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BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
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TBE WEBIIV
i PaWl»b«*i *'e4ti<*»4*y
ii TWO HOLLARS. PE ft ilft UII
TO CLCBfe t r I NDIVIDCXLa teaming m Ten Dollar*,
P»p* r -.iIMMM *v o::e year,the*far
bl& COFIi» »*H IKK JOLLABft,
9r H rr& no’,*y tv *?’. wtio soar mummm a« *«« *ufc«crlber»•
CHRONICLE &T BENTiNEL
f) VILV ivn TfU-WEKKLT*
v .ajs, nailed to •übicriber*
j. « .. t’perfc&onn.
,j;' aT : i^KTISLU.
~r . L ctnu war isjaweflO iines or j
'vvcfiioo* at : STtyeents for each sabte- i
BE ~/ :•a >- -lAM'S CELEBRATED LIVER
i '.m V - . of Hirer Complaint aad Dyt- !
Jr ... . •'. .. n «■»<•. -a'U^ t C.*2tiveoesii, Full- |
o- « . ' t.s : uaact. after e*t»cg Biliou* i
r . * *,.j op*;-i' .;iig well <m tbe Liver and I
i;,ts, c ! . . a;' . . ty, which iztberesult of al |
» . v.r, <r. I*. l« • aafe arid vai'iaMe
. always keeping the novel* I
ya.
./ u- ukcr • f the House of
.... - * s i Ai ; 1 M *
. • lil : cou irter it lavalua-. j
' ~ * ' tivix.
S's .ra 0. McOa/, i* ' • >r Mathematics, Franklin
1 • . ' -r ,-a‘ioc enaWee me felly to
atiottef Mr. Hull.
| Cbaa. F. MoCor.
£•*■) r O. Me!) . i *’.x GovernorFtate of Georgia:
u a. err A, 24th June, 1564.
n. r •__> h.7e #*n r iiv.d at the Drug ftoree in tbla
A V s it Vii* .• V' .\r, . find that Ills
\'.i , . . j found nothiog eq'tal to it for obr
;i, . i{.: I encio&e you the money
v)-t i. « ; i a-• * V that you ought to take
. i- • ■ ’ w»th it* excellence as a
r . ’ J" ‘ j , s-; • a At to you, that smaller
... ..., '• j r ~ri'itiyr ».*J. would answer a better
’ f .. ... rAo the dose recommended in
in r) t n lient, Ish mid suppose,might
f ' VVrv • is: .. yonrs, dim. J. McDosjxo.
jpTvr '• » ■'j I{.t J r & 00. Augusta,G%.; IIAVILAND,
a v 11. \N i>. liARiiAL
A. * Y . - V/h'fi- >ale Agents. Sold by Drog-
Kia ;, a • j v . ~: I. r ;iJ i y . a pi2-wiy
EAfiTEY & STORY,
dv't V '• Our stock will at all times
k. i •• ‘a- '/c aud adapted to the Flan
{• ’ » 1 • ’ winch we have so long ta
• •!, , -ieive. J.D. KAMKV,
S. G. riTOET.
OLOBL AND LIVERY STABLE,
/ t; • : o & dihYTH €OINTV,Ga., a-.ua’ed
U w <-■ I».V ... , cast of the Ooart-House, by
•• try, Ga.,l W. nIT
T‘“; ' m•• SSS
i... . s > • unufactorieryf Bacon A Raven,
A. ;• . \ , i bubois A Seabury, New York, which
. t, to be at least fully equal to
.!iis country or Europe.
i, ■, .. j gtatethan theiostrumentunow
tr. .. . . ■ •-’.'.'.ernsaodfashiou.audfreHhfroai
• , .«• verylow prices for cash or
Cr’O. A. OATES A 00/8
‘ : .. . . Book K- d Mn&lo Depot,Broad-st.
'3I LLIAM. H. TIJTT.
....... .. r.'d&lA. *' U EhITAIL DUDGGI3T,
(? •; iVI\G « very targe and complete
1 ,i • M rJD !QIKE2. PAINTB,OILS,GLABB,
RTUFFd. r-nd f ANOY
• »*■:• ‘ ■ se’ectoc. in person, with the
i. r. t •*?,,‘ ; o-a .arg;at Imuorvara and Mauuracto
. i *hic'..fur auttliiv and cheapness
MStfoily invUe the at
• ianto.j* and Physicians to his
Mi r)- -i * • '>o ox rooted wIGJ tbo utmost neatness
n*r»T-dAwtf
LA NTS FOR HEDGING.
r >' » ; offer for Bole, during the
t ; . . i .-?•!. O r? ;l Agricultural Society.”
1 V V *' A.O > 03AG. V ' ORANGE PLANTS,
off growth, writable for setting out
let WM f >ot itp-art in the
i> . : an imp w'nctrableand peroianenl
. 4 years. Pamphlets, de>
unit 1 •• -nr :■ i;; avd training the plants,
,i; i >u. ;-i •r* iiose desirous of engaging
~v? lr«*bi 1). REDMOND,
Augusta, Ga.
. iii Atlanta.
. NT IN GEORGIA.
sMiiv • ' o -tto keep constantly on hand a
\nd Tennessee PRODUCE
.if 4 V LARD, CORN, FLOUR,
, r ice BKKD OATS,
v r busiiul, included,
a b or soliafactory refe
-BEA9O,ABBOTT AGO.
. I. fb-wly
i •» onega, has re- Jgft
.. LAWRENCE A Brjl
&ttin| liO) with in
c ■ ;r r» < . .u, so as to afford every
' : Oitiaene. The very str. l
s Horaeß.
» : -re v. ines In the neighbor
,,» t v b elated in procuring convoyanoea. The
• ; charitably healthy,
' v; re: t magnificence.
* V h. Hranch Mint
i n • m . i such as never had the
-ie «r Coining money.
M il- d to give satisfaction to
•.,?>! . . .u*. . <>i myifl-wly
) I*E Y3ICIANP.
■; i (•'. nils, I offer f*»r sale
f Ml. Carmel, Abbeville
.t* long been the centre of
v ■* Ved.cal P> -rice; it is in the
, i and -.vealthy c nimunity,
• r-..r. :ndin , beautiful and
f qnd in ibis section of
• ah River on one side,
- • ’lit woods of Abbe
ss: lem flails t* be kept
o ms, a d 'nil toe necessa
i . rvanu’ house, store
, -Jtnbles at dctirn crib, and
•: Ai u’-'dant supply of as good
tl purchaser I
medicine within the
i... -;• r »y v— o*rrncticj Address
W. c. WARK, M. D.,
?»t. v irnu l, Abbeville Diet.,s.o.
J. :,i. NEWBY & CO.,
" v • AN D ’’l'' 'IL 1> K ALS&B
r S i vF. - ?\ A LVr CLOTHING,
; . Apuuhta, <i k.
, «,* k . tfuliy invite tbeii cus
f|# . K-:*vh a , ? n,.
na v '* . U, ' it\l>’ M..D* CLOTHING—
- ,t, cry prices. They
GLO> F.*,*USPKND
» ‘ i c.e'es for Gentleman’s
r? v. v.-i. • ! se-- ;V:v. tiM-w
} EACH tK WANTED,
r* » .M, U S r*. f a Schorl at Vaans Valley Acad-
A .i vear. The Teacher mutt i»e well
, ■ ~ , . ’■ ;. V o EDWARD WARE,
A 1.1, . i-e fc; <. -tmed from tradiog for a Note
i\ , , ■ ii - t v,- t r and D. J. Walker, as l
. ~ i v.e finks* cenmeHed by law.
»Hawri RO, 8. C.
!»j,. of Hamburg, Jfive Hundred
"'JOSEPH 111GHT0WEU,
; r: v sp with ravson.THEO
. . - nar. v t FRANCIS H.
. ' culJi up si airs, first doer
i aANCIS h. cone,
ii gODORK C. CONE.
, • \ . .’ J " ' ' t RANGXb H. CoNE.
STOP HIM ! SIOO SSWABJD!!
v -' '^II
event >. any jvl wfec rV 1 may i him; or I will pay
'* bw the avp* ••"ccsk .. of the boy ami the
Vi;••••. e > v oci him oil,» r aided hit ee ape.
Cf v\ A •** t *'. t ‘t fl in cl t-s high, and has ra her a
S2O REWARD.
RAX A WAY from U» sat r.bcr, ia Jefferson «
f .. v. . it.: t-.igat cf &i July, say secro wo- fm
> i t v.'A-« o' 5 fact 4 or .*sT£
-JB
f . , v , wj converses inte’hgenlly. c-he
is >. u - - - • :.c h when t&lkirg. The above
vv. ; t richer, or l will ray $lO
<■. : ~ . .:ced ia jail so that I gel
Lc: i . : ?.AY, Spread Oak, Ga.
nis ts
tirr • :• ; t :r? spwabd.
L*; v U‘.rSK*?£
* . - u. reward w.:l Ve
i-. - > > -in any safejaii so t: atlgst
v --'j •-L OaTikftii'y received. Address
; .1V! I) eU M*N vr Ou £ry *t 111 Is P.Og
S2O REWARD.
1> • ; . i r. C :;i t:. - i'z cnoer, residing in..
\ August las:,W
.:: i? years
: *, has l Al
'h a? lost the sight of
r r ;v : w. '*-.■> v : .. a adt.-*beeainGeor-
F • - .«? r< ard will be paid for
Jo"iN W A.‘ HARRIS.
. u?.'..sV tip, forbid, and tor*
?! .somcet rpavmeat
REWARD ’
JT <)U • s ; r f~ :i ' ;,Yn> ; GRAY US,
nX-*’- » w*' The
■’ JAS. P. FLAMING.
GEEx-ISSisOAO' HOTEL.
npilK Vl ' 1 urebisei the House iocoarrly
(jrdeust>e* t -i r.cify ->»** the Cost. V. -u-e, and con
venient bo the K.* ; lr^.. r>s c u Hat tag fiu«4 it up with
-ew ftirxrws ti *-f. - v ♦ fforts u minis* «xiu* tothe
r sh - ' •-* and t. ! -e tra••.: g pal he. The House
Wh i>ir r-a -<- >r r;< -■* • ' •' i■■ • tie tTn ■*y 01
J totmr y* [ J24-wtf 3 N. H. vnL3OK.
PRACTICE OF SUB&ESY.
Dfl. JIJiIAH 12 IRHIm prepared U?accc*mc»c
date w: h Lei‘-;.T? And Kcrrrur, act patreru ai
may be dir* - 4 u . for togical operations or treat*
went. M* 1 - ■_ that thatr lemr ivt
hare every u, - ary '‘t< ’ Uoa. myt-wly
* or fc. * K-* 'TteA EICHMON )■
CtOK-V— Rv j bit-tiiCOiiA, f.r sate by
/ 040. W. Lt WLs.
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
1855! THE 1855!
SOUTHERN UH.TIl.Vn)i{
A MOMHLY JOIK>AL,
! DEVOTED EXCLCPIVELY TO THE IMPBOVEMBKT OF
i Southern Horticulture, Stock
Breeding. Poultry. Bees. Genera/
Farm Economy src.
Illustrated with Nnnierons Elegant Engravings.
ONI dollar ayearin advance
. :7
, EDMOND, Corresponding Editor.
j The j.ivcenth Volume will oommence in
January, 1855.
i The Ccltivator is a large Octavo of Thirty
| two pages, forming a volume of 3H4 pages in the
I yt *>„r. It contains a much greater amount of
reading matter than any Agricultural Journal in
I the South—embracing /n addition to all the cur
| rent Agricultural topic iof the day, VALUABLE
| ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS from many
of the most intelligent and practical Planters,
| Farmers, and Horticulturists in every section of
I the Sou til and Southwest.
TfTtMS OF THE CULTIVATOR .*
ONE copy one year, $ I*oo
SIX copies :::::::::: .00
TWENTY FIVE copies, :::::: 20.00
ONE HUN DEED copies,: : : : : : 75.00
The Cash System w’ill be rigidly adnered to,
and in no instance will the paper be sent unless the
money accompanies the order. The bills of all
specie-paying Banks received at par. All money
remitted by mail postage paid, will be at the risk
of the publisher. Address
WIH. 8. JONES, Augusta, ba.
Persons who will act as Agents and obtain
Subscribers w ill be furnished with the Paper at
club prices.
CHARLESTON PREPARATORY MEdT
CAL SCHOOL.
Til K FOURTH HKfcHIO.\ of this School w 11 begin on
the first MONDAY in Aprii,&nd will terminate on tbe
15tr. of July. Tne different Chairs will be occupied as fol
lows:
Anatomy and Physiology, by F. T. MILES, M. D.
In3»ita Bsand Practice of Medicine, by D.J. CAIN, M.D,
Materia Medica aad Therapeutics, by F. PEYRE POR
CUER M. D.
Obate ticks and Diseases of Women &od Children, by B.
L. LOCKWOOD, M D.
Principles »*td Practice of Surgery, by J. JULIAN
CHISOLM, M. D.
Clinical instruction will be gives at the Marine Hospi
tal* ao<i at the Aim House, and the Roper Hospital, it is
hoped, will soon be in operation.
Among the patients of the Teachers, the students will
have a xess to all cases to which they can with propriety
be admitted, and such as can be brought to the Lecture
Room will there be exhibited and explained.
Obstetrical cases will be shown to tbe students, who will
be allowed to conduct them under the superintendence of
the Tea- he s. By which means they will become acquaint
ed with tbe practical details so essential to the successful
management of sueh cases.
