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POLIMBIH, THIBSDAY, DECEMBER 16, ISM.
The Legislature— It* Acts.
The Legislature of Georgia, after a session of
forty days has adjourned, and the Members have
returned homo to give an account of their stew
ardship. In advance of the enquiry, “what has
it done?” we propose to tell what it has not done,
as we have more to fear from bad legislation than
no legislation at all.
In the first place, the wild and extravagant
schemes of State Aid were defeated, and we trust
are buried so low that the hand of future genera
tions will never resurrect them. Only three mil
lions and a half of the people’s money were asked
to build Railroads, and that, too, with such ample
security (?) that the corporations interested would
not subscribe for stock ! Many legislators, how
ever—as dispensers of other men’s means and
other men’s money, were liberal and exceedingly
generous, and would have run the State into an
enormous debt and prostrated her credit, had not
the more cautious been in the ascendency. The
cry of enhancing the value of land and diminish
ing the price of transportation on goods, was a
syren song, which lulled legislators to sleep,while
placed as custodians of the State’s credit.
The fight, however, is over, and the policy of
the State is to leave works of internal improve
ment to the instincts of individual enterprise.
The Supreme Court was the subject of much
discussion. Some bills have passed in relation to
cases being carried up from an inferior tribunal,
which will diminish the litgation and cost of the
Court. Tor instance, under the law just passed,
no points unless touching the merits of a cause can
be carried up and all points must be reserved un
til a final hearing. The bill conferring upon the
Judiciary law-making power, and the resolutions
requesting the judges to resign, we do not believe
will meet with the sanction of the people. They
are too honest to be led away by designing poli
ticians and interested parties.
Seven new counties were formed during the pres
ent session, which, together with the number
made one year ago, makes fourteen in the last two
years. The log-rolling principle is carried on to
so great an extent in our legislative halls that it
is almost impossible to defeat anew county bill.
Ten miles across is territory sufficient for a
county, and the consequence is,'we find little red
and green spots oil our map about as large a? the
ball of one’s thumb called a county, and not
paying tax sufficient to support their members to
the Legislature. There is one county in the State
now that has only seventy-six negroes within its
limits.
The penalty of two per cent, a month upon the
capital stock is now to be inflicted upon banks
which do not comply with the provisions of the
bill passed last year for the relief of suspended
banks. This bill was passed the last night of the
session, after a stoAiy debate.
We will at some future time allude to other acts
passed the Legislature, as want of space forbids
our trespassing longer upon the patience of our
readers Let it suffice to say, the Legislature ad
journed without finishing the work before it that
the business of the session was crowded to the last
few days, that members would not vote to con
tinue the session a day beyond the time agreed
fusion prevailed—that sixty bills were left in the
House and more than thirty in the Senate that
were either not acted upon or acted upon were
not enrolled and signed by the proper officers—
that the adjournment breeze swept members to
their homes and firesides regardless of their duty
to their constituency, and the blame is justly at
tributed to those who, (for Jmnvomb) voted to ad
journ at all hazards.
Georgia Conference M. K. Church.
The regular annual session of this body conven
ed in this city on yesterday—Bishop Pierce pre
siding.
After religious exercise by the President, an
organization was effected by tho appointment of
Rev. J. Blakely Smith, Secretary, and Rev.
Charles R. Jewett and Rev. J. W. Burke, Assis
tant Secretaries.
The regular Standing Committees were then
appointed.
Communications were received from the Book
Agent, Financial Secretary and the publishing
eommitteo of the Southern Christian Advocate—
read and referred to appropriate committees.
Reporters for the city papers were admitted to
seats within the bar.
The regular business was then taken up and
twenty-six ministers were admitted on trial.
Conference resolved to meet at 9 A. M. and ad
journ at 1 P. M., and hold all its meetings with
open doors.
Dr. C. Taylor, General Secretary Sabbath
School Society, Rev. Mr. Laney of Alabama, and
Rev. A. Graham of Florida, were introduced to
the Conferenee.
Conference then adjourned to meet at 9 o’clock
this morning.
A New Enterprise.— The Journal of Com
merce learns that a company has been recently
formed in New York city, which proposes to ob
viate the delays, dangers and difficulties of the
passage round Cape Horn, by establishing a line
of powerful tug steamers to tow vessels from ocean
to ocean through the Straits of Magellan ; and
that, provided the government of Chile agrees to
certain proposals which the company has already
addressed to them, steps will be immediately taken
to carry the design into execution. The protec
tors of the enterprise are very sanguine of its suc
cess, and assured of its beneficial results. Thev
assert that the passage of the Straits may be made
quickly and safely by vessels of any tonuege, with
their assistance of steam tugs, and they calculate
that the saving of time to vessels passing the
Straits, as compared with “doubling the Cape”
would, on an average, be fully 20 days, basing
their calculation on Lieut. Maury’s statement that
the average time required for rounding Cape Horn
is 25 days. They calculate that the saving of 20
days in interest and in insurance on vessel and
cargo, and on wear and tear of veesel, Ac., would
he not less than $1,000,000.
