Progress of the Mobile and Girard R. R.---A Quiet Year

The following officers of the municipal government were elected on the 5th of January:
Mayor, Willis S. Holstead.
Aldermen:
1st Ward, S. F. Grimes and J. W. Warren
2d, J. A. Urquhart and N. McRobinson
3d, T. K. Wynne and Theo. Stewart
4th, R. C. Shorter and S. R. Andrews
5th, F. M. Brooks and Alex. Lowther
6th, A. A. Dill and J. M. Traywick
Treasurer, J. L. Howell
Clerk, Calvin Stratton
Marshal, T. M. Hogan
Deputy, George Gullen

Salaries of Mayor and Clerk of Council were made $500 each; Treasurer, $600; Marshal and Deputy Marshal, $560 each; Clerk of Market, $150; City Physician, $350; Bridge keeper, $600.

City Council elected the following:
Clerk of Market, Thos. Nix
Sexton, Jeremiah Terry
Bridge-keeper, Wm. W. Martin
City Physician, J. F. Bozeman
Hospital-keeper, Burnet Ingram
Attorney, A. G. Foster
Health officers: W. Y. Barden and L. Livingston,
1st Ward; R. A. Ware and S. A. Billing,
2d; Joseph Kyle and M. Torrance,
3d; E. Dudley and W. Matthewson,
4th; W. C. Cooper and John Wooten,
5th; T. R. Herrandyne and John Munn,
6th. Port Wardens: I. T. Robinson, J. C. Brewer, J. W. Frost, J. M. Hughes and G. W. Cowdery.

The Finance Committee reported that the total receipts of the city treasury for the year 1849 were $22,675.53, and the total disbursements $22,159.49. They reported the total liabilities of the city $22,724 (of which the larger item, $8,000, was an indebtedness to John G. Winter,) and the total resources, including bridge tolls and taxes to be collected for the year, $22,140.

Some nuisances were not easily abated under the "peculiar and careful" tactics then understood, as appears from the minutes of Council. In January, Alderman Brooks announced that a "house of ill fame" had been opened in the old Theatre building on Crawford street, "under the auspices and management of Mr. Jones," to the great annoyance of families in the neighborhood; and he moved that a committee be appointed to inquire into the facts and report. At a subsequent meeting the committee reported that "after a careful and laborious examination" they had satisfied themselves that "there was something decidedly rotten in Denmark; but from the peculiar and careful manner in which the implicated party conduct themselves, it will be impossible to reach the accused in the manner now pursued;" and the matter appears to have been dropped.

The Assessors appointed to value the city property reported the total valuation $1,390,825, not including about $250,000 not taxed.

City taxes this year, on real estate, one-fourth of one per cent.; on every $100 worth of merchandise sold, 20 cents; poll tax $1, &c. There was also an extra tax of one-fifth of one per cent, on all town property, one-twentieth of one per cent, on sales of merchandise, one-fourth of one per cent, on banks, &c., 25c. on polls, and one-eighth of one per cent, on slaves, to pay interest on railroad bonds.

The work of surveying for the track of the Mobile & Girard Railroad was progressing this year. The Enquirer of the 2d of July reported one hundred and sixty miles of the route then surveyed by Engineer Cooper, accompanied by the President, Maj. R. S. Hardaway; also that subscriptions obtained along the route exceeded the most sanguine anticipations. The grading of the road for a distance of 150 miles from Girard had all been taken. [Not completed yet!] The officers of the Company were R S. Hardaway, President; W. B. Harris, Secretary; Gen. Anderson and James Abercombie of Russell, John Egerton of New Orleans, Wm. A. Hardaway of Mobile, and R. S. Hardaway of Columbus.

John Munn was elected an Alderman of Ward 6, in the place of Ald. Traywick removed from the ward.

A special election was held on the 2d of November for a Marshal and two Aldermen to fill vacancies. N. McRobinson was elected Marshal, J. W. King Alderman for the 3rd Ward, and H. H. Epping Alderman for the 5th Ward. Robt. A. Ware was elected an Alderman of 2d Ward in November, in place of Alderman Robinson elected Marshal.

The receipts of cotton up to the 15th of June amounted to 59,519 bales. Prices l0¾ to 11⅜c.

The Rock Island Paper Mills commenced supplying the city press with newspaper about the first of this year.

The Southern Sentinel was started in January, by Wm. H. Chambers, Esq., to whom Dr. Andrews had sold the Democrat. The Enquirer and Times were the other city papers.

