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ORDINANCES. * Patted, affirmed and ordered for the government of the (men oj Oglethorpe, by the Commistionert, tn pursuance of the authority vested by the Act of /, corporation. SEC. XXVI. Kites Prohibited. No person shall fly a kite in any set tled pari of the Town, nor within Fifty ards of ar.y road leading to or through the Town, within its corporate limits.— It shall he the duty of the Marshal and all oflicers under his control to destroy nil kites in the Tow It used contrary to < (hi s section. SEC. XXVI/ Infectious Diseases. When a hospital lor infected cases shall be erected, it shall be under the con trol of the Hospiiial Committee, and shall be cautiously guarded night and day, a flag shall be kept flying to desig. Bate the Hospital, and all unauthorized person be prohibited access to it. SEC. XXV/11. JVo burials except at the burial grounds. Any person or persons, who shall bu ry, or cause to be burned, any dead body or bodies, in any ploce, within the cor porate limits of the Town, other than the public cemetery,or other burying ground, without permission of the Commissioners, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding One hundred dollars for eacli and every offence. SEC. XXIX. Hlaves or free persons of color nat to walk with sticks, smoke cigars, or assemble in crowds in the streets. Slaves or free persons of color, unless blind or infirm, shall not walk with clubs or sticks, or smoke cigars in the streets, alleys or other public place f nor shall they assemble or loiter about the streets • in numbers, in the day or night, under a £iy of not exceeding Thirty lashes, inflicted by order of any member ol oard. + jjfpAfcw RuoawauAktvcs. \ Whenever'any runawaAslayp ordaves shall be apprehended in the Town or shall he brought here for safe keeping, it shall be the duly of the Marshal to con fine such slave or slaves, in the guard house of the Town, until due and legal application shall have been made accord ing to the laws of the State, for the re lease of such a slave or slaves, by the owner, employer, or any authorized agent. The Marshal or person apprehending such slave, shall he entitled to Five dol lars therefor ; and the Marshal shall, al so, be entitled to the sunt of Fifty Cents (or confining, and the like sum for re leosing such slave or slaves, and also, the sum of Fifty Cents for each day the slave remains in his custody—all which shall be paid by the said owner, employer or agent —and the Marshal is hereby author ized to detain such slaves in his custody until all legal costs and fees are paid.— It shall be his duty to furnish the slave with such food and bed clothing as may be necessary, during his or her confine ment ; and lie shall as soon as he can as certain tiie owner, give him and her no tice of the apprehension and confinement, and also, a correct description of such slave. When the proper person or per sons entitled to the custody of such slave cannot be ascertained, it shall then be the duty of the Marshal to advertise said slaves in the public gazettes of this Town, and any other papers the Board may di rect. SEC. XXX. Substitute of corporal punishment of Slaves. In all cases of corporal punishment provided for offences against slaves or free persons of color, any three members of the Board, may accept payment of a fine in money from the master or slave, or other person, or in money or in labor on the streets, or elsewhere, if a free person of color. Absence of slaves from home not allowed after a certain time. No slave or free person of color, shall be absent from his or her home twenty minutes after the bell shall been rung, without a sufficient pass or permit, under the penalty of fifteen lashes, to be inflicts ed by the Marshal or other Officer of the Town, and be confined in the guard house room for further examination, if found under suspicious circumstances. SEC. XXXI. Fighting, quarreling, &ic. of slaves. No slave or free person of color, shall, in the streets or elsewhere, fight, quarrel, riot, or otherwise act in a disorderly man ner, under the penalty of chastisement, by any Officer of the Town, not exceed ing twenty-five lashes. SEC. XXXII. Slaves not to keep shops. No slave or free person of color shall be allowed to keep a shop or shops, for the sale of beer, cakes, fruit, or soda wa ter, or any similar articles, on their own account. Nor shall any slave or slaves, or free persohs of color, be permitted so to do for the benefit of, or on account of any other person whatever. Any slave or free person of color violating this sec tion, shall be taken and punished by whipping, with not more than thirty-nine lashes for each and every offence, aim shall be committed tnitil the officer’s fees are paid. sec. xxxrii. Registering free persons of color. Free negroes and free persons of col • within lendays/after their arrival, pay 10 ilie Treasurer Twenty Five Dollars. 