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BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
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SOUTHERN FEMALE COLLEGE
INSTITUTION, located at Covington, Georgia,
* ™ into regular operation on tbe tirst Monday in
rKBIti ARY next, under the superintendence of Col. M.
C. to .*, as President, aided by tlie ablest assistants that
can h# procured.
TERMS OF TUITION:
Preparatory School,. $lB per annum.
Ist two Collegiate Classes, 40 “
2‘l “ “ “ SO “
Modern Languages, 20 “
Mu/ic, 40 «i
The Institution will be furni*h<xl with Mu-ioal Initra*
ment* and all Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus, need*
fuJ for its successful operation. The system of Education
adopted in this Institution, will be the most substantial and
complete. JOHN J. FLOY I), Pres’t. of Board.
Jalß»2t JOSEPH H. MURRELL, Bec’ry.
GEORGIA MILITARY IfSTITITE,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA.
rJ'llH hMOM) HKr*Slt)> of this Institution com-
X nieiices on MONDAY, the 12th of July, 1852.
The Institution Is organized upon the usual plan of four
Collegiate Clares. The following is a synopsis of the
Courea of Studies of each Class:
rocjjTH a.im.
Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, English Grammar, Geog
raphy, Composition and Declamation. French.
THIRD CUSS.
Trigonometry, Mensuration, Surveying, Descriptive Ge
ometry and Its applications, Analytical Geometry, French
Drawing, Composition, Rhetoric, History.
HKOSII CLASH.
Differential and Integral Calculus, Natural and Experi
mental Philosophy, Astronomy, Chemistry, Drawing, Evi
dences of Christianity, Mora! and Mental Philosophy.
FlttST CLASS.
Natural History, Mineralogy, Geology and Physiology,
Political Economy, law of Nations, Civil and Milltarv En
gineering, and Civil Architecture, Infantry Tactics, Science
and Practice of Artillery.
No Ca-let will tie admitted who la less than fourteen, or
more than twenty-five years of age; or who is afflicted with
any dl ease or Infirmity which would render him unfit for
military duty.
Tbe Cadets will he occupied about one hour and a half
each day in military exercises; but at tuck Ilmen a* not to
interfere with their regular etwliee.
The Course of Instruction, regulntions and discipline of
the Institution have been published in pamphlet form and
will be forwarded to any person dctirlng more minute in
formation, by their addressing the Superintendent, MsJ. A.
V. Bat-tiny.
riftiMS:
Each Cadet, as soon as he is admitted, anil before he is
permitted to Join his Class, in the recitation rooms, must
pay over to the (Superintendent the sum of SIOO, for which
a receipt shall he given him iu full for tuition, hoard, wash
ing, fuel, lights, field music, snd all other contingent ex
pen.es, for os a session or nvs mo.vtiib, and for each suc
ceeding session, SIOO IX ADVANCE.
Tuition alone (for resident Cadets) per session, psyablo
In advance, SOS
Contingent Expenses, $2
Cadets from a distance must provide their bedding and
room furniture. These articles can be purchased in Mari
•tta upon reasonable terms.
Uy order of tlio Board of Trustees.
DAVID IRWIN,
JaM-wlm President Board Trustee#.
€ IIA It LE S T O'« PREPARATORY MEDICAL
SCHOOL.
fpilE HKHBIOY OK TIIIH INSTITUTION will bc-
L gin on the l|i-st MONIIAV in APRIL, and terminals on
tbe last SATURDAY in JULY. The different Chairs will
be occupied as follows:
Anatomy and Physiology, by F. T. MILES, M. D.
Institutes and Practice of Medicine, by 1). J. CAIN, M. I).
Materia Me lira and Therapeutics, by F. PKYHK FOR
OHKK, M. D.
Obstetrics and Diseases of Women ami Children, by E.
HELIX FLAGG, M. D.
The Chair of Surgery has heeit offered to a gentleman now
in Europe, who it is hoped wilt accept it. Should he not do
n), it will be (tiled before the timo appointed fiir opening
the School.
Clinical Instruction will be given at the Marine Hospital
and Alms House, by Drs. D. J. CAIN and J. FORD PitIO
LEAU.
During tho session of the Medical College of the State of
South Carolina, members of the Class will be examined reg
ularly on the lectures delivered in that Institution.
The Students will be shown cases among the patients of
the Teachers, and such as can be taken to the lecture room
will there be exhibited to them and explained.
The uioet distinguished Surgeons In the city have promts
M, whenever they can do so conveniently, to i>erform ope
rations before the Claw.
Doctors n. LEBDY and J. 8. MITCHELL, who have each
a large obstetrical practice, will fas well as tho teachers,)
give the Students access to all of tneir cases of this descrip
tion, which they can with propriety be allowed to visit.
In short, ample opportunities will be afforded for acquir
ing practical, as well as theoretical knowledge of the pro
fession. Her Mortuary Statistics, prove that Charleston
possesses a salubrity of climate enjoyed by very few cities
In the world, and strangers are no longer deterred from
visiting her in the summer. Hoard and lodging can he ob
tained from fd.fiO to |‘> a week.
Terms, fifty dollars, including examinations during the
winter. ja'22-eowtApl
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
h'ifth Street, n fi ip Jtoora South of Walnut.
' pm: M’IU.MU t’OUHHK OF LKCTI BUH, for 1852,
1 will be commenced on MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1862, At
5 o’clock, I’. M. Degree* will be conferred About tho 10th
of July, 1 859.
PBKmmiNT:
lira. J. H. DURDEN, M. D.
k.uti.tv :
Javiks MrOuswci, M. D., Surgery.
Rcsii Van Dvkr, M. D., Mnteria Medicn and Therapeutics.
Thomas D. Mitvuku., M. D., Tlieory and Practice of Me
dicine.
Jamis Bryan, M. D., Institutes of Medicine ami Medical
Jurisprudence.
Etha 8. Cahr, M. D., Chemistry.
Jambs McI'USTOCK, M. D., Anntomy.
Kiiid'k. A. FtCKAIUiV, M. I)., Obstetrics, Ac.
Oja. llbwston, M. I>., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
*ar Matriculation Fee, paid once only, Full Course
SB4. For those who hare attended two Courses in othor
Colleges, $.15. l’er|«'tual Ticket, $l5O. Dissecting Ticket,
$lO. The fee will lie received by the Dean, who will issues
eertlflcale entitling the Student to the various tickets. Full
Course Candidate! for Graduation will be furnished with
the ticket for the Pennsylvania Hospital without charge.
tST Ttie W inter Sessions for 1552-53, will conimonce on I
the 1 ltli October, 1862.
For further information, inquire of
JAMES McCLINTOCK, M. D., Dean.,
No. 1 North Eleventh street,
l’hi alelph’a, Jan. 5, 1852. Ja22-w8
WiMHCTM FEMALE SEMINARY.
r
A on Hie 2d Monday in JANUARY, (ths 12th inst.) un
der the superintendence of the Rev. D. McNatL Tcssn.
JaSw* E. W. BURTON, Treasurer,
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
I.eglslativo Charter granted 1819.
rYMIB SPUING TERM or 1852 will commence on the 2d
1 Monday, which Is the 12th of January.
tiKO. ¥. BROWNE. President, and Professor of Monta
nml Moral Science.
1\ LOUD, Professor of Natural Science.
J. K. BRANHAM, Professor of Matliematics and Director
of Music.
HENRY M. HOLTZCLAW, Professor of Belles Lettrea.
Tho Faculty will bo assisted by the following Indies, via:
Mrs. BROWNE, I Miss M. M. ItUMSTEAD,
Mrs. BRANHAM, Miss K. MEREDITH,
Miss ANNA BENNETT, | Miss E. BENNETT.
Catalogues containing flintier information may be ob
tained by applying to either of the officers of tho College, or
to cither of the following named geutlcmcii, who constitute
the Board of Trustee*:
E. E. JONES, M. D„ President,
t B. M. PEEPLES, Esq., Treasurer.
Thou. J Bcaxtv, Esq., Secretary.
Col. J3un B. Wai kub, W. W. B. Crawford, M. D.
Her. N. G. Fiwibr, Nattun Massut,
iter. Cuaa. M. Irvin, Bknj. Harris,
Wu. S. Storks, J. F. Swanson,
EIiMVNU Wai.krr, J. W. Frars.
Zacuariah Frars, It. P. Zimmbrman.
Madison, January 9, 1852.
DB-PLUMBiCO.
n \III-! constantly receiving freeh and pura n
s2i Medicines, Chemicals, Choice Perfumery, tfjt
CK Toilet Articles Ac., at their establishment IB
between 17. S. Hotel and Post Office corner. < A
Medicines carefully disi>ensed at all ho-in, by calling at Mr.
ltansaa’, corner Green and Mclntonsh strets n2B
W. H. A J. TUBFUL ~
sreeweras to w. n. tcrpin, -
~ OFFKII TO PHYSICIANS, Planters, Mer- o
chants, and the public at large, a choice arid fiH
T W well assorted Rtock of DRUGS AND MEDI- 1 M
£& CINES, OILS, PAINTS, DYESTUFFS, Glasa £»
and Putty. Brushes of every description, Straw Brooms,
Spirits Tui-peutine. Ac., Ac.
We purchase our goals for cash, and are prepared to sell
on the most advantageous terms. Merchants will Bud it to
their interest to look at our prices. All articles warranted
ito be what is represented. Give us a call and satisfy yoor
welves. ___ »28
PHILIP A. MOISE,
n .StrORTKK AND PKARRK IN O
fflfe DRUGS and MEDICINE*, PAINTS, OILS, *SU
Y* DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH-
K, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, £&
INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac.
JITo. 195 Broad £tr*ei, Auguata, Georgia,
Has now on hand a very large Stock of the aboTe articles,
which are offered for sale at very low prices, and on accom
modating tr.-uu.
CBf Country Merchants, Physicians and Planters are
invi. 'd to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere,
jalfc-;
BOOKS ! BOOKS !! BOOKS !!!
JOSEPH A. CWRKIE A CO., have irfiit'—r
just reeeivod the following Books, to jrTaJMs
which they iuvite attention : MUHtMi:-/
POETICAL AND PROSE ILLUSTRA- MKAOmS
TIONS OF CELKURATkD AMERICAN PAINTERS ; with
eleven engravings on Steel, by John Sartain.
HEAVEN ; OR THE SAINTED DEAD, by Rev. 11. Har
l<ougb, A. M. Fourth edition, revised and improved.
THE HEAVENLY RECOGNITION,by Rev. U. Harbough,
A. M.
the STAR OP BETHLEHEM; Stories for Children,
arith beautiful illustratiotM, by H. Haatinga Weld, jail
TEN DOLLABS BEWABD
R ANA WAY' from my plantation about the ISth md __
of December last, my s!av» LEWlS—said Lewis GV
is shout twenty-two year* old, five feet, fire or six ejS
inches high, weiglis about one hundred and forty -five
uouißla, and is of dark complexion, hae a down look when
enoken to Had on. when he left my plantation some fif
teen miles aouth-weet of Newnan, a brown woolen round
OSM pantaloons of the same material and color. Some
e ghteen months ago, Lewis left me, was apprehended and
lodged m Madison Jail, Morgan county. He may be en
route tor the same vicinity. The shove reward wiUjbe
given to any person who will apprehend Lwwia, and lodge
him iu some tafe jail where I can get him.
j.; ts WILLIAM MORGAN'
450 BEWABD.
Having bought the lot of land So.
79, 22d diet tic t ami 2d aectien, lying in Caiaeounty,
drawn from the State of Georgia by the orphan* of Simp
eeu Fulton, of Coweta county, I have ascertained that the
plot and grant war* taken out of the Secretary of State*
office in 19*7, by some pereou other than tha one to whom
it was originally granted, as I believe. Wishing to obtain
said plot and grant, I am induced to offer the above re
ward far it* iKieeeeeion. Any on* poeeeeetng information
of It, wilt communicat* with me, at this place.
Columbus, Jan. Is. Jal7-8t ■. BOLAND
AMUIB—In NoxtMt
3*l * WBOIBBAD'A
GEORGIA 7 PER CENT- COUPON BONDS.
