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BY WILLIAM .S. JONES.
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
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THE UEKKLT
I* ruhllntieJ evert tteJucday
AT TWO UOU.UI Mitt AJiSIB
i W AOVAhJ*.
TO oirs* or ISUIVIDfAUIMniiD* ai Ten Dollar*,
IIX c .ptti ofih* Pap:r . linaaeM *» oat rcur, thuifur-
AUhifijf ‘he Paj-«r at ttw rate e.
| MX CUPIIiH .-<lll inn DOI.I.AHM,
*r a trm copy In an wire mar or'wart at ffre Mibjcrlbtr*’
and forward a* Uu. aonn.
CHRONICLE fe SENTINEL
DAILY A.MI rKI-WKKKI.Y.
Are *l*e pienihnda.thi* o i.ea. ana MM to aabacribert
M * rate*, nauutv.
A Dir I* ,r ** f son: *7 a»X. $7 per arm am.
Tai-Aiturfirn, « “ “
. •
TKRIs • F AUVKRTIMIIIfi.
i lr Wt-n.l. —Berenty Are enta ear MuareflO Hurt or
" i lor the Arat inaartloo, and Any ttnui (or each *ub«-
lacct Insertion.
TO THE LUXBEBIS3 AND MILLING INTE
r KfctiTß.
T'llh *u .Heritor r* wool i r-apecUully Inform all intereat
ediD! Kill agbaaineaa that having lu4 experi
ene- 14. iae .r,-I Miil-Wriglit bjiinwi, they are
p. ;d so ea-.cut MILL-lIUILDINO of «Ttry deacrip
tfoo, nir.d or otherwise.
Cir< u ..r x mu.“ eonatrocted on the moat alraplc
> uUoa, a d ra-.able cf bn * -i|.cr»te lby one hand, will be
formehrd to or ter on llw m il reasonable term*.
MrtH KMIHSB, WATER WHEEL*. hIIAITINO
aad OR UKNu, b i’eiher with all kind* of IRON WORK
tor tfilia. will be farniahed and pat In operation by the
ft lainc/UAtff at »h<>rt |Ot Co*
Letter# a-idif*A**-Ito ‘.be itibeetlberß at Augusta, Ga,,
l W '^l £ >V ' ‘ 'nirnAßpsos a hablan,
L ' * In
I I nnn am lie* to the patron* and pnblle generally, that
■ff-a £- Ut. ae .rel tl,t aof Ml»t WAROaREi A
■K UIUAUaH (or the tnaaing 3ear. Mien Ullemin’r r,-
•ant-a mdatio j», a* a tody o? literary attainment*, are In
( nor ■* a ,0' Bb* g-ntJatel with ftr.t Honor at Modi
f • n— Penal* don ge, at it* la.t annual Oommencement.
B * . Parent* wta nag to prnrare their fUaxhter* ( r College,
wan Ita/r ad/ .ota*«i at thi* Bchool, not inferi >r (are are
I|s \ waaar* I »i.< o the i ■** price of tuition and board la c ett 1-
|k . / nrrl) loan/ In the ditia, »» Mu. Uil’a nan la prepare Ito
I teat 1 al.ua bruch.a 01 the Eughah langutge, tod the
Hkl • * trd may toabulued latha moat rerprelnblelaiDliio*
S lar, !»'!/.' vtculty of the Academy, and II preferred,
| Is the laa>«fte..ly w tht'.e teacher. Tl ■ .0 bool mil corn
| want on Ur thirl MONDAY hi JANUARY, Aad wld be
Id ‘ 4ivtd*-d Hit I two t* rmenf Are moiuiie each.
■ Tare.*«l tuition will oe for bratelaar, IT; for I'.cond,
ft ft,Sod tlnfd cla-.a, 111.
D. I>. KTANfORD, Sec Board.
Near Dec. *!• n, IM3 wll—d 'e^
B I Jilll.lWl YOP GEORGIA, I
H ATaaaa. Ilec. lb, lobs. f
Til/ TUI e'|v.P'h • (tl.it Inatitut'on, will, on the 13 h
o'J.o.k •ne • ret it PK irl rtHUlt UP MAIIIK.
■ m t ; . . .it, to niltheaacaoayoonaalontd
B bet*.*'' ir.'.tk.! "I IV-foeor McOay.
H Tie* PrJ. r.r a. Mi r. i|tiln dtn entfr npon hit duller
B wdhonl di !*/. BaUry, |.7oopcr annum, ptyah.e quar
B e.„i,,n,) aildr, aa the Preel lent, Biv. A. CHURCH,
n |,' VVM. 1.. MUCH ELL,
■ * ,|i; agi* Chnirirmri rr'l l-ntinl Com.
8 OKEENBEOKO’, CA . it MALE COoLtOE
TUI f ihU luiititlß will be opwed oq
V. 24 MdmtUy.Uwßilj JANL’AUV, with the
■ foUtaw.
■ K» v i. H K. A \ 4 ON, Preeulect.
B IT rf.J. 11. LYMAN.
B M;n» A. P. HAMILION.
ft| *Ji.M ——, vduncy to be filled.
B RTUF.NT OK MCnlO.
B Fr if iW>rN. 15. OLAl'i*.
B Mies A. M. LYMAN.
B ItKi'Af.TXX>iT OK OkAWIXU AMU FAIKTIMU.
B Mi*i K. A.ORAVRd.
m C. n. BALDWIN,
?• i-etary Bonnl ofTrunUe^.
Ift 'R*v. Dr K- B 'WHit wiH fl.l tliffv *can ,, .y in the Faculty,
H nr *. ii' i j»canry i»n lo a uractorily fihed.
■ Qm dß2>wCt
i FENFIfcUi 1 EMALX BLMINAKY.
g *p. |i: KidKl'M of t'.u !n»t iat»«n wiil be resumed on
I rv. 1-64. under toe super
if ■ f R. T. A» >ury, Mi-n L/«4liut fiArou and Mils Cor
-1 4«. it AtoWf. hrery cilorl w.M u bf those connected
wth ib s I *MuiviUun, to secure D eucit natnl a thorough
B j n>»j|uUd edacutioo. For me mort successful uc*
t-tyr'*-' —** th s t *>j- t, a . •rrtiur course ot ttu iy has
m i j*. • m wariiiir in iddU'in to the clunituitary
Btiad* *, Sms hifber ao-hee of Muißamatics. the Mental
■ Bid iKi and Utiu
m The aii'i «)i .mniouta! Hruionra will receive the
B t'-t*: «r»nrti Itave uroven them
| snmmnl l 1 f..» Wecall attent-oD,
their-'(K**- to ti.U Institute u. winch, from the com/trtketi
dewe* * ■ tree of *t eiv*~«NNn iae of He
ir 4 *. • , : i ai* ftiaist Mflfttfred location, af
i flbrAde*t»er'>r olvantagcs ' Kemaie Bducation.
•1., ular» atldresg I. T. AHHIIRY,
| r I** wt. * Pi*ntield,Oa.
GE3BOIA MIL'iAKY INSTITUTE.
ft Mil. ti«* of Mining the lostitutioD lia» been changed
I •, i wry to ihetUlkoffibruirj. The
t «<ti lie divide'** as heretofore* into two
m m JJ% * m uthJ eacS. The lut commencing on ihe
the H»th of July ; the ‘2.1
c i y i. id ending on the 19th of
I l>, h. r,l 4 A. V. BRUMBY,
Suporintendenl*
MESJS ACADEMY, LEXIMIiXON, QA.
m||K t j -r i-tJ ufthii A .vt my will be roamed on the
1 tm.Ma l.jrhiJASUAttturil, The able ami eiß
, (tsutlaub r» *liolurr had diurgeof the respective de*
■U, at.: t, ..ml y.arspmU will be couLlduo). The
y .. . s -a H U-. .<-ne*;»ry
,l. wiofihi.A ~le ay: lu diarocter is w U eßtabliehed.
,] Li (>:•:.ined in private bundle*, crulthe
H,t«l,on fjube rewon tide ton* There are two tensions,
f| , ~g i pall, „>i» end le ir month, duiailn, reapix
* |jr. iy Ava .ition of two week* is given at the dose of
the (or«t'r.
TERMS:
fti*t -Pp Tiiug, RvartM.ir Willing and Mcn-
I. A . .i.nvb ', , .juarl r fit.CO
ge . ad V —»-\rli .meUr,l leograpby, Knglieh Oram ■
* mi", loading and Composition 8.00
Tfc.r' la ■ -Algciri.iie.smtry.Wiilheiiatlce.Nalu
-1 r... I* ■ .',ili> t A.trooemj, Ciirmlrtri, Kv,deuces
Cnri painty, Mental and Moral Science* 6.0(1
f . of. CUe. - l.i iguagre, Auden' and Modern H.Ot)
r.uait olare, addrem (IKOHaKII.OII.MKH,
dld*w4t Ohairnan Board Trueteee, Lexington,o*.
’ A TEACHER WANTED.
ri-UJ TtltK charge of the Kodt Spring Academy, In
1 Vt -i-i e mmy, U niileiN W. o' Washington,for ti e
■■ tr IV. 1 V>r p irn, uhirj, ad beealhe subscriber at Mat*
I .ry.vtU.*, P. 0., Wilke, ce , Oa. L. M. MILL,
dan-wlm _ ___ _____
WANTED.
A 1404. U .."l i tpeilireod MILLER. One with inn. all
faiui'r may answer, bat one nhno lamily I* pre
ferred \ ne I n| ■ v out such aa will bring eeriiil-
I , I v, m.tl limn, Apply to
T. tA U. t»VN; , Main. .. it.', P. 0., burke county.
I. A. DYNE. _
BEWARE.
\l l.i ra.naareforew ,rnrd.ig*in»itra' iog foraNOTB
r ri ir lim .lti-.i arilsixly-Svyrn Dollar, and Kilty
C -.1-. |.«: ■ to tiling ilaye front December 84, lA6J,
a iK,n.. to IV. I*. Menyie*, n K lucky barae trader,
aa 1 am determined not (<> pay .aid Note, ÜBlete com; cl cl
by u « Then,,,, , iv, (er nr bleb tai I note »a» g.vcn,baa
1.. pii.rn le b w at ■ I w** guarantied.
. , .i .« Mi"»st) H.a.cook.
TJ MERCHANTS.
fTMIs; gel - rtber, 1 .ireu.of closing hla bo.lneea at Don-
A Ur Web ,on fbeUeoriftA habroad, olfera for sale Uii
4 ste. k f DliV HOODS AND (iltoot UIICS. To a y.ung
t. r* o * - --.g (■* * ng"go in the Meteuntile bualneav, ih.4
■. tun.ty, and * nice bu.inrag can bo doue at
l> , . Wilke. Kailro*d make, out from tldn
ri i. t (nrtfcer tn ormation address the «üb«criber at
D,u i • W, il,.Uco,*.a. W. M. MOORK.
dtawlm.
CAUTll'lf
Tint pulbc are hereby notified not to trade fir a note
... ' oyj a pt. It It-kaell, tale of Klbrrt county, now
Ameeaed.p yabletolbe ami r.lgned, for fit,4lb, dated
about t . ; th Jau.ry, lsdiu, due one bay atler ilalo.
Ttcitilii u hr s been ctisUid or lent by me.
JOSEl’ll KItCKKR.
, |nben.llr,B«ei«tar H, Ifitfi. Marti
BAKES COUNTY LAND.
TUB bIH-IIUBHU offer* lor tale:!*'Add Acres first
q i i'dy ttab. Hickory and Pine L AND. In ltaker coun
ty am ■«* 0 h ire .even I hnnroTM and partially im
, Morel P tSM-ATUeI TfiUlo lUW) Acreecach.
There ! too. li.vcbeen aeleetrd win great care, and
•agmeeiwe of tbomo.t valuable Cotton I .and* in the
eetbernglatae.
If U»lr.-’.ucre.! t es 1,8 an,lßr«nr* will be nren-e ith
Mrictadl d. U. W.ClfktKviß.
I Atb.i t. Oa .AagmtJO.tubg.
k au* V awdfitwAwlf
D. B- PLUMB CO.
_ AHK.vruitaaUy rr vlvtu* e»h and pure /%
M-.iu-im*, Ciwmleala, Choice Perfumery, #CTy
lT t i. t inidn le Ju lUr MUbUnml IK
ZSk Metre T. S'. 11 outsail Post Office corner. iuß
Mr jit i. .<• . ret,.’ y .ti»pen»»u at all hour*, by calling ut Ml
■eriir»V rTtn-rOrcen and Mclntowhitrats nSB
$24 REWARD.
DAM A WAY fr m the lUbtcxifeer, la«t Spiiog, ■,
ll my is KOBO M AN.nanie lßooay, or Bonaparte, JS?
■feral fifi or ft) yrare obi; black, (tout built,
abasl I*o pc-mi*, about 5 feat,Tbv 8 Inehce hl*h,<Ji
ta> a. out Ur tore eery much id eel leg ; he la very urtlul,
a dam be bard to detect 1 will give the above reward
to a y person wl»e will ledge him la a aalej.il, to ihat I
J get ht i. JOHN McDADF.,
,tg wtf Augusta, (i i.
1,030. KBADICATOR 1.000.
Title acelleot preparation for the care of Rheuma
t tie and o her l eal Pains, Ac , prepared by J. E,
MARSHALL, I. tor sal* i f llaviland. Risky A Co., M.
C ICf A Cj.H.IUJ. T urjdn, D. B. Plumb A Co.
S. 11 One tbous idlf references cao be given in this city
!ti pr of of Its superiority ovtr any other remedy new in
nsc. I> n't be without it.
M*r ha i's R tigworm and Tetter WASH, alto for sale
by v- U. A J. TURPIN, 11 AVII.ANI), RIcLCY A CO.,
Met KL ACO..D. B. I’Ll SIB A CO. alB-wly
PIAITO FORTES.
TIK subs riber* would respectfully oaii
the attention of tht .r friends and the^^SmjaMß
tlbbc. , ...» rn-eot f R-oewood and
atiogv y PIANO t. ,TLS, from the well » 1 I 1/ »
knee js:. iiur .ycckbratedManufactorleaofßacon A Raven,
A. It. t,A Ce.,and DoKiis A Beabury, New York,which
V' »|"’ -i n every resjieet, to be at least ful.y eipjal to
aav .n>.r„ » its manufactured in this country or Europe.
the to'ischbers would also state than tbe instruments now
»n ita> i are -I tt. latest patterns and fashion, and fresh from
the a,:, 'aetnrers. Per sale at very low prices for cash or
•tty or.- i inr i.at OEO. A. OATES A CO.*B
mefS Piano. Rook and Music Depot,Broad-at.
