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iCanatitatiamrlist K Btpublir. BY JAMES GARDNER. jKIfICK ON itoI*T(MH-WMW, jP fHIKI) UO(>> FIOR THIS JOBTH-WRST CORNER OF 8 ROAD -STREET TERMS: ft. Daily, in advance P«r annum $6 00 Sk -If notin advance per annum 7 00 I Tri-Weekly, in advance, per annum 400 i If not in advance por annum. 500 I Weekly, in advance. ...per annum 200 i£7-No Discocsi for Cltbs. Hk l From the Chronicle £ Sentinel. \. The City Bank. My attention has been attracted by the foi lowing extraordinary paragraph, which appear ed in an article in the Atlanta Examiner ot the “ But it is gravely alledged as an objection to the Atlanta i @fierchauts , Bank ot Macon, and other banks, that the stockholders are tew in number, therefore, not sufficient in responsibili ty. The term of ‘ Wild Cat’ is used to desig nate such—a term odious, and therefore selected S tor the occasion. Now, it we are correctly ad vise^the‘City Bank of Augusta 1 most be class ed as a * Wild Cat’ concern, for we are told that the whole stock it owned by fWe individuals. It the number of stockholders add to the responsibility or ability of a bank, which is the preferable one, the Atlanta Bank with its eight stockholders, ft or the City Bank with its five. Or the Mer chants’ Bank of Macon with a long list of the most influential and lesponsible citizens of that k- place.” This is certain y a very extraordinary para- j not less lor the amount of enor and mis ref resentation it contains in relatio; to the City Bank, of Augusta, than for the effort to deceive the unsophisticated by the allusion to the stock holders of those Wild Cat concerns, the Bank of Atlanta and the Merchants’ Bank ot Macon.— Let us test it by the standard of truth, and see bow much reliance is to be placed in the state ment. To enable me to do this, my information has been obtained from the highest sources, and may therefore be implicitly relied f^i. Books of the City Bank ot Augusta, show that there are eighty three stockholders in that institution. Os these, seventy-nine reside in Georgia, (seventy-two in Augusta) three in South Carolina, and one in the city of New York. The capital ot the Bank is $200,000, ot wnich $175,- 000 has already been paid in. The three stock —■ holders in South Carolina own twenty shares, and the one in New York owns one hundred and fif ty shares. So that there are only $17,000 dol lars, about one twelfth of the stock, owned out of the SMte ot Georgia. The stockholders are esti mated, by those who are very well acquainted with their situation, to be worth not less than tun million dollars, in visible, tangible property What a commentary upon the statement of the Examiner, “ that the whole stock is owned by only fivi mmdividiutlsV If that journal’s views and information in relation to oanks and banking are pfenerally as reliable, they are certainly enti tted to great deference and respect. The Examiner institutes a comparison be- | tween the responsibility of the stockholders of the City Bank, and '“the eight ” stockholders in the Atlanta Bauk, and the “long list of the most influential and responsible citizens of Macon,” 4vho own stock in the Merchants’ Bank of Ma son. I have already shown who the stockhold '”lers in the City Bank of Augusta are, and where they reside; let us see who the stockholders in the Wild Cat concerns in Atlanta and Macon |P%re, where they reside, and what responsibility I they offer to bill-holders as security tor the re- M demption of their bills. I nave not a report of the Bank of Atlanta P before me, and cannot state positively the exact amount of stock owned by each of the renowned eight. My recollection ot the last report I read is, that the Directors and the President owned one share each, and that the balance of the stock was owned by Wild Cat financiers in Chicago,' Illinois, and the city oi New York. That there was not then exceeding one thousand dollars owned by persons residing in Georgia. If 1 am in error, the Examiner will please correct, and state how much each o.vns. In reference to the Merchants’ Bank of Ma con, I 6ball speak positively, and by the card, for I have belore me the official report made on the 31st July, 1854. Let us ,see_K&» fckfimffefcf < ,Tort 7wflg~TTSt surely ;) of these, seven, who constitute the Board of Directors, live in Macon,and own eleven thousand dollars worth ol Stock! The other $159,000 of the Stock of the Bank are owned by Wild Cat financiers in the North and Northwest. What these Wild Cat financiers, who own and control these two Banks, are worth, the people of Georgia kno w as well as I do. If they are worth a dollar I do not know it. Certain it i 3, they are perpetra ting a fraud upon the people of Georgia by ap propriating Bank Charters to purposes never contemplated by the Legislature; and they have found persons in Macon and Atlanta, to assist them in the perpet*ation, by consenting to be come their tools and act as directors. My observation in life is, and I have some experience, that whenever a man seeks to evade the law by intrigue, trick, or any perversion, he - vrc£-flot do to reiy upon in any matter whatev er, and least ot ail money matters. Hence, I ttiink the Wild Cat financiers are not to be trusted, and so I think the people of Georgia who know their own interest, will determine. No Bank Stockholder. [From the N. O. Picayune, 16th intt.\ Pacific Road ia Texas. The Grand Pacific Railroad scheme of Robert J. Walker and their associate millionaires—for only millionaires could be supposed able to make such enormous subscription to the stock of the company as each ot them have set against their names—is in imminent peril. They are in danger of losing the whole benefit of the Texas la”nd subscription, which has been the principal fund relied upon, to help make the road and their for tunes together, th<? very treasury from which they were to draw the means to fill up their stock. There is evidently some powerful in terest at work in Texas t» invalidate the con tract, and the Governor appears to be not unwil ling to assist in the work. The motive, of course, is unavowed, and we are left to conjecture to form any idea of what it may be. It may be because the contract is considered an improvi dent one on the part of the State, ceding awav a vast and fertile territory, for ~Very inadequate considerations: or there may be other parties who are anxious to share in the prospective gains, and to get some of the pickings of a fat contract _ themselves, and are intriguing to set aside the old one, that they may be competitors in a new offer. Whatever may be the motive, the design is evident to annul the contract if it can be done, and the means fordoing it savor, it seems to us' of rather sharp practice. The c mpany may be.’ as it has been called, a “moon shine’ 3 not really intending to make the road, in good faith, and only aiming to get pos ession of the lands, in order to make a good thing out of the sale of the stock. But there is nothing in t’ e matter of this deposit, making the alleged failing in the contract, which