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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3, 1855.
HqF“P. M. Sitton, Esq., is authorized
to receive and receipt for monies due this
office.-
The banks?
The communication over the signature,
“ A Looker On,” we insert with pleasure.
To our readers, we commend its perusal,
not only on account of the important sub
ject upon which it treats, but for the prac
tical view which the writer of the
subject. He states what is just the truth.
The Banks at Augmtu are making war
upon the interest of North Western Geor
gia. The tables, however, may some day
bo turned. North Western Georgia mav
make war upon the Banks at Augusta, and
whenever this state of things occurs, we
fool confident as to the result. There is a
body before whom these Banks are al
ways humble, ami upon which they are
ever ready to fawn. We mean the leg
islature of Georgia—a body in which North
Western Georgia is always heard, and her
demands always respected.
THE ELECTION.
The election for Tax Collector and Ro.i
oeiver, for thia oonnty, came off on yester
day. We learn that Thomas B. Daniel,
is elected collector. He was the whig
candidate, and the democrats were beaten
by tunning two candidates against him.—
This is proven, wc arc informed, by com
bining the votes of the two democrats
which outnumber the vote of the whig
elected. This should tench the party a
lesson for the future, and learn the de
mocracy to concentrate upon their man
and never to tun a multiplicity of candi
dates. We hear that this result in Ful
ton, has been achieved by the defection of
some, who to their disgrace, bo it t<ld,
have had some cause to be under official
obligation to the party. We hope in the
hour of our triumph, our friends will not
forget such double dealers. The sooner
any party can get rid of selfish disorgan
izers, the better for it. Let the mark of
reprobation, and the seal of condemnation,
be placed upon all such in Fulton.
Since writing the foregoing, we have
received the following, as the state <>f the
polls in the election rufered to.
FOR TAX < Ol.i.K< TOR
Daniel, Whig • 405
Boyd, Dem. 301
White, Dem. 178
The Democratic yote appears to be 479.
while the Whig vote is 405. It will thus ,
be seen, that, but for dissension, the Dem
■ ooratic candidate could have been cleeied
AN ITEM FROM CUBA.
“Bjg.ua,” the Washington Correspon
dent of the New Orleans Picayune, says: !
“Honor Goicuriu, of the Cuban Junta,
is in town. His friends hero, who knows
that a sentence of death hangs aver him
in Cuba, were somewhat astonished to
learn that he has recently been to the 1
island, and that he wax at Havana on the
Very day of the xssaximitioii of Castaneda, (
the betrayer ot Lopez. 11 is object in
visiting the island, doubtless; wnx to < om
municatc with parties there on subjects
that pi iidence forbids the dwcnsxion of in
black and white *’
.Another Hotel Seed a.xd Cast.—
Tho New York j a pen, of the 20th, tell
us that tha day before an action was brought
against the Metropolitan Hotel there to ie
oovwr for money and other effects lost in
that house. A traveler from th< South put
up at the hotel in July last, and when
ready to leave ordered his baggag. to be
| brought down stairs; the servant returned
with tidings that the trunk had been broken
open Gold to the amount of $1 jf) and
several foreign coins were abstracted. The
defence set up wax that th, lintel notices
1 ' ord -re i thir money should be placed in the
j mfc in the office Tho court ruled that
the proprietors of the hotel were obnox
ious to the charge of nvglig. nee, ns tin y
should have provided a Letter police force.
Judgment wax given against the hotel fin
-8195 4S nnd co-tx.
UtrS. p Allen, editor of the Koches
ter Democrat, pleaded guilty in an action,
for libel, on Friday, in the Superior Court
and urged extenuating circumstances.—
He wm fined twenty-five dollars. The
libel wax against the cdtor of x Buffalo l
k paper
The following appoiutim nt a ave h • n
confirmed by the Senate.
James B. Bowlin, of Missouri, to be the
Minister resident ot‘the United States io
the republic of New Gr< nada.
John Priest. <>| Pennsylvania, *•» be
eonsul of the United States for the port
\ of Suu Juan del Snr, in Nicaragua
George B. Merwin, of Ohio, to be con
sul of the United States for the port of
Valparaiso hi Chill
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER
ATLANTIC.
New York, December 31
The U. S. Mail Steam Ship Atlantic,
Capt. James West, has arrived at her
wharf, in this city, from Liverpool, which
port she left on Monday, the 18th inst.
