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SATURDAY BIORN’G, DEO. 29, 1860.
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FOR THE STATE CONVENTION.
Election Wednesday, Jan. 2d.
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
JOHN P. KING,
ALEXANDER C. WALKER.
RRPLY
To the Speech of Thos. K. It. Cobb, Esq,.
delivered In the Hull of tlie HoiiMe of
Representatives, Nov. 12, 1860.
BY H. H. TUCKKIt.
[concluded.]
But the political view of this subject is of far
more importance, says Mr. Cobb, than the mere
legal question. Here he affirms and that with
emphasis, (page 9) that “the triumph of a purely
sectional candidate on a purely sectional plat
form,” would not be sufficient ground on which to
“risk the consequences ” of a dissolution of the
Union ; the statement being modified only by the
proviso that the issues of the election are not
vital in themselves, or that they are temporary in
their nature.
It is pleasing to see that Mr. Cobh, is not en
tirely unmindful of the “consequences” of dis
union, aud that he admits, that in that tremendous
step there is “risk” to be incurred. It is cheering
to see that those “consequences” aud “risks” are
in Mr. Cobb’s estimation so awful, that even so
otfensive a thing as the election of a “purely sec
tional candidate on purely sectional grounds”
would not it itself justify us in subjecting our
selves to them, ‘i'tiese terrible risks, involving
as they do, not only our existence as a nation, but
the peace of our firesides, nay, the lives of our
selves and of our children, to say nothing of the
interest of the whole world in the success of the
great experiment of free government which
Washington and his compeers inaugurated, ure
certainly worthy of profound consideration; aud
it is to be regretted, that in drawing up a paper
designed to influence the minds of countrymen
in this momentous issue, Mr. Cobb should have
dismissed with a bare allusion this branch of the
subject, the importance of which is paramount.
Perhaps he turned away from it because he
could not bear it; and no wonder, for the pros
pect sickens the heart. The stupendous revolu
tion likely to be brought about by the proposed
measure, can only be compared to the wheels of
Ezekiel’s vision, of which it was said: “As for
their rings they were so high that they were
drsadful.” If Mr. Cobb, with powers of
graphic description, hud devoted a single page to
theconsiderationofthe.se “risks aud consequen
ces,” that page would have counteracted the
effect of all the rest of his speech; aye, it would
have been an antidote for a hundred of such
speeches. JSajs lie, in his opening paragraph, the
issue is the “terrible one ot disunion or dishon
or.” Dishonor would be terrible indeed ; so much
so, that every true hearted Southerner would pre
fer death, for himself and for his family. Upon a
footing with this, Mr. Cobh puts “disunion,” and
thus justly indeed pronounces it “terrible and
though he does this only by an allusion, let this
be for a rebuke of those who flippantly speak of
disuuion as if it were a light thing. And when
Mr. C. himself speaks afterwards of the glories of
independence,*let it be remembered that these are
balanced by “risks and consequences'’ that are
“terribly.”
But, withdrawing our thoughts from the shock
ing calamities which Mr. Cobh, in these brief ex
pressions refers to, let us regard the conditions on
which he thinks we Ought to “risk” these dread
ful results. These are, tirst, that the issues be
vital ; second, that they he permanent. That they
are vital, is freely conceded, aud therefore noth
ing more need be said upon that point. That they
are permanent, is utterly denied. Mr. Cobb ar
gues that these issues are permanent, simply on
the ground that Northern hatred of slavery is
fouuded iu fanaticism. All fanaticisms, says lie,
are ineradicable and inextinguishable except by
brute force aud by blood. He even goes so far as
to imply (page 12) that if a single mstauce can be
advanced in which fanaticism has died out, he
will he ready to admit the present triumph of
Republican principles is but temporary. The
whole tremendous issue then turns on this single
point—can history produce a single instance of
fanaticism dying a natural death. Fortunately
there are many such instances. New England
witch-burning, which was practised two hundred
years ago, “gorged itself with victims” and died
of the surfeit. It was neither forced nor legisla
ted out of existence. Like ail other fanaticisms,
it ran its course, spent itself, and passed away.—
As to tlie fires of Sinithtield, they were quenched
by the risiug tide of public intelligence and vir-
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as Mr. Cobh seems to imply. One would infer
from his remarks, that persecution for religion
ceased after the excution of that unfortunate lady.
But on the contrary, hundreds, perhaps thou
sands of persous, rotted to death in loathsome
dungeons, a huudred years after her decease.—
Was it not in the vigor of Charles 11, that John
Bunyan lingered twelve long years in Bedford
jail ?
Tne fanaticism which gave rise to these horrid
persecut ons passed away before Increasing light,
as such things always do, like mists before the
rising day. Short lived fanaticisms which spread
like an epidemic have been witnessed by almost
every one. A few years ago, one Matthias iQ the
city of New York, rose up pretending to be some
body and drew after him no small number of de
luded followers; but without any effort being
made to heal the little distemper, it did its work
like a lit of measles, and was heard of no more.
Millerism ran the same course and closed its ca
reer in the same way. Too often among our
negroes, religious excitements take place based
on no views of revealed truth, hut on mere ani
mal feeling; and the wildest excesses are some
times committed, quite mortifying to the friends
of evangelical religion. But who ever heard of
such frenzy being permanent ? Nay, the very
nature of fanaticism, if it pervade a whole people,
or even any large number of them, is to be brief.
To suppose otherwise is to suppose that men are
naturally in au unnatural state, normally abnor
mal. In the examples quoted by Mr. Cobb, he
seems to confound “fauaticisrn” with “false reli
gion hut the two things are wholly distinct. “A
fanatic,” he will find defined in the dictionaries,
to be “one who pretends to inspiration ;” and
really on this definition, the person described
might be found without going as far as to New
England. But there may be false religionists who
are not fanatics. Such are many of the Jews,
ancient and modern, Mohammedans, Buddhists,
and others. Vast numbers indeed, of our own
fellow-citizens, doubtless cherish a false religion,
some of one kind and some of another, but very
few of them, it is apprehended, are fanatics. For
these reasons his eloquent allusions to the “Eagle
of Rome,” to the “Wheel of Juggernaut,” and to
the “turbid waters of the Ganges,” are wholly
irrevelant and therefore need not he replied to.
Yet eveu admitting the relevancy of such ex
amples, they do not help the case ; for false reli
gions are perishing religions, carrying the germ
of their own destruction within theni. Truth only
is immortal. Truth only will stand in the judg
ment. But lies arc like the chaff which the wind
driveth away. Ecclesiastical history presents in
numerable cases of false systems which sprang up,
flourished, withered, and died. Aud they are
around us. The Czar’s figure ot the “ sick man”
describes the waning condition of Mohammedan
ism. Even Buddhism, whose foundation is as
broad as the continent of Asia, is tottering and
falling to pieces. The great Chinese rebellion is
an effect, not a cause. The ephemeral nature of
false religion, the power of truth to exterminate
it, is at the bottom of the upturning of the oldest
dynasty in the world. Without going quite so far
as to the orient world, an example may be found
of a false religion drunk with the blood* of saints,
and now apparently struggling in the throes of
death. These instances, both of fanaticism and
of false religion, together with the myriads of sim
ilar cases furnished by history, but illustrate the
doctrine that
Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
The eternal years of Hod are hers;
But Error wounded shrinks in pain,
And dies amid her worshippers.
Mr. Cobb is equally unfortunate in supposing
that w'ben these isnu do cease, it is iu consequence
of the application of brute force. On the contra
ry, persecution prospers them, and they live by
agitation. It is impossible to crush them by main
strength. Wheu let alone they soou sink to no
thingness, and returning reason establishes her
sway. Mr. Cobb is right, however, in saying that
the Abohtiou sentiment has its origin in tanali
cism. But that fact, so far from proving it to be
permaneut, proves exactly the reverse. Aboli
tionism is not a whit more respectable nor more
long-lived than auy other ism. It will have its
day, its short day ; anu it will have its night, its
long night of death and oblivion. Truth is mighty
and will prevail. It cannot be long before the
truth on this subject will prevail; aud when the
people of New England will look-upon Abolition
ism as they now do upon the Salem witch-burn
ings. The doctrine of slavery is a doctrine of the
Bible , and like ail other doctrines of that book,
it goes forth conquering and to conquer. Mr.
Cobb unwarily gives aid and comfort to the Abo
litionist ; for by admitting that his doctrine is
permanent, he udmits that it is true. Truth aud
permanency are two things that God has joined
together, aud every system that has either one of
these qualities has the other.
