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The war with Mexico was progressing this year, and Co- lumbus took a lively interest in the contest. A battalion of
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PERSONAL.
six companies of mounted volunteers, of which J. S. Calhoun had been appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, left Columbus early in September. Dr. J. F. Bozeman was surgeon. The com- panies were commanded by Captains E. R. Goulding, H. Ken- dall, C. H. Nelson, C. A. Hamilton and W. T. Wofford. Colonel Calhoun was given a horse by General McDougald and received another from Daniel Griffin.
On the 26th November, Mr. Randal Jones, an aged citizen of Muscogee, was thrown from his horse, near the residence of Judge Thomas, on the Hamilton road, and killed.
The steamboat H. S. Smith, built in Columbus, was launched at the boat yard on the 27th of November.
A. G. Smith, of Columbus, was killed near Matamoras by Mexicans, while, with a Mexican, he was hunting mules.
PERSONAL.
The officers of Columbus Fire Company No. 1 for this year, were R. A. Ware, President; H. T. Hall, Foreman ; Wm. Snow, Assistant Foreman; J. B. Strupper, Treasurer ; V. H. Cady, Secretary.
The Georgia M. E. Conference appointed Rev. A. J. Wig- gins, Presiding Elder of the Columbus District, and Rev. Jesse Boring as pastor at Columbus.
On Tuesday, August 17th, the Columbus Guards reorgan- ized and elected S. A. Bailey, Captain ; John E. Davis, 1st Lieutenant; R. Ellis, 2d Lieutenant; Joseph King, 3d Lieu- tenant; W. C. Hodges, 4th Lieutenant; Sergeants-W. G. Andrews 1st, Erastus Reed 2d, F. J. Abbott 3rd, J. M. Hughes 4th ; Corporals-J. R. Ivey 1st, A. Ellis 2d, P. Alston 3rd, John King 4th ; James Hamilton, Secretary and Treasurer ; T. Schoonmaker, Quartermaster. John E. Davis, on account of business, declined the captaincy and also the position of 1st Lieutenant. John Forsyth was then elected 1st Lieutenant.
In October, R. T. Marks was elected Senator, and John Bethune and N. L. Howard, Representatives of Muscogee.
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They were the Whig candidates. The following county offi- cers were elected : Sheriff, Col. A. S. Rutherford ; 'Clerk Su- perior Court, Major E. J. Hardin; Clerk Inferior Court, Robt. Mitchell; Tax Collector, J. W. Edwards; Receiver, D. J. Rees ; Coroner, G. B. C. Terry.
The Columbus Enquirer, Columbus Times, and Muscogee Democrat were the papers published in Columbus.
MARRIAGES.
January 3-Benjamin A. Berry and Mahala A. O'Neal. Jan. 7, Stephen A. Doles and Mary Ann E. Hazelton, Anderson Williams and Mary Ann Smith. Jan. 11, Madison T. Key and Samantha Maddux, Barney Mullany and Ann Putnam. Jan. 21, George W. Cowdery and Rosa E. Purple. Jan. 28, Pat- rick Holehan and Samantie Boraw.
February 9-Carter Newson and Lucy Ann Smith. Feb. 13, Jno. W. Harned and Josephine Robinson. Feb. 21, Wm. H. Griswold and Mary E. Andrews.
March 8-Jno. R. Garrett and Martha Ann Garrett. March 11, Simon Sartwell and Mary Ann Moore. March 18, Thos. C. Hill and Sarah T. Pool. March 23, Robert H. Boon and Sarah Ann Brown. March 26, Mandley W. Ellison and Sarah Gilbert. March 28, Harvey Matthews and Eleanor Carr.
April 1-Jeremiah Cox and Rebecca Knowles, William W. Townsend and Lucinda A. Richardson, Thos. J. Pool and Martha E. Shippey. April 8, William Marler and Sileta Maddox, William J. Bradley and Susan Dillard, Edmond McGlawn and Martha Irvin Tullis. April 15, James Barlow and Frances Tomblin. April 18, Lawrence Lines and Ellen Octavia Bugbee. April 27, David Fountain and Eliza McCardel. April 29, Uriah Helms and Martha Foster, John C. Wellborn and Mary A. Pease.
