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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Register Your Letters.
We request all persons making remittances
to our office to have their letters containing the
same registered. Unless such is done, we will
not be accountable for monies lost by mail.
liemember, registered letters are at our risk.
Mr. Nathan Gray, book-binder, well
known to the craft, and formerly, for a
number of years, a resident of this city,
died suddenly in Montgomery on Satur
day night last. lie was about fifty-five
years of age. liequiescal in pace.
Another Shower.
After a “long dry spell,” and being
tantalized for several days and nights
past by signs of rain, we were visited
with a considerable and most refreshing
shower, Friday afternoon. It was in
terspersed with vivid lightning and heavy
peals of thunder.
Planters’ Warehouse,
We invite the attention of planters to
the advertisement of Dillard, Powell &
Cos., who are prepared to accommodate
in superior style in the warehouse and
commission business. Their warehouse,
like others in the city, is large and com
modious, and the firm worthy of liberal
patronage. See their card.
Hughes & Hodges.
Wc commend attention to the card of
Messrs. Hughes & Hodges elsewhere.
They are prepared to furnish all the
facilities commonly afforded to planters.
Their Ware House is convenient and
commodious and the firm deserving of
public patrouage.
Woo]folk, Warnock <fc Cos.
Wo would direct the attention of plan
ters to the card of the above firm in this
paper. They are prepared with all the
usual facilities, for making advances, and
for storing cotton, &c. See their card
elsewhere.
King, Allen &, Camak.
We invite attention to the card of
Messrs. King, Allen & Camak, who have
recently erected a large and spacious new
Warehouse on the site of the old one, and
are prepared to furnish all the facilites
usual to planters. Their new Warehouse
is one of the most commodious in the
South.
Mr. Wells.
Wo are reliably informed that Mr. B.
E. Wells, whose arrival in the city we no
ticed in our last issue, has accepted the
position of Superintendent of the Mobile
and Girard Road made vacant by the
resignation of Mr. John Howard. Mr.
Wells is represented to be eminently qual
ified for his duties.
New Music.
Oliver Ditson & Cos., Boston, have our
thanks for the following new pieces of
music, to-wit: Polka De New York;
Prayer of a Mother ; All is O’er twixt
thee ami me; The Lover of 72 ; Ido not
Watch alone ; Still in my Dreams thou’rt
near; Flowers ever bloom around us.—
These pieces of Music may be found at
the Music Store of W. B. Carter, Broad
street, Columbus.
Abduction of •• Tom.”
The Charleston Courier has received a
dispatch from Baltimore, the22d, as fol
lows : Your Augusta dispatch in relation
to the abduction of Tom, the negro pian
ist, is a hoax. Tom gave a concert in
this city two nights ago, and is now, with
Mr. Oliver, in Frederick City, about 40
miles distant, whore he is giving a series
of concerts. He will return to Baltimore
and give another concert next week.—
Tom’s concerts, by the way, arc attended
with great success.
Delegates to Milledgeville.
By the official report of the proceedings
of the Constitutional Union party of Mus
cogee, who held a ratification'meetiDg on
Saturday night last in this city, we per
ceive that the following gentlemen were
appointed delegates to the convention at
Milledgeville :
Hon. Grigsby E. Thomas, Thos. Rag
land, M. W. Perry, Hon. Hines Holt, J.
A. L. Lee, N. L. Howard, R. L. Mott,
lion. James Johnson, A. J. Odom, B. F.
Reese, John Peabody, John AVoolfolk,
Thomas Sloan, Tillman D. West, M. W.
Thweatt, John Roquemore, 11. A. Floyd,
S. Ogletree, Joseph Downer, T. M. Ho
gan. _
Mr. Durdeu Dead.
Mr. Durden, the clerk in the store of
Mr. Turner, at Riley’s old stand, in Mus
cogee county, near the line of Talbot,
whose assault, with intent to murder, we
noticed in Tuesday’s issue of last week,
has since died. He never became suffi
ciently conscious to give information as
to who was the guilty party. The negro
man Joe, property of Mr. Wilkerson, of
Talbot county, who we noticed as having
been arrested under very suspicious cir
cumstances, has had his preliminary ex
amination and been committed to Talbot
jail.
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Portable Steam Engines.
People are beginning to appreciate and
avail themselves of that useful and indis
pensable agent, steam, and are applying
it to various purposes of a domestic na
ture. We have an illustration of this in
our immediate vicinity. Messrs. Vernoy
& Maliaffey, wearied of devoting half a
day aud the labor of able bodied negroes
to drawing water sufficient for their sta
ble, determined to try one of J. H. Butt
& Co’s. Portable Steam Engines as a sub
stitute. It works like a charm, and in a
few miuutes comparatively does the la
bor of hours. All it requires is a little
fuel and a little attention.
Death of Dr. Reese.
It is with deep regret that we record
the death of Dr. Gilbert W. Reese,
which occurred in this city Thursday,
after a short illness of Typhoid Fever.
The deceased removed here several
months since from Buffalo, New York,
and associated himself with Dr. Wm. F.
Lee in tho practice of his profession, and
during his 6hort residence in the city,
won general esteem by his urbanity, un
assuming deportment, and bis private
worth. He leaves a wife to mourn her
irreparable loss, who may console herself
with the reflection, that though among
strangers, the weary days of his sickness
were soothed by the unremitting atten
tions of sympathizing attendants.
Peabody’s Cotton Picker’s Wallet.
We observe that Mr. George H. Pea
body, inventor of the “Cotton Picker's
Wallet,” has opeued a manufactory in
the old Oglotherpe Hotel adjacent to this
office. This invention we have once no
ticed before, as possessing considerable
merit, and wc learn frerrn Mr. P. that
there is a very good prospect for an ex
tensive demand in the planting districts
where it has been introduced. We hope
that enough, at least, of the great staple
will be made to fill all the wallets he may
manufacture here or elsewhere, as the
corn crop here is a failure, and besides
other demands on the cotton, enough
must be reserved to buy the corn which
will be needed.
First Bale in Columbus.
The first bale of new cotton of the sea
son in Columbus, was received by Messrs
King, Allen & Camak, on Saturday after
noon, at their new Alabama Wfcrc House.
It was from the plantation of Col. C. B.
Talliaferro, and will be sold at auction
to-day, at 10 o’clock, to the highest bid
der.
The first new cotton received in Col
umbus last season was on the 10th of
August, two bales arriving the same day,
one from the plantation of Mr. W. J.
Shepard, of Stewart county, to Hughes,
Daniel & Cos., and was sold to Mr. S. C.
Atkinson at 12£ cents, and forwarded to
Charleston ; the other from the planta
tion of Mr. £sapp, of Chattahoochee coun
ty, which was classed Ordinary, and was
sold to Mr. D. F. Thom at 11J cents.
The first bale received in Georgia, last
season, was at Georgetown, from the
plantation of Maj. J. M. Stark, and was
sold to E. C. Ellington at 12£ cents.—
These facts we gather by reference to
our files.
