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THE REPUBLIC. thriven it* jn.it powers, not from the au thority of Rulers, but from the consent of the Governed ’ MACON, DECEMBER 25, 1544. THE STATE OF TIIE I'SIIO.t, The present condition of affairs in this country not only elicits the deepest atten tion among the governments of Europe, but excites the most absorbing and painful suspense in every true patriot’s mind in the Union. The potentates of the old world see that the democratic elements ot the new are turbid and lowering; and it they manifest no other emotion, they, no doubt, silently ejaculate a prayer that no palinurus may appear to seize the helm and guide the Ship ot State safely into port. But our noble vessel has been fear lessly launched by wise heads, strong arms, and steady hands, upon the bosom of the raging deep ; and however fearful ly the breakers may roar about her—trie rude blast whistle through her cordage, and the foaming surge dash over her prow —still we tread her deck with confidence, ‘unreef her sails and trustingly give her to the God of Storms.’ The Machiavel lian school of politicians in Europe were surprised that our Republic stood the shock of war in 1812. They believed that the patience of onr people would give way under the embargo and non-in tercourse acts—grow tired of restraint, impatient ol taxation and eventually be come either a prey to anarchy or the wil ling victims of some ambitious military chieftain. But in despite of the Hartford Convention —to the dismay of the Adams’, the Berriens, and Websters of that peri od, and the everlasting regret of every crowned head of the old world, we weath ered the storm and bounded on in our republican course with the strength of the lion, and the empyrean flight of the eagle. Thirty years have since elapsed—and in that time how great have been the changes! how astonishing the develop ments! how interesting the history of this gigantic confederacy ! infancy—Youth—and Manhood! We have passed through the weakness of the first, lost the bloom and generous enthusiasm of the second, and are fast verging towards the selfishness, the guilt, and the follies of the third. The seeds of sectional dis> (intent have been sowed broad cast, have taken deep root, and are ‘springing up like dragon’s teeth* upon our republican soil. Does it result from a prurient growth of popular liberty and national wealth? Is it the baleful effects of party spirit poisoning the pure fountains ot political principle*? Have the people become the unsafe depositaries of power? Or is it an unholy narrow contracted jeal ousy of one geographical division o* the country over that of another ? Let the continued and unmitigated attacks upon the peculiar institutions of the South, and the late vote for the reception and refer ence of abolition petitions, sound the alarming intelligence. We sleep upon a crater! and where’s the Cm tius w ho stands ready to Itike the fear ful plunge, and (ill up the yawning chasm by the .sacrifice of himself ? We fear that few are prepared to appear at ttie drums b at, and fewer who, like the young Ro man w hen challenged by the sentinel, can respond, •‘l am the son of Marcus Cato, ho! A fie tu tyrants, and my country’s friend.” What course the Southern members will take in regard to the reception of abolition petitions, we are not able to sav. The vote was taken without discussion; and some lew southern members voted (bribe reference to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Those who did thus vote, we presume relied upon the fact that that committee was composed of a majority of slave holders, and that their report would give a final ipiietus to the whole subject. Their conduct in this affair was weak and short sighted in the extreme, and unworthy their high vocation. The action of a precedent cannot bind that of a subsequent legislature; and whatever the present Congress may do, cannot affect the rights of the suc ceeding Congress, or be in any way oblig atory upon it. In this the whole danger is compassed. A majority of the legisla tive body of the Union have voted to re ceive abolition petitions, and on motion they have been referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. To get the subject fully and untrammel led before Congress, was all that the Old Magician desired, and more, much more than he anticipated. This establishes a fearful precedent. It gives him a wide field for his machinations. And though the South may triumph this session from the mere tact that we have a majority up on the committee, it gives us no assurance f°r the future. The hell-hounds ol’ abo lition are hot upon the trail, and wo be tide the day when their fangs shall be fastened in the sides of our bleeding coun try! But we are not safe even for the present session. The report of the com mittee may not he adopted ; it may give rise to debate and in what way that de bate will he conducted or determined, no one can foretell. The stormy passions of man will he lashed into fury. The dark brooding hatred engendered