Happily illustrative of this subject is that de
cl .rauou of our Savior recorded iu Mat. xv. 13—
wbea be says : “Every plant which my Heavenly
Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.” To
those who believe with the present writer that
abolitionism is not a plant of our Heavenly Fa
ther’s planting, this is a very comforting text. It
teaches that the heresy shall be “rooted up.” It
teaches the lover of the Union, formed by Wash
ington and bis fellow-patriots, that the issues,
however “vital’’ are not “permauent.” It utterly
eaatradictw the assertion of Mr. Cobb, and ovir
|B|ihis argument. Nay more; it couvicts him
HfililaQd the author of abolitionism. Every
Em .the text, which the Father Inch not
planted, shall be rooted up. Abolitionism is a
plant, says Mr. C., which shall not be rooted up.
Whence it follows that abolitionism is a plant
which the Father has planted; in other words
that God is the author ot it. The writer has not
for a moment supposed that Mr. C. intentionally
{>ut himself in this unenviable position. He mere
y failed to see the logical effect of his own argu
ment. Doubtless he would repudiate this result
as soon as any one. Yet logically and of absolute
necessity it flows from his premises. His premi
ses therefore must be wroug. Aud this is only
another form t of saying that the issues are not
permanent; aud on the assertion that they are
permanent is based the whole argument, which
shows the political necessity of disunion. The
foundation of the argument* being taken away,
the superstructure falls to the ground.
Extended notice has beeu taken of this sophism,
not merely because it is the chief argument in
Mr. Cobb’s speech, but because it holds a promi
nent place iu nearly all the speeches that have
been made duriug the whole discussion of the
subject; aud has doubtless done good service at
every tireside and every street corner in the
Southern Stutes. That it is utterly fallacious and
worthless, every close thinker must instantly per
ceive. Yet alas ! alas ! all frivolous and false as
it is, it threatens to become the fell destroyer of
this great Republic. This magnificent empire—
this most glorious achievement of human genius
and patriotism that the world ever saw. How
easy it is to destroy ! llow insignificant a cause
may produce a great catastrophe !
Mr. Cobb proceeds to present in interrogatory
form, a list of all the remedies for our political
wrongs, that are possible, aud calls upon us to
choose between them. They are, savs he—l, The
boy’s redress of recrimination ; 2, The bully’s re
dress of boasting ; and 3, The manly freeman’s
redress of independence. If this were au ex
haustive catalogue of remedies, of course we
should not hesitate to choose the last. But there
is another remedy which Mr. Cobb seems to have
forgotten. Is it not strange that a lawyer should
forget that there is a legal remedy V Is it uot
strange that an American should forget that there
is a constitutional remedy ? Is it not a dishonor
to the memory of our fathers, to allirm that they
framed for us, their posterity, a government which
presents the wretched alternative of dooming us
to the level of boys and bullies on the one bund,
or of revolution and overthrow on the ether V
Alas, has it come to this, that the American Con
stitution, bought with the blood of our ancestors,
and framed by their wisdom and patriotism,
should be charged with containing in itself either
the seeds of its own destruction, or the germ of
popular degradation 1 Nay, perish the slander!
Our fathers were statesmen—not boys, nor bul
lies, nor radicals. Like begets like ; and if the
American Constitution be the frivolous thing that
Mr. Cobb represents it to be,
doubtless,) then our fathers who framed it, are
equally unworthy of respect ; for the tree can be
no better than the fruit.
Let us not plunge into revolution and say that
our fathers forced it upon us, leaving us no other
alternative. De mortals nil nisi bonum. If we
will plunge into revolution, let us take the blame
upon ourselves; let us not insult the memory of
the inoffensive, the glorious, the illustrious but
now helpless dead ! Oh, let us not tarnish the re
nown of our aacestors, by saying that they left
us a Constitution which provided wrongs in
abundance, but prov ded ns remedies. As for
Mr. C.’s remark that those of us who love the
Union depend for its preservation on the “treason
of an abolitionist,” it is directed not against us,
but like the remarks above considered, it is di
rected against the framers of the Constitution,
and declares that they have bequeathed us that,
which must either be destroyed, or else be sus
tained by treason. Spirit of Washington! for
give the slander, for surely it was not intentional!
Mr. Cobh’s next remark is of the same character.
Says he, the refusal of the Senate to ratify the
appointments of the President, ipso facto , consti
tutes “revolution and anarchy.” In other words,
the very plan devised by the w'isdom and sagacity
of our for efathers, to keep our Government in
balance, is the very thing that must of necessity
destroy its balance, aud overthrow it altogether !
If we do, exactly what our fathers intended we
should do we destroy ourselves! The adminis
tration of tlie Government exactly according to
the programme laid down by them, leads to revo
lution and anarchy ! If the charge needed refu
tation, it finds it in the fact, that the Senate has
repeatedly refused to ratify the appointments of
the President, and that too, without jarring our
Government from its equipoise in the least. Still of
the same character are the next two remarks of our
author, that even the opposition of both houses
of Congress is not sutficieut to restrain the Piesi
dent, and that his oatli of office is not to be re
spected; in other words, that Washington and
Madison and Franklin aud Rutledge and the
Pinckneys, in trying to make a President, made
a King, au irresponsible and unrestrainable ty
rant! That iu attempting to frame a Democratic
Republic, they framed an outrageous despotism !
Os the same character yet, are the next remarks,
that “there is nothing to be gained by delay,” that
is, that revo’ution is better than treason —that it is
better to secede from the Union our fathers gave
us, than remain in it. Alike irreverent is the
next r< mark, that if we were out of the Union
not ten voters in Georgia would wish to go i>.
Before our Union was formed, there were the
same conflicting interests between the North and
the South that there now are. Yet our fathers
desired llmon souaht it, formed it, mmuiunced it
good, aniioequeuthed if to us. i hey knew that
those conflicting interests would be perpetual and
with wonderful and fur seeing statesmanship pro
vided for their perpetual control. If a disagree
ment has sprung up between the Noith and ►South,
it is exactly what our fathers anticipated, and for
which they devised appropriate and efficient re
medies. To ignore these remedies is irreverent
and unwise. To discard them, and take revolution
in preference, what shall be said of it!
But says Mr. C. our sister States hold out “im
ploring arms,” inviting us to disunion. Better
call it in one instance, at least, supercilious dicta
tion, forcing us to a disloyalty for which we have
no sympathy. But from the grand old State of
Virginia, the venerable mother of us all, we have
ludeed imploring calls, not to desert her in the
hour of peril. Pointing to her motto, “Sic semper
tyranni*,” she assures us that thus it shall he, if
we hut stand bv her, with the demon of abolition
ism. Gallant Maryland too, who fought our bat
tles for us iu tlie Revolution, and who now occu
pies, as she did then, the post of greatest danger,
calls to us to be true to her, as sue was to us.
Brave old Kentucky too, the laud whose chivalry
consists in acting uot iu talking ; whose heroic
exploits are on the battle field and not iu the
newspapers ; as modest as she is brave, Kentucky
literally and in solemn appeal, implores us to
imitate the prudence of our ancestors. And from
their graves the fathers of our own noble State,
call to us in deep toned utterances, and point, to
tlie coat-of-arms and motto which they meant to
be the cynosure of their posterity to the end of
time, saying, “oh children of the nineteenth cen
tury, be wise ! avoid contention, disunion aud
utrifc. If you have wrongs, we have provided
you with remedies. Seek redress under the
‘ CONSTITUTION,’ and let that glorious arch
forever he unbroken, and supported by ‘W'isdom,
Juttice and Modeuatiox*!’ “Surely the counsels
of a mother are as much to be regarded as the
complaints of a sister. Surely the eurnest en
treaties of the border States, where all the dan
ger lies, together with the solemn voices from the
graves of our sires, are at least a set-off to the
bickerings of sister States, some of them far
younger than ourselves—having no record and no
history ; and some indeed having a record, but
one which so far as it relates to Georgia, no Geor
gian can contemplate hut with indignation.
As for Mr. Cobb’s remark that the North con
strues hesitancy into fear, we are bold enough not
to care how the North construes it. Let us bui
do right and people may construe it as they
please. As to delay inviting aggression, wc have
only to say, that so long as we have right on our
side, we have no fear that aggression will come,
and no fear of it iu* case ’t should come. As to
the assertion that our friends at the North are
diminishing in numbers, nothing could be a great
er mistake. liecent elections in the city of Bos
ton and in six or seven interior towns in Massa
chusetts, show a gain to our cause of more than
five thousand votes in a month ! At the same rate,
even in Massachusetts, if the Presidential election
w’ere to be held to-day, Lincoln would be defeat
ed. Cotton is King, and his Royal Majesty asserts
his sway as well iu Massachusetts as elsewhere.
