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(OLIMBIM, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13. IS.jS.
A BUI In Relation to the Supreme Court.
Be it enacted from and after the passage of this
Act, —
That decisions of the Supreme Court of this
State, which may have been heretofore or which
may hereafter be made by a full Court, and in
which all three of the Judges have or may con
cur, shall not be reversed, overruled or changed,
but the same is hereby declared to be, and shall be
considered, regarded and observed by all of the
Courts of this State, as the law of this State, when
it has not been changed by legislative enactment,
as fully, and to have the same effect as if the same
had been enacted in terms by the General Assem
bly.
All law3 conflicting are hereby repealed.
A bill, of which the above is asubstantial copy,
has passed both branches of the General Assembly
and only awaits the sanction of the Governor to
become the law of the land. The Legislature has,
at length, put something through, in relation to
the Supreme Court, and if the result will have the
effect to relieve the itch for legislative tinkering
with that subject, which seems to have pervaded
that body and a portion of the people, the passage
of the bill is a subject for congratulation. With
regard to the Act itself, an intelligent mind would
have predfeted some such result from all the
‘wish-wash aud slush which passion and folly have
evoked in the profane attempt to discredit the in
tegrity and wisdom of that tribunal. Much labor
has been expended, much money wasted and no
thing done. It was in regard to a like dispropor
tion between effort and effect that the great Ho
man satirist said, Parturiunt monies; nascitur
ridiculus mu. The bill is, to our mind, clearly un
constitutional. Our reasons for this opinion are
briefly these: In section I, article 111, of the
Constitution, there is contained the following
clause : “the said (Supreme) Court shall, at each
session in each district, dispose of and finally de
termine each and every case on the docket of
sueh Court, at the first term after such writ of
error brought.” Here then, is not only the au
thority, but an express command to (lie Court to
hear and decide every question which may come
before it for review from the inferior judicatory. At
the time this Constitution was framed, and iinmo
morially antecedent thereto, courts of justice ex
ercised the power of reviewing their decisions and
correcting their own errors, and as'the constitu
tion imposed no restriction upon the exercise of
this power, we, unavoidably, infer that that instru
ment intended to convey such authority, lienee,
whilst a denial of this license to the Court would,
in many cases, be a denial of justice, it would be
an abridgment of the Constitutional power of the
Court and the Constitutional right of the citizen.
Again, in regard to what, in the meaning of the
constitution, is a decision of the Court, it is equally
clear. On this point we need no support from the
analogies of precedent and cotemporancous prac
tice. The Supreme Court, itself, the sole arbiter of
the question—-the authorized interpreter of the
constitution, has determined that the concurrent
opinions of a majority of the Judges sft'e the decis
ion of the Court—as much so, as if said opinion
were unanimous. This is true, also, without re
gard to the subject matter of the decision—wheth
er it be a previous judgment, or a question foun
ded upon a record dug up from the ruins of Her
culaneum or Pompeii. An act, therefore, which so
changes the constitution and functions of the
court as to make the concurrent opinions of all three
of the Judges necessary to a decision, violatets the
fundamental law, and can take effect only as an
amendment to the constitution. If the Legisla
ture had the power in question, it had, also, the
power to declare that the opinion of one of the
Judges shall be the law (which would necessarily
involve the power to say which one :) or it would
have the power to say that the concurrence of all
three is necessary to decide any question ; or it
might, in its limitless discretion, make any other
regulation, and sa} r , for instance, that one could
decide a question involving a right to land; two,
a question involving a right to hogs and sheep,
while the whole faculty of the court must be ex
erted in a case involving the right to recover in a
suit upon bank bills.
But conceding the act to be constitutional, it
has still this glaring imperfection—it is wholly
impracticable. It deprives the Court of the pow
er to reverse a former decision in which all of the
Judges have concurred, but leaves it to that tribu
nal to determine when such previous decision hag
been reversed, and what ghall amount to a rever
sal thereof. Such submission is necessary from
the nature of the question and the nature of the
judicial and legislative functions. It is eminent
ly a judicial quest ion and the legislature could not
assume to decide it without usurping a jurisdic
tion expressly marked out for another depart
ment of the government. To illustrate the imbe
cility of the act —its utter want of practical effect,
we need only to cite the very decision in the. hank
case which has elicited sueh an expenditure of
breath. It iscontendcd that tho decision in the
case of llobison vs. Beall, overrules a previous
judgment ; indeed, this assumption is the ground
work of all the clamor against the Court, and
must be the provoking cause of this legislation.
Now the Court, (which even under this act must
determine the question whether there has been a
reversal) say, that the decision in this case reverses
nothing, but that it is in affirmance of a decision
in the only case that ever involved the same
question—the case of Moultrie vs. lloge. That
was the first case in which the question was ever
made before our Supreme Court, whether the ex
piration of a charter, by its own limitation, opera
ted an extinguishment of the liabilities of a cor
poration; and it was there decided affirmatively.
