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Internal Improvements—Rivers and Har
bors—Power of Congress.
1 he settling great constitutional questions es
sentially contributes to the happiness of the peo
ple. Several have been so repeatedly and em
phatically passed upon as to be no longer mat
ters ot dispute. Among these may be enumera
ted the denial of power to Congress to charter a
national bank, and to construct roads and canals
in the limits of a State. The power to improve
the navigation of bays, inlets, and rivers, and to
construct harbors therein, except on our ocean
and. lake shores, for the purpose of rendering
navigation safe and easy, and of affording pro
tection and shelter for our navy and other ship
ping is still a question, and its existence is de
nied. The exercise of the power by every Con
gress since i he adoption of the constitution to
construct lignt-houses, beacons, buoys, and pub
lic piers and works, on the ocean and lakes, as
protecting shelters for national and other vessels
engaged in commerce, and the uniform acquies
cence of the people, render it proper to treat the
power to do so as admitted, and its existence
not open to further question. While this is
treated as settled, it is a matter of public duty to
resist every attempt at an enlargement of the
exercise of powers which are not clearly au
thorized by the constitution. It is universally
admitted that the federal government derives all
its powers from the constitution, and few deny
the cardinal principles that all grants of power
contained in it should be strictly construed, and
that doubtful constitutional power should never
be exercised Does the constitution clearly con
fer this power ? No one pretends that it is con
ferred in express terms. It is claimed to exist
as a necessary incident to the power over com
merce. To exist as an incident, it must be ab
solutely necessary to the execution of power ex
pressly granted. It cannot exist where the ob
ject can be accomplished, in a reasonable and
practical manner, by another authorized agency.
These improvements are clearly within the con
stitutional competency of the States, under their
conceded general powers, and also under their
reserved right to levy tonnage duty with the as
sent of Congress. The refusal by Congress to
give its assent to such duties cannot confer con
stitutional power to do what would otherwise be
unlawful. Such power cannot rest upon so un
certain and unworthy a basis as the wrongful
act of an agent. Hence, this power does not ex
ist as an incident to the power over commerce
and absolutely necessary to its execution.
The history of early legislation strongly tends
to confirm this view of the question. Prior to
the adoption of the constitution, each State had
full power over its com merce, levied tonnage
and other duties; constructed its own roads, and
canals, light-houses, beacons, buoys, and public
piers ; and improved its own harbors and rivers,
if it chose so to do Each made its own regala
tions, often prejudicial and vexatious to its neigh
bors, according to its means and views of policy
and duty, subject to the few restraints of the Ar
ticles of the Confederation. To secure equality
of lights and privileges, and preserve harmony
among themselves, the States surrendered their
general power over commerce, reserving the
right to levy a duty on tonnage tor their own
purposes, subject only to the restraining action
of Congress.
Tne debates ot the convention clearly show
that one object of reserving to the States power
to levy a tonnage duty was “ for the purpose oi
clearing harbors/ 5 Mr. Madison, in explaining
that part of the constitution which relates to
these reservations and grants of power, while it
was pending before the people, said : u The man
ner in which the power is qualified seems well
calculated at once to secure to the States a rea
sonable discretion in providing for the conveni
ency of their imports and exports; and to the
United States, a reasonable check against the
abuse of that discretion. 55 With this explanation
before them, the States adopted the constitution.
The early acts of the States and Congress were
in strict accordance with Mr. Madison’s con
struction. The States took charge ot what per
tained to the conveniency of commerce and the
improvements which its exigencies required
within them, and surrendered to the federal gov
ernment the jurisdiction and control over light
houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers. Con
gress assumed control over the latter, together
with such external works as afford necessary
shelter and protection in the then existing high
ways of commerce and navigation, leavfng the
States to construct such new ones as their sense
ot duty might dictate.
In 1783 Maryland passed a law authorizing
the levy ot a duty of one cent per ton on vessels
entering and clearing at Baltimore, for the pur
pose of “ removing all obstructions and annoy
ances 55 in the “ basin, harbor, ar.d river ss at that
place. Atfer the adoption of the constitution, in
1790, Congress gave its assent to it. The next
year an authority to increase this duty to two
cents per ton was granted, and assented to by
Congress. 1 his duty has been assented to by
twelve acts ot Congress, the last of which, pass
ed in 1850, authorizes it until 1861. In 1787
Georgia authorized a duty of three pence per ton
on all vessels entering Savannah, to ‘ form a
iund for clearing the Savannah river of wrecks
below the town, 55 to which Congress assented in
1790, and again in 1800. In 1790 Congress as
sented to a law of Rhode Island, passed that
\ ear, authorizing a duty of two cents per ton on
certain vessels arriving in Providence, to aid in
improving Providence river. Bv a second act
Congress authorized the continuance of this duty
, l /aJ. in 1,98 Massachusetts authorized the
levying a tonnage duty of four cents per ton on
certain reg,stored vessels, and ten cents on those
owned in Kennebunk river, and two cents on
all others entering it, to reimburse the expenses
« constructing a pier at the mouth of that river
To this Congress assented the same year. In
1805 Pennsylvania authorized the levying a du
ty oi lour cents per ton on vessels clearing from
Philadelphia for ports out of the United States,
to he applied to removing obstructions in the
river Delaware below that city, which was as
sented to by Congress. Virginia, North Caro
lina, and Alabama have passed laws concerning
the improving the navigation ot rivers and in*
lets, to which Congress has given its assent.
Maryland, Georgia, and South Carolina have
each authorized certain tonnage duties, in aid of
hospitals, which have received the sanction of
Congress. These acts furnish instructive and
indisputable evidence that our early legislators
believed that the power over the “ conveniency
of importsa ud exports 55 was reserved to the
States, and could be safely and properly exer
cised by them. v\ ith this evidence before us
we dare not say, what we cannot believe that
this power is a necessary incident to the exer
cise of the power over commerce.
The |*ower to improve rivers, though it may
resemble it, is not identical with that of erecting j
light-houses and other guides, and national shel
ters for the mariner. Light-houses, often so lo
cated as to be es little use to the State where sit
uated, are never erected without acquiring the
soil, and, in nearly all cases, the jurisdiction over
it, so that the government can exercise most am
ple control, and impose such restriction and re
gulations as it deems necessary. But what
State would surrender the property or jurisdic
tion of its rivers and harbors to secure the uncer
tain attention which the ever-varying action of
Congress and federal authority might bestow ?
Its love of State independence, aud desire to su
pervise and control its own property, must in
duce every State to prefer to be the'guardian of
its own affairs. If Congress, without the con
sent of a State, can assume the jurisdiction and
control over it bays, inlets, and rivers, there can
be no limit to its exercise of authority. It may
assume that a work is an improvement for com
merce which the State, when constructed, might
deem ruinous. It might, by the exercise of this
power, draw the entire commerce of one State
to another. By combinations trade might be
forced from old to new* channels, to the ruin and
destruction of the interests of one or more States.
