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Georgia Legtila'uro
Fo» several day* we have received no letter*
from our MilledgevlUe oorreepondent, from whet
vuine we know not, wo therefore avail ourselves
of the subjoined correspondence of the Saranmh
l\rp.,l,lictin.
nru.KoetviLLK, Feb. 1.
IN IHI eZNATK.
BM* /‘iwif.— A bill to authorise the Justices
Os the lufoii >r Court of Hancock to subscribe to
tbo M;io->n and Warren’on Railroad ontlio part of
the county, so amended as to allow the counties of
tilytm, Lowndes, Thomas, Dcc-itur and Dougher
ty. 10 sul scribe t* lbe Brunswick and Florida Rail
road Company.
A bill to authorize gua’dlans to invest the eur
j,lus monies of their wards in negro property.
A lii I to Incorporate the Southern Central Agri
cnlturnl •society.
A bill to extend the lien laws now applicable to
the cllier of Savsnnah, Augusta, Macon and Col
urnbu-, to thesescral counties in the State.
A bill far the better regulation of colore 1 Sca
nt : i arr.vi g in the port of Savannah.
A hih to prevent trie sale or division of slaves
when it separatee mothers and children under five
yof.r* of age Yews 54, nays 22.
A bill to alfow d -enve.-ita at common law.
A bill to punish Hie kcepingof Faro Tables, A.
H.C ,or I r tumbling tables or establiHhmei.ta,
with imprisonment in the Penitentiary from cne
toßvcyeirs.
! n addition to these, several local bills were pass
ed. The bill to incorporate the “People’s B ink”
in St. M iry’s was lost.
A bill <> revive the act incorporating the Colum
bus and West Point Kiilroad, passed.
Ai-o, A bill to incorporate the “Georgia and Al
abama R til rot d Company, to build a Kailroad from
lto ne to the Alabama line; and a bill to incorpor
ate the “Home Mutual Loan Association.”
IN THE BOO«.
The bill to sell the Sta'e Hoad, offered as a sub
i-tltnte for the bill tolca-e waalost by 47 to 59, and
tie bill to lease by 5o to 06.
Ur. Puilip i offered a resolution to provide for
the appointment ol a oiumittso to regulate the
ti aggon of tb" State Koa 1 so as to advance the in
l .rest of tbo S'ate therein.
Tho bill for Hie pardon of John 1). Malone tor
Hall) of Greene, ha* pas ill 1 the House by yeas 52,
nays 40, and all it lacks cf being a law is the Gov
ernor’s signature.
fn tbo evening session several unimportant
bl'bi were prosed i r lon*., and the bill to charter a
H iilroa-1 from Grilßn via Newnen to Gadsden, in
l‘n> Slat* of Alab ina, was pa-sod. Motion was
ui vie this morning to re-consider tills bill, which
1 tiled, as sva i also tbo motion to reconsider the bill
;->r tbo s ilc or lease of llie biota Howl. The bill
vrbieh was lost yosterdey proposing to appropriate
*5,0110 to the Southern B otanical Medical College,
was re considered this morning—yeas 51, nays 50.
Ttic bill to appoint certain commissioners to ex
an in tho claims agairut the Darien Bank was
passed.
A bill to incorporate tho Barnesvilio & Knox
v l' i Kiilroad Company, passed.
Mr. McD mgald introduced a bill to provide for
'he Uylngoutof private way*; ai-o a bill to rogu
-1 do the in inagement of tiie State Hoad.
Both Houses adjourned to 0 o’clock, P.M.
MieLKusieviLLE, Feb, 2, 1854.
nocse.
Mr. Gross ofScriven, moved to reconsidor the
' ill organizing a new county out of Burke and
serivsti, lost on yesterday. The motion was car
ri.d.
Ur. Philips, from '.be com-nitteo on Finance, re
ported u biil appropriating go, 000 as a contingent
fund,
A bill abolishing imprisonment for debt, was
read the third time and passed. A bill emending
the claim law * of this Htute was lost.
A bill extending the provisions of an act ex
empting c.Tta'n kinJaOf j.ro|icrty from levy or ta!o,
1 1 cities, passed.
Bonding a discussion on u bill declaring juries
judge* of tbo luw a* well an the fact, the Houne ad
journed until Bo'clock.
HKNATK.
/liUh wii the third time.—A bill creating the
oil! 10 of Attorney General of the State of Georgia
wusinib-fbiitely postponed— yeus6s, nuyal7. The
bill orealed an interesting discussion betwoun
Mo**r*. Williamson, Miller, Dunnogau, Pope, Kid
ley and Dabney.
The lull protiibing persons from soiling liquor
bi I ud blinds or screens, was lost.
Tho bill uutborix ug tbo Inferior Court under
certain circumstance* to bind out free negroes be
tween tlio age* ol 5 and 25—passed.
A bill appropriating money for removing ob
struction* in the Ohoopeo river—passed.
ot Mr. MoUohoe, the use of tho Sen
ate Chamber was then extended to Ole Bull. Alter
which i he Senate adj turned.
h oc s.ji;ato, in iinliat on of tbo industrious habits
ot the lie vise ot It iprosentatlvee, hold for the first
time a night mooting lustovening. For this, how
ev r, there was but little necessity, as tho Senate is
tat ahead ol lh« House ill tho despatch of business.
Yours in hosto, Y'.
Miai.r.nosviLLK, Fob. 3.
The great excitement of tho season iu this city, a
mattor which will forni-h tho members of the
present Uenerul Assembly something to tulk abont
long as they live, and dying, will mention it in
■ tin tr will , win tho concert last evening of tho
world renowned Ole Bull. Tho Senate Chamber,
v I will remomber by my report of yesterday, was
offered to the great violinist lor his concort—a very
high, but juot, »ii I well conceived compliment to
00,1 not less distinguished us an artist than as u
patriot and philanthropist. It would bo out of place
I'oi trotoaitompubo description of a man known to
tho whole world, and still more so, lo think of
giving any idea of lit* perfortnunco. Let it sultlee
to say, tint open, kind,and genial face of Ole Bull,
ii speak* him no ordinary man. The circumstance
wltieh most surprised mo, and l boliovo tho public
le.ierally, was hi* youth fulappoaranoo—supposing
('mure I projume from the erroneous pronunciation
is namu lliun any tbiug else) that ho waa an
oilman. Hecunuot bo more than 85 or 40 years
nl go. His tall, sitplo and commanding liguri#
e.: « niiicli to his poraoual iippoiranc'. Os liis
■...1 ic.d talent, I have no opinion of tny own to
prou utueo, it is entirely above and beyond nty
i eh; hut in both hemispheres, he is the uo
j; . iwlvdged Orpheus of tbo nineteontb contury.
SKNATJt.
The bill rcgnlHting tho woigliing of Cotton caused
n lengthy discussion—and idler being umouded
WJ* paused.
I'iin bill incorporating the “Georgia Gold Com
p my,” and Nortlioru Georgia Mining Company,
waa pas oil. .
Mr. Chastalu, of Oilmor, moved to ro-cousidor
tin resolution ofyestorday giving 010 Bull the use
of'iio Senate Chamber last night.
Tho bill to make a new appoTionment of the
I * msontutivos iu the General Assembly—passed.
A bill to change tho name of the ‘.Savannah and
AUvmv Kiilroad” 1 1 Savannah and Albany and
(iitil'iuilrond, and lo amend the original charter
Hereof, wa* pasned.
in tlio House of Representatives, nothing of tm
c. ivtimee was done yesterday ovening. This uur
nii, -, a hill to amend tbo set incorporating tno
O .nvhoo Clunk H ,ad Company was passod.
A Dili to incorporate tho Dalton Plank Koad
Company.—l’asaed.
A liill lo incorporate tln> Milledgevillo Hotel
C inpatiy.—Passed—(good lick.)
Both branches adjourned till 3 o’clock, P. M.
Mim.miukvii.lk, Fob. 4, 1654. j
11 >th branches of the Geueral Assembly have |
p 'i! jto work in good earnout at lost, holding throe r
teach lie. Maoh business has been, and „
U h ing dispatched, hut very little of general itn- 0
pirtiineo. It la a retnifkable fact, that though a p
ver,' large number of bills have cento before the [,
1. .-isiature, very few h»vo had any thing moro „
Hi in a l"i d boii'ing. And notwithstanding it was „
f va rally understood that many very important f
1.. ■ .sores would claim 'ho altonlion of the Assembly ),
_ present session—such ns tho abolition of tlio ~
t .’memo Court, a system of Common Schools, mo- 0
lotions of the Tax taw, the sale of tho Stato \
I'. a!, the suppression of Intomperaneo, a rotnm i
i ’ anneal Sessions, die. Each of thoso measures •]
l, vin mio shupo or anothor, been under oouside- |
ration, bn no material cUungo has been made in ,
i • laws rel it tig to either of them. Tito business ,
of the Session tints fur has boon tiro making of now (
cmulies, changing county linos, iucornerating
l «'i >, villages, railroads,churches, Ac., changing
names of person*, pardoning crimiua's, ma- ,
if : g and abolishing prescinds, Ac., &o. Tiro ro
niainder of tho Session will be consumed in dis- ,
Po iiiig of tho mutter already introduced, uone of
\,hie i wo believe is of very general importnneo.
About the hour of adjournment, last evordug,
tl,<> niglit session, it wasannonuood that Mr. Pope
oi \V i'.Ues, hud been very suddenly attacked while
,1 his room ill this p'aoc.aiid was lying at tho poiut
of i atli. Mr. Pone being a universal favorite in
h I'hliraliohos of Ilia l.eg; latnro, nothing could
• ice p- id a a>d greater pain than this report. Very
, .on II her, u 1 tho principal physicluna in town were
in ait indiinae, and ho received all the assistance
• tb it experienced art eouUl render. The disease
,e pritnounoe I Ery dpclus, and was so severe, that
in a few hours after tho attack, ho was thrown into
convulsions which ml all niffht or
n. ai iy SO ; hut 1 am glad to state that ho is botier
tills morning.
SKNATC.
/i .7« Paufi —Tite bill to prevent theoonitnissioii
er. cf Pilote re from objecting to tlio mooting of
, ■ , .it ..r near the banks of the Savannah Kiver,
|,..tween 1! i> 's Hall and'lhe ocean, provided there is
..i.s-.ruelrou to tho nuvigatiou cl tho chantre! as
d Pens' ■ t by the Commissioners appointed by
A bill to allow the suing out of attachments afier
the -a.rty Inis nhsjoudc I or le It the Slate,
f e hill to amend lire Certiorari laws.
Tim bills tn ineorporatt n tire company in the
c tv of Macon and tho Oregon Steamboat Compa
ny in tie i tv of Savannah.
... .ib to amend the oath often payers, the In
c p r nol the Mutual Insurance Company.
f bill to gvo tho election cf Solicitors to the
people not having received a vote of two-thirds,
which was to effect a change in the Constitution,
was lost. The veto was 52 to 80.
Tho hill proposing to rciinire a two-third vote ol
tho General Assembly to grant pardons, came up,
and after considerable dieenssion tho Senate ad
ieu rued wtthoutJUking any action npou it.
HOl'sE.
Passed. —The bills to incorporate the Clinch
Hides’l.nan Association in the city ot Augusta,
and tl.o Mechanics and Planters Bank tu the city
of Dalton.
A bill to iccroaso the locs of the Koceivor ox lax
Returns in tho city cf Savannah to 4 per cent, of
the State Tax.
A nil! tor the protection of cotton planters.
A bi 1 to incorpora o tbe Savannah an Honda
ftlvamt'oat Company.
A hill to incorporate the Mechanics and Traders
link in Savannah.
Many other bills besides the above were passed,
bn; all of them were le al. Several important bills
t_ve been lost in both Houses in tho last twenty
four hours. Y'ours, Ac. V.
Ks* Theatre. \
Vt; are gratified to learn that it is in contem
plation, indeed that the plan is progressing to
maturity, to build a handsome Theatre in this city,
O" ; adapted iu style, finish aud size, to the wants
of tho Community ; and which, when completed,
will be an ornament to the city, affording a com
i fjttable and elegant liall, for auy and all entertain
ments, whether Dramatic or Musical. Such a
building is much needed, and wo arc assured by
t ir>se iu whose judgmout wo have confidence, it
can be erected at a cost that will render it a moet
1 desirable and valuable investment.
Th® Eire xenon.—The passage by both
b-auches of tbe Pennsylvania Legislature, of the
bill repealing the charter of the Franklin Canal
O 'lapany, aud its approval by tho Governor, as
announced by telegraph, is a practical settlement
In a legal wav of the Erie difficulties, in favor of
t> people ol that town. The Kalb oad worked by
the Franklin Canal Company, extends from Krie
to the Ohio Hue, and cf course the interdict pnt
upon It by the repeal cf its charter, is a more es
t .dual stoppage to intercourse than any break of
gsuge at Erie could effect. The next step wUI
probibly be tho chartering of a Company, ©out roll
cd by l’enusylvania interests, to construct a road
from Erie to the Ohio State line, or perhaps te
■w ork the road now owuud by the Franklin Canal
Company, on terms that will bo satisfactory to Erie
a id Philadelphia.
t Ko» Vxby ConruxEMißY.—The Macon Tele
f graph of Tuesday last, says—“ The present Legis
lature have added to the political history of Geor
, „j fli „ page blacker than any which precedee it
and let ue hope, for the sake of our future fame
t,lacker than any which ie hereafter to be record
It would be arrogant in ua to gainaay eucl
vJwUmony against a Democratic LegUUture,
far tM ChrcniM 6 StiUiit’.
> Speech es Mr. Welker, or Richmond
t On the proposition to loa-o the btate Road so
i the sum of 1300,00 u annually, for a term of twent;
l years, Mr. Walker, of Richmond, submitted tb
following remarks:
Ma. Bi'kakkr: —I do not propose to thi
merits of thi* Bill in doteil. but to gen
er»i remarks, reserving to myself tho privi ege o'
1 replying more specifically to the objections, whief
1 may be urged agaiusl it.
In the consideration of a question of such rasg
f nitude to the whole State, the committee who re
ported this bill, divesting themselves of all intiu
ence* foreign to the public good, were earnestly
desirous to adopt that plan, in the disposition of
this work, which would afford the groatestgoed to
thi greatest number, and I trust that whatever
may be the fate of the measure before us, gentle
men will at levstbase their conclusions upon the
same patriotic motives.
The opinion very generally prevails, ’hat the
benefits resulting from the erection ol the W estem
& Atlantic Railroad, have heretofore been of a
•ectioual chancier, aud, sir, there is much justice
in thia view—it* very inception oontemplated such
a res :lt. The magnificent domain thrown open by
the State to the occupation of her citiiona, com
prising a vast region of surpaaejpg fertility and
boundless resource*, ever, after filled by an indus
trious and enterprising population, was but the
diamond hid away in the dark "ceases of the
mine. Their enterprise »«" .hackled,their indus
try paralyzed, by the absence of the rnain-epriDg
to human exertions, the ability to turn their enter
prise and industry to profit.