To-morow wc will be able to report
the rosult of the sale of Col. Talliafero’s
cotton. Ills plantation is situated near
the city, and is the one formerly owned,
we believe, by Capt. Abercrombie, now
of Florida.— Daily Sun of*Monday.
Destruction of Corn Complete.
Ihe crop of corn in Western Georgia,
particularly in the counties of Talbot,
Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, and a
large portion of Harris, is a complete
wreck. It is now past the age at which
rain can be of any service. But few
fields will average two bushels to the
acre ; and we have seen many, which,
with good seasons, would average ten to
fifteen bushels to the acre, that are now a
total blast, and nothing but hay can be
gathered from them, and that only by
cutting and curing stalk and all. llow
the many small farmers in the district of
country above alluded to, are to subsist
till another crop is made, is beyond our
comprehension.
The cotton crop in the same district, is
also seriously injured, and the prospect
of yield at present is exceedingly gloomy.
So long has its growth been totally
checked, that it is now bloomiDg on the
top of the stalk. With most favorable
seasons, the remainder of the summer
and fall, a half crop cannot be made.
Jati Delivery.
On Saturday morning it was ascertain
ed that three prisoners confined in the
temporary jail in the lower story of the
Court House had made their escape,
which they did in the following manner :
They managed to prize off the locks of
the iron or inner door of the room in
which they were confined and also the
iron bar across it. A negro woman hired
by the jailor went early in the morning
as usual to carry them water, and sus
pecting nothing wrong from the manner
in which the prisoners acted, left open
the outer door to admit fresh air into the
room. As soon as she disappeared, they
made their exit, and have not, at this
time, been heard of. One of them is Jas.
Hunter, the mail carrier, who was con
fined under charge of robbing the mail,
and was to have been sent to Savannah to
undergo his trial before the United States
Court.
Struck by Lightning.
Tho old Methodist, or St. Luke’s
Church, in this city, was struck by light
ning daring the shower which prevailed
on Friday afternoon last, which doubt
less was the cause of the heavy peal of
thunder that startled the whole city at
the time. It seems from what we learn,
that one of the glass insulators was bro
ken or had become disarranged in some
way, and the fluid entered the building,
tore up the floors, benches, gas fixtures,
and doing other similar damage, but the
exact extent of which we have not ascer
tained. This accident Bliould admonish
all who have lightning rods attached to
their houses to examine and bo sure that
every fixture about them is right, other
wise they will invite the danger they are
designed to prevent.
Another Market Decision.
We understand that the Supreme Court
has decided the case of Henry L. Lester
jette vs. Mayor and Council of Colum
bus adversely to defendants in error.—
As this case was a certiorari from the
Mayor’s Court by Lesterjette, on the
ground that court had no right to tax
and impose fines or market dues for
meats sold at other places than the mar
ket house, we presume that now, both
country people and butchers, can sell
meats of all descriptions and at all times
of the day, at other places than the mar
ket house, without paying taxes, market
dues, and without molestation. As taxes
of this description fall upon the consu
mer at last, we shall not complain at the
decision,
J. M. Russell for plaintiff in error, and
John -Peabody, represented by Thomas
Sloan, for defendant.
Columbus Gunrds-Deservcd Compli
ment.
The Macon Telegraph speaking of the
acceptance by the Columbus Guards of
the challenge of the Chicago Zouave
Cadets says:
We have never seen the Guards, but
the company has a fine reputation, and
Captain Semmes is considered to be the
best military tactician in the State.
Whatever may be the issue of the contest,
the Guards we are sure, will do honor to
their State and city. Success to them.
The Baltimore Clipper, alluding to the
acceptanceofthechallenge by the Guards,
hopes “they mean what they say and will
speedily meet the Zouaves at some central
point,” and suggests Baltimore as an
admirable place.
Columbus Guards.
We have the pleasure of presenting our
readers with a brief history of this vete
ran corps from its organization to the
present time, for which we cheerfully
surrender space. The author is an Ex-
Captain of the company, and having par
ticipated in many of the most stirring
scenes during its early existence, is well
qualified for the task ; but we regret that
natural motives of delicacy have prompt
ed him to omit many little interesting
incidents and episodes of that period
which would enhance the interest of the
narrative. We are assured that it will
be perused with interest, particularly as
the Guards, through Capt. Semmes, have
taken up the gauntlet recently thrown
down by the United States Zouave Ca
dets of Chicago, to all the military com
panies of the United States, to demon
strate their capacity as the best drilled
company in the Union.
Rev. A. T. Mann.
The Marietta Statesman of the 27tb,
says: It was our good pleasure to hear
this learned and truly eloquent divine
preach a most elegant sermon, at the
Methodist Church, in our city, on Sab
bath last. That zeal and devout earnest
ness with which he impresses his hearers
of the importance of the everlasting
Truths of that Book of Books, cannot
fall to the ground without leaving a last
ing impresssion on his congregation.
Eagle Manufacturing Company.
The agent of this Company has a loDg
advertisement this morning, to which we
invite the attention of all, more especial
ly, of merchants. It is as natural that
people should go where they can buy
cheapest, as it is that “ducks take to
water;” but while all desire cheap prices,
1 but few know where to find them. If
any do not know where to buy Domestics
i of better quality and much cheaper than
at the North, we would recommend them
to read attentively the advertisement of
Mr. J. Rhodes Browng, agent of the
above Company, in which the fact is
clearly demonstrated. The Eagle Maiyi
facturing Company feve purchased the
Howard Factory, thereby increasing their
facilities for production, and deserve the
patronage of the South.
Flag Stone Pavements.
We learn that the proprietor of the Ma
sonic Hall have made arrangements to
pave the side walk in front of the build
ing with flag stones ; aud that the same
improvement will be made in the side
walks fronting several tenements on
Broad street. The first mentioned will
probably be made in about three weeks
and all before the Fall season commences.
We are gratified that some of our mer
chants and real estate owners have taken
the initiative in this matter. There is no
improvement ‘scarcely more desirable,
and when one is made, we predict that
every rough, unsightly brick pavement
in the city will be superseded by flag
stones.
Punishment of a Cruel Father.
The Lafayette (Ind.) Journal of the
17th inst., contains the following notice
of the merited punishment of an unnatu
ral father in that city :
It will be remembered that some time
since wo published that a citizen of the
Fourth ward was maltreating his family,
and beating one of bis children, to whom
ho appeared to have an especial dislike,
so that the screams of the little sufferer
could be heard throughout the entire
neighborhood, leaving the marks of the
horsewhip he used upon the body, so that
they were visible for several days after
wards. He was waited upon a number of
times by those living near, and remon
strated with for his cruelty. He prom
ises everything, but wben in ill humor
would abuse his family, knock the child
down and beat it until senseless. For
bearance having ceased to be a virtue, a
committee waited upon him in the evening
about ten o’clock, after he had retired,
and requested him to dress himself and
step outside, as some important business
was to be transacted. Suspecting noth
ing he came out, was immediately seized,
gagged, thrown upon the ground, his
clothes stripped from his person, and a
stout man with a leather strap gave him
a taste of the punishment he had been so
ready to inflict upon his child. A physi
cian was in the party, who felLthe pulse
of the brute, and allowed the executioner
to lay on as long as he thought it could
be borne without endangering the life of
the prisoner. After he had received a
just reward for his cruelty he was liber
ated, and informed that if he did not
want a repetition of the punishment the
sooner he left the city the better for him.