May 5-Hardy B. Carraway and Virginia C. Burton. May 6, Bartley M. Cox and Lucy H. Watt. May 9, Franklin Newberry and Polley Ann Williams. May 10, Jolın T. Copeland and Mary F. Cox. May 11, William Whatsey and Elizabeth Renfroc. May 16, James Brunette and Louisa Matilda Gilley. May 19, Wm. Henry Chambers and Ann Lane Flewellen. May 20, John Young and Salina Cowart. May 23, John Mack and Martha Bagley. May 27, Henry Turnage and Jane Elizabeth Armstrong. May 30, Jno. W. Boland and Elizabeth Darden, Liomel H. Turner and Louisa M. Bryan.
June 3-Jeremiah E. Langford and Mary Jane Jackson. June 8, Lerry C. Mims and Salitha Ann Killian, Littleberry B. Phillips and Mrs. Mary A. Pru- ett, Andrew Jackson Welch and Margaret Elizabeth Rogers. June 13, Geo. H. Sims and Sandal Webb, Robt. D. Greene and Elizabeth L. Coleman. June 15, Silas R. Brown and Sarah A. E. Jones. June 22, Wesley Boyd and Elizabeth Hall. June 27, William Thomas and Amanda Foster. June 29, William McElrath and Nancy Artimus Mass.
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DEATHS.
July 1-George W. Welch and Nancy B. McNeil: July 2, James M. Halley and Margaret Dunn. July 11, Samuel J. Crow and Frances Elizabeth Owens. July 13, John T. Decker and Lurany C. Chapman.
August 1-Patrick Gillespia and Fredericka N. Albricht. Aug. 3, Samuel Watkins and Betsy B. McCall. Aug. 15, Jepthah H. Clements and Elizabeth A. McDonald. Aug. 19, Uriah Williams and Nancy Johnson, Jas. E. Broad- nax and Martha Watkins. Aug. 26, John W. Perry and Lovey L. John. Aug. 29, Major LeGrand Guerry and Rhoda Amelia Cook. Aug. 31, Seaton Ira Clark and Mary Jane Burt.
September 8-Thomas W. Christian and Mary Jane Greer. Sept. 12, Charles Beck and Emily Wilson. Sept. 16, Michael W. Whitman and Mary Adams, William P. May and Nancy A. F. Pace. Sept. 23, Thomas Wilson Blackburn and Elizabeth Susan Kirkpatrick. Sept. 26, Reuben Leggit and Per- silla Lunsford, Amos Hicks and Martha Colyer. Sept. 30, William Maxey and Mary Field.
October 7-Joseph West and Elizabeth A. Parkman. Oct. 12, Woody A. Moor and Mary E. Paramore. Oct. 14, George W. Hunter and Margaret Elder. Oct. 17, Augustus L. Edwards and Susan E. Rockmore. Oct. 21, Robert Garven and Louisa Gass. Oct. 31, Jacob Parker and Nancy Davie.
November 7-Allen Whatley and Eliza Jane Blackman. Nov. 11, Francis Kromer and Mary O'Conner. Nov. 18, Joshua Wilson and Mary Ann Murry. Nov. 25, Barnabas Cook and Dorcas Hicks. Nov. 30, John Henry Mealing and Martha Burt.
December 2-Alsey Dean and Eliza Weaver, Harvey King and Sarah A. Butt. Dec. 5, Jno. W. Wood and Repsey Ann Hall. Dec. 7, Hezekiah W. Edwards and Ann H. Harrison. Dec. 14, Isaac W. Orr and Eliza Santhall. Dec. 16, John Key and Susan Parkman. Dec. 21, Peter K. Edgar and Harriet E. Brenizer. Dec. 22, John Johnson and Sarah Motley. Dec. 23, David R. Snell and Parmilla Ann Mullin, Allen W. Sanders and Elizabeth Perry. Dec. 25, William Helms and Nancy Stearns. Dec. 26, Enoch Willett and Martha Ann P. Williams. Dec. 28, Richard A. Warner and Amanda D. Terry. Dec. 30, Laban C. Pool, and Mrs. Jane Needham, John H. Massey and Caroline Johnson, Calvin Hilliard and Julia Ann Bell.
