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(ii!i s isinuntm HOmilit. rcr.r. uk» tt;:ekly f.veuy Saturday nv 3. C. WOOITKX, 3. A. WEI.Cn. BOOT FEN & WELCH, Proprietors. J. WOOTTEN, Editor. thru- or srsscRtrTiox : One copy o:ic year, payable in advance, $ LOO One copy six moot u ".50 One copy three moa hr, “..... 1.25 One copy oac mon!ii....“ 11 Club'of thrcd i*o»ics one year, 10 00 Club of five copies one year 15.00 (Fiftv numbers complete the Volume.) to ftolife pnvs, flpinilto, tawnm*, n.i+’i ■—l»» hi m "'T iz xh3 Closing Year. nv geouc:: i». prentice. >i;- midnig’it’s hoiy hour, and silence now Is brooding like a gcntla. spirit o'er The still pulseless wbrld, -11 irk 1 on tlirwinds The bell's deep tonc3 are swelling, ’tis the knell O' the departed year. No funeral train Is sweeping past: yet, on the.stream and wood, ■With melancholy light, the moonbeams rest, Like a pale, spotless shroud: the air is stirred As bv a mourner’s sigh; and on yon cloud, Tint floats still and placidly through Heaven, The spirits of the Seasons seem to stand— Youn ,T Spring, bright Summer, Autumn’s solemn form In painful cadences., that comes abroad Like the far wind harp’s wild touching wail, A melancholy dirge o’er the dead year, Cone from the earth forever. ’Tis Jt time, For memory arid for tears. Within the deep, Still cl ambers of the heart, a spector dim, Whose tones are like the wizard voice of Time, Heard from the tomb of age^'points its cold A^id solemn finger to the beautiful And holy visions that have passed away, And left no shadow, of their loveliness <):i the dead waste of life. Tint Specter lifts The coffin lid of Hope, and -Toy, and Love, And bending mournfully above the pale, Sweet forms that slumber there, scatters dead flowers O'er what has passed to nothingness. The year lias gone, and with it many a glorious throng Of happv dreams. Its mark on each brow, Its shadow ia each heart. In its swift course It inavCl its sceptre q,er the beautiful, And they arc not. It laid its pallid hand F ion Lhe strong man : and the haughty form Is fallen and the flashing eye s diuij p lr<i'l the hall of revelry, where thronged The bright and joyous; and the tearful wail Of stricken ones is heard, where crest t!lC Song And reckless shout resounded. I passed o'er The liatt’e plain, where swor.’, and spear, and shield Flashed in the light of midday; anil the strength Of serried hosts is shivero'd, and the gras*, Orcen from the soil of carnage, waves above The finished and mouldering skeleton. It came,. And faded like a wreath of mist at eve; Yet, ere it melted in the viewless air, It heralded its millions to their home la the dim land of Arc.mis. Fierce rpiluf of uicWgla'S ami syrnet—trim* power Can 'stay him in his silent course, or melt His iron heart to pity? On, still on. He presses, and forever. The proud bird, T ic condor • fthc AmffSq that can soar Through Heaven's unfathomable depths, or The fury of a Northern hurricane, And bathe liis plumage i.i the thunder's home, 1 itrls his broad wings at nightfall, and sinks down To rest upon his mountain crag; but time Knows not the weigh; of sleep or weariness. Ami irLiits deep darkness has no chain to bind liis rushing pinion. Hcvolutions sweep O’er eaitli, like troubled visions o'er the breast Of dreaming sorrow, cities rise and sink Like bubbles on the water! fiery isles Spring blazing from the ocean, and go back io their mysterious caverns : inoimtinus rear To II aven their bold and blackened cliffs, and bow Their tail beads to the plain ; and empires rise, (lathering the strength ol hoary centuries, And rush down like an A!nine avalanche, Startling the nations; and the very stars, I on bright and burning blazonry of God, Glitter awhile in their eternal depths, And, like the Pleiad, loveliest of their train, Shoot lrom their glorious spheres, and pass away To darkle in the trackless void : yet Time,' 1 une, the tomb builder, bolds his tierce career, Hark, stern, all pitiless, and tarries not Amid the mighty wrecks that strew his path l0 sit and muse like other conquerors, Upon the fearful ruin lie has wrought. VOL. I ] isrjiFW'jsr.A.isr, Georgia, Saturday, dec. so, isgs. [NO. 17. From the Richmond Enquirer. Graphic Description of the 'Character of the Emperor Napoleon. Character of the Empress Eugenia. T:ie lust steamer brought the news that a mysterious telegram received at the Exchange, at Frankfort, had sudden- 13" caused great consternation among the rich hankers of that centre of continental finance, and produced a serious full in man}" securities. It soon became known that the dispatch spoke of a paralytic at tack of the Fr- nch Emperor. The news itself—which did not claim to be official —r.ir.