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LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING.One. 80.1**
Miniature Almanac for November.
WEDNESDAY December 30.
Kun rises 7.3 | Sun seta ■
MOON’S PHASES.
(as! Quarter —Dec. 4.26, iwrn. . .
New Moon Dec. 18th, 8.25. mom.
First Quarter— Dec. 91<l, 11.90, morn.
Full Moon Dec. 29th, 8.10. eye.
Range of Thermometer.
At the National Republican OFrtCK
December 29, 18*».
9a.m I 12 m. I 3 p.m. I 6I »A'«.
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To I'rintera.
A first class Job Printer will find
steady employment and punctual pay
by immediate personal application at
this office. None other than a first
class workman and sober man need
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Donation to the Poor.
lion. John I‘. King, President of
the Georgia Railroad, with his usual
liberality and kindness of heart, has
donated five car loads of cross-ties to.
the poor of the city, which is duly ac
knowledged in this morning’s paper
by Mayor Russell.
Recorder’s Court.
Four cases of violation of -the
Drumming Ordinance of the city were
called in this Court yesterday morn
ing, against Messrs. J. Hertz, Jacob
Lipman, A. Meyer, and L. Prager.
Recorder Crump ordered a continu
ance of these cases until Friday next,
in anticipation of probable action of
Council in regard to the Ordinance, at
their session last night.
To Cure Croup.
The French have discovered that
the white of an egg given in sweet
ened water is a sure cure for the
croup. The remedy is to be repeated
till a cure is effected.
This simple remedy can be tested at
trifling cost, and recommends itself to
the heads of all families at the present
period, when croup and kindred affec
tions are so prevalent among the
little ones.
Fires»lncen«liarieN at Work.
Monday night, about 9 o’clock, po
liceman Wm. Glover discovered smoke
issuing from underneath the residence
of John Houston, Esq., corner of
Broad and Lincoln streets. An exam
ination jgvealed a collection of com
bustible material in a light blaze,
evidently placed there with incendiary
intentions. Mr. Glover made no
alarm beyond. awaking the family,
who, with his assistance and a few
buckets of water, extinguished the
fire without damage to the building.
About twelve o’clock, same night,
policeman Murphy and Holly discov
ered the roof of Air, McDonough’s
store, on Bridge Row, kindling into a
blaze. They gave no alarm, but went
promptly to work, and, with a few
buckets of water, put out the fire. It
is reasonable to infer that this latter
fire was the result of accident. ’
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The watchfulness and promptness i
of action of the police in these cases (
deserve commendation. .
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Bold Attempt of Incendiaries. <
Yesterday morning, about 3' o’clock, j
a bold and successful attempt was (
made to fire the house of Mrs. Catha- •
vine Smith, at the forks ol the Savan- j
nah and Milledgeville roads, outside
of the corporate limits of tl* city.
Mrs. Smith was the first to discover
the fire, ami at once awoke her son,
Mr. Joseph Smith, who hurriedly
rushed out at the front of the store
connected with the building, and
found the flames enveloping the north
west corner of the house, the torch of
the incendiary having been applied to
the steps leading to the parlor of the
residence. Tn consequence ol' the
highly inflammable material to which
the fire had been applied, the flames
rapidly communicated to the lathing
of the room, and thence between the
ceiling and floor of the half-story
above, extending across a couple of
rooms ami reached the back roof.
With this vast odds against him,
Mr. Smith secured a ladder and com
menced a vigorous application ol
water from buckets upon the exterior
of the burning building. He was soon
joined by a couple of freedmen, John
Roberts, formerly a slave of Mr. Tripp,
and Monday Grant. Attention was
then turned to the interior of the
building, which was adjudged the
best point from which to combat the
encroachments of the destructive
element.
After a battle with the fiery mon
ster of about an hour and a half, in
which the freedmen above named were
particularly valorous, Mrs. Smith Lad
the satisfaction of seeing her property
saved from the destruction intended.
The bnilding was only partially
damaged, and the furniture sustained
but little injury, and that from water.
Mrs. Smith has no insurance.
The fire was evidently the work of
an incendiary, as Tracks on tiptoe were
traced from the door across the Mil
ledgeville road. We trust that the
villain, whoever ho is, may be ferreted
out and punished ns Im deserves.
The Rucr» •» Harte well.
We coUate from n lengthy descrip
tion of three days* racing «p rt nt
Barnwell Gouri Home, S. C. t t»m
uiencing oil the l<th ili-tant, the fol
lowing highly complimentary allusions
to some of the fair ladies of Augusta,
who graced the occasion with their
presence. These items are from the
ready and facile pen of a fair cornm
pondent of the (. ,’h ariosi on Dail'j .Vifiw,
•writiug under the hoh<i ilc plume of
“Occasional.” Os the field, on the
first day, she remarks :
To see the yqnnir people turn out in their
poverty to have a nays’ sport was a pleasant
sight. Home of the ynung fellows who Imvc
gone to work manfully to make cotton had
fine turnouts, but generally the conveyances
were carriages, wagons and buggies, drawn
by mules; yet 1 doubt much if them has
been a happier party, prettier girls, more
dashing young fellows, and » better days’
sport anywhere since the war. Among the
handsome women, we observed lliC elegant
and accomplished Mrs. C D y, of
Augusta, who rode upon the field well
mounted, controlling her horse with the ease
and grace of a practical equestrienne and
well-bred woman. She was escorted by Mr.
