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Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
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, .. . ir . . ~. .iiisg as l'ea D&U&K,
- one v«ar,tfeu«?ar
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, .t vr«nr) as sufcscrlber*
; H R O nTSTTT «£. NT- NEL
VILV \JfD l l*- A LJSKLV.
~ f .; ; . a .w, efcOedto «üb*crxoer*
. .r - . ' • per anno in.
,K«4 ,ovektisis«*.
cn-y-O-.i. -aw v.r mi Bareno llnea or
, ”... ... »T nil tor each *Bbw
D.. • ''LnSB RATED LIVER
, tvr ’,l ■• I. er Corplaint tad Dy»
. • ' , • t. •
-CIS ' , ric t'. -a-'* welt on the Liver sod
H . -a . Kt, l.ty, which i* Li**: retail ol al
, .. •' . , . - it is sale »o»1 v»Jn»t/le
; , . .7, ... ,n>»icaeplo* xLt bowel*
... • ; t*.r{ . U.. DamitMOey*.
.1 . U .... a- . - * ' »ktr o: ibc uou»e or
>*a e a"*. c»n •orido re
e , j# * l I vni'ldrfrit »cvalu®
ble »»rvi •'.■•• a f r ’‘WjJptK, and think it about* be
br;>3 <V. iM { . ewai V •»* AaBCHlf HULL.
tr.ruCi. » McC Vnl.v f.;t'uemaUc«, Franklin
°^VE|S-:ns»m>l . »‘.Sm •;nabH« me fully Vi
oucur m thin «.ve rtyjinmeniaiiocof Mr. Hull.
Cui.B. F. MoOot.
From 0. 1. McD ,r.a'-l, Kx C.e" -nnr -fate ol Oeorßia:
M i .rfTi, 2 Hh June,laG4.
D j.ir Hr: —I h .re eo., iire.l nth : lrrug Stores in tM«
pi I-- l r r■ V.v rv.ie i.iver '■ hies find thnt itil
u.t k •. :a t y •r. m*l r :,s?.rf equal to it for ob
itrieuH lArer :t„ tin iy >,u ■. lei»cU»* you the money
for 4 p*por oi it. Vlr c rr.rive to i -U«l it to me in ftomc
wiy. You w,i ii'o* me to v«y that you ought to take
l 0 j.,,1 to \r i-.-.ia’. ir; »iih its excellence as a
remedy; indl V.oll 4 - a..;--rest '-O you, that smaller
j ; , ~, ‘’ j • v,.. 1- »:ly f iiuo i, *fould ansrrer a better
;r i ... •. v * :i» ■*.*•. & 1 the do* e reoonunendod in
the 1 rc t 1 • . I »h >uld suppose,might
reg il .t t iV. matt*:! oy h»* 0 o experience.
’ Very r -[»'•' r illy, yours, Oiftß. J. McDonald.
e*T“ Bri-e One Do Ur.
li \VI '\ l) iu -ri'il-'Y 4 CO. A *j'*i,Ga ;IIAVILAND,
WLAND. harral
A airiLK V, N X V rL, V; h-3'ilc Agents. Sold by Drug
gists aud Sier<* ant*geoerilly. ai»ttt-wly
kak¥y & SI-OBT,
(x ■ \*£*A '?■
H.'V.’i .frtW’ ' -J * Brown^w3s
da-y recelvi « o r Fall tuck. Our stock will at all times
l, e h> >■ inn* oomph; •*. ■' > daple-i to the Flan
• r.i a* ;; 1 • crhl n.i -.r*r <• t—h w* have •« long ea
,..v . ,i,i p.r f»iiu to r*.c J.U. K\MEY,
*.j V, -■ S. O. HlOilV.
GLOBE HOTEL AMD LIVERY 81 ABLE,
CIt'MMIXU Pi Ills V i'll < OL.M’VJis., 9 ua rd
; ou th I*. quire, cast of tt© Curt-House, by
JOHN CAIN,Jr.
Cumming, »■ -myth county, Ga., I'jM. nl7
PIANO FOBIKS.
fUUS subscribers would respectfully call
the attention of their friend* and the HXgKw
subiio. to their assertmcut of Roseirccd and
• .e well If • « 11 •
known and justly celebrated .Mnnufactoriwof Bacon & Raven,
, , New York,which
tr; warranted in t-very respect, to be at least folly equal to
iny instruments manufactured in this country or Luropc.
The subscribers would also state than the instruments now
sn haodare .fth :UtestpaUtrusandfashion,andfreshfrom
the .. .uufa *.u rr. For sale at very low prices for cash or
ifty at Ob’O. A. OATEii A CO.'B
nyl H Flan?, Book and Mwfltc Depot,Broad-^t
” WXUIAII H TUTS.
WHOLESAXr: AND RETAH BEDGGIBT,
/ UOCiit/i,
' fti MOW ULs\lK£ V*3f<J a very and complete
I Stuck of DUUi ri,: .SDIOINKB. eAIN i d.OILS,GLASS,
HH, DYE BTDF/B. and FANCY
ARlvniiEH, which h%j r ’ .otca. m person, with the
greats -'. re, f.. r-. tli' largeut Irasorctrt and Manufacto*
ri s la tu country, andinilch, tor onauty and cheapncs*
eacnatbev ’ lie would reupectf&lly invite the at
tention of K rchauitf, Planters aud Fhy«duans le his
C ".' ..r, Leri with tLu uimoot neatnosa
and despatch. : sep7-dAwt?
08AJS 'N .. . rs r oa hkdsimo.
r'.lil W’’OiiC'SiliiJ'JK j oifer for sale, during the
teriouUiirai Bo6*ety. M
fWBN • ITUANGB PLAN'kri,
Offr etting cut
: • •%- i in the
• • . Impenetrable ardpsi- ian ent
h* ; -i years. Pasiphleu do*
, {and training the plants,
t • *••-1to »! i ■ - roue of engaging
luindy .nadv;;-- vX-'ri:.' D.BEDMOND,
Augusta, oa.
.%fl DIPOTI f AXL&Mt&i
■
v' to icep constantly on hand a
•.> ■* rin. 7.u v enneesee PBOX>UkF
■ iu v >
OAT'd, ■ ■ SEED OAW,
nowin store nr for sals at CO3.parbushel,sackshichldtd.
* l or. Ti or satisfactory rcfc-
BX.AuO, ABBOTT A COi
NOI’ICB.
■ - •
OR &■
. - with 13-
- as to afford every
cd ' • i . •Oltlaena. The very strict*
if Her sea,
5 .. ng ..■? iv t ,ih.ng o vLs.t ( c mines in the neighbor.
’ l •• a- .1 in pr, .vTag conveyances. The
aarkaUy healthy,
ftv«l uilorda moi uocnei’;, !greatmagnilleence.
l.j udditioii to th.:? . vats, the U.S. Branch Mint
•'ill s’ r; pie mure • *•! ia* on to such as never had the
rjiH>rianity of: vi-;* * e pretv .. - f Coining money.
Iri 1 bar ••■-red to give satisfkiclion lo
Dt■ .-hr-patroaice r i .-j Hct’oa.
\htooega pylO-wly
TO I'HYL V IAR3.
j» • 1 »' m * l -.ida, I offer for rale
f Pu p. -*•»■'•*-1 • * •?. Carmel Abbeville
‘ gbeen the eentfe of
a* ' >s v an 'lu.n 'IV c be; it is iu ihe
w . fan in elligiv, m 11 wch >by c mmunity,
a* t , 1 '*f, oti *- r 1 t- . nra <*v m.', bt autiful and
healtliy oitoation* ihat c?*a an . la t* is section of
Ct i rv. An 'jv , w.t'i : \ . !i Rivet on one *ide,
JJ '. Uvcr o”. fi- o to« e. r d w-* v| s cf Abbe-
Vl* C . V ar > l-. fill, wbe kept
1 fhrtu >* Mr • nil* ..umi dKeteoe’is
t■' ujn, Uair *, . .« .., »u d •orn enb; and
Id .’ v.tnl, 4 .veil *‘lr '• .. <• u’d-vot supp’y of aegood
w.v *r r.s ,nnhr t -ml In t i- •. To the | I
wtd hind my-i !f never to pr.veilo* medicine within the
Umitc of »uy 1..-- cntpracUc Addresv
\Y. O. WARD, M. !>.,
.
,1. M. NEWBY & CO.,
nOLISALi: AND I. AIL DEALERS
FINR KKADV MADE CLOTHING,
CM»i It Ufv .TEL‘ T Lh, Ac#LSTA, \i*
IM *. .xHBli (' i f'Jlyiav.t - thoi: cus
r Auga call
an.lex i .u irxoi .*■ « V MADE CLOTHING—
y
1 - N -
Eli'. 01 HUB. it: t.v lea for Gentleman's
n£#-w
f «■ >»•«* i'/ciyuw, .S**t 9Bd, 16SL
- IViL RiCHS v SaUMT
f |VIU 'f .V't*'make the survey*,
X W v s,p . .|i t ».t o ‘- m »tes, ■ ntracta, Ac ,
.... i G*na 1 , r Rail MQI, AB »• I t-'ry
l»u • r.»» .. ' •r0..',: ra,.u..Mulib 00. a.ruction of the
*lu iividv.»o or .'tn ar>l<», tie inut ofobta : ning theser
\ s i-out tle
V»TL! I AM iIIILL'FS, Civil Engineer,
-.urast*, Ga
■ £ AC TIE WANfED.
rptO W*4t: .h r>:> of a S.l >.l i t Van is Valley Acad
£ , nov f • .' ec i-aitinc;r. a« c T•• •‘.cher must J*e well
re'vw ild,«s -a: p'y to EDWARD WAKE,
j iU w 1 7)4 mil s s uO cf Home.
TP Tax Ri If A WAY.
r» \VX ’ X'. i.- {-, *’s on tho^.
i Ml-UK, al
) u . IV.- , A\b f.. c v. .« fro • Tennessee, who
sxM *•:* r> .1- «• r.:> »v. ; s v ry Uk-!y he is m king hU
for'i i> do ivv y, i-r nf.- .Sven Address, * 1
A F. AT . AWAY,
ja7-wS last v i trk-t, Burke co, flm.
$5 REWARD.
KAIVVWAY f.om the suh>c i her,on the 3.Kh w
of De r last, a
or J >vi . ; .. ra*
5 u t.c JS
a**d Atgus x. T:. above tewa r d wit- juiJ for the d*-
llvcr i i\>- ''c;:o o x f, s Tana, -jr J. W. Merc
dth, in vuiu*ti, or iu any r«f jilsjl.ang t> ei
Jbrjf
S2O REWARD.
1> AAA'VAV : ,i sa v in Jcfferron
XV county, x>n h: •: ;. f S Jr.j, my re<ro wo- 1$
m n > v K \ 5 sci : v or t
inch - ? • r.» pound'. Ate -
Slow aui - • • , o »u\e mte l gvntlv. j,<
is bU k, rd s : i. hsu u.ki*'c. The above
reward *i l be ;u-J l r r *u'x proof safficlent to con
vki any whit pc sa o h n h r,or l » .It a. #lO
for her dcliv yt:e. or .e ■-'£ 1 icjiii so that 1 get
her. . x . : L.vY, >. r,ad Oak, Ga.
Vs
TVTENiY DOLLARS SEWARD.
u l r • , . :. .V
gr- Mi- i.ai • I. .iJ tears cf *ge
f. - >cn, weighs i:
pounds > -a J wr. . ...i 1..e ahore reward wiil te
paid for ■* - ■ tv . nuy s«fejail so that 1 get
him. Au iai ■ ar »o t a*,«k>i. ‘y rwoGved. Addr-:ss
DAV iD C l iiA.. N u i irry’s Mil* P. 0.,
oet9s-wtf iVsshii gion count , Ga.
REWARD
to
jL
s', eh • • -i>ea. met; . hi: it. ...ii; has lost th, sight of
©... x ' '
f-a a.'i'ui it. ve . ard will be paid tor
La .1 to 31. . : :c a-.- ..■!»■ t.‘ -t l get him.
jx.i-x. JOHN A. HARSIS.
T: - ' :>.-'.'rdarwt ,-cMiah till forbid, and for
€.6o REWARD.
paß llvu»flM t ,n K k.e« t M TU.! AM GRATES,
* M.R a: .at U • vd-:.::X
i, ■■; • •• *• ‘ i-nr.-d j!>e
v, .‘ >' : • .su vye* returned The
Zr~ - ■. r'L\ p - r iiJ fvr * llher ’ or
.* X -" mV JA?. i*. »..EMIXf,.
HIBStRD S H'JTEAj.- EiISETaiOL. GA.
Tl!' hs :X;- r - sW ,
‘ii • P :• •• ■ |J i iveav ... abus,
IJS.V p.;. . . v : _d th.
» .. tl * c *‘, «---yrum pema
neat X.C : n. ..1, .. able wiil b-r supplied
.
, Wiil *i a■; vi supplied with Pro
e nder an l avteauve Oatlera.
II3TWC U>' * fox- .he aevrocowd u.vß cf Drovers.
Horace taken in to Uaitaad r..,nd at Livery.
Hor,a# and Bacc-tt • u eh- h ■ <*ay, wevk or month,
lists ri.econ.cya c-. i' r td any tart
hey nsa% J' v • illbuEiU), Frcju* etar.
Rajnhr lev. O* hf»Vf. 1 < myll-tf
~G~XXJi£B3 *C* HOTEL.
r jpUß usdt-r :: -e : L-* , • oh,. the Hccae formerly
Or.en l- ro\ Cr ■ >c, ;■ fiieth oor -a c and ccc-
TH.i-p.t lithe IU .*: Li buV. it ip with
new famito ,h - v i e - ;t-e •ts ;>‘a aiitis eiing to the
cr.afcrurnm.ixjt w,awlin - ie- it worthy Pf jatren
ajtc ttf hjstiir: i I A.l.c. T « Hcase
will be open for the rxce.'ticn c* gucsis on th fir ; <fay of
January. N.H. WILbON.
1355! THE 1855!
SOlTiim (ILTIUTUiI
A MO7VTHLY JOtKXAL,
I DEVOTED EICLtSIVELT TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF
Southern Agriculture, Horticulture, Stack
Breeding■ Poultry, Bees. General
Farm Economy tyc.
illustrated with Nnmeruns Elegant Engravings.