The settler in this untamed wilderness, viewed
with sn indifferent eye, the teeming plenty of hi*
thuvial homestead. Aloft his wistful and des
pairing gaze was met by impassable inunntaio
barriers, and at hia feet roiled the rushing arid
turbid stream, the Rubicon, beyond which, re
strained by the law* of nature he could not pass.
Jn hope of the compensation for h a labor which
the product* of the soil would not yield, he had
leived in the mine, and again so led in the scanty
supply of the precious metal, with physical powers
decayed, and morals corrupted, his children grown
tip in unlettered ignorance and vicious habits, he
was fust relapsing into the inertness aud barbarism
of tho red men, whose council flrt-s were
extinguished, and whose war-cry had scarce yet
oe-sed to awake the echoes of the primeval forests
within whose shade his log cabin was erected.
Georgia was never insensible to the isolated con
dition of thi* portion of her people. Tho very
granting of these lands, the inherent rigid of the
citizen to the patronage and protection of the gov
erning power, alt ensured on the part ol tho State
every effort to alleviate the evils of thcircondit on.
Tho toworiug mountain and unfathomable ravine
seemed to interpose obstaclea, which laughed to
scorn, the puny efforts of mortal men. But, Mr.
Speaker, the great Creator of Earth, in fashioning
man in his own image, seemsalsolo have endowed
him with a portion of his own omnipotence. The
very impediments which nature offers to bison
ward inarch, are but plaything* to his inventive
genius arid unconquerable will ; and in the won
derful discovery of tho Locomotive and the Rail
road, mountain and vadey, ravine and river, time
and Hpaoe, wore almost annihilated.
The erection of the Weatern & Atlantic Rail
road, first provided for in 1836, wa* a noble tribute
of the whole people of Georgia, to the good of one
section; and although the prospective profit to the
citato waa not overlooked, yet tho immediate and
predominant object was the improvement cf our
Northern territory. The older portion patrioti
cally responded to the requirements of their breth
ren of the now, and through all the vicissitudes of
its eventful career, they have borne nucomplain
ingly and without a murmur, the heavy burdens
of taxation es-oi-tial to ibs completion. Often
themselves oppressed by individual in-lebtedne.-s,
by the failure of crops aud general pecuniary em
barrassments, deeply deploring tho want of similar
advantages, they have nevertheless choci fully sub
uiitted to all, and the records wiiishow, that those
least benefittod, lave ever been tbo firmest friends
of this groat HUte work.
The names of Crawford, Jenkins, Stephens,
Toombs, Miller, Bishop, Smith and Farris, are in
separably connected with its nucccits. Among this
gallant array of it* defenders and friends, it would
bo invidiou* to discriminate, but 1 may, Mr. Speak
or, without doiug injustice to any, turn aside for a
moment to pay adeservciltribiitetooiieamocg the
many, who urged its onward progress—one, who
as it draged its slow length ulong, tho victim of
local interest, of fear and doubt and despair—one
whoso heart never fullered, whose eloquent tongue
was never silent in it* defence. 1, sir. can speak
of the ceaseless auxiety with which ho watched
over it, und tho matchless eloqueuco with which
ho sustained it* drooping fortunes. To F’raucis
B. Bartow, a representative lrom the county of
Chatham, moro than to any ono man, in tuv judg
ment, is duo, the extrication from its difficulties,
and tho Completion of tho Western and Atlantic
Railroad. Sir, ho stands not alone of its defend
ers aud friends, but lie stands foromost ot them
all.
The pooplo of Cherokee owe to him, and to tho
whole State, a debt of gratitude yet unpaid, but
which to the State, at least, may now be p id in the
coin of the realm. The road has boon built, and
the result to those most influenced by its erection,
is a matter of profound congratulation to all. We
arc proud of tho Road, and we are prondor of the
country nod tbo people it has brought int i being.
The marts of tho world have been opened to a
region rich in ail tho elements which mark a laud
favored of Heaven—inhabited by a population, en
terprising, industrious and intelligent—rich in all
the endowments which make a free people, pros
nerous and happy. Their cun is full, and it now
become* us, in a spirit of loyally and hrothorhood,
to dotennine in what manner tho whole people
may bo most benofitted by that iu which all have
an equal interest.
Mr.Spoakor—l could uovor, excopt as a last re
sort, oonsent to sell the road. It has so long been
the object of our hopes and fears. As the feeblo
and aickly infant twine* more closely around the
heart of tbo watchful and careworn mother, ouch
pang, each groan a tie that binds more tightly tbo
chords of affection, so has this work in its trials and
atruggles entwined around mine. Sir, it is tho first
born of our noble Stato, and from the hour of tra
vail till now, when it stands forth in tho full pro
portions of manhood, wo have wateiiod over it and
cherished it in adversity, and rejoiced with it in
prosperity, and now, when In accordance with the
laws of nature, it should uphold and support its 1
aged and exhausted paront, shall we—shall that
unnatural mother reject with scorn the ready and ,
proffered aid of tbo grateful child I I trust not,
sir. It is the Kooh i tiovr in our jowels of State—
it is a lit otublera of our popular sovereignty iu its I
might aud power—resistless and onward. What i
Georgian doos not feel a thrill of pride, ns lie treads ,
upon its track, or stops upon tho platform of its ’
cars, in tho consciousness that however poor,
howovor low, he in common with the mightiest ot
tlio laud, has a right and a title in this stupendous ,
fabrio. It i* u bond of union and strength. Let
us, if you will, plaoe it for a term of years, under 1
the supervision of trustworthy guardians; wo may
iu this .way, teat its strength aud the lull scope of ,
its abilities, but that done, let us bo iu a condition
to profit by its woil tried and tested strength.
Sir—Tbo history of ila inunagemont under Stato 1
control, if we except tho two last years, is but a
repetition of failure and disaster. Gentlemen will j
argue, that tlio result of tho lust two yours is but
the harbinger of permanent success, that a bright
er day iu its umiuls,has dawned. B it, Mr. Speak I
er, ouo swallow doos not make a summer, aud it
would lie straugo indeed, if in tho long night of .
eightocn years of gloom and despondency w hich
bus hung like a pall over its fortunoa, there did 1
not appear oqg glimmering star, otto gleam ofiiope.
How soon, sir, may not tins dim ray of light disnp- (
pear ! Mon are still swayed by human passions, .
and subject to party influences. Tlio prototypes 1
of those who so loug woighod like an incubus upon t
its capabilities, still liuve an existence, and it lias j
long sinoo ceased to be, that office ia tlio reward of .
merit. It ia well known that lor years it lias boon
an clement in our political strifes, and if on n '
fought over tho decayed skeleton heretofore ex
hibited, is it likely that their zeal will bo dimin
ished when it shall assume tho magnifloent devel
opment predicted for it; uo sir, as its prosperity
increases, so will tbo element forits offices. It will
be us it has been, tho re vard of partisan service.
Tbo Exeoutiva scarce could, if be would, bo faith
ful to bis trust, the good of tlio Stato wiP come ill
conflict with the promotion of party woal; mid,
air, it requires no power of divination to fore
tell which will triumph. It would bo worse still
with the Legislature, a body utterly irresponsible,
would be guided by personal aud political consid
erations alone, and amid this Jir of discordant ele
ments, the good of tho Stato will bo lost sight of,
and instead of proving a sonreo of revenue, threo
years will not oltipso before now demands will be
made for new appropriations.
If, then, tbo experience of the past points so
clearly ,to tho inefficiency of State management,
while"wo havo in vivid contrast tlio transcendent
success under individual control, of works eon
tomplating the saino ends, and looking to the same
sources for profit, shall we, in a spirit of stubborn
persistence in wrong-doing, forgetful of tbo obli
gations of our oaths, and ot our duty to our con
stituents, still pursue this ruinous policy. 1 trust
not, sir, I hope that, gentlemen, for once leaviug
iu abeyance all considerations other than tbegoed
of the’ Stato, wiU.come up to the support of a polt
cy which iutringos uo man’s right and redounds
to the welfare of all.
In tny judgmeut, this will bo done by passing
the bill under consideration. It isconecued by the
most zealous advocates of State management, that
, tbo Koad can, in tt > event, pay a prottt for several
years to come, all Hs earnings must go to its own
equipment and completion. Under the provisions
of this bill the Stato becomes the immediate recipi
ent of a princely revenue. The pupilage of tlio
road ceases at oucc, it springs liko Minerva from
the brow ot Jove, full armed and full grown, uot
a beggar, a* of old, for your scanty and reluctant
pittance, but becomes itself the dispenser of
great and widespread blessings.
1 Mr. Speaker, it is proposed to lease the Koad,
at an annua! reul of #300,0.*', for a |'Cri*d of twen
ty wars. Some find an objection to the smallness
of the amount, that which for eighteen yoa s, lias
boeu the vumpyre which has sucked the very life*
1 blooJ tioui tlio Troasury, lias suddenly become
1 the cornucopia, which is’to flood the land wilt
1 abuudauce and wealth, the Eldorado has at length
been found. Upon what, sir, ia this expectation
1 based! Upon tho experience of the past! No
1 sir, but gentlemen say the hopes of the future.
Sir, we have been hoping until tho heart of the pa
triot is made sick with hope doferred. Why. sir,
when in IS4B it waa proposed to sol! the road,tho
same taith in its exaggerated value, was then ex
-1 hibited as uow, the amount was too small, and yet
for aught 1 ever heard, no bid was made even at
the nominal value theuimposed.
Sir, this sentiment or faculty of hope, beautiful o
as it is, and mitigating as it does most of the ills „
of life, yet the practical man may well doubt,
whether*of itself it is not the cause of half of
them. As an olemeut iu our social well being, it
adds much to the sum total of human happiness,
but with the allairs of nations it has nothing to do,
it shuns too much the full front of stern reality.
The financier looks to the figures at the foot of his
ledger, tho statesman to the effect of known causes
in the history of the past. They shun with iustinc- c
tive dread this delusive phantom, this ifniefatuut, 3
conscious that it will lead all who are attracted by f
its brilliant allnrings to destruction and ruin. Sir, r
let us profit by the example. t
1300,000 s 1 Six per cent, upon the entire
cost of the road. Will gentlemen look lor a mo- 1
rnent at this magic influence I One-balf of this «
sum applied to the payment of our State debt, 1
created by the road itself, and in twenty years, -
it will be entirely extinguished without a dollar .
drawn from the pockets of the people. One half '
applied to the purposes of poor school education, I
will cause thousands of humble hearts to bless <
your beneficence, and it may be, Mr. Speaker, that ,
some forest boru Demosthenes, himself the crea- ‘
lure of this good deed, may yet emblsrou on the
scroll of immortality, the wisdom and benevolence t
of this Legislature.
lieaide, sir, those who take this lease expect some- ]
thing for the risk, some profit for themselves.
If they realize emolument, after paying this Urge 1
sum iuto the Treasury, who can object to the just
reward of their activity and energy. This ex
pectation is of itßelf ample pledge lor the excr
else of ail their ingenuity and industry todevelopo
the resources of tha road. Is it to "be expected
that the Executive, the Superintendent and bis
subordinates, will be guided by this strong! st of
all human incentives, selt-interest I No, sir, their
duties and their salaries are prescribed by law, and
they will fiud an easy solace in the conviction, that
f they nave conformed to legal obligations, and
earned their allowance. The sense of responsibil
ity to a million of people, in a case like this is
. lost, utterly lost, tu its infinitesmal divisions.
I Speaker—We have spent day after day in
fruitless efforts to arrange our taxes for the next
> two years. Why this difficulty, this delay. Gen
-1 tlemen know that it is the tear, manfully to take
, the responsibility of meeting the want* of the go
vernment. They lacked the courage to tell the
people that they must pay over eight hundred
thousand dollars for the next two years. Why is
* this enormous tax needed, to pay the interest upon
- our State debt. Will they reject this offer to
pay that debt I Will yon toll your constituents
that $l«0,000j aunually are wrung from their
-> hard earningi to pay the interest upon the debt
h created by this road I That they have paid three
l- millions and still owe two more. What will the
h tax payers of Middle aud Eastern, and South
western Georgia, who have paid ail the tax and
yst receive noJjineflt from thin Iroid, svy to tins *
6 r, they should rise in indignation against the ra
preeentative who would still entail this burden on
them. It is in vain to urge the reason, that the
’ road will pay more than we can lease it for. It was
> never intended to-peculate upoE. It ra unworthy
of the State to become a huckster iu the inarke..
All it should a*k—all it wants isa fair percentage
‘ upon iU outlay. This is more than offered in
the lease. It pave our debt*, and it relieves us
f i from taxation. Besides, bir, it the road hi worth
more than gW.OOO a year, we shall get it, it i*
open to i he competition of the world, tliere is but
one restriction upon it, r nd that is, that it shall
bring in to the treasury not l*n than SSvO 000.
Mr. Speaker—lt will again be urged that the
term cf the lease is too long. Sir, twenty years,
although the third of the allotted age of mar, is
butadayin the history ofa na ion. Andyet.slort
a- it is, our legislation to-Jay, may involve our pros
perity, our credit, and our honor for generations to
come—a gambling speculative policy, based upon
chance, up-on hopes never to be realized, will leal, if
li-)t to repudiation and ruin, at least to taxation so
onerous, as to retard the progress and biight the
prospects of our people.
Thecitizen* of New York and Pennsylvania,
will point with exultatif n and pride, to the eplen
did systems of Internal Improvement in those
States. To their Railroads, spreading out like the
veins and arteries ofthe human system, giving
life to earth. To their canals, their acqneducts,
rivaling those of ancient Rome. Sir, it is when he
returns to his home aud finds the tax gatderer at
iiis door, that the flush ot triumph fades from
his brow. It is then that La feels, that these noble
monuments of fan-can labor and skill are but the
price for which he has sold binivelt and his chil
dren into a bondage more debasing than the Heio
i tism ot the Spartan*. Mr. Speaker, Excelsior its
proud motto, but “Justice, Wisdom aud Modera
tion,” is a happy one. Let Georgia be great, but
let it be in her freedom lrom debt, and in the en
lightenment and happim.se of her people.
Sir, every year the increasing wants of commu
nities, ortlie dreams cf speculation, are creating
new and rival roads, selfishness alone controls
theic erection, the convenience of a neighborhood
is consulted at tho expense of that which has cost
us millions. Adjoining States, with rapid strides,
and eager thirst tor gaiu, are gras| ing at the rich I
harvests, which the fruitful vailies of the ntest 1
should pour into our owu lap. The very barriers
which nature had opposed to foreign competition
for the objects, for which somuch toil and treasure ‘
has oecn expended, our unwise legislation has re- .
moved. The bolt* and bars to our treasure cham- ,
ber have been taken away with ou r own hands, and
South Carolina and Alabama have but to stretch ‘
forth their ready and willing hands to grasp the 1
prize. The deed is, to some extent, already done. |
Esau has sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. .