Exwcitivb Dar-ARTMaxT. I
MUledegville, Sth December, IS6I. f
O KALI-ID I’ItOPOMAO will be received at ibis Office
O until MONDAY, the second day of February, 1“M, tor
the purchase of the Bonds of the State of Georgia, bearing
an interest of seven per cent, per annum, the interest pay
able semi-annually, in January and July, at the Bank of
the State es Georgia, in Savannah—the principal of the
Bonds payable at Use Treasury of tbe Bute in sums of Five
Hundred Dollars each.
Tbe amount of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
of said Bonds payable ten years after date, and the same
amount payable twenty years after date—the State reeer
ving upon the face of these latter Bonds the to redeem
them after tin? expiration of ten years.
Bidders mu«t specify the amount of the Bonds they pro
pose to take, and also the class, together with tbe premium
they propose to pay.
Froi-oeals for these Bonds must Ire accompanied with sat
isfactory evidence of the ability of the bidder to respond
to his bid.
Bv order of the Governor,
dtS-diw WM. STEELE, Sec, lx. Pep.
AH iiK l ltukals Ample-
MENTH —The undersigned are
now receiving from the manufaetur- _ iftjFv
era at the North, and will keep coo- tiMBHESweSiM
stantlr on hand a large assortment of the beat AGRICUL
TURAL IMPLEMENTS to be had in New York or New
England, or this city, and adapted to Southern Husbandry,
which they will sell low for ca-h.
CARMICHAEL t BEAN.
ABgusta,*eorra. _
CHEMICAL HAIR REGENERATOR
riMflft article is a coin|>ound in which an invigorating and
1 cleansing wash are united. It clears effectually the pores
of the skin from Scurf or Darrdriff—produce* a healthy action
of the veesels, gives vignrto the root* of the hair, and pre
vent# halJn—r. It will Ire found a great addition to the toilet
on account of ite agreeable perfume audita great merits in
rwlering the hair lustrous and flexible for dressing. Price
00c per bottle. For sale ky
dl* _ D. B. PLUMB k Co.
f OVETTS H AHPKXK, OK HAIR GLOSS
ii For preventing greyuess and Baldness; for restoring
Grey Hair to its original color; and for producing thick
natural bair where it hsa become thin or baid. The pro
prietor of the Wabpene assumes that hair seed or germ is
always in the scalp, and that by removing tbe cause of dic
es**, the hair and it* natural Color i* restored. Tbe
Wahpeuf 1* in bottle* with full direction*, price *l. Sold
by HAVILAND, UIBLBT A CO.,
J*t Bole Agent*.
BLAKE'S EIRE PROOF FAINT.
r pIIH subscriber hi* just received 20 hbl*. of thi*'.Paint
JL which is the cheapest, most durable, and safest article
in u»e. Toahouie covered wi.hthi* Faint, there is no
danger of fire. In a few month* after being applied, it
turn* to stone, thereby affording a complete protection
against the weather and lira. For sale by
jaT WM. H. TUTT, Druggist.
NOTE LOBT.
Tost on STOLEN, from me in Burke kjjKOta
J county, a BUCKET BOOK, containing a j y-wtrtT*'\j
Note of One Hundred an-1 Ten Dollars, dated
October 11,1851. maileby Michael King, pay
able to Timothy Donovan. J forewarn all persons against
trading for said Note, ja2d.tr TIMOTHY DONOVAN.
NEW SADDLE, BRIDLE AND HARNESS MAN
UFACTORY.
A- JL A. McALLIfcTKH takes this method of in
forming his friends and the public, that he has
A*'*’*® commenced the above business, in all its various
branches, on Broad Street, a few doors below the Eagle and
Flxenix Hotel, Augusta, Ga., and hopes, by strict and unre
mitting attention, to merit a share of public patronage.
From the long experience he has hail as a practical manu
facturer of English, Spanish, and American Saddles, in every
variety of style and finish, and for the last five years in Au
gusta, Ga.; as Ids make of noddies is known and approved all
over the country, he is confident that he can make any style
that his friends may desire, which for durability cannot be sur
passed anywhere. He will keep on hand Hsddl-s made by
himself, which he will sell as low as any Baddies made in the
Southern country.
N. B.—Old Saddle# re-seated and padded, and all kinds of
repairing and jobbing done in a neat and workmanlike man
ner, ss low as can lie done in Augusta. n27-twSm.
FINE WATCHES.
IMVK WATCH ICS, of ihe manufacture of Julss,r~9
I Jiirguaen, of Copenliagen, T. F. Cooper, and j£7V
Chaw. Taylor, of 1-onJnn, and of most other makers
of estabUehed reputation, in rarioue styles of casting, for
•ale by
CLARK, RACKBTT & CO.
Aitgiißta, Oct. 80,1351. 081
FINE WATCHEB, CLOCKS JEWELBY. AND
SILVER AND PLATED GOODS,
rz. THOMAS W. KRKEIIAV at hie old ft.
|vV stand, op|»>*ite the Brunswick Bank,Augusta, KyV
f& , ha* on hand a large and wtll selected
•took, consisting of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, ail qual
ifies; full setts GERMAN JEWELRY, in boxes; Gold Breast
Pina, Ear Rings, Pencils, Spectacles, Fob, Vest and Guard
Chains; Foil, Vest, anti Guard Keys; Finger Kings, Bracelets,
Buckles, Armlc.ts, Mcdalions, Ac.
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
Spoons, Forks, Tea Sets, Castors, Candlesticks, Ac.
—ALSO—
Guns, Pistols, Percussion Ceps, Shot Pouches, Powder Flasks,
Game Bag*, Ac.; besides many other convenient and useful
article not named. Having purchased all my Goods for
oash, I helieru I can sell at prices that will suit purchasers.
docks, Watches, ami Jewelry repaired and warranted.
N. It.—New Goods receircd weekly. 012 dAw.
EAGLE FOUNDRY, ~~
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
JONES STREET, THE OLD
PLANTERS’ ‘ " HOTEL.
npllK I'VDKHSHiVKn haring purchased the intercut
X- of Mr. John Th.kky, in the RAGLK FOUNDRY, is now
prepared, with greatly increased Machinery, to furnish
STEAM ENGINES, of aay size or power. CASTINGS, of
every description, in either Iron or Brass, Saw, or Merch
ant Mills, Factories for Gin Gearing, At., Ac.
Also, PULLEYS, SHAFTING, and all kind of MACHINE
RY.
Haring a great variety of PATTERNS on hand, and first
rate Workmen in my employ, 1 am able to furnish all orders
entrusted tome, at short notice,and at prices fully as low
as work of the same quality can bo laid down from the
North or elsewhere.
Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed
upon the old firm, I respectfully solicit a continuation of the
same, and guarantee a prompt and faithful execution of all
orders sent me.
fe 7 T. L. NKKSON.
SPRING HILL MACHINE SHOP
17*011 BUILDING AND lItiPAIRINU all kinds of
Cotton and Wool MACHINERY—making large Screws
and Gearing of all kinds—Turning Iron, Wood, Ac.
Also, Wool Carded and Batted, six miles from Augusta, on
the Louisvilia Road, where the Projirietors will be grateful
for all orders—or they can be left at C. A. & M. 11. Wil
liami'i, Anyuta or directed to Richmond Factory i\ O.
d2O-wtf HACK & DUVAL.
SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.
FURNITURE! FURNITURE! FURNITURE!
DAILY iV FINCH, CABINET MAKERS
VA and UNDERTAKERS, respectfully inform
JWI tho citizens and public generally, that they
* i * are now manufacturing ail kinds of FUR- -SogSES
NITURB, which they intend to sell cheaper than any eve*
offered in tills market before. Their shop is a few doors
above the Upper Market, formerly occupied by Oden. Call
before purchasing elsewhere.
Repairing done with neatness and despatch.
d!2-dly
LOOK HERE-
A NKW STOItK AMI MiW /-mi, M
tU FURNITURE. J BILCOY lias re- Uwgj'S'
K2* move.) Ills stock of FURNITURE,
*1 ' CHAIRS, MATRASSKS, Ac., next SS&ItJk
to Dr. Turpin's, immediately opposite his former stand,
where he intends topping a general assortment of FURNI
TURE, CHAIRS, MATRASSES, Ac.,of hie own manufacture.
Also, a good assortment of Northern manufacture, which
he will warrant, and at such prices as to maka St an in
ducement to those about purchasing to gira him a call at
his NEW FURNITURE STAND. oi2-rtAw
PIANO FORTES MUSIC, &C.
CIURIiES CATIJiV & CO., near ,
the United States Hotel, Augusta, Ga., pjpaalsy*
are the only authorized Agents for Chick- fflrwiwn
ering’s celebrated “ “ “ 1/ *
IRON FRAMED PIANO FORTES.
Also, for those made by Nunn A Clark, and Adam Stod
dard.
The superiority and wide spread celebrity of these In
struments render any special reference to them unnecessa
ry. The universal satisfaction that they have given in this
market, for more than 15 years, is good evidence of their
durability.
Their stock is always large and full, comprising every
variety and style of f>, 6,V 6?* anil 7 octave PIANOS,
which they will sell at the lowest factory prices, (varying
from S2OO to $500,) and warrant them sound and perfect in
every respect.
Their stock of MUSIC is large, and they receive fresh
supplies every week of all new publications, as soon as they
are issued.
All orders for Pianos, Music, Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Ac
cordeons, Ac., Ac., will receive prompt and careful atten
tion, and will be warranted to please in every respect.
MELODEONS.
They have also a complete assortment of Prince A Co.’s
MKI.ODEONS. The Key Board is precisely the same as the
Piano or Organ ; and the tone closely resembles that of
the Flute stop of the Organ, and is sufficiently loud for
small Churches. They vary in price from SSO to SIOO.
.IF.WEI.RY.
CHARLES CATLIN keeps for sale at the same place, a
targe Stock of flue WATCHES, JEWELRY and SILVER
WARE, to which he invites the attention of the public.
nhSB
PIANOFORTES.
THE subscribers would respectfully call waßftsy--i
the attention of their friends and the gjtF&ifrN&MßN
public, to their assortment of Rosewood and rs f £] Vn
Mahogany PIANO FORTES, from the well « * K U «
known and justly celebrated Manufactories of Bacon A Raven.
A. 11. Gale A Co., and Dubois A Seabury, New York, which
are warranted in every respect, to be at least fully equal to
an-- instruments manufactured in this country or Europe.
übscribeis would also state than the instruments now
on haii< are of the Latest patterns and fashion, and fresh from
the manufacturers. For sale at very low prieea for cash or
city acceptances, at GEO. A. OATfi? A CO.’S
myl3 Piano, Book and Music Depot, ltroad-st.
DISMH.t TIOX OF COPARTNERSHIP.
I’HE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing be
tween B. F. S\YANTON and PHILLIPS and DRARLNG
in the Tanning and Lath business, and known and dis
tinguished under the name and style of B. F. SWANTON
A 00., is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
All persons indebted to, or having demands against the
late firm of B. F. SW ANTON A Co., will settle them with
Hervey Bush, who is the only person authorised to settle
the Books. PHILIPS A DEARING.
jjcovington, Ga., Dec. 22,1851 jall-w4 __
BARGAINS. BARGAINS.
THE r.XDEKSIQXED are now selling off their Stock
of GOODS, in Crawfordville and Elherton, at Coat, and
will give bargains to all who call. They also offbr their
REAL ESTATE in each of the above Villages for Sale.
They offer, in Elherton. the well known TAVERN LOT, for
merly owned by Mrs. Oliver. They also request all those
who are indebted to them, to call and settle immediately, or
they will find their notes and accounts in the hands of an
Attorney f r collection. SLOMAN, IIESRY A CO.
ja2o-w-hn
$lO REWARD.
Rananv ay from the neighborhood of Island
i Shoals, Newton county, a Negro Man, slave, by £>*
the name of PETER, belonging to F. I> Weaver
about the 28th December last. Said boy ia low and -VT. |
ehunkev. dark complexion, about 45 years old. Said boy j
is acquainted pretty well all over the State, as he was haul
ing Gins for Griswold, in 1850, which gave him a great ma
ny acquaintances. His wife is in the neighborhood he left.