11l case of'neglecl or refusal 10 pay the same, every such person shall be commit ted to the guard, house until the stuiie is paid, or fie or she be discharged by or der of die Board, or by due course of law. Snell persons, rtiay be ordered to remove without the Town. SEC. XXXIV. Retailers of spirits. No person shall vend any spirituous or fermented liquors in quantities of one quart or one gallon, or any intermediate quan tity, with a license from the Board, which license shall be designated as No. 2, and the price shall be Five Dollars. No person shall retail any spirituous or fermented liquors in less quantities than one quart, within the limits of the Town, without a license from the Board, to be designated No. 1, and the price of which shall be Fifty Dollars. License to retailers. Every person desirous of obtaining a license, shall apply in writing to the Clerk of the Board, stating the number for which application is made, mentioning the place where he or she intends carry ing on such license trade, and the Clerk shall issue the said license, which shall be and continue in force for oue year and and no longer. License may be grant ed to surh persons as may not have ap plied at the usual time, upon their paying proportionally for the balance of the year. No license shall be granted for a shorter period than one year, except as aforesaid. License not transferable. No retail license shall be transferred from one person to another, without the consent of the Commissioners; nor shall winy person be allowed to retail in more Mil one place or establishment at the same tinjeumder oue license. No pew son shall be pMmiitet^retail spirituous or fermented fliquors in any part of the streets of this Town, under any’ pretence whatever. Wfoto?-- LIBERAL PREMLUMS. Well done, Atlanta ! The infant Ag ricultural Association of that place has of fered a Premium of SIOO, in the shape of cash, a Medal or Goblet, as maybe preferred, for the best Steam Engine of Southern manufacture ! That is the way to excite the spirits of industrial competi tion in our State. The other Premiums are also on a liberal scale. Fair com. rnences on the 13th day of August. Two Deullists. —The Chronicle of Western Literature tells the following story of a Col. Wheatley. It may be old, but it is good : The Col. during a short sojourn in Vicksburg, met there some hot blooded Souutherners, with a spirit as firy as his own. They quarreled—a challenge was passed and accepted, and the nex - rising sun was to witness one, if not both, of their dead bodies, drenched in blood to wash out wounded honor. During the fight the Col. said lie heard a boat com ing down the river, and it struck him as he heatd the boat puffing and blowing ‘that prudence was the better part of val - or.’ So lie took bis trunk upon his shoul der, and stepped, in the dead of the night very quietly out of the hotel; as he heard the boat, whom should he see but his an tagonist at the boat before him, jnsl go ing aboard. He returned as be bad gone out; and was on the ground next morning with his second, waiting with disappointed wrath for his antagonist, and published him as an absconding scoundred. Exchange paper. Small Mouth one Husband—Large Two— Old Gov. L .of Vermont, was one of the most inveterate jokers of the early times, in which ho figured; An anecdote is told of him, which lias never been related in print, and never can be, perhaps, with effect: but we will try it: One fall aslie was returning from the Legislature on horseback, as usual at that day, be was hailed from a house by a garrulous old maid who had often nnoyed him with questions respecting pub lic affairs ‘Well, Governor,’ she said, comcingout to words the road, what new laws have you passed at Montpelier, this time ‘Well, one rather singular law among the rest, he replied. ‘Dew tell ! now, what is it Cov.?’ asked the excited querist. ‘Why, tlr.it the women in each town, who has the smallest mouth, shall be war ranted a husband.’ • Why, what ? said the other, drawing up her mouth to the smallest compass;, what a queer curous lor that is.’ ‘ Yes, but we have passed another that beats that—the woman who has the largest mouth is to have two husbands. 1 Why, what ?, exclaimed the old maid, instantly relaxing her mouth and stretc h ing it wider and wider at every syllable : ‘ what a remarkable law, that is—when (foes it come in force Governor?’ At this the Governor put spurs to his horse and vanished- ’ THE SOUTiMVESrtRmsF C. B. YpimGßfoOD, EDITOR IBPIHORf*R THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1851. FORGOVERNOR, HON. HOWELL COBB, OP CLARKE COUNTY. Agents for the South-West Georgian Spencer Caldwell, Fort Gaines, Ga Jeter A. Hogue, near Aipericus, do. J. P. Gaulden, liainbridge, do. Col. Wm. T. Perkins, Cuthbert, do. G. Caritiieus, Esq. Cuthbert, do. Gilbert M. Stokes, Slade, Lee co. do. Dr. Wm. M. Stokes, Dooly co. do. M. L. Holman, Rrooksville, Stew'rt do. A. A. Blakely, Griffin, Pike co. do. John \V. Griffin, Griffin, do. J. TANARUS, May, Francisville, do. A. J. Williams, Agent for Sunitcr to. • United we stand Divided we fall.’ The presumptuous Editor of the Georgia Jeffersonian seems to think that the Consti tutional Union Party • should change their name to “Free Soil Submissionists.” In our humble opinion, die Free Soil part of this appelation would suit the Major’s party much the best, for it is a well known fact that the only hope the Freesoilers have, of ultimately triumphing over the Soutli is founded in a dissolution of the Uniqn, “If we can excite the hot-heads of; tho South’ - say they, “ so as to effect a dissolution of the Union, then a civil war will spring up in the Southern Slates and while they are fighting among themselves, we may easily accom plish our cherished design of the entire abo lition of Slavery.” As an evidence that this is their mode of reasoning we have only to refer to the proceedings of a number of Dis union Meetings, held in the Northern States, by the Abolitionists. Another evidence maj bo found in the fact that Massachusetts, the hot-bed of abolitionism, is a secession State. Then place the term where it really belongs Major, and see if it would not sound a little better. As you are somewhat at a loss for a name, suppose you adopt the nainr; of Frce namo—suits your party exactly—then coie out boldly and adopt it—give the child a name. But to the latter of the Majors new name. He brands the Union Party with the term “ Submissionist.” Now we should like for the Major to tell us what we have submitted to? We have no doubt but he will say, “ the admission of California as a free State. Well, as the Major and his party profess to be uncompromisingslateright-men, we should like to know by what process they deny Cal- : ifornia the right to frame just such a const!- , lotion as she sees fit ar.d to apply for admis- ( sion into the Union with that constitution, and on the other hand, what right has the | General Government to refuse her admission when her Constitution does not conflict with ( that of the United States? Answer these ( questions Major, and then tell us what we , have submitted to. Now we must insist that if the Major does not adopt for his party, the name above sug gested, and battle for it witli all bis powers we shall be compelled to call him a “ sub missionist.” Well, let us see how that would suit.—ln the outset the Southern Rights Party vowed to dissolve the Union if California ivas admitted as a free State.— Well she was admitted as such, and did they dissolve the Union ? No ! So far from it they arc unwilling to own the name of Dis unionists. Now who has submitted, or where does the term, if it can be applied at all, best fit. It is really amusing to see how hard the Southern Rights Freesoil Secession Demo cratic Party endeavor lo crawfish from their Disunion platform. But it is no use —they have the “ mark of the beast upon their fore heads” and it is likely to remain there —they may preach a false devotion to the Union, but the cloven foot will stick out. There is too much inconsistency in shouting Huzza for Soutli Carolina, and at tho same time cry ing “ We are for the Union.” We have no desire to filch from the other party theii much loved name of “ Southern Rights but we do really think that it does not harmonize well with their secession prin ciples. for it is a true motto that “United we stand, Divided we full.” If a dissolution of the Union is effected then we must fall, by the band of civil war. There is hope of our rights in the Union but out of it there is no hope. Let every true friend of the South stand up for tlm cause of Union, and if the opposite party are thwarted in their unholy design of overthrowing the American Re public, by seveiing the bands of Union, then our rights are forever guaranteed to us, by that glorious instrument which ever held in check the wild schemes of fanaticism and se cured to us life liberty, &.c., to wit: the Constitution nf these Vnitkd States. HOWELL COBB A DEMOCRAT. The Free Soil Southern Rights Democrat ic Secession Party are making desperate ef foits to stir up old party feelings and there by draw off the members of the okJ Whig Patty from the support of the Unionl candi date fc- Governor. In order to do this, they are placing before the people false issues,they say they are for the Union and that there is no disunion party in Georgia. Well we are willing to admit that the disunion party is rather small, hence, Clias. J. McDonald the great champion of the Nashville Conven vention, and