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About The daily sun. (Columbus, Ga.) 1855-1873 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1856)
COLUMBUS: Monday Morningj March 10, 185(1. LARGEST CITV CIRCUIiATIOK. The Muscogee Hoad Stock tAuostion. Almost out* entire space this morning is given up to a communication, signed by ft ma jority of our City Council, in relation to the late sale of the city's Muscogee Railroad Stock to Messrs. Patten and Mustian. Their state ment, wo believe, embraces all the facts, docu ments and proceedings bearing upon the trans action ; and as “impediments” arc still sought to he interposed to a ratification of the trans fer by public opinion, every citizen should ex amine this connected history of the ease. ♦ We have boon compelled, for want of space, to lay over until to-morrow morning, the in strument offered by Messrs. Patten and Mus tlaa, and accepted by a majority of flu* <’ity Council, as security on their purchase of the city stock. Trial and Conviction of McCombs. The last Columbia (S. C ) Times, contains an account of the trial of .James McCombs, charged with the killing of Win. T. Cross, -Mar shal of that city on the evening of the 1 Ith of December last. The trial occupied the entire day. The Jury, after an absence of three hours, returned a verdict of guilty, which sub jects the pMsonor to the punishment of murder in the first degree. THE MUBCOOEE STOCK QUESTION. For the Daily Sun. To the. Citizen* of Columbus : We lnvd intended to discharge what we con ceived to be our solemn duty in reference to the contract made by’ the City Council with Patten and Mustian for tho sale of the Musco gou Railroad Stock, by currying outtlmt agree ment in good faith, and thereby discharge a large debt which lias beeu pressing upon the city. This we hoped to do in tho spirit and intention of the. original parties, without sup posing that a necessity would arise for us to appear before the public in justification of our course. Homo of our friends, however, think it but justice to ourselves to correct tho im pressions which have been made or attempted to be made by some of our colleagues in regard to the action of tho former and present Hoards of Aldermen. This we shall do as briclly as possible, leaving it to the publication of the ■worn answers to the bill filed by Semmos, Hall and Stewart to manifest tho necessity, justice and fairness of the sale of said stock to batten and Mustian. It has been asserted and published by our colleagues, that there has novel - been a sale of the stock to ratten and Mustian. This eon elusion is based, not upon any act of Patten and Mustian, who have a right to suppose that the City Council was acting in good faith, but upon the assumed necessity of a double passing of the contract on the part of the City Council, which it is said was not done. Let us look to the record : Nov. I'd.—llisllon. the Mayor submitted the following memorandum of an agreement entered into between himself and Messrs. Patten and Mustian, for tlio action of Council: Terms of agreement between W. Williams, Mayor of tlio city of Columbus, on the part of the city, It. Patton and Mustian and Mott, for the sale of 1800 shares Muscogee Railroad Stock, us follows: The said Mayor agrees to sell to said par ties 1000 shares of said stock for the sum of $151,000, payable as follows: The said Pat ton & Cos. will pay on tho Ist of January next the sum of $25,000. it being the last July instalment of bonds paid by the city, and the further sum of SI,OOO additional to cover interest and expenses, making the sum of $20,000. The said Patten & Cos. agree further to pay the city bonds issued for said road, amounting to $125,000, to become duo, and the interest thereon, astho same shall fall due, and to give satisfactory security to the city for the faithful and prompt performance of the same. Interest against tlio city and dividends in favor of the city to bo counted and calcula ted up to Saturday last. I r j>on the reception of said security, the city will transfer to mid partite 1800 shares of said stock. (Signed) WILEY WILLIAMS, Mayor. Columbus, Nov. 10, 1855. The Mayor made the following report, with the terms of agreement for the sale of Rail Road Stock : The city of Columbus originally made the subscription for the stock for the purpose of securing the completion of the onterprizo, and not with the hope and expectation of making money by it : in fact it was deemed better to risk the loss of the whole amount subscribed, and thereby