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For tkt Chronicle ir Sentinel.
Suicldn! Policy of the South.*'
0 jr r .iT'»r —1 be arid* with the above cap
liou,an editorial in tha Chronv of tlic J.ih inet.,
dewrves, in the opinion of vour correspondent, *
pi r . c ,. every pap*-r Sooth of Mason and *
1..« At the outset it ftrike* at the root of the
whose nmfter regarding the ini (too** and snpme
noa* of the South in the meet important arm of he r
priep i’y i:»reiy*nd rani-'-, i., p -inlerca
why she ehoohi not take the p-uitUm which she
is entitled to in tLi* Union, if the proper means ate
put in motion tin-wry to accompli-* the reroit.—
W„ complain that our Cotton and Cotton seed e-n
ship and building t.mber all go North to be »'anu
lactur-d ant rein raid t" al our ■", " “
we ail kn- w t e.ripini i'i; ly trui-. An- •*' J ® .*“!
It i*because lb- S-r.k ha, the rap ’ 1 - How d d
the North get all tins capita: 1 “ «* b - v men
ufacturing oar material and re-' !;rlilD K tLfc 10
n. and other cuntrie* at or advanced coat ’ Her
cun ueroe, too, bow can- * *• tlU!o '“ ve *‘ nd
profitable if not by tU - •.*«»»» -f manufactured
good* and pr.alu. -ot .Soottam and Western s al,
v . d -n A >rthern port, of Sou th
orn timber Arid iiow is it that our manufactures
languish » - abundance of material at ou. d.jora,
w . „ .... j oarty it, at great c«<! and watte, COO,
d!X) and 1000 m lea and make large profit* by it*
maintofifire, enriching the.naeivea, and thereby
preparing to make us further tributary to their in
terest - while our wie-omre* aru crying out the
Forth h "! t>- capita! I Sir, throe whole day* of
the five in which the Southern Commercial Con
vention held iu sitting*, were consumed by the
rioi -.d ni» dn use.: in of the propiiety of re opening
the Slave trade; the principal speaker* being law
yers, and consuming t.ie tune that mignl have been
more profi’ably employed tlian in making epeei he*
f,,r burn: nob. S one of them, it must be confessed,
were loir *pecimen« of oratory. But was that the
id j cl of the Convent! in ’ Vet, such wilt ever be
rho result until in-r' .s.nts of experience fyrin the
majority of the body, practical, far-seeing, sensible
men, who love the South and her institution*, and
are willing to devote the whole of the session to the
discussion of practical qu- stions. But i am digres
sing 1 intended, Mr. B liter, to slmw in very few
Words, that the only practical M-soluttona, save the
one you mentioned in reference to turning the cot
ton into yarn jlireotly from the gilts, are still in the
hands of the committee of 21.
I allude first to that exempting one slave at least
of every wb to citizen from levy and sale under
execution, in order to make every man , in this
Southern land, an nite.re.lrd ov r. . ttj that yniyctOy.
Ai -t uext, to nx- injr irom taxation, State or corpo
rate in every Southern State, all machinery or
buildings used in the manufacturing of any aiticle
or articles for home ooiuminptiou or export; all ma
terials used ;:i the building of ships, or the lands used
a* yards for t '.hi purpor c. further, oil lands, so far
as six lu res around water powers, used for in: nu
facturihg purposes, and this exemption to ex'end
for twenty years from the pa-sago of the net It re
quiu s very little thought to m rive at the conclusion
that three years will not have passed after the enact
ment of such a law before ev> ry suitable water tall
in our land will be busy in the employ of man ; and
tiu; noise ol tho loom and puff of the manufai turer’s
engine, will arouse the birds from their slumbers, if
indeed the owl bn not disturbed in her nocturnal
flights. Tie* cause of failure in manufactories in the
ftiulli, in the opinion of the wi iter—who Iris himself
been no small 'osar for his means—are twin fold : Ist,
that we .tart with insufficient capita! . building our
factories and buying our machinery takes all the
money subscribed, if not more, and then going into
debt for stock with which to operate at ruinous
rate* of interest. This system would not ba pur
susd by any individual business without a failure,
bow could it be expected ot a corporation ? 2d.
Our have not yet kai nod by experience as
r Northern bret in n have, and the law pnqxitiecl
would bring them down here by scores, active, indus
trious, thriving, experienced manufacturers icith
/heir capital. Fools would they be to stay where
they aro, when sueh inducements are offered them
io the land of the cotton, the pine and live oak. If 1
perchance some did stay behind, they would not bo j
able to oompete with thoKc who came, and would t
themselves lie ton ed to leave (-’ape Cod for a more !
genial clime. Twenty years'exemption would de
velope our manufacturing interests to a wonderful i
« xtent, comparatively. <>ur youth would be bene- i
fitted thereby by being fitted for carrying on the s
business undcrstahdingly. It would infuse industry
Into them and give employment to thousands of our
people. While the Northerners who made their
homes with us would do ns al others have done
heretofore, namely, become owner- #»r *j«» auH
hn\ vastly modified upon the sin of
tlacrry, their con- ant communication with their
former filends and relatives left behind, would have
its sure efleet in giving just views where erroneous
ones have existed. At the expiration of the twenty
years after the manufacturing interests and ship
building interests have been established t then thv men
who now pay * .*O,OOO per annum for water-power
i lone in Patterson or Lowell jviH not think it a hard
- lhip to be taxed moderately upon their established
Vsiness. v>
Vtfr Editor, I have much more to say upon |
f.s important matter, and 1 believe if 1 can find
sue, and you will allow me the space, I can statist!- 1
lly demonstrate oil 1 assert and, more. And I i
rtber say l have no interest iu any manufactory
Whatever. A Mkmher of thk Convention. j
For the Chronicle \ Sent inti.
1“ The Suicidal Policy of the Soui!». , > I
Mk.Editoh:—Accepting the kind invitation in j
the Chronicle of the 28th instant, I proceed to state ■
L few in ’.isputablc / /c/s, and tlnivfn’in draw uich (
■ - torjr ‘
f
[ruth only,- if truth % it must prevail; if no ;
|uct of our soil, and nearly all the spontaneous j
!,» l latent productions of our muniment and mag
nificent S« nth, arc shipped t.o the Ncrth. A tow of I
these will be named of all the varied resources of 5
8 m earth, and
the least developed 1 IFA.V, 1 proceed to state. <
lit. Wc raise Cotton, with which to buy every
jtt ngfothu g the. Wo pay the expens eto the sea"
&rd, ship in North in ahips, ti* Northern looms, —
a waste of nearly one-half cent per pound—
where It la manufactured and returned to us, by the j
same ships, after it has at least three ooinmia- ,
sums up to the time it readies us from the hands of
the manufacture’ll. Note, now, three freights, at ,
least three commissions, $o ut on the pound waste (
in transportation, and a good pr.ft in the bargain ,
to our industrious friends, the manufacturers, who,
unlike the nuts, arc lastly entitled to reward tor
their energy, for they earn ?■% and don't steal a \
gram. 11V are the niantes. who make a surplus
of Cotton to pay all the tariff's to buy the very
broad and meat we eat, and ride in Northern ve- i
hides, drawn by N\ rtheni horses, walk through '
Northern doors, upon Northern carpet - . look through (
Northern glass, in Northern rash, ait in Northern i
i hairs, before fin s;n ule in Northern grates, with j
Northern ooal, eat from N . out of ,
Northern dishes, f< ode«» ked in Northdhi pots, on i
Northern stoves, by servants elotbed from head to 1
foot, in Northern fabrics. Serr i /M is ter. Mis - j
tress, too the very roof which shields us from the i
pelting atoriu, and nails which hold our homes to
gether, and lamps which light, us to our Northern
beds, or Northern candle, in the Northern stick we
grasp, when Yankee docks strike ten. Every
inorulug sun finds down boots all nicely black
ed. with Northern brush and hi icking. Kadi South
ern house is swept and cleaned, w ith \ankee
brooms and dusters. N\ e drink from Northern
pitchers, spit in North ru spittoons, light a Connec
ticut tegar—with Cuban reputation—with a Maasa
ohusetta match. All ot which, very useful articles,
were kindly brought to us. in ships built in Maine,
of Southern tun.
But we were talking in the Convention of direct
importation. This must ever be the etVeot of a
/ prior count If we no r imported everything direct,
I it would only be K ngiisk instead of 1 ankee. And
‘•the English mould then hare the capitalfar
they'd pet our cotton ma ny far Heir Yankee :,o
turns. Sir, we want Southern manufactures fos
tered. and to do this, Southern sentiment re
moulded, the dignity of labor asserted by men
1 capable of rendering illustrious any employment—
com pelf mg respect to each and every occupation,
| according to its use to the community, and not by
tire mawkish aristocracy of a. -vies instead of brains.
We want our resources developed. M e want our
cotton, and wool, and silk, manufactured <7/ home
Our cotton seed made into oil, by the side of, or in
our gin-houses. Our furniture,stoves, nails, gloves,
paper, crockery, clothes, and every necessity and
luxury of life, made here—at home—in our own
South. We waut our hills and mountains excava
ted ; the c al. and iron, and copper, and gold brought
out from darkness to light, and shaped iuto the va
rious foKins of use. Then will necessity compel, and
ships be built in our own harbors, of Southern wood
sad nails, rigged with Southern duck, and propelled
by Southern engine*, carrying to far off la mis the
products of Southern enterprise-and skill. Well
want cur own railroads, too, not to tike avrav our
staples to our friends, the Down Easters, but to sell
them goods cheaper than they can manufacture
them ,an 1 we'll take their fish and whale oil in ex
change—very nearly all they would have left
them '
The grand question now is, how ska!! ail the si
things be accomplished t By abolishing the tariff 2
I ttuA we could abolish the tariff I've mentioned
above. By buying English, French, or Dutch, in
stead of Yankee goods ? By restoring ike slave
trade, and fighting the world in arms aui our par
ticular neighbors ? Or, Bo in bastes Furioso i-^ e .
say, we 11 dissolve the Union—won’t buy any inou
of your wooden nutmegs without you charge us two
prices for them! We’ll send to England—always
was a good friend of curs—{Jamaica, too,) —our pa
rent—same blood—Anglo Saxon—Southern Rights,
kc , Arc.
Levity aside ilia question la the only important
•ne for immediate consider a:, -a. Every ejlct has
its cause, aud that cause not latent, but active.—
Our Northern neighbors are an energetic people.
Assisted and compelled to be so by the rigor of their
oil me, and the sterility of their soil. The density of
the population forces a resort to manufacturing,
which is the head and front, the groundwork and
pillar of their commerce, and without which, they
would have literally nothing whatever to export. —
Suppose the South hod haif of Yankeedom now,
within her borders (there is room enough for them)
and that half oomposed the a hole manufacturing
interests. Where, I ask, would the commerce of
| * a**feedom be / What would tLeir ships be freigh-
I ted with, epen fay had them , except with an
r dressed Quine j Granite, or parts of Old Plymouth
L Hock. 1 know it Ba i(j that you may put a Yan
kee on the tip end of t2 ap e Cod and he’ll scrape the
dusfc off of his shoes ann potatoes. He would
b, in a tcorte fix wirtiom In manufactures. But for
that very reaeon ectnUint <*., hy, “StvnMovn
hny" redact a little f
X«ehamo. are nobody, tie they * Whole a that
tp endid tn-m*ion. crowning yon hill top, embower
ed in luxurious shrubbery, at the head of that long
avenue of .iately oaks and e king out upon the _
waving field* of snowy cotton, undulat-d by the
„ a lie soft wind* which waft sweet odors forth from
violet and rose See h«w the luscious oranges,
]lends..' cn their stem*, are hung in thick profusion
ami 1 the verdant leaves, while bird*, in joyous
... , r( C arrolling around elysian shades. Hery s i
* Leaven, sir ! Whose home is thi* ? That is the
former residence of Col. Flonrton, a man possessed
o! every attainment conetiiutiog a Southern gen
demon. I was once invited to a Hoiree at that .
house, it was tilled with the beauty and fashion of I
this highly refined and intellectual neighborhood. (
The old gent;, man was there in his prime, his ac- j
coo p isbed lady did the honor*, with the grace and j
dignity of a The daughters, were radiant .
in beau’y, pleasure danced in their eyes which j
sparkle-1, as did the diamonds in their fair bosoms' j
The sons, with the imperiousness of the Czar of all
the Ku—ia*. Wt-re iph ndid fdloiet, and the evening
p ist off gloriously. Friend !be kind enough to in
tr due*: me to each excellent company. Sir, the
old man is in Texas with his care-worn wife, and
the remnant of h's shattered health and fortune ; the
sons, brought up to idleness, reduced the family to
poverty, ar.d tnemselves to deepest degradation,
and there rema n* only one daughter, who married
the right tart of a man, to sooth the declining years
of the good -id pair! Well, who lives there now ?
Mr. Spank, the old gentleman't over ter r bought out
the plantation, haute, furniture, negroet and all,
and now hit tout art go.ng the. tame tray.
This tells the whole tale, Mr. Editor, of many a
auperb mansion m our sunny South. The reason is,
too many are content that their sons snould tie ou or
Ith rate pettifoggers in law or medicine, tIAn mt«i
lioent. industnou*, energetic machinist*, or tiu.M
ers. one of which they must frtt he b-fore they can
b-come crperienrcxl and tuccettful roniraclart, or
manufacturers. Sir,ttrikc at the root of the evil.
Bet the people «cud practiral. tcntihle men to the
Irgitlaiure. Bet the Bunoombite* stat s i home.
1 s:t the General Assembly pass such laws as will
encourage the development of every branch of in
dustry in our own part of the Union. Such liberal
law s as will iodu< e expetieneed Northern manufac
turers to come here by hundreds, with their energy
and capital. Bather trice them the water power
than that tLey should Dot come at all. Tis the
planter* interest—'tia everybody 6 interest— mere
particularly our youths. ILen, let out wealthy
men—all who are pAtriota, an 1 know the true mte
rt-at* of their offspring—let them t-tep forward in
• his good cause, and place their sons under the tui
tion of the useful arts , which ennoble our species,
and when pursued intellectually, elevate any conn
fry, in the scale of nations. '£nen, will they not be
drones in the hive of human industry, or birds of
predatory species. Then, will the mechanic be
valued according to and the cultivation
of his mind, rather tlian the length of a pocket etuff
.ri t'nti of rjHfoir do l- Those urt erw errvpty fitnar oj
wfmal ahi h hold their heads the highest. A native
bom Georgian, and (by accident)
A Mkmukr or the Convention.
[communicated.]
Mr. Editor -.—With your kind permission, I
propose to furnish your readers, from time to time,
with brief aeeounts of the various useful, ornamental
and other industrial enterprises in and around Au
gusta. For, connected as they are with the highest
interests of the city and Stats, 1 am sure they are
subjects of regard by all.