Acting upon the suggestion, he left the
next morning, and has not since been
heard from.
Projected Flendisli Operations.
St. Louis, Missouri, July 2G.—An ex
tra from Bonham, Texas, dated July 17,
contains a letter from the editor of the
Dallas Herald, stating that a fire at that
place had led to the discovery of a plan
to devastate the whole of tho northern
portion of Texas. Two preachers, Messrs.
Blount and McKinney, who were ex
pelled from that section last year, are
the instigators of the plot. Their plan
was to lay the whole country waste, by
destroying all arms, ammunition, &c.,
and get the section into a state of help
lessness, and then on the election day, in
August, organize a general insurrection.
They were to be aided by emissaries
fronv the North, and parties friendly to
such devastation, who were in Texas.
Their plan was districted and sub-dis
tricted. Each district wa3 to be under
the direction of white men, who were to
control and direct the negroes. Several
white men and negroes have been arres
ted.
The following fires are reported to have
occurred on the same day of the fire in
Dallas:
A mercantile house in Black Jack
Grove, with a loss of thirty thousand dol
lars.
Three business houses at Denton, with
a loss of one hundred thousand dollars.
A large storehouse at Pilot Point, with
a loss of ten thousand dollars.
A storehouse at Ladonia, loss twenty
five thousand dollars.
Eight stores at Belknap, and the town
of Millford, were totally destroyed.
Several other smaller fires have occur
red, and great excitement prevails
throughout the country.
Prompt and effective measures will be
taken for the preservation of life and
property.
The Oregon Election—The Result
at Last.
It would appear by the latest news
from the Pacific, that the Democrats have
secured a majority on joint ballot in the
Legislature, and that Mr. Stout, Demo
crat, is elected to Congress over Mr. Lo
gan, his Republican competitor. The
Portland Times gives the following table
of tho Legislature elect:
Senate Democrats Multnomah, 1;
Clackamas and Wasco, 1; Linn, 2 ; Ben
ton, 1; Lane, 2 ; Douglas, 1; Jackson, 1;
Josephine, I—lo. Republicans—Wash
ington, Columbia, Clatsop, and Tillamook,
1; Yamhill, 1; Polk, 1; Marion, 2;
Umpqua, Coose and Curry, I—G.
Democratic majority, 4.
Assembly Democrats Clotson, 1;
Multnomah, 2; Wasco, 1; Benton, 2;
Linn, 1; Lane, 3 ; Douglas, 2 ; Josephine,
1 ; Jackson 3—lG. Republicans—Y/ash
ington and Columbia, 1; Washington, 1;
Yamhill, 2 ; Clackamas, 3 ; Marion, 4 ;
Polk, 2; Lina, 3 ; Umpqua, 1 ; Coose and
Curry, I—lß.
Republican Assembly majority, 2. De
mocratic majority on the joint ballot, 2.
It is possible, though by no means
probable, (says the Times,) that one or
two members elect from Polk and Linn,
classed as Republican, may repudiate the
coalition by which they were elected, and
act with the Democratic party. If two
of them should do so, it will give the
Democracy a majority of two in the House,
and a majority of six on joint ballot. If
one should do so, it will tie the House,
and make a Democratic marjority of four
on joint ballot. On the other hand we
may gain a member in Umpqua, or Coose
and Curry, or lose one in Josephine; but
in no possible event that can now be
foreseen, can the opposition secure a
majority in the Senate.
Gen. Dane to be in Marietta.
Gen. Lane, who is now on a visit to
North Carolina, his native State, has
given a positive promise to Col. W. Phil
lips, and authorized him to make publi
cation of it, that he will, at au early day
in the canvass, visit Georgia, and Mariet
ta as one of the first points. To welcome
him, as soon as the time is ascertained,
there will be given one of the largest
assemblages and barbacues ever seen in
Georgia. All of Cherokee Georgia will
pour in lo see the old hero ; while Cobb,
Paulding, Cherokee, Milton and Forsyth,
in whose bounds we do not believe there
is a single Douglas man, will do the hon
ors of host upon the occasion, and make
bountiful provision for the thousands who
will be present. — Marietta Statesman, ‘2lth.
A suit has been commenced against the
New York Express, by Mr. DeWitt, the
publisher, for an alleged infringement of
a copyright. Mr. DeWitt is the proprie
tor of the so-called “Confession of Hicks,
the pirate, for which he paid that male
factor previous to his execution. The
confession was published on the day he
was hung, and was immediately trans
ferred entire to the columns of the Ex
press. The damages are laid at §IO,OOO.
“ Sufferer.”
We would ask the attention of the pub
lic to the communication of “ Sufferer”
in this impression of the Sun. The mat
ters of whicli he complains arc facts and
demand the prompt attention of the pub
lic authot ities. A portion of the negro
population of the city are insufferably
insolent, as we know from what we have
heard and witnessed ; and it is particu
larly noticeable in that class who hire
their own time —in other words, are in a
state of virtual freedom.
Every one familiar with the character
and habits of the negro, knows that no
class of beings are worse fitted for a state
of freedom and none so soon abuse the
liberties allowed them. The only way to
get along with them is to keep them in
strict subordination ; and we would sug
gest to every white man to provide him
self with means to protect himself from
the consequences of the loose discipline
to which the negroes of the city are sub
jected, unless their masters or guardians
take them in hand, and control them pro
perly.
Crops In Munroe.
The Forsyth Journal says a few in Mun
roe county will make a sufficiency of
corn for their own use, but a large num
ber will not-make enough io last until
February next. It has seen corn totally
dead, with not a green blade upon it,
with small shoots withered and dried by
the scorching Sun.
It is difficult to buy it at §1 per bushel,
and it is informed that in Texas and per
haps parts of Louisiana, corn is selling
at from §3 to §5 and even $9 per bushel.
Douglas Meeting in Clayton.
Tho Douglas Democracy of Clayton
county held a meeting at Jonesboro, on
the 21st inst. The business committee
reported resolutions, the same in sub
stance as those adopted at the Richmond
county ratification meeting. Col. John
son addressed the meeting. Eight dele
gates were appointed to the Milledgeville
Convention with power to fill vacancies.
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New Cotton.
The Forsyth Journal says: An open
boll of new cotton, from the farm of Col.
D. W. Collier, of this county, was depos
ited in our office on the 10th inst. We
guess the Col. stands head of the cotton
planters of Monroe,‘in the production of
forward cotton.
New Demand, for Slaves.
A dispatch from Washington, the 24th
says the Government of Denmark has
sent a commissioner to that city to ne
gotiate with the government for the
Africans recently captured off the Island
of Cuba, to employ them as apprentices
at St. Croix.
Zouaves on the Brain.
The military men generally, in New
York, says the Baltimore Clipper, seem
to be affected with the popular complaint
of Zouave on the brain, and throughout
the State, little else is discussed in mili
tary circles than the splendid Zouave
drill.
