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Chronicle # Sentinel PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY, BY W. S. JONES. WEDNESDAY MOHN’G, DE€. 19, 1860, Let Him Relgu. Now that Mr. Cobb, after having made a most gfgnal failure a* Secretary of the Treasury, after having spent the surplus he found iu the Exche quer, run the country millions into debt, bank rupted the Treasury, and “bursted” things gene rally, has seen proper to resign his position in the ? Cabinet, and to floe from the troubles he could not ovorcome, and now that the venerable Secre tary Cass has fled from the sinking ship, and Sec retary Thompson proposes shortly to follow suit, we think it very desirable that one more resigna tion should take place. We think the perils of tha times imperatively demand that President Bbchakaw should surrender his robes of office, and that the Executive mantle should fall upon th stalwart shoulders of the gallant young Ken tuckian. It will be remembered, that in 1850, when the times were so sadly out of joint, when hostility and exasperation between the sections grew hourly, it was deemed a salutary providential in terposition that the good Taylor was removed from the cares of this life, and the Executive Chair was occupied by anew man— Millard Fillmore. Immediately after Gen. Taylor’s death, the oountry began to grow calm and confident, and finally under Fillmorb our difficulties were all settled, and the United States immediately leapod forward in the race of progress, ot peace, and of prosperity. God forbid that we should harbor the wish that the Administration should bow be changed, as it was in 1850, by the death es the President. We sincerely hope that many years yet, of happiness and honor, may be the lot of Jambs Buchanan. But we honestly believe, that the best interests of our beloved country would be subserved by bis speedy resignation. Mr. Breckinridge is just the man for the crisis—wo have abundant confidence in bis ability, and his unswerving integrity and patriotic devotion. An ardent Union man, but still Southern by birth, by interest, and in feel ing, the line of policy which he might propose, as President, would be more likely to receive the •aim consideration of bis countrymen, than even the same policy proposed by Mr. Buchanan. A •itison of a border State, and of one of the truest and most reliable States of the Union, he thould receive the cordial support of those who elected him in 1850, and, in addition, that also of those •onstitutional gentlemen, who, regardless of party considerations, gave him their support in the late •ontest for the Presidency. We believe that there is scarcely another man in the Bopublic, whose influence and whose coun cil would be more effectual now, than Mr. Breck inridge's, to stay the tide of fanaticism and hos tility, to save the country from impending dan gers, and the Constitution iutact, if that be possi ble, and, failing in these, to lead the united South out of the camp of her enemies, and to the peace ful consummation of anew Confederacy. We therefore most earnestly ask Mr. Buchanan to re tire from the Presidency, and to give the helm to ‘John C. Breckinridge. He will prove true, no doubt, to his name, to Kentucky, to the South, and to the Constitution and Union. [communicated.] Ms. Bditok :—The advocates of ‘‘immediate se cession” continue their efforts to prove that seces sion is a Constitutional right, and a peaceful reme dy against the fanatical encroachments of the Noithern upon the Southern States of the Union. This piling of argument upon argument has a tendency to weaken its force, by forcing reflecting minds to suspect the accuracy of their premises, end in their examination to fall back upon first principles. If it were admitted boldly and generally that secession is nothing more than the exercise of the right of revolution, there would bo no difficulty in aceepting it, for m the language of the Consti tution of New Hampshire “Governments being instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of Government are perverted, or public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right, ought to reform the old or establish anew Government. The doctriue of non-resis tance against arbitrary power and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.” This, however, is not the position assumed by the advocates of imme diate secession ; they pretend to derive the right of peaceful secession not from any form of words in the Constitution, but from the peculiar struc ture of our system, which is claimed to be a “mixed, or compound scheme of polity,” in part federative aud in part national. The federative part is said to be based upon a compact between the States, and the national part, upon the exer cise of powers independani of the States. As the •ornpact is without specified limit rb to the time of its existence, it is considered a compact termin able at will and absolutely.Jbecause there is no re eoenißed arbiter. This is now a plausible theory, and when we go back to the days of the Confederacy aud examine Die articles of confederation, we see at once the simple form of compact, in which the federative and national elements of policy are happily com bined. In the second section of the ninth article t-eommon arbiter is recognised in those words: “The United States in Congress assembled shall also be the last resort on appeal in all disputes and differences now subsisting, or that hereafter may arise between two or moro States, concern ing boundary, jurisdiction, or any other cause whatever; which authority shall always be exer e.sed in the manner following,” &c. Unfortunate ly, however, in the framing of the Constitution the legal form of compact was abandoned, and we have simply a national Constitution of Gov ernment. The “articles of Confederation and perpetual Union” were made by thirteen, at that time, se parate States. The Constitution was framed by a Convention es deputies from twelve of the United States and in the name oi the people of the United States. The first is undoubtedly a compact “with full covenants,” and it recogbised an arbiter, the last is simply a national constitution of government, and, as the organic law or ruto of actum, is prop erly without covenants and without a recognised arbiter. In all questions of law the Supreme Court beoomes tho adjudicator—it cannot be an arbiter. The constitution was framed “in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common de fence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos terity.” If it has failed to accomplish these pur poses, the failure must be taken as evidence of its weakness, or that it Las been administered by weak men. Under ordinary circumstances, the obvious remedy would be to so amend it as to en sure its prompt and satisfactory operation, or to place it in the hands of such mou as would be capable of developing its full powers; but the fai lure, if it is a failure, is attended with extraordi nary circumstances, all of which tend strongly to B severance of the Union, to undermine justice, to promote discord, to weaken the common de fences, to retard the general welfare, and to de prive us of the blessings of liberty. All its ends ■are perverted. The enly means of redress under it have been urged upon Congress at first with moderation, but lattorly with passionate zeal, but they have been ineffectual; therefore we are now prepared deliberately and firmly to assert the right of revolution, either to reform the old or to establish a now government. This appears to be the most obvious aud ra tional course, as it dispenses at once with all con troversy about, and all chance of misapprehension as to, th right of peaceful secession. The Constitution was voluntarily ratified by the people of the Sta: os; there was no obligation on the part of any of them to accept it, but they did formally accept it for what :t professed to be, :t constitution of government which superceded the federative compact, and assumed a national eba raeter. Having thus confirmed, settled and estab lished the nationality of the government, it cer tainly became an unit, composed of elements which could not now bo separated without detri ment to tho whole. If theright of peaceful seces sion exists now, it must have existed from the beginning, but it would be absurd to assume that thirteen states would have goue seriously and solemnly into the farcical formality of calling con ventions of the people to accept and ratify a con stitution of government, which in an hour after they would have tho right capriciously or other wise to repudiate by secession. It is hoped this matter will be seriously con sidered by the people. 