The Sugar Crop.—The New Orleans (La.)
Delta save: Sugar is twenty thousand hogsheads
and molasses wenty thousand barrels ahead of
last year. We do not think it extravagant to say
that the aggregate value of the receipts of the pro
duoU of the valley of the MieaUsippi at this port,
tip to the present period, i s double that for the
fame period last year.
FOR THE TIMES.
Supreme Court—Judge Bennlng.
Messrs. Editors :
My attention having beeu called to a “commu
nication of Win. Dougherty Esq., on the Bank
cases, and decision at Macon” in reference to the
position of Judge Benning before the Legislature
at the time of his election upon those cases, I
deem it hut an act of justice to Judge Benning to
state what is my recollection of thatposition, moie
especially as I am the only living member of that
Legislature from this county. Judge Sturgis the
Senator, and Col. McDougald one of the Repre
sentatives having died.
Mr. Dougherty, in his communication, states
that it was the understanding before the Legisla
ture that Judge Benning. if elected would not
preside in any of the Bank cases, and remarks,
“As proof of the fact, if any he needed, his most
intimate friends, including the Senator and one of
the Representatives from his county so stated
emphatically and repeatedly.” I was one of the
members of the House of Representatives from
his county, and I am certain and positive that I
made no such representations to members, or any
one else, what was said or done by Judge Sturgis
or Mr. McDougald I eaunot say, but I never heard
of either of them making any such representa
tions. I had no conversations with Judge Ben
ning or his friends on the subject, but being a
Representative from his county, T was frequent
ly asked by other members what tvas his position
on “the Bank cases.” I invariably stated from
my knowledge of Judge Benning’s character, that
he would not preside in any case in which he had
been of counselor in which he was personally in
terested, in all others he would preside. This I
felt authorized to state from his known character
for honesty and integrity, in the community in
which he lived. At that time I was opposed to
Judge Benning politically. This statement is not
made by his request or from any consultation with
him. If any other or further pledge was made by
Judge Benning or any of his friends during the
canvass before the Legislature, I am not aware of
it and I was a member, and present all the time.
Yours truly,
B. A. Thornton.
We are permitted by a friend to whom it was
written, to publish the following beautiful and
sublime passages of a private letter from Gov.
llenrv A. Wise of Ya. We have seen nothing
more truthful and touching in the language. It
is a sun-set scene, crowned with the glories of
morning, and illuminated by lightning.
“There is a strange sympathy mingling in hu
man affairs between strangers to each other s per
sons. Your letter reads to me as from an old time
friend, wiht whom I have long been familiar and
more than confidential. Has the chastening of
suffering done it ? Ah ! What a power there is in
suffering! How bright how beautiful how so
lacing the Divine Idea that there couldn’t be
Atonement without suffering ! We can’t pray to
God without an image before our eyes —mental
eyes. We may reject image worship—it is sensu
al. But still the spirit as well as sense requires,
demands an Image. What is it ? An old man
in the clouds? A spirit? What like? flame?
flood? vapor? No! no ! no! Revelation, bless
ed be God, reveals the image of our God—the
only spirit we can worship in spirit and in truth
in the form of man, crowned with thorns —nailed
in hands and feet and pierced in the side—a suf
ferer —a pain-stricken, bleeding sufferer! Suf
fering is part of the God ! I take it then as part
‘of the Divinity which stirs within me, and then
I may set my nerves to hearing all, and chloro
form and electricity can’t ease pain, like that wor
ship of suffering. “Is this sinful madness?—
Christianity run mad ? Is it not rather “balm in
Gilead ?” Did you ever apply suffering as a balm
to suffering? It is good—it is good to say
,yw. „.v. mduiuci, waxen ar tile bedside of your
child, and take on every care and labor. Every
suffering is a precious gift of Heaven, if you will
hut recognize the the angels—take ’em in, and
! treat them at your board, and talk with them and
scan them close. Sit down in solemn, sacred com
munion with them, and you will feel your heart
burn within you and you will rise up and be
j stronger !
From the National Intelligencer.
Cotton Crop of ISSB ami Cotton Statistics.
