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(From the Journal of Commerce.)
The Tashions.
Paris, July 24.—The fashions for July differ
but littie from those worn during the earlier part
of the season. This being the gayest and most 1
dissipated month, at the watering places, ball |
dresses are ia great demand. They are always i
composed of light materials, and are generally j
less rich than those worn in winter. In a col
lection of ball costumes lately dispatched to the
most frequented of German Spas—Hourbourg,
I noticed one toilette, which, for its taste and
novelty, deserves a description. It is composed
of a white muslin dress, on a white transparent,
with a single flounce, not less than 32 inches
deep, richly embroidered, and lined with white
taffeta. Flounces embroidered in relief, require I
a transparent to support them, when not much
gathered, in order not to conceal the embroidery, j
The body has bretelles, that is to say, the corsage
is trimmed with a plaited Pomadour ribbon, No,
22, beginning at the waist behind, and crossing 5
each shoulder to the waist, forming a V in front; I
this ribbon trimming is terminated by a large
bow, fastened with a clasp of jewelry, imitating
a pink, variegated with hall rubies, half bril
liants.
These clasps are the last novelty in jewelry; |
lor ladies who are fond of costly ornaments, noth
ing can be more appropriate than those we have
seen at Sarrazin’s, 19 Boulevard, St Denis, rep
resenting the various flowers and fruits in pre
cious stones. They are worn as fastenings to
sashes, and also close the Jodies of open dresses.
Light colored silks, such as lilac, blue or green,
of several shades, are also made with one deep
flounce, headed by a large chicoree, made of ribbon.
With this style of dress, the bodies are generally
high and plain, closed with woven buttons. The
corsage ends in a point. The long lappets, form
a point bc-th before and behind, are an ele
gant and becoming novelty. Tffe pagoda sleeve
has at the middle a large buillionne between
chicorees of bibbon, and a similar chicoree at the
end of the sleeve. Silks of a very large plaid are
much worn; the cotsages are open, and orna
mented wich lozenges lormed of a plaited ribbon,
terminated on each side by a narrow black lace.
The sleeve, with an elbow tending to the pagoda
shape at bottom, had a plaited ribbon on each !
seam. At the edge of the sleeve, there are lo
zenges like those on the body, with four butter
fly bows in front and behind. The skirt has
three flounce, decorated with similar lozenges.
The shape of bonnets seldom varies much
when once adopted for the season. Many of the
bonnets made by Madame Montelgaly, 5 Boule
vard des Capucines, who is always distinguished
for her taste and elegance, are depressed a little
centre ol the trout, ala Marie Stuart , which
■ has a very pleasing effect, especially when the
hair is arranged in puffed bandeaus. Tbe crowns
no longer dwindle to nothing towards the top,
but are oval and hang very backward. The in
side ornaments are generally cordons of flowers,
mixed with blonde aud loops of libbon. Forthe
country and watering places, Madame Montel
galy is now makiug bonnets of a tissue of Tuscan
straw, bordered with biack velvet turned over
the edge ol the bonnet, and ends at each side
under a large oriental red or blue poppy. These
poppies are very large, and are without either
jbuds ®r foliage. A deep lace is added as a fall to
the front: inside is a coidon of small poppies ol
the same color as those on the outside Straw
lace trimmings, mixed with bonds of white taf
feta, lorm a very pretty style of bonnet; a white
taffeta ruche is placed on the edge ol the front,
which is covered with straw lace; the curtain is
also bordered with a ruche which meets the one
on the front. Inside is a cordon of velvet but
tons, mixed with pink teiry velvet placed in the
centre of a blonde ruche.
Dresses have a decided tendency to the hoop
—fashion worn by our grandmothers; all the uew
robes, without exception, have in the skirt dress
bands of crinoline, and are worn over stiffly
staiched muslin flounces. Skirts are even made
with whalebones in them, but rows of straw
plaits are preferable. Nearly all the dresses of
light materials are lined with a very thin but
stiff taffeta, made expressly for the purpose.
Robes of barege, tr.uslm, silk, or grenadine, are
accompanied by a petticoat of this stiff' taffeta of
the same color as the dress, and a Inch is gathered
in the same plaits around the waist. Under the
flounces of the dres9 is put a flounce of stiff tulle,
of the color of the robe.
The plaid style ot pattern is the most in favor,
but not the ordinary plaid; the size ot the squares
is extraordinary, three or four plaids forming the
whole skirt of the dress. The camaieu, style, ot
slightly differing shades ot the same color, is pre
fered tor neglige. For fall dress ligh'er colors
are more worn, such as cherry or pink and white,
or steel gray, black and pink. Sometimes the
squares are separated by narrow black fillets.
These plaids are often trimmed with ribbon or
feather fringes, matching the color of the dress.
department of ladies 7 toilette is still
otofery extravagant; but in Paris, in the upper cir
s? cles of fashion, there is a less profuse display ot
puffs and ribbons. The most remarkable feature
rsthe beauty and finish ol the embroidery, and
tbe richness of the lace. The Dutchess sleeves,
(the shape most in favorl are made ot lace and
satin stitch embroidery. Scarf mantlets of white
ier muslin are richly embioidered in satin stitch,
"and have two flounces likewise embroidered.
Bodies,to be worn with colored skirts, are fash
ioned of white quilting, ornamented with braid
across the front, arranged as fiogs, each having a
white passementerie button at the end. The
sleeve is open in the pagoda style, the opening*
held together by' similar buttons to those on tbe
corsage. I have seen several bodies of white
quilting for dishabille , trimmed on the lappets ol
the jacket and at the edges of the sleeve with
bands of English embroidery. For morning
dress, many caps are of silk tulle, white and blue,
white and pink, &c., trimmed with narrow
blonde, and ornamented with ribbonds matching
the color of the cap; the lappets are of tulle edgeci
' with blonde.
The porcelain shops of Furis aie well worthy
of the attention of visitors to the gay metro; ohs.
The tea service in porcelaine mousselim,to be seen
at Bourletts , No. 4 Faubourg Poissonnkre , are ex
quisitely beautiful. All are of the style of Loins
XV, quaint in form and embellished with pas
toral scenes, executed in away which would do
honor to a first rate artist in miniature painting
They are beautiful copies of Wattean style ol
painlings, in voguea hundred years ago.
Fruit Raising in Mississippi. —The Jack
son Mississippiar. contains an interesting letter
of C. E, Hooker, Esq., in regard to this subject,
as happily exemplified in the efforts of Col.