}’ have been true, or it may have been mere speculation of* the kind which once sent Lord Cochrane, justly or unjust ly, into exile and disgrace; hut its im mediate and marked importance which makes the peace of all Europe, depend on the health of single man. Whatever we may think of the morale of Louis Napo leon, it cannot he denied that the hold lie has obtained on the mind of the French, and the control over his 5l’0,000 bayo nets, gives him a weight and influence in the affairs ol the world which was pruba- bly never obtained before b)’ a parcanu ruler. It may, therefore, he of some in terest to learn fiom a person, whom per sonal relations alone brought, for a time, in near contact with the Emperor, how he appeals within the circle of his family, from a home lie can hardly" Le said to pos sesp. 11 is health is apparently exeijent, and more and more temperate, afid^iis benuti- gestion?,- and thus preparing the reception Tll8 Arrest of Semmes. ful wife has never had true cause for jeaf of the British Minister by President John- The following are the charges and speci- ousy. At fhe table, he eats moderately j Son, which was regarded at the time by j fictions wh:ch, after seven months unm- j and drinks Very little, and when lie joins the people to whc*c representative it was terrupted peace, are brought against Ad the private circle, after dinner, lie shows | addressed as so friendly, and fair, and no little humor, and by far more affection j dignified. than his impassive appearance and stern I Mr. Frederick Seward’s first inquiry manner would seem to pfoni’se. latter he came fully to his senses, which His married life is, on the whole, a bap- was a long time after the assassination, py one. The Empress, who represents j was, “ lias Sir Frederick Bruce been pre- Chari admirably and generally wears the purple sented?” He thought thatonly one night with much grace and dignity, has given him what lie most desired on earth, a son and a successor. II is highest wish to found a dynasty, is thus apparently secur ed, and lie is grateful to her for the noble gift? IIis domestic relations, are, there fore, as satisfactory as they can well he in a sovereign’s palace. The Empress, no longer as fair and as winning as in tlic early days of her splendor, is still beautiful enough for a diadem, and^understands thoroughly bow to enhance her claims by exquisite taste afid imperial splendor. Un fortunately, she lias all the peculiarities of Spanish women belonging to the high er classes of society, and these seriously impair the power of her good influences and the happiness of her husband. She is utterly uneducated, ignorant, and ’by- no means desirous to improve herself, without any taste for higher thoughts or feelings. Iler on!}’ delight is in trifling conversation, in every new amusement, and a most extravagant expenditure — ller religion is a pure superstition and bigotry; her confessor is her true lord had passed since lie knew not what had happened to him, and liis mind took un matters just where it had lc:t them. Mr. Seward’s mental experience during his supposed assassination was :n its nature so like that of his son, that it raises the question whether this absence 6t conster nation and observation of minute partieu- uiirat Seffime?: Charge and specification of a charge preferred by the Secretary of the Navy against Raphael Semmes, late comman der of the rebel steamer Alabama. - violating the usages of war. Specification.—In this, that on or about the 19th day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, off the entrance of the port of Cherbourg, in France, the said Raphael Semmes, then being in com mand of the rebel steamer known as the “ Alabama,” and an engagement having taken place between the said steamer . • Kearsage, ordered and permitted a white lars is not common n circumstances ot c ’ * .. i „ , • .... . r and master, and the only serious occupa- ucn as seems to justify expectations or n ... 