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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.