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The Good Old Times.
It is one of the commonest things in the world to
hear aspirations for the “ good old times.” *he phrase
is so Wide in its meaning- and application, that it is dif
ficult to decide just what particular century of the
great past a speaker laments when tacking of the old
times ” It is hoped, however, that the aspirations of
a majority of mourners over the past fiad embodiment
!u the following stansas ;
Oh. would I had lived In the good old times
_” iien . dwelling had eikow-rooin, ’
When girl* so healthy and women so hale
Knew not the piano, but toiled at the loom :
When women and men were in homespun decked,
Winch wore far ioneer than silk or rnerfno,
When coffee and tea had not shaken all nerves.
And the cider was better than our maraschino.
Oh, would l had lived in tke good old times.
n lien pine-knots served for warmth and for light,
* When the air was not spoiled by a red hot stove,
> or costly g&s carried day into night;
W hen the tinder-box stood in its smoke-blackened niche,
And shovel and tongs against jamb-hooks reclined,
" hen andiron soldiers bore fire on their backs,
And the bellows were ready to utter a wind.
Oh, would I had lived in the good old times. 1
Kre reas >n our ancient faith wa-i sapping,— <
When witches were plenty as mediums now, i
And ghosts stalked in without even rapping;
When dreams had meaning and suns were true,
When the point of a pin was a signal of danger, 1
W r hen death at your window flew in with a bird,
And the hum of a bee brought the voice of a stranger.
Oh. would I had lived in the good old times.
When shoes had buckle* and hats were cocked,
When the common mind wu formed by the birch
And a boy was. «ar officio, a blockhead ;
When tything-men haunted the public street*.
To clap a fine upon sabbath-breakers,
Aud the church, if it had not the power to convert,
Could at least find rope to hang the Quakers.
Oh, would I had lived in the good old times.
In the palmy day* of the Inquisition.
▼Vheu fire and steel and pincers and rack
Gave heretics foretaste of endless perdition.
Or when stocks were ready for mischievous feet,
. j !“ n **?e whipping-post stood in the public square.
And the gibbet and pillory breathed areunu
A nice mortality into the air.
Oh. would I had lived is the good old timeß, *
When the sheep were as big as a modern ox,
And the turkeys raised their heads sublime
To a height as tall as Sinbad's rocks ;
When the ten lost tribf s that strayed north-east
At luncheon nibbed a stewed behemoth.
And every day sat down to a feast,
And dined on a stuffed and roasted mammoth.
Oh, would I had lived in the good old times,
When the ferns were as high as the big elm tree,
And the trees were as high as Beacon hill,
When the beacon was up there for folks to see;
When the acorns were bigger than pumpkins with us,
And the pumpkins wore fifty feet around.
And tt e grapes, as large as a ten pound shot,
Would fetch, by the ten, what we give for a pound.
Oh, would I had lived in the good old times,
In the glorious days of the has formation,
Ere man had lived or fallen at all,
gome thousands of years ere Adams creation ;
Oh. then, what worthy sporting were mine,
Whe the squirrels were large as Durham taurus,
And instead of catching smelt with a shrimp,
I had bobbed live horse for ichthyosaurus.
Boston Post.
[From the Charleston Evening News ]
E auks—Their Organisation.
In the organization of banks in the United
States, of a corporate character, the principal
efforts appear to have been directed to securing
the public against loss from the circulation. It
isonlyatlong intervals, however, that public
loss is sustained from this source. The failure
of banks, and the consequent losses of note hold
eis, are occurrences which take place in periods
when there is a general collapse of credit. But
the successive contractions and expansions of the
currency, by which the prices of commodities
are made frequently to fluctuate, leave in a series
of years losses in the aggregate greater than
those which occur from a totally discredited
paper currency. Even this source of loss is not
the greatest from irregular bank action. The
contraction of mercantile accommodation has a
wider and deeper operation. The loans and dis
counts ol banks influence commercial transac
tions more than in pioportion to the nominal
amount of such loans and discounts. The circle
of effects widens with every step made in the
limitation of credit.
We do not know that there is any scheme of
organization by which expansions and contrac
tions can be prevented, by the best devised re
strictions. It was the remark of an experienced
banker, that sound and sate banking resolved it
self into a question of management. He meant
by this, that legislation in|restraint of banks ei
ther was injudicious, or that it admitted of eva
sion. Still Legislatures, in granting charters,
have endeavored to devise safeguards for the
public : but these have looked almost entirely in
one direction—the abuse of the privilege of is
sue. That no less dangerous abuse, an inflation
of credit, through deposits, has not been provi
ded for in any system of legislative checks that
has fallen under our notice. Banks frequently
inflate credit without adding one dollar to the
circulation. On sound banking principles, depo
sits form a specie liability, and why the atten
tion of legislators should have been directed ex
clusively to the issues we cannot imagine.
But if acts of legislation would be either
wrong in theory or inoperative in practice
which attempted to impose limitations on the
a>nount of bank credits, with the view of preven
ting inflation, we can see no reasonable objec
tion to an interference by law in the distribution
of their funds. This is a source of mischief that
can be reached in no other way than by legal
enactment.
Banks are institutions of a strict local cha
racter. They are devised for rendering capital
and credit which would be inert without asso
ciation and organization, active productive. This
is their purpose primarily. If there is any other
than this, it is incidental. If, then, they are
used as agencies, not keeping this principle stea
dily in view, under temptations of profit, it is a
departure from the design for which they were
chartered. Let us suppose that the internal
commerce of Charleston required three fourths of
all the loanable resources of our banks, would it
be a legitimate use of those resources, if only
one-half should be applied in this manner 7
Suppose an institution to have one million of
dollars capital; three hundred thousand in depo
sits, and three hundred thousand as circulation,
the capital being all permanently invested, could
it be fairly contended that one hundred and fifty
thousand dol’ars or anv larger proportion of its
funds might be justly diverted to any other end
than to sustain, and, if required, to extend the
retail and wholesale trade of this city ? If
Charleston required four hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars ot this sum, consisting of deposits
and circulation, within a given period, as regards
this individual bank, she ought to receive, it pro
vided it is not for speculative purposes. But if
the whole of the circulation is sent to distant
parts, for investment of any character, and an
adverse exchange returns it to the source of is
sue, what becomes the effect? a most injurious
contraction within that sphere of domestic trade
which banks were instituted to sustain and pro
mote. Let us supppose, under these circumstan
ces, a contraction of only fifty thousand dollars,
the extent of mischief would, as we have al
ready intimated, “be far beyond what would ap
pear to follow, from this curtailment in the line
of discounts.
