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COLITMBTJS:
Tuesday morning, Nov. IS, 1850.
IjAKOK.S'I’ CITY CIRCULATION.
Shooting.
On Buutiuy evening last, an altercation occur
red in this city, between Mr. Jeptha Wiggins
and Mr. Gaines Chisholm, during which Mr
Chisholm was shot in the wrist.
From what information we could obtain, we
learn, Mr. Wiggins noted on the defensive.—
The pccurencc is more to be regretted in ns
much as the parties were old friends. We
trust the difficulty will be honorably and ami
cably adjusted between the parties.
Odd Fellows’ Celebration.
Musoogee Lodge No. 0 1. O. O. F. celebrated
their thirteenth Anniversary on Monday last
the 17th inst.
Headed by the celebrated Hand belonging to
G. N. Kldrcd’a Circus and Menagerie, they pro
ceeded from their Ilall to Temperance Hall,
whore l)r. W. W. Flowelien delivered the most
chaste, beautiful and appropriate address as
was over our pleasure to hear. It was redo
lent with the choicest similies, and abounded
with bursts of oratory, worthy of the champi
on of such a brotherhood. He depicted
with a master mind, the benefits derived and
the honor attained by becoming a member ol’
tlie fraternity. The orator eloquently convin
ced the delighted auditory how
“Eevci-d in age, beloved ij* youth,
Aro holy friendship, hove anti Truth.”
We should stato in this place that many iil
mannered hoys whose faces scented of “the
earth earthy,” annoyed the audience by con
stantly tramping in and out the hall during the
delivery of the address. The seats of the llall
too seemed to have lmd been neglected by the
dusting brush. The ladies present did not
much relish their condition.
After the delivery of the address the proces
sion moved to the l’crry House and partook of
of a splendid dinner; and just such a dinner
as Mr. l’erry and his amiable lady and the
Messrs Bass can propare. There was no inci
dent calculated to mar the pleasures of the day,
aud all things went
‘Merry as h marring* liell.”
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. After him with a Sharp Stick.
The following which wo clip from the Dal
las (Ala.) Gazette is pretty tight papers on
Captain Suggs. Jonoc’s sad mistake is equal
ulily to that’ of a certain paper not u league
from this vicinity. We hope there will bo no
enquirer for the name of the sheet which bat
tled shoulder to shoulder in the Presidential
contest with the Montgomery Mail. Some
guessers they!
LKT THE “MAIL” LOOK OUT!
A zealous Know Nothing was bitter in his
complaints against the Montgomery Mail a few
days since. Ho made numerous bets on the
strength of the brags of that paper, and has lost
them all. He said something about reporting
our funny and “romancing” contemporary to
the Grand Jury, so he had hotter look out.
A Golden Gift.
A female friend of ours just entered into the
matrimonial state, and who received a splendid
copy of the Bible as a Bridal gift, has kindly
furnished us a paragraph from the note accom
panying the magnificent aud appropriate
present. Here it is :
“I can think of no more suitable gift than
this. Take it and make it the rule of your
life. In prosperity, iu sickness, in health may
its counsels be your guardian angels, near to
instruct, to solace and strengthen you in all
the dutios of your new life; aud when our lit
tle course of life is run may it bo the happi
ness of the giver to meet you- and yours iu the
upper and better Land.”
Are not these beautiful sentiments, so feel
ingly uttered, “like apples of gold on pictures
of silver ?”
Apollo Abroad.
Maj. Jones of tlio Savannah News notices
thus a part of the advertisement of our fascin
ating friend Apollo. No doubt Major but the
appreciative gentleman will render you his
thanks for the kindly aid you have given him.
Who will give Apollo the next lift ?
“A Wife WANTEn.-Some genius advertises
iu the Columbus Sun for a wife under the age
of 30, of good temper, good figure, and posses
sing a moderate share of worldly goods. So
far the advertisement follows the usual form.
But now soe how modestly the gentlemen hints
at his own qualifications.