We think, therefore, that, in order to the bene-
Jfirut and harmonious working of this Act, the
Legislature should have gome one step farther,
and appointed a comittee to supervise the judg
ments of the Court and determine when it has en
croached upon the dominion of its own authority.
As it is, unless Governor Brown shall return it
without his sanction, it will cucumber our statute
hooks, until some Legislature, having a more in
telligent appreciation of its duty, shall repeal it.
A placard in the window of a patent
medicine vender in the Rue Saint Honore, Paris,
reads as follows: “The public arc requested not
to mistake this shop for that of another quack
just opposite.”
ffZSt* A lady, who admits to fifty three years
of age, advertises in a New York paper for a hus
band. !>he is willing to accept a man of sixty;
but says, as a warning to all such gay fellows,
“the lady, being sincere, requests there may be no
trifling.”
A curious experiment of making music
by electricity was recently tried at one of the thea
tres at Pestfa, by a Hungarian named Hamel.
Five pianos were placed in view of the audience,
and the electric battery being duly disposed in an
adjoining room, Mr. Hamel seated himself at one
of the pianos, and, connecting the others with the
one on which he was playing, they were brought
into communication with this one, and immediate
ly, to the great exciteineq£ of the spectators, the
keys of the other four pianos were seen to move
in exact unison with the one at which the musi
cian was seated, every note being produced simul
taneously, and with perfect clearness and precis
ion, by each instrument. It was as though a sin
gle instrument of five-fold power were being play
ed upon, and the audience was so enchanted with
the success of this most remarkable experiment
that their shouts of applause almost drowned the
music. The possibility, therefore, of a performer
being heard at once at any and every point of the
earth’s surface with which he can bring himself
into electric rapport, is ascertained to be no longer
a dream, but is demonstrated as perfectly feasible
—if the report of Mr. Mamel’s success be reliable.
MILLEDGEVILLE*CORRESPONDENCE.
Milledgeville, Dec. 10th ISSB.
Messrs. Editors :
By a joint resolution of thetwo branches of the
General Assembly, an election took place to-clay
for commissioners to codify the laws of the State.
The salary is $4,000 each, for the twenty months
allowed for the completion of the work. Last night
under an understanding between the two parties,
the American party assembled in the Senate cham
ber and the Democratic party in the hall of the
House to nominate candidates—the former one
and the latter two candidates. The Americans
nominated Hon. David Irwin of Marietta on the
second ballot. The contest was between him and
Hon. James Johnson of Columbus—the latter be
ing defeated 5 votes on the second count. The
Democrats put a host of names in the nomination.
The first ballot stood, Hon. Hiram Warner of Mer
iwether 68 votes ; Alexander M. Speer, Esq., of
Bibb 55 votes; lion. 11. V. Johnson 53 votes; T.
R. R. Cobb 48 votes ; Iverson L. Harris Esq., of
Baldwin 38 votes —on the sccondaballot Hon. Hi
ram Warner’s name was withdrawn and Mr. Har
ris ran one vote ahead of Messrs. Speer and Cobb.
Hon II V Johnson running behind. Honb’ls Iver
son L. Harris and 11. Y. Johnson were then nomi
nated by [acclamation. To-day, the nominees of
the two parties—Messrs. Irwin, Johnson and Har
ris, were elected. The Legislature is despatching
business rapidly—defeating more bills than pass
ing them. The General education bill, appropri
ating $200,000 for the education of poor children,
is hnng between the two Houses. A Committee
of conference lias been appointed. The Legisla
ture cannot finish the busyiess to adjourn to-mor
row sine die. C.
Congressional.
Washington, Dec. 10.—The Senate has ad
journed until Monday
111 the House the Arizona territorial bill was
up but undecided. The Watrous impeachment
case was up and two speeches were delivered;
five more will be made on the same subject. The
House adjourned until to-morrow.
United States Treasury.
Washington, Dec. 10, — The balance on hand
in the United States Treasury is four million, one
hundred thousand dollars., 1
Dead.—Peter D. Cartwright, known more fa
milliarly as “Cart,” died early on Friday morn
ing. lie was a native, we believe, of Ohio, but
for several years a resident of this State, and more
particularly of this city. By profession he was
a printer; but for the last five or six years he had
not worked at the business. His age we suppose
was about 35. He was buried yesterday evening
—a number of printers [attending his funeral.—
Mont. Adv.
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Masonic. —On Wednesday evening, Bth inst.,
the Grand Lodge F. A. M* of Alabama, held its
annual election for officers. The following gen
tlemen were elected.
R. 11. Ermin, of Wilcox, G. M.
S. F. Ilalc of Greene, D. G. M.
IL S. Shelton, of Pickens, G. Sr. Warden.
