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‘Yes.’ ‘Did you do anything for her?’ ‘To be sure l did; that was what I went for.’ ‘True! true!’ 1 said, ‘but I thought you would only look into her rnudiiion, and then perhaps lay her case bt-lore ihe Lodge.’ ‘Lay her rase before lire fiddlesticks!* said lie abruptly, ‘/idelaid Sullivan’s case is already attended to. She will never set k relief of a masonic lodge, while there i< strength in this right arm to pro tide for her and her boy.’ ‘Adelatd Sullivan!’ I cried, in surprise, •it is not possible that your old flame, Adelaid Sullivan lias been reduced to widowhood, penury .and want, and that ■you have just found her*’ ‘ll it true,’ said he. ‘Her husband Iras been dead two years, and wretchedly poor tie iimisi have left tier, but thank fortune! 1 have enough fur both.’ ‘And mean to share it with her, one would infer.’ I said mischievoj.lv. ‘But I forgot, the romance of life is over with yon, uncle. The fires of passion areex t’lHgnished—not a smoldering ember < x ills. So it is not probable that you will marry her.’ ‘lt is probable,’ said nty unde in bis straight forwaid wav, ‘probable and cer tain. The romance of life may be over, hut I have a feeling of love f>r this wo man nevertheless, a feeling that run be smothered but never extinguished.’ And so, kind reader, it proved in the end. Mv uncle married her, and a sweet er, kinder woman never gladdened a do. mestic scene. All tilings to her load shown ‘iheirdark side,’ lint at last there runic through ma sonry, dig lit.’ TUK SOUTH-WEST tiEORUIAN, CU ISLES B. TOUVCBLOOD, - - .7777. . Editor; our couktry’r nnuD is ours. OULETIIOUPE MAY, 7 185 it Agents forlhc South-West Georgian Spencer Caldwell, Fort Gaines, Ga Jeter A. IlonuE, near Auitrints, do. Col. Wm. T. Pehains, Cuthbert , do. G. C.vniTHERS, Esq. t'vthbert, do. Gilbert M. Stokes, Slade, Lee co. do. Dr. Wm. M. Stokf.s, Dooly co. do. M. L. Holman, Ilrooksnule, Slew'rtdo. A. A. Blakely, Griffin, Pike co. do. John W. Giiiffin, Griffin, do. J. TANARUS, Mat, Francitrillc, do. YV. J. Parker, Chenuba. Lee Cos., do. A. J. Williams, for Sumter co. Cullen Webb, Traveler's Rest do. French (laggahu, Alliens do. Reduction in llie terms ot tlic South-West Georgian. After the first day of October the Geor gian trill be furnished to subscribers ul llie following rales : $ 1,00 for 6 months, if paid in advance, 125 “ “ if not paid in advance. 2,00 for 12 months if paid in advance, 2,50 “ “ if not paid in advance, Inducements! io Clubs. Five Copies 6 months for $4,00 in advance, Ten Copies “ “ “ 7,00 Fivo Copies 12 months “ 8,00 “ Ton Copies “ “ “ 15,00 “ Fifteen Copies 12 mo. “ 20,00 “ Wh have been induced to oiler the above terms in order to increase tlie circulation of our paper, and for that purpose we earnsfly solicit tlie co-operation of our filends. If we meet with sufficient enrurugeinent, we intend gelling new material in a few mouths and enlarging our paper, ” HATE RONDS (IF IIEIIR'JIA, We ‘earn Irom the Milledgeville Reror der, that the 6 per cl, Bonds of the Slate authorized to be disposed ot by the Gov ernor, lor the purpose of our Suite Rond, have been sold in New York by Gov. Cobb, at a premium of 5 percent. These transactions of our Executive are the first in the history of the State, by which money lias been brought into the Tresnrv, on account of premium oil our State cr-d t. Not only so, we believe that 5 per cent, premium, on the original s le of either S ale or U liteil Stale 6 per cents, lias never been realized in the histo ry of Sou k sales before. We pr s .me this most gruifving di<- position of our State credit, will prove to the suarleis at Gov. Cobb’s movements in connection with it, that lie has “ped lied” our G -orgi i Stocks it least to some good purpose. wa it a pity it i tor ihe G or gia Treasury, that for die former Stocks of the S ale, a little of the same sort of peddling | M( | not been performed, by the choice Governors of these stdl same de tractors. Cuban Hmurs. YVe learn fiom the Savannah Daily News, that private letter* received (rout Havana Id die Ittbil. state lint rumor, were cure, lit in the Island ill si another expedition tdr the invasion of the country was ml to *t ill llie Unit tl Vales. Il was r „ , I |l| ,1 llie Ill'll:il- 111 VinZltla II td . „ ■ I'lOO •-•id I ‘llls -* llie II bad , ! *> •. mil ~ , ( i sen St.