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, iei | as a free territory, oc not at all.— i, the former case, the liberated slaves a naturally find their way southwardly, " m l gradually become merged in the quad roons. meztizzocs, and other hybrid races t Louisiana, 1 exus, and Mexico. 1 Thus you will perceive, that the ques •ion of slavery is the grand pivot upon ‘vhich every political event in the United States, for years to come, is to turn. Col. Benton has, beyond all question, taken his •Hisition against slavery, and against Mr. Calhoun, whose letters on the annexation treaty, as well as whose whole public life, | ace him as the peculiar champion ofthe Institution of slavery, both practically and n the abstract. He has voluntarily taken this ground, and all the exhaustless pow ers and energies ol his vast mind will be Jevoted to deiending and enlarging it.— While Mr. Benton, and the Northern po liticians who take their cue from him, then, are in favor of annexation, lor the purpose of helping to destroy slavery, Mr. Calhoun is still more ardently in favor of it, aS being vitally necesssry to the perpetua tion of that institution! And, in this cu rious and unparalleled state of affairs, it becomes a question ol' the intensest and most absorbing interest, “which of these two great pillars of democracy will Mr. polk favor in his administration?” I think 1 can tell you this, too.” CHAPTER ON WOMEN. 'i While Europe’s eye is fixed on mighty things, The title of empires and the fall of kings ; While quacks of state must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man ; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention The Rights of Woman merit some attention.” ‘ Wo-Man!’ said the old serpent to Adam the moment he bit and lienee the delicate .subject of this editorial is called woman. So much for a name.— j If it was to do over again and old Adam should call upon our most sapient devil lor advice, he would no doubt say ‘bite away and be d—d.’ For most assuredly if Five did bring ’ ‘tvoe into the world,’ she brought so ma-1 ny blessings with it, that the veriest pet titogger would not iail to plead them as a j set off; and no astute judge, the length ol I whose ears is only equaled by the length 1 nf his decisions, would order the plea to ' he struck out lor the want either of matter, iunn or applicability. What on earth doth the crusty old cynics of Macon mean by lampooning the gentle sex in so irreverent a way? 11 the lines “ O woman, woman, whether lean or fat, In face an angel, but in soul a cat,” hadn’t been written brlore King Solomon’s time, we should stalk down to a certain : brick corner not ten miles off, and charge j the authorship ud p rsonem. But the idea is decidedly too Hudibrastie for these parts we fear. Now we throw down the gauntlet to these quondam knights and avow our selves the champion of the sex—with one proviso— the old maids may fight their own battles; and we have no doubt they are liir the most part old enough and tough enough to take all the bullets that these testy and doughty bachelors may in their wrath bestow. For it is an incontrover tible fact that the moment a young maid kicks one of them, he immediately jumps up n an old one; but we ate uninformed il they ever made tiny thing out of them. Our sympathies have been wrung to their utmost tension} and in truth we should have been often templed to offer our val orous services, had we not known from personal experience that they were so well able to lake care of themselves. Being a member of the ‘blissful state,’ regularly initiated into all the mysteries, joys and sorrows of ‘ love in a cottage,’ we should by eoilitesy dedicate our first essay to the ‘birds in the cage.’ But each and all of these have their Mentor and are no doubt surfeited with sage ad vice. They have too, we presume, turn til over many new leaves, und formed many good resolutions for their future guidance, especially in domestic economy. Hereafter we may devote a chapter on Brunswick stews, and should we happily succeed in initiating them into the secret of making this delightful dish in the old Virginia style, we shall have added an other link to the silken cord that gently binds them to the object of their fond de votion. For if we properly understand the physiology of Love, the causes that give rise to the wondrous passion, lie in other parts of the human frame besides the heart. But the girls what shall we say to them ? Ah! could our pen touch the subject as lightly as the zephyr fans the cheek of sleeping beauty, or the sprites that walk fiorn flower to flower without displacing the dew drops that twinkle in peariy clusters upon their trembling pe tals —we might venture a short homily that would fall upon their hearts like the heaven descended dew upon the lowly lilly of the valley. Didst thou ever read Robert Burns lines to a mountain daisy, on turning one down 'villi the plough ? There in scanty mantle clad, Thy snowy bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise; But now the share uptears thy bed And low llmu lies! