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Mm. Ridgway’s Claim Attow YD —The great
RidgwnY Caec ha* Vieen decided in ,he Imperial
Court of Appeal, Pari., in favor of Mr.. Ridgway.
who .(night to ntaMiih her relationship to the late
Ducheaa Oe piai.anee, and. as such, toelutre in the
diY - (in other inheritance The propertyleft bythe
d*cctis**cl Udv mnouiito to al>ottt 3,500,0000
(P7OO 030, ) «nid, tb« decwoo just rftideN,
our fair countrywoman be tom to entitled to a third
•hare 6f it The DacheM de PlakaiH* waa. it ap
-5 nr* Yhe dmigfater of the late M and "Mme de Mar
bois, and the latter, whose name wan Elizabeth,
the daughter of William Moore and Sarah Lloyd
of Pennsylvania; and Mm. Kidgway is the grand
daughter of TfaouuM Mow, ton of the ««Sd William
Moore and Sarah Lloyd The appeal was baaed
principally on the allegation that the marriage of
WWm4t Moore and Sarah Lloyd could not Ik- legot
iy proved to tho satutaction of a French court of
justice*:' that consequently Thomas Moore must be
considered of illegitimate birth, and that, therefore.
"Mrs "dfidgway’i* claim to relationship to the Duchem
through him could not stand. It was admitted that
there was no formal registration by public authori
ties. anc/i a- are made in France, of the marriage of
William Moore and Sarah Lloyd ; but a family Bi
bio’was prodfiecd, in which Win. Moore had written
that the -.ud marriage took place in Pennsylvania
on the 13th I)ecenicer, 1757, and that two children
were I*>m of it—Thomas, in January, 1759, fif *d
Lizabetb, in March, 1764. It wa* shown that Win.
Moore and Sarah Lioyd had always lived together
And been considered as man and wife : that Wash
ington himself, who was a friend of theirs, had »<>
regarded them, and that they had executed deed* in
that capacity It was stated that, according to
American and. Protectant customs, these circtmi
rtance* mwft be considered proof* of lawful mar- |
riage it was also shown that Sarah Llovd, who was
a Quakeress, had been expelled from the Quaker
< otrm.unitv, partly f.ir having bee. then too f«n4 of
da»r\ni and of pleasure, and partly for having, con
trary f * the custom of Quakers, ‘ allowed herself to
be married by a priest.’'
Vest .Satisfactory.—J. W W.. or Genera
Jam' WaUon Webb, of the New-York Courier \
Enquirer* in, as ail his little world well knows, in
if.- habit of going to Europe and mixing in fine So
riVtv He informed the public some few years ago
to i . his own chaste language, that be was at a
-oiree wiiere Iy#rd Palmerston “happened in;” and
from the affable manner of the astute statesman,
,f VV . \V. became convinced that he had the greatest
possible love for the United States.
In I*s I, J W W. was again in Europe, and again
at a f*o;reo, as he will persist in culling evening par
tus. when L<,rci Clarendon “happened in;” and
.1 W. VS , with the best intentions in the world, be
gan to interrogate him as to his real views regarding
the British alliance with France, which had been
stated by Mr. Cass, in the Senate, to be inimical to
tiii. e.rmfitry . and for which interpretation, Mr. Cut
had i- 1- authority Clarendon's speech on the
‘•utijeff. in winch the alliance was declared to have
reference to matters on this side the Atlantic.—
J. VV. W. peiKU/oied Lord Clarendon to explain to
V! r. Buchanan what he had really meant to say; and a
few duy ■> alter he heard from his Lordship that he had
written to Mi < rumpton an explanatory letter, to be
mad to Mr. Marry. J. VV W. smiled at the sim
plicity of Clarendon in adopting this mode of
pi'oeedur- , ns hi- felt sure that the present Adminis
tration would not be desirous of correcting the error;
and accordingly. Lord Clarendon wrote a letter to
J VV. W\, for him to use at his discretion. The letter
vvu* publish'd in 14. e Sattonal Intelligencer last
Monday, and is as follows :
Ghovf. Court, March 19, 1854.
* My Dent ; I was unable to write to you
yesterday, owing to the extreme pressure of bust*
m ss, which I must beg you to excuse. Ido not ex
actly remember what. I •aid to you on Wednesday,
but I have no hesitation in saying that Gen. ('ass’
attack »»r charge against me Ims occasioned me the
ut ague Hiirprisi , and 1 can with truth assure you that
ther i not a particle of foundation for it. When I
spoke In tin House of Lords I was not thinking of
the I 'nited States, but solely hud on my mind the
joint action of France and England (in which the
United States shared) in Paraguay, Buenos Ayres,
<stc. Tn fact i simply meant to show that two coun
tries, hitherto rivals, hud learnt to know each other
better, and no longer intended to be disputing about
nothing and getting up rival factions in different
parts ot the world. Very truly, yours,
Clarendon.”
Murder or an Editor. —The Vicksburg Whig
learns that on the 19th inst., C. C. Ixiwnsbury, edi
tor and proprietor of tho Kosciusko (Miss.) Chroni
cle,.was shot and killed in that place. A correspon
dent gives th<- circumstances and description of tho
murderer as follows;
was shot while ascending the steps to
the tav* rij to get his supper, and without any pre
vipii* warning whatever, by one Richard VV. Payne,
seventy-three small shot taking effect in his right
side ranging frn.n the hip to his shoulder. He lived
only about Unify minutes. This was as cold blooded,
pre-Hi* ditated a murder as 1 even knew. Payne is
still at large, lie is about 5 feet sor 6 inches high,
2J years of age, square built, weighs 130 to 135
pounds, lus lmir is of a dark yellow color, his eyes
of a greyish blue, his front teeth rather wide and
slightjv separated, his hands and feet small, his com
plexion is of n sallow white. He is quick sjH»ken in
conversation, but not loud; laughs very loud; is
very genteel in hia dress and inanm ra, stamla very
erect, lias u very short quick step and swinging gait;
has a noted scar just below his left temple, about an
inch and a quarter long, ranging from ilia left eye
brow to his ear.
The Sot tii iv riir Bi ack Republican Con
vkM iov.—VSV take tho following from the Pitts
burg correspondence of the X. V. Express. It is
quite racy :
Tho “friends of Freedom” here, are caucusing,
and ctiricei'tiiig to palm off upon the public the false
iciuvs* ntation, —that the South is, in part, represen
ted in* this, their one-legged Convention.
Mr. F P. Blair, the old Editor of the Globe, (one
of tin- Democratic lenders) who abused Henry Clnv,
and Daniel Webster, lying in the grossest terms,
even pointing the latter as n “drunkard”—is the on
Iv botur foie Southern man here, aiullie is a slave
holdei on the borders of Maryland.
•*R«dpnth, of Missouri,” is your well known Tri
bum Editor, —Janie* M R.*dpnth. lie now doe*
up “the horrible” in Kansu* for the Tribune, ns its
• orr< f sj>oiul« ut there. lie i* an Englishman.—biio
did uj> tlia business in New York, and has on
ly been in Mi«>iui, to mil through it.
hurley, of Virginia,*’ I believe is a Yankee from
Maine.
Bailey, of Kentucky, is an editor of an Abolition
join u.tl not in K< ntue’ky. ll** may have been there,
* but he left soon.
Your New York, ‘'friends of Freedom” however,
know huw to ilo ini this sort rff Convention business.
ti, and Farlrv. and Hailey are “good enough
Morgans till niter election ” lt’is so Important to
have 1 a shriek for freedom” from the South,—that,
ns in the melodrama, mock men are got up to do
the shrieking
Av.uui i.rruAi. College of M uu* land.— -The
bill to it., orporate ami endow an Agricultural Col
li - {ippi o| niuting $(>,000 annually from the State
Cri'itsm; , U finally passed both branches of the
.Legislature, and is now a law. This annual appro
priation is, however, not available to the College
until subscription* to its capital stock to the amount
ot 2,000 shares at $25 pit share bo actually secured
and made good. A committee lias been appointed
to superintend the building of the College.
Virginia Democrat!* State Convention at
Richmond. —This Convention adjourned sine die on
Saturday, after constructing a ten plank platform,
which re affirms State Right*, deprecates the grant
ing of public lands for internal inipioven\ents, op
poses any increase of theduties on imports, endorses
the Baltimore platform of 1852, recommends to the
Cincinnati Convention such candidates as will most
likely be elected, denounces the American party,
approves fully tlij* Nebraska act and the policy of
the prescut administration.
Serious Affray \i Jacksonville, Fla.—An
affray occurred in Jacksonville, on Saturday night
lust, in which a Mr. Tyson was shot by Mr. Da Coo
ta, tlie Marshal. One ball entered his body ami the
other pas-ed through it. Mr Tyson is not expected
to recover.
The will of the late Mr. Thomas Cubitt, the emi;
nent London bulkier, is one of the longest dpon re
cord. and extends to 386 Chancery folios, covering
thirty skins of parchment. The personal estate ex
ceeds £ 1,000.000, and is charged with the highest
amount in the scale of probate duty, the stamp be
ing j£ 15,000. The widow has an immediate bequest
of jl JOH' h and an annuity of 8,000. Mr Cubitt
began life as a day laborer.
The Philadelphia Ledger, in speakiug of the
manufacture of watch cases, which is carried on
extensive-iv in that city, says there are eleven firms
engaged in the business, nil of whom employ
over three hundred hands, and turn out at least 500
cases per week, at a cost of some $20,000, or more
than $1,000,000 annually. The gold manufactured
into oa»es weekly will not amount to much less
than $14,000. or over half a million of dollars an
nually
Modern Lies. —Rev. E. 11. Chat in is delivering
a lecture in Northern cities on “Practical Life." in
which he goes far to prove this a lying world. He
says there are lies of custom and lies of fashion .
lies of padding and lies of whalebone; lies of the
first water in diamond* of paste, and unblushing
'blushes oflies to which a shower would give quite a
different complexion: the politician’s lies, who like
a circus rider, strides two horses at once ; the co
quette’s H« *. who, like a professor of legerdemaiu.
keeps six plates dancing at a time ; lies sandwiched
between bargains ; has in livery behind republican
coaches in all the pomp of gold band and buttons
lies of red tain- and sealing wax lies from the can
non’s mouth lies in the name of glorious principles
that might make <«ead heroes clatter in their graves;
Maiakoffs of lies, standing upon sacred dust, and
lifting their audacious pinnacles in the light of the
eternal Heaven!
Primitive Customs in Egtpt.—The Pahs Jour
nal tin Debate ie publishing a series of letters on
Egypt, from M. Boiihelomy St Hilaire, one of the
toivruuUoe charged to report on the feasi
bility of a ship cans! aero®* the isthmus of Suez.—
He mentions that if a wife is proved to snore this is
a good pound of divorce in that happy country
and. after stating that children are never washed
until they arc above eight year* old, he declare® the
population is not a dirty one The climate seem® to
cleanse them. The streets of the moat squalid vil
lager are never dirty, as it never rains to mire them,
aud manure is useless there. He represents the peo
ple as being in the meet abject position, and exactly
—morally, physically and mechanically—what they
were it> the time of Abraham.
Mysterious.—Under this heading, the Alexan
dria \ lied River. Democrat of Tuesday, has the fol
lv wing Statement ;
On Thursday last, the 21st inst., about twelve
mjier fbrui this place, the body of a man was found
lying in a small ereek. known as Hooper’s Creek, in
a horrid and multilated state moat of the clothes and
ttesh having been torn to tatters bv the wolves or
wild hogs in the heighbqpiood.
Mr. Isaac Tyler, the panto* that discovered the
body, and fron whom we gain our information, hes
f urnished us with the pocket-book found near the
body. aud we find from memorandums, receipts. &c..
that the name of the deceased was Major Lewis
Morris, late t\ S. Consul at Carnot-achy, in Mexico,
appointed by Pree.deut Polk, in bebruary. IS4O
The deceased was an elderly inau, his hair being
quite grey. We will also state that in the pocket
book tfqfu found a pair of spectacles and several
finely engraved visiting cards .
Major Lewis Morris.
S- Consul, Campeacbv, Mexico "
Sqanticr Sovereignty—Tk«* Narthfra Drmor
racy.
The following article from the Detroit Free Pret* f
the home organ of Gen. Cass, should Is? carefully
studied by the people of the South. It fairly repre
sents the opinions of the Northern Democracy on
the subject of squatter sovereignty :
A Stic Dogma. —We do not imagine that many
intelligent Southern men subscribe to the new dog
ma. enunciated by extremist* in tl*at section, that the
institution of African Slavery may be carried »to
territory where it is not permitted or authorized by
positive law. The other doctrine that slavery is toe
creature of local law. Imm prevailed from the founda
tion of the Union, and has been held as the
trine by the father* of the Republic and alt the great
statesmen of the country. , ~
In a recent debate it* the House of Kcp
tw,, Mr Co* K
dogma m its broadest and most .
iv.ry t,v iKwtivc udop
lion. There is no law in the f&rath making slaves
l r |'tui rt . ; '.’ w,- have -Kill. V . do not apprehend that
mH„T«.!ji*it>le Southern men sustain tin* new dog
mu ’ For any (oiiHideralile portion of the Southern
D. mocracy to advance it, and to ask the recogni
tion .ff it. would be an aetbf bad faith unparalelled
1,. the history of political parties. The Southern l)e
--moc racy accepted the great principle of the Kansas-
Nebraska act as a finality.
