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Thirty-Tfiird Goagiese—Second Seaaion.
Washington, Dec. IS, 1854
SENATE.
Mr. Sebastian piesen*jgd the credential* of Mr.
Johnson, elected to Fif the vacancy made by
Mr. Borland’s resignation. He appeared and •
was sworn. jgM|p V j
Tbe President's message was referred ou sev
eral motions to appropr:::* committees.
On motion of Mr. Stuart, a number of Senate
documents containing the message, &e., weie di
rected to be delivered to the President and tbe
several departments. f
. fMMr. Shields reported a bill to inciease tbe ef
ficiency of the army, and notified the Senate that
be would call.it up at an early day.
The House bill for the heirs of Earon DeKalh
was taken up end debated.
Mr. Badger and Mr. Clayton warmly eu!o
gisod the virtues and noble deeds of DeKalb, and
urged the passage ol the bill, which was finally
which were agnSTto! arid then the bill was
postponed.
The bill estabiisbing a board ol commissioners
to examine and adjust private claims agiinst the
United States was taken up.
M r $ addressed the Senate in expla
in recent arrest of a similar one. He wished
tbe commissioners to be arbitiators, not agents
Mr. Pcctit proposeil referring the whole sub-
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, thought this the most
important bill ever before Congress, arid moved
it* reference to a select committee of five, to be
appointed by the chair.
Air. Dawson objected to the reference, asking
why refer?
Mr. Jones, oi Tennessee, replied, because the
speech of the gentleman Irom Georgia demon
strated that the bill in its present state would
not be satisfactory. It provides merely for a
committee, and then the whole subject would
have to come before Congress.
The bill was then referred to a select commit
tee as aforesaid, e 1
Mr. Badger asked to be excused from the com
mittee on finance. Agreed to Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Robbins offered a resolution, which was
adopted, instructing the committee on naval af
fairs to inquire into the expediency of pWiug
the officers, seamen and marines, who sei v@d du
ring the Mexicau war,on the same fbofmg as to
bounty land, extra pay, &c.’ as those who served
in the Pacific during the same period.
Mr. Phillips introduced a bill authorizing the
construction of six sloops of war. to
the committee on naval etfairs.
Mr. Ciingrnan made an ineffectual effort to
introduce a joint resolution, in order that it might
be referred to the committee on loreign affairs,
requesting the President to tender the mediation
ot the Uuited States to the powers engaged in
the Eastern war.
Mr. Bennett moved to reconsider the vote by
which the hill for the relief of Betsy Nash was
committed to the committee of the whole House.
It was a meritorious claim, about which no doubt
existed, and he wished to pass it independent of
the Senate amendment, appropriating $3,000 for
the relief of Mrs. Batchelder, whose husband was
killed in May last, in Boston, while assisting the
United States Marshal in the execution of the
fugitive slave law.
Mr. Hendricks said tne Batchelder case would
cause controversy and should not embarrass the
claim of Betsy Nash. He was willing to con
sider the first named at a proper time, and it it
should f rove proper, vote lor it.
Mr. Faulkner had nothing to say about the
claim ot Betsy Nash, but he regarded that of Mrs,
Batchelder as equally meritorious, and demand
ing the consideration of the House.
The bill was made the special order for next
Friday three weeks.
The House then went into committee on the
Indian appropriation bill, and after amending,
laid it aside to be reported to the House.
The bill making appropriations for the support
of the Military Academy- was taken up.
Mr. Oliver, of Missouri, read a short speech for
Mr. Benton by request, prepared by the latter
before he recently left the city for the North, in
which Mr. Benton says that Mr. Mace the other
day gave notice of his intention to introduce a
bill prohibiting slavery iu the terutories. The
object being to restore to this House and the
country the harmony’ they possessed at tbe com
mencement of the last session. A man, (in Mr.
Benton s opinion) who can accomplish this will
be entitled to tbe character of a public benefac
tor. He does not think Mr. Alace's resolution
will have this effect, but on the contrary, will
embarrass the o- ject.
The gentlemaa from Indiana had said he
would oppose trie admission of any State legali
zing slavery. With regard to the first proposi
tion Mr. Benton thinks the only effect will he
- to disquiet tbe settlers in Kansas. At the next
session the necessity ot Mr. Alace’s biii will be
•uperceded by eveuts. Kansas will apply tor
admission as a State. Now a state is entitled to
admission with or without slavery, and this not
~ by virtue of any act of Congress or the constitu
tion, but a right anterior and superior to Con-
P §ress and the Constitution—an imberent light ot
states sovereignty possessed before the constitu
tion was made, and not surrendered by the
States when the constitution was formed,
and therefore retaiued by the States. Add to
treaty right to the same effect.
Kansas is a part of the former province of
Louisiana, and has a right under the treaty be
tween Fraure and the United States to be in
corporated into the Union as soon as can be done
I in accordance with the provi-ions of the Feder
al Constitution. The third article of the treaty
gives this absolute right, whether Kansas pre
sents herself with or without slavery. There
was, Mr. Benton says, crimination and recrimin
ation on the par* of Mr. Mace and Air. Oliver.
'The first charged that the Alissourians crossed into
Kausas to control the election of a delegate, and
r the latter retorted by saying men vveie sent from
New Enghind to control tbe election. Mr Ben
ton believes both were about right.
Mr. Barry rose to speak of what was known
in common parlance as Know Nothingis/itr This
society has recently sprung into existence. Its
founders are unknown, because the purpose of
F those who profess to be known as Know Noth
ings are contradictory’—unlike other organize
ttor.s, it does not avow its ,principles if in at
tempting to find out what are the principles of the
association, he should do injustice to it, let the
jjfc uiembeis on this floor who belong to itiise and
correct it. Know Nothings appeal to nationality,
a viitue which swells every American’s bossum ,
but in it* practices it may* subvert the principles
on which our government is established.
The most beautiful effect in our insti
tution* has been to modify tbe feeling of a verison
to foreigners and bring all men within the cir
cle of a common br»therhood. One icason as
« signed for the formation of thedvnow-Nothing So
«ety, that foreigners form associations among
themselves. But associations are not confined
to "them. Where there are differences o* opin
ions there will arise different associations. Er
rors ol belief will be found among our native
born citizens. There are societies entertaining
the doctrines maintained by such papers as the
Boston lave-tigato’’. Abuses, however, cannot
be eradicated without eradicating the institution*
unuer which they arise. If we must have a
monotony of opinion, we must have a munoto
ny of di-potition.
- ? ar he coul-.l leam, this association has
or lU object first the exclusion of foreigners
iK-rn ifflae, secondly, the extension ot the fiat -
uratizauon fans to twenty -one yeais ; third, the
repeal n tbe naturalization laws ■ and lourth,
tne exclusion of Catholics from office. These
mags are to be consummated by means of a se
cret political association, whose name has not
been declared, and whose purpose Jhas not been
By an association meeting in a name
less place and at a nameless hour of meeting, e
adopting nameless purposes—though the purpo- «i
ses: in themselves, might be desirable and cal- t
culatod to promote the puiest doctrines of chris- i
tianifry and philantrophy, secrecy with that view \
was so grossly and palpably wiong that it should t
find no sympathy in his bosom. Secrecy was i
an absolute vice and an outrage on those whose i
rights were proposed to be defended. There
must be something wrong in this movement,
for it is not in human nature when a cause is
tight to put the light under a bushel, but to place
it on a hill where it can be seen and admired by
. all men. _ t
These Know-Nothings say they were disgust
r i with the corruption of both the old parties
therefore formed a new one. What arro
gance, to pretend that they are the puie patriots.
