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[ | t ^0rp€cIegnt}}(! i?v josEPH CLISBY. the price of thU Paper will tSftti i.KUS per annum, if paid in advance, pOk liafnvn tiiA nvnimifiAn nf tlio )i>4 « »“ » ■* *7 *•" / ' . i in every cnee, without except on, to ^Jand commUaiona. • r .he T*i.sor*ph to new anbacribere ^ipiimed with Cask. ,. nU should bo particular to direct in Ti lcs r *pl , ‘" Persons writing to the -'•li'-rnpli’ in Macon, should so write. “Jv, will the letters designed for the ; ‘ directly to their place of des- ar | .f I t Ky^-A 5-J ii) j> VOL. XXXII. MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1858. NO. 21. Advertisements at the regular charge will be On Dollar per square of 10 lines or less, for the first in sertion.and Fifty Cents for each subsequent inser tion. 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Advertisers will oblige by hand ing in their favors, as early as Saturday, if possible SoMir of the Worldly. ,!n’ world, the dear old dame ! : ' I.j what will befall, c * ‘ ,.f mint shall ne’er defame ■'ivnioth-w of us all. . her petted children, too, riot on her breast— ,. n our little life is through, there we go to rest. ,jv, far out in open space, : - insand worlds there are. u-ign would make n dwelling place ‘ f t very twinkling star. .. may be fro thousand there, !n*v' n fre ’° *?F r “.V. , ~ „ ,j ,„ir world will well compare a iii world -extant.” • f and sorrow here, I know, l \ unrelenting death: of human joy than woe ;, mingled with oor breath. - . r '. little hero for man to hate, ‘.j.ijiiv understood, , ,t would seem the hardest fate, .;,v prove our greatest good. ..-j! |fin dune is quite as kind V.ever dame could be, , , !r | , to make so many mind, j, or .( large family. . kIiv set up a fruitless cry, • ni unsmiling noise ?— m -I;,.nhl lay our troubles by. And fondle with our joys. i ,r,- the world, the dear old dame! what will befal, • .);,. nf trine shall ne’er defame - mother of us all. the Sultan has built a stone kiosk, a perfect I Sketch of Utah Territory. °? architectural beauty, and immediately I Geographical Postion—Features of the Coun- adjoining and extending far up the valley Try—Climate—General ProducU-AnimaU through which the stream winds its way to the Bosphorus, are the grounds called “the Heavenly Waters of Asia.” There is a wide open plain with pleasant trees scattered over it, and still farther on a valley bounded by to health; and these, often dispersed by storms are‘at last thrown far np the beach, to dry into hard cakes of various dimensions, on which can travel without breaking them .i)i, of the X. Y. Journal of Commerce | The Turkish Sabbath. Indigenous to the Territory—Lakes, Hirers | horses and Mountains—Kan Geology and Etc. . ... - - i The following sketch of Utah cannot fail to I lope and Stansbury’s—are of considerable high hills, and filled with the dense shado of I be interesting at the present moment, as the I magitnde, with a mountain ridge through the groves, and with cultivated fields. Its dis- attention of the inhabitants of the States is I centre two thousand feet high, mid fresh springs tance from tlie town imparts to it the calm I particularly attracted to that Territory, by I of water, which have caused them to selected freshness of the country, but the picturesque I good grounds for the expectation of war on the by the shepherds and herdsmen for their occu- groups assembled here on a Turkish holiday, j one hand and on the other by the rumors of I pations. give it the appearance of fairy land. The an arrangement by which the Mormons will About thirty-eight miles south of Great Salt thousands wc found collected here were princi- vacate the Territory and their principal city Lake is Utah Lake, connected with the former pally 1 urks, and the large majority Turkish j become a grand military *station, or depot, for by the Jordan, a beautiful body of fresh water, women and children. There were groups al- our Western troops. nearly thirty miles long and fifteen broad, of American gentlemen and ladies, and scat- Utah Terxitoiy is a portion of what was with a smooth uniform bottom, and a depth tered here and there among them were Greek formerly called Upper California, and was ac- varying from seven to fifteen feet. It abounds families—all intent on amusement, and ready quired by our government from Mexico in 1848, I with suckers, salmon trout and various other to bo pleased. Many had come in the_ early by the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, at the I kinds of fish, which are caught in large quan- part of the day, and spreading out their ricli close of the war. It is bounded on the north tides. On the slope of the Sierra Nevada Turkish mats and luxurious pillows in the by Oregon, on the cast by Kansas and Ne- I mountains is Pyramid Lake, so named from ■ shade, found relief from their indoor life in braska, on the south by NeWMexico, and on rock which rises from its midst. This lake free gossiping. Candies, sweetmeats, sherbet the west by California. It is included within I said by Fremont to bo 700 feet higher than and boiled corn in the ear, were circulating the parallels of 37 deg. and 42 deg, north lad- Great Salt lake. There are several small profusely, among them, and the children were tude, and 105 deg. and 30 min., or 106 deg. lakes in the interior of the basin, which receive romping in high glee on every side. Either a | and 120 deg. west longitude, being about six | its streams, and are frequently mere sinks or yet known are Lake Ashley _ Walker’s lakes, do no: state the exact truth. I have met them square miles, but the greater portion of this I near the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, everywhere in the streets of Constantinople extensive region is an uninhabited desert, des- receive the waters of the eastern slope of those unattended, and here their bright eyes peered I titute of water, with but little vegetation, the I mountains. Humbolt’s Lake is about 50 miles upon you curiously, and