Anvperaon who will apprehend said Boy, mid lodge himm
jaif sol get him, I will pay the above reward. My audresa
«• P - ° ’ Neffton COUn ‘ y i«iaS Veaver_
NOTICE
THE firm of Crawley and Carter wasJhi* day
by mutual consent. All persons indebted to the firm
will pimse come forward and settle up, as they are de*rou»
CRAWLEY A CARTER.
Or The business will hereafter be continued by Carter A
Garrett, at the old stand, and they solicit a continuation of
their old patrons anti friends, and hope by ck»e attention and
pereeverance to be able to do justice by their friends.
CARTER A GARRETT.
Circle. January 1, 1552. J* 3
OAfl AAA IdJS. SIDES;
XUU.HVIU 200,(KM lbs. SHOULDERS;
5,000 Smalt fmnu, h AMB;
200 bbls. LARD.
For sale by the undersigned, who keeps constantly on hand
a large Stock of PROVISIONS. Pardea tending orders,
may rely on fatting them filled at as lew rates, aa if buy
ing in peraon. GEORGE A THOMAS CASBCRN.
Jalft ** South Street. Baltimore, M<L_
P~ AI NT MUX*,|of the moat itaproved modalT fcr aaU
by H. xurr.Draggwt ji 1
From <Ae iltmphie Enquirer.
THE “GREAT RIVER."*
bt l. menu surra.
Stroog, deep, resistless, through Columbia’s heart.
Thou roilest, mighty river, coursing on
like some great, shining thought, Omnipeter.ee
Has wakened in ita depths.
Sublime, serene.
Through summer's gorgeousness, or winter’s gloom,
When glassing back the sunshine, or the dark
And tempest-teased battalions of tbe sky;
And, like a great soul, beautifully calm.
When star-showers fall, as though the frenzied gods
Would weep upon thy bosom tears of flame.
Most beautiful art thou, majestical
And panoplied in grandeur, by repose,
A* others by the tempest. Thiift is not
The crested multitude of warrior-waves
That boom and battle on the “stormy Gulf,"
Tbe wild Atlantic billows, shivered white
Upon deceitful breakers, murmuring
Low eurses round their torturers; nor yet
The rush of rapids, gloom and glory blent.
Where might and madness struggle in the heart
Os dread Niagara. But glorious
And lovely as the “Milky Way," the stream
Os light that courses through a starry land
And far beyond the nigbt-cloud, is to thee
What loves of heaven are to the loved on earth!
Thou, too, art flowing through the “land of stars,”
A blessed bond of “Unionnever may
Its link be sundered, till the sky-stream lades
In ether, and its golden shores dissolve
To nothingness 1
Teii us, when far away
In Time's gray dawning, still the nations slept,
Did’st thou all proudly cleave the wilderness,
As sweeps a mighty vision through the brain
Os slumbering Titan ? Tribes of long ago,
Whose path of empire lies amid the clouds
Os mystery, have lied, and left no voice
To whisper of their glories. Warrior-chief,
Whose council-circle on thy margin shone,
The Indian maid, whose shallop swept thy wave,
Bwift as the swallow's pinion, too have passed
As foam from off the billow. Now the Power
That rules an iron-arteried domain,
Sails with the steam-fiend, chains the fiery tongue,
Whose voice is in the hurricane, and makes
A slave of wild Impossibility—
The Genius of my conntry furls his wing
O’er thy broad bosom. StiU thou art the same,
And hoary centuries shall tail, like plumes
Blow-dropping from the weary wing of Time,
Yet leave thee changeless, proud and stately
stream.
No haughty height* are here, like tliose that pour
Red lava to the equinoctial sun ;
No mural palisades of iron ice,
As curb the surges of the frozen Pole;
Yet one may stand on thy long, wooded shores,
And,£from the summit of some mountain thought,
Gaze forth upon a continent of Time;
Beholding, too, how dark behind it lies
Eternity Inscrutable —before,
Eternity incomprehensible.
Thou hast a voice, proud river; and my soul
Springs forth to meet its lessons, like a child
To meet its mother’s smile. The morning brings
Thy soft, dear hallelujah, and my heart
Echoes in union, “praise God! praise God 1”
The deep meridian reigneth, light and strength
Have met upon the waters, teaching me
That power is only greatness when 'tis blent
With truth immutable. ’Tis midnight lone;
Yet, bearing on the steamer’s stately form,
I hear thy never-resting waters Dow,
And murmur as they glide, “Oh! weary not:
I.ifk lives in action, and the übo of Timo
Is Dkstixt.”
* [lt has been decided that the name Mississippi is com
posed of two words; Messes (great) and Sepjie (river);
consequently the original signification is the “Great River,"
and not the “Father of Waters.”] — Mem phis Eagle.
Old Time Winters. —ln 1564 tlie cold was so in
tense that the Thames in England, was covered
with ice sixty-one inches thick.
In 1693 the cold was so excessive that the furn
ished wolves entered Vienna and attacked beasts,
and even men. Many people in Germany were
frozen to death in 1695, and 1699 was nearly ms
bad.
1111709 occurred that famous winter, called by
distinction the cold winter. All the rivers and
lakes were frozen, and even the sea several miles
from the shore. The ground was frozen nino feet
deep. Birds and beasts were struck dead in the
fields, and men perished by thousands in their
houses. In the south of France the wine planta
tions were almost destroyed, nor have they yet re
covered that fatal disaster. The Atlantic sea was
frozen and even tiie Mediterranean about Genoa ;
and the citron and orange groves suffered extreme
ly in tiie finest parts of Italy.
’ In 1716 the winter was so intense that people tra
velled across the Straits from Copenhagen to the
province of Sonia in Sweden.
In 1726, in Scotland, multitudes of cattle and
sheep were buried in the snow.
in 1740 the winter was scarcely inferior to that
of 1709. The snow lay ten feet deep in Spain and
Portugal. The ZuvderZec was frozen over, and
thousands of people went over it. And the lakes in
England froze.
111 1744 the winters were very cold. Snow tell
in Portugal to the depth of twenty-three l'ect on a
level.
In 1754 and 1755 the winters were very severe and
cold. In England, the strongest ale, exposed to
the air in a glass, was covered with ico one-eighth
of an inch thick.
In 1771 the Elbe was frozen to tho bottom.
In 1776 the Danube bore ice five feet thick below
Vienna. Vast numbers of the feathered and finny
tribes perished.
The Winters of 1774 and 1775 were uncommonly
severe. Tho Little Belt was frozen over.
From 1800 to 1812, also, the winters wore remar
kably cold, particularly tiie latter, in Russia,| and
proved so disastrous to the French army.
The Spirits Departed.— Some time since wc no
ticed that several believers in the new spiritual rap
ping revelations had gone from Madison and ad
joining counties to Virginia, in obedience to the
commands of the rappers. It is said they have
formed a distinct settlement at Mountain Cove, Fay
ette county, in that State, where they have pur
chased $14,000 worth of fanning lands. Since the
location of the first party, other families have fol
lowed. Among those who are well known as lea
ders of the sect at Auburn nrc Rev. I)r. Scott, I. S.
Ilvatt, the printer, Mrs. Benedict, and Messrs. Rush,
Wilson and Cottrell. The papers “dictated by
the Spirits” heretofore published in Auburn are to
he revived in this new Mecca of a new religion.
Where nrc the “Rochester Rappers.”— Rochester
Democrat.
Despatch in Paper Making. —Few arts have been
more improved than this, as all will acknowledge
who have read a description of the old mode nnd
compared the present to it. The Louisville “Cou
rier,” of a late date relates a remarkable instance of
despatch. “At half past five o’clock last evening,”
it says the paper on which this morning’s edition
of tlie ‘Courier’ is printed was rags in Mr. Isaac
Cromie’s paper mill. The rags were soon convert
ed into the article we ordered, and at fifteen minutes
before eigiit o’clock the paper was delivered at our
office ready for the press. This is certainly an in
stance of remarkable expedition.
Hon. Abbott Lawrence. —The movements ofthe
American Minister at the Court of St. Janies, are
thus noticed by Thureow Weed, who is writing
from London, under date of December 9,18*1;
“Our Minister, Mr. Lawrence, is at his post.
He resides in Piccadilly, fronting St. James Park,
with the Duke of Wellington for his neighbor on
one side, and tiic great heiress, Miss Burdett Coutts,
on the other. lie has sustained himself, officially,
personally nnd socially, most creditably. With
the Government, the 'Nobility and his Country
men, lie Is universally popular, lie went, a few
weeks ago, with Mrs’ Lawrence, for relaxation, to
Ireland; but liis visit proved one of deep interest
and severe toil. No American Minister had ever
visited Ireland. Where so much American feeling
exists, it was an event of more than ordinary im
portance. The Minister was received everywhere,
and by all classes, with marked enthusiasm. He
visited Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Cork, &c., &c.,
receiving public demonstrations from the author
ities of those Cities, and attentions from the No
bility and country. This gave him favorable op
portunities for ascertaining tho condition, re
sources and wants of the Island. Since he return
ed he has, I am informed, addressed a despatch on
the subject to our Government.”
Newspapers. —The oelebrated writer “Junius”
thus speaks of newspapers. We commend it to the
attention of all.
“They who conceive our newspapers nrc no re
straint upon bad men, or impediment to the execu
tion of bad measures, kuow nothing of this coun
try. Our ministers and magistrates have really lit
tle puuishinent to fear, and few difficulties to con
tend with, bevondthe censure ofthe press, and the
spirit of resistance it excites among the people.
While this censorial power is maintained, to speak
in the words of a most ingenious foreigner, ‘both
ministers, and magistrates are compelled, in almost
every instance, to chose between his duty and rep
utation. A dilemma of this kind perpetually be
fore him, will not, indeed, work miracles on his
heart, but it will assuredly operate in some degree
upon liis conduct.
Statistics of French Population. —From a sta
tical work, just published in l’nris, bv M. Matkieu,
it appears that the births in France, during the 83
years from 1817 to 1849, were 16,459,349, boys, and
15,504,541 girls. Os these, 1,166,906 boys, and 1,-
121,038 girls were illegitimate. A comparison of
these numbers will show the curious fact that the
proportion of boys to girls is larger iu the ease of
legitimate than of illegitimate children, the pro
portion of the former being as 17 to 16, and of the
latter as 25 to 24. The proportion of illegitimate to
legitimate children during the same period was 1
to 13, all but a fraction. But in Paris, during 1850,
the Dumber of illegitimate births attained the
frightful proportion of nearly 1 in 4, the numbers
being 13,343, legitimate and 4,922 illegitimate.
From 1817 to 1849 the annual average of births in
France was 1 to 88-96 inhabitants, of deaths 1 to
40, and of marriages, Ito 128. The tables show
a very large increase in the duration of human life
since* 1817. In that year the average duration was
31.8 years : in 1688 it was 83.9 years, and in 1849
it reached 86.1. Before the first revolution Duvil
land's tables gave 28 8-4 years only as the average
duration of life, so that more than 7 years, by a
steady progression, have been gained with 60 years.
The present population of Pans is 945,721. This
added to 187,518 in the arondisseineut of St. De
nis, and 187,518 in that of Sceaux, makes the
population of the department of the Seine 1,864,-
988.
A Down Easter down on Railooaw*. — Tlie Knick
erbocker givas the following, as the private opin
ion publicly expressed, of an old resident of one
ofthe “faroffshore towns" on Massachusetts Bay
Said the “far off shord town” man:
“I don't think much o’ railroads; thev ain't no
kind o’ justice into ’em. Now, what kind o justice
is it, wlien railroads take one man's up-and and
carts it over in wheel-barers onto another man s
ma'sh ? What kind ’o’commodation be they f You
can’t go when vou want to go; you got to go when
I the bell rings,‘or the blasted noisy whistle blows,
i 1 tell veou its payin’ tew much for the whistle, fcf
von live a lectio ways off the dee-pot, you got to pay
to git to the railroad; and es yon want to go any
where else 'eept just to the eend on it, you to
pay to go a'ter you git there. W liatakind o com-
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1852.
modation is that 1 Goin’ round the country, tew,
mnrderin folks, runnin’ over cattle, sheep and hogs,
and settin’ fire to bridges, and every now and then
buntin’ np the woods. Mrs. Eobbine, down to
Cod p’int, says—and she ought to know, for she’s
a pious woman, and belongs to the lower church—
she said to me, no longer ago than dav ’fore' yes
terday, that she’d be cuss’d ts she dldn t know that
they sometimes run over critters a-purpose—they
did" a likely shoat o'her’n, and never paid f>r't,
’cause they was a ’corporation, ’ they said. What
kind o’ ’conimodatioa is that ? Besides now I’ve
lived here, clus to the dee-pot, ever since the road
started to run, and seen ’em go out and eornc in;
but I never could see that they went so d—d fast,
nuther!"