And, sir, a few years may see this road, not the 1
Alladdin’s lamp, which is to turn ail it touches to <
gold, but ascenc of dilapidation and desolation—a j
monument, not of our energy and forecast, but of f
our improvidence andtoliy. Sir, has notall weaim
od at m the beginnin - been uccompdished! The <
desert has been made to bios- u-11 like the rose : the <
busy hum of commerce supplies the place of indo- (
Icnee and inactivity, and opulence and luxury in
habit where want and destitution reigned supreme. 1
A groat uation has boen built up, brought into i
existence by this road. The State has performed |
hor duty to her people, and the road now offers to
return to her treasury, with a lavish haud, all that *
has been oxpendod upon it. Wbat moro would t
gentlemen have! Will you dare to tell your cod- j
stituents, “wo were offered the price ot your re- j
dempliott from the bondage of debt aud taxation,
but we refused it—we preferred still longer to 1
grind you under its crushing burden—still further j
to filch from you the hard earned proceeds of (
your toil.” Sir, lam not willing to tell mine this.
1 want to convey to them the glad tidingß of their 1
freedom—l wish to create a jubilee in the hearts of |
all who love Georgia and cherish her honor. i
Sir, if we have any thing moro than a moro per
sonal interest in the success of this road, cauuot
we be content with enouyh, and leave to our chil- 1
dreu the realization of that glorious anticipation i
which so besot* the imaginations of some < The c
prudent parent denies something to his owu
luxurious appetites, that ho may leave his estate e
unincumbered to ms descendant*, conscious that t
ho will ro.-p blessings rather than execrations as ,
the reward for bis self denial. Cannot wo forego ,
Homotniug short of all, ami in the exercise ot a 1
wise economy, leave our children not only free from t
debt, but in the receipt of an income so large, as t
to remove even the temptation to become indebted.
Let ua do this, sir, aud then, aud not till then,
may Georgia onshroud herself in tho imperial pur- *
pie. Then muv she, Napoleon line, with her owu
hands, place the crown upon her brow—and then,
and not till thou, may her sona with truth, proclaim
hor the Chief of tho Empire.
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, Feb. 2, 1854.
The proceedings ot Congress have boeu quite
uninteresting during the past week. The most
prominent feature has been the opening of the dis
cussion in the .Senate, on tho Nebraska and Kansas
hill, and the report of the sumo bill in the House
by the chairman of the Committee on Territories,
und its reference to the Committeo of tho Whole.
Mr. Douglass opoued the debate in the Senate
on Monday, and was rep’.iod to, in part, by Mr.
Chase, between whom and himself there were some
personalities and much wurmtli of feeling, caused
on Mr. D’s part, by the patting forth of a mani
festo by Mr. Chase aud a few other free soil asso
ciates, in which the bill was severely assailed and
greatly misrepresented. This called forth some
rather harsh remarks from Mr. D., which, though
not very Senatorial, were not altogether unmerited.
This subject has become tho absorbing one here,
over riding all others, both in Congress and out of
it. Although there is no doubt of the passage of
the bill witli the clause ill it declaring tiie section
avaiust slavery in tho Missouri Compromise act
as inoperative under the act of 1850, yet there will
bo greuter and more strenuous opposition to it
than 1 had at first supposed. Indeed there are
members who at first intended to vote for it who
now feel constrained by public seutiment at homo
to record their votes against it; but how muDy
may be thus influenced, I am quite unable to sur
mise.
There can be no doubt but that tho Administra
tion was at first decidedly oppoacd to mentioning
tho Mis-tc ttri Compromise in the bill, and of course
averse to having anything said against the restric
tions of slavery in it; and I am persuudod they
would rejoice now to see it defeated ; but seeing
that it was a tiling inevitable, that if thoy did not
set their prow with tho current their hark would
ho swamped and driven hither and thither in spite
of all their efforts; and knowing also that they
had shown so decided a proclivity for freesoilism
that to go any further with that portion of tho
lcmoeracy would completely identify them with
it, tho President and his advisers determined to
take the back track. It was probably the inten
tion of BOtno of tho frccsoilcrs at first to follow the
Administration, who may find it convenient to bolt
the bill, and eomo of the Hards may also vote
against tho bill, as it uow stands.
Tlio debate upon this measure will probably oc
cupy some threo or four weeks, though its friends
in tlio Sonate might pass tho bill at a moment were
they disposed to force it to a vote. As the House
is a much more numerous body, the discussion
thoro will occupy tnoro time than in the Senate,
aud will be of a more exciting character.
Tho question whether Judge Phelps, of Ver
mont, is entitled to a scut in the Sonate, at this
time under an appointment of tho Governor, made
previous to the meetiug of the Legislature of that
Stale, is under debate as a privileged question, and
will bo disposed of before tho debate upon the
Nebraska bill is resumed.
Tito Gadsden treaty is still under consideration
in the Cabinet,and there are rumors afloat that it
will not bo sent to tho Senate at all. The sum
stipulated .to bo paid, twenty millions of dollars,
is thought to be a very large one for tho amount of
territory we are to get for it; and then, those con
cerned in the Garay grant, are dissatisfied because
this treaty provides for a commission, a mixed
commission of course, to settle and determine what
their damages have been, by the non fulfillment of
tlio contract on tho pr.rt of Mexico, instead of fix
ing a specific sum to bo givon them.
It has boon reported in diplomatic circles here,
that Mr. Soule will hcrcaftnr bo lolt to enjoy un
disturbed retiracy in Madrid. That his course to
wards M. Turgot, and that of liis son toe ards the
Duko of Alba, have determined those who consti
tute the circle ia which ho would wish to move
while residing in that city, to avoid tlio possibility
Os his taking offence at any of their parties, and of
thus being called out to answer for words spoken
in their talons. What foundation there may be
for this on dit, 1 do not know : but that it is tho
suy to in tho circles alluded to there is no doubt
Should thoro bo any truth in ti e rumor, Mr.
Soule’s residence there will become far irom picas
aut, and his usefulness much limited.
It is also the talk in tho same circles, that the
letters written home sometime ago by Mr. Daniel,
Charge to Turin, aud published here, in which ho
spoke in very free and somewhat contemptuous
terms of the first people of that city, have found
their way back to Turin, and given the people
there an opportunity of knowing Mr. Daniel's ,
“private opinion of them, publicly expressed.” Os ]
course they tnuit feci very much flattered by tho j
picture drawn of them and held up to the gazo of ,
the world, aud may take opportunities to return ]
Mr. P. the comp limont he has paid them. His <
usefulness there as a Representative of the United ‘
States, must be greatly enhanced by this exbibi |
tion of his frankness and candor iu expressing his j
opinions, and raise him in the estimation of those
among whom his residence is, for a time, cast. j
OGLETHORPE. !
Mobile Correspondence.
Mobile, Saturday, Jan. 2s, 1854. I
For the last three or four weeks we have had a J
continuation of wet or damp weather, with dirty ,
streets aud cloudy skies. There has been a suf- t
fleient spell of rainy weather to ensu-e a navigable j
river for the balance of the season. Our rivers are
up, and first class boats are running with full i
freights up and down. During the week just
ended, the receipts of cotton amounted to 34,208
bales, the previous week to 22,334. Exports dur
ing the present week 17,074; sales last week 19,-
500; present week 15,200; Middling last week
this week s%c , with a drooping ten
dency. The receipts thus far show a decrease of
91,755 bales, compared with same dates last year.
Foreign exchange declining, domestic more ac
tive. Foreign freights dull, coastwise, little doing.
The state of the river has given an impalse to
business, which is now more active, though not
equal to what it usually is atthis season. Our city
is full of visitors from the interior, who have come
down on business or in pursuit of pleasure. Our
places of amusement are drawing full houses. Dan
Rice occupies the “Varieties,” with a not \ erv
attractive company of Equestrians. But then,
being an inimitable clown himself, healways draws
a crowd. At the Theatre, Barney Williams and
his wife have just closed an engagement, which
has proved quite successful; their benefit filled
the house. They are very good, he in low Irish
and she in low Yankee character. Miss Julia
Dean aud Mr. Jamison are now fi’ling an engage
ment, and are drawing, if not a crowded, certainly
a more select audience.
A meeting of our citizens was held in the Frank
liu Hall on Tuesday evening, I think, at which a
memorial to Congress was adopted, setting forth
the injurious effects to the commerce of Mobile,
| arising from some shoals between the city and the
r lower bay, which prevent large vessels from loed
t ing and unloading at the wharves. And asking
| for a grunt sufficient to remove these obstacles,
. Ac. Tue memorial presents an estimate of the
1 actual yearly lose sustained by the city from tbe
* continuance of those shoal*. The lighterage oh
' our foreign import* and export*, together withthe
, del y caused, amouuted to an expeore of $227,396,
i while our c>>a*t trade *» subject to a tax of slu7,-
' 971 for lighterage, towage, &o In addition, the
| estimate of the lose arising from the depreciation
of Mobile cotton in the Liverpool market, caused
> by tbe injury to the cotton by exposure on the
open bay, &c., at the rate ot Vj cents per lb.
amouutetej to $'67,230; all of which amounted to
over balsa mi!l : on of dollars annually. A.
Tbe Tax Law.
Mn. Editor: —While the Legialature is engaged
upon the repeal or modification of the Tax Laws,
it may not be inappropriate for one who aided to
arbstitute the ad-valorem for tbe old and partial
system, to state the grounds upon which he based
his conception of the justice and expedience of tne
change. I will first state the objections to the old
system.
1. Circulating capital was gradually seeking in
vestments either free or nominal 1 )- taxed; such as
lands, manufacturing and Bsiiroad stocks, hoarded
money.
2. It was unequal—a negro worth SBOO was taxed
us mach as one worth SISOO.
8. It was nnjust, because—first; Partial, against
merchants, ultimately their customers. Second—
Local—against towns and cities ; and third—Sec
tional—against the “b'aek” or middle belt of the
State.
4. It was insufficient for the wants of the Trea
sury, and must have been increased as 29 is to 88
to meet the expenditure.
These faults in the old law were too glaring to
admit of defence, and it was repealed. Having
settled upon the ad valorem principle, it became
necessary to determine upon tbe details of a plar.
Some proposed to tax “each man what he is worth."
That is, appraise his property, deduct his debts,
and tix the net balance. Here the question oc
curs, what is property ? Without pretending to
determine the answer, we will place it in two class
es—Peculiar and Heal. I. Peculiar, such as Pro
fessional (physical and mental) ability and privi
leges. Here, specifio taxation should be allowed
the widest range. Ministers, literary and penal
institutions, and military stores, should not be tax-'*
cd ; while some exceptions are just and proper
against lottery and liquor venders, professiotal
men and corporations, (negro mechanics should
be Included, and should be well taxed for their
direct and quasi monopolies.) We leave them to
the tender mercies of the Lsgislature, confident
that in the summing np they will not escape.
2. Real, as evidences of debt, goods aud chattels,
lands and tenements, &c. This plan was consid
ered impracticable. 1. Because it required a tho
rough annual settlement between all tax payers.
2. Because many objected to the policy of consider- i
ing dormant or immature assets (solvent accouuts,
undue notes, hoarded money, See ,) as taxable
property, and would not return it. Also, inexpe
dient. I. If foreign (merchants) debts were de- i
ducted, oaf State would be burdened with the (
protection of property which paid nothing towards ,
its support. 2. Because it wonld promote if not t
directly cause perjury, in desperate cases. Others i
proposed to tux Revenue. This would diecrimiu- 1
ate against the honest uml industrious, aud in favor ]
of the idle aud vicious—the last intent of civilized
and intelligent legislation. Not favoring either of f
tho above plans, I supported the present bill. If, J
after all tho clamor, the present Legislature cun ,
better the present system, they are welcome to all '
the eclat of a popular change. The opponents of J
the present law, finding tbe correctness of the ad |
valorem principle intangible, attack its application i
by asserting:
1. Tho tax is burdensome, because it is too high, j
2. It is uuequal, because some men pay lor more t
than tboy own.
8. It is unjust, because some property is taxed ]
twice ,
4. It ia inexpedient, bocause it allows dishoue-.t
men to escape juet taxation by under valuation.
Wo answer:
X. The amount of rovenuo required is fixed.
The mode of levy only is in question.
2. This is the fault, not of the law, but of the
tsx-payer.
8. If property is taxol twice, it must be a con
dition precedent that it is sold on time—who then
but the money lender pays the tax on his profit,
a.the increased interest, also the State, through
her courts ussumes the collection of this taxed pa
per if payment is delayed or refused, and who
should pay the expenses of Courts, but those who
use them. Besides credit is n matter of choice with
the seller. It is the true policy of government, as
well as individuals to discriminate against credit,
which is synonymous with debt.
4. This is an acknowledgment that republican
government, which depends upon the virtue and
intelligence of the people, is so far a failure. That
some men do undervalue their property is too true
—but this would occur under any other system of
individual appraisement. The true question hero
is: Shall we pay SO per cent, more for assessment,
or sulfer on until the dawn of a moro propitious
era shall awakon in every mind, a conscientious
conception of the rights and dutieß of ropublican
government. The general objection to including
solvent accounts and undue notes, is still further
mot, when we reflect that 10 per cent, upon SIOO,
equals 20 per cent, upon SSO, aud that as we in
crease the amount ol taxable property, the revenue
rem&iuiug fixed, the ratio of por contage decreases,
aud vies versa. There can be no doubt, however,
that improvements can bo made by specific taxa
tion upon certain objectß moßt favorable to its
operation. The Towns and the Black Belt, (Mid
dle Georgia) have always paid the bulk of the tax.
Thus, Savannah paid as much as all Cherokee, aud
the 4th Congressional District aa rnuob net as both
the extreme Northern and Southern sections of the
State. The rapid and almost uuprtcedchted rise
of land and negroes, has rendered the burden on
this section still more onerous—but the ungener
ous opposition oftho extreme Northern and South
ern sections of the Stato, engrafted upon tho bill
some of its most odious foatures.
I have hastily given only the outline of my views,
leaving every one to elaborate them for himseif.
When, as a legislator, 1 gave my vote for the pre
sent bill, I oared much lor its responsibility aud
little for its more than doubtful popularity, be
lieving that subsequent legislatures, aided by ex
periouce, would sustain the only acknowledged
correct priiieiploiu taxation, and strip from itevory
deformity thatmarsits ‘airproportions. Wothink
we are correct, in stating that the tax of Georgia
is less (certainly proportioned to our revenue)
than thit of any other Slate in the Uuion, and wo
should not favor too great a reduction ; as when
our debts are paid, the surplus can be profitably
applied to a judicious system of public instruction-
Examiner.
Special Correspondence of the Baltimore American.
Coogreta—U'urloue Development*.
Washinoton, Feb. 2, 1954.