The British Mail Steam Ship Canada
arrived at Liverpool on Sunday the 17th
inst.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ■
The Liverpool Cotton Market. —
The Circular of Messrs. Milligan, Leinpri
erc &Co , reports Cotton an eighth of a
penny per lb. lower, and quotes Fair Or
leans sjd., Middling Orleans 5d., Fair
Uplands s|d., and Middling Uplands at
4|d. per lb. The sales during the week
ending the 15th instant, comprised 84,000
bales, of which speculators took 1000 and
exporters 4000 bales, leaving 29,000 bales
of all descriptions to the trade.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
The advices from Sebastopol are only
to the 4th inst. Nothing in a military
i point of view could be done in consequence
of the prevalence of heavy rains, which
filled the trenches with water and render
ed the roads impassible
, Omer Dasha was at Varna, embarking
nineteen battalions for tho Crimea.
The British Parliament had re-assem
bled. The Queen inlier speech, spoke of
the Army in the Crimea with admiration
and gratitude, and called for instant rein
forcements. She, also, praised the gal
lant >tud active co-operation of the French
troops, and stated that a treaty had been
concluded with Austria. The speech,
however, bad no effect upon the funds. —
The debates en the address were interest
iug. A bill was read in the House of
Lords a second to time to enlist German
and Swiss Legions. Bills were also read
in the House of Commons, to send the
militia to garrisons abroad. Nothing was
’ said relative to a new Loan
The Danish Ministry had hmm re-eori
atructcd.
The India mail had arrived at London-
Trade in China was dull.
The packet ship Queen of the Went,
had been lost on tho Irish coast. All on
‘ boar J, however, were fortunately saved.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Now Orlonans, Dec. 30.—The IT. 8.
mail ship Daniel Webster, has arrived at
this port from Aspinwall, bringing advices
from California to the Bth inst. She re
ports that the steam ship Star of the West
sailed for New York on the 23 inst. with
250 pMßengcn and 8700,000 in gold.
A Russian Privateer had arrived at Hau
Fram iieo. having escaped from the allied
fleet
Thu frigate Columbia, with Mr. Wheel
i er, 11. S. Minister, to Guatemala, and
I Mr. Fubcnx, Commissioner to Greytown,
I on board, had arrived at Greytown. Three
British men of war were also there. The
I Princeton was at Aspinwall, but expected
at Grey town.
Uadillo had been captured on Lake
Nicaragua.
NEW ORLEANS ITEMS.
i New Orleans, Dec. 29.—Au injunction
; wax granted to-day restricting the Pon
i eliartrniu Railroad from selling the City
| Bonds now on mle in New York.
The loss by the burning of the Meehan,
les Institute is 870,000, and tho Insur
ance only covers 30,009. The Southern
i Convention whs to have assembled in the
| building on the Sth of January
NEW YORK MARKETS.
New \ ork, Dec. 29. —Cotton ixdull.—
Flour is firm. 1000 bbls of Spirits of
Turpentine changed hands nt 45c per gal
lon
New York, Dec. 80 —Cotton was un
elianged to-day, and only a limited busi
ness wax transacted Flour is firm. Spir
i its of Turpentine is quiet, at 45c. per gal.
lon. Crude is dull, at from 84 a 4.25
per gallon
NEW ORLEANS MARKETS.
New Orleans, December 29.
Cotton is firm, and 7000 bales changed
hands to-day
New Orleans, December 30.
The sales of Cotton to-day have eoiu
-1 prised 451)0 bales, making a total, during
the week, of 85,000 bales. The stock on
hand consists of 177,000 l»ales. The re
ceipts at all the Southern ports, are 15,-
009 bales less than last year. Middling is
worth from 8 a per lb
MOBILE COTTON MARKET.
Mobile, December 29.
The sales oi" Cotton during the week
ending to-day have comprised 5000 bales.
The market closes firm.
for the “ Examiner.”']
THE BANKS.
Mr. Editor:—Allow me, if you please
to take a glance at the Banks, and what
may be intimately connected with their
operations and influence in our State.
Some seventeen years ago, almost the
entire trade and commercial interests of
Georgia were on the seaboard and eastern
border of the State. Since that time high
land navigation having come into vogue,
and other difficulties having been overcome,
almost the entire interests and relations
of the Empire State have been changed.—
The trade and intercourse of the State with
other States and people, have become quite
as important on its western and northern
borders, as on the southern and eastern,
and are, every year rapidly increasing. So
great, indeed, have these interests become,
as to deservedly attract the attention, while
it is gratifying to the patriotism, of the
people. If we may not say that the State
has changed its front, we may say that it
has acquired a new front equal in impor
tance to the old one, upon which we sus
tain greater and more intimate relations
with the country at large than with the
! latter, and require, as a consequence, the
institution of means to correspond with the
1 change. And yet with all this change of
j relations and interests, and its consequent
1 wants and demands, until recently, the
North-western nnd important half of the
' State has been destitute of the life blood
of all flourishing and prosperous commu
nities, to-wit; Cash capital, and Banking
facilities; and the recent movements made
by the people to obtain, and encourage the
introduction of these important means, into
our midst, have been assailed with a bit
terness, unsuited to almost any cause.