“The advertiser is about 28 years old, of
good height and figure, fair complexion, dis
position kind, has moustache, goatee, and long
hair—-all black—a fair share of jewelry, aud a
wardrobe of fine clothes. Can sing and dance
perfectly, and performs on several musical in
struments. Being at leisure at present, ho will
bo pleased to hear of any propositions from his
equals.”
Will not some fair damsel take pity on the
lonely Condition of this poorl'ellow, with dispo
sition, moustache, goatee and long hair, —all
black, and a good lot of “store clothes.” “Ilia
equals” should not let this chance pass, for it
is not often suoli a bargain is offered, —long
hair, moustache, goatee, singing, dnneing, per
forming on several instruments, good clothes,
and at leisure at present. Wonderful man!”
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We learn from the Advertiser that the work
on the Chattanooga and Clevelaud Railroad is
progressing rapidly ; ns much sons the nature
of tiro labor will permit. The tunnel is under
way on each side of the ridge, with as large a
force as can be conveniently eniployod. In
twelve months the cars will be running between
the two cities.
THE CIRCUS.
Last night the Circus wns filled, cumpaetly
filled. The audience seemed perfectly delight
ed with the perforumuces, and the wit and
humor of the Clowns (particularly that of Jim
my Reynolds) was received with great ap
plause. Mons. Franconi and his wonderfully
trained horse, arc a groat addition to the cir
cus, and elicited much praise.
The most perfect order seemed to prevail,
I and up to the tirno of our leaving every body
appeared to be enjoying themselves finely.
P- T. Herbert at Home-
The people of Mariposa, for eight years the
residence of Mr. Herbert, have without dis
’ tinetiori of party, endorsed and sustained his
; course. Here are the resolutions unanimously
■ adopted at a meeting of the citizens of that
place, irrespective of party :
j Resolved, That irrespective of party, we tho
I citizens of Mariposa, are gratified at the re
turn of the Hon. I*. T. Herbert, ourßeprcfien
j tative in Congress. We welcome him home to
California and to Mariposa, and to reqew to
) him our friendly greetings and hospitalities,
j Resolved, That we emphatically deuuunoe
J the conduct of certain newspapers in falsify
ing aud distorting the facts, and manufactur
ing prejudice against tho lion. 1\ T. Herbert,
evidently for tho purpose of precluding a fair
j and impartial investigation of his recent diffi-
I culty at Washington'.
The meeting was presided over by Mr. A. J.
Gregory, a whig.
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Lancaster County? Pennsylvania.
The official vote in Lancaster county, resul
ted as follows:
Fremont fusion ticket 0,608
Fillmore “ “ 3,015
Straight Fillmore ‘ ‘977
Buchanan “ .8,781
A serious accident occurred to the Columbia
train of the South Carolina railroad, nine milt#
below Branchville, on Saturday last. A rail
broke ami three passenger cars were thrown
off the track. Mr. Ryan, and a negro woman
were soverely if not fatally injured, and about
twelve others were more or less wounded.
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The Atlanta Intelligencer says William and
George Illackstock were badly injured on Fri
day last, by tho accidental explosion of a blast,
while they were at work at a rock quarry, in
this city. The first named, very seriously in
jured.
Tho Tuscumbia Alabamian says tho burglar
who broke into Mr. Ross’ Drug Htoro, last
week, and got pretty soverely hatchcted, has
so far recovered from his injuries that lie was
takon to Frankfort and lodged in jail on Tues
day last. He will probably “do the State
borne service” yet.
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Gen. Bankhead-
This officer of tho United States Army, fa
miliar to many who served in the -Mexican War,
died iu Baltimore on the 13th inst.
Gen. Harney.
The Key West Key of the Gulf of the Bth in
stant, announces the arrival of this okl cam
paigner at that place.
Nicaragua Correspondence.
Sax Carlos, Nov. 2,185 G.
