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t v I **.*tr*t~ b M- eorolotry for the Farm- - ,
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C. - mO# -r M.vkrt Labor F^uofhWe.
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mi. .• ru. .. ui 4lartfkl:
n«- » Cort, *», by ftefprt,/am by ,
, ' ’.V j, «lara by Traaby.
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V. Vv' , r'A. „ai, by lAU . S<»v«»ro?gn,
... .• lay prcuiii. >i to Lc fair, tiic altoud |
a: *i . ?t —b<-iuy oorr-jiosaii principally of*
. • . Cu '’iiri »* .h f!.«t i.'ivoiite at oiids, but
v . j... i uc.i <’ p-*h!fimj n.unifeMted to invent |
on tbe ra* vfv L.iuk tiieaou»luit that chaaged J
r M -.* Ju a Ua. lr.ome i
\V.. ,<;• i f me* tli* fo’.u ailouked, to
■, u i it; : 1 >)■, .* fine eanfitioi), end n.« t?;ey 1
. ■ <i. *f«i-mi •n£ r anxiety, to tort uuiii
4 ■ ;. ty. 1. i first 1 eat, "Mitt Julia” bud
'k, (.</,(! ~o 'M *< nd. I amjibel!> colt j
•u in i U'jUem**: > ii.« jookeyiug o. some I
ii. t i fii-rtL «»r which KanN«ut t ruu 1
- .-i »“vi '» .11, , < ‘ CiiuUi lie .akcu up l*v hii i
i. il vs. u ; ua-i («<i y.ir:h in the necocxl, thus !
* .. >ll a ilia chant*if be ever !ml any, o' i
T hots wr t aii dually got off i
~j I l> a ivv . Kuu- iiM ilaahed forward rind J
d
of tbi: buck stretch, when 1
C< i.iii <■..■•. i anl . a most uenperat© ,
■ j «i . <»k t • lend. Minn Julia
i.li .1 ( iij.pbi . « .>Jt br.nging up the rear j
r : k u t r* ]■< tfu tl t.tnn»*o lit bind. Thin *
i v.. * jan r\el (Allis a very npiendid 1
• imu si lu iii rt«!otiH bur. t of Mptcd, till j
. n* ..f<» tb bom stietcb, when Mifut Julie *
€ i • ' . a rriOMt everc coutewt lor the eerojad i
p’ ■, wLi* 1. ?,<• m reded n scouring by a length j
*»r *, < iu i » /, out 4-vt*m. lengtlitf ahead i
»i .*4 <• Minin :1 1 I. t- < unpbell <i colt distanced.
Time, lin f?ic. *
1, ill.-- i t beat eeeuied to excite little j
if urjui. r. a aj»;"*arrd t ' think t'e tr umpb *
of ( ■ uia •• i• t, 1 1rt in that bent. The pailnnt
iii ' * o d • Ju Ini l. however, e xri led the*
"d ino ri i t !hund gave them h!gli I.opes j
<■l her u t ■*• u(• hu lien* was tt’e disposi- I
U t.i * • -t ii t n.ii t. After - ooliug off, the i
‘bier ta'ur u,» ftuff I- "k their poe tiona n the order i
», •• ■* • ' i.nr.mi and aj or fcoiue iitt!e jockey- j
iu ;>t oil mu .*■■•!.il»V bu : tylc. ( urolirm hud
K lt *bv t *. a vantage >u th start, and end round I
O.* ii r-t lu;a, . i ;t!»* a!i«‘iui. This was, bow- !
e.*i i .g i.riiijUuh • Ciuolun was beaten. J
-*i »* duimnnl Ki.iifi.ii, t re fore, nmde play from J
Li. siurt-—a.» . : live u ii nin., inti reiting, exciting >
nn l l • iii; «• udesb-d beat, from the mo- ’
meut t *•; ot u \ uuder’way, unt . tin y reao! ad
th Judges’ stand. Hut Carolina was b>o it<*t fur her
•I .o , ouipeliii-is, mled t rm a monyd.uMv
ti.i'ougbou; .. e 1% at, coming *u. uuut mo lengths
i i* ;d. ‘ i \ ; o- f id. u!tu< u-h m-veral
times iorkefl n. i!.« t *•• -r of the \. eat , which termina
ted • t enl -od ib- Caro!..*:; first, Mi- Julia
iv. ud. Km:- I ml. blue. lin. ils.
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k 1 ..5 j
C* ...p S( - ... . dis. j
'Vc Ml :tn ii* r tie rue f*i- !.;y, vv inch
IVla “Uj) J ' h . Ch'!> Pu r Mile
lh ids,
w\ \v. W »!3v * I.te. h. V. I> * -imWc. 4 years old,
by- u, dam by Stm k bolder. Die^lMue.
17 C. Oafi •/, t. . 7 Ulr . 1 years old, »>y j
<. i s , Mm- an Fancy. |
Vi ll.ii.bi mh b. u». Pb.h ly ars olUjsy Mariner,
C °cv L.*”*. n, i. i iU.ttle M. Lul-. Dress luiirv.
.\< t» rtoo! -.
Tut I *n Aruo.ui * \r i!uxi-.,ki the C-iurt
.1 i; (■ ,p. V:■,i a souvtfttir ot *• I ii** Hn-
K ' -reuees <»f MU e;ni(fniwt MftwtMl.
N -A Vo.h l> Aivi i:ro.v A: O. JAkV
A very v lert iniu bo« k, which throws much
ttp .»*i ti ~. ,an 1 exp’oir«« of Irish a**Mte*» uud
ci Vi v .. varba- «*.nmtries. Every “son oft be]
e: ! . -1. ...uai-.f t.» I*- : and r- ad it ; uml even |
F,V.
Pi!-Sl\:.vxv: or ... nnd ii.uVrqm-r, iJvj
sk* Califol .•» Jnv,.fwMo J
n-'. *■ w I;'**; I’*"' 1 ’*"' I
T... ; v i, . <■:.!'.!.u— IV .-mire c,.ti.ot»»D.
im.l.. -\vr n .••>! I.u.i .. w«l Iwv it I
l-'.'r»»o liy ..-o\ A. Oates & llita.
Vim a. ,\' FakM Coma rm Ida' rtMUjuiO’* |
meub" v i v ilonies cmisUtered aud |
t ' l ' ' I' vVi*';a\\ ‘ cm • kl.Avii, W u.i.i A'i 1
11a . MU'. • 11. Hi* ~1 S. NSW \ oik : ,
l> A»m*lkton a Co- ISSO.
A:l pel sens oi' taste, w.»o int©»ul to ImHd, shoukt I
f i.e.t r'./*• the oselvi s vrith tlio best models Ui mod- i
«rn ii. .*A f *,es i t I 'i th iu -au*h " oiks a* the I
oue now before ti- It ida.u quite a uuuiber of !
Leant u ! and convcuiont plans mr cottage and |
For sole by Geo. A. Oim&lba).
Tnort k ' d'u -Mudi dissatUiaction ap- |
pcai>tn\m!mt pa k- i.ind by the election of
■• A , -V , i i .\ of t!ie South Camti- i
*; i , M ;u. }. v u-U-; oltU ehUnwof «W«r i
IVi>tc«orsr * *
i . • • •• .J that lh* V or le. beron aeeount
4*. Vi;' .;,v \. l>H |iou 10 i ike elTeet ill j
vl bN.o. J - • \ j
We sy- v « h'vnhMtrm. the In- j
C .-A ..*: : •i.bie o. .u\ o prvst«cß timt syiivpct
no ev idei*< - if .••• o V', v uon. 1 e intruded redig- \
jj. t lkai of V L Ibts , al'ovvin*'lnm to be infiuenced |
by the motive- »-• eged. is < valence of nuthing stir
the than bis own b - utisfaetinu. In euxopinion the i
T 4 u.- ooiiid n- 1 aw mJ. a wiser •obetioa, and I
w e huve seen nolidDg ti> in iientc that their ektuoe is
Oti-.-x.ov. : I-y la 1 p. Os liiat Mans TW I
muv .jvc been “eddc; ‘ i ion sfors. btW tw* day has ■'
pa»acd when age ran v k 'M prr»r om merit.
I.r IS tut IV.-- A.,.-.—OAT,nr to <ke «»*»• l
tilies of ice iu the l\>t,>m«e Ever, uavigatitm tor I
ta- re - c uti.v v eusjH mb-iL The siemnwr lie- I
tv.; An Am run or k . i Wrj however, sfifl j
COiV.a:* >; > There w*s « brig fast iu the ice j
The Lake butvr.or M r reports tiic formation ,
c£ . tai; •• - oi co ep.v.iy t * be e i' .«>d ;':e Lake Su*H'ri- j
craud South tbist lli . id Company—the hue of
rjad to Ih> from Fond fHi l-ue. Whriuwkw, rum hwj
\ ■ to the u«e. at or dvat tiw true be!w©*>u
r&- ami ;i 1, thence by rho volley of the East
Oi t-A* OuU uitgou li' eT loaouiv [n-iiit Mftr the j
M i m:<i ti cnee to the ef»y of Oatoea- *
800
M. Tc; * tk ait »r. is reported to have rc j
ceai'. v ;uc*:.\v k ike lii-.p'cusurc of the Emperor, wud !
iuue .it aijg tin* « i omeiauce a writer fi»r tlw J
Loudon Pm..- N; v. s reuuivk#, t..at lHuuas “iuteuii* |
to le.r.iu. . ik; is but a abort i« te in .Aftier to bring j
cut two drau.r.e and superintend u« publication of,
a dew o Uwa,iu t’ . e ; imdred w*-.u:nes. of ah *
produv . a . and tacu to trawl for several years, !
- Cbk “
T r. ... .. t . .a-, l.ed-, - « ryw that since x\i€ new j
eigamz.MMu : i.c Tire iK-p.-irtoieiu of that city i
osce not, . .*<: tte u«* K- : « ti*<v*c* has not only *
a ' ;C ‘ ' J e in thenmnlxr - fiu-i ami fake alarms, j
hut th. •-? 4*: prwja-i ty, < **u.porod with former mn. I
b« U- 1 1 ut triffmg What . • -*HI better, tV.e dfc- 1
l and riot called of the firemen .
iae a.au -i * ut.rc'j chc< k. 1. tvad the citizens of ,
PuiladFyka. can now bx*k wiui prde nonn their
Fire Department. The Joss by files from April to]
IMccmbcr, bm M*ca ti'jajm,
X-e Maine 1..- atere met and organized at An *
|T?ta, tLo dd ii.-'t. A fu£«e:i of the D*. imwui
and Straight «C* C I’mti, end elected all the
offisan o: bo:h Lous*:*. 1- t_e Senate Lon M_ Mi r
ivl;. D t •—cv rat, vof cL :a#*a Pi Willir.m G.
CKak, Snv.gat W] >eerotarr. Iu Lho House.
Joaiah Lit. e Straight Whig, tru oloatod fipotkrf,
aad Davcl Diinn. Dcm. C:<-rk-
The America? a m 13. ;Tio. n". V 7b»v« n amiotod
Aair deWataa to ti.e Nt t onal Convention, to sup
pc:n Mr. Fiidnors for U-s a for Prosidont,
I>cjK»rfitM‘iit Report*.
(*•** of tb.' Os tb- S»rr-t*ri.-*
lb<- N'avv w<i "'or and Pn.tma*»<-r Oroetml. Ine
[ n ... w ratfK . t ab»lra.. t*. of foveta) of tie Drp«t
--!. PW „ \V«moronßr<-p"Wtfhcdm'boKe--AoTk
’ Ttrr .. l«m trha-h w. Uko tn..««bjmord
Iho I yicod »nd fireat Brilaia.
J,,. i.di .wias »rc<hc oardioa! p>aat« "f th-docn
,;j, „U .ussMnpsnrin" the PwMrtafu in re-
StriioH to our afiaira with tirent Urttaia
vj r Mvrcv, in June of l&d. deeittres, in a
to*Mr.' itu bana#», that GovermEi«>ut can never
. ieid u» the BrilutU pteU;ii»k/n taut the Clay tyu and
i Hulwfc*. Treaty was only proapedin* in its operation.
A::te; *-*fQC »picy dipiuuji-lk aiouiure of hi» conduct
iu Lis neg*’‘ictiotiy La cknq by docdarir.g that if
Great L ite up«r*l#U Ji buldi.ag Uuaton in dcfla r .oe
of s’! right we shrdl know u&i purpose In holding it
simp y u» a acvai and sniitary station is ta eslcst
onr interests. A predetermiaatkm to in
i terforo with our affaha, tbiw u.aaifcartod, will render
I the C4>ntmuaoce of our amicable relations w;th liar
i ji. tcarioui. 3lr. Bucoanan's discussion of this «n
--' tir** question k veiy able and thorough.
; On the 6th of August Inst, Mr. Marcy again urges
j the immediate settlement of this question, before Mr.
. Buchanan should retire from London, and the* latter
’ m imrtructed to a>*k Great Britain, distinctly, whether
• she intends to insist on holding Ruatan. and to insist
! | on her abandoning her pretensions there.
M». Buchanan addrc***e,j a note accordingly. and
on the 3smc of October Lord Clarendon repu«*d, de
to the general disc’ieskm, and stating
rhaßfbe Briuifh Governmout adheres to its prerions
Kepsrt es fbe Krrreuir) of the Navy.
The report the Secretaiy of the Navy • Hon.
Jam* i* C. DoUrtiii recoumicuds ti*e eoaamiotkm of
i j additionai steam *»f war, expresses entire sat
j fiiLfUon whii the th« apprentieuwhipavstem
aoii the h«shtMm »rs tb* Utft Congress fortlw Navy,
* maintains "tie* abolition of corporal pannfament, and
r*crr.:i;i,emie an inerei-re of Ue- Marine corps, and
! th* ium-as* of-. amen to ten tiiou.-’U*d moil. He
i BUyiLiiina tie- general aotkm of the Naval ketirhig
| Board, but mtstnatea hia i «-a«iiuctw b> ahl in rest/wing
any <*tbeersmspeeittl cases wlio have l>een unjustly
treated.
i Ti.e remarks of tit© Secretary «»nthe action of the
j liofird will l»e !f»oke<l fia* with much anxiety by a
f Jar ire class of readers, that wt* transmit them in full.
f 'at report of th* Naval Board of fifte*-u ofticeia
j *»f the higher grades, amcinMtd under the 'Act to
J j promote the efficiency of tie* Navy,' having been
approved by you, I Lave in pursuance of vour di
p-ebon cHrried the same into execution according to
Iht pro visions of the law After a careful examina
tion, :-*U officer* were, in their judgment, found in
capable of performing, promptly aud efficiently, all
their duty, ls>th ashore and afloat; and of those 71
v»*»-re reserved on ‘leave of abaence pay.' 81 on fur
lougn pay, and 4*J re*;oinmeuded to be stricken from
tii»- ronfl.
j "The vacancies have been filled according to the
| Act by regulio promotion in the order of rank or
seniority. Altliough there are now on this reserved
j list on*- hundred and fortv-ec ven officers, the expeu
»<*« of the Navy, as appears from calculatioits accu
rately mode, are not increased, for the reason that ,
1 they arc not only on reduced pay, but the officers ,
pruirw»b*d to their vacancies do not receive the full 1
pay of the grade to which they ore thus promoted.—
Tki»*y obtain the higher rank and secure more re
: sponsible and important commands, but ore not to I
enjoy full pay until the vacancies they fill are made .
Complete either by resignation, death or removal.—
And the law judiciously administered by no means 1
involves un increase of the aggregate number of ofti
c rs. for it, is the crowding of the service wit!) the •
' L*w< r grade of Passed Midshipman, to linger there
until the prime of life, without rank, and compare- ;
! lively without useful sei vice, which bus really done
sa<i mischief.
j “Perhaps no event, either legislative or executive, j
i toughing the history of the Navy, has attracted more j
[ earne st attention or created a more profound sensa
, lion, tiian the action of the late Naval Board, with a !