J. A. Whitaker off. Russell, G. Jr. “
Thos. Welch, of Montgomery, G. Treasurer,
Daniel Sayre, “ G. Sec’y.
Thos. McDougald, G. Tyler.
The Grand Lodge adjourned on Friday.
Religious.
The New York Express says :—The Prayer
Meetings do not abate in interest, though their
novelty is passed. The relation of incidents by
visitors from abroad, as well as by the pastors and
laymen at home, continue as thrilling as ever.—
The events of each week would furnish a volume
of themselves. Some days a visitor from New
Hampshire details the progress of the movement
in his se’etion ; and, on another occasion, -a South
Carolinian contributes the experience from anoth
er point. Every age and profession have swolen
the number of converts, and still the march is on
ward. The local centre of the whole movement is
the Fulton street meeting, aud from thence to ev
ery part of the country the radiating influence of
the prayer circle has extended, with the most be
nign effect upon the whole land. The reformed
“AwFul Gardners” are unmistakable aud uncon
trovertible evidences of their healthy results.
Strange Phenomenon.— A Man Lives Three
Dayß with the Top of his Head cut off. —An acci
dent occurred in a pottery in the lower end of
Fort street, iu the outskirts of Detroit, some days
since resulting in the death of an employee of the
establishment, which furnishes a most singular
instance of the tenacity w ith which life clings at
times to the human frame. The man whose name
we have been unable to ascertain, was engaged in
the room where the machinery employed in cut
ting and pulverizing the clay is situated. This
machine is a large wheel, with heavy knives or
cutters placed at equal distance on its circumfer
ence. Some disarrangement of this %vhecl at
tracted the attention of the unfortunate man, who
attempted to reach into the wheel and adjust it
while it was still revolving. In this, however, he
miscalulated the speed at which the machinery
tvas running, and before he could withdraw him
self from under the knife, it struck him on the
back of the head, low down in the neok.complete
lv severing the back portion of the skull on a line
eloso to the top of the ears, and cutting through
aud removing a considerable portion of the brain.
The unfortunate man was a German, between
22 aud 25 years of age. Dr. Zina Pitcher dress
ed the wounds as well as the circumstances would
admit. The parietal bone, which had been car
ried entirely away, had been crushed to atoms in
tho machinery, and of course could not be repla
ced. The dura mater, or membrane that enclos
es the brain, had also been torn off, and several
ounces of the brain itself were gone. In this hor
ribly] mutilated and wounded condition, the man
was able to walk and converse, and his senses
were unimpaired. We learn that he lived three
days after the accident.
We are informed by the physician who attended
him, that in dressing the wound, he took occasion
to finger the brain, and that while so doing the
man was insensible to pain, there being apparent
ly no feeling in it, but that upon touching the
dura mater the man instantly expressed the most
acute sensitiveness. Had this membrane been
uninjured the man would probably have survive
ed the accident.
We doubt if another case of such ex
traordinary tenacity of life can be found in the
records of accidents, but the actual occurrence
of the above circumstance is vouched for by com
petent authorities, and is beyond a doubt.—De
troit Free Press.
Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
The Commissioner states that the whole num
ber of Indians within our limits is estimated at
about 350,000. The whole number of tribes and
separate bands is 175, with 44 of which we have
treaty engagements. The number of ratified In
dian treaties, since the adoption of the Constitu
tion is 393, nearly all of which contain provis
ions still in force. The quantity of land acquir
ed by these treaties, is about 581,163,186. The
entire cost of fulfilling these treaties will be $49,-
816,344. From a part of these lands the Govern
ment received no pecuniary advantages, because
they were ceded to the respective States within
whose limits they were situated. From those
sold, the Federal treasury received not only the
whole expense incurred for their acquisition, sur
vey and sale, but asurplus of at least $100,000,-
000.
The amount applicable for the fulfillment of the
treaties, and other objects connected with the In
dian policy for the present fiscal year was $4,852,-
407, of which sum $204,662, was derived from
investments in trust funds. The whole amount of
trust funds held on Indian account is $10,590,-
649, of which $3,502,241 has been invested in
stocks of various States and the United States; the
remainder, viz: $7,088,407, is retained in the trea
sury, and the interest thereon annually appropri
ated by Congress. The Commissioner thinks it
worthy of consideration, whether it will not be
advisable, when the national Treasury shall be
in a condition to admit of it, also, to invest the
above amount of $7,088,407 in like manner with
the other Indian trust funds.
The Commissioner points out three fatal errors
which have marked our policy towards the Indians
from the very beginning, viz: Ist. Tlieir removal
from place to place, as our population advances;
2d, The assignment of too great an extent of ter
ritory to be he’d by them in common; 3d. The
allowance of large sums of money as annuities.