yet with feminine average elevadon of the land being somewhere east of Pyramid Lake, and is formed by the modesty. The lower part of the face is still I between 4,000 and 5,000 feet above the level of I Humboldt river. These lakes have no visible veiled, but the covering is of so thin a gause I the sea, I outlet. that the expression of the mouth is scarcely The general face of the country is that of an The rivers of the basin have no apparent concealed, and you arc certain to imagine it to I elevated table land, divided into unequal por- 1 * - - - .... . no Jg-y Yostrr- I be a Bweet one if the eyes have looked kindly turns by the Sierra Madre mountains, the larg- Snhiinth n dnv of oa J' ou ’ and ia that particular, doubtless, the est portion lying to the west of them. This I . ,rb find amusement all min- “y astmac ” « of a0 8ma11 advantage to some, section is known as the Great Basin, and id Thousands crowd the mosques J suppose the women present on this occasion, hemmed in by mountains on all sides. The 1. _„.1 c ,iL.. I however, were the bestjipecimens ofthe rich-| Blue mountains of Oregon on the north, the | itics of the Humboldt mountains, and flows if that icir pipes ana I —~ "T ~~ J " V” I "“"V* ~r w 7 r™. — I name. Aim ix scones river rises in me south- • mv Learning that his Maies- n ? 4 stra ??® 4,114 we 8aw , a v , cr y ,ar S e nn ? ber oa the f ou ‘ h - Detached parallel mountain e rn part of the Territory, flows north and then - -nii would visit the mosque near bc£utlfu { faces ’ Ia 4he . latter , P ar4o ( the ran ?cs, having a northerly and southerly di- west, for nearly the same distanceas the Ilum- - ;. 1C „, I went there in company with afternoon the harem of the sister of the Sultan,, rection, again divide this section into a iium- b oldt, and empties itself into the Nicollet Lake, -rntlemcu at the usual hour of their consisting of aome thirty ladies, in carnages ber of valleys, imparting an Alpine scenery to Bear river, the principal tributary of Great rvi , rld-dav. We found sever- fla8ba 'B ™ tb gold leaf and bright red paint, the landscape. The principal range is the Salt Lake, enters the Territory from Oregon Turkish soldiers dressed in Euro- ! Y ld amended by black eunuchs, walkwgas a Humboldt ltiver mountains, near the centreof j n the northeast of the basin. Weber river i drawn up in front of the inos- s ' de , madetheir appearance. They I the Basin, elevated from 2,000 to 5,000 feet j nn d the Timpanogas rise in the Wahsatch ’ 1 ■ - - - 1 nroHnmvl omtn a flnttAr of sensation ns th«v I nhnvo tlio lovol 0 f the surrounding country, mountains; the former empties into Great Salt mountains attain to an eleva- I Lake and the latter into Lake Utah. The _ _ . . ,000 feet above the neigh- Ogden is a tributary to the Weber. East of instrumental music was also in at- I fan8 ’ aud . others 7 e ry willing to be stared at boring valleys, and some reach the height of the Great Basin is Green river, whose source wlm rthe leadership of an accom- ^ our curious an d profane Frank eyes. Their perpetual snow. is in the Rocky Mountains. These two unite ii -ind ridimrto and fro were se- b,ue < '^ e8 ’ and bright hair, and pure white skin I As regards the cumate of Ltah, it has been Inear the southern boundary of Iron county, lfi dirnitnrioa of the Emnire makine I told 08 that they had been trained in Georgia said that the great plateau between the Rocky to form the Colorado which flows into the no omenta nccessarv for tbcwo- and Circassia, and that by a perversion of all and Sierra Nevada mountains has manyof the Gulf of California. Before their junction, . Ii of their muster to the sacred I tbat 1J ®acred in a parent s heart, and all that characteristics of the great Tartar Plants of I Grand river has a course of about 300 miles, The number ofneonlo nresent wa8 >» delicate and pure in woman’s nature, they Asia. On the mountains it is exceedingly and Green river about 400 miles. These " d manv ot - t h 0S e strancers like had been taufilt fr< ? m children to feel that their cold: in the winter the snow falls to many feet streams, with their affluents, drain the entire &obc I highest ambition should be the attainment of | in depth, aud fills up the smaller mountain | eastern diviai for more dry and f []• I UUU uiciugour, uuu ou null WUIU HUB uuum lull), IUC uuu laugiug BK U11UUUV from 90 de- ^® ‘ ’ of his own sister exposed to such a fate, with-1 grees to 105, with cool mornings and even *, L l > notif „nn-L tlio out cursing in his heart the lust and tyranny ings, refreshed with mountain breezes. Win :c was seen approaching in the dis- whicli have originated and sanctioned such a ter commences in the first half of November | its Dead ScarS^of GallU^ buTon win music struck Sp the spirited strains The ruling passion of the great Mo- and continues until March. riie thermome- finitel la er scale> it8 extrcme]y mountain- p p - - 1 ho tn m ,,h.nlw h>. wiv«,. I f«il« hotnw «ro. Seed time is from ous character affording scenes of the wildest . .. , , - ........ T harvesting com- and su bliment grandeur. The fastnesses and 1W.totch, II«».bo)d.. | communication with the ocean, but either dis charge themselves into the lakes, or arc ab sorbed by the sands of the deserts. The larg- I est of these streams iff{jhe Humboldt or Mary’s I river. It has its source In the western decliv- division of Utah Objects of interest to tourists, especially to I men of science, abound in the Territory. In a geographical point of view, it is one of the most interesting countries in the world. It has all the characteristics of tin Holy Land— ..d distinguished Pashas, surround- Niltan, aud flashing with gold lace, :.ncing on. The Sultan bowed most to the people, and as he came near, I Though there were a few other ladies roa- seldom falls between April and October, but to that h ' ve yet been discovered, by civ king a display of their wealth, m splendid when heavy showere do come they are gener-. ilize( i eyes . The gorges or kanyons, some of : I onrr.jifT#*« nnd finolv comnarisoned horses, vet i nilv ju»rnmnnnina hv thunder nnd lmil. nnd ir. . 