I propose to take the initiative with the establish
ment of Messrs. Tucker Perkins. Ido tins be
cause I have particularly kind feelings towards
them, the result of the pleusurable emotions excited
by a recent visit to their gallery. And if the lovers
of art desire to be most emphatically but pleasura
bly disappointed, let them just drop in and see some
of their colored Photographs, fresh from tho pencil
of Mr. Itostron.
They are taken on canvas, life-size If desired, and
colored by Mr. Koßtron, who is one of the best
Portrait Painters in this country. Ilia pictures are
not excelled either in the likeness, the expression,
the correctness and depth of coloring, tho tone or
finish, by any pictures we have ever seen anywhere;
and it is a matter of satisfaction to at! to know that
he is appreciated.
I look upon the success of Messrs, 'fucker At Per
kins in this branch of the fine arts as one of no small
importance.
It is well known that, for some months past, hun
dreds of dollars have gone out of the city to procure
pictures of this description. This will now go to
this establishment to remunerate the firm for the
heavy outlays defrayed to start the enterprise hue.
Wo were pleased to see some familiar faces among
their samples of work, and can assure our friends
that a visit to their rooms will be a source of plea
sure to themselves and gratification to tho firm.
December 27tli, 185*1.
ICOMMUNICATED.I
Mr. Editor :—As the time is near at hnnff f-»r
w./usuoes or lfie inferior Court, and
no candidates having been announced for that sta
tion, of so much importance to the people of the
county, we suggest the following gentleman as can
didates ;
Benjamin H. Warren,
James 15. Bishop,
Caret F. Parish,
Kobeht Y. Harris,
Thomas Skinner.
Many Voters.
Kansas — Buchanan and Douglas. —A corres
pendent of the New York Herald, writing from
Washington, under date of the 23d instant, gives
the following as the position of Messrs. Buchanan
and Douglas on the Kansas question :
Betters recently received here from parties com
petent to speak on tho subject, are most positive in
the declaration that Mr. Buchanan earnestly desires
to make Kansas a Free Stale, if it can bo done
without taking too open a part in effecting it. His
theory is that if it comes in free, the Republican par
ty will be broken down, and that the feature of the
Kansas Nebraska bill, which is now so unpopular in
the Flee States, will be vindicated and approved.—
On the contrary, should it come in as a Slave State,
the North will be still more aroused, and the contest
of 18(10 certainly end in the defeat of the “National
Democratic'’candidate. Hence, on the ground of
political expediency,he earnestly desires that Kan
sas should lie secured to Freedom. Dougins, at heart,
shares in this feeling, and from the same motive ;
but he will be very enretut not to take any step
openly which shall moke even tho most ultra Sla
very-exteutionist suspect him in the least. He cer
tainly will not perform any more open services to
Slavery at present., but will fall back upon his
Kansas record, and claim Southern confidence and
support iu return for having given the South a fair
chance to get Slavery established in that Territory.
If they fail, he will maintain that it was their own
fault.
The Recent Massacre in Kentucky— Further
Particular s.—The telegraph announced briefly, a
few days ago, that a family of four persons of the
name of Joyce, living some miles from Louisville,
were nil brutally murdered, and their dwelling, with
their bodies, consumed by fire. The following ad
ditional particulars we gather from the Louisville
Courier :
The house was the property of William Joyce, a
youug mau, who was fortunately away from home
Oil the night of the murder to attend a wedding. He
had, however, left a brother, Richard Joyce, aged
19. at tlic house to take care of his property and the
family during his abseuce. The inmates of the
jiouse were Mrs. Lydia Joyce, her son Richard
Jovee, a young man of 19. Mrs. Welsh, her daugh
t r, a widow, aud the latter’s little daughter, a child
of three years. The oldest son, William Joyce, the
owner of tho house, as before stated, was away
from home. The house was burnt to the ground
late Thursday night, aud the next morning an in
vestigation ted to the terrible belief that the entire
household had beeu murdered. The charred re
mains of the two women were found near the fire
place, while those of the young man were lying in
tlu-place supposed to have beeu occupied by the
l*-'' l - „ , -
Mi. Wm. Joyce returned to Ins home to find it a
mass of smouldering ruins, aud with the assistance
of the neighbors instituted a vigorous investigation
of the premises, and the cause of the disaster. Sus
picion at once fastened upon several of the negroes
m the vicinity, aud, on searching the premises of
Mr. Pendleton, a watch, coat, pants, and other
things, the property of Wm Joyce, were found se
creted under the in-use. Bill, a slave of Mr. Pen
dleton, was then arrested, aud confessed that he
and three others murdered the family, plundered
and then fired the house. At tins revelation the
greatest excitement prevailed, aud lynch law was
about to be enforced at once, but calmer judgment
overruled tiie action of the more hasty, and the
three other negroes implicated were caught and tied
to stakes t > make them confess, which they finally
Hid. and were committed to jail. They stated that
the-Vj went to the house about midnight, broke
open tiie door, and encountered Richard Joyce, the
brother of William. He was brained with a club
in the presence ot his mother and sister. The aged
mother seized a pair of tongs to rush to the defence
, t her son. but on the instaut was attacked by the
negroes, one erf whom knocked her senseless with a
o lib. The daughter, Mrs. Welch, attempted to es
cape out of a window, but was eangbt by the feet,
dragged back, and ihen beaten to eieath. The in
furitued ruffians then sacked the house, took the
little girl ot Mrs. Wele-h, threw it upon the bed,
set tire to it aud tied, the child being actually burnt
alive.
Reactionary Oratory. —The editor of the
Cooperetoira N. Y.) Journal, a Buchanan paper,
speaks as follows of the effect of his oratory in the
late canvass :
Two or three weeks before the election, we de
clined makiutr any more political speechts. NVe are
now convinced that we should have "held up" some
time before we aid'. We made two speeches in this
town, and here the Democrats "cot licked" awfully.
We spoke from one of the pulpits in Burlington,
and "thunder ' was the result. We attended one
meeting at Milford, and there the Democrats got
particular "Jessie." We went over to Richfield and
talked an hour and a half to a "full meeting." Look
at the tigures'. Spent a day and a half in making a
pilgrimage to Morris, and there the ‘unterrifird"
a; thrashed out of t heir boots' Spoke one night at
Westfbrd. and were assured that our speech had "a
good effect." So we should think! Large increase
ol opposition majority.
Mis asp Provisions tor Ges. Walker. —The
ship Tennessee which sailed from New York on
Wednesday for San Juan de Nicaragua, took out
men and provisions in aid of General Walker.—
The authoiities made no effort to prevent tne sail
ing of the steamer. The Journal of Commerce
says i
The pier was thronged by friends of the “cause,"
who exhibited their attachment thereto by an inor
dinate amount of cheering. Rumor had stated that
two hummed and titty men had arrived here from
Philadelphia to take the steamer, and that the en
t re load 01 patriots would number not less than four
hsudred. As usual, it turns out that rumor exagge
rateO »tittle, for the ac tual number of passengers,
a'l tod. » HS do in the cabin and 111 in the steerage.
They go free of expense, with grants of land in pros
pect. The re, : , ulo lrom philaoeldhia, upon unuuie
ration, dwindltddown to fifteen. Amougthe pas
s< tigers were Col. AutWrsan, Capt. John Creighton
and t apt h raneis U Keefe. r JI of the Nicaraguan
army Gen. Wheat, formerly of Louisiana, and
Capt. Lewis. The Tennessee takes out the follow
ing items of provisions tor the starving axuiv—
bread, 250 barrels bacon. 5,000 pound*® pork. 20
barrels; hams,2oo pounds; salt. 12 sacks tea 'for
the use of the sick) 4 chests. The cost of the outfit
was about $2,00C. which was raised by contribu
tions at the Tabernacle meeting and from various
other sources.
It was annouucedat the meeting that one thous
and stand ot arms had been donated to the cause,
but there were no sign? of any such foimidable
equipment on board. The men have not been or
ganised in companies, and most of them were evi
dently thrown together for the first time. About
one half of the lot were fresh from the country.—
They will be drilled in the theory of war on the way
out. and will doubtlessget into an extensive practice
immediately after their arrival
What a Pious Man. —Rev. Henry Ward Beech
er recently remarked to bis hearers in church that
he could say what probably very few men could,
viz : that he is not able to designate one card from
another by its name . that he had never witnessed a
play, nor yet an opera, and that he had never been
Ito a circus ; that he was unable to name different
liquors by their color or taste ; and that into certain
improper place* he had never entered.
Drstrorfive fires in Philadelphia*
The telegraph bas coticed three destructive fires
.in Philadelphia on Tuesday The Bulletin of
Wednesday afternoon says:
A little before 2 o ck>ck this morning a fire broke
out in the extensive frame stable of Mills A 1 lace,
omnibus proprietors, ou Till street, above Market,
West Philadelphia The flames were communica
ted about the middle, of the stalne, and so frightful
was the rapidity with which they spread, that of the
great numt>er of horses in the building, but two wer?
got out alive, and they were ao badly burned that it
will be necessary to kill them. One hundred and
thirty horses perished tn the fames.
Thirty on.*nibusses and all the harness, hay. feed.
U.c , in*the stable were destroyed, involving a loss
of about $ 10,000. From the stable the fire commu
nicated to a row of four smah dwellings, bask of
Till street, and so furious was the tire that the occu
pants of these dwellings were compelled to fly for
their lives, ieaving all their eff-cts behind. Wm.
Mooney, the occupant of one of these houses, bad
barely time to escape from his blazing home, with
his wife and childrenin their night clothes. These
four houses were owned by John Dickinson, and
they were occupied by \\ m. Mooney, Preston Mid
dleton and Win. Patton.
The firemen did all that men could do in their ef
forts to prevent the spread of the fire : but despite
ail their exertions, the stable and the dwellings alrea
dy des' ribed were entirely destroyed. Other pro
perty in the neighboi hood was much exposed, but
it was prevented from igniting. Two houses on Till
street, belonging to Wm. Simpson, were greatly en
dangered.
The scene presented on the ground this morning
is sickening. The half-burned bodies of the poor
beats which perished in the flames, lay where their
stalls stood when the tire broke out, .and their posi
tions generally indicated the greatness of the tor
ture they suffered. The origin of the fire is attribu
ted to incendiarism . but how the incendiary could
perform has work, under the circumstances, is a mys
tery. The property was in tho hands of the Sheriff,
and it was advertised to be sold to day. At the
time the fire was kindled, there were two of the
Sheriffs watchmen on duty, who were in the servi
ces of the firm. These men state that the fire first
broke out iu the centre of the stable, and it spread
with such rapidity that tuey could barely get them
selves out of the building. Mr. David Mills was
also sleeping in the office, and he had only time to
fly for his Use.
This fire caused a very great light, and a tre
mendous excitement prevailed throughout the dis
trict.
Os another fire, it says :
Between ten and eleven o’clock last night a fire
broke out in the lower part of large a four story brick
factory, in Edward street, between Second School
streets, in the .Sixteenth VV'ard, owned by Mr. John
Funston, and occupied by a number of mechanics
who use steam machinery iu their business. The
fire was confined to a small portion of the building,
and it was thought that it was entirely extinguished
but subsequently broke out afresh, anuuotwithstand
the strenuous exertions of the firemen, it extended
from floor to floor until the structure was destroyed
witli its contents.
The flames from the burning factory extended to
U two alo ry brick dwelling on the efisd. the upper
part of which was destroyed. The furniture in this
building was pf*rtially destroyed, and the portion
saved suffered greatly in the removal. Many of the
neighbors moved their goods to places of safety, but
with the exception of the small dwelling described
above none of the adjoining property was seriously
damaged, llepworth's Universal Machine Shop,on
the corner of School and Edward streets, was some
what damaged about the roof.
There was a powerful steam engine in the buiM
ing, and this propelled a great variety of machinery
throughout the factory. Mr. Funston occupied the
fourth story for manufacturing brush blocks. The
third story was used by Robinson A: liart, manu
facturers of fancy paper lor boxes. A. M. Collins
Co. occupied the second store as a manfectory of
paste board. Their loss is SISOO, which is entirely
covered by insurance. George Gable occupied the
first floor as a brush block manufactory, and had on
hand a considerable stock of blocks. M. 11. Ktiser
occupied a portion of the building for bone turning,
and the manufactory of buttons. Wedder «s
cabinet makers, also” occupied a part of the second
floor. King & Sperry’s bedpost and chair bottom
manufactory occupied the most of the basement in
Edward street. Their loss is SISOO, of which only
SSOO is insured.
There were other tenants in the building, but in
the B-onfusion which exists it is difficult to ascertain
all their names or th? ejrtjot amount of their losses.
The entire loss will probably reach $30,000, a por
tion of which is covered by insurance. A great
number of persons employed in the building will
be thrown out of employment for a time by the
calamity.
The sasli and blind factory of W Chayncey was
burnt the same night. Loss S2OOO.
Burntimoftlic Steamer Knoxville,
The New York Times, of the 23d gives the follow
iDg particulars of the burning of the Steamer’Knox
ville.
The steamer Knoxville, of the Savannah line of
steamers, caught fire last evening, shortly before 8
o'clock, and before the fire could be extinguished
became a total wreck.
The steamer was lying at her pier, No. -1 North
liiver, where she has beeu lying the past ten days
for repairs to tier engine. Some men hqd been at
work during the day in recall ing the boilers attach
ed to the engine, and as the fire was first discovered
between the decks in the vicinity of the boilers, it
is presumed that it originated through the careless
ness of the workmen in leaving improperly attend
ed to the fire which they had !-«-« "?. m E
iu soldering. The fire was first discovered by
the second steward of the steamer. At the time, be
sides him, there was only the private watchmen on
board. The alarm was soon given, and the First
Ward Police woro promptly ou hand. They sought
by means of the lioso belonging to the dock, to ex
tinguish the fire, but were unable to attach the hose
to the hydrant. For this the tire ha i got under ve
ry considerable headway before any engines had
reached the pier, some twenty minutes after the
alarm was first given. Isy this time t’e flames had
extendedso-ne thirty feet each way from the main
boiler. While part of the engines, therefore, com
menced playing upon the burning steamer, a portion
directed their attention to the piers ou either side,
and upon the steamers and vessels lying adjacent,
to prevent the conflagration extending to them. But
it required much hard labor on the part of the fire
man to confine the flames to the steamer. By 9
o’clock the entire of her upper part excepting some
twenty feet of the bows were consumed
Soon alter 9 o’clock an attempt was made to
scuttle the vessel, but they could not make her
sink. The only effect of the scuttling was to make
the steamer careen to the starboard side. From
the fact of there being no cargo or ballast on board,
it was found impossible to sink her. At 10] o’clock
the inaiumast fell, striking with its summit the
pier, but, fortunately, injuring no one in its descent.
The fire was still burning on the steamer at a late
hour last night. Besides the firemen iu attendance
there was a large throng of spectators on the piers
and vessels adjacent. The whole sky was illumina
ted brilliantly—tho effect being much increased by
the falling snow.