The resolution adopted in the Senate to-day, on
motion of Mr. Clayton, calling for certain corres
pondence between tho Governments of tho United
Statos and G.-eat Britain, in 1845 and 46, relative to
the Sandwich Islands, is likely to bring out some
singular facts. It is said that when the British
Government discovered Sir George Paulot’s seiz
ure of tho Islands, Mr. Upshur, then American
Secretary of State, gave assurancos to tho British
Government that we would never seek to obtain
for citizens of the United States greater privileges
or influence in the Sandwich Islands than are en
joyed by subjects of Great Britain. It will be
seen that, if ibis be true, the action ot Mr. Tyler's
administration is violative of the principle laid
down in Mr. Everett's letter declining to outer into
the Tripartite Treaty relative to Cuba. But if our
Government has committed itself in the manner
, suggested, a strong point is put in the hands of the
anti-aunexationists, who will urge thug our faith
is plighted against the acquisition of. the Islands
named.
Another fact which the correspondence may or '
may not disclose is, that Groat Britain and France, j
yoars ago, entered into a written arrangement by
which they agreed to maintain the independence i
of the Sandwich Islands. It so we may expect
these governments to interfere whenever wo take i
any measures of acquisition. A consideration of
these points, to which the attention of onr Govern
ment was doubtless called iu the correspondence
with Mr. Crampton last summer, is thought to
have prevented the Cnitod States thus far from
completing the work of annexation which the
Hawa an government had already half done for
ÜB.
The debate on the Nebraska bill in the Senate
will be much longer than heretofore anticipated.
Mr. Cass, although deprecating the agitation of the
subject, will vote for the bill alter makiDg a speech
in which he will reaffirm his Nicholson letter, and
strike some heavy blows at the pro-slavery men.
It is stated that he will argne that the Missouri
Compromise is unconstitutional, and therefore
ought to be rejiealed; and will contend that slave
ry cannot go to Nebraska constitutionally until
the territorial legislature shall have positively le
galized its introduction.
This will draw the Southern fire, and compel
gentle .ten lrotn slaveholdiug States to enter the
debate. Smith, Clayton, Norris, Bell, Foote, and
Shields, it is believed, will also speak.
Col. Benton probably won't speak against the
bill in the House. He says he is determined the
responsibility for the repeal of the Missouri pro
hibition shall rest upon the right shoulders: and
tells northern members that the 6011th itself dicta
ted tlie torms of that compact; the South eot Mis
souri and the territory south of 86 deg. 30 min.;
the North obtained the prohibition of slavery
north of that line. Now, he eays, the South must
stand to their side of the bargain if required to do
so; but if the North wants togive up what they got
the South can’t be blamed for taking back the ter
ritory for slavery. Under those circumstances, he
says, he waits to see what the North wants.
This view alarms northern men, who bad in
clined to go for the repeal; and there are not a few
of them shaking piteously in the wind. Q.
Thx Fire atTchcla, Holmes county, Miss.—A
few days ago we had a dispatch from Jackson,
(Miss., i staling that the town of Tchula, Holmes
oountv, was reported to have been destroyed by
fire, and 900 hales of cotton consumed.
We are glad to find that this was an exaggera
tion. It appears that nearly 4,600 bales of cotton
and two cotton sheds were burnt. The Lexington
Adverti er publishes the following account of the
disaster.—A'. O. True Delhi.
Tchula, Jan. 28,1854.
W. A. Pcrdcm, Esq.: , . .
Dear Hir— On yesterday evening about 4 o clock,
our town was visitedby a most disastrous fire, en
tirely destroying our two cotton sheds, containing
at the time about 4,600 bales of cotton. From the
time the alarm was given, the spread of the flames
was so rapid that with the utmost exertions only 27
balee were saved. This is a tremendous loss to
Holmes county—nearly $200,000.
The cause of the fire was beyond our control.
Some mischievous boys about town had tied a pack
of fire crackers to a dog’s tail, and the frightened
animal ran into the sheds for protection, and thus
communicated the fire to the cotton. You will
p'ease give this card an insertion this week, and
vou will also please mention, that thoee persons
who were so fortunate as to have octton in W. F.
Stansbury's upper shed, where some five or six
hundred bales were stored, that their cotton ib un
injured. You*. truly,
Fww.anxr.vaia. Feb. I.—The large consignment
• Os silver ooin received from the New Orleans Miat
mid weighing over thirty tone, was oarefWiy we.gh
. ed and the amount ascertained at the Mint in thia
’ City, yesterday, in less than seven bom. Lbere
’ la plenty of silver already st the Mint, and when
1 this large amount ia turned into ooin the oountry
i can be folly supplied with small ooin.
j Front He Ciarietton Charier.
, The Aaaosta Bridge, So. 3.
This is the passage ot Chancellor Harpers decree
od which the advocates of the iatc Legislation r* ly;
' “Then as to any right ol the complainants in the
Bridge itselfit would be sufficient to say that a '|
I the complainant Shultz’s right and interest therein
, had passed away by the expiration ol his Charter.
I The franchise or exclusive privilege which coos'i
-1 | tilted it his property, no longer exists, and the u.a
. 1 tsrial structure is * t*c ed to and par! of the ao.l,
, ! aud would be the property ottlt* States, the own
i ere of that soil, if the franchise had not beeu re
newed to another.”
Before we examine the weight of this authority
if is proper to observe, that it is not a sentence or
judgment, Vut an observation msde by the Chan
cellor, not called for by tho question before him.
For any one who will read his opinion will see,
that before making this remark, be had already
exposed the fallacy of Shultz’s claim, by showing
that he was barred, first, by the decree of the Su
preme Court: Secondly, by his Power of Attorney
to Fitzsimmons and XV alksr : and thirdly, by his
own release. The superfluousobjection ebon: the
ownership of the sod was therefore thrown in by
the Chancellor as a passing remark upon a point
not argued, and not essential to the case before
him. This should He said in justice to that great
Jlodge; and it is further to be remarked that his
idea of the effect arising from the ownership of the
soil is quite inconsistent with the supposition that
the State claimed under Fair, or that the terms of
Judge Earle's deed had any thing to do with the
question.
By the English law, no rivers are considered
navigable above tide water ; but such a distinction
is not applicable to this continent, and to rivers
like the Mis-issippi. The Chancellor was there
fore warranted in holding the Savin lah to be a
i avigab'e river at Augusta, and applying to it, the
law laid down in respect to rivers of that class.
One of the rules of that law is that tho proprietors
of the soil on either bank, do not own to the mid
dle of the stream, but to low-water mark only.—
And another rnie is, that the bed of the navigable
river belongs to the State, like the ports, havens
and arms of the sea, within Ihe/auce* terrae. Those
propositions are freely edmitted, bat the inference
which the Chancellor druwa from them, viz: that
whatever is built in the bed of a navigable river
becomes the property of the State, confounds
things that are totally different, and is eisentiaMy
erroneous.
It will not be doubtedthat the same rule which
prevails as to ports, havens and arms ot the sea,
obtains in regard to navigable rivers I there is for
them all, as regards the authority of the Stute and
rights of individuals, one law—the right of propri
ety ; the ownership is in tho State as an attribute
of sovereignty. For this cause the Sta'e has pow
er aud authority to remove all impediments that
obstruct tbe free use and navigation of such Rivers.
Aud subject to this restraining power, every man
has a right to use the water aud the bod of the
river for any lawful purpose, .Krt inconsistent With '
the right* of the ripariau ietnr. No one oan
suppose that abridge is au unlawful thing any
more tliau a boat. The bridgo and the boat are j
equally legitimate modes of ciijoyiDg that usufruct
which all citizens are entitled to Lave in the public 1
waters of the State. That use which is made of a
River by means of the bridge cannot be enjoyod ,
bv any but the riparian proprietors, because tho
banks of the River belong to them. But to bnild
a bridge is to exercise a common right, provided i
no impediment is thrown in the way of tho public ,
authority, and no trespass is committed on private
propery.
In tho exercise of a common right, no one can c
be lawfu'ly d stuibed; bnt no disturbance can be
mco flagrant than to turn oue out of the posses
sion of that which he has constructed for himself. c
These oonsidorations show that the ownership of
tho soil os on attribute of sovereignty is no ground fc
to argue from, when the rignts of individuals in
the public waters are concerned. There is no
analogy betwcon tho building on privato property a
aud building in the sea. The property of a private
man in land is exclusive; whoever builds on that t
laud acts in direct opposition to the owner's rights.
But he that builds in an arm of the see, or a navi
gable river, does nothing in derogation of the Sov- i
ereign’s rights. On the contrary, he employs him
self in strict conformity withthe will of tse Sov
ereign whose ownership of the public waters is for
the common me of all—not merely for all citizens
to use for boating, and sailing and fishing, but far v
ali lawful purposes connected will) tne public wol- g
far\ No notion of any such analogy would exist ,
if we ri fled on tho state of society where property s
in land is unknown. Among the ancient Germans, l
as among the Indian tribes, the ownersh’p of the
land was in the Sovereign, under the same condi
tions which now apply to his ownership of the tea.
The land belonged to the State collectively for the
use of all; but the right which the man had to his
bouse was exclusive. It was bulk on the public
soil, but it was his private property. The idea,
therefore, of arguing from analogy, between pro
pcrty vested ill an individual for his private use, fi
aud property belonging to the State, as an attribute i
of Sovereignty, procoeds from confounding things ,
that are totally distinct.
Tiie notion that the Bridge belongs to the Stute,
as owner of the soil, rests entirely on the piles by a
whioh the bridge is supported, and those who
maintain tho rignt of the State must affirm that
whatever is built in a navigable river beootnes im
mediately the property of the State. No such t
principle is laid down in any book of authority ;
tho Legislature never acted before or. any such
assumption, and the position is Bhown to be fa'se
by numberless instances.
First with regard to arms of the sea, ports and
havens. No man will deny that the harbor of a
Charleston belongs to the State, and no man is so .
ignorant as not to know that every wharf in tho 1
city is built in the harbor far below low-water a
mark. 1 here is no statute or ordinance giving the
right to build wharves. They were built of com- .
mon right, in the exercise of the undoubted pri- 1
vilege whichevury ripariau proprietor e joyed of 11
improving his property, by using the facilities af
forded by the sea and its branches. The right j
may bo regulated, but it does not owe its existence
to the ordinances that regulate it; nor does any 1
one suppose that the State or city can take away a j
man’s wnarf because it is built in the harbor. If
it interferes with the free navigation of the port; it
may be abatod as a purpresture ; but such a foul
idea as that of taking away one man’s wharf to
give it to another, never received tho sanction ot a
sound mind.
The wharves recently built into the harbor by
that enterprisiug citizen, O. B. Hilliard, attest tho
continued exercise of the right, as well as its bene
ficial influence it exerts on the public welfare.
But the existence of the right which every citi
zen has to the usufruct of publio waters, including
the right to build and erect structures therein for
lawful purposes, is equally shown in the navigable
rivers as in the porta aud harbors. Mills are fre
quent in the tide-water, erected by groat encroach
ments on the rivers; and to seize a mill built in
tho river, on the ground that it was attached to
the soil, would be scouted, even if it were freo from
the odious feature of a tribute to private influence.
Even fish traps are protected, which on the river
Banue, in Ireland, were the signal lor a fierce con
tention in the time of Sir John Davis, to whose
report it might bo useful for some people to refer,
for the distinction botw en Royal fish and other
fish.
Thus we see that the attempt of the Legislature
to interfere with the property ol the city of Au
gusta in this bridge, is as unconstitutional as any
other ait of spoliation would bo, and in direct vi
olation or Magna Charta. The few peoplo that
have been deceived in this respect, have been mis
led by confounding tho bridge with an exclusive
privilege or monopoly of toll. On this distinction,
which can be made apparent to the meanest capa
city, a few words will suffice. No Member.
Coinage ot the United Stales Mint.
We learn from theaunua! report of tho Direc
tor of the Mint at Fhiladelphia, transmitted to
Congress yesterday, that tho coinago including
gold bars, exeouted at that establishment during
tho year 1858, amounted (omitting fractions of dol
lars) to $80,111,249, of which $88,855,621 were in
gold coins ; $15,688,9*8 were in refined gold bars;
$7,852,571 in silver coins, and $67,059 in copper
coins. This coinage was comprised in 69,775,-
587 pieces, being more than twice the number of
pieces ever before struck at the Mint in a single
year.
The deposites received were $58,315,632 in gold
and $8,867,889 in silver, including the purchases of
silver made pursuant to the act of March Bd, 1S58;
making a total of $61,682,971.
The coinage at the Branch Mint at New Orleans
amounted to $3,448,000, of which $2,220,000 wero
in gold com and $1,225,000 in silver. The num
ber of picies struck was 8,532,000. The deposites
we.e $2,162,254in gold an . $4,586,131 in silver,
including purchases of silver. Total, $6,688,385.
The coinage at the Branch Mint at Charlotte,
North Carolina, amounted to $839,870 in gold,
comprised in 77,086 pieces. The deposites were
$805,157 in gold.
The coinage at tho Branch Mint at Dahlonega
amounted to $462,918 in gold, comprised in 99,439
pieces. The deposites wero $452,289 in gold.
The total couiage at the Mint and its Branches
for the year 1858 was as ‘ollows: Gold, $55,213,-
9»7: silver, $6,077,571; copper, $67,059. Total,
$64,358,587.
Une million of dollars weigh in go.d 3,635%
!>ounds avoirdupois, and in silver 54,857 pounds.
!f 2,000 pounds betaken as the ton, it will be seen
that tlie large operations during the last year
reach about 102 tons of gold and 249 tons of silver.
Th‘ amount of gold of domestic production de
posited at the mint and bra- ches during the last
year was $55,622,051, of which sum $55,113,487
was from California and the balance from the At
lantic States, except* few deposites irom Oregon
of the value of $13,574. These were the first de
posites from that Territory, aud are characterized
by having an appreciable per centago of platinum
and sand.
The 9ilver parted Irom the gold from California
amounted to the sum of $4u7,188. in addition to
which there was received other silver of domestic
production to the value of $10,146.
At. the principal Mint several deposites of Aus
tralia gold have been made during the year,
amounting to $195,000.
The entire ooinage at the several minis Iro n the
■ time they commenced operations is as follows:
wuwu uiiu uo iiiuue uj'j'it'um u iuc iiwaiicnt vnpu
city, a few words will suffice. No Memhek.
Coinage of tlie United Stales Mint.
We learn from theaunua! report of the Direc
tor of the Mint at Philadelphia, transmitted to
Congress yesterday, that tho coinago including
gold bars, exeouted at that establishment during
tho year 1858, amounted (omitting fractions of dol
lars) to $60,111,249, of which $86,855,021 were in
gold coins ; $15,888,9118 were in refined gold bars;
$7,852,571 in silver coins, and $67,059 in copper
coins. This coinage wss comprised in 69,775,-
587 pieces, being more than twice the number of
pieces ever before struck at the Mint in a single
year.
The depositee received were $58,315,632 in gold
mid $8,867,889 in silver, including the purchases of
silver made pursuant to the act of March Bd, 1858;
making a total of $61,682,971.
The coinage at the Branch Mint at New Orleans
amounted to $3,448,000, of which $2,220,000 were
in gold coin and $1,225,000 in silver. The num
ber of pieces struck was 6,532,000. The deposites
woiC $2,152,254in gold an $4,536,131 in silver,
including purchases of silver. Total, $6,658,385.