Large Brass Casting. —A propeller for the U. <B.
steamer Princeton was cast at Messrs. Murray &
Hnzlehurtt’s Vulcan Works, on Thursday of, com
position, which will weigh when finished about
16,000 lbs. Nearly nine tons of metal were melted
and run into the mould. The mould was prepared
by Mr. James A Bttrce, the foreman, without the
use of a pattern which is believed to be the first
time a easting of this description lias been made in
this manner, as the screw has increasing pitch.
The dimensions are as follows :—Whole diameter
16 to 31 feet; length of screw 42 inches ; length of
hub 27 inches; number of blades 4. The screw was
designed by B. Fiseenvood Esq., acting engineer
in chief IJ. 8. Navy.— Sun.
Tbe Journal of Commerce gives an account of a
novel production which the Buy State Mills—those
which recently drove the British Shawls is out of
the market—have produced. It is a Fell cloth Car
pet, printed in black work, and designed according
to weight either as a floor-cloth, or drugget. The
threads of wool are not tpun or woven, but
drn.»n out and laid together, the whole mass being
felted like a hat body. Within a few mouths,
fabrics have Wen put together in this way, show
ing a different color on either side, and designed
for coats to be made up without lining. The Bay
State Mills make this cloth with a white ground,
about 48 inches wide, weighing from 4 to 24 ozs.
per yard, and print it in elegant caroet designs,
showing the richest combination of brilliant colors,
and furnish it at 75 to 90 cents per pard.
Already the carpet-bag makers are ordering ex
tensively for their own use—and for tbe floor of
a drawing room or chamber there is no covering
so cheap, at all comparable with it for appearance
or comfort. The Bay State Mills, the Journal says,
have been driven to invent something new by the
home competition in the shawl trade. Tiie mo
ment any branch of industry is so well established
as to yield a profitable return, a rival enterprise is
immediately started, which takes advantage of the
iexperience gained without cost to itself, and di :
vides the business with the pioneers in the work.
CitAiNOLoov.—Dr. Morton had, so far back as
1840, collected and arranged a cabinet of 967 hu
man crania from many widely separated regions of
the earth; 253 crania of animals; of birds 267;
and of reptiles and fishes 81; making 1,468 speci
mens—tho number of which, in the course of the
last ten years, has boen considerably increased, lie
considers the “ Human Species as consisting of
Five Races divided into twenty-two families.”
“France is Tranquil!" —Over the above title
Punch contains a caricature, representing a French
soldier pressing down with a musket the Goddess
of Liberty, who is hound, gagged, and ironed.
Beneath the figure is “ La Presse,” torn and tram
pled upon, and above, inscribed upon a wall, are
the words, “ Libertc, Egalite, Frat ” (the rest
of the latter word is obliterated.) In the back
ground are soldiers firing into defenceless houses.
New Steering Apparatus for Ships. —There is
now on exhibition, says the Boston Journal, at the
Merchants’ Exchange; an improved apparatus for
Btcering ships, which for simplicity of construction
and apparent completeness of operation, lias elicited
much commendation from persons familiar with
such subjects, and deserves tho attention of ship
masters, owners and builders. It is altogether nov
el, we beliovo, in its construction, and in the opinion
of some good judges, combines tiie desirable quali
ties of other inventions without their disadvantages.
One of the features which commends it to the
approval of ship owners and shipmasters, is its
entire separation from the rudder head. It is also
so contrived that it combines tbe old method of
the lever with the power of the screw. The appa
rent ease and precision with which it is worked,
and the simplicity of its construction, are among
its excellencies, and cannot fail to commend it to
the favorable attention of all those who are inte
rested in commerce. We also learn that it can ho
afforded at a less price than any other of tho pat
ent inventions now in use.
A patent for a safety-paper has been granted in
England to Mr. W. Stones. The abject of the in
vention is to manufacture a paper that will indicate
by discoloration of its surface, when an attempt has
been made to extract written characters therefrom ;
thereby affording to bankers and merchants pro
tection against forgery. lodine of promine, togeth
er with ferrocyanid or ferrocyanid of potassium
and starch, arc employed in its preparation.
Iron Rivers.— Mr. Burwell, of Virginia, in a
speech before the groat Railroad Convention at New
Orleans, said :
That there should be such a wonder as Railroads
—iron rivers, without disease on their banks, with
out overflows and without crevasses—was a reve
lation for tho South. The Anglo-Americans were
a master race and had harnessed that great engine
of improvement to their service. It was a labor
saving improvement and the men of our race, al
though condemned to eat their bread in the sweat
of their brows, by its use had determined to eat as
much bread and sweat as little as possible. He
spoke of the cheapness of rail-roods at the South
and of tho labor at hand to construct them. Im
provements may be made with slave labor, for it
is cheaper, than' free lal>or, and hv constructing
roads by means of tho former, tho cost of the con
struction is paid to our own citizens and remains
to increase the active capital among our
selves. Tlkt difference of cost in Virginia between
tVeo and slave labor was as two to one in favor of
the employment of slaves.
Privileged Members. —A correspondent of the
New York Independent, writing from Washing
ton, give sthe following good one of a minister
who was not acquainted with tho ways of the cap
ital.
A Gentleman on a visit here, and anxious to lis
ten to the debates, opened very coolly one of the
doors of the Senate and was about to pass in, when
tho doorkeeper asked, “Are yon a privelodged
member ?” “What do yon mean by such a man ?”
asked the stranger. Tiie reply was, “A Governor,
an cx-member of Congress, or a foreign minister.”
The stranger said “I am a minister.” “From what
Court or country, if you please ?” asked the official.
(Very gravely pointing up,) “From the Court of
Heaven, sir.” To this our doorkeeper waggishly
remarked, “This government at present holds no
intercourse with that foreign power !”
Cherokee and Blue Ridge Circuits.— We find in
tho Rome Courier the following table of the times
of holding the Superior Courts in these two Cir
cuits :
Cberokris Circuit.
Chattooga, 24 Monday in February and August.
Floyd, 3d “ “
Cass, 2d “ in March and September.
Gordon, 4th 11 u “
Murray, Ist “ in April and October.
Whitfield, 2d “ “ “
Walker, 8d “ “ “
Dade, 4th “ “ “
Blus Ridok Circuit.
Campbell, Sd Monday in February and August.
Carroll, 4th “ “ “ “ “
Paulding, Ist “ in March and September.
Polk, 2d “ “ “ “ “
Cobb, 3d “ “ “ “ “
Cherokee, Ist “ in April and October.
Forsyth, 2d “ “ “ “ “
Lumpkin, 8d 11 “ “ “ “
Union, 4th “ “ “ “ “
Gilmer, Ist “ in May and November.
The number of visitors to the Zoological Gar
den in London, during the last year was 659,-
000.
Railroad Connection.
Tiie following is the vote in the House of Repre
sen atives on the motiou to postpone indefinitely
the bill to permit the Georg a, Waynesboro’,
and South Carolina Railroad Companies to estab
lish a Common Depot in the city of Augusta.
Yeas— Messrs. Allred, Anderson, of Franklin,
Anderson, of Wilkes, Bailev, Barr, Barnett, of
Butts, Barnett, of Henry, Barlow, Bivins, Blood
wortli, Brinson, Bulloch, Byrd, Cameron, of Chat
tooga. Carr, Castens, Chastain, Clark, of Ogle
thorpe, Clark, of Stewart, Cobb, of Dooly, Coob,
of Harris, Dvear, E wards, Fall, Felton, Fowler,
Gardner, Gilmoie, Grant, Gray, Harrison, Harris,
of Mclntosh Ilenley, Henry, Holland, Hussey,
Irwin, of Wilkos, Knox, Lane", Langmade, Latimer,
of Cobb, Lewis. Lowe, McFarland, McLain, Mil
ledge, Moon, Mobley, Morehouse, Moreland. Mo
rel, Morris, Patterson, Perkins, Phillips, Price,
Ramsay, Raulerson, Reeves, Robinson, ol Laurens,
Robinson, of Macon, Scarlett, Shew : ake, Smith of
Coweta, Smith, of Hancock, Seaton. Stephens,
Summer, Thornton, Thurmond, Tillman, of Ap
pling. Tillman, ofTatnall, Trippc,Waldhour,Watts,
Williford, Wofford, Woodward, and Wooiridge.—
80.
Nats —Messrs. Atkinson, Baugh, Bellinger.
Blackwell, Born, Cannon, Dawson, of Greene,
Dawson, of Putnam, Erwin, of Forsyt , Floyd,
Fuller. Hall, Harris, of Clark, Harper. Hill, Jncko
way, Janes, Latimer, of Warren, Loeklin, McAfee,
McComb, Merrell, Nasworthy, Pickett. Pierce,
Richardson, Roberts, Russell, Seward, Tiff, Winn,
of Gwinnett, Wynn, of Oglethorpe—32.
Absentees and’ Not Voting. —Messrs. Armstrong.
Bartow. Culler, Cameron, of Teifiur. Daniel, Dor
miny, Fannin, Gilbert, Haeknev, Hendrick. I.ott,
Loveless. McDougald, Powell, Walker, Wall,
Wallace, Williams—lß.
Information Wanted. —If Mr. Jacob Patterson
of Georgia, who lost a Negro man named William
some ten or twelve years since, is still living, and
will write to the Journal Messenger office, he can
obtain some information that will be greatly to his
interest. The other papers of the State are request
ed to publish this paragraph at an early day: by
doing this they will serve tie public ss well as Mr.
Patterson.
Cincinnati, Jan. 16.—The total amount of freight
on the George Washington and Martha W ashing
ton and the hull and barge owned by them was aa
follows: 6449 bbU. pork, 1368 bbla. lard, 800 tierces
hams and shoulders, 61 hhds. haras. 640 bbls. oil,
lOOhhda bacon, 500 bbls. floor, 600 bbls whiskey.
800 boxes cheese, 100 boxes candles and 1000 empty
bbls. Most of the provisions was owned in Boston
and insured at the east.
Memphis, Jan. 16. —The steamer Tippah from
Sallatehe river bound for New Orleans with 723
bales cotton was burned 85 miles below Vicksbnnr
Tuesday. The second engineer was burned to
death. ' Mrs. Butler the captains's wife, jumped
into the river and swam ashore. The books, pa
per*, money and baggage, all lost—no insurance.
Report on the Penitentiary.
Mr. Moore from the Joint Standing Committee
on the Penitentiary, made the following Effort :
The Joint Standing Committee on the Penitentiary bee
leare to report that in the discharge of the duties
of them, they have endeavored to investigate
of the Penitentiary, and to inform themselves fulp? oMm
true situation; but in consequence of the great labor neces
tary to attain an end so desirable, and the short time allow
ed your Cun .mi l tee from other Legislative dude* to devote
to that object, together with the mean, they wereconS
to resort to, m order to ascertain it, indtbtedne,, it u w
to be expected they have procured a’l t£tXa£>n
reictapr to enable them to report with exact accuwv the
true financial condition of the Institution e
remiire.) dtTa'i"? investigations the Committee
require,! of Mr. fc. B. Julian, Inspector, a catalogue of the
names of all the creditors of the Penitentiary ami the
amount due each; m compliance with that requisition he
furna-hed promptly to the Committee a statement of the
debtsdue liy the Penitentiary, contracted bv himself as In
spector since the Ist day of August, 1 SSO, (that being the
day he went into ornce,) and stated to the Committee,
(whyh statement was verified by examination,! that prior
to his taking charge of the Inspector's books, no reliable
account was kept, even of the debt, contracted bv the In
spector hlmsoli; much less of the general indebtedness es the
institution, and tliat in consequence thereof, he could not
give die information sought. Your Committee, deeming it
important to ascertain, if possible, the amount of claims
against U;e Penitentiary, and having failed to do so, from
the Inspector, where the same should properly hav>becn
had, w ith the hope of arriving at something like its real lia
bilities, resorted to a publication of notice to the creditors
of the Institution, requesting them to report by the 10th day
of December next, the amount of iheir respective claims;
under which notice, claims from various persons against
the Penitentiary, (in all, amounting to the sura of three
thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars and thirty
five cents, s3,S4ti 35,) over and above what were reported
by the Inspector, have been presented to your Committee;
what amount is yet behind unpre-ented, they cannot con
jecture. It is hut justice to Mr. N. B. Juhan to say, that
after he became the Inspector, his books were kept in a style
of neatness quite creditable to him.
