State subscription
to the stock of one half tho amount taken by pri
vate stockholders, limiting it however to §500,00.
It exempts all the Company’s property from State,
county, and city tax, and provides for the expira
tion of their charter in tho year 1900.
South Carolina Banks.
The Charleston papers appear to be a good deal
fretted about the failure of a bill in the Stato Sen
ate to relieve the Banks from tho legal penalty
attached to a suspension of specie payments. It
was tabled in the Senate on the 15th, by a vote of
24 to 10. Tiffs penalty for suspension is, wc believe,
nothing more than a tax of Svo per cent on their
circulation, payable monthly. The Charleston
News says “amazement and consternation per
vade” the city in conscquenco of the obstinate re
fusal of tlic Senate to lift that penalty. If per
sisted in, it will lead to a general and disastrous
contraction. We should suppose that if the
Charleston Banks arc dissatisfied with such terms
and penalties as these—any number of men could
be found in that city to issue irredeemable notes on
a penalty of five per cent, per annum for not pay
ing them. Money ought certainly to bo worth
ten, and five per cent could therefore be cleared
on a mere nominal investment. If a “ ruinous
contraction” is feared, we beg leave to suggest that
this privilege of issuing irredeemable notes be ex
tended to private individuals at 5 per cent, per an
num, with tho cost of paper and printing tho ne
cessary pictures.
mount Vernon Fund.
The November Report of the Mount Vernon As
sociation, dated at Richmond, Nov. 28, and signed
Susan L. Pcttct, Corresponding Secretary, says:
Ladies of tho highest social position have volun
tarily espoused the Mount Vernon cause, and are
zealously laboring for its accomplishment, among
whom, in addition to those already reported, Mrs.
Richardson of Lonisville, Kentucky; Mrs. Geo.
McWillic of Jackson, Mississippi, and Mrs. Lucius
C. Duncan, of New Orleans, have been appointed
Vice Presidents in those States.
An Association is about being organized in
Florida.
Mr. William Bilbo, of Nashville, Tennessee, has
received the appointment of Knight of the Order
of Mount Vernon, and with his colleague, Mr. A.
II. H. Dawson, of Savannah, is doing valiant ser
vice. These gentlemen are lecturing with great
success. Mr. Bilbo’s address before the children
of Nashville, on Washington, his life, and virtues,
elicited warm encomiums, and among the contri
butions on the occasion, were one hundred and fif
ty-two dollars from the Professors and students of
the University.
Although liberal collections, despite the mone
tary crisis, have been mado in the various States,
so actively enlisted in tho “ Mount Vernon Pur
chase,” yet the “pressure” has materially inter
fered with the organized plans of the Association,
and will prevent a full report cf the sums received
during the past two months, until tho meeting of
the legislature, when a certified statement of all
the moneys paid into tho Mount Vernon Treasury,
will be laid before that body.
Correspondence N. Y. Courier.
Financial matters In England.
London, November 27.—The storm is over, and
the danger past. So I wrote three days ago, though
I did not expect such an outward and visiblo sign
of it as the reduction of the rate of discount by the
Bank of France, and the announcement by the Bank
of England that the “ issue in excess” under the
letter of Lord Palmerston, has been withdrawn,
having been no longer needed, and that tho Bank
of England notes now in circulation are based up
on the £14,500,000 of Government securities and
the bullion in the Bank vaults. The fear has been
that the country people in the agricultural counties
would have run for gold in exchango for the local
bank notes, and, as these are unsecured in any
manner, the crash would havo been frightful, be
cause, while the Bank of England notes in the bauds
of the people, rarely exceed nineteen and a half mil
lions, the circulation of the private English Bank
ers, and the Joint Stock Banks, the Scotch and
Irish Banks, often slightly exceed that amount;
or, in other words, the legal tender of the Bank
of England scarcely furnisl.es half tho circulation.
One of the chief objects at tho renewal of tho
charter in 1844, was to prepare the way for the
extinction of the country circulation, and tlic sub
stitution in its place of tho notes of the Bank of
England, but it bos proved to bo a mistake. It is
a positivo fact that the charter contains clause af
ter clause to prevent tho Bank of England from
holding more than one-fourth of the precious met
als in silver, mid jet for years tho Bank has not
been ablo to retain an ounce, showing that Peel
mid Ovcrstonc could not look into futurity.
