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COLUMBUS:
Friday Morning) Dec. 13) 1850.
I.ARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
Printer Wanted-
An experienced printer in the Job Depart
ment, is wanted at this office. His habits of
sobriety must be above suspicion.
County Treasurer.
At the last session of the Legislature of this
State, an act was passed, making the office of
County Treasurer of Muscogee county, elective
by the people, instead of the Inforior Court,
as heretofore; and requiring the first election
under the act to take place on the first Mon
day in January next, in the same manner as
other county officers. Having heard nothing
of aspirants for the post, wo have thought
proper to call the attention of the wild hunt
ers after office to it. We understand the of
fice is an easy going affair nnd pays well.
Who don’t want it? Wo do; but don’t think
wo can risk our hide on the pole, just now.
See Act in another part of to-duy’s Sun.
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Our citizens may expect a rich intellectual
treat, in tho lecture to bo delivered to-night,
by Henry M. Law, Esq., of Savannah, at the
Haptist Church.
The Lecture is delivered before, and at the
solicitation of the members comprising the
“Voung Men’s Christian Association ” in this
city. The subject is one of great scope, and
from the reputation of the speaker, we anti
cipate a highly edified and delighted audience.
We want to see our citizens show their appre
ciation of scionce by Hilling tho Church to its
extont with the elite of tho city.
llis efforts in Savannah are highly spoken of
by the press of that city. A recent number of
the Georgian, says:
We listened last night with great pleasuro to
a lecture of Henry M. Law, Esq., upon Orato
ry. It was a finished production, and shewed
an ample knowledge nnd study of his subject.
Hut in no particular was the effect so charm
ing, as in tho beauty of its delivery. Tho inag
nitieient voice of the speaker, his easy and
graceful gestures, his flowing and finished elo
cution, are of that marked character as will
enchant tho attention of his audienco when
ever ho comes before them.
Dr. Wm. J. C. Rogers.
Wo find in the last Palatkn Democrat a re
port of the trial of Dr. Wm. J. C. Rogers, at
Ocala, Florida, for tho murder of his wife.
The jury it seems found some palliating cir
cumstances connected with the affair; for af
ter an abscnco of five hours, they returned
with a verdict of not guilty of murder, but
guilty of man-slaughter, and doomed him to
niue months imprisonment and a fine of SSOO.
Rogers, we understand, formerly resided in
. Girard, Alabama.— Enquirer.
Official Vote of Florida.
The vote of Florida was counted at the Capi
tol in Tallahassee on the 3d instant. Bucha
nan’s majority is 1,525.
Arrest at Oallatin.
The Nashville, Tennessoo Gazette, of tho
7th instant, says.* A gentleman who arrived
here from Gallatin yesterday, informs us that
some thirty or thirty-fivo slaves, suspected of
insurrectionary designs, linvo boen arrested at
that place, and uto now in prison awaiting ju
dicial investigation. Since their arrest some
of them havo confessed that they were con
cerned in the projected revolt.
*-
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia.
A Washington correspondent says: “ How
ell Cohb, it is pretty certain now, is to be a
member of the Cabinet, and his friends ad
dress him as ono of tho Secretaries wherever
he is seen.”
Judge Wayne.
Wearo gratified to learn from the Washing
ton Star, that tho report of Judge Wayne’s ill
ness has boen exaggerated. He is now in
Washington attending to his duties on the
bench of tho Court which is now in session.
Four negroes havo been hung at Dover Ten
nessee, supposed to be implicated in a conspi
racy against tho whites.
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Rrowulow's Whig states that in some places
in Tennessee certain Democratic members of tho
Methodist Church refuse to attend tho minis
trations of certain preachers of that denomina
tion, because it is alleged they arc members of
the American party.
We recon the exception is only confined to
Brownlow, who, wo understand is himself a
Methodist prcnchor.
Tho Atlanta Intelligencer understands that
Hon. A. 11. Stephens sent a challenge to B. 11.
Hill, Esq., on Saturday last, Hon. Thomas W.
Thomas being the bearer. The challenge, tho
Intelligencer learns, was declined, buton what
particular grounds has not transpired.