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet JUno'ret of the rural shade, By love’s simplicity betray’d And guileless trust; Till she like thee, all soiled is laid Low i’ the dust. Is it not a metaphor of most touching heauty. Turn to the poem, girls, and re ad it. We address ourself to those who have the sentiment to appreciate them. We would not have our little mountain daisy rough, handled by your own sex, Witch less by one of ours. But who with ‘stern ruin’s plough-share’ ' v °uld crush the humble flower just lifting ds head to Heaven, and to Hope ? " ts 'here in human form that hears a heart, A wretch ! a villain! lost to love and truth ! ‘ hat can with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny’s unsuspecting youth ? burse on his perjur’d aits! dissembling smooth ! Aie honor, conscience, aft exil’d r Is there no pity, no relenting ruth, ! Pom's lo l he parent’s fondling o’er their child ? then paints the ruin’d maid and their distrac tion wild ? i. E> u k we "’ill not quote further. Burns is one of our favorite poets and we never tail to run into the sentimental whenever we take him in hand. Some folks think that editors have no sentiment to spare— be it so. The Mohammedans contend that women have no souls. The one, reader, ’pon honor, is just as true as the other. W e did not intend when we took up ! the pen, to write ten lines, but only to present the following soliloquy, which we clip from an exchange paper, for the amusement of our female readers: THE MAID’S SOLILOQUY. .3 maiden stone—Milton in her hand. She opens at the passrge , “Hail wedded love! mysterious law.” She then soliloquizes. It must be so! Milton, thou reasonest well; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This lungino after matrimony ? Or whence this secret dread, this inward horror Os dying unespoused ? Why shrinks the heart Back on itself and 3tartles at celibacy? ’Tie reason, faithful reason, stirs within us; ’Tis natures self that points out an alliance, And intimates a husband to the sex. M arriage! thou pleasing, and yet anxious thought! Through what new and various changes must we pass! The marriage state in prospect lies before me, But shadows, clouds and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If nature prompts the wish— And that she does is plain from all her works— Our duty, interest, pleasure bid indulge it, For the great end of nature’s law is bliss, But yet —in wedlock—the woman must obey— I’m weary of these doubts, the priest shall end 'em. Nor rashly Jo I venture loss and gain, Pleasure and bondage meet my thoughts at once. I wed—my liberty is gone tbrever, But happiness itself from this secured! Love first shall recompense my loss, And when my charms shall ali have faded, Mine eyes grow dim, and stature bent with years, Thou, virtuous friendship, shall succeed to love; Thus pleased, I’ll scorn infirmity and death, Renewed successively in another’s race. COTTON CROP. Estimated cotton crop for the present year, 1845, 2,750,000 Demand, 2,450,000 Exccsss of supply, 300,000 Ofthe above amount only 370,000 bales are retained in this country for home con sumption. 'Thus we see a restrictive ta riff laid upon the fabrics of European manufacturers, who consume 2,080,000 hales of our cotton to protect the Northern capitalists, who consume only 370,000! Such a system is but a legalized robbery of the South—and yet we must bow our necks and lick the rod that strikes us. A craven spirit prevails through the South that betokens a servile submission not on ly to unconstitutional tariffs, but to Con gressional legislation on more important subjects. Before God we believe that were Congress to ordain the abolishment ol slavery by stalute throughout the Uni ted States, a majority ol the Southern peo ple would submit rather than resist the de cree. To such vile condition arc we brought ; by tlie subserviency ofpublic men, and the spiritless tone of the Southern press. CENTRAL RAIL HOAD AND BANKING COMPANY. The Georgian of yesterday, says, that j at an election for directors of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company, held yesterday, the following gentlemen were duly re-elected: Richard R.Cuyler, John W. Anderson, Solomon Cohen, Henry McAlpin, Andrew Low, Jr., Win. Crab tree, M. Hopkins, Asa Holt, and William Duncan. MEXICO. Santa Anna’s leg has ceased to rule in Mexico. Having been once amputated, its former owner is now likely to bn decapita ted. The Revolution begun by Gen. Pare des, has extended over all Mexico—the troops ofthe tyrant have been disbanded, and rumor says that he has fled a wretch ed fugitive to England. “Sic semper ty rannis." We publish in to-day’s paper, the reply ofthe Hon. James K. Polk, to the Presi dent of the Democratic Association of Bibb county in which he declines the invi tation extended to hitn of visiting us era route to Washington City. Columbia, Term., Dec. 20, 1844. Dear Sir: —lam in receipt of your let ter of the 22d ult., conveying to me “the congratulations of the Democratic Associ ation of Macon, Georgia, upon the result ofthe recent political contest in the Union” —anti also “inviting me to visit your city on my way to the seat of Government.” I need scarcely