The Knoxville was built two and a half years
since by Mr. Win. 11. Webb at a cost of $200,000
for the Savannah line, and has been running be
tween that port and this city ever since.
She was 225 feet in length, 35 feet breadth, and
22 feet depth of hold, with 1,275 tonnage. She was
insured for about SIOO,OOO. The only things saved
from the store-room were some canvas and ropes,
of minor value, on board. Ail the plate aud turui
ture were destroyed.
I-ater from Texas.
The steamer Charles Morgan, Capt. Place, from
Indianola ami Galveston, arrived yesterday.—
By this arrival, we have Galveston papers to the
18th instant, and others, from interior and coast
towns.
The Galveston News, of the 16th says :
We cannot learn definitely wbat amount of sugar
will be made iu Texas this year; but it will not pro
bably exceed one thousand will
more likely fall short of that amount. Nearly all
our planters are compelled to save what little they
have for plant cane, in order to make a crop anot her
year.
The Fairfield Pioceer notices the recent burning
of Mr. Joseph Cook’s gin-house, and the loss ot
twenty bales of cotton. Supposed to be the work of
an incendiary.
The San Antonio Texan, of the llth inst-, says :
On Friday night last several Indians were prow
ling around the ranches some fifteen or twenty miles
west of Antonia. They took all the horses from the
ranche of one. man, and we expect every day to
hear of more depredations.
The same paper has a letter dated Fort McKaveit
Texas, Nov. 13, giving the following account of a
fight with ludians;
Capt. Bradfuto, of the 2d Cavalry, with a portion
of his company, whilst scouting up the main branch
of the Concho,’on the 26th inst., came in contact with
ten Caraanehe warriors and one sqnaw, ou their way
down towards the settlements; and alter a fight of
about three hours, succeeded iu killing off the whole
party of Indians except the squaw, whom they
brought into Fort McKaveit unhurt.
The whole cf their animals, two good rifles, several
bows and arrows, shields and other Indian fixings,
fell iuto the hands of the captors.
Capt Bradfuto had one of his men shot through
both legs with a rifle ball, and one ot his horses
wounded with an arrow. The clothing and hats of
the Captain and his party were pretty severely cut
up with arrows.
This has been a gallant affair while it lasted, as the
cavalry hmd to fight the Indians their own fashion,
sometimes dismounted and fighting through the
chapparal, and again mounting and charging over
the prairie, crossing and recrossing the river, some
times on foot and again on horseback.
From some information Capt. Bradfute gleaned
from the squaw, his prisoner, (who speaks Spanish)
he is led to believe that a larger party of Camanches
are encamped high up on ttie Concho, and like a
brave warrior, he is again in the saddle, aud has put
out this morning for the Concho, having been re-in
forced here by Lient. Holabird and ten men of the
Ist Infantry, mounted on mules.—-V. O. Picayune,
21<1 inst.
Fire? —Yesterday ofternoon an alarm of fire was
given in the vicinity of Franklin Reservior Square,
the shingle roof of the out-house, in rear of the resi
dence of Mr. Win. Waters, having ignited from a
fire cracker, thrown on it. The fire was extinguish
ed without damage to the premises.
Another. —About twelve o'clock yesterday an
alarm of fire was given in the vicinity of Washington
Square. The stove pice leading through the brick
wall, and from the cellar of the Shamrock Hall situ
ated on Hay street, between Houston and East
Broad took fire, and the sparks lodged between the
weather-boarding and the sill of the building, igni
ted the same. The fire was extinguished without
doing any damage to the premises.
And Another.—The one story wooden building on
a brick basement, situated on the South East corner
of Montgomery and South Broad streets, and owned
bv Mrs. Isabella Evans, was discovered to be on
fire this morning a few minutes before four o'clock.
When we arrived at the scene of the conflagration
the house was enveloped in flames, and threatened
destruction to the adjoining wooden building south.
By the active exertions of the firemen, it was con
fined to the corner building, which was oeeupied by
Mr. Wm. D. Bashlor. In the basement story was
his retail grocery store. Very little of its contents
were saved. Loss about $6,000, insured in the Lon
don Phoenix Eire ofiice. R. Habersham A Son Agts.
for $6,600. The dwelling portion of the building
over the grocery 6tore, was also occupied by Mr.
Bashior. His loss in furniture is about SIOO. insured
for s'-!00 in the London Phornix Fire oflice. The
building is a total wreck, with no insurance. Mrs.
Evans' loss is about $1,500. — Savh. Georgian of
Thursday.
Ri mored Duel. —A New York correspondent of
the Albany Argus says that Col. Fremont has chal
lenged Toombs. of Georgia, to a duel.— Exchange.
Another rumor confirms the above. It is rumor
efl that the arrangements for the meeting are all
c >mplete. and that the battle ground has been se
lected. Henry Ward Beecher, the Brooklyn warri
or and philanthropist, is robe Fremont's second, and
Brooks, of South Catoima. is to be second for
Toombs. l>rs. H. Greeley and T. Weed, will be in
attendance ou Fremont—they having bled him so
frequently they understand his constitution. The
weapon’s* will be Sharpes rifles, loaded by Beecher
with Kansas gas. Tae distance will be four miles
:bv request ol Fremont.) and the time midnight (by
the request of Beecher.) The combatants to wheel
and Are iike fury. Toombs thinks this is the surest
way to kill Fremont, (scare him to death.) and
therefore consents to time and distance. Brooks
desired canes for weapons. The ground selected is
Kamtschatka, (by advice of Burlingame.) A boat
will be chartered by Congress to take as many ot
Fremont’s friends as desire to be “in at the death.”
with the understanding tnat they are to remain
there to keep slavery from spreading its blight over
that fertile country. After the fight, a Kamtschat
ka dog will give'a howl for freedom. — Lockport
Advertiser.
Distinguished Convert? to Freesoil.—Sena
tor Douglas, during hie recent visit to Clifton Springs,
New York, made a sneech in which he repeated the
declaration which he frequently made during the
canvass, that there was no danger of the extension
of slavery into Kansas, for it was "against the gene
ral conscience and prejudices of the people of the
country.’’ Gen. Shields was present on the occa
sion, and made a still stronger freesoil speech, pro
claiming himself & “thorough anti slavery man,’’ and
declaring that if he were an inhabitant of Kansas
he would ‘oppose the introduction of slavery'
From Iht Ciuirleiton Mercury. '
The Cotton Crop.
Washington, Dec. Si. t£S6.
Gintkemen ;■ — Believing, as 1 do, that a syste
matic effort has tteen carried on for years, in tais
country and in England. by speculators and rnanu
| factureraof our great staple, Cotton, to - wt-ll t l '*
estimates of the annua! production, in order that :t
mar be obtained, from its honest pioducers, at less
than its real and intrinsic value ; and desirous, if I
can, to afford the planters of the South some aid by
which they may be induced to realize a better
price by holding their crops until the demand forces
a fair’and iust value— I have concluded to send you.
the result of an inquiry, which, for my own satisfac
tion, I instituted here, and which may have some
effect in accomplishing my object. .
I see that several estimates have recently been
published and sent to England, varying from -’.<##>-
OOU to 3,200,0U0 bales, neither of watch, in my judg
ment, will likelv be realized.
It will be recollected that, last year we had the
credit of making 3,500,000 bale*, and, I beueye,
about that quantity went to the ports; but it is weu
known that, of that, a considerable portion was ot
the crop of 1854. which had been retained in Ala
bama. Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, and per
haps in a pai l of Louisiana, in consequence of low
rivers and want of transportation, until long a*ter
the month of September, the usual time of making
up the estimates. I have never heard that portion
estimated at less than 200,1KK) bales, and, lam in
clined to believe, ; t would nearer approach 250,000.
Be this as it may, 3,500,000 bales were thrown into
the market from the Ist September, 1^55,t0 Septem
ber, 1856 ; and during a war in Europe, for about
tive months oi the first of the season, with a high
rate of interest for money in England, and a higher
rate of prices for provisions than usual throughout
the civilized world, and yet the whole crop was sold
leaving no extraordinary accumulation in Liverpool
and commanding, at the very last of the sales in this
country, about 12 cent- 1 per pound.
In addition to this, it is very well known that the
crop of last year wa3 more completely sold out at
the commencement of the present than has been
known in many years previous ; and tue. present
season found Europe in peace, with no serious tail
ing off of the provision crop anywhere, with no
known reason why money matters should be a?
stringent as last year, with prices of almost every
thing ranging higher than usual, and Australia and
California yielding their usual supply of gold.
Bearing these facts in mind, let me now refer to
the result of niy inquiry, among members of Con
gress (without concert together) from different parts
of every cotton-growing State in the Union, many
of whom are planters, and nearly all ot whom let!
home after the picking saason was far advanced,
and whose statements, in writing, I have before
me. **
In Texas, Gen. Rusk thinks the crop will ex eed
that of 1855, by 20 per cent., in consequence of in
crease of land in cultivation, and hands from immi
gration.
In Arkansas, Senator Johnson estimates the crop
at 10 per cent, increase, in consequence of extend
ed cultivation from immigration. Mr. Greenwood
the same. Mr. Rust thinks the crop will be short
in his district 20 per cent, on the lands cultivated
in 1855, but makna no estimate from extended cul
tivation.
In Louisiana, Mr. Sandige estimates the crop as
20 per cent, short of the crop of 1655.
In Mississippi, Mr. Bennet estimates the crop at
one-third lees than the crop of 1855 ; Mr. Barksdale
the same, that is, at one third short ; Gcd. Quitman
at one-third short; Mr. Lake at one-fourth sh.rt,
and Mr. Wright at one-fourth short.
In Alabama, Mr. Shorter estimates the crop tone
fourth short of 1855 ; Mr. Dowdell one third short;
Mr. llaines one-third short; Mr. Cobb at one-fourth
short, and Mr. Houston at one-half short.
In Georgia, Mr. Crawford represents the crop at
per cent, short of last year ; Judge Warner one*
thira short; Mr. Cobb one-half short . Mr. Stephens
two-thirds short , Mr. Foster at 60 per cent, short,
and Mr. Trip from 37} to 50 per cent, short.
In Tennessee, Mr. Rivers (Memphis) represents
the crop one-half short of 1855 ; Mr. Wright one
half-short: Mr. Jones one-third short, and Mr.
Reedy (Middle Tenn.) as much as last year.
In North Carolina, Mr. Craig estimates the crop
at one third short of 1855.
in Florida, Mr. Maxwell estimates the crop as
short, decidedly, but makes no estimate.
In South Carolina, Mr. Orr estimates the crop at
one fourth short of 1855 ; Mr. Keitt at one-third
short ; Mr. Brooks at one-fourth short, and Mr.
Boyce and myself at more than one-fourth short.
By reference to these estimates, it may be seen
that Texas w ill make twenty per cent, increase ex
treme ; Arkansas ten per cent, extreme : Louisiana
twenty per cent, short. In Mississippi three esti
mates make the crop one-third short, and two one
fourth short, which would justify an estimate at
more than one-fourth deficit. In Alabama two esti
mates give one-fourth falling off, two one-third, and
one one-half, which indicates an average of a little
less than one-third deficit. In Georgia, the greatest
falling off is two thirds of the cr« p, and the least is
more than one-third, giving, as a fair average, but
little more than half a crop throughout the State. —
In Tennessee the two most important districts are
estimated one-jialf of a crop, one at two-thirds, and
one full crop, (Mr. Readdy’ii) where the cotton is
manufactured at Nashville, and does not affect the
estimate at the ports. North Carolina gives a fall
ing off of one-third. In Florida the crop is estima
ted as short. In South Carolina, the average de
ficit is estimated at slightly over 25 per cent. It
will be seen from this, that a general estimate of
one-fourtl* deficit on the entire cotton crop, would
be less than might be stated upon the above data;
still, however, let us make the estimate upon that
basis, and assuming, as I think, correctly, the real
cron grown in 1855 to have been 3,300.000 bales, and
thoprooenl. ,rup as Olie-lOUI 111 SllOl't, being 825,000
hales, we have, as the crop grown this year, 2,475,-
000, which will not be greatly exceeded, notwith
standing there is, in all the newer States, increased
cultivation, and a greater number of hands employ
ed. Many of these hands can only produce an in
creased quantity in their new fields, while their la
bor is a loss to the States from whence they were
taken.
Jt may be well remarked in this connection, that
while there is an increase of production from ex
tended cultivation in the newer States, there Is a
corresponding falling off from the deterioration tak
ing place constantly on old plantations in the older
States. It is, however, equally true that there are
hands carried out from the non-cotton-growing
States, whose labor adds to the annual increase of
the culture of cotton. Therefore, in view of all
these tilings, in making a liberal estimate of the ac
tual crop, we may add 225,000 bales to the number
estimated above,' which gives the outside total as
2,700,000 bales, which, probably, will be found to
be about the amount produced.
I presume it is hardly necessary for me to say,
that no speculative inducement has influenced me
in obtaining the foregoing information. I was ac
tuated, in the beginning, from a desire to inform
myself as a cotton grower in regard to the sale of
my own crop, (which is more than one third short of
that of last year) and seeing no reason, whilst near
ly all other products in this country have doubled
their foimer price, why cotton should not keep pace
in some degree; and wishing to give its producers
at large the benefit of information that may be im
portant to them, you may publish this letter, to be
received by them for what it is worth.
Your obedient servant,
John McQueen.
The Steamer America. —Yesterday morning,
the British and North American royal mail steam
ship America, Captain Long, returned to this port
in a disabled state, having encountered a severe
gale in the Channel. The America sailed from
the Mersey on Saturday last, with a large number
of passengers and the usual mails, for Boston. Af
ter leaving the port she met with very severe
weather, but continued her course without inter
ruption until the morning of Tuesday last, the 9th
instant. She then lay-to about fifty* miles west of
Cape Clear. While in this position she was struck
by a tremendous sea, the gale raging at the time
with terrific violence. The decks were completely
swept, and considerable alarm was created on
board, more especially among the passengers. The
bulwarks were carried away, as well as three boats.
The steward’s pantry suffered in a similar manner,
a great portion of the contents being destroyed,
and the fore saloon completely gutted.
The vessel sustained other damage, though of mi
nor importance. One of the crew was badly in
jured, having received a compound fracture of both
his legs. Others of the me.\ were more or less
bruised, but not seriously. The shock was so great
as to knock the furniture about i.i all directions, to
the great consternation of the passengers, some of
whom sustained slight bruises. It is said teat five
seamen were carried off the vessel by the sea, but
most miraculously driven back by a returning wave
—only one, the man previously referred to, receiv
ing any serious injury. Captain Long maintained
the utmost coolness and self-possession duriug the
trying scene. Finding the vessel in such a disa
bled condition, he had no alternative but to put her
about, in order to save the ship and passengers.—
This being done, he steamed direct l>r this port,
where lie arrived at an early hour yesterday morn
ing. The America now lies in the Uuskisson Dock,
and will require to be laid up for some time for re
pairs.