W. H. A J. TURPIN.
tvccrswM to w. n. trartg,
<a OFFHU TO PiiYSiCIASi-,Planters, Mer- a
cb vets, and the public at targe, a choice and AM
W * n.-iM ■ i DP.I-li.a (Ml NIKDI- \W
*■»* < i. p, OILS, PAINTS, DYESTUFFS, Glass tM
nd P.-ty, Brushes of every description, Straw Brooms,
pirrtsTarivntine, Ac., Ac.
*, -I'rh... oar g •'sf.ircash.smiare prepared to sell
n t-e r. *■ s ivantageous terms. MerehsnU will And it to
heir • r ,t tc ivk at oar prices. Ail articles warranted
•p. w at is ripresented. Give as a call and satisfyyour
*_**" a»S
1? t N t V* ll V i' the subscriber on the 14th Wu
±\ mi- yPisto. Said boy t? about five feet
M high, .'cut and well made, and'X,
*. v Uti» years of age, and »n«vl
ir u'a e.r. oa. 1 wid g,ve Ten Dollars reward for
r. i* n ana >afe delivery to tee, or I will take
wtx .. . “he runs. WU. BENTON,
- Bertelia,6a.
Hones!
IOST, somewhere in Oglethorpe county. ..
a a POCKET-BOOK, runtaimag On.
dred and Sixty Dollar.; which atneunt wsslL, e|L' 1
e mp red of two t‘v tytlts, one ICO bin, thetBHHH
hr..act in ss U1 Wills—the nambers and Banks aot recol
lected—and one stiver dollar. Also a promissory note
made prel.. to Robert Howard, hy B. B. Waller,for fiioi
dated id N eember, ISJI. Ali persons are forewarned
from fading hr said note. A liberal resrard will be given
for the ,K tery of the note and money to the scbacriWr.
ROBERT 6. HOWARD.
l<atnf.oa,Ca , Ist December, U4B. dli-lin
AS "6PEK!KO~r6SX MEBCHAWT.
k j’rjcribi r offer* for rent i in the
A nost part of the town of Greentboro*. The
hoAtdinf h two *tok* hifli. and ha? a front of T 6 f*«i. Tbt
• ocepont*, with limiuxl nc&os, eeli from 16 to
liv'd P«r»wn|o;»r.4, &i they dtvign retiring from
I, j«o thr first day <tf January B xt, any one w
c* d_act v .en»t* vocdiouly, will have the refusal ofthdr
trade, tt*k, vUb pn.p-r maaagenu nt, c-an, with eaFe, he
ix»rrta.*vt i 25 or 6<>t ,ovo. Any wishing further tntoma
uoa. can address C.A. DAVlc.g
<ils-wtf Greensboro', Oe.
UfiITED STATES HOTEL.
rIK onderngned hare UiUday formed a copartner’
ahip,under the firm of CHAFFEE A hPEAR, to con
doct tbe beam esc of the above Darned Hotel, and will unite
their exertion* to deteree the patronage ani good will of
the f lands of Oua wufl known and lavoriie estabishra.mt.
DANIEL CHAFFLK,
/auary 1, ISM. JOHN W. BPEAJL
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
1854. PROSPECTUS 1854.
OF THK
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME XII, FOR 1854
Sr. kimuT I
AND r EoITORS.
D.KEDSOYD, )
rZXMB.-OKE YEAE IH ADVANCE
T«* Sovthkkk Cultivator, a monthly Journal,
devoted exclusively to the improvement of South
ern Agric ilturc. Horticulture, Btock Breeding,
Poultry, B'-ea, (ienersl Farm Economy, dec. 11-
lualrated with numcrcua elegant engravings.
THE TWELFTH VOLUME, GREATLY IMPROVED, COM
MEN' La IN /ANUAKV, 1854.
The Cultivator is a large octavo of Thirty-two
pages, forming a volume of 884 pages in the year,
it cootaius a much greater amount of reading mat
ter than any similar publication in the South—
ombracing, In addition to the ourrent agricultural
topics ot the day,
Valuable Original Contribution*
from inanv of the most inUll f/fni and practical
Planters, Farmers and Horticulturists in every boc
tion of the South and Southwest.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR :
ONE copy, ono year, ::::::: | 1.00
SIX copies, :::::::::: .00
TWENTY-FiVE copies, : : : : : : 20.^0
ONE ULNOKED copies,: : : : : : 75.0 t
The cash system will be rigidly adhered to, and
in no instance wilt the paper bo sent unless the
money accompanies the order. The Bills of all
Hpocie-paying Banks roceived at par. All money
remitted by mail, postage paid, will bo at the risa
of the publisher Address
WILLIAM 8. JONBB, Augusta, Ga.
GEORGIA HOME GAZETTE,
ASOLTHEIta LITERARY an I Family JOUR
NAL, published at Auvum, Georgia. JaMLA' M.
tunm uaaaojwK a ; wma, aaiuira.
Th'HOM*.GAZsfTB is devoted to Literature, Art,
Fciujce, Agriculture, General Intelligence, and Southern
1 nteres s. The aim of the Editors, is to make a useful and
mteresbing paper; to blend th-instructive and the en
terta ning together, In eu< h away as to secure a high de
gree of interest, and yet at the same time elevate both the
Intaliect and the Affcc ions.
Tn .* columns of the priper contain Historical and Do
mestic Romances, Pictures ofSoc’al Life, kketchesfol Bio
graphy, Choice Poetry, Entertain# Anecdotes, HcientiCc
Memoranda, Agricultural and Indun rial Articles, the
General News cf the da , and all Political Intelligence of
;my Importance. Redid -s a great variety of articles on all
these subjects, th; Ga/.bttr will be pirticul uly adapted
for Family Reading, it is published for the ilo-ne Circle,
and the Editors feel that they have fully redeemed their
pledge to make it all a Home Newtpuper should be—en
tirely free rooi political bias and high-toned in character.
Grateful for the liber*) encour/tgement which has been
extended to our etlorts to build up at the Houth a Literal y
aad Famdy Journal of high character, we shall increase
our exertions to justify this public confidence, and to makc
thc GAsaria still more worthy of general patronage.
Takmh:
Blcg!c copy, one year, always in advance f 2 00
Two copies, “ 44 4 ‘ 44 860
Five copies, 44 44 44 “ 8 00
Ten epics, “ 44 41 44 15 00
Address BMVTUL A WHYTE,
jall-w4t Editors Home Gazette, Augusta,Ga.
FOR SALE.
LAND FOR SALE.
T’HK subscriber oilers for sale his PLANTATIONS in
Wilkinson county, lying on Turkey creek; one con
taining Three Thousand Acres of Oak and Hickory Land,
aith a good Grist Mill, Dwelling House, and all necessary
out-buddings. A*so, One Thousand Acres, about four
uulea above, on the same creek, containing some valuable
Hammock and (swamp Lands, with a good Dwe ling and
all out buildings on the premises. Persons wishing to
purchase, c*n get a bargain in either or both of the above
S laces, by calling on the subscriber, living ono mile from
00l Spring, Wilkinson county.
n2»-twAwhm ANDERSON INORAM.
LAND FUR SALE.
r rMlli 8L'lIhCllll!itK offers for sale Five Hundrea
A Acres of Oak and Hickory LAND, situated directly on
the Augushta aud Waynesboro Rail Road, oue mile from
tbt latter place, two hundred uud hfty acres of which are
cleared and uader fence, the balance timbered land ; em
bracing every variety known to that section of country,
with HSmaicrtea running the whole width of the tract
that never fails in the driest season. There is also upon
this stream some of the (luest meadow land in this Hutu.
I'ho’c wishing such a place would do well to cad on the
subscriber at an early period, as he will sell at a very
reason ible price, lleoidence two inileb from Waynesboro*.
ol'J wßa JAMriH W. JONES.
lAftl) FOR s ALL.—-The subocriber offers for
J dale 820 Acres of LAN L>, lying well, 100 of which
are cleared and inclosed, it is in the 18th District and 8d
election, and divided by the lately established linebelween
the counties of Gordon and Murray, and within miles
of the Western and Atlantic Kail Road. A spring of good
water near the dwelling house. A number of lots can be
added on reasonable terms, forming a large settlement.
For other particulars, apply to the subscriber at Rome.
Ga. Ja3o-wlf J. C. MoDANIEL.
FUR BALE.
AI.AHGK&nd convenient BRICK BTORK, situated
in the centre of business, in the city of Rome, now
occupied by Robt Ratty, Druggist. This store was fitted
up as a Drug dtore, without regard to auy reasonable ex
pense, and with a little alteration could be converted iuto
ao elegantly arranged Dry Goods Store. The situation for
thesale of Drugs, Dry Goods, or Groceries can hardly be
equalled in the city. Ter ms easy. Apply to
GEORGE BATTY, M.D.
Rome, April 4th, ISSB. apr6-tf
LAND FOR SALE.
THE bHUKi HlUhll offers for 6ale, 1400 acres of
LAND in Hancock. This Land lies well; has plenty
of timber; is under good fence, and has fair improve
ments. Persons wishing to buy Lands, are invited to
come and look at it.
Also, 1400 acres in Carroll couuty, which lies upon the
Chattahoochee River, and embraces thg Mclntosh Re
serve. Uo»t. H. Bfkisokh will show this place to any
person who may wish to buy. ELI H. BAXTER.
Mount Zion, Ga., June b, 1858. jel2-wtf
BALE OF BUILDING LOTS IN BRUNSWICK, GA*
BUUKB\YU'K LTTY, GA..—Large and peremptory
sale of BUILDING LOTd in the city of Brunswick,
State of Georgia. The proprietors of the city of Bruns
wick hereby give notice that a sale of Five Hundred eligi
ble Lots will take place, by publie auction, at the Ogle
thorpe House, in said city, on Thursday, the 12th day of
JANUARY, 1854, at 12 o’clock, M. The sale will be posi
tive to the highest bidder.
Terms—One-third cash, and the remaining two-thirds
In ono and two years. Title perfect.
1 he port and site of Brunswick hold out commercial and
maritime advantages superior to any presented by those
south of Chesapeake Bay. The climate is healthy; the
water pure. Further particulars, with maps, 4c., muy be
had at the ofllce of the Company, 90 Broadway, New-York,
or of Mr. John Brooks, agent, Brunswick, Georg a.
WM. CHAUNCEY, President.
Thomas A. Dexter, Secretary. <l9-1 aw4w
LAND FOR BALE.
\\J ILL bo sold, on the Ur«t Tuesday in FEBRUARY
ff next, before the Cou; t-house door, in the town of
Waynesboro,* two valuable tracts of Land, formerly owned
by Jonas llaysiip, lute of Burke county, conditionally
owned now by M. 1). Jon s—Boß acres in one tract, and
200 a.’res in the other. The 808 aerts tract, adjoins lands
of T. I*. Morduck, R. F. Connelly and John G. Hay:lip ;
the 200 acres tract, adjoins lands of Behec.’a Cross, Me- ,
Cruder aud Pierce. Baid lands are all l>ing in the 78d
district ot Burke county, aud can be bought privately be
fore t’’e day of sale, low,for oash, by calling on G. S. J.
PRICE. M. D. JONEj»,
D*etf»b«rß >,1868. G. 8. J. PRICE.
VALUAELE LANDS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY FOB
HALE.
|)HUHL A\T toan orderln Chancery, in the case of
JL Angusta A. Goctohius and uthora, va. l’yncar V. Goct*
ohiua, I ruatee, Ac., the underaignod offer, at private sale,
the following L\NI)H on lichee Crock, in Columbia county,
lately owned by Charlet T. Bealle,deceased:
All that Tract, in aaid county, known us “ Loweville,”
containing 498 acre", move or less, and adjoining lands of
Jcsao Walton and Turner ClAnUn.
~ A LBo—
that other Tract, in said County, known as the “Home
Place," containing 86u acres, more or less, now divided into
two parts of 4 M) acres each, and bounded by landu of Jesse
Walton, Crawford, Simons, and Kuinsay.
If not disposed of at private sale, before Thursday, the
•J9.il .r«y OT DECEMBER next, said lands will then be offered
at public outcry, ou the premises, known as the “ Home
Place." —ALSO—
At the same time and place, will be sold, in lots to suit
purchasers, all the perishable property, Stock, Horses,
Mules*, Farming Implements, Ac., on the premises.
Terras, apply to either of the undersigned, at Au
gusta, Us. WM. A. WALTON, Trustee.
n 4 THUS. W. MILLER, Agent.
%r Constil itienulist copy weekly till day.
COLUMBIA LAMBS FOR SALE.
TIIK subscriber offers for sale Four Hundred and
Twenty and a Ualf Acres of LAND, lying in Columbia
county, on the waters of lichee creek, adjoining Lands of
Turner Clanton, and other., with all the necessary out
buildings on it. dd wtf LEONARD B. SIMS.
WILLIAM H. IUTT.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST,
Acot’STl,
18 KOW HKCKIVINU a very urge and complete
etock of DRUGS, MKDICINEB. PAINTS. OILS, GLASS,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, DYE STUFFS, and FANCY
ARTICLES, wnlcb he has selected, in nerson, with the
greatest care, from the largest lmnoriars and Manufacto
rt s tn thiscountry, and which, tor aaaiitv and cheapness
oaDiiot be excelled. He would resiwcauitv invite the at
tention of Merchants, Planters and Physicians to his
stock.
All orders will be executed with the almost neatness
and despatch. cvnT-dAwtf
HOTIC3.
YO TIIK OWNERS OF LAND IN CHEROKEE,GA.
THK. USDisKSIOSKD, living near Cedar Town,
Polk county, Ga., offers his services to examine and
re|ortthe valne, f LANDS in the Cherokee part of Geor
gia. He will, in person, examine Lands, give hill infor
mation as to valae, location, and probability of immediate
sale. Uaving no connection whatever with Land Specu
lation, he will engage to act as Age-it for the sale and pur
chase of Lands in any of the Cherokee counties of Geor
gia. For the amount received or paid out, ten per cent
will be charged! and for examining lots in this county,
Four Dollars, and in all other counties, Five Dollars will
be charged.