-Tll V tin-J Woiilu til os a to. IV .. • 1.. e t ittnd. The letters which vve have seen, sa>s the eilimr ot the News, one of which is from a lady, go so far as to give the names of the officers who are to com mand die liberating army. Besides sev eral engaged in the last expedition, the name ol a distinguished American milita ry character is given. The rumor had caused ennsjd‘ralde uneasiness to the new Government, which, while it kept a sharp look out, was exerting itself to prevent the circulation of the report. Spanish authority rests very uneasy in Cuba. Well, we shall see what we shall see. C j“ We desire tu ak our neighbor of the Democrat, a few simple questions, which he can either answer or let pass, just as he sees proper. YVe only ask fir information, neighbor, us we understand yon have some idea of going as a delegate to the Baltimore, Convention. In the first place vve want to know if von can consent to sit in Convention with the northern Democracy, after de claring, in your paper of the 6th Nov. 1851, that you believed them opposed to southern institutions, unsafe anil unsound as a party? In the second place, could you find it in your heart to vote in the nomination lor any man who resides north of Mason Si Dixon’s line, when yon expressly de cl ‘fed in the above mentioned issue of your papi r, that the only terms on which you would unite with the nnlhern Demo.. (•ratio party w;vs, that they nominate Southern Democrats lor the Presidency and \ r u e Presidency? In the third place, should you go to. the Baltimore Convention, and should j the question be put to that Convention, whether it adopt the Compromise as a J final settlement or not, would you, after ! having denounced its measures as unjust and destriKtive to the interests of the ’ South, vote for their adoption as a final ity? In the fourth and last place, should the Baltimore Convention nominate a candi date for the Pre-iilency who is a Northern man, and a supporter’ of the Compro mise measures, will you adopt him as your candidate ,ind aid in his election? We hope our neigehor will answer the above interogatories fairly, as we only ask fur the sake of information. Acotlirr Hail Road Prtgm on Foot. The New Orleans Cornu ercial Bulle tin states that a company has been recent ly organized, composed of influential rit i/.'os of Georgia and wealthy capitalists of YVashington and New York, for the pur pose of constructing a rail road across the upper portions of'the Peninsula of Flor ida from the port of Brunswick in Geor gia, in the city of Pensacola. The contemplated rail road is to be commenced forthwith, and the Company having it in charge, design making it a fir-t class rail road, connecting the two termini on the Atlantic and the Gulfwith brain lies to Tallehassee, and Albany on the Flint river. The distance from Bruns wick to Pensacola is about two hundred miles. The entire cost of the road with | equipments is estimated at $ 1,500,000, and it is the intention of the Company to complete it within five years. Tims vve see, there is a probability and a strong one two, that a plank road from this place to Albany, would eventually become a road of transportation and also a great thoroughfare. Now is the time for our citizens to act, now is the time for this road to be built, and the man who invests his money in it will secure to him self an income of a hundred percent. The Bulletin says that “Messrs. R. J. Walker of Washington, S. It. Brooks, Amos Davis and Win. Chauncey, of New Fork, w ith some half dozzrn strong, sub stantial men in Georgia, luve the ability and will to commence the work and give it a lively impetus, while Ilolit Collins and Elam Alexander, Esqs., will embark in the enterprise, and give it their person al superintendence.” We are glad to believe that this pros pective rail road will give an impetus to the already flatteiing prospects of our plank road, beyond the expectation even of the most sanguinoiis. Union Democratic Convention. — We publish the proceedings of this body, which were received too late for our last i-xue, as an interesting episode in the po litical history of the times. YVe cannot approve of the action of the twenty or thirty individuals composing this conven tion, and professing to he Union men, who, acquiescing in the resolutions of the U inn convention, one of which expli t it!> dec ireil that the Union party would i tkt no action at present upon the I’res i nleuiial question, have acted upon that ipie-tinii, bv appointing delegates to the Baltimore Convention, anYl by creating ■an executive committee for the patty. — ilf > i- net a utj-w and distinct piny nr* e /, ‘i •!