About the time to which I have referred,
a commercial crisis, very much like the
present, spread all over the land. During
that crisis, the Banks of Augusta and oth
er parts of the State, availing themselves
of the panic, simultaneously suspended
specie payments. These banks continued
in this position almost three years. Pre
vious to this break-down, it is but just to
say that the banks of Augusta had been
doing something like a legitimate busi
ness; and it was under such a system and
policy that there had grtwn up in Augusta
a thriving and prosperous dry goods trade.
Other branches of trade there, were equal
ly prosperous But these banks having
once failed, and the people having been
once compelled to tolerate their failure;
and having once tasted of the immense
profits and he<ivy gains realized under such
a state of things; their appetites became
morbid, and like the tiger, which, having
once tasted of human flesh ever after seeks
man for his prey, bo have these Bankscver
since pursued a shaving and gouging busi
ness, mowing down men and parties on
the right, and on the left, without regard
to consequences, the wants of communi
ties, or the desolation they inflict upon the
agricultural and commercial interests of
the country. Ax one of the consequences
of this, the flourishing dry goods trade
that once existed in Augusta, has departed,
and is now known only as a “thing that
was.” Who can say that the change of
course and conduct of the Augusta banks,
has not produced this state of things in
that once flourishing city ?
But this is not all. So profitable has
banking become in Augusta; so little real
capital is required there to make large
profits under the new system of banking—
and not contemplated when the Banks re
ceived their charters from the people’s repi e
xentatives—that merchants and others, capi
talists, posted up in this modern system,
readily embark in, and contribute their
surplus to the business. This makes the
number of Bank Stockholders in Augusta
very large. And hence it is, in times of
great pressure lor money, and when a le
gitimate business should lead them to ex
tend accomodations, they never fail to
tighen the screws, by giving them several
extra turns, against the public in general,
and embark in all sorts of speculations
themselves. So numerous are these stock
holders, and so adroitly ate their specula
j tions managed, that it is only now and
then, that an outside party, or a Public
Print, can procure the means, or has the
, courage to expose theii oppression, abuse
, of theii chartered privileges, and audacity.
It is through those very speculators, and
I bank stockholders, that we hear so much
ot the a good currency" through one of the
Augusta papers, the Chronicle & Sentinel
I have but little doubt, Mr. Editor, that
I some of these banks, are, with anxiety,
; looking for the panic to spread, with the
, hope that it may authorize another sus
pension that will be big with speculation,
and a rich harvest. But capital being in
vested in some of the Interior Banks ren
ders such a step far more difficult and dan
gerous to them than it was in 1837.
Such is but a glimse at the monied mo
nopoly that keeps up so much noise, and
■ heaps up denunciations against all Banks
and parties, and all attempts at banking,
whether good or bad, in the interior of our
i State. In view then of the great changes i
that have been wrought in the State du
ring the past fifteen years ; in view of the
great and increasing demand in the North-
Western portion of the State, for cash
capital and banking facilities, in view ot
the source and condition of the currency
we now use, and in some respects the an
tagonistical interests manifested towards
this section of the State; is it not the du
ty and true interest of the people to k»ok
into this Bank question, and Bank mo
nopoly, and see now they stand ? Banks
which are good should be sustained in
North-Western Georgia, and not be per
mitted to fall a sacrifice to this huge pow
er. As long as we have Banks in one
section of the State, to have them in anoth
er section where the business of the coun
try requires them, is but right, though
they serve only as checks upon each otli
er, by balancing accounts quarterly. The
Bank* of Augusta learned to “ Wild Cat”
it, as well as speculate, on a large scale,
years ago. Once a year, it is true, they
put out their paper amongst us by the mil
lion, on thirty day bills, to buy cotton;
but they never foil to send their paper as
for from home as their credit will permit.
Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi, are
the fields where they generally scatter
their promises to pay. They are as far from
aiding the legitimate trade of Georgia, or
making an effort to develope the resources
of our North-Western region, as the Czar
of Russia is in promoting the freedom of
Poland. The most striking effects being
produced by them, and their organ at Au
gusta, are the putting down, and rendering
almost useless to us the new Banks. By
such action the entire community suffers.