DEATHS.
Jan. 5-Mrs. Thomas Morris, daughter of William Ragland.
Dec. 27, 1846-Littleton Atkinson, aged 29 years.
February-Ebenezer C. Chandler. Feb. 29-Mrs. John Hazleton, aged 21 years. Feb. 22-John Dicken, aged 40 years.
March 23-Mrs Milly Bryant.
April 18-At Col: Banks' Wynnton 'residence, Mrs. Josephine, wife of Judge Hawkins, aged 33 years.
May 1-Mrs. Mary Eugenia Downing. May 13-Mrs. A. P. Reynolds, aged 43 years. May 23-J. C. McGibony, aged 51 years.
June 26-Nathan Seymour, of Apalachicola, aged 55 years. June-R. B. Lee, late member Georgia Light Infantry in Mexico.
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THE CITY ELECTION.
July 10-Mr. Thomas Kimbrough, aged 60,"and Mrs. B., wife of A. M. Kimbrough, of Muscogee county.
Aug. 2-Wm. Henry, son of J. N. and Lucy A. Barnett, aged one year and seven days. Aug. 6-Henry Matthews, a native of England, but many years a citizen of this State, aged 46 years.
Sept. 5-Joseph A., infant son of S. C. Lindsay, aged 11 years. Sept. 7- Mrs. Cynthia Ragan, aged 60 years. Sept. 15-Mrs. Lemuel Cherry, aged 32 years. Sept. 27-Joseph Grimes, aged 56 years.
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1848.
New Fire Company-Muscogee Rail Road Subscription Rati- fied-Trades, Professions, &c.
Under an amendment of the charter, the citizens this year, for the first time, elected the Marshal, Deputy Marshal, Treasurer and Clerk. The election was held on the first of January, and resulted as follows : Mayor, S. W. Flournoy ; Aldermen-1st Ward, W. Y. Barden, W. S. Holstead; 2d Ward, Harvy Hall; 3d Ward, Jno. Johnson, Joseph Brooks ;' 5th Ward, S. R. Andrews, Lewis C. Allen; 6th Ward, B. F. Coleman ; Marshal, J. M. Hughes; Deputy Marshal, George Gullen; Treasurer, R. H. Green ; Clerk, Calvin Stratton. No choice was made at this election for one Alderman each in the 2d and 6th Wards, and two in the 4th. Subsequently, J. A. L. Lee was elected to the vacancy in the 2d Ward; P. A. Clayton of the 4th, and Wm. R. Jones of the 6th, Col. Wm. M. Lee of the 4th.
Council elected A. G. Foster, City Attorney,"Dr. "Thos. Hoxey, City Physician ; Wm. W. Martin, Bridge Keeper ; Jerry Terry, Sexton; B. Weeks, Clerk of Market; B. In- gram, Hospital Keeper. Board of Health-Dr. T. W. Grimes, President; Joseph King and G. W. Turrentine," of First Ward; S. A. Billing and John Kyle, of Second ; Joseph Kyle and Mansfield Torrence, of Third; D. McArthur and J. W. Frost, of Fourth ; J. Kivlin and J. L. Morton, of Fifth ;
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Joseph Wiggins and J. R. Greene, of Sixth. Port Wardens- LeGrande S. Wright, C. E. Mims, B. F. Malone, T. M. Ho- gan, H. T. Greenwood.
Clerk of Council was paid $400; Marshals $500 each ; Treasurer $600; Clerk of Market $150; Bridge Keeper $600; City Physician $260.
Vigilant Fire Company No. 2 was organized this year, and the Fire Department of Columbus was organized by the election of H. T. Hall as Chief Engineer, and B. J. Matthews Assistant. The following were the officers of the two com- panies constituting the Department: Of Columbus No. 1, R. A. Ware was President; W. Foster, Foreman; I. G. Strup- per, Assistant ; J. D. Johnson, Secretary; R. H. Greene, Treasurer. No. 2, R. H. Taylor, President ; L. T. Woodruff, Foreman ; R. T. Brice, Assistant ; John H. Davis, Secretary ; R. Patten, Treasurer.