During the past autumn your extensively cir
culated paper, both at home and abroad, appropri
ately presented a view of the prospect, at that
time, of this year’s cotton crop. Owing to an un
usually long continuance of very favorable and
sunny weather during September and October, and
until late in the autumn, there having been no
frost in “the cotton region” worthy of notice, be
fore the 10th of November, and none “to kill”
generally until about the 20th of the month, when
tho rains set in, the prospect of the cotton crop in
September, has been more than realized. Instead
of the ceop being about the same quantity as
last year, not quite 3,114,000 bales, it seems to be
ascertained that the present crop will range be
tween 3,300,000 and 3,500,000 bales—good crops
having been made in the States east of Missis
sippi; but in that State, by the accounts of intel
ligent persons who have lately been there, as also
in Louisiana and Texas, and some other of the
Southwestern States, or parts of them, it is believ
ed, as a general result, not more than half crops
have been made, as is certain in many localities.
The inundations along the Mississippi river and
some of its tributaries, destroyed whole crops the
last spring. The extent of the damage is not
yet known, and is variously estimated, as is also
the general crop.
The uncommon extent of the receipts and sales
at the cotton marts so early in the season, owing
to the circumstance of its unusual maturity, the
bulk of cotton having gone forward two months
in advance of ordinary seasons, has perhaps led to
the erroneous opinion, especially in Europe, that
the cotton crop of the present year is much larg
er than it actually is. Should it even exceed,
which does not now appear probable, 3,500,000
bales, that quantity will be inadequate to the de
! mand. This scaree needs demonstration.
For several successive years the crops in this
country have been short, and the agitated state of
India must have caused a failure of the crops
there.
It will be observed that the crop in this coun
try ot 1855 was 3,527,845 bales ; and since then,
up to the present year, has never been exceeded.
Last year’s crop was 3,113,962 bales.
The total consumption in the United States last
year was less than 595,000 bales, while the export
to foreign ports exceeded 2,590.000 bales. Only
1 about 100,000 bales, supposed to be mostly infe
rior and unsaleable cotton. was left on ’ and, in
this country, the first of September, 185$.
These statistics show what will be the probable
demand for the present crop of cotton, indepen
dent of the improved trade, and the opening of
China and India to the fabrics of England and
the United States.
Prices in this country for the present crop, as
paid, have ranged from about eleven to thirteen
, cents per pound, fluctuating in a measure accord
ing to the prices at Liverpool and Manchester.
Alabama, it is supposed, will be again the cot
ton “banner State” this year. Her bales, it will
be observed, average five hundred and fifty
pounds . in Georgia four hundred. In that State
a full crop of cotton, it is said, has been made this
i year that “will bring $21,000,000 at present
i prices.”
According to the census of 1850 the cotton grow
ing region produced “ginned cotton bales, of four
hundred pounds each,” as follows: In Alabama,
j 564,429 ; Georgia, 499.091: Mississippi, 484,292:
j South Carolina, 300,901; Tennessee, 194,532:
Louisiana, li 6,387; North Carolina, 73,845;
Arkansas, 65,344 .-Texas, 58,072; Florida, 45,131;
\ lrgmia, 3,49 1 ; Kentucky, 758 : making a total
j of 2,469,079 : and showing an increase in tbe pro
i duct of the cotton in this country in eight v^ars
of about one million of bales, now worth over
sJ The°eotton crop of the United States being a
subject of great interest, both at home and abroad
it has been presumed that this communication ot
facts that igay he relied on will be acceptable
tr ° n ‘ AN ALA. COTTON PLANTER.
Congressional.
HOUSE OF representatives.
Saturday. Dec. 11.
Mr. Smith of Tenn., reported a resolution from
the Committee on Printing, authorizing the print
ing of 20.000 extra copies of the President s mes
sage and accompanying documents. Agreed to.
Mr S also reported from the same committee a
resolution to print 15.000 extra copies of the re
port of the Secretary of the Treasury; which was
1 Scales, of North Carolina, introduced a
resolution, requesting the Secretary of the Treasu
ry to furnish the House with a statement of the
payments from the Treasury of the United States,
from 1840 to 1858, ordinary, extraordinary, amt
for the liquidation of the public debt.
The consideration of the report of the Judiciary
Committee, on the charges against Judge >’ atrous,
was resumed. , . . . „
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, read a speech sustaining
the report of the oomnfltlee, beginning with the
charges contained in the memorial of Mussina.
Cincinnati Hog and Provision Trade.