Among the opponents to the admission of
Gen. Whitfield, the delegato from Kansas, ton
seat in tho House of Representatives, we soe
the nnme of Mr. Solomon G. Haven, the polit
ical friend and Into law partner of Mr. Fill
mere.
The Savannah Republican publishes “tho
names of 21 editors in attendance on tho Com
mercial Convention as delegates.
The Potato Disease.
i’he New York Journal of Commerce learns
from a dealer in Washington market in that
city, that in no previous year has the potato
rot been so destructive as during the present
season. All varieties of the vegetable are in
fected, from whatever direction they come.—
Though they may appear fair and perfect on
their arrival, evidence of disease is soon ap
parent. Even a cargo from Nova Scotia, which
arrived a few days ago, bore the same indica
tions ; and on all the canal boats, barges, &c.,
ranged along the piers, the process of separat
ing the good and bad may be seen going on.
Alter this process has been several times re
peated, such as arc diseased are wholly remov
ed, but their number is sometimes reduced ful
ly one half, before this is accomplished. Heavy
losses have resulted. Loads of potatos, par
tially decayed, may bo seen daily crossing tho
river to Now Jersey, to be fed to hogs. #
Commercial Convention.
On Tuesday morning, the President of the
Convention, in pursuance to the resolution of
Mr. Cochran, of Alabama, announced the fol
lowing gentlemen as Committee on Business :
John Cochran and J. G. Barr, of Alabama.
F S. Bartow and John 11. Howard, of Geor
git-
E. G. W. Hall and Cha3. Ferguson, Os Mary
land.
John A. Calhoun and 11. W. Gout-din, of S.
Carolina.
John Mcßae and J. 11. Gibbon, of North
Carolina.
F. Mallory and W. M. Burwell, of Virginia.
W. G. McAdoo and John W. Fleming, of
Tennessee.
J. B. D. Deßow and A. F. Ncvin, of Louis
iana.
J. S. Maxwell and W. Mosely, of Florida.
11.- McLeod, of Texas.
A. Dudley Mann.
The Republican contains the proceedings at
length, reported by Mr. Lord of the Baltimore
American. They are too long for our limited
space.
A number of resolutions were introduced, all
of which were either disposed of finally, or re
ferred to tho Business Committee.
A proposition to give aid and comfort to the
African Slave Trade project of the Charleston
Standard and Gov. Gov. Adams of South Caro
lina, met with a signal overthrow, being laid
on the table by a very large majority.
The Republican says “the first speech of
the Convention was made by Gen. Bethuno of
Columbus, in which he sot forth the policy of
anew political party that is destined to slide
off at an early day, from the great body of the
Democracy.” The discussion grew out of a
resolution introduced by Mr. Peeples, of Geor
gia, on tho subject of the establishment of di
rect trade with England and the Continent of
Europe.
Mr. Bethuno said he could not see that the
resolution would accomplish anything, as it
could not bind tho members of the Convention
if it was passed. The object of the Conven
tion, as he understood it, was to establish di
rect trade ; but that did not depend upon lines
of steamships. It would be better for the pro
ducer to hire his carrying done, while he made
it his business to raise products. Lines of
steamships had been established from Charles
ton, and within a few weeks or months had
been sold to the North at a discount. It was
but a loss of capital to attempt to build steam
ships, as much so as for the producer to build
wagons to carry his cotton to market when
railroads would do it cheaper. He referred to
the former condition of the South, when she
imported her own goods for consumption, in
stead of transporting them by the way of New
York. He ascribed the change to the trans
ferring of the gold and silver obtained here for
customs to the city of New York to bo used for
the benefit of northern merchants. He believ
ed the remedy was to be found in the repeal
of the tariff laws, and in direct taxation, when
each man would pay according to what lie was
worth, for the support of the government, in
stead of tho South paying, as she does now, a
larger proportion than could justly be asked of
her. He reviewed the effect of the tariff upon
tho cotten market, showing by statistics that
when the tariff was a high one, thecotton mar
ket was depressed, and when the tariff was a
low one the price was raised. Ho argued that
by repealing the tariff, and raising revenue by
direct taxation the southern merchant could
obtain and sell as cheaply as the northern mer
chant, for the foreign manufacturer would
bring his goods to southern ports to exchange
for southern products, and tho country would
be relieved from the support of the 2,800 offi
cials now engaged in collecting the revenue at
an average annual salary of SOOO each. Con
gress would bo more economical of the public
money, in appropriation*, as tho rich and influ
ential would be averse to taxing themselves.