New England is not so brave, nor so superior to
the rest of the world, as to be an exception to the
universality of hfs domain. Even in Vermont
their offensive legislation has been submitted for
amendment to a committee of jurists, who are
known to be loyal to the Federal Constitution, and
therefore to the South. There probably never wus
a more speedy reaction than is now going on in
the Northern States; and with only reasonable
forbearance as to time, we shall be able to make
our own terms with them, and that too under the
Constitution. As to the recent attempt made iu
Congress to bully them iuto an instantaneous sur
render, the artifice is too flimsy to be worthy of
notice. As to the Army aud Navy being in good
bands, it is true that they are in such good bauds
that we cannot get them without fighting for
them; aud as to the Navy we have nothing to
fight with —not a ship and scarcely a sailor. ’ As
for delay taking away from our cause its justice,
this is probably the first time in the world that
justice has been supposed to be perishable. As
to keeping open our territories to emissaries from
the North, it remains to be seen whether there
would be fewer in case of hostility, than there are
now. As to the remark that iu the Union we shall
be hemmed in as to territory, and have no room
for expansion, it must be replied that if we peace
able expand at all, it must be in the Union; for
if we acquire territory out of the Union, aud espe
cially if we afterwards acquire any of the territory
which we leave in the Union, it can be done only
by conquest; and conquest is only another uame
for war; and it is by no means certain that our
war3 of acquisition would be successful, especially
if waged against those who double us in uumbers.
Out of the Union, says Mr. C., we shall have a
“glorious soil!” Is it not just as glorious now?
We shall have too, says he, “immense natural re
sources !” Shall we have auy more than we have
now? “We shall have cotton,’Vsays he, “the
freat peace-maker of the world!” If it cannot
tep peace between us aud our neighbors, will it
make peace, after it has been destroyed ? “We
shall have,” says he, “the best social and political
organizations on earth !” Have we not the same
organizations now ? Will they be any better, af
ter we have by once destroying them, shaken the
confidence of ourselves and of all mankind in
their permanency? “We shall have,” says he,
“a people firm, free and independent!” Is he
sure the process of disintegration, once began,
will not continue until we shall be frittered into a
score of petty Republics, divided among ourselves,
wrangling Jwith one another, contemptible and
imbecile, and liable all together, to become the
prey of European despotism, or the vassals and
serfs of some American Napoleon? Lastly, says
he, “we shall have the smile of God!” Is he
sure of that ? Does he profess to be inspired ?
5 [But we come finally to what Mr. Cobb considers
the “most potent” argument of all. The argu
ment is that if the State of Georgia should refuse
to secede, no matter by how large a majority,
there are a few “zealous warm spirits” among us,
who would at once commit treason against the
State and wage war oh the United States ; and
that the rest of the citizens must either submit to
their dictation aud thus aid them in their war upon
the general government, or else put them down
by force of arms, thus involving our own State in
civil war. The argument is, that to avoid all this
we must immediately secede. True, the argu
ment as stated by Mr. Cobb, does uot present to
view this horror’of horrors. But when stripped
of its rhetoric, this is what it means ! It is impos
sible to put any other interpretation upon it.—
Misrepresentation is unworthy the dignity of the
occasion, as well as of ihe writer, aud even if it
were not, there is nothing to be gained by it. Let
the reader turn to Mr. Cobb’s pamphlet and ex
amine for himself, llis “most potent” argument,
when stripped of its line phrases and handsome
epithets, aud exposed all naked, will be seen to
be exactly what is above stated. It needs no
refutation. The very sight of its horrid deformi
ty, is enough to thrill the heart of every Georgian
with emotions which cauuot be uttered. It is but
Mr. Cobb’s milder aud more ingenious manner of
expressing tlie sentiment of a distinguished Sena
tor, who said, “If the State of Georgia does not
f;ive me the sword, as God lives I will take it.”
las a would-be American Napoleon already risen
among us V and does Mr. Cobb sustain him V If
the sovereign people of Georgia iu their majesty
and their might refuse to give him the sword—
that is, the power to make war—is he to take that
sword by force, and compel us against our will to
enlist in his armies, and fight battles to gratify
his ambition ? One swears that as God lives these
things shall be so, and another on page 17 of the
pamphlet under consideration, declares that lie
will sustain him in it! These are the men who
tell us that we shall he “free !” Is this freedom ?
We must either submit to this, says Mr. Cobb, or
secede immediately ! And this is the “ most po
tent” argument of all!
In a similar spirit, though somewhat modified,
is the appeal to the Legislature. The question
before them was “ Convention or no Cpuvention.”
On this, Mr. Cobb says : “ Wait not till the cross
roads and grog shops send up a discordant voice
from a divided people !” That is to say the peo
ple of Georgia, almost all of which live at the
cross-roads—by which is meant in the country, in
the agricultural districts—are uot competent to
act except under the lead of the Legislature!—
That is, that there is a division of sentiment
among the people, and that division is not to be
respected, nor ascertained, but forestalled! An
ally of Mr. Cobb’s sa.vs, “ I hate Conventions,”
and Mr. Cobb responds in diluted phrase, “ Wait
not till the cross-roads and grog shops send up a
discordant voice from a divided people !” This is
hut a fitting climax with which to close the “ most
potent argument of all J”
It is in compliance with these arguments, that
we are expected to tear up this Urnou, cemented
by the blood of our fathers; to trample upon the
Constitution framed by their wisdom; to an
nounce to the world that that Constitution is
worthless ; to proclaim to mankind that free gov
ernment is a failure; to thrill with agony the
hearts of the lovers of liberty all over the earth,
with the shocking news that the great American
Republic lias fallen ; to strengthen fetters that
hind the millions of Europe; to gladden the hearts
of haughty monaichs and proud nobles; to en
large the foundations of despotic thrones, and
widen the sway of tyrannic sceptres ; to undo the
doings of Washington, and thus destroy his world
wide reuown : to reduce him to a footing with an
unsuccessful rebel, from liis lofty exaltation as
the Father of his country, and the pride of the
world ; to cast contempt upon the memory of our
ancestois, and to bequeath, not their glory, but
our own shame, to our posterity till .the end of
Time ! O, spirit of Washington ! O, Genius of
Liberty! Nay, iu this solemn hour away with
figures of speech! O, God of our fathers, iu
whose hands are the hearts of the people, wilt
thou not cause the wyathVof man to praise
thee, and the remainder of wrath will thou not
restrain? Oh, raise up among us another Wash
ing, who shall lead us on again to victory, not the
blood-stained victory of battle, but to the more
blessed victory of peuce. 0, Prince of Peace! let
thy gentle reign be supreme among all the nations
of the earth, and especially among us, thy favored
but ungrateful and rebellious people !
Georgians! your geographical position and po
litical antecedents give you an influence in this
solemu crisis, tar more powerful for the time be
iug than that of any other State iu the Republic.
You may yet become the great pacificators of the
whole dreadful contest. The destiniesof a vast em
pire aud of millions of posterity are in your hands.
Your responsibilities are more awful, than per
haps God ever before imposed upon a people.
Your Convention may occupy a position more
august, more sublime und more terrible thau has
ever yet been tilled by a body of men, in
tory of the world. Georgians! iu this petrous
hour will you allow an hunble and obscure indi
vidual, hut still a citizen of you State, and a lover
and a native of it, and whose ancestors for three
izeuorjitions. lie buried in lir soil, to exhort y ou
to deliberation before you take irrevocable steps
in the great transaction that lies before you. Let
him be forgiveu, if once again he points to the
shiniug avch of the Constitution, and in the lan
guage of our common ancestry, entreats you to
support it, in “Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.”
Dec. 26, 1860.
MARRIED.
On the 25th instant, by W. H. Brantlv, Esq., Mr. JaBEZ
M. WHITE to Alisa ELViNA ,1. DUNN, all of Hancock
county.
ANJNOUIVCEMEJNTS.
We are authorised to announce JOHN 11. MEAD
as a candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns of Richmond
county at the election in January next. Many Votbbp.
fir* We are authorised to announce WILLIAM B.
CHAVOUS as a candidate lor Tax Collector of Richmond
county, at the election in January next. dec2o*
We are authorised lo aniiounee JOHN A.