He believes it is formed of ultia partisans and
the disappointed of both parties—the whig party
forms the«majority of this new organization,
with lew exceptions. General Scott said he
- would admit the foreigner who had fought for
j this country, after a residence of one year. The
whig party voted for Scott, knowing this to be
j his opinion. Were they sincere then, or not?
Gen. Scott complimented the “ iiligant rich
brogue” of the Irishman, and the “rich German
accent.’’ (Laughter.) This organization, he
repeated, sprung from the late canvass. It was
a political trick, and the managers knew* it as
well as lie did
This association was illegal and a conspiracy
to rob men of their rights by secret means, with
out a knowledge of the source from whence the
blows come. As to foreigners, when they come
to our shores, we should indoctrinate them with
I Republican ideas, in order to make them good
ci izens—faithful and reliable. If they are put
.; under the ban this cannot be done. «
D foreigners are to be excluded from office,
government should take the responsibility ot
, enacting laws for that purpose and assume the
glory or the shame as the case may be—they
should have such offices as the people may see fit
to give them, looking to their morals and qualifi
cations—merit should be the test. He had never
indulged in the Fourth of July halluciuation so
often expressed, that the whole world should
come over and settle in our country. His opin
ion was there .‘houid be no more foreigners at a
time than can amalgamate with our people—
more than this would be dangerous.
In relation to corruption in elections, he said
that natives spoil foreigners by truckling for
their votes. Both parties have resorted to this,
but they are afraid to provoke investigation. It
was idle to seek a remedy in new laws until the
old ones have been fully tested. He considered
this a Northern vexed question—just as the ne
gro question is a vexed question in the Sjuth.
It is a question ol the organization of labor. He
said Know-Nothings have different professions
of object. In one part of the country they dif
fer from those in another ; they possess the
worst parts of both the old parties; their object
is to overthrow this administration. (Laugh
ter.) Every ism, woman’s rights, and all are
l combined under this Know-Nothing movement.
It was a natural child of the alien and sedition
laws.
After other remarks, be gave his reasons for
• believing its existence will be of short continu
a nee.
i Mr. Banks, after saying—iu reply to tbe re
* marks ot Mr. Benton, which had been read—
that Massachusetts sent some of her best and
! truest men to Kansas Territory, proceeded to
notice Mr. Barry’s speech—first, as to the duty
‘ of men to promulgate their views. A man is
* acountable to no human being, but to God, for
his opiuions; and when he is called to act with
1 regard to government as a member of the social
1 compact, he is accountable to tbe government.
The government which undertakes to control
1 him in this right of opinion strikes at the basis
: ot our repubiica.l institutions, and for this ought
» to be wiped from the face of the earth. He re
i peated, l?e had the right to form opinions for
1 himself. God gave him that right.
Mr. Barry.— Has a secret society the right to
hind a man ?
'' Air. Banks.—l’ll come to that.
-. ! Mr. Barry.—l would ask whether the New
\ York council had the right to bind men under
1 oath to tell who they voted for ?
Mr. Banks replied. I have a right tomyown
» opinion. Aly vote is by ballot, which is a secret
! institution. I have a right to give it secretly,
! unknown to men or secret institutions. In con
sidering a public wrong, it is right to see what
I constitutes the wrong ; and by that we get at
- the idea of the wrong. What is the association,
and who are the members ot it?—the people of
t the United States. It is not an association limi
ted by number, but it seeks through the numeri
-5 cal strength of the members to control the elec
tions of the country. Therefore, it is popular in
its nature. Whatever the design of the New 7
York council, or associations anywhere, .they
who undertake to control the government of this
country by numerical votes, make secrecy fm
■ possible. There is a popular element in this as
sociation, and know doubt the gentleman knows
more than Ido what makes secrecy impossible.
- The gentleman from Alississippi says the
Know-Nothings are one class in the South, and
r in the North are another—that in one section
r they take up a man who was connected wi*h
i the Democratic party, and in another a man who
r was connected with the Whig party. This was
t true and reasonable ; these men leit the old party
> organizations tor reasons. There may sometimes
■ be a necessity lor this; and the„lorm which men
may choose to organize concerns themselves. He
took an illustration from his own State, and in
I this connection spoke of the oppressive influence
of wealth and corporations upon the iree spirit of
, the people.
I The movement in Massachusetts was on the
part ot the people and not those who had the
• property. There are men there who could not
act independently without being crushed. But
in the night and on a Sunday, in a dark lane, in
1 a mysterious way,those men made a subterranean
passage—a covered way seen by nobody. The
i moment they constructed that secret way, you
should have seen them go through it. j Laugh
> ter.] He would ask the gentleman from Mis
: sissippi whether the people had not a right to
resort to that avenue of escape ? The people are
responsible for their conduct—what have they
done ? Nothing to subj-ct them to a criminal
prosecution ; and this point could not be contro
verted by his friend from Mississippi.
A Pennsylvania judge may charge the jury ol
such and such things as much as he chooses, but
the people will take care of jurors and courts as
well as judges. (Laughter.) And gentlemen
may find they have something to do in this way.
He asked whether if there was not a necessity
1 which justified this action. He thought he had
demonstrated the right ot the people to act in
their own way. He called attention to the fact
that those who do the wrong in know-nothingism
are the people ; if there is no majority of the peo
ple then no harm is doue. The gentleman talks
against secrecy; was not the last Presidential
> j election controlled by secrecy—by a secret as
sociation and combination ? There is no popu
lar movement but what operates through a lew
privileged members. He was for publicity when
a man acts lor others ; but when he acts lor him
self no man has a right to his thoughts, if he
said knothing and knew nothing it was his right.
(Laughter.)
He did not know the gentleman from
Mississippi was right or wrong in his exposition
of Know-Nothingism. He had read tbe article
Irom which that gentleman quoted, but did not
see anything there about the naturalization laws
nor a limitation on voting, Tbe article from file
Pennsylvanian was copied into the papers of his
section. He did not see anything referring to
the Catholic religion or Roman Catholic church.
i Mr. Barry.—l will correct the gentleman. I
will read from the Pennsylvanian and the gen
tleman will admit his error.
Air. Banks.—l will admit nothing. I know
nothing. (Laughter, and a voice, ‘‘Banks, you’re
a good know-nothing, ha, ha. /} )
Mr. Barry read from the Pennsylvanian part of
: the oath; “Yoc will reqppve all foreigners,aliens,
or Roman Catholics, and in no case appoint such
to office.”
Mr. Banks.—The gentleman at first said
! Catholics. Now he says Roman Catholics.
Air. Barry.—The gentleman misunderstood me.