secure this valuable adjunct to the value of our real estate and commerce, rather than fall behind our sister cities who were making every offort to extend their onterprizo around us and thereby prostrate our city. Having effected the great and leading pur pose of subscription, it lias become a matter not only of great interest but of necessity to provide promptly for the payment of the bonds as they shall mature. On the first of July last the first instalment of $25,000 became due, and every member of Council, and noue better than the Committee on Finance, know with what difficulty the credit of the city was protected. In the early part of the summer the City Council passed an Ordinance levying a tax of one and a quar ter per cent, upon the value of the real estate ••f the city for this purpose ; but the authority of the Council to do this being doubtful, and very many of our fellow citizens manifesting determined opposition to the payment of the tax, it was iouud impractioablo to enforce it. The members of the City Council were advised to sell the stock to the highest bidder and pav the debt, but this would have involved a great sacrifice owing to the season of the year and the scarcity of money. The stock under this arrangement must have been sold at a very low figure to those favored few who couhl command ready money. The sale of the stock in this way would have involved a responsi bility which for one 1 was unwilling to incur. The only course left was to borrow the money at a greater rate of interest than seven per cent, to pay our debt then pressing upon us. This was dono by the Committee on Fi nance, who were obliged to pledge their indi vidual names in addition to the pledge of 700 shares of stock, as security for thirty thousand dollars payable at 90 days. Upon the maturity of this draft iu Septem ber, the same operation had to bo repeated, and the individual liability of members of Council and a pledge of 1000 shares of stock for the security of the payment of s.’>l,ooo on the first of January next. This sum, and the further sum ot $25,000, making the sum ol fifty-six thousand, must 1,0 raised to meet tho draft in January and the second instalment of the city bunds due tho first of July next. The sale then of one third of the stock must necessarily be made during tho business sen son, for it must be obvious that expedients can no longer be resorted to. lhe sale ot the whole stock, according to theagreement which 1 have reported to you, extinguishes the whole debt and leaves the city free from that inoum brance, and with ample time to prepare lor the bonds issued to the Mobile and Girard Road, which commence to mature in 1860. The actual loss of the citizens of Columbus by her subscription to thisentorprizo is a mere i trifle, consisting of the taxes paid for interest ; on the bonds up to the time the road com menced making her semi-annual dividends, i amounting to about s3l ,000—-an amount which j has been reimbursed thirty fold by the increas ed value of property and trade. ! We need only to recur to the condition we should have been in for two years past had it ; not been for the Muscogee Hoad. Without a I river or other outlet for produce, our trade ! must have ceased, and as a necessity all pro perty must have greatly depreciated. Our real estate in the city, as valued by sworn offi cers, amounts to more titan two millions of dollars, and our prospects for tho future per haps brighter than they ever before existed. I think I hazard nothing in saying that with- I out this road our real estate to-day would not have been valued at exceeding one million, with lmt few merchants, mechanics, or other appearances of trade and property. Tho sum then has been well spent and well repaid, and the city having accomplished its purpose, does well to sell the stock without the loss of one dollar to the corporation. The fact that the City Council must sell the stock to pay s'<l,ooo, now shortly at maturity, sug gests and enforces the propriety of selling the whole stock upon a proposition which is re garded so favorable to tho interests of the city, and forbids the idea of permitting it to pass unimproved. I therefore report the con tract to the Council and our fellow citizens with great pleasure, not only that those things have boon realized, but that by its sale we plaec the credit of the city’ beyond a hazard on account of the accidents which may happen to the road or its financial management, or the fluctuations and uncertainties of its stock. 