>. wltih* is ‘lie lief J s-lty of at jKvt. iiv t foilin'..t .? W hat is the do (tv of tlii> Executive Committee? to find a constituency for the gentlemen who go to Baltimore? or to convey them safe to that city! YVe do not understand this at tempt at a regular and independent party organization. If these gentlemen send a deputation from their number to the Democratic Convention, simply to spy out the land, and to bring back reliable information of tiie composition and tone and temper and spirit, as well as action of that convention, we have no disposition to denounce them, though we may not ap prove of the course (hey have adopted. The event may justify and excuse them. The Baltimore Convention may present the only candidate for the Piesidency whom the Constitutional Union party of Georgia can cnnsi.-tenily support, and! vve will not denounce these nieii, with I whom it may he our doty, ultiuiaiely, to’ act, for sending a delegation to Haiti-1 more, in anticipation of this state of things. Bat why appoint an Executive Committee? This seems to contemplate ; a permanent organization, distinct from that of the Union Party.— Journal and Messenger. It has recently been stated that the health of Louis Napoleon is in a nost un satisfactory Mate; and some private letters say that the French President has been so seriously ill that lie was unable to ap pear in public. Reports to this effect were probably circulated to account for bis non-appearance in public, w Inch some journals have attributed to a fear of as sassination. It is known, however, that Louis Napoleon is afflicted with a severe complaint in Ids Itead. which, at times, causes great pain. Should these attacks continue, it is stated that he will be alto gether unfit to transact any public busi ness. GENERAL PRESENTMENTS. The first pattnel of the Grand Jury for the County of Macon respectfully beg leave to make the following present merits : Upon an examination of the public buildings of the county, we find them in very bad repair and require immediate attention. YVe therefore recommend that the Jail he repaired and placed in a con dition for the reception of prisoners.— The Court House requires a refurnishing entirely, and vve therefore suggest that the inferior Court employ some suitable person to make the necessary repairs, and supply (he Court room with chairs, tables and other necessary furniture. The reports made to the Grand Jury from (lie various parts of the county in regard to the roads and bridges, induces os to believe that the Road Com.ui-sinn ers goneially are very remiss in their du ty. Complaints have been made to us, as to the condition of all the roads and bridges, and we ask the intention of the inferior Court to this department of their duty. YVe have had under examination the Books of the various County Officers, and find those of the Clerk of the Supe rior Court neatly and correctly kept; also those of the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary, for the past year. The Books of llie Clerk of the inferior Court have been kept in a b and ami slovenly manner, reflecting discredit upon that officer, and loudly calling upon the Interior Court for a rigid scrutiny into the matter, and a speedy correction of the evil. YVe have examined most carefully into the state of the county funds, and find that the fund raised from taxation for llie political year 1851 has been collected, paid out, and properly vouched lor. But we regret exceedingly to stale, (hat the county fund raised from the taxes of 1850 has been grossly misapplied and squan dered, both by tlie Tax Collector and County Treasurer, for that year. A por tion of this fund is .-till in the hands of both these officers, unaccounted for, and yet they have since qualified and held public office. YVe state this fact and leave it to the public to draw the proppr infe rence. It is not for us to indulge in hnr'sh comments, especially as we believe the provisions of the law ample to teach and punish, in a proper manner, such conduct upon the part of public officers. A fla grant instance of misconduct upon the part of the said County Treasurer, YV. J. Collins, we cannot permit to pass un noticed. He seems io have no system in keeping his hooks and accounts, has mu tilated and destroyed a portion of the book in which the receipts and disburse ments of the County funds are noted and kepi, so that it is quite impossible fur us 1 1 set forth and show the stale of the ac count between him and James YV. Cun ningham, Tax Collector for that yevr.