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COLUMBUS: Tuesday Morning, Dec. 27, 1859. The Hon. John Belton O’Neal has been elected Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals just established by the Legisla ture of South Carolina. The Democratic State Convention of Mississippi have instructed the delegates of that State to use all honorable means to procnre the nomination of lion. JetF. Davis for the*Presidency. Circulation of Small Bills. By a vote of 19 to 8 the Senate of Mississippi has passed a bill, making it unlawful after a certain time, to circulate bank notes of a less denomination than twenty dollars. Southern Rights Meeting. One hundred and eighteen citizens of Savannah, through the Express, invite their fellow citizens, irrespective of party, to unite in organizing a Vigilance Asso ciation for the better protection of South ern rights and institutions. Dr. Whitmill Horne, who returned from Louisiana to render his services during the prevalence of the yellow fever in Savannah in 1854, died recently in Macon, where he had resided two years anterior to his death. ♦ Nashville and Chattanooga K. R. The gross receipts from the year’s business of this Road, ending 30th of November, were $684,840 09; ordinary expenses, $360,053 86, leaving net earnings $318,792 29. Deducting all expenses the surplus profit amounts to $87,611 79. - Ware House at Geneva (Ala.) Burnt. The Montgomery Mail learns by pri vate correspondence thtjt the ware house at Geneva, Coffee county, with 600 bales of cotton, was destroyed by fire last Thursday night was a week ago; there wns no insurance. It’s correspondent says it was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. ■ -♦ Killed by a Horse. We learn from the Livingston (Ala.) Messenger of the 21st that Mr. A. J. Brown, of Kentucky, a gentleman who had been stopping there some time with a drove of horses, was killed almost in stantly last Saturday evening by a kick which he received from one of them while exhibiting him for sale. llis remains were taken charge of by a committee of citizens and sent to his relatives. Tile Southern Democrat Is the title of anew, and now the only paper published in GriffiD, Georgia. The proprietors of the Empire State since the conflagration, have declined to revive it, and the Independent South being dispos ed of, the Democrat supplies the place of both the old papers. It’s columns pre sent evidences of efficiency in the Editors to whom we extend best wishes for their success. Murder and Robbery. ‘ The Pulaski (Ga.) Times of Thursday, learns that a foot pedlar was brutally murdered by two persons named Alex. Gordon and Samuel Nobles, some twelve „ or thirteen miles below that place on the lrwinville lload. The former has been arrested and confessed the whole matter, and parties are pursuing the other with good prospects of arresting him. They robbed their victim of seventy-five dol lars in money. ■+■ Kansas and Harper’s Ferry Drama tized. “Pink,” the Charleston Courier’s New York correspondent, says, at the old llowcry, a piece is to be performed, en titled “ The Insurrection, or Kansas and Harper’s Ferry.” The play is said to abound with the stirring events which have of late years made both of the above places so interesting and conspicuous. In the cast of characters are John Brown, his wife and four sons, Capt. Cook, Bor der Ruffians, Reporters, <Scc. The per formance of this medley of nonsense will no doubt be a rich treat for the Bowery I boys. The play was written by some Brooklyn woman, and most likely a mem ber of Beecher’s Church. +. Valuable Compilation. * We are indebted to the author for a neat copy of the public laws of Georgia passed at the session of the General As sembly of November and December, 1859. It includes all Acts chartering Banking Companies or amendatory thereof, and all amendments to the Constitution of the State since 1850; with an appendix with directions for transacting business in the Executive Department relating to requis itions for fugitives from the State; the authentication of Deeds &c.; transcripts of records in the Executive Department • to detect forged deeds, &c. It was compil ed by H. 11. Waters, Sec’y Ex. Depart ment to whom orders for the pamphlet must be sent. Price sl. Georgia Annual Conference. The following are the appointments of the M. E. Conference wliioh closed its session in Rome Ga., Thursday night last: COLUMBUS DISTRICT—C. R. JEWETT, P. E. Columbus , St. Lube —A. T. Mann; St Paul— J. S. Key ; Factory Mission —W. J. Warulow. Giranl—L. Tierce and A. G. Haygood. Talbottor —A. M. Wynn. Hamilton —J. lLMcGhee. Whilesville —J. W. Knight. Schley —D O’Driscoll. Fuena Vista —D. Williamson. Flint Fiver Mission —Wyatt Brooks. Fuller —John 11. Robinson. Cusseta —W. W. Tidwell. CentreviHt —L. Rush. Harris and Talbot Colored Mission —ll. P. Pitch ford and John F. Berry. AMERICUS DISTRICT—J. T. TURNER, P. E. Americas —Robert Laster. Sumpter Circuit —J. P. Duncan. Terrel— W. G. Parks. Fort Gaines—To be supplied. Fittaula —A. J. Dean. Culhbert and Emeus —R. W. Bighnm. Lumpkin and Green Hill—J. 11. Harris and Geo. Bright. Stewart —J. M. Austin and T. Pharr. Cuthbert Mission —David Crenshaw. Starksville Mission —J. B. Wardlaw. Vienna Circuit —T. W. Hayes. Isabella Mission —Jas. Dunwoody and Thomas B. B. Lanier. Georgetown —W. A. Simmons. Agent for Emory College —S. Anthony. The next Annual Conference will be held in Augusta. Killing. Two men named Key and Pat. Murphy, had a difficulty in Montgomery, Thursday night, about rent, they having jointly cultivated a garden. Key was killed in stantly by a stab iu the left breast by Murpby, who was taken and immediately lodged in jail. ■>*. Cotton via tlie Northern Route, During the past month, 4573 bales of cotton have passed through Detroit from Memphis, over the Illinois Central Road bound for the East. Most of their ship ments are made over the Grand Trunk Railway to Montreal, and thence into New England, for tho factories there. Miss Joey Gougenheim (Phoebus what a name !) has gone to Savannah, to fulfill a fortnight’s engagement with Mr. Flem ing, we presume, at the Athenaeum. It is stated that there was snow six inches deep in Columbus Miss., on the &7th inst. Opelika and Talladega Rail Road— ! Report of the Engineer. Mr. A. H. Barnett, the engineer, has | just completed the preliminary surveys for the Opelika and Talladega Rail Road, i In the Tallapoosa Times of the 22d. we find his report at length. The following is an approximate cost of the whole Road, bed, track, equipments, depot buildings, machine shops, turn tables, water tanks, &c. Road bed $540,607 00 Track 419.922 OO Rolling stock 82,000 00 Depot buildings 10.000 00 Machine Shop 20,800 00 Turn tables, water tanks, Ac 5 000 00 14 mile side t r ack,frogs,and switches.. 8,500 00 Total amount $1,086,029 00 The object of the survey being to as certain tli3 practicability of the Road, an estimate is made of its business and earnings. There are annually raised within reach of the line of the Road 70,- 000 bales of cotton and 200,000 bushels of grain, the most of which has to be hauled to market, a distance of from 30 to 70 miles. In addition to this, all the freight west of the Coosa river seeking an eastern market would pass over this Road. As it will penetrate the rich mineral region of North Alabama the receipts from that source alone would be consider able. The quantities of coal are immense and are untouched for the want of suit able transportation to market, and this Road would have comparatively little, if any competition for this freight coming east. When completed to Childersbnrg the probable earnings will be 70,000 bales of cotton at an average of 65 cents per bate, $46,500 Coal. Dime. Marble. (Jraoite. I'S.OOO 200.000 linphels, drain at oc. per bushel, 10,000 Hack Height, 60.000 Mad and Express, 21 000 $167,500 The probable net. earnings will be about 14.', per cent on its cost without enumerating tiie usual quantity of mis cellaneous freight. Should the Road be extended to Tus cumbia or Decatur the immense amount of freight and passengers from that source will make the stock highly remunerative. Asa whole it is an enterprise that pre sents greater inducements to the invest ment of capita', and promises speedier returns than any other now projected.