BOHLER a candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns of Rich
mond county. dec2o
Tit” A Change 1 A Change! !—We are authorised to
announce JOSEPH E. BURCH as a candidate lor Receiver
of Tax Returns, at the election in January next. dec2o*
To Ihe Aotera of tlie Second Ward: ’The un
dersigned respectfully announces himself a candidate tor Jus
tice of the Peace for the 120th District G. M„ at the ensuing
election, on the first Saturday in January next,.
deel3 * SAMUEL FROST.
fP” Clins. O. Duller tor Tax Collector.— l offer my
selfto the citizens of Richmond county for the office of Tax
Collector, at theensuing election In January.
dc2* CHARLES O. BUTLER.
CW’.Mr. Editor : Please announce that lam a candldatefor
Tax Collector of Richmond county, at the election in January
next. tnov2s*] DAVID A. i’HILPOT.
We are authorized to announce HENRY P.
WALKER as a candidate for Tax Collector of Richmond
county, at the election in January next. novl4*
Wc are authorised ioannounce Dr. JAMES T.
BARTON as a Candida e for lax Collector of Richmond coun
ty, at the ensuing election in January next. novT-dtd
tW~ Weare authorised to announce JAMES BRAN
DON, Jr., Esq., as a candidate for Tax Collector of Richmond
county, at the election in January next. Many Votehs.
oct2Cf ~
-A- O AJFLI3.
83?” Follow-Citizens of Augusta and of Richmond
County lam a candidate for the office of Tax Collector of
Richmond couuty, and there Is, perhaps, no candidate before
the people that would appreciate their support more than tlie
subscriber—aid I expect none of them arc more needy. Should
Ihe elcted, It. will be my greatest p’easnreto discharge the du
ties of tlie office with satisfaction to all; should 1 not be, It
won’t be my fault—that’s all. Respectfully,
declri M. W. WOODRUFF.
JUDGESHIP
OF THE
OCMULGEE CIRCUIT.
I beg leave to say to the Voters of the Circuit,
that I am a candidate for re-election to this office, on the 3d
day of January, 1861. IVERSON L. HARRIS.
MiUedgevUle, loti* December, 1860. decl3 wSt
TdE SHORTEST ROUTE TO
FLORIDA.
Through from Charleston to Fernan*
dina In Fifteen Hours, and to Fl
int It a I it 30 Honrs less time
than any Route.
THE U. S. MAIL STEAMERS,
0 .A. IR, O Xu X IST
AND
QYORJDOUST,
LEAVE Charleston, 8. 0., DAILY, (Sundays excepted.)
at 7 I*. M.,foi Femandma, Flu., connecting regularly with
Railroad to .Jacksonville, Lake City, Gainesville and Cedar
Keys, and by stages to Mif&nopv, Ocala, Tampa and other
points In the interior of Florida. Also, at Cedar Keys with
Steamers to Havana, Key West, St. Murks, Apalachicola, Pen
sacola and New Orleans.
These Sttamcrs connect also regularly every WEDNES
DAY and SUNDAY at FernEiidina, with the U. S. M.
steamer EXCEL, (which leaves Immediately after the transfer
of their passengers and freights.) running inland between that
point aud the St. Johns River, to Pilatka, thereby avoiding the
outside navigation over the St. John’s Bar.
KATES OF PASSAGE :
From Charleston to Kernandina 46
From Charleston to Jacksonville 8
From Charleston to Picolataand Pilatka 10
Freights for Femaudina, and for all Landings on the Bt.
John’s River, taken at the usual rates.
No extra expense for re-shipment at Kernandina.
H. L. CHISOLM,
Agent Florida Steam Packet Comp> ny:
Southern Wharf.
t&~ THROUGH TICKETS from Charleston to theprinci
palStatious on the Florida Railroad, and points on the St
John’s River, can be obtained on either of the above steamers
octßo-w3m
From the Mercury of Friday, Dee. 28.
Stinting Events at Charleston.
Charleston was yesterday morning thrown into
a state of the wildest excitement, by the news
that the United States troops bad been transferred
from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. At first tne
flying rumors were so numerous and so contra
dictory that it was no easy matter to get at tlie
truth ; but iu a sh'ort time the leading facts began
to be pretty well established. It seems that on
Wednesday night, about eight o’clock, Major An
derson and his command having spiked the guns,
fired the gun carriages of Fort Moultrie, and sawed
down the flagstaff, evacuated the place, and took
possession of Fort Sumter instead. The ladies,
who had hitherto lived in the fort, had been pre
viously sent to Charleston, and, whatever furni
ture, ammunition and provisions that could be
moved without exciting suspicion, had beeu quiet
ly transferred to Fort Sumter. The report that
tlie defences of Fort Moultrie had been so shame
fully mutilated, uaturally aroused great indigna
tion iu the city. People immediately sought the
steeples aud cupolas of the public buildings, aud
telescopes were Drought into active requisition, to
gratify the general curiosity. Little, however,
could be descried beyond a dense smoke issuing
from within the ramparts, and large gangs of men
at work unloading the cargos ot schooners into
Fort Sumter.
A Pkkp at Fort Moultrie.— At half-past two
o’clock onr reporter visited Sullivan’s Island.
Quietness resigned throughout Moultrieville, and
it was not until the fort was reached that he no
ticed any signs of activity. Here, however, was
a change. lustead of a mass ot smoking ruins,
were the well-defined line of the fortress* un
changed, at least iD outward appeurance. Instead
of utter abandonment on the part of the garrison,
the senior officer of Engineers and six men main
tained possession of the stronghold. Instead of
gaining ready admittance, a stolid sentinel barred
the way, whilst a succession of carts loaded with
canister and grape, cooking utensils and cooking
stoves, made thtdr devious way to the lighter iu
attendance, to convey the ill-assorted cargo to
Fort Sumter. It was easy to see that the fori
had been virtually abandoned, but it was not so
easy to ascertain the full extent of the damage.
The barracks were still standing, though stripped
of their furniture, and deserted by their tenants.
In short, it \vn# plain enough an evacuatiou had
taken place, and that visitors to Major Anderson
were expected to leave their cards at Fort Sumter.
Fiom the citizens it was gleuned that the guns
had been tarred and spiked, and that the small
columns of smoke rising froin the interior pro
ceeded from the burning gun carriages. One or
two, more mysterious thau the rest, stated, with
ominous shakings of the head, that the whole of
the interior of the fort had been undermined, and
that it was perilous to venture within its walls.
The effect of the news was immediately visible
in the streets of our city. The volunteers were
out in full force and under arms. The Cadet
Riflemen and the Palmetto Guard, with a detach
ment of City Police, were detailed to take charge
of the Arsenal, and a line of patrols was estab
lished around the yvalls.
Tub Occupation op Castle Pinckney. —The
Rifle Battalion, under command of Col. J. J. Pet
tigrew, assembled promptly upon thfe Citadel
Green. They were substantially equipped in
winter uniform, with blankets, knapsacks and re
volvers. The battalion numbered some 150 men,
and consisted of detachments from the Meagher
Guards, the Carolina Light Infantry and the
Washington Light Infantry. Shortly after four
o’clock the word was given, and the companies
advanced in double quick time, without music, to
wards the Cooper River. None of them, we be
lieve, except the officers, were aware of their des
tination. They embarked on the steamer Nina,
which immediately headed for Castle Pinckney,
and the surmise soon became confirmed that tlie
destination of the command was to take posses
sion of that fortress. On nearing the fort, a num
ber of ineu were observed on the wharf, one of
whom, in advance of the others, was observed
holding vvhut appeared to he a paper in his hand.
This was said to have been the Riot Act. As soon
as the Nina touched the wharf, the storming
party who had been detailed for that duty, sprung
ushore and rushed round to the rear of the fort
ress, where the gate is situated. This was found
closed, and a cry for storming ladders was soon
answered by a’detachment bearing a dozen or
more of them. These were instantly planted, and
under cover of the rifles ol the battalion, the walls
were escaladed and the gates thrown open.
On entering the fort it was found to he tenanted
only by an officer of Engineers and a small party
of laborers—none of whom made uny resistance.
The Engineer officer was informed that he was at
liberty to leave, and remove his personal effects,
and in a few minutes he set out iu a boat belong
ing to the fort, accompanied by four other men.—
From the direction in which he steered, it is sup
posed that he went to Fort Moultrie.