Rxrumcxs:
Thos H. Sparks, W. E. West,
H. F. Wimberly, W. F. Janes,
E. H. Richardson, A. R. Verdery,
G. W. West.
Address,Cedar Town. Polk county,Ga.
diS-wSm BURTON ORABB.
CHEEOKEE LAND OWNERS, LOOK AT THIS.
rIK subscriber offers bi* services to persons owning
Lon 1 in Polk county, and living at a diitance, as agent.
He will carefully examine each lot, and faithfully report
its situation and value, and prevent intrusion and tres•
pass upon them for one year, for five dollars a lot, in ad
vance. He will also attend to the selling of Land, for ten
per cent on the amount ol sales; and, for one dollar in
advance, he will inquire into and report the value of each
lot of Land. Polk county is composed of the following dis
tricts : in the 4th section, the Ist, 2d and l?th; in the 3d
section, part of the lsth, the 20th and 21st districts, {satis
factory reference given when required.
Address the subscriber at Cedartown, Polk county, Ga„
enclose the fee and pay postage, and his services will be
procured. d2O-w£m STEPHEN A. BORDERS.
~PL0W8! PLOWS !~PL0WB!
THK Southern States, which have *
so long depended on Pittsburg
and Cincinnati for a supply of Plow s.
Wagons and other Farming Imple-MHBfliSMfe
ments, can now g<?t all they want, at the AGRICULTU
RAL MANUFACTORY, on Market-St, Nashville, Tenn.
We would call the attention ol the Planters and Mer
chants particularly to our very large stock of PLOWS, con
sisting of a great many of the most approved kinds now in
use, and at as low prices as theycan be brought here from
other towns. At the same rlaee may be found all kinds of
WAGONS, Railroad CARTS, WHEEL-BARROWS, Rail
road PLOWS, CULTIVATORS and HARROWS. Those
wishing Plows sent, can order them from me, or from most
of the principal dealers in sach articles in Nashville, rs
they keep them of our manufacture, and at the same
price*. GEORGE C. ALLEN. President
Agricultural Manufacturing Co M Lower Market st.,
dB-w&t Nashville, Tenn.
FRENCH BURR MILL STOHK MANUFACTORY,
CORNER BROAD AND CUMMING-STRkETS,
Atocsu. Bi,
T*h* slßsc^* BKR ukeithm occasion to Inform
h. h« the ““““I FeoerxUy, that
* bo ” “Oder the m<* f»-
*' rvlc >=» of an ex
•elf th»t hi. -oixmnn.xnd flatters him
iorer In th* o:a " “*““»«•
di»orimin»«ui« Dohiii 4 !?' *“° •*” t 0 *PP«3f the
cation and despatch. P roß, P.‘«»-
***»>*£*&£%£&?■
WANTINIi ~
AT the Newton Fxotory, Gx_ . Bmwnrr » n d t W nver
gentlemen of good mor»i charaeier. »nd thxt under'-
tUnde their buMmse, none other DM nuoly. Addr«.«
nfi-wtf JOHN WEBB. RnwtonfKtory.ol
BLANKETS: BLANKETB!! '
WM. H. CRAKE bus just received u lot of henry
Negro BLANKETS, which he will sell low. Also, on
bund u good stock of fine bed BLANKETS, to which he
respeettw j nils Attention. nLI-ddw
WEEKLY
MISCELLANY.
THK POOR MAN’S DAY.
in mtesuzEa klliott.
£*bbuh hulj!
To the lowly,
Still art thou s welcome day,
IVhen thou eomeft, earth ax.d ocean,
Shade ami bright!)?.*, rest and motion,
Help the poor man’* heirt to pray.
Sun-waked tores!!
bird, that lowest
O'er the mute empurpled moor 1
Throstle** song, that itr*am-like flowers!
Wind, that over dew-erop goeit ’
Welcome now the woe-worn poor.
Little riser,
Young fo.-eeer 1
Cloud, gold-bright with thankful glee!
Happy woodbine, gladly weeping 1
Gnat, within the wild rose keeping!
Oh, that they were blua’d as ye I
Sabbath holy 1
For the lowly
p.int with fl jw rr. thy glittering rod;
For afllictlon’s eons and daughter*.
Bid thy mountains, woods and oarer.,,
Fray to God, the pocr man’s God .
Pale young mother!
Gasping brother!
Sister toiling in despair 1
Grief-bowed sire, that life-long die*t!
White-Spp’d child, that sleep ng sighest 1
Come and drink the light and air.
Still Go-1 liveth !
Still lie giveth
What no law can take away;
And. oh Sabbath! bringing gladness
Unto hearts of weary sauness.
Still art thou 41 The Poor Man’s Day!”
From tltt Few York Musical World.
A foal from Fenny Fera.
Dear me, r must f?u shopping. Shopping id a
nuisance ; clerks aro imperlin nt; feminity is vic
timized. Miserable dny, too; mud plastered au
inch thick on the side-walk. Well, if we drop
our skirts, gentlemen cry “Ugh;” if we lift them
from the rnudthey level their oye glass at oar an
kles. The true dclinition of a gentleman (not
found in incomplete Webster) is—a biped, who,
of a muddy day is perfectly oblivious of any thing
bat the Bhop signs.
Kite la France ! Ingenious Parisians, send us
over your clever invention—a chain suspended
from iho girdle at the end of which is a gold hund
to clusp up the superfluous length of our promena
ding rohes ; thus releasing our human digits aud
leaving them atliberty to wrestle with rude Boreas
for the possession of tho detestable little sham
bonnets, which the milliners persist in hanging
on tho bucks of our necks.
Well, here we ure at Call & ICetehum’s dry
goods store. Now comes the tug of war, let Job’s
mantle fall on my fouieuine shoulders.
“Have you blue silk !”
Yardstick entirely ignorant of colors, after fif
teen minutes snail-like research, (during which
time I stand patiently on one l—itnb,) hands me
down a silk that is as green us himself.
Oh ! away with these stupid masculine clerks,
and give us women, who know by intuition what
we want, to the immense saving of oar lungs and
leather, pationecand prunella!
Here’s Mr. Timothy Tap-Vsestablishment.
“Have you laee collars (in points) Mr. Tape ?’’
Mr. Tape looks beneficent, und shows me some
rouwltd collars. 1 repeat my request in the most
pointed manner for pointed collars. Mr. Tape re
plies, with a patronizing grin—
“ Points is going out Ma’m."
“So am I.”
Dear mo, how tired my feet aro ! Nevertheless
I must have some merino. So 1 opened the door
of Mr. Henry Humbug’s dry goods store, which is
about half a mile in length, and inquired for the
desired article. Young Yardstick directs me to
the countor at the extreme end of the store. I
commenco my travels thitherward, through a file
of gaping dorks, and arrive there just ten minutes
beforo two by my repeater, when I am told that they
“sre quite out of merinos—bat won’t Lyonese
doth do just as well 3” pulling down a pile of the
,-atno. 1 rush out in a high slate of frenzy, and
taking rofugo in tho next door neighbors, inquire
for some stockings. Whereupon the clerk in
quires(ol'the wrougcustomer) “wlmt price lwish
to pay (” Os eour. e I am not so verdant us to be
caught in that trap, and telotully disgusted with
tho entiro institution oi shopping, l drug my
weary limbs into new saloon to rest.
Bless mo ! what a display of gilding and girls
and gingerbrea 1! what a heap of mirrors! There’s
more than ono Fanny Porn in the world. 1 found
that out since I came in.
“What will yon he ploasod to have ?” Ju-1 i u-s
C-aj B-a r! loot at that wliile oproned waiter pull
ing out his snnft' boxand taking a pinch of snuff
right over that bowl ol white sugar that will bo
handed in flvo minutes to swcoton my tea I And
there’s anothor combing his hair with a pocket
comb over that dish of oysters.
“What will I have ?” Starve—but I'd havo
nothing till I can find a cleaner place than this to
oat in.
Shade bf old Paul I’ry Host on ! what do 1 hoar !
Two—(well, I declare ] am not sure whether they
are ladios or women.) I don’t understand theso
Now York fomininotics. Atanyrato, thoy’vo got
on bonnets, and are telling the waiter to bring
them "a bottloof Maraschino de Z iru, somospongo
cake, and some brandy.” See them sip the cordial
in thcirglasscß with the gusto of an old toper. Seo
their eyes sparkle and their cheeks Hush, and just
hear their cmaucipatod little tongues go.! Won
der iftliei r husbands know that they—but of course
thoy don’t. Ilowovor, it is six of one and half a
dozen of tho other. 'Thoy aro probably tarni ng down
sherry cobblers and cut ng oysters at Florence’s;
and tltoir poor hungry children—whilo their pa
rent’s are daintyiziug—aro coming home hungry
from school to cat a fragment of dinner picked np
at homo by a lazy Bctot servants.
llcigho ! ladios sipping wine in a public saloon !
Pilgrim rock ! hide yourself under ground ! Well,
it is very shocking tno number of married women,
who puss their time ruining their health in these
saloons, devouring Parisian confectionary and
tainting thoir children’s blood with an appetite for
strong drink. Oh, what a mockory of a home
must thoir’s bo! Ilcavcn pity tho children roared
them, loft to the chance training of vicious hire
lings ! Fanny Fekn.
Extract from Mr. Warren’s (Editor Camdon
Journal) Address, beforo tho South Carolina Press
Association: ’
FIFTY TEARS AIIO.
Let us go back in our imagination fifty years,
and wo shall bo surprised with the state of things
at that poriod, contrasted with tho present ago.—
Half a oontury ago, steamboats were unknown ;
whilst at this time it is estimated that no less than
tii roe thousand are alloat on American waters
alone. In 1309, there was not a railroad in tho
world—now there aro noarly twenty-six thousand
miles in operation, and in course of construction
in tho United States, and about uinetoon thousand
in Europe. Fifty years ago, it required some
weeks to convey news from Washington to New
Orlenns, now, not so many minutes as it then did
woeks. Tho numerous lines of telegiupli in full
operation, form a not work over the length and
breadth of our land, to tho extent ofut least twen
ty five thousand miles of wire. Sixty-throe years
ago the first Cotton Factory in tho United States
was established in lihode Island ; now theirnum
ber is almost countless, and throughout tho land
tho busy whirl of tho spindle, and the ceasoless
hum of the loom may bo hoard at almost every
stop.
Fifty years ago the moat rapid printing press
was wonted by hand power, now by tho applica
tion of steam, with tho speed of lightning, 90,000
papers aro printed in a single hour. Even this es
timate will tall far short of what tho pross in a very
short time will bo üble to accomplish, and we may
reasonably expect that the number will be nearly
if not quite doubled.
When Franklin commenced printing, three or
four newspapers were considered by the knowing
ones enough for tho demands of the reading pub
lio, now. throe thousand is a moderate estimate of
tho wliolo number of nowspapers and periodicals
in the Unitod Stutcs, with an aggregate of about
four hundred and twenty million copies printed
auntialiy, an average of one publication for every
seven thousand free inhabitants in tho States and
Territories.”
We arc emphatiea ly in the age of wonders, and
havo the evidence daily before our eyes and there
is scarce a limit to human progress. The time
cannot bo very distant, judging trom the past,
when tho two mighty worlds of waters shall be
brought into close proximity, whon railroads and
telegraphs will becomo as common ns post rouds,
when the science of making two blades of grass
grow where none grew before, will have reached
tho highest possible point of perfection.
The Milk Tree.—in a narrative of travels on
tlio Amazon and Kio Negro, jm-t published, Mr.
Wallace de>eribes an extraordinary tree, culled the
milk tree, which was ono of the first wonders ho
saw near I’ara. The fruit is eatable, and fall of
rich and very juioy pulp; but “strangest of ali is
the vegetable milk, which exudes in abundance
when the bark is cut. It has about the consistence
of thick cream, and but for a very Blight peculiar
taste, could scarcely bedistingiusbedfrom the gen
uine product of thecow. Mr. Leavens ordered a
man to tap some legs that had lain nearly a month
in the yard. He cut several notches in the Bark
with an axe, and in a m'nute the rich sap was run
ning out in great quantities. It was collected i.t a
basin, diluted with water, strained, and brougth np
at tea-time and at breakfast next morniug. The
peculiar flavor of the milk seemed ratner to i as.-
pi eve the quality of tho tea, and gavn it as good a
color as rich cream ; in coffee it is equally peed.
The milk is also used for glue, and it is said to be as
durable as that made use of by carpenters.
A Pleasant Incident in Evexv-Day Life.—The
tremendous snow storm which for more than two
days last week had rendered travel impossible near
Boston upon the public highways, and prevented
many merchants who do business in the city, but
resides in the country, from reaching the town,
has given occasion for the illustration of traits of
human nature worthy of being recorded with a
pencil of fire. Wheu tho precise condition of the
roads became known —ana it was rendered certain
that locomotion was oat of tbe question—a resident
merchant called at the store of "a non resident tra
der, and asked the derk if his master had reached
town. “No, sir,” responded the clerk, “and it
will not be possible for him to do so in the present
state of the roads." The merchant then inquired
if any notes were due. The derk said that he
knew but one, for SIO,OOO, which fell due to-mor
row, (Friday.) The merchant thereupou told the
clerk that in the event of hi? employers not reach
ing town in time to pay it, to come to him, and he
would furnish the money. The clerk did so on
Friday; and nothing could be more surprising to
the non-resident gentleman than to find upon
reaching Boston that the note, which had cost him
so much anxiety and fatigue, had been honored by
a disinterested friend. A few instances of this
kind would render ten feet of snow agreeable.—
Sutton Courier.
A Thief in a Teas— The Evansville (la.) Jour
nal gives an account of a curious attempt at robbery
iu that oitv. It seems that a few nights ago the
Kev. Mr. Md’arer, of Evansville, was disturbed
twice in the course of the night by a noise about
the house. Upon making his second thorough
search he tracked the noise to the chimney. A
close examination convinced him that some owl or
other wild animal bad taken up quarters there for
the night. In a truly unchristian spirit he re
solved to burn the intruder ont, when what was
his surprise, as the big volumes of smoke and flame
rolled up the chimney, to hear a half-stifled voice
proceed from the flue’ imploring him to “put out
the fire.” The fire was immediately quenched,
the city marshal was sent for, and the occupant of
the chimney, who turned out to be a strapping
thief, was hoisted out of his nest by mean, of a
strong ropo.
The business on the wharf is very active this
week. The cotton receipts are much heavier, and
as the water is sufficient, we may now expect the
quantity of produce to arrive ample to meet all
orders from the South Chat. Adt.