— It is the purpose of the engineer to pro” ceed immediately to a re-survey and lo cation of the line. From Cliattanooga. The Chattanooga Advertiser, of the says farmers are much alarmed, and withholding this year’s crops of wheat aud corn for another year’s use. In mar ket we note that an active inquiry pre vailed for wheat, flour and corn. We quote wheat a good article at $1 25 per bushel, little arriving, and supply un equal to demand—Flour quotable at $3 50 per sack. Superfine—stock light —Corn arriving with more promptness, and buyers giving 60 cents—orders from below are remaining unfilled. The flat boattrade has not been fairly opened, only four pioneers have arrived with apples. We presume there are 1200 bushels of apples now in market, and selling at $1 25 per bushel. Hogs are arriving and being shipped in large num bers daily. Buyers here have not given over 5 cents gross, and made purchases at a fraction under 5 cents earlier in the season—Shippers are disinclined to take 5 cents here, prefer shipping and taking the chances in Southern markets. North vs. South. Avery illustrative auecdote was told j yesterday by a gentleman, which fully il- i lustrates the falsity of the idea that “to j have a good and substantial piece of work done one must go to the North.” Some hands were usinga magnet, used in fitting up a gas pipe, which is required to be very stout and of short bend. A gentleman observing it, remarked, that “it was a very excellent piece of work and very difficult to bend, and that such work could not be dono in the South After some scattering conversation on the matter, a well known blacksmith of our city, who was standing by listening to the conver sation, remarked, that he was the man who made the article in question. The assertion appearing to be doubted by the first speaker, our Southern blacksmith, appealed to a bystander, who had paid his bill, for the truth of his assertion.— The end of the matter was a good hearty laugh at the expense of the gentleman who doubted the ability of Southern to cope with Northern Mechanics. Fatal Accident in Chattahoochee Cos. A letter to the Enquirer of this moru iog, says on Monday, the 12th inst., Margaret E., daughter of Geo. [S. and S. L. Massey, aged one year and eleven months, by some means, while her moth er tfas in the house, went into the k'tch en with a little negro who nursed the child. While in the kitchen her clothes caught fire, and before her mother could get to her relief, she was burned so j badly that she died about one o’clock the next day. It has never fallen to the lot of the writer to witness so distressing a scene. 1 mpudent. The Griffin Democrat says a drummer from the house of 11. Bancroft Si Cos., Philadelphia, by the name of Gonnally, insulted a gentleman connected with one of our business houses a few days since, by the use of language, not altogether understood, but interpreted, meant oppo sition to slavery ; the drummer finding he had picked up the wrong customer made au apology satisfactory to the in jured party, and thereby escaped a se vere flagellation, which he no doubt de served. Good Sews for Richmond and tlie South. On Saturday evening a dispatch was received by the Faculty here from Phila delphia, asking np>on what terms the Richmond Medical College would receive one hundred and fifty Southern medical students for the present session. Tlie Faculty very promptly, and properly, re plied that, as the said students had al ready paid their college fees in Philadel pbia, they would be cordially received here and be instructed without cost, save only that those, who should gradu ate, would be expected to pay their gradu-, ation fees. We take it for granted that the proposition will be accepted, and that thus a very important step will be taken for building up our Medical College, and aiding in the independence of the South. —Richmond Enquirer. New York Delegation The Charleston Mercury says: Hon. Fernando Wood, of New York, has writ ten to a gentleman of this city, desiring that accommodations may be secured for himself and friends for the week of the Democratic National Convention. He writes that his party will number about one hundred. The severity of the weather in Norman dy has h§d the effect of driving the wolves out of their haunts in the forests, and they have made their appearance at the very gates of the cities, seizing the sheep and giving battle to the shepherds. A large number had laid siege to Rouen, j Large Dividend. The Central Rail Road and Banking ) Company have declared a dividend of 27£ per cent, for the last year. Tlie Eloquence of tlxe Late ‘William T. Haskell, of Tennessee. A correspondent of the Columbus (Miss.) Democrat, furnishes the follow ing interesting communication concern ing two of the mo-t gifted oratory that ever lived in the South : It is but justice to the memory of Col. Haskell to a iy that the warmest impulses of ius noble nature were always directed to the South and to Southern interests; not that he loved the Northern Caesar lent, but that he loved the Southern Rome.more. It was the long-cherisbed and olten-ex- ■ pressed wish of his heart to canvass several of the States adjoining his own. He desired to meet the people of the South face to face, that he might ex- ! change those friendly greetings, that can only be felt and appreciated in persoual interviews. Ah ! well do I know, chiv alric brotherhood, of Mississippi, the re ception which bis burning eloquence would have secured fur him in your gen erous and impulsive natures. I have seen vast multitudes comiug forth to meet him when traveling through Ten nessee. It seemed like the spontaneous ovations given to the grand march of a conquering hero, re'uruing fresh from the crimson fields of his country’s glory. You, Mississippiaus, who have heard the lamented Prentiss, when, like an in spired improvisatore, he was pouring forth his grand extempore —epic poems, (for such was his wonderful style,)—you that have seen and heard him, when his face was absolutely transfigured and ra diant with iuiellectual light, when by tlie irresistible power of bis daring flights you seemed as if you were being lifted bodily from your seats and borne with him on the swift wings of his eagle imagination to the very sun ! To such of you, I repeat, as have feasted upon the intellectual banquets spread out before you by the prodigal genius of Seat gent S. Prentiss, a just and adequate concep tion has been given of his great cotempo rary and rival, Win. T. Haskell. It required no previous training of the mind, no plodding research after hidden I resources, for these great orators to speak ; they only wished for an elevated, a noble subject to call them forth, and then their thoughts, prompt and vivid as the live lightning, at once glorious, con centrated and embodied, sprang, with out any prelude or flourish of trumpets, like jMinerva, the Goddess of War, full armed from the teeming brain of Jove! I have seen Haskell, when fully arous ed to some great effort, approaching nearer to the matchless oratory of Mr. Prentiss, than any other speaker I ever had the pleasure of listening to. Yes, 1 imagine that I see Haskell now in the midst of a thousand upturned faces v when all were pressing eagerly upon him, clos er and closer, as if determined not to lose the faintest word that might fall from his fervid lips: such was the breathless interest manifested when on a certain occasion he was describing the night por tion of the bombardment of Vera Cruz. It required no effort of my imagination at all to hear the distant boom of cannon, the crash of shattering and falling tim bers, the cries of alarm, the shrieks of women and children in the far off beleag tired city—the blazing and flashing of Bomb shells as they streamed through the midnight air, passing and repassing each other