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these privileges, in order that the industrial pursuits
may not be interferred with. (
The right of individuals is to the centre of the
Stream; from what point is this centre to be mean*
tired? If at high water as contended by Plaintiffs,
then, in places where there is a bluff on one side, and
a flat on the other, in case of a freshet the centre of
the river might miles over the property
of the owner of laud opposite the bluff. The rule va
ries as to rivers where the tide ebbs and flows. In
these rivers, for the convenience of the public the
bank is the high water mark, and then only the or
dinary high water between the flull and new moon.
Under the civil law it was the highest water mark.
This was because the civil law was made for the ben
efit of the Emperor. The other rule of low water
mark was applied to determine the rights of the citi
zen. The bed of a river therefore, in which the tide
ebbs and flows is that part lying between high water
mark on either side.
Applying these principles, the low water
mark on the western hank of the Chattahoo
chee is the western boundary of Georgia and
the eastern boundary of Alabama. The
plaintiff* grant does not extend beyond that
line, for the grant is limited. The defend-;
nnt had no riparian righis and his fishing is
n. tresspass, but only such fishing as runs be
low low water mark, the plaintiffs having only
Bhovvn right of property to that point, though
their paper title claims to the Bluff banks.
The State of Georgia cannot convey be- j
ynnd its limits. You will then enquire
what traps have been set and what damage
done east of the low water mark. Ihe stat
ute of limitations in this case is four years.
The suit was brought on the 16ih day of
April, 1847, plaintiffs can recover nothing
for damage done prior to the lGth April. :
1843. And as they have alledged in their j
declaration that the tresspass only continued j
until the 20th April, 1844, they can recov
er for no damage since that time.
Plaintiffs are entitled to recover such com
pensation as will remunerate them for the
damage done, and no more—no vindictive
damages. They arc only given when the
tresspass is wanton. And this tresspass ha.-
arisen upon a difference of opinion, as to a
point which has divided the most able jurists.
Verdict for plaintiffs, 8600.
For plaintiffs, Berrien, Law and Bartow.
For defendant, It. M. Charlton.
By request, we copy the following Review
of the foregoing decision, from the columns
of the Columbus Enquirer.
The foregoing are the opinion
and decision of Judge Niciiols, as writen
out by himself. According to my under
standing of his language, he holds—
-Ist—That there is no difference between
a case in which .a “bank” is a boundary,
and one in which a line along the bank is a
boundary.
As the State of Georgia ceded only “the
territory west of a line beginning op the
western bank and running along it,” if the
bank is that line, no part of the line—that is
no part of the bank—was ceded, but only
the territory west of it.
2d. That there cannot be a bank and
also a shore, of a river in which the title
does not ebb and flow; and that as applied
to such a river, these terms mean the same
thing—all passing under the name of “bank,’
whatever may be the shape or configuration
of the land, along the river above low water
mark, to which they may icier.
3d.—That nothing can form a part of the
bed of such a river, unless it is covered by
water at the lowest stage of low water; and
that therefore any portion of ground ordin
arily covered by water, but uncovered and
surrounded by water, at the lowest stage,
would be an island; tor it cannot be under this
view of the case, either a part ot the bed oi
of the bank.
There are hundreds of such places in the
Chattahoochee river, in what is commonly
understood to be its bed, and covered by
water for ten or eleven months of the year,
which under this construction must oe is
lands belonging to the State ot Georgia, and
liable tube sold under a late Act providing
for the survey and sale of all unsold islands
in thabriver.
Again: If this construction be correct,
there are large portions of ground, level (ac
cording !o the meaning of the term, as up*
plied to such things) lying along between
extreme low water mark, and what is usu
ally known a* the western bank of the riv
er, in many places from 25 to 100 yards in
w idth, and covered by water for eight or
nine months of the year, which must pass
under the name of “bank,” a name which
heretofore has never been thought of as ap
plicable to them.