John Hebron, on bis plantation in Warren coun
ty. He describes two beautiful pear orchaids,
in the midst ol the cotton region, numbering in
ail three thousand five hundred trees, the larger
portion of them now in bearing. Tbe nursery
of young trees contains seventy thousand of the
most choice variety of pear, peach, and apple—
forty varieties of each. The fruit has been selec
ted by Col. H. with great care trom tbe varie
ties best suited to the soil and climate ot that
latitude. This new field of labor tor tbe South
Haas yielded an easy and grateful jeturr. to the
pioneer, and the present year’s return is estima
ted at something over five thousand dollars. The 1
writer says :
“ When I qryved at the colonel s house I
-—found him in his piazza with his servants around
him boring cqHruit for market, and in a shoit
while they had piledMp sixteen boxes of line
pears and twenty-four boxes of peaches, yielding
hitn, as he informed me, even at the Vicksburg
market, between seventy and eighty dollars,
equal to three bales of cotton, and gathered by
his bands in about three hours. How much
eaore beautiful a pursuit than the slow and tedi
ous culture of tbe Cotton, with its ever-varying
and fluctuating prices, brought about by causes
over which the producer has less control than
the weeuiator.
“Fruit should be the peculiar food of warm;
latitudes, and nature, with her accustomed ac- !
curacy, has pointed this out by producing it in
such rich luxuriance at the season of the year
when we are parching under the summer sol
ace. It-make tbe mffcts delightful repast for
breakfast, eaten white D& morning dew is fresh
upon it; and we all know that the skill of the .
mttiy cook has never equalled milk and peaches
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for a desert. In a soil like ours, which so kind- <
ly responds to the farmer’s labor, no one can i
have an excuse for not having an orchard on his
place. Some object to raising fruit upon the i
ground that it is unhealthy. Upon suggesting
this to the gentleman about whose orchards I
am now writing, he informed me that in a fami
ly of seventy—freely eating fruit through the
summer—his doctor’s bill for last year was only
three dollaqgfcOne such fact is worth a thousand
theories.”
It has often been -a matter of surprise that
farmers every where do not pay more attention
to the cultivation of fruit. Fruits, as well as
flow’ers, embellished Paradise ; and although ai|
abuse of the special blessing “brought death and
all its woes,” it is still in the power of every
tiller of the soil to have a Paradise of his own
fiom which, as a rational creature, he may ex
tract both health and pleasure.
(From the N. O. Picayune , 12 th inst.)
Further from Mexioo.
We continue this morning the extracts from
the Mexican papers, which were crowded out of
last evening’s edition.
Ihe Eco del Comercio, of the sth, announces
that on the evening of the 2d, the Governor of
V era Cruz received the following telegraphic
despatch from the Minister of War:
Mexico, August 3, 1804.—The Count Raous
set de Boulbon, who landed lately at Guaymas,
in order to put himself at the head of the French
citizens there which had been enlisted to serve
in our army, and with which he rebelled, has
been defeated by Gen. Yanez on the 13th uit.,
when he surrendered with two hundred of his
countrymen, after a combat of two hours, and
the loss of forty-six killed and wounded.
From this despatch, and from the advices rela
tive to the Count which we published in our last
evening’s paper, it is evident there has been
treachery somewhere. The Eco distinctly
i charges it upon the Count, stating that he had
“ committed treason to the government, and to
the country in whose service he had entered,”
but the known character of that country and go
vernment induces us to suspend our judgment
until we shall receive fuller accounts from some
less prejudiced source.
The Indians are committing their depredations
; throughout the States of the Northern frontier.—
An occasional grandiloquent action of their de
feat and utter extermination is published, but
they seem to have numerous lives, for they re
appear at some place not far distant from the
scene of their annihilation. A letter from Chi
huahua gives the following sad picture of its
condition:
The countiy is devastated, the crops destroy
ed, the estates ruined and lost, the herds and
flocks are the prey of the Indian, and a thousand
dangers peril the life of man. The ranchos and
haciendas find no assistance from the towns, and
misery, terror and desolation is slowly penetra
i ting on all sides.
A decree has been issued by the Supreme Go
vernment declaring that all males between the
ages of ten and fifty years must arm themselves
tor the defence of their families and the country.
Farm servants must be mounted and armed at
the expense of their masters,
t In the States of Durango and Zacatecas great
alarm had been caused by the appearance of
i large and well armed bands of savages. In one
; of their encounters the troops were defeated with
considerable slaughter, and the official account
states that the Indians were all armed with ri
des, and that they fired and mancauvred so well
that the officer has no doubt they were com
manded by Americans. In proof of this fact he
states that many of his “ men were wounded in
the region of the heart!”
The town of Copainala in Chiapas was almost
entirely destroyed by a fire a short time since—
seventy-seven houses were consumed. Famine
is threatening the unhappy people of that depart
ment, and the papers already record several
deaths from hunger. The locust continues its
ravages throughout that portion ot Mexico.
It is stated that a company has been formed
by six gentlemen in California with a capital of
$50,000, for the purpose of pumping out and
working the Tajo mine, in the State of Sina
lo. It was formerly worked by Spaniards, and
is reported to have always been very rich in
j yield, but was abandoned during the War of In
dependence, and has not been worked since.
Some one having placed on the army list the
| name of Santa Anna with the title of Captain
i General, the President issued a speciil order to
the Minister of War ordering it to be erased and
i “ General of Division” substituted. The Presi
dent states that he returned to Mexico only to
save her, and speaks of his services in tbe War
of Independence.
Orders of the most contradictory nature are
being continually issue I. On one day it is or
dered that all deserters from the army who shall
present themselves before the 23d September
shall be pardoned; on another prisoners of war,
deserters and even civilians are ordered to be
shot.
A sergeant Lad been shot at Vera Cruz for in
citing the soldiers to rebellion, and at Michocan
a person who had been secretary to one of the
insurgent leaders met tbe same fate.
The Siglo states that Santa Anna had negotiat
ed drafts tor one million of dollars on New York
at 2 per cent, premium.
Yucatan.
Advices from Merida to the sth July had been
received. The war with the Indians continued,
and the Government troops had met with several
disasters. A corps of 365 men had been sent to
attack the headquarters ol the Indians at Chan
Santa Cruz. The Indians fled, and thirsty troops
j on reaching the well drank heartily of the water.
! Very soon the entire command was seized with
colic pains; while in this state they were attack
! ed by the Indians, who pursued them through
; the wilderness for a distance of twenty-five
leagues. Many were killed, some died in the
woods and a portion escaped. Two colonels, Kull
; and Vergara, are reported to have died in tbe
woods.
The troops operating against the Indians were
afterwards reinforced.
San Salvador.
We find in our Mexican exchanges some later
advices from the State of San Salvador.
The commission appointed to seek a new site
forthe city of San Salvador, destroyed a short
time since by an earthquake, had selected the
! plain of Santa Tecla, four leagues distant from
the old site and six leagues from the old port of
Libyrtad. The entire population would remove
to the new city, which will, it is said, be in the
midst of a beautiful country and abundantly sup
plied with pure water from the cascades of the
| neighboring bills.