Is this state of things to continue?
The Atlanta Bank, the Merchants’
Bank of Macon, and the Interior Bank of
Griffin, are strong, and safe as any banks
in the State; and had selfish parties in
Augusta let them alone, could in the pres
ent crisis, afford great relief to the coun
try and people.
A LOOKER ON.
FROM WASHINGTON.
[•Special correspondence of the Daily Examiner.]
Washington, Dec. 29.
Congress has been unusually active
since the date of my last. TLe Bill pro
hibiting the circulation of small notes in
the District has passed the House, and
having passed the Semite, at the last
Session, may be considered as law Se
veral ineffectual effortshave been made by
Northern Members (the region of manu
facturing monopolies) to force the Presi
dent into an antagonistic position in re
gard to necessary and Constitutional works
of Internal Improvements. They will
have their labor for their pains. The
President will send in his message, which
I learn will be elaborate and lucid, on
this subject whenever he deems the pro
per time for doing so has arrived. It is
more than probable, however, that he will
wait until he can see, in one group, all
the separate bills that are now daily pre
sented to Congress, by prominent and
leading democratic, before he winds up
his Message on the subject. It has al
ready been a subject of remark and no lit
tle surprise that Col. Phillips, of the Mo
bile district has not yet moved in this
matter. Surely, be could safely present
such a bill for the improvements of Mo
bile harbor as General Shields has already
offered for similar improvements in Illi
nois. Here is the general schedule:
For improving the harbor of Chicago,
Illinois, $24,00(;.
For improving the harbor of Wauke
gan, Illinois, $16,000
For improving the navigalimi of the
Illinois river, 815,000.
For erecting » Marine; lloxpital at
Galena, Illinois, 825,000
Come Col., go to work quickly, or the
“oldfolks at home” will be down upon
you like a stack of bricki ats.
It is thought that a bill will be passed
by the present Congress, erecting a Naval
Station at the harbor of Brunswick in your
State. The Secretary of the Navy will
lend all his official weight to this object,
and it is understood that he has informed
Congress, by a special report, that the De
partment has official sports stating that,
at high tide, there are 24 feet deep of wa
ter across the bar. This would be amply
sufficient for our largest class vessel of
war
Mr. Fuller of Maine has carried through
the House a resolution, calling on the
President to transmit to Congress, in con
nection with the Commercial report, now
being prepared, in the Department of
State, copies of Circular ieplies to a Cir
cular addressed to the different consulates
of the United States, by that Department
in the early part of last year. These des
patches when properly arranged and class
ified by Edmond Flagg, Esq. of the State
Department, who is now maturing his
Commercial report, will present the most
valuable mass of information, on our Me
chanical, Industrial and Commercial in
terests that has ever before been spread
before the country.
Information of equal utility and impor
tance would be transmitted, annually, to
Congress from that Department if an ap
propriation were made for the creation of
a Bureau of Commercial relations. Our
i Consular despatches would alwavs supply
abundant material for an annual report,
that would enlighten the country at large
on many subjects of vital importance to
our national enterprise. For want of such
a Bureau, this valuable information has, i
hitherto been permitted to slumber among ,
the archives of the Department of State.
The bill to reform the Judiciary system )
of the District of Columbia has passed the I
House, and is now before the Senate—'
Should it become a law, as it doubtless
will, it will constitute an epoch in the his- I
tory here, somewhat similar to that which
witnessed in France, the destruction of
the Bastile. Our present Judicial sys- i
tern is the last vestige of Feudalism which .
still lingers in our midst. This session i
will be eminently signalised even should ;
it pass no other act.
BRUTUS.
Anecdote or the Czar. —Nicholas, it!
seems, in spite of the anxiety incident to I
his present position, maintains his old ha
bit of walking the streets of St. Peters
burg unattended. lie was lately inform
ed that a tradesmand in a large wav of
business had insulted a Frenchman with-'
out provocation, and be immediately sent.
for him When asked why he insulted
the man, he replied “because I hate his
nation.”
“Is thatyou< only motive?”
“Yes, cire.”
“Then you shall have au opportu
nity to gratify your hatred. I shall send
you to join my army in the Crimea.”
Egk-Governor Dorr, of Rhode Island is
dead. He was 49 years old.
WHO IS MISS COUTTS.
