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(Tirnts avfo Sentinel. 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 which 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 !n both conventi 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 Kail 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 rt the depot by car riages and omnibusses, in which preceded by a band of music, they repaired to the House and partook of a sumptuous dinner provided by the citizens of Ma con. The a- 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 mote 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 Kail lload Festival. We find in the Enquirer fuller reports of the speech es of Messrs. 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 be 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 eitizens—and let oioakers croak on. The sub scription will be made available. Verbum sat. Col. Jones said : Mr. President and gentlemen from Savannah from Macon aud 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 the day we ei I .orate ? It is the day which unites the waters of the Gulf with the great Atlantic. It is the day which uuit‘s the commercial re lations of Columbus with those of Savannah. It is the day that binds those cities together with iron rands : and we trust they are net stronger than the silken cords of kindness and feeling, which are wound around our hearts. Savannah, Macon and Columbus were in a deep Rip- Van-Winkle sleep. Savannah was awakened by the startling cry of the 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 i oid that roused them all from that deep sleep bordering almost unto the death of their prospvrity. The waking of Savannah was as the Lion from 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, his exceeded all ex pectations, she has buit the Muscogee Road, she has sub scribed to the Opelika Road and she has largely contrib uted to the Girard Road. They have all done much, but much remains to do. Mobile, too, has also waked up 1 and has gallantly come to the rescue of the Girard road, with a million ; and without pretending to dictate to Sa vannah, allow me to say she must not cease from her la bors, fold her arms and rest snt'sfied till the waves of the Atlantic pouringJover arailroid shall disembogue them selves into the waters of the Gulf—into the Gulf of Mex leo itself, that M. diterrai e in of the Sou h. Gentlemen, you are here not to listen to speaking, but to do mote aubst.uni.d things.’ I was not cal ltd upon to speak, but to bid you i oehome, Savannah, we bid vou welcome, Macon, we bid you welcome, to all who have joined us itl 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 aud our cellars. Hon. Robert Toombs, at the call of the meeting, said ; lie fully concurred ;u the sentiments expressed in it. It embraced two great ideas—the necessity and im portance ol breaking down the natural barriers on 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 lor Savannah the praise of being the first city on the continent tor energy, liberality, and enter prise in the work of internal improvement. She hail alway 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—belt . .ate than never, though in a short time, two hours would be too late in ra l road improvements. He hoped we wou.d soon reap our reward. lie dwelt at som . length and great force upon the importance of cheapening the cost of transportation iiom the p;. ce of product to the place of consuuiptiju. ’ibis bad renin part accomplished through the rail tad system of Georgia. We had hariiest-t-d steam and made it our wagon and team. But af.er we reach ed the sea, we were met with unjust navigation laws, which to footer the shipping interest, ha 1 imposed 25 to h 0 per cent, upon every bale of cotton raised by the Southern planter, lie therefore advocated a repeal of he navigation law a, and direct trade to Europe as the 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. W e had harnessed steam and made the light ning our ntws carrier. But, gentlemen, you must not be content with what 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 the Girard road, then this great link will be finished, the long desired connection between the Atlantic and the Gulf will 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 work. Lit Colum bus and Savannah and Mobile and the enterprising and prosperous people .along this line see to it not only that it shall bed- ne, but done quickly, that its great and commanding advantages, social, commercial and po litical, shall no longer be withheld. This will then be the main stream through which the trade from the Gulf to the Atlantic w ill flow', then your branches to Montgomery and Eufaula, as well as many others which will then desire a countclion 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. 110 concluded his able address by congratulating our citizens on the event they bad met to celebrate, and invoked still greater efforts for further improvements. Girard Iload—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 male by a gentleman of New Orleans for a relative in Scotland. Since the above was set up in type we have received the Mobile Tribune , which says : “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 was laid on the table. The follow ing ordinance was then read and unani mously adopted : Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council o f the City o f 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 with full power to prepare execute and de liver the bonds of the city for SI,<HK),OOO. redeemable in 25 yean-, 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 by the Railroad company until the road is in ru ning order from 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 snb-cription beexclu-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 trol 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<> he 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. Tlie Whips of Chambers have nominated Col. McLe more for the Senate ; D ; S. Robertson, J. B. Toud and Gibbon F. Hill for the House. The Chambers Tribune , a Whig paper says : ‘‘The nomination is cordially received by some and most heartily rejected by others., It is suggested, also, that the t'cktt would have been much improved if G.bson 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 nominat and for