The flag of the Nina, consisting of a white star
on a red ground, was then hoisted amid loud
cheers ;aud when our reporter left, a strong guard
had been mounted, and preparations for garrison
ing the fortress were welt advanced.
About seven o’clock the tramp of detachments
from the artillery regiments was heard, and the
Washington Artillery, the German Artillery, the
Lafayette Artillery, and the Marion Artillery, ma
king a total of two hundred and twenty-five men,
rank and tile, under command of Col. Wilmot G.
DeSaussure, were sflon embarked on the Nina and
General Clinch, hi>£ Bteameii away down the har
bor towards Sullivan’s Island. Among those on
board were Col. Charles Alston, Aid to the Gov
ernor, and Capt. Humphreys, of the Atsenal. On
reaching the island these two last named gentle
ment approached the gate, and the sentinel, in ac
cordance, it is said, with orders, surrendered on
demand. The troops then quietly took posses
sion, and the Palmetto flag was soon waving over
the tiine-houored fortifications. Three rockets
(the signal agreed upou) were then sent up to
notify the people in the city that the fort was in
the hands of the State, and then the newly install
ed garrison betook themselves, as best they
might, to devising the wavs and means of com
fort and protection. Thus far had the affair pro
gressed up to a late hour last night.
This transfer of the troops Irom Fort Moultrie
to Fort Sumter is regarded as an outrageous
breach offaith. For there was a distinct under
standing with the General Government, uponthe
highest authority, that no such transfer wouMdbe
made, no reinforcement of either of the forts at
tempted, and uo trunsfer of arms or ammutition.
Relying upon these declarations, the authorities
of South Carolina had not taken the forts when
completely within their power. They have acted
with good faith, aud expected it in return.
Major Anderson alleges (hat the movement was
made withdut orders aud upon his own responsi
bility, and that lie was not uware of such an un
derstanding. lie is a gontleman, and we will not
impugn his word or his motives. But it is due to
South Carolina and to good faith, that the act of
this officer be repudiated by the Government, and
that the troops he removed forthwith from Fort
Sumter.
JSOTICJC
fTUIK undersigned Commission Merchants of Augusta, do
A. hereby give notice, that from and after this date, we shall
each require CASH ON DELIVERY of all purchases uuder
Fifty Dollars ; and above that sum, approval Baukable paper
will “be required on delivery of the purchase.
.1. A. ANSLRY * CO.,
STOVALL. MCLAUGHLIN & CO
CHAS. BAKER,
T. Vi. FLEMING A CO.,
.r. 0. A D. JONES,
R. J. HOWE A CO.,
F WOODRUFF,
Augusta, Dec. 1!, 1860. decl2-dAw2w
NOTICE
ffIHE Mockholdere of the Iron Steamboat Company, and all
.L others interested, will take notice that a suit has been
commenced to January Term, 1861, of the Superior Court of
Richmond county, Georgia, bv James 11. Lamar and Harnev
Glover, administrator of Wade Glover, deceased, against the
Iron Steamboat Company. JOHN K. JACKSON,
„„ , _ Plaintiffs’ Attorney.
Augusta, 18th December, 1860. declß-dlaw4t
CnRISTMAS & NEW YEAR'S
Presents.
V LARGE assortment of Flue ROOKS, WORK BOXES,
FANCY ARTI LKS, TOYS, l'apler Muclie WORK
HOXES and AVRITiNG DESKS, and a great variety of arti
cles suitable tor Christmas and New Year’s I’resents, can be
found at GEO. A. OATES A BRO’S,
dec23 2t 240 Broad Street.
BE Mill ISLAND PUNTERS.
THE Steamboat COLUMBIA is now prepared to bring
Com aud other Produce from all Landing, as far down as
Point Comfort, at rates to suit the times. As this Boat Is ex
clusively In the Wood and Produce trade, she will attend to
all orders at short uotiee on application to
JOHN A. MOORE, Agent.
A few thousand SHINGLES for sale. dec24-wlm
Shrubbery & Plants.
MIIB. WM. F. SMITH, of Rose Cottage, Telfair street,
would call the attention of residents and visitors to her
Hue aud choice stock of CAM ELIAS JAPONICAand OKEEN
HOUSE Pi,ANTS, to be sold cheap. Also, any quantity ot
ROSE BUSHES. SHADE TREES, and ORNAMENTAL
SHRUBBERY, PITISPORUMS, EUONYMoUS, ARBOR
VITAS : PKIVIT aud BOXWOOD, lor Edging.
lIOQUETS at short notice.
Al 1 orders punctually attended to.
Augusta. Oa , Oct. 29, lHrto. oct3o-d2wJtw2m
lO BARRELS
HAVANA ORANGES,
FOR SALE BY
R. ALDWORTE.
dec24*
GYMNASIUM.
mUE Turners Club propose to open a School of GYM.
* NASTICS for Youths, on MONDAY, the 12th Inst In
the yard adjoining Firemen's Hall, on Ellis slreet.
Parents and Guardians, who may feel disposed to patronize
the School, may be assured that competent Teachers will be
provided, and good instruction given to the pupils.
Terms moderate, and Lessons given twice a week. For
further particulars, apply to
FRED. HELLMUTH, President
dec7-3t* No. 150 Ellis Street.
YARNS &OSNARGRG AGENCY.
20 bales Assorted YARNS,
5 bales 7 and 8 os. OSNABURGS, from Newton Manu
factoring Company.
dec7-10t J. A. Ansley & Cos.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Funeral NJotice.
S2T” The Friends and acquaintances of Mr. E. A.
WAOJfOJN and family, and Mrs. J. 13. Kenrick and family, are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the former, from
the Church of Atonement THIS (Saturday) MORNING, Dec.
29th, at 10 o’clock. dec29*
C'S'” Masonic Xotice —The members of Social Lodge, No
1, will meet at the Lodge Room, THIS (Saturday) MORN
ING, at 9>; A. M., to attend the funeral of Bro. E. A, WAG
NON.
Webbs Lodge, No. 166, Harmony Lodge Hamburg, and
Transient brothers are respectfully invited to be present.
By order of the W. M.
dee29 O. DWELL K, Sec’y.
Cg 1 ” Augusta *Sc Savannah Railroad.— August a, Ga..
Dec. 29th, 1800.— On an i after SUNDAY, December 30th, the
Sunday afternoon train from Augusta and from Milieu, will be
discontinued. W. C. JONES,
dec39-lm Agent.
£&~ A Word to the Ladies.—ln recommending*'o you
to use HOSTETTER’S CELEBRATED STOMACH BIT
TERS it is but just to state that as a stimulant to the system,
in imparting strength and vigor during certain periodical stages
which ofhimes attended with much pain and trouble, we know
of no preparation more Highly adapted to all afflictions conse
quent upon this cause, and fora mother nursing a babe the
BITTERS cannot be dispensed with, especially where the
mother's is Inadequate to the demands of the
child ; consequently her strength must yield, and here it is
where a good tonic, such usIIOaTETTER S STOMACH BIT
TERS, is needed to impart temporary strength and vigor
to the whole system. Ladies should by all means try this re
medy, and before so doing, ask your physician who, if he is
acquainted with the virtues of the BITTERS, will recommend
their use in all cases.
Sold by druggists and dealers generally everywhere.
dec2tfdAwiw
£fl~ Headache.— Dr. W ilson’s TILLS have become quite
popular as a remedy for Headache, of every description. They
have invariably afforded immediate relief even when other re
medies have failed. They do not sicken the stomach, are
quite convenient and agreeable to take.
dee29d&wlw.
ELECTION NOTICE.
Oiltce Inferior Court Richmond County.—An
Election Is hereby ordered to be held, in terms of the law. at
the place of holding said elections, on the first SATURDAY
in January next, for two Justices of the Peace for each Dis
trict. The Polls to lie kept open from 10 o’clock A. M. to 6
o’clock P. M.
And it is further ordered, That the Clerk of this Court pub.
ltsh the foregoing order for ten days preceding the election, in
Chronicl e & Sentinel and Constitutionalist.
A true extract from the Minutes.
d6c22 m R. F. HALL, Clerk.
HUF” Sealed Proposals will be received at the Clerk of
Council’s Office until the 28th of December, at 12 M., for fur
nishing lor the use of the City, for the year 1861, fourteen
able-bodied HANDS, and eight No. 1 MULES with CARTS,
and Harness complete—the equipments to b° employed on the
works to be of the best quality. The contractor Boarding,
Clothing and paying Doctor’s bills. The whole fore# to be em.
ployed on the Streets and Drains within the corporate limits of
this city, and such other work as may be required of them.