— 7n addition to the above it appears that the said YV. J. Collins has received rev enue belonging to (he county from other sources, with which lie has not charged himself, and for which he has never ac counted. This amount, from the above causes, is also left uncertain, and cannot, without a more thorough examination than we have been able to give the sub jet t, approximate with any degree of ac curacy. These developments call im peratively upon ihe Inferior Court to em* plot all the agencies within its power to bring tllese officers to h due account, and to secure, while yet they may, the rights of the County. YVe accordingly request that each one of ike Justices of that Court may be furnished by the Clerk of this Court, with a copy of the foregoing pre sentments, and believing as we do, that our fellow citizens will cheerfully bear the expense, we ask that Court respectfully ! and earnestly to adopt the suggestions here made, and to employ some compe | tent and efficient person to assist them in making an investigation so much needed in securing rights so grossly violated. YVe also beg leave to present a* a griev ance, the habit of giving various public jobs and other employments to members | of the Inferior Court, and other county officers. This practice, in our judgment, is in violation of the spirit of the law, 1 and destructive ol the security which was • intended to he given to the community, !by keeping the vaiious effects separate and distinct. YVe also disapprove ol a | habit prevailing to a considerable extent ; among the officers of this county of pay ing out public funds without an order be ing first passed by the Inferior Court au thorizing it. Much of the confusion and difficulty found to exist in the accounts of these officers, we are persuaded, results from this piactice. YVe recommend to the Justices of the Peace, a vigilant enforcement of the pa trol Laws. YVe recommend a levy of the former tax. - In conclusion, it affords us unalloyed pleasure to say that the courtesy received by this body from his honor, Judge Pow ers, and the Solicitor General DcGraffen rcid, has our lasting gratitude. YVe request that the above present ments be published in the Oglethorpe papers. M ARK J.ICIcMULLIxN, Foreman. YVilliam Felton, Stephen Peacock, J. R. Felton, Josiah Moody, Lewis M. Peters, Elijah YY’illiams, Reuben H. Slappey, Einanncl Sharpe, Randolph M’M illin Jesse Tarrer, Robt. F. Baldwin, Julius To met, John YVichard, YVm. H. Lee, John Garner, Thus. G. Hudson, E. A. Robinson, Jas. H. i/tnnon, John T. Carson. GEORGIA, Muesli County: A irue extract from the minutes of Ma” con Superior Court, March Term, 1852. VV. YV. CORBITT, Clerk. [ Communicated. ] HARD PRESENTMENTS. Mr. Editor: It is due myself and the cause ol truth, that I should notice the General Presentments of the Grand Ju ry of this County reported at the last term of our Superior Court, so far as they re late to my official acts as Clerk of the In ferior Court and County Treasurer. You will perceive that I am presented for having kept the Books of the Clerk of me interior Court in a bad and slov enly manner, —as having no system in keeping the books relating to the Treas urer’s office,—of having failed to charge myself with, and of accounting for mon ey belonging to the County,—of having mutilated and destroyed a part of the books in which the receipts and disburse ments of the County funds are kept.— and for misapplying and squandering part of the taxes of the political year 185 n , and of still retaining a part of the same in my hand. During my absence front the State these presentments were made. Had 1 been present, such would not have been the case. In January, 1850, I was elected Clerk of the Inferior Court of the county; this office 1 have kept and been continued in ever since by the kindness and support of our citizens. YVhelher such present ments by the Grand Jury, under these circumstances, were just to me or to them, I submit to the impartial judgement of the public, after making the following statement: The bonks of the Clerk’s office, though not so neatly kept as some, would, as I am informed by others, favorably com pare with those kept by any previous oc cupant of ihe office since the formation of the county. Again, other Grand Juries have hith erto examined these same books, kept by me exactly in the same way, and have by their official presentments, which are io be found upon the minutes of the Court, re ported them as neatly kept. The Hon orable Justices of the Inferior Court of! the County, intelligent and ever attentive j to the discharge of their duties, and to a propet supervision of my official acts as clerk, have not so understood them as to fegl called upon to make any such charge against me as this Grand Jury thought j proper to make. On the contrary, so far