Meeting in Paulding.
The Democratic party of Paulding coun
ty held a meeting at Dallas, cn the 10th
inst. Delegates were appointed to the
Milledgeville convention to nominate
Breckinridge and Lane Electors for the
State. Several were appointed with pow
er to substitute.
Polk State Quarry Rail Road.
The Marietta Statesman says ground
will be broke upon the Polk State Quarry
Rail Road ou to-day. John R. Winters,
one of the contractors, has already com
menced erecting his shanties, and once
gone into, the work will be vigorously
prosecuted.
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Tlie Chicago Zouaves.
The New York correspondent of The
Boston Post thus explains the finacial
difficulties which environed this corps
upon leaving home:
“As something has been said about
financial difficulties in connection with
the Zouaves, I may state that the execu
tion levied upon their goods and chattels
just as they were starting from home,
was nothing more than a piece of prac
tical spite, a mean revenge, on the part
of some expelled members, to whom in
their early days the corps had become
indebted for moneys advanced. Those
discreditable creditors, taking advantage
of their position and believing in the old
proverb that ‘the borrower is servant to
the lender,’ took certaiu liberties and
licenses forbidden by the rules and reg
ulations, and, as was just, were expelled
from the corps. The people of Chicago
manifested their disapproval of the levy
and the spirit prompting it by at once
furnishing the funds for the liquidation
of the debt. This explanation is given
me as the true one.”
A Scene In the House of Lords.
What a pageant of splendor and of
grandeur was here presented! The floor
of the House was packed with wives, and
daughters, and sisters of the peers in full
dress, leaving only a narrow space in the
centre, which was occupied by peers and
bishops in their scarlet robes. The en
tire gallery which surrounds the House
was filled with a row of elegantly-dressed
ladies, only broken by a line of repor
ters ; the benches, one rising above the
other, were filled with ladies. Presently
the trumpets sound, the signal that the
Queen is approaching. She leaves the
palace in her magnificient State carriage,
drawn by eight cream-colored horses, at
tended by her Minister and household
officers in carriages little less sumptu
ous than her own, escorted by the Life-
Guards, all mounted on noble black
horses, the whole cortege forming a mag
nificent spectacle. In alighting from the
carriage her Majesty’s foot presses an
electric wire, which fires a cannon in the
park. The usher of the golden rod gives
a signal and suddenly every lady in the
house rises and throws off her mantle,
and a more beautiful revelation can hard
ly be imagined, surely not described.
Another Suicide.
We have been recently informed that a
Mr. Ross, who was in the employ of Rich
ard Griggs, in the Third District of Dooly
county, committed suicide last Thursday
night, the 19th, by drowning. Ilis body
was found next morning in a well near
the house by a negro who had gone there
for the purpose of watering stock. It
was discovered suspended in the water,
head foremost, and the upper portion of
his body submerged to the waist—he
having tied one end of the rope around
his leg, and fastened the other to the
framing of the well above.
He was a married man, and we under
stand that his wife said she missed him
from her side about ten or eleven o’clock
. Thursday night, and that search was im
mediately made for him, but without suc
cess.
No sufficient cause is assigned for the
rash act.— Pulaski Times, 26 th.
Tire Grain Trade.
Twelve vessels left Chicago last Wed
nesday, laden with 202,009 bushels of
corn, upwards of 200,000 bushels in one
day!
There is an active demand for vessels
in Philadelphia at the present time, in
consequence of large shipments of wheat
and flour to Liverpool and London.
In the Western country, the harvest is
the absorbing topic, and realizes the
most saDguine expectations.
An Accomplished Candidate.
Among the objections urged against
Gen. Lane, the candidate for Vice Presi
| dent, by the citizens of Dubuque, lowa,
j are the following :
First—He spells God with a little g.
Second—He spells barracks barrax.
Third—He spells dirt with two t’s.
Fourth—When in Mexico ho dated a
! letter “ Very Croose.”
Arrival of the City of Washington.
Cape Race, July 27. —The steamship
City of Washington passed Cape Race at
day-light this morniDg, and was boarded
by the Yacht of the Associated Press.
Liverpool Colton Market, July IS.—The
sales of cotton for the three past business
days reached 28,000 bales. The market
was generally unchanged. Trade was
generally healthy but speculation dor
mant.
There had been a fearful massacre of
Christians at Damascus, by which five
hundred had been killed, and among them
the Dutch Consul. The American Consul
was wounded.
At Naples, there had been a conflict
between the troops and the people, and
several were killed. The Ministry had
been dismissed, and anew Cabinet form
ed. The former Inspector of Police had
been stabbed.
A proclamation had been issued by
Garibaldi against the Bourbons, and in
favor of Emanuel.
Judge Douglas Coming Soutli.
Washington, July 27.—1 tis confident
ly stated that Hon. S. A. Douglas intends
to visit several southern States after his
return from the North.
Special Dispatch to the Charleston Courier.
Incendiary Movements.
Washington, July 27.—John C. Un-.
derwood leads the Republicans at Occo
quan. He threatens to make fight. An
armed company has gone to attack him.
Underwood is recently from Loudon Cos.,
Virginia.
[The above dispatch is not as intelli
gible as we would wish. But all we can
say in explanation is that JohnC. Under
wood is an Abolitionist who has resided
in Virginia some years, together with his
family. Having rendered himself obnox
ious to the people of that State by his
seditious conduct and frequent utterances
of his treasonable sentiments, he was ex
pelled. We are informed by the dispatch
that he is at Occoquan, which is a village
in Prince Williams county, and is about
99 miles North of Richmond. He is also
reported to have come from Louden coun
ty, which is in the Northeastern part of
Virginia, where there are some few Abo
litionists. It is probable that he has
again appeared at Occoquan, where we
believe his family resides, and has there
been detected in disseminating Abolition
documents and ordered to leave the place.
As he is anxious to become a martyr in
the cause of Black Republicanism he pro
bably refused to comply with the demand,
and backed by his Abolition friends from
Loudon, threatened to show fight.—[Eds.
Courier.
Richmond, Va., July 28.—The citizens
of Prince William county, in this State,
cut down the Republican flag-staff at Oc
coquan on yesterday, without the colli
sion that was anticipated. A company
of cavalry was sent to their protection,
but persons there did not interfere and
there was no tumult. [This flag-staff
was raised by a company under the di
rection of a Mr. Underwood, who is an
avowed abolitionist, and who has resided
in Virginia several years. He will very
probably be attended to by the people
of Prince William.]
TELEGSAPHIC ITEMS.
New Orleans, July 24. — The produce
store of C. 11. Fogg & Cos., and the trunk
manufactory of J. Crumpy were burned
last night. Loss $25,000.
The first bale of Alabama cotton was
received at Mobile Sunday.
The Tampico paper of the 13th an
nounces the arrival of Miramon at the
capitol on the 7th.
Washington, July 24. — Defrees has
commenced suit against Ford, the House
printer, for his share of the profits of the
public printing.