Editor New Orleans True Delia : The enemy,
1,500 strong, were as good as whipped out of
Massaya on the 12th, when General Walker
received the courier from Granada informing
him that 900 Guatemalans and 800 Chammo
ristfts, the latter from San Jacinto and Tipe
tappi, had entered that city soon after his de
parture, and that the citizens, and clerks, and
officers of departments, together with the sick
in the hospital, were all that were left there
to defend it. He counter-marched early in
the morning of the 18th, and after a half hour’s
struggle fully put the enemy to route, killing
at least 400 in Granada-aud 100 in Masaya,
aud taking 58 prisoners in Granada. The
Americans counted 100 of the enemy dead in
Masaya in the parts of the town they oecu
pied, but the enemy pertinaciously drag in,
bury, and hide their dead, and many a poor
fellow falls by the American rifie in the time
ritous attempt. Tho Americans lost four kill
ed at Masaya, and ten in Granada, with thirty
nine wounded. General Walker holds (in
chain gang) fifty-eight Guatemalan prison
ers, takeu in Granada, and lias executed two
—a Colonel and one Captain—of the enemy,
prisoners, to compensate one American execu
ted by them, whom they promised to return ■
for a bugler, but whom, after General Walker
had sent in the bugler, they confessed they
could not give him up—they had killed him !
Tho Americans hurried over one hundred of
the enemy’s dead iu Granada, while they had
filled three wells capable of containing one
hundred each, besides filling privies, cesspools,
and burying very many in tho yards and su
burbs of Granada, rendering it impossible to
furnish anything like a satisfactory list.
The coullict lasted but a half hour in Gra
nada after the arrival of the forces from Ma
saya. The General will probably soon move
on to Masaya again, whence, after routing the
euemy, he will pursue them to Leon, and driv
ing them thence, will occupy that city with a
strong garrison, which will hold it permanent
ty-
The army is in very excellent health and has
an amply supply of munitions and arms for its
present number.
The rainy season is rapidly closing, and the
“crossing” is extremely facile anil plonsant.
As ever, yours, Okanuo.
Pennsylvania-
In thirty-four countirs, the official vote
stands, for
Buchanan 177,899
Total opposition 101,151
Democratic majority 10,748
Iu the above counties, and. included iu the
opposition vote, the straight Fillmore ticket
received 23,331 votes.
A late dispatch from Harrisburg, Fa., (Nov.
12th,) says, in fifty counties Buchanan has re
ceived 218,514 votes and tho fusion ticket
190,472, (in tlie later vote the Fremont fu ion
claim 137,700, and tho Fillmore fusion 52,772)
and tho straight Fillmore ticket received 25,-
510 votos. Tho remaining counties will in
crease the democratic majority about 2,500
votes.
Mr. Buchanan’s plurality in Pennsylvania
will bo about 57,000, and lie will have a small
majority in the State overall the opposition.—
Augusta Constitutionalist .
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Important Agricultural Movement.
The two excellent agricultural works, the
Soil af the South ami the American Gotten
Planter have been united, or emerged, and the
publication is to be ebutinued in this oil)
the Planter being the work to bo continued.
This arrangement secures tho best periodical
ever published in tho South. Wo do not know
nil the arrangements of the plan, but we aro
glad to learn that Mr. Peabody is to remain in
Ids position ns Horticultural Editor—and also ,
that Dr. Cloud will maintain hi.* old place.—
The work will be worthy of the South, and will
chjoy au immense patronage. —Montgomery
Meteenger.
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A hog exhibited at Chilicothe .(Ohio) Fair,
last week, weighed 1,185 pounds, and meas
ured nine feet in length, and about the same
in girth- He wns two years and three months
old.
South Carolina Agricultural Fair.
Among the Premiums awarded we notice the
following to.citizens of this State:
Best Cooking Stove of Georgia Iron, Silver
Medal. W. 11. Goodrich
Best Washing Machine of Georgia Iron, Sil
ver Medal. W. H. Goodrich & Cos.
Best Band Saw, Silver Medal. 11. Williams,
Georgia.
The best Bull Calf; G. H. Waring Geor
gia.
The best Cow, three years old, S2O. G. 11.