—■ ■ %
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18. 1854.
From tile hew Orleane Picayune , Ith inet.
Meiatrte Jockey Club Bare*.
THItKE BOSTON WrjiKSBS ly oxg BAY.
First Day.—lt will te seen from our caption
that thegetof the “bl**e-faced old rip” Briton,
once the “traveling, conquering terror,” upon
whom his mantle seems to have fallen, have again
astonished us by their powers of speed and endu
rance. The races of yesterday r-fforded ample
acopc for the display of those powers aud in the
emergency they were found equal to the tMk.
The weather was as favorable for the contests is
the most fastidious could desire—the course in ad
mirable order, except, perhaps, too hard and in-
and the attendance worthy the occasion.—
♦ ®, a ? i ?f l . were u*! lending additional char in
to tho bndiancy of the day and scene. We shall
notice the improvements of the Course, btaudi,
<fcc., more particularly at a future time.
} r .‘?° broo * b < oot Lecomte and a fitly
out of bauy \S ard—Capt. Minor’s nomination pay
mg forfeit. The betting was limited, Lecomte
being the favorite in some instances as high as
three to one. Upon stripping, his flue form and
proport.ons challenged the admiration of all, and
his style of running most have convinced those
who art interested in the great State stake, that
he must prove.- dangerous rival. In each of the
heats, the filly led Lecomte at a rapid pace for
little more than halfa mile, but she was obliged to
yield to his rating stride before reaching tho heme
stretch. The time ofeach heat, 1:47.
Tho second race proved disastrous. Theentries
for the dash of two miles being Blonde, Wade
Humpton, Medima, ar.d Jim Barton—the former
the favorito in the field about two to one, and but
fe w takers even at that odds.
Those who had witnessed Blonde’s performan
ces in Kentucky, and recently at Mobile, and
Wade’s peculiarities on almost every occasion
when his good behavior was most needed, caring
but little for the other nags in the raoe, were not
over anxious to lay sums against Blonde ; and to
this must be attributed the fact that the “know
ing ones” who wore so ‘'sweet" on the Kentucky
filly did not meet with a Waterloo defeat. Blonde
did not come up to our notions of her-formed np -
on her appearanoe and conduct at Mobile. She
looke .-afo I’td-t-dud aw*to-toriCjiJ»
lion oy ho means accorded with onr previously ex
pressed opinions of her powers. Wade’s conduct
Erovious to (tarting could not have strengthened
is backers as to his success. He behaved as though
ho wonld loap the nearest fence, and wo more than
once imagined before tho drum was tapped, thatin
all probability he would Btart without his rider.—
Scarcely any mention was made of Medina, aud Jim
Burton, as tho race proved, was nowhere. After
three unsuccessful attempts at a start owing to
Wade’s ugliness, Medina took tho load, Barton, 2d
Wade behind. Blonde changed-places with Bur
ton on the back stretch, and made play at Medina.
It was ut onco evident that Medina could outrun
her, and they finished the first mile in those po
sition?, the run home being rather lively. Up
the bck st! etch, second "mile, i seemed as
though the tale was told; iideed, at the half
mile, Medina looked overy inch a winner.—
Wade, however, at this point, makes play—he
having previously passed Barton, who was au un
comfortably long distances behind—and ut the turn
was admirably placed for a brush home. Ho com
menced it in tho homo stretch; he wont like a sort
of disguised moviug avalanche; in less than ono
hundred yards the took the lead, and amidst the
most dca'cning shouts won the race in 3:40. Medi
na second, Blonde third, Barton, improving ut tho
close, fourth.
The third race—lour miles out—did not partic
ularly astonish anybody. The competitors were
Arrow, Flea and White Bugle, tho former tho fu
vorito vs. tho field, White Bugle a favorito over
Flea. The race, although a rapid one, affords but
little theme for comment, except to note the extra
ordinary time trade, and its being tho means of in
troducing another candidate to repiescntthe “groat
stuke” next [spring. The favorite won handily,
White Eaglo chasing him in good earnest tlireo
miles, when he had evidently enough of it, as
almost any uug will havo that has to run three
miles in 3:34)^!
Oilpatrick, on Flea, gradually dosed the gap
that had been madoupon him, and passed White
Eagle ou the back strotch, much to the delight of
the party who backed Flea, if any judgment in
that ragurd can bo formed by their obstreperous
manifestations of success. Arrow won the race
without au apparenteffort, in 7:39. We present a
SI’MMAKY.
Fuiday, Jan 6,18M —A sweepstakes for Syear olds—Sub
scription |3O0 —Forfeit |t< o—Mile heats.
Tli. S. Well’s ch. c lecomte, by Bos on, out of Reel.. 11
D. F. Kenner’s gr. f. by imp. Glencce, out of Sally
Ward 2 2
W. J. Minor’s ch. g. by Voucher, out of Lady Jane, pd. ft.
Siime Day Proprietor',* Purse s2so—Two miles cut.
Col. A. L. Uirgainau’s cli g. Wade Hampton, by Cos
ton, dam by Prion—s y. o 1
D. F. Kenner’s b. f. Medina, by imp. Sovereign, ont of
Flight—4 y. o 2
J. 8. Hunttr’s ch. f. Hlomie, by imp. Glencoe, dam by
Wagner—B y.o 8
it. I*. Field’s b. c Jim Barton, by Grey Eagle, out of Ann
Innis—By.o 4
Time, Ist mile, 1:50; 2d mile, I:so—heat, 8:40.
Btime Day—*K sweepstakes for all ages—sßUo Subscrip
tion, SIOO Forfeit, and SBOO added by Jockey Club—Four
miles out
D. F. Kenner (R. Ten Broeck’sch. g. Arrow, by Boston,
out of Jeannetteau—4 y.o 1
R. P. Field’s b. g. Flea by Grey Eagle,dam Imp 3y. o. 2
J. L. EolT’s gr. li. White Flylr, by Grey Eagle, out of Sa
rah Aliller- 4 y. o . ..’ 3
Time, Ist mile, VMM ; 2d mile, l;49>f; 3d mile, 1:54W;
•ith mile, 2:o4 M —heat, 7:30.
From the X, O. Picayune, B th imt.
TWO VOUOIIKIi WINN Lies IN ONK DAY.
A moro forbidding day for the sports of the turf
than yoslcrdny eotild not bo I'ouud in a lifetime.
It was indeed “ cold, cheerless and desolato, like
a withering, wintry blast;” and yet, nothing
daunted, the turfmen were prosont 'iu numbers.
Tno rain which hud fallen during the morning had
completely ruined all hopes of a fast race, but it
by no means interfered with the contests, which
were truly exciting in each race uutil its doao.
The first race was a sweepstakes for 2 year olds,
carrying 3 year old weights, milo heats, which
brought together Cnpt. Minor's colt, by Voucher,
Mr. Lecomte’s filly, by.Dutchman, and Col. Golds
by’s Brown hick, by Margrave. The succors of
the latter in Alabama had placod him foromost in
the betting, although for large amounts there was
scarcely any bet off-red on o.thorof them that was
not promptly taken, onch colt being well repre
sented by numerous friends.
First Beat. —ln proparing for the start, Brown
Dick broke away from lus groom, and was not held
up before reaching the half-mile post. The start
was a good one. The Dutchman filly dasiied ahead
at a rapid pace, Dick second; lie passed her on the
back stretcb, whoro a sovero brush ensued, but in
rounding the turn she again resumed the lead, and
got into the homo stretch in good position. The
Voucher colt, who had been trailing all the way,
now made play, and, giving Dick the go-by, set
sail for the filly. The rider thought, howover, that
th eoffort was not made in timo, and did not make
a driving struggle for the heat. The filly came
home an apparently easy winner, in l:ssj>£. She
at once came into favor, at about 100 to 60, at
which ratothore wore a number of operations.
Second Beat. —After three provoking false starts
which ended in a very bad one, they got off, with
the Voucher colt in the load. The filly collared
him, howover, upon the back stretch, and they ran
side by side to the half-mile post, each making the
best effort they were capable of. The struggle was
exciting in the extromc. The colt shoved in front,
around the turn, and led in the home stretch. The
filly renowed the coutost from thoro to tbo
stand, and although battling with all her power,
she could not got the lead. ’ The hoat aroused tho
blood of the spectators and caused an uuubuul ex
citement, despito tho abominable weathor. Time,
1:56.
Third /feat— A beautiful start; the Ally slightly
in the load, and she and the Voucher again went
like twin bullets to the half in'le. Here the colt
opened a gap of about a length upon her. Brown
Dick, who had been some throe or four lengths
behind, now gradually improved his position, and
passing tho Ally, made a desperate though ineffec
tual struggle at a flight of speed, down the home
stretch, to catch the Voucher. lie was only beaten
by a hood, in 1:59.
After the first race wo wore regaled by a hoavy
shower of cold rain, which can readily be ima
gined gave a zest to the interesting race which
followed.
Second Race.—A sweopstakes for 3 year olds,
two niilo heats, for which Conrad the Coreair , Ar
gent and dhrnpipe , were the contending nags.
It rarely happens in the betting ring that, nnong
throe year olds, a favorito is not established ; in
this instance, however, no odds were asked by
either party, and a deal of money changed hands
upon the result, each one backing his own favorite.
First Heat. —Argent took tho load, with Horn
pipe second, at a good racing pace, considering the
forlorn condition of the course; at the half mile
j>ost, Conrad passed Hornpipe, and in these posi
tions they ran the first mile—at a visibly increased
pace. Conrad made play at Argent, and they ran
through the back stretch in beautiful style. The
ruu homo was truly exciting, but Courad proved
too fleet for Argont. Hornpipe did not appoar to
make much effort for the heat, which was run in
4:01.
After the heat, strange to say, Hornpipe was
much more a favorite than before starting, and we
saw several bets ev-on that Conrad would not win,
based upon tho suppose l excellence of Hornpipe.
Second Heat. —Courad got the lead, Hornpipe
close upon him ; up the back and down the home
stretch, a truly thrilling contest in each mile, but
Conrad had the best of it all the way. Argent
came up in gallant style at the close of the race,
and succeeded in makings dead heat with Horn
pipe, thus drawing the bets between them. The
titno of ihc heat, 3:59.
The shades of night prevailed when we left the
course, after passing the most uncomfortable day,
and witnessing two as prettily contested races that
we remember.
The winners are both the get of the well known
favorite, Voucher, who but a few years since held
his own with the stoutest and fleetest, and but for
the accident which befell him on the occasion of
his last race, would have shown a record of unpar
alleled time in a race of three miles. We thought
his retirement from the turf at so early an a
great loss to it, but we are more than repaid in our
feelings by his ability to claim, in the stud, the
high position he maintained and merited upon the
Inrf. W e cordially congratulate his gallant owner,
Capt. Minor, upon the success of his favorite and
that of his progeny. We append a summary :
Saturday, Jan. 7.—A Sweepstakes for 2 year olds, car
rying 8 year old weights—Subscription 1800—forfeit I’.CO
Mile heats.
W. J. Minor’s ch. c. by Voucher, oat of Norma 2 11
A. Lecomtc’s ch. f. by Flying Dutchman, out of Miss
Kiddie 12 8
T. B. Goldsby'sbr.c.Brown Dick,by imp.Margrave
out ci Fanny King 8 82
T. B. Goldsby’s ch c. by imp. Glencoe, oat of Para
lee pd.ft.
A. L. Bingaman and K. Ten Broeck's ch. f. by imp.
Glencoe, oat of Fanny Rhode? pd.ft.
Time, 1:7514—1:56—1:52.
Same Day. —A Sweepstake ferS year olds—Subscription
1300— Forfeit SIOO, $250 added by Jockey Club—Two Mile
Heats.
Wm. J. Minot'sch. g. Conrad the Coriair, by Voucher
out of Lady Jane 11
D. F. Benner’s ch. c. Argent, by imp. Glencoe, out
ofPtcayune 2 0
Th. J. Wells, gr. c. Hornpipe, own brother to Riga
doon 3 0
A. L. Bingaman AR. Ten Broeck's b. c. Lexington. pd. ft.
Tike:
Ist mile 2:03 j Ist mile 1:66
2d mile 1:59 j 2d mile 2:08
4*l | 3:59
Track Leary.
Tehcantefec.—W e learn from Col. Sloo, whose
arrival in this city we announced some days ago,
that he has effected a contract with the firm of
Sykes_<& Co., of Sheffield, England, for the con
struction of a plank road across the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec, under what is called the ‘Sloo grant,’
and that every preparation has been made for the
commencement of the work on the first of February
next. Co.. Sloo will leave this oity on the 14th inst.
for MinatiUan, twenty-four mile* above the mouth
of the Ccatzaecalcoe river, where the road will
commence. Mr. J.J. Williams, formerly au engi
neer under Major Barnard, will accompany Col.
Sloo. The operarives to complete this work are to
come from England; hut the commencement will
be made by a party who Lave already sailed from the
United States. Mr. Williams is to superintend
the engineering department; and Mr. York, the
agent of Sykes <fc Co., the mechanical department.
Two or three steampoats, suitable for the caviga
tion of the Coataeoalcoa rivsr, are to be sent doww
ss soon as practicable— the northers at this season
of the year rendering it almost impossible for them
to go st present. We wish the speedy and success
ful conclusion of the work.—A. O. Picayune, 9th.
Cuban Slavery—'The Sew Ce»ef*|.
We mike the following extract* Jtom the Ha
vana correspondence of the N. Y. Mwald :
Hxva 4, Dec. 27.
*♦*»*#*
We have the skeleton of the la %to govern fu
ture emigration for tho supply of laker said to be
wanted so- the island of Cuba—Unhat may be
wanting ir. ca=e that all the coiorjd population
entitled to their freedom, ss havluX.been intro
duced to slavery in coctraven’io*of law Ke "
brought forth from bondage—a thiw of absurdity
in proposition, as impossible in ezSoution. But
the release of the “emaucipadoa,” as instructed
by the government of the Queen[jwill proves
failure, and one stone removed fronyphe argument
in favor of colonization from otheiliountries of
the races not white.