He said that up to 1810, the South was a
unit in favor of free trade, or at least alow
tariff, but at that time was led to support tho
opponent of Van Buren, and swallow the bank,
tariff, internal improvements and all, because
the State Rights party had taken a grudge
against Jackson and Calhoun as his right hand
men. He was for the repeal of the tariff and
for direct taxation.
The lion, 11. T. W. Allston, was on Tuesday
last, electod by the Legislature of South Caro
lina, Governor. He was elected on the first
ballot.
County Treasurer.
AN ACT
Giving the election of County Treasurer of
the counties of Taylor, Chattooga, Chatta
hoochee, Calhoun, Spauldiug, Rabun, Walk
er, Polk, Worth, Fannin, Campbell, Clinch,
Jackson, Muscogee, Thomas, Walton, Gor
don, Telfair, Catoosa, Terrell, Union and
Glynn to the legal voters of said counties.
14. Section I. Be it enacted, &c., That on
the first Monday in January next and on the
first Monday of every January thereafter, the
County Treasurer of Taylor, Chattooga, Chat
tahoochee, Calhoun, Spaulding, Rabun, Walk
er, Polk, Worth, Fannin, Campbell and Clinch,
shall be elected by tho legal voters of said
counties, said elections in all respects to be
subject to the same rules that othor elections
for county officers are.
15. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That
the commissions of the persons elected under
this act shall be two and a-half per cent, on all
moneys received, aud two and a-half per cent,
on all disbursements.
Iff. Sec. 11l And be it further enacted,
That tho provisions of this act be, and the
same arc hereby extended to tho counties of
Jackson, Muscogee, Thomas, Walton, Gordon,
Telfair, Catoosa, Terrell, Union and Glynn.
1(. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.)
Approvod, March 4th, 1856.
Arrival of Coolies at Havana.
Dates from Havana to 29th ult., announce
that the British bark Ellen Oliver, Capt. Hen
derson, had just arrived at that port from Swa
toa nnd St. Helena, after a passage of 197 days
with 268 Asiatics, for Corn field service, un
der eight year contracts. Sixty of thc3o poor
creatures died on the passage, aud two after
arrival. Bark Henry Miller, Pust, from same
port, 147 days, had also arrived, withl3G Asi
atics to the same consignees. Six died on the
voyage.
Slave Trade.
The Journal of Commerce states that anoth
er slnver sailed from that port with ; n a few
days past. She was closely watched, but the
officers of the government were unable to de
tect anything which would justify them in de
taining her. In the estimates of appropriations
for the ensuing year, provision is made for*
liberal sum to aid in the suppression of this
illegal traffic ; and there is good reason to be
lieve that the general government is in earnest
in its efforts in this direction.
From the Milwaukie American, Dee. 3.
The Gale Yesterday.
The gale yesterday was the most severe of
any experienced on the coast this fall. The
wind blew a hurricance, aud thickly falling
snow piled up in drifts and filled the air, ren
dering it impossible to see objects even a short
distance off.
At the time of going to press, the gale gives
no idea of subsiding till our winter sledges
and habiliments for cold weather are in full
play. We anxiously look for the vessels now
•ut in the gale. Among them are propellers
with valuable cargoes, and some sailing ves
sels. We hear the Churubusco, a brig, is ful
ly due but not heard from yet
Yesterday morning the schooner Wellnud
was discovered at anchor off the new harbor,
dismusted, and signals of distress flying. She
lay in this condition all day, the sea running
so high that it was impossible to reach her
; with the life-boat. We understand the Wcl
-1 land is an old vessel and has been dismasted
before. *
Mr. H. W. Gunnison lias just called in to
say that the crow of the Welland were saved
after great difficulties, the poor fellows suffer
ing from intense cold and snow storm.