shows any unfair inten tion, or any real neglect of the substantial terms of the contract. It they lose it on these grounds, it will be by a surprise, in the nature ot a snap judgment, taken up for the purpose of get'ing rid ot the contract and not of enforcing the per formance in any part. iu muj paiv* By the terms of the law they were required, within sixty days after entering into the con tract with the Governor, as theTein pre-cribed H “to deposit with the Treasurer of the State at least $300,000 in gold or silver, or evidences of debt of the State ofTexas, or other good par stock.” This was to*be a guarantee that at least fifty miles of the road should be completed within a given time—eighteen months, we believe— otherwise the deposit was to be forfeited. In case of failure to make the doposit, the contract is to be null and void, and tne Governor is au thorized to contract on the same terms with other * parties. Now, the company has procured and deposited with the Treasure! $300,000 in securities, which are certified to be par stocks,” and the Trea surer of Texas has receiver! them as par stocks; but Gov. Pease thinks them insufficient in value, and the opinion prevails in Texas that he will proceed to reletthe contract, on the ground that this has been forfeited. # The company will certainly be taken by sur prise, for evidently they meant to lulfill the terms of the law. The fault that is alleged against them is an overvaluation of securities amounting to a per centage which cannot exceed a few §J thousands, actually an insignificant sum in com t parison with the magnitude of the stake. They H could not have meant to risk their contract on ' jpall a difference, and it would be absurd to | charge against them any intentional .lapse or la- J tent lraud which would vitiate their bargain. The suddenness with which they are brought j up will be a shock to them, and will show them that they have very hostile influences to con. j fend with, and that they must, it they escape ; this strait, keep.themselves actively and strictly within the line ot their positive engagements, or watched by jealous rivals, they will be uncere moniously ousted on the slightest chance. We are no very sanguine admirers of the managers of this stupendous scheme, but we hope they will have lair play,and that the State will not ! break its contracts, deliberately made, upon a J petty dispute about the valuation of stocks, j without permitting the company to rectify the j error which, if there be one at all, was evidently | unintentional. There is a question raised in Texas whether j the receipt of the stocks as satisfactory by the | Treasurer, the depository named in the law, is i not final, and beyond the turtber control of the j Executive; but the sounder opinion appears to j be the Governor is the responsible party, and that his decisions will annul that of the Trea surer. The difference between these two func tionaries as to the correct valuation of the prof fered stocks, shows that the amount of supposed deficiency must b* small and doubtful, and helps to rebut the presumption of any intent to vary from-the law. It shows, too, that the company has keen and subtle foe 3 to contend with. (From the Savannah Georgian , 15th inst.) Democratic Meeting—The True Position. Appended to the call for a Democratic meet ing, which heads our columns, was a postscript in the following words. “If any charge, render in the bill therefor to me,” signed “ E. G. W.”— This, we think, shows that the ** Secretary,” who is none other than the City Council’s excel lent Clerk, appreciates the force of our remarks in last Sunday’s Georgian. We shall of course act accordingly, and have a bill for one dollar and twenty-five cents, the price of three insertions of one square, duly made out and presented. And if any ether “ Secretary” of any other Executive Committee, has a call for any other meeting, Democratic, Whig or whatnot, we will accom modate him on precisely the same terms. Come, gentlemen, bring on your advertisements. By the way, we observe with satisfaction that the article-alluded to above, in which the Geor gian, declared its independence, has awakened the attention of several of our cotemporaries. It has been re-published by the Augusta Constitu tionalist, and the Griffin Jeffersonian, two of the most thoroughly Democratic papers of the State. The cool and judicious editor of the Jeffersonian, (Maj. Cline) introduces it with the following re marks : We extract the following remarks liom the Savannah Georgian, and consider them worthy the attention ot the editorial corps: There is en tirely too much exacted from a party editor by many individuals belonging to the party, differ ing themselves mostly with the majority. In our career as a Democratic editor, we have had the misiortune, more than once, to differ with perhaps an esteemed and valued friend, and that difference has afterwards been evinced in per sonal resentment. We could point tothose who pass for exemplary Christians, and high toned gentlemen, who have sprung personal quarrels upon us, ter no reason under heaven than be cause we would not dropowr friend and take up theirs , or because we would not oppose the wishes of the people , and thrust them forward inopposition to such wishes. We can hardly revert to a case in which the result has not shown that we were on the side of our party, while our antagonist was wishing us to pull himself, his favorite, his relative, or his friend into notoriety, regardless of the voice of the people and in opposition to the wishes of the party. We have gotten into more personal squabbles from just such causes, than from any other. Now we think an editor is charitable enough when be says Gentlemen, you have full liberty to use the columns ol my paper for yourselves or your friends, provided you do it at your own expense, and not tax me with it.” The editor should be left at liberty to act for his par ty according to his own discretion, and if others want themselves or their friends brought for ward, let them do it in the way that other adver tising is done. The editor is not bound to puff every one who may claim to belong to the par ty, either by writing himself or through his con tributors, at his own expense. If offered as an „Anothe r_ as ments or improper language. Yhe Death of Randolph.