ON DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE
LEE, M. !>-, EDITOR ;
.EDMOND, Corresponding Editor.
The -i_. .centL Volume will commence in
January, 1855.
i The Cultivator is a large Octavo of Thirty
j two pages, forming a volume of 364 pages in the
I ,ear. It contains a much greater amount of
i reading matter than any Agricultural Journal in
the Fouih—embracing ,n addition to all the cur
rent Agricultural topic .-of the day, VALUABLE
OitIGLVAL COM7 rUBUTIONS from many
us the most i nUdigent and practical Planters,
Farmers, and Horticulturists in every section of
the South and Southwest.
T/ RJIS OF THE CULTIVATOR .'
•-■NEcopy one year, ::::::: l 1-00
tiiX come* : ; : • • • • • • ,lj y
TWENTV FIVE copies, :::::: a0..0
ONE HOI UREDcopiea,: : : : : : 75.0*.
The Cash System will be rigidly adhered to,
and in no instance will the paper be sent unless the
m ■- ■' ec-om >anies the order. The bills of all
specie-paying Banks received at par. Ali money
remitted by mail postage paid, will be at the risk
of the publisher. Address
Witt. S. JONES, Augusta, Ga.
|sf* Persons who will act as Agents and obtain;
Subscribers will be furnished with the Paper at,
club prices.
GEORGIA MILITARY IHSTIIUIE.
■IK KKIIIIII sr.esiv« or this Institution fill
A eminence on tbe 2Dth cf FEBRUARY.
ACADEMIC STAFF.
• A V. BRUMBY, A. M., Eupenntendent, end Pro
'e sor o. M the St Cl.
Capt. Samuel JONES, U. S. A., Commandant or Ca
de.*, and Protestor of EnAncerirg.
Mr. V. H MANO IT, Prot taros French, History, Ac.
Mr. W. 11 bUNl 1 , A, M., Profetsor o Chemistry and
Ecu h-h Literature.
Mr. 1.8 GOOD ,t IN, Professor of Drawing.
Cap’. W. . BLACK, As ji tant Prof of Mathematics.
Owlet it. S. uAM", Asais’aut Teacher.
BOARD of TRUSTIES.
Davi ) Ihwix, Pr-sideat; Ch r!cs J. McDonald, Jarnea
llranoon. Wo.lua llar.ii, A. V. Uromhy, Dayil Dobbs,
.M M>er , A. N. tiaspjon, Jeptha V. lidiria, Wo. Jloot,
biviti Ar.ii«, ABtliew J. ilaneeiJ, Secretary.
ftHM.s—Tuition, lioariJ, WaahiDg, Fuel, Light.?, Muaic
an i all ctntr coat agent expenses, per titssion ol live
tnontlui, in advai.ee, <ll2 50.
; t may be proper to state, in relation to the nev Coin
ra LiT'ant, Capt. Jone: j , t at he ha : ; accepted the appoint
ment, and wh r e here at the opening ol the Session. He
graduated at W< 6t Point,in 1842, and taught in that Insti
tution from 1846 to 1%54. He comts with the highest re*
commendat.ons from the officers of the United States Mil
ittry Academy.
the 'itu >tee» have recently appropriated a sufficient sum
to com iete t once the Laboratory building, and also to
tit op and furni.-h the Hospital.
We have acccmnidations or one hundred and thirty
Caiets.
Persons desiring further information, can obtain a copy
of the regulator s by ad Irtssing the Superintendent, or
any memcer of the Hoird of fruttees.
ANDREW J. IlANSclLL,Secretary.
Mariitta, Ga., Jan , 1655. jal'i d&w3m
CHAKT.KSION PBEPAEAXOB? MEDI
CAL bCHOUL.
11l h FO Lid'll BlbslU.V of IhisSehcol w II begin on
the fi.al MOMDAF in Apri .and will terminite on ihe
15th of Ju y. Toe different Cha rs will be occupied as fol
-10 Anatomy and Physiology, by F. T. MILIS t M.D.
Inskitu csand Practice oi Medicine,by D.J. CAIN,M. D.
Materia Medica acd Therapeutic.*, by F. PEkRE POR
° cka and Diseases of Women and Children, by S.
L. W KWUOD.M D. , u . TTTTTAM
Principles ;*i.d Practice of faurgery, by J. JULIAN
CHISOLM, M. D. _ . _w
Clinical ins'ruction wiil be given at the Marine Hospi
tal* ana a the Alai House, aud the Roper Hoipital, it is
hoped, will toon be in operation.
Among ihe patients of the Tescheis, tbe students will
have access to all esses to which they c u with propriety
be admitted, and suchascau be brought to the LecLure
Kccm 'vill there be exhibited and explained.
Ob: tetiical oases will be shown to t e atudent", who will
be al lo trod to coxfhuct them under the superintendence of
(he Tt a.he a. By w; ich meaz.B they will become acquaint
ed with the practical deta la to tssenlial to the success.ul
management of i.ui;h cases.
A complete coune oa Operative f'urgery will be deliv
ered bL-fu.e ihe class, and each s.udent will have an op
joit jii y of himself performing tie various operations
upon the subject.
They bed leave to state aHo, that cash department is
illunrat.-d oy prep iratioCß, models, specimens, c lored en-
to which additions are m .de from time to
as ih«iocrca£ingsucCL-ss cf the School fuliy warranty.
In h rt, every op ertumty will be afforded for acquiring
practical a Wkhas theoretical knowledge of the Profeasion.
Darin/the sets on o trie Mjdical C:liege of the Mate
of South O.irclina, ihe ttudeu's wid 1 c examined regularly
on the Lectures delivered ir. that Institution. Further par
tic alai s may be obtained by applying to any of the Teachers.
Stud.nts should have no tear of spending tne early sum
mer months in Ci aritston, as the c.ty is remarkably
hval.hy except when ye low fever prevails, which never
cjmuunces before August or Septemtcr.
rrice . f the Course (including exa ni**»Uons on the Lec
tures delivered at the iu the vttater,) ZIQ.
VV e are authorize in stating that those Students who
have f .Howe 1 two full Courses cf Lectures in a Chartered
School of Medicine, of which ti.e last shall have been in
the Medical Col.- ge of the State cf b'outh Carolina, will be
permitted by t-e Faculty of ibat Institution to def.r the
peii id of their examination for graduation from March
UM'il July, ou showing a certificate of attendance upon this.
*Dr. CAIN is Physician cf thv Mtrine Hospital, and
will g ve his particuar altention to Uie members of the
claa-. jal3 2 .mtApl
THK LAFAYErTiS CLASSICAL XNd ENGLISH
SCHOOL.
'|>HK KXKIK isks ol this School Vill be resumed
X MONDAY, January l£t s , 1555
The s hulast.c year will c. nsist cf 40 weiks, aud will be
divined into tw > Eess.ons
The Principal wii> be is9ii>ted in the Mathematical De*
part ant by Rev. K. M. BAKE. ,A. M.
It L i leu led th u ih.s lu titutiou slia l nc\ be surpassed
u its moral training aud sound sch 11 ship by any in Che
rokee, Ge rgm. it is located iu one of the most healthful
and moral villages iu the Mate, positasicg e_»v a:Ccss to
the Weaiera & Atlanlic Kai road, and free :/om all the
usual temptations to vice.
TUITION FOH TOK FIRST HUSSION Os TWBNIY-FOCR WCKkS.
. peliiDg, Reading, Writing anti Mentral Ari hmetic,f 9 60
Geography, Arithmetic, English Grammar and Al
, ebia 14 40
Anci nt t a guages, th 11 g l er Druuc .es if Math
ematics, Me tui and Moral Philosophy,and the
Natural be fences 19 20
TUITXCM FoK TH* SBCOND SB SION OF S XT LB* WKBKB.
tipeU ng, Reading, Ac $ 6 40
cieogntphy, Arnhc-etic, Ac J 6u
An unt Languages, Ac i» bo
It is iuiportaut th.it pupils out r the sckoj! a; the begin
xm« g u s t' e seaden. uitioa will be cha. ged from the be
g. P ingof the m .uitulu in/ which the pupil enters, until
the e. d of the s. saion, exeept in very peculiar casts,
board can be had at $S . er mouth.
JOHN. W. BAKER, A. M., Principal.
LAFAI'KITE FEMALE SCHOOL.
TdE SXISCISE9 of thu School will be resumed the 16th
, 1 JANUARY, IS£6,under Mis: C. H. MERdICK,a Grad
uate of Mount Holyoke . em.ua.y, and whose exp>er:ence
..a 1 feu in teaching c. amend her to the publ c. The
i-c co! will be unde tne geacr i superintendence of Rev.
JjUN W BAUER, Principal of tht LaFayette Classical
and English Scbooi, and no pains will be spared to make tt
worthy of public cocflder. e.
V E II M S;
Hex icg, Writing and Spelihg for the firdtfiersbn
of 24 weeks I 9 60
Arithmetic, Geography, U. 8. History and English
Grammar 14 40
Latin, Geometry, Physiology, Logic, Bota
1 y, Aucieut and Modern U story, Mental and
Moral Pt.iloso hy IS 00
Read ug. W riting, Ac., fbr »he tecend session of 16
weeks 6 40
Arithmetic, Gevgrap . j Ac., for the second session
of sateen weeks 9 60
Latin, A geora, Geometry, Ac., for the second ses
s on of sixteen weeks 12 CO
The Music. 1 Department is under the direction of M ss
L. ATWOOD, who was instructed by the best Masters in
Boston, ted who is an accomplished and thorough Teacher
cf Vocal and Instrumental Mule.
Music, use ot Fmuo iacluaed, SSO 03 per annum.
LaFayette,Ga., Dec. 26, lth-L jal3-wlm
PALMETTO ACADEMY.
PHK exercises of this Ins nation will re-commenee on
JL the firs; of JANUARY next, under the superinten
den eof M. U. Lo:n:y, as Prl; cpal with competent
Mai.* and Female Assistants. The refutation of Mr.
Looney, as a Teacher,is s) well established that it wool t
be . ujxrfiuous to say aoy thing in refeience to his aNli y
in his profession.
Every branch of education ordinarily taught in Sch.oL,
Musi: an .reach included, will be taught, and taught
vi 11. i .it* prices of Tuition are very iow, aud board can
oe h »d a*, from $T to flUpir mouth.
J. H WEATHERSBY, Sec*? ** D* ard.
Palmetto, Tec. 5,1664 «.7-tJu3l
GEORGIA SCRENTIEIO AND INDUSTRIAL
INSTITUTE.
S. J. STEVENS, Principal.
J. M. DEBY, Teacher in Sciences.
F. DsLAUNOY, Drawing and Engineering.
B. s. BARCLAY, Music.
lust tuiion, near the city of Rome, will be opened
oa MONDAY, JANUARY 22d, 1555. The Ancient
md Modern Languages will be taught, bat the main de
sign wiii be to :urniah ftcilitiesfor acquiring a thorough,
praetical knowledge of the B.iences, and tuelr applica
tions tot s useful arts.
The coarse of study will embrace Engl ah Literature,
Mathematics, Natural Science, Drawing, Engineering,
Me-fcaaic*, Architcctare, Agr.cuituie, Commerce, Lan
guages and Music.
1 ue tiiStuut-- will bs previ led with Chemical and Pti
irscphicil Apparatus, Eng neeiing Ins;; ujients, a Cabi
net of M.aerads, a Laboratory and Library.
Tao Trusses believe that tne hfaithfulness of this local
e pra. t cal of instrucuon, and the efficiency
v.l »ho Teacher.*, present advantages not »uipas>ed by any
Muuiar uuiuuJjd. Th y inv.te s e ial attention to the
.om f .-ietcne>s of the fr.ient tic and Agricultural D.pait
meats un ie thee argeof Mr. DM: Y.
B.aid can e has u. ,;oou f males cn reasoaib’e terms.
Yu ti0n,540 (er an - um. French, German and Spanish
each Jll* cxtra. M - sec extra
J. U. LUMPKIN, 1
H. V. M. MILHB, ! ,
ALFRED eHORTER, • TrUstees *
W. a. COTHRAN, J
For Circular?, i,ddr-«s Principal.
Rome, Ga., D cember 5,1554 ja?-wSt
EMORY COLLEGE.
THE Exercises of thu Ins.itution will be resumed cn
the lTth proximo. The Facur.y s cjnstituud asf.l-
Rev. A. MEAN, M. D., D.D, President and Professor
of Chemistry and Geology.
GUm‘AVL*> J. UKR, A. M.., Professor of Mathematics
andC.vi: tngi:ecritg.
Rev. W. J.SASNKIT, A. M., Prcfesscr of ErglshLite-
Rev. LUTHER U. SMITH, A. M., Professor of the Greek
Lang-age and Literature.
Lev. GLO. W. W. STONE, A. M., Professor of Natural
Phi OfcOi hy and A^trcaomy.
W. D. WILLIAMS, A. H., Profeiaor of the Latin and
French Linguagv.
i he Preparatory Scho:l is under the cf arge of Mr. F. M.
PULTON GUSTAVUfc J. ORR,
Secretary cf the Faculty.
Oxford, Ga., Dec, ISM. d2l-w4t
meson academy, lixiagtob, ga*
npHH exercise* of this Academy will be resumed on the
A first MONDAY in JANUARY next. The able and
efficient Teachers in each department - ill be continued for
another vea’. Beard can be obtained in the vi i»ge cn
reasonable terms. GEJ. B. GILMER,
d2O-wlm Chairman Board of Trustees.
ELBBiTOH OL&XS ACADEMY.
rH K ExercLes of th * Institution will commence cs
the seocad MONDAY IN JANUARY next, under the
j “P-rn undance cf J. A. TRENCHARD. Th:* gentleman
has had many 5 ears experience as a teacher, and comes
| lO w ith ikr higktst recommea. aticn for .-kill and abiii
tf in klsbusiness. We have every assurance that he ij
• Oily competent to prepare student* for any ri-am» in Ool*
i »ts«nUoa to Uic fact, that ttis instito
'. adT.auigej as u>y other ol Uts
I. V, and rroperl/ c.a
tU 1-. tel .the viiaage u healthy ; the inhabitants are moral.
en , x,,ra can be had ai good lamlbes.
jettthomaV
WM. B. WHITE,
HENRY P. MAITOX, Trustee.
