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THE REPUBLIC.
SAMI'EL M. STRONG) Editor.
MACON, JANUARY 22, 18457“
COTTON NAUKET.
The market during the week past, al
though the sales have not been large, has
been more animated than it has been lor
weeks before. The last Ibreign advices
were rather favorable and we trust that
prices in this country have passed the lo
west point, and, although no considerable
aJvance can be reasonably expected, jyct
we trust that prices will not range any
lower. We quote extremes to-day 15 a
4 1-2 cents.
OIKSELVEB AGAIN,
We are sure that the inferences drawn
by some of our Democratic friends from
the course we have felt solemnly and hon
estly bound to take in relation to theposi
lion accupied by several prominent men
of our party, on the Texas and other
questions, are unjust to us. We will
*tate once for all, that this journal is not the
organ, nor tcill it be of amj particular clique
tfnnv or old lights. We havcplanted our
selves upon the great issues of 1844, and
there we intend to stand—“fearing noth
ing caring nothing.” if we had none more
than this we should feel rebuked as a
driveling factior.ist. If we should do less
than this, we should feel that we were
basely recreant to principle. We arc aware
that efforts have been made to prejudice
a certain portion of our friends against
this Journal for its animadversion
Wright and Benton. Os such, if they are ,
really Democrats thenlselves, we have a
very simple enquiry to make. If the
great question of annexation is defeated
fruin the unworthy prejudices cherished
against those who negotiated, by some of
tl>e leading men of our patty, in what posi
itiou will it put the new administration, as
wolf as the democratic party l Will it
not Weaken the influence of the one, and
break up the other entirely? These ate seri
ous issues, but we appeal to the common
understanding and honesty Os every good
Democrat, if there is not just cause of a
llarm for the success of the new admiuis
itration, if, as we have said before, the
•question of annexation is defeated by our
.own friends. \V r c repeat again that we
would not if we could, enkindle the Haines
.oljjealousv in the bosoms of any portion of
.our party, ur of one section of the Union
.against I fie other. Our object is not to
withhold justice from any man, or the peo
ple of any sootioo, —but to insist upon it
li'urthe people of our own cherished clime,
lll'iii doing this we have failed to lullil the
expectations of any of oar friends, we be
seech them to attribute it to no want of'dis
position on our part, hut to those errors of
judgement incident to the human mind
anti Irotu .which the most infallible of our
r ace,cawwmt uUniui exemption. In conclu
sion we <wify add, that be the conse
.qucnccs what they may temporarily, we
arc cheered with the .consciousness that
wt had aud still have rlfee greatest lights
in the political lieav-arsstill beckoning us
right onward.
On the great quest am of annexation, we
.have at ail times turned with idolatrous
adminutlonto ll*e tmjy etkvwtodand Amer
ican views of the venerable and sainted
patriot of the Hermitage, and we are sure
that it is scarcely necessary to call the
public attention to the following manly and
thrilling appeal from the old hero, dated
Ist of January.
HER.UITAGft, Jan. l, IB4't.
Mv dear Mr. Bbiir- —I cannot linl«*:ir, mi this
first day of the year 1845, to let yon know tlmt I
am sitill ill llie land of the living, sJlhmioli greatly
_dfflif ie<i ami debilitated. .Vy whole liimilv join me
in kind salinations to you ami yours, wishing you
the joys of tlie season. .Way you all live to see
many happy new years.
I observe that von have lielbre Congress too
tunny joint resolutions lor tlie tea ime .Nation of Tex
as. This argues want ofonauiimty in lliv Demo*
a.racy upon this great national ami most important
subject. 1 have just received from .V.-ij. Dnuelsoti,
a letter tlaleil at Washington, in Texas, from
which I would inter, that it’ Congress e.\|H'Ct to
annex Texas to the United States, they itiiist act
sjieedily, or it will be found to lie beyond our grasp.