The Cincinnati Price Current, of Wednesday,
puts now the number of Hogs received there this
season at 231,142, against 137,810 for the same
time last year. The same paper says:
The speculative movements in the hog and its
products is unabated, and a further improvement
has been established in mess pork and lard, the
former having been taken largely for future de
livery, ai an advance of fully SI per bbl. during
tfa The Virginians are selling pork for March de
livery, freely, and yesterday they could not find
takers on ’change at SIB for March, until a bull
who was at another point, was asked by telegraph
would he take 2AOO bbls. mess for March at $lB,
and he replied “yes. ’
Lard is in demand at 11 cents on the spot,
and 1134 cents for future delivery. They did not
seem to be sharp after bulk meat; but, notwith
standing a good business lias been done. Giecn
meats have been sold slowly during the week,
partly owfng- to the bad weather, and the mar
ket closing dull at 5 and cents for shoulders and
hams. , , . ~
Hogs have arrived quite freely during the
week, but the short crop men are now looking
confidently for the “tapering off,” though, lor om
pact, we cannot perceive any indications of it.—
The sales during the week add up 5,000 head,
closing at s6@6 60 for those averaging 140 to
180 lbs.; $6 75@6 85 ,;or those averaging 200
lbs., and s7@7 20 for those averaging 2L0@200
lbs. The market closes rather tame.
Sad Expiation op a Flirtation.— Sarah
Coffman, daughter of Mr. Joseph Coffman, near
Columbia Furnace, in Shenandoah co., Va., com
mitted suicide on the 20th ult., by taking half a
paper of arsenic. The cause of the act is said to
have been, that she unfortunately promised two
young men to marry them, and the day for the
celebration of the nuptials was fixed; both lovers
expecting to lead lier to the alter at the same time.
She could not think of meeting them both under
such circumstances, and hence the act of sui
cide.
“How this sweet philosophy bursts from every
writhen pore! It consoles me often “so to sweat
out the agony of this mortal strife. The sweetest
perfume that ever went up from earth s gardens
to heaven, went up from sweet Gethsemanel Oh!
how terrible! Not that agony —it wa3 of the
earth, earthly—but that awfulness of Divine
Love and Justice in the mingling drops of Hu
mility’s tears and perspiration. I bear this hum
ble testimony to the sublimest internal evidence
that contradicts sense and selfishness and proves
we ore immortal and mctg be divine.
“Ah! if I could only imprint your Christian,
manly counsel on my truly good son, who is capa
lib will taKe care or tamsen MitferiiteT&Jr 11 K: m
“One of my sons is in the fold of the Almighty
Sufferer and pointing the way to sinners. The
other is in the snare of the fowler, and trying to
light up the ways of this world. Strange con
trast! It makeg me suffer much but to pray much
too!
“What has this letter run to? I sat down to
write polities, full of worldly and it nmybe wick
ed thoughts, and here am I, a poor, unprofessing,
sick and sore sinner, pouring out some drops of
piety. They came and exuded of themselves,
touched by your sympathy in suffering—blessed
be suffering!
“T am hardly fit in tone to continue a word
about polities. But you hit the nail on the head.
Caucuses and cliques are doing the mischief for
our country in all its parts and especially in its
metropolitan places. And lam glad they are my
enemies. I am surely their enemy—naturally
and eternally. You have hit ’em a blow. I hope
you’ll repeat it.
“My preacher son may visit Alabama for his
health. When you see him you’ll see me. He
is said to he much like me. God be with you—
Adieu ! HENRY A. WISE.”
Tiie Walker Expedition. —A correspondent
in Mobile writes as follows:
The Capt. Maury who is at the head of the
expedition of 140 men who left on the schooner
Susan, but was overtaken and brought back by
the Revenue Cutter McClelland, is the person
who wounded the famous De Rivierre in a duel
last Spring, and his second, Col. McDonald some
time after. His name has been associated with
the emigration scheme for some time. He is a
good sailor and man of courage.
Here there is no effort made by its friends to
conceal the character of this expedition, which is
perfectly understood in Mobile, and the Walker
organ here, the Register, seems to ‘make no bones’
whatever over its purposes.
Lonn NAriF.il and his Successor.— The
Philadelphia Press says:
The only mission of a higher grade than that
of Washington which holds out any prospect of
being vacated at present, is that of Berlin. The
new Minister to the United States, as reported by
the London Press, is the Hon. Richard Bickerton
Penuel Lyons, now Ambassador to Florence. He
is the eldest son of Admiral Lord Lyons, was
born in 1817, and is a bachelor. Should he come
over, all the belles in Washington will be in a
flutter.
Mind your Stops.— Do not stop at the bar
room. Merry laughter may ring out from it as
you pass bv, and voices of friends may call you
to enter. Within, it may shine brightly with
light thrown back from polished mirrors, and
gleams from crystal bottles, and the voices of
myrth and gaiety may be heard there; but ‘stop’
not; there is danger iu its brightness. Those
gleaming bottles contain potions that lead to pov
erty, dishonor and death. The meriment there is
the laugh ter Jof fools and may end the in horrible
laughter of the maniac. “Avoid it, pass by it
turn from it and pass away.”