He recommends that the tribes should be per
manently located upon reservations embracing
not more than is necessary[for actual occupancyjto
divide the land among them in severalty : to re
quire that they should live upon and cultivate the
land thus assigned; to give them in lieu of money
annuities, stock animals, agricultural implements,
mechanic shops, manual labor schools, &c. He
recommends the ratification of the treaties made
in 1855 with the Indians of Washington and Ore
gon territories, as a means of preventing the re
currence of hostilities. Ho gives a general state
ment of the condition of the Indians, and calls
attention to the urgent necessity fora complete
and through revision of the laws relating to In
dian Affairs.
Gov. Denver, though not having time, since the
resumption of his duties to examine closely the
facts stated in the report, concurs generally in the
recommendations of Mr. Ming, his temporary
predecessor.
[New York Journal of Commerce.]
Abolishing a Supreme Court.
One way to get rid of unpalatablo Court decis
ions, is to abolish the Court itself—kill the‘hen
that lays the eggs. Many persons, to whom the
Dred Scott decision was obnoxious, were eager to
abolish the U. S. Supreme Court. Judge Denio,
of this State, brought down upon his head the
reprehensions of a large part of the community,
because he gave his decision in accordance with
his Convictions. More recently, in Georgia, a de
cision was rendered in a certain bank case, ad
versely to the popular opinion, which has resulted
in the arraignment of the delinquents before the
Legislature of the State. A resolution was intro
duced into the Senate, advising and requesting the
Judges to resign their seats, on the ground that
their decision was not in accordance with the policy
of the State, and was adverse to the popular opin
ion. It caused considerable excitement, hut was
at length tabled by a considerable majority.
Such a procedure is tantamount to a declaration
that Court decisions, in matters of controversy,
should be given in accordance with the popular
clamor of the day, and not in conformity to the
behests of the law ; hut it is a dangerous prece
dent. The Supreme Court is the great bulwark
of our safety, and the attempt to overrule its de
cisions, is a revolutionary step towards subverting
the great principles of our government.
[From Galignani’s Messenger, Nov. 19.]
No Great Power to Hoid the American Isthmus.
The non-interference doctrine of the United
States, as set forth by Mr. Monroe, seems of late
to have become more than usually obnoxious to
various organs of the Paris press. The Patrie, in
reference to the canal which it is intended to cut
through Nicaragua, across the isthmus connecting
the two American continents, calls attention to the
manner in which the above doctrine, if permitted
to prevail, would interfere with that useful w r ork.
The writer accuses the Cabinet of Washington of
a strong desire to seize on the Nicaragua territory
without any just cause in order to establish a mo
nopoly on the proposed line of international com
munication. After directing attention to the lan
guage of Gen. Cass and other American citi
zens of note as bearing on the subject, the article
says:—
It is known that Monroe maintained that no
European nation could be permitted by the Amer
icans to possess any portion whatever of the new
continent. But has this strange doctrine— with
out value in international right, and gencrallv
more easy to be appealed to than acted on—ever
been able to signify that the Independent States
existing on that continent were but a prey destin
ed for the insatiable appetite of the United States?
It must, besides be admitted that it is not for the
purpose of remaining faithful to the views of Mon
roe that the Americans wish to get a footing in the
Central American States; it is perhaps above all
because, at a time more less distant, an inter
oceanic route must be opened to the commerce of
the world across these countries. But it would
accbrd with the ambition of the United States that
this new route should be over their own soil, that
it should become their exclusive property that
in a word, they might secure to themselves the
monopoly of the transit between the Atlantic and
the Pacific. Such is the end pursued by the U. S.
when, in the name of Monroe’s doctrine, they ca
ress the idea of seizing the Isthmus, consunnna
ting by themselves the work commenced by
Walker’s filibusters. That object cannot be
attained. We have already sufficiently shown
that it was irreconcilable with the right of
nations, with treaties, and with the interests of
Europe. The two States of Nicaragua and Costa
Rica have concluded with a French company a
convention, the execution of w hich will assure the
neutrality of the canal which is to unite the Atlan
tic and the Pacitic. This neutrality guarantees
all interests —those of America as well as those of
Europe—and it is impossible that it can be sacri
fised to any pretension. In effect, if this intero
ceanic passage were placed under the dependence
of the United States, the commerce of the world
would become tributary to that nation. Where
interests of so universal* a character are at stake,
such a supremacy cannot in any way be admitted!
The routes of transit through the Isthmus, whether
of Suez or Nicaragua, ought to be opened on terri
tories belonginig to nations which, being constitu
ted sole guardians of the route, should never of their
own interdict free acces. Evidently as we have
already said, there is on the part of the
States a desire to assure itself of an entire monop
oly of the Nicaragua canal—an act perfectly im
possible in itself.