L. H. 0. MARTIN, * *
J. H JONKJ,
* dt-wtoi WM. M. MOISTO6H,
WEEKLY
IHiiOiMUhE k SEiVTIiVMh
u r r 17. tc€ A. Q. PiGtyUKt, \Zlh. ifist.
Later from California.
By the trriTai of the steamer Prcxerteu?. Car:
ChnrchiU, from San Juan, *e have intei igence
from San Franciaco to the 2&i uit., a iortoight i&ter
than that previou-iy received direct, and one week
later than that received by telegraph irem New
York. We are ia7ored with a summary of news
items by ter polite purser, Mr. M. B. Hart.
There were in port at Sac Juan, the U. 8. frigate
Columbia, Ccm’r. Wi.aoc, bearing the bread pen
dant of Com. Nvwton, of the Horn j Squadron.
Col. Wheeler, U. 8. Minuter to Nicarauga, and
family, landed from the Columbia on the sth inet.,
under a salute of fifteen guns. He will remain at
the house of Mr. Fabans, Acte tcan Co* sul at
Hreytown, until the war in the interior is over.
H. B. M. sloop-of-war, Daring, Capt. Napier, and
H. M. sleamehip Dee, Capt. Parker, were also in
poit.
Nothing further had been heard from the inte
rior. Gen. Canal, of Chamorro’s army, had gone
up the river on the with the intention of at
tacking Virgin Bay. The two parties are now about
equally divided.
At Han J nan, every thii g wa3 qaieC
The rainy season was over and the heaitn oi tne
place was good. , . . , , ,
Or. the 6 h Inst., the Columbia weigned anchor
and was towed cut of the harbor to an offing, by
the Northern Light. She then set a.l sail with a
good breeze, und was aocm out of sight.
Passengers arrived from the Pacifi ; on the eve
ring of the same day, and both steamships—the
Prometheus and the Northern Light—patse the
jrigate Columbia, which, in return to solutes fired
from the ships, showed elegant signal lights of
various colors, to the extreme delight of ai: who
w>tnes 3 ed them.
The Prometheus, after being one day out, met
witn a heavy northerly gal**, which listed till with
ir >1 . , two hundredn iiesof Bali*e; butahehas,
notwithstanding, made the time from Hall Ji an
five da>a and twelve hours. The time of the pas
r*er.gers by the Prometheus, from San Francisco to
Ba'ize has been only nineteen dayß aDd twelve
hours.
The steamship Northern Light carried to New
■York $600,000 in treasure. The Prometheus brings
$17,000 lor the State Bank of Louisiana.
What papers we have by the Prometheus do not
lurnish us with ucw».
The San Francisco Herald, of the 23d, says:
The continued absence ot rain is beginning to be
severely felt by all clashes of the community in the
State. The miner, the agriculturist, the merchant,
the tradesman au-i the mechanic are all experienc
ing the depressing influences of the continued
drought, which it is feared will continue more or
less throughout the wiDtor season. Money is con
sequently getting scarce, as there are no remitten
cos lrom the interior. The banks a.-k 8 percent.,
(in some cases 8%) tor discounting unoxcoptiona
L».e paper, and outsiders on the street are paying
lrom 5 to 7 and to 10 per cent, on prime signatures.
In stocks very ittle has been doing during the
past week, and prices for the most part remain the
same as last quoted.
Trensactious in real estate have been very limit
ed, having been almost entirely confined to the
uyual periodical sales by auction.
No material change has taken place in commer
cial affaiis, and matters generally are expected to
remain at a stand still until after the holidays.
Price of Gold, $17.40 to 17.60. Mexican dollars
and ounces command the premiums previously
mentioned.
Exchange on the Eastern States, 8 per cent.
The same paper publishes a telegraphic despatch
announcing the destruction of halt the town of
Vallecito by fire ou the night of the 21st.
“Forefathers’ Day” was celebrated by the New
Englanders iu San Francisco with great enthusi
asm, if we may judge from the published reports.
The Herald, of the2Bd, says:
Among the other evils growing out of the sin
gulaily dry weather which has prevailed this sea
son is the recommencement of the lire epidemic
that raged so in the early part of the year. The
frame buildings of which our inland towns are con
structed aro becoming as dry as tinder, and likely
to bo swept off by a conflagration.
The same paper furnishes a few items from Ore
gon aud Washington, vrhich wo subjoin:
The Oregon Standard says that meetings of the
citizens along the Columbia river aro booh to be
holdca at different places, to agitato the question
of the Hudson Bay Company ’s claim to large tracts
of land in Oregon and Washington Territories, to
throw more light upon it, aud to devise ways and
means to legally proteot the rights or American
settiers upon the lands claimed by this company.
It is well known that a large number ot the de
pendants of that company, immediately on the
passage of the land law, availed themselves of the
privileges of that law, and declared their intcu
110ns to become citizens of the United States, and
as claimuutß under thut law, settlod upon some of
the best lands iu Oregon. To this no reasonable
objection can be urged.
The Oregon Legislature assembled at Salem De
cember 4th, and organized by the election of the
following officers:
For President of the Council, J. K. Kelly, of
Clackamas; Chief Clerk, B. Gcuois ; Assistant
Clerk, James Costilloe ; Enrolling Clerk, Mr. Ed
wards; Sergeant at Arms, J. K.Deloshmutt; Door
Keeper, Mr. Gwinn. Speaker of the House, L. F.
Cartee, of Clackamas county; Chief Clerk, Victor
Trovitc; Sorgeant-at-Arms, Mr. Hammonds—all
Democrats.
The Standard says that rumors aro afloat in
town that the whites have killed a Cayuse Indian,
above the Cascades aud Dalles, and that the In
dians about tho Cascades and Dalles, together with
the Clayuae and Snakes, were evincing hostilities
to the whites. Much alarm iafolt for tL« safety of
tno whites at the The troops at Vancouver
are ordered to go up there as soon as possible.
The Legislature of Washington Territory or
ganized on the 4th Decembor, by tho election of
the following officers: President of the Council,
Seth Catlin; Chief Clerk, Butler P. Anderson; As
sistant Clerk, A. J. Moses; Sergeant-at-Arms. J.
L. Mitchell; Door Keeper, Mr. Culleson; Speaker
of the House, Ilenry B. Crosbie; Chief Clerk, B.
F. Kendall; Assistant Clork, R. M. Walker; Sor
gcaut-at-Arms, Milton Mounts; Door Keeper, Wm.
Bailey—all Democrats but one.
From the New Orleans
Later from Mexico.
The steamship Orizaba, Oapt. Forbes, arrived at
the levee early yesterday afternoon. The cause
of her being beyond her time is that she was de
tained at Vera Cruz by the prevalence oi a heavy
norther which prevented all communication be
tween the shore and the vessel.
She lett Vera Oruz on he morning of the »tn,
and brings dales from the city of Mexico to iho
morning of the sth. . _ • i
Tho ISiglo XIX. quotes from tho Universal a
leugtby article on the subject of tho lovy of souor
Arrangoiz of some $70,000, as commission at the
rrteof oco per ceut lor roceiviug and remitting
iho $7 000,000. The Universal bases ils statements
on the subject on tho best authority—-that of tho
Diario Ohcial. According to the published ac
counts tho money was delivered to Gen. Almonte
al Washington; the Mexican Government ordered
that Minister to hand it over to JSonor 1). Francisco
Arrangoiz, tho Mexican Consul General in this
country; Scnor Arrangoiz fulfilled tho orders
given to him by his Government with rospoct to
tho disposal of the money, and in return lor his
apparent attention and fidelity, ho was appointed
Envoy Extraord.uary and Minister Fienipoieutiary
at Washington. Almost at the same moment ru
mors spread that ho had appropriated $70,000 by
way of commission; but his imtecedcnts deprivod
tho reports oi all credit till they wore fully con
firmed by tho Diario Oficial. Immediately con
cluding this clover operation, Senor Arrangoiz left
lor Europe, without waiting for permission from
his Government.
On the facts becoming knowu co Santa Anna, an
order was issued depriving him of tho appointment
ho nold, and also of tho decoration of tho Order of
Guadalupe, with which he had boon invested.—
Tho conduct of Arrangoiz in this matter is said to
have caused as much surprise and disappointment
as it certainly has of bitterness. He had always
previously been considered ot tho most unyielding
integrity nd highest and most honorable delicacy.
Tho JJiario OJicial dwells on his shameful fall into
temptation, with great manifestations of regret,
and ou his deprivation of oliice and honors as an
appropriately severe pun aliment, and highly cred
itable to the Government that it has had the courage
toiuflictit- , .
The sum of $749 has been seized on board of an
Englith vessel named the Mary Montagu.', on ac
count of its being found secreted for the purpose
of evading tho duty payable ou it. The captain
has been cited to appear and answer his offence
against the Mexican revenue laws. If he do not
appear, he will bo adjudged guilty of ooutumacy.
An ‘ibbe Lswienson, from this country, is said
to bo collecting contributions towards the funds for
building Catholic churches and schools in the
United States.
Fevers had boon epidemic is Nuevo Leon during
;ast month, causing considerable mortality. At
latest accounts, however, under the police_ and
sanitary regulations established, they were disap
pearing.
The Siglo XIX says thutthoy are sending pooplo
to prison at Monterev for not being known/ Sev
en were so served between the 15th and the 21st
ult.
The Guadalajara Soldado de laPatria denounces
various government employees for not having vo
ted at tho late election, and demands their dismis
sion from office iu accordance with the terms of the
circular issued on tho subject.
Declarations of persons unable to vote at the
election, in favor ot the existing Government of
ihe country, from a great number of places are
published.
The defeat of a body of 700 insurgents at Angan
gueo, on the 15th ult.’, is announced.
Another press decree ha» been issued. The fol
lowing arc its terms as published in the Qeraldo:
The Supreme Government has obseived with
positive disgust that so o of the periodicals and
journals published in this capital copy into their
columns notices or articles taken from foreign pa
pers of the same class, in which are inculcated and
maintained anarchical and discord begetting doc
trines, diametrically opposed to the ideas which
the prerent political administration of our country
professes and maintains. Under these circum
stances, and in order to avoid toe evil that such
doctrines may occasion, General, his Most Serene
Highness the'Fresident, has ordered that all editore
of periodicals and journals published in this capi
tal be admonished absolutely to abstain from com
mitting the offence pointed out, and informed that
if any one contravene this supreme determination
he will be chastised with such severity as the
circumstances of the case may demand.
The American schooner Enterprize was lost at
Tabasco, at her anchors, in a norther. The cause
of her being lest is principally attributed to her
not having Lands enough on board to manage her.
The only persone on board were the cook and
pilot; the captain and others belonging te her
were ashore.
Capt. Joachim Rena, commanding a company of
lancers at Alvarado, has been deprived of his post
lor not voting at the election. Gen. Romnlo Dias
de la Vega has oeen appointed Governor of the
District ot Mexico.
Ah. Dxiutx ! —The Home Journal publishes a
.etter from a lady correspondent in which the fol
lowing passage occurs. The Gotham aristocracy,
we suppose, owns the thrice happy youth who
wears the roses and the violets :
Mr. was in just, now, and told us the last
new story of young just returned from
Paris. He has. it appears, two sets of embroidered
shirts, one covered wi:h roses, the other with
violets. On the occasion of wearing either, he
perfumes an . pomades h-.mseif correspondingly,
with ottar-gul on his moustache tor the
rose skirt violtitee for the violet. The other night
he was dressing for a party, and having Defected
himself <2 ro&j sent in great haste to his laudres,
who had all of both kinds and had not brought
them home as expected. The uniuckly woman
gent the only one that was done, and it chanced to
be violet 1 “Pm dressed for rcse> and they’ve
sent me violet 1” exclaimed the poor youth sinking
back exhausted on a »ofa, “ and 1 won tgc. Ana
he did not go.
O. M. MitcheTl7E>q.,Til 3 financial agent of the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company, has just
returned from Europe, whither he had gune, on hia
third visit, to negotiate the securities ot this road,
I and has returned—successful.
AUGUSTA, GA- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1855.
From the Savannaz Republican,
fe'sprclae Court of Georgia,
j Minnifi nf Points , decided by the Supreme Court
| of Georgic, at Sanji.nab, January lirm, 1355.
! .No. 1. M. Landers, Riff. in Error vs. John Da
! viscn, Dcfdi.—From E chinked Co.—Justices of
I tho Inferior Court are not authorised to sit as a
land court, under the Acts; and a
! warrant issued by them is
i A. J. &T. W. Miller for Piss. in Error. Wai
| ton for Defdt.
j No. 2 *as withdrawn from the docket,
j No. 8. C. E.Tay.or i Piif.in Error vs. H. Buchan,
! et. a!., Defdt. —x rotn Washing'on.—When proper
ty, lev.d on and c.aimed, ana tne claim exse pen
ding in Court, is by agreement sold by the sher.ff
under a rule of Court on twelve months credit;
I and the claim case is referred to arbitrators who
: award oue hair the fund to the claimant, and the
other half to the execution creditors; and after
| warns certain execution creditors, who were not
j arlies to the agreement aud submission, are de
sirous to subject the whole fund in the sheriff’s
hands to their fifcs, and file a Bill in Equity for
that object; held, taat tho Bi l ahoui make all
the other execution creditors, as well as the claim
art, parties thereto; and thit tne complainants
-• ould renounce eli iitn on the property bold, and
should pray thu- an may be made up to try
she light oi property between tne c aimant and
the defendant in execution; therefore, held t that
a Bill wanting the*e requisites, cannot be main
tained.
L Stophens for Piss. in Error. Schley <fc Rock
well for Detdt.
No. 4. D. Harris, Adr., RHF. in Error vs. W.
btnMi, Fxr., Defendant.—From Washington.—A
Testator bequeaths certain real and personal pro
perty to hi.-, grunison, and adds the following:
“Provided nevertheless, if my said grandson
should die, leaving no lawful l.e rs, then, in that
case it is my w li that all o.* said property revert
back to my csiute, an to bo divided equally, share
and share alike, between the lawful children of
my son J. C. J?.”