Larcomb and English have sued out an
injunction against Ford respecting the
printing.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 23.—The tor
nado passed over Braceville Station on
the Cleveland & Mahoning Road on Sat
urday, entirely destroying the depot and
several dwelling houses and barns, and
killing two ladies. Large trees were up
rooted and hurled through the a'.r. The
storm was very violent and extended
over an area of two miles in length and a
quarter of a mile wide.
♦
Attempted Suicide of a Southerner.
James Gardner, a young gentleman
residing at Macon, Ga., recently came to
this city on a pleasure trip, and entered
upon such an improper course of life that
his funds became exhausted and his
health impaired. Last evening remorse
for his foolishness induced him to attempt
self-destruction by jumping into the river
at the foot of Jay street. Officers Whitney
and Mclntyre of the Harbor Police wit
nessed the occurrence and succeeded in
rescuing him, although he was nearer
dead than alive when taken from the wa
ter. After a partial recovery from the
effects of his bath, he was sent to the
house of his friends. — N. Y. Tribune. 24th.
The authorship of “Rutledge” is be
coming a matter of as much talk as was
the authorship of “Nothing to Wear.”—
The Montgomery (Alabama) Mail edi
ted by that excessively facetious gentle
man, Johnson J. Hooper, (“Simon
Suggs,”) puts in the name of anew claim
ant thus : “We learn ‘from good author
ity’ that the author of ‘Rutledge’ is ‘Miss
Rachel Lyons, la belle Juive of Columbia,
South Carolina. Miss Lyons is one of
the most accomplished young ladies in the
South —and, perhaps, in the Union—and
a brunette belle of great and rare beauty.
She is the friend of Miss ‘Benlah’ Evans,
to whom rumor pointed as the author of
‘Rutledge,’ and we take it that ere long
Miss Lyons will have achieved high rank
in the literary world, should she contin
ue to use her facile pen.”
A Sensible Officer.
An English Volunteer Rifle Captain,
desiring to cross a field with his company,
came to an opening in the fence large
enough to admit two persons, but no
more, to pas3 abreast. Unfortunately,
he could not remember the words of com
mand which would have accomplished
the difficult task of filing through ; but
his ingenuity did not desert him, and
therefore he ordered a halt, and then
said : “Gentlemen, you are dismissed for
one minute, when you will fall in on the
other side of the fence.”
A Brave Soldier Gone.
Ilezekiab M. Jefferson—a brave repre
sentative of Petersburg, Va , in Mexico
—died on Sunday last. The deceased
fought in every battle from Vera Cruz to
the city of Mexico. For his gallant con
duct at Molino del Rey in resisting a
charge of Mexican Lancers, on recom
mendation of Col. Steptoe, he received
from President Polk a letter of distinc
tion. lie was buried on Monday by the
volunteer regiment of Petersburg.
——
Mind Where You bay tlxe Emphasis.
Sir Fletcher Norton was noted for his
want of courtesy. When pleading before
Lord Mansfield, on some question of
manorial right, he chanced unfortunately
to say, “My lord, I can illustrate the
point in an instance in my own person :
I myself have two little manors ” The
judge immediately interposed, with one
of his blandest smiles, “We all know it,
Sir Fletcher.”
.
Intervention of France and Eng
land in Mexico.
A dispatch from Washington states
that France and England have resolved
to intervene in the affairs of Mexico, and
briDg about an armistice for twelve
months ; also that a convention of dele
gates shall be held to arrange the ques
tions at issue between the belligerents in
that distracted republic. The United
States have been invited to take par-t in
this policy.
♦
The Hon. Pierre Soule, who sailed for
California on Saturday last, has already
received, it is said, $40,000 as counsel
fees in the law suits which have grown
out of the seizure of the steamers Mira
mon and Marquis. The Government has
instructed the District Attorney to appeal
from Judge McCaleb’s recent decision,
so that Mr. Soule will be able to add to
his little earnings.
MARRIED,
At Brighton, near Darien, Georgia, by Rev.
Joseph S. Kev, Mr. Cheslet B. Howard, of Co
lumbus. and Miss Carrie E. M. Shackelford, of
the former place.
DIED,
Near Columbus, Ga., July 23, 1860, Miss Luct
0. Jerkison. daughter of the late Capt. John
Jerrison, of Florida, aged 45 years.
Pensacola papers please copy.
In this citv on Sunday. July 22d. at 4 o’clock
p.m, Mart Henrietta, infant daughter of Henry
R. and Margaret A. Sedberry. aged ten months
and seven days.
‘•Like a tender plant, unfitted to encounter
the rough winds of earth, she has been trans
planted in a fairer clime, to bloom in immortal
beauty.”
For Sheriff.
Eds. Sun: Allow us to suggest the name of
HEN’RY BENTON, as a suitable candidate for
Sheriff of Russell county, Ala., at the ensuing
August election.
MANY VOTERS IN RUSSELL.
Girard, July 3, 1860-te
Mrs. Winslow, an experienced N’nrse 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 will give rest to yourselves,and relief and health
to your infants. Perfectly safe in all cases. See
advertisement in another column. agl3-ly
If Medicine is necessary, use Bran
dreth’s Pills.—They aress pleasantas a truly
effective medicine can be. It is true you may
take purgatives which will operate without pain,
because they take the balsamic parts from the
blood, which is worse than teing blod, worse than
hating the vital fluid abstracted. Btware of
them. Brandreth’s Pills only take bold of those
matters which the body, when sick, wants to
evacuate. They are solely an assistant of nature
—nothing more, nothing Rbs. They do not force;
they merely assist; and herein is iheir great
valuo. The man is thrice blessed who is so for
tunate as to be acquainted with this good and
almost pet feet gift to man, because he has to a
great extent his body insured in health by their
occasional use. Principal office, 294 Canal street,
New Yotk. Sold by J.W. BROOKS, corner Broad
and Randolph streets, and by all respectable
dealers in medicines. julyll-d&wlm
REIiIEF IN TEN MINUTES!
BRYANS’
FUXraSOWXC Wja.FSR.St
The Original Medicine Established in 1837, and
first article of the hind ever introduced under the
name of ‘‘Pulmonic Wafers” in this or auy
other country; all other Pulmonic Wafers are
counterfeits. The genuine can be known by the
name BItYAN being stamped on each WAFER.
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
Relieve Coughs,Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness.
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
Relieve Asthma, Bronchitis, Difficult Breathing.
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
Relieve Spitting of Blood, Pains in the Chest.
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
Relieve Incipient Consumption, Lung Diseases.
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
Relieve Irritation of the Uvula and Tonsils.
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Relieve the above Complaints in Ten Minutes.
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Are in a simple form and pleasant to the taste.
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Not only relieve but effect rapid and lasting cures.
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Are a Blessing to all Classes and Constitutions.
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
Are adapted for Vocalists and Public Speakers.
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
Are warranted to give satisfaction to every one.
No Family should be without a Box of
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
IN THE HOUSE.
No Traveler should he without a supply of
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFER3
IN HIS POCKET.
No person will ever object to give for
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
JOB MOSES,
Sole Proprietor, Rochester, N. Y.
For sale,in Columbus, at the Drug Stores of
J. A. WHITESIDE & CO.,
ACEE A IVERSON,
mhl6-eowly andby all respectable Druggist*.