Tl,e rejection of the advances of Texas lias given
offence to some, and a handle to others to press
the liberal propositions of England ti|am the Tex
ans, together with the splendid view of Texas in
dependent, growing into a vast Keptih ic, in lime
so embrace not only tbc limits of Texas, hut all
•tSie domain once JVontezuma’s. This view, to am
bilious aspirants, added to the guaranties of Kn
glaml of her independence, and the loan of large
sums for ten years, based upon a Treaty that En
glish manufactures shall he free of duty, is gaining
•a party in Texas. General Houston is still the
leading,star ; and his influence alone can be coun
ted upon to resist the present influence of England
ami its increasing power. How long this influ
ence of England can be successfully withstood in
Texas, is becoming a very questionable matter.—
1 have taken a view of the whole ground, giving
to all information its due weight, and I say to you,
that, unless Congress acts upon this subject prompt
ly, Texas will be beyond our grasp, and lost to the
United States Ibrever, unless regained by the sword
AVhat will be the situation of our country, with
British manufactures introduced duty free into
Texas ? Comment is unnecessary.
I hazard nothing in saying that, if the present
Congress do not act promptly upon this subject,
the next will not have the power. The consent of
Texas cannot then be obtained. Great Britain
will have laid the lion's paw upon her, aud bound
her by treaty.
I ant exhausted ; hut, from Maj. Dhnelson's let
ter, and other sources of intirrmation, tlie danger
of losing Texas seemed so imminent, that, altho"
feeble, I could not lorbear to say this mneh to you,
that you might communicate it to my trie mitt.—
May God bless you and vours.
ANDREW JACKSON.
The Hon. W. C. Dawsotvof Greene,
has been appointed Judge of the Sttperier
Courts of the Ocmulgee Circuit, to fill tlie
vacancy occasioned by tlie resignation of
Judge Cone.
We are indebted to the courtesy of Sen
ators Woodbury, Walker, Lewis, anti
Colquitt, and to Messrs. Yancy, Belser,
Chappell, Stiles. Lumpkin and Haralson,
of the House of Representatives, for valu
able public documents.
, slavbky.
Gcotge Bancroft has an interesting
chapter on Slavery in his able and enter
taining history of the United Stales. For |
a Bostonian he treats the subject with en
larged and liberalized views. He is no
fanatic of the Adams school, but a gen
tleman of distinguished ability, a scholar
of unexampled research, a statesman of
elevated and comprehensive mind, and a
historian who has given to his country a i
work destined to rank its author with the
Humes, the Robinsons, and the Gibbons, 1
and to adorn his brow with the chaplet of
enduring fame.
It was this history that the blue light
faculty of Cambridge proscribed from
their list of Text Books, because Ceorge
Bancroft exhibited that lofty tone, that
undisguised and independent attachment l
to the Jeffersonian school of polities, and
hurled with so much effect his irresistible j
eloquence and burning irony at their dar- '
ling system of federal policy.
After attributing the existence of Sla
very in this country to the avarice of the
merchants of England, he proceeds after
the following method to trace the origin
of the institution.
“ Slavery and the slave trade are older
than the records of human society; they
are found to have existed wherever the
savage hunter began to assume the habits
of pastoral or agricultura l life; and with
the exception of Australasia they have ex
tended to every portion of the globe.—
They pervade every nation of antiquity.
The earliest glimpses of Egyptian history
exhibit pictures of bondage; the oldest
monuments of human labor on the Egyp
tian soil are evidently the results of slave
lalnir. The founder of the Jewish nation
1 was a slave holder, and a purchaser of
slaves. Every patriarch was lord in his
own household.
“The Hebrews when they burst the
bOi'nls of their own thraldom,carried with
then.' beyond the deseit the institution of
slaver v. The light that broke from Sinai
scattered the corrupting illusions of poly
theism ; but slavery planted itself even
in the promised land, on the banks of
Silva near the oracles of God. The He
brew father might doom bis daughter to
frond age; the trip' trial children anil poster
ity if the emandputcJ slave , remained the
property of the matter and his heirs; and
if a slave, though mortally wounded by
his master, did hut languish of his wounds
!irr a day, the owner esc Aped with im
punity ; tor the slave was his master’s
money, it is even probable that at a
later period a man’s family might be sold
for the payment of his debts.
“ The countries that bordered on Pales
tine were equally familiar with domestic
servitude; and like Babylon, Tyre also,
the oldest and most famous commercial
city of I’luenicia, was a market ‘for the
persons of men.’ The Scythians of the
desert had already established slavery
throughout the plains and forests of the
unknown North.