4th.—Thjft “a lino beginning on and
running along the western bank, ’ is a line
beginning in and running along the eastern
side of the western bank and the westein
Ride of the bed of the river— no shore, as
distinguished from the bank, being allowed
bv law, to intervene between the bed and
the Lank.
Bv what rule of construction the decision
makes the eastern, instead of the western
terminus of the western hank, the boundary
line, does not appear; blit the Court says
“that when the river returns to its perpetu
al course,” (viz* when it has ceased to over
flow its natural channel) “thebank appears.”
It is then, of course, at high water mark on
the bank, and a line along this mark would
certainly be a line along the ‘oai.k. It would
also be a line on the bank, and not under it or
below it.
MERRY & WOODRUFF,
Have received one of the most extensive assortments of
craw? ~ re sAtprn\
iriM Ahy §UM*ft ytiOifiU&ssj
EVER offered in this market, all of which has been ALIA L FACTURED Tt IT Hl?*
THE LAST FEW WEEKS, under the immediate supervision of Mr. Merry,
whose experience in the Clothing department for the last 15 years, is a sufficient.guaran
tee to all who wish to purchase
WELL MADE CLOTHING,
and of the best styles, to call and examine their stock before supplying themselves else
where. Their stock comprises every article necessary for
A GENTLEMANS OUT-FIT.
Their stock of shirts, drawers, undershirts, gloves, hosiery, cravats, umbrellas, pocket
handkerchiefs, &e., cannot be surpassed in the State. Coats, pants, and vests, of every
stvle and pattern that can be desired. They also always keep on hand*a large as
sortment of SUPERFINE HATS, from the most fashionable Hatters North; all of
which our customers can depend upon getting at the \ LRN LOWEST MARKET
TRICES.
GEO. W. WOODRUFF, Jr. JOS. H. MERRY.
Columbus, April 25, 1850. * ‘
) • Whv should it not be adopted the boundary
I line ? It could always be more easily traced than
•I the line of low-water mark, which in the Chatta
hoochee. cannot be traced or known with any
approach to accuracy during Three-fourths of the
year.
sth.—The Court says, that “the line must run
with the bank and adhere to if.” Then it follows
that where the bank is strictly vertical, and touch
ed at its base by the water at the lowest stage of
i the river, Georgia would own it to high-wate,-
mark.or the top of the bank—as in that case she
would be the owner of the surface of the bank in
1 contact with the water; but at all other portions
of the river, she would own only to low-water
mark!
6th.—The Court says, that “if the possessions
of an individual be separated from the bed of the
I river, even bv a mathematical line, lie is not a
riparian proprietor,” and in another place, that
“the intendment of law is in favor of riparian pro
prietor;” and in another place, that “the defen
dant has no riparian rights,” that is bank rights
—and yet it gives him, by the decision, the whole
i bank, so necessary to tfie plaintiffs as riparian
1 owners on that side, embracing what is properly
j the shore in many places, except so much as is
| covered by a mathematical line along low-water
j mark.
Thus is shown, what must be practical, extra-
I ordinary and stiange results, of holding that “a
j line Logining on, running along ihe western bank,
is identical with a line at low water mark—ol
j calling the shore at bank —of calling level andal-
I most level portions of the ground, covered by wa
! ter during nine or ten months of the year, a bank
| —of taking from words in common use their com
! mon meaning—of overlooking the plain and man
j ilest intent and understanding ol the contracting
• parties.
At present I content myself with presenting
j these views, well sustained as I think, by common
j sense ; but at another time, I shall undertake to
! show, that the decision, although made by a high
, !y esteemed and able Judge, is clearly not sup
i ported by authority. western Georgia.
The “Shower of Flesh and Blood,”
j Our readers probably remember the new spa
. per notices, of the remarkable phenomenon of
j the shower of flesh which fell in Samson Cos. N. C.
in February last. It seems that something simi
lar has occurred in Virginia, and we publish be
mv what purports to be a philosophical expla
nation of it. We must think however that the
attempt is very unsatisfactory. The “Shower”
.n Sampson Cos. N. C. extended over an area of
30 feet in width, and 250 or 300 in length, and
t must have been something of a fish, to have
covered that space; probably ihe Southern Sea-
Serpent or some of his breed may have attempt
ed an aerial tour. The tiling is yet an unexplain
ed mystery at any rate.