11 r nnn very doubtful; Niblock, who is probably against satisfied, now that you have murdered the un it, and two or three very doubtful South Ame- I horn babe, and me, its poor mother, just let ricans. I do not believe a single one of the me pass for the love of St. Patrick; it’s only . _ - , „ , . „ --.^esus U. e Aivc^. -i^bu, UU, UU1UM oMositionwai flinch, excepting possibly Se- a one pound note 1 have,V.A t’.ey won’t be a has never been a people so universally impure autmn, though mild, are subject to sudden S:„? ra Vp.-ndn nn ,i 0 , bpr niountains reveal w ™ . .. T ^ , ,1 jiffy serving me.” and consecrated to impurity, as his followers, changes, aud the wind is very variable. Rain L„ pn ,,„ ia iliov are pxnlorrd cnual in interest T he Anti-Lecompton Democrats have had “Arrah, ye’ll be all served,” cried out a droll TImill'll thprp wprp. n few other ladies mu- I seldom falls between Anril and Detober. bnt I. „ . l j i regular meetings, and have a thorough orgam- I fellow on the verge of the crowd. “Here’s zation. They are resolved not to be ostraciz- the Counsellor coming, and a bag of gold on cd for their course, but will stand together b j g ba ck.” against any such attempt on any one of their All looked in the direction the last speaker number of friends. Groesbcck, Haskins, Har- I pointed to, and there, sure enough, I could see ris and Montgomery have been appointed a approaching the burly figure of O’Connell, committee to write an address at the proper I who was one of the directors of the bank, and time sustaining their course.” had just arrived from Dublin. He had not The Speaker announced the pending pro- exactly a bag on his back, but he carried a position to be on seconding the demand for the p arC el in his hand. previous question on the several motions to re- "Let me pass, my good friends,” said he, a ^. b ® President’s special Kansas Message. _ | “and you shall all be served.” And he push- •sll muTZro fo oribir^prS ^ ia 6f 8 aad finely comparisoned horses, yet ally accompanied by thunder and hail and ^^ pe^endi^uTar - < irrional appearance tlian we expected the . vast bad foundtbe ‘ r w »y here in sometimes with very strong winds. The light- lt500 fcet b fgh, present sc li^ l-Xil ^ngcr and more vigorous I and moved around the grounds in | ness of the atmosphere in Great Salt Lake 1 - Lis siulule wi * walls from 600 to scenes of the utmost v.Korous,, ca ^‘ 8 ’ anrt “ ovea around tne grounus mi ness of tiie atmospnere in ureat Salt Lake | wi ] dneg8 . They are in some instances nearly ithancasy grace, and his groups oftwenty or thirty, sometimes withan Valley renders breathmg areal luxury, and half a railc wid ', and ia others on i y a f C w h" wi,Stull ofdignitv and inaffect- eutuch black as night and strutting with the mhab.tants enjoy generally as good health rods , wbich wotlld , if necessary, enableahand- aehing the court of the | L I as l hose of the . most aalubnaus countries. | ful of resolute mcn t0 dcfend them against * host. Echokanyon, of which now so much is (1 ismoinded C * cxcfept^' hhnself! and I noon each ot^aul I The - eene -^ pr ° dU ^ ° f - Utah ma ^ be CnU ‘- i foot nrecededbv two offi- scar,! d fibcc P crowding upon each other, and I mera t c d as follows :—The fine bunch grass of said, is 25 miles long and terminates on :.Sihg..rTZ i* iiS, I “ J I peramiol po«b. 8 <kh1 f./de, fo, Weber. '.nii'u him on i-inhol'icak'ns'wc understooX if some I £ a,1 { onntwcs'^'Amon^the I S'® dur ‘" g 8am ? ,er and "J u J r ! wheat, rye, of the Sultan as High Priest tbe . t0 cv , y ? 4 , ,ntcrc i t - Among the bar j ey , oats, buckwheat, Indian corn, beets —nreciselv what our informant carriages of modern splendor, I was very glad I a3 d garden vegetables, in which it the ! inactions it rclieiou- The most remarkable object of interest in the Territory will, perhaps, be considered the Great Salt Lake. The salineness of its J hhi limUddcd^muSo^Sie spW-1 ^ 8tra nge vehicle i8 ^®^ lo " g a,,d w ‘ th ,‘ I er ’ » a some parts of the"Territory, may be I disu'ttv We were not permitted oat niUcb pretension to grace in its lorm, and 8cen growing wild, aud is used by the Indians '"them into the mosque and witness the ? ct ao . ve F. ed f 814 “ most pr ^“ d e ^ th , ®T, cd | a makin ff fi« b ‘ a g. n et8, Throughout the whole lu> B1U u ,buui ... r m... work in light arabesque, and hfted high up Temtory timber is scarce, except on the moun- transparent waters to the height of about 600 I abOVi" ^' n iwhnola on/I nrflVIl hw I orrrn win lo I a _! ..,1 •. aamm 1 -f « ... J _ _ I . * .... . . _ ° • c-rringc wiih a single seat and drawn rses, then made its appearance by j the court, and the Sultan, unattend- ; t lv his private secretary, entered the ati'l taking the reins in his own e hai l; toliis palace. A small troop a soon mounted, and without much imfjcatdSarics of‘the" Emji'rc K n0U B h 4 ? pr ? v . ei ^ bis dreamy languor from ft “ d •fijournedJ u were HuriaViS in W tbe°fumes of TuAish rause “ e ?J« of ? more tr 8t ‘ r J tb 3 ^ d ra 0 C f t " r ‘ r f r m ® ■al earnestly discussing perhaps the mcnofllerculean strength, and of very re- :iie Empire, and perhaps the best markable muscular development, fere strip ., . /. i \ r: I oed to the waist, and, besmeared with oil . u taming their high places of in- p engaged in wrestling. Many hundreds “1 power, llierc was one incident ® a f h f red in a c i rc lcat another point, y illustrated be mode of effecting ,. Turki8U 1 ;tue court and which brought back , . F J J ■ K’limi It inrrj tv ocn llfnro!Itr Mn. 1 -precisely what our informant L„‘m ^Turk “Armba” a3d garde ” ve .» ct f DJe8 ’ ,n wb \ cb ^surpasses 11. A large company of “Aids” 4o , A nd 4ha “«*d .£hn» most C0Ullt r».esin abundance and quality. Po-1 water8 , the facts of its Laving no outlet, and ntlemen connected with tbe royal jJ.