The coinage at the Branch Mint at Charlotte,
North Carolina, amounted to $839,870 in gold,
comprised in 77,086 pieces. Tho deposites were
$305,157 in gold.
The coinage at tho Branch Mint at Dahlonega
amounted to s462,9lßingold,comprised in 99,439
pieces. The deposites wore $452,289 in gold.
The total coinage at the Mint and its Branches
for the year 1858 was as ‘ollows; Gold, $55,213,-
9»7 : silver, $9,077,571; copper, $67,059. Total,
$64,358,587.
Une million of dollars weigh iu go.d 3,685^
!>ounds avoirdupois, and iu silver 51,857 pounds.
If 2,000 pounds betaken as the ton, it will besi en
that the large operations during the last year
reach about 102 *ons of gold and 249 tons of silver.
Th ' amount of gold of domestic production de
posited at the mint and bra- ches during the last
year was $55,622,051, of which sum $55,113,497
was from California and the balance from the At
lantic States, except a few deposites irom Oregon
of the value of $13,574. These were the first de
posites from that Territory, and are characterized
by having an appreciable per centage of platinum
and sand.
The silver parted from the gold from California
amounted to the earn of $4u7,183. iu addition to
which there was received other silver of domestic
production to the value of $10,146.
At. the principal Mint several deposites of Aus
tralia gold have been made during the year,
amounting to $195,000.
The entire ooinage at the several minis Iro n the
time they commenced operations is as follows:
Mintat Philadelphia (establ’d 1793). .$822,228,868
Do. New Orleans do. 1838... 50,897,665
Do. Charlotte, N.C. do. 1888... 3,790,088
Do. Dahlonega, Ga. do. 1888... 5,290,728
Total in all the Mints $331,797,299
[A’af. Intel., 2nd intt.
A PnoLUtc Potato.—Sam'l H. Dickinson, of De
catur county, Ga., in a letter to the Florida Senti-
nel, says
‘‘A neighbor of mine, Mr. Daniel Katnbo, plant
ed this year a large potato of the variety called
1 ‘negro killers,’ which he ent into seventeen pieces.
■ From these pieces he planted one and a half acres
in vines, and on Monday last, I, with other gen
> tlemen, was called to witness the digging and
i measuring. The potatoes were simply plowed up
and gathered as exposed by the plow. 255 bushels
l were thus gathered. Subsequently, he sowed the
- same land in barley ; and while plowing in the
- bar lev 4S>* bushels more of the potatoes were
i gathered, making in all, 803>* bnshehi trom the
r single potato origininally planted. The potatoes
t weighed 50 pounds to the bushel, and the aggre
> gate weight of the crop from this one potato was
t therefore, 15,175 pounds. K' v . J°hp W. Mills,
our Circuit preacher, witnessed the digging of the
3 first acre, the product of which was 189 bushels \
Mr. Wm. C. Erlers, James J. Coach in *n and my
- self, witnessed the first day’s digging and measur
v i n *, and Mr. Coachman and myseir eaw the mea
suring ol the remainder to day. If you can beat
this wonderfal potato I should be pleased to hear
from you.”
Damage to the Nashvhae and Chattakooga
Railroad.— Mr. T. Rogers, a conductor on this
road, furnishes the Chittanooga Journal with the
following statement of the damage it has sustained
bv the late freshets: —
'At Lookout mountain, is a slide, °f nearly eighty
feet, on the side next to the river. At Mrs. Paces’
is aslip in the bank oi the l one
hundred and fifty feet. At Cross Hollow, the em
bankment under trestle work is gone, (ot .the dis-
Ui ce of three bents, and to the depth of eight feet.
Beyond tunnel at C. Hollow, half a mile, is a slide
which will require ten men for two weeks to refill.
At arched Culvert the barks are gone twohundred
feet At first cut beyond Pans , two large rocks,
eali'mawd at two ton., have fallen on the track.
On the third cut from Pan* the embuikment
has fallen in, and will requ.re fitteen hands ten days
to remove the obstruction. * P"*
tial slide has taken place, it w* be repaird in a
week. Slight d&mwre Shivers fill. Ou thia zide
of Running-water, aboat half a mi e, some thirty
feet of bank has fallen, taking and
rail, to the depth of eight lew. On the other aide
of Banning water, a slide of wk and earth haa
taken place, which will require twenty hands three
days toclear. In addition to the above damage,
Mr K. informs ns thst both of the wooden tunnels,
st C. Hoi'.ew and the 6ommit
and that as far as he could see‘he
more or less materially, it wiil are
ed, a month before the “Pohard will resume her
tripe. ______
The man who was struck with, “ attoniahment”
without reacting it, has been aunt aa a delegate to
the nest Pesos Convention.
#9 (Aldflllftit
LATER FROM El ROPE.
i ARRIVAL of THE STEAM Eh
ARABIA.
Balti Sioux, Feb. 8.
The British Mail Steamship Arabia has arrived
at Halifax from Liverpool, which port she left on
the 21st alt, bringing one week’ss later intclii
geuce from all parts of Europe.
Liverpool Market.
The sales of Cotton in Liverpool on Saturday the
21st ult., were estimated at tSXK) bales. The mar
ket was steady.
The annexed is the Cotton quotations in t! •
Liverpool Market on the day day of tho railii g of
lb ® Ar “bia: Fair Orleans 6% a ; Fair Uplands
a 6% ; Fair Mobiles 6% a 6)i ; Middliug Or
leans*; Middling Uplands 5%; Middling Mo
biles a 5 J4.
Western Canal Floor is quoted at 42s 3d to 42 s ]
9d. Baltimore and Philadelphia, 42s 81 to 42s 9d. j
Indian Corn (White,) per quarters2s.
Tte details of the battle of Oitale show that ll e 1
Turks had gained a brilliant victory. Tbe couf. c j
lasted five days, but finally the Russians were i-n- j
tireiy routed, with the loss of 4,000 killed. Two
of their Geuerals were, also, wounded.
On the last day the Tuiks attacked the Russian
roserve, drove it in confusion upon Krajova and
captured their artillery. The slaughter on both
sides was immense.
The Turks afterwards destroyed the Russian
fortification and returned to Kalafat.
Sohamyl had organized a Polish regiment in
Daghezon.
The Russians have erected fortifications at Se
bastopol and along the Crimea, and done away
with all the light bouses.
The Sultan has essentially modified the note if
tho Four Powers, which they have agreed to, and
have forwarded to St. Petersburg. No answer,
however, has been as yet received from the Cz -,
but it is balioved that ho will recall his ministers
trom Paris aud London and formally declare war.
In England the defences on the coast are being
strengthened.
In the French navy yards the greatest activity
prevails. Every vessel has been ordered to be
fitted ont, and the workmen are engaged even on
Sundays.
Messrs. Thompson & Brothers, Calico Printeis
at Clitheroe, Lancashire, have failed.
The ship John O’Gaunt, from Canton, has boen
wrecked off Holyhead. Several of the crew were
drowned. She was owned by the Messrs. Glad
stone, of Liverpool, and had on board a valuabie
cargo of Silks aud Tea.
The L ink of France has raise ! the rate of dis
co net to 5 per cent.
There is a great scarcity of food in the Roman
States.
Much anxiety ii manifested throughout Europe
awaiting turther accounts from the East.
The impression, both in London and Paris is,
that a general Eruopcun war is inevitsbie.
Austria is disaffected. Germany and Spain aro
in an unsettled condition.
France is much agitated.
Farther by the Arabia.
Liverpool, Jan. 21. ‘Jotton. —The sales of tho
weok wore 45,000 bales ; of which speculators took
5000 and exporters 4000 bags. Fair Orleans 6%,
Middling 6 1-16; Fair Upland 6%, Middling 5%.
All qualities declined %d.
Trade in the manufacturing districts cautimiis
unchanged.
Large transactions in American securities.
Consols have deoliucd to 91%.
Flour has advanced one shilling. Western
Canal 445., Ohio 41s. 6d. For Corn the demand is
good, and prices stiller; White 51; Yellow ."0.
White Wheat has considerably advanced. For
Lard, the demand is good und prices stiller.
For provisions of all kinds the demand is brisk
and prhee good.
Havre .Market.
Havre, Jan. 20.— Cotton. —Tho sales amounted
to 4000 bales, with a fair demand at lower prices:
quoted at 93f.
Flour is quoted at 49%f.
Interest unchanged.
The Paris correspondent of tho Slants Zeiiung,
Btates that the Freneli Government lias received
intelligence of an actual collision between Kussia
and the allied fleets.
Itisfurthor reportod that dispatches from St.
Potereburgh amount to a declaration of war
against France.
It is also stated that Austria and Prussia are go
ing nuder tlie influence of the Czar, and will pro
test against the entrance of the fleets, and wil)
place armies of observation along the frontiers.
The Russian Minister at Persia is making ar
rangementa to proceed to Brussels.
Great dissatisfaction exists among the Hunga
rians in the Austrian army.
Europe is anxiously awaiting tho Czar’s reply
for war or peace.
SECOND DESPATCH.
The steamer l’aoific arrived out on tho 18th.
The steamer Goldon Ago, from New-York, via
Liverpool, nut into St. Vincent's and sai.ed again
On the 19lh December.
Liverpool Market.
Liverpool, Jan. 21.— Cotton— Tho improved
tone in the market has been lost, und all qualities
had decliued—Borne %d. The market is unsettled.
Sales of the week 50,000 bales; of which specu
lators took 5,500 ana exporters 8,000 bales. Mar
ket dull. Stock in Liverpool, oxclusivo of wbat is
on shipboard, 670,000 bales. Imports of the week
108,000.
In breadstnffs there is a large, speculative do
mand.
Havre Market.
Salcs of cotton were 2500 bales. By telegraph, \
on tho 20th, thcio was a largo business doing at
lower prices. OrleansTrcs Ordinaire 95f.
Additional by the Arabia.
New YoitK, Feb. 4. —The latest advices from ,
Bucharest, dated the 17th, state that Mutschuk
(Matching) had been attacked on the 13th tilt., by
the Russians, and that up to the last accounts the ;
cannonade was indorsing.
The Russians were also preparing to attack Pats- 1
cuak (Kustchuk 1) from Giurguk (Giurguvo?)
The whole of the allied fleets were iu the Black '
Soa on the sth ult. 1
Reinforcements of 15,000 men for tho army in ,
Asia had departed under convoy of the Turkish !
fleet.
The Rnssian fleet was cruising near Batoun. '
The note as modified by the Porte demands tho 1
evacuation of tho Principalities iu thirty days. It
has been forwarded to St. Petersburg, and an an- '
swer demanded thereto in forty days from the 2d I
January.
Oi tho 12th ult., the Czar was officially notified '
of tho cntranco of tho fleets into the Black Sea.
The Czar has made a requisition upon the c*if I
ferent institutions throughout the Empire for '
money to sustain tho Orthodox faith.
Newoontrscts havo been made to supply the
Russians in t lie Principalities with provisions until
tho end of June.
Tho presence of the Allied Fleets has prevented j
the shipment of 25,000 troeps for Sebastopol.
It is reported that Prince Gortscbakoff has order
dared his officers in future not to attack tho Turks .
with a superior force.
The English frigate Retribution has been sent to (
Sebastopol to demand the liberty of the English ,
Engineers, captured on board the two Egyptian
steamers. The Augsburg Gazette, however,
states that they had been previously released.
Turkish and Foreign Engineers were surveying '
landward from Constantinople, the defences, to
provide in ease of a futnro invosioft.
An Austrian and Prussian corvette entered the
Black Sea the day after the allied fleets.
The Saltan had pardoned the Saaflas for the re
cent outbreak.
The Turks are recruiting 80,000 Spahecs for
Omar Pueho. They are to join his army iu the
Spring. ThcSpuhees have hot been in arms since
the destruction of tne Saunisaries.
A forte of Turkish Cossacks is being organized
' by Sadik Pasha against the Russians. They bear
ontheir standard a cross united with a crescent.
The ice on the Danube has disappeared, and the
, Turks in Kalafat have free communication with
. Widdin.
A coni depot for the French fleet is forming i t
. Sinope.
In France a negotiation is in progress to pur
’ chase seven steam ships from the English Steam
Navigation Company. The line of atean ers from
' Havre to New-York is also to bo at tho disposal of
, the French Government.
> Judgment has been delivered in the second trial
5 of the Opera conspirators in Paris, and
t 18 have been fined and imprisoned.
Senator Mailard died in Parts on the 17lh uit.,
- aged 80 years.
5 The London Morning Chronicle publishes tho
following despatch dated
Vienna, Jan. 16.— Advices from St. Petersburg
* to the Sth inst., state that there were preliminary
•_ indications in that city of a rupture with France
has written an autograph letter
to the Sultan respecting the Sinope affair, and as
snring him that Turkey haa his cordial support.
Gieit distress prevailed in Ireland in conse
quence of the severity of the weather and the
high price of provisions. At Carnck on oair, in
Tipperary, riots were feared and the military were
under arms. In Limerick, also, the population it
was anticipated, would commit outrages.
The Duchess of Orleans has positively refused
to sanction the fusion of the Bourbon families.
Difficulties existed at Baden between the Church
and State, but were in the course of being settled.
The American Minister at Naples was energeti
cally pressingthe case of Carbon, the American il
legally imprisoned by the Neapolitan government.
The aathorities, however, were endeavoring to
bribe Carbon to leave the oountry.
Another Steamer Bnrut.
The steamer Alabama, with 1300 bales of Cotton,
on her passage from Colnmbas to Apalachicola, was
entirely destroyed by fire on Saturday night. No
lives lost.
Congressional.
The Neb rank t Bill was farther discussed in the
Senate on Tuesday. Mr. Everett will speak on
Wednesday.
The House has been engaged on the Deficiency
bill.
The Gadsden Treaty still hangs in the Cabinet
Marine Intelligence.
The brig Caatillion, from Boston, and the schr.
James Smith, from New York, has arrived at
Charleston.
Charleston Market.
Tuesday, February 7. — Cotton. —The market is
drooping to-duy. Sales 2200 bales 3to 10% cents.
Mew York Market.
Tcisday, Feb. 7.— Cotton.— The market ia doll
to-day, with sales 350 bales.
Flour is firm with an upward tendency.
Belial.
Baltimore, Feb. 1. — A roportwae circulated tbat
Bedini was in Boston, whereupon a large crowd
assembled, mostly Germans, and burnt him in
effigy.
In New York, the Italians have published an
address denouncing Bedim for participating in the
execution at Bologna.
’ It was rumored that he had sailed in the Niagara
to-day, hot his same is not in the list of passen
gers.
Smuggling.
> The officers hare found more smuggled goods on
board the Asia.
Matne Legislature.
, The Led iature has been organized by the fill
ing of the vacancies in the Senate.
The Senate is composed of 18 llarda and Whigs;
10 Democrat* aud 5 Independents.
In the House the Wings and Independents have
‘ j 20 majority.
The San Francisco KeseuciV
j Capt. Creighton, of the Three Hells, leaves for
j Europe next week.