76. D willing Housa Bchnid.— The new dwelling Mallorysville. Wilke! 1 •minty, was destroyed by fire on Sunday ni K ht last. It was thought to be the work of one of his ewa slaves.— Dispatch. Colossid Emigrants.— -A vessel has been char tered to convey fifty-three colored emigrants from Philadelphia to the Island of Hayti. They con sist generally of Mric*lturißtß and mechanics, sad wfll self a the fllb Olhhe present month. Letter of Hon* Wm. C* Rives. The subjoined able letter from the pen of the Hon. Wm. C. Rives has been obligingly commu nicated to us for publication by the distinguished gentleman to whom it is addressed. : Castle Hill, Dec. 8, 1860. My Bear Sir : I observe that you have made a proposition in your House for holding a solemn Family council, consisting of a member for each State,'upon the present distracted aud eminently critical condition of the Confederacy. This is right and proper. The great work of our fathers, which has preserved us in peace and happiness for near three-quarters of a century, auu given rise to a spectacle of national growth aud develop ment without any, the remotest, parallel in the history of the world, ought uot to be abandoned without the most earnest efforts for its preserva tion. But will these or any efforts avail ? Unless a very different spirit from that which seems thus far to have animated both ot the extreme parties cau be successfully iuvoked, the prospect would be gloom}’ indeed. It is useless now to inquire into the causes which have led to the present condition of things. The recent triumph of a powerful sectional party In an election for the two highest offices of the Government—with its candidates taken exclusive ly from its own section, voted for exclusively by its own section, and with a political creed avowed ly antagonistic to the interests and institutions of the other great division of the Confederacy—is an event which necessarily awakens both anxiety and resentment in the opposite section, and, ac cording to the most ordinary maxims of human prudence and self-respect, calls for an attitude of vigilance, firmness, aud, if need be, of inflexible resistance. It is the first time in our political annals that such a thing has been attempted or ventured up on, and argues, to say the least, an extraordinary degree of temerity and heedlessness on the part of those who have made the experiment, in the face of the solemn and not unfriendly warnings which were addressed to them. It is not the in dividual elected, whoever he may be, but the hos tile sectional combination which elected him that constitutes both the danger and the offence. What, then, shall be done V Shall we rush at once to a dissolution of our compact of union ; tear down the pillars of the temple which contains the precious deposit of our rights and liberties ; and bury ourselves—for a time at least—in a com mon ruin with our deluded or offending confede rates ? This would seem to be the course of des peratiun and blindness, not of reason and delibe ration. There arc few, if any, among us who do not feel and acknowledge that the Constitution of the Uni ted States, il honestly and faithfully pursued in its letter and its spirit, affords every desirable guarantee for the rights and liberties of all the parties to it. We are entitled to demand and in sist upon a loyal and upright fulfilment of all its obligations as the sole and indispensable condi tion on which the Union can be maintained. The equal rights of the States in the common Territories ol the Union, the immunity of their domestic institutions from all external interference and control, director indirect, and the surrender of fugitives from service, are fundamental prin ciples of the constitutional compact, which, how ever clear in theory, are practically denied in va rious quarters, and call, therefore, for new and unequivocal securities for their future observance. If these securities are demanded with calm and dignified but inflexible firmness—not with bluster and denunciation —I cannot doubt that they will be yielded by a large majority, if not by all of our co-States. If any should refuse them, by that act of recusancy they will renounce the authority of the Constitution “itself, and put themselves virtu ally out of the pale of the Union. Such terms of settlement as those here briefly indicated—susceptible iu their details of more or less development—would, in iny opinion, satisfy the views of a large majority of the slaveholding States. They would not be likely to obtain the acceptance of South Carolina, who seems deter mined, by a foregone conclusion, to go out of the Union in spite of every possible concession, and to dray as many of her sister States as she can after lier. Whut success her policy of coercing other States into disunion may have, remains to be seen. But it may, not unreasonably, be pre sumed that Georgia, who did not recognize her dictatorial authority in 1832 and in 1851, would prefer her own platform, laid down with so much wisdom and firmness in the latter year, and which, with one or two suggested additions, is so well adapted to meet the requisitions of the present criris. If Georgia, true to the traditions of her former patriotic policy, should be satisfied with an adjustment reconciling tin rights of tho South with the preservation of the Union, the probability is that her neighbors, Alabama and Florida, would be equally so. But, whatever might be the decision of those States, there can be little doubt that Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and it is to be hoped, Mississippi also, would cor dially unite in such a plan of adjustment. These are the natural allies of Virginia in every j great crisis of ‘he Republic. She cau never di vorce herself from Maryland, Kentucky. Tennes see, and North Carolina —States which immediate ly surround her, and with which she has so many common interests of the ipot>t intimate and vital character. And when it is recollected that, iu one half of her territory, she is a Western State, hav ing, for that portion of her domain, her natural outlet to the ocean by the river Mississippi, she is, by that circumstance as well as by the large number of her children who now people its mag nificent valley, linked by the ties of kindred feel ing and a common destiny to those flourishing and prosperous States which have risen to such magic w ealth and power upon its fertile borders. it is also to be remarked that the slaveholding States of the valley of the Mississippi, by their position on t!*e banks of a great stream, ‘assigned by Providence as a common avenue of commerce for themselves and other powerful communities and having dissimilar domestic institutions, can never lightly regard a severance of the Union !>}• such a line—an event which would bring with it to them inevitable conflicts and the danger of na tional controversies and wars, as is abundantly proved by the history of the river w hen its mouth was held by an independent and foreign power. While these States, therefore, are sensitively alive to whatever affects the security ot their do mestic institutions or jeopards their equal consti tutional rights in the Union, and are ready at all times to make every sacrifice to defend them, as the States commonly denominated the border slave States also are, they are not yet smitten —any more than those border States—with a pas sion lor disunion for its own sake, or disposed to rush into it heedlessly aud unnecessarily. Let, then, the States I have mentionrn—rein forced it is to be hoped by Georgia aud her two neighbors—unite in their demands upon the uon slaveholding States, and say to them frankly and plainly, but soberly aud kindly, that the time has come when the authority of the Constitution, which is the bond between them, must be recog nised, or that Union will inevitably perish ; that there must be no longer nets of State legislation, in the guise of “personal liberty” laws, to nullify and set at naught a solemn and unequivocal coin pact written in the Constitution ; that there must be no attempts, covert or open, by Congressional legislation to assail or undermine their domestic institutions ; and that their full and perfect equali ty under the Constitution, as co-States of the Federal Union, mustbe loyally acknowledged and faithfully respected. As these were the terms, well understood on all sides, on which they came into the Union, so they are the only ternij con sistent wfith honor or justice or self-respect, on which they can be expected to remain in it. Tho justice aud reasonableness of such a de mand, urged with the solemn earnestness and dig nity which the occasion imports, cannot fail to be heeded, if not by all, by the major or most impor tant part of our confederates. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, ever loyal and true to the Union— who have stood firmly by their .Southern brethren iu the most trying periods of their bistory, both before and since the adoption of the Constitution —would, I am persuaded, feel and acknowledge its justice. New Jersey has already given her answer, in advauce, to such an appeal by her vote in tho Presidential election; and although Pennsylvania voted differently in that contest, it must be borne in mind that there were issues supposed to be in volved in the election affecting the peculiar inter ests of her industrial system, which doubtless mainly influenced her vote. Wheuever an issue shall be distinctly presented on the preservation, by her good faith and loyalty, of that Union, of which it is her proudest boast to be regarded as the Keystone, no one conversant with her history can doubt whore Pennsylvania will be found. Nor can I doubt, when the day of solemn decis ion shall arrive, that the powerful Northwestern States—taken out of tho side of Virginia, whose children are widely diffused among their bold and enterprising population—bordering, as they do, on Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Missouri, as well as Virginia, and having a common interest with the slaveholding States occupying the banks of the Mississippi in the use of that great Mediterranean channel of intercourse and trade, will rallv with those States, cordially aud frankly, to a Union of equal rights, of justice, and fraternity. When we turn our eyes again to the eastward, we cannot doubt on what side will be found the imperial city, the centre of American industry and commerce—in herself a sovereign Power— with all her vast connected interests and depen dencies. If to the internal questions now agita tho Stnto of New York—many of them deeply affecting the rights and interests of the city—be tidded tbe supreme one of a dissolution of the Union, it is not an improbable event, amid the revolutions of empire, that we shall see the south ern portion of the Siate, comprehending the city, separated from tbe rest, and formed into anew and independent State, firmly adhering to the Central States of the Confederacy, slaveholding and uon-slaveholding, with those of the Valley of tbe Mississppi. I have ever believed that if unhappily—owing to the centrifugal and jarring tendencies some times manifested bj r the States at the extremities of the Confederacy—our present glorious Union should be broken up, the States occupying the central belt of tho continent, from ocean “to ocean, including those of the Valley of the Mississippi, would still bold together, and keep alive, with befitting dignity ana power, the ancient name and proud traditions of the United States of America, and perhaps, in the end, win back to the fold those who might have temporarily strayed from it. At all events, I see no reason to despair of tbe success of the w’ork of conciliation iuaugu rated by your proposition, to the entire extent of the States! have enumerated, if prosecuted in tho right spirit; an _ when harmony and a good un derstanding shall have been established among them—tha great Central States of the Qaafeder acy—what rational motive can be felt by a few isolated States, whether at the North or Sduth, to stand aloof in sullen contumacy or unprofitable discontent ? We have lately seen suspicious indi cations that reflections such as these, with a re viving spirit of nationality, are making daily progress in that quarter of tne Confederacy where the antagonism to Southern institutions has been the strongest; and I will not yet abandon the consoling hope that the present troubles of the country, by bringing more clearly to light the dangers which threaten us, may end in placing the Constitution and Union of our fathers upon more solid and lasting foundations than ever. Most truly and faithfully your friend, W. C. Rives. Hon. Alex. R. Boteler, Member of the House of Rep., Washington. THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS—2d Sea’ll. IN SENATE Dec. 13. Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, introduced the fol lowing joint resolution with a view of referring it at the proper time : Whereas, the fifth article of the Constitution of the United States provides for amendments there to ; therefore be it Resolved, By the Senate of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following amend ments of the Constitution of the United States be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, which when ratified by theffegislatures of three fourths of the States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution. That hereafter the Presidentud Vice-President of the United States shall be chosen by the people of the respective States in the following manner: Each State shall be divided by the Legislature thereof into Districts, equal in number to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which each State may be entitled in tbe Congress of the United States—the said Districts to be com posed of contiguous territory, and contain, as nearly, as may be, an equal number of persons entitled to be represented under the Constitution, and to be laid off’ for the first time immediately after the ratification of this amendment, and after wards at the session of the Legislature next en suing the apportionment of Representatives by the Congress of the United States. That on the first Tuesday in August of the year 1861, and on the same day every fourth year there after, the citizens of each State, who possess the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislatures, shall meet within their respective Districts and vote for a President and Vice President of the United States ; and the person receiving the greatest number of votes for President, and the one re ceiving the greatest number of votes for Vice President,iu each District, shall beholden to have received one vote, which fact shall be immediately certified by the Governor of each State, and to each of the Senators in Congress from such State; and to the President of the Senate and Speaker.of the House of Representatides. Tbe Congress of the United States shall be in session on the second Monday of October, in the year 1864, and on the same day in every fourth year thereafter. Aud the President of the Senate, iu the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall open all certificates and the votes shall be counted ; the person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be President, if such number be equal to a majority of the whole number of votes given. But if no person have such a majori ty, then a second election shall be held on the first Thursday of the month of December, then next ensuing, between the persons having the two highest numbers lor the office of President, which second election shall be conducted, the re sult certified, and the votes counted in the same manner as the first ; and the person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be President. The person having the greatest number of votes for Vice President, at the first election, shall be Vice President, if such number bo equal to a majority of the whole number of votes given, auu if no person have such a majority, theti a second election shall take place between the persons having the two highest numbers on the same day that the second election is held for President. And tho person having the highest number of votes for Vice President be Vice President. But if there should happen to be an equality of votes between persons so voted for, at the second election, then the person having the greatest number of votes in the greatest number of States shall be Vice President. But when a second election shall be necessary in the case of the Vice President, and not necessary in the ease of the President, then the Senate shall choose a Vice President from the persons having the two highest numbers at the first election, as is now prescribed in the Consti tution. Provided, that the President to be elect ed in the year 1864 shall be chosen from offe of the slaveholding States, and the Vice President from one of the non-slaveholding States; aud in the year 1868 the President shall be chosen from one of the non-slavebolding States, and so alter nating the President and Vice President every four years between the slaveholding and non slaveholding States, during the continuance of tbe government. 