in such rapid succession that they formed a literal nct-icork of Jive, over the doomed castle of San Juan delllloa — exploding sometimes in mid air falling in a thousand brilliant corruscations, ma king the sublime and awful scene for miles away both seaward and landward look like a poet’s idea of the final doom, or rather as if some dread infernal pro totype of the grim old monster Vesuvius had burst without a moment’s warning up from his central fires to destroy the contending armies in a cataract of molten lava! Oh, how my heart glowed in earnest sympathy with the great orator, when assuming as he did, the delightful task of reflecting back the grateful feeling of the whole country upon Winfield Scott, the master spirit of military prowess, on that memorable occasion, from the fact that the heretofore impregnable old for tress of San Juan, that for years had frowned a grim and bristling cannon de fiance to all former foes, was now made to shake and tremble from turret to foundation stone, and finally to surrender amid that furious iron blast of genuine American thunder! The history of that, magnificent bom bardment is still fresh in our memories, but the description of the stupendous scene as given by Col. Haskell, in one of his great harangues to the peopie of Tennessee, impressed upon the minds of all who heard it an idea of his descriptive powers in eloquence, that will never be forgotten. Incident During; the Eufanln Con ference. A correspondent of the Petersburg (Va.) Express, writing from Lowndesbo. o, Ala bama, Dec. 13th, says: A friend relates a pleasing incident that took place in Eufaula, Ala., a few days ago, during the session of the M. E. Conference in that place. A gentleman was offer.ng for sale the patent right of a plow that he had been exhibiting, and from the “cut of his coat,” and his “man ners,” the Vigilance Committee, thinking that he might be a traveling yankee, car ried him off to a private room, to exam ine him. He became very much excited and told them that be was Dr. Mulroe, of S. C., and that there were several minis ters then in the place who knew him.— Ilis great excitement increased their sus picious, and they questioned him farther, | aud asked him the names of his father and ! mother, neither of which could he give j correctly, and the President of the Com j mittee, Dr. Y., offered to bet -him SSO, i that he did notown a slave, and was not identified with the interests of the South. He accepted the bet, and stated that he had two plantations in S. C. and negroes to work both. This confirmed their sus picions still more, that be, so wealthy a man, should be selling plows in Alabama. One of the Committee theu asked him if he had any letters by which his character 1 might be established, he replied he had, and produced them, and they were so clear and plausible, that he turned to Mr. Y., the President, and remarked, you are mis taken, sir; this gentleman, Dr. Mulroe, is above suspicion. Mr. Y. replied, I will bet SIO,OOO he is an abolitionist, and asked Dr. M. why he did no: send for his i friend and relieve himself. Heieplied, it is now too late at night (11 o’clock) to disturb him, aud the morning will do. In the meantime someone had gone out and brought in one of the gentlemen he had mentioned, and wheifhe entered and found Dr. M. occupy ng a chair, aud undergoing an examination under such peculiar cir cumstances, he was so astonished, that he exclaimed—why Dr. Mulroe! and burst out in a loud laugh, while the Doc tor, overcome with bis feelings, burst into tears, aud the sympathy was so intense that the whole committee were soon ia 1 The President offered to pay the bet so justly due, but Dr. M. refused it, and they all pledged themselves to sell as many plows as they could. Tlie Lost Raelf. Richard Raelf, who has lately occupied so targe a space before the public as old Brown’s “Secretary of State,” is, it seems, now living in Austin, Texas. lie has written a letter to the President of the United States, slating his abandon ment of abolitionism, and bis readiness, if the ends of justice demand it, to visit Virginia or Washington to be tried and sutler for his former action. lie awaits the decision of Mr. Buchanan. IVe think be might make some rich developments. — X. 0. Picayune. , ♦ Direct Trade witli France. The Norfolk Herald announces that the movement made by the Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Exchange of that city some eighteen months ago, to second the good offices tendered by Mr. Ed. Lecouture to open a direct trade between St. Nazaire and Norfolk, has, through the intelligence, perseverance and influence of that gen tleman, been brought to a practical dem onstration. A “pioneer” vessel is now on its way with a cargo, and is expected in arrive about the 25th of this month. telegraphic. TELEGRAPHED to the daily SEX. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMEI ASIA. Nf.w York, Dec. 22, 1859. The steamship Asia, with Liverpool dates to the 10th instant, has arrived off Sandy Hook. Liverpool Cotton Market. Sales of the week 42,000 bales, of which speculators took 1,400. All qualities had declined |d., and holders were pressing on the market, particularly the new crop Latest—Friday Evening. —Sales to-day 6,000 Gales; the market closing dull.— Middling Orleans 7 3-16d. London Money Market. —Consols quoted at 95;- to 96 for money and accou t Still Furtiver by tlie Asia. Liverpool , Dec 10.—Speculators todk 1.400, and exporters 6,000 bales. Hold ers of new crop were pressing sales The following are the authorised quotations: Fair Orleans 7%d. MM.Orleans “ Mobiles 7” Mobiles id. “ Uplands ....7 3 lOd “ Uplands 6%d. Stock of American cotton on hand in Liverpool 275,000 bales. Manchester. —Advices from Manchester werj favorable. Market very firm, but dull. Havre. —Sales of the week 8,000 bales. Stock on hand 32,000 bales Quotations are 112f. for, Tres Ordinaire and 107f. for Bas. London. —Consols 95; to 96, for extra dividends. Buliiou in the Bink of Eng land had decreased £82,000. Liverpool Markets —Flourdull and prices nominal; Wheat steady, with an improv ed demand ; Corn quiet ; Coffee quiet. It was rumored iu London that the Chi nese had ordered the Russians to vacate the Amoor River seitlements, and had sealed up the Russian Embassy at Pe kin. There had been more adhesions to the contemplated Congress in Paris. . 180,000 pounds sterling have been re covered from the wreck of the Royal Charter. The directors of the Great Eastern had given much dissatisfaction by postponing any explanation to shareholders for one mont h. In Spain the Cortes have ordered an ad ditional levy of 50,000 men on account of the ministerial crisis in Turkey. Victor Hugo had published an eloquent appeal iu behalf of Old Brown. The Bank of France had gained 6,000,- 000 francs cash last month. France generally more pacific towards England. The Bourse was buoyant. The French Budget for next year was 73,000,000 pounds sterling. No news of importance from Italy. In Prussia political differences were being settled at Ilesse Cassel. James Hewitt & Co.’s circular, dated Liverpool, Friday evening, Dec. 9, quotes Middling Uplands at 6|d., aud Middling Mobiles 7gd. Tlie House still Unorganized! Washington, Dec. 22. There were two ineffectual ballots for Speaker to-day. New Orleans Cotton Market. New Orleans, Dec. 22, 1859. Sales of cotton to-day 12,000 bales. Prices easier but quotations unchanged. Middlings 10| to 10$. The combination . of buyers which has existed here fora few weeks past, has dissolved, aud the committee resigned. Sugar dull and de clined an eighth. New Orleans, Dec. 23. Sales of cotton to day 0,000 bales at unchanged prices. Sales of the week 01,500 bales. Receipts of the \< eek 100,500 bales against 76,500 same time last year, receipts of last year 200,000 bales, and receipts at all the ports ahead of last year 321,000 bales. Stock at New Orleans 479,000 bales. Mobile Cotton Dlaikct. Mobile, Dec. 23, 1859. Sales of cotton to-day 4,000 bales. Middlings 10.] cents. Sales of the week 30,250 bales. Receipts