! The contribution in Philadelphia amounted to
SIO,OOO, which has been distributed thus: Creigh
ton $2,000, Captains of the Kilby and Antarctic
SI,OOO each, smaller sums to the Captain of the
Lucy Thompson, the steamer, the N. York Servioe
of plate to Lieut Murray, and tho balance to the
j officers and orews rescuing the ship.
(Charleston Races.
Charleston, Feb. 4.—Nina won tho Handicap
: race to-day, beating tbe Maid of Edgecombe and
; Singleton’s Hero, in 5:40 and 5:48.
John Hopkins won the three mile dash, beating
Red Eye and Florence, in 6:OBJ£. Rvd Eye
sulked.
Nina and tbe Maid of Edgecombe both letdown
badly in the Handicap, aud it is believed ueither
, can run again.
Fire in Salem, Masaachuaetls.
Baltimore, Feb. 8. The extensive enamel
| Leather Factory of Charles Gould, in North Salem,
was burnt last night, together with a large build
ing adjoining, occupied as a currier’s shop.
Six prisoners escaped from tho jail in Concord,
N. H., last night, by sawing off the iron bars of
their cells. They were awaiting sentence to tho
State’s Prison.
The steamer Arabia had not been signalized at
Halifax at noon on Friday. The Niagara from
Boston, arrived at Halifax on Friday.
Philadelphia, Fob. B.—The Governor of Penn
sylvania has signed the consolidation bill. The
Railroad to Easton was opened to-day by a grand
celebration.
The sebr. D. S. Mershon, trom Charleston, has
arrived.
From Rio Janeiro.
The barque Baltimore has arrived at Baltimore
from Bio, with dates to the 271 b December. There
1 was more firmness in the Coffee market, and pri
| oes had advanoed from 100 to 150 for good. Good
firsts, soar to five hundred. Sales for the month,
130,000 bags. Maxwell, Wright <ft Co., quote no
advance; but holders are asking an advauoe,
which is ohecked by the large stock and the scar
city of shipping. Flour tweuty-one five hundred.
Exchange firm.
Destructive Conflagration and Lost or Lite at New
Orleans.
New Orleans, Feb. B. —An awful Bteamboat con
flagration occurred at New Orleans, on Saturday
morning, attended with groat loas of life aud im
mense loss of property. |
At about three o’olock on that morning, the
steamer Charlos Belcher, which had just arrived
from Nushville, caught tiroaud in a short time was 1
totally destroyed, with a valnaolo cargo of cotton, ,
tobacco and western produco. The cabin passen- 1
gers escaped with their lives, but fifteen or twenty
negroes were lost. i
The flames then spread to the stonmor Natchez,
just arrived with a load of cotton, 2000 bales of
which were destroyed. *
Tho steamers Creseat and LcahTuroav recently t
arrived Iroin Cairo, were next consumed, aud after
wards the steamers Saxon and Mohioau—the form- .
er partially loaded for St. Lonis, and tho latter
with a valuablo cargo for tho Tennessee river.
The steamers Sultana and Grand Turk caught 1
tire but pushed out, uud escaped with but slight c
damages. i
The flames likowiso caught a cotton bargo and i
quantities of produce on the Levee, occasioning (
great loss. ,
Several other lives it is supposed, have been
lost.
Chartres-streot has been destroyed, and t o '
stores badly damaged, and others injured, iuvol *
ving a lore, it is estiinatod, of SIOO,OOO. i
Tho value of tho six stoamboats destroyed, is
SBOO,OOO, mostly insured in Western offices' The ,
rest of the property is mostly insured in Now Or
leans, principally in tho Crescent office. The total
loss is variously estimated at from 700,000 to sl,-
000,000. 1
The Charleston Standard has the following ao- I
count of this terrible conflagration:
New Orleans, Feb. 4.—Seven steamboats have
boon destroyed by tire at tho Levee. Tbe tire 1
broke out on board the Charles Belcher, and com
municated with tho Nntohes, Leah, Tuna, Mohi- t
gun, Saxon, Grand Turk, and others, and a barge.
An immense amount of Produce, oil the 5
wharves, has been destroyed. All of the Freight
on board of the boots has bcou burnt tip. The
lossis estimated at shout one million dollars. *
Tho Sultanu, with Sontagon board, also took lire
but sustained no very great damage.
Thirty two negroes and five white persons have
perished.
A fire-engine in being brought into position fell
overboard.
The fire is not yet extinguished.
Erie, Feb. 2.—The railroad men rolaid the track
where it was torn up yo terday, but two hours
afterwards, in consequence of the exeitemint
among tho people, Mayor King ordered that it bo
torn up again. Governor Bigler ia said to have
been displeased witii this act, but the Mayor signi
fied it should be relaid to-day.
Tho excitement runs hign, and the peoplo seem
disposed to act independent of the Governor or
Mayor.
Yesterday a mob, headed by Mr. Loomis at
tempted to prevent tho departure of tho freight
trains on tho Western road. Governor Bigler has
appointed Col. Packer to take charge oftho West
ern rond. The two roads now run Bide by Bide.
Governor Bigler went down last evening with
the intention of forming a connection, but was de
terred by fear of the assembled mob. The pas
senger trains will run regularly from to-day, chang
ing at Erie.
Washinstoji, Feb. 6.—The Cabinet have not as
yet como to any conclusion relativo to the Gads
den treaty.
The Senate, on Monday, rejocted tho motion to
strike out the clause in Senator Douglass’ Nebras
ka bill, superseding the Missouii compromise by
a vote of 80 to 18.
New York, Fob. 6. —The Arabia's advioos have
eaused a decline of 1-16 to %c. in tho quotations
for Cotton, with only a moderate business doing.
New Yoke, Feb. 6. —The sales of cotton in this
market, during the past weok, as repertod by the
Committee of Brokers, were 16,000 bales, —of
which, exporters took 8000, and the reguiar trade
4000. Tlie quotations aro as follows : Middling
Uplands 10; Middling Orleanslo%; Fair Uplands
11%: Fair Orleans 12%. The market at tho close
was dnll and bnyers ask ng a commission.
The sales to-day were only 700 bales.
In Flour thero has been a further advance of
12% cts. per bbl.
The sake. Iletene, Griffith, from Charleston, ar
rived there to day.
Baltimore, Feb. 6.— The British mail sseamship
Arabia arrived at Boston on Monday afternoon at
3 o’clock, from Liverpool, via Halifax. She was
immediately boarded by theouatom house officers
and closely searched. The passengers wore also
examinod. Tho mails were forwarded by tlie Sto
nington route.
There was a heavy snow storm at Biston on
Sunday night, which obstructed the mails.
J.G. Jones has been elected Representative to
Congress from the eighth district or Pennsylvania,
vice tho Hon. Henry A. Muhlenberg, doceasod.
Affairs in New Fonndland aro bad, in conse
quence of tho failure of tho Cod fishery and tho
potato blight.
A BH bus been introduce! into the Legislature
of Nova Scotia to abolish universal suffrago.
In Baltimore Flour advanced on Monday 25 eta.
per bbl. Grain was better.
MARRIED.
On th<- 2<l test., by the Rev. Joseph P. Uiyoe, of Colum
bia, 8 C , KERR BOYC6, Jr., of Charleston, 8. C., and
Miss MAItV JaN 6 McGtRAV, eldest daughter of the late
P. McGran, of this city,
In this ciiy, on the 2d inst, by Lewis Levy, Fsq., Mr.
CIRUS JULES RAUOLD and Miss MARY E.CODY, all of
this city.
In this city, on the Ist inst., by Lewis Lew, Fsq., Mr.
G6O RCrE STETSON and Miss SUSANNAH NIXON, all of
this city
On Monday, 81st January, by J. H. Stockton, BENJ. X.
ALFORD and CAROLINA®. BHANKI.IN, all of Columbia
county.
OBITUARY-
Died in Crawfordvllle, on the morning of the 29th Janu
ary, WILLIAM A. RAY, Esq.
The deceased had been in bad health for some months,
but the most solicitous of his friends had no idea of so
speedy and fatal termination of the insidious disease from
which he was suffering. He was in the 81st ye«r of his
age—just eDtering the prime of manhood. Early in life
hehad won the confldenceand esteem ol sb who knew
him, and he was, at the time of his death. Clerk of the In*
ferior Court ot tlie county. A wide circle of friends will
mourn his untimely fall; hut the blow strikes most heavi
ly upon his own family and relatives. To a bereaved
father, to a disconsolate mother, to an affectionate broth
er, to a devoted but now sorely afflicted wife, and to seve
ral orphan children, his loss will be Irreparable.
Died on the 24th of January, Mrs. LUCINDA 8. STRO
THER, in the 88d year of her age, wife of Thomas Btrother,
Erq , of Willies county, and daughter of Mrs. Agnes
Wr ght.
She died in full triumph of faith and the hope of a blessed
immortality, frhe remembered her Creator in the days of
her youth, and attached herself to the Baptist Church at
Greenwoo l , of which she continued a firm member and
friend. She was a duti ul daughter, a loving wife and an
affeciionate mother to her chi'dren, of which she has left
many, together with an affectionate Mother acd many
dear relatives, to mourn her untimely and irreparable loss.
It is thrte years since she was first attacked with consump
lion, and for the last six months canfined to her house and
bed. She murmured not at the protracted sufferings that
closed her life, nor desired a longer stay h re; but longed
fjr the hour when she would put off this mortality and
rest in the bosom o' her Saviour. She knew in whom she
had trusted; and to him, her dear and heavenly friend,
she committed her children, who were so very dear to her.
Bhe knew his promises were sure and steadfast to all who
put their tru e t in him. May her pious example be fol
lowed by tbe bereaved till they meet the departed in Hea
ven. Heart smitten Mother, grieve not for your Lucinda
as one w.thint hope, (although so young) she u not lost,
only gon-before. *• Death has all seasons for his own.**
View her at her Saviour’s side, free from pain sickness
and sorrow. In a snort time, a few more years at longest,
you too will have to go where she will, perhaps, be the
first to meet you at the gate of Heaven. 0, blessed hope
of immortality! Our Savieur has said, 11 In my father's
house are many man*ions, and that he would go acd fit up
those mansions for us." Locinda's work on earth was
done, we (!oubt not, and a loDger stay on earth our Hea
venly Father saw proper not to grant. Let us kiss the
rod and bow submissively to his will, for often, “ behind
a frowning Providence he hides a smiling face."
41 fche is gone to the grave, but ’twere wrong to deplore
thee, when God was thy ransom, thy guardian and shield.”
44 He gave thee, acd took thee, and has restored thee a here
death has no stings since the Saviour hath dkd.”
A Fkikxi>.
Christian Index please copy.
Departed this life,in Harriscounty, Ga., on the2Bth ult,
MARTHA BELINA D n NN, daughter of Gatewood B.and
Nancy Dunn, aged 1 year, 2 months and 23 days.
Fare thee well, thou first and fairest.
Fare thee well, t*.ou best and dearest,
May thine be joy, truth and treasure,
Peace, enjoyment, love acd pleasure,
jggr* Christian Index will please copy. feb7
NICHOI Ah GREEN DOZIER, son of A. G. and J. M.
Powers Dozier, *bo died on the 7th Dece-nber, 1* was
born on the 12th S-ptember, 1989. Though *o joungwhen
be died «nd pbjricallj we.., be, by hi. conTer.»tion »n 1
frequent inquiries after knowledge at mn combined
hisVildbcid, gave manlfestations of Mat,
P f vJSL h which in>ls»d of .curing hie sweet da^oei
r ssftjSKiStE* -•»»* -*
tion, eeera<™ _ - Me w », never heard to murmur
ha kopee file, dating his protracted fitness.
Whfitfdving, hi. Wthiuhi.GodwM tnceased. henrar
eYnot onlj for thee wno Wood .round hi. djing bed, but
fnr his native country, and spoke confidently of Heaven
beiLg hisieating place- He asked his father to kiss him,
aod then sfter repeating the Lord s prayer aloed, be fdl
asleep, as we confidently believe in Jesus. He left a kind
mother and father to mourn, but not as thoee who canno*
be comforted. His body ees*s not far from his home and
place c f his decease, with those of bis fathers maternal
ance* tors—the Hunts’, of Colombia coun y, Georgia.
His grave will be visited with the tears or affection, and
his memory cherished by many to whom he was dear.
feb2 Fanxivg.
Died, in Columbia county, on the 19th January, Mrs-
ANN B. 81M8, consort of Gasaway Sims. Mrs. hims
was i n her 31st year, and though young, yet she had been
fre«t ! y afflicted for the last ten years. Bbe was a fond
mother, aa affectionate wife, and has left her husband and
four smn 11 children, together with a large circle of friends,
to mourn her loss
ALiXABDEB'S LAOIS}’ KID GILTBB.
IWill am Shear hai received from New York a
oomplete assortment of ALBXAXorR'e Ladlo’ White, Black
and Colored KID GLOVES. Aieo, Ladle,* FAWN GACNT
LJT GLOVES, febM4**wlw
COMMERCIAL.
COITUS
Comparative Statement of Cotton in Augusta and
Hamburg, t'eb. 1,13," 3 and 1854.
! 18.54. 1858.
Stock on hand,Sept. 1 1,884 8,707
Received from Sept. Ito Jan. 1 1< 9,548 146,235
r Received in January 84,4 6 42,692
Total supply and receipts 151,688 192 654
> Deduct stock on hand Sept. 1 7,884 8,707
Total receipts 148,999 189,917
Decrease 44,978
SHIPMENTd.
To Savannah in January 5/53 15,839
“ Charleston u ** 25,668 14,233
11 Savannah and Charleston previously. 50,562 118.615
Total shipments 111,278 149,187
stock*
In Augusta this day 28,858 83,647
** Hamburg 11 8,868 5,880
Total Stock 32,721 44,417
AUUUMTA MAKHKT.
Weekly Report Tuesday, P. M.
COTTON.— At the cloee of our last weekly report the
market was depressed and our quotations were nominal
Subsequent advices from Europe, however, produced a Let
ter feeing, and prices advanced to full ratis, and in some
instance*, for the better descriptions, higher rates were
paid, with a fair dim ind and a good business, for the ex
tent of the stock on sale, which was limited. In this con
dition the market continued till the receipt of the Aral ia’s
accounts, which have entirely checked operations today,
except in a few instances, where lots were f >rctd upon the
market and sold at an irregular decline of Fac
tors generally however,seem unwilling to accept these rates,
and the market closes depressi d, and will probably remain
so till the receipt of later news from Europe. We renew
our quotations cf last week, rather as the asking price of
ho'ders than the actual state of the market, or the rates
buyers are willing to pay,asthey demand a concession of
cent.
Inferrior and Odinary Stained 7# 8
Middling B)4© 8»{
Good Middling 9 <& 93<
Middling Fair— <g>
Fair— (& 10
RECEIPTS TO LATEST DATES.
1854 1858.