The brig Algomah, lumber laden, bound in,
dragged her anchor and came ashore. She
now lies water-logged.
The tug Meares, towing in the hull of the
Storm King, dismasted during the late gale,
run into the Algomah, carried away her stern
and sunk.
The schooner Emma has been ashore near
the Maniton Islands, but the Captain got her
off and put her in here to-day.
The brig Arabian, belonging to Fitzburg &
Littlejohn, of Oswego, which has been ashore
up near Mackinaw, was got off, aud started to
come here in tow with propeller Ogontz, with
pump belonging to the Merchant’s Mutual In
surance Company, on board, to free her from
water, and when ahout thirty miies off Point
Au Sable, she sprang a leak and sunk.
Tho circumstances attending this disaster
are extremely unhappy aud reprehensible.
The propeller Ogontz deserted the Arabian so
that the crew had to take to sea by boats, to
the number of thirteen, and were picked up
by a vessel and taken to Chicago.
It is a severe storm and more wrecks may
be looked for.
The same paper of the 4th instant, says:—
During the dreadful storm of yesterday and
last night the Lake Shore Distillery, at the
foot of Wisconsin street, right on the lake
beach, was entirely swept away by the waves.
The water first washed .away the dock, and
then undermined the celar, until the whole
building was carried away.
Kellogg & Strong’s warehouse, out on the
end of their pier, was also washed away.—
Within the last eight years this is the fourth
time their warehouse on the end of the pier
has been washed away. The loss with the
damage to their pier, is about §3,000.
Dousman’s pier wa; also damaged to nearly
the same extent.
This was, undoubtedly, one of the worst
storms ever known on the coast. Captains and
every body say they never knew a storm to
equal it.
Wo have the following additional lake disas
ter:
A brig was towed in here this morning sup
posed to be the Ariel. She lays on the bar at
the mouth of the river. Her foremast head
was gone, also'foremast and main topmast.
She looked, as she came in, as if she had 6een
some severe trouble.
The mailsjfrora Chicago will, undoubtedly,
bring intelligence of a large number of wrecks
at that port.
From the New Haven Journal of Saturday Morning.
Schooner Wrecked and Loss or Life.—
The severe gale of Wednesday has not been
without fearful consequences. The schooner
Fanny Crocker, of Dighton, Mass., Captain
Alton, was lost on Wednesday night, the 2d
inst. She was loaded with copper and coal,
and bound to New York. The following par
ticulars of the disaster we take from the Pal
ladium of last evening.
She went on to Sttybrook bar about 11
o’clock on Wednesday night, and after striking
three times knocking out her kelston, she ran
about a mile and went down. Her crew con
sisted of Captain Allen aud son, and five men.
The Captain, his son and one seaman swam to
the topmast, after she sunk and lashed them
selves. They wound the sail about them and
remainad in this condition for twenty-four
hours, when they were rescued by Captain
Crosby, of the schooner Northam, of Saybrook,
and landed at that point. They had nearly
perished from exhaustion, but hopes are en
tertained of the recovery. Four of the sea
men, named James Blisserd, John Comford,
Isaac Wallace and James Ackery, were lost*
These were colored men, and were swept off
when the vessel went down, and drowned.
The cargo of the vessel was valuable—the
copper on board being worth $12,000.
From the Rochester Union of Thursday evening.
Another Wreck on Lakr Ontario—Brio
Beaver Ashore. —The Brig Beaver, bound
from Oswego to Hamilton, with a cargo of rail
road iron went ashoro yesterday at Braddock’s
Point, twelve miles West of the Genesee river.
The captain and crew roached the shore in
safety, but the vessel lies in a dangerous sit
uation, and from what we hear is likely to
prove a total wreck.
Strange, as it may appear, that is the fifth
vessel within five or six years which has been
wrecked near Braddrock’s Point, under simi
lar circumstances. They were laden with
railrood iron which affected the compasses.
We have no further particulars in regard to
the wreck of the Beaver. The captain says
the brig and cargo are insured in an office at
Oswego.
From the Oswego Times of the 4th instant.
The propeller Inkerman, which cleared from
Hamilton Thursday night for this port, with
wheat, &c., is reported ashore between Hamil
ton and Toronto.