The corner stone of Odd Fellows' Hall, near the corner of Oglethorpe and, St. Clair streets, was laid on the 29th of January.
On the 2d of February, Council, in accordance with an agreement entered into with the officers of the Muscogee Railroad Company (John G. Winter, President,) subscribed for 1,500 shares in the stock of said company, with the fol- lowing conditions: Council agreeing to pay quarterly to the Company $7,500. If the Directors call in stock faster than quarterly the city will issue 7 per cent. bonds to said Com- pany, to be taken at par by it; provided, said Railroad Com- pany put the whole line, from Columbus to Barnesville, on the M. & W. R.R., under contract as soon as practicable, and ex- pend the city money on the west half of said railroad ; pro- vided, also, said company receive from citizens, for freight and passage, all the scrip issued by City Council-provided the same shall not exceed $20. Council shall not subdivide the annual tax.
Subsequently the citizens, by a vote of 339 to 27, approved
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a special railroad tax for the term of two years to meet this subscription, viz: 2 per cent. on real estate and { of one per cent. on sales of merchandise and banking business.
J. L. Morton, John T. Walker, and Frederick Toby, were elected city assessors. They made a return of the census of the city as follows: White males, 1,701, white females 1,543, slaves owned by residents 1,522, by non-residents 266, free persons of color 42-total 5,074. They reported that this did not include a large number of persons who did busi- ness in the city but resided in the suburbs.
There were 125 persons with no trade or profession, 8 cler- gymen, 25 lawyers, 18 physicians, 6 dentists, 12 printers and publishers, 303 merchants and clerks, 29 brokers and factors, 3 auction and commission merchants, 75 shopkeepers, 7 sil- versmiths, 2 book-binders, 4 music professors, 10 bankers and clerks, 12 manufacturers, 6 machinists, 72 carpenters, 5 blacksmiths, 17 wheel and carriage makers, 5 brass and iron founders, 46 steamboat men, 13 cabinet makers, 12 sign and house painters, 4 saddle and harness makers, 7 tinners, 16 tailors, 2 gunsmiths, 16 brickmakers and plasterers, 3 bakers, 2 coopers, 1 dyer and scourer, 1 hatter, 1 marble-cutter, 4 artists.
The Finance Committee reported in March that the debts . of the city which should be paid during the year, amounted to $9,920, and the total necessary expenses were estimated at $26,100. The resources, including $9,000 from the bridge and $9,800 from taxes, were estimated at $21,175, showing a deficit of $4,925.
Council levied the following taxes for the year : On white males between 12 and 60 $1 00; free males of color $6 00 ; on every $100 of negro slaves 25 cents ; owned outside and working in city 75 cents ; lawyers and physicians $4 00; on every $100 of money loaned 25 cents ; merchandise 25 cents -excepting sugar, coffee, molasses, iron, bagging, rope or salt 122 cents ; each negro offered for sale by trader $1 00;
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every $100 invested in banks 25 cents; real estate 25 cents on every $100 of value, &c .; and an extra railroad tax of 2 per cent. upon real estate, for railroad purposes.
Council elected as Fire Wardens, J. C. Ruse, 1st Ward ; George Strupper, 2d ; Wm. K. Schley, 3rd ; John B. Strup- per, 4th ; L. W. Wells, 5th ; J. M. Tarbox, 6th.
On the night of June 21st, at 3 A. M., the livery stables of Hatcher, Leary & Co. were burned, with the adjacent car- riage houses, &c., together with a large quantity of corn, fodder and other provender, and fifty valuable horses. The large building on the corner known as Shylock's Bank, as also the Episcopalian Church, were on fire several times but were put out by the fire companies, aided by citizens. Among the number who distinguished themselves were Mr. Hanserd and Capt. Van Veichton, of Apalachicola. The Enquirer narrowly escaped. Mr. Anderson lost his building and a
large lot of meat, lumber and salt. Loss about $12,000. Hatcher & Pitts rebuilt the stables, and on the night of Sep- tember 7th they were again burnt out, losing that time twen- ty-one horses-making a loss of seventy-one horses burned in two months.
The Telegraph lines reached Columbus in July of this year. Council this year adopted and had printed a new code of ordinances drawn up and compiled by the City Attorney and passed upon separately.