The National Democratic party has agreed to
stand upon the doctrine of popular torereignty re
garding slavery The compact is a meat solemn
one, entered into by the Democrats of the North and
South. The Democrat* of the Sortk tcill adhere to
and trill in*i*t upon adherence to it; and any at
tempt, from whatever quarter, in the next Dento
eratic National ('on vent ion, to foist any »ueh doc
trine as that of Mr. Cox, of Kentucky, or any other
•ioetriueas to slavery than that prrjcloimed by the
Kansas-Ncbraaka n<-t. npon the Democratic party,
will be resisted at the outset, at every step, and at
the end. We do not know that the attempt will be
made. If contemplated, we trust better counsel
will prevail, and that it cannot be said of the Democ
racy of any Southern Stab-, that sacred obligations
have lieen shamelessly violated, that a solemn agree
ment has been unhesitatingly repudiated, and that
no confidence can hereafter be reposed in the honor
of Southern men.
We speak thus emphatically for obvious reasons,
and we are confident we give currency to the undi
vided popular Democratic sentiment of the North.—
Detroit t ree Pres*.
The Louisville Journal makes following com
ments :
The Detroit Free Press, from which we copy she
preceding paragraphs, is the immediate organ, the
home organ of Gen. Co*-, and is univesally recog
nized throughout the country as one of the most ora
cular and influential of aU the Democratic newspa
persof the non-slaveholding States. Ami we call
the especial attention of the whole of the honest peo
ple of the South to the fact that this important Dem
ocratic organ puts forth and strenuously insists uj>-
on the doctrine which we have stated to be the doc
trine of the entire Northern Democracy, that slavery
can go nowhere unless invited by u positive law,
an actual enactment. The leading Northern Dem
<x*.ratic organ, the month-piece of the greatest and
most honored of nil the Democratic champions of
the nation ; proclaims as the doctrine of the whole
Democratic party of the North, tliat Southern pro
perty ccanrg to be property the moment its owner
dares so take it to any territory, however far Houth,
to which no positive law of the squatter* has invited
it; and the same organ gives fair warning and hurls
a fierce threat to the Democracy of the .South, that,
if they hold any other doctrine, their honor is forfeit
ed and their sacred obligation shamelessly violated,
and that no confidence whatever will hereafter be
reposed in them.
We say to the Democracy of the South, that, if
they act with the Northern Democracy under an
impression that the Northern Democracy hold prin
ciples not utterly revolting to the South, they are
cheating themselves most shamelessly and shame
fully. They have the testimony of Gen. Cuss’ home
organ and the testimony of General Cass himself,
and of Mr. Douglas and of Mr. Richardson, that the
Northern Democracy will be perfectly united in a
deadly resistance to any attempt of the Southern
Democracy to introduce slavery into any territory
without the authority of an express enactment of
the squatters ; and if the Southern Democracy
choose to act iri partnership with a Democracy hold
ing such views and such intentions, they deserve to
have the word “Traitor to the South” branded up
on every one of their brows.
Northern Democracy's views, either endorse or tol
erate them, then the Southern Democracy is be
neath the lowest and most desperate Teachings of
contempt.
Anti-Kn«lish Policy of France.
The Paris Assrmblce National# haft a significant
article on the relations existing between England
and Franco, and the rumored armistice, in which it
roveals a decidedly hostile feeling to the dominant
power of Great Britain. It says:
“To continue the struggle would expose Europe
ton general war, and this is what France cannot
desire, because her dearest interests teach her a
policy which shall prevent these divisions and strug
gles on the continent, which always increase the
preponderance of England. It it not in our ideas to
adopt an exclusive, jealous, hostile policy towards
England. We wish merely to relieve the. continent
from lo r preponderance, and peace, concluded on
terms honorable to all parties, is the only, or, at least,
the best manner to effect this. What is now pass
ing in America may serve ns a warning. If it was
only a (juration of Mr. Crainpton and the King of
the Mosquitos, would two great governments occu
py themselves so long ana till tin* world so noisily
with their quarrels? Decidedly not. But under
these pretexts there exist serious and real interests
in Central America ; there is for the United States
a graver question—it is to arrest the progress on
that side at least of the spirit ot domination which
animates England no less than themselves. The
j>erm a urn! policy of France is to relieve Knrope
from that spirit.''
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Tribune says : —While Mr. Buchanan has not writ
ten that he would withdraw before his successor's
presentation, he has said positively that he must be
at home by the Ist of April for attention to his pri
vate affairs. It is not improbable, therefore, that he
may sail before Mr. Dallas arrives.
The correspondence on the Ontrnl-Americnn
question was published in London under Mr. Bu
chanan's responsibilty and supervision, for the pur
pose of correcting the errors disseminated through
the British press and of enlightening Parliament as
to the real facts of the case, inasmuch as the minis
terial leaders had under various pretexts declined to
allow the papers to go before the public.
Jesi its in Austria. —The Emperor of Austria
has lately contributed 30,000 florins from bis own
pocket toward the erection of a house for the Jesuits
at Vienna, where the reverend fathers are now
again openly to re-appear in their official frocks, af
ter an exile of nearly a whole century. Their great
patron in Austria is the Archduke Maximilian Este,
who has maintained them at Linz for at least twen
ty-five years, in order to accustom the Austrians,
little by little, to the sight of that notorious order,
expelled from the Empire by the Archduke’s grand
mot her, Maria Therese.
Mu. ('hari.es 8. Arnold, a junior member of the
firm of Pa ddlk.foitd, Fay A* Co., of Savannah,
died in New York last week at the age of 33. lie
was a native of-Providence, 1?. 1., but for the past
twelve years had resided in Savannah, where he
was greatly esteemed.
Summary Justice.—On the last tripot the steam
er Cuba from Mobile to Montgomery, n thief was
detected issuing from the stateroom of one of the
passengers, with a valuable gold cross and chain.—
The rascal was caught and laid across a barrel and
severely whipped. He was then put ashore on a
very uninviting spot.
Tor the Chronicle Sc Sentinel.
Small-Pox in Lincoln.
February 27, 1856.
Mr. Editor: We are happy to announce to the
public the termination of Small Pox in this vicinity,
there having beeu no new case in thirty days. And
we take this method of returning to those citizens of
the adjoining counties who have aided us in our ef
forts to arrest its progress, our sincere thanks for the
same. To those exceedingly “knowing ones”—men
••wise above what’s written”—who have seen prop
er to censure us, because, in our efforts to enforce
quarantine, we had to fine some, who, like old Brin
<lle. would not be impounded , no hate, we have noth
ing to say, other than this : If they can find no other
object upon which to expend their over-grown be
nevolence, than that of raising funds to fee counsel
that said offenders may go unwliipt of justice, we
would suggest, that they examine the statistics of
their county, to ascertain how many poor children
they have, who can neither read nor write, and ap
ply their surplus benevolence to their wants, and it
will then bo time enough for them to teach we ig
noramuses of Lincoln our duty. O, ye Scribes
and Pharisees 1 Hypocrites, who strain at a gnat
and swallow a camel, A c.
The Commissioners.
Great Britain and Nicaragua. —The Wash
ington correspondent of the Charleston Courier
writes:
The course of the Nicaraguan government for the
extension of ils jurisdiction over the Mosquito Ter
ritory, gives rise to surmises of the probable inter
position of Great Britain for its prevention. Refer
ring to the treaty of 1849 between Nicaragua and
Great Britain on the subject, I find that the treaty
contains a stipulation that if Nicaragua should at
tempt at any time “ to exercise sovereignty over
any portion of the Mosquito Territory, or to retake
San Juan del Norte, it should be considered as a
declaration of war against Great Britain. It is also
known here that the British Consul at San Juan has
orders, in the event named, to enter his protest
against the act. ami to advise anv one commander
of P. B. M.’s ships of war on the West India station
of the same: whereupon the attempt is to be pre
vented or resisted by force.
The Allies at Kertch — -European Civilization. —A
correspondent of a New York journal confirms all
the previous accounts of the horrible atrocities per
petrated by the allies at Ke rch. The place visited
with these unspeakable horrors was a peaceable
and inoffensive town, whose inhabitants had taken
no part in the war. Not only was the property of
these unoffending people destroyed, but their wives
and daughters, witnout an exception, tell victims to
a fate worse than death. It is said that not a woman
m the town escaped, and that they were not only
\ loiateo, but dragged from their once happv homes,
oornp-jied to atv.tmpanv the monstere of the
Lug ash ana b renen army to Constantinople. Com
fortable, refined ana happy homes were thus desola
ted forever, and m some instances, the wretched
victims having been deprived of their honor, were
also deprived of their lives. Similar scenes occurred
at Bomersund. Y’et the wretches capable of su<*h
crimes talk of themselves as the champions of civi
lization, whilst Russia is so hopelessly barbarous
that she must be exterminated! If she is barbarous,
she has committed no such offences as these, and
at all events has never added to the misfortune of
barbarism the crime of hypocrisy. —jßtckmond Dis
/**? sch . ‘
.Gold Hunting Re rived in Texas.— The YVashiiig
ton Texas Hanger says that a company is being or
ganised at that place, under Joseph H Wood, an
old and highly respectable citizen, for the purpose
of proceeding to the mines above El Faso. T*be
Ranger adds: “ The company contemplate leaving
about the Ist of April, and’ all respectable, able
bodied men who come with the necessary outfit will
lie received into the company. It is well* known that
the silver mines an* very rich, and industrious men
who are now working there are getting handsomely
Cid for their labor. Nor is tliis all; Mr Wood, who
s visited that region around the Guadalupe moun
tains. is ftillv satisfied that gold abounds in that
country. and it is his intention to thoroughly explore
that country. He is sustained in his belief by many
others who have seen specimen* of gold quartz
brought from the mountains, among them is the ed
itor of the San Antonio Texan, who has been pre
sented with specimens of guid quartz which was
procured about one hundred miles north of Kan An
tonio. He further states that several persons who
have spent much time in the mines of California say
that where such specimens are found, gold always
abounds in the country around, and often on the
surface of the earth.
Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, we see it stated, has
declined the Cciwui&tv to Havana
PeriloM Navigation on the Atlantic.
C«4»t. Li*E«.of tic B(«au»Uip Arago. which ar
rived at New York on the let mutant, from Havre
and Cowes, reports that the Arago wa* detained 54
hour* on the Kaetern edge of the banks by the iee,
Feb. 22, 6 A. M , lat. 47 00, lon. 46 00, passed three
icebergs, and from that time until 24th at noon, iat.
44 24 lon. 49 00, was constantly picking her way
among icebergs, large and small pieces, and patches
of closely packed broken ice ; for a part' of two
nights stopped, and at other times ran slow; fre
quently stoppingand backing to avoid collision with
dangerous pieces. At noon of 22d, it was found
that the steamer was in the bight of a bay of closely
packed broken ice, and large and small icebergs, ex
tending from southeast around to north, as far as
could be seen, with no open water to westward.
She then stood to the north in hopes of finding an
opening, but after running ‘.30 miles found the ice ex
tended to tlie north and eastward as far as could be
seen ; about ship, and strv»d back again to the south
exploring whatever had the appearance of a passage,
at one time running into a deep bay for 30 miles,
which she found closely blocked up, and had to stand
out again. Jn this way she made 200 miles .south
ing, without seeing any open water to westward be
fore she found a*passage.
The quantity of ice, from the largest sized ice
bergs gradually down to small pieces and packed
ice, exceed anything of the kind that Capt. Lines
lias ever seen or heard of about the Banks before,
and as it is now early in the season, he is fearful that
in a few weeks the widest track for European na
vigation will be impeded by this dangerous foe.—
Capt. Lines, therefore, recomineda all ship masters
to go South of the Banks in going to Europe this
season, and in coining to Westward, when approach
ing the ice-track in thick weather or in tlie night, to
use the utmost vigilance and have their ships under
jierfect command manoeuvre at a mo
ment's notice.
The SfeamMbip Pacific uod kerformer Captain*
In the New York Courier «$• KnyHirer of the Bth
instant, there is a singular letter published by Capt.
Ni e, the former commander of the missing steam
ship, in which he states that before retiring from the
service, he wishod Capt. Oliver Eldridge to lie
appointed in his]>lAce, but instead, Capt. Asa Er
ma doe, a brother of his friend, received the office.
Had the former been accepted. Capt. Nyf. says most
of the officers would not have left the ship, as Capt.
Oliver Eldridge was known.and particularly ac
ceptable to them. The Chief Engineer, who quitted
the Pacific with Capt. N ye, is especially named as
oil efficient officer, whose absence would be serious
ly felt. Capt. Nye is rather hard upon Messrs.
IJrovvn, Shipi et & Co., the controllers of the Collins’
line of steumeiß, w ho made these changes against the
Wish of Mr. Collins and himself. In regard to a
report that he hud stated the Pacific to be unsea
worthy, Copt. Nyf. distinctly denies its truth, and
states that he considers tliat she was iu as good, if
not better condition for the winter work than ever
before.
Coolik Labor.— The Charleston Mercury , in al
luding to tlm landing at Havana of 358 Africans,
who are called apprentices, but are really slaves,
and who were brought over in the British ship Aus
tralia, asks ; Why can wc not turn tins to profit ?
The price of )alx»r iu South Carolina is becoming
ruinous to agriculture. Let us have Coolies ; let
us give employment to British shipping.
Singular Will. —The Elk ton, Ky., Banner has
the following: The will of L. B. Leavell, deceased,
one of the wealthiest citizens of our county, was re
corded on Monday last. After providing for the
emancipation of several of his slaves, he disposed of
the entire residue of his large estate, said to be
worth at least $200,000, to three or four of them, who
by the provisions of the will are to be earned to tlie
city of New York as soon us practicable.
Minnie Rifles. —lt appears, by recent English
papers, tliat the Minnie weapon must soon be super
seded. Lancaster’s elliptically-bored carbines hav
ing been subjected to various proofs in the arsenals
at Woolwich, her Majesty’s corps of sappers and mi
ners are now being armed with them. These mus
kets have several qualities which have caused them
to be pronounced superior in construction and pow
er to the Minnie rifle, and have a range of upwards
of 1,000 yards.