To the Editors of ike Richmond Whig :
I found on my table last evening a parcel con
! raining a substance, which, as I learn from this
morning’s Whig, was found on the farm of Capt.
Ilasset of Hanover, and which had been seen to
drop from a cloud passing over.
This substance has been subjected to analysis
and microscopic inspection by iny friend Dr. C.
P. Johnson, Professor of Anatomy in our Medical
School. Its color when washed clear Irom sand
and other impurities, is dark brown—its odour,
that of putrescent animal matter, having a decid
edly fishy character.
The microscope displays a striated muscular
fibre, of large srze—so large as to he characteris
tic of the fibre of the cold blooded animal. The
existence, also, of Arediar tissue and mucous
membrane, is demonstrated : the latter presenting
papilla* of exceedingly large size, and belonging
most probably to some part of the mouth, perhaps j
the tongue.
The substance is known to be animal, also, by
the following annalysis:
Subjected to a solution of Caustic Potass ol j
moderate strength,and the mixture heated to 120 i
deg. F. and then treated with Acetic Acid, there i
was thrown down a whitish llacculent precipi- i
tate—whiclf is soluble in excess of Acetic Acid.
At the same time, Sulphuretted Hydrogen is i
j given off, which is sufficiently perceptible. This
j whitish precipitate is Protein, a substance only
I to be obtained from animal compounds—either.
Fibrin, Albumen or Casein, which substances are
hence called Protein Compounds.
We 1 lave concluded from the above facts, that |
the substance is animal in its nature, most prob
ably some species of fish, which, lying exposed
and decaying on the shore, has been caught up by j
some counter-currents of wind meeting at an ir
regular angle, upon the principle of the cause of j
| the Water-Spout, and thus carried higli into the j
air, whence it has been dropped on places, per
haps far distant from the spot whence it was ta
ken up.
I am, very respectfully, vonr ob’tserv’t,
CHARLES BELL GIBSON.
Richmond, April 4.
COMMERCIAL.
corrected by ruse, patten, Se brice.
COLUMBUS, Ga. April 20, 1850.
Stock on hand, Sept. 1, __ 516
Received this week 273
Received previously, 58116
53905
Shipped this week 516
Shipped previously, 49176
Slock on hand, 9213
Columbus, Ga. April 21th.
The Comparative table will show the falling ofl at all
the jiorts up to the last dates, as follows:
1819-50 1848-9
New Orleans April 19th 722,104 975,259
Mobile “ 20 “ 307.735 483,482
Texas “ 10 “ 23,136 24.105
Florida “ “ “ 151,4>3 173,776
Charleston “ 18 “ 301.458 386,8)7
Savannah “ 16 “ 279,128 3L,332
N. Carolina 6 “ 8,290 6,652
Virginia “ 1 “ 7,350 8,86/
1801,039 2376,331
1301,039
575,292
~ Minm, 9t , mmrnwmi ■ ——W n ihwwm ifcWUOHi H
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OFFERS his professional services to the public. He
has had a large experience in the practice of Medicine,
particularly in Obstetrics, and the diseases of women
and children. His office is next door below the Drug
Store of Danforth &. Nagel, up stairs; messages left at
their Dmg Store will be attended to. His residence is
the one formerly occupied by the late Dr. Goulding, op
posite the Court House.
Columbus, Jan. 10, 1850. ~ 6m
COLUMBUS FIRE COMPANY NO. 1,
MEET at the Engine House this evening, at 8
o’clock in full uniiorm for drill,
Bv order of the Foreman, D. M- CLARKE, See.
April 25. 1
NEPTUNE FIRE COMPANY NO. 3.
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RAYMMOND & CO.’S
MENAGERIE.