Waring, Georgia.
The South Carolina Paper Manufacturing
Company, at Bath, near this city, received pre
miums for the best Book Printing paper, the
best News Printing paper, and the best Manilla
Wrapping paper.— Augusta Constitutionalist.
i The Petersburg South Side Democrat is re
sponsible for this one:
Palming it off on a Neighbor-
We met yesterday n gentleman from Chestftr
tield,Gained 11. Tlioruwell, who had not for
some days back, till this recent change in tlie
w eather, yesterday morning, used his overcoat.
’ ( hi putting his hand into one of its-pockets, he
j found therein a wallet containing papers and
bank bills amounting to nearly SjjjjOQ.
He can only account for it as follows: Last
week while going to the State Fair on tho cars
1 a gentleman from the Soutii discovered liis
; money gone, and on some excitement being
raised as to the certainty of the thief's bciugin
the cars, u resolution to have a general search
was carried, though not put into effect.
Mr. T. thinks that a tranquil looking stran
ger who sat next to him must have been the
thief, wlio becoming scared at tho idea of a
search, quietly poked the wallet into the over
coat packet of his neighbor, and then found no
opportunity of re-picking it from Mr. T.
“”i'is a bud wind that blows nobody good.”
Mr. T. thinks the letters in the wallet will en
able him to find the right owner, but any com
munication directed to the Democrat otfioe on
the matter will be forwarded.
The-farmers of our county arc preparing to
start with their hogs to the Southern market,
ami in the course of ton days, all will be upou
the road. The great drouth of tho past season
has cut short tho corn crop even more as it
turns out, than has been expected, fewer hogs
will be driven South than usual, and yet the
corn has been fed awey until it will require
rigid economy’ to make the remainder answer
tho demands for our home consumption. The
price now asked by the farmers for corn, is fif
ty cents at the field. Some of the traders have
bought corn in North Carolina at forty and
fifty cents per bushel, and driven their hogs
there to feed them, tlie crops in North Caroli
na having been better this year than the crops
of our country, and such a thing as driviug
hogs there from this section of the country has
never been known before. We understand that
some hogs have been sold here at $5 25 per
hundred gross.— Damlridge, (Torn.) Statesman,
Nor. 7.
Tlio Seven Hundred Milo Rifle.
This extraordinary gnu was carried iu pro
cession on Thursday flight last, and visited
Germantown yesterday afternoon and evening.
It is certainly a great curiosity. The idea of
the gun belonging exclusively to Mr. Campbell:
his inventive genius having first added length
to the barrel of the ordinary rifie. But to
Mr. Fair, who is an excellent mechanic, is due
the credit of the first practical application of
the fighting Congressman’s idea.
The gun is about forty feet long. The cock
one foot and a-half high ; the triggers about
a foot long. The cap is something of tho size
of a small flower pot. The bore is about four
inches; calculated, when properly loaded, to
carry something over seven hundred miles.—
It is designed to accomodate such fighting
Congressmen as Burlingame and Campbell,
who, being uiost capital shots, admired a long
distance. The gun is something nnwieldly’, it
is true, requiring a squad of some ten men to
manage it, but its long range well repays all
trouble.
We understand that a patent is to be taken
out—tho profits to be- divided betweeu Mr.
Campbell and Mr. Fair of cur city.— Dayton
( Ohio) Empire.
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Light-fingers Successful—A Back Set.
We learn that two ladies were robbed yes
terday at the Fair Grounds; one of SI,OOO,
the other ot an inconsiderable amount A
gentleman also, had his pockets lightened of
SBO0 —Mr. Barton, of the “Fork,” in this
county. There were probably other cases of
which we did not hear. Isn’t it strange, that,
with all the warning, sensible people will con
tinue to carry large sums about their persons
in a crowd known to be well sprinkled with
thieves?