They have a farm steam engine in operation in
Ohio, which will thresh and clean from 500 to 600
bushels per day. The boiler is tubular, the cylinder
is of six inches bore and twelve inches stroke. It
makes 175 revolutions per minute with steam at
forty pounds pressure, and docs more work than
any common threshing machine driven by eight
horses.
A Paris letter of a recent date, says—“l believe
that within these few days a very huge number of
arrests have been made in the provinces, and in and
about Bordeaux 15,000 men are talked of as being
thrown into prison. The sectaries of the ‘Marianne’
are, I believe, increasing fearfully in the lower
classes, from the fact of the universal distress and
want of food.
lloN. A. It. Wright, of Pome, has been appoint
ed Judge of the new circuit lately formed of Floyd,
Polk, Carroll, Haralson —(made from Polk and Car
roll,) Paulding, Campbell, Heard, and Coweta. Col.
Fields, of Cedar Town, has been appointed Solicitor.
Like in New Orleans. —Mr. John Maginnis,
proprietor of the New Orleans Tine Delta , was a
witness in an assault case in that city last week,
when lie said: There arc plenty of fellows about
town who would kill a man for two bits. I endeavor
to protect myself, and let other people do the same
I keep an eye on these two bit fellows.
Catherine llayes, the ginger, loses $27,000 by the
failure of Messrs. Saunders &. Brennan, of San
Francisco.
We le urn, says the Pony American, that a young
man by the name of Hunter, xvas killed on the
plantation of Mr. Tate, in Dallas county, Ala., on the
evening of the 20th ult., with a handspike in the
hands of a negro boy.
Monument to Judge Meriwether. —TheLogis
laturehas made an appropriation to erect a monu
ment in honor of Judge Jns. A. Meriwether similar
so that for Hon. A. J. Miller. Judge Meriwether at
the time of his decease was Speaker of the House
of Representatives of the Georgia Legislature.
The Ariel Murder Case. —The Charleston
Standard , n few days since published a statement
to the effect that the boy Anderson had made some
import ant confessions in relation to the murder of
Cnpt. Ayres. Anderson has now written a letter
from New York to the Editors of the Standard,
stating that “the report is untrue in all respects.”
Ocean Steamers. —Communication by steam be
tween European ports and America is now kept up t
by the Collins Line, the two Cunard Lines, and the
Glasgow, the Antwerp and Southampton, the Liver
pool and Philadelphia, the Liverpool and Portland
mid the Havre and Bremen Tunes. The Collins’
Line, between Liverpool and New York, consists
of die Atlantic, the Pacific, the Baltic and the Adri
atic—all paddle wheel, and of three thousand tons
each. The Cunard Line, between Liverpool and
New York, consists of the Persia, the Africa, the
Asia and the Enrona. The tonnage of the Persia is
3,600, and those ot the other three 2,250. The Cu
nard Line, between Liverpool and Boston via Hali
fax, consists of the America, the Arabia, the Cana
da ami the Niagara. The tonnage of these vessels
ranges from 1,800 to 2,250. A Line between Havre
and New York is about to be established. The dis
asters to ocean steamers may be thus enumerated :
President, never heard of; Columbia, all bauds
saved ; Humboldt, all hands saved ; City of Glas
gow, never heard of; City of Philadelpliia, all
hands saved ; Franklin, all hands saved ; Arctic, a
few only saved.— Balt. Amer.
The Brussels correspondent of the Berlin Nation
al Zeitung says that the Independence Beige has
been lately sold for the sum of 800,000 francs—
sloo,l)oo ; the purchaser being the famous Dr. Ve
ron, former proprietor and editor of the Paris Con
stitutionel, and a Belgian and a Cologne capitalist,
whose names have not been made public. The tone
of the paper is not to be altered, and is to be placed
under the control and direction of the eminent pub
licist. Mr. Verradi, of Marseilles.
The Polynesian says that the Hawaiian nation,
which, 70 years ago was estimated variously at from
200,000 to 400,000, now only counts 72,000, a de
crease within this period of at least two-thirds. Vast
tracts of land do not harbor a human soul: fertile
kalo lands, once under cultivation, are left to the
rule of gross and weeds. The island of Kauai, re
markable for the productiveness of itssoil and capa
ble to sustain a populatioirof at least 100,000, con
tains only 6,000. It is not to cruel and devastating
wars that we have to attribute this unparalleled
falling off in so short a time.
A magnificent structure in the upper part of the
city of New York, which has been for some time in
the course of construction, is now on the eve ofcom
ph tion, and is designed by Mr. Cooper, its munifi
cent owner, as a present to his fellow-citizens, and
those who shall come alter them, to be used for “the
advancement of science and art.” He contemplates
the fonnding of something in the nature of a Univer
sity ; if so, this will probably be the first institution
of learning approaching to the grade of a Univer
sity. ever founded by private inimificencce.
Health of Hon. Thomas H. Bayly. —The Peters
burg Express of yesterday states that letters by the
steamer Isabel announce'that Judge Bayly, of Vir
ginia, is in a very precarious situation—the climate
of Cuba having failed to scheck the pulmonary
complaint which has now completely prostrated
him. Win. T. Joynes, Esq., of Petersburg, his bro
ther-in-law. will sail from Charleston in the Isabel
to-day, for Havana, where he will join Gen. B. and
his family.
Spontaneous Combustion. —Benson Blake : Esq.,
informed us yesterday, says the Vicksburg Whig of
the26th, that fire had burst out of the centre of a pile
of cotton seed that lay by the side of his gin house,
on his plantation on the * Yazoo river, a tew days
since. The cotton seed had been exposed to the
weather all winter, and he had commenced hauling
it away, when the fire broke out of the centre of the
pile. 'After it was extinguished, on examination it
was found charred to a considerable depth, and bore
the appearance of having been smothered in for
some tmie. Mr. Biakc assures us there can be no
doubt of the tire- originating from the heat of the
seed. No doubt this is the cause of many gins bium
iug down, and we would advise all who nave piles
of cotton seed lying about their gins to haul it out
forthwith.
Boston. March 1. —The steamer America arrived
here this evening at 7 £ o’clock.
The America encountered large fields of ice. and
on the 25th clear water could not be seen to the
fn>m mast head! Captain W. thinks that
n the steamer Pacific got into the ice she will vet
be heard trom.
Chicago. March l,—The Salt Lake mail of De
cember reached Independence, Missouri, on the
‘doth. The news is unimportant. The mail party
were detained by snow from two to three feet deep.
They reached Fort Laramie on the Ist of January".
At Fort Keamev efforts were making to protect the
troops against the intensity of the weather.
Sugar Crop of Louisiana.—The Planters' Ban
ner < Franklin. La.,) of the 28th nit., says :
A gentleman who has recently visited many of
the sugar parishes of our State, informs us that the
planters universally complain of the destruction of
their seed cane by the frost and the thaw which en
sued. In many places the stubble has also suffered
severely from tins cause. He gives it as his opinion
that the next sugar crop will fall considerably short
of the last, and that those who can hold on to their
sugar this season will be amply repaid for it.
Schuyler Stiff £trt«g.—We find the following in
the Wilmington, N. C., Commercial .*
Wilmington. March 4.1856.
Mr. Lorisg —Dear Sir: By this morning s nack
gage of German newspapers, published in my birth
ace. I find a positive statement that the notorious
obert Schuyler five* in the little tojrn of Brugge, in
the principality ofßudolstadt, Germany. There has
btfen. *oane two months ago. a report in this country
of his death, at his villa near Florence, which seems
now to be a real hoax. Yours, truly,
11. L. ScjUUUJiCJL
Legislative Acts*
We subjoin a list of the Acts passed by the late
Legislature, to which the Governor has assented :
1. An act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Washington county to revise tlieir Jury
Box, and for other purposes.
2. An act to authorize the county of Doughert yto
aid in coiistnteling the (Georgia and Florida Kail
road between Albany and Americas, or any other
Railroad running to said county, by Miljscription for
stock, and the issue of bond? therefor upon a vote
of the citizen?.
3. An act to change the time? of holding the Infe
rior Court iu the county of DcKalb, aud lor other
purpose? therein mentioned. •
4. An act to authorize the State Treasurer to make
certain advances.
5. An act to add a part of tlio county of Ware to
the county of Charlton.
6. An act to amend an act to incorporate the
Brunswick Improvement Company.
7. An act to change certain county lines therein
enumerated.
8. An not to pardon John T. Boyd, of the county
of Muscogee, now under sentence of death for the
crime of murder.
9. An act declaratory of the intentions of an act
for the relief of honest debtor*, approved on the 19th
day of December, 18:23, aud to allow persons arrest
ed under process the benefit of the same.
10. An act tu preserve and dispose of the property
and effect*of corporations after.tneir dissolution, and
to provide tor the payment of the debts due by the
11. An act for the relief of Francis Ponsell. an in
finn and indigent man.
12. An act to incorporate the Canton Mining
Company of Georgia.
13. An act to authorize LwisZcigler of the State
of Louisiana, and Henry Zeigler of the State of Ala
bama, to qualify and act as Executors of the last
will and testament of William Zeigler, late of Craw
ford county, deceased.
14. An act to change the time of holding,the Infe
lior Court of the county of Spalding.
15. An act to change the time for holding the
Superior aud Inferior Courts in the county of Floyd.
ff>. An act to authorize and direct liis Excellency
tie- Governor of Georgia to draw his warrant on any
funds in the State Treasury, for the payment of the
principal, interest aud cost of a Judgment in Bald
win Superior Court, in favor of A. I*. Rood, admin
istrator of Mrs. Blanche Gibson vs. the Central
Bank of Georgia, and for other purposes therein
named.
17. An act to alter and amend an act passed 10th
of Dec., 1845, appointing the places for holding the
Supreme Court.
1 8. An act to authorize the Justices of the Infe
rior Court of Washington county to levy aud col
lect an extra tax for building a Court House and
Jail in said county.
19. An act to incorporate the town of Otrsseta, in
the county of Chattahoochee, and to render perma
nent the county site, and appoint Intendants and
Commissioners, and regulate the duties of the same.
20. An act amendatory of the several acts incor
porating the city of Rome.
21. An act to establish, and incorporate a Medical
College in the city of Savannah to be called the
Oglethorpe Medical College.
22. An act to authorize the selection, and perma
nent location of a county site in the county of
Wayne, and to authorize the building of n new
Court House, and the levying an extra tax, and for
other purposes therein specified.
23. An act to change the time of holding the Su
perior and Inferior Courts in certain counties there
in named.
24. An net to change the time of holding the Su
perior Courts in tlit* county of Newton, and to allow
two week? for holding the* same.
25. An act to lay out a new county out of the
counties of Polk and Carroll, and to organize the
same.
2d. An act for the relief of James Wright, Jr.,
Jefferson Wright, and others, securities of Stephen
Wright, formerly Tax Collector of Putnam county.
27. An act to authorize and empower Charles S.
Arnold, of the county of Chatham to marry again,
and for other purposes.
28. An act to amend the act incorporating the
Gcetgiu Military Institute, ami to appropriate mo
ney for the same.
29. An act for the relief of Joseph White, late of
the county of Stewart, deceased.
30. An act to amend an act entitled an act to
amend nil act to incorporate the Brunswick and
Florida Railroad Company, passed December 22d,
1835, dpi also to amend an act amendatory of the
same assented to December 27th, 1838.
31. An act to create a new Judicial Circuit of
Clinch, Ware, <Scc\, and to provide for its proper or
ganization.
32. An act to create a new Judicial District to be
called Pataula Circuit.
33. An act to appropriate money for the support
of Government for the political years, 1856 and 1857.
34. An act to legalise the revision of the Jury
boxes, and the drawing of the Grand and Petit Ju
rors of the county of Floyd, for the next term of the
Superior Court therein.
35. An net to authorize Abner Burnam, of Hous
ton, to settle with his ward, and to make T. R. R.
Haddock competent to contract and be contracted
with.
35. An net to change, define, and limit the hold
ing of the Superior Courts in the counties of Craw
ford, Twiggs, Macon aud Dooly.
37. An net to authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Burke county to issue Bonds to build a
new Court-house, and other public buildings in said
county.
38. An act to change and enlarge the time of
holding Superior Courts in Meriwether and Butts
counties.
39. An act to amend an net to incorporate a
Bank in the city of Savannah to be called the Me
chanics &. Traders’Bank, approved Feb. 17, 1854,
and to apply the provisions ot said act to the Bank
of Commerce.
40. An art to compensate Petit Jurors of Dough
erty, Lee, Worth, Calhoun an<l Polk counties.
41. An act to repeal uu act entitled an act to com
pel persons living in the county of Wayne to give in
and pay their taxes in said county for all property in
the State, so far as relates to Glynn and Camden
counties.
4*2. An act to regulate fees of Pilots, for the port
of Savannah.
43. An act to amend the several acts in relation
to the town of Athens.
41. An act to alter and change the mode of ap
pointing Trustees for Glynn county Academy and
for other purposes.
45. An act to incorporate the Hydrant Water
Company of Columbus.
46. An act to incorporate Union, Coal and Iron
Company of Georgia, and Georgia Coal Mining
Company, and Pochahontus Mining Company.
47. An act to change the lines between sever
al counties therein named, and for other pur
poses.
48. An act to make legal the election of James
Bush, ns Ordinary of Early county, and Mr. Grif
fin Ordinary of Warren county, and for other pur
poses.
40. An act to authorize the Court of Common
Pleas for the city of Augusta, to change the name
thereof, and for other purposes.
50. An act to lay out and organize a new county
from the counties of Lee and Randolph.
51. An act to repeal an act passed 18th Fed. 1854,
to provide for the education of the poor, so fur as
the counties of Habersham aud Carroll are concern
ed, and for other purposes.