by fanati cism, the cold jealousy of sectional inter est, the fierce taunts and reckless bold ness of the hot bloods of a southern clime, all commingling in furious strife, may be productive of the most ruinous contests. What ought to be the precise line of conduct upon the part of the southern members of Congress, we do not under take to define. But of one thing we are convinced. The Union teas the i> great measure 0 j- deliverance and liberty .” In the adoption of the federal constitution which organized t at union, t tie re were certain rights reserved exclusively to the States. E ich of the States entered into the con federation or co-partnership, under the so lemn pledge of all the parlies that these rights should forever remain intact Among these rights was that which ap pertained to each citizen of the southern States of holding slave property. Under no clause of the Constitution, either ex pressed or implied, could Congress exert my control over this subject. They could with as much propriety receive a petition from the people of Boston praying the abolishment ol the charter of the East In dia Company conferred by the parliament of Great Britain. The constitution pla ces the whole subject of slavery above and qeyond their reach. But the right to re ceive implies the right to consider; and this superinduces the right to act. Thus is the link established. And now that they have effected a breach into the hitherto impregnable ramparts of the Constitution, they will prepare to storm the fortress itself. Where were the sentinels of Southern rights, that they suffered this bleach to he 1 made ? We fear that they have been; lulled into a fatal security, or are ptepar- J ed to suffer still greater outrages. The ! cowatdly and hypocritical cant of union, j union, has been so constantly rung in their 1 ears, that they have actually grown afraid to resent the most disgraceful insults and aggressions upon our rights, in dread that their constituents may suspect them of disorganization. Destroy the Constitution and will the Union remain? The Constitution is the Union! And the wretch that violates that sacred charter of our liberties, at the same time dissolves the bond that cements the * married harmony of the States.’— The path both of right and duty, it seems to us, would he lor the Southern delegates to assemble together in a separate body— frame a protest setting forth the whole question—the tight, the wrong, and the redress. Present it in a body to the Spea ker and demand its immediate recogni tion. Containing nothing, averring noth in;;, claiming nothing, but what is already included in the Constitution. No patriot member would hesitate one moment to give it his sanction. But should they unhappily he misled by appeals, misdirected by ambition, or bliiji e 1 by fanaticism, the responsibilities of the occasion would fall upon them and not upon us. In case that the jtrolest should be disregarded, the Southern mem bers should retire in a body from Con gress and return hack to their separate constituencies. The exigences of the oc casion would suggest the proper course lor subsequent action. How long before we are driven to this awful recourse, the Disposer ol events can alone tell. But better, far better for the Union, the South, and posterity, that the question be finally disposed of in this day and generation, than that it he deferred to other times. Now it might lie properly adjusted; but let the moral, social and po litical elements already too fearfully dis turbed, attain their utmost height, and who shall say to the stormy winds and waves “peace be still!” THE N. V. NEWS AND TIIE REGENCY. Since the publication of the correspon dence between Mr. Calhoun and Mr.Shan non, our Minister at Mexico, in relation to lhe annexation of Texas, the New York Morning News and oilier kindred Demo cratic prints in the State of New York, have at lucked Mr. Calhoun and the Ad ministration with a virulence and bitter ness which we have seen nowhere equal led I>v the most reckless and abandoned press of the opposition. The Secretary is denounced for his able and powerful letter to Mi. King, as “lending the Gov ernment to the purposes of slavery, and for the first time calling in the aid of kings to sustain tLis institution.” At the risk of being again condemed by that portion ol our friends who have so ardently and stea dily admired the patriotism of the regency school, we must be permitted to remark that the opposition which has been and is now so actively waged against a measure which the people have so lately decided upon, namely, the immediate annexation of Texas, is fraught with so many ills that we cannot comprehend the patriotism of that man who can treat it with indiffer ence. For if there was any one question settled by the verdict ol the people at the ballot box, at the late elections, that ques tion was the immediate annexation of Tex as ; and the Democrat who would now hazard its success through mean subser viency to partisan or sec tional prejudices, is a traitor to his principles and a