Public works of great value to a State might be
obliterated, or their business entirely diverted,
by the exercise of this power, leaving the State ■
authority a crumbling monument of decayed and i
prostrated political power. That if was not in- <
tended to confer such power is strikingly illus- <
trated bv the well-authenticated fact that it was t
distinctly proposed to the convention which j
formed the constitution, by one leading member
and seconded by another, to create the office of
“ Secretary of Domestic Affairs, 55 whose duty it
should be “ to attend to matters of public police
the state of agriculture and the
opening of roads and navigations , and facilitating
commerce through the United States, 55 without
its receiving the favor of adoption by that hoMl
while the proposition to confer the power
provide for cutting canals where necessary ss was
distinctly negatived by the strong vote of eight
States to three. With this latter vote fell the
proposition to grant charters of incorporation by
Congress.
The abolition by Congress ofall custom-house
fees and duty on ships and vessels, with per
mission to the States to impose a tonnage duty
not to exceed a certain amount, while it would
relieve commerce of vexatious impediments,
would also enable each State to provide in future
thosa improvements and conveniences which the
exigencies of commerce in the States require.
This could be by a general law applicable to all
the States.
j While the power over light-houses, beacons,
s buoys, and public piers, as shelters for commerce,
„ has been exercised from the foundation of the
government, no instance is found of a direct ap
, propriation by Congress to improve the navi
, nation of a bay, inlet, or river, for the first thirty
! three years of the government. Such appropri
ations first appear in light-house bills, and the
expenses charged as light-house expenditures.
Except small sums ior surveys, no expenditures
, ot this kind are found until the close of Mr.
Monroe 5 s administration. Oa the elevation of
his successor, the broad power over internal im
provements was assumed and exercised. Im
mense expenditures were projected; and to guard
against an empty treasury, under its new burdens,
new taxes were proposed and authorized. A
desire ot sudden wealth and aggrandizement at
i the expense of the national treasury was widely
■ manifested, and sought gratification at the doors
of Congress. Soon after the elevation of Gen
eral Jackson, the exercise of this power was ar-
I rested by a veto, which met the approbation of
his constituents. In adverting to this subject.
. in his annual message in 1834, he says :
[ ‘‘ When the bill authorizing a subscription on
. the part of the United States for stock in the
. Maysville and Lexington Tunpike Company
passed the two houses, there had been reported,
k by the committee on internal improvements,
bills containing appropriations for such objects,
inclusive of those tor the Cumberland road, and
. ■ for harbors and light-houses, to the amount of
. about $106,000,000. In this amount was in
-1 eluded authority to the Secretary of the Treasury
to subscribe for stock of different companies to a
. gieat extent, and the residue was principally
r for the direct construction of roads by this gov
r ernment. In addition to these projects, which
. bad been presented to the two houses under the
3 sanction and recommendation of their respective
committees on internal improvements, there
e were then pending before the committees and
. in memorials presented,but not referred, different
1 projects for works of a similar character, the
. expense of which cannot be estimated with cer
e tainty, but must have exceeded $100,000,G00.’ 5
These extraordinary projeeft were all arrested
s by his veto ; and although similar authority
o was assumed in the Wabash river bill, from
j which he withheld his signature, this wide
e boundless power has been since considered as
d completely negatived. Whoever cherishes the
£ State governments as worthy of preservation
5 will resist its revival, and seek to curtail the
J operations of the federal government, and limit
. its expenses. Instead ot increasing, he will seek
y to diminish the number of its agents and their
functions. Instead of expanding its powers by
y construction, he will aim to restore it to its ori*
ginal simplicity and purity. He will resist all
r encroachments upon the powers of the States,
e and its centralization at the federal head. He
n will steadily and firmly oppose ail increase of
n power and patronage, both legislative and ex
ecutive. The too liberal exercise of powers by
r Congress and the executive has a strong tenden
r cy to increase those conflicts for political ascen
,, dency which so often sever the most sacred ties,
„ and so frequently endanger the public morals
® and peace.
t No system of internal improvements has been
- devised which is free of difficulties and hazards.
1 Nature has conferred advantages upon one State
- which she has withheld from another. These
- inequalities presented a serious obstacle to the
e formation of our federal compact, which was
e finally formed by surrounding State authority
n with numerious guards, and limiting the powers
i. of the national government to enumerated ob
e jects. Among these we do not find power to
- equalize these advantages, or to create others.
-• That would be doing more for one State than
e an other, which would excite jealousy and discon
d tent, if not violence, at injustice. After a State,
-by her energy, perseverance, and the use of h.>r
own means, and the application of her own taxes,
- has made her necessary improvements, to require
r her, through national taxes, to contribute to
y wards those in another, would arouse indignant
- and angry feelings, and tend seriously to disturb
e the harmony of the Union and happiness of the
e people.
If Congress possesses this power, where shall
? its exercise commence, aud where end ? Where
s does the constitution draw the line between pla
ces within, and those without, its fostering care ?
- I here must be such a line, or the power is with.-
t out limit, and no work could be unconstitutional,
i Shall this power begin at salt water and end at
t fresh? Shall it be determined by the action of
o the tides ? Is it confined to large bays, inlets,
Y and rivers, to the exclusion of small ones? Do-s
Y the depth, or current of waters, control ? How
- salt, how deep, how large, or how swift, must
1 waters be, to be within the constitution ? How
i far up a stream, that is within the constitution
a at its mouth, does this power extend ? The ac
s tion ot Congress in establishing ports of entry
i cannot confer constitutional power where it did
- not before exist. That would be to permit an
t agent to extend his power by his own act. If it
l exists only when the waters are partly in three
l or more States, then Congress, in admitting new
t States, and in assenting to compacts by old ones.
' arranging their boundaries, has the power of
- bringing States within the mantle of the con
l stitution, which, left in their present state and to
5 their own acts, would be without it. Such a
i construction would permit a State ownin or the
s whole of a river to cede portions of it to other
’• states w, * b tbe assent of Congress, and thereby
n bring such river within the constitution By
- \ rU ' e ’ u We concede to Congress
a and the States the right to contract or expand
5 . he powers of the constitution. States having a
e majority in both houses of Congress might, by a
'* conce . m ovement, rearrange their boundaries
80 as to bring their principal waters within the
g improving power of Congress, while all others
- might remain or become excluded. No «uch
construction can be sustained. Until distinctly
e conferred by the sovereign power, a prudent re
f gard for our common rights will require us to r*.
f frain from the exercise of any such power. If j
1 we resort to it for authority to remove obstruc
s tions in the bed of a river, may we not, when I
r cheaper, cut a canal around them ? The power j
s to construct roads and canals is now hardly claim- j
. ed by any one. It we may cut a short canal 1
, the same power must authorize us to make a I
k I long one. If we may make a new channel to
. i float commerce, why may we not make a road !
j for it? It we may make roads and canals and ;
improve rivers, we may levy tonnage duty or !
