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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1853.
Democratic Conventions in Georgia.
The Gubernatorial Convention will meet at Mil*
ledeeville on the third Wednesday in June.
The Congressional Convention for the 2d District
will meet at Albany on the fifth Wednesday in June.
Counties whieh have not appointed delegates have no
time to lose in making their selections. The time is
short. Let every lover of his country see to it, that
his county is fully represented in both eonventi ns.
Our Superior Court.
In consequence of the death of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court the spring sitting has been adjourned until
Monday 6th of June next.
The trip to Savannah.
We have been requested to announce that the Rail
Road Festival at Savannah has been postponed until
the second day of June.
Our Guests
Arrived in Macon at 12 o’clock, M., 21st inst.. on
their return home, and were met ct th® depot by car
riages and omnibusses, in whieh preceded by a band of
music, they repaired to the Lanier House and partook
of a sumptuous dinner provided by the citizens of Ma
con.
The d* legations from Savannah reached home at 30
minutes after nine o’clock, without accident of any kind.
The Savannah papers are filled with glowing de
scriptions of our city, our hospitality, and more particu
larly our ladies. In our next issue we will give liberal
extracts from their columns, and are pleased to inform
our readers that we have a full report of Mr. Berrien’s
reply to Maj. Howard’s reception address and Pierpont’s
inimitable song. The mail failed yesterday, or we would
have been up with the news in this issue.
Speeches of Messrs. Toombs and Jones at the
Rail Road Festival.
We find in the Enquirer fuller reports of the speech
es of Mews. Toombs and Jones at the Rail Road Fes
tival, and gladly transfer them to our columns, as they
relate to a project near our hearts and still nearer the
pockets of our readers—we of course refer to the G : rard
Railroad. We also invite the attention of our readers
to the letter of Mr. 11. Foster on the Mobile subscrip
tion, and the comments of the Tribune thereon. We
have no doubt but that Mobile will so amend the con
ditions annexed to her subscription as to make it availa
ble, if it is not so in its present shape. Her interest is
too nearly connected with the road, she has exhibited
too ardent a zeal in its early completion, to allow her
munificence to be defeated by impracticable conditions.
W e willingly refer the whole matter to the good sense
of her citizens—and let croakers croak on. The sub
scription will be made available. Verbum sat.
Col. Jones said :
Mr. President and gentlemen from Savannah from
Macon and all those who have honored us with your at.
tendance on this day we celebrate, look at the hand wri
ting on the wail, the Union of Columbus with Sa
vannah. What is tile day we ett .‘brute ? It is the
day which unites the waters of the Gulf with the great
Atlantic. It is the day which unites the commercial re
lations of Columbus with those of Savannah. It is the
day that binds those cities together with iron lands : and
we trust they are net stronger than the silken cords of
kindness and feeling, which are wound around our hearts.
Savannah, Macon and Coiurubus were in a deep Rip-
Van-Winkle sleep. Savannah was awakened by the
startling cry of tiie steam-whistle of the Charleston and
Hamburg road, Macon by the whistle of the Georgia
Road, and Columbus, by the lumbering of the Cars and
that same shrill and startling whistle from the Montgo
mery and West Point iotd that roused them all from
that deep sleep bordering almost unto the death of their
prosperity. The waking of Savannah was as the Lion
f?um his lair ; guided by her lamented Gordon, who de
serves a monument at her hands, she has put forth the
energies of a giant. Maeon has not lagged but come
forward according • her strength, and Cos umbus, throw
ing off her death-like torp >r, has exceeded all ex
pectations, she has buit the Muscogee Road, she has sub
scribed to the Opelika Road and she lias largely contrib
uted to the Girard Road. They have all done much, but
much remains to do. Mobile, too, has also waked up’
and has gallantly come to the rescue of the Girard road, I
with a million ; and without pretending to dictate to Sa- ;
vanr.ah, allow me to say she must not cease from her la
bors, fold her arms and rest snt'sfied till the waves of the 1
Atlantic pouring [over a rail raid shall disembogue them
selves into the waters of the Gulf—ioto the Gulf of Mex
ico itself, that Mcditerrai C in of the Sou h.