New Orleans, Jan. 81 637,050) 1,065 807
Mobile, Feb. 8 271,136 i 840,518
Florida, Jan. 28 72,608 , 96.99 G
Texas, Jan. 20 25,8< 2 89 741
Savannah, Feb. 2 171,005 214,182
Charleston, Feb. 2 211,152 2:0,78*
North Carolina, Jan. 21 2 258 9 411
Virginia, Jan. 1 6,247 8,609
Total 1,8**T,178 1,999.946
Decrease 602,708
STOCKS IN SOUTHERN PORI’S.
New Orleans, Jan. 81. I 283,403; 881,015
Mobile, Feb. 8 ! 144,129 1 181,255
Florida, Jan. 23 j 45,489 j 5 *,643
Texas,Jan.2t I 7,825 4,915
Savannah, Feb. 2 47,856! 49.985
Charleston, Feb 2 71,073 1 88,465
North Carolina, Jan. 21 700 650
Virginia, Jan. 1 750' 800
Total in Southern Ports j 550 224 1 607,878
New York, Jan. 81 ! 49,196 1 43.690
EXPORTS. I
To Great Britain 407,885 ) 620 946 <
“ France 142,482 : 187 495 '
Other Foreign Ports 91,817 J 130,9-15
Total Foreign Exports 642,184 1/69,3 6
To Northern Ports 854,458 898,849
TRADE abd BUSINESS.—The trans lotions du iog the \
week hive been rather mere exteosivj ami quite sathfic- <
tory for ths seasen.
GROCE HE9.—The Grocery market has felt the 1m- -
provemeut in business durirg the week, and wemt ia
very fair trade in tV t depaitment, both t.> planters and
merchants. The tucks are very ample, aDd promise t » ?
continue so, as navigation ia uni tempted. R'o CotT e
is a shade e«sier, #nl we quite 12 to 12)4 cents. B'o.k
not heavy. Lo f and Cr ah-d Sugcri have also declined y
a fraction. Molasses continues firm and in .st ady d':
mand. VhisWy ’as advanced. Salt is rather lower;
ael ing from ttore at |l.4oper sack in small quantities,
with a downw»rl t;tdency. We notenochinge in other
<l.*s rip:ions, and would lifer to our quotations as a fair
index of trices.
PROVISIONS.—-The stock of Ba on is light, tl ougli the
demard is not largo and prices are stall nary. A good
article of new would readi-j command oar highest quota
tions. Lard is rathe.* del!. Flour continues in active dt*
mamlandpri -rs arc very fl.m.
□GRAIN —The supp’y cf Corn in not heavy, and ns there
is an active denied, pricer* tre rather s ff:r than last
week thou, hw - mak> lo ch mge in our fiju'es. Wheat
readily coir ina ds our highest quo'atio s.
FEATHERS are in request, and holders have advanced
their rates.
EXCHANGE.—The Banks continue to supply Checks on
the North at # $ cent. premium.
PREIGIITS.—There is no change in the rate for Cotton
to Savannah and Charleston.
Foreign Markets.
HAVRE, Jan. 11.—I wrote you on Monday, by the At
lantic («.) Yesterday the sales in our Cotton market were
500 bales, at steady prices. To day the transactions have
been very dull, and only some small lots have changed
hands—in all 200 bales.
In Flour, the business had been active jester ’ay at 50(ft
51 f. DJ l>bl. To day, the lemand has been spirited, but t‘ie 1
sales effected have been at stiff prices.
Large arrivals irom the United States have taken place
within these three days.
The weather is mild and wet.— Cor. JV. Y. Com. Adv.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 18. —The Cotton market has been
quite steady during the week, each day the transactions
amounting to about the estimated consumption, and prices
are well msintained. Spinners are still unwilling to go in
to stock, as the strikes seem no nearer a terminal lon than
they were a month ago.
The money market continues easy owing in no small de
gree to the large arrivals of specie from various quarters,as
otherwise the continued embarrassment as regards tl e
Eastern question, and the extraordinary advance in the
Grain market would tend to raise the ra c of interest even
above its present level. Consols are 93#, and it is a proof
of the abundance of capital iu the country that, in the face
of such serious difficulties and embarrassments, they are
maintained at such a figure. The Manchester market is
steady but inanimate.
The sales of the week are 89,040, of which 5110 hales are
for speculation and for export, leaving 88,880 lo the
trade.
The market to-day is without change. Sules 5,000
bales.
We quote Fair Orleans, 6#d; middling 6#d. Fair
Mobile. 6#d; middling, 6d. Fair Uplands, 6’ t d ; mid
dling, sJ*d.
Corn Market. —The market was active, and prices con
tinued rapidly to advance till Tuesday, when some white
Wheat was s- Id at 13s. But since Tuesday there has been
very little doing, and prices have declined. The advance
in the week is Is Gd per barrel on Flour, Id to 2d per
bushel on Wheat, and 2s per quarter on Indian Corn.—
A. Dennintoun A Co.
AUGUSTA PRICE* CURRENT.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
BAGGING.—Gunny syards 12 @ $ 12#
Kentucky $ yard none.
Dundee « yard 10# (ft 11
BACON.—Hums 19 lb. 10 ® II
Shouldcrp Wlb... 6# (ft 7
Sides 19 tb... 8 (ft 9
Hog Round 19 1h... 8 # (ft 8#
BUTTER-Goshen fib.. 2S (ft 85
Country f 1b... 12>tf (ft 20
BRICKS— 19 1000 600 Oh 85>
CHEESE.—Northern fib... 11 (ft 12#
English Dairy...... f 1b... 18 (ft IS
COFFEE.—Rio 19 tb... 12 (ft 12#
Lagulra 12# (ft 14
Java f 1b... 15 (ft 16
DOMESTIC GOODS.- Yams 75 (ft 81
# Shirting 19 yard 4# (ft 5#
li Shirting yard 6# Oh 7#
I Shirting f yard 8 (ft 9#
6-4Shirt'iig Vy rd 10 (ft 12#
6-4 Shirting V yard 11 (ft 14
Osnaburgs f *ard (ft 9
FEATHERS.— 45 (ft 50
FlSH.—Macke el, No.l $ bb1.,16 00 (ft 18 00
No. 2 HI bbi..lß • 0 (ft 16 00
No. 8 $ bbl ..10 00 (ft 11(0
No. 4 f bbl.. 800 (ft 900
II rringa v bb!.. (ft 100
FLOUR.—Country « bbl.. 700 (ft 7 50
Tennessee $ bbl... 700 (ft 7 6ft
Canal f bbl.. 700 (ft 860
Baltimore bbl.. 700 (ft 800
Hiram Smith’s f bb1..1000 (ft 11 00
City Mills $ bbl.. 725 (ft 800
GRAIN.—Corn, sacks Incl’ded, f l ush. 80 (ft 85
Wheat, white f bush. 125 (ft 140
Wheat, Ited * bush. 100 @ 110
Oats... 19 bush. 65 (ft 60
Rye $ bush. none.
fbU9h. 76 (ft 80
GUNPOWDER.- _ ,
Duponts* 1? keg - *«5 (ft 550
Hazard 19 keg.. 476 (ft 560
IRON.—Swedes 19 fb.... 4# (ft f#
English f 1b... •4# (ft 6#
' LARD.— fib.... 9 (ft 10
LIM E—Country f .. none.
Northern f bbl. .1 87 (ft 2 12
LUMBER.— V 10 0 10 00 (ft 14 00
MOLASSES.—Cuba V gal.- 25 (ft 26
Orleans f ual.. 8* (ft £8
NAILS.— tyfr... 6# (ft 6
OlLS.—Sperm, prime 19 gal.. IGO (ft 170
Lamp 19 gO.. 120 (ft 166
Tr<*in 19 gal . 60 (ft 95
Linseed f gal.. 90 (ft 100
Castor W gal.. 150 (ft 175
RIOE.— $ tierce 4% <& 5#
ROPB.—Kentucky fMb... 8# 9
Manilla V 1b .. (ft 16
RAlS!vg. f box. 875 (ft 400
SPlßlTS.—Northern Gin V gal. . 42 (& 45
Rum 19 gal... 42 <fo 43
N. O. Whiskey $ traL. 40 © 43
Peach Brandy f gal.. 87 125
Applebrandy f gal.. 60 (ft 75
Holland Gin V g*l.. 125 & 175
Cognac brandy f val.. 200 (ft 400
SUGARS-N. Orleans f 1b... 6# (ft 7
Porto Rico. 19 1b... 7 (ft 8
Muscovado 19 1b... 6# (ft 6#
Loaf fib... I’ l # (ft 11
Crushed 19 1b... 10 (ft 00
Powdered (ft 11
Stuari’a Refined A W 1b... 9 (ft 9#
Ptutrt's Refined B f 8# (ft 9
Stuart’s Refined O sJlb... 8 8#
SALT bush 00 (ft 00
& sack 125 (ft 140
Btewn % sack 200 (ft 300
SOAP.—Yeliow 1b... b# (ft 7#
SHOT.— , f bag.. 0 00 2 87
TWINE.—Hemp Bagging T? U>... 18 (ft 25
Cotton Wrapping fib... 15 (ft 25
%3T It (• proper to remark that these are the current
rates at wholesale from store—of course at retail prices are
a shade higher, and from the Wharf or Depots, in large
quantities, a shade lower.
FACTS CANNOT BE DOUBTED
fW Let the Afflicted Read and Ponder.—More
than 500 persons in the city of Richmond, Va., alone test!
fy to the remarkable cures performed by CARTER’S SPAN-
I IflH MIXTURE. The great Spring Medicine and Purifier
i of the Blood is now used by hundreds of grateful patients
» who testify daily to the remarkable cures performed by tn
; greatestof all medicine, Carter's Bpanish Mixture. Neu
i ralgla, Rheumatism. Scrofula, Eruption! on the ?kln, Liver
» Diae.se, Fevers, Ulcers, Old Bores, Affections of the Kid
1 ueys, Diseases of the Throat, Female Complaints, Pains end
e Aching of the Bones and Joints, are speedily put to flight
1 by using this great and inestimable remedy.
For all diseases of the Blood, nothing has yet been found
'• to compare with it. It cleanses the system of all impun
e ties, acta gently and efficiently on the Liver and Kidneys,
strengthens the digeeuon, give, tone to the stomach, make*
the Bkin clear and healthy, and restore, the Constitution,
enfeebled by disease or broken do.n by the exceeses of
d youth, to it. prisons vigor and strength.
1 For the Ladies, it is incomparably better than all the
cosmetics ever used. A few dozes of Carter’. Span *h
Mixture will remove all sallownesa of compaction, bring
the roes mactliDg to the cheek, give elasticity to the step
»nd improve the general health In a remarkable degree
beyond a 1 the medicine, ever heard of.
s A large number of certilcatei of remarkable cures per
-1 formed on person, re Iding In the city of Richmond, Va.,
\ by the a*e of Carter’s Spanish Mixture, is the best evldenoe
i that there is no humbug about it. The press, hotel-keep
-1 ers, magistrates,physician.,and public men, well known
e to the community, ill add their testimony to the effects of
i this Great Blood Purifier.
’ Call and see a hundred of the certificates around the
r bottle.
i. None genuine unless signed BENNETT A BEERB, Drug
gists.
‘‘ Principal Depote atM. Ward, Close aCo , No. S 3 Malden
i, Lane,New-York; T. W. Dyott * Bens, and *’"*■"• *
'} Hartshorns, Philadelphia; Bennett *
? street, Richmond, Va And,or, *' e , H h , y “1m Ind WM
d A Co., Charleston; HAVILA.ND. RIShEV A CO., and_WM.
>1 H TCIT, W. H. AJ. TCRPIN, Angn.ts, and by all Drug
, and Country Merchant, everywhere. Price »1 per
Bottle, or BU Bottle, far myM-dtwAwly
Parnltore : Furniture!—Under the Augusta
'• Howl, Broad-street. —We would caU the attenUon of pur
n obM ,„ an d oountry dealers, to our present stock of House-
Id bold FDRNlTUßK.Oomprislng.rery srtlok In the line, and
•> at prioee as low as can be found In the Southern States.
In addition to which, we have Just received a large as
-9 aortment of fine OUt, French and Oerman Parlor MIR
BOU, of late style, and various rises, and wffi sell low.
a otv.ua a call. dtO-datwtf HENRY A SKINNER.
;k ♦ 11 i ■ —■
[. Just reewlved a Lot of BADBAOE CIJTTEII
aadBTPFFERS. For sals by Ja4 *,/, CUEW,
MI SC K1 XAN KO US.""*
1 doors.
. nPIIK Subscribers would respectfully announce to the
1 JL citl/ens t f Augusta and vicinity, that tt ey manufac
ture SAbHFS, BLINDS and DOORS, of the first quality,
. from the best solt pine, and free from s»p. It is universal
ly conceded by consume* s that our work is the best In the
r country, home dealer* Aw haverefused to purcliaseour
i work to send to the Southern market, bee iuse wo have In
i listed thn* it ehou dbe stamped with the name of our firm,
thereby intending to keep our name from the Southern
' All ctsh orders left with WHITE, LOOMTS A CO., Au
gusta, Ga., will be promptly forwarded to us and answered.
The name ol our firm will ce stamped on all our work.
D. D. SWEBI a w.
Providence, R. 1., Jan. 2d, 1654.
i
BUILDING AND CARTENTERING*
Till 1 ' Undersigned beg leave to an* ounce to the oitisen*
of Augusta t>a». ih**y have established themselves at
the MachineShrp, formerly owr ed by Ambrose Churoh,
Jr. near the Colton Fac'orfes, and are prepared to enter
into contracts for BUI DING and CARPENTERING in aU
their various bran, lies, and will execute all contracts,
faithfully and promptly, lu the best style.
The r FI «ni»g * ach.ne is in fine order, and they Mill
execute ell orders for PNuing 1 urn er at short antue.
They are also pi spared t > furnish bored logs for Pump
Stocks, Ac.
As tneir motto is despatch and a faith ul execution or
all coLtracts, they hope for a liberal share • f bu?iotai.
WHITE, LO »MIB a TO.
8. C. White. | O. Lo.mis. | T. W. Wilson.
ja23
PRODUCE DEPOT IN ATLANTA.
THE GREATEST DISTRIUUTING FIRM IN GEORGIA.
r ¥MIK subscribers expect to keep constantly on hn j I
Jl large amount of Georgia and T-nness.e PROIXOE
of alt kinds, such as BACON. LARD, CORN, FLOUR,
OATS, FRUIT, Ac 9,000 bushels choioe fcKfl) OATS,
now in 6tore and for sa'e at 60c. per bushel, sacks included.
All orders, accompani d with or satisfactory refe
rences, w li be promptly tided.
SEAGO, ABBOTT A CO.
Atlanta, Feb. 8,1654. jg-wly
A TEACHER WANTED.
A( LA66iF.VL iKAUHKtlwill meet with liberal
patronage at Twigg'a Academy, a he iltliy situatioa
on the Savannah road, about 8 m ies from Augusta. Good
assurances as to moral oharacter and educational qualifi
cations *il be required. For further particulars apply to
the undersigned.
