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COLI'MBIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 0, lWft.
Confirm.
This bodv convened at the National Capital on
Monday last. From the signs of the times, we
infer that the great sectional issue will be allowed
to sleep during the present session, and give place
to questions connected with our foreign policy,
which press upon the National Legislature for
settlement.
Prominent among these stand our Mexican re
lations. What our Government should do in or
der to enforce the adjustment of our claims, and
to protect our western frontier agaiust the incur
sions of the savage tribes from the districts of
Sonora and Chihuahua, is a question involved in
some difficulty. Our people on those distant
borders are entitled t< adequate protection from
the gov nmient: yet it is not easy to compre
hend in what way this can be afforded, without
violating the territory of Mexico. No permanent
security from their depredations can be obtained,
until the Savages-are dislodged and driven troin
the country. With regard to our claims, it were
sheer folly to exnect their liquidation in the ordi
nary way. The bitter, deadly feuds between the
‘rival factions of Mexico have exhausted every le
gitimate source of revenue, and arc now sustained
by extraordinary levies and the most intolerable
and grinding exactions from the people. Never
theless, Congress is called upon to do something
in the premises.
Central American affairs arc by no means, in a
satisfactory condition. Our great and growing
interests on the Pacific absolutely demand the
opening and protection of the Isthmus routes. —
The operation of the Claytori-Bnlwer treaty has
been prejudicial to the United States in that quar
ter. Wo have adhered strictly and rigidly to its
letter, while England has practically regarded it
as so much waste paper. The policy which each
nation has thought proper to pursue under its
own interpretation of the treaty, has resulted in
the steady growth of English influence on the
Isthmus, and a constant decay of our own. The
only remedy for this state of things, is the abroga
tion of that treaty and a rigid enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine. If, in addition thereto, Con
gress would repeal the “Neutrality Laws,” our
Central American relations would soon be upon
‘‘rising ground.” There is one question of domes
tic policy, which will probably be forced upon the
attention of Congress—the tariff. Advantage will
be taken of the empty condition of the Treasury 1
to endeavor to secure an advance upon the present
rate of duty on imports. The iron interest, we
may anticipate, will be particularly active in this
behalf. All parties at the South, we are glad to
know, now regard this question in its proper as
pect. In the Southern vocabulary, that insidious j
and alluring* title “protection to Northern indus- !
try” is defined to mean “robbery of the South.” j
The interest of . the north-west, too, is identical \
with that of the South, upou this question, and, j
hence, we do not fear any material change of the
present tariff. Thus we see that though we shall
have a short session, the subjects which claim a
discussion invests it with a very serious impor
tance,
Congressional.
Washington, Dec. 7.— ln the Senate to-day
Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, gave notice of his
intention, at an early day, to introduce a bill au
thorising a pension to be paid to the widow of
Gen. Persifer F. Smith.
Mr. Seward, of Now York, gave notice that he
would bring forward a similar measure to pen
sion the widow of Gen. Gaines.
The House considered the resolution of the last
session, for the abrogation of the Claytou-Bulwer
treaty. A motion to lay the resolution on the
table was negatived by a vote of ninety to nine
ty-threo.
Both houses have adjourned until Thursday.
Monument to Gen. Quitman. —In the Miss
issippi Senate on Monday last, a resolution was
unanimously adopted, appropriating thirty thou,
sand dollars to erect a monument to the late Gen.
Quitman, at Natchez.
News by the Over land Route.
Interest in;/ Mews from Arizona—The Revoltion
in Sonora*—lndian Fights, etc.
St. Louis, Dec.3, ISsß.”**
The overland mail which arrived last night
brought six passengers, among them Mr. Mc-
Kibben, M. C.. of Calfornia, and Lieut. Mowry,
the delegate to Congress from Avizonia.
Lieut. Mowry left Gila City on the Ith Novem
ber, at which time some hundred and fifty men
were digging gold, the average yield being ten
dollars per day, w ith the rudest implements. Ev
ery part of toe country yet prospected in the vi
cinity of the inyies proved auriferous, and the
opinion was current among old miners that no
richer surface diggings exist, eveu in the most fa
vored portions of California. The mines are lo
cated on tlm neutral ground between the Yuma
and l'inos Indians, and thus no danger is appre
hended from hostile tribes.
A political meeting at Gila, November 4, pass
ed resolutions endorsing the action of the con
ventions held at Mesiln and Tuscon, and asking
Congress tor a Territorial organization.
The Son ofa Silver Mining Company were smel
ting a thousand ounces a week. Several other
mines were also being actively worked.
Lieut. Mowry brings several rich specimens
from the siiver mines, also about S3OO in gold from
the Gila river diggings.
Lieutenant M. computes the population of the
Territory at 15,000, and gives glowing descrip
tions of the beauty of the agricultural and gra
zing resources of the country.
The mail route from San Francisco to Texas
is in fine order, with the exception of the central
portion, which is in bad condition, owing to loose
management and inferior stock.
The first mail from Albuquerque to California
is ordered from the 35th parallel, Arizona road,
to Pinos, thence into California by the Butterfield
route.J
It was reported at Fort Smith that Lieuten
ant Beale would go into winter quarters. The
rumor that he had been attacked was disbe
lieved.