On the 29th of July, Whitby Foster was elected an Alder- man of the 5th Ward, in place of Alderman Andrews who had removed from that Ward; and William Amos was in September elected an Alderman of the 5th Ward, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Whitby Foster.
This appears to have been a sickly summer for the city. We learn from the sexton's report that there were 23 inter- ments in July, and that diarrhea, measles, scarlet and other fevers had their victims. But the report does not give the names of the persons buried. In August there were 24 in-
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terments, the same disease prevailing. In September 19- diarrhea, scarlet fever and worms being most fatal.
The Treasurer reported the receipts of the City Treasury this year $25,086 39, and the disbursements $25,079 30. The Treasurer also reported the payment during the year of $8,- 963 90 of the indebtedness of the city, and that the debt at the close of the year was about $35,000.
The receipts of cotton up to the 27th of May amounted to 56,759 bales. We cannot find any report for the balance of the commercial year. The quotation at that time was 4} to 5₺ c.
There was much excitement on account of the frequency of fires, believed to be incendiary, this year. Council offered a reward of $500 for the arrest of the incendiaries, with proof to convict.
The following were quotations of produce and merchandise in December : Cotton 4} to 5}c., bagging 22 to 25c. per yard, candles-sperm 35c. per pound, tallow 18 to 20c., coffee-Rio 8 to 9c., Java 12}c., molasses 28 to 30c., corn 35 to 40c., lard 7 to 8c., fodder 50 to 60c., wheat 80c. to $1, whiskey 27 to 30c., American brandy 45 to 50c., cogniac $3 to $4, salt $2 per sack, brown sugar 7 to 10c., loaf 12}c., nails 5 to 6c., meal 45c., bacon sides and shoulders 5 to 6c., hams 8 to 10 cents.
INCIDENTS.
Council rented the Columbus fisheries to M. N. Clark for the years 1849, 1850 and 1851, and by him they were let to N. P. Foster.
An intelligent Mexican youth who accompanied Col. J. S. Calhoun on his return from the war, was drowned while bathing in the river on Sunday, August 27th. His body was recovered.
During October, Dr. T. W. Grimes, President of the Board of Health, reported the death of 13 whites and 5 blacks.
The Odd Fellow's new Hall was dedicated on Friday, Nov.
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17th. Col. S. R. Blake, of Macon, delivered the address. A supper was given at night by the ladies for the benefit of the Odd Fellow's Institute. Admission $1 50.
On. December 26th, the wooden building owned by Mrs. Shorter, and adjoining her residence on Broad street, was burned.
PERSONAL.
Amos & Jones, Richard Roberson, James Schuyler, John D. Arnold, Gittinger & Barschall, had stalls in the market.
Grigsby E. Thomas, Marshall J. Wellborn, Kennith Mc- Kenzie, A. H. Flewellen and Wm. Amos were Trustees of the Muscogee Asylum for the Poor.
Wm. F. Serrell was elected surveyor of Columbus by Council.
R. Sims, Wiley Williams, Hon. W. T. Colquitt, R. H. Clark, Willis A. Hawkins, Hon. M. J. Wellborn, Benj. W. Clark, J. C. Mounger and Thos. C. Speer were admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court in July.
Charles J. Williams was Solicitor General; E. J. Hardin, Clerk of the Court; R. B. Alexander, Judge.
The Grand Jury for the fall term consisted of Lock Weems, Foreman, B. A. Sorsby, J. H. Butt, Robert Boyd, Jacob Parker, Amos Schumpert, James B. Hicks, John Quin, V. R. Tommey, J. M. Read, J. M. Cook, W. A. Chisolm, Robert Carter, Dozier Thornton, J. B. Baird, H. J. Eelbeck, Jonathan Bridges, W. M. Jepson, J. J. Jackson and George W. Jones.
The stockholders of the Muscogee Railroad elected as Directors, J. H. Howard, R. S. Hardaway, R. A. Ware, R. B. Alexander, S. A. Bailey, Harvey Hall, Jas. Wimberly. The Board elected J. H. Howard President.
, MARRIAGES.