The Proprietors desire to announce that thier un
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LIVING WILD BEASTS,
Will be opened at Columbus ,
MONDAY AMjTJJJESDAY,
FOR ONLY.
r I''IITS collection been wre*4od with great care,
1 now eompris(**he most complete variety and as
sortment of WILD ANIMALS embraced in any ex
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Messrs. Raymond Sc Cos have been unsparing in
trouble and expense in fitting out and preparing an
entertainment of this nature, and trust with the fullest
confidence to the discrimination of an intelligent public
to appreciate the advantages of such an Exhibition, over
the many amusements offered to their notice. By
means oi numerous Agents in different parts of the world,
tiie most remarkable of nature’s animated works are
brought together in one collection, where they can be
viewed at leisure and with perfect security.
The Exhibition is rendered intensely interesting by the
astonishing performances of Moms. SCHAFFER in the
Den of
Lions, Tigers, Leopards Cougars, Apr.,
who, among other remarkable feats, will HARNESS
and DRIVE A LARGE LION through a space
prepared for the purpose under the Pavilion, thus showing
the complete control which this renowned Lion Tamer,
can exercise over the most savage denizens of the for
est.
Open from 2, to 4, P. M. Admittance 50 cents.
Children under 10 years of age, and Servants, 25 cent 5 .
NOTICE.
VLL persons arc hereby cautioned against trading
for three notes made by myself to Williamson
Switzer, due the Ist of Januaiy next, dated sometime in
December 1849. Two of the notes for S3O each, one
for s2l and some cents, The consideration for said
notes ha failed, and 1 will not pay them, unless com
pelled by law. ‘ WM. MIZE.
Hamilton, April 22d, 1850. 17 3t
New and Ghoice Books.
-pROCKLESBY’S METEOROLOGY ; The Czar,
I > his Court and People, by John S. Maxwell;
GILFILLANS GALLERY OF LITERARY
PORTRAITS, 2nd SERIES ;
Thackeray’s Pendcnnis, 4th No.: Mead’s Almost Christ
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whole forming an invaluable and complete Hand Book
of English Literature. Headley’s Miscellanies, Author
ised Edition ; Hawthornes New Work ; The Scarlet
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April 25. 17
Memphis Institute.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
r TWIE regular course of Lectures in this Institute will
1 commence on the first of November, and con
tinue until the last of February. The Anatomical De
partment will be opened and ready to receive students by
the first of October. The Memphis Department will be
under the direction of the following
PROFESSORS.
7. Frf.fman, M. D.. Professor of Anatomy.
R. S. Newton. M. D., Professor of Surgery.
H. J. Hrr.cE, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice
of Medicine.
W. r.VRD Powell, M. D., Professor of Physiology,
Pathology, Mineralogy and Geology.
J. King, M. D.. Professor of Materia Mcdica, Thera
peutics and Medical Jurisprudence.
J. Milton Sanders. A. M., M. D., Professor of Chem
istrv and Pharmacy.
J. A. Wilson. M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Dis
eases of Women and Children.
CLINIQUE LECTURERS.
Medicine. —Prof. H. J. Bulge.
Surgery. —Prof. R. S. Newton.
Z. Freeman, M. D., Anatomical Demonstrator.
The fees for a full course of lectures amount to 6105.
Each Professor’s Ticket, 615. Matric'Jator’s, 65. Dem
onstrator’s Fee, 610. Graduation, S2O.
Those desiring further information will please address
their letters (post paid) to the Dean; and students ar
riving in the city will plea a e call on him at the Commer
cial Hotel. ‘ 11. S. NEWTON, M. D.,
Dean of the Faculty.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
Hon. F-. W. M. King, Professor of Theory and Prac
tice of Law.
John Delafield, Esq. Professor of Commercial Juris
prudence.
Terms per Session SSO
All communications pertaining to this department must
be addressed to E. W. M. KING, Esq.
Memphis, Tenn., March, 1850.