A Ah, a tall grenadier, who rode his
horse like an Arab.
Descriptive of an elegant private
party at the closing of the festivities,
the correspondent says:
First, my loveliest of little friends, (lie fair
young hostess of the party, Miss F y
F d. How shall 1 ever describe that
matchless wealth of hair (it was all her own;
which fell in' clusters around the snowy
throat, recalling to every eye which has ever
gazed upon the wonderful head of the
IJcatrico, that gorgeous hue which only the
portraits of the old masters exhibit? Older
hearts and wiser heads have been turned by
lesser radiance than this maiden’s, whoso
spirituelle face only- reflects her guileless
character. The contrast between her cousin
and herself, Miss S c B—-r, of Augusta,
only increased the charms of each demoiselle.
Miss B , the brightest of brunettes, well
understands the effects of coleiir de rose on a
lissome figure. As she passed near me I
silently admired tljfc rivalry between the
pink on her cheek and the pink on her
form. *
Mrs. D -, of Augusta, having regained
her usual vivacity, cheered the hearts of her
many admirers by her reappearance. The
elegant moire antique and exquisite shim
mering blue, with its rich trimming of
cherry, was indeed truly becoming to the
petite figure of Madam.
Wooden Railroads.
As some attention has recently been
drawn to the construction of wooden
railroads in some sections of the State,
we print, for the benefit of those inter
ested, tin article from a correspondent
of the Montreal (Canada) Gazette,
giving an interesting account of a
wooden railway now in operation at
Clifton, in Northern New York, near
the Canada line, and on. which im
mense quantities of iron ore are trans,
ported from the Adirondack mines:
The grading is the sjuue as for an iron
road, except that sleeper grades can be as
cended. The ties are of the ordinary de
scription,‘but are not squ ired on any side,
aud on the Clifton road arc placed at the
usual distances of three feet apart, except on
the trestles, where there are three ties to
every two yards. In future, however, the
engineer proposes to put the three ties to
every two yards, as he proposes running
heavier engines
The rails are m;ule of maple, six inches by
four, but in future their shape will be altered
a little, without- increauing the quantity of
timber, making them three and a half inches
on top by seven inches deep, so as to be
better adapted to the increased weight of
engines (fourteen tons instead of tent.
Notches are cut in the round ties to such a
depth as to keep the botton of the rail about
two inches from Hie ground, after the road is
ballasted, and the rail projects sufficiently
alwvc the notched tie to allow the Ihinge of
the wheel to pass. The rails are fastened to
the ties by a couple of hard wood wedges,
driven in opposite directions on the outside
of the rail, within the notch. This has the
effect of making the whole superstructure
one solid mass, without tiie addition of any
spikes or pins.
In mokuig the curves, the rail itself is bent
to the required shape, so that tliere is no
angularity whatever in the line of rails, the
trestles arc of the simplest description. They
consist of two upright sticks of square timber
immediately under the rails, let into a trans
verse stick, which arc braced to the sticks of
timber laid lengthwise from one trestle to
another, immediately under the line of rails,
in each direction. This is further supported
by a similar stick of timber at each side,
from the head of the trestle to the base, in a
slanting direction, the whole of which is let
into a squarred log at the base.
The wooden rail is not a new invention,
but Mr. Hulbert, the engineer, has succeeded
in making it available without using a par
ticle of iron in the whole structure, and has,
moreover, demonstrated that such railways
can be used for long distances at a moderate
cost, and this through a country where an
iron line, as ordinarily constructed, would be
practically an engineering impossibility. Mr.
Hulbert says that he is-willing to contract to
lay the superstructure of a wooden railway
of his own improved construction at the rate
of $1,500 American currency, a mile, where
maple and hemlock can be obtained at
reasonable rates. Since my visit 1 have
become so convinced of the extreme useful
ness of such lines of railways in developing
the resources of a new country and acting as
feeders to the trunk lines, that 1 have no
hesitation in prophesying that before many
years we shall find them running in all di
rections through the dominion.
Didn’t Contribute.
The Journal <fc Messenger very
properly rasps the citizens of Macon
for their failure to contribute provi
sions for the “Orphan’s Home” in that
city, on Christmas Day, remarking
that the few things sent to Mr. I ferny
Ells would not have kept a cat and
her family of kittens alive twenty-four
hours. Indeed, had it not been for the
generosity of Col. JLtxwell in ordering
a suitable repast, the poor little orphans
would have had a scanty Christmas
Dinner, and a still more meagre supper.