A complete course on Operative Burgery will be deliv
ered before the class, and each student will have an op-
I ortunity of himself performing the various operations
upon the subject.
They beg leave to state also, that eaoh department i«
illustrated by preparatlocs, models, specimens, colored en
g< aviegs, etc., to which additions are made from time to
lime, as the increasing success of the School fully warrants.
In sh >rt, every opportunity will be afforded for acquiring
pmei ical a well as theoretical knowledge of the Profession.
During the sees on of the Medical College of the State
of South Carolina, the Students will be examined regularly
on the Leciuresdelivered in that Institution. Furtherpar
ticulars may be obtained by applying to noy of the Teachers.
Students should have no fear of spending the early sum
mer months in Charleston, as the city is remarkably
henlrby except when yellow fever prevails, which never
c immtnces before August or September.
. rice of the Course (including examinations on the Lec
tures delivered at the College in the winter,) soo.
We are authorize 1 in slating that those Students who
have followed two full Courses of Lectures in a Chartered
. v chool of Medicine, of which the last shall have been in
the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, will be
permitted by the Faculty of that Institution to defer the
period of their examination for graduation from March
until J uly, on showing a certificate of attendance upon this.
*Dr. CAIN is Physician of the Marine Hospital, and
will give his particu'&r attention to the members of the
class. jal3 2amtApl
THK LAFAYETTE CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH
SCHOOL.
fpllt F.XKIU lshH of this School will be resumed
1 MONDAY, January 15lb, 1555.
The srholastic year will consist of 40 weeks, and will be
divided into twu sessions.
The Principal will be issisted in the Mathematical De
partnunt by Rev. R. M. BAKEb, A. M.
It is i .tended that this Institution shall not be surpassed
in its moral training and sound scholarship by any in Che
rokee, Georgia. It is located in one of the most he<hfal
und moral villages in the State, possessing easy access to
the Western A Atlantic Railroad, and free from all the
usual temptations to vice.
TUITION FOE TUK FIBST BK&fiION OF TWENTY-FOCE WEEKS.
Hpelling, Reading, Writing and Mentral Arithmetic,s 9 60
Geography, Arithmetic, English Grammar and Al
i-ebia 14 40
Ancient Languages, the Higher Branches of Math
ematics, Mental and Moral Philosophy, and the
Natural Sciences 19 SO
TUITION FOH TUB SECOND SESSION OF SULTSKK WEEKS.
KpeU ng, KeadiDg, Ac 9 6 40
Geography, Arithmetic, Ac 9 60
Ancient Language*, Ac IS 80
It is important that pupils enter the school at the begin
ning of tho session. 1 uition will be charged from the be
ginning of the month during which the pupil enters, until
the end of the session, except in very peculiar cases.
board can be had at $8 ter month.
JOHN. W. BAKER, A. M., Principal.
LAFAYKTTK PKMALK SCHOOL.
THE IXIROIBEB of this School will be resumed the 16th
of JANUARY, IS&s,under Miss C. H. MERRICK,a Grad
uate of Mount Holyoke r-eminary, and whose experience
and success in teaching oommend her to the public. Tne
8c 00l will be uude the generj) superintendence of Rev.
JOHN W BAKER, Principal of the LaFajette Classical
and English School, and no pains will be spared to make it
worthy of public confidence.
TERMS:
Reading, Writing and Spelling for the Session
of 24 weeks >. 9 9 60
Arithmetic, Geography, D. S. History and English
Grammar 14 40
Latin, Algebra, Geometry, Physiology, Logic, Bota
ny, Ancient and Modern History, Mental and
Moral Philoso >hy 18 00
Reading, Writing, Ac., for the second session of 16
weeks 6 40
Arithmetic, Geography, Ac., for the second session
of s xteen weeks 9 60
Latin, Algebra, Geometry, Ac., for the second ses
sion of sixteen weeks 19 00
The Musical Department is under the direction of Miss
L. ATWOOD, who was instructed by the best Masters in
Boston, »nd who is an accompfished and thorough Teacher
of Vocal and Instrumental Music.
Music, use of Piano included, S6O 00 per annum.
I 's, Gu., Pec. '26.18 4. jal&-wlm
WOODLAND FEMALE COLLEGE, CEDAR
TOWN POLK COUNTY, GA.
THK first term of this Institution will commence on
the Flßdl’ MONDAY in FEBRUARY next.
FACULTY:
W. B. CRAWFORD, President and Professor of Moral
and Mental Science.
J. D. COLLIN*, Professor of Natural Science and Un
guagee.
Miss VIRGINIA YERDEBY, Professor of Music.
WM. A. MERCER, Principal of Primary Department.
Prof. CAM LLE LuUAKDY, cf Charleston, will be en
gaged to give instruction in the French Language, and In
rawin. and Painting.
The Scholastic Year will consist of but one term—of ten
mouths—commencing on the first Monday in February,
and closing on the third Monday in November—which
will be Commencement Day. Pupils may be entered for
half the term, (five months) or for the foil term.
TUITION:
First Class sl6 per term.
Second Class 90 **
In the College 40 “
Music, (use of Piano included) 40 *
Half the tuition to be paid in advance, in cash, or note
—the balance at the end of the terra.
Mr. WM. A. MERCER will have charge of the Board
ing Department. The price of board will be ten dol
lars per month, everything included, except oandles.
lioaid may also be obtained in private families in the
village.
For further information, address WM. PECK, or Rev.
J. M.WOOD, Agents.
By order of the Board of Trustees. ntO-wfim
GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
f pHK EIGHTH *K»b!o* of this Institution will
A commence on the 90th of FEBRUARY.
ACADEMIC STAFF.
Col. A. V. BRUMBY, A. M., Superintendent, and Pro
fessor of Ms thematic*.
Capt. SAMUEL JONES, U. S. A., Commandant of Ca
dets, and Professor of Englmering.
Mr. V. 11. MANGET, Professor of French, History, Ac.
Mr. W. H. HUNT, A. M., Professor of Chemistry and
English Literature.
Mr. J. B. GOODWIN, Professor of Drawing.
Capt. W. T. BLACK, Assistant Prof, of Mathematics.
Cadet R. S. CAMP, Assistant Teacher.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Davip law .n, President; Charles J. McDonald, James
Brannon, William Harris, A. V. Brumby, David Dobbs,
M. M>ers, A. N. Bimpsou, Jeptha ▼. Harris, Wm. Root,
David Aruis, Audi ew J. Hanseli,Secretary.
Tikvs—Tuition, Board, Washing, Fuel, Lights, Muac
and ali other contingent expenses, per Session of five
mouths, in advance, sll9 60.
It may be proper to state, in relation to the new Com
mandant, Cap:. Jones, that he has accepted the appoint
ment and wll be here at the opening of the Session. He
graduated a: West Point,in 1849,and taught in that Insti
tution from 1>44 to lb&4. He comes with the highest re
commendations from the officers of the United Btates Mil
itary Academy.
The Trustees have recently appropriated a sufficient sum
to complete *t once the Laboratory building, and also to
fit up and furnish the Hospital.
We have aooommadalions for on* hundred and thirty
Cadets.
Persons desiring further information, can obtain a copy
of the regulations by addressing the Superintendent, or
any member of the Board of Trustees.
ANDREW’ J. UANSILL, Secretary.
Marietta, Ga., Jan., 1866. jali dawSm
ELL BEET OH MALE ACADEMY.
r ¥''HJK Exercises of this Institution will commence oa
A the second MONDAY IN JANUARY next, under the
superintendance of J. A. TRMNCHARD. This gentleman
has had many years experience as a teacher, and comes
to us with the highest recommendation for skill and abili
ty in his bus*aces. We have every assurance that he is
fully competent to prepare students for any class in 00l-
Ve invite public attention to the fact, that this institu
tion will oomkinv as many advantages as any other of like
character. The house is ©ommodious and properly eon
structed. the Tillage is healthy : the inhabitants axe moral,
and board can be had as cheap rate*, in good families.
wm, a. ewurr,
JITT THOMAA
WM. B. WBITK, i
HENRY P. MATTOI, Trustees.
L. H. 0. MARTIN,
J. H. JONKB,
dt-wim WM M. MCINTOSH, ,
A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR DEAF AHD DUMB
npHK subscriber takes this method to inform the public
A that he w.'.i teach a new private School for the Deaf
and Dumb, at hi. father’s, four miles west of Lexington,
Of 'ethorpe county, Ga. He has secured a few popiia,
and w:« commence to teach rn the Ist of MARCH
Pupi s can be admitted on more favcrable terms than
ar y School south of the Potomac. Any one who is desi
rous of ssndirg their unfortunate children to echoed, wid
be furnished with the particulars on appli aticn to the
undersigned. J. B. KDWaRDA
Lexington, Ga. jilP-^tMhl
BAKGAIK TO BE BSD, SHTJKX 1 ’
THK subscribers offer at prirate sale that trsot o<
Osa aad B.efcorj LAND, Ijlag in JtSense ecnat;.
ca tte WaToesboro* arfi Saea-aah Boada, milts of
L. is tailes or Central Baiiroad and 40 otlas of An
gusns, oontaiaieg GOO acres, morecr less, adjoining lands
vfUU. Warren,Col. J.McKinne.Maj. J. W. Alexander,
an - ethers. The place a m goed repair, with a good com*
fcira e Dwelling, and all other nec-sa»ry oatbnid ngs,
we i watered, and as health, as an, place known. If de«
tired, there can be had with the ;ace, sersn xainahl#
r ' I *> btoc., C3crn,Fodder, aad Hoojehold and Kitchen
-:n l ire *c. An, person wishing to purchase this Tala
?k f call sn i- L rpAMS, who will
..., .ta-Mre nr..wn. it to an, one, and can always be
Lund on the place. Address A.L KTASS
iaSS-ti JOHM ETANfc,
Lotus ride, Ga.
.... COBBT OF CEDI BABY.
npHK OHDIM Alik wi 1 be found at his Ofbeo, read?
A to receive the itr turns of E,seniors,
f l . llA *• A Ku ‘“ tilts served upon ail rttfaaltert
- ' -'L ‘f returns are not made before the firs' MOM'*,
in lebr*i,r, real I*OS P. DCSai *
d-awS.awa Ordinal.
WANTED TO ICECHAhi,
A riHtiX-H ATK CABI’EMTEK of good charaoai
ii. for which u iibtrxl piice vil be mves. Apply tetbe
bu: K_rihcr. fj*l4-w»tl ELGIN I YKRDk' B7
WEEKLY
IHRONimniTIIU
“ ,\ot gar. no How A Story of Tentaw.
Those who have traveled from tbe city of Meoile
to OtOckUm, oii the ‘‘^raodjgloomy Llid peculiar 1
shores of primeval Baldwin, by the little mail
steamer which pllee so regular.y between those
P 011 } 1 ?* threading the marshy sinuosities of the
muddy Tensaw, with duck-like ■, race and facility,
may perhaps have observed with some attention
the we;l knit, little figure, tbe well proportioned
“ head and neck ” and firm expression of the eye
°f C&pt&in strong—aa we chooee to designate the
officer in command of the steamer aforesaid.
ah a iamb, courteous and really good hearted and
good humored, our little Captain has yet a stoat
heart aad an unyielding soul in his tfinall body ;
and in the maintenance of his rights he is never at
ail daanted by the iisplay of superiority of physi
cal force. Withal. Captain StroDg takes some in
terest—and has always done so—in the political
questions of the day, and is what would be called
an old-fashioned Clay Whig.
Tho Captain did not always command the mail
rtteamor. Aforetime, however—that ia to say I:
the year 1847—he ran between the same points,
(dropping in at all “intermediate landings,’ as his
customers might desire,) a little low-pressure boat,
which we win call he Dian, firstly because it is
quite a pretty name, and, secondly, because the
real name of Capt. Strong’s steamer is unknown
to us. He ran this little boat “on his own hook;”
she was in the “Bay trade.*’
Certes, although our friend was a whig, and a
strong, decided whig, too, he was also the 44 pub
lic’s obedient servant,” aad, (what was certainly
proof cf hiß impartiality,) he carried whigs and
democrats to and fro, across and around and about
the turbid waters he navigated, for the same un
varying fare.
well! one day, in the said year 1547, the little
Dian was cutting through the waters of Tensaw
like a case knife, making not more noise than (at
most,) a testy tea-kettle; now running so close
under the drapered live oaks, on one side, that
one migV almost pull the pendant moss away
from Uieir boughs, and anon anaving me nose ,
almost of a point of marsh on the other. Thus
the little boat was skimming along, when a group
of passengers stood among the coils of rope for
ward, discaursing of matters political, but more
especia'ly of the Mexican war then in progross,
and (to bo more specific still,) of the T&n Regiment
Law t passed for the reinforcement es the army.
The particular point made by the whig speaker (a
M.r. Sibley,) was that whereas Alabama was in
tensely democratic and had done her share in
inciting our people and Government to hostilities,
she bad contributed very little towards the prose
cation of the war. Mr. Lewis—a very large, port
ly men, who lived near Blakely, in Baldwin afore
said—joined issue on this statement, as was very
natural, he being a democrat and alone in defend
ing his party flag.
An appoal was made by Sibley, to Capt. Strong,
by asking “what would be Alabama’s quota of
men, under the ten regiment law ?”
“About a regiment and a half!” quickly re
sponded the little Captain of the Dian, very glad
of an opportunity to take a little political stock.
44 What number,” then asked Sibley, “haß she
actually sent to Mexico?”
“About a company and a half 1” answered our
hero, with something very sneering in his expres
sion.