A posteript to the article points with great sat
isfaction to the news brought by electric telegraph
of a conjoin note from England and France to the
government of ihe L nited States, insisting on the
maintenance of the Clayton-Buiwer treaty. We
should imagine that Mr. Buchanan will at once
pronounce in favor of its being enforced, since the
same telegraphic despatch announces that that
high dignitary has responded to the general feel
ing of indignation lately expressed dy issuing a
proclamation against the new expedition which
Walker was avowedly preparing.
Telegraphic.
REPORTED FOK THE COLUMBUS TIMES.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEMAHSIP PERSIA
DECLINE in cotton.
Augusta, Pec. 12.—The Steamship Persia
has arrived at New York with Liverpool advices
to the 27th ult.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sales of the week
40,000 bales of which speculators took 500 and
exporters 2500 bales, leaving 37,000 bales to the
trade. There was a decline, for the week of%d
on Middling and K<l on Inferior grades. The
market closed dull.
Advices from Manchester were favorable.
London Money Market. —Consols have declined
and were quoted at 98.
‘New Orleans, Pec 12—Hon. Stephen A Poug
las left this city to-day in steamship for N. York.
There were great demonstrations in his favor.
Excitement in Washington.
Washington, Pec. 11. —The escape of the Mo
bile fillibusters has created intense excitement in
official quarters here. It is feared the schooner
will be seized by the'British, and the couutry
aroused to send powerful reinforcements to the
rescue. The Union says that the peace of the
world is involved.
Mobile, Pec. 11. —Sales of cotton to-day, 4,000
bales. [Ascent advance. Middling ll%c. The
market closed with an advancing tendency.
New Orleans, Pec. 11.—Sales of Cotton to
da3’ 2,500 bales at unchanged prices.
New York, Pec. 11.—Sales of Cotton to-day
3,500 bales, at advancing prices. Middling Up
lands 12 cents.
Doings of the Negro Emperor.
The Chronique Parisicnne contains the folloiv
ing facetious story: ‘‘The Emperor Faustin I,
who imitates France in all things, and has, like
her, princes, marshals, dukes, counts, colleges and
universities, recently resolved to establish an
academy of forty members, like the world re
nowned French Academy. But it was not easy
to select the forty, every inhabitant of the empire
who could write his own name thinking himself
qualified. So his Majesty decreed that 3,000 of
his subjects who possessed the reputation, of be
ing the most lettered of all, should on a given day
assemble at his palace and be subjected to a liter
ary test. When they were collected, he announ
ced that the test was the writing of the word cit
ron, and that those who made no error in the spel
ling, should be members of the Academy, Pons,
ink and paper were brought ; each of the 3,000
people wrote the word, and the judges of the land
and of the bench of bishops were charged to ex
amine the 3,000 papers. They proclaimed that
39 only of the candidates had written the word
correctly—that is, with a C, the remaining 2,961
having used an S. “Only thirty-nine,” cried the
Emperor, “and we want forty. Well, I will be
the fortieth member myself,” “Sire,” cried the
judges, ‘:your Majesty will no doubt deign to sub
mit to the test ?” “Of course,” exclaimed Faus
tin, and in a large bold hand he wrote Nitron,
with an X. The judges looked puzzled for a mo
ment. and then, after glancing at each other, pro
claimed that his Majesty had passed triumphantly
through the ordeal. The Emperor was thereupon
proclaimed, amidst the enthusiasm of the assem
blage, a member of the Academy. “And I will
be perpetual secretary, too,” added his Imperial
Majesty, with pardonable vanity.
Holloway’s Tills 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 prevelent on this continent are pre
vented by a timely use of this marvelous remedy,
and cured by a course of the same according 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 6 dwlw
RHEUMATISM.
A case of three months standing cured.
George W. Henderson, of Pittsburgh, says:
“After suffering for three 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
Boerhavc’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.
WOOD’S HAIR RESTORATIVE.
This Restorative for making the hair grow,
stopping its falling out, restoring gray hair to its
original color, is becoming more celebrated. All
the quack nostrums are giving way before it.—
Three fourths of the mixtures for restoring and
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.
IV ood s Ilair Restorative.—A. Y. Democrat.
Sold by all Druggists in this city, and by deal
ers and druggists generally throughout the United
States and Canadas, nov24 wd2w.
IDAVIFtIB'Sr’S
raevaniina wmwwm,
Th.e Great Premium Disinfectant !
A MAGNIFICENT PITCHER was awarded it at
the Alabama State Fair at the recommendation of
a special scientific committee, who pronounced it supe
perior to any similar agent now in use. Besides its
strictly disinfecting uses, it may be most advantageous
ly applied as a therapeutic agent in the following cases:
All putrid diseases, salivation, sores, ulcers, burns
lresh wounds, removing stains, destroying bad breath’
curing stings, softening and whitening the skin in bath
ing, and especially in limestone countries, where the
water is hard, in making it soft, by pouring a few drops
into a basin full of water. Read what is said of it:
You would confer a general good by using means for
its general introduction and use— More than fifty citizens
of Auburn.