If this departure from local banking cannot
be restrained by anything short ot restrictive le
gislation, it then becomes indispensable. It
would form an exception to interference with
the internal administration of banks, by institu
ting a necessary check in their organization A
maximum or limit to the foreign use of the funds
or loanable resources of banks, would be perhaps
inexpedient, to save the trade of the place from
deterioration. We call thatja foreign use which is
not strictly local or domestic within the sphere
of the business of Charleston. The proportion
we have not stated, but that could be fixed after
consultation with experienced men.
Our conclusions, from these views then are
that in looking to the necessary checks against
overaction by banks, Legislatures have paid ex
clusive attention to tbeir circulation, and strange
ly diregarded their deposits, they forming very
often the greatest source of mischief and danger.
In the second place, that although a limitation
of the loss and discounts would not comport with
the freeiom of management by which a certain
Elasticity is demanded in the means of banks,
conforming with commercial fluctuations, still
their manner of distribution comes fairly within I
the objects of legislation.
We shall next offer a tew remarks on the ad
ministration of banks by Directors.
Gamf. in the Arcitc Regions. —Henrv Mar
shall has furnished an interesting statement in
the form of a return of the quantity of game. &c.,
killed in the Arctic regions by Capt. McCiure,
Lieut. Creswell, and a portion of the crew of her
Majesty’s ship the Investigator, when discover
ing the northwest passage, in search of Sir John
Franklin. The return extends from the first of
October, 1850, to the Bth of April, 1853, although
the principal part was killed during the spring
of this year:
Number killed. Average weight each.
Musk-ox 7 278 pounds.
Deer no 70
Hares 169 G
Grouse 486 not weighed.
Ducks 198 “
Geese 29 “
Wolves 3 “
Bears 4 “
Tot’i head kil’d 1,005
I am informed, says Mr. Marshall, by Capt.
Hamilton, that the size of the musk ox varied
considerably, but the deer that were killed did
not vary in size so much. The deer were found
to be very fat, although their principle food
merely consisted of the herbage which was ob
tained from a small tree called the dwarf willow.
As the crew only kept, as it were, on the ridges
ol the sea, no other food, was observable, but there
is no doubt the deer found an abundance of food
further up the country. They were very wild,
and the gunners had to display great precaution
in shooting them. The manner in which the
crew got within gumshot was this : They secret
ed themselves in various parts of the ravines, or
behind the sand hil’is, and listened with breathless
silence until they heard the deer tap the snow to
eat the herbage. When the air was frosty, and
the weather calm, this tapping could be heard at
a distance of abou t 200 yards, and by listening
and observing minutely, the gummer easily de
tected the position in which his prey was loca
ted. As soon as this was correctly ascertained,
a person was sen t a considerable distance round
the deer and a slight noise having been made at
their back, they immediately ran off—probably
past the gunner. It was in such instances where
the chances ofa “kill” occurred.
One hundred and ten deer were thus killed,
and as they will run long distances after receiv
ing wounds, it is fair to suppose that many more
would have b*»en secured if the crew had been
accompanied with a brace or more of deer
hounds.
Ihe grouse, I was informed, were not so wild
as might have been expected ; but the wildfowl
were somewhat wilder than those usually found
in Ireland and Scotland.
The musk-ox was found to be a very ferocious
animal, and great danger necessarily attended the
attacks. They were easily approached, and when
wounded they ran headlong at the gunner. One
of the crew had a very narrow escape from being
torn to pieces. He had fired one charge without
its taking effect, and having no more amunition
with him, he luckily fired his iron ramrod at the
infuriated beast, and dropped him lifeless just as
the animal was about to make the attack.
If the expedition had had an opportunity of
going further up the country, away from the sea,
there is no doubt but thousands of game would
have been killed. There is no mention in any
of the despatches received at the Admiralty of
the existence ot either the snipe or the wood
cock ; but in a country in which large flocks of
wild fowl of every description swarm, there are
certain to be both woodcocks and snipes, and in
all probability a species of pheasant might have
been found higher up in the woods.
When gold was discovered in distant colonies,
the announcement was startling, but not more
so than the fart of the discovery of a country in
the Arctic regions containing fine green valleys,
intersected with noble rivers, extensive plains,
lakes, woods, and parts of the earth covered with
simple but lovely wild flowers.
An uninhabited country like this is almost sure
to contain wild beasts of prey ; but, when we
learn that it abounds with that description of
game which is to be met with on the moors of
Scotland, and certain parts of England and the
continent, our surprise naturally becomes ex
cited. The naturalist, however, can only imagine
and admire the wild beauties of that country
which presents so many opportunities tor study
ing the works ot Divine Providence.
Il Sir J. Franklin has ever reached this dis
tant part of the globe, great hopes may reasona
bly be entertained ot his safety, as it is not very
probable that mankind could ever want in so
rich a land, evidently possessing everything that
nature can desire.
The Affghan Ladies. —A work, by Mrs.
Colin Mackenzie, upon “Life in India,” recently
published, contains a description of the Affghan
ladies. It may be interesting to the American
fairer sex, as affording a striking contrast be
tween different standards of taste and beauty.
Mrs. Mackenzie, who writes in an easy, collo
quial style, says: “On Thursday morning, I was
at breakfast when Muhammad Khen’s ladies ar
rived. They came together in a close palki, not
muffled up, and one of Hasan Khan’s retainers
carefully shut the doors after them. One was
young and pretty, with a very sweet mouth. She
had very lively, bright, expressive, large dark
eyes, tinged with antimony-, beautiful white
teeth, with rosy lips; a color in her cheek, and a
complexion not darker than a Spaniard’s or
Italian’s. She wore a little skull cap, embroider
ed by herself in gold and silver braid; her front
hair in little thin curls parted on her forehead,
the rest of her tresses hanging behind in two
plaits. She had a sort of loose shirt of rose color
ed satin reaching to the hips, with full sleeves,
and fastened at the throat; very wide green satin
trousex, so full that they looked like a petticoat:
and a row of silver bangles, six inches deep, on
each arm, finished by a gold one; silwtj, chains
round her neck; pretty gold earrings, something
like the Genoese filagree, but the top of each ear
disfigured and made to hang over by the weight
of half a dozen large gold rings. She had a cres
cent-shaped ornament of enamels and pearls over
the left eyebrow, and a little pearl thing like an
earring top stuck in one nostril. She wore a
large yellow gauze veil, and the palms of her
hands were stained with henna. Her companion
was older, with handsome features, though
rather too much marked. She was dressed in the
same manner, except that sue had no cap, and
the bosom of her purple satin tunic was covered
on each side with half rupee pieces, put on just
like military medals, close to each other.