“Old as are the traditions of Greece,
the existence of slavery is older. The
wrath of Achilles grew out of a quarrel
fora slave; flic Grecian dames had crowds
of servile attendants; the heroes before
Troy made excursions into the neighbor
ing villages and towns to enslave the in
habitants. Greek pirates roving like the
corsairs of Barhary in quest of men, laid
the foundation' of Greek commerce. —
Each commercial town was a slave mart;
and eveiy cottage near the seaside was in
danger from the kidnappers. Greeks en
slaved each other. The language of Ho
mer was the mother tongue of the Helots;
the Grecian city that made war on its
neighbor city exulted in its captives as a
source of profit; the hero of Macedon
sold men of his own kindred into hope
less slavery. The idea of universe// free
labor had not been generated. Aristotle had
written that all mankind are brothers;
yet the thought of equal enfranchisement
never presented itself' to his sagacious
understanding. In every Grecian republic
slavery was an indispt nsabte element."
The historian proceeds to trace the his
tory of slavery through every nation in
Europe, both ancient and modern, until
he comes to present times. Queen Isa
bella of Spain, and the celebrated phi
lanthropist Las Casas, seem according to
Bancroft, to deserve all the honor of hav
ing introduced slavery into the Western
World.
Os all the forms that have character
ised slavery, it assumes in the Southern
states the most modified ami christianised.
From a land of heathenish darkness they
are transported to the light of the true
faith. From the conditional' horrid can
nibalism— to the knowledge of moral re
sponsibility and social comfort. From a
trackless desert to a country abounding
in plenty; from prowling savages they
have been transported into rational and
socialized beings. It is not the province
of humanity to regret .their condition, a
greater temporal curse could not be in
flicted upon them than to send them back
to the savage barbarism of Africa.
CONGRESS —TEXAS.
We arc unable to-day to lay before our
readers, the entire proceedings of Congress
for the last lew days. The Texas ques
tion is now in full blast before both Hous
es, and little doubt is now entertained of
its admission in some shape into the Union
at the present session of Congress, we be
gin already to feel the ground swell. The
measure is loosing its party character in
both Houses, and resolutions for annexa
tion on the terms of the Treaty negotiated
by Mr. Tyler have been introduced in
both Houses by Whig members rin the
Senate by Mr. Foster of Tennessee, and
tlie House by Mr. Brown of the same
State. It is also said that Col. Ben
ton has abandoned bis idea of making the
assent of Mexico necessary to annexation,
and that he will no longer persist in his
unreasonable opposition to the measure,
in these views he carries with him of
course the two Ohio Senators, Tnppan
and Allen. Mr. Haywood of North Car-
olina has submitted to the Senate anew
proposition lor the annexation of Texas.
We have not room to-day tor its publi
cation, but doubt its success.because it is
too full of details to commend it to the real
friends of the measure, in either House,
besides the 24th degree is altogether ob
jectionable, being the proposed limit of
Slavery, by Mr. H’s. bill in the admitted
Territory. This it will be seen is two
degrees and two minutes below the Mis
! souri Compromise, and will not be ac
quiesced in. Upon the whole, we think
the bill of Mr. H. wholly objectionable,
1 and believe that it will be cast out among
the rubbish of the Senate to sleep the
! sleep of the Capulets. Mr. Burke of New
Hampshire has introduced decidedly the
. best plan for annexation that has been of- |
sered lately. It breathes the true spirit.
Jt becomes the man, the noble State he
j represents, and the American people, and ,
i we take pleasure in laying it before the
reader.
MU. YANCEY OF ALABAMA.
We take the following notice of Mr.
Yancey from the Richmond Enquirer of
the 14th inst. The Democratic press of
Washington City, speak in the highest
terms of commendation of the impression
made by this new member from Alabama.
MR. YANCEY OF ALABAMA.
We have rcail (lie sj,eer,li ol'tlns new iiumsilht in
the Houste ot Representatives upon ilie Annexa
-1 lion, and we are not al all surprised at the imprts
, sioii lie produced, and 1 tie reputation lie has ac
quired. It is one ol lhe allies) and most eloquent
speeches we have seen, upon this or upon any oili
er subject. His introductory strictures upon the
Whig Representative from North Carolina, are
very dignified in manner, but tremendous in their
i effect. It strikes like the lightning from Heaven,
| and withers the sapling upon which it falls. Mr.