The best and most efficient preventative of conta
gious diseases now in use.— Auburn Gazette.
We advise ourfriendsto try it, by all means— Mont
gomery Mail.
No one who lias used it once will consent to do
without it. — 7 'uskegee Republican.
Me have used it about our premises with entire satis
faction. — Savannah Republican.
Superior to Labarraque’s French Liquor— Carres
JYafional Intelligencer.
Has received the sanction of medical men in tim
leading cities of the South-./?,‘/ante American.
These things Prof. Darby assures it has done, and we
>elie\ e lie \\ ould 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.
£C7“Manufactured only in the Laboratory of
J, DARBY, Auburn, Ala.
FOR SALE IN COLIUttBUS BY
DANFORTH, NAGEL & CO.
BROOKS & CHAPMAN,
, , . , J S PEMBERTON &. CO.
dcl—dwtf DAVID YOUNG.
BALD HILL HOTEL,
CUSSETA, CHATTAHOOCHEE CO, GA:
THE subscribers offer the above property
Mfor sale on reasonable terms. It not,disposi <i I
Of it will be for rent the ensuing; year. Apply
to W. 8. Johnson, Esq., Cusseta, or to the
subscribers at Columbus, , „ T _
M. MARSHALL,
J. P. ILLGES,
Dec 13—d3twtf L. T. DOWN IN G.
montpelierspring?,
FOR SALE OR RENT,
To Teachers and Hotel Keepers.
MTIIIS Property consisting of extensive
improvements of all kinds, with gardens,
orchards, shrubbery, Ac.,and three hundred acres
of land (one half rich woodland) is now offered
for sale or rent to a responsible purchaser or ten
ant on very favorable terms.
The place has been improved with great taste
and beauty, and to a gentleman desirous of estab
lishing a select school, or opening a watering
place it an opportunity rarely offered.
The Springs (fine Chaybeate water) lie sixteen
miles west of Macon and seven miles from a de
pot on the Macon and Western Railroad.
For terms, which shall be reasonable both as
to time and price, apply to the undersigned at
Macon, Ga. Possession given at once.
ALEX. M. SPEER.
December 13th—wl d3t.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—WiII be sold Before
the Court House door in .the town of Talbotton,
Talbot county, Ga. on the first Tuesday in February
next, within the legal hours of sale, agreeably to an
order of the Court of Ordinary of said county, all of
the negroes belonging to the estate of Eldridge Adorns,
late of said county deceased—viz: Frank a man 28
years of age, Shack, a man 68 years old; Emily 28 yis.
old, and her boy child 3 years old; Susan 30 years old,
and tier itiree children; Rose n child. Sold for the pur
pose of division. JOHN E. BARKESDALE,
Dec 13—wtds Adm’rde bonis non.
GEORGlA—Chattahoochee County:
WHEREAS Robert C. Patterson and Martha Brow
ning apply to me for letters of Administration on
the estate of Perry Browning, deceasad, late of said
county:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and sin
gular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to ap
pear at my office and file their objections, if any they
have, on or before the second Monday in January next
otherwise Letters will he granted to said
Given under my hand at office, Dec. 6, 1858.
Dec 13—w30d E. G. RAIFORD, Ordinary.
AT
J. W. PEASE & CLARK’S
BOOK STORE.
THE following is a list of new hooks
-i&jnst received.
Hr r *‘’ te an< l Adventures of Kit Carson,the
vsassiskS’ nestor of the Rocky Mountains.
Self-Made Men, by C. B. Seymour;
Frederick the Great, by Thomas Cariysle;
Sir Walter Raleigh and his Times, by C. Kingsley;
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, by Oliver
Wendell Holmes.
Life and Labors of Daniel Baker, by his Son;
Public and Private History of Louis Napoleon;
Piney Wood Tavern or Sam Slick in Texas;
Arabian Day, a comparison to Arabian Nights;
Debit and Credit;
Electron, by W. C. Richards.
A NEW SUPPLY OF
Miles Standish Courtship;
Vernon Grove;
Memoirs of Rachel. Just received bv
J. W. PEASE & CLARK.
Horticultural and Agricultural Works
How to layout a Garden by Edward Kemp;
Ladies Companion to the Flower Garden;
The Flower Garden by Joe Breck;
Lindley’s Horticulture, edited by A. J. Downing.
Leibiz Agricultural Chemistry;
Milch Cows and Dairy Farming by C. L. Flint;
Buist on the Rose Culture;
Downing’s Fruit and Fruit Trees of America;
Downing’s Landscape Gardening. At.
J. W. PEASE & CLARK’S
Columbus, Dec. 11—dwtf. Book Store.