WAREHOUSES^
PLANTERS’JNAREHOUSL
fTpHE subscribers, thankful for past patronage,
JL would again offer their services to their
friends in all the departments ot the
Warehouse and Commission
BUSINESS.
The usual accommodations extended to their
patrons, and every effort will be made to promote
their interest. A liberal patronage for the ap
proaching soason is solicited
DILLARD, POWELL & CO.
Columbus, Ga., July 28, 1860. ts
“ Fontaine Warehouse,”
COLUMBUS, GA.
WOOLFOLK, WARNOCK & CO.
HAVING secured the above well known Ware
house, are prepared to do a general
Warehouse, Receiving,
FORWARDING AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS
43“ Liberal advances made to Planters, and
particular attention given to the storage and
sale of Cotton.
Bagging, Rope, Salt, &c.,
furnished at the lowest market prices.
WM. G. WOOLFOLK,
S. B. WARNOCK,
WM. L. SALISBURY.
Brands for marking cotton furnished on appli
cation to us by mail or otherwise. july2s-tf
King, Allen & Camak,
Ware-House, Commission and
FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
At their large and spacious new
Alabama Warehouse,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
LEGITIMATE advances made upon consign’
iuents of Cotton and other produce. Orders
for Bagging, Rope, Twine and Groceries, together
with other supplies, will receive prompt atten
tion. July 24-6 m
HUGHES &c HODGES,
(successors to HUGHES, DANIEL ac 0.,)
FACTORS AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Lowell Warehouse,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WILL give strict attention to the sale of Cot
ton and other Produce, and the receiviug
and fowarding of Goods.
43“ Liberal advances mado on Cotton and other
Produce, either in store or for shipment.
W. H. HUGHES,
July 23 W. C. HODGES.
PARKER ACADEMY.
THE system of instruction adopted .dffRX.
in this institution is such as to rwgjft
give students of both sexes, and
ry ago and capacity, a better educa
tion in one session of five or ono term
of ten months, than by the old mo- • ***
notonoug, laborious and weariseme plan of teach
ing usually adopted in schools and colleges, in
three or five years. The advancement of the stu
dent is attended With ease and pleasure, instead
of antipathy and dislike. It is a well known fact
that there are hundreds and thousands of youths
to be met with on every hand, who have attended
schools year after year in the vain effort to acquire
an aducation ‘hat will be at least usefal to them
in society, and in most instances the desire and
hope of parents, friends and students are frustra
ted by the injudicious course pursued in teaching.
And cannotthisevil be remedied? Weaffirm that
it cs.d, and it is being constantly demonstrated in
the complete success which attends the mode of
instruction adopted in this school. Hundreds of
responsible names can be given as references if
required, and a sufficient number will be given of
students or spectators at any time to satisfy any
person desiring it. Any person who may con
template giving thie institution a trial will find
that there is nothing to lose or even to risk, for
st-adents are taken at any time during the session
and for any length of time on trial, and if dissat
isfied will only be charged for the time of atten
dance. This statement is boldly made, because
students, when they enter the school, are in all
instances pleased and satisfied with the case and
rapidity with which they advance in their studies.
The Academy is located in one of the most beau
tiful, pleasant and healthy places, convenient to
churches of the various denominations, society is
unexceptionable, away from the contaminating
influences which are too often thrown arouDd stu
dents in towns, y-t sufficiently near for all ne
cessary purposes. Students entering the school
the next session, which commences on Monday,
23d inßt., are requested if possible, to do so at the
commencement. f?I order that they may have the
full benefit of the session’s instruction. The
branches taught are those usually taught in
schools and colleges. The terms for board and
tuition, $65 per session of five months, payable in
advance. For any further information address
the Principal at Notasulga, Alabama.
Julyl'2-3mwilawd G. PARKER, Principal.
| TTTIRrIISrUP SEED 1
A fresh lot of these Seeds,
!OF EVERY VARIETY,
Just received and for sale by
July 24-ts URQUHART A CHAPMAN.
BLANC DePEARL
Prepared this day by
r July 26. R. A. WARE & SON.
commercial.
DAILY SUN OFFICE,
Columbus, Ga., July 30, 1860. /
The receipts of cotton the past week have
been 63 bales, making the total receipts to date
118.227 bales. The shipments for the same time
have been 448 bales, making the total shipments
to date 115,801 bales; leaving stock on hand
2,426 bales. During the week the first halo of
new cotton was received, and stored with
Messrs. King, Allen & Camak, of the Alabama
W arehouse. This bale is several days ahead of
the first bale last year, and confirms us in a
previously expressed opinion, that all-these
early bales is the result of a forced opening of
the bolls by the dry and hot weather, and is no
criterion by which to judge of the future yield
of the crop. W e yet hope to see the dav when
planters will learn wisdom, and retain this pre
mature cotton in their gin houses until the
proper season arrives for the staple to open, be
gathered and sent to market.
Our advices from all sections of the cotton
region, represent the condition of the crop sus
deplorable. There is but little chance for a
bottom crop, the drought having caused the
leaves and squares to fall off. The past week
has indicated a change in the weather for the
better. The appearances indicate that rains
have been falling pretty generally. If such be
the fact, we have hopes of a good top crop,
which will give the planter a good yield, and a
much better article for market.
We may be allowed to allude to the subject
of packing again. Let every planter, be his
crop much or little, cover his cotton complete,
and bind it well and securely with ropes. They
will not lose anything by the plan, and gain
much.
MOBILE, July 27.—Sales of cotton to-day 100
bales; Middlings 9)4 to 9%c. The sales of the
week reach 1.200, and the receipts 230 bales,
among which are included seven new bales.
The increase at this port is 108,205 bales. The
stock is 44,583 bales. Freights on cotton to
Liverpool 7-ltid., and to Havre %. Sight Ex
change on New York % per cent, premium,
and sterling bills 9% to 9% premium.
NEW ORLEANS, July 27.—The cotton mar
ket was quiet to-day, with sales of 1,110 bales.
The sales of the we'ek were 5,250 bales, and the
receipts 850, against 900 last year. The stock
on hand is 47,600 bales. The receipts of tin*
new crop have been 10 bales, against 3 bales up
to this date last year. Flour quiet. Provisions
dull, but prices firm. Whisky 17 to 18c. Cof
fee firm, at 15 to 16c., with sales during the
week of 1,000 sacks: the stock is 4.000 sacks.
Sterling Exchange 9 % to 9% premium, and
bills, with bills of lading attached, BV£ to 9.
Sight Exchange on New York % to % prem.
Freights on cotton to Liverpool %c.
NEW YORK, July 28.—The cotton market
was dull to-dav with sales of 1,100 bales. The
Flour market was heavy, with sales of 13,000
bbls., Southern brands declined 10c. per barrel
on the lower grades.
Prices of Breadstuff's.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY PALACE MILLS.
Per ELI. Halfßbl. Qr. Bbl
Georgia Mills $7 00 $3 60 $1 75
Fxtra Fine 7 60 3 75 1 90
Superfine 8 00 4 00 2 00
Kxtra Family , 9 00 4 60 2 25
Double Extra 10 00 5 CO 2 50
Rye Flour 6 50 3 50 1 75
Bolted Meal and Hominy $1 25 per bushel.