WM. 11. GOODRICH,
Chm’n Com. Streets and Drains.
Augusta, Doc. dce22
l&~ Fresh Garden Seeds.— W e expect to receive our
stoak 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.
oct!2 PLUMIK& LEITNER, Druggists.
Dutch Riilbous Roots !—Now in store, HYA
CINTHS, forty choicest, varieties ; TULIPS, fifteen varieties
GLADIOLUS, four varieties; CROCUS, Beven varieties;
IMPERIAL, five varieties; LILIES, four varieties; NAR
CISSUS, seven varieties, etc., etc. Just received by
PLUMB & LEITNER,
oetl-dtf 212 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
BARRETT, CARTER & CO..
IrST Wholesale and Retail Druggists, always having
on hand as LARGE ANI) WELL SELECTED A STOCK aa
any demands require, will sell as low as any one could desire to
purchase. octg6-dßm
IW” B. L. Fahnestock’s Vermifuge.— This medicine
has a most excellent reputation, not orily with the hundreds of
thousands who have ttoed it, but with the medical faculty
generally, who use it rfR a prescription in their dally practice.
It deserves its reputation, for where worms exist, it never foils
to remove them from the system. declS-d&wlw
BP” Augusta & Savannah Railroad, Dec. 5, 1860
—Wanted to Hire, Fifty able-bodied NEGRO MEN, to wot;k
on track. Apply to M. O’CONNER, Supervisor, or to
dec6 • Agent.
rr Notice.— All persons indebted to me, either by note or
account, will please call and settle, as.l wish to close up my old
books, having formed a co-partnership with John C. Chew, on
the loth of last month. M. J. JON ES.
!W” Lunch ! Lunch I— I The usual popular and substantia
LUNCHES will be served up at the WINTER GARDEN
every day, at 11 A. M. and 10 P. M. Gentlemen will find
aowethiag to suit their taste. novC ts
ONION SETTS.
or We have just received our stock of Fresh UNION
SETTS. Dealers supplied as usual.
oet27-swljanl A LEITNER.
I3P“ Boggs d it Parker, Auctioneers, have tins day
REMOVED to the Store formerly occupied by D’Antignac &
Weems, 292 Broad Street. Persons requiring the services of an
Auctioneer, would do well to give us a call.
oct2 BOGGS * PARKER.
PP” Among the innnv restoratives which nature has
supplied to relieve the afflictions of humanity, there is no more
favorite one for a certain class of diseases than the “ medicinal
gum” of the Wild Cherry Tree ; but however valuable it is, its
power to heal, to so ithe, to relieve, and to cure, is 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. WISTAIUS BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY,
whose value in curing Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Whooping
Cough, Croup, Aitbma, Pulmonary Affection, and Incipient
Consumption, is inestimable.
Georgia Testimony.
Cert ificate of Mr. E. Maussenet, a well known and highly re
spectable citizen of Macon, Ga.
Macon, Ga., March 19,1360.
Messrs. S. W. Fowle & Cos.:
Gentlemen : Believing in the great virtue of your renowned
Balaam ot Wild Cherry, I cheerfully comply with the request
of your travelling agent in adding niv testimony to the many
which you have already received. I have been acquainted
with this medicine for many years, and hkve always heard it
spoken of in the highest te-ras. A brother-in-law, who at one
tune was much reduced with a severe and obstinate cough, was
restored by it, after other remedies had failed. 1 have also
used It for myself and children for obstinate coughs and colds,
with an uniform and happy result, and therefore recommend it
confidently as the best lung medicine within iny knowledge.
Yours,respectfully, E. Maussenet.
CAUTION TO PURCHASERS.—The only genuine Wis
tar’s Balsam nas the written signature of “I. Butts,” and the
printed one of the proprietors on the wrapper ; all other is vile
and worthless.
Prepared by Seth W. Fowle &Cos„ Boston, and for sale by
HAVILAND, CHICHESTER & CO., Wholesale Agents;
also. BARRETT A CARTER, PLUMB A LEITNER, an
by Druggists generally. dee!s-dAw4w
Ilf The following complimentary notice is taken
from the Alissouri Democrat:
luuensl Amount of Suffering Relieved bt Taking
McLean’s Strengthening Cordial.— Since the 17th of Au
gust, the following cases have been reported cured ;
105 persons have been cured of General Debility ;
68 “ “ “ “ 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
Wiot yet heard.
McLEAN’S STRENGTHENING CORDIAL AND
BLOOD ri'RIFIEK, is a remedy required by every one in
the Western and Southern country. It Is very pleasant and
agreeable to take, and it can be taken by maD, woman or child.
Asa diuretic, It will cure any disease, of the Kidneys or
Bladder, and as an alterative, it will purify the re
move all pimples, 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.
Seethe advertisement m another column.
decS difcw2w
IF* Fever and Ague, anil all Fevers, are cured by
perseverance with
BRANDRETH’B PILLS,
which takes all poisons, of whatever nature they may be, from
the circulation.
Mr. John Y. Haight, Supervisor of Newcastle, Westchester
county, New York, says, Nov., 1858 : “I was two years ago
attacked with Fever and Ague, which, notwithstanding the
best medical advice, continued sorely to afflict me for six tedi
ous months ; 1 became as yellow as saffron, and reduced to
skin and bone. Medicine and physicians were abandoned In
despair. As an experiment, I concluded to try a single dose of
six of Brandeth’s Universal Vegetable Pills, on an empty
stomach, early in the morning. The first dose seemed to arouse
all the latent energies of my exhausted frame. 1 feared the
worst—their purgative effect, was different from anything 1 had
ever used or heard of. At length this effect ceased, and Is i m
ed lighter and breathed freer. That evening I was indeed tin
aibly better and slept soundly all night. The next day I lol
lowed the same course, and continued to take the Pills in t Ills
way about three weeks, whtn 1 found myself entirely cuicd.
Mv Lealtli has been surprisinglv good ever s.nce.”
Price 25 cents per box. Sold’ by all respectable dealers in
medicine. decl-dawiin
Messrs. Clark, Gregory <& Co* Nashville,
Tenn.—Gentlemen : I have just used some of your AMBRO
SIAL OIL for a deep and poignant pain in the region of my
heart, and found relief in t wenty minutes. I have an afflicted
family, and this Oil seems to be a remedy adapted to every
case. Please send me one dozen bottles by Express to Tor
rence Depot, Alississippl Central Railroud, Yalhbusha county.
Miss. J. M. Kkllet.
From the same gentleman, April 18th, 1860.
Air. McCormac, a neighbor has been very much benefltted
by your AMBROSIAL OIL In a case of Rheumatism. I gave
some to a lady afflicted with Rheumatism, who has not walked
a step for five or six years. Three bottles, she says, atlorded
her more relhf than anything else ever used. There was not
enough to give her a perfect cure, and she Is unable to procure
It here. Send me some Immediately, s I think I can sell
quantity here. I nave tried it and proved Its efficiency, and
must have some for my own family at least.
J, M. Kelly.
Torrence Depot, Yalobusha county, Miss.
For sale by
dec23-d<few-2w B. F. TUTT, Augusta, Ga.
VT Mrs. Winslow, an experienced Nurse and Feraa
Physician, hasa SOOTHING SYRUP for children Teethinge
which greatly facilitates the process of teething by softening the
gums, reducing all inflammation—will allay all pain, and it
sure to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, It will
give rest to yourselves, and relief and health to your infanta,
Perfectly sate In all cues. See advertisement in another
olumn. N mhW-d&wljr
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
tohibb,
From the first of January next, a prime NEGRO MAN,
about thirty years of age, a good Painter and an excellent
Store Bov—having been employed in the latter capacity tor a
number of years. Apply at this office. decu
to hir¥,
CJEVERAL NEGRO MEN, bv the morth or year—one ot
them accustomed to B.acksmith work. Apply at tins
office. dfClb -
TO RENT, .
THE DWELLING HOUSE, on Broad street, three_ doors
below’ Campbell, lately occupied by Dr, K. C. u.aca.
FOR SALE,
One HOUSE, sound, genlie and fast—can b£ very highly re
commendod.
Also, one TOP BUGGY. . PV ... store
., r cra.'^a' ABU g -
DESIRABLE CITY RESIDENCE
FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
riIHE desirable residence on Greene street, b H 1 f ow n ’ l ? e
X City Hall, belonging to the estate of Mr?- ” m * rf’
man. The location is one of the flue tin the Mpts
and comparatively free from dust. The Lot fronts ghtv<>ne
feet on Greene street, extending Half way t nroug > to t eitajr.