The veil was deep red, bordered with gold
and, like the others, large enough to envelop her
whole person. We looked at each other’s dress
they examined my rings and hands, seemingly
surprised that they were not stained. At last
each gently took hold of the skirt of my gown’
pulled it up a little way, and seemed to marvel
at the corded petticoat. That they then raised a
very little, and, on seeing my under garments
cried, approvingly, ‘Ah:’ I never was more’
amused.”
Beaufui. Tribute to a Wife. —Sir James
Mackintosh, the historian, was married early in
life, before he had attained fortune or fame, to
Miss Catharine Stuait, a young Scotch lady, dis
tinguished more for the excellencies of her char
acter than for her personal charms. After eight
years of happy weded life, during which she be
came the mother of three children, she died. A
few days after her death, the bereaved husband
wrote to a friend, depicting the character of his
wife in the following terms:
I was guided in my choice only by the blind
affection of youth. I found an intelligent com
panion and a tender friend, a prudent monitress,
the moat faithful of wives, and a mother as ten
der as children had ever the misfortune to lose.
I met a woman by the tender management of
my weaknesses gradually corrected the most
pernicious ol them. She became prudent from
affection; and though of the most generous na
ture, she was taught frugality and economy by
her love for me. During the most critical period
of my life, she order in my affairs, from
the care of which she relieved me. She gently
reclaitned me from dissipation; she urged my
indolence to all the exertions that have been
useful and creditable to me; and she was per
petually at hand to admonish my heedless im
providence.
To her I owe whatever I am; to her whatever
1 shall be. In her solicitude for my interests,
she never for a moment forgot my feelings or
my character. Even in her occasional resent
ment, lor which I but too often gave her cause,
(would to God I could recall those moments !)
she had no sullenness or acrimony. Her feelings
were warm and impetuous, but she was placa
ble, tender and constant. Such was she whom
I lost, and I have lost her when her excellent
natural sense was rapidly improving after eight
years ot struggle and distress had bound us fast
together,and moulded our tempers to each other :
when a knowledge of friendship, and before age
had deprived it ot its original ardor. I lost her
alas! the choice of my youth, the partner of my
misfortunes at a moment when I had the pros
pect of her sharing my better days.
An Excellent Jokk. —The Lynchburg (Va )
Express states, that among the many beautiful
strangers who graced the ball given in that city
to Thos, S. Bocock, and his lovely bride, ap
peared one who was introduced as the daughter
of a distinguished gentleman from Wytheville,
now a member of the Board of Public Works.
The surpassing loveliness of her face, the grace
fulness of her form, her engaging manners, and
the distingue style of her dancing, added to the
respect entertained in this city for her father,
made her a belle at once. Crowds of fashiona
ble young gentlemen thronged around her, solic
iting the honor of her hand for the dance. Each
vied with the other in paying her the most
delicate attentions, and the jealousy which
naturally springs up among rivals, was on more
than one occasion visible among the applicants
for the “ next set.” Indeed, but for the modest,
kind, yet fair demeanor of the fair stranger,there
is no telling what collisions might have taken
place among the wrangling suitors. Nor were
the attractions paid her confii.ed to the opposite
sex. Many of our loveliest ladies sought an in
troduction to her, and invited her to their homes.
She regretted her inability to accept the hospi
talities tendered to her, and pleaded as an ex
cuse that she was about to leave the next day
for school, in Richmond. It is said, that at
least a half dozen young gentlemen, were en
gaged to escort her to supper, and that no end of
money was privately expended with hack men
to convey her home. But, behold! when sup
per was announced the Jovely Miss B- , was
nowhere to be lound. A strict search was insti
tuted, but to no purpose. The bird had flown
and many young gentlemen were inconsolable
because ol her flight. Champaign failed to so
lace them, and so many seats were taken for
Richmond, that an extra stage was ordered.—
When morning came, however, what was the
astonishment and indignation of the enamored
gentlemelf to learn that their fascinating ac
quaintance was a handsome youth of Lynchburg ,
dressed in his sister's clothes. It was even so.
Two ol our sprightliest bells, unable by reason
of clergical interdiction to attend the Ball, de
termined to have their own fun out of it; and
accordingly dressed up their brother in a full suit
of female gear, painted his cheeks, crowned him
with a garland of flowers, instructed him in the
mysterious art of managing his strange attire,
and giving him a letter of introduction to one of
the managers, put him into a hack and bid him
God speed. The gallant manager, proud of his
lair charge, displayed a miraculous energy in in
troducing her to everybody ; the young lady-boy
, played his part so admirably that the Devel
, himself would never have suspected him, and
l the trick passed off so successfully that it is now
. universally and justly accounted the best thing
r that ever happened in Lynchburg.
A Touching Incident —A little Irish girl,
perhaps twelve years old, was in the depot of
our village, a few days since, says the Willi
raantic (Conn.) Medium, just after the arrival
ot ihe trains, all alone and crying. The poor
child was forlorn looking enough. Some ladies
noticed her, and kindly inquired into her trouble.
The little girl said that she did not know where
to find her father. He was in Willimantic, but
the poor simple child had not the slighest notion
how to proceed to find him. She held an open
letter in her hand, dated at this village, from her
farther, disclosing his name, and the fact that
he had sent for her to come to him ; and remit
ted money to defray her expenses. The child
had come all the way from Ireland alone, as we
afterwards learned from her father, and she had
then just arrived in our village by the cars. One
of our citizens was on the point of taking her
with him to some of her country people, to in
quire her father out, wh>n a woman put her
bead in at the door, and with body half bent,
looked slowly and searchiugly around. Her
eye fell upon the little stranger. She darted at
her like an arrow, and clasping her in her arms
as if she would squeeze the child’s breath out of
her, she burst into a loud cry of the most pas
sionate joy. No one need to be told that she
was the child’s mother. We had supposed that
there was no mother in the case, as we under
stood that the poor little creature spoke only of
her father j but we did not ask if that woman
were the mother, after witnessing such a meet
ing. We have seen acting on the stage and off,
but never so affecting a stroke of pathos was
produced by art. as the simple outburst of this
humble mothers affection over her darling child.