At half-past six on Wednesday evening, the
America exchanged signals with the United States
mail stearner Baltic, which sailed from the Mersey
in the morning for New York. This circumstance
will probably do the means of allaying any tears on
the other side of the Atlantic us to the safety of the
America.
Immediately on the arrival of the vessel at this
port, those of the crew who had been injured were
sent to the Northern Hospital. —Liverpool Mercury,
Dec. 12.
CongreMS—Friday,
In the Senate, after the adoption of some resolu
tions of inouiry and the reception of several reports
from the War Department, the appropriation bids
passed by the House were taken up and referred.—
The Senate then-, in accordance with the previous
understanding, adjourned to Tuesday next.
In the House of Representatives several bills
were reported from the committees. The bill pro
viding for the prepayment of all transient printed
matter was parsed. A bill granting a pension to
Mi's. Evelina Porter, widow of L om. David Porter,
was lost. The opposition seemed to be the clause
dating the pension from the Commodore’s death ;
and. on motion of Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, after
some remarks by Mr. Oliver, of New lork, explan
atory of the measure, the vote of rejection was re
considered, and the bill was recommitted for amend
ment. The House then spent some time in Com
mittee of the Whole on the private calendar, and
two bills reported therefrom were passed. It was
difficult to keep a quorum present; and, on motion
ot Mr. Stephens, the House adjourned to Tuesday
next. — Nat. Intel.
A Deplorable Picture of Nicaragua.— lt is
stated that immediately after the surprise of Grana
da. “the city was plundered, its inhabitants were
insulted, and many of them were arrested and impri
soned. One of these, Don Chamorro, was compell
ed to see the sack ©f his home, his fair young wife
in the power of merciless freebooters, who cut her
fingers to take off her rings, and her subjected to other
outrages. The unhappy husband was thrown into
prison, and threatened to be shot at every moment,
and his wife died at lasi of her sufferiugs.” This is,
indeed, a lamentable picture of the conduct of the
filibusters, and if correct, the miscreants who were
engaged in such inhuman cruelties deserve the exe
crations of civilized mankind. The statement is
made on the authority of a correspondent of the
Nc-w York Tribune. Let us hope, for the sake of
justice and humanity, that it is exaggerated.— Phil
‘adelphia Inquirer.
Pacific Railroad. —The correspondent of the
Journal of Commerce, says of the Pacific Railroad:
■•No bill can pass that does not embrace a provi
sion for th ref roads. The Northern road wiii, as the
Northern capitalists and business men, who favor it,
think, be the first road made, and this road will pass
through the Territory ot Kansas, and afford employ
ment in that Territory to a great number of free la
borers. and conduct into it a flood of immigra’ion
from the Eastern States and Northern States, and
from foreign countries .”
The First Shad. —The question who is Prcf.
Brooks ? was some time since settled.
A question of more grave and vital importance
has been under consideration since. Jit is who
caught, or who should catch, the first Shad ? This
question was settled yesterday, and as we believe,
to the entire satisfaction of all interested parties.
Messrs. Martin <t Sterling, caught m the Sa
vannah river yesterday, the first Shad of the sea
son.
This member of the finny tribe strayed awav from
his abolition friends of the'North, and suffered him
self to be caught in Southern waters, to be served
up on a Southern table.
It was purchased from the eapturers by Mr. P.
Gallagher, and was forwarded by him to Mr. T. M.
Hogan, at Columbus. Ga.
Times are so hard in Savannah, that nobody here
can afford to eat the "first shad"—and that is always
the case.— Sac. Georgian, 'doth met.
A Discovery. —A party hunting in Angelina co.,
Texas, found in a cave two human bodies entirely
petrified, dressed in a style neiLher Indian or Euro
pean. The features and dress were admirably pre
served. A garment, which must have resembled a
banting shirt, seemed to have been worn by each,
and partly preserved by petrefaccation, was dis
tinctly visible, especially 'at its seams and lolds. On
the waist of one was a buckle of pure gold, almost
three inches in diameter, securely imbedded in the
body The features were not much shrunken, the
eyes were p#tly closed, and even traces of (be eye
brows couldbe seen plainly.— N. O. lice.
Dead of 1 Sso.
The New York Herald has the following in relation
j to the distinguished dead of the past year:
I \We publish this morning our index
! the year which will el«*6c in a few days, and trust
! mat an* attentive perusal 01 its contents will have a
! salutary efioct in restrain* the excesses of the fcoli
-1 jgvs as well as in elevating many minds from mean
i pursuits to an admiration of the dignity of virtue
j ind patriotism. It is impossible for any one not to
I bo more serious when he reflects on the number of
busy minds and brave and ambitious heart* which
I have been stilled within the short period of twelve
j months. This republic has lost Mr. Berrien and
Mejor Eaton—members of Gen. Jackson’s Cabinet
—Senator Clayton, Gov. Troup and Commodore
Morris, and others who counselled for her interest in
the Cabinet, and upheld her dignity amidst the con
tention of factions and during the perils of war.—
i England has to regret the death of Lord Hardinge,
' the hero of many bloody fights; Sir Henry Pot lin
ger, a najiitury diplomat; Sir John Ross, the Arctic
navigator ; Buckfand, the geologist, and Westma
cott, the sculpter. Russia mourns for Prince Pas
| kiewiteh, the* brilliant representative of two Czars
; in Poland . Prince Woronzoff, a faithful and saga
! cious counseller: Gen. Rudigers, a valiant soilder,
and Admiral Surcow. whose name is immortalized
for the planning aud carrying into operation the
bridge which led his comrade? frem the south to the
north side of Sebastopol after the capture of the
Malakoff.
Poland still regards the name of Igna.iue Turkull
as that borne by one of her most unspotted patriots,
although he returned to her soil to die in the train ot
the autocrat of Russia. Some ot the old statesmen
of Fiance have died in different parts of the world,
whilst many of her modern lights have been extin
gnisbecTin the capital. A page of Napoleon the
Great expired in Paris; aud one of his companions
on the retreat from Moscow yielded up his life at
Buffalo, in this State, refusing for thirty five years
to speak the language which he said had been used
for the destruction oi his chief. Count Bonibelies,
who married Maria Louise after the first Emperor
of France died on the Continent, in great indi
gence. Count Esterhazy, of Austria, was carried
off' rather suddenly in Berlin, where he represented
the Emperor Francis Josephus 3|inu»ter. Sir \S ii
liam Temple, Lord Palmerston's brother, who tor a j
long time held the post of English Minister at the j
Neapolitan Court, is also dead. Science- literature j
and the tine arts have been stricken in the persons |
of Sharpe, the geologist; Pereival, the American
geologist; Sir William Hamilton, the metaphysician;
Von Biela,the astronomer; Henri Heine, the Ger
man writer; Caroline Lee Ileut?, Thierry and
Count de Tocqueville, aud a host ot others.
The musical and theatrical circles have lost
! Madame Vestris, Adolphe Adam, John Braham,
BocLsa, and Lindpainter, who composed as well as |
he painted. M. Sinn, of Vienna, who was worth
ft_.ll/, millions of pounds sterling, succumbed to death •
whilst John Sauiier worthily represented the gigan
tic swindlers of the age in the manner of his death, as
he did during his entire career. We could not in a
summary manner classify all the famous —or iula
mous as the case may be—persons who been
summoned to their account during 1856. So the
reader must attempt that task himself. The disci
ples of temperance all over the world have to gr ieve j
for the loss of Theobald Mathew, who died at Cork,
in Ireland, on the 2th of this month. The widows of
Mr Hukisson, of England; Henry Bell, who pro
polled tlie first vessel by steam in British waters ;
Clarkson, the famous abolitionist, and of Nicholas
Biddle, our gigantic banker, have also passed away.
The sudden death of George Steers is fresh in the
memory of all, and wo may say that the year has j
been fatal to many eminent mechanic#.
I The Late Father Mathew.— The iiew3 by the
Canada announced briefly the death of the celebra
ted Father Mathew, at Cork, on the 9th inst. The
following sketch of hia life will be read with in
terest :
Theobald Mathew was born in Tliomaeton, Ire
land, October 10,1790. He was left an orphan at
an early age, adopted by an aunt and educated in
Kilkenny Academy and at Maynooth. lie was or
dained to the priesthood at Dublin, having previous
ly entered upon his philanthropic labors among the
poor. The curse of whiskey, brought so fearfully to
his notie - among these wretched people, roused him
to unwonted enthusiam, and lie determined upon a
crusade against the demon of Alcohol. Adopting
the principle of total abstinence, ho commenced a
series of meetings, and soon awakened the latent
enthusiasm of the Irish nature to his assistance,
meeting with a success beyond the wildest hopes.—
lie travelled from town to town through ail the Is
land. His spotless fame preceded him, and his pro
gress was one triumphal march. The authorities
unbent their d'gnity to do him honor, and the peo
ple followed and crowded around him with adora
tion. lie administered the pledge to thousands at a
time; at Nenagh to twenty thousand in one day -,
at Galway a hundred thousand in two days ; be
tween Galway and Loughres to nearly twohundied
thousand.
From Ireland he went to England, where even the
phlegmatic Saxons were infected with a correspond
ing enthusiasm. Thence lie came to the United
States, where to shake hands with the apostle of
temperance and receive his medal with a pledge of
total abstinence was the highest ambition of every
worthy son and daughter of the Emerald Isle. His
warm reception and gratifying success in this coun
try are well remembered. Through all his Hercu
lean labor he never amassed a cent for himsell, but
was constantly in a state of personal poverty. —
When he began his good work his brother was the
proprietor of a large distillery. Ile supported Theo
bal(l until his wonderful success had ruined the dis
tillery, and reduced the owner to bankruptcy. To
meet the wante of the good Samaritan, the .British
government settled an annuity of £309 upon hiip,
which sum was Just sufficient to pay the premium
upon an insurance policy held by his creditors &»
security for their claims. Since his return to Ire
land, the weight of years and the exertions of long
labor have compelled his partial withdrawal from
public life, and his name has been less prominently
before the public. In personal address Father
Mathew was courteous, benevolent and winning in
the highest degree. The news of his death will be
received with profound regret by every true friend
of man throughout t he world.
The Cold-blooded Buchanan. —The New Or.
leans Delta , in the course of an article commenting
on the President's message, after an eloquent eu
logium on poor Pierce, whom it styles “irregularly
gifted,” says :
“And, after all, it i 3 not all certain that Mr. Bu
chanan will give us a more, comprehensive or vigo
rous policy. The latter is a cold-blooded politician,
of all men a man of expediency; a man who did not
achieve the Presidency, but merely lived into it, by
patiently biding his time, and keeping himself in a
good state of preservation, until other old stagers
had dropped otr or been retired upon the superauua
ted list. What can such a man, with lukewarm
blood and weak cerebellum, however clear his in
tellect, do, but preside respectably over a circumlo
cution office ? But we forget—we beg pardon—we
are under a promise not to prejudge Mr. Buchanan’s
administration; so we tusk the reader to consider
any thing in the foregoing, that may look like a pre
judgment, retracted, for the nonce ; and all we have
to say as to the probabilities of Mr. Buchanan’
repime is, nous verrons.
Mr. Benton’s Senatorial Prospects. —The
St. Louis Republican speaks of Mr. Benton’s pros
pects to go to the United States Senate from Mis
souri, as follows:
As to the point made, that Mr. Buchanan’s influ
ence is used in Missouri to have Benton returned to
the Senate, it is pure fiction. Mr. Buchanan can
not want him there—lns friends do not want him
there—he would blow the administration sky high if
he were there. There is not a real democrat in Mis
souri who does want him there. They might as well
put hempen twine around their necks and be hang
ed at once as suffer him to go back to the Senate
with the idea that he would forgive any one of them
for their opposition to him. Little and big, he would
hang them all.
An Insane Politician. —Tbe case of Mr. Adair,
of Clinton county, Michigan, affords a sad episode
in the life of a politician. This gentleman was the
democratic candidate fer county treasurer at the
late general election, and devoted himself to tbe
canvass tvith great zeai and industry. He made so
thorough a canvass of the county that he saw and
talked with almost every man. He had never been
beaten before tbe people, and bad been elected when
bis party generally were overthrown. Hut in the
late election lie was defeated, and is now a raving
maniac, requiring the constant care of two men to
prevent him from committing fatal injuries upon his
family, which he has frequently attempted.—Lu
faystte ( lnd.) Journal.
Thf. Hull of the Lost Steamer Arctic. —We
learn that in June last Capt. Conley, of thesebooner
Mentor, came to anchor in forty five fathoms water,
in latitude 4(i Jl, longitude not remembered, on the
western edge of the Grand Bank, about fifty miles
from land, and found that be had dropped his anchor
on a wreck. On heaving over the fish lines they
becarae entangled in wreck matter at about four or
five fathoms from the bottom, and the particles
found adberiDg to the hooks appeared to be portions
of i igging- It will be remembered that the steam
ship Arctic sank in September, 1854, within a very
short distance of the anchorage chosen by the Men
tor, and there can be little doubt that the wreck dis
covered was that of the ill-fated steamship.—-V. Y.
Courier.
Dei kvii'Ni. the South. — The New Orleans Bul
letin suggests the following methodof defending the
South : "The best way of defendingthe rights of the
South, " the Bulleiin says, is to make a vigorous and
ext ended assault upon old fields and dilapidated
fences. The enemy is sure to enter at every gap.
and lie concealed in every brier patch and acre of
weeds lie may discover. To rout him, horse foot
and dragoons, it is necessary to set the plough and
the spade going and then to overwhelm him with
mountains of manure. Nothing like manure for the
rights of the South, and the expulsion of its enemies.
They can’t stand it at all. The ‘Virginia and Ken
tucky Resolutions are nothing in comparison with it.
They may be attacked in front and rear, and terri
bly shattered; but muck from the swamps and deep
plowing, with a plenty of it, will prove invulnera
ble. Cotton bales are but gossamer in potency,
placed beside heaps of muck.
Conversions to Protestanism. —A London pa
per of November 29th, says:—‘The movement to
wards Protestanism in Bohemia, Moravia and Aus
trian Silesia, is becoming daily more immense and
overw-hchning, whole families, and in all their
branches, simultaneously embracing the Lutheran
creed, and leading others in the same route to the
consternation of the Korean Catholic clergy, who are
striving by every possible means to stop the cur
rent. It appears that the recent concordat with
the Pope, which disgusts the more intelligent inha
bitants of these countries, is the dominant cause of
this movement.”
The Emperor of Havti Putting Down as In
surrection. —Letters from the Island of Hayti, re
ceived in this citv, state that Souluque, the black
Emperor of Hayti. lately visited Aux Cayes for the
purpose of settling accounts with such of the inhabi
tants of that part cf the Island as had participated
in the late insurrection. Twenty-five of the most
guilty were shot, nineteen at one-time. He also
stated that any future rising would be punished in
an equally severe manner. The Island is now pro
foundly quiet, but is overstocked with exports from
the United States. The paper currency, which has
been as low in value as five cents, silver currency,
has now risen to six and a quarter cents.— Boston
Traveller, 22 d.