; view to aju.-t and wise consideration of this grave
and delicate subject. The unexcited mind will not ,
merely puss in calm aud scrutinizing review th** ;
proceedings of Board and the Executive, but
imturully recun* to the history of the law itself, and j
with » -special core to the coiulitiou of th© Navy, ;
w hich occasioned its passage with such remarkable ;
, unanimity.
Tne peculiar nature of the low did not escape ;
l tie- scruuny of those who passed it. The allegation i
j t hut it pnrt«*ok somewlmt of the odious character of j
J o **iHt eUnmbet proceeding wue even then presented j
j w iLi ardent ana w arning eloquence. The feature 1
I pioviding tor dropping entirely from the service,
which was not lo the original bill, was inserted in j
1 the House by an overwhelming minority, and after '
j elaborate and thonmgh debate in the Senate woe
; pien d unanimously. There was still on the
itMtute book end in daily enforcement, the law of
( courts martio!, surrounding th« ir proceedings w ith
the solemnity of a sworn court, o sworn Judge-Advo
j cate, and sworn witnesses, subject t<» pennlti* h for
n**n lippearuucc; and yet such was the condition of
j tie- Navj as urged by Secretaries and conceded by
i statesmen. offi<*crs aud citizens such the loud cry :
for prompt reform echoeil and re-echoed through the i
country, that Cougress in its w isdom failing to paws I
the general and more comprehensive bills origiially j
| rcpoiii-dby the comuiitU <-**, instituted this summon
tribunal with signal inaiorities.
( “The olficers i« iected to compose this B*)urd were |
| m teruis highly laudatory prououuced fit men for tin* ,
<(cheat* task, indeed, when their names were an f
1 noitiici-d there 'win* a warm and general expression
of favor aud gratification rarely exhibited. It* fore
prescribing regafotiomf us authorized, the opinion of ;
j the Attorney fieneriU was n»kt <l on the true inter j
pretataui of tic loll**wing provision of the ad:
, ‘Piiividcd timt no officers upon said Board shall j
• xauune into or report upon tin eiHcieney of oflict iv j
j **f o grade above th* in.’ Ilis ii*iui*»n was that the (
* ntire body will sit together, ({©liberate and deter !
min* , and by proper im uie autiienticate tlieir con j
I * lasion as to lieiirenaniH, masters and passed mid- !
I siiipnien. After timt the lieutenants will have to re- «
1 tire, and th© captains and commanders w ill act in j
1 regard to all officers of the rank of eomumuder. •
1 when tlu* commanders must retire nn*l the captains ‘
will uet ns to officers of that rank. All the examina I
j lions having thus been made, and the proper judg |
menu reached iu the manner contemplated by the
iiiw , tiie sum total of the opinions will certified to J
\ the Secretary in such form of autlieuticutiou us lie in I
i his regulations shall see fit to prescribe,
i “The few regulations nrescrib**d were eliiefly
i bus»*«l on this opinion, with the purpose of protecting
I the officers whose efficiency was thus to be examin
-1 ed into from the slightest danger of being prejudiced
by the iiiflue nec of the presence of judges below them
hi grade. Lieutenants were not allowed even to
be present at the proceedings and deliberations m
regard to commander©, and therefore could not aid
to t ffi et their own promotion, and in accordance
with lh© same regulation, a commander could not
have the opportunity, by his presence, to exert in
tluence i*» H;*eure his promotion to n captaincy; and
thus ii was designed, that if by the execution of tiie
law, officers of the board should happen to be pro
mote 1, tiu ir proceedings should not be tainted w ith
the blighting suspicion that they labored for their
j own advancement and not tin* public good,
j “Tb© Department, therefore, t>y filling the board
w ith meu of high reputation, and acceptable to th©
* country and the Navv, by surrounding them with
safeguards and restrictions, to secure impartiality
aud justice, and to remove the opportunity and the
temptation for indulgouee in action for personal
gain. l»y spreading before them the entire foes and
i-cords* of the Department, hoped that a successful
effort hud been made to insure the faithful and satis
factory execution of a law passed with ©very mdica
i th*u of earnest solicitude to promote the efficiency of
. tie* Navy.
I “The order notifying the officers of their appoint
i meiit issued on the sth of June ; they commenced
thoir joint labors on the 20th of June, and reported
I the result on the “fith of July.
’ And now, sir, while th» '*>perati«ms of this Law is
1 by some hailed with enthusiasm, ns a salutary and
* indisponauhe corrective of admit tod ill, which de
pressed the service, by other© it is received with un
disguised discontent and dissatisfaction. This can
hiudiy be i egar«led us unnatural. The provisions of
the law are generous—indeed, strikingly liberal; but
they are lit the same time exacting and sternly
jusi. It provides for the careful support of some
.•m*l the prompt removal of others; and however
j faiibfnUy, honestly and carefully executed, it is n
mV nsure of reform, and no measure of that character
| is ever executed without more or less inconve
nience©, disappointments and discontent.
Actuated, no doubt, by n desire to seek truth
I aud justice «s nearly as possible, Congress thought it
; safest ta entrust theYoform not merely to the Prcsi-
J dent and the Secretary, whose acquaintance with
I she officers, both personally and officially, must
| iu** essnri y be very limited, but chiefly to the of
ficers of the three grades, whose knowledge of their
brother officers naturally enables them to nerfonn
! the dn v more thoroughly, and with less liability to
I err. Tiie task was delicate, and involved struggles
j between duty and feelings. Thev were men not in- j
■ fallible. It would be strange, indeed, if their work |
were perfect and entirely free from error. Those \
errors, if they exist, will soon and surely be diseov
* ere d by the developments of time, by continued |
inquiry, and by calm, dispassionate observations.
The officers of th* Navy us a class are proud, j
brave, sensitive, patriotic and self-sacrificing, ami t
i the swnvd of any one of thesi* gnlleut men lias been j
! luouotiouslj taken from him, nil rightmimlod men
will in v. let his country restore* it tonim with all the
; hom>i> and repui-Htion tin© to injured merit, and
. w ~)lv l , nn by no means ltHiiuimiend tiie adoption
j i»f imy measure* of repeal oi any course of proceed
ing in* conflict with the general action of the board,
I I have no doubt that there* should be and will lx*
* found ft remedy for any mistake or error of judgment,
‘ If the m rvic© lias thus been deprived of ft raeritori- ,
oh.- and capable officer, either by reservation or j
drop} iug. Foots which have come to my know- J
* u d>_* . assure in© that it would be but reasonable ’
provhle « year'sjvay forth© officers who have been i
i suddenly’ dropped from a service upon which they j
| hud heretofore so exclusively depended »itiiout |
any consideration for future self-reliance,
j ’“But sir, 1 cannot conclude this branch of my j
, report w ithout doing justice to tiie officers of the ;
i Board. From the spirit and temper with which they j
* i mend opou a painful and unsought duty, and from |
the e*rr* Miles© and with which they j
searched the records of the department, I deem it j
but an act of simple jiwtiec tonprene my conviction
' that tlu.y were* actuated by ©related considerations. ;
and tluu their aim was truth, impartially, and the
;©od of the service : and although worn the liability
• man or t** ©it, there* may* be oi^bovexed an»l
a mistake of judgement, I have an abiding
conviction that history will prove that this work re
, invigoratedthe Navy*, impuited to it a robust and
active health, inspired the hearts of the young and |
gallant officers Inilu-rto drooping witq hopeless de©- \
pendency, with fresh energy and contentment with •
I ihe service; warned the thvmgUeMand the indolent
| to quit the haunts of Idleness aud seek the path of
duty leading to honor, and caused the country to re
: j>*s*e with taemore pride and confidence inthel>elief
of the invincibility of this right arm of defence. I
have no hesitation, and I take much pleasure in
f-syiug thrt I have already witnessed its happy ef
j foots in the new impulst* and readinc»s for duty seen
and felt at the department.
J “And, sir, til*-ugh the number reported incompe
tent seems large, aud may well attract attention, is
| tliat a circumstance of itself sufficient to justify re- *
! flection upon a Board who were bound under the i
J law to make a ‘careful examination,' and report the j
i uafiK s **f a!’ w hoaa they adjudge incompetent, of j
! every grade, to do their whole duty promptly and ,
efficiently, ashore and afloat? If but a small num I
lx rot ortu ers* had become inefficient, would the Sec
.Y> of ;he Navy for the last fifteen years have
aguni urged, w ith almost peritinacioas zeal that
some suiugeut measure of reform wueindispensable
to si\*thc navy fre*m ini}x*nding ruin? Would
c rt muiiuc©s,st‘se-;ou alter tx*ssion, have reported and
pressed stick measures? Would grave members
! >avc arisen as they did in Coogßtt and have se
! rii ti-ly moved to abolish the naw and begin again
if l*ut a s:unll deff-ct existed? Would the f*euate.
I even session for acme years, have almost with nn- |
aniuiity passed the measure for relieving the service j
of the inefficient, and for imparting vigor and health j
f b «'\ promoting able aud breve officers before ago j
bad crippled their ©uergies cud impaired their useful- f
I ney* * Would the press in almost every town and
j \iuage have fuUniuuu*d it© thunders for reform and
have teeim*d with articles of laudation and approval
{ when the measure prevailed, if but a tin ail number
’J v -i tl.c iucapabU bloeked op the path of promotion?
I t>r !i<vd it IhcW manifest to all. to stau-sman and
j citizen, that something i*adical. thorough and search
! : must be aduiiuisiert dto secure the navy from
■ the danger- which imperiled it, and emancipate it. if
possible nmn the weight which seemed ao surely to
. be burdening and pressing it dowrn V ,
Tlier« uiatioTis presi*nt»ed—which have hereto
fore been published--the correspondence with aud
* the report of the Ikxu d accompany this report.
Her or* es ik© Secretary ©f War.
The Srvrvtary of War lion. Jeff. Davis urges in
cre.ux'd compensation to army officers, and a revision
(be law respecting tlieir allowances. Ako, that the
i pr> vi-ion of the last Con cress increasing the pay of the
rank and file, be extended to alt enlwtoo men. Al#o,
, increase ot medical corps, and the addition of a
military e;ore-keepers. He recommends a jnd
cions eootiimanec ©f sea-coast defence© and espe
oal'y renews the suggestion for the fortifying o
s>ulp faiaud to defend the approaches to New Or
• j m«»« He pr«:»utt. also, a neat and forcible argu
i | U!V lil m . ‘J Vor °* l Jie Pacific Stiffbved, as a means of
l'.ational deleuce. bet avoids rcexuningodiug its com
•traction by Government aifl, although he d»tinctlv
tßtim'.w a to fcvor .acli aid. Heahowi
. tiie actual Kraurtb of tj» amy to bo tboo
•end s©v«n hundred and fifW-two msn Eulfot
‘ meats during th© last twslvs months, un thousand
flvs hundred and fortv-stx , •tffistments reffised.
> t*'«nty-thousand five hundred and tw©ntv-two
mimber of casualties, five thousand five hundred
* Disposition of the troops remains ni ettv m nch as
stated \n last annual report
Report ©f th® Pont Master Oeserol.
Tho Postmaster Ge neral i Judge Campbeil i suggest©
! thattiu-freukiugprivilegelercFtn*f**dtojnibiicdo<*u-
rieuts an»l Wters on pnbbe bo»nvse merdv : a*s°.
j the charge of full rates uj»on newspapers m all cases,
instead of half rates, when pain «»uart©rly mfid
vanee. He recommend* compuVwy prepayment by
of postiigcm books, panmh!ets circulars and
;,H othir tran4©ut matleiv. He again urges tn©
i*i«ruoaih* notice to the (joiliiki sU-ainer* in
j unuance oftii© extra pay voted them iu July. Iw.
He prrewrn this :mhj* et at Mmc length.
Report of th© Secretary of the Interior,
j Land Office. —The quantity of land ready to b©
brought into ma. ket during th© coming y**ar will b*
larg©; aad added to thet now -übjeot to private en
( try. will, it ;t prw*uased, be ample to supply the
fcXtenaire dsaiond. . .
The quantity of land sold at graduated du
ring the last fiseai year was 8.7j0.4j 4 seres a®ouu>
i reived therefor, -
In' the rear ending Sfffth September
! 2*5.18 acres of land have been surveyed. * Besides
l this the true boundarv line between Alabama and
Florida has been establish©*.! and many other sur
veys made to correct errors and defect- in ancient
1 surveys and to prepare for foe discontinuancei of
j the office of surveyor general in several of the dis-
I So new land was brought into market, however,
l owing to the large body of land* already subject to
: . act*
Quantity sold for cash during the Urt focal
rear wit - 15, fwJJBkOT
‘ Revived therefor g1i,4©&,384.75.
Located with ntilitary scrip and land war .
rant*... * i,34n.5©0.00
' 8w tmp iau*U reiected U.r Btate» 7,470. #46.62
Selected on dooati* at fur railroads. Stt■ —1 I.M£.OQ
Making a total of •
exhibitiong an inrrea>*eof 8.603,789.81 acre.-** over the
previous year of lauds sold for cash, and a decease 1 >f
acre-#* located with scrip and warrant#*.
' The quantity that will be entered the pretest fiscal
i year with land warrants will be much larger, the
J number being greatly multiplied by the require
| meat* of tli© recent bounty laud law.
The amount of land* rofd during the second and
• third quarters of the present calendar year in about
6.264,163 acre* ; being an increase of about 827.625
acres, tin ca*h, $177,442.06,) on that of the corre©pon
tiing quarters of the preceding year.
Thu* in ow ing in a great measure to th«* extraor
dinary advance and prosperity of the country ; but
it is feared, in some degree, to the influence of specu
lation.
The quantity of land oovered by warrants issued
to soldiers of all th«? wars in which the United State©
, have been engaged is 37,958,412 acres, which enor-
I mous amount, taken in connection with our liberal
system of pensions, evinces iu an emiment degree
that foe gratitude of our country for the patriotism
of its citizens is not impaired by the lapse of time,
nor its acknowledgment extended with an illiberal
! hand.
Pensions. —The affairs of the Pens.on Office have
been conducted with great efficiency and signal
abilitv. Its hu tineas has largely increased, and ren
dered the labors of the Commissioner and his subor
dinates arduous and severe. Most of the difficulties !
1 Itave been overc >me, and every branch is up to
I date, except that huving charge of bounty lands
granted by the recent act of Congress to certain
officers and soldiers who have been euguged in the
I military service of ttbe United States. Strenuous
and unremitting exertions have been made proinpt-
I 1v to execute tins act. Some complaint arose from
| the apparent want of promptitude of tiie Pension
Office ; buUhe facts, so lucidly stated in the accom
panying report of the head of that bureau, clearly
i show there wu» not the slightest foundation for it.
I The amount of preparatory labor was very great,
1 to perform which with desirable dispatch wus be
yond the power of the force in the Pension Office,
and 1 hud to detail in aid of it many of the Clerks
j from the Land Office. Such has been the C*»mmis
j sioner’s success that the law is being earned into
j more efficient effect than anv of like character ever
! was before. The whole work will be completed iu
( less tunc than wus anticipated. The number of ap
plications to the 20th ultimo was 225,944; those ex
amined number 84,500, ol which 59,892 have been
j allowed, 24.608 suspended or rejected, und thejiuin
i Ih-k of wui rants issued 55.917, covering 6,578,320
; acres.
The pension laws are so crude, undigested, and
| conflicting that it Is morally impotable to execute
I them satisfactorily. They possess neither unifonni
j ty, equality, or justness. Their delects are soobvi
| oils nnd gluiing that a cursory examination willsat
i isfy tho most skeptical of tiie necessity of a revis
ion. It would be a hard task to devise n more iu*
: ' ongruou* or |H?ipU*xing system than the present
i *“oniplicated one.
It niny become advisable to fall back upon the
old principle of indigence, to which every one hav
ing any claim to humanity would cordially sub- |
scribe. If it were resumed, and the meritorious and I
needy soldier, his widow or minor children, eou'.d
receive enough to supply th«*ir necessary wants, no j
on© would raise the slightest objection to such mani
festation ol* the public gratitude. Now thev are in
receipt of a few dollars a mouth, which all know is
entirely insufficient for the most ordinary purpose©,
if pensions were confined to this class, und their
gratuities properly enlarged, the system would
meet with universal approval.