Mr. Banks replied that he had no objection to
men of tbe Roman Catholic Church and would
vote for bis friend irom Pennsylvania, Mr. Chand
ler, notwithstanding the gentleman believes in
that Church—but these was another branch of
this question—the Pope stands out as the vicar
of God. Not only as supreme in spiritual affairs
but to control all governments and sunder men
Irom their relations to the State. And that part
i °f she church creed, which makes the pontiff
the supreme head, with power to absolve men
l ,ro,n allegiance to tbe government, has never
; been disavowed. If that was a man’s Roman
j •Catholicism he should not vote for him. He
! doubted not every man here entertained the
same view. He had., in the eye of Qod. always
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endeavored to be just towards all men. He had Lg
defended the North and the South, and capi- t
talists, when they were in the right. And had ]
stood by foreigners, whether high or low, rich or s
poor, but if a foreigner declares he holds as his |
supreme head the Pope of Rome, and that he can ]
dissolve him from allegiance to the United States (
or the commonwealth, he has no claims on him. 1
Mr. Barry.—f have always heard such a pre
rogative for tbe Pope disclaimed.
Mt. Banks replied.—So have, I, but I have
never heard such a power disavowed.
Mr. Barry.—l believe the Pope has acted on
the principle that he is never compelled to tell
anything.
Mr. Banks—That is true.
Mr. Barry.—l agree with the gentleman that
the man who acknowledges such power in the
Pope has r.o right to sit here.
Mr. Banks.—l plaqt myself on the ground that
this power of the Pope has never been disavow
ed as to secular affairs. He proceeded to con
demn the old parties for truckling to foreigners
who have held the balance ot power in elections,
and said, a man once told him, “I am a Jesuit
and qur instruction is to shout for Cass but vote
for Taylor.”
Tbe committee here rose, and the Indian and
West Point appropriation bills were passed
The House then adjourned.
South Carolina Legislature—Augusta
Bridge.
The following is the Report of the Committee
on the Judiciary, on the Augusta Bridge. The
repealing clause to the Jones and Kennedy Char
ter was also incorporated in the General Road
Bill.
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom
was referred a memorial from sundry citizens of
Edgefield, praying to be relieved against an Act,
passed in December, 1853, authorizing James
Jones and ‘Kennedy “to collect tolls from all
persons passing over the bridge across the Savan
nah at Hamburg and Augusta, and also, a Bill to
repeal the said Act, beg leave to report that the
object of the Bill and memorial is to relieve the
citizens of that District from what they regard
as a grievance, resulting from the operation of
the said Act. The subject is one not only of
considerable interest to tbe citizens ol that por
tion of the State, but involves questions of gravi
ty and delicacy in a general pointof view. Much
litigation and controversy have grown out of the
legislation on this subject; but your Committee
do not suppose it necessary to bring the attention
of the House more than may be necessary to a'
correct apprehension of tbe questions at issue.
The first Act granting any right in relation to a
bridge at that point appears to have been passed
in 1791, vesting in Wade Hampton, Esq., the
right to take toll on a bridge built by him at that
point, for one hundred years. Among the rea
sons assigned for this was that the grantee had
already obtained a grant from the State of Geor
gia for taking toll on thje same bridge.
This grant does not seem to have been ever
repealed, but subsequently the bridge having
been destroyed and granted to other persons, it
does not seem important to notice the interme
diate enactments on the subject. On the 17th
December, 1813, however, the State granted to
Messrs. Schultz and Cooper the exclusive right
to build and keep a toll bridge over the Savan
nah river, at that poipt, (or twenty one years.
Cooper assigned his interest and it became vest
ed in McKmne, and the State of Georgia granted
to these parties a corresponding right, and per
fected in their hands the right to build the bridge
and take the tolls for crossing the river there.
Tne bridge was accordingly built, but subse
quently, alter proceedings in various Courts, the
interest <sf Schultz and McKinne in the property
and franchise was entirely divested by sale, and
became vested in the Bank of the State of Geor
gia. In August, (’2d,) the State; through her
Commissioner, the Hon. Baylis J. Earle, pur
chased a portion of land consisting of several
parcels, embracing among them that on which
the abutment of the bridge rested, and necessary
for its use. Shortly afterwards, on the 18th De
cember, 1830, the Legislature of South Carolina
granted a renewal of tbe charter, which had pre
viously been granted to Schultz and Cooper, to
the Bank of the State of Georgia lor the term of
fourteen years, from 1834.
About the same time, that is, on 24th Decem
ber, 1830, the said B. J. Earle, on behalf of the
State, in consideration ot the sum of SSOOO, con
veyed a certain portion of the land so purchased,
including that on which the abutment rested
from the margin of the river at low water mark,
to Samuel Hale, who was the President of the
Bank of tbg State of Georgia, in fee simple. The
deed of conveyance contained the following
clause: “It being understood that the last piece
or parcel ot land, is to be used, held and enjoyed
solely and exclusively for the purpose of a bridge
abutment and a highway,” and subsequently,
after a conveyance to the Bank of this interest,
the Bridge franchise and all the said property
was conveyed to Gazaway B. Lamar, and in
1840, G. B. Lamar, in consideration of the sum
of SIOO,OOO, conveyed all the said property and
interest of the City Council of Augusta. This
transaction was ratified by the State of Georgia
and the charter renewed to the city of Augusta
without limitation of time.
The matter so remained until 1848, and it ap
pears that shortly before this period, Schultz had
commenced proceedings in the Federal Court,
with a view of contesting the rights of the City
Council of Augusta, or of asserting some claim of
his own to the property in question.
In 1848, the last charter granted by the State
of South Carolina to the Bank of the State of
Georgia, and which had come by mesne transfer
to the City Council of Augusta, as before stated,
expired. And it may be proper to consider for a j
moment the rights and relations of the parties
when this occurred. The charter from the State
of Georgia had not expired,it having been grant
ed without limitation of time, and the City Coun
cil of Augusta still remained the owner of the
material structure of the bridge, or so much ot it
as was not affected by the termination of the
charter Irom South Carolina. She also retained
her interest in the land purchased Irom the State,
under the conveyance Horn Earle, subject to the
stipulation above referred to. Whether so much
ol the structure as was supported between low
water mark and the centre ot the river, which
is the boundary between the two States, became
the property ol the State of South Carolina upon j
the expiration ot the charter, might be a ques
tion ol some doubt. Your committee incline to
think that it did not; foralthough unquestiona
bly it might have been regarded and treated as a
nuisance, or purpes/u, being an obstruction to a
navigable stream without authority, it does not
appear to your committee that it theiefore be- !
earnest he property of the State, but the conclu- j
sions of your committee have not been governed
by this consideration. The lands ,on this side ■
which has been conveyed to the City of Augus
ta, could not as it appears to your committee,
have been transferred to any proprietor, except
in the exercise of the sovereign right of eminent !
domain, which your committee believe has never
been permitted in this State but for public ad- i
vantage, and subject to an obligation for com- i
pensation. In IS4B, it was enacted that the
bridge across the Savannah river at Hamburg
and Augusta, be re-chartered and vested in Hen- j
ry Schultz and John AlcKinne, their heirs and
assigns, for fourteen years, “ with certain rates
ot toll, with the proviso that the said Henry
Schultz, and John AlcKinne should not be allow
ed to charge and collect toll as aforesaid at the
South Carolina end of said bridge, until the liti- :
gation now pending in tbe Supreme Court oi the
United States iu relation to the said bridge and
tbe proceeds of its sale, shall be deiermiued
against the said City Council of Augusta.” Act
1848, p. 532.