52. An act to repeal an act to alter, amend and
explain Sec. 4th, of an act for the prevention of
frauds and perjuries, approved February 20th,
1854.
53. An act to incorporate the Athens Guards,
and confer certain powers and privileges on the
same.
54. An act to repeal an act to prevent the killing
of deer at certain periods of the year in Burke and
Worth counties, so far as relates to Worth.
55. An act to authorize the levying of an extra
tux in Carroll county, to build a Court House in said
county.
56. An act to reduce the Sheriffs bond of Tntnall
county.
57. Ail act to make Sarah C. Simmons, and John
J. Simmons of Dooly county, adopted licirs of Har
dy and Nancy Pitts.
58. An act to repeal so much of an act to lay out
and organize a new county (Fannin) from Gilmer
and Union, or so much of said act as includes a
portion of Murray, assented to January 21st, 1854.
59. An act to make Walter K. Youters heir of
Walter Youlers of Wayne county.
60. An act to amend an act assented to Decem
ber 29th, 1847, entitled an act to incorporate the
Muscogee Asylum for the Poor, and for other pur
poses.
61. An act to repeal an act entitled an act to re
peal the Patrol laws of this State, so far as respects
the county of Glynn.
62. An "act to incorporate Holmesville Lodge No.
185 of Free and Accepted Masons.
63. An act to make a final disposition of the us
sets of the Central Bank.
64. An act to exempt all persons over forty
five years of age from patrol duty, and to shorten
the time of service of Patrol Companies from 6 to 3
months.
65. An act to change the line dividing Coweta and
Meriwether counties.
66. An act to authorize the Inferior Court to ap
point competent Surveyors for Liberty and Mcln
tosh counties.
67. An act to repeal an act entitled an act to re
duce the fees of the Tax Collectors hereafter to be
elected in the county of Liberty, assented to Dec.
21st, 1853.
68. An act to incorporate the Indian Spring Male
and Female Academies, and to appoint trustees so
the same.
69. An act for the relief of Joseph L. Robinson, of
Appling county.
70. An act to change the residence of John W.
Darricott from Warren to Taliaferro county.
71. An act to authorize persons who own or may
hereafter own lands or any water courses in tins
State to ditch and embank*the same, and to protect
them against freshets and overflows.
7*2. An act for the relief of Margaret Marchman,
of Greene county, an<J to change her name to Mar
garet Watson, aiid for the relief of Wm. Meed, of
llarrison county.
73. An act to incorporate Uandoph College.
74. An act to confer certain rights and privileges
on C. K. Jarrat, his heirs and assigns for twenty-five
years.
75. An act to incorporate Atlanta Gas Light Com
pany.
76. An act to make and constitute Amistatia
Horn of Bibb county and others sole traders.
77. An act to appropriate money to remove ob
structions from liig Salilla river, and rciider the
same navigable for timber, lumber, wood and pro
duce thereon.
78. An act to authorize Charles Coward and A.
H. Sapp, to peddle in Clinch and Lowndes counties
without license.
79. An act to authorize Justices of the Inferior
Court of Spalding county to levy an additional tux
not exceeding two hundred per cent.
80. An act to authorize the Justices of the lufe
ferior Court of Chatham county to borrow money
and levy an extraordinary tax to build a new Jail
in said countv.
81. An act to alter and amend an act to cany mto
effect the amended constitution of this State m ref
erence to Ordinaries, and for other purposes, as
sented to Jan. 21st, 1852, so far as relates to Tatnall
county. _ .
82. An act to authorize Justices of the Infenor
Court of Polk and Catoosa counties to levy an extra
tax. upon a recommendation of the Grand Jury ot
said counties. . .
83. An act to reduce the number of jurors required
for coroner’s inquests.
84. An act to change the name of the Angnsta &
Waynesboro’ Railroad, to the Augusta Savan
nah* Railroad, to amend the charter, and for other
P 'S > .' > An act to make A. G.L. Check the adopted
heir of Martin and Martha Crider.
86. An act to exempt certain property in the city
of Savannah from taxation.
87. An act to add the county of Carroll to the 4th
Congressional District.
88. An act to legalize the the place of holding
Justices’ Courts in the 537th District, G. M., Lpson
county.
89. An act to protect the planters of Oyster beds,
and for other purposes. .
90. An act to incorporate the Sixes Mining Com
pany of Georgia.
91. An act to alter and amend an act incorpora
ting the Trustees of the Southern Botanic Medical
College. .
92. An act to authorize the City Councils of Sa
vannah and Augusta to appoint or elect ten auc
tioneers or vendue masters.
93. An act to authorize and require the Treasurer
of Glynn county to pay over certain moneys now in
his hands.
94. An act to authorize the Constables in and for
the counties of Telfair, Irwin and Coffee, who have
taken oath and given bond in the terms of the law.
to seive any process whatever on the Sheriffs of
their respective counties, and return the same to the
Court when such process ’*sued.
95. An act for the relief of Giles Widener of Gor
don county.
96. An act to incorporate certain persons under
the name and style of the Columbus Iron Works
Company.
97. An act to incorporate the Georgia White Path
Gold and Copper Mining Company of Northwestern
Georgia.
98. An act to incorporate Sandy Ron Academy in
Houston county, and Cool Spring Academy in
Wilkinson county, and appoint Trustees ior the
same.
99. An act to regulate the collection of Jury fees
in the Superior and Inferior Courts of the counties
of Coweta, Floyd and Cass.
100. An act to incorporate a Bank in the city of
Macon, to be called the Bunk of Middle Georgia.
101. An act to point out the mode of ascertaining
the relief and support to which widows and oir>hans
are entitled out ot the estates of their dec cased bus
bands and parentann cases where letters testament
ary or of administration shall be hereafter granted,
and for other purpos* s. . v
102. An act to compensate Grand and Petit Ju
rors of the counties of Catoosa and Polk.
103. Au act to incorporate the Bank 1 of Alliens.
104. Au act to incorporate the Middle Ground
Railroad, provide forits organization, &c.. Ac.
105. An act to incorporate Columbus' Fire Com
panv, No. 4.
lft6. An act to incorporate Bibb County Orphan
Asylum.
107. An act for the relief of Jarae? M. Mitehel, of
Muscogee county. *
108. An act to appropriate fIUO to be refunded to
Samuel Walker of Fulton county, Amount of over
tax paid by him in 1854, and other fereons therein
named. " ■ i-
109. An act to amend an act incorporating the
town of Ringgold.
UO. An ad to incorporate the Hightower Mining
Company of Georgia.
111. An act for the relief of Mary W. Gresham,
formerly Mary W. Triplett. » :
112. An act to ehange‘the line between the eoun
ties of Randolph and Calhoun, aud for other pur
poses.
113. An act to alter and change the name of the
Kinchafoone. . *
114. Au act to change the t ime of holding the ses
sions of the Superior I Courts in certain counties.
115. An act to incorporate the town of Brunswick
in the county of Glynn, aud provide for its internal
organization.
1 16. An act for the re’ief of Spencer Caldwell, of
day county.
117. An act to legalize the election of 11. R. Cody
as Ordinary of Warren county, and to authorize ‘a
commission to issue to him.
118. An act for the relief of John W. Kelly of Han
cock county. *
119. An lift for the relief of Robert Mclntyre, of
Chatham county.
120. An act to incorporate the town of Hillsboro*',
in Floyd county.
12L An act to alter and change 2d section of an
act incorporating the Dalton and Gadsden Railroad
Company.
122. An act to change the corporation lines of the
city of Rome, so far a> to exclude the lands of Lewis
1). Burwell, now in said county.
123. An act to repeal ail act to amend the patrol
laws of this State, approved February 20th, 1854, so
far as relates to Liberty county.
124. An act to lay out aud organize anew county
from the counties of Thomas and Lowndes.
125. An act to lay oft' and oreaniz# a new county
from the counties of Lowndes. Irwin and Coffee, to
be called “Berrien,” and for other purposes.
126. An act to compensate Almon Guinn for the
apprehension and delivery of Win. Mitchell, a fugi
tive from Justice, aud to appropriate monies for the
same.
127. An act to alter and amend an act to alter and
amend the iudiciar'v acts now in force in this State,
so far as relates to*Justices Courts, approved De
comber 14th, 1811, so as to allow and authorize the
I same person to hold the two offices of Clerk of the
Inferior Court and Justice of the Peace, at the some
time, in Lumpkin county.
128. An act to endow the Southern Botanic Col
lege at Macon, Ga.
129. An act to incorporate the Greenville Masonic
Institute, located at Greenville, Ga.. and confer
powers on the same.
130. An act to incorporate the town of Hartwell in
Hart county.
131. An act to authorize the Justices of the Infe
rior Court of Polk county to levy an "extra tax for
county purposes, on the recommendation of the
Grand Juiy of sai|l county.
132. An act to provide for the survey of the Oke
feenokee Swamp, and for other purposes.
133. An act to confirm and’ratify the action of the
Superior Court of Muscogee county, in granting
Charters to the Muscogee Building and Loan Asso
ciation and to legalize the acts of said Association.
134. An act for ’the relief W. L. Owen of Upson
county.
135. An act to lay out and organize a new county
from the counties of Burke and Earley.
136. An act to compensate Dr. B. J. Head for med
ical sendees rendered to the citizens of Oglethorpe
during the prevalence of Small Pox in said city.
137. An act to repeal an act entitled an act to
change the line between the counties of Campbell
and Fayette, so as to include the residence of Na
than Camp, (now in the county Os in the
county of Campbell, approved Feb. 20 1854.
138. An act to repeal all laws consolidating the
offices of Receiver of Tax Returns and Tax Collec
tor in t lie county of Irwin.
139. An act in relation to allowing Tax Collect
ors an insolvent list by the grand J lines of the sever
al counties in this 1 State.
140. An act to alter and amend an act entitled an
act to appropriate money to remove obstructions
from the Big and Little Ohoopee rivers, and to
render the same navigable &c., approved Feb. 4th,
1854.
141. An act to change the mode of apportioning
the poor school fund of Baker county, with the
counties of Dougherty and Calhoun:
142. An act to authorize the Justices of the In
ferior Court of Warren county to levy an additional
tax on the State Tax, sufficient to pay the annual
expenses of the county and one-third of the present
indebtness of said county.
143. An act to incorporate a Bank in the city of
Savannah, to be called the Timber Cutter’s Bank.
144. An net to incorporate the Rome Volunteers,
also the Washington Artillery of Augusta, Ga., and
to grant certain immunities and privileges to the
same.
145. An act to allow further time to Sheriffs and
their deputies for the service of writs, processes,
declarations and bills in equity.
146. An act to appropriate money for the comple
tion of the State Lunatic Asylum.
147. An act to authorize the Justices of the In
ferior Court in the several counties of this State,
upon the recommendation of the Grand Juries
thereof, to assess and collect a tax for the payment
of Grand and Petit Jurors, and at their pleasure to
discontinue and again re-assess the same upon said
recommendation.
148. An act to repeal the 3rd Section of an act
entitled an act to make permanent the site of public
buildings in the county of Emanuel, at the town of
Swainsboro’, &c., approved Feb* 18, 1854.
149. An act to incorporate the Ocmulgee Mills.
150. An act to compensate Grand and Petit Ju
rors of Decatur county.
151. An act to grant to certain persons therein
named the right to build a bridge across 4, ie Chat
tahoochee river on certain conditions.
J 52. An act for the relief of C. J. Moncricf and Y.
J. Browning, of Meriwether county.
J 53. An act to change the line between the coun
ties of Charlton and Camden, and the counties of
Macon and Taylor,
154. An act for the relief of Sarah 11. Lamar and
Dr. Win. R. Holmes.
155. An act to incorporate the Nicojuck Railroad
and Mining company.
156. An act to incorporate a Railroad Company
to be called the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Compa
ny, and for other purposes therein named.
157. An act to amend mi act entitled an act to im
prove the navigation of the Great Ogeechee river,
Ac., approved February 7th, 1854.
158. An act to provide for the preservation of the
public records, and for other purposes.
159. An act to allow Trustees to make returns to
tin* Court of Ordinary in certain cases, and to make
it their duty to do so in other cases, and to allow W.
M. Reese, former Trustee of John G. Rives and fa
mily, to make returns to the Ordinary of Wilkes
county, and for other purposes.
160. An act to appropriate money for repairing
the State House, and for other purposes.
161. An act to prevent the throwing of dead stock
and other carcasses into Cotticay and Chattahoo
chee rivers, or timber that would be likely to create
drifts.
162. An act to extend the jurisdiction of Magis
trates* Courts within the corporate limits of the city
of Augusta to fifty dollars.
163. An act to submit the question of removal of
the Court House of Macon county to the people
thereof, and for other pin-poses.
J 64. An act to repeal the first section of an act
entitled an act to grant exemptions to cavalry corps,
aud to confer certain privileges on the Baldwin
Blues, approved Jan. 22d, 1802, so far as relates to
Gordon county.
165. An act to define the liabilities of the husband
for the debts of the wife, and to define the liabili
ties of property received through the wife, for
the debts of the husband, existing at the time of
marriage.
166. An act to authorize the Justices of the In
ferior court of Wayne county, on the recommenda
tion of the Grand Jury to levy an extra tax to be
applied to common school purposes, &c.
167. An act to amend the rent laws.
178. An act for the relief of Mather W. Clover, of
Ch Kk, 11. T. Danforth, of Wilkes, Mary Ann Barnet
of Baldwin, Anna Bulkley and Harriet Seymour, of
Paulding, Sarah W. Taut and Eleanor Malony, of
Richmond, and Susan Price of Wilkes.
169. An act authorizing ihe Ordinaries of this
State to issue fi fas in certain cases.
170. An act to authorize the Ordinary of Twiggs
county to grant* letters of guardianship to Daniel W.