assure you that there is no portion of the American people with whom it would give more pleasure to ex change personal salutations than my fel low-citizens of your State. A press of duties and engagements, however, and a consequent necessity ol reaching Washington, by the most direct route occupying the shortest time, com pel me, reluctantly to decline your invita i tion. Be pleased to assure the Democracy whom you represent, of my grateful ac knowledgements for their united congrat ulations and invitation. I thank you for the expression of regard you are individually pleased to convey, and am, With great respect, Your obedient servant, JAMES K. POLK. To D. C. Campbell, Esq., President of the Democratic Association, Macon, Ga. Whether saint or sinner, Christian or hypocrite, learned or illiterate, read an article in to-day’s paper on the “ Patriot ism of Saint Paul,” the model man. It will amply repay you for its perusal. Johx Tyuer, Jr., is a candidate to re present the first Congressional District in Virginia, now represented by Archibald Atkinson, Esq. THE GREAT 4LESTION OF THE DAY. Rumors aie current in Washington , City, that (so far as depends on the United States,) the consummation of this great American measure will not be postponed lot.ger than the Bth of January. Refer ring to these rumors the Madisonian of Thursday evening last, holds the follow ing language: “The better dav the better deed. —There is a rumor in the political circles of this city, thal the measure ol annexation will lie carried in one ofthe Houses of Congress in a lew davs, and that it will pass the other House on the Bth day of January. Such a happy consummation is doubtless hoped lor by the dauntless and untiring advocates of the measure, both in and out of Congress—and surely there could not be a more glorious occasion forsucii an achievement, than the anniversary of the ever- j memorahle battle of New Orleans. We have neither Texas scrip, stock, nor treasury notes; and vet we would most cheerfully join with our fellow-citizens in celebrating the recovery of a vast domain, which was ceded away by Mr. Adams, but which would remain hereafter, as well as every other inch of the territory of the United States, forever inalienable. And there would be bonfires and rejoicings in Tex as ! Yes! when it should tie announced through out the length and breadth of that lair and fertile land, that henceforth the bright stars and broad stripes of their lather land are to wave over them —and that the Congress of the United States have thrown wide the door for their admission into the great Union, which was originally cemented with the blood of their patriot fathers—we are quite sure that a thrill of exultation would be felt in every bo som—that every eye would sparkle with a pure de light, and that every tongue would utter a holy vow to support our Constitution, and to defend the only true Temple of Liberty ever erected on the earth. “Surely, surely, such a consummation cannot be, will not he, opposed by any of the faithful repre sentatives ofthe People.” John A. Stuart, Esq., long known as the able and accomplished Editor ofthe Charleston Mercury, has we regret to learn from the last number of that paper, retired from the editorial columns of that journal. Mr. Stuart is among the very first political writers connected with the newspaper press in this country, and we regret exceedingly the loss of his fearless and powerful pen at this juncture of pub lic affairs. Below we give his address to the patrons of the Mercury, Sundry good and sufficient reason moving me thereto, 1 henceforth dissolve connection politically and editorially with the Charleston Mercury and the newspaper press. As I leave the office admirably organized lor all the purposes of business and of truth, 1 confidently commend it to the continued patronage ofthe warm friends and stern, who have stuck to it truly, through chance and change and trials that might well have estranged them; and as they stood by it through good report and evil—let them uphold the banner ol Carolina in the hands to which f now entrust it. It will be gallantly borne —by men true to the sentiment ofthe motto, under which the Mercury lias always been published—and ought ever to have been conducted. • Vindice nullo Sponte sun, sine lege, Fides Rectumque colentur. It will never 1 trust be embarrassed by party ties or pledges. To any set of men whom iL may help to place in power, it will not feel under party obligations tor the condescension of their accep ting its support —and the kindness of consenting to their own elevation, ft. will always I believe he true to the kindred points of Carolina and of Re publicanism: always revere genius in whatever garb it comes; always despise charlatanry, social, Jater arv or religious; always contend against the money power, and the mean and sordid spirit of this age of steam. If chivalry lie dead and open warfare obsolete there are lights yet in Heaven, and in the embracing air around us the soul of love and mu sic hovers yet. May these Cadmus like, sow our soil with serpent’s teeth—to spring up yet before l die, God grant! armed