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Appropriate rtpottt, and especially urge upon your c
early attention the apparently slight, but really 1
important modification; of existing laws therein
suggested. ,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Ihe liberal spirit which has so long marked the
action of Congress in relation to the District of Co
lumbia, will, I have no doubt, eontinue to be mani
fested.
Under the acts of Congress of August 21, 1852,
and ot March 8, 1853, designed to secure fbr tho
cities of Washington and Georgetown an abundant
supply of good and wholesome water, it became
my duty to examine the report and plans ot the
engineer who had charge of the surveys under the
act first named. The best, if not the only plan,
calculated to secure permanently the object sought,
was that which contemplates taking the water from
the Great Falls of the Potomac, and consequently,
I gave it my approval.
The erection of an asylum for the insane of the
District of Columbia, and oi the army and navy of
the United States, has been somewhat retarded, by
the groat demand for materials and labor during
the past summer; but full preparation for the re
ception of patients, before the return of another
winter,, is anticipated; and there is the best reason
to believe, from the plan and contemplated ar
rangements which have been devised, with the
large experience furnished within the last few
years, in relation to the nature and treatment of
diseases, that it will prove an assylum indeed to
this most helpless and afflicted class of sufferers,
and stand as a noble monument of wisdom and
mercy.
For the progress and present condition of this
important work, and for its demands, so far as ap
propriations are concerned, I refer you to the re
port of the Secretary of War.
JUDICIARY OF TRE UNITED STATES
The present judicial system of the United States
has now been in operation for so long a period of
time, and has, in its general theory and much of
its details, become so familiar to the country, and
acquired so entirely the public confidence, that if
modified in any respect, it should only be in those
particulars which may adapt it to the increased ex
tent, population, and legal business of the United
States. In this relation, the organization of the
courts is now confessedly inadequate to the duties
to be performed by them ; in consequence of which
the States of Florida, Wisconsin, lowa, Texas, and
California, and districts of other States, are in
effect excluded from the full benefits of the general
system, by the functions of the circuit court being
devolved on the district judges in all those States,
or parts of States.
The spirit of the constitution and a due regard
to justice require that all the States of the Union
should be placed on the same footing in regard to
the judicial tribunals. I therefore commend to
your consideration this important subject, which,
in my judgment, demands the speedy aetion of
Congress I will present to you, if deemed desira
ble, a plan, which I am prepared to recommend,
for the enlargement and modification of the present
judicial system.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.
The act of Congress establishing the Smithsonian
Institution, provided that the President ol the
United States, and other persons therein designa
ted, should constitute an “ establishment” by that
name, and that the members should hold stated
and speeial meetings for the supervision of the af
fairs of the Institution. The organization not hav
ing taken place, it seemed to me proper that it
should be effected without delay. This has been
done; and an occasion was thereby presented for
inspecting the condition of tho Institution, and ap
predating its successful progress thus far, and its
high promise of great and general usefulness.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I have omitted to ask your favorable considera
tion for the estimates of works of a local character
in twenty-seven of the thirty-one States, amount
ing to one million, seven hundred and fifty-lour
thousand, five hundred dollars, because, indepen
dently of the grounds which have so ofien been
urged against the application of the federal revenue
for works of this character, inequality with conse
quent injustice is inherent in the nature of the
proposition, and because the plan has proved en
tirety inadequate to the accomplishment of the ob
jects sought.
The subject of internal improvements, claiming
alike the interest and good will of all, has, never
theless, been the basis of much political discussion
and has stood as a deep graven line of division be
tween Statesmen of eminent ability and patriotism.
Tho rule of strict construction of all powers dele
gated by the States to the General Government,
has arrayed itself, from time to time, against the
rapid progress of expenditures from the national
treasury on works of a local character within the
States. Memorable as an epoch in the history of
this subject is the message of President Jackson,
of the 27th of May, 1830, which met the system of
internal improvements in its comparative infancy ;
but so rapid had been its growth, that the project
ed appropriations in that year for works of this
character had risen to the alarming amount of
more than one hundred millions of dollars.
In that message the President admitted tho dif
ficulty of bringing back tho operations of the gov
ernment to the cjnstruction of the constitution set
up in 1798, and marked it as an admonitory proof
of the necessity es guarding that instrument with
sleepless vigilance against the authority of prece
dents, which had not tho sanction of its most plain
ly defined powers.
Our government exists under a written compact
between sovereign States, uniting for specific ob
jects, and with specific grants to their general
agent. If, then, in the progress of Its administra
tion, there have been departures from the terms
and intent of the compact, it is, and will ever be,
proper to refer back to the fixed standard which
our fathers Left us, and to make a stern effort to
conform our action to it. It would seem that the
fact of a principle having been resisted from the
first by many of the wisest and most patriotic men
of the republic, and a policy having provoked con
stant strife, without arriving at a conclusion which
can be regarded as satisfactory to its most earnest
advocates, should suggost the inquiry whether there
may not be a plan likely to be crowned by happier
results. Without perceiving any sound distinction,
or intending to assert any principle as opposed to
improvements needed for the protection ol internal
commerce, which does not equally apply to im
provements upen the seaboard for the protection of
foreign commerce, I submit to you, whether it
may not be 88 fely anticipated that, if the policy
were once settled against appropriation by the gen
eral government for local improvements for the
benefit of commerce, localities requiring expendi
tures would not, by modes and means clearly legi
timate and proper, raise the fund necessary for
such constructions as the safety or other interests
of their commerce might require.
If that can bo regarded as a system, which, in the
experience of more than thirty years,has at no time
so commanded tho public j udgment as to give it the
character of a settled policy,—which, though it has
produced some works of conceded importance, has
boen attended with an expenditure quite dispro
portionate to their value,—and has resulted in
squandering large sums upon objects which have
answered no valuable purpose,—the inter'-,ts of all
the States require it to be abandoned, unless hopes
may be indulged for the future which find no war
rant in the past.
With an anxious desire for the completion of the
works which are regarded by all good citizens with
sincere interest, I have deemed it my duty to ask
at your hands a deliberate reconsideration of the
question, with a hope that, animated by a desire to
promote the permanent and substantial interests
of the country, your wisdom may prove equal to
the task of devising and maturing a plan, which,
applied to this subject, may promise something bet
ter than constant stiife, the suspension of the pow
ers of local enterprise, the exciting of vain hopes,
and disappointment of cherished expectations.
In expending the appropriations made by the
last Congress, several cases have arisen in relation
to works for the improvement of harbors, which
involve questions as to the right of Boil and juris
diction, and have threatened conflict between the
authority of the States and general, government.
The right to construct a breakwater, jetty, or dans,
would seem, necessarily, to carry with it the pow
er to protect and preserve such construction?. This
can only be effectually done by having jurisdiction
over the soil. But no clause of the constitution is
found, on which to rest the c airn of the United
States to exercise jurisdiction over tho soil of a
State,except that conferred by the eighth section of
the first article of the constitution. It is, then sub
mitted. whether in all cases where constructions are
to be erected by the general government, the right
of soil should not first be obtained, and legislative
provision be made to coyer all such cases.
For the progress made in the construction of
roads within the territories, as provided for in the
appropriations of the last Congress, I refer yon to
the report of the Secretary of War.