2d. And he il further Resolved, That article one, section three, be amended by striking out the word “Legislature,” and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, viz : “Persons quali fied to vote for the most numerous branch of the Legislatureso as to make the third section of said article, when ratified by three-fourths of the States, read as folloiVs, viz: “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by person qualified to vote for the members of the most numerous branch of the Legislature thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.” Sec. 4. Aud be it further Resolved, That article 3, section 1, be amended by striking out the words “good behavior,” and inserting the following words, viz: “The term of twelve years.” And further, that said article and section be amended by adding the following thereto, viz: “And it shall be the duty of the President of the the United States, within twelve months after the ratification of this amendment by three-fourths of ull the States, as provided by the Constitution of tho United States, to divide the whole of the Judges, as near as may be practicable, into three classes. The seats of the Judges of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the fourth year fiom such classification ; of the second class at the ex piration of the eighth year, and of the third class at the expiration of the twelth j’ear, so that one third may be chosen every fourth year thereafter. The article as amended will read as follows : Art. 3, sec. 1. The Judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress from time to time may ordain and establish. Tho Judges, both of the Supreme and inferior Courts shall hold their offices during twelve years; and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compen sation which shall not be diminished during con tinuauce in office. And it shall be the duty of the President of tho United States, within twelve months after the ratification of this amendment by three-fourths of all tbe States, as provided by the Constitution of the United States, to divide the whole number of Judges, as near as may be practicable, into three classes. The seats of the Judges of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the fourth year from such classifica tion ; the Judges of the second cluss at the expira tion of the eighth year; and those of the third class at the expiration of the twelfth year, so that one-third may be chosen every four years there after. Provided, however, that all vacancies oc curring under the provisions of this section shall be filled by persons one half of whom shall be chosen from the slaveholding States, aud the other half with persons from the nou-slaveholding States ; so that the Supreme Court will be equally divided between the slaveholding and the non slaveholding Stales. Mr. Johnson also submitted tho following, to be referred at tbe proper time : Resolved, That tho Select Committee of Thirteen be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing, by constitutional provision : First. A line running through the territory of the United States, not included within the States, making an equitable and just division of said ter ritory, south of which line slavery shall be re cognized and protected as property by ample and full constitutional guarantees, and north of which line it shall be prohibited. Second. The repeal of all acts of Congress in regard to the restoration of fugitives from labor, and an explicit declaration in the Constitution that it is the duty of each State, for itself, to re turn fugitive slaves when demanded by tho proper authority, or pay double their cash “value out of tbe treasury of the State. Third. An amendment of the Constitution de claring that slavery shall exist iu navy yards, ar senals, ect., ect., or not, as it may be admitted or prohibited by the States in which such navy yards, arsenals, and so forth, may be situated. Fourth. Congress shall never interfere with slavery in the District of Columbia so long as it shall exist in the State of Maryland, nor (even then, without the consent of the inhabitants and compensation to the owners. Fifth. Congress shall not touch tbe representa tion of three-fifths of the slaves, nor the inter state trade, coastwise or inland. Sixili. These provisions to be unamendable, like that which relates to the equality of tbe States in the Senate. HOUSE. The Speaker appointed Mr. Hughes a member of the Committee on Military Affairs, iu the place of Mr. Bonham, excused. Mr. Morris, of Illinois, asked leave to introduce his resolutions expressing a proper estimation of the immense value of our National Union ; cher ishing a cordial, habituul and immovable attach ment to it as the palladium of our political safety and prosperity ; that wo will watch for its preser vation with jealous anxiety ; that we will dis countenance whoever may'suggest even a suspi cion that it can in any eveut be abandoned, and indignantly frown upon tbe first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts of the Con federacy. Among other things, the resolutions declare that we regard the perpetuity of the Union as of more value than a temporary triumph of any party or any man. That whatever evils or abuses exist under it ought to be corrected within the Union in a peaceable and constitutional way. That we believe it has sufficient power to redress every wrong and enforce every right growing out of its organization or pertaining to its proper functions. That it is a patriotic duty to stand bv it as our hope in peace and our defence in war. Mr. Curry objected to the introduction of the resolution, unless it be referred to the Select Committee. , ~ ~. . My. Mortal said he had not tbe slignliit idea of letting it be carried in the cofin of that Committee. Mr. Curry objected. Mr. Morris said he wanted a vote on the resolu tion, and hoped ultimately to succeed. Mr. Haskins presented letters showing that Mr. Ford, the House Printer, is absent, ana that the sub-contraotors, Messrs. English and Larcombe, decline executing the work, the House having at the last session reduced the prices. Mr. Haskins offered a resolution that the Su perintendent of Public Printing contract with competent and responsible parties for the execu tion of the House printing ordered and to be or dered at the present session, and at the prices now authorized by* law. Mr. McClernaud saw no necessity for passing the resolution. He understood that Mr. Ford would be here by Saturday prepared to perform bis duties. Mr. Burnett expressed surprise’ that the reso lution was offered without first declaring the office vacant, when Mr. Haskins must know that iu the absence of doing this Ms. Ford would be entitled to compensation, provided he can show that he is prepared to do the work. He wanted to know how it was that $135,000 had been paid for Mr. Wendell’s establishment as a public office, when he had been told that lt-was formerly offered for eighty thousand dollars and was not w’orth forty thousand. Messrs. Grow and Staunton opposed the con sideration of the resolution. Mr. Haskins showed the necessity of passing it, and as to the purchase of Wendell’s office, said it was bought for $50,000 less than cost, and he said he would inform Mr. Burnett that he was as ready for him to investigate the subject as he himself (Mr. Haskins,) was to investigate the De Groot claim. Mr. Burnett said at the last session he proposed to refer the De Groot claim to the War Depart ment for settlement. The gentleman cannot thus deal iu insinuations or inueudo against me. I ask what he means ? Mr. Haskins—l am well satisfied that you shall investigate the government printing office ques tion as you have the De Groot contract. Mr. Burnett—l ask the member whether by his remarks he intends, directly, indirectly or re motely, to reflect upon me in any manner what ever f Mr. Haskins—l did uet, sir. After further debate’the resolution was tabled, and the House adjourned till Monday. Governor Magoffin has addressed the following circular ‘letter to thej Governors of the Slave States: Commonwealth of Kentucky, I Executive Department, Frankfort, Dec. 9. ) Entertaining the opinion that some movement should be instituted at the earliest possible mo ment, to arrest the progress of events which seem to be rapidly hurrying the Government of the Union to dismemberment, as an initiatory step, I have, with great diffidence, concluded to submit to the Governors of the slave States a series of propositions, and ask their counsel and co-opera tion in bringing about a settlement upon them as a basis. Should the proposition be approved, they can be submitted to tlie assembling Legisla tures and Conventions of the slave States and a Convention of all of said Stateß, or those only approving, be called to pass upon them, and ask a general Convention of all the States of the Union that may be disposed to meet us on this basis for a full conference. The present good to bo accomplished would be to arrest the secession movement, until the question as to whether the Union can be preserved upon fair and honorable terms can be tested. If there be a basis for the adjustment of our difficulties within the Union, nothing should be left undone iu order to its de velopment. To this end, it seems to me there should be a conference of the States in some form, and it appears to me the form above suggested would be most effective. J therefore, as the Gov ernor of a State having as deep a stake in tbe perpetuity of the Union, and at the same time as much solicitude for the maintenance of the insti tution of slavery as any other, would respectfully beg leave to submit for your consideration tbe following outline of propositions : Ist. Repeal, by an amendment of the Constitu tion of the United States, all laws in the Free States in any degree nullifying or obstructing the execution of the Fugitive Slave law. 2d. Amendments to said laws to enforce its thorough execution in all the free States, provi ding compensation to the owner of the slave from the State which fails to deliver him up uuder the requirements of the law, or throws obstructions in the wav of his recovery. 3d. the passage of a law by Congress, compell ing the Governors of free States, to return fugi tives from justice, indicted by a grand jury in another State, stealing or enticing away|a slave. 4th 1 . To amend the Constitution so as to divide all the Territories now belonging to the Uuited States, or hereafter to be acquired, between the free and slave States, say upon the line of the 37th degree of North latitude—all North of that line to come into the Union with requisite population as free States, and all South of the same to come in as slave States. sth. To amend tho Constitution so as to guaran tee forever to all the States the free navigation of the Mississippi river. 6th. To alter the Constitution so as to give the South the power, say in the United States Senate, to protect itself from unconstitutional and oppres sive legislation upon the subject of slavery. Respectfully, your obedient servant. jB. Magoffin. From the. Washington Constitution. Tlie Great Gin IRan oi l he World In from Virginia. Udolpho Wolfe, now tho largest manufacturer of Gin in the World, is by birth a Virginian. He was born in Richmond. He is the seventh son of Major Benjamin Wolfe, deceased, who was an of ficer of the American Revolution. Os these sons only three are living: Joel, al luded to heroafter, and Nat Wolle, the great criminal lawyr of Kentucky for the last twenty years. Originally taken to Kentucky by Henry Clay, Nat Wolfe retained the friendship of the great statesman to tbe last hour of his life. Udolpho Wolfe removed to the city of New York in 1829, aud entered the counting-house of his elder brother, Joel Wolfe, who was then largely engaged in the importation of brandv aud gin from France and Holland. Young Wolf’s busi ness qualification and uerget c perseverance soon save him a prominent position in the house of his rother, and when he reached tbe age of 21 lie be came a partner. Iu 1839 that brother established the first dis tillery in Schiedam ([Holland) ever undertaken by an Amcricun, and it yet continues, and is the place where the famous “ Wolfe's Schiedam Aro matic Schnapps” is now manufactured. In 1848 the senior partner of the house retired from active busines, naving accumulated a large fortune. In that same year Udolpho Wolfe made the fortune discoveries that led to tho manufac ture of his now world-wide-famed “Schiedam Schnapps.” Udolpho Wolfe although a merchant, has ever takeu a prominent interest in tbe political ques tions of the day, especially in stern, though dis interested, opposition to each and every political party or leader who uimed to disturb the sucred institutions of the South, where lie was born. In any matter that affected Virginia or her lead ing meu, whether of the present or of the glorious past, Mr. Wolfe has takeu a deep and patriotic interest. When the removal of the remains of the lamented Monroe, who had been a warm per sonal friend of Mr. Wolfe’s father, as well as of himself, was resolved upon, no man took a more active part than Mr. Wolfe. When the Seventh Regiment returned to New York, Mr. Wolfe compiled and published a book, with a full narration of everything connected with the obsequies of the late ex-President, at an expense of three or four thousand dollars. The book also contained a full description of the famed Seventh Regiment, and also biographical sketches of the principal officers. It contained 846 pages. It has become a Book of History. Mr. W. presented the Seventh Regiment with 1,200 copies, aud also presented through Gov ernor Wise and the Mayor of Norfolk, copies of the book to all the principal civil and military officers, aud, in addition he placed a copy in every public library in the different States. Not only Southern himself, lie married a lady of Mobile, Alabama. In closing this article, we merely desire to sav that the history of this eminent energetic mer chant gives the lie to the oft-repeated charge that the South produces no commercial men of distinc tiou. Mr. Wolfe is the most extensive merchant in Ids branch of commercial manufacture that has ever lived in this Union. MARRIED. On the 28th ult., by Rev. Geo. F. Pier o, I). 1) , JAMES L. BROWN, Esq., ot'Grrenesburo', Oa., and Miss MATTIE PEARCE, of Augusta, Ga. jsr otic hi rjtHK undersigned Commission Merchants of Augusta, do X hereby give notice, that from and after this date, we shall each require CASH ON DELIVERY of all purchase* under Fifty Dollars ; and above that sum, approved Bankable paper will be required on delivery of the purchase. J. A. ANSLEY & CO., STOVALL, MoLACUHLIN & CO., CHAB. BAKER, T. W. FLEMING & CO., J. C. & D. JONEK, It. J. BOWE A CO., F. WOODRUFF, Augusta, Dee. 11,1800. deel2-d&w2w NEW LARD. k>ik CANB choice New LARD, for sale by U\l dec7 6t J. A. ANSLEY & CO. MITSONIiIALMMCE; Spring Term 1861. mUB Exercises rs his Institution will open on the first X MONDAY in JANUARY. All the Departments are supplied with experienced and fttithful Teachers. Board, including Lights, Fuel and Washing, Ninety Dollars or tho Term. No Boarding Pupil will be allowed hereafter to contract any debts, or make accounts. Parents or Guardians are requested to furnish their daughters and wards from home, or If they pre fer It, leave money with some member of the Faculty, who will make all needful purchases. The above rule will be rigidly en foreed. W. A. WILSON, Sec’y Faculty. Madison, Dee. 18, 1860. decle d*wln> BOARDING. A FEW BOARDERS can be accommodated with Board J\_ by applying at 189 