Mr. McKibbin reports that the Apachee In
dians continued their depredations on the fron
tier of Sonora and Arizona: seven out of a party
of eight had been recently killed by a body of
Mexicans, about forty miles from Fort Buchanan.
The revolution in Sonora was in full progress.
Gov. Pesqueira, had the least support of the rich
meu and merchants of the province, on account
ot his lailure to return a large sum of money bor
rowed from them, according to promise.
> Capt. Stone was progressing sucessfully with
hissurvejsunder the recent contracts authorized
by the government.
Mr. I icklin, reports the Camanehes somewhat
troublesome, although they were not organized in
to bands of sufficiently large number*to occasion
much alarm.
Mr. Edwards, one of Lieut. Beale's party, who
bad arrived at Fort Smith, reports the expedition
all well in camp on the South side of the Cariadian
river. Lieutenant Beale would proceed to Albu
querque as soon as bis escort, whieh was a short
distance behind, overtook him. The mail from
Neosho to Albuquerque was at Beale's camp.—
Colonel Ross was in the neighborhood, resting
till Spring, before proceeding with the examina
tion of the surveys towards the Mohave and
Tejon.
Synopsis of Department Reports.
Washington, Dec. 6.—Secretary Cobb, of the
Treasury Department says that the expenses of
Government for the next fiscal year, will require
$73,250.000 —including $15,500,000 for the army,
$13,500,000 for the navy, and $210,000 for the or
dinance department and fortifications.
Post Office Department. — Secretary Brown,
of the Post Office Department, recommends that
the franking privilege be abolished, and the issue
of stamps be substituted. He deprecates the
transmission of heavy matter by mail—recom
mends the adoption of uniform rates of postage
at 5 cents—favors the establishment of a line of
instil stesimers from San Francisco to Japan and
China. He estimates the expenditures next year
at $11,750,000, and the receipts at $11,000,000.
Department of the Interior. — Secretary
Thompson, of the Interior Department, states that
the revenue received last year from the sales of
public lands, amounting to $2,000,000. lie re
commends that the government shall cover ail
lands containing the precious metals, and sell all
lands containing the baser metals. He advises the
extension of the pre-emption laws over the Terri
tory of Utah.
Navy Department. —Secretary Toucey re
{ commends an increase in the number of office rs of
! the Navy, of all classes; and favors the purchase
j of all the vessels lately chartered for the Para
; guay expedition. He also recommends the con
struction of ten light draught steamers.
War Department. —Secretary Floyd, of the
War Department, gives it as his opinion, that the
Nevajo and Camauche war just commenced, will
prove to be fierce and bloody; but he states that
it will be vigorously prosecuted. Ho recommends
but lew’ new fortifications, and those only at ex
posed points. His estimates for the next year are
$3,000,000 less than the expenditures were last
year.
[From the St. Louis Republican Dec. I.J
Condition of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
At a recent meeting of the New Orleans subscri
bers to the stock of the southern Pacific railroad,
Col. Mills made some interesting and encouraging
statement concerning the condition and prospects
of this road. From his statement we learn that
the parties who had forced the sale of the road in
Texas had been constituted by public opinion in
Harrison county, and the country generally, to
agree to a compromise, the basis of which had
been proposed by Dr. Fowlkes. The terms were
that a committee of five gentlemen should be ap
pointed to lay down the conditions of the compro
mise, and both parties entered into bonds of
$500,000 to abide by the decision of the commit
tee. The five gentlemen were selected on account
of their well-known intelligence and integrity, and
there could be no question that they would do
their duty in good faith to all parties. Their
award had already been published. Its most im
portant feature was that the stockholders should
provide for the payment of the amounts duo to
the company, which had forced the sale, in three,
five and seven months. The amount of claims
made by the selling company was $327,000, but
he had no doubt the committee would reduce the
total amount of their claims to $200,000. There
were some debts due by the company not inclu
ded, but they did not amount to much. He
thought that the meeting, on examining the state
of the affairs of the undertaking, would be satis
fied that they were in a very wholesome condition,
notwithstanding the manner in whieh they had
been mismanaged.
The company has twenty-five miles of road
completed and in running order,at cost of $22,000
per mile, worth therefore, $550,000; of land accru
ing they have 256,000 acres, which, at the low es
timate of $5 per acre, will produce $1,080,000, ma
king a total of $1,630,000. Deducting $400,000
for the indebtness of the company, far above the
mark, as well as could be ascertained, would leave
$1,230,000 of unincumbered assets. On the com
pletion of fifty miles, at a corresponding cost, ma
king the amount of its value $1,100,000, there will
be U 12,000 acres of laurl uooruing, whieh, tit tne
same rate, will be worth $2,560,000, and the State
loan of 300,000 making the total of the assets then
$3,960,000. Tbi~ would be an ample basis on
whieh to build the next fifty miles at a cost of sl,-
000,00(1 ; amlin a like, or ralier in a much great
er. ratio, the means of the company will be aug
mented a■< the work progresses. Outlie comple
tion of the road to the Rio Grande, a distance of
700 miles, at a cost of $20,000 per mile, it would
represent assets to the value of $14,000,000: the
land accruing, 7,168.000 acres, at the very low av
erage of $7,50, would represent $53,760,000 ; and
the cost of building the road being paid there
would be assets to the amount of $39,700,000 in
the posession of the company, and one of the best
paying roads in the world. The road extended
to the Pacific, a distance of 800 miles front El Pa
so. at a cost of $30,000 per mile, would still leave
the company $15,000,000 of assets; and 1,500
miles of road completed, the annual revenue from
a year for repairs he had roughly estimated
that $12,500,000 or which allowing
$3,000,000 in gross ; namely from 150,000 travel
ers, which is fewer than those who now cross the
continent, at S7O each, $10*500.000; from freight,
$3,000,000 ; from transportation of mails, troops,
subsistence, and material of war, $2,000,000.