Shine.
171. An act to authorize the Inferior Courts of
Liberty and Bryan to appoint a competent Surveyor
in their respective counties, to run out and clearly
define the dividing line of said counties.
172. An act to authorize the Inferior Court ot
Laurens county to levy an extra tax for pauper pur
poses.
173. An act to alter and amend the road laws m
Morgan county.
174. An act to define the time r or holding the
Courts in the Brunswick Circuit, and for other pur
poses.
175. An act to repeal a portion of 2d section of an
act changing the line between Crawford and Mon
roe counties, aud other counties, approved Feb. 13,
1854.
176. An act to compensate Grand and Petit Ju
rors of Tatnal county, and Petit Jurors of Columbia
county.
177. Au act to extend the provision of the 4th
section of an act for the prevention of frauds and
peijuries, enacted 29, Chs. 11, Chs. 111, to make the
same applicable to slaves.
178. An act declaring wfio are qualified and liable
to serve as Jurors in criminal cases, and for other
purposes.
The Chatauque (N. Y.) Democrat learns that seve
ral cattle belonging to a farmer residing in that
county, were so badly frozen during the extremely
cold weather, a few weeks ago, that their hoofs and
legs are literally rotted off. They are unable to
stand, and he intends to kill them. He drove them
about all one night, during the “reign of zero,” but
their legs and feet continued to freeze till they were
to all appearance frozen solid.
There are said to be 1,300 banks in the United
States, which in last January circulated $117,157,-
412, while of coin in circulation there was $185,109,-
605, showing actually a greater amount of coin than
bank notes to be used in the business of the country.
The whole amount of money in circulation was $359,-
265,017, giving to each individual an average of
$13.30, and showing an increase of about $60,000,000
in the last ten years.
Several members of the Brooklj*n Board of Aider
men have been indicted for bribery in the matter of
widening Atlantic-street. One Alderman is said to
have received SISOO to buy up votes, but by shrewd
management got the votes without paying much of
the money. The affair, however, got r .nd, and
created such an enmity as to cause an exposure.
Governor Chase, of Ohio. ha« made a requisition
upon Governor Moorhead, of Kentucky, for the re
turn of the slave woman who killed one of her chil
dren in Cincinnati, and who, by the decree of Judge
Leavitt, has been returned to slavery.
Buenos Ayres.—By way of England we have
dates to January 2. Things were dull and gloomy
in Buenos Ayres. Flores had again invaded the
country. He landed at Las Piedras, with four or
five other chiefe, and on Christmas day arrived at
Arroyo del Medio, the boundary fine between Sante
Fe amWluenos Ayres. After halting there some
time and measuring the force they would have to
encounter, the party leaders suddenly broke up and
dispersed, Flores, shaping his course South, in the
direction of Pergamino. A strong force was about
to attack the Indians in the South. Trade was
much depressed, owing to the war movements and
preparations.
The Hon. Carroll Spence, American Minister to
the Porte, has presented an official communication
to the Sultan on the subject of the law which makes
it a capital offence for a Mua*eimanto renounce
Islamism. setting forth in a condensed view the
various reforms effected, in Turkey, and an elabo
rate argument urging the immediate repeal of the
existing law.
Good hands, it is said, command unprecedentedly
high prices in Richmond, Va., at this time. The
sales book of one house in the past month show that
as high as $1,550 have been paid in some instance*.
There are numerous other instances where common
field hands brought over $1,350, and very few War
ranted perfectly he<hyj below $950. Girls in one
or two cases brought $1,350, and a large number
$1,200.
The Paris Conferences.
The Peace Conferences were to open in Paris on
the 23d ult., and as great interest is felt in the matter
we give below the basis of the negotiations.
I.—Da h nbia n Principolitics. —Complete abolition
of the Russian protectorate. The Danubian Prin
cipalities shall receive au organization conformable
to their wishes, to tlieir wants, to tlieir interests;
and tins new organization, respecting which the pop
ulation itsoif will be consulted, shall be recognized
by the contracting Powers and sanctioned by the
Sultan as emanating from his sovereign initiative.
No State shall be able, under any pretext whatever,
under any form of protectorate, to interfere iu tlie
questfouof the internal administration of the Prin
cipalities : they shall adopt a definitive ]>ermft»ent
system, demanded by their geographical position,
ami iki impediment can be made to their fortifying
in the interest of their safety, in such manner as
they may deem advisable, their territory against
foreign aggression.
In exchange for the strong places and territories
occupied by the allies armies, Russia consents to a
rectification of her frontier with Turkey in Europe.
It would commence in the vicinity of Chotvm. fol
low the line of the mountains, ’which extend in a
southeasterly direction, and terminate at Lake
Saski, the line (trace) shall be definitely regulated
by the general treaty, and the conceded territory
would return to the Principalities and to the suzer
ainty of the Porte.
IL — The Da unite. —The freedom of the Danube
and its mouths shall be efficaciously assured by
European institutions, in which the contracting Pow
ers shall be equally represented, except the particu
lar positions of the’ lords of the soil on the hanks,
(d< * riverains,) which shall be regulated upon the
principles established by the act as the Congress of
Vienna, as regards the navigation of rivers. Each
of the contracting Powers shall have the right to
keep one or two small vessels stationed at the
mouths of the the river, destined to assure the execu
tion of the regulations relative to the freedom of the
Danube.
Ilf.—Neutralization of the Black Sea. —This sea
shall be open to merchant vessels—closed to war
navies, (marines militairet ,) Consequently, no naval
military arsenals shall be created or maintained
there. The protection of the commercial and mara
tine interest of all nations shall be assured in the re
spective ports of the Black Sea, by the establishment
of institutions conformable to international law, and
to the customs sanctioned in such matters. The
two Powers which hold the coast engage themselves
to maintain only the number of light vessels of a
fixed force necessary for their eoast service. This
convention, concluded seperately between these two
Powers, shall form part as an annex of the general
treaty, after receiving the approval of the contract
ing parties. This separate convention cannot be
annulled or modified without the consent of the
signers of the general treaty. The closing of the
straits will admit the exception applicable to the
sta ionary vessels mentioned in the preceeding arti
cle.
IV—Christian Subjects of the Porte. —The im
munities of the Rayah subjects of the Porte shall be
religiously preserved, without infringement on the
independence and dignity of the Sultan’s crown.—
As deliberations are taking place between Aus
tria, France, Great Britain and the Sublime Porte,
to assure to the Christian subjects of the Sultan
tlieir religious and political rights, Russia shall
bo invited, when peace is made, to associate herself
thereto.
I '.—The belligerent powers reserve to themselves
the right which appertains to them of producing in a
European interest special conditions over aud above
the foui* guarantees.
RiiHsin and France—A Curious Diaclosure.
A Berlin correspondent of the London Times af
firms that the Emperor Alexander tried twice, but
without success, to lure away Napoleon from
the ttUiance with Euglnud. It is stated that friend
ly courtesies, “ but of a strictly private nature, had
been kept up since the commencement of the war,
between members of the imperial family of Rus
sia and the Princess Matliilde, the cousin of the
Emperor of the French, a natural result of her
union with Prince Deinidoff; in September last,
a political turn was given to this, and one of
the small German States undertook to bring about
a separate peace between France and Russia.—
Russia communicated to France the concessions
she was willing to make, (and which subsequently
were published iu the circular despatch of the 22d
of December,) and in addition offered to France
special advantages for herself. These temptations,
however, the Emperor resisted, although the al
liance offered by Russia opened the widest field
for French ambition and love of conquest; conside
rable territorial acquisitions were to lie the price
and the result of this union of the two greatest and
most aggressive military Powers; but involved a
breach of the Emperor’s engagement with England,
which would have thrown him into the same path
and career as his uncle had unfortunately trodden.—
The Emperor, on refusing these overtures, communi
cated them to London and Vienna. The result in this
latter capital was that Austria became suddenly alivo
to the danger to which she had been exposed, and
quickly resolved upon putting herself on an unequiv
ocal footing towards all parties; the proposals she
drew up for the conclusion of a peace, after being ie
vised and somewhat sharpened in London and Puris,
were forwarded to St. Petersburg, and accepted there.
While these negotiations were going on, Russia got
wind of them, and endeavored to anticipate them
by authorizing Prince Gortschakoff to communi
cate in Vienna the concession that had been already
mentioned to France, and which formed the con
tents of the dispatch of the 22d of December. The
Prince accordingly called upon Count Buol, and ad
dressing him with, ‘Well, my dear Count, I bring
you peace,’ opened his budget of communications,
but met with the objection that, Russia’s offer came
too late ; Austria hud already drawn up her own
propositions, and submitted them to France and
England.” All the rest is kown.
Mu. Everett’s lecture on Washington, at New
York, on Monday evening, before the Mercantile
Library Association, was attended by an immense
audience. Hundreds who were late, looked in and
went home again. Six thousand tickets were sold,
and there were, probably, some five hundred invited
guests present beside.
This lecture was first delivered in Boston, on the
22d of Feb. last, on which occasion the Advertiser
spoke of it thus:
“By the desire of the orator, we abstain from at
tempting a full report of this most splendid oration;
we subjoin, however, an abstract, prepared under
his own eye; an outline which will show its scope
and the originality and variety of the treatment of
the subject, although it must utterly fail (and indeed
the most complete report would fail) to give any
idea of the felicity of language, the richness of illus
tration, and the burning eloquence of the per
formance. * * * * * * *
“ The oration occupied two hours in the delivery.
During the whole of this time the orator did not.
once refer to notes, or once refresh his lips with any
liquid—and the interest and attention of
the audience remained fixed and unflagging from be
ginning to end. No idea of the passage of time
could have entered the mind of any hearer. There
was no opportunity for any. the least feeling of wea
riness. Hie pleasure ot the audience frequently
broke out in bursts of hearty applause, and at the
close* there was a universal feeling of regret that, the
intellectual feast was over, and of gratitude for its
wealth and profusion, which manifested itself in long
continued and earnest plaudits.”
These strong, though doubtless well deserved
compliments, are reiterated in all the leading jour
nals of Boston—the Post declaring that this oration
is the greatest of all Mr. Everett’s great productions.
The original price of the tickets to the oration was
one dollar, but so great was the demand for them
that the entire three thousand was sold two days be
fore the time at prices ranging from three t o ten
dollars.
Steamboat Explosion and Loss of Life. —The
Steamboat Sarah, Capt Sterling, burst her boiler at
Trinity La., on the 21st tilt. The boat was blown to
pieces and sunk. Capt. Sterling and Capt. J. T.
Cooksey were killed, and Edwin Hughes, step son
of the latter, had one of his arms broken.
Florida Indians. —By the last treaty between the
Government and the Seminole Indians, as we leant
from the Floridian Journal , the latter were con
fined to that portion of the country lying south of the
Caloosatachee. That vast region is to this day as much
a terra incognita even to Floridians as it was when
the European first landed on its sandy shores. Tra
dition, however, represents it as a perfect El Dora
do, containing large bodies of land capable of the
highest cultivation, and abounding in natural orange
groves, lemons, banana, and other tropical fruits.—
Near the southern extremity of the State, and bor
dering on the everglades, in the Cypress Swamp,
which is said to be the present home of the Indians.
Their number is said to be about 450.
The Mississippi Legislature has passed a bill
which lias been approved by the Governor, making
a loan of $190,000 to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Company for seven years, on very favorable terms.
The loan is immediately available and will soon be
applied for and received by the company.
The Liverpool Albion says, it lias been resolved
by England and France, to dispatch two special mes
sengers to the river Plate, with a view to concert
measures with Brazil, for the prevention, in future,
of occurrences such as have recently again rendered
some of the finest portions of the east coast of South
America a prey to revolutionary license.
The Judiciary Committee of tiie Wisconsin Senate
have made a report upon the contested election case
between Barstow, the interloping occupant of the
Gubernatorial chair, and Mr. Bashford, the Repub
lican candidate, in which the whole question is elab
orately reviewed. The Committee came to the con
clusion that Mr. Bashford is entitled to the office—
having received 35,872 legal votes, against 35,523
for Barstow.
Abner Scott, James 11. Carter, and A. G. Cooper
were killed a few days ago at Calhoun, in Gordon
counry. The difficulty arose in a gambling and
drinking room.
Congressional Interference in Kansas.—
The following bill has been adopted and reported by
the Committee of the House of Representatives :
A Bill to amend certain Acts of the Legislative As
sembly of the Territory* of Kansas, and to secure
to the citizens of said Territory their rights and
privileges.
See. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, that an Act of the Legisla
tive Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, en
titled “An Act to punish offences against Slave Pro
perty, ’’ be, and the same is declared inoperative and
voief.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much
of the eleventh section of an act of the Legislative
Assembly of said Territory, entitled “An Act to
regulate Elections,” as provides for Indian’s voting
in said Territory, is hereby declared inoperative and
void.
Sec-. 3. And be it further enacted, That the in
habitants of said Territory shall not be required, as
a qualification to vote or hold office in said Territo
tory, or to practice in any Court in the State, to take
any oath or affirmation in addition to that of citizen
ship, or of fidelity in the discharge of the duties per
taining to their office or offices, respectively other
than to support the Constitution of the United States.
Nor shall anv property qualification or religious test
be imposed as a condition to the exercise of such
right, or as qualification to serve on juries, or give
evidence in any court of justice in said Territory*, in
consistent with the provisions of this act is hereby
annulled, and declared inoperative and void.
The Pacific Railroad line is again in running order
from St. Louis to Jefferson City, the trains having
passed over the Gasconade bridge on the 2d. It is
said that all the bridges on the route are now secure.
The Mississippi at St. Louis was nearly clear of ice
on the 2d last., and was rising slowly. The great
passenger steamer Pennsylvania, the first boat of
the season, had arrived from Cairo. She is to run
regularly to and from Mew Orleans.