Cotton was quoted at 11 to 12½c. in January, and declined a little during the spring.

The steamer H. S. Smith, with a cargo of one thousand bales of cotton, was entirely consumed by fire on the night of the 24th of March, at Fontaine's Landing on the Chattahoochee. Gen. Irwin was drowned in jumping overboard, and three Negroes were either drowned or burned.

An Agricultural Fair, that attracted much interest, was held in Columbus on the 20th, 21st and 22d of November.

Royal Wright, son of David Wright, Esq., was killed on the 23d of November, in an encounter with a man named Robinson. Robinson was from Atlanta.

Cotton in December was quoted at 11 to 12½c.

Personal

W. P. Baker, H. T. Hall, Dr. W. K. Schley, J. B. Strupper, L. W. Wells, and B. F. Coleman were Fire Wardens.

B. J. Mathews was Chief Engineer, and A. Porter, Assistant, of the Fire Department; J. B. Strupper, Foreman of Co. 1, and J. H.. Merry, Assistant; H. T. Hall, Foreman of No. 2, and L. T. Woodruff, Assistant; Thos. L. Larus, Foreman of No. 3, and Sam. W. King, Assistant.

On January 7th, the Muscogee Railroad stockholders reelected as directors, Major J, H. Howard, R. S. Hardaway, Dr. R. A. Ware, Gen. S. A. Bailey, Judge R. B. Alexander, Harvey Hall and Major James Wimberly.

The County election came off January 7th, and resulted as follows; F. A. Jepson, for Sheriff, by 26 majority over F. G. Wilkins; E. J. Hardin, Clerk Superior Court, by 29 over P. A. Clayton; Isaac Mitchell, Clerk of Inferior Court, over Tillery and W. M. Reeves; D. J. Rees, Tax Receiver, over Fergurson; Noble, Tax Collector, over Edwards; J. B. Hicks, over Terry, for Coroner; Serrell for Surveyor.

On Saturday, February 9th, Alex. C. Morton was elected 2d Lieutenant, I. C. Chandler, 3rd, and R. D. S. Bell, 4th, of the City Light Guards. A. H. Cooper was Captain.

The Annual Georgia M. E. Conference was held at Marietta. S. Anthony was appointed Presiding Elder of the Columbus District, and Lovick Pierce and Joseph S. Key at Columbus.

Marriages

January 1, Samuel D. Harp and Sarah C. McCook.
Jan. 3, Mason A. Bush and Charlotte Bedsole.
Jan. 6, Shadrick Smith and Jane Walls.
Jan. 8, John W. Patterson and Cornelia A. McMurray.
Jan. 9, James Turnage and Elizabeth Hyatt.
Jan. 9, Nathan M. Brickhouse and Cecilia Bugg.
Jan. 10, William T. Lawson and Susan A. Blankenship.
Jan. 10, John T. W. Coleman and Emily G. Horn.
Jan. 17, Samuel Backman and Mary M. Tilley.
Jan. 17, William T. Whitton and Penelope Elder.
Jan. 18, James Butler and Elizabeth Screws.
Jan. 23, John Ligon and Mary E. Ridenhour.
Jan. 21, Henry P. Fisher and Martha E. Fitner.
Jan. 25, James Bailey and Emily Tipton.
Jan. 27, John O. Maguirt and Jane Massey.
Jan. 30, Alexander M. Wynn and Maria C. Howard.

February 5, James H. Bozeman and Sarah A. E. Stanfield.
Feb. 6, Wm. J. Kellett and Emily Norman.
Feb. 13, George S. Davis and Mary D. Warren.
Feb. 14, David Dean and Nancy A. Glenn.
Feb. 18, James A. Farley and Sarah E. Hoxey.
Feb. 19, Wm. H. Munro and Louisa Cobb.
Feb. 21, Levi Whatly and Mary A. Screws.

March 3, Michael H. Durr and Mary V. McGehee.
March 10, John W. C. Baily and Elizabeth Benton.
March 11, Wm. Yearty and Sarah Lockhart.
March 13, James H. Renfroe and Elizabeth Crouch.
March 17, Isaiah Willett and Sarah Maddox.
March 20, William F. Fincher and Mary Hyatt.
March 24, Jonathan P. Cordery and Mary Rowell.