1 beg leave again to bring to your notice the
statute limiting to tw o years prosecution for perjury
und forgery committed in pension nnd land-warrmit
cases. Many criminals have set this plea, and es
caped the vigilance of the bureau ami the prosecu
ting officers, lu most cases it is hard to detect the
culprit before the time for the institution of criminal
proceedings has expired. There were nine convic
tions during tiie lost year, and n like number of pros- \
ceutions are now pending.
The number of pensioners on the rolls of the sev- i
oral agencies for paying pensions was, on the 13th j
day ol June last, 14*488, and the amount disbursed j
during tlu* last fiscal year was $1,505,112.31.
The Mcsilla Boundary. —The field-work of the
M exicttu boundary survey, I rejoice to say has been !
completed. The promptitude, dispatch, and ©mi- {
nent ability displayed ui its recent prosecution re
flects tiie highest ‘credit upon tiie Commissioner.—
Under the severest hardships and greatest priva
tions he ha© run the line through a country generally
destitute of everything necessary to the sustenance
of human life in a remarkably short space of time,
and yet left nothing und* me which duty required.—
The appropriations made for this specific purpose j
have not been exhausted, Ifiit a large balance re- |
mains unexpended. The office work will now be j
prosecuted with vigor and finished ns soon as practi
cable..
A full report of th** operations of th© Commission,
when published will exhibit much interesting infor
mation relative to the territory acquired by the trea
ty of 30th December, 1853. 11 contains about twenty
millions of acres of lund. The ©astern portion of it
is traversed from north to south by several streams
which, though not navigable, afford unfailing facili
ties for irrigation. The valleys of some of the streams
nr© cultivated, and produce wheat, corn, and tobac
co luxuriantly, though in general they are better
adapted to gruzing. Gold, silver, und eopjier are
found in the hills, but not in placer, und in many
places the remains of ancient Hpanish mining oper
ations yet exist Tiie western portion of the coun
try, bordering upon the Colorado and Giln rivers pre
sents a strong contrast, being a hopeless desert,
though known to abound with silver ore.
This territory is not so much the abode of hostile
In*liaiLs as it is tiie avenue through which they pass
from their country, north of the Gila, to the North
ern States of Mexico. A portion of it, however, is
occupied by a semi civilized nation of Indians, com
posed of a confederacy of Pintos and Maricopa©
lndiuns, numbering, it is said, about two thousand
warriors. They till the soil with much success,
raising cotton, wheat, corn aud beans, and are said
to be ever kind and friendly to American emigrants
passing through their country to Californio. They
are* understood to set up a claim to the land they
occupy, under some general law of Spain or Mexico;
nnd manifest much anxiety lest by the transfer of
territory to the United States their possession may
be disturbed or injuriously affected. They ore said
to be at constant war with the hostile tribes inhabit
ing the country north of the Gila, and their only
barrier to the occupation of this newly acquired
country. These fu«*ts would seem to claim for them
peculiar consideration at the hands of the Govern
ment.
Patent Office. —Since the first of January last
there have been Issued upward of eighteen hundred
patents, and within the year the number will probu
biy reach two thousand. This is the result of the
judicious and excellent system that has been adopted,
und which enables the office promptly to examine
and dispose of every application timt is presented.
It will require a further appropriation to complete
the west wing of the Patent Office building. The
east wing cost $607,700. Owing to the declivity of
the grade, an additional story wus required in tiie
w«*st wing. It wus found necessary so to construct
its basement and sub basement, and principal story
that each might b© converted into one large room
when the requirements of the Patent Office demand
it. To accomplish this object, marble und granite
piers und architraves have been introduced which
arc uot in the corresponding stories of the east wing.
These aud other additions cost about SIOO,OOO, and
yet the whole expenditure will not exceed that of tho
cast wing.
The north part of the building should be coin
uicnced. The estimated cost is $150,000. without u
portico. A partial estimate for its construction has
neon submitted.
There is a large room in the Patent office, designa
ted the National Gallery, which is not used for any
practical purpose. It bus been made the depository
of tin* curiosities of the exploring and other expedi
tions, and of other rare articles worthy of preserva
tion. If they could be removed to a more suitable
place, it would be very advantageous to tiie Patent
i Office The room is one of the largest in the build*
i mg. being two hundred and sixty feet long, and
; sixtv-two feet six iuclies wide; and the cases n con
j tains, os I am informed, cost some thirty thousand
dollars, drawn from the patent fund. The annual
! charge to the Government for merely taking care of
and superintending it, is $3,180. The rewin is re
quired for the proper disposal and exhibition of re- .
i jected models, for which it is so well calculated and i
j was probably designed. Th© Commissioner could
i then determine which of the model** could be treated j
as useless, and which placed on exhibition: and thus ;
| would be brought to light n set of models, never seen
by tiie public, of scarcely less importance than those j
now so well exhibited iu the cabinet© of models of j
patented inventions. This would be a great aequi- i
sitiou to inventors, on© of th© most meritorious and j
deserving classes of our citizens. Tho collection in j
the gallery, a very curious, interesting, and instruc- j
live one, is constantly open to and attracts large
numbers of visiters, which in itself is very proper ;
but, w-Ik-ii token in connection with the secrecy and
; «collision to which the inventions and discoveries
; tut* entitled whilst under examination, it becomes a
privilege of doubtful proprietv, calculated as it is, to
aisturb the employee© of the Tatcnt Office in their
business, and to affect, in some instances, the in
terests of the inventors. The collection has no con
nexion whatever, with the Patent Office, and may
as well, therefore, be placed elsewhere.
Judtnal Department. —The Government has
adopted the plan of constructing its own buildings
for court purposes iu differentiates, but nothing baa
vet been done in Baltimore, New York, or Boston.
\Vith tins view acts were passed by Congress giving
you a limited power, whicn, however, was notexer-
I‘ cised.
The proposals which had been received for sites in
New 1 ork and Boston were sent in as a criterion in
making the proper appropriation. Nothing was
• effectiM. and the subject remains for the further ac
' tion of Congress. I nave no doubt the true course
would be to make ample provision for the purchase
of sites and the erection of buildings in these cities,
expressly limiting the expenditure* to the specific
sums appropriated, leaving the selection of the sites
and the plan of tiie building to the sound discretion
of the President. Knowing the necessity that exists
for such buildings in these cities, it© consideration
cannot be too strongly urged.
District of Columbia. —ln the District of Colum
bia I have heretofore suggested many improvements
! and the construction of hre proof public buildings,
i Their necessity becomes more apparent. The public
j money may not be so judiciously expended, and I
j doubt whether it will be'appiied to purposes of greater
I utility.
Within a few years the business of the Patent
Office will require the whole of the entire structure in
which it now is. and the Department of the Interior
will have to seek shelter elsewhere. If an appropria
tion for the erection of a proper departmental build
ing were now made, it could not be finished and
prepared for occupancy in leas than three or four
years, which is the longest possible time the rooms
, now occupied by this Department in the Patent Os
j nee building con. with any show of proprietv. be
! retained. It therefore become* a question should
j uot be made for th© outibipated exigency.
• The extent of som© of the public grounds has
1 been trenched upon, whilst perhaps their limits
■ should have been enlarged. Ground enough for
public purposes has not been reserved, and many
j year* will not elapse ere there will be on universal
J regret that more space had not been retained.
* The estimates for improving and ornamenting
• the reservations have been increased. The plan
I adopted for the “Mall should be more vigorously
prosecuted. Its present appearance is inelegant,
w hen, with a comparatively small expenditure, it
i might easilv be converted into a beautitni park. The
j grounds, for whk>L suitable appropriations were
made by Congress, have been well improved, and
are admired by all for their neatness, beauty, and
taatefuinesa.
In this connexion I would repeat my former re
commendation, that provision pe mads for the em
ployment of a oomptdenl and intelligent ;andM*p©
gardener to superintend the improvfUienta of the
: public grounds and to dire at and’distribute property
the subordinate* aid laborers,
i The appropriations for the enMtSon of bCEdlfigs for
j th© National Hospital for the fnaan© are nearly el
j bauated. Thev have been judiciously and ecouomi
| caQy expended, under the supervision and control
• of iw intelligent Superinrendeot The whole sum
I ai.prepmt.-di* *171.341. whi.h cuvere the oost of
Ur- farm, Ur present buihliuge, teniahtag, fitting
. ap. au<l all alutar iwMrutal cap' iilri l . A:< H' u;':
ohsinallT deaigtwd for ninety patient?, tlie present
1 btuSdmg will araamnodate one hundred. More
; room and nut buidins* till benMUired, an* I have
{ therefore estimated lor them. Tue *uin, ap
! parer.tlv We, will not be so considered wh. n the
I fmmane pwpc*« ofthe expend'dnrc are contempt*-
, te-i No cW of public bcurfieianes call more! md
• It r>f) tin* mmtffiity of the Oofwnnirtit than th*- m
os tLe hospital. Iu boing the moot
. human.-rare and enlightened treatment of the so
! «ue ,rs Ui.- annv and navy of the l mted .States and
: ot lhe Lliamet of Columbia,' stroagly commend* it
! to the best and kindest icelm-.-s of tot human heart.
Indiamt. —ln the Indian Bureau everything has
j b e*n done which fin able end Lontai dj»chaijfT or
i dorr«ou!d aoootnp&b. Its operation* duiing -he
, past year kav e Win iarg# and uuporiAut.cinbrfciing
a very great oxteat of country and noanv au tae
Xndi&ua w-rt Kin the beufobrie* of tke United atatve.
Wlik the exception of a few tribes. the Indians uavo
i been well disposed, and anxiow to cultivate and
'< preserve friendly relations with us. ,
j Several important treaties have been made and
j others equally so will s x>n be ready for lobnuwoD
j to the Senate' Those already in force are numerous
i and of varied character. Many of. them contain
j objectionable provisions and stipulations, which the
i government was compelled to insert at the Indian s
{ own urgent solicitation, being the production "f the
! vicious influences, which too often surremnd them on
■ treaty occasions. It therefore requere* great care
j and wisdom to execute them properly. Every exer
; tion ha* been made to effect this; and, though a»
! much has been accomplished as was desirable, yet
it is hoped a better state of things has been intro
duced.
C. mgress has been generous in its more re
cent appropriation.- for the benefit. of the IndiaTtS,
and displayed a commendable spirit in aid of iheir
reclamation. Tlie only increase desirable is to what
I usually denominafod the “civilization fu::d,”
I being an annual appropriation by the act of Mareh 3d,
j 1319, of $lO 000. This might have been sufficient
then, but it w obvious itis not so now.
It would I** well for us, in our conduct towards the
Indians, to follow the example of those benevolent
societies which have for many years labored * > per
severing! v, and under tin- circumstances so wiwe*
fullv, for the amelioration of their condition. They
have contributed largely to this great object, having
expended within the Inst ten yean*, in money alon**,
nearly a million of dollars ; and it is doing
justice to attempt to depreciate the effect* of their
incessant labor*. Experience show* that the instru
mentality of religion alone can effect that radical
change in the hubiti-. customs, mama r*, and ir.<*lcs
of thinking of the (mlinii that is so desirable. Re
cently Government has not been remiss in granting
the means necessary to supply both their mental and
physical want*, and* it is hoped the laudable spirit ex
hibited at the last session of Congress will always
govern our councils. Its continuance together with
the cordial co-operation of the pure and self-sacrificing
men who have devoted so much time and attention
to them, will relieve the poor Imlians from their
severest difficulties and embarrassments, may tend
to derate them to an equality with tlie whites, and
avert from this nation a large amount ot obloquy,
that might otherwise attach to it. Facts have de
monstrated their susceptibility ot improvement and
even refinement, and therefore it is our duty to per
severe in all human efforts to preserve them from
extinction.
[communicated.]
Savannah Valley Railroad.
Mr. Editor : The time is fast approaching when
tlie City Council will be culled upon to take final ac
tion on the $500,001 subscription to the Savannah
Valley Railroad. Its amended charter allows that
Company to cross the Savaiwuli River at or above
Bull Sluice, aud muke a connection with the South
Caroliua Railroad, within the limits of the City ot
Augusta, provided the City W'ill allow a conn* ction
between the South Carolina and Georgia Railroads.
As un interested citizen, I would make the following
suggestions tior the consideration of parties con
cerned: That the City Council require pay, in the
sum of $200,000, from interested Railroad Compa
nies, for the privilege of connecting the South Caro
lina and Georgia Iluilroads. The Railroad Compa
nies directly interested are the South Carol mu, Geor
gia, Atlanta LaG range, Montgomery &l West
Point, Nashville 6c Chattanooga, und Memphis A
Charleston. The Shite of Georgia is also interested
for the Western & Atlantic Railroad. lam told
that some of the Companies have already express-m1
a willingness to subscribe liberally for that purpose.
Tli.* Savannah Valley Railroad should be. allowed u
connection with the Georgia Railroad when desired,
and with the Wuvnesboro’ Railroad when the citv of
.Savannah, tlie Central and tlx? Waynesboro’ Roads
make what may be deemed a just subscription to
the capital stink of the Savannah Valley Railroad.
The City subscription of $500,000, however, should
not be made until the Savannah Valley Railroad
Company can produce u reliable individual sub
scription list for $750,000, aud will allow the City a
full representation in convention for the amount
subscribed. To the $*200,000 received from the dif
ferent Railroad Companies, the City may add their
Georgia Railroad stock, ami issue thirty years
seven per cent, bunds for tlie balance. The amount
received ns tolls on freight and passenger-* going
through, the City, will more than pay interest on
the bonds so issued, and long before the maturity of
the bonds, the stock of the Savannah Valley Rail
road will be selling at a premium.
Augusta.
[communicated.]
Mr. ('whit’s Speech—lmportant Omission.
Fair Play is a Jewel.
I have just seta a pamphlet copy of the recent
speech of the Hon. Howell Cobb, on the organiza
tion of the House—in which are a few of the remarks
of the other members who occasionally interrupted
him and his rejoinder**. It is a little remarkable that
the most important, as well as the most inter*, sting
passage at arms, should luive been omitted. I al
lude to the remarks of Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, who
showed quite conclusively that Mr. Cobb, while pav
ing his way to the Speakership, was to all intents a
Wilmot Provisoists, above the Missouri Compromise
line. Do Mr. Cobb’s freesoil antecedents disturb his
boasted equanimity f Clarke.
Indian Atrocities in Oregon.—The Oregon
papers received by the lust mail, bring heart-rend
ing accounts of the Indian atrocities committed in
that territory. A letter from Capt. Ilewett, pub
lished in the Pioneer and Democrat, gives the fol
lowing account of a massacre by Indian* on White
River :
After two days’ hard work, reached the house
of Mr. Cox, which we found robbed ; confirming our
: suspicions that greater mischief had been done to
the settlement farther up the river. We then pro
ceeded to Mr. Jone s place, where we found our
worst fears more than realized. The house was
burned to ashes, and Mr. Jones (who was at the
time sick) was burned in it. Mrs. Jones was found
lying about thirty yards from the house, shot through
the lower purt of the lungs, face and jaws horribly
broken and mutilated, apparently with the head of
an axe. The bones of Mr. Jones we found, the
roasted flesh huviug been eaten off by the hogs.
We found Mr. Cooper (who was living with Air.
Jones at the tune) about one hundred ami fifty
yards from tlie house, shot through the lungs, the
ball entering tlie left breast. We buried the bodies
and proceeded to the house of W. H. Brown, n mile
distant. Mis. Brown and child we found in the
well, her head downwards; the mother was stabbed
to the heart, the knife entering the left breast, and
also in the back and back part of tlie head.