1, Calvin Stratton, Clerk of the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus,’ do hereby certify that the foregoing four pages is a true extract from the journal of said Mayor and Council as of record in my office. Given under my 1 tantl and official signature, litis the bt.h of March, 18oil. CALVIN STRATTON, Cl’k. After which, tho following resolutions were offered and passed: Resolved, that the agreement made by his Honor the Mayor for the sale of 1800 shares in the Muscogee Railroad Stock to Messrs. Ratten and Mustian, for the sum of $151,000, payable as specified in said agreement, be and the same is hereby ratified. Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be and are hereby instructed to conclude the details of said contract, and especially that said Committee receive and judge of the satis factory security to be given by said purcha sers for tho prompt and faithful performance of their said contract. Which were passed. Nov. 2G.—Council met, and the minutes of the previous meeting read and approved. Nov. 21.—Injunction filed. Due. 10.—The following communication was submitted to Council: To the Mayor and Conned: —Referring to the contract made between us and tho City Couucil for the purchase of 1800 shares of Muscogee Railroad Stock, ami saving and reserving all our rights under and by virtuoof said contract, wc, at the request and upon the application of the Mayor of said city, offer to loan to the City Council the sum of $26,000, to be due and payable to us on the Istof February next, and will take as security for the payment thereof a transfer of lhe Stock now held by Smith & Patrick in pledge for the pavilion • of the draft of the city discounted by them fur $31,000. Now if the contract made by us with Council, above referred to, and which is now enjoined, should bo set aside, tlie city must pay us interest on said sum of money, but if the said injunction should bo dissolved and no impediment should exist to the con summation of the contract, then upon the transfer of the stock to us under said contract prior to the Ist of February next, the $26,000 shall be considered ns a payment made by us in pursuance of said contract, and no interest shall be charged thereon. The terms of the contract as agreed upon in reference to the first payment of $26,000, was limited to the Ist day of January next, but it was understood by us that the payment should be made in time to meet the draft held by Smith & Patrick, and in arranging our securities to the eity for the performance of our contract wc offered to pay in cash tlie said sum of $26,000. We arc therefore willing to let the city have the use ol’ said sum of money, in theexigeney in which they are placed by the injunction, and upon the terms above specified. Respectfully, your obd’t serv’ts, v * R. PATTEN. 1 J. L. MUSTIAN. M hereupon Aid. Ruse ottered the following resolution : Resolved, That the proposition of Me-srs. Patten £ Mustian in regard to loaning the eity $20,000, until the istof February next, be and the same is hereby accepted, agreeably to the terms proposal: provided that the said l’atten & Mustian shall execute their obliga tion to transfer said stock to the city upon tho payment of said sum of money to them. Unanimously adopted. $20,000 00. Columbus, Oa., Dee. 17, 1855. On the first day of February next, tho Ma or and Council of the city of Columbus prom ise to pay to the order of Richard Patten and John L. Mustian, at the Agency of the Marine Bank at Columbus, the sum* of Twenty-six Thousand Dollars, value received, subject to (lie conditions hereto annexed. F. G. WILKINS, Mayor of tlie eitv of Columbus, H. T. HALL, Chairman Committee on Finance. The above note is subject to tho following conditions, to-wit: That if the contract for the sale of 1800 shares of Muscogee Rail Road Stock, made between John L. Mustian and Rich ard ratten of the one part, and the Mayor and Council of the city ol’ Columbus of the other part, and which is now enjoined, should bo set aside, then the said note to be of full force and virtue and bear interest front date; but if the injunc tion is dissolved and no impediment should exist to the consummation thereof, then the said note to be null and void, and tho same be considered as the first payment made by said I’atien and Mustian, made in pursuance of said contract, and no interest shall be charged thereon. F. G WILKINS, Mayor of the city of Columbus, 11. T. HALL, Chairman Finance Committee. Did not the Mayor by attaching his name both to the note and the conditions to the