Your Committee also made a careful examination of the
ooki and vouchers of Maj. 11. J. G. Williams, Book Keep
er, and found them kept in a style i f neatness and correct
ness highly creditable to him ; and the entries therein pre
cisely corresponding witli the vouchers. They also required
of Maj. Williams, a list of the names of the debtors, and
amounts due by each to the Penitentiary; and to mark on
said list, such as were insolvent or uncollectable, (the ohject
being to ascertain the reliable assets,) and also to report the
amount due by the Penitentiary on Pay Kolls on the sth
January, 1852 ; from which report and list, and that of the
Inspector, together with the claims presented by creditors,
yoar Committee submit the following to lie the financial
condition of th" Penitentiary, up to the sth inst., exclusive
of tlie debt of two thousand nine hundred dollars recently
contracted for pork to feed the convicts the present year,
to wit: debts on notes and accounts due to Penitentiary,
(28,069 05. Insolvent ami uncollectable (12,272 98, leav
ing as probably collectable, though by no means at present
available, the sum of (15,796 12.
Debts due by Penitentiary, as reported by N. B. Juhan, In
spector , (S,SSI 57
Presented to Committee by creditors 3,546 85
Due on Pay Roil, sth January, 1852 6,290 89
Amounting in all to tlie sum of (17,988 81
And leaving a balance against the Penitentiary, supposing
all the debts now considered good, should prove to be so,
but which your Committee have no idea will be the case, of
two thousand one hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty
nine cents, ((■-’,192 69,) exclusive of the debt for Pork above
spoken of. Your Committee report the buildings and yard
to be in very bad condition—the Work shops, Cell and Tan
yard buildings, all need repairing, the first named especially,
in its present situation, is daily in great danger of taking
fire. Your Committee believe it wuuld be wise economy to
cover all the buildings mentioned with tin, and so recom
mend. They al-o recommend that such additions be made
to the Tan-y ard building, as w ill be suitable for the manu
facturing of boots and shoes, the shops now used for that
business, being wholly unfit.
In the anticipation that tlie General Assembly would carry
out tile recommendation of your Committee, they herewith
submit the probable cost for repairing the buildings, and the
fence around the Penitentiary square, as estimated by a
very’ intelligent and experienced mechanic, and recommend
the appropriation of that amount of money, to accomplish
tlie same, to wit:
For covering Workshops and Tan-Yard building .(2,152 00
Material for additions to Tan-Yard building 420 00
Covering Cell buildings 600 00
And materials for repairing fence around Peniten
tiary- Square 400 00
Amounting in all to the sum of (3,602 00
Your Committee examined and took an inventory of the
manufactured articles and raw material on hand. They
found a large proportion of the former marked at prices
greatly above their real value, aud of the latter, a large
portion almost worthless, especially the timber under the
sheds, outside the wall, which they consider is of no value
whatever, except as fire-wood for the engine, and recom
mend it be used for that purpose.
On the sth inst., there were on hand manufactured arti
cles, (at marked prices) amounting to the sum of three
thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty
uiue ceuts, ((8,982.59,) a great many of which have been
on hand a long time, and are now greatly depreciated in
value, tlie whole, in all probability, will never be sold for
but littlee, if any more than half the sum; and in order
that a sale of them may be rendered probable, your Com
mittee recommend to the Principal Keeper to reduce the
price of all such articles, and that the Ilook Keeper sell
them in such manner as in his opinion and thatof the
Principal Keeper, will best promote the interest of the In
stitution.
There is on hand, of raw material, including everything
in and outside the wall, eight thousand three hundred and
sixty-nine dollars .and thirty-six cents worth, a large por
tion of which is composed of articles that will not for a
long time, if ever, he profitably used.
Predicating their recommendation upon the facts, that
the already ascertained debt of the Penitentiary, to various
creditors, (exclusive of the debt for Pork) is
hut a fraction le3s than eighteen thousand dollars, some of
whom have for years, in vain, been asking payment of their
just dues; that the Institution is at this time without money,
and without credit; that if all its solvent assets could now
bo collected, they are entirely inadequate to discharge its
liabilities; that upon the repairs suggested depends the pre
servation of tlie property, that there is great insufficiency
of raw material for profitable employment of the convicts,
aud, that justice to creditors, and the credit of the State
demand prompt payment of its liabilities. Your Com
mittee recommend, that the sum of eighteen thousand dol
lars for the payment of the debts, and the sum of twelve
thousand dollars for the repairs suggested, and to purchase
the necessary material for the use of the Penitentiary, be
approved by this General Assembly. Your Committee con
sidered it a part of their duty to examine into the circum
stances connected with the recent escape of four of the con
victs, and other alleged abuses—and for that purpose ex
amined a number of persons under oath, caused their testi
mony to be reduced to writing, aud think it advisable to
preserve the same by depositing it with his Excellency, the
Governor.
Report on the Penitentiary.
Mr. Moore from the Joint Standing Committee
on tlie Penitentiary, made the following Eejort:
Tlie Joint Standing Committee on the Penitentlarr bee
leave to report that in the discharge of the duties rrouirSt
of them, they have endeavored h, investigate ih“ 22
of the Penitentiary, and to inform themselves fulh?
true situation; but in consequence of the great labor nece*-
tary to attain an end so desirable, and the short time allow
ed your O j-.miltee from other Legislative duties to devote
to that bqject, together with the mean, they were’conS
to resort to, ui order to ascertain its indebtedness it
to be expected they have procured ad nl
ressary to enable them to report with exact accuracv the
true financial condition of the Institution e
remiired investigations the Committee
required of Mr. N. B. Juhan, Inspector, a catalogue of the
names of all the creditors of the Penitentiary and the
r mo “n!ji ,Ue e * Ch ,’ m com P ,iince Kith that requisition he
furnished promptly to the Committee a statement of the
debtsdue by the Penitentiary, contracted bv himself as In
spector since the Ist day of August, 1850, (that being the
daj he went Into ornce,) and stated to the Committee,
(whyh Statement was verified by examination,! that prior
to his taking charge of the Inspector's books, no reliable
account was kept, even of the debts contracted bv the In
spector himself much less of the general indebtedness as the
Insulation. and tliat in consequence thereof, he could not
give file information sought. Your Committee, deeming it
important to ascertain, if possible, (he amount of claims
against the Penitentiary, and having failed to do so, from
the Inspector, where the same should properly hav" been
had, w ith the hope of arriving at something like its real lia
bilities, resorted to a publication of notice to the creditors
of the Institution, requesting them to report by the loth day
of December next, the amount of their respective claims;
under which notice, claims from various persons against
the Penitentiary, (in all, amounting to the sum of three
thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars and thirty
five cents, (3, 84 ii ;»,) over aud above what were reported
hy the Inspector, have been presented to your Committee;
what amount is yet behind unpre-ented, they cannot con
jecture. It is but justice to Mr. N. B. Juhan to say, that
after he became the Inspector, his books were kept in a stylo
of neatness quite creditable to him.
Your Committee a!.-o made a careful examination of the
ooki and vouchers of Maj. 11. J. G. Williams, Book Keep
er, and found them kept in a style of neatness and correct
ness highly creditable to him ; and the entries therein pre
cisely corresponding with the vouchers. They also required
of Maj. Williams, a list of the names of the debtors, and
amounts due by each to the Penitentiary; and Pi mark on
said list, such as were insolvent or uncollectable, (the ohject
being to a-certain the reliable assets,) and also to report the
amount due by the Penitentiary on Pay Kolls on tlie 6th
January, 1852; from which report and list, and that of tlie
Inspector, together with the claims presented by creditors,
yoar Committee submit tlie following to be the financial
condition of the Penitentiary, up to the sth inst., exclusive
of tlie debt of two thousand nine hundred dollars recently
contracted for pork to feed the convicts the present year,
tow it: debts on notes and accounts due to Penitentiary,
(28,06# 00. Insolvent and uncollectable (12,272 98, leav
ing as probably collectable, though by no means at present
available, the sum of (15,796 12.
Debts due by Penitentiary, as reported by N. B. Juhan, In
spector , (8,851 57
Presented to Committee by creditors 3,546 85
Due on Pay Roll, stli January, 1852 5,290 89
Amounting in all to the sum of (17,988 81
And leaving a balance against the Penitentiary, supposing
all the debts now considered good, should prove to be so,
but which your Committee have no idea will be the case, of
two thousand one hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty
nine cents, ((2,192 69,) exclusive of the debt for Pork above
spoken of. Year Committee report the buildings and yard
to he in very had condition—the Work shops, Cell and Tan
yard buildings, all need repairing, the first named especially,
in its present situation, is daily in great danger of taking
fire. Your Committee believe it would be wise economy to
cover all the buildings mentioned with tin, and so recom
mend. They al-o recommend that such additions be made
to the Tan-yard building, as will be suitable for the manu
facturing of boots and shoes, the shops now used for tliat
business, being wholly unfit.
In the anticipation that tlie General Assembly would carry
out tile recommendation of your Committee, they herewith
submit the probable cost for repairing the buildings, and the
fence around tlie Penitentiary square, as estimated by a
very' intelligent aud experienced mechanic, and recommend
the appropriation of that amount of money, to accomplish
tlie same, to wit:
For covering Workshops and Tan-Yard building .(2,152 00
Material for additions to Tan-Yard building 420 00
Covering Cell buildings 600 00
And materials for repairing fence around Peniten
tiary Square 400 00
Amounting in ail to the sum of (3,602 00
Your Committee examined and took an inventory of the
manufactured articles and raw material on hand. They
found a large proportion of the former marked at prices
greatly above their real value, aud of the latter, a large
portion almost worthless, especially the timber under the
sheds, outside the wall, which they consider is of no value
whatever, except as fire-wood for the engine, and recom
mend it he used for that purpose.
On the oth inst., there were on hand manufactured arti
cles, (at marked prices) amounting to the sum of three
thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty
nine cents, ((8,982.59,) a great many of which have been
on hand a long time, and are now greatly depreciated in
value, the whole, ill all probability, will never be sold for
but littlee, if any more than half the sum; and in order
that a sale of them may be rendered probable, your Com
mittee recommend to the Principal Keeper to reduce the
price of all such articles, and tliat the Ilook Keeper sell
them in such manner as in his opinion and thatof the
Principal Keeper, will best promote the interest of the In
stitution.
There is on hand, of raw material, including everything
in and outside the wall, eight thousand three hundred and
sixty-nine dollars and thirty-six cents worth, a large por
tion of which is composed of articles that will not for a
long time, if ever, he profitably used.
Predicating their recommendation upon the facts, that
the already ascertained debt of the Penitentiary, to various
creditors, (exclusive of the debt for Pork) is
hut a fraction less than eighteen thousand dollars, some of
whom have for years, in vain, been asking payment of their
just dues; that the Institution is at Mistime without money,
and without credit; that if all its solvent assets could now
be collected, they are entirely inadequate to discharge its
liabilities; tliat upon tlie repairs suggested depends tlie pre
servation of tlie property, tliat there is great insufficiency
of raw material for profitable employment of the convicts,
and, tluit justice to creditors, aud tlie credit of the State
demand prompt payment of its liabilities. Your Com
mittee recommend, that the sum of eighteen thousand dol
lars for the payment of the debts, anil the sum of twelve
thousand dollars for the repairs suggested, and to purchase
the necessary material for the use of the Penitentiary, be
approved by this Uenetal Assembly. Your Committee con
sidered it a part of their duty to examine into the circum
stances connected with the recent escape of four of the con
victs, and other alleged abuses—and for that purpose ex
amined a number of persons under oath, caused their testi
mony to lie reduced to writing, and think it advisable to
preserve the same by depositing it with his Excellency, the
Governor.