She had apparently started to run with her child
(an infant about ten months old) in her arms ; was
overtaken and pitched into the well. The child was
below her, and had no marks of violence on it. It
was not dressed, showing that the mother had taken
it from the bed and attempted to flee. Mr. Brown
was found in tlie house cut to pieces. The left hand
had two cuts, us though he had grasped a knife, and
had it pulled out, cutting the hand to tin* bone.—
There were also two stabs in tlie palm of the same
hand, as though he had attempted, to ward off the
fatal weapon. His arms aud legs were badly cut,
and I should think there were as many as ten or fif
teen stabs in his back, mostly a little below the left
shoulder. Everything seemed to show that he had
fought desperately, and 1 think he must have killed
some of the devils, from the fact that the fence
where they went out from the house,had the appear
ance of having hud something dragged over it, and
the rails below all smeared with blood.
After burying them as well ns circumstances
would permit, we proceeded to the house of Mr.
King, or rather where his house was, which wo
found burned to ashes, and where the most horrible
spectacle awaited us. Air. King, and the two little
children were burnt in the house, and the body of
Mr. King, after being roasted, was eaten almost en
tirely up by the hogs. Mr*. King was lying
about thirty yards from the ruins almost cutirely in
a state of auditv. She was shot, apparently through
the heart—tin* bull entering the lett side : tlie left
breast was entirely cut off—she woe cut open from
tlie pit of the stomach to about the centre *»♦' the ab
domen, and the intestines pulled out on either side.
We performed the lust sad rites and proceeded buck
to our encampment, aud the next morning started
for Seatilo.
In his message to the Maine Legislature, Gov.
Wells expresses uo opinion on the policy of the Ne
braska bill, but acquiesces hi it He takes strong
ground against the liquor law, and recommends a
license-system. He also recommends the establish
ment of a Court of Common Picas, condemns the
alien and uaturalizution laws, and the personal liber
ty act Tlie educational system of the State is allu
ded to, and some suggestion made as to further legis
lation on tin- subject., lie oppose the sale of timber
lands unless money is needed; praises tin* reform
school, and advocates improvement in the militia
system.
Quartz mining is eo properoua in California that
the commercial cities of that State are unable to sup
ply the mines fast enough with the proper castings
and machinery for the quartz mills, the demand be
ing more than two months in advance of the actual
ability of the several foundries to furnish.
A warehouse has just been completed iu Philadel
phia which is one hundred feet front and one hun
dred and ninety feet deep. It Is three stories high,
covers the entire space, and has three rail road tracks
extending book to a private street for the arrival
and departure of cars. It will store upwards of
sixty thousand barrels of flour, or over a quarter of a
million of bushels of grain.
We learn from a late California paper that the
Senators and Representatives of that State in Con
gress intend making an effort at the present session
of that body to obtain the passage of a bill for the
establishment of a line of steamers from San Fran
cisco to Shanghai, touching at Sandwich Islands and
Japan.
Among the observances of Christmas eve at New
Orleans, were four stabbing cases, in two of which
death ensued, and in the other two fatal results were
apprehended. These assassinations were committed
in the open street, and at the latest advices no clew
to tlie assassins had been obtained. The Picayune
says that when they were killed there wao no load
disturbance, and no affray of any kind. It would
seem that the victims were watched, and wounded
as they were quietly walking along the sidewalks.
At a meeting of the veterans of the war of 1812.
held in Norfolk, on Thursday afternoon, upon calling
the roll it wa* ascertained that 21 of those brave men
had fallen since the last meeting. Mr. Charles H.
! Shield having resigned the presidency of the society,
. Thomas G. Broughton, the venerable editor of the
: Herald, was chosen to fill the vacancy. After ep
i pointing 76 delegates to the National Convention m
Washington, to be held to-day, the meeting adjourn
ed.
A letter from Kingston. Ja., date*! December 3d.
says the cholera has broken out in the penitentiary
in that city. Advices from Porto Rico to the 24th
ult., mention the gradual spread of the cholera in
Nuguato. In some eight or ten neighboring villages
600 cases and 200 deaths hare been reported. The
disease had not made its appearance in the «dty of
St Johns. Every sanitary measure was adopted by
the Captain General to prevent its spread.
Some days ago a man named Elias Wood, of
Troup countv. Go., was arrested in Columbus, on
the charge of forgery . It appeared on the preiimi
narv trial that he had attempted to trade off a note
for J 20.000. which the name of Edward P. Tracey,
deceased, was forged as maker, and that of George
A. Harajson. deceased, U wiinesfi In default of
bafi. he lea* Oflmmhtod to prison.
ibir Galena'and Chicago Railroad Compa
ny has a surplus of $300,000 after providing for the
last year's divided of 02 per cent jurt declared.
Earthquake iu Jnpan.
Extract from the letter of an officer of Her Majes
ty’s 6ldp . dat' d.
Nangasakt, Japan. Saturday, Sept. *29.1355.
On the 234 of December, H-rt. iLy. Russian frigate
Diana, lying in the Bay ot Skooda, island of Nipmm,
experienced the shuck ofau earthquake, which even
tually caused her totabdestruetiou. At 8 JO A. M..
•>u tb< above dov, being denrutw of nhifting their
birth, ther sent a bat to lay *»ni a suriil anchor mi
the bow. and at 930 another anchor wa* laid out
on the quarter. At 9 4-> sin* was observed to Mi&ko
rerv mueh for about a minute. At lira! they iuu gi
ued*her to be aground, but on sounding, eight fath
oms water were found round her.
The dav was beautifully fine and clear, the sky
without a cloud, and the water perfectly calm: noth
ing more was thought of the me tier, and the duties
ofthe ship were proceeds with. At 10 A. AL a
large wave was noticed rolling into the bay T and the
water os the beach very rapidly riling immersed the
village of Simodfi ; it appeared to them on board the
frigate as if the village was sinking. A large J apane*e
junk was driven on shore witn violence, out the
frigate held to her anchors. The cutter and captain’s
gig which bad been undergoing repairs on ahore,
were .seen drifting out at sea, and n l»oat was sent 10
pick them up, but about five minutes afterward, the i
water (now very muddy) was observed rusliing out j
of tlie bay. Toe guns wen* now secured, lower dec k
ports closed, and isatche* battened down, the boats j
recalled, and a boat (pinnace or barge, proba- .
biv,} obliged to throw everything overboard, and ;
make the w**t of her way to the frigate. The boats !
had barely time to reach the ship when a second wave
rolled into the bay: tide named on chore all the
boats that were afloat, and, on it* receding, all the !
bouse* that had termed the village of Simoda we re J
washed info tin* bar, covering ’• he water with ruins j
of bouse** and wrecks of junks.
The frigate now dragged her anchor, and the se- j
cond b wer anchor was let go, but the ship had not
time to bring ui» when a third wave, larger and
more impetuous than the proceeding, came rolling in. I
At 10* tlie water again receded, and only one soiita
rv building pointed out the site-of tlie former village,
an 1 t iAt was a Japanese Temple, in process of be
ing built. A column of smoke was observed «*n the
side, of the hill, but no one could see whence it came, j
while a strong sulphurous ordor filled the atuu**-
phere. After this tne water advanced and receded j
so quickly that regular whirlpoola were formed in i
the bay, causing tlio Japanese junks to whirl around
very rapidly ; the frigate iilso turu«-d round, but her ]
anchors only allowed her to describe three-quarters
of a circle; her motion, however, was so rapid that j
all on bond became giddy.
At 101 a large junk came with great violence |
against the st ai board bow of thu frigate, carrying
away flying jibbooin, jibboom, unntiugole, ana
swinging b**oin, and injuring the bow. Three men
from the junk managed to scramble on board the
frigate, but the other five refused to go, and in two
minutes all went down alongside—the ship at the
same time swinging violently. She was between
two *umll islands—the one about three cables, the
other half a cable’s Ic-ugLu from her. She continued
this uiotiou for abcut half an hour, aud during this
time must have made from 60 to 70 revolutions:
dragging her uuchorsull the time, aud gradually ap
proaching one of tli# islands. At 10:45 thev let go
another anchor, the ship was not above five feet
from the rocks, and more than once officers and
men raised their cups expecting instilut death, but,
as :ny informant says, ‘God would not huve it so.’
The ship was now at the mercy of the waves, all
command of her was lost, aud ut one time she fell on
her beam ends, so that it was imp >ssib!e to stand on
deck, 'probably she hud touched a piece of rock,) but
from the gvratiou she made uo shock was felt This
lasted f«ir five minutes, when the water rose and she
slipped off, tearing «way rudder, half of stern post,
fulsc keel,* and a piece of keel eightv-one feet long,
besides two planks; und before she righted she tie
scribed the s imc circle several times. One of the
midhsip guns broke adrift, und jumped ucross the
two guns on the opposite side, killing one man and
injuring two others. At 12 o’clock the current wus
less violent, and shores were got out nnd placed
ugaiust the ship’s side.
At 12410 the water again rushed in the bay with I
the same impetuosity , swinging the ship to and fro j
us before. This continued until 2:30, during which j
time she wus on her beam ends five times, but not j
so much as before: the shores were carried uwuy, I
the water rose and fell very rapidly ; in five minutes j
it. would decrease from 23 feet to 3 feet, and ut one |
time it was so low that all tho anchors were visi- !
bit- above water. At 3 everything wus still, and the 1
ship iu 22 feet water, making 22 inches every hour, j
A round nothing e-mld be seeu but wreck* of junks j
und fragments of houses ; from the roof of one of the J
latter un old woman was taken quite insensible.— J
The whole of the dav had been remarkably tine, the j
wind light from N. fc., the barometer stood during j
the whole day at 29:37, and the thermometer 58 !
Fahrenheit, At 3:30 an attempt was made to clear |
the anchors, but they were so li u!. that it was lute in
the evening of the 21 th before it was accomplished: i
both bower anchors came up ul once, bringing with i
them several Japanese anchors, qua utitiee of clothes, j
a large net, &c.
The people ou tibiae stilted that the loss of lift*
among the Japanese amounted to 300. ()ji tlie 25th
a bout wus sent to endeavor to discover the rudder,
false keel, dtc., and the latter was found about hall-u
mile inland, together with the Admiral’s barge. In
the afternoon they visited the shore, and so complete
had been the destruction that it wus impossible to
find « trace ol* tic* town. When thev were about
to return to the ship the water again begun to flow
und recede; ut one time the bout would be high and
dry, and then far out in deep water. After much
difficultv they succeeded in getting on board.
A kedge was laid out from the frigate to haul her j
into deep water, and she begau to swing us before. J
At one time there was only one fathom water j
alongside. A large junk was driven two miles in- i
lund.
They remained at Himod 1 until January 12, but
not finding a convenient place to heave the frigate 1
down for repairs, they attempted with a false rud
der to go round to Tortoise Bay, about thirty miles.
She went very well before the wind, but when they
attempted to beat iuto the buy die bi-eume totally
unmanageable and would neither stay nor wear.
All sail-* were furled, and they allowed her to drive,
nnd though near to land no bottom could be found.
At lust, the leadsman gave nine fathoms, und the
anchors were immediately let go, she being at this
time not more than five fathoms from the shore.
Jan. 15.—The pumps were insufficient to keep
her clear, nnd it was agre_*d to desert the ship, which
was done. On the 15th a rope wus made fast from
t!»e ship to the shore, down which the men slid, as
no boat could live on account of the surf.
Jan. 17.—There were six feet of water on her
lower deck, and an attempt was made to save the
stores, &c\: but nothing was rescued.
Jan. 18. —The. Japanese sent 300 boats to tow tlie
ship up the bay, a distance of five miles; ti»*- whole
of her white st l eak was then under water, but when
they had towed her about three miles and a half the
wind freshened, and they deserted her; in about 10
minute* afterward the frigate gave one lurch, righ
ted for a moment nnd disappeared with everything
on board—guns, ammunition, stores, Ac. Tin* place
was afterward sounded, but no bottom could b»-
obtained at 1,000 fathoms.
Destructive Fire. —A fire occurred about 1 A.
M. on Suudav morning, in a large warehouse on
Commercial Wharf, which contained about 600 bale*
Long Cotton, a* we learn from the wharfinger and
book -keeper of the wharf, and *>me / of the best
grades. The Cotton wa* chiefly stored on tlie second
floor, and about 100 bah** were saved. 30 or 40
barrels of Rice were also consumed.
On the first alarm, a* we learn, the fire wa* ob
served issuing from the *.*uthern side of th»* build
ing, but soon spread with such rapidity us defeated
al! attempts to arrest it before destroying the entire
building, or to rescue much of it* contents. The loss
i* variously estimated at $70,000 or SBO,OOO, nnd by
some at a still larger sum; a portion of this is covcr
bv insurance, although wo believe our own compa
nies linve sustained but slight losses in the matter.
The building destroyed abutted on the rear of tiie •
U rge building on East Bay, which is owned by Otis
Mills, Esq., and occupied by Messrs. Mills Bench &
Co., a* u granary, aud which contains their offices of
business. This building was in great danger from
the extreme heat and proximity of the fire, and the
frame work of its windows opening eastwurdly was
was considerably burned and charred, nnd the
Grain stored within suffered injuries from the water
thrown by tlu* engines. The building wa* insured
in the South Carolina Insurance Company, and tho
contents in tlu* Fireman’s Insurance Company; the
damages on both, however, are not supposed to ex
ceed SSOO.
Tlie building which was destroyed was owned by
tlu* proprietor* of the Commercial wharf, but was
itself ot little value, —being very old and well sha
ken. So far as we have learned, the insurance will
fall chiefly on Agencies of distant Companies.
The weather was intensely cold, ana our ready
nnd gallant firemen were thus exposed to trials both
of cold and heat in their duties. As to the cause of
the tire, we have not been able to learn anything
reliably, ami owing to the fact of the fire occurring
on Sunday morning, and the consequent absence of
merchants and others through the dav from their
places of business, it has been with difficulty we
have collected the particulars here given, which wc
believe are sulwtantially correct.— Charleston Cou-
Financial Position of Russia. —The London
Economist has the following observations in regard
to the financial prosp**ct« of Russia :
Our readers are already awArc that the Imperial
Commercial Bank of Odessa has suspended cash pav
meiits. Its notes are now inconvertible, and those
who hesitate to accept them are denounced ns ene
mies of the Stale. This i* exactly what happened
during the former war* in Russia, and what we pre
dicted would happen a* soon as tlie. Emperor began
to degree larg»* additional issues of paper at the be
ginning of the present war. 111 former wars tlie
rouble note, which had been originally issued at a
vnlueu of thirty-eight qence, gradually in val
ue till it wus w’ortu little more than ten pence;
and in the course of a time decn *; was issued, by
w hich three and half of those notes, originally issued
as roubles, should be received bv tiie State in ex
change for out* ruble note of full value. The latter
are the notes that are now about to follow the exam
ple of former issues; aud if the war lusts, we shall
no doubt find all tiie paper currency inconvertible,
and very much depreciated. An impression pre
vails in some quarters that Russiu requires little of
tlie precious metals to carry on a war, and that her
resources of men, provision* Ac., are to be found in
abundance within herself. Nothing can be a great
er i-rrror. No country in tlie world has such exten
sive and expensive foreign agencies to sustain ; un
supported anywhere by public opinion, she can on
ly purchase influence F»y extravagant payment*.
Again, her large foreign purchases must be mude
ui>on tiie most expensive plans. In point of fact,
the precious metal* which Russia must require at
the present time to make her foreign payments,
must be of very lurge amount, to say nothing of
what she must have to secure the convertibility of
her large paper circulation, aud for other m <*etvsary
objects. From information which has reached us,
we are disposed to believe that the suspension of the
Bank of Odessa is only a prelude to the other banks
taking the same course. For toms time past, con
vertibility has been but a name; ns no one has ven
tured, without great danger, to demand specie in
exchange for notes.
Railway Swindling in England.— A Mr. Wad
dington. successor of Hudson, the notorious “railway
King,” in the management of the Eastern Counties
railway, which extends from Shoreditch,, in the east
ern part of London, to the eastern counties of Essex,
Norfolk and Suffolk, has just been deposed from
the chairmanship of the Board of Directors, in
consequence of a report made to them by a commit
tee of investigation who have discovered gross frauds
and peculation in hi* management The directors
even went so far as to direct the opinion of counsel to
be taken, to ascertain whether the offending direc
tors are not personally responsible.