The Faculties, for intellectual abilities, moral worth
and professional acquirements, will compare favorably
with the most distinguished in our country. The medi
cal faculty constitutes an anomaly in this or any other
country-all of them are able lecturers and the best of
teachers.
Those who contemplate our geographical position,
and the extent of our population, can have no doubt as
to the eligibility of our situation for an enterprise of the
kind. As to health, including all seasons of the year,
wo deny that any other city has more.
A common error exists in the minds of many students
relative to the place of studying medicines; those who
intend practicing among the diseases of the West and
South should certainly educate themselves at a school
whose Faculty are particularly acquainted with those
diseases.
That the public may be satisfic'd of the permanency of
this school, we feel it our duty to state, that the Trus
tees and Faculty form a unit in action, which augurs
well for its future success ; and that the peculiar internal
organization which connects them, cannot he interrupted.
E. W. M. KING,
President of the Memphis Institute.
April 11, 1850. 15 ly
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TALBOTTOX, GA.
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&, Cos. Jan. 10. 2 3m
KING & WINNEMORE,
Commission Merchants,
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
Dec. 20, 1849. [Mob. Tub.] 15 ts
At Cost.
A LARGE STOCK OF ‘NEW DRY GOODS, AT COST.
AS I expect to leave Columbus in a few months. I now offer my entire stock at Cost. If you don’t hurry, yOtt
will lose bargains. The stock consists,in part, ol bilks full uni. Silk Tissues, Beragcs, Muslins and Lawns, Ging
hams. Prints; Swiss. Mull, Book and Jaconet Muslins. Bishops and I. Lawn, brown Linen, Cuffs, Capes,
Collars. Mantillas, Ribbons, Lace 3 , Fringes, Gimps, Bonnets, Buttons. Shoo?, Hosiery &c. &c. for Ladies.
Cloths, Cassimeres. drap d'Ete, Cashmeret, Italian and Mantua Cloth, Linen and Linen Drilling; linen Checks,
Collonades and Stripes: bleached, unbleaehed and striped Homespun ; Hats, Boots, Shoes, and a general stock
of READY MADE CLOTHING,for Summer wear, all of which will be sold at COST, for Cash.
JUT The Store House I now occupy, TO RENT. y, RICHARDS.
P. S-Two hundred Palm Leaf HATS, AT TEN CENTS
ApJil 25, 1350, _____ 17 lm
■ Hew Dress Goods 7
FOR I
iUMMIS I JLEs
THE undersisigned have just received a great variety of goods, suitable for the Spring >
Trade—among which are
Com colored Barage, anew and Fashionable color ;
i Plain Green, Blue. Drab, Pink and Black, do
Plain and Printed Tissue Silks;
French and English Ginghams, in great variety;
White and Colored Embroidered Swiss Muslin, splendid ; !
Ladies’ and Misses Silk Parasols, superior quality.
MILLINERY.
A LARGE STOCK OF MILLINERY ARTICLES.
All of which will be sold by us at our usual low prices. Persons wanting
NEW AND FASHIONABLE GOODS,
will do well to examine our stock.
KYLE &, BARNETT, j
April 9. 1850. 1G If ‘
| RECREN RICH’S CENTRE VENT VVITER WHEEL.!
i . _____ !
TO TIIE PUBLIC!
A NOTICE appears m the “Columbus Enquirer,” of the 10th instant, purporting to j
be an acceptance by W. 11. Morris, of my Water WTieel challenge—which if strictly scru
tinized will be found to be a most pitiable effort to delude the public into such an impres
sion. A proffer is made to bet SSOO, that the Morris Wheel will do more sawing and grind
i ing than mine, “the openings in each wheel being the same.” A principle contended for in
my wheel—and one which I stand prepared to demonstrate—is that its peculiar construc
tion limits the discharge of water, to just one-half the measurement of the openings. Thus
a wheel with openings measuring 224 inches dicharges but 112 inches of water. On the
other hand, the Morris Wheel, with similar openings, or 224 inches, would discharge full
224 inches of water. It follows, therefore, that under the test, proposed by Morris, hcwould se
cure to his wheel, the use of just double the water employed by mine; and the public will easily
detect in the notice referred to, a miserable e lor. t) ddude them into the belief t a. Morris
will bet on the superiority of his wheel over mine, both operating under like heads, and em
ploying or discharging a like quantity of water, while nothing is more foreign to his inten
tions than any such bet. Another proposition is to determine the discharge, by measuring
the gales! Now, as Wheels of similar sizes frequently have gates of different dimen
sions, the fallacy of a “gate measurement” as proposed by Morris, is apparent —and equal
ly applicable is my former remark to such a proposition.