Another earthquake was felt at Coyutepeque
and in the neighborhood, and a whirlwind had
passed over the country, tearing down some fifty
1 houses. It is estimated that the locust has des
. troyed one-seventh part ot the standing crops in
' San Salvador.
Okra for Printing Paper.— The Baltimore
Ledger of a late date, has the following :
The growing demand for printing paper, and
the present high pr.ces of the article, lemleied it
necessary that some new mateiia! should be
! brought into use, which from its abundance and
cheapness may recommend it to the favar of the
manufacturer. To this end, every experiment
j shouul be tried that they may lead to the dis
j covery of the article so much desired. In the
Southern and Western States, south of the thir
tieth degree of latitude, a garden plant is grown
Irom which printing paper cm be manufactured
j in greater quantities and of a liner quality than
is made from all the materils now used in the
manufacture of that article. The value of this
material as a substitute for hemp has already
been tested, with results highly satisfactory.
The plant referred to, (says the New Orleans
Bulletin,) is the common Okra ol the South
which can be grown in inexhaustible qunanti-’
! ties. We have seen specimens of hemp manu
; factured froorit, as well as small quanti.es of the
dressed fibre. What we saw was'long, white and
j strong, and seemed well calculated to make ex
; ceilent rope. We do not see why it will not
I ma ke good paper. Will some enterprising in
dividual try the experiment ? It is certainly
worth the trial.
t ® OWnes — The death of Commodore
John Downes at the Navy Yard, Charlestown, is
announced as having occurred Saturday. This
officer bore a conspicious part in the noted
cruise of the frigate Essex, while under the com
mand of Captain (afterwards Commodore) Da
vid Porter, in the South Pacific. The Essex
; sailed from the Capes ot Delaware, October 28
! I 8 *?. Lieut. Downes was the first officer of the
ship, and served with great credit to himself du
ring the cru.sa. He was in the command of the
Essex Junior, a prize to the frigate, during the
memorable battle of the latter with the English
j ships ot war Phcebe and Cherub, in the harbor
|of Valparaiso, on the 28th of March, 1815. In
• the height of the battle, Lieut. Downes pro
ceeded from his own vessel to the Essex to con- I
suit Captain Porter as to his movements, but j
was instructed by the latter, after he had been ‘|
on board about ten minutes to return to his own
ship, to be prepared for defending and destroying
her in case of attack. Captain Porter remrrk
ed in his report to the Navy Department 1 “To
possess the Essex it ha 3 cost the British Govern
ment near six millions of dollars.”
(From the Savannah Morning News.)
and Crops in Western Georgia.
Hamilton, August 12.
Mr. Editor , Dear Sir : —Now, while the “ ex
ceeding warm weather” is a topic of universal
comment, I will give you an item concerning
the same. More than four weeks have elapsed
shlce any rain has fallen here, and during the en
tire interval, the sun’s rays have been alarmingly
intense. No drouth ever occuring in this sec
tion, has been so sudden in its facilities. Within
one week after the last rain, the corn was wilted
and drooping;the small streams had almost ceased
to flow, and the earth was in a state of pulveri
zation. Now the very weeds are withered and
dying in the fields; the unripe fruit shrivels and
falls to the ground; the dumb beasts seem to
comprehend that ell is not right, and lounge
about in the fence corners, and in the shade,
with scarcely energy sufficient to enable them to
drag one hoof after another.
How long such a state of affairs may continue,
we wot not. Yesterday' evening there was a
slight thundering toward the Sou’h, and a slight
dropping, but no rain. Crops aie as good as could
be expected, in view ot the circumstances, and j
would have been very fair, but for the present !
drouth. The fodder crop will not be good, hav- j
ing in a great measure been burned up on the
stalk before the corn had ripened enough to ad
mit of its being pulled.
[From the Savannah Morning News J
Death by Lightning.
Pond Town, Sumpter Co., August 10.
Me. Editor:— Dear Sir :—On Tuesday eve
ning, the Bth iust., two persons were killed
by lightning near the school house, at Eb
ejiezer Church in this county. The scholars
were i t play during the evening recess, when
the lightning struck four large pine trees, un
der the shade of which the boys were playing
and one of the scholars, named Smith and, a
grandson of the late Maj. Lovett B. Smith, and
the teacher, Mr. William Champion, were in
stantly killed.
All the scholars in the vicinity were prostra
ted, and several rendered insensible for a consid
erable period, One of the boys, a son of Mrs.
Mary Cottle, was struck in the region of the
kip by tbe electric fluid, which coursed down
his leg, leaving a bright red stripe, and„ tearing
his shoe in pieces. He was, however, able to
walk home.
Mr. Champion was standing about four feet
from the trees, and the boy Smith was sitting
on the ground, with his back resting against
the tree. Restoratives were applied, but in
vain.
It is strange that, with so many warnings,
people should expose themselves, or allow oth
ers to do so, by remaining near a tree during a
thunder storm. Yours, M.
Explosion and Fire at.thi Natvt Yard.
—Preparations have been made for casting a
cylinder for the United States Steamship Fulton
now lying at the Navy Yard, a large number of
iadies and gentlemen proceeded thither on yes
teiday afternoon, to witness the operation.—
The Commandant of the station, Captain Paul
ding, together with other officers, were likewise
present. About five o’clock the workmen com
menced running the metal into the mould,
which had been sunk into the trench for that
purpose. The contents of the two furnaces
were required for the cylinder. Nearly two
; thirds ot the requisite quantity of material had
been poured into the mould, when suddenly a
stream of it burst upward to the wooden braces
and rafters thirty or forty feet from the ground.
[ The volume of burning liquid increased, and but
. a few seconds elapsed, betore the roof was in
| flames which rapidly extended over the build
ing, which is sixty by one hundred feet in di
mensions.
The bursting was caused by the generation of
• steam in the mould, the sand composition which
was unintentionally damp.
i The spectators and workmen directly they
1 saw the eruption, retreated ; and when, fortu
. nately, all of them were out of harm’s way,
> the mould burst with a dull, heavy sound, heav
• ing up the burning contents, and scattering
them over the floor. The engineer prudently
> let off the steam from the engine, to guard
against further damage.
The entire wood work of the foundary, inclu
- the roof, was destroyed, notwithstanding the ac
, tive exeitions of the firemen and the hundreds
of persons employed in the yard.
Tbe model and finishing department, which
adjoins the foundry, was saved from damage,
particular attention having been bestowed upon
! It.
Several of the persons working at the fire,
were cut on their heads and hands by pieces of
slate which fell from the foundry roof.
The loss to the government is considerable;
not only in the building, but in machinery and
moulds.— Washington Sentinel , August 12.
(From the Charleston Courier )
Th® Weather and Crops.
We have been favored with the subjoined let
ter dated
Lawtonvillf., August 5, 1854.