note? did not the Committee on Finance by their <'hairnmn’s name signed to both note and con ditions? did not Council in its resolution ac cepting, unanimously, the loan upon the condi tions, signify a willingness and an intention to consummate the contract ? If this language means anything it means this; for will any one say tile Council intended to obtain money upon false pretenses? .So much for the intention of Council at the time of making the loan, but to the actual for ‘c * t the writing. “Th ■ note and conditions’ - is an official pa per signed by the authority ol Council by the agents of that body, of as much force and effi cacy as any other written obligation of Coun cil signed by the same agents, and as such may be enforced. The face of the paper is its own plain vindication. Dtc. lb.— Tho contract and ic.-jlutiou ac cepting the proposal of Messrs. Patton & Mustian for the loan of $28,000, which was passed on the 10th of December, and publish ed in the Fnquirer December 13, was, on mo tion of Aid. llall, unanimous.y reaffirmed; whereupon, Aid. Slade offered the fol owing resolution: Resolved, Thai the Finance Committee be and are hereby instructed to carry into effect the resolution of the late Council in regard to obtaining the loan of Messrs. Patten A Mus tian agreeably to their proposition. Adopted. Due. 21.—Resolved, That the Finance Com mittee be and arc hereby instructed to inquire into the result of the late injunction case in regard to the sale of the Stock held by the city in the Muscogee Railroad, and if no legal impediment exist, that they proceed at once to consummate the agreement entered into be tween the late Council and Messrs. Patten & Mustian. Adopted. (Dissolution of injunction before note fell due.) Jan. 17.—Aid. Thompson offered the fol lowing resolution: Whereas theinjunction against the sale of the Stock owned by the city in tue Muscogee Rail road has been dissolved and finally dismissed; therefore he it resolved that the Finance Com mittee be instructed to examine into the secu rities offered by Messrs. Patten k Mustian for the fulfilment of their contract to purchase said stock, and to report on the same at next meeting. On motion of Aid. Jones, this resolution was laid on the table until next meeting.— Yeas 6—Nays 5. Jan. 21.—The following resolution was re jected : Resolved, That this Council re-affirm and ratify the contract entered into November ID, between the late Council and Messrs. Patten & Mustian, and that the Finance Committee lie instructed to examine into the securities offered by Messrs. Patten & Mustian and to report at next regular meeting. This was lost, not because the Aldermen were opposed to the sale, but that they be lieved they were acting illegally in taking any step in the matter while the injunction was still pending. The next meeting was Jan. 24, and Aid. Slade gave notice that lie should move a re consideration of the above resolution, which at that time was laid on the table on motion of Aid. Chapman, and action on same was post poned until January 28, when it was again taken up and action again postponed, and at same meeting Aid. Jones offered the following resolution: Resolved, That this Council never did in tend their action in the premises as a ratifica tion of said contract. Which was lost. Fun. 4.—Resolved, that this Council ratify and re-allirm the contract made with Messrs. Patten & Mustian by the late Council in re gard to tho sale of the Stock held by the city in the Muscogee Railroad—that ratification being* subject to the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Seinmes and others vs. City Council. < tarried—Yeas 7, Nays 5. Fed. 11.—Journal of last meeting read and approved. Feb. 18.—Whereas wc are informed t at the Supreme Court has finally dissolved the injunction in tiic case of P. J. Semines and others vs. tho City Council. Therefore, be it resolved, that this Council re-affirm the con tract entered into between the late Council and Messrs. Patten & Mustian in regard to the sale of the stock held by the city in tho Mus cogee Railroad, and that the Finance Commit tee bo instructed to examine into the securi ties offered by Messrs. Patten k Mustian in compliance with tlicir contract, and to report at next meeting of Council. Adopted—Yeas 7, Nays 5. Feb. 25.