Do not ‘stop’ at the gambling house. Those
close shutters conceal treacherous fascinations,
you may find yourself too weak to resist.
Revenge is long& lived than gratitude. En
dorse Mr. Smith's note to keep him from bursting,
he will forget all about it in a month. Pull Mr.
Smith’s nose, and he will cherish a secret desire
to burn your house down for the remainder of
his life. Revenge is a passion. Gratitude ap
pears to be only a sentiment. We can all hate:
but it is only one man in a hundred that possesses
sense enough to be thankful.
Mr. Atkinson, op Camden. —We had the
pleasure of a visit yesterday, from this gentleman,
who is stopping in our city, en route from Mil
ledgeville. He will be remembered by our read
ers as the introducer and the bold and fearless
advocate of the repeal of the TonofeK
Constitution prohibiting th ' lDtr " d bide his
from foreign countries. Mr. • £ islature
time— before another session of Urn j. J? fh
meets, he will find a large majority in fax or
bU We learn that there arc
guished gentlemen at our hotels. .
>o Peace.
For the first time says the Ci<
S a American polities
must have been studying the to
he never said anythmg better 1U bis t 0 ac .
-It is as absurd as it is vain, to attemp
count for our present position by resor S
ligious fanaticism, or the intrigues and mstigatmn
of Abolitionists. The present position in which
slave-holding and free labor stand, face to ’ face
with each other, is the inevitable result of a our
past history, and was fully foreshadowed m the
very first Continental Congress, and stall m
distinctly in the Convention that framed the fed
eral Constitution. In this state ot ‘
in vain that the selfish, the qiuetists, and the turn ,
whether at the North or at the South, cry out
Peace! Peace! There is no peace, Mi. Choate
and Senator Hammond to the contrary notwit -
and Senator Hammond to the contrary noiwu
standing. There is no peace, and until the gre
decisive battle now impending is fought, there can
be none. The struggle has begun, and it must e o
on Even grant that over zealous and fanatical
zeal has precipitated a contest which we would
gladlv have deferred, and, slumbering our own
time in quiet, would willingly have thrust upon
the days of our children, no matter. In this thing
we cannot have our way. In such a struggle,
there can be no neutrality. It is time for every
one to choose under which banner lie will stand.
Woe to him who, in this great crisis, shall prove
himself a coward and a traitor !
The WamUrer.
Since Saturday the city nas been filled with ru
mors to the effect that the yacht Wanderer had
landed a cargo of Africans on some of the islands
on our coast, and that they had been conveyed
into the interior. From the contradictory stories
in circulation, it was difficult to form any satisfac
tory opinion in regard to the matter; besides, we
confess that we have felt no particular anxiety to
blazon the affair abroad. If a cargo of Africans
have been safely landed on our shores, they aie
much better off to-day than if they were in their
native Africa, or in New England, and we hope
they will be put to useful employment, and that
they trill be well taken care of and not sent back
to African barbarism, as were the poor wretches
who survived the return voyage in the Niagara.
We understand that IT. S. District Attorney
Ganahl and U. S. Marshal D. H. Stewart have
arrested three sailors, supposed to have belonged
to the crew of the Wanderer, and that they are
exerting themselves to obtain evidence for tlieir
edflViction. The three men are now in jail, and
will be examined on Thursday. The 11 anderer
is still at Brunswick. — Sav. News.
Mexico. —We learn from the special corres
pondence of the New York Times, that important
dispatches have been received from Mexico, and
submitted to the Government. No indication is
given of their character, though it is intimated
that they may entirely change the programme of
the Message on Mexican affairs. Meantime, it is
understood that Seuor Mata, the Juarez Minister,
who recently left Washington, has gone to Vera
Cruz to obtain full powers from Juarez to nego
tiate a treaty at Washington for the settlement of
all American claims against Mexico, and to guar
antee the right of way across Chihuahua, Sonora
I and other Mexican territory to California. It is
believed to be the intention of our Government,
in case he succeeds in his mission, to seeeive him
immediately, and to recognise the Juarez Govern
ment —unless some new and important charge in
Mexican affairs should occur.
TAX RECEIVER.
We are authorized to announce ISAAC T.
BROOKS a candidate for the office of Receiver of
Tax Returns for Muscogee county, at the ensu
ing election. nov23dwte
miuuuace .;. R. HICKS,
as a candidate for re-election to the office of Tax
Receiver of Muscogee county nt the election in
January next, novll—dwtd
TAX COLLECTOR.
WE are authorized to announce A. C. MOR
RISON a candidate for Tax Collector of Musco
gee county, at the ensuing election. nov23dwte
We are authorised to announce JORDAN L.