—Exclusiveness has become so
prevalent in Ne w York, it us said, that
thei;e will be less New Year recep
tions on the old plan on January Ist
tnan ever. A mere exchange of cards
will generally suffice. The only folk
who will accept promiscuous visits,
and press visitors to eat, drink and
be. merry, will he the middling and
working classes.
—The appearance of a beggar in the
streets of Salt Lake City is noted by
the Deseret Neics as an evidence of
“advancing ci viliz.at ion.”
A recently discovered police order,
dated Nov. 12, 1609, directs that the
theatres of Baris shall o]>en al 2 in the
afternoon and close at in the after
norm.
Mcrliteg •rt MMeil.
Present: His Honor, the Mayor,
and fall Board of Aldormeu
Reading of minutes dispensed with.
Petition of Recorder relative to
drumming ordinance; also to ordi
nance regulating piddling license,
praying action of Council.
L T. Lullerstedt sent an application
for office of City Attorney. Filed.
Petition of J. W. Taliaferro, for
increase of salary as Clerk of City
Court. • Referred to Finance Com
ini ttoc.
Ro|H>rloi Finance Cuiumitkw, fixing
salaries, which was adopted as follows:
Mayor, *2.000; Clerk of Conncal. LgOO
and fees; Collector and Treasurer, 2,000;
Assistant to Collector, 1,000; Chief of Police,
1,300; Captain of Police, 1,000- LieufJnantu
of Police, 900; Sergeants of Police, 60 per
month; Police and Bell Tower Men, 50 per
month; Superintendent of Streets and
I Indus, 800; Superintendent of Waterworks,
Pumps and Wells, 800; Bridge Keeper, 1,200,
to employ his own Assistant; Clerk of Ixiwcr
Market, 750; Clerk of Upper Markit, 50;
Lamplighter, 1,900; Keeper of City Hall,
300; Keeper of City Cemetery, 500, perquis
ites; Keeiicr of City Jail, 800; Keeper of
City Clock, 100; Recorder. 000; City Asses
sor, 600: City Surveyor, 1,200; Wharfinger,
fees; Registry Clerk, 50 per month; Judge
City Cour, 1,000; Clerk City Court, 300 and
ful's; City Sheriff’,fees; Keeper Magazine,3oo;
Houghton Institute—Principal. 1,200; Prin
cipal Girl's ■partuient. 800; Assistants, 300
each ; Keep. City Hospital, 50 per month.
’ An ordinance to reduce salary of
Judge of City Court of Augusta to
§I,OOO after Ist January, 1869, paya
ble onarterlv. Adonted.
An ordinance relative to peddling—
giving the Mayor discretion to relieve
aged, infirm and crippled persons
from the operations of the tax im
posed on the sales of imported and
manufactured goods.
Aiderman Tutt moved to fix the
tax on peddlers at §IOO. Carried.
Fine for violation of ordinance
fixed at §SO.
The blanks in the ordinance having
been filled as above, the ordinance
was put upon its passage, and was
adopted.
An ordinance regulating huckster
ing—the sale of fish, vegetables, ice
cream, etc., reserving to Council the
privilege to suspend the operations of
the tax ou infirm persons.
The blanks in the ordinance for fix
ing price of license was filled by im
sorting §lO.
Dr. Garvin made some explanatory
remarks, by request of Council, in
regard to abuses growing out of
huckstering, as practiced in the city
at preseiit-
Considerable discussion was had in
regard to limiting the houks for opera
tion of hucksters, and yet preserve
the freedom of persons from the coun
try to sell in the city at all hours.
Aid. Tutt moved that the matter be
referred to the Market Committee,
with instruction to frame an ordi
nance meeting the requirements of the
case. Motion did not prevail, and the
ordinance was adopted, fixing the hour
for hucksters to close their stands at 8
a. m., daily.
Finance Committee recommended
that Board of Registration be paid §5
per day, and Clerks §3 per day, for
their serviedf,.’ Adopted.
Petition of Mrs. E. McCauley in
reference to taxes, asking indulgence
for payment of the same. Referred
L««k- to Finance Committee, with
power to act.
Resolution fixing license of green
grocers at §2OO. Carried.
Aiderman Goodrich reported the
Hook and Ladder apparatus as good
for nothing, and expenses for engines
still going on.
Aiderman Meyer reported the Mar
ket in bad condition.
Report of J. B. Platt, in reference
to truck and apparatus of Hook and
Ladder Company, recommending an
appeal to the citizens for aid to re
build the truck, in consequence of the
diminished city finances.
Mr. Platt, at instance of Council,
remarked upon the absolute necessity
of this branch of the fire service, and
in reference to the cost of rebuilding
the injured truck—§l,2oo to §1,500..
Aiderman Tutt moved that §BOO
in possession of Chief Platt be applied
to the above purpose. Carried.
Report o(Dr. Sweeny, in reference
to City Hospital. Received as infor
mation.
Committee appointed in reference
to case of Dillon and Evans, reported
the names of counsel, and fees agreed
upon.
Adjourned.
Bold Theft.