The House contains twelve rooms, besides closet tore roms
cellars, Ac., all finished in good style. ° .JESJSIJ
throughout. The out buildings comprise W.™’' 18 ; BCI , d ,ft
houses, stable, carriage house, Ac. inerei- <a *- a m<..ant in
the yard. For terms, Ac.,
THADDEUS OAKMAN.V Exra.
declS cr D. 11. VAN BUKEN. )
LOST,
CUFF. Tbe finder will please leave R at tlie offl £e of this
paper. | _ ___e.ec&-tr
NEGROES FOR SALE.
A FAMILY, consisting of a Woman. thirty-six years old,
with three children, aged fltteea, doven wd six years
old—the two eldest Girls, large and very likely , the youngest,
a boy. All first-rate Negroes. ,i„„on
For further particulars, enquire at bet .0
NOTlCE
cords ot LIGHT WOOD and eight cards of PIN E, to
be delivered at the Gas Works, h oJ|p* rt * cu ' ar3 a PPU at the
Office of the Gas Light Company Vjw) ._ UOOKEy Snp - t .
Suspended Banks of So. Carolina.
HAVING entire confidence l t f ; e suspended Banks of
South Carolina, we will reccifk' theif bills at par, either
for Groceries or for Notes due urn I WILLIAMB A CO.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 23, 1860. ’ nov3u-lm
DEVEREUX & KLAPP,
IIMIIE^OZR/rEIR.S
----23 McIXTOSH-STREET, AUGUSTA, GEO.
IMPORTING our stock direct. ‘ ve are enaWcd to offer to
I tli; trade and the public generally an assortment of \\ INKS,
Hit ANDIES, and GINS, from Mr !i qua! Itiesthrough all the
lower grades at prices as low as Ifficy can be purchased North,
including transportation. t . . .
Being young men, and having# reputation to build up, we
are confident that we can offer grtatei Inducements^ to buyers
than can be obtained elsewhere. | oec,, dA-wly
MIDMFMP COLLEGE,
Spring Term 1861.
THK Exercises r f his Institution will open on the first
monday in January. , ,
All the Departments ate supplied with experienced anu
faithful Teachers. . ... ~ ... , , ~
Board, including Lights, Fueljtul Washing, Ninety Dollars
or the Term. f . . . .
No Boarding Pupil will lie all Owe l hereafter to contract any
debts, or make accounts. Pareijks r Guardians are requested
t” furnish their daughters and wj#ro;iYom home, or if they pie
fer it, leave money with some npinber of the r acnlty, wn> > will
make all needful purchases. Th almve rule will be rigidly en
forced. W. A. VIfJLSON.
See v Faculty.
Madison, Dec. 13,1860. I declO dAwlm
ATTENTION! 7
170 R HALE, sixtyUNIFOBN COATS of dark green cloth,
. trimmed with tiest qußty gold lace aud 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 respectfully eni'sd to the above. Address,
or apply to % BROOM * DAY,
secl9-dlwAw3t | Augusta, Ga.
Important Notice.
THE PATRONS and BOARi'ERS of the Imperial Lunch
and Dining Saloon, will bftemished with Meals on SUN
DAYS, until further i otice, tidfc’ to 10 o’clock A. M., Break
fast ; from 1 to 3 P. M., Dinnef; and from b to 8, Supper.
decß-dtf | JOHN BKiDGES, Agent
J. Al t ORMK’K.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Olilce tast side Jackson St.,
(Eekveew Broad and Reynold*,)
AUGUSTA, GKO.
, Prompt attention given to fcn lesslonal business in Rich
mond and adjoining counties. | dec.O-tf
Land for Sale.
4 TRACT containing b*i Veen six and seven hundred.
L\ acres, on which there Is ‘tmsiderable body of creek
bottom within four miles ol tl b city of Augusta’; about 70
acres of which ts cleared. Thi place is unsurpassed for health.
Immediate possession given, ‘or terms, which will be liiie
#l, apply to faec22-dt: | J. P. FLEMING.
30,000 LBS 7
Bulk Pork.
f
riMIE subscriber lias the aboje imouut of P IKK now in
JL salt, ready to smoke by tie tirsr of January, which he
offers tothe Planters of Georgia Alabama and South Carolina
’n exclianeo for the issues of aqj solvent Bank within those
States. Address T JOS. A. MABRY'.
dec2o dst f Knoxville, Tenn.
Geo. W. Williams & Co s,
X j 7
No. 1 AND 3 HAYNE-STREET
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
OFFER FOR SALE, AT LfWEST ALA UK El RATES
-| AAA BAGS Rio, Jftvf,i*d Laguyra COFFEE ;
JL!HF\r 350 hhds. Porto Ukk and Cuba SUGARS ;
TOO bbls. Clarified, Orusßel and Loaf “
900 hhds. Cuba and Umtvado MOLASSES;
Jvoo bbls. New Orleans B ‘LASSES and Syrup;
800 bales Gunny BAGIKO t
2000 coils Bale ROPE arid TWINE
-1800 boxes CANDLES at'SOAP ,
1800 kegs NAIL, assorted
7000 sacks Liverpool SAfc’t;
100 casks fresh RIC E; s
POWDER, LEAD. f AP, R CON, Ac.
Wariest on, 8. C., Oct. 16, If ‘if. octl6-dly
tiitiiiivn dirm
Interest Paid in Deposits
OFFICE AT THE INSURANCE BANK
JL_
OPIN DAILY RUM 4 O'iLIIR UTIL SUS3IT,
MONEY returned on short notiki or in cases of necessity
without net ice. I
Interest paid on a single month’s posit. No limitation on
the amounts received, except that efn or fractions of a dollar
i ran not be deposited.
Interest paid or compounded evert is months, on the first
(If January and first ot July. ;
Accounts will lie opened for Childfer,, Minors, Alarrled Wo
men, Corporations, Societies, Trust*'. Agents, and Assoeia
t lons|ofe;ery kind. WM. M. D'AVTIANAC, President.
dec!9 C. F. McCAB. Treasurer.
Ipt EORGf A, RICHMOND JOCMTY.-TO THE
’iT STOCKHOLDERS OF TIIB IKON STEAMBOAT
COMPANY:
Take notice, that the City Council®! Augusta, has instituted
a suit at law, tn the Inferior Court Offcidcon ty, returnable to
December Term, 1860, against the Ir#: Steamboat Company
for the recovery of two thousand n load, uni red and sixtv-eight
dollars and twentv-two cents, claimed to be due by the said
Iron Steamboat Company to the said f:ty Council of Augusta
vrith Interest on said amount. Tll(J)j[as W. MILLER ’
x- Attome >’ Uw, tor the Plaintiff.
Augusta, Nov. 2 1, IS6O. nov2B-w4t
MILLEDGEVILLE RAILROAD
OFFIUB OF TUB MILLF.DGEf.LIB RaIXOAD C 0.,)
AT a meeting of the Board of the
JJL lollowing Resolutions were passed® the Board •
That the Chief Engineer h| instructed to employ
such additional assistance, as niav be nekssarv to finish the in.
cation of the line of Hoad by the first offWmber next, to bo
ot by Sections after advertisement, so sfn as each Section has
been reported to the Board.
Resolved, That the President be autlrrized to make a call
upon the. Stockholders of the Milledgevil Railroad Company
tor jiayment ot the following Instalment* upon their Stock lit
addition to the 5 per cent, required at thliime of subscription,
• Five per cent, on the 10th of Octoli- iB6O
FlfteefTpcr cent. “ 10th of Novetier 1860
Five “ “ 10th of Decei,er ’ 1860.’
Five “ “ lOthofJanuw- ist;i
True extract from the Minutes of the la and. *
W. MILO OLIf, Sec’y and Treas.
In pursuance of the 2d Resolution abovk the Stockholders n
the Mliledgevilie Railroad Company to nay the
Instalments as set forth In said Rcsolutloi at the offlee of said
Company In Augusta. S. D. lIcAKD President
Augusta, Sept, 4,18110. ? ’ seps-tJ#l6
UNITED STITES HOTEL,
MOSHER & ROSAMOND, Proprietors,
BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, W.
riMIIS large and long-estahllsb- . tr,.,., , ,
A oughly re-fitted and laving-Veen thor
pared to satisfy all the w- n : 3 *t™s s Jnmer, Is now pre
most reasonable t^ mß g “L. th ,? a tr^ e ln 4 coniniunlt y at the
healthiMt partofthedty,tl i rUNITED S l bwL io L n ’ in tlie
enjoyed a large liiare of the public natronaieL , ?^ haa ,? IWi ‘y 9
sr£
STEAM EAGIIES.