From that testimony your committee are satisfied, to say
the least of it, that said escape originated in a great want
of foresight upon the part of the Principal Keeper, in per
mitting a large sum of money to go into the possession of
one of the escaped convicts t and was effected through in
excusable, if not criminal, negligence of the Guard on duty
at the time. Your Committee also learned from the testi
mony, that for some time previous to said escape, a convict
named Janies llewett had not been locked in his cell at
night. Considering such indulgence dangerous, they here
express their decided disapprobation of any such liberty
being allowed a convict. They also, from the same source,
learned that for several years past, officers of the Peniten
tiary have been in tlie habit of feeding and raising their
individual stock upon provender belonging to the Institu
tion, and of using tlie wood of the establishment for their
individual purposes; if these things he true, such conduct
is, to use tlie mildest appellation, very reprehensible, and
should at once be stopped.
In concluding their report, your Committee are constrain
ed to say, that they have in vain searched for the profit of
(28,280.61 of the last four years, claimed, by the Principal
Keeper in Ids report, and are bound to believe that such
profit exists on paper only, and regret to say that the gene
ral apiiearance of the establishment, instead of indicating
prosperity, is impressively indicative of ruin, dilapidation
and decay.
Your Committee recommend the adoption of the follow
ing resolution, to wit:
Uewlred, That the Governor be and he is hereby author
ised to procure and employ a competent Mechanic to aid
and sujierintend tlie making of Passenger and Freight Cars
for the use of tlie Western and Atlantic Railroad, and that
tlie Governor lie authorized to make convicts of the Geor
gia Penitentiary work under the supervision of said super
intendent Mechanic in making Railroad Cars aforesaid.
Secret History of Louis .\apolcon’s, Coup D’Etat.
"We give tho following interesting narrative of
the concoction anil successful execution of tlie coup
d'etat of December 2d, by which Louis Napoleon
surprised France and the world. It’s source is
M. Gratiicr de Cassagnac's piquant “Complete and
Authentic Account of the Events of December,
1851.” The greatest marvel about the matter is
that such extensive and complicated arrangements
could be kept so completely a secret for fifteen or
sixteen days.
In the middle of November tiie President yet re
mained master of his actions; in a few months it
would have been too late for him and for every bo
dy else. He resolved to “save the country.”—
Three men were confidants of his idea—General
de St. Arnaud, Minister at War, Mr. de Momy,
representative of the people, and M. de Maupas,
Prefect of Police. Louis exposed to them the de
signs he had formed, and asked for their concur
rence. They all tlireo promised it to him—M. de
Morny for all the responsibility to encounter, as
Minister of the Interior, M. de St. Arnaud, for the
Military operations, M. de Manpas, for the action
oftlie police.
During more than 15 days these 8 men planned
with the President all the "details of this immense
act, an act which is not equalled by the 18th Bru
maire, either in difficulty, ability or greatness.—
The most minute tilings are forseen, concerted, de
tailed, prepared, with such marvellous secrecy, tliat
the friends most to be depended upon, the
agents most necessary, had not a suspicion of what
was to be done before the final moment for action
arrived.
Tlie simultaneotisness of all the measure* to be
taken was evidently the first condition of success.
The principal of' these measures were four in
number: the arrest of guilty or dangeroug persons
—the publication of the official proclamations, the
occupation of the Palace of the National Assembly,
and file distribution of troops upon all points judg
ed necessary.
The hour of quarter past 6 in the morning was
fixed upon for the simultaneous execution of all
these measures. It was necessary that the plan
should not be divulged by anybody, or become
known by piecemeal, but that it should burst forth
at once intirelv, and be at the same moment suc
cessful. At a'quarter past six the arrests were all
effected; at hall' past six the troops were at their
posts; at seven tlie decree for the dissolution and
the proclamation were spread over the walls of Pa
ris.
At half past six, M. de Morny took possession of
the Ministry of the Interior, accompanied by 250
of the Chasseurs de Vincennes, aud remitted to M.
de Thorigny a letter, in which the President than
ked him for his services, and informed him of the
steps he had taken.
M. de Belvele, the President’s orderly officer,was
instructed to superintend the printing "of the pro
clamations, ana the compositors had been kept at
the national printing office for a special service.—
At eleven o’clock the director of the printing office
was sent for. and at midnight the establishment
was surronnded by gendarmes; sentries were im
mediately placed at every door and window, and
then/snd not till then, did M. Belevele produce
the documents which had been confided to him,
the printing of which he superinteneded himself,
and remained until their impression was complet
ed. and then carried them to the prefecture of the
police.
Tne persona of whom the police were to render
themselves masters were of two kinds—the repre
sentatives more or less mixed up with the absolute
conspiracy, the chiefs of secret societies and the
commanders of barricades, always ready to exe
cute the orders of the factions. ’ Both bad been
for a fortnight tinder the surveillance of invisible
agents of tne police, and not one of those agents
suspected the real object of his mission, having all
received orders for imaginary purposes. __ The
whole number of persons to be arrested was 78, of
whom 18 were representatives, and 60 chiefs of
secret societies and of barricade*. Tlw #OO sergens
de ville and the brigades of surety had been kept
, at the Prefecture of Police on the Ist of December,
until 11 o’clock at night, under the pretext of tlie
presence in Paris of the refugees in London. At
r half past three in the morning of the 2nd, the offi
-1 cere of peace and 40 commissaries of police were
1 convoked at their houses. At half past four all
| hail arrived, and were placed in small groups in
different apartments, for the purpose of not excit
s ing suspicion
i At five o’clock, all the commissaries went down
1 separately into the office of the Prefect, and receiv
| ed from him a communication of the simple and
• entire truth, with the necessary indications and or
. i dere. The men had been selected witli special
I care for the duty to be confided to them, and all
• went away full of zeal aud ardor, resolved to ao
s complish their duty at any price. None foiled in
' his promise. A great number of carriages, prepar
| ed in advance, were stationed in groups on the
quays in the neighborhood of the Prefecture of
! Police, so as not to excite suspicion. Tiie arrests
. had been so arranged between the Prefect of Police
and the Minister of War that they should pre
i cede by a quarter of an hour the arrival of tlie
troops on the places indicated. Tiie arrests were
; to be made at a quarter past six, and the agents
| were ordered to be at the door* of the persons to
be arrested at five minutes past Bix. All was ac
complished with surprising punctuality, and no ar
rest took more than twenty minutes. "
The task of securing the person of General
Changnmie rwas confided to two men selected for
their rare energy, Captain Baudinot, of tlie Repub
lican Guard, ami the commissary of police, Leras.
They took witli them no less a force than 15 picked
police agents, 80 republican guards, and a picket of
10 cavalry. At live minutes past six, trey "rang the
bell at No. 3, Ruo du Faubourg, St. llono’re, where
1 the General lived. The porter asked who was there
and being told to open tlie door for some one who
wanted to speak to him, he became suspicious and
refused to do so. The commissary then marched
into a grocer’s shop next door, from which lie
rightly guessed there must be a communication
with General Ohangnier’s apartment. In an impe
rious tone lie demanded tlie key, which was m
instantly given to him.
Followed by several of his men, he proceeded
to the General’s room snatched the keys from the
servant, whom lie met upon tlie staircase, and
rushed towards tlie General’s bed room. Gen.
Cliangarnier by this time knew tlie designs of the
intruders. He appeared at the door of his bed
room in his shirt, with a pistol in each hand. The
commissary said, “What are you going to do Gen
eral ? We" are not attempting your life; why
should you defend it ?” Cliangarnier then gave up
his pistols, saying, “ I am at your service ; let me
dress myself/’ He begged that his servant with
whom lie could not dispense, might not bo separa
ted from him. This favor was granted. On his
way to prison he said, “Tlie President was sure
of his re-election. He need not have rceourso to
a coup d'etat ; he is giving liimsolf much useless
trouble.” He afterwards added, “When the Pres
ident shall have a foreign war, ho will be glad to
sock for mo to give me tlie command of an army.
M. do Cassagnac gives the names of the Commis
saries of police charged with those several acts, and
particularises the manner in which the arrests were
effected. All the Generals, it appears, were found
quietly asleep in their beds. Alluding to the arrest
of Gen. Cavaignae, M. Granier Cassagnac says :
“The arrest of Gen. Cavaignae was neither long nor
difficult. M. Collin tho commissary of police, hav
ing entered the house in which tho Gen. residod,
No. 17 hue dc Ilelder, had tlie following conversa
tion with the portor :—‘ln what part of the honso
does Gen. Cavaignae live ?’ ‘Ho is not at home,
said the porter.’ ‘I know that he is at home, and
I must see him.’ ‘lie is not—at anv rate he is a
sloep—you come too early; his lodging is on the en
tresol.’" The commissary went up, Knocked and
rang at the door, and inquired for tho Gen. A fe
male voice replied that the Gen. was not at home.
The oommissary raug the bell again, and a fomalo
voice exclaimed, ‘who's there ?’ The commissary
called, in the name of the law for the door to b e
opened. The Gen. replied, ‘I will not open it’
Tlie commissary said Gen. if you do not opent he
door I will break it open.
The goneral then opened it, and the commissary,
having entered, said, ,General you are my prison
er, resistance would bo useless, for all my measures
are taken. I havo orders to arrest you, in virtue
of a warrant which I will read to you.’ The Gen
eral would not hear tho warrant read, and, becom
ing greatly exasperated, abused the Commissary,
who advised him to be moderate. The General,
then, looking sternly at the commissary, said,
‘What! you arrest me ! —what is your name ? Tlie
commissary replied, ‘I shall not conceal it, but this
is not the time; you must dress yourself and follow
me.’ The Genoi'iil then became more calm, and
said, ‘Well, sir, lam ready to follow you; nil I ask
is time to dress myself; let your attendants with
draw.’ He then asked permission to write and this
was granted. When tho General was ready, he
said to tlie commissary, ‘Now lot us set out; but I
ask as a favor tliat I may proceed to my destination
with you alone.’ The request was complied with.
Oil their way the General appeared in deep thought,
and only spoke once, which was to ask if he alone
had been arrested, and where he was going. The
commissary said lie could not reply to the first
question, but ho was going to the prison Mazos.”
When the commissary of police entered the bed
room of M. Thiers in the Place St George, M.
Thiers was asleep. The policeman drew the cur
tains, woke M. Tliicrs, and stated his functions and
warrant. M. Thiers sat up hastily, and rubbed his
eyes, and said, ‘On what account ? The policeman
replied, ‘I am come to make a search at your house
—but do not bo alarmed, no harm will he done to
you ; your life is in nc danger.’ This last assur
ance appeared necessary, for M. Thiers was in
great consternation. ‘But what do you intend to
do ? Do you know that I am a representative f
‘Yes; hut I cannot enter into any discussion on
this point; I must execute my orders.’ But what
you do may bring you to the scaffold.’ Nothing
shall prevent tlie fulfilment of mv duty.’ ‘But it
is a coup d'etat that you are making.’" ‘I cannot
answer your observations ; I pray you to get up.
Do you know if I am the only one in the same pre
dicament; are any of myjcolleagnes in the same case.’
‘I do not know, sir,’ M. Thiers got up and slowly
dressed himself, refusing the services of the agents
of police.
lie all at once said to the commissary—“ But, sir,
suppose I should blow out your brains ?” “ I do
not think you would be guilty of such on act, M.
Thiers; but in any case 1 have tuken my measures,
and I know how to prevent you.” “ But do you
know the law ? Do you know you violate the con
stitution?” “It is not my business to enter into
any discussion with you; and, besides, you are
much better informed tlian 1. I can only execute
the orders which are given, and as I should liavo
executed yours when you were Minister of the In
terior.” A search made in the chamber of M. Thiers
did not lead to tlie discovery of any political corres
pondence. M. Thiers replied tliat iui hud his polit
ical correspondence addressed for some time in
England, and tliat nothing would be found at his
house. On being requested to descend and leave
the house, M. Thiers was much affected, appeared
alarmed, and was full of hesitation in his move
ments. He was led to believo that ho was about to
be conducted to the prefect of police.