Yancey is anew niemlier, and a young man —and
if he be not paralyzed by the admiration he lias al
ready excited, nor his head become turned by
the incense of praise, he is destined toattaitt a very
high distinction in the public councils. The ques
tion was the other day, Who is James. K. Polk r
The people have answered that question. The
; question now is, Whods William L. Yancey? A
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
gives this answer in part :
“ Yesterday (the 7tli) the House was electrified
by the maiden speech of Mr. Yancey on it. Hi
certainly will become the Charles James Fox of
Ametica. William L. Yancey is a lawyer, from
Alabama; 26 years old; elected representative to
the lower House of Alabama, from Coosa county,
in 1841, in which he remained til! 1842. when he
| was elected to the Senate of the same State, from
same county, forthree—resigned in 1844. and was
elected to fill (he vacancy of Hon. Dixon H. Lew
is, in Congress, the latter being elevated to L . S.
Senate. He is about 5 teel 7 incites high, line
proportions, with a quick laughing eye. 1 think he
| is destined to lead the younger part of the Demo
ctatic parly in the House. He is a great friend of
Calhoun—rich—married, with a family. His
speech, as a speech, was admired by Whigs as
well as Democrats. Judge Baylv, of Virginia,
Ibllotved, who said he did not wish to make a tlis
play, or he would not follow Mr. Yancey, who had
j certainly made the best speech lie hud heard on
the floor of Congress.”
MACON THEATRE.
The Theatre opened lor the first night
of the season with Bulwer’s popular
i'lay of Lady of Lyons, which was re
ceived by a full house with great ap
plause. This fine play loses none of its
interest by repetition. The principal
characters were well sustained, and Mr.
Potter deserves great credit for the very
handsome manner in which lie seems de
termined to conduct the Theatre, and we
trust that the lovers of the drama and our
play-going friends will not fail to extend
to him a generous patronage. On yester
day' evening Richard Sneill’s historical
Tragedy of the Apostate was performed—
Mr. Jones’ appearing in his favorite char
acter, Count Pi sea ra, and Mrs. Potter as
Florinda. All who witnessed them in
these characters speak in terms of high
commendation of their performance.—
Mr. Jones engagement is, we understand,
lor a very sho/t time, and those who have
not witnessed his acting should not lose
the opportunity which the remaining
nights offer.
The entire company is composed of la
dies and gentlemen of acknowledged ta
lents, and we have no doubt but the best
exertions of the manager will he used to
conduct the Tlteatre during the season so
as to receive, as well as to deserve, a lib
eral patronage.
The Campanologian Band of Swiss
Bell Ringers whose novel and extraordi
nary performances have been hailed with
enthusiastic approbation throughout Eu
rope and the ptincipal cities of the Union,
will give one of their novel concerts, at
the Theatre, this evening.. The following
notice of them is from the Savannah Re
publican :
The Campanologian Band of Swiss
Bell-Ringers —These remarkable mu
sical performers have arrived in our citv,
and will give their first exhibition this
; evening at Oglethorpe Hall. Their his
■ tory is perhaps as curious as their per
formance is remarkable. The idea, we
are informed by a gentleman connected
with the.company, was first suggested to
some Swiss, by an old and time honored
custom in some of the mountain regions
of that country, of chiming bells during
j the Christmas holidays. Having practis
ed until they had attained a considerable
degree of perfection four of them visited
England for the purpose of learning to
weave and obtain other information in re
gard to the system of manufactures, which
has been brought to such remarkable
perfection in that country. In England,
they became acquainted with several
persons who had been practiced in clii
; ming bells in the churches of the village,
where they were located. With these,
they continued to practice, continually in
creasing the number of bells used, until
they acquired confidence sufficient to em
bolden them to give an exhibition in pub
lic. Their first attempt was made at an
Agricultural Fair, in the presence of some
fou-ror five thousand people. Their suc
cess in some of the primary notes produ
ced sach an impression that the audience
could not be restrained from giving the
most boisterous manifestations of pleas
ure. This so disconcerted them tlrat in
the subsequent part of the exhibition they
entirely failed. Nothing daunted, how