— Randolph, in fast declining heateh.reached Philadeiphie,whith er he went to take passage from that poit. He was too late tor the Liverpool packet. He ex posed himself to the inclemency ot the weather, took cold, which aggrevated his disease, anil hastened its fatal termination. He was put to b«d—his deathbed—in his lodgings at the City Hotel. The idiosyncracies which had, of late years especially, marked his demeanor, distin guished the last hours of his life. The sudden bursts ol petulence which disease wrung from him ; the affecting kindness and tenderness which disease could not wholly take from him ; the rambling Jconversation in the intervals of acute suffering, in some passages, as brilliant as ever—the last gleams of the sinking lamp ; the groanings of remorse, which a review of his past life, at the bar of astern self-judgment, drew from his contrite heart; the fervid prayer : the hesitating hope ; the trust qualified by self-con demnation, in the Saviour whose name he pro- : fessed ; the concluding act ere the curtain fell j upon the last scene of earth, propped up by pil- , lows, he called witnesses to his confirmation of his will, providing for the freedom and support of j his staves, and the last conscious words, which fired his eye and braced his sinking frame, as, speaking in this connection, he laid his skeleton hand strongly upon the shoulder of his faithful servant, John, and said with emphasis——“espe cially for this man.” And then—this last charge upon his conscience off—his mind wandered away to the light, and the scenes, awd the friends of the early days; and, the mutterings of the voicejgrowing gradually fainter, as he passed on j into the thicker shadows of the Dark Valley, the fluttering pulse stood still, and John Rani dolph, of Roanoke, was numbered with the dead! ! (May 24th, 1833, aged 60.) They carried him back 4o his solitary home, I and buried him—in death as in life, unsocial and ; isolated—in the forest of Roanoke. In the soil ! ot the Virginia he loved so well, they laid the corpse of her faithful and devoted son. They left him to rest, after the long fever of his trou bled dreahn of life was over, in an humble and ! sequestered grave, beneath two stately pines. There let him sleep on! The gloom ot their shade, and the melancholy sighing of the wind through their boughs, are fit emblems of |the li!e which was breathed out in sadness and in sor- 1 row.— Baldwin’s Party Leaders. War Upon the Cats. Whilst the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel is making furious battle upon the wild cats, the Constitutionalist & Republic is pitching into the ■eiine tribe at home, which it appears, will not come up to the scraUh and furnish the necessary facilities for carrying on the fall business A writer in the Constitutionalist, of the 16th inst. gives the following illustration of legitimate bank ing as piacticed by tbe Augusta institutions. A merchant ot this city, in the course of his business, gives his note in N. Y., payable tt.ere or here, and it here, with the cuirent rate of Exchange. Ihe agent of a Hank in this city, residing in New York, supplied with funds, goes into the market, and in time ot pressure, buys up the paper at 1, 1* a 2 per cent, a month, and sends it home for collection, and the maker here pays it at the counter of the Bank with * per cent, exchange and the money goes back a°ainto buy more of other paper, is this Bankuig or shaving ? They can take but one step more de grading, and then three balls, oi a Barber’s pole as a sign, would more fairly designate the char acter of the institution, than the four letters usu ally stuck over the entrance represents.” Now we would ask, who is responsible, for the evils complained of? Tbe Cats? By no means. The people have, thiough their agents, granted bank charters too carelessly and liberal- \ y- Tbe remedy is with them, and them alone. Let ihem scrutinize more careiuily the character and qualifications of those they select as legis lators and they may hope for a mitigation of the evils of which they now rightly complain. I Southern Recorder. Suffocated by Gas.—The Boston Post of Wednesday says: Bridget Welch, an Irish woman aged 40 year* and a young Irish girl named Ellen Holland 16 years of age, were found dead in bed in Monday morning in the attic of Madame Baury’s house. Ihe escape ot gas from a pipe in the first story, from which a chandliear had been removed, was the cause of the catastrophe. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 23. [£?“ Contract Advertisers will bear in mind that when they exceed the space specified in their contracts, they will be charged extra. The pressure of advertisements upon us forces us to this notice. See first page Daily, this morning. This day having been sent apart by his Excellency the Governor, as a day of Thanks giving, Humiliation and Prayer, no paper will be issued from this office to-morrow. Our Tri- Weekly subscribers will be furnished with this day’s daily. The City Bank. We publish this morning, a vindication of the" City Bank from the aspersions thrown upon it by an Atlanta paper. As it is a new institution, now upon its first legs, we hope it will be al lowed a fair field for its operations. Its stock holders are among our most substantial citizens and it is a gross injustice to it to place it in the same catagory with the Wild Cat Banks. The Waynesboro Railroad. In yesterday’s paper we mentioned that there were a large number of cars at Millen loading with cotton awaiting transportation to Augusta. We should have said loaded with goods , and awaiting transportation to Augusta. The engines for the passenger trains have been relied on hitherto lor conveying these cars to Augusta. But recent delays prove that this resource is in adequate to the business. We hope soon to hear of an extra force being applied for that purpose. Mr. Robert Gray, the Agent at Millen, has pointed out to us, the mistake into which we were led as to the kind ot freight lying over at Millen. As there is certainly no motive for the delay of up freight, we cannot tut persume that the accumulation at that point will soon cease to be a subject of complaint. Manufacturing Cabinets. We perceive that new arrangements of the President’s Cabinet are flying on the wings of the telegraph all over the country. All who recollect that ftr weeks before the inauguration of Gen. Pierce, the wires were busy in constructing a cabinet for him, will be cautious of paying undue deference to those new telegraphic arrangements. Every day a new programme was issued, and each succeeding day witnessed its contradiction. We shall patiently await more authentic intelligence than telegra phic despatches, which are the mere rehash of street gossip. For the present we are content with the Cabinet as it is. What the Abolitionists say of the late Elections. The National Era , published at Washington ! City, is a leading organ of the Abolitionists. No paper ha 9 been more inveterate in its hostility to the President. In this respect, the most rabid Whig presses, North or South, can claim over it no superior in power. We refer, in this connec tion, to Whig papers South, because they have so industriously harped upon that single string, “the Free Soil appointments and tendencies of the Administration.” Here is what the National Era says of the late elections: “Putting aside the influence of Know-Nothing ism, the political revolution which has been ac | complished in the free States is the work of a | combination ot Whigs, Free Democrats, and : members of the Democratic party disgusted by the pro-sla"ery policy of the Administration.” Honestv of the Postmasters. Baltimore Sun gives some details of the immense work done by some of the government depart ments, illustrating the great industry and ef ficiency