It appears hy the report that the chairman and
other directors were largely interested in a coal
company, which forwarded its product by the East
ern Counties Railroad, and that they charged a very
low rate for transporting its coal, while their rates for
other coal was very high. In many instance*, no
ehanre at all was made against the favored parties,
while a free use of the company's wagons was allow
ed them. Charge's were made, also, of the fraud in
the allotment of share* in a branch line of railroad
owned bv the company, but allotted br the chairman
to hixnseff and friends at par, though tnev were at a
premium of £2 odd per snare in tiie market. The ac
count book* also prove to have been carelessly and
incorrectly kept. The stores’ account was wholly
unchecked, and it has been discovered that stores,
both new and old, have been re-soid below their cost
as wril as their market value.— Balt. Amer.
The Table* Turned on Spiritualism.— A Co
lumbus (Ohio) paper state* that Professor Spencer has
recently excited a great sensation in Cincinuatti.
with his wonderful developments of the phenomena
connected with this mystery. Ife claims that all
this can be accounted for on scientific and philoso
phical principles, without reference to spirits at all.
professor Spencer perform* all his experiments with
persons from the audience, who are skeptic*, as well
as himself.
He make* the table* trip and dance about, answer
questions, spell the names of the spirits invoked,
and. in short, do all that any medium can do. He
denies that tables ever move without contact, and
offered SI,OOO in Cincinnati to any one who could
move a table. The offer was accepted, and tlie
medium failed before the audience of two thousand
persons.
It has become neceesaiw to place an iron fence
around the alcoves of the Congress Library at Wash
in eonst-quence of the constant encroachments of the
multitude who throng the Capitol during the session
of Congress. Many valuable works hare been
stolen from the shelves, and oihsrt are ruined by eon
•tfiDt handling
Yonnji Men I ** Library Associcrion.
The annua! meeting of the Young Library
• Association wa? hold |«ersuaut to notice, on Wcd
: nesday e' cuing, the «diu*W. at the Library Room
i of the Assoc: it hm
Dr. I.l*. called to tie Chair aud M.
Hutch, Esq.,^appointed Secretary. The Annual Re
pi*r was then : . nd.
REPORT.
i The undersigned Committee, in belralf of the Hoard
1 of Managers of tlie Young Men’s Library Associa
i tion. beg leave to sftbmit the following, as the Bth
i Annual Report .-
The primary objec: of our Association is the dif
fusion of knoiedge.
In the attainment of that object, our Constitution
and By-Laws demand that our immediate and spe
cial effort* should be directed—
-Ist. To furnish, at a low rute. for the use of the
advanced scholars cf the two Free Schools, and the
j y-31»£ men of the city, “Mechanics, Clerks and Ap
prentice*," the work# of standard authors,
2d. To acquire for the it-e of our community, such
1 standard work* of reform in the various branches of
knowledge, a* are not usually found iu private
! libraries.
3d. To provide, for the of our commercial com
! munity. the mo*t reliable intelligence published at
*uch points a# most affect their interest*,
i Your H.iard arc deeply impressed with the impor
, tance of these cdjjcet#: but they have been unwil
i linj* to jeopard tho oxi#tence, or embamtm the future
action of the Association, by debts during the pad J
year; then-fore, they cteffßtd it the wisest policy to ]
restrict the expenditures to tho lowest limits.
Rechitts and Kxp>:*dltvrp«.—The Receipt# j
and Expenditure during the past year have been ,
as follow*:
Receipts.
Imv*me from Annual members $1*26.00
" ** Trust Fund and other sources.. 859.93 1
$385.93
Expenditures.
Nowr-paper* and Periodical#: $221.00
Salary. Rent and Incidentals 482.72
Leaving Balauce In Treasury 282.21
$085.93
Reading Room.—The file# of our Reading Room
contain 3 Foreign and 32 Domestic Newspaper*,
and 5 r* prints of Foreign ami 8 Domestic Periodi
cal*. In order to make u fair exhibit of the value of
the Reading Room, your Board submit tlie following
list of Newspapers and Periodicals now on file :
Newfapeiw— Foreign —Daily London Times;
Weekly Loadon Illustrated News; Weekly Lon
donderry Standard.
Domestic. —Commercial and Political —Daily
B «iton Post; Daily Journal of Commerce; Daily
New York Herald: Daily New York Courier & Eu
quiver; Newark Advertiser; Daily Phffhdclphia
Peunsylvauiun; Daily Baltimore American : Daily
Washington National lutelligeneer: Daily Wualdng
tou Union; Tri-Weekly Riclnnoud Enquirer ; Dailv
Charleston Courier: Daily Charleston Mercury;
Daily Augusta Chronicle «Sc Sentinel ; Daily Consti
tutionalist; Daily Savaiuiah Georgian: Daily Sa
vannah Republican; Weekly Macon Journal & 3iles
senger; \\ ecklv Federal Vuiou, Tri-Weekly Co
lumbus Times; Tri-Weekly Montgomery Advertiser
6c Gazette; Daily Mobile Advertiser ? Daily New
Orleans Picayune: Weekly Nashville Union; Tri
weekly St. Eouis Democrat; Weekly Louisville
Journal.
Literary and Scientific.—New York Albion;
Scientific American.
Religious. —Gratuitously placed on file by Mem
bers.—New York Obseivei : Pliiludelpliia Presby
terian; Southern Presbyterian: The Churchman;
The Colonization Journal.
Pk iuUD ic a Ls .—Foreign Rc-Pr int *. —West min
ster Review; London Quarterly; Edinburg Re
view: North British Review; Blackwood’s Maga-J
zi<ie.
Domestic.—Hunt’s Merchant’s Magazine; Do- j
B ov’s Commercial Review; North American Re- j
view; Southern Quarterly; Southern Literary Mes
senger; Li‘tell’s Living Age; Putnam's Magazine.;
Harper's Magazine.
Library.—The inqreusc of ihe Library bus been
os follows, viz :
By deposits 408 v«>.
“ donations from individuals 109 “ 40 p. !
4i “ “ Gen. Gov 18
Total st>s \ o. 40 p.
It will be observed that your Board have added
nothing to the Library during the past year—by
purchase they deemed it inexpedient to dev *tc any
portion of th<» in<*oiue to that purpose. The sur
plus now in the Treasury, will be sufticieut to de
fray the expenses of the Reading Room, and justify
the expenditure of at least un equal sum in the pur
chase of new und popular works during the coining
year.
By the record of the Librarian, there appears to
haa e been Loaned:—
In l#i>4, -IS4 voK, exclusive of Periodicals borrowers.
Iu 1055,505 “ “ “ “ “.57 “
The character of the Works loaned were:—lst,
Works of Fiction ; 2d, Voyages nnd Travels; 3d,
Biographies ; 4th. Works on Political Subjects—
works on other subjects being about equal. And it
is worthy of note, tout the Now!* ol Sir Walter
Scott, Charles 1 tick ens and J. Fennimore Coojmr,
have been sought utter n:ore than all other works of
Fiction.
Life and Annual Members.—Our Life Mem
bers at present number 69 ; these arc entitled to the
privileges of the Library and Reading Room free of
charge.
The number of Annual members who have sub
scribed during the present year is 48, and the receipts
from this source $126. Os these, 29 have been
“Members of the Two Free School Clerks and Ap
prentices," uml admitted at the minimum charge.
The number of tlie Annual members in 1853, was
108, and their subscriptions amounted to $578.91,
and 1854,52, und subscriptions $76.00. Tiie redu *-
tion in the number of Annual members in 1854, was
caused by many of the Annual becoming Life mem
bers. The falling off*in 1855 is in that class of mem
bers, who are entitled to the privileges ut tlie mini
mum charge, viz: SI.OO ; and is to be attributed to
the fact that we have made no additions of popular
Works to our Library. Tin; increased receipt* is dm*
to that class of members who arc entitled to the.
privileges by tlie payment of Five dollars per an
num—occasioned pcrimps by the increased number j
and variety of Newspapers found upon our files
daring the past year.
in concluding this report, your Board cannot retrain
from expressing the regret that the progress of the
past year ho* not been equal to tie* demands of the
community, nor commensurate with the objects of
the Association. Again and again works of stand
ard uuthors have been called for, which could not be
found on vour shelves, pud information properly
sought, winch your Reading Room could not afford.
It would be highly desirable to obtain a more suit
able location, and more commodious rooms, and to
add a good selection of Maps to the Reading Room,
and standard works to the Library.
Your Board, therefore would again urge and com
mend the object of the Association to vour efforts.
Our object is certainly noble—noble in its useful
ness—und if it be true, ns it has been well said, “that
a person who cannot read is a being not contempla
ted by the genius of the American Constitution." it
is certainly true that it is tlie duty of ever}’ Ameri
can citizen to cherish the only means which enables
him to form a just estimate of his government, and
defend properly his rights. And if the “intelligence
of the citizen 1* tin* security of the government*” it
Is tlie duty of tlie citizen to labor earnestly for the
diffusion of knowledge, with the design to preserve
that standard of intelligence which is alike essential '
to the prosperity und perpetuity of good government.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Henry Moore, )
(Jf.o. W I.k\v,s.
Augusta, January 1. 1856.
The following gentlemen were duly elected ns the
Board of Managers for the current year:
I. P. Garvin, President.
Henry Moore, Vice President.
John Bonf.s, i
Artem as Gould, j
John Davison, !
a. M. Thew, • M in "K‘- ra -
O. W. Lewis,
W. C. Jf.ssup. I
Meeting then adjourned.
I. P. Garvin, Ch’n.
M. Hatch, Secretary.
Death of Mil Robert Wothkrspoon.—We
arc pained to announce the sudden death of Mr. Ro
bert Wothenipoon, one of the oldest and most dis
tinguished merchants of our citv. He came to his
office on East Bay, at the usual hour ; the dav was
brighter than any we have had for some considera
ble time before: there was an increased press of
business, and he entered into the transaction of it mi
nutely and promptly, and continued attending to it
up to about half-past one o’clock, when he was
stricken with something like paralysis, aud died
within halfan hour after.* Mr. Wothorspoon, though
not a very aged man, Ims been engaged in business
in this city for a very long time, almost us long, per
haps, a* any other merchant in it ; und it is pride
and satisfaction to his friends to know, that for
character intelligence, aiid a just discrimination with
respect to all those subjects which came
within the range of his pursuit, he hue ever stood
high among those who have, so well sustained the
commercial reputation of our eitv. —Charleston
S andard.
Death or a Ri volCtionaky Soldier.— The
Danville (Ky.) Tribune announces the death of Mr.
John Sneed, cf Bovle county, in that State; in the
101*t year of his 'ago, and adds;
lit* was born in Albennarle county, Yu.. 011 the 2d
day of February, 1555, vjas for some years the Secre
tary of Thomas Jefferson, th**n volunteered in an ex
pedition against the Cherokee Indians, and after that
become a soldier in the Revolutionary straggle, in
which eerviqe he continued until the close, of the war.
He was with Washington at Valley Forge, during all
the privations of that disastrous period; afterwards
fought under the same great chieftain at Monmouth,
und was one of that guliant army who received the
thanks of Congress tor their conduct in this engage
ment. He was then d* tailed, with a number of
picked lryen from various regiments, to the com
mand of Col. Morgan, and finally went to the South
with Green under whom he served until the expira
tion of the war. At tin* battle of Guilford he was
taken prisoner, and when conducted into tiie pre
sence of Lord Con wall is, the following question was
put to him by that nobleman : “Where i.> tlie bag
gage of the American army ?” “Out of your reach,
sir," was the reply. “Why sotiV “Because tile
American ajmv ls * between you and it.” When
peace returned, he emigrated from Virginia to this
State, and here lived until almost 101 years old.
His one hundredth birth day wus celebrated in
February last, at the residence of his son, by a cen- i
tenuiol dinner, where he met many of his relations
and friends.
An arrived at New Haven, from Porto Rico Dec.
2, reports that the cholera was raging to an alarm
ing extent on the north side of the Island. In one j
village, containing a populution of one thousand in- j
habitants, five hundred persons had died in tiie space ;
of forty-two hours. The New York Herald’s Guava- I
ma (Porto Rico,) correspondent, writing on Decem
ber 17, states that up to the 13th of that month, four 1
thousand cases of cholera had appeared on the is
land, of whick number two thousand five hundred
terminated fatally. Guayama, Ponce, and some
other towns ware free from the epidemic, but Bt.
John’jj was visited at last date. A severe shock of an
earthquake, with the appearance of a very brilliant
meteor, tended to increase the popular fear. The*
sugar crop was in a critical position, although tiie
weather was fine and some canes were in process of ,
grinding. American produce was in request
A Pretty Woman. —The subjoined waif we have
discovered iu an exchange :
_ “A pretty woman is one of the ‘institutions' of the
country—an angel in dry good- and glory. She
make* sunshine, blue sky. Fourth of July and hap- !
pines* wherever she goes. Her path is one of deli
cious roses, perfume and beauty. Bhe is a sweet 1
poem.* written in rare curls and choice calico, aud
good principle*. Men stand up before her a* *0 many j
admiration points, to melt into cream and then butter. {
Her words float round the ear like music, birds of
Paradise, or the chime of Sabbeth bells. Without her,
society would lose its truest attraction, the chtirch its
firmest reliance, and young men tha verv best of
comforts and company. Her influence anti generos
itv restrain the vicious, strengthen the weak,, raise
tlie lowly, flannel-shirt the heathen, and strengthen
the faint hearted. Wherever you find the virtuous
woman, you also find pleasant fireside, bouquets,
clean clothe*, order, living, gentle hearts,
music, light and model ‘institutions’ generally. She
is the flower of humanity, a very Venus in dimity,
and her inspiration is the breath of Heaven.”
Lo«s of an Elephant. —The steamship Robert
Swan, which arrived yesterday from Baltimore, ex
perfonced heavy gales on the passage, and was com
pelled to put into Norfolk to refit. -Bbe left Norfolk
on Friday, and again encountered a gale which con
tinued up Jo Saturday evening. She had on board
four or nve slephanta, belonging to the Menagerie
of Robison and Kldrod, which were greatly dis
tressed bv tht rough weather, and the rolling of the
ship: an J on* of them, a celebrated animal, known
as Montezuma, on Saturday became very violent
and ungovernable, and about midnight tell over
board, when thirty miles from land, and was lost.
He was valued at $4,000, aud we believe, was in
eopsd.—Charleston Mereury.
BY_ TELEGRAPH.
The Telegraph.
The Sleet of Friday night played and havoc with
tbc Telegraph lines iu all direction*. No dispatches
from any quarter since.
Washington, Jan. 3.—The Financial Report had
been received by tin* Senate, aud ton thousand
copied ordered to I>© printed.
lie.]a attacked the President’s views in relation to
Kansas, and charged him with prostituting hid
office.
In the House, the resolution offered to make Boyce,
j of S. C., Speaker, with amendment* substituting
j Banks and Pennington, was tabled by 60 majority
j Four ineffectual ballots was then had.
Friday, Jan. 4.—The donate meets on Monday, j
In the House Mr. Boyce, of So, Ca., made a person- I
al explanation, iu which he stated that he saw, with
profound regret, a great party forming at the North
in hostility to institutions of the South—if it sthould
obtain possession of the Government, disunion would
be the result—God forbid. Mr. AUieon said tlie
North hud no disposition to war against slavery in
the State*, but was opposed to it* extension. The
balloting was unsucePtufttl.
>f a«su c h iimC Un*
! Tho Governor ha* urged the Legislature to repeal
! the personal liberty Mil.
Lain* from Havana*
Tho steamer Black dV mi ior luis arrived at New
York with dates from Havana to tlie 28th Decem
ber. The news is unimportant.
.Maine LcxmliUiiit.
Tin* Legislature organized by a foaion of the
Democrat* and old line Whigs.
New York Market.
Tartied at, Jan.3.—Uotton i* dull, with safe* of 200
bale*. Flour and Wheat unchanged. Corn 94 ct*.