HOWELL, a candidate for Tax Collector of Mus
cogee county tor the ensuing year. Election first
Monday in January next.
The friends of Edmund O’neal, Esq
announce his name as a suitable candidate for the
office of Tax Collector of Chattahoochee county
at the January election. nov !2 wtd
MARRIED.
In Griffin, Ga., on the 14th inst., by the Rev.
Charles R. Jewett, Mr. William Redd and Miss
Eliza Pope, all of Griffin, Ga,
On the 14th inst., by the Rev. 0. L. Smith, Mr.
Joseph F. Potr of Talbotton. Ga.. to Miss Antoi
nette, daughter of Jno. B. Dozier, of this
county.
Holloway’s Ointment and Pills. —There is
a traitor in the camp; they have been counter
feited! But a sure test of genuineness exists in the
water-mark, ••Holloway, New York and London”
which is discernable as a water-mark in every
leaf of the book of directions accompanying each
pot or box.
‘SiL.Sold at the manufactory, No. SO Maiden
Lane, New York, and by all Druggists, at 25e.,
63c., and $1 per Pot or Box. Declo dwl w
DARBYS
wm®wwYW%Mk cwici util,
The 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
periortoanv 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:
Ml putrid diseases, salivation, sores, ulcers, burns,
fresh wounds, removing stains, destroying bad
curing stings, softening and whitening" the skin in bath
ing, and especially in limestone countries, where the
water is hard, in making it soft, bv 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.
j The best and most efficient preventative of conta
! gious diseases now in use. —Auburn Gazette.
j We advise our friends to try it, by all means— Mont
j ginnery Mail.
) No one who has used it once will consent to do
: without it.—7 \skegee Republican.
We have used it about our premises with entire satis
faction.—Savannah Republican .
Superior to Labarraque’s French Liquor— Carres.
National Intelligencer.
Has received the sanction of medical men in the
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.
IF?*Manufactured only in the Laboratory of
J, DARBY, Auburn, Ala.
FOR SALE IN COLUMBUS BY
DANFORTH, NAGEL & CO.
BROOKS & CHAPMAN,
J. S. PEMBERTON & CO.
iecl— imf david young.
inverted tv Common Sense. At
an invalid wan
a meeting of n afflicted with ulcer
broughtiorward dreadful; • f dto cure
r i ih.,t -ill the doctors bad tailed to curt.
ous scrofula that au . i., n ,i f or
T a ‘lnneal to the spirit lamt ioi
It was proposed to appeal r
advice, and a Homeopathic physician prej’ in
terrogated me departed spirit ofllancinann no
what remedy should he taken. Loud and dw
raps, audible lo the whole audience told off
A .f V a-l-h-a-r-l-i-c P-i-l-l-.. Hm; [X
Y.] Whig.
Acidity ok the Stomach and
Bitters,” is a remark frequently made to u. .
To persons troubled with acidity ot t a
ach, Indigestion or any disorder of the stomac l,
we would only say try it. Its world-wide repu
tation, has been established alone bv t ie
wonderful cures it has eilected. V ten u e ii
dyspepsia, jaundice, liver complaint, weakness ot
any kind.'costiveness and piles, it should be ta
ken in small doses-say half a tea-spoonful, reg
ularly three times a day before meals.
See Advertisement. Dec lo
WOOD’S HAIR RESTORATIN E.
Among all preparations for the hair that have
been introduced as infallible, none lias ever guon
the satisfaction or gained the popularity that
Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative now has. I Its
Restorative has passed the ordeal of innumerable
fashionable toilets, and the ladies, wherever taev
have tested it.pronouncc it a peerless article. 1 ney
find, where the hair is thinned, that it creates a
fresh growth—that it fully restores the vegetative
power of the roots on the denuded places, and
causes the fibres to shoot forth anew—that it dis
solves and removes dandruff, prevents grayness,
restores the hair to its original color when gray
ness has actually supervened, gives a rich lustre,
imparts the sofuess and flexibility of silk to the
hair, and keeps it always luxuriant, healthy and
in full vigor. —New York Tribune.
Sold by all Druggists in this city, and by deal
ers and druggists generally throughout the l nited
States and Canadas. declo —wd2w.
FREDERICKS’
PHOTOGRAPHIC TEMPLE OF ART.
583 anti 58 7 Broadway New Yorlt.
The largest and most magnificent
Galleries in tlie world.
Photographs in Oil, Postal or Water colors from the
size of life to tin* smallest for Lockets and Breast Pins.
LIKENESSES OF DECEASED PERSONS, SIZE
OF LIFE.
Correctly made from Daguerreotypes or Ambrotypes.