WILLIAM H. BALDY, WILLIAM J. MIMS,
GEORGE W. L. TWIGGS, LYMON ». CAt LIN,
EDvV. T. GREENWOOD, EDWARD J. EVE.
fS wlf
SIOO REWARD.
The abovo row rd w 1\ be given for the
hension and delivery in the Jail of any county gy
of this State, of FIVE NEGRO MEN, who ran away'fL
from me in Uanco k county, on Saturday night last. sW*
They were bought by me from Wm. Hey wood Gibbous, in
Sciiven county, and will probably attempt to return to
their old ncighbnrhoc d. 'I heir nam*B are, York, Othllnger,
Bacchus,Sampson and Arthur; the tirt-t an old man, the
second middle aged, and the thiee last named young men.
from 23 to 85 years of age. Thev all have the brogue or
low country Negroes, tl ough srthur has it but sligb ly.
They may po*§ b’y be under the protection of some white
nun, and in that exit an additional reward • f SIOO will be
given for hi* appi eheurion with proof of his guilt.
f 5 tAj*w2t LT\TON STFIIIKN3 ?parta, Oft.
at home again.
IMIK highest cash prices will be raid for NEGEOFS by
the subscriber. Apply at the Globe Hotel, or at J. P.
Plenvng’s Stable, on Ell s-strtet.
fibs JOHN A. CIIRI TIAN*
STOP IHIEF.
STOLEN from my stable, Richmond Bath, on Ji\—
the night of the 2d inst, a fine dark Bfy>s£3b-L!
HORSE, (stallion) Canadian stock, about 15 hands nigh,
Saddle ami Hume 1 * marks, and witha small vh’te elip
on his forehead. Any information respect ng said Horse,
or thief, will be thankfully received, and the informer libe
rally rewarded. JNO..DOWBE.
Richmond Ba!h, February 8,1854* Ift
MULES FUR SALE.
A BOLT 25 MULFB will bo sold at “ Green’?*.
Cut,” (on the line of the Augu ta i*ni!Vna|k
Wavnesboro Railroad) on THUBBDAY, the 9th T| ■yD
of FEBRUARY. Pale toci mm-no. at 11 o’clock,
A. M. Most of the eMu es are prime, joun;*, well broke,
and in g »-tl n-clrr. fft-td
NEW CASH fcTOEE.
Jl T 6iT received, per Express, more cf those cheep TOW
HLfI at 81 per dozen
Irish LINE'» st2sc. per yard ;
All Wool Rod FLANNsL, sya ds for $1;
W hlte FLANNEL, mixture cotton and wool, at
yard ;
Linen Cambric HANDKKROniFFS at 12)6o.;
French Wn.vght OULLaUS at 12J(fc. to |0;
4-4 Brown bllllU ING at 4 #v, per ywid ;
78“ “ 5 “ “
7 8 Bleached “ i\(i. “ “
Fast colored PRINTS f',V k c. ” “
Good “ 5.!. “ “
Heavy SATINETS 250. “ w
Kenturky JKANM Vsc.
ALPACAS, BOMBAZINES, Canton CLOTII9,I.LVTREB,
A(*. Ac. •
L’IUIeVIIOfIERV, White, Blac'<, Mixed and Slate, 12#0.;
Gents. He<vy IWown IIAI.K IIO.*K, 12#c.;
Lrowu Limn TABLING, 87# hIJ 60c. per yar«l ;
11-4 Aller.dale QUILTB. K. (iREEN,
nextdoor below Bones A Brown’s Hardware stere.
f7-8t
01GLGTUORPK UOUNTY, GA —Wlereas, Wm.
Griffith applies to me for lexers of Administration on
the estate o.M • urge GriflHi, late of said cou* ty, Itoo’d:
These are, therefore, to cite, summon ami Mtlmoniiih, all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of raid deceased,
to be ami appear at my office within the time preecrlhcd
by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said letters
should not be granted.
Given unde* rnv hand at office-
February 4.1864. HENRY BRITAIN, Ordinary.
I | U’lf MtiM) COUATt, GA.—Wli n an, Oswrll E.
tU Cashif, Clerk of «he Court of H chniord
county, applies for letter? of A ioiiir'strati"ii on ti e catute
- fjolin Korl>y, late of Richmond county, and formerly of
Sumpter District, Poutii faro ia», ciec’d :
These are, therefore, to cite, summon and admonish, nil
andtingulur, the kiodred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, to show cause if any they have, why said Letter■
should not he granted.
Given under my hand at office in Augusta.
F brn»ry 4,1854. LEON P. DUGAB, Ordinary,
COI.VVBIA NIIKHIPP’diAMtk-WillM told, at
Appling Columbia county btf »re t* e Court house door
in siii l county, on the tirst Tue-dny in MARC H n« xt, the
follow ng property, to wit : One Negro Girl, mimed Silva;
levied oti as the property of George A Hill, to sail* y two
ex* cutions, oneTtomns Hawthorne, vs. George A. Dill,
and one the State, for Tax, vs G o*go A. 11*11.
Fehru ry 4.1854. Jt'llN F. BUTTON, Phetiff
'I'ALIAFfeHttO hIILBUEJK’b HALX.—W'II hesrld,
L tefore the Court-house door in Ciawfords* hie, Tali i
ferro c utity, on the first Tuesday in MtRCH next, the
f tllowing property, to wit: the dower of Eleanor Ki mlrick
in the resil estate or Jacob B. Kendrit k, de'ceusid, con
sisting of One Hundred and Ninety-one Acres, more or
lent, lying on the watrrs of Harding creek, adjoining
the lands of T. A. Billingslea, Overton and others: Itvi d
upon as the property of Eleanor K>mdil':k, to satisfy
a fl. from the the Superior Court cf said county in favor of
William T. Hr* ok, vs. said Eleanor Kendrick.
JqnnHry 29,1864. Olf AP. W. GEE. Sheriff gj
liURKIv bHhUIFF’h WALK.—WiII be sold before
13 th*> Court-house do>r In the town of Waynesboro’,
on the first Tuesday in MARCH rext, within the legal
hours of sale, the fol owing property, to wit: one Negro
Man nn”V , d Mu'or, about 23 ycaisol-l, ofh’ghtccnipl'-xion,
and a Woman, r.airfhd Kilty, about Ji3 years o'd, of
light complexion, and her child, a hoy, named Dove,
abuutSyoara «dl,of ytllo./complexion; a boy, by name
of Peter, about 18 yei ra old, light complexion : all levied
on ns the property t Maekey MeNorriln*, to satisfy two
fi. fas. issuing frotn the honorable Hup*-- lor 4 ourt of raid
county; one in favor of Hopkins A Pointer, for the use of •
Moses P. Green, the other in favor of Moses P. Green, vs.
►aid Maekey McNorrillo. Property pointed out by the
defendant.
—AL*O—
Negro Woman, named Eliza, about 25 years old, and
her four children, Elkk, ir>out 6 > ears old, Mary, a girl,
about four years old, Abram, h boy, about two years old,
and an infant about one month old ; a I of sold Negroia
are of yellow complexion. ALo, a brown llore about 10
years old: all levied on as the propt-rryof Matthew Saxons,
to satisfy a mortgage fl. ft. issuing from tho honorable Su
perior Cou '"of said couuty in fuvor cf Joseph Lipmon,
administrator (f P. W low, Uec’d., vs. said Matthew
Baxon and Good * in Attaway.
February 3, lS r »I. a C KIRK’.4N r \ Fh*-rifT
III’ hill RIFF’S UALE»—WiII be fOid,on iho
'j ttrst Tuesday n MARCH next before the Court-house
door in Elbert county, one tract of Lhnd, containining 16
ac*e«, mere or levs, on Savannah River, adjoimning larida
of the estates* file/ely A len, deed . and Kuifoid liar
|)(;r, dec’d ,in Kibe«t county, to sail fy u fi-'a. is ued irom
the rui erior Court of H- eri county in fav»,r of Ti orras
Johnson, vs. William Prather, 'iborass Rowsce and Neal
lohnscn, se uri*y; Le ied on aa the property of William
Prather 1 rop r’y p inted out by W,u. I’ra her.
ITSJLf’V -It tonLV. -Ina cooidanoe with the will
of William Harper, deceased, late of Lincoln county,
a tn i e -old, before the C< urt h use door, in Lin. olnt -n,ou
the first Toe day in APRIL next, the tract of Land in said
county,on the waters of 8< ay Creek, whe con said de*
eca ed lived, nod k tom as the Harper tract, cont doing
81x or Bevcn Hundred Acres of La d, udjoinlrg lands of
Isaiah Cullers, L. Lam. rand others. The tract wilt bo
surveyed, and plat exhibited on daytf sale. To b * told on
one, two, and three years’ credit, aco-rding to the will.
The present tenant to r* main n possesion until the end
of the year, and the purchaser rece ve the re't money.
WM. H. UaRPER, Surviving Executor.
Fehru•»ry 3,1854
RIUH.MOAO CtIU.Y I'V, GA.—Whereas, i'rwei E.
tas In, Clerk or the Superior C< u* t of II chrnond
county,applies tn me f r letters of Admlnlstra ion on ttie
esU'eofWn C L-wry, iats of aside unt-, debated :
Tht se are, therefore, to cite, sun mon and admonish, all
and singular, the kin* red and creditors of said deceased,
to be aud appear at ray * fflee, within the <1 ne prescribed
by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said Letter#
should not he granted.
Given under my hand at office in Augusta.
February 4, 1554 I.EdN P DUO \ B, Ordinary.
' | WI.IAEKH HO COU AT Y, G CORGI A.—Whereas,
I. William Read,admlnlstrato on the estate of Joseph
L Evans, deceased, has mad* application to me for letters
of Dismission from Bui t estate, lie representing ihat the
.state of said deceased has been fully administered aud
s tt led up :
r l hese are therefore to cite and admonish all persona
concerned, to be and appear at my office, by the first Mon
day in August n?xt, to nhow ctuise, Dan\ they have, why
said letters of Dismissi n should not be grat.t* U.
Givin un *er ny hand at cffice In Crawfords rllle.
February 8, Ibs . QUiNKA O’NEAL, Ordinary.
rrALIAIKRItO CUUATY, G A.—Whereas, William
1 Read, Ad idn’strator on -he estite of Burnice Evans,
deceased, bus apphed io rnt for lsttersof Ditmirsi* n from
theadmicilstratiou of raid estate, he rdpreseniing to t*ho
Court that he lab fully i-dministered and iettkd up the
"■Xsesre therefrre to cite «nd admonish a'l persons
cr ncerntd, to be and appear at my office by the first Mon
day in Angubt nex-, to a) ow cause, if any they have, why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at tffl e in Crswfordtville.
February 8,1851. QUINKA Q’NE\L, Ordinary.
WARREN COUNTY,GEO—Wherea*7Wtngfieid
W right applies for letters of Guardi mi hip of Isabella
Wheeler, orphan of P enny Wheeler, de* eased :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar, the kindred and frie* da of said minor, to be and
appear at my office, within the lime prescribed by law, to
showcause, if any tliey have, why said Letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand, at office in Warrenton.
Feb. 7,18'8. ARDEN R. MKK&iiON, Ord’y.
VALENTINES.
A FINE assortment of VaUntines, both Sentimental
and Comic, ha ve been received at
jgv2 GEO A OATES & BROS., Broad-st.
Tv UG ARE.—7O hlids. N. O sud Muscovado SUGARS, all
M .M. Ch I cCli.ifled N. O. SUG.R,; 75
bbl- g stuarf. A. B.nd O BUG Alia. Fnr ..!«low by
■■AKKRA WI,COX.
I ail \ tens Sweed’s IRON, til For le by
fcbWk* BAKE K * WILCOX.
DO VOD WAi.T MULES 1
ADKOVK is at my Wagon Yard They are young,
gentle and flue, and U.e owner is ai xi- ut ti tell,
fei S WM. 11. I‘HITUUaKD,
CECCKEBY AN J VABIEIY £TOBX
rHAVh for sale, in adjiti'-n to a fli.e .took ot O'MNA,
GLStIS and EARTtikN WARE, a great yoriety of
HOUBE-KEbEiNG AIU'ICI.ES, v:z: Tubs, buckets,Chains'
Ptggins, Towel Ro.iers, Rolliug ['ins, Cl itbes P us, A ash
ing hoards, Knife B -yes, Bcrubbing litus t- s, Hearth
brushes, Cloth* s Brushes Door and Table Mats, Table
Cutlery, Cooking-Gl s-esand Lt.okiug <Ha-s P.au., lire: d
T.ays,Clothes Uastetsand Hamper., M rket, Fiolt, and
Fancy Baskets, Sieves, Britannia Ware, Ac , Ac.
(1 E. MCBTIN.
HITS UI.AISB hUHS—For Sbai
Jnst received at L J J 2S] K. MCST.NfI,
~, , T'o.T y aII,N ■. —so bnles a-sorted YARNS, from
) Cartwright Factory. CAKMfCHAgL.
> T.ftTAriH.-J 0« lbs. super" r q uliiv, just leeeived
lb? j,l» WM.UTUIT.ur gglK,
rrsHPhK'flMAWVfllkS f r January has been re^
H cflieJ at [r.s7] QUO. A.oaTES A SKQg.
SACHS Te n* s.ee COHN;
15U Ihd Sank. Tenueisee OATS t
50 “ Wll I
25 Packapes (new) LARD, on consignment and
for sale by J»l» M. k B. WILKINSON.
■ ititoii a i .rge ass •rtmentof sup* nor on-
X dressed Itlsh LlNfcl.ft, nt«nuftciured txpress'y or mo.
on hind. For sale by [f 1] JoUN 0. CAkMIUiIAEL.
NOTICE.
DR. JAMES 8. JU.ILb may be found at Thomson,
on the Georgia R i ioid, wh-n net prufe-aionally tn
gaged, by those who wish his services in the <apa< ity of
Phyau Un. j«2O-2m
C| I HHIJB. choice new crop N. O. SUGAR, for a*)e by
OU d 29 HAND, WILLIAMS k CO.
TjHOWN WlNDbOb BOA P—2 cases just l»nd«3
|> 027 WM. H. TUTT. Druggist
A Hl*.— lOo bnl. , half bnls. end k*g" I.AbD. For
rale by Jalfl BAKER A WILCOX.
SHUAR, KUllll. S'AAPIsBS, dtp.— ,
80 bbls. liiratn fmi’h’.Fl/ UR, duithle extra J
S bbl.. Fresh BUtKWUKAT;
1 15 l.alfbi I*. do.
51 boX'SAdemantineCANDl.FS;
80 bbls. Crushed and l’nwderedhCGAß;
]6< DkMIJoIINg, all .izes;
6 bbl.. Fme Wine VINEGAR, Impoi ted;
. 115 boxes Eod» bISOUIT. Just r by
fe b6 DAWSON A SKINNER.
OH A' AND OATS—Jnst recited A lot of prime
CORN and OATS. Fat SAI« by
JeM-ioi j. ANBLBX' t
'*■ * ' r . s K-i Vsj v.i • ’ina. it'NtiiliL.'-