The Assembly of California has passed a bill fix
ing the salaries of officers as follows : Secretary of
Senate, Assistant Secretary, Chief Clerk of Assem
bly, and Assistant Clerk. sls per day; Sergeant-at
arms sls per day : enrolling and engrossing clerk
sl2 per day; copying and journal clerks $lO per
day; doorkeepers $lO per day; porters $8 per day;
pages $8 per day.
The Mobile Register of the Bth inst. says:—A
fugitive slave, now in Canada, has written to his
former master, in Bowling Green, in most despond
ing terms. He winds np by begging him to send
some little means, by which he can be kept from
starving or freezing to death.
Fire is New* York.— The large wholesale drug
store of Bush A: Gale, in Greenwich street, New
York, was destroyed by fire last Friday night, in
volving a loss of more than $30,000. The stock of
drugs was insured for $25,000.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER
A FKHA.
New York, March B.— The steamer Africa has
arrived, witli Liverpool dates to the 23d ult.
Liverpool Market.
Liverpool, Feb. 23.—Cotton was quiet, owing
to the stringency in the money market ; and there
having been large receipts of Middling and lower
grades of Orleans Cotton, those qualities have de
clined 1-I6d.—other descriptions were s ready. Sales
of the week 50,000 bales, including 7,000 to specu
lators.
Breadstuff’s had slightly advanced.
Consols had advanced to 91.
General liitelligetice.
The Messrs. Rothschild had taken the whole En
glish Loan.
The Peace Conferences were progressing favora
bly.
SECOND DESPATCH.
The quotations of Cotton are : Fair Orleans 6sd.,
Middling Upland 5 13-16 d., Fair Upland 6sd. Stock
430,000 bales, including 385,000 bales of American.
The general news is unimportant.
The whole amount of subscriptions to the English
Loan reached £30,000,000.
Russia continued immense warlike preparations.
Further by the Africa*
New York, March B.—Advices from London,
dated the 23d ult., state that Count Orloff had arri
ved in Paris, on the 21st ult., and that the Confer
ence was to have opened on the 25th. Every thing
was, also, progressing favorably. Letters, however,
from St. Persburg and Warsaw, published in some
of the German panel’s, give reasons for the belief of
their writers that the war will continue, and state
that in no respect, whatever, has the energy of the
Military Department abated.
It is said that the amount of frauds committed by
Mr. Sadlier, who recently committed suicide in Lon
don, is not much short of $1,000,000 Sterling.
A portion of the advanced squadron of the Baltic
fleet was ready for sea at Spithead on the evening
of the 22d ult. *
The proceedings in the British Parliament had
been unimportant,
From the Crimea no later intelligence had been
received.
Destructive Eire.
Philadelphia, March 7.— Kelly’s Cotton Mill at
Darby, was burnt to day, involving a loss of $150,-
000, and throwing 400 workmen out of employment.
From Kaunas.
Louibville, March lltli.—Advices from Kansas
state that the Free State Officers were installed at
Topeka on the 4th.
Railroad Accident.
Petersburg, Marcli 10.—Yesterday a train on
the Southside Railroad went through a bridge, kill
ing the Express Agent, Mail Agent, and a boy, and
injuring many others. The whole train afterwards
took fire and was destroyed.
From Wnftliiiigton.
Washington, March 11. —No Government de
spatches of importance were received by the
Africa.
Trouble in Wkconnin.
Madison, Wisconsin, March 10. — Gov. Bars tow
has sent in a message to the Legislature, denying
the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in the matter
of his contested election, and avowing his determi
nation to resist by nil possible means any interfer
ence with liis rights. AiDeinocratie meeting lias re
solved to sustain him.
Congressional.
Washington, March 10. — The Senato passed the
bill appropriating $3,000,000 for armaments and
munitions of war.
In the House the Diplomatic and Army Appropria
tion Bills were reported.
New York Market.
Monday, March 10.—Cotton is quiet. Sales to
day of 2000 bales. Flour higher—sales of 9,500
bills. $8.12 for Ohio and $7.37 for State. Meat is
steady. Corn improving—sales of 50,000 bushels at
69 cents.
Albany, N. I'., March 6.—The American Board
of Foreign Missions assembled yesterday, Hon.
Theodore Frelinghuyson in the chair. A large num
ber of delegates were present. The report of the
deputation to India was read. In this it is stated
that the mission to Madras is to be abandoned, the
great aim of the mission being to send the Gospel
into the villages of Southern India.
In regard to the schools, it is reported that the pu
pils in Mahratta mission numbered 2000, in the Ma
dura 4000, and in Ceylon 6000 ; but the number is
now declining. The teachers were all formerly
heathen, and it is questionable whether they are the
most desirable agents. At Mahratta not a single
conversion could lie pointed to in 10,000 pupils, and
at Ceylon not 30 in 30,000.
The report was referred to a committee.
New York, March 7.—The Bank of the Republic*
reports that the quotations for Sterling Exchange
are unchanged, but that there is a good demand at
104|al08f. The supply is light.
New York , March 6.—Lieut, diaries G. Hunter,
formerly of the United States Navy, ami widely
known as “Alvarado” Hunter, died on Tuesday at
the city hospital.
Buffalo, March 6.—The Lake* Shore, Buffalo and
New York City, and the Niagara Falls Railroad,
are impassably in consequence of a heavy falling
snow. A train on the Central Road arrived this
morning twenty hours behind time. A despatch
from Dunkirk states that the Erie Road is in the
same condition.
Syracuse., March 4.—The weather has been very
stonny about here for several days past, and no
trains have arrived from Oswego or Bmghampton
since Saturday.
Philadelphia, March B.—The stove of L. A It,
Curtis &. ('«*. was robbed last night of silks amount •
ing to SIO,OOO. The store of Messrs. Khuff & Worn
wag was also robbed during the night of $2,000
worth of bonnet silks, satins, velvets, &c.
Montreal, March 6.—Two engines and a snow
plow ran off t he track on the Grand Trunk Railroad
yesterday afternoon, near Stauns, twenty miles
above Montreal. One man was killed, and two
others badly wounded. Their names have not
transpired.
Troy, N. Y., March 6.—-The-newly elected Com
mon Council of this city, consists of fifteen Ameri
cans, six Democrats, and one Whig. Mr. Slocum,
the American candidate for Mayor, received 386
majority.
Albany, March 7.—The American party held a
most enthusiastic ratification meeting here this even
ing. The Capitol was thronged inside and outside.
Some three hundred Councils participated in the
proceedings and numerous prominent speakers
were in attendance. Resolutions were passed heart
ily endorsing the Presidential nominee.
New York, Match 8, noon.—Our Corn market
seems to have touched bottom. The schooner
Faulkenburg has arrived from Norfolk, with 11000
bushels North Carolina conn which sold at 67 cents;
yellow at 71 cents; mixed 65 cents.
Philadelphia , March B.—The steam propeller
Henry S. Guw, of the Baltimore Canal Line, caught
fire at Chestnut street wharf this morning, aud near
ly all her wood work was destroyed. The had a
large amount of freight on board, having loaded in
anticipation of resuming her trips to Baltimore on
Monday. The boat was only nine months old and
was insured.
Second Despatch. —The damage is not so great as
was at first supposed. The upper works on deck are
burnt, which will soon be repaired, and without a
heavy loss.
Third Despatch. —The Gaw took fire this mor
ning at eleven o'clock. The flumes were confined
to the saloon deck. None of the cargo injured by
fire or water.
MARRIED.
In Greene countv. Ga., by the Rev. J. P. Duncan,
Mr. NATHAN S. PItUDEN and Miss AMELIA Jl.
KEITH,
OBITUARY.
Died in Dooly county, Ga., on Wednesday, sth inst.,
after a short illness, Mrs. AMANDA F. JORDAN, con
sort of Dr. Russell B. Jordan, aged 21 years.
Died at his residence in Chattooga county, Ga., on the
26th Jan., 1850, of Paralysis, JAMES PRIC’E, in Ids 00th
year.
The deceased was not a member of any Church, but
from his moral and exemplary life, gave evidence that he
recognised the truths of religion. In his death, his aged
lady loses an affectionate companion ; his children a kind
and indulgent father ; his servants a kind master, and the
citizens of the county a worthy and efficient member of
society.
The aged to their graves must go,
The young may follow soon ;
Death spares not the high nor low,
And all are hastening to the tomb.
J'Sp* The Rome Courier will please copy.
Died, at Tall as see, Ala., on the 28th ult., Mrs. MAR
THA ANN MICOU, consort of William Micou, in the
68th year of her age.
PRESENTMENTS
Os the Grnnd Jury of the county of Rich
mond, for the Second Week of the first Term, 1856.
The Jury recommend the Judges of the Inferior Court
to assess an extra tax of 40 per cent on the Tax Digest of
the present year, for the purpose of discharging the deb l
due by the Commissioners of the Poor School Fund,
amounting to $1,815.07, and providing for the teaching of
the Poor Children of the county for the year 1856. As*
suming the Taxes for this year to be the same as for 1855,
(say $14,000,) the tax proposed will yield $5,600 ; add to
this the contribution from the State, of about S6OO, and
the entire amount will be $6,200. The amount paid to
for the Teachers past year, was $5,040.66 ; of this sum,
$1,583.75 was paid to the Augusta Free School, leaving
$3,456.91 for the rest of the county—an amount totally
inadequate for the commendable purpose which the Jury
is earnestly called upon to aid.
Under the operation of the law passed by the Legisla
ture of the State at its recent session, requiring the quaff’
fication of Teachers to be determined by a competent
Board before taking charge of Schools, the Jury are of
opinion that the number of Teachers will be greatly rc.
duced, and consequently, that the expenses hereafter will
be less.
The Grand Jury feel themselves in some measure re'
lie vedfrom the embarrassment naturally experienced in
imposing an additional tax upon citizens, by the forcible
and earnest charge of his Honor, the Judge, nor would
they do justice to their own feelings on the subject with
out making the above Presentment.
The insolvent list for the State and County Tax for the
year 1855, has been submitted to tbe Jury for examina
tion, ami they find the same to contain the names of more
than 700 persons who are in arrears for Poll Tax for that
year. The Jury are of opinion that a large portion of this
tax can be collected, and would recommend to the J udges
of the Inferior Court to require the Tax Collector to issue
executions in every instance, and return the same to the
said Court. As it has not been usual to issue executions
for Poll Taxes, th : s fact may account in some degree for
the large number of names which api*ear on the insolvent
list, and the course recommended, the Jury believe, w ill
be the means of reducing the list hereafter. Before leav
ing this subject, the Jury have pleasure in expressing the
opinion that the Collector has been diligent and faithful
in the discharge of his duties.
The Jury hope that it will not be considered an unmean'
ing formality in tendering their thanks to his Honor for
his courtesy to them, and in expressing their high appre.
eiation of his personal and judicial character.
To the Attorney General, the Jury tender their ac'
knowledgment for his attentions to their body during the
week, and for the prompt and efficient aid he has always
been ready to afford them.
JOHN KERR, Foreman,
John Skinner, Charles M. Kolb,
Wm. Allen, Charles Baker,
James M. Belcher, Lemuel Dwelle,
11. 11. Hickman, James M. Dye,
Thos. B. Phinizy, Wm. W. Davies,
Charles P. McCalla, T. Clanton,
John H. Fitten, L. LaTaste,
Daniel Walker, George W. Summers,
8. G. Story,
On motion of the Attorney General, it U ordered, That
the above Presentments be published in the city papers
A true extract from the Minutes, March 8,1856.
mh9 B. F. HALL, Clerk.
LOOK AT THIS!
'WT ANTED, a good competent MILLER, to take
▼ f charge of my Mills at Mayfield. Apply soon
THOS. WHALEY.
Mayfield, Warren county, Ga., March 7tb, 1856.
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COMMERCIAL.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Weekly Report Tuesday, P. M.
COTTON.—Iu the early part of the week the market
was steady, and the offering stock being liberal, a large
amount of business was done, without any variation from
the prices quoted in our last review* On Monday morn
ing the trade was checked by the Africa's accounts,
which were much loss favorable than had been looked
for.
The sales yesterday (Monday) and to day probably
reached 1000 bales, a decline i cent having been estab
lished. Wo quote—
Ordinary 8 ®
Middling 9 9*
Good Middling 9J a>
Middling Fair 9s®
Fair— 10
The receipts begiu to fall off sensibly at this point, and
reports from the interior all agree that the proportion of
the crop remaining there is unusually small.
RECEIPTS TO LATEST DATES.
1856. 1855.
New Orleans. March 4 1,218.639 854,125
Mobile. March 7 499,872 192,896
Florida, Feb. 29 98,060 65,935
Texas, March 1 57,435 30,716
Savannah, March U. 305,146 250,134
Charleston, March 6 353,788 303,660
N. Carolina, Feb. 23 11,732 11,451
Virginia, Feb. 1 5,889 11,600
2,550.561 1,720,517
Increase 830,044
stociA in southern poktsT
New Orleans, March 4 273,275 109,580
Mobile, March 7 ,j# 150,589 02,341
Florida, Feb. 29 34,934 20,724
Texas, March l 5,415 2,474
Savannah, March 6 68,273 66,719
Charleston, March 6 09,080 49.201
N. Carolina, FeJj. 23 800 1,000
Virginia, Feb. 1 430 800
602,796 311,839
New York, March 4 54,802 70,294
~~ EX FORTS TO FOREIGN PORTS.
To Great Britain 1,003,991 868,207
“ France 332,183 199,319
“ other Foreign Ports 310,316 151,760
Total Foreign Exports 1,646,370 1,219,286
To Northern V. S, Ports 523,397 386,137
GROCERIES. —The transactions in the Grocery mar
ket during the week closed to-day, though not very
heavy, have been satisfactory. The stocks of goods in
every department are very complete, and we note no
change in any lending article. Sugars aud Coffee are
held very tirm, and the tendency of prices at present is
upward, in consequence of the anticipated short supplies.