displayed by our officials. Among other interesting details he furnishes the following fact in reference to Postmasters : “ I have already stated that in spite of the in creased expenses of the increased usefulness of the Post Office department, such is the rigid economy with wbicn it is being managed, that with the increased revenue from postage it is ex pected that in about lour years from now, pio vided the same economical administration of the department be continued, the revenue will cover the expenditure. Since the 4th of March, 1852, but one single defalcation has occurred, (in the postmaster at Troy, but the sub-treasury act be ing promptly applied, the whole amount was re covered, and no loss therefore was sustained by the department.) Considering that there are about 32,000 post-offices in the United States, the fact is certainly highly creditable, both to the ad ministration of the Post Office department, and to the discrimination used in the appointment of postmasters.” A Reform Needed. . The Boston Transcript pourtrays a custom net peculiar to New England, in the following para graph. We publish it because the remarks are j quite as applicable in southern localities, and our I readers will all agree with the writer that the custom complained of “is a bad custom worth j mending. 33 ; One of the ugliest peculiarities incident to ! New England society needs a speedy reforma , tion. We allude to the bad custom of gossoping ! over a harmless and pleasant intercourse between i young people ol opposi e sexes What we mean iis this: ll a young man is polite, and renders I himself agreeable to a young female friend in i’the beaten way of friendship, 3 (no matter how ; intimate the families of both may be,) straight way begin the sly whisper and the open cavil. : Busy tongues pour into greedy ears the welcome news that Mr. was seen walking once or I twice with Miss alone in broad day ! Or, if t .e above mentioned gentleman invites his friend to -the theatre or a concert, it is all over with them—a wedding may be expected shortly. } What is the consequence of all this foolish- j ness on the part of lookers on 7 Simply this; a J quiet, inoffensive young man is deprived of the j society of a good tempered girl, who would im- . prove his manners and be of great service to him ' as friend. Very olten, it he be denied social in- 1 terchange of conversation in this way, or a ram- j ble with a pleasant companion, he will look ; elsewhere'not unfrequently out of the pale of respectability, for his associates.- It is a bad custom worth mending, this constant espionage thus tyranically held in our day, and we hope good sense and a better policy will tend to drive out so foul and wicked a habit. —Boston Trans cript. » | i A Whole Family Killed.— We stated at I the time of the great accident on the Rock Island | railroad that the wife and two children ot Wm. C. Laughlin, of Gettsburg, Pa., were among the I killed. Within a few days news has been received ofthe death of Mr. Laughlin himself and his moth | er, Catharine Laughlin. His niece, Mary, the only one left of the party, a bright little girl of some 6 or 7 years of age, is also badly scalded, and at last accounts was not expected to survive. Mr. Laughlin was on his way to lowa, where he had intended to purchase a property and com mence business. It is stated that Sir William Don has gone back to Europe for the purpose ot getting a di vorce from his wife who is a German actress. It seems that this baronet expatriated himself for three years, in order to make his application for a divorce valid. £ Mr. Samuel Nichols, residing near Pickens ville, attempted to commit suicide on Tuesday list. The instrument was a razor, with which two wounds were inflicted. The timely ap pearance of Mrs. Nichols prevented the consum mation of the rash act. The Causes of the Soule Affair. We yesterday published the statement of the New York Express, giving the gossip of Pa risian circles as to the causes of the refusal of the French Emperor to the admission of Mr. Soule in his dominions. The following is the statement therein referred to, of the rea sons influencing Louis Napoleon to this step.— Whether either version be the correct one, in whole or in part, the French Emperor has be haved in this matter not with his usual discreet ness. He has been foiled in his revenge, and given an unpleasant notoriety to incidents which must be anything but gratifying to his amour propere , and that of bis consort. How much more suitable would it have been to have allow ed Mr. Soule to pass quietly through France in the first instance. Now, his passage will be a triumph, and he will be feted by the Americans in Paris. The Causes of the Soule Affair. The Republican correspondent, of the Courier des Etats Unis details at length the private rea sons which, as he would have us believe, in duced Louis Napoleon to deny Mr. Soule the privilege of entering his empire. In 1849, Mr. Soule made a voyage to Spain, where he had been called by important busi ness intrusted to him as an advocate. Having finished the business of his client, he began to think a little of his own, and came to Paris," where his high reputation placed him at once in the best society. He then lrequented the upper circles, and one fine day his friend, Frederic Gaillardet, who at the time was very intimate with the President of .the Republic, produced him at the Elysee, and presented him to Louis Napoleon. The Prince, as he had begun to be called at that time, received Mr. Soule very ci villy, but exhibited the most complete nullity in the protracted conversation which he had with his guests. So much so, that after the visit ol Mr. Soule said to M. Gaillardet as they were going away, “My triend, your Prince is a goose, and 1 greatly regret that Fiance has fal len into such hands.” Gaillardet ascribed the stupidity of the prince to a headache, and asked Soule once more to do violence to himself and make another visit to l'Elysee, so that he could talk further with the President, assuring him that he would foim quite [a different opinion on a second audience. But Soule, who had already made a sacrifice, as he said in rubbing his republican garments on the upholstery ot the Presidential palace,obstinately refused to undertake a new conversation with theheioof Strasburg, and returned to America without seeing him again. Louis Napoleon was exceedinly displeased at the affair. Although on the whole, he is a poor stick, he has wit enough to detect exactly the impressiou which he makes on those who ap proach him, and on this occasion he could not conceal irom,him c elf that the illustrious advocate and diplomatist .must have carried away a very sorry opinion of him. He wished to reinstate himself, in point of intelligence, with such a superior person ; and being unable to succeed, he could not pardon Mr. Soule for it; he was doubly wounded in his pride and in his self love— he had been a cypher before a man of talent, and his advances had been rejected with the most profound disdain. These wounds bled for a long