In 1849 so much of the said act “as does not j
allow Henry Schultz and John AlcKinne to col- :
lect toll” at the said bridge, was repealed, and
Henry Schultz and John AlcKinne were author
ized to collect the rates of toll established by I
law at the South Carolina end of the said
bridge from all persons going from the South 1
Carolina end, but not from persons coming from
the Georgia end of the bridge ; but the collect- j
ing of said toll should not subject the Rail Road |
Company, or the. community, to tbg payment of :
double toll.” p. 1849.
In 1851, McKinne trauslerievl his interest to
Schultz, and afterwards, in the same year,
Schultz, assigned all his interest under those acts :
to James Jones and Joseph J. Kennedy.
An effort was made by the Assignees to en- I
force the collection of toll without regard to any ]
collection ol toll on the other side of the river— !
the city of Augusta continuing to collect toll on j
the Georgia side. This, however, was resisted ;
by the Rail Road Company, and the Assignees j
were enjoined by our Couits on the ground that j ;
apart irom any other considerations, while the !
city ot Augusta continued to collect toll on that j i
side of the river, this could not be done. In
1853, the act now chiefly complained of was j
passed ; by this it was enacted that James Jones j
and Joseph J, Kennedy, Assignees of Henry ,
Schultz and John McKinne,” were authorized I
to collect tolls prescribed by the act passed in I
1848, from all persous passing from Hamburg
and Augusta, provided, however, that nothing
herein contained shall in any wise impair or
prejudice any right of property claimed by the
nty of Augusta in respect to the material struc
ture of the bridge within the territorial limits of
this State. : Another effort was now made to
collect toll under this enactment, hut it appears
that Messrs. Jones and Kennedy have been res- i
trained by injunction under proceedings in the"!
Federal Courts. -
And it is to be relieved from the effects of this ;
Legislation, that the Memorial and bill referred
to your Committee have been presented to the i
Legislature.
And now the question ie, can the Legislature
consistently with constitutional obligation and a
due regard for well necognizedYundamental piin- j
cipals repeal the enactment complained of—and j
it it can, it is expedient and proper to do so. As I
to the first point: Have the Acts heretofore j
passed vested any property in Messrs. Jones and
Kennedy, or consummated any contract with
them < If they have, your Committee think
that whatever embarrassment may have been
produced by some other means must be
tound then by repeal to relieve the community
irorn their operation. If rights have vested even
through improvident legislation, those rights
must be respected. In the first place, to give the
rights supposed to be conferred any operation* it
would have been necessary to make use of the j
property of the city of Augusta, which it does j
not appear to have been the object of any oi j
these Acts to interfere with ; for the last enact- !
rnent expressly provides that it shall not ope
rate “to impair or prejudice” this right. But
apart from any invalidity so resulting Irom this
consideration, it does not appear to your Com
mittee that any grant or legislation from either
State, without a corresponding act on the part
of the other could confer a franchise ot this de
scription so as to vest any right in the person
for whose benefit it was intended. A franchise
to keep a ferry or bridge and receive toll for
crossing a river, is hi fact nothing but a right to
enforce a compulsory contract on each passenger,
but this of course implies the ability and obliga
tion on the part of the grantee to perform his
part of the contract by transporting the passen
ger. It does not appear that such a light is
known to the law as a franchise to take toll for
transporting a passenger to the middle of a river.
Each State can only grant or 'egislate to the
centre ol.a common stream, and it is only when
the acts of I cth unite in the same person that
the right can be said to vest. From this it re
sults that no right has or can vest under these
Acts, as they are necessaiily incomplete and in
operative until perfected by the Legislation ol
Georgia. A right to take toll never has vested
under tbpse Ac s, and therefore, there is no ob
stacle in the way ol a repeal, as nothing is there
by divested. The next inquiry is as to the ex
pediency of the proposed repeal. The memori
alists compalin ot the Act of 1853 as possibly
subjecting them to double toll, exacted at each
end ot the bridge. But the difficulty is not pre
cisely of this character.
It is not 60 much that a right exists to charge
toll at each end of the bridge, as that really no
complete franchise exists tochatge toll at either
end ol the bridge, unless, indeed, it is supposed
that a right results to the city of Augusta from
the serving in the act, and this can scarcely be
supported. If there is really no franchise to keep
or hold this bridge, there is no right to take toll ;
and more than this, if the bridge is not held un
der a franchise or right from the States, it be
comes in strict legal contemplattion an obstruc
tion over a navigable stream without warrant of
law. 1 nis is certainly a most unfortunate and
anomalous condition for that which is, in fact, a
great thoroughfare between the two States, and
the destinotion of which would prove a source ot
the greatest inconvenience. The act complain
ed ol many prove a hindrance to the proper set
tlement ot this troublesome question, and may
carry the appearance of an attempt to make way
the property of the City Council of Augusta,
while it really can confer no right or franchise
upon those for whose benefit it seems to have
been designed. Your Committee, therefore, have
come to the conclusion that it can and ought to
he tepealed, and as the previous Act of 1849 is
subject to the same objections, they think the
repeal should embrace both Acts, they therefore
recommend the passage of the bill with the fol
lowing amendment : The insertion of the fol
lowing clause after the word “That,” in the
twenty'first [section of an Act, entitled “An
Act to establish certain roads, bridges and fer
ries,” passed on the nineteenth day ot December,
in the year ot our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-eight, and also in the twenty-sixth
section of an Act entitled “An Act to establish
certain roads, bridges and terries,” passed the
nineteenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine,
and also that, and the substitution of the word
“are” tor “is,” iu the last line.
Nelson Mitchell, Chairman.
A Bill to repeal the twenty-seventh section of
an act entitled An Act to establish certain
Roads, Bridges and Ferries, and to renew cer
tai me barters heretofore granted,” ratified on the
twentieth day of December, in the year of our
Lo-d one thousand eight hundred iftrd fifty-three.
B« it enacted, by the Senate and House of Repre
tentative*, now met and silting in Geneial Assemb
ly, and by the authority of the same , That the
twenty-seventh section of an Act entitled “An
Act to establish ceitain Roads, Bridges, and Fer
ries, and to renew certain charters heretofore
granted,”, ratified on the twentieth day of De
cember, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three, authorizing James
I Jones and Joseph J. Kennedy, assigness of Henry
: Shultz and John McKinne, to collect certain tolls'
therein referred to, from all persons passing from
either side over the bridge across the Savannah
River at Hamburg and Augusta* be, and the
same is, hereby repealed.
South Carolina Legislature.
Columbia. Dec. 21— Senate.-— The .iesolu
frons offered by the Special Joint Committee, to
whom was referred various matters relating to
; the new State Capital, were brought up.
The resolutions offered by Mr. Me Alley on
Tuesday, were submitted as a substitute, as also
various other resolutions. The original, how
ever, passed with some amendment. They now
read as follows :
1. Resolved , That the State proceed in the
: construction ot a new State Capitol.