J udge Jackson’s Speech.
The Washingto Union of Friday last contains
Judge Jackson's Milledgeville speech. Com
menting on the speaker's allusion to Mr. Buchan
an the editor says—
The tribute which Judge Jackson pays to Mr.
Buchanan is as just as it is eloquent ; and is the
more valuable as coming from one whose reigna
tion of the position ho held abroad was doubtless
made in deference to a rule laid down by the Pres
ident in regard to his foreign appointments— a
rule which many of our diplomats would be apt
to feel as operating harshly in their cases. The
tribute of Judge J. is that of one who has given
up and is not asking office ; of one who has been
removed from those excitements of American pol
ities which so prejudice the judgment and jaun
dice the vision of resident citizens ; and who, scan
ning the conduct of our present administration
from a European stand-point, sees only with the
eyes and speaks only with the feelings of a pa
triot.
New Construction- of Rails for Railways.
—An invention has been brought forward in Lon
don, which has for its object the construction of
rails for railways in such a manner as to secure
the necessary strength with a less weight of metal
than is at present required, or employed. The
greatest strain to which a railway rail is subject
ed beiug in a direction obliquely downward ’ and
outward, it has long been a desideratum to con
trive a form of rail that, with the necessary breadth
of top and bottom, should contain along the con
necting portion or web a continuous substance of
metal in the line of the greatest strain. These
requisites have been sought to be combined in th,e
forms familiarly known as she I or II rail, and in
verted T rail, in which a solid continuity of sub
stance is presented in the line of greatest strain ;
both of these rails, however, contain much metal
in the head that is unnecessary and useless, and
which is dispensed with in this new invention,
which consists iu forming an inverted T rail with
an aperture of hollow space extending lengthwise
through the thick upper portion of the rail. It is
said to combine great strength and durability.
Interesting to the Catholic Church.— The
•'punish Government has laid before the Cortes a
i • to J storing to the clergy and the church
tlieiv iornier possessions. Not only the propertv
oi the secular clergy, lost by tlie revolution of
1805, is probably to be returned, but also that of
foments, vmcli had been suppressed in former
3 ears: and indemnification promised for all that
had already bee.* sold in accordance with the law
of 1855. The total sum amounted to more than
,3,006,000,000 reals, or about one hundred and
fifty millions dollars.
A Beautiful Sketch.
- We select the following beautiful picture from a
recently published address of Richard V. Cook,
Esq., of Columbus, Texas, on the Education and
Influence of Wonriu.. It will touch the heart ofthe
reader. Seldom have we seen so many gems of
thought and pearls of feeling so beautifully blend
ed, or the idea of woman’s mission so well and
truthfully expressed:
”1 fancy a young man just emerging from the
bright elysium of youth, and commencing the
bright journey of life. Honest, noble and gifted
—the broad world to his warm hopes is the future
scene of affluence, fame and happiness. Under
his active energies, business prospers, and as a
consequence, friends come about him. Ere long
he meets a sensible and amiable girl, who wins
his heart, and loves and trusts him in return. He
doesn’t stop to ask what the world will say about
the match in ease he marries her. Not he. The
World is kicked out of doors, and the man deter
mines to be the architect of his own happiness.—
He doesn’t stop to inquire whether the girl’s
father is rich in the lands, and slaves and coin ;
but he marries her forthat most honest and phi
losophic of all reasons—because he loves her !
He builds bis home in some quiet spot where
green trees wave their summer glories, and where
bright sunbeams fall. Here is the Mecca of bis
heart, towards which he turns with more than
Eastern adoration. Here be is a green island in
the sea of life, where rude winds never assail, and
storms never come. Here, from the cares and
troubles of existence, he finds solace in the society
of her who is gentle without weakness, find sensi
ble without vanity. Friends may betray him, and
foes may oppress; but when towards home his
weary footseps turn, and there beams upon him
golden smiles of welcome, the clouds lift from his
soul —the bruised heart is restored, and the strong
man made whole. I see the mau fall into adversi
ty. Creditors seize his property, poverty stares
him in the face and he is avoided on ail hands as
a ruined bankrupt. When he sees all gone—
frinds, credit and property —grief-stricken and
penniless, he seeks his humble home. Now does
the wife desert him too ? Nay, verily! When
tiie world abandons and persecutes the man, she
draws closer to his -due, and her affection is all the
warmer because i.o evil days have come upon
him. The mor : excellencies of her soul rise su
perior to the di asters of fortune. And when she
sees the man sit mournful and disconsolate, like
Themistocles by the Household Gods of Admethus
hers is the task to comfort and console. She re
minds him that misfortune has oft overtaken the
wisest and the best; that all is never lost while
health and hope survive; that she still is near to
love, to help and to encourage him. The man
listens, his courage rallies, and the shadows flee
from his heart; tinned once more, he enters the
arena of life. Industry and energy restore him
to competency; fortune smiles upon him, friends
return, and—
‘Joy mounts exulting on triumphant wings.”