The direction taken by the carriage augmented
his apprehensions, and he endeavored en route by
every sort of captious and subtle reasoning to turn
tlie "agents of police from the accomplishment of
their duties. On his arrival at the prison of Mazas,
M. Thiers asked if he could have Ins coffee as was
his custom. Evory attention was shown him. His
courage, it must bo confessed, entirely abandoned
him in prison, and he did not show greater firm
ness than M. Grcppo. Excused from being trans
ferred to Ham, M. Thiers was provisionally taken
hack to his own house. By a new decision, M.
Thiers was to be taken to the right bank of the
Rhino to the bridge of Kell. The officer of peace,
Vinclenbaek. went to take M. Thiers from his house
on the Bth December, at six in the evening. M.
Miguot and another friend accompanied M. Thiers
to tho Stsrasburg railway station, und M. Granigcr la
Mariniore accompanied him to Kell. At the moment
of setting out, and for the first moments of his jour
ney. M. Thiers wept abundantly. On his arrival at
Kell, M. Granigiero de la Mariniore carried to the
officer of peace, Vindenbaok, a letter of protosta
tion, and a letter of thanks, for the attention shown
to M. Tliiers. it. Thiers announced his intention
of going to Frankfort, and thence to Dresden, where
he had to meet an old friend, with whom he should
amuse himself in painting.
Tlie State Road.
Tiie condition and management of this road may
be inferred from the following notice of the same,
which we find in the tlie Chattanooga Advertiser
of the 21st inst., and we commend it to the special
attention of those who have supposed that our no
tices of the road and its management are tho result
of political prejudices: ,
Mismanagement of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad. —An old—a hackneyed theme, it is true,
but time does not remedy the evils of which we
have been wont to complain. Ilojie and forbear
ance are virtues no longer. We have waited pa
tiently, and even forbore to censure where censure
was due, with the confident expectation tliat each
returning day would be the harbinger of some im
mediate steps for the better management of the
State Road.
The meeting of the Georgia Legislature, the first
of November, was hailed a a signal for tho speedy
eonsumation of the requisite improvement. But
that august body, instead ol making immediate ap
propriations, and adopting a code of stringent re -
ulations for the government of those connected in
any way with tlie Road, have squandered away
these near 3 months in plotting ingenious devices to
secure the of this or tliat political fac
tion—to elevate this or tliat political favorite,
through the agency of the Railroad appropriation
bill. And this, notwithstanding the ruinous em
barrassment to trade—the pressing necessities of
transportation—the urgent importunities of busi
ness men—the almost daily destruction of property
and perpetual hazard of human life, are matters of
notorious comment. They have invited the peo
ple of Tennessee and Alabama to seek a market for
their surplus products in the cities and towns of low
er Georgia, yet on the eve of a successful diversion
of the trade in that direction, they are permitting
the avenue of transportation to be obstructed, and
thus causing the tide of onward wealth to roll
back and seek its old, though less profitable cluui
nels of egress. Their own people are suffering for
the want of tliat abundance of grain and bacon
which Tennesse now offere them with so liberal a
hand, but which is denied them owing to the de
plorable condition of things that now prevails up
on the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Indeed, we believe this Road has not a parallel in
the United States, or in the world. No subordina
tion seems to exist—no acknowledged head, no re
cognition of the immense responsibility areumed
in transporting passengers over an unsafe road,
with still worse management. The frequency with
which accidents have occurred within the last few
weeks, has been such as to excite a thrill of alarm
sufficient to deter any from passing over the road
unless impelled by necessity. Tlorees, cattle and
hogs are run over as if it was but school-boy sport—
Engine* run off the track almost daily—trains are
running in time and out of time, without anv ap
parent regularity or system, but rather as if govern
ed by the whim of the Conductor or Engineer,
i Care and Locomotives are smashed up as Cist as
’ they can lie replaced. Tlie two new Locomotives
. whiek came upon the road in December, have both
been rendered useless. The mails do not make
i connection at this point more than half the *ime.
VOL. LXVI.—NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.---NO. 4.
Last week serious aeeidents occurred four days out
of six. The passenger train failod entirely on
Thursday. Two days in the week, no Creigqt "train
left. But more than all, within a few weoks past,
one man has been killed, and several very serious
ly iinured, while the escape of hundreds of passen
gers has beon little leas than a miracle.
In view of these facts, which are by no means
exaggerated, it is not surprising that the people
should begin to inquire, “How long shall these
tilings be?" “What is the cause, and is there no
remody ?” Standing as the exponent of the public
will, and as the guardians of the public good, we
can no longer remain silent even though we may
incur the wrath of reigning officials, or strike a re
luctant blow at tho trade which is centering at
Chattanooga.
While it is well known that many of the acci
dents that happen on the State Road are attributa
ble to the had condition of the track, we believe it
is conceded tliat more arc the result of sheer reck
lessness and dmnkeness on the part of the subor
dinates employed on the road. We make no per
sonal charges," but we think this statement will bo
corroborated by all who are acquainted with the
facts. Better far, that tho. track be torn up, than
that such a condition of things longer oontinue!
Meanwhile there is an almost entire blockade to
business at this end of the Road. The clumors and
I just complaints of Forwarding Merchants and
I Planters avail nothing. Every Warehouse and
shed was long since crammed to overflowing with
Cotton and Grain, and still it comes, thousands of
bushels and bales every week, while but a pittance
of the whole can find "shipment on the Cars. To
the Fanners of East Tennessee thon, are wo com
pelled to say, “ Keep your Corn in your cribs,”
and to the plantors o's North Alabama, “ Keep
your Cotton under your sheds,” rather than ship
it here at present. Though wo have intelligence of
the passagi of the Railroad Bills by the Georgia
Legislature, vat the needed changes cannot bo
made in a day. When they are made, however,
wo shall be tlie first to make them known to you,
anil shall rejoice even more than yourselves ovor
the attainment of so grand a result.
Items.
Tho Northern Mail failed beyond Richmond,
the Savannah entirely, and tho Bouth Western be
yond Montgomery, Ala.
Fink Cotton.—A lot of forty hales of fine Cotton,
grown on the Coweta plantation of Fare E. Ah
nold ofClark, was sold yesterday by Piiinuy A
Clayton at 8 cents.
Mbs. Jank Folk, the mother of the late ex-Pres
ident Polk, died of appoplexy, on the 12th inst.,
ut her residence in Columbia, Tcnti. She was a
pious, venerable and much esteemed lady.
What tuey have core to.—There aro 14 editors
and ox-editors in the Logisluture of Massachusetts.
Mr. Thomas, a recent writer on China, says
that tho term “barbarian” as applied by thorn, is in
tended for a compliment,—and that tho word so
translated means simply “southern merchant.”
They consider it a special compliment also to call a
man “red-haired devil.”
Shakespeare has just been translated into Swe
dish, and published in Stockholm, in twelve octa
vo volumes.
Poor Anacreon !—The health of Thomas Moore,
the poet, is very feeble and his death is daily looked
for.
P. W. Porter, of Memphis, Tcnn., lias invented
a self-loading and Arcing rifle or pistol, which ho
represents as perfectly safe, is ftee from complica
tion in its machinery, susceptible of being loaded
and fired at least forty timos in a minute, shoots
With as much accuracy as any rifle, and propels its
balls with greatly moro force than the ordinary
rifle.
Last Case or Avarice.—A woman was lately bu
ried in a graveyard, near London, who had been
dead upwards of five years, a near relation having
left her an annuity of 801. to be paid on the first day
of each and every year, so long as she should remain
on earth. In consequence of this legacy, her sur
viving husband hired a little room over a stable in
the neighborhood of his dwelling, where she was
kept in a lead coffin until after his death.
Pretty Good.—A New York correspondent of
the Boston Trunscript, tells n good story, whllo
giving nn account of the “Kossuth Reception” in
that city. Says he, “A gentlemanly old man, who
stood near me, while the crowd were rending tho
welkin with their shouts for Kossuth and Hunga
ry, exclaimed, “Hurrah for your own country, yon
d d fools ? Hurrah for your own Govern
ment, whose blessings you enjoy every day of your
lives 1”
Skateino.—For the first season in many years
our citizens have had an opportunity to in
dulge in this fascinating sport or rocreation.
And we learn that quite a number of young gen
tlemen—and some not so young, who, forgetting
for the moment their silvery locks in their anxiety
to again unite in tho sports of their boyhood—
have for the last two days enjoyod themselves to
their hearts content, on iho ponds in the vicinity.
The Custom House Fraud.—We some days since
alluded to the discovery that extensive frauds had
been committed at the Custom House. We have
since learned that the guilty party was what is call
ed a Custom House Broker, and that ho haa forged
many orders, invoices, etc. Ho would watch at the
public warehouse, and when a box or bale of goods
was taken in, he would make out an order for ita
delivery to himself, and forge the name of the Clerk
whose duty it was to sign such orders, lie has
also forged the signature of the Collector, Naval
officer, Invoioc Clerks, Inspectors, Appraisers,
and, in fact, of almost every person whose name
was necessary to enable him to effect his object.
These forgeries have been practiced for a long time,
and were detected only by accident. Tho forger
has made his escape and is now beyond the re sell
of the authorities ; and they do not know the ox
tent to which he has carried his operations. New
developments are being mado every day. —M YorJc
Daily Times.
Mr. Buchanan and the Proviso.—The Washing
ton Republic, says that Mr. Buchanan, at a publio
meeting, in Lancaster, at tho time the Missiouri
Compromise question was before Congress, offered
the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the Representatives in Congress
from this District be, and they are horeby, most
earnestly requested to uso their utmost endeavors,
as members of the National Legislature, to prevent
the existence of slavery in any of the Territories or
States which may be erected by Congress.
Retolved, That, in the opinion of this meeting,
tho members of Congress who at the last session
sustained the cause of justice, humanity and patri
otism, in opposing the introduction of slavery into
tho State then endeavored to bo formed out of the
Missouri Territory, aro entitled to tho wannest
thanks of every friend of humanity.
Great Fire at Brandon, Muss.—Jackson, Miss.
Jan. 17.—Great fire at Brandon last night, and
nearly all the town was bu rut. The following houses
were not iujured: The Railroad Depot, Brandon
Hotel, Richardson & Co., Maxv & Shcltcn, Cham
bers <fe Co., Lowery & Co., and J. Straus.
The following arc burnt out: A. Givens; E. Oak
ev; W. W. Langford; H. T. Reeder: C. Aiken;
Norrell & Middleton; Harper & Co.; J. A. Cohen;
R. Cokcly Thornton; D. It. Wilkinson; Haas &
Gorson; Standard & Brother; Kncss, Crawford &
Kirby; Todd & Ware; W r ilkinson, Mason <fe Co.;
J. & P. Kirkland; Puckett’s Hotel; the Courthouse
and the Republican office. This is a correct list.
Marine Disaster.—The brig Macon, Capt. Wat
kins, left this port November 27th with a cargo of
ootton, for Boston. We have already noticed that
she put into Newport with loss of sails, &c. She
left Newport on the 29th ult. for Boston, and was
blown off the coast till tho night of the 11th inst.,
when she met with another disaster, by striking on
Pollok Rip, causing her to leak badly. She came
off and authored next morning off east side of
Nantucket, between Brrb Ripandthc shore, showing
signals of distress. Eight men were sent to her
aid in pumping, &c., and provisions were sent to
her by the wreck agent, Capt. Thomas. She re
mained at anchor off Nantucket the 18th inst.,
wind blowing a gale from northeast.— Sav. Rep.
We yesterday moi tioned the fact that the office
of the Petersburg, Va., Intelligencer had been
consumed by fire on the 19th inst. We extract
tho subjoined particulars relative to tlie unfortu
nate occurrence from that journal of Sunday lost:
“ Fire—lxtkllioexcer Burned.—At about hal ■
past 8 o’clock, on this morning, a fire broke out In
the building adjoining the Intelligencer office,
owned by Mr. James B. Reid, and occupied by
Mr. Newman, aa a Family Grocery. This building
was destroyed, and the roof in falling set fire to
the roof of our office which was also consumed.
Owing to the active exertions of our friends the
books and nearly all the materials of the office
were saved, but in what precise condition we can
not at present say. The forms of the paper were
saved, and owing to the kindness of the South
Side Democrat offle: we are enabled to publish to
day’s paper. We shall set to work again as soon
as we can procure a house. The building and ma
terials of the office were insured, the former in tho
Mutual Office, Richmond, and the latter in the
.Etna Office, Hartford.