What Becomes or all the Vessels.—
The Boston Atlas gives some interesting facts
in relation to the destruction of vessels belong
ing to the United States, deduced from the ma
rine reports and other resources. It appears that
for a period of eighteen months, ending in Sep
tember of the present year, 103 ships and barks,
144 brigs, and 827 schooners were totally lost at
sea. During the same period 50 vessels which
had previously sailed were never heard from,
338 put into port in distress, and 102 wrecks
were passed. This is, says the writer, a total
loss for the period of one every twenty-two
hours ; one stranded every forty four hours ; one
abandoned every seventy five hours , and one
never heard from every ten days.
Since the discovery of gold in California six
hundred ships have gone round Cape jHorn into
the Pacific, which have not returned. Some
were broken up at San Francisco, and some
found employment on the Pacific. The abstrac
tion of this large fleet from the Atlantic ocean
is one of the causes of the activity which has
prevailed in ship-yards during the last few years.
{Telegraphed for the Baltimore Swn.J
Arrival of the Illinois.
Nkw York, Nov. 28.—The steamer Illinois,
with the California mails of the l3t, SBBO,OOO in
specie on freight, and $200,000 in the hands of
her 300 passengers, arrived this evening.
Contrary to expectat.on the name of John
Mitchei, the Irish patriot, was not on her pas-,
senger list.
The specie by the Illinois is consigned as fol
lows : Adams & Co., $237,000 ; Exchange Bank
$449,000; John Cunningham, $18,000; Wells
& Fargo, $130,000.
Among her passengers are Gen. Lane, Col.
McGwin, special agent of the Post Office De
partment; Hon. C. Cushing, Charge de Affaires
to Ecuador; A. B. Corwin, late Consul at Pan
ama ; Lieut. Scott, U. S. N., and A. Maguire,
bearer of despatches from Peru.
The frigate St. Lawrence arrived at Tobago
Nov. 13. 6
The Panama Star says that the difficulty with
the Mexican authorities in regard to their treat
ment of Capt. B. G. Allen had been satisfacto
rily arranged.
The St. Lawrence shortly proceeds to Val
paraiso.
Valparaiso dates are to October 15th. Busi
ness was tolerably active. Flour in limited de
mand at $9:50 and $lO. Freights unchanged.—
1 he opening of a line of steamers to England,
V1 'ru p* :ra ‘ t . s Magellan, was in agitation.
ihe American consul and a number of Val
paiaisians had chartered the Chilian brig Ex
press to proceed to an unknown island,on which
the brig Chatham, Capt. Snow, was lost in
Janury last, and bring off the crew, as they are
among cannibals.
Dates from Peru are to Oct. 25th. The Brazi
lian government has sent special ministers to
I eru, Bolivia, Lquador and New Grehada for the
purpose of effecting a treaty to monopolize the
trade of the Amazon river. Discoveries of gold
on the Amazon continued to excite great inter
est. A committee had been appointed to report
upon 25,000,000 tons Guano remaining on the
Chincha Islands.
Nkw York, Nov. 28.— Important from China.
—The London correspondent of an eminent
mercantile house of this city writes as follows :
** We have our usual private telegraphic in
telligence from Trieste, anticipatoiy otthe over
land mail. Canton remained undisturbed, and
much business wa9 doing. At Shanghai busi
ness was at a stand, owing to the city having
been taken possession of by a party of rebels,
unconnected, it is said, with the insurgents at
Nanking, being rather a band of Triads, or the
short-knife society. They seized the Tontai,
who afterwards escaped,and plundered the pub
lic treasury to the amount of four sacs of dollars.
I hey did not molest the foreign settlement.”
A letter from San Francisco to the editor of the
W estern Christian Advocate, says :
‘‘ Rev. Fathei Fondina, the padre who assis
ted in the ceremony of lighting Lola
Montez s second or third torch of hymen, ab
seoudered two weeks since with $30,000 of
church funds.”
AUGUSTA, GA.
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2.
Qy” VVe have received the Card of Mr. Geo.
F. Platt, in answer to a card which appeared in
our paper yesterday morning. VVe will publish
in our next issue.
The Indians from Southern Oregon.
We can submit to a sell with as much equa
nimity as the average of citizens, and are not
disposed to be particularly censorious of the In
dian entertainment of Thursday afternoon, of
which we w'ere a spectator. In fact we must
admit that we were dedidedly entertained. We
confess, however, that we were not trans
ported in imagination to the wild forests of Or
egon, either by the performance, or by the elo
quent tones of Kaw'shawgance, who acted as
master of ceremonies. He is put forth in the
advertisement as having “ received his education
at the first schools in the Slates ,” and as being
'‘'‘acknowledged by all to be the greatest Indian Or
ator who has ever appeared before an American au
dience.” Shades of Logan and of Red Jacket!
be not disquieted by the apparition of this new
rival to oratorical fame !
The advertisement also sets forth Kawshaw
gance as “ the celebrated Indian Chief.” Oh,
Tecumseh! How precocious must this young
brave have been; for he informed the audience
that he left his native wilds at twenty-one years
of age, and has since been in twenty-three States
of the confederacy. Where did he fight his bat
tles?
We do not doubt, however, that he has been
in some good American schools, for he speaks
English like a real live Yankee, without the
slightest touch of the Indian accent. His tones,
too, in the war songs have marvelous affinity to
some of those of a Yankee singing school. In
the dances of the troupe, we notice some of the
Indians turn out their toes and take steps as if
they were not entire strangers to the dancing
school; though it is evident the native and un
cultivated graces have not been too remorseless
ly pruned down to civilized rule.
The “ large troupe of Indians, from west of the
Rocky Mountains ,” consists of eight, ail told,
two females and six men, the chiefs Kawshaw
ganceand Okatewaula included.
‘'Kawshawgance’s celebrated Brass Band f con
sists of one performer on the bass drum and four
on wind instruments, making not unpleasing
music.
As the promise is so large in one column of
our papei it is but fair we should indicate what
the real materials are for the performance. The
company is undeniably composed of people of
Indian blood, in whole or in part, and their dis
play of Indian weapons and their dexterous use
was not without interest.
1 he dances,ceremonies and customs may all be
such as obtain among the Oregon Indians, and
so may be their costumes, red and yellow flan
nels, ribbons, paint, leather slippers, Ostrich
feathers, and all. But we came away without
leeling that we had added any very definite ideas
to our stock of information ot the Indians west
of the Rocky Mountains “in their natural and
uncultivated state.”
The juveniles were much amused with the
exhibition, and will remember it, no doubt, plea
santly, and descant upon it in their nurseries
and schools, until the next shew comes along.—
Those of them who have not yet been so fortu
nate as to see them, should by ail means entreat
their Papa’s and Mama’s to take them.