Late yesterday afternoon, Bill Green
(colored), made a bold descent upon
the money-drawer of one of our Broad
street merchants, W. IL Broadnax,
Esq., and abstracted about S7O there
from. He seized an opportunity when
Mr. B. was busied in the back part of
his store, and, accomplishing his pur
pose, made rapidly away with his
spoils. But our vigilant and active
jolice were soon on his track, and
arrested him before he had an oppor
tunity. to get rid of the money, all of
which was recovered.
A lad about thirteen years of age,
son of W. R. Hennes, was accident
ally shot in Savannah, on Sunday
morning last, by' another youth’s care
less hamlling of a pistol. The wound
is not considered dangerous.
STATE ITEMS
Thomntvtlle is doing a good bu»i
iii'HN, ami the .Mayor's n port h quite
favoraldc to corporation interests.
Carey W. Stik> is proposing to en
large and make the Albany WewM the
“leading newspaper of the South.”
The steamer Huntsman, with three
hundred tale* of cotton and a large
amount of plantation Supplier, sunk
last week in the Chattahoochee river.
Boat a total loss, but cotton saved.
Hon. Wm. McDougald, member of
the Legislature from Chattahoochee
county, was marrieil on the 22d ult.,
to Miss Emily Fitton, of Adairsville.
William E. Archer, a citizen of
Fayette county, was robbed about ten
miles from Atlanta, last week, of over
§7OO.
R. D. Creech declines being a can
didate for Clerk of the Superior Court
of Brooks county, and Captain S. W.
Brooks takes his place.
On Christmas? Day Captain W. 1L
Watson, Assessor of Internal Revenue,
in Atlanta, was presented by his sub
orn inates with a handsome gold watch
that cost §450.
At Colquit, Millcrcounty, last week,
Charles Vann shot and killed Wilson
Thompson. He was arrested, tried
and released, it being clearly a case of
self defence.
Dr. Wm. C. Daniell, an old and
highly respected citizen of Savannah,
died on Sunday night lust, at the resi
dence of his daughter, Mrs. Lellardy,
m Walthourville, after a very brief
illness.
It was decided on Tuesday in the
Spalding Superior Court, that where a
note due a Northern creditor before
the war had been sequestrated by the
Confederate Government, the creditor
could not recover from the maker of
the note.
The Forest City Base Ball Club,
Savannah, and the Alerts, of Charles
ton, had a lively contest at the former
place on Christmas day, in which the
Alerts were victorious. This was the
third match played by these clubs, the
Alerts winning two out of three.
James Hartley and .James Newnan,
about three miles from Macon, on
Saturday last, had atrial of their phys
ical abilities in a “ square fight.” The
result was not satisfactory toNewnan,
who brought into play a pistol, a shot
from which killed the former almost
instantly.
The exercises of Oglethorpe College
will be resumed in January, with the
following faculty:
Rev. R. C. Smith, Chairman of the
Faculty, and Professor of Mental and
Moral "Science and Belles Letters.
Sylvanus Bates, A. M., Professor of
the Latin and Greek Languages.
Rev. C. W. Lane, Chaplain and
Professor of Mathematics, Astronomy
and Botany.
Samuel G. White, M. I)., Lecturer
on Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
R. 11. Ramsay, A. 31., Assistant
Instructor in Mathematics and Lan
guages.
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Tragic; Shooting Affair near
Chattanooga.— A tragic affair oc
cured on Salt Creek, forty miles below
here, a few days since, the particulars
of which arc as follows*: It seems
that Mr. Beane, a school teacher, at
tempted to whip a boy named Hutch
ison, who resisted and left school.—
A day or two afterward young Hutch
inson, accompanied by his brother and
a man named Smith, visited the
school-house for the avowed purpose
of chastising Beane, and, not finding
him there, they proceeded to his resi
dence. Beane saw them coming, and
anticipating their errand, armed him
self, as also did Mr. Moore, who hap
pened to be at his house. On their
Hutchinson said they intended
giving Beane w : .; v Moore
remonstrated, when Smith drew a
pistol and shot him dead. This was
a signal for all to produce pistols.—
Beane shot and instantly killed Cyrus
Hutchinson, brother of the schoolboy.
He had scarcely fired, when Smith,
who had killed Moore, fired another
barrel at Beane, the ball struck but
failed to inmiediately disable him.—
Beane then turned on Smith and
lodged three balls in his body, inflict
ing wounds which resulted mortally in
a few minutes. Twenty minutes after
the affair coiumeffbcd Moore, Cyrus
Hutchinson and Smith lay dead on
the ground within a few feet of each
other. Hutchinson’s brother was the
xmly person who escaped unhurt.
A Legal “ Placer” Exhausted.
—The Hartford Post says the case of
the British Government against the
Sharpe Rifle Company, of that city,
which has been before the Courts for
twelve years, has at last been decided
by the Supreme Court in favor of the
British Government.