Again the scone shifts. I see the man stretched
weak and wasted on a bed of sickness. The
anxious wife anticipates every want and necessity.
Softly her foot falls upon the carpet, and gently
her hand presses the fervid brow of the sufferer.
Though the pale face gives evidence of her own
weariness and suffering, yet through the long
watches of each returning night, her vigils are
kept besides the loved one's couch. At last dis
ease beleaguers the fortress of life, and the physi
cian solemnly warns his patient that death is ap
proaching. He feels it too, and the last words of
love and trust are addressed to her who is weep
ing besides his dying bed. And, in truth, the last
hour hath come. I imagine it is a fit time to de
part; forthe golden sun himself has died upon
the evening’s fair horizon, and rosy clouds bear
him to his grave behind the western hills ! Around
the couch of the dying man, weeping friends and
landsmen stand; while the minister slowly reads
the words of promise ;
“I am the Resurrection and the Life saith the
Lord ; he that believeth on me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live; and whosoeverliveth and
believeth in me, shall never die.” Slowly the
clock marks the passing moments, and silently the
sick man’s life is ebbing away. Slowly the cold
waters are rolling through the gateways of life.
And now, as the death damp is op tlie victim's
brow and the heart throbs its last pulsations, the
glazed eye opens and turns in one full, farewell
glance of affection upon the trembling woopr who
benas over him, and ere the spirit departs forever,
the angels hear the pale wife whisper—“l’ll meet
thee—l’ll meet thee in heaven J”
The Progress of Population in the United States.
We republish from the Albany Atlas and Argus
a suggestive article on the progress of population
in this country aud its effect upon our political
system. It is not to be disguised that the great
West and Southwest, which now constitute what
may be termed the garden of the States, in the
earlier history of the government have been trea
ted rather as minors and dependants than as stal
wart and powerful adults. This was perfectly
natural; because it is scarcely a quarter of a cen
tury since the whole Plain of the Lakes and the
Valleys of the Mississippi and Missouri were vir
gin forests and prairies. Illinois, which now
claims the fourth rank in the household, twenty
years ago was a mere wilderness. So were Indi
ana, Michigan, Wisconsin, lowa, Minnesota, and
Missouri. These States had not entered the lists
as producers ; they had no commerce except that
which was embraced in the transportation of emi
grants and their effects. Cleveland, Detroit, Chi
cago. Milwaukie, and St. Louis were little fron
tier villages, with high-sounding city names and
enormous expectations, which no sane man
thought would be realized. Now they are power
ful municipalities, with elaborate systjpas of police
and government, and the marts of a great com
merce based upon the productions of the States
in which they are situated, and linked together
by a net-work of roads and canals, which have
literally removed all the obstacles of distance, and
equalized the value of property throughout the
whole interior of the country.’ The American
people have witnessed these wonderful events of
their recent history without realizing their effects
upon .our political system—without regarding
them as a controlling power in the legislation of
the country, able to dictate measures of policy to
the government. Those who reflect upon public
affairs will be able to see, at a glance,* the direc
tion of empire, in this country. They will see it
in the complete works of improvement in the ’West
i constructed and conducted by individual enter
prise—by increasing and rapidly-extending popu
lation over the interior country—in the compara
tive decline of the East and augmentation of the
West in the national legislature, and in the con
trol which the latter are soon destined to exert
upon the general industry and commerce of the
whole Union.
ihe recent measures adopted by the government
to open inter-continental highways between the
river settlements and the Pacific States, will soon
present anew phase of our affairs which will com
mand the attention of statesmen and philosophers.
The immense resources of the interior, which
could only be reached and developed by organized
government, arc now brought within the scope of
our emigrant people. What has been done in the
lake and river States remains to be done on the
eastern and western slopes of the mountains.
The current of population which, less than fortv
years ago. invaded and subdued western New
York and Ohio, and has since covered Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, lowa, Minnesota.
Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, is still moving !
on with accelerated steps to the West and South- !
west. It is neither desirable nor possible to check
this current or turn it aside. It now commands,
in connection with the South-western regions of |
the Union, an empire of production and a prosper- j
ity greater than the world has ever before seen;
and its industry- and wealth constitute, after all, j
the vital power which animates the business of the ‘
Atlantic States.
Our industrial system can never be said to be j
complete till all the fountains of wealth which lie j
hidden in the earth shall have been developed.
Ibis we apprehend, should be a rule to guide pol
iticians and statesmen. As we have no power to
stop the wheels of progress, and as every advance
in the way ot unfolding our resources has added
wealth and prosperity to the nation, the lesson is
too complete to be overlooked or neglected. The
legislation of the country should be in harmony
with its interests and its evident destiny.— WasA
fon Union,
Telegraphic.
RETORTED FOR THF. COHJMBIJS TIMES ‘
OF THE
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
Avgcsta, Dec. 8. —The Steamship City of
Washington arrived oft’ Cape Race thie after
noon.