We refer to quotations as a correct index to prices.
PROVISIONS—The tendency of prices iu Provisions
and has been downward for some time. —
Bacon has submitted to another decline, and we have al
tered our quotations accordingly. The stock is tlaily in
creasing with only a limited demand. Flour is by no
means so firm, and prices are also tending downward. We
have reduced some of our quotations. Prices of all do
script ions are loss firm.
GRAIN. —The grain market is quite depressed aud
prices tending downard. The stock of Com is large
aud the market dull—large operations could not be
made at our quotations. Wheat of all descriptions is
decidedly lower, and we have altered our quotations ac
cordingly.
EXCHANGE.—Sight Chocks on the North l percent
premium.
FREIGHTS—The River continues in fino navigable
condition and freights are unchanged. To Savannah by
river 40 cents—by Railroad 50 cents and to Charleston
by Railroad Si per halo for Cotton.
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
BAGGING.—Gunny & yard 15} W 16
Kentucky 4* yard none.
Dundee 4* yard none.
BACON. —Hams Vlb 11 tb 13
Ames’ Sugar Cured P 1 lb none.
Shoulders lb 9 tb 10
Western Sides 4* lb 10} d>
Clear Sides, Tennessee 4* tb 10 'tb 10}
Ribbed Sides Vlb 9 tb 10
Hog Round 4 V lb 94 'tb 10
BUTTER.—Goshen 4* lb 35 'tb 45
Country lb 18 *25
BRICKS % v 1000 6 00 d> 8 50
CHEESE.—Northern 4* lb 14 tb 15
English Dairy 4* lb 13 tb 18
COFFEE.—Rio 4> lb 11| @ 13
Laguira -F 10 13 7b 14
Java 4* lb 16$ 7b 17
DOMESTIC GOODS.—Yarns 75 7J> 81
ij Shirting I* yard 44 ® 6
i Shirting 4* yard ti tb 7
1 Shirting... F yard 8 'tb 9}
5 4 Shirting 4* yard 10 'tb 12}
0 1 Shirting 4* yard 11 7b 144
Osnaburgs F vard 91 76 10
FEATHERS P ‘lb 40 tb 42
FlSH—Mackerel, No. 1 F bbl ‘2O 00 @22 00
No. 2 F bbl 11 50 @l2 00
No. 3 1 F bbl 700 @7 60
No. 4 F bbl 550 @(i 00
Herrings F box ® 1 00
FLOUR.—Country F bbl 800 @ 8 ‘25
Tennessee F bbl 800 7b
Canal F bbl 750 @9 00
Baltimore F bbl 800 tb 900
Iliram Smith’s F bbl 14 00
City Mills F bbl 850 @9 00
Lenoir’s Extra 4 V bbl 850 wlO 50
Denmead’s F bbl 850 @lO 50
GRAIN.—Corn, with sacks 4* bush 55 -w 00
Wheat, white 4* bush 150 @
Wheat, red F bush 1 00 @ 1 25
Oats F bush 37 @ 40
Rye F bush 1 00 @1 05
Peas 4 V bush 75 @ 85
Com Meal -Fbush 65 7b 70
GUNPOWDER.—Dupont’s V keg 800 @8 50
Hazard. F keg 800 d> 850
Blasting 4*' keg 7 oO'®
IRON.—Swedes Flb 51 tb
English F lb 4 tb 5
LARI) lb 10 @ 101
LEAD—Bar F lb 8 7b 81
LlME.—Couutry F box 1 25 @1 50
Northern F bbl 2 (X) @2 25
LUMBER F 1000 10 (X) @l4 00
MOLASSES.—Cuba 4* gal 44 @ 46
Orleans, old crop 4* gal 'tb none.
Orleans, now crop 4* gal 47 'tb 50
NAILS 4* lb 41 tb 5
OlLS.—Sperm, prime F gal 200 tb 250
Lamp 4* gal 110 @1 25
Train F gal 75 @ 1 00
Linseed 4* gal 110 'tb 115
Castor 4* gal 200 'tb 225
RICE F 15 5 'tb 51
ROPE.—Kentucky Flb 91 'tb 101
Manilla Ftb 17 F 18
RAISINS F box 350 'tb 400
SPlßlTS.—Northern Gin F gal 00 tb 05
Rum F gal 55 'tb 00
N. O. Whiskey F gal 55 / d) 00
Peach Brandy F gal none.
Apple Brandy 4 V gal none.
Holland Giu F gal 150 'tb 175
Cognac Brandy F gal 300 d) 600
SUGARS —New Orleans F lb 9 7b 10
Porto Rico 4 V lb 9 tb 10
Muscovado F lb none.
Loaf Flb 12 7b 121
Crushed Wft 111 « 121
Powdered Flb 11} 7b 12
Stuart’s Refined A Flb 111 7b 12
Stuart s Refined B Flb 11* @ 11*
Stuart’s Retiued C Flb 10| 'tb 11
SALT F bush 00 @ (X)
“ F sack 1 35 'tb 1 40
Blown I* sack 225 @2 50
SOAP.—Yellow.... F ft 74 tb 9
SHOT F bag 225 @2 37
TWINE.—Hemp Bagging Fft 22 Tb 25
Cotton Wrapping. :..-F ft 15 tb 25
i*’" It is proper to remark that these are the current
rates at wholesale, from store—of course, at retail, prices
are a shade higher, and from the Wharf or Depots, in
large quantities a shade lower.
4,877,000 FEET OF ~
will certify that the Athens Steam Company
I built for ns a Circular Saw Mill, on which we have
sawed four million eight hundred ami seventy-seven thou
sand feet of Lumber board measure, (from the 17th of
July, 1854, to the 17th January, 1856,) in eighteou mouths
or about ten thousanerfive hundred feet perday. Bm we
really sawed from eleven to twelve thousand feet per
day ; for we supposed the Mills has been standing in the
eighteen months at least two months for w ant of logs and
occasional repairs. The above account is taken from a
book in which we cliurge all the Lumber as we ship it
from the Mill. About one-half the Lumber sawed is Rail
Road stringers, 6 by 9 inches, and the balance weather
boards, flooring, Inch boards, and some one and one-half
(11) and two (2) inch plank.
The improvement on tlie head-blocks works fine, aud
would advise you to use them on all vour Mills.
Yours, respectfully, WADLEY & REPPARD.
77 Mile Post, Central R. R., Geo., Feb. 12, 1856.
The above can be sustained by other certificates,
which we think not necessary, since we arc building the
same CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, (iron frames cast In
one piece,) with improved Head-Blocks and Carriage
-Gearing, to order; together with STEAM ENGINES
and BOILERS, Finished SHAFTING, Mining and Mill
MACHINERY, PUMPS, Ac. Iron ami Brass Castings
of every description, Wrought Iron Work, Finishing and
Repairing promptly executed.
Our assortment of Flouring and other Mill Patternsarc
not excelled South, being the improvements and accu
mulation of years.
Communications will receive prompt attention ad
dressed to REUBEN NICKERSON,
Agent Athens Steam Company.
Athens, Geo. mh!2-w3in
TO BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received until the
Ist April next, for building a BAPTIST CHURCH
in the town of LaGrange, Ga., according to a plan and
specifications in the hands of the Committee. The House
is to be 45 X 70 feet, wails of Brick, with Basement, Tin
Roof, Ac. Every thing to be furnished by the Con
tractors.
Persons wishing to examine the Drawings, will find
them at the office of THOMAS G. BACON, Esq., La-
Grange, Ga.
Building committee. —B. b. amoss, james h.
CALLAWAY. E. CARLTON, J. P. CULBERSON,
I>. H. GREENE, TUOS. J. BACON, W. P. BURKS.
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DISSOLUTION.
rl' IIE firm heretofore known as TAIT A MATHEWS,
X is this day dissolved by mutual consent, and all the
debts that may have been made in the mercantile line,
E. B. TAIT alone will be responsible for; I (JOHN P.
MATTHEWS) having given up Goods, Notes, Accounts,
Ac., and will be no longer responsible. -
JOHN P. MATHEWS,
EDWARD B. TAIT.
Elbert County, March 7, 1856. mhl2-wlt
EUGENE LE HARDY,
(lIVII, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEER,
j SURVEYOR and ARCHITECT, Post Office,
Rome, Ga. mnrfi-wOw
HOWARD & DUGAS,
AUCTION AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
At the store recently occupied by S. C. Grenville <V Co.,
corner of Broad and Washington streets, Augusta, Ga.
G. A. PARKER, AUCTIONEER.
r | I IIE undersigned, having formed a Copartnership un-
X dertho firm of HOWARD & DUGAS, for the pur
pose of carrying on the AUCTION AND GENERAL
COMMISSION BUSINESS in this city, will be thankful
for the patronage of their friends and the public general
ly. and pledge themselves to a strict regard to the interest
of those who may entrust them with their business.
Liberal Advances made on Goods instore, and on re
ceipt of Bills of Lading. W. H. HOWARD,
LEON P. DUGAS.
By permission we refer to the following gentlemen :
T. S. Metcalfe; O. T. Dortic; B. H. Warren ; Porter
Fleming; Baker, Wright Sc Co. ; Wilcox, Hand & Ans
ley; Scranton, Seymour Sc Co., Augusta.
Strong Sc Caldwell; W. E. Williams, Atlanta.
Seymour, Fanning A Co., Nashville, Teun.
A. Gardelle ; Hopkins, Fleming A Co., Charleston.
lludson, Fleming A Co.; It. A. Allen ; G. W. Ganna
ny, Savannah
Blow A March ; Carhart, Brother A Co., New-York.
A. C'. Scheaffer, Baltimore.
Grenville, Sample A Co., Chattanooga.
Having discontinued the Auction and Commission Busi
ne--, we cheerfully recommend our successors, Messrs.
HOWARD A DUGAS, to the confidence of our fonuer
friends and patrons. 8. C. GRENVILLE A CO.
Augusta, 10th March, 1856. mliil
CITY HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA.
rpHIS Hotel is now in successful operation, having
X been recently new furnished and embellished
throughout.
The proprietor, also, with a view of suiting the wishes
of its guests, has secured the services of Mr. GORDON
FARGO, so long and favorably known as proprietor of
the United States Hotel, here, and of the Marshall House
in Savannah. Mr. Fargo brings with him great experi
ence and very popular manner* with the travelling pub
lic- all of which considered, in addition to the peculiar
advantages of the CITY HOTEL, as a Hammer House,
with it* finely ventilated Chambers and spacious Hails,
will make it a place eagerly to be sought for by the trav
eller and citizen, during the coming season.
The particular construction of the House gives it great
advantage over any of the Hotels in the city, for ventila
tion ; a quality which is so highly necessary here at all
seasons.
Having these advantages, with a set of the beest Cooks
which could be procured in Charleston, with other assis
tants of alike merit, the undersigned pur|>oses to sustain
for the CITY HOTEL, the character of being a house for
the people—select, orderly, and well appointed.
With regard to location, it is very central. It is in the
business part of the city, and immediately opposite the
South Carolina Railroad Depot.
mhe-tf W. P. STARR, Proprietor.
SPRING GOODS.
JF. BMtCII AKI> dt CO. have to-day received
. the first instalment of SPRING GOODS, to which
they invite the attention of their friends and customers.
They will, from this time forward, bo receiving additions
to their assortment, by weekly -'earners, of all kinds of
desirable Goods. 11 m ‘
LAND WARRANTS WANTED.
rn HE highest market price will be paid for Bounty
1 Laud WARRANTS, by
JACKSONS, MILLER fc YERDERY.
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PUBLIC SALES.
I Hubert hheriff’s sale, -win be sold, on
Id the first Tuesday in APRIL next, before the Court
House door in the town of Elberton, Elbert county, with
in the legal hours of sale, a tract of Land in Elbert coun
ty, containing One Hundred and -Fifty Acres, more or
less joining lands of D. H. Hamilton and others, being
the tract of land whereon Win. Bell now lives : Levied
on as the property of We Bell bv virtue of a ti fa. from
Elbert Superior Court, in favor of Jonathan Bell vs. Wm.
Bell and Lindsay H. Smith security. Property pointed
out by William Bell. Also, a Negro Woman, named
Nancy, about 20 years old, aud her child, Josuth ; also, a
Negro Woman, named Molly, about 26years old; abo, a
Wagon and Harness, and I wo Horses, (marcs) one sorrel
and the other grey : Levied as the property of AN in.
Bell to satisfy a fi. fa. from Elbert Superior Court, In fa
vor of Madison Hudson and William M. Dobbs, Adminis
trator of David C. NViUts. deceased, vs. William Bell, and
Lindsay 11. Smith security, and sundry other fi. fas. vs,
said Bell. Property pointed out by Thomas W. Thomas,
plaintiff’s attorney.
ALSO,
Two Negro Children, one a girl named Ann, about 9
years old, the other a boy, named Billy, about 7 years
old: Levied on ass the property of Julius 1\ Smith, to
satisfy a fi. fa. from Elbert Superior Court, in favor of
Dozier Thornton. Executor <d Benjamin Thornton, dec’d,
vs. Julius P. Smith, and Lindsay 11. Smith security, and
sundry other 11. fas. vs. said Julius I*. Smith. Property
pointed out bv Thymas NV. Thomas, plaintiff’s attorney.
March 12, 1856. JONATHAN G. NELMS, Sh’ff.