The public of Columbus and vicinity are particularly
requested to bear this fact in mind, that from a small
and indistinct Daguerreotype a perfect and guaranteed
Photograph Likeness colored in Oil. Postel or Water
Colots, can be made by the process observed at this
Establishment.
FREDERICK’S MINI ATURE;PIIOTOGRAPIIS,
For presents in families, handsomely colored and pul
up in small Velvet Cases, Lockets or Brooches. 1 his
Picture is superior to the Ivory Miniature, from being a
correct likeness.
Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes, made at all prices.
D. FREDERICKS.
Daguerreotypes or Mmbrctypes of Living or Deceased
Persons can be sent by Express and the Pictures made from
them returned with the copies in from three to four weeks,
and guaranteed to be satisfactory.
December 14—d3m.
NEGROES FOR SALE.
A Valuable Negro Woman 32 years old, and
her girl child 7 years old. The woman comes
highly recommended as a Fine Cook, V asher and
Ironer, of excellent character, who will be sold
with her child on reasonable terms.
ALSO
A negro girl, a good house servant, besides sev
eral other valuable servants.
ELLIS &■ MATHIS.
Dec. 16, d3t.
BUG WN WOOD IN STITI Tl i
l*fear LrGv ,s^s“ o ’ a
#TIIE Session for 1859, will be opened
Gu Monday 10th January.
It wil consist of two Terms—one of six
months, the other of three.
{.WILLIAM JOHNS, Principal and Proprietor.
nstmetor in Political Economy,Moral Men. Science.
{JEDWARD R. DICKSON.
Instructor in Ancient. Languages and Physical Science.
I) P. BLACKSTONE,
Instructor in Mathematics—Pure and Mixed.
RODNEY DENNIS.
Instructor in English Language arid.Literat.ure.
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 presentingtlie names ofthe learn
ed and accomplished individuals whose services have
been engaged us co-workers in the great cause of Ed
ucation.
Mr. Dickson, has been, for years a devoted student
of the classics. His scholarship in itliis department is
unexcelled; while in other fields his researches have
been thorough and ample. Asa Christian gentleman,
an excellent disciplinarian, and an able teacher, lie is
equalled by few.
Messrs. Blackstone and Dennis are men of ability,
and much moral worth. As an evidence of this, it
need only be stated that they taught tlieir wayjhrougli
College and obtained its degrees hv their own ‘unaided
efforts.
THE COURSE OF STUDY is ample, embracing the
various brandies 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 sterrotyped —to be passed over by every pupil in a
fixed period, at a given number of strides, irrespective
of capacity, scholarship and mental habitude; hut that
prescibed for each individual will be regulated according
to his mental capacities and contemplated future course
Acting on tliejlieory that boys should learn first those
tilings 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 find 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 of the 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 principle;bccomes easy, and every word is rendered
familiar. By this and a careful study of the idioms of
the languages, they become not mere translators, inele
gant and inaccurate, but linguists.
The 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.
To 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 w ill 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 proprietv—and such
as are approved by experience and common sense. In
short, every pupil will be’required 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 w ill be neatly fifted up and .thorough
ly renovated, so that nothing in the outfit will be wan
ting for convenience and comfort.
By a division of labor, with an efficient faculty and
limited number of students, Brownwood, it is believed,
will offer advantages equalled by few institutions in
the land—combining those of the 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 board in
cases of protracted absence—but not from tuition.
For further particulars apply to the Principal.
December 11, lWS—U&wtf,
. 4,000 ‘ I
GRAFTED FRUIT ’n> j,,,,
From Fentriss’s Nursery, IV < | u ’
BY ELLIS & MATHIS
Enquirer and Sun copy.
“SELLING AND |((i;|- |
negroes J
ON COMMISSION-
Either Privately or at a’
BY ELLIS & MATHis i
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 9, LBSB
‘ llllil* ■
By ELLIS & MATHIS
ADMINISTRATOR’S SAL] - * J
A ORFEABLI to an orderoflhe Court nt- I
J\. ot Muscogee county I will si P n ,■ 1 "V -B
Mathis’ Auction Room, in the “in” a"! “R J
Saturday the 18th inst. all the iß‘rs,'.| < “"" h|J - I
George Gullen, deceased, consist.,,.. X
1,1 res, Two Fine Billiard Tables. Chair, it 1
quors. Cigars, Mirrors. Oil Paintiiws a-',. ecan,l 'rs.[X
! ~ WM. R. fl’RMiv ~ :
j Ellis & Matthis, Auctioneers <i A<ilu r I
SILKS, SHAWLS I
AND
DRESS GOODs|
JUST RECEIVED
AT THE ONE PHICE CASH
BEY GOODS STOBE.