1 tion she ever engages in* is to intrigue protracted life. It is true, the elasticity of youth has disappeared, and signs of tho riper-manhood of his fifty-six years begin to show more clearly. The form grows fuller, the carnage less firm, the walk easier, the eye more languid than ever, and the h iir disappears in all direc tions. Rut. what is especially perceptible hv those who are not in the way of seeing the Etiip ror daily, is the general relaxing of all the features. Still, these signs are nothing hut what is noticed in every man who has passed hi> fiftieth year, and has ioil an .,<• live liiY with bodily and mental peror can never have boon a handsome man. not even in his youth; and ifow that freshness and grace have long de parted, liis app ar.ince'i.s in no.wise win ning. The brow is too broad, the com plexion too yellow, and the legs, half hid under increasing corpulency", are too short in proportion—a defect which is very- striking when the Emperor walks out on foot. The bluish grey eyes are more than ever cast to the ground, and even when raised the}- are only half unveiled. In spite of these disadvantages, there are noble qualities, great calmness, clearness of thought and irresistible power of w ill impressed upon that immovable face, that looks as if were hewn out of granite Phrenologists toll us, moreover, that the breadth of the skull is extraordinary, and indicates rare faculties, famed for his skill in against the Emperor for the benefit of the Pope and the good of the Church.— In public she is exclusively haughty, and, therefore, little beloved by the people, and still less by the army. The little Prince Napoleon, the pride and the joy of his parents, is a hearty, blooming child, bearing all the signs of full health and fine natural parts in his carriage and language. The Emperor is evidently exceedingly fond of the boy ; he romps and plays with him and finds great delight in scei ig him much by his tured and "tlcveloped,.anti wtien he " rules unexpected and not fully apprehended peril. Mr. Seward was lying upon his side, close to the edge of his bed, with his head resting in a frame, which had been made to give him ease and protect bis broken jaw from pressure. lie was trying to keep awake, having been seized upon by a sick man’s fancy— it was tkat if lie slept he would wake up i with lockjaw, lie was brought to full j consciousness by the scuffle in the passage way, followed by the entrance of the as sassin, and the cry of Miss Seward, “ Oh, lie will kill my father! ’ Rut lie saw nothing of his assailant until a hand ap peared above his face, and then his thought was, “What handsome cloth that over coat is made of.” The assassin’s face then appeared, and the now helpless statesman only thought, “ What a handsome man.” (Payne was a fine lookingjellow ) Then came a sensation as of rain striking him smartly Upon one side of his face and neck, then quickly the same upon the other side, but he felt no severe pain — This was the assassin’s knife. The blood spouted. He thought “ My time has come,” and filling from the bed to the flag to he hoisted on board the said rebel steamer, and took the opportunity of the cessation thereby caused in the engage ment, and of the trust reposed in him, to make his escape from the said rebel steam er, for the purpose of avoiding the actual surrender of his person as a prisoner of war, and the responsibilities thereby in curred, and did subsequently, without having been exchanged as a prisoner, en gage in hostilities against the United States. [Signed.] Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Navy Department, Nor. 25, 1865. Against which at rest, Adni’l Semuids entered the following protest: Sir :—On the 25th day of April, 18G5, I was at Greensboro,’ N. C., in command of a nnval brigade, forming part of the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and partici pated in the capitulation between Gen. Johnston and Major Gen. W. T. Sbennan, commanding United States army of Noftli Carolina. The condition of said capitula tion on the part of Gen. Johnston, was that the army under liis command should cease all acts of war from the date of said capitulation, April 2Gth, aforesaid. In floor, he fainted. His first sensation of j consideration of which condition thus en- returning consciousness was that he was t eret j j n to by Gen. Johnston, Gen. Sher- drin king tea, anil that “it tasted good, j uiru stipulated that the officers and. incu DRS. C. D. & I. E. SMITH, H AVING associated in the practice of Medicine, respectfully tender their servi ces io the citizens of Newnan and country.