Again mid again has the inquiry been asked of
me, how will the Americans sustain the shock of
the failure of the Dcnnistouns, the Borough Bank,
&c? My answer has been, that the great body of
tho people of Now York State having got a cur
rency amply secured by the pledge of tho best
stocks tho world can show, will certainly not be
crushed by tho blow; and if the people arc not in
jured, then there is so much reproductive faculty
among them, they will carry the mercantile com'
munity forward without difficulty, and in less time
than the world supposes.
For many years there has been a steady absorb-
tion of silver, and latterly the amount which has
disappeared there is immense. It is now a ques
tion if India is not silvcr-sick. Tho cause has been
the preparation for this struggle; it has been bu
ried ; but now that the fate of Delhi has shown
that tho rule of Britain will bo restored, the native
Bankers who have vast hoards of metallic wealth,
are not likely to let it remain unemployed, when
tho East India Company is the borrower, and then
the Company need not look to Europo for the coin
it needs.
It is very surprising that our Government, who is
ready enough with “days of humiliation,” does not
order a day of thanksgiving for the abundant har
vest which wo have had; and thus turn the atten
tion of tho people, at tiffs moment of crisis, to tho
contemplation of tho Brazen Serpent in the wilder
ness, and use the fact that wc shall not need the
importation of wheat to feed the people, and that
if it conics, it docs so, because indebted nations
choose to scad it Provisions will be cheap, and
the factories ere long .again in fuli work. D. D.
Advertisements.
Wc arc requested to call attention to the
valuable property offered for salcby Mr. 01-
dersliaw.
Oregon.
Dates to the 12th Nov. say that tho election
on tho Oth of that month resulted in the sue
ccss of the State Constitution—tho rejection of
slavery and the exclusion of Free Negroes from
the future State.
The application for the admission of Oregon
under this Constitution will come before the
present session of Congress.
“Byingtou’s Hotel.” Albany, Gil.
Wo take pleasure in announcing to the pub
lic that this new Hotel is now open for the re
ception of the travelling public. As a caterer,
Mr. Byington is unsurpassed, and we bespeak
for him a liberal share of patronage.—Albany
Patriot.
John H. Howard, Paul J. Scmrncs and James M. t ,. , . .. r ,
™ , ... nr*nt- ut-ii. x. _r —the result of which is not as satisfactory
as wc desired. On the 24th ultimo, a com
mand of 75 men, consisting of detachments
from Brady’s, Hardee’s and Parkhill’s com
panies, started out from Chocksikci Key on
Pachohatchce river—Capt. Parkhill in com
mand, for a seven days scout on foot, carrying
their provisions on their backs. On the 28th
they met a party of Indians in ambush across
a very deep creek, Capt. Parkhill with eigh
teen men in advance. Upon approaching the
creek the Indians fired upon them, killing
Captain Parkhill almost instantly! and wound
ing four of his men and one of Hardee’s—a Mr.
O’Neil of your county. The number of In
dians killed is supposed to be three. The
men behaved handsomely—one of them (Wilk-
erson of Savannah) killed the Indian who first
fired and shot Capt. Parkhill.
After destroying several of their fields which
were abundantly supplied with pumpkins, corn,
peas, potatoes, &c., the scout returned.—
Another will start out in a few days in which
Col. Rogers will participate. He would have
done so in the first, but was prevented on ac
count of sickness.
The following is a more detailed narrative
of the capture and destruction of Bowlegs
Town, an account of which is copied elsewhere
from the correspondence of the Savannah
News :
On or about the 19th ult., Capt. Cone,
with a portion of Capt. Whitehead’s Company,
and his own, numbering sixty-three rank and
file, struck a pl? ; n trail leading South direct
for the “ Cypress.” This trail be it known to
former Commanders of the Florida war, was
ten or fifteen years old. A well beaten track
about eight miles from Fort Doue, and five
from Fort Kaics. Eight miles on the trail,
he found an Indian village, consisting offorty-
five huts, recently erected. This village was
not known by the war department. Finding
a fresh trail of some sixty or a hundred wai-
riors, it was thought advisable to send for re
inforcements. Captains Stephens, Stewart,
and Harrington, with a portion of their res
pective companies soon reported themselves to
Capt. Cone, who in command of the whole be
gan the travel on the trail in earnest.