ever, they continued to practice, and final
ly went to London, and pet formed in
presence of select audiences of the no
bility, where their success was so, great
as to embolden them to appear in public-
The sequel of their history is already
known in both England and America,
where their brilliant performances have
alike astonished and delighted thousands
and tens of thousands of all classes.—
Four of the Bell-Ringeis are Swiss, the
others Englishmen*—all of them are quite
young men—none, our intbrmanl thinks,*
over thirty years of age. So perfect
and well sustained is their harmony, that
on more than one occasion persons have
been led to suspect that they were accom
panied by some concealed instrument. —
This was recently the case at the Presi
dent’s House, in Washington, where the
venerable Mrs. Ma lison was so astonish
ed at the performance, and so convinced
that such strains could not be elicited
Irom the simple bells before her, that she
requested permission to examine the ta
ble, to satisfy herself if there were not
a band ot musicians concealed beneath
it. The cloth was removed, but no mu
sicians. nor any instruments discovered
save only the Ringers and their magic
bells, from which the same soli strains
as before continued to flow. Mrs. Child,
the celebrated authoress, gives the Allow
ing description of these men, and their
truly remarkable skill: '
“ The performance of the Bell-Ring
ers is really very wonderful, and well
worth heating, as an exhibition of me
chanical skill, and accuracy of ear.—
When they first played at Niblo’s, i close
ly watched the effect on llih orchestra,
who are considered as skilful a band of
musicians *s any in the country. They
were visibly delighted with the perfect
precision of the performance. Yet the
Campanologians play not merely simple
arillons, but elaborate and dlficult mu
sic, the overture of Fra Diavolo, for in
stance. If this were done by striking the
hells, it would be less surprising ; but
to ting forty-two bells with such rapidity
and precision, is certainly a marvellous
exploit. No wonder they are obliged to
rehearse five hours a day to accomplish
it.
“ The sound of their combined bells is
like a powerful music-box, extremely
sweet, liquid and melodious. A seat at a
distance is more agreeable than one very
near ; not only because the metallic sound
is softened, but because the performers
themselves appear tint much like ma-:
chines, when viewed closely. A writer
in one of our papers jestingly undertook
to prove they were automata, and certain
ly if one of Maelzel’s figures should be
placed among them, in the same dress,
it would not be so very easy to detect the
counterfeit. The mechanical look and
attitude is the inevitable result of a long
protracted habit of listening intently, in
order to play each particular note in the
right place.
“Four of these men began to practice
iheir difficult art seven years ago. At
first they used but seven bells, but grad
ually increased the number to twenty-six.
TUeiv company consists of seven,
and they use forty-two bells, varying in
size from a large cow-bell to the smallest
dinner-bell. They had these bells inanu
fuclureJ tor them, and carefully attuned
hvf scraping the metal. It took ninej
months of patient practice to attune them
to a perfect concert pitch. The clappers
are upon a spring. A piece of leather
goes through the ball of the tongue; the
leather stiikes the bell, and renders the
tone more soft and sweet. They place
the fiire-tingcr and thumb upon the sides
of the bell, and thus obtain a steady hold,
while they prevent disturbing vibrations.
“ The lowest bell is the lowest C. of,
the treble cliff) and tliey run up three oc
taves and one fourth, with all the semi’
tones. Four of them play the air, the oth-)
er three play a harmony in the lowest oc
tave of the bell, similar to a guitar accom
paniment to a song. They trill notes
beautifully. Every piece of music is ne
cessarily arranged for them. But nature
and art have made them so perfect in this
matter that one of them cannot ring a false
note, without its being instantly detected
by all the others. So correct are their
tones, that a piano can be accurately at
ruued by them. Their memory, too, is
wonderful. Anyone of them can tell in
staneously all the notes that are to be
played for ten bars ahead. Their bells
have to be changed frequently, often with
as much rapidity as printers take up their
I types. Sornestimes a bell that is at one
end of the long tabic, is needed at the oth
er extremity ; but they never forget to
pass it along in season.”