Last evening some of the grown ones were
present. The company perform again this after
noon and evening.
Savannah River Valley Railroad.
We underatand that Mr. F. C. Arms has ac
cepted the appointment of Chief Engineer of
the Savannah River Valley Railroad, and will
commence the experimental surveys early in
January next. Mr. Arms has been some time
connected with the Georgia Railroad, as Super
intendent, ajid the Company, as well as our cit
izens will feel his loss. He is just the man for
the enterprise on w hich he has entered, and we
congratulate the Directors on their judicious se
lection. The Savannah River Valley Railroad
is destined to add much to the prosperity of Au
gusta, and Mr. Arms is the man to carry it
through with expedition and economy.
Apalachicola.
From a private letter received from a fried, we
make the following extract:
Our receipts ot Cotton here, so far, are 8,200
bales, against 15,700 bales last season. The de
crease may be accounted for by the very fine
weather for picking—Planters preferring to place
all hands in the field and Gin House, to hauling
to the different landings. The crops on the
Chattahoochee and Flint rivers were never bet
ter, and the amount shipped from Columbus to
Savannah, will be amply made up in our receipts
by increase on the rivers below.”
Guano.
We would call the attention of planters to
the advertisement of Messrs. Rhetfc & Robson,
Charleston, who have on hand a large supply of
Guano, Plaster and chemical Salts, for agricul
tural purposes.
Short Croc of Old Bourbon.— The Louis
ville (Ky.) Courier says: “ The decrease in the
amount ot Bourbon whisky manufactured the
present year, is about one-fourth, compared with
last year. In Harrison county alone, which
usually turns out about 15,000 barrel, the de-*
crease has been nearly fifty per cent., and sh*j
will not send to market, at most, more than 10,-
000 barrels this year. The people seem to be
getting an aversion to the traffic, and condemn
those who engage in it. Nearly one-half of the
whole number of distilleries in the county have
closed up, or been converted to other purposes,
others will follow the same course as soon as the
present season is over.
It is said that the forthcoming report of the
Postmaster General will show that the present
rates of postage have not met the outlay, owing
to the extortionate demand of the railroad
companies j but the Department will not re
commend any alteration, leaving whole subject
in the bauds of Congress.
Thomas G. Atkins, a well known and some
what eccentric citizen of Boston, died there on
Saturday last. The Bee says, for half a centu
ry past he kept a dry goods on Washing
ton street, near School, directly opposite the Old
South. In his stock may be found goods which
he bought the first year of his trade. He never
would sell an article for less than was paid for it
which was generally a pretty high rate. Mr.
Atkins was a $209,000 man—we don’t know
but in late years his property has rolled up to
$300,000. Though rich as this made him, he
was a miserly man, save in one singular excep
tion. His passion and delight was to be in the
law. He never was out of it. If people
wouldn’t “pick a fuss’* with him, he would with
them. We suppose he has spent $50,000 in this
amusement.
It appears from the Richmond Whig, that
Messrs Haworth & Horton, the managers of the
Burlesque Opera Troupe, which have been per
forming ir, that city, have absconded, leaving the i
entire troupe behind them without a single cent 1
to pay their hotel bills, and leaving besides all 1
their own advertising and other bills unpaid, 1
[Correspondence of the Const. & Republic.!
Millegevil.de, Nov. 29, 1853.
Mr. Editor : —I promised you in m v last a
full account ot the proceedings of the Senate on i
the temperance petition. It will be found be- j
low. The subject is one which members seem
anxious to avoid as far as possible, but they will
be obliged to meet the question, as the tempe
rance advocates are untiring in their efforts.
The House re-considered the hill passed on
yesterday for the incorporation of the Mc-
Donough Collegiate Institute, and inserted a pro
vision, giving the commissioners power to make
all needful regulations, not inconsistent with the
Constitution [and laws of the United States, and
the Constitution and law's of Georgia. Doubt
less the commissioners will not regard it uncon
stitutional to forbid retailers to sell ardent spirits
to students who are minors. Thus the object of
the original bill will be fully carried out, though
the members of the Legislature will be free trom
the responsibility-of having committed an un
constitutional act.
The war against the assistant Clerks still con
tinues in the Senate. I remarked in a previous
letter, that I did not believe the Senator from
Muscogee had entered into any definite treaty of
peace upon the subject. As I expected, the ces
sation of hostilities was a mere truce, formed not
for the purpose of negotiating a peace, but in or
der to give the Senator another opportunity to
renew’ the attack. Judge Sturgis seems to be
affected with a monomania upon the subject,
and your readers need not be surprised, if in fu
ture, he, in the spirit of old Cato, concludes all
his speeches, whether upon Federal relations or
upon extending the jurisdiction of Justices of the
Peace, with the declaration, “that nevertheless,
it is his opinion, that the number of Clerks ought
to be reduced.”
On motion of Mr. Stapleton, the bill to incor
porate the McDonough Collegiate Institute, was
re-considered with the view of enabling him to
offer an amendment.
A resolution of Mr. Trice, requiring the Gov
ernor to institute proceedings against the Griffin
Plank Road Company for forfeiture of charter,
was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
A bill to organize Cotoosa county from Wal
ker and Whitfield, was passed.
Mr. Mays, of Gordon: a bill to incorporate
the “ Mountain Rangers also, a bill to reduce
the official bond of the Sheriff of Gordon.
Mr. Whitworth, of Gwinnett: a resolution,
that each member of the present General As
sembly be furnished with a copy of the journal
and laws of the present Legislature. Adopted.
Mr. Haynie, of Hall: a bill to compensate
Grand and Petit Jurors of Hall; and also, a bill
to authorize the Inferior Court of Hall to retain
the taxes for 1854.
Mr. Williamson, of Montgomery : a bill to al
ter the clause of the Constitution concerning the
pardoning power, so as to, give the Legislature
the power to commute punishment.
Mr. McDougald : a bill to fix the hours of la
bor in all Cotton or other factories in this State,
for white males under 21 years, and for all white
temalesover and under 21 years ; also, a bill to
preserve inviolate the trial by Juries of this
State.
This bill is framed in consequence of the deci
sions of some of our Courts, which held that ju
ries are not judges of the law in civil and equity
cases, and settles that hereafter they are to be
considered judges of the law, and the facts, in
civil, criminal and equity cases.
Mr. Thornton, of Muscogee: a bill to amend
an act regulating Attachments, passed 1799 ; al
so, a bill to regulate the disposition of money un
der summons of garnishment.
Mr. Trice, of Pike: a bill to regulate the gov
ernment of slaves.