2. Resolved , That the new State Capitol be so
j located that its centre will cover the apex of the
hill, directly in front of the site of the old State
House, wings extending towards the east and
west, fronting noith, and having the southern
I portico on the same parallel with the northern
limit of Senate-street.
3. Resolved , That the plan adopted by the
| Commissioners of the new State Capitol be re
tained, supplying its deficiencies, and making
j such modifications therein as may be lertdered
necessary by a change in position, and such as
may seem fit to the Commissioners and Archi
tect.
4. Resolved, That the entire cost oi' complete- j
ly constructing the new State Capitol ought not I
to exceed half a million of dollars,4ff#rl that the
Commissioner and Architect shall make all their
estimates with reference to that sum as a limit.
5. Resolved, Ihut a Committee of three—one
from the Senate a id two from the House oi Rep
resentatives—be appointed by the Legislature,
to sit during the recess of the Legislature, to
hear and determine all matters and things pre
sent in the memorial ol Charles xMcCulloch, and
in the petitions ol Joseph B. Dailey and George
W. Wright.
6. Resolved, That bonds given by the contrac
tor to the State for the faithful performance of
their contracts in referrence to the construction
of the new State Capitol, be immediately put in
suit in all those cases in which, in the judgment
of the Commissioners, the said contracts have!
been violated.
Tiie debate on the above was very spirited. i
The Senate refused to agree to the proposition j
from the House that it should adjourn to the I
fourth Monday in November.
J. C. Crolt was elected Register of Mesne
Conveyance for Georgetown District.
The following gentlemen were elected Regents
of the Lunatic Asylum at Colurnbi i.
Andrew Wallace, Esq, Rev. P. J. Shand,
John Bryce, Esq. Maximilian Laborde, M. D.,
R. H. Goodwyn, Francis Lieber, L. L. D., Rev.
Dr. B. Palmer, Clarkson and C. F. McCay,
Esqrs.
House of Representatives. —The House
has fixed Tuesday after the fourth Monday in
November, as the day on which the next session
shall commence.
A Military Commission was appointed to ex
amine the Militia system of the State, and re
port at the next session of the Legislature what
changes may be necessary.
The report ot the Committee on Accounts was
agreed to. i
The third ballot for the twelfth Director of s
the Bank of the State, resulted in no election, <
as the Speaker had called out 130 ballots, and 134 <
were cast. The vote stood Prothro 67, Gaillard <
46, and Stone 24. A message was received i
from the Senate proposing forthwith a fourth
ballot, which was laid on the table. >
The House then took a recess.
Evening Session. —The House is discussing
the Senate resolutions relative to the State Capi
tol. A proposition to sit a day longer was *o
: ted down, and it was agreed to adjourn at mid
i night, up to which hour both Houses will be
engaged in ratifying Acts.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23.
A Chance for Poets.
The Daiiy Constitutionalist & Republic will
be furnished one year to the author of the best
New Year Carrier’s Address, banded in at this
office before the 26th inst. The address must
contain not less than forty lines, nor more than
eighty.
Christmas. ~ *
j Ah! how many fond and sad recollections
j does Christmas bring to the memory of the old,
i and with what anxiety and pleasing emotions is
; its annual return looked for by the young. How
many festive boards of 1853, will, in 1854, find
a vacant seat; how many will find an addition-
To the former, Monday next may produce un
happy feelings, while to the latter, the same
day will have a contrary effect. But thus it is
in this world, and will be until the end of time,
and we must take the world as we find it.—
While one'sorrows, another rejoices; but, perhaps,
the rejoicers of this year may be the sorrowers of
next. But sorrow will not remove, nor bring
back, nor will rejoicing continue forever in this
transitory world. Why then give up io sorrow?
Christmas at the South, to free and bond, is by
custom, recognized as a holyday. With childrens
its annual recurrence is anxiously looked for, and
where is the parent that does not feel a prida
when, in the morning, his little ones manifest
their satisfaction and delight in seeing the dona
tions awarded them by Santa Clause or Cris
kringle.
Notwithstanding the tightness of the times,
we think the approaching Christmas will be a
merry one in our city, to judge by the prepara
tions made and making by our Confectioners.
We would call attention to the advertisement
in this day’s paper of Mr. A Frederick, who has
on hand a large and varied stock to suit the youth
ful taste, and will be ready to wait on old and
young this morning.
Messrs. I. P. Girardey & Co. have also on hand
a large and well selected stock of k Toys r fancy
articles, French and home made Confectionery
Cakes, Candies, &e. We paid a visit to the store
yesterday afternoon, and found it handsamelv
fitted up lor the holydays. All the articles are
displayed to advantage, and the purchaser can
not consume much time in choosing.
Mr. J. W. Zinn has also on hand a large as
sortment.
Last, but not least, come our old friends Lam
back & Cooper. They will not make the same
display this year as formerly, but they have the
articles on hand, and will supply the wants of
customers.
We have the material—let us have a merry
Christmas, even if the times are tight. Christ
mas comes but once a year—let all enjoy it. It
is one day’s recreation, and such days do not ol
ten occur in our business and money making
city.
Bank Excitement in Washington. — A des
patch from Washington, dated December 20,
says: There has been much excitement in mo
nied circles yesterday and to-day. growing out
of the recent statement made by the Trustees of
the Exchange Bank of Selden, Withers & Co.—
The statement 9hows that the individual mem
bers of the firm are the largest debtors, and that
more than two-thirds of the million of assets of
Mr. Withers are worthless. The notes of the
bank were selling on Monday at a discount o 1
ten percent. Yesterday and to-day they were
sold by the brokers at a discount of fortu ver
tent.
Nf.w York Money Market, Dec. 19.—The
Journal of Commerce says—There is a better
tone of feeling in the money market, and those
who are gilted profess to be able to see their way
out of our present difficulties. The banks are
rich having now fully $12,000,000 in specie, and
would discount more liberally if the right kind
of paper were goffering. The moat pressing
of their customers are those tor whom they have
already done all they wish to rick on particular
signatures. We are by no means sure however
that second class houses taken do not
in reality stand as strong as those who are mark
ed No. 1 on the private ledger.
The Assay Office yesterday, made the first
payment upon Saturday’s deposits, and to-day
will make a farther disburesment on the same
account. The Sub-Treasmy is paying out over
half a million to-day, for government stocks sent
to Washington.
Foreign Exchange is accumulating, and there
will be a large supply before another steamer
day. The demand must also increase so that we
expect unusual activity. The supply will pro
bably be ample, and we look for no increase in
rates.
The Howard Association of New Orleans
have published a report of their transactions dur
ing the prevalence of yellow fever the past sea
son, by which we learn that they extended re
lief to 1,240 cases of yellowy fever, of which 116
were Americans, 42 English, 469 Irish, S4l
Germans, and 54 French. 177 of these cases
died, and the rest were discharged cured. In ad
j dition.the Association relieved 316 distresssd j’
j families. Their expenditures in the city of New j
Orleans amounted to $17,683 69, and their do- I
nations to other afflicted Southern towns amount- I
ed to $4,921.