It is a blind—palpably designed to mislead the Public!
If Morris really entertains the faith with which he seems so solicitions to inspire others—he
will accept the following challenge—Embodying as it does terms even more favorable than
’ any heretofore proffered him.
CHALLENGE.
Limiting his wheel, to the quantity of water required by mine under any named head, to per
form any given quantity of work, I will bet him one thousand dollars that his wheel will not
be able to do the work in the same time. And if he so desires—l will add the following viz:
Five hundred dollars, that thus arranged my wheel will do 25 per cent more in the same space
ol time; Five hundred on 30 per cent, more ; Five hundred on 35 per cent, more; Five
hundred on 40 per cent, more; Five hundred on 45 per cent, more; Five hundred on 50
per cent, more, and finally, Five hundred, on doing three times as much ; and again, if this be
not sufficiently tempting, 1 will couple with the foregoing, One thousand Dollars that with
the two wheels geared to each other, my wheel, will reverse the action of his —and Five hun
dred dollars more, that thus fettered my wheel will do more work than his unencumbered ! !
And to cop the climax, I hereby obligate and bind myself, to present him with fixe hundred dol
lars, whenever he ici/J lodge the money necessary to cover the abme, in the hands of any unobjection
able party, the measurement of water, and indeed the entire trial to be made under the supervision
of mutually agreed upon Millwrights of known capacity and fairness. REUBEN 11ICII.
P. S.—l respectfully tender the above challenge also to the Hotchkiss wheel.
The public will not regard any notices of “challenge accepted,” &c., until informed that the money has been
• put up in responsible hands.
Agents of the above Wheel, G. W. WINTER, Columbus, Ga.
GINDRAT Si CO., Montgomery, Ala.
Columbus, Ga., April 18th, 1850. 16 ts
Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry.
A. 11. DeWITT,
HAS received this week, a large and general assortment of Ladies’and Gents’ GOIJD WATCHES,
■*l also, Silver, Hunting, and other Watches; also the most fashionable and desirable JEWELRY’
i worn this season, consisting of Breast Pins, Bracelets, Ear Rings, Gold Thimbles, Silver Ware,
Plated Ware, Silver Card Cases, Gold pens, SONS OF TEMPERANCE Jewels, MILITARY
Goods generally; together with a large assortment of other goods, received and on the way from
New York. For sale at his usually low and uniform prices.
Mr. WM. B. MOORE is permanently engaged in the Watch Repairing Department. Mr.
Moore, as a Scientific Watch-Maker, has no superior North or South, as the mauy will attest who
have favored him with their work.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Music Boxes, Accordeons, &c. repaired at shortest notice and the
■ lowest prices.
i Engraving on Seals, Stamps, Keys, Silver Ware and Jewelry, neatly executed,
i Call and see me at the old stand. A. H. D.
1 Columbus, March 21, 1850. 12 ts
Spring and Summer Clothing.
| iiijLLslyiill H MMIIL*
Next door to Hill, Dawson & Cos. Broad St. Columbus, Ga.
ARE now receiving an extensive and well assorted stock of Fashionable Spring and Summer
Clothing, (rents’Furnishing Goods, Fashionable Hats and Caps, Trunks, Carpet Bags, Valises, Sec.