Held , That this is a good limitation; and that
the gmudson takes a foe, subject to Executory De
vise in favor of the children of J. C. F.
Held alto, Thai in the construction of wills, in
reference to the Btalotb Ve Jdvitu, the Court** of
this State are not bound by tho rules of tho Eng
glish Courts, but should r*. ther bo guided by the
spirit of our own institutions and laws.
Bailey & Schley, lor Piss. in Error. Rockwell
for Defdt.
No. 5. C. A. L. Lamar, Piss. in Error vs. The
New York <fc Savaunah Steam Navigation Com
pany, Doldt.—From Chatham.—When a common
carrier Las issued printed rates of freight lor vari
ous enumerated articles, and adds a general rat for
articles not Bpooiiied, of so much per measurement,
in boxes; beul, that tho carrier is not bound for
cotton samples in a box, (which are not among the
enumerated articles) nt the general rate ; bu he is
entilcld to a reasoned* compensation, to be evi
denced by custom or othe.witC, and judged of by
the jury.
Lioyd & Owens for Piff'. in Error. Law & Bar
tow for Deft.
No. 6. J. J. Brad well, Ord’ry for the use &c.,
Piss. v*. ilsry Spencer Administratrix, Defdt.-
I rorn Liberty.—A reference of a case pending in
Court, to arbitrators, by rule of Court, under the
Judiciary Act, does not deprive the Court of ju
risdiction of this case: a d although the arbitrators
have made and returned their award after tho time
limited in tho ru’e of reference, yet if judgment is
entered on that award, it is primafacie a legal and
valid judgment, the pre.-umption of law being that
the.irregularity was cured in some way before the
Court permitted tho judgment to be entered.
Law & Bartow for Piss. in Error. Ward & Ow
ens for Deft.
No. 7. T. G. Prioioau, Piss. in Error, vs. S. W.
R. K. Bank, (of 5.C.,) Defdt.—From Chatham.—l.
In South Carolina, bonds are negotiable by bank
indorsement, not under seal, and such an indo se
ment operates as an assignment of the bonds to
bearer. 2. A power of Attorney to execute such
an indorsement, need not be under seal. 3. A re
lease of such bond by the payer, after it has been
so assigned, is void.
Ward & Owens for Piss. in Error. Law & Bar
tow lor Defdt.
No. 8. J. Burkhalter Piss. in error vs. W. H. Ed
wards, Dfdt.—From Tattual.—l. If a party leaving
title to property, and with knowledge of the facts
encourages another to buy that property from a
third party, and does not disclose his own title, he
shall bo estopped from afterwards assorting his
title against buch purchaser; and if he alleges ig
noiunce of his own title, the onus is on him to
make it so appear. 2. A Sheriff’s Deed, though
tho 11. fa. on which it is founded be not produced,
is yet admissible as color of title to support a plea
of tho Statute of limitations. 8. Though cutting
timber on uninclosed land be not of itself adverse
possession; yet if it can be shown that the other
party know, that tho party cutting timber was do
ing so under a claim to the land—the cutting may
be, against such party, taken as advorso posses
sion. 4 Althoa h land cannot properly bo twice
grauted by tho State, yet the second grant may bo
good for many purposes— ex gr , to support adverse
possession.
Gaulden for Riff, in Error, D’Lyon & Schley for
Deldt.
No. 9.—H. Kicks, Plff. in Error vs. The State.—
From Bryan.—l. When ono, suspecting an indi
vidual of buying stolon goods, sends a ne,_ro to
that person with cotton to soli, without a written
preinissiOn, and watches the proceedings, in order
to detect the party—held that this is no justifica
tion of the Defendant, on an Indictment lor buy
ing the cotton from the slave without written per
mission. 2. It is not necessary in such an Indict
ment to allege who was the owner bi the cotton.—
3. It is error for the Court, in charging the Jury,
to say, “you assume great responsibility in decid
ing the law differently from the Court, while, aK
though the Court may bo wrong, you cannot be
wrong if you tuke the law from too Court.” 4. A
case will not be sent back for a now trial on ac
count of n inlsdir^ctior» of the CuuTt, if the Defeil
dant was not iujnuct thereby, when no new trial
has been moved for in the Court below.
Gaulden for Piss. in Error. Solicitor General
Long, and Ward & Owens, for Defdt.
No. 10.—Geo. Pettiugall. Plaintiff in Error, vs.
Ed. Nolan, Defendant.—From Chatham.—Under
the Act of 1837, to confer the same special and ex
traordinary jurisdiction upon Justices ot the Peace
in the city of Savannah, as to claims under thirty
dollars, th it is conferred by the Act of 1831 on the
Court of Common Plea 3 and Major’s Court, ex
ceptions to the judgment of the Justice must be
taken at the time it is delivered, as prescribed iu
the Act of 1831.
Law & Bartow for Plaintiff in Error. Sheftall
for Defendant. .
No. 11.—A. H. 11. Dawson, Assg., Plaintiff in
Error, vs. F. I. Figueiro, Do endant. —From Rich
mond.—When ono executes a deod of assignment
to a trustee, purporting in its terms to bo for the
equal benefit of all his ci editors, but annexes there
to a list purporting to be ot all his creditors, which
list is reterrod to iu the deed, and in which the
liamo of ono creditor is emitted, held that under
the laws of the State the deod is void, as against
that creditor.
Andrew H. H. Dawson for Plaintiff' in Error.
G. I. <fe W. Schley for Defendant.
No. 12.—1. C. Dudley ct. al., Plaintiff in Error,
vs. A. G Porter, Defendant.—From Effiugham.—
A deed convoying property to M. D. for her life,
and to the heirs of her body, if any she should
have by W. I. D. forever; and adding “but if the
said M. D. dio without a bodily heir by him, the
said W.I. D., then the said negro and incioaso
shah revert to my estate and bo equally divided
among my heirs, share and share alike;” Held to
boa good limitation to M. D. for life, then in foe
to her children by W.I. D., and if none, then to
the heirs of the -‘onor.
Gauldon for Plaintiff in Error. Law & Bartow
and Ward& Owena for Defendant.
Explanation of War item* and Piirasen.
The editor of the Unitod Service Gazette, in a
lecture delivered last week at Manchester, ex
plained that a “fortress” was like a star. A bas
tion had three faces, and was connected with
another, and anotr.er, each at three hundred and
fifty yards distance, until a pentagon was formed
of five ; and it was called the ay-stem of “recipro
cal defence,” as ono bastion in the pentagon de
fended the other. They wore surrounded by a
ditch and wall, and thon in front of tho walls wore
“lunettes” filled with men, aod having guns out
side. Tho parallels were lines of earth, or baskets
of earth, thrown up opposite the enemy’s work
zig zag, and so as not to bo exposed to tho direct
fire ot the enemy, thus protecting the advance of
the besiegers. The first work is usually to dig a
ditch, with the earth from which we make our
parallel; and if tho earth is not ot the proper sort
we ufo gabions (baskets of earth) to a depth of
twenty feet, and ten feet high, thus making the
earth work atroDg; and tho soldier runs up a ban
quette to the top of the earth to fire at the enemy,
and then runs down again, and is protected. Tho
enemy’s fire on such earth works only strengthens
them.
An article upon war matrersin Household Words
contains the following explanations: “Popularly,
a regiment is supposed to consist of 1000 men, but
at present the actual strength of an infantry regi
ment is a battalion of 1337 men of all ranks. One
third of this number, four companies (each com
pany being composed of a captain, 2 subalterns, 5
serjeants, 7 corporals, 95 privates,) form tho depot
or reserve at home; while the other eight, amount
ing to 895 men, are the service companies on duty
abroad. A regiment of Cvvalry numbers 271
horsey or 861 horses in the dragoons, and as many
as 703 in the East Indies. What is called a divi
sion of an army is a force of from 5,000 to 10,000
men, in command of a general, and made up of
two or three brigades of three or four regiments
each of infantry, two or three gun batteries of six
pieces each, and a proportion of cavalry. In reck
oning their number, it is customary to deduct ten
per cent sick or disabled; so that five regiments,
of say eight hundred each, would represent throe
thousand six hundred fighting men actually in the
field. A division in the line of battle is posted in
two Hues, one in rear of the oiher, with tho caval
ry behind, and a reserve of two guns and one or
two regiments behind these, to be kept fresh in
case of need. Some idea of the extent of a lino
may be gath 'red from these numbers—a regiment
of SCO stretches 250 \arda; a division of three
brigades, 735 yards, allowiug for spaces between,
and a regiment of cavalry 400 yards. The guns
are posted in front, rr at the flanks, at each end of
the line, the right flank and wing being at your
right hand as you face tho enemy, the left at your
ieit hand. Generally, the artillery have the honor
to begin the encounter, supported bv the fire of in
fantry. Whe.i the former have done sufficient
execution, the latter advance with the bajonet to
complete the business; and when the enemy is
disorganized, or in flight, cavalry fellow up the
blow and dart off in pursuit. Artillery are usually
employed opposite artillery, cavalry against caval
ry, and so on, according to circumstances. It is
only “devils dressed in red and white” who go up
—as the gallant light division of infantry at the
Alma did—and, contrary to ali the rules of strate
gy, take a battery of a.tillery in the face of an
astonished foe.”
A Dwakf Bace of Mln.— The Newport (B. I.)
Jlercnry gives the following: “There is a singular
r ca of dwarfs in upper Peru (Bolivia) known as
“Chiquitos,” or “little menf’ that areas worthy of
attention as the Aaltos. Everything conrected
with them seems to indicate that they are in
digenous, though their genera! aspect gives
the impression of people reduced in stature
by poverty and hardship. The tallest are notmore
than four feet and a halt in height, while many will
not measure more than three and a hall. Their
legs, apparently, are devoid of muscles, their eyes
black and elongated, nose aquiline, cheeks drawn
in, with high cheek bones, tcrehead low and re
treating, hair biack and wiry, and mouth tending
to muzzle. They travel south, on foot, and are
often absent from home two or three years, return
ing with small hoards of silver gained in traffi-■
traveling abcut five or six in les a div. From long
habit they can do without food an'extraordinary
length of time, supporting nature by sucking coco
leaf, gathered from a shrub analogous to the betel
nut of the East Indies. It is equivalent to tobacco,
laudanum, or a strong infusion of tea ; and it is
onty when tfcfeir animals die of disease that they
have a plentiful supply of food.—Their covering is a
coarse k:no oi clot 1 which they prepare themselves,
meir abodes are rude huts, and when travelling
they sieep on the ground, huddled together to
keep warm on the dry, eold desert where they are
principally found.
Tbe Bobbins and i-awrence Company of Wind*
sor, Masa., have recently executed for the Koyal
Armory at Woolwich, England, an order to the
extent of $50,000 for machinery lor the manufso
tore of M-i.e rites, guns,
From tbs Ifatv>nA s htUVAqencer.
From California.
Extract of a letter ik *a intelligent resident
in C-siroruia, dated „
Iju-ncisco, Dec. 15,1854.
i ia now about the worst place for any
I other mia than banket* and capitalists, laborers
and t .»ants. The ini Classes are scarce
ly earn::* a subsistence; many are in utter desti
tution. Bents have on an average fallen 85 per
cent, uni tv ill settle down to less than one-hall of
what T .ev were a }©fCdeinoe. Wages are down
alrei- . per cent. J, salaries, 50 per cent. In
these c- arges there S»pt be great losses to some
snd s' rf.nng to others. Our imports only include
at best tne wants of 400,000 inhabitants, while our
experts being make no employment for
iab .r of any kind. If our sixty millions of gold
were by magic converted into cottoD, tobacco, or
other merchandise. should soon have a city of
200,000 people, pi - nming there was a foreign
market for such proviuie. But, at ail events, it is
clear that tho presentjyieiJ of gold gives no em
ployment to others than the diggers. The other
day five men were to ait work, when one of them
.•'truck his pick heavily into the earthybr the night.
It s.ruck heavily against something, which proved
to be a lump worth \!j e y brought it to
town and embarked t l \f° T ew York. Now,
in flour this $26,000*; would have been equal to
8,000 or 4,000 barret. and wou'd have loaded a
ship; would have r; *ui*cd horses, steamers or
railroad to bring it , o town ; wharves, offices,
clerks, merchants, &4 Vowi tout.
I enclose a price cogent os our daily markets:
you will see wo have strawberries iu December!
They might have add- i board for mechanics $7
per week ; for all ot J r classes sl2 to S2O.
Real estate is posit; ely unsaleable ; and since I
commenced this leltu I havo heard of reduction*
in rents that positive i* astonish mo. The men
who have been rich . re, aud who are now penni
less from that faHuciJ us belief that things could
never change iu Cali! mis, ttre neither “few nor
far between.” jL‘-~ ’
But what a we live in ! Since tho 27th
of October we havo b ioi ’y one rain, and that not
heavy; a lew fogs \d cloudy days, and tho rest
all orighisunshiiiv*‘£jX the thermometer never
below 6(* nor J* 3 *! eg. The *tc v* dealers aro
in despair, and the w-jod-outtere ready to eat up
their own axes. Still this is bad for the miners,
who must havo rain or stop work; and conse
quently the trade ot the country suffers n all di
rections.
“It was Hum teat did it.”
Such was the text from which was preached a
most impressing sermon on Friday last, in o. rsis
ter city, Buffalo; and the text was the sermon
also; and text and sermon wore the last words of
one of God’o erring creatures.
There was no organ with its swelling notes dy
ing away in lengthened aisles to open the services,
there were po anthems of joy and praise with
which to continue tho worship of God, there was
no benediction sweetly breaking upon the ear of
devout worshippers as they rose from cushioned
seats to leave the house of prayer; but tho service
was imposingly solemn, and it sank deep into the
hearts of aQ awe stricken assembly.
It was the “Court of Death.” There stood
justice, stern justice, in the person of the execu
tive of the law, audio his baud the warraut which
commanded him to revenge the injury to the peace
aud dignity ofaociety; there were tho men ot God
devoutly asking offended Heaven to purify the
blood stained soul of the trembling victim; there
was the platform, the, gallows, the rope, tho drop,
and, observed of all, there stood the cringing, shiv
ering outcast, who was to expiate biß crime by yield
ing up his life as the last lesson he could road to evil
doers. That criminal was the preacher, robed in
a frock of white, girt by a black sash, and, on his
brow, ihe fatal cap. During this dressing for the
grave, the distracted man cried out: —
“Great God I Oh l my God 1 what an end I
have come to l Merciful God, look down on me !