OCEANIC COMMUNICATION, &C,
1 here is one subject es a domestic nature, which,
from its intrinsic importance, and the many inter
esting questions of future policy which it involves,
cannot fail to receive your early attention I al
lude to the means of communication, by which dif
ferent parts of the wide expense of our country are
to be placed in closer connexion for purposes both
cf defence and commercial intercourse, and more
especially such as appertain to the communication
of those great divisions of the Union, which lie on
the opposite side of the Kocky Mountains.
That the government has not been unmindful of
this heretofore, is apparent from the aid it has af
forded, through appropriations tor mail facilities
and other purposes. But the general subject will
now present itself under aspects more imposing and
more purely national, by reason of tho surveys or
dered by Congre s, and now in the process of com
pletion, for communication by railway across the
continent, and wholly within the limits of the U.
States.
The power to declare war, to raise and support
armies, to provide, and maintain a navy, and to
call forth the militia to execute the laws, suppress
insurrections, and repel invasions, was conferred
lipon Congress, as means to provide lor the common
defence, and to protect a territory and a population j
now wide-spread and vastly multiplied.
As incidental to and indispensable for the exer
cise ot this power, it must sometime? bo necessary
to construct military roads and protect harbors of
refuge. To appropriations by Congress for such
objects, no sound objection can be raised. Happily
for our country, its peaceful policy and rapidly in
creasing population impose upon us no urgent ne
cessity for preparation, and leave but few trackless
desert? between assailable points and a patriotic
people ever ready and generally able to protect
them. These necessary links, tho enterprise and
energy of our people are steadily and boldly strug
gling to supply. All experience affirms that, when
ever private enterprise will avail, it is most wise for
the general government to leave to that and indi
vidual watchfulness the location and execution of
all means of communication.
The surveys before alluded to, were designed to
ascertain the most practicable and economical route
lor a railroad from tho river Mississippi to the Paci
fic ocean. Parties are now in the field making ex
plorations, where previous examinations had not
supplied sufficient data, and where there was the
best reason to hope the object sought might be
found. The means and time being both limited, it
is not to be expected that all the accurate knowl
edge desired will be obtained, but it is hoped that
much and important information will be added to
tho stock previously possessed, and that partial, if
not full reports of the surveys ordered will be re
ceived, in time for transmission to the two houses
of Congress, on or before the first Monday in Feb
ruary next, as required by the act of appropriation.
The magnitude of the enterprise contemplated has
aroused, and will doubtless continue to excite, a very
general interest throughout the country. In its polit
ical, its commercial, and its military bearings, it has
varied, great, and increasing claims to consideration.
The heavy expense, the great delay, and, at times, fa
tality attending travel by either of the isthmus routes,
have demonstrated the advantage, which would result
from interterritorial coinmucic&tion by such safe and
rapid means as a railroad would supply.
These difficulties, which have been encountered in a
period of peace, would be magnified and still further
increased in time of war. But whilst the embarrass
ments already encountered, and others under new con
tingencies to be anticipated, may serve strikingly to
exhibit the importance of such a work, neither these,
nor all considerations combinsd can have an applicable
value, when weighed against the obligation strictly to
adhere to the constitution and faithfully to execute
the powers it confers.
Within this limit and to the extent of the interest of
the government involved, it would seem both expedient
and proper, if an economical and practicable route
shall be found, to aid. by all constitutional means, in
the construction of a road, which will unite, by speedy
transit, the population of the Pacific and Atlantic
States. To guard against misconception, it should be
remarktd that, although the power to construct, or aid
in the construction of, a road within the limits of a
territory is not embarrassed by that a.uestion of juris
diction which would arise within the limits of a State,
it is nevertheless held to be of doubtful power, and
more than doubtful propriety, even within the limits
of a territory, for the general government to undertake
to administer the affairs of a railroad, a canal, or other
similar construction, and therefore that its connexion
with a work of this character should be incidental ra
ther than primary. I will only add, at present, that,
fully appreciating the magnitude of the subject, and so
licitous that the Atlantic and Pacific shores of the re
public may be bound together by inseparable ties of
common interest, as well as of common fealty and at
tachment to the Union, I shall be disposed, as far as
my own action is concerned, to follow the lights of the
constitution, as expounded and illustrated by those
whose opinions and expositions constitute the standard
of my political faith in regard to the powers of the
fed ?ral government. It is, I trust, not necessary to
say, that no grandeur of enterprise, and no present ur
gent inducement promising popular favor, will lead me
to disregard those lights, or to depart from that path,
which experience has proved to be safe, and which is
now radiant with the glow of prosperity and legitimate
constitutional progress. We can afford to wait, but
we cannot afford to overlook }he ark ofour security.
It i» no part of my purpose to give prominence to
any subject, which may properly be regarded as set at
rest by the deliberate judgment of the people. But
while the present is bright with promise, and the fu
ture full of demand and inducement for the exercise of
active intelligence, the past can never be without use
ful lessons of admonition and instruction. If its dan
gers serve not as beacons, they will evidently fail to
fulfil the object of a wise design. When the grave
shall have closed over all, who are now endeavoring to
meet the obligatiens of duty, the year 1850 will be re
curred to as a period filled with anxious apprehension.
A successful war had just terminated. Peace brought
with it a vast augmentation of territory. Disturbing
questions arose, bearing upon the domestic institutions
of one portion of the confederacy, anil involving the
constitutional rights *f the States.
But, notwithstanding differences of opinion and sen
timent, which then existed in relation to details and
specific provisions, the acquiescence of distinguished
citizens, whose devotion to the Uuiou can never be
doubted, lias given renewed vigor to our institutions,
and restored a sense of reposeaud security to the public
mind throughout the confederacy. That this repose is
’ to suffer no shock during my official term, if I have
power to avert it, those who placed me here may be
assured. The wisdom of men, who knew what inde
pendence cost, —who had put all at stake upon the is
sue of the revolutionary struggle,—disposed of the
subject to which I refer, in the only way consistent
with the unioq of these States, and with tho march of
power and prosperity which has made us what we are.
It is a significant fact, that from the adoption of the
constitution until the officers and soldiers of the revo
lution had passed to their graves, or, through the in
firmities of age and wounds, had ceased to participate
actively in public affairs, there was not merely a quiet
acquiescence in, but a prompt vindication of, the con
-1 stitutional rights of the State*. The reserved powers
were scrupulously respected. No statesman put forth
• the narrow views of causists to justify interference and
agitation ; but the spirit of the ceinp&ct was regarded
; as sacred in the eye of honor, and indispensable for
the great experiment of civil liberty, which, environed
by inherent difficulties, was yet borne forward in appa
rent weakness by a power superior to all obstacles.
There is no condemnation which the voice of freedom
> will not pronounce upon us, should we prove faithless
, to this great trust.
While men inhabiting different parts of this vast con
tinent can no more be expected to hold the same opin
ions, or entertain the same sentiments, than every va
riety of climate or soil can be expected to furnish the
same agricultural products, they can unite in a com
mon object and sustain common principles essential to
the maintenance of that object. The gallant men of
the south and the north could stand together during
the struggle of the Revolution; they could stand toge
ther in the more trying period which succeeded the
clangor of arms. As their united valor was adequate
to all the trials of the camp and dangers of the field, so
their united wisdom proved equal to the greater task of
founding upon a deep and broad basis, institutions,
which it has been our privilege to enjoy, and will ever
. be our most sacred duty to sustain. It is but the fee
ble expression of a faith strong and universal, to say
that their sons, whose blood mingled so often upon the
same field, during the war of 1812, and have more re
cently borne in triumph the flag of the country upon a
foreign soil, will never permit alienation of feeling to
weaken the power of their united efforts, nor internal
dissensions to paralyze the great arm of freedom, up
lifted for the vindication of self-government.