After following the trail some four or five
days through mud and water, they heard the
Indians beating rice. It becoming now im
possible to control the men, “ The hot blood
coursing their veins,” at the recollection of
their savage deeds, Capt. Cone ordered a gen
eral charge, himself in company with the gal
lant Dr. Hilton Jones led—on they rushed
until in twenty paces of their wigwams, when
they were discovered by the sqursvs who gave
the alarm with deafening yells. At that tune
two of the warriors were trying to escape.—
Lieut. Stephens with his unearing aim caused
them to “ Kiss the Soil" so dearly loved. The
remaining nineteen wero easily captured. The
prisoners were then ordered to march under a
strong guard, when a number of warriors be
gan to fire on the rear; then Dr. Hilton Jones
charged back on them which made them show
how nimble they were in their limbs.
The warriors continued in pursuit and occa
sionally firing, but doing no damage save in
juring a pumpkin which one of the boys had
on his back to roast for dinner, and that only
made two holes, the ball landing safe under
his shirt. The warriors anxious for revenge
proceeded near their encampment, found thirty-
eight of their horses graziug and succeeded in
capturing and cutting their throats. This
party of warriors was no doubt commanded by
Gen. Bow Legs in person, as his likeness and
full regalia were a portion of the trophies ob-
t8 ; ncd.
Macon Bills. ^
A Bill to incorporate Young America Fire
Company No. 3, passed the House last Monday.—
Also, a Bill to incorporate the United Hebrew So
ciety of Macon.
Treasury Note Bill Fassed.
The Senate on Saturday passed the Bill providing
for an immediate issue of §20,000,000 in U. S.
Treasury Notes.
The Carolina Banks Again.
Columbia dates to Saturday say that a bill
legalizing suspension, which had passed the
House, passed tho Senate on Saturday with an
immaterial amendment. The bill suspends
the operation of the law of 1840, directing the
Comptroller General to collect a tax on the
circulation of the suspended banks—it empow
ers the Comptroller with authority to examine
tho books of any of the banks in tho State—it
prohibits after the first of January, 18G0, tlic
issue of bank bills of a less denomination than
ten dollars—and prohibits the banks from put
ting in circulation more than three dollars in
paper to every specie dollar in their vaults.
FROM ilHLLEDGEVILLE.
[From our Correspondent.]
Millkdgevillk, Dec. 19, 1867.
Ik Senate.—Rills Pasted.—To incorporate a
Rail Road Company, to be called the “ Bainbridgc
and Northern Railroad Company."
To amend an Act authorizing Judges of the Su
perior Court to appoint Receivers, during vacation,
and 'to require the complainant in all cases, asking
for writs of ne exeat quia timet, and all applications
asking for tho appointment of a Receiver or for
injunction, to give bond and security to the re
spondent, for any loss or damage, which ho or
t hey may sustain by the sucing out said writs, and
for other purposes, approved March 4, I860, so ns
to allow tho issuing any of tho aforesaid writs, up
on tho applicant making oath that from his pover
ty he is unable to give such bond and security.
To incorporate the “ Merchant’s and Mechanic’s
Mutual Insurance Company” of the city of Macon.
To authorize suits to be brought upon Consta
ble’s bonds without an order of Court.
To authorize the Inferior Courts of this State to
establish, abolish or change the Election Precincts^
and to legalize such as have heretofore been estab
lished by said Inferior Courts.
To incorporate tho “ Lagrange and Troup Fac
tory Rail Road."
To amend the claim laws of this State, as to Su"
perior and Inferior Courts.
To prcscribo the mode of proving entries on the
Books of Receivers of Tax returns of tiffs State.
To encourage persons making a will, to provide
a permanent fund for the collegiate preparation and
education of indigent young men.
To provide for the perfecting of titles to land,
where parties die, and have bonds out for titles.
To allow parties in Justices Courts to prove open
accounts when the same docs not exceed fifty
dollars.
To prescribe the mode of procccdurc in cases of
suits at Law or iif Equity in tho Courts of this
State, by the legal representatives of decedents,
resident of other States at the time of their death.
To appoint a public Administrator and Guardian,
and define bis duties, &c.
To compel tlic several Rail Roads of this State to
give checks for trunks and baggage in separate
pieces, when required, at any of the stations of
said Road, and to tlio point of destination of the
passenger under certain penalties.
To incorporate the “ Marietta Paper Mill Com
pany.”
To define and establish the fees of Ordinaries,
Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts, Sheriffs,
Jailors, Justices of the Peace and Constables in
this State.
To make the Governor of this State, for the time
being, the President of the Board of Trustees of
the University of Georgia.
To amend the Attachment and Garnishment laws
of this State.
For the relief of certain persons and Banks.
To appoint an Inspector of Liquor, Wine, and
Spirit, &c.