A despatch from St. Catherines, Thursday
evening, says the schooner l’orseverance is on
the beach four miles above Oak Orchard. Lost
main boom, fore gaff and foresnil, also lost
deck load.
The schooner Crcvola, which arrived last
night with a cargo of wheat from Chicago,
pounded inside the East jtier, and sunk in the
slip near the steam saw mill. All of her car
go is wot.
Oswego, Dec. 5.—A heavy gale has been
blowing on the lake for several days past.
The schooners Live Y'ankee, Frank l’iarce, and
Canadian are ashore at Point Credit, about 14
miles west of Toronto. The crew of the latter
vessel were seen clinging to the rigging, and
attempts were being made to save them. Tho
schooner J. G. Beard is ashore near Toronto,
and the schooner Montgomery, with a cargo of
wheat for this port, is also ashore above King
ston.
The St. Louis Democrat, of the 2d instant,
has advices fi*om Saute Fe to 22d ult. The
news, however, is unimportant. The Inditing
continued their depredations. The gold dc
posi * on the Gila are said to exceed those in
the i-.ohest portions of California. A large
number of citizens had already left Santa Fe
for .lie mines.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Telegraphed to the Daily r>un.
From Charleston.
Charleston, Dec. 10.
The sales of cotton to-day reached 2200
bales at advancing prices. Good Middling 11J
to 12c.
Charreston, Dec. 11,
The sales of cotton to day amount to 1300
bales —for the week 10,000; market close*
firm at an to J advance for the week. Good
Middling 11£ to 12c.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN S. CAROLINA !
NEGRO INSURRECTION ! !
Fifteen Negroes Killed ! !!
Augusta, Dec. 10.
In York District, South Carolina, to-day, the
, slave excitement continues.
Powder and muskets have been found in pos
session of the slaves.
A dispatch from Columbia says fifteen ne
groes have been killed by their owners.
Escapes of slaves are numerous.
The whites in all directions are arming them
! selves.
Congressional.
In the Senate, Mr. Bigler, in reply to the
question relative to Buchanan’s policy, said
that the people of Kansas must determine the
question of slavery for themselves, but he had
no doubt that Mr. Buchanan would prefer her
admission as a free State.
Judge Leeompte of Kansas Removed.
Washington, Dec. B. —Judge Leeompte of
Kansas has been removed. James O. Harri
son, of Kentucky, it is expected will be ap
pointed in his stead.
New York Market.
New York, Dec. 9 —The cotton market is
firm. The sales to-day reached 2000 bales.
Middling Uplands are selling at 12£. Sterling
Exchange is dull and plenty.
To the Voters of Columbus-
The card of Col. Wilkins demands some no
tice. The act of the legislature confers, or
pretends to confer upon Col. Jones, Col Banks,
Gen. Semmes and others, the power to con
struct a Bridge across the Chattahoochee at
the city of Columbus, or on the north common
of said city*, upon three conditions :
First —That said bridge shall be sufficient
for the safe passage of wagons and carriages
of all kinds. Secondly—That said bridge,
when finished, shall be transferred to the said
city of Columbus by the said parties, the said
city agreeing to charge no more toll for the
yearly or casual crossing thereof, than may
be charged for crossing the bridge now erect
ed, and said city shall bind itself to said parlies
to keep up the same in good repair as long as the
said lower bridge is kept up; and thirdly that
the assent or dissent of the citizens of Colum
bus shall first be ascertained in such manner
as the City Council may order and prescribe.
I think that this act is unjust to a large por
tion of the citizens of this city, because by
a preceding act of the legislature, the build
ing of any bridge, across the river, was pro
hibited within three miles of the present
bridge. That under the security and pledge
of this prohibition, our citizens improved their
lots in the lower part of the city, and in the
vicinity of the present bridge, with a special
reference to the advantages to be derived from
that thoroughfare. I think that more than
three days notice should have been given by
the City Council of the election.