of the wepk 40,435 against 3g,605 bales same time last year : receipts ahead of last year 94,600 bales. Stock on hand at this port 202,650 bales. An Historical Retrospect—Organi zation of Congress. Within the last twenty years there have been three instances of a long delay in the organization of the Douse at Washington. The Cincinnati Inquirer recalls the facts iu the following sketch; In 1839-40, towards the close of Mr- Van Buien’s Administration, the House, which met early in December, did not succeed in choosing a Speaker until about the first of January. The choice fell upon 11. M. T. Hunter, now a United States Senator from Virginia, but then serving iu the House of Representatives. It was his first session, and he was en tirely unknown to the country. He was a Southern Slate Rights Whig, and was elected by the Whigs and the Democratic friends of Mr. Calhoun. Before the ses sion was over Mr. Hunter joined the Democratic party, and supported Mr Van Buren for President in the memora ble “ bard-cider” contest of 1840. Again in 1849 and 1850, there was a long delay in the organization The candidates for Speaker were R. C. Winlhrop, Whig, of Massachusetts, and ! Howell Cobb. Democrat, of Georgia, now | Secretary of the Treasury. After balloting for three weeks it was found impossible to elect by a majority, so a rule was adopted declaring that the persou who had the highest number of votes should be elected, whether it was a majority of the whole number of votes cast or not. Un der this rule Mr. Cobb, democrat, of Georgia, was elected. But the most re markable instance of delay was in 1855 and 1850. The House of Representatives which convened in Dec., 1855, did net succeed in electing a Speaker until Feb., 1850, a period of eleven or twelve weeks. Mr. Banks, republican, of Massachusetts, was then elected under the plurality rule, similar to that adopted in 1850. He re ceived one hundredand three votes to one hundred cast for Wm. Aiken, democrat, of South Carolina. With these except ions, we believe, there is no instance in our congressional history where the house failed to organize the first week of the session. The Speaker is a very important politi cal officer, and is worth contending for. lie has the appointment of all the com mittees of the House, and, under the rules of Parliamentary law in regard to the dispatch of business, can, by bis deeis ions, have a most potent influence in de termining the character of the legislation of the country. New York, Dec. 21. — The Republican National Committee have fixed the time and place for holding the Republican Convention, at Chicago on the 13th June. The Philadelphia National American Central Committee, in session, appointed a Sub-Commit tee with a view to unite all opponents of the Administration. Bryan’s Tasteless Vermifuge. the mother’s nore. Fretful, patlld, weak and thin Was the mother's pet and pride, “Something must be wrong within,” The distracted patent cried. ‘AVjrms the doctor said, and gave Jalap, calomel, gambooge, But all things proved useless, save Bryan’s Tasteless Vermifuge. Put up in bottles. Price twenty-five cents. Dr. McClintock’s Family Medicines and Bryan’s Tasteless Vermifuge For sale iu Columbus, Georgia, by CKQUHART A CHAPMAN, Not. 7-ly JOHN W. BOOKB. PROCEEDINGS OP COUNCIL. COUNCIL CHAMBER, Dec. 23,1859. At a called meeting of Council, present : Hi* Honor Willis 8. Hcisternt, Mayor; Aldermen Barnard. Bivins. Croft. Durkin. Daniel. King. Li cron. Merrv, yuin and Thompson. Absent: Aldermen Salisbury and Woriium. The meeting was called to take up the sever al contracts as heretofore advertised. The con tract for boarding the liuiids and the mules was first taken up. The following is the proposition of Messrs. Ivey. Smith A Cos.: To the Mayor and Council: We propose to board the mules belonging to the city lor the ensuing year for twelve dollars per month each,and the liands at seven dollars each. Also give such bond and security for the faithful periormance of the same as the Council may require. Respectfully, I YE?, SMITH & CO. (ieorge A. Huckeba proposed to board the hands at $8 and feed the mules at >l2 per month each. , , i , A. & J.Crammed proposed t<> board the hands at §7 and feed the mules at sll per month eaeh. Alderman Thompson moved that Council go into an election by ballot for the same, which was agreed to. Council, after two balloting*. failed to elect. Alderman King moved that the proposition of George A. Huckeba be accepted, which was lost. Alderman Thompson moved that the propo sition of Ivey, Smith A Cos. be accepted, which was carried on a division. Council then proceeded to take up the lum ber contracts. The following is from Dr. S. M. Ingersoll: To the Mayor anti Council of Columbus: Gentlemen :—I propose to furnish lumber for the use of the city at the rate of 97 cents per hundred, delivered within the limits of the city. S. M. INGERSOLL. William Brooks proposed to furnish lumber at 99 cents per hundred. Whereupon Alderman Thompson offered the following resolution: Jiesolved, That the proposition of Dr. Ingersoll for furnishing the city with lumber for the en suing year, be accepted, provided lie deliver it at any place within the corporate limits of the city lie may be directed. Adopted. Sundry individuals submitted proposals for lighting the eitv lamps. On motion ot Alderman Thompson they were all referred to the Gas Committee for their ex amination, and to report upon the same. The several propositions for doing the iron and wood work for the city were, on motion Os Alderman Barnard, referred to the Committee on Contracts, and to report upon the same. By Alderman King: Peso!red, That the Com mittee on Contracts be authorised and instruct ed to hire twelve hands for the.ensuing year. Alderman Bivins moved, as an amendment, to substitute fitteen hands instead of twelve, which substitute was lost. The original resolution was then adopted. Murdock McLeod, Reuben Schley, John, Henry and Edward Grantland. together with the public hands, were permitted to hold par ties on different nights during Christmas week, provided they furnish a sufficient police, at their own expense, for keeping order. The report of the City Treasurer, submitted at the last meeting, was, on motion of Alderman King, referred to the Finance Committee. ‘Plie following communication was received and read from J. R. Slaughter, President of the Opelika and Talladega Rail Road : Dadeville, Ala., Dec. 20, 1859. Dear Sir: 1 have the pleasure of transmitting to you the report ot, our. faithful and energetic Engineer. A. 11. Barnett, of the preliminary survey of the Opelika and Talladega Rail Road, and from a long and pretty thdrough acquaint ance of the whole route, and from my having spent much time with him and his company during the survey, I am fully persuaded that his estimates are hear correct, and recommend them to your favorable notice. Your most obedient. J. R. SLAUGHTER, President Opelika tind Talladega It. 11. Hon. W. S. Holstead, Mayor of Columbus. On motion of Alderman Thompson, this com munication was ordered to be entered on the journal, ancl that the report of the Engineer be printed. Council then adjourned till Monday, the 2d day of January next, at 7 o’clock p. m. ‘ CALVIN STRATTON, Clerk. ENGINEER’S REPORT. To the President Opelika aiul Talladega 11.11. Cik: Sir— Having made the preliminary surveys for your Road, I have the honor to report: FIRST —TOPOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE ROUTE. Opelika, the eastern terminus of your pro posed Road, is situated upon an elevated ridge dividing the waters of the Chattahoochee and Tallapoosa rivers. Leaving Opelika, we imme diately begin descending towards Loaehapoka Creek, crossing it four miles from Opelika and one half mile above Gillespie's mill. From this creek we gradually ascend for three and a halt miles, and cross the dividing ridge between Loaehapoka and Loblocka creeks, at the head of the steam-mill branch near Mr. Blotchford’s; thence descending for two and a quarter miles to, and crossing Loblocka creek