disgrace to his part}’. No true patriot—no honest and manlv American, worthy of that name, will now resist it, because the annexation of Texas to the Union at this time, and in the man ner proposed, might seem to place Ben ton or VVright, or some other great patriot, in the wrong. As for Mr. Calhoun per sonally, the abuse of such Swiss as the editor of the New York News and his mercenary and fanatical gang, is his high est praise. If lie were less honest than he is—if power arid not the glory of his country was his aim, and largess and spoils the rewards held out to his admir ers, the editor of the News, judging from his past life, would be the loudest in his praise. it is unnecessary, however, to defend Mr. Calhoun’s public or private history from the attacks of any such men. The whole course of his life defies alike the malignancy of the Regency, whether drun kened by fanaticism or quickened by in terest and cupidity. But if the selfish views of political as pirants in any section of the Union, is to outweigh the honest expression of the pub lic will, and defeat the consummation of the most vitally important national ques tion that has engaged the attention of the 1 people of this or any other country for; vears—in Heaven’s name, let the Demo-! crane patty, as a party, drop all »uch lea ders. Let them discard all such narrow views. Let the glory of achieving fori themselves and their posterity the settle-! jmentof the greatest measure of the age, unite and engage the most active efforts of all; and let the unworthy aims of party , factions give way for a short lime at least, to the nobler impressions of honor, duty, J and enlightened patriotism. Should we Jbe disappointed in this reasonable wish, jas we fear we shall from the opposition | that is developing itself against annexa tion in certain quarters, we have still some jhope left us. There are, thank heaven, ,yet some bold and fearless spirits in the j Democratic party, w ho are determined to ! battle against every odds, and to - assert and defend the principles by which the late victory was achieved, cost what it ! may. j They will speak with a voice that the j hellish shout of fanaticism cannot drown, and maintain their principles with a firm ness that opposition can neither shake nor move ; and if at last forced to surrender, j when every other hope has failed them, it ; will be their lives, not their principles, ! lhey will yield. CONGRESS—TIIE BEGINNING OF TIIE END. Very little has occurred in Congress worth recording, we believe, but the re scinding of the 25th rule, (to exclude abo lition petitions,) the reference of these pe titions to the Committee on the District of" I Columbia, and the introduction of two [sets of resolutions for the annexation of Texas, one by Mr. McDuffie, on the basis of Mr. Tyler’s treaty, and the other by the old Swiss, Benton, designed to suit the ab olitionists, as well as the South. The apa thy that seems to pervade the Southern people in regard to the. recent abolition triumphs in Congress, is most astonishing. The reception and reference of these pe titions amounts to neither more nor less than a virtual assumption of legislative power over the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia; an assumption of power that every southern man who looks to the consequences must he prepared to resist at any and every hazard. CAUTION—N. V. NEWS—THE TRIBUNE. We notice that both the abovemeniion ed papers are making extraordinary ef forts to increase their circulation, purlicu alrly in the Southern States, and to ren der themselves par excellence, the organs of their respective parties. The News we understand has three agents in the South ern States soliciting subscriptions. We I believe it to be our duty, to notify our fel low-citizens of these insidious attempts to | subvert Southern institutions. The Tri bune \s, an avowed abolition organ, and re cent indications have convinced us that the edit >r of the News is rapidly tending in the same direction, and is already moil; than halfan abolitionist. We accordingly feel it to beour solemn duty to remonstrate with our friends and the Southern public generally, against warming these vipers into greater animation, and thus ena! le them more successfully to diffuse their (subtle and hellish venom into the very 1 fountains of our existence as a people. The Chinese Treaty. —The following i notification, which we copy from the New York Commercial Advertiser, has been issued by Mr. Cushing, our Commissioner in China: U. S. Legation, Macao, July 4. The Minister of the United States has the pleasure to announce that yesterday, at Wanghia, he concluded and signed with the Imperial Commissioner, Keying, a treaty of peace, amity, and commerce, between the United States and China. The terms of the treaty, which will in due time be made public by the proper au thorities, are such, he is happy to say, as he believes will confirm tlie good under standing which already exists between jibe two Governments, and if ratified, prove beneficial to the commerce and in terests