Friday, ,T«n. 4—The Cotton market was firm
to-day, with sales of 2000 bales. Flour i* lower—
Ohio Wheat lower—price* nominal. C.\*rn
is one cent better.
Pennsylvania Senator.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania havo determined
to elect u U. S. ben itor on tho 14th inat.
New York Lesialattirc.
Tho New York Legislature has not organized,and
a strenuous effort is making to unite the Hurds and
Softs.
MasHnchiiaetts Legidxtuiv.
The Massachusetts Legislature hus organized by
the election of American officers.
Washington, Jan. I. It is stated iu a letter from
Loudon, from a responsible source, that the British
Government, anticipating the demand of our Gov
ernment for the recall of Mr. Cramptou, mediate
trai sierriug him to some otin r Diplomatic station as
in the ( -iso of the sending of Sir Henry Bulwer hitiier
from Spain. Sir Gore Ouselv is named as Mr.
Cramptou's suci’cssor.
Gen. Shanklund arrived here to-day, specially
a»'nt to Washington by the Free State men of Kan
sas to superintend their interests.
Washington, Jan, 2.—The monthly statement
of tin- U. S. Treasure, show* $23,000,000 subject to
draft.
Albany, Jan. 2.—The House made several inef
fectual attempts to elect u Speaker yesterday,
Odell, the American candidate, standing the highest.
Strenuous exertions were made for a fusion of the
Softs and Hards, but it was “no go." Four addi
tional ballot* were lmd this morning—Odell, Amer.,
received 40; Pendeig -t, Repub., 24 ; Bailee, Htird
shell. 28; Hoyle 9.
Columbia, Jan. 3. —The Watcree at Camden ha* ,
rise i to the top of its banks, an 1 is still rising rap- 1
idly. Great fears are entertained oY u freahet. j
II ahiusuuug, Jan. 2.—Gov. Polhwk delivered hi* j
annual message to the Legislature this morning. He |
congratulates the representatives on the condition ;
of Inc tiuunecs. The decrease of tin; Btate debt j
during tlu ) . ;j- umounted to $630,1100. No new loan* 1
h ive T;een i retit**d, such a measure being unneces
sary. He re feis to hiis former message for his opinion I
0:1 national affairs, rcaifiru.ing the views then ex |
prt.-.sed. lb* culls attention to the necessity for
further legislation on the license question ; adverts
to (lie duty of electing u United titutes fv uutor, nnd
then proceeds with other matters of purely local
interest.
Boston, Jan. 2.—The steamer Asia sailed hence
at 2 o’clock lbr Liverpool. Hhe takes out 100 pas
sengers, but no specie.
Burlington, N. J., Jan. 2.—lsrael Adams, an
engineer on the (.’unulen Ac Amboy Railroad, who
wus on trial at Mount I lolly for manslaughter, has
been honorably acquitted. Mr. Adam* wa* engi
neer ou the train which run off’the track in August
last, near Burlington, causing a deplorable loss of
life. It appeared from tin* evidence, that 110 blume
could be attached to him.
Washington, Jan. 3.—lt is understood from the
mold reliable information from Mexico that a move
ment, is on foot there to call Gen. Almonte to the
head of affair*, tv 1 instead of hi* proceeding at once
to England i cm pee ted he will shortly leave for
Mexico, ice hinwelfut ihe disposal of hi* friend*
in that republic.
Chicago. Jan. 2.—A letter from Leavenworth,
dated Dec. 18, Bays that the poll* wore not opened at
some places, in conserjucnvc of the fears of violence
on the part of the Mis* .urians. At Leavenworth
some of the ole-lisa 01 the election were nearly killed,
and threats were made to destroy the Register* of
fice. In several counties no elections were held, the
citizens being overawed by the Missourian*.
Washington, Jan. 4.—U01. Braxton Bragg, of
the 3d U. S. Artillery, resigned to-day.
Washington, Dee. 3J.—Twice during lust week
Mr. Banks received just enough votes to elect him
| Speaker of the House, but on each occasion, just
before the result was announced, a gentleman or
I two on the otln r side came in and lino their names
recorded for another candidate, and the .scale was
turned.
The report of the trial of Hertz, r.s published in
th • Philadelphia. Pennsylvanian, Ims been sworn to
in this city hy the young gentleman who reported
the case, nnd filed in the archives of the State De
partment as an authentic record of tlu* evidence in
the English enlirdmeiit proceedings in this country.
It is supposed that, owing to hi* continued nick
nes*, i hiet Justice Tanev will not take his sent on
the Bench during the preaent tenn of the United
States Supreme Court.
Sr. Louis, Dec. 31.—A riot occurred at Leaven
worth on the 15th inßt.. bt ween the pro and anti
slavery p/irtic*. The ballot boxes were destroyed
the voting stopped, and an anti-slavery man’s house
burnt.. The incendiary was arrested and lodged in
jail. Tue jail was broken up, the prisoner . res
cued, ami great excitement prevailed. Another
statement says that tin* border Missourians would
not allow the polls to br* opened in several places,
that the ballot boxes were destroyed, and the .fudges
of the election maltreated.
New Ohmkam*. Dec. 27-.—-Molasses commands
40 cents per gallon, and is advancing.
New York, January].—The IT.l T . ft. Mail Steam
Ship Southerner, Cnpi Thomas Kwan, arrived at
this port from Charleston at four o’clock this morn-
New York, Dec. 31.—Cotton L* firm and the
Bah »huve comprised 2,000 bale* to-day, at 9jc. for
Middling Orleans, 9|c. for Middling Inlands, and
10]c. per lb. for Fair Uplands. Flour is*dull ut
$3.25 per bid. for Southern. Wheat is firm.
St. Louis, Jau. 4.—The Democrat has a letter
from Leavenworth dated Dec. 24, which snyfe that
the Territorial Register, an ad-’iiinistration paper,
had boon mobbed, type thrown into the river and a
lot of paper burnt. * The mob was composed of Mis-
The Free State party had nominated Clms. Rob
inson for Governor, G. Y. Roberts for Lieut. Gover
nor, und M. J. Delaney, for Congress.
The election is to'be held on the third Tuesday iu
January.
Washington, Jan. 4.—A letter from the Staff offi
• ccr of the Free State force at Lavn*encc, Kansas,
claims a bloodnes* trinmph over Gov. Shannon, in
the second treaty they having'yielded nothing, stays.
Gov. Shannon and Sheriff June* talk of .resigning if
the people of Missouri will not keep quiet and mind
their owu business.
C' in *in n ati, Jan. 4. —Evening.—Flour 7.00.
Oat.? 31c. Hogs 5.05a5.25—the latter being for ex
tra heavy. Mess pork olcan $14.50. Wlu*ky 25025jC.
Molas*-* 40a 12. Sugar 71a8j. Coffee 12a12^.
Halifax, N. S., Jan. 4.—There ia nothing of tli#P»
the steamer Canada yet. now two days over due
with dates from Livepool to the 22d ult.’
Boston, Jan 2:—The Legislature niet tieday. r Die
Senate elected E. C. Banker, American, for Prt*si
deiit, riii«l the House elected Charles A. Phelps,
American, Speaker.
Fire in C’aHMville.
Cassmlle, Ga., Jan.-5, 1856.
Messrs. Rnggles and Howard : —The Baptist
Male College in this place waft last night entirely
destroyed by fire. It originated in the north wing
ol' the building, and waH discovered übout 7 o'clock.
When the workmen, who slept in the other wing of
the building, rushed out, the flames were burst
ing out of she windows and had made such head
way. that nothing could be done to arrest them, aud
•by 9 o’clock tbe beautiful structure which jiad been
tla- pride and Ismsi of our little village,• crowning
a* it did a beautiful site, within full view from every
point,, was a smouldering rain.
This i« a blow to CusaviHe. Tlie building was
Unfinished, and contractors will have to bear at
least a portion of the loss ; but it will take some
‘time to repair the damage/ The exerci*-* of the
institution were to have opened on the. first Monday
in next mouth, and a meeting of our citizens will
take office l • day to devise some means for avoid
mg delay while the college is rebuilding.
The forth wing of the college, wherein tlie fire
originated, was occupied during the day by some
negroes as a workshop. Tlie floor wus covered*
with - havings: and there can lie no doubt that the
carelepsiees of the negroes caused the fire. Yours,'
truly. B.
Later from Rio.—Tlie sclir. JLynckbttrg has ar
rived at Norfolk on route for New York, with Rio
dates to the 24th November, being 12 days Inter.
We have ihe following news : The coffee market
was duller, end qboui 125,000 bag* hud been sold at
500ip. •decline.
The stock was redueod to about 120,000 bags, nnd
holders were firm al the dope, asking-higher prices.
Os the lg- /u/J br.gs rold in the previous month,
80,000 bag.-i w«T'< for ihe’ States. Superior Coffee
quoted r: ; good 4j)300u fjfoOO. lEx
change 275. JTLe Fiour market was drooping. Bal
timore ||2o *, liaxall |{23. Stock, 41,000 bags.—: Balt.
Patriot.
Disaster tg the Charleston. —The steamer
Charleston. Copt. Peek, which left Georgetown for
this city, witfi 200 bbls. Rice and Wood, collapsed
her boiler when a'short distance from Georgetown.*
Slic wa* fallen in with by the Nina, after the acci
dent, ami towed into Georgetown. There were two
negro passengers, tlu*. property of Mr. Manneriyn, of
that place, on board, who were severely scalded.
Since the above wes possessed we hare seen n let
ter which states that Ihe injury to the boiler has been
repaired and that she has left (Joorgetown. —Evening
Sews.
Indian War ivF lo rid a .— By a letter rccei v«-d
in this citv yesterday from Capt. Casey, Indian
Agent in Florida, ta be dispatched to the Secretary
of War, wv learn that serious troubles are anticipa
ted with tho Siiniuolee. The letter confirms the
accounts wc published some days since from the
Tampa Peninsular. The Seminols attacked an ad
vancod party of troops in Bijr Cypress Swamp on
the 2foh ult., killing Lieut, Jfart stiff and five of his
men, it is supposed, as they are missing. Capt.
Gusev, says a peaceful removal of the tribe is im
possible.—Sew. Rep.
From South Florida.—We have this morning
received later intelligence from Tampa, yet nothing
further from the Indian*. The announcement of the
late outrage created great excitement on the fron
tier. A public meeting was held at Tampa on the
arrival of tiie news, (though the day was
and passed resolutions in favor of volunteer organi
zation* for the protection of tiie settlements and the
removal of the savages. In pursuance of this policy
n considerable'detachment of troops were to march
under Messrs. Hooker, Leslie and Edwards, from
Tampa for Peas Creek, on Saturday, Dec. 29th.
The Tampa Peninsular says .* “YVe learn that our
esteemed friend and fellow-citizen, Capt. Simeon L.
Sparkman, has organized a small company, and
marched into the Indian territory. Capt. Sparkman
was one of the m< st effective officers in the old In
dian war. and tlie celerity with which he has
performed this important movement, is a sufficient
guarantee that he has lost none of the spirit of his
younger day?. We hope he may succeed in raising
a full company : uo one is better qualified to com
mand. "
The Peninsular is strongly warlike in its tone. It
is not likely that the people of Florida, now that the
savages have resumed the* tomahawk, will be con
tent with anything less than their removal or exter
mination. — Sark. Cour.
The St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church, in
Providence, R. 1., having enjoyed the pastoral ser
vices of the Rev. Dr. Crocker for more than fifty
years, have provided for him a liberal support for life
with an annuity to his family on his retiring from the
! ministry
COMMERCIAL.
AUGUSTA MAUEBT.
Weekly Report Tuesday, P. M.
COTTON.—The inclement weather during the early
|»art of the week interfered greatly with operations in
this article. Such soles a* were made were at full prices
f>r the better qualities. common and poor lots neglected.
In tho last two days the demand has bt'cn good for par
cels cla-wlng Middling and Good Middling, and above;
poor qualities dull and deprossc d.
Inferior and Ordinary 7 ~.71
Middling Cidii#
Good Middling. ;..
Middling Fair 9
fair and Fine O', o
RECEIPTS TO LATKWT DATES.
16-V>. 1554.
New Orleans. Dec. 28 8U6.327 sUdf&6
Mobile, Doc. SA > mtW 86.U12
Florida. Dec. 2t ‘ 3d. 111 8 f »,42l ,
Texas, Dec. 32 39,756 15 075 1
savannah, Jan. 3 69,333 j
Charleston. Jan. 3 . 206,490 16*0 400
N. Carolina, Doc. «9 AilO 5.d1l
Thfittla. Dec. i 3,137 5.000
1,507.301 012.4 W
Increase 5A5.163 |
STOCKS IN SOUTHERN PORTS. I
New Orleans, Dec. 28 340,*<ig 177,100 «
Mobile, Dec. 28. 150, 817 48.318 I
Florida, Dec. SJ 20,480 11,090
Texas, Dec.B2. S.fhlt 4.150 j
Savannah, Jan. 3.. 50,408 38.400
Charleatc.n, Jan. 3.. 63,318 51 pn •
N Carolina. Dec. S 3 POP kao j
Virginia. Dic. 1 865 58*0 .
614,642 3:0.868 |
New York. Dec. 31 32.011 31,014
EXPORT* TO FORK ION PORTS.
To Great Britain 505.040 414 013
“ France 183,338 ltY>'s6l
“ other Foreign Ports. 125,170 54,430
Total Foreign Exports 814,457 573,994
To Northern t . S. Port* 870.028 185,647
l'*K( H KKICS.—I’bo weather has been so untavorable
and inclement during tho past week, tiiat busmens has
been very much impeded in every department. Tho
transact ions in tho Os©'cry market have not, therefore,
becu extensive. Tho stocks are ampin, and prices re
main in all the leading articic-s as previously quoted, for
which vve refer to our quotations.
PROVISIONS.—The stock of old Bacon Is limited,
with very slight demand. Wo make no change in prices.
Flour is not altogether so th ui, and prices give evidence
of yielding. The market is well supplied.
GRAIN.—It will be seen by reference to our quota
tions that Corn and Wheat have both declined.
EXCHANGE.—The Barks supply checks on the North
at 1 per ct. premium.
FREIGHTS.—Tho lata rains have givon as a very due
river, we think, for the remainder of the voason. There :
is uo change in Freight 3.
SAVA NN AH, Juu. 4.— Cotton —Arrived since the j
ult, 5,192 halo* Upland, (3.©81 per lt.iilivu.i, 8,111 Crow
Augusta ;*.nd on the riv, r,) and26l d * Sea Island.
Thu exports for the same period amount to 7.763 bale..- Cp- I
land, and 122 do S.-a Islands, vb : To Glasgow 8,811 j
bales L'plaup aud 19 do Sea Islam!* ; to Havre 1.663 bah a ;
Upiiuid and 86 do Sea Islands; to Boston 596 bah - l'p- ;
bin 1; to New York3,l37bales Upland and 74 do S.a 1.1- ,
and-: to Baltimore 183 bah a Cphuid; to Charleston, 53 .
bal s Upland, 1 do Sea Inland—leaving on hand aud on
shipboard, not cleared, a stock of 37,526 bale* Upland, aud j
2,166 do Sea Island, against 35,831 bales Upland, aud 8,569
do Soa Inlands at the same time last year.
The very inclement weather tho past week has Inter J
fared materially with all out door operations, and particu- i
larly in tlio Cotton trade, as will be seen by the limited
saleseffected. Tho rains have been heavy aud protract- !
ed, an«l have extended throughout the cotton grov. ing |
States. The rivers in Georgia have been much swollen, 1
and letters and circulars from Mobile aud New Oi h an* i;i ]
form a-, that the same is true of tlio rivers in the Smith- j
west. Inland navigation may now be extorted to come !
forward rapidly aud in large qiut ttitles. A letter from
New or loans now before us. dat«*d tho27ih ult say* :
The rivers are all up, and tlie receipts of e -tn n and
produce are upou a:i uiiuu iuh* scale. Nothing like i< was
ever before seen in New Orleans. The cotton preuses are
crowded to exccas, and there Is no 100 m to receive or store
more: the sidewalks ami utrovt* ure n«w it r-ortod 1 •, to
pile the cotton upon."