The words were hardly out of the gallant little
fellow’s mouth, before ho felt himself in the huge
arms of his democratic neighbor; and the next
moment he was flying over the little steamer’s
side, forward of the wheel-house, with a very fair
prospect of beingsoon minced by his own buckets.
He struck out, however, andsucceided in clearing
the wheels, the Dian shooting ahead and leaving
him paddling away in her wake. Very luckily a
canoe was passing, and after some few cold-water
arguments from the Captain, he was permitted to
got into her. Tho steamer, of course, had been
stopped and then backed; and in a very few
minutes, Capt. Strong was upon hia own deck
once moro, and making very desperate endeavors
to got at tho large gentleman who had conducted
tho other side of tho debate. Friends, however,
took away his stick, and for a while he could do
nothing. But in the course of an hour or two, he
chanced to find a lady’s embroidory frame, and
with this frail weapon, he went out upon one of
tho guards, aft, whore ho descried the gentleman
who had immersed him! The Captain approached
within striking distanco, and hailing his antagonist
who was looking in another direction, he exclaim
od—
“Now, you d—d rascal, I’ll wallop you !”
The fat man looked round and caught the idea
in a moment! —without waiting for the descend
ing blew, ho sprang over tho side into tho turbid
Tonsaw!
Capt. Strong was immeasurably shocked! He
had no idea that his large neighbor oould swim;
but in & moment his fears were dispelled, by that
gentleman’s rising spouting freely, and striking
out. The engine was stopped and reversed, but
tho swimmer had gained the swamp an hundred
yards off, before the Lain began to move back
wards towards him. Finding a log that projeoted
into the river, ho crawled upon it and leisurely
looked round. The fact was, a rowboat of his
own was ooming over from Mobile, and he know
ho was safe for a passage.
When the liitle Vain had backed up pretty
close, Capt. Strong hailed him :
“Come aboard, come aboard, old fellow 1 We
are «*<»<:% even, now I”
“Go to the devil!” shouted back tho fat man;
“I d.dn’t leave for vour good-for-nothing little
stick. I quit your derned old boat becauM she
ain't safe no how /”
The Bain steamed off’, and the rowboat “wreck
ed” tho fat democrat. Three months after, he
and Capt. Strong signed and sealed a treaty “of
fensive and defensive,” at a little box of a place
that stands pretty well forward, on the deck of the
little Dian ! —Montgomery Mail,
Exposure of Mor monism by one of Young’s Wire*
Chicago, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1855.
Editor Boston Daily Times: —Allow mo to trou
ble you with these few lines, which I wish you to
insert in your Daily Times. My object is this : I
have been for the last ten years a firm believer in
the doctrine of the Latter Day Saints, or rather
Mormuuiam. My parents became followers of the
celebrated Joe Smith in an early day, and emi
grated to Nauvoo. After the death of Smith and
his brother, we were driven from tbenoe. The
society split. There were two who wished to take
their feador’a place, and stand at the head of tho
Church, but could not agree. Therefore they
separated. Col. White and his followers, that is,
such as believed in him, went to Texas, ano are
living in peace and prosperity. Col. W. is a
worthy man compared with our groat, or rather
notorious Brigham Youmr, notwithstanding he has
been lor tho last three years my lawful husband,
that is, according to their own laws and rules.
But for the last twelve months I have seen
enough to satisfy me; for what I don’t know about
Mormonism is not worth knowing. They have
secret plots and objects that they mean to accom
plish. They censure tho Government for not
protecting thorn in all their hellish works. For
all this thev moan to havo satisfaction. My object
in writing* this is to warn my female friends to
beware of tho false prophets who are daily sent
out from the Great Salt Lake City to deceive the
people. Itiarny intention to travel through tho
United States, and visit all the principal cities, and
lecture on this great and important subject, to
caution all young people who should be so unfor
tuuate as to be led into the ungodly trap. Beware 1
In Boston I shall deliver my first lecture, as that
is my native city. I hove one young lady in oom-
Eauy who also left the Mormons with me. Sho
as renounced the doctrines, and will help me in
my locturea. We shall both be present, and show
Mcrmonism in its true colors, which you never
have had in your onlightened state. Had it been
represented in its true light, and its object told,
there would not havo been a follower left sweet
Now England to join such a sot of imposters, for I
can call them nothing else, knowing them to be
such. If there should bo any elders or followers
of Mormonism, I hope they will come to ihe lec
tures, and dispute what we have to say if they
can. Wo have and shall fetch documents to
prove our assertions. W e shall be there in a few
weeks. Wo are at present staying with friends,
and as soon as we are refreshed from the journey
wo shall start for Boston. It is near two months
since wo left the Salt Lake City. You shall hear
from me again, with more particulars. But no
moro at preaent from your humble servant*,
Mbs. Sarah Young,
Miss Elixa "Williams.
[Tho above comes to us from a respor.sible
source. The ladies mentioned have been the
victims of Mormonism, and are prepared to expose
the mysteries of the creed in a light which will
doubtless startlo the entire community.]
From the Hew Tori: Independent.
The Way to make a Panto.
The failure of Stanton & Wilcox, stock brokers
and their overdraft (a very soft name, we think) of
1 66,000 from the Atlantic Bank, furnishes us with
another occasion for saying that the whole system
of Wall street stock “operations” is rotten to the
very core; and, what is worse, our banks, one and
all, are being used as a cat’s paw, to stimulate and
sanction such recklessness.
They are now reapingtheirreward. Weventure
to say that they have lost more money by stock
operators last year than they have lost by discoun
ting regular business paper for men in a legitimate
business in twenty years. We repeat what we
have said before, that a moat stringent law ought
to be passed, forbidding any bank from loaning
its mouey on call. This would put a atop to a
large share of stock gambling, and besides would
prevent the great fluctatious which often occur in
our money affairs.
If brokers and other borrowers want money on
stocks, let them give their note for the same, ma
turing at a epecined time. They will then prepare
themselves accordingly. Loans on stocks, in nine
cases out of ten, are made to those who want the
money to invest again in the same way, and so
long as they can borrow, so long they will buy,
until the “corner” is turned and the bubble bursts.
The business, like all gambling, is intensely exci
ting, and one good “operation” Betties the ques
tion that any obscure broker will soon be a mil
lionaire. .... .
Now let us tumble down a row of bricks by a
single movement of some bank, who makes a
“caii” for this “demand loan,” and also show
what effect it will have on the money market gen
erally. The bank, apprised some morning that it
is rather low in specie, with a prospect, unless
they “strengthen themselves,” of not making a
very “conservative” weekly statement, sends a
very polite note to the aforesaid, to call and settle
(meaning instantar) hie "demand loan."
The broker is a little late at hia office in the
morniDg, and did not dream of such an unceremo
nious epistle. Any other day would have suited
him, but that day he is short. He revolves, as the
first move, just to walk up to the bank parlor, and
see if he cannot “stay proceedings.'’ Moving with
a quick step, he soon arrives, under full head of
steam. Hear the conversation;
Good morning, Mr. President, I called
to see
Preeidmt —Good morning, air 1 just in time, air,
always prompt I Short as pie crust to day; drawn
on from all quarters ; Sorry to call on you, but
couldn’t helgit.
Mreier— (With a wet blanket on.}—Mr. Presi
dent, will it bo convenient for you to postpone just
for
President —Can’t do it sir. Sorry Bir, very sorry.
Blue times, sir; another defalcation reported: ain’t
say what will come next.
Ureter —(in despair.)—Good morning, sir!
The "operator” departs, trotaallovar town, calls
on ten other banka, meets fifteen other borrowers
trying to make a raise—gets the money, and makes
a “panic.” Each bank called on begins to think
money ia certainly scarce, i r such a man would net
be in want. So the next day they all begin to
“strengthen themselves” by weakening others, and
stirring up a general excitement.
The following morning the Tribune comes out
with “gloomy aay in Wall street." the “bankers
are calling in loans,” “worst is not ail ovsr. 1 ’
"Stocks down again.” _
“How great a matter a little fire kindieth.” The
calling in of a single loan of #IO,OOO often makes
more fuss and agitation than the actual loes of ten
times that amount.
The New Orleans and Cincinnati boats have
abandoned their efforts to make the trip.
AUGUSTA, GA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1855.
A Popular Error.
Strange as, upon reflection, it may seem, tho
opinion prevails to a great extent, that a more
limited education is sufficient for the planter than
j is needed by those persons who are to engage in
almost any other business. Very many conceive
that a kuowkdge of the simple principles of
Arithmetic, a general acquaintance with the forms
of Book keeping, and a good system of Penman
ship, is an ample intellectual capital for the mer
chant. Shrewdness, it is said, will do the balance
towards success in trade; but, what is to consti
tute the basis of this shrewdness, is a question
very indefinitely determined, as yet, in the minds
of most people. That a knowledge of geography
in ail its numerous branches, of tno laws of com
merce, of civil law, of political eoonomy, can com
bine to bring success in mercantile pursuits, has
never entered the minds of the majority.
But for the farmer, many, even of the intelli
gent, regard as pure waste the expenditure of
money and time in procuring any mental training
bryond a little ciphering and a little writing. For
him lees education than for the merchant even is
thought necessary to a profitable practice of the
science of Agriculture. The planter thinks that
a knowledge of Natural Philosophy and Chemis
try, of the Philosophy of Plante and Animals, of
Mathematics and Languages, and, in short, of all
the various matters taught in the schools and in
books, is a luxury too great, in the ever present
hard times, for himself or his son, who is to in
herit his ea ate, and which he thinks (a result of
ignorance) as irksome in the acquisition, as fruit
less in the result.
It is generally conceded that a liberal education
is needed by him who is to enter any of the learn
ed professions, though the benefits resulting there
from are not so obvious in the case of tho well
educated husbandman, because in tho latter oase
the effects exhibit themselves in a more praotical
form.
Now why will the farmers of Georgia consent
to remain tbe most poorly e located class of tho
white population. It needs no argument to prove
that in point f importance und consequence and
dignity, th« cultivation of the earth ie an occupa
tion i. lerior to none, but superior to many exactly
in proportion a* the interests of the country and
of mankind are intimately interwoven with and
dependent on -.be farming As to eat is
absolutely indispensable to the happiness of man,
so it is to raise tho greatest amount, at the least
cost, and with the least permanent injury to the
land, a matter of the groatest moment. And the
science of Agriculture is par excellence the science,
inasmuch as more than any other one, it combines
and implies all sciences.
While all the sciences are to a greater or less ex
tent coadjutars, especially so are Mechanical Philo
sophy, Chemistry, and Geology. Our limits will
not premit us to designate the uses to which a
knowledge of these brunches may bo put; we must
leave that to another time, or to able persons. But
if they will euabler men to selectjand well: to deter
mine the character of soils, and the plants best
adapted thereto, or most likely to thrive thereon :
and to construct, bo that the groatest amount of
work may be done with the least power, all tho
varied machinery needed in the tillage of ground :
then arc the three subjects above mentioned emi
nently entitled to the careful study of our farmers.
We assort that no class of men have greater
inducements to study more, and we verture to
affirm that no class study and reflect loss upon the
nature of their poculaiarcallicg than do our farmers
We have published in this State at least two pa
pers devoted to the planting interest, and yet how
poorly they are patronised by the very men whose
welfare they are well calculated to promote, we
will not tell, lest in the truth wo exceed belief.
The Press may almost bo said to teem with period
icals and books upon tho theory and practice of
Agriculture. Wc may mention us being likely to
interest every planter, two among recent publica
tions,—Johnston’s Agricultural Chemistry, and
Waring’s Elements of Agriculture. To the citiaens
of this country and the State wo say get these books
and read them. Three dollars will buy them, and
they will be worth to you moro than three tons of
Peruvian guano, another term for humbug.
Patronise the agricultural papers of your State,
and our word for it, you will bo repaid. Wo earn
estly desire to see the day when those who consti
tute the bulk of our citizons will be as intelligent
and as philisophical in those departments aa aro our
lawyers and doctors in theirs, and then may we rea
sonably expect a millenium in the times generally.
Madison Visitor .
from the Washington National Intelligencer,
Conviction under the Fugitive Hlave Law.
Wo have already roforrod to the conviction at
Milwaukee (Wisconsin) ot Mr. Sherman M. Booth
for violating tho fugitive slave law in aiding a sor
vant named “Glover” to escape to Canada. This
conviction will very naturally excite attention as
showing that there is a proper regard to the laws
of tho country in tho North, even upon a subject
by no means palatable to a large number of the
people.
The opinion of Judge Miller on the occasion is
published. It is an able document, and shows
that the Judge has a proper sense of the obliga
tions resting upon tho Judiciary. A single para
graph will exhibit his view of the suqjeot:
‘JThe judiciary is not the law-making power.
Such constitutional laws as are enacted by Congress
are to bo enforced by the courts and judges. The
duty of preserving the Constitution and of pro
tecting the rights of the people of this nation, by
enforcing tho several acts of Congress, devolvos
upon the judicial department of the Government.
Th : s is an essential and solemn duty. Whether
laws are popular or unpopular, courts, judges, and
jurors, cannot inquire. That is tho business of
the representative, not of tho judge or juror.
While this continues a Government of a written
Constitution and laws, enacted by tho representa
tives of tho whole peop e, courts of justice must
be faithful to their duty. The people voluntarily
adopted the Constitution as it is and made it their
own, and pledged their fealty to it and their sup
port of all laws that may be enacted in pursuance
of it. Every person is represented upon the floor
of Congress at the passage of overv law, which is
an expression of the sovereign will. The people
have the Constitution and laws in their own pow
er, and can mould them at pleasure through the
powerful means of the ballot-box. For these rea
sons this is the last country upon earth where open
resistance to law should be attempted .”