A Now Yore paper, in referring to the
so-called Miss Coutts, whose regular and
singular attendance at the Grisi and Mario
opera in New York has excited no little
wonder, says:
The real name of Coutts is Giles, not
Gyles, as has been often said; she is un
married, and not very young; she is a na
tive of Gloucestershire, in England, and
has lived some years in London, keeping
house in a quiet way, at the West End,
and going but little into society, though a
constant attendant at the opera and the
atre. Her income is Jk2,o(jo a year, or
SIU,OOO, which is too small to make a
show with in London. At one time, she
conceived a passion for Charles Kean,
whom she haunted in the same way that
she now haunts Mario, until happening to
meet the latter gentleman, she transferred
her affections, and he has been the object
of her idolatry every since.
What will become of the poor- lady
when Mario retires into private life, and
goes to live on his estate in Italy, unless
she should, in the meanwhile, find some
other fascination, it. is not easy to con
ceive. Perhaps some handsome Yankee
may succeed in attracting her young affec
tions, and put an end to the unhappy
passion.
t r r
The Longevity of Slaves. —The ;
compend of the census, prepared by J. D.
B D Bow, Esq., and lately noticed by us,
devotes a section to the subject of the rel
ative mortality of the white and black
’ races in the United States.
In referring to this matter, the editors j
of ti e Charleston Medical journal and
Review remarks:
i On an examination of this table, one I
fact stands prominently forth; it is that of i
the greater longevity, both general and ’
extreme, of the black than the white in .
the slaveholding States. This is a fact!
pregnant with significance; proving con-!
I clusively, as it does, that the almost com- j
1 plete freedom from care, the lightness of |
his labor, and the physical comforts gen
erally enjoyed by the slave, combine to in- 1
crease the duration of his life, not only
beyond that of the laboring white class,
; but even beyond the average of the white
class of all conditions.
But the difference between the two races
in point of longevity, would be still great
er in favor of the black than is represent
ed in the table, deduct a certain
proportion of early’deaths from the latter, i
occurring among the mulattoes who exist 1
in large numbers in the cities of thcslaxej
1 States.
I «
The reform diplomatic bill now be- !
' fore Congress proposes the following sala* !
' r’.es for foreign ministers : Great Britain,'
$17,300; France and China, each, $15,-
| 000; Spain, Russia, Austria and Prussia,
each, $12,000; Brazil and Mexico, each,
slo,<iof)_: Turkey, Peru and Chili, each, ‘
$9,000; SwitzerlaifH, Rome. Naples, Sar
-1 dinia, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, ]>en
i mark, Sweden, the Argentine Republic,
New Grenada, Bolivar, Ecuador, Venezu
ela, Guatemala and Nicaragua, 67,500. —
We have already observed that the inferior
appointments and title of Charge des Af
faires are dispensed with, and all these ap
, pointments arc to be full missions.
j Samuel O. Mead and A. S. Pea-
I body, two well known brokers of Boston
are reported to have failed on the 18th
instant
HOTEL ARRIVALS*
TROUT HOUSE JANUARY 1, 1855.
| P Reynolds, Covington
I A W Jones and lady Atlanta
■W A Campbell. Griffm
John F Cooper, Etowah
M G Slaughter, Marietta
N B Knight, do
W L Wadsworth, do
I Dr II II Lumpkin, do
i I) A Hoyle, do
I Charles E Nesbitt, do
j E C Jones, do
H Masson, Savannah
, D A Cook, DeKalb
i James Woodraa, Milledgeville
| Miss S Anthony, Washington
i W F Wright & s’vt, Newnan
I James Gray, do
S W Wallace, Maryville Tenn
.F M McNairy, Nashville “
I R J Fidon, do
Walker Fidon, do
Leonard G Young, Lexington
G E Clark, Charleston S C
A C Irmitte, • do
W J Scott, Columbns
J M Redwood, G R R
R W Benson, do
Pleasant Stoval, Augusta
Joseph Gibson. Campbell co
W W Hammons, Georgia
B A Stoval, Alabama
O J Neal, Connecticut
D B Blakely Blakeley* Orchestral Co
J M Hubbard & lady, do
J Durston & lady, New York
MARRIED.
In Mont<celb), Ga. on the morning ol the 21st
ult. by the Rev. A. E. Cloud. Mr. A. VV.JONEB
of Atlanta, Ga, and Miss. SARAH, youngest ■
daughter of Maj. J. Pearson of the former place.
Spffinl llotirrs.
■—- =* ■ ■ =-
The New Testament Mirror.
4 Selection of paintings, from the most ce!e- 1
/\_brated artists in the world, ftatfeili, Rubens.
Michael Angelo, Dominiquino. Tjtiano and
Kambrandt, representing the most remarkable
scenes in the life of Christ.