In 1856, the British Government
made a contract for arms for the
Crimean campaign with the Sharpe
Company. To secure the fulfillment
of this contract, the .British Govern
ment took a mortgage of certain lands
near the Sharpe factory. The Govern
ment claims a non-fulfillment of the
mortgage, in order to sell the lands ;
and that is what they liave at last got.
The whole amount in controversy is
about ;|IOO,OOO, and the lawyers con
cerned have had by far the best of the
thing.
The British Government has kept a
Colonel of the army on full pay,
§IIO,OOO a year in gold, in New York
all the time, to manage the case, but
all he has had to do has been to pay
the counsel for the Crown their SSO
per diem in gold, when engaged on
the case, and to sign his name occa
sionally, while he boarded at the first
class hotels. The lawyers, naturally
’ enough, regret the “ death of the old
goose.”
—Poor Carlotta is getting better
and sings and paints. But she medi
tates writing a book about Mexico,
which is a bad sign,.
- Wilmington, North Carolina, is
going to have street cars soon.
Fhhii the AtUuu VonitituUim.
Decirioni of the Supreme Court of
Georgia
«n Atiantet, 18(18.
FURNISHED my N J. IIAMMOVD COUUT
BKI’OKTKB.
Alexander Dunn va. Harriet Bryav-
Ijqnity : from Chatham.
Brown, C. J.—-John Waters ‘died
testate, leaving three daughters. By
the clerenth item of his will he di
rected that the residue of his estate,
after the |>aynient of debts, and for
certain improvements, to bo invested
in bank stock, and that his Executors
hold it in trust for the equal use and
lienefit of his daughters aforesaid,
during their respective lives, and after
their deaths, then in trust for the use
of the children of his said daughters,
and if either of his said daughters died
without issue, her share to go to her
sisters, and if either died leaving issue,
her share to go to her issue. One of
the daughters died without issue. An
other died leaving one child, the wife
of plaintiff in error; the third is still
in life. Ruled that the throe daughters
were tenants in common under this
item of the will, and that the two sur
vivors took the share of the sister
who died without issue, equally, in fee
simple, and upon the death of the
second sister, her daughter took her
share iu like manner, and became a
tenant-in-common with the surviving
daughter of the testator. Judgment
reversed.
Hartridge & Chisolm, T. E. Loyd
for plaintiff in error.
T. M. Norwood for defendant in
error.
Wm. J. Vason vs. the City of Au
gusta—Certiorari: from Richmond.
The Statute of 15th February, 1856,
enacts that the City Council of Au
gusta shall be and they are hereby
authorized to elect an officer to be
known as Recorder, in whom they
may vest exclusive jurisdiction of all
violations of these ordinances, etc.
The act also provides that said Re
corder shall be elected and hold his
office for the term of two years, shall
take an oath before the J/iryor.wcll
and truly to discharge the duties of
his office, etc.; Held that the object
of this act, was to promote good gov
ernment and order in the city, and
that it was the duty of the Councij to
elect a Recorder; and that it was
clearly the intention of the Legisla
ture, that the office of Mayor and the
office of Recorder should be separate
and distinct offices, filled by different
persons, one of whom is required to
take the oath of office before the
other; and that the provision in the
statute which authorizes the City
Council or Mayor, in the absence of
the Recorder, to. appoint one of their
body to preside in the Recorder’s
Court, contemplates the temporary
absence of the Recorder, and does
not authorize the City Council to
abolish the office of Recorder and
direct the Mayor permanently to act
as Recorder.
2. The City Council of Augusta
have power to establish By-Laws
Rules and Ordinances as shall appear
to them requisite and necessary for
the security, welfare and Convenience
of the city, or for preserving peace,
order and good government within
the same, not repugnant to the Con
stitution and laws of the land.
3. Any person who shall erect or
continue (after notice, to abate) any
nuisance which tends to annoy the
community or injure the health of
the citizens in general, or to corrupt
the public morals, is liable to indict
ment undert the penal code of this
State. Thu legal offence of con
tinuing a nuisance is not complete
before notice to abate. And until the
notice is given, and the legal offence
is complete, the city authorities have
Dower, as a police regulation, to
punisn ti.„ continuance of such
nuisance, as would subject ti»u
to indictment after notice to abate.
But when the offence is complete, they
have only the power to bind over the
offender to the proper court to answer
for the offence.
4. A landlord who has leased prem
ises of a tenant is not liable for a
nuisance maintained upon the premises
by a tenant during the lease. If the
nuisance existed upon the premises
when the lease was made, the landlord
is liable. But if tlie tenant continues
the nuisance after heobtains exclusive
possession and he alone is
liable for its continuance. As the
landlord, under our statute, is liable
for necessary repairs on the premises,
if the nuisance grows out of his
neglect to make the repairs the tenant
may make them and set off the reason
able value against the rent due the
landlord.
Judgment reversed.
C. Sneed, by Montgomery, for plains
tiffin cnor.
J. T. Shewmake for defendant in
error.
Pleasant Sight «*.