Liverpool Cotton Markex, —Sales of three
days 19.000 bales, of which Speculators took 1,000
and Exporteas 2,000 bales, leaving 16,000 bales
to the trade.
Market generally dull and unchanged.
Manchester advices wvre savorable.
Market quiet but steady.
Consols 98)4 to 98%.
Compliment to Judge Shorter.
We learn from the Talladega Watehtower, that
the bar complimented Judge Shorter with an im
promptu supper at that place, where court was
then in session, on Thanksgiving night. Among
the guests were Judge Bierce, of Ohio, and Mr.
Duval of Montgomery, the State Superintendent
of education, judge Shorter responded to a sen
timent complimentary to the Judiciary of Ala
bama. in bis usual happy manner, and concluded
by proposing, “The Talladega Bar, may its fu
ture success be as glorious as its past attainments. ”
Hon. J. L. M. Curry, the representative of the
Talladega District in Congress, was toasted and
made a speech. “The chairman of the committee
on Federal Relations” brought out Gen. James
B. Martin, who occupied that position in the last
Legislature, and who thought “the time for reso
lutions had passed, and that the hour fur action
had come.” We venture to say that a report
more true, appropriate and concise never emanated
from any committee, and we hope our federal re
lations will take it as notice of our intention to
quit, on the election of a Black Republican presi
dent, if not sooner. Altogether, the supper must
have been a genial and delightful affair, not only
bestowing a well merited compliment upon an ex
cellent Judge, but constituting one of those ‘hap
py reunions/ that help to make up the poetry of
life. Certainly ho must be more or less than man
who can read the graphic and glowing account of
the Watch tower’s correspondent', without regret
ting that this is all that fate permitted him to see
of so agreeable an entertainment. —Eufaula Spirit
of the South.
Excavations from the Ruins of Cartiiage.
—A private letter received in this city from Tu
nis, Algiers, states that on the 20th of October,
11. B. M. steamer Supply arrived at that port
from Malta, for the purpose of taking on board
forty-five cases, containing Mosaic and Punic
inscriptions, which were taken from the ruins of
Carthage. Some of the Mosaics are represented
as being quite beautiful and of large fsiste—one
piece measuring fifteen feet by six feet. The ca
ses generally measure about eight feet square.—
Besides the inscriptions several pieces of statuary
and architecture, were also put on the Supply.—
These articles are to be taken to London and pla
ced in the Museum there.. Both the English gov
ernment and people seem to take great interest in
the excavation of these ruins, and the former has
been liberal in supplying money for the purpose.
Washington Star.
The Vintage. —The following letter (says the
Washington Union, from an extensive owner of
vine-yards in France to an English resident in
Pans,) contains some interesting observations on
the vintage of the present year: —In the depart
ments in which the -renowned sorts of wine are
produced, the wines will be equal to what we call
vine dc la comete —a sacramental phrase for food
wines, ever since the year 18] 1, when a comet
caused great feny to feeble-minded people. In
the departments in which, like that of the Her
uult, cheap wines arc produced, the abundance is
extraordinary and the quality good. There have
been some bunches of grapes, rare it is true, 7 cen
timetres, (234 feet long.) In some vineyards 400
hectolitres (8,800 gallons) of wine per liectar (234
acres) have been obtained. Certain owners ha ve
made 20,000 hectolitres; others 25.000 : and there
are even some wuo have obtained 35,000. Now
you know that the consumption of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is about
35,000 hectolitres. The selling price of wine, to
be taken at the owner's, (the purchaser finding his
own casks,) has fallen as low as 2f. the hectolitre
- 9 centimes the gallon. That is exceptional, it
is true; but for 4 cents a gallon you may have as
much wine as you like.
BHETJMATISM.
A ease of three mouths standing cured.
George W. Henderson, of Pittsburgh, says :
“After suffering for throe months with Rheuma
tim, a part of the time so severely as to confine
me to my bed, I have been entirely cured by using
Ban*have*s Holland Bitters. I have had one at
tack since, but found almost instantaneous relief
in the same medicine. It is in my opinion, a sure
remedy for Rheumatism.”
See Advertisement. Dec 6—lwdw.
think it is hardly known even to the
most intelligent of our readers, how deep some of
the sciences are looking down into the mysteries
of creation. \\ r e knew there were wonderful dis
coveries in these times, and wonderful uses made
of them, but did not know the Chemists were imi
tating in their crucibles and even surpassing the
most wonderful productions of organic life. Du
ring our visit to Lowell we were introduced by one
of their prominent citizens to the laboratory of
Du. Aver, (inventor of CHE RR Y PECTORAL
and CATHARTIC PILLS,) where we were
shown with generous frankness, his processes and
his products. This master genius of his art is man
u facto ring the subtle essences of flowers from tar
and othei vegetable substances. His essence of
Pine Apple, Strawberry, Cheekerberry, Quince,
| Pear, Canella. Cinnamon fcc., not only equal but
| they exceed in purity of flavor, those vegetables
themselves. His oil ofM inter-green is purer and
of better flavor than any that can be gathered from
the plant—and yet is made by chemical composi
tion from the Hydro-carbons in tar! His process
is, to analyze the substance and find the exact ul
timate atoms of which it is made, then recomuose
them in the same proportions which exist in na
ture.—Christian A dvoeate.