® 31 bad “®“ Tlfbodv t 2 t ?f ar ® 8a, ^f° b ® ?, uch b ® tter there than in being fed from anotber sma ii er and fresh wat- e. also ac-1 3 | tbe States^ Flax ami hempdo well; the form- | er la b ke , afford t0 the scientific abundance of material for reflection. Pyramid Lake em- <•„„ , ... , i --— B-- - o. — -j — | bosomed in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with as it is most profusely with carved in making fishing nets. Throughout the whole j tg singular pyramidical mount rising from its their worship. They were oc- I warK ,n , i,KU u 4 arabesque, ana l.fted high up Territory timber is scarce, excepfonthe moun- transparent waters to the height of about GOO :h their devotions^ more than half an above the wheels, and drawn by large white tains, and is composed of pine aud fir trees. feet , an d walled in by almost perpendicular oxen, gaily adorned with bright red streamers, in the bottoms of tbe principal streams groves p rec ipices, in some places nearly 3,000 feet and filled with women and children, it is as 0 f cotton-wood and box elder are found, and b j gb< j s sa j d to have nothing similar to it in picturesque as the most enthusiastic Oriental- j n 80ul e of the valleys a scrub cedar. Indian t hc States. The boiling springs have drawn ist could desire. It must be the very beau com and v j nes are li ab l e to be caught by early tbe attention of the scientific. Col. Fremont ideal of locomotion to a lazy Turk, who can and i a t e frosta. ' A wild currant, found exten- describes them in about 11 thus pass from place to place just fast enough s i ve Iy in tbe mountains, is equal to the culti- longtitude, and 39 deg. north latitude, as boil- to keep himself enveloped m the cloud of his V ated currant in tho States. Much exertion up at i rrC gular intervals with much noise, delicious “cbiboque." and with just motion has been made by the leading men in the He states that the largest basin is several hun- Territory to establish nurseries, cultivate or- dred f cct j n circumference, and has a circular chards, raise peaches, plums, gropes, currants, | .space one end of fifteen feet in diameter, en- apples, strawberries, &c., whicl lowed with considerable success. I r;l turc near the edge is 206 degrees. Its depth Animals indigenous to the Territory are the near the centre is more than sixteen feet. The antelope, elk, deer and mountain sheep, which I late Captain Gunnison, speaking of the springs, supply excellent meat for table use; the black says :—At the base of tlia lulls around the and grizzly bears, panthers, foxes, wolves and lake issue numerous warm springs, that collect wolverines, and smaller animals of prey. A- in pools aud smaller lakes, inviting aquatic mong its feathered tribes are numerous peli- fowl, during the winter, to resort to their cans and gulls, blue herons, cranes and tbe j agreeable temperature, and where insect larval brandt. Water fowl arc abundant on the furnished food at all times; and tbe soil is so lakes, some of which with others of thc feath- heated that snow cannot lie in the vicinity, cred tribes, arc used for the table. Numerous In some places springs of different tempera- of Humboldt or Mary’s river. The two tribes have a deep grained grudge against each other and scarcely ever meet without a fight. The Utahs are united by a common language and affinities and numerous intermarriages. They are a superstitious race, and may have many cruel customs. They have likewise many tra- I John A. Gilmer, the American Representa tive from North Carolina, who appears to have been present in the Hall, ns his name is record ed among thc yeas on Mr. Stephens’ motion did not vote npon the propositioe of Mr. Har- Henry Winter Davis, one of the American ditionary notions of almost all the prominent, I Representatives from Maryland, and Francis events in the Bible world, such as the creation Blair the Black Republican representative the flood, Elijah’s being fed by ravens, and from the District of Missouri, which embraces the death and resurrection of Christ, &c., &c. I city of St. Louis, were the only members The Diggers have made very little depreda- I f rom slave States who voted for the amend- tion upon the white settlers, while the Utahs ment of Mr. Harris. have several times attempted to destroy them I , Of the fifty-four Democratic Representatives and uproot the settlements. Some of the bands from the Northcau States, twenty-three voted of the Utahs are the Utahs proper, now under with the Black Republicans for tbe amendment Arapeen and San-e-ette; YamphaUtcs, under I —twenty-eight voted witli the South against White eye; Timpanogos Utes, under Peteet- I an d three were absent. ~ neet and Washear; Pe-ar-a-wats; Pau-van- Of the fifteen Democrats in the Pennsylva- tees, under Kanoshe; Pah Utes, and Piedes. I n ’ a delegation, two were absent—eight voted The circumstances which led to the occupa- I against the amendment and five for it. These tiou of this Territory by the Mormons, their five were Messrs. Hickman, Chapman, Dewart, travels, the position of their settlements, their | Montgomery and Owen Jones. course of procedure, social and political, be reserved for a future occasion. Congressional. THE KANSAS STRUGGLE IN J THE HOUSE. Great Excitement in bolh Fnrlie*. Last Monday was one of unusual excite- The members absent or not voting, (Mr. Orr of South Carolina being in the chair) were W. Reilly and P. Leiddy, of Pennsylvania, H. F. Clark, of New York, S. Caruthers, of Mis souri and M. D. Bonham, of South Carolina, Democrats ; J. H. Gilmer, of North Carolina, ment in the Federal Capital, consequently tbe I aad J. Morrison Harris, of Maryland, Ameri galleries of the House of Representatives were I cans , and Erasmus B. Matteson, of New York WOSTENHOLM POCKET CUTLERY! Manufactured Expresslv lor JB. JL. WISE. I HAVE jost received from tiieir SHEFFIELD works a largo and splendid assortment, which pur chasers will please call aud examine. B. A. WISE. feb 1 Cherry Street, Macon, Ga. more crowded that morning thau they have ever been, and the interest manifested by the multitude was intense, including the ladies. The surmises on the issue of this Kansas question on that day were various. A corres pondent of the North American, sent an esti mate of the probable vote in the House of Re presentatives on the acceptance of the Lecomp- ton Constitution with the following result: For the Lecompton Constitution. Democrats ............. 