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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