We do not know whether or not Mr. Reid’s
house, or Mr. Newman’s groceries were insured.
Petersburg, half-peat 4 o’clock, Jan. 19, 1852.
Rumored Indian Disturbances in Florida,—The
Ocala (Fla.) Star notices a rumor current In that
section that the mail rider between Fort Gallatin
and Tampa Bay, had been wavlaid and fired upon
by Indians. The editor puts no faith in the story
of tho mail rider, but thinks an attempt is making
to create an excitement for purposes ofgain. There
had been some talk in the comities about removing
the Indians, it was urged that the United Stated
Government should remove them at onee. A com -
pany of surveyors had returned to Ocala, stating
“that the few inhabitants living near the line ex
pressed apprehensions of Indian difficulties, whieh
induced them to refrain from surveying there for
the present.” The editor thinks these apprehen
sions are groundless. 1 r
NOW OH HAND AND FOE SALE.
A A fii'k ” pp h r . of 111 Patterns of Parlor STOVE
GRATES, suitable to wood or coal
m—ALSO—
* Georgia made IRON SAFE, very large
and well adapted to a Urge Mercantile Houee, with eeveral
small onee. ’
Amo, NAHA by the keg or retail; PWEPE IRON for
Horse Shoes; Collln’i AXE and HATCHETS; Cotton HOE,
»B sizes; Trace and Halter CHAINS, TACKS, RIVITS,
BCRKWB, LOCKS, BOLTS, BUTTS and HINGE. Also, a
large supply of Tinnen*’ and Roofing Tools, of all kind*.
For sale next door to the Mechanic*’ Bapfe,
nl4 M. F. CHEW.
SUGAR UOISR SWCF.-UO bbU. Harris A ■vans’
Sugar House Syrup, for eale low by
481 BAKER A WILCOX.
The True Policy.—We have watcliod with some
interest the movomento of parlies nnd party lead ops
for the bust few weeks nnd are moro than ever con
vinced that it is alike the duty and interest of the
union 1 arty of Georgia, and indeed of Union men
eyeiy where, to keen entirely aloof from the old
, nig and Democratic organizations of the North—
to enter into no alliances and to hold no political fel
lowship with them. We are aware that some of our
Southern Right friends have pursued a different
pohev. Disregarding their pledges at Nashville,
they have m hot haste, entered into alliances, and
2K?W . ’“selves to men and measures at war
with all their fbrmer pnnciplos, professions and
anus By pursuing tM; fatal course, thev have
forfeited tho respect and confidence of all reflecting
an patriotic men, and materially impaired if not,
utterly destroyed their influence in all ’timo to
come. Tho man who would have dared to predlot
twelve months ago, that Rantouland Preston King
and other freo-soilers of the North, would he
found associated with the fire-eaters of the South,
in devising party schemes to secure party ena-!
would have been set down as a madman. And
yet it is even so.
But what is worse than all, is the flict, that there
ore some in our own ranks who urge upon tho
Union Party a similar course. The last Maoon
Journal <t Messenger in nartienlar, strongly recom
mends tho Constitutional Union Party of‘Georgia,
to send delegates to the Baltimore Democratic Con
vention to be held in June next, then nnd there to
nid in theseloction of Candidates for President and
Vice President.
Now we humbly trust that the Union Party of
tho South will be guilty of no such folly. In’ the
first place it has no invitation to that Convention—
and her delegates would ho justly viewed as inter
lojiers and intruders, and therefore not entitled
to seats. And in the second place, even if they
were permitted to participate in its deliberations,
they would achieve no valuable purpose. As was
the case in tho Congressional Caucus, thev would
be voted down, and buffied, and fretted, lind crip
pled ; the party would be weakened at home and
ridiculed abroad ; perhaps entirely broken up and
scattered.
The true policy of the Union party is to maintain
it* present distinctive organization. Snpposo it
were not to ho represented in either of the Nation
al Conventions, and should take no part in nomi
nating. or even electing a Presidential candidate ?
Would this impair its influence at home or abroad?
Wo presume not.
The idea that we should thrust a representation
into the Baltimore Convention to make it do right,
aud to keep the treesoil and secession influence in
ohcck, with duo respect to our worthy contempo
rary, we look upon as rattier Quixotic. No, let ua
hold on to our present organization and principles,
prepared at tho proper time to give our support to
those who repeat the former and will maintain tho
latter. —Rome Courier.
It would, indeed, bo needless to say, after tho
late avowal of our sentiments, that wo cordially
approve tho article of our Rome contemporary.
And wo rejoice to poreeivo that tho press of the
Union party generally, those that liavo the inde
pendence tojspeak out, nro taking n similar position.
Thore seems to be no affinity among them for the
Quixotic suggestions ot' tho Journal <5 Messenger ,
although that print seems to think that it represent*
tho viows of tho politicians at Milledgeville. By
the way, speaking of the politicians at Milledge
ville, reminds us that some two years ago, they
assumed to dictate to tho people of Georgia, what
course they should pursue in reference to the
slavery quostion ; and wo would most respectftilly
suggest to those now assembled, to be admonished
by tho fete of their miscalculating predeces
sors, who strangely enough, indulged the delu
sion, that they had only to command, and the
people, the intelligent, patriotic votors of the
State would choorfullyVboy. Thoy soou, however,
discovered their error, nnd if the Journal efi Mes
senger reflects tho opinions of thoso now in Mil
ledgeville, their fate is easily foretold.
In reply to tho suggestion of tho Journal <fc Mes
senger, that the Union men of tho South should
Bend delegates to tho Baltimore Convention to
break up tho coalition between tho Abolitionists
and Fire Eaters, and noniinato Mr. Buchanan,
the “ Courier ” remarks :
“If we supposed the Editor of that paper really
serious in urging upon the Union party of Georgia
a course so absurd and ridiculous, we liavo no
icloa it would for a moment be seriously entertain
ed by any considerable number of its members.
The Union Party of tho South, wo presume, haa
too much self respect to thrust itself upon a body
without invitation, and exchange its cherished
platform upon which it has ao nobly and success
fully fought the battles of tho Union, for tho patch
ed up and dubious Baltimore pitfall; into which it
seems Southern fire-eaters and secessionists aud
Northern wolly-heada, and freo-soilcis, aro dis
posed to leap pell, moll. Our worthy Macon con
temporary may fancy such a meeting and such a
greeting, but with the lights now before us, wo
must bog to bo excused from cithor.”
Tiie Weather.—At Montgomery, Ala., Tuosday
morning, the thermometer stood at 8 deg. above
zero, tho lowest point, says the journal, ever known
in this section. A ohsnge of forty-five degress
occurred in the course of eight hours on Sunday
night. »
At Macon, Goo., tho same day it was at 2 degrees
above zero.
At Nashville, Tenn., on Monday it was 8 degrees
below zero, and the ground oovored with snow
some two or three inches deep.
At Cassville, on Monday and Tuesday, the tlur
mometer indicated 2 dog. bolowzoro.
In Griffin, 8 deg. below zero on Tuosday morn
ing.
At Atlanta, on Monday, 2 deg. below zero, and
at Chattanooga, Tonn., on tho same day, 8 dog. be
low zero.
In Savannah at 7 A. M., on Tuesday morning,
tho Thermometer stood at 10 dog. The coldest
weather experienced there since 1885.
In Athens on Tuesday, tho Thermometer was
2 degrees below zero. Skating in abundance.
Tlie Abington Virginian of tho 17th inst,, thus
chronicles the freaks of the clerk of tho woather in
that mountain region:
“About the middle of December we had a spell
that was hard to beat—tho thermometer fell 86 de
grees below the freezing point, or 4 below zero—
but on Tuesday last, the 18th, the cold, if anything,
was more intense, tho’ somewhat more refined, ns
it had a bright sun to battle with it all day long, in
spite of whose neutralizing power, everything that
could freeze was frozen aa hard as Pharoah’s hourt.
In some situations the mercury fell to tlie point at
which it freezes, but for which, there is no telling
where it would have stopped! For eight consecu
tive days up to that time, snow had fallen at inter
vals, nnd several days, for tho sake of variety, it
snowed, and hailed, and rained, nnd then snowed
again. On one of those days, the flakes of snow
fell as thick and fast «« if all the old women in
Wales hod been picking geese over our heads,
while Sol’s bright rays sported through the whirl
ing storm like veins of gold through Parian mar
ble. At a later hour of the same day, the magazine
of old Santa Claus having become’ apparently ex
hausted, a dark volume of cloud wheeled up the
western sky, from whose dusky bosom tho light
nings leaped forth like the tongues of a deu of aer
ponta, whilst peal after peul of muffled thunder fol
lowed, so unfashionable and unexpected as to mako
one think of dog-days, in spite of the ioicles that
dangled at the tip of the noses of thoso who were
so unfortunate as to be abroud.
“Take it up ouo side and down the other, it was
the coldest weather wo liavo felt since the “cold
Saturday” of ’Bs’, although some folks contend
that Tuesday last was not as cold a day as the 18th
of December, but only appeared so. The appear
ance satisfied us, and felt so very much like a re
ality, that we gave it credit for all it seemed to ho.”
NEW GOODS.
SNOWDEN A SHEAR bar* received This Day from
New York, by the Steamer Southerner—
Ladle*’ French Trimmed COLLARS, of cow and beauti
ful atylea;
Ladiea’ Embroidered Cambric UNDERSLEEVE;
. Illusion LACE, for Ladies' Evening Dresses, aud WliJta
BAREGE;
Ladies’ Gauntlet Riding GLOVE;
Alexander’s Ladles’ Kid Gloves, a beautiful assortment;
With a variety of other articles, and to all of which they
respectfully invite the attention of the public.
Ja2B-dtw&wlw
WB HAVE in Store, on consignment, a One lot of
Havana and other BEGAKS, consisting es
10,000 LaFiillgranna.
10,000 La pihja Estretta.
10,000 La Serenlina.
6,000 La Favorita.
6,000 La Baeco.
4vooo La Redewa, which we will sell low and on ae-
J™2Ltf 08 term ’- GIRARDEY A PARKER.
JUST RECEIVED, Ladles’WhltTsalin and Kid Gal
ter BOOTS;
Ladles do. do. Snipers, Jenny Linds, Is.;
Ladies' Colored and Black Gaiter BOOTS ;
Indies' Colored and ltlaek Slippers, Jenny Linds,’ Ae.
—ALSO—
Gentlemen’s fine Patent Shank Water Proof Boots
Gentlnien's fine Patent Shank Dress Boots, Ac,
FORCE, CONLEY A 00.,
m Opposite Insurance Bank.
JUST RECEIVED, per steamer from New York, via
• Savannah, at the new Family Grocery,
95 Bbis. Hiram Smith FLOUR;
10 “ Hopeton Mills “
6 “ Newark Cider VINEGAR ;
10 Kags choice family Goshen BUTTER.
. , JOHN A. MILLEN A 00.,
one door those Clayton A Btgnon’s, Broad-st.
WINDOW GLASS.--! large supply m
A store, and tor sale low by
dBO WM. H. TUTT.
\\ 7HITE LEAD.—A full supply No. 1, and pure White
v v Lead just received and for sale by
dlO W. 11. A J. TURPIN.
KOSSUTH. —A few applications ot the Chemical Hair
REGENERATOR, will help along Moustache, Goatees,
Imperials, Ac., wonderfully. For sale hy
d!7 D. B. PLUMP A CO.
r T''OUACCO, TOBACCO.—SO Boxes “Honey Dew,”
X Tlios. N. Banks’ Brand, for sale low for cash by
dlO W. H. A J. TURPIN.
KANGES. —E. FARROW’S PATENT COOKING
RANGE, one of the best articles now In use, for
B._F. CHEW
rpOILET ARTICLES.—Fine English Hair Brushes,
X Dressing Co mbs, superior Extracts tor the Handker
chief, Cologne Water, Ac., Ac. .
dltS * ' ’ D, B. PLUMB A CO.
BRANDY AND WINE.—Two eighth casks O. and ».
BRANDY, vintage, 1886.
Quarter Cask Old BURGUNDY.
Do. do. Old MADEIRA.
Do. do. Old Brown SHERRY,
Do. do. Old CLARET,
Do. ds. Old MALAGA,
Fortatob, %?J dPORT ’ A, f ABAL, Afsat.