the Legislature by the whig*of Montgomery. The Cham* bets Tribune gives the following explanation of the j 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 ! ibr the Senate of the United States. On matters of pres ent policy, he was with the Whigs. He rtmarked, 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 ut.animous i ly accepted by the wliigs of Montgomery as one of their ; candidates.” ■ There was no man in Alabama who had a stronger hold upon the unttrrified Democracy titan James E. Belser. until he was lured into the support of General Taylor by his splendid military achievements, and the i fancied possession on his part of the wisdom arid virtue of a southern patriot. We confess we regret that he • has not had the hardihood to break loose from the j party with which he has co-operated for several years and come back to his first love. There is and can be j nothing in common between them and him. But we i forbear. Our Montgomery cotemporary, the Alabama | Journal, beconus restive and ill natured whenever we cress the river. 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. I 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 i Foreign Missions, which gives s me interesting facts. Th s document shows the amount of the receipts for the past year to have been s2l 43S 45 ; the disburse ments for various purposes $*21,429 25—leaving in the hands of the treasurer, together w ith the previous bal ance on hand, the sum of $11,694 11. The larg- s loutr button made by any one State was by Georgia, viz.: $5,545 9*2. The next by Virginia, $3,911 74 Maryland hid contributed but $957 83, and Florida only sls 75. There are 4 O,OOU communicants con nect* and with this branch of the Courier. Resignation of Mr. Conner. —llenry W. Conner, President of the Hamburg Railroad, h.is resigned his office. El Paso. —Gen. C. Clark, of New York, Ex-Gov. Paine and Gen. 1) 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, aud will proceed as far as # EI Paso, to exam ine and report upon a route for the Pacific railway. The Gardiner Trial — Washington, May 21. Ihe arguments in the Gardiner trial have at last been dosed and the case submitted to the jury, but no verdict has yet been rendered. Gale on Lake Er r . — New York, May 21. 1 here was a terrific gale on Lake Erie yesterday. Many ves sels were wrecked and blown ashore and it is {eared that many lives have been lost. [From the Mobile Tribune.] We publish this morning a communication from Mr. Foster, concerning the resolution of fered by him at the recent Girard Railroad 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 time. 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 s->on 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 ! bo necessary for the payment of the interest on the proposed bonds. Mr. Foster calculates that this interest will not be 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 i the conditions of these bonds. The assent of the Legislature has to be 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, stys: “We publish in another column, j the repott of the meeting in Mobile, recom j 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 bothlthose cities will connect with the main stem from this place. There are some resti ietions, however, i 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 i 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 vulue.’’ [From the Mobile Tribune.] Girard and Mobile Railroad. The official report of the proceedings of the late Mobile arid 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 tne committee with more plenary powers, that tiie 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 beating 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 th.-.f 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 to furnish. It is not probable that the road could be completed, equipped and rendered profitable un der rive years. Its payments of interest, the re lore, being seventy thuusand dollars per annum, would amount to three hundred and fifty thou sand dollars: the practical result of which would 1 e to put one million dollars in one pocket I of the directory, and extract from the other fifty j tuousaud dollars, more thau one quarter of that sum. A fraction of this, however, might be saved, if the bonds could be negotiated from time to time to suit the \vant3 of the company, which might not be the case. With tiue deference to tiie scheme proposed, and its projections, it seems to me the better policy would he for the city, with the consent of the Legislature, and approval ol 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, be hypothecated as collateral. We cannot reasonably expect to share the ad vantages of this great enterprise, and aid it ma terially without money, and our only means of raising money is by direct taxation for, at least, the payment of interest. An additional tax of fifteen per cent, on present assessments would cease upon the completion of the road. These and kindred views I thought, and still think, worthy the consideration of the committee. I submit them, however, with diffidence, begging to assure ail parties in interest that I am M illing to co-operate in any “ ell matured course of ac tion that may be adopted. If. FOSTER. THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF T H E STEAMEf AFRICA. New York, May 19. The Biitish mail steamship Africa, with Liver pool dates to May 7th, lias arrived at this port, with three days later dates than those brought by the Allantic. 