April 1, Robert Barker and Mary Hackney.
April 2, William G. Beckwith and Emma L. Hicks.
April 3, George W. Woodruff and Virginia Lindsey.
April 7, Asa Newsom and Nancy A. Chapman.
April 14, Martin G. West and Sarah A. Morris.
April 18, John Jewell and Martha Gulledge.
April 24, John L. Terry and Julia A. L. Land.
April 26, Charles W. Westmoreland and Sarah E. Burns.

May 1, Timothy Markham and Nancy Ligon.
May 3, Enoch Fussell and Mary E. Morgan.
May 5, Frank L. Mason and Lucinda Sanders.
May 5, George W. Clark and Lurana F. Ivey.
May, 8, Henry J. Lamar and Valina B. Jones.
May 11, Newsom Randall and Penelope C. Ratliff.
May 12, James Welch and Louisa Maddox.
May 16, Hugh R. Rodgers and Tabitha A. Miller.
May 28, Oliver Danforth and Emma A. Nagle.
May 28, Joseph C. Brewer and Ellen A. Fleming.
May 29, Benjamin F. Markrum and Sarah Ann Ennis.
May 30, John W. Hewell and Sophronia E. Harp.

June 2, William W. Morgan and Lucinda Williams.
June 6, Joseph King and Harriet R. Bell.
June 13, Ambrose Nix and Mary J. Edwards.
June 19, John Hughes and Ann B. Cox.
June 20, Thomas Hunt and Mary Renfroe.
June 23, John Jackson and Maria King.

July 3, James Ligon and Sarah A. Tommey.
July 3, Samuel M. Carter and Emily L. Colquitt.
July 7, Andrew J. McKenzie and Catharine Barbaree.
July 11, Abraham Odom and Eliza A. English.
July 12, John Newberry and Laney Robinson.
July 13, Charles L. Geer and Matilda Hatcher.
July 16, Lewis S. McCall and Ann Morris.
July 16, Charles T. Cushman and Jane A. W. Shaw.
July 18, Irving Watkins and Lucretia J. Napier.
July 23, William Dubois and Elizabeth E. Craig.
July 24, Geo. A. Christian and Salina Shofner.
July 24, Stephen B. Dean and Margaret L. Cunning
July 31, William Wooton and Betsey Stephens.
July 4, Thos. I. Patrick and Elsey Waters.

August 13, John M. Traywick and Minerva E. Thompson.
Aug. 14, Edward S. Martin and Margaret J. Culpepper.
Aug. 15, John E. Merritt and Susan Proctor.
Aug. 18, William Tillery and Mary E. Waters.
Aug. 18, Charles J. Davenport and Martha A. E. Gibson.
Aug. 21, Elias Sanders and Sarah A. Bartlett.
Aug. 27, Walker P. Jones and Frances McNaughton.

September 1, Lewis Moody and Lucinda Langley,
September 1, Thomas H. Reynolds and Mary F. Boring.
Sept. 4, William M. Allen and Delilah Odom.
Sept. 5, Orman Oliver and Nancy Williamson.
Sept. 7, Obadiah Whittenton and Mary A. Newsom.
Sept. 8, John T. Damill and Lucinda Ougle.
Sept. 12, Andrew J. Ousley and Martha A. Jordan.
Sept. 12, Davie G. W. Davis and Elizabeth P. Moss.
Sept. 19, John C. Lewis and Martha Fletcher.
Sept. 22, Jesse Wall and Susan Harvell.
Sept. 23, Wm. H. Sauls and Sarah J. Brown.
Sept. 24, Rufus Carr and Gasoline Griffin.
Sept. 26, Joseph J. Painter and Rebecca J. Osborn,
Sept. 26, John Martin and Eleanor G. Wood.

October 3, William H. Hinson and Elizabeth A. Luker.
Oct. 8, John G. Hortman and Frances Rees.
Oct. 9, Abner H. Flewellen and Sarah E. Hardaway.
Oct. 15, Henry Rees and Pallentine Ivey.
Oct. 16, Isaac C. Chandler and Sarah M. Thomas.
Oct. 16, John Brittenham and Lucinda Dennis.
Oct. 17, Richard Williams and Rachel A. Rodgers.
Oct. 20, John Flynn and Sarepta Helms.
Oct. 23, Richard H. Lockhart and Arabella J. Howard.
Oct. 24, Christopher C. Morgan and Adaline Culpepper.
Oct. 26, Thomas W. Peddy and Elizabeth Maynor.
Oct. 31, John L. Parker and Nancy K. Edwards.