We yield a large portion of onr paper
to-day, to the exclusion of other matter, to
tire very interesting debates on the Texas
question ami the proceedings of Congress,
which will be tbuml under their appropri
ate heads.
THE DI’KI..
The Baltimore and Washington City
papers of the 14th states that Messrs.
Chngmaii ami Yancey attended by their
friends, met on the day previous, in the
vicinity of Beltsville, Prince George coun
ty Maryland, and that after one exchange
of shots, from which neither party sus
tained any injury, the affair was settled
by mutual explanation and concessions.
» Mrs. Madison, anil Mrs. Hamilton, the
j venerable widows of James Madison and
Alexander Hamilton, are in Washington.
They have not met since the administra
tion of Washington, when they were on
terms of intimacy in Philadelphia.
THE EX-PRESIDENT OF TEXAS.
The Hon. Miral*eau B. Lamar, and
other distinguished gentlemen of the
“[.one Btar” Republic, were handsomely
received by tire public authorities and cit
izens of New York on tlie 7th inst. Thei
Governor's room was granted to llrem as
a reception room, ami all lionof bestowed
which was due to such distinguished
, strangers.
FAR M ERS’ CON YEN T ION.
We have been requested to state that a
meeting of the Planters of this county,
will be held in this City, on Saturday the
18th inst. for the purpose of selecting del
egates to send to the Farmers’ Convention j
to he held in Milledgeville, on the 4th
Monday of this month. We are also re
quested to urge upon the Planters of Lee
to hold a meeting tor the same purpose in
Clarksville, at the adjourned term of their j
Court. We know no better manner of so
liciting attention to the importance of this
subject, that by copyinglhe following from '
;he Southern Recorder ’.-All. Cow.
‘We trust this interesting subject will
Ire borne in mind by our agricultural
friends generally. We recommend, it
there are any counties that have neglec
ted to appoint delegates yesterday, that
they will yet do so; and that llie time of
meeting be specially remembered—tin* 4th
Monday of this month. We augur great
good from the interchange of’views of our
agricultural friends, in regard to their great
pursuit; a pursuit upon whose prosperity
the prosperity of all depends.
A PATRIOT, PRINTER, & CHRIS
TIAN.
The Briegpport Conn. Farmer of the
31st uli. announces the death, in Bridge
port, of Sides Nichols, Esq. in the 84 th year
of his age. Accompanying the announce
ment is n notice of the deceased, from
which we gather the following facts : llc|
was a soldier in the revolution, was at
Fairfield at the lime of the burning of that
town, was at West Point, Whiteplains,
and at New York at the time of its evacu
ation by the British. In 1802 hr estab
lished the Republican Farmer at Danbu
ry, which was the only Democratic paper
in the state al that lime, with the excep
tion of the Mercury, at Hart lin'd. Feder
alism at that time was insolent and over
hearing, and Mr. Nichols was made to
feel all its oppression. For an alleged li
bel upon his political opponents he was
dragged to trial and lined 8800; the costs
added to this increased the sum to 81200.
This broke up his establishment until the
year 1810, when he resumed it in Bridge
|>ortt and there continued to publish his
paper until 1840. when he retired from
| business at the age of 80. For nearly 40
years he was a member of the Episcopal
Church, ami died in pence with all the
world, without leaving an enemy behind.
Senator Dickinson's Political Creed. —
Senator Dickinson of New York, in a Id
ler to the editor of the Plebeian, declares
his hostility to a National Bank, to a Pro
tective Tariff) to the distribution of the
Land Fund, and to the assumption of die
State Debts by the Federal Government.
He subscriln's to the opinion that the veto
power has never been abu.-,cd or misap
plied. Oil the subject of Texas and Ore
gon, he holds the following language:
lain in favor ot the n-anncjration of
Texas to the United States, from which it
was, to say the least, improvideally sever
ed. It is a homely adage, that it takes
two to make’a bargain,” and when the two
assent, both being capable of contracting,
I see no objection to its consummation.—
These are my views upon the general pro
position merely, for I cannot now com
mand time enough to consider details.