ISLKKRT SHERI FF’S SALE.—WiII be sold, on
the first Tuesday in MAY next, before the Court
House door iu Elberton, Elbert county, within the legal
sale hours, all the right, title and interest of Slialer H
Oglesby in aud unto a Stoaiu Saw Mill located in said
ivuniv! it being the one lialt'of said Strain Mill; also, a
Negro Girl, named Molly, about 13years old : Levied on
as the property of Shaler 11. Oglesby, to satisfy a mort
gage fi. fa. from Elbert Inferior Court, in favor of Jett
Thomas vs. Shaler H. Oglesby. Property pointed out in
said li. fa.
ALSO,
All the right, title and interest of William Oglesby in
and to a certain Steam Saw Mill located in said county of
Elbert, about three miles from Elberton, on the road
leading from said town to Wobbsboro’, said right, title
aud interest being one undivided-half of said Steam Saw
Mill, with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, of
every sort whatever : Levied on as the property of Wil
liam Oglesby, to satisfy a mortgage lL fa. from Elbert ln
ferior Court in favor of Geo. W. Allen X Co. vs. William
Oglesbv. Property pointed out in said mortgage fi. fa.
March 12, 1856. ‘ JONATHAN G. NELMS, Sh’ff.
POSTPONED
/ 10MMill!A SHERIFF’S SALE.—WiII be sold,
V > at Appling, Columbia county, before the Court House
door in said county, on the first Tuesday iu APRIL
next, four Negroes, namely : Sam, Harriet, NVlimey and
Henry. Levied on as the property of John Hvman, Mary
A. Byman, his wife, and James D. Green, as* Trustee, to
satisfy a mortgage fi. fa. from Columbia Superior Court,
in favor of John Megahoe, vs. John By man, Mary A. By
man, and James D. Green, Trustee. Property's pec ill od
iu said mortgage 11. fa.
Also, at the same time and place, the interest of Mary
A. and Vandy V. Wilds in one negro man. named Will,
levied on as the property of Mary A. Wilds and Vandy
V. NVil.ls, to satisfy an execution from Columbia Supe
rior Court in favor of Hand & Fleming vs. Mary, and one
in favor of Horace Neoton, vs, Vandy V. Wilds, from
Columbia Inferior Court.
Marchß, 1856. JOHN F. SUTTON, D. Sh’ff.
CIOLI MJIIA SHERIFF SALE.—WiII be sold,
’ at Appling, Columbia county, before the Court House
door in said county, on the first Tuesday in APRIL
next, the following property, to wit: The residence of
James Y s Carroll, on the'Gcorgia Railroad, and known
as Baw dust: Levied on to satisfy three 11. fas. from a
Justice’s Court of the 133 d district G. M., in favor of John
Megahee vs. James Y. Carroll. Levy made ami returned
to meby Moses Isaac, constable.
March 8, 1856. JOHN F. SUTTON, 1). Sheriff'.
Important to Ruptured Persona.
1 vll.S. J. SHERMAN, who has become so justly
1 " celebrated for his success in the treatment of HER
NIA, or RUPTURE, has arrived in Augusta, and is stop
ping at the Planters’Hotel, where lie will remain for a
few days only. He lias a largo supply of his now Patent
TRUSSES, constructed on an entirely new principle :
any amount of pressure on the rupture pad without pres
sure on the spine. The following certificates from two
of the most prominent citizens of Charleston, will speak
for themselves :
From A. C. Smith, Cashier of the Union Bank of South
Carolina :
“ I take pleasure iu stating that my son lias been per
manently cured of a doull.i Rupture of loug standing by
the use of Dr. 8. J. Sherman’s Patent Trusses, after hav
ing tried several othc rs, without any material benefit.
A. C. Smith.’'
“This is to certify, that Dr. 8. J. Sherman fitted a
Double Truss on a servant of mine who was badly rup
tured, in January last, which 1 believe has cured hlij>, as
no symptoms of the Hernia aro at all visible.
R. S. MILLAR, 58 Market-street.
Charleston, Jan. 31, 1856.”
Mr. S. will take pleasure in explaining the merits of his
Truss to all who may be pleased to give him a call.
Price of Trusses, from Three Dollars upwards.
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LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS, AND
TANNERS’ TOOLS.
OAK and Hemlock SOLE LEATHER;
Harness, Bridle, Skirting and Band LEATHER ,
Picker, Lace, and Roller LEATHER ;
Patent Skirting, Collar, Dash and Enamelled do.;
Russet and Black Upper LEATHER;
“ “ KIP SKINS;
French German ami American CALF SKINS ;
French Patent Calf, Kid Calf, and Opera SKINS ;
GOAT and KID Morocco Skins;
LINING, TOPPING and BINDING Skins:
. BUCK, CHAMOIS and SHEEP Skins.
* —ALSO—
SHOE-PEGS, LASTS. SOLE-CUTTERS, HEEL
CUTTERS, ROLLING MILLS, PEG JACKS, PEG
BREAKS, PEG CUTTERS, BOOT TREKS,CRIMPS,
CLAMPS, HAMMERS, SHOE KNIVES, SPLITTING
KNIVES, RUB STONES, BRISTLES, EYELETS
and PI NCHES, AWL BLADES, IRON and WOOD
Patent Peg Awl Hafts, COPPER RIVETS and BURRS,
LACE TACKS, IKON, ZINC ami COPPER SPARA
BLES, SIZE STICKS. MEASURING TAPES. SHOE
THREAD, FITTING THREAD, SILK GALLOON,
BOOT CORD, SILK TWIST, BOOT WEB, Ac.. A c.
ALSO,
Carrying Knives, Flashers, Finger Steels, Beam Faces,
Slickers, Brushes, Rub Stones, Clearing Stones, &».
For sale low by
SHERMAN, JESSUP & CO.,
No. 341 Broad-street.
febls-d*.tw2ra Second door above Augusta Bank.
SADDLERY, HARNESS, TRUNKS, &C.
SPRING TRADE, 1856.
SHERMAN, JESSUP & CO., No. 341 Broad st.,
two doors above the Bank of Augusta, have now on
hand their usual large and well-selected assortment of
SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, WIIIFS, CAR
PET-BAGS, TRUNKS, VALICES, and every descrip
tion of goods adapted to the trade, manufactured by them
Helves expressly for this market.
A LSO,
A heavy stock of SADDLERY HARDWARE,
COACH MATERIALS. SPRINGS, AXLES, MAL
I.EABLE CASTINGS and BANDS, including a very
full assortment of goods in the. line, which arc offered to
Manufacturers and Dealers, at low priced.
fchls-d&tw2tn
LEATHER MACHINE BELTING AND
FACTORY FINDINGS.
I>ATKNT RIVETED, STRETCHED and CE
MENTED LEATHER BELTING, Single and
Double, all widths, 1 to 24 inches, curried and stretched
by ourselves. (Quality guaranteed. A large stork al
ways on hand.
ALSO,
COPPER RIVETS and BURRS, WASHERS, RING
TRAVELLERS, PICKERS, HOLLER BRUSHES,
ROLLER CLOTH, STRIPPER CARDS, LAG
SCREWS, LAG LEATHER, and a variety of FAC
TORY FINDINGS. For sale unaccommodating terms,
by SHERMAN, JESSUP A CO.,
No. 34J Broad-street,
feb I 5-d.t- t w*Jin Sim Id.tor above AngUßta Mat,
PARTICULAR NOTICE.
GREAT SALE OF FACTORY STOCK.
IT HAVING been determined to increase thn'Cnpltal
Stock of the LawrenceviUe Manufacturing Company,
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SHARES OF THE
NEW STOQS "ill be offered for sue before the Geust*
House door in LawrenceviUe, on the first Tuesday in
APRIL next
The sale "*ill commence at lOo’c ock, A. M., and con
tinue until all is sold.
Terms of sale, one half cash, and the other half paya
ble in thirty days.
Persons wishing to Invest, and desiring more particular
information, will bo prouiptij’ responded to by the under
signed, if addressed. J. S. PETERSON, Agent,
fob 15-dtw.Lwtd LawrenceviUe, Gwinnett co., Ga.
MAUKKUEL, SALMON, SHAD, CODFISH
150 packages Nos. 1, Sand 3 MACKEREL, in bbla
half bids., quarters and kits ;
25 kits SALMON;
5 bbls. do. ;
10 kits Mess MACKEREL;
10 half bbls. Pickled SHAD;
2000 fts. COD FISH. Just received by
Jan 13-dAw ESTES A RICHMOND.
TEKFKIISON COUNTY, GA. —Whereas, James
♦J T. Bothwell, Administrator on the estate of William
Beckman, deceased, applies to tne for Letters of Dis
mission :
These are, therefore, to cite, summon and admonish, all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased to
be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by
law, to show'cause if any they have, why said Letteia
should not bo granted.
Given under my hand, at office in Louisville.
March 7, 1855. NICHOLAS DIEHL, Ordinary.
SIXTY DA V'S after date, application wiii be made to
the Court of Ordinary of Jefferson county for leave
to sell the Land belonging to tho estate of Jethro Ro
gers, deceased, Into ,of said county.
March 7, 1866. * MARY ROGERS, Ex’rx.
OGLE riIORPK COUNTY', GA.—Whereas, John
Butler applies to me for Letters of Administration
on tho estate of Frederick Butler, late of said county,
deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite, summon and admonish,
all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceas
ed, to be and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Lexington.
March 5, 1856. HENRY BRITAIN, Ordinary.
WO MONTHS after date application will be made
JL to the Court of Ordinary of % Richmond county for
leave to sell one Negro belonging to the estate of Wil
liam F uleher, deceased.
March 7, 1856. ANN K. FULCHER, Ex'trix.
OTIC’K. —All persons having claims against tho es
_LV tate of A. J. Miller, deceased, are hereby notified to
present them within the time proscribed by law, and
those indebted will please make payment to
March 6, 1856. WM. E. JACKSON, Ex'r.
ATLANTA PROVISION STORE.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pounds Tennes
see BACON;
100 barrels and cans LARD ;
100 barrels WHISKEY, various brands;
50 bags Rio, Java, snd Laguira COFFEE,
400 sacks SALT;
1000 bushels COW PEAS;
1500 bushels Seed OATS ;
50 packages MACKEREL, in barrels, half barrel*
and cans;
LIME, in hlids.;
FLOUR, Extra Family and Superfine.
On consignment and for safe on favorable terms, for
cash, by SEA GO A LAWRENCE,
Nos. 72 and 74 Whitehall-street,
febl4-d&w3m Atlanta, Geo.
NOTICE TO THE CREDITORS AND DEBT
ORS OF F. V. BURDELL, DECEASED.
HAVING had all my papers connected with the es
tate of F. V. BURDELL, deceased, burnt with
ruy Law Office in the late fire in Waynesboro’, I mutt
beg all those who have rendered demands against said
estate, to render them to me again. All persons indebted
to said estate by note, will please do me the kindness to
give me their notes aeain. As this misfortune will re
tard the settlement of the estate, I must also beg the in
dulgence of creditors until I can place matters in statu
quo. JOHN J. JONES. Adm’r.
febl4-d&w2mos
Hats, Capa, Bonnets and Straw Goods !
AT WHOLESALE, FOR SPRING TRADE, 1856.
rPHE subscriber is uow opeuing one of the largest and
L best assorted selections of HATS, CARS, SON
NETS and STRA W GOODS ever offered in this market,
and begs to ask the attention of Merchants visiting this -
city, to call and examine before going further, us he has
the facilities for selling Goods at as low prices as any
house in the South.
Every variety ot FANCY GOODS that is usually kept
in a first class Hat store, will always be found.
Prompt paying and cash buyers will find It greatly to
their advantage to examine the stock before purchasing.
WM. N. NICHOLS,
mbs opposite the Bank of Augusta.
■^ iOUTEt ~ f CASK LIiILOKK. *
56 cases Hennessy and (Hard Pah* BRANDY ,
10 “ French CORDIALS;
e “ Old Bourbon WHISKEY;
8 “ “ Monongahela “
7 “ “ Irish “
7 “ “ Scotch
5 boxes (Boker’s) Stomach BITTERS.
Just received on consignment and for sale low by
HOWARD A DUGAS,
mb 12 Commission Merchants.
I >OKK TONtiLEH.-
I 10 kegs selected Pork TONG IUS
6 “ Chandler St. Co.’s SAUSAGES.
For sale by THOMAS J. INGRAM,
mhl2 Jaokaon-siieet.
l>KPPi;it, .msTAKD, pi;ppl»: sal <: K.
J 106 dozen No. I MUST A RD ;
19 boxes Ground PEPPER ; •
10 “ PEPPER SAUCE.
For sale, on consignment, by
m )O2 __ HOWARD A DUGAS.
gVV' JEHBEV CIBEH.-30 bbls. Sweet, New
Jersey CIDER. For sale, on consignment, by
roh!2 HOWARD A DI’GAS.
/1 i. (7a KH.—2O M. SEG ARS, in 10th boxes. For sale
low by [mblS] HOWARD & DUGAS.
“ o7 sTTTaTg— 6 hhds N. O. SUGAR, just re
• ceived and for sale by
mhl2 HOWARD A DUGAS.
|>AY RlAL—Genuine St. Thomas, a very fine aiti
ll cle received by WM. 11. TUTT, Druggist,
nihil
t/AKKELL’S ARAM AN LINI Jl ENT—l'or tale
* l>y [mhllj WM 11. TUTT.
PtKK WHITE l.t-AH.—lO.uuu 1D... in W,g., all
sizes, now landing [inhill WM H. TI’TT.
1 INDEED OIL,—A large supply, both raw and
.j boiled, in store. [rnhll] WM H. TUTT.
I>EAKL BTA KCH.—SO boxes just received by
; mhll WM. H. TUTT,
C<OD LIVER OIL.—;A fresh supply of Bur nett’s and
- liegeman, Clarke A Co.’s Pure Cod Liver OIL, just
received direct, (mhllj WM. H. TUTT.