I have thus briefly presented such suggestions as
seem to me especially worthy of your consideration.
In providing for the present, you can hardlv fail to
avail yourselves of the light, which the experience of
the past casts upon the future.
GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY.
The growth of our population has now brought us,in
the destined career of our national history, to a point
at which it well behooves us to expand our vision over
the vast prospective
The successive decennial returns of the census since
the adoption of the constitution have revealed a law of
steady progressive development, which may be stated,
in general terms, as a duplication every quarter-centu
ry. Carried forward from the point already reached 1
for only a short period of time as applicable to the ex
lstence of a nation, this law of progress, if unchecked
will bring us to almost incredible results.
i*f rge allo * auce f °r a diminished proportional ef
™ulc! not ver y materially reduce
the estimate, while the increased average duration of
nnii “ llfe ' known to hare already resulted from the
scientific and hygienic improvements of the past fifty
years, will tend to keep up through the next fiftv or
perhaps hundred the same ratio of growth, which’has
thus been revealed in our past progress ; and to the in
fluence of these causes may be added the influx of la
boring masses from eastern Asia to the Pacific side of
of our possessions, together with the probable acces
sion of the populations already existing in other i arts
of our hemisphere, which, within the period in question
will feel with yearly increasing force, the natural at
traction of so vast,powerful and prosperous a confedera
tion of self-governiug republics, and will seek the pri
vilege of being admitted within its safe and happy bo
som, transfering with themselves, by a peaceful and
healthy process of incorporation, spacious regions of
virgin and exuberant soil, which are destined to swarm
with the fast-growing and fast-spreading millions of
our race.
These considerations seem fully to jussify the pre
sumption, that tho law of population above stated will
continue to act with undiminished effect, through at
least the next half century; and that thosands of per
sons who have already arrived at maturity, and are
now exercising the rights of freemen, will close their
eyes on the spectacle *f more than one hundred mil
lions of population em. aced within the majestic pro
portions of the American Union It is not merely as
an interesting topic of speculation that I present these
views for your consideration. They have important
practical bearings upon all the political duties we are
called upon to perform. Heretofore our system of go
vernment has worked on what may be termed a minia
ture scale, in comparison wtth the development, which
it most thus assume, within a future so near at hand,
as scarcely to be beyond the present of the existing
generation. B
• u ?; i,lent that a confederation so vast and so va
, ried, both in numbers and in territorial extent, in hab
its and in interests, could only be kept in national co
hesion by the strictest fidelity to the principles of the
constitution, as understood by those who have adhered
to the most restricted construction of the powers
granted by the people and the States. Interpreted and
applied according to these principles, the great com
pact adapts itself with healthy ease and freedom to an
unlimited extension of that benign system of federa
tive self-government, of which it is our glorious and
I trust, immortal charter. Let us, then, with redou
bled vigilance, be on our guard against yielding to the
temptatioh of the exercise of doubtful powers, even
under the pressure of the motives of conceded tempo
rary advantage and apparant temporary expediency.
•I* 1 ® minimum of federal government, compatible
with the maintenance of national unity and efficient
u '°ij our relations with the rest of the world,
*7®*™ afford the rule and measure of construction of
« P°r er ?V? d f r the general clauses of the constitu
_ . a; „®? lr strict deference to the sovereign rights
. i £ l l °/ >1 ev ® r >; State ' rather than a disposition to
control f Sta u 6B , into a Provincial relation to the
contral authority, should characterize all our exercise
sfcr»!d trKrZ ?? Wers temporarily vested in us as a
* f the geueroU!! confidence of our con-
In like manner, as a manifestly iudispensible condi
tioa of the perpetuation of the Union, and of the reali-
station of that magnificent national future adverted to,
does the duty become yearly stronger and clearer upon
us. as citizens of the several States, to cultivate a fra
ternal and affectionate spirit, language, and conduct,
in regard to other States, and in relation to the varied
interests, institutions, and habits of sentiment anil
opinion, which may respectively eharacterize them. —
Mutual forbearance, respect, and non-interfence in our
personal action as citizens, and an enlarged exercise of
the most liberal principles of comity in the public
dealings of State with State, whether ip legislation or I
in the execution of laws, are the means to perpetuate
that confidence and fraternity, tho decay of which a
mere political union, on so vast a scale, could not long
survive.
In still another point of view, is an important prac
tical duty suggested by this consideration es the mag
nitude of dimensions, to which our political system,
with its corresponding machinery of government, is so
rapidly expanding. With increased vigilance does it
require us to cultivate the cardinal virtues of public
frugality and official integrity and purity. Public af
fairs ought to be so conducted that a settled conviction
shall pervade the entire Union, that nothing short of
the highest tone and standard of public morality marks
every part of the administration and legislation of the
general government. Thus will the federal system,
whatever expansion time and progress may give it,
continue more and more deeply rooted in the love and
confidence of the people.
That wise economy, which is far removed from parsi
mony as from corrupt and corrupting extravagance, —
that single regard for the public good, which will frown
upon all attempts to approach the treasury with insidi
ous projects of private interest cloaked under public
pretexts,—that sound fiscal administration, which, in
the legislative department, guards against the dange
rous temptations incident to overflowing revenue, and,
in the executive, maintains an unsleeping watchfulness
against the tendency of all national expenditure to ex
travagance,—while they are admitted elementary po
litical duties, may, I trust, be deemed as properly ad
verted to and urged, in view of the more impressive
sense of that necessity, which is directly suggested by
the considerations now presented.
DEATH OF MR. KING.
Since the adjournment of Congress, the Vice-Presi
dent of the United States has passed from the scenes of
earth, without having entered upon the duties of the
station, to which he had been called by the voice of
his countrymen. Having occupied, almost continuous
ly, for more than thirty years, a seat in one or the
other of the two Houses of Congress, and having, by
his singular purity and wisdom, secured unbounded
confidence and universal respect, his failing health was
watched by the nation with painful solicitude. His
loss to the country, under all the circumstances, has
been justly regarded as irreparable.
In compliance with the act of Congress of March 2,
1853, the oath of office was administered to him on the
24th of that month, at Ariadne estate, near Matanzas,
in the island as Cuba; but his strength gradually de
clined, and was hardly sufficient to enable him to return
to his home in Alabama, where, on the eighteenth day
of April, in the most calm and peaceful way, his long
and eminently useful career was terminated.
Entertaining unlimited confidence in your intelligent
and patriotic devotion to the public interest, and be
ing conscious of no motives on my part which are net
inseparable frem the houor and advancement of my
country, I hope it may be my privilege to deserve and
•ecure, not only your cordial co-operation in great pub
lic measures, but also those relations of mutual confi
dence and regard, which it is always so desirable to
cultivate between members of co-ordinate branches of
the government.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Washington, D. C., Decembers, 1853.
AUGUSTA, GA.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10.
The President’s Message.
This important document, reached us last evening
about five o'clock, by express mail from Charleston-
We hasten to lay it before our readers this morning.
It is an able dooument, and treats of tho different
subjects touched on with an ability that shows a
master hand at the holmn of affairs. Its length
and the late hour at which it came to hand, com
pels us to defer further comment, this morning.
Death, of Col. Atkinson.
We regret to see announced in the Georgia
Citizen , of the Bth, the sudden death of Col.