102 Americans 13 115 Against the Lecompton Constitution. Republicans 91 Democrats 25 Americans ... 1 117 American and Black Republican. The amendment was adopted by the follow ing vote :—Yeas 114, nays 111. This action precludes the possibility of any report dunng-tho present session, as thc com mittce are instructed to send for persons and papers. - The House adjourned after referring the message before the Senate. An Irish Panic aud Daniel O’Con nell. A run was made for gold by the peasantry of the surrounding counties; and crowds of clamorous frieze-coats might be seen pushing and fighting at the doors of all the banks in The bank, however, (which has since proved itself to be as solvent as any es tablishment in Ireland) enjoyed at that time the least confidence, and was, of course, the A majority of two against the Lecompton more set up0 n. I had a few of their one fraud can easily be evercome. Especially the I pound notes, aud though I believed they wfire Black Republican press was all anxiety on the very goodi jf pe0 ple would only have faith in question, and on the morning of the 8th the foP them, still, as I feared the panic itself might lowing special message was sent to the N. 1.1 bring about the catastrophe it apprehended. Times to keep their courage up. 1 - * . .. . fee' “The Anti-Lecompton men feel very confi dent of being able to carry Harris’ motion to morrow, by five to ten majority. When the House is full there are ninety-one Republicans without Matteson; twenty-five Anti-Lecomp ton Democrats who are pledged to stand to gether at all hazards ; three Know Nothings ditto, Harris and Davis of Maryland, and Gil- and it was sauce quipeut everywhere, I thought it would only be prudent in me to save my self; so I mounted my nag, and trotted with my bundle of notes into " On arriving at tbe bank door, tbe Babel of mixed Irish and English was terrific. Men and women tuggied together for prece dence, and I could hear their exclama tions. “There you Lave torn the coat mer of North Carolina: Total, one hundred I off my back, making as much fuss about your and nineteen.—Give Lecompton all the rest, and they have one hundred and fourteen- Among these are Milson, who says he will not vote for Lecompton; Cornins and Searing, who are absent, without pairing; Clay, who is dirty thirty-shilling note as if it were a pack load of ten-pounders you had." “Oh, me! oh me!” shrieked a woman in a certain condition who affected to faint, in thc vain hope that they would let her nearer the door. “As you are '.ays when Kings were literally un- aud their will was the law over- 1 right and justice or promoting arbi- good of men. As tho Sultau was '*o take his carriage, a venerable look- : ‘ii«nan, dressed in Frank costume, ve head and prostrate on his knees, a written petition before him. The L suddenly stopped, and through his sec- ^ received the paper very kindly, leaving '■■‘iiiouer tjj lhe ground, as he rode away - ; mce. Ten minutes afterwards I np- 1 i-iiu, ami curious to know who he was was the nature of bis petition, I , - on inquiry from him that be was an ^- :i 'iroiii the city of Rome, and that during; f.r* property had been appropriated os,purposes, and that since tbe peace - iMmdqj impossible to obtain bis rights -oerio.- officers, and had now laid tho r stion directly before the mind whose ! ar poso lie thought might do him jus- 7- ’,.*“*7 succeed—but who could fail to - 'yiiiculty which must attend all such p 6t;itiou of justice, and not appreciate condition of those who are so- - •mliiir rights by good laws, a written --‘•'in, the verdict of a juty of common U .u tin. responsibility of judges amen J t^lightened public sentiment. -t tausetncnia of the day, however, were . •• -engrossing than tho worship in the af- ' J;' E od folhwing the impulses of true ' w‘ < u.* e Went ,l P t0 tbe valley of “the : - v . ” liters of A si a ." This beautiful lo- •’ v'e or six miles from Constantinople, l*J* aainc indicates, is on the Asiatic . - Bosphorus. Wo were more than ■ Lv ( re ** bin g it, though our boat was man- : ( Vf ?J uat 7 towers, so strong is the cur- U J' .''owing down these sboals from the kto ! be ^ ca ° 4 Marmora. Thc row stir* y interesting, both shores being kii* a J wed with the picturesque houses trees of Turks and Franks, in- '*ii *i i i mid lbero w,tb Palaces of thc • kni i In ' narcts and domes of mos- J>. J Inc scene which met us on our ar- tr , 0 f ‘fflinnt Leyoud description. The h oat • Bosphorus here spread them- f "do a magnificent bay, a living 0111 tae distant hills emptying into it to*!i U sweeps inward toward the land, iL its little brother, who comes ; singing to its embrace. Just at of meeting, on a little green knolli e midst of a grove of oaks in the up- dan- and per part of the valley were some Gipsey i ccrs, gathering in the pennies from Turks Greeks, who seemed to be in the height of their enjoyment when these poor creatures sank tbe lowest in their indecent gestures. But the descending sun warned us that we must leave this scene, and as wc did so, wo could uot but think of the power of the Turk ish sabbath over the morals of a people. It is, however, in sympathy with their wholesys- tein of sensual religion. It is, too, just what tbe Christian sabbath is fast becoming with those who promote it to a day of amusement, instead of using it as it was originally intend ed—exclusively as a day of devotion—onr Christian sabbath breakers would make sen sualists of us all Tcrrfblc Explosion and Burning of THE STEAMER FANNY FERN—FIFTEEN LIVES LOST. Cincinnati, January 28.