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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 Dr. John E. Bacon 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. r TMIE members are hereby notified that there will be JL Drill with No. 1, this evening 7i o’clock. Attend punctually, By order of the Foreman. J. A. GIRDNER, Sec. RAYMMOND & CO.’S MENAGERIE. The Proprietors desire to announce that thier un rivalled collection of 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 hibition in the United States. 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 ian Discovered; CAMPBELL’S PHILOSOPHY OF RHETORIC: GleigV- Story of Waterloo; BIBLI CAL LEGENDS Os THE MUSSELMANS; The Rise, Progress and Present Structure of the English Language, a curious and interesting book recently pub lished ; Knight's Half Hours with the best Authors, in four handsomely bound volumes, library edition, con taining 3G5 extracts from various authors, from Chaucer to the present time, admirably selected with a view to il lustrate the characteristics of each, and accompanied by short Biographical Sketches and Critical Notices ; the whole forming an invaluable and complete Hand Book of English Literature. Headley’s Miscellanies, Author ised Edition ; Hawthornes New Work ; The Scarlet Letter; with many other interesting and instructive pub lications, for sale by D. F. WILLCOX. 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 FIVE HUNDRED VOLS. OF New Miscellaneous Works. \MONG whiek m? the folto wing: Puritan and his Daughters ; loslGrinSos ;MEVenings at Wood lawn ; Physician Imd^Phtient: People 1 have Met; Battle Summer : Ajinals of the Queens of Spain ; Dana’s Complete Works tKacred Scenes,(by Headley;) Wara ga, or The Charmfjfcf the Nile ; Sights in the Gold Re gions, and Scenes in the West; just received and for sale E y J. W. PEASE, Yellow Book Store, East side Broad Street.. Columbus, Feb. 21,1850. 8 tt THIS PAPER IS MANUFACTURED BY TIIE Rock Island Factory, NEAR THIS CITY. Columbus, Feb. 23, 1850. 9 ts A CARD. deGraffenried & Robinson, BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, OFFER for sale the largest assortment of School, Miscellaneous, Law, Medical and Theological Works; NOVELS. &c. by the most popular authors : Stationery of till kinds. Letter and Foolscap and Wrapping PAPERS : Ink, Pens, Slates, &.c. &.C. &.c. BLANK BOOKS, Os every kind, for sale, and made to order, &c. B. B. DEGRAFFENRIED, I. T. ROBINSON. Columbus, Jan. 31,1850. ts WANTED. on AAA lbs. RAGS. Cash paid for clean cot- I * H MlUv/ ton or linen rags—3l cents per pound, when delivered in quantities of 100 pounds or more ; and : 3 cents when delivered in small quantities. For old hemp bagging, and pieces of rope, 11-cents, delivered j either at Rock Island Factory or at their store in Co- j lumbus, in the South comer Room ot Oglethorpe House. D. ADAMS, Secretary. Columbus, Feb. 28,1850. 9 ts BOOK AND PRINTING PAPER. THE Rock Island Factory is now prepared to make either of the above articles of the best quality, and of any size and weight desired. On hand, a first rate ar ticle of Wrapping Paper. D. ADAMS, Secretary. Iff Office in the South corner Room of the Ogle thorpe House. Columbus, Feb. 28, 1850. 9 tt SODA. OOD \ WATER cool and nice at he Blue Drug store GESNER & PEABODY. Wk April 25, 1850. 17 ts BLAKE’S Fire & Weather-Proof Paint. OR ARTIFICIAL SLATE. I TTE have iu*t received another large supply of this \ V invaluable Mineral Paint, which is now being , generally used for covering roots, either of shingles, I brick, thi or zinc ; for painting passage and piazz^floors, j and all work exposed to the weather—when you wish to use, bevond question, a FIRE AND WEATHER- ! PROOF PAINT, and a much cheaper article than or dinary Paint. Every person who wants to preserve his roof from fire, and the action of the weather, should use it. ELLIS, KENDRICK &, REDD. Agents. Columbus, April 4. 14 4t JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE lot ot Miscellaneous and School Books. j \ Also a large and beautiful assortment of Stationery, i fine Letter and Note Paper, Envelopes, See. DEGRAFFENRIED & ROBINSON. April 18,8510. 16 j TO RENT, npiLL the first dav of January next. The old printing 1 office room of the “Mus eogee Democrat ” Apply at this office. 18 ts. SODA WATER ,%D ICECREAM. I. G. syjl%rEK ( RANDOLPH STRIIKT JcWLL MBUS GEO., i>ESPECTFULL%\£Afs the public that he has V fitted up his SOESpL jFOUNT, tor the season, and is prepared to furnish tins healthful beverage with any kind” of choice Syrup. * His ICE CREAM 8/qLOON is also open,for the re ception of Ladies and gentlemen. Parties furnished at the shortest notice. April 18, 1850. 18 6t. County Surveyor. THE undersigned informs his friends and the Planters of M rife ogee county, that lie is prepared to make official surveys in Muscogee county. Letters addressed I to Post Office. Columbus, will meet with prompt atten- < tion. WM. F. SERB ELL, County Surveyor. Office over E. Barnard &. Co.’s store,Broad St. Columbus, Jan. 31,1850. 5 ly MR S RARI)W EL L, ITTOULD inform the Ladies ol Columbus and it’ V V vicinity, that she has just returned from New York with a handsome stock of MILLINERY, LACE! CAPES, &e.. and trusts the Ladies will give her an j early call. She opened on Wednesday. j April 11, 1850. 