January 7-Wm. II. Edwards and Sarah Cureton. Jan. 9, Robert W. Wind- ham and Tabitha Smith.".Jan. 11, Josiah J. Howell and Frances Jane Harris, John W. Pease and Jane Ann Norman. Jan. 13, Leonard P. Nelson and Catharine Welch, Anderson B. Nelson and Sarah Welch. Jan. 20, Rev. -
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Oliver R. Blue and Ann E. Howard. Jan. 21, Granville L. Robinette and Cinthia J. Rees. Jan. 27, Chas. S. Harrison and Lucy E. Sturgis. Jan. 30, William W. Barbaree and Sealy Dillard.
February 2-Oscar V. Brown and Martha W. Kimbrough. Feb. 5, Henry Jones and Martha Bradford. Feb. 11, Wm. Freeman and Adaline Dunning. Feb. 17, William H. Alford and Eliza Webb, Abraham Staton and Julia A. Taylor. Feb. 19, Greene Taylor and Mary Ann Tellis. Feb.' 27, William Miles and Martha Lindsey, John Barbarra and Christian Hereubee.
March 1-Jabez Hamlin Whittelsey and Emily Ann Schley. March 2, John B. Vickery and Priscilla Johnson. March 5, Howell Heti and Lucinda Pitch. March 7, John Martin and Susan Kite, Joseph Brunson and Ann E. Carthidge. March 9, Christian N. Pike and Maranda A. Webb. March 14,
Wm. Allen and Nancy Haster. March 16, Nathan Miller and Narcissa Burren. March 19, Richard Williams and Mary Ann McGuist. March 26, James J. Ritch and Jane Fountain. March 22, Francis D. Oliver and Mary Hand. March 23, Richard R. Davis and Mary E. Twilley. March 30, Sanı'l C. Dodson and Elizabeth C. Duncan.
April 10-James Griffin and Martha Rogers. April 18, Joseph S. Vickery and Sarah M. Johnson. April 29, Mathew Knight and Epsy Phillips.
May 4-William Hill and Eliza Bryley. May 8, Alonza Balsh and Eliza Caroline McClain.
June 1-Samuel Weaver and Nancy Roberts. June 7, Stephen S. Brooks and Nancy A. Hunley. June 15, James Morgan and Rebecca E. Coffee. June 22, Elijah T. Willis and Mary Ann Dillman. June 28, James S. Collins and Mary Jane Hamil. June 29, Jasper Jones and Mary Bush.
July 1-Samuel Aenchbacker and Rebecca Owens. July 2, Daniel A. Woolbright and Martha E. Woolbright. July 9, Benjamin Bryant and Cath- arine Wilson. July 11, Alexander H. Cooper and Eliza C. Harris. July 25, Robert D. Cox and Eliza A. Cox.
August 10-Harrison Gresham and Nancy Wooton, Benjamin Harvey and Mary E. Cox. August 22, Dr. Alexander L. Martin and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Dart. August 24, Young E. Walters and Susannah Smith, Michael S. Walters and Winnifred Majors.
September 3-Wm. E. Cox and Sarah Ann Margaret Reighley. September 4, William Williams and Elizabeth Wiley. Sept. 6, John Hamilton and Ann M. Jefferson, Samuel Caldwell and Eliza Brown, David W. Hooks and Ma- tilda Catharine Walters. Sept. 7, Elza C. Grant and Nancy Hayes. Sept. 13, David K. Tant and Martha Ann Rounds. Sept. 14, Roswell Ellis and Frances A. Mangham, John H. Davis and Martha Ann Calhoun, John S. Vanpitt and Sarah A. Burnett, John R. Presley and Matilda Driscoll.
October 3-William Ryall and Louisa Baggett. Oct. 15, Nathan H. Short and Malinda Weaver. Oct. 17, James B. Ayres and Eliza Ann Lamb. Oct. 22, William B. Stephens and Sarah M. McMichael. Oct. 29, Claudius S. Lawhon and Ann Jane Bonnell.