at, Mrs. Men nafee’s mill, we commence making the ascent to get on Pea ridge, which we do with moderate grading by a grade of forty-five feet per mile, for one and a quarter miles, near the residence of Mrs. Maddox. •'We follow this ridge with a very direct course and light grading for eight anil a half miles to Mr. McNeil’s, when, by de scending obliquely along the northern slope of the ridge, we are enabled to get down to Big Sandy creek, near Mr. Mullican’s. with ordinary grading. We can cross Big Sandy creek with a first class trestle bridge thirty-five feet high and three hundred feet long. Thence by Fort Ras cal to Little Sandy, a distance of two and half miles, the country is gently undulating. Cross ing Little Sandy at the ford of the county road from Dadeville to Fort Rascal, with a bridge forty feet high and one hundred long, we get a good route with comparatively little grading for two miles, until we reach the dividing ridge be tween Little Sandy and Chattook-Sof kn creeks, cutting this ridge to a depth of thirty-four feet, and bearing more to the west along'the north ern slope of the ridge, we descend for three miles with a grade of forty-five feet per mile to the Chattook-Sof ka. To enable us to get through the ridge upon which Dadeville is situated, we are compelled to cross this creek at an elevation of eighty feet above the water. This ridge is Jhe first formidable one that we encounter, having an elevation of from one hundred and fifty to two hundred feet above the waters of Big Sandy and Chattook-Sofka creeks, while the farthest from either that we are enabled to place it with our line is but a fraction over a mile. But by crossing the Chattook-Sofka about one-quarter of a mile above Smith’s mill, where the banks are high and precipitous on either side, with a bridge of a maximum height of eighty feet, and cutting through a spur of the main ridge to the tan-yard branch, then with a light grading | for a mile, with a grade of forty-five feet per mile, we can cut through the main ridge at the- I residence of Mr. Fuller, at a depth of forty-one feet, at the maximum, and a length of thirteen j hundred feet from one grade point to the other. ! After getting through this cut, our work will be 1 ludit for half a mile until we get to the large : branch in Mr. Hatcher’s field, where our bank ! ing will necessarily be heavy. From this point i through the plantation of Mr. James Vaughn, crossing Buck creek near his gin to Minanway creek, three and three-quarter miles, our work will be moderate. West of Minanway creek we find another quite severe ridge, but we are able to get through it at a gap near Mrs. Hancock’s, with a cut of forty feet through short. From I this point we encounter a series of moderate | depressions and elevations until we reach the j ridge upon which is situated the Ebene/.er ! Church, one-quarter of a mile north of the j Church, where we begin rapidly descending to ; wards the Tallapoosa river. Our grade to get down to the river will be forty-five feet per mile for two and three-quarter miles. I purpose crossing the river with a trestle bridge 487 feet in length, supported by three stone piers be sides the abutments; the roadway being about 00 feet above the bed of the river. We have an abundance of good stone convenient for all necessary purposes. This bridge will cost £lB,- 500. This crossing is at the mouth of Teat’s creek, one and a half miles below Stow’s ferry, on Sec. 8., T. 22 R. 22. After crossing the river we keep the valley of Teat's creek for three quarters of a mile, when leaving it and cutting through a deprssion in the ridge between Teat’s and Stone House creeks, at Sir. Bendy’s we de scend to a prong of Stone House creek, whose valley with light grading and gentle grades for three miles takes us within one mile of Young ville. Then crossing some tributaries of Elke hatchee creek, and passing quarter of a mile to the left of Youngville, we get upon the main dividing ridge of the Elkehatchee and Ilillabee waters, at Mr. Josephus Carter’s. This ridge carries us six miles, to within two miles of Socopatov. The grading is light and the gene ral direction good. Leaving the ridge at this point, passing Socopatoy half a mile to the right, crossing Big Socopatoy creek at Mr. Reuben Mitchell’s, we have a favorable route until we get to Aldridge’s gap in the ridge on the south of Hatchet creek. Passing through this gap, the ground descends to Hatchet creek very rapidly—making a descent of 211 feet, in 9700. From'the proximity of the ridge at this place to the creek, I think we will be compelled to adopt a grade of 528 feet per mile. The cut at the summit will be 44 feet deep at the deepest, and 2.000 long; but our grading after we get through” this cut will not be heavy until we reach the creek, which we will cross by a bridge 70 feet above its bed. Leaving Hatchet creek and passing through the de pression in the hills caused by Downing's mill creek, and descending by gentle grades into Marble Valley, we meet with no serious difii ! cnlty until having crossed Shelton’s oreek and gained the summit, we begin to descend the Talladega mountains. Cutting the main ridge to a depth of 40 feet, we descend for five miles with a grade of 45 feet per mile. Cutting through several smaller spurs of the ridge, and passing around the southern base of Hightop moun tain, we cross Croskia creek on abridge 80 feet in height, and descend into the valley of Sylla coggn. From Syllacogga to Childersburg, a distance of ten miles, by passing through the gap at Oden’s mill, where we will only have to level a place sufficient for the Road tied into the side of the hill, the grading will be very light, the country being gently undulating. The distance from Opelika to Childersburg bv the survey, is 82 miles. SECOXI)—ESTIMATED COST OF THE ROAD. Earthwork —My data for making the estimates of grading were obtained by taking the eleva tion of the surface of the ground at every 200 feet in distance along the line, and oftener where the ground was very broken. I have made my calculations for embankments of a width at'top at grade of twelve feet, with slopes of one and a half feet horizontal to one foot perpendicular. The excavations to have a Road lied 18 feet wide at grade, with slopes one-half to one, with side drains and borne ditches wherever necessary, to protect the excavations and embankments. The maximum grade of your Road, with the exception of the grade descending to Hatchet creek, will be 45 feet per mile. - Bridging —l have eased my estimates for bridging for first and second class trestle-work over all streams except the Tallapoosa River. This is the only stream that will actually need a trussed bridge. Culverts —l have carefully estimated the cost of a stone culvert of suitable dimensions of all places requiring the passage of water under the embankment. Wa have a sufficiency of stone of good quality for this work along" the whole line. The cost of preparing the Road Bed will be as follows : From Opelika to Badeville, twenty-nine miles. \vornn-e trading per mile 51.650 >135.736 bridging “ “ 1(| j 4,800 culverts “ “ •• •; 331 grabbing aud clearing... 150 4,350 Total * -V-; * lW ' 4B6 From Dadovillc to the Taliapoosarivcr, eleven Average grading per mile fJ,WI bridging *; Jg culverts rtf. grubbing and clearing... 150 __ Bridging Tallapoosa river - 1 From the river to Childersburg, 42 miles— Average grading per mile SS,LX v-i-M bridging - - 209 culverts - •• 4i9 grubbing nnd clearing... 150 b.oOo Total $249,830 The coat of the track will depend altogether on the size and pattern of rail that you win adopt. 1 have, however, made an estimate tor a flange rail track, the rail to weigh 30 pounds per linear yard, supported by stringers seven inches square—the stringers resting upon and being securely fastened by IVj inch wooden ping, to cross ties 8 feet long and 6 inches thick, three feet apart. The following is the cost of Railing, chairs and spikes, per mile .