time. The Em peror always remembers those which were re ceived as President of the Republic and your Am bassador is honored with the deepest antipathy. Still, violent as it is, would not have been car ried so lar as to manifest itself by an act so an noying as the measure just taken, if it had not been greatly reinforced by the hatred which the Empress also bears towards Mr. Soule. In her character as a daughter of Spain, and so ever faithful patriotess, the blonde Eugenie naturally detests Mr. Soule, who openly defend ed the annexation of Cuba to the United States; in her character as a woman and an empress, she detests him still more, because he once per mitted himself to relate in a circle the victory which was said to have been won by the hand some Gol. Gandara over the heart of the Coun tess of Teba; and alter*-—* 111 the auguust moiety of the very august Napoleon 111.,“ Upon my wo4 Ido know what fchat little actiess has ag» !,l!s t roe is now taking it. What proves, moreover, that the order of-ex ciudmg Mr, Soule from the French territory proceeded directly from the Tuileries, is that the two Ministers and the Prefect who had the right to issue it, were on excellent terms with ycur Ambassador, and wouM have guarded against troubling him. Mr. JDrouyn de l’Huys waited for him at Paris to ask a service of him, and had caused Latour-Dumoulin to invite him to dinner; M. Billault and M.Pietri had to be par doned for the ridiculous affair of Lyons, and had already been put in the wrong, in regard to the Prelect of the Rhone, with Mr. Soule, during his last residence here. Finally, an intimate friend of the proscribed having gone to the Minister of Interior for an the explanation of the unexplaina ble measure of Government, M. Billault confessed that he had despatched the order to the Commis sary of Police at Calais, but that he had done so by compulsion. He could not accuse the palace more positively. The government at Washington and the American people will certainly not submit to this affront without a woid, and we must expect that Mr. Pierce will reply to the gallant pro ceedings of Louis Napoleon by amenities of a similar stamp. But we may also hope that the demociats of the United States will notconfound the Palace of the Tuileries with France, rior hold the French responsible for the faults of their pale Emperor. Fire. A fire broke out on Sunday night last, at about 11 o’clock, in the shoe shop of Mr. Ebner- it communicated thence to the Tailor shop of Mr. Lisina, thence to the kitchen in the tavern yard —all the property ot Jeptha Brantley; alt of which were entirely consumed, without any farther spread of the fire. The wind was un usually still, ar.d strange to say, continued so throughout the entire time the buildings were burning. Had there been the slightest wind from any quarter theie must have been great de struction of property. The tavern, an old and large building, stood within some forty or fifty feet of the kitchen that burnt in the yard, and but little larther from the shop of Mr. Usina.and was saved unquestionably by the activity’ and daring of Mr. Meagher, a mechanic of our town, who got upon the top of the tavern and by throw ing off the fire coals, and spreading wet blankets, | saved the building. The Court House, some for- i ty or fifty feet on the other side of those build- ! Higs caught lire, and was saved by the prompt' daring of Capt. Lang, also a mechanic, who, by j means of a ladder, reached the top of the build- I ing and extinguished the flames which had just s ignited at the eaves. The whole town and coun- I ty, as well as the individual property holders of | that part more immediately in danger, together i with the Insurance Company are under ooliga- i tions to those two individuals, for their prompt i and efficient action. But for which a large part ' ot the village must have been consumed, not withstanding the very favorable state of the at- j mosphere. Much is also due to the activity and ■ energy displayed by Gen. Warthen in directing I and managing the available force so as to check the progress of the fire. We have never seen a ! more foitunateescape from more iminent danger. I It is supposed the fire broke out from the stove in the shoe shop of Mr. Ebner, Tha whole loss is estimated at only about ] SI,OOO, of which Mr. Jeptha Brantley lost about S6OO in houses, fencing, &c., with considerable damage to furniture. Mr. Ebner lost about S4OO in leather and tools Every citizen must have felt how impotent we were to contend with a tire, if the elements were against us. Can nothing be done to remedy this condition of affairs ? If we cannot have a fire engine, can we not have an organized fire com pany with some one at its head, capable of di recting in an emergency of this sort. We can at least have hooks and ladders provided to be used on such occasions. We suggest a town meeting to take the matter into consideration.—Sanders ville Georgian, 21 st inst. Look Out for the Rogues. —We are inform ed that quite a number of thefts have been com mitted in Sparta, and its vicinity within a few days. On the night of the 11th inst, a thief en tered the residence of Mr. C. W. Dubose, and took a gold watch, and fine suit of clothes, with pocket book containing some valuable papers. A day or two afterwards, Mr. Charles Gardener had his watch stolen w hile at dinner, and on Wednesday evening last, while the family of Mr. Edward Berry w»i at suppet his house was en tered, and a very fine gold watch belong to bis daughter, taken out of her room. A man was seen by a little girl retiring from the house in the dark, but too late for detection. Several other larcenies have been committed in Hancock coun ty recently, and it is high time that the public were apprized, that they may be on the look out for these nightly visitors. They no doubt be long to an organized band of robbers, who are spread throughout this and the adjoining States. We hear similar reports from Washington in Wilkes county. Let the people in Sandersville be on the lookout.— l 6. Darien Bank Commission; The Commission appointed by the last Legis lature of Georgia to settle the claims of the Cre ditors of the Bank of Darien, against the State of Georgia, met again at the Senate Chamber in this city, on Wednesday last, to make up their final judgments in the cases before them. At the previous session of this body in Octo ber, the demurer filed by the counsel for the State to the declarations in the cases of the Bank of the State of Georgia, and Planters Bank, was generally overruled and the evidence in the various cases admitted. So that during last week the Commission were engaged in investi gating the liability of the State in ea2h case. The award gives to each Bill holder the whole amount of his claim without interest. In all thejudgment cases, the Commission found for claimants, principal interests and costs. The whole liability of the State, amounts to over one hundred and ninety thousand dollars. It is likely that an appeal will be entered up to the Superior Court of Baldwin county at the next term by the State, in accordance with the re quirement of the act organizing this Commis sion, and we presume these cases will not be finally settled until the judgments be either af firmed or reversed by the Supreme Court. The Commission turned over their Docket and awards to the Executive on Saturday morn ing, and finally adjourned.