Holloway's Pills cleanse the blood of all de
generating particles, and render it a pure and
healthy fluid. Its action is gentle, but sure and
reliable. Fever and ague and the periodical dis
eases most prevalent on this continent are pre
\ ented by a timely use of this marvelous remedy,
and cured by a course of the same accordino’ to
the directions that accompany each box. °
at the manufactory, No. 80 Maiden
Lane, New York, and by all Druggists, at 25c.,
63c., and $1 per Box. Dec Gdwlw
WOOD'S lIAIR RESTORATIVE.
This Restorative for making the hair grow,
stopping its falling out, restoring gray hair to its j
original color, is becoming more celebrated. All j
the quack nostrums are giving way before it,— j
Three fourths of the mixtures for restoring and j
beautifying the hair, do it more injury than good. ’
They burn it up, destroy the life at its roots.make
the hair fall off. and produce premature baldness.
But Prof. Wood’s Restorative may be relied upon
as containing nothing which can in any manner
be injurious to the hair, while its success in ac
complishing what it pretends to do, has been ver
ified in hundreds of cases. We advise gray heads
and heads getting bald, all who wish to save their
wool or obtain anew stock, to get a bottle of Prof
Wood’s Hair Restorative.—A r . Y. Democrat.
Sold by all Druggists in this city, and by deal
ers and druggists generally throughout the United
States and Canadas. nov24—wd2w.
DABBY’S
******
The Great Premium Disinfectant *
A MAGNIFICENT PITCHER was awarded it at
A the Alabama State Fair at the recommendat.on ot
a special scientific committee, who pronoun' R , P itg
periortoany similar agent now m vse. . Be’
strictly disinfecting uses, it may be most vant g
ly applied as a therapeutic agent in the follow mg •
All putrid diseases, salivation, sores, ulcers, ■-
fresh wounds, removing siains, destroying bad ore ,
curing stines, softening and w hitening the skin in ba h
ing, and especially in limestone countries, where ine
w ater is hard, in making it soft, by pouring a few drops
into a basin full of water. Read what is said ot it.
’ You would confer a general good by using means ior
i its general introduction and use— More than fifty cittzcns
of Auburn. . -
The best and most efficient preventative of conta
gious diseases now in use.— Auburn Gazette.
! We advise our friends to try it, by all means.—Mont
gomery Mail. .
No one who has used it once will consent to do
without it.— Tuskegee Republican.
We have used it about our premises with entire satis
faction. —Savannah Republican. .
Superior to Labarraque’s French Liquor. Lorres.
Motional Intelligencer.
Has received the sanction of medical men in me
leading cities of the South— Atlanta American.
These things Prof. Darby assures it*has done, and we
believe he would not even think, much less say so,
were it not the case.— Southern Christian Advocate.
It is a most effective and powerful combination. It
should be used everywhere. It will not disappoint you
as a disinfecting agent.— Holmes Steele, M. D.
Endorsed by Physicians in Charleston and Colum
bia. S. C.; New York. Augusta, Savannah, Atlanta,
Macon and Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Selma and
Mobile Ala; and New Orleans, La.
Hospitals, corporations, ship masters, manufacturers,
planters, physicians, furnished by the gallon at reduced
rates.
For sale by druggists and country merchants gener
ally, from whom orders are respectfully solicited.
Try at least one bottle. Price 5o cents. Follow di
rections. .
irUManufactured only in the Laboratory oi
J, DARBY, Auburn, Ala.
FOR SALE IN COLUMBUS BY
DANFORTH. NAGEL & CO.
BROOKS & CHAPMAN,
J. S. PEMBERTON & CO
decl—dyvtf DAVID YOUNG
MARRIED.
At Spring Place, Ga., on the 25th ult., by the
Rev. Wm. Brown, Dr. G. G. Bell, of Macon co.,
Ala., to Miss A. E. Beall, of the former place.
On December Ist, 1858, at the residence of Col.
M. W. Stamper, the bride’s grandfather, in Early
county, Ga., by the Hon. Wm. Griffin, J. I. C.,
Dr. Hope H. Christian, of Blakely, to Miss Sue
Stamper of Talbot county.
In Macon on the 30th ult., by the Rev. A. M.
Wynn of this city, the Rev. Thomas 11. Stewart,
of the Georgia Conference, and Miss Ella C.,
daughter of Rev. Dr. Boring.
JUST RECEIVED,
Choice goshen butter.
Best, quality Cheese—all kinds;
Breakfast Bacon, Smoked Beef, Pickled Beef;
Pickled Pork, Smoked Tongues. Pickled Tongues;
Smoked Salmon, smoked Halibut;
White Beans, New’ Mackerel, % 34 anil % bbls;
New Shad 34 bbls.
Fresh Salmon and Lobsters in cans.
A L S O,
Raisins, Currants, Citron—all kinds;
Nuts, Candies, Sardines, Pickles,
Preserves and Sauces;
FIRE WORKS, ofeverv description.
VAN MARCUS.
Colnmbus, Ga. Dec. 9, 1858.—dtf
! SELLING AV) HIRING
MEGROES
O N CO M MISSIO N,
Either Privately or at Auction,
BY ELLIS & MATHIS.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 9, 1858. ltnflw
By ELLIS & MATHIS,
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
AGREEABLY to ail order ofthe Court of Ordinary
of Muscogee county, I will sell in front of Ellis A.