Oh! Lord, have mercy on my soul 1 It was bom
THAT DID it!”
To his dying moment did that terrified man pro
claim that his murdered wife did not offend him
in anything, that he loved her, and yet, under the
infernal spell of rum, had he imbrued his hand in
her blood; that hand with which, three short
moths ago, he had pledged her’his love and pro
tection.
Wo have never read of a more harrowing sceno
than the death of Darry. He shrieked with terror,
and his cries for mercy were piteous. Ho had been
guilty of one of the foulest murders on record, and
he must die; the safe y of society demanded his
life. He could not escape his fate, and he stood
with tho baiter about his neck, and the hatchet
was raised to sever the cord which should launch
him into eternity; and there, looking upon the
terrible past and the dreadful future, did he raise
his voice and utter the fearful warning again; t the
use of intoxicating drink.
Will the world hear and heed the words of this
despairing man ? 11 Oh that I should come to such
an end! It was rum that did it.” Will those who
daily put an enemy in their mouths to steal away
their brains, listen to the voice from a murderer’s
grave ? “ Tell them to leave liquor alone; it has
been tho death of me!” Weeping and groaning
as the grave opened beneath his feet, he screamed,
“God help me!” “ God forgive me 9” Christassist
me to pass through this struggle !”
This i 3 no fancy picture, but drawn, word for
word, from the scene in tho prison.
“It was rum that did it.”— Cleveland Herald.
Shipments of Bbeadstuffs fbom the U. Statis
to Europe. —The N, York Shipping List furnishes
a statement of the expor.B of breadstuff* from tho
United Btates to Europe from the Ist of September
to the 26th December, 1854, and for the Bamo time
in 1858, from which we make up the annexed
comparative table:
flour, 1854. Barrels.
To England and Ireland 52,675
To tho Continent 8,117
55,T?*
Same time, 1853.. 1,328,147
Decrease in 18M 1,277,452
wheat, 1854. Bushels.
To Eu ope 138,627
Same time, 1858 5,428,535
Decrease in 1554 5,289,953
corn, 1854. Bushels.
To England and Ireland 2,481,187
To the Continent 160,U29
2,641,166
Same time, 1854 981,556
Increase in 1854 1,709,610
These comparisons show that the decrease in tho
export of breadstuff* has been general, and that
the falling off in the inspections and export of
flour at Baltimore, to which wo had occasion to
refer in making up our annual statement, has been
shared in by all the ports of shipment. Tho figures
also show that the stock of flour and wheat in the
country must still be largo, tho acknowledged
shortness of the crop not being equal to the re
duction of our exports. Against this we, however,
must set the fact,* that the demand for our bread
stuffs in 1858 began on a full stock, whilst at the
opening of September, 1854, the quantity on hand
was much reduced.— Balt. American .
Dancino Elephants—Animated Laddeb.— A
correspondent ofthe Boston Post, at Paris, has the
tollowing account of enrions performance in that
city:
“ Since I saw an elephant stand on his head at
the circus in Paris, I havo not been more atnnsed
than I was an evening or two since at the Cirquet
de 1’ Itnperatrice. The elephants were evidently
youDg and very docile creatures, and appeared in
the immense arena of sawdnst, <fee , to be some
what smaller than usual. They were handled by a
muscular fellow, who had more control over them
than any mal.out I ever saw in India. They
wahzed, danced, promenaded, and walked on their
heads. I never laughed more in my life than at
this singularperformance. To see the trunks lace
themselves firmly on a small raisod platform in the
ring, and then to behold the huge slouching legs
and diminutive tail gradually elevated, the aot
disclosing a vast expanse of dirty, tawnylooking
billey, was infinitely ludicrous.
“ A reward of a cracker or an apple invariably
elicited a repetition, and once in the ardor of suc
cess, an aspiring animal tumbled forward on to
his back 1 Uis fall shook the house, and for a
moment or two discomposed him; but he quickly
recovered himself, and soon emulated his com
panion, who in his unnatural attitude had been a
quiet but observing spectator of the effects of a
too lofty throwing of the hind legs toward the
ceiling. Peats with their trunks they exhibited
in profusion ; but the ground and lofty tumbling,
and the waltzing, were things to me as supremely
ridiculous, as they were wonderfully industrious.
Thoy circulated th< ir keeper, at his command, in
every direction, Baluted the audience, embraced
each other, and graeefuliy retired from the arena,
bearing between them the biped, whose stature in
comparison appeard so contemptible, and over
whelmed with applauses and laudations from the
delighted spectators. All Paris flockod to see
them during their engagement; and the owner,
I suppose, reaped a handsome fortune.
“The animated ladder is also an extrarodinary
performance. Nerve, skill, and composure distin
guished the individual who imm rtalizes himself
nightly for five francs a night. It struts, gallops,
beats a measure, or is stationary under his influ
ence. As a finale, he holds it and himself in equi
librium, and fiddles the Carnival of Paganini m a
very creditable manner. The ladder dose not move
a hair’s bradth; it seems to be driven into the ground
and the man ti'd to it, so utterly motionless do
both remain (with the exception of the motion
necessary to the violin playing) until he has
concluded—then both walk away as steadily as
possible. The leg development necessary to the
performance, we can well believe, is enormous.
The fellow, however, is like almost all the French
circus performers, short, square, and very quick
and gracefnl in his movements.”
Sagaoitt ox an Elephant.—We passed an ele
phant working on the road and it was most inter
esting to watch the half reasoning brute; he was
tearing out large roots from the ground by means
of a hook and chain, fastened round his neok with
a species of collar. He pulled like a man, or rath
er Ike a number of men, with a succession of
steady hauls, throwing his whole weight into it,
almost going dowD on his knees, turning round
every now and then to see what progress he was
making. Eeally the instinct displayed by the ele
phant in its domestic state is little short of reason
in its fullest sense. There is no doubt they do
think, and also act upon experience and memory,
and their capacity seems to increase in an extraor
dinary degree from their intercourse with man. -
The remarkable trouble and nicety they take in
squaring and arranging the blocks of hewn stone
when building a bridge, is incredible, unless seen;
they place them with as much skill as any meson,
ana will return two or three times to give the fin
ishing touches when they think the work is not
quite perfect. They retire a few yards and con
sider what they have effected, and you almost fan
cy yon can detect them turning their sagacious old
noddles on one side and shutting one eye in a
knowing manner, to detect any irregularities in
the arran ement. — The Bungalow and the Tent, by
E. Sullivan.
Gin. Scott’s Opinion oxthe Was.- I The W ashing
ton correspondent ofthe Charleston Mercury says :
“ I had recently the pleasure of hearing the
criticism of General Scott cn the War in the Crimea.
I look upon Scott as one of the great Captains of
the age, and I listened with great interest to his
ideas. He says the Allies committed a great blan
der in delaying the attack upon Sevastopol as long
as they did : that immediately after the raising of
tbe siege of Silistria, they should have attacked
Sevastopol, at which time there was a com
paratively small force in the Crimea; that the
Allies cannot take Sevastopol unless they receive
reinforcements, giving them a superiority of force
to the extent of from thirty to fifty per cent; that
the Knesian regular soldiers are the beet troops in
the world for defense ; they never fly, but perishes
unless ordered to retreat. Ha thinks the Allies
labor under a great disadvantage in having two
commanding Generals ; that the road to victory is
through unity of design. The inference X would
draw from Gen. Bcott’s ideas, is that Sevastopol
will not betaken ; for I doubt whether the Allies
can throw such a preponderance of force there as
is neoessary. Tbs General further said, that the
Allies could notre-embark now without immense
loss Os men, and all the materials of war in camp,
exoept the weapons in their hands.
John Mitchol has gone to tbe Weat on a lectn.
ring tow.
Tobacco and Us KlTecia.
We were told that in 1840, 1,600,000 pereO :* l ,
one tenth of the entire population of the United
States, were engage.i in ra tiogand manufacturing
Tobacco—and at the present time not leas than
200,01)0,000 pounds And if we take Into account
the waste of land and labor in raising ii, the ex
pense attending its manufacture and traffic, wi* h
the loss of time occupied in smoking and chewing
it. and the consequent idleness and indolence it
begets, $40.QC0,000 would be a low estimate of the
present annual loss to the nation ; a sum sufficient
to provide every district of our country with a free
church, and every pauper with a free home.
The consumption ot cigars alone in the city of
New York, in 1851, was computed at $17,000 a
dav ; while the whole city paid but $8,500 a day
lor bread ; this would be $3,650,000 a year lor
cigars alone. The grand Erie C&uai, three hundred
and sixty four miles long, tb* longestin the world,
with its IS aqueducts and 84 locks, was made iu
six } ears, and cost but little over $7,000,000. she ci
gar bill of New York city would have paid the whole
iu two years, ifalineof Atiantic»teamcrs,the pride
of the ocean, were allsuuk, how soon would the ci
gar money ol that one city rebuild the whole 1 It is
a very moderate cigar smoker who spends only
six cents a day; and yet it amounts to $21,90 a
year—a sum which would be called an enormous
t» x, if laid on a young man for tho purposes of
government, or tho support cf religious institu
tions. The same trifling fuiu, if put to annual
interest, would, in 80 years amount to $8,589 80 ;
and who does not wish that ergars were banished
from the world, when he thinks in how many
hundred ways this sum might have contributed to
tho real comfort and improvement of a man iu
moderate circumstances , or how much gcod it
might have done if laid out In oducath g and ele
vatiug his children ?
If the tobacco consumption of tho United States
goes on iu future, incrousiug as it has lor twenty
years past, have we not reason to fear, that the na
tion ot native, inventive, enterprising, efficient
Yankees, flying all over the world, will be actually
smoked down to a nation as phlegmatic and sta
tionary as the smoking Dutchman of Hollaud?
In the United States, intell : gent physicians have
estimated that twenty thousand uie every year
from the use of tobacco; in Germany, where the
stre-.ts ua v/011-us the houses are literally befogged
with tobacco smoko, tho physicians have ca.cuiu
ted that, of all tho deaths that ocour between tho
ages of 18 and 85, ono half originate in th<» wa te
of constitution by smoking 1 Tobacco oxhausts
and deranges the nervous powers, and produces a
long train of nervous diseases to which the stom
ach i 3 liable; and especially those forms that go
under the na ;.e of dyspepsia, with all their kin
dred train of evils. It also exerts a disastrous in
fluence upon the mind, that frequently produces
an enfeebling of tho memory, a confusion of ideas,
instability of temper, want of energy, an unsteadi
ness of purpose, melancholy, and sometimes in
sanity. These aro the ultimate effects of the me
of tobacco, and though one may not perceive them
in his owd case, we are assured that the tendency
of the drug is always towards disease.
All writers agree that the only remedy :or tho
ruinous effects of tobacco, is, “touch not, tasto not,
handle not.” Dr. Shaw says, “Charlataus may
go about, as indeed they havo done, protending to
have some secrot remedy by which the tobacco
appetite may he permanently destroyed. But all
such pretence is from the father oi lies. If, through
r asou, conscience, and religion, a man cannot
break off his habit, his case is forovor a hopeless
OD6. A season of sicknoss is an excellent one in
which to commence the reform; because, under such
circumst&uceß, nature, ever true to herself, takes
away all longing for the accursed drug True, no
ono Bhould wait ior such an opportunity ;. but
when it does come, let itb3 improved. T e slaves
of tobacco, who have undergone a course of hy
dropathic treatment, tell us that the health! 1
stimulation afforded by the water processes, ena
bles them far more easily to rid themselves of this
pernicious habit.
“1 have’t Sold my Cotton!”
The above is become a most familiar phrase
among our people, and is considered a sufficient
reply to all demands for a sitlle i ent of existing
liabilities between the plainer and those to whom
he may be indebted; and organized as i[the busi
ness of this country is, in relation to the subject of
credit, which looks to an adjustment of the affairs
of the current year at or about Christmas, or dur
ing the cotton selling season, the sale of Colton is
the great lever upon which the whole matter turns;
and as long as the planter’s crop remains in his gin
house or stored in the worehouse, it is not to be
expected that tho owner can respond to the de
mands of his creditors. Very grave questions may
however arise a > to what extent the planter is jus
tified—on the score of policy, or iu view of his
liabilities incurred on tho strength of the anticipa
ted sale of his crop and realization of the proceeds
at the usual time—in indefinitely postponing,from
month to month, the conversion of hi* cotton into
available moans to discharge tho dobis for which it
is impliedly pledged ; how far ho ought to or oan
consistentl y speculate upon tho uncertainties of
tho cotton mnrxot. So far as tho risk concerns
himself only, tho question is without difficulty be
yond mere considerations of policy; but when tho
interest, tho credit, and the solvency of others are
involved with them, and ali the loss with none of
the gain falls to the share of the latter, the case in
its moral aspect becomes more complicated.
Wo are at ihis time in tho midst of a trying cri
sis. Tho great scarcity of money is a subject of
universal complaint. Collections are said o amount
to little or nothing, and pecuniary distre. 8 prevails
throughout the country. The cotton statements
from tho various cities show large stocks on hand,
of which, in the inland towns particularly, a largo
proportion is stored for account of planters—thus
locking up in tho warehouses a vast amouut of
means which would otherwise have been in cir
culation. Much of this cotton has been stored at
8 centß, some at more and some at loss; but it is
conceded on all hands that tho proceeds, even at
the present prices, would materially relieve the
diffle-dtter under which wo at present labor. Tho
questions wo now make are these: Are not our
planters wrong in all cases in failing to sell when
their cotton will bring a remunerating price and
tho proceeds are due to their creditors? and se
condly—Having failed to do so, are they not now
called upon by tho exigencies of the times to sell a
portion of their crops at least, oven at present
f>rices, that the proceeds may to some oxtent re
ieve the prosaing necessities which have iu a great
degree been consequent upon their failure to do
so heretofore ? Is it right that our merchants and
others, who have looked to tho proceeds of this
cotton to protect their liabilities, should bo forced
to the necessity of raising money for this purpose
fioin outside sources, at ruinous rates of interest—
or in default ol this, to suffer in credit or cud in
bankruptcy—becouro, fersooth, tho planter consi
ders Bc. or 7c. or oc. tno little for his cotton, or in
his opinion prices will be bettor in the Spring?