— Milledgeville Recor der, 21 st inst. Ecuol’s Hydraulic Rock Drilling Ma chine.— The inventive genius of our townsman, Mr. Josephus Echols, has been exercised for some time past upon a machine tor drilling rock by water power. On the 16th inst., we had the pleasure of witnessing its performance, and concur with the opinion expressed by all who have seen it operate, that for “originality, sim plicity, perfect and practical action and applica tion,” it surpasses any {hing designed tor the same purpose, that has yet been invented. The machine we saw in operation weighed about 25 pounds, and was supplied by a hose only one inch and a half in diameter, with a pressure of water estimated at not more than thirty feet head. It drove a drill weighing ten pounds at the rate ol 90 strokes a minute, each stroke measuring about one foot. One hand can at tend to half a dozen drills, and each drill will do the work of half a dozen hands. If the ma chine is properly brought before the public w T e confidently anticipate that it will supersede all others now in use, and become a source of large pecuniary profit to the inventor. The loliowing is a description of the machine. The water is admitted into a cyl.nder with an' upper and lower valve. The upper valve is punctured with small holes, through which the water escapes with great force, when both valves are closed, into a bell attached to the drill; this raises the drill, which opens both valves and al lows the water to waste; the drill then falls, makes a stroke and closes both valves; the water then rushes again through the small holes in the upper valve into the bell; the drill is again rais ed, and so on continually. A spiral spring in the bell give a rotary motion to the drill. The frame work is very light and may be moved at pleasure.— Columbus Times. Mossanton.— I his is the name ol the county site of the new county of Fannin. Mr. Smith, of the Atlanta Republican, thus describes it: “Two stores, three dwellings, &c., scattered along the road, and one shautee, about sixteen by eighteen feet square, for the Court House, at pre sent constitutes the town. The Juries retired to the woods to make up their verdict—Judge Ir- G^rjrcoi. Chisolm; an old acquaintance of 1849—C01. Jos. E. Brown, of Canton, Wm. Martin, Esq., of Dahlonega, and Col. Lester, of Cumming. “The site of Morganton, is pretty for”a town, and in a fa«7 years it will no doubt, be hand somely improved, a good Court House is already under contract, and every arrangement will soon be made for the accommodation of visitors.” Highly Important from the Sandwich Islands. Ihe following most important intelli gence from the Sandwich Islands is from a per fectly reliable source, and may be depended upon By a recent private letter from Honolulu we learn that a messenger will leave that city very soon tor Washington with a treaty of annexa tion, which has been drawn up in proper form but not yet signed, as Judge Lee, who was di rected by our Government to witness the si-na tures ot the instrument in question, has been obliged to absent himsef from Honolulu on ac count of ill-heaitb, and consequently has not been able yet to attend to tbe duty assigned to The treaty is to be signed by all the Chiefs and they are each to receive a pension which ceases with the death of the recipient, with the exception of the pension to be paid to the King which is to be transferred to Alexander in case he shaJlsurvive his Majesty. It is understood thav the whole amount to be paid in pensions will be somewhere from three to four hundred thousand dollars per annum. The property be longing to the present government of the Islands is to be purchased outright by our gove nment for a fixed sum. Ihe above items of intelligence rnay be relied upon as correct, as they come from the highest authority.— Boston Chronicle. J _ _ , married. 1 c. • , ~e sday ' Hie 14t h inst., by the Rev We«lei j- w Mr ' Rob ® iit a - Fuller; of Columbia, am J Geo\gfa ALKER F ' Daniellv - of Crawford county : nKpjt : wnteooi c ;° d a“' M Llzz,E Booker ' b » th « 1 “ '{j lo , die is cast, may fleeting time Mark only joy’s increase, } And may thoir days glide sweetly on r In happiness and peace P ! cw* plac n and time > b y tho Kev. Joseph [ Carter, Mr. Hen ry Crook, of Lincoln county, and I xliss Lizzie McCorkle, of Wilkes county, (fa. , “ oma . n alone was formed to bless Tho life of man, and share his care— • To soothe his breast, when keen distress Hath lodged a poisoned arrow there.’’ Georgia Home Gazette <fc Eclectic please i oop y- OBITUARY. j „ Di ! d « of Typhoid Fever, on the 4th inst., at Car | torsville, after an illness of 41 days, John Daniel ; Morrison. I He was the only son of John Morrison, who died ! of y° llow f®y er > in this city, in 1839. He leaves a ! mother and four sisters, and was the last but one. ! . of tho fami *y name. He was the idol of the farni j l 7> n ot only because he was the “ Isaac” of his mother, but for his intrinsic merit and loveliness. H e was remarkable for his amiable spirit, affeetion ! ate disposition, moral habits and attention to busi | ness. No ; young man of his years, (ho was but 17) gave brighter promise for the future, than did I y° un S Morrison. But ho sleeps with the dead j Death has swept a Mother’s fond hopes into the ! £ ravc - How severe the stroke 1 How gloomv the future to that bereaved mother ! Earth is a deso late waste—for what are all it 3 treasures and gaie ties to her, while the voice of her Daniel is heard I oh“® r fi an u hlS , SCat i B va f ant family circle, j 0h -, co i d - cheerless Death, why hast thou thus crushed a widowed heart’ But we must not re ! P*ne-itis the hand of God. He would show us the uncertainty of all earthly good, and turn our thoughts to that world above where death is known no more. g Sa l e ’,r. RcnU a Hoßse and Lot, on Telfair street, opposite the res idence of Charles Dugas, with ten all necessary out-buildings; having a front of si * k./street 1 Stet a TV eas T- Possession given imme novli P ‘ J ‘° C ° SGRoVE * Brennan. J " 11 * s P ear, *5 having had an ami P l . O opportunity, being resident Phvsi nfiv.r« ln i a h° spual for severai months. Respectfully oiiers his proies3ional services to the citizens If Augusta. Office opposite Planters Hotel octo * the Ladies—H. H. Parkyn halre turned from his visit to tho Springe Vision re p dy , t 0 B vP P u 7 tho Ladies ot Augusta with V lsiting Cards which surpass his previous produc tions. Orders reoeivod by Messrs. McKinnie & Hall, C. Cathn, and at the offioc of the U. S. Hotel. sepW& BY TELEGKAPH. Later from Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE STE \ MER C A iN A 1) | A N. Columbia, Nov. 22. 