of the citizens and subjects of both countries. The Minister of the United States con gratulates his countrymen on this event, and offers them, on this happy anniversary of the independence of their country, his hearty wishes for their health and pros perity, and joins them in their aspirations for the continued peace, welfare, and glo ry of the United Slates. To the Americans residing in China. Pulpit Adveuisenwnt. —Every one has heard the story of the orthodox deacon, who said, at the close of a warm exortatiou that he was as sure there was a God as In was that there was flour in Alexandria ; and he knew that for certain, because he had just received a fresh lot, which he would sell as cheap for cash as any other store in that place! We always think of the deacon whenever we hear, at the close of a solemn discourse, some three or four secular notices, designing to help Mr. or Mrs. Somebody in their benevolent enter prise of—making money. We have heard advertised in this way a musical exhibi tion, a sale of books, a scientific lecture, and, worse than all, animal magnetism. [The officers of every eburen should es tablish a rule to exclude all notices but those of a strictly religious nature.-JV. Y. Observer. Il is stated in the New York papers that | Judge Kent has given notice of his inten tion to resign his judgeship in February | next. This will be a great loss to the Bar as well as to the Bench of that Slate. Indian Trick. —The Chippewa Indians, it is stated, recently, in order to make their families appear as numerous as possible, and thereby obtain large annuities from the United States government, being paid per capita, borrowed children from each other while the gov rnment officers were registering their tribes. This trick equals some which the pale faces have practised against the red man. The latter is grow ing sharper by his contact with civilized whites. PRESIDENT POLK AS HE IS. At the late reception of the President i elect at Nashville, we have the first in timation from him, since his election, of his views of the responsibilities arising from his elevation to the first office in the world. From the Nashville Union of the 30th uh., we copy at length the proceedings on that interesting occasion. President Polk’s rematks will he read with gratified pride and pleasure by the Ameiicnn People.— They are worthy of a Chief Magistrate of our great Republic. His suggestion that democrats should evince no gratuitous ex ultation over their opponents, hut should [only rejoice because “our principles and policy are better calculated than theirs to promote the true interests of the whole country,” will renew in the popular mind the confidence that President Polk intends to administer the government for the wel fare of the toiling millions. This is the path of true democracy, which will give him the moral power of speaking not alone as President of the United States, hut as the trusted Exponent of the Ameri can people. The whig party have been and are still in the habit of traducing Piesident Polk as a man of inferior mind, and as incapable of meeting the vast responsibilities of his sta tion. Yet does not every democrat revert' with a just pride to President Polk’s course | duringthe tryingordeal of the lute canvass. While his private character is of so up- 1 right a cast, as to be held up as an exam ple to the nation, his communications to j the public* are marked by that comprehen sive statesmanship which shows that he is eminently national in his policy, while his temperate, judicious and dignified views of the great measures which have so intensely agitated the people, have giv en the welcome assurance that his presi dency will he not less honorable to himself than fortunate to his country. — Alb Argus. MEXICO AND THE U. STATES. The New Yotk Herald of Saturday con tains a copy, in full, of the official corres pondence during the last summer ami autumn between the Unite*.! Stales gov ernment and those of Texas and Mexico, relative to the question of annexation, — alluded to in the President’s Message, and communicated witli that document. It embraces all the diplomatic corrcsjon rletic e that has been received by our gov ernment down to the opening of congress. Among the documents, is an important despatch frem Mr. Calhoun, Secretary of State, to Mr. King, American Minister at Paris, copies of which have been addres sed to the American ministers at the oth er European courts. In this letter, Mr. Calhoun takes high and strong ground a gainst the policy of Great Brilian in rela u<m to Abolition and other questions. One important fact disclosed is that Fiance—as Mr. Calhoun construes the as surance of the King of the French, and of M. Guizot, that in ‘ no event would a ny steps he taken by their government iu the slightest degree hostile, or that would gi\e the United States just cause of complaint.’