The Territory of Oregon is as much
ours as the City and County of New York,
and I would as soon yield one as the other
upon a claim of right. A longer neglect
to prov ide for the prompt and efficient oc
cupation thereof, would jusilv he regarded
as truckling to a power whose governmen
tal landmarks shows how far her courage
and ability have carried her, for by these
only is she limited.
The Fees of her Majesty's Accouchers. —
The fee presented to Dr. Locock, first
physician accoucher to the Queen, is, it
is understood, upon the Lirtli of a royal
infant, .£IOOO. Dr. Ferguson receives
.£•500, and Sir James Clark the same a
mount. Mrs. Lilly, the Queen’s monthly
nurse, receives “ lbr the month” .£3OO.
This amount is generally swelled to up
wards ot £6OO, the extras being deriv
ed from the handsome presents the nurse
receives from each guest invited to the
christening. The wet nurse is said to
receive £.’loo per month for her service,
besides the gratifying prospect of some
portion of her family being provided tor,
either in the army or navy, or in some
of the public offices.
We refer our readers to the advertise
ment of Mr. Newcomb, contained in our
columns this morning. Mr. N. has open
ed a Hotel at Macon, Ga. under the name
jofthe ‘Flcyd House,’ and we have learn
ed from those who have partaken of the
hospitalities there dispensed, that it is
kept in the New York style.— Charleston
Cornier.
THE COTTON TRADE.
From Liverpool, ouradvices are to the
16th, and from Havre to the 9th ult. The
news brought is of little consequence.—
That is to say, there are no wars or ru
mors of wars, and the activity and pros
perity of’ilie arts, manufactures and com
merce of that country go on increasing.
VVe extract the following from the Lon
don Standard :
Commercial Activity. —“ The accounts
from the manufacturing districts indicate
a degree of activity, enterprize, and pro
fit, beyond any former example ; these
accounts are indeed so favorable as to be
even alarming to all who look to the fu
ture. In some places mill-owners calcu
late upon realizing again of 50 per cent,
upon their capital within the year ; in
others, fortunes of TOO,OOO, .-'*70,000, and
Tloo,t>oo, have been already realized,
while mills are rising in all directions
facts to which the the Property-tax-CGrn
missiohers must be duly attentive.—
fed. Uni eg.
Victoria is again armouaced as being
in an ‘interesting condition.’
MURDER.
The Baltimore American, of Wednes
day last, has the following: ‘Ayoung man
named Paul Roux, ascertained by pa
pers found in his possession, to be a hard
ware merchant of Macon, Georgia, arri
ved in this city from Philadelphia, on Sa
turday night, and put up at the house of
Thomas Noland, keeper of a small tavern
in South Charles-street. On Monday
night he was found ded in his bed. with
his throat cut from carlo ear, and his skull
broken in with an axe, which had been
thrown under the bead after the commis
sion of the deed. The murderer is sup
posed to he a young man named Henry
MeCurry, who roomed with the deceased
on Sunday night, and left for Philadel
phia on Monday night, about half an hour
before the murder was discovered. Offi
cers have gone in pursuit of him. The
deceased was a member of the Odd Fel
; lows 58ociety, belonging to Ocmulgee En
campment, No. 2, at Macon. His remains
have been taken charge of by the Odd
Fellows of this city, by whom they will
be interred.
[We learn from ngentlcman in this city
that Mr Roux left this place on his way
to New York, about three weeks since,
lor the purpose of purchasing goods, hav
ing made arrangements to establish him
self in Charleston. He has resided for
the last three years in Macon, and was
unfortunately burned out at the fire
] which occured in that city last summer.
He was a native ot f*t. Marys, Ga ; and
has a sister residing in this city, being his
only living relative.] — Eds. Sac. Rep.
Miseries of an Editor. —While a half A
dozen mc-n are waiting fora copy, a friend
comes in and holds a chat with you about
nothing at all.
W hen you have received returns of an
important election and arranged all your
newspapers in order to make out a state
ment, three or four persons come ?fr, seize
upon your well arranged file} and confuse
your brain by questions about the news.
While you are intently occupied in rea
ding or writing, a couple of persons walk
up and down the room, give you a slap on
your shoulder, spitting on the carpet, tal
king, whistling and singing.