Heads Off. —We learn from the Macon Tele- j
graph, that the Know-Nothing Board of Alder- I
rnen recently elected in place, has taken off |
the heads of all the foreign born officeholders in !
| the employ of the city.
Pulaski Monument. —The erection of this !
| beautiful structure was completed yesterday by j
I the elevation of the statue of Liberty to its pe- i
I destal, on the top of the column, which took !
place about twelve o’clock, and was accomplish- I
ed wijhout accident. The shears and scaffolding
havi; g been removed, the monument now i
stands in bold relief, exhibiting its beautiful pro- !
portions and exquisite workmanship, to the ad- :
miring spectator; and i«, without question, one
of the most beautiful and appropriate monumen
tal structutes on this continent. To Mr. Lau- i
nitz, the talented designer and contractor, the
highest credit js due for the handsome manner I
in W’hich he has carried out the views of the
Commissioners, in giving us a monument wor
thy of the illustrious man whose heroism it com
memorates—and of what, as a work of art, our
city may be justly proud. We congratulate’ Mr.
L. on his complete success.
We understand that the grading at the base
will be done immediately, when the railing will
be placed round the monument in the course of a
few days.— Sav. News, 21 st imt.
Providence, R. I. Dec. 3 9.— The Providence
Failure. —The liabilities of Messrs. Hill, Carpen
ter & Co., it is now ascertained will reach fullv
$1,500,000 ’
The Late Boiler Explosion.— We briefly \
noticed yesterday morning the disastrous explo- ! t
sion of one of the four boilers attached to Chis- 1
olm’s Mill at the foot of Tradd street, with the
entire demolition of of the boiler- looms. A s the
casualty occurred at a very late hour on Wed
nesday night, we could not give in yesterday’s I
issue the additional particulars which we have j
since been enabled to ascertain.
Eight negros, belonging to Mrs. Angel ol this
city, who had just come down in a boat, were
ail sleeping in front of and near the boilers at the !
time, and two of them were so badly scaled
and bruised, that an amputation of a leg in each i
case was deemed necessary. One has since j
died, and the other is still considered in a dan- :
gerous state. Three or four of trie others were'
also badly scalded, and one of them had his skuli j
fnfttured and is regarded as in a critical state.
The others escaped with less injuries.
Three negroes of Mr. Charles H. Wilson, of ,
Wadamalaw, who had taken sleeping quarters j
there, were also badly scalded by the exploding \
steam and vapor, of whom two are supposed to
be mortally injured. A negio, belonging to Mr. !
J. Dougherty,of this city, is likewise in a ciiti
cal state hom the effect of the explosion.
Mr. George Gaskim, a raftsman, from North
Carolina, was sleeping on a wheelbarrow near
the siteot the accident, and sustained severe in
juries, which resulted in his death—he having
been removed immediately to the hospital.
Os the force regularly attached to the mill but
one was injured—a negro oi Mr. Chisolm—who
was carried some forty yards by the explosion. !
but received only a/ew scratches.— Ch. Courier , !
22d inst.
Fatal Accident. — A man by the name of
Michael Hughes, one of the trains hands em
ployed on the Cent.al Rail Road, in passing from
one car to the other, whilst the train was in mo
tion, yesterday morning, near the thirty-seven
tn.le post, fell under the cars, and was dreadful- :
ly mangled, by the wheels passing over him.— |
He survived about half an hour. His body was !
brought to idle city last evening.— Sav. News \
21*/ inst.
A Slight Snow Storm. —On Tuesday night
we were visited with a slight snow storm, bare
ly sufficieut to cover the tops of houses and oth- j
er exposed sheds with a thin covering. That :
which fell upon the ground immediately ab- I
sorbed. —Columbia Carolinian.
Back to the Old Plantation. —The steam
er Welaka arrived here yesterday, from the :
South, with a large number of cabin passengeis,
and three hundred and forty negroes on deck.
These negroes have been gathering turpentine in
the pine forests of Southern Georgia and Florida,
and are now returning to their homes in North
Carolina, to spend the holidays with their fami
lies and fiiends- Upon landing at the wharf they
met a party of fifty or sixty of their comrades,
who had arrived overland during the morning
when a scene of joyful congratulation and heart
felt welcome ensued, stiikingly illustrative of the
frank and generous impulses which characteiize
the simple-hearted Southern slave. We have
rarely ever seen a finer body of negroes—nearly
all robust, hearty fellows, whose rotund flesh,
sleek and jolly face* bespeak their perfect con
tentment and unalloyed happiness. We could but
think of the contrast between these rneiry, reck
less fellows, and , the poor laboreis of the free
States, who in this inclement season are exposed
to all the privations and painful vicissitudes ol
their class—trom whose minds the dark clouds
of care, apprehension, and dread of want, is dis
sipated by no visions of holiday enjoyments.
The whole party of turpentine boys, number
ing some four hundred, with bag and baggage,
sugar cane, and all, lett here for Charleston in
the steamer Calhoun, chaitered for the purpose.
On their arrival at their homes in the Old North
State, the banjo and the fiddle will be Mice more ■
in requisition, po.'Sum and homminy will smoke
on the old pine table, and the cabin of Uncle
Tom will be made merry with the song and
dance. Many a dreamer who despises their |
lowly condition might well envy their happi
ness.— Savannah News, 21s/ inst.
-
Senator Butler. —We extract the following
paragraph trom the Washington Intelligencer,
which, trom such a source, may be justly con
sidered a very high compliment:
The Hon. A. P. Butler, of South Corolina, has
been appointed by the Legislature ol his State, a
Senator in Congress lor another term of six
years from next March, when his present term
will expire. There is no member of the Senate
whose re-appointment to it we ieel free to say,
would afford a more sincere or universal satisiac
tion among its members than that of Mr. Butler;
nor indeed moie satisfaction to all who value
the dignity, respectability, and uselulness of the
Senate. It is the moie gratifying just now, as
making some amends for the loss which the body
will sustain at the close of the present session in
the retiiement of some of jts most able and
esteemed members, under the operation of that
most mischievous of Democratic principles, the
principle of ‘‘rotation in office.
Cincinnati, Dec. 19. Western Pork Trade.
Hogs have advanced to 450a $4 75. Re
ceipts up to this date 225,000, against 200,000
head last year. Eastern Exchange has advanced
to 11. The river has a depth of 5$ feet. The
weather is cold.
QLommrrnal.
Augusta Market, December 22, p. m.
COTTON—The market remains In a depressed
condition, and the few sales made were at yester
day’s quotations. But little offering.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 21.— Cotton. —Arrived sinco
the 14th inst., 10,078 bales Upland, ',8,6411 per Rail-
from Augusta and landings on the riverj
and 788 do. Sea Islands. The exports for the same
period amount to 11,076 bales Upland and 192 do.
Beai Islands, viz: to Liverpool, 6,727 bales Upland,
and 16 do. Bea Islands; to Boston 2,846 bales Up
land; to New York, 1,332 bales Upland, and 165
do. Sea Islands; to Philadelphia, 88 bales Upland,
and to Charleston, B.3>a!es Upland, and II do- Sea
Islands—leaving on hand and on shipboard not
cleared, a stock of 30,567 bales Upland and 1,950
do. Sea Islands, against 42,681 baies Upland, and I
1,629 do. Sea Islands at the same time last year.