—Council met, and journal of last meeting read and approved: hut in conse quence of the absence of one Alderman, and the decision ot his Honor that the resolution must bo passed at two successive meetings, the matter was not taken up until the meeting of March when the resolution re-affirming the contract was again passed, and the securities offered by Messrs. Patten & Mustian were acted upon by the whole Council, and adopted and received. It has been published that “there has nev er been a sale of the Muscogee Railroad stock to Patten and Mustian.” The statute of the State passed December 25th, 1854 requires in order to make “such a sale” (please note the language) “that it shall be done by the act of the whole board at two successive meetings thereof, Ac. Did those who made this dic tum make one single note of explanation of the nature of the sale ? Tho law above referred to is very explicit in its exceptions of “regular and current expenses of the city.” What was such a sul, made for ? in other words what was the nature of the sale ? VS e ask, if the city, in issuing her bonds for the one hundred and fifty thousand dollars— the amount to which she extended her credit for the Muscogee Railroad—did not incur a regular expense to the amount of the bonds issued, which regular expense, from the fact that by contract these bonds were to be met in installments, was in addition made a current expense. Did the original contract, at the time ot the investment in the road, give to the city any choice of the time for the ma turity ot those bonds or the amount on the installment Nothing was left so indefinite. There was no such option left to the city; payment must be made at regular and stated periods, unless the bonds be bought up prior to their maturity. Should the city have failed at any time to meet an installment, payment might l<c compelled as easily as the payment of the salary of one of the officers of 1 the corporation. On what, or to what source has the city looked, at any time since the in vestment, to raise funds to meet these install ments ? it will not t<e hinted, that it was tho sale of the* bridge and her other valuable pro perty ; surely not to taxation : nor to the city’s annual income, itself barely enough to meet her other liabilities. The Railroad stock alone has been expected to meet tne city s in debtedness ou the bonds, excepting only the coupons of interest upon the same, tor which a special statute provides by u limited tax it necessary. Now to meet one of these installments and the interest on the bonds, the Council have repeatedly borrowed money, and made actual transfers of huge amounts of stock which were required in pledge. These loans were invaria bly made by previous Councils by only one act of Council—the right to do which has never been called in question, nor lias there ever been an attempt to repudiate any such loan, however great may have been the amount of stock transferred in pledge, nor can the right of Council iu the prepiisos be questioned. The highest judicial authority decided, in dissolving the injunction lately pending over the city, that the Council had the right to make the sale. Now it must be kept in mind that the loan and the sale were .both for the same end—to meet the city's liabilities on the bonds. In the loans there was “an amount over three hundred dollars involved,”, as well as in the sale, but in botli cases cancelling a current expense, and both transactions were within the right of Council. Then why make an exception in favor of one ? Tho law quoted (as if applicable) does not make a distinction It says “ that no vote, resolution or order of said Mayor and Council, for the payment of money, or for the performance of any net or measure involving an amount exceeding the sum of three hundred dollars, except the reg ular and current expenses of the city,” &c.— under which exceptions must fall the sale of the whole or part of the city’s Muscogee Rail road Stock, to pay all the installments, as well as the loan of $26,000 to pay one installment. Rut suppose wo proceed upon the hypothe sis that the payment of the px-incipal and in terest of these bonds is not within the “regu lar and current expenses of the city,” and the sale should be required to be ratified by a ma jority of the Board at a subsequent meeting, let us see howit stands. On the 19th Novem ber the resolution making the sale of the stock to Patten and Mustian was passed by a majori ty of tho whole board. The yeas, upon a call of the Aldermen, were six, the nays three, and three absent. Allowing tho three absent to vote in the negative, it was a tie, in which case the Mayor was entitled to a vote, which was given in tho affirmative, making a “ ma jority of the whole board.” If there