— Particular attention gi.cn to Surgery and Obstetrics. IfcjyMuy be found at nil hours, when not professionally engaged, at their office on Brick Front, South side of Public Square, third door from Dodd's corner. [Oct. 21-7-tf. X e w D rugs!! rrUIE undersigned take pleasure in annonn- j ring to the people of Newnan tlnd coun try that they have just received a stock of i'HESH PHTTGS. B*3>„.\11 orders and prescriptions promptly attended to. C. D. k I. E. SMITH. December 1G-15-3L DENTISTRY J. W. WILEY, D. D. S., H AS returned to Newnan t* resume the practice of D entistry. All Work Warranted.^©* jjFaj“Offire on Depot street. [nor. 11-10-tf. JOHN S. 13IGBY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, NEWNAN, GEORGIA, \X7H.L practice regularly in Coweta and W the surrounding counties, and in the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts o' the State. JtejjJ"";Special intention given to the collection and securing of claims. Sept. 9-1—tf. J. C. WOOTTEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, NEWNAN, GEORGIA. BgfOffice in the Herald Office.' Sept. 9-1-tf. - * out on liis little pony, Grossed up in his grenadier uniform, he excites the admira tion of all men. Still, ^hcrc is occassional sadnesss on liis smooth lirow, and few can seiousnc33 see him without asking what will, in God’s Providence, be the fate of the tender child that bears so great and so ominous a In his youth, ymnastics, and horseman, the lie very ( uiet. es—the lx st in reviews and 11 Europe—except Meat hunts demand if, and evqn when he Sir. Seward’s Account of the Attack Upon Kira. The American correpondcncc of the London Spectator contain the following account of a conversation with Scoretary Seward and his son Mr. Frederick Seward, j giving a description of their sensations respectively at the time of the attempted assassination : Mr. Frederick Seward said that, upon stepping from his bedroom out into the passage, and seeing the nssasin, lie merely wondered what lie was doing there, and called him to account. On his resisting the fellow’s endeavor to press into Mr. Seward’s room, the assasisin drew a revol ver, which lie presented at Mr. Frederick walks out lie is apt to lean on the arm of, Seward’s head. What followed, it must a companion. liis mode of life is extrenicl}" regular. be remembered, took place in a fe-w sec onds. Mr. Frederick Seward’s first He rises early and prises a large portion thought was, “That's a navy revolver, of the day at liis writing table, a necessity j The man p>uilcd the trigger, hut the j which is ca. i!}- explained in- a man who pistol only snapped, and his intended vic- stiould return tb their-homes and there asking and replying as to whether it would ! remain unmolested by the United States be possible for him to recover. Ho could I authorities so long as they' observed the not speak, but his eyes showed his con- j obligation they had entered into, and and lie desired to peak. obeyed the laws enforced where they re- Thcy Lmught him a procelai.i tablet, on j sided. I have, this day, been arrested by which he managed to write, “Give me the order of the Secretary ot the Navv • some more tea. I shall get well.”— And from that moment he has slowly but steadily recovered both iu health and strength. Secretary of the Navy ; had a guard placed over my house, and have been informed that I am to proceed to Washington, in custody, there to an swer a charge preferred against me, pred icated upon facts which took place ante- ! rior to the capitulation between Gen. Johnston and Gen. Sherman. This being a violation of the capitulation on the part of Gen. Sherman, I respectfully make this, my protest against said arrest. [Signed] II. Semmes. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 15, 1805. Tde Dead of the Valley—Major The Clerk of the House.—As our readers have recently heard a good deal of Mr. McPherson, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, we give the following pencil sketch of him : “ Mr. McPherson is a native of I’enn- s\lvania — like Forney, Buchanan and Cameron—a State prolific of great men, you see—and was born in Gctt\sburg, July 31, 1880. lie graduated at Penn- Thomas P. Taylor, who has just returned sylvania College in 1848, and, like Mr. ■ from Yv inchester with the remains of Colfax, became an editor. His health several Confederate soldiers, s.i3"s that the failin him from the close attention re quired in liis profession, lie abandoned newspaper life, and applied himself to graves of ail who lie in the burying ground of that town are known, a plot of f the whole being in possession of Mrs. J. D. WATSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, A N D REAL ESTATE AGENT, NEWNAN, GA., I jHitt Si-Uing, .Heating-or .Buying. Re»LEs- ^ tate in Newnan, or in Coweta a.nil ail- !