Gentlemen, you are here not to listen to speaking, but
to do mote substantial things.’ I was not ealkd upon to
speak, but to bid you i oel'ome, Savannah, we bid you
welcome, Macon, we bid you welcome, to all who have
joined us iu the festival of feeling and flow’ of soul, we say
welcome, welcome all, thrice welcome ; from our very
hearts we bid you Welcome to the hospitalities of our ta
ble and our cellars.
lion. Robert Toombs, at the call of the meeting,
said ;
lie fully concurred in the sentiments expressed in it.
It embraced two great ideas—the necessity and im
portance ol breaking down the natural barriers ou laud
by rail r ;*ds, and sweeping away the artificial restric
tions of unwise legislation upon the broad ocean, to the
freedom of commerce.
lie claimed for Savannah the praise of being the first
city on the continent tor energy, liberality, and enur- j
prise in the work of internal improvement. She had |
alwaj s urged the development of Georgia's resources
in every emergency, lie also complimented the‘city of
Columbus. Though late, she had come up nobly to the
work—Lett . .ate than never, though in a short time,
two hours would be too late in rad road improvements.
He hoped we wou-d soon reap our reward.
He dwelt at aom . length aud great force upon the
:mportance of cheapening the cost of transportation f
horn the p;.ce of product to the place of consuinpti_>u.
ibis had ten in part accomplished through the rail:
• ad system of Georgia. We had harticst-ed steam j
and made it our wagon and team. But af.er we reach- j
od the sea, w# were met with unjust navigation laws, ■
which to foster the shipping interest, lull imposed 25 to
50 per cent, upon every bale of cotton raised by the
Southern planter. Us therefore advocated a repeal of
he Ration laws, and direct trade to Europe as tbs
proper remedy. lie was in favor of unfettering human
industry of every kind to every extent. He then paid
a eompl ment to our age for the application of science
and arts to the amelioration of the condition of the
world. We had harnessed steam and made the light- j
ning our ntws carrier.
But, gentlemen, you must not be content with w’hat .
you have done; so long as so much remains to be
done, your great work is incomplete. Orleans is the
only true terminus to your internal transportation. All
of our energies should be direct to the completion of j
the Girard road, then this great link will he finished,
the long desired connection between the Atlantic and
the Gulf w’ill be accomplished. With nearly three
hundred miles of the line already completed, and fifty
more advancing rapidly to completion, it will leave but
160 miles, over one of the most favorable routes in the
United States, to finish this great w’ork. Let Colum
bus and Savannah and Mobile and the enterprising and
prosperous people along this line see to it not only that
it shall be d’ ne, but done quickly, that its great and
commanding advantages, social, commercial and po
litical. shall no longer be withheld. This w’ill tlnm
be the main stream through which the trade from the
Gulf to the Atlantic w ill flow’, then your brandies to
Montgomery and Eufnula, as well as many others
which wiil then desire a connection with you, will be
easily accomplished. It will be safe to leave them to
local interests, which will be great enough to insure
their early completion.
lie concluded his able address by congratulating our
citizens on the event they had met to celebrate, and
invoked still greater -flbrts for further improvements.
Girard Road—Action of Mobile.
We learn from Maj. llardawav, President of the
Girard Road, that the Board of Aldermen of Mobile on
the 20th inst. unanimously confirmed the subscription
of $1.000,000t0 the Girard Railroad, and that the coun
cil would unquestionably confirm it the night after.
An additional subscription of 5,000 dollars was ma le by
a gentleman of New Orleans for a relative in Scotland.
Since the above was set up in type w r e have received
the Mobile Tribune , which Bays :
“At the session of the Board of Aldermen on the
19th inst., the communication from the Mayor and Col.
Phillips, enclosing the proceedings of the public meeting,
recently held, to consider the propriety of the city sub
scribing to the stock of the Girard Railroad, with the
action of the Council thereon, proposing that the Mayor
and two Boards meet in convention on Tuesday, the
25th inst. at 4 o'clock p m.. to consider the propriety
and expediency of subscribing on the part of the city to
the stock of the Mobile and Girard Railroad Company,
came up for consideration, when, on motion, the joint
resolution of the Council w’as laid on the table.
The following ordinance was then read and unani
mously adopted :
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council o f the City
of Mobile , That the said city does hereby subscribe for 10,-
000 >hares ol the capital stock of the. Girard Railroad com
pany.
For the purpose of this subscription, the Mayor of the city
is hereby vested w’ith full power to prepare,execute and de
liver the bonds of the city fr $ 1 ,• KX).000. redeemable in 25
years, the interest on which shall not exceed 7 per cent.,
and shall he paid semi-annually.