Will be exhibited lor a few nights at Crisp’s
Atheneum. commencing on Monday, Janqary
Ist 1855. For particulars see programme. Ad
mission 50 cents, children 25 cents. Doors open
at 6J. to commence at 74 o’cock.
.. A. GRINEVALD,
Musical Director and Manager. ;
~\ f AILLOT & Sons, No 134 Mogaziae street ■
AvJ Importers of Wines, Brandies, &e., and*
Distillery of Domestic Liquors- 49dwly 1
KATKS OF HXCIIANGB IN WAKfI-
Reported and corrected tri-weekly bo
U.L. WRIGHT.-
Exchange on Northern Cities, cent.
“ on Savannah, f per cent.
“ on Charleston, } percent.
WHOLESALE PRICE OF GROCERIES IN
ATLANTA.
Corrected tri-weekly, by E. Wi Son,
Wholesale Commission Merchants, Atlanta.
No. 1 Rio Coffee, 11J to 12J%,ts.peril,.
Salt per Sack, 2.50
Star Candles, 26 cts. per lb.
N. O. Sugars-—Fair, hhd. per lb.
Prime, “ 6|c per lb.
“ Choice, hhd., 7c per lb.
N. O. Syrup, bbl., 3()c
Extra Raw Whisky„6sc per gallon.
America Brandy, Z 5 to
ATLANTA PRM.F CURRENT.
Collated Jrom the reports tfCJ. R. Wallace 4
Brother -, J. E. Wilt lianis. afia J. 4 Lynch, :
Cotton, 4 to 6. -x
Salt pork 8 c. # "**
Bacon Sides 10 to."i 1.
Pork neat, 6} to 7^cts.
Hams 124 *
Shoulders, 9| to 10.
Lard, per bbl. 11 to 12 cents.
Corn, per bushel 90 f> 100 cts.
Meal, -SI.OO to 1,10
Salt, per Sack, 225 to 250
Sugar per Hhd., 6J to 7.
Coffee, 12| to 13 j.
Clarified Sugar, 8 to 10.
Mackarel No. 1, in Kits, 4,50.
“ “ 2, none,
“ “ 3 per Barrel, 9,50 to 10,00
“ “4, “ “ 8,00 to 9,00.
Cheese, 15.
Bagging, 16 to 18.
Rope, to 14
Manilla Rope, 20 to 22 A.
Tobacco, 15 to 75.
■ Candles. Adamantine to 28.
Flour, 4} to 4J.
Eggs, 20 to 25.
j Beef, 3to 4.
Iron American, 5 to SA.
I “ Swecds. 54 to 6.
M Band,
i Castings, 4jto 5.
I Steel Cast, 20.
“ German, 15.
“ American, Bu> 10.
Nails, 6f.
Powder, Blasting, per Keg, 4.50.
■ Safety fuse. 50 cts. per 100 feel.
Rifle, per keg, 600. to 650.
Teas, 75 to 125.
Factory Yam 80 to 90.
Osnaburgs, 10 to 11.
Chickens 12 j to 15.
Oats, 60 to 65.
Sweet Potatoes, 50 to 75
1' odder, 75 to 80 per cwt.
Hay, 1.00 to 1.25 per cwt.
Liquors.
Reported by J. 4 .7. Lynch.
Brandy, (Cognac) per gal., 2.50 to 4.00.
“ (Domestic) “ “ 90 to 1.12
44 (Cherry) « “ 75 to 1.00.
; Gin, (Holland) “ « 1.75 to 2.25. adv.
) ‘S (Domestic) “ “ 00 to 77. adv.
j Rum, (Jamacia) « “ 1.00 to 3.00.
( “ (Domestic) “ “ 68 to 75. adv.
: Whiskey, (Com) “ « 58 to 70.
(Dexter) “ “ 60 to 7q. aud adv.
•• (Monongahala) per ga1.,85 to 1.12
M ines, (Port) “ “ 2.75 to 4.00
NEW ADVERTISMENTS.
| J. SANDS. LOUIS DURAND.
• Sands & Co.
! GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
MOBILE, ALA.
REFER TO
G. S. Robbins Son, j
Ripley 4" Judson, V New York.
J. C. Ryan, y
I‘RES. ARCTIC IXS. CO.
Judson & Co., )
Fearn, Donegan 4c Co. > New Orleans.
Bogert, Foley, <V Avery. S
Taylor Cassilly.
Noice.
j milE Copartnership heretofore existing be
| I tween Swift 4" Bryant, is this day dissolv-
I ed by mutual consent.
'l’he business will be carried on by the nnder
' signed. J.UL SWIFT.
; Atlanta, jan 2,’55 d no6l-lt.