Pricej* ruling at the date of our last weekly rov lev have
bona maintained with little If any varladon. On Friday,
tho 87 ih ult., the date of that report, tho market vv as quiet,
with nahvi of 665 buhv* at 7 a O'.c. l'p to noon li.auiiUy,
1.180 Ixtlos iv«« sold at a*. wUich time the Vavidi
aj rival was announced ILradvu s si.o,..dan uvrarc
in Liverpoolof 1 16.1, ami axles of 56,030 bal • fr th
week, the market closing dink Thc.se' accounts had uo j
effect upon our'iiirkot, though the state t-f the went her ,
occasioned a suspension ol' operati- u - for the balance of
the dr y. Thosal -son Monday iv .o-hud only 286 bales at
fanner prices. Tuesday, New Years day* the weather
improved, yet but Utfle baaiue.ss v. a* dene, tho ray being
pßrticily observed as a boll .day. 561 bales chant.ed hands
utßn'Jlc. Wcdnusii.iy 6'. bau-s ware sold at the same J
range of quotations, 't he same figure* ruled ves.*»day,
the sales being 866 folk's. The market at the closi <*f
busintvo was oa-y, tlie tlejnand limited, and not much of
foriug.
The following are *he quotations ihfo week :
Low Middling Biu.fl
HifHct Middling 1-
Good Middling. a-
Midliing Fair Jr’j} u
'I In sales of the \vc--k sum up 4,1831 ml*at t . follow
uig j'Hitirulars : 91 at 7. 85 at 7‘, 6 a: 7 ;, 175 alb, 39 at
81. 45 at 81, 42 at 8-, 103 at 81, 6at Bi, s*3at 8U 149 at 8
13-16, 70 at BJ, 1037 at 9, 37 at 9 1-18, 677 at 9{. 332 at 91,
85 at 9 5-16, 851 at ‘.lf. and 63 bales at 9ic.
Sea Ifilatiri# —The sale** of this description rs Cotton
have been limited to 129 bal.-* at extremes of 16 yi:27c.
No speculative demand has manifested itself during the
week; the sales made ware to till orders. Receipts ‘261
haler; exports 128, a* follow.- : To Havre 28, Glasgow 19,
N. w York 74.
Rico —We have no change to notice in this article ; 829 •
rA-<ka have been Bold at 3'd 4lc. U ID. Export’ ,75 casks j
to Bu'timer*.
II * un —'l'lie busiiM BK in this Article so pretty well over,
rtinnll sales havo bcou muds*, at 8U 80« 1.90 per bushel.
It -cclpts for tho wtM'lv, 2,784 bushels ; exports, 7-lti—lo
Glasgow 282, to Nov. York 302, and to Baltim- re 162.
Ci-rn —A good business has been done this \\ ok at our 1
quotatii us, viz: 80d>90c.—th« former being wholesale and ‘
the latter retail prices.
Exchange —StevEog if} qnofulat 7, ?> T 4 cent, preni. I
The Banks aro selling sight checks *>n all N< riliern cities I
at l U cent, prom., mid purchasing New York night bills f
at 1 dis.; sda vs at 5 ; 1.0 days at ,i ; 30 days at i'a l ; 60 1
days at lg«'l'i : 90 days at 21 ; nud Boston, j
and Baltimore, 60 days bills at l;fc lj E r<*ut. discount. 1
Freight »—Foreign freights aro quoted at 7-16 W 15-38 d. j
for Cotton to Liverpool, and t*» Havre lc. Coa-'twlse :
To Boston, 7-l6c. for Cotton ; to New York, Baltimore ;
and Philadelphia, bv sailing vessels, 5-16 c. for (' »Ct-»ti; by
steam-hip to New Y*»rk and fc. for Cotton. |
FRIDAY, Jan. 4, P. M.— Cotton. —Thor.- was rath or a J
better demand this morning, nn<i 12-V2 hubs* changed hands i
at tho following particulars : 13 at Bj, 159 at 8:i, 37 at B*. I
855 ut 91, 173 at 9i, irud 5 btUes at 9? cents- Prices con- |
tinne uncluiiigod.
At'til ST A PRICES CURRENT.
W IIOLKS ALB PRICES.
BAGGING.—Gunny P' yard 151 a 16
Kentucky yard * I’touc.
Dundee f> yard none.
BACON —Ham* |* ft 12 a 14
Amen* Sugar Cured .P tb H a, 12
Shoulders C 16 12) a LJ
\Ventoru Hide* |> tt> 13 a 14
Clear Midi?*. Tonne* »«*<• p 16 'd 10
Ribbed Sldu* V Itt 13J » 14
Hog Round P 16 12] 14
BUTTER.—(Goshen Pl 6 36 a 46
Country P 16 Id a 26
BUH LS .' : P 1000 600 d 860
CHEESE.—Northern p lb 14 xi> 16
English Dairy p lb 13 r a> IS
COFFEE—Rb P 16 11? a 13
Laguira Plb 13 2' 14
Java Pl 6 HU ® 17
DOMESTIC MOODS.—Yarn* 76 2 Hi
? Shirting p yard 4, d> 6
i Shirting P yard 6 -a* 7
1 Shirting 4* yard 8 it OJ
6 4 Shirting 4* yard lU it l2j
6 4 Shirting j> yard 11 a li]
Osnaburgs p yard !»' a 10
FEATHERS plb 4,1 d 42
FlSH—Mackerel, No, 1 p hbl 20 00 2’22 00
No. 2 • t p bbl 11 M ‘ff l’joo
No. 3 p bbl fi 60 ti> 700
No. 4 , p bbl 660 ti 7 (XI
Hon ings fc> hbl - I 00 .
FWH'K.—Country p bbl 800 u 0 (X)
Tennessee j> hhi 800 «. •; 00
Caual p bbl 760 a 000
Baltimore p tfhl 800 u 000
lltrain Smith’s P bb! 14 (X)
City Mills p bbl 900 all 00
Lenoir's....: P bbl uoue.
Donmead’a p bbl 930 Vi 10 (X)
GRAIN.—Corn, with Hack* %> l»u-h 75 <i HO
Wheat, white p bush 1 75 v 1 HO
Wheat, red t,‘ bush op
Oulu P hush . xi noha.
Rve #> bush 1 00 u 1 05
. P«*As p buxh S' l 00
Chrn Meal • . - p hush 86 - a 1 00
GUNPOWDER— Do]»oufH p k. g Pi iQ 'a 850
Hazard . P keg 800 2 860
IRON. —Sweden p 16 • S\. v
English P-16 4 <v 6
LARD Pl 6 121 u 14
»LlME.—Coantrv p box 1 iii> f w 150
Northern. p bbl 2DO 2 225
LUMBER P 1000 10 00 214 IX)
MOLASSES.—Cuba p gal 2 none.
'Orleans, -old crop.: . p gal 42 "w 46
Orioaiw, new crop p gal 45 W 50
NAILS. p. 16 43 ti. 3
OlLS.—Sperm, prime :P gal 200 H 2 30
P gul 1 10 v/ 1 145
Train P gal 75 / u. 100
Linseed P gal 110 1b 115
Cantor p gal 200 ‘Si 925
RICE... , P fft 54 » 6
KOl’E.— Kentucky P 16 '#i w 10J
Manilla Pl 6 17 P 18
RAISINS P box 400 H 450
SPlßlTS,—Northern pin. i.. • P gal 00 r a- 05
Rum ..P gal 55. 2 60
N. (). Whiskey. p gal 55 a GO
Pouch Brandy. ...’. P goT . n*«ue.
Apple Brandy t P gal n ne.
Holland Gin.* P gal 150 VI 76
C’oguac Brandy P gal 300 5 6 *>o
SUGAItS.—New P 16 b;- d Dj
Porto Rico P 16 8j a 9^
Muta-ovatlo ...p lb none.
• .Loaf : P D lit 2 12
Crushed P 16 11* U ID
Powdered. P 16 ID a r2l
. Stuait*H Rehned A ....p 16 . 10J 2 11
• HtunrtV Refined B - P lb 10i d I<>,
Stuart'!*'Retined C P ft 10 S .0)
SALT P bush CXJ '<£ 00
- p sack 1 60 U
Blown P sack 225 It 2 50 }
SOA IV Velio w P 16 7 S .» 9.1
SHOT PUg 225 V 237 I
TWINE.—HOinp Bagging Pl 6 22 »i 25
Cotton Wraj.pujg P .lfc 15 u, 25 '
wj<roper to remark that these are the curr ;it |
raten at whde*;ii« l , from Oort—of course, Ht retail, price* !
are a whade higher, and from the' Wharf or Depot*, in
largo quantities a diade lowor.
MARRfED.
In Navnrtnufi, on the i'■ rLii:); i.t the Ikl inat., by the
Rev Jir Crttmlcy, of AltgOiita, IRA'AC M CLARK. I><|,
Aiiiuiriatf Kdttor of the Savannah Journal, nod JI’LIA
GOODALL DOON, daughter of Seaborn GoodaH, H*q.,
of Savannah.
on the 19th ult., bv Daniel h. Biwli. Khu , Mr,
WALTER HILL and MLmJOICKY D. B1 i LEK, all
of tbi* city.
On the 29th tilt., bv Daniel 8. Buah, Ecu., F,I)MI N'l)
MILTON. of KdgHield, 8. l\. and Mil* EMMA T Hb\-
IXETON of liurke-counfy, (la. *
On the 19th Docent*er. at Watervliet Ar-enal, Wed
Troy, Now-York, by the Rev. Richard (». Tt mple, Lieut.
WILLIAM K BOGGS, of Jhe Ordnance Cori**, and Mist*
MAHY S., eldest daughter of Major John Symington.
U. H. A. •
At Bel-Air, on the 20ih ult., bv the Rev. Dr. Ford
JAMES M. SAVAGE. E*q., and Mian CAROLINE C
DENT, daughter of the late Ur. John Dent.
On the 20th ult., by the Rov. Jamo* W. Bellah, Mr.
JOHN W. IIR A KNELL and Mlm ANTOINETTE E.
ELLIOTT, all of Meriwethor county, Oa.
In this cltv, on theS7|h ult., Mr. OHO. W. CRANE
and Mu-a mARV L. CAMPFIELD, all of thw city.
On the 20th Decembor, 18GG, bv the Rov. Wesley Ar
nold, Mr. SIMPSON BOOKER, of Wilke* county, and
ML-* AMANDA D. NEAL, of Columbia county, G*.
On the 20th of December, by Rev. E. J. Panncl. Dr.
OKOKOE C. REYNOLDS, from theUnivardty of Nash
ville. and Mm MARY W. SINQI’EFJELD, of Jrtfemon
county, Oa.
By the Rcr. W. J. Cotter, on the 2d In-t.. Mr. JAMES
L CODY and ML* LILLY ANN NEWSON, all of
Warr**nton, Oa.
Bv the same, on the 3*l. Mr. H. W. DOZIER and Mias
MARY M. FI LLER, of Warren county.
ALEXANDER’S KID GLOVES—THE GEN
CINE ARTICLE.
U r II.IiUM HI IKAK ha, rer.(v.<! from New York
V, a full .up|>ly of ALEXANDER LADIES KID
GLOVES ~f White, Black, Dark and Medium colon,
worraute.l the ftisine ar'.icl*. a»'l to wrhieh tho attention
of tho I.a/iiea are re-peettuily lnvlt.al, J«"»
GREAT BARGAINS !—CHEAP CASH STORE.
~\\ rill. Ho CKANIi, wishing to reduce his large and
W extensive stock of Winter Dry Goode, offers them
from thi- date at greatly reduced price*.
Hla stock of Rich DRESS GOODS ha* boon selected
with great care, aud eomprlco* the moat fashionable art!
cle* in that Hno. He has on hand a largo assortment of
TALMAS. CLOAKS and MANTILLAS, which bo is sell
ing very cheap. Also, Ri**h Embroidered SLEEVES aud
COLLARS, lower than ever offered before. Also,
FLANNELS TWEEDS. SATINETS and JEANS ;
SHAWLS, CALICOES and GINGHAMS ; 104. 124
Bed BLANKETS. Duffield BLANKETS, vetw rh.-ap ;
Bleached and Brown SHEETING and-SiIIRTINGfi.
OSNABL'RGS, Ac., which he i* determined to boU at
verv low price*. Those who wiab to purchase Dry
flood* cheap, are respectfully invited to call and examine
his a**ortroent. J an *
BED AND NEGRO BLANKETS.
w ß bjr-L'
'-ff harw “ h & co.
DRESS SILKS, MERINOS AND DBLAINBS.
HTC Intend offering groat luilucotncnt, In all dftoertp
>> Wintur DRKKS GOODS Buyer, am re
.tilr in' itch to aaamiiie our stock.
l j.La WARD, BI RCHARD ASO
miscellaneous:
IMPORTATIONS FOR SPRING or
1C56.
f PIIK SUBSCRIBERS hog to call tho attention of
1 1 their friend* and the trade generally, to their arrango
mopt for Spring Sales. We shall he preparod by tho IGUi
of February, to show a large and attra ziro Mack. Our
Foreign Departments will be supplied with almo-'. an on
tire new stock, which has been personally selected by on a
of tho partners in Europe.
1 Wo invite particu In r attention to our DRESS GOODS
j DEPARTMENTS. We shall be ablo to show all tint
newest designs of Fabrics in rich SILKS, BAREGE-*:*,
BAREGE DELAINES, CIIALLIES. TISSUES, eJa
| gaut ROBE DRESSES, BRILLI ANTES, GRENA
j DINES. DEB A IGF. S. French, Eaglfoh and Scotch Mt S
i LINS. LAWNS and CAMBRICS, BOMBAZINES. Al.
! PA CAS. SHAWLS. SCARFS. MAMTILLAS. lAL
, MAS.. A:. Ac.
—ALSO-
A \. rv brge Sock of French. Scotch «n*l I; Uh EM
BROIDERIES. WHITE GMttDS LINENS, LINEN
l GOODS, RIBBONS, LACKS, EDGINGS, TRIM
| MINOS. Ac.. Ac
I— A L 60-
In the Hosiery D« pai iin*>ji!, an tumaually lu.t utiw k,
embracing every variety of English and German C«*ttr n,
Silk aud Lisle Thread HOSE and UNDKUGARMENTS,
GLOVES, MITTS tuidSMALL WARES.
—A LS< B— ■
I A choUv stock of French and F-nglUh FABRICS, f-r
GentleuienV wear and Tailor'* uep.
—ALSO—
. In the Carpet and Cumin ]>*'partmont, every varl. i t
of rich Velvet, Tanwtry, Brusacl*. Throe Ply and J».
I grain CARPETS. CANTON MATTING, FLOOR on.
; CLOTHS, rugs and DRUGGETS, ri.-h m;
I STUFFS, and Houae-koojdnjj; OOflDs in groat variety.
j Tu the Ifotecetic (JorxL Department, ft foil nsanmnect
| of American Cotton and Woolen GOODS.
; We repeat what tve have often sakl before, that it L»
| our intention to offer the S uitl»* rn Trade olio M tle>
large.-.t stock of Good*, and to sell thorn as low as they
are sold in unv market in this country. Our Foreign
Fabrics are all of our own importation, and particularly
adapted to Southern markets. We shall he glad to fee
the trade in our market the coming season, and show
them our stock, with the a-suranee, that it will bo much
to the interest of close buyets to examine it.
Our tonus are cash or go. d notes, payable Im t. i. hly
at Bank. We shall also adhere to the sy.-toin which ~i,
worked well tho past soasr.n of selling Bleached, llroe .1
aud Colored COTTON GOODS fir nett cash, at n auui; .
turer s cost prices.