Large Hominy from Hom’y Corn. 1 60 per bushel.
Unbolted Meal and Hominy 110 per bushel.
Bran and Shorts, mixed 1 25 par 100 lbs.
Rich Shorts 1 50 per 100 lbs.
43“N0 discount on Flour at the present prices.
TRUNKS!
trunks: trunks:
JUST RECEIVED, A FINE LOT OF
Trunks and Valises!
Os Various Styles and Qualities,
At Prices to Suit Purchasers.
CALL AND SEE THEM AT
SHERMAN & CO.’S
HARNESS MANUFACTORY
11 JL Bi’oad Street.
ALSO,
SADDLERY I
At Very Low Prices for Cash.
SHERMAN & CO.
Columbus, Ga., April 12,1860.
“HI Buy where I Can
ZOTT'ST CHEAPEST,”
IS the aim of every merchant and the dictate of
common sense, and if any man goes a thousand
miles from home to pay more for
DOMESTICS
than they cost at his own door, it must he be
cause he has not tried the Home Market.
The Eagle Manufacturing Cos.
Has recently purchased the “Howard Facto
ry,” and having thus increased its capacities for
production, is now accumulating a larger supply
than usual of Domestics, consisting of
Kerseys of three qualities, A, B and C, for negro
men’s wear;
Southern Linseys, superior styles, for negro
women’s wear;
Truck for Trowsers, various styles and colors, a
favorite article for planter’s wear;
Cotton Stripes, well known everywhere as Co
lumbus Fashion*;
4-4 Sheetings; 7-& Sbirtinge; Osnaburgs
Nos. 1 and 2.
Cottonades, of various style* and prices;
Cotton Rope, (machine made,) for plow lino,
bed cord and well rope, each coil in one piece;
Cotton Yarns, Nos. 4 to 12; Sewing Thread,
and Twine.
All these Goods the Company is prepared to
supply promptly in any quantity, at prices much
cheaper than the same goods, or any thing equal
to them, can be bought at the North and laid
down hero.
To illustrate this, take a bale of Sheetings, (an
article whose value is *o well known by all deal
ers that no mistake can be made in computing,)
and compare the cost here with the cost of one
bought at the North and laid down here, ay
One bale Sheeting*, 1.000 yds., weight 356 lbs.,
measure 17 7-12 cubic feet, now worth in New
York 8% cents ~,.587 60
Add Drayage in New York 10
“ Freight to Savannah by steamer
at 10c. per foot, (if by sail ves
sels somewhat less,) 1 76
“ Insurance on S9O at %by steam
er, (and more if by sail vessel,) ‘"66
“ Drayage, wharfage and postage
in Savannah 15
“ Freight by rail road on 355 ibg.,
at $1 15 4 08
“ % per ct. Exchange (it is now %)
on SB7 50 44 709
Making cost (if on time,) I’d down here $94 69
or if bought for caah, 5 per ct. off 4 71
SB9 88
Now take a bale of same goods, bo’t
in Columbus es Eagle Factory, say
1000 yds. at B%c. on time SBB 75
Less 10 per cent, for cash 8 87
$79 88
Thus we have—
-1 bale Sheetings bo’t on time in N. Y0rk....594 59
1 “ “ “ “ in Columbus 88 75
Difference in favor of Columbus $5 84
or nearly %c. per yard.
Again—
-1 bale Sheetingß bo’t for cash in N. Y0rk...589 88
1 “ “ “ “ in Columbus 79 88
Difference in favor of Columbus $lO 00
or lc. per yard.
A comparison of other Cotton Goods will show
more favorable results for the Home market, be
cause where the bale is heavier, and the number
of yards smaller, the expense cf laying the good*
down here is increased in proportion.
In Woolen Goods the difference against the For
eign market will be still greater, as the goods are
heavier and have fewer yards to the bale. To
show this: Take a bale cf Negro Kerseys, a well
known de*cription of goods. Thur—
-1 bale Kerseys, 470 yd* , weight 3CO
lbs., measure 15 cubic feet, 470
yds., valued say at 26c $122 20
Add drayage in New York 10
“ freight to Savan’h, 15 ft. at 10c..l 50
“ insurance on $l2O at %c 75
“ drayage, wharfage and postage,
in Savannah 15
“ Freight per Rail Road, 300 lbs.
at slls 3 45
“ J 4 P cr cent. Exchange on $120.. CO— $6 55
Making cost laid down here, on time $l2B 75
or if for cash in N. Y., 5 per c. off... 6 43
$122 32
Now take a bale of same goods,
bought in Columbus of the E-gle
Factory, say 1 bale, 470yds.,at 26c.5122 20
Less 10 per cent, for cash 12 22
$lO9 93
Thus e have—
-1 bale Kerseys on time in New York slzß < o
l a u “ in Columbus 122 20
Difference in favor cf Columbus $6 55
or over I%C. per yard.
Again—
-1 bale Kerseys in New York $122 32
1 “ “ “ in Columbus 109 98
Difference in favor of Columbus sl2 34
or 2%c. per yard
The Home market has advantages in other re
spects. A merchant buying in New York, will
buy more goods while there than be actually
needs at the time lest he should be out of goods
when ha does need them, while here at home he
can buy as it were “from hand to mouth,” supply
ing himself just as he needs; thus saving inter
est, insurance and exchange.
The Eagle Company asks no“snpport for South
ern Industry,” as such, but simply upon the fact
of furnishing goods cheaper than Northern
Houses can. All orders to be addressed to
J. RHODE3 BROWNE, Agent,
July 28-2 m Golumbus, Ga.
JOB WORK,
EITHER in Wood or Iron, neatly and faithfully
executed, on reasonable terms, at the Carter
Factory, by
May 31,1860-ts A. D. BROWN, Jr.
AMERICAN WATCHES,
MADE fiY TnE
AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY,
At Wa ltliiiin,
■■■’
ATTENTION is invited to the following state
ment and accompanying letters of recom
mendation and testimonials, in favor of these
celebrated Watches:
A gold medal was awarded the Company by the
American Institute, at New York, in 1857.
The Company also received the first pretninm—
a gold medal—from the Franklin Institute, at
Philadelphia, in 1858.
These \\ atches have now been iu the market for
nearly ten years, during which time they have
been tested a* to accuracy, durability, and relia
bility in every conceivable manner, and have
proved themselves to be the most satisfactory
time-pieces ever offered to the'public.
This result has been brought about by a strict
application of mechanical science to the construc
tion of the Watch from its very inception, render
ing it, when finished, mathematically correct in
all its proportions, and necessarily as perfect a
time-keeper as it is possible to make.
The Company have tested their Watches in
many instances by actual daily noting, and the
result of this test has been that they have exhibit
ed a rate equal in regularity to the best marine
chronometer.
N.B. —We have just introduced a new style of
Watch, elaborately finished, and thinner than any
wo have hitherto produced, with several improve
ments calculated to inmre the greatest accuracy
of performance, and to prevent the usual acci
dents and derangements to which foreign watches
are liable.