R. A. L. Atkinson, a prominent merchant of
Macon. On Saturday last he was about the
city as usual, but late that evening was taken
unwell, first with something like a chill, which
resulted in[Erysipelas r in the face and head,which
caused his death about 11, a. m., on Tuesday
Col. A. was a representative from Bibb county,
in the last Legislature. He leaves behind him
a wife ar.d two children to mourn his loss.
Macon and Warrenton Railroad.
At public meeting of the citizens held on
Tuesday, 6th inst., at Macon, the City Council
of that city was authorised to issue bonds to the
amount of SIOO,OOO, as the city subscription.
The Macon Citizen of the Bth says:—“From
the data at hand, we may safely set down the
Macon and Warrenton Road as one of the fin
ished enterprises of 1853.”
The Weather.
After several weeks of mild, clear and beautiful
weather, we were visited on Thursday morning with
rain, accompaned with cold winds, and it has con
tinued tOTain almost continuously since. The last
two days have been dismally raw, cold and rainy,
rendering out-door business very disagreeable.
Another Dreadful Tragedy in New Orleans.
The New Orleans correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier writing under date of the 4th inst.
says: U A dreadful tragedy occurred yesterday
afternoon in Tchoupitculas street, in this city
Col. Walter Turnbull, an old and well known
citizen, was shot down in the street by a gen
tleman named James Patton, also a well known
and very respectable citizen. The cause of the
homicide is yet in doubt; but I have a report
from persons who have long known both gen
tleman, that there was an old quarrel between
them, which had grown out of a great domestic
trouble, in which Col. Turnbull had been inno
cently involved. It is presumed that this mat
ter hadoperated upon Mr. Patton’s mind so se
verely, as to produce partial insanity, under the
influence of which he committed the crime
Col. Turnbull was nearly 60 years of age. He
has for some time held the office of Master
Warden of this port.”
Governor of New Jerskt. —lt is stated that
a notice has been served upon Mr. Price, the
Governor elect of New Jersey, by his opponent,
Mr. Haywood, contesting his election upou the
ground that he (Mr. Price) is disqualified by
non-residence. /
Declination,— We learn with regret (says
the Columbia South Carolinian) that Profassor
R. Gibbes feels constrained to decline the Profes
sorship of Mathematics in the South Carolina
College, to which he was recently elected. He
remains in the College of Charleston.
# The Ballet Troupe,
Comprising among other artialea the celebra
ted danseuse, M’lle Pougaud, have just comple
ted a very succeesslul engagement at the Charles
ton Theatre.
We have the pleasure of announcing, that
they will appear on the Augusta boards next
Monday evening. We expected no less from
Mr. Crisp, who posseses both the enterprise and
tne will to propitiate the good opinion of our
theatre going citizens.
The Ballet, as presented by this distinguished
roupe , while it makes a most showy and capt\.
vating spectacle, is a costly experiment to the
adventurous manager of theatres in small c ities
As Augusta is among the favored cities visited
we trust it will respond handsomely to this ap
peal to their taste and liberality.
The Charleston Courier speaks tbu s favorably
of the French Ballet Troupe, and o', their admi
rable Orchestra.
As we stated yesterday, Mlh e , Pougaud and
her Ballet Troupe have been engaged for another
week, and we trust that no one who has witness
ed the performances of these (’astinguished artists
will fail to embrace the pre sen t opportunity of
encouraging real talent ?.,id excellence. The
success of their engagemer it during the past week,
is ample proof, were sue h necessary, that their
merit is ol no common o rder; and we weregrati
iet to perceive that the high reputation which
c/wf* their coming has beea appreciated aud
confirmed by a Charleston public. The style
anvwpTa!^ 0 •!’ e '' r perfermances compare with
w-iii W I * Cl 'l * n Loiiuon or Paris, and
that our h tiattery ’ sa y> that it is seldom
that our I beatre has presented so area t an at
traction-. ndecd the general management of the
1 heatre, since its op^ un g, has been all the
most fastidious could desire; and too much praise
cannot be bestowed upon tne Association of gen
tlemen, who, at great pains and expense, have
revived so delightlul a resort,or upon the worthy,
efficient and obliging Manager, who has estab
lished, beyond all cavil, a reputation as one of
the very best Managers in the country. To say
a word in individual criticism of the Troupe it
self, would be a superfluous task—for who that
has seen the grace and elegance of Pougaud r or
witnessed the elasticity of Lavigne, and Bulan’s
“fairy step,” has not felt the irresistible charm
which beauty, grace and talent always inspire ?
It would, however, be au act of injustice were
we to pass over in silence the efficient aid of
Mons. Chatel. Under his direction, the Orches
tra have accomplished more than even their own
friends expected, and within the few weeks they
have been amongst us, we have never heard bet
ter orchestral music. Bui'if our citizens desire
good things in future, let them encouiage those
they already possess. Verbum sat.
[Correspondence of the Const. & Republic).]
Milledgkville, Dec. 7, 1853.
Mr. Editor : The levee came off* last night
according to previous appointment. You may
form some idea of the crowd from the fact that
the invitations numbered twenty-five hundred.
Although a large portion of th ! s number was
not present, yet the spacious rooms of the Ex
ecutive mansion were filled to overflowing.—
All classes and conditions were fully represent
ed. Beauty was there, airayed in all the gay
attire of fashion, and though it was also found
in the plain garb of rusticity, it was beauty
still. Each claimed its devotion from the stern
er sex. Yet amid this heterogeneous mass,
the most perfect order prevailed. This quiet is
to be attributed, in a great part, to the prudent
foresight of Gov. Johnson in denying his guests
the use of wines. He had wisely decreed that
Bacchus should not reign, at least for this night,
in the executive balls. The conduct of Gov.
Johnson, in following the example of his pre
decessor, in this respect, cannot be too highly
commended. The absence of Bacchus left Cu
pid in full possession of the field; and if repoit
be true, the little god made good use of his ad
vantages—for many a young widow and old
bachelor, as well as youthful lads and lassies,
were forced to submit to the prowess of the lit
tle deity.
Notwithstanding the great crowd, a few were
enabled to join in the dance, and though early
begun it was continued until a late hour. It
would occupy more time than I can well spare
to notice the pleasing little incidents of the eve
ning, or describe the fairy forms which floated
around in the mazes of the dance.
“Os ail that did chance, ’twere a long tale to tell,
Os tho dancers and drosses, and who was tho belle;
But each was so happy, and all wore so fair,
That night stole away, and the dawn caught them
there.*’
Gov. Johnson's levee will, I have no doubt,
prove an exception to the rule, that levees are
not places where pleasure is to be sought All
seemed on this occasion to have obtained the
full measure of the enjoyment which they de
sired. Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of
the everting, and
“ All went merry as a marrlago bell.”
Gov. Johnson and bis excellent lady were in
high spirits during the evening. Many, many
more such evenings to them. Long life and
happiness to them both !
The bill introduced by Mr. Thornton, appoint
ing Commissioners to consolidate the present
lavvsot the State, and report a new code of the
same to the next Legislature will commend itself
to general approbation. The complicated state
of our laws, the ambiguous language which has
been employed in framing many of them, and
the unnecessary number which has been enact
ed, concerning subjects of the same or of a simi
lar character, are certainly reasons sufficient for
the appointment of Commissioners to prepare a
new code. Such a code will greatly facilitate
the transaction of legal business, and diminish
the causes of litigation. The Commissioners
named are a sufficient guarantee, that the work
will be faithfully accomplished.