The question of tho slavery of Glover, tho fugi
tive, was not raised in the case, and the Judge
says:
‘‘The only question raisod by those two counto
are these s Was the warrant issued and served as
therein stated, and did the defendant aid, abet, or
assist in the escape? Glover escaped before the
hearing required by Jaw. Whether ho was a slave
or not and had fled from Missouri had not been
determined by the proper officer, nor is it to be
upon this issue. If Garland should prosecute the
marshal or the rescuers for the value of Glovor, he
would then be bound to prove satisfactorily, by
disinterested testimony, in the way prescribed by
our rules of practioe, that Glover owed him ser
vice according to the laws of Missouri and that he
escaped from such State. This ia a prosecution
for tho public offence of resisting a lawful pro
cess.”
Judge Miller, after reviewing the facts ivolved
and the testimony in the case, oonoluded with the
subjoined instruction to the Jury:
“For these reasons, and also to maintain tho ma
jesty of the laws, it is tho duty of all good law
abiding citizens to aid this officor upon all proper
occasions in the service of process. The marshal
must be protected; and, if there is law in the land,
legal pcceess in his hands will not be resisted with
impunity. 1 will conclude in the language of
Justice Washington, then of the Supreme Court of
the United States, in the Lukens, before referred
to:
“Tho jury are the judges of the facts, and they
will say if tho facts are proved. Tho court will
say, as there is a point of law involved, that if the
witnesses aro believed, a clearer ease cannot, in the
opinion of the court, bo presented of resistance
and opposition to process in the hands of the mar
shal.
Mr. Booth has been sentenced to imprisonment
for one month and to pay a flue of one thousand
dollars.
A F loattn# Palaoe. —The Sen franklin is the
name ot a new and elegant steamer engaged in tho
Louisville and Cincinnati trade, whioh the New
Orleans Picayune says is '“one of the most magni
ficent boats that ever floated on the Mississippi.”
From a long notiee in the Louisville Courier the
following extract is culled:
The Ben Franklin, with the single exception of
the Eclipse, is the best and most complete packet
in the Louisville trade. In point of style and fin
ish, as well as durability and comfort, she is the
best boat built for several years, and for genera!
excellence and capacity she is the best boat afloat.
Her cabin is in the gotnic style of architecture, and
one of the most imposing in appearance of any on
the river, with aooommodationß for one hundred
and fifty cabin passengers with state-rooms.
Tho Ben Franklin is 800 feet in length, with 40
feet beam, and nearly eight feet depth of hold,
with a sharp and easy model, and draught of
water light, a little over throe foot, the lightest
boat in the trade, and very apt to prove the fleet
est. Her power, consisting of two engines, thirty
one inches in diameter, with eight feet stroke, is
immense, with six large boilers, thirty feet in
length, and thirty inches in diameter. Added to
this is the doctor engine, boiler, &0., al. com pi He.
The hull is very stroDg, and well ironed, with a
model designed especially for ease, and to ride the
waves, not sink in them. With these requisites
we think tho new Ben will be at all times up to
the protest, and never lag behind.
Among the many advantges possessed by this
new boat in addition to the nsual oabin accommo
dations, are a withdrawing room beyond the la
dies’ cabin, a nursery, and a servant’s room, and
the widest guards, fore and aft for promenade or
stowage of light freights, of any boat on the river.
Her guards are more roomy and convenient than
those of the Eclipse, and the withdrawing room is
the most oomfortabie and convenient invention
yet introduced on our southwestern waters. The
boat has a fine appearance ontaido and in, and her
cabins are truly beautiful in appearance.
Mammoth Steamxb.— Of the mammoth steamer
now in course of construction in England, Mr.
Haswell, Civil Engineer, furnishes the following
accounti
The following comprise most of the essential ele
ments of this monster iron vessel, building by
Messrs. Soott, Bussell & Co., for the Eastern Steam
Navigation Company:
Length 675 feet.
Beam 88 “
Depth of Hold 60 “
Draft of water at load line 80 “
This vessel is to be propelled by four steam en
gines, two of them connected with side water
wheels, and two with a screw propeller.
The water wheel engines are to be of 1000
horses; oscillating cylinders, T 4 inches diameter,
by 14 feat stroke of piston.
The sorew engines are to be of 1600 horses, 84
inoh cylinder, and are to be made by Messrs. Bol
ten & Watt.
The boilers will have 100 furnaces.
The hull is divided into water-tight compart
ments of 60 feet. The weight of pistes will be
10,000 tons, and the number of rivets 8,000,000.
The plates at bottom are to Be one inch thick, and
three-quarters st sides and top.
The frame is to be plated within as well as out
side the riba, up to the water line.
Water wheels are to be *0 feet in diameter.
Vessel to accommodate 600 first class and 9,000
second and third class passengers, and to oarry
12,000 tons of coal.
Immiuai Yibitobs.— I The long spoken of visit of
Lonis Napoleon Bonaparte and bit wife to tjneen
Victoria, at Windsor Castle, may be looked upon
nowas approach! eg a reality. The following semi
official notioe, which is going the rounds of the
London press, may be considered as settling the
question ;
WnineoßCAJTix.—Thera will be no theatrical
performances or balls at the Castie this season, the
rooms usually occupied for that purpose having
been fitted up in the moat splendid manner for the
reception of the Emperor and Empress of the
French, whose visit is expected immediately after
the war assumes a more favorable aspect.
The Hon. A. H. Colquitt, member of Congress
from this District, arrived in this city, yesterday,
in compliance with a telegraphic dispatch relative
to the extreme illness of hie father, the Hon. W.
T. Colquitt. The latter is reported better, but we
regret to learn is yet exceedingly ill.—(jaaMfin*
E~ejviret, Ist twsf.
Minnie, ot Point.
htcidid by t!u Supreme Cvurtef Goorgia, at LhUem-
Imt, January Term, 1855:
Ereeolcrs of Everett vs. Towns—from Taylor.—
Wben tLe Complainants in an Equity Cause fail
entirely to euatam by evidence a material portion
of their case, the Court may withhold the same
from tno J'.ry, and dispoee of the cause. The
case, to j I,ntv such interference by the Court,
must be eueb on one that the Court would grant a
new trial, if the Jury were to find a verdict for
Complainants. Scarborough and Hunter, for Plff’a
in Error. L. B. Smith and 3. Hill for Deft, in
Error.
Molyneux et. al. vs. Collier—from Dougherty.—
An executory agreement to receive a smaller
amount in discharge of a larger, is not enforceable,
unless there be a benefit to the creditor or detri
ment to the debtor. If there bo “a legal possibili
ty cf beneli; to lb-- creditor” the agreement ia
vaiiied. Morgan an I Scarborough, for Plaintiff.
Clark and Strozier, for Defender,’.
Hamricx et. al. vs. P.ouse et. a!.—from Lee.—l.
Tne General Assembly have tbe right to change
the location of the Seat of Justice in any County
in tho State, and they do not thereby violate any
contract or interfere with any vested right. 2. If
the Act removing the Seat of Justice provides for
compensation to tbe iot holder a at the oid site, this
compensation need not be paid before the removal.
Hawkiue, for Plaintiff. Lyon and Johnson, for
Defendant. .
Watkins, Chappoil and Co. ve. Smith—from Ran
dolph.—!. Where, in eulering an appeal, the Clerk
mistakes tho name of one of tho parties, the appeal
wilt not be dismissed, but the mistake may beoor*
rooted. And this may be done without the con
sent of the Surety on the Bond. J. In order to
exclude an Attorney at Law from testifying in a
cause, it must appear not enty that he acquired hia
inlormation during the existenee, but alao Dy reason
of the relationmip ot Client and Attorney. Tuck
er and Beall, for PlainCff. Hood, for Defendant.
Creamer & Gresham vs. Shannon —from Sum
ter.—W hero a Trader kept no Clerk, and hia orig
inal Book of Entries is destloyed, a transcript irom
such Book, made by himself, and proven by hia
own oath, is not admissible in' (evidence.
Tucker & Basil, for Plff. 1 .v.’kut*, for Defdt.
Brady vs. Hardeman & E 'iltox—tfoiji Sum
ter.— Where tnero is ae -dtlr-aonexed
to the petition, anu a » -x ol copy fmwuee”
only, a verdict and judgment rendered in such
case is absolutely void.
B. Hill, for P If. Dudley, for Defdt.
Dunn vs. Crozier, Admr., Ac.—from Ranpolph.
—l. Where a brief of the evidence, on a motion
for a new trial is agreed on between counsel and
assented to by the court, and the Rule Nisi gran
ted, and tho clerk ordered to enter the Rule Nisi
and brief of evidence on the minutes: Held, that
the failure o! the clerk to enter the same on the
minutes may be corrected by au order to outer it
nunc pro tunc.
Hood, for Plff. Warren, for Defdt.
Curry ve. Gaulden, et. al.—from Decatur.—2.
Where the hirer of a slave gives a bond to “cause
the negro hired to bo forthcoming to the owner on
the 25th of December next,” and at the time spe
cified the negro was runaway, without fault on the
part of hirer, and after due diligence by him to
recover him: Held, that the hirer, by the terms
of his contract, is not relieved by reason of these
facts.
B. F. Lyon, for Plff. Sims, for Deft.
Hannahan vs. Nichols—from Baker.—l. A cred
itor filed a Bill in Equity against his debtor, setting
forth his indebtedness and his insolvency; that
he had one negro ; and that the debtor was about
to remove awav himself, and was seeking to con
cerl tho negro bo as to avoid paying hiß debts.
Tho prayer was for the arrest of tbe debtor and
the negro, until the debtor gave bond for the
forthcoming of himself and the negro, to answer
the judgment on the debt. Hold, that Equity had
no jurisdiction in the ease.
R. F. Lyon, for Piss. Hood & Warren, for Deft.
Ramson vs. Cochran— from Dougherty.—l.
Where suit is brought against A and B jointly,
and A dies, a summons of garnishment can not
issue against a debtor of A and B jointly, until the
Estate of A is represented.
L. Warren, for PUT. Strozier A Spicer, for Deft.
Dinkins, et. al. vs. Moo r o, ot. al.—from Sumter.
—l. A deed to negroes concluding thus, “signed
and sealed, and tho property delivered by tho sym
bolical delivery of a penknife,” aud attested thus,
“in presence of” two witnesses, one of whom was
a Justice of the Peace: Held, that this deed waa
properly recorded.
B. Hill and Hawkins, for Plff. L. Warren, for
Deft.
Williams, et al vs. Alen, Exr.—from Decatur.—
1. A deed, conveyed property to trustee, for the
use, Ist, of grantor during life—id, for the use
and benefit of A, and the heirs of her body, if any,
and if she dies without child or children, then
over. A married, and her husband receipted
for this property as her separate estate, treated it
as such during his life, and his Will gave hor a
pittance, alleging that this separate estate was an
ample provision. Hold: First, that tho creditors
of the wife, who had given her credit upon tho
faith of this separate estate, are entitled to be
paid out of this property in preference to the
Admr. of tho husband. Second, that A took only
a life estate under the doed—with remainder to her
child or children. Third, that by tho acts of the
husband, the wife has a separate estate in the
property.
R. Sims, for Plff. R. F. Lyon, for Deft.
Roosevelt, Hyde A Clark vs. Shannon—from
Sumter.—l. A boud for appearance under the
Honest Debtors’ Act, is complied with, if the party
appears at least three days before the adjournment
of the court.
Hawkins, for Plff. No appoaranoc for Deft.
Tuggle, Admr., vs. Wilkinson, Admx.—from
Lee. 1. A suit by or against an Administrator
may be brought under the Act of 1847, to curtail
and simplify pleadings at Law.
Hawkins, for Plff. Strozier, for Deft.
Griffin, Admr., vs. The Justices, Ac.—From Ba
kor.—l. An Executor or Administrator by a now
promise COntirme agu ? 'u * the Estate a liability
about to be barred by the statute of limitation,
though he may not revive a liability already bar
red. _
Strozier, for Plff. Lyon A Clarke, for Deft.
Miller, et al. vs. Sanders, et al.—From Dougher
ty.—l. An answer as to the execution of a deed,
saying that “it may be substantiated if not a true
copy,” is insufficient 2. A defendant shook! an
swer fully, and the courts should not be astute to
sustain a defective answer.
Scarborough, for Plff. Warren, for Deft.
Vcazey, et al. vs. Gresham, ot al.—From Dough
erty.—l. Under the charter of the Bank of Haw
kinsville the President and Cashier, wore au
thorised to make all oontraets in bahalf of tne
Company. This includes a doed to land. 2. A
deed from the President and couutersif aed by the
Cashier, conveying land to the President himself,
is not absolutely vcid. The (Jestui sue Trust have
their election to affirm or disaffirm a sale made by
a Trnstee to himself. 3. Notice to tho CasMer,
being notice to tho Bank, the Cashier, in becom
ing a party to the doed, had notioo oi the adverse
claim of the President.
Lyon & Scarborough, for Plff. Stroxior, for Deft.
Tompkins vs. Tignor—from Marion.—l. If the
owner of a slave forcibly takes him from tho pos
session of tho hirer, during the term for which he
is hired, he violates the conlraot, and this violation
may bo put up as a defenoo to a still on the nofle
for the hire.
Siam &B. Hill, for Plff. Oliver, ffir Deft.