; tolls lor their use, if not inflict penalties for avoid
i ing them. The power to take toll direct is as
clear as that to subscribe for stock and collect it
through the agency of a corporation. If we have
1 the power to construct useful internal improve
ments, it will l>e difficult to assign a valid reason
why we may not, like the States, charge com
pensating tolls. But no independent, free State
would submit to such exactions. By adopting
and adhering to a strict construction of the con
stitution, we avert numerous evils. By it, the
federal government, instead of exciting jealousy
and discontent, would be the object of universal I
respect, and the author of innumerable blessings.
Instead of consolidating them into an unlimited
and insupportable despotism, it would shield and I
protect the sovereignty of the States, and there
by transmit our happy form of government, in
strength and purity, to remote generations.
Appropriations for internal improvements
would increase the public burdens, by increasing
our taxes or the national debt to the extent of
the money expended and interest. The records :
°f the Treasury show that since Mr. Monroe’s
administration this class of improvements, in
cluding surveys, has cost an immense sum. Past <
arge expenditures have not diminished the num
ber of applications, nor the zeal and perseverance I
with which they are pressed The cost of all 1
such works usually vastly exceeds the estimates,
and the promises of small expenditures generally <
end in disappointment. The expense of works t
once commenced seems never to end. Usually
they remain a perpetual charge on the treasury, t
A bill embracing many of this class of works, t
which received President Polk’s veto, appropria
ted the sum of $1,378,450, which, if it had be
come a law, would have added that amount to
the public debt in time of national war. It is
not unwoithy of consideration that public confi
dence is shaken in relation to the motives which
sometimes prompt applications for expenditures
es this kind. The “conveniency of commerce”
is always the assigned, while local interests and
private speculations are often supposed to be the
real motives. The appearance of petitions in
Congress for improvements, followed by plats of
cities and villages with lots for sale, is well cal
culated to awaken such suspicions. It is far
rater to decline all action on subjects so liable to
suspicion and possible injustice, and confine our
care to light-houses, beacons, buoys, and public
piers, and such shelters on the ocean and lakes
as commerce really requires for safety. It is
earnestly desired, as far as practicable, to limit
the discretion of the Executive over all expen
ditures, to prevent abuse by any unfaithful pub
lic servant. The laws should, under heavy pen
alties, require all moneys received on account of
the government to be promptly deposited in the
public treasury, there to remain inviolate until
paid out under distinct appropriations made by
Congress.
Than th’ present, a more auspicious aud ap
propriate period could not be selected for this re
form. Our fellow-citizens cordially approve the
practice of rigid economy in public expenditures,
while they are averse to all unnecessary discre
tion over them by public functionaries. They
justly deprecate a national debt as a serious pub
lic evil, and will hold those creating it, when not
occasioned by patriotic and approved considera
tions, to a strict and salutary accountability.
Debts should never be created, nor taxes impos
ed, when the reasons therefor are not so palpa
ble and conclusive as to challenge the approba
tion ofall patriotic citizens. To construct works
of internal improvements would be to increase,
without apparent and imperious necessity, and
tend long to perpetuate, a national debt. This
would elicit the marked censure, rather than the
approbation, of the American people. No one
justly appreciating the slow rewards of labor,
and the toil of tax-paying in debt-ridden gov
ernments, will seriously contend that a national
debt is a national blessing, any more than onor
ous private debts are blessings to individuals.
Except when required by an imperious sense of
public duty, the legislative power should never
consent to the creation or continuance of a pub
lic debt, and never exercise doubtful power.
[From the N. O. Picayune , 2 6th ins£.]
Later from Mexico.
By the arrival of the steamship Texas we are
placed in possession of papers from Vera Cruz to
the 22d inst., and from the city of Mexico to the
17th.
The Texas left the American brig Toledo in
the port of Vera Cruz, to sail for Laguna, on the
22d inst.
The news contained in the Mexican papers,
brought by the Texas, is of little importance.
A decree has been issued regulating the for
malities to be observed by captains, mates and
crews of vessels, sailing under the Mexican flag.
The step has been taken for the purpose of pre
venting'lhe abuses practiced in the Pacific, in the
purchase and sale of vessels sailing in the Pa
cific.
A circular of the Minister of Finance instructs
the principal administrators of the revenue that
the only duty legally leviable on money trans
ported from one department to another, is the 2
per cent, imposed by the laws of the 24th No
vember, 1849, and of the 24th of January, 1853,
and then only when the money shall be in
course of conveyance to the frontier for foreign
commerce. “
The drawing for the conscription having, it is
said, been badiy done, the Government has or
dered it to be made anew', and that the whole
process shall be gone over afresh w'ith the great
est possible exactness. The drawing for the
standing army is to take place on the 12th of
February ; and on the 13th of March the draw
ing for the militia on service shall take place.
Air. Frederick Glennir has received his exe
quatur as British Consul at Mexico.
The good folks ofthecityof Mexico have
been engaged in an exposition of the products of
the country; and from all accounts it would
seem to have been an excellent one. On the
Gth inst., the President himsell, with great cer
emony, in the presence of Ministers and a large
assemblage of the beauty and fashion of the city
of the Montezumas, presented the various pri
zes.
o Ihe Siglo states that the proceedings against
. Senor Mugicany Osorio, has resulted in proving
j nothing against him, or against the other per
sons arrested for the same cause that he had been
but subsequently set at liberty.
J. Several executions of criminals have taken
, since last advices, among them that of
e Amado Ledesma, convicted of having committed
various atrocious assassinations while connected
t with the police of Mexico in 1851.
t, The Siglo announces that the Government has
, concluded a contract with Senor Manuel Escan
don, for a supply of arms.
j A letter from Durango, dated 28th of Octo
a her, states that the fair of San Bartolo was a
I very miserable affair, a result brought about by
? the attrocities and piliagings of the Indians. As
‘ a lar ge and strong party were returning from the
fair, an accident happening to one of the wagons
‘ ot a Senor Martin, he was left behind, with his
f three wagons and eleven persons. Having re
. paired after some time, Senor Martin hastened
s to i oin the body of the caravan, and had got
, within half a league of it, when a band of from
t 180 to 200 Indians rushed down on the little
r company and attacked it. After some manuju
j vermg, two of the company fled, a shower of ar
rows had wounded four others. Os the five re
\ raining, one was presently shot by a mounted
j Indian, who was immediately shot in his turn by
! Sen °r Martin, and as he le!l, the contest was
t for some moments suspended. It was soon re
> newed, however, with fury, and continued till a
r Senor Thomas Malcampo shot another Indian
when another suspension took place, and the
\ Indians having three killed and five others
wounded, began to retreat. The travellers now
, had eight wounded, one of whom died a few
t moments afterwards. They prepared them
, selves, however, for another struggle; but they
had not to make it, for the Indians perceiving
the rest of the caravan returning to their assist
ance, continued the flight they had commenced.