T. he memorial of Judge Scarborough contains
charges of the gravest character, against Judge
Powers of the Macon circuit. The memorial
took the direction it did, in order to enable mem
bers to inform themselves concerning the man
ner of practise in such cases. Judge Scarborough
is here at present prepared to urge the prosecu
tion of the case. Should he be able to sustain
the charges preferred, the trial of the case will
form one of the most important in the history of
our State.
I send you an account of the condition of the
Atlanta Bank, with a list of the Stockholders,
and the amount of stock owned by each, com
municated by the Governor, in accordance with
the resolution of Mr. Miller.
RESOURCES,
Bills and Notes discounted, maturing SI,OOO 00
Bills of Exchange 63,000 00
64.000 00
Due from other Banks and Agents. 186,000 00
Expenses 739 04
Specie 41,657 30
INiotes of other Banks 995 00
$293,391 43
LIABILITIES.
Subscribed capital St : k, $300,000 00
Os which there is paid 111,000 00
Circulation 179,000 00
Due other Banks and Agents 2,984 35
ffofits, 168 04
Individual Deposits 239 04
$293,391 43
List of Stockholders and Direetors, June 9th, ’53.
Directors & Shareholders. Shares. Amount.
George Smith 2,996 $110,852
Patrick Stracham.... . 1 37
w. d. Scott x a 7
Alexander Mitchell.... 1 37
S. C. Higginson I 37
$lll,OOO
No comments are n ecessary; figures speak for
themselves.
tiknate.
A bill to change the name of the court .of Oyer
itTerminer of Savannah to that of the City Court
of Savannah, and allow the City Council of Sa
vannah to the Judge of the court, wtas taken
up and pa ssed.
A bilk to lay out a new county out of De-
KLalb, to be called Fulton, was taken up and
passed, yeas 44, nays 29.
Mr. Robinson ol Macon, offered a bill to sub
mit the question of the removal of the Court
House of Macon to the people of Macon.
Ihe woman’s bill which had been made the
special order for to-day, was postponed until Fri
day next.
MOUSE.
A bill to incorporate the city of DaJton W’a»
taken up and passed.
A memorial was presented from James J.
Scarborough, charging that Abner P. Powers,
Judge of the Macon circuit, is unworthy to hold
an office involving the rights., lives and honor of
citizens ol this state. The memorialist further
makes a particular charge tha t in a case in which
he was sole counsel for one He.nry Hodges, charg
ed with stabbing, and who wat: convicted of the
charge, at the last October term 1 of Dooly Court,
that he filed a bill of exceptions,, and that after
said bill was signed by said Powers, the said
Powers removed two pages lroitn the bill, con
taining important matter written in his (Scar
borough’s,) hand wrriting, and in lieu thereof in
serted two others in his Power’s, .hand writing,
thereby making very material alterations in the
bill. t
On motion of Dr. Philips, the memorial was j
for the present laid upon the table.
• Mr. Green, of Bibb : a bill to incorporate the
“Macon Manufacturing Company.”
Mr. Hardeman, of Bibb : a bill to amend the
act incorporating the Magnetic Telegraph in the
city of Macon.
Mr. Shewrrake, of Burke : a bill to alter the
constitution ot the State so as to make the same
person eligible to the office ot sheriff* for a se
cond term within four years : aiso a bill provi
ding appropriations to remove obstructions in
Brier Creek.
Mr. West, of Early: a bill to incorporate a
bank in Fort Gaines, to be called the South
Western Bank of Georgia.
Mr. Powell, of Decatur: a bill in relation to
the collection of debts.
Mr. Cleveland, of Habersham: a bill re
quiring all grants for fractions of land, to be ta
ken out by the first of July, 1854.
Mr. ■, a bill to give Inferior Courts, sole
power to grant licenses to retail.
Mr. McDougal, of Muscogee,: a bill to re
quire Judges of the Superior Courts, to hare all
parole testimony reduced to writing.
Mr. Thompson, of Muscogee : a memorial
from the Teachers’ Association, recommending
a scheme of a bill appointing a Board of Educa
tion ; a bill to appint commissiones to consoli
date, digest and report a new code of Statute
Laws for this State, and also, a new code of
practice. The commissioners named in the biil
are, Charles J. Jenkins, Hiram Warner, John.
M. Berrien, Eugenius A. Nesbtt and Hines
Holt.
Mr. Callaway : a resolution, that the Legis
lature take a recess after the 17th mst., until the
2d Monday in January.
Mr. Walton, of Richmond: a bUI to author
ize the distribution of estates in certain cases.
Mr. Griffin, of Twiggs : a bill to provide for
the election ot sub-clerks, in th.e House and
Senate.
Mr. Pottle, of Warren : a bill to authorize
the Poor School Commissioner of Warren, to
pay a certain sum to George W. Wray.
Mr. Sweat, of Ware : a bill to appropriate
money, for the improvement of the navigation
of the Altamaha and Big Satilla Rivers.
Mr. McCurdy, of Whitfield: a bill to |create
one Judge of the Inferior Court in lieu of five.
Mr. Irvin, of Wilkes: a bill to amend the
act incorporating Washington, in Wilkes ; also,
a bill to amend the rent laws of this State.
Mr. Pottle, ot Warren : a bill to carry into ef
fect the act of 1793, in relation to bastardy.
R.
Arrival of the Niagara at Halifax.
Baltimore, Dec. B.—The Br. mail steamship
Niagara has arrived at Halifax from Liverpool,
which port she left on the 26th ult.
The U. S. mail steamship Arctic, Capt. Luce,
arrived at Liverpool on the 23d ult. She got
ashore on the Burbo Bank in a fog, but was not
damaged.
The Liverpool Markets. —Cotton during
the week ending the 25th ult. was unchanged
in nearly every particular, although lower quali
ties were a shade higher, and the market closed
firm. The sales during the week comprised 41,-
000 bales, of which speculators took 5,750, and
exporters 2,750 bales, leaving 32,500 of ail de
scriptions to the trade. The Circular of Messrs.
Brown & Shipley quotes Fair Orleans at 6fd.,
Middling Orleans at6d.; Fair Mobile at 6£d.,
Middling Mobile at s{d ; Fair Uplands at 6|d.,
Middling Uplands at 5Jd.; Inferior descriptions
of American, at from 3ia4id-, and Ordinary at
from 42a5fd.
The stock of Cotton in Liverpool exclusive
of that on shipboard, amounts to 650,000 bales.
In Breadstuff's during the week the improved
tone noticed the preceding week has bee lost.—
Western Canal Flour was dull at 37s per bbl of
196 lbs. White Corn was quoted at trom 47s to
48s, and Yellow from 46s and 47s to 48s per 480
ibs. Sprits of Turpentine was dull.
State of Trade. —ln Manchester trade had
slightly declined.
London Money Market. —Consols for mon
ey and account were quoted at from 95 J to 95f.
Havre Markets. —The sales nf Cotton dur
ing the week ending the 22d ult., comprised 4,-
000 bales at prices in favor of buyers, the de
mand being moderate. On the 25th ult, as
communicated to the Liverpool Agent of the
Associated Press, by telegraph, the market ad
vanced from Ito 11 fr. Flour had declined a
franc.
European Intelligence,— For the present,
hostilities have ceased along the Danube in Mol
davia and Wailachia on account of the Hoods,
but it is believed they will be renewed, inasmuch
as the Turkish and Russian commanders have
received orders from their respective comman
ders to prosecute the war vigorously.