J. W. Hutchison’s Tonic Bitters.
' ? WILL effectually cure Chills, and Fevers,
i Diarrhoea, Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Dys
iki pepsia, Chronic or Nervous Debility, Diseases
; of the Kidneys, and all Complaints arising from
! a disordered Liver or Stomach.
i This celebrated Medicine is too well known to
; need a puff; it is necessary only to occasionally
, remind the public that they (the Bitters) are to be
, found nt nearly every Drug store in Mobile, eve
( ry city of note throughout the United States,
: Canada, Mexico, and West Indies; and sold
wholesale und retail by the Proprietor, corner of
i Warren and Dauphin streets, Mobile, Alabama,
jan 1, ’55 d w . ly.
Beautiful Daguerrean Miniatures.
undersigned would respectfully ipform
| the citizens of this city, anil strangers visit
ing it, that he has opened hi- Daguerrean Gal
; lery at Haydens Hall on the second floor oppo
site Mr. Mier’s Room, the celebrated Portrait
! Painter; where he is prepared to take Daguer
' rcotypes in various colors, and styles, Miniatures
: taken in Cases, Medallions, Breastpins, Lockets,
Bracelets, illuminated &c. Also, in Crayon
drawings which have won universal admiration.
These pictures are unrivaled for their Artistic
arrangement.’beautiful tone and finish, with a life
like expression—taken as well in cloudy as fair
days.
• Ihe public arc invited to call and examine
; specimens, whether they sit for pictures or not.
M. A. COOPER.
Atlanta, jan 1855. d n6O 2w.
“Done up Brown!”
JM. TOMLINSON having determined to
• carry on the Painting Business on his own
| account, is now prepared to execute work in all
; the different branches of his profession, as good
as it can be done “anywhar” North or South.
House, Carriage, Passenger Car, Pictorial,
! Sign, Ornamental, Flag and Banner Painting,
Also, Transparencies, Gilding, Marble Imitations
generally, and every kind of Decorative Paint
ing— all of which will be done up in the very
“ brownest style. ’ From his long experience in
the business, and the durability, and the snperi
' or character of his work, he hopes to merit a
* share of public patronage.
Orders from a distance solicited and promply
attended to. Shop on White Hall street, op
posite J. Haas 4 Co’s Store. Sign and Orna
mental Painting done at short notice.
ALSO,
Manufacturer of Gilt Glass Door Plates, Win
dow Signs, Numbers for Public Houses, Church
es—and Street Numbers.
J. M. TOMLINSON,
tfec. 29, ’54 d w n57-ly
—— ———— ■ .«» ■ ■ ■■■■■> - W ■ Ml T
New Orleans Barber Shop.
ALBERT SCCTT,
I}ARBER and Hair Dresser. Washington I
JiHall, Atlanta, Ga.
i dec 30, ’54 d nSB-ly. I
PURE Wines an«l Brandies, a fresh supply
just received by jnn 1, K & R.
\/"-ARNISHES, V arnishes, a fresh supjily of
V all sorts, just received by K & R.
To Merchants.
KAY & Ramsay are now ready to furnish
Drugs and Medicines to Merchants at the
lowest rales; call and see, w« charge nothing for
showing.
Notice.
j-) EMPLOYMENT wanted as a House
Carpenter or Clerk. I have 6bout S2OO
worth of carpenter's tools, that will be here
to-night. Any person wishing to employ a car
penter, will please apply to me at the City Hotel,
or, any person war ting a clerk to attend in a
store, can have my services as such on reasonable
terms. I have some experience in clerking, and
can give good references.
Jan 1, 1855 59d2t WM. H. PORTER.
Lumpkin Sheriff Sales.
"VS 7 Ikl-* be sold before the Court House door
| y in the town of Dahlonega, within the le
gal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in Febru
ary next —the following property to wit:
One roan mare about seven years old, and
seventy bushels ofcorn as the property of Thom
as Helton, levied upon by virtue of anjorderjlrom
the Honorable Superior Court of said County of
Lumpkin, for the use of the Officers of Court vs.
said Helton.
Also, the land and improvements commonly
known as the Kilaugh place, the Nos. not known ,
and one bay mare, supposed to be Bor 9 years
old, levied upon by twofi fas from Lumpkin Su
perior Court, in favor of Lydia Barker, for the
use of the Officers of Court, vs. James Barker.
Property pointed out by Lydia Barker.
Also, lots ofland Nos. 318 and 61, in the 13th
District of the Ist Section, South half, to satisfy
sundry fi fas issued from a Justice Court of Gil
' mer County, Miller Chamberland and Peek, vs.