—will not interfere or pro test against the annexation. The latest despatch from Mr. Shannon j ( American Minister to Mexico,) is to Mr. Calhoun,' of the 2Slh Oct., enclosing a, letter from Mr. S. to Mr. Rt-jnn, of the j I 14lh October, to which Mr. S. states no j j reply had been received on the 2Sth, in ( consequence of the absence of Santa An- 1 Ina, atone of his country estates. The letter of Mr. Shannon, agreeably to instructions from the American Secretary lof State, states many home truths, in I language certainly very direct and not free from offence; and we have since learned, through New Orirans papers, that the reply of M. Rejon, and all the subsequent correspondence, were equally tart and not less offensive on both sides. We regret to see this question precipi tated by a correspondence, not in good | temper on either side. But we do not i apprehend that more than angry talk w ill | come out of it. We desire annexation ;, but we desire it amicably, if possible, and we would make sacrifices of feeling to accomplish it upon just, liberal and a micable terms. We hope yet to see the question assume that shape : and we re ly for such a re sult upon the characteris tic good sense of our Minister to Texas (Maj. Donalson) and upon good sense | also at Washington. [Albany Argus. Great Britain. —The united annual incomes of the people of Great Britian have lately been estimated at from £'29o - to £1310,000,000, about two years of which would pay off' the entire national debt. In six years 1,700 miles of railway lave been completed at a cost of £'54,000,000. The length of the navi gable canals in England exceeds 2,200 miles. The number of inhabitable houses is 593,911 —nearly double the number of 1831. ■ ft. 'I he Sam Jonrs. —lt will be remember ed that this well known and favorite craft was sunk last winter a few miles below j this city, by an accident which she met with. Since then she was raised, and ! having been entirely repaired, left here on j Saturday with a cargo of cotton. Much credit is due to her owner, our indefatiga- j ble and enterprising fellow-citizen, James j It. Butts, Esq., and we hope that heavy j freight bills and profitable returns may re- j ward him for bis industry and energy.— i Telegraph. The President Elect, according to in- i formation received by the Baltimore Re publican, purposes leaving bis residence in Tennessee, in time to reach Washington about the middle of January next. The Raleigh Register of 13th instant, says; “We learn from authority on which we place reliance, that the great Southern Mail is to be transferied to our Rail Road alter the first of January, and to be carry hence South in four horse pos* ' * FIRE. A fire broke out yesterday morning a-; bout 3 o’clock, in the coach factory estab lishment of Mr. A. Roulain, situate on the west side of Meeting, a few doors a j hove Society street. The flames which j were first seen issued from the trimming j tootn on the second floor, soon enveloped | the entire building, and communicated to the three story house adjoining to the south ! iu the occupation of the family of the late Capt. John A. St. Amand, and also to Mr. Roulain’s work shops, which have all been burnt to the ground. The buildings were of wood, and belonged to the family of the late Capt. St. Amand, and w*e re gret toad I, that there was no insurance on them. Mr. Roulain had but recently received a number of heavy and light ve hicles, a large portion of which, together with his tools have been destroyed. His stock in trade was worth from 15 to 20,- 000 dollars, on w hich there were hut 7000 dollars insurance—4ooo in the Charleston Insurance and Trust Company, end 3000 dollars in the Hartford Fire Company, u gency in this city. A two and a half story frame building on the east side of Meeting-street, imme diately opposite, belonging to the estate of the late Dr. Akin, and insured in the Hartford Fire Company lor 2000 dollars, was very much injured. A frame kitchen attached to the premi ses running from Society-street, owned by Mr. James Smith, and occupied by Mr. C. Myers, and in the rear of Mr. Ilouland’s black smith’s shop, was destroyed ; and the w indow shutters and wood work of the large brick building, occupied by W. J. Grayson, Esq. Collector of the port, was somewhat injured.— Chat lesion Courier. A P'until't hilled by a Girl. —The La Grange (Texas) paper, gives the follow ing incident, w hich occurred near Doug las, Nacogdoches county: A panther came into a house in which there was no person but a young lady and her little brother. The young lady being very busy attending to her little household nil’iirs, did not see the panther until he had got entirely into the house; hut so soon as she discovered him she seized hold of him and called to her little brother to bring her the axe. After waiting some time for this weapon, still holding on to the pan ther, the young lady then told her brother to bring her a smoothing iron, with w hich she soon succeeded in putting the intru der to death. The screams during the encounter, of the heroine, were heard by some of the neighbors, who went immedi ately to learn the cause, but when they ar rived, they found her the conqueror, and v iewing with much composure the lifeless