Diplomacy, however, is again reported to be
active, and it is said that a new note, which is
very comprehensive, and the proposals contained
therein prepared in Paris by Louis Napoleon
1 himself, has been presented to the Sultan, who
declined to consider it. It is, also stated, that
England and France have got up a project, in
which they will invite the other powers to join.
If Austria’s statements are reliable, the Czar is
amicably disposed.
Letters from Constantinople, dated the 10th
ult., state that the movement on Altifitza (Ga
alfz and Braiiow?) was only a feint to draw off
Prince Gortschakoff, and that Omer Pacha was
concentrating a large force to attack Gen. Su
der’s division in Besarabia, and that the fleet in
the Black Sea was to co-operate with the land
forces.
The Porte had received assurances of effective
aid from the British and French Ambassadors in
case of need.
The Paris Patrie has a telegraphic dispatch
from Vienna dated the 21st ult., which states
that the Russian army had received orders to act
on the offensive and cross the Danube.
Columbia, Dec. B .—Front Columbia.— H. M.
Mclver has been elected Solicitor of the East
ern Circuit, vice Hanna, deceased.
The Calhoun Monument resolutions have
been laid upon the table.
The committee for nominating President and
Directors for the Bank of the State, has been ap
pointed.
The election forJudge, vice Frost, resigned,
will take place on Saturday.
The Greenville Rifle Battalion will be the
means of organizing Rifle Volunteer Companies
separately.
&The Greenville and Columbia Railroad is fin
ished.
Washington, Dec. B. — lmportant from Wash
ington.—The following is the table marked K.,
referred to in Secretary Guthrie’s report.
One hundred per cent, ad valorem to be levied
on brandy arid other spirits distilled from grain
or other materials, and on cordials, absynthe, ar
rack, curacoa, kirsch enwasser, liqueurs, mara
schino, ratafia, and all other spirituous bever
ages of a similar character.
The free list table embraces a great many
articles, including coffee, tea, cocoa, books, mag
zines, medicines, &e.
Baltimore, Dec. B.— Cold Weather in the
North. —The weather in the North is very cold.
The Erie Cana! is obstructed by the ice.
Baltimore, Dec. B. — Ferry Boat Burnt. —The
steam Ferry Boat was consumed by lire at
Brooklyn, N. Y., on Thursday morning, invol
ving a loss of $38,000, part of which amount
was covered by insurance.
Baltimore, December B. — The Riot at Erie.
No more rioting has occuried at Erie, but the
people are determined to have their way. It is
reported that the Attorney General of the State
has signed a petition for an injunction against 1
the trains running from Ohio, on the State Line,
to Erie. It is said, however, that the State au
thorities have determined to carry out the law.
The Supreme Court of the United States met
at the Capitol in Washington on Monday, pur
suant to law. There were present:
Hon. Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice.
Hon. John McLean, James M. Wayne, John
Catron, Samuel Nelson, Robert C. Grier, Benja
min R. Curtis, and John Campbell Associate
Justices.
On moiion of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, the Hon.
Caleb Cushing, was admitted an attorney and
counsellor of the Court.
A commission from the President of the Uni- !
ted States appointing Mr. Cushing Attorney
General was read in open Court and ordered to -
be recorded
A commission from the President of the Uni- <
teu State* appointing Jonah D. Hoover, Esq., |
Marshall o! the United States for the District of 1
Columbia, was read in open Court and ordered !
to be recorded. 1
The Chief Justice announced to the Bar that i
the Court would that day commence the call of :
the docket under the thirty-sixth rule of the
Court, after which the Court adjourned until 11
o’clock Tuesday morning.
MARRIED.
On tho 6th inst. by the Rev. Dr. R. W. Hubert,
Dr. George W. Darden and Miss Nancy, daugh
ter ofWm. Fowler, Esq., of Warren county, Ga.
(Com menial.
Augusta Market, Dec. 9—p. m.
COTTON. — the weather for the past two days
has been inclement, and transactions in Cotton
limited. We have no material change in prices to
notice. Tho demand to-day, however, had slight
ly improved.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 9. Cotton. —This article
was very much neglected for several days preced
ing the publication, and the market during this pe
riod wore a decidedly languid and drooping ap
pearance; and, under the pressure of circumstances
which holders could not control, some parcels were
forced off on tho last say of the week at a reduc
tion of sase. from the highest point of the market.
The position of affairs had by no means improved
in the early part of the current week. A feeling
of extreme lassitude pervaded the market, tho
transactions of the past two days having been lim
ited to some 800 bales at a range of figures corres
ponding with the reduction noticed above. On
Monday the sales reached about 1100 bales, and
buyers are said to have obtained even a greater
advantage over sell. rs. This eoncession paved the
way to more extended operations, and during Tues
day and Wednesday upwards of 3300 bales changed
hands, and the market, particularly on the latter
day, exhibited a greater degree of firmness. Yes
terday, purchasers took fully 1600 bales, ata range
of prices within the margin of the quotations given
below. The list of prices has been carefully pre
pared, and we would with confidence refer to them
for the state of tho market at the close of business
In comparing them with those given in our report
of tho 2d inst, it will be seen that Good Middling
and tße qualities under have declined all of |ase ,
, while the Middling Fair and Fair grades aro sa|c.
lower than they were at that time. The receipts
’ since our last reach 16,028 bales, and the sales foot
up 6700 bales at the following prices, viz :—3O
, bales at 8; 50 at 8$ ; 143 at 8$; 114 at 8$; 81 at
8$ ; 255 at 8$ ; 374 at 8$ ; 192 at 81; 547 at 9 ;
221 at 9$ ; 407 at 9$ ; 179 at 9’ ; 498 at 9s; 162 at
9|: 232 at 9J; 200 at 9$ ; 30 at 9 15-16; 1300 at
10; 200 at 10$ ;60at 10 3-16 ; 419 at 10$ ; 124 at
Xo| ; and 632 bales at 10$c. We quote Inferior,
—; Ordinary to Good Ordinary, Ba 9; Middling to
Good Middling. 9|alo; Middling Fair and Fair
lOj.ulOJ; and Fully F .ir and Choice, —a —. We
) note sales of upwards of 150 bales Long Cotton—
Floridas ranging from 22a30c.; Santees from 38 a
40 ; and Island Cotton from 40a45c. and upwards as
in quality . Prices have been unsettled, and tho
transactions show a declining tendency.
Corn.. —The receipts since our last comprise 5000
bushels North Carolina and 1000 bushels Mary
land, which have been sold at 80c. per bushel. The
supply on sale is moderate.
> Flour. —The market is abundantly supplied at
, present with country brands, for which there has
been very little demand Good brands of Georgia
, may bo quoted at6sa6s perbbl., and sacks at 6a6j,
and North Carolina at 6ja6s perbbl.
t Bacon. —Sides and Shoulders continue to be very
much neglected, Prices for the former have tur
t tber declined this week to 7$ and 71 cents, and for
| the latter they are nominal.
Salt. —Tho 4000 sacks which were received at
' the close of the previous week, have been sold out
3 in lots at $1:40 per sack.