—The steamer Fanny Fern, bound to St. Louis from Pitts burg, with 400 tons of produce, fifteen cabin and twenty deck passengers, exploded her boil er at 2 o’clock this afternoon, eighteen miles below this city. Fifteen lives are reported to be lost, including Captain Woodward, several deck hands and firemen, and three ladies.— The boat took fire, burned to the water’s edge, and then sunk. The clerks, Messrs. Dome and Rogers, were scalded, the former badly and the latter slightly. The Ohio aud Missis sippi train brought up thirty of the sufferers fifteen of whom were wounded. The pilot, engineer and mate were saved. LATER. The following persons are know to have been lost: Captain Benjamin Woodward, of Newport, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, of Pennsylva nia; Wm. Nelson, an Englishman; James Anderson, of Xenial Ohio; James Maloy, Michael Donohue, James Karauagh, Thomas Walker, and Robert Biddle, of Pittsburg; a widow lady and child, unknown; Hannah Thomas, chambermaid, of Alleghany city. The following were scalded: Alfred Rogers, of PittsbuTg, severely, Harry Drum, of Pitts burg, slightly; Andrew J. Kirkpatrick, slight ly; John Flynn, Wm. Paul, John W. Kerr and Henry W. Casey, severely. Several others were more or Jess sc&ldcd and burned. The demand was seconded by a vote of 110 to 105. Mr. Washburne of Maine, demanded the yeas and nays, wishing the question so decided instead of by ballot. Mr. Barksdale of Mass., said that this was the violation of the compact heretofore agreed upon. Mr. Florence of Penn. “Yes, already.” Mr. Washburn did not press his motion. Thc main question was then ordered to be put by yeas 113, nays 107. The result of this vote was watched by mem ed shoulder foremost through the crowd, who made way for him, and gave three cheers for thc “Counsellor” as he passed. The Liberator, as he was called, might have been twenty minutes in the bank, when a hurrah was raised from those who stood near est the bank door. “Didn’t I tell you,” cried a fellow, crushing his way out, and blowing with his breath to cool five hot sovereigns which he held with difficulty in his hand :— “Didn’t I tell you the Councellor would settle it? There they are at it, hard and fast, as tallow chandlers on a melting day, making PLANTERS W HO are in want of Blacksmith’s Tools, includ ing Anvils, Vices, Bellows. Screw Plates, Hand and Sledge Hammers, Rasps, Files, Horse Shoe Iron and Nails, Nail Rods, Cast, Blister and German Steel. PLANTERS W HO want to bay the real Swedes Iron of any width from j to 12 inch wide. Band Iron, Hoop Iron, round or square Iron of any size, PLANTERS W HO want to get a good article of Hammered Plow Steel, from 4 to 14 inches wide and made expressly for Plows, PLANTERS W HO want to get the best Cotton Hoe used —made by Samuel IV. Collins, also Scovil's, Brade’s Patent, Brade’s Georgia Hoe, Cane Hoe or Bradley’s warranted Grubbing Hoe, PLANTERS W HO want Ares of S. W. Collins’, Bradley’s and King's make. Corn Shellers, Com Mills. Straw Cutters, Humes, Plow Lines, Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Rope, Shovels, Spades, Hay and Manure Forks, Rakes, Sheep Shears, Sieves, Curry Combs, Horse Brushes, Cotton and Wool Cards, Gm Bands, Pots Ovens, Spiders, Boilers, Sugar Kettles, Cauld rons, CARPENTERS ^^THO want to buy Tools of any kind, in short, EVERYBODY TTIHO is in want of anything in tho Hardware line V V at prices to suit the times, will do well to call N. WEED’S one Price Store, jan 19 Macon, Ga. Macon Flour Mills. T HESE are now in full operation, manufacturing the very best Family, Superfine and Fine Flour which is offered, wholesale and retail, at very low prices. To dealers w« con sell at figures which cannot fail to suit. Constantly on hand fresh Meal and Grits at 70 cents per bushel to dealers. EyAlso rich Shorts for table use and Graham Flour. ES^Bran & Shorts mixed together, which makes bet ter cow feed, at SO cents perhundred. Bran alone at 73 cents per hundred. Wheat cleanings for stock feed, also, at 50 cents per hundred, and broken wheat 75 cents per hundred. All orders promptly attended to at the mill, jan 5 JAS. A. KNIGHT, Agt. quantities of eggs are deposited in early sum-1 tures arc in close proximity, some so hot that mer amon < the reeds of the marshy flats by the hand cannot be thrust into them without the goose, the duck, thc plover and curlew ; pain ; and near thc Bear is a depression, in and on tho Island of Salt Lake, by the pelican, which issue three fountains between the strata, gull, &c. Fine fish abound in thc fresh wa- within a space of thirty feet, of which one is a ter lakes and rivers—salmon trout in tbe hot sulphur, the next tepid and salt, and the mountain streams, and perch, pike, bass, chub, uppermost, cool, delicious drinking water.— See., in the lakes and calmer Currents of the The three currents unite, and flow off through plains. thc plain, a large and bold river. There arc In treating of tho waters of tho Territory, also warm breathing or gas intermitting foun- tbe Great Salt Lake claims first atteutionf tains, chalybeate and gypsum springs of high both from its size aud other peculiarities. This and low temperatures. inland sea has not inaptly been compared to Of tho geology and mineralogy of the Tcr- the Dead Sea of Palestine, except that it lies itory information is yet necessarily limited, about 4,200 feet above tbe level of the sea, in- It is stated in Captain Stansbury’s work that stead of 1.000 feet below, as is tbe case with tbe specimens collected on the islands and the latter. It lies in a northeast direction from shores of the Great Salt Lake give a good idea the centre of the Territory, and is about 70 of the general geological features—i. e., we miles long from north to south, and 30 miles presume, of the neighborhood of the lake. Thc wide from east to west. Tbe water of this Jake specimens referred to are metamorphic rock, is so saline that no living thing can exist in it. consisting of talcosc and mica slates, horn- Pcrsons who are engaged in salt boiling state I blende rocks, and a few specimens of granite that they procure two