Mathis’ Auction Room, in the city of Columbus, on
Saturday the 18th inst, all the personal property of
George Gullen. deeeaad, consisting in Bar Koohi Fix
tures, Two Fine Billiard Tables, Chairs,.Decanters, Li
quors, Cigars, Mirrors, Oil Paintings, &c.
WM. R. TURMAN, Adm’r.
Ellis & Matthis, dec.B—dtd3
-‘The Campbells are Coming.”
STAR TROUPE OF THE WORLD!
TEMKRARBE H ALL %
FOUR NIGHTS ONLY,
COMMENCING ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING DEC. 8,
jwrafn THE great original RUMSEY & NEW
CO MB’S World renowned and only
WCampbell minstrels and Brass
Band,
Remodeled and improved for 1858 and 1859, with 18
Star Performers.
The Brass Band, consisting of ten talented musicians
will play nightly in front of the Hall previous to the
opening of the doors.
Admission 50 Cents. Doors open at 7 o'clock ;
performance to commence at 7%.
DeoQ—(ltd p. A. CLARK, Agent
Xnst Received,
AFRESH SUPPLY of GARDEN SEED, and On
ion Setts—White and Red -at the Eagle Drug
St *re, ACEE & IVERSON.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
DR. JAMES WTLLIAMS’ Anti Dyspeptic Elixir, j
Just received by Express, and for'sale by
ACEE IVERSON,
Eagle Durg Store.
I !
Perfumery and Fancy Goods
FOR TIIE MILLION. Bazin’s new Spring Per
fumery Kiss-me-Quickly,” exquisite in fragrance
1 distilled from the Swell known Flower Forget-me-
Not. Also Wright’s new perfume ‘Kiss-me-Sweetly.’
the Double Extract of Sweet Two (tu) Lips; together
with a great many other kinds too tedious to mention.
For sale at the Eagle Drug Store, by
A CEE & IVERSON.
* CORN BY THE EAR.
EARLI Sweet or Saxon, and Early Tuscarora Com
by the ear, for sale by ACEE &. IVERSON,
Eagle Drug Store, 98 Broad Street.
Columbus, Dec. B.—d4t.
S3OOREWARdT
RANAWAY from the Subscriber in Ma-
JzW** rion county, on the night of the 4th inst.,
two negro boys ; Wash a yellow boy about
25 years old, has a scar between his eyes
an< i on is nose j has one black tooth ; is
very quick spoken; has lost one of his thumb
nails, weighs about 160 pounds : and Bob about
25 or 6 years old, is of copper color, heavy built,
about 5 and a half feet high, weighs about 165 or
170 pounds; on the top of his head is a white spot
of hair the size of a quarter of a dollar.
X have good reason to believe that said negroes
have been stolen, and will pay a reward of S3OO
for the apprehension of the thief with proof to con
vict and the safe confinement of the negroes, so
that I can get them. A liberal reward”will* be
paid for the arrest and confinement of the ne
groes alone.
D . , r . JONATHAN ROBISON.
Pineville, .Marion county, Ga., Dec. 7. w2td4t*
SIGN OF THE RED FLAG.
GARDEN SEED.
LANDRETH’S NEW CROP Just received by
W. H. H. PHRLP&
88 Broad Street,
Red and White Onion: Setts,
Garden Seeds, all sorts.
Kentucky Blue and Mixed Lawn Grass Seed
Canary tseed and Cuttle Fish bone for birds. “
FIRE WORKS ! FIRE WORKS J
, Wor j[ T 9in lar ß e or small quantities to suit buyers
Candies, Nuts, Dates, Oranges, Apples, Banaimu
Lemons, Pickles, Preserves, Jellies, &c, ’
Also, a large supply of Superior Cigars, and
TERMS ?iH CO, v ipeS an “ Smoking Tobacco. . .
ibKMS CASH. No memoranda kept.
dec7—dfim. r
COLTJMBXTS
Saddlery, Harness,
AND LEATHER STORE.
H. MIDDLEBROOK & CO.,
94 Broad Street,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEAI.F.Rs
LlA.in Saddles, Barnes*, & Leather
IT WMfeW which the following comprises a part
—Spanish Quilted Saddles, overlaid; Eng
lish do; Planters’ Plain do; Youth’s and Boy’s do;
Wagon an Plantation do; and Ladies Saddles, —vane-
ty of styles.
Bridles, Martingales, Saddle.
Bags, and Medical do.
HARNESS.
Fine Silver plated Carriage Harness—all qualities
t, “ Rockaway “ “
u “ Doubie Buggy “
ii “ “ Single do “ “
Plain black Harness, all styles and qualities.
leather,
Skirting Leather, Bridle do, Hog Skins,
Pad Skins, Harness Leather, Oak and Hemlock,
Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Lining Skms,
Shoe Pegs, Lasts, Thread and Findings, &c.
IVCachirLe Belting.
Leather and Rubber Belting, all widths,
Light Rubber and Canvas Belting, for
Plow Back Bands. Just the thing for Planters.
Belt Rivets, and Lace Leather.
Mpnm Ladies and Gentlemen’s
Wm Dress and Traveling Trunks, all quali
a nT if fries and styles. Bonnet Boxes, Valises
and Carpet Bags.
CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS.
Enamelled Leather. Pat Dash Leather and
Enameled Cloths, all widths and qualities;
Oil Carpet, Laces, Fringes, Head Linings.
Leather Cloth Bootings’ Nails, Tacks. &c.
Stirrups, Bitts, Buckles, Harness Mountings,
Hames Collars, Whips, Wagon Breeching,
And Blind Bridles.
All the above goods are of our own manufacture;
I made of the best material and by experienced work
men. We invite all those who are in want of articles
in our line to call aud examine [our stock, and we as
sure them that they will be well satisfied with the
quality of goods and the prices; as they will be sold on
the very BEST TERMS.
N. B. New Work made, and Repairing done at the
shortest notice. decl—dwtf.
SILKS, SHAWLS,
AND
DRESS GOODS
JUST RECEIVED
AT THE ONE PRICE CA SH
DRY GOODS STORE.
140 Broad Street—Masonic Building
JAMES; M3 PHIL LIPS
Has just opened a magnificent assortment of
SILKS, SHAWLS and
FANCY DRESS GOODS.
purchased at recent New York Auction Sales for Cash
at an immense sacrifice:
5,000 yards Fancy Dress Bilks at 50c. worth si.
5,000 “ Black .Silks—all widths;
50 pieces Printed all wool Delaines of the ven
best quality, at 50 cents per yard;
50 pieces French Merinos—all shades;
20 “ Union Marino Plaids, splendid quality;
100 Rich French Robes a’Les—beautiful Goods;
50 Rich French Valencias and Poplin Robes—very
choice.
AX,BO.
A Large Assortment cf
FANCY DRESS GOODS,
Bought at a reduction of 25 per cent., on the price usu
all paid for such goods:
25 Pieces ARABIAN CROSS OVERS—
Heavv quality and beautiful colorings;
30 piqtes POILE deCHEVRE, high colors—
., ‘■4* New and choice designs.
15 pieces VALENCIAS —very handsome.
20 pieces COLUMBIAS BAYADERE—
Of highest lustre
5 pieces ELVIRAS—a new and beautiful article.
10 pieces Plaid CASTINGS CIIENE—
• Superior quality and coloring
Together with other styles of Goods-
ADAPTED TO A
! FIRST CLASS TRADE,
Also,
A LARGE STOCK OF FINE
j BED., BLANKETS,
White and Colored Flannels,
X-IKTESKT®,
AND HOUSE KEEPING GOODS IN GENERAL
A Large Stock of
Calicoes and Homespuns,
Of every description at very Tow prices.
CLOAKS, SHAWLS AND TALMAS,
In great vaiietv.
Buyers are inviled to examine, compare and judge
before making their purchases. Remember the address
James ]\LcJr > liilli'ps.
140 Broad Street,.
Two Doors below J. B. Strapper's.
ONE PRICE ONLY.
Every article roarkedat the lowest.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 10, 1858. d&wtf
SO®
A full assortment of Bajou’s Kid Gloves, open
ed this moraine. JAS. McPHILLIPS.
140 Broad street. Masonic BuildiDg-
———
IMPORTANT TO
Planters & Country Merchants.
J. McPHILLIPS
! Would call attention of Buyers to his large stock
: of Foreign and Domestic
DRY-GOODS,
As he lias a buyer residing in New York, he
| ata!l tirn es be prepared to offer goods to the
trade) or Cash only) at the lowest New York
Cost pi ices by the bale or package.
Planters will find they can save money bv hav
ing their KERSEYS, NEGRO BLANKETS,
&c.,trorn him, his stock is extensive and his pri
ces rr uch below that ol any other store in the
South.
Call and see his goods and prices, and thus post
yourselves upon what you can get for your mo
ney and what goods are worth. Remember the
ECuI6SSf
JAMES McPHILLIPS,
rr , . , . i4° Broad Strest,
I wo doors below J. B. StruDoer,
Oct- >o..d&w tf.
COLUMBUS
DRUG STORE,
, THE subscribers take pleasure in informing
customers and all interested in the purchase
Medicines, Wlrite Dead.
7 i®’, C *> totheir la r?e and varied assort
i usually sold by Druggists, which they
f J , w offering on as reasonable terms, as can be
Una in this city; End to those who prefer buying for
cash we would say, call, and they will find it to their
interest to purchase from us. Every article sold by us
warranted to be as represented.
DAN FORTH, NAGLE & CO.,
Wholesale am! Retail Druggists,
-Sign of the Golden Mortar, No. 107, Broad -St.
Columbus, Ga. Nov. 18, 1858. dwtf
Administrator’s Sale.
G GEORGIA, Muscoogee County:—By virtue of an
f order of the Court: of Ordinary of said county
and State, I will sell at the Market House in the city
ot Columbus, on the First Tuesday in February next, a
NEGRO WOMAN, named NANCY,
SEVEN SHARES MUSCOGEE R R. STOCK,
Twenty Shares Stock in BANK OF COLUMBUS.
A lot of old SILVER WATCHES, and all other
Sersonal property belonging to the estate of Samuel
■ Purple. THOS. J. NUCKOLLS,
Administrator with the will annexed,
„. of the estate of Samuel B. Purple.
HARRISON &. PITTS, Auctioneers.
December 7, 1858—d40d.