Editors of the Charleston Courier :
Gentlemen:—The Corn crops in this section,
and as far as I have heard, were never known to
be better. The late rains com'ng just at the
most critical time, made our Corn fill out well,
and I think, without any unexpected occurrence,
the yield will be heavy, and our planters will not
be as scarce as they have been during the pre
sent year.
Cotton looks well, and we anticipate a fair
crop, although excessive/late rains may yet very
materially injure the crop and cause it to shed
and “rust.” We hope, however, forthe best.
A word in regard to the Charleston and Sa
| vannah Railroad. 1 think, as a private citizen,
that Charleston will lose much, by not running
the road through this section of country. I
think I can in truth say, that from the middle of
Barnwell District to Purisburg, on the Savannah
River, is a flourishing and prosperous a section,
as we have in the State, and not surpassed in the
amount of Cotton made, which we have been
anxious to send to the Charleston market for
years past, but owing to the trouble and expense
of re shipping in Savannah, have been preven
ted doing. We have here large and flourishing
country stores; a vast number of large and weal
thy families, who buy all of their supplies in Sa
vannah, and I think the small difference in run
ning a road by here, would be handsomely repaid
from our section of country. I merely state
these few things as a private citizen, not preten
ding to be well versed about such matters. *
Your valaable paper is a regular visitor, and I
only regret that our mail arrangements are such,
that we only have a weekly communication
with Charleston, and therefore receive all ot our
papers at one time.
With continued kind wishes, I am, very re
spectfully, your young friend.
A. B. E.
The Barnwell Sentinel of the 12th instant
says:
“The weather has moderated considerably.—
The nights are quite cool, and the days are now
tolerable. The corn crop is now made, and we
understand will be very tine. This is good news,
as horses.hogs or anything else can fatten on corn
at one dollar per bushel. From our different cor
respondents we learn too, the cotton crop, though
injured by wet weather and grass in the spring
will be fine. We hear of no worms as yet,
though the rust has appeared in some parts of the
district.”
Superior Court.— Our Superior Court ad
journed on Friday last, until the 4th Monday in
November.
Boyd, who was convicted of the Murder of
Deputy Sheriff Robinson as “principal in the se
cond degree,” has been sentenced by Judge
Crawiord to b? hung on the 27th of September.
We understand his counsel have taken the
requisite steps to carry his case to the Supreme
Court.
Thos. J Terry, who was convicted of Invol
untary Manslaughter, and sentenced to two
years’ imprisonment in the Penitentiary, will
carry his case to the Supreme Court, and has
given bail to abide the decision of that tribu
hal.
Bertram, Langford and Fields, all of whom
were convicted at the Present Term, and sen
tenced to confinement in Penitentiary, left the
city on Saturday in charge of the Penitentiary
Guard.— Columbus Enquiry, 15th inti,
AUGUSTA, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 17,1854. ,
Map of Georgia.
Mr. Courtenay has presented us with a copy
of Bonner's new Map of Georgia, and requests
us to inform subscribers that they can obtain
copies by calling at the Young Men’s Library
Room.
Fifty Dollars Reward.
We are requested to state, that the above re
ward will be paid lor proof to conviction, of the
person or persons, who recently spiked one ot
the brass cannon, ia the care of the Washington
Artillery. We hope the reward offered will lead
to the discovery of the guilty party ; should it do
so, we will, as far as the circulation of our paper
extends, give him au unenviable notoriety.
The Mails.
Uncle Sam's mails are out of joint in more
States than Georgia. We yesterday received co
pies of the daily St. Louis Democrat , from the
first to the tenth of August—nine papers by one
mail! At what office have they been detained?
New Books.
Messrs. T. Richards & Son have laid on our
table the following recent publications:
Sandwich Island Notes, by A. Haole. Harper
A Brothers.
This is a.handsomely illustrated volume, giving
a full description of the Sandwich Islands, and
the manners and customs of the inhabitants.
The writer is of opinion that the Hawaiian Isl
ands will soon form a portion of the United
States, and that the possessors of them will be
masters of the Pacific. It is an interesting and
pleasantly writ*-., work.
History of Pyrrhus; by Jacih Abbott.
Another of the series of Abbott’s admirable
histories, and published in uniform manner with
those which have preceded it.
Ttconderoga ; or, the Black Eagle : A Ro
mance of the days not far distant; by G. P. R.
James, Esq.
An American novel from the pen of this pro
lific and distinguished author. Mr. James seems
to have left the “two men on horse back,” in
his native country, as they do not appear in the
opening scenes of the present work. We have
not had leisure to do more than glance over the
pages of “Ticonderoga,” but we anticipate much
pleasure in its perusal.
Harpers’ Gazattkerof the World. Nos. 2
and 3.
We have belore expressed our opinion as to
the excellance of this work. No. 3 continues
nearly through the letter D.
Bills Lost—Will They Come up Again.
During the session of Congress which has just
closed, the following important bills were lost:
The Texas Debt bill, appropriating $8,500,-
000.
The Homestead biil.
The River and Harbor biil, $2,700,000, ve
toed.
French Spoliation bill, $5,000,000.
R r rsay California Mail Route bill.
Shanghai Steamship bill.
Weekly Mail to California bill.
Ocean Steamship bill, $850,000. —’
Pacific Railroad b il.
To increase Rates of Postage.
Capt. Duncan Ingraham’s Resolutions.
Minnesota Railroad bill, repealed.
None of the bills making land grants for Rail
roads were passed.
The Baltimore Patriot says:—“A question is
likely to grow up in regard to the right of recon
sidering these important questions at the next
session of the present Congress. It has been de
termined that the unfmi&hedimsiness of the first
session otja Congress Res over properly until the
second. Under the. decision the bills which
were pending during the present session, will, of
course, take their proper place upon the calendar
of the next. But arile of Congress limits the
right to move a reconsideration to a particular
number of days after the defeat of the bill, and
the session has expired before that term of limi
tation has run out. The question then will be
whether the recess of Congress should run
against the right to reconsider? Or, whether
the recess should be regarded as Parliamentary
diet non not to be estimated at all in the term of
limitation? VVe should think that the right to
reconsider within the specified limitation attach
es to the particular bills, and will continue until
the expiration of the number ot legislative days
limited, the recess not counted. Under
this opinion, the various bills lost may, at the
pleasure ot Congress, be called up fqj reconsider
ation, and placed in their proper position. The
principal effect of this view will be that these
measures will escape s he tedium and danger of
legislative navigation and thus secure an eailier
decision.”
Non-Commissioned Army Officers will be
glad to learn that there was an appropriation in
the Army Bill, which enables the President with
the consent ot the Senate, to confer the brevet of
second lieutenant upon such meritorious non
commissioned officers as may, under regulartions
to he established, be brought before an army
board, composed of four officers of rank, speeia'ly
convened tor the purpose, and be found qualified
for the duties of commissioned officers; and to
attach them to regiments, as supernumerary of
ficers according to the provisions of the fourth
section of the ret of 1812.