Griffin vs. Stamper, et al.—from Talbot.—l. A
forged Bond to make Titles at a day certain, under
which a bona Jide possession is held for more than
seven years, makeH the possession ad verso to the
true owner whose name was forged to the bond,
and it is not necessary to show that the purchase
money was paid to the person committing the
forgery.
Wollboru A Clark, for Plff. B. Hill A Johnson,
for Deft.
Hester vs. The State—from Taylor.—l. It is not
orror, in a criminal case, to put the array upon a
Prisoner before his arraignment, it being done by
inadvertence and no objection made. 2. A wit
ness may bo allowed to state his opinion, that
“tracks” or “footpiinta” are those of the Prisoner,
having stated the reasons on which his opinion ia
founded. 8. An indictment for arson, which al
leges that the house was “burned,” is sufficient.
4. An allegation that the house was an out-house
and a corn-crib, sufficiently negatives the idea of
its being a dwelling. 6. The inciictment need not
allege that tho burning was “by day” or “by
nig t.” 6. The Court will not grant a new trial
on the ground that the verdict is contrary to the
evidence, where the evidenco ia conflicting, and it
is doubtful where it preponderates.
8. Hall A Hunter, for Plff. Ramsey A B.Hill,
for Deft.
Branan vs. May—from Taylor.—l. A public
highway jnay be proved to be such, by evidence of
common usage, extending over twenty years. 2.
In a suit, for damage arising from obstructions
thrown into a highway, the Plaintiff must show
the exorcise of ordinary care in avoiding the ob
structions. Reliance upon the report of the driver
of a vehicle, (he being a slave,) ie not evidence of
a want of ordinary care.
Hunter, for Plff. S. Hall, for Deft.— Examiner,
White vs. Wallen—from Harris.—l. The court
has the right to control the introduction of evi
dence, so as to compel tho party to make out a ne
cessary fart of his case before he introduces evi
dence to another part dependent thereon. Mobley
and Hill, for Plaintiff. Ramsey and King, for De
fendant.
Osborn vs. The Ordinary &c.—from Harris.—l.
A court of Equity will .ever take jurisdiction
where there is an adequate and ample remedy at
law. Wellborn and C,ark, for Plaintiff. Ingram
and Bamsey, for Defendant.
Eoseberry va. Eoseberry—from Stewart.—l.
Where there is an application for Temporary Ali
mony, and tho husband denies tho marriage, in
fact or tn laic, the court should order a preliminary
investigation, to inquire into th of act of marriage,
or tho legality of the marriage, before ordering
Alimony. B. S. Woriill and Johnson, for Plain
tiff. Tucker, for Defendant.
Shockley va. Davis—from Marion.—l. Under the
Act of 1883, requiring Attachment Bond to be in
an amount “at least double the amount of debt,”
a Bond for more than double ia good and valid.
Oliver, for Plaintiff. Pryor, for Defendant.
Shockley va. Davis—from Marion.—l. Equity
will specifically enforce a contract to transfer per
sonal assets tor the indemnity of sureties, in a
proper case made. _ , _ _
Hail <fe Oliver, for Piss. Pryor, for Deft.
Johnson (Ordinary) vs. Abbott—from Musco
gee _i The Act of the General Assembly of
ISSB-4,requiring ti e Ordinaryof Muscogee coun
ty to pay in full the accounts of the Teachers of
poor children for the years 1850 and 1852, is con
stitutional and valid. 2. The accounts thus or
dered to be paid are to be audited in the same
manner as prescribed in the General Act of 1852.
Ingram & Crawford, for Piss. W. Williams,
for Deft. ~ . _. . „
Kellogg & Co. vs. Buckler & Short—from Mus
cogee —l. Where a levy is ordered to be dismiss
ed by' the court, and this order is entered on the
Fi F • the Sheriff cannot sell under this levy, and
an affidavit of illegality lies for this reason. 2. A
Sheriff can not be ruled forfaiting to make the
money on a Fi Fa out of his county, thougn the
Fi Fa issued from the court of another oounty.
The rule should be in the court id his oounty,
corresponding to the ooort whence theFiFais-
a johnson & Patterson, for Piss. H. Holt, for
Deft.— Enquirer.
SEimax ox Lxttxbs —A package of over fifteen
hundred letters, in charge of Adams ex Co. s Ex
press, were recently seiaed tn trwun.lv from ban
Francisco to New York, the same being conveyed
contrary to law. The letters were given last Sat
urday into the hands of the United States List, let
Attorney, who transferred them immediately *o
Postmaster Fowler for delivery to their pointa of
dtetication.—aVw }ork jwus.
Shot.—We learn th»t a man named John W.
Moodv, a carpenter, wu shot laat night, in a house
of iii-feme, by a mac named Bamsom Gray, a
painter. Woian. “ fait «-i *“ «*<>
of the quarrel. Moody is yet alive, but is not ex
pected to reoover. Grsy was arrested and duly
commuted to await an examination.-Jftvugvroerjr
Mail.
Improvement ix the Piakc.—Boardman & Gray
of Albany, claim to have made important improve
ments in the Piano. The Albany Begisler says i
It consists of a corrugated sounding board—a
sort of oordoroy 60unding board—which adds
about fifty per cent to its stxrfaoe, and therefore
correspondingly increases the power of the instru
ment. In short, it makes a seven octtve piano
equal to a grand action piano.
Credit System of the Sooth.
In oar last issue wo offered some remarks, in ft
general way, advocating the policy of a modifica
tion of the general system of credit whioh prevails
in our country, and particularly in our own Stato,
and proposed to give some fac:s and figures tend
ing to prove that the longer maintenance of this
system must result in the pecuniary injury of buy
ers at least, and that as a class they are deeply in
terested in its modification.
Wo hold that whatever benefits may apparently
inure to the buyer by the extension to him of the
ordinary credit in the purchase of his supplies are
delusive, or are procured at too great an expense.
The price which he pays for the convenience of a
running account with his merchant or merchants
is too high to consist with true economy, while it
may be that the merchant cannot, in justice lo
himself afford them for less. It may bo enquired,
why is this necessarily so ?—why should the dif
ference betweon tbe casn and credit prices extend
beyond a mere reasonabio allowance for ordinary
interest for the time given, or such as would com
pensate for the loss of the use of the money for the
name time, in the operation of trade * Many rea
sons might be adduced in answer to this enquiry,
reasons founded upon practical observation and
experience in the operation of the credit system,
which necessarily renders the expense of conduct
ing business under it largely greater, by reasoL of
the great number of agents employed as clerks,
book keepers, collectors, Ac.; but, for the present
purpose, it may be sufficient to affirm, as wo may
safely do, that the increased prices of goods sold
on a credit, as compared with what they would be
if sold tbr cash, (if the latter were the general rule)
even largely disproportionate to any estimate form
ed upon oi her or all these grouuds—«o much so in
deed, as almost to convict those who patiently sub
mit to these heavy of au absolute disre
gard of the most obvious claims of self-interest. —
Examples to the point are not wanting. Two ate
at hand:
Daring the past fall—in the mouth of September,
we think—the article of Bacon was sold at 16c. on
a credit until Christmas, when the same would
have been cheerfully sold for cash at 12>£c.; the
purchaser thus paying interest in round numbers
at the rato of one huudrod per cent per annum for
the accommodation. Again—we have known the
.ftTtic.e of Tobacco sold, withih a few, months at
'.r'.: ' ci - ! c -* 50c ' wbrch was, imo would
have been at any time, sold for cash at the
rate of interest in this case we leave our readers to
calculate for themeelves
Those instances arc extrome cases, it is truo, but
they serve to illustrate the point in question, and
to show how dertf to the suggestions of sound
economy our people are, when they persist in a
policy the elfecta of which are so destructive to
their prosperity. But it rr.uy be said that wo still
have the privilege of buying for cash at these
greatly reduced pr.cea, if wo choose to avail our
selves of it. This is t»ue in part, but the fact that
the business of the country is >or the most part
organized with reference to the system of long
credit, to its burdens and expenses, the merchants
are not in a condition to offer all the advantages of
short credits or a cash basis, however well disposed
they might be to do so upon auy indication of a
general disposition on the part of the people to
adopt the latter. But the advantage on the score
of prices, sufficiently controlling as this may be
considered, is not tho only aspect in which the
proposed modification may be urged as conducive
to sound policy. The convenience of running ac
counts, by means of which our wants can be so
readily suppliod without any reference to means
in hand, and too often without due consideration
of those in prospect, is but too apt to make tho
fancy, rather than the suggestions of a Bound
eoonomy the measure, of our necessities. Who
have not felt this!—who that have indulged in this
convenience have not lound the sum total of Ikoir
accounts, at the end of tho year ? largely greotor
than they anticipated, und who, in conning them
over, have not found many items which, in the
more reliable light of a retrospective viow, they
candidly acknowledge they could well have done
without, if indeed they will admit they got them
at all?
Goldsmith wo believe it was who sagoly remark
ed that “cash payments are a wonde ful check on
tho imagination.” Who doubts it? He was
worldly wise when, in furtherance ol this view',
he al owed his family a considerable bonus over
and above their ordiunry expenses, merely on tho
condition that tho\ should, in all cases, pay the
cash for what they purchased.
In thiH view, then, wo find strong inducement
to resort more to the cash and less to the credit
basis, that we may only buy what we really need—
what wo arc not only willing to pay for, but wil
ling to exchange cash for—that what wo need wo
may purchase where we can bo best suited und on
tho best terms, without being limited to the par
ticular places whore we chance to havo opened
accounts, and which we feet it would be almost
violative of business obligations to forsake—thrt
we may know from day to day how wo stand—
what portion of our property is our own to con
trol, irrespective of the equitable claims of credi
tors, to whom it will otherwise be impliedly if not
legally mortgaged. But how is this other and
better state of things to bo substituted for the
present? how is tie existing order of affairs—
strengthened and established as it is by the force
of long habit—to be changed? We admit the
pertinency of tho question, and concede tha» it
presents difficulties, but which we think not in
surmountable. As before stated, it must be the
work of time, but it must havo a beginning if ac
complished at all, and must begin in individual
purpose and action. Whore thoro’s a will there's
away, and tho bost course that we can suggest is
to commonco by retracing step by step the path by
which we havo been led into the difficulty—whore
wo have indulged in habits of extravagance lot as
cut them off and bring our expenditures to the tost
of practical economy—lot tho necessity of tho ciso
ratnor than imagination, be the guide of our ac
tions, and our ability to pay oash, as far as possi
ble, the criterion of our patronage. If we havo
traded upon our orodit as a flotitioua cap'nal let us
discontinue the speculation—it is too expensive—
the rate of interest is too high—it wore beUor
economy to borrow monoy at usury and pay our
current expenses—in which case we woulcl boar a
burden commensurate only with the lender’s esti
mate of our integrity or solvency, while, in tho
former case, each one is taxed for the risk cf the
loss by notoriously doubtful oases, for one of tho
moßt important elements that entor into tho ad
vanoe churged upon his wares by the merchant is
tbe item of loss by bad debts.
The rich, with plenty of rowtfj meane about
them, need not trade on credit., aud tho poor «*u
not afford it. Tbe merchant is loud in his con
demnation of the system, and continually bewails
the hardness of tho times, j-caroity of money, and
slow collections. Themannfsotarerand mechanic
say, 44 we oould got along well enough but for the
evorlasting system of credit.” Who iB in favor
of it theoretically ? and yet how comparatively
few are they who do not practically uphold it.
Much more might be said on tho various points
which we have merely touched upon, and many
additional views presented. We are necessarily
compelled to loavo much to bo supplied by the
reader, or by others who may undertake to elabo
rate the subject. If we shall have done any thing
towards directing the minds of our people to the
calm and thorough consideration of their interest
and duty in the premises, we shall oonvider our
time and labor woll bestowed*
We may take ocoanion at another time to pre
sent some views to the sollera of our country, «n
the relations which they sustain to the Credit
System of the Souta. —-Columbus Enquirer.
Ctov. Jobn.on Condemned by hl> Friends.
The Atlanta Intelligencer, the Mountain Signal
and the Southern Statesman, all democratic ja
pers, have epenly taken ground against the p. csen
■Kecutive iucnmbeut. The latter paper, publish -
ed at Oalhoun, Gordon oounty, is bold and impresl
rtvo in proclaiming and advocating revolt from
the iron rule of the Johnson dynasty, whioh, not
withstanding the most incessant ana violent exer
tions of his Excellency and his stutolites, is like u
house divided against itself, tumbling down over
the heads of the terrified spoilsmen.
A writer in the Statesman uses the following
nervous language, which bodes no good to those
who are trying to perpetuate old an 1 stiporanuated
party organisations. The good spirit of reform is
abroad, and the people can no longer be seduced
into the support of incompetent and unworthy
men, by the ory of whig or democrat. Says this
writer: — Savannah Republican.
“Newspaper* and peoplo have been so long par
ty led, party-ridden, and party-driven, that with
many the very existence of a newspaper is associ
ated with the idea of party subserviency.
The liberty of the press and tho froodom of suf
frage, exist not in name; the reality has boen long
since crushed out by “the car” of corrupt political
organizations, loaving only the privilege of regis
tering the foul and selfish edicts of party dictators.
In the heart* and minds of the people, there
exists, with increasing intensity, a desire to resist
this debasing dospotism, to shuko off this unnatu
ral domination, to broak the green withes which
have fettered the action of the giant’s limbs, to
rise in the majesty of a freeman’s strength and
assert a freeman’s privilege.
Wearied, disgusted, sick of the whole machinery
of what ar« called party organizations, in which
they are made to play the contemptible part of
convicts, in a treadmill, the people begin to aek
for respite, if not for total release.”