The act imposes heavy obligation upon
the city, which was not understood by the peo
ple at the time of the election. The city is re
quired to bind itself to said parties to keep up
thfe same in good repair as long as the lower
bridge is kept up, thereby forcing the city to
make a contract involving thousands of dol
lars in the re-construction of the bridge as
often as it may be washed away, or burnt up,
or otherwise destroyed. Not only this, there is
an annual expense of 2,000 or 3,000 dollars,
for a bridge keepker, insurance, lights, rej
pairs of bridge aud roads to it, which must be
raised by extra taxation, annually, upon the
very property and persons injured by its erec
tion, and this, without their consent.
There is another considertion which should
have its influence upon the future action of the
City Council and the Tax-payers ot Columbus.
There is no provision in the act of the Legis
lature which compels these gentlemen to pur
chase the right of way to the bridge, in Ala,
baina. If the city binds itself, in a bond, to
these gentlemen to keep up the bridge, will not
the city also be required to provide the right of
way at ter owu expense, at any cost ? Some
may recollect a case of this sort, in reference
to the presont bridge, in which the city had to
pay ten thousand dollars for the right of way
on the Alabama side of the river.
1 think that the bridge question has not
been fairly tested, and that the City Council is
not bound to receive it, and thereby bind the
city to rebuild it as often as it may be destroy
ed and subject our property to heavy taxation
to keep it up against our cousent, when it is
manifest and admitted that it will not bring
ono dollar more into tho city treasury.
JOHN E. BACON.
Columbus, Dec. 11, 1856.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY.
L NOTICE that, iu a certain portion of the city, there
are many individuals laboring to place me in a false
position upon what they term the Bridge Question. It is
said by some that if lam elected I would favor an ap
propriation by the Council toussist in the erection of tho
Bridge. 1 now unhesitatingly pronounce it false and in
order that tho citizens throughout the city may know my
position, 1 now state that I am opposed toCouucil appro
priating cue dollar towards building the Bridge, and will
vote against it.
The Bridge Question is one that has been settled by a
Tote of the city, taken according to the law authorising
the building of it: nnd if the parties build a good and
substantial bridge the Council is bound to receive it; if
they fail to build asubstantial bridge the parties building
know full well that I would be the last man in Council
to vote for its reception.
If I am elected I shall endeavor, to the best of my abil
ity, to discharge my duties to the interest of tho whole
city, and not for the interest of a particular section or
clique. F. G. WILKINS,
Dec 12-lt Candidate for Mayor.
NOTICE TO FIRE WARDENS
And Members of Vigilant Fire Cos. N0.3.
VT a meeting held at the Company Room on the eve
ning oftho 2d inst., the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Chief of the Fire Department bo
requested by oar Foreman to compel the Fire Wardens
to report monthly, the state of the Cisterns In the City,
by communlcatiug the same to each Company at every
regular meeting.
Resolved, That all the Members who have been negli
gent in attending regular meetings, and who do not pay
their fines and dues by the next regular meeting in Jan
uary will be expelled.
Resolved. That the Secretary be requested to furnish a
copy of these resolutions to tho city patters for publica
tion.
A true extract rom the Minutes.
Gee 12-3 t J. W. SAPPINCITON, Sec’ry. I
OOMMEBOIAL
DAILY SUN OFFICE ‘
Columbus, Doc. 12 l
COTTON—The Males yesterday were 582 J
sustaining former rates. We continue nuotati
Good Middling to Middling Fair at to Hi 011 ’ fw
ceiptsofthcd y 860 bales. f; *
SAVANNAH, Dec 9—COTTON—The mark.,
ues firm aud prices unchanged. We report ™ c “ u,i ‘e
of 590 at prices ranging from to 12c. 11 ‘A’
WHITE BREAD COR\^^
TT you want good new White Bread Corn a..
1 orders at MULFOItD’S STORE. Price 77 , *
bushel, (cotton sacks included) delivered al tli’ T*
Rail Road Depot in Columbus. This is about 7ii ■ llk *
the Corn, as the sack is worth 14 cents ‘ for
Dec. 12,1856-ts K-LMoTt
FOR RENT. ~~ - -
THE ROOM opposite the staircase at ‘WarrenT t
suitable for bed-room or office. Enquire Arc, “l>'.