The following is from Mr. Porter, the well-known
Marine Chronometer and Watch Maker:
Boston, April 20,1860.
Mr. R. E. Robbixs, Treasurer, <fc.
Dear Sir —Since my note to you of September,
1859, 1 have sold a number of your Company’*
Watches, and hear good report* from them with
out exception. They give me no trouble and my
customer* evory satisfaction. Recently a ship
master, to whom I sold one last year, called to
say that his Chronometor having broken down at
sea, he navigated his vessel safely home by hi*
Waltham Watch. Yours, truly,
GEO. E. PORTER.
New York, Jannary 23, 1860.
R. E. Robbixs, Esq.
Dear Sir —The American Watch made by your
Company, which I have bad in constant use for
about a year has kept excellent time, and sustain*
your guaranty. It seems to be less disturbed by
horse-back and railioad-car jolting than the gene
rality of foreign watches.
Respectfully yours,
GEORGE P. MORRIS.
Book Room, No. 200 Mulberry Streit, )
New York, February 6,1860. J
R. E. Robbixs, Treasurer American Watch Cos.
Dear Sir —l take great pleasure in being able to
certify that for the last ten months I have carried
a watch from the manufactory of the American
Watch Company, and that it has given perfect
satisfaction as a time-keeper. Judging from the
one I have, I do not hesitate to predict that the
day is not far distant when watches made in the
United States will supersede all others.
JAMES FLOY, D. D.
Wilton Bluff, S.C., October 20,1869.
R. E. Robbins, Esq.
Dear Sir —Tho three watches of your manufac
ture which I purchased to be used on my planta
tion, have proved to be the most correct time
keepers I have ever known. I gave my head ser
vant, my head carpenter, and my head engineer,
each one of them; and since they have been in
their respective possession, everything on the
plantation has moved like clock-work, in conse
quence of the extreme regularity with which
those watches perform. Yours, truly,
LEWIS MORRIS.
Chicago, 111., March, 1860.
American Watch Cos., Waltham, Mass.
I have tested with extreme caro the running of
the watch I bought of yon, now nearly a year
since, and so accurate and equable haa been its
performances that I have thought it would inter
est yon, and all others familiar with horology, to
seo a record of its variations. It was finally set
to true time, after it had been rognlating in my
possession for three moDths.
June 5 lost 4 sec. I October 1.....10*t 8 sac.
August 15...105t 6 sec. | December 15 .9 sec,
Since which time its average monthly variation
has not exceeded six second*.
NORMAN WIARD.
CAUTION—As our watch is now extensively
counterfeited by foreign manufacturers, we have
to inform the public that no watch is of our pro
duction which is unaccompanied by a certificate
of genuinoness, bearing the number of the watch,
and signed by our Treasurer, R. K Robbins, or by
our predecessors, Appleton, Tracy A Cos.
As these watches are for sale by Jewelers gene
rally throughout the Union, the American Watch
Company do not solicit orders for single watcheß.
ROBBINS <fe APPLETON,
Wholesale Agents,
No. 182 Broadway, New York.
June 28,1860. d2awteow6w
DR. B. A. WILSON’S
TONIC, CATHARTIC AND ANTI-DYSPEPTIC
PILLS,
The Great Family Remedy.
A never failing Antidote for Sick Headache, Fever
and Ague, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Cos
tiveness, Biliousness, Neuralgia, Colic,
Depraved Appetite, Ihsordered
Stbmach, Female Obstruc
tions, dec., <£c., dec.
ONE PXIiXi A. DOSE!
Price 25 Cents per Box.
WILSON’S PILLS are universally acknowleged
to be the best now in use. Asa Family
Medicine they are particularly recommended—
simple and harmless, but highly medicinal in their
combination. ONE PILL a doae, with mild but
certain effects. The robnt man and the delicate
child use them alike, with every assurance of en
tire safety. With WILSON’S PILLS every Mother
in the land becomes her own Physician. They
have proved themselves a specific, and stand
without a rival for the following affections:
HEADACHE, FEVER AND AGUE,
HEADACHE, FEVER AND AGUE,
HEADACHE, FEVER AND AGUE,
HEADACHE, FEVER AND AGUE,
DY3PEP3IA, LIVER COMPLAINT,
DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPLAINT,
DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPLAINT,
DYSPEPSIA, LIYER COMPLAINT,
Costiveness, Biliousness, Neuralgia,
Costiveness, Biliousness, Neuralgia,
Costiveness, Biliousness, Neuralgia,
Costiveness, Biliousness, Neuralgia.
Read the testimony of Gov. Wise, Virginia:
“Wilson’s Pills are a safe and most useful Family
Remedy for Constipation and affections offfhe Di
gestive Organs. For Headache, they have proved
themselves a specific.”
Read the testimony of Gov. Kixd, Alabama:
“I would not be without Wilson’s Pills for any
price. For Indigestion and Headache, I divide a
Pill and take tine halt; it gives immediate relief.”
MOTHERS,
Watch wall your Children, and when their trou
bles aiije from that great bane of childhood,
Worms, ascribe their illness to its true cause,
and remove it by giving
B. L. Fahnestock’s Vermifuge,
A safe and sure remedy, prepared from the purest
materials, and ha* proved itself the most effective
antidote for Worms ever offered to the public.
43- Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere.
PREPARED BY
B. L. FAHNESTOCK & CO.,
INPORTKItS AND WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
No. 60 corner Wood and 4th Sts.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
For sale in Colnmbns by
URQUHART * CHAPMAN,
PEMBERTON A CARTER,
J. A. WHITESIDE A CO, ,
R. A. WARE A SON,
JOHN W. BROOKS,
February 29,1860. ly
The Driggs Patent Piano.
TIIE3K beautiful Instruments
are the best in the world; go ,a >
the best judges of Europe
America. S. B. Driggs, of New York, J • W VI “
is the inventor and patentee. They are made as
much as possible like tbe Violin, baving two
sounding boards, one at the top and the other at
the bottom, convexing outwards a thin ca*e with
oval end*, all free from the strain of the strings,
which come on an iron frame or bed-plate. By
these and other arrangements, a better tone is
produced than was ever before beard in a pianc—
a deep organ-toned bass, a brilliant bell-like,
singing treble. They will stay in tune much
longer than any other piano, as the tension of
the strings is not effected by damp or dry weather.
Any guarantee will be given to parties purchasing
they may wish, as to their durability. They will
be kept in tune two years free of charge, by tbe
Agent. Never was there so many combinations
that go to make a good instrument in a piano
before, and whoever says different, is either igno
rant or tells a falsehood. The Agent has been
tuning pianos 23 years, and claims to understand
the instrument thoroughly.
Dr. Billings owns the one that wag on exhibition
at the Perry House. Twc have been sold to Music
Teacher* in Macon, and seven to other persons.
These Pianos cost from $370 to S6OO. Any further
information cheerfully given. Direct all commu
nications to O. B. RICE, Macon, Ga.,
Sole Agent for sale of these Piano* in Georgia.
March 27,1860. w3m