An Enterprising Woman, —An old woman in
Louisville pays SSO rent for a portion of the ground
over which Bear Grass Creek Sows, merely to have
the privilege of collecting the grease floating on the
surface of the creek from the hog slaughtering
houses located on that stream. She has been enga
ged in the traffic for a number of years, says the
Courier, and realized the first season the handsome
sum of S4OO. At that time she had the gleanings or
shimmings all to herself, bat since then a good deal
of riv&liy has spruug up in tie trade.
Tobacco Growing in New York. —The crop of
tobacco ha? become one of the staple productions of
the Chemung Valley, X. York, and is said to be more
profitable than any other crop. It is only about
three vears since it was introduced, and this year
two • r three hundred tons have been raised in that
county alone.
Time' or Fast Hordes—” Porters Spirit,” of
November 22d, says: The fastest mile ever made
by a running horse, was made by Henry Perrit, in
1 The fastest mile ever made by a pacer, was
Pocahontas, in 2.174 ; and the fastest mile ever
made in trotting, was made by Flora Temple, in
harness, in 1.24 J.
We understand a novel bet is shortly to be deci
ded at Baltimore, between a Bucks county (Pa.)
editor, and an ex-Govemor of New Mexico. Ike
one that first ecknowledges himself satisfied eating
ovcteis, is to carry all the shells to W asiiington on
his back on the 4th of March, "keeping step to the
music of the Union.”— Balt. County Advocate.
” A subterranean river bas been struck by the per
sons engaged in boring an artesian well at Hender
son, Kv, from which a jet of water is forced up
through the bore and thrown to the height of fifty
feet above the surface of the ground.
B1 TEJ.E GR A PIL
LATER FROM EUROPE.
arrival of the steamer
EUKOPA.
Xr wVoKK, Deo. 27.—The Europa has arrived
with three day? later rows from Europe.
Liverpool Market*
1 Liverpool, Dec. 15.—The Cotton market is un
| changed. Sales for the week 53, COO bales, of which
speculators took 8,000 and exporters 5,C00 bales.
Herman, Cox &, Co., quotes Middling Uplands
6 13 16.
Flour has declined fii to Is., aud Wheat 2 to 3d.
Trade in Manchester is satisfactory.
Consols has declined } and closed at 93J.
second despatch.
Richardson, Spence &: Co. quotes at a slight de
cline Ordinary and the better qualities of Cotton—
Middling being scarce, remains firm.
Geo. Holt & Co. quotes the market unchanged,
aud the demand fairly supplied. Middling Orleans
7d.
The Brokers’ ciroular quote Fair Orleans 7 3 ;
Fair Upland 7sd.
James McHenry's circular says ‘“Cotton is freely
offered. Middling Orleans 6| : Middling Mobile
6 !3-16d.”
Wright, Jr., & Co.’s circular states the market
closed steady. Sales on Friday 6000 bales. Fair
Uplands 7d.
Private letters quote the Cotton market firm at
6g # 7d. for Middling Orleaus ; 6| for Middling Up
lands.
Imports since the last steamer 36,000 bales.
Stock on hand 338,0 0 bales, including 216,000 bales
American.
In Manchester booth Goods and Yams have de
clined. Bell &. Son quotes American Stocks active
and advancing. The Bullion in the Bank of Eng
land increased £74,000.
The monthly returns of the Bank of France show
an increase of francs.
The political news is unimportant.
The Emperor of Austria received a chilling re
ception at Naples. .
England has commenced operations in the Per
sian gulf.
Prussia is about to commence measures again*t
Switzerland.
Later from California.
New V ork, Dec. 28.—The steamship Illinois ar
| rived on Sunday. The news from California is en
tirely unimportant.
There is nothing later from Nicaragua, except
a rumor that Walker had met with further re
verses.
Several British vessels had arrived at Panama,
I and reported that the report of the settlement be
j tween England aud the New Granadian government
was untrue.
The blockade of the New Granadian ports is dai
ly expected.
SECOND DESPATCH.
New York, Dec. 29 is now believed that the
report of the rescue of the captain aud fifteen others
belonging to the wrecked steamei Lyonnais, is un
true.
A Madrid letter announces the removal of Concha,
aud the appointment of Urbistoudo as his successor.
Later from Havana.
New York, Dec. 29.—The steamer Quaker City
has arrived with dates from Havana to the 25th in
stant.
Her news is uuimportant. Sugars were firm.
New York Market.
Saturday, Dec. 27. —Cotton market firm. Sales
to-day 3000 bales, which was taken previous to the
receipt of the Europa s accounts.
Monday, Dec. 29.— Cotton. —Market is firm
with sales to day 2,000 bales. Middling Uplands 13
cents. Flour has declined oto 12 cents. Wheat
has declined. Indian Corn dull.
Monday, Dec. 29,1 p. m.— Cotton. —There is an
exciting demand at lull irregular advanced prices.
Sales to day 180') bales at 11 @ 12£c.
New Orleans Market.
Friday, Dec. 26. — Cotton market unchanged.
The steamer’s news had no effect upon the market.
Sales to-day 9,000 bales- Sales for the week 45,000
bales. Middling Orleans 12c. Stock on hand 350,-
000 bales.
Charleston Market*
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1 p. m.— Cotton. —The mar
kid is firm a"d prices full, with but little offering.—
Salta t>day 600 bales at from 11.] ®l2£c.
Washington. Doc, 23. — 1 t appears from the re
port of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey that
the survey has been carried on during the year in
ull llio States and Territories of tlio Atlantic, the
Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific ocean. It is mere
than half finished on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Professor Baclie estimates that from teu to twelve
years will find the field work essentially completed
in all the sections but the two recently begun.
A general hydrographic recounoissance has been
made of the coast of California and Oregon. Every
harbor lias been surveyed, and a considerable por
tion of the Washington Territory. The report is
voluminous, and contains much valuable informa
tion concerning the navigating interest in all por
tions of the country.
Washington, Dec. 23. — The bill reported in the
I louse to-day, by Mr. Letcher, as a substitute for
the pending tariff revision bill is the same as was of
fered by him and passed by the House two years
ago, but which failed to receive the action of the
.Senate. It proposes to reduce the present rates 20
percent, on and after the Ist of July, 1857, and
enlarge the free list, with specified articles which
enter into manufacture, the object being to reduce
the annual receipts to forty or forty-five millions of
dollars.
The Cabinet was in session until five o’clock this
afternoon, the subject of deliberation being the stop
ping recruits aud arms of Walker. It is believed
that nothing besides provisions and clothing will be
allowed to be shipped to his aid.
Washington, Dec. 23.—This morning is de
cidedly the coldest of the season. The thermome
ter, in a sheltered position, at 8 o’clock, was 12
deg. above zero. It must have been about zero in
• frt 'n p parts 01 the city. The wind is stiff from the
North.
Cincinnati, Dec. 22.—The jewelry store of C. & la
W. 11. Allen was damaged by fire last night. Loss $
in building and stock SIO,OOO.
The weather is intensely cold this morning. a
Louisville, Dec. 22. —Mr. Joyce's house, at $
Briar Creek, Ky., was burned on Thursday night J,
last, together with four of the inmates. Mr. Joyce
was absent at the time. Three slaves were arres- e<
ted on suspicion of beiug implicated in the matter, a
and confessed to murdering the family and then
tiring the house. It was thought that summary veu
geauce would be taken on the negroes.
Boston, Dec. 22. —The bark Jenny Lind, Bunce ti
of New York, from Mobile for Boston, went ashore t
near Race Point, Provinoetown last evening at 8
o’clock, and cut away her fjre and main masts. — "
She was worked over the inner bar, and now (9 A.
M.) lays well lip. The life boat landed five passen- g
gers and two ladies, si- ce which, they have got a 0(
line from the bark to the shore. The passengers tt
are ail at Rice Point Light House, all safe.
Washington, Dec. 18.—The Commissioner of >'
Patents is no w sending to the several State Agricui- 1J
tural Societies a parcel of Chinese Sugar Cane seed, «
raised under the direct supervision of the Patent Os- c
fice, sufficient to plant sixteen acres, with a view <>f A
extending the culture of this plant. It has, since its
introduction into this country, proved i:se!f well
adapted to our geographical range of Indian Corn. “
It is of easy cultivation, being similar to that of
maize or broom corn, but will prosper in a much poor
er soil. A correspondent writing to the Commission- g
er, speaks of the extraordinary richness and delicious
flavor of she milk of cows which had been fed on
that description of food. B
Several gentlemen have likewise recently ac
quainted the office with the fact of the success of
the Liquorice Plant, which is hardy as far north as
Connecticut. It is employed not only for medicinal
purposes, but is an important element, they say, in jj
, > j.yinggome of the best ale and porter in Great
Britain. E
Si. Louis, Dec. 21.—A letter from Westport, in C
the fit. Louis Republican, says that Colonel Buford
publishes a statement, showing his loss in the
Southern emigrant enterprise to be upwards of
SIO,OOO. t
It is feared that the maila across the plains
have been greatly delayed by the deep snow
West.
New York, Dec. 24. —The steamship Tennessee
sailed for Nicaragua this evening, with a large num
ber of passengers and a large supply of provisions
for Gen. Walker's army.
New York. Dec. 29.—The steamship Tennessee
was compelled to put into Norfolk on Saturday last,
having been disabled in some of her machinery.
Several of her passengers have returned here, via j
Baltimore, and another steamer is to be engaged
to take her freight, provisions and recruits to Nica
ragua.
[lt will be remembered that the Tennessee sailed
from New York on the afternoon of Wednesday, the
. 24th, with recruits and supplies for General Walker.
Contrary to expectation, no opposition was offered
to her sailing by the United States authorities, but (
how it will be on a second trial of the same expedi
tion, remains to be seen. —Ed Courier.']
New York, Dec. 29.—The steam ship James Ad
ger has been sent to Norfolk to take the place of the
Tennessee.
St. Louis, Dec. 24th.—Advices from Leconrmton {
have been received, which state that Clark, the In
dian Ageht, had received, by a special messenger, ]
the notice of his dismissal and the appointment of
Winston, of Virginia, as his successor. He became ]
much excited and threatened vengeance on all ]
parties.
Louisville, Dec. 26.—The annual Christinas Eve
negro love-feast was broken up by the Mayor’s in
surrection proclamation, which is satirized by the
press and derided by the people. All was quiet in
this city yesterday.
Washington, Dec. 26.—Commodore Bladen Du
lany, of the U. S. Navy, died in this city, this morn
ing, after a lingering illness. Commodore Dulany
entered the service in May. 1809.
New York. Dec 29.—The Madrid correspondent
of the Herald says that Gen. Concha has been re
moved from the* Governorship of Cuba, and that
Gen. Urbistando has been appointed in his place.
MARRIED
On Thursday, the 16th inst, by the Rev. H. Pbinizy,
\V J PIIINIZY. Esq., and Miss S ALIN A C HAM,
daughter of John Bam, Esq , all of Monroe county,
Georgia.
On the 16th of December, bv Rev. J. M. Wood, Dr. H.
WITCHER and Miss VIRGINIA A. YERDERY, all
of Cedartowu, Ga.
On the 23rd inst., bv the Rev. J. E. Ryerson, Mr WM.
SINGLETON and Miss MARGARET R. KERINS, aU
of this city.
In Burke county on the evening of the 11th inst., by
Joseph W. Saxon. Esq., Mr. JOHN W. EGERTON and
Miss ELMINA COX.
On Tuesday, 16th instant, bv Bishop James O. An
drew. J. V H. ALLEN and LIZZIE S., Daughter of
Dr. Jos. A. Eve. all of this city.
“ obituary!
1 Departed this life, at his residenoe. In Eiberton, Ga.,
on Friday night. 13th inst., WILLIAM A. SWIFT, in
the fifty first year of his age.
The deceased wa.» bora in Morgan countv, Ga, and
lived in that vicinity till the year 1840, when he removed
to Eiberton.
His residence since then smong us has been attended
with manv pleasant recollections. A:ways upright and
honorable in his dealing', ever ready to relieve the call
of the distressed, and earnestly desiring tb* prosperity of
the community in which he lived, bis was a life of active
usefulness, the fruits of which w : ll be seen and felt in our
midst for many years to come.
the great void made by his death is in the loved
family circle. The domestic hearth is lonely and deferr
ed, and a fond, devoted wife, with her four young chil
dren, mourn over the desolation, and listen and look in
vain'for that cheerful voice and familiar face, which so
lately brought joy and hapoinese to their home.
But their grief is not alone. The sorrows of a bereaved
community are mingled in tender sympathy for the losn
they bear. I-
I Eiberton, Dec. 24, 1856
i Died, at the residence of his father, on the 30th of No
r vember, GEORGE ALLEN, aged 19 years and niue
{ months, leaving an affectionate aad much grieved wife
and parents.
MERINOS, COBURGS and Paramatta CLOTHS,
CASHMERES, DELAINES, Plain and Figured
- Brocade ALPACAS. T. BRENNAN.
-j nov23-d&wtf
f / HIAL.—SO Tons COAL for sale.
©vis BAKER, WRIGHT Sc CO
COMMERCIAL.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Weekly Report Tuesday, P. M.
COTTON.—The market during the past week has
been firm, with but little offering. All offered has been
readily taken at a small advance in prices. To-day the
market closes firm a* follows :
Ordinary to Good Ordinary 11 £IU
Middling 11}
Good Middling ~...12 d
Middling Fair 12}®—
Fair 12}<f—
GRAIN.—No change, except lu Wheat, which has re
ceded. and we have altered our quotations accordingly.
PROVISIONS.—The market remains unchanged—
See quotations.
EXCHANGE—Bight Checks on New York 1 per cent
premium.
FREIGHTS.—The late rains have given us a fine
River, aud all classes of boats now navigate without
difficulty. The rates for freight to Savannah, by river,
50 cents, aud by Railroad 70 cents.
SAVANNAH. Dec. 27.— Cotton —Arrived since 18th
instant, 11,571 bales l pland. (10,462 bales per Railroad;
511 from Augusta and landings on the River; 598 from
the Ocmulgee ) aud 790 do. Sea Islands. The exports for
the same period amount to 10,294 bales Upland, and 154
bales SJea Islands, viz ; To Liverpool 6,002 bales Uplands
aud 12 do. Sea Islands; to Barcelona 0 509 tales Up
lands; to Havre 1,852 ba’es Uplands; to Boston 2,365
bales Uplands ; to New York 2,097 bales Uplands; to
Philadelphia 320 bales Up and; to Baltimore 129 bales
Upland; to Charleston 2d bales Upland and 142 bales
Sea Islands—leaving on hand and on shipboard not
cleared, a stock of 48,978 bales Uplands and 2,549 do.