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November 2-John King and Mary Ann Conner. Nov. 3, David Averett and Mary A. Thompson. Nov. 4, William Miller and Caroline Greene. Nov. 6, John Hurst and Augusta Ann Whipple. Nov. 12, William Champion and Bethany Austin. Nov. 18, George W. Robinson and Ann E. Wood. Nov. 21, Enoch J. Wall and Elizabeth Stringer. Nov. 22, Edward W. Suvell and Maria S. Chapman. Nov. 23, Joel Williams and Eliza Wiley.
December 3-Wiley M. Reeves and Elizabeth Kent. Dec. 6, Whitman C. Alford and Phebe Jane Sammis, James W. Smith and Mary A. Hines, Allen Cowart and Frances A. E. Comer. Dec. 7, Gillum Carpenter and Martha Ann Chase. Dec. 8, Wiley Wamach and Jane Pike. Dec. 13, Eaton P. Miller and Cinthia McVay. Dec. 14, Francis Marion Christopher and Sarah Salina Boyd. Dec. 20, James Howard and Eveline White. Dec. 21, Rich- ard M. Gray and Mary J. W. Hayes. Dec. 26, William T. Shippey and Elizabeth A. Pool.
DEATHS.
February 25- Mrs. Ebenade Adams.
March 8-Captain Moses Butt. March 10 -- Mrs. Elizabeth Griswold. March 16-Dr. Iddo Ellis.
April 3-Mrs. Caroline Dunn. April 13-Thomas M., infant son of Thos. M. Hogan. April 29-Fanny Blount, infant daughter of Rev. Thos. B. Slade. April 30-Horace, infant son of W. H. Griswold.
May 19-Mrs. Mary Ann, wife of Michael Kelly.
June 1-Ann Elizabeth, infant daughter of William Perry. June 2-Thos. Hoxie, Jr. June 10-Evans Wimberly (of Florida. ) June 11-Charles Augustus, infant son of George W. Hardwick. June 21-Rev. Thomas Goulding, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church. June 23-Miss Eliza J. Redd.
July 2-Alexander J., son of John Hunley. July 17-Mary Dillard, infant daughter of James Kivlin. July 20-George Pendleton, infant son of Richard Hooper ; Mrs. Eliza J. Barden, wife of Wm. Y. Barden. July 25- Mary Jane, daughter of Neil G. Smith.
Sept. 7-Henry C. McKendree ; and on the 9th, Caroline Eliza McKendree children of John J. McKendree. Sept. 15-Washington Irving, infant son of Joseph E. Webster. Sept. 19-William Frederick, son of G. E. Thomas. Sept. 24-Col. Thomas F. Foster.
Oct. 3-James Franklin Rees. Oct. 23-Miss Mary Jane, daughter of John Lloyd.
Nov. 8-Joseph Alexander (of Pennsylvania.) Nov. 27, Jeremiah Thornton.
1849.
A Year of Manufacturing and Rail Road Enterprises.
The Enquirer of the 2d of January opened the new year with the expression of sanguine hopes for the future of Co-
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CITY OFFICIALS FOR THE YEAR.
lumbus, and a brief reference to some improvements then in progress. We copy the article, mainly to show the condition at that time of enterprises since completed, as we are still far from the realization of the anticipations of the paper :
OUR CITY-ITS PROSPECTS-RAILROAD-CAPITAL-MANUFACTURES, &C .- At the commencement of the new year we look at home and around us with lively hopes and expectations of the future.
The Muscogee Railroad is now fairly on the progress of construction, not upon paper, but over ground. Suffice it to say, that the capital and energy now brought to this work can accomplish anything.
Our Factory improvements are going up beyond our most sanguine expec- tations, and their success is equaling the most sanguine anticipations of those engaged in them. All that is wanting to make our city not only the Lowell of the South, but of the United States, is capital, and that is rapidly tending towards it.
Col. Farish Carter, long and favorably known to the people of Georgia, not only as a large capitalist, but as a man of great caution and prudence, has now near completion one of the largest class of Factory buildings, and it is said intends immediately to erect another. In these it is his purpose to employ slave labor, thus diverting a portion of this from the production to the manufacture of our great staple. [Slaves were not employed in this Factory. ]
We learn with much pleasure that this is now his place of residence. A few more citizens of the same sort, and of similar means and confidence in the value of investments here, and we mean what we say, that more cotton can and will be manufactured at and near Columbus than at any other point in the Union.
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