We are ever disposed to c 'unsel orbearunco and
patience on tho part of creditors ; but something
is due from debtors, that forbcaranco may not
cease to be a virtue, or patience becorao a fault.
“We speak as unto wise men; judge yo.”—Co
lumbus Enquirer.
Columbus Looal Items. — Death of John King. —
This worthy gentleman, recently injured by the
cars at tho Muscogee Railroad Depot, died from
tho effects of his wounds on tho 18th inst.
A Little More K in. —On Saturday afternoon wo
were blessed with a pretty hard shower and every
sign indicated that the spell of dry weather was
broken; but on Sunday morning tho sun rose
bright and clear, and the prospect now is, that we
shall have no more rain for tho season.
Death of Col. Spivey. —Wo learn that this gontlo
man died iu this city on Friday, 12:h inst.
Accident on the Southwestern Hoad.— Owing to
tho carelessness of the watchman at the junction
of the Macon and Western and Southwestern Rond,
the switch was not rectified, and the Columbus
train was thrown off the track. No damage was
done, but the cars were behind time about 5 hoars.
Accident o ■. the Muscogee Road. —On tho 15th
inst. a little boy, the son of Mr. Clemons who re
sides some 12 or 14 miles Irom town, near tho Mus
cogee Boad, was run over by tho cars His leg
was so mangled as to require amputation, which
was performed by Dr. Standford of this city, and
wo are glad to loam that the poor little fellow will
prob bly recover.
Fresh Shad. —We are indebted to Mr S. H. Ilill,
tho clever and efficient ngontof Hamden’s Express,
in this city, for a fine shad, fit for an epicure, fresh
from the waters of tho Savannah.
Assessment of City Property. —The real estate of
the City of Columbus is appraised bv ti e City As
sessors, Messrs. Meeler, Toby and Guthrie, at
$2,025,000, against $1,885,000 lust year.— Times.
Mas cogee Superior Court.— The case of the Sta’e
against David Clarke, charged with stealing a bale
of cotton, resulted in a verdict of guilty.— Times.
Wm. B. Hodgson, Esq. — Wo are gratified to an
nounce that his Excellency, Gov. Johnson, has
appointed this eminently public spirited citizen of
Savannah, Commissioner from Georgia to the
World’s Fair, to be held in Paris, in May next.—
Ofthe qualifications of Mr. Hoogson for the poet,
and of tno zeal, fidelity, and enthusiasm with which
he will discharge its duties, nothing need be said
to those who know the elements which make
up his character. We learn that Mr. H. will
cheerfully receive and forward, at his expense,
specimens of the agricultural and mineral pro
ducts of onr Stats. As the time is short, all
who feel proper interist in the credit of Geor
gia should promptly come forward with such con
tributions as will tend to illustrate the greatness,
and exhibit the resources of our renowned Com
monwealth. Bat we ehell say more on this mat
ter. We may add, that Mr. Hodgson proposes not
only to bear the expense of transportation from
Savannah to Paris, but the railroad charges on all
articles sent to this oity.—.Si*. Courier.
The St. Louis Intelligencer of the 10th says:—
The river has commenced falling and is recoding
rapidly. Yesterday between snnrise and sundown,
it fell a foot, for 12 houre previous as much more,
and by this morning is, we presame, three feet
lower than on Monday last. The weather contin
ues warm and has the appearance of rain. Boatß
for the South are tolerably plenty, but fr ights are
somewhat scarce. There is any qnantity of pro
duce to go forward, much of which is held back
on account of high freights. Millers refuse to ship
to any extent at the rates charged, namely, $1 a
barrel. Business was quite active about the levee
yesterday.
Bed Biveb.— Heavy rains fell at Alexandria on
the 4th inst., and the river has commenced rising.
A rise of eight feet is reported above the raft.
“Breathes there a man with soul so dead—who
never to bimseif has said—l will my district paper
take, —both for my own and family’s sake! If
such there be, let him repent—and have the paper
to him eent —and if he’d pass a happy winter—he
in advance should pay tbe printer.—
Labse Sale ox Stocks — Mr. Louis D. DeSana
sure sold yesterday, at the North of the Exchange,
8012 Bhares of the Fireman’s Insurance Company
Stock, at from $8.87
ofthe Farmers and Exohange Bank Btock, at from
$22.75a523.12X; 25 shares of the Greenville Bail
road Co’s Stock, at $18.25 ; 9 shares of the Florida
Steam Packet Co’s Stock, at $225 and 1 share at
$250; and 89 shares of the Commercial Insurance
Company Stock at prices ranging from $18.25a
per sh re—79 shares were sold at the
former price.— Ch. Cour. 181A iriet.
A Seeiocs Accident.—Judge Eobert V. Harde
man was thrown from his buggy on Saturday last
in Jones county, and so seriously injured that for
a time he was thought to be in a very critical con
dition. We are ranch gratified to learn that his
injuries are not as serious as they were at first sap
posed to be, and that he was so much better on
yesterday morning that his physicians considered
him out'of danger. The Judge has a host of
friends in this oommuniri , who have manifested
great concern about his condition, and who wili be
very much relieved by this information.— Macon
Meteenger, llfA intt.
Agbiotltcbal Paeebs.—On our table, we find the
January number 01 the “ Southern Cultivator. ," itß
ample pages, filled as usual, with the most useful
information for Farmers, Stock Kaisers, &j. The
Cultivator is peculiary adapted,to, this section in
many respects. It contains such suggestions as can
be carried out in this latitude. Unlike Nothern
Agricnltsral papers, the artic.cs contained in it are
nor foreign to onr customs, olimale and = oeial
wants. We have again and again urged upon all
of onr farming friends to take it every year If
you have notbeentakingit atari in now. Ifyon
have and your year is out forward on SI.OO to Wm.
8. Jones, Augusta. Cra., and you widget a volume
worth five time* the money.— GfttiiMOoga Guttle
From the Boston Courier, January 6.
Old Newspaper*.
A friend has placed in our Lauds some copies of
the “Boston Evening Post,” printed in 1764, “con
taining the freshest advices, foreign and domes
tic,” published by Thomas und John Fieet. This
was a time when the present great United States
were only a colony, or a collection of colonies,
under the Government of Great Britain, and
the first article in the Post of August 20, is a pro
clamation of “George the Third, by the grace of
God, of Great Britain, Franco and Ireland, KING,
Defender of the Fait*j, Ac.,” in which His Majes
ty, haying heard, that “exorbitant fees have been
demanded and taken in the publio offices in seve
ral of Our colonies and plantations iu America,”
Ac., “We have thought fi f to issue this Our Pro
clamation, expressing Our just indignation at such
unwarrantable and dishonorable practices;” and
ho further declared that they should be pun
ished by removal, and their authors “prosecuted
with the utmost severity of the law.”
It apDears that men in office were as rapacious
in 1764 as in 1554.
At that time the nobles of Poland wore assem
bled at the plain of Warsaw, to elect a king, and a
charaoterist.c letter, signed by Frederick of Prus
sia, writteu to Count Branicki, Castellan of Cra
cow, is published:
Great General Sir ßy a letter addrossed to mo
the 18th of thi* month, signed by you, uud some
Bishops, Bena'.ors aud waywodcs of Poland, I
havo aeon the untimely utieasiuors which tho pre
sent situation of affairs iu that kingdom seems to
give you. lam sensible of tho confidence you
place in me on this ocoasion. My Prayers for tho
p of th f. llbottiU; ‘i constitution, sud ro
outht l-lh 0 R ‘‘ publl0 > are known to you, and they
ougnt to boa buro guarantee, of my way of tliiuk
lng m tho circumstuuee-. l know that,
that oi the Empress oi Russia is entirely confoi
tnabio to mine; and the assurances which that
Princess hit) given me, loavo mo iu uo doubt of
tho past which she takes iu tho preservation of the
rights and privileges of tho Polish nation.
The remainder of tho letter is in the same stylo,
his majesty oiosing with—“l pray God to havo you
in hia holy koeping.”
Those wore the times of tho agitation concern
ing the Stamp Act, and the following was one of
its signs :
Heir act of a Utter from Wind/nm, in G.nnec'icut,
Auyuel 80,1765.
On the morning of the 27th instant, a certain
ever memorable and respoctablo g. ntloman, made
his appearance in Effigy, suspended between the
Heavens and the Earth, (as an emblem of his be
ing fit for neither) ho was clothed in white and
black, with a view to represent the great contrast
of his character, he one ■- indeed (to his praise be it
spoken) when in public trust rofloctcd honor upon
himself and country, but now. Oh detestable
change I has for th* sake of a pitiful pension, base
ly undertaken to be the tool of oppression, and to
spread misery and poverty among his friends and
brothreu among this colony, by collecting from
them the small remains of wealth they aro now
possessed of.
Now £S each Beast of Prey, tho’ pinch’d for Peed,
Yet spares his Brother Native of th ? Wood;
So holds he still close Ur ion with the Devi),
To Virtue only and his friends uncivil.
A little above him was represent d tho Enemy
of all honest Men, with a piece of Stamp Paper in
his Hand offering it to him, but by his aspect ap
peared very doubtful of success. Underneath was
written these Mottos, viz: LIBERTY, in Capitals;
below May this be the Fate of all Enemies of Liberty
and, Property* On the other side. Property j be
low, Behold the Man who prefers his private Interest
to publick Trust. They continued in this Position
’til Evening, when there was a prodigious Con
course of People gathered, the Effigies were taken
down, and carried through tho Town, attended by
a large prooession, with the loudest Acclamations
of the people. The procession being ended, the
Effigies wore consumed iu that Element which is
the most proper to blot out the blackest Crimes
by an intire Demolition of the Object.
The advertisements in these days wore extreme
ly formal, and wo give a few specimens
Imported, by Nathaniel Laugdon, in Captain
Deverson, [&o). N. B. These goods were not
opened until the 14th of this instant, August, so
there can be no danger of the small-pox.
After a notice to persons indebted to “ tho late
honorable Thos. Hancock,” is the following note:
John Hancock continues tho business at the store
lately improved by tho deceased, whore is to be
sold a general assertment of English and India
goods.
We select a few at random :
To be sold by Jane Saveli, opposite Bromfield’s
Lane, good Vinegar for Pickles at One Shilling
Lawlu! Money per Gallon, or One Pound Four
Shillings per Barrel; also se eral Hams of good
Bacon.
Eight Dollars Reward. Runaway tho 19th inst,
from James Dwyer, of Portsmouth, a negro man
named Scipio, about 40 years of age, a subtle well
sot Fellow, 5 feet 10 inches high, speaksgood Eng
lish.
Six Dollars Reward. Ranaway from his Mas
ter, Samuel Hall, of Portsmouth, on Tuesday last,
a negro man named Seneca, a thick sot Fellow
about Thirty six Years of Age, and livo Feet eight
Inches high, with a Scar over his left Eye.
To be sold by John and Thomas Stevenson, at
the Sign of the Three Nuns in Cornhili, Boston,
and at the London Coffee Honsb, opposite tho
Custom House in Salem, an assortment of Scotch
and Engl.sh Goods, such as they usually trade iu,
wMeh they will sell very reasonable by wholesale.
N. B.—As the Goods at Salem were never laud
ed at Boston, they aro free of tho Infection of the
Small Pox.
Ten Dollars Roward, for taking up a Mulatto
Slave belonging to Jerathmeel Bowers, Esq., of
Boston. Tho said slave ran away on the 28th of
June last, his Name is Oney, about 24 Years of
Age, a tali sleuder Fellow, with black curling
Hair, has a slow course voice.
To be sold, a No«ro Man, about 26 years old,
that has had tho small pox Enquire of the Prin
ters.
Below will be seen the style of announcing mar
riages at that day:
Last Monday evening was married here Mr.
Samnel Allyne Otis, Merchant, Son of the Hon.
James Otis, E*q.; of Barnstable, to Miss E;izabeth
Gray, only Daughter of tho Hon. Harrison Gray,
Esq.; Treasurer of tho Proviuco : A young Lady
of great merit, possee.-sod of valuablo Accomplish*
mont conductive to the Happinoes of tho Marriage
S ate.
An Oldliald h'chool.
It is not impossible (but some of our readers
may have commenced their “humanities” within
the precincts of a homely Old field School, llorois
a picture of one extracted from a late novel— The
Virginia Comedians —which will bring up a rush
of memories to those who havo tasted “school
butter
The sohool was busy as usual, and a long row
of girls and boys stood in the middle of the floor
conning their lessons, and preparing for the tiery
ordeal. On the benches lunged round the apart
ment sat many more, loaning their slates, or copy
books, or grammars, on the long desk which ex
tended equally with the benches from end to end;
and these hard little students were engaged appa
rently in the most intense toil.
Some grasped their hair furiously at sums in
arithmetic, which persisted in turning out wrong 1
—for how could the remainder be greater than the
figures from which the othors wore subtracted !
Some wont on voyages of half an hour around the
world, taking in spices of Sumatra, Ceylon and the
Snnda isles ; fighting their way into inhospitable
Japan; taking u census of the population of the
exclusive cities of I’ekin and Shanghai and other
Chinese places ; some fought their way into the
noble English grammar, others bent down over
copy boons, endeavoring painfully to onunoiato in
legible lettors the proposition that “Honosty is the
best quality,” and thut “Evil communications cor
rupt good manners;” and when a spatter fell upon
the page, tho hearts of the urchins were filled with
dreadful visions of descending ferules, and aching
blistered hands.
The littla maidens wero busy, too, in all branch
es and with atlasi;os before them, heard tho night
ingales singing in the valley of theCushmer—and
sailed along the Trigis in a splendid barge to visit
the great Caliph liarounat his Bagdad palace—and
swam to the sound of melodies gui’.ars in gondolas
on road oanals in Venioel—and looked carelully
for the mountain by tho royal city of Grenada,
whereon pausing wofully, the handsome Moslem
uttered the “last sigh of the Moor.” Othors wore
busy with arithmetic, and copying just as the boys
were; and the only difference was that they did
not anticipate chastisement for delinquency. Tho
parson had lived in his adopted country—Virginia,
that is to say—long enough to find that it wa ■ cus
tomary for one of the ruder sex, however lofty in
his station, to lay bis hand “ von in the way of
kindneßs” upon one of the opposito sex, however
humble, and so the little maidens only dreaded
“demerits,” and these they struggled to avoid.