15 ts j Drugs, and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Varnishes, Perfume ries, 6fC. <SfC. IUST received, and now opening, a large and well .selected assortment of the above ar ticles. Also, a good assortment of Schieffelin’s EXTRA SELECTED MEDICINES, Ihe purest and best Medicines that cnti be pre pared, intended especially lor Physicians’ use. A full assortment of SURGICAL and DENI AL INSTRUMENTS, GOLD TOIL and MIN ERAL TEETH, BRUSHES of almost every description. Also, 100 fine SWEDISH LEECH ES. Having taken a great deal of pains in the selection and purchase of my stock of goods, I fee! confident of being able to offer inducements to all wishing to purchase, bolh as regards quality and price, that will be satisfactory. I invite all wishing articles in the above line to call and ex amine for themselves. Individuals ordering will be dealt with as though they were present. R. A. WARE. Columbus, April 11, 15 4t TEAS! TEAS! DIRECT from the “Canton Tea Company” just rc- ; ceived and for sale by ELLIS, KENDRICK & REDD. Feb. 7, 1850. 6 ts NOTICE. npHE firm name of “M. 11. Dessau. Agent.” is changed, I from this date, to M. 11. DESSAU. Columbus, Feb. 7, 1850. 6 ts Tonic , Alterative , and Aperient. INTENDED particularly for Dyspepsia. Liver Com plaints, Indigestion and genera! debility, loss of ap petite and Nervous affections.— I These BITTERS have proven more successful in the above diseases than any other remedy yet discovered. They create a healthy action through the system, restoring the appetite, equal izing the circulation, giving tone and energy to the system, and creating a power of resistance to the dis ease, rarely obtained. They are adapted to all ages and conditions, and most agreeable to the taste. JiW’They can he had of li. A. WARE, Price $1 per bottle. Columbus, Ga. April 11 15 4t P. McLaren & Cos. KEEP constantly on hand a large assortment of GROCERIES : LIQUORS : WINES; * j TOBACCO; See. Sec. I And have just received a large supply of CIGARS direct ! from Havana. EUre’Country Merchants are e pcciallv invited to ex- ! amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. . | Columbus, April 11. 15 ts HICKORY JOHN. I ~\M now standing this celebrated ST AL- ; ZAwLia*, LION, at the plantation of Col. John G. j Winter, six miles below Columbus. Terms, $lO the ’ season. Hickory John is of the be. t blood in America. 1 L. D. WRIGHT. ! April 11,1850. 15 ts RANAWAY, IT ROM rav Plantation, three Negro hoys, named 1 WALL!. RICHARD and PETER, all lately brought from Charleston and speaking the low country dialect. They are supposed to be making their way back to Carolina. A suitable reward will be paid for their apprehension and lodgment in Jail. JOHN G. WINTER. Columbus, April 11. 15 ts NOTICE. VLL persons are hereby cautioned against trading for a certain promissory NOTE, made by the under- j signed to Samuel Davis, for the sum 0f025. dated the ICth 51 arch, 1850, and payable the 25th December thereafter. The consideration for which said note was given having failed, I am determined not to pay it unless compelled by law. E. G. WEBB. Muscogee co. April 11. 15 It pd Williams & Howard, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. KOBT. R. HOWARD. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS. { April 4,1850. 14 ts j The EEestico. DeGraffenried & robinson have just re- > ceived a large lot of the above new Work, by j Wesley C. Hodges, which are for sale, at wholesale j and retail. Orders from Booksellers, Country Mer- j chants, &c. Sec. are solicited. Columbus, March 14, 1850. J. D. LKNNARI), ATTORNEY AT LAW, TALBOTTOX, GA. WILL attend to business in Talbot and the adjacent counties. All business entrusted to his care will meet with prompt attention. April 4, 1850. 14 lv DBS. STEWART & BOZEMAN, VRE associates in the practice of their profession. Office, West side of Broad street, over J. Ennis &, 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 AND COMMERCIAL R E VIE W, Established July, 1839, BY FREEMAN nt*NT, EDITOR AND I’ROrRIETOR. Published monthly, at 112 Fulton street, Neu> Fort, AT FIVE DOLLARS TER ANNt’M, IN AtfYAN?E. npHE “Merchant's. Magazine and Commercial Re* L view,” will continue to include in its design every subject connected with Commerce, Manufactures, ana Political Economy, nr—Commercial Legislation, Com mercial History’ and Geography; Mercantile Biogra - phy ; Essays from the ablest pens, on the leading ques tions of tire day, relating to Commercial Affairs; De scriptive, Statistical, and Historical Accounts of the va rious commodities which form the subject of Mercantile Transactions; Port Charge*; Tariffs; Customs and Commercial Regulations; Treaties; Commercial Sta tistics of thc United States, and the different countries of the. world with which we have intercourse, including their Physical Character, Population. Productions, Ex ports, Import*. 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Our means of enhancing the value of “The Mer chant's Magazine and Commercial Review,” are con stantly increasing ; and with new sources of information, and extending correspondence abroad, and other facilities, which nearly ten years’ devotion to p single object has enabled us to make available, we shall be able to render the work a perfect rade mccum for the Merchant, Nav igator and Manufacturer, as well as to the Statesman, Commercial Lawyer, and Political Economist, and in deed, all who desire information on thc multifarious op erations of business life. 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