R. J. MOSES * E. W.MOISV
Dec 12—4 t Next door to the Post oa' cp
FOR SALE OR Rent’
ANEW and comfortable dwelling
house four rooms, on the lot
known as the old Male Academy lot;
first house north of Wm. Douglas on t llrflh
Troup street, between Thomas and ißjgtjj£p(VML
Baldwin streets.
If not sold by or before the first of Janus™ ..
will bo rented. J 6ext > i
Terms of sale will be made easy. Apply to
JOHN W. KELLY
Dec 12-ts JOHN QUIN, ’
CLEAN OATsT
TO arrive in a few days, a nice lot of Clean Ost.
SHEPHERD & Mo's
JLI Ksddk, off’,
IRISH POTATOES.
A SUPERIOR lot just received and foj sale bv
SHEPHERD * MOS
Uedd’s oui.
CANDY MANUFACTORY,
Bakery and Confectionery,
24 Broad Street, (opposite the Uuiou Bank,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
THE subscribers are enguged in the above busine
and are prepared to fill orders of any size, piomntlv
Their Candy will compare favorably with any in !L
Union, and is far superior to any article obtained .W
by southern dealers. It is manufactured of the bn
Sugar, aud always fresh, and clear of gum. Their nri.J
are moderate aud reasonable. y “
In tho Baking and Pastry department, they have com
petent help, and orders for Cake and Pastry, for narlin
and dinings, will be filled promptly aud with the l*t
articles. None but the best stock used in in their ee
tablisbment. J. R. MARTIN 4 So.\
December 11, 1856. 6m
REMOVAL.
HUNT, STEWAET & CO.,
MY GOODS MERCHANTS,
HAVE removed to the new Store Room on the Wot
side of Broad Street, in
JONES’ FINE BUILDING,
where they will be happy to wait on their old customer!
and the public.
Give them a call at their new quarters. Bargain#...
to be had. Dec. 11, 1856.
City papers copy.
A LECTURE
WILL be delivered before tbe Columbus Young Km’
Christian Association on Friday evening, Dec. R’tlj
at the Baptist Church, by HENRY M. LA W, Esq., of Sn’
vaunah. Subject: ‘■‘The Intellectual and Literarj Pros
pects of our country considered in its connection with
the importance of sustaining the religious and moral
element in the national Literature.” The public gener
ally are invited to attend.
TO SOUTHERN MERCHANTS.
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.
THE whole country is Hooded with Counterfeit ami
Imitation Schnapps. The public should be careful
to purchase only the genuine article, manufactured ami
imported by Udolpho Wolfe, which lias the name of the
manufacturer on the Bottle, Cork and Label.
For sale by all respectable Grocers and Druggists
Read the opinions of the New York Press.
UDOLPHO WOLFE,
22 Beaver St., New Yor k.
Prom the New York Mercury.
Fraudulent Imitations ok Superior Commodiues,
Among the many dishonesties of trade which the mor
al sense of the community is called upon to suppress, ve
would particularly notice a most pernicious and infamous
practice adopted by unscrupulous dealers of imitatiugand
counterfeiting the exterior appearance and precautionary
labels of popular drugs, medicameuta, and other articles
of personal consumption, and thus, by seizing upon the
well acquired reputation of an enterprising trader, pal
ming off most destructive and worthless compounds, te
the sore detriment not only of the consumer, but to the
character of the man who has expeuded thousauds of
dollars in bringing the genuine article into esteem aaJ
demand. These petty larceny thieves are the pest ot all
houarable dealers anil and the trade is as much
highway robbery as the violent appropriation of their
neighbor’s purse; in fact they are beneath the burgle
and highwayman in dignity—for these latter felons in
hibit a bravery or recklessness of character in nowise dir
tinguisliing the mercantile assassin who stabs in the
dark. And ought they not be rewarded with a punish
ment commensurate with the cowardice of their crime!