as 1 know or have any reason to believe, ! they have been entirely satisfied with them, it will easily be perceived that these Jos., licet, who have occasion to examine the books often, and the manner in which they are kept, and who know how the en tries are made, and why they are made, should know infinitely more about them than a Grand Jury unacquainted with such matters, from a hurried and imper fect glance at them. I allude to this fact not only because it is entitled to consid eration in my defence against the present ments, hut also because it mny furnish an excuse to those who made litem for the injustice they may have done me. The books of the Treasurer’s office were kept by me as kept by those who preceded me io the office, and the same system observed—a system which seems to have met the approval of all the pre ceding Inferior Courts and Grand Juries of the County. It consists in writing down the receipts in favor of the county on one page, and the disbursements on the opposite one. In consequence of some incorrect entries that were made by me in this book, i cut front it two leaves so as to make the proper entries on the pages immediately following, and which were accordingly made. This circumstance was seized upon as the basis-of a charge for the mutilation and destruction of the books. The clerk of the Superior Court of the county has been my deputy as Clerk of the inferior Court. He saw those leaves displaced—knew the entries they contained—knew where they were at the lime the books were examined by the Grand Jury; and could have produ ced them if dial body had called for them. This much they certainly ought to have done if they had suspected any riling wrong from the absence of these leaves, as I could not be there to give them such tacts and explanations as would have given satisfaction. I am further charged with misapplying and squandering the money received from the taxes of the political year 1850. The County Treasurer has no authority to apply the funds of the county to any pur pose other than that ordered by the court; and if I had the Inferior Court would have called me to account for it; but such , was not the fact. 1 accounted for every I cent of those taxes I received. 1 receiv ! ed only a part of them—the other part the Inferior Court allv.wed the Tax Col lector so retain for the building of Buck Creek Bridge which they had a right to do, and which was done iu good lailh, and for the good of the county. For this act of theirs, however, I ought not to be held responsible, i did not receive those taxes, and of course I could nut pay them out. YVM. J. COLLINS. Lanier , May sth, 1852. ( Communicated .) TO TUE P. S. AND MEMBERS OF HANNAH UNION NO. 2 D. OP T. Your committee appointed to draft a preamble and resolutions as a token us our respect for our beloved sister Cherry beg leave to submit the following— What is Death? VY’herefo-e are such heartrending emo/inns produied by this change of existence—bv this exchange of worlds? Were we unmindful of God’s promises, and of the immutability of his laws, we would not thus grieve when He in His good time removes from this earth ! those who have, by their Christian vir- j lues, left behind, for their friends, assn- : ranees that the change is nothing less > than an inconceivable increase of joy and happiness. But we are mortals and grieve \ as mortals are wont to grieve, and per haps ’(is rigid thus to grieve. Hgaiti we are apprized of the loss of another sister of uir order—the third of the original twelve. Annin we have assembled in our Union Room, as a hand of sisters, lo perform the last act of doty, and to offer the last tribute of respect to our departed sister Sarah Cherry. Sister Clteriy breathed her last in die city of Oglethorpe, on Saturday morning she 10th ult., after an illness of six days, ; and was interred in this place on the liilt j ult She removed to Oglethorpe last fall, ! but so attached was she lo oor order, that ! the, although residing in a distant city, ’ claimed her membership and paid prompt- ’ ly her dues. She was a sister well be loved, and her example worthy of imita- ! lion. To lament her loss she has left behind a sprightly son, five years of age, a dis- j consolate husband, and many near and dear relations. The Presbyterian Church, 100, has lost one of its meekest members, but we are j cheered with strong hopes that her gain ■ is unutterably great. Resolved, That the members of Han.. | nah Union deeply deplore the sad neces.. sity which compels them lo surrender their Ulloved sister to the rightful sover. ; eign. Resolved, That