November 5, Mijamon Moon and Sarah A. G. Paul.
November 5, Thomas M. Towler and Sarah E. Boland.
Nov. 7, Joseph McCall and Mary Drenon.
Nov. 10, George W. Cobb and Mary Berry.
Nov. 13, William Welch and Catharine Nelson.
Nov. 14, John Byard and Sarah Cooper.
Nov. 23, Walter C. Manning and Rebecca M. Shellman.
Nov. 27, James W. Warren and Sarah V. Howard,
Nov. 27, Wiley Adams and Sarah A. E. Tooke.

December 5, Presley Tillery and Lucinda Dukes.
December 5, S. M. J. Wimberly and Mary A. Pickett.
Dec. 11, Daniel B. Bird and Mary V. Butt.
Dec. 12, Wm. B. Willis and Lucinda J. McLendon.
Dec. 13, Matthias Barringer and Sarah Pryor.
Dec. 15, Samuel J. Flemming and Eliza Culpepper.
Dec. 18, Grisham Scroggins and Mary A. E. Daukins,
Dec. 18, William P. Aubry and Rosa M. Forsyth.
Dec. 18, David H. Wynn and Mary F. Dennis.
Dec. 23, George S. Cary and Margaret S. Thweatt.
Dec. 24, Drewery Pate and Martha Ivey.
Dec. 29, Jonathan Cordery and Angelina. Wall.
Dec. 30, Michael L. Walters and Haner A. M. Webb.

Sexton's Report of Deaths

January 2, Mr. Benson, aged 40 years
January 4, child of John Kelly
January 4, Frances A. Duffle, aged 40
January 9, Sarah Ann Holt, aged 29
January 10, Elizabeth Sanders, aged 62
January 12, Wm. H. Ayer, aged 10
January 15, Rudolph H. Ayer, 12
January 15, child of Mr. Gammel
January 20, Patrick Gellen, aged 13
January 31, George W. Turrentine
January 31, Hon. Wm. Griggs
Also 5 Negroes in January.

(We find no report for February.)

March 6, Peggy Dodson, aged 50
March 9, Ann Murdock, aged 30
March 16, John Schaeffer, aged 40
Also 3 Negroes in this month.

April 1, John Williams, aged 30 years
2, child of Mrs. Moore
6, Richard Tarborough, 43
8, child of M. Stephens
9, Wm. Tarbutton, aged 40
10, child of Mr. Mariner
19, child of Mr. McElrath, aged 1
25, Amanda Byard, aged 25
29, Elizabeth Hall, aged 45
Also 6 Negroes in this month.

May 5, Child of C. Wise, aged 5 months
May 5, child of Mr. King, aged 1 year
May 6, Abraham Clark, aged 5
May 6, child of Mrs. Hooper
May 8, child of O. Anderson, aged 1
May 9, Abram Curry, aged 67
May 9, Benj. Sutton, aged 20
May 22, Ellen Mobley, aged 20
May 26, Susan Kent, aged 49
May 30, child of Mrs. Hooper, aged 10
Also 4 Negroes in this month.

DEATHS

(From The Newspapers)

May 18, Mrs. M. F. Weems, wife of Locke Weems.

June 5, Mrs. Kimbrough, wife of Wm. H. Kimbrough.
June 6, Mrs. E. A. Billups.
June 24, Mary Jane, infant daughter of E. H. Musgrove.

July 10, Mrs. Eleanor M. S. Ector.
July 11, Mary Elizabeth, infant child of Peter K. Edgar.
July 14, Thos. Bostwick, aged 30 years.

August, Wm. B. Christian.
August 9, Mrs. Harriet, wife of Peter K. Edgar. .

September 7, Patrick Tiervey, aged 24.
Sept: 10, John M. S. Brooks, aged 24.
Sept. 10, (at Savannah) Nelson McLester, of Columbus.
Sept. __ David M Clarke.
Sept. 22, Mrs. Sarah A., wife of H. S. Smith.
Sept. 23, Willis M. Reeves.

October. 11, Cosam Emir Bartlett, aged 57 years (formerly editor of a Columbus paper.)
Oct. 22, Mathew Brannon.

November 12, Miss Julia H. Pledge, in the 15th year of her age
Nov. 27, Mrs. E. A. Redd, wife of Wm. Redd, Sr.

December 13, Philip, infant son of Thos. Schley
Dec. __, John Neuffer, aged 79
Dec. 30, William Holtzclaw