, On the arrival of this timely succor, only one of
[ the little band was unwounded, and only three
were able to stand. This affair took place on
the 17th of October, in Barrozo’s plain about two
leagues Iroin Nona Pedrizenu.
An impost ot five per cent, on the proceeds of
; all places ot public amusement, has been decreed
by the President.
A new decree, regulating the condition on
which goods sent to fairs, &c., shall be exempt
ed on being returned unsold, from the imposts to
• which they would be liable if sold, has been is
sued.
A decree, exempting chief and under adminis
■ trators, and sellers ot Government stamps from
the conscription, has been issued.
1 * Minister of .finance will receive proposi
■ tlo « s fo r farmmg the salinas ot Soto la Marina
1 a “, Ban fernando, in Tamaulipas, until the 17th
i ot December.
1 he cholera, we are glad to perceive, is dimin
| ishing at Merida and other places in which it
had been prevailing.
Many persons were in prison at Merina for
having been concerned in the late outbreak.
Senm Cisneros has been transferred to Tabasco
A strong pursuit was being kept up after Senores
Moles and Peraza. A letter states that the chief
Carcano had announced that he had besieged
Molas with three canoes, near Xolbox, and want
ed troops from Sisal to enable him to effect their
arrest.
Several political arrests had been made in the
city of Mexico, and Senor Gamboa had been
j bauished on charge of having been concerned in
a conspiracy to re-establish the federal iorm of
government.
Gen. M rtin P. De Cos has been nominated
political and military chief of the Territory of
Tehuantepec, in place of Gen. Tomas Marin.
The Diaiio Olicial corrects the report that the
privilege of constructing the railroad across the
Republic from Vera Cruz to a port in the Pacific
had been granted to Seaores Belianger and Rick
ards. What was accorded to them was the pri
vilege of constructing a railroad from Vera Cruz
to the city of Mexico. One of the conditions
on w hich it is granted is that the projectors shall
within six months procure share holders enough ‘
to undertake the enterprise, or forfeit the pri- 1
vilege. j
A medal has been decreed as an honorary re
com {lease lor services rendered in the adminis
tration of the finances.
A circular from the Minister of War prohibits 1
the imprisonment of civilians, in future, in mili- I
tary places ot confinement. \
AUGUSTA, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1.
For Milledgeville Correspondence, see
first page.}
03*" Proprietors of Warehouses in Augusta
and Hamburg will oblige us by having their
stock of Cotton remaining on hand in their re
pective warehouses, carefully counted for us this
morning.
Internal Improvements—Rivers and Har
bors.
We commend to the unqualified approval of
every strict constructionist, the sound views on
the subject of Internal Impiovements, and Riv
ers and Harbors, and the constitutional power of
Congress thereon, contained in an editorial of
the Washington Union, which we copy. In it
will be found some interesting items of Federal
and State legislation on these w vexed questions.”
The remedy for the temptation so constantly
before Congress, to violate the Constitution by
Internal Improvement and River and Harbor
bills, is to adopt Senator Douglas’ bill on Ton
nage Duties. This was a bill giving the con
sent of Congress to cities and towns on the At
lantic, the Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico, and the
great Lakes, to levy tonnage duties, not exceed
ing ten cents per ton, on all boats and vessels
entering their respective harbors, the proceeds
to be applied exclusively to the improving, deep
ening and rendering commodious and safe, the
same—also, giving the consent of Congress to
each State, in which a navigable river or water
was situated, wholly, or in part, to levy tonnage
duties on boats and vessels navigating the same,
not exceeding ten cents per ton, the proceeds to
be applied to the improvement of said rivers.
This bill was offered as an amendment to the
Internal Improvement bill, on the 23d of Au
gust, 1852, but, though it received the support of
the leading State Rights Democrats of the Sen
ate, was voted down. The time was not propi
tious for its passage. It was brought forward at
the close of a laborious session, when its merits
could not receive that full consideration they de
served.
It is to be hoped that the State Rights princi
ples involved in the question will triumph in
the approaching session by the enactment of this
bill, or of one containing the same features.
Platt & Brother.
Asa card appears this morning in our adver
tising columns, reflecting upon the senior part
ner of the above firm, we feel it due him to
make a passing comment. We do not desire to
be considered as impliedly sanctioning any im
putations against the character of that gentle
man, lrom the fact, that our columns are used as
a medium by which the matter is brought before
the public. The subject in controversy has pas
sed the ordeal of a public meeting of the citi
zens of Oglethorpe county, which declared that
no intentional wrong was the object of Messrs
Platt & Brother, but that they were guilty of
carelessness.
As there are two sides to every controversy,
and Mr. P. is amply capable of taking care of
his character, which has stood hitherto unblem
ished, as has also that of his brother, the junior
partner of Platt & Brother, it is but just that no
opinion to their detriment be formed on an ex
parte statement.
The Indians.
It will be seen by advertisement, that the
Indians, from South Oregon, give an entertain
ment this evening. They have met with a
warm reception wherever they have given an
exhibition.
Balances Due to Government. —ln his
forthcoming annuafreport of the Treasury De
partment, Mr. Gutherie, it is said, will show
that the uncollected balances due to government
on the Treasury books on the 4th of March last,
exceed one hundred millions of dollars; of which
amount over twenty millions have been since
secured, while about eighty millions still remain
unsettled. Orders have been issued to the ac
counting officers directing them to use strenuous
measures to enforce settle.