BROWN WOOD INSTITUTE
Near LaGrange, Ga.
THE Session for 1859, will be opened
Monday lOtli January.
It wil consist of two Terms—one of six
Jgiy|y months, the other of three.
tPiUSUHLITVo
WILLIAM JOHNS, Principal and Proprietor.
Instructor in Political Economy,Moral & Men. Science.
EDWARD R. DIGKSON,
Instructor in Ancient Languages and Physical Science.
D. P. BLACKSTONE,
Instructor in Mathematics—Pure and Mixed.
RODNEY DENNIS,
Instructor in English Language amf Literature.
R. M. HEARD AND LADY, Boarding Department.
It will be the policy of the Principal to employ none
as Associate Teachers but the most able and efficient.
He takes pleasure in presenting the names ofthe learn
ed and accomplished individuals whose services have
been engaged as co-workers in the great cause of Ed
ucation.
Mr. Dickson, has been, for years a devoted student
ot the classics. His scholarship in this department is
unexcelled; while in other fields his researches have
been thorough and ample. Asa Christian gentleman,
an excellent disciplinarian, and an able teacher, he is
equalled by few.
Messrs. Blackstone and Dennis are men of ability,
and much moral worth. As an evidence of this, it
need only he stated that they taught their way .through
College and obtained its degrees by their own unaided
efforts.
THE COURSE OF STUDY is ample, embracing the
various branches ofthe ordinary college course, It is
at the same time, designed to afford the [highest advan
tages to those who are preparing to enter any of the
college classes. It is progressive and systematic; but
not stereotyped—to be passed over by every pupil in a
lixed period, at a given number ot strides, irrespective
of capacity, scholarship and mental habitude; but that
prescihed foreach individual will be regulated according
t o his mental capacities and contemplated future course
Acting on the theory that boys should learn first those
things which they are to practice when they become
men, they will be required to pay special attention to
those branches of study that are to fit them for business
and the duties of an active life.
The mind is not treated as a mere receptacle; but as
a thing oflife, growth and action; the prime object is
to develop its energies—nurture and train itsexpanding
powers; to mould and guide aright its various and com
plex emotions; to bring into active exercise all its fac
ulties; and to present in full and just proportions an
educated practical man. and not a graduated dunce or
learned automaton. The pupil is taught to think, to
reason, to investigate. He not only learns to compre
hend what is said, but to examine the “substratum and
understand the reason of the proposition.
In the study ofthe Latin and Greek languages, pu
pils are exercised in translating, both orally and in wri
ting, from the foreign into their vernacular and vice
versa, until by frequent and Repeated application, ev
ery principlejiecornes easy, and every word is rendered
familiar. By this and a careful study of theridioms of
the languages, they become not mere translators, inele
gant and inaccurate, but linguists.
Ihe institute is furnished with ample philosophical
and chemical ‘apparatus, Mathematical instruments,
Mineral Cabinet, Maps, Skeleton, Physiological Charts
and a well selected library of several hundred volumes,
lo these such additions will be made as the improve
ments in science and the wants of the institution may
demand. In addition to the familiar lectures and illus
trations with which the recitations and exercises in
every department will be interspersed, extended lec
tures on various scientific subjects will, be delivered
whenever the circumstances render it necessary or
expedient.
The discipline and rules of conduct will be such as
are recognized and taught in the Sacred Scriptures—
such as comport with reason and propriety—and such
as are approved by experience and common sense “ In
short, every pupil will to do right
Students from other institutions applying for mem
bership will be expected to furnish testimonials of their
moral and student like deportment.
The buildings will be neatly fitted up and ’thorough
> renovated, so that nothing in the outfit will be wan
ting tor convenience and comfort.
By a division of labor, with an efficient faculty and
limited number ot students, Brownwood, it is believed,
will offer advantages equalled by few institutions in
the land—combining those ofthe higher Seminary with
the best select private school.
EXPENSES.
Tuition. Spring Term. Autumn Term
Primary Department...,, $20.00 SIO.OO
Intermediate 30.00 15 00
Collegiate 40.00 20.00
Boarding, washing and lodg'g 14.00 per month.
Payment—by the term, half in advance; the balance
at the close of the term.
A pro rata deduction will be made from the hoard in
cases of protracted absence —but not from tuition.
For further particulars apply to the Principal
December 11, 1858— d&wtf.
JUST RECEIVED,
/"IITOICE GOSHEN BUTTER.
Ay Best quality Cheese-all kinds;
Breakfast Bacon, Smoked Beef, Pickled Beef-
Pickled Pork, Smoked Tongues, Pickled Tc>h U(1
Smoked Salmon, spioked Halibut;
White Beans, New Mackerel, and }/, |,[,| s .