Mr. Phillips, from the Committee on Finance,
reported in favor of a bill to satisfy the claims of
certain census takers.
Mr. McDougald, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported in favor of a bill to allow Justices
of the Inferior Court to grant bail in cases ex de
licto.
Mr. McCurdy, of Whitfield: a bill to incor
porate the Dalton and Copper Mine Turnpike,
Plank and Railroad Company. The House then
adjourned until three o’clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House took up the bill to allow Justices
of the Inferior Court to grant orders to hold to
bail in cases ex delicto , and adopted it.
The House took up a bill allowing the Wells
Valley Railroad, chartered by the State of Ala
bama, to lay out the route for a railroad from the
Alabama line to some point in Dade county, on
the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, and
construct the same. The hill was adopted.
A bill to satisfy the claims of certain census
takers, was taken up and passed.
A bill, reported by Mr. McDougald, of Musco
gee : to give the election of Secretary of State,
State Treasurer, Surveyor General, and Comp
troller General, to the people, was taken up and
adopted by a vote of 90 to 14.
A bill to give the election of Solicitor Gen
eral, and of Attorney General of the middle cir
cuit to the people, was taken up. The latter
bill elicited a lively and interesting discussion,
which was participated in by Messrs McDou
gald, Pottle and Latham. The yeas were 94 ;
nays, 12.
The House then adjourned until 10 o’clock to
morrow morning.
SENATE.
Mr. Miller reported a bill to amend the act of
ISSO, in regard to the construction of Macad
amized and Plank Roads.
Dr. Singleton, of Lumpkin: a bill to lay out
and organize a new county from Lumpkin, Gil
mer, Forsyth and Cherokee.
Mr. Piles, of Glynn: a bill to authorize and
require the State to furnish iron for the Bruns
wick Railroad Company.
Mr. Sturgis, ot Muscogee: a hill to prescribe
the number of clerks in the two Houses.
Mr. Dunwoody: a bill to regulate pilotage of
the port of Darien, to [joint out the mode of
electing commissioners for pilotage and for other
purposes.
A bill was passed laying out and organizing a
new county from Dooly and Irwin, to be called
the county of “Worth,” after the late Major
General Worth, U. S. A.
Mr. Anderson, from the committee on Inter
nal Improvements, reported that they had ap
pointed Messrs Dabney and Ridley, on the part
of the Senate, as a part of the committee to visit
the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company. ,
Mr. Dunnagan, of Hall, submitted a resolution
to the effect that the principles laid down in the
proclamation of General Jackson of 183$, and
in his special Message of January, 1833, aie
the principles on which the Government should
be conducted.
On motion of Mr. Miller, the resolution was
ordered to be printed.
The Senate adjourned until 9 o’clock to-mor
row morning.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE UPON THE TEMPER
ANCE PETITION.
Mr. Sturgis offered a resolution, That the j ]
committee be instructed to report that the peti- 1
tion cannot be granted, as it is inconsistent with j
the rights of citizens, impolitic, and injurious to j j
the temperance cause. j
Mr. Miller moved to amend by substituting, i
That while the Senate considers it inexpedient
to legislate upon the subject, the Senate will
give due consideration trany mode suggested,by
which the evils complained of can be remedied,
upon principles consistent with individual rights.
Mr. Williamson moved to lay the resolution
and amendment on the table. The motion was
lost —yeas, 33; nays, 37.
Mr. Echols moved to amend Mr. Miller's !
amendment by resolving, That the committee
to whom the petition was referred be discharg
ed, as legislation would be inconsistent with the
rights of citizens, impolitic, and injurious to the
cause of Temperance.
Mr. Sturgis moved the previous question, and
the same being seconded, there were 45 in favor
of putting the main question,2s against it. The
Senate then agreed to the resolution—yeas 48;
nays 25.
Mr. Jackson moved the committee be dis
charged. The motion was lost—yeas, 26; nays,
49. R.
The Weather.— The weather of the past
week has been almost as variable as the pro
verbs represents wind and woman to be. On
Sundey last, we had it lowering for the greater
part of the day, with a light drizzly showering
during the afternoon. Monday opened, how
ever, with a tine morning, and for two or three
days the only complaint that could be made,
was the somewhat captious one,that the w’eath
er was rather too warm for the season, especial
ly about midday. On Thursday and Friday, it
was fine, dry, and bracingly cool, and during the
nights pretty cold. Yesterday, the morning
again opened lowering, and threatening rain;
and while there was a murkin-ssai.d sultriness I
about the atmosphere, there was at the same
time an unpleasant chilly dampness forcing its
way through it. No rain fell, however, though,
apparently, it was to be expected at every mo
ment throughout the day—we had nothing but
two or three lazy drizzles—and the evening
closed, although very lowering, without giving
us any strongly marked indications olwhat was
to be the order for to-day. We were rather in
clined to expect it to be cool, though not very
fine ; but as our readers will doubtless also be,
so we shall be glad to find ourselves wrong in
our prognostications.— N. O Picayune.
The Great Republic. —This monster ship
left Boston yesteiday afternoon for New York,
in tow of the steamer R. B. Forbes, and will
probably reach this port to-morrow morning,
were it is said she will load for Liverpool. We
have already given a description of this splendid
vessel. The Boston Transcript says she is own
ed solely by her builder, Donald McKay, and
cost upward ot $300,000. Her stowage capacity
is fiOOO tons. She will require a crew of one
hundred first dass seamen and fifty boys. With
her chief and under officers her force will num
ber 175 or 180. She will carry 48.000 barrels
of flour in her hold and between decks, and have
room lelt.— N. Y. Com. Advertiser , Saturday.
Sporting Challenge. A correspondent
writing from Richmond, under the date of No
vember 18th, and over the signature “Nina,”
transmits to us the following challenge, with a
request tha£ we will publish it. We subjoin it,
although ii ought properly to appear in our ad
vertising columns.— N. O. Picayune.
A gentleman in the columns of the Spirit of
the Times, over the signature of “ A Young
Turfman,” has been pleased to designate Boston
as “a miserable, lurching,sulking,white-legged,
bull-necked, big-headed, biace-faced old rip,”
neither “ a race horse himself,” nor a getter of
“ race horses.” If “A Young Turfman” is only
“ funning,” 1 have nothing to say. If, however,
he is serious in entertaining any such opinions,
I will run the get of Boston at the Charleston
races (a match, four mile heats,) against the get
of any other horse *' A Young Turfman” can
produce, for SSOOO a side. If he is inclined to
accept the banter, he can do so by communica
ting with Captain John Belcher, at the Chero
kee Ponds, near Augusta, before the Ist Janua
ry, 1854.