Freights, —We quote to Liverpool in square bags
i $4. A vessel was taken up yesterday to load for
- Havre at 1 3-16ths for Cotton in square bags; 1J
. for Sea Island and s3s per 600 lbs. for Rice. The
New York rate is J- and 5-16ths for Cotton, and $1
per tierce for Rico, and to Boston $ eont for the
’ former and sls por tierce for tho latter.
t ATLANTA, Dec. B.— Cotton. —Our market has
been depressod for the past week, and prices are I
, to 2 cts. lower than our last quotations, ocoasiond
by a corresponding decline at the seaboard. We
: quote Fair 9s, and other grades in proportion.
Bacon. —We quote hog round at 9 cents. Hams
‘ a*e scarce at 11 to 13 cents. Sides, ribbed, 9$ to
9s; do. clear, 9$ to 10 cents. Shoulders, Bto Bsc.
' Lard scarce at 12 to 15 cts. per lb.
i Iro-n, Sweedes, 5$ to 6sc.; English, 5 to 5} cts.;
Nails have advanced to 6 a 6sc.
[ Corn is selling at 50 to 60 cents.
Com Meal, 60 to 65 cents.
Pork, hog round, 6 cents ; Pickled 7to 8 cents.
Beef, by tho quarter, 5 to 74 cents.
' Sweet Potatoes, 50 cents.
Irish Potatoes , per bushel, $1 to $1.25.
Salt, Liverpool sacks, scarce, $2.50.
Liquors. —French Brandy, $2.50 to $3.60 per
gallon ; Domestic do., 50 to 75c.; Peach do., 60 a
750.; Whisky, 33 a 35c.; Gin, 45 a 60c.; Rum, 45 a
60c.
Wheat. —Good will bring 80 a 90c. per bushel,
readily.
Flour. —City Mill, from $3 to $4.50 per hundred,
Baltimore, per bbl., $7 to SB.
Butter, Country, 15 to 20c.; Goshen, 35c. per lb.
Tennessee Butter, 12$ a 15c.
Coffee, 13 to 14c.
Sugar, 8 to 10c.
Molasses, 30 to 35c.
Syrup, 40c. to sl.
Gunny Bagging, 12$ to 14c.
Rope, 8 to 10c.
Chickens, 12$ to 15c.
Eggs, 15 to 20c. per doz.
Fodder, 75c. to $1 per hundred.
Pea., 65 to 75c. per bushel.
Oats , 45 a 50c.
Feathers, 45c , readily, and in great demand.
Ajjples, gieen, $1 to $1.25 per bushel.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 7, P. M.— Cotton. —The
market is dull, but prices continue unchanged.—
The sales amount to 489 bales, at the following
particulars:—l6 at Bs, 15 at BJ, 85 at 9, 27 at 9s,
118 a 9s, 44 at 9s, 48 at 9s, 48 at 9s, 69 at 10,,and
16 bales atlos oents.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS—DEC. 7.
Por steamship Alabama, for Now York—B3l
bales Upland and 143 do. Sea Island Cotton, and
139 pkgs. Mdze.
Per brig Albatross, for Bath, (Me ) —92,645 feet
Timber, and 9,000 feet Lumber.
mi imin\ammmmamsmmagaumrnamm
pipping Jntdligcnn\
SAVANNAH, Doc. 6.—Arrived, schr Wood
bridge, White, Baltimore; steamer Oregon, Crom
well, Demery’s Ferry.
Cleared, brig Albatross, Patterson, Bath, (Me.)
Went to sea, steamship Alabama, Schonck, N. Y.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 9.—Arr. Br. ship Joseph
Howe, Driver, Queenstown, Ireland.
In tho offing, steamship W m. Penn,Morton, from
1 New York; Fr. ship Bessette et Picoal, Havana ;
A ship unknowm and a Spanish bark.
Cleared, bark Velocity, Ryder, Boston; brig
Times, Phinney, do.; schr. Mobile, Basset, New
York.
Night Dancing Class.—Mons. Ber
ger respectfully informs tho Gentlemen
of Augusta, that ho is now forming a Night Class
for Gentlemen. Those wishing to join, are re
quested to hand thoir names to the Gentlemen who
have tho list, or to the Augusta Hotel.
Assemblies or Public Soirees.
Tho Dancing Assemblies will take place on Fri
i nay Nights at 7 o’clock, at the Ball Room of the
Augusta Hotel. Gentlemen now pupils, who join
in the Dancing, will be charged one dollar.
For particulars, apply at the Augusta Hotel, on
Fridays and Saturdays. nov3of6
SPRING GARDEN INSTITUTE FOR
YOUNG LADIES.
171 Marshall Street, Philadelphia.
GILBERT COMBS. A. M., Principal.
AUGUSTUS SIMON, A. M., Prof, of An
cient and Modern Langu .go?
Rev. BERNHARD STIMTHAL, A. M., of Ger
man Language.
GEORGE W. HOLMES, A. M., Teacher of
Drawing aud Painting.
J. E. KOCHERSPERGER, Teacher of Music
YT. W . FIFE, Teacher of Penmanship.
Miss SARAH FREEMAN, First Assistant.
Miss ANNA M. KENNARI), Second Assistant, i
Miss SARAH E. CONVERSE, Third Assistant, i
Miss ANNA L. MITCHEL, Fourth Assistant.
REFERENCES
Rev. Albert Barnes, Philadelphia ; Hon. Walter ;
Lowery. New York; Rev. Samuel. K. Talmage,
Oglethorpe University; Rev. A. Church, Athens,
Ga.; Rev. A. Moans, Oxford, Ga.; Joel C. Barnett, j
Esq., Madison, Ga.
A few pupils can be received into the family oj
tho Principal at the rate of $l5O per session for
Board and Tuition, payable in advance,
oct 14 dAcly
WOLFE'S AROMATIC SCHNAPPS For
salo by ii
deo 7 DAVIS,
||itfial ‘II
the public by Wm. O. Price fc ,v L n °"of£ M
by them, and suitable to this I
are competent to. and do 11 kct '
best and offeredta to bll
Our Stock embraces all the 'HI
Garments for Gentlemen's wear RPtl ■ »
stylo and most fashionable make ’ ° f tie CBI
, a W3ff., 0. PRTpp i S 1
dec < 4 CO H
-—— _ drapers and T, ' I I
Office Aug„,ta IllsUf , n - ■
mg Companv, , flnce 4: B a , H 1
election for five Director of tS? 5 ’
bo held at the office of tho Comr,rJ nS l,Qtio ii
*2th December, between 011 ■
M. and 1 o’clock P. M n 0 ocioefe H
dcco ROBERT W ALTOV r I
Company. Da Bc,.^|
Special Meeting of the Stockholder ’H.!
pany will be held at this office, on
the -Ist inst, at 10 o clock, a full II
requested, as business of import! at ! en S ■ ■
before the meeting. By ordX o' l Hi I
esU 1 Vests! Vests! I
by & Co., have received I
vais.a large lot of Black Satin 7 la H I
teor Silk Fancy Silk Velvet, I
mere and Fancy Cassimere Vests 1
breasted. They will bo sold low at 1
der the U. S. Hotel. at their stor e ; ■
4 "" CoWs -
S ' SO doz.
ton and Linen Shirts, without
with collar,. Also, a !argoTo, If ?»' «■»; f
lars—some very low. es * s ‘?l«Col.