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 058d ; Middling 5 15-lGd;Fair Uplands 6 l-4d ; and Middling 5 7-Bd. Speculators took 5000 and exporters 9000 bales. Consols are quoted at 100 3-4 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 Colton Market. —The 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. ‘Phe returns of the Board of Trade show a large increase of exports during the month of April. Phe Empress of France had fully recovered. Considerable disaffection was manifested among the populace of Hesse Cassel, growing out fit 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. Tlie question of the Greek Patrarehine was still under discus sion. ‘Phe armaments had been stopped and the fleets recalled, Persia was preparing another expedition against Herat. The British Ambassador will demand his passports if the expedition pro ceeds. ‘Phe Africa passed the City of Manchester on the 9th, and the America on the Bth. Mobile and Ohio Ha lroad. We learn that at a meeting of the Board i held on Thursday, the necessary resolutions I were adopted providing lor the sale of six mil i lions of bonds, being in round numbers the ! sum requisite for the entire completion and | equipment of the mouth of the Ohio. | The negotiation of tlie bonds has been ten ! dered to Col. William 11. Hallett, who, for this | purpose, will proceed to Europe. We do not anticipate any insurmountable dif ficulty in this negotiation; for, though the amount is a verv large one, the basis upon which it will be placed is adequate to the most trying test. The land donated by the Government, ex ceeding eleven hundred thousand acres, is of itsell a security ; for it may safely be placed in vaiue 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 rnonev 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 sc ru pu lou s c a pita Ii st. — Register. Earthquake in Augusta.— The attentive operators of the Telegraph office have shown us a despatch which states that the whole city 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 o \\”—Sav. Journal 21 st. inst. Faxes of Chatham C >u v r v. — By a compar ison o( the returns of 1852 and 1853, it is shown that the increased value of taxable pro perty over last year, is $1,424,795— which is at>evidence of the prosperity, of the city has enjoyed fora length of time. Lat9r from Havan i—Arrival of Gen. 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 of Mexico, had arrived at Havana, from Vera Cruz. The members of the Common Council j at Tampico had been arrested, and sent to the Mexican capital, by order of Gen. Woo!.— 1 heir offence was a refusal to acknowledge Gen. Santa Anna. Death of John A, Stuart.—We learn from Beautori lha Mr. John A. Sluart-died ori Tuesday, the 31inst.aged o3 years ile was f>r a long time i he proprietor and principal editor of this pa per, hu’ for nearly ten years, broken down both in oody a .and mind, he has ceased to have anv connec tion with th'* political affairs of the State. Mr. Stuart was of all tm-n we have known, the one who combined, in the hghest degree, the faculties of logic, i nagin ition and wit, and these he displayed in a tar more striking form in his conversit on than in his writings. To judge of his cuacitv by wh-t he actually performed, would be to do great injustice to his extraordinary powers ; and to esti mate rightly all that he might have done wou’d be to conjure up unavailing regrets. ‘J he grave, with its dark mantle, covers all ; peace to the sleeper, beneath that impenerable shadow! f Charleston Mercury. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. New Orleans, Miv 20, The sales of cotton today, Friday, were 2000 bales, at prices unchanged. The sales of the week are 20,000 baits. 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 25!r,000 bales. Savannah, May 21. Cotton—The sales today amount to 16T bales, at prices ranging from 9 to 10 1-2 cents. COLUMBUS PRICES CURRENT. CORRKCTKD TRI-WEEKLY BY J. K. RSCDD ANO CO. BAGGING—-lieiiteky V .van']* j? 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Ail 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 there sigh away his life in a continual -eries of meals of bread and water, and love. 1 oor youth ! How soon a lit le practical experienc- ot the world dissipates these dreams of romance, and convinces him that Mary *ay not only have a cold in her hea \ but a g< od mbstantial appeti e, becoming a most edrth ymo tal A diet sim ply of love will produce a very palpab e dys pepsia beaus. j the stomach and es not generally partake of the rn ance of he mind The chy lopoetic vi cera always show’ a disposition to rebel under ci cumstances of thi kind We hate to ci turb anybody from a plesant dream, but thi r rnantic lover might a well be awakened by the p< ntle sha e of . friend, as by the rude bawling < f worldly exp rience. Know then that there is no truer ad ge. than that whici tells ns, that when poverty enters the dor iove flies through the window We know here are glo ious, nay, sub ime instan es of w man’s love, u -toweling • ilfic Ities and t ials though Olympus high but these instances have been o. ly where youthful love had become mat red, height* ned, and sanctified, by a close know edgn and experience.ot the ex lied virtu.* of a worthy < bject This kind ot lov e has noth ing t > do with that which is born of moonlight an i trashy nov Is. ‘i he besi securi y for mor als is the absence oft rnptat n, ami the best securities for the permanence ol love, i a pleasant cot, in a iov* ly spot, vv.th rounds of beef to giv*- relief, and p enty of cf t es f r your love, when she goes, to visit her friends, to answer two ends, tu ma e a fair -how tor the world, we know, will ju ge, you may sw. ar, by the fine clothes you wear. A Tribute of Respect. | At a meeting of the Court and Bar, Juniors and Officers i in attendance, on inction of Col. Hines Holt, the Hon. Alfred Iverson was called to the Chair and Major E. J. Ha rdix requested to act as Secretary. Col. Holt then appropriately atim nneed the death of ; JOHN R. S I URGJS, Esq., and introduced the fob owing preamble and resolutions: Since our last and >’s adjournment dining the pre ent term of the Cou t, death has been in our immediate circle ai.d snatched to his cold embrace, John It. Sturgis. E q., Cle K ot this Court. He died after a brief iiiness at 2 o’clock, A. .M.on Sunday morning. It becomes ns while we how vainfully, yet submissively, to this di-pensation ol an A 11-wise and unruling providence to pay a titling tribute to the memo y of our deceased offi cer and friend— Resolved, therefore, 1 hat in the death of Mr. Sturgis, we have 10.-t an aide and efficient officer—one ever prompt, vigilant and laithful in the discharge of his complicated duties, and towards the members ol the Bar in their varied, con-tant, and often perplexing intercourse at all times, espe cially kind,attentive and comuous Resolved, That we will attend his burial this da ’, to which end and in respect to his metnoiy we ask the ad journment of the Court. Resolved, That we offer to his bereaved family orr heartfelt sympathies, and that a copy of the foregoing preamble aud resolutions be forwarded to them, and pub-