We write this paragraph with a pen made of
a quill plucked from a Gray Eagle, killed near
this town on Tuesday last by Dr. J. S. T. Baird.
This noble bird measured six feet nine inches
between the tips of its wings; its claws were
two and a half inches in length, and its weight
nine and a half pounds. These birds are now
very rare in this section, and it is not often they
can be lured within gun shot. This one was
killed on the wing —Ashville (N. C ) News,24th
ult.
From Rio. —The following extracts are from
a letter to a commercial house in Baltimore.
Rto de Janeiro, Oct. 15th. 1853.
Our last report was dated 2d September. For
10 days thereafter our Cofee market continued
in a very inanimate state until the arrival of the
August mail from Europe, with news of a pros
pect of the Eastern question being settled ; this,
with a trifling concession by the dealers, brought
some buyers into the market. These purchases
were iollowed by much larger operations after
the 19th, (when a steamer arrived from Liver
pool in 26 days.) and an advance in prices took
place, so that 4 jj soo was the rate for American
lots at the end of the month. At this price busi
ness was dene the early part of this month, but
after the arrival of the steamer mi the 7th with
accounts of the favorable sales in Holland the
greatest excitement prevailed in our market:
prices opened at an advance of ||2oo and about
50,000 bags having been taken on 8 and 10th
instant rates were pushed up still further, and
yesterday sj| was paid for a cargo good Ist, a
rise of ||7oo since our last. The sales since our
last (a period of about six weeks) we estimate
at 245,000 bags, of which 85,000 bags for the
United States. Our stock is now only about
75,000 bags, and high as our prices are one or
two large holders have withdrawn their lots
from the market, as from the undoubted failure of
the present crop they seem to expect that prices
will go very much higher.
The clearances last month had the following
destination, viz: *
United States.—Boston, 600; Baltimore, 7,126-
New Orleans, 27,373; New York, 11,173; Phila
delphia, 6,363—t0tal 52.635 bags.
Death of Thomas Kino, Seizor, It Be
comes our painful duty to record the death sff
■ one of our oldest and most esteemed citizens.
j^. r - was 1 a native of Mclntosh county ia
this fetate—which county he. represented forsev
eral years in the Legislature—besides holding
otherofhces in the gift of its citizens. For the
• last twenty years, however, Mr. K. had bee n a
resident ol this city and county, but for a great
t P °f that time, has been confined to his ho,me,
by a most painful and uncontrolable disease.
His sufferings, which frequently were of the
most acute character, were borne with the firm
| ness of a stoic and the resignation of a Christian
In every position of life occupied by him, he re
flected honor upon himself and credit upon his
friends, by his high integrity, clear sagacity, and
> unbending firmness. For, while he was not de- *
ficient in those gentler qualities that endeared 1
him to the inmates of the social circle, Mr K
‘ had something of the old Republican’ Roman
f about him, or rather of the old covenanting spirit
• of John Knox, that he commanded the respect of
all who were acquainted with him. F.otri sev
eral years intimate acquaintance with Mr K
we can aver with truth, that in our opinion] few
hone6ter, braver, juster spirits have passed to
their last account. —Macon Telegraph , 29th ult .
Value of Property in Georgia.—Notwith
standing the money pressure, we have many
evidences of the enhancement in value of pro
perty in our State. A striking illustration of
this fact we discover in the sale which took
place on Monday, iri Bulloch county, of some
land and negroes belonging to the estate of the
late Phillip Cone. About lour years ago the j
land, (as we learn of parties intelligent in the j
j matter) containing 1700 acres and upwards, j
| could have been purchased for S4OO. It was sold
at the sale on Monday lor thirty-six hundred
dollars. As an index to the value of slave pro
perty we may mention that one field hand, thir
ty-seven years of age, brought lourteen hundred
and six dollars. Half grown negroes sold at from
seven to nine hundred dollars. —Savannah New»,
29th ult. j
NEW MEDICAL BOOKS —Chemistry and
Metallurgy as applied to the Study and Prac
tice of Dental Surgery, by Snowden Piggot. M. D.,
late Professor es Anatomy and Physiology in the
Washingtan University of Baltimore.
Lectures on Surgical Pathology, delivered at the
Royal College of Surgeons of England, by James
Paget, F R. S. Just received and for sale by
nor 2¥ . McKINNK k HALL.
BV TKLU(fi; A ],|7
Kosts arrived at Boston" yMte,?,’ D " ''
was no demonstration. There
The Secretary of the Treasury u.
tice that the time for the redemnt; B ‘ Ven n °-
States Stock payable in sixty-sevT °*
has been extended to January i 9 t " 30(1 ei Sht,
The caucus of the Democrats memk
Congress takes place on Saturday, for T® 1 * *
pose of nominating candidates. ’ ' " he P° r *
Captain Gunnerson’s portion of the
party was killed by Indians on Se,v iet "',' ,i *S
New York
Cotton.— The sales to day reach L ! C
Uplands have declined one-eighth t 695
Mobile and New Orleans are firm *qßMter
their scarcity. Middling Orleans, ,0*'??
dhng Uplands, 10j cents.
Corn has advanced one cent, and Flour • v
ter. Coffee (mu. Naval stores stead! w‘ b * 1 -
is more stringent. l0ne ?
The Flour market is dull, but prices?’ 1
changed. Grain steady. reu &-
1 New Orleans, N ov %
Cotton. The sales to-day reach barelyL
bales The market is unsettled, and since !he
lanhc s advices came to hand prices
ia j cent. Middlings worth
decrease at all the ports reach 400,000 bales
Bacon has declined. Sides are worth 6 > cent.
New Orleans, Dec 1 '
Cotton. Sales to-day 4000 bales at
day’s decline. Strict Middling 9 j cents ' R
ceipts tc-day 13,000 bales. * he *
Flour is active. Sales 15,000 barrels nw
mostly >t *6l. Mess Pork is fi, mer f”’
worth lit toll-. Whiskey 25 cent!, si
ling Exchange 9 per cent. prem.