Sugar Trade of tbe United Slates
The N. Y. Shipping List has prepared valuable
statements and tables exhibiting the sugar trade of
the Unite States, from which we ieaan that the
total receipt of foreign unrefined Sogsr into the
United States for the year ending December 81,
1854, was 165,924 tons, against receipts of 212,748
tons in ’ 858, and the quantity taken for consump
tion in 1854 was 150,865 tons, against 200,610 tons
consumption in 1858, 196,568 tons in 1852,181,047
tons in 1851, and' 45,015 in 1850, being a decrease in
the conception of 1864, as compared with 1858, of
49,766 tons, or over 24 per eent., while the total
consumption of 1554, (assuming the stock of do
mestic Ist January each year to be equal,) was
885, 293 tons, against 872,939 tons in 1858, or an
increase of nearly p« r cent.
The very large falling off in the quantity of
foreign taken, is attributable chiefly to the unpre
cedented crop of Louisiana, which was 449,824
hhds., and the low price at whioh it was offered,
the yield being by far the largest ever gathered in
that State, though prodooed from a smaller num
ber ofplautatioua, some growers having aban
doned toe culture of the cane and substituted cot
ton, the returns obtained not being considered
remunerative. The increase in the consumption
for some years has been at the rate of 9alo per
eent., but the past years it has only been a little
over 8 per oent., owing to tbe stagnation that baa
perv ded the channels of trade, and the embar
rassment and depression that has existed almost
throughout its entire course.
Tne quantity of Sugar made from Molasses the
past year shows a considerable diminution when
oompared with the quantity ao produced in 1858;
it is estimated at 12,628 tons, or 50,000 hkds.,
68,000 yielding 500 lbs. each, and 8,000 of Concen
trated 600 lb. each, against 66,500 hhds. (14,977
tons) in 1858; the estimate given is believed to bo
rather over than under the actual amount; this
falling off ia owing, in a great measure, to the low
prices that have ruled for raw Sugar, and the high
rstes which Molasses has commanded, thua dimin
ishing the profits and production, snd rendering
the business unremunerstive. If to the above
figures we now sdd the yield o : the Maple tree, ray
12,800 tons, and the estimated consumption of
California end Oregon, 4,700 tons, would give a
totsl consumption in the United Etatee of 414,981
tons. —Jiattimort American.
Photoobafh at CocNTZßrxrn>a. —The editor of
the Photographic Journal, in reply to the recent
statement that there ia no safety in bank notes, be
cause they een be imitated by the photographic pro
cess so exactly Boas deoeive the bank officers who
issue the notes, says that bank notes whioh are
printed in black ana only on one side, may be copied
with great accuracy by the photographic process,
and these copies might deceive those unacquainted
with photogenio drawing, but it is impossible— at
all event*, in th* present state of the art—to coun
terfeit a note printed on both side, and in various
eolers. Tbe process will not admit of it. Photo
graphio paper can only be impressed op one side
at one operation, snd any attempt to impress the
reverse side would destroy the first impression.
It would be impossible also to prodnoe two or more
eolors at the same time, although portions of the
photograph might be changed with a brash, after
the fixing was accomplished ; but, at all events
the red backs of banks notes cannot be copied in
this way without ohanging the oolor Os the f aoe of
the note,
From the London limes.
j Return to England of ■ Ship load or Wounded
Soldiers.
On Tuesday last the Himalaya arrived at Ports
mouth, and after a delay of twenty-four hours,
ranged alongside the jetty, and began to nnload
her melancholy oargo of nick and wounded—the
suaken and mutilated remnants ot tbe hi roes of
Alma, of lukermann, and of Baiakiava. It must
have been in itßelf a touching and moving speota
clo, such as the sternest nature oould scarcely wit
ness without pity. Hero were men who, exposed
to every hardship, and urged on by no inoentive
but a feehng of honor and devotion, by tho mere
effort of unoonqnorabie will and nnfiinehing har
dihood had saved our army from destruction and
our country from disaster, and what now was left
of this tremendous infantry, this gallant and dash
ing cavalry i Armless, eyeless, footless as onr
correspondent describes them, —rent with shot or
shell, pieroed by bayonets, and hackod by sabres,
tney staggered on, supporting each other in this
melancholy march, till they stood onoe more on
that sucreJ soil which has sent them forth to oon
quer, and which might almost be supposed to
throb under the feet of its returning protectors.
. They oamo; but who was there to welcome thme i
Everybody knows that Portsmouth swarms with
officials, navy and military, and that, if the Queen
had been lauding from Osborne inetead of onr
help,ess and orippied soldiers from tbe Crimea,
I 1 ’ 0 / 0 wopld not have been wanted one of the tale
Wn’lhi l f>« nuu.eaulug pomp and idle o remony.
tlin Ps« a a l i llave i llE ? t^ < ! Superintendent,
host o°;'^ m,r SU -“i 8 BUo tenant Governor, and a
nost ot other officials whose titles it is not worth
how recalling, as uouo of them could find time to
attend to this ordinary duty ot hospitality and hu
manity, or to see that the noble freight of the
Himalava was reoeived with all honor, all grati
lude, aud all tenderness. The officials were not
there, although they received 24 hours notice, aud
the disembarkation was left to be effected by the
invalids themselves, with Buch aid aa the crew of
the steamer oould afford them. But there ia one
class of officials never wanting to the duty of salu
ting an Englishman on his return to his native
land. If the ronerals and Admirals were wanting,
the Custom House Officers were not,
They were there to examine tbe baggage of tbe
wounded soldiers, laudably anxious that no single
pound of tohfmon should oscaifoite contribution hr ,
the revenue, and atr ml an njinc. c u
miserable hours of Biokness or oonvslesenoe. The
search was conducted on tbe open jetty, and until
it was oonolnded no soldier or offioer was allowed
to .cave the spot. They eat and crouched as best
they might in tho bleak January afternoon, those
shivering and mutilated relios of tho etrong and
the brave, and pondered, doubtless with thoughts
too bitter for words, on the wr lcomo whioh the
country for which they have given all extended
to them in return. There were no ambulances,
no stretchers; there was no one to oaro for them,
or to oouduet them to their allotted home, until,
at laat, after the mutter sootnod almost desperate,
holp orme in tho shapo of omnibuses for thoeo
who could sit, and Btrotchers for those who could
not; and tho miserable soene was thus brought to
a tardy end. With such a specimen of Ports
mouth, it were vain indeed to waste oriticism or
indignation on the miseries of Baiakiava or
Soutari. How has war already hardened our
hearts and deadened our sympathies! Six months
ago we wore met with the most violent disclaimer
when our correspondent asserted that our troops
were ill fed and ill-cared for on their arrival at
the wild and remote snore of Gallipoli and now
such a scene as we have described can pass at onr
pricipal seaport and arsenal without oomment,
and almost without notice.
A Remabkable Exploit. —Wo find in tho last
San Francisco Horald tho following acoount of a
bravo and remarkable exploit, oopiod from tho
“Mountain Democrat,” of Piacerville, which ex
plains that “Kooky Canon,” thoplaooof the trage
dy, is a deep and almost inaccessible oanon about
forty miles north of Piacerville, near Todd’s Val
ley, and uninhabited:
Kockt Canon, Deoember 20,1854.
No officer having boon within a convenient dis
tance to attond to a caso of emergency that has just
happouod noar onr isolated camp in the mountains
hero, the undorsigned constituted themselves a
coroner’s jury and held an i nquest over the de
ceased bodios of twelve men that were killed
within a mile of ouroampon the 12th instant, a
full account of which we deem it onr duty to pub
lish. Three of tho undersigned wore eye-witnesses
to tho whole scene, though too far off to give aid
in any way, and tho rest of us oan readily vouch
for their veracity.
On yesterday, 19th instant, three men, who
afterwards proved to boa Mr. JamesC. MoDonald,
of Alabama, now deceased; a Dr. Bolivar A.
Sparks, of Mississippi; and Capt. Jonathan £.
Davis, of South Carolina, wore traveling on foot
on a trail withi.. a mile of our oarup to prospoot a
vein of gold-bearing quartz some twenty or thirty
miles north of thiß place. As they were passing
at the base of a mountain, three of the undersigned
being out on a hunting expedition on its side, saw
a party of eleven men who were oonoealed in the
bushoa near the trail spring up and commenoe
firing at them. Mr. McDonald fall dead before he
firod a pistol or was even aware of hiß danger. He
and his party had nothing bnt their revolvers.
Dr. Sparks shot twice at the bandiLti, and then
fell severely wounded.
In tho mean time Crpt. Davis, who was the first
to commenco shooting in delenoo of himself and
party, in an instant after the first volley from the
robborß, being still unhurt, kept up an inoessant
firing upon them with his revolvers, every ball
forcing its viotim to bite the dust, until all the
loads of both parties seemed to have been dis
charged. Tho only four surviving robbers made
a charge upon Capt. Davis, three with Bowie
knivoß and one with a short sword or Babre. Capt.
Davis stood firmly on his ground nntil they rushed
up abreast within about four steps of him. He
then made a spring upon them with a large Bowie
knife, warded off their blows as fast as they were
aimod at him, and gave three of them wounds that
soon proved fetal. Having wounded tho other
ono very slightly, and disarmed him by throwing
his knife in the air in warding off a blow, as this
last man expressed in a tone of gratitude before
his death, Capt. D. went to work at onoe, tearing
up his own shirt and binding up all the wounds
of the living, of both his trieuds and enemies.
In onr .examination of the persons of those that
commenced 'he attaok on Capt. D. and party, we
discovered papers oarefully concealed in their
fiookots, purporting to be a oopy of laws and by
aws by whlob'hey were governed. The last of
this band has just died. Hiß wound he thought
himaolf but slight, and seemed in a fairway to
reoover until within tbo last hour. IfDr.Sparks is
well enough to travel Capt. Davis speaks of moving
down to his friends to morrow. In conclusion,
wo doom it duo to state that, from the evidence
before us, Capt. Davis and his party acted solely
in self defence.
Signed, W. C. Thompson, P. S. Kobertson, J.
E. Morris, T. J. Gallibus, 0. B. Wingate, J. C.
Lewie, T. C. Wallace, J. Wobster, Joseph Hamp
ton, G. W. Hendricks, I. A. Hart, A. B. Porter,
W. A Newman, 8. C. Marshall, A Hnghes, O.E.
Clark, 8. K. Trist.
[Mr. John Webster, in a letter to the “ Burveyor
of Piacerville,” corroborates the above account,
and Hays that the robber band was oompoeeo of
two Americans, ono Frenchman, five Sydney mon,
lonr Mexicans, and that they had Just oetnmenoed
operations, having killed six Chinamen on the
l7th December and four Americans on the 18th.
The same writer says that although Capt. Davis
received seventeen bullet boles through his hat
and eleven through his coat and shirt, he reoeived
but two very slight flesh wounds 1]
The Joint Commission on Engluhand Ambsun
Claim*. —Ttia joiDt commission for tho settlement
of American and Britinh claim*, whisb him been
silting in London for some month*, was to have
closed its business the 16tb. wbon tha commission
ers would make report to their respective govern
ments. Nooommißsiou betwoen the two nation*
has ever considered and decided »o many impor
tant questions. By the provision* of the convention,
all claims against oither government, arising out of
any transaction since the troaty of Ghent op to the
15th of June last, might bo submitted for the de
cision of the commissioners, and whether submit
ted or not, are henoeforth buried.
The most interesting cases decided by the com
mission, wero those relating to slaves in American
vessels cast away on British Island*, in the West
Indies. In the cases of tho brigs “Oriole” and
“Enterprise,” claims wore put in for damage* in
liberating slaves on board the vessels at the Ba
hama and Bermuda islands, compelled to pat In
thoro, the one on account of mutiny among the
slaves, the other by stross of weather. The commis
sioners disagreed on tho allowßnoe of these.and
other similar claims. The duty of pronouncing
upon their validity, therefore, devolved upon the
umpire, who decided thorn all in favor of the
American claimants. In the oase of the “Oriole"
he awarded the sum of $112,1*0 ; in the oase of
the Enterprise, $49,000, and in the case of another
vessel, $16,000.
There were several cases of seizures of fishing
vessel*, arising under tho treaty of 1818. The cases
all turned upon the construction of that treaty.
The United States have contended that their vessels
had a right to fish anywhere beyond throe mills
from the shore, while tho British government main
tained that they must k.ep out three miles beyond
a line drawn from one headland to another. By
this oonstuction they closed the Bay of Fnndy,
sixty miles wide and one hundred and fifty miles
long, against Amorican fishermen. The umpire
has sustained the American construction of the
treaty, and decided the fishing oase accordingly.
There were other important American claims,
amounting on the whole to about forty. The Brit
ish claims were vastly more numerous, and al
though many of them have been righted, yet, bo
far as the decisions have transpired, the amonnt of
the awards to each government appears to be
nearly equal.— Savh.Rep.
Macok Itsms. — We clip the following from the
Messenger of the 81et alt.
Fib*.—On Sunday night last, about 10 o’clock,
a one etory dwelling house in East Macon, owned
by John l>acy, waß discovered to be on fire, which
was ooneumod. It wan occupied by John O’Harra
and family, who lost all their clothing, and nearly
every article of furniture. They had retired to
bed, and the fire had made suoh progress whei
discovered that they barely escaped with their
lives. John Johnson, a boarder, and laborer at
the Central Kailroad Depot, also lost all his clothes,
money and notes to the value of several hundred
dollars. The cause of the fire is not known.