The London Times on the Africanization
of Cuba.— Jhe London Times devotes a col
umn to the recent announcement or intimations
by the Washington Union that Great Britain is
engaged in a scheme with Spain to African iz«
Cuba. The Times seems to think that plausi
bility has its properties, if not its duties—that
when the whole American nation is roused to
rage, it should be for something credible, possi
ble, or at least conceivable. Great Britain has a
regard for money, and before she will expend
twenty millions of pounds sterling upon any
scheme, it must be a more leasible project than
inundating Cuba with African apprentices, on
the condition that slavery shall cease on that
island at the end of fifteen years. The project,
in the opinion of the Times, would be just the
plan to perpetuate slavery, and the very thing
desired by American capitalists interested in
Cuba. The apprentices once landed and merg
ed in the slave population of Cuba, who is to be
able ten years hence to distinguish the man
whose lease of his fetters and stripes is on the
point of expiring from the fortunate possessor of
an inalienable freehold? The following is the
conclusion of its remarks:
> “ Though we have not the happiness and hon
or of being Americans, yet, as a natiou, we know
the value of money, and can measure the prac
ticability of schemes. We don’t attempt to
cross the Atlantic in a punch bowl, much less is
it likely that we should ever trust negro appren
tices to Cuban planters, or emancipation to Spa
, n **h honor. If not as good or as wise as we
might be, we yet know what we are about,
which could hardly be said of us if we ever had
entertained for one moment such a project as
that which has thrown the President, the cabi
net, the press, and the people of the United States
into a frenzy of virtuous indignation.”
New Work.
We have on our table the December No. of
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. It is filled
with its usual variety ol original and selected ar
ticles. We are indebted to Messrs T. Richards
& Son, for ttie copy, who have the work for sale.
Congress, which assembles on Monday next,
will be composed as follows Senate Demo
crats, 121 Whigs, 3 vacancies, the latter being in
Mississippi, North Carolina, Maine and New
Hampshire. House ol Representatives—Demo
crats 150 Whigs, 71, Free Soil 4.
The total value of the foreign exports
Baltimore for the week ending on the 4th ult.,
amounted to $368,270. The export of bread- I
stuffs for the week comprises 21,131 barrels of !
Hour, 6,422 bbshels of wheat, 1,166 barrels of j
corn meal, and 2,90® bushels of corn. Os tobac
co 1,461 hogsheads were exported.
Hogs.— A sale of 300 head cornfed Tennessee
hogs, (says the Louisville Journal,) average not
less than 190 pounds net, and to be delivered
next month, at $4 05 per hundred. This is the
only sale that has come to our knowledge, and
will, we think, be found considerably under the
ruling prices when the market has once fairly
opened.
Pork.— We have heard of no sales doring the
last week. It is conceded by a majority of the
farmers we have conversed with that $3 will be i
the ruling price in this county.— -Lin. Journ.
Further by the Atlantic. j
The details of the recent affair at Oltenitza,
have come to hand, and clearly show that the j
Turks had achieved in it a brilliant victory over
the Russians, capturing 8 guns, and killing and
wounding 1200.
The Sultan has announced that he would place
himself at the head of the army.
The latest advices from Vienna, dated the 3th
inst., state that the Russian General in command
having moved forward to Oltenitza with 24,000
troops, mostly infantry, on the 11th of October
met the Turks, and a pitched battle ensued,
which resulted in the Russians being compelled
to retreat a second time in disorder on Buchar
est, having lost 3000 men in their several at
tacks upon Oltenitza.
It is also stated, on reliable authority, that on
the 9th of October the Turks were driven from
the Island opposite to Giurgevo, but being rein
forced, they re-took it, and Held possession there
of at the last accounts.
The Emperor of Russia has summarily dis
charged all the English operatives from the Rus
sian navy yards.
Passengers by the Atlantic rejjort that Lord
Aberdeen was about to resign to make way for
a more warlike ministry. [Probably under the
Premiership of the Marquis of Dalhousie, as tel
egraphed to us from Philadelphia on the 20th
inst.| —Eds. Cour.
Louis Napoleon expresses himseslf strongly in
favor of engaging in active operations to aid the
Turks. The British government, however, evi
dently vacillates. Prussia has notified its inten
tion of reserving to itself peifieet liberty of action
with regard to Eastern affairs. Austria profes
ses neutrality, but the New York Herald on the
authority of letters it has received from Mr Saun
ders, the U. S. Consul at London, states that the
Turkish government had notified her to with
draw her troops from the frontier, or have her
neutrality guaranteed by Fiance and England,
or it would march an army into Hungary under
Kossuth—indeed the agent of Kossuth has been
openly received at Constantinople.
Letters from Cabal state that a large Russian
army was marching from Khiva, the Capital of
Khiva—a country of independent Turkestan,
having North, the Kirghiz steppe and the sea of
Aral, East; Bokhara and the Karalpac territory.
South, Khorassan, and West the Caspian sea—
with the avowed purpose of conquering the
country.
These rumors added to serious apprehensions
of a movement among the Afghans, led to large
reinforcements of British troops at Betaisor (?)
The British are in a bad position in Burmah—
the troops every where being in a state of siege,
and nearly the whole of the new provinces being
in the hands of the enemy, and to make matters
worse, a famine is raging in the country.
The report that Persia is collecting an army to
operate against Turkey is unfounded.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.)
Baltimore, Nov. 29 .—Arrival of Martin
Koszta. —The barque Sultana, having Martin
Koszta on board, was spoken on Tuesday, twen
ty miles East of Cape Ann. She will probably
arrive at Boston on Wednesday.
Baltimore, Nov. 29.— drnval of John Mitch
el at New York. —The U. S. Mail steamship Pro
metheus arrived on Tuesday at New' York, from
San Juan, with $1,750,00()"in gold.
Among her passengers was John Mitchel, the
Irish exile. There was great excitement on the
whart to see him, and the steamer was surround
ed with boats. Mr. Mitchel, however, was
quietly conveyed to his mother’s residence at
Brooklyn. He was loudly cheered at the Ferry,
and serenaded in the evening.
Baltimore, Nov. 29.— More Deaths on Ship
hoard.—The ship Marathon has arrived at New
York from Liverpool, having lost sixty-four pas
sengers on the voyage.
Baltimore, Nov. 29 .—Arrival of the Illinois
at New York. —The U. S. Mail steamship Illi
nois, has arrived at New* York from Aspinwall,
w ith over $1,000,000 in specie.
The Brazilian government had sent special
ministers to Peru, Bolivia. Equador and New
Grenada to effect a treaty, having for its object
the monopolization of the trade of the Amazon.
The gold discoveries in Amazon were exciting
great attention.
Baltimore, Nov. 29.— direst of a Swindler
C. L. North has been arrested at Minden, Conn.’
charged with having attempted to obtain money
from the Shawmut Bank, in Massachusetts, by
depositing worthless dratts.
Baltimore, Nov. 29 --2,000 bales of cotton
changed hands in New York on Tuesday, at ir
regular prices. Flour was steady, corn lower,
coffee firm, turpentine buoyant, rosin heavy, and
the money market unchanged. Exchange on
London ruled at. trom 9 J to 10 per cent, premium.
The barque Peter Demill, Capt. Hcey, arriv
ed at New York, from Charleston, on Sunday.
Tim steamship Crescent City, sailed from
New York for New Orleans on Tuesday.