1 he screw steamer Canadian, ariived at Port land, with Liverpool dateys to the 7th inst. The English accounts say that the Russians had been repulsed from Balaklava, with the loss of 1000 men. At the latest dates, the attack upon Sevasto pol, from sea, had not been resumed, The bom bardment was vigorously prosecuted. Forts Constantine, Quarantine and Southern Towers had been demolished. The town was on lire in three places. Private despatches s; y that Sevastopol had been carried by assault, on the 3d of November. Other accounts say that Sevastopol is a mass of ruins. The French Chasseurs kill all the artillery men that show themselves. A shower of balls poured forth all night, leaving the Russians no time to repair their disaster. The Russian ships sought shelter by the side of the quays, but the allies were about to pour red hot shot into them. The capture of Lord Dunklin by the Russians is confirmed. Large reinforcements of Fiench and English are going out. Iron cylinders have been sene to blow up the ships sunk in the mouth of the harbor. One hundred and twenty gun boats and forty float ing batteries had been ordered for the Baltic. Mr. Soule was permitted to pass through France. Consols closed at 94 to 944. Liverpool Market. The only market report brought by the Cana dian is, Cotton steady and unchanged. Bread stuffs slightly advanced. Fire in New Orleans. New Orleans, Nov. 21. Placides Theatre was burnt at 3 o’clock this morning, and also the stables adjoining. Theie was nothing raved but a few books. Placide made a narrow escape. All the Theatrical wardrobes, including Ravel’s, were consumed The whole loss is over §90,000, which is par tially covered by insurance. The Market. The sales of Cotton for the last two days are 13,000 biles. Middlings to 8i cents. Flour $3 50. Columbia, Nov. 21. It is reported in Washington, that in January an entire change will bejmade in the Cabinet. Guthrie and Campbell will be dismissed ; Maicy go to England ; Cushing take the State Depart ment ; Dobbin the Treasury ; Mason the Navy and Breckenridge be the Attorney General. Foreign appointments are also to be changed. From St. Thomas Advices from St. Thomas to the 9th inst., state that the mysterious expedition is still there. New York, Nov. 21. Cotton. —The market is dull. Middling up duction. New York, Nov. 22. Cotton. —The market is unsettled. Middling Orleans 94 to 9f cents. Ohio Flour $9, but held higher at the close. Cammmis!. SAVANNAH, Nov. 21.— Cotton. —There was rather a better demand lor the lower grades, but we have no change to notice in prices. The sales fooi up 887 bales at the following particulars : 5 at b ; 2at 7; 61 at 7} ; 48 at 8 ; 40 at 8i; 81 at 81 ; 24 at 8i ; 26 at 8| ; 175 at 82 ; 33 at 8|; 71 at 9 and 49 bales at 9£ cents. CHARLESTON, Nov. 21.— Cotton. —There was quite an active demand for this articledo-day, the sales having reached fully 2,550 bales, at a ran<*e of prices, however, indicating a further concession lntavor of buyers. The transactions may be elas sed as follows, viz : 91 bales at 7* ; 94 at 74 ; 15 at 72 at7 l: 84 at 8; 117 at 81 ; 134 140*1 Q 72 if- 8 ! b, 323 atß * : 207 at 8 < -• 57 at 8{ ; 190 at 9. Haat9s; and 225 bales at 9} cents. SAVANNAH EXPORTS—NOV. 21. Per schr. Plandome, for Baltimore—l6o bales Cotton, 35 do Domestics, 100 boxes Copper Ore 26 bags Feathers, and 1 bale and 2 boxes Mdze. ’ SiWinfl Jntdtigfnrr. ! B Nov. 22.—Arrived, steamship I Southerner, Ewan, New York ; barque Julia Dean, ! »*?«, do.; schr. L. S. Davis, Davis, do. Philadelphia ' £Chr ' Ge °’ LUtle ’ Adams ’ from Went to Sea, steamship Tennesico, Hudgins, Baltimore; schrs, N. W. Smith, Hobart,N. York ■ Maria PicKup, Shoe. Philadelphia; Heyward, Rice! West Indies. ’ ! SA\ANNAH, Nov. 21.—Arr., steamship Au j « usta ’ L y» n ’ New York; scho. Kate Brigham, 1 Dunham, do.; North State, Horton, do.; George Mangham. Scudd.y, Philadelphia; ship Buena Vista, Dunlevy, Boston; steamers John Randolph Lreswell, Augusta ; Fashion, Philpot, do. Cleared, Br. brig Lion, Joss, Aberdeen: schr Plandome, Brown, Baltimore. OEOR6IASTATE FAIR! Furllicr Postponement. In order to allow the Citizens of Au gusta time to make ample preparations for the coming Exhibition, the Executive Committee of the “ Southern Central Agricultural Society” have finally conclu ded to postpone the Fair until the First Monday jn December. i herefore, the people of Georgia and the adjoining States, are respectfully no tified that the Ninth Fair of the Society vill positively be held at Augusta, on MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 1854, in accordance with the Rules and Regula’ j tions heretofore published. A full 1 gramme and Order of Arrangements will j appear in a few days. iru?Cf The Pre3S ’ thro «S h °ut this and the adjoin- ‘ USfiSk"' *s® earneßt 'y requested to give this liotioe the widest possible circulation, and thus aid 5 he g.orious cause of Agricultural, Mechanical and * artistic progress in the South. I W. LEffflS, Secretary. Sf’ t) r * A# B. Montgomery offers his Professional services to the citizens of Augusta and vicinity. He may be found at the j o uce of Hr. Ford, when not professionally engaged J may 8 - ts J 6 IS To Country Merchants wishing to 0 find a fine stock of good Clothing, at m wholesale or retail, will please call in at jj J. M. Newby & Co.’s Store, j> sept 14 Under the United States Hotel. a i»r. Morse’s —The only sure and safe Remedy, yet ~ discovered,. for General Debility, Physical Prostra- jjj tion, Instability, and all the various train of Ner i * vous Affections; it will also remove Denreesinr, I * r Excitement, Dislike of Socioty, Incauacitv 'hr : tl & j; ! I Co ra I"* Sjifrinl Mutirra. Notice.—This being the day set apart by hits Excellency, Governor Johnson, to be observed as a day of Thanksgiving, the Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist congregations will meet at the Baptist Church, at 11, A. M , for Divine Service. Sermon by J. E Evans. nov23 96 K. s. A.—Members of the above Association are hereby notified to at tend a Meeting This (Thursday) Evening, at 7 o clock, at thoir Lodge Room. A full attendance nov23 Wanted.—A person competent to keep ■ Books accurately, and make himself generally useful. Address. Post Office. Box 182. nov23 3 Wanted immediately, two Dry Goods Salesmen None need apply oxeopt such as are thoroughly acquainted with the business, and can give sa’isfgctory reference. nov23 ts Gosgrove A Brennan. Dr. Black has-removed his office to Campbell Street, in the building known as the Baptist Parsonage.' His residence is on Broad street. three doors below Campbell Street, immediately over the Shoe Store of Mr. Martin J?gL 2 ! dim Au » usla Fire t’orapjny.