To extend the time to authorize Bills of Sale to
be proven, recorded and admitted in certain ca
ses, &c. ‘
To incoporatc the “nighwassoc Kail Road, and to
grant corporate power and privileges to the same.”
Dec. 19, 1S57.
In House—Rills Passed.—To change the time
of holding the Superior Courts in the county of
Miller.
To organize a new county from the counties of
Dooly and Pulaski.
To alter and amend the charter of the city of
Macon.
To provide against tlic forfeiture of the sever il
Bank charters of this State on account of non-spe
cie payments for a given time, and for other pur
poses. Yeas 04, Nays 50.
HIBERNLV.
Death of J. Milton Clapp.
The Charleston Mercury of the 17th comes
to us in mourning for the death of J. Milton
Clapp, Esq., so long one of the able editors cf
that paper. He was a native of Ohio, and died
in the 48th year of his age. As a lucid, co
gent writer, Mr.Clapp was not often surpassed.
The Florida War.
The Savannah News publishes a letter from
the'“Seat of war” in Florida, by which it ap-
epars that Mr. Bowleg’s stronghold in the Big
Cypress Swamp was discovered and attacked
somewhere about the first of the current month.
The town was destroyed and some 17 squaws
and children captured. After this achieve
ment the Indians retaliated by killing thirty-
seven horses of the mounted volunteers which
had been turned out tp graze. The volunteers
were on Billy’s trail in hope of coming up
with him.
Right Spirit.
The Philadelphia “Keystone Club,” the
leading democratic organization in Philadel
phia, have passed the following resolution in
rebuke of tho factious course of Forney’s Press
and others :
Resolved, That the assertion of presses pro
fessing the advocacy of Democratic principles,
that tlic Democracy of this state would refuso
to uphold the action of tut legally constituted
Convention of the Territory of Kansas, is un
true, and that democratic renegades, or old
timo foes, will receive no sympathy from the
Keystone Club.”
From India.
Tho Europa’s accounts confirm the impres
sion that tho war in India has settled into a
mere guerilla struggle, in which the work of
tho British army will be to hunt down and ex
terminate picdatory bands of the insurgents,
ranging over a vast extent of country and find
ing refuge when pressed in the fastnesses of the
mountains. A long, troublesome and expen
sive business, this, to the British Empire.
The New Southern University.
Having copied the erroneous statement that
the new Southorn University of the Protestant
Episcopal Church had been located at Scwan-
nee, wo add the subjoined from the correspon
dence of the Nashville Banner :
“This. is a mistake. It is between thirty
and forty miles from McMinnville, at a place
known as Rowe’s Spring in Franklin county,
twelve miles from Winchester.
It is a most beautiful and lovely site, with
in half a mile of the Sewannec Rail Road, and
overlooks ono of the loveliest countries in the
South. Tho location of the “University of
the South,” at this point, without any outside
appliances, and against money by the thousand
at other points, shows the good senso of those
who located it."
Europa’s Indian News.
Later and very satisfactory intelligence has
been received from Calcutta. The fugitive
mutineers from Delhi have been vigorously
pursued, and a large number of them routed
and slain. They appear to have been follow
ed up with marvellous rapidity by Col. Great-
bed, at the head of 3,000 men, about one-half
of whom were Europeans. At Agra the ene
my seem in desperation to have made a sudden
and unexpected attack upon our camp, and a
battle ensued in which they lost 1,000 men,
their guns, their plunder, camp equipage, and
8250,000 of treasure, the loss on the British
side being small. At the last date they were
flying in all directions in complete disorder.
Two more of tho Icing’s sons had been cap
tured, and would of course be shot. The King
himself was to be tried by a commission ap
pointed for the purpose, and doubts arc thrown
upon the report' brought by the previous mail
that his life had been promised to be spared.