Sea Islands, against 60,117 bales Uplands aud 2,827
bales .Sea Islands at the same time last year.
The week's operations commenced with a good en
quiry, and a tendency on the part of buyers to demand
an increase of prices. This they succeeded in obtaining
aud our quotations given below, show an advance of 1 to
i of a cent on the higher grades. The demand cent inued
good through the entire week. We hear it said that the
small offering stocks rendering it difficult for the buyer
to make selections, curtails operations to a considerable
extent. Another opinion is, that a majority of holders
having confidence in an ultimate rise, are only forced to
sell for the purpose of meeting maturing paper. The
foreign intelligence by the Canada has lmd no effect on
prices. Our circular closes upon a quiet market, with
very light offering stocks, and an inclination on the part
of holders for a further increase. We offer the following
as quotations at the close of business yesterday :
Ordinary to Good Ordinary 11 #lls
Low Middling yfll}
Middling HJ-g p>
Strict Middling 12}2>12}
Good Middling <2l2^
Middling Fair— '6 12}
Fair nominal.
The sales of the week amount to 4.530 bales as follows:
4 at 10, 208 at 11, 30 at 11}, 79 at 11}, 47 at llg, 156 at
lU, 107 at 119-16, 223 at 111, 415 at 11}, 25 at 11 13 16,
169 at 111, 90 at 11 15 16, 1356 at 12, 8i at 12 1-16 272 at
12}, 640 at 12}, 27 at 12 5-16, 301 at 12}, 193 at 12}. 205 at
12}. aud 3 bales (Jethro) at 13 cents.
Sea Inlands —We have no chauge to report in this ar
ticle The sales have reached 357 bales at prices rang
ing from 20 a 37. The principal sales being effected at
25 cents.
Rice —The demand for Rice has been good since the
date of our last circular. The sales of the week reach
ed 800 casks, being the largest of any week this season.
Prices have ranged from 3}®3}.
Hay —There has been a moderate demand for both
Northern and Eastern. Northern 85 #9O; Eastern sl.lß
#1.25, from the wharf.
Corn —The stock of Corn is atnp’e for a’.l demands
No large transactions have come to our knowledge du
ring the past week. We quote at 80 Ti 85c. ‘
Flour —The prices paid for Flour during the past week <
sh w a bettor feeling existing in the market. The re- .
ceipts are sufficient for city consumption and are not moro
than equal to the demand. We quote Georgia superfine ;
of favorite Mills brand at $7.50 a SB, most of that which
has changed hands has been at the outside figure, which
is an advance of 50 cents on last week sales. The mid
dling and lower grades are more in demand than the
best quality, for family use.
Bacon —The price of Bacon is somewhat firmer, though
all the holders do not feel the same degree of confidence 1
in it. The stock, which is ample for the demand, has 1
cornered into a few hands. 1
Lime —There is no Lime offering by the cargo. It is J
selling in lots at sl.lß a 1.25. '•
Hides —The demand for Hides continues good, though :
buyers are demanding concessions in the price. There *
is no further change, however, aud we renew quotations 1
of last week; Flint 18. Dry Salted 10, Green Hides 10 1
cents lli., and Deerskins 26 cents each.
Bagging and Rope —There is nothing in these two ar- ’
tides.
Salt —Tlio higher prices demanded by importers have
not generally been paid. Indeed, the only sale we have 1
heard of was at a rate very slightly higher than ofir last
quotation of 60 cents. 1
Cojj'cc —A small lot of Rio was sold at 103. The mar- ‘
kci is fully supplied with every variety.
Molasses —A cargo of the new crop of Cuba has arriv- 1
ed, but we have not heard what disposition will be made 1
of it. The following prices are asked for the old crop 1
now on hand ; Cuba 40'#>45; New Orleans 60#65. *
Exchange —W e quote a further decline in Sterling Ex- 1
change. The current rate is 73 per centum, with suf- *
fieent on the market to supply the demand. A consider- 1
able amount sola early in the week at 8 per cent., but •
that figure cannot now be obta nod Domestic—on (
Now'-York at sight }« } per centum discount, 5 days } w 1
i, 10 days 3®}, 30 days sj'#>l, 45 days I}#l}, 60days ljj 1
#2, and 60 day bills on Boston, Philadelphia and Balti- 1
moreatl3®2 <s> ct. die. t
Freights —To Liverpool are quite dull at gd , and the
few .shipments current are confined to the first class e
American bottoms. To New York by steamship 2 for 1
square, and » for round bales. By sail vessel to New 1
York the rate remains 5-16, though there is a feeling ( )
amongst the consignees of vessels on the lines between 0
New York and this port, to put it up to 3. We quote to (1
Philadelphia 3; to Baltimore 3; to Boston 7-16. c
CHARLESTON, Dec. 25. — Cotton. —There was avory c
good inquiry for tins article for several days preceding t
the date of our last publication, and the market which
had been gradually acquiring strength under the coin- .
bined influences of an active demand and a comparative- ,
ly Jitfht stock, oioMd at an Improvement of • ®jv. on the
prices paid at jhe opening of the week. Good Middling
stood at 124, and Middling Fair at 12$c. The demand
was renewed on Friday last, and quite an active-busi- '.
ness engaged the attention of the trade at a range of ,
ligurcs not only sustaining this advance, hut developing
higher rates. Saturday may be sot down as quiet day, f
but the market, so far as prices were concerned, fully ,
sustained the position it occupied on the previous day.
Monday was an active day, and the transactions contin
ued to show an ascending scale of prices. These re
marks may apply with equal force to the operations of *,
Tuesday and yesterday, and when we closed our inqui- .
rie". the advance had reached a full ic. on the prices cur- *
rent at the opening of the week. Prices have been main
ly influenced, as has been the case for some weeks past,
by the supply and demand. We have revised our quota
tions t<* correspond with this state of things, and those we L
offer below will show the true position yf the maikel at
the dose of business. The receipts since our last reach ~
12,076 halos, and the sales in the same time are 7,594
bales, at the subjoined prices, viz :50 bales at 11 ;95 at .
1U; 178 at 111; 18at 115-16; 413 at »1| ; 176at117-16;
510 at 11 ; 359 at 11 & ; 575 at lli ; 257 at 11& ; 957 at 12; 0
103 at 12 1-16; 269 at 121 ; 1394 at 121; 88 at 12 516;
865 at 12| ; 60at 127-16, and 1216 bales |at 12Ac. We 7
quote Low to Strict Middling lljra*l2j; Good Middling
123; and Middling Fair 124 c. The increase in the re
ceipts of Long Cotjon has brought about a more general
demand for the description l ? classed under this head, but \
the transactions show no change on previous prices.
Rice —The extremes have ranged from $33 to 41 ; but **
the bulk of the sales were made within the raDge of 3so R
s4l per hundred. 11
Cum —There was f.n arrival of somo 2400 bushels new a
North Carolina, which were sold at 77c. per bushel.— 1
Nothing has been done in country descriptions.
Oats —There lias been no arrivals of Oats since our 11
last. The last sale in any quautito was at 45 cents per ‘
bushel.
Hay —The receipts foot up about 2000 bales smcc our ’
last, 700 of which were sold at $1,061,300 do. brought *'
$1,121. y
Flour —Wo nole the arrivrl of upwards of 2000 barrels, ,
a large portion of which is to till contracts made prior to ,
arrival, at s7£ to $6 in bids., akd 35 and $4 in sacks. — * *
Some extra brands have been sold as high as 8J and swl$ w l
per bbl.
Fard-* Wo have no transactions to report. The stock
consists almost exclusively of Tennessee, which is held
at 13® 14c.
Groceries —Some 21 hlids. of Porto Rico Sugar were
sold at 91c. About 41 hhds. of Porto Rico Molasses sold, ,
as we learn, on arrival, at 520. Cuba has been selling
from 40 to 42c. in a small way. We have no transac-
tions to report in New Orleans. A few small lots Rio e
Codec have been taken at 101 to 11 ic.
Domestic Liquors —Some 209 bbls. Western Whiskey J
have been sold from store at 38 to 40c. per gallon.
Exchanges —The mrrket lias become decidedly more v
settled than it was at the date of our last report, and £
Sterling has rather improved. The market, which open- ,
od at 81c., closed yesterday ot B!®Bijc. Francs are quo
ted at 5.221.
Freights —The vessels loading for Liverpool fill up vc- l
rv slowly at last week’s rates, viy : 3d for square and
l a 3d. for Sea Islands. There is a vessel loading for 1
Havre at 2c. fur square, anti 4c. for round bags. Tho
market, which opened at2o®2sc. fer Cotton to N. York.
closed yesterday at 5-ICths. We quote by steamer 7-16 c. *
A vessel of small capacity has been to load for Philadel- 1
phiaat 3c for Cotton. The Boston rates are the same as :
previously reported.
"’- ~ j
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT. t
WHOLESALE PRICES.
BAGGING.—Gunny ¥ yard 17 0 18 [
Kentucky 9 yard none, j
Dundee 9 yard none. N
BACON.—llams 4* ft 9 0 12 ,
Shoulders - 9HJ 7$ 0 81 .
Western Sides 4* ft 8 ® 81
Clear Sides, Tennessee 9lb 9 -a> 10
Ribbed Sides Vft 9i 0 9* '
Hog Round 9ft 91 ® 10 *
BUTTER.—Goshen 9lb 25 0 35
Country 9ft 12 0 18
BRICKS... 9 1000 6 00 0 8 50
CHEESE. —Northern 9ft 14 0 15
English Dairy Vft 14 ® 16
COFFEE.—Rio 9 ® 11 <0 12 1
Laguira -4* lb 121 & 13
Java 9 ® 161 ® 171 *
DOMESTIC GOODS.—Yams -0 100 1
* Skirting 9 yard 41© 6 1
i Shirting 9 yard 6 0 7i
1 Shirting 9 yard 8 0 91
5- Shirting 9 yard 10 0 121
6- Shirting yard 11 0 141
O j naburg£ 9 yard 10 0 124
FEATHERS 9 ®
FlSH—Mackerel, No. 1 4* bbl 20 00 022 00
No 2 4> bbl 10 00 011 00
No 3 . 4* hbl 700 07 50 1
No! bbl 550 06 00
Herrings 4* hox 01 00 '
FLOUR.—Country 9 hbl 600 07 00
Tennessee..... 4* bbl 650 07 00 1
Canal 9 hbl 750 09 00
Baltimore -—....... hbl 800 09 00
Hiram 5mith’5. ..........••9 bbl 14 00
City Mills 9 bbl 609 010 50
Lenoir’s Extra ¥ bbl 700 ©7 50
Denmead s - 4** hbl 750 08 00
Extra Family ¥ bbl 10 (10 ©lO 50
GRAIN. —Corn, with sacks it” bosh .80 @ 85
Wheat, white ¥ bush 1 50 © 1 fiO
Wheat, red bush 1 30 ® 1 35
Oal- ¥ buah 70 © 75
E„ e “‘ ¥ bush 90 ©IOO
pJa a '“' ¥ hush 80 ©1 00
Com MeaL V bush 80 © 85
GUNPOWDER— Duponts ¥ keg 650 © 700
Hazard V keg 650 ©7 00
LARD . fto 12 © 13
LEAD-Bar ¥ ® . ®• . ®*
ElslE —Country ¥ box 1-5 © 100
Northern... ¥ bbl 200 ©2 25
LUMBER £ 10 00 ®l4 00
MOLASSES. —Cuba. V g>U ® «
Orleans, old crop V (? ai ® none
Orleans, new crop ¥ n0:i(
NAILS ¥ * 4t ® 4j
OILS-Sperm, prime ¥ gal 200 ©2 50
Lamp ¥ gal 110 ©1 25
Train ¥ gal 75 © 100
Linseed ¥ gal 110 ©1 15
Castor £
ROPE —Kentucky £ ® J 24 ® 1J
RAISINS ¥ box 500 © 600
SPIRITS. —Northern Gin ‘r g*l 50 0 55
Rum ¥ gal 55 © B 0
N. O. Whiskey £ g»l 35 © 40
Petch Brandy ¥ none
Apple Brandy ..-tr gal none.
Holland Gin. 9" I 50 0 1 75
Cognac Brandy 9 gal 300 06 09
SUGARS —New Orleans HP 10 0 11
Porto Rico 9 » 10 0 11
Mu5c0vad0............ ft t’lo 101
Loaf 9 » 15 « 151
Crushed. 9ft 141 0 15
Powdered 9 ® 14* 15
Stuart s Refined A 9 ft ®
Stuart's Refined B 9ft 13j 0 13*
Stuart’s Refiued C 9ft Hi 0 13
SALT 9 sack 1 05 0 1 10
SOAP—Yellow ¥ » „®*® o 4
! TWINE.—Hemp Bagging 9ft ?2 0 25
Cotton Wrapping 9ft 15 0 25
rj.- H i 3 proper to remark that these are tbe current
rates a wholesale, from store—of course, at retail, prices
are a shade higher, and from the Wharf or Dtpota, in
lat ere quantities a shade lower.
I EDITION.—The com
*) plete Works of William Shakspeare, comprising his
P.ays and Poems, the of the Plays corrected by tbe
manuscript emendations contained in the recently disco
vered folio of 1632, to which is added giossarial and ex
, pianatory notes, and notes to the emendations, contain
intr the reading -of former editions
For sale by THOMAS RICHARDS & SON.
} dec3l
“ GROVE MOUNT ACADEMY.
T?XERCISES will be resumed on TUESDAY
±_j 13th JANUARY next Tuition S4O a year.—
Board sll per month. Washing and lights extra. Pre
mium books given to all who are present the first morn
ing JAMES E. PALMER.
* December 27tb, 1856. doc3l-d3&w2t
BLACK ALPACAS AND BOMBAZINES, ih
1 ril BRENNAN solicits an inspection of his assort*
’ 1 . ment of Black BOMBAZINES, Canton CLOTHS
and ALPACAS, which he is now selling at2s per cent
less than his regular retail prices. nov23-d& wtf
NEGRO BLANKETS?
* rAA PAIR NEGRO BLANKETS. C2c. to $1.12
OiJ'J per Blanket, at T. BRENNAN’S.
_ nov23-ddrwtf ________ _____
: ” ribbons”
,! l LOT of White and Colored Taffeta RIBBONS, by
A. tlie piece, 5 per cent under cost, to the trade,
nov23-dfcwtf THQB. BRENNAN.
mco.v.-ii Hhds good old BACON for sale low hv
J> HAND, WILCOX A Co.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
I'F' Not a Book ! nor a Paper! nor a Dollar’
worth of property ! has ever beeu lost in one of Stearns
& Marvin’s. Wilder’s Patent, Rich’s Improvement, cele
brated SALAMANDER SAFES!
RECENT AND CONVINCING TESTIMONY.
From the New York Journal of Commerce, Nov. 12.]