What we havo thus briefly described, was tl e
exoteric and external appearance ol things:—which
would have struck a stranger, and arouse him to
believe that of all the scholars that ever gladdened
with their industry and application the pedagogue
heart, those of the pedagogue in question were the
most prudent and exemplary. A somewhat closer
view, however, would have revealed what we
must borrow another word to characterise—the
esoteric phase of the Oldfield school. From time
to time tho maidens and urchins exchanged laugh
ing and mysterious glances over their slates or
atlases: —the lips of the damsels would move with
exaggerated expressiveness, to the end that from
tho movement of those cherry-like appendages,
their cavaliers might divine what they meant to
express. Then when the cavaliers remained ob
stinately dull and would not understand, the little
maidens made signs upon their fingers, after the
well known manner of the dumb; and when the
still obtuse urchins shook their herds, little scraps
of paper were hastily oovered with stealthy pencil
marks, and rolled up and tossed invisibly across,
while the maidens seemed to bo deeply immersed
in study. And the urchins read, “just lock at
Sally Jones and Tom Lackland 1”—or, “You
promised me an apple!”—or, “Have you done that
horrid sum!”—or, “Eobert Dawson don’t know
his lesson again, and the parson’ll whip him.
Ain’t it shameful V'
Another esoteric phrase was going on eubrosa,
that is, under the desk: small hands of little
maidens were squeezed there in the most gallant
and impassioned manner by chevaliers who cov
eted an opportunity to expire nobly in defence of
their ladyloves : —and fruits, cakes, tart.-, biscuits,
were smuggled, as lasting proofs of devoted and
disinterested affection ; and while tho hands were
being pressed under the little aprons, the noble
cavaliers assumed an innocent and abstracted ex
pression which would have done them credit in
the eyes of indifferent observers : and then at the
master’s dreadful glarce the beaus re treated from
their sweethearts precipitately, and betook them
selves to study:—that ip, to studying the manner
of passing “playtime” to the best advantage, turn
ing over the leaves of their spelling books with
well-executed art, and deeply immersed in the
study—which we have mentioned.
No event of any importance disturbed the even
tenor of the noble academy that morning. True,
some half a dozen unfortunate dances wero feru
led for being destitute of brains; true a youthful
gentleman, with a genius for caricature, was
caught ju„t as he had put the finishing touch to a
spleuditi design of the parson on his slate—which
design represented the worthy gentleman arrayed
in a shovel hat some leagues in width, with a body
formed of a tobacco hogshead, from beneath
which issued an enormous pair ol feet crushing to
death a squealing tythe pig';—true, the wailing of
the dunces and the unappreciated artist filed the
room and struck terror into cavalier and lady boy
and girl alike;—but these little occurrences were
net uncommon, and things went on voty pleasant
ly until “playtime ."—when a'l rushed forth free
as air, and wild as little colts turned loose in a
green pasture, with liberty to roll, and run, and
turn somersets, and gambol to their heart’s con
tent.
Beead.—-Liebig, the German chemistitis stated,
having made many experiments, recommends the
making of wheat and rye bread, by using a pint of
ime water to 11 je pounds of flour. Ho urges tbe
abandoning the use of salosratus in tho raising of
bread, and to aubstitatc therefore pure baker’s
yeast and lime water. “ Cream of tartar and car
bonate of sods, are far inferior to common yeast tor
making healthy bread," says tbe Scientific Ameri
can. The lime water is prepared by stirring some
quick lime in cold water, then alter allowing tn
sediment to settle, draw it off and put in bot
tles for uae. No care isrequir d about the q- ni
ty of lime, a» the water will imbibe only a oertam
quantity.
OL. LXIX.---NEW SERIES VOL. XIX.—NO. 4.
'Fke Credit Sy.tem At the South.
A groat variety of opinions are ontertainod in
relation to the causes that have combined to pro
duce tho monetary crisis under which onr peoplo
are sutferii gat the present time. Many theories
have been projected—some with more and some
w.th less plausibility—while on all hands it is con
ceded that the habits of extravagance and fast
living which have characterized onr people for
some years past, have, to a very great extent, been
instrumental in producing the result alluded to.
Tho strict observance of the rules and suggestions
of domestio economy in the habits of individuals,
will, In a great measure, seoure the blessings ot
general prosperity, while a disregard of them will,
in the same proportion, involve the community in
which it prevails in the evil oonsequences that
may be properly characterized as publie adversity.
We do not propose to examine this subject in
the extended relations in which it has been viewed
by the elaborate essayists who embrace in their in
vestigations tho great questions of excessive im
ports, batanco of trade, drain of speeie, &0., all
important as these may be, but whioh, from thoir
very generality, iu meat cases tail to attoct indi
vidual action. Our aim is to make a low praetioal
suggestions in relation to tbe state of things as it
ex.sts amongst ns, and particularly ou one point,
which, to our mind, is omiuently important and
pertinent in this tho opening of the business of a
new year. We allude to the Credit System of the
South. .Nothing is further from our intention
than to enter upon u crusade against tho institu
tion of credit a. an appliance ot trade and com
merce, or to advocate any radical or Utopian
schemo for its dealruc ion. Wo freely concede
that, like many other things, it possesses many
and great advantages when properly used and
controlled, but whiob may booome vastly destruc
tive of its good onda and purposes when allowed
to prevail without and boyoud tho proper limits
whioh sound policy would preßCribo. It is tho
abuse rather than the legitimate use, to which wu
would attract public attention. The point wo
muko is, that the universal provalonco of the credit
system of the South, and particularly of our own
Sta' o, so far from prodnoing tho beneficial results
necessary to its recommendation as a sound polioy,
is injurious to all parties concerned, as well ub to
those for whose benefit it iB ostensibly applied, os
those who, in obedienae to what is considered a
public exigency, yield to its operation as an una
voidable uecesuty.
We do not profess to bo singular in this opin
ion. We think wo hold it ia common with a groat
majority of those who have given the subject duo
reflection. The priuoipal point of difficulty lies in
tho practicability of effecting the desirable change.
Wo think the diltionlty in this respect is overrated;
it may be great, bat is not insurmountable. Like
most other reforms, this must bo the work of time,
bat uuliko thorn, the present change oontempiates
the sacrifice of tho legitimate interests of no class,
and finds its chief oostacle in overcoming the force
of long established habit and custom, the propria
ty of which at any period may be considered at
least doubtful, and the longer continuance of
which, in our view of tho case, is universally to bo
depreoated.
Wo think it may be safely affirmed that short
profits and long oredits cannot, in the nature of
things, coexist; and the same, in a general way, is
truo of long crodits and prompt payments. Hence
we infer that, in the operation of the long credit
system, the interest of buyer or seller or both must
suffer—the cue by the added percentage to cover
not cnly interest, but other risks relating to the
vicissitudes of life, doubtful punctuality, or uncer
tain thrift—or the other, from the effect of either
or all of these. We inlond these remarks to ap
ply particularly to the ordinary transactions of
trade in onr country —based as they are in a great
measure npon tho anticipated rcßnlts of the labor
of the current year—rather than to those of a more
complex and extended character, pertaining to tho
carrying out of enterprises which require timo for
thoir completion, and the profitable returns from
which may only be looked for at periods in tho
future more or toss remote—these latter, and those
similar in principle, being tho exceptions to tho
general rule to which credit should be mado to ap
ply, rather than as at presont being the universal
rule of trade, while a cash basis becomes the com
paratively rare exception.
We perooive that some of our Merchants have
taken a stand upon this question by establishing
Bomi-annual settlements as the basis of thoir trans
actions in tho future. This is a stop in tho right
direction, and we think ita effects will in due time
vindicate its w ißdom aud sound polioy—al ways ta
king it for granted that advantages corresponding
to those claimed for themselves will be extended
to the other parties to bo affected by it, who have
tho right to expect a quid pro quo for the innova
tion thus made upon the anciout custom of tho
country, for which, as before stated, tony crodits
and short profits uro irreconcilable terms. The
sarno is emphatically truo as to short credits (or
still more cash bblob) and long profits. This must
aiwsys be borne in mind by the seller, as it will
not fail to be noticed by tho buyer—it is the
strength of the argument, and without ita benefit
it will bo pointless. Mon are at all times attentive
to their poenniary interests, and we suppose the
general fondness for und adhoronoa to this credit
sys em are founded on a notion that it has its pe
cumary advantages. This notion wo considor as
fallacious, but its fallacy must bo fairly demonstra
ted before its practical advocates will surrender a
theory which has so long prevailed as orthodox.
Nothing will bo well accomplish this object as
fignros, and to this point it must come at last. We
think we have tho foots and figures at hand abun
dantly to prove that tbe longer maintenance of this
system must necessarily involve great pecuniary
loss to buyers at least, end that the groat mass of
our people are directly interested in ita modifica
tion, but we must defer their presentation until
another time. Meanwhile we hope the subject, so
prolific, and to onr mind so important, may enli&t
the attention of others, as its full and faithful in
vestigation can not rail to prove interesting and
profitable.— Columbus Enquirer.
Iron the Savannah Courier.
The eavunuali Hirer liallroafi.
It is presumed that our readers are well aware
that on the 24th day of this month there will be a
great meeting of Georgians and South Carolinians,
interested in this road, at Hamburg.
Tho proposition is, to build a road from Ander
bou Court House, in South Carolina, to Hamburg
and Augusta. At Anderson the Kabuu Gap Koad,
lo ding from Charleston to Knoxville, and the rich
valley of tho Tennessee, will be the diverging point
to Augusta and Savannah. From Anderson to
Augusta is about 60 miles, and to Savannah about
1»8 miles. From Anderson to Charleston, by Ihe
circuitous roads already built, tho distanoe wil be
about 220 miles.
If this statement bo correct, by approximation,
Aurusta will command the trade of tne Savannah
Valley; and Hamburg,incidentally. Or, Hamburg
may be the beneficiary, aud Augusta the incident.
But in either way, both are to be bouefitted by a
valuable trade.
Some time ago a citizen of Augusta complained
that she had lost the « oaytjon trade by the railroad,
and tho pole boat Irado by the steamboats. The
reply to this was, that Augusta had but one course
to pursue in recovering her lost trade—that wus,
to make steam bring it buck—to iutersect the city
by rails, in every direction. Suvh is the policy
adopted. The Charleston road passes through it,
and now thoValloy road, joining the Waynesboro,
is about to intersect tho Charleston Koad at right
angles.
bavannah pursues tho same policy—and Charles
ton has tardily been forced into it, by tbe North
eastern and Savannah Koad*. Tho Charleston,
Savannah and Florida Hoads, will bisoctonr city,
and out tho Central Koad at right angles. Such is
tho spirit of the times.
Tho Kabuu Gap Eoad, from Charleston to
Knoxville, is soenro 1 beyond doubt, by the rocont
two million appropriation by tho Legislature of tho
State of South Carolina. Augusta and Hamburg
will tup that Koad at Anderson. The oity of Au
gusta firs its “dander up,” and $60(1,000 subscrip
tion to it may bo expected. Last your, all parties
ugreed to $250,000. Talk about failing, for want
of money I why, there is one man in Carolina, Mr.
Dorn, who will subscribe SIOO,OOO, and more if
wanted. 80, ut least we are informed by a friend,
who is not likely to etute moro than he knows.
Ho tells us that Mr.Dorn, “with his big gold mine,
has also a big heart—end having his brooches
pocket stuffed with mortgages, can afford to take
a stiff pile of Kailroad Stocks.”
But moro gravely—we not only believe but sin
corely hope that the bavannah Kiver Kailroad wid
bo built, and further, that our Augusta friends will
roalize all that they anticipate for their beautiful
city from its construction. Tho advantages likely
toaccruo to them are thus sketched by a writor in
tho Charleston Standard :
“Lot the health of Augusta be established, and
tho Valley Koad built, aud in tweuty years we will
see there a population of 80 to 40,000. Why not?
bee tbe effects of concentration of Kailroads at
Springfield, Knoxville, Atlanta, and elsewhere. I
believe it is now settled that the Valley Koad, the
Koad to Columbia and Kingsville, will all be built.
Everything now indicates that theso communica
tions must bo opened. The oomplotion of those
roaas puts Augusta in direct communication with
the North by four routes, of nearly equal time and
distance, and she has now two railroads to the
West.
“ W hat, then, can prevent Augusta from becoming
the city of the South—the centre of Exchanges—
tho warehouse of Southern produce for distribu
tion and export.
“Five dollars, and as many hours, puts the man
of business from the seaboard into Augusta, and
the night train will convey a ship’s cargo to bo
delivered on board tho next day.
“What is to prevent. Augusta’s becoming the
warehouse for export produce through Savauuah
and Charleston ? She will be the distributor, and
may compete for the exporting. If Augusta is the
distributing point for Western produce, and to
some extent the exporter, the concentration of
railroads, exchanges and travel, does it not follow
as a consequence that her population must increase
tenfold? This will injure no one; tho improve
ment of Augusta will improve Savannah and
Charleston. Tho ships must stop there, and im
ports and exports must go there, as a matter of
course.”
Washington Irene. —lt is understood that honor
Marcoletta has renewed his application to our Go
vernment to proh-bit the Bailiug of the Kinney
expedition, on the ground that it is clearly a fili
buster invasion of Nicaragua, as it is alleged that
the colonists are completely armed. The same
representations are said to have been made to Mr.
Crumpton and Mr. Sartiges, with a request for the
active intervention of their Government.
The scramble for Mr. Buchanan’s place is check
ed by a notice received from him thut he is not
coming home in the spring, ai.d that his return
will bo postponed until after October next.
Dispatches from the Secretary of Legation state
that the physicians have given up all hopes of the
recovery of our Minister Judge Mason. Ho con
tinued insensible at the time of tho departure of
the dispatches. Judge Mason is over sixty years
of age, is corpulent, and in oonsequence of a bro
ken limb has been lor some time previous to his
illuess incapable of taking exercise.