With regard to Gen. Havelock’s position at
California EW 0hl '
La Porte. Sierra (Sjg***. '
November G
Mr. Editor s-Uddressyou’^ 7 ' I
the place heretofore answerin'* PrCsent froc,
Town,” but re-named La r on A ^
tion of its citizens. La p ort .- .f r «*nu
Sixty miles N. E. of MarysviA® 4 ^
good stage road connecting them ^ ei »t
line of stages running f or fi Veor
the year; by this road the mo
great measure, get then- S np nli ““Vi,,
Teaming is done as far as this n)
the terminus of the road) so Ion *** ^ <|
are passable. When the •ton^**
the snows fall, which is about the (TV* 4 1
cember, tho mountains ar e &. J**
cept by foot travel, and that onlv?'^
when tho snow has settled and
or frozen, so as to bear a man’s I
this altitude the snow falls f rom . e ‘f L J
feet deep, according to the
ter. Last winter it was so deep th •*
of the mountain towns tunnels ffCr . >
to connect one side of the street wi&T' ;:
And in approaching a towr you
see a trace of it until you 8 toca 0 • '
saw the combs of its roo& or “ 6
chimneys and stove pipes. This
like exaggeration to some, and ycthL^I
observation when I say that many
left his cabin and on returning
hardly recognized the spot where it ^1
snow presenting an even and almc, t? 1 *!
ing plain with its roof. I haveofL H
way the snow from my cabin window.-'^ I
the light and ascended a flight of st e • I
my door to the surface of the snow --
To use a term familiar in mountain pi-’
wcarc “snowed in” for five month ■
year, more or less, and woe tothennf^
hombre that has’nt laid in his winter'- - ™
sion! It shut out from communicate, -■
any trading post, he seeks it at the J*
his life. If he succeeds in reachin"
ty, and replenishes his exhausted’* ^
costs him dearly, not only in labor aai
but he has to pay exorbitant prices fortt*^
necessaries of subsistence.
The miners of the mountains have U.
from rough experience the folly of H
tion and of allowing themselves to teas* ™
as Gen. Scott once waff. In ’52 thedtb.-.-
Downicville, county site of Sierra, werepj
in such a fix. Their provisions garo • ■
midwinter, when the snows had reni.-.
roads and^ trails impassable snd they
shut out from communication with the rest •
the world. Not a pound of flour coali k
bought, begged or stolen, and it appeared^
whiskey was the only article of which th«
was a full supply. A relief committee
stituted and set out with tho forlorn hope a
making a communication with Maijstih
through the deep snows. Relief was a Is
obtained—provisions being brought in oasiti
and the backs of men.
Such a lesson will not soon be forgotten j
the Downievillians, and the people of theon
tains profited by it. Year humble emam
dent has himself had some warning
in the exhausting and perilous process of tr.
cling through the snow, and nothing k
direst necessity will ever induce him toatta
similar projects. But the question mjti
why snow shoes are not used; a numafia
flection will furnish an answer. It ms
remembered the country U uneven and:::
tainous, and snow shoes arc necessaiiTo
bersome and unwieldly ; were the face (ft
country level and unbroken they coaii
made available. But civilization with its at
forts and blessings is following fast as
footsteps of the pioneer miner, and he ha
comparatively few of tho hardships mix
vations common in ’49, ’50 and 52. As a
and roads are being opened from place
the facilities of intercourse are increase! u
he can, in many cases, have his snpplicspsh
to his cabin door. And thus supplied ff
the necessaries of life, snug quarto as!
good supply of fuel, ho can bid defisnce’ri
storm-god and feel a sense of comfort ci*
curity that a king might envy. Thcs^sl B
tude is often a natural condition of suchaiaa
there is a stern pleasure in being thus sian
—in facing and manfully surmounting the!
perities of climate and the barriers of 12s
engaged in an honest and honorable, I- -
rough and arduous pursuit. There is a: ;
dence of feeling and action, and the sits •
joys the reward of his labors, for he k
the means of his support is not drawn it-.
misfortunes or losses of his fellows, bat to
is producing from its primitive bed the raj
that is to circulate for the benefit of
at large.—Ilis stock is invested in a jto
which no hidden ruin lies—the mincta -
ver refuses to honor the drafts of inJa^T-
labor. More anon. INTER X 1
From Kansas.
St. Louis accounts to the Uth *9
the Kansas Legislature wasorganized “’i*®
session ou the 8 th. C. XV. Babcoo ^
elected President of the Council, noil *
Dcitzlcr, Speaker of the House.
Secretary Stanton, in Ids message,
Cotton Accounts by tlic Canada.
The business of the week opened with an im
provement of fd aid, but closed with a declining
tendency. The sales of the week foot 45,000 bales,
of which speculators took 10,600 bales, and export
ers 4,500 bales. Tho sales of Friday were 3,000
bales.
Quotations:—Orleans, fair Of, middlings 0 9-19d.
Mobile, fair Of, middlings Cfd. Uplands, fair Cf,
middlings Cfff.