body of her frightful intruder. The pin machine at VVnterbury (Conn.) turns out two barrels of pins per day, each barrel containing 4,000,000 ol pins. The machine is small, and a novel yet simple construction. The wire is run into it from a reel, rut a;.d made into a complete pin. The pins fall into a hopper, and, ns they pass out, they are arranged, stuck into pa pers, and packed, all by the machinery. This process is attended by one girl only, who does the work of thirty by the old process. The pin manufactory at Taun ton (Mass.) we understand to be on an ex tensive scale. The tents for the Mexican arm}*, made in Boston, were paid for by a draft on Messrs. Baring, Brothers & Cos., of Lon don. They were sent out of the country on the manifest as one hundred bales of manufactured sail cloth. What does this mean ? A G iJsviid. —ln Parish on Wednesday week, a poor dealer in old furniture met with one oft hose pieces of good fortune which sometimes com? to the relief of the miserable. In the old narrow street cal led St. Eloi, famed in the annals of Paris as that in which King Pepin resided, and immediately opposite where his palace stood, is rhe shop of a petty broker. A im ngst his articles for sale was an old arm chair, so worn with age that no one would give him forty sous, all he asked for it. Tired of seeing it so long a useless cum brance, he resolved to break it up, and convert the horse-hair to some more pro fitable purpose, and burn the old frag ments. On proceeding to this operation, lie found concealed in the seat a roll of paper, in which were wrapped notes of the Bank of France to the amount of 11,- , 500 francs, all of which were in the form adopted when this establishment was first founded. O-WM. 11. ROBINSON, is a candidate for | Constable ill the 564ih district, Georgia Militia. Macon, Dec. 25, 1844. 2 II .1 DUN If. BENNETT, fS announced as a candidate lor Justice of t fie Peace, for the 716i1i District, G. M., at the en | suing election in January 1845. December 4. 8 tde KEADY MADE CLOTHING, just received Afen’s, and boys’ clothing of every descrip tion, which will be sold at greatly retlucrdnrires. S. J. RAY & CO. Nov. 8, 1844. CITY ELECTION NOTICE. City Council, Nov. 22, 1844. RESOLVED, That at the approaching Elec tion for AJavor and Aldermen, on the first Saturday in January next, no person he allowed to vote whose names is not on the Register Book of ihe city. Resolved , That at said Election no person shad be allowed to vole who has not paid all arrearages of Tax to the city. Resolved. Thai the Treasurer publish the fore going Resolutions in the public Gazettes of tin* ritv, so that all persons mav have due notice theit of.' A. R. FREEAfAN, Treas. Nov. 27, 1841. 7 td NOTICE. rgMIE BOOK fir Registering names of Voters for JV/ayor and Aldermen of the city of Jf* con is kept at my office in the Afarket-Houae upstairs and will be open from 9 to 12o’clock everyday, (Sundays excepted,) until the day preceding the Election, as required by the charter of the city. Persons whose names are on the city Tax Book of this year are not required to register. •Hr*, Musou’s Hofei, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA .11RS. III!SON, rpAKES this method of informing her friends and tlie public generally, lliat she will slill continue tu keep a Hotel in this place, a few doora.below the Jtfnnroe Roil Road and Banking House, just across the street from where site for merly kept. Her charges will correspond with tlic hardness of the times. The house will be fitted up in a superior style. She will lake the house on the 20th day of December, when every thing will lie in complete order. AMELIA HUSON. Grifin, Dec.», 1844. 10 2m Floyd House • Mthe con lesion subsisting between the undersigned heretofore, under the firm of B. S. NEWCOMB 8c CO., was dissolved on the 15th inst. The debts previously contracted bv the concern will be pa id hv B. S. NtwcoMß, and the sole proprietorship of the Fi.oyd House from the dissolution above staled,is vested in B. S. New comb only. b. S. NEWCOMB, WM. CRAFT, C. C. USHER. Macon Nov. 15, 184-1. I ' l '- B.— Mr. Craft, I have the pleasure of saying has consented to remain with me, and assist in ih« management ol the House. B. S. NEWCOMB. Nov. 27. 3t 8 TO THE PUBLIC. 8 V the course of two or three weeks, will be pub _ fished and ready for delivery, a list of all the * tig.,a uted Lauds of the Cherokee Purchase. This is an important guide to those having lands, or wishing to purchase them bv granting.—Terms 81 per copy, liberal deductions to those taking a quantity. Editors giving this two insertions and forward ing a paper to the office of the Cherokee Advocate, will have a copy sent litem. Dec. 25 2 II ■ 'llls r. siLbeil of par|«, MILLINER AND FASHIONABLE Dmx Store next door to Messrs. I Calls St Moulton's, Commerce Row. Respectfully informs the Ladies o l .Macon and vicinity, tfiat site has just arrived from New Fork, with anew and well selected, stock of new SFABiZE OJT JB O^TMJOrSTf, EEL VETS, SILK, ST IIA »F, & LEGHORNS, which wifi be suit! very low. Old bonnets repair i ed.al the shortest notice. A call is respectfully so licited. December 11,1844. 