We regret to announce, that in the midst of the
excitement occasioned by the alarm of fire, on
Sunday night, a serious atfray ooeurred between
Wm. A. Goddard of this city, and Deter Goss, a
bricklayer, recently from New York. Whilst
standing with a number of people, who were look
ing at the fire from the west bank of the river, at
the corner of Fourth and Wharf street*, some mis
understanding seem* to have arisen between them,
although they were strangers to each other, when
Goss was sho' by Goddard with a revolver. The
facte of the rencounter are very differently stated
by different individuals who were preeent when it
occured, and taw the whole or part of it. Goss’
wound is a very serious one, and thoagh still alive
but slight hopes ara entertained of his recovery.
Goddard has escaped.
On Friday last, a negro man named John, waa
executed in this city, for the murder of Michsel
Sweeney, committee about a year ago. The negro
was s runaway from Pulaski county, and killed
Sweeney whilst attempting to arrest him.
Littie F*oii Cop. Ktawxr.—A letter from Col.
KiDney, who is engaged in the Central America
expedition, to a gentleman in thia vicinity has
been handed us for publication. It may be o's in
terest to the adventurous and enterprising ■—
Mon&gomtry Journal,
_ , Wasuinotom, Jan. 14,1656.
Sir—-I haxe yours of the 10th. Every emigrant
to Cen.ral America, who engages to servo the
Government to be established there, in a military
capacity, should it be required, for IB mouths, (as
the militia of any country,) will receive a grant of
.And of 840 acres, and officers ip proportion to
their rack. * r
Should you be able to conduct a number of emi
granta to that country, yon would be entitled to a
position as officer in proportion to the number.
San Juan del Norte (late Greytown,) will be the
place of debarkation. I shall leave tor that port
by the Ist of February nex’. Yours,
H. £. Kw**y.
On Saturday night a serious stampede of slaves
occurred in Kiuhtnond. Five likely and valuable
slaves made off to parts unknown, one of them
tiding JlfioO of his master’s money with him.
VOL. LXIX.--NEW SERIES VOL. XIX.—NO. 6.
The Four Points and fbe Groat Powers.
Scarcely a steamer arrives from Europe, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer, that wo do not hear
something in relation to the sou r points, and many
persons aro anxious for an explanation. It may
be well to mention, therefore, that tho terms or
guarantees alluded to, were first set forth in a des
patch by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs,
dated “Paris, July 22, 1854,” and addressed to tho
Frenoh Minister at Vienna. They were more par
ticularly specified in the diplomatic notes that
were exchanged on the Bth of August last, between
the Frenoh and English representatives at Vienna,
and Count De Buol, the Austrian Minister of
Foreign Affairs. These notes, published in the
Frenoh Moniteur, of August 24,1854, thus an
nounces the 'four points
“The three powers are equally of opinion that
the relations of the Sublime Porte with tho Impe
rial Court ol Russia could uot be re-established
upon aoiid and durablo bases.
“let. Unless the protectorate hitherto exoreisod
by the Imperial Court of Russia over the Princi
palities of Waiiachia. Moldavia and Sorvia cease
henceforth; and unless tho privileges accorded
by jho Saltan to these dependent proviuooe of
their empire be placed under the collective guaran
tee of the powers, by virtue of an arrangement to
bsoonoluded with tho Sublimo Porto, tho disposi
tions ot which should regulate at tho same time
all questions of do nil.
“2d. Uuleßsthe navigation of the Dunn be to
its mouth be delivered from ell embarrassment snd
subjeoted to’ho application of tba principles re
cognised ( cons. crts) by tha uctsof the Congress of
Vienna.
“3 I, Unless tho treaty oflSlh Jnly, 184t.be re
vised in chii-cert by all tho high contract! ng parties
with a view to sseure the European equilibrium.
4th. .Unless Russia ceases to olaiu* the right of
exercisiugau offioial protectorate over the Btibjrots
of the Suolime Pone, no matter to what, roligious
rite they .may belong, end Viul ee Prunes, Austria,
Great Britain, Prussia and Rnasia lend their rr.u
tnel 00-eperaiiou to ob sin from the initiative of
the Ottoman Government tbe formal recognition
(la conseoration) end obeervance of the religious
privileges of the various ohristian communities,
and to carry into effeot, for the common benefit of
thair eo religionists, tbe goiierousiutentionsmani
■tatodi by,bis Majesty the Sultan, taking csrv .that
. thejgfe ■ aaantttemroni no viola-ion Qi Uio u irnity
■AQi- , j. o pg. of hnk Cfovn.
“Ths underaigned is moreovor authorized to de
clare that the Government of his Majesty the Em-
P* r o r of the Frenoh,, irhiie rennrvi n# the riurh!. to
make known in proper time tho particular condfi
tions whioh it may require for the oonolusion of
ponce with Russia, and to annex to the ensemble of
the guarantees above specified suofa modification as
the continuance of hostilities may render ueoeeaa
ry, is decided at present not to disouae or to take
into consideration any proposition of the CabiueL
of St. Fetersburgh whioh shall not imply on its
part a full and entire adheßiou to the principles up
on whioh the Government of his Majesty tho Em
peror of the French has agrood with the Govern
ments of his Majostv tho Emperor of Austria, aud
of her Majesty the Queen of the Uuited Kingdom
of Great llritain and Ireland.”
In the conclusion of tho Austrian note of tho
Bth of August whioh specifies the “four points”
in tho identical language of tho French note abovo
given, M. de Buol reoognizos the engagement of
France aud England not to treat of peace with
Russia upon other basis than the lour points, and
“accepts lor Austria tho engagement to treat upon
those basis only, reserving nevertheless the right
of free appreciation ot the conditions upon which
the Austrian Government will consent to the ro
ostablishraent of peace if that Government itself
should oome to be forced to take part in the war.”
The Boci.it Sookb.—The following is a literal
extract from a lettor from a private Boldeir —an on
ly bob —to his mother living in a poor cabin, near
Moynality:
The Caup at Ballioklava.—ol a hagor Jowol
—Shure its sorry your own boy wod be to friten
your ould hart by tolling you all the dosprot work
we is having boon ovory day. Muther of Moses,
if you and my own darling Kit.y—oh my con
science 1 was near forgetting her. How is evory
bone in her body! As I was going to All you
when 1 began to spoak of that darling—if you uud
she only saw us lying in tho down tronches—bad
luck to them—and it raining oats and dogs. Oh I
a’ throth and its yourself would drop sauspaufuls
of tears for the poor fellow that loft tho swoet little
house and the oow—not to say anything about you
and Kitty—and all to seek for oner. Musha and
its a little of it goes a great way here, and mighty
little I’ve seen, unless yon think it war the mark
to get a bullet from one of those hairy vagabonds,
tho Rushans. Pon my oouscienoe I’d thiuk it
much more onerable to die of starvation in Skibo
reen, and be taken home and beried what you
might call dacently. But, agra macro, sure I must
tellyou some of my couragiouß exploits. Yon must
know, avourneen, that! was one es the bravost
fellows in the army, so I was chosen to orosa the
river at Alma first; ao in I dashed, and the rest
of them after me; and if yon only saw the bullets
and and shellH flying about me, euro it was enough
to make my heart full. Well, I got to tho other
side of the river, after being wet np to my neck,
and just as I reached the bank my shako was struok
off by a oannon ball, and if you only saw yonr own
beautiful noby-headod boy, without a bit of a oau
bien to save his head from the buo, sure you would
have broak your hart out and out. On 1 marohed,
till I got a bullet thro’ right tho calf of my leg; so
down I fhll. Well, I looks about me and I sees no
red coats, but a lot of them hairy villuins only halt
dead about me, and one in particular. Holy Baint
Pethor, will I over forget the cutot tho vagabond till
the day I get the mould over me! Well, 1 saw
the scoundrel lift himself upon his elbow, and
with great pain raise the gun and fire at me. but
St. Patriok saved me, and the gun missed. With
that I crouched over to the wretch and cought him
by the g..'let and sayß I, “By the hole of my coat, if
my mother’s son had you down In Moynality. its lit
tle he’d think of kicking half a score of ye’s.” Well,
tho the spalpeen fired at me and I lying I could
not mariner him in oold blood. Well, I must end
here, and entioth if I was down with yon once
more it would take a power of talking about honor
to coake me away And hoping you and Kitty all
the happiness of the Brady’s.
I romain yonr Bon
And Kitty’s ever true hearted lovor.
Pat JBbaijt.
Western * Atlantic Baliruad
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 12, 1865.
8m i —l have the honor to present below an ex
hibit of the JEaruinge and Expeu dlnresof the Road
for the 4tb quarter of 1854, being the ls‘ qua-ter
of the fiscal year, enling Heptember 81, 186;).
PXPBNDI DRE.i.
earnings, t r w n’ ( a gor uii o her
mv-n'tg road. aerrount .
October * 18,0 164 * SS.SS9 12 { 21,8‘,8 45
November.. 49,998 62 21 899 10 9157 40
December.. 61,985 8 28,875 09 7.679 99
Total 146,0:6 98 71 812 49 88,66-1 88
*hqr 1858. 184,114 ' 7 6 ,875 0» 124,289 55
Diifferenoe.. 10,941, 71 9,487 4' t4,62T 72
Keaneotfully submitted,
James F. Coopke, Snp’ndt.
His Excellency—Qebsohel V. Johnson,
Governor oi Georgia, Milledgovilto, Ga.
Hevolucluß la China
The latest accounts from China are unfavorable
to the cause of the insurgents. Extracts irorn the
Pekin Gasette extending from Sept. Bih to 80th,
ohroniole the rocapturo of several towns by tho
Imperial troops, and the destruction, in tho aggre
gate, of some 20,000 insurgents. This last is, no
doubt, a groat exaggeration. But after making all
due allowances, it is evident that the prospects of
the ineirgents ore at present discoursing. They
ore scarcely le ia so at the South than at the North.
In the neighborhood of Canton, the insurgents
have suffered serious reverses, in consequence of
which, the vessels of the Imperialists, which have
been oonfined within the Borgne for several
mouths, now venture ont. The gentry and mer
chant* have contributed largely towards tho do
fenoe of Canton, and have subsidized 19,000 men
for the relief of Bhunteb. Bays the China Mail
of November 11th.
“The eztortion* practised by tho Triads, who
olaim one half the rioecrop throughout the pro
vinoo a* blackmail, have had tho efi’uet of driving
thevillagre* to coalesce andfresist their demands ;
so that, besides the ninoty-six villages, inoluding
WaDgchuh-ki, to the weßtward of Canton, 220, of
the 884 villages occupying Lichaous-han or hill -
oountry, futher west, have banded together and
driven the Triads beyond their boundaries; and
those in Heang-kban district, in the neighborhood
of Cnmsing-moon have oollectod a fleet of twelve
or fifteen junka for the protection of thoir husband
men while gathering in harvest. We also hear
that a body of five hundred volunteers arrived at
Canton on the 6th from Heang-Bban, tho eiego of
wtaioh city is now oreditably reported to have been
raised for the present, the immense Triad fleet of
three hundred Tease's being aotively engaged in
levying tribute from tbo surrounding villages.
Meanwhile the entrenohments to tbo north of Can
ton have been repeatedly attacked, and on the 4th
the Imperialists wero *noc*ssful in routing their
defenders and destroying a considerable portion of
them ; bat they did not follow up their successes,
and consequently the insurgent* have had lime to
rally again. Far-shan was to have been attaoked
on the 7th, which has led to the conoentration of
their bands by the Triad leaders Ho Ping-fai and
and Chin A*inj and, witn others, the greater por
tion of the garrison of tha port at Whampoa has
been recalled to Fat shan.
“As at Shanghai, dissenions have broken ont
among the Triads around Canton, and numbers
are said to have deserted and joined the Imporalists.
“Bnt the most severe blow to tho Triad cause in
the South of China will be the (anticipated; des
truction of those piratical fleets from whioh those
ranks are recruited by the squadron under Bir Jamas
Btirling, the departure of which has been unavoida
ably delayed for a day or two. Bo that wo trust
before long to be able to report *he provinoe of
Kwang-tung (Canton) at least restored to the quiet
of whioh it ha* so long boeu deprived by these
banditti disguised aa “patriots.”— J'Air. Cum.
Dcxlist CoaviOTxn. —An event of a very novel
and interesting charaoter ooourred yesterday in
our criminal Court. It was the oonvlotion of a
man for manslaughter, for fighiing a duel. This
is the first oonviction of the kind ever aohieved in
this State. Tne public sentiment has for a long
time justified and approved the duello, as a mode
of deciding personal quarrels. Several attempts
have been made to hold partios liable for partici
pating either as principals or seconds in duels, bat
hitherto they ha re invariably failed. Some ot
these cases presented none of the modifying cir
cumstances of the fair and legitimate duel, as ro
ooguiaed by the customary chivalry. We remeui
ber one case in which the accused’ was defended
by Mr. Soule, when it waa proved that the duel
waa characterised by circumstances of great bru
tality, the accused deliberately walking up to hs
unarmed antagonist and firing into his bosom. Ye'
he was acquitted. Now, the duel par icipated in
by the party oonvicted yesterday was marked bv
an unusual degree of fair play. It was fought
with knives ; ’bo parties were equal in physica,
power, and when one objected to the knife of the
other, the latter offered and actually did exchange
knives. anu with the weapon of hi* antagonist,
slew him.