And the rank and file, will also be glad to
! learn of a section which increases the pay of
j soldiers employed on fortifications, in surveys, in
! cutting roads, and other constant labor,of not less
than ten days, to twenty-five cents per day for
; men employed as laborers and teamsters, and j
! forty cents per day when employed as mechanics
j at all stations east of the Rocky mountains, and
to thirty-five and fifty cents j>er day, respective
ly, when the men are employed at stations west
of those mountains.
Price or Public Lands. —Among the acts
of the late session of Congress published says
the National Intelligencer, is one of much im
portance, which should not escape the attention
of the reader. It effects a complete revolution I
in the laud system of the United States, and in
our judgment supersedes the. necessity for the
I Homestead Bill, which was left among the un
finished business on the tables of Congress.
VVe allude to the act to gtaduate and reduce j
the piice of the public lands to actual settlers
and-cultivators, (commonly known as Mr.
Cobb’s Bill.) This act fixes the price of the
public lands hereafter according to the following !
seale:
Land which has been in market ten years or
upwards, one dollar per acre ; if in market fifteen
years or upwards, seventy-five cents ; if in mar
ket twenty years or upwards, fifty cents per
acre; if in market twenty-five years or upwards,
twenty-five cents , if in market thirty years or
more, twelve and a hnll cents per acre.
Under this act, railroad grants and mineral
lands are not to be entered, and not more than
three hundred and twenty acres can be acquired
by any one person. The prices fixed above are
simi ar to those in Mr. Hunter’s substitute sor 4 the
Homestead Bill.
New Cotton. —The first bale of new Cotton
this season, says the Montgomery Advertiser of
14tn inst., was received in this city yesterday,
from the plantation of Mrs. R. C. Shorter, and i
was sold at auction by Messrs. Lee & Norton, <
Mr. W. J. Ridgill being the purchaser, at 9} ct*. I
It* quality «a« Middling fair. a
Savannah River Valley Railroad. 2
We publish below a communication from a s
friend, who feels a deep interest in this road, and r
who, from experience, has selected Augusta as his
market to deal in. Gur citizens should also feel
a deep interest in the completion of this road, for 1
it is one of great importance to the City of Au- ‘
gusta, and when finished, will bring produce to
the value of millions, of which we now see
nothing. Finish this road, and the projected one
from Columbia to Augusta, and our city will be !
made not onfy the great depot for the products
of the West, but the thoroughfare of travellers j
from the West, North, East and South.
(communicated)
Montery, (L C.) Aug. 13, 1854.
Mr. Editor: —l am amazed at the apathy
and indifference which the citizens of Augusta
and Savannah manifest towards building the Sa
vannah Valley Railroad. A Railroad that runs
through the most beautiful and wealthy pprtion
of South Carolina; tapping the great Rabun
Gap road at Anderson, and causing this artery to
pour the wealth of Tennessee, Kentucky and
Ohio into the lap of Augusta, making her the
great reservoir, the place for concentration and ;
distribution of her produce. This Railroad is ot I
more importance to Augusta than ail the roads j
put together in which she is interested. It will j
bring Cincinnati two hundred miles nearer to j
Augusta than Baltimore, even after that great ;
road is completed. It will place Savannah on !
an equal footing with Charleston. But you say j
the Greenville road intends connecting Green
wood with Aiken—this will give the Greenville
road the advantage in distance, granted; but it
would be so smaii an advantage, taking into con
sideration the competition of the Augusta mar
ket, and the serpentine course of the Greenville
road, that the Valley road would still have the
advantage; besides, the Greenville Company
have as much of a load now as they can wag under
and if the Valley road is built, I have no fears
that the connection will ever be built between
Greenwood and Aiken.
I have been informed, if the charter would al
low the Valley road to cross at Fury’s Ferry: j
that Augusta would take a deep interest in the i
matter. This would find no opposition above !
Hamburg, but I have no idea that the Legisla- !
ture of South Carolina would allow this, after j
having invested so largely in the Rabun Gap and
Greenville roads. I say lam amazed. Vou ap- j
pear to think that all you have to do is to allow j
the planters to build the road ; that you are con- ,
ferring a special favor in allowing us to sell our
Cotton in your market, and buy our Groceries
from your merchants, as we have been compell- I
ed to do in days of yore, but the people of Au
gusta must recollect, that this is a progressive
age. Abbeville, and all the country above, have
now’ Railroad facilities, and many planters that
once sent their Cotton to Augusta are now send
ing it to the Grenvilie road. You say this is a
small matter, so it is, but the earth is composed
of grains of sand, so is the sea of drops of water.
VVe all, up and down the Savannah river, are at
tached to your people, to your straight-forward
way of doing business; but we must have Rail
road advantages.
Now, 1 am neither a prophet, nor the son of a
prophet, but mark my prediction; if Augusta
does not put her shoulder to the v heel, the Le
gislature of South Carolina will amend the char
ter not to cross at Fury’s Ferry, no. Cast your
; eye at the sketch of the Savannah Valley road,
by Tuttle and Arms, you will see the South Ca
ll rolina Railroad makes a sharp angle at Aiken to
. reach Augusta. Now let this road continue
, straight on, and you wiil perceive that it inter
s sects the Valley road about ten miles below
r Dow’s. This will accomodate the principal sub
, scrihers in Edgefield. This road will give the
r Valley route not only twenty-eight miles which
j she would have by Hamburg, but at least forty
. miles advantage over the Greenville road. This
, will save again the very expensive portion of
! the road ten miles above Hamburg, which is said
r will cost thirty thousand dollars per mile. This
, alteration will at once do away with the Rabun
j- Gap Company objection. This company would
j long ago have taken the balance of the stock, and
, built the road, but that it w’as bringing Augusta
I and Savannah into competition with its own
j terminus. Charleston.
In conclusion, I prefer the Savannah Va 1 ley
( Railroad should terminate at Hamburg or Au
gusta, but if Augusta will not come forward and
help with her mite to build the road, I, for one,
, will go for altering the charter, though I will
hate to give Hamburg the go-bye, as she has the
„ honor of starting the project; yet, necessity
knows no law, and in obedience to that law l
submit. L.
, Mysterious Post Office Affair. — A pack
i age containing over eight thousand dollars, was
[• mailed at the Baltimore office, several days ago,
for the North. The package failed to reach its
, destination, but it is known that it reached Phil
adelphia. It is said that one of the checks in the
package was presented at the Philadelphia Bank
and was paid. This relieves the Baltimore office
from all censure or suspicion. The whole affair
I thus far, is shrouded in mystery.
Old Scriven.