The Diariodc la Marina, of the 2(th, publishes
from the Govcrment Gazette of tho «Ay previous
the organic structure ofa law authorising^any one
te embark in the enterprise or speculation of
bringing colonists for Cuba, from Asia or
the continent of America, (Yucatan Indians )
which law is to continue in force for two ycare,
when it wiil probably be renewed forsuch period
as may be deemed necessary fer the protection
and promotion of the agricultural iatoests of Cu
ba ; and at the same time, or at amora convenient
season, it is proposed to substitute the African race
for the Asiatic and Indian, as more in harmony
with the predominist color of onr labor, and phy
sically better adapted to tho serviei This will
all come naturally and without appariit violenoe
to any of the prejudices that surround .he subject
from tho policy and institutions oOteighboring
States, or the whito fears of the prOMqt Cuban
proprietors. In two years the intro<™sbn of vol
untary laborers from Africa would notibe liable to
disturb the safety and tranquility of tie country
Should the period of introduction be toutinued
then the danger would begiu. Contracts accord
ing to the formula given by the goveittsiont, oan
be filled up at the discretion of the oaijractor
who will be no more or le.-s than an rW bjgro tra
der, aud not given to much houtifr—s.i smby a
door is
very law that is altorcd fori is'protection?^
Tho whole scheme, as it is now developed, is
very different from the original (fropositions, un
der the foresight and good judgment of General
Pczuela, and this ohange in its horrid features has
been forced by the early exposure, through the
correspondents of the American press of which
yours has not been dilatory in giving facts as they
were canvassed for future action. And of all
these things, except for tho modification of the
better, for all Chnstia t purposes, Lord Ilowden
was unofficially (as ho has derived official relation)
coznizant and advisory of.
By the tact of General Peznela, British diploma
cy and intention have been defeated, while their
policy has been apparently yielded to and the
stnmtjling block with the United States has been
happily removed—for the present, England has
gained nothing; she will do no injury immediate
ly to her great industrial and mechanical rival, and
she will not elevate her own black colonies, and
their products by dragging Cuba down to their
level. Her philanthropy may bo exceedingly
gratified, but it must be with a shadow of her own
creation.
Tuero is coueoeted, yet not opened, the future
freedom of tho slaves of Cuba, which will be of so
gradual accomplishment that no evil will derive,
unless the law, as now given, is forced to yield to
the demands of royal speculation, aud a redun
dant black population is forced upon Cuba. The
plan of our chief is temporary in its action, wise
in conception, and wiil bo faithfully adhered to by
him, with the variation I have alluded to, and the
lapse in dictation of tho clause authorizing and de
fining the provisions of the contracts to be made
with each individual emigrant; and General l’e
zuola has demonstrated himself eminently quali
fied for his delicato position, and justified the ex
tended powers, reposed in him by his Queen and
her advisers. That’(the way it looks just now.
The Becond lottor is dated
Havana, Dec. 29.
*• * * * * *
Wo are all occupied in tho study of the new
anti-negro law of tho land, which followed so fast
upon the non effective vice-royal emancipative or
der that wo were not prepared to do it justice.—
The season ofannual festive occupation was also
woll-timed for tho application of new doctrines
that would not bear much study, though prepared
with great tact and with specious pleading iu their
favor, resting upon the surroptitous proposition of
tho wants of our industry, which are not so sus
ceptible to thoso most interested us to tho
Quickened intelligence of the government at Ma
rid.
It is well understood in tho circles best advised
and interested in speculations already predicted,
that Africa is to be the golden region for their
harvests, that “colonists” will bo drawn from
thence under espocial and private license, if not by
published authorization ; and the reason is openly
discussed that the exception of Africa was owing
entirely to the evident opposition that it would
meet among their favorite people in the “neigh
boring land.” It is also admitted that the period
of duration of the law will be extended from time
to time, as experience may dictate or suporior in
terest may require—that the blank space for ser
vice, and number of years in the contract specifi
cations, has been purposely left to cover any torrn
that may give most value to the property when it
assumes, with legality, tho color best adapted to
our tastes and our wants.
Tho “emancipation” of thoso who have been
long years held iniquitously in bondage, after tho
expiration of their apprentice servitude—seven
yoars from capture of the slavers in which they
wore brought from the coast—will bo proceeded
in with energy by the Captain General and the
commission immediately responsible to him ; but
beyond those who are in the 3 — -rr.rpc.-t -* e p"
sites, or on public works, by authority" or' the go
vernment it will be measurably ineffective. It is
true that the superannuated and maimed, who
may be an exponse to the holder?, will be honest
ly given up for the sustenanco of British philan
thropy, or from the fund to be created by stopping
one third of the wages—six and four dollars'por
month, male and femnlo—of those who con
tinue to labor, or can find masters willing to take
them.
From the Sacramento Union,
Honors (tendered to the American Flag iu Swit
zerland.
Mr. Wolleb, Secretary of the Swiss Biflo Club
ofSaciamento, favors us with the following trans
lution from a Swiss paper, of the honors paid the
American flag at the great bi-annual shooting
match and festival of Lucerne. The Swiss papers
say:
“We received our correspondence of Thursday.
The enthusiasm appears to overwhelm every par
ticipant. Evou the reporter of tho official bulletin
declares himself to be incapable of giving a correct
description of that day, whose powerful im
pressions wero almost too tnuoh for his feelings,
lie says:
“On Thursday the festival attained the summit
of its magnificence. Company alter company ar
rived, and the salutes of artillery thundered with
out intermission. But the most overwhelming
impression was produced when came streaming in
the air tho Star Spangled Banner of the United
States of America. Enthusiastic was its recep
tion ; immense the heartfelt participation of tho
innumerable people in extending the hand ts fel
lowship to the sister republic in the far west. The
heart of every Swiss throbbed almost to breaking
with joy and emotion. This appearance of Ame
ricans in Lucerne was considered by all as an
event of groat significance.”
Another papor says:
“The most beautiful, the most brilliant among
all the great events of this mcinorablo day was un
doubtedly the reoeption of the Star Spangled Ban
ner of America, which, escorted by Beven citizens
of tho United States, had traversed the ocean to
greet the banner of the sister republic. It was an
inspiring moment, when Mr. Schiess from New
York, brought the greeting of the Americans to
the Swiss people, gathered into an immense assem
blage, and strong applause followed every word
of his. Ho was answered hy l’rof. Schild, Gov.
Steiger and Bov. Mr. Sehnyder, tho latter yielding
to his omhusiastic feelings’, ombraced the llag and
kissed it. The joyous cheering of the assembled
multitude acotally drowned tho roaring of the ar
tillery. Tho bravo Americans wore all compelled
to mount tho cstrude, as tho people wanted to see
these men. After the American flag bad been
placed in a prominent situation upon the prize
tower, the seven honored guests were escorted to
the feast hall by tho committee of arrangements,
the military mtibic band, the Binging association,
the riflemen and innumerable host of spectators.”
A Death-Bed Revelation.— A large wine dealer
residing in London, recently, cn his death bod,
being in great distress of mind, acknowledged to
his friends that his agony was occasioned by the
nature of the business he had followed for yearn.
He stated that it had been his habit to purehaseail
the seur wines he could, and by making use of
sugar cf lead, am| other deleterious substances,
restore the wine to a palatable taste. He said ho
did not doubt he Lad been the means of destroy
ing hundreds of lives, as he Lad from time to tima
noticed the injurious effects of his mixtures on
those who drank thjm. He had seen instances of
this kind where the unconscious victims of his cu
pidity, after wasting and declining for yews, des
pite of best medical advices, went to their graves,
poisoned by the adulterated wines he had sold
them.
This man died rich, bnt alas, what a legacy did
he leave for his children.
A late English paper estimates the capital inves
ted in the British coal tiade at £10,000,000, the
annual production 37,<>00,000 tons, snd the value
at the month of the pit £10,000,000. At the points
of consumption, including expenses ot transport
and other charges, the eost is estimated at £2O,
000,000. About 400 iron furnaoea of Great Britain
consume annually 10,000,000 tons cf coal and f ,000,
000 tons of iron stone, in order to produce 8,500,
000 tons of pig iron, of the value of upwards ot £3,-
000,000. For the supply of London alone 8,600.
000 tons of coal are req aired tor manufacturing and
domestic purposes; the coasting vessels conveyed
in 1850, upwards 0f9,360,000 tons to various ports
in the United Kingdom, and 3,850,000 tons wore
exported to foreign countries sad the Britum-pos
sessions. The number of persons employed in min
ing is about 120,000. The extent of the ooal areas
in the British Islands is 12,000, square miles, the
annua! produce 37,000,000 tons; of Belgium, 250
miles, annual produce 5,000,000 tons; of France,
2000 miles, annual produce, '4, lso,ooo tons; of Prus
sia, S2OO miles, annual prodnee 3,500,000 tons; of
Spain, 4000 miles, annual produce 550,000 tons; of
British North America, 180,000 miles, annua! pro
duce not known.
Flax Growing in Yorkshire, 1-no land. —The
eminent success of the flax cultivation in Ireland
seems to have stirred up tho people of Yorkshire
to become cultivators also cf anartiele which forms
so material an ingredient in the trade of that coun
ty. At the next annual show of the I ok-hire Ag
ricultural Society, which will be held at Eipon, in
August, 1654, three prizes are to be offered. First,
for the best specimens of flax grown within ten
miles of Leeds; second, tor the best specimen of
flaxstraw grown in Yorkshire; aud thirff ffcr the
best specimen of scutched flax produced in York
shire. In Ireland, the pecuniary return to flax
growersduring the present year is estimated at
upwards of £2,000,000.
The Washington City Star appeare to know all
the little tricks resorted to ebcei the capital to
spend public money. The greatest abases exist
about the Senate. It is thought the contingent
fund of that body this year will amount to nearly
half a million of dollars, for which there is very
little accountability. It is kept to P*y idlers ana
loafers to wait on Senators. One case mentioned
by the Star is amusing. A great big six-footer is
employed at three dollars a day to open a water
closet door for their honors. Instances of this
kind are becoming freqaeDt, and show that cor
ruption is creeping into tbo expenditures of Con
gress to an alarming extent. —Mtinphu Laylt.
Dabino case or Kuwappivo —Just as wo are
going to press, we are reliably informed that
two men, medium site, fair complexion, and red
and sandy hair, entered the house of a free negro
In Jackson county, on the eight of the 6th inst.,
and sailed and carried off lour children (yellow
complexion} from seven to fourteen years of age.
We are authorixed to aay that any one stopping
the villains, and restoring the children, will have
all expenses paid and be liberally rewarded by the
citizens of Jackson county— Mmju Manner,
The California FUllfcuMn.
Thi San Francisco Herald cf the 16th nit., after
detailing the new* of the capture of La Paz. Ac.,
by President 'Walker, as already published by us,
adds:
On the night of the 7th of December last, Major
Emory, Secretary ot State of the new Republic,
arrived in San Franoisoo simultaneously with thi
above news. His object was to obtain reinforce
ments. Tbe news was immediately telegraphed
to different points, and the work of enrollment
commenced without delay. A number of young
men in thin city, Stockton and Marysviile, express
ed their willingness to join the expedition, and in
a day or two it was understood that three compa
nies had beeu collected from the different points
in this city. Those havingthe matter in charge
issued scrip, upon which, in addition to voluntary
contributions, au ample supply of provisions, ai ins
and munitions of war were obtained. These move
ments were conducted quietly and without inter
ference from any quarter. The British bark Anita
having cleared regularly at tbo Custom house on
Monday, the 12th inst, with forty passengers, it
was pretty well understood that she would be the
bearer of the expeditionists eitherthat night or tho
folio wing, as the most active preparations could he
discovered in certain quarters. On tho morning of
the 12th, however, the steamer Southerner arrived
from San Diego, bringing startling news, whieh
had tbo effect of hastening operations. A courier
had arrived utSan Diego on the 7th from (iuaJa
lupe, in Lower California, of an engagement which
was said to have taken place a few days previous
between asuiall party of Walker’* mou andapaity
of Californians, under Melondory, in which the
former attempted to surpri- e tbe latter, but wore
themselves surprised by au ambuscade in which
ten out of twenty were killed and two taken pri
soners. The engagement is said to have taken
placo in apaas of the mountain between Enconadu
and San Tomas. .
It was alsryreported that a few days previous a
few Mexicans, had obtained a small brass caauon
from Sau Tomas, and seizing an opportunity had
ofjtJhgCafoliiu^JkDlrug^ouo
credited, although it was bolived that there had
been an engagement of some kind between tho
hostile parties. Be this as it may, ou tho morning
of tho 18th inst., at a quarter past one o’clock, tho
bark Anita, with upward of tnreo hundred expe
ditionists on board, us a reinforcement, thoroughly
armed, provisioned und equipped, with four email
field pieces, was towed from the foot of Clay street
wharf out to sea by a steamer, and whou last seen
was bearing away to the southward under a stiff
bretzo. Two of the oompanics on board were 1
under the command of George K. Davidson and
W. E. Cutrall. The names of tho other officer.-*,
with the exception of Col. 11. P. Watkins, oom
mander of the expedition, are unknown. Tho ex
pudition was made up ofyoung men, mostly from
ban F'ranc'.sco—some of them rather wild, hut 1
many of them highly respectable citizens. A great 1
many who had enrolled their nainos were unable 1
to got off, but It is understood that they, in con- 1
junction with others, numbering perhaps u thou
sand, will leave this place for Eucenada during tho
present month. Some will take the steamers to
San Diego, from which port they will proceed by
land, and others will go direct. By onr first ac- 1
counts it was stated that an English frigate had 1
boon despatched from Mazatlun to intercept tho
Caroline, but she had not since hoeu heard of. Titus
tho matter stands at this date, December 16.
All is activity and bustle in this “northern hive” 1
in relation to the conquest and annexation of tho
Mexican State of Sonora. It is well understood *
that the expedition undor the command of Col. 1
Walker, nowin Lower California, havo made that
Statemerely a stopping point, at which they pro
pose to remain until they have obtained reinforce- 1
ments whieh will enable them to make a descent
upon Sonora, at or noar the city of Guayamas.
Rumors are current in the city of San F’rancisco of I
the recent organization of several companies whose
destination is the Gila river—the boundary lino
between the States of Sonoraand Lowor California. 1
The object of these companies is said to be to pene
trate tho Mexican territory through the country of
the Apache liidians, whom they propose by forco
of arms toreduceinto subjection. By this means i
they will bo conferring a real benefit upon tbe Bo
norians, who are unable to defend themselves
against the hoslilo incursions of those Indians, and
thus ingratiate themselves into the good graces of
the pooplc. After reaching the sottlcmonts, they
propose to tnrn thoir attention to mining and ag
ricullural pursuits. At present, however, tho plans
of those persons are in an incipient state.