had been but six Aldermen and the Mayor present, and all six had voted iu the affirmative, it would have been considered a tie, and the Mayor would bo authorized to vote ; therefore, upon the hypothesis above stated, the resolution was legally passed. Before another meeting of Council an in junction was granted, restraining the City Council from doing or per erming any other act in the premises until the further order of the Court. On the 17th Dec., 1855, and while the injunction was pending, the Mayor Wilkins and 11. T. Hall, in pursuance of a resolution of Council, gave Patten and Mustian the note ot the city for $26,000, subject to the follow ing condition agreed to by Council, no one dis senting: “ The above note is subject to the following condition, to-wit: That if the con tract lor the sale of 1800 shares of the Musco gee Railroad stuck, made between l’atten and Mustian of the one part and the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus of the other part, and which is now enjoined, should be set aside, then the said note to be of full force and virtue and to bear interest from date ; but if the injunction is dissolved and no impedi ment should exist to the consummation there of, then the said note to be null and void, and the sum be considered as the first payment made by l’atten and Mustian in pursuance of said contract, and no interest shall be chax-ged thereon.” This was a recognition of the contract, un der the injunction it is true, but which bound the Council to its performance so soon as the “impediment,” which was the injunction, should he out ot the way ; and the City Coun cil actually'received from Patten and Mustian the sum of $26,000 by virtue of it, and which the Council and Patten and Mustian agreed should be considered as the first payment on the contract, upon the dissolution of the in junction. On the 24th December, after the dissolution of the injunction, which was ordered by Judge Worrill on the 18th December, the Council passed the following resolution: “ Resolved , That the Finance Committee be and are here by instructed to enquire into the lute injunction case in regard to the sale of the stock hold by the city in the Muscogee Rail Road, and if no legal impediment exist, that they proceed at once to communicate the agreement entered into between the late Council and Patten and Mustian.” This was another ratification es the contract by the City Council, after the dissolution of tho injunction; but the complainants having notified their intention of taking the case to the Supreme Court, notuing was done under it. On the 4th of February, 186 G, the Council passed the*following resolution: “Resolved, that this Council ratify and re-affirm the con tract made with Messrs. Patten & Mustian by the late Council in regard to the stock held by the city in the Muscogee Railroad, this ratifi cation being subject to tho decision of the Su preme Court iu tho ease of Semuies and others vs. the City Council.” Here was another ratification of the contract by the City’ Council: but as as it may be said that this and the preceding resolutions were passed during the existence of the injunction, we will refer to another. On the 18th February, 1856, the City Coun cil passed the following resolution : “Whereas wc arc informed tlint the Supreme Court lias finally d'ssolved theinjunction in the case of Semmes and others vs. tlio City Council, there fore be it resolved, That this Council re-affirm the contract entered into between the late Council and Messrs. Patten k Mustian in re- gard to tho sale of the stock held | )Y . ~sß in the Muscogee Railroad, and that th Y p I Committee be instructed so oxamiu e j,’ “** securities offered by Patten & Mustian J pliauee with their contract, and to re ■ the next meeting of Council.” it w m “ r 'l served that this aflirmatory resoluti., 1 passed by illegal majority at the first /,,■ of Couucil after the final action of the Bu t 1 Court, when there was no legal impeding] the way,| and at the next meeting at * tt I first passing of the resolution uuthorizi, 1 sale of the stock, at which the Council J authoritatively act in the premises; fI J I our colleagues say, on the 23d February j] all this action by the city Council of last vj and of this year, that there has never I,,’J sale of tho stock to Patten & Mustian. v J as our colleagues arc concerned, we aWw ] them the ‘in*: honesty of purpose :ui*l d-1 tion to the ini rests of’the city which 1 as the governing principle of our conduct, j we do not, iu this