Stock 317,000 of which 151,000 arc American,
profound agitation of the public nunc, - ■
wrongs and injustice, whether well or ^
and an apprehension of greater evil • ^ .
from, having aroused the people °‘‘J'. „!<l'i
their consideration and dangerous « k:
myself compelled by a senso ot V..l.-ve*’
get her, that you may adopt P^FIpV
urea to avert the calamities which thr j;
peace.” After reviewing tlio fonnatio |£< -
of tho Constitutional Convention,
commends the passago of an » ct ia 'ilK ?
tion to bo held .umlc-r diffaw°*
places as are provided lor in F* ...
President of tlio Convention, fc!5i f
to vote for a constitution in either
sented by the Convention. Th»
commends tho passage o. a law max =
return of votes a felony, with su - 4^ y,-
Kansas letters to the
excitement prevails among all ela. ^ [X r*
Territory, and tho probabilities Metnii ^
posed to tho Lecompton Convention m ^ _ .
tlio election on the 21st mst. i>
300 or 400 men, was encamped
threats had been mado of diuvin-, .
and the members of ths Convent}*® .
ritory, but no outbreak bad yet -
Tlic Mormou X' ar '
Traders at St. Louis report
that tb { P
y i — j. . . . Position at consequence of recent events having p.-- _
Lucknow, all cause for anxiety had apparently profound agitation of the public mm^f:;
been removed. Tho enemy were in great
force around the place, but ho wa3 strong
enough either to remain or to return toCawn-
porc. He had decided to remain for tho pre
sent, because he would not expose the women
and children under his care to any further risk.
There was no want of provisions, a convoy
having safely reached him, anil although his
force at present was only 2,500 men, there
was a prospect that it would soon be raised to
7,000, a couple of regiments having just got to
Cawnporc from Calcutta, and Col. G readied
with his column being also expected. Mean
while the troops despatched from England were
1 1 r Ti dly t0 ^ VC - T t T hc , nB “ ber -? 1 ' excitement
ready at hand being 5,000. Under these cir
cumstances the loyality of the natives, which
had heretofore been well exhibited, was of
course getting up to fever heat, the best and
most practical sign to that effect being a prompt
payment of the revenue dues. In the midst
of all this, however, ono of the most peculiar
acts of insanity has occurred which would ne
ver have occurred out of Asia. No sooner was
the fall of Delhi announced than an insignifi
cant chicf.named Maun Singhi, who had hither
to been faithful, turned against us.
Wasliiugton Items of the IGth.
_ It is understood that Gov. Walker tendered
his resignation to-day.
A caucus of Democratic Senators to-day
nominated Hon. Wm. A. Harris, Editor of
the Union, as Printer of the Senate.
It is reported that instructions have been
sent to the Southern ports to prevent supplies
from being taken from this country to General
Walker in Nicaragua: also to libel the steam
er Fashion upon her return to Mobile.
The standing Committees of the Senate have
been appointed.
Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, will introduce a bill
to-moi row for tho issue of Treasury notes.
A debate occurred in the Senate between
Greene, (Dem.) of Missouri, - and Douglas,
(Dcm.) of Illinois, upon the Lecompton Con
vention movement.
The House occupied its new Hall to-day.
It will bo excessively interesting to all the
people of South Carolina to know that the re
porters are very indignant at the want of ac
commodation therein, for their comfort. The
proceedings of the other members of tho House
are unimportant,
mons wero plundering the c^'o . r ;
—stealing their cattle and burning - I
ons. . ...
Largo quantities of gram »”j* 1
Fort Bridger had been burnt by‘“" Th-v^:
vont its purchaso by the g‘ Tcr ?® on(1
burned all tho grass routes .
Tho snow on the mountain* w ^ ^ li
the country was covered witlii i >
river. Buffaloes were abundant ^ ^
Tho Leavonworth Ledger, of , CoWL*
express has just arrived trorn ^ y&W
ner arrived hero last night- ~ J.h m0 m*J
sed through in posthaste Satuday^ ,
rapid movements are suppose,.^ olu . ;
the Utah army, but may do bih^- I
Denver, or Genera! Harney, the
troops in Kansas.
~ ' irjjg
Another Defalcation.^ . „y»l
Post says :-It is known »
that the sum of $300,000, sen ^
firm of this city by the t , rca ? . Jaiio*?'.. B
to pay the State debt, duel
by them misapplied. iU1 , “T;
should bo an example to other
place their funds in the of
parties for the trivial conside »
ing the interest on the ,- cC t ;
time. The knowledge P t3 yf»
even if no interest accrues, w u
importaut cud.