Baltimore, Nov. 2 9.—Baltimore Grain Mar
ket.—Breadstuff's were unchanged in the Balti
more market on Tuesday.
The Wbathkr, Crops, &c.— For the last
fortnight, we have had a “spell” of the best
seasons that possibly could have fallen upon the
then condition of the crops, especially of the cot
ton. The cold and wet weather of October and
the first ten or a dozen days of the present month
had injured the cotton beyond all expectation,
much of it being late, and the latter portion of
the summer and the first part of the fall being
so propitious for its growth that an abundance
of new fruit was formed, and with a late fall
would have matured a crop that would have
very considerably overborne the calculations of
the Spring and early summer. The frost, how
ever, with the rains, nipped all such liattering
prospects as these in the bud, and one can scarce’-
ly imagine the gloom and disparagement which
seemed to hang about all kinds of business ; and
to add a new leature to this discomfiture, cotton
went down, and the war in Europe was herald
ed as the immediate cause of a terrible ‘ money
crisis,’ which was about to take place over the
entire country. Just about this time our far
mers steered clear of all trading houses, and the
general opinion was that the" cotton was lost i
beyond redemption, the weather was unusually
cool for the season, and the unopened cotton
bolls were filled with water, and the weather
continuing cold and frosty, it must have rotted
as a matter of course. But the last change to
warm and dry weather, and its continuance for ,
about two weeks has had a most happy effect ■
fields which were given over with an abundance
of unopened bolls, have been revivified under
the gemai influences of the season and will yield
a handsome compensation for another “picking.”
In riding through a portion of this county we I
have noticed, especially on new lands, that the ,
cotton weed is not entirely killed, this is possi
bly owing to its protection from contiguous wood
lands. It is certain in this section that the cot
ton crop is much b ttered by the seasons of the I
past two weeks—but it is a'shortcrop notwith- j
standing — Sandersville Georgian , 2 5th inst.
Whig Meeting.— A regular old fashioned
Whig meeting was held last night at the Ogle
thorpe Hall—Col. W. P. Bowen in the Chair—
to consider the propriety of running a ticket for
Mayor and Aldermen, at the approaching elec
tion. The subject was referred to a Committee
of twenty-one, appointed bv the Chairman. The
Committe will report to an adjourned meeting
to be held Wednesday night.
We confess that we have great respect for the
gentlemen who called and took part in this
meeting. They are Whigs and not ashamed to
own it, and not disposed to resort to some other
catch name for the sake of obtaining office. This
is a specimen of honest dealing strangely in con
trast with much lately witnessed on the part of
our political opponents. If they run a ticket
and are successful, their rejoic.ngs over their
triumph will not be embittered by the conscious
ness that it was obtained by false pretences.
Savannah Georgian , 29 th inst.
Fire.— We regret to learn that the dwelling
of our fellow-citizen, John E. McDonald, Esq ,
near this place was consumed by fire yesterday
about noon. We have not been able to get the
particulais, but learn that most of the Furniture
w'as saved, and the building was partially cov
ered by insurance. —Hamburg Republican.
The 17. S. Mail Steam Ship Falcon, Capt. Bax
ter, put into this port yesterday afternoon for
fuel. She left Havana for New York on the 23d
inst., and has experienced very heavy weather
on the passage. We learn from the passengers
that nothing new had transpired politically or
otherwise since the departure of the Isabel on
the 22d inst., with the exception of a horrible
murder perpetrated on an actress of some note at
the Tacon Theatre, on the 22d inst., by her hus
band, who suspected her of infidelity. We learn
that he inflicted fifteen wounds on his unfortu
nate victim, and then stabbed himself in twen
ty-one places, causing his death. The affair, we
understand, created, considerable excitement in
Havana.— Char. Cour3oth ult.
T RLR(iRAPH.
New York, Nov. 30— p. m.
Cotton.— Sales to-day 2500 bales. Uplands
are easier, other qualities unchanged. Specula
tors took 1200. «
Flour, &75<y bids, were taken for exportation.
Corn easier. Money unchanged. Exchange
firm.
Baltimore, Nov. 30—p. m.
Flour is quiet and unchanged. Wheat lower.
Corn easier.
Ex-Governor Williams has been appointed
United States Senator from New Hampshire.
New Orleans. Nov. 30—a. m.
The Atlantic's news was received on Tuesday*
night.
Cotton. —This morning, barely 1000 bales
were sold. Prices are easier*
Old Mess Pork dull at 11 to 11 £ cents.
Sight Exchange on New York fc discount.
Charleston, Nov. 30, P. M.
Cotton.—Sales to-day 700 bales at 8£ to 10J-.
The market is drooping.
Foreign.
It is stated that the Russian Ambassador at
Paris had informed the French government, that
if its fleet pass into the Black Sea it would be
considered as a declaration of war.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
05?“ The Friends and Acquaintance of i>lr.
and Mrs. William 11. Cooper are invited to at
tend the funeral of their youngest daughter this
morning, at 10 o'clock. decl
A CARD.
Mr. Editor : On the Bth of November last there
was a meeting of the citizens of Oglethorpe coun
ty, in the Court House at Lexington, for the pur
pose of exculpating Messrs. Piatt & Brothor of
certain charges alleged against them in anonymous
circulars, which had boon mailed at Savannah,
and sent to many of the citizens ot said county.
Said circulars eharged Messrs. Platt & Brother with
altering their three hundred pound weight, by put
ting in lead enough to make a difference of forty
pounds in their favor in weighing a bale of cotton
of four hundred pounds. It further charged, that
other evidence would be introduced to show that
this fraud had been practiced for several years.
These circulars, it will bo remembered, called an
“ indignation meeting"’ to be held on the eighth ts
November, at 2 o’clock, in the Court House at
Lexington.
When the time arrived for holding the mooting,
the author or authors of tho circular failed to ap
pear ; and at the request of tho Platts the citizens
assembled in the Court House.
After the organization of this assembly, the
Chairman appointed a Committee, whose business
it was to recoive the evidence as it was given be
fore the meeting, rotire to themselves and make
out a report of guilt or innocence.
When the Committee returned and read their
report, a motion was mado by some member of the
meeting for its reception. The yeas and nays were
taken on the motion, and from somo causo, proba
bly from the difficulty of ascertaining which had
the majority, the Chairman failed to announce
whether or not tho report was received. There
was no motion made for the adoption of tho report,
and tho meeting adjourned without attending to
this very important item. Whilst the effort at ex
culpation was going on, the following questions
were propounded to Geo. F. Platt, to which he re
turned the subjoined answers:
Question I.—How did you ascertain your three
hundred pound weight was not right ?