Also, the largest and most extensive assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, AND VESTINGS,
ever offered in this market, which will be manufactured in the latest styles, and warranted to
please. Those who favor us with a call, may be sure of getting Goods at reasonable and steady
prices. -
(Persons wanting Cloths, Cassimeres, Drillings, Vestings, &e. by the yard, can be
accommodated, on the most reasonable terms.
JAS. D. WILLIFORD. JOS. H. DANIEL. I
Columbus, March 14, 1850. 11 ts j
iOT SPIIM SUMMER” DIIV (BOOM
o 0) (T? rap Tpj
Jo Jo II B f.tfi,
; ARE now receiving anew and rich stock of Spring and Summer Dry Goods, and will
continue during the season to receive every style of NEW and FASHIONABLE GOODS,
which may be imported. Prices as loic as usual, notwithstanding the advance of costs.
Columbus, March 14, 1850 11 ts
f BROKAW
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE INVOICE OF
mmm Kws lufMMiii
EMBRACING many rare and beautiful styles of French Muslins, Cambrics, and Prints; Em
| broidered Summer Silks, French and Scotch Ginghams, Kid and Silk Gloves, Bonnet and
Cap Ribbons, Ladies’ and Misses’ Hose, A 5-4, 10-4, 11-4, Bleached Sheetings,
10-4 and 12-4 Brown Sheetings, lb-4 ar *d 12-4 Linen Sheetings,
Pillow Case Linens, ■jP, Fine Brown Linens,
Brown Half Hose, Silk Hose, Linen Drillings, Drap D’Ete, Table Diapers,
Furniture Fringes, Gentlemen’s Silk and Beaver Hats, Summer Tweeds,
Ten Cases Assorted Bleached Cotton Shirtings, &c.
CLEMONS. I
Columbus, February 28, 1850. 0 ts
THE CELEBRATED BOGARDUB
Horse PfnveL
Manufactured solely by G. Vail <Sp Coi
MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY.
THE subscribers have rhkde arrangements tb keep on
hand a cdHstant suftplv of the above HORSE;
i POWER, which has,received the first premiums at all
j the Agricultural and Mechanic at Fairs, wherever ex
hibited, at the North and Es=t\ as the most efficient and
! durable (being all of iron) Horse Power known, and
; therefore the cheapest for the Planter and Mechanic
| who need them. Persons who are about tb erect new Gin-’
! “Ouse? Com-. Mil Is, See. are invited to make a trial,-
ana if they are not suited, may return, th&h to us with
out charge. J. ENNIS & Cd!
March 14,1850. fl 1 c 3w ts
METALLIC OR VL'L CAMMED?
Rubba Machine Belling.
‘y GfMA EEE T of thc abovc BELTING, suitable
1 t/VtV\/ for all kinds ot Machinery—from 1 to 20
inches wide—warranted superior to leather or any kind
of belting in use, for its perfect equality of width and
thickness, which it will retain, and for its great strength
and durability—does not slip on the pulleys and costa
lees than the leather belting. Sold by thc subscriber at
ten per cent, on manufacturers’ prices.
Also, 300 lbs. Steam Engine PACKING, for Piston
Rods, Straw Jionts, Cylinder Heads, Sic.
Also, 500 feet of Vulcanized Steam Engine HOSE,
for Hydrants passing hot or cold water. Sic.
WADE &. CO.
Sign of thc Golden Saddle.
Columbus, April 4,1850. • 14 ly
O AAA FT. of KimlxTs Patent Machine stretched
! O.UUU LEATHER BELTING, from 1 inch to
14 inches, writable for all kinds of Machinery, Gin
; Bands, &c.. Sold by thc subscriber lor ten per cent.
’ advance on ihc manufacturers’ prices. •
WADE & CO.
Sign of the Golden Saddle.
Columbus, April 4,1850. 14 ly
Hunt’s Merchant’s Magazine
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TROY WOODEN-WARE
MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
ARE now ready to commence operations, and will
promptly supply all orders with which they may
be favored, for every description of
Hollow Wooden- Ware,
embracing Buckets, Tubs, Pails, Cans, Ac. &c. The
Company will be ready by the Ist of March to enter ex
tensively into thc manufacture of
CIIAIRS,
of which they will be able to turn out a very superior ar
ticle.