measures of salt from and sienitic character. In some localities the three of brine. An analysis of tbe water made mctamorpbic strata appear to be overlaid by a by Dr. L. D. Gale, attached to Captain Stans- coarse sandstone, partially altered, assuming bury’s expedition in 1849 and 1850, shows tbe character of a quartz rock. The more that it “ contains full 20 per, cent of pure elevated portions of the shores of the Great chloride of sodium, and uot more than 2 per Salt Lake and tbe mountain ranges consist of cent of other salts, and is one of tiie purest and carboniferous limestone, in some places thread- most concentrated brines known in the world.” ed by calcareous spa. Fossils, particularly Its specific gravity is 1.17, but it slightly va- I corals of the cyathophyllideas, abound in thc ries with the seasons, being doubtless affected limestone, which is said to rest on coarse sand- by tho immense floods of fresh water which, in I stone. Near the Fort Hall road from the the spring, rush from the melting snows in the States, where it intersects the road to Great mountains. “The brine is so strong that the Salt Luke City, there is said to be a mountain least part of it getting into thc eye3 produces of marble of almost every hue aud color, and the most aente pain, and if accidently swallow- equal in quality to any procured in Italy. A ed strangulation must ensue,” -The largo rich mine of coal has been discovered in San body of water has no outlet, and diminishes by Pete county, and excellent iron abounds in evaporation, which, in hot wheatber, leaves a Iron county. Other minerals of the Territory thick incrustation of salt on the shores. Some are gypsum, or plaster of paris, alum, brini- of the salt was analyzed by Colonel Fremont, I stone, and saleratus and salt, in great quanti- and found to contain, in 100 parts, 97,80 of I ties. There is now no doubt of gold being it chloride of sodium, or common salt; 1.12 of Carson county. bers and spectators with tho greatest anxiety. I sovereigns like winky, and they’re shoveling 1 he next question was announced to be on them out upon thc counter as hot as broiled the motion of Mr. Stephens of Georgia, to re- I praties from a pot,” and he blew again upon for the message to the Committee on Terri- j ba sovereigns, and held them up to be touch- tones. _ I ed. Seeing and feeling was believing, and This Committee consists of the following J there, sure enough, was the gold, warm, as if gentlemen : from the crucible. Messrs. Stephens. Democrat of Georgia, “Glory to you, Dan!” shouted out the crowd, Wm. Smith, Democrat of Virginia, Gulusha I now really believed that thc Counsellor A. Grow, Republican, of* Pennsylvania, Law- I was making sovereigns in the back parlor to rencc G. B. Branch, Democrat, of N. Caroli- meet the run. “What’s the use of crushing; na, Amos P. Granger, Republican, of New I you can »t b reak a bank when they’re melting York, James Hughes. Democrat, of Indiana, | ou t money like that.” F. K. Zollicoffer, American, of Tennessee, Cbauncy L. Knapp, Republican, of Mass., John B. Ciark, Democrat, Missouri. The contest, it will be seen, is very close, and it was watched with breathless attention. The House disagreed on the motion, the vote standing, yeas 113, nays 114 A southern member, Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland, the American Representative of My curiosity was at its height, so, with one tremendous effort, 1 gained admission, and there sure enough, were the clerks ladling out burning hot sovereigns from copper scoops to the people, who crowded to the counter, and who, snapping and blowing their fingers, were picking up the coins as you might roast ches- nuts. They say the ruse was not a new one, and the citjr of Baltimore, voted with the Black that O’Connell only revived it, in the case of Republicans against it. _ the Bank; but it was not the loss meri- Thc next question to be taken was announc- torious and successful on that account. The ed to be on the motion of Mr. Harris, Dem. of I clerks were really engaged in the back-parlor Ill., to refer the message to a special Commit- heating the sovereigns on fire-shovels over a tcc as follows : I j-e d fire; aad rushing out with red faces and Resolved, That the message of thc President ; Q a furious hurry ; they threw them “hot, all inclosing thc Constitution framed at Lecomp- bo t,” to the cashiers, who counted them out ton, in the Territory of Kansas, by a conven- w , tb j ron CU rling tongs to tbe customers, who tiou of delegates thereof, and the papers ac- believed that the work of coining was going companying the same, be referred to a select on over innumerable crucibles in the back- committee of fifteen, to be appointed by the parlor. » Speaker, and that said committee be instructed q^he plan had a double advantage—it inspir- to enquire iuto all the facts connected with ed confidence, and made the process of money- the for mation of said Constitution and the taking so slow on the part of the public, who laws under which thc same was originated, and were perpetually burning their fingers, that into all such facts and proceeding as have trans- the bank, with a very limited supply, was able pired since the formation of said Constitution, to meet a demand which, under the circum- having relation to thc question of the propriety stances, was necessarily slow. The clerks of the admission of said Territory into the p 0 uld serve the people as fast as the people Union under said Constitution, _ and whether C ould count the hot sovereigns, the same is acceptable and satisfactory to a f be ruse, which had almost instantaneous majority of thc legal voters of Kansas, aud effect in allaying alarm, O’Connell maintain that said committee have power to send for ed was perfectly justifiable. From ignorance, persons and papers. a p a uie, which might have proved fatal to the Mr. Florence said that the motion was not bauk , arose, and ho thought ho had a right to consistent with the understanding previously a u a y £t by playing on this same popular ig- agreed upon. noranee. A bank tkut could serve sovereigns .Mr. Harris remarked that it would be recol- | a j will from an oven could never, of course.