Answer.—l supposed my weight was wrong be
cause I lost by the weights in Augusta, and in
tended! regulating the weight by weighing cotton
, in Augusta, which I had previously weighed with
said three hundred pound weight.
Ques.2. — If you ascertained it was not right, by
what standard did you attempt its regulation ?
Ques. 3.—ls you put the lead in tho weight with
out any standard of regulation, knowing that tho
addition of the smallest quantity must make in
your favor, why did you not lay tho weight aside in
order to prevent its use until you were certain it
was correct ?
Ans.—l havo answered tho second and third
questions by answering tho first.
Ques. 4.—Since the lead has boen taken from the
weight is not the weight correct ?
Ans.—l believe the weight is correct ?
Ques. s. — Who did you consult about the weight
before putting in the lead ?
Ans.—l consulted no one.
Ques. 6.—Why did you tell Robt. Eberhart you
knew nothing about the lead in the weights?
Ans.—l may have mado the statement, but did
not intend to convey that idea.
It is necessary for us to state, in justification of
ourselves in this publication, that Geo. F. Platt
charged us with doing him great injustice in com
municating to our friends tho facts relativo to the
detection of the lead in the weight, and in tho con
clusions at which we arrived. And when he was
informed, after the adjournment of the above men
tioned meeting, that owing to some circumstances
connected with the proceedings of tho meeting, we
designed publishing a statement of facts, he threat
ened prosecution. These reasons, together with a
| desire ol convincing the public mind that we have
; not circulated slanderous reports about the said
j George F. having no foundation in truth, induce
us to make tho following public statement of facts.
On the third Monday of October, during tho
session ot the fall term of Oglethorpe Superior
Court, John Eberhart, Anthony Olive, Robert
Eborhart, and James T. Johnson, were ascertain
ing their weights, as is customary, on George F.
Platt s scales. John hverhart is a very largo man,
and with tho three hundred pound weight he would
not weigh; but with tho two and one hundred
weights ho weighed three hundred and seventeen
pounds. On Wednesday following, Robert Eber
hart and James T. Johnson got on the scales at tho
game time, and with tho three hundred pouad
weight weighed four hundred pounds, and with the
two hundred and one hundred wo weighed four
hundred and twonty-onc pounds, making a differ
ence of twenty-ono pounds in George F. s favor.
Tho three hundred pound weight was examined
and found to contain lead, which lead the suid Geo*
F. Platt now acknowledges got into the weight by
tho agency of his own hands. In tho evening of
Wednesday, after Robert Eberhart and James T
Johnson had weighed on the scales, Geo. F. Platt,
requested tho said Eberhart to state to him the
facts alout tho detection of the load in the said
Platt's three hundred pound weight. Eberhart
complied with his request, and when he had con
cluded his statement, tho said Goo. F. Platt disa
vowed, as the undersigned, Robt. Eberhart, asserts,
knowing any thing whatever about tho lead in the
weight, and remarked that he supposed it was put
ju by one of his Clerks. ROBT. EBERHART,
J. T. JOHNSON.
Lexington, Doc. 1,1853. d|*cl dec 1
I I - -
AUGUSTA NURSERY.
EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF SELECTED ROSES
AND SOUTHERN RAISED FRUIT TREES.
FA. MAUOE would respectfully inform
• the amateurs of Roses, that he has
a superb collection of new and raro vario
ties, which he will be happy to supply such as may
desire them. His prices to Nurserymen will be as
low as those of any Nursery at the North, and his
Rose Bushes will be generally of a larger s ze. He
has also made recent additions to his stock of
BRUIT TREES, and can now supply fine sorts of
the following varieties: Apples, Pears, Quinces,
Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Plums, Cherries.
Soft Shell Almonds. English Walnuts, and *Hazle
nuts.
Also, GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS, such as Ca
melia Japonica, Orange and Lemon Trees, <£c., and
hardy flowering and Ornamental Shrubs. Orders
from the country will be promptly attended to, and
Trees and Shrubs carefully packed and directed.
Fresh Osago Orange Seed on hand.
Catalogues of Roses and Fruit Trees will bo sent
gratis, to all post-paid lettors. Address
nov 15 TuAc3m F, A. MAUGE, Augusta, Ga.
Sfycnnl liiijireg. li^
Ta'rna Cloaks, and Ladies' Black cl T y Clo J
for Mourning, of beautiful stylSt \ Cl °axs
-as*
mxt, the sth December, between lo \ ’ ? dav
and 4 o’clock, P. M. 10 0 clt *k, A . J
nov3o-dtd JAS. W. DAVIES, Cash
k Horticultural Society.
of Augusta, interested in Hnrt-° U , Wens
and floriculture, are respectful! v ! n,(!Bl t«:e
a Meeting, to bo held at?he City
day Evening next, at 7 o’clock tA
tho meeting will be to form a Bertie,,Hn ,% t of
ty, and to make arrangements for a ii rn
and Floricultural Festival! in Mav
_ nov3o d24cl
'JC'' 5 ** r " Juria h Harriss itav U i —-
ni " ht ’ at tbo residence 0f H UBd
Boggs. Office still over Dunham £ m?*’ A
store. 3 mo A i L >eakle y g
CT' Aitna Fire an,j r;.> i„~
iSrOSi The promptness and liborJ , -* aBCf '~'
have marked all the dealing of this r ' ty whi(,tl
thirty years, and the well knowii cLr«^ P * a, , for
Officers and Directors, afford the ° f its
that its affairs will be so managed a< , • guarant y
assured that safety and seeuritv *£?.? lve to
first importance in Fro and Life C / o( *
Office first building above Bridge Bank i? ,
™ 29 _ «■» &*•
T l!,h “* , R ‘ -V""
In accordance with the ° n, ~
tho Constitution and By-Laws of the OiinchTu °(
Loan Association, public notice is her«K, nfles
that at the Regular Meeting of the A - y .given,
tho Third Tuesday in dlcrmber Ts ° n
ments to the Constitution will be consider^** 0 * 1 ;
acted on. Ihe proposed amendment* mavU. a “ d
and examined by tho Stockholders, on
to the undersigned. By order of tho Board rs w
rectois. ** J.FEL.xMcKSt 01 '
novl7 Thtd ’ c *
Uollins, won hi
fully call the attention ft
a handsome and fashionable assortment of t
nets, Dress Caps, Flowers, Ribbons, Head Dret
Ac., opposite U. s. Hotel. ts cot ifi '
tjf' _ Georgia, Richmond County '
- CL^ K ? °5 FICE Inferior Court
cJ.ov. 8 ’ 18o3.—The Justices of the Inferior Cour
will proceed, on the l irst Monday in Dec pur™
next, to elect a Keeper of the Poor House' An
plieants for the place will leave their proposals with
the Clerk. By order of Court. a
DOY k td Oswei.l E. Cashin. Clerk
lloardiug House.—The subscribe?
continues, to keep tho large and com
modious House, (corner of Greene and Jackson
streets,) immediately on the way bom the Gn.ir
gia Railroad Ticket Office to the Globe Hotel and
is prepared to accommodate a few more permanent
Boarders with good rooms,
Terms.—Transient Boarders, $1:00 per dav
Board without lodging, sl4 per month.
