Water Works Agitated---Subscription to Mobile & Girard R. R.

The city officers elected on the first Saturday in January were:
Willis S. Holstead, Mayor;
Aldermen:
1st Ward, Thomas B. Slade and Lewis M. Durr;
2d, John A. Urquahart and R. A. Ware;
3rd, John H. Madden;
4th, Samuel R. Andrews and John M. Trawick;
5th, A. A. Lowther and Wm. Mahaffey;
6th, A. A. Dill.

Subsequently, Wm. Mathewson was elected an Alderman of the 6th Ward, and J. W. King of the 3rd Ward. Calvin Stratton was elected Clerk; Jordan L. Howell, Treasurer; N. Mc. Robinson, Marshal; George Gullen, Deputy Marshal.

Council elected:
Thos. Nix, Clerk of the Market
Wm. W. Martin, Bridge Keeper
Dr. F. A. Stanford, City Physician
Burnet Ingram, Hospital Keeper
Adam G. Foster, City Attorney
Jere Terry, Sexton
Health officers - John Kyle, J. F. Bozeman, Mansfield Torrence, Thad. Sturgis, M. Woodruff, J. W. Frost, Wm. C. Cooper, J. L. Morton, John Munn, Michael N. Clark.
Port Wardens - Thos. M. Hogan, F. G. Wilkins, R. C. Shorter, J. C. Brewer, James McGuire.

A. Porter was Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, and J. L. Morton Assistant; J. B. Strupper, Foreman, and Wm. Snow, Assistant of No. 1; H. T. Hall, Foreman, and J. Barrenger, Assistant of No. 2; T. P. Larus, Foreman, and W. L. Salisbury, Assistant of No. 3. Fire Company No. 1 numbered 61 men; No. 2, 38 men; No. 3, 24 men. Each had an engine.

The Finance Committee in April reported the total liabilities of the city, $25,175, and the probable revenue of the year, $23,475.

Reuben C. Shorter was in April elected an Alderman of the 4th Ward, in the place of Alderman Trawick, removed from the city; and Wm. Brooks elected in May an Alderman of the 6th Ward, vice Alderman Dill, removed.

At its meeting on the 12th of July, Council granted to the manufacturing companies and sundry citizens, petitioners, authority to erect a foot bridge across the river, opposite the Howard Factory, but reconsidered and rejected it at another meeting. This project was never consummated, and in a few years afterwards what is known as the "upper bridge" was built near the locality named.

The population of Columbus, according to the United States census taken this year, was, free 3,684, slave, 2,258 total, 5,942. The whole population of Muscogee County was 18,623, of which 10,447 were whites, and 8,176 slaves. The amount of capital then invested in manufactures was $841,517, of which there was invested in the manufacture of cotton and wool, $493,000.

On the 26th of July a committee of Council reported upon the practicability of supplying the city with a sufficiency of pure and wholesome water. They reported that they had, "for reasons deemed sufficient," abandoned all the plans proposed except one, which was the introduction of water from neighboring springs by pipes. They submitted a report from Engineer L. W. Dubois, to the effect that water enough, and of good quality, could be obtained from springs on the Summerville heights, on the Alabama side. But the committee did not recommend this, for the reason that the sources of the supply were in "another jurisdiction." Council appointed a committee to ascertain whether and on what terms the water on the Alabama side could be had for the use of the city.

In October the committee reported other surveys and estimates made by Mr. Dubois, one for bringing the water of the river from Lover's Leap, the other for bringing it from Wynn's Hill. The cost of bringing the water to the city from Lover's Leap was estimated at $28,282.06, from Wynn's Hill $32,668.75; works at the city for the former $25,842.92, for the latter $30,937.35.

Wm. Mahaffey was elected Marshal in October.

At a public meeting held on the 4th of November, the citizens voted authority to the Council to subscribe $150,000 to the stock of the Girard Railroad Co., on the assurance that with this subscription to buy rails, &c., the road would be promptly put into running order as far as Chunnenuggee; and on the 5th of November Council appointed a committee to confer with the Directors of the road and arrange all the details of the subscription. On the 25th of November, the committee reported an agreement with the Directors of the road which Council unanimously ratified. The Council reserved the right to connect with the road by means of a bridge across the river, and to have the trains of the road run across it.

Theopholis Stewart of the 3rd, and John Lloyd of the 5th Ward, were elected Aldermen in November.

Large private subscriptions for plank roads to Greenville and to Lumpkin were made by citizens this fall. But Council, while admitting the importance of these roads, declined to take stock, on account of existing indebtedness.

On the 9th of December, Council resolved to loan the Muscogee Railroad $75,000 of the city's bonds, taking a mortgage on the road as security.

On the 31st of December, trains commenced running over twenty miles of the Muscogee Railroad, then finished, from the Columbus terminus. Connecting stages ran to Oglethorpe and to Barnesville.