„ lected that the understanding was by univer want gold, in the imagination of a simple peo- | pic To Saleratus Eaters, At a late convention of dentists it was as- ulplmte of lime, 24 of magnesium, and 23 of sulphate of soda, The lake has a number . or bays, whose shores in summer arc lined with the skeletons and larva; of insects, and the few fish that venture too far from tbe mouths of thc rivers; and these form banks that fester and ferment, emitting sulphurous gasses offen- The Indian tribes which roam over Utah may be classified under two great heads—the Utaiis and the Shoshouee (or Snake) Diggers, subdivided into numerous small bands with their respective chiefs. The former range over the South of Great Salt Lake, and from New Mexico to California—the latter over the coun sive to the smell, but not supposed deleterious I try North of the Lake, especially tbe vicinity sal consent. Mr. Savage did not think the motion to lay on the table would be inconsistent with the acreement, as it might finally determine the 4 Mr! Harris’ amendment was then carried by I serted that the main, if not tho sole cause of a vote of 114 against 111. the great increase of defective teeth, was the Maiority for the reference, and against the use of saleratus and cream ot tartar m tne administration, three. manufacture of bread; and Dr. Baker fully This is considered a great triumph for the agreed with the tacts offered in proot, adding Anti-Lecomptonites. the results of some experiment made by him- Mr. Clark, of New York, asked to be exeus- self. He soaked sound teeth in a solution ot ed from voting, on thc ground that a voto in saleratus, and they were destroyed in our- the affirmative would be inconsistent with those teen days. We have the opinion ot men CHRISTMAS GIFTS, A T Boardman’s Book Store, a large assortment oi seasonable articles selected for tbe Holidays, such as Illustrated. Editions of thc Poets Byron, Moore, Shakespeare, Thompson,' Campbell, Goldsmith, Burns, Bryant, Longfellow, Herbert, Gray andKebles’ Christian year. World noted Women, Republican Court, Court of Napoleon, Women of tho Bible, Illustrated life of Luther, Grays Elegy, Deserted Village, Eve of St. Agnes, Ancient Mariner, Gertrude of Wyoming, Fann er’s Boy, Country Life, Illustrated Parables, Irving’s Work*, Waverley Novels and a large assortment of Juvenile Books. A new Edition of thG Rolla Books, Setts of pleasure Books, Also Conversation Cards and Games, Tivoli’s Gammon Boards, Chess- Men, Dominoes. Papeteries, Writing Deiks, Work- Boxes, Porcelain Slates and lots of other things, dec 22 tf J. ill. BOARDMAN. Job Frintiug Office in Florida Po]tr Sale. A N opportunity offers to a good Prin'er to purchase A. n perfectly new JOB PRINTING OFFICE, lo cated at Jacksonville, Florida. The field for busi ness is a fine one; the Office is in good working or der, being just located and prepared for work. The advertiser desires to dispose of the establishment on account of the recent death of his partner in the busi ness. Value of the stablishment <91800, on the most of which, time will be allowed, with paper satisfacto ry to parties at the North. Refer to J. Clisby, Esq., Macon, Ga., or address C. DREW. deo 22 Jacksonville, Fla. TO MERCHANTS AND BZouselteepers. I HAVE a heavy stock of goods on hand, and I will sell for Cash at New York prices for 2 or 3 months. My stock comprises a good assortment of Dinner and Tea setts, Yvhite and Gilt China, do. Granite all sizes of setts. Granite Ware open to pack from, for merchants. Common Ware do,; a 1/wgo lot of Gob lets, Tumbler*, Preserve Dishes, &c. Castors, Plated andBrittania Ware, Table Cutlery. Also, 35 Crates assorted Granite nnd Common Ware. 55 Crates assorted Common Ware. «0 “ •• Granite to be here in January, 1858. R. P. McEVOY. jan 6 ly PHOTOGRAPHS. WOOD’S Kew Premium Photographic Pal- ACE OF ART S now in complete working order, where he would be pleased to see all his old customers and any others who are in want of a flue IriUciicss. His photographs in Oil, Pastile and water Colors can’t be beat in the South. These portraits are just as durable as those painted from nature and much more correct. In fact it is tho only way in which a perfect Likeness can be pro cured. Daguerreotypes of deceased persons enlarged to any size and painted true to Nature. Mr. Bcruff of more than Twenty-five years experience, is still the Artist at this Gallery. . . „ , Don’t be deceived by what others say, hut call and judge for yourselves oftholsrgo number of pictures on exhibition. Ymbrotypcs, Daguerreotypes &c., taken as usual in Wood's Superior stylo. jan 26 E. WINSHIP S offering his entire stock of CLOTHING and GENT S FURNISHING GOODS at Cost for CASH. He wishes to close out to make room for his new Spring Stock. feb a. i lie had just given, and that a vote in the nega tive would imply an unwillingness to have an investigation made, which should be by the Committee on Territories. Tho House refused to excuse him by a vote of 89 against 106. talents, time and zeal are given to dentistry that saleratus and cream of tartar in bread are a chief cause of ruin to teeth. Now, will those who know this fact go on eating all that comes in their way, without inquiring what it is made of?—N. Y. Presbyterian, stin ts. 1-2 1 lose, At'.. :u <’ vsl. cr\ DOZ Linen and Marseilles Bosom Shirts. DU 80 doz. English j Hose, ao •• White and colored bordered Lmen Handkerchiefs. Sn=penders, Collars, Cravats, Ac., Ac. At COST FOR CASSIS. feb 2 E. wiNsiin-. WANTED. J AM still buying Military bounty Land Warrant aud will always give the highest cash price. Macon Ga.July 281y i,. ,1. HI.A hh JUST BJECUJVBI). Papers » Sc«i». 3 bush. Kfumchy Blue A. a. MENARD, Druggist, Cherry Street. NOTICE. "F* Messrs. Dempsey A Kelly, of Macon, are ray ruuhori'ed agents to collect all iny '^^GHEB.