The subscription to be subject to the following provisos
and conditions;
Ist. That an 2ctofthe Legislature be obtained sanction
ing the said subscription.
2d. That the intere t on the bonds be provided for Hv the
Railroad company until the road is in ru ning order tiom
Mobile Bay to a point in Butler county, at or near Green
ville. •
3d That the bonds be not sold or di-posed of under their
par value.
4th. That the moneys or other means derived from this
sub'crintion iieexclu-ivelv appropriated to the work between
this city and the point indicated above. And,
sth. That the location of the road, so as to afford the
most practicable junction with the city, be within the con
tiol and determination of the city.
In the Board of Common Council the following eve
ning, on motion of Councilman Gazzam, the communi
cation was ordered t< be filed and the ordinance refer
red to a committee of three, with instructions to report
for definite action at the next meeting of the Board.
Messrs. Gazzam, St. John and Dumee were appointed
said committee.—Mobile Tribune.
Alabama Items.
Whig Candidates in Chambers county. Alabama.
The Whigs of Chambers have nominated Col. McLk
more; for the Senate ; D. S. Robertson, T. B. Toud
and Gibbon F. Hill for the House. The Chambers
Tribune , a Whig paper says :
‘‘The nomination is eordialiy received by some and
most heartily rejected by others. t It is suggested, also,
that the ticket would have been much improved if G bs<>n
F. Hill had been cut for the “Simples,” or bored for the
‘Big head,’ before he was turned loose upon the crowd.”
James E. Belser. —We were no little surprised to
find that this gentleman had been nominal and for the
Legislature by the \\ higs of Montgomery. The Cham
ber s Tribune gives the following explanation of the
matter:
“We learn that in h's speech accepting the nomination,
Mr. Belser avowed himself a Democrat on the old issues,
and declared his intention if elected, to vote for Democrats
tor the Senate of the United States. On matters of pres
ent policy, he was with the Whigs. lie rt marked, we
h arn, that he should use his best endeavors to allay the
unnatural strifes and jealousies, between our two principal
cities. On these declarations Mr. Belser was unanimous
ly accepted by the whigs of Montgomery as one of their
candidates.”
There was no man in Alabama who had a stronger
hold upon the untirrified Democracy than James E.
Belser. until he was lured into the support of General
Taylor by his splendid military achievements, and the
fancied possession on his part of the wisdom and virtue
of a southern patriot. We confess we regret that he
has not had the hardihood to break loose from the
party with which he has co-operated for several years
and come back to his first love. There is and can be
nothing in common between them and him. But we
forbi ar. Our Montgomery cotemporary, the Alabama
Journal , beconus restive and iil natured whenever we
cress the liver.
Southern Baptist Convention.
This body, composed of the CKrgy and Laymen of
the Baptist denomination, of the Southern and Western
States, convened in Baltimore on the 14th inst.; Rev.
Dr. Howell, in the Chair.
The proceedings were mostly of a denominational
character, and without much interest to the genera!
reader. Among the rep rts presented, was one on
Foreign Missions, which gives s me interesting facts.
Th s document snows the amount of the receipts for
the past year to have been s'2l 43S 45 ; the disburse
ments for various purposes $‘21,429 25—leaving in the
hands of the treasurer, together with the previous bal
ance on hand, the sum of $11,694 11. The larg s
tomr bution made by any one State was by Georgia,
viz.: $5,545 92. The next by Virginia, $3, 911 74
Maryland hul contributed but $957 S3, and Florida
only sls 75. ‘lh.-reare 4 0,000 communicants con
nect* and with this branch of the church.— Savannah
Courier.
Resignation of Mr. Conner. —Henry W. Conner,
President of the Hamburg Railroad, h.ut resigned his
office.
El Paso. —Geu. C. Clark, of New York, Ex-Gov.
Paine and Gen. ]) W\ C. Clarke, of Vermont, P Gree
ley, Jr., Esq., of Boston, and other Northern capitalists,
in company with Senator Rusk, have left N. Orleans
for Texas, and will proceed as far Paso, to exam
ine and report upon a route for the Pacific rail way.
The Gardiner Trial. — Washington, May 2!.—The
arguments in the Gardiner trial have at last been closed
and the case submitted to the jury, but no verdict has
yet been rendered.