Nosteamship has arrived from Europe during the
week, and there has consequently been but little
variation in prices to be noticod. Our last weekly
report closed with an unsettled market, and prices '
have been irregular during the entire week. On
Friday the market was easy, with a feeling in favor I
of buyers, sales 1,268 bales. On Saturday, 539
bales changed hands without any alteration in the j
current ratos. On Monday the sales were 604
bales; on Tuesday prices were easy, and 1,278
bales changed hands; on Wednosday the market
was quiet, with hardly any demand for the lower
grades, sales 606 bales. Yesterday there was but
little demand, sales 543 bales. We annex quota
tions, which show a decline of about !c. during the
week, but would remark that prices are 30 irregular
that it is almost impossible to give correct quota
tions. and we now think that our figures were too
high last week, for some of the qualities. Wo quote:
Low Middling, 7 a
Strict Middling, a
Good Middling g a
Middling Fair 83 a
Fair to Fully Fair 8£ 9 8j
The sales of the week amount to 4,894 bales at
the following particulars: fiat SJ; 20 at 54; 65 at
6; 141 at 6 U 16 at 6f; 9at 6s; 41 at 6J; 41 at 6j;
50 at 6{; 204 at 7; 54 at 7 1-16; 54 at 74; 368 at
71; 47 at 7 5-16: 273 at 7J; 942 at 7*; 183 at 74;
826 at 7-2; 182 at SJ; 952 at 8; 40 at 8 1-16; 66 at
84. and 20 bales at 83 cents.
Sea. Islands.— There has been a good demand
! for the finer grades of this quality of Cotton daring
! the past week, and all offered met with ready sale
j while the lower qualities are almost unsaleable’.
! The Receipts during the week have been the larg.
est the present season. The sales of the week
I amount to 231 bales at extremes ranging from 16
; to 42 cents. Receipts of the week 788 bales. Ex
| port 3 192 bales.
j Rice. —We have no change to notice in this ar
ticle. The market continues dull, and the demand
, limited. The sales of the week amount to 600
; c , asks at extremes ranging from $34 a 83J per hun
dred lbs. Exports 93 casks.
Flour. The stock is very light. Georgia brands
are selling, in small lots at $lO a sll per bbl., ac-
I cording to quantity and quality, in large lots, it
I would bring from s9* a $lO per bbl.
Corn— ls selling from depot, in lots, at $1.125,
and retailing at $1.25 per bushel. The stock on
; sale is small. ' *
Oais.— /The stock of this article is light and the
1 demand limited. It is-selling in lots at 80 a9O cts.
; P ef bushel, according to quantity.
Hay.— We have no change to notice in prices.
The market is fairly supplied. Eastern is selling
from wharf at $1.25, and Northern at sl. The
former is retailing at $1.50 a sl62s, and the latter
at $1.25 a $1.37$ per hundred pounds.
Bacon. —This article continues without change,
and the demand is limited.
Rope. —The market is well supplied, and the de
mand limited. We quote at 11 a 11$ cents per lb.
Bagging. —We have no change to notice in pri
ces The demand is light. We quote G .any at
14$ a 15 cents.
Molasses . —There is but.littlo business doing in
this article. Wc quote Cuba at 23, and New Or
leans (old crop) at 25 a 28c. per gallon.
Liquors.— Wc hear of small gjles of N. Orleans
Whisky at 50 a 53c.; also, a lot of Gin, from wharf,
at 58 cts. per gallon.
Suit. —The stock in first hand is small. It is
selling from wharf at $1.50 per sack.
Lime— ls retailing at $1,25 a $1.37* per cask
The stock is light.
Lumber. — ,
8. Sawed refuse, .per m. ft... 800a11 00
Merchantable, perm.ft... 15 00 a 20 00
River Lumber, refuse,, .per in. it,. . 9 00 a 10 00
Merchantable to prime. -per m. ft.. . 14 00 a 16 00
Ranging do., for export.per m. ft... 900a18 00
Mill Ranging,..., por m ft,..10 00 a 13 00
White Pine, clear, per m. it.. ,3u 00 a 40 00
Merchantable, perm. it... 18 00 a25 00
Cypress Shingles, ......perm 4 00 a 4 50
Sawed Cypress Shingles, perm 16 00 a
Red Oak Staves,...... per m 12 00 a 16 00
White do., pipe,. . .per in 35 00 a 60 00
do. do., hhd ..perm 25 00 a 35 00
do. do., bbl. ...perm 20 00 a 25 00
Exchange—Them has been a fair demand for
Sterling Exchange the past week at 7 a 7j per ct.
prern. The Banks are selling Sight Checks on all
Northern cities at J percent, prem., and purchasing
Sight Bills at par.; 30 day Bills at J a 1 per cent, dis
count, 60 day Bills at 1| a 2 por cent, disc 9J
day Bills at 3 a 31 per cent discount.
Freights —We quote to Liverpool, by Amarican
vessels, 9 32d., and j-d. by English ships. Coast
wise are dull; to New York, je. by sailing ve. sols,
and 5-16 c. for square, and 7-16 c. for round bales, by
steamers ; to Boston |e ; to Philadelphia, by steam
ers, fc., and to Baltimore, jjc.
CHARLESTON. Doc. 22.—- Cotton —The article
was very much neglected on Friday last--the first
day of the current week, and the market exhibit
ed a languid and drooping appearance, although
no positive decline can be said to have been es
tablished in prices; there was, however, a partial
revival of the demand on Saturday, which was in
\ some degree stimulated by the inducements held
i out by sellers, and a moderately fair business was
, done during the day. at a decline of about Jo. on
the quotations given in our report of the 15th in
stant. Monday was rather a busy day, and the
transactions establishsd a still lower range of.
figuros; at least such was the case so far as the
lower qualities were concerned, which had not
l suffered as heavily as the other descriptions. Soma
i activity prevailed on Tuesday and Wednesday, and
the margin for these qualities continued to widen,
j \ esterday the market exhibited no new feature,
, and closed at irregular prices, establishing a de
I cline ofabout j a Jo. for the week, the lower clas
j situations having suffered most. The subjoined
i quotations will approximate as nearly as possible
; to the present value of this staple, i'he receipts
since out last reach 13,955 bales, and the sales in
the same time foot up 11,015 bales, at the follow
ing prices, viz: 31 bales at
at 61; 262 at 6s; 589 at 0J: 224 at 6|; 336 at 6J; 165
at 6s; 678 at7; 782 at 7J; 855 at 71, 1000 at 7i;
1351 at 7s; 610 at 7|; 1424 at 7J; 410 at 71; 727 at
8; 252 at 8$; 173 at 8J; 100 at 8|; 364 at 8£; and 33
bales at 83c. Wc quote Ordinary to Good Ordinary.
6j a 6j; Low to Striot Middling, 7 a 7J; Good Mid
dling, 7|; Middling Fair, 8a 8|; and Fair,—.
There has been a moderate demand for tho differ,
ent descriptions classed under the head of Long
Cotton; prices, however, haiee had a decided down
ward tendency, as holders have been compelled to
make concessions, particularly on the lower grades,
in order to moot the views of buyers.