N. B. A few medical studonts can bo accom
modated with good rooms.
pot* lrn* C. E. MUSTIN.
~f' ' un Voorhis has returned to
Augusta, and may be found at his of
fice in Constitutionalist Range, Mclntosh street at
all hours of the day or night, when not profession
ally engaged nov 4 ts
sis Wonderful and JixtraordiuuryCine
°f Rheumatism of twenty years'stand
ing—Never in my life have I had so much pleasure
in doing any thing as in giving this certificate to
the worm, and I hope it may be the cause of thou
sands of my fellow creatures being rolieved from
that dreadful disease, Rheumatism. My wife has
been afflicted with it for twenty years, most of the
timo suffering excruciating pains in every part
of her body. Having no appetite whatever, she
was reduced to almost a skeleton. So violent were
the pains that she seldom could sleep without tak
ing largo doses of opium.. Every joint was swelled
very much, and her knees, hands and neck covered
with largo lumps. She could do no kind of work,
the sinews and muscles being so hard and contract
ed that her limbs were drawn together, so that she
was obigod to be in bed constantly. In this condi
tion she had been for twenty years, wifflout ever
getting any relief from every thing she used, until
she commenced the use of H. G. Farrell's Arabian
Liniment, the first bottle of w hich produced a groat
change. She has now used five bottles, and the
swellings hhve nearly all gone down; pain has en
tirely left her; she sleeps well and soundly; is
more fleshy than evor sho was in her life; has an
excellent appetite, and spins and sews all day. By
the use of a tew bottles more she mus be as well as
ever she was. If any ono doubts this wonderful
cure, he has only to call at my residence, near Pe
oria, and learn the circumstances from my wife's
own lips, or he can further enquire of any of my
neighbors. Samuei. Elso.n.
H. G. Farrell's Liniment is also an excellent rem
edy for palsy, sprains, bruises, cramps, chilblains,
burns, pains, toothache, sore eyes, etc., and in
horses or cattle is the best remedy in the world
whore an extornal application is required.
Look, out for Counterfeits. —The public are cau.
tioned against anothor counterfeit, which has late
ly made its appearance, called W. B. Farrell's Ara
bian Liniment, the most dangerous of all the coun
terfeits, because his having the name of Farrei’,
many will buy it in good faith, without the knov
ledge that a counterfeit exists, and they will,
haps, only discover their error when the spurious
mixture has wrought its evil effects.
The genuine article is manufactured only by H
G. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, and whole
sale druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peoria, Illinois 1
to whom all applications for Agencies must be ad
dressed. Be sure you get it with the letters H (I.
before Farrell’s, thus —H. G. FARRELL’S—»uI
hissiguaturo on the wrapper, and all others are
counterfeits. Sold by
HAVILAND, RISLEY A CO.,
Augusta, fia.,
and by regularly authorized agents throughoutthe
United States.
Price 25 and 50 cents, and $1 per bottle.
Agents Wanted in every town, village and
hamlet in the United States, in which one is not
already established. Address 11. G. Farrell sa
above, accompanied with good reference as to
character, responsibility, Ac. dAc4 nor ™ _
Sf* —Worms—As this is the season of ft*
'fs* 1 - year when worms are most formidaoio
among chi’dren, tho proprietors of McLanos
mifuge beg leave to call the attention of parem* o
its virtues for tao expelling of these annoying*®
often fatal enemies of children. It was io ve , ct . c
by a physician of groat experience in * ir 6 lD ’’
who, after having used it for several years in
own practice, and found its success so unne.sa.
was induced at last to offer it to the public as
cheap but certain and excellent medicine. j
since become justly popular throughout the l ai e
Status as tho most efficient Vermifuge ever *n° »
and the demand has been steadily on the meru
since its first introduction to the public. ..
Bold by Haviland, Risley A Co., and ' w ‘
Tutt, Augusta, (la.; P. M. Cohen A Co., Char
ton, S. C.; Hill A Smith, Athens, Ga.; E- L. Jones.
Madison; A. A. Solomons; Savannah; and oj-
Druggists and Dealers in Medicine throughout
South. U BOT»_
Proclamation.— Friends, country
men and lovers! —hear me o' %
cause, and be silent that you may hear;
prejudice that vou may believe, and readme
you may act intelligently. Who, that “/JJJ
but values tho luxuriant locks of youth*® .
ty? Who, that is middle-aged, but shu -
Grey Hairs? Who, that is old, but won ' .
Baldness ?If any, speak, —for him have j B
ed As none speak, then none have Io e
addressing twenty-four million people. ~
Not one of these many million who have • :
the virtues of Lyon’s Kathairon, t or ,*y *n] o ro-
Restoring and Beautifying the Hair, bu -
claim its beneficial effects far and near.
will convince the most incredulous. Sola
for 25 cents, by every Druggist in Amenea-^
Proprietor, fill Broadway. N-
CCT” Sold by every Druggist in Augusta.
D. B Plumb A to.
nov 29 1m Wholesale Agen
A Card—Mr. Charles
respectfully informs the pubh.
gusta and vicinity, that he has taken up t
dence in this city, and is prepared to gu
n Vocal and Instrumental Mi sic. m 0 f
Mr. Zogbaum is a native of Germany, ■‘K j n
the celebrated Thalberg, and has been ® n “‘jj? uro pe
eaching Music for many years, both m •
and in this country. The last five yea s
ded in Athens Ga. ...
Mr Zogbaum will be prepared to rece j, e .
on Monday next. The Harmonic Socm y
gin as soon as suitable rooms are provide > - nts .
there will benotico given through thep |'
He is permitted to refer to the following » Jo .
men : Rev. Dr. Church, Dr. JohnLe Co nf’ , ( p r ,
seph Le Conte, Prof Emanuel \ ilalie tj, T) ea ring,
James Camak, Athens, Ga. Dr. Win. g a .
E. Clayton, Esq., G. W. Ferry, Esq, Augu jj r .
For terms, and other particulars, apt . p gAR .
Zogbaum, or G. W. Ferry, or Dr. »- ’^3
fa** . „ Kail Road Notice.--On ““i! pjg-
Wednesday. tho26thinst, t bofo
senger Train on the Augusta and .
Railroad, will leave the Augusta Depo
A. M. oct 25 J. N.Res' ss '^ b