VVe find the following article in the Central
i Georgian, published at Sandersville. Much has
j been published by malicious persons, calculated
i to injure the citizens of Scriven in a moral point
of view, but if what is published below is correct
i information, the residents of Sylvania, may well
Ibe pioud of their locality. -
Soiireu County.
In Sylvania. there are three good hotels, one
well supplied dry goods and grocery store, a fine !
academy, and a well attended school,two church- '
es in use and one under way, four efficient attor
neys, and two doctors. As regards the health pf
the county, it was never better—as regards the
crops, the man has yeW° be found that will say j
they ever were better, and as regards the morals I
i of the county, I say of my own knowledge they ,
never were s good. Not a drop of spirits has :
I been sold in Sylvania ior months, and but very i
little in the county. Nogambling, no horse ra”-
| cing or cock fighting; and at least two thirds of
adults, both white and black are members of,
some one of the three churches. A great revival
| the Methodist E. Church, closed on Sunday !
j night last, after a continuance of nine days. The j
ministers were few, but they had faith. God bless- |
ed them ! Sinners were convicted, mourners
converted, backsliders reclaimed and the church j
Jaciously built up, and sixty-nine joined the |
nrurch. It was a real old time meeting, such as j
the Good Lord loves to look on. The people j
i stopped at the church most all day, where dinner 1
and melons were provided by Judge Henry Ma- j
ner, and others, for the attendants w hich were
not a few. Better order never prevailed in such
an immense congregation. Mr. Longstreet, will
you tear out the leaf in your work and burn it
j and insert this in its stead ? J. G. ’
Burning of a Ship at Sea.— The California
mails brings particulars of the destruction of the ' i
ship Townsend, of Boston, bound for San Fran- 1
cisco, and the loss of half her crew—the others
having to sail over six hundred miles in open 1
boats. The ship was 82 days out, off South
America coast, when she was discovered to be on
fire. Attempting to extinguish it were vain. f
So rapid and fearful was the work of the fire -
that in less than 3 short hours after leaving her, <
the once noble ship was reduced to a floating hulk
of ftames, a melancholy s'ght, leaving twenty
four souls in open boats, upon the wide ocean, I J
add 580 miles from the nearest land Out of the 1
24 only half reached the island of Massafuera !
alive when they were taken to Valparaiso in a '
most destitute condition.
(Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun )
Boston, Aug. 13. —Arrival of the Cyane. —The (
U. S. steamer Cyane arrived at the Charlestown
Navy Yard to-day. Mr. Fabens, U. S. Com
mercial Agent from Greytown, was a passenger
by the Cyane. Has on board tire remains of
Purser Ashman, and also the body of Felix
Hewlett, the boatswain, who died on the passage
since having Aspinwall. The Cyane hove to,
July 26th, for steamer El Dorado, which sent on
board for supply of provisions. Spoke 4th Au
gust barque Frederick Warren, (rom Orleans to
Amsterdam, in bad condition; would probably
lay up.
The Boston steamer Osprey, hence for Phila
delphia, came in collision with the brig Fanny
last evening at the Narrows. Both vessels were
injured. The steamer put in for repairs, and will
be detained several days.
Boston, Aug. 12. The Cholera. —The cholera I
cases and deaths in this city continue to de
crease ; during the forty-eight hours ending at
noon to day, there were only six deaths.
A son ol Charles Francis Adams, Ksq , and
j his lady, were thrown from a carriage, this
! morning, and both much injured—the son, it is
supposed, badly.
The Grand Jury, it is believed, intended to
i make a thorough investigation ot the case of
j Crane, late president of the Vermont Central
. road, who, it will be recollected, stands charged
with issuing traudulently several thousand shares
of the stock of the company
Ihe packet ship Star of Empire arrived here ;
this morning from Liverpool, bringing seven 1
hundred passengers—all of them in good health. |
Cincinnati, Aug. 13. —Know Nothings among I
■ the Ohio Democracy. —The Democratic Conven- j
I tion oi Hamilton county met at Carthage yes- I
j terday, tor the purpose ol nominating candidates
! for county officers and Congress The eommit
! tee on resolutions reported the Baltimore plat
| lorm.
j As soon as the afternoon proceedings com
| menced, great excitement prevailed. The "Know
I Nothing” question was introduced, ami the or
! ganization denounced. Charley Kemelin, one
i of the delegates, said that it was inconsistent to
| denounce this organization, while the Democrats
I had a secret organization, referring to the Mia- :
| mi Tribe; of which Uuited States Senators were j
| members, and George E. Pugh, chief. The lie !
: was given to this assertion, and Kemelin was at- j
' tacked and linaily lied, after which the Conven- j
| tion brok up in a row, without nominating or ;
passing resolutions.
Boston, Aug. 13. —Destructive Fire at Cam- l
bridgtpotl, Mass —A most destructive fire oc
i curred at Cambridgeport last night. It com
; menced in Pike’s stables, opposite the Watson j
House, and consumed the whole square, bounded ;
j by Essex, Main, Norfolk, and Tustin streets, cov- I
j ering about two and a half acres of ground.
Among the buildings destroyed are the Odd- j
Fellows’ Hall, Cambridge Omnibus Company’s j
j stores, Wood’s stables, and a large number ot
j s ores and dwellings. The loss is estimated at
1 ; $500,000.
Boston, Aug. 12 —Workings of the Maine'
Liquor Law. —Z. B. Porter, the well known
landlord of the Market Hotel in Cambridge, w.-s
' j arrested yesterday and tried before the Justice’s
1 j Court for eighteen violations of the liquor law,
; and found guilty on all the counts. On the first
he was fined ten dollars and costs, with one
j thousand dollars bonds. On the second count
1 ; he was lined twenty dollars and costs—and on
I i the sixteen other couuts each twenty dollars
. j and costs, with three months in jail, amounting
■ in all to a fine ot three bundled and fifty dollars,
. | and four years’ imprisonment. Mr. Porter ap
! pealed from ut,d gave bonds in six huudted dol
• 1 bars to prosecute his appeal.
New Yoke, Aug. 12 —Mortality in N. York.
| —The total number of deaths in thiscity for the
1 week ending to-day at noon has been 1,041, ot
1 j which 265 were caused by cholera. This is a
■ ! decrease from last week of ovpr 30 cholera deaths.
- I Os the total number, 93 occurred on Ward’s
r ! Island.
! Raleigh, Ang. 12. —North Carolina Election
> j Unofficial returns trom the whole State have
- ! been received. Bragg’s (dem.) majority over
j ! Dockery (whig) is 2,055. The Senate, com
e posed ot 50 members has 30 democrats to 20
wings. The House, composed of 120 members,
has 65 democrats to 55 whigs, making 20 demo
-1 cratic majority on joint ballot.