Reynolds stveet. ‘ PrVft RART OALDWEEI,. ANNOUNCEMENTS. “ Wisdom Justice Moderation Hon. JOHN P. KING, Col. HENRY H. CUMMING. The above named gentlemen will be supported as Delegates from Richmond county to the State Convention, to be held in January next. “ Pledged to no party's arbitrary sway, They follow Truth where’er she leads the way.” decl2td MANY VOTERS. JTJID&IESBniP OF THE OCMULGEE CIRCUIT. Mr I beg leave to say to the Voter* of the Circuit, that I am a candidate for re-election to this office, on the 2d day of January, 18*31. IVERSON L. HARRIS. MUledgeville, 10th December, 1860. decl2-w3t .A. CARD. Fellow-Citizens of Augusta and of Richmond County lam a candidate for the office of Tax Collector of Richmond eounty, and there is, perhaps, no candidate before the people that would appreciate their support more than the subscriber—and 1 expect none of them are more needy. Should I be oleted, it will be my greatest pleasure to discharge the du ties of the office with satisfaction to all; should I not be, it won’t be my fault—that’s all. Respectfully, declß M. W. WOODRUFF. tar To the Voters of the Second Ward : The un dersigned respectfully announces himself a candidate tor Jus ticc of the Peace for the 120th District G. JL, at the ensuing election, on the Sr3t Saturday In January next. declS SAMUEL FROST. ts Chas. G. Butler for Tax Collector.—l ofler my self to the citizens of Richmond county for the office of Tax Collector, at the ensuing election In January. dec2* CHARLES G. BUTLER. tar Mr. Kditor : Please announce that I am a candidate for Tax Collector of Richmond county, at the election in January next. [nov26 # ] DAVID A. PHILPOT. iar We are authorized to announce HENRY P. WAI.KEIt as a candidate for Tax Collector or Richmond county, at the election in January next. novU* |3gr We are authorised to announce Dr. JAMES T. BARTON as a candidate for Tax Collector of Richmond coun ty, at the ensuing election in January next. novT dtd tsr We are authorised to announce JAMES BRAN DON, Jr., Esq., a* a candidate for Tax Collector of Richmond county, at the election In January next. M ant Voters. Ott£6* SPECIAL NOTICES. The People’s Loan Association.— The sixth monthly meeting of the Association will be held at the City Hall,next WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 10th Inst, at 7 o’clock. [decl9] EDWIN RICHARDS, Sec’y. tSf Masonic Notice!— A Regular Meeting of Augusta Chapter No. 2, will be held THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, 27th inst., at 7 o'clock. By order of the H. P. declg C. DWELLK, Sec’y. SIT Augusta and Savannah Railroad.— Augusta, Nov. 21, IB6o.—During the Fair at Macon, commencing Dee. 3d and ending Dec. 22 d. Tickets to go and return FOR ONE FARE, can be procured at this Office, as follows t Dec. Ist ana sth, to return on 7th ; Dec. loth and 11th, to return on 15th ; Dec. 17th, to return on 20tli; Dec. 20th, to return on 21th. Articles for Exhibition will be charged regular freight to Ma con ; if not sold, will be returned free to station from whence shipped. 1 nov22] W. C, JONES, Agent. By Wholesale and Retail Druggists, always having on hand as LARGE AND WELL SELECTED A STOCK as any demands require, will sell as low as any one could desire to purchase. oct26-d3m By Dutch Bulbous Roots !—Now in store, HYA CINTHS, forty choicest varieties; TULIPS, fifteen varieties GLADIOLUS, four varieties ; CROCUS, seven varieties; IMPERIAL, five varieties; LILIES, four varieties; NAR CISSUS, seven varieties, etc., etc. Jugt received by PLUMB & LEITNEK, octl dtf 212 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. By It has been currently reported that in most of the Western cities the “ Town Bell’’tolls every day at noon for the inhabitants to gulp down quinine, as a preventive of diseases caused by malaria of the climate. Os course, taking quinine is a oontageou* habit, and eveiry new settler is supplied with the poisonous drug, and instructed to take It. in large quantities, if he would escape the Fever and Ague. Every house lias its medicine chest filled with this dangerous stuff, and as regular as the hour comes around, so regular do they gulp it down, as though it was the richest delicacy of the sea son. Dr. J. Hostetler, a Good Samaritan, knowing the dread ful effects of quinine upon the human system, when taken with so much indiscretion, has prepared a compound whiek ha j , in att case.: in whioh it has been tried, proved a speedy otire for Fever and Ague, mid all other diseases caused by Indigestion. For sale by Druggists and dealers generally everywhere. deolS dftwlw IST B. L. Fahnestock's Vermifuge.— This medielHe has a most excellent reputation, qot only with the hundreds of thousands who have used it, but with the medical feeuliy generally, who use It as a prescription in tlieir dally practice. It deserves its reputation, for where worms exist, it never frdls to remove them from the system. declSdftwlw ty Among the ninny restoratives which nature has supplied to relieve the afflictions of humanity, there iH no more favorite one for a certain class of diseases than the “ medlotnal gum” of the Wfl2 Cherry Tree ; but however valuable it is, Its power to heal, to sosthe, to relieve, and to cure, U enhanced ten-fold by scientific and Judicious combination with other In gredients, in themselves of equal worth. This happy mingling exists in that “ Combination and a form indeed” of medicine known as DR. WISTAR’B BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, whose value in curing Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,, Whooping Cough, Croup, Asthma, Pulmonary Affection, and Incipient Consumption, is inestimable. Georgia Testimony. 1 Certificate of Mr. E. Maussenot, awoll known and highly re spec-table citizen of Maeon, Ga. Macon, Ga., March 19,1860. Messrs, ft. W. Fowle & Cos.: Gentlemen : Believing tn the great virtue of your renowned Balsam ot Wild Cherry, I eheerfuliy eomply with the request of your travelling agent In adding my testimony to the many which you have already received. I have been acquainted with this medicine for many yoars, and hkve always heard it spoken of In the highest terms. A brother-in-law-, who at one time was much reduced with a severe and obstinate cough, was restored by If, after other remedies had fulled. I have also used it for myself and children for obßtinate coughs and colds, with uu uniform and happy result, and therefore recommend it confidently as flic- best lung medicine within my knowledge. Yours, respect hilly, E. Maussenet. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS.—The only genuine Wls tar's Balsam has the written signature of “ I. Butts.” and the printed one of the proprietors on the wrapper ; oil other is vile and worthless. Prepared by Seth W. Fowle ft Cos., Boston, ar.d for sale by HAVILAND. CHICHESTER & CO., Wholesale Agents; also, BARRETT ft CARTER, PLUMB ft LEITNER, and by Drugg!. Isgenerally. deols-dftw4w tr Mn. Whilo\v, an experienced Nurse and Fema Physician,hnaaSOOTHlNG SYRUP for children Teethlngc which greatly facilitates the process of teething by softening the gums, reducing all inflammation—will allay ail pain, and is sureto regulate the bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, tt will give rest to yourselves, and relief and health to your Infante. Perfectly safe in all eases. See advertisement in another Glumu. mhl6dftwly tW~ Fever and Ague, and all are aired by perseverance with BRANDRKTH’S PILLS, which takes all poisons, of whatever nature they may be, from the olroulathm. Mr. John Y. Haight, Supervisor of Newcastle, Westchester county, New York, says, Nov., 1858 : “I was two years ago attacked with Fevor and Ague, which, notwithstanding the best medical ad continued sorely to afflict me for six tedi ous months ; I became as yellow as saffron, nnd reduced to sMn and bone. Medicine and physicians were abandoned In despair. As an experiment, I eonelndcd to try a single dose of six of Brandcth's Universal Vegetable Pills, on an empty stomach, early In the morning. The first dose seemed to arouse all the latent energies of ray exhausted frame. 