Among the sights it is pleasant to
behold, says a cotemporary, are a
father at a place of amusement with
his children, a young man with a clear
eye and fresh, virtuous, unhackneyed
face; a shop girl neatly dressed and
without ornamentation; a man of
business going home at night with a
boquet for his wife; a shopkeeper
civil to and patient with a poor woman,
who, with a baby across arm, ven
tures to buy a one shilling article; a
dressmaker who is scientific enough to
perfect a “tit” and leave the lady’s
breathing apparatus in Christian work
ing condition ; a shop that is not an
‘ emporiuma milliner who didn’t
come from Paris; a jolly domestic
who “likes the familya bride with
her pet—small house; a young father
with his first boy.
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Beautiful Fancy Good*.
In great variety, at 1W Bread street.
|BY TEUCffARH|
TMagranu from Wathinfton.
Det. W.—Tba debt Ktoi*
ment MMtwa * decrease of about eight mil
lions.
Cnatom for the month, about eleven
millions; internal revenue, alxiutthc same.
Twenly-eiglit millions are
qiiired fi»r interest on January t s t.
Seward and hit guests, the bAtish and
French Ministers, returned to-<
lull Cabinet moding, except Scwu-d
and Evarts. •
Colfax returns Thursday.
It is stated that the case of Mr. Davis
will not lie advanced on the Supreme
Court docket.
General Hancock has written a letter de
nying the Indian agent Wyncook’s charge
that lie had brokc’f'acts with the Indians.
Morton publishes a long financial Ltter,
responding to Grecly.
Steamers Sunk.
New Orlk.vns, December 29. The
steamers St. Nicholas and Monsoon arc
both reported sunk in Red river, with pai'-
tial loads of cotton, making three lied
river boats lost this month. The St. Nich
olas struck on a dam at the Falls, placed
there by Bank’s army.
Mobili, December 29.—The steamer
Jewess, with three hundred and fifty bales
of cotton, was snagged and sunk on the
Alabama river, three miles above this city,
this morning. The greater part of the
cargo was saved, but in a damaged condi
tion.
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Cablegrams.
Constaktixople, December 29.—-The
Porte has issued a circular refusing to
participate in the projected conference of
the Cretan questions, yvhich were lieing
discussed.
London, December 29.—The Russian
Government denies authorizing Grecian
merchant vessels to bear the Russian flag,
for any purpose whatever.
Paris, December 29. —A collision be
tween the Greeks and Turks, on Turkish
soil, is reported, the Greeks being victo
rious.
The details of the conference have been
settled, and the session commences Satur
day night.
News fiom New York.
New Yogx, December S9.—The Stoven
son cotton case, involving one million dol
lars, has been postponed, at the instance of
the Government, until January sth.
The Alaska has arrived from Aspinwall.
The yellow fever prevails at Santa Martha.
Foster beat Dion four points in three
hundred up, at billiards, French carom,for
SI,OOO.
Latest from Arkansas-
Memphis, December 29. Cotterson’s
militia have gone to Ashley county, Arkan
sas, and the citizens are flying from them.
George R. Rutter has been arrested for
embezzling three hundred thousand dol
lars, belonging to the school fund.
Fire and Loss of Life.
Chrago, December 29.—A fire occurred
here from the careless use of kerosene.
Three men and one woman jumped from
the fourth to the second story, and were
uninjured. Two brothers, named Cane,
joined hands and leaped into the streets;
both were killed.
Twitchell Trial.
Philadelphia, December 29.—0 n the
Twitchell trial, Dr. Gross thought that
blood stains on Twitehell’s clothing could
all come from carrying the deceased in
from the yard.
Marine News-
Havannah. December 29.—Arrival
the U. 8. coast survey steamer Endeavc
from New York; steamship San Jacinto,
from New York.
Cleared: Brig Marine, for Barbadoes;
ship Rochester, for Havre; steamship Leo,
for New* York; ship John O’Maun, for
Liverpool; yacht Eva, for Florida.
Charleston, December 29.—Arrived:
Steamer Champion, New York.
Sailed: Steamer James Adger, New
York.
• TELEGRAPH MARKET’S.
FINANCIAL.
Baltimore, Dec. 29.—Virginia’s old,
inscribed, 42} bid, 45 asked; '66 32 bid.
’67’s 50 asked.
Naw Orleans, Deceml>er 29. —Sterling,
■l7. Commercial 45}a46}. New York
A discount. Gold 1.35.
New York, w —Gold 1.34ja
1.34 J. Money stronger and caste* «a tbc
close. Sterling dull at 9} all}. Govern
ments closed firm at a decline —’(id’s 10|a
10|j. State l<onds dull and lower—Ten
nessee’s, 09; North Carolina’s, 61|; Vir
ginia's, 57.
commercial.
Sav aknaii,December 29.—Cotton opened
with a good demand, became active, and
closed firm. Middlings 24f. Sales 1,200
bales. Receipts 2,773 bales. Exports 6,0-52
bales.
N*w Orleans, December 29.—Cotton,
stiffer. Middlings at Sales
10,000 bales. Receiptj 4,365 bales. Exports
14,707 bales.