*5,800 00 43,120 feet B. M. stringers, “ *; 43120 1,760 cross ties, “ “ 440 00 Laying track “ “ 450 00 Total cost of track per mile .85.121 20 Summing up the total cost of the Road bed and track, and adding thereto a sufficient sum tb fully equipp the road, and to build all ne cessary depot buildings, machine shops, turn tables, &c., we have the following as a very ap proximate cost of the whole road: Road bed $540,607 00 Track ..: 419,922 00 Rolling Stock 82,000 00 Depot buildings 10,000 00 Machine shops 20,000 00 Turn tables, water tanks, Ac 5,000 00. b 2 mile side track,frogs and switches. 8,500 00 Total amount 51.056.029 00 The item, if any. that will materially effect the above estimate, will be the gradingand the oniy cause that this need overrun the estimate will be an excessive quantity of rock that we should encounter. But J think that I have made sufficient allowance for this contin gency. The only place that I apprehend an ex cess of this material is at Aldredge’s gap in the ridge this side of Hatchet Creek: it is quartz but so very jointed that a good use of the crow bar may obviate any necessity for blasting. All of the rock west ot this ridge,.including that in the Talladega mountains, is talcose-micaeous slate, yielding readily to the pick or crow-bar. At Oden's mill we will have to blast a good deal of rock out of the hill side to enable us to get sufficiency of room for our road bed. I regret exceedingly that my limited time and means forbid a more minute examination of the country along tiie line. There are seve ral localities, for instance, between Dadeville aud the river, about Hatchet Creek and the Tal ladega mountains, that I would like to have ex amined more thoroughly, as I am confident that the route can be very materially cheapened at these points. I shall,’ however, proceed im mediately to a re-survey and location of the line. THIRD —ESTIMATED BUSINESS OF THE ROAD. The object of the survey being to test the en tire praciicability of the road, it would not bo improper here to make some probable estimate of the earnings of the road, for by the devel opements of this question should we be guided whether we should invest this much capital in this road, for it would be practicable to build it if it should cost ten times the amount, if it pro mised a revenue proportionate to its cost, suffi ciently remunerative to its builders. There are now yearly raised within reach of the line of the road, and what might be called its legitimate freight, 70.000 halos of cotton and 200,000 bushels or grain for transportation. The most of tliis produce has to lx- hauled to mar ket tt distance of from 30 to 70 miles. With proper facilities for transportation we might reasonably expect this in a few years to be doubled or tribled. In addition tb this is all that freight west of the Coosa river, that seek ing an eastern market, would necessarily pass over this road. All the country from Opelika to Childersburg and beyond will receive their supplies over tnis road. Although I have placed a small amount of freight on the items of coal, marble, granite. Ac., I would call attention to their localities, and the ease with which tliev can be made highly val uable. At Socopatoy we first meet with gran ite, but wo chiefly find it in •immense masses and of a very fine quality, immediately on the line of the road on the southern and eastern slope, of the ridge, dividing Hatchet and Soco patoy creek, 56 miles from Opelika. It can be furnished in any size or shaped blocks required, and can be split so smooth and straight as al most to obviate any necessity of after dressing. Asa building rock it is unsurpassed. At this place we find also large compact masses of soapstone. This, on account of its superior ability to withstand the action of fire, makes it highly valuable. On the west side of Hatchet creek we first find the magnetic iron ore. From the richness of this ore—yielding 00 per cent, of iron—there are some localities here, if proper communication was made with the coal fields of Shelby that iron could be made very profita bly. It is of this ore that the Swedes iron is manufactured. We find occasional beds of this ore as far as the Talladega Valley, Oden’s mill, it is then succeeded by the brown hema tite. This ore is found in great quantities hear Columbianna, in Shelby county, on the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Rail Road about eighteen miles from Childersburg, where its contiguity to the coal beds with its richness has drawn the attention of manufacturers. In the neighborhood of Syllacogga, seventy two miles from Opelika, are several marble quarries, each yearly quarrying a large amount of marble. This can be furnished in any quan tity and of any fineness of quality and color de sirable for architectural or other use. Oden’s mill, immediately on the line of the road, are immense hills wholly of lime rock, yielding from 96 to 100 per cent, of carbonate of lime, wiiere lime could be burnt in any quanti ties as cheaply as any place in the South. In the hills adjacent is also found hydraulic lime stone. From Childersburg it is three-quarters of a mile to the Coosa river, over a fiat country, • where the grading for a road bed would be but nominal. We have then from Childersburg two communications with the immense coal fields of Alabama. At Shelbyville, about 35 miles from Childersburg, on the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Rail Road, a company is at present en gaged in working the coal beds. There was shipped over that road during the pad year, some 6,000 tons of coal, part of which found an eastern market. The nearest beds to Childers burg by the river are on the Broken Arrow creek, fifteen miles distant and immediately on the river. Coal from either source can be had, delivered on the cars at Childersburg, for about $1 per ton. Reflecting that the annual coal • crops of Pennsylvania are worth 530.000.000 and that there are at the terminus of your road such immense quantities of it, almost un touched for the want of suitable transportation, and that your road will have comparatively no competition for this freight going east, the rev enue from this source becomes at present incal culable. I give below the following as the probable earnings of the road when built to Childers burg: 70,000 bales of cotton at an average of 65 cents per bale 545.500 200,000 bushels grain, at sc. per bushel.... IQ.OOff Coal, lime, marble, granite, &r 28,000 Rack freight 50,000 Mail and Express 21,000 $157,500 The revenue from passengers on a road should always defray .all its expenses. We have then $157,000 as the net earnings of your road, about per cent, on its cost. There will lie no item of freight in my opinion that will fall below its estimate, but there will be a good deal of miscellaneous freight that I have not enume rated. This is also made on the supposition that none of the connections now spoken of north of Childersburg will lie made. Should your road ever be connected with Tuscumbia or Decatur, the immense amount of freight and passengers tlmt it will receive from this source will surely make its stock highly remunerative, and upon the whole, your road promises more and speedy returns.to’ its builders than are sel dom given by roads at their commencement. With the hope that one of the richest por tions of our State may be soon developed hy this, its most proper connection with the sea ’ board, I remain, respectfully, A. H. BARNETT, Engineer. AN NO U NCEMENTS. For Solicitor General. CHARLES B. HUDSON, Esq., begs leave to an nounce that he is a candidate for the office of Solicitor General of the Chattahoochee Circuit, at the approaching election. aglO-te For County Treasurer. I announce myself as a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, at the ensuing elec tion in January next, and solicit the support of the citizens of Muscogee. JOHN T. WALKER. We are authorized to announce JAMES A. BRADFORD, as a candidate for County Treas urer, for Muscogee county, at the ensuing election. For Sheriff. We are requested to announce the name of JOHN HAZLETON as a candidate for Sheriff of Muscogee county, with