McGikoney “spotted” a fellow yesterday
on the “Grounds,” whom he had warned the
day beforo not to attend. Satisfied that he be
longed to the “operators” of tlie day—though
there was uo legal proof—ho took him to a re-’
tired spot and, with a heavy wagon whip,
trotted him down the first quarter stretch of
the “Jordan Road.” Mac, we are told, never
showed more unction or impressiveness thau in
I tho performance of these services.—Montgome
\ rtf Mail.
A Curiosity.
The vegetable world not less that the human
has its freaks of form ; and as there are iu the
latter bearded woman, so in tho former, there
are sometimes seen the likeness of things on
earth, if not above, which oauuot “overcome
us without special wonder.” One of these has
been sent us for inspection ; being a carrot, a
l forked thing, but resembling the human form
divine of tho gentler sex, though like the effigy
of tho “good woman” divested of the head.
Its resemblance also to the human anatomy is
almost :is closo us that borue by the monkey
to the man. —Mobile KcgisU r.
Poor Fellow!
We sincerely commisserato the erudition of
our cotnuiporary of the Knoxville Register.
To be enlisted in a bad cause.—to be thorough
ly defeated, and then be oblige ! or required to
get up an Interesting paper immediately there
after, is indeed a sad ease. Hear him !
“If every one of our readers had ever been
compelled to niako up u paper for a week or
| two, immediately succeeding a Presidential
’ oletioii, and especially after being most outra
geously thrashed, it would not be necessary
for us to apologize for our stupidity this week.”
But we are glad to see that hois sick of tlie
business and will probably ‘never do so again.’
Hear him again !
•*Our readers, wc ku<>w, at e surfeited with
polities—if such a thing is pro lieahle of such
nauseating food—and we arc quite certain that
no one is more disguslcl, at present, with
“dabbling in the dirty pool” than ourself—
more especially when we contemplate the re- .
suit at which we have arrived.'' —Atlanta In- ‘
telligcncer.
The Young Men's Fremont Club met, in
Uhicag'i, on the 11th instant, uhd re-organiz
ed. T roy appointed an executive committee
and st i -Jed the nomination of the Young
Men’s i Ural Union of Now York, of John
0. Fro,., ml for the Presidency iu 18(50.
GENERAL ITEMS.
The result of the presidential election has
advanced eteoks two per cent, in Wall street.
In Prussia,males are not permitted to mar
ry under tweuty-five, nor females under twen
ty lour years of age.
The Nashville Union and American, of 13th
instant, says Buetnmau’s majority iu Tennes
see will fall but little short of 8,000.
Miss Margaret 11., eldest daughter of Gen.
Twiggs, U. S. Army, died at New Orleans, on
the2oth u!t., aged twenty-four years.
The illness of John G. Saxe, the poet, is of
sucii a nature that his recovery is looked upon
as doubtful by his friends.
Uov. Win. D. Walker, for nineteen ‘.years a
Methodist preacher of considerable note iu
Tennessee, recently united with the Baptists.
Reuben Haynes, an old mid respectable cit
izen, and one of the first settlors of Atlanta,
died at his residence in that city on Thursday
morning last.
A small drove of hogs, numbering only forty
head, reached Spartanburg, S. U. last week.
The whole Ayna purchased by Dr. Lamb at of
cents per pound. ‘
Someone has said of those who die young,
that they :rrd like the lambs which the Alpine
shepherds bear in their arm* to higher, green
er pastures, that the old flocks may follow.
A yankee being asked by a Russian the
boundary of his country, said it was bounded
ou the north by aurora borealis, and the south
by the day of judgment.
Mr. Smith, you said you boarded at the Co
lumbian Hotel six months; did you foot your
bill ?” “No sir, but it amounted to the same
thing—the landlord footed mo.”
The Columbia (Pa.) Spy acknowledges the
receipt of a sample of what it considers very
superior molasses, manufactured by a gentle
man near that place from the Chinese corn
stalk.
A short time ago George Russell was put in
the jail at Huntsvill, Alabama, for killing
John Henry, and on Thursday last Hash An
derson and Crockett Sterling were also put in
jail for killing John Howell.