• Albany, Aug. 12 The Cholera Disappearing
e from Albany. —The cholera has almost entirely
, disappeared from this city. Since noon Wed
-1 nesday last there were reported to the Boafcd oi
Y Health thirty-seven cases—only 7of which ter
s minated fatally. In the several cities north of
,f Albany the disease is also reported as on the de
. dine.
u
s Fire.—At about eleven o’clock, yesterday
a morning, a fire, supposed to have been caused by
_j children playing with matches, broke out in a
j wooden building in Sires street, in Ward No. S
belonging to Mrs Salters, and occupied by color
a ed people. It was partly consumed, and the
i buijding to the north of it slightly injured.—
Char. Cour ., 1 0th inst.
| Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.]
Baltimore, Aug. 14. The Cholera not in Bal-
I timore. — Notwithstanding all rumors to the con
, trary, the public may rest assured that there is
I no cholera >n this city.
New York, Aug. 14.—The steamship Isabel,
i Capt. Rollins, and the barque Jasper, Capt.
r Bennett have arrived at this poit from Charles
[ ton.
[Telegraphed for the Baltimore Patriot.]
Philadelphia, Aug. 14 —Later from South
America. —The barque Venezuela, arrived here
to-day with advices from Porto Cabello to the
, 26th ult.
s The republic was in a state of revolution.—
. Several skirmishes had taken place in the sev
eral provinces between the government troops
and the insurgents.
Quite a sanguinary and destructive battle oc
» curred, which resulted in the total defeat of the
r ! revolutionists.
A universal dislike appears to prevail in re
! gard to the government.
A number were killed and wounded on both
| sides in the various conflicts, but the insurgents
I I suffered most.
Business generally was dull. Coffee rather
| scarce and held higher.
Sales of Hides at 164 cents per lb., which is
1 | high. They are scarce and in active request. ;
i she crops promise fairly. But little sickness
al Laguyra ami Porto Cabello.
! The Petersburg Intelligencer says: On Fri- j
i day evening Mr. Bruce, the president of the
| Union Agricultural Society of Virginia and North j
I Carolina, ; in bis address, recommeuded the pur- j
chase, by all means, of an experimental farm by '
the societyr The next day (Sunday) it was de- j
termined to raise the sum of fifteen thousand I
dollars for the purpose, and on yesterday (Mo i- j
day) a committee went to work upon the busi- i
ness, and in an hour or two obtained subscrip- !
tions in the city to the amount of five thousand
dollars.
Gave Him the Mitten.—"Ah.| mon dieu ! j
mon meu, ' said Monsier Melemots to his friend I
Sniftins, “ My sweetheart have give me de mi'- 1
i *««>•”
“Indeed— how did that happen?”
j . ' ed, I thought 1 must go to make her von i
! be ‘° e f eav< ; [own ;so 1 step in de side of
: d , e ,°° u m ’ a . nd dare 1 behold her beautiful pairson i
; stretch out on von lazy
“A lounge, you mean.”
Ah, yes—-von lounge. And den I make von j
l very polite branch, and—”
“You mean a polite bow.”
Ah, yes von bough. And den I say I vas ver j
sure she vouid be rotten, if I did not come to!
; see her before I—”
“You said what ?”
( t said she would be rotten, if—”
That’s enough. You have ‘you have put ’
j ybur foot into it,’ to be sure.” (
j ( No, sare I put my foot out of it, for she says (
she would call her sacre big brother and keek me j ]
out, be gar. Iha I intended to say mortified , but
I could not think of de void, and mortify and rot j
is all de same as von in my didonaire.'’
f/ \ BBLS. Crushed and Powde;ed Sugar; 25 t
• v/ bbls. White Clarified Sugar, a nice article
f r preserving. Just received by
je*27 DAWSON & SKINNER. .
c: / X / Wi/ A LBS. choice Bacon Sides; I
OUA/UU 2,000 bbls. Corn. For sale by
SCRANTON, SEYMOUR A CO. b
je9 No. 2 Warren Block.
PI ke-s mag nob i a whisky lolTbbia J
in store and for sale by
jy2l DAVIS, KOLB A FANNING.
BYTKLF.GRAPII
Charleston, Ang. IC.
Cotton.—Sales to day 300 bales at 7 4 to 101
cents.
SAVANNAH, August 15.— Cotton.— No sales reported
to-day.
Skipping jintftligrr.ff.
ARRIVALS SROM CHARLESTON.
Steamship Isabel, Rolliur, New York
Barque Jasper, Bennett, New Yoik
Sclir J Darling, Smith, Wilmington.
CLEARED EOR CHARLESTON.
Schr Ahby Lindsley, Chase, New York.
IP fOR CHARLESTON
Brig Cleopatra, , Richmond. Va.
CHARLESTON, August 16.—Arrived, steamships Ma
rion, Foster, New York ; Tennessee, Parrish. Baltimore;
Bp. brig Mallorqnin, Capdebon, St. Johns, P R.
Cleared, Oideu barque Ammerlaud, Guthere, Bre
men; sehr. N. W. Smith, Hobart New York.
Went to Sea, brig Horace Greelv. Smith, Georgetown
SAVANNAH. August 15.—Arrived, steamship Florida,
Woodhull, New York; schrs. Cotton Plant, Arnaud,
Burnt Fort, Lia ; W. D. Jenkins, Torn, Brunswick, Ga
Cleared, schr. J. W- Anderson, Watson, Darien, to
load for Baltimore.
Arrivals at the Stone Mountain Hotel
Clark A Hitchcock, Proprietors.
August 14, 1854.
| C. S. Barrett, Montgomery, Ala.; B. G. Farly,
! do.; R. J. Cochran, Augusta; Mrs. Van Winkle,
i do.; Mrs. Blodget, do.; Mrs. Kenrick and Son, do;
• H. A. Mealing, do.; J. C. Clark, do ; 0 11. Brad
ford Mobile, Alabama; E. W. ilayle, New York;
G. H. Rogers, Conn.; W. B. Cara and Lady, Madi
son; X. Beman, Hancock, co ; Miss Wiley, do.;
Miss Beman, do; W. G. Wiley, do ; S. J. Harris,
do; Mrs. Grimes and Daughter; G. AY. Crawford,
Lady, Daughter, Son and servant, Belair; Miss
Cone and servant, Greensboro’; D. M. Bunks, Ala.;
Miss S. E. Bank- 1 , do.; Mrs. Tarver, aid ser
vant, do.; Dr. J. A. Roberts, Cuba ; *J Steel, do.;
J. H. Jones, Gi.; W. Jones, do.
I < omos & Co's.. Southern Express.—
I We will forward all Goods consigned
j to us to be expressed from Charleston, free of
; Uominision, charging only Ship Freight and Whar
j sage. (jy27lm) Combs &. Co.