men—armed to maintain the rights ofthe sons, and defend the honor and a venge the insulted graves of Marion, Moultrie, Sumpter, Rutledge—men who know that freedom’s heritage is ease and toil and a perpetual watch and warclare —and that when the cmvard wanting ease and the nabob, counting quiet, cry ‘Peace—Peace there is no peace, but danger—and a lie. The Mercury thank Heaven, in my hands has seldom feigned a confidence I could not feel. It never on lit to hold a timid silence because forsooth the honest voice of truth might give a pretext to dis trusted allies, to become open adversaries. Mr. Clapp for long my efficient and true Junior will be now the sole editor ofthe Mercury. JOHN A. STUART. ri: vaxexahoy of texas. The re-annexation ofTexas is empha tically the great question of the day every where, in the Norlh and in the East, in the West, as well as at the South. The j Republican party e”ery where are step ping forth to mingle in the generous and j noble work of contributing to the natural interests the natural glory, and natural re- j nown, by giving an impulsion to this itn- ; portant question and commanding their; public senate not to delay longer the con- ! samation of this great measure. Resolu tions have passed both branches of the ! Missouri Legislature instructing theirSen atorsand requesting their Representatives to vote for the resolutions now pending in Congress for the annexation ofTex as to the Union, now , immediately. What will ‘old Bullion’ say to this, will he call it a humbug or a base scheme of swind lers and land speculators. MR. PHILLIPS. This justly celebrated vocalist is now giving concerts in Savannah, and may, we are glad to learn, be expected here in the course of the present week. Ship ahoy! avast there and haul up at Smith & Rogers’ Confectionary Store ! Old Santa Claus paid them his accustom ed Christmas visit, and with more than his usual generosity, left with them from his vast storehouse of luxuries, every thing that tends to fascinate the eye or please the palate. Cakes of every kind, cordials of every description, and fruits front the tropic to the arctic—from the scarlet cranberry that makes such killing sauce, to the luscious pine apple from the dominions of Quasha Poropo. They are not excelled in their line of business by any establishment of this or any southern city. The taste and general improvement recently evidenced in ‘get ting up’ family confectionaries, eating houses, family groceries, &c. See., show that Macon is partaking more and more the character and habits of a city, and increasing daily in all the advantages that appertain to a seaboard town. FLORIDA TOBACCO. The Tallahassee Sentinel, of the 2ith inst. says: “Sales of some lots Gadsden county Tobacco, have been made in New York at 25, 37 J and 50, so we are told. OPINIONS OF THE ENGLISH PRESS ON THE LATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. We publish in to-day’s paper, extracts from several leading English journals on the result of the late Presidential election in this country, partly on account of their curious interest, and partly to show the 1 great desire which the English Tory press as well as the great body of English peo ple cherished lor the election of Air. Clay, and the consequent ascendancy of the measures and principles which would have been forced upon the country, had the government fallen into the hands of that party in this country, which is per sonated by the London Times as the “aus tere and dignified Republicanism of New England” in contradisiinction to the Re publicanism of the slave Slates and slave breeders. For our own part we hope that the result of all succeeding elections may like ibis, disappoint the hopes of both En glish tories and their counterpart in this country, the austere and dignified Republi canism of New England. The great bulk of American people have never been able to please either of these parties, and we trust in God that the day will never come j when they will be. Both of these parties ! were displeased with the success of Amer ican measures and American arms during the war of 1813 and ISl4—and we see no good reason why they should not now sympathise together in view of the recent moral victory achieved by the hue election for the greatest American question ofthej age, the annexation of Texas, and the con- ! sequent check which the consummation of this great measure would give to Brit ish interests and British policy on the American continent. Lrom the London Times of Nov. 25. This nomination of the presidential elec tors has just been completed, and itap-; pears to leave no doubt as to the triumph of the democratic party, und of their can-, didate, Mr. Polk. The surprise, and, we must add, the apprehensions and regret, i which this event will produce in Europe, are increased by the fact that it is the great states of New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, which have turned the scale. Far from exercising that moderating pow er, and, if we may speck of any thing in America, that conservative influence which might seem to belong to their posi tion, their wealth, their mercantile inter