■•■ 1.....«‘ ■ ■ mi .... ' f* US-8 Zy—— HATS! CAPS 1 J. M. HOLBROOK, W OULD most respectfully inform the pnb- Iic-nnd his old patrons that he is now permanently located at liis old stand on WHITEHALL STREET, (Sign of the Big Hat,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA, With a large stock of well selected HATS and CAPS, all of which will be sold lo>v for Cash at wholesale and retail. Nor. 25-13-12m. J. M. HOLBROOK. WM. 13 13ERRY, WARE-HOUSE GENERAL AGENT, FOB Receivin'^, Put ting in Order and Siiip-1 ,o« ping Co'ton to safe and Ary* responsitde firms in A11- fiista, New York or Liverpool. Liberal advances arranged for parties desiring it. Newnan, Ga.. Sept. 23-3-lf. . Andrew Jolinson and Ben. Butler. I lie Nashville Runner records the fol lowing anecdote from the political histo ot the past: (Li Monday evening succeed ’Baltimore Convention of 1£ concourse of people gathered the residence of J. e. Brec Washington. lie had ior President by a portio which had seceded fro thereof, and the c-lle. allude was assenih receiving his acknowiei course ot the evening speeches we by Mr. Toombs, Mr. Davis and 31 r. \V. L. Yancey. Towards the close, Mr. Ben jamin I*. Butler, a secessionist of Massa chusetts, was called for, and spoke ior ™ violently ™ vor Southern rights than any of his prcdeces- As lie concluded his harangue, the Wiuer ot this brief reminiscence turned to Andrew Johnson, who happened to he s<anu.ng near at ham], and inquired what he tuougnt ot it. 4 * Ry G—d. sir.’ he re plied with eharacroris it* warmth. "I nevi-r iixe a man to Le for me more than I’m For myself’ agricultural pursuits. In 1858 he was Phil. \\ hilhams'and Mrs. A. If. H. Boyd, sent to Congress from his district, and he ; These ladies arc also trying to raise funds was re-elected to the37th Congress, where for the purpose of exhuming ainl collect- lie served as chairman of the Library ing trie dead that lie in the neighboring Committee, a position which he was cmi-, fields, before they shall he plowed over, ne-ntly qualified to fill by reasnu of his ; and prepare a proper enclosure for their not cuiy rules a great Empire, hut in lus j tirn thought “ ’liiat cap missed fire. ’ j extensive literary attainments. In 18o3, remains, leisure hours translates Julius Ctcsar or IIis next sensation was that 01 conlu- j h e was -solicited to accept the appoint- ; In this pious work they should have invents new kinds of guns. IIis German siou, and being upon the floor, resting j uien t of Deputy Commissioner of the the assistance of the people of the South, education has made him thoroughly at upon his arm, which, like his father’s jaw | Revenue in the Treasury Department.— | whose dead lie scattered all about there, d history; he speaks ! had barely re coved from a serious fracture j When tli 1 —the assassin had ith fhe butt of the revolver—be put His j^jf lCH. He is a keen looking man of j ford county, Ya.j’will be appropriated. a.v hand to his head, and finding a hole there, j middle stature and slightly built, with a aforesaid. he thought, “ That cap .did uot uiiss fire ■ piercing eye, light hair, and somewhat j We would thank Southern papers to 38th Congress assembled, he 1 Funds for the purpose sent to this office, felled him to the floor! Was elected Clerk of fchejHuuse by a vot® j or toAIajor Taylor, at Forest Depot, Bed- e revolver—be put his j^f Hois a keen moking man of i ford county, Ya.j'will be appropriat after all.” Then he became insensible, and remain cd so for two days oT more. His fifst Scotch form of head and face.’ Cup} the above—Lgnehbnrg I irgiuiun. A PENCHANT FOR ('OLLARDS Our^ A COMET A ISIBLE.