Tn ore is no doubt of the resignation of Daniel
E. Sickles Esq., and the appointment of the Hon.
John Appleton as Secretary of Legation in his
place, has piobably ba n agreed upon.
Tho intended party movement against secret
societies has been postponed by tho Democrats,
until they havo received more definite information
ol the strength of the Know Nothings in the dif
ferent States.
Sm Walter Scott. —There is a strange story
now floating on he great sea of literary table talk.
Nothing less, let me tell you, than that an unpub
lbhed fiction by Sir Walter Scott has turned up,
and will ba published in Faris, where it we* toon i •
Tho story runs, that a rich old German, ™ ‘° a '
in Faris when Scott visited it ,n l® 2 ®’ " d
uomaniu for hnn the man
or.e ol boon's, that Adne Scott g (other.
useript of a histor.co r o mac<N, by bc
which he bad determined not I »I>»
prizid this very to his private socro
and promised to in lgßoj nI1 „ was lost
“'hi’ if- that q « fe» months ago the German’s
sfnehtii forwarded the writing caso from Bavaria;
dftugjHe tor { y opened it, and found it to oon
ain “Morodan, a Vale of’lhe Twelve Hundred
ana Tenthat it is of the usual three volumo
extent; that it is being translated for publication
in the French, and tout is lius tbe genuine life,
spirit, and reality of the beat of the Waverly ro
mances. —London Cor. oj tin A. Y. Sunday I'inut.
♦ ■ ■ ■
New Hampshire is now without a senatorial rep
resentative in Congress,
Fire la Chari niton-
At otto o’clock this morning tho
sprang their rattles for an alarm of ure, auu
sow minutes the entire lowor part ot tuo c J
oarne illuminated by a flame such os fio i.
uessad, even in larger cities, where millions
lars worth of proporty is sometimes dostroye ,
the ravages or the fiery eiomeut can bo arrost •
Tho most melancholy part of this affair is tri
that a young man named Allen Spencer w,lB .
vereiy crushed by the falling of the walls or «•
Brown’s Btable. Both the thighs of the on tor lu
nate man were broken, and at throe o cI jOK rue
physicians entertained no hopes that ho wou.a
survive. Tho injured man was an engineer on
South Caroliua Kuilroad, aud bears a most e^t‘ tns '
ble oharacter. Ho has a wife and several children.
On proceeding to tho spot, our reporter learned
that the fire was first discovered in tho wheelwrign
aud blacksmith shop ot Mr. C. 0. Thomas, situated
ou the south side ot Chalmers street, midway o
the block between Church and State sts. Atl ‘
proporty, wo understand, belonged to tho estate oi
Mrs. Kiug.
from tho above, tho flamas speedily e Pr 6at '
the aJjoisiug buildings: King’s blacksmith sn p
ou the went, and Mr. G. W. Brown’* 6tuble^“ t „°
oast, in which there wero u tow el ill nu ??h , n i»
horses. Tho vehicles bolougod to
All tho buildings above named, wore
iu a few miuutes. , . < An
Among tho other liousoa burned on .
side ot Ohaluiors street wero the following .
A throe story brick houso, occupied by v •
Ferrelly, and owned by the estate ot ~l t °‘
Two story triune house occupied by M. Jtteurme,
broker and auctioneer. No Insurance. ..
On tho opposite sido of the stroet tw ...
wooden buildings, occupied by P oor *‘ u ., i*
They belonged to Thos.S. liyau and das. j ■* * *
The lire then extouded to the interior of •
west block, and communicated with the building
kuown a* Law Range, which was soon oayulopea.
It now, for a time, boemod utterly impossible ior
human power to prevent the entire destruction or
the whole block. Owiug to tho long spell oi dry
weather, the cistorns in tho neighborhood were
mostly empty. The firemen worked most, aasidu
osuly, but their efforts seemed unavailing.
The flames rapidly worked thoir way through to
Church street,whero they demolished two large sta
bles, which wore occupied by Mr. Fosdick, togoth
or with two small tenemontt*.
A portion oi 1 he second floorjof cue of tho sta
bles fell while some of the tiro men wolw uau£’
inside the door directing a strotun upon tho flames.
The timbers ouught Mr. Cleupor. und for a sow
minutos he was in danger of being burned to doe.tb.
Fortunately a stream of water was played upon
him, and in a moment or two attar, by an extraor
dinary effort ho managed to extricate himself.—
Mr. if, is a member of tho Vigilant Fire Company.
In consequence of the latouoss of tho hour, it
was of course impossible to obtain anything hko
accurate particulars respecting tbe amount of pro
perty destroyed, or the exteut of tho insurance.—
About twelve or fourtoen buildiugs wore burned.
At half past tlfToo o’clock, tho progress of the
flames wore chockod —it was conidorod they could
do no further damage.-— Ch* Standard, 19£/t.
The Failure of I’age Si 13 agon. —This firm
mhich failed at St. Louis a few days ago, have pub
lished a card, in which thoy say :
“Wo aesuro our friends that wo believe our sus
pension is but temporary; that our assets, part
nership and private, will excoed our liabilities up
wards of three millions of dollars, and that as soon
as our books are written up, wo ahull muko u state
ment of our affairs as full aud satisfactory as tho
publio could desire.” , . _
About one hundred of tho frionds of Pago, Ba
con <fc Co. held a meeting in Now York ou Monday
evoniug, when Mr. C. K.Garrison,of Ban Iraucis
co, stated that in October last ho was one a com
mittee to examine tho condition of the Bun Frunois
co house of Pago, Bacon & Co. The result ot that
examination showed that thoir liabilities in bills,
certificates of deposit©, outstanding drafts, &0.,
wore about $2,850,000. The cash assets wero $2,-
257,000 iu specie on bund, about SBOO,OOO in cash
memorandum checks, over $290,000 in tho liuudß
of tho bankers in tho States, aud between $500,-
000 aud SOOO,OOO in bills receivable. Tho as-eta
amounted to over $1,000,000 alter paying all their
liabilities.
A statement was recoived by tho Noithorn Light
showing the condition of tho hou >o to have been
on the 23d ult. as follows : Debit balances $97,025,
and freights $10,915. Credit balances—Exchange
and interest $1,190,085, and deposits $1,716,588.
Balance of cash on hand, $2,640,405. This would
seem to Hhow a very strong position.
Mr. McPherson, of St. Louis, said the senior
partner, Mr Pago, possessed property iu and about
Bt. Louis, to tho valuo of $1,500,000f or did up to
the 2d of January. Mr. Baoon also possessed a
largo amount of properly in Mississippi.
It was supposed that some plau would be pro*
£osed by tho meeting tor resuscitating the Bt.
ouis but no one mado any endeavor to this
ond. A committee, however, was appointed to
express the sympathy of tho mooting towards the
house. Mr. Bacon, ono of the firm, is in New
York, quite ill, the mental excitement of the past
few days having prostrated him.
Gen. Wool, the Union and fiik Seobbtabv of
Wa».- -Tho Richmond Dispatch says : Tho Union
of Sunday morning publishes a letter of Gen.
Wool to the editor of that paper, commenting up
on some remarks in tho Union which lie doomed
unjust to himself. Tho Union also . publishes, iu
vindication of itself, a correspond once between
Gen. Wool and the Secretary of War, pupon Ujq
points embraced in its remarks. That portion of
tho Union’s criticism to which Gon. Wool takes
exceptions is as follows:
The military purpose for which the officer (moan
ing my sell) was sent »o the Puciflc coast is espe
cially marked by Mb assignment to brevet runk*
The last mails bring sad int«P ; ." ujoo <*f tmliou
inasaacros, both at tho northern and southern cx
tiemities iu tho military department of tho Paci
fic. If the commander of that department is to
bo given up to local and civil duties at the hurbor
of Ban Francisco, tho country, which fools a deep
interest in tho protection of its oitizniß against
such outragos, has a right to require of tho Secre
tary of Wur that no time bo lost in turning over
the military command cf the depart nout to an
officer who is neither embarrassed in the discSiurgo
of his duties by his civil employments, nor l>yan
over-zealous attention to his political prospects.”
Gon. Wool denies that his services liavo been
limited to civil auc local dntioa, and sets forth the
value of the “special” services winch he has ren
dered in preventing a French filibustering expedi
tion to Sonora. The correspondence between
himself and the Secretary of War upon the same
points, is quite tart. Tho Uuioußays: “Comment
on Gen. Wool’s letter to us is unnecessary. It
carries on its luce tho ovidence that ho is afflicted
with political aspirations, which huvo hrouguL him
into colllision with tho War Depart mem, and
which huvo subjected him to the severe rebuke
contained in the letter of Secretary Davis. There
is a vein of defiance and i subordination running
through Gon. Wool’s letters, which could not bo
overlooked by tho head of the military department
without serious injury to the sorv.ee.”
Extxnbink Kobberils at New York.— slo,ooo
worth ot Diamonds Stolen.— Wo copy the follow
ing from the, New York Times of Wednesday
morning:
“For several weeks past tho city has been infest
od by gangs of export robbers, who have boon do
ing a wholesale business. Only a low days ago
the Merchants’ Bank in Wall street was ro >bed.
in broad daylight, of #20,000 in gold coin; and
although a reward of sß,uuo has been oil rot! for
the recovery of the money, no clue has been ob
tained of either the robboror the plunder. During
the last week a number of extensive robberies of
costly jewels, silks, satins, and other rich goeds,
havo been committed iu Broadway, Liberty street,
and elsewhere, which, in tho uggroguto, will pro
bably amount to $15,000 or 20,000. Shortly alter
the bank robbery it wa* usoo.tuincd that a p ickuge
of diamonds and other jewels, valued ut #B,OOO or
•10 ,000, bad boon stolen from tho largo jewelry
establishment of Messrs. Tiffany <Ss Co., iu Broad
way.”
Cbiof officer Matsoll had tukon IhoßO robberies
inloactive investigation. No discoveries hud boon
made, except a diamond, (worth $3,000) which wan
found in the handa of a man keeping uloun olliac,
on which he said ho had loanod SSOO to some per-
Bon ho did not know.
Ikpoiitant Leoal Decision.— A very interesting
caßo of life insurance wan tried last week iu o~e of
the Cincinnati Coortß. A gentleman, us wo gath
er from the Gazette, being on the point of leaving
that city tor St. Lotus, made arrangements lor tak
ing out a policy on hie life lor tho benefit of his
wile in the sum ol $2,600. Having been duly ex
amined by the physician o 1 the company, lie left
for St. Louis. For some cauße tho health ceniflcate
obtained by the applicant did not prove satisfac
tory to the company; another examination there
fore took place in St. Louis, tho result of which
having been transmitted to the company, the offi
cers ■ otiffed tho agent cf tho applicant that they
would take tho risk, and banded him a term of
application to bo Bigned by the wife, tho plaintiff,
The signature of the plaiutilf was obtained on the
18th September, and the application returned to
office the same day. Thereupon the policy was
duly made out for tho plaintiff, dated September
20tb, and taken to tho agent, who however before
the delivery of the policy was requested to sign a
guarantee dated September 20th of the purport
that the plaiutiffa h sband was then in us good
health aB he wuh at the tirno of the examination at
St. Louis, which guarantee was signed by tho agent
without the knowledge or consent of the plaintiff
On tho 17th of Septeinpor tho husband whs taken
sick at St. Louis, and was under treatment until
the 21st -hen he died.
The Court having charged the jury ‘‘that tne
guarantee did not bind Mrs. Strung unless made
by her agent; also that the rcprosuntaiion of Mrs.
Strang’s application that Col.Stranff ie now in yood
health, was a wurrantec, but that it was a question
for the jury, whether the parties in making and
receiving that warrantee, did not refer to the time
wh< u they hod the late t intelligence from St. Lou
is,” a verdict for the plaintiff was found fur $2,225,
—JJullimore American.
Mediation. —The Washington correspondent of
tho New ‘fork Journal of Oommerco says:
“An interesting subjoot of speculation may be
found in the causes of tho sudden eheck g ven to
our Mediation project. It is not yot off;bally
known what powers the i'rasident consulted in
regard to the offer of our mediation, nor what an
swor he recoivcd. But it is believed that the sub
ject was brought to the attention of Mr Crompton
and Mr. bartigee, and that the former, alls, .•.on
suiting hie government, replied that tW offer,
though appreciated, could not bo bauble - 'V made
at present. It is quite cortain that no answer hue
been received from tho Hussion government nor
is it at all likely that Kussiu would roluse our good
offices; for in her cutiro diplomacy on this subject,
the Czar has shown a dcsiro for peace—or ra ner,
a diepoaition to insist upon none hut lair tetms of
peace The mediation project is not finally re
fused- and it Is not improbable that tho Bultiomay
bring to Mr. Crempton advices pro motive of its
nfjerf England will make a fatal ’J
go into a war for conquering, or tor humbt.ng
Russia.”
Cotton Skf.v Masueb — Mr. Thomas Dixon, of
Hancock county, (carrying out tho suggestion if
Dr Leo, if wo misiako not, in tho Southern Cul
tivator,) hss appended two cylinders to his gin
through which all tho seed pas* »as it falls from
tho lint, and is cricked k> as to prevent germina
tion. This (as is o!ear from chemical as well os
practical test-i) makes it a much more valuable
fertilizer, because much is lost iu going through “
tho process of hoating. After mashing, we would
t-uggest that tho seed be kept under shelter in a
cool dry place, and not in too largo a bulk, or with
poles run ing through them to prevent heating,
Mr. D. is one of our best practical farmers and hat*
shown his good sense in joking tho load 10 thUi
matter.— Central Georgian-
The Hanooox MAMO*AyroBiNO Company, aftat
having passed a hevere ctisis is now lookirg up.
Stock exchange l hands at low rates previous to
Christmas, but is now held muoh Armor by ow^era*
One inducement to this is the tuot that aq advance
of &5 per cent, has hpien toude In oH»*h oy n ook
holders, which has placed tho conoern on a much I
securer basis than heretofore. The general Jm- I
pression la that a good dividend may yet bo M-* I
iliHd.- Cmtrai <i*orgian, > I