Wilmington, Dec. 29. —Cotton firm
Middling Uplands 23}.
Spirits Turpentine 42}. Rosin steady ;
strained and No. 2, 1.80. Turpentine s2a3.
Tar $2.
Havre, December 29. —Cotton buoyant ;'
ou the spot 124; afloat 123.
Livibpool, December 29, Afternoon. —
Cotton firm; Uplands IGf; Orleans 11.
Mobile, December 28.—(lotton, market
firm at 23Jc. Sales 2,700 bales. Receipts
2,424 bales. Exports 4,227 bales.
Charleston, Dec. 29. —Cotton stiff.
Sales 700 bale?. Receipts 2,304 bales.
Exports coastwise 1,131 bales.
New Yobk, December 29. Cotton
jc. better. Sales 4,000 bales at 25}.
Flour dull ami heavy—State and West
ern 5.90a6.20; Southern dull and de
clining—common to fair extra, $7*7.65.
Wheat dull—white 2.20. Com heavy
new white Southern $1*1.04 ; yellow 1.03a
1 08. Mess Pork firmer at 27.25. Lard,
kettle, 17}al7f. Whiskey lower—West
ern 98. Groceries steady.
Baltimore, December 29.—Cotton .‘inn
at 25|c.
Flour dull, and buyers demand a reduc
tion. Wheat nominal. Coni firm. Oats
dull- Mess Pork quiet at S2B. Bacon
quiet.
Cincinnati, December 29. Whiskey
1.00. Flour unchanged. Corn dull at
60a67. Mess Pork—City. 28. Bacon—
shoulders 13; clear sides 17. Lard—ket
tled 171*18.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA—At
Quitman on the 9th day of December. ISOS.
The undersigaed hereby gives notice of bls ap
pointment as Assignee of THOMAS J. HARDEE,
‘if Quitman, in the county of Brooks and State of
Georgia, within said District, who has been ad
imlged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by the
1 list ii< t Court of said District.
8. S. KINGSBURY,
.US -law'll}.'* Aa-igr.te.
nDXCXBAI-
Asiatic Cholera in China.
ALMOST EVERY CASE
CUHBD WITH
PAIN KILLER.
Read the following mctteb from
R«». K. Telford. Miemonarr in China, now
'Uiting liin home in Pennejl vaala:
. Washikotok, Pa., J0ue25,1866.
Mcm,. Pfrr9 Hon.FrteidmK,R.l.:
Uear w ra .-During a roridenee of aome ten
years as a Missionary in Siam and China, I found
yonr vegetan, pgj n gi|| er a valnable
remedy for that i Hr f a l scourge, the Cholera.
In admimstenag m«i,ci ne . 1 found it moot
effwlua to give a of p Hia Killer in a
gill of hot water •ir.-eu n ,d with sugar; then,
after about fifteen minutes, Agin to give a table
spoonful ot the same mixture e- er _ m inut« until
relief was obtained. Apply hot Applications to
the extremities. Bathe the stomaeh with Pain
Killer, clear ami rub the limbs briskly. Os those
who had the cholera, and took the medicine faith
fully in the way stated above, eight out of ten
recovered. Yours, truly,
R TELFORD.
If an attack wiih Diarrhoea, Dysentery, or
Cramp Colic, don't delay the use of the Pain
Killer. Hold by all medicine dealers. Price, 25
cents, 50 cents, aud $1 per bottle.
Manhattan, Kansas, April 17,1866.
Gentlemen— * * ’ I want to say a little
more about the Pain Killer. 1 consider it a rer*
valuable medicine, aud always keep it on band.
I have travelled a good deal stneo 1 nave been in
Kansas, and never wtthWbt taking it with me. '
In my practice I used it freely for the Asiatic
Cholera, in 184'J, and with better success than any
other medicine; I also need it here for cholera iu
1855, with the same goad result.
Truly, yours, A. HUNTING, M. D.
, Swato, China.
Choleia I * * * I regret to say that the
cholera has prevailed here of late to a fearful
extent. For the last three weeks, from ten to
fifty or sixty fatal cases each day has been re
ported. I slwuld add that, the Pain Killer, sent
recently from the Mission House, has been used
with considerable sucesaTßuring this epidemic.
If taken in season is generally effectual in check
ing the disease.
Rkv. CHARLES lIARDINIG, ’
Sholapore, India.
[From the Portland Monthly.]
Sommer Complaint and Dysentery.
Bowel complaints seem just now to be the
prevailing element, and any medicine that is
everywhere acceptable, and that is reliable, is a
very desirable acquisition. From what we have
seen, heard, and experienced, we believe Duvis'
Pain Killer is this desideratum. For the beat
method of using it, we quote from the directions:
“For common bowel complaints, give one tea
spoonful in a ipll of new milk and molasses, in
equal pans, stirred well together; lessen the dose
for children, according to the age. If the pain be
severe, bathe the bowels and back with the medi
cine. This Inode of treatment is good in cases of
the cholera morbus, sudden stoppages, etc. Re
peat the doseevery hour.