F. C. McKinley. Levied and returned to me. by
John W. Rouse, L. C,
J. B. GRAHAM, Sheriff,
jan 1, ’55. d w tds.
Oysters’ Oysters’!
FAMILIES and Hoti
keeper can bo supplied
with opened Oysters by the quart at
a low price at
BRENNAN & JOHNSON’S,
Fruit and Family Grocery Store, next door
below the Fulton House. N. B.—Oysters and
other refreshments at all hours. dec29-57dtf
British Periodicals.
EARLY COPIES SECURED.
LEONARD SCOTT & CO., New York, con
tinue to re-publish the following British Peri
odicals j viz:
1
The London Quarterly,
2.
The Edinburgh Review ( Whig.)
3.
The North British Revuir (Free Church.)
4.
The Westminster Review (Liberal.)
5.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (Troy)
T'he present critical state of European affairs
will render theae publications unusually inter
esting during the forthcoming year. They will
occupy a middle ground bytween the hastily
written news-items, crude speculations, and fly
ing rumors of the daily Journal, and, the pon
derous 'Pome of the future historian, written af
ter the living interest and excitement of the great
political events of the time shall have passed
away. It is to these Periodicals that renders
must look for the only really intelligible end re
liable history of current events, and as such, in
addition to their well-established literary, scicn
; tifle, and theological character, wc urge them up
on the consideration of the reading public.
07° Arrangements arc now permanently made
for the receipt of Early Sheets from the British
Publications, by which we are enabled to place
all our Reprints in the hands of subscribers,
about as soon as they can be furnished with the
foreign copies. Although this involves a very
large outlay on our part, we shall continue to
t furnish the Periodicals at the same low rates as
j hertofore, viz:
Per ann.
For any one of the four Reviews $3 00
For any two of the four Reviews 5 00
For any three of the four Reviews 7 00
For all four of the Reviews 8 00
For Blackwood’s Magazine 3 00
For Blackwood and three Reviews 9 00
For Blackwood and the four Reviews 10 00
Payments to be made in all cases in advance.—
Money current in the State where issued will
be received at par.
CLUBBING.
! A discount of twenty-five per cent, from the
above prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering
four or more copies of any one or more of the
above works. Thus: Four copies of Blackwood,
or of one Review, will be sent to one address for
$9; four copies of the four Reviews and Black
wood for S3O; and so on.
POSTAGE.
In all the principal Cities and Towns, these
works will be delivered, through Agents, Free ot
Postage. When sent by mail, the Postage to
any part of the United States will be but Twen
four Cents a year for “Blackwood,” and but
Fourteen Cents a year for each of the Reviews.
Remittances and communications should al
ways be addressed, post-paid, to the Publishers,
LEONARD SCOTT & CO.
54 Gold Street, New York.
N. B.—L. S. & Co. have recently published,
and have now for sale, the “ Farmer’s Guide,”
by Henry Stephen, of Edinburgh, and the late
Prof. Norton, of Yale College, New Haven,
complete in 2 vols., royal octavo, containing 1600
pages, 14 steel and 600 wood engravings. Price,
in muslin binding, $6.
I This work is not the old “ Book of the
Farm,” lately resuscitated and thrown upon the
market.
D. A. GARRETT,
Eactor and Commission Merchant,
ATLANTA, GA.
fl LENDERS his services to the public, gencr
I ally in the purchase and sale of all kinds of
produce, such as Corn, Cotton, Oats, Peas, Ba
7on, Lard, Flour, &c. &c. Also all kinds of
goods sold at Auction or private sales. He also
tenders his services to all Persons having real es
tate or Negroes to sell, Houses to Rent, Negroes
to Hire, they will do well to report them, also,
persons wishing to buy or hire any of the above
named, will do well to apply before doing so.
Terms liberal. dec 30, ’54 d-3rn w-6tn.
Clothing for the Million.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform
the citizens of Atlanta and vicinity that he
has opened the store formerly occupied by B. T.
Lamb, White Hall street. 7/tlaaita, Ga., where
he offers for sale a large and desirable Stock of
Mens and Boys Clothes, Hats, Caps, Boots,
Shoes, Trunks, Valieces, Carpet Bags, &c. which
will be sold at New York prices, for cash only.
W. H. HAUSMAN,
Atlanta, dec 22, ’54. d iis3-8m
To Physicians.
KAY & RAMSAY Respectfully call the at
tention of Medical men to their superior
stock of Pure Chemicals, which are now open
ing and arriving. The purest and cheapest ever
brought to this market. jan 1, ’55.