New Shad ]A 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, of every description,
VAN MAltn s *
Colnmbus, Ga. Dec. 9, 1858.—dtf
COLUMBUS
Saddlenv Harness,
•AND LEATHER store
H. MIDDLEMOOK & CO,
94 Broad Street,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
sadtlles > Harness, & Leather
U which the following comprises a <,.J
® —Spanish Quilted Saddles, overlaid; E nc ‘
lisii do; Planters’ Plain do; Youth’s ami Bov’s V
Wagon an Plantation do; and Ladies Saddles Iv-h,!’
ty of styles.
Bridles, Martingales, Saddle-
Bags, and Medical (],
HARNESS.
Fine Silver plated Carriage Harness—all qualities
“ “ “ Rockaway “
“ “ “ Double Buggy
“ “ “ 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, Calfskins, Inning Skins,
Shoe Pegs, La*ts._Thread and Findings, &c.
[Machine Bel tin g.
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.
TiFtTJiKriaLs,
Smj Ladies and Gentlemen's
lores’ a,1( l Traveling Trunks, ail qu. ,
iJuLJties and styles. Bonnet Boxes, Valise*
and Carpet. Bags.
CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS.
Q^SSpWyipEnamelled Leather, Pat Dash Leather a:
Enameled Cloths, all widths and qualities- ‘
Oil Carpet, I-aces, Fringes, Head Linings,
Leather Cloth Bootings, Nails, Tacks, &e.
Stirrups, ftitts, Buckles, Harness Mountings,
Ifames Collars. Whips, Wagon Breeching,
And Blind Bridles.
All the above goods are of our own manufacture;
made of tlie best material and by experienced work
men. We invite all those who are in want of articles
in our line to call and examine jour stock, and we as
sure them that they will be weft satisfied with tlie
quality of goods and the prices; as they will he sold on
the very BEST TERMS.
N. B. New Work made, and Repairing done at the
shortest notice. decl—dwtf.
SILKS, SHAWLS,
AND
DRESS DOORS
JUST RECEIVED
AT THE ONE PRICE CJSII
DRY GOODS STORE.
140 Broad Street—Masonic Building
JAMES MTOMIPS
Has just opened a magnificent assortment of
SILKS, SHAWLS and
FANCY DEESS GOODS.
purchased at recent New York Auction Sales for (ash
at an immense sacrifice:
5,000 yards Fancy Dress Silks at 50c. worth #l.
5,000 “ Black Silks —all widths;
50 pieces Printed all wool Delaines of the very
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—v< n
choice.
I A3LSO.
A Large Assortment cf
FANCY DRESS GOODS,
©WtLSSp
Bought at a reduction of 25 per cent., on.the price usn
all paid for such goods:
25 Pieces ARABIAN CROSS OVERS—
Heavy quality and beautiful colorings;
30 pieces POILE deCHE VRE, high colors—
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 EASTINGS CHENK—
Superior quality and coloring.
Together with other styles of Goods
ADAPTED TO A
FIRST CLASS TRADE,
Also,
A LARGE STOCK OF FINE
BED, BLANKETS,
White and Colored Flannels,
AND HOUSE KEEPING GOODS IN GENERAL
A Large Stock of
Calicoes and Homespuns,
Of every description at very ‘low prices.
CLOAKS, SHAWLS AND TALMAS,
In great vaiiety.
Buyers are invited to examine, compare and judat
before making their purchases. Remember the addict
J ames
14rO Broad Street.
„Twp Doors below .). B. Strapper's.
ONE PRICE ONLY.
Every article markedat the lowest.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 10, 1858. d&wtf
A full assortment of Bajou’s Kid Gloves, open
ed this morning. JAS. McPHILLIPS,
140 Broad street, Masonic Building.
IMPORTANT TO
Planters & Country Merchants.
J. McPHILLIPS
Would call attention of Buyers to his large stock
of Foreign and Domestic
DRYGOODS,
As he has a buyer residing in New York, he
will at ail times be prepared to offer goods to the
Trade i or Cash ‘only) at the lowest New York
Cost pi ices by the bale or package.
Planters will find they can save monev by buy
ing their KERSEYS, NEGRO BLANKETS.
Sr,c.,from him, his stock is extensive and his pri
ces rr.uch below that of 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
address,
JAMES McPHILLIPS,
140 Broad Street,
Two doors below J- B. Strupper.
Oct- vo..d&w tf, *
COLUMBUS
r>mjG STORE,
t THE subscribers take pleasure in informing
S their customers and all interested in the purchase
of Drugs, Medicines, Wliite Lead,
Oils, &c., to their large and varied assort
ment of articles usually sold by Druggists, which they
are now offering on as reasonable terms, as can be
found in this city; end to those who {.refer 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.
DANFORTH, NAGLE & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Sign of the Golden {Mortar, No. 107, Broad St
Columbus, Ga. Nov. 18, 1858. dwif