; Cool."—J. M. Newby & Co.
i have a few Coats, Pants, and Vests let
I to suit the thermometer at 96 97 and 98. jyl
i Dr. A. It. Montgomery offers his
i Professional services to the citizens of
I Augusta and vicinity, lie -may be found at the
; office of Dr. Ford, when not professionally engaged
maj 9 ts
| Raps Wanted.—Cotton, Linen, bilk
and Woollen Rags Wanted. Also, old
I Rope, Bagging. Wrappers, Salt Sacks, aud other
' paper maker’s stock. The highest cash prices paid.
| jylS WM. 11. PRITCHARD.
Daguernan Gallery.—Tho
*. Undersigned having recently pur
j chased of Mr. E. S. Dodge his interest in tno gal
i lory so long and favorably known as Dodge’s Da
; guerroan Gallery respectfully informs his friends
and tho public that he is now prepar d to produce
’ those superior DAGUERREOTY PES, so much ad
' mired for thoir faithfulness and beauty of finish,
and solicits their patronage.
' j Having for many years past prosecuted the art
1 | successfully, he flatters hims-if chat with his large
s sxy-light, aud every other facility desirable, he will
; be able to give his patrons likeness more life-like
, than those taken at any other establishment in the
. j Southern country.
. ! All are invited to call and examine specimens
Pictures taken at all hours of tho day.
Gallery at Post Office Corner over Clarke A Co s
Jewelry Store.
j. dec 25 ts AVM. 11. CHALMERS.
1 AV«* have commenced drawing Soda
Water at our Counter.
- D. B. PLUMB 4 CO.
! Premium Oaguer wan Gallery.—The
i firm of Tucker A Perkins having
i | been dissolved by limitation last February .The un
' I dersignod will continue to practice the art ofDag
uerreotyping in all its various branches, and from
. ’ his long practical experience ho feels confident of
; his ability to please the most fastidious.
S j The pictures now being takon at this Gallery are
* j pronounced hr those who are judges, superior in
; tone and life like expression, to any ever before
r\ produced in Augusta. Isa ac Ti cker.
f i N.B. Artiste purchasing Stock, will please bear
. : in mind that materials are sold at low, r rates than
;; at any other huuso this side of Now A’ork may
Sf”T^. Ca,ih PalJ i ' ur WOOLLEN, LINEN,
l! ; COTTON and SILK RAGS, by
- i E. CAMPFIELD,
ian 20 ts Corner River and Jackson at
OFFICE OF THE AUGUSTA SOUTfI-WES
Y ! TERN FLANK ROAD,
a np»IE AUGUSTA SOUTH-AYESTLrtN PLANK
g 1 ROAD being now open for travel, from Au
I gusta to the Richmond Factory, a di lance of ten
1 miles, the Board of Directois have established the
e i following rates of toll :
For Saddle Horse and rider, 1 cent per mile, or 10
| cents tor whole distance.
; For vehicle of any kind, and one horse, Ifc. per
j mile, or 15 cents whole distance.
_ : For vehicle, 2 horsos, 3c. per mile, or 30c. whole
distance.
For vehicle with -J or l horses, 4 jc, per mile, or 4»
cents whole distance.
For vehicle with 5 or 6 horses, 7U> per mile, or 75
> cents the whole distance.
• For loose horses, je. per mile, or sc. whole dist’ce.
- Neat cattle, Jo. per head, per mile, sc. “ “
Hog’, ic. per head, per mile, 2je, “ “
Sheep, jc. per head, per mile, 2Jc “ “
Persons coming to, or returning from Augusta,
r 4 who use no other part of the road except that from
. Butler’s Crook to the K chuu nd Factory, will be
' charged double the above rates over that part of
the road, as follows;
Saddle Horse aud rider. sc. from Creek to Creek.
Vehicle of any sari and l lore, 10c. from Creek to
■ j Creek.
5 j Vehicle of any sort, 2 horses, 20c. from Creek to
| Crook.
I Vehicle of any kind. 3 or 4 horses, 30 cents from
> ! Creek to Creek.
| Vehicle of any kind, 5 orli horses, 45 cents from
, Creek to Creek
| Persons residing between Augusta and Richmond
Factory may, on application to the Secretary, oa
, ; tain tickets to suit the distance they intend to us a
’ | tho road.
i From Augusta to Savannah road, 4 cents for each
r horse.
I From Augusta to P. Buisclair’s Mill, sc. for each
i | horse.
i From Augusta to the road from Rod’s to Bellville
Factory, 7c. for each horse.
[ From Augusta to Butler’s Creek, 10c. per horse,
j A wagon with 4 horses will be charged only for 3.
j A wagon with 6 horses will be charged only for 5.
| From the above charges a discount of 20 per ct.
will be allowed to those who buy $5 worth of tiek
j ets at a time, which mav )>e had on application to
j tho becretary
All persons trespassing, or passing over the road
| without having paid the above rate of toll, are lia
i 1° ; l h no °t ten dollars for each act of trespass,
j * )e proceeded against in all cases agreea
| bly to the la'-v as pa-sed by the last Legislature.
By order of the President,
july 25 law Imo S. 11. OLIVER, Sec y.
LEFEBVRE’S SCHOOL. RICHMOND, VA.
(SUCCESSOR TO AIRS. MEAD )
I rgIHE Scholastic year of this Institution begins
A on the first day of October, and ends on "the
; last day of J une
Terms—For Board and Tuition in all the Eng
{ lish branches, for the Scholastic year, $2-10. Mod
i ern and Ancient languages, each S2O. Drawing,
1 S2O. Painting in oil, S3O. Music on Piano, Harp
!or Guitar, each SBO. Washing, S2O. No extra
! charges.
There is one department in the School in which
everything is taught in French, and where that
j language is spoken exclusively, as'well as in tho
j family of the Principal.
! For the accommodation of Southerners, pupils
; will be received during the holidays (July August,
! and Septembert and charged for board at the same
ratio as In tho Session. They will be exclusively
engaged m the study of French and Music for
which they will bo charged *7 a month for French
and per lesson for Music. *
• T ! 10 wul" 8 references will bo cons'dcred suffi
cient: Right Rev. Bishop Meade, Rev Bkh
L P Patton UOn- WiHUm H ’ M *ekriasd, lion.' John
All letters to be directed to
HUBERT P. LEFEBVRE AI
JL 2 ® _ _ I‘rincipal.
BRICK WORK WANTED.
is P re P areJ fo do all kind of
A Brick Woik at short notice
- oct26 _L. G. BAS3FORD.
Clarified sugar.— ~~
50 bbls. Stuart’s C Yellow Sugar •
25 “ “ A White Do. ’
h l JY 2 C. A. WILLIAMS.
BATHING sponges, -A great
above, just received and for sale low bv
N.J. FOGARTY A CO
Apothwariw Hall, under Augusta Hotal—