—The sev eral Sections of the Augusta Fire De partment are required to attend a Parade, for Re view and Inspection, in front of the Methodist Church, on Saturday, 25th inst., at half past 2 o clock, P, M. By order of *i • Lamback, Chief Engineer. Alex. Philips, Sec. 3 nov22 Bank of Augusta,, Monday, Nov. this Bank, have to-day declared a semi-annual div idend of four per gent, payable on demand. n°v 22 3 Jas. \y. ‘Davies, Cashier. alr • t: * Zogbaum begs leave to in u *° m k' s friends ahd the public, that he has returned to the cifys to resume his instruc ts 011 in vocal and instrumental (Piano r orto ) ihe Philharmonic Society of Augusta, ior the advancement of Vocal Music, will be re organized. Persons who wish to become Members either actual or social, will please leave their names with Mrs. W.E. Dealing, Messes. W. J. Anslev. G. W, Ferry, D. B Plumb. •_ dtf nov22‘ ’I he Exercises of MJs.s Catonnet’s Seminary wero resumed on Monday, Nov 13ch. at the corner of Greene and.Washine tor. Streets. * The Harp, Piano, and French will be taught bv Mrs Pelettre. A few young Ladies can be accommodated with board at the Seminary. ts nov2l Sf"' Southern Annual Fair at Augusta. —The Georgia Railroad Company will furnish Cars free for the conveyance of Live Stock, and all articles which are for Exhibition (and not for sale) if offered at their Depots between the 28th November and sth December, inclusive, and to be returned cn or before the 12th day of December. Visitors purchasing Tickets from Ist to 7th De cember, inclusive, will be furnished with return Tickets available to l?th December, inclusive. Geo. Yonge, Gen’l. Sup’t. Georgia Railroad, Augusta, Nov. 20, 1854, nov2l dActd The Fashions for the pres’ont season will be exhibited on Friday, the 26th inst, at Mrs. Heney s, one door above the Geor gia Railroad Bank. The Ladies are respectfully invited to attend. nov2l Mrs. Heney begs leave to inform her friends and the public, that she has re moved to the large Store lately occupied by Mr. Vanwinkle, next above the Georgia Railroad Bank, where she will bo delighted to see her friends. She has on haiid a large assortment of most fashiona ble Millinary Goods. Also, a variety of Fanoy Articles; Embroideries; Cloaks; Mantillas and Talmas, of the newest shapes; Gloves; Gauntlets; Ladies’ Merino and Silk Undervests; Cloth for Cloaks, Ac. nov2l Portrait Painting.——Mr. H. A. BitooKS, Historical Paintor, has rooms next to Dr.lVanvoorhes, Mclntosh street, upstairs. Testimonials and specimens of Painting may be seen at his Studio. Lessons given in Drawing and Painting on the principles taught in the first Acad emies of the continent Mrs. Brooks superintends the re-gilding and furnishing of every description of Picture Frames, which she warrants to be equal in quality, and as low as they can be done at the North, lm novl9 <straH " ril aa< * Citizens in want of bargains, fine Watches and Jewelry, are requested to bear in inind that the postponed Administrator s Sale of tho extensive stock of the late Thomas W. Freeman, deceased, will positive ly take place on tho 30th inst, as advertised by us in another column, at our store. Persons in want of any articles in that line will probably find it to their great advantage to defer purchasing until then. All articles will be guaranteed as represented. E °rl9 ts C. E.Giraudey A Co. r ®* |f ’ Etii,or —Please announce that Mr. Mastin Beuiwell will be sup ported for a Member of Council for the Fourth Ward _. * novlS _ The Augusta Female High School, opposite the United States Hotel, over Mr. hobert Carroll s Boot and Shoe Store, will be re-opened on Monday, 20;h of November Terms, for Board and Tu tiori, in all the English branches, will be very moderate. No extra chargo for French, Latin, Fuel, &o. nov!7 C, A. Sabal, Principal. s Dr. A. Cunningham has removed to Reynold street, nearly in the rear of the old Bank of Augusta, whore he may be found, when professionally wanted. 6 " novl7 "“The Exorcises of Mrs. Ring’s School will be resumed on Monday, Nov 20 novld dlO At Private Sale, without reserve, the entire stock of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, now opened and ready for inspection, at the Store of Cosgrove and Brenpan, above the Globe corner. The undersigned offers for sale, at Now York cost, the entire stock of Dry Goods, amounting to about Seventy-five Thousand Dollars worth, and embracing almost ey.ry article in the Dry Goods n tx kj terms wiil b? Cask , or for amounts of One Hundred Dollars, and over, approved paper at three months, with interest from date of sale. Country Merchants, and tho Trade in general, are invited to call and examine thg_Goods and prices All orders promptly attended to. _ . . T. Brennan, Surviving partner of the firm of Cosgrove A Brennan dtf n ovl6 i? v ~T^gj^s Country Dealers.—“-Families and others in want of any thing in the way of Stoves, Grates, Ranges, or general house furnish ing goods, should look in at the extensive assort ment of L. Ha' cock & Co , 210 Broad street, a few doors below Post Office corner. This establish ment is oomplete in all its departments. No stock heretofore offered in the city, in their line will com pare at all in point of variety or extent, with tho assortment they now offer to their customers. Os Female School.—The Misses Sedg wick propose to open a School for xoung Ladies, on Monday, tho 20th inst. Their aim will.be to combine with a thorough, intellectual educaiton such moral and religious culture as will lead their pupils to the formation or those traits of character without which tho highest mental endow ments are worse than useless. The courso of instruction will include the Latin and French Langua res. Terms from 10 to S2O, according to the ages and requirements of the pupils. School Rooms on Broad street, over the office of the Augusta Manufacturing Company. Applica tions may be left with Dr. T. W. Battey. References—Col. H. H. Camming, Dr. T. W Battey, Geo. Schley, Esq.. Geo. W. Lamar, Esq! Hon. VFm. T. Gould. Edward Thomas, K.-n. nov!s io Eagle Phoenix Hotel— J. R. Pres- Cv.tt, Proprietor.—ls’ now open for the reception of Transient or Permanent Boar bers. The proprietor solicits a continuance of patronage, and can only assure these fwho may make a selection of his house, that no "pains wifi be spared to render them comfortable. novls ts female Institute.—The subscriber renews the tender of his services to Parents and Guardians in the education of their daughters and wards. Providence permitting, the teachers will beat their posts on Monday, the 20th. — l l9llt W- J- *U ARD. Principal. t> A L* *' l ® ct 011 will be held at the Richmond Hotel on Saturday 25th “M*; f< £ a member of the City Council of Augusta for the Fourth Ward, to fill the vacancv ot «no. J Donaldson, who has left the city, under the managemant of Danl- S. Bush, William H toward and N. K. Butler, or any two of them, i oles to be opened at 10 o'clock A. M.,and closed at 2o clock, P. M. novl4 td A. P. Robertson, Mayor. jr{r Removed.—Cosgrove & Brennan have removed their stock of Dry Goods" from the old store ofT. J. Cosgrove A Co-, known as their lower store. Having no further connection with that house, they would invito their friends to call at their upper store above the Globe corner, where they are now opening an extensive stock of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, which they will sell at cost to wind up the bunnels of the firm and satisfy the heirs of T. J. Cosgroye, deceased. novl4 ts