“Ths quickest way I ever saw the dysentery
cured was by taking one spoonful of the Pain
Killer iu one gill of milk and molasses stirred
well together and drank hot, at the same time
bathing the bowels freely with medicine. Lot
the dose be repeated every hour until the patient
is relieved.’’
If every person who has reason to fear this
disease would provide themselves with a bottle
of this medicine, and use as occasion required, we
believe sgreat amount of suffering and sickness
would b rsaved. je!2—2m
Change of Schedule.—Central R- R.
ON AND AFTER WEDNESDAY, JULY Ist,
1868, the following Schedule will be run on
the Central Railroad:
DAY TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 8.45 A. M.
Arrive at Savannah 6.15 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 7.30 P. M.
Leave Savannah 8.00 A. M.
Arrive at Augusta 5.38 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 7.30 P. M.
Leave Macon at 6.55 A.M.
Arrive at Augusta 5.88 P.M.
Arrive’ at Savannah 6.15 P. M.
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at ....0.38 P. M.
Arrive at Savannah 5.10 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 6.55 A. M.
Leave Savannah at 7.50P.M.
Arrive at Augusta 3.13 A. M.
'»c at Macon 5.55 A. M.
_ vu Macon at 6.25 P. M.
Arrive at Augusta at r3.!3 A. M.
Arrive at Savannah at ~.5.10 A. M.
Passengers on Night Train from Augusta
will run through toS avannah, Macon, Columbus
and Montgomery, without change of oars.
Passengers on Day Train from Augusta will
make close connection at Millon,and change cars
for Savannah and Macon.
Passengers for Milledgville and Eatonton will
take Day Train from Augusta,Snndays excepted.
The Union Pasoenger Depot (G. R. R-) will
be used for arrival and departure of trains.
A.F. BUTLER, Agent,
jyl_tf Central R. R.
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
STEAM BETWEEN NEW YORK AND
BREMEN via SOUTHAMPTON.
The Screw Steamers of the North Genueu Lloyd
run regularly between New York, Bremen and
Southampton carrying tlie United States Mail.
FROM BREMEN. EVERY SATURDAY.
FROM SOUTHAMPTON, EVERY TUESDAY.
FROM NEW YORK EVERY THURSDAY.
Price of Passage—From New York to Bremen,
London, Havre, and Soutnampton —First Cabin,
frsir; Cabil, 872; Steerage, $35. From Bre-
men to New Yora— iq lst Cabin, $120; Second Ca
bin, $72; Steerage, S4O. of passage payable
ingold.
Tnese vessels take freight to London and Hall
£or which through bills of lading are signed.
An experienced surgeon is attached to cash
vessel.
Ail letters mnst pass through the Post office.
BiUs of Lading but those of the Com
pany will be signed.
Bills of Lading will positively not be delivered
before goods are ieared at the Custom House.
taken to Havre, Southampton aud
Bremen Bt the lowest rates.
For freight or passage
mvl7--6m 68 Broad Street, New York
NATIONAL STEAMSHIP CO.
STEAMERS WEEKLY FROM LIVERPOOL
AND NEW YORK, calling at QUEENS
TOWN. A Steamship of thia line, consisting of
the
FRANCE.......-Capt.Grace 3,512 tons.
ENGLAND Capt. Thompson.. -.3,450 “
THE QUEEN... .Capt. Grogan 3,51/ “
HELVETIA Capt. Cutting .3,315 *•
ERIN Capt. Hall 3.310 “
DENMARK Capt. Thomson 3,117 “ t
PENNSYLVANIA.Capt. Lewis 2,872 “ .
VIRGINIA. Capt. Prowse-. 2.876 “
Leaves Pier 47 North River, every Saturday,
at 12 o'clock M.
The sue of all these Steamships admits of very
spacious State Rooms, opening diicily into the
Saloon, the accommodations and fare are unsur
passed, and the rates lower than any other lijie.
An experienced Surgeon on each ship, free of
charge. Tickets are issued in tilin'country to par
ties wishing to prepay the passage of their friends
from Liverpool or Queenstown (Ireland) for $35
payable here in currency.
Drafts isSned at the lowest rates of Exchange
for any amount, payable at any Bunk in Grea
Britain and Ireland.'
Pussage from New York to Queenstown or
Liverpool CAB.IN,SIO« Currency; STEERAGE,
$25, Currency
For Freight or Cabin Passage apply at the
Okjicxs or thx Conrtxr, 57 Broadway; and for
steerage tickets at the Passage Office of the Com
pany. 27 Broadway, New York.
my!7-Iy 'F.W. J. HURST, Manager.
ESTABLISHED 1855.
THOMAS RUSSELL,
198 i Broad St.,
-r rsn noon w> ranscH sroan.
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WATCHES, CLOCKS, and JEWELRY RE
PAIRED at the shortest notice. All work war
rented ...
AU orders will be thankfully reoeivad, and
promptly attended to.
j«M—lnrly