1 feared the worst—their purgative effect was different from auythlng t had ever used or heard of. At length this effect ceased, and 1 a < m ed lighter and breathed freer. That evening 1 was Indeed ren slbly better and slept soundly all night. The nest day I fol lowed ths same course, and continued to tako the Pills In th Is way about three weeks, when I found myself entirely cured. My health has been surprisingly good ever s.nce.” -Trice 25 cents per box. Sold by all respectable dealers in medicine. deel-dawlm IF*The following complimentary notice is token from thij Missouri Democrat: luMKNst. Amount of Suffhrino KRLrsvBB nr Taking MoLkan’b STBBNaTHBNifto Cordial,—Btnce the 17th of Au gust, the following eases have been reported cured ; 105 persona have been cured of General Debility ; 63 “ “ “ “ Nervous Debility : 23 “ “ “ “ Diseases of the Kidneys; 180 “ who have been afflicted with various complaints, Fever, Chronic Diarrhea,- Dysentery, Liver Complaint, Night Sweats, Dyspepsia and Weakness of the Digestive Organs, have been cured, besides a large number from whom we have not yet heard. MoLEAN’S STRENGTHENING CORDIAL AND BLOOD PURIFIER, Is a remedy required by every one In the Western and Southern country. It Is vory pleasant and agreeable to take, and It can be taken by man, woman or child. Asa diuretic. It will cure any disease of the Kidneys or Bladder, and as an alterative, it will purify the blood, and re move all phnples, sores or blotches from the skin. Try it—one drachm is sufficient to convince the most skepti cal of its wonderful strengthening and Invigorating properties. Beeßhe advertisement in another eolumn. decß-d&w2w .Messrs. C lark, Gregory Ail Cos., Nashville Temi.—Gents : Some three months since I had the misfor tune to be bitten by a large rat, while asleep in my room. I was bitten entirely through the nose, so that the blood ran through my nostrils. Knowing a rat bite to be very danger ous, 1 felt much alarmed, and having tried your AMBROSIAL OIL for many allmeats, and finding relief, 1 applied It thor oughly dudng the balance of the night and next day. It healed at once, and I have never experienced any ‘ll effects from the same. I felt that the worjfl should know the magic power of your Justly celebratea AMBROSIAL OIL. • W. M. Collins. Nashville, Ootober Ist, 1860. For sale by decl-dAw!bw ■■ Jl’ f -TUTT. Augusta, tta. OT Fresh Garden Seeds.—W e expect to receive our stock of GARDEN SEEDS this season, much earlier than usual. The assortment will be more extensive and more com plete than formerly, having added several new and choice va rieties to our already large catalogue. octia PLUMB * LEITNER, Druggists. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TO IHE/B, TXROJI the first of January nest, a prime NEGRO MAN? H about thirty years of age, a good Painter and an < Store Boy—having been employed in the latter capacity- tor a number of years. Apply at this office. tlec “* NOTICE. and TRAYED from the undersigned, on the 4th Inst., a large {> black colored Hone MULE. He has the right corner of hts mouth cut by the bridle bit and a collar gall mi the right shoulder ; tail and mane sheared close Any information re specting the said Mule wlii be thankfully received. Address JOHN C. WILKINSON, d('cl9-w4t Augusta, Ga. ATTENTION,! FOR SALE, sixty UNIFORM COATS of dark green cloth, trimmed with best quality gold lace and gilt buttons, —brass scales or epaulettes, attached to each coat. A bargain may be had if applied for soon.’ The attention of Companies now organizing, is rei-pectlully called to the above. Address, or apply to BROOM ft DAY , declD-dlwftwSt _ _ Augusta, Ga. NOTICE. ALL persons are hereby warned not to FISH or HUNT on my plantation, situated on the Savannah River, about fifteen miles from Augusta. All trespassers hereafter will be prosecuted accordihg to law. JOHN JAMES, c.tl9-dltftw2ni ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. BY virtue of an order from the Court ot Ordinary of Lin coln county will be sold on the first Tuesday in FE BRUARY next, at the Court House door of said county , between the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit: A Negro Man named Davis, about S3 years old, a good planta tion smith ; also, one thousand acres of Land, more or less, in Lincoln county, on the waters of Little River, on the road lead ing from Washington to Augusta, one mile from Raysville, ad joining lands of Moses Harwick, Daniel Marshall and John L Wilkes, it being the same place whereon Jimerson Mabry re sided at the time of bis death. Sold as the property of said Jimerson Mabry, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and credl o-s of said deceased. Terms on the day of sale. Dec. 19, 1860. JOHN M. CUTLIKE, Adm’r. qeobqiaT SARSAPARILLA COMPOUND, THE PUREST AND BEST. FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD, AAD DISEASES OF TDK LIVER. LIVER complaints are the prevailing diseases of the South ern climate, and the Sarsaparilla that grows in the South ern climate, if rightly prepared, is better for the diseases of this climate than the foreign growth. It cannot ba prepared so well at the North as it can at the South; nothing can be gained by sending North for Sarsaparilla, or using the Sarsapa rilla prepared North. Prepared by J. DENNIS, M. D„ Augusta, Ga. For sale by Druggists generally. ueel9w2t* just received! 30 boxes No. 1 FIRE CRACKERS ; 30 boxes Large RAISINS, tn quarter and halves : 15 boxes DRIED FIGS. 0 boxes DRIED PRUNES. ALSO, A good assortment of PRESERVES and JELLIES. declQSt HENRY J. SIBLEY■ ii mm ISUL Interest'Paid on Deposits. OFFICE AT THE INSURANCE BA I<<K OPEN DAILY FROM 4 O’CLOCK DKTIL SUNSET. MOYEY returned on short notice, or in cases of necessity without nctice. Interest paid on a single month’s dopcslt. No limitation on the amounts received, except that corns or fractions of a dollar cannot be deposited. Interest paid or compounded every six months, on the first of January and first of July. Accounts will be opened for Children, Minors, Married Wo men, Corporations, Societies, Trustees, Agent*, and Associa tions of every kind. WM. M. D’ANTIGNAC, Piesident. decld C. F. McCAY\ Treasurer. TO HERE, SEVERAL NEGRO MEN, by the month or year—o eof them accustomed to B.acksmlth work. Apply at this office. doel3 DESIRABLE CITY RESIDENCE FOR SALE OR TO RENT. The desirable residence on Greene street, next below tin- j City Hall, belonging to the estate of Mrs. Win. H. Oak man. The location is one of the fine 4in the city—cool, quiet, and comparatively free from dust. The Lot fronts eighty-one feet.on Greene street, extending half way through to Telfair. The House contains twelve rooms, besides closets, store rooms, cellars, fte., all finished in good style, and is in good repair throughout. The out building* comprise kitchens, servants’ houses, stable, carriage house, fte. There is also a hydrant in the yard. For terms, ftc., apply to THADDEUS GASMAN,) ... dec!3 orD. If. VAN BUREN, j s, WANTED TO HIRE, IMMEDIATELY, a good COOK; also, good HOUSE S KVA NT. Apply to MRS. COLLINS, over Mustin ft Son’s Crockery Store. ’ ___ decK.-tf WANTED TO HIRE, T.TROM the Ist January, a good COOK, WASHER and • _T IRONEK, for a s nail family. Enquire of dec!6-3t HAVILA.NT), CHICHESTER ft CO. ! LOST, the night of the Sd Inst., between the Bank of Augusta i V / and the corner of Centre and Reynold streets, a FITCH CUFF. The finder will phase leave It at the office of this paper. decs-tf Suspended Banks of So. Carolina. * T FAYING entire confidence in the suspended Banks of XY South Carolina, we will receive their blits at par, either for Groceries or for Notes due us. G. W. WILLIAMS ft CO. Charleston. S. C., Nov. 2). 