F. M. Brooks as his Deputy, at the ensuing election in January next. For Clerk of Superior Court. We are authorized to announce A. S. RUTH ERFORD as a candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Musco gee county, at the ensuing election in January. For Tax Collector. We are authorized to announce J. B. HICKS as a candidate for Tax Collector of Muscogee county, at the ensuing election in January next. We are authorized to announce JORDAN L. HOWELL as a candidate for re-election to the office of Tax Collector of Muscogee couqjy, at the election in January. For Tax Receiver. We are authorized to announce WILLIAM R. JONES as a candidate for Tax Receiver at the elec,ion in Janunry. For Clerk oi’ Inferior Court. We are authorized to announce GEORGE I. LLOYD as a candidate for Clerk of the Inferior Court. Election fiist Monday in January next Mrs. WlßStow, an experienced Nurse and Female Physician, has a Soothing Syrup for chil. dren teething, which greatly facilitates the pro cess of teething by softening the gums, reducing all inflammation —will allay all pain, and is sure to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, it willgive rest to yourselves,and relief and health to your infants. Perfectly safe in all cases. See advertisement in another column. ag!3-ly MUSCOGEE PRESENTMENTS. rp HE Grand Jury on the first panel. November 1 Term, 1859, make the following present (Hl IS* The committee on Roads and Bridges report the roads generally in tolerable good older, with few exceptions The bridges, however, we find in a very bad condition: four ot the six on. UpatoieCreek impassable; that on the falbot ton road, near West’s, almost so, and is eon-u .- ered dangerous for cros>ing: the one at Lmu sav's Mill, on the same road, is worse than no bridge: the one at Heard's, oil the old Mac-oil road, and that across Cox's mill-pond, on Ken dall's Creek, are both in a sinking condition. In lack there are but one or two safe bridges in the county; and we ask the Inferior Court to remedy this deficiency by having them all put in good order. ’ A considerable portion of the present crop of cotton has gone to other mar kets on account of these dangerous crossings: and if the Court alluded to cannot compel the “present contractor to put the bridges in sound order, we very respectfully request them to employ some person who can and will do it. Tne committee on Public Buildings find the windows and blinds of the Court House need <dazin< r and repairing; some ot the weight-cords are broken, and a few of the rooms require places overhead to he re-plastered. V. o trust this may be attended to. To prevent danger from fire we recommend that the cumbersome man t'e-nieces in the Court and Jury Rooms lie re moved. as we have seen those in the Court room take tire during our present session, it the Inferior Court wishes to economise m this pat ticular, two good-sized stoves in the Com t room would save one-half the wood now used, and afford greater comfort in the colder da\ sot the season. We present, as a filthy nuisance, the present condition of a certain building m the Court House yard, the doors and partitions of which need repairing, and a general system of cleanliness enforced. Wo find the root ol the Jail needs anew; cover, the windows and blinds below need considerable repairing, and the hearth in the south-east room in a dangerous condition for fires. Wefind twenty-four inmates in the Poor House, who are well attended to by Mr. Geo. Lamar,the superintendent. Tliebuilu in°'s generally are in good order. The committee on the Books of the Clerk of the Superior Court find them kept in a neat and handsome manner, and we think much credit is due Mr. Rutherford for the system inlro dueed hv him of double indexing his books. Ilis papers we also find nearly and correctly ; , n d right here we would recommend the building of a vault or arch in the lower rooms of the Court House, of sufficient size and strength to protect tiie records and papers of this and other public officers of the county, from all danger of destruction by fire. The Books and Records of the Clerk of the Inferior Court are likewise neatly kept, the worthy Clerk (A. P. Jones, Esq.,) being fully up with his work in all its requirements. He also has in his office a full set of standard weights and measures very neat, and creditable to the maker, Mr. Kissam, and we recommend the Clerk to ad vertise, as the law directs, that all persons using weights and measures may ascertain if theirs are correctly guaged. The Books and papers of the Ordinary’s office we find tas reported by the Jury for years past) to be in a highly commendable condition, re flecting great credit upon the efficiency of the present incumbent, who for a long time has faithfully served the county in his present offi cial capacity. The Books of the Treasurer we find correctly kept, and the receipts for the past twelve months into the county treasury amounts to $5,629 10; tiie disbursements $2,327 39; leav ing on hand $3,301 71. We Are sorry to find that the pitiful sum of ten dollars only has been paid into the treasury for the forfeitures of bonds and fines, when we see that not less than sever al hundreds of dollars appear on the State docket against individuals, which are perfectly good on demand, and for the collection of which we are told executions have been issued; and we have been credibly informed that hun dreds of dollars have been actually paid for fines, Ac., for which there is no return to the treasury. There must have been gross care lessness somewhere, and the public officer or officers who have been thus deficient in their sworn duties should be held to the strictest ac count, and we direct the especial attention of the second panel to the investigation of this matter. We allow the Tax Collector, as his insolvent list, the sum of $39 57 on State taxes, $59 31 on county taxes, and the further sums of sl2 21 errors’ on State and $lB 30 on comity taxes, as per list furnished for our examination. We respectfully call the attention of our im mediate Representatives to the practicability of introducing a bill, at the next session of the Legislature, by which someone of the common school systems of sister States may be adopted in our own, and our present plan abolished. The present system we consider exceedingly defective, as by the last census (nearly ten j years ago) Georgia contains over forty thousand adults who can neither read “nor write, thus proving beyond controversy that the State lias appropriated her money in comparative profu sion, while those for whose benefit it was in tended can rarely boast of the rudiments of an English education. As Georgians, we feel hu miliated at the deplorable catalogue of ig norance. To his Honor Judge Worrill. we present our acknowledgments for bis urbanity, his clear and lucid charges of the law to this Jury. To the Solicitor pro tern., W. D Elam, Esq., we present our thanks for his politeness to this body, and we request these Presentments to be published in the city papers. J. A. L. Lee, Foreman, B. V. Iverson, W. H. Griswold, P. E. Wimberly, Jas. G. Cook, Jas. A. Bradford, L. Livixgstox. T. D. Fortsox, J. M. Parker, L. L. Cowdery, Philip A. Gittixoer, F. A. Jepson, A. B. Bostick, J. T. Daxiel, Nathan Dextox, .Tosf.pii Darling, Wm. W. Tilley, W. L. Clark. W. G. Johnson, M. Barsciiali.. It is ordered by the Court that these Present inents be published according to request. WM. D. ELAM, Sol. Gen. A true extract from the minutes of Muscogee Superior Court, December 22d. 1859. Dec. 24-lt A. S. RUTHERFORD, Clerk. SPECIAL NOTICES. Day Boarders. Mrs. JOHN SMITH is prepared to accommodate a few gentlemen as Day Boarders. Her residence is on the corner of Jackson and Bryan streets. Oct. 26—ts Day Boarders.— Mrs. THOS. FORRES TER will accommodate a few gentlemen as Day Boarders. Residence next door to the Presbyterian Church. Terms moderate. October 28. 2m Dr. RlcClintock’s Asthma Rcuiedy. All its ingredients are vegetable. It imparts vital energy to the oppressed lungs, removes every im pediment to full and free respiration, and affords such unexpected rare in Chronic Asthma, asto astonish and enrapture the invalid. 