ests, and their exemption from slavery, Pennsylvania has in this instance obeyed the same influences which have already connected her name with bankruptcy and anarchy, and New York has followed her example. Os Mr. Polk vve know nothing, except that he has achieved a triumph over the most able and respected man in the Union although he was scarcely more known in that Union a few months ago, than he now j is in Europe. With the single exception ofthe tariffquestiou, on which he is pled ged to a more liberal commercial policy than his opponent, his election to this im portant office is the triumph ofevery thing that is worst over every thing that is best in the United States of America. It is a victor)' gained by the south over the north —by the slave states over the free—by the repudiating states over the honest ones —by the partisans of the annexation of Texas over its opponents-—by the adven turous and unscrupulous democracy of the new states, and the foreign population in those states, over the more austere and dignified republicanism of New England. | The Whig party have been beaten, when every thing depended on the possi- j bility of restoring moderation and probity to the government ofthe country by their influence; and it is scarcely too much to 1 say that Texas has already given a Pre-: sklent to the Union. If Mr. Polk adhere 1 to the pledges under which his electors are likely to raise hie: to the chair, he is pledged to a foreign war. The grounds on which General Jackson and his friends have given their support to Mr. Polk, are before the world; and we have already combated their arguments and their as sumptions. They amount to the strong est expressions of hostility against the sup posed influence and designs of Great Bri tain on the North American continent; and either the means they have used to gain ! the popular suffrages are as insincere as they are false, or they hold that the acqui sion of Texas, by arm, if necessary, is the | first duty of a President of the United States. They can hardly escape from the dilemma in which they stand between ex cessive rashness and excessive deceit; but we cannot expect that they will have the | energy or the power, any more than Mr. Tyler has had them, to resist or control the popular excitement which has brought them into office. If the election of a President irrevoca bly decided the policy of the United States ! Government for the next four years, the I country would be not only agitated but convulsed by such a contest. But the ! strict limitations imposed by the constitu tion on the power of the chief magistrate, I and more especially the control exerci sed by the Senate ofthe United States | over his relations with foreign Powers, ren der the triumph less signal and the dan ger les3 imminent. Be the indiscretion of a President what it may, he can scarcely plunge the country into war or confusion us long as the Senate remains faithful to ; its trust. From the London Spectator. Thete is nothing surprising in the result ofthe Presidential election in the United States. It is merely a repetition of what has happened at every election since ISOO The democratic mass has obtained anoth er victory over the Doctrinaires of Ameri ca. Since the recognition of American j Independence in Great Britain, there has j always been a Democratic party in the j Union; it has been almost a hereditary par ty. Hamilton was in a manner its foun der; the two Adam’s have been its princi pal ornaments. It has enrolled under its banners a decided majority of the public men ofthe union, who born to a competen cy, have enjoyed a systematic education and opportunities of cultivating refined tastes. It has been an intelligent, and on Ithe whole, an honorable party —rather sceptical, the natural tendency of men of the world, as to the perfectibility of man or the wisdom and virtue of the masses — ! with a good deal of knowledge, a great deal of fastidiousness, and a little pedantry This party has from its character been j more powerful in coteries than with the I public. It has had too much faith in ab stractions and precedents to know and con trol actual circumstances; its little airs of i superior refinement and learning have al ienated and disgusted the great body of electors. It has called itself federalist at i one lime and whig at another; but it lias still been the same unchanged and unchan geable party, the counterpartof the Giron de or the Doctrinaires of France —of the “Liberal Whigs” or ‘the Educated Radi cals” ofEngland. Opposed to this party of men made by schools and colleges, has always been the great democratic mass, which feels rather than thinks.