1860. novSO-lrn HANDSOME WOMEN ! TO THE I-ABIES! HUNT’S ” BLOOM OF ROSES.” A rich and elegant eolor for the cheeks or lips. It will not wash or rub of}, and when once applied remains durable for yt-ers. Toe tint. Is so rich and natural, that the closest scruiiny fails to deitct its use. Can be removid by lemon juice, and will not injure th skin. This is anew preparation used by the celebrated Com Beauties of London and Paris. Mailed tree, in bottles, wuh cti rections for use, for sl. HUNT’S - COURT TOILET POWDER.” imparts a da;; sling whiteness to the complexion, and is unlike anything else used for this purpose M ailed free for 50 cents. HUNT’S ‘•BRITISH BALM”removes tan, freckles, and all eruptions of the skin. Mailed free for 50 cents. HUNT’S “IMPERIAL POMADE’ forthe hair, strength ens and Improves its growth, keeps it from fallirg off, and Is warrantedto makethe hair curl. Mailedfree for #l. Hunt’s “Pearl beautifiek” for the teeth gums, cleanses and whitens the teeth, hardens the gums, puri fies the breath effectually, preserves the teeth and prevents toothache. Mailed free for sl. HUNT’S “BRIDAL WREATH PERFUME,” a double extract of orange blossoms and cologne. Mailed free lor sl. This exquisite perfume wub first used by the Princess Royal of England on her marriage. Messrs. Hunt ft Cos presented the Pnncess with an elegant ease ot Perfumery, (in which all of the above articles were included) In handsome cut glass with gold stoppers, valued at SISOO, particulars of which appealed in the public prints. All the above articles sent Free, by express, tor $5. Cash can either accompany the older, or be paid to the ex press Agent on delivery of goods. H UNT ft CO., Perfumers to the Queen, Regent Street, London, and 77 Sausom St., Phila., Pa. For sale by all Druggists ami Perfumers. IPT The Trade supplied. nov24-dftwly ORGAN MANUPACfRV,, CHARLESTON, S. C. rpHE undersigned Is now fully prepared to Build Church 1 or Parlor ORGANS, of any size, from SBOO up to SIO,OOO. Having had twenty-five years’ experience In Organ Building, lam prepared to produce as good an instrument asany li the United States, 1 have all materials on hand of the best quality —and properly seasoned wood, Ac. I can produce the best testimonials as to capability and faith fulness. Organs enclosed in any style of case desired, or to suit the architecture of the building or room. All orders promptly and faithfully executed, and all my work WARRANTED TO GIVE faATISFACTION. Address JOHN LAKER, au29-d3m* Organ Builder. Charleston, S. C. Important Notice. npHE PATRONS and BOARDERS of the Imperial Lunch I. and Dining Saloon, will be furnished with Meals on SUN DAYS, until further notice, from 7 to 10 o'clock A. M., Break fast : from Ito3 P. M., Dinner; and from sto 8. Supper. uecS-dtf JOHN BRIDGES, Agent. southern” TOBACCO DEPOT! v We are Agents for the best class of Virginia and North Caro lina TOBACCO manufacturers, and have now in store 700 boxes of all grades, and prices ranging from Ten Cents per Pound to One Dollar and Fifteen Cents per Pound; and we ask the atten tion of all dealers and consum ers to a stock as perfect as can be found in any market. These are foi sale low, and we invite an examination. J. A. ANSLEY & CO, No, 300 Broad Street. de7-10t | - PUBLIC SALES By BOGGS ft PARKER, Auctioneers. TRUSTEES SALE. O, D BliStT r. LEOK. !■. CITY SHERIFF’S SUE. Ov (j ie first Tuesday in JANUARY next, will be sold, at the Lower Market House, in the City of Augusta, within the legal hours of stile : . ... All that lot or parcel of Land, with the improvements ther - oil situate in the city of Augusta, between 1 wiggs street and Washington street, boundea north by a lot formerly ownedl by Edward Thomas, south by Fenwick street, eart by Wasb iigton st reel and west by Twiggs street, and occupied at this time 1 \ Augustus H. Roe : Levied on as the property of Augustus H. Roe, to satisfy an execution in favor of the City Council of Au gusta vs. Augustus 11. lioe, for City lax for the year 1- ). \ AL*jAq At the same time and place, will be sold, all that lot or par cel of Land with the improvements thereon, situate i.i the city of Augusta,’ fronting on Fenwick street, between Centre and Washington stre.ts, bound north by said Fenwick stree, south bv a lot of James L. Coleman, west by a lot of Abner 1. Ro bertson and east bv a lot of James B. Calvin, and occupied at Cojmglor Augusta, vs. James tfcrttae November 2, 1360. CITY SHERIFF’S SALE. OW the first Tuesday in JANL T AKY next, ■will be sold at the Lower Market in the city of Augusta, within the legal * All that lot’ or parcel of Land, situate, lying and being in the citv of Augusta, on the south side of the Augusta ( anal, be tween Campbell and Marblin’ streets, bounded north b> u An. tignac street, upon which it fronts 200 feet, more or less ; east by Carrie street, on which it fronts 104 feet, more or less; south by Jot of William A. Walton ; and west by ( umming street : Levied on as tlie property of Herbert Stallings, to satisfy an execution issued from the City Court of Augusta in favor ot Mary Bird vs. Stallings. At the same time aud plaee.’willbe sold, a Mulatto Boy slave named Charles, about 14 years of age : Levied on as the property of Elizabeth Rowe, to satisfy an execution issued front the City Court of Augusta m favor of C. A. Platt &. Cos. va. Elizabeth Rowe. ‘ ISAAC LEVY, Sheriff C .A. December 2, 1860. RICHMOND SHERIFF’S SALE. ON the first Tuesday In JANUARY next, within the legal hours of sale, at Lower Market House, in the city, of Augusta, will be sold. All that lot or parcel of Land, situate in the citv of Augusta, on Marbury street, between Garanier and D’Antlgnac streets, known as Lots Nos. 21, 22, 93, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 23, In a plan of Lots niadeby William Phillips, having a front of 160 lett on Marbury street, and running backoflike width 240 feet—said Lot composed of eight Lots numbered from 21 to 23 inclusive being bounded North by Gardnier street, east by H or Oak strict, south by lots Nos. 19 and 20, and west by Marbury street, together “with the Buildings and Machinery of every kind, on the before deseriticd Lots : Levied on as the property of Solomon C. White, John C. Quien and Harlan Rigby, to satisfy an execution on the foreclosure of a mortgage issued from tlie Superior Court o! Richmond county in favor ot Leoni das A. Jordan, administrator ot the estate of Benjamin Jordan, deceased, vs. Solomon C. White. John C. Quein and Harlan Rigby. WM. V. KEK, Skerifl R. C. Dec. 2, 1860. RICHMOND SHERIFF’S SALE. OY the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will be sold, at the Lower Market House, in the city of Augusta, with in tlie legal hours of Bale, .„. , „ 1 Glass Partition. 1 Iron Safe, 1 Writing Dealt and Stool, l Counter Stools, 3 Show Cases, 2 Counters, 1 small Regulator, 1 large Regulator, 1 Mahogany Regulator Box, l Parlor Stove, about 80 feet of Pipe, l Watcn Maker’s Bench. 1 Railing, 1 Jew eler’s Bench, J Mahogany Watch Case, 2 Setts, 16 pairs Show Case Tra\s, 1 lot Shelves, and 1 large Mirror : Levied on as the property of Herman A. Barouch, to satisfy an execution on the foreclosure of a mortgage issued from the Inferior Court of Richmond county in favor of Jacob Kaufft-r, vs. Herman A. Barouch. WM. V. KER. Sherifl. December 7.1860. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. i GRKEABLV toanorderof the Court of Ordinary of J\_ Richmond county, will be sold at the Lower Market House in the city of Augusta, on the flrstTuesday in JANUA RY next, between,the legal hours of sale,a Negro Woman, named Eliza, about 50 years of age. Sold as property belong ing ts the estate of Mary Pierce, late of raid count v, deceased. Nov. 21, 1860. G. AV. HALL, Adm’r. Confectionaries or all it ims, I WILL BE HEREAFTER KEPT ON HAND, BY THE SUBSCRIBER. V. LaTaste, NO. 200 BROAD-STREET. decl6-dlw Just Received, AT m FBKM’ii STORK, FOR CHRISTMAS TIMES, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FRENCH mm, 10, TO WHICH ATTENTION IS INVITED, dedO-dlw PANIC SALES CHEAPEST DRY GOODS Em nun to aimsta. BEAUTIVUL ALL WOOL DELAINES, - In New and Elegant Styles and Colors, 50 cts., worth 75c. JOURIN’S BEST FRENC H KID GLOVES, IN ALL NTAIBLHS, 7 5 cts., worth SI. Large Supply Cloth and Velvet CLOAKS, FULLY 25 PER CENT BELOW ITSLAL PRICES. HELA.W Y 3PI3STE DOUBLE SHAWLS, 05, worth 08. CHEAP DRESS GOODS, A LARGE SUPPLY, VERY CErEAP. ’ JUST RECEIVED, PROM TOE PANIC SALE, AT firay&Tiirley’s. dec7 UNITED STATES HOTEL, Broad-street, Augusta, Ga. MOSHER & CREWS, Proprietors. prepared to satisfy all the wants of the t raveling comm. the on the most reasonable terms. Fr°® its central healthiest part of the city, the ‘ United States has ** ‘. eu , rS joyed a large share of the public patronage, aiJ d the t, gus . are determined to spare neither pains nor expense fu.l) tain Its ancient reputation as a first class Hotel. The undersigned, havmg dlKpowd of hia ‘thank's Hotel to Mr. THOiIAB CKEWB, returns hls sineMe to the public for their liberal patronage, and[recount ne Viw* k * if K * Unued * TW *j ote o * l *’