The gross receipts of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad for the month of October have
beon very large, exceeding by about teu thou
sand dollars the receipts for September, which
were $459,849.18.
“How is you husband this afternoon, Mrs.
Squiggs? ” “Why, the doctor says as how as
if ho lives till morning, he shall have some
hopes of him, but if he don’t, he must give
him up.”
A lady with a flushed face and carbuueled
no3c consulting Dr. Chyne, exclaimed : ‘Where
iu the name of wonder, Doctor, did I get such
a nose as this ? ’ “Out of the decanter, mad
am out of the decanter,” replied the Doctor.
The Yorkville Enquirer mentions the elec
tion of Dr. John B. Adger, of Charleston, to
tho Chair of EcclessiastiCal History in the
Theological Seminary, vice Rev. B. M. Fainter,
who has accepted a call to New Orleans.
Hon. James Buchanan and Hon. Lewis Cass
passed through Philadelphia on the 13th inst.
on their way to Dover, Delaware, to attend the
furneral of Hon. J. M. Clayton, which w-as
to take place that afternoon.
Ou the day of the election, a difficulty oc
curred in Maysville, Madison county, Ala
bama, between W. A. Wortham and two men,
Murray by name. They both attacked Wor
tham with knives, when young Wortham shot
one of them, inflicting a dangerous wound in
the head.
Oh, if there is a jewel in the human charac
ter that excels in brightness, it is that spirit
of independence which enables its possessor,
at all times, and under all circumstances, to
utter his thoughts and lift up his head in fa
vor of all truth and justice, unmoved by cith
er the frowns or flatteries of man.
In the case of Merick vs. Sunderland, re
cently decided by the Supreme Court of Cali
foriuia, in favor of tlie plaintiffs, involving the
title to one-third of the city of Sacramento,
valued at $3,000,000, Joseph G. Baldwin,
Esq., author of “Flush Times in Alabama,”
got a contingent fee of upwards of one hun
dred thousand dollars.
The Surveyor General of India has complet
ed his labors in the Himalayas mountains.
•Ho has demonstrated that the highest moun
tain iu the world is 29,002 feet above the level
of the sea, and he has named the peak Mount
Everest. Kinchinjinga, the next highest peak,
is 28,150 feet high. Dewalagril, the highest
peak put down in geographies, is only 20,82(5
feet high.
S. A. Atkinson, Esq., late of tlie Cherokee
Georgian, at Marietta, has issued a prospec
tus for a Daily paper to be issued about the
first of January next in the city of Augusta,
under the title of the “Daily Evening Dis
patch.” It is designated to be strictly a news
paper, eschewing political turmoil, and will be
published at tho low rates of $1 per aunuui.
A wrought iron cannon has been manufac
tured iu Liverpool, England, which weighs
twenty-two tons, and sends a hall of three hun
dred pounds weight a distance of four miles.
Gen. John H. Eaton, of Washington, was
stricken with an apoplectic fit on Friday last,
and little hope is entertained of his recovery.’
Religious Liberty in Germany.
The question whether Baptists shall be ad
mitted to the approaching meeting of the Evan
gelical alliance is regarded with groat interest
iu Germany as a sort of test question respect
ing religious freedom. Tlio controversy is
warmly waged, and among the new and impor
tant adherents to the side of liberty aro Dr.
bchoukol, of Heidelberg, and the celebrated
Brummacber, court preacher. The King Is
said to still favor the toleration of the Bap
tists,
A Crash.
The new brick walls of the passenger depot,
in construction for tho different railroad com
panies at this point, foil in w ith a great smash
on Tuesday last. The building was over B<K)
foot iu length and uot covered, and the heavy
rains of late settled the foundation on tins in
side, causing both the side walls to fall for 250
fqpt. The depot was too much contracted in
the first place, and we trust that the wisdom
and liberality of tho companies interested, will
replace the entire building with another more
suitable in all respects. —Chattanooga Adver
tiser.
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Crimean Soldiers.