140 Bread Street—Masonic BuildiJ
Mill® IWJMIjPf ‘
Has just opened a magnificent assortment m !
SILKS, SHAWLS aiu\
FAKCY DRESS GOOIsj
purchaseii at recant Mev. York Auction 5 a i,....... I
at. an immense sacrifice: f
5.000 yards Fancy Dress Silks at 50c. worn, si I
5.000 Black Silks—all widths;
50 pieces Printed all wool Delaines of f |„. J
best quality, at 50 cents per yard; ‘’ 1
50 pieces French Merinos—all shades;
•20 “ Union Marino Plaids, splendid niniJ
100 Rich French Robes a'Les—beautiful Gond,. I
50 Rich French Valenciasaml Poplin Rob.w J
choice. ‘I
A Large Assortment cf
FANCY DEISS GOOBSi
©WiLBQ,,
Bought at a reduction of *25 per cent., on tin* puiviimil
all paid for such goods:
25 Pieces ARABIAN CROSS OVERS—
Heavy quality and beautiful ooloriniv X
30 pieces POILE deCIIEVRE, high colors—
New and choice desimis, 1|
15 pieces VALENCIAS —very handsome
20 pieces COLUMBIAS BAYADERE—
Of highest lustre Xf
5 pieces ELVIRAS—a new and beautiful article I
10 pieces Plaid LASTINGS CIIENE
Superior quality and coloring. H
Together witli other styles of Good* I
ADAPTED TO A j
FIRST CLASS TRADeI
A LARGE STOCK OF FINE
BED,
White and Colored Flannels,
XaiosnESiKr^
AND HOUSE KEEPING GOODS IN UENKRAI
A Large Stork of
Calicoes and Homespuns, I
Of every description at very [low prices.
CLOAKS, SHAWLS £ ND TALMAS
In great variety.
Buyers are invited to examine, compare and
before making tlieir purchases. Remember the aihlrcd
Jrtni.es Mel
HO ilroad Street.
‘Two Doors below .1. B. SUuppei’s
ONE PRICE ONLY.
Every article markedat llie lowest.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 10,1858. il&iwl I
A lull assortment of Bnjou’s Kid Gloves, opvD -1
ed this morning. JAS. McPHILLIPS,
140 Broad street. Masonic Buildioa. I
IMPORTANT TO
Planters & Country Merchants!
J. McPHILLIPS
Wouid call attention of Buyers to his large sudß
of Foreign and Domestic
DRY-GOODS,
As he has a buyer residing in New York, he I
will at all times be prepared to ofler goods to in|
Trade i or Cash ‘only) at the lowest New urk|
Cost pi ices by the bale or package.
Plan ters will find they can save money by bny-1
ing their KERSEYS, JNEGRO BLANKhIbJ
&c.,from him, his stock is extensive and his pn-|
ces rr.uch below that of any other store in tw|
South. I
Call and see his goods and prices, and thus post ■
yourselves upon what you can get for your inO"l
uey and what goods are v.’orth. Remember tl ‘ l
address,
JAMES McPHILLIPS,
140 Broad Streat, I
Two doors below J. B. Strupper.
Oct- 20..d&w tl.
AT
J. W.'PEASE & CLAKK'S
BOOK STORE.
THE following is a list of new boot*
ajL just received.
f Life and Adventures of Kit Carson.th”
nestorofthc Rocky Mountains.
Self-Made Men. by C. B. Seymour;
Frederick the Great, by Thomas Carli sle;
Sir Walter Raleigh and his Times, by C. Kingsler,
The Autocrat of tiie Breakfast Table, bv <>lo’
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
.1. W. PEASE &. CLARK
Horticultural and Agricultural Works
How to lay out 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 Fanning by C. L. Flint;
Buist on the Rose Culture;
Downing’s Fruit and Fruit Trees of America;
Downing’s Landscape Gardening. At.
.1. W. PEASE & CLARK'S
Columbus, Dec. 11—dwtf. Book Store
SIGN OF THE RED FLAG.
GARDEN SEED.
LANDRETII S NEW CROP Just received I'.’
w. h. h. raiura,
88 Broad Street,
Red and White Onion Sett#,
Garden Seeds, all sorts.
Kentucky Blue and Mixed Lawn Grass Seed.
Canary Seed and Cuttle Fish bone for birds.
FIRE WORKS I FIRE WORKS:
Fire Works in large or small quantitiestosuit buyers.
Candies, Nuts, Dates, Oranges, Apples, Banannas,
Lemons, Pickles, Preserves, Jellies, <fcc,
Also, a large supply of Superior Cigars, and
Chewing Tobacco- Pipes and Smoking Tobacco.
TERMS CASH. No memoranda kept,
dec7—d6m,