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&imfs Surdiwl. 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 @. 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Pgai 400 @ Monongahela Pgal 100 ® 200 Western P gal 30 @ 40 GlN—Holland Pgal 150 © 200 American Pgal 40 @ 50 T A I,LOW P tb 10 © 00 VINEGAR— Pgal 37 @ 50 WlNES—Madeira, Pgal 125 @4 00 Sherry P gal 150 @ 300 Champagne Bask 15 00 @ 2<> 00 Malaga p gal —7O © 1 00 Port 2 50 @ 4 00 Claret 300 @ ©nano S3 per hundred lb?. 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*