communication, and* t J necessary to criticise the purposes I jects of those who have assiduously labored] abrogate the contract made with PauJ Mustian. All we desire and intend, is tod that we have not been recreant to obligati,] which we deem binding upon its as nieiuL, of the City Council, and that in refeiciict law and good morality, we have done noth more and nothing less than our duty in w .. ing out the contract made by our predeces; JOHN IV. peak’ F. $. CHAPMAN D. L>. THOMPSON JOHN HUN LEY JOHN BUNS EL J. J. BLADE, HENRY T. HALL Columbus, March 8, 1850. TELEGRAPHIC! THREE DAYS LATER FROM KUUOI'i.B ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. H Telegraphed for the Daily Sun. § ♦— H Augusta, March B—o.] p. nße The British steamship Africa has arrive, B Halifax with advices from Liverpool i„ H 23d ult, m The lower grades of cotton are reported B have declined 1-1 Gd. Other qualities remaß ed unchanged. Sales of the week 50,000! B Consols 91. Peace Conference progressing favorably. ■’ New Orleans, March * ■ Sales to-day, seven thousand bales. l’ii: Ba unchanged. Africa’s advices received late this eveniiiß reporting Liverpool cotton market heavy. cH a decline of 1-1 fid. to Jd. Sales of the mtH 50,000 bales. Consols advanced j. 11 4tif*\Vc* advise those of our friends, in a state of blessed lies, who would win the idol of their lieumeH enjoy that domestic felicity known only to those iuncH ried life, to restore the hair of tlieir bald pates, clm.H their gray locks to their original color, make thenql-M •sy as silk, by using Professor Wood’s Ilair Restoratisß it is now* tiro standard remedy for all diseases of the hi and skin. —Ohio Statesman. Jo An Interest in The Sun for Sale. B The business of The Sun establishment hi, iug more than 1 can do justice to, I offeriß interest of one third, or one half for sale. Tkl establishment is one of the most extensive at well appointed in the South. It may trulyk said to be prepared for all work in the lines! printing. The paper has been establish! only’ seven months, and the position it has ti ready attained in public favor, is a sufficient guarantee of its future prospects and profits A person qualified to conduct the editorial de partment with spice, life and ability, would K preferred. For terms and price, call at tin Sun office, or address THOMAS DE WOLF. MARCUS <fc CHAFFIN HAVE .lust Received— -10 Barrels Apples, New Fresh Lard, Large hand-made Hominy. Fine Havana Cigars, Sultana Raisins. Figs Ac. Worcestershire Sauce, Fresh supplies of Mncearoni. Dried Reef. March 10. A. J. RIDDLE, 3DA.C3-XJEHIHIEA.3Nr ARTIST. H AS closed liis rooms over Mygatt’s Store, I'T’ 1 1 . tory to re-opening on a scale of magnificent' l ' l,l surpassing anything heretofore known in this City. His new rooms will he on the corner of Broad® Randolph streets, in the block now being built In* Jones, and as soon as completed. March 7, 185.1 if LAW BLANKS, Such as tho following, neatly and correctly prinb-J superior paper, for sale at this office, at one dollar K quire: FOR SHERIFFS: Ca. Sa. Ronds, Bail Bond Replevy Bonds, Forthcoming Rond. Summons of Garnishment, Bills of Sale, Jury Subpoena, Deeds. Gland Jury Subpoena, FOR CLERKS: Declarations in Assumpsit, Witness Suhpdllia. Declarations in Debt. Ca. Sa's, Complaints, Fi. Fa's, lustanter Subjxena. FOR ORDINAL IKS: Letters of Administration, Bond for Teniji'v Letter’ Administrator's Bond, Administration, Letters Testamentary. Commission of Appiai*' lu ” Temporary Letters of Adm. Guardian Bond. Letters of Guardianship, Marriage Lionise. FOR JUSTICES: Summons, Rail Bond, Execution. Ca. Sa. Attachment. FOR CONSTABLES: Ca. Sa. Bond Forthcoming Bond. NURSE WANTED. lIfANTED to hire for one month, a good N <i’ }} grow n woman—white, yellow, or Mark. Apl' l .’ tlie Oglethorpe House, Hoorn No. 7, to March 4, ISMi. G. W. ASHRI KV OATS oru l BUSHELS Oats just received and for sfth* D DUU JAMES LIGDN PRINTING AND WRAPPING PAP**’ ROCK ISLAND PAPER MILLS, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. r PIIKBK MILLS are prepared to furnish tlie I” * 1 tide of Printing ami Wrapping Paper. The _ wli icliTiie Daily Sun is printed, is made at these A LUX. MCDOUGALI) K. G. CABITR’ ‘* McDOl G ALD & CAIIITHEKS Attorneys at Law, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 11 ‘"ILL practice in all tlie counties of the ‘ I’ 1 ’ \\ choc Circuit; iu tlie counties of Cliaital Clay. Early, ami Randolph,of the Pataula Civ* a l ’ ‘ Calhoun and Decatur counties, of tlie South W est. rn edit. February A 1860. ly