O EAM r EN Stat, °n T
mistake. v ‘ u I’ ower > best sort and no
COOPER ’ S FOUNDRY, next to Gas Works.
PUBLIC SALES
By BORGS & PARKER, Auctioneers.
I be hired at the lower market house in the city of
W * V iicusta between the usual hours of sale, on the first
r s\r ARY’ next.tor the ensuing year the follow
Tuesdaydn J- j IosC i krank, Emanuel, Jack, Tom and
ing ue |P oe &J? hands— Peggy. Henrietta, Diana, kinda and
Cornelia, fiel washvrs and ironers—lsreal and Spencer car
piS’ wdVuiiam a painter. Hire payable quarterly and
moulted at*the P same time and place, till October Ist,
ISOo/the residence of the late Wm. H. Oakman, on Greene st’.
Apply to THAPS. OAKMAN, )
ROBT. OAKMAN, > txrs.
I. 11. VAN BUKEN. )
dec27 _________
B} BOGGS & PARKER, Auctioneers.
TRUSTEE’S SALE.
lshall on the first Tuesday m JANUARY next,
°H^l ll b imi h HEaRY L. LEON. Trustee.
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
‘S ass
Wi l ! n th 7lotor parcel of Lamh with the improvements there
between Twiggs street and
gSSsaanK
, fronting on Fcu wick street, between Centre and
Wa-brngblii streAaf bound north by said Fenwick street south
m-a i,l?nf Tames L Coleman, west by a lot of Abner 1. Ro
berts m Ind east by a lot of James B. Calvin and occupied at
tldsTime by Francis L. Markey: Levied on as the property of
lames L CVileman to satisfy aa execution in favor ot the C ity
cSSSkf *- feSMSY^lfo , ! , *r
} November 2, 1860.
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
All that lot’ or parcel of I.and, situate. Iclttf ant loiTtp in the
citv of Augusta, on the south side of the Augusta t ana.l. be
tween Caiiipbell and Mar bury streets, bounded north by i* An
tignac street, upon which it fronts2oo feet, more or less ; east
by Carrie street, on whiuh it fronts 104 feet, more or less; south
hv lot of William A. Walton ; and w, st by Cumming street:
Levied on as tlie property of Herbert Stallings, to satisfy an
execution ls-ued from the City Court of Augusta in lavor of
Mary Bird vs. Stallings.
ALSO,
At the same time and place, will be sold, a Mulatto Ley
slave named Charles, about 14 years of age ; Levied on as the
property ot Elizabeth Rowe, to satisfy an execution Issued from
the City Court of Augusta in favor of C. A. Platt & Cos. vs.
Elizabeth Rowe. ISAAC LEVY’, Sheriff C.A.
December 2,1860.
RICHMOND SHERIFF'S SALe7
OX the first Tuesday in JANUARY next, within tbe
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 city of Augusta,
on Marbury street, between Gardnier and D’Antignac streets,
known as Lots Nos. 21. 22, ?3, 24, 25, 26, 27 aud29, In a plan of
Lots made by William Phillips, having a front of 160 lect on
Marbury st reet, and running back of like width 240 feet—said
Lot composed of eight Lots numbered from 21 to 28 inclusive
being bounded North by Gardnier street, east by H or Oak
street, south by lots Nos. 19 and 20, and west by Marbury
street, together the Buildings and Machinery of every
kind, on the before described 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 the Superior Court ol Richmond county in favor ot Leoni
das A. Jordan, administrator ot the estate of Benjamin Jordan,
deceased, vs. Solomon C. YVhlte. John C. Quein and Harlan
Rigby. WM. Y. KER, Sherifi R. C.
Dec. 2. 1860.
RICHMOND SHERIFF’S SALE.
OX the first Tuesday in F EBRUARY’ next, will be sold, at
the Lower Market House, in the city of Augusta, with
in the legal hours of sale,
1 Glass Partition, 1 Iron Safe, 1 Writing Desk and Stool, 4
Counter Sfools, 3 Show Cases, 2 Counters, 1 small Regulator, 1
large Regulator. 1 Mahogany Regulator Box, 1 Parlor Stove,
about 80 feet of Pipe. 1 Watch Maker’s Bench, 1 Railing, 1 Jew
eler’s Beach, 1 Mahogany Watch Case, 2 Setts, 16 pairs Show
Case Trays, 1 lot Shelves, and 1 large M irror : Levied cn as the
property of Herman A. Baroucb. to sat isfy an execution on tl e.
foreclosure or a mortgage issued from the Inferior Court of
ltiehnioud county in fa voi of Jacob Kauffer, vs Herman A.
Baroucli. WM. V. KER, Sherifi.
December 7. 1960.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Agreeably to an order of tlic Court of Ordinary of
Richmond county, will be sold at the Lower Market
House in the city pf Augusta, on the flrstTuesday in JANUA
RY’ next, between the legal hours of sale, a Negro Woman,
named Eliza, about 60 years of age. Hold aa property belong
ing to the estate of Mary Pierce, late of said county, deceased.
Nov. 21, 1860. G. W. HALL, Adrn’r.
GUARDIAN’S SALE.
BY virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Ylorgan
county, w ill be sold on the first Tuesday in JANUARY’
next, at the Court House door in said county, between the
usual hours of sale, from forty to flftv Negro Slaves, belonging
to Hugh N. Tavlorand Robert G. Taylor, orphans of Robert
G. T. Taylor, deceased, embracing men, women, boys, girls and
children of various ages—tne most of them likely and valuable.
A credit of at least twelve mouths will be given’to purchasers,
who must give notes well secured for their purchase.
LAURA T. TAYLOR, Guard’ll
of Hugh N. and Kobt. G. Taylor.
December 23, 1860.
OGLETHORPE SHERIFFS SAI F- .
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY. lsl,
IT within the legal hours of ral. before the Court Hulls’
door, in the town of Lexington, Oglethorpe county, Georgia,
four negroes, to-wit: Margaret, a woman about 27 years old, and
her infant child not named ; Joe, a mulatto boy, about 7 years
old, and Leuvinia, a girl about 3 years old: Levied on as the
property of Roliert Eberliart, to satisfy four fl. fo.’s, issued fhoni
the Superior Court of said county. One in favor of William D.
Faust, for tbe use of Willis W Bingham, assignee. One in fa
vor of Moss A Pope, fi r the use of Willis Willingham, assignee.
One In favor of Luke G. Johnson, for the use of Willis Williiig
liam, assignee—and one in favor of William G. Allen, for the
use of \N tllis Willingham, assignee. Property pointed out by
defendent. J. T. TILLES, Shff,
Lexington Ga., Dec. 24th, 1860. dec2B.
PANIC SALES
CHEAPEST
DRY GOODS
tUt MW TO AIGLSTt.
BEAUTIFUL
ALL WOOL DELAINES,
In New and Elegant Styles and Colors,
50 els., worth. 75c.
JOURIN’S BEST
FRENCH KID GLOVES,
IJV ALL NUMBERS,
75 ctfe?. 9 wortli Si-
Large Supply Cloth and Velvet
CLOAKS,
FULLY 25 PER CENT BELOW
USUAL PRICES.
HEAVY FIKTE
DOUBLE SHAWLS,
wortli SB.
CHEAP mm GOODS,
A LARGE SUPPLY,
VERY CHEAP.
JUBT RECEIVED,
FROM THE PANIC SALE, AT
Gray&Tnrley’s.
AMERICAN GUANO.
BOTH
MLVERISBI) |MI |,ms,
FOR SALE BY
DjlBL H, WILCOX i eg
UNITED oIaTES HOTEL,
mail-street, Augusta, Ga.
MOSHER & CREWS, Proprietors.
joyed a large share of tho nubile A bas always eu
are determined to spare neither and the proprietors
tain its ancient Mly *to sus-
Hote? to D M °f Ws Interest in the above
to the public ior thiTr i ,s Blncere >ank.
neW d fi e r c?l^ heir
1 M JOSEPH ROSAMOND’
ROOMS TO RENT: j
TS.S'S StSrSiXSKf SJS'SS. w,hln
aide rent, Apply t thk offlw. hlred *t a res