Tire MenrhbU and Charleston Itallroad.
We are indebted to Mr. Sam. Tate, Treasurer
for the Western Divisionoftho M. and C. K. B.
Co., for a statomout of the receipts of this division
for tho month of Deeembor, whieh are as fol
lows :
Receipts from Paasongors, $8,975 80
“ “ Freights, 14,952 91
“ “ Mails, 2uß 33
Total, $24,137 04
This amount shows a continued incrense over
the reeeips of the previous months, of $1,218 17
over the month of November, $7,924.64 over Octo
ber, and $18,374 19 over the month of September.
These lour mouths are the only months the road
has been in operation from hero to LaGrange aad
Sommerville, the main road only 50 miles, and tho
branch to Sommerville but 13 miles—in all 63
miles.
Wcgivetho following statement of the entiro
receipts for tho past four months, as furnished us
from time to time by Mr. Tate:
Sept. 80—Rec’d from Pass’gers, 6.518 69
“ “ “ Freights, 4,040 88
“ “ “ Mails, 208 38
Oot. 31 “ “ Pass’gers, 6,985 82
“ “ “ Freights, 10,018 25
“ “ “ Mails, 208 88
Nov. 39 “ “ Pass’gers, 7,776 45
“ “ “ Freights 14,639 09
“ “ “ Mails, 208 38
Dec. 81 “ “ Pass’gors, 8,975 80
“ “ “ Freights, 14,952 91
“ “ “ Mails, 20S 33
Total, *78,736 81
Just think of it! n road completed only fifty
miles, with a branch of thirteen miles, with no
railroad connections whatever, the business and
travel ontirely of a local character, making over
Seventy-three Thousand Dollars in four mouths 1
Who says railroads will not pay in this country ?
It is tho best stock to be bad. —Memphis Fugle.
The late Terrible Storm on the Atlantic
Coast. —One cf those fierce wintry gales that sweep
through our northern latitudes with such destruc
tive fury, during the latter part of overy returning
Decomber, has just passed over us, leaving behind
it the dismal wrecks of hundreds of vessels, strow
ed along the coast and over the ocean, from Long
Island to (Jape Sablo. Our columns for the last
week have groaned under the long lists of mari
time disasters, which seem to have boon more nu
merous than ever before, oven at this fatal period
of the year. No class of veesels had beeu ex
empted from the desolating march of the elements.
Tlie beautiful clipper Staffordshire with her rich
freight of commodities and richer freight ot hu
man beings, went down in an hour beneath the
raving surges, amid the bowlings of pitile s
winds, and the floroo blasts of snow, and hail, ami
sleet, and tho more piercing midnight wail of
hundreds of victims, cut to the bone by the frozen
edges of tho flying spray, as they wero launched,
drowned and frozen, lrcm time into eternity.
The new and staunch steamer San Francisco, too,
but just from this port, where she had been pre
pared for a long and stormy voyage with a care
wliioh we may presume could havo been nowhere
in tho world excelled, is reported as rolling help
less upon the billows, with eight hundred souls
on board, who, there is too much reason to fear,
have already boon engulfed in tho wide and angry
waters of the Atlantic.
These individual pictures, which are but exag
gerated specimens of a whole host of wrecks lini: g
our northern coast, tho fruits of a single galo,
vividly impress upon tho mind the tremondous
reclamations tho sea makes upon those who bravo
its dangers or sedk t« become its masters. They
strike upon us like tho liorco and defiant blows of
an enraged and gigantic monster, refusing to ba
tamed. The heart palpitates and tho framoshud
ders at the spectacle. Bnt the lives of a thousand
victims, seized and killed, and theif bones sent in
an instant to pave the gloomy depths of the ocean,
seem to present no terrors sufficient to cheek the
tide of human life ever flowing upon tho great
deep. Though it remorselessly swallows all alike,
the protected und unprotected, the strong and the
weak—though no guards aud no defenses seem to
avail anything against its wrath, its perils arc yet
encountered with a disregard of consequences
which dwarfs perseverance and coursgo Down to
tho level of tho moat ordinary virtues. A great
maritime nation can never become effeminate, and
never ceased to be intrepid and indomitable. -
New York Tribune.
Chicago.— ln August, 1652, Chicago had 38,7?,3
inhabitants. In Decombcr, 1353, it had increased
to 60,652, being an increase in nfleen months of
57 per cent. In 1840, the population of Chicago
was only 4,479.
At this time cars aro running to and from that city
on ten roads; thirty-seven trains arrivo and depart
daily. Most of these roads are being extended
every day. During this year several of them will
have reached the Mississippi—the Great Central
Railroad will have been completed to Cairo.
In 1840 the total value of estate aud personal pro
perty was $1,829,120; in 1858 it is $16,841 881.
In 1847 the business of Chicago amounted to
$2,641,852 in imports, and 2,296,299 in exports'
in 1852 the imports increased to $8,826,689, and
and the exports to $10,709,588. These items are
interesting, showing the rapid growth of a city
destined to be the largest city in the west. Es
timating the increase of the next fifteen months to
be eqaal to that of the last, Chicago will have at
the end of that time a population of upwards of
82,000. —Nashville Banner.
The Soule Duel.— A letter ftom Madrid dated
December 17, has the following:—
I regret to have to inform you that the aflEkir to
which I slightly alluded yesterday has terminated
in a hostile meeting in spUe of tire efforts of the
friends of the parties to bring about a peaceable ar
rangement : and it is admitted on all sides that
Lord Howden’s efforts to reooncilo them have been
unremitting. The principals are M de Turgot,
French embassdor, and Mr. Soule, United States
envoy at this court. The seconds of the former
were Lord Howden, and General Calter, French
commissioner on the boundary question. Mr.Soule
was attended bv General Valdez and oenor B. A.
de Gamipdo. "he duel took place this morning,
with pistols, at twenty paces, tho parties meeting
at Cbamartin, a league from Madrid, at half past
eleven. The first fire took place without effect.
On the socond fire, M. de Turgot was shot through
the leg, near the knee, be was immediately remov
ed home in his carriage, aDd bore tho injury pret
ty well. The leg is now a good deal swc-llen; but
as it appear* that the kneecap was not touched,
and no principal artery wounded, it is trusted that
his state is not one of danger. Mr. Sonic was not
wounded.
Interesting from Rome.— The Newark Adverti
ser has a letter dated Borne, (Italy) Dec. 7th, from
which we make the following extracts:
Travelers are cautioned to avoid Rome juEt now
on account oftbe prevalence of the fever, whieh is
unusual at this season. It has prevailed more or
less in the native population, I understand, ever
since the summer solsticv, snd foreigners are of
course, more exposed. Severs! Americans have
had it, but we number as yet only iwo deaths—the
only grandson of the late Justice Story of the U. S.
Supreme Court, a bright promising boy of some six
yean, and a Mr. Williams of New York.
Oar artists have not left the city during the sea
son. Crawford in sculpture, and Page in pointing,
are achieving distinction. Crawford’s great Wasn
ington Monument, for which he is to receive SIOO,-
000 from the State of Virginia, will doubtlesa prove
to be a moat worthy marble memorial ol the Fa
ther of his Country and hi* iUuatrioua compatriots,
Patrick Henry, Jefferson, Ac., who surround the
central colossal figure.
The pnoe of living ii high here. Hotels charge
more during the winter, aa at Washington,than at
other season*, when they are glad to have custo
mer aat almost any price; and furnished apart
ments for the smalleet family rent for from S4O to
fso per month.
Lift of Acts
Passed by the Legislature and signed by ths
Governor, previous to the recess:
No. 1. To alter and change the time of holding
the Inferior Courts ol the county of Paulding
N 0 .2. To authorize the State Treasurer to make
certain advances.
No. 8. Amendatory of the several laws incorpo
rating the City of Milledgoville, so far as relates to
the election of officers by the people.
No. 4. To appropriate money from the Treasury
as a contingent fund for the political years 1854
and 1355.
No. 5. To lay out and organize a new county
from tho counties of Cherokee and Gilmer.
No. 6. To lay out and form a new county out of
the counties of Walker aud Whitfield; and to add
a portion of Walker to Whitfield, and to organize
said new county.
No. 7. To incorporate Marshall College in the
City of Griffin.
No. 8. To lay out and organise a new oounty
from the counties of Franklin and Elbert and to
provide for the organization of the same.
„ “mend the several acta relating to the
rtf! r*-, Coi ?? on Pletts a[ul of Oyer and Terminer
° Savannah, aud far other purposes.
50. 10. To incorporate the McDonough Collegi
ate heminary, and to give tho Commissioners of
tho incorporatron of the town of McDonough, that
shall horcafter be elocted, full power and authority
to pass and enforce all such by-laws aud ordi
nances as they, in their judgment, may believe
nocessary to guard the interests of the citizens re
siding in tho corporate limits of said town of
McDonough, and to insure the permouent pros
perity of said institution.
No. 11. To indemnify Henry M. Buikhaltor for
loss sustained by him in consequence of tbe State
selling to him a fractional lot of land to whieh it
had no title; also, to indemnify Wm. Toney fora
lot purchased by him under similar circumstances.
No. 12. For the pardon of Elijah Bird of the
county of DeKalb, now under sentence of death
for the crime of murder.
Xolay atfaud piganiza a nowwunty (
rolmucial. congressional and military district.
No. 14. For the relief of Nancy 8. Henderson.
No. 15. To lay out and organize a new county
from the county of Stewart and to provide for tho
organization ot the same.
No. 16. To allow certain citizens of the State of
Alabama to obtain letters testamontary, aud for
other purposes; and to authorize Robert Kennedy,
administrator, to sell lands in this Stuto.
No. 17. To authorize the Treasurer of this State
to make to the members ofthe present General As
sembly and its officers, certain payments tLercin
mentioned.
No. 18. To divide the officers of Recoivor of Tax
Returns aud Tax Collectors of tho counties of Ba
ker, Gwiunottand Pulaski.
No. 19. To add a portion of Habersham county
to the county of Lumpkin ; and to amend an act
to add tho tract of land known as the Shearwood’s
mill tract in Hall county, to the county of Gwin
nett, approved January 12, 1852.
No. 20. For the relief of tho stockholders in
Ruckcrsville Banking Company.
No. 21. To consolidate the offices of Receiver of
Tax Returns and Tax Collector, so far as relates to
the county of Decatur, passed 2d December, 1841;
aud to provide for the election in future of ono Tax
Receiver separately in said county, as provided for
by tho general laws of this State in such cases.
No. 22. To provide for tho payment of cortain
census takors of this State therein namod.
No. 23. To abolish, change and establish certain
eloction precincts in the counties horoinaftor nam
od.
No. 24. To authorize tho Mayor and Council of
Macon to lease a portion of tho City common,
known asNnper’sold field.
No. 25. For tho relief of Samuel l’ascoe.
No. 26. To remove, übolish and create new elec
tion procinets in cortain counties in this Stato.
No. 27. To lay out and organize a new county
from the county of DeKalb, aud for other purposes
therein specified.
No. 28. To lay out and organizo a now county
from the counties of Dooly and Irwin, and attach
the same to a Judicial and Congressional district,
and tor other purposes.
Assented to 20th Deo., 1858.
The Gale Uuestloa.
. Wo havo heretofore abstained from all remarks
in relation to tbe act of tue last session of our Lo
gislaluro, in granting to James Jones and Josoph
J. Kennedy the right to collect tolls at tho South
Carolina end of tbe Augusta bridge. For th© pur
pose of enabling our readers to understand fully
what was done by tho Legislature, we hero give
the Act verbatum:
“That James Jones and Joseph J. Kennody,
assignees of llenry Shultz and John McKinne, be,
and they are horoby authorized to collect tho tolls
proscribed by the twenty first section ofthe‘Act
to establish certain roads, bridges and ferries,’
passed the nineteenth day of Dooentber, in tho
year of our Lord eighteen hundred aud forty eight,
from all persons passing from either side over the
bridge across the Savannah river at Hamburg and
Augustat
Provided, however, that nothing herein con
tained shall iu any wise impair or prejudice any
right or property claimed by the City Counoil of
Augusta in respect to tho one-half of tho material
structure of the said bridge within tho territorial
limits of this State.”
Now it seoins to us that several questions might
be hero suggested to the miud of plain, common
sense men. First what does the Legislature mean
by the Proviso, “ that nothing horein contained
shall iu anywise impair or prejudice any right of
property claimed by tho City Council of Augußta
in respeot to the one-lialf of the material structure
of said bridge within the territorial limits ot this
State.” It would certainly seem from this clause
that the honorable body intended to respect tho
property right of the city Council of Augusta,
rheu tho second question comes up. Upon what
grounds was tins extraordinary privilege granted
to two of our citizens. It is not pretended that
thoy had constructed iho bridge, that they had
invested any funds in the “ material structure,
or that they owned or had any shadow of title to
the soil upon which tho structure rests. It is not
claimed that they had built any Turn-pike Hoad
any bridge, or in faot done any othor act for the
publie welfare, which entitled them to this great
boon at the hands of a Legislature whoso duty it
was to legislate for the public good. Does tho
Legislature of our State intend by this act to
assert that they have the right, noftonly to open
public roads for tho public good through the lands
of individuals, but to take the lauds of one citizen
and appropriate a certain strip or portion of the
same, for other citizens to erect n toll gate and
collect tolls from tho public forprivateemolument.
And this too for tho benefit of citizens that do
not aa far aH wo ure informed, put up tho slightest
claim or titlo to the lands where tho toll gate is
placed, to the lands where the butmeut of the
Augusta bridgo rests, or to the “material struc
ture” of said bridge. Woll may it be asked then
by the people why thiß unprecedented legislation,
why it was that this extraordinary powor was
given to James Jones and Joseph J. Kennedy.
We can find no good eauso for an act that reflects
so little credit upon the wholo State, and at tho
same time imposes heavy burthens ou many of her
citizens.— Hamburg Republican.
A Captured Slaver Brought in .Tho schooner
N. 11. Gambrill, under the oommand of Lieut. Do
Camp, U. S. N., arrivod at this port last evening
after a passage of 53 days from Loando, South
Africa. She suffered a good deal during the pas
sage from the violent gales that she euoonntered.
The schooner hails from Baltimore, and was, as
a slaver, captured by the frigate Constitution, Com
modore Mayo, on the 3d of November, off tho
river Congo. She is a small vessel of about 118
tons burthen, and was built In Baltimore. When
captured she was preparing to receive her eargo.