These Shirts and Collars are minrnn* ,
nicely. guaranteed to |
- _ dec 2
K^a,”„ r ib J t7r h .h"“^>>s
SST °®~ stiU
- nov2i
ST"-(^ s rp^ Et “ a Fire autl hife insnranr
The promptness and liberah v "
have marked all the dealings of this <W
thirty years, and the well knowncharaS^'
Officers and Directors, afford the suresf ter ° lli
that its affairs will be so managed as m • ?uarat: '
assured that safety and security, whKrf*
fir nm mP fi rta ? Ce m- FrC aud Life Wane* 11 '
Office hrst building above Bridire Bank in. ,
; ?->_ Jo„/S k E '. B £ l
. respectfully informs the public of i
) gusta and vicinity, that he has takei unhi,' .
; icn « o in this 0i T ty ’ and is P re l>ared to gb« w®’
I n Vocal and Instrumental Music LeS!oti
6 Mr - Zogbaum is a native of Germany .
; the celebrated Thalberg, and has been iagS J
caching Music for many years, both in £
\ r^A^::z: y - Theiastfi - y -*
; JS.2gMS SSi’WtK
gin as soon as suitable rooms are provided of whifii
a thero will be notice given through the puhUe crim
Ho is permitted to refer to the followm* ml
1 mo « ■ Dr. Church, Dr. John Le Conte hr h
s seph Lo Conte, Prof. Emanuel Vilalie Seherb D
b James Camak. Athens, Ga. Br. Wm. E Dearim-
E. Clayton, Esq. G. W. Ferry, Eso. Augusta, Ga
i) lor terms, and other particulars, apply to JL
- Zogbaum, or G. W. Ferry, or Dr. Wm E Dea"*
e ,Na - ts nova
t H^r U 1103,1 » otlce -0* and after
L SH—Wednesday, the 26thinst., the Pas
s senger Train on the Augusta and Waynesboro
1 Railroad, will loavo the Augusta Depot at 6 o’clock,
* A. M. oct 25 J. N. Reeves, Agent
f Wonderful and Extraordinary C*«
- t&v of Rheumatism of twenty years'stand
r ing—Never in my life have I had so much pleasure
in doing any thing as in giving this certificate to
t tho world, and L hope it may be the cause of thou
t sands of my fellow creatures being relieved from
that dreadful disease, Rheumatism. Aly wife
;s been afflicted with it for twenty years, most of tho
r time suffering excruciating pains in every part
J of her body. Having no appetite whatever, jie
e was reduced to almost a skeleton. So violent were
1 the pains that she seldom could sleep witaout tak
e ing large doses of opium. Every joint was sidled
very much, and her knees, hands aud neck covered
. with large 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
j was obiged to be in bed constantly. In this condi
tion she had been for twenty years, whaout ever
getting any relief from every thing she used, until
she commenced the use of 14. G. Farrell's Arabian
Liniment, tho first bottle of which produced a great
change. She has now used five bottles, and the
' swellings have nearly all gone down; pain has en
tirely loft her; she sleeps well and soundly; is
’ more fleshy than ever she was in her life; has an
excellent appetite, and spvins and sews all day. B;
tho use of a few bottles more she mus be as well as
ever she was. If any one doubts this wonderful
cure, he has only to call at my residence, near Pe
oria, and learn tho circumstances from my wife's
own lips, or he can further enquire of anv of m'y
neighbors. Samuel Elso-v
H. G. Farrell's Liniment is also an excellent r em .
1 »ly for palsy, sprains, bruises, cramps, chilbH
a burns, pains, toothache, sore eyes, etc., Lnd is
a horses or cattle is the best remedy in H world
■ where an external application is required ,
’ Look out for Counterfeits. —The publ : c areeas
. tioned against another counterfeit, whir p laic
’ ly made its appearance, called W. B. 7 arrell’sAit
biaa Liniment, the most dangerous vof all tho conn
' terfeits, because his having the ns .me of Farrell
many will buy it in good faith, wit hout the knot
lodge that a counterfeit exists, an<L they will, per
haps, only discover their error w hen the spurioui
mixture has wrought its evil effec ts.
The genuine articlo is manufao cured only by H
G. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, and whole
sale druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peoria,_ Illinois*
to whom all applications for Agencies m;ust bend'
dressed. Bo sure you get it with the 'letters H. &
before Farrell’s, thus —11. G.
hissiguature on the wrapper, ar.q all ethers an
counterfeits. Sold by
HAVILAND, RISLEY A CO,
Augusta, da
and by regularly authorized agents throughoatthe
e United States.
(Xp“ Price 25 and 50 cents, and $1 per bottle
g Agents Wanted in every town, village aß( |
~ hamlet in the United States, in which om“ 10 ‘
d already established. Address H. G. Far™ l
above, accompanied with good reference at v
c haracter, responsibility, Ac. died nov
Air Proclamation.—F'riends. c° n;ltl f'
1 men and lovers!—hear me for
I cause, and be silent that you may hear: data*-
prejudice that you may believe, and read facte
t you may act intelligently. Who, that is J®
but values tho luxuriant locks of youth and
■ ty? Who, that is middle-aged, but shudders v
Grey Hairs? Who, that is oil, but: wouldjva*
Baldness ? If any, speak,—for him have
ed As none speak, then none have I ottenK»
: addressing twenty-four million people. q
Not one of these many million who have .
- the virtues of Lyon’s Kathairon, for H, '
Restoring and Beautifying the Hair, bu
) claim its beneficial effects far and noar. ,
. will oonvince the most incredulous, bo Ui '
for 25 cents, by every Druggist in
i D. D. iJAai”--1
Proprietor, 161 Broadway. **
i tC?- Sold by every Druggist m
nov 29 1m ‘ Wholesale
? Worms.-As this is Up
year when worms are e - 3 Ver
! among children, tho proprietors of Mt nt4 tc.
• mifuge beg leave to call the attention P
i its virtues for tne expelling of these
i often fatal enomies of children. H v lt gis':3-
. by a physician of great expenenje
i who, after having used it for severs
own practice, and found itsi success - , s
was induced at last to offer it to the P
cheap but certain and excellent tn ® (lll ' ,i,' e pßii-'
since become justly popular 5h rou .p^ l „, er kno* n '
States as the most efficient \ ermitug i C *ieas°
and the demand has been steadily o
since its first introduction to the P ubil ' d b'ffi 11
Sold by Haviland, Rislev A to., paries
Tutt, Augusta, Ga.; P. M. Cohen A •> .
ton, S. C.; Hill A Smith, Athens, Ga_; »• ' bT ,n
Madison; A. A. Solomons; Sav» n «| n ‘ bost the
Druggists and Dealers in Medicine thr a $
South. 12 -rr^ct-
O. Collins, %“ nia frien d3W
fully call the attention ofae ßoß .
a handsome and fashionable assor ~
nets, Dress Caps, Flowers, Ribbons, #O,
Ac., opposite U. S. Hotel. 1 w
Dr. Van Voorhis has reiu # f
Augusta, and may be t stre et,
fice in Constitutionalist Range, yIcl “ ) ;., ro fe3S 1 f
all hours of the day or pight, when not P w
ally engaged -
Premium Daguerrean Gal
firm of Tucker * KK ary .Tbe i«*‘
been dissolved by limitation la» >r t ofp a J
dersigned will continue to P and fto ®-
uerreotyping in all its various branches, ol
his long practical experience he
His ability to please the most &st.d o“ aIIcr y *|*
The pictures now being taken a sU p e r»>r
pronounced by those who are judges, P bet br*
tone and life-like expression, to any
produced in Augusta. _ , ‘ ‘ jjj please
N.B. Artists purchasing btock, w i rateg{llSl!
in mind that materials a.e sold at 1
•t any other house this side of i> ew