Incidents

Temperance Hall was "dedicated" on the night of the 8th of January, with interesting ceremonies. "Uncle Dabney Jones," the great apostle of Temperance, delivered an address.

Milton Robbins this year established a ropewalk in Girard.

The post office was this year removed to the large brick building corner of Randolph and Oglethorpe streets, where it remained until the building was destroyed by fire.

An engine was placed on the Columbus end of the Muscogee Railroad in April, but the road had not then been finished to Fort Valley. The ladies aided, but we have not found to what extent, in raising the money for the purchase of this engine, by a fair held in March.

A great revival of religion was manifested in the city this year. Meetings were continued for a month or six weeks at the Methodist church, and more than two hundred persons professed religion.

An Agricultural Fair held in Temperance Hall in November was pronounced quite a success.

The receipts of cotton to the 21st of June amounted to 55,659 bales. Prices in January, 11 to 12½c.; in April, 7 to 10c.; in October, 6 to 6½c.; in December, 6¼ to 7⅛c.

Personal

H. Noble was Tax Collector, and James Fergurson Tax Receiver of Muscogee County.

The Georgia M. E. Conference, which met in Savannah, sent Rev. W. M. Crumley to Columbus, and appointed Rev.. S. Anthony, Presiding Elder of the Columbus District. Rev. T. Bermingham was the Catholic Priest at Columbus.

The following persons rented stalls in the Market this year: Wm. R. Jones, P. Gittinger, Arnold & Robertson, E. B. W. Spivey, Richard Robertson, Charles Bize, Alex. W. Robertson. The aggregate amount which they rented for was $237.50.

Marriages

January 1, Leonard R. Cooley and Julia A. Henly.
Jan. 2, Wesley P. Williams and Mary A. Chapman.
Jan. 2, George S. Martin and Elizabeth Gammell.
Jan. 3, James P. Russell and Margaret Rowell.
Jan. 3, William Wilkinson and Mary A. Cordery.
Jan. 7, Pleasant Odom and Elizabeth McKenzie.
Jan. 8, Jesse H. Wyatt and Emily Rentfroe.
Jan. 9, Elisha A. Jackson and Frances E. Morris.
Jan. 9, John W. Watkins and Eliza A. Massey.
Jan. 11, Daniel Wilkinson and Elizabeth Browning,
Jan. 11, Jesse T. Button and Caroline Osteen.
Jan. 23, Edward H. Bernhard and Ann E. Hemphill.
Jan. 23, Wright McCook and Ruhama Harp.
Jan. 29, William M. Maxley and Emily M. Beck.
Jan. 30, David Jones and Rebecca A. Newberry.

February 6, James F. Bozeman and Evaline A. Chambers.
Feb. 11, John W. Payne and Lurany Jones.
Feb. 16, Walton Doles and Sarah Buckler.
Feb. 18, John Bunnell and Louisiana J. Osteen.

March 6, William J. Wright and Martha Simmons.
March 13, Elijah Morgan and Sophy A. F. Lanier.
March 20, Amos R. Nelson and Sarah J. Willett.
March 20, Green J. Mann and Susan Ann Kite.
March 20, James Bonner and Martha A. Smith.
March 25, George W. Lovett and Sarah Brassill.
March 25, Clark P. Lanier and Sarah F. Chapman.
March 26, Jacob Hydrick and Martha Bugg.

April 1, Gilbert Kent and Sarah Lawrence.
April 15, William J. Harrell and Harriet Cordery.
April 16, John T. Pry and Epsy A. Bush.
April 20, James M. Cobb and Isabella Lee.
April 24, Benjamin Brown and Janet Stephens.
April 29, Thomas E. Motley and Harriet Moore.

May 4, Jacob H. Faulkenbury and Artamesia A. Stephens.
May 6, Lyeurgus Madox and Sarah A. Kent.
May 8, William Jones and Martha A. Stephens.
May 8, John H. Glanton and Elizabeth Welch.
May 13, Barney Barnes and Sarah E. Mitchell.
May 14, Milledge G. McKennie and Louisiana F. Warren.
May 22, Elijah Vickers and Ariadna A. Evans.
May 25, Milton A. Smith and Henrietta H. Goulding.
May 27, Everard H. Abercombie and Pauline Lewis.
May 28. Robert H. Sullivan and Mahulda Jordan.
May 31, William M. Hale and Harriet Welch.