the Disunion Candidate for Governor, will stand but a poor showing at the approaching election. It matters not what the Hon. Howell Cobb’s political principles may have been heretofore, it is enough for us that he is and ever has been a strong and ardent frietM to the Union, and as such he will be supported by the friends of the Uniot^fl The Marietta Advocate remarks!that it only “ wonders bow any good WJjfig can in choosing between two democrats prefer Howell Cobb to Charles Why that is no- wondeun all, for it is an exceedingly hard maty ‘to find a “good Whig” that is a diJSfonist. But there is something that is indeed a wonder to us, and that is, how any-ffiend of tho Union, either Whigofe Democrat, can, with any other feel ing than a desire to lend his might to the des truction of the peace and prosperity of Geor gia, vote for Charles J. McDonald. fff“ The Southern Democrat is down on us again with a harrungue about the present party issue. He says “ the issue is not one of Union and Disunion, bin it is a contest be tween the North and the South.” That is just what we have been aware of all the lime. The so called Southern Rights Party, wheth er ignorantly or knowingly. We dont pre tend to say, are working directly, into the hands of the Northern Abolitionists. Phoebus wltat an Ilonor! Yes, what an honor! Who would not re joice to hoist the name of a man who has been battling (or the Constitution of Itis country, until he lias beeu entirely abandoned by his own party. We must confess that were we in the stead of our neighbor, we could not re joice much, for the name of Clias. J. Mc.- Dqnalid is too closely connected, politically with s DH>ugfan, Secession, and Anarchy to give joy even to his former political friends and supporter*. We defat wonder at all, that our neighbor does not glory in hoisting the name of his candidate, for Ke has been en deavoring for a long time past to disown Itis being a Secessionist, and now that fais party have nominated an avowed secessionis) for Governor, they have somewhat frustrat ed his plans. But, because he cannot crow much over his nominee, it is no reason he should pounce upon us, for spite,—we are not to blame if he was forced to own Itis true position, or renounce the name and support of Itis candidate. So far as “ growing up to strength and manhood” is concerned, in the support of the cause we now advocate, it is not neces sary for our neighbor to trouble himself with any necessary predictions, for live or die, we intend to use our every effort for the Constitution and the Union, however strong ly he may oppose us. “ When Greeks meet Greeks,” Ac. Cobb and McDonald are the cornets of the two groat parties now existing in Georgia.— Personally they are unexceptionable men, in character and moral worth. Both have long been leaders of the old Democratic party and shared largely its confidence and honors.— We shall, of course, then have to decide be tween those two gentlemen upon other grounds than that of private worth or person al virtue. We must view upon them as standard bearers, merely and to the flag they carry for an exposition of their political creeds. One is the flag of the “ stars and stripes,” of the “ American Eagle” and ” Constitution” —the other, the black flag of disunion, secession and anarchy. In point of talents Cobb is the superior of McDonald who is a very dull and prosy genius. In point of executive experience, however, the latter has probably some advantage over the former, but whether that can be made avail ablo to him remains to be seen, It may, on investigation of his administrative powers, be proved, as “ Toots” says of “ no sort of consequence.” One thing is certain, at least, that he never “ set the river on fire” or distinguished himself, by any equally dif ficult performance, and never will. Citizen. The Book of Mormon is to be exhibi ted at the World’s Fair, in the English, French and Danish languages. They have been translated and printed by Mor mon Missionaries in those countries. The Mormons boast of their unparalleled suc cess in making converts in the different countries in Europe* ‘As a Union man, he (ex-Gov. McDon ald,) repudiated nullification as a political hetesy, unauthorized, as Mr. Madison affir med, by that platform, while he recognised secesion when occasion should demand it. Federal Union. Asa Union man he repudiated nullifica tion did he ? Aye, he did more than that. He sustained Gen. Jackson’s —that proclamation which denied both tbfl right of nullification and the right q/’seMNMjH and which ‘threatened to execute iheJMPW laws in spite of the nullification of South Carolina. This is done as a Union man of that repudiating nullification he repudiatedjprfLentucky re solutions, of JeflersonMwliich asserted the doctrine—those veryflfcsolutions which the late Southern Convention adopted as its which the ex-Gov ernor now stand—he, as a Un ion rnaiugmudiated, in the days of nullifies ‘He asserted the right of secession.’ We could successfully defy the Federal Union or [ any other press to prove that Gov. McDon ald or any other Union man in the days of South Carolina nullification, asserted such a right. They asserted the right of revolution as the Constitutional Union party now main tain it. But that the framers of the Consti tution, contemplated the withdrawal of any State at its pleasure from the compact, with out regard to the rights of the other States, is a doctrine, which, though Gov. McDonald embraces it now, he, and all other Union men, in former days, united with Gen. Jackson, IN REPUDIATING. The inconsistencies and contradictions of the. Southern Right’s Convention are re markable from their absurdities. The se cession party occupies new ground in the history of our country and they were afraid to avow it. They wished to get upon some thing recognised as orthodox. They evinced a desire to rest upon some authority, and lo! they attempted to jump upon the platform of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.— But the attempt failed. They leaped clean over that platform and landed upon that of secession. Any one who has read these re solutions knows that no such right is asserted in them, -dud yet after this rentarable leap the conventionists turned round and affirmed that they saw it ‘so set down’ in those resolu tions. This is not all—they went to work and nominated a candidate, whose former principles were antagonistic to this very platform which they had overleaped. Who sustained Gen. Jackson when he threatened ‘if South Carolina nullified or seceded, to ex ecute federal laws in that State by force if necessary.’ All great men should be allowed one or two radical changes of principle in a life time. All our statesmen, nearly have exercised the privilege, and we do not see any good reason why it should be denied to Gov McDonald. He at one lime be lieved that resistance, nullification, seces sion, were synonyms of treason, and was prepared to see sentence passed under the administration of Jackson, as it was under that of Washington. He now thinks that resistance, nullification, seces sion, are synonyms of patriotism, and all occupy Jackson’s Washington’s Ma, dison’s—Gov. McDonalds former po sition, are federalists consolidationists be cause they say as was said, during the former attempt of Soutli Carolina to break up the Government, “the Union must and shall be preserved.” Verily ‘the world’s a stage and men and women are merely players..’ Would it not be well to pass a law compelling each man to play out his part. We merely throw out the suggestion from the conviction that such a law would avoid much confusion. Constitutional Union. The Secession flesolulion. —We have to reiterate the remark made in our issue on Saturday : The position of the candi date fixes the position of the party. Gov. McDonald has shown by his acts, that lie is a secessionist and the resolutions of the Convention, however adroitly drawn cannot explain that fact away. His friends may cry with the guilty wife of Macbeth—‘out damn’d spot’—but it will not ‘out’ The chief officer of the Nash ville and Macon Conventions can never be viewed in any other light than that of a Secessionist. The truth is, the ultra wing of the party were in the majority—and conse quently they demand the nomination of a man of their own school. The resolu tions were a secondary consideration the candidate was every thing. Those of the party, therefore, who sighed to get back on the old democratic platform, had to succumb. They were forced to take position with the revolutionists, or suffer themselves to go by the board. We have long believed the secessionists were seek ing to seduce the democratic parly from its ancient principles to commit it to dis union. It will be seen that one of the resolu tions declares in favor of the right of a State peaceably to secede from the Un ion. Why make such declaration unless the party ,s in favor of exercising that right at th.s time? Why attempt to make seresion an issue in the coming canvass? if they do not intend to dissolve the Un ion in the event they elect their candi date and a mojor.ty of the Legislature ? Twist and turn .t as we may, The action of the late convention is but the echo of the Charleston convention. South Car oltna has taken the lead herself this time and the secessionist of Georgia have struck into the same path. The response which they have sent up will be relieved with delight by their brethren oVr the river. There may be no bonfirei atid illuminations, but the news will send t thrill oi joy throughout’ the PajuaeUns State. The convention failed Ljgrgiquiesct I either in or the I i of the Georgia