Charleston, Dec. l- p . m
Cotton.— Sales to-day 500 bales. The I
for the week reach 6000 bales, at 7} to a
The market closes dull, and forced sales oil
have been made at * decline. The receipts' *
the week reach 11,483 bales. Stock exclusive
of that on shipboard, 22,263 bales.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier]
Columbia, Nov. 30 .-South Carolina hm
wT~ he proCeed,n f in . the Legislatureou
Wednesday were uninteresting. “
C Txro/ M BrA ’ n° V - of P ro f n .
sor Williams. —Professor Williams has resi/nl
the Mathematical Piofeasorship ia the So*
Carolina College. Ihe Trustees will elect a
successor on Saturday evening. 4
Baltimore, Nov. 30 —Additional per Mantis
-Ic.is stated that the Russian Ambassador «t
Paris has informed the French Government that
if the fleets pass into the Black Sea, it will be
regarded equivalent to a declaration of war
Baltimore, Nov. 30.— Aw York Politic, _
The new Collector at New York has r na de
ninety removals and appointments ; ail the latter
except two, are Softs,many ol them bulb >s w u
broke up the Syracuse Convention. c ’
Baltimore, Nov. 3 0.—Escape of Convicit-
Four convicts have escaped from Bo? r nn nri , nn
and SSOOO has been offered for the’.r"apprehen-
Baltimore, Nov. 30. Ship Mhon- The
Ri,nwlw»? nrg | frO T| N 6 K
barque EliKrt, tiom Callao tf/ *&£££
wrecked off Cape Henry Mond ’ Th ,
vessel and cargo are a total fa*. The mate was
drowned.
Baltimore Nov. 30.—T tie ship WaldemM,
arrived at Bordeaux on t ne 9th instant, from
Charleston. Ibe ship B oreas sailed fromWa
teitordon the 11th instf n t lor Savannah. The
stupAmory sailed trou , Liverpool for Savannah,
on the 12th instant. The ship Napoleon, sailed
trom Portsmouth, E» igland, on the 13th instant
wr C narleston. I> je ships Arabia and Elizabeth
Gently sailed iroir , Liverpool for Savannah on
the 15th instant.
i he barque J . Copeland, cleared at New fork
tor k avannah. c ( Monday, and the schr, Helene,
Capt. Gr nLk, for Charleston.
MARRIED.
On Tuesd? y, the 29th of November, at the resi
dence of M’.-. J. X. Ervin, by the Kev. Charles M
Ervin, Hr.. Patrig M. Stevens, of Oglethorpe,
and Miss Martha Isabella Brooks, of Wilkes
county. .
In Bur ke county, on the 29th ult.. by Lewis l.
McNair, Esq., Mr. George R. Brown and Miss
Mart Ann, secomd daughter of Rov. W.S.Tucker
On tho evening- of the 28th ult., at the residence
of John H. Bran tley, Esq , by the Rev. S. Landrum,
Mr. Charles Taylor, of Sacramento city, Cal.,
and Miss Lilly O. Brantley, of Vineville.
DIED.
At Dalton, on the I3th ult., after a lingering
oase of typhoid fever, Col. John Hamilton, aged
about 50 years.
Hail Road Notice—On and after
Wednesday, tho 28th inst , the Pas
senger Train on the Augusta and Waynesboro
Railroad, -will leave t-b e Augusta Depot at 6 o’clock,
A. M. o Q t 25 J. N. Reeves, Agent_
Cleor gia, Richmond Counlr-
CJlkrk's Office Inferior Court,
Not. fj, 1853. —The. Justices of the Inferior Court
"wilL. proceed, on thie First Monday in December
f.ext, to -elect a Keeper of the Poor House. Ap
plicants for the place will leave their proposals w
the Clei k. By order of Court.
now 9 td Oswell E. Cashin, Ciort.
JSpr Premium Daguerrean Gallery.-! as
JS Arm of Tucker & Perkins h*™?
been dissolved by limitation last February.!
dors igned will continue to practice “eartotwHS
uer reotyping in all its various branches, ana i
bis long practical experience he feels conn 1
hi* ability to pleaso the most fastidious.
• Tho pictures now being taken at this -
P' ronounccd by those who are judges, su P er ’ , ,
t one and life-like expression, to any ever
produced in Augusta. Isaac Tt ' ■
N. B. Artists purchasing Stock, will ple*» J>
in mind that matorials are sold at lower ra
j at any other house this side of New 1 ork —
ALL HOUSE, Sa ” B * f a i'n
G. Fargo, Proprietor, (late of tb
fi. Hotel, Augusta.) ap r W ,
, VALUABLE FLANTATI ON J SAIE
fTIHE subscriber having removed fr° m
JL District, offers for sale his valua » W
PLANTATION, situated on the Savannafl
River, about ten miles above Hamburg, . 0-
fork of said river and Stephens I Cr ® e^ ' ata CanS |.
two males above the mouth of'the Au - ,j oul
The- Tract contains about Three Th _ -
Hundred and Fifty acres and in
flatted, about one-third of which wc ,
cultivation, tho balance is well wooded
( 1J TMs > trMt or land lies three
! *
I abt we the reach of ordinary freshets. , tionso r
1 ’he premises are divided into two pl<» “
sett. lements, one at a convenient distance *
rive ", and tho other on the Stephens
with Gin Houses, Packing Screws, and the
build ings attached to each. but W
X t .refer to sell tho plantation enti , omso
detura 'ined to sell, and with a £ lo "nd« iDtfl *«-
date I will, if desired, divide the n , c on-
SoS’Jr/ots. to meet the wishes andsu.tthe
venionco a f purchasers. , yf u ]es,
And if de. tho stock si! be sold on
tie, and the 'ovision crop, will be soiu
vorable term* the purchaser. tho
A plat of fie Premises may aD d th»
of Robert Me Don a ‘d> Esq ,in over 3 * 61 *
premises will l > ’» sh own by either ot the
lon the plantatio ’»• , , n „,, nm mo<]atinr'
Terms will be i nade easy an gu bgcrib* f '
and for further pa. •ticulars. app y BAxJSKEIT
in Columbia, S. C. 1 c 3
nov 20, _ ... .. an( i Abb** 1 "
KP” The Hamburg , Ilo P ubhcan h
Banner, will publish i or one month. J.
NEW GROt ' EK J S P
THE undersigned hi day of Octob f
taking, effect from x'tVmlN® A Mil*
(instant; under the firm 01 fl , a i
LER, for the transaction of a Th?irob .
and Retail business in all i ‘ b and th e very
ject will be to keep constat . s „|j a t- thalo*'
best of articles for family us ®» knoV.n both lE
est market prices. Being ge , - ar d strict
City and Country, they hope 7 |ibera l soppof 6
tention to business, to share t • , gccoD d d J ‘
their friends. They may be . im) osifce f’ raE ' !i!
above Planters’ Hotel, nearly • P
House. r pIEMIMH*
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