W Iren your whole time in the afternoon
is barely sufficient to ek« out matter for
the pajier, to lose an hour or two in an idle
chat with one about nothing, and cant get
riil of them.
By the worst misery, is for a person to
take a seat by your desk and read a pa
l>cr, while you are busy writing, although
lie observes the strictest silence.—A T . Ot
Cour.
IKARRIKD.
In Houston, Cos. on the 7th inst., by the RcV. ft
•V. Smith. Mr. Edward Stubs*, of Bibb county
to .Miss Mary tt. Bronson, ol'ihe shore place.
In Haynesville, on llie 2nd inst. by Chas. F. PaO
i ulo, Esq Mr Henry B. Hr mow, to M»*s SaraU
E. Childers.
(u Augusta, Ga. on the sth inst, by the Rer,
Mr. l)oJd, .Ur. AcoDWis Green, of Jefferson
Hall, Greene couniy,Ga. to Miw Nancy Fisher,
of Boston, Mass.
In Dooly county, on the fWtbof Dec. bv Chas. F,
I‘attillq, Fsq. Mr-. Oliver P. NWeariegton, to
Mrs. Nancy Collier.
in Grittin, Ga on ilk* I3lb ioM. f»y A. A. Gaul
ding, E»q. Mr. Franc is M. Ison, to Miss Ecsice
A. Bledsoe, daughter of Penehev Htedsoe, Esq.
all ol Pike.
BIRD,
In this Citv, on llie lOtlr inst. Margaret Car-'
oi.ine, inlirnt daughter of Kdivard. tt and Catlmr
tine 'l'racy.
In this City, im the 7th inst, Elizabeth Ree,
aged .4 years and 6 months; —mr ibeilth inst.
Charles, aged 5 years and 2 nrmotlw, children of
Charlesand Erli/.aliclii W. Collon,
THEATRE. *
THE SW ISS
Hell ilinoersi
YA/ t OI'LD respectfully announce to the
" ▼ citizens of Macon, that they will giv* at
CONCER TANARUS, on this (Wednesday) evening,
AT Tilt THEATRE,
On which occasion they will 1* assisted hy Mr.-
I'.vnKßNim, the celebrated Flutist, and will*exe
cute a variety of their most popular composition*.-
The entertainment will conclude with the popu
lar Drama of
TIIE RES Ej
THE ORPHAN OF GENEVA.
Carwin, Mr. W. G. Jane*/
Fontaine, Brandon,
Delpare, Fraser,-
Lavigne, Kemble,
Count de MorviHe,- Mehen,
Picard, Donovan/
Therese, Mrs. Potter,
Countess, Miss Birchard/
Bridget, Mrs. Kemble/
Xannet to, Mrs. Fraser.
CO” Admittance, One Dollar to all par ft of tire
house.
CQ" Tlie five front seats mm partitioned off as
Boxes, will lie reserved on this occasion expressly
for (.adies.
Macon,-Jan. K, lAda. 1 5 Jj
ADMINISTRATOR'S HALE.
A GREEABLY to ananler of the Inferior Cour*
°f Cratvlord enmity, when sitting for ordinary
purposes, will Ixj sold on the first Tiesday in
April nexi, before tlie fcouM-honse door in the tb'wn
ol Knoxville, within the legal hours of Sale, one
hundred one and a fourth aorct of laud more or lees,
' being pari of lot No. I4&,inthf setoud district of
originally Houston, now Cratvlord county. Soft!
as the property of Isaiah Culpepper, tale of said
county, deceased, »"|<| |,, r the benefit of the heirs.
LEWIS F. HICKS, AdntW.
In right of hi* wife.
January ‘J-J, 1845. ti
tI'OCR MONTHS alter date application srtH
be made to the Itoaorafcle the Inferior Court
of Crawtbrd county when sitting for ordinary put
fur leave to sell, all the real estate hefnaging
to the estate of William Matthews , late ot said
county deceased.
PATRICK M. CALHOUN, Admr.
January 22, 1845. 15—4 m.
BARGAINS! BARGAINS I!
*/*OR only a few weeks longer, you will find the
K- cheapest Goods in Macon, hv nttinr at
H. BERHEIMER & BROTHEAS,
! at Ray &. McNeil’*oh} stand.
January 8, 1845.