convention. It I ivoisld not submit to lEfm, ‘humiliating’ I as they are, as it bad been suggested % would be done. Cheap as resolution! are, it would not abate one jot or tittle of the ‘Southern rights’ doctrines. It claim* the right of a State to withdraw from the Union, and affirms that the South hat been despoiled and dishonored. Should they get into power, therefore they are solemnly pledged to seceed if they mean what they say. If they possess the right to seceede, and fee) themselves thus ag. grieved, will they not exercise it? The people are not be to deceived by such shal low resolutions. The Carolina party will find it an up-hill business to drag Geor gia ofl'inio the pursuit of her wild and re volutionary abstractions.— Sav. Rep.’ To the Union Party of Macon County, There will be a meeting of the Party at Lanier on the First Tuesday in July, to appoint delegates to the Congressional Nomination Convention at Amgricus, and to the Senatorial District''Voitaenttun, which is to be held at some place then to be designated. A full attendance of the Party is desired, as other business of im portance will be done on that day. South Carolina. We have read the address of the re cent Convention of South Carolina, and must confess that we are utterly astonish* ed and deeply mortified at the positions taken. The entire sum and substance of the whole address, amounts to noting more or less than this: Thai because in certain extreme cases, the State hat a right to secede, therefore, she will doit to show that she can, without showing or pretending to show any justifiable cause for it. She, a State as little injured as any Slate in the Union, magnifies the evils of which she complains at the precise time when there is more valid reason for believing the evils will be arrested titan ever existed before. For a mere manifes tation of her prowess or folly, chooses to take a leap in the dark, fur the silly pur pose we presume, of showing that (Sain Patch like,) some things can be done a* well as others. In all soberness and sin cerity, we ask what will slip secede for * Is it because in some fifty years a dozen of her negroes have run away, whilst Vir ginia and Kentucky, who have lost hun dreds to her one, are content to believe that the very best that can be will be done to arrest the evil ? No man can believe it! If South Carolina secedes and forms a commercial alliance with England, a* it is said she expects to do, it is bacause she has never intended to be satisfied with the expectation that through the sympa thies of other southerners, they w ill be drawn into her scheme of dissolving this Union. That having long been her ob ject, nothing less w ill satisfy Iter. Did she not put on her modest cap and tell Georgia and Mississippi, we will follow your lead, when many feared the Fugi tive Slave Bill would not be executed?— And yet she is for moving alone, when most or all the causes of those fears have vanished in view of the fixed determinu* lion of the President to carry out the law. Does a diminution of the causes of disconv tent ituzfer which she would have been a mere foHtawer’ in'YAjg wake of other*, prompt her now to Or was her modesty a shameful cloak to cover her purposes, or the result of prom ises made by Georgia and Mississippi hot heads to carry out dissolution at the very time they falsely avowed it ? Judging from her conduct, we are now convinced that she lias been playing at Bragg, un til she must needs carry out her purpo ses to sustain her character for indepen dence and hardihood. Admit what she claims for secession aa a rightful remedy for fixed or insupporta ble oppression, and that she is the right fiil judge, does that justify her proposition under present circumstances? No man can believe it! The address seems to admit that the causes now existing do not demand a separation, but intimates that they will in future increase and demand it. And because she imagines that some five hundred years hence certain conse* quences will result from present causei, therefore, she must now take the lead in seceeding from a Government, the belt on earth. But what is to become of it? The other States have equal rights her, and if her course shall appear to en danger them and hazzard their existence by breaking up tjus Union into separate fragments, each going for itself and a gamst the rest, at last the whole to be brought under the dominion of Tyrant and Despot, who with his standiu* Ar mies at his heels, shall make slaves of a// alike for his own security, will ,h ey not have as perfect a right to put down South Carolina in the spirit of disunion as she has to put dpwn the Union itself? Os one thing we tfre certain, that 29 of the that compose this Union will never permit Sou,h Carolina to pull them bv be nose headlong Disunion and Recession. word forW.