NKW-YORK, Nov. Ilth, 1856.
Messrs. Editors : In the fire at No. 9, Warren-street,
on the morning: of the 9th inst., our most valuable books
and papers were exposed for 36 hours in one of Stearnes
& Marvin’s Fire-Proof Safes.
We say fen-proof, not because they are so labeled, but
because we have so proved them Our books and papers
came out uninjured, save the binding oi the books, occa
sioned by steam.
Our store was five stories above ground and two sto
ries below, occupied from cellar to garret. The intensi
tv of the heat can be attested by any fireman who wit
nessed it. No furnace could be contrived by the Inge
nuity of man to create a more Intense heat.
We voluntarily give this tribute to the value of these
Safes, and select your widely circulated commercial
journal to inform the mercantile community what esti
mate to place upon Stearnes & Marvin's, Wilder’s
Patent, Salamander Safes. Respectfully,
HaYILAND, HaRRAL & RISLKr,
Wholesale Druggists.
The SAFES, with Inside Vaults and with the celebra
ted “La Belle’’ Powder and Burglar Proof Locks, are
for sale in this city at the manufacturers’ prices, with the
cost of transportation added by the Agents,
CARMICHAEL & BEAN,
novl9il&w3m Augusta. Ga.
CpAII Invalid** suffering from deranged Liver
should not fall to read Dr. BLISS' advertisement in an
other column—‘‘What are the True Indications of Treat
ment in Diseases of the Liver?” doc3o-trv3&wlt
E jST We nre nntlioriaed to announce ALEX AN
DEK DEAS a candidate for re election to the office of
Tax Collector of Richmond county, at the ensuing Janu.
ary election. doclfi
are authorised to announce JOHN A.
BOHLER as a candidate for ro election to the office of
Receiver of Tax Returns of Richmond county. Eloo
tion first Monday in January. doel6
Let nil who are In doubt as regards the vir
tues of BLISS’ DYSPEPTIC REMEDY, in Dyspep
sia and Diseases of the Liver, make the test of two packa
ge*. In nine out of every ten cases, one half package
will prove the truth of all that has been said of it.
dec3o-tw3& w 11 _
bp" Notice to the Votereol' Burke County.—
ENOCH 11. CARSWELL feels very thankful for your
past support, and hopes to share a part of your kind suf
frages on the Ist Monday in January next, as lie is a
Candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR, at said
January election.
Give him your votes, and oblige
nov9-wtd MANY VOTERS.
( = § rJ Safety Fuse, for sale by
novt>d3&w lin CARMICHAEL A BEAK.
John A. Faucetr respectfully solicits the
suffrages of his fellow county men for the office of Re- \
ceiver of Tax Returns for Columbia county, at the elec- j
tion in January next. dec9w2t ,
WHAT ARE THE TRUE INDICATIONS OP
TREATMENT IN DISEASES OF THE
LIVER l
A S I? EISA 12 US that class of diseases so often term
jl\. ed •Liver Disease," it is scarce possible to say too
ranch concerning the treatment usually instituted tor
their c»*ro—atrt utmeut which has for its object the stim
ulation of the secretion of the Liver, that is, to make the
Liver pour out more bile. Too much can scarce *»e raid
against the stimulating calomel, blue pill, “patent" pill,
and “hitlers" treatment, remedies which act and can on
ly act on the Liver but by first stimulating the mucus
membrane of the stomach, and by so doing not only do no
good, but a positive harm, by exasperating the inflam
matory action of the mucus mombraue of the stomach,
which was the first great cause of the disease of the
Liver.
As regards “Liver Disease" being kept up by inflam
mation «»f the stomach, there need not be the slightest
shadow of a doubt, for there is not now, never has been,
nor ever will be, a case of “Liver Disease" but that in
connection with it are most prominent symptoms of in
flammation of the stomach, and upon inquiry it will also
be ascertained that the stomach symptoms existed long
before any disease was discovered in the Liver. Ques
tion any invalid suffering from “Liver Disease" as re
gards the early history of his complaint, and he will al
most invariably refer you to some trouble in the digest
ive organs, and proceed to narrate symptoms that give
uumistnkenble evidence that previous to the ‘ Liver Din
ease," there was a positive derangement of the stomach.
Question the invalid suffering from ‘ Liver Disease," and
live out of every ten symptoms he will describe as suf
fering from, will give thi most positive assurance that
disease of the stomach is also existing iu connection with
the disease of the Liver. Again, in any curable case of
‘ Liver Disea>u," no matter bow stubborn may be it*
character, or how long it has resisted medical trea'ment,
let a well directed treatment be instituted for the disease
of tne stomach, and the “Liver Disease” will vanish like
dew before the rising sun. Why? Because that which
caused the “Liver Disease,” and that which has been the
cause of its continuance, has been removed—cured The
cause (the stomach disease) being removed, the effect (the
Liver Disease) will soon vanish.
Proofs iu abundance, ot the most positive character,
couid be adduced in support of the fart that disease of
the Liver is but a secondary disease—a disease produced
by disease of the stomach. If, then, all this trouble has
its rise and origin in inflammation of the mucus mem
brane of the stomach, what will be thought of a treat
ment that still farther stimulates a membrane already
over-stimulated and inflamed ? How are the secretions
of the Liver stimulated ? By first exciting or irritating
the mucus membrane of the stomach. The remedies ta
ken for the purpose of stimulating the Liver do not and
cannot touch the Liver at all; it is physically impossible
for them to do so, and can only stimulate the Liver but
by first stimulating or irritating the mucus membrane of
the stomach. And is not that same inucus membrane iu
an already over-exoited and over-stimulated condition,
and from whit h over-stimulated and inflamed condition
the disease of the Liver was produced in the first place?
It strikes me that those who have heretofore depended
on “pill" and “bitters” treatment to cure them of their
“Liver Disease," can now see why it is that they have
not only received no benefit from such a treatment, but
are, in fact, worse off than when they adopted it. And
it also strikes me that those who have, as t. ey so very in
nocently say, placed their liver medicines u the shape of a
“pate't” before the people only at the very earnest solic
itation of their friends, fearing that by doing so they may
he ranked among the innumerable class, empyrics, had
bflttc r look well to the theory they advocate, or “the
people” will very r adily discover the “lion’s skin,” and
affix the title of empyric where it, in so much good faith,
belongs.
What are the true Indications of treatment ? That
which will remove the cause of tbo disease of the Liver,
viz—the inflammatory action of the mucus membiane of
the stomach. Any other treatment than this will ever
prove of not the least particle of benefit. The idea of
prescribing for the Liver alone, and taking no thought of
the condition of the stomach, is s perfectly ridiculous one
and the idea of effecting a cure through the use of those
remedies that “stimulate the secretions,’’ is tho height of
empyricism, for every dose taken will just so much the
more exasperate the disease, by still farther irritating
and inllaimug an already over-excitod and inflamed mu
cus membrane of the stomach. It is a fact beyond any
cavil, that any and all remedies taken into the stomach
for the purpose of “stimulating the secretions of the Li
ver,’ will not and cannot fail to irritate the mucus mem
brane of the stomach; for it is by this irritation that tho
Liver is excited or stimulated ; and unless thoy did pro
duce this Irritat ion of the stomach, it would bo an impos
sibility for them to effect any change in the secretions of
the Liver. This is a fact from which thero is no getting
away, and the pill venders know it very well; they
know that they can strike at the Liver only through the
stomach, and the blow aimed at the Liver, falling as it
does upon a worn out, exhausted and inflamed mucus
membrane of the stomach, cannot fail to exasperate the
disease of tho Liver, because P exasperates the disease
which was the first great cause of the “ Liver Dis
ease."
This doctrine is, lam well awrre, at total variance
with that advocated by many “big guns’ in the “patent"
line, and the attempt to controvert a doctrine put forth
with so much vehemence by them, may, by some, be re
garded as an act of not only no little daring, but bare
faced assumption. If so, I would refer to tho fact that
“Young America" Is a great “institution," when, as “ev
ery tub must stand on its own bottom," every person has
free and full pnviledge to exercise the high prerogative of
“lying around loose," or “taking a little wake gin to take
tho wind from his heart," and oven to talk about “putty"
as if ho absolutely “knew tho price of it,” and I havo ta
ken the liberty of giving my notions as regards “Liver
Di ease," and the true indications of treatment, because,
Ist, I was called upon to do so by my patrons. 2d, be
cause I conceived it a duty towards suffering humanity,
in view of their disappointment of benefits promised in
their selection of those remedies which have for their ob
ject the “stimulating of the Liver." 3d, because iu con
troverting those false theories, I could show good and
substantial reasons why thoy were false. 4th, because,
iu the theory I advance, I could offer reasons for the be
lief that is in me. sth, and lastly, because, if I succeed
in convincing invalids of the truth of my position, they
will seek relief iu that preparation, which, if taken ac
cording to directions, it will not fail to relieve and euro
permanently. I allude to
BLISS’ DYSPEPTIC REMEDY,
which is for sale by the single package or one hundred
gross, by
CLARK, WELLS & SPEARS,
Wholesale Druggists, Augusta, Ga.
dec3o-tw3Awlt
PALMETTO ACADEMY.
rpilE citizens of Palmetto are happy to inform thopco
A pie of Campbell and the surrounding count es, that
they have secured the serv.cts of the Rev Mr GROVES
for the ensuing year School to commence on the first
MONDAY in JANUARY.
Palmetto, December 19, 1855. dec23-lm
POSTPONED
Richmond siilki ff’s sale.—wui be sold
at the Lower Market House, in the City of Augusta,
on the first Tuesday in JANUARY next, within the
legal hours of sale, the following tracts or parcels of
Land, viz; all that tract on Spirit Creek, in Richmond
county, about 11 miles, or thereabouts, irom Augusta,
adjoining lands of Cornelius A. Red, Jesse Johnson, and
others, containing 235 acres, more or less, and known on
a plat thereof made for the estate of John McDade, de
ceased, April 30,1855, by A. M. Allen, Surveyor, as Lot
No. 3; also, all that other tract, adjoining the above,
bounded by lands of Amanda McDade, Edmund Green
wood, Cornelius A. Red, and others, containing 251
acres, more or less, and known on a plat thereof, made
for the estate of John McDade, deceased, April 30, 1855,
by A. M. Allen, Surveyor, as Lot No. 2. Said tract be
ing the same allotted to John McDade, in a division be
tween said John and Amanda McDade, made by writ of
partition issued from the Superior Court of said county.
Levied on as the property of John McDade to satisfy a
fi. fa. issued from the Superior Court of Richmond coun
ty in favor of Joseph E. Burch, adminintrator of Little
berry Boykin McDade, against John McDade. Pro
perty pointed out by Plaintiff s Attorney, this Ist day of
November, 1856. WILLIAM DOYLE, Sheriff.
December 3, 1856.
KICllMO.Nl) MIKHII'I ’rt HAhK—Will ».c
. sold on the first Tuesday in JANUARY uext, at
the Lower Market House in the city of Augusta, within the
legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit: A
tract of Pine Land in Richmond county, kd 'wd as the
Purifoy place, containing One Hundred Acres, more or
less, adjoining lands of the estate of Daniel P. Hitt, de
ceased, Mrs. Thomas, and the tract of land whereon Mrs.
Elizabeth Skinner at present resides; also, one Negro
Man named William : Levied on as the property of Eliz
beth Skinner to satisfy sundry fi. fas. issued from the Su
perior Court of Richmond county in favor of Neal Me*
Peely against Elizabeth Skinner, and Benjamin H. Lock
wod against Elizabeth Skinner and both transferred to
N. K. Butler Sc Co. Said property pointed out and de
scribed by Mrs. Elizabeth Skinner, this29th day of No
vember, 1856. WILLIAM DOV LE, Sheriff.
November 2C, 1856.
IC'II.UOND Sll EKIKF’S SALE.—WiII be so d
on the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, at the
Lower Market House in the city of Augusta, within the
legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit: One
foua wheel Buggy and Harness ; 1 four-wheel Wagon
and Harness : Levied on as the property of William
Jenkins, under a mortgage fi. la. on foreclosure Issued
from and returnable to the Superior Court, in favor o
John M. Turner against William Jenkins. Property
pointed out in the aforesaid mortgage ft. fa. on foreclo
sure. WILLIAM DOYLE, Sheriff.
November 25, 1856.
K H.MOND SHERIFFS «AL£.- Will be sold
on the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, at the
Lower Market House, in the city of Augusta, within the
legal hours of sale, the following Negro Slaves, viz:
William, a sawyer, about 35 years of age. Ten ah, a wo
man about4s years ; Albert, a boy about 17 years ; also,
1 f*ur wheel carriage and double set of Harness : Levied
on as the property of Elizabeth Skinner to satisfy a fi. fa.
on foreclosure of mortgage issued from the Inferior Court
of Richmond county in favor of Andrew J. Miller against
Elizabeth Skinner; also, a negro man named William
about 35 year* of age, as the property of Elizabeth Skin
ner. to satisfy a fi fa. on foreclosure of mortgage Issued
from the Inferior Court of Richmond county in favor of
Andrew J. Miller against Elizabeth Skinner. The afore
paid property pointed out and described in said mort
gages on foreclosure, aud Levied this 3d day of P^ cni *
ber, 1&6. ,_ _ ~
WILLI AM DOYLE, sh S R c -
Decerober4,lßs6.
|« II.MOND SHERIFF'S HAI.K.—WUIbe sold
on the first Tuesday In JANUARY next, at the
Lower Market House i u ,he city of Augusta, within On.
legal hours of .ale, the following property, to wit: Thir
teen Negro slaves, namely. Samson, Gyros, J
Tom Tonv Rurcr'". Isaac, Antony, Ned, Caleb, Adam,
Prisofiia and Dolly: also, 6 Mules, 2 Horses, 3 head of
Cattle 1 Carry log, 1 Road Wagon; 1 two horse Wagon,
Carts : Levied on as the property
of I»m«M L Coleman to satisfy a fi. fa. Issued from
rte snperlor Court of Richmond county in favor of
Oeorge L. Tw iggs against James L. Coleman. This 6th
day of December, DOVLB , sheriff R 0.
December 7, 1856. _ _ _
COLORED AND BLACK SILKS.
T)LAID and Striped Colored SILKS, 37 to 50 cents
A lo*of Extra Wide PLAIDS, at 75 cents
RotiH fllare SILKS. 50 to 75 cents ;
B°ac d kC rode. Rhine SI LKS. 62 cents to *L2sp«r yard:
Black Brocade aud Moire Antique SILKS, 7o cents to
® l ßrjfv?lter;d SILKS, 87 cents to I*LSs per yard at
nov23 d&wtf T. BRENNAN S.
sheetings!
BLEACHED and Unbleached SHEETINGS and
Pillow-Case COTTONS, at New-Yoifc.eost, at ,
nov'JS dAwtf " BRENNAN S
gg
ADVERTISEMENTS.