9 if NULLING OFF AT COST FOB t AMI. UAVING a very lame Slock of Goods on hand, ami being desirous of reducing it very low by the spring, I am induced to offer uiv present STOCK AT COST FOR CASH. The Goods are new and bought in .Veto York for Cash. The stick consists of vmv q qoj>sr 9 READY MADE CLOTHING , H ITS, SIIOI.B AND ROOTS, SADDLERV IIVUDU MIK. CROCKERY, BOLTING CLOTHS, MILL SAWS, PAINTS, OIL, W IN DOW GLASS, PUTTY AC. AC. embracing every article usually kept in this Mar ket. Country Merchants, Peddlers, and other persona wishing to buy, would do well to look at nty Goods bt'lbre Purchasing, as great bargains mav ire find. WM. A. ROSS. Macon, December 11,1844. 9-ts NOTICE. rjNHE CITIZENS ut'Bibbcounty, are requested to meet at the Court house in Macon on the first Tuesday in January next, at 11 o’clock, A. M. for the purpose of forming an Agricultural Society. As the object ol tins meeting is one that addresses itself to the interest of every citizen, it is hoped that a general attendance will be given. December 25 8 11 FARMER. IjIOUR MONTHS alter date application wiJ • be made to the honorable the Inferior Court [of Bibb county, when sitting for ordinary purpo ses, lor leave to sell the entire estate real, and per sonal, of Henry Flanders late of said county de ceased. DAVID Flanders, Adm’r. December 18, 1844. 10 A NEW VOLUME. tha: wnw niitKoit OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. Edited by G. E. Morris and N. /'. (l illis. Ilarh JYo. contains a beautiful steel Engraving. Good as the Mirror lias hitherto been (good enough to prosper) we have edited it as the Israel iles built die walls of Jerusalem—with the best hand otherwise employed. The beginnings of ail enterprises are difficult—more especially beginnings without capital—and the attention of one editor has been occupied with the management of the machinery now in regular operation, while the other, nil the concern should he prosperous, was compelled to labor diligently lor other publications. One by one (to change the figure,) these hindering barnacles have lieeu washed otf our keel by goii g more rapidly ahead, and with the beginning of the third volume, both editors will be entirely and ex clusively devoted to the Mirror—equal to setting studding sails alow and aloft wilh the wind dead all, full and steady. Os couise she will now go along ‘with a long hone in her mouth,’ as they sav of a crali with the loam on her cutwater. We live in the middle of this somewhat inhab ited island of A/anhattan, and see most that is worth seeing, and hear most that is worth hearing. Alter the newspapers have had their pick of the news, we have a luck of making a spicy hash of the remainder, (gleaning many a choice bit, by the way, which had been overlooked or slighted,) and we undertake hereby, to keep the readers of the •Mirror up to the limes. Every body reads news papers and gets the outline of the world’s going ; round—but we shall do just what the oewsjtaper* leave undone—fill up the outline—tell you ‘some more,’ as the children say, put in the light* and snadows of the picture done by newspapers in the rough. Il is what « e have tried lo do in our ‘Let, ters lo the National Intelligencer,’ and as i ur bro ther editors seem to think we have succeeded, we i will, (as we discontinue that correspondence in April,) in rather a more dashing and lighter vein resume these metropolitan sketchts in me .Mirror, [Ve keean p eye in the back of our head to see if any bo<l isjr likely lo overtake us (and try their trick heliire they couie alongside,) and we keep a lookout from both sides (horn the salient balconies of our imagination) Ibr any strange breezes of novelty lor which it is possible to trim sail. And —to show our hand a little—we have bagged, like Eolus, a breeze or two which we shall reserve a while ) Ibr competition It nothing overhaul us, we shall | try our s|»eed hv and by, with sky scrapers and all —just to amuse the reader, and show our regard lor his respectable sixpence. Our- plates by the way, we undertake In sav, shall l>e, from this date, of twice the excellence, at h ast, of those heretofore given. Experience and inquiry, with a little more money, make more dif ference in lire bettering of this branch of our bu siness than of most others. N. B.—ls you wish to serve us, subscribe t ti all cases, by letter lo ourselves. The [rostmasters will forward it free of expense. As to our extras , they are to booksellers, what the ‘manna’ must have been to the Jew bakers.— You dou’t need coaxing to help yourself to any riling so cheap and heavenly. I'ake what has fal len, anil be sure that more loaves, risp and satisfy ing. are baked in the Clouds. TERMS. ft.3 per annum in advance. *,*The first pa|>er of the new year will be Issued on the fith of April. This work is sent by mail to all parts of the country Addresses (postage free.) MORRIS, WILLIS&CO. Editors and Proprietors. No. 4, Ann street N York, fHU v.