The New Evening l’ost, of the 4th inst.,
says: - “A great many non “ho left our shores
during the late war with Russia to join the
British army in tho Crimea, have now returned
and enlisted in our army. Many of these have
the Crimean medal bestowed by the British
Government, which they arc still permitted to
wear. Ten or t welve of them made applica
tion at tlie rendezvous in this city on oue day
last week, and wc are told that some are enlis
ted almost every day.
Telegraphed to tho X>:i;y s, , s
From New York. ‘
New York, Nov. j*. I
The tales of Cottou to-dny foot up lii( I
three thousand bales, market firm. ‘ |
From Charleston. I
Charleston, n ov --
■* The sales of Cotton to-day wore thim
hundred bales. No change in prices.
Dreadful Collision and Losa of Lite
Mew York, Nov. 15.—The French
steamer Lyonnais, lienee for Havre had ~
I lision off Nantucket, on the 2d inst. uit] .
unknown vessel. The latter is suppes e( |
have sunk. The steamer commenced sin!
i on tlio following day, and was abandon,.: ‘
I The passenger's and crew took to the b .
I One boat containing fourteen person wiiai !
’ ed up and brought to this city. The „t‘;. ‘
■ numbering over one hundred, and utikno,
are doubtless lost. The following were *< lV
Mr. Shaffer nnd Wife, Flora, Solomon Li ~ V
go, Earnestine Bollatt, and balhnice wev, T
j crew. The steamer was valued at $251).p
J Among the missing passengers, is Albert (h,
j ner, (brother to Senator Sumner) and ],
i One hundred and fifty passengers are mb,:.’
I and it is feared all have perished, as the if
was very boisterous.
Second Dispatch.
The steamer Marion has been chartei-i--! •
proceed in search of the Lyonnais, which ,;,.’
agents believe is stiff afloat, and tit ai.y i,
may hear something of the missing survivin'.
The vessel th*at came in collision with the [/
onnais is supposed to have been a huge hi,,,,',
can dipper, which immediately after the
dent disappeared. —Augusta JMmstitiitimuilix!
The Three Washburnes.
livery one of the three Washbui ue-b,
elected to the next Congress. Israel in \|
by 5.000; Oadwullader U., iu Wisccus.i. 1
5,000; Auid l'ffihu B. in Illinois by 11,5. ;
jority
Army Resignation.
Our distinguished fellow citizen Major VYr.
H. Chase, says the Pensacola Gazette, late
the U. S. Army, has resigned. Tlie Top.,,
graphical Corps, with which he was connect,
has lost one of its m st efficient and scion;!:.!
members. We anticipate much benefit to im ;
Railroad from the undivided attention whi,-;,.
as President, ho will be enabled to bestow up
on it. Major Chase has long been identitki
with the interests of Pensacola and the W
generally; and has always been a prominent
and active participant iu every euterpii,-,-
which had for its object the building up of our
“aucieut city,.’ and the development of the re
sources of Florida aud Alabama. 11c lias la
bored zealously and incessautiy to roi sc Un
people of this section, and of Alabama, to flu
paramount importance of a Railroad connip
tion between Montgomery and Pensacola, k.
the'tone of Central aud South Alabama pic.-:-,
we see ample evidence that in his recent jim-.
ney homeward from Washington he has ü
been idle. The papers of that region seem
alive to the importance of the enterprise, ana
arc urging the people to take hold of it,
subscribe the amount required to comylete tin
whole line from Montgomery to the State line,
which we understand is less than $400,001).
We feel assured that under the Presidency
of Major Chase, everything will bo done that
can be accomplished by indomitable eneiy.
to secure an early completion of the work.
.
A Potatoe Story.
The Concordia Intelligencer may well &-k
he deliverance of the Lord after getting off
suedi a whopper as the following;
Judge Bullock, of the Weymouth estate, in
Natchez, the other day seut oue of his negm--
to dig a sweet potato or yam for dinner. Tic
negro commenced at tlie top, and dug down
into the “bowels of -he land,” at least tli;-,-
feet, and found the potato growing larger mid
larger the further he went. He ran away in
fright, telling his master that tlie l’rince of
Evil had hold of the other end of that pota! .