Gale on Labe Er r 9 — New \ oiik. May 21.—'1 here j
was a terrific galo oil Lake Erie yesterday. Many ves- j
sets were wrecked and blown ashore and it is feared j
that many lives have been lost.
[From the Mobile Tribune.]
We publish this morning a communication j
from Mr. Foster, concerning the resolution of- j
feretl lv him at the recent Girard Railroad j
meeting.
The impression, we believe, in relation to the :
propositions contained within the resolutions |
which were adopted is that they cannot be made
practical. The object of the meeting, however,
was to elicit public opinion as to whether the
citizens were willing to grant aid to the road.
The manner of granting it was not considered
to be important at the tune. This, it was ex
pected, could be arranged subsequently.
The response given in public in favor ol aid
ing the road is so hearty that we think there will
be no difficulty in adopting the plan which will
be best calculated to make that aid available as
soon as possible and in the most efficient man
ner.
We do not believe that the people will object
to the assumption of the small tax which will
he necessary for the payment of the interest on
the pioposed bonds. Mr. Foster calculates
that this interest will not he fifteen percent., or
about one seventh of the present tax, a sum
which would hardly be felt.
But there will be plenty of time to mature
the conditions of these bonds. The assent of
the Legislature has to he obtained for the loan,
and it may turn out, so rapid are the changes
in our public opinion in relation to railroad im
provement, that the State itself may be induced
to extend aid to the work. Independently,
however, of any aid of this sort, the people of
this city have exhibited a disposition for im
provement that will go far to enlarge the muni
cipal credit. The works she is engaged in are
discreet works, and it will requite no great sa
gacity to see that the loans she seeks in behalf
of them are based on the soundest securities.
‘The Montgomery Journal, in relation to this
subject, siys: “We publish in another column,
the repott of the meeting in Mobile, recom
mending the subscription of one million dollars
to the Girard and Mobile Railroad, to which
we refer the reader. We are glad to see that
Mobile is at last looking to its own interest in
East Alabama. It cannot preserve that trade
without stretching out its hand for it. This
will aid to furnish a rapid communication of
eastern interior Alabama with the gulf at two
points, Mobile and Pensacola, as both&those
cities will connect with the main stem from this
i place. There are some resti ietions, however,
! in the resolutions which may materially hamper
the pr< gress of the enterprise. Among them,
the determination that the Mobile city bonds
should not be sold under par. And again ; that
they should not bear above seven per cent, in
terest ; and further, that the avails of the bonds
should not be applied above Greenville. These
are restrictions which will tend to make the ac
tion of Mobile, in a great degree, unavailable
and inoperative. We trust that a reconside
ration and modification of the terms of the grant
ed bonds may be adopted so as to make them
of practical value/’
[From the Mobile Tribune.]
Girard and Mobile Railroad.
The official report of the proceedings of the
late Mobile and Girard Railroad meeting, repre
sent that an “amendment to the fifth resolution
was offered by Mr. Foster, and repulsed .*’ The
use of so unusual and strong a term of refusal,
lias very naturally excited frequent inquiries as
to the character and design of the resolution to
which it refers. 1 am constrained to ask its
publication as the only means of acquitting my
self of the inference of having made an obnox
ious offering to the meeting. It is as follows:
Resolved , “That a Committee of seven be ap
pointed by the Chair, to take into consideration
all matters appertaining to the Girard and Mo
bile Railroad, and report to an adjourned meet
ing: of the citizens of Mobile.’’
My object in proposing this as a substitute
for Col. Phillips’s fifth resolution, was to invest
toe committee with more plenary powers, that
the subject, in all its bearings, might be mature
ly considered, and some practical line of action
determined upon. I did not then consider the
plan put forth in Col. Phillips’s second resolu
tion as practicable, and subsequent reflection
has but served to strengthen my opposition
to it.
Its object is to induce the corporate authori
ties of Mobile to aid the work of the Girard
and Mobile Railroad Company to the extent
of One Million Dollars, by sale of city bonds
beaiing not more than 7 per cent, interest, to
be sold at par or not at all; and, if negotiated,
the company to pay the interest. All this would
do very well if it were practicable, but my fear
is that it will fail of success, and thereby retard
the progress of the work. Is it probable thaf
our bonds, under the present embarrassed pecu
niary condition of the city, would sell on such
terms at par? I think not. If, however, the
sale could be effected, would it be politic to tax
the company with the payment of the interest ?