Corn —There have been no arrivals this week,
and we consequently have no transactions to re
port. The last salcs’of Ncrth Carolina wero made
at 90 and 94c-per bushel, and the market will,
doubtless, sustain these prices en the first arrivals.
Laron. —So limited has been the demand for all
descriptions of meat during the week, our market
may be said to have beon brought to a stand.
Salt. —Received since our last, 5,000 sacks, the
bulk of which had been sold to arrive. About 700
sacks have been sold at $2 per sack. About 7,000
bushels have been received coastwise, which is be
ing retailed out in lots to suit purchasers at 50c.
per bushel.
j Sugar and Molasses. —Two vessels have arriv
ed this week from Now Orleans, bringing Sugar
and Molasses. The transactions in the former ar
ticle have boon limited to about 120 hhds., at prioea
ranging from 5 to 5f cents, principally at 51 cents,
j The latter has been selling freely at 25 26c.
per gallon. Cuba is scarce, ami commands 22 and
23 cents per gallon.
I Coffee. —Tho cargo of Rio, reported in our last
as having been received, a portion of which ha 1
been sold at prices ranging from yto 11| coats, is
still selling at the same prices.
Freights. —We fquote Cotton to Liverpool, in
square bags, at 5-16thsd; and Havre at Jc. The
rate to New York is 20c for Cottou, and 75c. per
tierce for Rice; and to Boston Jc. for tho former,
and SIJ per tierce for tho latter.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS—DEC 22.
Per Br. ship Sea Bird, for Liverpool -1,284. balsa
Upland Cotton.
Por Br. barque Oromocto, for Liverpool—l,724
bales Upland CottoD, 50,000 feet Timber.
Per Br. barque Ellen, for Liverpool—l,ol6 bales
Upland Cotton.
Skipping Jntflligfiirr. '
SA\ANNAH, Doc.22—Arrived, sc hrs. Albert
Devereux, Alchorn, Havana; Plandomo, Brown,
New York.
Cleared, Br. barques Oromooto, Webster, Liver
pool; Ellen, Hunter, do.; Lady Westmoreland,
btrachan, do.; Br. ships Blanch, McLaehlan, do.;
Sea Bird, Grant, do-; ship Kalamazoo, Taylor, do.;
brig Tocoa, Stinson, Havana; schr. Geo. Mang
ham, Scudder, Philadelphia.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 22.—Arr. Br. barque An
dromache, Tate, Grimsby, Eng; brig Susan Part
ridge, Boston;-brig Vermont, Naylor, PhilaJel
phia; schrs. Louisine,'O’Neal, New York: L.W.
Pieree, Gdoding, Portland, Me.
In the Offing, Ur. ship Idas, WeatcoU, Liverpool.
Cld. ships Mary Ogden, Loveland, Havre; Chaee.
White, New Tork; bat quo Edisto, Hording, Bos
ton; brig Emily, Davis, New York; schooner Aid,
Adams, West Indies.
Wont to sea, ship Oswego, Stevens, Liverpool;
brig Emily, Davis, Now York Ketch Brother-,
Phillips, Havana; schr. Chas. A. Greiner, Marts,
Philadelphia.
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M A ft K 5 ED.
On Thursday, the 21st inst., by J. H Stockton,
Esq, Virgil M. Borot'm and Catharine lb,
daughter ol Thomas M. Watson, Esq., all of Co
I lumbia county.
In Floyd county, on the 19th inst., by tho Rev
F. R. Goulding, Anderson P. Longstrektv and
Laura, only daughter of Dr. C. K Ayer.
In Seriven county, Ga , on the morning of the
| inst., by the Rev. Jas. B. Dell, W. M. Drank,
of Collinsworth Institute, Ga , and Miss Marga
ret A , daughter of Mrs. Mary A. Bryan,
Eclectic St Home Gazette please copy.
FUNERAL NOTH E.
V 02?” Tlic Friends and Acquaintance of Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Church, arc invited to attend the
Funeral of the la er 'rom the residence of her
mother, Mrs|John Moore, on Greene-street, to
the Summerville Cemetery, ‘this morning, at
eleven o’clock. dop23
CONSIGNEES
Per Combs & Co.'s Express, Dec. -20.
G. M. Cunningham; C. L. Fielding; A. L.A W
J. Camp; Joseph Patat; H. W. Riley; White A
Massengale ; McKay & Norman ; Dr. Eaton , W
Mays; W P. Jackson; Miss Wilson ; C. C. Rich
ards> Griffin,t Hall; J. Mason; Jennings and Re
vier; S. Franktord; O. Brown, 3 Prevett; L G
Levy; W. Adkins A Co.; N. Bryan; llorshbcrg k
Davidson; Geo. E. Freeman ; Rev. W. H. Platt
J. J. Cohen; Young A Bostick ; C. North ; E. P.
Hudson; S. H. Ketchum ; A C. Wyley; C. D.
Phillips; Kdw d. Dumnead ; J. W. Woodruff A
St J. Hill; 1.8. Miller, J. Daniel; S. Floyd ; J
C. Craig; Mrs. Gracy.
December v* 1.
11. Hull; 11. T Hall; J.J. Spence; R. King;
W. Barry ; C. L. Fielding ; P. R. Thomson ; Dr,
A.McSnead; Rev. H. A.Topper; P. Fitzpatrick;
James Cull; White A Massengale; W A. Green
A Co.; C. C. Norton; J. A. Patillo; T. H. Haw
kins ; Jennings A Revier; Cobb A Harbuck ; W
C. Green ; C M. Callaway ; W. S. Stakes ; J:F.
Timmerman; S, H. Trippe; Dr, Moore; Milner;,
W. T. Berry ACo ; D. Groveanna ; D. H. Mason ;
11. Muhlenbrin k; H. Long A Bro.; M B. Parham ;
L. G. Levy; W. Q. Blunt; M oon A Craft; S. J
Boyce; W. W. Clayton; G. M. Hazen ; A. C.
Wall; G. J. Howard; B. M. Norman ; S. Y. B
Williams; J. F. Brooks; B. Gregory; Col. Lewis
Tumlin; W. T. Burghe; Dr. R. Burton; J. J.
Cohen; T. F. Rogers; Hardin A Wilson; J, Hoi
brook; John F. Beeman; J. Brown A Co.; M. A.
Cooper; Mrs. H. M. Gray ; J. L. Cobb ; Rev. E.
Habersham.
Eagle 4c Phoenix Hotel—J. R>. Pres-
Cv,tt, Proprietor now open lor
the reception of Transient or Permanent Boar
»ers. The proprietor solicits a continuance of
patronage, and can only assure those who may
make a selection of his house, that no pains will
besparod to render them comfortable.
novls ts
The Augusta Female High School,
opposite the Uniteu States Hotel, over
Mr. hobert Carroll’s Boot and Shoe Store, will be
re-opened on Monday, 20th of November.
Terms, tor Board and Tuition, in all the Euglish
branches, will be very moderate. No extra charge
for French, Latin, Fuel, Ac.
nov!7 C. A. Sabal, Principal.