TURNING.
Bed Steads, Wagon Hubs, and every other description
of Turning, neatly done.
The Manufactory is situated at thc mouth of Mulber
ry Creek, 12 miles from Columbus, 20 from Opelika,
and 22 from West Point. The Company i* thus afford
ed facilities for transportation in every direction, and
will be able to furnish their goods in every section of the
country at short notice, and on reasonable terms.
Orders left at the stores of P. Spkncf.r, or B. Jef
ferson, in this city, will be promptly filled. All orders
through the mail, must be directed to R. G. Jefferson,
Columbus, Ga. We shall be happy to accommodate
the world generally, and our friends particularly.
N. B.—Persons wishing to purchase privileges for
manufacturing purposes, can do so, as there a re a num
ber of Water l,ots upon the premises for sale.
Columbus, Jan. 3, 1850. 1 ly
| Drug Business,
L 2& (at THE LATE STAND OF FOND It WILLCOX.)
DANFORTH & NAGEL,
HAVING purchased the Drug Establishment of
Messrs. Pond Si Willcox, would inform their
friends that they intend keeping on hand a good supply of
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Surgical In
strummls, <§'C. <spc.
and other articles usually kept in a Drug Store, all of
which will be sold on the most reasonable terms.
From Mr. D.’s practical acquaintance with the business,
and his determination to devote himself entirely to the
accommodation of his customers, he hopes to receive a
liberal share of public patronage.
Columbus, Nov. 1, 1849. 44 ts
“I am a man. and deem nothing which relates, to man
foreign to my feelings.”
Youth and Manhood.
Hil M A VIGOROUS LIFE, OR A
FREMATURE DEATH.
KINKELINE ON SELF-PRESERVATION.
Only Twenty-Five Cents.
\ THIS BOOK, just published. L° filled with useful
1 information on the infirmities and disease* of the human
I system. It addresses itself alike to Youth, Manhood
• and Old Age, and should be read by all.
7'he valuable advice and impressive warning it gives,
will prevent years of misery and suffering and save an~
i nually Thousands of Lives.
Parents by reading it, will learn how to prevent tho
‘ destruction of their children.
remittance of 25 cents, enclosed in a letter,
addressed to Dr. KINKELINE, 1 Human street, Phil
adelphia, will ensure a book, under envelope, per return
of mail. .
Dr. K., fifteen years resident Physieian, 1 Human st.
mav be consulted confidentially.
He who places himself under the care of Dr. K., may
religiously confide in hk honor as a gentleman, and
confidently rely upon hi? skill as a physician.
Persons at a distance may address Dr. K. by letter,
post paid, and be cured at home.
Packages of Medicines, Directions, Stc. forwarded,
by sending a remittance, and put up secure from Dam
age or Curiosity.
Booksellers, News Agent*, Pedlers, Canvassers, and
all others supplied with the above work at very low
rates. * [April 4. 14 ts
SELLING OFF AT COST.
AS I expect to leave for California in a short time, I
will sell my whole stock of guns, &c. at New
York cost; consisting of Rifles, Double and Single
Barreled Shot Guns. Pistols, Knives, Shot Pouches, Pow
der Flasks, Game Bags, &c. &e. Those who wish to
purchase any of the above articles are desired to call
and examine my stock, as lam determined to sell. All
who have left guns, &c. with me to be repaired, aro re
quested to call and take them away.
F. SHAFFER.
Columbus, March 14,1850. II ts
f GRINDING CORN.
INTER’S Palace Mills have now two rune of
Rocks in full motion, with cleansing apparatus of
the most approved construction, and are prepared to
grind corn for toll, with the greatest .despatch and in su
perior st vie. JO. JEFFERaON, Agent.
Feb. 28, 1850. ts