June 1, John Clark and Mary A. Alford.
June 1, Edward F. Rogers and Isabella Mann.
June 5, George W. Fisher and Frances A. Wimberly.
June 11, James Caulfield and Elizabeth Locklier.
June 12, Thomas Summergill and Mary McCallister.
June 19, Thomas J. Brown and Frances Bowen.
June 22, Alexander Hall and Lucinda George.
June 25, Lyman B. Townsley and Mary J. Peabody.
June 26, James R. McDonald and Mary J. McNeal

July 1, Jeremiah Gammell and Arabella A. A. Reynolds.
July 3, Neil McMillen and Rhoda A. Moon.
July 3, George Stein and Mary Blankenship.
July 3, Simeon Weldon and Nancy J. Taylor.
July 5, John J. Ingram and Julia A. Perry.
July 8, Jacob Neagle and Mary Madden.
July 12, Eli Frost and Frances Goen.
July 15, Benjamin F. Graves and Sarah H. Sauls.
July 21, James H. McMicken and Nancy Copeland.
July 22, Edwin G. Thornton and Martha F. B. Jones.

August 6, Henry W. Verstille and Ellen J. Lockhart.
August 6, Anthony Martin and Frances Allum.
August 6, Andrew Gaskey and Julia Algood.
August 7, John W. King and Mary J. Kimbrough.
August 14, John J. Collins and Rebecca Kerbo.
August 17, William W. Stewart and Susan J. Roberts.
August 21, Isham Turner and Mary J. Jemison.
August 24, William M. Taylor and Sarah J. Robinson.

September 7, Seaborn Bryant and Frances Garrett.
Sept. 11, Samuel P. Leggett and Martha A. Johnson.
Sept. 11, Washington Watkins and Mary A. Whitton.
Sept. 16, Eugene A. Smith and Frances A. Reese.
Sept. 17, H. H. McQueen and Mary E. Rudledge.
Sept. 22, James D. Britt and Mary A. Pomeroy.
Sept. 25, William H. Harris and Sarah A. King.
Sept. 25, William C. Daniel and Cornelia M. Phelps.
Sept. 30, Joseph J. Jones and Caroline E. Lloyd.
Sept. 30, Thomas D. Fortson and Georgia E. Mealing.

October 2, James T. Norman and Mary E. Dean.
Oct. 8, William R. Brown and Mariah E. Broadnax.
Oct. 9, Adolphus D. Metts and Mary Ball.
Oct. 15, George T. Hurt and Nancy J. Flewellen.
Oct. 16, James O. A. Tucker and Martha E. Dyer.
Oct. 28, Elisha F. Garrett and Elizabeth H. Robinson.
Oct. 27, Daniel G. Watson and Evaline Keiner.
Oct. 31, John W. Mardis and Susan J. Smith.

November 3, William Boyd and Mahulda McGowen.
November 6, Benjamin A. Fussill and Sidney A. F. Osteen.
November 9, Green S. Childs and Frances A. Napier.
November 9, John H. Walsingham and Eliza A. O'Quin.
November 16, John W. Whytal and Charlotte A. Kidder.
November 25, Isaiah Willett and Sarah Clark.
November 27, James N. Fussell and Zilpha L. Hall.
November 27, Benjamin Ryans and Celia A. Tinnon.
November 30, Wentworth S. Marble and Hannah E. Chase.

December 2, Thos. Duffield and Amanda Johnson.
December 2, James A. Bell and Caroline E. Brown.
December 3, Arnold Seals and Eleanor A. Reid.
December 4, William J. Chapman and Sarah J. Tinnon.
December 4, Benjamin F. Wallace and Cynthia A. E. Morrell.
December 7, John Ward and Mary S. Cary.
December 7, William T. Webster and Sarah A. Wiggins.
December 11, David Jones and Henrietta Tarver.
December 11, John B. Jones and Creecy A. Cobb.
December 11, James Pierce and Eliza Gilbert.
December 11, Richard E. Jones and Elizabeth Jones.
December 14, Francis J. Abbott and Martha G. Garrison.
December 18, Sanders E. Echols and Martha E. Perry.
December 19, Robert Johnson and Ann M. Sinclair.
December 21, William Waters and Margaret A. Hunter.
December 23, James J. W. Biggers and Caroline E. Williams.
December 23, Horace Mathews and Elizabeth Dennis.
December 25, Robert Knowles and Martha J. Hammock.
December 25, Thomas Reynolds and Nancy F. Reynolds.

Sexton's Report of Deaths

January 3, Jesse King, aged 51 years.
Jan. 8, James Welch, 49 years.
Jan. 5, Alex. Flewellen, 8 years.
Jan. 10, T. Smith's child, 1 year.
Jan. 10, H. Hall's child, 1 year.
Jan. 13, George Sherwood, 36 years.
Jan. 18, Perry Robison, 21 years.
Jan. 25, Thomas Lee, 26 years.
Jan. 26, Mrs. Adou, 68 years.
Jan. 30, Sarah Barringer, 28 years.
Also 3 Negroes in January.