— Bela’s COtliet. • " indication of returning consciou-ness was! readers will remember how severely Cov. *hat is said to he now visible to the 11a- the question, “ Have you not got the ball Brown was joked twelve months since ^ed eye, may be seen in the neighborhood out ? ’ after which he fell off again into a -because lie carried off his coliards and l ^ ie constellation Pegasus, and close to comatose condition,. which was of long ! turnips and various qther garden “ sass,” i bright star Marah, one of the bright continuance. | from Millcdgeviile, when Sherman was j luuaioanes which form the well known On the very afternoon of the day when ' making his raid, and a large amount of i ! ' < I uare Pegasus. It is pursuing a Mr. Lincoln was assassinated, Mr. Fred-. State ordnance stores fell in the hands of south-easterly c-Ourse, and will cross the m t and The o:t crick Seward,who was Assistant Secretary j the enemy. Well, a few weeks since this Nap"leon had led. when 1 oung, a reckless, j of 8tute, had asked liis father what prepa- j honorable ex-Governor was negotiating lawless Hie. is uot founded upon truth,' ratiou should be made for the presentation . for a heautiful house and lot in Atlanta nor TIIOMAS BARNES, Depot Str., Newnan, Ga,, Will repair neatly and promptly -AND <£T<o&HtPiy September 30-4-Iy. new bakery.1 Fresh FI read! The undersigned is prepared to furnish FRESH BREAD EVERY MORNING. If liberally patronized, customers canMiave bread.sent to them before breakfast each day. Oct. ‘28-8-3m. W. B. CHAPMAN. COOK STOVES d XI cl T i/i ~W are. there ativ permature decay or fear- of Sir Frederick Bruce, which was to take with Mr. Root; he complained of the j *T om .. Ua on ^ eighteen ’ | miliums of miles. ful secret disease kuown to exist in him. place the next day. Mr. Seward gave' high,price of the property. But whil that could be attributed to youthful ex- him the points of a reply to le made to looking about the premises, Mr. Root 3Ir. Greeley is not respectful toward travagance. This does not imply that he Sir Frederick, and he laid the outline of took him into the large fine garden, where! J 1 '" 3 brother Republican, Brown'ow, whom has always led a truly pliilosphic lite;; the* speech upon the President’s table, was a luxuriant growth of coliards. As his fondness 'T cards and women are too and, as I have previously informed my! soon as the Governor saw these, he said, well known, but it is Certain that since readers, Mr. Lincoln that afternoon bis elevation to ilic throne lie Ins become' out the reply, adopting Mr. Seward he alludes to as ‘‘a Reverend blackguaird ; styled Governor.” Get your bath ready, i Horace, for the “Reverend blaekgnard ” on wrote “I will take the place, it is cheap enough. : w iH be after joa with his sludge bucket, trd’s SUg- —Rome Courier. 1 for this Boston Co*t. W. M. noynolds WJ OULD respectfully . inform everybody Vi and the balance of mankind, that fie is now prepared to fnruish anything" and every celestial squ ire about the middle of this j tiling in the way of month. It will continue to approach the '. mrTy e*rth until the end of February, when its ; ^ A AAit ELklfif At the very lowest prices and shortest notice. Best Patent of Family Cook Stoves, from $25 to according to size and ohtfit- Tin Ware reduced 25 per cent, under any other market. Corne, come everybody,and boy! I will dupHeaCe bills iioogfre at wholesale iu any market in the Union since the war. 4sgJ“Sbop at present Hire' - doors from Pub lic Square, on Depot street. [dec liuiirinii IBtroUt. F. S. WELCH, - Publisher. Rates of Advertising. Adf'ertrsefnents inserted nt $1.50 per square foftewiifiCs or space equivalent.) for first inser tion. and 75 certfs for ench subsequent in sertion. Monthly or semi-monthly advertisements inserted at the same rates as for new advertise ments, each insertion. Liberal arrangements will b« ,mnde with those advertising by the quaiter or year. All transient advertisments. must be paid for when handed in. The money for adrortiscing due after the fTrst insetli'ort. T C l l! J. LORCII & CO.. Have just received at J. M. DODD’S old stand, South- West Corner Public Square NEWNAN, GEORGIA, A new and large supply of REABY MABE p T AT TT T TVT P tlJbU 1 n I i\ (X, STIFLE GOODS, 0 LADIES and GENTLEMEN’S iiiiiia©©!®!! All varieties of CBZ&aBLES’S SHOES, BOYS & GENTLEMEN’S NOTIONS Of all kinds; HOOP & BALMORAL SKIRTS | CLOAKS, COftSETS; HAED-W^RE Ajvd -CUTLERY. Also a large and full supply of all kinds of GROCERIES Sl CROCKERY, J. M. MANN, I Salesmen J. A. HUNTKI?, / Nc.vti-'in,- (Ja. It. T. HUNTER, 1 Salesmen JOS. NALLS,, j-for Lorch&Co.- A. M. WOOD, ) Salesmen W. MARTIN, /Franklin, Ga. Sept. lG-2-tf. E. M. BRUCE & CO, BANKERS —AND— COTTON FACTORS, AUGUSTA, GA., E. F. METCALF &c CO., COMMISSION A2TD FORWARDING MERCHANTS, SAVANNAH, GA., E. M. BIIUCE, MORGAN & CO., Forwarding Merchants,. APA LACIIICCLA, FLA. Advances made on Consignments made fo» | WATTS, CRANE & CO., New York, WATTS, GIVEN k CO., New Orleans W. C, WATTS & CO., Liverpool, Eng., by < ither of the above Houses. October 2--7-3m.