—which needs men—leaders as the exponents and visible symbols of principles. When the Union has had a statesman of commanding character, this sentient body lias been guided by his will. So was it in the times of Jefferson, of Ma dison, of Monroe. When such a master mind was not to be had, the democracy has been split into sectarian worshippers of a number of local leaders —provincial great men. But even when the mass has thus been taken at a disadvantage, the Doctrinaires have rarely if ever been able to make good useofit. Somehow or other the bell weathers ofthe flock have agreed to cede their claims in tavor of one of their number; or their followers have been in duced to desert them for a time in favor of some man of straw, till that moment un heard of. The democratic mass is the field, which yields a harvest to experien ced political traders —the Doctrinaires are too sensible to be used by them, and too supercilious to use them; and the political tiaders, by appealing to the public senii ment ofthe moment, carry the day. * * From the Liverpool Mail, Nov. SO. A citizen of the name of Polk —a man unknown to fame—has been virtually e leeled President of the United States of America, thereby defeating»he pretensions of Henry Clay. Mr. Polk, who stood on the loco-foco or rabble interest, has declar ed himself favorable to the annexation of Texas to the Federal Union, to slavery, and a modified tariff! Mr. Clay is what the Americans call a ‘whig,’ an anti-slu vite, a man of peace, favorable to a stiff tariff! heavy customs, and unbounded pro tection to American manufactures. How he came to be beaten is rather curious. The false, if not fraudulent, principle upon which the American constitution is founded, is year by year sinking the re public in the mire. For instance, it is the law there that every foreigner who comes has it in his power, by means of a declar ation, to become a free citizen, and vote in the elections. The Americans thought this wise policy at the commencement of their independence , on the principle that having stolen the property of their king, they had an equal right to steal his or any other king’s subjects. It is an adage that stolen property never thrives—never, in the end, benefits the thief; and the Amer icans have at length discovered this to be a fact. F’or many years tens ofthousands of Irishmen, Germans, Poles, and other foreigners, have landed on their shores, a vast proportion of them in rags, hungry, and homeless, ready, of course, to work, beg, fight, or do any thing for a dish of po tatoes, a slice of pumpkin pie, and a draught of sour cider. These men have become electors; and they are not only for midable in point of numbers, but, what is more to the purpose, every man’s vole is worth from ten to fifteen votes in all the I large towns. They consequently carry all the elections, by force and fraud. From the London Spectator , of Nov. 80. It is curious how little effect this deter mination ofthe Million not to bo ruled by the mere men of training and education has had upon the march ofpublic affairs j in the U. Slates. The principles which 1 have been adopted by the Doctrinaires have had an influence over the people and their chosen rulers which themselves have been unable to attain. While the Doctri naires have continued unaltered under their shifting names of Federalists, Whigs &c. the Million have repeatedly changed their principles, though clinging to their ! original designation of Democrats. They 1 have been resolute in having their own will, but that will has been most mutable The leaders of the Million—the celebri ties and the traders in politics—speak the commentary sentiments of the Million at Selections, but they adopt the principles of the Doctrinaires in the Cabinet. They 1 rely on the changeable moods of their sup ! porters —upon the thousand conflicting in terests and prejudices which divide them for averting the punishment of inconsis tency when the elections come round a !gain. They address the passions ofthe multitude by their speeches, its judge ment by their acts. The wilfulness of the mass of the Amer ican people guides it in the choice of its rulers; but an undercurrent of good sense and right feeling compels those leaders to keep on the whole within certain bounds of sound policy. Though the party ofthe Canadian sym pathizers, of the advocates of Texian an nexation, and the forcible occupation of Oregon, have triumphed there is no more fear of their crotchets being carried into effect under Polk than under Clay. And though the tariff'was the cheval de batail le, ofthe Whigs, free trade principles are as far from being really in the ascendant in Congress as they would have been had the Whigs triumphed. The average in telligence and morals of the American people give law to the Government what ever be the personality of the governers. The most important change likely to be wrought in the U. States by the election of Polk is the adoption of anew name by the Doctrinaires; the Whigs are writing themselves down “Native Republicans” as fast as they can. A member of Congress writing to bis friend in this place, say3 that ‘Mr. Polk keeps his own counsel about the future Cabinet, at least one must think so from ibe silence and ignorance that prevails here in regard to its composition.’ Mr. Polk, President elect, will be at Washington on the 20th of F'ebruary, and has quarters prepared for him at Brown’s. Dreadful Steamboat accident —31 lives lost. On Saturday, Dec. 14th, the Belle of Clarksville came in collision with the Louisiana, the former bound from New Orleans to Nashville, the latter from Mem phis for New Orleans, heavily laden with cotton by which accident the Belle of Clarkesville was entirely demolished. Her hull parted from her cabin and sank instantly, the cabin floated off with the persons saved. Names of the passengers lost, nearly all of whom were residents of West Tennes see. Win. Tabb, P. Linn, W. Linn, J. Ry an, R. Malisle, N. Sills, Win. Jones, T. Whittey, N. T. Allen, A. Kirkland, G. Flyer, son of J. W. Hull, J. Peay, John J* Peav, 12 negro hands belonging to boat 31- * The survivors lost all their baggage- There were six valuable race-horses on board; all of which were lost, among them the celebrated mare Ann Haynes. The iron closet , containing $12,000, was sa ved. The cargo of the Belle lost, was in sured for $23,000 and the boat for SBOOO. HARRIER. In Apalachicola, Fa. on the sth tilt, by the Rev, James Milieu, Mr. N. C. Joses (Printer,) former ly of Alliens, Ga.to Miss Octavia, only daughter of J. Matheny, Esq. In Griffin, Ga. on the 28J ult. bv the Rev. J. W. Williamson, Mr. Robert W. Bullard, to Miss Mart Dulin, all of Griffin. In Jones county, on the 2Gth ult. by Judge Pitts Col. Manuel Pitts, to Miss Caroline, daughter ol Janies E. Roberts, Esq. all of the same county. In Columbus, «<i: the 19th ult. by the Rev. Dr. Pierce, Mr. Josiah .Morris, to Miss Sarah Eli zaeetii Harvey, all of Columbus. DIED. In Athens, Ga. on the ltilh ult. Sarah Ann. in fant daughter of Wm. P. and Elisalieih A. Tal mudge; aged 6 months, and one day. EAST NOTICE. A LI- persons who have given their notes lor thy -u*- hire of Negroes belonging to the estate ot Luke J. Morgan deceased, for the year 1844, will take notice, that they have been placed in the hands of Poe & Nisbet, and if not paid by the Blh of February next, thev will be sued. LEWIS S. BROWN, Adm’or. January 8, 1845. 134 t BASGAII8! BARGAINS! OR only a few weeks lunger, you will find the *- cheapest Goods in Macon bv calling at H. BERHEIMER & BROTHERS, at Ray &. McNeil's old stand. January 8, 1845. is (f EXTENSIVE FACTORY PRIVI LEGE. 1 ENTERPRISING Capitalists desirous of mak -3 ing investments in the establishment of Fac tories at the South can now do so upon the most favorable terms. My Mills nre situated thirteen miles north-west of Macon, upon the Tobesofkv Creek, which through summer and winter affords the most abundant water. In addition on the banks of the stream there is located an extensive and inexhaustible granite quarry, from which mv Mills have been erected, that will be an additional privilege and inducement to huilders. Gentlemen or chartered companies desirous of engaging in the business will have a first rate op portunity of purchasing the privilege for a term of veats by applying to the •uibscriber at his residence ten miles above Macon on the Forsvth road. NEEDHAM MIMS. January 8, 1845. J3 6t STATE OF GEORGIA : A PUOCLAJIATION. By George W. Crawford, Governor of said State. TIIATIONS and Stales, like man, are subject to An the vicissitudes of joy and grief. The afflic tions that humble, are always sad—the blessings that enliven, often neglected monitors. As pa tience and humility must wait on the one, so should gratitude attend the other. Happy is that land whose people can so apply the “ uses ol ad versity” and prosperity, as to be ever mindful of the just relation between the Creative and created power, and steadily imitate, by their actions, that standard of morality whose authority and hope is Heaven. In accordance with these views and an approved custom, I, Georoe Walker Crawford, Governor ofthe State ol Georgia, have deemed it proper to issue this, my Proclamation, and appoint Thursday, the 13th day of F'ebruary next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer, and request that all religious denominations in the Stale, will, on that day, meet at iheir usual places of worship, and supplicate the Great Ruler of the Universe that His blessings may be continued upon our beloved land. Given under my hand and the seal of the Execu tive Department, at the Capitol in Milledge ville, this first of January, 1845. GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, By' the Governor: S. J. Anderson, S. F.. D. January 7, 1845. 13 It .XIRS. F. SILBEK, OF PARIS, MILLINER AND FASHIONABLE lit ’css Store next door to .Messrs. Watts Sc Moulton's, Commerce Row. Respectfully informs the Ladies of JVfacon and vicinity, that she has just’arriveit from New Fork, with anew and well seleeted ctr»Flf of npiv VEL VE TS, SILK, STRAIV, & LEGHORNS which wili be sold very low. Old bonnets repair' edat the shortest notice. A call is respectfully so licited. December It, 18-14. 9 ts THE.! TJRE» ~ #o&jr s. HAS the honor of announcing to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Macon and its vicinity, and the patrons of the Drama tpinerally thathe will open the IBACOSf THEATRE, in a few days, with a talented and respectable Com pamj. During the season all the novelty will be presented that can be procured. The interior of the Theatre will be fitted up in splendid style, and such arrangements made as the Manager trust swill merit and receive a liberal share of patronage. Macon, January Ist, 1845 12