February 4, Jane L. Marks, aged 64 years.
Feb. 10, child of Mr. Harp, aged 1 day.
Feb. 12, child of Wm. F. Luckie, aged 8 months.
Feb. 13, child of Mr. Newberry, 5 months.
Feb. 15, Robert B. Alexander, 40 years.
Feb. 21, Eliza Robinson, 31 years.
Feb. 22, Wm. E. Robinson, 37 years.
Feb. 28, Martha Mims, 74 years.

March 9, Mary Ann Corry, 62 years.
March 9, Martin J. Kendrick, 22 years.
March 11, Bridget Hudson, 41 years.
March 14, Patrick Clark, 48 years.
March 15, Wm. Brown, 52 years.
March 16, Caroline Stein, 26 years.
March 16, James Osborn, 56 years.
March 22. Joseph Meredith, 51 years.
March 24, Emeline Crews, 18 years.
March 24, Thomas McCarty, 53 years.

April 1, Caroline Burton, 38 years;
April l, _____ Chapman, 9 years;
April l, George C. Hooper, 41 years.
April 4, Wiley G. Roper, 41 years;
April 4, Sarah Willett, 17 years.
April 5, John Winn, 51 years.
April 7, child of Col. Wyley, 2 years.
April 8, James Shaw, 52 years;
April 8, John Brooks, 6 years.
April 12, Matilda Packman, 19 years.
April 13, Mary Hammock. 19 years.
April 18, John C. Leitner, 39 years.
April 18, child of Mrs. Packman, aged 7 days.
April 22, child of John Brown, 1 year.
April 24, child of Mr. King, 7 days.
April 25, child of Sterling F. Grimes, 10 days.
April 28, child of Thos. Herendine, 2 years.
April 28, child of Samantha George, 8 years.
April 28, child of Mr. Bobitt, 1 year.
April 29, child of Mr. Willett, 1 year.
April 30, Solomon Curlee, 8 years.
Also 7 slaves in February, and 4 in March.

May 16, child of George W. Winter, aged 5 months.
May 20, Benjamin Napier, 6 years.
May 21, child of Henry Teasdale, 1 year.
May 25, child of S. B. Harvill, 1 year.
May 25, child of W. T. Colquitt, 1 year.
May 27, Jennette Veaneman, 6 years.
May 30, Parmelia Wilkins, 36 years.
Also 6 slaves in May.

June 3, Jane Busbee, aged 26 years.
June 13, child of R. Hooper, 2 years.
June 14, Isabella Holly, 17 years.
June 15, ———— Hickey, 35 years.
June 23, Richard A. Long, 31 years.
June 24, child of John Byard, 3 weeks.
June 30, James Bishop, 26 years.
Also 10 slaves in June.

July 1, Miss Jackson, aged 51 years.
July 4, child of Mr. Renfroe, 1 month.
July 9, child of Mr. Burbee, 2 years.
July 15, Sarah A. Riley, 26 years.
July 18, James Bryant, 17 years.
July 22, child of A. Backer, 1 year.
July 23, Clara Hamill, 15 years.
July 26, Stephen Gilpin, 18 years.
July 30, Henry Madden, 33 years.
Also 6 slaves in July.

August 2, Templeton Reid, aged 65 years.
Aug. 5, child of Mr. Robison, 1 year.
Aug. 8, H. C. Anderson, 35 years.
Aug. 14, Sarah Nolen, 29 years.
Aug. 19, child of Mr. Fairchild, 3 years.
Aug. 20, Nancy McCarty, 57 years.
Aug. 21, child of P. Adams, 3 months.
Aug. 22, child of J. E. Webster, 1 year.
Aug. 23, Jacob Seismund, 41 years.
Aug. 24, Mary Long, 21 years.
Aug. 25, P. N. Jernigan, 25 years.
Aug. 29, Jere. Collins, 63 years.
Aug. 31, child of Mr. Napier.
Also 7 slaves in August.

September 6, Esau Pike, aged 60 years.
Sept. 12, Joseph Frost, 24 years.
Sept. 14, John Gunn, 4 years.
Sept. 15, Sarah Holly, 52 years.
Sept. 20, child of H. Smith, 2 years.
Sept. 22, Charles Williams, 12 years.
Sept. 22, Gilbert Clark, 50 years.
Sept. 23. N. McRobinson, 41 years.
Sept. 26, James Dennis.
Sept. 27, Lovick Switzer, 21 years.
Sept. 30, Emeline Jordan, 24 years.
Also 3 slaves in September.

Here the official record ends, and we can only republish such obituary notices as we find in the newspapers:

Oct. 12, Samuel J. Crow, aged about 37 years.
Nov. 8, Mrs. Martha Ann Davis, wife of John H. Davis.
Nov. 24, Robert M., son of Thomas J. Shivers.
Nov. 27, Theobold Howard, aged 48 years.
Dec. 26, Richard T. Brice, aged 39 years.