It occurs to me it would not, for the reason
that before it would be possible to render the
road available, the annual drain of interest
would exhaust a large portion of the “material
aid’’ we propose tofuinish.
It is not probable that the road could be
completed, equipped and rendered profitable un
der rive years. Its payments of interest, there
fore, being seventy thousand dollars per annum,
would amount to three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars: the practical result of whiuh
would 1 e to put one million dollars in one pocket I
of the directory, and extract from the other fifty
tnousaud dollars, more than one quarter of that
sum. A fraction of this, however, might be j
saved, if tire bonds could be negotiated from j
time to time to suit the \vant3 of the company,
which might not be the case.
With due deference to the scheme proposed,
and its projections, it seems to me the better
policy would be for the city, with the consent
of the Legislature, and approval of its sovereigns,
to sell its own bonds for eight hundred thousand
dollars, with inteiestat six per cent., say forty
eight thousand dollars per annum,to be paid by
special tax for the purpose ; and as security for
the payment of the bonds, the stock of the c’ty,
thus procured, bo hypothecated as collateral.
VVe cannot reasonably expect to share the ad- j
vantages of this great enterprise, and aid it ma
terially without money, and our only means of j
raising money is by direct taxation for, at least. I
the payment of interest. An additional tax of j
fifteen per cent, on present assessments would
cease upon the completion of the road. These ‘
and kindred views I thought, and stiil think,!
worthy the consideration of the committee. I
submit them, however, with diffidence, begging
to assure all parties in interest that I am M illing
to co-operate in any well matured course of ac
tion that may be adopted.
H. FOSTER.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM EE
AFRICA.
New York, May 19.
The British mail steamship Africa, with Liver
pool dates to May 7th, has arrived at this port,
with three days later dates than those brought
by the Atlantic.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The middling
grades of cotton have advanced l-16d. The
market closed quiet and firm. The sales of the
week amount, and to 55,000 bales. The official
quotations are: Fair Orleans 6 5-8d ; Middling
5 15-1 OH ; Fair Uplands G l-4d ; and Middling
5 7-Bd. Speculators took 5000 and exporters
3000 bales.
Consols are quoted at 1003 4 a 100 7-8.
The trade in Manchester had considerably
improved.
Rice was in fair demand, and the sales effec
ted were at a slight advance.
Havre Cotton Market. —'File sales of cotton
at Havre for the week, were 9000 bales. The
market had recovered from the late depression.
Ties Ordinaire Orleans 93 Is.
Miscellaneous —Kossuth has been fully ex
onerated in the rocket affair.
The returns of the Board of Trade show a
i large increase of exports during the month of
i April.
‘Flie Empress of France had fully recovered.
Considerable disaffection was manifested
among the populace of Hesse Cassel, growing
out of the government prosecutions.
Political riots are reported to have taken
place in Switzerland.
The affair of the Holy Springs was report
ed settled as Russia had desired. The question
of the Greek Patrarchine was still under discus
sion. ‘File armaments had been stopped and
the fleets recalled.
| Persia was preparing another expedition
j against Herat. The British Ambassador will
j demand his passports if the expedition pro-
J ceeds.
j ‘Fhe Africa passed the City of Manchester
; on the 9th, and the America on the Bth.
Mobile and Ohio Ra lroad.
| VVe learn that at a meeting of the Board
i held on Thursday, the necessary resolutions
I were adopted providing for the sale of six mil
! lions of bonds, being in round numbers the
I sum requisite for the entire completion and
j equipment of the mouth of the Ohio,
j ‘l'lie negotiation of the bonds has been ten
| dered to Col. William R. Ilallett, who, for this
j purpose, will proceed to Europe.
We do not anticipate any insurmountable dif
{ ficultv in this negotiation; for, though the
| amount is a very large one, the basis upon which
it will be placed is adequate to the most trying
test.
‘l’he land donated by the Government, ex
ceeding eleven hundred thousand acres, is of
itself a security ; for it may safely he placed in
value at $5,000,000. When to this v e add that
the whole road-bed and superstructure are pro
vided for by subscription, and that the monev
borrowed is to be invested in the completion of
the work, we see that there is the most ample and
full security that could he required by the most
scrupulous capitalist.— Register.