The bottom of the vessel was filled with water
casks, which wore planked over. In addition to
the regular stove for cooking provisions for the
crew, a large galley had been put up tho day pre
vious. The cook, on being questioned, said that
“ the captain had told him that the galloy was for
him to cook the food for tho niggerm” It is sup
posed that sho would have recoived from 800 to
850 slaves, in the narrow spaco between the dep'i
and the planking over the water caßks. Her crew
consisted of eleven—the captain, first and second
mates, cook, steward, four men beforo the mast,
flftd two passengers, who went out in her. The
captain was an American; the two mates were
Englishmen.
When the schooner \yas ready for sea, permis
sion was given to her late commander, his officers
and crew, to return to the vessel, but they all re
fused except the cook, and one of the seamen. She
brought home these two and twelve invalid sea
men, belonging to the squadron, wbosp names are
subjoined:
Cbas. Johns, boatswain ; John H. Pulver, mas
ter at-aims; John Kay, Jos. Dolcn, Andrew Al
cour, John Appleby, Wm. Brown, John Rarnir
rez, Desto Delta, Chas. Tucker, E. Mills, seaineq •
S.Lane, landsman.
The health of tho squadron vr*6 generally good
when Lieut. De Camp left. The U. S. ship
Marion sailed from Bcnguela oh the 3d of Nov.
The Constitution was to sail for Monrovia and St.
Helena in a few days. The Ferry was at Monrovia
at late accounts.
Heavy Snow Storm.— On Saturday the 7th, it
early began to enow, which continued until lu
o’clock at night, covering tho ground to the depth
of 10 or 12 inches. TheTike has not occurred here
bofore within tho recollection of our oldest citi
zens.
On Sunday, several wicked sinners gathered up
something alter the jumper kind, and rode about
town, much to the delight of themselves, and the
bystanders generally. The weight of snow orushed
in several buildings, doing some little damsgo
among the warehouses. Also, a lot of mules were
hedged in seme in a stable by the pressure of roof
and fodder, but escapod little injured.—ChJda
nooga Advertiser.
Sleeping Chobcs. —People who carry full
dinners to church with them in the afternoon are
remarkably apt to fall asleep, no matter how good
the sermon may be. Last Sunday afternoon, a
Baptist Clergyman in Hudson street, while hold
ing forth to his congregation in a style that ought
to have kept them awake, suddenly stopped in
his discourse and said :
“Brethren I have preached about half of my
sermon, and l poroeive that twenty-five or thirty
of my congregation are fast asleep. \ shall post
pone the delivery of the balance of it until they
wake up?” ■
There was a dead pause for about five minutes,
duriDg which time the sleepers awoke, and then
the preacher “went on.”— X. Y. Ejtprtet.
Terrible Tragedy.— We learn that a double
murder was perpetrated in Somter County, the
latter part of last week. We have not been able
to get the particulars further than as follows: Two
men by the names of Williams and Johnson, met
near Americas, and getting into a fight, killed
each other. Their bodies were found horridly
mangled. It is known that there had been an old
grudge between them for some time.— Y»d. Union.
The U. S. mail steamship Nashville, Capt. M.
Berry, galled from Charleston at 2 o’clock on
Tuesday afternoon for New York, which port she
is to leave for Havre on Saturday next, in place of
the Humboldt.
Apt. —A reverend gentleman, “down South, n
being invited by a young friend to take a private
drink, agreed to dispose of a lemonade. By some
mistake he drank his friend’s whiskey punch who
informed him that he had taken the wrong horn.
The minister smiled affably, and remaked : “Ah
my young friend, the horn ot the nngodly shall be
put down;” Pslams 75: I#. 8 3
The amount of taxahle propenyjin New Orleana
is 438,538,05a, being an increase within s year of
$8,025,025.
“Signs or we Timeb.’’^At ExeteriHall, London,
!“?. Kev - ®r. Cummings lately lectured on the
•Signs of the Tunes.” He said that the Prophet
yauiel had prophesied 2300 years would be the
duration of theMabommedan power, bnt it did not
follow that Eussia would plant the oroaa on Bt.
Sophia. On the contrary, he thought that the 12,-
000,000 of Mahommedana might become Chris
tians! The events of the year 1848 had been dear
ly slluded to in prophesy, and be oaleulated that
1884 would bring about the fulfilment of the apo
calyptic prophecies, and the commencement oi a
better age—the good time ooming !
VOL. LXVIII.— new series vol.xviii.-no. s.
dor. Fame an Xa« Yark Politic*.
i Tho following letter was reoeived from the Hon.
Henry S. Fotte, in reply to tho invitation Os the
Committee of the National Democratio Jubilee,
held at Metropolitan Hall on the evening of the
1 23rd of November las’ :
Jaokson, Nov. 80, 1856.
the deop u ly re * reUh » t I was not in
instant ? hen > our lol,er of tbe 17th
e< J t 8 de ** ll ii»tion,as, in consequence
of my absence from home, considerable delay has
arisen in responding to its contents. *
mo ? 0 “t E**Hemen, that you have but done
me e.mple justice in supposing that I “could unite
,h *
ov of tho Empire btate ot the confederacy “unon
it in m'^ nt i“ Ud nn l' roccd «nted triumph nor ia
od k! be in the least degree doubt
sl h „i, °. UStr ® °* tlmt ‘Humph is greatly en
hancod by the erroumstauocs to which you bo em
pbatical y rotor—that this graud result was “ac
sololy by the spontaneous uprising
of tho people, unaided and unsupported bv go
vernment patronage.” Few ovonts occurred in
the last half century better calculated to rejoice tho
hoarts of all true patriots, aud to strengthen tho
confidence of all enlightened men, in the stability
of republican institutionß, than the signal and eur
victory which has just been achieved iu
»°P u oua “'i 1 influential commonwealth, by
the champions of the “Constitution aud ita iom
promises" over that pestilent and \a w w
taction which has so Wig kept tho wTole puWti
mind of tho country in afevorish and unnatural
excitement, aud involved tho Uniou itsellin such
toarfut jeopardy. Whatever muy bo said or pub
lished to the contrary, in any quartor, 1 truat that
those indomitable champions ot the national de
mocratic creed—the Dickcnsons, the Bronsons,
the O’Conors, and thoir valiant comrades in arms
—will rest thoroughly assured that they havo tho
sympathy, the reapoct, and tho gratitude of ail iu
this section of tho confederacy whose esteem aud
confidence are at all worth possessing ; and that
I there are but few men.of stamffiugto be found irj
Jignatlori at tho attempt of a trio of corrupt And
besotted Cabinet ministers to intormeddlo in tho
domostic eonoorns of one of tho Sovereign States
of the Union—to break down everything like free
dom of opinion—to extinguish all of that juataud
legitimate Stato prido which constitutes one of tho
mam pillars of our system of confederated govern
ment—through the instrumentality ol au aoonrsed
spoils policy, under the reign of which all publio
vtrluo must infallibly languish, the most clovatod
nttd disinterested love ot country only constitute
an insuporablo impediment to all publio advance
ment,and a wild and iufuriatod spirit of Jacobi
nism bo seen, sooner or later, usurping all tho
high placos of civic trust and dignity. 1 hope and
confidently boliovo that a wholesome reactionary
movement has occurred iu tho State of New York
which will continue aud diffuse itself until faction
und factionists ahull be conßignod to that death
whioh knows no resurrection, and the repose and
happinoss ol tho ropublio bo placed upon foun
dations as imperishable as tho fame of those il
lustrious sages with whom the “constitution and .
its compromises originated.”
I havo the honor to bo, gentlemen, yonr friend
aud I'ellow-oitizcn. H, g. Foote.
Mossrs. Erastus W. Ulovor, William Mootry
Joßopli M. Marsh, David Dodge, and N. Dimond’,
committee, &c.
Gen. Bern Hunk.—Fifteen l ive* Lout.
Commercial Hotel, Jau. 5.
To the EJitore of the Memphis Ragle and En
quirer—Gentlemen t —La-t evening at, I suppoeo,
about tire hour of 9 o,clock, a lew miles above the
Wulnut Bond, in what is called “Grand Cut Off,’’
tho steamor General Bom freighted from Cincin
nati for Arkansas river, met w.th suddou and
ovorwln lming destruction. Descending tho river
with a full head of steam, sho struck a snag near
tho Mississippi shore, upon which she poised her
self for a moment, whou she commenced swing
ing, in whioh onorutiou, she was torn into a thou
sand utoms. Within five minutes tho boat had
sunk to tho hurricane dock, whou the wholo eabiu
Heated off, leaving the hull with about fifteon deck
passongcra below the surface, the former a muti
lated wreck, the lutler, hurried victims of acoident
into the presonce of their God, without a momont
of preparation.
The cabin passengors and crow, wlron the boat
struck, hurried to tho upper deck. Some four or
tivo ot the former wore thrown off’and wero found
struggling iulbo waves, with fragments of the boat
supporting them. F'ortunately for tho sufferers
the Saranack came to their rescue. Within ten
minutes ot tho accident tho gallant crew of the
latter boat wero ministering to the Buffering of tire
ill-fated travelers. The first intimation whioh tho
writor ofthis article (who was a passenger on the
Saranack) had of the accident, was from the
hoarse yell ot tho sufferers in tho waves. Steam
was stopped—then was audible tho oarncst cries
and supplications of the poor sufferers tor help—
each begging in the most piteous terms for tho
“yawl."
The captain ofthe Saranack gave his orders and
nobly did tho gallant mate perform bis duty. His
sturdy arm was soon at the helm, while his coarse
and commanding voice seemed to encourage and
revive tire spirits of the poor Bufforers. Their
supplications were increased—some from frag
ments, more from tho main deck, and a few scat
tered olongtho bank, who had swam ashore, each
urging by ail tho argument* at command for
spoedy holp. Tho mate of the Saranack fully self
possessed, went to the sufferer who had flouted
lower down tho stream, andcommeucod his ascent
relieving all in his way. When he had reached
tho deck of the Bern, it was discovered that there
was a man undor tho (look, yet struggling for life,
his cries soarcely audible. The mulo soon pro
cured anaxo, with whioh he perforated the deok
and drew forth the suffering viotim, who almost
instantaneous with his delivery became insensible
and so remainod for several hours. The suffering
of the crew was boyond anything that I have soon
save iu the case ofthe ill-fatod Webster, some in
sensible, others almost IfcleFS, tho distress may
be imagined, but not described. The officers anil
orow of tho Susquehanna deserve all praise for
their noble exertions in bohalf of tho poor suffer
ers. They resouod about twenty-fivo suffororß;
most of whom but for her fortunate interposition,
would havo been consigned to a watory grave.—
About twelve o’olock we mot tho steamer Obion,
upon whioh the sufferers (all 1 believe) re-om
barked. A.
The writer of tbe foregoing, saw Captain Mont
gomery, who informed him that hie officers and
crew were all saved, and that probably, about 15
deck passengers were lost. All the cabin passen
were savod.
Farther from Havana.
From returns published in the Diario de la Ma
rina wo proceivo that the exports oi sugar from
Havaua during tlio year 1868, amounted to 762,571
boxes, against 708,620 in 1852. Os cofltjo, tho ex
ports have been 168,977 arrohas, sjalnat 142,571
in 1852. Os leat tobacco. 4,029,720 pounds
against 8,804,082 pounds in 1851. Tho total num
ber of vessels which entered the port of Havana in
1858, was 1856, ngaiiißt 1758 in 1852; sailed 1868
against 1789 in 1852.
The Diario naturally crotva triumphantly ovor
these and othor satisfactory conditions of tho
oouutry. it also congratulates its readers on the
tranquility whioh has prevailed in tho island da
ring the year and attributes that roeult to the salu
tary lesson which it says was given to thoso
foreigners who on a former occasion attempted to
disturb it. It anticipates that lesson will also serve
to prevent any similar attempts for the future.
The total exports of sugar from tho whole island
in 1852, woro according to the Diario 1,400,000
boxes ; whilo those for 1858, as far as tho returns
received indicate, will exceed 1,500,000 boxes, and
will rival those of 1851. A similar incroase on the
total exports offipbacco from the island has taken
place.
Tho Diario, howover, admits that in somocoun
try districts the cholera has created terrible havoc
during the late fall, decimating their productive re
sources. It nevertheless contonds that tho actual
ravages of the disease has been exaggerated, and
that when all the foots como to be taken into con
sideration, the island will bo found not to have
experienced any serious loss in its labor,
Tho action already taken in the ptoseevdlon of
Asiatic immigration, and the yet more vigorous
action about to be taken untie i the auapices of tbe
buprepip Qpvornment, ate also dwelt upon with
satisfaction by the Diario.
The Diario saya that Uen. Pcsuela, has declined
to, take the addition of sfi,ooo to his salary, as Su
perintendent of tbe Treasury, to which he was on
titled, considering himaelt already sufficiently
well remunerated for all tho duties with which he
ia charged.
The Captain General has issued a decree for pro
hibiting the use of copper vessels In all confec
tionary and other establishments.
Tho royal Audencia Pretoria) was opened with
true Spanish formality on the 2d inst. Some in
teresting returns on the state of crimtj and litiga
tion arc given in the opening address of the Kegont,
The value of tho exports of produco from tho
Island in 1852, ja given at 128,595,298.
A Diti.—A duel wusToughl near Memphis, in
Pickens county, Alabama, on Saturday morning
last, by Dr. F. W. Irby and Dr. Fant, of Noxubeo
cannty, in this State, in which the former was killed
at the first fire, the ball entering bis breast below
the right nipplo, passing through his heart and
body. His romaipß were interred in tbe Odd Fel
lows buryinggroupd in this city on Monday.
The weapons were duelling pistols, and the dis
tance \'M paces. Dr. Irby, who was killed, was a
most estimable gentleman, a member elect of the
present Legislature, and the difficulty grew out of
more misunderstanding in the late canvaas between
bimself and his antagonist, who waia candidate
for the samo station. Hotk gentleman wore Demo
crats and members of the church. We are fold
that the affair would have t ken place long since
had it not been for extreme ill health of Dr. Irby,
who whs conveyed to the ground of eombst in s
carriage and was scarcely able to stand up without
support at tbe time of the fatal occurrence, tbe like
of which, we hope never again to bo under the
necessity of chronicling. —GolvmMu (Miu.\Arfvt.
Graniteville Factoby.— The Directors of the
Grsniteville Factory have declared a semi-annual
dividend of lour per cent, upon tbe capital stock of
that company.