A second negro with more moral courage broke
oft’ the potato, at a length of two and a tia.i
feet. The other end is supposed to have con e
up somewhere in China, on the opposite side < ■;
the earth. /
“I say, Mr. Printer, do j’ou ‘take Alnbai “•
Money?” “No, sir, not often.” What’s the
reason?” “Can’t get it.”
A CARD.
MUSCOGEE LODGE Xo. G, t. (-. 0. i.
November 17,1E50.
At a meeting of the Lodge this evening,- n- v-! 1 “
thanks was voted to tlie Manager of the Oireus ot Mr. l
N. Eldreil, for favoring the Order with the se-,-vie- •
hisexce!lcnt Band on the occasion of our (\-lehr- ,
to-day. B. F. COLEMAN. ,\. ('■
NOTICE.
THE eiiqnirtnerohip heretofore existing between u
undersigned under tlie firm ofKiviiu, ‘i'b- niii- * 1
was dissolved ou the 16th instant, by mutual om- i--
The unsettled business of the concern will be -1 - J
Joseph IV. Thomas, who alone, is authorised to sign uk
name of tho firm in liquidation’. A. C. Kit IJ.’ .
JOS.W. Til “MAS,
Columbus. Nov. 17. 188. In* T. K. TUGGLE _
OYSTERS.
VFK*I-:SII supply received every morn- /
ing hv express from Savannah.
* .1. 1(. ‘pIOMAf a i •
November 17. 42 Brusd M
CARPETS AT COST!
TIO dose cht tho lot. vve will sell our entire stock “
CA RPETE AT COST. „ ,
Nov. 17. 1861. i.AiiX ETT. ELLIS* *■’ < “•.
BUSSEY 4 HULL.,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers and
Commission Merchnnts,
VT the old stand of D. Ellis & Cos., 14 BroadTvjjjjL’
street, Columbus. Georgia.
Nov. 18— if
•LUST THE PLACE.
BRASSILL & CO.,
OtTOStTE THE TOST OFFICE, COLUMBI’S “A •
UAVKJust re oived utid offer for sale, a fresh
lot of Potatoes. Cat drags, Apples. tWanges. •
l.euions, Figs, Kuiun*. Cranherrivi*, all kinds ofvajflV j.
Nuts, Dried and Dr.-served Fruits. Dickies, choice
cured Hams, Beef Tongue.. Bologna Fuu-Mgcs. -
Pin” Apple and Goshen ClieeS", Fresh Northern I-’ 1
Fardlncs. Lobsters, Catsups, Sniicns, Veriuaeilli, “
roui. ripublkh Beans. YVusl IMwdors, Mustard,
Butler, Soda aiul Sugar Cracker*)
Elite URANMES, WINK.-. ALE. DOKTKR.
TOBACt’O, nnrt every mod tiling flint enild be “’
iu tM- gastronomic 1 ini*.
Every article war; un ted us reproseuted.
November 17, lb.’> ■ id
CL tell 17 NH ip i\ a stub
\ YOUNG-MAX’ of three jeers experience
situation as salesman. oj clerk in any r--P'‘
biyjinerfi, vit!c*r lii thi* Mucou 1
Best of dtr reference can be given. Address
Nov. i;., I.vv>—A. Columbus. I
FULTON MARKET liUEi -
/ illOlCt Fulton Market Beef and an Extra ‘
I , Tennessee Hams, just received by
Bcpt. 13. __ <jUNB’
THE CRIMINAL COURT.
rpHE Criminal Court of the City of Colnmbn
-1 postponed till the Util Monday in V'fVcuo-'--
Parties interested, jurors and witnesses will at • 1
eordlngly. „ „ , :
Hy •ik'd, r ut tue ilvirornblc I’cJ ioiill ‘,
..I said Court. CALVIN STKAfTGN,
Nov .12—It