- .. taw
SELECT SCHOOL.
18 THE SUBSCRIBER, having determined to •*
e- 1 tabltsh his School permanently at his res Men o# la
the vicinity of the City of Griffin, will re-opn it on MON
DAY, the 12th of January next. Several distinctly eIW
tures will characterize this School.
] Ist. Especial attention will be paid to those N a Wild
Sciences, on which the science of Agriculture is batad.
and instruction in them will be given with particular iff*
• erence to that important pursuit—Justly styled, “th#
8 nursing-mother of nations.”
fi 2d Daily instruction will be given In Scientific Afr
riculture, both by Lecture and from text-books; and
as soon as proper arraugemeuts for the purpose can
* bo made, PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE will bn
g taught.
3d. As tbe power of correct observation Is one of tbn
most important faculties of the human mind, theretore ■
system of daily observations of tho phenomena of nature
in Meteorology and other Sciences will be adopted aAd
, carefully pursued, thus loading tho pupil to a thoughtful
and profitable study of naturo
I 4th. The Mathematics will be thoroughly taught,
» as far as can be, practically applied.
sth. The Ancient Classics, to those who may dewli
them, English Literature, embracing the Grammar sH
i Rhetoric o: the English Language, and Elocution, wIU
l be critically taught. .
6th. Instruction will be given In Drawing and Vcetl
Music.
3 7th. Believing in the cerreotnort of the remitrfc,
made by a distinguished gontiem-n of our btato, la A
letter addressed to tho subscriber, that "it Is tho dis
time of our boys that ruins them,” theres >re, theenliW
time of tho pupils will be occuplod in some useful r«ad
. pleasant duty, connected with the business of thfc
School.
Bth. Every care will bo taken to promote the physical
1 well-being and moral culture of tho student—no incor
rigibly vicious and profane boy being allowed to re
main *in the School, to corrupt and taint Its moral atu.oft*
phere.
EXPENSES. -Two hundred dollars per annum (or
Board and Tuition per scholar, one half payable at t!iw
end tff the first term, the other half at the end of tlie
year—tho School, for tho present, being limited to foi ty
pupils.
Or ffin, situated on the Macon & Western Rallies 1,
fifty-nine miles from Macon and f rtv four miles fioni
Atlanta, and at an elevation of nine hundred and seventy
five feet above the level of the sea, Is probably unsun bia
sed by any city in the Southern country for healthfulu»«
of location.
Pupils from vicinity received at former rogtilar rate-4
CARLISLE P. B. MARTIN.
Griffin, Dec. 26, 1856 dec2g-wst
NOTICE.
TIIE LEFT-HAND HALVES of the following
X notes of tho Georgia Railroad dr Banking Company
were mailed at Nlxbnrg, Alabama, on or about tho 15ill
November last, enclosed iu a letter from T. L. Austin,
address d to me, namely :
A No. 1706, dated Oct. 1, 1850, r orsloo, payable to W
11. Jones, or bearer
A No. 571, dated Oct. 1, 1850, for 8100, payable to Jno.
11. Jonos, or bearer.
A No. 24 9, da ed Oct. 1,1851, for SIOO, payable to Jnt\
A. Jones, or bearer
A No. 3235, dated Oct. 1, 18"2, for SIOO, payable to O.
B. Martin, or bearer.
A No. 3392, dated Oot. 1, 1852, for $10), payable to C.
B. Marlin, or bearer.
As they have not been received, notice is given that:
demand will be made for the payment of tho whole ot*
said notes ninety days after tho hato hereof. *
T. C. LOYALL, Covington, G«-
December 28,1856.
VI Ml INl«vi RATO i<*> L fc.—On 1 ucaday, tht*
thi d day of FEBRUARY next, at the Oourt-nousH
door in the town of Louisville, wiihiu the usual hours of
silo, will be sold, the following tract or parcel of Land,
lying and being in the county of Jefferson, to wit : All
that lot, or parcel of Land iii said county Known as No.
Fourteen (No. 14; of the “ Forsyth Five Bounty Tract,”
containing One Hundred and Nino (109) Acres, more or
less a joining lands ot Heniawiu P. Thompson, Mat
thew Moxlcy, William Woods, Hugh McNi ely, 11. B.
Gregory and Nelly Gordon. To bo s Id as a pari of tho
estate of the late Col Paul Fitzsimcnt, for the benefit of
tho heirs and creditors
GEOPGEW. CRAWFORD,
WILLIAM J EVE,
Dec. 25,1856. Surviving Administrators.
INCOLN rSHKitjVP’* KALE.—WiII bo sold on
J the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, beforo tho
Court-house door in Lincolnton, Lincoln county, within
the legal hours of sale, a tract of Land, in said county,
on Little River, containing Seventy Acres, more or less,
known as the Avrett tract, adjoining land of Dennis
Paschal 1, Ja nes Samuel and others : Levied on as tho
property of Archibald McCorkle to satisfy a fi. fa. from
Lincoln Inferior Court in favor of the Justices of the In
ferior Court vs Archibald McCorkle.
THOMAS D CULLARB, Sheriff.
Do'ember 25, 1856.
ADIU 1 NiBTIIATOH»S SALE.—WUTbe sold on
tho first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, at the"
Lower Market House, iu the city of Augusta, during the
usual hours of sale, and in pursuance of an order
granted by the Court of Ordinary of Richmond county,
the following negro slaves, belonging to the eat ate of
Wiley G. Harris, deceased—to wit:
Henrietta, a woman about 60 years of age.
Selina, “ girt *' 17 “ “
Mary’Ann. a woman' *' 25 “ '• ami tie* lour
children viz :
Wingfield Scott, “ 8 “
Wiley, *• 6
Mary*, '• *1 "
Alice, " 2
Terms Cash. WM. P. LAWSON, Adm i
December 7, 1865.
NUTH'K. —Ail persons indented toihe . >tate ot Jos
W. Clarke, late of Richmond county, h ceased, are
retpiested to make mimed'ate payment, and those having
claims against said estate .re hereby notified to present
them within tho time prescribed by law.
M X It. I‘. CLARK, Adm’rs.
Augusta, Dec. 6. ? 856. dlw
OTK’K.-All persons Indebted to the estate of liar
la rio.t L Adams, late of Richmond county, deceased,
are requested to make immediate payment ; and those
having c airns against said estate are hereby notified to
pivoeut thorn, duly authenticated, w'thiu tin* tlmo pre
scribed by law.
LEMUEL DWELLE, Jit., Adrn’r.
December 5. IKV>.
ADMINIHTKATOH’S SALE.—WiII be sold on
tlie first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, before the
Court-house door iu Warrenton, Warren county, within
the usual hours of Hale, the following pioperty, to wit :
One One Hundred ami Sixty Acre Land Warrant, ob
tained l»y Edith Stephens und-r tlie Act of Congress of
1850. Said Land Warrant sold as the property of said
Edith Stephens, late of said county, deceased, by virtue
of an order of the Court of Ordinary of W rren county,
for the benefit of the lie.irs of said decease. Terms made
known on the dav of sale.
GEOIIGE 8. ALLEN, Adm’rdo bonis non.
December 24, 1856.
i\ISTR! BUTKJbAS SALE—WiII be sold at pub-
J lie out ry in the town of Warren ton, Warren coun
ty, on the first Tuesday in JANUARY next, the follow
ingNegroes, to wit: One Girl about 18 years old; om«
Boy 17 years old ; one Boy J 2 years old; one Girl 1(1
years old; one Woman 25 years old, and her three chil
dren. Sold to effect a distribution among tho children
of Mrs. Winefred Lester, late of Marion county, dec’d.
•Said property having been deeded by Capt. Wm. 11111,
late of Warren county, to said Winefred her life, and af
ter death to her children. R. B LUSTER
dec23-2t and others, Distributees.
Ir'XECUTOKS > SALE. —By virtue of an order of
j the Court of Ordinary of Jetrarsou couuty, will bo
sold at tho Court House door In Waynesboro’, Burke
on the first Tuesday in FEBKI IAKY next, if not
previously disposed of at private sale bet ore that time, a
tract of Land lying in said county, containing Sixteen
Hundred and Fifteen Acres, more or less, and adjoining
lands of Edward Byrd, John Owens, ard others. Sold
as the property of L B. Bostick, deceased, for the pur
pose of distribution.
A. B. WALKFR, ( r . .
Dec. 20, 1855. M. A. M. BOSTICK, )
IV\E«TTOKs’S NALL.-By virtue of the last
j will and testament of MU'y Peirce, late of Jes
teison county, deceased, will be sold < n tho fiist Tuesday
in FEBRUARY next at the Market House in tbo town
of Louisville, within the legal hours of sale, tfcreo Ne
groes, viz: Celia, Lewis and Prince Fold by direction
of testatrix in her will. Terms on iho day ot sale.
OBADIAH PIEHCE, ) « vVa
THOMAS 11. POLHILL, S r
December 18, 1856.
A U.MINISTRA'I'Oii’S f-ALF. —Agreeable to an
,/jl order fiom tho honorable the Court of Ord nary of
Burke county, will be sold on the llrst Tuesday In FEB
RUARY next, before the Court House door in Vanwert,
Folk county, between the usual hours of sale, one lot of
Land. No 1215, lying In said county of Polk, (orlgma ly
Paulding,) eontainimHO acres moro or less, adjoining
lands of John Q Hutchings and others, belonging to the
estate of Bailey Carpenter, Sen , deceased, of Burke
county. Sold for the b< nefit of the heirs and creditors of
sad deceased. Terms made known on the day of sale.
CRAVEN C \ K TENTER, Admr de bonis non.
December 27, 1856.
JEFFERSON HUIIRIFF’B SALE.—WiII bo
sold on the first Tuesday In FEBRUARY next at
tho market-house in the t »wn of LouUvlle, Jefferson
county, between the legal hours of sale, one tract of land
containl -g 105 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of It
K. Dixon and others. Levlod oi as the property of Bam
uol L Cowart, lOHatirfya mortgßgo fi. fa from J ffersoi*
Superior Court, in favor of Jame-< G. Smith vs. said Co
wart. Property pointed out in said mortgage.
JESSE MULLING, Sheriff
December 27, 1850.
IJVXBCI/TUIX’B SALE.—I will offer for sale on
j the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY, at the Court
House m Wai ronton, three Negroei: One, a man about
fi ty-five years of age, named Squire; another man, like
ly and well grown, about twenty two or three years of
age; the other, a boy about fifteen. Sold by v.rtue of an
order of Conrt, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors
of the estate of Johu English, as the property of said os
tato. Terms on the day of sale
LUCY ENGLISH, Ex’*.
December 24. 1856.
OGLETHORPE COUNT Y, GA.— Whereas, Mrs.
Jane S. Williams applies to me for Letters of Ad
ministration on the estate of Susan E. Williams, a mi
nor, late of said county, deceased :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and
appear at my office on or before the first Monday in Feb
ruary next, to show cause, if any they have, why said
letters should not be granted.
HENRY BRITAIN, Ordinary.
December 27, 1356.
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
—Whereas, the Estate of floury Mercer, late of
said county deceased, is unrepresented :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singular, the kiHdred and creditors of said decoased, and
all other persons interested, to he and appear at my of
fice on or before the first Monday in Febuary next, to
show cause, if any they have, why Letters of Adminis
tration should not be granted to Benjamin F. Hall, Clerk
of the Superior Court of said county, or to such other fit
and proper person as the heirs or creditors may name
and present to tho Court.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in
Augusta, this 24th December, 1856.
FOSTER BLODGET, JR., Ordinary.
December 27, 1856.
TATK OF 4JEOrTjIa', RICHMOND CULN'4 Y.
—Whereas, the estate of Samuel Hardman, late of
said county, deceased, is unrepresented :
These are therelore to cite and admonish, all and sin
gular, the k'-idred and creditors of said deceased, and
all other persons Interested, to be and appear at my office
on or before the first Monday in February next, to show
cause, if any they can, why letters of administration
should not be granted to Benjamin F. FI all, Clerk of the
Superior Court of said eounty, or such fit and proper per
son as tho heirs or creditors may name and present to the
Court.
Given under my hand and official signature at office In
Augusta, this December 24, 1856.
FOSTER BLODGET, JR., Ordinary.
December 27, 1856.
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNT Y.—
Whereas Jeiry Reed applies to me for letters of
Administration on the estate of Patrick Cantwell,
late of said county deceased ;
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and sin
gular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office on or before tho first Monday la
February next, to show cause if they have why said lot
ters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office in
Augusta, this 24th December, 1856.
FOSTER BLODGET, JR., Ordinary.
Dec. 27, 1856,
TATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUN
TY.—Whereas Wm. C. Sibley applies to me for
Letters of Administration on tho estate of Stephen E.
Davis, late of said county, deceased :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office on or before the first Monday
in February next, to show cause, if any they have, why
6ald letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office tn
Augusta, this 24th Dec, 1856.
FOSTER BLODGET, JR., Ordinary.
Dec. 27, 1856.
ri’lvO MONTHS afterdate application will be made
1 to the Court of Ordinary of Richmond oonntv, for
leave to sell a negro woman, named Ca ■ line, and her
two ch'ldren, belonging to the estate ot John Winter,
ate ofsad county, WINTER, Exr’x.
December r7, 1-56.
' UNIVERSITY OP GEORGIA, >
ATHENS, Dec 14,1856. )
.rju; EXERCISES of this College will be resumed
J, on the 16th January next.
The FACULTY Is as followsi
Alonzo Church, D. D , President.
W. T. Brantley, D. D., Professor of Belles Lettrea and
Oratory. ...
Rev P. H. Mell, Professor of Ancient Language*
Jonn D. Easter, M D„ Professor of Nat. Philosophy
aud Chemistry.
James Woodrow, A. M„ Professor ot Natural Scl
'"wiillams Rutherford, Jr , A. M , Profrssor of Maths
matics and Astronomy.
W D. Wash, A. M., Tutor in Mathematics,
w. H Waddel, A. M , Tutor In Languages.
It Is desirable that Students be present at the begin
ning of the terra, e-pecially new applicants for admission
But such will be examined and admitted at any time
thereafter.
dee3o-twßw ASBURY HULL, Secretary.
GLOBE HOTEL FOR SALE,
f I'UK subscriber having determined to sell, offers the
l Furniture, Beil, Bedding aud fixtures of every kind
contained In said build ng, necessary for a Hotel business,
together with a lea eon the Hotel. It Is an oid and fa
vorite stand. To any one wishing to do a Hotel Bus!-
sincss, It is a good opportun ty. L. S MORRIA
Augusta, Ga„ Dee. 13, 1856, decH ntjal
»/\ UHL.-. TU.wCai.oUr-A WHISKEY I
OU 50 bbls MONONGAHELA d .
In store and for sale by .
(ICC 27 KOLB &. PHINIJY
AIIPEKS' MAOAZINK, for Jammy trim,
med For sals by H. D. NORRELL
desk!