This is pleasant news, and there are few of any
f rofession in this State, who will not rejoice at it.
n tho development of man ufiteturing enterprise in
this State we Lave metwhh many disappointments.
The history presents a gloomy catalogue of losses
and foil urea. Still there has been an abiding con
fidence of ultimate Bacces*. Still it was believed
that here at least under tho enterprise and practical
judgment of those concerned the experiment would
prove successful, and after a painful anxiety, the
result has justified the expectation. Since 1848tbo
ground baa been cleared, foundations have been
laid, structures erected, machinery procured, forces
organized, and 12,000 yards of oloth per day is now
thrown upon the market; and though the price of
the raw material ia nearly twice as high as when
the enterprise began, there is now a dear profit of
eight per cent, upon all the capital invested, Tho
kind of cloth produced are chiefly sheeting*, shirt
ings and drills, and thongh principally sold in tbe
market of Charleston, it ia eecasionaily purchased
and taken as far North as Baltimore and Philadel
phia, and there command the highest prices for
which such articles are sold,
Such is the present condition ofthe Grsnitoville
Factory, and while rejoicing in its present pros
perity we wish continued success to its enterpris
ing proprietors. —Charletton Standard.
The Weather yesterday continued warm, and the
atmosphere humid. Wednesday night was one of
the most boisterous experienced here for a long
time, abounding as did the previous night, in
“ thunder, lighting, and in rain”—tho wiiid blow
ing with snch violence as to shake our wooden
tenements, in exposed situations, to their founda
tions, and causing many an anxious mother to
press her young ones more closely to her side,
fraring that the house might come down upon
them. It was an off-shore wind, and it is to be
hoped, therefore, that the vessel upon our coast
may have escaped injury— Ck. Cour.
We regret to ennounoe the death, in this city,
early yesterday morning of Mr. Loyal Bcranton,
who has been in balances here for many years, Mr.
8. was horu in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1798,
wbenee he removed to Savannah in 1820, sines
which he has been constantly engaged in business
up to the time of his death. His illness was of
long duration, and there is bnt little doubt that
death was a relief. The deceased leavesa circle of
friends behind who will, mourn the lose they have
sustained.—Oav. Rep, VUh inet.
of th, CharUtton Courur.
' ,Ku n ,-^^,. tretr ’ oud '? Ui conflagration ocourred In
“ or '! ID ?- About ono o’olook tho
Whole City wus illumined by the glare ot the flames,
which were consuming the celebrated and maguifl
oent Metropolitan Hall, ami the now and unoponed
La Barge Hotel. The Hall whs tho finest Ooucert
room in America. It was built about three >eare -
ago, aud was to have been inaugurated by the
singing of Jenny Lind, but by some ambitious
rivalry, Madame Auna Bishop had engaged it first
and would, for no consideration, allow her more
distinguished rival to occupy it on such an oc
casion. It was fitted up in mi elegant and costly
manner, and Its destruction is a severe loss,
as well as public incouvenienco. It wascrectei
by a Mr. Tripler, who gave it his namo, which was
ai forwards changed in its late ono, when it was
purebasod by its present owner, Mr. La Farge.
Jullien wna to have given bis Grand JSal Part at
Metropolitan llall, on the 18th. Father (lavarzi,
who sailed in tho I’aoiflo yesterday, for Liverpool,
oooupiod the Hull last, since he lectured in it on
*Friday evenings.
file loss of the beantiiul La Fargo Hotel oxoitos
deep sympathy. It hea been in the course of
erection for more than a year. The front wus mar
ole,aix stories high, and was juat completed,being
ready to open on the 18th, The furniture and up
holstery, which wert of the most superb descrip
sumed* ° 6OU rec ®' v * d i an d everything was con
iu* ®. uh ® r th# HaU or Hotel is left gtand
two,o‘clocUP“rt?^h ® w<^ 18 - Ono part fell about
coßandn ?“ d * ho ««*>> was tcrr.flc. It is hn
y6i“r“' wi . ll be remembored by some
of your readers, that the La Fargo Hotel was to
thJutant^Vn r I* 40 ’ 000 P® r • noum i from which
the extent of ite loss may be slightly approximated.
Asaepeotaoie it was one of tho grandest thincs
that wo over saw. The flame* towered so high?
?«!> »? to ,
theeVy, making it a* gorgeons a pyrotechnic dis
play as tho fetes of Versailles ever exhibited. It
was a very general remurk, that such a crowd u»
were gathered togethor this morning, has not been
seen sinco.the groat firo of!Ba7. It wus bittorlylcold,
bNt tho mass of humnn boingfe soeuicd bound by
some enchantment to tho iutal snot. The Fire
men could do nothing but allow tljo Hotel and bull
to perish, and try to save the adjoining buildings,
which j they did. Tho Bond Street Hotel adjoined
the La Barge, and wa* saved witli but littlo dam
ago. On the uppor side a now Store wag boing
erected, and on tho corner of the pquaro a grocery
storo was scarcely harmed. The La Burge Hotel
wassituatod in .Broadway, just above Bond st.—
No accidents are known to bavo occurred. Tho
recent three largo fires in the oity, together with
the severe losses at sen, will out down the divi
dends of our Fire aud Marino Insurance Com
panies.
The number of wills which have been reversed
by our Courts rcooutly shows that equality and
justice are no longer to be dofraudod by legal tech*
idealities. The Jonos* aro unwilling to risk any
more of their diminished fortune iu further con
testing their ease. It is a matter of public gossip,
ns w oil as of general congratulation, that no one
will no bonofittod bv the recent decision more than
Miss Emma Wheatly, ayouug aud beautiful ac
tress years ago, but now the wile of Mr. James
Mason. It was for this alliance that tho family
conspired to disinherit Mr. Mason, boennse ho
sought e wite on tho stage. To appreciate the
supreme toolings of contempt with which such a
connection was viewed, it should be borne In mind
that the rioh old father was himself a tailor, sud
denly metamorphosed into a millionaire 1 Justice
however, though a slow coach, haß at last como out
right.
.Tho will of tho late John Jncob Astor has also
been in litigation. A Mr.DeLnneey Kano married
a grand daughter of the millionaire, contrary to
tho wishes aud advice of the family. It was in
fact a “runaway match.” Mr. Kane and his wifo
huvo triumphed however, and will cut a nice slice
out of Mr. Astor’s small properly. The wills of
several other millionnrios have boon in Court some
timo aud it is hoped justice will continue to favor
the disinherited.
The Army and Navy of bnfclaud.
The English regular troops who aro ou sorvice
In tli3 United Kingdom consists,in round numbors,
ot 8200 cavalry and 65,000 Infantry and urtillcry.
Tho condition of tho mou havo boon much im
proved within the last few yearn by tho Introduc
tion of rewards for good couduct; of barrack li
cense; of schools, both for ohildron and adults;
and various othor minor improvements.
Besides the above force, it is estimated that a
corps of 65,000 activo and zealous young mou will
before long be sufficiently trained to act with ofl'eot
in conjunction with the troops of the line and ur
tilery, and 14,000 others arc in training to act with
the cavalry. Theao troops of ycenianry and militiu
added to 16,000 enrolled pensioners, all old and
oxperionoed soldiors, form an available defensive
force, in Great Britain and Ireland, of 22,000 caval
ry and horse artillery, and 180,000 iutuntry and ar
tillery.
But it Is upon her floet that England mainly rc
hos for successful resistance to an attempt at
foreign invasion, und especially upon her steam
marine. In 1884 tho English navy possessed only
16 steamorsof ull denominations, in 1858 thero
aro about 170 steam vessi Is, of a gross nominal
power of 45,600 horses. This nominal horse pow
er, however, is not to bo taken as an Index of their
actual herso power—as, for example, the engines
of the Agamemmon, nominally of 600, really work
up to moro than 8,000 horse power.
The groat wont of tho English navy, in caso of
aninvasiou pf war, would be thnt of sailors, A
rooont report of a comm; tteo of naval officers statos
that no moro than 21,000 availablo seuuion ore to be
found in tho United Kingdom at any ono time;
and at tho same timo tlioro are 58,600 who aro pro
tected fromoompulsory service, and havo hithorto
preferred sailing in incrchant ships to entering tho
sorvico of Hor Majesty. Within a few mouths
orders havo passed holding out stronger induce
ments for sailors to enlist, and it is thought that
this evil is in a fairway to bo remedied. An act
was passed during tho late session empowering
the Admiralty to rsiso 10,000 mon 'rom among the
sea-faring population, to be termod the ‘‘Naval
Coast Volunteors.” Those men are to be outerod
for llvo years, to receive a bounty of £6 tier mini,
and the pay ofahle seamen while serving. Thoy
are to bo trainod and oxoroinod within Ally leagues
of the coast for a poriod ol 28 {lays ovory year, and
upon being called into active war sorvico may bo
emplovod 100 leagues lrom the kingdom. They
aro to bo exempt from all othersorvice. This men
sure, with an extension of tho term of porvico iu
tho navy, will, it is believed, havo the desired ef
fect, nnd place the country in a position that on any
sudden or uuforncen emorgoncy England will ho
ablo to manna (loot in as short a timo us any of hor
neighbors.—Boston Jour.
Female Mocieiy.
No socioty is more profitable, because none moro
refining and provocative of virtue, than tliut of u
refined and sensible woman. God enshrined pe
culiar goodnons in the form of woman, that hor
boauty might win, hor gontio voico invito, and tho
desire of her favor persuado moil’s eouls to leave
the path of sinful strife for the ways ot pleasant
ness and poaco. But when woman falls from her
blessed o ninonce, and sinks the guardian and the
chorlsher of pure and rational on,oymonts into tho
vain ccquottcaud flattored idolatorof fashion, sho
is unworthy of an honorable man’s admiration.
Beauty is then but a post:
A pretty plaything;
Dear deceit."
, Wo honor the ohivalrous defence which is paid
in our land to woman. It, proves that our mon
know how to leaped virtue and pure affection, and
that qui women are Worthy of such respect. Vot
women should bo something more than moro
women to win us to their society. To be our com
panions, they should bo fitted to bo our frlonds;
to yule our hearts, they should he deserving tho
approbation of our minds. Thero aro many such,
and. that thero are not more is rather the fault of
Our own sex than their own ; and despite all the
unwomanly soandals that havo booti thrown upon
them, in prose and verse, they would rather share
In tho rational conversation of monos sense, than
IlHten to the silly compliments of fools; and a man
dishonors them, us well an disgraces himself, when
ho seeks their circle for idle past time, ami not Ihe
improvement of his mind and tho elevation ot his
heart.
Vessel Ashore. —Tho Ship Susan G. Owens,
Capt. Pierce from Liverpool, of and for this port,
in attempting to oome in at the Ship liar, yester
day morning—the wind being light—fell otf and
wontashore on the North Breaker. The steamers
Gordon and Aid have been despatched to her as
sistance, and as tho weather iB moderate, it
is hoped that she may bo got otf without serious
injury.
The brig Charlotte, from Halifax, previously re
ported ashore on Morris’ Island Beach, has, wo
understand, eight feet of water in her hold, and
will, probably, become a total wreck.
Several Southern Coasting vessels, from Camba
hee and Ashopoo, report a hermaphrodite brig
ashore, about a mile to tbe Southward of Stone
Inlet, with all her spars standing.— Charletton.
Courier.
A Founduro.—Somo ladies of our city, in pass
ing through Green Square a few days f ince, came
suddenly upona band-box, whose lid being lilted,
disclosed within, an infant, snugly ensconced in a
little nest of cotton ! It seemed, as we loam, scarce
ly more than two daya old, and was taken borne by
one oftbe ladies, and kindly cared for. Tbe babe a
was found at an early hour in the morning and the
cold night sir to which it had been exposod, had
auch sn effect upon it, wo regret to learn there is
little hope of its surviving.
Our reporter, from whose memoranda wo write,
concludes his notes with the hasty words, ,: brntal,
inhuman mothsr!”—but we cannot say this,
thongh it seems but the natural exclamation of
honest indignation.
Poor mother! seems to us s better comment.
How appropriate if the bsbe should die; and If it
survives, Poor mother seems no less fitting, to do
scribe her whom temptation, sorrow, or terrible
necessity may have urged to this act whose com
mission she doubtless now repents of, and might
give her own life to recall, Poor mother. Bays wo»
—.Sac. llep. 19 th inet.
Sihoulab Phenomenon.— The Belfast (Me.) Jour
nal says that a portion of the Penobscot river, a
short distance above Prospect Ferry, where the
river widens to the breadth of about a mile, a great
commotion was diecov red in the water several
months sinoe, so that the surface was muoh disturb
ed, and stonossnd earth sebmedto be thrown from
the bottom. This upboiling still continues at in
tervals, and experiments show that at least an sere
of the river-bed has sunk from a depth of fourteon
fathoms, A sulphuric gas iaemitted from tbe wa
ter during its period of commotion, and it is said
that two distinct shocks of an earthquake have oc
curred since the commencement of tne phenomena.
These disturbances are undoubtedly of vclcanio
origin, though the phenomenon ie very remarka
ble for this region.
Death ox the Marchioness Weu.ksi.ey.— The
Marchioness Welle-ley died on the 17th inst., at
Hampton Coart, after a short illness. She was a
daughter of the IsteKiohard Caton, Esq., of Mary
land, and grand-daughter of the celebrated Charles
Carroll, of Carrolton, one of the eignerts of tbe
Declaration of Independence. One of Lady
Wellesley’s sisters is Mrs. MaoTavish; another ie
Duobeßß of Leeds; and another, the Dowager
Lady Stafford. Lady Wellesley’s first husband
was Robert Pattison, Esq. In 1825 she married
the late Lord Wellesley, eldest brother of the
famous Duke of Wellington. Her ladyship was
for many years Lady of the Bed-chamber Vo Uueeu
Adelaide.
Vessel Ashore.— Pilot boats Palmetto and K.S.
Bader, which arrived here last evening, report a
square-rigged vessel, apparently a full-rigged brig,
ashore on Folly Island beach. In consequenee of
the very heavy sea and foggy weather, they were
prevented lrom approaching near her.— Oh. Cour.
The Weather.—We bad another snow on last
Saturday night. This is the third time we hsvsi
chronicled a fall of snow on Saturday. We sm>-
pose three snows In ons winter, at such regular
Intervals, is not within the racolleetioD of that
sneisnt and auch spohsn-of, individsal, “the
oWiwt iabaUtsnt.”— Manner,