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MOBILE, Dec. 24.—Sales of cotton to-day K 5( 8) bales. Market generally unchanged. NEW ORLEANS. Dec 24—Sales of cotton tr „ da/ 8 000 baton. Market un- hauged -3 IV ANN All, Dec. 24.—Salts of cotton today 700 ba'cs, with a quiet market. KUFAULA Dec. 19.—The cotton market is firm Prices ran go from 9jy to lobd cents 4859. is sß Received past week 2.297 I.SSS previously 18,281 Up* Tot a! 20 4SS Tap MONTGOMERY COTTON STATEMENT. Stock on baud September 1 1.009 Received past week 6 (88 previou dy 78,2*4—84,972 Total 86,041 Shipped last week 3.7u7 ” previously 39,171 —42.878 Stock on hand Pic 19. 1859 .....4'\iC3 Stock on hand same time last year 61.596 Prices of Breadstuff's. CORRECTED weekly by palace mills. Pm EM. tj.f Btl. qr. Bbl Double Extra $9 90 4 50 ‘2 25 Extra Family 8 00 4 00 2 - 0 Superfine 7 00 3 50 I 75 Extra Fine 6 00 3 00 1 50 Fine 5 00 2 50 1 25 Bolted Meal and Hominy $1 29 per bushel. Corn Meal...— 1 • 0 p-r hushei. ■> h Short.- . . .. 1 20 per lot, lb,T Bran and Shorts mixed 1 1,0 per 100 II Hfjc"Five per cent, discount on Flour wiil be made to merchant* Columbus Factory and Mills. OFFICE AT TH£, FOStAIKE WAREHOUSE Db!. HMfßbi Qr. Bbl. Extra Flour 00 $4 50 ft 25 Family Flour 809 4MI 200 Sup- rfine Flour 700 3 5(1 175 Fine Flour 5 00 *2 50 1 25 Five per cent discount to merchants. Corn Meal and ‘Jrits $1 00 bushel. Bran.... 1 per 100 lbs. Rich Shorts 1 20 per 100 lbs. *6jr-Cotton Yarns, lanahurgs Lineeys. Stripes, .leans. Ac., Ac RiiHsot and Black Shoes All the above and of our own manufacture. Nov. 30. 1859. HENRY v MEIGS. Agent. The Great English Remedy. SIR JAMES CLARK’S CELEBRATED FEMALE PILLS, Prepared from a Prescription of Sir J. Clarke. M D.. Physician Extraordinary to the Queen. This invaluable medicine is unfailing in the eure of all those paiuful aud dangerou* diseases to which the female constitution is subject. It mod erates ill excess and removes all obstructions. and a spoedy cure may he relied on. TO MARRIED LADIES It is peculiarly suited. It will.in a short time, bring on the monthly period with regularity. Caution. —These Tills should not be taken by Females in the first three months of pregnancy at any other time they are perfectly safe. In ai! oases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, Pain in the Back and Limbs, Fatigue on siight ex ertion, Palpitation of the Heart, Hysterics and Whites, these Pills will effect a cure when all oth er means have failed, and although a powerful remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony, or anything hurtful to the constitution. Each bottle, price One Dollar, bears the Govern meat Stamp of Great Britain,to prevent counter feit. Full directions in the pamphlet around each package, which should be carefully preserved. Sole Agentfor the United States and Canada, JOB MOSES, (Late I. C. Baldwin & C 0.,) Rochester, N.Y. N. B.—sl and 6 postage stamps enclosed to any authorized Agent, will insure a bottle containing 50 Pills, by return mail. For sale in Columbus, at the Drug Stores of PEMBERTON A CARTER, AGEE * IVERSO , mchfl-eowly and all respectable Druggists. Dr. McCliutock’s Cold and Cough Mixture is a combination of nature’s vegetable antidotes to the irritation aud disturbance of the breathing apparatus, which produce colds, coughs, hoarseness, and sore throat. It removes in a very short time every vestige of inflammation from the lungs and throat, aud renews the trte respiration of perfect health. Price 25 cents. 4®“ Persons in want of Bacon would do well to call on Ragland A Birch, as they are receiving large lots on consignment, and selling at the low est market rates. See advertisement in another column. ap26tf Christmas is Coming! HOWELL & JOHNSON HA ViS just opened a large an<l varied ns.-orc mc-ut of the following ai'tides, to which they invito the attention of housekeepers and the lovers of GOOD THINGS. PRESERVES—Peach, Quince, Pine Apple, Egg, Plum. Ac. West India Preserves, consisting of Limes, Oranges, Pine Apple, Guava Jolly, and Gantou Ginger. JELLlES—Currant, Quince, Pine Apple and Orange. Pickled Oysters, Freeh Baltimore Cove Oysters, Fresh Salmon, Fresh Lobsters. Ore* u Corn, Green Peas and Tomatoes, in air tight cans. English Chow Chow, Piccalilly, Gherkins and mixed Pickles. American do. American, English and French Mustard. Sardines. Crackers. Ac. F.esli Goshen Butter. English Dairy, Pine Apple aud State Cheese. Buckwheat and Rye Flour, Cranberries, Smoked Ton ;u>-. Snioki and Beef, Pickled do. Pickled Pork and White Beans. Codfish and Irish Potatoes, Onions. Mackerel and Salmon in bids, and kits. White Fish in barrels anu half barrels. Apples. Raisins, Currants and Spices for MiDce Pies, Fresh Figs in Drums. Oranges and Pine Apples just received. One crate of fine Northern Cabbage, just re ceived. We have on hand and are constantly receivings select assortment of FAMILY GROCERIES! Such as Fine Teas, Loaf, Crushed and Pulvetized Sugars; N. O. aod Crushed Sugars. Golden Syrup; Rio, Liguyra, Java and Mocha Coffee. Flour Meal, Rice. Hams, Starch, Soap, Candles. Ac. 22 000 Torpcdos, and 20 Boxes Fire Crackers for sale very low Having a large lot of Preserves, Jellies, and fresh Can Goods, we will sell them at reduced prices. Remember No 138, between J. B. Strnpper and the Masonic Ball, Bread Street. Give us an early call. 43“ Goods sent home for city purchasers. 1860! TXJ’K WOULD invite the attention of persons J T who are in the habit of purchasing their Drugs, Medicines, &c. ON CREDIT, to the FACT THAT AT OUE STORE they can save from 12 1-2 to 20 cents on each Dollar’s worth ! by buying from us witti the 0 AS1I; this is an inducement seldom given. Persons making CASH pui chans are in vited to call and price onr Goods before buying elsewhere, for they will find that we are giving the hargaius which we advertise to give. The qual ity of ail articles sold by us warranted to he as we represent them. Very respectfully, J. A. WHITESIDE & CO., wuolesals'a.nd retail DRUGGISTS 135 Broad St., Columbus, Ga. Administrator’s Sale. TTNDER an order of the Court of Ordinary of v Muscogee County, Georgia, will he sold on the FIRST TUESDAY in February next, at the Market IIou;e, in Columbus, in said County, tbs following negroes, belonging to the estate of Mrs. : Judith Ann Venning, deceased. t> wit: AN', ; about 22 years old ; NANCY, aboul 20 years old; * and Fanny, about 13 years old. Terms made known on day of sale’ i dec. 21 JOHN R. HULL Administrator. I -A.- CL KUR.’VUSr, HOUSE CARPENTER AND JOINER, : ‘pAKES this method of tendering his servicesin L the above branches ot businees to the citi | zens of Columbus and vicinity. A loug course of s irvice in one of the best workshops in this city, he feels, has fully qualified him to give entire satisfaction in all work entrusted to his haads- All he asks is a trial from his frieDds, to a sist him in making a start in business. Orders left with Judge S.R Andrews will have prompt at tention. Columbus, dec. 21-tl jan, HOGS, dtC, *J( ||l HEADof Hogs for sale inauy M J quantity to suit purchasers, at my old stand—Back Bones, Snare YD ;VP3 Ribs, Feet and Brains always on haud Dec. 20. 6t-p. T. M HOGAN, Agi. NEW FLOWERS. 4 SMALL and select lot of Ja- MgL qj®, “A ponieas. Sweedish Junipers, “ffisi?’ Chinese Azalias, Dwarf Orange.-, ( Daphnee Oderss. Japan Ce iars, GLjKi-JSrs ; a °d the beautiful flowery plant, wfe™**.*--”* 1 * Dutzin Qracelif, just received at JOH2\ r LEE’S SEED STORE- Dec. 22. No 10 Broad street. FOR. SALE J r |dHREE fine and likely young L Cows and Calyes. “ nMjf dec. 21 ts. A. GAMMELL. NEGROES TO HIRE! I HAVE several Negroes to hire out for next year, among them are good Cooks, House Servants & Field Hands Apply to THOS. w. GKIM.Ec*. Columbus, Ga, Dec. 21. 2w CARPETINGS AND RUGS. \\TE have just received a fresa importation o* M English 4-4 VELVET and BRUSSELS CARPETING and HUGS, and will sell them low- Not. 29-1 m SAMMIS A BCQNEV.