Earthquake in Augusta.—'Fhe attentive
operators of the Telegraph office have shown
usa despatch which states that the whole citv
of Augusta felt the shock of an earthquake,
this morning at 30 minutes past five, which las
ted about two minutes. The writer says : “the
house I was in rocked like a cradle—no dam
age done that I can hear of.”— Sav. Journal
21 st. hist.
Taxes of Chatham County.— By a compar
ison of the returns of 1852 and 1853. it is |
shown that the increased value of taxable pro- !
pertv over last year, is $1,424,795—which is I
at>evidence of the prosperity, of the city has j
enjoyed for a length of time.
Later from Havan i—Arrival of Gea. Arista—News
from Mexico.
Baltimore, May 17.
The Black Warrior from* Mobile, arrived at
New York, to-day via Havana, which place she !
left on the 12th. General Arista, late President j
of Mexico, had arrived at Havana, from Vera
Cruz. ‘Flie members of the Common Council ;
at Tampico had been arrested, and sent to the j
Mexican capital, by order of Gen. Wool.— I
Their offence was a refusal to acknowledge j
Gen. Santa Anna.
Death of John A. Stuart. —We learn from
Beaufort iha All. John A. Sluuit died on Tuesday,
the 3 1 inst.aged 53 years He was f>r a long
time ihe proprietor and principal editor of this pa
per, hu’ for nearly fen years, broken down both ia
Dotty a';a mind, he has ceased to have anv connec
tio . with tffi* political affairs of the State. Mr.
Stuart was of all men we have known, the one who
combined, inthehghest degree, the faculties of
logic, i nagin itiou and wit, and these he displayed
in a tar more striking form in his con vers it on
ihan in his writings. To judge of his euacitv by
vvh-t be actually performed, would be to do great
injustice to his extraordinary powers ; and to esti
mate rightly all that he might have d>ne wou’d
be to conjure up unavailing regrets. ‘1 he grave,
with its dark mantle, covers all ; peace to the
sleeper, beneath that impenerable shadow!
f Charleston Mercury.
m—^ — 811116 —
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
New Orleans, Mry 20,
The sales of cotton today, Friday, were ‘2OOO bales,
at pr ices unchanged. The sales of the week are 20,000
bales. The increased receipts at this port art 209,100
bales, and the stock on hand 169,000 b iles.
The increase at ail the ports are 255,000 bales.
Savannah, May 21.
Cotton—-The sales today amount to IGT bales, at
prices ranging from 9 to 10 1-2 cents.
COLUMBUS PRICES CURRENT.
CORRKCTKP TKI-WEEKX.V BY J. K. RSCPD AND I 11.
BAGGlNG—Kantckv VyarViS H>
India. I *•>
ROPE <r It | y @ 10
BACON—llains <V‘ II j 13 @ 14
Sides II Id @. It
Shoulders il j 9 © 10
PORK—Nett spill ©
BUTTER spot I 23 @ 30
CHEESE sptlj ©
CASTINGS sp’ll; © 5
COFFEE—Rio sp It.! 11 @ 12 %
Java ip 11.1 12 @ Hi
CANDI.ES —Sperm ptH 50 @
Wax . .p I!.
Star p 11. l 30 ©
Tallow plii 18 © 20
FEATHERS p tbi 40 @ 45
FlSH—Mackerel No 1 p bbl! 14 on @ 16 00
Mackerel No. 2 p bbl 13 00 ©
dackerel No. 3 p bbl 1100 ©0 00
Shad P bb!i IS 00 ©
Herring pbo\| 100 @
! FLOUR —Western p bbl; 7 00 @8 00
Canal P bblj 7 50 @ 900
City p bbl 600 © 750
| FODDER PlOOlbs* 125 @ 140
! GRAIN—Corn P bushel 70 @
Wheat p bushel 100 @ 125
Oats p bushel 50 @ 60
GLAS 4 * P box 225 @ 700
GUNPUW ER P keg 5 00 © 650
HIDES plt> 8 @ 9
[RON—Swedes P ft> @ 6
English Ptt> 4# @ 5
LARD P > H
LEAD Ptb 9 @ 10
LIME P bbl 3 50 ® 4 10
MOLASSES P gallon 33 @ 40
VAILS p 1I>! 6®
OlL—Lamp p trillion 150 © 200
Linseed p gallon 100 © 000
Train p gallon 75 @
PAINTS P keg 200 @ 275
PEAS p bushel! 73 @ 80
BICE P ltd 5 @ 6%
SYRUP—Lemon per gallon j 125 @
Raspberrv p d<vJ 600 @
SALT ‘. psack @ 150
SNOT p baa 000 @ 225
SOAP plt 5 @ 7
STEEL—Cast P 0 20 @ 22
German Pll 15 @
American p ft 10 @
SUGAR—St.Crorx pll @
New-Orleans Pfl 7 @ 10
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Lump P If 8 @ 10
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CL 1
Local Affairs — kstchei of Ciurastelr.