We were led to these remarks by accidentally observing
a spurious counterfeit of Udolpho Wolfe’s Sclieiilara
Schnapps. The labels were imitated perfectly, with the
slight addition of a few letters to plead technical avoid
ance of the law against counterfeiting; the bottles were
very similar, and every thing carefully prepare 1 to im
pose upon a careless purchaser. Now is not the man wlw
perpetrated this fraud, a felon a robber? Assuredly he
is; for, as Mr. Wolfe has expended large sums to bring
his geuuine imported schnapps into popular demand,
that demand may be justly considered a part of his cap
ital in trade, and a fellow stealing a part of his reputa
tion is as much of a thief as if he had stoleu a barrel of
his schnapps in bulk. And to this crime he adds a fur
ther one of defrauding the community by giving them
ruinous article for the money they intended to expend
for a commodity in which they had confidence. And,
further, every man who participates indirectly in the
fraud, by selling spurious articles is as much of an offen
der as the principal who planned the imposition. Tue
remedy of Mr. Wolfe should lie in his holding all concer
ned up to the contempt of the community thus swindled
by their operations, and unconsciously imposed upon hy
their noxious composition. We trust that Mr. Wolfe
will obtain names, not only of the concoctors of thee
counterfeits, but of every man offering them forealo,nd
then publish them to the world; for his own reputation
aud the health of the community demand that all parties
should be nailed to the pillory of popular execration.
From the New York Dispatch.
AN INFAMOUS BUSINESS.
When an enterprising man strikes out anew buiinn*.
tn the establishment of which he gives his industry, time,
talents and pecuniary means, can anything be more con
temptible than to have another steal in, and, under P”
clous pretexts, hold out to the public au inferior article,
and endeavor to obtain their patronage ? Pray, what
difference Is there, so fur us the honesty of the thing i”
concerned, betweed purloining the businoss by which a
citizen hopes to make his bread and stenling the bread
itself? A common thief, if he takes without leave, how
ever hungry, a loaf of bread from a baker’s shop, is appre
hended aud condemned to the penitentiary for dariug iu
a surreptatious manner to appease his appetite; but put
a respectable looklug coat on his hack and a few dollar*
in his pocket, and he may. with impunity, nuy, even
with the applause of his fellvws, by knavery, forgery or
other infamous means, take the business of an honed
man from him, and go unscathed of justice. All this w
wrong. Borne years since a gentleman of this city (Uded
pho Wolie) introduced to the citizens of the United State*
a medicated article of gin, which was highly approved by
professional gentlemen as a superior tonic and deobetrir
cut. and the knowledge of which he, by-advertisement
and otherwise, disseminated throughout the country
So soon as tricksters, who pass in the business commie
nity as honest men. saw that Mr. Wolfe wns likely to
have handsome returns for the time and money which
he had expended, they set about forging his labels amt
palming off upon the people detestable and poisonous
compounds which they have the hardihood to call “BchU”
dam Sehnappe.” In some instances they haveguue so
far as to put Wolfe’s name to their villainous liquid'-
As this horde aro growing hold in their rascalities, it j
time the public in town and country were put upon tnei
guard. Consumers should be sure that they purchase
the genuine article, or else their health may be irri'pers
bl.v iujured liy using tbe horrible stuff that unscrupulous
men, because they can buy It cheap, will offer as the ge
nine article. Pure Srliefdiiiu Schnapps can only®
tabled at the stores of respectable merchants aDd drug
gists, in town and ciSUntry, and at the establishment
Udolpho Wolfe, Not. 18, 20 aud 22 Beaver Street, n tm
city, where it is gotten up exclusively. We think it“
ty which Mr. Wolfe owes to himself and the comniuni J
to publish, by name, the rascals who are thus attempting
to defraud both him aud those who would be his cue
mers. He should not permit his modesty to bold w
back from making so righteous an expose.
AGENTS IN SAVANNAH:
John B. Moore A Cos.. A. A. Sollomons A Cos.. A I*"”
uaud.M.J. Riley, W. W. Goodrich, McMahon A Do? 1 ';
Webster A Palmer. I. V. Conncrat, Claghorn A Cunu b
liam, Swift A Cos., Holcomb, Johnson A Cos.
LANDRETH’S GARDEN SEEDS.
■\TKW CHOI’, just received and for sale by v
j\ per 9-ts J BROOKS A CHAPMAN
SMYRNA FIGS. .
V FRESH lot of the last crop Just
ale at CKLLA