we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days—that the regalia and furniture of the Union Room be clad in mourning for and during four successive regular meetings. Resolved, That we tender our warm est sympathies to her bereaved husband and family, and as we mourn in their be reavement in mutual condolence, may we all learn a lesson for good. Resolved, That a copy of this day’s proceedings be tendered to the bereaved husband of the deceased, and that they also be published. Mrs. M. F,. BREWE/2, Mrs. S\LINA TAYLOR. Committee. Union Room, April 12, 1852. Why is John Biggcr’s child larger than his father? Because he is a little Digger. A Grace (or the Aristocracy of Oglethorpe. Lord, grant us a blessing for the nu tritious pabulum which we are about to insert into ouj deuticiilalrd orifices, and after it has been masticated let it pass the cartilaginous larynx and be domiciliati and in the abdominal cavity of our corporeal system, for Christ’s sake, bitten. CITY COUNCIL PROCEEbINIiS COUNCIL CHAMBER, i Oglethorpe, April 28th, 1852. f REGULA MEETING. Present—the M >yor, /Ilileint’-ii Hu. son, Hill, Jelks, Dow soil anil Moody.— Absent—Stanfield. Minutes of the last meeting read and confii tiled. On motion of Alderman Hill, Resi Ived, That the Couneil elect a Sexton at the next regular meeting. On motion of Aid. Dawson, Resolved, That the account for the City Bell be paid. On motion of Alderman Husnu, Resolved, That llie Mayor write lo the President or Superintendent of the S. W. R. Road on the subject of removing live stagnant water and decaying matter about the Rail Road w ithin the corpm a tinn of the city. The Committee who were appointed to survey Trout Branch, recommend the ditching and cleaning asearlv as possible. On motion of Aldeitimn Hill, Resolved, That a committee of four be appointed to let out the ditching of Trout Branch to the lowest bidder for running yard such width and depth as they think best, and bind the contractors lo do the work in five weeks from this date. Upon wliicli the Mayor appointed Hill, Jelks. Hi)son and Dawson. The Committee who were appointed to let mil and contract for the building of a Market House, report William Moody the lowest bidder, whose bid was Four teen Hundred Dollars. Upon which the Mayor appointed the following committee to superintend the building Hill, Jelks and Husnu. Council adjourned. T. A. SYY’EARINGEN, c. c . Cotton Cotton Statement, May 7 1852. Rece’d at Oglrtlmri e lor the week, ending May 7, 69 h.iltg Slop'd per S. W. Kail Hoad. 223 “ Total receipts op to this linn-, 34 952 “ Total shipments “ 34.504 “ Total halan 100 hnnl, 143 “ Oglethorpe April 30 1852. The market is fair, 5y to 7§ ex tremes, Another scientific wonder ! important to Dyspeptics. — Or. J. S. H ‘iii;ht<>n*s pep-in, The True Digestive Fluid, or Gastric Juice, prepared from Deimet, or til*- jourtk stomach of the ox, alter direc tions ol iiaron Liebig the great Physio logii al Chemist, by J. S. Houghton. SI. D., Philadelphia. This i- truly a uondeilid remedy for Indigestion Dys\ pepsia,jaumlice, liver Complaint, consti pation ami debility, curing after nature's JWU method, by Suture's own Agent, tiie Gastric juice. Pamphlets, contain ing iS< ientifie evid* in e of its value, fur nished bv agents gratis. See notice among the medical advertisements, Oglethorpe Prices Current. CORKECTBIt WEEKI-V. BACON, Hams, per lb. . . IS*. Sides, clean “ 13 a 14 Shoulders, “ . . 13 BUTTER, Goshen “ . , 25 a 30 Country “ . . 12 als BAGGING, gunny yds. ... 15 Mafl’d gunny “ . . . 15 HOPE 9x COFFEE, per lbs. . . 12 a 12 CANDLES, Sperm “ . . 40 aSO Adamantine, “ . . 35 a4O Tallow, “ . . 15 a 20 FLOUK, per bbl. . .7,00 a 8,00 MACKEREL, No. l.“ . . . 14,00 “ “ 2. . . . 12,00 “ “ 3. *•. . 9 50 CORN, per bushel, . 1,00 a 1,25 MEAL “ . . . 1,00 a 1,25 LARD, per lb 14 a 16 LEAD, “ 10 a 12 RICE, •• . . 5 a 5J SALT per sack . . . 1,90 MOLASSES, per gallon .35 a 45 SYRUP, N. O. “ . . 45 a 50 Clarified “ . . 90 a 1,00 OlL,Linseed, “ . .1,25 a 1.50 TURPENTINE . . 1,00 a 1,25 SUGAR, “ . . 8 a 10 TALLOW, per lb. . . 7 a 10 Oglethorpe Georgia. Oglethorpe April 12 1852. Whe'eas, li is desirable that every means for the protection of the health, and the prevention of sickness in the city, should be aided by the citixent thereof; they are hereby required to have removed from their lots forthwith all litter and de caying vegetable matters of every kind, and on the failure or neglect of any one so to do the lots will be cleaned up by the city authority at the expense of the owners of such lots. Given tinder my hand. W. T. WILSON Mayor.