No. xxir.
THE ROMANT C LOVER.
This is a young man who may be said to ima
gine he ‘oves: like the dandy. uh assumed an
a*r ot r flection, ‘ thought lie was thinking* I '
The romantic lover is the victim, conjointly, of
Zimmerman onSolitu e and moonlight nights.
He essays so nets and a spare diet—“rolls up
| his eyes like a duck in thunder.” and sigh- like
j a tea’ k ttle He has,<4course, his Julia or Mary,
| generally one of the latter name, for some how
or other the first Jove of everybody is a Mary.
She is an angel of course, aid you could not
persuade him mat ?he was ever subject to a
cold in her nose to save your life. Ad he
wants is to be united with the object of h s ado
ra ion. to retire to some rose covered cottage in
some boundless continuity of shade, and inert!
sigh away his life in a continual -eries of meals
of bread and water, and love. Four youth !
How soon a lit le practical experienc • of the
world dissipates these dreams of romance, and
convinces him that Mary nay not only have a
cold in her hea \ but a g< od > übstantial appeti e,
becoming a most edrth ymo tal A diet sim
ply of love will produce a very palpal) e dys
pepsia beaus - the stomach and es not generally
partake of the nuance of he mind The chy
lopoettc vi cera always show a disposition to
rebel under ci curnstances of thi kind We
hate to (and turb anybody from a plesant dream,
but tin r mantic lover might a well be
awakened by the < ntle sha e of i friend, as by
the rude bawling < f worldly exp rieneo. Know
then that there ts no truer ad ge. than that
whici tells us, that when poverty enters the
dor love flies through the window We
know here are glo mus, nay, sub ime instan es
of w man’s love, u -toweling * ifiic Ities and
t ials though Olympus high but these instances
have bet-n o. ly where youthful love had become
mat red, height- ned, and sanctified, by a close
know edgo and experience, of the ex lied virtu;
of a worthy < bject This kind of love has noth
ing t > do with that which is born ot moonlight
an i trashy riov Is. ‘i he best securi y tor mur
als is the absence oft rnptat n, ami the best
securities for the permanence of love, i a
pleasant cot, in a lov< ly spot, iv.th rounds of
beef to giw relief, and p euty of cf t es f r
your love, when she goes, to visit her friends,
to answer two ends, to ma ea fair -how for
the world, we know, will ju ge,you may sw.ar,
by the fine clothes you wear.
A Tribute of Itespect.
At a meeting of the Court ami Bar, Juniors and Officers
in attendance, on inttion of Col. Hines Holt, ihe Hon.
Alfred Iverson was called to the Chair and Major E. J.
Hardin requested to act as Secretary.
Col. Holt then appropriately aum uneed the death of
JOHN R. S 1 URGIS, Esq., and introduced the foi.owing
preamble and resolutions:
Since our last and y’s adjournment deling the present term
of the Cou t, death has been in our immediate circle aid
snatched to his cold embrace, John R. Sturgis. E q., Cle k
of this Court. He died after a brief illness at 2 o’clock, A.
M. on Sunday morning.
It becomes ns while we how- vainfully, yet submissively,
to this di-pensation ot an All-wise and unruiing providence
to pay a fitting tribute to the memo y of our deceased offi
cer and friend—
Resolved, therefore, 1 hat in the death of Mr. Sturgis,
we have lo t an aide and efficient officer—one ever prompt,
vigilant and laithful in the discharge of his complicated
duties, and towards the members of the Bar in their varied,
eon-lant, and often |ierplexing intercourse at all times, espe
cially kind,attentive and couinous
Resolved, That we will attend his burial this da/, to
which end and in respect to his mainoiy we ask the ad
journment of the Court.
Resolved, That we otter to his bereaved furrily orr
heartfelt sympathies, and that a copy of the foregoing
preamble and resolutions be forwarded to them, and pub*