The surviving party was Indicted for manslangh
ter, and after a vigorous defence wus convicted by
a jury in which there were several Creoles. Thi
conviction, which reflects high credit upon lie cn
ergy and perseverance of Attorney General Mcse,
and Diatrict Attorney T»ppan, marks a new ere in
the sentiments and habit* of our people. Hence
forth, in addition to the oivil disqualifications,
persons who undertake to settle their quarrels by
L resort to tbedn.lle, will b ? exposed to p'osecm
tion and oonviction in our Court-, for an oaonce
which subject* ihe party te an infamous punish
ment.—A«e
Wits Swot sr n*a Husband.— Aaeidint.— We
learn that a man living in Bussell county, Alabama,
went to the house of Mr. George Moore, who liver
about three miles west of Girard, ajd while there,
a serious aqvoation ensued betw on the parlies,
during which Mr. Moore took down his gun and
was iu the act oi shooting his antagonist, when
Mrs. Moore ran in between them, to prevent her
hnsban’s designs, But she was too late to effect
her object; thegun was discharged, wounding her
so seriously, that her life ia despaired of. The
particular* of the affray whioh baa terminated so
horribly, we are not in possession of ,—Columbut
trwfni-fr.
From ths New York Shipping List.
The Shipping Interest.
One of the most unwoloomo features of the stag
nation, which pervades almost every channel of
commercial enterprise throughout the Country, '3
the remarkable depression of the Shipping inte
rest; an interest probably more closely connected,
with the progross and prosperity of the nation at
largo, than any other wo could name. The supply
of tonnage is greatly in excess of the demand, not
only hore but at every port in the United States.
And, notwithstanding the high prices of nearly all
materials entering into the construction of Ship
ping, its value has undergone a material deprecia
tion within tho past yonr,—a fact ospocially dem
onstrated in tho low prices at wiiich many vessels
have rocently changed hands iioro and else whore.
We aro informed that there aro a largo number of
new vossels, in the Ship-building districts of the
Eastern States, laid up for lack of employment,
and waiting, in profitless inactivity, tho return of
bettor limes. Theso vessels arc hold ohiefly on
builders account. Wo oaunot loam that any con
siderable number of keels for now vossels are laid,
in any section of country, lndeod tho busiuess,
so far *s this port is concerned, n ay bo said to bo
at a stand, —tho little thoro is doing, having ro
lerouco, mainly, to tho fulfilment of tho old con
tracts.
The current rates of freight, are barely enffloient
Jo defray pOßitivo and incidental sailing espouses.
ThoEuropeuu war has boon a principal aud con
doling agency in producing those ombarrassmouts.
We have moro ships thau are ncude t to convey
tho freight offering from this country to Europe,
or else where, Ureat Britain ulso, —it would appear
from die osk*ial statistics of tho l«j,t month—has
several ot tons nuou in the same, prudiclmont,
ind this, too, notw.thsiLiiding the*vast number
vessel* withdrawn iroui the merchant servico to
carry mon and munitions of war o the distant
ports of the Buck Sju. Tho tra h is, the trade of
the principal maritime nations of the world lina
witueeseda substantial uud progross 1 ve curtai 1
ment within the past year or two. Tho roaction
which followed overtrading in California aud A m
traha, dtpnved a huge number o! vosscls of a
trade lor which thoy had been expressly built.
Iho Russian war, it. was confidently anticipated
by eagacions bu»iue.s men, would iuuro ,o out
- iMrr»i»tii' f t ~- ti -ialtMyj. ‘fyd-H h onld mouopoliio the
ply ships to all the binigeioat powora for tho cou
voyance of their products. So roai and langible
seamed Gu&jmat lawn, alio, „ ven >ho eovornmont
providentially, and to obvmlu ™™°“
derstanding and misinterpretations, took measures
to have determined that vexed Question of inter,
national law, the rights of neutrals.
Wars that liuvo taken place horetoforo botweou
tho maritime Slates of Europe havo invariably ben
efited the carrying trade ol this country; and had
oircumstancoH attending the present war been an
alogous, tho same result would, in all probability,
l ave ensued. But all anticipations of our boing
bonoflted have turned out to bo unreal and falla
cious. The horrors of war havo proved to bo tlia
nstrous to all American interest, romoto as well as
proximate. Fur oft'horn the strife, and out of
harm’s way, we aro suffering severely from the
strugglo which is now going on botwoou tho belli
gerent powers. Tho war has damaged and dis
tracted nil our commercial relations—affected un
favorably tho price of securities—drained us of
our specie, added to our general ombarrasments,
and been attended with no compensating results.
Tho blockade of tho Baltic ports during tho past
six or eight months, has put an end to the carry
ing trade of that rogion. It is very true Amorioan
vessels uevor enjoyed a very oxtonsivo commoroe
there, but then, inasmuch as British, German,
Danish, Swedish, and other bottoms which found
lucrative employment in Russian trade, prior to the
blookado havo all been withdrawn since, aud add
ed to tho surplus shipping upon tho markot at
large, it may be[roasouably supposed that an influ
ence has been exorcised against tho iulorosl on this
side of tho Atlantic.
How long the present depression is destined to
last, it is difficult to conjoutlire—but much de
pends upon the turn of tho war abroad. If poaoe
soon succood, a rovival must soon follow—if tho
war is to go on, all speculations to that cud aro
likely to bo premature. At present, our business
with California and Australia is very light with no
probability of au oarly rovival. Wo havo hore the
key, wo think, to ono of tho leading causes ot the
present hard timos. Millions and millions of dol
lars are locked up in the ruinous inaction which
pnraiyzos our mercantile marine—millions that
yield just now an storage of loss than six per cent.
There aro so many other brauehos of trado depen
dent upon this important branoh of domestic en
terprise, that wheuover it suffers a serious depres
sion, that depression invariably roacts upon an in
finitude of minor interests, and thus too often all
suffer in oomnron.
Wo trust and boliove that ero long, things in
this respoot will take a turn for the belter. Our
ships aro not alwuys to lie rotting at tho docks,
nor flapping their canvass on the ocean, on terms
that hardly indemnify tno ownors. Whatever
may be tho revulsions in store for tho Old World,
resulting from tho contentions of Governments
there, tho new fields of commeroe constantly open
ing in the How World ; especially tho Now World
on the Pacific—bid us look hopingly forward u>
more propitious seasons than thoso wo are tem
porarily, we trust, fallen upon now.
Ilonedict Arnold's Family.
“Liont. Gen. Janus Rooertson Arnold died In
London on December 27tb. He was second son of
Benedict Arnold, by Margaret his wife, daughter
ol Chief Justice Shippon ol Pennsylvania. Ho
entered tho oorps of Royal Engineers in 17»b, and
served more than half a century. Ho married
Virginia, daughter of Bartlett Goodrich, Esq., of
the Isle ot Wight, aud tor his military services
was orouted a Night of llunover, was appointed
aid-do camp to William IV., auu was presouted
with a costly sword."
The above uamod officer was tho oldest of four
children whioh Arnold’s second wife, Miss Ship
penof Philadelphia, boro him, viz: J imw» Robert
uou, Edward, George aud Boplna. His first wile
bore throe sons, viz. Bouedioi, Richard, and Hen- i
ry. Benedict., tho oldest was jii officer ol artillery
in the British army, and, it is bUicvod, was com
pelled to quit tho serv eo; he died young in the i
West Indies. Henry entered the King’; service
alter bis father’s duioc.ion, and was a i<. utenanl of
eavalry in the Auiencuu Leg.on. H. accompanied
bis. father to Bt. Join, ati .t was employed in his
business. He slept in the warehouse near the i
Lower Cove in that city, and lodged there the
night the building was burned. Hu lived after- j
wards at Troy, New York, with lbs Aunt Ham ah,
and w: 3 engaged in mercan ilo pursuits. At »
subsequent period, he removed to Gamut - where i
he is now a man of properly. He received half
pay aud a grau' of lauds trom the British govern-,
meut. Richard:—Li 1782 be wusalsoa lieutenant
of cuvalry in the American Legion, conuuandod by
his father. In most every particular Lit. h.story is
identical with that of tiia brother Henry. Persona 1
aie still living at St. John who resided there when
General Arno) i’a store was burned. The impres
sion was, at the moment, aud still is, that the tire
was caused by des.gn, and for the purpose of de
frauding a company iu England, that had undor
written upon the merchandise which it contained,
to an amouut lar exceeding its worth. Those j
persons differ as to the fuel, whether Arnold him
self was at Bt. John, or absent in England, at the
time of the fire; and hence the degree of blame
which should be attached to the two sous may bo
uncertain. That both Henry and Richard slept iu
the store on the night, ol the conflagration, R „d
that neither could give a satisfactory account of its
cause, seems however, to be certain.
Jamos Robertson, whose recout death is men- ‘
tioned above, was the only ono of the four children
which the traitor's second wife boro him, that wa..
born in Amorioa. At tho timo of tho treason he i
was a obild, and had just reaehod Wost Point from
Philadelphia, with his mother. He entered the
British army iu 1798, and rose to the rank ol Colonel
of Engineers. He was stationed at Bermuda from
1818 to 1818, and front tho last named year until
1828, was at Halifax, and tho commanding officer
of engineers i.i Nova Scotia and Now Brunswick.
While thus in command ho was atßt. John, and
on going into the house built by his fatbor, in K>.,g
street, (which is still standing,) ho wept like a tmild.
He was a small man, his eyes were of remarkable
sharpnesa, and in features boro a striking resem
blance to his fattier. A gentleman who has boon
in service with him, and was intimately acquainted
with him, speaks ot him iu high terms ot com
mendation, and relates that he has often hoard him
express a atrong desire to visit the United States.
Sinoe the accession of (Joeon Viutoria he has been
one of her Majorty’s aids do-camp. In lull ho wag
transferred from tho engineer corps, and appointed
Major General, aud a Knight of tho Royal Hr.no
verian Guelpluc Order.
Edward, tbo next son, was some year* ago iu a
banking honse in England. George, In 1818, was
an officer of dragoons. Sophia—of nor fate nothing
i» known, ft may ho addod that the first Gonorm
Arnold’s mother had six children, of whom he and
his sister Hannah alone lived to tno years of matu
rity. This sister adhered to her brother Benedict
throughout his eventful and guilty career, am'
was true to him in the darkest periods of his his
tory. She died at Montague, in Upper Canada m
1808, and was uniformly stated, a lady of excellent
qualities ot character.
Thb Tioeb and the Mousb.—Capt. Basil Hal! in
his “Fragments of voyage*, and travels,” gives the
following interesting anecdote of u tiger kept at
the British Residency at Calcutta: “But what
annoyed him far more than our poking hi with a
stick or tantalizing him with pieeeß of of hoof or
legs of mutton, was i ntrodueing a monaefin hi* cage.
No ttno lady over ezhibited more terror at i hesignt
of spider, than this magnifiusht royal tiger betrayed
on seeing the mouse. Our mischievous plan wag
to tie the little animal hy a string to the end of a
long pole, and thrust it close 'o the tiger’a nose.
That moment ho jammed himself into acorner, and
stood trembling and roaring in such an ceiasy of
fear that we were always obliged to desist, in pity
to the poor bruto. Somotimos we insisted upon
his passing over the spot where the unconscious
little mouse ran backward and forwards. Fora
long time, wo could not got him to move; till at
length, X believe by the help Ola squib, we oblige-i
him to start; but instead of pacing leisurely an'oss
his den or makings dotour to avoid the il-.ieet of
his alarm, ho generally took kind of fiy‘ng ieapa
so high os nearly to bring hibback iq oontact with
the roof of the cage.”
Economy in Wives.— A young married woman,
who has not had the opportunity of profiling by
the advice and example of a good mother, will
find some difficulty at first in spending her money
to the best advantage ; (or there is ready an art iu
spending nioney, (though it is getting rid of it.)
Borne women will kerp house i-oapsctably ana
plentifully on one third less money than will be
required by others, and without tu-amiess, or il
liberal dealing. But to do this, judgement, fore
thought and experience % r e neesas ary. One wo
man wilt be able to toil how much her house keep
ing costa to a shilling, while anomer cannot guoaa
within ton. The former has method, ru o, regu
larity end * certain snm assigned toho. ; with to*
latter it is all hap hazard — it con es and it goe»,
she neither Knows h w, nor o»re*. And tn.a is
almost sure to be il eoa oif tho money is doled
out by her husband u a fen shillings at is cimo.-.
Farmer <k J'hntrr.
iNTZBErTTNO IS M UTAH —l’uS W SsillngtOn OOr
respendent oi the Now Y .rk Kera.rf, says .hat tha
President i* in p'-sressiou of li ghiy gratifying in
telligo cn from Utah. The Mormons, it is said,
sro not only docile, but are mac \ moaned with
their new Governor, whom they hope soon to con
vert to their religious faith. Several oi the officers
undor Col. Bteptoe, it in added, have declared their
approval of the Mormon custom, re atiyo to ma
trimony.
If this statement be true, tho Mormons soem in
a lair way of turning the tables upon the govern
ment, and conquering instead oi being conquer
ed by the C. S. Army. But the correspondent is
j .king, of course, though we are not prepared to
aay that to Borna of the junior officers, the system
of pohgamy wan'd be unconquerably repulsive,
h'icltmorul JHupatcA.
Highway Kcaai.HY —a ‘-mover” was robbed
late yesterday aturnoon, on the Washington rood’
a mile or two from this city, by two men, who
mado him “stand and deiivur” SI6OO. He stoles
that one of them was a tall, slender man; the oth
er, short and atout, with a rod face and foxy whis
kers. Officers went iu pursuit, uud the leiegraDh
has been put in requisition.— MotUgounry.