BANCROFT, BEITS &. MARSHAL!.
aot'an.UJH lvtng stn-.-t
Charleston, S. C. t January, 1856. j:\ns-dAw 3m
THE OXFORD FEMALE ACADEMY
VI T ILL opeu its .Spring Turin under tho car© of ita
t I excellent aud experienced lh lncipal, Miss OKEON
MANN, on the Ist MONDAY in J A N U A H \ , hou.
Tho liberal accomplishmunts of Mi-., M.— her d ricilia
tory mannerti and high, c apabilitie;; f>r lmpartir.g in .u ti •
tlon, must secure for her tho conridouco cl h.r patron J
and the arToction of her pupils.
The iu-stiutiou over which she \ „.;Ulos afford- desira
ble facilities for young Ladies who may wish to I*. i
through a comec of C diegintc studied, to e:.*.,r y-.Ler wf
th« higher classes in any of thy l-Vm.do Culiefc. .; ,1 *2- 4
day ; or, when tbia is uot coutc-mplutod, any . f th»
studies usually embraced v. ithlu the College woutac, :l
eluding Latin* Fretteli, M. tli ... lcMa.lc, may Lm#
sueces-fully pursued here
By 01 d'-r of |he B •nr«l. T. 6 it
BETHLEHEM ACADEMY,
ELBERT COUNTY.
rPHE Exercises «if (he above A.ulen v will bar -.u,. d
I oa th.- second M< >N DA Y Ghv 14 1 ) of JAL . • V .
1656.
Tho services of Miss M ARY J. K V.RLY 1 .-gain
cuied for tho ejuntin.-r ycai All the Lit aches «,t a to.
ough English udueaiion wai be AL , .ML < J
and FRENCH.
Board can be had la g *:.d i:\iu. . -. r.oar .v oeLmy.
by making eaVly uppltcatlou
jftniVwtFl A. I\ EUN'I Ms
EMORY COLLEGE.
exerelsiwof Einorv Coil.g. will bo
1 WEDNESDAY. Jaiiu yv 16th, 16u»'i. uruh.r tl..
rortiou of H fall Faculty,. J’hc J*ivpar.it«*rv Depr.rtiuci..,
also, »»ill bo opened .at the s. - %ii.o 1 i*i..under il ,u* «•;
vision of Mr. J S. S I F.WART. A. M.
W D. WILLI VMS, Se.'v lfoa:d
O*:ford, (la.. Doc. 31, IftK*. ja£diw- m
GROVE MOUNT ACADEMY'.
fIMIK IC.M.HC IKES of ihis institution<loc..t .1 mvi
1 Gr. enb, Cut, A. iV AV. i: • Load; will be n nn.i-.t ....
the 2d MONDAY it. January. Duple acrang, i-un
made lor hoardiug student-, f inn a d:.*tai. a. A louipi.*
tent A-siataiit wui be einpl . d. For further j a ucnla; j
add)<sa JaU L. PALMER. Pi ..* 1.1.
Cut F. i) . G 0...
Giove Mount, Bu.kc co., Gisv. l>».-o. 86, It. ..
«an 4 5t
A TEACHER
01-' MATHEMATICS and PHYSICAL SCMi.NCL .
who ltua taught th, h hi«i. ;.e.- .*. ptuyUi Iv.-•! *». - -
lUHtfou with othot . for eight y . .r. d* * u i 5 ; A
1 ION, cithortts T..uLi 11 .'. t..- »- . iLk, er - .
HiO'.ftMi.:,) L.- d .hade. lii.ion.iuti » gi,c;i
pr< iiiptlv «.u rc<c.pt e|\. . ,icuj;ii.itleni l.i . 1
offic. . i t*.< ( r .6, !. a ■* •. i. j - ..*•
ON CONSIGNi lLNT—Laudii.g and in vt,-t,
5,090 . arks BALT,
loot -.l* », 1. <i d En.dL-b C1.;..- L—',-rice iij i-* lor. £
I>s halos prime Northern 11.'. Y ,
i bbl.e fresh Th maaton LL\IL ,
193 *• “ IJyd. i.-l’.c CI'.Mi.NT ,
100 aacks Ext.a i'au. '\ amt ; p. r;'.nc T l. ' UR ;
150 hbl.i. high proof WHlBliI‘.Y-—!d to 80 t ; c. nt
nl>ov< p ocf ;
85 l>aicH au,d half l ales Gunn\ BAGGING .
Kites, jnime New Ell 1.;
18.0. X)
8 (•■>.) “ i*elecl«..u Rod Wll E AT, a Ln-' *0 tiM • ;
8,500 lbs. prime Live Gec«e FLATIIF ‘.B ;
5 eighth cask:: Ge ic C.-g-.a-* BRANI.-A .
5 bid ;. Old U\ • WHISKIA
50) busl.eln PeiniPvl vauia :• id <4torjj’u OAT 3 ;
Btk) - Cow PEAS.
Ali of which ivlll be sold on the mad ac4*ami.v>dnßn,-
torins and lon gem nodi:, for approved | aper, by
JOHN CABIi!’..
General Commission M» ichtmt, at 1 s ->i t . .
. Reyn : ! !
NOTICE.
1 1 1 1111 C purtn«r.-Mp h- r- l-’f • • xiatl.ip; he' v .. ’• .l.
; I STARR and A. M RAM 'AY, knows, as t • u 1:1 ■ '
! STARR A RAMSAY. i> th-.s .ta.v dl-.s
i couKent. Tlione ludcbtial t«. the tlrm. will ;t. u .. .
’ and Hcttle their account*-, ohher l v ca«h er 1.
.STARR & R A uSAN .
j December 85,1855. .iaiiA.wni'
'.NEGRO BLANKETS AT VERY LO •
\\' IL 1.1 A»! SHEAR will h.L h* pr v-.t . ,
NEGRO BLANKETS n vny low jI L s P
tors are rcxpeciAillv invite i to i-xamino the a "•.uiine ;
,1m.4-iUwAw
CARPETS.
\\ r llil.l AN! KIIEAH lm reeoAH from N w Y •*
llrumi so, Thrcu* Ply and luprui.i i At’.l Ll
! new ami beautiful style*/ which he vvi.l 1! :ii »e-\ ir--
j prices. The public art? rcrapcctfuily Invited n. < x -.111,1 .
the assortment. jan4 l»v. v,
NOTICE.
Firm of P.U E. CARR A CODY, i - :',U i'j
.1 solved by mutual convent.
Tiic btfsines-will he conduct 'd !» t'uiui d 1. a.10r R.f
name if PACK, CARR A (TKIiTO.'S
Either of th«-old iirm Is authiu l e-Do —t S« 11 ’. rln .
of the sold old lirui.
Covington, (ia., 31. t Dec., 16,75. 1
CHEAP BLACR SILE T iT
?> York this day,
PI vin HI xok SILK 8, <-f nup. 1 r qnolftv .1 nt.
low price* •
ALSO.
•Eugii.-h Black Ora,*e COLLARS rw;d 1’ Vl»tT:
SLF.LVKS, of new und-beautiftii trie-;
A I. 53,
laidlc.-' Mourning Y KII.S, of n« • and desueblr . ••
to all of which the attontt. 11 of thu L'ultos ruon *;»> • 1
Invitttd. de« . .'-d? \\ y •.
~YO HIRE,”* •
MECHANK'S.CODJvS. WASHEIi WOMEN A x'D
H(»FSE SERVANTS. AlO n/the Me. li.uih 5.4
Hevi-ral Masons, Carpenter*- and Painte: .Per^.n.-,
either in town <*rxa>untiy, iu want of tir- t-ra*c worktii.
such a-will beuttou.i;. and faithful, may In- a-."uui.'-
dated oither by the day, ni nth or year, by a.idre« dn,j
th.- unddi'siguod through the PoatoffiVq, c.r*lA' applyinjr t.»
him porHonally at the reside.we of3lrn. Martin, on LIV;
street, any day about 1 o'clodk.
John h. fittdn.
AugUMta, Dec. 17. 1855. , dor ie -IA w-^v
IMiRSiIT SHV'KI FF*S HA LIL— Will bo p o, on
1 j the firm Tuesday la FEHRL’ARY next, boforo th.j
Court-hou«od»v»r in the town Kiberfott, LHm-i! -
w ithin the legal rale hours, a Negro n nam. !Hi ' *
hbout 18 yearn <ld : Levied 011 as the property of i ' .
F. Willis, (uliuinlfdrator of Jai-ior; S. Jeno . doee**—-.! )»y
virtue of-« tl. fa, from Elbert Su.u rior Court in fav.n
Win. M. Huv.let and Jaqie.s M. Willis va. said admlnLiiu
tor. J'roperiv pniutud out by di foudnot in tl. 1 e
A 1.50,.
At the same time and place, a Negro GUI uann -l A ,ia,
about 9 yurs old, and a Boy nai/ied Billy, about 7 > .a-i
old : Levied ou as the proper!\ of Julrus P. Smith.' bv
virtue of u ti. fa. L.-»u< d from V.lb.-i t Superi <r (!r :ij t In
fav or of (Jr cirge James yrt. iaid'Jnllns P. .Smith, an I si.
dry otlior tl. fa* Property pointed out bv dr-ii ndniit in
U. fa A V-S<».
At t|ie same time ftiid plain , ;i Houao aud Lot iq tho
town of EHiVrton, adjoining the old Cowling alloy lot. »• -
illg the lot Whereon dess-.; J. Fdw aiM.-i fonie Ily livid,
sometimes called thd B iurne I t :. L .id on as the pu»-
nerty of Joase J. Edwanb, by vlrt i.- <>f a ti fa from Fibert
Inferior Court In favor of Thom a; J. Turman, n-lmloi tr.
tor of Henry Bourne, docnoaed, vs. »u»iif Jo«ne J lA
vvaeda. Prop* rty pointed out hy Wui. 11. Edwards.
ALSO*
Al thevauift time and place. « tract of.Laud iu Elbert
county, Miitaluhig opeliumlml and llf.y acpcs ui iv or
' less, Htfjoiuhig laajfl of D. H. Hampton and othtns, hvi g
the tract wbererm William 11--Il now lives • L 'vied < a u.i %
tho pr-p* rty of William Bell, by virtue of a li. f» frem'
Elbert Kupcrior Court In favor of Jonathan Beil vs. Win.
Bell, and L H Smith,- occuritv. l*roporty pointed out
by WHiium 8011. MARTIN BOND, dhortff.
January 5, lt^ r »6.
O'GIjETHOKFK HA LB.—Will l.«
sold on the first'nu-sday In FEBItI ARY 114.11, »*•
foie‘the Court-h«m*M; dour in tlio tow n «>i Lr.r.ington, Oirlr. •
tborpocounty, within iho usual home t saln, ouo Bed*
xbvid, H d and Bod Ctechtag,’ i box ts Book*, 9 pair
Andirons, and a saw other rundrloK : Lon I* 1 on as tl»<
pr iporty of 8/lvu'a w B ll t > <.t» sfy au fv. from tho 8 •
p«-i 11 ir Cotirt < f s‘wd c -iii.ty in fi .or of Fndn-h A B.itiet
v a. Svivauus B-iL
Al SO,
■ At the saioc tim and idaeo, ouo B-.-LteeiL Bed tad
Bedding, aU»m 5) IBi. ToLacrn, 2 M'aur Dm-kcti, X
Shaving B*-xe« v/lthGlaiomfc ; 3 Lamp*, and a fovv .aher
Hmidiie? 1 Lev i*'d on a-* tho property oi NatLoji L Coi
lias to satisfy a li. fa from the Superior Court if «uld
count v in favor of John it. Stanford vs Nathan L. C'ollifi-
AI.NO,
At the same timo ami.plAU4., /i trrri of Lind iu miirt
connty, containing nine hundred acres, uu ro or 4«* cn
thchcml branch •'( Loup Cm.-k, adjoining land of B- nmt
M>U'dn, Mary Norn ti, RoLt. C Ki-t l. a; «11 f. n.‘» B. ! uio :
Lev ne til© pr.ipert;. of Wii.i iro V. ray losatir.r'v ;hn«t
6. fas. from the Inferior Co.*, t of i-.dd eouai v ■> .1
Wray—ne in fav or of Weed n Daidol; --im in f. >vi 1
J.tu.ua S Sims, and tlie tid'd In fawr of Mime & n.nu n,
for the I.l*o of James 8. H .os,
A LSD.
At the Mune thee *!:1 pi:u", 1 tract of Land th jr.tldl
county, containing 3wo ilnndre*! acre*, nn,ic .r
tho head of llig C’rrok, being tln. iti act of l.ujvt •■vhoi 1
•San.uel, Wilkes now live , a.tj.duLnj; h.o l.- of Pi tor Da -.
Willow B.ithr, I hwu:i - And aiM others: Levied o*. .c
the property of Snuun-1 Wilkes to satisfy two li. fa -. (r>- n
tlio Inferior Court of aid county—<4ie hi fov* ; < f Hylv *
fntu Bell, for the um- of Win Gilliam, and the otL**r l i
favor of George W. Ma trv a ; 'aiji:t said Wilk*
ALS‘»,
At the Muno time and ploi o, a tiaet of I.rmd fn rail
county..oentalning two hundred a« r#;. nnnp or b re.
the waters of Falling Cr> ok, adjoining lands of Anna i!.
Lairipkin and (r< Lauqik 11 • Lev s*d onaf tho ; 1 », « r
ty of Jos. M. Young to satisfy fiv< ti. fad. (rum tho lnfor.or
(.'otirt of said county ; two against Jiuni r M. and (ni r.
Young ; one In favor of Jauios Jlaxey, and tho othar tn
favor of G©o. \S Mavey , two against Jaifto* M*. ;..ul
Wilie Young: one in favor of Bylvanus Lxmiruia. and
the other in favor of Jamos Maxey; and the fifth hi
favor of Gco.-F. Platt ra. Ja«. M. and John R. Young.
ALSO,
At the same time and plaen, a tract Ls Land fa *<«ld
county, known aa the David Thomas tract of Laml, co.»
taiuiog Seventy Acres, more or loss, adjoining land of
C. T. Glenn and others : Lev: ;1 mi as the pr- party f Wm,
11. ‘Hawks to ratisfv a fi. fa from the Juailco C'-uxi lbr
the itVitli dintYict it. M., in favor of .!• hu A* Bull .vk for
the use of J. I). Power vs. said Hawks. Lon yma in aud
returned to me bv a constable.
Jan. 2, 1856. f. M. SMITH. T), Shmlff
\y r AKRKN C OUNTY, ii A. —Whereas, Walter IV
T T Lewis apidios to me for L« tters of CKrirdiamhip of
the person and property of John Augustus Farhau;:,
minor of Thos. B. Parham, late of said county, dec'd : •
These are thore.fore to cite and summon the kindred
aud friend* of said minor to appear at my office within
the time prescribe*! by law, to show cause, if any • )•*>*
have, why -aid letters ihoidd uetlm granted.
Given tinder my hand at office in Warronton.
Jan 9, 1855. ARDEN K. .MEP.SIION, Onl y.
Richmond county, ga#—wheroa*, wuium
O. B<*hh*r, Adminstrator on the e.--taiij of Osborn
Hubbard, deceased, applies to me for Letters of Diam!'-
sior.:
These arc, therefore, to rl»c and adiuonl:-h, all aud sfo
gnlar, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to b*>
an(& appear at my office within the tiuxe presmbed by
law, and show cause, if any they have, why said 1 otter*
should not be grant* <L
Given under mv hand at office In Angusta.
January 4. LEf iN P. I>t'GAfl, Ord y.
1. MHIEUT C«1 .Vl Y. 44A.-Wtoera.aji, Joseph T
j Smith and Solomon Marcus applies tome for Lottt*m
of Administration on the ertftte of John D. Arsalstoud,
a minor, doceasctl : .....
Those are therefore to cite, summon and ad lonhih h
and singular, the kludrod and creditors of raid decease 1,
Ut be and appear at my offic e wlthio the time proscrib «l
by law. to show cause If any th y have, why said lotto* 4
should not be granted.
Given und**r iny hand at r-ffl 'o m Elberton.
Jauuarv 5, 1P55. WM. B NELMS, Onilnary.
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